Jun 14, 2022 - 06:29 PM

>> [GAVEL] >> WELCOME, WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL AND THE OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OAKLEY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE OAKLEY PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY. TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022. ROLL CALL. >> ANISSA WILLIAMS. >> AARON MEADOWS. >> SUE HIGGINS. >> FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY, WE HAVE TWO GIRL SCOUTS WHO HAVE JOINED US TO LEAD US. KIMBERLY IS A CADET GIRL SCOUT WITH TROOP 33784. SHE WILL BE GOING INTO THE SIXTH GRADE AND SHE LOVES DANCING. SAMANTHA IS HER YOUNGER SISTER; SHE IS A DAISY GIRL SCOUT WITH TROOP 33787. SHE IS IN THE SECOND GRADE AND LOVES DRAWING AND ANIMALS. THEY ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER THAT WANTS TO BE A BOY SCOUT. >> [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >> [APPLAUSE] >> THE NEXT ITEM UP 1.3 IS AN UPDATE FROM FIRE CHIEF BRIAN HELMICK FROM THE SOON TO BE NO LONGER EAST CONTRA COSTA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. >> WELL GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. TONIGHT IS, IT'S ACTUALLY BITTERSWEET FOR ME TONIGHT I CAN START WITH SAYING THAT WE'VE ARRIVED, IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED. BUT I'M GOING TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU ALL AND THINKING MAYOR POPE FOR SPEAKING AT THE STATION 95. STATION 95 OPENED IN ALL OF YOU WATCHED OVER THERE IT WAS VERY GREAT DAY. SO, WE FINALLY HAVE ANOTHER ENGINE COMPANY, THE FIRST PARAMEDICS ON ENGINES WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION EVER THE WHOLE TIME. SO, JUNE 1 IS MONUMENT DAY. BUT AS YOU STATED, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO JULY 1, AND JULY 1 IS GOING TO BE ANNEXATION DAY. SO TODAY, WHAT MY OBJECTIVE IS TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE ANNEXATION PROCESS, CELEBRATE SOME VICTORIES ALONG THE WAY, AND PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. BUT IT IS VERY MUCH BITTERSWEET, AS TONIGHT IS THE LAST TIME THAT I'LL BE IN FRONT OF YOU, IN THAT CAPACITY AS FIRE CHIEF [INAUDIBLE], AND AS YOU STATED, I WILL MOVE WITH THAT TRANSITION. AND SO, ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED, AND WHEN I SAY ALL OF YOU, I MEAN THE COUNCILMEMBERS, MANY OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND ME, AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING VIA THE LIVE SCREEN, MONITORING THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR DECADES, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AUGUST 2020, SO ALMOST TWO YEARS DOWNSTREAM, WE ENTERTAINED THE ANNEXATION FEASIBILITY PROCESS. YOU HAVE MONITORED THAT, AND WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH FEASIBILITY AND WE WORKED WITH A THIRD-PARTY CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS WERE FINANCIALLY SOUND AND WE STARTED WORKING ON RESOLUTIONS OF INTENT ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, THOSE RESOLUTIONS WERE APPROVED THROUGH LAFCO. AND THE LAFCO PROCESS IS APPROVED, IT'S BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF ANNEXATION, AND NOW WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS JUNE 30 AT MIDNIGHT. JUNE 30 AT MIDNIGHT IS THE TIME AT WHICH EAST CONTRA COSTA FIRE COMPANY PROTECTION DISTRICT WILL BE DISSOLVED. THE CONTRA COSTA FIRE PROTECTION COUNTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE JURISDICTION THAT WE CURRENTLY PREVIOUSLY SERVED. AND AS I STATED TO YOU, WE HAD STATION 95 ON JUNE 1, AND ON JULY 1 AT 10 AM IN [INAUDIBLE] PARK WHICH ALL OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE ROOM WATCHING ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND MAYOR POPE WILL HAVE A 30 MINUTE DISSERTATION ON WHAT HIS EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN, SO THAT WILL BE GREAT. ALL JOKING ASIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE A MONUMENTAL DAY. THE REASON AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH WHY IT IS GOING TO BE A MONUMENTAL DAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DO, IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN ALL OF THOSE STATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN GREEN AND BLUE DOTS OVER THE NEXT NINE YEARS, THOSE STATIONS ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE SYSTEM. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT, THIS SLIDE IS STALE AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLD, BUT THAT STATION IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN, THAT WAS ADDED, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS ADDED AS STATION 95 ON JUNE 1, AND WE WILL BE ADDING A SECOND ENGINE COMPANY WHICH IS THE OTHER GREEN DOT, WHICH WILL BE THE STATION WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT THAT APPARATUS WILL BE WORKING OUT OF THE EXISTING STATION 52, IT'S THE FIRE HELMET ON THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND SIDE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TWO ENGINE COME OUT OF THERE BY MARCH, MARCH OF 2023. APPROXIMATELY 2025, THE LAST THIRD CIRCLE, WE ARE GOING TO BE REBUILDING THE STATION IN DOWNTOWN BRENTWOOD AND WE WILL HAVE THREE ENGINE COMPANIES ADDED TO OUR SYSTEM FOR A TOTAL OF SIX OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TWO OF WHICH WILL BE THERE BY MARCH 2023. [INAUDIBLE] SO AS WE HIT JULY 1, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ADDITIONAL STATIONS OPENING AND WE WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL ENGINE COMPANIES. IS GOING TO BE, THE DAYS OF THE PAST HAVE GONE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE CELEBRATORY, ALONG THE LINES OF YOUR JURISDICTION AND ARE YOUR CITY, YOU SERVE THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF OUR JURISDICTION, WILL FINALLY ONCE AND FOR ALL, HAVE ADEQUATE FIRE PROTECTION. THE BLUE DOTS THAT YOU SEE, AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY IN BOTH CITIES, WE HAVE IMPACT FEES AND FACILITY DISTRICTS TO BUILD. AN ADDITIONAL THREE STATIONS OVER THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS, OR AS GROWTH CONTINUES. SO, THE FUNDING MECHANISMS ARE THERE, AND THE GROWTH WE WILL GAUGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY FIX THE FIRE PROBLEM. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE REALITIES OF FIXING THE FIRE PROBLEM HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THEIR FACE. WE HAD IN THE BRENTWOOD AREA, WE HAD A CARDIAC ARREST THAT OCCURRED, AND NORMALLY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, IF THERE IS CALLS OCCURRING IN THAT [INAUDIBLE] ISLAND AREA OR THE BAY AREA, IT WOULD POOL THE RESOURCES NOT ONLY OUT OF OAKLEY, BUT ALSO OUT OF BRENTWOOD. AND WE HAD, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN BETHEL ISLAND, WE HAD A CARDIAC ARREST IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND WE HAD PARAMEDICS AND AN ENGINE COMPANY ARRIVE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. NOT ONLY DID THEY ARRIVE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE CENTER OF THE DELTA WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME. THE GENTLEMAN IS GOING THROUGH RECOVERY, BUT THEY ARE ANTICIPATING HE WILL MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT TIME, DISTANCE, AND SPEED. AND SO, WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THE IMPACTS. AND DIRECTLY TO THE EASTERN CITIZENS OF OAKLEY, WHEN THAT STATION IS IN ORDERS, THEIR RESPONSE TIME IS DROPPED BY HALF OF WHAT THEY WOULD PRIOR TO THAT. AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT, RESPONSE TIMES WILL DECREASE BY AT LEAST A MINUTE AND A HALF THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE JURISDICTION WHICH SHOWS YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW, THAT IS, THAT FOOTPRINT IS ABOUT 250 MI. , 128,000 RESIDENTS, THAT IS WHAT WE SERVE TODAY. BUT OUR ORGANIZATION, AS I STATED, JULY 1, THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE, AND THIS IS THE NEW DISTRICT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE. WE ARE NOT EVEN ON THIS MAP. WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS MAP, WE ARE ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE, SO THAT 250 MI. IS TO THE RIGHT, 128,000 RESIDENTS IS TO THE RIGHT. ALL OF THE COLORED REGION ARE PART OF THE EXISTING ORGANIZATION IN WHICH WE ARE ANNEXING INTO. SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT HERE WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT CON FIRE HAS 26 STATIONS WE JUST ADDED. THE STATION 95, WE HAVE THREE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ADDING ACTUALLY ANOTHER STATION 4 IN THE CONCORDE WALNUT CREEK AREA, ALSO ON JULY 1. SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 30 FIRE STATIONS CLOSE TO ANNEXATION. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THREE CREWS, PEOPLE ON DUTY PER DAY. THEY HAVE 29, SO WE WILL HAVE 33 PEOPLE ON PER DAY. AND WE HAVE A VERY DEEP BENCH THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AND WE HAVE 40 EMPLOYEES AND ONCE WE ADD OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES, WE WILL HAVE 546. AND SO, WE WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE BENCH. WE HAVE A LOT MORE SPECIAL RESOURCES. WE ARE ACTUALLY AT THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE, NOT ONLY AIR, SO THEY DO ALL OF THE AIR AMBULANCES, THEY DO VEGETATION FIREFIGHTING FROM THE AIR. THEY HAVE A MULTIPLE SERIES OF FLEETS AND BOATS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR GROUND RESOURCES, HAZMAT RESOURCES, SO WE ARE REALLY ALL-RISK BY AIR AND GROUND. AND SO, THOSE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU WILL GET. THE CALL VOLUME THAT WE RUN TO TURN WHEELS IS APPROXIMATELY 12,000 CALLS PER YEAR OUT OF OUR THREE STATIONS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE PROJECTING WITHIN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR THAT WE WILL HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE]. AND YOU WILL SEE ABOVE, THE SQUARE MILES WE ARE COVERING IN THE CITY ARE 250 MI. , WHEN YOU ADD THEM TO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE, WE WILL NOW BE 253 MI. AND THE POPULATION WITH OUR 128,000 APPROXIMATELY IS GOING TO INCREASE [INAUDIBLE]. THE TWO CITIES OF BRENTWOOD AND OAKLEY THAT WE HAVE SERVED FAITHFULLY FOR 20 YEARS NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE HARD-WORKING. WE HAVE SERVED [INAUDIBLE]. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THERE ARE SOME NEW FORMALITIES, AS I STATED, AND ON JUNE 30TH, WE WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE CONTRA COSTA FIRE BOARD [INAUDIBLE]. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE WILL HAVE STATIC DISPLAYS OF [INAUDIBLE] TRUCKS OR TRUCKS WITH [INAUDIBLE] IN THEM OR HAZMAT [INAUDIBLE] AVAILABLE TO YOU, BUT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME AND AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST 5 1/2 YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU [INAUDIBLE] OBVIOUSLY, DIFFERENT DYNAMIC TO SERVING ON THE ADVISORY COUNCILS IN THE TOWN ADVISORY COUNCILS ANDAND SO THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN, I RAISE MY HAND AND VOLUNTEERED AND I CONTINUE TO [INAUDIBLE]BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTATE [INAUDIBLE]FIVE YEARS AGO [INAUDIBLE] FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. >> YES CHIEF, I SALUTE YOU. YOUR SELFLESS LEADERSHIP AND YOUR VOLUNTEERING AND YOUR SELFLESSNESS IN [INAUDIBLE] FIRE PROTECTION IN THIS AREA AND [INAUDIBLE] STRONG LEADERSHIP SO MANY TIMES BRING THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD IN THE PROCESS, THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THREE DIFFERENT TAX AGENCIES, FIREFIGHTERS, AND CIVILIANS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER SO, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, A HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS 30 YEARS TO GET THIS [INAUDIBLE]. >> [INAUDIBLE- PLEASE ADJUST VOLUME] >> THAT IS SUCH A CREDIT TO YOU, WE WILL KEEP YOU ON BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE MY LIGHT ON. I HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK HERE. IT'S NOT WORKING. >> YOU ARE SHOWING AS [INAUDIBLE]. >> ANYWAY CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I JUST WANTED ASK AND I MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IST PROJECT? >> YES, IT SOUNDS GOOD, WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH JOSH [INAUDIBLE] HOPEFULLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS WE WILL COME BACK AND LET THEM KNOW IF THE ENVIRONMENTAL [INAUDIBLE] BOARD[INAUDIBLE] THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT, BUT TECHNICALLY WHO'S GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR WHAT WE DO AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS TRANSITION AND IRON HOUSE STANDS BEHIND IT AND IRON HOUSE SEES GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND GREAT VISIBILITY FOR [INAUDIBLE]. SO, IN SIX MONTHS, WE [INAUDIBLE]. >> AND ALSO, THE FOURTH OF JULY. >>THE FOURTH OF JULY. SO, NO LEGAL OR PROFESSIONAL SHOOTS IN THE EXISTING JURISDICTION. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SHOOTS IN THE [INAUDIBLE] SO FIREWORKS ARE 100% ILLEGAL DOWNTOWN ALL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ARE PRETTY HEAVY ARE NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE GOING TO SEE POSTERS GOING OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY[INAUDIBLE] LAST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT $28,000 IN FIRE ACCIDENTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES AND [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] THE REVENUE AND THE FIREWORKS YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN SO WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT HAPPENING, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF REINFORCEMENTS, WE HAVE REINFORCEMENTS COMING IN SO WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH AS I WAS TELLING YOU JUST AS I WAS STATING [INAUDIBLE] THERE ARE PROS AND CONS WITH [INAUDIBLE] FOR EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING THE [INAUDIBLE] AND WE HAD PEOPLE LAST YEAR THAT [INAUDIBLE] FIREWORKS. >>YES THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WHO IS STAFFED THREE? THESE ARE ALL JUMBLED-UP UP HERE. IS THAT WHAT WAS? >>MAYOR, IF WE COULD HAVE TWO MINUTES TO CALL IN THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> [CALLING-IN CITY ATTORNEY] >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO THIS MEETING. AT THE LAST MEETING I DO NOT SPEAK ON THE ORDINANCE ITEM AND AFTER GIVING IT SOME THOUGHT [INAUDIBLE] WHY IS THE CITY STAFF RESISTANT BRINGING AN ORDINANCE [INAUDIBLE] THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK IS [INAUDIBLE] THESE SAME DEVELOPERS CHOOSE TO MAKE THEIR HOMES [INAUDIBLE]WHY? BECAUSE THESE CITY RESIDENTS VALUE QUALITY OF LIFE OVER [INAUDIBLE]WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR HIM BEHALF OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS LANGUAGE [INAUDIBLE]THAT ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO OUTLET. THE SAME STAFF THE TOLD RESIDENTS AND COUNCILMEMBERS THAT [INAUDIBLE] IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING APPROVAL THE SAME STAFF GIVE THE DESIGNS THAT DO NOT MEASURE UP IN THE DESIGN ELEMENT. THESE ARE THE SAME STAFF THAT APPROVED PROJECTS FOR THE CITY PLAN THAT LATER THEY DENIED AND SO YOU SEE HOW ONE-SIDED THESE DECISIONS ARE. PEOPLE CITIZENS HAVE DONE [INAUDIBLE]IF A DENSELY POPULATED METROPOLIS LIKE SAN JOSE CAN DO IT THIS SMALL LITTLE TOWN CERTAINLY CAN. [INAUDIBLE] WILL NOT SEVERELY COMPROMISE THE PARKING, IT WILL SIMPLY PUT IN PLACE SOME COMMONSENSE PROTECTIONS AND WE HAVE DEVELOPERS STILL AT LIBERTY TO DEVELOP IN ANY WAYS MUCH AS MY RIGHT AS A PROPERTY OWNER TO [INAUDIBLE]. IF AN ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE THAT RESTRICTS LET'S SAY THE BUILDING OF A GAS STATION [INAUDIBLE] THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN STILL APPLY FOR A VARIANCE. [INAUDIBLE] CONSISTENT GOALS, THE VARIANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED. THE [INAUDIBLE]IT'S ALSO THE TIME TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO BE JUST ANOTHER [INAUDIBLE] OR IF WE WANT TO BUILD OUR CITY INTO A GREAT [INAUDIBLE] PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE. >>THANK YOU. >>[APPLAUSE] >>NEXT ITEM UP IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. LISA KIRK I AM A [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE CONTRA COSTA IT'S SEVEN DOLLARS PER CAPITA AND YOU'RE NOW ALMOST AT 280,000 AND YOU'RE NOW GOING TO INCREASE IT TO 300,000 STILL ONLY MANDATED SERVICES AND PLEAS FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, PLEASE WORK WITH YOUR NONPROFITS WE CANNOT WORK WITH THESE SERVICES UNLESS THEY PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES FOR US BECAUSE YOU'RE PROVIDING NON-MANDATED WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE CONTRACTS YOU NEED TO QUESTION WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS BOARD FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND I TALKED TO MARIA ABOUT IT, >>I MOVE APPROVAL. >>SECOND. >>ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? THE CHORUS >> [CHORUS OF AYES] >>ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS APPROVED. OUR NEXT ITEM UP ISI TEM 4. ITEM 4.1; PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAMS AND ASSESSMENTS AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 FOR THE CITY OF OAKLEY STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1. >>GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE] BASICALLY THE CITY IN JULY 2000 THE COUNCIL RESHAPED THE [INAUDIBLE] IN THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT WHICH RECEIVES FUNDING FOR STREETLIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE LIGHTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR EACH YEAR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN OUR ACCOUNTS FOR[INAUDIBLE] SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM IS BASICALLY [INAUDIBLE] STONE ONE IS THE COMMUNITY PART AND ITS OWN TWO IS THE [INAUDIBLE] AND ZONE THREE IS OUR [INAUDIBLE]FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 WHICH WILL BEGIN JULY 1 ARE ASSESSMENT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE CONSUMER PRICING WHICH INCREASE THE [INAUDIBLE]HAVE PROTESTED THIS WHOLE [INAUDIBLE] PROCESS HOWEVER LESS THAN 50% OF THE PUBLIC IS [INAUDIBLE] IN THE ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THE STAFF RECOMMENDS A RESOLUTION AND FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING FOR 2022-2023. THIS IS THE END OF MY REPORT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> SO, FIRST WE WILL FOLLOW T. HE OFFICIAL FORMAT WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET THE REPORT FROM THE CLERK AND SO WE WILL FOLLOW THAT ORDER. AND SO, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS TIME? OKAY, THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. MME. CLERK, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PROTEST? >>NO WRITTEN PROTEST WERE FILED. >>THANK YOU. DELIBERATIONS? IS THERE A DELIBERATION? >>[INAUDIBLE] >>OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MISS HIGGINS. >>ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE FACED WITH THE HALF PARTS OF THE OAKLEY YOUTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND US IN THIS SECTION. THE CONTRADICTION OF THE PARKWAY WITH OAKLEY AND THE SCHOOLS, ARE WE GOING TO CUT THE TIES ARE WE GOING TO KEEP PULLING THIS ALONG WITH US? >>THAT IS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY OF OAKLEY FOR THOSE PARTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USAGE. RIGHT NOW, WORK .2 START DISCUSSING WITH THE SCHOOL'S ATTENDANCE AND SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHILE THIS HAPPENS [INAUDIBLE] WE STILL WANT TO HAVE AN AMICABLE COMMUNITY THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY AND FOR A RESIDENCE AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR THOSE THAT ARE GETTING PAID THE VALUE FOR IT. AND THOSE ARE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE DEFINED [INAUDIBLE]. >>I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS SEPARATE BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOTTING THE MONEY BUT YET DURING THE UPKEEP IS NOT HAPPENING. >>THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU HAVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF ACCEPTANCE. THIS IS FOR THE OAKLEY PROPERTY OWNER. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE IMPOSE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOT MANY YEARS AGO HE WAS ONLY ONE OFFICE BUT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT IT WAS 10,000 AND 11,000 OR $12,000 PER MONTH AND SO THE SCHOOL PART WAS TAUGHT THE QUESTION AND THE AGREEMENT SAYS WE HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN ELEMENT AND ALL WERE DONE WERE THE CHARGES AND THE SCHOOL WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY DOCUMENTATION JUST [INAUDIBLE] TO SIGN AND HIS SPIN PROBABLY TWO YEARS PLUS AND WE HAVEN'T GOT AN ANSWER FROM THE SCHOOL AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN PAID FOR THE WORK THAT HAS NOW BEEN DONE, NO. EVENTUALLY ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS RESTRUCTURED AND REAPPORTIONED AND THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING FROM BOTH PARTIES, THINK WE CAN MOVE ON. >>OKAY, THANK YOU. >>ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DELIBERATIONS DO I HAVE A MOTION? >>I MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 4.1. >>SECOND. >>WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> [CHORUS OF AYES] >>ANY ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION IS APPROVED. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 4.2;WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7 IN SHORT, TO UPDATE THECURRENT FIRE CODES. >>I AM THE CITY'S FIRE DIRECTOR APPEAR TONIGHT TO DIRECT ACCESS TO THE UPDATE THAT THE CHIEF GAVE EARLIER [INAUDIBLE] FIRE PREVENTION AND IS PART OF THAT MAINTAINING THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WHICH IS PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] BACKGROUND AND THE CALIFORNIA [INAUDIBLE] IS COMPILED OF 12 PARTS [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT HERE AS WE REGULATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING OF THE BUILDINGS [INAUDIBLE] TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. THIS IS AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND THE STATE IS [INAUDIBLE] AND RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA OUR SITE ACTIVITY HERE AND THE APPROACHES SPECIFIC TO THE AREAS THAT WE ARE IN AND IT IS SOMETHING I CAN TRUST THAT THE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT DOES AS WELL. [INAUDIBLE] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] AND AN AMENDED FIRE CODE WITHIN OUR FIRE [INAUDIBLE] ANDTHAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >>OKAY SO, YOU'RE ASKING US TO PASS THE NEW CONCH I ARE BEFORE US IS THAT A CON FIRE? >>YES, WOULD NOT GO INTO EFFECT FOR 30 DAYS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT [INAUDIBLE] WITH MANY OTHER PROJECTS AS WE LOOK UP A MUNICIPAL CODE WITH MANY OTHER CHANGES, IT'S NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE AT ALL. >>THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC SPEAKING PORTION WILL MOVE ON TO DELIBERATIONS. DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ITEM 4.2 AS PRESENTED. >>SECOND. >>WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR. >> [CHORUS OF AYES] >>ANY ABSTENTIONS? >>THE ITEM IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.1 THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AWARDING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND GRANTS, COVID FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. MS. ESCOVER, >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS FELICIA ESCOVER AND WE ARE HERE ARE TO ASK FOR CONSIDERATION OFAWARDING AN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND GRANTS TO SERVE THE OAKLEY COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR[INAUDIBLE] SO WE ASKED LOCAL NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER [INAUDIBLE] ON APRIL 11 AND WE THEN HAVE AN INFORMATION SESSION HERE ON THE 21ST HERE AND THE CHAMBERS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE FORMS. IN MAY THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED AN AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE AND TO LOOK OVER THE PLANS AND TO MEET WITH OUR REVIEW PANEL AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE APPLICATION THAT WAS RECEIVED AND [INAUDIBLE]. THE APPLICATION WAS CLOSED IN A LITTLE OVER FOUR WEEKS AND ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE FOLLOWING DAY THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE PRESENTED TO THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE AND THEY HAD UP UNTIL JUNE 6 TO REVIEW AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT [INAUDIBLE] HERE TONIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE GRANT PROGRAM ITSELF AND SINCE IT WAS A ONE TIME ALLOCATED FUNDING A ONE-TIME GRANT AWARD UP TO $15,000 TO BE USED IN A [INAUDIBLE] TERM. THERE ARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TIED TO THIS GRANT FUNDING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY, [INAUDIBLE] A SERIES OF CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS GRANT FUNDING AND THEY HAVE A 501(C)(3) THEY HAVE TO DIRECTLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO OAKLEY AND [INAUDIBLE] SPECIFICALLY AND THEY HAVE TO BE UP TO DATE ON THEIR ACCOLADES WITH THE CITIZENS AND THE CAPACITY TO MASTER THE FUNDS WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY ALSO AGREED TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT SHOULD THEY BE AWARDED [INAUDIBLE] TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER WE ARE ABLE TO DISBURSE THE FUNDS [INAUDIBLE]. >>> SO ON MAY 19 WE HAD A TOTAL OF 17 APPLICATIONS COME IN THE REQUEST RANGE SHOULD BE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A MAXIMUM OF $15,000 AND WE HAVE[INAUDIBLE] OF REQUEST AND WE ONLY HAVE $180,000 AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR OUR SUBCOMMITTEE TO [INAUDIBLE]. >>> AND SO, I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON EACH OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED AND WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND THE ONES WE WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF I DID JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE [INAUDIBLE] THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE SURE ALL THE DOCUMENTS WERE IN ORDER AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO READ ALL THESE APPLICATIONS AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ ALL THESE APPLICATIONS BUT I WILL DO MY BEST. AND SO THE FIRST ISWE HAD OAKLEY CHURCH APPLY TO HAVE A WATER EVENT AND HAND OUT LIFEJACKETS AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE] APPLIED FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTSHAZYL DIAZ APPLIED TO PROVIDE AID SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE ARTS FOR INDIVIDUALS [INAUDIBLE] THE KITTY RESCUE APPLIEDTO PROVIDE FUNDS TO COVER SPAIN NEUTERS FOR THE LINES AND NEW BERRIES BLOCK TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPORTS REGISTRATION FEES AND CHILDREN 18 YEARS AND YOUNGER.AND WE HAVE THE IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE TO IMMIGRANTS [INAUDIBLE] TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING AND PROMOTE MEMBERSHIP THE BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH APPLIED FOR FUNDING FOR OPERATING EXPENSES VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTER TO HELP SERVE RESIDENTS TO HELP FIND A LOCATION TO OFFER TO OAKLEY AND THEN WE HAD THE VETERANS APPLY FOR FUNDS [INAUDIBLE] AND ALSO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO, A LOT OF GREAT APPLICATIONS AND A VAST RANGE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND YOUTH AND SO IN ORDER TO KINDA MAKE THIS PROCESS OBJECTIVE WE HAD OUR REVIEW COMMITTEE USE IT AS A RIFT TO SCORE EACH OF THE APPLICATIONS AND I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT MORE OF THE SCORING CRITERIA. I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ KIND OF WHAT WAS EXCELLENT. AND IT WAS A SCORE FROM 1 TO 5 AND FIVE BEING THE HIGH EST, AND THE IMPACT IS CLEARLY PERCEPTIBLE LONG-LASTING AND MEASURABLE AND FOR COMMUNITY NEED WERE LOOKING FOR STRONG RATIONALES A SPECIFIC NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN TERMS OF ALIGNMENT [INAUDIBLE] TO TEACH A PLAN AND WORK THEY DESCRIBED IN THEIR PROJECT AND THEN WE HAD TO DO A RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT FOR [INAUDIBLE] AS THE ORGANIZATION ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE MOST ECONOMICAL NEEDS TO BE CARRIED OUT AND SO THAT'S THE CRITERIA THAT WE NEED TO HELP SCORE THE APPLICATIONS. >>>FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 13 OF THE PROPOSALS AND AS WE SAID WE HAVE $173,000 THEY ARE LISTED IN FRONT OF YOU ST. VINCENT'S OF PAUL FOUNDATION THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE IMMIGRATION INSTITUTEAND [INAUDIBLE] OF OAKLEY AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE AWARDED TONIGHT AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED [INAUDIBLE]BRENTWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE VILAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND SO THAT IS OUR [INAUDIBLE] FOR $60,000. >>>SO IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS AND OUR NEEDS IT KIND OF HAPPEN, WE ARE TAKING OUR NEEDS [INAUDIBLE] AND SO ONCE WE REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE TEMPLATES OF THIS GRANT AGREEMENT AND YOU WILL HAVE A DECISION TONIGHT TO DECIDE WHICH ONES [INAUDIBLE] THOSE AGREEMENTS AND EACH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS WILL ALLOW US TO COLLECT INSURANCE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALLOW US TO STIPULATE EXACTLY WHAT THE SHOULD BE SPENT ON AND I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IF THE COUNCIL IS USED TO DIRECT FUNDS TOWARD SPECIFIC ITEMS OR SAY HEY WE DON'T WANT TO FUND THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS THEN WE NEED TO ADD THAT INTO THE AGREEMENT BEFORE THAT WE DECIDE ON THAT. SO ONCE THOSE ARE COMPLETED WE NEED TO GO OR THE CITY MANAGER WILL GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THOSE AND THE MONEY WILL BE DISBURSED AND IT IS A ONE-TIME DISPERSAL AND [INAUDIBLE] TO USE THOSE FUNDS AND AT THE ONE YEAR MARK OR BEFORE WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS IN THE STATES DEMONSTRATING [INAUDIBLE] OF THOSE FUNDS AND THE OTHER PART AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED, AS [INAUDIBLE] WAS DISBURSED WE HAD A TOTAL OF ONE $80,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM SO THE TURTLE WAS THE BALANCE AND AS THE NEED ARISES FOR THESE FUNDS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >>THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >>YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THERE WERE MODIFICATIONS TO THE APPLICATION CHANGES THAT YOU SUBMITTED AGAIN? >>I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS RELATED TO IF THE APPLICATION IS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU DESIRE TO MAKE THE DECISION IF YOU WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION, WE CAN PRESENT THAT A FUTURE MEETING. >>WELL I CAN STATE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WERE ASKING QUESTIONS I CAN APPRECIATE THAT BUT >>WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS ARE THINGS WE WILL WAIT TO HEAR FROM THEM FIRST. THANK YOU. >>SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS MUCH INVOLVEMENT HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER INVOLVED WE NEED TO BE VERY STRICT ON OUR TIME OTHERWISE WILL BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW. SO PLEASE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, BUT TRY TO KEEP IT CONCISE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE MONITORING YOUR TIME, AND BY ALL MEANS, JUST SAY DITTO IF YOU AGREE WITH THE PERSON THAT WENT BEFORE YOU AND SUCH. ALSO, ANYBODY WHO IS OUT HERE WE DON'T WANT ANY BILLING OR HISSING WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE COMFORTABLE SPEAKINGWE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL FREE EVEN IF THERE IS A CONTRARY VIEWPOINT THE OTHER THING IS NO APPLAUDING IF YOU AGREE THAT IS KIND OF A FORM OF [INAUDIBLE] SO WE JUST WANT TO MAINTAIN A NICE PIECE ON VARMINTS OF THE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY. PAT WALSH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>TRACY CROSS. >>THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TRACY CROSS I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH THE KITTY RESCUE AND I'M ALSO HERE TO ALLOCATE THE SOME OF THE MONEY TO THE CITY ANDONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO MENTION IT WASN'T IN LINE WITH THE FISCAL PLAN [INAUDIBLE]DURING COVID, NOBODY COULD GET ANY OTHER ANIMAL SIX BECAUSE ALL THE RESOURCES WERE SHUT DOWN AND THEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF KITTIES RUNNING AROUND NOT ONLY THIS COMMUNITY BUT OTHERS AS WELL AND NOW WE CAN START TO GET SOME OF THESE KITTIES FIXED WE HAVE OVER 60 KITTIES THAT RUN AROUND I HAD SIX BABIES AND THREE OF THEM DIED BECAUSE A FERAL BOMB IS NOT WELL AND [INAUDIBLE] AND WITH THAT, THAT COMES AT MY COST AND I DON'T ASK FOR ANY MONEY OR REIMBURSEMENT BACK FROM THE RESCUE, THE ONLY THING WERE LOOKING FOR WITH SOME OF THE FUNDS IS TO HELP THINGS. THE OTHER THING IS COMMUNITY COLLABORATION ARE RESCUE WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ONE OF THE RESCUES THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP AND BE A PART OF IT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ANIMAL SERVICES AT THIS TIME AND SHOULD YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND SO WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME RESERVES LEFT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD RECONSIDER AND DO SOMETHING FOR US FROM OTHER MEMBERS AS WELL THAT MAY SPEAK AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>THANK YOU. >>GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS MY NAME IS JUNE AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NO PAWS LEFT BEHIND AND JUST LAST YEAR I AT THE HUNDRED AND 50 CATS AND THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WITH THE FUND RAISE FOR THAT. [INAUDIBLE] AT MY HOME I JUST GOT A NOTICE SAYING THAT I CAN DO THAT AT MY HOME IT'S A VERY WELL ORGANIZED FUNDRAISER AND WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] CUSTOMERS AND THAT HAS NOW BEEN [INAUDIBLE] AND WE USUALLY RAISE TWO TO $3000 AND ALL THE ITEMS ARE PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND IN ADDITION TO THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR OAKLEY AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO GET HER COMMUNITY CATS FIX WITHOUT TAKING, I'VE TAKING FOUR FEMALE FERAL CATS IN WHILE THEY WERE PREGNANT AND HOUSE THEM AND I GOT THERE KITTENS FIXED AND ALSO RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE 50 AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE] WHERE SHE'S LOCATED NEAR A PARK. AND SO IF YOU COULD ALLOCATE SOME OF THE MONEY TO HELP US IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THESE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY TO HELP THEM FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THESE THINGS THAT HELP THEM ESPECIALLY WITH THESE THAT COME INTO THEIR YARD SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDERTHIS THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HALLEY ESPOSITO. >>GOOD EVENING THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME YOU GIVE ME TO SPEAK. I AM A MEMBER OFTHE RESCUE AND [INAUDIBLE] AS SENIOR COUPLE THAT ARE CARING FOR A GROUP OF CATS THERE AND THEY CAN NO LONGER DO BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS AND FOR US TO GO COME IN AND FIX THE CAT AND REHOME THEM AND ONCE EYES SOCIALIZE THEM THEN THE [INAUDIBLE] ONTO THE STREET AND THERE ARE ONES THAT I CANNOT SOCIALIZE [INAUDIBLE] THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OAKLEY BARNYARD PROPERTY [INAUDIBLE] AND WERE CONTINUING TO WORK TO BUILD SO WE CAN PLACE THESE CATS AND ENVIRONMENTWHERE PEOPLE WILL CARE FOR THEM. AND TO KEEP THE ONE POPULATION DOWN ON THEIR PROPERTIES. >>> ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE PETS IN YOUR HOMES OR IF YOU HAVE CATS OR DOGS I RESPECT THEM AS DOGS AND CATS AND MANY PEOPLE LOVE CATS AND CATS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO HELP ANXIETY DEPRESSION AND LONELINESS. I HAVE PERSONALLY PLACE CASTERS EMERGENCY SERVICE ANIMALS . WE PLACE THEM WITH KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS COME TO FIND HER CAT SO IT'S TO RELIEVE THE ANXIETY AND IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH THING TO HAVE THE RIGHT CAT AND SO I CAME TO YOU TO RECONSIDER US AND VOTE FOR WHATEVER POSSIBLE AMOUNT YOU FEEL IS THERE. WE PROMISE TO SPEND THAT MONEY WISELY AND BE FRUGAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>THANK YOU. LAURIE METROPOLIS. >>GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS LORIE METROPOLIS I'M A MEMBER OF THE LIBRARY [INAUDIBLE] TO SUPPORT THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES AND NEEDS OF OAKLEY AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY AND TO DRAW PEOPLE IN [INAUDIBLE] AND UNITE IN THE COMMON EFFORT TO USE THE QUALITY AND UNITE [INAUDIBLE] WE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING TO USE THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU CAN EVEN FIND THEIR ORGANIZATION LISTED UNDER OUR COLLABORATIVE SUBGOAL ON PAGE [INAUDIBLE] WE ARE FRIENDS OF THE OAKLEY LIBRARY WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION JOB RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES BUSINESS RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITYAND SUPPORT PUBLIC SERVICES AND THIS SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY PLAN FOR COMMUNITY RELEVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY AND FOR COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE]. AS A GROUP WE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PUTTING OUR MEMBERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT IN [INAUDIBLE]. JUST THIS YEAR WE PARTICIPATED IN THE OAKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESOURCE FAIR THE OAKLEY SENIOR CTR., SATURDAY SALE AND WE PARTICIPATED IN THE UPCOMING OAKLEY SUMMERFEST. AS A GROUP WE RECENTLY ATTENDED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THIS WAS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP FOR THE CREATION OF THE STANDALONE CITY COMMUNITY LIBRARY. THE APPROVAL OF THIS WAS NECESSARY TO PURSUE THE FUNDING NEEDED FOR [INAUDIBLE]. WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE FRIENDS OF THE OAKLEY LIBRARY ARE COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF [INAUDIBLE] OAKLEY LIBRARY'S GRANT APPLICATION FOR YOU TODAY THAT RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATION THAT OVERSEES THE [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. MS. FULLER. >>THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE GRANT IF WE WERE TO GET IT WOULD ALLOW THE LIBRARY TO FUND QUALITY PROGRAMMING FOR OAKLEY RESIDENTS AND LOGISTICALLY THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ADVANTAGES AS WELL. BUT FIRST THE PROGRAMS AND LIBRARIES ARE FULLY FUNDED BY FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY HERE AND OUR FUNDING SOURCE PRETTY MUCH DRIED UP DURING COVID [INAUDIBLE] OUR MEMBERSHIP, INCREASE OUR SALES IN THE BOOKS TO GET DONATED FOR A PROGRAM AND REALLY REACH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DRUM UP A LOT OF SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION. >>THANK YOU. LINDA GREEN. GOOD EVENING ALL MY NAME IS IS LINDA GREEN WE I AM ONE OF THE DIRECTORS [INAUDIBLE] WE PROVIDE [INAUDIBLE] AND QUALITY WE CURRENTLY HAVE DANCE, CHEERLEADING, AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE GRANT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>THANK YOU, ELIZABETH LAVAL IS., >>GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MURDERERS MY NAME IS ELIZABETH LAVAL IS AN [INAUDIBLE] WITH [INAUDIBLE] INTERNATIONAL WE SERVE AND SUPPORT OVER 30,000 [INAUDIBLE] FOR ALL AGES OF FAMILY SUPPORT INCLUSION ACCEPTANCE MATTER TYPICALLY, ABLE TO HOST THE FENCE BUT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FOUNDATION OR ANYTHING THE FUNDRAISING HAS BEEN KIND OF SCARCE AT TIMES TO THE EFFECT THAT WE HAD TO CHANGE THE DIAGNOSTIC [INAUDIBLE] WITH SCHOLARSHIP WITH THE MONEY YOU OFFER WE RANGERS SCHOLARSHIPS FROM 150-$200 PER CHILD GIVEN [INAUDIBLE] TO ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR CHOICE OF SPORTS AND RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED A SPIKE IN FAMILIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED OR EMPLOYED IN THE WORKSHOPS AND NORMALLY THEY WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] IN OUR CASH ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP FAMILIES NOW WE SEE FAMILIES OF THREE MAKING [INAUDIBLE] APPLYING FOR THESE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ONLY YOU KNOW, MORE GREATER [INAUDIBLE] MORE GREATER ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRICES OF GAS AND RENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN BE PLACED ON THE BENCH OR ON THE TEAM, WHICH ONE OF THOSE KIDS IS GOING TO NEED SPORTS FOR LIKE WHAT THEY DID FOR ME AND SO AGAIN I THINK YOU. >> JULIE DELBARBA. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS AND CITY ATTORNEY, MY NAME IS JULIE DELBARBA, [INAUDIBLE] THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR MISSION STATEMENT ALONG WITH MANY OTHER SERVICE A PROJECT THAT WILL CONSIST OF FIVE 3' X 6' [INAUDIBLE] EACH BANNER OWNED BY TEXT AND PHOTOS WOULD REPRESENT OAKLEY'S HISTORY. THESE BANNERS CAN BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BENEFIT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND THROUGH INFORMATION OF THE PAST AND PRESENT TO PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY REINFORCING THE [INAUDIBLE] AND ACCOMPLISHMENT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY AND APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS THAT I HAVE SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO DELIBERATIONS. MR. FORNEY. >> YES, THEY ARE GREAT. I SEE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND THERE ARE THREE AREAS THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AS BEING EXCEPTIONAL. THE EXCEPTIONAL EXPANSION AND THIS IS 22 YEARS OF TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE MASTERS AND A DOCTORATE LEVEL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION MYSELF, SO IS PERSONAL AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND I WOULD TO [INAUDIBLE] IN TERMS OF NUMBER ONE, HOW WOULD THAT FIT IN WITH THE FREE AND ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC EDUCATIONS WITHIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO [INAUDIBLE] AND THE TRAINING THAT THE STAFF WOULD [INAUDIBLE] TO IT AND GO INTO YOURS AND HOW YOU MAKE YOUR SELECTION WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND HOW YOU SUPERVISE THEM AS YOU ARE WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE OFTEN TIMES VERY REWARDING BUT THERE CAN BE CHALLENGES SO WOULD ADD THAT ON THERE I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AND I WOULD RESUBMIT IT. >>> THE SECOND ONE IS THE ENDS OF THE LIBRARY. I'M HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH THE MONEY GOING IS GREAT IF IT FITS IN WITH AN OAKLEY TYPE OF [INAUDIBLE] BUT IF IT'S JUST AUTHORSHIP'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THOSE BOOKS AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THOSE AUTHORSHIP'S AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF OAKLEY AND I DO APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE] AND ONE REASON YOU WANT THE GRANT IS TO EXPAND MEMBERSHIP AND SO I'M GLAD TO CARRY THAT CZAR WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SPECIFICITY GO INTO IT SO PEOPLE CAN SAY YES THEY'RE HAVINGAUTHORS GET TOGETHER AND YES OAKLEY [INAUDIBLE] IN RURAL AREAS I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL [INAUDIBLE] INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THE SITUATION IS A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITYAND THEY DON'T GET TO EXPAND [INAUDIBLE] SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT TOO. >>MS. HIGGINS. >> I KNOW THE STORIES. OFF OF TEAKWOOD THERE IS THE HOME WHERE THE GRANDMA HAS SO MANY KIDS THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AT FREEDOM AND DELTA VISTA THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE TO KITTIES [INAUDIBLE]. ALL OF THEM EVEN THE ONES THAT WE COULDN'T FIND THE FUNDING FOR NECESSARILY I KNOW THAT STILL THAT WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY PUT INTO IT AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OTHER ONES DOING COMMITTEE AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY PASS THESE ON TO GO TO OAKLEY RESIDENTS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION BUT THAT WOULD BE THE AGREEMENT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT IS? >>WHATEVER YOUR DESIRE IS, WHETHER IT STAYS LOCAL [INAUDIBLE] AN AGREEMENT FOR NONPROFITS. >>I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THROW A LITTLE PLUG OUT FOR ALL THE NONPROFITS STRUGGLING TO RAISE FUNDS RIGHT NOW THERE ARE MANY [INAUDIBLE] AND IF THEY ARE INVOLVED IN IT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DETAILS AND THAT THEY CAN PARTNER WITH THE DESK PARTNER WITH PEOPLE AND SO IT DOES HELP A LOT. >> SO, THE THREE THAT WE COULD NOT FIT IN, DID YOU ASK ANY OF THEM IF THEY WOULD ACCEPT THAT PARTIAL THAT WE HAVE OF THE $7000? >> NO, WE HAVEN'T. IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO FUND PROJECTS THAT WOULDN'T FIT UNDER THE $180,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED, THE STAFF WILL [INAUDIBLE] AND COUNSEL IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT, >>I ONLY AGREE WITH MRS. HIGGINS AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN IF THERE WAS? THEN YES I FULLY SUPPORT THAT AT LEAST THAT WE SPLIT THE 6850 AND IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT. MS. HIGGINS? >>THE OTHER TWO WERE BRENTWOOD RELATED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS OAKLEY CENTERED AND I WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE IT FOR THEIR FUNDS BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE]. >>AND SO,ON THE SPECIFIC APARTMENTS BENEFITING OAKLEY RESIDENTS AND HOW IN THE GRANT REPORTING SOMEHOW THAT WOULD BE VERIFIED. I DON'T HOW TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE IN. >>I THINK YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU KNOW A MOTION CAN INCLUDE OR REQUIRE THAT THE FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED BE SPENT [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] IS PROVIDED TO [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN REPORT BACK TO YOU. >> I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME AND DIRECTING IT TOWARDS THAT AND SOME OF THAT MIGHT BE TOWARDS MARKETING IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT PART WITHIN THEIR AND WE WANT TO INCLUDE AT THAT LEVEL II AND I JUST TO SEE THAT WE BE ABLE TO USE THIS FUNDING TO GENERATE AS MUCH INTEREST AS POSSIBLE AND CONTINUE TO GET FUNDING FROM RESIDENTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THAT AND I THINK THAT AS WE HAVE THESE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES I THINK THAT HELPS AND I THINK THAT SEEMS TO BE LACKING FROM SOME OF THE PROPOSALS AND SO I WONDERED IF WE COULD ALSO SORT OF GUIDED THAT WAY. >> YES AND WE WILL GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE AND [INAUDIBLE] AND EXECUTE THESE CONTRACTS. DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE THAT [INAUDIBLE]? >>I DID OFFER A MOTION TO IMPROVE FUNDING FOR A,C, B,E, F, H, I, J, K, AND Q. >> OKAY, THERE IS A FIRST. >>AND, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE G. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? >> SO COUNCILMEMBERS WERE WERE YOU THINKING TO COME BACK IN THE FUTURE? >> YES, MY STATEMENT WAS YES I LEFT LIKEB, AND THE OAKLEY LIBRARY AND THE EXCEPTIONAL EXPANSION I WOULD HOPE THEY WILL COME BACK I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE SPECIFICS LIKE IF THE LIBRARIES AS WE WANT $4500 FOR AUTHORSHIP, THAT'S NICE BUT I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE AUTHORSHIP IS GOING TO REALLY PROSPER OR IS IT SOMETHING REALLY DIRECTED TO OAKLEY CITIZENS WITH THOSE BOOK SELECTIONS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS FAR AS THE OTHER ONE AND THE END DOCUMENTATION I UNDERSTAND THE [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT BUT IT'S JUST TOO SPECIFIC AND TOO SMALL OF A POPULATION FOR OAKLEY AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR OAKLEY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, SOME OF YOU [INAUDIBLE] >>SECOND. >>I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ALL OF ATTACHMENT A INCLUDING THE [INAUDIBLE] AND FOR FUN AND STAY IN OAKLEY AND THE MARKETING AND ADVERTISING OF THESE KIND OF FUNDINGS FOR THE MONEY FOR THESE PROJECTS. >> WAS THAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS ARE FOR THE FULL FUNDS? >>I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE FOR THE FULL FUNDS. >> IF WE COULD COME BACK SO WE COULD DIRECT STAFF ON THAT. >> SO WE GIVE THEM NOTHING NOW AND ALLOCATE THE REMAINDER? >>YOU CAN EITHER GIVE THEM NOTHING NOW AND [INAUDIBLE] STAFF ALLOCATE THE REMAINDER TO THE NO CAUSE >>SO AND ALLOCATE THE REMAINDER TO THE NO CAUSE AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE WORDING [INAUDIBLE] >>FOR OAKLEY RESIDENTS. >>DO WE HAVE A FIRST? >>SO MOVED. >>I WILL SECOND IT. >>TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN YOUR VOTING LAWS WE WILL IMPROVE IN THE STAFF REPORT IN ADDITION [INAUDIBLE] UP TO THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE LEFT THIS $6000 AND CHANGE, YES? $6000 AND CHANGE IN DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK IN JULY WITH THE ADDITIONAL TO ALLOCATE A [INAUDIBLE] REQUEST AND I SURE THAT THE AGREEMENTSAND THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT ON THE OAKLEY RESIDENTS. >>ANY DELIBERATIONS? ARIE, ALL IN FAVOR? >> [CHORUS OF AYES] >>OPPOSED OR ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY SO 4-1 IT PASSES SO CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY. YES, YOU CAN APPLAUD AT THIS TIME.JUST NOT WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING. >>[APPLAUSE] >>ARIE, WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK? ALL RIGHT FIVE MINUTES TO USE THE RESTROOM AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS AND WE WILL BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES. >>[ADJOURNMENT]>> [RECESS] PACKAGE USING THE MEDIAN MARKET OF OUR CITIES. TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU A FIVE YEAR PACKAGE AND AS WE ARE STARTING TO TRANSITION FROM THE FIVE YEAR TOTALS TO THE [INAUDIBLE] FURTHER PROPOSE [INAUDIBLE] SO WE WILL BE CHANGING LIKE I JUST SAID, MERIT-BASED SYSTEM TO A STEP SYSTEM IT WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST A 5% INCREASE FOR [INAUDIBLE] THAT MEETS THE EXPECTATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. WE WILL ADD A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE IN 2024 FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND WE ALSO ASKED TO INCREASE THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR 720 TO 1000. [INAUDIBLE] EXTENDING CYCLICAL [INAUDIBLE] ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO RETIRE FROM THE CITY OF OAKLEY AS OPPOSED TO [INAUDIBLE] OUT THAT GEORGE IT INCREASES OVER A FIVE-YEAR PLAN THIS IS ONE PLACE THAT WE ARE [INAUDIBLE] IN OUR CITIES AND SO INCREASING THAT AMOUNT THIS YEAR BY $100 UP TO ONE $50 THIS YEAR. THE RETIREE HEALTH SAVINGS INCREASE [INAUDIBLE] OFFERING $100 PER MONTH AND THAT WILL BE ALL OF IT AND THEN ADDING LONG JEVITY AND SO I'VE THIS WILL BE A NEW INCENTIVE AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STICK AROUND AND GIVE THEM A REASON TO STAY SO IF THEY BEEN THERE FOR 10 YEARS WE WOULD RECEIVE MORE THAN 10% SALARY INCREASE IN THOSE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 420 YEARS WOULD GO UP AND THAT IT INCLUDES OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND EXCLUDES OUR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS AND >>> WE DID DO A COMPENSATION STUDY SIMILAR TO THE STUDY WE DID FOR PD AND THOSE WORDS BRING THE MEDIAN UP TO THE MARKET MEDIAN AND THEN OUR SALARY SCHEDULE WOULD BE THOSE FEW POSITIONS WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] SO WERE NOT GOING TO REDUCE THEIR PAY BUT WERE ALSO NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM JOIN INTO THE STEP SYSTEM WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A STEP OF 5% EACH YEAR AND A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE WOULD REMAIN AND THE [INAUDIBLE] WOULD REMAIN UNTIL IT CATCHES UP WITH THE MEDIAN. BLESS YOU. >>> ALL OF THOSE COME OUT TO ABOUT $3 MILLION OVER THE FIVE-YEAR TERM AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR THE GENERAL CITY STAFF AND APPROVING THE ATTACHED SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE FOR THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD IN JULY 2022. THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >>ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DELIBERATIONS OR A MOTION? >>I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >>SECOND. >> [CHUCKLES] WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? >> [CHORUS OF AYES] >> OPPOSED OR ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE, IT PASSES, UNANIMOUS. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE TURNS AND ASSIGNED PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, 5.3) DISCUSS POSITION ON ASSEMBLY BILL 1944 WHICH WOULD BE FOR OPEN MEETINGS FOR STREAMINGPURPOSES.MS. ESCOVER. >> [INAUDIBLE] SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AB 1944 TO BE SURPRISING TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW[INAUDIBLE] AND AS YOU NOTICE THE LOCATION HAS TO BE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDAAND THE [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL. THIS PROPOSED PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY THAT REQUIREMENT AND THOUGHT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY INCLUDING THE COUNCIL AND WE TO PAY REMOTELY UNTIL THE CRITERIA ARE MET AND CERTAINLY [INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT SOMETHING IT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION INTO THIS. WE DO HAVE THAT IN PERSON QUORUM AND SO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO BE PRESENT AND SO IT'S NOT AN EMPTY DAIS WITH A FULL AUDIENCE AND IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE IF WE OPT IN OUR COUNCILMEMBERS CAN BUT IT'S BEEN ALSO A WAY FOR OUR PUBLIC TO HIS FEET AS WELL SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE AN AUDIO WAY TO PROVIDE INPUT AT THAT MEETING. >>> AND OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO CHOOSE A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE WITH THAT OPTION THE CITY STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE TO PASS THE ASSEMBLY AND SEND THE LETTER TO [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW. THE CITY COUNCIL DOES CHOOSE TO NOT TAKE ACTION AND TO MONITOR THIS BILL THAN THE CITY STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ITS PROGRESS AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH ACTION YOU WANT TO TAKE [INAUDIBLE]. HAVE THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION I BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> QUESTIONS BY COUNCILMEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBERPOPE. >>YES CITY COUNCILMEMBERS CAN OPT IN TO PARTICIPATE VIA VIDEO BUT WHAT ABOUT[INAUDIBLE] JUST FADING FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] IF THAT WOULD BE OFFICIAL OR IS THAT STILL ATTENDANCE? >>YES SAY THAT THE CITY WILL OPT IN YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION SAYS WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OPTION IT DOES NOT SPECIFY IF THE COUNCILMEMBERS CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BILL IF SOMEONE IS SICK OR OUT OF TOWN ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT, OR IF THERE IS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WOULD BE NO OPPOSITION TO BILL FOR THAT APPARENT REASON THAT FOLKS [INAUDIBLE] THAT THESE ARE ADDRESSED. >> ALL RIGHT WELL, AS IT IS NOW, AS IT IS NOW, THE COUNCILMEMBER CAN GET A PUBLIC ROOM AND WATCH AND PUT IT ON AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY WILL BE ATTENDING FROM THIS PLACE AND BE WATCHING FROM THERE AND SO AS IT IS HOW IT IS NOW AND IF THAT RESOLUTION PASSED WOULD STILL REMAIN AND WE [INAUDIBLE] QUORUM AND ONE PERSON IS CALLING IN [INAUDIBLE] AND ANOTHER ONE JUST FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] SO WE ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUT THAT ARE NOT PRESENT? >> SO, WITH THIS BILL IT WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO BE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY AND SO [INAUDIBLE]. >> WAS THAT A QUESTION? MS. WILLIAMS? >> I OBVIOUSLY AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS IDEA OF QUESTIONS BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, SO IF WE SUPPORT THIS REGARDLESS OF IF WE HAVE A MEETING AND PEOPLE ARE IN PERSON OR NOT WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A VIRTUAL OPTION BECAUSE OUR STAFF HAS EXPRESSED THE DIFFICULTY IN AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM BEING RESPECTFUL OF THAT? >>YES SO, ALL OF THE MEETINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. >> I MEAN, IF WE APPROVE THAT THE STAFF WOULD JUST HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. I MEAN, I THINK MORE CITIES ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THIS AND SOPOTENTIALLY THERE IS SOME POOLING THAT CAN HAPPEN SO THAT THAT WAY EVERYBODY IS NOT [INAUDIBLE]. >>YES IT'S REALLY A TWO-STEP PROCESS OF WHAT IS THE DIRECTION FOR SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION OR DO YOU JUST WANT US TO [INAUDIBLE] THE SITUATION TO COUNSEL AND WE STILL HAVE OPT INSAND SO SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT [INAUDIBLE]. >> IF WE WERE TO SUPPORT AND THEN TO PASS IT, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO [INAUDIBLE]? >>ARE WE TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT NOW TOO BECAUSE I HAVE REASON TO SUPPORT IT OR ARE WE GOING TO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? >>[INAUDIBLE] >>PERFECT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF THE REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS IS THEY WOULD OPEN UP THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE BASICALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL THAT IS NOT NORMALLY THE AND FOR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE A CHILD OR SOMETHING THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE OUT THEIR HOME ADDRESS IN AND SO IT JUST OPENS UP THAT WHOLE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND I THINK IT JUST INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION LIKE I SAID BEFORE. >> MS. HIGGINS. >> I MEAN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HOW MANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE, ARE WE SIGNING ONTO A BIG LOG LIST ALREADY? >> THEY HAD A LETTER AND THEY HAD A BUNCH OF COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATIONS AND I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SUPPORT LETTER PUT FORWARD YET. YES SO, WE WOULD NOT BE SENDING OUT A LETTER WE WOULD HAVE TO DRAFT ONE AND SEND IT OUT. >> BECAUSE, THAT'S REALLY FORWARD THINKING AND HOW MUCH WE REALLY NEED THIS AND [INAUDIBLE] SO I WILL SUPPORT [INAUDIBLE] AND I WILL SUPPORT GETTING THIS LEGISLATION. >>MR. FULLER. >>YES TWO QUESTIONS, THIS IS NOT PASS THE LEGISLATURE, CORRECT? >>IT'S PASSED THE ASSEMBLY. >>IS THE ASSEMBLY AND SO YOU ARE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE, THIS IS NOT APPROVED AND I WOULD NOT SEE THAT [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE AND THE AND [INAUDIBLE] VERY WELL IIS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE [INAUDIBLE] I THINK IF WE HAD TO BE REMOTE, I THINK IF WE HAD TO BE REMOTE, I DON'T REALLY WANT THE PUBLIC COMING TO MY HOUSE OR MY OFFICE OR IF I WAS THE POINT WHERE IF I WAS GEORGE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OR SOMETHING SO I LEAN TOWARD SUPPORTING IT. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE DO? COME ON UP, COME ON UP. IS THIS FOR THIS ITEM? >> NO, THIS IS FOR CHANGING THE BROWN ACT.SO, I PARTIALLY SUPPORT THIS IT'S BEEN AMENDED I'VE HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME OF MY CONCERNS BUT I WOULD LIKE PROVISION WHERE IF YOU WERE PROMOTING IN TO YOUR HOME THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW YOUR REMOTE LOCATION. I'M A LITTLE BIT TORN ABOUT IF WE OPT IN IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LIVE STREAMING ALL THE TIME WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE REMOTE OR NOT. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY THE FUTURE YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT OF THE BROWN ACT IS THE PEOPLE'S POSITION AND I THINK IT FROM THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE PUBLIC AND OPEN. SO YEAH, AS FAR AS THIS GOES, I SUPPORT THE MODIFICATION FOR PEOPLE'S PRIVATE HOMES AND SUCH. AND THE REST OF IT, I'M KIND OF, I'M KIND OF TORN ON. MS. HIGGINS. >> SO THIS IS ASKING FOR A LETTER TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING TO SUPPORT LATER ON LIKE THREE YEARS FROM NOW WHEN IT COMES FORWARD, BUT IF WE DON'T SUPPORT IT NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR FUTURE COUNSEL THE ABILITY TO OPT IN, RIGHT? THEY CAN ALWAYS SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT IF WE DON'T HELP THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO OPT IN THAT WE ARE DOING OUR CITY A DISSERVICE. >>BUT WE COULD IF IT IS THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL TARGET IT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC. NOT JUST SAYING WE SUPPORT THE ENTIRE THING BUT WE COULD BE AMENDED BY TIME HE GETS THERE BUT JUST SPECIFICALLY>> >>WE CAN JUST SEE WHERE IT GOES FOR NOW. >>WE CAN JUST SEE WHERE IT GOES WITH THE COMMITTEE AND [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE IT ENDS UP ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. AND WHEN WE CAN MONITOR IT AND SEE WHAT THOSE FILE AMENDMENTS ARE, AND SEE WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING [INAUDIBLE] SO SO MY MOTION IS THAT WE WOULD PUT IN A LETTER OF SUPPORT. >>I WILL SECOND. >>WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR? >> [CHORUS OF AYES] >>ANY OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION PASSES. >>> ALL RIGHT, 5.4, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET AND ALL ASSOCIATED--I WON'T READ THIS WHOLE THING. >>IT'S A LOT. >>GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO SEND TO YOU THIS BUDGET. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROCESS THIS YEAR IT'S BEEN VERY INCLUSIVE WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE PUBLIC'S INPUT ON MANY FRONTS SO THE TOTAL BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET IS A TOTALEXPENDITURES YOU CAN SEE THE DOCUMENT IN THE ALL FUNDS SUMMARY THIS INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF THE GENERAL FUND'S BUDGET OF $14,000 WHICH WAS FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET WAS $34,287,000 INCLUDING $8,080,000 OF TRANSFERS. THAT'S A LOT OF TRANSFERS THIS YEAR AND INCLUDED IN THAT 8,080,000 IS $5 MILLION COMING FROM GENERAL RESERVES WHICH YOU WILL NOT SEE IN THE DRAFT FOR THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE NOT COMING FROM THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE IS COMING FROM THE RESERVESFOR THE CAPITAL FUND BUDGET.IS EXCLUDING THE TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN COUNTING AND ALSO OVERSTATING WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET IF IT'S TRANSFERRED FROM ONE IT'S CANADA'S REVENUE ON ANOTHER FUND AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PRESENT IT WITHOUT THE TRANSFERS IN OUR TOTAL BUDGETS . AND THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN SHOWS THAT WE ARE TO MAINTAIN THAT 20% AND ALSO 30% RESERVES SOWE ARE FORECASTING OUT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. >>> REGARDING FINANCIAL POLICIES AND THE PROCEDURES WE'VE MADE THE CHANGES IN THERE AND WE ALSO COULD IT DENIES THE SHORTAGE OF FACILITIES AND [INAUDIBLE] IN THE POLICIES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO FUND THAT PORTION OF THE POLICIES AT THIS TIME. AND ALSO, ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES WE CHANGE THE 10-YEAR PLAN AND ONE OF THE CHANGES 1.0 WITH THE GENERAL FUNDSTHE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR INCLUDING TRANSFERS. >>>OKAY THIS GRAPH SHOWS YOU THE PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY TAXES YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE LARGEST PORTION WHICH INCLUDETHE REVENUES THAT COMMENT AS A SEPARATE FUND IN OR TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THERE IS THE OTHER PORTIONS AT ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND WERE KIND OF HITTING THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE TONIGHT. AND IN THE EXPENDITURES YOU WILL SEE THE PIE CHART THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTS 40% OF THE BUDGET AND THE THING ABOUT THIS IS AND WHEN I MENTIONED IT IN THE STAFF REPORT IS, BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF TRANSFERS THIS YEAR FOR THE 2022-2023, THAT REDUCES THE SLICES OF THE PIE FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND SO, THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR TRANSFERS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. >>> AND THIS IS WHERE I TALKED ABOUT US KEEPING THAT 30% RESERVE THIS DEMONSTRATES A 10 YEAR PROJECTION WHERE THIS WOULD STAY WITHIN OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE SO IN AN EXCESS OF WE ARE PLANNING ON SPENDING DOWN FUNDS DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR SPENDING DOWN OUR RESERVES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AND BEING FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN THE FUTURE WITH MAINTAINING THAT AND MAINTAINING THAT FUND BALANCE INCLUDING THAT 30% RESERVE AND WE HAVE THESE GRAPHIC SHOWING THAT. >>> AND YOU WILL SEE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WHICH IS 2022, WE ARE SPENDING MORE THAN WE ARE BRINGING IN BECAUSE THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WE REALIZE THAT WE HAD EXCESS RESERVES AND WE USE THOSE TO BENEFIT THE CITY AND AGAIN HERE, THIS IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND SO IF THIS WAS FOR $5 MILLION THAT ARE COMING FROM RESERVES YOUR WAY OVER SPENDING IN YOUR FISCAL YEARS AS WELL AND IS TRYING TO SHOW HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE AND MAINTAINING [INAUDIBLE]. >>> AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AT THE END OF THE BUDGET HEARING YOU CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION IF YOU WANT AND WE HAVE SEPARATED THAT OUT FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION. SO SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE BUDGETS FOR THIS YEAR INCORPORATING THIS ALL AND TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2026-2027 INTO THE BUDGET AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER AND WE HAVE THE AND HERE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAVE THEY OPERATING FUNDS FOR THE BUDGETS THE RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL AND IF ADOPTED THE AMENDED EXPENDITURE PLANS FOR ARPA AND INCLUDING NEW COMPENSATION POLICIES WHICH ARE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE REFLECTED GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND THE [INAUDIBLE] OF THE RESERVE POLICY AND SO [INAUDIBLE]. AND OF COURSE, AWARD-WINNING BUDGETS, RIGHT? WE WILL PRESENT TO THIS BUDGET TO DISCUSS FOR FULL CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOARD AGAIN, AND THERE MAY BE SOME CONSIDERATION OR CHANGES TO THE BUDGETS AND ONE THING I MENTIONED TO THE STAFF AND TO THE BOARD'S WERE STILL TRYING TO WITH SOME STATISTICS FOR [INAUDIBLE] PICTURE WHAT OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE IN STARTING WITH NEW PROPOSAL MEASURES THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND YOU CAN JUST STATE THAT IN THE BUDGET AND SOMETHING NEW MOVING FORWARD TO IMPROVE THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HELP US TO SHOW [INAUDIBLE]. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THAT SHOWS THE [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE AND LIKE WE SAID WE INCORPORATED THE STRATEGIC PLAN INTO THIS BUDGET DOCUMENT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME THE PROPOSAL WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS. THE FIRST RESOLUTION WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 CAPITAL BUDGET AND FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE SECOND WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED OAKLEY GENERAL PLAN REQUIRED IN SECTIONS 2541 IN THE CODE AND FINALLY RESOLUTION THREE WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] AND AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THOSE. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE APPEARED >>ARE ANY QUESTIONS? >>OKAY RESOLUTION THREE THE ANIMAL SERVICES, HOW DO YOU CONDUCT A MINIMUM OF ONE VACCINE CLINIC PER MONTH AND MAINTAIN A CLINIC IN MARTINEZ [INAUDIBLE] FOR VACCINES FOR SPAY AND NEUTER BUT I NEVER KNEW THEY DID THIS THEY DON'T ADVERTISE THIS ANYWHERE AND THIS CAN'T BE A NEW WERE NOT REALLY INVENTING AN AGREEMENT TO AND THAT WE WOULD AGAIN AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM [INAUDIBLE] AND CAN THEY ADVERTISE MORE TO US AND CAN THEY GIVE A THING FOR THIS THAT THEY ARE ASKING IS PAY FOR SOMEWHAT. WHAT CAN YOU AS WITH ANYTHING AS YOU SEE IN OUR BUDGET THE COSTS HAVE INCREASEDAND THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING MORE THAN THE STATE MANDATED ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES IN THE STATE AND EVERY JURISDICTION THAT ANIMAL CONTROL COVERS WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE ARE ALSO [INAUDIBLE] THE WEBSITE UPDATE AND AS PART OF THAT, THE ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION, [INAUDIBLE]THE INFORMATION FOR THAT. >> BECAUSE WERE KIND OF HAVING OUR OWN LITTLE DOG POUND ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CERTAIN BUSINESS HOURS AND [INAUDIBLE] ANIMALS, AND LOOKING THAT YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS AND MAYBE THAT'S A SEPARATE DEAL THEY SHOULD LEARN PEN FOR THESE ANIMALS AND WATCHING FOR THOSE ANIMALS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THOSE ANIMALS? >>I WOULD SAY THAT WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT THERE IS A MINIMAL REQUIREMENT I'D SAY WITHIN THAT IS A DESIRE TO INCREASE THE SERVICE TIME WITH THE INCREASED SERVICE WOULD BECOME AN INCREASE COST THERE IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] FOR TWO YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE. A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT IN 2006 WAS APPROVED [INAUDIBLE] >>I KNOW A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND ANIMAL SERVICES TO BECAUSE I'VE CALLED LOTS AND LOTS OF TIMES AND FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF IT NOT THE ANIMAL CONTROL AND I ONLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN [INAUDIBLE] IN THE PAST? >>NO, THIS IS NOT IT'S A NEW SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> AGAIN, IS IT SPECIFIC? I MEAN, IS READING FOR THROUGH THE AGREEMENT STUFF, IS IT SPECIFIC FOR THE ONGOING STRESSORS OR SPECIFIC EVENTS?