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>>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. THE APRIL EIGHT, 2025 MEETING OF THE PITTSBURG PLANNING COMMISSION WILL COME TO ORDER. MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL . >> IVELINA POPOVA IS ABSENT. >> DONNA SMITH ? >> PRESENT. >> ELISSA ROBINSON. >> PRESENT. >> FRANK GORDON IS ABSENT. >> DEANDRA STOKES? >> PRESENT. >> AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING WAS POSTED AT CITY HALL, AT LEAST, 72 HOURS BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING ON APRIL FOURTH. COMMISSIONER RILEY, CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE THE PLEDGE? 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. >>> MR. SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY DELETIONS, WITHDRAWALS, OR CONTINUANCES ON ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA? -- >> YOU ARE WELCOME. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OR SPEAK A NON-AGENDA ISSUE, WOULD YOU PLEASE FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD, THE YELLOW SHEETS FOUND IT NEXT TO THE PODIUM, AND PLEASE HAND IT TO MADAME CLERK. MADAME CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS? >> THERE ARE NONE. >> THANK YOU. I NOW CALL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR CAN DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WANT PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IF NOT, DO I HEAR A MOTION? >> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COMMISSIONER STOKES. SECOND. >> LET'S CAST OUR VOTES. >> THE MOTION CARRIES FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE AGENDA. MR. SECRETARY, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? >> YES, THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING MADAME CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM TONIGHT. THIS IS A GENERAL PUBLIC TEXT AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE SAFETY ELEMENT AND INCORPORATE LANGUAGE FROM THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL GRANT ASSISTANCE. ALLISON SPELL , SYSTEM PLANNER, AND ZENA BARKER, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRESENTATION. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GREAT, THANKS, JOHN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST OF A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN TO REFLECT THE CITY'S ADOPTION OF THE 2022 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. IN OCTOBER, JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND -- IN OCTOBER, 2000, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIGNED INTO LAW THE DISASTER MITIGATION AND COST REDUCTION ACT, REQUIRING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIVING GRANT ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, OR FEMA. FOR DISASTER MITIGATION, AND RECOVERY. LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS OR HMPS AND --BY IDENTIFYING RISKS, VULNERABILITIES, AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS, ULTIMATELY, ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. LHMPS MUST FOLLOW FEMA GUIDANCE. IF A JURISDICTION DOES NOT HAVE AN ADOPTED LHMP ADOPTED BY FEMA, THEY CANNOT APPLY FOR HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE AND THEY CANNOT RECEIVE FEMA GRANT AWARDS. LHMPS MUST BE ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN, SUBSEQUENTLY, APPROVED BY FEMA. THEY MUST ALSO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. THE CITY OF PITTSBURG'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT SPEARHEADS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT OUR LHMP. THE LAST TWO CYCLES OF OUR LHMP WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY FEMA IN 2017 AND AGAIN IN 2023. AND, MS. ZUNA BARKER SPEARHEADED THAT EFFORT IN 2023. NOW, RECENTLY, ZUNA CAME DOWNSTAIRS TO TALK TO PLANNING ABOUT LEGISLATION WE WERE MADE AWARE OF. IT WAS PASSED IN 2006. IT IS KNOWN AS CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 2140. A.B. 2140, IS, ESSENTIALLY, AN INCENTIVE BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENCOURAGE JURISDICTIONS TO ADOPT THEIR LHMPS INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THEIR GENERAL PLAN. BY DOING SO, IT WOULD ALLOW COUNTIES AND CITIES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING ON ELIGIBLE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROJECTS. FOR ELIGIBLE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROJECTS, A TYPICAL LOCAL OR NONFEDERAL COST SHARE IS 25% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, OR CAL OES AUTHORIZES PAYMENTS TO THE LEGISLATURE. UP TO 18.75% OF THE STATE COST SHARE. JUST TO PUT THIS INTO NUMBERS, FOR A $4 MILLION BRIDGE REPAIR PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, CAL OES WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY $750,000. UPON APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATURE, COUNTIES AND CITIES THAT ARE A.B. 2140 COMPLIANT, THEY NOW BECOME ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE REMAINING 6.25% LOCAL COST SHARE FROM THE STATE, AS WELL. IN OUR EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE AB 2140 COMPLIANT, WE WOULD PAY ZERO DOLLARS. IF WE ARE NONCOMPLIANT WITH AB 2140, WE WOULD BE PAYING $250,000. SO, ZERO DOLLARS, ALL BECAUSE WE TOOK ACTION TO ADOPT OUR LHMP INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF OUR GENERAL PLAN, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD DO. IT WOULD INTRODUCE A MINOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE TITLE PAGE OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IS SHOWN UP ON THE SCREEN. THE NEW TEXT BEING ADDED , AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A OF THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT WOULD DO TWO THINGS. IT WOULD LET READERS KNOW THE CITY HAS A FEMA APPROVED COUNCIL ADOPTED LHMP, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE A WEB LINK, SO THAT READERS KNOW WHERE TO ACCESS THE LHMP. CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 65353, AND 65358, AND CHAPTER 18.10 OF PITTSBURG MUNICIPAL CODE IDENTIFIED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE ADVISORY BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN. IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST DETERMINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE THAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN MAKE THE REQUIRED FINDING TO RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL AMEND THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN TO REFLECT THE CITY'S ADOPTION OF THE 2022 CITY OF PITTSBURG LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, MS. SMELLS -- SPELLS. COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER ROBINSON? >> I THINK MINE IS FACTUAL. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL OF THE BACKGROUND PROVIDED THIS --IT SPARKED MY INTEREST WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING AB 2140. SO, THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2006, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE LAST TWO LHMP, WAS THIS DONE FOR EITHER OF THOSE? I CAN'T RECALL. >> I CAN RESPOND TO EITHER OF THOSE, BUT LET'S HAVE MS. BARKER TALK ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU. IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS AB 2140 UNTIL RECENTLY. IT WAS --I THINK THE STATE IS PUSHING , RECENTLY, TO GET THIS APPROVAL, BUT CURRENTLY, THERE ARE ONLY 75 CITIES OR COUNTIES IN THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHO ARE AB 2140 COMPLIANT. AND SO, WITH THIS INFORMATION COMING UP TO SURFACE RECENTLY, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO BE ADDED. I DON'T THINK I HAVE A BETTER ANSWER THAN THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, THEY ARE USING -- THEY ARE USING IT AS A CARRIAGE TO GET PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH HAVING THIS IN THEIR GENERAL PLAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE. YOU GET THAT LITTLE EXTRA INCREASE OF FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US AS A CITY OF PITTSBURG , IN THE VERY LEAST. >> YES, IT WOULD HELP US GET MORE FUNDING TO ADD THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT. YES. IS THERE ANY -- I AM CALLING THIS THE CARRIAGE. IS THERE A STICK THEY HAVE, THAT WOULD BE USED, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS IN OUR GENERAL PLAN? OR, IS THIS SOMETHING BUT WE JUST DON'T GET THE FUNDING? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> YES, AND THROUGH THE CHAIR. I ALSO BELIEVE, AND ZUNA CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT NOT EVERY CITY AND COUNTY HAVE A LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IN CALIFORNIA, SO IT IS NOT JUST TO DANGLE BE CARROT. IN TERMS OF FUNDING, I THINK IT IS AN INCENTIVE TO GET JURISDICTIONS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP A LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING. THEY CAN RECEIVE GRANT AWARDS, AND ALSO, THEY COULD PAY MOST OF THE LOCAL COST SHARE WOULD BE COVERED BY THE STATE. JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON ALLISON, CURRENTLY IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AND IT'S THE CITY OF CONCORD AND THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO RELY ON THE COUNTY LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. THE COUNTY JUST ADOPTED THEIR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THIS YEAR. WE ARE A VERY SPECIAL CITY, BEING ONE OF THE TWO CITIES IN THE WHOLE COUNTY TO HAVE OUR OWN LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. VERY INTERESTING. I REVIEWED ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED AHEAD OF TIME AND I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT PULL THE DOCUMENTS UP HERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE, BUT THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS. FIRST, I WANT TO BE REALLY AWARE OF WHAT IT IS WE ARE CHANGING OR ADDING OR AMENDING TONIGHT. I'M REALLY NOT QUITE SURE, BUT ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT --WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE COVERED , HAZARDS WERE JUST LISTED AS ONE WORD -- HAZARDS. AND, I WONDER, IF WE WOULDN'T WANT TO AMEND THAT TO INCLUDE HAZARDS, AND ALSO, TOXICITY IN AIR AND WATER. THOSE ARE COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS AREA , AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WASN'T REALLY COVERED IN THERE. SO, THAT WAS ONE THING. THE OTHER, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHERE IT IS, AS I CAN'T SEE THE DOCUMENT, BUT THE OTHER THING WAS THE NOTION THAT WE MIGHT BE DOING WORKSHOPS OR SOMETHING, HAVING TO DO WITH CONNECTING TO THE PUBLIC, SO THEY CAN BE MORE AWARE OF THIS. THAT IS ALSO IN THE DOCUMENTS, AND I WONDER WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED OR WHAT WE MIGHT DO ABOUT THAT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW , WE HAVE THIS, AND THE OTHER THING THAT IS KIND OF A BIG ISSUE IS, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT IN ADVANCE HERE ON A POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS SITUATION? MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE A CHEMICAL SPILL, OR , WE HAD THE COAST CLOSED OFF LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF A TSUNAMI WARNING. THE ODDITY OF THE TORNADO LANDING IN GRASS VALLEY , JUST ALL OF THAT IS KIND OF STRANGE, BUT THE WARNINGS CAME OUT. DO WE HAVE SUCH A THING IN PLACE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND IF SO, WHERE IS IT AND WHAT IS IT, AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE WORKSHOPS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC MORE ABOUT , WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT ? DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF WARNING SYSTEM? THROUGH THE CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. WE WILL TAKE THESE IN A FEW PARTS. I WILL ADDRESS THE FIRST PART, WHICH I RECALL, YOU SAID, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE AMENDING HERE? AND SO, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE, CERTAINLY, NOT AMENDING THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. THAT IS NOT A DOCUMENT THAT IS -- IT IS A STANDALONE DOCUMENT. WHAT WE ARE MENDING IS THIS ONE, SINGLE PAGE THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SCREEN. AS YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL PLAN IS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL ELEMENTS. WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN ELEMENT, LAND-USE ELEMENT, A HOUSING ELEMENT. ONE ELEMENT IS OUR SAFETY ELEMENT. AND SO, WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT TITLE PAGE OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS, WE ARE ADDING THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU SEE UNDERLINED IN EXHIBIT A. CAN YOU SEE YOUR EXHIBIT A? TO THE RESOLUTION? >> WHICH , IS THE WHOLE PAGE, CORRECT? >> NO. ANYWAY, BASICALLY, WE ARE JUST SAYING THAT THE CITY OF PITTSBURG HAS A LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND WE ARE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS IT. THIS IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED BY CAL OES, WHO WE CHECKED IN WITH. IT IS JUST TO ADD A PARAGRAPH TO THE TITLE PAGE OF OUR SAFETY ELEMENT PAGE. >> AND I SEE THAT? I'M STILL NOT SEEING IT. >> THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN? >> NO. IN YOUR PACKET FOR EXHIBIT A, SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT, AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE -- WHAT THERE IS, THERE IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT. IT'S IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, EXHIBIT A. IT IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, AND THAT LANGUAGE , REALLY, IS JUST A SMALL SENTENCE OR TWO OF TEXT THAT IDENTIFIES WHERE THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IS ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT IS IT. THIS IS REALLY JUST --I WANT TO CALL IT A QUICK FIX, JUST IN CASE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE IN THE FUTURE FOR ADDITIONAL MATCHING FUNDS. AS ALLISON POINTED OUT, THERE IS THIS 25% FORMULA, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE -- THERE WE GO. THAT LOCAL COST SHARE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, AND IF WE INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE IN OUR SAFETY ELEMENT, WE SHOULD BE COVERED AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OKAY IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY OR DISASTER, WHICH WE DON'T WANT, EVER, BUT THEN, THERE IS ALSO BE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TOO. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM STAFF OVER HERE, IN REGARDS TO ANSWERING YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD IN REGARD TO A HAZARDOUS RELEASE, HAZARDOUS SPILL, AN EARTHQUAKE -- THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN DOES HAVE -- DOES ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. JUST FOR A QUICK REVIEW, WE HAVE THE LIST OF PROFILES. WE HAVE CIVIL UNREST, CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKE AND SEISMIC HAZARDS, FLOODING, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE, PIPELINE FAILURES, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, SEVERE WEATHER, WIND, TORNADOES, HEAT, TERRORISM, TRANSPORTATION INCIDENTS, WHETHER IT IS AIR, RAIL, HIGHWAY, WATER, AND WILDLAND FIRES. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HAZARDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS PUT OUT. THERE WERE SURVEYS --WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE PLAN TOGETHER THERE WERE SURVEYS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. WE ALSO DID PUBLIC OUTREACH AT THE HOLIDAY PARADE, JUST GO IN PERSON TO PERSON, JUST GETTING SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS, WHICH REPAIRS -- PREPARES THE CITY STAFF TO ADDRESS --TO ACT IN THE EVENT OF ANY RELEASES, IN THE EVENT OF ANY HAZARDS. I THINK OF, LIKE A TRANSFORMER. WE COME TOGETHER AND WE DO TEAMS TRAINING. IN FACT, WE HAVE ONE ON THURSDAY , APRIL 10th. WE HAVE THE EOC TEAM COME TOGETHER, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND THE COUNTY --THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO COME OUT AND TRAIN OUR STAFF , AND SO, WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING AN ESE LIST OR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER LIST, UPDATING IT, TRAINING EMPLOYEES, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE READY IN THE EVENT A DISASTER CALLS. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT EOC IS COMPRISED OF DEPARTMENTAL HEADS, DIVISION HEADS . IT IS MYSELF, AND SOME DIVISION HEADS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE PART OF THAT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS UNIT, AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT 3.5 YEARS, AND I HAVE ATTENDED SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS, AND THEY ARE REALLY HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE ASSEMBLY BILL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS IN PLACE. I THINK, IT JUST GIVES A COMFORT LEVEL. WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THESE WORKSHOPS, WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS TOO. HEY, WE HAVE THIS YEAR IN PLACE. WE KNOW WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT DISASTER OR EMERGENCY THAT COMES INTO PLAY. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND, MY LAST QUESTION WAS WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO NOTIFY THEM OF SOME HAZARDOUS SITUATION? IS THAT IN THESE DOCUMENTS YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS A -- >> -- YES, I APOLOGIZE, THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES. SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CWS, WHICH IS A COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY ALERTING SYSTEM AND IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG, WE HAVE ANOTHER LAYER, YOU WOULD SAY. IT IS CALLED EVERBRIDGE, IN WHICH YOU CAN NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER , OR IF WE NEED TO GET INFORMATION OVER TO THEM. HOW ARE THEY NOTIFIED? >> WE WOULD NOTIFY, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH EMAIL, OR THROUGH PHONE. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE NO ONE ELSE. >> LAST QUESTION BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION PUT DO YOU MIND PUTTING UP THE SHEET AGAIN WHERE THAT SAFETY ELEMENT IS? I AM FROM AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND HERE. TWO WORDS I DON'T SEE HERE BUT I'M GLAD THERE IS MITIGATION, PREPARATION. I AM NOT SEEING THE WORDS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY. BECAUSE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING FUNDED WHEN AN INCIDENT HAPPENS. THAT'S WHERE THE BIG MONEY IS. SO, I WONDER IF THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE LANGUAGE, EITHER IN HERE, OR I DID SEE, RESPONSE AS A WORD IN THE MITIGATION PLAN , AND SO, THAT IS ONE THERE. THE ONLY THING I AM MISSING IS --I REMEMBER THIS. THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN. LET'S SAY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE CITY MANAGER, WHO IS GOING TO BE NEXT IN CHARGE? SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE MAYOR, WHO IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE? IS THERE SUCH A THING? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE CALL IT A COOP. CONTINUED OPERATIONS PLAN. SO, WE ARE, ACTUALLY, WORKING ON THAT, AS WELL. WE ARE IN THE FINAL PROCESS OF IT. WE HAVE CIRCULATED IT TO STAFF. WE HAVE PUT IT TOGETHER. WE HAD MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO BRING SOME OF THE INFORMATION, WHETHER --HOW MANY COMPUTERS DO YOU NEED , IN THE EVENT THAT CITY HALL IS NOT FUNCTIONING? WHERE IS OUR BACKUP PLAN? IN FACT, IT WILL BE THE MARINA CENTER. WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO SET UP TO JUST GET THE CITY RUNNING ? NOT TO RUN AT 100%, BUT YES, SO WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING THE COOP TOGETHER. AGAIN, IT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES, AND THOSE OF THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT ARE COMING VERY SOON, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, AND THE COOP, WHICH IS THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS PLAN. >> WILL THE COOP BE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT OR WILL IT BE INCORPORATED SOMEWHERE? >> IT WILL BE AN ANNEX TO THE EOP. THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT WILL BE AN ANNEX TO THE EOP. THERE IS SOME CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION IN THAT COOP THAT IS PRIVATE INFORMATION, LIKE CONTACT INFORMATION, THAT WE WILL NOT BE ADDING, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT PRIVATE FOR THE PROTECTION -- >> PRIVACY. IT'S JUST INTERNAL DOCUMENTS. I UNDERSTAND. WHERE -- I THINK I KNOW WHERE THIS WENT WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF WAS HERE. WHERE WILL THE EOC BE STOOD UP? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, CURRENTLY, THE EOC WILL BE SET UP IN THIS ROOM. IN THE EVENT THIS BUILDING IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, IT WILL BE THE MARINA CENTER. >> I REMEMBER, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I HAD HEARD. THOSE WERE MY TWO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND GIVING ME MEMORIES OF DOING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BACK IN THE DAY. COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HOPEFULLY, MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU. ONCE THIS COOP HAS BEEN SET UP, AND YOUR PEOPLE WITHIN THE STAFF HAVE BEEN SELECTED , AND HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY , WILL THE PUBLIC HAVE A CHANCE TO BE PULLED AND THAT? WILL THERE BE ANY WORKSHOPS , RATHER THAN THEM TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ONLINE? WILL THERE ACTUALLY BE SOME OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED , IF, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS , WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE , INFORMING THEM, IN OTHER WORDS? THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, WHICH THE COOP WILL BE AN ANNEX TO, WE WILL BE BRINGING IT UP TO ADOPTION TO CITY COUNCIL. IT WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT POINT, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO ADD ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS , BUT , CURRENTLY, THE WAY THAT IT IS BEING DEVELOPED IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT , JUST BECAUSE WE THINK THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW BEST, WHO CAN REPLACE THEIR POSITION, WOULD BE SOMEONE THEY WERE WITH. SOMETIMES, IT MAY BE THAT IF WE GET PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY MAKE SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT NOT ADD UP OR WORK OUT IN THE WAY THAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY. BUT, THE DOCUMENT, ASIDE FROM THE PRIVATE INFORMATION , THE CONTACT INFORMATION, FOR PRIVACY, WILL BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. >> IF I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT, WE ARE TALKING JUST ABOUT THE DOCUMENT, AND I AM, ACTUALLY, TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WILL SEE IF I CAN TAKE A STAB AT THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN REGARDS TO HAVING TRANSPARENCY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. I THINK A LOT OF WHAT ZUNA IS TALKING ABOUT IS, THAT INFORMATION IN THE COOP IS PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES, SO A LOT OF THAT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THE SENIOR TEAM AND CITY MANAGER OR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SOME OF THAT STUFF WILL BE MAINTAINED IN HOUSE, BUT A LOT OF WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, AND WHAT ZUNA IS REFERRING TO WILL BE VETTED. IT WILL BE DISCUSSED BUT IT WILL BE IN AN OPEN FORM WHEN WE HAVE THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. AND, AS A NOTE, WHAT I CAN DO IS, WHEN IT DOES COME FORWARD, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOUR COUNCIL IS AWARE OF IT --I MEAN, THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF IT. THE COUNCIL WAS LAST NIGHT. THEN, I CAN PREPARE SOME SORT OF MEMORANDUM , SO WE CAN KEEP YOU GUYS UP TO DATE WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES FORWARD. >> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THE CHIEF OF POLICE WOULD BE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE EOC DIRECTOR WILL BE THE CITY MANAGER. >> OH, CITY MANAGER. TRAINING WISE, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE PROBABLY NOT UP FOR ANY SORT OF TRAINING HERE. BUT, WILL CITY COUNCILMEMBERS BE TRAINED IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. IN FACT, THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY CENTER, THEY HAD A TRAINING OFFER IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR FOR OFFICIALS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT WAS CIRCULATED TO THEM. JUST TO INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE. SO, THOSE TRAININGS ARE AVAILABLE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. >> AND SO, ONE MORE TINY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. IF THERE WAS A SORT OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION, WHO WOULD BE DOING IT? WILL IT COME FROM THE CITY MANAGER OR CHIEF OF POLICE? LET'S SAY YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE A PRESS RELEASE, WHO WOULD BE THE PERSON QUOTED? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT DEPENDS. IT WOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER, AND IF THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT AVAILABLE, IT WOULD BE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RECTIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME. >> I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER STOKES. >> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. JUST, A GENERAL COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. MY COMMENT IS, FROM WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED AND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, I LIKE WHAT IS BEING DONE , IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING. THERE IS AN OLD QUOTE -- I DON'T KNOW WHO QUOTED IT, BUT THEY SAID, IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL. WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE BACKGROUND, ONCE IT COMES TOGETHER, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY, ONCE YOU BRING THE PUBLIC IN. I'M HEARING, IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE. YOU ALL ARE DOING THE FRAMEWORK, AND ONCE YOU GET THOSE CORNER PIECES TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING AROUND THAT, THEN, YOU WILL BRING EVERYBODY ELSE INTO THAT BIGGER PICTURE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BEHIND THE SCENES, AND ONCE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, I THINK WE WILL APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, SO THANK YOU. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WILL THANKS ALLISON, BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE THAT SPEARHEADED IT, HER AND JOHN ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE SPEARHEADED THIS. IT IS AN AMAZING WORK THEY HAVE DONE. AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, WE WILL BE ONE OF A FEW CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHO WILL BE AB 2140 COMPLIANT, AND IT IS THANKS TO THEM. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THOUGH, ZUNA PUT TOGETHER THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. CLEARLY, YOU SEE THAT SHE IS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THE CREDIT SHOULD GO TOWARDS HER TOO. >> THANK YOU. WE BOTH BLAME YOU. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. I GUESS THERE IS NO APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK. I AM JUST GOING TO ANNOUNCE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. DO I JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> BRUCE OLSEN. >> HOLD ON A SECOND PIT >> THERE WE GO. THANKS FOR PUSHING THE BUTTON. I AM BRUCE OLSEN, RESIDENT OF PITTSBURG. PITTSBURG'S, MR. BICYCLE. PITTSBURG'S BICYCLE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAFETY OF OUR NONMOTORIZED PUBLIC LISTED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. PEOPLE GETTING AROUND WITHOUT CARS HELPS THE SAFETY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT , AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, ALTHOUGH, WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE, WHO CANNOT NOT USE A CAR. THIS COULD INCLUDE , INSTALLING BIKE LANES ON ALL ARTERIAL STREETS. WE COULD DO THIS BY NARROWING THE TRAFFIC LANES DOWN TO 11 FEET. THIS IS IN THE STANDARD CALTRANS DESIGN HANDBOOK , AND TRI-DELTA TRANSIT ACCEPTS 11 FOOT TRAFFIC LANES ON ITS BUS ROUTES, OR, WE COULD INSTALL 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET. THEN, WE SHOULD CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS , WHEREVER THEY ARE MISSING IN OUR CITY. AND, WE WANT TO CONNECT ALL EXISTING BICYCLE PATHS IN OUR CITY . WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF ALL NEW STREETS. ON ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SIDEWALKS BE 10 FEET WIDE. AND, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. PITTSBURG'S BICYCLE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIKE PATH INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CALIFORNIA AVENUE, BETWEEN HARBOR STREET AND LEVERAGE ROAD. THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THERE IS ROOM. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A BIKE PATH INSTALLED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN MARCO BOULEVARD, BETWEEN THE DELTA TRAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, DOWN TO LELAND ROAD, WHERE IT WILL CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING BIKE PATH THAT CONTINUES TO THE SOUTH. VERY IMPORTANT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SAFE ROUTE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT WILLOW PASS ROAD, RANGE ROAD NORTH , PARKSIDE DRIVE INTERSECTION. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A BIKE PATH ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF CENTURY BOULEVARD , BETWEEN THE ANTIOCH BORDER AND THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER , AND PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE ANY BICYCLE LANES TO INCLUDE MORE TRAFFIC LANES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. MADAME CLERK , DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> THERE ARE NONE. >> THANK YOU. SINCE THERE IS NO ONE ELSE SPEAKING ON THIS, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS THE STAFF? I KNOW I DO. BUT, BEFORE I REQUEST A MOTION, I DO HAVE MORE RUSSIANS OF STAFF -- MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF. I RECALL ON 9/11 --THERE IS A BOOK CALLED, ALL THE AVAILABLE BOATS. SOME PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED BY BOAT. IS THAT INCORPORATED SOMEWHERE IN THE PLAN? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. AN EVACUATION PLAN IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED BY THE COUNTY , AND WE, AS THE CITY OF PITTSBURG WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVACUATION PLAN, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO DO IT AS A COUNTY, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO IT AS OUR OWN CITY, WE MAY BE POINTING THAT WAY, AND THE CITY MAY BE POINTING THIS WAY. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE DECIDED TO JOIN THE EFFORTS OF THE COUNTY, THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN THAT ALIGNS WITH ALL OF THE CITIES SURROUNDING US AND BE SAFER FOR THE RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU. I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE MARITIME ROUTE FOR A SPOT AT THE EVACUATION NEXUS THERE. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WILL BE MAKING THAT COMMENT AND MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION WHEN THEY DO THAT. >> THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER ROBINSON. >> ALL RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN TO REFLECT THE CITY'S ADOPTION OF THE 2022 CITY OF PITTSBURG LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AP-25-0016. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION. >> THANK YOU, LADIES. LET'S CAST OUR VOTES. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANYONE OBJECTING TO THIS DECISION HAS 10 DAYS TO FILE AN APPEAL WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION. >> THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION, IT IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE COUNCIL. >> OKAY. WELL, IT IS IN THE SCRIPT. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. NOW, THAT HAS CONCLUDED. MR. SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY STAFF COMMUNICATIONS? >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, OUR NEXT PUBLIC WORKSHOP AND COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TITLE IS NEXT SATURDAY, APRIL 19th, FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 12:00 P.M. AT THE LIBRARY HERE, AND THEN ALSO AT THE SENIOR CENTER FROM 1:00 P.M. UNTIL 2:00 P.M., NEXT SATURDAY, NOT THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY, BUT NEXT SATURDAY, THE 19th. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP, AND A DEVELOPMENT TITLE UPDATE. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS UPDATE WE HAD AT THE MARINA CENTER WAS A SUCCESS. SOME OF YOU ATTENDED, SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVING PITTSBURG. THEN, NEXT, FUTURE MEETINGS. APRIL 22nd, WE HAVE THE 2024 GENERAL PLAN IN YOUR PROGRESS REPORT. AND, FOR MAY 13th, THERE IS NOTHING SCHEDULED YET, SO IT IS TBD. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AT THE NEXT COMMISSION HEARING , IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS ON THE 13th. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY. I'M GOING TO DO A ROUND ROBIN WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. COMMISSIONER STOKES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, COMMITTEE WISE? COMMISSIONER ROBINSON? WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET THEM -- TOMORROW MY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. >> I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT TOO, BECAUSE OUR MEETING IS CANCELED. COMMISSIONER RILEY. DID WE ASSIGN HER A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT YET? OH, RECOGNITION. OKAY. OKAY, NOTHING TO PASS ON. I UNDERSTAND. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I AM ADJOURNING THE MEETING.