Community Advisory Commission

>>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING. WE ARE OPENING THE MEETING AT 7:00. CALL TO ORDER. CAN I GET THE ROLL CALL? >> DENNISHA MARSH? >> PRESENT. >> MONIQUE ROBINSON. PRESENT! MICHAEL >> PRESENT. >> SONYA SHEPHERD. PRESENT. >> SUVASH. >> PRESENT. >> JENNIFER CRUZ. >> PRESENT. >> ROLAND FERNANDEZ. >> PRESENT. >> DENNISHA CAN YOU PLEASE 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. >> DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? >> THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE TONIGHT. WE WILL SAVE THAT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO UNDER OLD BUSINESS. >> REPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSIONS WITH EYES ON THE STREET. I HAVE SOME THINGS I WANTED TO -- NUMBER ONE THANK THE CITY FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE DRAINS WERE ACTUALLY CLEANED OUT THIS YEAR. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FLOODING AROUND THE CITY DURING THE RAIN. ALSO THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CUTTING DOWN THE LARGE BRANCHES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT SO WHEN THE WIND PICKED UP I HADN'T SEEN NEW LARGE BRANCHS FALLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT UH ALSO WANTED TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT SPROUTS IS ALMOST DONE SO THE PARKING LOT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AS MUCH ANYMORE. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE. DO WE HAVE ANY OPENING DAY ON THAT SPROUTS? >> WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT OPENING DAY. THEY WERE DELAYED BY PG&E WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO COME OUT AND ENERGIZE THE BUILDING OR THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL TILL MID MARCH. NOW THOSE HAVE BEEN DONE THEY ARE ESTIMATING FOUR TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE IT OPENS SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE AN EXACT DATE YOU ALL WILL KNOW. AND THE STARBUCKS WILL FOLLOW SPROUTS SHORTLY WITH COLD STONE, MOUNTAIN MIKE'S, WING STOP FALLING SOON AFTER THAT. >> I SAW THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIRING A MANAGER FOR SPROUTS! I BELIEVE SO. ANYTHING ON THE PARKS AND REC? SINCE I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY'S HAND -- I --FROM GO AHEAD. >> I'M SORRY. I WENT TO THE CESAR CHAVEZ EVENT. THERE WAS MARCH FROM CITY HALL DOWN TO MARINA VISTA SCHOOL AND THE GROUP WAS SMALLER THIS YEAR I THINK CAUSE THERE WERE SOME OTHERS GOING ON. STILL A NICE GROUP THAT WAS DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING AND THEN WE HAD POULTRY AND DANCE AT THE MARINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONCE INSIDE AND THERE WERE BOOTHS THERE THAT WE ARE SOURCES OF THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS A NEWS EVENT AND THEY SERVED A NICE HEALTHY LUNCH AND IT WAS --MEXICAN FOOD. IT WAS VERY DELICIOUS. NICE TURN OUT. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, MR. CHAIR, I DID JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THERE IS A NEW MURAL ABOVE COAT'S BARBERSHOP. HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK THAT OUT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MURALS THAT WAS INSTALLED AS PART OF OUR MURAL AND PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT. CDBG. >> YEAH I HAVE A REPORT FROM THE CDBG. WE ALLOCATED THE PROPOSED MONEY FROM WHAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE FOLLOWING SERVICES DENTIST ON WHEELS. THEY PROVIDE DENTAL SERVICES TO -- FREE DENTAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. SAINT VINCENT PAUL THEY ALSO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL CLINIC CARE. LOAVES AND FISHES OF CONTRA COSTA. THEY OFFER FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO DID RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY JUNCTION BOTH CAREER AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE CITY OF PITTSBURG WE FUNDED A LITTLE BIT TO THE HANDICAPPED UPGRADING THE HANDICAPPED SECTIONS OF THE SIDEWALKS. WE ALSO FUNDED MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER AND BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY. BOTH DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE APPROVAL FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE TOTAL MONEY. I COULD FLUCTUATE THE ACTUAL ALLOCATIONS. THEY COULD GO UP AND DOWN. I WILL BRING THE EXACT NUMBERS WHEN WE MEET AGAIN. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WITH THE LOAVES AND FISHES, DID WE JUST FUND THE FOOD PANTRY OR DID WE ALSO FUND FOR THE COOKING CLASSES? CAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE COOK CLASSES FOR I WANT TO SAY PEOPLE UP TO ADULTHOOD AND THEY GET JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND RESTAURANT WORK OR WHATEVER. SO WAS THAT OR JUST THE FOOD PORTION WAS --GRANTED PUNTING? SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THEY WILL USE THE MONEY. WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND THEY WEREN'T PRESENT DURING THE MEETING. THOSE WEREN'T QUESTIONS WE ASKED. I'D SAY THROUGH THE CHAIR IF WE COULD HAVE THEM COME HERE I'D LOVE TO HAVE EACH ONE OF THEM COME AND PRESENT BEFORE US. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. I AGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THEM, TOO. WHAT ABOUT BIG COMPASSION? DID THEY GET FUNDED IN. >> YES, WE ALLOCATED -- WE GAVE THE MONEY THEY ASKED FOR ROUGHLY BUT IT COULD GO UP OR DOWN. THEN WE JUST GAVE THE REMAINING FROM AFTER FUNDING THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES WE GAVE THE REST OF THE CITY TO THE HANDICAPPED. THANK YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE COMPANIES ARE GREAT --WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN CAUSE THEY ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT WOULD BE IF WE COULD GET A LIST GOING TO SEE WHO WE WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WOULD BE GREAT. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I HAVE TAKEN A NOTE AND I WILL WORK WITH THEM TO SCHEDULE EACH OF THESE FOLKS THAT RECEIVE FUNDING TO COME BEFORE THE CAC AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING IN THE CITY. >> DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON HEALTH CARE? SO WE JUST HAD AN RFP COME OUT FOR FUNDING AND IT WILL BE A TWO YEAR CYCLE AND THE CLOSING DATE IS APRIL 18TH SO THE CRITERIA IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE PART OF WHICH IS BAY POINT --PARTS, BAY POINT, PITTSBURG AND SLIVER OF ANTIOCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY NON-PROFIT GROUPS LOOKING FOR FUNDING IN REGARDS TO EITHER HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT FUNDING IS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE ALL PAY OUT OF OUR WHEN WE PAY OUR MEDICAL REPORT GAJS. THOSE ARE THE TAXES THAT COME OUT. IT IS USED TO COME BACK INTO THE CITIES THAT ARE IS UP BLEWING THE TAX FUNDING TO HELP THE HELL HEALTH DISPARITIES. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY? WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING TODAY. IT WAS CANCELLED AND THERE IS NOTHING FOR MEASURING. WE HAVEN'T MET YET. >> RECOGNITION. >> I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING RECOGNITION FOR NANCY PARENT. I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE THE THIRD MONDAY OF THIS MONTH AND THEY WILL BE PRECENTERING HER WITH A --I DON'T THINK AWARDS OR PROCLAMATION. OKAY. SO YES. SO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW ABOUT AT THIS TIME. >> SO THROUGH THE CHAIR JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THAT IS NOT PART OF THE PITTSBURG RECOGNITION COMMITTEE. THE MAYOR THIS YEAR HAS AN INSPIRE PITTSBURG INITIATIVE AND SO AT EACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING HE WILL BE PRESENTING A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS DOING GREAT WORK IN THE CITY OR HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN THE CITY WITH THE INSPIRE PITTSBURG PROCLAMATION. I BELIEVE MISS PARENT WILL BE RECEIVING FORMER MAYOR NANCY WILL BE RECEIVING ONE OF THOSE PROCLAMATIONS COMING SOON. WE DO HAVE AND I MENTIONED IT AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE IT DUE TO SCHEDULES AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED WITH THE LIFE ENRICHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR SOMEBODY WHO WISHES TO INSTALL A PLAQUE AS AND NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION COMMITTEE AND SO THAT WILL HELD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THE LAST TIME THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS. FEW OF THE INITIATIVES IN THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT THEY ARE LAUNCHING I THINK MY NEXT MOVE APPLICATION PORTAL THAT WILL BEFORE THE AGENCY. ALSO THERE WILL BE A SATURDAY ACTIVITY. THEY WILL INVITE SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEY WILL JUST DO THE DEMO LIKE HOW BUT THE IDEA WAS THEY WILL HAVE SOME HANDS --REAL EXPERIENCED. ALSO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING SOME KIND OF INTERVIEW. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN BUT SO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL THEY ARE DOING THIS KIND OF ACTIVITIES. AND THERE WAS ONE IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. THE CONCERN WAS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DOING ALL THE PROCEDURES BUT THERE ARE NOT MUCH ENGAGEMENT AMONG STUDENTS NOBODY WAS COMING INTO THE MEET >> TWO OR THREE MEMBERS. THEY WERE THINKING TO MAKE IT MORE EVENTFUL MAYBE YOUTH COMMISSION DO SOME KIND OF COME DISOR LIKE COUNTY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE PROCESS OF ANNOUNCING THE DANGER AND COME TO THE DECOR UM AND THEN MAKE A DECISION. THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME INSTEAD OF JUST TAKE A LEAD ONE PERSON CAN BE YOU KNOW BE THE COORDINATOR OF THE EVENT, ANOTHER PERSON CAN BE THE COORDINATOR OVER OF SOME KIND OF LIFE SKILL TRAINING SO THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION GOING ON. EVEN IN OUR COMMISSION EVEN THOUGH WE DO ALL THE MEETINGS I FEEL WE CAN DO MUCH MORE MAKE IT MORE ENGAGING. MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT IT BUT, YEAH, THAT WAS SOME THING I LIKE TO MENTION HERE. THANK YOU. SO IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE YOU TALK TO WHOEVER IS THE CITY ADVISOR OVER THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND SEE IF THEY CAN KIND SOME KIND OF FUNDING. I KNOW THE CITY OF OAKLAND THEY GIVE THEIR STUDENTS A STIPEND UPON THEY GET PAID PER MEETING SO TO SPEAK BUT HOW THEY ENGAGE THE STUDENTS ALSO IS THAT THEY MAKE THEM PART OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT SO WHEN THEY HAVE LIKE THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCES AND CITY WORKSHOPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THEY ARE COMING TO PARTICIPATE IN IT AND THEN THEY TAKE IT BACK TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING, HOW THEY PARTICIPATED IN CERTAIN THINGS, HOW THEY PARTICIPATING IN SAYING LIKE THE BLACK JOY PARADE. THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE SOME SPACES IN THOSE SPACES TO LIKE SO LET THEM PARTICIPATE IN CREATING LIKE THINGS TO DO AT THE CAR SHOW, THINGS TO DO AT FIRST FRIDAY, THINGS TO DO AT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE GOING ON SO THEREFORE IT WOULDN'T BE A NEW PROJECT SO TO SPEAK BUT SOMETHING THEY CAN WORK IN AND MAKING IT THEIR OWN SPACE AT THE SAME TIME IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WOULD TAKE BACK. THANK YOU. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A -- EVEN THOUGH ENTERING THE MEETING THEY CAN ISSUE HOURS SO THEY CAN USE FOR LIKE AN ACADEMIC PROPOSING. THE DISCUSSION WAS HOW TO BRING MORE STUDENTS OR MAKE IT MORE ENGAGING INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THREE PERSONS IN THE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAD A QUESTION CAUSE I USED TO BE WITH THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. I THINK THIS CAME UP BEFORE TO TRY TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP. DO THEY GET COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS? >> YEAH. >> OKAY. >> WHEN DO WE REDO ALL OF THE NEW COMMISSIONS? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK.I BELIEVE WE RECENTLY DID THAT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR BUT I WILL LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT IF NECESSARY. >> BUT I BELIEVE THE YOUTH COMMISSION STARTS EVERY AUGUST TILL JUNE BECAUSE IT GOES WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> THANKS. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF EVENTS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS COMING UP UNDER OLD BUSINESS BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FREE EASTER EGG HUNT THAT WILL BE HELD AT SMALL WORLD PARK AT 11:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY APRIL 12TH. THAT WILL BE PRECEDED BY A PANCAKE BREAKFAST HOSTED FROM 8:00 TO 11:00 A.M... THEY ARE REQUESTING A $5 DONATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST BUT THE EASTER EGG HUNT IS FREE WITH MULTIPLE AGE GROUPS AVAILABLE. THERE IS A SPRING BREAK CAMP HOSTED BY THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT APRIL 21ST THRU 25TH 9:30 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. DAILY OVER AT 3:40 MARINA BOULEVARD. THAT IS FOR AGES 13 TO 17. CONTACT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT IF YOU OR ANYBODY YOU KNOW MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT. APRIL 19TH 9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. IS PITTSBURG'S CIVIC PRIDE DAY. SO IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR KNOW OF ANY STUDENTS THAT NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS OR IF YOU ARE A COMMUNITY MEMBER WISHING TO GIVE BACK PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US. THAT WILL BE AT PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL AND CITY PARK. YOU CAN SHOW UP AT EARTH LOCATION IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE. CENTRAL HARBOR BOAT LAUNCH RAMP IS --IT WAS ONLY CLOSED TILL TODAY. I BELIEVE THAT IS IT, MR. CHAIR. >> I WANTED --I WILL DO IT AT THE END. DO WE HAVE ANY AUDIENCE REMARKS? >> THERE ARE ONE. >> NEW BUSINESS? >> IT IS MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE NATASHA FARMER ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SHE IS GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON PARK AND SOME OF THE UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS. GO AHEAD, NATASHA. OKAY. GOT IT. HI. GOOD ESPNING. I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT AT JACK NELLY PARK. IT IS AN ENHANCEMENT AND TREAT PLANTING PROJECT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THERE AND WE JUST LIKE TO GET COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT AS WELL. WHAT THE PROJECT ENTAILS WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THESE TWO LAWN AREAS. IN THOSE AREAS WE WOULD BE INSTALLING SOME DECOMPOSED GRANITE AND SOME TREES IN THAT AREA. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PLANTING EVENT -- A TREE PLANTING EVENT IN THOSE AREAS SO IT WOULD BE A COMMUNITY INVOLVED TREE PLANTING EVENT. SO WHAT THEY --WHAT THE PROJECT TOTALLY ENTAILS IS REMOVING THE LAWN, CAPPING OFF THE SPRAY IN THOSE TWO AREAS AND INSTALLING BUBBLERS TO THOSE TREES THAT WILL BE IN THERE AND INSTALLING THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE AND IN THE LARGER AREA WE WOULD HAVE IN THE LAWN AND THEN AGAIN DO THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED TREE PLANTING AND WE HAVE ABOUT 68,000 --MOST OF THAT WILL COME FROM THE LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN PROJECT WHICH WERE APPROVED IN 2023. WE WENT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO HAVE THOSE APPROVED. ALSO WE HAVE A GRANT FOR YOU ARE BONN FOREST MANAGEMENT AND SO THE TREES WOULD BE COVERED IN THAT GRANT AND ALSO PART OF THE IRRIGATION WILL BE COVERED IN THAT FWROONT GRANT TO BRING THE IRRIGATION TOTHE TREES. THESE WERE PROJECTS WE HAD PLANNED AND WE HAVE THE MONEY ALREADY ALLOCATED. THIS WOULD FALL IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN THERE. ONE IS TO CONVERT LAWN AREAS TO PLANTERS. IN THIS CASE IT IS JUST THE PLANTER WITH TREES BASICALLY. THEN ALSO IT IS A TREE PLANTING PROJECT IN THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECT. AND THIS IS THE LARGER AREA ON THE SCREEN THERE AND THAT IS BASICALLY THE LAWN THAT WE WILL BE TAKING FROM THAT LARGE LAWN AREA AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT BASICALLY THAT PART OF THE LAWN DOESN'T HAVE A FUNCTION AND IT IS CONSTANTLY BEING RENEWED. THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES IN THAT LAWN AREA. YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF PATCHES A LOT OF TIMES AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OUT THERE AND TRYING TO FIX IT. THERE IS DRAINAGE ISSUES AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY HELP REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE WHILE INCREASING SOME CANOPY IN THAT AREA, SOME TREE CANOPY. THIS IS AN AREA SO SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE SEEING IN THE FUTURE IS OUR URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WE JUST HAD AN ANALYSIS DONE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR CANOPY INCREASE. SO THE PLAN DOES INVOLVE IT'S SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THAT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE IN A LOT OF PARKS. HERE IS SOME PICTURES ON THE SCREEN. IT IS BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE NEXT TO THE LAWN AND IN THAT OTHER SMALLER AREA. IT WILL -- IT IS JUST REDUCING GRASS AREAS. THEY ARE NOT NATURAL. THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF WATER ANYWAY AND THERE WILL BE A LOT LESS CHEMICAL TREATMENT FOR ANY WEEDS THERE AS WELL AND GOING INTO THE NEXT TOPIC OF HARD ESCAPES THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE WILL LESSEN THE WEEDS SO WE WON'T BE HAVING TO GO BACK AND DO CHEMICAL WEED TREATMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS BETTER THAN MULCH, TOO BECAUSE MULCH IS MORE. THIS IS A PERMABLE HARD ESCAPE SO IT HAS DRAINAGE. ALL THE NUTRIENTS GET DOWN TO THE ROOTS OF THE TREES AND WHATEVER ELSE IS GROWING AROUND THERE AND THERE IS -- DOESN'T PULL AS MUCH SO IT IS SUSTAINABLE AND IT IS SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS. THESE ARE THE TREES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLANT IN THAT --IN THOSE AREAS AND THEY ARE ALL AROUND THE PARK. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT AREA IN THE SAN MARCO AREA FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANTS. THESE ARE TREES THAT WE HAVE SELECTED AND WE KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO LAST THERE AND THAT THEY ARE GOING DO GOOD WITH THE CLIMATE AGAIN. THERE ARE SOME NATIVE TREES ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM. SO WE JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT TO REDUCE MAINTENANCE AND INCREASE THE TREE CANOPY THERE AND I JUST LIKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING. THANK YOU. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST, IS IT -- DO WE HAVE THE RECYCLABLE PIPES IN THAT PARK? NO. IT IS ON WELL WATER. >> OKAY. >> SO THE DEVELOPER I THINK THE DEVELOPER STILL HAS THAT PARTICULAR PARK ON WELL WATER AND THAT IS WHY IT IS CHALLENGING IN PA PARK BECAUSE THE WATER IS MORE HARD AND SO YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE MRARNT MATERIAL IN THERE JUST STRUGGLES TO GROW AND IT IS JUST HARDER WATER. >> OKAY. SO THIS QUESTION IS NOT FOR YOU. IT IS FOR JORDAN. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN WE WERE BUILDING ANY NEW PARKS OR HOUSING AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT GET THE RECYCLED WATER YET WE WERE MAKING IT A HABIT TO PLANT THE PURPLE PIPES SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REDIG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WHY DID THAT NOT HAPPEN SINCE IT IS ONE OF THE NEWER PARKS? . >> I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN EXCUSE ME THE PURPLE PIPES WEREN'T PLACED THERE FOR FUTURE ACCESS TO RECYCLED WATER. DELTA DIABLO CONTROLS THE PURPLE PIPES, THEIR INSTALLATION AND WHERE THE WATER FLOWS AND I WILL KIND OF LOOK OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYE. BRYAN MAY NOT OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD BUT ULTIMATELY IF DELTA DIABLO WERE TO ALLOW US TO CONNECT TO UTILIZE RECYCLED WATER THERE WE WOULD FULLY INTEND TO UTILIZE IT. HOWEVER, IF DELTA DIABLO IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWING OR HASN'T PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO FULLY CONNECT SOME OF THESE AREAS TO RECYCLED WATER IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO. FOR EXAMPLE, AT A CERTAIN POINT THERE MAY BE PIPES THAT ARE INSTALLED BUT YOU HAVE A LARGE EXPANSE BETWEEN THESE PARK AND WHERE DELTA DIABLO IS AND WHERE THE CURRENT RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM MAY END AND THERE MIGHT BE A GAP THERE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE CLOSED IN ORDER TO GET THE RECYCLED WATER THERE. AT THIS POINT RECYCLED WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE BUT FOR SURE IF AND WHEN RECYCLED WATER IS AVAILABLE TO THAT SITE AND THERE IS ENOUGH QUANTITY TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPE SERVICES TO THAT PARK IT WILL BE UTILIZED AS COST SAVING MEASURE. >> JUST TO ADD THERE IS A CERTAIN POINT IN THE CITY WHERE THERE IS NO -- YOU CAN'T CONNECT TO THE RECYCLED WATER. I THINK IT IS TOO FAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY FOR US TO EVEN CONNECT IT TO RECYCLED WATER. THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT ON RECYCLED WATER. >> AND THIS SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAVE WHY IS IT JUST TREE AND NOT SUCCULENTS? I KNOW WE WANT SHADE AND CAN MES AND WHATEVER BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME PLANTS AND SOME FLOWERS OR SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES TREES. SO WHY HASN'T THAT ALSO BEEN PUT INTO THE PLAN THAT MAYBE WE PUT IN SOME SUCK LERNTS AND THEN CONTRA COSTA WATER DOES HAVE THOSE REBATES IF YOU CHANGE LARGE LANDSCAPE INTO LIKE A SUCK LENT AREA AND DIFFERENT STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WHY HAVE WE NOT LIKE TRIED TO DO A COMBINATION? >> SO ACTUALLY PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT WASN'T MENTIONED ON HERE WAS WE DID REPLANT THAT AREA. THERE IS AN AREA THAT WAS REPLANTED KIND OF NEAR THE PLAYGROUND AND WE JUST KIND OF REDID THAT JUST OUT OF -- JUST TO DOUBT CAUSE IT REALLY NEEDED IT, ALL THE PLANTS WERE JUST KIND OF DYING THERE. SO THERE ARE NEW PLANTS THERE AND WE DID INCORPORATE THAT. WE JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS --THEY ARE JUST TWO SMALLER AREAS. WE THOUGHT THEY COULD BE USED JUST WALKING THROUGH THE PARK. NOT NECESSARILY PLANTS, I MEAN WE CAN, WE CAN FIND SOME AREAS TO PUT MORE PLANTS IN THERE BUT IT IS ALSO A BUDGET THING AS WELL AND LIKE I SAID WE HAD AN AREA OF PLANTS ALREADY INSTALLED THERE SO. >> AND I WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THAT. >> THAT IS WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE REBATE. I MEAN YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO SEND IT OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO WHY AREN'T WE USING IT OURSELVES? WE DID JUST USE --WE GOT ABOUT $20,000 FOR THE SAN MARCO MEDIAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE GONE DOWN THE MEDIAN. WE APPLIED FOR THAT CONTRA COSTA DISTRICT REBATE. WE MAXED OUT OUR REBATE ON THAT. AND I DO WANT TO ADD SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE NUMBER OF PARKS IN THE CITY AND EXPAND OUR EXISTING PARKS OR IMPROVE UPON THEM. IT IS WONDERFUL BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED AND AS WE P CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE BUDGET CONSCIOUS IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE PARKS AND IMPROVE THE PARKS WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY ON STAFF THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THESE EXPANSIVE AREAS. THINGS LIKE SUCCULENTS DON'T REQUIRE AS MUCH WATER BUT THEY DO REQUIRE TOUCH. WE DON'T HAVE THE BAND WIDTH TO DO THAT IN TOO MANY PLACES. IT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO BALANCE UM PROVING THESE AREAS BUT MAKING SURE THAT LONG TERM IT IS NOT GOING TO PUT THE CITY IN A BUDGETARY POSITION WHERE THEY CAN'T BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND DETER FROM THE PARK. >> IF I MAY THAT AREA IS ON A WELL SYSTEM ALSO SO IT IS NOT POTABLE WATER WE ARE USING. WE ARE HAVING SAVINGS WITH THAT BUT WE ARE USING THAT WELL TILL IT GETS TO A LEVEL WE CAN'T REACH ANYMORE WHERE IT IS NOT ABLE TO BE USED. SO WE DO HAVE THAT PARK SET UP FOR BOTH POTABLE AND NON-POTABLE WATER. THAT PRECLAIMED WATER STOPS A @ GOLF COURSE. TO RUN THAT PIPING FROM THERE TO THERE IS LARGE FEE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> WE WILL MAKE DELTA DIABLO PAY FOR THAT. >> THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE SUCCULENTS IN THAT SYSTEM IS BECAUSE THAT IS NON --YOU CAN'T REALLY PLAY LIKE A BASEBALL GAME OR SOCCER GAME IN THE PLACES THAT WE ARE REMOVING THAT. WE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF REQUESTS OF THOSE AREAS OF CONCERNS. WE HAVE A TWO LANE -- A TWO POST FENCE RUNNING THROUGH THE WHOLE PARK LIKE THAT. BY ADDING SOME OF THESE TREES IT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE. THE FENCE ISN'T ENOUGH, WE NEED A HIRE FENCE. YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO WRAP A PARK IN A FENCE. SO THIS TREE WOULD ALSO NOT PROVIDE -- JUST PROVIDE SHADE, IT WOULD PROVIDE --OR PEOPLE TO ENJOY SHAID. IT IS ONE OF OUR LESSER SHADE AREAS. THE PROBLEM WITH GROWING SMALLER PLANTS IS IT A VERY HIGH WIND AREA. WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM FROM AN OVER HEAD WATERING SYSTEM TO A DRIP SYSTEM. THERE IS ALSO A LARGE FEE FOR THAT. AND IF YOU NOTICE IN SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS THAT GRASS IN SPOTS BECAUSE OF THE WIND WE CAN'T GET THAT SPRINKLER TO HIT WHERE WE NEED IT TO HIT BECAUSE IT IS A HIGH WIND AREA AS WELL. SO THAT WOULD REDUCE SOME OF THE WIND IN THE PARK AS WELL. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON ONE OF THEM. THIS AREA HERE THAT IS THE RED LINE THAT YOU WILL BE REMOVING THAT GRASS. SO THAT AREA WON'T TAKE AWAY OR SHOULD I SAY KIDS DON'T PLAY IN THIS AREA? IT WON'T TAKE AWAY THE GRASS AREA THAT THE CHILDREN PLAY IN? >> I WON'T TAKE AWAY THE AREA. IT WOULD ENHANCE IT WITH SHADE AND EVENTUALLY IF BUDGET ALLOWS WE END UP WITH TABLES UNDER THOSE TREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO PROVIDE REST IN PLACE, STAY IN THE SHADE OR PARENTS CAN SIT IN THAT AREA IN THE SHADE AND WATCH THEIR KIDS PLAY SOCCER IN THE LARGER GRASS AREA. I DON'T THINK THE GRASS IS BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE SPORTS PLAYED IN IT. YOU CAN HAVE FAMILY GAMES TO PLAY BUT IT IS NOT BIG ENOUGH REGULATION SIZE. THERE IS NO BARRIERS IF THE BALL GOES OUT OF THE WAY IT GOES OUT INTO THE STREET. >> OKAY. SO THEY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM. I'M TRYING TO PICTURE IT IN MY MIND. THEY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM STILL ON THE OTHER SIZE TO PLAY IN GRASS OR WHATEVER. >> YES. THERE CAN BE BOUNCERS THERE. I TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN I DREW UP THE PLAN AND WHEN I WAS DRAWING THE LINES TO SEE WHERE WE WANTED TO CUT IT OFF AND WHAT WE WANTED TO KEEP. I SAID IF I WANTED --I HAVE A 3-YEAR-OLD SO IF I WANTED TO COME TO THIS PARK AND STILL HAVE LIKE A BOUNCER, WHATEVER, DELIVERED HERE COULD I DO THAT? YES, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN. OKAY. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET ALL OF THE TREES THAT ARE LISTED HERE THOSE TREES WILL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE TREES WITHIN THE BUDGET OR WILL SOME OF THESE TREES BE OUTSIDE? >> THEY ARE COVERED UNDER --WE HAVE A FEDERAL GRANT FOR URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY. THESE WILL ACTUALLY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THAT GRANT. YES, THE MONEY -- WE HAVE THAT MONEY. >> OKAY. >> WHEN THOSE TREES ARE PROVIDED IT IS NOT JUST HERE IS THE TREE. THEY CONTINUALLY CHECK THEM QUARTERLY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE WATERED CORRECTLY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH, IT IS A REQUIREMENT. >> WITH IT BEING WELL WATER SOME OF IT IS DIFFERENT SO WE HAVE TO BE DAY SHOWS OF WHAT WE PLANT THERE. OKAY. THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THE PHOTO THAT HAS THE --I'M ASSUMING ARE THESE THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE BENCHES. >> THOSE ARE JUST --PICTURES >> THOSE ARE JUST IDEAS. THAT IS SIMILAR TO HOW IT WOULD LOOK. ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY IN PARIS ON THERE. ONE OF THEM IS IN A PARK IN CALIFORNIA AND ONE OF THEM IS A PARK IN THE UNITED STATES SOMEWHERE. IT IS A VERY COMMON LOOK AND IT IS PRETTY COMMON. I THINK EVEN IN OAKLEY ONE OF THE PARKS ON LAUREL ACTUALLY HAS IT AROUND THEIR PLAYGROUND THERE. SO IT IS PRETTY COMMON AND IT IS REALLY --IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR MAINTENANCE BUT STILL ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE. IT STILL LOOKS REALLY NICE. >> OKAY THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION IF WE WERE PLANNING TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE REDUCTION IN MAINTENANCE, IS IT AN EASY CLEAN UP SINCE BASED ON WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IF WE WERE TO INSTALL SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU HAVE AND SINCE WE ARE DOING TREES THAT BRINGS A LOT OF BIRDS. SO IF WE HAVE SOMETHING WITH THE --I NOW YOU MENTIONED TABLES BUT IF WE HAVE BIRDS THEN MAINTENANCE WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT TO CLEAN THE TABLES OR THE SEATING AREAS SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STAFF TIME AND REDUCING TIME. BUT IF WE ARE PUTTING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BRING SOMETHING ELSE, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO BRING STAFF BACK OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE IT IS MAINTAINED. >> EVERY PARK EVERYDAY SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY WE ARE EMPTYING GARBAGE CANS, CLEANING BATHROOMS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO REGARDLESS TWO MORE TABLES TO WIPE DOWN OR FOUR TABLES IN THAT AREA TO WIPE DOWN IS NOTHING COMPARED TO A WHOLE CREW HAVING TO PULL WEEDS AND YOU ARE TAKING THAT CHEMICAL ASPECT OUT OF THE PARK SO YOU ARE NOT TREATING WEEDS CHEMICALLY OR TRYING THE NEXT BEST THING TO PREVENT WEEDS. WHEN THAT GOES DOWN IT KNOCKS HALF OF THAT OUT. THE TREES WILL --YOU WILL CHANGE THE WATERING SYSTEM FROM LIKE I SAID OVER HEAD WHERE THE WATER JUST BLOWS AND YOU WILL NOTICE WEEDS 30 FEET AWAY CAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE WARE IS HITTING BUT NOTHING IS SUPPOSED TO GROW THERE, YOU KNOW? IT TAKES THAT ASPECT OUT OF IT. EVERY TREE WILL HAVE IT'S OWN BUBBLER. IT IS A SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT WATERS. OKAY. THANK YOU! SO YOU WON'T GET THE ROOTS OUT IN THE GRASS OR ANYTHING. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THOSE TREES. WITH THE WIND AND EVERYTHING, DOES IT DRIP OR DROP ANYTHING? CAUSE THE TREES AROUND OUR TOWN WE HAD THE BALLS WITH SPIKES ON IT. HOW ARE THE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO PICNIC AND THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP? >> THE TREES I HAVE SELECTED FOR THIS I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NUMBER ONE WHERE THEY ARE GETTING PLANTED, NUMBER TWO AGAIN WHERE THEY ARE GETTING PLANTED IS IT IN A PARK? IS IT IN A MEDIAN? IS IT IN A RIGHT OF WAY? USUALLY THE PARK THING, THE EVERGREEN TREES WHICH A LOT OF THESE ARE EVER GREEN TREES DON'T HAVE DROPPINGS LIKE THAT. THEY JUST CONSTANTLY I MEAN YOU WILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF LEAF DROP OR THEY WILL HAVE SMALL FRUIT DROP BUT IT IS JUST --IT IS USUALLY DRY FRUIT OR A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF LITTER FROM THOSE TREES. THEN THE ONES THAT TOY HAVE IN THERE I HAVE SEEN IN SAN MARCO IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES THERE AND IT JUST BE I THINK THREE OF THEM IN THE LAWN AREA ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD REALLY LITTER BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FRUIT. IT IS JUST THE LEAVES. DO WE HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONSREGARDING THIS? NO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OLD BUSINESS? >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, MR. CHAIR. I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT BUT I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING THAT I SAID AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING. A COUPLE OF THINGS WE DISCUSSED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING AND THE FIRST IS THE SERIES OF TOWN HALLS WE ARE DOING REGARDING OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT MRANT PLAN. WE ARE GOING TO THE TEN DIFFERENT ZONES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS OUR PLAN FOR UTILIZING THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO IMPROVE ALL THE ROADS AND THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. TO DATE I BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD ABOUT FIVE MEETINGS. MOST OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD AND HELPFUL ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SPARSELY ATTENDED. I DID WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE CAC MEMBERS ATTEND THESE MEETINGS EITHER WHEN WE ARE IN YOUR ZONE, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY GONE THROUGH IT OR AT AN UPCOMING MEETING IN YOUR ZONE OR OUTSIDE YOUR ZONE. PLEASE COME. WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON APRIL 23RD AND ANOTHER ON MAY 15TH. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PAGE SET UP THAT SHOWS THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN. I'M USING THE WRONG MOUSE. I'M HESITATING HERE TRYING TO FIND MYSELF. AND THIS IS A SUPER HELPFUL WEBSITE. IT EXPLAINS WHAT THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS, WHAT ARE THE PAVEMENT ZONES, WHEN WILL THE DIFFERENT STREETS BE PAVED. WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF ALL THE UPCOMING TOWN HALLS AND WHERE THEY WILL BE LOCATED. THERE IS A FEW THAT ARE TBD. ONCE WE HAVE LOCATIONS THOSE WILL BE POSTED ONLINE. I ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR ZONE IN FRONT OF ME SO IF YOU ARE CURIOUS I WON'T PUT EVERYBODY ON BLAST HERE AT THE PUBLIC MEETING BUT I WILL HAPPILY TELL YOU WHICH ZONE YOU ARE IN AND WHEN THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED AND NOT ONLY WOULD WE LIKE YOU TO ATTEND BUT WE WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE GOING ZONE BY ZONE BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN DETAILS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THESE DIFFERENT ZONES, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS WHEN THE ROADS IN THESE ZONES WILL BE PAVED AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO INFORM COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS. SO IF YOU CAN MAKE ANY OF THESE MEETINGS, IF YOU CAN MAKE MULTIPLE MEETINGS, IF YOU CAN BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS, ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ZONES THAT ARE UPCOMING IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG HELP IN HELPING MOVE THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. SO AGAIN FEEL FREE TO CHECK THIS OUT. THERE IS A GREAT MAP HERE THAT SHOWS THE ZONES. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER WHO WAS AT OUR VERY FIRST MEETING IN ZONE THREE WHICH WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THIS IS A WEBSITE THAT IS FULL OF GREAT INFORMATION. IT ANSWERS A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FROM THE PUBLIC SO AGAIN I'M REPEATING MYSELF HERE A LOT BUT REALLY, REALLY WANT TO TRY TO DRIVE UP ATEN DANCE. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING SOME FOLKS WITH YOU THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. MOVING ON FROM THAT, I HAVE -- >> REALLY QUICKLY, APRIL 23RD AT THE COURTYARD DO YOU HAVE THE TIME? >> IT DOESN'T SAY THEREON? I BELIEVE THE MEETING STARTS AT 5:30 P.M. THEY DO. ALL THE MEETINGS WILL START AT 5:30 P.M. >> UM, AND JUST TO SHARE OUT YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE WANT TO GO SURVEY IN YOUR E-MAILS ABOUT THE PAVING. SHARE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE DO, YEAH. AND I SHOULD NOTE AS WE APPROACH EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT ZONES DUO SEND OUT MAILERS SPECIFIC TO THE ZONES. INITIALLY WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS JUST TRYING TO TARGET THE ZONES THAT WE WERE GOING TO AND WE WOULD SEND MAILERS. WE WOULD PUT UP DOOR HANGERS AND SEND E-MAILS AS WE COULD IF WE HAD THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR CERTAIN FOLKS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME. AS WE HAVE PIVOTED TO TRY TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AT THESE THINGS WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEGUN TO ADVERTISE THESE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LED READER BOARD. I'M HERE TONE COURAGE YOU ALL TO COME. SO REALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING FOLKS FROM THESE ZONES BUT REALLY ANYBODY IS WELCOMED TO ATTEND. WE HAVE FREE FOOD. PLEASE COME AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, GET QUESTIONS FROM OTHER FOLKS, BRING THEM WITH YOU. IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND A GREAT EVENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I AGREE WITH CAC BEING OUT THERE. I THINK WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE AT EVERY EVENT. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE STEPPING UP AND ADVISING THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DON'T I ONLY SEE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE OUT THERE. THE SAME PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER THAT IS OUT THERE MORE THAN US. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I HOPE WE CAN TAKE THIS POSITION SERIOUSLY AND STEP UP. THANK YOU. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO FOR THE AREA AROUND PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL WHAT ZONE IS THAT? >> THAT IS ZONE 6. >> OKAY. I THINK I WENT TO THE ONE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I COULD TELL IT WASN'T MY AREA. WE HAD OUR ROADS DONE BECAUSE THE WATER PIPES HAD TO BE REDONE. I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN MY AREA HAVE ALREADY -- ARE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE OUR ROADS ARE DONE. >> IT IS A GREAT POINT AND IT IS ONE OF THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED WHICH IS WHY WE SORT OF EXPANDED HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FOLKS THAT JUST GOT THEIR ROADS REPAVED PROBABLY AREN'T THAT INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHEN THEY WILL BE REPAVED IN TEN YEARS. OTHER FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE ROADS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE STARTING TO FAIL -- OR SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATING IT IS GREAT. MR. CHAIR REALLY APPRECIATE YOU REITERATING THAT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN ZONE NINE ON MAY 15TH. >> ME? >> YES, YOU. ANYWAY, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT I WILL MOVE ON. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER TAKING A DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE. WE ADOPT ADD NEW GENERAL PLAN LAST YEAR VERY SIMILAR TO OUR PREVIOUS GENERAL PLAN BUT WE DID DO SOME MODIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO BRING IT IN TO THIS DECADE AND MAKE SURE IT WAS LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO ENSURE PITTSBURG IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. THE NEXT STEP IS TO ACTUALLY UPDATE OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE. OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SIGN CODE T SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. THOSE WERE ALL TECHNICAL DETAILS. WHAT WE NEED FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW IS THE FEEDBACK AND THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE EXERCISES WE DID WHEN PREPPING FOR THE GENERAL PLAN. I HAVE GIVEN YOU A STACK OF THESE FLYERS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONLINE. WE ARE POSTING THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU WILL SEE IT A LOTS OF BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. WE HAD FANTASTIC TURN OUT. QUITE THE OPPOSITE OF THESE ROAD TOWN HALLS. WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT ON SATURDAY OVER AT THE MARINA CENTER. WE WILL BE HOLDING FIVE MORE OF THESE. I'VE GIVEN YOU A STACK BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO HAND THESE OUT TO NEIGHBORS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, BUSINESSES, ANYBODY WITH TIES TO PITTSBURG THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IN DIRECTING US AND THE WORK WE ARE DOING IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. YOU ARE NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO HAND ALL OF THESE OUT BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD A STACK IN CASE YOU RUN INTO ANYBODY. COMMISSIONER MARSH KEEP THEM IN YOUR CAR, ALL THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS YOU GO TO YOU COULD START HANDING THEM OUT. WE DO HAVE CARDS. THERE IS A SPANISH VERSION POSTED ONLINE. EVERYTHING WE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY THROUGH OUR WEBSITE IF ANYBODY ACCESSES IT THEY CAN READ IT IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE ARE POSTING IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TRYING TO GET PEOPLE THERE. SO THIS IS A GREAT ONE, TOO, BECAUSE AS OPPOSED TO THE ROADS TOWN HALL WHICH IS TARGETED TOWARDS DRIVERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE ALSO REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHICH IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING SOME OF THESE WORKSHOPS AT PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL AND DELTA VIEW ELEMENTARY. PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE GREAT LOCALS FOR PARENTS AND ADULTS TO COME TO BUT WE WOULD ALSO REALLY ENCOURAGE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, COLLEGE AGED KIDS, ANYBODY THAT MIGHT HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT 20 YEARS OVER PITTSBURG WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE TO COME AND GIVE THEIR OPINION. THIS REALLY AFFECTS HOW WE BRING JOBS TO THE CITY, WHAT HOUSING LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD, WHAT OUR RESTAURANTS ARE FUNCTIONING LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE. SO IF YOU COULD SPREAD THE WORD IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? I WILL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. SO I WAS AT THE MEETING ON SATURDAY. TOY TO LEAVE EARLY BUT IT WAS LIKE EIGHT OF MY NEIGHBORS THERE BECAUSE I KEPT HARASSING THEM TO GO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER MARSH. DID WE HAVE ANYMORE COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT. MY NON-PROFIT WILL BE DOING A VAPING TOWN HALL AT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON MONDAY APRIL 7TH AT 6:00 P.M. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU HAVE FAMILIES IN THE AREA I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ENCOURAGE THEM. THE REASON I'M DOING IT AT HEIGHTS IS BECAUSE I GOT PHONE CALLS FROM SOME PARENTS THAT SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE CAUGHT VAPING IN THE BATHROOM. SO WE NEED TO GET AHOLD OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. . I WILL BE HAVING AN EVENT HERE ON APRIL 16TH WITH THE PITTSBURG PD AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ALONG WITH THE PITTSBURG COALITION FOR FENTANYL AND DRUGS AWARENESS STARTING AT 6:00. I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT. YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN MY --IN THE ZONING MY SKATE PARK WHEN I WENT TO THE MEETING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HIGHLIGHT THAT SKATE PARK SHOULD BE THE TOP OF THE CONVERSATION AT THIS DEVELOPMENT MEETING. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE EVENT ON THE 16TH IS AT -- THE EVENT ON THE 16TH IS THAT SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEONE CAN LOOK IT UP LIKE A WEBSITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR WE HAVE TO GIVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED TONIGHT? >> ONCE THE FLYER IS FINALIZED I WILL SEND IT TO JORDAN TO SEND IT TO EVERYBODY. I WILL SEND MY FLYER TO JORDAN NOW SO HE CAN SHARE. >> IF WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:50.