Regular City Council Meeting July 21, 2020

0:13:24Okay.

0:13:25Right.

0:13:40Thank you Sophia I get a napkin.

0:13:59Thank you Can I also get another drink in case

0:14:28I need a I hear you Okay.

0:14:42Jenny, you can hear me now right.

0:14:44But I can't see you OK.

0:14:46Your camera is not currently turned on but we

0:14:48can hear your audio OK.

0:14:53Close up how we're going to leave it.

0:14:56If you can turn on your camera.

0:14:58From the WebEx platform from your for your iPad.

0:15:01You certainly can What You would enable

0:15:06your camera from your WebEx with the bottom.

0:15:15I'm on an iPad set at the bottom Yeah.

0:15:30Janet I can't help you I'm not on an iPad I'm

0:15:32not a computer Can you hear me.

0:15:53OK.

0:15:55When you hear me.

0:15:56I can't see anything on My video there.

0:16:11Can you hear me now.

0:16:12And you and Mary OK.

0:16:14I think we got it.

0:16:15I I don't know why it was giving all those error messages

0:16:20and for some reason it sounds like our audio gotten

0:16:28are there Yes Hollywood Holly herself as she

0:16:36was talking apparently Yeah.

0:16:38OK.

0:16:47All right.

0:16:48Well I'm not sure Holly's ready.

0:16:51I mean see if the chat if she's got a chat going no Holly.

0:17:02I'm proceed or you're on me, please give me just one

0:17:05more minute.

0:17:06I'm hearing is a big delay in audio

0:17:07and it's layering over itself.

0:17:09So please give me just one moment Yeah, he's not I

0:17:14will eat and you know I'll just say

0:17:19on Holly's behalf we've been.

0:17:21Thanks for your thanks everyone for your patience.

0:17:24This is only the second time that we use

0:17:26this platform with an audience.

0:17:27This big.

0:17:28We utilize this platform for our pleas town hall

0:17:31went pretty well.

0:17:33We've used it for a couple of boards

0:17:35and commissions meetings.

0:17:35But this is a little bit of a different platform

0:17:39along with live streaming and online

0:17:41as well as making sure that we're broadcasting on cable.

0:17:44So there were bound to be a few perks here and there that we

0:17:49have to sort of ironed out.

0:17:50So So thanks everyone for your patients Bill.

0:17:52We'll get this just like everything else.

0:17:55We're in sort of we're making this all up as we go.

0:17:58A lot of unprecedented times.

0:18:00We'll get there.

0:18:01So thanks.

0:18:01OK.

0:18:02Thank you so much.

0:18:03Karen, I think I we've I think we've resolved

0:18:07all of the technical problems.

0:18:09We should be livestream online.

0:18:11Looks like we have all five council members.

0:18:14We'll do our audio check when we your roll call.

0:18:16So Mayor I do believe that we are ready to go ahead and start

0:18:20excellent Thank you We will now convene

0:18:23the regular city council meeting of the city of Tulsa

0:18:27at 7:00 20 p.m.

0:18:29on July 21 2020 with a second please call the roll.

0:18:37Mayor alignment.

0:18:37I am here and present Mayor Pro Tem FDLE here.

0:18:42Council member Ables in here council member Canto

0:18:46present council member Pardue Okamoto

0:18:50We have a quorum Excellent.

0:18:53That concludes the roll call.

0:18:55We'll now move to item 1 teleconference and

0:18:58public comment instructions.

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0:21:18online after the meeting OK.

0:21:21Mr. Lyman I believe we are asking for wants.

0:21:24Yes Absolutely.

0:21:26I can't find where the parties.

0:21:29I'm on a forum on an iPod.

0:21:31I can't find the participants anything at the bottom

0:21:38there should be a bubble icon at the bottom that looks

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0:21:44the participant panel that is also how you can

0:21:47access the raise hand feature.

0:21:48I've done that.

0:21:49But I don't see a participant but maybe

0:21:53it's just there that there's oh there it is I see.

0:21:57OK.

0:21:57Thank you You're welcome All right.

0:22:03That concludes item 1 teleconference

0:22:05and public comment.

0:22:06Instructions will now move item to councils

0:22:09and staff communications.

0:22:11Are there any staff communications.

0:22:15Yes.

0:22:16Thank you Your Honor.

0:22:17I'm Karen pink Guess I'm city manager.

0:22:19Just wanted to just make a couple of comments

0:22:22and announcements Obviously, we are still

0:22:25in the middle of our public health

0:22:28crisis and some unprecedented times that we're going through.

0:22:31We do have agenda item later, where

0:22:33we will discuss the local emergency

0:22:35and what's happening with that.

0:22:36So I'll for then but I just want of one more time implore

0:22:40the public to continue to be vigilant and say,

0:22:44you know the last I checked this morning we still

0:22:47have a very pretty low occurrence positive covered

0:22:51cases and our city compared to the rest of the county

0:22:54but it's almost I mean, I'd love to think

0:22:56it's because we great residents who are doing everything right

0:22:59or we're just really lucky either way.

0:23:02Let's just really try to continue

0:23:05to stay safe where our mask social

0:23:07distance I'M FROM HOME TONIGHT.

0:23:09Usually council meetings in my office at City Hall.

0:23:12But I was recently traveling.

0:23:13So I felt like I should be isolating

0:23:15and not expose any of my co-workers at City Hall

0:23:18to anything.

0:23:20I was very careful.

0:23:21But you just never know I do want to also say that part

0:23:26of this is we are still we're reopening again,

0:23:29we've been really slowly and properly reopening the pool

0:23:32has been reopened in a limited way super popular.

0:23:36So thanks everyone for your understanding

0:23:38as we're going through coming up with all of our ways

0:23:42to try to get the pool going.

0:23:44Our childcare camps are our camp our version of camps this year

0:23:49have been off the charts popular and we're looking at how we can

0:23:52try to offer something in the fall

0:23:54as you probably know the school district

0:23:56start with the distance learning program

0:23:58and so we're trying to work with the administrators

0:24:01to see how we can be of assistance.

0:24:04Are our families our kids in this community.

0:24:09I want to again thank everybody for your patience

0:24:11when I call a lot of you have applied who have applied

0:24:14for building permits and planning permits again again,

0:24:17thank you for your patience.

0:24:18We had a bit of a perfect storm happen as I've been describing

0:24:21to you the past few months when the health order required

0:24:25us to shut down essentially all construction activities

0:24:28but they reopened a couple of months

0:24:29later, we had a lot of inspections

0:24:31and a flood of requests and that also was exacerbated

0:24:34a bit by some staff turnover.

0:24:38And on that note we would normally probably do something

0:24:40a little bit more happy and fancy,

0:24:44but we did we want to congratulate

0:24:48Mark Soltis our now former building official.

0:24:50He has just retired.

0:24:52So congratulations We have not filled

0:24:55the position at this time and don't plan to yet.

0:24:58We are contract with an interim building official His name is

0:25:01Keith marks and hopefully we'll be able to virtually meet him

0:25:06soon.

0:25:06But he he's again a contract official.

0:25:09But he's recently worked with the cities of America.

0:25:11And in Napa I believe contract County.

0:25:14He's he's grew up in Richmond, I'm told.

0:25:17So he's kept a local Guiseppe were happy to have him

0:25:21at pulling out of our perfect storm

0:25:25of getting everything going.

0:25:27So again, I really appreciate the public's patience

0:25:30and understanding we're just really trying to work

0:25:32our way through all of this.

0:25:34And then Holly is there is can you pull in Chief Keith.

0:25:40Actually I would like.

0:25:42I believe he has a Staff announcement

0:25:43that I'd like him areas.

0:25:51So I'd like to introduce such Porky Good evening counsel.

0:25:56I'm Paul Keith, your chief of police

0:25:58just want to give you a piece of news this week.

0:26:01We plan to roll out a frequently asked question part of our Web

0:26:05site to help answer a variety of community questions

0:26:09we've been receiving about police practices and police

0:26:12policies some of the examples of questions

0:26:14are going to be up there.

0:26:16What is the role of the district attorneys office

0:26:19and how does the police department

0:26:21choose which cases to send forward for prosecution.

0:26:24What type of equipment does the police and use, what type

0:26:26of training does our police department

0:26:28engage in and a whole more.

0:26:29So instead of just kind of responding to people

0:26:32individually we're going to try to create a big clearinghouse

0:26:34so that everybody in our community

0:26:36can see what the questions are they're out there

0:26:38about their police department.

0:26:39So look for that.

0:26:40This week.

0:26:40We're hoping to have it up and online by tomorrow.

0:26:43And that's it for right.

0:26:48Thank you Cheap and and when I want and just

0:26:52while the cheapest listening and while you are having here.

0:26:54I just might add one more time.

0:26:56Thank him and his staff for putting together an Of course.

0:26:59Holly our city clerk putting together the police

0:27:01department town Hall.

0:27:02We it was successful, and I thought it went really well.

0:27:06And they did a great job.

0:27:08And again, it was sort of a test platform.

0:27:10So I wanted to thanks Paul and I wanted to also let

0:27:16the public know based on some of our continuing discussions

0:27:20with the city budget and upcoming amending the budget

0:27:23at the end of the first quarter of the budget fiscal year,

0:27:27we will be having a community town hall meeting

0:27:29on the budget on August 1st, which

0:27:32is a Saturday from 10:00 a.m.

0:27:34to noon and so we'll be able to wear I announce that.

0:27:40And my city manager update last week.

0:27:42And we'll be putting out more information,

0:27:44and it'll be again, this type of a platform

0:27:46where we can give a bit of an update on what

0:27:49the city council.

0:27:50The work that you all have been doing.

0:27:52We could talk about that with community answer questions.

0:27:55And then the next budget workshop discussion

0:27:59on the city's fiscal response plan

0:28:01as we have all been working on will be on August 11th.

0:28:05That will be a special meeting that

0:28:06will be devoted to that topic so that will begin

0:28:09at 4:30 so the next two budget items will be on August 1st,

0:28:14which is a Saturday community meeting and August 11th,

0:28:18which is Tuesday at four thirty to discuss the fiscal

0:28:22and with that Your Honor.

0:28:24Thank you so much.

0:28:28Rochelle I see your hand.

0:28:29I can actually see the electronic hands.

0:28:38Rochelle muted okay.

0:28:43Finding my announcement again, kind of got taken away Okay.

0:28:49So I just wanted to announce that this Saturday

0:28:53July 25 at 10 a.m.

0:28:57We are going to paint a black lives matter

0:29:01mural at the corner of Smith Lane and Manila

0:29:07and this is organized by a community group

0:29:12involved with youth and students and really proud of them

0:29:16for organizing this.

0:29:17That's a great job.

0:29:18And I will be going.

0:29:20And I hope that many you can make it as well.

0:29:23So once again, that's this Saturday July 25 10:00 a.m..

0:29:29Schmidt Lane and Manila on the Alona Greenway

0:29:34thank give great Jim super.

0:29:40Go ahead General.

0:29:43Lane and Manila are parallel to each other.

0:29:48So do you mean the whole block is maybe what you mean,

0:29:52I don't know if I believe on the Ilona Greenway

0:29:56but the but it's between those two words

0:29:59the whole I mean where would people go.

0:30:02Yeah, I believe it.

0:30:03But when those 2.

0:30:05Yes and that.

0:30:06And that will also, we will talk about that as well.

0:30:10During the agenda item later on the agenda with the location.

0:30:15Yes.

0:30:19Great any other announcements Paul or Gabe.

0:30:22All right.

0:30:23I'll do a couple It was with somewhat

0:30:27overlap with some agenda items that we were discussing

0:30:29tonight but vegetation removal.

0:30:33You own a home you own an empty lot you should be reducing

0:30:39the fire risk by reducing your vegetation

0:30:43We've had presentation by I attended at least one meeting

0:30:49of the insurance commissioners held a presentation

0:30:54and was asking for people to create

0:30:56as much as a feet of defensible space around their homes.

0:31:00I'm not certain that that was necessarily

0:31:02specific to Elsa credo but it is if you're in the hills.

0:31:06If you're in the high fire danger area.

0:31:08It's not bad advice for you to create a very large up to 100

0:31:13foot defensible space This is moving vegetation

0:31:16and it's through this action that as a community,

0:31:19we can reduce the risk to all of our homes

0:31:23and this was the insurance commissioner that was making

0:31:28these recommendations. and potentially it'll

0:31:31have affirmative results in our overall insurance policies

0:31:35throughout the state.

0:31:36So I strongly recommend people taking actions

0:31:40to remove vegetation, the insurance commissioner

0:31:44was also talking about hardening your homes

0:31:47putting screens over the events into your attic space.

0:31:51So there's many things that you can

0:31:53do as well to reduce the risk of your home being lost.

0:32:00And so that's good remind people the census is still

0:32:04happening 2020 census if you have not participated

0:32:08in the 2020 census.

0:32:09Please go onto the Web sites and find

0:32:12out how you can participate.

0:32:14You should have by now received several pieces

0:32:17correspondence in the mail the census

0:32:19is very important to redo it.

0:32:21How various tax measures that are collected are dispersed

0:32:28they're dispersed by population so if our population goes up

0:32:31more than other communities, then our share of the revenue

0:32:36goes up more than other communities November 3

0:32:41is an election.

0:32:43We've gotten several emails from the public

0:32:45to have us start reminding people

0:32:49that the is an election on November 3rd.

0:32:53So I just want to make sure that This is another opportunity

0:32:56for people to be remember reminded that there is

0:33:00an election coming up a I again, I've participated in meetings

0:33:06where there's the are county supervisors were Ramya meeting

0:33:13us the import lots of face coverings

0:33:17whenever you're out in public face coverings

0:33:20protect both you and other people around you more

0:33:24and more importantly, there face covering protects

0:33:27you more than your face covering protects yourself

0:33:30and therefore,

0:33:31you are helping everyone feel comfortable

0:33:34wearing face coverings if you're wearing your face covering

0:33:38and you are doing your part in reducing the opportunity

0:33:41spreading a covered 19 to please wear a face covering if you are

0:33:47out in public as Karen mentioned,

0:33:51we do have a town hall coming up on Saturday August 1 10:00 a.m.

0:33:55to noon it will be a webinar and we

0:33:59have a special fiscal response plan

0:34:03meeting scheduled for Tuesday August 11th at 4:00 thirty p.m.

0:34:12And M.C. One I will bring up during item eight

0:34:17any other announcements hearing none of that

0:34:21concludes item two council and staff communicate Haitians.

0:34:26We will now move on items three all communications

0:34:30from the public of March are typically limited

0:34:33to three minutes per person by May use the time

0:34:37limit per Speaker depending on the number of speakers

0:34:39and may limit the total time for public comment

0:34:42to facilitate the completion business on the agenda.

0:34:45Comments regarding non agenda presentation

0:34:48and consent calendar items will be heard first.

0:34:51Comments related to items appearing on the public hearing

0:34:54or policy matter portion of the agenda

0:34:57will be heard prior to the City Council

0:34:58taking action on those items.

0:35:01So at this time, members of the public who

0:35:04wish to provide public comments regarding matters

0:35:07not on the agenda regarding matters on the consent

0:35:11item or the presentation item should use the raise hand

0:35:16feature to request to speak and I am not

0:35:22seeing anything Holly that rappers a and so

0:35:28me and my when we leave.

0:35:29This is a transit meeting for us.

0:35:31And I think that there may have been some confusion

0:35:33in the infrastructure because we were trying to provide

0:35:37the way in which we've been allowing public comment

0:35:39and now we're introducing people on the call.

0:35:42We do have about 16 people who have provided their phone

0:35:45number in which to speak and they would not be able to use

0:35:48the raised hand feature.

0:35:49You said 0 6 yes that is correct.

0:35:52So if any members of the public who

0:35:55are on the call who have the ability to raise their hand.

0:35:57Now would be the time.

0:35:58But we also have those speakers that we can start with.

0:36:02Since we do not have raised hands at this time great.

0:36:06I would like to reduce to two minutes per person.

0:36:09So that we can conclude just over a half hour so thank you

0:36:15Just give me my seeing now I'm starting to see

0:36:19attendees raise their hands.

0:36:20There's two attendees that have raised their hands so.

0:36:24Two minutes of taking me one second.

0:36:27And we will go ahead.

0:36:44Okay.

0:36:44So and also for the public at home that are calling in and up

0:36:48on this screen now I've provided the race and feature, which

0:36:52does have visuals of where you can locate

0:36:53the race and icon depending on how you're

0:36:56calling into this evening.

0:36:58We have set the time at 2 minutes.

0:37:01So we will start with those that have raised our hands.

0:37:03And then we will go through the list of those that are

0:37:05calling in via phone or leave.

0:37:07So we Gowdy is the first on our list.

0:37:10Mr. Gowdy you are now.

0:37:11I'm muted and I will begin your two minutes as soon as I

0:37:17hear you begin speaking okay.

0:37:20Thank you And I appreciate entering into the brave world

0:37:26of doing of what common online.

0:37:30I appreciate it.

0:37:31My name is I recorded everyone Alfredo

0:37:35and I guess as we move towards the budget meeting

0:37:41I guess I really want to encourage you to reflect

0:37:44on the priorities that got set a few months ago

0:37:49and you know Riek confirm for yourself as council members you

0:37:55know what your priorities are and what you've heard

0:37:57from the public because you know a lot has happened

0:38:01in these tumultuous couple of months since that occurred

0:38:05and frankly, those priorities were put forth by a consultant

0:38:12on the council voted on them.

0:38:13but I didn't really get the feeling

0:38:15that they were you know originating

0:38:18with our community and our elected representatives.

0:38:23So shake your commitment to you know applying the priority

0:38:32that you personally feel can defend

0:38:34and you have heard the community put forth I mean, I remain

0:38:41concerned that environmental aspects like the Climate Action

0:38:44plan and the food ordinance were kind of put on the back burner.

0:38:48Obviously there's a lot of other important things going on in.

0:38:51But I think you know the idea that we've and have taken

0:38:56for a given that you know we wouldn't touch public safety is

0:39:02a new area for consideration and I encourage you to focus

0:39:08on really investing in the community

0:39:11and making the future better and not just a kind of reactionary

0:39:15fear based you know I already systems.

0:39:18Thank you for your time.

0:39:23Thank you And next here next speaker is Alonzo VAN MILLER

0:39:32Alonzo Yumiko head and start your time now

0:39:36Hey, thank you for having me here.

0:39:37My name is Alonso I COUTURE I am a local student now alumni

0:39:44from some K to and I coming from a school that is mostly

0:39:51of minority he's from Richmond and some minorities from here,

0:39:57I really got to touch base with mental health.

0:40:01And with the mental health and the approach to law enforcement

0:40:08at amongst these friends of mine and how they viewed

0:40:13and one thing that I got from it is and I feel like this can

0:40:18something that can be built off of what

0:40:20the gentleman from the previous or the previous speaker

0:40:24touched on was the maintaining sustainable action plan.

0:40:32Regardless of what is trending right now because all too

0:40:36often, we have you know these occurrence has come up

0:40:40of minorities lives being taken at the hands

0:40:43of the police nationwide and some action is done.

0:40:47But it's nothing sustainable and I

0:40:48feel like one thing that is that should be touched on,

0:40:55especially here in really anywhere

0:40:57but here that Alfredo city council can do

0:41:00is to rename the police the term police and law enforcement

0:41:06is a very forcible that is a very

0:41:08forceful sounding institution.

0:41:11I would recommend by starting to remake re naming it

0:41:14and re structuring it to the Department of Community

0:41:20protection and resolve it rather than policing, and then

0:41:25including counsellors and others social workers

0:41:27within the police department and having them lead

0:41:30units at certain occurrences.

0:41:33So that violence isn't the first reaction at these situations.

0:41:38Thank you Right.

0:41:39Thank you The next guy is Justin Rodriguez

0:41:49Justin Bieber and media begin your time now Thank you Yeah.

0:41:57So kind of echoing off of what the previous speaker said.

0:42:02I think it's pretty clear.

0:42:05I don't know.

0:42:06I think our conversation in El that really

0:42:09needs to change from diversity.

0:42:11This diversity that because what really

0:42:15is the problem is like a problem of class

0:42:18and like you know how Can you talk about, like, the how

0:42:22can the police chief go on a call and say,

0:42:25you know the problem is we need more

0:42:28like black and brown officers is when the reality Is this

0:42:32the city isn't always safe for you know people of color

0:42:37with or without money you know and especially without money

0:42:41you know we the reality is like the city

0:42:45that's trying to see a lot more homeless folks in the streets.

0:42:50And I don't know.

0:42:52I would personally be happy like to start seeing more money

0:42:56divested into or invested from the police force

0:42:59into that I don't know.

0:43:02I mean like the previous caller said To me,

0:43:08this seems like a good time to start reimagining these things,

0:43:12especially given the financial state are the city is in like.

0:43:15I mean, how can we still keep justifying like millions

0:43:20and millions of dollars when the main crimes quote crimes are

0:43:24in our city are theft and theft I mean,

0:43:30to me, that seems like black and white to me.

0:43:34The issue theft as a crime is due to poverty

0:43:38like people don't steal for no reason

0:43:40like, I don't know how that can be like more clear.

0:43:45We need to start like reimagining this.

0:43:47And I think it really the fact that our city

0:43:50is the financial state.

0:43:51It's in should be a good time to start doing that.

0:43:56Thank you The next speaker is Carina

0:44:04Alfie Carina you are unneeded and you

0:44:09can start your time now.

0:44:12OK Hello mayor and council I just

0:44:15wanted to say as soon as the city looks for ways to cut

0:44:19a million dollars from its budget.

0:44:21I really want us to look very deeply

0:44:24into cuts from the police.

0:44:26I know that politically, it's you know us

0:44:31and police are often the sacred cow.

0:44:33No politician wants to alienate the police force.

0:44:36But I think the last couple of months

0:44:38have really shown that the status quo does not work.

0:44:42People are being killed.

0:44:44People have been killed for years.

0:44:46And I'm not saying El Cerrito police are doing that.

0:44:49But we need to reimagine what public safety looks like.

0:44:52And as we look for ways to save money in our city.

0:44:57Let's really seriously look for where the police department,

0:45:01we can make their cuts and put some money reinvest the money

0:45:04into social services, mental health and homelessness

0:45:08inequality is going up.

0:45:10People are out on the streets.

0:45:12People are without work and the police

0:45:15are not really trained to respond to those calls We had

0:45:20a drive by shooting in our neighborhood

0:45:23a few weeks away on Waldo enrichment.

0:45:26It was very scary.

0:45:27There are 10 bullet holes in the wall

0:45:30currently for the whole community to see.

0:45:35We understand appreciate the need for the police

0:45:38and public safety.

0:45:39But let's look at taking some of the responsibilities

0:45:45from the police have right now.

0:45:47And having the police focus on crime and let other people

0:45:50do mental health and social services.

0:45:53Thank you Great.

0:45:56Thank you very much.

0:46:03The next speaker and this too is ISIS bested ISIS.

0:46:07You are unmoved and can begin your time now.

0:46:11Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

0:46:13Thank you so much for your time.

0:46:16I echo the sentiments of the prior caller.

0:46:21It is time for the council to reform our police force

0:46:28as many forces are being reformed

0:46:34The referee reformation will include adding

0:46:40social workers to police patrolling areas

0:46:45and responding to calls in mission.

0:46:50We need to take a serious look at the use

0:46:54of paramilitary equipment I draw the council's attention

0:46:58to the use of the drone to serve a three

0:47:03point seven square miles, which is

0:47:06the entirety of our community.

0:47:10We need to take a look at the policy behind the use

0:47:16of the paramilitary drone to ensure that our communities

0:47:23privacy is not only maintained but protected

0:47:28as well as ensuring there are no Concetta Chanel violations

0:47:34resulting from the use of the drone Frankly

0:47:38I would suggest that we remove the drone entirely.

0:47:42However it's going to require our investigation

0:47:46into its use and current policies to understand.

0:47:49And if we are, in fact client or not.

0:47:53Thank you very much for your time.

0:47:57Thank you very much.

0:47:59Next guest is a reminder for those that are preventing

0:48:03public comment if you would kindly provide your name

0:48:06and your city of residence when you begin your public comments.

0:48:09The council would appreciate that we're

0:48:11going gonna go to our next caller

0:48:12which is Raya Ewing Raya.

0:48:16You muted and can begin your time now.

0:48:19Hello.

0:48:20My name is rare during and I live here in Alfredo.

0:48:24Thank you Count members for hearing today.

0:48:28And I will keep this brief because much

0:48:31of what I have to say, has already

0:48:33been said by previous callers.

0:48:36What I would encourage is that when you are looking at all

0:48:41of these possible changes.

0:48:44And ways to reimagine public safety

0:48:46and to make our community better what I would encourage

0:48:49you to do is to think big and to be willing to take bold action.

0:48:55Our community.

0:48:56I I'm relatively recent here.

0:48:59I moved here just a little bit over a year ago.

0:49:03And even though much that time has

0:49:05been kind of trying with a pandemic and all

0:49:07of that it like there's a lot.

0:49:10But I really love here with this community.

0:49:12And I think that you can enhance that even more.

0:49:16And I would encourage you When you think about like,

0:49:19oh, can we take funds from the police department

0:49:22and put them into social services

0:49:24like think think big like what would happen like what I would

0:49:26like to see is what if you took 50 percent of the police budget

0:49:31and put it into social services.

0:49:32What if you said, OK.

0:49:35We're gonna make sure officers are going like where to address

0:49:39situations that they are trained to address.

0:49:43and that we're sending folks social workers to the majority

0:49:47of Scituate But police are often called

0:49:49to work because those folks are better prepared to fully deal

0:49:53with that.

0:49:53I think.

0:49:54I would I just really my love for this community

0:49:56would grow even more to see that Thank you Thank you

0:50:12The next speaker is Miguel is the No You are an immediate

0:50:18can begin your time now thank you.

0:50:21Thank you Good evening.

0:50:23Mayors city council members I come here me enjoying the boom

0:50:29bars and people outside City Hall

0:50:32to support the demands of the petition We need to know

0:50:36department function with transparency the complaints are

0:50:41treated fairly that misconduct does not cover it up

0:50:45nonresident can expect to feel welcome mean, why we repetition

0:50:50of Scott street or something.

0:50:52I just learned about today, almost 50 years ago

0:50:59I launched in recent drive in Santa Cruz County the band SWAT

0:51:02is not a well that ended our police

0:51:05are now more militarized than ever police is not just policy.

0:51:10It's a mentality that has deep roots in a way premise system

0:51:14to historically and now the police represents state power

0:51:18law and order recliner an alternative system represents

0:51:22all people in effort to seek peace and justice in El Cerrito

0:51:27many residents depend on the police accountable calling them

0:51:30and considered to be vital in protecting, but that cannot be

0:51:35said of all residents equally.

0:51:37Can this be said across all the neighborhoods

0:51:41or people of color more often arrested disproportionately

0:51:44in this city.

0:51:46It's time to re-examine public safety

0:51:49and build new systems that no longer harm people of color

0:51:52and the only way we can do that is to involve

0:51:55the entire community.

0:51:57It's not about internal police review

0:52:00of administrative procedures just policy.

0:52:02Thank you.

0:52:04Thank you very much next the next speaker

0:52:12is launching while twin lander you unmediated

0:52:16can begin your time now.

0:52:18Hello.

0:52:19This is Landry wild wind I'm an L Toledo resident

0:52:24and an our feet and making a comment with a specific

0:52:28suggest along with many other participants

0:52:32tonight I'm interested in seeing the old Soviet police depart

0:52:37reworked to respond better to the concerns that we have

0:52:42for people of color for homeless people for mentally ill people

0:52:47and for many others in our city who would dread the appearance

0:52:52of a police person with a gun.

0:52:55I'm interested in asking the city to seriously consider

0:53:02following Eugene Oregon with cahoots cahoots

0:53:07as a program started in Eugene 31 years ago.

0:53:13With only 2 percent or less of the city budget for police

0:53:19there are responding to nearly 20 percent of the calls

0:53:23that come in to 9 1 1.

0:53:25It's a 24 hour a day mobile unit that

0:53:28sends a person trained in mental health AND and OR substance

0:53:34abuse as a medic or a medical provider a nurse

0:53:40so you have both a mental health and physical health component

0:53:46the people who go out whose calls are not sworn officers

0:53:50and they are not armed they do no coercive things at all

0:53:55their responses respectful of their client

0:54:00assist and collaborative and non-viable in 24 thousand calls

0:54:07for assistance only about 250 sorry 150

0:54:12calls required any backup from the police department

0:54:16in 31 years.

0:54:17Who has never had a serious injury to any other staff

0:54:22and they're providing services seven days

0:54:24a week around the clock around the year.

0:54:27Please describe Thank you Thank you Thank you Mayor.

0:54:40That is helpful.

0:54:41When we have callers calling in they

0:54:43do not see the timer that is displayed on the screen

0:54:46and will go to the next caller.

0:54:48Now which is Sherry.

0:54:49Drop her Sherry you are an immediate and able

0:54:55to start your time now.

0:55:01Sherry can you speak louder We can barely hear

0:55:03you know Sherry are you there.

0:55:13No.

0:55:20Okay.

0:55:20It looks like that you try one more time to see if I can get

0:55:37My apologies it does take a little bit longer to locate

0:55:39my phone number than me.

0:55:41So Sherry I'm trying one more time.

0:55:45Can you see if we can hear you hear me.

0:55:50Yes that's much better.

0:55:51You can go ahead and start your time now.

0:55:53OK Alfredo doesn't directly control

0:55:57did you find the police.

0:55:59We are clear that a set of demands

0:56:01is accepted both excessively budget

0:56:06funds to other committees services

0:56:09as the City Council tries to find money to fill the five

0:56:12Five billion dollar budget deficit that we've all been

0:56:15talking about a police department that causes nearly

0:56:1813 million dollars 30 percent of the city's budget

0:56:23is a reasonable starting point.

0:56:26Very easy PD has a staff of 54 personnel

0:56:30with thirty nine sworn officers amongst the total.

0:56:33And I understand for new officers were

0:56:36added to the forces in 2019.

0:56:39But yet Elsa does have the highest crime rate

0:56:42among the nearby communities.

0:56:44With the vast majority of crimes we know this stuff tomorrow.

0:56:47And one of the lowest clearance rates for crimes according

0:56:52to open justice databank.

0:56:54We believe it's time to take a people look

0:56:56at rethinking powers be police Department

0:56:58conducts public safety.

0:57:02Also on the agenda this will be a resolution

0:57:04by college sitting on interest of putting black Lives

0:57:07Matter in effort to.

0:57:09So in an effort to move words into action.

0:57:12We really want to ask the city Police Department to begin

0:57:16open dialogue with the community to seek out new models public

0:57:20safety and to recognize in order to achieve racial justice

0:57:24procedural tinkering it will not be enough as a community,

0:57:28we will have to build alternative institution's

0:57:31policies and practices Moving forward

0:57:34requires the participation of the entire community,

0:57:38not just of the police department looking internally

0:57:41but we want to bring all of us together.

0:57:43But thank you very much Thank you Sherry next Our next caller

0:58:01is Tommy Nagi Ross.

0:58:04Tommy you are unneeded and able to start your time now

0:58:09Rudy Good evening.

0:58:10They just told me not broke that I'm

0:58:12a resident Rito and a member LEDs to progressive.

0:58:16I'm being the first part of the Police Reform Petition

0:58:20We residents also read out demands that the city council

0:58:24take immediate action on police reform

0:58:27it is essential to reimagine how the police force

0:58:31supports safety and also rito.

0:58:33The following demands reflect the nation wide call

0:58:37for justice for George Floyd and all other victims of violence.

0:58:41At the hands of police every community is different

0:58:45but these demands speak to the specific issues

0:58:48of policing Alfredo.

0:58:50Number one increase Alfredo police transparency

0:58:54and accountability.

0:58:56Sign up for the California Police court

0:58:58scoreboard which includes reporting

0:59:01on arrests and police use of force lethal and less lethal.

0:59:06Broken out by race and other metrics

0:59:09make police misconduct records easily

0:59:11accessible by the public.

0:59:13Require City Council approval for police department purchase

0:59:17of any military style equipment including

0:59:21armored carriers guns tasers flash

0:59:25bangs sound can drones etc.

0:59:28Number two establish an effective civil oversight board

0:59:33with investigative and subpoena powers.

0:59:37Create and publicize easily accessible methods

0:59:41for civilians to submit.

0:59:42View and discuss complaints ensure the civilian oversight

0:59:47board has the power to interrogate officers access

0:59:51crime scenes subpoena witnesses and files with penalties

0:59:55for noncompliance MC disciplinary and policy

0:59:59recommendations to the police chief and prosecuting attorney

1:00:03and compel the police chief and prosecuting attorney

1:00:07to explain why they have not followed a recommendation

1:00:11employer that civilian oversight board

1:00:14excludes current or retired law enforcement from membership.

1:00:18Thankfully Thank you.

1:00:23Our next speaker is Miguel Greville fellow Miguel

1:00:32you and you can start your time on continuing

1:00:37the petition on point three is to respond to mental health

1:00:40crises and nonviolent social issues health care

1:00:44and social work not policing responses

1:00:47establish non police interventions to crises

1:00:49involving homelessness intoxication

1:00:51disorientation and substance abuse and mental health.

1:00:55Number four invest in healthy department start

1:00:59investing healthy community rather than policing decreased

1:01:03police department budgets.

1:01:04At minimum proportional to other city budget cuts.

1:01:07be explore alternative solutions for funding education, health

1:01:11care jobs and housing the parts of El

1:01:13Cerrito hardest hit by crime.

1:01:15Police violence and over incarceration

1:01:17with quarterly reporting to the city council and addition

1:01:21to funding and actively advocating for education,

1:01:23health care jobs and housing for those most impacted

1:01:26commit funding other programs that truly contribute

1:01:29to community, such as climate justice for number five

1:01:32strengthen police use of force policies

1:01:34to protect human life and rights.

1:01:36Limit the use of deadly force Scituate

1:01:37to situations where there is an imminent threat of life

1:01:40of death or serious injury and require officers exhaust all

1:01:44of the measures before restoring without resorting

1:01:47to deadly force.

1:01:48Implement a civilian oversight board for the review of all,

1:01:52use of force reports to ensure compliance bad.

1:01:54No knock warrants and pass and else rito.

1:01:56Be honest law prohibit or limit the use of military style

1:01:59equipment and surveillance equipment including

1:02:01armored carriers guns tasers flash bangs

1:02:03sound cannons drones etc..

1:02:05Change police regulations to require Daskal

1:02:08to be tried first and make not reporting and observation

1:02:12an observed excessive use of force

1:02:14or other serious violation of departmental policy

1:02:17a fireable offense for police officers.

1:02:20Thank you for your time.

1:02:21Thank you Miguel Our next speaker is Sarah flower Sarah.

1:02:31You are a muted and can begin your time now

1:02:35thank you so much.

1:02:36My name is Bob Bauer and a resident Alfredo.

1:02:39I'm continuing the petition six and broken windows policing

1:02:43stop unnecessary prosecution of low level offenses

1:02:47decreased rates of arrest and incarceration

1:02:49by decriminalizing activities that pose no threat

1:02:51to public safety including but not

1:02:53limited to disorderly conduct trespassing loitering marijuana

1:02:57possession disturbing the peace petty theft fare evasion

1:03:00and other misdemeanor offenses take action to prevent

1:03:03racial profiling and police intervention solely based

1:03:06on suspicion of one's blackness or other aspects of identity

1:03:11seven do away with unfair protections for officers

1:03:15and police union contract and law enforcement officers

1:03:18Bill of Rights.

1:03:19Remove provisions that create barriers

1:03:21to effective misconduct investigations

1:03:23and civilian oversight of police activity including

1:03:26officers disciplinary history.

1:03:28Remove provisions that require or allow

1:03:30officers to kill or seriously injure people

1:03:33to continue to be paid while they are under investigation

1:03:36on suspension.

1:03:39And the profit motive policing confirm whether there are

1:03:42any street police department for tickets

1:03:45and end any photos clarify and strengthen

1:03:48civil and criminal forfeiture restrictions to prohibit police

1:03:51from seizing money and property from individuals

1:03:53unless they are convicted of crime.

1:03:55And there is clear convincing evidence

1:03:57that the property is related to the crime

1:04:00prohibit police from keeping any property legally

1:04:02and forfeited instead.

1:04:04This property should go to a general fund.

1:04:06Require a police departments to bear the cost of misconduct

1:04:09by requiring settlement to be paid out of the police

1:04:12department budget rather than the city's general fund and

1:04:15finally, I want to talk about why this is important.

1:04:18It's time to reimagine how the police support sake and Alfredo

1:04:21this petition is based on the color of change platform

1:04:23has been signed by over 330 people.

1:04:25And it's a call to action for our city Government

1:04:28to examine policing especially transparency use of force

1:04:32and addressing racial disparity we're asking you to join

1:04:35in demanding itself, the paper Alfredo for everyone

1:04:40thank Sara the next speaker is Ray

1:04:49James Ray were muted and can begin your time now Hello.

1:04:56This your James.

1:04:57And I'm a resident of L burrito the UN surrendered stolen land

1:05:02of the Ilona people speaking out against the punitive justice

1:05:06system that continues to steal the lives

1:05:08security, safety wealth and hope of our nation and our futures.

1:05:13But I'm also here to tell everyone here on this call

1:05:16to let us in find and discover hope in the power of truth

1:05:19telling so many people before we have already spoken

1:05:22with clarity and hope for a future

1:05:24that youth in this meeting had the power and privilege

1:05:27to build upon or reject.

1:05:29I am also asking that all This is definitely the police

1:05:32department and police chiefs who always speak so eloquently

1:05:35to take a moment to envision a world where we are

1:05:39free from the tyranny of a system that continues

1:05:41to impoverish and hamper the vision and dreams of those it

1:05:46terrorized we and else freedom may be

1:05:50able to say, oh, but the police in El Cerrito

1:05:53haven't killed anyone.

1:05:55It does not matter because when our police department arrest

1:06:00or incarcerate or since sins of be incarcerated lives are

1:06:05put on hold prison is a place.

1:06:09Jails and detention they are all a place

1:06:12in which we isolate people.

1:06:14And when we isolate people.

1:06:16We say that they we cannot find a way to restore or transform.

1:06:20But we need to have a vision for a system that does not just

1:06:23punish but instead transformed and restores the harm

1:06:28that we have in our community.

1:06:30Poverty did not come from nowhere

1:06:32homelessness came from nowhere.

1:06:33I mean, we can't say these things came out of nowhere.

1:06:36They all came from one place that is capitalism, which

1:06:39police departments continue to protect property and land I

1:06:46truly hope that everyone that is on this call thinks

1:06:49takes a moment and envisions a world without police.

1:06:52What does that look like.

1:06:54And I don't want to just painting murals.

1:06:56I want there to actually be a schedule,

1:06:59a timeline and data that we are following

1:07:01to see how our city is doing.

1:07:03And hey, we're we're losing money.

1:07:05We know what to cut the money.

1:07:07Thank you Thank you Thank you so much

1:07:16the next speaker is Ellie Mahe.

1:07:19Ellie you and mutate and can start your time now.

1:07:23Hello.

1:07:24My name is Ella.

1:07:26I'm a teacher and I'm a resident of El Serino.

1:07:29I would like to echo what my neighbors have been saying

1:07:32on this call and I would like for us all to understand

1:07:37that Elsa Rita is not immune to any of the issues

1:07:40that our country faces at large.

1:07:43I think it's easy to take for granted

1:07:46that Oh, nothing like that would happen here.

1:07:50But as Chief Keith said during the police townhall he quote,

1:07:55can't guarantee that a tragedy like that that that took

1:08:00George George Floyd's life.

1:08:02And so many other lives will never happen here.

1:08:04And also Rita.

1:08:05And I want us all to understand that that is unacceptable.

1:08:08We need to guarantee that state sanctioned killing

1:08:11will not happen in El Cerrito so we need

1:08:14to take the steps necessary in order to make sure that we can

1:08:18make that guarantee to our neighbors to our visitors

1:08:21to our friends to our family We have the opportunity to be

1:08:27a model for the rest Bay Area and the rest of the country

1:08:30frankly.

1:08:31And I would like to encourage the city council

1:08:33to forget the status quo.

1:08:36now is not the time to be protecting the status quo.

1:08:40Now is the time to be visionary and I I

1:08:43just again, would like to end by saying

1:08:46we need to guarantee that murder at the hands of the police

1:08:50will not happen.

1:08:51And also thank you Ray.

1:08:57Do next the next speaker is Dan Schultz Nick Dan,

1:09:03you are admitted can begin your time now but Dan,

1:09:11are you with us Dan you are muted.

1:09:21The caller friendship Hi can you hear me.

1:09:25Unfortunately Yes sir.

1:09:26And your Your time is starting now.

1:09:29All right.

1:09:30Thank you.

1:09:31You so much.

1:09:32My name is shock Nick.

1:09:34I am a resident of the Richmond annex.

1:09:36I just want to call and express my support

1:09:38for a lot of the progressive policies around reforming

1:09:42the police and rethinking public safety,

1:09:44especially around increasing police transparency

1:09:48and accountability as well as establishing

1:09:50a civilian oversight board.

1:09:51Thanks.

1:09:52So much.

1:09:54Thank you The next speaker is Kimberly Berger.

1:10:05Kimberly you were immediate and can begin your time

1:10:07now Can you hear me.

1:10:10Yes, we can.

1:10:11Go ahead free.

1:10:12Thank you. you for taking a public comment.

1:10:15I'd like to encourage you to reduce the police budget

1:10:18in favor of funding education, health care job

1:10:21programs, and more importantly basic needs like low income

1:10:24housing security.

1:10:26I'd also like to address the previous comments to say

1:10:28don't just rename the without changing

1:10:31the fundamental structure motivations

1:10:33of that institution.

1:10:34Thank you Thank you The next caller is Dennis Calloway.

1:10:46Dennis you were muted and you can begin your time now.

1:10:51Okay.

1:10:51I'm not sure if I'm to be speaking

1:10:54on the Web or the phone.

1:10:56But I'll start talking My name is Denis Calloway

1:11:00I'm a resident of Elsa Rideau and I

1:11:02have been for over 10 years.

1:11:04And I do believe in the city and I support

1:11:08and whatever what people have already said they in support of

1:11:14and I really do hope you listen to all those who have spoken

1:11:21and really listen and think about it.

1:11:23Thank you very much.

1:11:24Great.

1:11:25Thank you Thank you.

1:11:27Next The next speaker is Mary Ann west.

1:11:44Mary you.

1:11:45And can begin your time now.

1:11:52Mary, are you with us came not hearing your response.

1:11:59So I'm going to go to the next caller

1:12:22The last two callers that I have on my list

1:12:24are no longer on the call so it does look like that does

1:12:28conclude all of the individuals who

1:12:30have asked to speak under items not on and not on the agenda.

1:12:35We do have a handful of items that were submitted in writing.

1:12:39So I will go over to those now And just briefly to share

1:12:45information that was submitted in advance of the meeting today

1:12:50and was posted online and provided directly to the city

1:12:52council members for this item for items on the agenda were

1:12:56from Cordell Himmler and Lesley you'd be a better Adams

1:13:01and then I will go to our first public comments for matters not

1:13:05on the agenda and we'll start that now This is submitted

1:13:09by Dan Schulman your city council One side effect

1:13:12of the shelter in place has been the public's ability

1:13:15to participate in public meetings via a written public

1:13:18comment right until the meeting gets to the agenda

1:13:21item and in some cases

1:13:22virtual video public common as well.

1:13:26I personally think this has been a positive development

1:13:28and something I would like to become permanent even when

1:13:31the city council and other meetings

1:13:32resume taking place at City Hall.

1:13:35I feel that meetings have been made more accessible

1:13:37and reduced some of the bias in who is able to participate.

1:13:41Meetings that are only in person amplify the privileged silence

1:13:45the disadvantaged those who can physically

1:13:48attend our long hours long city council meetings in order

1:13:51to comment on the luxuries of time.

1:13:54Good health mobility transportation

1:13:56and child dependent care.

1:13:58I hope the city will consider making this new protocol

1:14:00for public comment permanent.

1:14:10Next submission from Kathy and Bill

1:14:14I almost did not write this public comment,

1:14:17but I think those of us who have some privilege are obligated

1:14:19to speak against bullying.

1:14:21I am writing this letter representing myself

1:14:23and not any groups I'm affiliated with.

1:14:25I am writing because council member

1:14:27came to attacked me online.

1:14:29I respond to a post of his in a public group

1:14:31to encourage him to look more at the issues behind the defund

1:14:34the police move When he responded

1:14:37me it immediately became personal on social media.

1:14:40I used a variation of my.

1:14:42My name as a therapist in the community It

1:14:44is a way of keeping some boundaries and public spaces

1:14:47where my clients may also be.

1:14:49In his response Tebow spelled out my real last name

1:14:52and mentioned the street where I live.

1:14:54This made me feel unsafe and as a woman,

1:14:56I felt only I asked him to remove that information He

1:14:59refused and then continued to attack and attack me

1:15:03and named the street several more times.

1:15:05He stated that I cost the City one thousand dollars

1:15:08for the speed humps I had advocated for on my street

1:15:12against that I felt personally attacked

1:15:14and asked him to remove or edit the post with my street name.

1:15:18He again denied attacking me and refused

1:15:20to acknowledge my request.

1:15:21Fortunately, I was able to delete the thread

1:15:24a thread that I would have rather left up since I think it

1:15:27shows the champion tactics that he takes when he is challenged

1:15:30and believe the public should see this behavior.

1:15:33I have written many letters and have had many conversations

1:15:36and disagreements with council people over the past few years.

1:15:40Never has any other council member attacked me

1:15:42because the rest you understand part of your job

1:15:45is a challenge.

1:15:46That being a public official means you

1:15:47are held to a higher standard.

1:15:49I am fine with any MEMBER OF PUBLIC expressing

1:15:52their disagreements with me.

1:15:54We live in a society where we should be able to disagree

1:15:56in a reasonable manner but I fear that the politics of fear

1:15:59and intimidation on the federal level

1:16:01are trickling down into the local level.

1:16:04I want to believe else Rito is better than this.

1:16:06I would love to see a code of conduct development

1:16:08for council members similar to the one you

1:16:11were appointed officials submitted by Kathy

1:16:13Handel Serino thank you.

1:16:27Next submission, then is received by Nathaniel Walker.

1:16:32I hope that the city Elsa Rito considers

1:16:34reducing the budget of the police department

1:16:36and spending that money on other agencies that are better

1:16:39trained to aid folks who are experiencing things

1:16:42like homelessness was substance abuse intoxication

1:16:47and mental health conditions In addition the police

1:16:50department should stop unnecessary prosecution

1:16:52of lower level offenses.

1:16:55So submitted by an Nathaniel Walker In the next submission

1:17:12now.

1:17:14My name is Jessica Rodriguez.

1:17:16The name is resident of Eldorado.

1:17:18I want to speak on behalf of well, not on behalf of anyone

1:17:21except me but just about the issue of policing Elsa radio

1:17:24and the effect it has had on people's living wages.

1:17:27I just want to say, like we are really

1:17:30we really need to change the conversation

1:17:32into something else.

1:17:33Right now, it seems like instead it's very concerning.

1:17:37And it's very concerned around how diverse ls radio is.

1:17:40And you know how this when it rains should be looked.

1:17:47We are in a financial hole as the city as a city

1:17:51through a mixture of mismanagement

1:17:53and all bad luck admittedly all has luck admittedly bad luck.

1:17:59But the reality is we're in a hole

1:18:01and honestly, the defunding movement

1:18:04should be a gift from this guy in terms of like next steps

1:18:09to do.

1:18:10Because look how long we are that like investing entirely

1:18:14too much into the police force when, frankly do not live

1:18:18in a city with high crime like it

1:18:20doesn't even make sense right.

1:18:22Like life and not to mention the effects of being

1:18:25a city in the middle of you know the Bay Area

1:18:28and having to deal with people of other class

1:18:30back like that's the effect of our police force right.

1:18:34So instead of you know investing from the police.

1:18:37We decide to cut the very few community

1:18:39services we already have and.

1:18:42The conversation really has to be different.

1:18:45We do we have to to systematically divest

1:18:48from the police force and you have

1:18:49to start listening to the citizens of Elsa

1:18:51Rito who are calling for this.

1:18:54Thank you less emission for not on the agenda

1:19:03from Karen Powell.

1:19:04I would like the city of El Cerrito

1:19:06to decrease police funding budgets

1:19:08and spend the response abilities of police such as addressing

1:19:11house home less folks in intoxication substance

1:19:16Abuse and Mental Health.

1:19:17Other government agencies that are better

1:19:19trained to positively affect people in these communities

1:19:25We do have one additional comment for Agenda Item 5 8

1:19:29which is our presentation tonight

1:19:32submitted by Kathy Handel.

1:19:36I'm glad to see discussion of the issue of stock compensation

1:19:39on the agenda.

1:19:40We all wanted.

1:19:41We all one talented people to work in our community.

1:19:44However those of us that have done research on this.

1:19:47I found that the compensation in Eldorado

1:19:48is higher than in similarly sized communities.

1:19:51We are also recently found out that 26 managers have been

1:19:56receiving a carbon of three dollars a month

1:19:59regardless need to drive for their job.

1:20:01Many of the key in the community and perhaps council

1:20:04were unaware that need to be made in any.

1:20:07Everything needs to be on the table including

1:20:09lay offs and compensation cuts.

1:20:11The consultants focused on cuts to our lowest paid staff.

1:20:14Any cuts should be balanced between management and line

1:20:17staff.

1:20:18I also hope that you are.

1:20:20Continue to follow up on the budget issues

1:20:22and that the budget meeting on August 1

1:20:24is a substantial look at the issues

1:20:27the financial issues the city faces,

1:20:29including the public safety budget.

1:20:31I understand there are many big issues in this city right now.

1:20:34But if the city goes bankrupt every other issue becomes

1:20:44and does conclude the the public comments under this item

1:20:49thank you very much.

1:20:51That concludes item Three oral communications from the public

1:20:55I want to thank all 24 members of the public

1:20:57for participating in our public comment We are now going

1:21:02to move on to item for adoption and calendar

1:21:07all items in the consent calendar

1:21:09shall be acted upon in one motion

1:21:10unless someone requests to consider them separately.

1:21:15We have two items on our Consent Calendar item

1:21:18for a is the Fourth quarter cash and Investment Report This was

1:21:25submitted by our finance director and treasurer Mark

1:21:29Raissi and it does reflect that we have 16 million

1:21:32dollars invested in the bank.

1:21:35So our second item is or B human relations commission

1:21:40and environmental quality committee joint state bent

1:21:44on environmental, social, and racial justice fantastic July 1

1:21:50results July 1 meeting in looking for motion to act

1:21:56moodiness and I'd like to move a adoption of that consent Kalon

1:22:02onto A and B. I got Janet you would

1:22:06you would you want to say Janet you just want to second second.

1:22:09OK.

1:22:10Move by Kito seconded by Purdue Okamoto all.

1:22:15Please me we have a roll call vote May.

1:22:19Yes May I pretend finally, I can't remember 8% cancel

1:22:26my saying Can you repeat that.

1:22:27Yes.

1:22:28Thank you Council member Quito.

1:22:30Yes.

1:22:31Council member Pedro Okamoto.

1:22:34Yes.

1:22:34Motion carries thank you Thank you everyone.

1:22:38That's a good action there Item five is presentations.

1:22:42We have one presentation this evening.

1:22:44It is on the city compensation policies overview.

1:22:49We're going to receive and file a presentation on the policies

1:22:54in place related to determination of employee

1:22:56compensation looks like.

1:22:58Karen, you are the presenter Thank you.

1:23:07And Holly, it's not giving me the option

1:23:11to share my screen and care while we're

1:23:18while that's being worked out.

1:23:20I'm certain that you will make all the presentation materials

1:23:23available at some point.

1:23:26Absolutely Thank you Holly I just emailed you just in

1:23:32and you should have read as I made

1:23:34you the presenter wonderful.

1:23:36All right, let's do sharing Miss assignments time I want to do.

1:23:52Here we go.

1:23:58All right OK.

1:24:09Is everyone able to see my screen Yes OK.

1:24:19Tell me you can it's it's mixed as part

1:24:26some people and people on it.

1:24:30Yeah but you can't.

1:24:32Can you see a light blue screen see compensation policies

1:24:36overview it's in the background Dog continue maybe a little

1:24:42come up.

1:24:43I have half a screen with it most of it is hidden.

1:24:52It may be connectivity issues.

1:24:54Let's hope it you catch up.

1:24:58I have no materials in my pocket for this.

1:25:02This was and this was not in the packet.

1:25:04This was this is just a presentation for tonight.

1:25:07It'll be posted after and council member for Delhi

1:25:10you should have a circle in your top right corner

1:25:13that has to brackets if you click that it should switch

1:25:18to where you have a full screen of the visual

1:25:20that Karan has up on her screen Why don't you just continue.

1:25:33I'll listen I've clicked those say

1:25:40and I can Karan if you'd like.

1:25:42I can forward the document to council member fidelity.

1:25:45So he can pull it separately.

1:25:47If you can't see it on the WebEx.

1:25:49Thank you Sean All right.

1:25:51Well thank you very much again.

1:25:53I'm Karen Pinkus I'm the city manager

1:25:55and this is to do a presentation on city compensation policies

1:26:02this case has come up quite a few times over the course

1:26:06of the past few months if we discussed as we discussed

1:26:09the budget it also came up at the peace at town hall

1:26:13some questions on how we look at what

1:26:17salaries were assigned to what positions

1:26:20and how they came to be.

1:26:22And so I wanted to do a little bit of a background

1:26:24to give the council, the public a sort of an understanding

1:26:27baseline as to how we come to these policies

1:26:30and what they mean and help me implement

1:26:36So it did begin personnel is governed in the city of L.

1:26:41Serino very much like something like many public sector

1:26:44communities.

1:26:46First of all state law.

1:26:48I should also add federal.

1:26:49There are plenty of laws on the state level that

1:26:52determine and dictate what we are required

1:26:55to provide to employees.

1:26:57There are certain respects within within state law

1:27:01when it comes to cities that are required

1:27:04or different positions that are required including city council

1:27:07members and how some of those structures

1:27:09are set so we are other things, including leaves

1:27:13like such things as paid sick leave or family medical leave

1:27:17or also governed by state and federal law in our state.

1:27:21We have also some very similar regulations

1:27:25when it comes to public safety.

1:27:29Personnel including the police officers

1:27:32bill of rights for example.

1:27:33So there are a lot of different overarching state and federal

1:27:36laws that dictate how we're able to.

1:27:40Our personnel here Serino our own municipal code outlines

1:27:44of personnel regulate sessions through a civil service system

1:27:48and a civil service system is outlawed

1:27:51by ordinance which was at one time approved by city council.

1:27:55So historically a civil service system

1:27:57meant to be an equitable system where employees are hired

1:28:00based on merit and qualification as opposed

1:28:04to politics or patronage.

1:28:06This is the sort of that again historical background behind

1:28:10a civil service system general.

1:28:12But that served the city credo for most

1:28:15of for all of its existence on personnel rules

1:28:19and regulations.

1:28:20Those are adopted separate from the ordinance that

1:28:25allows for them to be adopted.

1:28:27Those can be amended from time to time by the City Council.

1:28:30Those and also to different facets of the how personnel are

1:28:36governed including things like what benefits they are given

1:28:41or what their vacation sick sick time and determines

1:28:46different discipline airy outlines

1:28:49disciplinary procedures as well as grievance procedures

1:28:53for employees that are subject to the civil service, obviously

1:28:58memorandums of understanding and contract.

1:29:00These are done with our bargaining units

1:29:02all over our bargaining units a moment

1:29:05that all of our bargaining unit and those who are unrepresented

1:29:10are such as myself are governed by memorandums

1:29:13of understanding.

1:29:14These are negotiated with city staff between the city staff

1:29:17and the bargaining units and approved by the City Council

1:29:20and of course resolutions for the management

1:29:22and confidential group We also have

1:29:24a group of other representative unrepresented employees

1:29:30seasonal employees those are governed by City Council

1:29:32resolution essentially the essentially the city council

1:29:37has approval over all of these different governance

1:29:42of personnel except that are all listed

1:29:47there as opposed to state.

1:29:48In addition to state and federal law.

1:29:50So the city managers oversees all personnel

1:29:53and serves the personnel officer that is also

1:29:56within our municipal code again with the council manager

1:30:00structure a form of government that the city of Health's credo

1:30:03is the city manager is appointed as the chief executive the City

1:30:07Council has to employees the city pretty

1:30:10and the city manager all of the other employees, all

1:30:14of their personnel report reporting

1:30:17is our organization to directly to be, again,

1:30:21the idea behind the city manager being the personnel officer

1:30:25and not the city capital is that politics and administration are

1:30:28kept separate and that the operations of the city

1:30:31and the hiring firing recruiting of employees

1:30:35is all done again subject to civil service.

1:30:38That said again, all of the regulation the compensation,

1:30:42the classified vacation plan, which

1:30:44is all of the job descriptions are all governed

1:30:48by a City Council approval.

1:30:50The city does have a Civil Service Commission.

1:30:53This commission is seated but is only meets on an on call basis.

1:30:58And in my time here for I think the last 19 years.

1:31:01It's maybe three or four times they serve as an appeal

1:31:05body for disciplinary action But they

1:31:09are still subject to city council

1:31:11approval their recommendations.

1:31:14So there is an employee who appeals a grievance

1:31:18or appeals I'm sorry.

1:31:19Disciplinary action it can be appealed

1:31:21to the civil Additionally, the city council

1:31:28like I said approves all of those costs of compensation

1:31:32and classification has the final word on appeals

1:31:35and that is done to be sort of a check

1:31:37and balance between the politic but the politics i.e.

1:31:40the administrative side, it is the Civil

1:31:42Service side and the city council is meant to balance.

1:31:46So the civil service system covers

1:31:49most employees except executive positions

1:31:52myself the department directors the assistant city manager

1:31:56assistant to the city manager it does

1:31:57not cover elected officials.

1:31:58It does not cover the city attorney those bills are all

1:32:03considered at will position however in the case of any

1:32:08of those people who are in and out

1:32:10will position that were previously

1:32:12in a civil service position.

1:32:13So they were promoted up from position

1:32:16into an at will position our personnel

1:32:18roles in our civil service system

1:32:20dictates that in the case any layoffs

1:32:24or abolition of position, which is, again.

1:32:27Come up in some of our budget discussions

1:32:30that they would be able to revert to their civil service

1:32:33position.

1:32:34So while we have been very deliberate and thoughtful

1:32:38in trying to make sure that we are promoting from within as

1:32:42much as possible at the same time that

1:32:44is a bit of a quirk to the system

1:32:46is discussing things like budget cuts and productions

1:32:49and layoffs the civil service employees

1:32:53are subject to these personal rules.

1:32:55It is is it states there to assure

1:32:58due process and seniority.

1:33:00Again the act things like layoffs

1:33:02is also dictated by by resolution

1:33:06or by memorandums of understanding

1:33:08the bargaining units in that.

1:33:10If there is layoff in a certain classification

1:33:13a certain position anyone in that classification

1:33:16is determined by seniority.

1:33:18So what that would mean is if we went to lay one person off.

1:33:23But there was someone that they that

1:33:26is less senior in the same position they would get to.

1:33:30So civil service system has a lot of ripple effect.

1:33:34And I bring that up again because it has been discussed

1:33:37in some questions have been asked

1:33:39about what that would mean and what layoffs would mean.

1:33:42And it would create a process and a ripple effect

1:33:45throughout the organization so that is, again

1:33:49intense to try to protect employees

1:33:51from making sure that they are not in a fired without cause.

1:34:00So compensation in the city has established benchmark agencies

1:34:06that we compare ourselves to when it

1:34:09comes to salaries compensation.

1:34:12Take a minute to say that what's difficult about that is that no

1:34:16sit no two cities are like every city is different every city

1:34:20provides some as similar as they are in in population

1:34:24or what services they provide.

1:34:25There's always some differences that really makes

1:34:28it almost impossible to compare apples

1:34:30to apples to best excuse me.

1:34:35And the benchmark benchmark agencies

1:34:38that we have a established was as the result

1:34:40of a classification of compensation and clubs patients

1:34:43study it.

1:34:44It was a comprehend the last time

1:34:46the city did a comprehensive study class compensation

1:34:50and class vacations study was in nineteen ninety six

1:34:53I agree that was a long time, though that was done

1:34:58by a consultant by Ralph Ineson and associates

1:35:01well-known human rights consultant in California.

1:35:05These types of surveys are rather detailed

1:35:07and require a lot of technical analysis

1:35:09and so there therefore quite expensive

1:35:12which is why we haven't done a comprehensive survey like this

1:35:16since 1996 but since then, we have done

1:35:20some piecemeal or different surveys

1:35:22of different classifications to try

1:35:25to make sure that we're keeping that we're

1:35:27keeping as current as we can.

1:35:29Explain that a little bit.

1:35:31Well we have done all of that in-house.

1:35:33Again I would I wouldn't disagree that it certainly

1:35:37would be time to try to do a full classification in

1:35:40compensation survey and study.

1:35:43But at this certainly at this time

1:35:45it's just an impossibility.

1:35:46So we will have to continue to try to work with as much

1:35:50as we can ourselves.

1:35:52So what those studies do is that they establish these agencies

1:35:56and as listed there.

1:35:58What we look at are things like close geographic proximity.

1:36:02So within Alameda, Contra Costa counties

1:36:05in the East Bay similar to number and nature of services

1:36:08that are provided similar in employer size or population

1:36:12size similar cost of living in the Bay Area.

1:36:15This is actually quite a big factor when it comes to markets

1:36:20and then other similar employers in the media area.

1:36:22So all of these factors that are taken into what the agency are

1:36:28and what agencies are chosen for us to be compared to

1:36:32are negotiated with the bargaining units

1:36:34and are approved by the City Council.

1:36:36So again while that was many years ago at the same time,

1:36:39we have kept pace with the same agencies

1:36:42all just moment the city councils had a long standing

1:36:47policy of providing median compensate one

1:36:49of those benchmark agency fees.

1:36:51And so the whole idea would be that we are not the highest

1:36:55paid among those agencies.

1:36:57We are not the lowest paid.

1:36:58We strive to be right in the middle.

1:37:02So just to review rank and file employees our service.

1:37:06Savannah stepsister so if you would start at whatever level

1:37:09you began you go to there's a salary range

1:37:13that usually is done by step.

1:37:15And when you are as long as you're fulfilling

1:37:17the merit of your job you are able to progressed to

1:37:21the next yourself accordingly.

1:37:22And confidential employee habits have a different system

1:37:26and they serve what's on a called a patrol point system

1:37:30Well Point is among essentially what would be

1:37:33if you were in a step system.

1:37:36It would be considered the top step

1:37:39so if you have a maximum of a salary range

1:37:42the control point is representative

1:37:44of that point in the salary range

1:37:46that most employees would attain through tenure

1:37:49or through performance.

1:37:50So using this control point again, what we do

1:37:53is we use the we use a number that is referred

1:37:57to as the top step and we compare it

1:37:59to the top steps of other similar positions

1:38:03and other agencies having that allows us some flexibility

1:38:08and for retention and recruitment

1:38:10of management employees.

1:38:11So it's not a strict steps system.

1:38:13It is meant to be a range where the control point represents

1:38:17the top of that range compensation

1:38:19when we measure compensation.

1:38:22We don't just measure salaries.

1:38:25We measure all benefits.

1:38:26So pension health dental life insurance any extra

1:38:30pays that an employee is subject to.

1:38:33For example, a uniform allowance or educational incentives

1:38:38that some of our marketing units have.

1:38:40So when we survey all of these different positions

1:38:43we survey the total compensation that employee at the top step

1:38:47would receive when we.

1:38:49And so as noted there are compensation levels are

1:38:53were developed to try to be in line with our labor market

1:38:56and try to establish our reputation

1:38:58as a competitive fair and equitable employer.

1:39:01We also want to make sure that we're

1:39:03a good steward of public funds.

1:39:04So again, we're consistent comparing ourselves to others

1:39:07to make sure that we're not wildly out of the marketplace

1:39:10and that we are continuing to cheat try to achieve

1:39:13our goal of an BBM compensate so listed here in this survey

1:39:19agencies they are slightly different for for our different

1:39:23bargaining units, you will see the police all of these

1:39:28are within element Contra Costa County all of these

1:39:31were again negotiated with the bargaining units

1:39:33and came out of the original well not the original,

1:39:39but the last time we did this comprehensive survey

1:39:41was in nineteen ninety six.

1:39:44So you will see that the fire fire departments and police

1:39:48departments are slightly different than the non sworn

1:39:51simply because we need to make sure that we're comparing

1:39:53ourselves agencies who provide those services

1:39:56many of the cities and Contra Costa County for example,

1:39:59contract sheriffs department other agencies

1:40:02contract for fire services with Contra

1:40:04Costa Fire Protection District.

1:40:06And so the agencies that you see there are generally speaking

1:40:10what was determined through the survey

1:40:13and through negotiated to be the most comparable.

1:40:16And again, I will say that that we have continued

1:40:20to keep up with these agencies.

1:40:22Based on that last time that we did the comprehensive study.

1:40:25But there's no doubt that there are other agencies that

1:40:28may make more sense or may not make more sense that we just

1:40:31need to be subject to a discussion with all

1:40:35of the participating bargaining units

1:40:37to see if there was anything different.

1:40:39But generally speaking, that is also a lot

1:40:43of agencies to compare to.

1:40:45So we try to do our best again to when we are doing tracks

1:40:50and we are doing spot checks.

1:40:51But our survey agencies that we are trying to be as reflective

1:40:55as we can of what the market is showing So These

1:41:02are our bargaining units that are listed here.

1:41:06We actually have some unrepresented units

1:41:09on the aquatics division.

1:41:11The employees that work at the swim center

1:41:13are indeed unrepresented in the number of employees

1:41:16that are listed here is based on what

1:41:18I pulled out of the system.

1:41:20When I did a search just minutes before the meeting

1:41:23so currently, we have 60 employees

1:41:25in our aquatics personnel local all 30 is our firefighters

1:41:29those are there 27 employees in that unit

1:41:32Local twelve ten twenty one service workers that

1:41:35is our employees that are in our recreation departments

1:41:40our public works departments Community Development

1:41:42Department City Hall finance city manager's office

1:41:47in city clerk's office so all of our non sworn

1:41:51public safety employees save for management confidential.

1:41:56These are also on represent.

1:41:58And this group is governed by resolution.

1:42:01This includes the department directors division managers

1:42:04analysts and supervisors and superintendents

1:42:07and the confidential employees who are those employees that

1:42:10work in resources some finance staff as well

1:42:16as our executive assistants safety.

1:42:18There are thirty one employees in that group

1:42:21place Employees Association our police officers

1:42:24there are forty one employees in that group

1:42:26and our Public Safety Management Association

1:42:28which actually is divided into the four units.

1:42:30You see the police chief fire chief police management of time

1:42:34chief and their employees So this

1:42:39is a compensation comparison.

1:42:43And so for the fiscal response plan management partners

1:42:46conducted a spot check of current apartment director

1:42:48positions based on a database their own database

1:42:52they we'd ask them to do this because we had on the last time

1:42:58that we had done actual survey on the management positions

1:43:02department director positions 2014.

1:43:05What we have done since then is we have tried to keep up

1:43:09through CPI or cost of living adjustments

1:43:12which reflects the current salaries that there.

1:43:15But we asked management partners to check their database, which

1:43:19it's based numbers to be able to give us a bit of a spot

1:43:24check on where we were as rector and the safer cities,

1:43:28there are very similar including many of the other

1:43:33the same cities that you've seen before they

1:43:35didn't have all of them.

1:43:36But they did it again, a bit of a spot check

1:43:39to just see where we were at within their database

1:43:42and within their environment.

1:43:43And as you can see, based on those numbers,

1:43:47a lot of our all of director positions

1:43:51are below what the median of those agencies were.

1:43:54So that just tells me again, that we are pretty much keeping

1:43:59pace with the marketplace.

1:44:00There are some that seem to be a little bit more than others.

1:44:03But work within a very good range, which tells me that even

1:44:06though, despite the fact we haven't done

1:44:08a comprehensive survey in many years,

1:44:10we have tried to keep pace with that and with the marketplace,

1:44:14which has to do with making sure that we are retaining

1:44:17and attracting you know people who are

1:44:20able to provide these services.

1:44:22And as I've said before and I'll say it again

1:44:25city services equals people and people equals city services.

1:44:29So cutting people means you would be cutting services

1:44:32cutting services to people.

1:44:35It sounds simplest but we are a service organization.

1:44:38And the services are performed by people

1:44:40we could contract out some of these services in some cases,

1:44:44we do.

1:44:45But again, there are trade to that as well.

1:44:47So I just sort of showing the chart there.

1:44:51Again tells me that we have tried

1:44:53to remain in the marketplace.

1:44:55So that we aren't losing any staff

1:44:58or that we are trying to gain staff

1:45:00if we have positions open.

1:45:02Now at this point.

1:45:03That's not going to happen.

1:45:04We have had a hiring freeze for the past fiscal year

1:45:08this fiscal year, we're discussing some positions

1:45:11depending upon what opens.

1:45:12But generally speaking we're not looking

1:45:14to hire new people right now.

1:45:16So one of the things that this will show

1:45:18is based on some of the reductions

1:45:21that I'll talk about and get the next slide,

1:45:25I just wanted to put this chart up.

1:45:27You've seen this chart before this was

1:45:29during our budget presentation.

1:45:30These are the personnel reduction

1:45:32that all of these bargaining units

1:45:33have taken on for this fiscal year

1:45:37that we have all been able to negotiate with them.

1:45:39And again, I think all of them for taking the leadership

1:45:42to come to the table over the past few months

1:45:46as the city has been struggling with all

1:45:49of our budget challenges.

1:45:50What's also not listed here actually are the vacancies

1:45:53that have been held open.

1:45:55So the fire.

1:45:56There have vacancies in the fire service

1:45:59that have equaled at least six thousand dollars each year.

1:46:02Those have been left vacant.

1:46:04We are looking.

1:46:05Of course at all of the all of the vacancies

1:46:09mean because that is also obviously for the fire service

1:46:13that has you know replaced by overtime

1:46:19and also the police department.

1:46:20This year.

1:46:21If you recall the One point six million dollars in reduction

1:46:25included eight thousand dollars of vacant positions

1:46:29in the police department.

1:46:30So currently the police department

1:46:32is down several positions.

1:46:34And at this time.

1:46:36There are zero plans to fill those positions

1:46:38for this fiscal year.

1:46:39So in addition two point four million dollars

1:46:42you see here all of the vacant positions equal close

1:46:45to another 1 over 1 million at this point.

1:46:50Again we're continuing to look at what that means

1:46:53but I do want to point out again that in the interest

1:46:57of public safety in the interest of trying to save overtime

1:47:01we haven't at this point implemented

1:47:03or asked to implement furloughs for public safety.

1:47:05The furloughs that you've all approved

1:47:08as far as funding this year's budget is all non sworn.

1:47:10So that is reflected here.

1:47:12I just you know and again, I know

1:47:15that some of the additional pays that some of the imagined

1:47:18eventually are getting those who cut So all of these things

1:47:22are being taken consideration when

1:47:25it comes to compensation when it comes to what happens next.

1:47:28When we survey.

1:47:30Next someday we'll be able to get out of this.

1:47:32We will build back our general fund

1:47:34reserve we'll be able to hire again

1:47:36or some people will leave.

1:47:37We need to rehire what we will need to look at that point is

1:47:42where that will be farther behind

1:47:44because we are not no one is receiving any raises this year.

1:47:47If other agencies have received raises

1:47:50that'll be that will show up in the comparison service

1:47:53that we end up doing.

1:47:54So all of these things are taken into consideration

1:47:57when it comes to what we decide as far as furloughs

1:48:00versus permanent salary cuts cutting

1:48:03pays negotiate with all of the bargaining

1:48:05units we do while we are not meant we are a service

1:48:09organization we are not an employee organize we're not

1:48:12meant to be an employee service organization we're

1:48:16meant to service the residents.

1:48:17But having said that we do want to make sure

1:48:19that the people who are servicing those residents

1:48:23are good people and that they're talented people

1:48:25as well as talented as we get.

1:48:27And so there are a lot of different quirks

1:48:29when it comes to the public sector

1:48:31as I've described that are different from the public

1:48:33from the private sector.

1:48:35All of these things require negotiations,

1:48:37all of these things require city council approval

1:48:40all of these things are subject to the civil service system

1:48:43but in that I believe that what we have

1:48:45is an organization full of people who care about the city

1:48:49of Eldorado the care about the residents that they work for

1:48:52and we have created.

1:48:54I believe a culture where people feel supported and cared about.

1:48:58But that they understand our issues

1:49:00and they understand our budget concerns right now, which

1:49:03is why the chart before you right now is even in existence

1:49:07I think I've said this before.

1:49:09I'm not aware of many other cities

1:49:11if any other cities were every single employee agreed that we

1:49:15didn't have to force them.

1:49:17They agreed to forego their reasons for next year.

1:49:19So I just want to make sure that our residents know that we have

1:49:23a group of people who work for them who really care

1:49:26about this place and care about getting

1:49:27us back to financial stability.

1:49:32That's essentially the background

1:49:33in sort of historical to our compensation policies.

1:49:37And of course I'm happy to answer any questions Karen,

1:49:40can you about one slide and explain what the ostriches

1:49:43has been Oh, I'm sorry.

1:49:46Those Asterix were still when this chart was created or some

1:49:49of those still subject to negotiation.

1:49:52So those have been you have seen the results of many of those,

1:49:56including public safety management.

1:49:57And that's One of those on tonight's agenda.

1:50:01That's correct Any questions for Karen at this time

1:50:17see at least one member of the public that would like to ask

1:50:19a question or make a comment.

1:50:22I guess we're not we're to receive

1:50:26and file so I guess the public would just comment on it.

1:50:31They will be receiving it then right.

1:50:33Yes because we haven't received.

1:50:36It was it was not it was not meant to be in your right

1:50:43we will then go to public comment.

1:50:45I see at least one public speaker at this time

1:50:50as you go to my script to make sure I get it right.

1:50:54At this time we will take public comments public comment

1:51:00opportunity closing.

1:51:02So please raise your hand or send an email in to city

1:51:07clerk with your phone number.

1:51:08If you're on me.

1:51:10We can certainly do that.

1:51:11But we did already announce and take

1:51:13public comment for this item as part of number

1:51:15three, four communications.

1:51:16But we can certainly take at this time.

1:51:18I don't have any additional requests aside from ISIS

1:51:21who has raised her hand.

1:51:22So we will certainly take her public comments if you like.

1:51:25Let's go ahead and take her.

1:51:27ISIS you and muted and can begin your comments now.

1:51:30Thanks Holly My name is Isis.

1:51:34I'm a resident of El Cerrito and Karen,

1:51:38I like you to confirm for me that the salary for our police

1:51:44chief is 214 thousand six and seventy one dollars and sixty

1:51:49cents I'd also like you to confirm for me that our fire

1:51:53chief salary is and seven thousand five and forty $5

1:51:57and fifty two cents and how that works in two

1:52:04the comparison chart that you provided us on.

1:52:07I believe it was monthly compensation so we

1:52:16take public comment this time.

1:52:19And that's something that can potentially

1:52:22can work into your presentation, you make a public thank you.

1:52:27Thank you See I'm gonna go to script that concludes item

1:52:375, which is city compensation policies overview certainly

1:52:41this is something to the ISIS is comment certainly

1:52:47the type of question we expect on August 1st

1:52:50we look at having a town hall meeting on Saturday August 1

1:52:55from 10:00 a.m. to noon and so certainly we'll

1:53:00be having that discussion then Karen

1:53:02you have something else to say.

1:53:03I see your finger.

1:53:04I see.

1:53:05Council member party Okamoto OK.

1:53:09Oh why don't.

1:53:10Why can't I see that.

1:53:11OK, go ahead Russia.

1:53:13And I take it back out.

1:53:16So I know we're gonna be discussing this a lot

1:53:19at the August 11th meeting.

1:53:21But I just felt like since you went through the trouble

1:53:25of giving us a presentation.

1:53:28I wanted to make at least a comment.

1:53:30Just let the public know that We've been listening to you

1:53:36over the last several months and we're

1:53:40definitely looking closer at this issue

1:53:43and one of my thoughts.

1:53:45And I know I've said it before is the same venue

1:53:49but I just wanted to repeat it that I do believe that

1:53:52some of the comparison cities.

1:53:54I don't I don't I guess I would say I would disagree with them

1:53:58being on the list I know that we are drawing our employees

1:54:03and in other cities can offer up to compensate to our employees

1:54:09that we have to compete with.

1:54:11And that's why they've been included in the comparisons,

1:54:15but I also would put in that there are more taxpayer's

1:54:19in some of these that other cities

1:54:21and they have larger budgets.

1:54:23And so I'm not sure if it's completely appropriate for us

1:54:26to use those cities as comparisons

1:54:30when we're operating on a much smaller budget.

1:54:34And also I'm not sure if shooting for the median is

1:54:39really where we should be at any more considering that we have

1:54:44our financial difficulties and we should aim maybe not

1:54:49the per the very bottom because we do

1:54:51need the Marine competitive but somewhere in between the median

1:54:55and the lowest point.

1:54:58Thank you Virginia.

1:55:01I was just going to say if on that chart that you were

1:55:03talking about Rochelle there were a column that said

1:55:07a number of employees then I think that might put what

1:55:13you're saying in perspective.

1:55:15So if a large department, for example, that let's say

1:55:19let's say that we had 100 employee

1:55:21but that other department had a thousand employees

1:55:23and you could see that on the chart

1:55:27and then no which ones where a different size as

1:55:33opposed to wondering you know do we have 50 officers

1:55:37and they have 20 officers or you know something like that.

1:55:40I think that extra column would be very helpful if maybe we

1:55:44could even get the when we get the report we

1:55:47could get that possum.

1:55:49Is that possible so I think it would have to.

1:55:56If when we have done surveys since the big comprehends

1:56:01survey.

1:56:01So if we are safe for example negotiating

1:56:04with with the police, with the police employees.

1:56:08We could do a survey of all of those cities and the police

1:56:13the various classifications of various positions

1:56:16compare I believe that that's taken into consideration.

1:56:19And that was taken into operation originally.

1:56:25But then we want we are able to do an additional

1:56:28you know an additional study.

1:56:30Those are all things that we can we

1:56:32can do for for those for those surveys when we do those.

1:56:36We just haven't done one in quite some time.

1:56:39So I would have to be.

1:56:41It would have to go through that process.

1:56:43We could do it, but it would certainly

1:56:46depend on each classification I actually was looking

1:56:49a number for the whole department

1:56:52which might be really easy to get

1:56:55for each of the survey cities.

1:56:58I mean, yes if we could we quite go then we

1:57:02could look at these numbers and say that I

1:57:09forget which ones were on it.

1:57:10Let's say Richmond.

1:57:11I assume that they have a larger department

1:57:14than we have for example right.

1:57:16Right don't know that for a fact I don't really know Right.

1:57:20Right.

1:57:20And part of the reason is that is

1:57:23not the only factor that we take into considering

1:57:25trying it here.

1:57:26Right.

1:57:27It may be a factor in something and we can't tell if it's

1:57:33even there the way it is.

1:57:34The way the data is presented.

1:57:36Right.

1:57:37Right I can get that information.

1:57:40Yes, we can get the One thing I do want to also share with you

1:57:45with all of you in the public that I guess maybe I want

1:57:49my make this assumption I don't want

1:57:50to make this assumptions or.

1:57:52I'll say it very clearly This is all public information,

1:57:55all of this is anybody can.

1:57:57So what we do is we try to do it in a manner

1:57:59where it's that we keep it in a way we

1:58:01we can use it to compare apples to apples as best we can.

1:58:05But anybody has the ability to go to transparent California

1:58:09and look at all of our salaries go to other cities

1:58:12and see for art.

1:58:13So I just.

1:58:13So yes we can get that information.

1:58:15But I also want to make sure that it's clear that that's not

1:58:17secretive patient that information's

1:58:19out there that anybody that isn't the it's just we're

1:58:22looking at this chart and you don't really know if it's

1:58:29apples or oranges because I don't know

1:58:30how many people, for example, are

1:58:33in the San Ramon Valley right.

1:58:35Right.

1:58:35And even remember its name, but the you

1:58:39know I don't I have no idea.

1:58:42Certainly I and I think that probably size of the Department

1:58:47does have an impact it is absolutely a factor.

1:58:50Yes.

1:58:50Right.

1:58:51Yeah.

1:58:51So but we can't really tell from this.

1:58:54I think it would be really helpful OK.

1:58:57Thank you.

1:59:01Many other questions seeing.

1:59:06I will go over to my script and say

1:59:10that concludes Item 5 a presentation on city

1:59:14competition policies overview.

1:59:17Will now move on to item 6, which is public hearings.

1:59:21We have one public hearing this evening,

1:59:24a public hearing on fire hazard abatement public notice was

1:59:29published on July are action propose

1:59:34we have two actions proposed.

1:59:37One is to Doctor resolution declaring weeds rubbish litter

1:59:40and other flammable materials certain real properties

1:59:42identified in the proposed motion

1:59:43constitutes a public nuisance and to conduct

1:59:47a hearing in public hearing.

1:59:49And upon conclusion adopt a resolution overriding

1:59:52objections by property owners and ordering the city manager

1:59:55or their designee to abate certain public nuisances

2:00:00pursuant to El Cerrito municipal Code Chapter Sixteen point

2:00:03to six I do want to make sure that all the council

2:00:07members did see that we did receive email from a Holly

2:00:13at with supplemental information in it.

2:00:17And I am looking for it.

2:00:20It is new exhibit A. It's an amended list.

2:00:25It's an attachment to this, and it looks like it

2:00:29by quick count It looks like the number of properties

2:00:33now is 80 properties, which I hope

2:00:36is a reduction from our council item did that come separately.

2:00:45Yeah.

2:00:46That came from my only about six clock

2:00:49I want to say I guess it enabled to get outside and look for it.

2:00:55It may send the email because of the timing when it came in

2:00:59and we will screen share it as well.

2:01:01After the first part of our presentation tonight.

2:01:03And then it will be posted online for the public tomorrow

2:01:06after the meeting as well.

2:01:09And for council members So it is outside.

2:01:13You're saying No we sent via email

2:01:16because it was not received until later in the day.

2:01:19So you imagine it's on your dials

2:01:22you will see it on the screen.

2:01:24Janet.

2:01:24So you will have an opportunity to review it

2:01:28during the presentation so I've announced the item

2:01:31and at this point we will go to Damian for your presenting.

2:01:39After this date who's going to bleed off.

2:01:43Sorry.

2:01:43Yes.

2:01:44Thank you, Chief yes.

2:01:48GETS IT UNDER FIRE MARSHAL and I just

2:01:51wanted to introduce the topic here

2:01:53tonight as you mention in your intro

2:01:59that we are down to 80 properties

2:02:03that a significant reduction as you can imagine from last year

2:02:07when we gave you a thousand property to adopt

2:02:12at the same time period The great thing about that

2:02:18Is that what we're seeing is is based on our actions last year.

2:02:22And then what we're seeing this year

2:02:25is it's community buy in that everybody is taking this as

2:02:32serious as we can and moving forward

2:02:35with moving their abatements faster than ever ahead.

2:02:40So that we have less properties to bring to you So

2:02:43we are very pleased to see that we're

2:02:46happy to work with the community to get all our properties done.

2:02:50And that's our goal always is.

2:02:52And every year.

2:02:53And we will keep that working Hundreds

2:02:55percent voluntary compliance and that is our goal with that.

2:03:00I will turn it over to Damian and he will give you

2:03:05the full presentation to Good evening

2:03:10Lyman city council members city staff and members community.

2:03:15My name Carrick And I'm the fire prevention officer for the city

2:03:18of Rosarito This is my second year in this position

2:03:21and this year we attempted to focus on improving the program.

2:03:25We took the information we receive in the community

2:03:27last year and made the program more comprehensive

2:03:30more efficient.

2:03:32We adopted Cal Fire's model for vegetation management and fire

2:03:36hazard reduction guidelines we simplified

2:03:38the requirements which included diagrams

2:03:42with thorough instructions.

2:03:44Place article in the spring issue of news and views

2:03:47to prepare the community for the upcoming inspections

2:03:50We updated the fire department web page

2:03:51to include the new vegetation management

2:03:53standards and guidelines.

2:03:55We also created a fire hazard reduction checklist

2:03:57for residents to use as a guide to help them with this process.

2:04:01We plan for a postcard notification prior to May

2:04:04but then we'll know what happens.

2:04:07This year our fire hazard reduction program in El Cerrito

2:04:10did not begin until May 18 due COVID 19 pandemic.

2:04:13We were not able to begin our fire hazard reduction

2:04:15inspections until May 26.

2:04:18We focused primarily on properties, which

2:04:20had within the very high fire severity zone including

2:04:24vacant lots homes that appeared to be unoccupied and all

2:04:28the citizen complaints we completed our first round fire

2:04:31hazard reduction inspections on June 4th

2:04:32and found that twenty two properties to be in violation

2:04:35of the vegetation management guidelines

2:04:38three inspections we completed there about 75 properties that

2:04:42still remain and of those seventy five properties

2:04:45twenty six have not attempted to contact this office whatsoever

2:04:49or have not begun any type of work.

2:04:52The other forty nine properties have either

2:04:53contacted our office that the work will be completed

2:04:56or that we have noticed that there

2:04:57has been some work in progress.

2:04:59We understand that this has been trying year.

2:05:01And we want to work with all property owners

2:05:04to achieve voluntary compliance.

2:05:05I would like to take the time to thank the members of community

2:05:08who completed all the work last year

2:05:10and worked hard this year to maintain the properties.

2:05:12As you know we had more properties

2:05:14violations last year as the chief alluded to there

2:05:17was well over a thousand.

2:05:18I would also like to emphasize that we

2:05:20were well the fire season.

2:05:21And we are already seeing quite a few fires locally.

2:05:24We just had one today down on Central Avenue

2:05:27we usually don't see this type of fire activity

2:05:29the way late in the fire season.

2:05:31It's that time of year again where we ask the residents

2:05:33to help make our community fire safe with all that being said,

2:05:38we would like to introduce the following resolutions declaring

2:05:40the identified properties street to list

2:05:42as public nuisances for the purposes of abatement You can

2:05:46see the amended list on the screen

2:05:49is Exhibit A. Thank you all for your time chief.

2:05:53Tonight will be available answer any questions.

2:05:56Damien this your computer or is this Holly's computer.

2:06:00This is off Holly's computer, which I sent her the earlier

2:06:05circle unfortunately.

2:06:07If you could you have no way to get it.

2:06:10Make it larger.

2:06:11I tried to make it as much of those as possible it is four

2:06:16pages long so that much to say is if you could just do it

2:06:22one page at a time so that the council

2:06:24members can see the list great.

2:06:27Certainly each page has roughly twenty

2:06:36five addresses on accounting yes or we are going to get this.

2:06:43No we are.

2:06:44But since you're taking action on this tonight

2:06:46if there is a problem here that is going to protest.

2:06:49I want make sure that everyone has a some sense properties

2:06:52that are on here and council member Ables

2:06:54and it is also in your email.

2:06:56So you will additional log.

2:06:58So I would have to stop participating in the meeting

2:07:01to go understand.

2:07:02I just wanted to clarify that the council members see

2:07:05the right at 6 o'clock which is not

2:07:07a timely Stanley with my fans doing

2:07:13remote meetings the updated list is

2:07:15typically provided at the day.

2:07:17So it's up to date information so I invited the same manner,

2:07:22but that doesn't mean that it works when it's done like this.

2:07:27This is page to that is there four pages

2:07:37vacant lots along San Pablo Avenue Yes sir.

2:07:45And Page three terrorists Bora Arlington Contra Costa Page

2:08:004 Can you refresh the I was looking into the information

2:08:12it looks like we sent out our first notice on June 8th.

2:08:15Is that correct.

2:08:18Yes.

2:08:19And I know there's a couple properties near me that

2:08:23are vacant and I've noticed stakes with laminated notices

2:08:28stapled to them.

2:08:29So you did do a notification process the properties even

2:08:34when they were vacant that was probably leftover

2:08:38from last year, sir Oh, really.

2:08:40OK.

2:08:41I didn't get that close.

2:08:42I got close enough to know that it was a abatement notice I

2:08:46will say that, you know, the property is long

2:08:49buried that are on this list.

2:08:51I did see people out there two weeks ago cleaning it up.

2:08:54So it's just curious that I know you This list

2:08:57is refreshed for us today.

2:08:59But sixty five seventeen sixty five point three.

2:09:02I know they were doing work, but they have not

2:09:05either met your standard or asked to be inspected

2:09:08is that the case.

2:09:10Yes, sir.

2:09:11I after several rounds of reinforced actions

2:09:14last being right around noon today.

2:09:17They had the vegetation was still left in very large piles

2:09:21upon the property and until those piles cleaned up

2:09:23to the standard, then they have to remain on the list

2:09:26as a work in progress.

2:09:29I excellent.

2:09:30And I know they will potentially be

2:09:34satisfying there any other questions from council members.

2:09:38Yes Mr. FDLE I just say Yeah you're basically saying

2:09:44gave me in that the share has gone better than last year.

2:09:47You didn't start earlier did you No we actually

2:09:50started later this year.

2:09:53What I think chief alluded to was the fact

2:09:55that a lot of folks took us seriously last year, which

2:10:00helped with this year and also the leader not the pandemic

2:10:04did help because people were at gave him something to do.

2:10:10Well I think you've also had a nice

2:10:11turn the latter of this year.

2:10:13I think last year was kind of a nasty.

2:10:16This year approached us in a better way.

2:10:18And I think people were willing to say the city.

2:10:21We're working with the city.

2:10:22And and there's no more important

2:10:24program than this program.

2:10:27I was wondering how the lean program is working

2:10:31is that it being efficient to getting

2:10:33money back from the county.

2:10:36Yes, sir.

2:10:37We received the paperwork from Holly this week

2:10:42we processed just opened the paperwork has been filed

2:10:45and we should see a return on that mean,

2:10:50hopefully pending very soon.

2:10:54That's a different system than last year.

2:10:56The lean system is right.

2:10:58It's a whole different way to collect money.

2:11:00So you don't really know yet how efficient This is gonna be.

2:11:04No, I don't.

2:11:06They did extend they did extend the process for another 40 days

2:11:12due to the COBRA because there is

2:11:13no in-person meetings at the county assessor's office.

2:11:17It's all done via email.

2:11:19So it is a little slower.

2:11:20So they did extend they did extend the process.

2:11:23And we have started the process the paperwork has been

2:11:25submitted sir felt fidelity of chief I just wanted to let you

2:11:32know that in regards to that when we submit the paperwork

2:11:38to the county county beings that to be collectible money

2:11:45they use a clause here in Contra Costa County that

2:11:47allows the city to be paid.

2:11:50Even though they have not First collected the money and will

2:11:55do so on a subsequent tax bill, but it's

2:11:58upon us submitting the paperwork in the window of time

2:12:03that we talked at the happen.

2:12:05Damien Kerry often just talked about that.

2:12:10We will receive the money here in El Cerrito

2:12:16before it is actually collected in most circumstances.

2:12:20Paid for by the county.

2:12:21I was gonna say with the lean program,

2:12:23we can just assume that money is gonna Matt right.

2:12:27That is correct.

2:12:28So that's better system than us having to go.

2:12:31And that's what I like to hear.

2:12:34Do we know just because we're so frugal these days

2:12:37and cost conscious in our budget the cost of last year's effort

2:12:42versus the cost of this year.

2:12:44Do we have any estimate about the difference

2:12:46between a balance on as far as far

2:12:50as the lean process or just overall whole abatement

2:12:53program in that village.

2:12:58I don't believe there is a substantial difference

2:13:03from last year as far as where we are at this point in time We

2:13:08still go out and inspect the properties Damien spends

2:13:12a lot of time in the field looking at every property

2:13:15in detail that he can see.

2:13:19So it's time here.

2:13:20It's his time that we're talking about.

2:13:22And I don't think that we've spent any more

2:13:24time at this point at this juncture in the road

2:13:26than we would have in previous years.

2:13:29So where we get into the cost is how many abatements

2:13:33do we have to do that are forced abatements

2:13:35and that's where the force gets driven OK.

2:13:38My last question is just on the famous 17 15 Elm Street

2:13:43that gets on there every year.

2:13:45And when we pass on Elm Street.

2:13:47I just passed it last week and saw the weeds

2:13:50How do we get that done.

2:13:51How do we clear that up.

2:13:52Is anyone ever answer you on that.

2:13:55With the abandoned house there because there

2:14:01are lean that house is there an owner to house is

2:14:05can Can we get a volunteer crew to come around

2:14:08and clean that up there.

2:14:10There is, in fact, a property.

2:14:13And we are aware of that property

2:14:15owner of that property owner but we're above and only 120 back.

2:14:20I hope he's one with you today.

2:14:22He will in fact, he will in fact clean that property.

2:14:27We have not had to forcibly abate that property.

2:14:30He's not in the lane process.

2:14:33Some property owners just take it

2:14:36a little farther than others.

2:14:37But he will abate We're confident

2:14:41that he will if he doesn't.

2:14:43And we will get to.

2:14:44OK.

2:14:45That's a deal and not continue on again.

2:14:48This is a very important program in our community.

2:14:52Thank you Any other questions at this time.

2:14:56So we will take our first to actions.

2:15:00The first action is to move the resolution declaring

2:15:05identifying property is that that sets the stage for us

2:15:10to then open the public hearing or people to object

2:15:16to our deeming their property nuisance.

2:15:20So the first resolution is a resolution of the city council.

2:15:24The city of else read or declaring

2:15:26that weeds rubbish litter or other flammable material

2:15:28on certain real properties.

2:15:30Constitutes a public nuisance and the list

2:15:34that's attached to this is the one that we were

2:15:36presented just on the screen.

2:15:41Can I get a motion that me in a second

2:15:48gave me gave moved in Janet's segment.

2:15:50Is that what I heard.

2:15:52OK.

2:15:52Excellent.

2:15:54How can a roll call vote on the declaration of nuisance.

2:15:59Mayor Lyman.

2:16:01Yes Mayor Potemkin I. Yes.

2:16:04Council member Abel Yes.

2:16:06Tens remember.

2:16:07I do Okamoto yes.

2:16:09Council member.

2:16:11I motion carries.

2:16:12Excellent.

2:16:13Thank you At this time we will open

2:16:20the public to the public to hear any public comments

2:16:27for this item.

2:16:29And I like you want to give instructions on how

2:16:32people can be recognized.

2:16:35Abby Lee is one certainly at this time,

2:16:39members of the public who wish to provide public comment

2:16:41for this public hearing should use the raise hand feature

2:16:44request to speak And if you are calling in a phone,

2:16:48you can submit a request to speak via email to City

2:16:51Clerk at CIA dot E L dash.

2:16:54So recode that C A that U S and at this time,

2:16:58we do only have it looks like one person.

2:17:04Krispy and I will you would you like to stay with the two

2:17:10minute time frame I believe we can do

2:17:13three minutes at this time OK.

2:17:18OK.

2:17:19So B. Lee you are an immediate can begin

2:17:22your comments now Thank you.

2:17:25So I have a Poppy that's on this list

2:17:28and I basically just have a question as well as I would

2:17:33like to object JAK2 to being put on the nuisance list

2:17:38My question is does the notice also go directly

2:17:44to the property address because we as property owners

2:17:48just we see this notice last week.

2:17:50It was a well after the deadline and part of the reason

2:17:54was because it was initially mailed to the wrong address.

2:17:57So by the time it was for to as it was just way past

2:18:01that that deadline were ultimate able to communicate this

2:18:05to our tenants over the weekend.

2:18:08And he is willing to address the issues as stated but I wanted

2:18:14to know as previously mentioned this letter go to the property

2:18:18just so that I can hold my attendant accountable.

2:18:22And secondly I want to know if I do end up going on this list

2:18:27being you know how much time do I have

2:18:31before it actually becomes a lien on the property.

2:18:33So that I can address and hopefully

2:18:35be able to address this issue before I have to get for Mr..

2:18:41Mr. Lee, thank you for your questions.

2:18:44I believe I teared up.

2:18:48Damien for you that the line is not placed on your property

2:18:52for almost another month.

2:18:55You have there's going to be a letter that comes out

2:19:00that gives you a date certain by which

2:19:02you need to obey your property.

2:19:04And I believe that date is August

2:19:09to look you and be able to tell me off the top of your head.

2:19:12I will look into the agenda item August

2:19:1410th on August 10th so Mr..

2:19:16Mr. Lee if you're still listening you have to August

2:19:1910th to abate your property before the next step

2:19:24that the fire department will take to mobilize for resource

2:19:28to your property to abate the property on your behalf

2:19:33so that is there and you do have some time

2:19:36to avoid the incurring the cost and then subsequently

2:19:43that would be pretty.

2:19:45Mr. Mayor.

2:19:46Chief.

2:19:47Go ahead I guess also in regards to Mr. Lee's question we are

2:19:53looking to work with any property owner

2:19:56if Mr. Lee is looking to work with us on this when

2:20:02the subsequent notice comment, which is part the process

2:20:05that allows us more flexibility to work with all our property

2:20:10owners.

2:20:11So at this time if he would wants to do that we are

2:20:15more than willing to do that.

2:20:17And we'll do that in the in the foreseeable future.

2:20:20Ah again, our goal is always 100 percent voluntary compliance.

2:20:23So we have no problem with that as far as the letter

2:20:27getting mailed to the wrong location.

2:20:28We mail it to the address of record of the property owner

2:20:35We did not receive that letter back in checking our records.

2:20:39The best we know that that was the correct address.

2:20:42We can verify that.

2:20:44And we can work with Mr. Lee on that.

2:20:47But again, we're always work, willing to work with and want

2:20:50to work with all of our property owners

2:20:53to gain that voluntary compliance

2:20:55chief before you mute yourself.

2:20:57If you could you or Damien please

2:20:59provide an email address where Mr. Lee can

2:21:02or anybody who's listening who is on this list can reach you

2:21:06to begin that cooperative process of responding

2:21:10to the letters and make sure that in Mr. Lee's case,

2:21:15make sure that the address you're using is adequate

2:21:20So it could you provide either one of you

2:21:22provide contact information that would allow

2:21:25listeners to reach out to you to begin that cooperative process.

2:21:29So the email address listed on top of the letter

2:21:32starts off FBO like fire prevention officer

2:21:35Frank ocean at C.I. dot yell dash Serino like the city us

2:21:45all are you able to bring up.

2:21:47I believe that would be attachment is that attachment

2:21:53Second letter Mr. Mayor.

2:21:58That's correct.

2:21:58Letter we'll be the one that will go out after tonight's

2:22:02council meeting.

2:22:04I'll look to fly and Kay gave you a chance to get to let

2:22:24us know where it is in here.

2:22:26So it's the email we'll be at the top of this letter

2:22:28when it actually gets finalized.

2:22:30It's actually on the.

2:22:32It was actually top of the first letter.

2:22:33Can you scroll would be the first attachment.

2:22:44There it is in blue Can you on mute Mr. Lee

2:22:49so he can confirm that he is.

2:22:52I sent some sort of exclamation point Mr. Lee

2:22:56are you able to see the screen.

2:22:58Yes I may able to see you when I actually Senate

2:23:00to the city clerk and I I had communicated

2:23:03Damien in the past.

2:23:05So I actually have the email.

2:23:06I just want to make sure that I'm not

2:23:08getting fired any time soon.

2:23:10So I can get this address before that time.

2:23:13Yep the second letter, which was up earlier.

2:23:17That's part of our packet does say that it will be

2:23:23the city shall perform this removal

2:23:25either on its own staff or a private contract between August

2:23:2824 and September 25th.

2:23:30So you you theoretically have up to August 24 but as Damian

2:23:36said the you know the August 10th is the date that we'll

2:23:40also be looking to start scheduling and incurring

2:23:44the cost of those people to come out and do

2:23:47the work starting August 24th.

2:23:49So you do have at least two weeks if not three from now.

2:23:53Thank you.

2:23:54I'm just curious is it possible for these letters

2:23:56that a lot of property address in future as well.

2:23:59So that you know, in case there's renters

2:24:01that they get it first instead of,

2:24:03you know, the property owner having to reach out to them

2:24:07know year after year to make sure

2:24:09that they are aware the situation is really

2:24:13Lee keep their by the government code they're sent the property

2:24:18owner and if we send them to the tenant

2:24:23it's not its responsibility.

2:24:25The property owners responsibility and that's

2:24:28when we follow the function to the government code

2:24:30to say go to the property owner of record

2:24:33at the address of record Thank you Mr. Lee for staying with us

2:24:42and presenting your case I'm sure many other people that are

2:24:47on the list are represented by your questions

2:24:50and hopefully through this dialogue

2:24:53we've been able to provide people

2:24:55with means by which they can debate this and avoid the lean.

2:25:02I know in the past, we have gone from 80 properties

2:25:06to as few as three or four that we

2:25:08have to abate so people other properties owners like you do

2:25:15utilize this opportunity to step in and get their work done as I

2:25:21think it was the chief who said Gibson who said even the 17 15

2:25:28Elm 15 17 help whenever it is invariably never

2:25:32gets a lease put on it, even though it's a habitual occupant

2:25:38of our August list Are there any other public comments

2:25:43at this time I do have one additional permit written

2:25:47comment that was submitted.

2:25:48And I also just want to mention that we did receive

2:25:50public comments from Sue and Paul Duncan in advance 12:00

2:25:53p.m. deadline and that is posted online

2:25:56and was provided to the Council prior this meeting on then

2:26:01I will proceed with the final comments

2:26:03on this item submitted by Kate Stark

2:26:05whether thank you to the city council city manager fire

2:26:09chief and CFD for the work being done on abatement

2:26:12of severe or fire hazard vegetation

2:26:15and enforcement of the vegetation management code.

2:26:18I have reviewed the list of non-compliant properties

2:26:20and find that the Berkeley Country

2:26:22Club 0 1 cutting Boulevard is not on the list.

2:26:26There is a dense outcrop of eucalyptus

2:26:28trees on the east side property at Club View and Vista roads.

2:26:32That is wildly overgrown and thinned

2:26:35and has major fire death in the forest A fire in this area

2:26:38would be an inferno for the Eldorado

2:26:40residents east of the golf course,

2:26:42would be trapped in the canyon.

2:26:44Should the Diablo winds blow fire over from the Kensington

2:26:47area after two years of inspections and abatements

2:26:51I have not seen progress on the golf course area.

2:26:53I would appreciate appreciate its attention along

2:26:56with the continued serious enforcement on wildcat drive

2:27:00and the streets bordering the canyon

2:27:02thank you submitted by case start

2:27:04Whether else resident that does conclude

2:27:07the public comments for this item chief

2:27:09or central officer carrion.

2:27:11Do you want to speak to that last comment about trees,

2:27:15even though they're invasive and known to be fire prone you want

2:27:18to make a comment about last minute limitation on them

2:27:24We do in her letter she discussed about the trees

2:27:28in there on the golf course.

2:27:31We don't cut down living trees.

2:27:33Know they are One of those trees that are very invasive

2:27:36are in our community.

2:27:37But unless they are dead and/or dying.

2:27:39We do not we do not condone cutting of any type of tree

2:27:43that would be something we do.

2:27:46It's not part of our mandate.

2:27:48The vegetation management standards not on the hazards

2:27:52vegetation that is the quality for the title of fire council.

2:27:59We did not do that as far as the streets

2:28:02along had on the ridge line.

2:28:05That was one of our primary focuses last year

2:28:08and this year.

2:28:09As you can see on the list.

2:28:10There are a lot of wildcat and grasses rifle range as well.

2:28:16We do take particular attention to that part of the city

2:28:25any other Mr. KELLY Yeah.

2:28:28Sense you're talking about private property.

2:28:32Is there any discuss about the Boy Scout camp.

2:28:37Is there an update that we can hear about what there's

2:28:39a lot of tree cutting going on.

2:28:42Tyler some things.

2:28:43Is there any Is there an update, you can give us

2:28:46and the neighbors around that will make us feel good.

2:28:53Bullied chief Gibson speaking in part of it.

2:28:55But I did have a conversation with the caretaker of the Boy

2:28:59Scout camp camp perms the Boy Scouts of America going

2:29:04through a restructuring and there currently is no governing

2:29:07body for him to take any take.

2:29:10But action from chief Gibson also

2:29:12spoke with the caretaker and a let him finish the comment.

2:29:20I'm very focused any property of any bright private property

2:29:23is going to be that we want that property

2:29:27to come into compliance.

2:29:29So that property is going to be expected

2:29:32to come into compliance no matter what their situation is.

2:29:38If the city has to take action on that property,

2:29:41then we'll do so.

2:29:42But we want to continue to work with them just like we

2:29:45do any private property owner.

2:29:49To bring that property in to compliance with our standards

2:29:54a you know if there is a problem or if you're

2:29:56communicating with them on this we have spoken with that.

2:30:02What's your view.

2:30:03If you think there is a is there a problem

2:30:05there like we're talking about other homes

2:30:08That's a big property.

2:30:10Do you think there is an issue there

2:30:13that we should be more aware.

2:30:16Absolutely.

2:30:18We don't litigate that.

2:30:20Can we physically give them some discussion

2:30:23or warning or ultimatum.

2:30:26I know it's a private property.

2:30:28But that that could wipe out you know scores of our homes.

2:30:35Absolutely know that there are private property.

2:30:37They fall under the same regulations

2:30:40and the same requirements as any private property

2:30:42you don't give them one of these citation right.

2:30:46I did not conduct the inspected not on that property.

2:30:49I I'll refer back to the that and what

2:30:52you for at that property.

2:30:54I didn't actually conduct that inspection

2:30:56but I'll let him let him speak to what

2:30:59he saw in regards inspection.

2:31:01So as far compliance goes and as far

2:31:05as how we do our inspections because it is private property

2:31:07and like most well all the homes in in Alfredo

2:31:11we're only allowed to do the inspection from public view

2:31:14We are not allowed to trespass on private property

2:31:16unless we are allowed on the property

2:31:18or from a neighbor in order to do the inspection.

2:31:21From what I can see from the public view of camp berms

2:31:25they meet the requirements and the standards

2:31:26they meet all of them within feet of any structure I can see

2:31:30from public view without having the ability to go

2:31:34on the property and and to have been invited by the caretaker

2:31:37or I am I I can't conduct any further inspection than that

2:31:43and that's not why it's not a wise course

2:31:45to ask if we can go on that property Depeche Pinzon.

2:31:49It depends on them.

2:31:50They we have to be invited, and I can surely

2:31:53try to ask the question again to see if they will allow

2:31:56for a full inspection property.

2:31:57Right now.

2:31:58I mean, if we're going to wait for them to ask us

2:32:03and they're going bankruptcy we're

2:32:05never going to get there to see if there

2:32:06is a fire danger Understood.

2:32:10But let's see what we can do about that.

2:32:12Thank you guys Alaska.

2:32:15The city attorney because of legal questions about that

2:32:19is if their property is deemed to have a significant amount

2:32:25of work that needs to go on it.

2:32:27What's the process by which we could

2:32:30use some form of condemnation public domain rights

2:32:34to take possession of property if this property is

2:32:37consistently turning up a threat to all

2:32:40the rest of our properties Well so there are

2:32:46means available to obtain what's called an inspection warrant

2:32:50that allows city officials onto the property

2:32:53to perform inspection.

2:32:55If we have a factual basis to present court to issue in order

2:33:02to allow us to go on to inspect if on the basis

2:33:05of that inspection, we determine that there

2:33:07are violations of municipal.

2:33:09Then we can issue orders to comply.

2:33:12If they fail to comply.

2:33:14We can ultimately get a further order from the court

2:33:17to do abatement work ourselves alternatively if the city were

2:33:21interest did in using eminent domain to acquire

2:33:24the properties you have to be prepared to pay market value

2:33:28plus if the cost of litigation to use eminent domain

2:33:32to acquire ownership of the property

2:33:38as far as far Marshall and fire prevention officer

2:33:43said they can have a further conversation

2:33:47with the manager about getting permission

2:33:49to go on inspection and there.

2:33:51And then if they grant that, then do further inspection even

2:33:55for the inspection warrant process

2:33:58we have to have some actual facts as the basis for the work

2:34:02to allow into the property.

2:34:04It can just idle speculation right.

2:34:07Thank you for that because I'm certain they'll be members

2:34:10of the public ask those.

2:34:11We want to know, those answers I'm

2:34:16going to go back to the city clerk

2:34:18just to confirm that no one else has email you with a request

2:34:21to speak you are amused.

2:34:30You can go Yes I can.

2:34:31I mean, we have not received any additional requests speak.

2:34:35Excellent.

2:34:35Can I get a motion the public hearing some of by Kito

2:34:43moved by Fidelity seconded by Quito World Court, please May.

2:34:47I mean, yes and pretend fidelity yes

2:34:51council member Wilson yes council member Okamoto.

2:34:55Yes council member Quito I motion carries.

2:34:59Great.

2:35:00Are there any court women's council members do you

2:35:02And we want to have any words at this time.

2:35:08Go ahead.

2:35:10Thank you What a huge, huge difference

2:35:13from last year to this year.

2:35:15So I want to thank especially here on the north side.

2:35:20We did a lot of neighbors work very hard to clean up

2:35:24their yards and brush their grand so I just want to say

2:35:29thank you to the residents of El Sarita making

2:35:32the job easier for four Damien Carrick And then and far more.

2:35:37So you did a fantastic job on doing this.

2:35:40And I just want to say thank you for this season

2:35:45This is every month now.

2:35:47I want to make sure our residents know that viruses are

2:35:50truly every month now We're in the midst

2:35:54you know they're going to say drought

2:35:56in the next couple months.

2:35:57And so know that your job is so important.

2:36:00I want to thank you for that.

2:36:03Janet Well first want to start by agreeing with hands

2:36:07on council member up and say that I'm really happy to see

2:36:13that the hard work that was done last year

2:36:16has paid off in the results that we're seeing this year.

2:36:21And I want to thank all of the members of the fire department

2:36:27that were involved in this.

2:36:30And I think it's a very worthwhile program, especially

2:36:34with the high fire danger.

2:36:37Thank you right.

2:36:38Thank you Any other comments.

2:36:41Mr. Sterling Yeah.

2:36:42Again, it's we know it's hard work

2:36:44and we thank you very much for all that hard work.

2:36:47And it doesn't stop as we've mentioned tonight.

2:36:50So thank you And I will.

2:36:53Go ahead.

2:36:54Rochelle at question where was the fire on central.

2:37:01It was across the street from Costco on Central Avenue.

2:37:04OK.

2:37:05So that in Richmond So yeah I just

2:37:12echo all of the other council members

2:37:15have said thank thanks to the residents

2:37:18for doing extra hard work and being on top of it

2:37:21and doing it in a shorter period of time.

2:37:23And thanks to firefighters who implementing this program

2:37:28and your work is saving lives.

2:37:30So thank you very and I want to echo what everyone said

2:37:36about the thing to both the public and to our firefighters

2:37:40and I want to you know I been a champion for earlier

2:37:46inspections I've been a champion for making

2:37:49sure that our resident are aware of the issues earlier.

2:37:53We've had over the years concerned residents around Bart

2:37:59and obviously the Duncans around hillside natural area

2:38:03come to us and say, this is one of the things

2:38:06that's important is that it's the weakest link.

2:38:10It's the properties that are not maintained properly,

2:38:14that create the greatest risk of complication

2:38:18in our urban environment.

2:38:20And so whether it's, you know you can have 10 out of 11 homes

2:38:25do their maintenance is that 11th home

2:38:28that hasn't done their maintenance

2:38:30that the house catches on fire.

2:38:32And now you have that much more fuel that is a dumping embers

2:38:37throughout our community.

2:38:39And so every home needs to be maintained.

2:38:43And similarly for all of those neighbors

2:38:45and concerned residents that have come through and given us

2:38:50their they're their words of their pleased to have you

2:38:56earlier more rigorous enforcement.

2:38:59I really appreciate the effort that we did last year.

2:39:02I really appreciate that residents responding.

2:39:06And I can only ask that this program continue to be

2:39:13done as early as possible.

2:39:16I think it those that those that are on the fire department

2:39:19have heard me say this.

2:39:20I think now 11 times so I can only ask that you continue

2:39:27to do it as diligently as early as possible

2:39:30as council members said.

2:39:34Fire season is now year round and vegetation

2:39:37stops growing sometime in May and becomes

2:39:42flammable sometime May.

2:39:44So we certainly need to wait until July and August 2 to it

2:39:51is almost too late.

2:39:52So I certainly would like to continue

2:39:55to say what I've been saying for some time which is sooner

2:40:00might be the answer.

2:40:05With that we have a resolution of overall lighting

2:40:10considerations.

2:40:10It's a resolution, the City Council of the city of Dallas

2:40:14overriding objections by property owners

2:40:15and ordering the city manager or her designee to abate

2:40:19certain public nuisances pursuant to Chapter 16 Pt.

2:40:222 6.

2:40:24Can I get a motion calling on that.

2:40:28Yanet.

2:40:29We're gonna have you go first.

2:40:30Gabe you'll be the second year.

2:40:32You guys are tied, but I saw Janet first.

2:40:35So it's been moved by Ables and seconded

2:40:37by Kito Can we have a roll call, please

2:40:40me and Lyman Most certainly.

2:40:42Yes ma'am.

2:40:44Pretend FDLE Most certainly yes council

2:40:47member in Most certainly yes.

2:40:50Council member Paddy Okamoto yes.

2:40:52Council member Quinn I mentioned case.

2:40:56Thank you That concludes.

2:40:58Item 6 a public hearing state on fire hazard statement.

2:41:03We will now move on to item certain policy matters.

2:41:07We have three policy matters tonight

2:41:10to centered on a resolution of the city council city.

2:41:15It also, in support of black matter

2:41:17be as do many proclamation of local health emergency

2:41:20to approve outdoor dining and retail programs in City

2:41:23of Elsa Rito typo no gender.

2:41:27Yes business recovery during Kogan 19 pandemic.

2:41:31And C is adoption of a memorandum of understanding

2:41:34between the city of Eldorado and the El Cerrito public safety

2:41:38manual association police management unit

2:41:41and having read all that up.

2:41:42My thought was Where's Marc Freedman when I need him.

2:41:49Karen got Alan for those at home that

2:41:53don't understand Marc Freedman make

2:41:54a motion to prove all of them.

2:41:56So he could go home with that.

2:42:00We were told about polishing out her 7 8

2:42:03which I want to make sure the council again Janet.

2:42:05There was a new resolution sent out adding a paragraph.

2:42:11We will have an opportunity to see

2:42:12that Perry up on the screen.

2:42:14It's this red text right here.

2:42:16There's a screen in front of it.

2:42:21Is so for those home.

2:42:26This paragraph was added to the resolution that was published.

2:42:31So everyone is aware of that addition of their yes.

2:42:41Rochelle I just wanted to mention that I

2:42:44read the additional amendment.

2:42:47Great.

2:42:48Thank you It it's appreciative.

2:42:52Recognizes the work we've been doing

2:42:56Is there a presentation on this.

2:42:58Let me go back to my script and make sure I'm getting it right.

2:43:01And I'll see item Oh yes is there

2:43:03a presentation on this matter that is

2:43:05this is my Williams mile high.

2:43:09I am not going to put my screen up for my video

2:43:12because I'm my laptop is showing me upside down

2:43:15so I won't be a distraction I'll keep it straight.

2:43:19Here.

2:43:19So thank you and good evening to you all.

2:43:22As you see there is a resolution before you

2:43:26in support of the Blacklight Matter movement

2:43:29and also to authorize the installation of a public mural

2:43:32in the public right of way.

2:43:35Black Lives Matter is a movement that

2:43:36advocates for non-violent protest

2:43:38against incidences of police brutality and

2:43:41all racial motivated violence.

2:43:44Against African-American people the movement began in 2013 even

2:43:48after the acquittal of George Zimmerman

2:43:50and the death of Trayvon Martin.

2:43:52Most recently, the movement has once again gained

2:43:56a lot of national attention.

2:43:57Of course with the deaths of George Floyd Minneapolis police

2:44:03officer Ron Taylor Ahmad Aubry and other black men, women,

2:44:08and children and has brought to light

2:44:10the continued violence against the black community

2:44:12and other communities of color.

2:44:14The Black Lives Matter movement espouses 13 guiding principles

2:44:19two of which include queer affirming and trans affirming

2:44:23especially calling out the reality that black trans

2:44:26women continue to be disproportionately impacted

2:44:29by acts of violence and that is called out in the resolution

2:44:33and 2006 teen.

2:44:35The Eldorado human relations Commission

2:44:37held a forum to hear from the community about a hate

2:44:41crime that was committed against a local family

2:44:44and launched to stop hate together Not in our Town.

2:44:49Campaign Two years after that.

2:44:51And 2018 the city joined the Bay Area uniting against hate

2:44:56movement by calling for local civic action

2:44:59to stop the hate and implicit bias that

2:45:02are a threat to community safety and civility

2:45:06and has recognized United Against Hate Week and rito.

2:45:10Each November as well as providing signs for residents

2:45:13to display during also stands united against hate

2:45:16and that was the new clause that council member Ken

2:45:21Moto produced just mentioned most recently On July

2:45:27the 1st they also radio environmental quality committee

2:45:31and human relations commission met jointly

2:45:34to express their commitment for obtaining community input

2:45:39and developer being an environmental, social,

2:45:43and racial framework to inform in the future.

2:45:47Later that evening on July 1 three Police Department

2:45:50held a town Hall on policing and received

2:45:53several recommendations from the community about ways

2:45:55to improve and improve policing in our city

2:45:58and we've heard some of those tonight as well.

2:46:00This resolution is an affirmation and confirmation

2:46:04of the city's commitment to standing

2:46:06against hate and violence and both and communities of color.

2:46:11In addition city staff have been and communication with a youth

2:46:16activist organization called Youth the youth solidarity

2:46:19project and it include a number of students

2:46:23from all three High who wish to honor the black Lives Matter

2:46:25movement by installing a public mural on the Alona Greenway

2:46:30and that will happen between the blocks of Smith's and Manila

2:46:37again In summary, the adoption of this resolution role.

2:46:40One enables city staff to work with boards and commissions

2:46:43on possible actions related to the Black Lives Matter movement

2:46:47and secondly, to authorize the installation of the public,

2:46:51your message as an expression of the city council

2:46:53to honor that movement.

2:46:55And we've already discussed some of the changes

2:46:58that we made the gist recently and that

2:47:02are posted for the public to see And that

2:47:06concludes my remarks I'm definitely

2:47:08available for any questions.

2:47:10And I'll need myself to listen.

2:47:14Any questions.

2:47:20Any questions of Maya saying none.

2:47:25We will get to announce it not this one yet.

2:47:31At this time, members of the public

2:47:32who wish to provide public comments Phillips item

2:47:36should raise their hands or email the city clerk.

2:47:41If you're on the phone and I see at least one speaker saying

2:47:48we can start with Mr. now.

2:47:50Miguel Grande Valley.

2:47:53Go ahead do Two and a half minutes.

2:47:57For the hour we're at nine forty nine

2:48:00We're trying to finish by 30 to get value and meet it

2:48:13and can begin your time now Thank you very much.

2:48:17Regarding this part of my work Miguel can you speak louder.

2:48:26It's very hard to hear you yes.

2:48:31Is this what you Great.

2:48:33Sorry about that.

2:48:34I to say to probably go ahead and pause the time Miguel if it

2:48:51feels like you are when you start talking you move away

2:48:53from your microphone Can you please

2:48:56start your comments again and be clearly

2:48:59speaking into your microphone.

2:49:02OK.

2:49:03My more adequately heard that.

2:49:05Yes.

2:49:06Thank you I would like Miguel I believe your

2:49:22however you're doing it when you do your Mike check is perfect.

2:49:25If you could resume that position with your microphone

2:49:28that'd be awesome OK.

2:49:31This would yes if you could maintain

2:49:34that position with your microphone, that would be good.

2:49:37OK.

2:49:40I would like to play with you can you come with the vote

2:50:02on defunding diminished Third or uppity public along to Hoover

2:50:28public sympathy.

2:50:31Si Miguel I mean, I ask that you submit your comments

2:50:45in writing as well.

2:50:47We heard a very few.

2:50:49We have like every third or fourth word

2:50:52was definitely missing.

2:50:53So if you could please submit your comments in writing.

2:50:56They will be added to the agenda and people

2:51:00will be able to understand your comments with regards

2:51:03to the various communities that need to be represented

2:51:08in these types of actions.

2:51:11Mayor I'm May.

2:51:12Miguel if you want to call in just using your phone.

2:51:15I do have your number from your request to speak earlier

2:51:18and I can perhaps give you the chance to try

2:51:20again through that Avenue.

2:51:22And then mayor with your permission I can just

2:51:24read the additional comments I received

2:51:26and give Miguel a chance to call back in.

2:51:29We do Sherry.

2:51:30ROVNER I believe also that our list her hand

2:51:33and hopefully we can hear from her.

2:51:34And then you can read Miguel Goldfield through the call.

2:51:36And we do want to hear from certainly.

2:51:41So I will go next to Sherry drab.

2:51:43Sherry you were on the and you can begin your time now.

2:51:47OK great.

2:51:48Can you hear me OK.

2:51:49Yes that's again.

2:51:51Thank you OK.

2:51:52So first, I want to say I'm grateful that you have

2:51:55this resolution I very much am.

2:51:58I think the community appreciates this resolution.

2:52:02I did want to.

2:52:03There was something that's struck me in it, though,

2:52:07was that in regards to the issue of the police

2:52:13townhall so-called improvements that could be made.

2:52:17I would really suggest be something

2:52:20more specific or stronger.

2:52:22That really talks about we're not just talking

2:52:25making a few improvements.

2:52:27We're talking about having a serious and act

2:52:30and to really think rethink we want

2:52:32to do public safety that should be at the forefront

2:52:36of our discussions.

2:52:37When we're talking about black lives

2:52:39matters and we're talking about policing in more communities.

2:52:43So that was the only thing I wanted to add.

2:52:46And I look forward to concrete actions in the future.

2:52:50So thank you Thank you Sherry and let's

2:53:01go to the written comments you received after noon today.

2:53:04I certainly can.

2:53:06And Miguel is actually back on the call with see him now.

2:53:10So if you want, we can do that perhaps first Sure.

2:53:13Let's give it a try.

2:53:15OK.

2:53:15Miguel can you go head and try.

2:53:16You are an immediate guy come across clearly

2:53:21absorb much better.

2:53:22Thank you You can go ahead and be The opportunity

2:53:28is to reiterate my support for the statement

2:53:30on environmental, social, racial justice

2:53:32however the correct statement does not adequately

2:53:35address in my view, the economic violence within our community.

2:53:39I know the harder thing I think we

2:53:40tend to focus government on how do we support the middle class.

2:53:43And it can be a more of a paradigm shift

2:53:46to focus actively on people who face more struggles.

2:53:51I would like to see more services provided

2:53:53for low income low wealth unsheltered residents

2:53:57All too many of whom are people of color

2:54:00and I believe that the statement must address those people

2:54:03with specific and measurable initiatives that involves

2:54:07providing housing cooperatives and public housing

2:54:11and also allocating funds for public health services

2:54:17that support mental health and addiction recovery.

2:54:19I am aware that many of these services things

2:54:22that our county provides not enough of.

2:54:26I know that we can pursue avenues County,

2:54:28but I think if we were to look at defunding the CPD by 50

2:54:31percent as soon as possible and looking at the military raising

2:54:35our police force as well I think we both would

2:54:37find some fine that we could allocate

2:54:39towards these initiatives.

2:54:40And I would like to see that in the statement.

2:54:43Thank you very much to.

2:54:49Thank you Go goal for working through

2:54:53our technical difficulties in getting your comments to us.

2:54:57You have I reviewing a system that does conclude the request

2:55:03to speak on the WebEx call.

2:55:06So we can get it.

2:55:07We can move over to the that were submitted in advance

2:55:11of the 12:00 p.m. deadline which we did receive comments

2:55:14for reviewing and that was posted online and provided

2:55:17to the council in advance of the meeting

2:55:20and we do have an additional submission from Cathy

2:55:22Handel which I will read now.

2:55:25I support Miro but thus far since the Jordan George Floyd

2:55:28murder I have not seen council or staff

2:55:30do anything substantive regarding racism

2:55:33in our community or regarding issues

2:55:35with the police department.

2:55:36While a town hall with the police chief is a small step.

2:55:40There are many larger system and systemic issues that are

2:55:42not that are being missed here.

2:55:45What about a town hall on this systemic racism.

2:55:48Elsa Rito seems to be great at making statements

2:55:51months after an event.

2:55:52But not so great taking any action.

2:55:55We need a substantial.

2:55:56Substance not statements.

2:55:58I hope some council members take leadership

2:56:00on this issue and direct staff to put

2:56:02items on the agenda for discussion

2:56:05and real action work is great.

2:56:07But change is what is needed.

2:56:08Submitted by Kathy Manville Elsa Rita resident

2:56:12and that does conclude the public company

2:56:15requests to speak and public comment submitted this item.

2:56:18Thank you very much.

2:56:19Bring it back to council for discussion suggestions

2:56:23at its modifications I see.

2:56:26Gabe's hand Yeah, I like the addition

2:56:30that I see here and Brad and I strongly

2:56:33support that I strongly support this resolution.

2:56:38As the former chair of the human Relations Commission

2:56:41This is what we always stood for and as someone

2:56:45who grew up here in.

2:56:49Attending public schools.

2:56:51We had I had a diverse group of friends that here

2:56:58in El Salvador.

2:56:59I continued to do so.

2:57:01I have friends that I grew up with that

2:57:03that still get followed when they're in the market

2:57:06right now.

2:57:07I'm offended by that.

2:57:09And I want.

2:57:10And I want folks to know that this is not acceptable to have

2:57:16people following you at their store

2:57:18because they think because you look the way you do

2:57:22or because I have brown skin or dark skin.

2:57:26They think that we're and we look different that we're going

2:57:29to get hurt and they're going to catch us

2:57:31and This is ridiculous we need to stop this.

2:57:35And as chair of the Human Relations Commission and I

2:57:39remember we worked on systemic racism.

2:57:42So we will continue to do that.

2:57:45As chair of the LGBT caucus represent

2:57:48the LGBT elected officials for the state of California.

2:57:54We had a strong statement that we posted

2:57:57to every city in California supporting black lives matter

2:58:03and supporting making sure that we work

2:58:07with our community leaders, our faith

2:58:10healers leaders and our sorry.

2:58:15It looks like Mike computer was about to turn off.

2:58:19But knowing that knowing that as the API past president

2:58:25of the League of Cities we were the first caucus

2:58:27to send our support for black lives matter.

2:58:31So I urge my colleagues to support this.

2:58:35And we will continue to have our human relations commission

2:58:38work on this together.

2:58:40And I appreciate that Human Relations Commission working

2:58:44with the QC and this has to do with environmental racism

2:58:52as well.

2:58:53We see this in our own area here in the East Bay where you see

2:58:58black and brown communities dumped on

2:59:00and we had the dirtiest air.

2:59:02We also have a lot of illegal dumping done

2:59:07and nothing is done about those.

2:59:09I see this now.

2:59:11In the year 2010 mining and it's the same that I've

2:59:15seen growing up here as well.

2:59:17So no that we have a lot of work to do.

2:59:20And I know with my colleagues here

2:59:22we will work on this together.

2:59:24So thank you Gabe Gray any other.

2:59:29Yes Yeah, you got it right ghost on us again.

2:59:34I Green is kind of blank.

2:59:36But I did.

2:59:37And I'm afraid to do anything or it all may go away.

2:59:40But I would like to make a comment here, this point,

2:59:43if you would Yeah, we can hear you,

2:59:45but we cannot see you Yeah, there's my circle

2:59:50as it's gone all white, and it says

2:59:52Cisco may not be responding.

2:59:54So first of all, I of course I support this.

2:59:58I wanted to thank Lucy stir and the youth solidarity project

3:00:04to reach out to the council members.

3:00:06And then the council members reached out to the city

3:00:09and the city made this possible.

3:00:11So I want to thank them very much.

3:00:14It's it'll be wonderful for the pedestrians and cyclists

3:00:18those on the alumnae Greenway but I

3:00:23want to talk about how important that this time when

3:00:26our president is about to send in military troops

3:00:29to Oakland to be in support of black lives

3:00:33matter as many of you know I worked art what Oscar

3:00:36Grant was brutally murdered.

3:00:38And it was a very difficult time to be there.

3:00:41And that has bonded a lot of the BART employees

3:00:44during that horrible time but I also

3:00:47think it's time to respond to some of the comments today

3:00:51from our citizens because I do appreciate the town hall that

3:00:56was done by our city and our chief

3:00:58and the questions and answers that were will be posted

3:01:04But as I mentioned to our city manager and our police chief

3:01:07directly I think now is the time that we do more.

3:01:11And that we guarantee to our community

3:01:13that we have a full discussion about what we should be doing

3:01:16as every other city is in our country

3:01:19and our county and our state, you know, our county.

3:01:24Can you hear me Yes please.

3:01:27Our county is coming up with option dealing with mental now

3:01:32where we can work regionally the state has a lot of bills

3:01:36that we need to monitor that will change our police forces

3:01:40and even the federal government Congress has some things that

3:01:43will be helpful and I think this is

3:01:45the beginning of the process.

3:01:47I know a lot of residents say Talk is cheap,

3:01:50but we have to begin by talking and we're

3:01:53talking about the safety of our residents.

3:01:55We have to make sure we replace something that's better and not

3:02:00just taking something away.

3:02:02And that's something away something now

3:02:04may cost more money than less money

3:02:07whether it's giving new people employed to help us

3:02:10with mental health or whatever.

3:02:11But this is the time to begin the process.

3:02:14And I believe that our city manager

3:02:16police chief in good faith said they're

3:02:18open for that discussion.

3:02:21But this again is the beginning of that process

3:02:24every community is different.

3:02:27And we also have a right to figure out what's right for us.

3:02:31Many of the things on the petition that

3:02:33has been mentioned today are good things

3:02:35some other things aren't good.

3:02:37Some of the things we're already doing so let's

3:02:40have that discussion and Let's all settle down

3:02:44and make sure that we move forward.

3:02:47Because we hear you through, you know the community.

3:02:51We hear you and we need to be like every other community

3:02:55that's revealing what we need to do on our police force.

3:02:59And we are lucky we have we have a good head

3:03:02start we shouldn't dis our good chief and

3:03:05in our police department.

3:03:07We're at a good head start and we're

3:03:10going to make some differences.

3:03:12So that's so this black Lives Matter

3:03:14is the symbol to me of that.

3:03:16And I'm very excited about moving forward and getting

3:03:19some stuff done in this city Thank

3:03:22you I'll speak next Go ahead.

3:03:26I agree with many things that said here.

3:03:33I'm thinking there's a it's just a symbolic thing,

3:03:36but it's the thing I would like to do

3:03:39in addition to all the other hard task that

3:03:43need to be done on this issue.

3:03:45But I was wondering if we could do what we did

3:03:52with the Gay Pride plant flag and have a month,

3:03:57or a week may we make these weeks.

3:04:00But a month where we have a Black Lives Matter flag

3:04:05and fly it from flagpole and done in such a way

3:04:10that we don't have to approve to be

3:04:12done again, every year that it's like an automatic thing.

3:04:17And I think that Well, it's only a symbol.

3:04:21But I think what it does is it serves to remind us of what's

3:04:25important And so I'm wondering if we could consider that

3:04:29on our next City Council agenda unless we can consider

3:04:33it right here Go ahead.

3:04:38Richelle you want to go first.

3:04:40I just wanted this second of what no able sign just said,

3:04:45I'm definitely in favor of moving

3:04:48forward on an action like that.

3:04:50I know it's not on the agenda.

3:04:52But maybe just as providing direction.

3:04:55And we definitely agree with that.

3:04:58Abel.

3:04:59Thank you Yes.

3:05:00that actually there's some actual textual changes that I'd

3:05:04like to propose in that.

3:05:06But look into it So the first one I want to look at

3:05:11is the whereas clause that immediately

3:05:13after the read text.

3:05:16It's on July 20 July 1 2020 the L3 department held a town

3:05:21hall on policing and received several recommendations

3:05:24for improving.

3:05:25I mean, I would love to use the Chief's

3:05:28own words instead of improving reimagining

3:05:32policing in our city.

3:05:34I think that begins to capture some of the comments

3:05:37we've got tonight.

3:05:38And the Chief's own words so if everyone would whoever

3:05:42is the Motion maker would be willing to consider

3:05:44changing it from improving to reimagining

3:05:47policing in our city.

3:05:50And then I've got a question for my it's in the NOW THEREFORE BE

3:05:54IT RESOLVED club, which is the first clause

3:05:58after the last warehouses.

3:06:00So it's on the second page in I don't know

3:06:05if you want to bring it up.

3:06:06Holly onto the screen so that we can

3:06:09I can have my really look at the language.

3:06:14It currently reads Be it resolved by the city.

3:06:18It helps to counsel that racism discrimination police violence

3:06:21will never be tolerated or Alfredo next sentence

3:06:23says the city council commit to act

3:06:28and I'm just curious when in those words commits to act

3:06:32toward eliminating racial disparities

3:06:35both inside government and the community in the community.

3:06:37If there is some level of action that's

3:06:40been discussed, either at the Human Relations

3:06:42commission or elsewhere.

3:06:45So not yet try on the Relations Committee is actually having

3:06:51a special meeting and they'll meeting to talk

3:06:54about follow up to their statement.

3:06:56So both e.g.

3:06:57CMHC will be doing that and coming up with some

3:07:01Whether it's listening for you know somewhat it mentioned

3:07:05about mic racism or they will come up with some action

3:07:08some things that they will actually either bring

3:07:11to the council or do in their capacity as appointees

3:07:17and that piece there really is.

3:07:20And I think I think that Janet mentioned it about reminding so

3:07:25just to be thinking about and continuing

3:07:27to keep the conversation alive.

3:07:29I think that's what my intent was there.

3:07:31But you know, you all decide what that means for this body.

3:07:37But Yeah if HCV UCR having conversations about what

3:07:41are they going to do.

3:07:43And what are you going to recommend to council

3:07:45and then based on.

3:07:47Council member Abel said council member Purdue Okamoto look

3:07:50the next paragraph since that is a you know basically a call

3:07:54to action in and we have an action in here, which

3:07:59is to authorize the installation of public bureau

3:08:02prior to the be it for the result

3:08:05that the HRC shall consider various community

3:08:07opportunities for listening.

3:08:09I think we should be FURTHER RESOLVED

3:08:12he's also reached a suggestion.

3:08:15If you don't mind know that month of January

3:08:22that during the month of January, a Gay Pride excuse me

3:08:27a black Lives Matter flag is blown

3:08:33to help us remember what we should be doing,

3:08:37but also to acknowledge the Reverend Martin Luther

3:08:41King it's got to basically remember maybe he remembers

3:08:47a better word Yeah, I was basically going to propose

3:08:50that we have that we charged the HRC to figure out

3:08:55what that action is because it.

3:09:00Well I'm asking for maybe another approach

3:09:03might be February Janet which is you

3:09:05know like Black History Month.

3:09:08So I was just thinking that in what you thought I was truly

3:09:14thinking I was thinking that we start the that's

3:09:18where we start our Martin Luther King parade

3:09:20and it's in January.

3:09:22It's in the middle of January.

3:09:27It's on the Monday that is the middle sort of the Middle date

3:09:31and I think it would be very significant that we would start

3:09:38our parade, which does honor Martin Luther King

3:09:43and that we started with that flag I mean,

3:09:47to me, that is very symbolic.

3:09:49And it will help remember.

3:09:51And we do need to remember I think

3:09:55we have to remember the bad.

3:09:57We after it.

3:09:57We have to remember the good.

3:09:59And this I think this could be a symbol that can help

3:10:02us do that into the future.

3:10:04Do you have proposed language.

3:10:06Yeah I saw I can say it again.

3:10:08I don't mind right there.

3:10:11I'm saying this is Maya I would I

3:10:14wouldn't think I think I'm just going to throw this out there.

3:10:19And I think this may be something that possibly the HRC

3:10:21can kind of tease a little bit.

3:10:24I I feel uncomfortable with I'm going to use these words.

3:10:29And it's a little confrontational,

3:10:31but lumping all the black stuff together.

3:10:34And so I think playing this out and having

3:10:37it different than Black History Month

3:10:40different than the remembering Martin King's birthday

3:10:45and not lumping it all together.

3:10:47It's a little uncomfortable for me.

3:10:49I just wanted to.

3:10:50I just needed to say that.

3:10:51So that we don't come to think something

3:10:55that is permanent not me.

3:10:57Maybe it can be permanent and I appreciate

3:11:01that Maya that that's where my thought was to give a

3:11:07give this is a representation of the type of action

3:11:10that we want to take.

3:11:11And authorize the HRC to be considerate in their meeting

3:11:18tomorrow and then you know be it for the result. The HRC

3:11:24shall consider various media opportunities We should.

3:11:28I I agree with Council Member Ableton and her two of moto

3:11:33that we should be authorizing at a minimum of the flying

3:11:38of some symbol in our city as it as a way to remember this

3:11:44we take that action tonight we should

3:11:46we should be clear that we want at a minimum

3:11:49that level of action.

3:11:51But then charge the HRC with actually

3:11:53defining and coming back to us with the best recommendation.

3:11:57Are you saying that you I would support that as well.

3:12:00And you know our commissioners at the Human Relations

3:12:04Commission said they would do a fantastic job on working

3:12:07on this at the next meeting and to what make sure that they

3:12:12craft this in a way where the whole commission

3:12:17the whole group of our commissioners

3:12:18will support and bring back to us Yeah.

3:12:24So are we saying don't use it like

3:12:26or are we saying I'm saying we should we should authorize

3:12:31the HRC to identify a symbol to fly over

3:12:36our city at the appropriate time of the month

3:12:39or time of the year.

3:12:40Do you mean a flag.

3:12:43Well flag.

3:12:44It may not.

3:12:46Yes a flag is what flag it would be.

3:12:50I think it's not hasn't even been discussed

3:12:54so that certainly that the I remember when we did

3:13:07the gay pride flag and my daughter who lives in Portland

3:13:17and is and is Les Van called me up

3:13:22and we're so excited that we did it.

3:13:26And I remember that it was very it felt very was not something

3:13:36that had ever been done flying the flying of a flag

3:13:40is in is a C symbolic really major sign of respect if you

3:13:50look at the American flag if you look at any kind of any flag

3:13:53like that that unless decorative flag.

3:13:56I guess.

3:13:57But it's a very large symbol.

3:14:01It's not just it's not the cloth, it's made out.

3:14:05It's that it's a large symbol and so that's

3:14:11how I was thinking of this and I anyway

3:14:18I'll just say that I I wasn't think it we

3:14:22you know we didn't have a committee when we did

3:14:25the gay pride flag we did not have a committee we have

3:14:28the human Relations Commission and I was part of Andre

3:14:33together.

3:14:34They were ones to put it on the agenda I was

3:14:40and they you know anybody could have suggested it.

3:14:45But but in fact, that the way it came down

3:14:48was that I actually did do it the

3:14:51and I remember Gabe that you and I

3:14:55did that to raise it together.

3:14:57Remember we did.

3:14:58And you look at all the 19 cities here

3:15:01and contract county starting this year in 2020 Denver

3:15:06Portland nation supporting the LGBT community,

3:15:09and we were the first in 2013 to do that.

3:15:12So it just takes one city and everyone will follow eventually

3:15:17some faster than others.

3:15:19And some slower than others.

3:15:21So JANET That was one of these things

3:15:25that I'm very very proud of that that you and I worked together

3:15:30and we were the first to do this right.

3:15:32That I I think that the black community deserves

3:15:39that same level respect.

3:15:42And I think this is the way to show it.

3:15:45And I don't know what else to say other than I don't

3:15:53know what the vote is here.

3:15:55But that was what I would like to do.

3:15:59I need the language for the resolution.

3:16:02And all.

3:16:03That's all I'm looking for is the actual language BE IT

3:16:06FURTHER RESOLVED that the city council hereby flies

3:16:16my flag during the month of January honoring Dr. Martin

3:16:23Luther King and acting as a preamble to what

3:16:29to February which is the Thanksgiving travel with words

3:16:39here we based on Miles Meyer's recommendation.

3:16:44I'm not certain I'm going to support that language the AP

3:16:52I mean, I thought about it, you don't

3:16:57like it was very clear that my dad does not think it should be

3:17:01flown in January or February because it should it should be

3:17:05independently recognized and not on at the same time

3:17:09as those that as Martin Luther King's birthday

3:17:12or Black history So my resolution was that we

3:17:17authorize the HRC to figure what the proper flag is

3:17:21the appropriate flag and figure out

3:17:23when the appropriate time to fly it Then let we restate it.

3:17:28OK.

3:17:29It therefore resolved.

3:17:31Therefore, it further resolved that the city council

3:17:35here authorize authorizes the flying

3:17:40of gay pride flag or there.

3:17:42OK.

3:17:44The gay pride flag in black lives matter.

3:17:48And it that I say the wrong thing.

3:17:50Yeah.

3:17:52Therefore we get further result. You want finish it.

3:17:56Maybe there are other results that authorizing the flying

3:18:01of a black lives matters bug in the city Serato

3:18:08or a month later I think we will let the human Relations

3:18:15Commission decide what's the appropriate time

3:18:18and the appropriate amount of time

3:18:20and they'll give us a mediation just like could we put in could

3:18:25we see that your OK to be determined

3:18:30as appropriate in my position.

3:18:33Counsel but no commission report.

3:18:37The timing We want the timing to be

3:18:40determined and the flag choice to be determined by them.

3:18:43I think right No black matter.

3:18:46So that's the specific flag.

3:18:48OK.

3:18:49Yes.

3:18:49OK.

3:18:50So the.

3:18:52Yeah.

3:18:52That does OK.

3:19:00So I'll second her.

3:19:03And I'm Holly can you go ahead.

3:19:05Did you did a red line for the improve.

3:19:08Thank you A further discussion.

3:19:19This is Paul, you're back.

3:19:20I see you back.

3:19:21OK.

3:19:22I gotta go find you got a pin you to my top

3:19:25here that wording works for you right.

3:19:28Are we voting on just the amendments because I haven't

3:19:33made my comments on the entire resolution yet

3:19:36but This is your opportunity for making comments

3:19:39on the resolution I did not so I wanted to also just respond

3:19:50to our residents and the actions of so many.

3:19:55It's a very heartening for me, I was

3:19:58able to sneak away from my children

3:20:00for a small amount of time and watch the parade

3:20:05and hold my own little else Rito stands

3:20:09united Against Hate sign.

3:20:10Well watching so many people and Sarita go up and down

3:20:17only then leave in the park But just to know the support that.

3:20:23So many people are coming out for the Black

3:20:26Lives Matter movement is really heartwarming

3:20:31heartwarming to me.

3:20:34I know that we have a lot more work to do.

3:20:36I understand the frustration even with what

3:20:40is perceived to be a lack of action

3:20:42in this particular resolution.

3:20:44But I agree with Council Member fidelity in that it is a start.

3:20:48And I agree with council member Abel sin in that symbolism

3:20:53actually does matter a lot When I'm walking

3:20:57around my neighborhood and I see so many black lives matters

3:21:02signs in people's yards and chalk that clearly young folks

3:21:08have written on the sidewalk it makes people very

3:21:12welcome in my own neighborhood in a way

3:21:15that I had never felt before.

3:21:16And so I see it and I hear you.

3:21:21And it's encouraging to me.

3:21:24But everybody has a different experience and what I'm really

3:21:27trying to listen to is the experience

3:21:33people and all Sarita that have not had positive interactions

3:21:37with the police officers that feel like the Council

3:21:40world does not care about the less fortunate

3:21:45that live among us I see the divide and how it's hard.

3:21:54It's hard for I'm speaking for the council.

3:21:58And I don't know every council members personal experience

3:22:01but I think as a group of people we've had a lot of very

3:22:05positive experiences in it.

3:22:07Elsa Serino we've had very positive experience

3:22:10with our police officers.

3:22:13So when you don't see it with your own eyes

3:22:15sometimes it's hard to imagine what life

3:22:19is like for other people what it's like to live

3:22:21in other people's shoes you know one of our residents

3:22:27said to me, you know it's hard for you

3:22:29or shell to get up there and speak as the black person you

3:22:34know this is the black person's perspective on such

3:22:37a huge issue and it's true because my black experience is

3:22:42not the same as every other black person's

3:22:45experience certainly not the same as other people.

3:22:49And Serena's experience just depending

3:22:52on who you or where you live, what your background is

3:22:56everybody's different but I can share my experience and and one

3:23:03of the things I feel like I've been feeling

3:23:06over the last couple of months with all of this

3:23:08is I see a major change happening.

3:23:11I see a turning point.

3:23:12I feel like things are improving for my life

3:23:19and my family's life.

3:23:21And I hope for the lives of other people around me

3:23:27that also share the color of my skin.

3:23:31But I know that there's work to do.

3:23:34I have a sister who recently told me that her young daughter

3:23:40who so young was already dismayed by her skin getting

3:23:45darker in the summer you know and we were trying you

3:23:51know she's like got I understand why she feels that way.

3:23:54And I said I do.

3:23:55I understand because I know that the darker your skin

3:24:00gets the worse people historically have treated you.

3:24:06And it's it's just a horrible thing.

3:24:10It's just a horrible thing and everybody's experiences

3:24:13different My experience is not been

3:24:16as bad as a lot of people's but it's a mental thing that

3:24:21kind of weighs you down and to see people around you finally

3:24:26starting to understand that they're finally starting

3:24:29to get that life is different.

3:24:32If your skin is different.

3:24:34It really is encouraging to me that maybe things will make

3:24:38a real change and not the same kind of band changes

3:24:42that have been happening for so That being said,

3:24:48I also feel like it's important for me

3:24:51to share that when I hear people say define police.

3:24:55My initial reaction was like What.

3:24:57We can't do that.

3:24:59The police are important.

3:25:01The police help protect us.

3:25:03I'm a survivor of a crime of a male type rapist

3:25:09attack me when I was 14 years old

3:25:11and the police caught And fortunately

3:25:14for me, I was not raped but I'll never, never,

3:25:18ever forget how awful.

3:25:20I felt when that happened and how grateful

3:25:23I were was for the police to help protect me

3:25:26and for the police to apprehend suspect.

3:25:31That being said, I do think that we can reimagine what

3:25:35we do with our police officers.

3:25:38I don't remember ever wrote it down somewhere.

3:25:41And I think I lost it.

3:25:43But I liked one resident's suggestion

3:25:45of renaming the police you know I've always thought about that

3:25:48like it says to protect sir.

3:25:51And I think that that should just

3:25:52really be what we think about.

3:25:56Only think about police should be their protector

3:26:00and they are serving us and never

3:26:04that they are just policing us and dragging us down.

3:26:11And and as I you know got teary and one of our former council

3:26:18meetings you know I think now that I'm

3:26:20the mother of black sons I do have

3:26:24a different view of the police that I never had before.

3:26:28You know I don't.

3:26:29Just view them as my protector because I'm a female that like

3:26:34I said protected by the police.

3:26:37Now I see them as someone who could really hurt my sons.

3:26:42And that is scary.

3:26:43We need to change that.

3:26:45And I want to do whatever I can to help in that.

3:26:49So keep giving us your suggestions

3:26:53we're listening it may not be happening in the timeframe

3:26:56that you want.

3:26:57I know that there are other cities

3:26:58that acting at a much faster pace,

3:27:00but we are here to listen.

3:27:02And I think that the council is open to real changes.

3:27:05So we just have to be patient.

3:27:10That Can you make a motion to extend I why i it going to make

3:27:17a motion to make the motion to extend law OK 211 yes

3:27:25we have a motion but can't go to eleven

3:27:27Can I get a second so I can buy Ableton can we get a roll call

3:27:31please.

3:27:32LYMAN Yes.

3:27:33Mayor FDLE Yeah.

3:27:40Yes.

3:27:41Thank you sir.

3:27:42Councilman Wilson.

3:27:43Yes.

3:27:44Council member party Okamoto yes.

3:27:47Council member 2 I mentioned carries

3:27:50the floor is still yours Rochelle

3:27:53So I was actually just to wrap up.

3:27:56So with that.

3:27:58I mean, like I said there's a lot

3:28:01more to be said on this topic.

3:28:03And we're going to be.

3:28:05Continue to talk about this all year long.

3:28:08And and further than that.

3:28:10I'm sure.

3:28:11So with that, I'd like to make a motion

3:28:14to pass a resolution of the city Council of the city of Eldorado

3:28:18in support of black lives matter Mr. Billy Do you have

3:28:24any comments or questions on.

3:28:25I want to make sure you dropped for a while.

3:28:28I wanna make sure you had a chance to look at the language

3:28:31and have any questions or comments

3:28:33like that's been added.

3:28:34And I just want to say that we're going mess.

3:28:36Part two of the motto on the council

3:28:39even though I know she'll be in the city for a long time.

3:28:43A motion to Okamoto seconded by Wilson.

3:28:47We have a roll call, please and just for the record

3:28:50to confirm we are.

3:28:51The motion is to approve the revised resolution yes.

3:28:54Yeah.

3:28:54Thank you.

3:28:55You mayor.

3:28:57Lyman Yes.

3:28:58Mayor Pro Tem FDLE yes.

3:29:01Council member Abel sin yes council member part two.

3:29:04Moto yes.

3:29:06Council member Quito motion carries through.

3:29:10Thank you everyone.

3:29:13Finding my script that concludes.

3:29:15Items in a resolution of the city council

3:29:18or the city of Elsa Rito in support of black lives

3:29:20matter 7.

3:29:22B amend the proclamation of the local health emergency

3:29:26to approve or dining and retail room 3 to enhance business

3:29:31recovery during the Cold 19 endemic for the action proposed

3:29:37as a doctor resolution amending the proclamation

3:29:39of a local health order and Ms mints you presenting you are.

3:29:48But muted Here you go.

3:29:51Now you're not.

3:29:55If I can try again to share look like I had shared screen see

3:30:00Holly did you put that up or did I just

3:30:06has the presenter functionality should

3:30:07be able to share screen now.

3:30:09Right.

3:30:14Am I hearing 3 you are right and everybody

3:30:20can hear me and See my thing different.

3:30:23Activity.

3:30:23Doing this from home.

3:30:25And the new platform so good evening, everyone My name

3:30:28is Emolani and I'm the City Community Development report.

3:30:31And I am happy to be here tonight.

3:30:34Need particularly challenging times

3:30:39to recommend that the council adopt a resolution amending

3:30:45the local health emergency proclamation

3:30:48and approve a temporary outdoor dining

3:30:50retail program in the city.

3:30:53The purpose of this program is to help as much as possible.

3:30:57Business is respond to the social distancing

3:30:59required Adapt to doing business during this time.

3:31:03Again, the purpose of the program in the resolution

3:31:06is to support and facilitate businesses

3:31:08to operate and provide goods and services during this time

3:31:13of common the resolution allows the city

3:31:18to remove certain restrictions on operating outdoors

3:31:23and allow and establish standard missions to allow

3:31:26businesses to operate outdoors.

3:31:30Our goal is to ease and create an automatic process

3:31:33for obtaining which operate outdoor

3:31:36and to restate that businesses must

3:31:38operate under state and county regulations

3:31:41private obligations.

3:31:42I'll reiterate that several times that the city is not

3:31:46entering into the sphere of determining who can operate

3:31:48and how they operate We are just really moving out of the way

3:31:53so that businesses can expand their footprint as they adapt

3:31:59it to be able to operate under the county health

3:32:01order and regulation Again, I think we all know in June,

3:32:08the county health order was revised

3:32:10to add certain non-essential businesses

3:32:13and allow them to operate still with social license

3:32:16requirement restrictions.

3:32:17This is obviously in flux as the numbers change.

3:32:20And it will be knowing it will be for some time.

3:32:23But mostly the businesses that were added were businesses that

3:32:26did not require close contact or that could be operated

3:32:30partially outdoors And as we know,

3:32:33hopefully the county is trying to figure out how also Salon's

3:32:37and other gyms other businesses do require close contact begin

3:32:41to operate safely So we are just joining many other cities

3:32:46and our program actually is modeled

3:32:48after Stanbroke fellows program to allow those activities

3:32:53to take place again.

3:32:57I want to reiterate that the guideline that our resolution

3:33:00and our program will defer to will be the county health order

3:33:05and the county health order itself.

3:33:07This refers to Kelo shot industry standards.

3:33:11So both of those are going to be required

3:33:13as a condition of the We aren't the ones

3:33:16who reviewed those plans.

3:33:18We are the ones to say you.

3:33:20We will require that businesses will agree to operate

3:33:23under these orders and the permit

3:33:25is remarkable our permit is revoked The resolution provides

3:33:30the city manager with the temporary authority

3:33:33to allow utilization of both public and private airport

3:33:35spaces by businesses and it waives existing requirements

3:33:39such as a requirement for an administrative use

3:33:41permit and encroachment from it and certain signage

3:33:43requirements and it sets up a simplified online permit

3:33:47system, which will provide information

3:33:51about program requirements standards conditions,

3:33:53as well as the online application

3:33:57outdoor spaces in this case include private property

3:34:00or private sidewalks and Plaza spaces shopping center parking

3:34:05lots but also includes public sidewalks public parking spaces

3:34:10and public spaces that are not going to help him it right

3:34:14away for the use of seating.

3:34:17However public parking on the Caltrans state

3:34:19right away might be we might be able to sign

3:34:23that for different.

3:34:24So for example, in some of our strip shopping centers

3:34:27that are along Pablo Avenue one of the things

3:34:30we can envision happening is that some

3:34:32of the private parking lot gets converted rooted

3:34:35to shared outdoor seating.

3:34:37And in order to replace that essential parking

3:34:40the businesses need to support their take businesses.

3:34:43The city would be open to re timing the curbside parking

3:34:49spaces so that, for example, it's for 2 minutes

3:34:51to allow a certain number of those for curbside pickup

3:34:56so again, it's a pretty simple program.

3:34:58It's your resolution enables us to waive fees and waive

3:35:04the requirement for certain use permit and encroachment permits

3:35:07and set up this temporary outdoor retail dining

3:35:13permit in lieu of those it provides

3:35:16the an online application.

3:35:18It is b it's remarkable.

3:35:21And as we can We will try to figure other ways

3:35:24and support businesses materials.

3:35:25So we might be able to provide a print signed to let people

3:35:30to remind people that the dying is

3:35:32open to remind people about the social distancing requirements.

3:35:35We might be able to help with promotion.

3:35:38And today I was on a chamber call.

3:35:40It was a chamber mixer about El mono and

3:35:42our motto nice outdoor seating.

3:35:43They said, it's really critical to their operations

3:35:46they're still down about 30 percent from last year

3:35:49in terms revenue.

3:35:50So they're really excited about having

3:35:52outdoor seating and the chamber and a lot of talk

3:35:55about the potential to really help people understand

3:36:00that these places are open.

3:36:03Again when people do take what they love.

3:36:06Take out as well.

3:36:07But GrubHub and others do make quite a bit of the 30 percent

3:36:10of the so here's just some selected types

3:36:15standards and conditions, and we will have an online site

3:36:18and hopefully by tomorrow or Thursday for review needs.

3:36:21But we will create a resource that tells people that they

3:36:25need days, they'll though maintain

3:36:27ACA compliance they need that.

3:36:29And making an adequate clearance entrances

3:36:30there are hours of operation are the same

3:36:32as the original business will specify their site

3:36:35maintenance requirements.

3:36:37Remind them that the furnishings need be temporary.

3:36:39So that they moved during the public right away.

3:36:42And of course, we state that nothing in this temporary waves

3:36:47any fire or building code standards it'll requirements

3:36:51will be quite easy.

3:36:53Property owner information if somebody is doing out

3:36:56or alcohol, maybe approval and they

3:36:58have got some streamlined more flexible standards now.

3:37:05They'll have to submit their social distancing

3:37:07protocol, which is different for different businesses.

3:37:10Submit a site plan that they are using public parking space

3:37:13and they'll be able to upload certificates of insurance

3:37:16and if they're using any of the public right way

3:37:18indemnification to identify city with the resolution does

3:37:23is it temporarily establishes alternative procedures

3:37:25and waives the requirements for signage permits for signs

3:37:30roughly related to the purpose of its resolution you could see

3:37:33for example, a place that's a nice big yellow signage you can

3:37:36see practically from the freeway reminded people at their patio

3:37:40now open and their website will take out delivery

3:37:42and that might be something in the past,

3:37:45we would have wanted to review more closely right now

3:37:47to allow as much flexibility.

3:37:49We encourage businesses be creative the resolution

3:37:56again, does not relieve the business

3:37:58from complying with other obligations or regulation.

3:38:02Including contact property owners and adjacent businesses

3:38:06to so it's a pretty basic program

3:38:09we encourage and look forward to seeing

3:38:10what businesses do with it.

3:38:13We know that pineapple has some insults

3:38:14and seating out in their parking lot.

3:38:18We know that several restaurants at Freedom Plaza

3:38:20are looking forward to doing this in the regions we've been

3:38:23waiting for us to adopt the guidelines

3:38:25and they're working with their businesses

3:38:26to potentially utilize the spaces right in front

3:38:29of their businesses Until I'm here for questions,

3:38:34as well as our keys our public works

3:38:36director who runs of course, the encroachment

3:38:39permits right away.

3:38:43Go ahead Janet.

3:38:44OK first call the restaurant out by San

3:38:51Pablo Avenue at the Plaza macaroni grill.

3:38:55Actually has already started.

3:38:57And I actually been there twice and it

3:39:02looks like it was done with a minimal amount of money,

3:39:06but it's really nice.

3:39:08And I wonder why some of these things such as that one

3:39:13couldn't be permanent and would it be possible

3:39:16when the copied pandemic is over to convert some of these

3:39:24to ongoing uses like that.

3:39:27I love that idea.

3:39:27I think that it's that you know it's an example of potentially

3:39:31wanting to come out of the you know places that we learned

3:39:34to be more flexible allow and I think that we have In fact,

3:39:38we did try when we adopted a specific plan

3:39:40to get more flexible.

3:39:42So for example restaurants did use permit prior

3:39:45we took away that requirement.

3:39:46But outdoor seating.

3:39:47There was still a feeling that maybe we needed to review it

3:39:51because the sound or the impacts that maybe we'll

3:39:53all get comfortable with it and realize

3:39:55that it could be though.

3:39:56Yeah.

3:39:573 in case I was talking about the sound cars going down

3:40:01the street is a lot more signifies than.

3:40:07I mean there was no sound coming from the eating area.

3:40:10People talking you know.

3:40:14So the I I personally think it would be a great idea

3:40:19Any other questions.

3:40:20Janet No no.

3:40:24I think my question got answered in the I. First

3:40:31Janet that's a great idea.

3:40:33It's how we should get used to it that makes us

3:40:35a kind of Parisian neighborhood thing Some Melania

3:40:40and I are both restaurant people.

3:40:42So when she mentioned that actually

3:40:44the same restaurant in one right,

3:40:46Melanie so when she mentioned to me.

3:40:51I was very excited but also me know

3:40:54as one of the lowest covered in a rates

3:40:59of any city other than Moroccan and our county.

3:41:02And I was initially concerned that nothing

3:41:04in our packet kind of classified exactly

3:41:07what the restaurants gonna do.

3:41:10And then she informed me that the county

3:41:12we're going by the county list of recommendation

3:41:17requirements my.

3:41:19My question is who.

3:41:22How if we can terminate or suggest to a county

3:41:26that there's a problem is that how

3:41:28there may be an issue if there's not

3:41:29enough room between customers mellowing

3:41:34so it's going to be you know just like a lot of listeners

3:41:37right now.

3:41:38Right.

3:41:38It's a bit of a social experiment in ways

3:41:42to see how much we can all behave and wear masks

3:41:45and socially different.

3:41:46So it's partly complaint based I think

3:41:49that customers could tell.

3:41:50And we could try to go out and remind people

3:41:52that they need to remove every other table if we're

3:41:54not seeing it far apart.

3:41:55I mean, I think those who've been over Solano Avenue

3:41:58can see some restaurants quite crowded during this time.

3:42:03But tacos beer has been pretty busy

3:42:07So luckily, I think that, you know,

3:42:09I think we have to trust the county somewhat