About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Livermore, CA
- Meeting Date
- March 23, 2026
Transcript
90 sections (from 150 segments)
INFORMATION FOR THE TRI VALLEY . OH, WELCOME TO THIS THE MARCH 23 MEETING AND TO LIVE MORE CITY COUNCIL CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, WE'LL CALL PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER BARRIENTOS, COUNCIL MEMBER. HERE COMES. REMEMBER DUNBAR,
VICE MAYOR WANG HERE MURMUR HERE IF YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MY PLEASURE NEEDED TO SEE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT IS 100 INDUSTRIAL WITH EVERYTHING JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO PRESENT AND NO PROCLAMATIONS OR ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS. SO WE'RE GOING RIGHT INTO THE OPEN FORUM AT THE CITY CLERK WILL EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE OPEN FORUM. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR OPEN FORUM, THE FIRST IS SIMONTON. AH, GOOD EVENING ON LEVEL FAMILIAR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER IN THE HERALD AND THE CITIZENS OF WONDERFUL THE CITY OF LIVERMORE, AMERICAN CITIZEN BORN IN THE COUNTRY OF WE DON'T, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE LOVED IT, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAY SOUTH AMERICA OVER WONDERFUL AND GREAT ARMED FORCES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HONORABLE PRESIDENT DONALD J.
TRUMP PEOPLE DON'T. I'VE.
BEEN THROWING VERY HARD AND WITH LOTS OF SACRIFICES TO FREE THEMSELVEFROM THIS DICTATORSHIP, WHO IS TOLD THERE EVOLUTION IN NOW IN SEVEN, AND THEY HAVE. I'VE BEEN TORTURING IRANIAN PEOPLE IN THE PAST 47 YEARS USING IRAN'S NATIONAL RESOURCES TO TRAIN AND ARM TERRORISTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO GOOD AMERICAN FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ATTACK AND KILL CREATES PEOPLE UP COUNTRY ISRAEL AND THE STABLIZE, THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST. DO PEOPLE LOVE, YOU DON'T LOVE AND THE RESPECT OF PEOPLE UP THE UNITED STATES ENORMOUSLY AND THERE IS AN ESPECIALLY CHEMISTRY BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.
STEPHEN POST, SCREW IT. I'M AN AMERICAN PEACE CORPS MEMBER CAME TO IRAN MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND I HAD TO WORK IN THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN THEITY OF TABRIZ. OTHER VOICE, WHICH I AM COMPRISED AND THEN THERE WAS OPERATING AND STAY ABSOLUTE MONARCHY HE'S JOINED THE PRISON POINTERS AND HE GAVE HIS LAWYER TO THE PEOPLE OF VIDEO. HIS GRAVE IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR ALL IRANIANS I AM, SO YOU DON'T USE OUR HONORED AND WORSHIP THIS GENTLEMAN AND MANY PEOPLE I HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE FROM THE UNITED STATES CAME TO IRAN AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO IT A LOT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PRISON POINTERS, SO I'M VERY THANKFUL AND REALLY HONORED TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY GOD PLACE, THEY'RE SHINING LIGHT UP THE WORLD WONDERFUL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MMM. THANK YOU,
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD STREETER. WELCOME BACK, MISTER STREETER. THANK YOU. TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL TOO YOUNG TO DIE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS , THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU RECOGNIZE. THAT I DON'T LIKE THE ALBUM AS MUCH AS I LIKE THE TITLE. ANYWAY, JETHRO TULL WAS THE SOUND OF MY YOUTH.
WHICH GIVES YOU KIND OF GOT DISTURBING WINDOW INTO THAT, THEN WE SHOULD HANG OUT MORE. UM, OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS QUICK BECAUSE LAST TIME I WENT OVER MY TIME. I'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. I GREW UP IN A RATHER THEATRICAL FAMILY. SO UNLIKE MOST AMERICANS I ENJOY PUBL SPEAKING, PERHAPS EVEN A LITTLE TOO MUCH. I'VE WATCHED MY APPEARANCE HERE A MONTH AGO ON AND FRANKLY, I FELT A LITTLE SILLY, BECAUSE I'M SURE NONE OF YOU NEEDS A CIVICS HISTORY OR PSYCHOLOGY LESSON FOR ME TO KNOW THAT DEMOCRACY IS AN EVOLUTIONARY STEP FORWARD FROM TYRANNY AND THE TYRANNY AND IS ANY SYSTEM THAT SIMPLY GRANTS CONTROL OF SOCIETY TO THE BIGGEST BULLY IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL YARD AND THAT THE CURRENT DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRACY AS A STEP BACKWARDS IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. I'M SURE YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU THAT REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE. IT'S LITERALLY LINE ONE OF YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION WRITTEN DOWN OR NOT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY ITSELF AND I'M HERE MAINLY BECAUSE I'M SCARED AND I'M SCARED EVEN MORE FOR MY CHILDREN AND I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE REMINDING THEIR LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHETHER THEY NEED REMINDING OR NOT TO OPPOSE THE TRUMP REGIME EVERY CHANCE THEY GET HAS NEVER BEEN A TRUE DEMOCRACY, BUT UNTIL THIS REGIME SET US BACK BY CENTURIES WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO THAT A CONSERVATIVE'S HOW MUCH TIME HAVE I GOT GOOD CONSERVATIVES SEEM TO THINK WE HAVE THINGS LIKE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DUE PROCESS FOR ALL BECAUSE WE'RE A DEMOCRACY. THIS IS BACKWARDS AND INCORRECT. WE CAN ONLY HAVE A DEMOCRACY AS LONG AS WE FIRST INSIST UPON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND TO PROCESS FOR ALL WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THE INSTANT THESE ARE SUSPENDED, DEMOCRACY DISAPPEARS AND IT IS NOT EASY TO GET BACK AS WE'RE STARTING TO FIND OUT I KEEP HEARING TERMS LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT IMPLIES THAT WE'RE CHECKING WHETHER IT WORKS. THIS IS ALSO INCORRECT. WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO
MAKING IT WORK IS NOT AN EXPERIMENT. IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. MADE IT. THANK YOU. THINK TRIGGER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOLIE SO IN RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DISCUSSION OF THE MICROSOFT I OFFICE LICENSE RENEWAL. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE THE IDEA OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO INSTALLED LIBRARY OFFICE ON MAYBE A FRACTION OF THE CITY'S COMPUTERS, AND I WANTED TO ALSO OFFER MY SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER. IF I CAN BE USEFUL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM MY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES RUNNING LIBRARY OFFICE ON MY PERSONAL COMPUTER SINCE THE FIRST RELEASE OF LIBERAL OFFICE IN 2011 AT MY ON MY WORK COMPUTER I I'VE HAD INSTALLED FOR EIGHT YEARS AT SO AT WORK I UTILIZED SLIPPERY OFFICESCAPABILITY OF OPENING AND EDITING MICROSOFT OFFICE FORMATS. SO I ABLE TO EXCHANGE FILES READ AND OPEN AND EDIT FILES, EXCHANGE THEM WITH THE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES OF EMPLOYEE OF CO WORKERS AT MY OFFICE AND WORLDWIDE OUTSIDE OF WORK. I'VE HELPED MY PIANO TEACHER MIGRATE FROM MICROSOFT OFFICE TOO LIBERAL OFFICE SHE USED HER FULLY FREE SOFTWARE STACK LIBRARY OFFICE ON A GOOD NEWS NEWS FLASH SYSTEM TO MANAGER PIANO STUDIO AND HER PERSONAL FINANCES FOR 15 YEARS , SHE TURNED 90 LAST YEAR, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW EASY IT IS TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF THE SUNK COST FALLACY. SO I'LL COME BACK WITH AN OCCASIONAL FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT ALTHOUGH WE'VE PAID FOR A JUG OF OLD MILK MICROSOFT OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALREADY SPOILED. WE CAN STOP DRINKING AT ANY TIME BECAUSE THERE IS A HEALTHY COW WITH UDDERS FULL WAITING LIBRARY OFFICE WAITING TO BE MILKED. AND JUST BECAUSE THE SPOILED MILK IS PAID FOR IT
MEAN WE HAVE TO CONTINUE CONSUMING IT AND KEEPING OURSELVES IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF MILD ILLNESS WHEN WE'RE GOOD AND READY AT ANY POINT IN THE COMING MONTHS OR YEARS. I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US.
TO POUR THE THROUGHOUT THAT SPOILED MILK AND ENJOY THE FRESH MILK OF THE FREE SOFTWARE COW, WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL OPEN FORUM SPEAKERS . OKAY. WITH THAT CASE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WISHES TO PULL ON CONSENT FOR DISCUSSION.
OK, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON CONSENT. YES, WE DO. OKAY, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MATT MONCAYO OF ITEM 6.4.
HELLO, MATER. AND, UH, COUNSEL COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO 6.4 IS THE VASKO DEVELOPMENT. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY, YOU SEE, I LOOKED THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS AND NOTICED THAT THERE IS A PLAN BY CLEAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE ACTUAL HAS THE PLAN BEEN LAID OUT OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR DO GOING? YEAH, I DON'T ACTUALLY. OKAY, I DON'T.
ACTUALLY KNOW IF THERE'S A PLAN LAID OUT, BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT I SUPPORT PUTTING MORE MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE OVERPASSES AND POSSIBLE, UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF A BIKE LANE OR CROSSWALK OR ANYTHING IS MOVED . PUT IN PLACE THAT IT'S LIKE ACTUALLY WELL PROTECTED AND NOT JUST LIKE A TOKEN BIKE LANE BECAUSE THAT CAN BE EVEN MORE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BIKE LANE, BUT IT'S IN REALITY UNUSABLE BECAUSE IT'S UNSAFE. UM, I KNOW THAT OVER HIGHWAY PASSES CAN BE VERY, UM, TRICKY THAT WAY. OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT IT. I GOT TO SAY THANK YOU. YEAH, WE HAVE, WE SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONCEPTS OF COMPLETE STREETS AND SAFE STREETS. EVERYBODY'S SO, UH, SPENCER, WHICH YOU CARE TO COMMENT ON THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE BIKE LANES INCORPORATED INTO THAT PROJECT AND OUR COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OPERATING.
SAFELY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, CIMARRON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE TO SPEAKER FOR ITEM 6.5 MATT MANTEI. ARIEL. HELLO AGAIN. OK, I WILL NOT LEAD WITH A QUESTION, BUT, UM, ON THE CHARGERS, SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED ON THE NEW PARKING GARAGE THAT THE CHARGES THAT WERE INSTALLED ARE CCS ONLY AND AREN'T I KNOW THAT CHARGEPOINT MAKES CHARGES THAT ARE BOTH DUAL COMPATIBLE TO THE NEW KNACKS STANDARD AND CCS AND ALL MAJOR CAR BRANDS ARE NOW MOVING TO THE NEXT STANDARD THE NORTH AMERICAN CARS A CAR CHARGING STANDARD, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY NEW CHARGERS. WE PLAN TO INSTALL ON A CITY EXPENSE OR OTHERWISE HAVE AT LEAST DUAL COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO STANDARDS THAT CCS AND MAX , THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE RUN INTO IS YOU KNOW THAT THE WHOLE BETA AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE INDUSTRY TO STANDARDIZE ITSELF AND THEN THEN WE CAN MOVE AHEAD SO RIGHT, RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR OPEN FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR SO THAT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE FOR CONSENT AND NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WERE CONSENT COUNTER TO CLOSE THE FORUM FOR CONSENT CALENDAR. BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL YOU WANTED TO GET US A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS WHEN I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COMMENTS ABOUT 6.5 AND IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AS WE'RE , YOU KNOW AS WE'RE MOVING TO THE SOURCE ADDITIONAL CHARGERS .
UH, THE OTHER COMMENT. I WANTED TO MAKE HIS OWN ITEMS 6.2, I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT THE WAY FOR US TO MOVE THE MEASURE. HOWEVER, I'M A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BB FUNDS IN THE FUTURE REALLY USED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING AS EXTENSIVE OF BETRAYAL AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AS POSSIBLE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT . THANK YOU. DUNBAR. A COUPLE COMMENTS TO DO HIM IN LINEAR ORDER. I WILL ECHO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER RANTINGS COMMENTS ON 6.2 ON A SIX POINT. THREE, AS IS TRADITION WITH STAFF. I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY POSSIBLE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT WHEN WE'RE DOING REPAVING H'S BECAUSE IT'S THE.
LEAST EXPENSIVE TIME TO DO SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT, I HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HANDFUL THAT WE'VE GOT IN THIS LIST. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE A FIRST STREET DOWNTOWN IS ON THIS LIST AS IT DOES NEED THAT REPAVING, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ON TV.
THINK THE PRELIM PLANS WE HAD FOR THE VASKO INTERCHANGE. WE'RE ON, ACTUALLY, ON THE TRI VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL'S WEB SITE RATHER THAN OUR OWN, SO CHECK OUT THAT WEB SITE INSTEAD OF THE CITIES. BUT YES, WE SHALL MAKE IT AS SAFE AS WE CAN ON COULD STAFF ANSWER. I BELIEVE WHEN I WAS READING THAT IT'S THE WERE BUYING OUR COMPATIBLE WITH MAX AND SEE PCS, BUT IT REQUIRES AN OPTIONAL I THINK CHARGEPOINT CAUSE IT OMNIPOINT PLUG TO GET NEXT, YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING THAT OPTION CONTENT, OR.
IF IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGET OR IF WE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT OF SPARE BUDGET TO DO SO TO GET THOSE THAT I THINK WOULD BE WORTHWHILE FOR THE PUBLIC FACING CHARGERS, NOT OPEN. PAUL SPENDS YOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT AVAILABLE. REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE TRI VALLEY HAVEN ON HERE AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. OKAY, HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
QUESTION ACTUALLY. AH, COME IN AND QUESTION ON 6.6. THAT'S THE TRY TO HAVEN IN LUKE GRANT . WE'VE HAD WHEN THESE HAVE COME UP AND IN FACT, IT CAME UP LAST LAST EVENING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE IN LOU. IF WE COULD EITHER HAVE A REQUIREMENT WHERE THEY HAVE TO BUILD THE UNITS ON THE SITE OR WHERE THEY CAN FI OUT WITH HIS IN LIEU CREDITS OR A NEW FEES, AND WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK AGAINST THE IN LIEU FEES. BUT IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE USING.
TO ALLOW EDEN HOUSING TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ARE THESE IN LIEU FEES. SO IF WE DID NOT HAVE THESE IN LIEU FEES, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE FUNDS UP FRONT TO ALLOW EDEN HOUSING TO CONSTRUCT THE SHELTER THERE, CORRECT? YES, THE HAVEN SHELTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IF IT WERE NOT FOR IN LIEU FUNDING BECAUSE THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT TIMELY UNAVAILABLE. SO YOU'RE CORRECT. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS FLEXIBILITY TO EITHER DEMAND THE ON SITE HOUSING OR TO COLLECT THE IN LIEU FEES, WHICH THEN ENABLES US TO DO OTHER THINGS MORE QUICKLY AND SOME IN MANY CASES , WE ACTUALLY BUILD MORE HOUSING BECAUSE WE COLLECT THESE IN LOU FEES. YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UM AND AS FAR AS THE 6.8. THE ULTIMATE EDUCATION FEE A MAN JUST TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE WERE THREE GRANTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE TRIBE VALLEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED TO GO OVER THE HILL, SO IT SEEMED THAT WE WEREN'T EQUALLY REPRESENTED WITH SOME OF THE PROJECT, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS AWARDED TO A SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO FIRM, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN RECYCLING BINS FROM THAT COMPANY INTO INTO AT LEAST ALAMEDA COUNTY A. BUT I.
NOTICED THAT WE WERE UNDERREPRESENTED, UH PER FOR THE NUMBER, I THINK THERE WERE 42, THEY WERE OVER 40 GRANTS INVOLVED, AND WE GOT THERE WERE LESS THAN THREE WENT DOWN ON OUR SIDE OF THE HILL. SO JUST A WE'RE NOTICING THESE THINGS. SO WITH THAT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ALL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'M OVER APPROVAL MOTION MADE BY A CUSTOMER, DUNBAR SECOND SECOND BY A CUSTOMER BRANDING ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON FAVOR. AH, ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.1 STAR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
HONORABLE MAYOR MARTIAN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS YOU CITY MANAGER MARIANA BURGE, ITEM 7.1 IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY SHANNON PAGAN, A SENIOR PLANNER IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THANKS . AMIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS APOLOGIZE FOR I WILL, HUH? I WILL SAY THAT WE DO TEST, THOUGH TECHNOLOGY BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS, A MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND YET IT FAILS THIS OCCASIONALLY, SO I APOLOGIZE.
AND THERE'S A FABULOUS PRESENTATION THAT'S BEEN PREPARED AND WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE SLIDES. SORRY ABOUT THAT, ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S OKAY. PERFECT. OKAY, GREAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT KEEPING IT INTERESTING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MARCHAND AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. I WILL BE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE 20 25 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND ACCEPTANCE THIS EVENING. NEXT LIGHT. THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS A STATE REQUIRED.
PART OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN THAT OUTLINES HOW LIVERMORE WILL ACCOMMODATE T HOUSING NEEDS FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS IN OUR COMMUNITY THOUSAND MOMENT, AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO STATE EACH YEAR IS REQUIRED TO KEEP HER HOUSING ELEMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR IMPORTANT HOUSING RELATED GRANTS.
IT'S DUE TO THE STATE BY APRIL 1 SO WITH COUNCILS DIRECTION THIS STAFF WILL SUBMIT THE REPORT BEFORE THE DEADLINE. NEXT LIGHT AS WE SAW AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE STATE CONTINUES TO EXPAND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND LEVEL OF DETAILS REQUIRED IN THESE REPORTS? UM, THE REPORT COMPILES A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING DATA TRACKING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM PROJECT APPLICATION TO OCCUPANCY. I'M ALSO HOUSING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STATUS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND TOGETHER THE REPORT PROVIDES A VERY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF HOW LIVERMORE IS MEETING ITS HOUSING ELEMENT COMMITMENTS AND A TRACKING PROGRESS TO MEET STATE MANDATED GOALS, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION. LOOKS LIKE, AND AS A REFRESHER. LIVERMORE HAS A TARGET OF ACCOMMODATING 4570 NEW UNITS BY THE END OF THE CURRENT REDA A CYCLE IN 20 31. THAT MEANS THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT LAND AND AND ADEQUATE HOUSING SITES THROUGH ZONING AND PROGRAMS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO MEET A SO THAT THE PRIVATE MARKET HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE HOUSING NEEDED TO MEET THE ALLOCATION, THE CITY'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTING HOUSING TO MEET THOSE TARGETS JUST PLANNING FOR IT. SO IN A 25. THIS WAS OUR THIRD YEAR IN THE CURRENT RINA CYCLE. WE SAW BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED FOR 422 NEW UNITS ACROSS INCOME LEVELS, INCLUDING UNITS IN THE LOW AND VERY LOW AND FOR THE FIRST TIME UNITS IN THE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES,
AND JUST A REAL QUICK HOUSEKEEPING NOTE ON THE ARENA TOTALS IN THE STATES TABLE ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT IT LOOK LIKE THE EXTREMELY LOW UNITS ARE MISSING FROM THE OVERALL TOTAL UNITS COLUMN THEY'RE NOT MISSING. THEY'RE JUST REPORTED IN THE VERY LOW INCOME TOTAL. INSTEAD, THEY'RE SHOWN THIS WAY BECAUSE LIVERMORE SIX CYCLE ARENA WAS THIS WHEN WHEN WE WERE ASSIGNED OUR ARENA, THE EXTREMELY LOW AND NOW THE NEW ACUTELY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES WEREN'T PART OF THE ALLOCATION . FREEMARK SO, UM, ANY UNITS PRODUCED IN THOSE TWO INCOME CATEGORIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CYCLE WILL BE CAPTURED IN THAT VERY LOW INCOME CATEGORY UM, AND YOU KNOW WE KNOW THAT THESE LOWER INCOME UNITS ARE REALLY VERY CHALLENGING TO BUILD AS THEY ALMOST ALWAYS REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL SUBSIDIES. UM, EITHER THROUGH DEVELOPER OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS LEADING TO SLOWER PROGRESS TOWARDS RINA TARGETED.
AND THE IN THESE CATEGORIES, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT REGIONALLY AND STATEWIDE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SAW REFLECTED IN THE IN THE LAST TABLE SHOWING OUR ARENA PROGRESS OVER 60% OF OUR OF THE.
PERMITS ISSUED IN 20 25 OR FOR BELOW MARKET RATE UNITS. I'M SHOWING IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, INCREMENTAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING THOSE THOSE MOST CHALLENGING AFFORDABILITY TARGETS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE PACIFIC AVENUE SENIOR APARTMENTS PROJECT DOWN THE STREET HERE, WHICH ADDED A 75 OR 79. SORRY, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS TO OUR COMMUNITY AM IN THIS FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND WITH ADDITIONAL UNITS ANTICIPATED IN THE NEXT PHASE WHEN THAT IS FUNDED AND BEYOND AFFORDABLE UNITS. WE'RE SEEING A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES BEING BUILT IN UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, INCLUDING THE SENIOR APARTMENTS. WE JUST MENTIONED. BUILT OUT OF THE ARROYO VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD WITH BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI FAMILY HOMES AND MULTI FAMILY COMMUNITIES AND ISABEL NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROJECTS LIKE COVEN, AMARONE AND PARK VIEW AND WE SAW SOME ASSISTED LIVING UNITS AT THE WELL BE PERMITTED THIS YEAR AND THIS THIS MIX REFLECTS OUR OUR POLICIES THAT CALL FOR A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMEN ACTIVITY. WE ALSO ENTITLED AND ALMOST 400 NEW UNITS IN 20 25 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UM, THESE APPROVED PROJECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SLIDE, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENTS. ALSO A CORNERSTONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL PROVIDE 45% OF ITS OVERALL UNITS ACROSS THE LOW INCOME LOWER INCOME CATEGORIES, INCLUDING THOSE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES, WHICH FAR EXCEED THE THE CITY'S HOUSING INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, THE EAST AVENUE TOWNHOME PROJECT INCLUDES AT
13 RENTAL UNITS, INCLUDING ONE BELOW MARKET RATE AND THIS IS NOTABLE BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT UNIT BEING OFFERED AS A RENTAL . I'M THE PACIFIC IN LIVER MORE TOWNHOMES WILL ALSO PROVIDE A MAJORITY OF THEIR PLAN BELOW MARKET RATES WILL BE IN THAT LOW INCOME CATEGORY SO COLLECTIVELY. UM, HE'S APPROVED A TIGHT ENTITLEMENTS STRENGTHEN THE HOUSING PIPELINE AND WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARDS LOWER INCOME RINA TARGETS ONCE A BUILDING. PERMITS ARE ISSUED FOR THESE PROJECTS BEYOND HOUSING PRODUCTION PROGRESS. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT KEY HAVING ELEMENT PROGRAMS IN 20 25, WE CONTINUED MAJOR LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THE GENERAL PLAN 20 45 UPDATE WE FINALIZE THE POLICY FRAMEWORK PUBLISHED THE DRAFT LAND USE MAP AND COMPLETED REFINEMENTS NEEDED TO PREPARE THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED PROGRAM. I ARE BOTH OF WHICH ARE OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND AVAILABLE AND, UM ON TRACK FOR ADOPTION AND CERTIFICATION HEARINGS THE SUMMER.
WE ALSO ADOPTED A A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CODE EMPTY HOUSING RELATED STANDARDS ALIGNS OUR REGULATIONS WITH RECENT STATE HOUSING LAWS AND INTRODUCES NEW OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS STREAMLINED APPROVAL PATHWAYS A ME AND ANT STREAMLINED APPROVAL PATHWAYS FOR AND SO AND HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING AND TO CONTINUE. WE SECURED A $1.6 MILLION LOCAL HOUSING FUND AWARD TO HELP ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PACIFIC AVENUE SENIOR APARTMENTS. WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT OUR A SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOMEOWNERS LEVERAGE THE STATE ACCELERATOR REBATES AND THE CITY'S PRE APPROVED PLANS TO HELP REDUCE COSTS AND SHORTENED PERMITTING TIMELINES. WE ADMINISTERED OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SHELTER OPERATIONS MEAL PROGRAMS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT SUPPORT HOUSING STABILITY. WE ALSO NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS AND TWO BRIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND DURING PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS AND THESE CONTRIBUTIONS HELP SUSTAIN AND EXPAND THE GRANT PROGRAM, AND FINALLY WE EXPANDED OUR HOMEOWNER SHIP SUPPORT EFFORTS THROUGH HOSTING WORKSHOPS PROVIDING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND UPDATING OUR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HELP RESIDENTS ACCESS AND RETAIN STABLE HOUSING EX LATER WITH THAT OVERVIEW OF THE 20 25 SHOWS HOW THE CITY CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS IMPLEMENTING OUR PROGRAMS OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR STATE
MANDATED HOUSING GOALS STUFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 20 25 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT AND THAT CONCLUDES STUFFS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR.
QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS 7.1.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JEAN KING. YES. NO, HE'S TALKING FOR THIS GOOD EVENING MOSTLY. TONIGHT. I HAVE A BUT SOME OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BY THE VERY NICE. PRESENTATION. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION IN TABLE EIGHT, WHICH SHE DISCUSSED THE ARENA NUMBERS, AND I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THE NINE YEAR ALLOCATION OF UNITS ARE DIFFERENT LEVEL INCOME. SO IF I'M SAYING SOMETHING I WANT TO MAKE SURE. SOMEBODY CORRECTS ME IF I SAY SOMETHING AND.
INCORRECT. OKAY, WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS. THEY ACUTELY LOW THROUGH THE MODERATE THAT I'M GOING TO REFER TO AS BEING AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THE ABOVE MODERATE REFERRED TO AS MARKET RATE, I HOPE THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, I BELIEVE THAT AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HERE'S. THE QUESTION NUMBER ONE. LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS DEED RESTRICTED FOR 55 YEARS ARE ALL DIG RESTRICTED UNITS RESTRICTED FOR 55 YEARS OR DOES IT VARY.
NUMBER TWO. THERE ARE NON DEED RESTRICTED UNITS. HOW DO THOSE UNITS OPERATE, DO THEY SWITCH TO MARKET RATE AND IF SO, WHEN AND HOW. AND NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME APPROXIMATE NUMBERS FROM TABLE EIGHT, WHICH SHE HAS ALREADY GONE OVER SOME OF THOSE. SO I MAYBE WE'LL NOT GO OVER THEM, BUT THE ALLOCATIONS . FOR THE NEXT FOR THE.
9.5 YEARS OF THE SIXTH CYCLE ARE ROUGHLY 61% OF AND 39% MARKET RATE, WHICH I THINK IF I HAVE MY NUMBERS RIGHT IS QUITE AN INTERESTING NUMBER FOR THE UNITS. OKAY. QUESTION NUMBER THREE DURING THE UNIT'S BUILT DURING THE PREVIOUS 3.5 YEARS, THE RATE WAS 49% AFFORDABLE AT 51% MARKET, WHICH IS STILL A GOOD NUMBER. I PRESUME THAT THOSE WHO AND SHE SAID THAT THOSE UNITS COME FROM STAND ALONE THINGS LIKE THE PACIFIC SENIOR SELLING HERE, PROBABLY FROM VINEYARD 2.0 AND ALSO I UNDERSTAND FROM A AND IS IT ALSO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE REACH PROGRAMS WHERE THEY CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS NOT GOVERNMENT OR SOMETHING THAT AS A PRIVATE ONE. I WONDERED IF THEY INCLUDED THOSE NUMBERS TO IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING IF WE COULD SEE EXACTLY I WOULD BE INTERESTED IF I COULD SEE WHAT NUMBERS CAME FROM INCLUSIONARY HOUSING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, FROM MY COMING HERE. I REALLY LIKE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING SO THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSES ARE MIXED IN WITH MARKET RATE RATHER THAN STAND ALONE UNITS. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT? THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT KIND OF UNITS. OKAY, THE ALLOCATION FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS IS 20300 AFFORDABLE UNITS 1300 MARKET RATE FOR 3700 TOTAL. THAT'S 64 AFFORDABLE UNITS AND 36% MARKET RATE. I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT AND I WONDER WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING TO COME BECAUSE AFFORDABLE NEEDS TO BE FUNDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALLEN MARLING ME.
MORE END COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE STAFF REPORT MADE IT CLEAR THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEPENDS ON GRANTS, I BELIEVE THAT DOWNTOWN HOUSING PROJECT EDEN HOUSING WAS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE SOURCES OF EXTRA FUNDS AND THOSE CAN EXPIRE AND MAYBE I OUGHT TO HAVE AS A CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN DELAYED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF TWO PEOPLE. JOHN SEPPALA AND JEAN KING LAST COUNCIL, I CALLED OUT THE HYPOCRISY OF JEAN KING AS SHE'S CONSISTENTLY OPPOSED HOUSING BECAUSE SHE CLAIMS THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OR THE RIGHT SIDE OF SORT OF AFFORDABILITY. HOWEVER, WHEN THE MOMENT CAME FOR HER TO SUPPORT LOTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWNTOWN. SHE OPPOSED IT WITH ALL HER FORTUNE FUNDING MULTIPLE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS FIRST IN COLLECTING SIGNATURES AND SUPERMARKETS FOR A BOGUS REFERENDUM AND EVEN BEFORE THEN IN THE INDEPENDENT, A NEWSPAPER RUN BY HER RICH FRIEND JONES SEPLA, ANOTHER HYPOCRITE WHO JOINED JEAN KING AND BANK ROWING SPIRITS, LAWSUITS TO BLOCK EDEN HOUSING , AS IT TURNED OUT LAST WEDNESDAY, I MET JEAN KING AT THE GENERAL PLAN EXPO AND SHE POLITELY TOLD ME SHE DOES NOT LIKE IT WHEN I CALL HER A RACIST IN RETURN, I POLITELY SAID I DID NOT LIKE IT WHEN SHE HARMS OF COLOR WHO DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHE HAS COMMITTED INDIA AND A MORE TO LIVERMORE'S RED IS THIS IT CITIZEN TO LIVE RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON ITS WORKERS AND TO LIVERMORE'S WORKERS. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE RESIDENTS AND MUST COMMUTE FOR HOURS TO WORK AND LIVERMORE, BUT THE TRUTH OF IT IS. I HAVE NOT CALLED JEAN KING NOR JOHN SEPULCHER RACISTS AS THAT SUGGESTS INSIGHT INTO THEIR MOTIVE, WHICH I DO NOT KNOW I
CANNOT JUDGE THEM FOR WHAT THEY THINK ONLY WHAT THEY DO AND. THEIR ACTIONS ARE CRUEL,
ELITIST AND RACIST OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT, ONTARIO HELLO AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT IT DID NOT ESCAPE ME LOOKING AT THE TABLE THAT IT LOOKED LIKE WE'RE QUITE BEHIND THE NUMBER OF PERMITTED UNITS, SO I HOPE WE CAN PLAY CATCH UP THERE UNLESS THOSE DO NOT INCLUDE THE UPCOMING.
UNITS ARE GOING TO GO ALL AROUND THE ONLINE AROUND ISABEL. UM, I WILL JUST SAY AYE. CONTRARY TO THE PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS. I GUESS I'LL TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO SPEAK AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT TO BE A VILLAIN, BUT TO SAY THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION. YOU NEED EXTERNAL FUNDING AND IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO BUILD AND, UM INCLUSIONARY ZONING WHILE IT SOUNDS NICE IN PRINCIPLE, IT PUTS ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THE OTHER UNITS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT NEARBY. UM, NOW, I MEAN, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT AS MUCH AS WE LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IT SOUNDS NICE. WHO DOESN'T LIKE AFFORDABLE THINGS. UM, WE LIVE IN THEM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY AND YOU WILL NEVER BUILD BY DEFINITION, ENOUGH BELOW MARKET.
UNITS TO MEET DEMAND THE DEMAND IS LITERALLY INFINITE FOR A BELOW MARKET UNIT. SO IN PRACTICE. WHAT DO DO IS WE MAKE A SORT OF A LOTTERY SYSTEM WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PUT IN THE APPLICATION AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE NUMBERS MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT GET PUT IN FOR EACH AFFORDABLE UNIT, MANY OF THE PEOPLE GET DECLINED RIGHT, AND IT'S DO WE DO ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. WELL, I'M SORRY. YOU JUST DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THERE IS A SOLUTION AND THE SOLUTION IS JUST TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.
RIGHT, IT'S JUST TO BUILD MORE. IT'S JUST TOO. IT'S A SIMPLE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND HOUSING DOES NOT ESCAPE THAT LOGIC. UM, IT SOME OF THE UNITS WILL BE VERY NICE , BUT THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL OCCUPY THOSE NICE UNITS WILL NOT BE UP BIDDING AND COMPETING WITH A WORKING FOR OLDER UNITS, WHICH ARE MAYBE THE ONLY THING AVAILABLE NOW. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN CONVEY TO THEM. COUNSEL IS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT. AND I KNOW YOU'RE CONSTRAINED BY STATE LAW. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT LIKE YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE LIMITED, BUT , UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS AND AUSTIN, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY DRIVE RENT DOWN BY JUST BUILDING, BUILDING LIKE CRAZY. AND ULTIMATELY IF WE EVER GET OUT THIS HOLE, IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS OK, IN THAT CASE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL KING HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REGARDING A DEED RESTRICTION IS THE LENGTH OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WHEN THOSE CHANGED AND ALSO REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF REACH. HOW'S THINGS THAT PROVIDED BY THE REACH PROGRAM AND IF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE NUMBERS. SO IF YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ADDRESS HER COMMENTS, I CAN SPEAK TO THE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEED RESTRICTED UNITS, SOME THAT ARE AND SOME THAT ARE NOT THE UNITS THAT ARE IN THE INCLUSIONARY INCLUSIONARY UNITS DO REQUIRE A DEED RESTRICTION AND IF THERE ARE UNITS THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY IF THEY'RE IN THE MODERATE INCOME CATEGORIES OR ANY OF THE LOW INCOME CATEGORIES. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY 80 USE UNLESS THEY'RE A J TO YOU AND THEN THOSE ARE DEED RESTRICTED. OK, SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE REACH PROGRAM MAYBE, UM,
PRETTY. SHELLY HAYNES IS HERE FROM OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HAYNES. I WORK WITH OUR HOUSING DIVISION I OVERSEE A LOT OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH FRAN RISNER. I'M SURE YOU'RE USED TO. HER OUR TRI VALLEY REACH PROJECTS ARE IN OUR AS WELL AS ANY SPECIALIZED HOUSING, NOT JUST HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE. THERE IS ALSO SPECIALIZE HOUSING PROJECTS. SO REACH IS DEFINITE ONE OF THEM THEY. ARE INCLUDED. OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
OK, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS DUNBAR, COULD YOU CONFIRM THAT 55 YEARS IS OUR STANDARD TERM FOR THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH, MAYBE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, BUT NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF OR NOT RECENTLY. SOME . CITIES ARE LIMITED. IT'S AT FIVE. RIGHT. SO 55 IS REMARKABLE. UM, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE I'M PRETTY SURE THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT THE HOUSING PERMIT. NOT ALL THE HOUSING PERMITS FOR THESE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN PULLED YET AND THOSE WILL BE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE UNITS WE ARE NOT DONE WITH YET SO.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO, HAVE WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CAPACITY BY LAW FOR THE UNITS THAT WE ARE MISSING. SO THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FROM STAFFS. IF YOU LOOK AT IT. HD HAS A NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PORTAL.
WHICH LISTS ALL OF THEIR LETTERS THAT THEY HAVE SENT TO EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE STATE ABOUT ALL THEIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND HOW ALL OF THOSE CITIES ARE LATE ON THE ACTIONS THAT THEY PROMISED IN THEIR HOUSES ELEMENT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE ON PROGRESS AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE LISTED IS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT. THAT'S NOT AN EASY FEAT AND IT KEEPS US ON TRACK AND ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON DELIVERING SERVICES, DELIVERING PROJECTS AND NOT RESPONDING TO LAST MINUTE THINGS THAT WE DID WRONG, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THERE'S BEEN GOOD PROGRESS ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS AS YOU SAW, YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT UP TO A PERCENTAGE YET AGAINST THE TOTAL NUMBER PER YEAR. ALMOST NO ONE IN THE STATE IS, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS YOU'VE SEEN , WE'VE GONE FROM.
A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF UNITS IN YEAR ONE AND YEAR. TWO MORE AND MORE UNITS. AS TIME HAS GONE ON, THAT'S YOU. KNOW, PARTLY DUE TO MARKET. WE CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING, BUT DEFINITELY IS NOT WITHOUT OUR EFFORT ON OUR PART. KEEPING IT TRACK ALONG THE WAY AND AT THE VERY LEAST DELIVERING EFFICIENT PERMIT PROCESSING PROCEDURES AND OUR NEW ELECTRONIC PERMITTING PROCESSES, I'M SURE IS HELPING WITH THAT. SO THANK YOU. THE LAST PUT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT. ARENA IS NOT AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. WE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET THE NUMBER OF LOW INCOME UNITS IN THE NUMBER OF ABOVE MARKET UNITS THAT ARE IN ARENA CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO AS.
A RESULT, WE WILL IF WE NEED TO BUILD MORE MARKET RATE UNITS TO MEET THE THOSE NUMBER OF. LOW UNITS. IF WE RUN OUT OF SPACES FOR TOTAL CONSTRUCTION IN TOWN, IS THAT CORRECT.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO PLAN FOR AND MAKE LAND AVAILABLE POOR UNITS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THE LOWER INCOME UNITS ARE COUNTED WHEN THE DENSITY IS 30 UNITS, THE ACR OR GREATER, AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT TO MEET THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT THAT'S STILL LEFT UNDER OUR ARENA REQUIREMENT AS YOU SAID PART OF IT DEPENDS ON THE MARKET AND HOW QUICKLY DEVELOPERS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAND THAT IS ZONED FOR HOUSES. THANK YOU. IT'S A BALANCING ACT. THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK. GUESS WE'RE NUMBER. NOPE. GUN. I'LL JUST ROLL WITH IT.
OH, DENVER. BRENNAN? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR EVERYTHING INVOLVED IN THIS REPORT. IT'S AN EXTENSIVE REPORT. UM, THE QUESTION CAME UP WHERE YOU COULD FIND THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ALL OF IT IS AN A IF THERE IS PILES OF DOCUMENTATION ON THIS. SO YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING IN THERE. IT CAN BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO READ AT TIMES, BUT ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT IT'S NOT TOO BAD. UM, IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, LAYS OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE BUILT. UM, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS REALLY BRIEFLY THE IDEA OF JUST BUILD AND A IT'S A GREAT IDEA IN THEORY HOME I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WORLD WHERE THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SOLUTION BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING UP FOR A 20 PLUS YEAR DEFICIT IN BUILDING AT THIS POINT, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT IN CALIFORNIA TO ACTUALLY MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE NEED WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE IN TERMS OF LABOR AND SUPPLIES, IT WOULD DRIVE THE PRICE UP SO HIGH TO ACTUALLY BE BUILDING AT THE RATE WE NEED TO THAT, IT WOULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME UNATTAINABLE FOR EVERYONE AND SO WE HAVE TO ALSO LIVE IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, WHICH IS WHERE RINA COMES IN AND RINA IS SAYING WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED THAT. WE HOPEFULLY REALISTICALLY CAN BUILD TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS IMMEDIATELY. OVER THE LONG TERM WE DO NEED TO FILL THAT SUPPLY GAP A, BUT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED ROOFS OVER PEOPLE'S HEADS. WE NEED FAMILIES HAVE A PLACE TO STAY A AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW I'M A TEACHER BY DAY. WE'RE SEEING A MASSIVE DECREASE IN POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS AT EVERY DISTRICT. SO MY DISTRICT, THE NEIGHBORING CITY HAS LOST ALMOST 3000 STUDENTS FROM OUR PEAK, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF STUDENT POPULATION AND
THAT IS IN LARGE PART DUE TO HOUSING PRICES. SO, UM, I AM RELY PROUD OF WHERE THE CITY IS AT I DO GO TO ST CONFERENCES AND I'M ON THE CAL CITIES HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, OUR COMMITTEE HOW I TALK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS A LOT AND RELATIVELY I TALK ABOUT THEM WITH OTHER CITIES. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD ENOUGH LOW, VERY LOW AND BELOW HOME UNITS. IT'S IT'S PROVEN TO BE INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING FOR EVERYONE WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING QUITE WELL RELATIVE TO MOST OF THE CITIES THAT I'VE SEEN ALL WERE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE . I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO ARENA NUMBERS . I REALLY HOPE THAT WE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO OUR INCLUSIONARY ORDINANCES . UM, ARE RATIOS FOR A LOW AND VERY LOW HOUSING TO HELP US MEET THOSE GOALS MOVING FORWARD, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T MOVE QUICKLY. WE'RE RIGHT NOW, SEEING ENTITLEMENTS AND BUILDINGS GOING UP THAT HAVE BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, SOME OF THEM LIKE ISABEL A DECADE OR SO IN THE MAKING.
AND SO SOME OF OUR AGREEMENTS ARE DATED TO WHAT THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES. UM, SO I APPRECIATE IT OF OUR EFFORTS, I WILL SAY LASTLY, JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY TO BE AWARE OF WITH THOSE CHALLENGES OF BUILDING VERY LOW HOUSING. THE STATE HAS TAKEN NOTICE AND HAS PROPOSED BILLS, NONE OF THEM HAVE GONE THROUGH YET. THANKFULLY, BUT THAT ACTUALLY PUNISH CITIES THAT ARE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH LOW AND VERY LOW UNITS. THE FLIPSIDE OF THIS BEING THAT THE STATE HASN'T PUT MORE MONEY INTO OUR COFFERS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE LOW AND VERY LOW UNITS, SO WE'RE IN THIS CATCH 22 WHERE OUR ABILITY TO FIND IMPACT FEES. THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT SO WE HAVE SAFE ROADS AND WORKING SEWER SYSTEMS AND WATER AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT CREATED QUALITY CITY. THOSE FEES ARE BEING THREATENED BY THE STATE IF WE DON'T BUILD ENOUGH LOW AND VERY LOW HOUSING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE LOW AND VERY LOW HOUSING AND SO IT'S BECOME A REAL CHALLENGE FOR STAFF AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR COMING UP WITH REALLY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO BUILDING LOW AND VERY LOW HOUSING IT IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE, THERE IS NO EASY SOLUTION, AND I WANT TO REALLY COMMEND HOW WELL OUR STAFF HAS DONE IT, TRYING TO FIND AS MANY SOLUTIONS AS POSSIBLE AND MOVE FORWARD THE HOUSING THAT WE REALLY DO NEED , SO THANK YOU.
COMES FROM A VERY INTEREST. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. I HAVE COMMENTS. UM IT IT IS QUESTIONING THE THING IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T THAT. ARE NOT CARPENTERS. THE CITY IS NOT A FACTORY WE RESENT POSSIBILITIES AND THEN WE HOPE TO DEVELOPERS WILL COME IN MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE. IS IT THE COST WE WANT. THE OTHER THINGS INFLUENCE TED COST AND THE I THINK IT'S A GOOD BOOK THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IS A IT'S CALLED FIXER UPPER A JENNY SHULTZ.
AND IT'S A GOOD READ. IT HAS SOME IDEAS AND MEANING THE FAULT HAS BEEN THE STATE IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES FOR SOME REGULATIONS, THERE'S SO THINGS DAMN IT! NOT RIGHT NOW IN THE PAST, SO.
AGAIN, THE CITY DOES NOT BUILD A HOUSE WE PREPARE AND HELP GUIDE DEVELOPERS, AND WE CAUSE THEIR FINGERS AND HOPE THEY YOU KNOW, BUILD HOUSES AND AT THE RIGHT PLACE. SO WE WANT IT. YOU KNOW, THE THE ECONOMY AND NO AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT MANY PEOPLE MAKE IS WHAT DRIVES THE CASTLE. HOW DOES THAT JUST LIKE FRUSTRATING TO BUILD HOUSES IN THE AREA WHERE APPLE LISTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE GET? YEAH, $350005 SALARY. ME, I WHERE ELSE IN SAN FRANCISCO THINKING .
ABOUT USING A HOUSE, AND ONE GUY SAYS THERE'S NO WAY I CAN AFFORD THIS HOUSE KIND OF SOME FRIENDS WHO ARE I? I HI TECH PEOPLE, THEY WILL PUT IT AND PAY IT CASH. SO THE U CAN THEY CAN DRIVE THE PRICE UP AND IT HURTS, OTHER PEOPLE DON'T KNOW , MAKE THE KIND OF MONEY LIKE TEACHERS AND ENVIRONMENT. IN SOME OF US DON'T MAKE THAT CAN MAKE BECAUSE WE CHOSE A PROFESSION THERE DOESN'T PAY . YOU KNOW THE THREE OR $500000 A YEAR, SALARIES THAT.
GUY, SOME OF THE HOUSES UP YEARS AGO. I BOUGHT MY HOUSE AT 250 AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS HIGH. OVER A MILLION. IT IS FRUSTRATING TO SEE IT AND IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE. AND YOU CHEW DOWN THERE, SAID.
THAT WE CAN'T BUILD OF HOUSES AND THE THING IS THAT THE MORE YOU BUILD, THE QUICKER YOU BUILD THEM THE PRICE OF IT. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT STOPPED US FROM MILLIONS HOUSES LIKE SOUTHERN TEXAS IS HAVING TROUBLE BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY LOST THE PEOPLE WHO CAN BUILD THE HOUSES OWNER WHERE THEY WENT SO ANYWAY, EH? I APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET AT $4500 4 THOUSAND 500 GOAL OF RENO, THE ARENA WANTS, BUT WE'RE TRYING. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT AND AH AH, THANKS A LOT GOOD SOUND PLACE NEAR ONE.
A PRIOR TO BEING ON CITY COUNCIL WHEN I WOULD ENCOUNTER MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OTHER CITIES, AND I WOULD ASK THEM WHAT ARE THE BIG ISSUES, BIG CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH AND I NEVER GOT ANY DIFFERENT ANSWER THAN HOUSING. SOMETIMES IT WAS HOUSING, HOUSING, HOUSING AND BUT IT NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BUT HOUSING AND IS. THIS? THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR ALL THE CITIES AND AND BECAUSE OF THE RELATED PROBLEMS THAT COME WITH IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDING SAID ABOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND.
I'M, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYERS IN TO HIRE WORKERS AND WORKERS WHO CAN STAY HERE AND AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK, AND SO I KNOW SO MUCH WORK. THE STAFF GOES THROUGH TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND THOSE YEARS ON THE RENO CYCLE TAKE AWAY QUICKLY, BUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO CONVINCE STARS THAT HAVE TO ALIGN TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN, AND I KNOW THEY DON'T GET COUNTED UNTIL THEY'RE PERMITTED AND WE'RE NOT BUILDERS AND SO WE CAN ONLY MAKE THE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE, BUT IT STRESSES ME OUT WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW WE'RE MARCHING TO 20 31. ARE WE GOING TO GET ENOUGH OF THESE PROJECTS PERMITTED AND IT'S SO LARGELY OUT OF OUR HANDS, SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT OF ALL THE PEOPLE A CITY HALL WHO WORKED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? UM , AND YEAH, I I.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHEN I OFTEN ENCOUNTER BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND WHEN THEY HEAR THAT I REPRESENT LIVERMORE. I HEAR SO MUCH PRAISE FOR OUR STAFF BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE IT. IF SOMEONE WAS TO COME BUILD HERE. WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIEST POSSIBLE AND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND DID THEY REALLY NOTICE IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY LIVERMORE IS MY FAVORITE CITY TO WORK WITH IT'S MY FAVORITE CITY TO BUILD IN YOU GUYS REALLY WORK WITH US, YOU MAKE IT EASY, YOUR STAFF IS GREAT AND THINGS HAPPEN FASTER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE, SO I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER TO PASS THAT ON BECAUSE I HEAR IT SO OFTEN. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR PLANNING AND PERMITTING STAFF IN PARTICULAR . THANK YOU WAS THE MOST MAYOR POINTED OUT, TILL WHEN YOU GO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE PEOPLE DURING GOVERNMENT SAY THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IS HOUSING FOR ME, IT'S HOUSING AND WATER THAT AH, WHERE'S.
THE WATER GOING TO COME FROM FOR THE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT. AND THAT COMES FROM THE STATE AND THE STATE'S NOT BUILDING ANY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SITES RESERVOIR FOR 10 YEARS AND LET'S IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT COMING ONLINE IN ANY TIME IN NEAR FUTURE. AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT SEVERAL. TIMES OF THE CITY DOESN'T BUILD HOUSING A WEE WEE THE HOUSING AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE KEY WE HAVE TO ZONE FOR THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HOUSING AND YOU WANTED.
OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED HAVING A LOTTERY. YEAH, WE HAD A LOTTERY FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE, A 44 UNITS FOR A FAMILY AND WE HAD 3000 PEOPLE APPLY IS A TREMENDOUS NEED, BUT THIS FAMILY A AND ALSO HOUSING FOR SENIORS. THAT'S ONE OF.
THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE FOR THE HOUSING NEED AND THAT'S ALSO A FAST RISING DEMOGRAPHIC FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BECOMING HOMELESS. WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT ARE BECOMING HOMELESS SO THAT'S THE THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING SENIOR HOUSING. I THINK THE INTERFAITH HOUSING PROGRAM THAT'S GOING IN DOWN AT THE END OF THE END OF THE STREET, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND UNDERSCORING JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS THAT PROJECT THE SATELLITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSOCIATES. IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO ASSEMBLE THE FUNDING FOR THAT, UM, EDEN HOUSING HAS TAKEN EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE STILL DON'T HAVE A SHOVEL ON THE GROUND.
A. IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT LOW INCOME ON LOW INCOME FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS $100000 A YEAR A AND THE MAXIMUM PERCH PURCHASE PRICE IS $343000 IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY A LOW INCOME UNITS, THE MEDIAN PRICE AND LIVERMORE'S SO THERE'S ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS DELTA. AH, THAT'S GOT TO BE MADE UP SOMEWHERE THROUGH GRANTS THROUGH SUBSIDIES. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD THIS AND AGAIN, I COMMEND THE.
STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD TO FIND WAYS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN BY ASSEMBLING THE FINANCING TO MAKE THIS A REALITY BECAUSE IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT AND YET FOR PEOPLE TO SAY. WELL, THEY DON'T NEED TO LIVE HERE KNOW THEY DO NEED TO LIVE HERE. WE HAVE A.
A. WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE THAT REQUIRED BECAUSE AS PEOPLE MOVE INTO THIS AREA AND BY THESE HOMES. THEY WANT SERVICES THEY NEED PEOPLE TO WORK AT THE AT THE COFFEE SHOPS TO WORK AT THE HARDWARE STORES, SO WE NEED THESE SERVICES WORKERS THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAMS SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICES CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE? A BECAUSE EVERYONE'S GOING TO NEED THOSE SERVICES WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. IT'S A IT'S A HUGE EFFORT AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN OF. THAT'S A.
YOU KNOW, LIKE AGAIN, YOU POINTED OUT THAT CORNER CORNERSTONE IS OVER 40% AFFORDABLE. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OH, THE STIGMA OF HAVING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHERE'S.
? THE STIGMA ON ON ON HERITAGE OF STATES. THERE'S NO HEARING THIS STIGMA THERE. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY OF WHAT A REMARKABLE PROJECT IS THERE A STIGMA ATTACHED TO AVANTI SAY I DON'T THINK SO ARE WE OR DO WE DO WITH PEOPLE DRIVE BY AND POINTED THAT AND SAY, OH, THOSE ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A DEVELOPMENT THE DISABLED. ADULTS KNOW WE WELCOME THAT TYPE OF HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE. INCLUSIONARY AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THESE THAT MAKES LIVE MORE REMARKABLE.
SO I'M GOING TO GET OFF MY MY AND IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION MUSH MADE BY A CUSTOMER. DUNBAR. OKAY, I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDING ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON FAVOR I ANY ABSTENTIONS OR NO. OKAY. IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M MOVING ON TO REPORT OUT AND MANNERS INITIATED A. BECAUSE WE WERE VERY ANTOS. WE SAW YOUR REPORT ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD WELL,
THE OTHER THING I CAN SAY IS THAT IT, SON ON FUN WATCHING THE KIDS GET TOURED AROUND THE AREA INTO OUR CITY AND THE YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT DAY. DIANE RUNNING INTO A MATTERED COUNTER FIREMEN AND IN A AH GIVING YOU A LITTLE TALK TO SOME OF PEOPLE'S OFFICE. I TRY TO CONVINCE HIM THAT HE WAS A COUSIN OF HARRY POTTER, BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
DIDN'T YOU? I ENJOYED THE KIDS, RIGHT? VERY GOOD CUSTOMER NUMBER, THE RYDELL. I JUST HIGHLIGHT THE RIGHT ALONG WITH SENIORS BECAUSE I ENDED UP GOING TO HERITAGE OF STATES ON MY RIGHT ALONG. SO THAT WAS VERY TIMELY GIVEN OUR LAST AGENDA. UPCOMING IS A THIS SUMMIT ON FUSION COMING UP, I'LL BE SPEAKING THERE ON A.
OF ENERGY UNLEASHED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I THINK I WAS TRYING TO GET IT IN FRONT OF ME AND FIRST AT THE BANK TO IT . SO COME ONY, IT'LL BE IT'LL BE FUN, THERE'LL BE LOTS OF GOOD SPEAKERS. IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE. I DO HAVE IT MATTERS IF YOU WANT IT NOW OR WE CAN DO AFTER? SURE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MATTERS NOW. SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT AREN'T BUILT YET.
AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE GENERAL PLAN ADOPTION. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AS YOU KNOW, KEEPING CIRCULATION PLANS MOVING. I'M FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE GAPS IN OUR CIRCULATION ELEMENT AND ARE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND TRYING TO KEEP THE THINGS MOVING, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO REPAVING H'S LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. THE OTHER THING . THAT'S A WE NEED SOME WORK ON RIGHT NOW IN MY OPINION IS A POLICY TRANSPORTATION 22 OUT OF THE ISABEL NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC PLAN IS A FOR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS CAN GET TO SCHOOL AND WE CAN.
MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AS YOU KNOW THE TRAIN ISN'T HERE YET WHERE WE CAN VARY. YOU ARE WORKING QUITE HARD ON THAT. I KNOW, BUT MY SECOND TRAINING HARD ON. YEAH. SO AS A RESULTOFM PROPOSING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE OF ME AND ONE OF THE MEMBER TO DIVE ON IMPLEMENTATION POLICY FOR REGULAR REPAVING H'S AND THE ISABEL NEIGHBORHOOD, A TRANSPORTATION EFFORTS. OKAY, WE ASKED THE MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. DO WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK OR CAN WE ACCOMPLISH THAT TONIGHT? YEAH, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IT TONIGHT IF THERE'S A MOTION ON SECOND FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
OK IN THAT CASE I LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A MATTERS INITIATED? A I WAS SECONDED BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. YES, I WAS JUST OFFERED A SERVE AS THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, ANYBODY BUT. ME SO I I APPRECIATE THAT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO ON THE NOT. THE LAFCO, BUT THE LEFT LEFT , LEFT.
HER ONE OF OUR DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ON LAUGHED ABOARD, SO? YES. SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY SPY RESPOND BY SAYING, AYE, ALL RIGHT. OKAY, AND THEN OPPOSED. THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SO WITH THAT CASE WE'VE GOT THE APPROVAL FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND I WILL APPOINT UH OH. OKAY . DO I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE COUNCIL AFFIRMS THAT RECOMMENDATION. I KNOW THAT CHANGED THE LAST GO AROUND. YEAH, I. WAS OFF THE DAIS FOR TWO YEARS AND THEY CHANGED THAT. IN TERMS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE . I. THINK THAT I IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. YOU.
KNOW. BUT I'M SAD AS F AS MAKING THE APPOINTMENT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. OH, UM, I CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE APPOINTMENTS AND THEN WE'LL AFFIRM IT WITH THE. COUNCIL. OK, I WILL RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS DUNBAR AND RANTING ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WITH DO WE HAVE AFFIRMATION FROM THE COUNCIL. YES, YES. OK, SO I SEE FIVE HEAD NODS. SO WE HAVE AFFIRMATION FROM THE COUNCIL TO FORM THE SUB. OKAY. VERY GOOD AND THE TURK COULD SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS BRANDING AND DUNBAR ARE THE MEMBERS OF THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
EXCELLENT, HONORABLE MAYOR MARSHAWN. IF I THIS IS YOUR CITY MANAGER MARIAN ON THERE. IT'S JUST CLARIFYING FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MINISTER WERE FORMING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR, ACCORDING TO YOUR RULES AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS GOING TO TRACK THE ACTIVITIES OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AND MOVE PROVIDE UPDATES THROUGH. CRITICAL PROJECTS AND A SINGLE PURPOSE. YES, CORRECT. TRANSPORTATION AND OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY,
THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER TO REPORT OKAY, COUNCIL BRANDING, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO IT WAS A VERY ACTIVE COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ME GOT A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS DONE. ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS I DID WAS I GOT TO GO TO THE CIVIC WELL CONFERENCE. IT'S THE CLIMATE ACTION POLICYMAKERS CONFERENCE AS WELL TIMED. I WE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM ITEMS LIKE THAT, EH? I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF AND ALREADY ABOUT IT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND GETTING UPDATES, A. SPEAKING WITH EVERYONE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I LRNED TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. ONE THING I WILL NOTE THAT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MEMBERS UP THERE AT THE CONFERENCE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I BRAGGED ABOUT QUITE A BIT IS HOW ACCESSIBLE OR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS I'M WHERE WE WERE IN A PLACE WHERE IT REALLY IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT. IT IS A REALLY GREAT DOCUMENT AS FAR AS THE ABILITY FOR ANYONE TO PICK IT UP, UNDERSTAND IT. SEE WHY WE MADE THE CHOICES WE MADE WHAT ARE OUR GOALS. WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES. WHY WE'RE MAKING THE ACTIONS WE MAKE. OH , IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BEST GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS. I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN AND SO JUST SOMETHING WE WERE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT LIVERMORE DOES A GREAT JOB ON MAKING ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENTS. SO WHERE OFTEN THE CITY IS VERY OPAQUE. WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AND AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE ACCESS, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRAG ABOUT THAA LITTLE BIT AND THANKS STAFF FOR GIVING ME SOMETHING COOL TO BRAG ABOUT WHILE I WAS OUT AND NO MATTERS , AND I SHARED FOR ME.
OKAY. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. I GUESS I'LL JUST I ALSO WENT ALONG WITH A AS SPECTRUM MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEER ON THE MOUNTAIN ON THE MEAL DELIVERIES AND IT'S ALWAYS IS SO HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE THEY DELIVER TO MANY OF THEM DELIVERED TO THE SAME ROUTE AND HOW MUCH, HOW WELL THEY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND CHECK IN ON EACH OTHER AND IT'S IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL THINGS THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY ON SATURDAY. I ATTENDED THE BAY AREA INDIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY CELEBRATION OF INDIA NEW YEAR, WHICH IS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE. THERE IS FOOD AND VENDOR SOME PERFORMERS. IT WAS REALLY.
GREAT. AND LASTLY ON WEDNESDAY, I'LL BE SPEAKING AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WOMEN IN BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM, WHICH IS AT THE BANK HAD FROM 2 2 6, AND SO APPARENTLY IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN IN BUSINESS, IT'S BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, SO I. WILL BE THERE. OH. MM MM. MANNONE'S GOVERNMENT SO THAT'S IT. I'LL BE LISTENING, SEE IF I CAN LEARN SOMETHING.
OK, EH? IT'S MY REPORT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY HURT FOR ME WAS A WE HAD WITH THE ALONG WITH THE VICE MAYOR. THERE WERE OVER 30 VOLUNTEERS OUT CLEANING UP TRASH. WE WERE PICKING UP LITTER IN SOUTH LIVERMORE AND WE PICKED UP OVER 200 POUNDS OF LITTER ALONG VINEYARD AVENUES. SO THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT STEPPED UP AND JUST THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR CAN PICK UP GARBAGE. ANYBODY CAN. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AND THERE WERE PEOPLE IN RANGING IN AGE FROM PROBABLY 8 2 80, SO IT WAS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WAS OUT THERE. WE ALSO WELCOME TO THE LIVERMORE YACHTS, KAIDO SISTER CITY CHAPERONES AND STUDENTS THEY CAME OUT. I ACTUALLY ATTENDED LIVE MORE SCHOOLS FOR THE WEEK AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT WHAT LIVERMORE IS ABOUT AND.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS IS IT FORGES FRIENDSHIPS THAT THEN, EH TRANSCEND THOUSANDS OF MILES AND CAN LAST FOR DECADES AND EVEN A LIFETIME, SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND ALSO THERE WAS A HINDU COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER HAD A BENEFIT DANCE PROGRAMS SUPPORT, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS. A VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SO IT WAS AGAIN VERY HEARTWARMING TO SEE THEIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE DISADVANTAGED SO THAT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THERE, NO BEING, NO FURTHER BUSINESS COMI
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