City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening and welcome to your Pleasanton City Council meeting. Today is Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 and it is 7 o'clock and we're calling this meeting to order. If you are able, please rise and Vice Mayor, can you lead us in the pledge? Yes. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. And roll call vote or roll call, please.

Councilmember Eicher is absent this evening. Councilmember Gatos.

Present.

Nybert.

Here.

Testa. Here. Mayor Balch.

Present.

Thank you.

Yes. And thank you very much for mentioning Councilmember Eicher is ill and is not joining us remote or in person. With that, I have a few quick announcements I'd like to make for our community. The first is, again, a warm thanks to our Pleasanton Downtown Association and all the groups who helped us put together the events on Weekend on Main in early June, from Concerts in the Park, our Farmer's Market, Hot Rod Row, Longest Table, Country Fest, Bubbles and Boots. If you didn't have an opportunity to come to our downtown, that's a little bit on you because there was something for everyone. Secondly, I just wanted to also make sure our community knows we're keeping summer rolling with the Alameda County Fair starting this Friday and rolling through Sunday, July 12th. And for our FIFA watch party fans, USA versus Australia will be having a watch event at the fair on Friday the 19th at noon on their lawn. Lastly, or next, the Pleasanton Community Band will be hosting Lions Wayside at Lions Wayside Park on the 4th of July starting at 1130 with a program beginning at noon for those community members spending the America's 250th birthday in our community. And then I'll just round out to thank and welcome Mr. Calabrigo as our interim city manager. This is his first meeting, so we'll be gentle with him. But thank you very much for taking on the assignment. Okay. With that, any agenda amendments by staff?

Yes, thank you. Mayor and City Council, one recommendation in that regard for this evening as it relates to item number 15. Item number 15 is the item that would authorize the manager to enter into an agreement with CORE and Maine LP for our Water meter advanced metering infrastructure CIP project, i.e. the water meter replacement project. I would like to recommend to council that you remove that item from consent, move it to item number 21 on your agenda. We have staff and our contractor here this evening so that council has an opportunity to direct questions to staff and or the meter supplier. We also have a presentation prepared. It's about a 15-minute overview, if that would be helpful. And then lastly, once the council has done that, I would recommend to council that you continue this matter to your July 7th meeting for a discussion. While there is some time sensitivity to this, and I acknowledge that, I only just today had my first opportunity to sit down and meet with the general manager over at Zone 7 to hear directly from her. regarding some of the concerns that Zone 7 might have, and there, I perceive, may be some benefit to rolling this over to your July meeting to see whether or not any further discussions can take place. So happy to answer any questions. With that one change, that would complete my recommendation.

Okay. So I'll go ahead and pull the item off consent as recommended by the interim city manager. Just a parliamentarian question for our city attorney. Once the council starts an item, then it takes a vote to then continue it or table it to the next meeting. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay. So we've all heard the interim city manager's recommendation. We'll see where we go from there. Okay. Thank you very much. Any agenda amendments by any of my fellow colleagues at this time?

I do. Yeah, I'd like to pull to continue item 20 to the next meeting, the sign review on First Street.

Okay. I apologize. Per our handbook, you have to state a reason.

Yeah. The information we received in the packet leaves me a little bit incomplete with what the visuals of it is going to be. And so I would ask both the applicant and staff to give us a better visual look at exactly how it's going to look, because there was a change between the last brand of station and the new brand of station. And I don't think we have the sufficient information to make a decision at this time.

Okay. So any council member can continue an item to the next meeting. So item number 20 is hereby continued to July 7th. Okay. Any additional amendments by any of my fellow council members at this time?

Yes. Yeah. I would like to pull item number five off consent for discussion. Make that item 22, right?

That will be item number 22. Correct. Okay. It's going to be a interesting calendar council member and Ibert. You're only one left out. Anything you'd like to. All right. Just so that I make sure everyone's following, items number 15 has now been new numbering to 21. Item number five is 22. And while item 20 will remain in that placeholder, it is continued to July 7th and will not be heard tonight, which means if you have put in a speaker card for item 20, you'll revert to item 18, which is meeting open to the public, or you can decline to speak today and wait until July 7th if you so would like. Other than that, with those changes, we are moving to the consent calendar. Items listed on the consent calendar are considered routine in nature and may be enacted by one motion. If discussion is required, that particular item may be removed from consent and considered separately. Consent at this time is items one through 14 minus items, well, one through 15 minus items five and 15. Do we have any clarifying questions of staff at this time by my fellow council members on the consent calendar? I'm going to go this way. Any clarifying questions? No. Council Member Testa, any clarifying questions? No. Okay. And I think mine was... Oh, I'm sorry.

Yeah. I do have another. I actually need to continue item number two as well.

Continue or pull? I apologize.

Continue.

To a future council meeting?

Right. The ad hoc committee, Council Member Eicher is on the ad hoc committee, and he indicated that he would like to be present when we have that discussion.

OK. Staff, if I can just ask, that's not time sensitive at this time, correct? We're getting a not time sensitive? OK. So hereby, item number two is continued to July 7 as well. Sounds like July 7th will be an interesting meeting for the council. Revising the consent calendar is items 1 through 15, minus 2, 5, and 15. Any clarifying questions by any former fellow council members at this time related to those items remaining on consent? Seeing none, I have no speaker cards on consent. If you would like to speak on the consent calendar for any item, I ask that you would turn in a blue speaker card. You can get them outside on the credenza and turn them into the city clerk. If you would like to speak on items 1 through 15, less items 2, 5, and 15, that's our consent. Please approach the podium at this time. Hearing none, seeing none, public comment is closed. Bringing it back to council for a motion.

I'll move adoption of the consent calendar as described, which is minus items 2, 5, and 15. Okay.

I'll second.

Motion made and seconded. Any further comments before we continue? All right. Roll call vote, please.

Council Members Gatos? Aye. Nybert? Aye. Testa? Aye. Mayor Balch?

Aye.

The motion passes unanimously.

Okay. Thank you very much. All right. We're moving right along to meeting open to the public. We are now on item number 16, presentation of a proclamation recognizing Juneteenth, 2026. Vice Mayor, I think you're doing this tonight.

Yes, thank you. It's my honor to announce that the City of Pleasanton proclaims June 19th, 2026 as Juneteenth. The findings are as follows. Whereas on June 19th, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, informing the people that all enslaved people were free. And whereas this long-awaited promise of emancipation reached Texas more than two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. And whereas the abolition of slavery was fully realized on December 6th, 1865, when the states ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. And whereas in 1866, freed people in Texas organized the first annual celebration of Jubilee Day on June 19th. Juneteenth, a combination of June and 19th, has evolved into a day for all Americans to honor the resilience and contributions of black Americans. And whereas on June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing June 19 as a federal holiday, and the City of Pleasanton recognizes and honors the profound contributions of Black Americans to the fabric of our community and across the nation, and reaffirms its commitment to building a city where every resident is seen, valued, and belongs. And Breit proclaimed that the City of Pleasanton does hereby declare June 19th as Juneteenth National Independence Day, dated the 16th day of June, 2026, signed by the Mayor and the entire City Council. We'd like to invite Chinazami from locally here to come up and say a few words, if you like, and take a picture with the Council, and we'll present you with the proclamation. Thank you for being here.

Welcome. Yes, please. And yeah, go ahead and adjust the mic as you would like, please.

Thank you. Good evening. My name is Chanel Alita DeRocha and I have the honor of accepting the proclamation on behalf of the Shazanami Foundation. Thank you to the mayor, city council and to the city of Pleasanton for recognizing Juneteenth and creating the space to honor freedom and celebrate resilience and the contributions and the joy and the enduring spirit of Black Americans. At Shazanami, we believe that arts have the power to bring people together through dance, through music, through storytelling, and shared experience. And we appreciate the opportunities for people to connect and learn more about each other, just to experience a sense of belonging. So thank you for honoring this moment and for standing with us, celebrating the richness of African-American culture and contributions. We hope that you'll continue celebrating with us this year at our 14th annual Taste of Africa Festival on October 3rd in our neighboring city of Livermore. We continue celebrating communities and freedom and dignity and the opportunity for realities for everyone. So thank you. And happy Juneteenth. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

We want to take a picture up here. And we'd love to have your daughters join in getting the picture.

Oh, there you go. There you can stand on the little trap door.

In the middle of it.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

Outstanding. Thank you so much again. And now we'll be moving on to item number 17, presentation of a proclamation recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

Thank you. Vice Mayor. It is my honor to proclaim that July 4th, 2026 is America's 250th anniversary. Very big deal. July 4th, 2026 marks the 250th anniversary or semi-quincentennial anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1776, signifying the founding of the United States of America. And the Declaration of Independence proclaimed timeless principles of profound significance to the national heritage of the United States, including that all are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and that governments derived their powers from the consent of the governed. And whereas the founding of the United States initiated a journey towards forming a quote, more perfect union, marked by historic achievements, struggles, and progress in realizing the nation's founding ideals for all of its citizens. And whereas the semi-quincentennial offers a unique opportunity for the people of California to reflect on our shared history, honor the diverse contributions of all Americans, and celebrate our heritage of liberty, and look forward to the future where we strive to create for subsequent generations. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that the city of Pleasanton does hereby recognize and commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America on July 4th, 2026, dated the 16th day of June 2026. And if I may, just going back to the first finding of the Second Continental Congress, if anybody has been in Philadelphia in the summertime in an un-air-conditioned room wearing a wool suit and the long wigs that were there, they understand just how tough it was to create the set of laws and findings and proclamations that started this country. It wasn't in an air-conditioned room like this, I can guarantee you that. So special thanks to those brave souls who fought so hard to create our country. As imperfect as it is, I think we're doing a great job. So we'd like to invite Vice Commander Harry Sheeran in from the American Legion Post 237 to say a few words and accept this proclamation.

You're all welcome to come up. You're all coming for the photo anyways.

Yeah, the more the merrier.

Welcome. Thank you. On behalf of American Legion Post 937 and the veterans of foreign wars who for some reason aren't here, but on behalf of all the veterans who live here in Pleasanton, thank you very much for this proclamation. A lot of people over the years in the way of veterans have given up their lives and their time and their families, and it's nice to be remembered.

Thank you very much. Anyone else would like to say a few words?

Anybody want to say something else?

Usually you're not a shy group. All right. We'll take the photo. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you. I think the other one is going to eject me.

Do you know how to adjust this?

It's on the right side.

Right here. Thank you. Much better.

OK. Despite the slight chair technicality difficulty, we are proceeding according to the agenda. We're going to proceed to item number 18, public comment for items not listed on the agenda. Speakers will be limited to three minutes. I like to read this, and it's kind of my standard deal. So if you could bear with me a minute. Good evening and welcome. This is the opportunity for members of the public to address the Pleasanton City Council on any matters that are within the council's subject matter jurisdiction but are not listed on the agenda. If you wish to speak on a matter that is on the agenda, please reserve your comments for when we get to that item. If you wish to speak now or for a future item, please fill out a blue speaker card and turn them into the city clerk. Cards are available just outside on the credenza there. I ask that our community members to be respectful and help maintain decorum. Speakers have different opinions and we want to hear all perspectives and viewpoints. To that end, no clapping, booing, or other disturbances. If you would like to show support for what the speaker is saying, simply raise your hand and we will understand that as additional support. Please know that this is your time to be heard. If you do ask questions, those won't necessarily be answered unless taken up by a council member after the conclusion of your time or after the conclusion of public comment period. We also ask that you address the council, not our staff. Speakers are hereby limited to three minutes. I have several speaker cards that came in and several that had talked on item number 20 that I've converted to now item number 18. So if you don't want to speak, that's no problem. I'm going to call three names. And if I could just ask on deck and in the cage to get lined up on the side so we can facilitate getting through all the speakers. And welcome to Pleasant. We appreciate your attendance. Ann Everton, followed by Jan Coleman Knight, followed by Lori Herbert. Those are our three to start us off. And three minutes, clerk. Are you ready? Welcome. Thank you. Yeah, please adjust.

Good evening, Mayor Walsh, Vice Mayor Gaydos, and Council Members Nybert and Testa. I'm Anne Mattarese Everton, Pleasanton resident for almost 50 years. I am quite disappointed that further action by the council about the possible reopening or repurposing of FCI Dublin for any future detention or correctional operations was not voted forward in May. To council members Nybert and Testa, thank you for voting to continue the discussion. to Mayor Balch, Vice Mayor Gaydos, and even though he's not here, because he's going to listen to this, isn't he? Council Member Eicher, please reconsider. Because you are elected officials, I know you want to think deeply about what is best for our neighborhoods. I know you know that we do not live in a bubble, that the Tri-Valley and the Greater Bay Area and beyond are all interconnected. Please consider with your hearts the terror, the disdain for due process, and the miserable treatment of our neighbors that nearby ICE presence will bring. I'm not guessing. We all have seen news from across the United States where this has happened. Pleasanton does not have any jurisdiction over that facility, neither does Livermore, neither does the city of Dublin where the former jail sits, nor does Alameda County. Yet Dublin City Council and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors have, in solidarity and with humanity, both issued unanimous formal resolutions against ICE in Dublin. It would be well worth our time, City staff time, to give consideration to this issue. You are the elected voice of Pleasanton to lead this discussion here in our town. That's what leaders do. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Jan Coleman Knight, followed by Lori Herbert, followed by Tony Shurga. Welcome.

Good evening, Mayor Palsch, members of the City Council, and interim city manager. I would like to take a moment to celebrate a remarkable achievement for our community, the successful unveiling of the Don Lewis Harmonic Symphony at Toluca Park on June 4, 2026. Thank you, City Council, for attending. Over 100 residents, donors, artists, musicians and visitors gathered to experience something truly unique. What they discovered was not simply a public art installation, but a living work of art that invites participation, curiosity and joy. The Don Lewis Harmonic Symphony transforms the music plaza into a place where six musical instruments are art. They're touched, played, heard, and shared. Unlike traditional public art, this work comes alive through the human interaction. It is sonic, kinetic, celebratory, and powerful reminder that art has the ability to bring people together. At its center stands the maestro, honoring the legacy of Don Lewis, a pioneering musician and inventor whose creative vision shaped the future of electronic music. The maestro's raised arm reaches to the heavens beyond the ordinary, reminding us that every great innovation begins with someone willing to imagine what does not yet exist. It is his left hand. He holds a keyboard inscribed the words live electronic orchestra. It pays tribute to Lewis's pioneering vision and the technology that helped pave the way for modern electronic music. This public art was made possible through the extraordinary generosity of Nancy and Gary Harrington, the dedication of the civics art commissioners past and present, the partnership of the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council, and the artistry of Anton Standire and the Mountain Forge team. Together they transformed a vision into a lasting community asset. The Don Lewis Harmonic Symphony now belongs to the people of Pleasanton. It will continue to inspire music, creativity, and community connections for many years to come. Thank you to the staff of the City of Pleasanton and especially to the City Council. Your support was instrumental in bringing this project to life. By approving the use of the Harrington's Happy Account and the Parks Fund, you affirm that art is an essential part of who we are, how we connect, and how we create a sense of belonging in Pleasanton. Thank you to the staff of the City of Pleasanton and especially to the City Council. Your support of this project was essential to its success. By approving the use of the Harrington's Happy Account, you affirm that art is an essential part of who we are and how we belong, creating connections that strengthen our community. Thank you.

Thank you very much. All right. Laurie Herbert, followed by Tony Sjerga, followed by Jan Kerensky. Welcome and thank you so much.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR BALCH, COUNCILMEMBER TESTA, COUNCILMEMBER NEBERT, AND COUNCILMEMBER GUIDOS. MY NAME IS LAURIE HERBERT. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PLEASANTON SINCE 1978. I AM A 70-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER, AND I WANT TO NOW INTRODUCE YOU TO MY 91-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. MOM, STAND UP, PLEASE. Her name is Carmen. After her husband passed away recently, she moved to Pleasanton to be closer to me and my other siblings. Each week, Mom and I exercise our First Amendment right of free speech by peacefully protesting in our Tri-Valley area. Mom is in great shape, better than me, and we really enjoy this mother-daughter time. It's always a positive experience. Yeah, we do get a few middle digits here and there, but mom doesn't really mind because she's legally blind, so she can't see them. But mostly we are treated to honking horns, thumbs up, cheering, applause, and the heart signs. We get a lot of that. I have written to each of you, council members, with my many objections to the cruel, illegal, brutal, and gleefully violent actions of ICE agents, up to and including murder, as well as their disregard for the constitutional rights of detainees. They display deliberate carelessness and often end up brutalizing American citizens as well. With our own eyes, we have witnessed tear gas sprayed directly into the faces of peaceful protesters and journalists, tear gassing of a high school, multiple violent arrests of innocents, and shocking bravado and repeated thuggery by ICE agents. Given all of these well-documented horrific actions that continue with zero accountability, let me ask you one question. If ICE comes to the Tri-Valley, do you think I should continue to take my mother to our weekly protests? If it was your mother, what would you do? If your answer is no, then what does that say about what's happening in the way of violating our First Amendment rights? All we are asking is that you make a statement. If you're okay with ICE's actions in other communities, stay silent. During the Holocaust, German civic leaders stayed silent, but most did not know of the atrocities that were occurring in their own cities. We have no excuses. We do know what ICE has done. We have seen it with our own eyes. We do know that they have no reason to change their tactics. It's the least we can do. Now we are asking you to speak out. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much. Tony Shruga, followed by Jan Karninski, followed by Vicky Labarge. Welcome.

Thank you, and thank you for your attention to this issue. I corresponded with a few of you, and I really do appreciate the attention and the response and the concern concerning FCI Dublin. Appeared a month ago. I made my arguments. You all heard me. I don't want to spend a lot of time I wanted to appear again just to demonstrate the level of my concern. I'd rather be minding my own business and I know you would rather mind the business of Pleasanton City Council, but These are not normal times and I think It's because of the Some of the statements that have been made here, there's times to step up and to do things you wouldn't ordinarily do. And I think this is a uniquely dangerous time in the history of this country. We started this meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. There was mention of the Fourth of July, mention of Juneteenth. These are all national-level events demonstrating your concern, your care for the values of this country. And so I'm asking you to do that again with a statement of some level of concern or opposition about the possibility of FCI, of ICE having a stronger, higher level of presence in our community. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you.

Jan Kraninski, thank you. Oh, thank you. Vicky Labarge, followed by Kelly Cousins. Welcome.

Okay, thank you very much. I am here as a proud descendant of four grandparents that came to this country over a century ago as immigrants and refugees. They worked hard, started businesses, paid their taxes, and sent their children to school. The seven of the children served in our military. Others worked as nurses and teachers and had businesses. When ICE opens a detention center in a community, ICE presence and arrests increase in the surrounding communities. Pleasanton's immigrant population has increased greatly over the years and has contributed in many positive ways to our city. I fear for what they may have to endure if ICE takes over the old FCI prison site or if the government sells it to a private prison corporation for an immigrant detention center. I think we have all heard and read that ICE is indiscriminately picking up non-white individuals or those with accents to meet government deportation quotas. Most of these individuals do not have a violent criminal history and are even sometimes arrested at their immigration court appointments. Once detained, these individuals rarely receive due process or basic medical care and die at a much higher rate in prison than those in regular prisons. Even legal residents and citizens have been detained. As a Pleasanton resident for 35 years, I have to say that I have never felt threatened by an immigrant here. I think an ICE presence and detention center next door in Dublin will have a terrible effect on businesses and home values in Pleasanton as well. While the Pleasanton City Council has no authority over ICE or the government's immigration policies, you can go on record to protest the treatment of our immigrant communities and to protest the opening of an ICE or private prison detention center in the Tri-Valley. Dublin City Council and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors have gone on record to oppose the opening of an ice facility here, and I would love to see you all do the same. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Vicky Labarge, followed by Ms. Kelly Cousins, followed by Azika Nichols. Welcome.

Thank you. Good evening, Mayor, council members, interim city manager, and staff. Vicki Labarge, 42-year resident. I'd like to begin by thanking the City Council and the Pleasanton Downtown Association for helping create such a wonderful weekend on Main. The PDA continues to host outstanding events that bring our community together. I would also like to thank Workday, Together Up, and everyone who helped make this year's first Longest Table a tremendous success. A special shout out goes to Heidi Murphy for her coordination with the various city departments, which played an important role in making the event possible. Throughout the weekend, Main Street was filled with people. The restaurants were full, the street was full of families and friends enjoying downtown, and there was an energy that reminded me of past days. It was wonderful to see our downtown thriving and serving as a gathering place for the entire community. Because of the success of this event, I would like to ask the City Council to consider closing Main Street more often than just the recent weekend on Main and one coming up in October before the weather turns. I have personally spoken with many downtown restaurant owners and several have stated that Fridays in the park are not generally good for their business on those nights. While the event is well attended and is a great event in Pleasanton, many people bring picnic dinners from home rather than purchasing takeout or dining at downtown restaurants. As a result, some restaurants experience a loss of business on those Friday evenings. More frequent Main Street closures could help offset that loss revenue by creating additional opportunities for residents and visitors to dine at local restaurants, shop at downtown businesses, and enjoy all that our downtown has to offer. This past weekend clearly demonstrated the economic and community benefits of a pedestrian-friendly Main Street I hope the council will consider exploring additional main street closures throughout the year to support our local businesses and continue fostering vibrant downtown atmosphere that so many residents enjoyed this past weekend. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Thank you very much. Ms. Kelly-Cousins, followed by Azika Nicholas, followed by Aurora Nicholas, followed by Austin Nicholas. And if you would like to alter that order between the three of you, feel free. Ms. Cousins, you had put in a card for item 20. You've been put to item 18 for that, and you only have three minutes for both items. I know. I'll wait for item 20.

Okay. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Kelly Cousins, and I'm the president of Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council. And you've been introduced to one of our other board members, Jan Coleman Knight, and we're here to celebrate not only the unveiling of the Don Lewis Harmonic Symphony, and thank you all for coming to that event, but also remind the public of a new and invite them to take a seat. And this is Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council's next event, and it's called a charity, and it's an art chair fundraiser for many of our projects that we do throughout the community and the schools. This is going to be on July 11th. It's a reception and sale of about 12 art chairs that were designed by local artists in the community at the Gallery da Vinci on Main Street, 600 Main Street from 4 to 6. and we'll have the chairs hopefully out for everybody to look at on a saturday and also to purchase so um we we want we invite you also to go to our website um pleasantinarts.org and see the selection of chairs that will be there and also at the July 4th concert we will have a tent and we'll also have an example of a couple of chairs and these include children's chairs and adult chairs, patriotic chairs, so there's an really nice examples of different artists painting and creating something on the chairs. So please go to our website on July 1st, look over the pictures, and come take a seat. Thank you.

Thank you very much. OK, SO WHICH ONE ARE YOU? YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SORRY ABOUT THAT EARLIER. YOU'RE GOOD. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BULK. ICE WANTS TO TURN FCI DUBLIN INTO AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER, AND WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN. Alameda County is one of the most diverse counties with a huge immigrant population, 34.7%. These immigrants are a vital part of our society, including our economy. Removing them with mass deportations would hugely disrupt the day-to-day lives of Pleasantonians. Now there would be less labor, less consumption, but also less perspectives, less ideas, and less community. It is the government's duty to protect minorities from being trampled on by majorities. In the past, we've seen this happen through the civil rights legislation of the 60s and the fight for marriage equality in the 2010s. Once again, governments must step up to protect immigrant rights and immigrants from being blamed for all of society's problems and from facing unjust arrests and deportations.

Under patriarchy, violence is a serious problem.

We see this with the Epstein class, repeated sexual violence against girls and young women. But immigrants are repeatedly blamed for what is due to a culture that is rooted in domination. In fact, a majority of immigrants in detention have not committed any crimes. Additionally, immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than American-born citizens. Make no mistake, these are not the worst of the worst. The people in detention centers are children who miss their friends, their school, their communities. They are neighbors, students, workers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and they are subjected to inhumane treatments. The immigrants in Delaney Hall explained in a letter they are forced to work all day for either no pay or $1 an hour. There are worms in their food, and they do not receive proper medical care. It's one thing to read about immigration violence or even to see it unfold on your screen, but it's quite another to witness it in person. If ICE comes, Pleasantonians are going to suddenly have a lot of questions. Who will watch the kids and make sure they get to and from school safe? Who will clean up all the broken glass from smashed in windows? Which neighbors will have to call a tow truck for the abandoned cars? Which community members will be unlucky in the wrong place at the wrong time? Who will get pepper sprayed and who will help them clear their eyes? We do not want this kind of chaos in Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley. Perhaps it's tempting to think that you'd never notice a detention center or the presence of ICE. After all, you came to this country legally, you're a naturalized citizen, you're an American-born citizen. But Minneapolis shows how wrong these assumptions are. People in Pleasanton will be affected, even if they go out of their way to avoid ICE activity and immigrants, because when ICE comes to town, they leave total destruction. We owe future generations the same multiracial democracy we are so close to. It is our duty to protect our country from fascism and authoritarianism, from cruel scapegoating and warrantless arrests. This is not the America we were promised.

Well spoken. Thank you so much. Thank you Aurora Followed by Austin welcome

Good evening, council members. I'm Aurora, and I have lived in Pleasanton my entire life and have always been proud to call this place home. I graduated from Amador Valley High School in the spring, and it was the best four years of my life. And I can't tell you how many times I've been jokingly asked by people, is it pleasant? And I get to respond, yes. Yes, it is. But will it be pleasant anymore with empty and vandalized cars scattered across the streets, the beginnings of stories of abducted people? Will it be pleasant anymore when we have to build networks of neighbors driving kids to school because it isn't safe enough for them to walk? Will it be pleasant to hear the screams and agonized cries of our own friends and neighbors, both those who will be kidnapped by their own government as well as those who are left behind to pick up the pieces? to be awoken at night at the odd hours of the morning by shrieks and whistles and honking? How can I be proud of a city that turns its back on its own people? That says, yes, build a prison here. Yes, take our community members, lock them up for all we care. And what about the abuse? FCI Dublin has been a proven, violent, abusive place with a historic settlement of $115.8 million for 103 victims and survivors. historic because it was the largest award ever given that was about the sexual abuse of incarcerated people historic because FCI Dublin was informally known as the Rape Club, and now the question is if we'd like to open this Rape Club once more. Supporting its reopening and conversion into an ICE detention center is beyond complicity. It is an act of violence and malevolence in and of itself. Against the victims and survivors who worked so hard and sacrificed so much to shut it down in the first place, and against whichever unnamed person is taken next, since we know that they do not care about identity, about keeping track of who was taken, to ICE, abducted people are scores to brag about.

in this moment of weak will leadership and failures at the federal level local government and community must rise to meet the challenge we must say no to fci dublin we must shut it down and we must keep pleasanton pleasant thank you thank you very much also well spoken and austin this is my last speaker card if you would like to speak on matters uh open to the public uh matters not on the agenda please fill out a blue speaker card and turn it into the city clerk at this time welcome

Hello, all. Tonight, I will read an excerpt from Voices of the Minneapolis Occupation, published on Racket, a local Minneapolis newspaper. This excerpt comes from a mom in Minneapolis. Quote, in October, a neighbor gathered about 15 of us in her home to get us thinking about how we can fortify our neighborhood to stand up to our authoritarian government. We brainstormed. We dreamed. We started a signal. We proceeded to meet biweekly in neighbors' living rooms. We handed out whistles on Halloween alongside our standard candy. We brought cookies to neighbors we don't know on our block to try to strengthen community. It's fun. It's quaint. On the first Tuesday in December, a neighbor shared on Signal that ICE was on our block. For the first time, I grabbed my whistle and went running down the block. The whistles worked. ICE left and filmed me. A first, but certainly not a last. I hadn't yet known anyone who'd scared ICE away with a whistle. I tell all my friends that whistles work. 20 minutes after I had been alerted ICE was outside, I log into a Zoom work meeting. That week was the first week of this unrelenting siege. It was standing room only at our regularly scheduled neighborhood meeting that week. My husband was followed by ICE the next weekend, twice, and he's just a dad. We hadn't heard of that happening before. We were baffled. On the first Monday in January, a neighbor let me know she was vouching for a couple of parents who wanted to join our neighborhood signal chat, Renee Good and her wife Becca. On the first Wednesday in January, Renee was killed on my street by government agents while I was in a work Zoom meeting. I take an emergency day off. I yell at Greg Bovino. I hug our local librarian. I get pepper sprayed for the first time. The very first thing I do every morning is share a morning message with my neighborhood signal chat. I don't leave my house without a whistle. One time I did and I ended up confronting ICE on my own. The same morning Renee was killed actually. Two hours beforehand at the intersection of 38th and 4th and I thought they were going to apprehend me. I'll never leave my house without a whistle again. I am hemorrhaging money, giving it to neighbors because they're afraid to leave their homes, because they've been detained, because their place of employment is closed for safety reasons. I am making plans to work remotely from local taquerias so I can be an extra white body to serve as a protection and to be a witness. I drive a kindergartner I'd never met before to school. Every morning as I bring my own child to daycare, I make solidarity fists at people who are now patrolling local daycares and schools. I don't honk in solidarity because honking is now an alarm. My kid makes cards for local businesses thanking them for not liking the bad guys. Her idea. She's four and she gets it. I sign off work email saying stay safe. I end my text to neighbors with heart emojis. I greet strangers with expletive ice. Just a south Minneapolis mom. I chose to read this piece because it shows exactly what will happen here if ICE builds a facility in Dublin. The moms experience will be the same as all your constituents, immigrant or not, documented or not, politically engaged or not. We stand against the ICE facility not only because we support and love our immigrant neighbors, but because we understand that everyone in the community is negatively affected by ICE, including me and you. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Linda Kelly. This is my last speaker card. Welcome.

There is no doubt in my mind, but what this council has very much the same feelings as I have and as all of these people have toward ICE and the abhorrent things they have done. My own granddaughter lives in Minneapolis. She protested. She gathered food for workers of hers called colleagues of hers who were afraid to go get food and It is absolutely the wrong thing however There is no Point at which we have been told ice is going To come here. There are no plans to do that. I There has been nothing that has been publicized anyway that suggests such. So this fear is premature, I believe. Obviously, our council people, our city leaders are aware. They are cognizant. They don't live in a bubble. They don't work in a bubble. They represent all of us, all of you.

Excuse me. If you can address the council, though, please. Thank you.

At any rate, the cities have done their due diligence And if the time comes that a letter is needed, there's no doubt but what they will do that. But give them a chance and find out whether we've been wronged or not.

OK, that is my last speaker card. This is item 18 matters open to not on the agenda and open to the public. Is there any additional people that would like to speak at this time? If you haven't turned in a blue speaker card, you're welcome to approach the podium at this time. OK, seeing none, I'm going to close public comment. I'm pretty sure council members will want to make some comments. So please know this is not on the agenda. So we have to be careful in the scope that we talk. In addition, if a matter is to be initiated, that comes up at the end of our meeting. So we have to get through the remaining business of the city. So I appreciate that. Any comments by any of my council members at this time on that?

I have a comment.

Yes, please.

I realize matters initiated is at the end of the meeting. So I would just like to ask the staff or address the staff and ask the question. I know that when Livermore City Council was presented with a similar situation recently there, Council directed staff to follow up with the City of Dublin and County of Alameda to determine if there were ways that they could influence or assist them in their efforts in this regard. I'm just wondering if our staff could take similar action.

I would say that if that is the pleasure of the council, we would be happy to do that.

Well, we don't need to wait for matters initiated to do that, right? We can public comments and we can direct to staff so we can do that now. Is that true?

I don't believe so. City attorney?

It would take, regardless if it's now or later, it would take a majority of the council.

Right. So now or later. And it would take a majority. So I would support asking staff, directing staff to do that.

So I would ask that we just do it at matters initiated. I understand that the city attorney has said we could do it now, but I would like us to do the business of the city. But matters initiated is our standard practice. If you wouldn't mind, council member.

I do mind. We have a room full of people who are eager to hear this and to ask them to wait until when we have the opportunity. It is appropriate to do this now.

Okay. Do you have any further comments you'd like to make about public comment?

I support, I think it's important that we stand with our neighboring communities and have a strong regional voice. I think there's a very significant Benefit to doing that I think that we we send a clear message and we are stronger when we are together with They've shown the courage.

We should show the courage as well And I would echo what councilmember Testa just said and Ask for a third member to so direct staff vice mayor. I

No comments. Thanks.

Okay. I'll make a few minor comments, maybe myself. The first is that after Livermore met, I reached out to Livermore mayor myself. I've also reached out to the Dublin mayor myself to understand exactly the actions that Livermore is taking and what they may find out. So on a mayor to mayor basis, the mayor of Livermore has agreed to let me know personally so that i can communicate that to our city staff that is me personally just as a member of this community furthermore as many of the members here have spoken have emailed me i am deeply concerned about the actions of ice i am watching it carefully myself trying to figure out how to lead a community through these very unique times is a gut-wrenching experience as mayor that i've never experienced in my life So I'm doing my best. And that means caution for those members that are ahead of me. That means prudence for those members that are behind me so that the community moves together. That's what I'm trying to do. And I will also say, I think I give great kudos to this full council because over the last several years, there has been a significant effort to build the community of Pleasanton to be more resilient and more accepting of all of us. We have done statements about our police actions that will be taken in the future, what our policy is. The mayors of Alameda County unanimously signed a statement on your rights to protest, asking you to do it peacefully. So there is significant leadership watching and trying to be prudent and careful and yet still lead. With that, I will join with my fellow council members in the majority to ask that we continue to work with Livermore and Dublin to understand what options are available and what that may mean. It does not mean if you watch Livermore, they did not do a resolution. I'm not supportive of the resolution at this time because the fact pattern hasn't changed from the last time. But I wasn't able to express my empathy with the situation last time. So I think there's, is that sufficient direction to staff to see what options are available to us as well? Yes, I believe so. Okay. Okay. We are concluded with item 18. Thank you very much.

And you will be reporting back so the public will know what options we are considering.

Well, we'll coordinate with Livermore.

And I wouldn't say the resolution is off the table. I would ask if that's part of one of those options.

Maybe I clarify. The way the council did is we just chose not to take it up at that time, right, just so our community understands the action that was taken. The action was taken as there was a majority to not take up the resolution at that time.

At what time?

Well, at the time it was brought up in matters initiated last at the meeting there, right?

Last time.

Yeah. I'm just reporting out last meeting. City manager, council member Tess asked about the public information about that memo. We would make that memo public or something, correct?

Certainly. I mean, again, however you'd like us to handle it, my understanding of the direction is you'd like us to check in, confer with the three other agencies, Livermore, Dublin, and Alameda County, and report back to you.

Perfect. Thank you very much. Okay, that concludes item 18. Thank you very much for attending. If you're going to stay with us for the remaining business of our city, maybe we'll take a slight pause if anyone would like to leave or not. We're going to continue on and... Truly appreciate your partnership for Pleasanton. Thank you. OK, so with that, we're going to proceed to public hearing and other matters. Right now, we're going to proceed to item number 19, adopt a resolution approving a policy establishing a process for public meeting disruptions under Senate Bill 707. Just so I help the community know where we're at, we have item 19. Item number 20 is continued to July 7th. Item number 21 is the item formerly known as 15. Item 22 is the item formerly known as item five. Staff, take it away, please.

Good evening, mayor and city council members. The item before you this evening is to discuss the policy adoption mandated under Senate Bill 707 regarding future meetings of the city council. Just a little bit of background on the Senate bill that was passed last year. It requires, it is a mandate for all eligible legislative bodies within the state of which it applies to city of Pleasanton. And it does require us to provide AT MINIMUM A TWO-WAY TELEPHONIC SERVICE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS GOING FORWARD. THE CITY'S PLAN IS TO PROVIDE A TWO-WAY AUDIOVISUAL PLATFORM WHICH ALSO ACHIEVES THE TWO-WAY TELEPHONIC SERVICE. The bill in its entirety specifically requires that we, in tandem with this, approve a policy that addresses the potential for technological disruptions to the meeting. This policy must be adopted as well by the July 1st deadline. So a summary of the policy that is presented before you this evening includes the exact process that we would use to address any such disruptions. If a disruption is identified during a meeting, we would so advise the city council so that staff can address the cause of the interruption itself. IT WOULD REQUIRE A RECESS OF THE OPEN SESSION TO ALLOW THIS ENDEAVOR TO OCCUR FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR UNLESS THE SERVICE IS RESTORED SOONER. JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF EDIFICATION ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES A DISRUPTION, IT IS TO ADDRESS ANY ACTUAL INTERRUPTION FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE REMOTE ELEMENT OF THE MEETING. Should the service not be able to be restored, the City Council has several options it may pursue, and this is addressed in the policy as well. Essentially, there must be a finding that a good faith effort was made by staff to restore the service. And then a vote would need to be taken by roll call to make that finding and to continue to either hold the meeting and conduct the rest of the meeting agendas listed. Alternatively, if that is not the pleasure of the council, the meeting could be adjourned and items continued to a future meeting. That is really the crux of the of the item tonight and the request is to adopt the resolution that provides for the policy to address the future potential meeting disruptions of the City Council. If there are any other questions, I'm happy to answer them.

Thank you very much. Okay. We're going to go with clarifying questions. Any clarifying questions? Council Member Tessa?

No.

All right. Council Member Nyberg? No. Vice Mayor?

No questions. Thank you.

My question, I interestingly was watching Livermore City Council meeting for unrelated matter. One of the questions I have is if the disruption occurs mid-item, Policy applies then, correct? It just, we stop and try to restore even mid-item.

That is correct. At any point during which we become aware that there is a disruption. So we would subsequently make that request to recess immediately to be able to work on restoration of service.

Okay. And then the other question I have, which is this electronic software, I was under the impression that this was helping us for that. Is that true or is this, this is what we're going with, right? To...

Yes, this current program does facilitate our ability to stream our meetings live through to the city's website directly. The city's YouTube channel still remains as an option for streaming, and right now we do have TV 29 broadcasting our meetings. So there are various methods for which we would make the meeting available, and our platform for the actual public participation in the remote format will be through Zoom at this time. essentially the format that we used during the pandemic and the hybrid format.

Yeah, that's what I was going to ask because it's got to be two-way communication, so we've got to be able to facilitate that they could participate remote.

Correct. And that would be done through Zoom at this time.

With public comment being virtual and in the room and back to those elements.

Yes, it would require public comment in both forums.

Okay. I know that there was a concern about Zoom bombings in the past and that element of that. There's no preregistration if you're going to participate. That goes away, correct?

That is correct. The limitations on how you sign up to participate, that is limited under the revised version of the Brown Act. And we hadn't really been requiring that too much near the latter half of our hybrid meetings. So it will be a raise your hand function to request to speak.

Okay. Okay. Any additional questions before I open to public comment? None? Okay. If you would like to speak on item 19, please fill out blue speaker card. I have none. It's a riveting conversation. If you would like to speak on item 19 and have not turned in a blue speaker card, please approach the podium at this time. HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. STAFF IS LOOKING FOR A MOTION OR APPROVAL OF THE POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? OK. SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBERS GADOS? AYE.

NIBERT?

AYE.

TESTA? AYE. MAYOR BALCH?

AYE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK, as informed earlier, item number 20 is continued to the future meeting. So we're going to proceed to item number 21, formerly known as item 15. That just cracks me up every time I say it. So item 15 is our Authorize the city manager to enter into agreements with CORE and Maine LP for the water meter advanced metering infrastructure AMI capital expenditure project in an amount not to exceed $10,262,257 and the AMI operation expenditure services in the amount not to exceed $2,514,096 and authorize a 5% aggregate contingency for the water meter and advanced metering infrastructure replacement projects, CIP 26137, city manager and staff.

All right. Well, thank you, Mayor and City Council. Appreciate the opportunity to move this back on the agenda. Given the magnitude of the work to be done here, the value of these contracts, staff certainly believes that it is appropriate to ensure that we have the proper opportunity and ability to vet this fully with the council as we move forward. As you know, and before I turn things over to our Public Works Director, this is a matter that has been ongoing for some time that involves changing out our existing water meter and advanced metering AMI infrastructure. owing to the significant number of failures that we have been experiencing over time. The numbers that are in the staff report indicate that we're looking at about 300 failures a month, a total of 4,000 in total, which is a number that if I'm correct is approaching 20% of the connections that we have in the city. So this is a significant priority and something that staff has been working on for some time. Sue Chin is here this evening. She also has a team of folks with her, depending on the level of detail and the level of information that we'd like. So we think we have a good opportunity for staff to be able to walk Council through this. We have a, I'd say it's a brief presentation to give you the highlights and then happy to take questions and feedback from Council. So turn it over to Sue Chin. Welcome.

Good evening Councilmember, Mayor, City staff and residents. Tonight, staff is presenting the water meter and advancing meter infrastructure AMI replacement contracts for council consideration. Before beginning the presentation, I would like to introduce the team members supporting this item. With me today is Jeremy Cox, acting assistant director of public work, and Dan Villasenio, public work management analyst. We are also joined by our project partners and industrial representatives, including Les Miller and Brent Olson from Core and Main, as well as Don Groves from Chemstrip. Their presence reflect the collaborative effort that has gone into development of this project and procurement process. Staff is available today to answer any question that the council may have regarding the proposed contract, technical specification, and service being presented. Today, in this presentation, we'll go over the purpose and the objective of the contract, proposal solicitation process, vendor evaluation criteria and verification process, funding and alignment to WSMP, which is Water System Management Plan and the 2025 Water Rate Study, and also an introduction to the recommended prime contractor and meter supplier. The purpose of this contract is to ensure the city can continue providing accurate water service, maintaining regulatory compliance and protect revenue while we move toward the long-term water meter replacement program. Currently, approximately 2,000 water meter are out of service and our existing meter inventory is running low. At the same time, we continue to experience a high failure rate of roughly 300 meters per month. which makes maintaining adequate replacement stock increasingly critical. Failed and underperformed meters also have a financial impact. Staff estimated that the meter failure and inaccurate readings may result in approximately $1.5 million in lost water revenue annually. In addition to replacing failed meter, this meter will help the city meet several important regulatory requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Specifically, the new meter installation will support completion of the lead and copper rule inventory requirement, including service line information needed for the mandated inventory requirement by the state that is due December 2027. It also helped with the compliance with cross connection control program requirement, which requires surveying customer connection and identify potential source of contamination to protect the drinking water system. Finally, maintaining an adequate inventory of meter is necessary to support new development and new water service connection, ensuring that the city can continue serving residents and businesses without interruption. In summary, this contract addresses four key objectives. Replace failed water meter and maintain service reliability. Protect approximately 1.5 million in annual revenue currently at risk. Meet state and federal drinking water regulatory requirement. Maintain the city ability to provide meter for new customer connection. The procurement process has gone through a very detailed and thorough process. We started the process in November in 2025 by advertising the RFP. And by December, we have a mandatory bidder conference with 13 companies attended. And in January, we have three proposed sold received with the recommended prime contractor and water meter supplier today is Core and Main and Chemstrup. As you can see in this slide, we go through a lengthy and thorough and detailed process to today where we are coming to Council recommending contract award and our target completion commitment is December 2027 to meet the regulatory compliance requirement. In the next few slides, I'm going to show you all the criteria that we have put together in the RFP to evaluate all the proposals, the three proposals that we received to make sure that the city get the best value and best product from the evaluation with the best price. As you can see through this slide, there's a lot of criteria that we had put together for the evaluation.

I'm sorry to interrupt you. Could you just pause a second, go back to the prior slide? We'll just give everyone a minute to take a quick look at this, if you don't mind. Thank you. And just to clarify, these were all of the elements in the RFP, that's what you were saying?

Yes, those are all the elements that we use to evaluate the proposal. And there is all the sections, and each of the sections in the subsection is, we have every subsection category that we evaluate.

Could we go to the next slide, please, real fast? Okay, can we hold there, please, just so we can take a quick look? Everyone okay? Okay, thank you very much.

In this slide, it's going to show the extra effort that we have taken, the steps that have taken to ensure highest quality work product. Staff took several deliberate steps throughout this procurement process to ensure the city receive a reliable, high quality product that will serve our customer for many years. First, the city retained Diameter Service Inc., a nationally recognized water meter consultant to assist in developing a robust request for proposal RFP. The RFP included comprehensive technical specification as well as detailed selection and evaluation criteria that I just showed the council. to ensure a fair and thorough review process. In addition to evaluating proposals, staff conducted extensive reference check with agency currently using the proposed system to verify performance, reliability, and customer satisfaction. The contract itself contains several important safeguards. Staff required a minimum warranty of 10 years full coverage and an additional 10 years of prorated coverage total of 20 years. The selected proposal exceed the requirement by providing 15 years of full warranty coverage and five years of prorated warranty coverage. In addition, installation work is covered by a one-year warranty. To maximize system reliability and accountability, the RFP required that both the water meter and the AMI communication system be manufactured by the same vendor, eliminating potential compatibility issue and reducing the risk of multiple vendor assigning responsibility to one another. The city also established a stringent performance standard requiring a minimum 98.5% hourly rated success rate over a 30 day period. The contract further includes an excessive failure warranty provision which allow the city to address abnormal meter failure based on a sample of 200 meter over 60 consecutive days. Recognizing the importance of water conservation and customer service, staff specifically required leak detection capacity within the system to help identify potential customer leak and reduce water loss. As an example, the current water break that is on First Street, after we install the water meter, it will have the ability to notify the staff early on where there is a water leak and it would be a planned repair rather than an emergency repair. Finally, the city already utilized the manufacturer for larger commercial water meters. Staff experience with this installation has been very positive with strong performance, reliability, and overall satisfaction. Collectively, this measure provides confidence that the city is making a prudent investment and obtaining the highest quality product available for our residents and businesses. This slide shows the financial budget and the support for the contract award. In 2025, when council approved the CIP, council had approved $10.93 million through CIP 26137. And the CIP funding is used to fund the AMI capital expenditure CPX agreement for goods and services of roughly about $10.3 million with a contingency of $500,000 total of $10.8 million. with the approved previous budget, $10.93 million that is aligned with our water system management plan and our water rate calculation. In addition, the operating budget that is currently budgeted for the next two years is to support the AMI operation expenditure agreement for goods and services of roughly about $2.5 million for 20 years or a starting base of $107,000 with annual increase of 3.5% through the term of the agreement. And the leak detection software that included in the cost is, but the first year is already included and subsequent year is $61,000 throughout the term of the agreement. Now I want to give a slight introduction of the prime contractor that we have selected and the water meter, Kamstra water meter that we have selected that we recommend to council today. Quarren, Maine is the prime contractor with best proposal, qualification, and lowest price among the three proposals that the city received. Core in Maine has extensive experience and contracts in the United States with over 30 branches here in California. Their prime servicing branch is located in Hayward, California, which is less than an hour away for service and question for the city. The company also has two water meter expert located in the Bay Area and over 200 employees dedicated to metering and technology assisting customer with water meter question. To date, the company has implemented over 2,000 AMR automated meter reading and AMI advanced metering infrastructure in United States. CamStrupp is the water meter manufacturer contracted under Core and made to provide the water meter and AMI. The meter is one of the most reliable meter in North America and has been in business for over 75 years with excellent customer service and product. The company has a track record of zero lawsuit. The meter are manufactured, tested, and distributed from the US headquarters at Georgia. The company has over 35 years of ultrasonic meter experience. They have shipped over 2.6 million water meter in North America. ChemStruxure meter has a success rate of 99.75% in performance and accuracy. Every meter is manufactured by ChemStruxure is individually tested. In closing, having outlined the goals and the objective of this contract as well as the robust RFP development process, competitive procurement, and thorough reference check, confirming strong contractor and manufacturer performance, staff is confident in the recommended award. ACCORDINGLY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AMI CPX AGREEMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES WITH CORE AND MAINE FOR THE WATER METER AND AMI REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,262,257. authorize the city manager to enter into AMI OPX agreement for good and services with core and main for the software services, network services and future water meter purchases in the amount not to exceed $2,514,096 and authorize the director of public work or destiny to approve and execute change order for the awarded agreement subject to a total aggregate contingency amount not to exceed $513,113, which is equal to 5% of the total awarded contract amount. That concludes the presentation on the water meter contract. We welcome any questions from the Council.

Thank you very much. I truly appreciate the presentation. It answered a significant amount of the supplemental questions that I know came up by council members. And just for our community and public, there was a supplemental that was issued pretty late, but will be posted or was posted on the website related to the supplemental. So with that, we'll go to clarifying questions by council. I do have a speaker card on this. Council Member Nybert, you're first on this one. Any clarifying questions at this time?

Yeah. Could you please clarify for me what the intent here is? Are you bringing back to us at a future meeting the actual decision or is this just for information only tonight?

Yes, Council Member Nyberg, the intent or my intent this evening was since we had the consultant team here from in some cases out of the area, I wanted to provide Council with the opportunity to ask questions, get information, take feedback, should you so choose.

uh with the thought of rolling this over to your next meeting the first meeting in july and then at that point uh having the council make a decision a slightly modified recommendation from the presentation right okay so i want to be careful and avoid any you know other uh discussion that may touch on legal matters so don't even want to go there um So I would just note that Camp Strup is headquartered in the city where my sister lives. So that's interesting to know. I'll have to stop by the headquarters next time I'm there.

You don't get a free water meter.

No, I don't. I have no – well – We can come back around if you'd like. Yeah, I would just be curious about the full range of camstrop meters to address all of the various connection sizes that are in Pleasanton. I know they have a full range, but could you just say something about that?

We have we can in my chemistry of representative if I did not cover enough. Yes camp strip offer a wide variety of Water meter and for the model that we picked it will cover all the meter sizes that we have in Pleasanton From five H three quarter one inch one a half inch two ends, I believe all the way up to three inch Okay with

I guess all based on similar flow characteristics and your manufacturing tolerances and specifications. There's no one meter that for, say, the very largest application differs significantly from the form and function of the smaller meters. Is that correct?

Every meter has its own maximum flow capacity. I hope I understand your question. Every meter has its own maximum flow capacity. So it depends on the design criteria and the needed capacity. We will put in the meter that will serve the home or the businesses.

So same principle, just simply a matter of scaling up the size of the meter to fit the connection.

Yeah.

I have no other clarifying questions.

And I believe Councilman Nybert, if I can add, and you'll correct me if I'm wrong, I believe that in this case with this project, over three quarters of these meters are going to be five-eighths inch size. I want to say the number was 78%, something like that. Am I close?

Yes, that's correct. It's approximately 78% is residential home, which is using five-eighths inch water meter.

Okay. Vice mayor.

Sure. Um, since we underwent in 2016, the, the meters that were installed citywide, the presentation mentioned that, you know, 4,000 of those have been replaced. What have those been replaced with the replacement of the older meter or something that we expect to go into the future?

So back in 2016, when we procure the water meter, it comes with a warranty. And within the 10 years of the warranty, the manufacturer would provide the material for us to replace, but the labor will be coming from the city labor utility group. So in the past 10 years, the replacement of the water has been the original water meter that is provided by the original manufacturer in 2016. Okay.

And so this new contract would then seek to replace even all of the ones that we have replaced since 2016?

That is correct.

Okay. I want to be careful with the questions that revolve on that last replacement at this time. I understand the city manager has had an initial discussion with the president of Zone 7. Do you expect those discussions to continue prior to the next meeting of July 7th?

Vice Mayor, I do expect to have additional discussions.

Okay, thank you. I noticed in the... On the supplemental material, item number three, it talks about the different meters that all of the other local agencies use, . Is it important for us looking forward to, you know, collaborate and have an agreement with Zone 7 about the type of meters we're using into the future?

We definitely will collaborate with all our retailers in the region, which we did, and also with our water supplier, Zone 7. When we were planning about the water meter replacement, we have reached out to all our regional retailers as well as Zone 7. to try to seek their input and feedback and collaboration in soliciting this water meter project.

Have we received the feedback from Zone 7 specifically with the meters that are being proposed about their comments about them?

i may real fast our speaker card is the zone 7 general manager so we might have that answer fair enough i'll hold off on that yeah thank you those are my questions okay councilmember testa okay i was going to ask some zone 7 questions so i'm going to just hold off also look forward to hearing from our zone 7 regional manager so but um i i i understand there's um some sensitivity but i think The elephant in this discussion is the failed meters. Council member, we do need a microphone. There we go. Thank you. So the failed meters that we put in in 2016, mine was one. Our meter was completely not functional. They put in a new one. We thought problem solved. Everything was good. And there were continued problems. Well, we had a warranty on those. When they're only replacing the product and, I mean, we all know that the labor costs are always the real big dog in all this kind of, so what kind of, this is a big dollar amount. What kind of recovery can we anticipate from that? We basically said we don't want to just keep getting the same meters. We want some

What can you tell us? So we, in this go-around, we have strengthened our specification and also strengthened our warranty requirement. And as I was going through earlier, one of the things that we have put in is, beside the extended warranty, The warranty that we have requested is 10 year full warranty with 10 year prorated and what is provided with the contract is 15 years full warranty with 5 years prorated which is more than what we asked for and on top of that we also have excessive failure warranty. where the measurement is if 200 meters measure over 60 consecutive days, if there's more than 200 meter fail over the 60 consecutive day, the excessive failure warranty would kicks in where Core and Main and Kamstrup will assist the city in replacing those fail meter.

But still it's the meters, it's not the labor for replacement.

I'd like to defer to either Dan Villaseno, responsible for the contract, to talk about the warranty information.

Well, it's a pretty simple question. Does it include the labor or is it not include the labor?

There is different. Go ahead. Les Miller from Core in Maine can help answer the question. OK. And there is different category of warranty and Les could probably explain a little bit better.

Good afternoon. How are you all doing?

Hi.

um thank you all for having us here this evening so this is my first time in pleasanton it's been fantastic great town get a dairy uh before you go go to the dairy okay i have like a six a.m flight out of oakland tomorrow back east so well if i can't great um they close at nine yeah So like I said, typically we see the industry standards, a ten and ten, ten and ten warranty on meters. So cam strip stepped up along with core main. We're offering a 15 to five full warranty. The success of failure that she's talking about, we know there is some heartburn after the last failed implementation of meters. So to kind of ease that corn main got together with the city and decided, can we offer and we've never offered this before, but we have utmost faith in the cancer product that we can offer a kind of what we'll call an excessive failure rate that if more than 200 meters fail within a 60 day period, which again is minimal failure rates on on cancer's part, that core main at their own accord will pay to and to do all those meters themselves.

I think the council member's asking, though, when you say the warranty, is that just parts or is it parts and labor?

Parts and labor. Yeah, if the meter fails, then Quorum A will hire a contractor at our cost to come out and fix said meters.

Oh, you hit another problem.

So will that be a city-approved vendor contractor coming out and performing work under our... Can I just state that there was a supplemental prior to the... Second supplemental, it does point out what it says is that it includes change out services and related activities at the vendor's own expense, including labor, travel, materials, transportation, testing, repair, replacement, de-installation, dismantling, and re-installation. So it's pretty broad. Okay.

OK, well, that's reassuring. Yes, that's a good thing. But that's only if it's 200 meters fail in a 60 day period. Correct. OK, so if 200 meters fail over a 90 day period, that doesn't count.

Correct.

Okay. All right. Well, thank you. So I don't think you'll be able to answer the question I was originally asking because I still want to understand what kind of recovery we can anticipate, if any, from the prior meters.

As the council is aware, the council did authorize me to initiate legal action against the manufacturer of our older meters, the deal, and that is still in progress. All right.

So we are in progress at this time. Okay. All right. Yeah, that's all I have for now. Thank you.

Thank you. I have a few quick questions, and I do appreciate the presentation, which I think actually answered a majority of them. Mine is maybe a little bit more fundamental about the ultrasonic meters we have currently, right? We have that technology currently, and the ones proposed under this before us are also ultrasonic, right? So given the failure rate on the current ones versus a potential failure rate on the ones in front of us to consider, It's a manufactured difference, a technology difference. They are not exactly the same product, even though that uses the same technology or method of measurement. Is that correct?

That is correct. And it also depends on each company has their own process of manufacturing the meter. As I had shown, one of the key things that we like about ChemStruxure is every single meter, 100% of that meter gone through a flow bench tested and all of them are tested before they shipped out to make sure that they met the QA, QC standard.

OK, and I think I read it in a supplemental line. I apologize. I am losing track of the supplementals, but we are using that brand, the camp strip for our larger meters currently.

That's correct.

And from our own experience, are we having a failure rate that is acceptable or, you know, in line with expectations, I guess?

So we use CamStrux meter for a larger size water meter connection. We do not have any issues or problems or any high failing rate on those connection.

Okay. And then I also think it was in the supplemental that came out at 5 o'clock, and I apologize, I'm trying to reconcile it all, but we did our reference check ourselves, right? We called to verify the references of both the vendor and CamStrux, correct?

That is correct.

Okay. I think that's all my questions at this time. Does any fellow, yeah, Council Member Nyberg.

I'm just curious. Do we know the failure mode of the majority of the meters that have failed? The cause?

For the existing meter? Yeah. Main failure mode is battery failure.

So a manufacturing defect?

Yeah.

Okay. All right. Thank you.

I do. Yeah.

Council Member Testa.

Follow-up. You pointed out that we currently are using for our larger meters this brand, and you said we haven't seen. How long have we been using those?

I would defer to Acting Assistant Director Jeremy Cox for that question.

Welcome. I think it's my first time meeting you. I've been doing this 17 years. Good evening. We've been using meetings since COVID. Since what's that? 2019.

2019.

Okay. Seven years. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much. Any further questions? Seeing none, we'll go to public comment. We only have one speaker card on this item. If you would like to speak on item number 21, formerly known as item 15, please fill out a blue speaker card at this time. Ms. Valerie Pryor, General Manager of Zone 7. Welcome.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS VALERIE PRIOR AND I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ZONE 7 WATER AGENCY. AS YOU KNOW, ZONE 7 IS THE WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLIER TO THE CITY OF PLEASANTON. UNDER ZONE 7 ORDINANCE NUMBER FC72-1, WHEN A NEW CONNECTION IS MADE TO THE WATER SYSTEM, THE CONNECTION INCURS A CAPACITY FEE THAT HELPS PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO SERVE THAT CONNECTION. The amount of the fee is based on the capacity of the meter installed. Under an agreement between the city and Zone 7, the city calculates and collects these fees and remits them to Zone 7. several years ago the city replaced displacement meters throughout the system without with ultrasonic meters as part of its advanced metering infrastructure program because the ultrasonic meters provided greater capacity than the displacement meters they replaced the city was required to pay additional connection fees to zone 7. however those fees were not paid In addition, for a period of years, the city installed new ultrasonic meters while collecting fees based on these smaller capacity displacement meters. In 2023, Zone 7 determined that the connection fees had been significantly underpaid. In 2024, Zone 7 filed litigation against the city. The parties, Zone 7 and the city, subsequently reached a settlement. Under that settlement, the city agreed to install flow restriction devices or replacement meters that would limit each connection's maximum continuous flow rate to the equivalent meter size for which a connection fee had been paid under Zone 7's ordinance. The city agreed to complete this meter upgrade project by 2028. To facilitate implementation, Zone 7 agreed that the work could be coordinated with the city's separate meter replacement program, whereby the city is replacing meters citywide after these widespread failures that you've discussed. ON APRIL 27, 2026, CITY STAFF ASKED ZONE 7 TO APPROVE REPLACEMENT METERS THAT WOULD HAVE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THE METERS CURRENTLY INSTALLED. ZONE 7 COULD NOT APPROVE THESE METERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE METER UPGRADE PROJECT UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT REDUCE THE MAXIMUM CONTINUOUS FLOW RATE TO THE LEVEL REQUIRED BY THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. PUT SIMPLY, THESE METERS WILL NOT SATISFY THE CITY'S OBLIGATION UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. Based on our discussions with city staff, Zone 7 remains concerned that the city has not identified a path for completing the meter upgrade project, whether through replacement meters, flow restriction devices, or another compliance solution. While the city has until June of 2028 to fulfill its obligations under the settlement agreement, Zone 7 is concerned that the city, by moving forward with this agenda item, is making a deliberate choice to turn away from the settlement agreement and leave this issue unresolved. ACCORDINGLY, ZONE 7 RESPECTFULLY URGES THE CITY COUNCIL TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND DIRECT STAFF TO IDENTIFY A PATH FOR COMPLYING WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT MAY NOT COMPLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WILL BE SOME QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. QUESTIONS OF OUR SPEAKER AT THIS TIME? Maybe I misspoke. Thank you very much for coming down and your comments. We're going to turn to staff and then we can close. If any additional member would like to address the council on item 21, formerly known as 15, and has not turned in a blue speaker card, please approach the podium at this time. Hearing none, seeing none, we'll close public comment and bring it back to council. So interim city manager, I presume this is why you've asked us to potentially table this item after working through it. Is that correct?

Can I just make a preliminary comment? As the council knows, I did previously provide the council with a detailed confidential memorandum on this subject, especially relating to the settlement agreement. So I have nothing more to add to that.

THANKS THANK YOU I APOLOGIZE I SHOULD ASK YOU FIRST AND INTERIM CITY MANAGER JUST IF I MAY TO MY PRIOR QUESTION THIS IS WHERE YOUR ADVICE CAME TO US TO CONSIDER TABLING IT UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR YES THAT THAT IS CORRECT MR MAYOR OKAY OKAY SO UH SAME POSITION FOR COMMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER NEIBERT YEAH WELL UH WHEN I WAS SAYING I WANTED TO BE SENSITIVE TO UM YOU KNOW LEGAL MATTERS I WAS REFERRING TO THE UH

confidential memorandum the city attorney spoke about just now. I don't want to bring up items in here and discuss them prematurely or out of order. I could, you know, it's possible for me to ask the general manager of Zone 7 questions related to them, but I don't feel that would be my place right now.

Maybe I, since you're the first, would you be willing to make a motion to continue the item and direct staff to talk to Zone 7 to continue the item to July 7th?

Yeah, yeah. Yep. So, yeah, okay. I imagine the other council members will have some discussion. Yeah, I'll go through. I'll go ahead and make the motion to continue the item to July 7th.

Okay. And direct staff to talk to our partners. Yes, direct staff.

Okay.

Vice Mayor?

I'll second that motion.

Okay. And any comments you'd like to make?

I mean, I'll hold off on my comments. I just, you know, there's a lot of, information in the staff report tonight regarding different meters, how they work other cities. And I, um, I feel it's, it's an odd position to be put in given this was appeared on the consent calendar and without it being pulled, we would be walking ourselves into a very interesting situation. So, um, you know, I think prudence and deliberation is, is the right course here and I'll leave my comments there.

Okay. Council member Tessa.

Yeah, I agree. I can't believe this item was on consent, and it feels like there was some kind of a miscommunication or disconnect. So I'll also hold my comments, and definitely I'm glad that we are continuing and going to revisit this.

Okay. Before we take a vote on it, I'll just add a few comments myself. First of all, thank you to the vendors for showing up and talking about the product you are offering and your process going through the RFP. I appreciate the presentation, which answered quite a lot of my questions about the warranty and the technology. Secondly, similar to my fellow council members, I'm going to reserve comments on going too much forward, but I am confident, given our current situation, successes in partnership with Zone 7 related to the Wells project in our community that we can find a win-win here with our Zone 7 partners. So I will also be supportive of the motion on the table. Any further comments at this time before we take a vote? Roll call vote, please.

Council members Nybert.

Aye.

Gatos. Aye. Testa. Aye. Mayor Balch.

Aye.

The motion passes unanimously.

Motion is to continue this item to date specific July 7th and direct staff to work with our Zone 7 partners to see if we can work through these issues raised in public comment. OK, that concludes item 21, formerly known as item 15. Again, it still cracks me up. So item number 22, formerly known as item five. If we can, I think Councilmember Testa brought this forward. Does staff have a presentation on this? I know it was on consent. Or would you like us to start with maybe questions?

Well, whatever please the council, we have Mike Tassano here and Ellen Clark is in the back, so we're available to answer questions. I think that there was some information about the supplemental in this, on this item as well.

So there was so I can't remember Tessa you pulled the item. Do you mind? Do you have questions of staff at this time clarifying questions of staff?

I do have a couple simple questions, but I'd love to hear any kind of I mean, we've all read the report, but would you like to just give us an introduction?

Is your mic on? Sorry.

IT LOOKED LIKE A BRIGHT LIGHT BEFORE, BUT IT GOT REALLY BRIGHT WHEN I HIT THE BUTTON. SO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MIKE TASANO, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE CITY. THE ITEM THAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS ITEM 22, FORMERLY ITEM 5, WHICH IS THE Council to consider the approval and authorization for the city manager to enter into an agreement with Kieran Wright for the development of the precise roadway alignment. And I thought maybe I would just preface that by talking a little bit about what the precise roadway alignment is and why we need it and then be available to answer any questions. So In the 96 general plan, the 2005 general plan, and I think in the 19, excuse me, in the 1986 general plan, El Charro Road was contemplated in our circulation element. When we did that, and I was involved with both the THE 98 OR THE 96 AND THE 2005 GENERAL PLANS, IT WAS LITERALLY JUST A LINE ON A MAP. NOT A LOT OF INPUT OR THOUGHT BESIDES WE KNOW WE NEED THIS ROADWAY HERE. What the precise roadway alignment does is it takes from the general plan's idea of a line on a map to determine where the best location is. We had initially anticipated this process occurring with the East Pleasanton specific plan. as the council knows that has stopped and started and stopped again on several occasions most recently we've had development as you're aware starting to move forward in east pleasonton and one of the things that we need to do is identify the best location for us considering all sorts of things like hydrology the geotechnical the the infrastructure that's in place now the existing land uses zone 7 concerns livermore concerns WHAT THAT BEST LOCATION IS FOR THE ROADWAY AND THAT WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPERS TO THEN ADJUST THEIR PLANS TO support that ultimate roadway alignment. As an example, the line that's in the general plan bisects Amazon property. So that's likely not the ideal spot for Amazon. So we'll work with them and the other land developers to try and find the best alignment. But it also needs to suit our needs for circulation.

Okay. Well, thank you. All right. So I was surprised to see this because I don't remember council giving a having a discussion and making a decision and identifying and it's certainly not on our priorities list. Is that correct?

That's correct. It's not on your priority list.

But this is on consent. Again, another consent item for $1 million, and it's not on our priorities list. We've never given direction to do this. What is the current estimate of cost? I know we've talked about that over the years.

Do you have... For El Charro Road, you mean? Yeah. Our closest estimate right now is about $120 million.

120 million, and we have no identified source of funding for that, right?

Well, what we have identified is we have some money identified in Alameda CTC's local arterial roadway improvements. We have some money identified in the Tri-Valley transportation fee, and then we have half of the money identified, that remaining amount identified in our traffic impact fee with the remaining portion coming directly from developers. So we don't necessarily have the money in hand, but we do have a plan to move forward.

Do we have a commitment from the developers? Last I heard, we did not.

I GUESS IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX ANSWER. DEVELOPERS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT ROADWAY ALIGNMENT IS, ARE REQUIRED BY OUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPROVE THE ROADWAY. SO SOME OF IT IS, YES, THERE'S A DIRECT COMMITMENT BECAUSE IF IT'S GOING TO BE ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'RE REQUIRED BY OUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO BUILD THAT HALF OF THE ROADWAY. THE OTHER PART IS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WITH STEEL WAVE AND MOST RECENTLY WITH AMAZON, THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY NEED THE ROADWAY AS MUCH AS WE NEED THE ROADWAY, RIGHT? SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DEVELOP AND MOVE FORWARD, they have to build El Charro. Our Santa Rita Road and our internal roadways fail if East Pleasanton develops without El Charro Road. So they recognize that, and we've had discussions with them, but we don't have a firm commitment that sometimes those just occur with conditions of approval when they move forward.

Okay. And this is yet another, I know that part of THIS FUNDING GOES TO OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS, AND THERE'S QUITE A LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS HERE, QUARRY OPERATORS, LAVTA, EAST BAY REGIONAL, ZONE 7 I THINK HAS AN OPINION ON THIS. AND I GUESS MY POINT IS We don't know that this road is – it's certainly not – while you say we have a plan, and a plan for half is what I hear you saying, and Pleasanton comes up with the other half in those different pots of funding, funding that doesn't currently – or pots that don't currently have that volume of funding.

Correct.

So I've been under the impression that we really don't have a way to pay this. And I'm just concerned about a million dollars going into drawing a plan for something that we don't have a way that we know we're going to move forward on. And again, well, those are my questions for now. All right, thanks.

Okay. Any additional questions by any of my other council members at this time? Vice Mayor?

I do. Yeah. So thank you for your presentation and thank you for your report. The last paragraph of your report notates the fiscal impact to the city of Pleasanton. And I note in there, can you just explain, you know, what the Tri-Valley transportation development fee is and where the source of funding for this would come from?

Sure, so the Tri-Valley transportation fee is what we call a sub-regional fee. Back in the mid-90s, in the early 90s, the cities of Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, San Ramon, excuse me, And the town of Danville, along with Alameda County, created a joint powers authority to establish the Tri-Valley Transportation Council. One of their primary objectives of the council was to create a sub-regional fee that would help fund, at that time, primarily the 58680 flyover with the intent of identifying at that time an original 11 projects that would provide sub-regional benefit and we could collect funds to help kind of provide seed money towards getting a final project in place. In somewhere around 2010, FLY OVER HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. SO THE TRI-VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL CREATED A SECOND LIST. SO THERE'S A LIST A AND A LIST B. SO THERE'S ABOUT 22 PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN PLACE TO USE THIS SAME IMPACT FEE FUND. SO WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN, They pay our City of Pleasanton traffic impact fee. They also pay the TVTC, the Tri-Valley Transportation Council development fee. That money is sent to the TVTC and 80% of it they keep and 20% they return to the City of Pleasanton for us to hold to work to put towards projects that are in our city so currently we just have el charro as the only project that's within that list of 22 projects that we could expend funds on so for the past 20 or so years we've been accumulating those funds for expenditure essentially on el charro road

And so the balance of that is $2.8 million? Correct. So the money for this would come from that fund of money, not general fund, not anything like that. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Those are my questions.

Council Member Nyberg, any questions?

Yeah. So I guess I'm kind of struggling with – putting the cart before the horse, perhaps, and I thank you for the additional supplemental information that you provided. At what point does transportation engineering design begin to define the structure of the East Pleasanton PUD before the PUD itself has established land use density and access framework?

It becomes a design element that is mutually beneficial to the developer and to the city, right? So if I understand your question, you're asking why are we designing a roadway before we design or develop the land? Is that correct? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, basically, or that we haven't established the land use and density and access hasn't been approved by the council yet. So, I mean, wouldn't an alignment decision at this stage unintentionally, you know, pre-shape some of those matters, those questions, parcelization, circulation design, and, you know, future development scenarios? Aren't we kind of... LOCKING IN WHERE WE ARE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING US MORE FLEXIBILITY?

YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THAT VERY REASON IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ESTABLISH THIS ROADWAY ALIGNMENT EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO ALLOW THE ROADWAY ALIGNMENT TO RUN ADJACENT TO PROPERTIES, RIGHT? SO THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR ENTIRE PARCEL. Our current design or our current thought has the roadway going right through environmentally sensitive habitat. And it skirts along the back end of the East Lakes property. The developer tells us, oh, you can't build there. And then another developer at Amazon says, oh, you can't build here. So if we leave the determination on the best location to the developers, it's not going to provide us likely the best opportunity to have a good circulation system. One of my major concerns is that if we leave the roadway as it exists today, where it just kind of tees into Bush Road, What we would have then is a driver condition where when they're coming into town, so let's say they come from Stanley, they drive up El Charro, it makes kind of a sharp turn and then wants to make another sharp turn to continue to go north. drivers tend to stay on their straight road. And so my concern would be that they would continue on and then instead of taking El Charro to kind of divert and stay away from Santa Rita and Valley, they would then use that roadway. So That is one of my main concerns, and I think that's probably the easiest direction for the current developers. So there has to be a balance between what is in the best interest of the developers and what is in the best interest of the city and the population that exists here today and moving forward. So I think that We need to establish where that best roadway alignment is, and that then will allow the developers to bring forward what their best system is. It's not any different than a developer that is going to develop in Hacienda. That roadway system's already in place, and they just need to accommodate and design according to that circulation network that's in place. And that's the same thing we want to establish here.

And maybe I could just add something, Councilman, based on my experience in a past life, the unintended consequences that Mike is talking about, you know, what we would to avoid is a situation where we allow developments to move ahead. We don't have a precise alignment plan, but eventually we come up with one and it doesn't necessarily coincide with the PUD or the development plan that has been approved. And I've had experience before in the county immediately north of here, where we then end up with fragments of property that end up being used for things that we don't necessarily think are compatible with the way that the community is developing. And I'll just refer to them as unintended consequences where you get remnant properties that end up with uses on them that have to be permitted through a use permit and they don't necessarily work as well with the other development that is happening out there. So, you know, ideally what we want to do is see if we can time the precise alignment plan so that it can become a part of the development review and approval process, acknowledging the fact at the outset that, you know, do we have $120 million laying around somewhere? We have various funding sources that are going to start that process. There is going to be revenue from the development itself. We will look at other sources of funding, perhaps at some point, It will be necessary or appropriate to look at a funding mechanism like an assessment district. The construction of the road in all likelihood would be phased, so you wouldn't be looking, I don't assume, at a four-lane expressway right from the outset. So this is something that if I were going to sort of spitball it, I mean, I think we're trying to envision something that is going to fully come to fruition 20 years down the road because it's going to take that long. But I think we're at a logical point to start the process because we have the revenue to go ahead and do the precise alignment study. And it'll give us an opportunity to get input from all of the stakeholders that we would want to get input from as we're going through the process.

Okay. Yeah, I understand that. Thank you for adding that. I understand it now that you've explained it. That's what I meant. I guess I'm wondering the precise alignment Being in place, you referred to the notion of timing it so that it suits the city's needs and meets the requirements during the PUD approval process at the same time. Is that what you're talking about?

That's what I was referring to, trying to have a planning process in place that is proceeding in some sense. There's sort of a mutual process going on so that these development applications are being put together and processed while they're informed of the precise alignment plan, if that makes sense.

Yeah, yeah. Considering the specific situation that exists with East Pleasanton right now, does any postponement of the selection of the preferred alternative make sense? In other words, are we heading down a path where the preferred alternative basically is known already, or one of the strongest cases for the alternative to be selected is known already, and it's just a matter of minor variations on that. Since we already have an existing smaller roadway part of the way, I don't know, am I asking that appropriately, or do you understand what I mean?

COULD WE COME TO A 90% LOCATION BUT LEAVE OUT THE FINAL STAMP OF APPROVAL? THAT IS WHAT I HEARD.

YEAH, KIND OF. Once we get to a CEQA analysis, I guess I'm wondering whether my concerns are really that founded. Am I referring to more of a general case, or are we in a situation where arguing over trifles? I don't want to argue over trifles.

I think we're at the right time to establish trifles. where exactly the roadway should be. And I think that that occurs with the developers as they're bringing forward their plans. I think if we wait longer, then they're going to ignore our plans, right? And they're going to develop to the edge of their roadway or to the edge of their property. And potentially, if the precise alignment requires some right away from them, but we don't establish that now, then they build all the way up and then we have no right of way for the roadway.

So that's- They would need approval to build that way, right? Yeah.

Right. But if we don't have a way to say the road is going there, then they're going to say, well, you can put the road somewhere else because you haven't established where that road goes.

Okay. All right.

Yeah, I'm sorry, Councilman. I do, to amplify on what Mike said, in the absence of a formally adopted specific plan for the area, that precise alignment plan essentially becomes a guiding, a portion of the guiding document that guides the development of that area. So we can then require those landowners to build according or to develop according to that plan. Whereas if we don't have a precise alignment plan, we only have we have what's there now or a presumed alignment. I mean, I would imagine that as we go through this process, there are going to be some variations in the options that we're going to look at. Right. So I mean, I think that's the other benefit to going through the process.

Right. Okay. I just want to note that when the CEQA analysis is done, there's a proposed alignment or final alignment that's the baseline for the SQL analysis. And at that point, it would seem to me to be locked in with no flexibility or very little flexibility to change. Now, we may not even want to change. That may be the best option to go with. But does that dynamic concern you at all?

I think this process informs the CEQA decision. So we will look at all of the underlying issues, environmental and everything CEQA related to ensure that that would be minimized. So that would actually help the developers as they move forward with their plans because the CEQA process becomes more streamlined because we will already have this in place that has those basic elements considered.

Okay. All right. Thank you very much for answering my questions.

I follow my question, if I may. Based on this process, though, it will also help us to inform the cost of the roadway a bit. I understand the construction, but once we know if, for example, we traverse wetlands or we traversed non-compacted soil locations, And I saw that the proposal will be interacting with our partners, zone seven included. So that will help us better inform what the cost is and therefore funding mechanisms can be developed. Is that correct?

YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY A STRONG COMPONENT OF THIS PART OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF ROUGH COST ESTIMATES BUT THAT DIDN'T EVEN REALLY CONSIDER THE UTILITIES SO THERE WILL BE A STRONG INVESTIGATION INTO THE UTILITIES. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT environmental constraints. We have as well as the geotechnical, right? I know that for those of you that served on the East Pleasanton, we heard about the geotechnical issues. It's the same consultant that worked on that is the same sub that's proposed here. So that will also help to solidify what our total costs are.

Okay. And that does not preclude us from a phasing of the roadway build out in the future.

That's correct. Second question. Correct.

Okay. Any further clarifying questions by any of my fellow council members at this time? Yeah. Council Member Testa.

You asked if councilmember Nyberg was asking The question and that is my question because I don't think that got answered and that is is there really much variation of where the alignment can go because I part of seeing this I was surprised I

Yes, there's just been kind of a line out there.

But I kind of thought I, you know, it gets really narrow. There's, there's only there's limitations of where the road can go. And don't we, I think you said no 90% of where it should and will go.

So to answer your question, yes, there will be several alternatives. I think when we look at and think about El Charro Road, right, we think about the segment of roadway that's between the lakes, right? So that's fixed, right? That's 40 to 50%. We have a small section to the north that currently crosses the creek. We'll have to build another bridge. Does that bridge go on the left side, or does it go on the right side? How does it then tie into the existing El Traro Road? So there's some alignment differences up there on the north side that I don't think a lot of people think about. But more specifically, and kind of to your question, As we get past the lakes right about the spot where East Lakes development would start, like that northeast corner, there's some different options there. You can continue along the existing El Charro alignment and then cut to the southeast you can go from that point directly to the southeast and kind of skirt around all of east lake's little teardrop development and then when you get down to where the existing bush road is you could either head straight south right and that's going to have something to do with up on what they where they feel their best under crossing location is because they have siding that's there so there'll be some adjustments there or you can head to the east of Amazon, or you could head to the east of the other East Lakes properties. So we have several alternatives that are contemplated, but we will work with the existing developers there to identify exactly what we think are the preferred alternatives.

And the preferred alternatives would have would cross over different landowners, is that right? I mean, it's not, we don't own that land.

Right, right.

Right, so it's eminent domain right away? How does that work?

Well, I mean, eminent domain only occurs if the developer's unwilling to grant the land, which is kind of the normal process that we have. I think one of the things that we will try to do in our determination of the alternatives is try to, you know, go down the property line, right? So if you go down the middle of someone's property and you're taking, you know, 140 feet down the center swath, opposed to if you go between two properties and you're taking 70 from each or they're they're granting 70 feet of each I Think that would be what our preference is and there's a couple opportunities to do that on the southern segment

Okay. Thank you. I'm good.

Okay. Any further questions by any council member before I go to public comment? Okay. Seeing that, we'll go to public comment. I have no speaker cards for item number 22, formerly known as item five. If you would like to speak on this item and have not turned in a blue speaker card, please go ahead and approach the podium at this time. Hearing none, seeing none, we'll close public comment and bring it back to the council. What would we like to do? Staff is recommending we grant the authority to proceed.

I'll make some comments. Just given where the source of the funding comes from, that it was collected in advance to literally spend on projects like this, and this is one of... I think maybe the only projects in Pleasanton that we need to to to spec out for the future. I think it's a wise use of resources to do this now. So I'll move approval of it was item five. Now it's 22. So I'll make the motion.

Okay. Thank you. Looking for a second. I'll second the motion. All right. Motion made and seconded. Any comments? Council Member Nyberg?

Yeah. Yeah, I appreciate the discussion. It's very helpful. I recognize that what we're dealing with here is not a situation you referred to Hacienda back in the 80s and 90s, whereas mostly Greenfield, the streets and the arches were there, but nothing else was at one point. We aren't limiting ourselves to a circulation element or anything like that around a large undeveloped property where there are no plans enumerated yet. So having said that, and also the fact that there are limited alternatives, as you've just described, in terms of the alignment of roadways, say, in between the lakes and so on. And there will be some variation, but not radically different alternatives is what I'm thinking. And for the benefit of the planning purposes to move forward, for the city to have a say, and what the development ends up looking like. We're still going to have a lot of say, I think, or consideration of applications. We'll have a say on many more aspects of the development, but we certainly wouldn't want options taken away from us by inadvertently allowing portions of the preferred roadway alignment to get away from us for whatever reason. For those reasons, I can support the motion. To me, not a huge controversy. I just wondered, my concerns were putting the cart before the horse, perhaps, and sequencing. I was thinking possibly of ways to not affect the schedule, but perhaps have a check-in point or something like that. The final, well, the recommended... PRECISE ALIGNMENT WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. SO BASED ON THAT, I'M WILLING, I CAN SUPPORT THE MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BY COUNCILMERS? COUNCILMEMBER TESSA, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? MICROPHONE?

YES.

MICROPHONE. YOU NEED TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE.

IT'S ON.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

It's OK.

I didn't see it from here.

Often it's not. It's OK. So I'm still hung up on the cost. I think this is, when It seems like an excessive cost when I do believe that we've got a pretty clear idea of where the road is going to be. But more than that, my concern is while I mean, $1 million isn't nothing, and it isn't coming out of our general fund, but it is coming out of a fund that's only under $3 million, and so we're taking more than a third to do this. And, again, there's not $120 million laying around to – build the road. And I've just never felt convinced that that road is going to get built. And I hate to put an investment toward it when, um, IT ISN'T LIKELY TO HAPPEN. IF WE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM PROJECTS OUT THERE, I WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER IF AMAZON HAD TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROAD BECAUSE CLEARLY WHATEVER THEY DO, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING OR FULFILLMENT CENTER, THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGH IMPACT ON OUR STREETS. SO THEY SHOULD HAVE A BIG they have a big piece of the project or the outcome and the need for that road. So I'm really having a hard time with making a commitment like this. And I still am not convinced that we have a plan that is best use for that area anyway. So Yeah, that's all. I don't know.

Okay. Any further comments, Vice Mayor? Any comments? Nope. Just one more thing. Yeah, the Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fee Fund, which Council Member Gatos, Vice Mayor Gatos was asking about, could you just clarify that what projects can that be used for currently? Is it just this project?

THE CITY CAN USE IT FOR ANY OF THE 22 PROJECTS THAT'S LISTED. THERE'S ONLY ONE PROJECT THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, SO IDEALLY WE WOULD USE THE MONEY THAT CAME BACK TO US ON OUR PROJECT. CORRECT. BUT IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD DO VASCO INTERCHANGE AND LEGALLY SEND IT TO THE CITY OF LIVERMORE. I JUST DON'T RECOMMEND THAT.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT EITHER. ALL RIGHT. yeah i do have similar doubts about you know how this will end up eventually whether it will be uh built in its entirety in the way that's contemplated but uh i'll set those aside thank you all right my final comments is a failure to plan as a plan to fail and uh i personally having sat on the east side specific plan task force back in the day

we are navigating through those unintended consequences today with potentially Arroyo Lago, East Lakes, Amazon, and a entire east side area that is not terribly close to that original draft plan developed. So in my opinion, aligning the roadway to accommodate our residents and our circulation pattern for our community is the way we need to do it so that we have it. We're not exercising eminent domain to get it, and we're working in the best interest of the community and our overall general plan. So I'll be supportive of the motion as well. With that, we have a motion made. I'm sorry, I apologize. Councilmember Tussauds, you were given your opportunity. Please, the floor is yours.

Thank you. I'M REMEMBERING A ZONE 7 BOARD MEMBER STANDING AT THE PODIUM WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND SHARING CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION OF OUR WATER SOURCE WITH THAT ROAD. AND I REMEMBER THE the weight that she felt sharing that. Before we spend a million dollars on this, I would like to have that feedback. I would like to hear from the stakeholders. I would like to hear from Zone 7. I remember they wrote a letter that had expressed some concerns. So wouldn't we be better to have that feedback before we commit those funds?

I don't know who you're asking, Council Member Testa. Are you asking us?

I guess I'm asking staff, but I would like to ask Zone 7. I do remember... Could we open up and ask for...

There was public comment in Zone 7. The general manager did not...

RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT SHE BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT CAN'T BE CROSS-EXAMINED. SHE'S NOT OFFERING OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

I THINK SHE WAS JUST LOOKING LIKE SHE WAS WILLING TO COME IN.

THAT'S A BROAD INTERPRETATION OF IT. SAF, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM OR COUNCILMEMBER TESTA'S QUESTION?

YEAH, I THINK THAT Obviously, as we move forward with this process, that the CEQA, the whole CEQA process is part and parcel of this. So there would be, I'm obviously not in a position to know what has or hasn't been communicated back and forth with Zone 7 on this at this point, but there will be ample opportunity as we go through this precise alignment plan process for that to happen. And that's the best answer that I can give you based on my seven days.

All right.

I'm going to move to call the question and vote on the motion.

Okay. Well, I think we're already there. So is there any further comments on it? Okay. So we have a motion made and seconded. Roll call vote, please.

Council Member Gatos. Aye. Nybert.

Aye.

Testa. Aye.

I'll just comment that I don't wanna commit the funds until we have the feedback from the stakeholders, so no.

Mayor Balch? Aye. The motion passes 3-1. Councilmember Bodineau? No.

Thank you very much. That completes item number 22, formerly known as item five. I think based upon my tally board that completes all of the public hearing and other matters at this time. Thank you very much Zone 7 for being here. Matters initiated by council. Do we have any matters initiated by any council member at this time?

Oh, yes. A speaker did ask for us to revisit the, and I have for the last few years felt that we've reduced the number of first Wednesdays and it's I'm sure too late for us to revisit that for this year, but I'd like to at least ask if there is an opportunity to do that. And if there, I would be very supportive in doing that. I agree the first Wednesdays bring such an opportunity and vitality to our downtown that we've reduced it far too much. So how, I guess would there be support to have that conversation?

Well, uh, I'll mention that we, we, you know, you and I have served quite a number of years where, uh, our partner, the downtown association has varied over the years to try to find a fit since COVID right. The number. So, uh, you and I agree that I think it's a wonderful benefit for our community, but I think we could just ask staff to continue to work with the PDA because I think they have an intent to program that, uh, and so they have been the ones that have driven i think and staff may correct me if i'm wrong but have driven the number of requests in the past correct based on what they can handle that's not the way i understood i i'm just asking staff to clarify my understanding on that

Yeah, thank you, Mayor and Council Member Testa. I mean, I think we'd want to follow up with our partners in the PDA more, but yeah, my understanding is we've worked closely with the PDA, and they have been sort of setting the schedule for how many first weekends on May they want to support. But we can certainly circle back with them and ask them to continue and raise the issue and ask them if there's capacity to expand the programming, if that's Council's direction.

I would very much like to revisit that because my understanding is really there was reluctance coming from the city and because of cost issues and we have legitimate concerns there. But again, we were all enjoying with our community what was happening this last weekend and that we've only, we're down to three, but one of those is the holiday.

No, we're down to two. They are not during December.

But the holiday parade, they're not shutting down?

But it's not a weekend on May. It will only be closed for Friday for the parade.

So it's not for the full weekend. So we're down to two. I think that's unfortunate is the kindest. I would like to revisit that. Thank you.

Okay.

uh it appears like to bring something up it fails for lack of support uh okay yes um yeah i'd like to uh you know take one step further beyond what we discussed earlier in regard to the question of the fci dublin facility possibly ending up in the hands of ice and becoming an ice facility we've asked staff to take a look at and contact the other jurisdictions in the county to see how we could offer any assistance or what we would need to know. I'd like to take the next step and maybe not at a date certain, but at a future date, agendize having staff bring forward a draft resolution, perhaps based on the one from Dublin or modeled, and bring that to city council for discussion. And for the reasons of the necessity of taking a strong stand and getting out ahead of the game and not waiting for things to happen to us and the meeting the desires of so many of the people in our community. So I'm looking for support.

I would support that.

Any additional support?

At this time, fails for lack of support. As expressed earlier, my empathy to the issue and my statement as to what I'm doing for that. But the fact pattern hasn't changed since my prior lack of support position on that. So fails for lack of support. Any additional matters initiated before we continue on?

I do have one. There is a we got some communication this past weekend from business owners at the south end of Main Street, and it was shut down for weekends on Main. And I understand the benefit of having it shut down at Bernal Avenue so no one turns on the main street. However, there's a large area to turn in that then people would feed into the city lots that are empty on the weekends just around this area now where they could park and potentially where Vic's Diner is. I know the owner of Vic's Diner emailed all of us and said, why couldn't you close the street just beyond my parking lot because it would actually feed people in and they'd be able to move through and park. I'm sure that's been thought about and discussed before, but it was a pretty reasonable suggestion by that business owner. And it would seem to me that the Oakland city lots, if we considered that for the future of our weekends on main, when we're closing them on the first weekend to put the barriers up just past that parking lot to allow car flow through there and parking in the lots around us and give a little more vibrancy to those businesses. I don't know. respect to the interim city manager, this is your first meeting. You know, I don't know if there's, you know, interest in having that looked at. But there was, you know, there is at least some businesses down the end of the street that would appreciate folks being kind of fed into that at the end of the street. So

If I may add, I met with them today, Vicks, and my understanding is they have a meeting with city or maybe the PDA later this week to talk about options. Great. But I'm not sure the city lot was part of that. So I think we don't have to per se matters initiate. That can just probably be something staff could look into in the future, right?

Yeah, I think I told them I'd bring it up. So that's what I'm doing.

Okay. Any additional matters initiated? Okay. Seeing that, council reports, brief reports on conferences, seminars, and meetings attended by council. Vice Mayor, starting off with you.

Yeah, I think the only reportable I have is June 11th stop waste P&A meeting. And that's it. Thank you.

Okay. Council Member Nyberg.

Since our last meeting on June 6th, or June 2nd. Let me just look at my calendar here. Probably not a whole lot of things. I did attend the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement Meeting. And a report that there's been some detections of West Nile virus in the city of Newark. Dead birds have been found that are infected and they have detected mosquito population that's has West Nile virus infection, so encourage appropriate measures for people to take when they're outdoors to protect themselves from mosquitoes. The Valley Link Board of Directors meeting was held that same day, and I attended that. I think that was about it.

Councilmember Testa. Everyone's missed the longest table so far, but no problem. Councilmember Testa.

Yes. Um, let's see. I, uh, attended and the, I think Jeff, you were there at the, um, firehouse. Oh, firehouse. The Don Lewis.

Um, yeah, I was there. Yeah. Right.

Right. In the park. Okay. And, um, A League of California Cities Housing Policy Committee And then there was, I spoke at the Wear Orange action to end gun violence. And then, again, I think we were all participants or hosts of the longest table. That was an absolute wonderful event. I attended the Valley Links event. uh... board meeting that and i'd tv meeting and that's it police department pinning ceremony and uh... with the office oh yeah after us mean oh that's right that was really lovely that was that was uh... are nearly are new uh... uh... officers get the badge pinning yeah i'd some of the comments that were made really were so thoughtful. And I just have such a good sense of I'm of the direction of as my chief said, modern policing. I think we've got some really good people coming in coming through. So yeah.

Okay. So, starting off, I also attended the badge pinning for five new officers and one community service officer. The AVA Community Energy had an executive committee meeting the same day, which was the third. On the fourth, PG&E, Councilmember Nyberg and I attended the PG&E completion of the major accelerated CIP programs in our community, which should significantly help those on the west side of our community have minimized duration and geographical area of outages in our community. So I significantly hope that pans out. The Don Lewis later that day, then the weekend provided quite again a lot of opportunity. The Greek Festival at the Senior Center, Hot Rod Row where Dennis and his Cherry Red Corvette received the Mayor's Award, the longest table. ACTC Programs Committee had a meeting related to rail safety. Livermore is receiving funding to improve their rail interchanges with roadways. Councilmember Nybert and I attended the Tulin-Cingo welcome lunch yesterday. Quite a few of us doing quite a few events. And now we turn it over to city manager updates. Mr. Calabrigo, interim city manager, welcome to Pleasanton. Thank you for your service to our community and take it away.

Yeah, well, thank you so much, Mr. Mayor and council. I want to tell you how much I appreciate the opportunity to be here. I appreciate council's confidence in selecting me and also your willingness to spend some time with me to talk about, you know, priorities and things that you see that are important to the community. So I'm here. It's day seven. You know, I've really appreciated the warm welcome from the community, the council, the staff. And, you know, Pleasanton is a community that just, you know, it revolves around community. Beautiful parks downtown, the setting, and I can just see that there's a great sense of civic pride on the part of the community members, this council, our staff. And my wife and I are pleased to have called the Tri-Valley our home for the last 35 years, raised both of our kids to adulthood. And Pleasanton is the heart of the Tri-Valley. So during my time here, my focus is going to be on supporting the council, trying to maintain our forward momentum in terms of the priorities that have been established by the council. and doing what I can do to try to ensure a smooth transition as you go about the recruitment process to find someone more permanent to sit in this chair. Just in terms of other updates, you know, the Friday briefing or Friday updates is something new to me, and I'll touch on a few things very briefly, but Did want to give a shout out to, you know, to our public works team dealing with this waterline break that we had on First Street. You know, we have aging infrastructure. It never seems to break in the out of the way areas where there's no congestion or no logistics involved. We have fixed that water line, but owing to the age of the infrastructure, now we are working on a solution that will help us go back in there and repair and replace the storm drain line that is layered on top of the water line because of the age of that pipe. It has collapsed somewhat, and so the next phase of that project and the reason that the steel plates are still there. is that there will be additional work that we'll have to do to fix the storm drains and put that back together while we're in there. Val Vista Park water feature, the water play features are now open, just in time for the summer. So again, you know, Somebody who's got young grandchildren, I'm excited about any place that I can take them where there's water that they can run through. It's located near the soccer fields, and they're open and available daily from 9 to 9 through October 1. So we do want to make sure that folks know and encourage families to come out, stay cool, and enjoy this popular community amenity. We've got senior travel training on June the 18th at the Pleasanton Senior Center. They'll be hosting a senior travel training event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parenthetically, please don't ask me what a senior travel training event is because I don't specifically know the answer to that question, but I know that... I'll defer to Councilmember Testa, but I know that we're having one. And participants are going to be able to learn about transit discounts, paratransit services, Dial-A-Ride, other transportation resources that are available to our seniors or our individuals with disabilities. We've got a new volunteer webpage just launched on the website that makes it easier for our residents. to find opportunities to serve. It includes volunteer opportunities with our various programs and local nonprofit organizations. And I think it was just yesterday I had an opportunity to tour the police department with the chief and see how in our police department, you know, we have some dedicated volunteers that donate countless hours and really make a difference in terms of our service delivery and helping us out in different ways. So we encourage our residents to visit our city website and to get involved in their community. And then the last thing I want to mention is the Zone 7 aqueduct maintenance project that is coming up. Zone 7 has notified the retailers that they're going to be undertaking an annual maintenance effort on the South Bay Aqueduct from June the 27th through July the 2nd. This is a little bit different from their regular annual maintenance in that it spans a little bit of additional time than what they usually spend. We are expecting that we're going to continue to receive our normal water supply during this period. We don't anticipate that there are going to be any service impacts. But residents are going to see reminders and encouraging them to be conscious of that and efficiently use their water, particularly as it relates to outdoor irrigation during that five-day or so maintenance window. So there is going to be a public information release that's going to be issued on this in the next few days. So that's everything that I have. Again, it's my pleasure to be here to work with the great staff that we have here in Pleasanton and work with the five of you. So thank you.

Thank you. And Vice Mayor, will you take us out?

Yeah, the Pleasanton City Council adjourns this meeting with a tribute to our nation's men and women serving in the military and with gratitude for every United States veteran who has bravely answered the call to service. Further, we wish to honor the memories of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts both past and present in defense of our country.

Thank you. Have a safe and sane Fourth of July and enjoy America's 250th birthday. Quite a time to be alive. This meeting is hereby adjourned.