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ONE.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH.WE'LL START OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:00 PM FIRST WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IGI TO APPLY OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD.
IT HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO AGENDA, ADAM, UH, THREE PRESENTATIONS.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
PUBLIC COMMENT.MARCIA, DO WE HAVE A PUB PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MAYOR, I DO HAVE SOME REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
UM, SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS RULON CHEN.
THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON GENDERIZED ITEMS. UM, SO NO CHAIR OR HEARINGS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, IF YOU LIKE THE COMMENTS, YOU CAN THUMBS UP OR RAISE YOUR HANDS AND OR THUMBS DOWN FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY AND PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND CURRENTLY STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS RULAND CHEN, AND AS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE HEARD A CO A WHILE AGO, I'M A JUNIOR IN DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO CONTEXT, I'M 16 AND I'VE LIVED HERE, UH, SINCE FOURTH GRADE.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION AGAINST THE ICE FACILITY BEING BUILT HERE.
UM, I THINK THIS COMMUNITY IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
SO WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.
SO WHERE IS THE, THE AGENDA? I THINK IT'S, UH, UM, 8 3, 8 0.3.
SO WE'LL PUT A, UM, AGENDA ITEMS TO 8.3.
THAT'S TIME FOR YOU TO COME FOR THE PUB PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW THE COMMENT IS FOR NON GENERALIZED ITEM.
YEAH, WE'LL KEEP YOU FOR THAT.
SPEAKER FOR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT IS MIKE GRANT.
MIKE GRANT, LONGTIME RESIDENT OWNER OF GUNS UNLIMITED IN TOWN FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OR SO SINCE, UH, 2018.
GENE JOSIE GOT ON THIS COUNCIL WITH ANOTHER MEMBER AND THEY'VE TURNED THIS CITY INTO ALL THIS NATIONAL GETTING OFF TRACK CRAP WITH NATIONAL ITEMS DEFUND THE POLICE SANCTUARY CITY L-G-B-T-Q TRIGGER LOCKS.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHY JEAN LOST THE ELECTION FOR MAYOR.
CITY COUNCILS ARE ELECTED TO HANDLE LOCAL ISSUES ACTING AS LEGISLATIVE BODIES THAT SET POLICIES, APPRO APPROVED BUDGETS PASSED, LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCE, MANAGED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE WATER ROAD, ZONINGS, ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES, PARKS, WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THESE RESIDENTS.
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME DON'T EVEN LIVE IN DUBLIN.
YOU ARE ALL TO STAY IN YOUR LANES AND OUT OF NATIONAL POLITICS, BUT YOU DON'T DO IT.
THIS COUNCIL WAS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL ON MEASURE II.
IT'S A DISGRACE THAT A COUNTY SUPERVISING JUDGE, SUPERVISOR, JUDGE REPEALED THIS MEASURE.
IF YOU GUYS MIGHT'VE BEEN MORE ON TRACK AT KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE BALL PEOPLE MAYBE BEFORE YOU, A FEW OF YOU, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS, THIS EGG ON OUR FACE.
BUT YOU GET OFF IN THESE THINGS AND START RUNNING AMUCK, APPEASING TO THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON ALL THIS DOG AND PONY SHOW? S**T, HOW MUCH SO YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOBS.
STAY OUT OF THE NATIONAL POLITICS AND STAY LOCAL.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOCELINE KAIA.
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THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, THANKS TO MAYOR SHERRY WHO, AND, UM, MY WARM GREETINGS TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT HERE AT THE MEETING.
AS YOU'RE SEEING, I'M DRESSED UP IN ALL CHRISTMAS SPIRITS.
UM, IT'S THE SEASON OF THE YEAR.
I'M EXCITED DESPITE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON AROUND.
AND, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TODAY TO SHARE THE CERTIFICATE OF HONOR THAT MAYOR SHERRY, WHO HAS GIVEN TO ME, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF MY WORK FOR YO INDIA TV CHANNEL.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, UM, THIS CHANNEL, UH, CATERS TO ONE AND ALL.
WE HAVE COVERED A LOT OF EVENTS, UH, FROM MANY, MANY YEARS FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, INCLUDING ST.
PATTY'S CHRISTMAS TEA TREE LIGHTING, CHRISTMAS EXTRA ORGANZA, AND SOME OF THE VERY FIRST EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SPRING FESTIVAL, THE, UH, DIWALI CELEBRATIONS, UH, BY THE TRI VALLEY HINDU CONNECT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, UH, THIS WILL GO ON BECAUSE WE ARE HEAVILY INTO CULTURAL PROPAGATION.
WE CELEBRATE ALL CULTURES, ALL RELIGIONS, NO BIAS, ALL, ALL REGIONS.
UM, AND, UH, WE PROMOTE ALL LANGUAGES.
WE ARE NOT A NONPROFIT, BUT WE OFFER OUR FREE COMMUNITY SERVICES TO THE SOCIETY.
AND, UM, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS TO THAT EFFECT AND THIS TIME, UH, FIRST TIME FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO, UM, MY HEARTIEST THANK YOU TO SHERI HU, OUR ABLE AND EFFECTIVE MAYOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AS WELL FOR COMPLETING ONE SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND KEEPING THE RESIDENTS HAPPY.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR MANY MORE EXCITING THINGS IN THE CITY WITH SUPPORT OF YOU ALL AND YOUR INDIA TV WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEIR, UM, EFFECTIVE, UM, MEDIA SERVICES, QUALITY VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, UH, THE PHOTO OPS AND WRITE-UPS THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST CHANNELS THAT WE DRAW UPON.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, I'VE NOT SEEN ANYONE ELSE HAVING AS MANY AS 170,000 ON THE FACEBOOK ITSELF.
AND THEN, UH, WE ARE ALSO AIRING THIS CHANNEL ON COMCAST, AT AND T SPECTRUM, AMAZON FIRE TV, APPLE TV, AND ROKU, NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT ACROSS 190 COUNTRIES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM MAYOR SHERI WHO, AND ONCE AGAIN, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN ADVANCE, AND WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR.
ABEL MAYOR, RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
MY NAME IS ARI AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF CITY OF DUBLIN AND A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SAVE DIWALI FOOD DRIVE.
I'M HERE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR'S FOOD DRIVE.
THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBERS ARE ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR HINDU WORLDWIDE AS WE CELEBRATE DIWALI THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
DIWALI IS THE TIME TO REFLECT ON THE TRIUMPH OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS, KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE AND HOPE OVER DESPAIR.
IT INSPIRES US TO LIVE, LIVE WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
AT THE HEART OF DIWALI IS
THIS IS SPIRIT IS EMBODIED IN ZEBA DIWALI, A NATIONAL IN INITIATIVE, ROOTED IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT SERVICE TO HUMANITY IS THE SERVICE TO DIVINITY.
THE PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER DHARMIC ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING HINDU, BUDES, GEN, SIKH YOGA, SPIRITUAL LINGUISTIC, AND INDIAN SOCIOCULTURAL GROUPS, UNITED BY A SHARED COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
THE ZEDI VALLEY INITIATIVE REPRESENTS THE COLLECTIVE STRENGTH OF DHARMIC COMMUNITIES ACROSS USA.
ITS GOAL IS TO GIVE BACK TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES DURING DIWALI WHILE COM CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO COMBAT HUNGER.
THE INITIATIVE FOSTERS A CULTURE OF SERVICE AMONG INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND CHILDREN, WHILE ALSO EXPANDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION.
AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO USE THEIR HOMES
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AS COLLECTION CENTER FOR NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS. THESE DONATIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS, COMMUNITY PANTRIES, AND HOMELESS SHELTERS, ENSURING THAT SPIRIT OF DIWALI REACHES TO THOSE MOST IN NEED.SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2018 IN NEW JERSEY WHERE 25 ORGANIZATION COLLECTED 18,000 POUNDS OF FOOD SAVE, OUR DIWALI HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
BY 2025, THE INITIATIVE EXPANDED TO OVER 38 STATES AND 250 TOWNSHIPS ALSO ENGAGING MORE THAN 555 DHARMA CULTURAL LINGUISTIC AND SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
TOGETHER WE HAVE COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED OVER AROUND A MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO MORE THAN 360 BENEFICIARIES IN THE BAY AREA AND CENTRAL VALLEY ALONE.
OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONATED MORE THAN 51,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THIS YEAR TO LOCAL 68 SHELTERS, PANTRIES, AND FOOD BANK IN, IN CITY OF DUBLIN.
AS HINDU SANG, WE HAVE DONATED AROUND 1600 POUNDS OF FOOD TO LOCAL BENEFICIARIES LIKE TRI-VALLEY HEAVEN AND CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FOOD BANK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SUPPORT AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER.
THROUGH UNITY, COMPASSION, AND SELFLESS SERVICE, WE CAN ENSURE THAT LIGHT OF THE VALLEY EXTEND TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER FOR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT IS BRENT SANJI.
GOOD EVENING, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE CITY.
OKAY, SO I'M COMING, UH, FOR KIND OF LIKE THE IMMIGRATION THING.
IT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS AND I HEARD COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER JOSIE MAKE THE REMARK THAT IT'S OUR VALUES AS A CITY TO INCLUDE PEOPLE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE DEI IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT DEI WAS INAPPROPRIATELY PUT INTO OUR GOVERNMENT BACK IN 2020.
OUR CITY WAS IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND, UH, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SAID EARLIER, JEAN JOSIE AND SEAN KUMA GUIDE, THEY WERE LIKE BAD ACTORS AND THEY USED THE EMERGENCY AND THEY PUT DEI INTO THE GOVERNMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S OUR VALUES.
AND NOW THEY'RE USING THAT TO SAY WE CAN DEFY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON IMMIGRATION 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR CITY'S VALUES ARE, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE DEI TAKEN OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND WE HAVE A BETTER WAY OF COMING UP WITH WHAT OUR VALUES ARE RATHER THAN SNEAKY PEOPLE DURING EMERGENCIES AND A FEW PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES TRYING TO LIKE INFLUENCE US.
AND MAYOR, I DID HAVE A SPEAKER SLIP FOR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ZOOM FOR AN MSH AND I DO NOT SEE THAT PERSON IN OUR, UM, ZOOM UH, MEETING AT THIS TIME.
SO I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER SLIPS.
YEAH, SO, SO WE'LL JUST MOVE ON, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND GO TO
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR ]
NUMBER AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT CALENDAR.AND I WANT TO ASK MY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, NUMBER FIVE, UH, MAYOR, I DO, I HAVE A QUESTION ON CLARIFYING QUESTION OF 5.4.
5.4, UH, BUT IF, IF IT'S OKAY, UH, COULD WE RESERVE OUR, UM, CONSENT VOTE UNTIL AFTER MY QUESTIONS? IT'S JUST THEY'RE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
I, I'M NOT OPPOSING ANYTHING IF, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COUNSEL.
SO I ALSO HAVE QUESTION ABOUT 5.8, SO I'LL POLL 5.8.
SO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT TO PULL THE, UH, PULL THE ITEM.
OKAY, SO, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, SO WE HAVE QUESTION ABOUT 5.4 AND WE WANT TO PULL 5.5 AND 5.8.
SO, UM, SO I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU JUST HAVE A MANUAL QUESTION ABOUT 5.4.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD WITH 5.4 AND THEN WE CAN PASS EVERYTHING MINUS THAT TO WHAT OKAY.
UH, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, CONSENT ITEM 5.4 RELATES TO THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND ANNUAL AUDIT.
UH, JAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU QUESTIONS, UH, BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, SO FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, I'LL REPEAT SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, QUESTION NUMBER ONE, JAY, IS THAT, UH, IN ATTACHMENT THREE, UH, TITLED AUDITOR'S COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE, UM, CAN YOU SHARE THE, WITH THE CONTEXT OF THE RISKS THAT WERE FOUND, UH, DURING THE, THE AUDIT? SO, UH, IN THE ATTACHMENT THREE, UM, THE, UM, IT'S, UM, THE AUDITOR'S COMMUNICATION, SO IT'S THEIR COMMUNICATION TO THE, THE CITY COUNCIL.
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UM, AND THEY IDENTIFIED TWO RISKS, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE RISK OF MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE AND THEN ALSO REVENUE, UH, RECOGNITION.UM, BUT IT, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THOSE ARE RISKS INHERENT IN ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY AUDIT.
UM, THEY IDENTIFY THOSE TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE ARE POTENTIAL RISKS IN ANYTHING.
AND THAT WAY, UH, WHEN THEY DO THEIR TESTING, THEY'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE TWO, UH, AREAS WERE DONE CORRECTLY.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND QUESTION.
UM, AGAIN, JUST, JUST CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
UM, NOW THE, THE AUDITOR ALSO HAD ACCESS TO PRIOR YEAR RECORDS, RIGHT? AND THAT IS PART OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
UH, QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU WAS, WERE THERE ANY FINDINGS THIS YEAR THAT THEY ALSO FOUND FROM PRIOR YEARS? AND IF SO, UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO MITIGATE ANY OF THOSE FINDINGS? SO THERE WERE NO FINDINGS THIS YEAR, AND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN PRIOR YEARS THAT WOULD THEN NEED TO BE CORRECTED AND IDENTIFIED IN THIS YEAR'S AUDIT.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN NO FINDINGS.
THEY'VE BEEN OUR AUDITOR NOW FOR, I BELIEVE, EIGHT YEARS.
AND IN THE ENTIRE TIME, THERE'S BEEN NO FINDINGS.
LAST QUESTION, UH, AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, UH, DID WE HAVE ANY FINDINGS IN THE REPORT THAT YOU DISAGREED WITH? NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FINDINGS.
SO, UM, OVERALL THOUGH, UH, THERE WAS, WE ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THE REPORT AND, UM, THE, THE WORK, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS AUDITOR.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD BACK AND FORTH.
SO, UM, FORTH WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE REPORT AND WE HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION.
DO WE, UM, APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MINUS ITEMS 5.8 AND 5.5 AT THIS TIME? ALL SIR.
SO THE MOTION HAS UNANIMOUSLY, SO LET'S GO TO 5.5.
[5.5 Selection of Names of Two New Parks within the Francis Ranch Development]
SELECTION OF NAMES OF TWO NEW PARKS.UM, YOU MEAN, UH, JUST REALLY QUICK RECAP, IF YOU COULD, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF THE, THE PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, WHICH, WHICH LED TO THESE TWO NAME PARKS, UH, PARK SUGGESTIONS.
UM, SO THE THEMES FOR THE PARK WERE ORIGINALLY CHOSEN THROUGH THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS DURING THE PARK DESIGN PHASE.
AND SO AFTER WE HAD THE THEMES ESTABLISHED, THEN WE SENT OUT AN OPEN-ENDED SURVEY SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD SUBMIT JUST NAMES THAT THEY SAW BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THE LAND.
UM, THE DESIGN FEATURES, THE CONCEPT THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED, AND THEN, UM, BASICS WITHIN OUR POLICY.
SO AFTER THAT, STAFF FILTERED THROUGH THOSE AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, UM, AS A PAIR SO THAT THE TWO PARKS SORT OF HAD A COHESIVE ENERGY ABOUT THEM SINCE THEY'RE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, UM, THOSE PAIRS WERE AGAIN, SUBMITTED IN A SURVEY BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN, UM, YOUR STAFF REPORT SHOWS THE VOTES THAT CAME IN FROM THE SECOND SURVEY.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL.
IS EVERYONE ON BOARD WITH THESE NAMES OR, OKAY.
UM, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA
I, I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT WENT INTO THIS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY TIED TO DUBLIN, MAYBE NOT IN THIS PARK, BUT IN FUTURE PARKS.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE COMING ONLINE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WILDLIFE, UH, UH, VEGETATION, FLOWERS SPECIFIC TO DUBLIN THAT ARE HERE.
UH, I NOTICED SOME THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH THEY REFLECT CA CALIFORNIA AS A STATE, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT DUBLIN.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UM, GIVE A NOD TO SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF DUBLIN, UH, AND, AND FOLKS LIKE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT WERE HERE, UH, LONG BEFORE IT WAS CALLED DUBLIN.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE DEEPER.
SOUNDS LIKE I DON'T HAVE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD FOR, OR, OR THE, UH, THE COUNCIL FOR THIS GO AROUND, BUT IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LOVE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT? UH, UH, YES.
UM, I, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF DOING ANYTHING AT THIS STAGE OF THE, UM, PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY DONE SO MUCH PUBLIC OUTREACH ON THESE SPECIFIC PARKS.
UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING ABOUT THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE NAME THINGS.
UM, I DO WANNA, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE
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BIT MORE, UM, RESIDENT DRIVEN, A LITTLE LESS STAFF DRIVEN, WHICH I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.UM, WE'VE GIVEN THAT FEEDBACK IN THE PAST.
UM, I AGREE WITH YOU, UM, TO, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, I DO LIKE THESE NAMES.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE, THERE WAS A THEME TO THESE PARKS, UM, THAT WENT THROUGH THE PARKS COMMISSION AND CAME TO US.
WE AGREED WITH THOSE THEMES AND THEN WE WENT OUT FOR NAMING.
UM, BUT I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, THE WAY WE CHOOSE THINGS, THE WAY WE ASK THE PUBLIC TO HELP US CHOOSE THINGS COULD STILL USE A LITTLE BIT MORE REFINEMENT AND A LITTLE MORE, UM,
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE PAIRED THE NAMES TOGETHER AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAID, I LIKE A FROM THIS PAIR, BUT B FROM THIS OTHER PAIR.
AND, AND THERE WASN'T REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THAT TO HAPPEN ON THIS.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD RECENT FEEDBACK, UM, AND THIS IS SORT OF CONNECTED AND SLIGHTLY TANGENTIAL ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH, UM, ART WAS SELECTED.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE WERE GUIDELINES FROM ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THE BIDS WERE MADE BY THAT.
AND THEN IT WAS A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SELECTED THE ART, AND THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE, THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE, THAT WERE MADE.
SO, UM, AND SIMILAR THINGS MIGHT BE HAPPENING WITH PARK NAMES AS WELL.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE NAME THINGS AND HOW DO WE, UM, ASK FOR THAT FEEDBACK AND WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF OUR INVOLVEMENT FROM A STAFF POINT OF VIEW IN THAT PROCESS, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR EITHER A, A COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION THAT'S A STANDING COMMISSION? WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FROM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, DECIDING WHAT, WHAT THEMES WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT PARTICULAR THING THAT IS BEING NAMED.
SO THAT MAY BE A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT WE WANT MOVING FORWARD.
ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM, FROM YOU GUYS? NO.
SO I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK, QUICK COMMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, UM, THE, THE COMMISSIONERS, THE STAFF, AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS HAVE MADE.
SO I JUST LOOK AT THIS SURVEY.
THERE'S A 127 PEOPLE RESPONDED, AND WITH THE 34%, THAT'S A MAJORITY, LIKE COMPARED TO THE ANOTHER OPTION THAT'S LIKE A WAY MORE THAN THE SECOND OPTION THAT THE, UM, CHOICE WERE WAS MADE.
AND ALSO, I, I LOVE THE NAMES, JUST I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THESE ARE MY FAVORITE NAME AS WELL.
AND I HEAR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE PARKS, THEY MIGHT BE SOME OTHER, UH, THOUGHTS AND GO INTO THAT.
BUT FOR THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN DOING AS A CITY AND, UM, WE, WE WERE DOING A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.
AND I THINK THE NAMES ARE BEAUTIFUL,
AND WE DONE WITH THE QUESTIONS FOR THIS ONE? WE CAN VOTE ON THIS ONE.
YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, ITEM 5.5, SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.
SO IF WE SAY, ALL IN, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR 5.5, SO WE MOVE ON TO FIVE,
[5.8 Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Chapter 8.84 (Sign Regulations) (PLPA-004290-2025)]
5.8.UM, THAT I, I POLL THIS ITEM BECAUSE LAST TIME WHEN WE VOTED FOR THIS ITEM, UM, NOT EVERYBODY AGREED ON THIS ITEM.
SO WE WANT TO POLL THIS FOR ANOTHER SEPARATE VOTE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS FOR ME.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THE LAST TIME WAS, UH, NOT UNANIMOUSLY, UH, VOTED FOR THIS ONE.
YOU, YOU REMEMBER THIS? 5.8 IS ABOUT THE, THE FLAGS.
UM, SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION MAKE POSITION TO APPROVE ITEM 5.8 OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I'LL SECOND IT.
WELL, FIRST AND SECOND WE'LL DO ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARADA STILL NO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.
MAYOR WHO NO MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO ONTO, SORRY, MAYOR.
I KNOW THERE THE POLICE ESCORTED SOME FOLKS OUT TO THE OTHER ROOM BECAUSE THERE WERE EMPTY CHAIRS THERE.
PERHAPS WE CAN INVITE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT MAY WANT TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
OH, SO HOW WE DO THAT, MAYOR STAFF WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, SO AGENDA ITEM SIX, PUBLIC HEARING NINE, AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, AND FURNISH THE BUSINESS
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NINE.[8.1 Presentation of the Outdoor Flag Display Policy ]
NO BUSINESS.8.1 PRESENTATION OF THE OUTDOOR FLAG DISPLAY POLICY.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JORDAN FOSS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND TONIGHT I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ON THE OUTDOOR FLAG DISPLAY POLICY.
AND THE PRESENTATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REQUEST.
OKAY, SO FOR SOME COOK BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION 56 DASH 19 ON JUNE 4TH, 2019, AND THEIR RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES THE CITY'S OUTDOOR FLAG DISPLAY POLICY, WHICH GOVERNS HOW FLAGS ARE DISPLAYED IN THE CITY.
THESE, UH, THESE INCLUDE THE US FLAG, STATE FLAG DUBLIN FLAG, AND SETS PARAMETERS FOR THE OCCASIONAL DISPLAY OF COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS.
THE CITY DISPLAYS OUTDOOR FLAGS AT 13 FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
AND I DO WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT THE FLAGS AT THE THREE FIRE STATIONS, AS WELL AS THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT, UH, AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX.
THOSE FLAGS ARE MANAGED BY ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE.
ADDITIONALLY, FLAGS ARE FLOWN ON OCCASION AT HERITAGE PARKS, UH, AND THE MUSEUM.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE POLICY.
SO THE OUTDOOR FLAG POLICY DEFINES BOTH DISPLAY STANDARDS AND DIRECTION FOR FLYING COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS.
THE DISPLAY STANDARDS LAID OUT IN THE POLICY ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES, INCLUDING SIZE AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES, AND THEN THE ORDER OF HONOR FOR EACH FLAG, UH, WITH THE US FLAG ALWAYS FLOWN IN.
THE HIGHEST HONOR STANDARDS ALSO INCLUDE THAT FLAGS WILL BE DISPLAYED DURING OPERATIONAL HOURS WHEN THE CITY IS OPEN, AND THEN ALSO ON, ON NATIONAL AND STATE HOLIDAYS.
FLAGS MAY ALSO BE FLOWN 24 HOURS A DAY AS LONG AS THEY'RE PROPERLY ILLUMINATED DURING DARKNESS.
THE CITY POLICY ALSO DEFINES THAT COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS MAY ONLY BE DISPLAYED IF AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A NOTICED MEETING AND REQUESTS TO FLY A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG MUST BE MADE BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
LASTLY, THESE COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS MAY BE FLOWN FOR A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, NOT TO EXCEED 31 DAYS, AND MUST BE FLOWN ONLY AT THE DUBLIN CIVIC CENTER.
SO IN ADDITION TO OUR ESTABLISHED OUTDOOR FLAG DISPLAY POLICY, THE CITY ALSO HAS OPERATING PRACTICES FOR LOWERING FLAGS TO HALF STAFF.
THE CITY FOLLOWS THE US FLAG CODE, WHICH PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR WHEN THE FLAG SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF, HOW FLAGS ARE TO BE, HOW FLAGS ARE TO BE DISPLAYED WHEN FLOWN AT HALF STAFF, AND THEN HOW TO PROPERLY CARE FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG.
THE CITY FOLLOWS PRESIDENTIAL OR GUBERNATORIAL PROCLAMATIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS, AS WELL AS, UH, DESIGNATED INSTANCES WHEN FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF, WHICH I WILL GO OVER SHORTLY.
AND THEN I DO WANNA ALSO MENTION THAT DUBLIN FOLLOWS A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS TO OUR NEIGHBOR, TRI-VALLEY CITIES, AND WHEN IT COMES TO LOWERING FLAGS TO HALF STAFF.
OKAY, SO AS I MENTIONED ON THE LAST SLIDE, THERE ARE DESIGNATED INSTANCES WHERE THE FLAGS WOULD FLY OR SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF.
THESE INCLUDE ESTABLISHED ANNUAL DAYS OF RECOGNITION WHERE THE FLAG IS ORDERED TO BE FLOWN OR TO BE LOWERED.
AND SO THE DAYS ARE THE NATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL DAY PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, MEMORIAL DAY IS WHERE AS WELL, WHERE THE FLAGS FLOWN, UH, AT HALF STAFF FROM SUNRISE TO NOON THAT DAY.
AND THEN, UH, RAISED, UH, TO FULL STAFF AT NOON, THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS ARMISTICE DAY, PATRIOT DAY, WHICH IS IN REMEMBRANCE OF NINE 11 AND PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE ESTABLISHED FEDERAL DAYS OF RECOGNITION, US FLAG CODE ALSO OUTLINES HONORS FOR NATIONAL OR STATE LEADERS DEATHS.
AND THESE INCLUDE LOWERING THE FLAG FOR THE DEATH OF A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT, UH, WHICH IS FOR 30 DAYS AFTER DEATH.
UH, CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF JUSTICE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR 10 DAYS AFTER DEATH.
AND THEN A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OR A CURRENT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT CABINET MEMBER, US SENATOR REPRESENTATIVE TERRITORIAL DELEGATE OR GOVERNOR.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE FLAGS WOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF FROM DEATH TILL INTERNMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE ESTABLISHED HONORS, THE PRESIDENT OR GOVERNOR HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO FLY THE FLAG, OR EXCUSE ME, TO ORDER THE FLAG FLOWN AT HALF STAFF FOR TRAGIC EVENTS OR FOR THE DEATH OF PUBLIC SERVANTS OR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
OKAY, SO NOW TO DETAIL THE CITY'S CURRENT OPERATING PRACTICE.
SO FIRST STAFF RECEIVES A NOTIFICATION FROM A FLAG STATUS ALERT SERVICE SUCH AS FLAGS EXPRESS.COM OR HALF STAFF DO HALF STAFF.ORG.
UH, NEXT, THE PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE TEAM AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER, ARE NOTIFIED OF THE ORDER, UH, INCLUDED IN THAT IS THE DURATION FOR THE FLAGS TO REMAIN AT HALF STAFF.
SO MAINTENANCE CAN SCHEDULE THE RAISING OF THE FLAGS AS WELL.
THEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS NOTIFIED SO THEY CAN PREPARE A NEWS FLASH FOR OUR WEBSITE TO EN UH, ENSURE THE PUBLIC ARE AWARE OF THE REASON AND DURATION FOR THE LOWERING OF THE FLAGS.
MAINTENANCE STAFF THEN PROMPTLY LOWER THE FLAGS AT ALL FACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER WHERE THEY'LL REMAIN AT HALF STAFF FOR THE DURATION THAT WAS ANNOUNCED.
AND THEN LASTLY, MAINTENANCE STAFF WILL RETURN ALL FLAGS TO FULL STAFF ONCE THE ORDER'S EXPIRED, WHICH THEN COMPLETES THE PROCESS.
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SO IN SUMMARY, THE CITY UTILIZES THE ADOPTED POLICY AND INTERNAL OPERATING PRACTICES TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE FLAGS ARE DISPLAYED RESPECTFULLY, LAWFULLY, AND CONSISTENTLY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE DIRECTION.AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING'S JUST TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION OR REPORT.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, UH, ON YOUR SLIDE, YOU SAID, UM, WHEN THE, UH, PRESIDENT ORDERS THE FLAG, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE, UM, NOT THIS ONE, THAT ONE.
UM, THE LAST BULLET ITEM SAYS PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION OR GUBERNATORIAL ORDER FOR TRAGIC EVENTS OR DEATH OF PUBLIC SERVANT OR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
UM, IS THAT, IS THE TRAGIC EVENTS PART IN THE, UM, FLAG CODE? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT ACTUALLY IN THE ATTACHMENT.
UM, IT'S, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S DIRECTLY CALLED OUT.
THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE AUTHORITY WITHIN THE FLAG CODE TO BASICALLY DIRECT WHEN THE FLAGS TO BE LOWERED.
UM, THE GOVERNOR HAS THE SAME THING, IT'S MORE SPECIFIC FOR THE GOVERNOR, AND IT NORMALLY DEALS WITH LIKE THE DEATH OF A STATE LEADER OR A PERSONNEL WITHIN.
BUT THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY WITHIN THE FLAG CODE TO LOWER, TO ORDER THE LOWERING OF FLAGS, THE, THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE MM-HMM
SAYS FOR, UM, A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, WHATEVER THAT DEFINITION IS.
UM, UH, DEATH OF OTHER OFFICIALS, FOREIGN IN DIGNITARIES.
UM, AND THEN IT GOES OUT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, GOVERNORS THAT CAN FOR ARMED FORCES, UM, UH, OR OTHER, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, WHOSE DEATHS OCCURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T SEE JUST A GENERIC, UH, TRAGIC EVENTS.
IT'S NOT YET, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CALLED OUT THAT WAY.
THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN WHEN THERE ARE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD ORDER THE FLAG TO BE LOWERED.
AGAIN, WE, OUR PRACTICE IS TO FOLLOW THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT COME TO US.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION.
MY QUESTION WAS, DOES IT, DOES THE CODE CALL OUT THE TIMES UNDER WHICH THE PRESIDENT CAN ORDER THE FLAG? UH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT DEBATING WHAT, UM, PRACTICE HAS BEEN.
I'M ASKING DOES THE FLAG CODE, UM, SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT, UH, TRAGIC EVENTS OR HAS THAT JUST BECOME, UH, STANDARD PRACTICE? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK MORE INTO THAT WITHOUT, I, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT, UM, ACCORDING TO SECTION M, WHICH I THINK IS WHERE YOU'RE REFERENCING, RIGHT, UM, IT DOES NOT CALL OUT TRAGIC EVENTS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I GUESS, UH, FROM A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED TWO WEBSITES THAT WERE DOT COMS AND NOT DO GOV.
UH, IS THERE SOME VERIFICATION THAT HAPPENS OR, OR DO WE JUST SORT OF TAKE, TAKE THOSE TWO WEBSITES WHERE, SO NORMALLY THOSE ORDERS ARE GONNA COME, THOSE WEBSITES ARE UTILIZING THE ORDERS DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENT.
WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THERE'S NOT A.GOV WEBSITE THAT SENDS OUT THAT PROCLAMATION DIRECTLY.
UM, I CAN DO SOME MORE DIGGING AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND, BUT THOSE ARE WHAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST.
UM, AND THEN LIKE FLAGS.COM HAS ANOTHER SERVICE, AGAIN, THEY'RE MORE CONNECTED TO THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SENDING IT OUT AS BASICALLY A NEWS FLASH AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR JUST FEDERAL, OR YOU CAN REGISTER FOR YOUR STATE AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE ALSO RECEIVING ANY OF YOUR GOVERNOR'S ORDERS DEPENDING ON WHAT STATE YOU'RE IN.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED MCE PUT THE FLAGS UP AND DOWN.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE 24 HOURS, UH, FLOWN 24 HOURS HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, I THINK THE FLAGS OUT FRONT SHOULD BE FLOWN.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIT, AND I BELIEVE AT DAWN BIDDLE, THEY'RE LIT AS WELL.
SO ANYWHERE WHERE THEY'RE LIT, THEY CAN BE FLOWN FOR 24 HOURS.
IF THEY'RE NOT PROPERLY LIT, THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN AT SUNSET.
UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS IN, IN, IN TERMS OF COST.
THIS, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT AT HALF STAFF OR NOT, DOESN'T, DOESN'T INCREASE THE COST AT ALL.
MAINTENANCE STAFF JUST GOES OUT AND LOWERS THE FLAG.
UH, AND THEN, UH, HAVE YOU DONE ANY RESEARCH IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER CITIES FOLLOW? IS IT, IS IT JUST STANDARD PRACTICE TO FOLLOW THE, THE, THE FEDERAL AND GUBERNATORIAL ORDERS OR ANYONE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? YEAH, I MEAN, LOOKING AT LIKE OUR TRI-VALLEY CITIES, RIGHT? LIKE LOOKING AROUND US, EVERYONE'S FOLLOWING THE ORDERS THAT ARE BASICALLY COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT AND OR THE GOVERNOR.
UM, SO WE'RE ALL FOLLOWING, LIKE I SAID, A VERY, VERY SIMILAR PROCEDURE.
EVERY STEP MIGHT NOT BE THE EXACT SAME, BUT IT'S REALLY CLOSE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN LOCKSTEP WITH WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING.
I'LL RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT ANY MORE I HAVE CLARIFY JUST QUESTIONS.
UH, I WANNA ASK A COUPLE OF JUST BASIC CIVICS QUESTIONS, IF I MAY, UM, JUST TO HELP ROUND OUT SORT OF THE, THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE.
UH, SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE, UH, WHEN THE PRESIDENT ISSUES A REQUEST TO LOWER THE FLAG, IN WHAT FORM IS THAT? YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO IT COMES OVER AS LIKE, IT'S A OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, A PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION, OR IT COMES OVER AS A PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
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SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S MAKING LIKE NECESSARILY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR LIKE A FORMAL, IT'S, IT IS LIKE A FORMAL PROCLAMATION.IT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT, IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO CATEGORIZE IT.
OR A PROCLAMATION TO SAY THE FLAG SHOULD BE LOWERED.
AND THEN, SO NOT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND NOT A LAW, RIGHT? NOT A LAW.
UH, SO COULD YOU SHARE WITH ME THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE SCOPE AND AUTHORITY BEHIND EACH ONE OF THOSE FOUR THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT? SO START WITH PROCLAMATION.
WHAT IS THE SCOPE AND AUTHORITY OF A PROCLAMATION AND WHAT'S SORT OF THE DEFINITION OF A PROCLAMATION? UH, I'LL HELP.
THAT'S, YEAH, SO A PROCLAMATION IS MAINLY CEREMONIAL AND ADVISORY.
NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF AN ORDER? YOU MEAN AN ORDER? IT'S A DIRECT ORDER THAT WOULD COME FROM, THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S A BINDING TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.
UH, NUMBER THREE, UH, TELL ME THE SCOPE OF A LAW.
CAN THAT BE SOMETHING THAT IS CODIFIED IN RIGHT INTO LAW? BINGO.
SO OF THE FOUR WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION IS SIMPLY CEREMONIAL REQUEST.
AND WE HAVE A CHOICE TO EITHER GO WITH IT OR NOT.
TODAY WE HAVE CHOICES TO FOLLOW STANDARD PROCESS AMONGST THE TRI-VALLEY CITIES, RIGHT? YES.
SO, UM, SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
LIKE, UM, THERE'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WHAT, WHAT TO SAY? LIKE IN OUR CITY, YOU SAID WE ARE SIMILAR TO ALL THE OTHER TITIES CITIES.
UM, SO THAT THIS MEAN WHEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, FLAG HALF THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THEY'RE UTILIZING THE SAME NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE.
SO THEY SHOULD BE LOWERING FLAGS AS WE'RE LOWERING FLAGS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE SAME AS THEIRS AS, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ALREADY HAPPENED IN OUR TRIBAL CITIES ABOUT THIS STUFF? THE, THE FLAGS POLICY, UH, INTERNALLY POSSIBLY.
I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYTHING AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL REGARDING, UH, FLAG POLICY.
ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR.
I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM AND THAT IS BRENT SANJI.
I WOULD NOT DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE KIRK AS A GENERIC TRAGIC EVENT.
SO THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS, UH, JEAN JOSIE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK AFTER CHARLIE KIRK WAS KILLED.
THE WHITE HOUSE LOWERED THE FLAG TO HALF STAFF.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE DOESN'T LIKE THEIR POLITICS.
UM, IN 20, UH, 20, I ALREADY SAID THIS, THAT THEY INAPPROPRIATELY PUT DEI INTO EVERY AREA OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
SO THIS IS LIKE THE LAST REMAINING AREA THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT, THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS AREA.
UM, WE HAVE A DIVIDED COUNTRY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ON THE COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD BE SAYING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CITY? NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA.
WE SHOULD HAVE A THREE FLAG POLICY.
THERE SHOULD BE NO COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS AND IF THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT, WHETHER YOU AGREE OR NOT, JUST DO IT TO HALF STAFF.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST POLICY.
THIS IS JUST HER POLITICAL ACTIVISM.
SHE VIOLATED OUR NORMS. BACK IN 2019, THE COUNCIL VOTED ON THIS TO DO THREE FLAGS, AND SHE BROUGHT IT BACK IN THE SAME MEETING FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AND FOR TWO WEEKS OUR CITY WAS ATTACKED IN THE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT VIOLATES OUR NORMS. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RESPECT THE MAJORITY.
WHEN THEY VOTE, THEY VOTED TO DO THREE FLAGS.
SHE DIDN'T GET IT, AND SHE BROUGHT IT BACK.
AND THAT TOTALLY VIOLATES OUR NORMS. SO SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL WHEN SHE DID THAT, HER AND COUNCIL MEMBER KUMA GUY, AND THEY WEREN'T, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH IT, AND IT WAS TOTALLY WRONG.
AND OUR WHOLE CITY'S BEEN IN SHAMBLES SINCE THEN.
WE HAVE TO GET DEI CHAIR, GET EI OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT, DO A THREE FLAG POLICY.
IF THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT TO LOWER HALF STAFF, JUST DO IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY.
SO I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
SO A CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT WE BRING BACK FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE.
UM, YES, I AM THE ONE THAT REQUESTED THIS ITEM.
AND, UM, CONTRARY WHAT OUR SPEAKER JUST SPOKE, I, WHEN I ASKED ABOUT TRAGIC EVENTS, I WAS NOT REFERRING TO, UM, THE LOWERING OF THE FLAG FOR MR. KIRK.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN BOTH, UH, ADMINISTRATIONS, THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, UM, LOWER THE FLAGS FOR THEIR POLITICAL AGENDAS.
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WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT IT PUTS STAFF IN, UM, THE POSITION OF FOLLOWING THAT AS OUR POLICY IS.AND, UM, AS THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE POLARIZED, UM, WE CAN SEE HOW PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS, WHETHER IT'S THIS PRESIDENT OR FUTURE PRESIDENT, COULD CONTINUE TO BE, UM, UTILIZED TO LOWER THE FLAG FOR, UM, THINGS THAT THE FLAG CODE DID NOT INITIALLY DESIGN IT.
FOR MY, UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAGIC EVENTS, UM, I ACTUALLY WASN'T THINKING ABOUT A PERSON.
I WAS THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, LARGER EVENTS, NOT SINGLE PEOPLE.
UM, A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION LOWERED THE FLAG, UM, FOR MASS SHOOTING EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS A, I WOULD CLASSIFY A TRAGIC EVENT.
UM, NOT CALLED OUT IN OUR CURRENT FLAG CODE, UM, OTHER LARGE EVENTS, PLANE CRASHES, THINGS LIKE THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS ON MY MIND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT TRAGIC EVENTS AND WHETHER THAT WAS IN THE FLAG POLICY SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS BACK, AND I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ABOUT WHETHER WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW OUR CURRENT POLICY OR WHETHER WE, UM, UH, CHANGE IT SLIGHTLY ABOUT FLAGS COMING DOWN TO HALF STAFF.
BUT WE DID GET, UM, WE GOT EMAILS TO COUNCIL AND WE GOT CALLS INTO STAFF ABOUT THE LOWERING OF THE FLAG THE LAST TIME, UM, FOR MR. KIRK, WHO WAS NOT A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
THE CURRENT POLICY AS WRITTEN SAYS THE, UM, PRESIDENTS OR GOVERNORS, UM, CAN HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE TO ISSUE SUCH A STATEMENT, UM, UH, REQUEST OR ORDER THAT THE FLAG BE DISPLAY, UH, TO BE LOWERED IN, UM, ACCORDANCE WITH RECOGNIZED CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAW IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OR, UM, OF A PRESENT OR FORMER OFFICIAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OR OF ANY STATE OR TERRITORY, ET CETERA.
UM, THERE ARE A SET OF DEFINITIONS IN THAT SECTION OF THE CODE OFFICIAL IS NOT ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS DEFINED.
UM, AND SO WHETHER WE WANNA CONTINUE TO FOLLOW JUST EVERY PRESIDENTIAL, UM, PROCLAMATION AND ORDER ABOUT THE FLAG BEING LOWERED IS FINE.
UM, BUT I WANT US TO, AS A COUNCIL DECIDE WHETHER THAT'S GONNA BE CONTINUING OUR PRACTICE OR WHETHER WE WANT TO, UM, JUST LEAVE IT AT THE ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT PRESIDENTS AND FORMER PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OF STAFF, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, UM, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED UP HERE.
AND THEN, UM, FOLLOW PROCLAMATIONS FOR SPECIFICALLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, AND WITH THE GUBERNATORIAL, UM, UH, PROCLAMATIONS, THOSE OF, UM, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UM, WOULD GO BEYOND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING TO COUNCIL TO SAY, DO YOU WANT US TO, TO LOWER THE FLAG? THAT WAS THE REASON I BROUGHT IT BACK, WAS SIMPLY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS EITHER WAY, BUT I WANTED TO, UM, LET STAFF GET THEIR FEELINGS KNOWN ON WHETHER THEY WANT US TO BE WEIGHING IN OR WHETHER THEY WANNA JUST BLANKET FOLLOW WHAT PRESIDENTS OF BOTH PARTIES ARE, ARE DOING AND LEAVE IT AT THAT AND, AND THEN PUT OUT, UH, BETTER COMMUNICATION AS TO WHY WE ARE LOWERING THE FLAG WHEN WE DO SO.
SO THOSE WOULD BE MY COMMENTS.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING IT.
SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSTEN.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN ERVING MY COMMENT OR COMMENTS TO THIS POINT.
'CAUSE I WANNA TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS CONVERSATION WAS GOING WHILE WE OR I MIGHT BE, UM, UH, IN A AT ODDS WITH DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THE PRESIDENT.
I I THINK WE'RE OPENING UP SOMETHING HERE.
UH, HE HAS BROAD DISCRETION ON WHAT HE FEELS IS APPROPRIATE.
WE, WE MIGHT CONSIDER THAT LAST ONE WITH KIRK IN A CERTAIN MANNER.
UM, BUT I, UM, I WANT YOU TO RECALL THAT, UH, THOSE DECISIONS FROM BOTH PARTIES OVER TIME HAVE BEEN USED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC SERVANTS.
MARTIN LUTHER KING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN BEEN ENTERTAINERS THAT HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS WELL.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING INTO AN AREA WHERE, UH, WE MIGHT BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DEBATING ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DEFINE IT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING, WE'RE PUSHING A ROPE HERE.
IN MY SPEAK, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE, UH, STICKING TO THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, REGARDLESS OF OUR PERSONAL OPINIONS.
UM, AND MINE ARE QUITE STRONG, BUT I WILL RESERVE THOSE.
UM, I THINK IT'S A PRUDENT, UH, TO STICK WITH THE PRACTICE WE HAVE AND, UM, ACCEPT WHAT IT IS, UH, TALK ABOUT IT CERTAINLY.
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BUT, UM, I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO, UM, RIDE THAT LINE APPROPRIATELY.SO I WANT TO, I WANT, I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN A PATH OF SUBJECTIVITY HERE AND WHERE WE'RE QUESTIONING, UH, THE, THE DECISIONS OF EITHER PARTY AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
SO I I DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM TO TWEAK ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
I, I WILL, UM, SIMPLY STATE, I, I, I THINK WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION.
UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM YES, I WAS ACTUALLY TORN ON THIS.
UM, I THINK THE, THE STICKING POINT TO ME IS THAT IF, FOR, FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE IS THAT IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
WE WOULD HAVE TO POST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, THREE OUTTA THE FIVE, I THINK HAVE TO BE HERE.
UM, IT, IT, IT WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO TRY TO ONE OFF THIS AND, AND, AND MAKE THOSE TYPES OF JUDGMENT CALLS.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH WAS THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC SERVANT AND HOW BROADLY OR LOOSELY TO DEFINE THAT.
AND THAT IN MY MIND, IT, IT CREATED A CONUNDRUM.
LIKE I, I, I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M FINE IN TERMS OF RECEIVING THE REPORT.
UH, THE ONE CHANGE I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, ASK IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
WE HAVE LOCAL, UH, ELECTED THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY.
AND, AND I'M UNFORTUNATELY MORE TO COME, UH, I, I WOULD ACTUALLY ADVOCATE FOR HAVING AN ADDITIONAL POLICY, AT LEAST FOR OUR DUBLIN FLAG TO BE LOWERED IF THERE'S A LOCAL DIGNITARY, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OFFICIAL, LIKE WE, WE CAN DEFINE THAT PIECE OF IT, BUT, BUT, UH, BUT PROVIDE THAT AS AN HONOR TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SERVED THIS COM UH, THIS CITY FOR, FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
YEAH, NO, I WANT, YEAH, I WANNA, I WANNA SUPPORT THAT FOR SURE.
UM, UH, BUT I THINK WE WOULD, WE WOULD NEED TO PUT VERY SPECIFIC, UM, GUIDE RAILS ON THAT.
UM, SO THAT STAFF IS NOT TRYING TO CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO SAY SO-AND-SO PASSED AWAY AND, AND IS THAT A PERSON THAT FITS INTO THAT GUIDELINE? SO I, I TRUST YOU COULD BRING US BACK ON CONSENT A A POLICY THAT UPDATED THE, THE LOCAL, UM, THE CITY ON THAT.
UM, AND AGAIN, I WANNA REITERATE THAT THIS, THIS HAD NOTHING.
UM, AND MY INTENT WAS, UM, MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR STAFF AND ALSO, UM, EDUCATING, UH, OUR PUBLIC ON WHY WE LOWER THE, THE FLAG WHEN WE DO.
AND, UM, MY ASK WOULD BE THAT, UM, WE DO MORE OUTREACH ON WHY WE LOWER THE FLAG EACH TIME WE DO, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE ORDERS OF THE PRESIDENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE LOWERED THE FLAG, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR STATEMENTS THAT WE, THAT WE PUT OUT EACH, EACH TIME WE DO.
UM, SO SIMA, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
WELL, FIRST I WANNA CHECK AND SEE IF I HAVE THREE HEAD NODS TO BRING BACK THE POLICY THAT ADDRESSES A CITY, CITY CITIES POLICY.
I WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE SAY THAT.
CAN I GET QUICK CLARIFICATION? QUESTION ON THAT ONE? I'M GONNA LET YOU GO.
IF WE'RE GOOD, IF YOU, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE A CLARIFICATION.
HOW, HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US.
UH, IS THAT, IS A, A PROCESS THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN UNDER, UH, YOU KNOW, USUALLY HAS TO BE FROM THE GOVERNOR, OR IT USED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE, CAN WE LOCALIZE THIS? SO I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY FLAG, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S WHAT CITY FLAG.
I'M NOT, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY FLIGHT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THIS CLARIFICATION.
I WANT, I HEARD YOU, YOU WERE ASKING WHAT DIRECTION ON THIS.
SO, UH, YEAH, I, IN GENERAL, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A INFORMATION ON OUR FLIGHT POLICIES AND THANKS THE STAFF TO HAVE A REVIEW ON THIS.
AND IT'S EDUCATIONAL NOT ONLY TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO TO US AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN WE HEARD THIS, WE WERE ASKING WHAT'S OUR POLICIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE MANY, MANY YEARS, MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO, TO REVIEW, TO SAY ANY SITUATION ABOUT THIS.
WE DON'T GET TO ASK, ASK THIS QUESTION.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE CHANCE TO, UH, TO GET EDUCATED HERE.
AND I AGREE WITH MOST OF OUR COMMENTS HERE, AND I, I THINK FOLLOW THE, UH, FEDERAL, FOLLOW THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR, UM, MAKE, UM, PRACTICAL SENSE AT THIS MOMENT.
AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UM, DO EMERGENCY MEETING TO DISCUSS EACH SITUATIONS.
UM, BUT I ALSO LIKE THE, UM, SUGGESTIONS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CORD MAY LIKE A USE OF LIKE, HONOR OUR LOCAL ELECTED OR LOCAL, UM, SITUATION AS WELL.
AND THEN I KNOW CITY MANAGER HAS QUESTIONS YOU WANT.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IN HINDSIGHT, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE
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A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING, UH, WHEN WE LOWER THE FLAG WHY WE'RE LO LOWERING IT OR REMINDING PEOPLE OF WHAT OUR PRACTICE IS.SO THAT'S AN EASY FIX FOR US, AND I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
SO DO WE WANT TO KIND OF NOT, UM, IF WE WANT TO, UM, ASK STAFF TO BRING BACK, UM, WHAT KIND OF SITUATION WE CAN, UH, POLICY WANT TO SET UP FOR OUR DOUBLING CITIES FLAG, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO THIS IS JUST FOR, UH, RECEIVE THE, UM, RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION AND ALSO GIVE DIRECTIONS, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING.
[8.2 Dublin Centre Neighborhood Park – Conceptual Design ]
DOUBLING CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE PARKS FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
WITH ME TONIGHT IS JESSE LET FROM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FROM ROACH AND CAMPBELL.
AND WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND SEEK COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE DUBLIN CENTER NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THIS PARK IS A DEVELOPER BUILT PARK, AND THE DEVELOPER IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT IS WITHIN THE PROJECT BUDGET.
SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO LET JESSE WALK YOU THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS AND THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
MENTIONED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WORKING ON THE, UM, DUBLIN CENTER PARK PROJECT.
IF I, AM I STILL ON THE MIC IF I DON'T PRESS THE BUTTON? YES.
UM, THIS IS A LOCATION SHOWING, THIS IS A IMAGE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE DUBLIN CENTER PARK PROJECT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THIS IS A TWO ACRE PARK THAT IS LONG AND NARROW, UM, AND IT IS VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO THE EMERALD GLEN PARK.
IT IS, UM, BETWEEN TASSAJARA AND BRANNIGAN, UM, SORT OF IN THAT MIDDLE SPACE THERE.
UH, THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS PROXIMITY TO LARGER PARKS, FALLON AND EMERALD GLEN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DUPLICATE THE FUNCTIONS OF THAT PARK.
UM, INSTEAD THIS FOCUSES ON NEIGHBORHOOD PARK APPROPRIATE, UM, ELEMENTS SUCH AS PASSIVE USES AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PARK, THIS PARK HAS, IS REQUIRES SMALL SCALE, HIGH QUALITY PLAY STRUCTURES, SHADED INFORMAL SEATING AREAS, A GROUP PICNICS FACILITY WITH BARBECUE AMENITIES, AND A CLASS ONE B SHARED USE PATH WITH A 12 FOOT WIDE PAVED SURF SURFACE BIKE RACKS AND BIKE REPAIR STATION.
AND FOR CLARITY ON THAT PATH, THAT IS, UH, CLASS ONE B IS SHARED BETWEEN BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
JUST A QUICK RECAP OF OUR PROCESS.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY, THERE WAS EARLIER PREFERRED PLAN OUTREACH COMPLETED.
UM, BACK IN 2023, WE HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY, AN IN-PERSON MEETING, AND THEN A COMMISSION MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AT THAT, ON, DURING THAT ONLINE SURVEY, WE HAD 402 RESPONSES WITH KEY FINDINGS FOCUSING ON PASSIVE PARK, UM, ELEMENTS BEING THE PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE THEN BROUGHT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO SPLATTER TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON MEETING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A BOOTH AT SPLATTER.
WE HAD OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS COME UP, LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND VOTE ON THEIR PREFERRED OPTION.
THE MEETING RESULTS, UH, FROM THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING AT SPLATTER IS THAT THE WONDER THEME WAS THE PREFERRED OPTION.
IT HAD 49% OF THE VOTE VOTES, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A VOTING OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE AMENITIES.
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UM, THE TOP ARE PREFERRED AMENITIES WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THIS SORT OF WONDER THEME WAS COLORFUL PLAY SWINGS, HAMMOCK OPEN HER FIELD AND FLOWERING OR SEASONAL TREES, SEASONAL COLOR TREES.UM, WE ALSO GOT SOME FREE ANSWER COMMENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCAN HERE FOR MORE TREES THAN WE HAD SHOWN, MORE SHADE THAN WE HAD SHOWN AND MONKEY BARS.
SO WE TOOK THIS WONDER CONCEPT, WHICH REALLY FOCUSED ON THE IDEA OF PLAY AND FUN FOR ALL AGES.
AND WE'VE REVISED IT BASED ON THE INPUT FROM THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING AND ALSO A DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION THAT ALLOWED US TO INCREASE THE BUDGET.
UM, I'M GONNA ZOOM INTO EACH SECTION HERE BECAUSE THIS IS, AGAIN, A VERY LONG THIN PARK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT WE DID ADJUST THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ADDED TREES AND TREES WITH SEASONAL COLOR AND REDUCE THE MULCH AREAS AND INCREASED TURF AND SHRUB AREAS IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
UM, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS ROTATED FROM THE ORIGINAL IMAGE THAT I PRESENTED.
AND I'M GONNA ZOOM IN ON EACH OF THE PARCELS THAT MAKE UP THIS PARK.
SO I'M STARTING AT THE NORTHERN MOST PARCEL HERE.
THIS IS ALMOST AT GLEASON DRIVE.
UM, THIS IS THE WIDEST PARCEL, THE WIDTH OF THIS PARCEL.
SO THE SHORT DIMENSION IS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF A SEMI-TRUCK.
UM, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR MOST ACTIVE USE ELEMENTS DUE TO THE LARGEST SIZE OF THIS PARCEL.
UH, WE HAVE A TURF FIELD, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS PLAY SPACE.
THIS IS THE EXACT PLAY STRUCTURE THAT PEOPLE VOTED ON.
UM, IN THE OUTREACH MEETING, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL PLAN, WE HAVE NOT SELECTED EXACT EQUIPMENT, BUT WE'RE SHOWING REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE THEME AND PREFERRED ITEMS. THIS DOES INCLUDE MONKEY BARS.
NOW, UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME TWO TO FIVE PLAY YEAR OLD PLAY EQUIPMENT ELEMENTS.
AND THEN THAT SHADE COVERED SHADE SHELTER WITH BARBECUES AND THE SWING MOVING ALONG TO THE SOUTH.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PIECE TAPERS.
UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT WE HAVE OPENED HER FIELDS.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COMMUNITIES, UM, AND, UH, IS IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION, BUT I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING ON THIS SLIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS MULTI-USE PATH THAT DOES RUN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE PARK, NORTH TO SOUTH, UM, A CONCRETE PATH.
AND THEN WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN PATHS CROSS THE MULTI-USE OR ENCOUNTER THE MULTI-USE PATH, WE'VE USED DECORATIVE STRIPINGS TO MARK THAT CONNECTION TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THIS IS THE THIRD PARCEL, AGAIN, IT IS, IS TAPERING SHAPE.
AND WE DO HAVE THESE SEASONAL COLORED TREES IN THIS LOCATION.
THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE HAVE GRASSY MOUNDS WITH HAMMOCKS.
THE GRASSY MOUNDS WOULD BE A NOMO, UH, SURFACE AND TO, TO EASE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE, UH, MOWING THE MOUNDS IS A MORE DIFFICULT PROCESS.
AND THEN THE HAMMOCKS WOULD BE ON THOSE MOUNDS.
AND THEN THE LAST PARCEL IS QUITE SMALL.
THIS IS ACROSS PHON WAY FROM A RETAIL, UH, PLAZA SPACE.
AND THE CONNECTIVITY WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
AND THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE HAVE THE BIKE REPAIR STATION AND THE BICYCLE RACKS.
SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN BY COUNCIL, AND WE WOULD THEN MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTION.
AS JESSE MENTIONED, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, BY THE WAY, YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTSTANDING, UM, THAT IS WHAT I CALL ENGAGING GOVERNMENT OR ENGAGED GOVERNMENT.
UM, THE, UH, THE, THIS, IF YOU MIND, JESSE, COULD YOU GO BACK ABSOLUTELY TO THE BIG, BIG VERSION OF THE, OF THIS, THE PARK? THIS ONE? YEAH.
UM, CONSIDERING THAT IT'S, IT'S IT'S LONG AND NARROW, UH, WITH LOTS OF FOLIAGE, UH, WHICH I REALLY ENJOY.
UH, ANY THOUGHTS AROUND WHERE LIGHTING WOULD BE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY VIEW? 'CAUSE THE, THE TREE IS GREAT AT SHADE AND ALL THAT COULD, IN FACT, AT DUSK AND DAWN, YES.
BUT, SO THIS PARK IS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK SCALE DOES NOT INTENDED FOR USE AFTER DARK.
UM, BUT THERE IS LIGHTING REQUIRED AND INCLUDED ALONG THE BICYCLE PATH, THE TREES.
UM, AND ACTUALLY IF YOU ZOOM IN, I'M JUST GONNA FLIP TO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE NOT PERFECTLY CONSISTENT.
THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, THE LIGHTING LOCATIONS, UM, ARE INCLUDED IN HERE.
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AND I'M AFRAID THEY'RE QUITE SMALL DOTS.BUT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS AROUND SPACING BETWEEN THE LIGHTS AND THE TREES.
AND ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING FOLLOWED WITHIN THIS DESIGN.
UH, AND THEN THE, UM, IF, YEAH, THANK YOU.
UH, THERE IS NOT A CROSSWALK THAT WOULD GET SOMEBODY FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE PARK.
WHAT THE THINKING WAS AROUND THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THERE IS A CROSSWALK ON CENTRAL PARKWAY THAT IS ON THE VERY NORTH END OF THIS SCREEN CLIP.
THIS IS NOT A PART OF THE PARK PROJECT, BUT IT IS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AND THE LOCATION OF THAT CROSSWALK IS A REQUIREMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
IT IS NOT, UM, ALIGNED WITH THE CROSSING THAT IS FROM THE PARK THOUGH.
SO THEN, UH, THERE'S OTHER CONSIDERATIONS DUE TO THE PROXIMITY.
ESSENTIALLY THERE'S CONSIDERATIONS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ROAD THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SAFETY AND VISIBILITY AT THE ROAD INTERSECTIONS AS WELL.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE, I'M SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR STEP UP.
AND IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARADA, UM, WHEN THE PROJECT WAS PERU BY UM, PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN, UH, FEBRUARY, 2024 INCLUDED A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WAS SORT OF A EVOLUTION FROM THE ORIGINAL, UH, SCS DESIGN.
UM, WHEN THE SCS PROJECT WAS APPROVED, THERE WAS A MITIGATION MEASURE THAT SAID THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, MORE OF A SITE SPECIFIC, AND AT THE TIME THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED AND THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED, IT WAS APPROVED WITH A CONDITION THAT REQUIRED A, WHAT'S CALLED A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON OR A HAWK SIGNAL, UM, TO CONTROL PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON CENTRAL.
AND THE CROSSING WAS ANALYZED BY, UH, TWO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS.
UM, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT MET THE WARRANTS FOR THIS TYPE OF SIGNAL.
UM, BUT THAT SIGNAL HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM TASSAJARA ROAD, UH, TO MEET THE, THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE CROSSING HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE BECAUSE THE STACKING OF TRAFFIC ON TASSAJARA AT THE INTERSECTION OF TASSAJARA COULD INTERFERE WITH THIS NEW PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL.
AND SO THE HAWK SIGNAL JUST FOR, FOR EVERYONE IS, UM, IT'S CALLED HAWK.
IT'S A HIGH INTENSITY ACTIVATED CROSSWALK.
UM, IT'S NOW MORE, MORE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID, UM, UH, CROSSING WHERE PEDESTRIANS ACTIVATED AND IT, AND IT CREATES A HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT TO WARN THE VEHICLES THAT, UH, STOP MOVEMENT IS COMING IN.
UH, LOCALLY, WE HAVE ONE OF THESE, UM, OR THERE'S ONE OF THESE, UH, SIGNALS IN SAN RAMON AT THE, UM, THE LOFTER CITY CENTER PROJECT SITE.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHERS AROUND.
BUT, UM, IT WAS DETERMINED TO MEET THE WARRANTS FOR THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEET WARRANTS FOR A, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO THE REASON IT'S NOT ALIGNED WITH THE PARK IS BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM TAHA ROAD TO MEET THE, UM, UH, STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WE FOLLOW FOR, FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
ANDY, IF I MAY, SO THE REASON IT'S NOT EXACTLY AT THE SIDEWALKS BETWEEN THE TWO PARKS IS THAT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON GLEASON, ON CENTRAL ARE AT SUCH, AT, AT A, AT A VOLUME THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE FOR THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS, JUST KIND OF CROSSING RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE, WE MOVED IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S AT A, IT'S AT MAIN, MAIN INTERSECTION, WHICH IS WHERE WE KNOW TRAFFIC WILL STOP AND, AND ADJUDICATE, UH, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.
WOULD THAT BE THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT? CORRECT.
AND, AND BY MOVING THE, UM, THE CROSSING TO THE, UM, EAST, UM, TO THE TOP OF THIS PICTURE, IT ALSO PROVIDES A REFUGE THAT'S WIDER IN THE EXISTING MEDIAN.
SO THERE'S AN EXISTING, UH, LANDSCAPED MEDIAN ON CENTRAL AND THE CROSSING DISTANCE, THE PROXIMITY TO THE, TO THE INTERSECTION, THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION ON TASS HARA, AND JUST IN GENERAL, THE SORT OF THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED, UM, ON THE RULES, PUSHES IT THAT WAY AND PROVIDES A BETTER CROSSING, UH, FOR PEDESTRIANS.
SO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, EVERYONE HERE WILL HAVE TO GET USED TO THIS AND EVERYONE IN THE CITY WILL, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON YET, OR A HAWK.
UM, BUT, UM, THE LOCATION IS, IS, UH, THE SAFEST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A HO STANDARDS.
YOU, YOU JUST HAD TO SAY SAFETY, ANDY
BUT IT IS GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW TYPE OF SIGNAL.
SO WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN IT GETS BUILT, UH, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT IT, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO PUT OUT SOME, SOME, UH, SOME, UH, INFORMATION OUT THERE TO EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
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UM, AT THIS SIGNAL WHEN THE, WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE RED.AND THAT'S WHY THEY, IT'S A HIGH INTENSITY.
SO IT'S TO GRAB THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION, THEY STOP, THE PEDESTRIANS CAN THEN CROSS, AND THEN THE PEDESTRIANS ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES TOO.
THEY CAN'T JUST CROSS BECAUSE IT'S A, A CROSSWALK.
THEY GOTTA WAIT FOR THAT SIGNAL.
UH, NO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU FLOW.
AND THAT WAS MY FOCUS ANSWERED.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
UH, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE HAMMOCKS AND THE MOUNDS.
UH, YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT MOWING THE LAWN, AND I, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH WHAT YOU SAID.
SO IN THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MOUNDS HAVE A NOMO TURF ON THEM.
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS A TRADITIONAL TURF.
A NOMO TURF IS A GRASS THAT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED THAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE REGULAR MOWING.
IT DOES REQUIRE MAINTENANCE, JUST LIKE ANY PLANT, UM, ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE GROWTH PATTERNS, UM, IT WILL NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
BUT THIS IS RECOMMENDED FOR SLOPE SURFACES AND SURFACES NEAR POLES BECAUSE, UM, OF THE DIFFICULTY, YOU KNOW, THE INCREASED, INCREASED DIFFICULTY, NOT HIGH DIFFICULTY, BUT IT'S JUST LESS CONVENIENT TO MOW, UH, AMOUNT.
SO WE DON'T WANNA PROGRESS ON IT.
I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THIS NO MO, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.
UM, UH, SO WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE THREE PARCELS, THE, THE ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WAS THE AMOUNT OF GRASS, UM, HAVE WE LOOKED INTO IF WE CAN PROVIDE ANY OR ALL OF RECYCLED WATER TO, TO IRRIGATE.
UM, AND ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS OUTSIDE OF JUST TURF? UM, CONSIDERING, LIKE, I, I, I GET THE PROXIMITY TO THE HOMES.
IT'S ALSO, UH, UH, A HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP AWAY FROM EMERALD GLENN, WHICH HAS GOT BEAUTIFUL, GREAT LAWNS.
UM, I, I, I'M JUST LIKE THE WATER CONSERVATIONIST IN ME IS, IS SCREAMING.
SO TO START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION, RECYCLED WATER USE, WE DID PURSUE THAT.
WE DID TALK TO D-S-R-S-D, THE WATER AGENCY ABOUT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF RECYCLED WATER FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SO THEY SAID, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RECYCLED WATER HERE.
AND SO WE ARE USING POTABLE WATER, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RECYCLED WATER.
UM, FOR THE QUESTION OF TURF, WE DO HAVE A MIX OF, IN SOME AREAS, SHRUBS AND, UH, GROUND COVER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO BACK A SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS PART SHRUBS AND GROUND COVER, PART TURF.
WHEN I SAY SHRUBS AND GROUND COVER, THIS KIND OF COVERS ALL OF THE PLANTS THAT ARE NOT GRASSES AND ALSO NOT TREES.
UM, THE FUNCTION, THE USE OF TURF IN THIS APPLICATION ALIGNS WITH THE NEEDS OF THE PARK.
UM, THE PASSIVE INTENTION, THE, THE KIND OF USE OF THE PARK, AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THIS IS WITHIN THE MODEL EFFICIENT WATER LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE FOR, UM, WATER USE DUE TO ITS RECREATIONAL APPLICATION.
UM, AND DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, ROSEMARY? UM, I WOULD JUST SAY WE DID, UM, TAKE SOME TIME, UM, WORKING WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, TALKING TO STAFF TO KIND OF EVALUATE, UM, SPACES THAT WOULD BE MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS, UM, PASSIVE USE OR PLAY.
UM, SO WE LOOKED AT LIKE THE DIMENSIONS IN SPACE OF EACH PARCEL TO DETERMINE WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE TURF, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIDS NEED TO RUN IT OUT.
PEOPLE NEED TO THROW A FRISBEE EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY DO THAT IN OTHER GROUND SURFACING APPLICATIONS.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ON THIS, UM, OVERALL DESIGN, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF THE SITE IS ACTUALLY IN KIND OF A SHRUB, UH, GROUND COVER APPLICATION, WHICH THE, THE, THE FURTHEST SMALLEST PARCEL TO THE SOUTH HAS BASICALLY NO TURF IN IT, YOU KNOW? SO.
AND COULD YOU SPEAK TO, I'M, I'M, I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVEN'T SELECTED THE ACTUAL TREES OR, OR VARIETY OF, WE HAVE NOT SELECTED ACTUAL TREE SPECIES, BUT THERE ARE SOME METRICS THAT WILL GO INTO SELECTING THESE TREE SPECIES, INCLUDING, UM, CONSISTENCY WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING A SENSE OF SPACE AND PLACE USING, UH, STREET TREE SPECIES.
UM, WATER USE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE A CON, A CONSIDERATION, SPACE AVAILABILITY.
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SOME TREES REQUIRE MORE GROUND FOR THEIR ROOT SYSTEMS THAN OTHER TREES.AND SO WE WOULD BE ATTENTIVE TO THAT.
AND THEN FOR TREES IN TURF COMPARED TO THE TREES THAT ARE NOT IN TURF, SO ALL OF THE STREET TREES, THE PARKWAY STRIP BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE ROAD IS NOT TURF.
THAT IS A SHRUB OR GROUND COVER, UM, PLANT.
AND SO, UM, WE WOULD ALSO BE RESPOND YOU SELECTING TREES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE TYPE OF IRRIGATION THAT IS IN THE SURROUNDING PLANT COMMUNITY.
UM, AND ALSO THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE AMAZING, RIGHT? WE GOT LIKE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLARITY ON THE PATHWAYS ON EACH SIDE.
IT SAYS EACH SIDE IS 12 FOOT WIDE CLASS, ONE BIKEWAY AND THE PEDESTRIAN PATH.
THAT'S THIS, EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY ALONG HERE, IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND I KNOW THE TREE KIND OF OBSCURED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT, OH, DOING GREAT JOB.
LIKE A BIKE AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN PATH? NO, IT IS A SHARED USE PATH.
UM, AND THAT IS FOR BOTH BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
AND, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE IS LIKE ELECTRIC BIKE, RIGHT? IT SEEMS LIKE WEST SIDE OF, UH, ROADWAY.
LIKE WHAT THE PATHWAY, WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS? UM, THE ALONG HERE, YOU MEAN? DID, DID I SEE LIKE CLASS ONE MULTI-USE PATH CLASS ONE B? IS THAT MULTI-USE PATH? YEAH, THAT'S A MULTI-USE PATH, UM, LOCATION OF PEDIATRIC.
I THINK YOU TALK ABOUT EC AS WELL.
SO I THINK, UM, I THINK MAYBE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE, THE CLASS FOUR BIKEWAY THAT IS TO BE, UM, BUILT ALONG TASSAJARA ROAD.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH.
WHERE, WHERE IS THAT? THERE'S A SEPARATION THERE.
UM, SO LEMME JUST FLIP BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP.
SO TASARA IN THIS CONDITION IS OUT HERE.
SORRY, I'M A LITTLE, UH, NOT THAT SMOOTH, MOVING THIS MOUSE.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY HOUSING THAT GOES IN BETWEEN, UM, TA SAHARA AND THIS PARK.
SO THEY'RE NOT ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, ALTHOUGH THEY RUN PARALLEL AND THEY'RE NOT THAT FAR FROM EACH OTHER.
UM, ANOTHER THING I, I LOOK AT THIS IS THAT THERE IS A BIKE REPAIR STATION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN ALL THIS? I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE, I THINK.
SO A BIKE REPAIR STATION, I'M JUST GONNA FLIP TO THE PICTURE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IMAGE IS RIGHT HERE.
UM, WITH THIS ORANGE POST, IT TYPICALLY HAS A BUILT IN PUMP, UH, FOR FILLING UP YOUR TIRES.
AND THEN IT TYPICALLY HAS ATTACHED, UM, SOME BASIC HARDWARE, UH, HACK KEYS AND WRENCHES, AND A LITTLE SPOT WHERE IT STICKS OUT.
SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR BIKE UP ON IT AND LET'S SAY REPLACE, UH, IF YOUR TIRES POP AND YOU NEED TO PUT IT REPLACEMENT ON, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN PUMP IT UP WITH A PUMP.
AND THESE ARE GENERALLY PRE-MANUFACTURED ITEMS THAT ARE INTENDED FOR OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS IN PARKS.
UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL PARK, YOU KNOW, VENDORS THAT SELL THESE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE INTENTION OF A BIKE REPAIR STATION, AS IF YOU'RE OUT ON A BIKE RIDE AND YOU HAVE A FLAT OR A SMALL REPAIR THAT YOU NEED TO DO, ADJUSTING A SEAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU COULD DO THAT AT, AT A STATION LIKE THIS.
DID A COMMUNITY MEMBER ASK FOR THAT? OR WAIT, WAIT, YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
UM, THIS IS, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT THING TO INCLUDE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PART OF THE CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PART, UH, PROJECT TIED TO THAT, UH, SHARED USE BICYCLE PATH ALONG WITH BIKE PARKING, WHICH IS ALSO A CITY REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.
YEAH, I THAT I, I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HAVE THAT.
ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION, I MAYBE FOR CITY STAFF TOO.
UH, FOR OTHER PARKS WE PUT A, THAT A LITTLE, LIKE A BOOK SHARE SHARED BOOK.
WE CALL THESE LITTLE LIBRARIES.
THERE, IT'S BASICALLY COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN SHARE BOOKS.
UM, WE CALL THIS LITTLE LIBRARY MM-HMM
ARE WE GOING TO PUT UP LITTLE LIBRARY PROGRAM IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC PARKS? IT'S A TEMPORARY ART PROJECT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK TO EXPANDING THAT.
WE WOULD, UM, WHEN THE PARK GETS FINISHED, WE CAN LOOK FOR AN AREA AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT.
AND IS THERE A NEED, TYPICALLY IN A PARK LIKE THIS? IT MIGHT BE NEAR THE PLAY EQUIPMENT, SO MM-HMM.
SO YOU, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE NEEDLE THING WE PUT OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY SAID THEY LIKE IT.
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I THANK YOU, MARY.I ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UM, LARGE SCALE THERE OF EVERYTHING? SO FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION AND I, I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
AND I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED ARE, UM, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THE, WHAT WE'RE INTEGRATING HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT IS RESIDENCES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? ALL ALONG THERE.
PART OF THE THEME OF ALL THIS, RIGHT? IS TO INTEGRATE THAT WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND THE WHOLE BIT AND ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THE THING THAT OCCURRED TO ME AS WE WERE MAKING THIS, YOU WERE MAKING THE PRESENTATION, WAS HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN PRIVACY? UH, IT'S, THERE'S, UH, PATHWAYS THERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
I'M ASSUME YES, WE BROUGHT UP THE LIGHTING.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA LIVE RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE SAYING, GREAT, I GOT THIS COOL PARK RIGHT IN BACK OF ME MM-HMM
THEN SOMEBODY'S BUZZING THROUGH THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
SO I, CAN YOU JUST SHARE WITH ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRIVACY, UH, WITH THOSE RESIDENTS? WHETHER IT'S JUST, I, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NOISE, BUT MORE JUST, JUST GIVING THEM THE PRIVACY SO SOMEBODY'S JUST NOT YEAH.
STOPPING RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR SLIDING GLASS WINDOW AND FOCUS THAT IN.
BECAUSE SHE ALSO, UM, IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE, WE DID KIND OF SPEND SOME TIME ANALYZING AND WORKING WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF THINK, UM, WHAT THE INTERFACE IS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND THE ADJACENT PARK.
SO, UM, AND I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THE, UM, WEST SIDE BECAUSE THAT IS THE SIDE THAT ABUTS THE PARK.
THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS THE TOP ON THIS DIABLO VIEW STREET, IS, UM, BETWEEN THAT AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.
SO IT'D BE SIMILAR TO LIVING ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PARK IN ANY APPLICATION.
UM, WHERE'S MY LITTLE CURSOR? HERE WE GO ALONG HERE.
THIS PARCEL, THOSE ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT BACK ONTO THE PARK.
THEY HAVE FENCES, UM, AT THE EDGE OF ALL OF THEIR PARCELS.
AND SO THAT'S THEIR BACKYARD, BACKYARD FENCE PARK.
THAT'S A PRETTY TYPICAL CONDITION FOR, UM, RESIDENTS.
WE DO HAVE A SHRUB BUFFER BETWEEN THE TURF AND THOSE FENCES TO PREVENT, TO REDUCE THE, UH, DESIRABILITY OR CHANCE OF PEOPLE COMING RIGHT UP TO THOSE FENCES.
UM, THE OTHER PARCELS, SO ALL THE WAY FROM HERE, DOWN THIS WAY, UM, UP TO RIGHT HERE ARE MULTI-FAMILY PARCELS.
SO THOSE ARE, UM, A, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 16 HOMES.
THESE ARE KIND OF THESE U SHAPES HERE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT EACH OF THEM HAVE 16 HOMES PER U-SHAPED BUILDING.
UM, PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE EXACT NUMBER 'CAUSE I DID NOT DESIGN THE BUILDINGS.
AND THEY DO HAVE EOS THAT RUN BETWEEN THEM.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE, WHEN I SAY POEO, WHAT I REALLY MEAN IS THAT THERE'S A SMALL PATHWAY THAT RUNS, UM, IN BETWEEN ALL THESE HOMES.
SO THE PEOPLE WALK UP TO THEIR FRONT DOOR, UM, WITH PARKING ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSES IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, IN THEIR, UM, GARAGES.
AND SO THERE'S THIS LITTLE PATH THAT RUNS BETWEEN, WHERE TWO HOMES FACE OR TWO SETS OF BUILDINGS FACE EACH OTHER.
UM, THAT PATHWAY DOES RUN THROUGH, AND THEN THAT ACTUALLY CONNECTS TO THE PARK.
SO WE CONSIDER THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS SORT OF SMALL SHARED HOA MAINTAINED PATHWAY THAT RUNS ALMOST SIDEWALK LIKE BETWEEN THE HOMES THAT FACE EACH OTHER AND THAT CONNECTION TO THE PARK.
UM, A WONDERFUL WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO THE PARK ON FOOT.
AND WE HAVE AIM TO CONNECT THOSE PATHS WHEREVER WE CAN, UM, AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE PARK.
AND THEN IN THE SORT OF INSTANCE, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE THE HOMES ARE, WHERE THE, THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING IS ROTATED.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE SHORT END UP AGAINST THE PARK, IT'S THE LONG END.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE, ONE OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR USING SHRUBS IN THAT AREA WAS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING RIGHT OUTSIDE THOSE PEOPLE'S DOORS.
WHEREAS IN THESE CONDITIONS, THAT'S ACTUALLY SORT OF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE FRONT OR BACK THAT'S, UM, UP AGAINST THE PARK.
AND THEN THIS RIGHT HERE AT THE VERY END, UP AGAINST VON, IS A DIFFERENT APPLICATION THAT'S CON THAT'S CALLED A SHOP HOME.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S ABUTTING THE PARK.
SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, YOU DO HAVE BARRIERS FOR PRIVACY, YOU'LL HAVE SHRUBS, YOU'LL HAVE MAYBE A LOW FENCE OR SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A GATE, WHATEVER.
BUT IT, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL BARRIER
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FOR PEDESTRIANS, SO THERE'S NO GAIT.YOU'VE THOUGHT, SOUNDS LIKE YOU SPENT SOME TIME ON THAT CONCEPT.
SO WHAT'S THE TIMING LIKE? ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD AFTER YOU BUILD THE HOMES OR YOU BUILD KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE? YEAH, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, OUR, THE GOAL OF THE DEVELOPER, AND WE, I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS, SUSPECTING THAT THIS QUESTION MIGHT COME UP AT THIS MEETING.
THE CURRENT DEVELOPER GOAL IS THAT THEY'D LOVE TO GET THIS IN, UM, EARLY ON IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
'CAUSE THEY CONSIDER THIS LIKE A WONDERFUL PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT POTENTIAL BUYERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, THE EXPECTATION REALISTICALLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK LEFT TO DO.
AND THEN THE TIMING OF THE INSTALL, ESPECIALLY, UM, GETTING THOSE TURF AREAS ESTABLISHED IS THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT A 2027 PARK OPENING.
UM, WE ALSO WOULD NOT WANNA PUT THE PARK IN PRIOR TO THE HOUSES BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA DAMAGE THE PARK DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'D HAVE TO BE KIND OF CONCURRENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A 2027 OPENING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MAYOR? I HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS ON THIS ITEM.
UM, LET'S BRING BACK ANY MORE COMMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE GO.
OH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THAT I, I REALLY LIKE THE DESIGN.
I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHAPE OF THIS PARCEL IS NOT SUPER CONDUCIVE TO, UM, BEING A PARK.
UM, BUT I REALLY LIKE THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO GET A PICNIC AREA THAT'S SHADED, WHICH IS KEY THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO GET A PLAYGROUND IN THERE, THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO GET NICE WALKING PATHS THAT THERE IS THAT WIDE SHARED USE PATH.
UM, AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY ON THE WATER, BUT I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE IS, UM, PLAY TURF, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BACKYARD FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT LIVE IN THOSE, UM, MULTIFAMILY, UH, HOUSES.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY WELL USED.
UM, THAT TURF IS GONNA BE WELL LOVED BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF KIDS PLAYING SOCCER OUT THERE AND, UM, OTHER, UH, OUTSIDE SPORTS.
UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CARE THAT WENT INTO MAXIMIZING THIS RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE.
UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY WELL USED.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT BUILT.
AND I DO LOVE HAVING THE BIKE REPAIR STATION THERE.
THAT PARCEL THAT'S AT THE VERY FAR SOUTH, THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM SOME COMMERCIAL.
THAT, UM, SHOP HOUSE CORNER THERE HAS, UM, ONE OF THE LARGER SHOP HOUSE PARCEL.
SO THAT'S THE CAFE SIZE, RIGHT? YES.
THAT WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE REPAIR SPOT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS, UM, AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME FOR RETAIL AND THEY CAN BIKE THERE FROM BART AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR THE, UM, FOR THE BIKE STATION.
SO I'M SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT.
AND WE WILL COMMENTS? OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, I THINK MY, MY OVERALL I LIKE, I LIKE THE DESIGN.
I, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE WATER, THE IRRIGATION PIECE OF IT, PARTICULARLY WITH THAT THIRD BULLET POINT AROUND INCREASING TURF.
UM, I, I THINK, UH, SHY OF REDOING THE ENTIRE PARK
ON THE OTHER END TO SORT OF A ACCOMMODATE FOR THE, THE INCREASE IN TURF.
UM, SO THAT'S MY FIRST COMMENT.
SECOND COMMENT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY POKED OUT, AND THIS IS PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARDO WAS GETTING AT, IS THAT THE, THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT TURF IS JUST SORT OF OPENED INTO A ROAD, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, I, I, I THINK JUST BEING ULTRA COGNIZANT OF KIDS PLAYING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, JUST SORT OF ROLLING FROM THE TURF, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR FOOTBALL, THEIR SOCCER BALL MM-HMM
WHATEVER GOES, YOU KNOW, STARTS ROLLING.
AND, AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.
SO I, I THINK JUST TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT BUFFER OR WHATEVER MITIGATION STRATEGIES YOU CAN EMPLOY, UM, TO, TO, TO REDUCE ANY, ANY SAFETY RISK.
AND I DO WANNA MAKE A CLARIFICATION POINT TO THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME INTERESTING PARCEL DESIGNATION FOR THIS.
THE, UM, ON THE VERY NORTH END, THE SIDEWALK AND PARKWAY STRIP IS OUTSIDE OF THE PARCEL LIMIT, SO IT'S NOT GRAPHICALLY HIGHLIGHTED, WHEREAS THE SECOND PARCEL, THE SIDEWALK AND PARKWAY STRIP IS SHOWN ON THE NORTH EDGE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PARCELS ARE DIVIDED UP, WHICH IS A LITTLE, UM, ODD IN TERMS OF JUST LIKE
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GRAPHICALLY COMPREHENDING WHAT'S GOING ON.SO I DID WANNA NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE PARCELS DO HAVE SIDEWAYS SIDEWALKS AND PARKWAY STRIPS.
UM, THEY'RE JUST NOT ALL INCLUDED IN THE PARKWAY DESIGN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE HOA MAINTENANCE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ARE KIND OF CUT, UH, WHICH DOES MAKE SENSE FOR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. SO, NO, I WOULD'VE TOTALLY IMAGINED THE, THE SIDEWALK, I GUESS JUST HAVING IT MORE, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE THERE WOULD THE INTENDED USES FOR KIDS TO BE PLAYING, RUNNING, UM, HAVING SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THEM TO BREAK MM-HMM
CAN I ASK A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT? THE, UM, THE, ON THE FAR NORTH MM-HMM
THAT DOESN'T OPEN DIRECTLY ONTO GLEASON.
CORRECT? THERE'S A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDER STREET YES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HELPFUL, UM, IN THAT REGARD.
AND THEN THE ONE THAT DOES OPEN DIRECTLY ONTO A FAIRLY, UM, BUSY STREET, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE BIG PICTURE, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, UH, ONTO CENTRAL MM-HMM
NEITHER END THAT, BUT CENTRAL IS REALLY, UM, WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE CHASING A BALL BECAUSE THE, THE NORTH PART OF THAT FIRST, THE SECTION RIGHT BELOW IT IS WHERE THE, UH, MOUNDS ARE CORRECT.
WHERE THE HAMMOCKS ARE AND SUCH.
SO, UM, LIKE CERTAINLY KIDS COULD BE RUNNING ACROSS THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO NORMALLY END THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THEIR GOALIE RIGHT ON THE END THERE.
AND THEN THE, UM, SOUTH PART OF THE SECTION JUST NORTH OF, OF CENTRAL IS SHRUBS AND SUCH, UM, WHERE I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND YES.
SO, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR CONCERN, BUT KIND OF THE DESIGN IS HELPFUL FOR THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT A COUPLE OF BUFFERS IN THERE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS? WELL, UM, I, I GUESS THIS IS YES, YES, YES.
UM, SO I AM, I'M ALIGNED WITH, UM, THE, THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DOES STAND OUT IS, UM, HOW THE, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WATER AND I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING YOU SAID, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT VERY WELL.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT AUGMENTING SOME OF THAT, AT LEAST METHODS OF METH MITIGATION, NOT JUST SAY, WE, WE DESIGNED IT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, BUT WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND SAY, ARE WE USING THE RIGHT, UM, THE RIGHT SHRUBS? UH, I'M NOT ASKING FOR REDESIGN OF ANYTHING, BUT JUST TAKING CONSIDERATION.
I MEAN, WE'VE ASKED OUR RESIDENTS TO DO MUCH OF THE SAME THING, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, OUR WATER RESOURCES, AND OF COURSE THE SAFETY AND, AND ALL THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE HERE TONIGHT, MAYOR, I THINK, UM, HAVE BEEN VERY ENCOMPASSING.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE, UM, THE, THE THOUGHTFULNESS GOING INTO THE DESIGN, AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBER ENGAGEMENT.
AND I THINK YOU, YOU JUST MAKE THIS LITTLE PIECE OF LAND BECOME SO LIKE, SO BEAUTIFUL AND ALSO SO EFFECTIVE FOR THE, FOR THE NEIGHBORING HOMES THERE.
AND THIS, THIS GOING TO BE VERY WELL USED BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO EVERYBODY'S HOUSE.
AND THOSE HOMES ARE VERY LIKE TOWN HOMES.
THEY PROBABLY, SOME HOMES DO NOT HAVE A BACKYARD AT ALL.
SO THIS WILL BECOME A REAL BACKYARD FOR THESE, UH, HUNDREDS OF HOMES OVER THERE.
AND, AND I, I REALLY LIKE WHETHER YOU HAVE DONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THE STUFF.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE DO NEED A MOTION, RIGHT? I'M HAPPY TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE DUBLIN CENTER NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
SO WE GOT A MOTION AND OKAY, SEC.
SO THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, CAN WE TAKE THREE MINUTES BREAK JUST FOR BATHROOM BREAK BEFORE WE COME BACK.
SO IT'S 8:38 PM WE COME BACK TO RENEW OUR GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING.
[8.3 Resolution Formally Opposing the Reopening of the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin for Any Future Detention or Correctional Operations]
ON AGENDA ITEM 8.3 RESOLUTION, FORMALLY OPPOSING THE OPENING REOPENING OF THE FEDERAL CORRECTION CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION DOUBLING FOR ANY FUTURE DETENTION OR CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, THE COUNCIL MEMBER JORDAN FITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND THIS EVENING YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION
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FORMALLY OPPOSING THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN FOR ANY FUTURE DETENTION OR CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS.AGAIN, FOR SOME BACKGROUND, AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION TO STAFF, UH, TO BRING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION.
FCI DUBLIN HAS A LONG HISTORY IN DUBLIN AS IT'S OPERATED FROM 1974 TO 2024 AS A LOW SECURITY FEDERAL CORRECTIONS INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN.
UH, THROUGH ITS HISTORY, THE FACILITY HAD NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED FAILURES AND INCIDENTS, MOSTLY CENTERED AROUND FACILITY OVERSIGHT AND STAFF MISCONDUCT THAT LED TO LOCAL AND NATIONAL SCRUTINY.
THE FACILITY BEGAN ITS PHASE CLOSURE IN APRIL OF 2024, AND FULLY CLOSED IN DECEMBER OF 2024, WHERE ALL DETAINEES, UM, WERE RELOCATED AND STAFF REASSIGNED.
AT THAT POINT, THE FACILITIES REMAINED VACANT, UH, TO DATE.
IN FEBRUARY, 2025, THE CITY BECAME AWARE OF A NEWS REPORT FROM THE LA TIMES THAT ALLEGED THAT IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ICE, VISITED THE FORMER FCI DUBLIN PROPERTY TO ASSESS THE SUITABILITY OF THE SITE AS A POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY.
SINCE THAT DATE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN PUBLIC PROTEST ACTIVITY AND OPPOSITION OF AN ICE PRESENCE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE TRI-VALLEY, AND THEN THE RE UM, AND ALSO PROTEST ABOUT THE REPURPOSING OF FCI DUBLIN.
SO THE CITY HAS TAKEN ACTION DURING THIS TIME TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
FIRSTLY, THE CITY'S MAINTAINED THAT NO FORM OF DETENTION OPERATION IS APPROPRIATE AT FCI DUBLIN, GIVEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, ITS HISTORY OF ABUSE AND ASSOCIATED IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AS THE CITY BECAME AWARE OF THE CLOSURE AND SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC SPECULATION, WE ENGAGED OUR CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATE REPRESENTATIVES TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS AND RECEIVE UPDATES ON ANY PROPOSED FUTURE USE OF THE FACILITY.
THE CITY ALSO SUBMITTED TWO FORMAL LETTERS TO BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, BOTH OF WHICH EMPHASIZED THE CITY STANDS THAT DETENTION RELATED USE TO THE FACILITY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY VALUES, LONG-TERM PLANNING, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE FIRST LETTER WAS SUBMITTED ON APRIL 4TH, 2025, AND A FOLLOW-UP LETTER WAS SENT ON NOVEMBER 17TH OF THIS YEAR AFTER THE CITY RECEIVED NO RESPONSE, UH, FROM THE INITIAL LETTER.
SO, WHILE THE CITY HAS YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM HOMELAND SECURITY OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, WE DID RECEIVE A DIRECT RESPONSE TO OUR LETTER DATED, UM, EXCUSE MY NOVEMBER 17TH LETTER, UM, ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2025, FROM THE BOP DIRECTOR WILLIAM MARSHALL.
THAT LETTER, WHICH WAS ATTACHED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, ADVISED THAT BOP HAS NO PLANS TO REOPEN FCI DUBLIN AND HAS RECEIVED NO INDICATION THAT THE FACILITY WILL BE REPURPOSED FOR USE BY ICE.
THE SECOND CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL ON DECEMBER 10TH, AND ADVISED THAT BOP IS PLANNING TO, AND I QUOTE, PERMANENTLY, DEACTIVATE CLOSE AND DISPOSE OF FCI, DUBLIN, AND TO DIVEST ITSELF OF THE FACILITY WITH CUSTODY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FCI DUBLIN TRANSFERRED TO THE US GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR ULTIMATE DISPOSITION.
UH, THERE'S BEEN NO OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM ANY OTHER AGENCY AND NO OTHER INDICATION OF HOW FCI DUBLIN MIGHT BE USED IN THE FUTURE.
AND I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO COLLEEN.
THANK YOU, JORDAN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M JUST GONNA WALK THROUGH THE CONSTRUCT OF THE, OF THE RESOLUTION.
SO, UM, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, UM, TELLS, UH, FIRST A STORY ABOUT DUBLIN AND WHO WE ARE.
UH, THAT WE ARE A DESIRABLE COMMUNITY IN WHICH TO LIVE.
WE'RE A, WE'RE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.
UH, WE HAVE FAMILY FRIENDLY AMENITIES, PEOPLE WANNA BE HERE.
UM, IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GROWN TO INCLUDE A LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN OUR CITY, AND, UH, MENTIONS THAT THE CITY ITSELF CHAMPIONS A CULTURE OF EQUITY DIVERSION, UH, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SPECULATION, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FCI DUBLIN TO BE REPURPOSED FOR ICE.
THE SPECULATION STARTED, UH, EARLY IN 2025 AND HAS GROWN.
UM, UH, OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ALSO, UH, ARE HEARING THINGS, UM, AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE UNTIL NOW, UH, AND ONLY FROM THE BOP IS REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE.
UM, THE RESOLUTION ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ICE PRESENCE IN A COMMUNITY CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT RESIDENTS INTERACTION, UH, WITH BUSINESSES, WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WITH PEACE OFFICERS, WITH SCHOOLS.
UM, AND IT ALSO SUMMARIZES THE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES, UH, THAT WE CALL OUT IN THE TWO LETTERS THAT WE PREPARED.
FINALLY, IT POINTS TO THE FACT THAT THE BUREAU OF PRISONS ITSELF DEEMED THE FACILITY UNFIT FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.
UH, AND THEN, UH, REFERS TO, UM, AGAIN, AS JORDAN POINTED OUT, THE DEMONSTRATED PUBLIC RESISTANCE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE EARLY 2025 TO ICE PRESIDENT PRESENCE IN DUBLIN AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
SO THE CONCLUDING STATEMENT OF THE RELU RESOLUTION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OPPOSES THE REOPENING OF THE FACILITY FOR ANY DETENTION OR CORRECTIONAL PURPOSES, AND THEN URGES OUR FEDERAL
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AGENCIES, ANYONE WHO'S INVOLVED, UH, TO INCLUDE US IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE PROPERTY.AND SO THEN AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OPPOSING REOPENING OR REPURPOSING OF THE FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, DUBLIN, FOR ANY FUTURE DETENTION OR CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL COME BACK FOR COMMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, THE, THE VOTES, SO GO AHEAD.
UM, I APPRECIATE THIS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO US, UM, AND BEING BROUGHT BACK TO US SO QUICKLY.
MY, THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE, UM, HEAR, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC IS, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FACILITY MOVES TO, UM, THE GSA AND WHAT DOES ULTIMATE DISPOSITION MEAN? DO WE KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS? SO, YEAH, THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION THAT'S FROM, UH, THE FEDERAL BUREAU'S POINT OF VIEW.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THEY NO LONGER HAVE OWNERSHIP OR OVERSIGHT OF THAT FACILITY, SO IT'LL BE TRANSFERRED TO GSA AND AT THAT POINT, THEY HAVE A, A MYRIAD OF CHOICES OF WHAT THEY COULD DO, WHICH COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER AGENCY.
THEY COULD SELL IT, THEY COULD DESTROY IT THERE, YOU KNOW, DISPOSE OF IT SO THEY COULD DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.
UM, THERE'S A SLEW OF THINGS THEY COULD DO.
SO NOT JUST THE BUILDING, THE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, UM, CORRECT.
IT'S THE PROPERTY THAT THE FACILITY SITS ON, CORRECT? MM-HMM
AND WE DON'T HAVE A, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING AT ALL FROM GSA ABOUT WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS MIGHT BE.
THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO, QUESTION, I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, JORDAN.
UM, FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, FACILITY HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR NEARLY A YEAR NOW, SINCE THE LAST, UH, OF THE INMATES WERE TRANSFERRED OUT.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, VANDALISM, LOITERING, UH, ANY, ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
AND THEN, UH, PR PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, WHAT AUTHORITY, IF ANY, DO WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THOSE FACILITIES, UH, LEGALLY OR OTHERWISE? THEY'RE, THEY'RE FEDERAL FACILITIES.
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OVERSIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER WHAT THEY DO WITH THOSE FACILITIES.
SO THAT'S A, IT'S A DECISION MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOT US.
AND THEN THE REVERSE QUESTION OF THAT, LIKE EVEN IF WE WANTED TO, IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO STOP A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION, UH, FROM, FROM COMING INTO THAT FACILITY, IF, IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHOSE THAT THEY SHOULD? UH, NO.
IN VERY FEW WORDS, YEAH,
QUESTIONS? UM, MINE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ANSWERED TOO.
UH, GOOD EVENING, JORDAN, ONCE AGAIN.
I WILL BE ASKING QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UH, NOTABLY, THE BEGINNING ONES ARE DESIGNED TO BE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CIVICS QUESTIONS, UH, JUST TO SET A BASELINE, I'VE RECEIVED INQUIRIES ALSO FROM RESIDENTS.
UH, SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S CLEAR ABOUT, UH, THESE, THESE, UH, THESE CIVICS QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT, UM, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHICH TOP LEVEL CABINET DEPARTMENT, THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS REPORT UNDER? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUT I HAVE TO LOOK IT UP TO CONFIRM.
YOU GOT A GOLD STAR, JOHN, CORRECT.
UH, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHICH TOP LEVEL CABINET DEPARTMENT THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORTS UNDER? THAT WOULD BE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
UH, THEREFORE, I'M LEADING TO THE NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THE THINKING BEHIND THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN AND STRUCTURED, UH, CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO TWO FEDERAL AGENCIES? AND IS THERE A, IS THERE A CONCLUSION THAT YOU'RE COMING TO THAT ALLOW, THAT GIVES US BENEFIT BY APPEALING TO TWO SEPARATE AGENCIES, WHICH HAVE TWO SEPARATE MISSIONS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO BOTH OF 'EM AT THE SAME TIME? UH, I'LL TAKE THIS.
WE, WE AREN'T TRYING TO APPEAL TO ANY ONE AGENCY.
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THE COUNCIL ASKS THAT WE BRING BACK IS A STATEMENT, UH, AND IT'S A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS IT IS TO ANY FEDERAL AGENCY.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION? WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS AROUND WHY WE ARE COMBINING THE STATEMENTS UNDER ONE RESOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES TWO SEPARATE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND TWO SEPARATE ADMISSIONS? I DON'T THINK THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES ANY FEDERAL AGENCY.
THE RESOLUTION ADDRESSES THE SAME THING THAT WE'VE SAID IN OUR LETTERS, AND THEN GOES A STEP FURTHER, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND THAT'S THE STEP FURTHER.
THAT WAS, UH, ASKED FOR AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING UNDER ITEM NINE.
UH, NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JORDAN.
UH, ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE MORE.
UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO SIMPLY A, A LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE WAY THAT YOU WROTE THIS, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH, I'M GONNA ASSUME WITH OTHERS.
SO, NUMBER QUESTION NUMBER ONE IS, WHO ARE THE KEY PLAYERS PROVIDING ANY SORT OF CONSULTATION, RECOMMENDATION, OPINION, OR GUIDANCE TO YOU IN THE DRAFTING OF THIS RESOLUTION? I'M GONNA TAKE THIS ONE TOO, BECAUSE I'M THE LAST AUTHOR OF IT.
IT WAS AUTHORED SOLELY BY ME AND JORDAN.
UH, I DISCUSSED THE MAIN POINTS OF IT WITH VICE MAYOR JOSIE, BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP, UH, THE ISSUE ON ITEM NINE.
AND I ENSURED THAT I HAD COVERED THE GENERAL POINTS THAT SHE WANTED INCLUDED.
THERE WERE NO OTHER DRAFTERS OF THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THEN I'M GOING TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS, WERE THERE ANY EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, RESIDENTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTING REFERENCE MATERIAL, OPINION, RECOMMENDATION, INPUT, OR OTHER MATTERS OF INFLUENCE TO THIS DOCUMENT? I'LL ANSWER THAT AGAIN.
WE RECEIVED, UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, EXAMPLE RESOLUTIONS THAT I USED NO PART OF.
I DIDN'T TAKE ANY, ANY PARTS OF, OF ANYTHING THAT ANYONE SENT ME EXTERNALLY IN THIS RESOLUTION.
FINAL QUESTION, WHICH IS, UH, DID YOU RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON THIS DOCUMENT? NOPE.
I'M FINE WITH CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
YEAH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR PUTTING THE EFFORT INTO THIS AND ALSO FOR THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE, UH, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THIS, UM, FED FEDERAL FACILITY HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE 1974.
AND ARE THERE ANY PAST INTERACTIONS WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN? THEY, THEY, BUT THEY WERE PART OF THE, UH, FEDERAL MILITARY COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THEY WERE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN AROUND 2024 IS WHEN, WHEN THEY STARTED TO PHASE THEIR CLOSURE.
THEY, THEY LEFT THAT GROUP, BUT THEY WERE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY, UM, AND HAD OPEN COMMUNICATIONS AT QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
LIKE THEY USED TO HAVE A MEETINGS, BUT, UH, UM, THAT MEETING ENDED, UH, LAST YEAR.
THEY USED TO ATTEND OUR FEDERAL, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, MEETINGS.
AND THEN THEY ABRUPTLY STOPPED.
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF, UH, THE PRISON NOR THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE CITY.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.
ANOTHER THING IS, BECAUSE I DID REMEMBER MANY EMPLOYEES OF THE, UM, A PRISON LAST YEAR.
THEY CAME OVER TO THE CITY, UM, BECAUSE FEDERAL WHATEVER, CLOSE THE, UH, PRISON.
SO, BUT EMPLOYEES, STAFF, CONTRACTORS WERE STILL LEFT IN, LIKE ON THE SITE.
DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO USED TO WORK THERE? MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED.
THERE ARE SOME THAT STILL LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT I IMAGINE THIS DECISION, UH, NOT OUR DECISION, BUT THE BUREAU OF PRISONS DISPOSING IT, UM, THAT WILL IMPACT THOSE FOLKS.
UM, SOME, UH, SOME PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SELL, UH, SELL THEIR HOMES, UH, EARLY IN THE PROCESS, SORT OF, UH, SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL, BUT A LOT HAVE STAYED AROUND, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY ARE, ARE LEFT.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AND WE WANT TO OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBERS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, LIMIT EACH PUBLIC COMMENT TO TWO MINUTES TODAY, UM, IF WITHOUT OBJECTION.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ASK MANY NUMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE EXEMPT THE NUMBERS? UM, AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE 39 SPEAKERS.
UH, CITY CLERK, ARE THEY ALL HERE OR ARE THEY ONLINE TOO? I HAVE, UH, FOUR ON ZOOM.
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THE RESTAURANT THE MOST ARE LOCAL.I, I WAS, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS QUITE A FEW MORE THAN THAT.
UM, I, I THINK WITH 39, I'M MUCH MORE INCLINED TO, UH, STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL THREE MINUTES PERSONALLY.
UM, I THINK THAT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE WITH THAT NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ON AN ITEM.
UM, SO I, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING IT AT THREE MINUTES PERSONALLY.
UM, I CAN HOLD IT AND GO WITH THREE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THE THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO RESPECT EACH, UM, EACH OF YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU GET A CHANCE TO, TO SPEAK.
BUT I WOULD ALSO, UM, REPEAT, WE ASK AUDIENCE REFERRING FROM CHAIRING OR CHAIRING, UM, AFTER SPEAKERS.
AND ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE GREAT WORK LAST TIME.
SO WE STILL USE HAND SIGNS, RIGHT.
AND IF YOU AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER, AS WE SAID, YOU FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND WE ALSO ASK, UM, IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK, UM, IF SOMEBODY ALREADY SPOKE AND YOU, YOU TRY TO SPEAK EXACTLY THE SAME THING, TRY TO REFRAIN FROM, UM, SPEAK THE SAME THING, REPEAT THE COMMENTS, UM, TRY, TRY TO JUST USE YOUR HINDSIGHT TO SUPPORT SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO, UM, EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, BUT ALSO, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.
SO WE'LL START THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'LL, UM, WE'LL START, GO AHEAD.
SO I'M GOING TO READ, UH, 10 SPEAKERS AT A TIME.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY VIEWING FROM THE BRAY ROOM, AND THAT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HERE TO THE CHAMBER.
SO THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS, IF, UM, YOU CAN LINE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAMBER WHEN I READ YOUR NAME, RU AND JEN, GABRIELLE MARSHALL, RICHARD LEE, LIZ SCHMIDT, EMILY LO, LOWELL, MANAV PATEL, KIMBERLY WU, STEPHANIE ERICKSON, STACY SUE, AND SARAH LEE.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RUAN CHEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS RUAN CHEN AND I'M A JUNIOR AT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, TODAY I AM 16 YEARS OLD AND TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF FINALS AT DUBLIN HIGH.
SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S BEEN VERY STRESSFUL ON ALL THE STUDENTS AND WITH THE IDEA THAT A FEDERAL, UM, SORRY, THE FCI DUBLIN CAN REOPEN, UM, AND HAVE AN ICE FACILITY BE BUILT THERE, THERE'S ADDED STRESS ON STUDENTS AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO TAKE THEIR FINALS AND THEN GO HOME BEING AFRAID THAT THEIR FAMILIES MAY BE TORN APART.
AND SO TODAY, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA SPEAK UP, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND SAY THAT IF AN ICE FACILITY IS TO BE BUILT HERE, IT'LL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND STRESSFUL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AT A POINT IN, IN LIFE, SORRY, AT A POINT IN THEIR LIFE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I URGE YOU GUYS TO PLEASE PASS THE RESOLUTION.
NEXT SPEAKER IS GABRIELLE MARSHALL.
HELLO, MAYOR HUGH AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE GET TIME ON THE CITY AGENDA, AND IT IS HEARTENING TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD US AND ARE HAVE DRAFTED A RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE AN ICE DETENTION FACILITY AT THE DUBLIN FCI.
YOU MAY NOT THINK YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT ICE AT FCI OR THAT WHATEVER YOU DO, IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL CAN AND SHOULD TAKE A STAND.
AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT YOU TO SAY NO TO ICE AT FCI.
DUBLIN IS FINALLY SHAKING ITS REPUTATION AS A JAIL AND PRISON CITY, WE ARE NOW KNOWN FOR OUR HOUSING CHOICES, OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL, OUR GREAT PARKS, RESTAURANTS, AND EVENTS.
IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD.
SO HERE ARE THREE IDEAS ON THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO.
ONE IS TO PASS LOCAL LAWS TO RESTRICT CITY RESOURCES, PROPERTY OR PERSONNEL FROM SUPPORTING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, LIMITING LOCAL COOPERATION.
YOU CAN DO THIS BY ADOPTING POLICIES THAT SAY THAT THE CITY WILL NOT PROVIDE DOCUMENTS OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS.
THIS CAN HELP PROTECT LOCAL RESIDENTS AND ENSURE THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES DO NOT BECOME A TARGET FOR ICE ENFORCEMENT.
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IS SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS, ASSISTING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE LEGAL AID AND SUPPORT TO LOCAL IMMIGRANTS.ANOTHER IDEA IS EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF ICE DETENTION.
THIS CAN INCLUDE PROVIDING INFORMATION ON HOW TO AVOID ARREST AND WHAT TO DO IF ARRESTED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE LIMITED IN YOUR POWERS AS THE FCI IS ON FEDERAL LAND AND LOCAL CITY RECOURSE IS LIMITED DUE TO FEDERAL JURISDICTION, BUT WITH THE USE OF ORDINANCES, LOCAL FUNDING AND ADVOCACY TO LIMIT COOPERATION, RESTRICT CITY PROPERTY USE, SUPPORT, LEGAL CHALLENGES, AND PUSH FOR STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES, FOCUSING ON CONDITIONS, OVERSIGHT AND RIGHTS, LEVERAGING STATE LAWS FOR INSPECTION OR USING CITY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS.
AND IN THIS WAY, WE CAN STAND TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS RESOLUTION AND ENTERTAINING IT ON THE AGENDA.
I AM A DUBLIN RESIDENT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND THE INTENT BEHIND IT.
UM, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT I WOULD STRONGLY LIKE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, DESPITE WHAT SOME PREVIOUS INDIVIDUALS EARLIER THIS MEETING MAY HAVE IMPLIED, UH, THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT OF SUPPORT AMONGST YOUR CONSTITUENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF AND THIS COMMUNITY BEHIND THIS RESOLUTION.
SPEAKER IS LIZ SCHMIDT, MADAM WHO, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I APPEAR BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN AS BOTH A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN AND THE TRI-VALLEY INDIVISIBLE LIAISON TO THE CITY.
I FIRST MOVED TO DUBLIN IN 1979.
SINCE THEN, OUR COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE ARE NOW HOME TO A LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE POPULATION.
BEAUTIFUL PARKS AND AN OUTSTANDING SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF RESTAURANTS THAT REFLECT CULTURES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
DUBLIN IS NO LONGER A SLEEPY TOWN.
IT'S A THRIVING CITY WITH ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WELL.
DUBLIN HAS REMAINED A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, LOVE AND RAISE A FAMILY.
I NOTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA A LETTER FROM WSP REGARDING FCI DUBLIN.
UNDER UNITED STATES CODE TITLE 40, SECTION 4 84 SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY IS FIRST OFFERED TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.
THE LETTER SENT TO THE CITY REPRESENTS THE OPENING MOVEMENT, WHAT BECOME A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR, TO OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COULD GAIN ACCESS AND TO USE THAT FACILITY.
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS DEMONSTRATED A PREFERENCE FOR CON CONTRACTING WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES TO OPERATE DETENTION CENTERS.
WE HAVE ALL SEEN AND READ REPORTS DOCUMENTING WIDESPREAD ABUSES IN SUCH FACILITIES.
WORKERS ARE OFTEN POORLY PAID AND RECEIVE FUEL, IF ANY BENEFITS.
THIS WOULD NOT PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OR DIGNIFIED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOUBLE RESIDENTS.
MOREOVER, IN THE RECENT PAST, ICE ABDUCTION PRACTICES HAVE LED TO CHAOS IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN INJURED, UNLAWFULLY DETAINED, AND DENIED DUE PROCESS.
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TERRORIZED TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC HARM AS A RESULT.
FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE COURAGE IT TOOK TO PLACE THIS RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA.
BY VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE DUBLIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CITIES IN OUR REGION THAT ARE STANDING UP FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
YOU ARE SETTING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE COMPLICIT IN BRUTAL IN INHUMANE TREATMENT, AND THAT WE EXPECT OUR GOVERNMENT TO UPHOLD DIGNITY, JUSTICE, AND THE RULE OF LAW FOR ALL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR LISTENING.
NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY LOWELL, FOLLOWED BY MANAV PATEL AND KIMBERLY WU.
I AM A DUBLIN RESIDENT OF SIX YEARS.
I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER AND MIDDLE SCHOOLER AT DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOLS.
WE'RE MEMBERS OF RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DUBLIN AND PART OF THE DUBLIN LITTLE LEAGUE AND DUBLIN FIGHTING IRISH FAMILIES.
MANY WILL COVER THE MORAL REASONS FOR OPPOSING THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN IN ANY CAPACITY, WHICH I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME ADDRESSING SAFETY CONCERNS FOR MY COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATING FOR TRUSTED PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE THE DAILY NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
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I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BEING PART OF A DIVERSE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT IS SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN TO WALK TO PARKS AND TO THEIR SCHOOLS.WHEN WE GO TO THE STORE OR OUT TO EAT, WE OFTEN RUN INTO NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.
I FEEL SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE FOUND A COMMUNITY THAT IS OPEN AND GENEROUS AND SAFE.
I AM AFRAID FOR A FUTURE WHERE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE AFRAID TO GO OUTSIDE, WHERE MY CHILDREN'S CLASSMATES ARE KEPT HOME FROM SCHOOL TO AVOID MASKED FEDERAL AGENTS SNATCHING THEM OR THEIR LOVED ONES UP WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.
IT FEELS DYSTOPIAN TO EVEN EXPRESS THIS FEAR TO ELECTEDS IN AN AMERICAN COUNCIL CHAMBER.
I WANT, I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I AM A PUBLIC LIBRARIAN, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT WORK AT THE LIBRARY IN DUBLIN.
IT IS MY FAMILY'S HOME LIBRARY.
THE AUTHOR NEIL GAYMAN SAID, LIBRARIES ARE THE THIN RED LINE BETWEEN CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM.
AND I CONSIDER THE HEALTH OF A COUNTRY'S LIBRARIES A GOOD GAUGE OF THE HEALTH OF ITS OWN DEMOCRACY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT LIBRARIANS EVERYWHERE INCREASINGLY FEAR THAT THEIR LIBRARY PROGRAM WILL ENDANGER THEIR OWN PATRONS WHEN ICE IS EVEN RUMOR RUMORED TO BE NEARBY.
FOR INSTANCE, THERE WERE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT ENDANGERING PATRONS BY HOLDING ANNUAL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATIONS AT LIBRARIES ACROSS THE BAY.
JUST LAST MONTH WHEN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS ARRIVED AT COAST GUARD ISLAND IN ALAMEDA LIKE SCHOOLS, PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN LONG RESPECTED AS SAFE SPACES ARE NOW POTENTIAL TARGETS.
I FEEL CONFIDENT IN PREDICTING THAT WITH AN ICE DETENTION CENTER IN OUR TOWN, OUR LIBRARY AND ITS PATRONS WILL SUFFER.
I'M HERE TO URGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT TO OPPOSE THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN AS AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER OR ANY KIND OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION TONIGHT FOR TAKING A COURAGEOUS STAND AND LISTENING TO THE DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR HUGH AND DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MANIF PATEL AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M COMING AND SERVING AS THE CAPACITY OF ONE OF THE MANAGERS HERE AT PREPAIDS ACADEMY LOCATED IN EAST DUBLIN.
UM, FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WORK FOR HOPEFULLY SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE THAT WILL KEEP THE LIVES SAFE OF OUR DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
AND THIS ACTION REFLECTS THE VALUES THAT MAKES DUBLIN THE PLACE THAT IT IS A PLACE OF SAFETY, DIVERSITY, AND ALSO INCLUSION.
UM, I ALSO WANNA KIND OF MENTION SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID EARLIER IN THE MEETING, THE LESSON OF SVA, UM, SELFLESS SERVICE, WHICH ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE TODAY THROUGH YOUR, THROUGH THIS PASSING OF THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, EVA TEACHES US THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOVE RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.
OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE.
BY TAKING THIS STEP, THIS COUNCIL HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLICY, BUT ABOUT COMPASSION AND DIGNITY.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE THAT YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
THERE IS KIMBERLY WU, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE ERICKSON AND THEN STACY SUE.
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY WU AND I SERVE AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR SERVICES, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SIREN.
OUR ORGANIZATION SERVES OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, LEGAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA AND CENTRAL VALLEY.
WE ALSO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE ICE SIDE OF DUBLIN COALITION.
ON BEHALF OF SIREN, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY AND PUBLICLY OPPOSE THE POSSIBLE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN AS A CORRECTIONAL OR IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY.
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER JOSIE FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL ON OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE TONIGHT FOR YOUR BOLD LEADERSHIP IN PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF OUR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU PRISONS IS GETTING READY TO PUT THE FCI DUBLIN SITE ON THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.
PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE END.
RATHER, IT CAN MARK THE ATROCIOUS BEGINNING FOR DHS TO ACQUIRE AND OPEN THE PROPERTY AS AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY.
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MO SHANNON VALLEY CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH USED TO BE A FEDERAL PRISON CONTRACTED WITH BOP FROM 2006 UNTIL MARCH, 2021.
THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY GEO GROUP TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS CLOSURE TO THEN
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CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY AND ICE TO REOPEN MO SHANNON AS A DETENTION FACILITY, WHICH NOW STANDS AS THE LARGEST DETENTION CENTER IN THE NORTHEAST.THIS LETTER GIVES US MORE REGION REASON AND URGENCY TO PASS A PROPOSED RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
AND I ALSO HOPE THAT YOUR BRAVERY TONIGHT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO CREATE MORE PROTECTIONS FOR YOUR DUBLIN RESIDENTS IN A FUTURE RESOLUTION BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF ANY CITY OWNED OR CITY CONTROLLED LAND AND RESOURCES TO FACILITATE ANY IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES.
OUR TAX FUNDED PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, NOT TO THE AGENTS TERRORIZING THEM.
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE IMPLEMENTING SUCH POLICIES INCLUDING CHICAGO, SAN JOSE, SANTA CLA COUNTY, SAN MATEO COUNTY, AND ALAMEDA COUNTY WHO'S CONSIDERING IT.
IN FACT, SIREN WITH OUR LOCAL COALITIONS WITH SIM, SSU, AND IPEN HAS MOBILIZED FOR THE CREATION AND PASSAGE OF SU OF SUCH POLICIES IN SANTA CLA COUNTY LAST TUESDAY AND IN SAN MATEO COUNTY ON DECEMBER 2ND.
THESE PROTECTIONS ARE POSSIBLE TO PASS AND ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURE OUR RESOURCES AND LAND MUST NOT BE USED TO FOR THIS VIOLENT ANTI-IMMIGRANT AGENDA AND THIS DIO CRISIS.
WE WERE ONLY STRONG WHEN WE ARE UNITED AND WE AND OUR NEIGHBORING BAY AREA COMMUNITIES MUST USE EVERY TOOL TO PROCLAIM THAT THIS IS OUR PLACE AND OUR CITY ASSETS MUST NOT BE WEAPONIZED AGAINST THE VERY COMMUNITIES THEY'RE SWORN TO SERVE.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO DUBLIN RESIDENTS, AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REPRESENT YOUR PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
BE THE LEADER IN THE TRI-VALLEY AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANY DETENTION FACILITY TONIGHT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE ERICKSON.
HI, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE ERICKSON AND I AM A DUBLIN RESIDENT DISTRICT THREE.
FIRST I WANNA SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT CARES ABOUT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND THAT HAS ACTIVELY EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO VIOLATIONS OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
I AM THANKFUL TOO, FOR A CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF THAT EMBRACE THESE VALUES AND CONCERNS AND THAT SEEK TO ACT UPON THEM.
I THEREFORE, WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
I PARTICULARLY LIKE HOW IT SPELLS OUT SOME OF THE VERY REAL DANGERS TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
IN THE EVENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ICE CENTER DETENTION CENTER HERE, MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IMAGES OF OFTEN AGGRESSIVE AND OFTEN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ICE ARREST TACTICS FROM TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE OR FROM WITNESSING IT FIRSTHAND.
HOWEVER, THE ABUSE INSIDE DETENTION CENTERS HAS BEEN MORE HIDDEN FROM VIEW.
EVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE BEEN BARRED FROM ACCESS TO VARIOUS ICE FACILITIES FOR OVERSIGHT PURPOSES.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE A 10 MINUTE VIDEO BY THE NEW YORK TIMES.
IT CONTAINS INTERVIEWS OF THREE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO DESCRIBE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS DETENTION CENTERS.
IT WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR STAND ON END.
JUST GOOGLE NEW YORK TIMES INSIDE ICE DETENTION.
IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE NOW CLOSER TO SEEING AN ICE DETENTION CENTER IN DUBLIN.
GIVEN THAT THE BUREAU OF PRISONS WILL TRANSFER FCI DUBLIN TO THE GSA AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS STEP WOULD THEN ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO OBTAIN IT FOR ICE.
SO THERE IS SOME URGENCY FOR BEING PREPARED.
THEREFORE, IN ADDITION TO PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY TAKE INVENTORY OF ITS RESOURCES, LAND SERVICES AND PERSONNEL THAT MIGHT BE USED TO FACILITATE THE CURRENT AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT REGIME WITH A VIEW TOWARD ENSURING THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE NOT CO-OPTED TO SERVE SUCH ENFORCEMENT.
A FINAL NOTE, SOME OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DEHUMANIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS AT PAST MEETINGS.
A MINDSET WHICH ENCOURAGED ENCOURAGES SOCIETAL TOLERANCE FOR BRUTAL AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR AGAINST THEM.
SADLY, EXPRESSION OF SUCH DEHUMANIZATION WAS REVEALED THAT THE COUNCIL'S LAST MEETING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN ONE SPEAKER DESCRIBED IMMIGRANTS IN A PARKING LOT AS SCURRYING LIKE RATS.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, LES PEOPLE UNCONSCIOUSLY START TO INCORPORATE SUCH IMAGES INTO THEIR OWN WORLDVIEW.
I BELIEVE SUCH DEPICTIONS NEED TO BE PUBLICLY DISAVOWED TO THAT SPEAKER.
I SIMPLY SAY WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES.
GOOD EVENING, DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR WITH THE DETENTION WATCH NETWORK, A NATIONAL COALITION WITH OVER 125 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DEMANDING AN END TO IMMIGRATION
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DETENTION.I JOINED DUBLIN RESIDENTS HERE AND OVER 8,300 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION TO BLOCK THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN AS A NICE DETENTION CENTER AND URGE YOU TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
DETENTION WATCH NETWORK FOCUSES SPECI SPECIFICALLY ON DETENTION BECAUSE IT FACILITATES DEPORTATIONS, ISOLATES PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR LOVED ONES AND SUPPORT NETWORKS AND COERCES PEOPLE TO STOP FIGHTING THEIR DEPORTATION.
MASS DETENTION MAKES MASS RATES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ICE AND CBP HAVE RACIALLY PROFILED PEOPLE AND SEPARATED FAMILIES BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE LOOK LIKE, WHAT LANGUAGE PEOPLE SPEAK, WHERE PEOPLE LE LIVE AND WHERE PEOPLE WORK.
FCI DUBLIN WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE POWERFUL SURVIVOR LED ADVOCACY BY INCARCERATED WOMEN WHO WERE SUBJECTED TO SYSTEMIC SEXUAL ABUSE AS WELL AS CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IMMIGRANT WOMEN WERE TARGETED PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY WERE FACING DEPORTATION.
THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO SHUT DOWN FCI, DUBLIN FOR GOOD.
OUT OF THE HUN ADDITIONAL $170 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO CARRY OUT MASS DETENTION AND MASS DEPORTATION THAT SEPARATE FAMILIES.
$45 BILLION ARE SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR IMMIGRATION DETENTION.
THESE ARE FUNDS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO ENRICH EVERYONE'S LIVES, INCLUDING THE LIVES OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS, AS PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO PAY RENT AND AFFORD FOOD OR HEALTHCARE.
WHILE THIS PRISON IS FEDERALLY OWNED, THE IMPACT OF REOPENING FCI DUBLIN WILL HURT DUBLIN FAMILIES, MANY OF WHOM ARE IN MIXED STATUS HOUSEHOLDS.
MANY DUBLIN RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY TESTIFIED TO THE CHILLING EFFECT OF MASS DETENTION AND DEPORTATION.
THESE FEARS WILL ONLY WORSEN IF AN ICE DETENTION FACILITY OPENS HERE.
THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN WOULD NOT ONLY IMPACT DUBLIN RESIDENTS, BUT WOULD HAVE A WIDER IMPACT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND.
SINCE 2023, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DOES NOT HAVE AN ICE DETENTION CENTER.
BECAUSE OF THE POWERFUL ORGANIZING FROM DETAINED LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE LACK OF DETENTION CAPACITY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ICE TO DETAIN MORE PEOPLE.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ICE ARRESTS ARE HIGHER IN AREAS WITH DETENTION CENTERS.
A 850 BED FACILITY ABOUT THE SIZE OF FCI DUBLIN WOULD RESULT IN 6.4 TIMES HIGHER RATES OF ICE ARREST OF RESIDENTS.
PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE A REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN AS AN ICE DETENTION CENTER OR AS ANOTHER PRISON.
MY NAME IS SARAH LEE AND I'M A SENIOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER.
WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY OPPOSE A REOPENING AND REPURPOSING OF FCI DUBLIN FOR ANY FUTURE DETENTION OR CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS.
AND I URGE THE CITY OF DUBLIN TO ADOPT IT.
THE ISLER C IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND AN EXPERT IN IMMIGRATION LAW AND POLICY WITH STAFF DEDICATED TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE BAY AREA.
AND A MAJOR PART OF OUR WORK IS HELPING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILIES RESPOND TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND DETENTION.
YOU MAY KNOW US BY OUR KNOW YOUR RIGHTS RED CARDS.
I WANNA REEMPHASIZE THE CRITICAL JUNCTURE THAT WE ARE AT.
OTHERS HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUREAU OF PRISONS LETTERS SHOWING THAT THEY INTEND TO PUT FCI DUBLIN AS A PROPERTY ON THE GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION WEBSITE.
THAT'S REALLY PUTS IT AS RISK FOR DHS TO MAKE A BID ON THIS SITE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN PASSES THIS RESOLUTION AND TO MAKE KNOWN THAT WE DON'T WANT FCI LIN TO BECOME ANOTHER IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTER.
THE ILC FURTHER ASKED THE CITY OF LIN TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW ITS CONTRACTS PER PERMITS, PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES AND INVESTMENTS, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, MAKE SURE THAT CITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES AREN'T USED TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION.
FINALLY, I WANNA NOTE THAT SAYING NO TO IMMIGRATION DETENTION ALSO OPENS THE DOOR TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STATE SUPPORT.
IF THE CITY FINDS A LEGAL MECHANISM TO PREVENT THE REOPENING, WHETHER THROUGH LOCAL REGULATORY OR OVERSIGHT TOOLS, DUBLIN WOULD QUALIFY FOR UP TO $5 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING THROUGH THE HEAL ACT.
THESE FUNDS SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JOB TRAINING, AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMIC PROJECTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, CHOOSING NOT TO HOST ATTENTION CENTERS CREATES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, NOT HARDSHIP.
SO WE URGE THE CITY OF ELLAND TO TAKE THIS FIRST ESSENTIAL STEP TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION STATING CLEARLY THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT AN IMMIGRANT CHANGE DETENTION CENTER HERE.
THE NEXT GROUP OF 10 SPEAKERS ARE GONNA BE MIKE GRANT,
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MARCELLA LA MICHAEL TSUI, TONY RODOLFO BENSON, SHERRY SPAIN, JOHN CAMERON, HEATH JACKSON, TODD BENSON, KELLY MILLER SANCHEZ, AND JEANETTE HERMAN.THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE GRANT.
MIKE GRANT, LONGTIME RESIDENT OWNER OF GUNS AND UNLIMITED.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS COMMENTS THAT I KEEP HEARING ABOUT LIVING IN FEAR.
THIS COUNCIL SHOULD ASK EACH ONE OF THESE COMPLAINTS.
DID YOU REPORT THIS TO THE DUBLIN PD WITH YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT LIVING IN FEAR? WELL, I CALLED DUBLIN PD.
I CALLED THE PLEASANTON PD AND THE LIVERMORE PD.
NOT ONE COMPLAINT HAS EVER BEEN FILED ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF.
THEY RUNNING THEIR MOUTH SHUT UP.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN I CALLED DUBLIN PD, THEY SAID NOTHING.
COULD IT BE THAT THERE'S, THAT THEY ARE ILLEGAL OR NO, THE ILLEGALS IN THIS COUNTY, IN THIS TOWN, DO WE HAVE 'EM? ARE WE HIDING 'EM SOMEPLACE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT? SO LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER THING.
72,000 PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, MAYBE 40 OF THEM, HAVE PUT COMPLAINTS IN FROM DUBLIN.
'CAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FROM DUBLIN BEHIND ME.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DID A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR ALL THE SPEAKERS, ALL THE EMAILS THAT CAME IN HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF 'EM THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE LIVING IN STAYING AT HOME THAT SEND THESE EMAILS IN.
ARE THEY LEGAL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? BECAUSE IF THEY AREN'T, THEY'RE CRIMINALS THEY NEED TO GO.
SO WITH THAT, I GOT A COMPLETE LIST.
WHEN I GET THAT LIST, I'M GONNA SEND THAT OFF TO THE WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY AND ICE.
NOW YOU GUYS CAN ALL LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF.
I'VE ALSO SENT LETTERS FRIDAY AGAIN TO HOMELAND SECURITY WHITE HOUSE TO START STATING THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO TOWN HERE AND GET THESE ILLEGALS OUTTA HERE IN THE BAY AREA.
THEY'LL JUST BRING THE BUSES IN.
THEY'LL GO RIGHT OVER TO CAMP PARKS AND YOU CAN'T TOUCH THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S FEDERAL GA UH, LAND TOO.
SO YOU CAN DO ALL THE THE JOLY YOU WANT HERE.
SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS INTERFERENCE AND PEOPLE GETTING HAULED AWAY.
WELL FIRST OF ALL, THOSE PEOPLE ARE INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENTS.
JUST ASK DPS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY PULLED SOMEBODY OVER AND THEY ARRESTED THEM AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COME OUT, STOOD IN FRONT OF THEIR CARS AND INTERFERED WITH 'EM.
THEY'D HOOK 'EM UP AND SENT 'EM OVER TO THE SANTA RITA MOTEL AND GET THREE MEALS IN A COT FOR PROBABLY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL SUITE OVER THERE FOR 'EM, SO THEY'D GET RID OF THEM TOO.
SO AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION, YOU CAN WRITE IT.
PLEASE DO BECAUSE I'M GETTING READY TO SEND THAT OFF AGAIN.
'CAUSE THIS IS ERIC SWALWELL TERRITORY AND I'M SURE WITH ALL THE TDS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS BUILDING, THAT TRUMP WILL ABIDE VERY QUICKLY TO GET ICE IN TOWN AND THEN THEY CAN ALL WORRY IT.
I DON'T LIVE IN FEAR GUNS UNLIMITED FIREARMS TRAINING.
I'M GONNA BE READING A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM, UH, DUBLIN RESIDENT MARI ALLY, UH, IN SPANISH, AND THEN TRANSLATING INTO ENGLISH.
I HAVE LIVED IN DUBLIN FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'M A MOTHER OF TWO SONS.
I WANT THE CITY OF DUBLIN TO PASS A RESOLUTION AND FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
I DON'T WANT ANY MORE CHILDREN TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS.
IF A DETENTION CENTER OPENS, WE WOULD SEE EMPTY SCHOOLS DUE TO FEELING CHILDREN FEELING UNSAFE.
AND OUR CITY WOULD EXPERIENCE A SOCIOECONOMIC, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT WITH THE CLOSURE OF BUSINESSES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS DUE TO A LACK OF WORKERS AS WELL AS EMPTY HOTEL SHOPS AND HOMES.
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES ARE DOING THEIR JOB, BUT WITH ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND VIOLENCE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE REQUESTING A RESOLUTION TO PREVENT THIS CENTER FROM OPENING.
WE ARE THE VOICE AND YOU ARE THE AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CARE AND PROTECT OUR CITY OF DUBLIN.
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UNDER MAYOR WHO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL LU SIMMY, 7 8 8 3 CROSS RIDGE ROAD.
I DO LIVE IN DUBLIN AND IT'S AN HONOR TO ADDRESS YOU AGAIN.
LAST MONTH I SPOKE ALONG WITH 36 FELLOW RESIDENTS TO VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE ANY EFFORT TO REOPEN FCI DUBLIN FOR EXPANDING ICE IMMIGRATION, UH, DETENTION.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS SECOND OPPORTUNITY AS I DO NOT WISH MY COMMENTS TO BE VIEWED THROUGH THE PRISM OF SIMPLY NOT IN MY BACKYARD.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH AND THE CONSEQUENCES MAY BE EVEN GRAVER.
WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS POINT TO THE PASSAGE OF HR ONE A LEGISLATION THAT IS ANYTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL.
THE LOSERS ARE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS, MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES, FAMILIES THAT RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS, NEW CAP REDUCTIONS ON STUDENT LOANS, AND THE LOSS OF CLEAN ENERGY CREDITS.
AND WHAT DO WE GET IN RETURN? $465 MILLION APPROVED FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR ICE TRAINING FACILITIES.
$165 BILLION APPROVED OVER THE NEXT DECADE BY DHS, INCLUDING $45 BILLION APPROVED FOR THE EXPANSION OF CAPACITY FOR DETENTION CENTERS.
ONE QUARTER OF THE $165 BILLION HAS BEEN PUSHED INTO FISCAL 2026, WHICH BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1ST.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND DHS HAS THE MONEY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU ARE THE ONLY LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT IS EMPOWERED TO SIGNIFY THE DISPOSITION OF THIS CITY.
THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT SUPPORT A DETENTION FACILITY.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IT DOES NOT ENDORSE THE METHODS IN WHICH TO FILL IT.
I IMPLORE YOU TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO REJECT ANY RESURRECTION OF FCI DUBLIN.
AND I ASK THAT YOU RATIFY IT, IT UNANIMOUSLY.
SO TO LEAVE NO DOUBT AC COURAGEOUSLY AND BE GUIDED BY YOUR HEART.
MY NAME IS TONY RODOLFO BENSON.
I LIVE IN JADE CIRCLE, DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA.
I AM A RESIDENT AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FCI DUBLIN.
SO ASIANS, AS WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, ASIANS FORMING THE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC, 53% BY, FOLLOWED BY HISPANIC LATINO RESIDENTS AROUND 11, 12%.
AND THOSE IDENTIFYING AS TWO OR MORE RACES OVER 10%.
THAT'S THE IDEA OF STATISTICS THAT'S KNOWN TO ALL OF YOU.
ICE DETENTION FACILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY CREATING WIDESPREAD FEAR, DISRUPTING FAMILIES, STRAINING LOCAL RESOURCES, JAILS, HOSPITALS CAUSING HEALTH CRISES, ME MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LEADING TO ABSENTEEISM IN SCHOOLS AND HEALTHCARE AVOIDANCE, WHILE ALSO FUELING ECONOMIES THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE FACILITIES, BUT OFTEN AT THE COST OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING, ESPECIALLY FOR HISPANIC AND IMMIGRANT GROUPS.
BUT OF COURSE, THIS INFORMATION IS VERY WELL KNOWN TO EVERYONE.
YOU READ THIS IN NEWSPAPERS, YOU HEAR THIS IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY.
IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE SEVENTIES.
MY PARENTS AND I WAITED 15 YEARS TO LEGALLY COME HERE TO THE UNITED STATES.
I'VE BEEN IN A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT TO FEEL AFRAID FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY FAMILY, THAT I HAVE TO TALK TO MY FAMILY.
THAT IF YOU EVER GET ARRESTED SOMEWHERE, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NATURALIZATION NUMBER IS BEHIND YOUR ID SO THAT THEY KNOW YOU'RE A CITIZEN.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR MANY YEARS, FOR DECADES AND NEVER HAVE I THOUGHT THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA THAT I ADAPTED AS MY HOME.
SO I URGE YOU THIS FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN AS A PRISON THAT CAUSES A LOT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY FOR DUBLIN.
YOU CREATED THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY HERE FOR FAMILIES.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE LIVED IN LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, FEAR, I MEAN JOY.
THEY LIVE IN FEAR OF OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT I'VE LEARNED TO LIVE IN DUBLIN IN PEACE, LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, DIVERSITY, COMMUNITY.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT WILL STAY.
SO PLEASE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PASSING
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THIS RESOLUTION.I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO ANSWER FOR THE RECORD, IF POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THEM MYSELF.
CAN THE CITY BUY BACK FEDERAL LAND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? CAN THE CITY, PERHAPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE TRI-VALLEY, SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT THEM FROM OPENING AN ICE DETENTION CENTER? AND WHAT MORE CAN WE DO AS CITIZENS? UM, CAN WE OFFER TO USE THESE FACILITIES IN OTHER CAPACITIES? MAYBE A CULTY UH, REPROGRAMMING FACILITY, A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, A SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMAN.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN CAMERON, FOLLOWED BY KEITH JACKSON AND THEN TODD BENSON, LONG TIME RESIDENT, SON OF AN IMMIGRANT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY I DON'T WANT ICE AS A STAGING POINT OUR CITY TO BE A STAGING POINT FOR THEM THAT JUST, IT MAKES ME SICK.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE TERRORIZING PEOPLE.
THEY JUST DO IT WITH IMPUNITY.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE CITIZENS THAT ARE WALKING AROUND WITH THEIR PASSPORTS BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID BECAUSE IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE OFF TO, AND I PUT THAT IN QUOTES TO PEOPLE IN ICE.
YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THIS.
I I AGREE WITH THE LAST SPEAKER.
I THINK WE OUGHT BUY THAT LAND.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO BULLDOZE IT.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT UP A BIG ARC RIGHT THERE.
AND WE OUGHT TO HAVE A MEMORIAM TO ALL THE VICTIMS THAT THAT SUFFERED IN THAT MISERABLE HELL HALL.
AND I THINK, UM, IF THEY DECIDE TO COME IN, I THINK THAT, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE A THOUSAND CARS AND WE PILE 'EM ALL UP IN FRONT OF THAT FACILITY.
AND WE DON'T LET 'EM BUILD ANYTHING THERE.
WE DON'T LET ANYBODY IN OR OUT.
WE JUST SHUT IT DOWN, LET 'EM ARREST US.
I'VE BEEN TO JAIL FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
I, I I JUST, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS 2025 BECAUSE, AND, AND I DON'T WANNA SUGARCOAT THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? THIS IS NAZI STUFF.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
YOU KNOW WHO THE BROWN SHIRTS ARE? THAT'S ICE.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORY, AND IT'S DAMN IMPORTANT WE REMEMBER OUR HISTORY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
RIGHT? HEARD THAT SAYING WE'RE IN IT.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS JUST SAID IS, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA.
IT'S NOT THE AMERICA I KNOW AMERICA.
I LOVE THE AMERICA THAT MOST OF MY FAMILY HAS FOUGHT FOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BUILD THIS PARK.
ANOTHER THING WE COULD DO, AND I'LL TIE IT INTO FIRE.
I'VE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT FIRE.
WE'LL BUILD A HUGE POND AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK NEXT TO THE MEMORIAL GARDEN AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IT SO WE CAN, WE CAN USE IT FOR HELICOPTERS TO FIGHT FIRES.
IF IT EVER BREAKS OUT, WE GOT IT.
WE OUGHT TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN RESERVE AND BUY THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
AND GIVEN THE ULTIMATUM, WE'LL SHUT IT DOWN.
IF THEY DON'T DO IT, WE WON'T LET ANYBODY IN OR OUTTA THAT PLACE THEY CAN SEND ME TO JAIL.
I'LL, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO GO.
NEXT SPEAKER IS KEITH JACKSON.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
AND, UH, I'LL JUST START OFF, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT TO PASS THIS MEASURE OR RESOLUTION.
IT'S, IT'S VERY WORTHY OF THIS CITY.
NOW, I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED SPEECH LIKE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE, OH, SORRY.
AND THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL AND THEY'RE SHARING GREAT FEELINGS AND INFORMATION.
SO I'M JUST GONNA COME RIGHT, RIGHT FROM THE HEART AND FROM THE GUT IS, UM, I LOOK AT THE PAST.
MY FATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II IN
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THE NAVY.HE FOUGHT A REGIME THAT WANTED TO ENSLAVE PEOPLE, TO MAKE PEOPLE BEND TO HIS WILL, TO MAKE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DISAPPEAR IF THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIM.
AND AS, AS JOHN WAS JUST SAYING, THIS IS HAPPENING AGAIN.
WE NEED TO HAVE THIS NOT HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
YOU WOULD THINK, HEY, WHITE GUY, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THINGS LIKE THIS.
I'M AN OLD WHITE GUY LIKE THAT GUY OVER THERE.
BUT WE DO, AND I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I AM MARRIED TO, IN A MIXED RACIAL MARRIAGE, AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY WIFE AND HER FAMILY AS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE AMERICANS AND THAT DUBLIN IS A PART OF AMERICA.
WE DON'T WANT THE SHAME OF OUR PAST LIKE THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THIS IS.
BUT ON A FAR LARGER SCALE, THAT WAS 120,000 PE JAPANESE AMERICANS THAT WERE PUT IN INTERNMENT CAMPS.
ICE IS GONNA BE SO MUCH WORSE.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BEING IN THESE ICE FACILITIES, WHICH ARE PRETTY MUCH HELL HOLES.
AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE NEWS.
AND I'M, I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS ATROCITY.
WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.
AND LIKE MY FATHER WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, WHERE HE AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, HE WAS MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN ME.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DISAGREED A LOT, BUT WE AGREED A LOT ON ONE THING, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH.
AND IT'S AMERICA AND AMERICAN CITIZENS, YOU FIGHT FOR IT.
SO I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN FIGHT THIS GET, AS JOHN WAS SAYING, LET'S BUY THE PROPERTY IF WE CAN.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO TURN THE PARK INTO A MEMORIAL, INTO A REMEMBRANCE OF THE IMMIGRANTS THAT BUILT THIS NATION.
WE'RE ALL AMERICANS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY MILLER SANCHEZ.
MADAM MAYOR EXTE, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, MY NAME IS KELLY MILLER SANCHEZ, AND I'M THE PASTOR OF RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH HERE IN DUBLIN.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
I KNOW THAT TO SOME, IT MAY SOUND LIKE EMPTY WORDS THAT HAVE NO TEETH, BUT A STATEMENT IS A VISION AND A STATEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE GO ON RECORD ABOUT AND THEN WE ACT TOWARDS.
I DO AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS THAT THERE'S EVEN MORE THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO PREVENT OUR RESOURCES FROM BEING USED TO SUPPORT ANY ICE ACTIONS IN THIS CITY.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BAY AREA.
UM, I'VE LIVED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE.
MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY.
LIKE MOST OF US, I AM THE DESCENDANT OF IMMIGRANTS.
THEY WERE POOR, THEY WERE UNEDUCATED.
THEY CAME TO THE US LOOKING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.
AND THAT DREAM CAME TRUE FOR THEIR DESCENDANTS.
THEIR DESCENDANTS GOT EDUCATIONS BECAME PROFESSIONALS OWNED HOMES CONTRIBUTED TOCI SOCIETY IN MANY WAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, TOO MANY, UH, IMMIGRANTS HAVE COME TO THE US WITH THE SAME HOPE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, ONLY TO FIND A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT CREATED APPROPRIATE PATHWAYS FOR THEM TO BECOME CITIZENS.
WE KNOW OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM NEEDS OVERHAUL.
AND I'M SURE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE ALSO AWARE THAT SIMPLY BEING IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT A CRIME.
IF IT WAS, PEOPLE WOULD BE PROS, PROSECUTED THROUGH THE CRIMINAL COURTS AND WOULD BE, UH, GIVEN THE RIGHT OF DUE PROCESS.
BUT IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT PAPERS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED IN THIS COUNTRY CAME HERE LEGALLY AND OVERSTAYED THEIR VISAS.
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS.
AND ICE DETENTION CENTER WOULD POSE FOR THE PEOPLE OF DUBLIN AND LEADERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES.
IMMIGRATION IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ONE THAT NEEDS HUMANE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.
THE MEASURES WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE PRESS THAT ICE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYING ARE ANYTHING BUT HUMANE.
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THAT PRESERVE THE DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON THAT ALLOW FOR DUE PROCESS AND THAT ALLOW FOR APPROPRIATE CON CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND ICE DETENTION CENTER IN DUBLIN WILL BE A BLACK STAIN STANDING AGAINST THE WONDERFUL DIVERSITY THE CITY REPRESENTS AND WILL FOLLOW US THROUGH HISTORY.PLEASE DO NOT LET OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WONDER HOW WE ALLOWED SUCH INJUSTICE TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD HERE.
ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID, THE WORLD WILL NOT BE DESTROYED BY THOSE WHO DO EVIL, BUT BY THOSE WHO WATCH THEM WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE IN CREATING THIS POWERFUL RESOLUTION TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE ANY IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY IN DUBLIN.
NEXT SPEAKER IS JEANETTE HERMAN.
HELLO, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, LISTENING TODAY.
I AM, UM, A DUBLIN RESIDENT, MY GRANT.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND I, UM, I LOVE THIS CITY MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I'M A A TEACHER HERE, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN DUBLIN, AND I LOVE THE STUDENTS AND THE, UM, THE FAMILIES AND THE CULTURES AND THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, UM, UNDER ATTACK.
AND IN SOME WAYS, AND I LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THERE WAS AN ICE FACILITY COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
WOULD IT BE THE BIG CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAVE OR WOULD THEY BE FEELING THE HARDSHIPS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THE FEAR? UM, NOT TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE, UM, ILLEGAL THEMSELVES, BUT THAT THEY WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE FEAR THAT WOULD BE KIDS BEING TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S HAPPENING NOW AROUND WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKEN, WHETHER, UM, NOT UNJUSTLY TAKEN AND NOT, UM, BEING GIVEN THEM.
THEY'RE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND NOT BEING GIVEN THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES ONCE THEY'RE AT A FACILITY.
THERE IS, UM, HISTORICALLY THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE SAME COMMUNICATION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A NONPROFIT, WHICH THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO GO TO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS, UH, IMMIGRATION FACILITY.
UM, THEY WOULDN'T, THE, THE COMMUNICATION ISN'T THE SAME.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME, UM, REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW.
AND IT WOULD JUST, UM, THE POTENTIAL OF IT IS MIND BOGGLING TO ME.
AND THEN I LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I ECHO EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID.
THEY'VE HIT ALL THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE AND THINK OF IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN OF DUBLIN.
THE NEXT GROUP OF 10 SPEAKERS IS MICHELLE GONZALEZ, FRANKLIN LIU, AKIL BASCA, BRIAN, LAURA, KELSEY SHEEL, ISAAC HARRIS, ALFREDO KLOVE KANAZAWA, NICOLE NAVARRO, AND MONIQUE BINDI.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE GONZALEZ.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE GONZALEZ AND I TEACH AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN, BUT I HAVE TAUGHT IN THE TRI-VALLEY FOR OVER 22 YEARS.
AND I HAVE DEDICATED A LARGE PORTION OF MY LIFE TO SER TO SERVICE, TO SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY.
I AM LIKELY THE TEACHER OF SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM.
I AM LIKELY, I HAVE LIKELY TAUGHT THE CHILD OR CHILDREN OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM.
AND I OPPOSE IN THE NAME OF MY IMMIGRANT STUDENTS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THAT ICE FACILITY OR ANY OTHER DETENTION FACILITY, UM, AT THE BUILDING LOCATED HERE IN DUBLIN THAT IS HOME TO TOO MANY ATROCITIES TO NAME.
OUR COLLEGE HAD AN ENGLISH PROGRAM AT FCI DUBLIN AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TAUGHT IN THAT PROGRAM.
HE HAS HAD TO LIVE KNOWING THAT THE WOMEN WHO WERE HIS STUDENTS THERE WERE LIKELY BEING ABUSED BY GUARDS IN HIS CLASS AFTER HIS CLASS WAS OVER.
SHOULD DAHS INSTALL AN EYE CENTER, IT WILL INCREASE THE TERROR OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE COLLEGE, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AT THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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AND OR THEIR MIXED STATUS FACTS, STATUS FAMILIES LIKE SO MANY OF MY STUDENTS FAMILIES, INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, CONTRIBUTED TO OUR ECONOMY AND MANY OF WHOM WHO DID NOT CHOOSE TO IMMIGRATE TO THE TRI-VALLEY.BUT THEY ARE GLAD THAT THEY DID.
STUDENTS WHO THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN TOLD TO SPEAK ENGLISH OR TO GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY.
STUDENTS WHO TRANSLATE ENGLISH TO SPANISH FOR THEIR PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHOSE REFUGEE ASYLUM CASES NO LONGER PROTECT THEM OR PROVIDE REFUGE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD A STUDENT WHO HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HER IMMIGRATION STATUS AND HER REFUGEE STATUS BEING, UM, SHE WAS ON DEPORTATION ORDER.
A DETENTION CENTER WILL INCREASE PROFILING AND DETENTION OF CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HUMAN BEINGS, ALL OF WHOM DESERVE SANCTUARY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK FOR BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY.
I'M AN ALUMNUS OF DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2025, NOW A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE.
I'M A SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANT WHO'S LIVED HERE SINCE I WAS TWO.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION AGAINST THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN AS AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER.
SO GROWING UP IN DUBLIN, I WAS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
AND I ALWAYS FELT VERY SAFE AND WELCOME IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WAS ACCEPTED AND CELEBRATED FOR WHO I WAS FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
DUBLIN WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED IN 2024 WHEN TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE, PASSED THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL AND TRIPLED THE BUDGET FOR ICE.
WE STARTED SEEING MASKED THUGS, KID KIDNAPPING IMMIGRANTS OF OFF THE STREET, TEARING APART FAMILIES AND HURTING PEOPLE INTO PRIVATE PRISONS WHERE THEY COULD BE EXPLOITED FOR CHEAP LABOR.
I WAS HORRIFIED, BUT I THOUGHT SURELY IT WOULD NEVER COME TO CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS A SANCTUARY STATE NOW.
NOW THE THREAT IS IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AND IT POSES AN EXISTENTIAL DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AN ICE DETENTION CENTER WOULD DRAIN THE RESOURCES OF OUR LOCAL, LOCAL HOSPITALS, WRECK THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION FOR ALL THE IMMIGRANTS WHO CALL THE CITY HOME.
IT IS THE CLASSIC STRATEGY OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER BY TARGETING MINORITY GROUPS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HOPES TO PUT A WEDGE BETWEEN ALL OF US SO IT CAN CEMENT ITS CONTROL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
AS DUBLINS CALIFORNIANS AND AMERICANS, WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
THERE IS NO CHOICE BUT TO BAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY AND DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES.
I URGE THIS CITY TO FIND WAYS TO STOP THIS DETENTION CENTER FROM OPENING BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
MY NAME IS AKIL BASKAR, STUDENT AT LAS POSITAS COLLEGE, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND STAND AGAINST THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN AS AN IMMIGRATION CENTER OF ANY KIND, IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER OF ANY KIND.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN THIS SAFE TOWN FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, BUT THIS DETENTION CENTER CLEARLY PUTS THAT SAFETY IN JEOPARDY.
I WOULD LIKE FUTURE GENERATIONS IN DUBLIN TO GET THE SAME SAFETY THAT I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN IN OUR POWER TO STAND AGAINST THIS POTENTIAL DETENTION CENTER.
PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALSO BE A SIGN FOR MANY DUBLIN RESIDENTS THAT THE CITY'S COMMITTED TO WHATEVER IT CAN TO MAKE THIS PLACE SAFE FOR IMMIGRANTS.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS.
I HAVE FAMILY WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS, AND THEY LIVE HERE.
IN FACT, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF STATES THAT 40% OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS WEREN'T BORN IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND WE NEED TO STAND WITH THEM.
THEY'RE PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IOWA STATE'S ITS GOAL IS TO JUST GET RID OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND CRIMINALS.
BUT THIS IS PART OF A LARGER MOVEMENT OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND FASCISM THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY TAKING ROOT IN OUR COUNTRY.
IN FACT, WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS CALLING OUT MUSLIMS FOR JUST EXISTING, GOING AGAINST SOMALI AMERICANS FOR JUST EXISTING AGAIN.
IN FACT, OUR OWN PRESIDENT HAS SAID, WHY DO WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM THESE SO-CALLED S******E COUNTRIES? THESE PEOPLE ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS, THEY'RE NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS JUST PASSING THIS RESOLUTION TO SHOW THAT WE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WE ARE PREPARED AND WE STAND WITH THESE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
UH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DUBLIN.
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UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE IMMIGRANTS.UH, DUBLIN DOES HAVE A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS THAT WORK IN, UH, CAR WASH CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, THIS IS GONNA CREATE FEAR TOWARDS THE WORKERS.
AND, UM, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, IT'S GOING, UH, PROBABLY DELAY LIKE PROJECTS AND STUFF.
AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE THIS DELAY COULD, UH, LIKE AFFECT THE ECONOMY OF DUBLIN.
AND, UM, IT'S GONNA CREATE FEAR, UH, TOWARDS THE KIDS TOO.
AND, UM, UH, SO THAT YOU AS AUTHORITY, YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT ICE FROM ENTERING OUR CITY.
AFTER KELSEY IS ISAAC HARRIS AND THEN ALFREDO.
UH, I TOO AM A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN.
I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I ALSO WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT NATIONAL, NATIONAL ISSUES IMPACT US LOCALLY.
DUBLIN DOES NOT LIVE IN A VACUUM.
THE OPENING OF AN ICE DETENTION CENTER IS A LOCAL ISSUE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE IT A LOCAL ISSUE.
INCREASED PRESENCE OF ICE AGENTS WILL MOST DEFINITELY NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, IT WILL INCREASE INSTANCES OF KIDNAPPINGS OF CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
UH, I CAN SPEAK FROM PERSONAL, UM, EXPERIENCE AS A THERAPIST.
I WORK WITH MANY YOUTH AND FAMILIES, UM, MANY WHO HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE TRAUMA IN THEIR LIVES, UM, AND SOME OF WHOM HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM.
UM, AND THE IDEA OF KIDS AND FAMILIES HAVING TO TAKE ON THIS ADDITIONAL STRESS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE TRAUMA AND ADOPTION ATTACHMENT DISRUPTIONS THEY'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED IS HORRIFYING TO ME.
UM, AND I DO THINK IT WILL IMPACT THESE FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT WE CAN'T UNDO.
UM, SO I URGE YOU ALL TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND NOT JUST THIS RESOLUTION.
ANY PROTECTIONS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR THESE KIDS AND FAMILIES IS GONNA BE, UH, OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL DO IN THE FUTURE.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I PERSONALLY, UH, MY NAME IS ISAAC HARRIS.
I WAS RAISED IN DUBLIN SINCE I WAS, UH, YOUNG IN PRESCHOOL.
I AM, I WAS CURRENTLY A FOSTER, FOSTER KID, UH, BUT GREW UP WITH MY FAMILY.
UH, I'M AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ICE FACILITY, AND I SEE, I WILL SEE THE IMPACT BECAUSE I'VE PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN RETAIL, THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, AND ELDERLY CARE WITH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS, SUCH AS HOUSEKEEPERS, COOKS, UM, AND EVEN LIKE MAINTENANCE WORKERS.
AND I ALSO DO HAVE LIKE, BEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY FRIENDS THAT ARE, UH, IMMIGRANTS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ALFREDO, AND THEN FOLLOW, FOLLOWED BY CLOVE KANAZAWA.
I'M GONNA READ ANOTHER, UM, DUBLIN RESIDENTS PUBLIC COMMENT WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, UM, IN SPANISH, AND THEN TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH.
MY NAME IS ALFREDO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT MAY RISE ARISE IN DUBLIN.
I AM, UH, PROUD TO BE LIVING IN DUBLIN, UH, FOR FOUR YEARS WORKING IN THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY.
UM, I AM AGAINST THE OPENING OF THE DETENTION CENTER
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AS IT WILL AFFECT OUR INDUSTRY GREATLY.UH, WE COME HERE TO WORK AND IMPROVE OUR LIVES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES, UH, BUT IF THIS DETENTION OPEN, IF THIS DETENTION CENTER OPENS, UH, WE WILL NOT FEEL SAFE HERE IN DUBLIN BECAUSE WE WILL ALL BE AT RISK AS PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY, UH, WITHOUT RESPECTING THE RESPECT OF OUR RIGHTS.
UH, THEREFORE, I THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION AND I SUPPORT IT SO THAT IT CAN BE VOTED AND PASSED.
SPEAKER IS CLOVE KANAWA, FOLLOWED BY NICOLE NAVARRO AND THEN MONIQUE BINDI.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CLOVE KANAZAWA.
FIRST I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, AND I CAME TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR IT.
UH, I'VE SHARED MY OPINION BEFORE, SO I JUST WANTED TO STICK TO COMMENTS ON THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE CLEAR LANGUAGE, UH, THAT IT PROVIDES IN THE REASONS FOR THE RESOLUTION, INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTED INCIDENCES OF HEIGHTENED FEAR, ANXIETY, AND HARM, UH, THE BUILDING'S HAZARDOUS STATUS, AND THE PROJECTED ECONOMIC DAMAGE OF REOPENING.
UM, I ALSO FEEL ITS LANGUAGE IN CALLING FOR CLEAR COMMUNICATION, UH, REGARDING ANY DECISION TO REOPEN THE FACILITY IS IMPORTANT.
UH, SO I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN CONSIDERING THIS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS NICOLE NAVARRO.
HI, UM, GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS NICOLE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THIS RESOLUTION IN 2017.
IN 2018, I LIVED IN FCI DUBLIN.
I KNEW JAMES HIGH HOUSE, RAY GARCIA, JOHN BELLHOUSE, ROSS KLINGER, NICK NUNLEY, AND DARRYL SMITH.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH SEEING CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY TARGET WOMEN WHO WERE UNDOCUMENTED BECAUSE THEY KNEW THOSE WOMEN.
THEY KNEW THOSE WOMEN WOULD BE SHIPPED BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES WHERE THEY COULDN'T OR WOULDN'T BRING ABOUT ANY PROSECUTION OR FEAR OF RETALIATION.
CO COURT CORRECTIONAL OFFICER COURT CAME FORWARD AND TALKED ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THIS PRISON, AND SHE WAS FIRED.
AND I WATCHED HER GET ESCORTED OUT OF THE FACILITY.
I SAY ALL THIS BECAUSE FCI, DUBLIN ISN'T THE ONLY FEDERAL FACILITY IN THE US TO HAVE ISSUES WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS, AND THAT'S BASED ON DATA.
THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BETWEEN 2010 AND 2016 RECEIVED 33,000 COMPLAINTS AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE REPORTED INCREASED IN SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION FROM 2023 TO 2024.
NOW THE TIME NOW IS THE TIME TO OPPOSE ANY DETENTION FACILITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
MY NEXT SPEAKER IS MONIQUE BINDI.
MY NAME IS MONIQUE RA AND I'VE WORKED IN HEALTHCARE FOR THE PAST TEN-ISH YEARS, AND I'VE LARGELY BEEN DOING THAT, WORKING WITH IMMIGRANTS OR CHILDREN, IMMIGRANTS LIKE ME, WHO WOULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY AN ICE FACILITY OPENING UP IN THIS AREA.
I KNOW THAT WE MAY NOT OWN THAT LAND.
WE MIGHT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND MAKE A STATEMENT, WE SAY WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN, AND WHAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN BE, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY PUT UPON US.
I URGE THE COMMITTEE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
AND THE LAST GROUP OF IN-PERSON SPEAKERS ARE JANESSA ORAL, LINDA KNAPP, MAYA PARRA, CARRIE PARRA, AND STEVEN SUZUKI.
SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JANESSA ORAL.
HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR CONGRESSMAN MARK TEYA.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
UM, I, THE CONGRESSMAN IS IN WASHINGTON DC CURRENTLY, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW.
AND SO I'M HERE TO REPRESENT HIM.
UM, AND I WILL ONLY SHARE SOMETHING VERY SHORT.
UM, CONGRESSMAN DENIA OPPOSES THE REOPENING OF FCI DUBLIN FOR ANY PURPOSE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR WHO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, EXPRESSED TO YOU IN EMAIL.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE LAST MEETING.
I HAVE BEEN A DUBLIN RESIDENT FOR ALMOST
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30 YEARS TO THOSE WHO SAY THAT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF US ARE NOT DUBLIN RESIDENTS HERE TONIGHT.THE, I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS AND THE DAUGHTER OF A WORLD WAR II VETERAN AS WELL.
AND I HAVE PUT A CHILD THROUGH THE DUBLIN'S SCHOOLS ALL THE WAY THROUGH DUBLIN HIGH.
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE FCI DUBLIN REOPEN AS AN IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTER FOR ICE.
FOR ONE THING, IT'S UNINHABITABLE DUE THE MOLD, ASBESTOS, AND CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ACCOUNTING FOR THE SEXUAL ABUSE THAT TRANSPIRED AT FCI DUBLIN, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL CONVICTIONS.
AND THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY USING THE EXCUSE OF NON CITIZENSHIP TO ABUSE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND SUBJECT THEM TO MASS DEPORTATIONS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UN-AMERICAN.
OH, AND I FORGOT TO ADD THAT I ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WELCOME FACT THAT MY CITY SUPPORTS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION.
HELLO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MAYA AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE EAST BAY DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA'S MIGRANTS DEFENSE COMMITTEE.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE REOPENING OR REPURPOSING OF FCI DUBLIN FOR ANY FUTURE DETENTION OR CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S SUBMISSION OF LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TO REOPENING OR REPURPOSING FCI, DUBLIN TO THE DHS AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS.
BETWEEN THE LETTER SUBMITTED ON APRIL 4TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THE MOST RECENT LETTER ON NOVEMBER 17TH, THE DOJ ISSUED REQUESTS FOR LISTS OF ALL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS DETAINED IN SEVERAL CALIFORNIA COUNTY JAILS.
THIS REQUEST DATED JULY 17TH, 2025, WAS SUBMITTED TO THE SHERIFF'S OF LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES, AMONG MANY OTHERS.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TARGETING CALIFORNIA AND OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US LETTERS ARE NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO STOP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM REOPENING OR REPURPOSING FCI DUBLIN AS AN ICE DETENTION FACILITY.
EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT AND EVERYONE DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO FACILITATE THE DEMOLITION OF FCI DUBLIN.
PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND WORK TOWARD A PERMANENT DEMOLITION OF FCI DUBLIN, AS WELL AS OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY DETENTION, JAIL OR PRISON AT THE FCI DUBLIN SITE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I AM ALSO PART OF THE MIGRANTS DEFENSE WORK, UM, WITH EAST BAY DSA.
UM, I AM HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, WE KNOW STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT AREAS WITH IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS CORRELATE WITH HIGHER RATES OF ICE ACTIVITIES.
UM, REOPENING FCI DUBLIN COULD SUBJECT OUR AREA, NOT JUST DUBLIN, BUT THE GREATER TRI-VALLEY AND EAST BAY AREAS TO MORE ICE, UH, ACTIVITY AND RAIDS.
DETENTION CENTERS ARE NOT FILLED WITH DANGEROUS PEOPLE.
MORE THAN 80% HAD NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
MANY DETAINEES REFER TO THESE DETENTION CENTERS AS LA WHICH IS, UH, LITERALLY AN ICEBOX BECAUSE THEY ARE FROZEN IN THESE DETENTION CENTERS.
THEY ARE SUBSTANDARD FOR HUMAN, UH, OCCUPANCY AND, UM, ALL DETENTION CENTERS SHOULD BE CLOSED.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS DETAINED IN OTE ME, UH, MESA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND THE HORRORS THAT COME OUT OF THAT DETENTION CENTER, UM, SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED.
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UH, SPEAKER HAD TALKED ABOUT THE, THE RED CARDS.ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF OUR STATUS AS CITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS, UNDOCUMENTED, HAVE RIGHTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND US ALL OF OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, UH, IN SPANISH.
UM, ON ONE SIDE OF THE RED CARD, UH, TALKS ABOUT YOUR DON'T OPEN THE DOOR CONTEST, DON'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, DON'T, UH, SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT TALKING AND CONSULTING WITH YOUR LAWYER.
UM, AND GIVE THIS RED CARD TO AN AGENT IF YOU ARE UNFORTUNATELY DETAINED OR PICKED UP.
THIS IS EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.
NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVEN SUZUKI.
I AM NOT A DUBLIN RESIDENT, BUT I'M A THIRD GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN.
MY PARENTS WERE, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, THERE WERE INTERNMENT CAMPS THAT WERE SET UP DURING WORLD WAR II.
MY PARENTS WERE, UH, INCARCERATED IN THERE.
MY BROTHER WAS BORN IN TULE LAKE CAMP.
UM, THOSE CAMPS WERE WRONG THEN.
UM, MY PARENTS, MY LIFE, UH, I GREW UP IN THE EAST BAY.
I'VE BEEN A, A BAY AREA RESIDENT FOR ALMOST 70 YEARS NOW.
UM, IN THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY, WE SAY THAT THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.
AND I PERSONALLY NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD EVER COME UP BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAMP FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS GROWING UP.
UH, THIS IS REALLY A, A HORRIBLE THING TO BE DOING TO FAMILIES AND TO CHILDREN.
WE STILL SUFFER THE EFFECTS OF THE CAMPS THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, AND, AND SO AGAIN, THE EFFECT OF THIS GOES GENERATIONALLY.
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT HISTORY WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG.
NOW YOU HAVE A CHANCE WITH, UM, YOUR RESOLUTION.
AND I, I KNOW YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
DUBLIN NEEDS TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
UM, I ALSO URGE THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A STATEMENT, IT'S A STATEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT, UH, AGAINST SOME OF THEIR FASCIST DIRECTIONS.
BUT A STATEMENT AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN DO AS A CITY PUTS A MARKER IN, IN TERMS OF RESISTANCE TO ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BEFORE SPEAKERS ARE ON ZOOM.
CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHILE I MAY NOT LAY MY HEAD IN DUBLIN, I BLEED, SWEAT, AND CRY IN DUBLIN.
I TEACH THE CHILDREN OF THAT COMMUNITY, SO I HOLD A STAKE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION AND IN SUPPORT OF MY STUDENTS WHO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL AND CONDITIONS WHERE ICE IS, UM, FLOODING THE AREA.
I MYSELF, HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SEEING OFFICERS IN THE AREA STAGING.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO FULLY ENGAGE AND DO MY JOB TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, THE PEOPLE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING BEHIND US AND ARE GONNA SUSTAIN US.
UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL MAKE THIS EMPHATIC STATEMENT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT EVERYONE VALUES.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND URGE YOU TO PASS THIS
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RESOLUTION.NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, WE HAD A SPEAKER SLIP FOR, UH, DARLENE BAKER, AND THAT PERSON IS NOT IN THE ZOOM MEETING AT THIS TIME.
UM, GOOD EVENING, AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
UM, OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
UM, I AM NOT A DUBLIN RESIDENT, BUT I AM BAY AREA BORN AND RAISED.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN RAIDS IN OTHER AREAS, UH, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, UH, AND OTHER SIMILAR AREAS.
AND WE'RE NOT SEEING AS AWFUL AS WHAT WE'RE, WE ARE SEEING HERE IS WE'RE NOT SEEING RAIDS TO THAT EXTENT IN OUR AREA.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS A BIG PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE DESCENT DETENTION CENTER NEARBY.
UM, SO I REALLY DO URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE NOT APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION WOULD UNDERMINE THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY IN ALL OF OUR BAY AREA COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DOING, TRYING TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT THE IMMIGRANTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP THIS RESOLUTION AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT.
AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NACHA WESTON.
WHO, GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR JOSIE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN DISTRICT ONE, AND I AM A VERY PROUD RESIDENT OF DUBLIN.
VERY PROUD TO STAND WITH MY, MY FELLOW RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, UH, TONIGHT AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY AROUND US.
AND URGE YOU TO PLEASE VOTE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DON'T OBEY IN ADVANCE AND THROW OUR HANDS UP AND SAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
THE FACILITY IS ON FEDERAL PROPERTY, SO WE MUST NOT HAVE ANY POWER.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE.
THIS RESOLUTION IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT STEP AND THE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I'VE HEARD ALREADY HERE TONIGHT ARE SUCH IMPORTANT FURTHER STEPS THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING TO KEEP THIS MISERY OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY AWAY FROM OUR PEOPLE.
AND I, AGAIN, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR JOSIE, THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, THANK YOU TO THE OTHER RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN DUBLIN.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THE GREATER COMMUNITY AROUND US FOR, FOR JOINING TOGETHER AND, AND URGING PLEASE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
OH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, WE WILL BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
UM, I JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT EARTHQUAKE.
I THINK SOME OF THEM MAY FEEL THAT AS WELL.
SO IF THAT, UH, UM, ESCALATE, WE WILL, WE'LL NEED TO, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING, BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, SO WE COME BACK TO OUR, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE, I FEEL SO MUCH.
I'M SURE YOU'RE, I FEEL SO MUCH EARTHQUAKE.
ANYWAY, SO LET'S, LET'S COME, UM, FOR OUR COUNCIL FOR FURTHER COMMENTS.
UM, INVITE ANYBODY FOR ANY COMMENTING.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE, UH, 34 SPEAKERS IN PERSON, UM, THREE IN SUPPORT, ONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THEN THE THREE, UH, FOLKS THAT, THAT SPOKE ON ZOOM.
UH, SO AS, AS A SON OF IMMIGRANTS, UM, THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME.
UH, THE, THE TACTICS EMPLOYED BY SOME OF THESE, OR, OR THIS ORGANIZATION IS DEEPLY TROUBLING.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WILDLY UNSETTLING.
UM, AND EVEN AS AN AMERICAN BORN CITIZEN, UH, THERE IS THIS FEAR OF, YOU KNOW, TO TO THE POINT THAT THAT, THAT I EXPERIENCED MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHERS, UM, IN, IN ALMOST THIS NEED OF CARRYING PROOF, CARRYING A, A PASSPORT, WHICH,
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WHICH IS JUST, IT IS JUST, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S ASININE.UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN THESE TIMES OF DIVISIVENESS, I, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR FEAR AND, AND HATE.
UH, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR DISCRIMINATION.
UH, I, I WOULD, UM, I'D LOVE FOR, I'D LOVE TWO THINGS, UH, A FOR THIS TO END, BUT, UM, I, I, I WISH THERE WAS MORE THAT WE COULD DO, UM, IF WE COULD CLOSE THE FACILITY, IF WE COULD CLOSE THE ROADS, IF WE COULD BLOCK ACCESS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S NOT IN OUR CARDS.
UM, THE, THE THING THAT I WOULD ASK FOR IS, UH, IN THE CONCLUDING STATEMENTS, THERE WERE A FEW BULLET POINTS I WOULD PROPOSE WE ADD ANOTHER BULLET POINT TO THE BOTTOM, UH, TO THE EFFECT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, TO THE EFFECT THAT DUBLIN RESOLVES, THAT WE ENSURE ALL RESIDENTS ARE MADE, UH, MADE TO FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME, UH, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
THAT'S ALL FOR MY, FOR MY SAFETY.
WANT TO GO FIRST? I'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY.
UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO'VE EXPRESSED ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR POSITIONS.
YOU, YOU ALL HAVE DONE IT WITH PASSION AND CONCERN FOR OUR CITY.
UM, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE DRAFTING OF THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO WORK FOR A LAW FIRM, SO YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
UM, BUT, BUT SERIOUSLY, I LIKE THE LAYOUT.
UH, IT REFLECTS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE HAD.
I WOULD SAY THE VAST MAJORITY.
UM, THE, THE DOCUMENT ITSELF PROVIDES, UH, FACTUAL CONTENT ABOUT THE CITY, ITS CHARACTER AND ITS MAKEUP.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YES, IT IDENTIFIES THAT WE HAVE 40%, UH, OF THE FOLKS ARE, UH, OF IMMIGRANT STATUS OR, OR OF SOME STATUS THEREBY.
AND, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE CITIZENS OR THEY'RE NOT CITIZENS, UH, THEY'VE ALL CONTRIBUTED THE GROWTH OF, OF OUR CITY AND, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS AND, UH, THAT IS THAT THE BUREAU OF PRISONS, FOR ONE, WAIT REASON OR ANOTHER, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, UM, HAS DECIDED THAT THIS FACILITY IS, UH, NOT WORTHY OF ANY TYPE OF INCARCERATION FOR ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF PURPOSES, UH, WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT.
UM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE PLAN IS.
UM, AND, AND THAT KIND OF, UH, GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF HEIGHTENED AWARENESS ON THAT.
UM, I, I DO AGREE WITH, UH, THE, THE GENERAL STATEMENT THAT, UH, HAVING A FACILITY IN OUR, UH, CITY, UH, WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL, UH, OR, UH, WOULD BE PROVED NEGATIVE TO, UM, UH, THE ECONOMICS OF OUR CITY AND THE GENERAL WELLBEING OF OUR, OUR FOLKS.
UM, THE COMMUNICATION, I DON'T NEED TO SAY THIS, BUT I WILL, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING ICE, INCLUDING THE BUREAU OF PRISONS, INCLUDING HOMELAND SECURITY, INCLUDING THE GSA, HAVE ALL BEEN HORRIBLE.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY SOME STRATEGIC REASON FOR THAT, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT ALSO IN INCREASES MY HEIGHTENED CONCERN ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT TO SAY HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M, I'M JUST KINDA GONNA GET TO THE POINT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD SOME FOLKS, UH, HERE, AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, WE AREN'T, UH, WE DON'T WANNA BREAK FEDERAL LAW.
WE DON'T WANT, UH, UH, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT, RIGHT? THE INTENT OF THIS STATEMENT, IT IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT, BUT IT, THERE'S NO INTENTION HERE TO CIRCUMVENT FEDERAL LAW.
UH, THE RESIDENT, UH, VOICES OPINION, UH, THAT THE, THAT OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE NOT FILED ANY FORMAL, UH, ISSUES.
UH, THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE IN FEAR.
BUT I, I LOOK AT THAT AS A MINOR TECHNICAL POINT BECAUSE I, I REFLECTED ON THIS AND I THOUGHT, WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING, THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THEY DO FEAR.
THEY'RE OUT THERE PROTESTING IN THE THOUSANDS, MANY OF WHOM ARE DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
IT'S, IT'S, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FILE REPORTS.
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FEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPRESSING IT OUTWARDLY TO EVERYBODY.AND EVERYBODY OUT HERE IS TOO.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THE, THE MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR, MAYOR.
UM, I, I THINK I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS DOCUMENT IN ITS CURRENT FORM.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER, UM, AMENDMENTS AS WELL, MINOR AMENDMENTS TO IT.
BUT I THINK I LIKE THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED.
UM, I WILL LEAVE ON THIS FINAL POINT.
UM, THE ME, THE, THE, THE INTENTION OF ALL THIS.
AND, AND WE'VE GOT, UM, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD? UH, EARTH SHATTERING, WE'LL SAY, UM, DYNAMICS GOING ON HERE, NO PUN INTENDED WITH OUR LITTLE JOLT.
BUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS IT ALLOWS US TO QUESTION THE PROCESS.
AND IF WE DON'T, IF WE HAVE BLIND ALLEGIANCE TO A PROCESS, UM, WHATEVER THAT IS, UM, WE'RE DOOMED TO FAIL.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CITY, A COUNTY, A STATE, OR OUR NATION, IF WE DON'T QUESTION PROCESS, IF WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE DIRECTION AND JUST BLINDLY ACCEPT THINGS, WE ARE DOOMED.
AND OUR DEMOCRACY IS DOOMED AS WELL.
SO THAT'S NOT JUST ME GETTING 'EM ON THE PULPIT, THAT'S ME TALKING TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY AND COMMITTED TO THIS.
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, JOSIE, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN VERY, UM, KEY IN ALL OF THIS.
I WANNA GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR ALL THIS AS WELL.
YOU THOUGHT FORWARD, YOU, YOU LISTENED TO SOME FOLKS, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT CREDIT.
SO I'M A WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTED OF THIS DOCUMENT.
UH, EITHER WAY, THOUGH, IT'S DRAFTED WITH, WITH A FEW EXTRA TWEAKS.
UM, UH, SO FOR, ALLOW ME TO, I HAVE SOME PREPARED COMMENTARY, UM, BUT, UH, ALLOW ME TO APPLAUD THE, UH, THE EFFORTS AND THE CONVICTION OF MANY OF YOU TONIGHT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THEATRICS, UH, AND, UH, THE, UH, THE EPITOME OF, OF CIVIL DISCOURSE TONIGHT CONTINUES TO BE A STRIKE OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE, UH, THAT YOU'VE DONE TO, TO BRING US HERE TODAY.
UH, MY COMMENTS IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES HERE, UM, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE BASED ON FACTS.
UM, AND, UH, AND, AND I'M GONNA SET SOME BOUNDARIES.
UH, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
A BUNCH OF WHAT YOU SAID CERTAINLY PULLS UP THE HEARTSTRINGS.
UM, BUT, UM, I WILL NOT BE ADDRESSING WHAT IF, OR SPECULATION.
LET'S JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR RIGHT NOW.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE'RE CONFRONTING A SET OF FACTS ABOUT A BUILDING IN OUR BACKYARD, UH, FACTS THAT MAKE ONE CONCLUSION UNAVOIDABLE.
THAT FCI DUBLIN IS UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND MUST NOT BE REPURPOSED FOR DETENTION OF ANY KIND.
UH, THAT IS NOT A PARTISAN POSITION.
IT IS A MORAL, PRACTICAL, AND EVIDENCE-BASED POSITION.
SO, I'M GONNA AFFIRM ONCE AGAIN THAT, UM, I WILL BE SAYING THINGS THAT REPEAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT ALL OF YOU SAID, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I WANNA ENSURE THAT, UH, YOUR COMMENTS DO NOT FALL SHORT.
UH, THIS FACILITY'S PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL, AND THEY ARE SERIOUS, UM, AS DULY NOTED BY TESTIMONIALS FROM THOSE INCARCERATED THERE, AS WELL AS BY PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, I DID PRINT OUT THE 101 PAGES OF THE F UH, BOP REPORT AND READ IT.
SO IT IS A, IT IS A VERY, UM, DISASTROUS SITUATION THAT'S OVER AT THE FACILITY.
UM, THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, THE TOXIC MOLD, THE ASBESTOS, THE, THE SEWAGE LEAKS.
UH, THEY ARE SYSTEMATIC DEFECTS THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO REOPEN WOULD REQUIRE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO REMEDIATE FUNDS THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION.
SO, WHEN, WHEN A SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS CALLS THE BUILDING, QUOTE UNQUOTE DISGUSTING, AND STATES PLAINLY THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE PEOPLE IN IT, WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE HEED, NOT BECAUSE OF THE POLITICS, BUT BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE IS BEYOND ACCEPTABLE.
I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT MY STATEMENT'S FOCUSED ON HABITABILITY, NOT ON POLICY DEBATES ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
LET ME ANTICIPATE A QUESTION THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY PRESENTED, WHICH IS, DOES PASSING A RESOLUTION CHANGE FEDERAL DECISIONS? THE ANSWER IS UNANIMOUSLY NO.
UH, WHAT IT DOES THOUGH, IS IT RECORDS OUR POSITION, IT CLARIFIES OUR VALUES, AND IT PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS.
THE BOP HAS STATED IT HAS NO PLANS TO REOPEN AND IS TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY FOR DISPOSITION.
YET THERE'S AN UNCERTAINTY TO THAT, TO THAT STATEMENT.
AND I THINK WE ALL FEEL THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SPEAK UP NOW BEFORE ANY PATH IS CHOSEN, AND TO STATE UNAMBIGUOUSLY THAT FCI DUBLIN IS NOT FOR GRABS BY ANY
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AGENCY OR FOR ANY POPULATION.SO, FCI DUBLIN IS NOT JUST A FACILITY, IT'S A REFLECTION OF HOW WE CHOOSE TO TREAT THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT REFLECTION IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE RAISE THIS RESOLUTION NOT AS A GESTURE OF DEFIANCE, BUT AS AN AFFIRMATION AND RESPONSIBILITY.
WE STATE CLEARLY AND FIRMLY THAT FCI DUBLIN IS UNINHABITABLE AND THEREFORE INAPPROPRIATE FOR USE AS A DETENTION CENTER, I WILL CALL ON OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY IS DISPOSED OF IN A MANNER COORDINATED WITH OUR CITY.
THEREFORE, UH, AS, AS IN A CLOSING STATEMENT, I WILL BE REQUESTING A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, A SLIGHT TWEAK.
UM, BUT MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
I RETURN THE FLOOR BACK TO YOU.
SO, WE'LL HAVE A VICE MAYOR FOR COMMENT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK, UM, EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT PREVIOUSLY TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO WROTE LETTERS TO US, UM, BEFORE PRIOR MEETINGS, UH, BEFORE THIS MEETING.
UM, I WANNA PARTICULARLY THANK, UM, THE SPEAKERS.
UM, WE'VE HAD, WE HAD ONE TONIGHT.
WE'VE HAD LETTERS FROM FOLKS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED AT FCI DUBLIN, THE STRENGTH THAT IT TOOK TO COME IN PERSON, AND ALSO TO WRITE US LETTERS TO, UM, TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY YOUR EXPERIENCES, BUT PARTICULARLY TO ADVOCATE FOR, UM, OTHER FOLKS.
UM, I, I JUST, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUS COURAGE THAT THAT TOOK TO COME AND SPEAK TO US IN PERSON.
AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK STAFF FOR, UM, DRAFTING A A REALLY, UM, TAILORED RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN THAT LAYS OUT THE FACTS ON THE GROUND HERE LOCALLY.
THIS IS NOT AS, UM, PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, UM, A NATIONAL ISSUE.
THIS IS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY.
UM, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO INSTEAD WITH THIS FACILITY.
UM, THAT'S REALLY NOT ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.
UM, WHEN WE CREATE PARKS, WE DO THAT IN A LONG RANGE PLAN AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE WANNA GET INTO THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
I THINK, UM, WE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY WANNA HAVE ON OUR RADAR, THAT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE CITY OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT, UM, WE PARTNER WITH TO CONTROL THAT FACILITY, THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE THE MOST DESIRABLE OUTCOME.
UM, I THINK THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT, I, I APPRECIATED, UM, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER THAT ASKED THE THREE QUESTIONS INITIALLY.
UM, COULD WE BUY IT? COULD WE TURN IT INTO A PARK? COULD WE TURN IT INTO ANOTHER FACILITY? I APPRECIATED THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT THOSE AREN'T, UM, THE MAIN POINTS TO, UH, TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ROD, I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR YOUR, UM, UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU'D ASK FOR.
UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE TIME TO, IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT IF YOU'D DONE THAT WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ASKED FOR AN AMENDMENT.
UM, I, I LOVE THE SPIRIT OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH THAT.
CERTAINLY, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT IN LINE WITH YOUR COMMENT THAT, UM, DUBLIN ENSURES, UH, WE ARE, THAT WE ARE WELCOMING, UM, THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS ARE MADE TO FEEL WELCOME REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
I'M NOT TERRIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING THAT IN THIS RESOLUTION, ONLY BECAUSE IT IS, UM, LASER FOCUSED ON SPECIFICALLY OPPOSING, UM, THIS FACILITY BEING TURNED INTO A DETENTION FACILITY PERIOD.
GOING FORWARD, I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING THAT LANGUAGE, UM, IN OUR VALUE STATEMENTS, IN OUR, UM, IN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, IN THIS RESOLUTION IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT THE WAY IT IS, UM, WITH VERY SPECIFICALLY LAID OUT THE REASONS WE OPPOSE THIS FACILITY BEING REOPENED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THAT WE ARE URGING ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US ABOUT WHAT THE, UM, THE DISPOSITION IS.
SO WHEN WE ARE, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION, I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
SO, UH, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL THINGS, BECAUSE I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS TOO.
UH, I CAN PRO PROVIDE YOU THE, MY AMENDMENT.
YOU, YOU GO FIRST AND THEN I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
UH, SO MY AMENDMENT IS, UH, SIMPLY WITH RESPECT TO THE RELEVANCE AND CURRENCY OF THE MOST RECENT LETTER THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE GSA, THEREFORE, IN CLAUSE 15, WHERE IT SAYS, WHERE IT BEGINS WITH BE IT RESOLVED, UH, WE, THE CITY OF DUBLIN URGES THE CHANGES TO GSA, UH, AND THEN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS AND OTHER RELEVANT FEDERAL AGENCIES.
GIVEN THAT THE LETTER IS DAYS OLD, UH, THE GSA NOW HAS PURVIEW AND OWNERSHIP OVER THE DISPOSITION.
UH, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO CALL THAT OUT.
I IT SHOULD BE RELEVANT, AND, UH,
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IT SHOULD BE AS PART OF, UH, THIS, THIS MEASURE.ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS GSA THING? UH, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF ADDING, UH, ADDITIONAL AGENCIES.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S FINE.
I, I WOULD JUST GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY PURPOSEFULLY DIRECTED TO THE, UH, TO, TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES.
HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO PURPOSEFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AND, AND SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL IN, IN, YOU KNOW, IN MAKING A STATEMENT ON WHERE WE STAND AND, AND WHERE WE STAND IN, IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS.
UM, WHICH IS WHY I WOULD ADVOCATE IT FOR, WHICH IS WHY I WAS ADVOCATING AND PROPOSING FOR, FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RESOLUTION MAY FALL ON DEAF DEAF EARS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT AT LEAST FOR OUR RE RESIDENTS, UM, PARTICULARLY THE IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS, THEY, THEY WILL FEEL, AT LEAST THE COUNCIL HAS MADE SOME LEVEL OF STAND, UH, STANCE TOWARDS THEM AND IN SUPPORT OF THEM.
SO, THANKS FOR ALL THE, UH, CO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM ALL OF YOU, AND THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND SHARE YOUR, UM, THOUGHTS WITH US.
ALL THOSE, UM, COMMENTS ARE FROM YOUR HEART.
I AM THE FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT MYSELF, NOT MY
THEY WERE BORN UN RAISED IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEY HAVE WENT THROUGH ALL THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN OUR CITY.
SO I, UM, I FULLY UNDERSTAND, AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE RAISED.
UM, SO OUR CITY, UM, IS BUILT ON TRUST AND, UH, PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION.
AND OUR RESIDENT DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE AND FEEL SUPPORTED IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF, UM, THOUGHTS THERE.
IT'S VERY WELL DOC, UM, LIKE DRAFTED IN THE WAY IT IS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AS IS TO PROTECT OUR CITY'S VALUES, PRO PROTECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND MAKE A STATEMENT, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY THAT EVERYONE COSTS DOUBLING HOME.
SO I DO LOOK FOR YOUR OPINION.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN WE JUST GET CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE SLOW.
IT'S GETTING ON THE PROPOSED TWO AMENDMENTS AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE INSERTED AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS.
JUST ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE YEAH.
DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO THE COMMENT OF GSA FIRST? YEP.
SO THE WAY IT WOULD BE WRITTEN REWRITTEN WOULD BE IN CLAUSE 15, FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN URGES THE UNITED STATES GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF OHIO SECURITY, AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS AND OTHER RELEVANT FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENGAGE IN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY.
SO I'M ADDING THE GSA IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE MOST RECENT DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE.
IT ALSO DELIVERS THE, UH, THE POSITION THAT WE, WE, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA ADD IN THAT MAYOR.
I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
BUT, AND THEN A SECOND, UM, WHAT WAS YOUR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TEXT, LIKE FORMAL TEXT DRAFTED
I WAS TRYING TO GET AT, UM, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE WAS LOOKING FOR IN A, IN ANOTHER, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
UH, WOULD IT BE DOWN AT THE BE END? IS THAT WHERE HE'S, OR UP AND FRONT? I WOULD, I WOULD PUT IT BETWEEN, I WOULD PUT IT AFTER THE FIRST.
I WOULD PUT IT RIGHT AFTER THAT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT URGING THE AGENCIES TO, TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, AND WE CAN TWEAK IT.
UM, THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PRIORITY IS ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
I'M, I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY THAT AS AWARE AS, OR THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, UH, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PRIORITY IS ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
WE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY AGREED ON THAT SECOND APPOINTMENT.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ASKING, ASKING ME IF I HAD ANY BLANK.
I'M TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER OFF ON THAT WHERE, WHERE IT MIGHT HAPPEN.
THAT'S JUST MY FIRST GO AT IT.
I, I, I'M STILL NOT THERE ON THAT
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ONE, ONLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT, IT, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT FLOWS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.UM, I I MIGHT BE PERSUADED IF WE HAD IT AS A, WHEREAS YEAH, THE CITY, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT PUT IT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, IN THE BEGINNING FOR THIS, UH, ON THE 1, 2, 3 FOURTH, WHEREAS THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY IS NOW HOME TO A LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION WITH ROUGHLY 40% OF ITS RESIDENTS HAVING BEEN BORN OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND IS A MAJORITY MINORITY CITY WITH OVER 80% OF RESIDENTS HAVING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THIS, UH, ACTUALLY AFTER THE NEXT ONE, YEAH.
AFTER, WHEREAS THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE MANY POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS IMMIGRANT POPULATION TO THE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS A CULTURE OF EQUITY, DIVERSION AND INCLUSION.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY, UM, I'M AMENABLE TO THAT.
THIS WELFARE, REGARDLESS OF, UH, IT'S CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE BEGINNING, I LIKE THAT BETTER THAN AT THE END.
AND WHEREAS PRIORITY IS ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF, I LIKE THIS IMMIGRATION STATUS.
WITH THAT THEN, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION WITH THE TWO AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST BEING THAT WE ARE ADDING THE, UM, WHEREAS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, UM, AFTER, CAN WE COME ADD SOMETHING BECAUSE I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO SAY, SO YOU SAID WE WELCOME ALL THE, UH, THE NEW, WHEREAS YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT MAYOR.
THE, THE, THE EXAMPLE LANGUAGE YOU WERE ASKING.
SO THE, THE CITY OF THE CITY'S, WHEREAS THE CITY'S PRIORITY IS ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON WHETHER WE WANT TO TALK HERE.
I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR DOING THAT NEXT, NEXT STEP THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED.
LIKE, UH, WITH, WITH THIS, REGARDLESS OF ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THERE.
SO WE SUPPORT ALL THE RIGHTS, LIKE A SAFETY OF ALL THE RESIDENTS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, CAN I FINISH THE MOTION TIME IN THE MIDDLE? I'M SORRY.
WE CAN, WE KEEP WHERE WE ADD ADAMANT OF THIS, OF WOULD, UM, GSA AND WITH WHAT YOU SAID, WE PASSED THAT RESOLUTION.
WE VOTE ON THAT ONE FIRST AND THEN MAKE ANOTHER ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU, IF I MIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE RESOLUTION, THE MOTION BASED ON THE LANGUAGE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UM, IF IT GETS A SECOND, GREAT.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A, MAKE A MOTION AFTER THAT.
UM, AND IF THAT GETS A SECOND THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, UM, WITHOUT THAT LANGUAGE.
AND IF THAT GETS A SECOND, ACCORDING TO ROSENBERG'S RULES, WE WOULD VOTE ON YOUR MOTION FIRST, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS THE SECOND ONE MADE.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS, NO, I'M SERIOUS.
RIGHT? SO LET'S, LET'S MOTION TIME.
LET'S GO THROUGH THE WHOLE, LET ME DO THE WHOLE MOTION.
I THINK IT'LL, WHAT GONNA SAY? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'LL GET IT.
SO MY MOTION IS WE WILL PASS THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO AMENDMENTS.
THE, WE ARE INSERTING A NEW, WHERE AS THAT WILL BE THE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, SIXTH.
WHEREAS THAT SAYS, WHEREAS THE CITY OF DUBLIN PRIORITIZES THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
DID I MEMORIZE THAT RIGHT? DID I HAVE IT WORD FOR WORD? THERE WE GO.
AND IN THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH, THE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN URGES THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, AND OTHER RELEVANT FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENGAGE IN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY REGARDING ANY DECISIONS AFFECTING THE SITE.
SORRY, I WAS GONNA SECOND, I I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA ASK MAYOR THAT ESSENTIALLY IT'S PRIORITIZING, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SAYING WE ENSURE IT'S SAYING WE PRIORITIZE.
IT IS A PRIORITIZATION OF OUR, OF OUR CITY.
I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE, SO, SO WE HAD A MOTION AND A THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND MAKE, I MAKE, UH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IF YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS KEEP, UH, VICE MAYOR SAID JUST, UH, JUST, UH, DO, UH, WE AT CITY, WE SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF ALL, UH, RESIDENTS OF FULL W PERIOD WITHOUT ADDING THE REST PART OF THAT, UM, LANGUAGE MIGHT MAYOR, AND YOUR MOTION INCLUDES COUNCIL MEMBER MARTA'S AMENDMENT.
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SHE JUST SAID.AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SECOND.
IS THAT YEAH, THAT'S MY MOTION.
WHAT PART DID WE TAKE OUT? REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS? SO, UH, IMMIGRATION STATUS.
I NEED TO ASK, AM I ALLOWED TO, OR YES, OF COURSE.
WHAT POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE RUN TO, IS WE ALLOWED, LIKE, OH, SORRY.
WHAT POSSIBLE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS WOULD WE HAVE IF WE INCLUDED A LANGUAGE? WHAT DOES IT VIOLATE BY ALLOWING THE STATEMENT OF, REGARDLESS OF, UH, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS, QUESTION, STATE, I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT VIOLATES ANY FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS OR LOCAL LAWS OR THE CONSTITUTION OR ANYTHING.
IT'S, UH, JUST A STATEMENT OF WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR POLICY IS.
THAT'S JUST HAVING NEW, I'M HAVING NEW INFORMATION.
WE HAVEN'T DIS FULLY DISCUSSED.
AND THEN WE, I FEEL IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO FUTURE, JUST, JUST FOR CONTEXT.
THIS IS PART OF OUR LEDGE PLATFORM THAT WE ADOPTED OVER THE SUMMER.
UH, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT I PROPOSED AT THAT POINT.
UH, AND, AND NOW I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL.
SO, SO CAN YOU MENTION WHICH, WHICH ONE WE ADOPTED IN WHAT? SO IT WAS A VERY SIMILAR STATEMENT THAT WE MAKE OUR RESIDENTS, UH, FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
AND, AND THIS WAS WHERE WE, THIS WAS PART OF OUR ALLEGED PACKAGE.
SORRY, CAN WE, WE DISCUSSED IT.
WE DISCUSSED IT AS PART OF OUR LEDGE PLATFORM.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT WE'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SECOND TO YOUR MOTION.
I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND TO THE MOTION WITHOUT THAT.
REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
SO IT WOULD BE SIMPLY IN THE RESOLUTION, IT WOULD JUST SIMPLY BE WE PRIORITIZE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND A WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS.
GIVEN TONIGHT I AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE GOTTA I LIKE THE, IN THAT ASPECT OF IT, IT'S INTRODUCING IT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING, UM, WE DON'T WANNA GO TOO FAR, TOO.
WELL, MEDICARE, IT'S ALL PERSONAL.
I HEARD A SECOND ON YOUR, UM, WE HAD A SECOND.
SO THAT ONE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE VOTED ON FIRST.
YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU SECONDED THE SECOND MOTION.
AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE SECOND MOTION FIRST.
SO DO WE WANT TO DO ROLL? CAUSE LET'S DO ROLL.
CAUSE JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IF YOU VOTE YES ON THE, ON THIS MOTION, IF YOU VOTE YES ON THE SECOND MOTION, THE FIRST MOTION NEVER GETS VOTED ON.
WELL, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRST MOTION IS PART OF THIS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IT'S THIS, IT'S ONE LESS, LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, BUT YOU SECONDED THE MOTION YES.
THAT INCLUDE, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
AND VOTING, VOTING THAT MOTION, IF THAT MOTION PASSES THIS, THE MOTION I MADE NEVER COMES TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMPETING MOTIONS.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT.
WELL, AS LONG AS WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT'S GOOD.
JUST, JUST ALL THE OTHER, I THINK, TO BE CLEAR, MY, UNDER MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION IS THAT IT'S THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE TWO AMENDMENTS.
BUT STRIKING THE PHRASE PHRASE AT THE END OF WHY, WHAT SAYS REGARDLESS OF, UH, IMMIGRATION, SORRY.
WHY, WHY WOULD YOU WANNA STRIKE THAT PIECE OF IT? SO WE, WE WANT TO SORT OF ON THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE, RIGHT? WE WANNA VOTE ON THE SECOND MOTION.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
I THINK THAT'S BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, THE POINT WHY, WHY WOULD WE NEED, WHY WOULD WE NEED THE, UM, LANGUAGE IN THERE IF WE STRIKE THAT LAST PHRASE? I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF HIM, OF HIM ASKING FOR THAT LANGUAGE TO BE IN THERE WAS TO INCLUDE THAT PHRASE.
SO I, THERE'S, THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING THAT PHRASE, THAT WHEREAS IN THERE AT ALL WITHOUT THAT PHRASE IS, IS MY OPINION.
AND I SUSPECT WELL, I AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK IT DOES SEND A STATEMENT, A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT WE WANNA PROTECT THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'VE SAID A LOT IN THIS RESOLUTION HERE TONIGHT.
AND, AND I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DANCING AROUND THIS SUBJECT, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S, IT, YEAH.
I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING A STATEMENT AND THE STATEMENT IS DIRECTED AT, AT IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS THAT MAY NOT, MAY NOT HAVE FULL STATUS.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WHAT THIS IS TARGETING IS REGARDLESS OF THAT IMMIGRATION STATUS, WE WANT RESIDENTS TO FEEL SAFE.
AND WELCOME AND YEAH, I DID, I DON'T KNOW,
IT, IT'S, IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS AND, AND WHAT WE HEARD OUR RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
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A SENTIMENT THAT I FEEL PERSONALLY VERY STRONGLY ABOUT.SO WE, WE, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE OUR STATEMENT, AND THIS IS HOLISTICALLY ALREADY INCLUDED THE INFORMATION WE WANT TO STATE.
YOU KNEW WE WERE GONNA DO WORDSMITHING.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, DOES IT, DOES IT REALLY MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE? IF, IF THIS IS IT, IT'S SYMBOLIC.
RIGHT? UH, SO WHAT, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DOES, DOES A FEW EXTRA LETTERS MEAN THAT THIS IS GONNA GO ANYWHERE, UH, AND CHANGE POLICY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL? RIGHT.
AND THIS TO ME IS MORE ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS THAN IT IS FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
UH, AND IT'S MAKING THAT STATEMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, POINTEDLY REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, THAT THEY FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO UNDERSCORE THAT OR UNDERLINE THAT ENOUGH.
LIKE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE MORE EMPHATIC ABOUT WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.
I, UH, I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I, I, IT IS JUST THE, THE REGARDLESS PART, IT IT IRKS ME.
UM, IT IS THE IRRESPECTIVE HOW ABOUT, ABOUT IRRESPECTIVE, UH, IT'S
I THINK, I THINK WE, WE CAN WORK WITH THIS AND USE THAT IN THERE.
I DON'T, I'M, IT IS, I'M OKAY WITH WORDS.
I DON'T LIKE THE REGARDLESS PART.
I'M, I'M, I'M OPEN TO OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT NOW.
BUT THE, THE SECOND BIT ABOUT DO IT NOW.
WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW BECAUSE I'VE KINDA LOCKED THIS THING UP HERE.
SO I, IF, IF I MIGHT, THE, I, I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE HESITANCY IS BECAUSE YOU ARE WORRIED THAT BY ADDING THOSE WORDS TO THIS RESOLUTION, THAT YOU'RE GONNA ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF FOLKS WHOSE ATTENTION YOU DO NOT WANNA ATTRACT.
BY THAT I MEAN, I'M SEEING ONE HEAD NOD.
NO, THAT, THAT'S, ARE YOU ASKING THE CASE ME? I'M ASKING ALL THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T WANT THOSE WORDS IN ALL THREE OF YOU WHO DON'T WANT THOSE WORDS IN THAT, THAT PART OF THE HESITANCY IS BECAUSE, AND TO THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED WAS, WHAT IS OUR LEGAL JEOPARDY BY ADDING THAT IN THERE.
UM, ARE WE BREAKING ANY LAWS BY SAYING, WE WELCOME, WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY USE THE WORDS WELCOME.
WE SAID, WE, WE, UM, OUR PRIORITY IS THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
IT WASN'T WE WELCOME ALL COMERS.
IT WAS, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE HERE REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
AND THIS IS NOT A POLICY DOCUMENT, UH, OTHER THAN LIKE, THIS ISN'T, WE ARE ADVOCATING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO CHANGE, UM, IMMIGRATION LAWS.
WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO, UM, CHANGE THE WAY THE BORDER OPERATES.
WE'RE NOT A, WE'RE NOT ASKING TO BE NAMED A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION, WHICH BY THE WAY, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS DAIS.
WE ARE NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANY CHANGE TO IMMIGRATION POLICY OTHER THAN TO SAY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE.
AND SO THAT IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN.
AND THE PEOPLE, LET ME FINISH.
THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T CURRENTLY FEEL SAFE ARE OFTEN IN FAMILIES OF MIXED STATUS.
WHO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, RESIDENTS, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CITIZENS, AND SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE OVERSTAYED A VISA.
AND SO WE WANT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
THAT'S THE KEY PHRASE TO FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND THAT IS THE WHOLE REASON TO ADD THAT, WHEREAS BACK IN.
AND SO IF WE'RE NOT GONNA ADD THAT PHRASE, THEN WE'RE DANCING AROUND THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT.
AND TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS A SYMBOLIC DOCUMENT, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT, WE CAN'T TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
WE CAN EXPRESS OUR OPINION ON WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
WE CAN ASK THEM KINDLY TO PLEASE NOT PUT A DEFEN A A DETENTION SATION, UH, FACILITY HERE.
BUT LARGELY, THIS IS A SYMBOLIC MOVE.
BUT IT IS SYMBOLIC OF WHAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT HAVE ENGAGED WITH US ON THIS ISSUE WANT US TO DO.
AND I AM NOT BLIND TO ALL THE HAND WAVING THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WHILE I'M SPEAKING, UM, BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY TEACHER PERIPHERAL VISION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, I I THINK IF WE ARE CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO US TONIGHT, THEY ARE ASKING US TO ADD THE WORDS THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE ASKED US TO PUT IN THE MOTION.
AND SO I'M, I'M DONE SPEAKING.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA VOTE THE WAY YOU'RE GONNA VOTE.
AND ALSO, I CATCH ONE OF THE WORD YOU SAID.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD SENTENCE, UH, TO
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USE.LIKE, PEOPLE DESERVE THE SAFETY HERE.
SO PROBABLY, WE ALREADY COVER A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS LETTER, BUT
UM, I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION IN PLACE.
AND THAT ALREADY COVER A LOT OF THE, THE, WHAT DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND I, I FEEL THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN, UM, DRAFTING THIS, UH, UM, STATEMENT HERE AND EXPRESSED A LOT OF OUR FEELINGS, OUR STATEMENT, OUR ATTITUDE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE TAKE THE POSITION HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PAST TONIGHT, SO WE HAVE SECOND MOTION IN PLACE.
DID YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT WORD IN MIND OTHER THAN REGARDLESS, I, I'M PRETTY GOOD AT DRAFTING THINGS AND, UM, E EITHER YOU ARE A COUNCIL MEMBER, MARADA, IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT WORD FOR, FOR THE, I DON'T WANNA GIVE UP ON THIS.
I KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
UM, IT'S, MY WHOLE POINT WAS THAT IT WAS A LITTLE OPEN-END, AND IT WAS NOT DEFINITIVE.
AND THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
BUT I THINK WE CAN TWEAK THIS A LITTLE BIT WITHOUT DILUTING THE IMPACT OF IT.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THE WORDS WE CHOOSE, UM, REGARDLESS, UM, NEBULOUS MAN, UH, TO ME, UH, IT, IT'S TOO OPEN-ENDED.
SO IF WE CAN OF MY CAT, WHERE, WHERE'S THE LEGAL EAGLE HERE? WHAT CAN WE USE GUYS? THE ONLY THING I'VE COME UP WITH IS NOTWITHSTANDING, INSTEAD OF REGARDLESS, UM, I MEAN, I COULD DO IT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
THERE'S TWO MOTIONS ON THE TABLE.
THERE COULD BE A THIRD MOTION ON THE TABLE, IN WHICH CASE THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE VOTED ON FIRST.
WITH THE TWO CHANGES MENTIONED, ONE OF WHICH IS THE, WHEREAS, UM, ALL OUR PRIORITY IS, IS, UH, THE SAFETY AND WELFARE, UH, NOTWITHSTANDING IMMIGRATION STATUS.
UH, AND, AND THE SECOND, UH, IS THE, IN THE FINAL, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, WE ADD GSA, UM, TO THE MIX OF US, UH, HOMELAND, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, AND GSA, MR. BARKER, IS THAT DIFFERENT ENOUGH TO COUNT AS A THIRD MOTION? I, I BELIEVE IT IS.
I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION THEN.
I'M FEELING BETTER WITH, WITH, WITH WITHHOLDING WHAT IT, WHAT'S IT WORD? NOT WITHSTANDING.
REGARDLESS, THAT THAT JUST SOUNDS SO, I I DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT, LET ME SAY HOW COUNCIL MEMBER MORADA WITH, NOT WITH, I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT, BUT THEN I BELIEVE WE ARE OVERSTEPPING, IT'S BY TRYING TO TAKE, DICTATE THE DEFINITION OF
UH, THAT IS NOT
SO I'LL SIMPLY STATE THAT AS THAT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON.
BUT, UH, I WANT THAT TO BE ON RECORD THAT, UH, IT IS, IT IS NOT THE JURISDICTION OF US TO, OH, SORRY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, TO, FOR, FOR US TO BE PUTTING, UH, ILLEGAL IN, IN, IN, IN THIS, IN THIS DOCUMENT THERE.
DID WE SEE YLI? OH, NO, WE DID NOT.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A DOCUMENT.
RIGHT? I'M GLAD YOU, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT SO, YEAH, I'M GOOD.
DO A ROLL CALL OR YOU CALL THE VOTE MAYOR.
SO I ACTUALLY, I, YEAH, I, I, I HAVE THAT CONCERN AS WELL.
UM, I FEEL, I FEEL WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IT A LOT ALREADY.
AND, BUT IF WE GO TO THAT WORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPLICATION
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FOR THIS OVERALL INTENTION OKAY.I ACTUALLY, I WOULDN'T PUT ANOTHER MOTION IN PLACE BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW THING HERE.
I, I, I WANT TO SAY, IF WE DEFER THIS TO NEXT DISCUSSION, I, I'LL SAY THIS WAY BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW INFORMATION.
WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T REALLY FULLY DISCUSSED THAT NEW MESSAGE, WHICH IS SUDDENLY PUT HERE AFTER WE HAD THE SECOND MOTION AND THEN SUDDENLY MADE CHANGE.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, I, I ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCOMFORT ABOUT USING THAT WORDING EXACTLY IN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
BECAUSE WHATEVER WE MAKE, WE HAVE TO MAKE, MAKE SURE WE ALL WELL THOUGHT, WELL DISCUSSED.
THOSE ARE JUST A PIECE OF NEW INFORMATION WE HAVEN'T FULLY EMBRACED.
IT'S LIKE LAST SECOND, LIKE FIVE MINUTES.
I, I JUST DON'T FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE OF DOING THIS.
I, WE ARE ALREADY LIKE ALMOST 11:00 PM WE CAN, WE CAN DEFER THIS TO FUTURE DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BE, OTHERWISE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHAT WE ALL ALREADY AGREED AT ONE POINT AS IS AND ADD JUST THE, UM, THE COMMENTS WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT GSA.
AND ALSO, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER THING THERE.
THAT'S HOW, HOW I FEEL, I JUST WANT TO BE HONEST WITH THIS LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION IS JUST A TOTALLY NEW PIECE OF THINGS IN THE LAST LIKE FIVE MINUTES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S GETTING LATE, SOMETIMES WE DO NEED A CLEAR BRAIN TO, TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NOW SIMPLE STUFF.
OTHERWISE YOU WON'T BE HERE, UM, FOR, FOR SO MANY HOURS.
UM, NOT AT ALL SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, UH, DEFERRING ANY ACTION ON THIS.
WE'VE HAD SPEAKERS COME OUT TWICE NOW.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO, UM, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
WE ARE ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS.
WE ARE ELECTED TO DO THINGS AS THE FIVE OF US.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT LANGUAGE, DON'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT LANGUAGE SUPPORT LANGUAGE AS IS, UH, WITH THAT GSA LANGUAGE.
AND, UM, IF WE WANT TO MAKE FURTHER STEP OR FURTHER ACTIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS CAN COME BACK AGAIN IN THE FUTURE AS ADDITIONAL OR AS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEM IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH ADDITIONAL, LIKE, I KNOW THIS TOPIC WON'T GO AWAY BECAUSE WHATEVER WE HAVE BEEN DOING, THIS IS JUST ONE STEP FURTHER.
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE WE WANT TO TAKE MORE STEPS, MORE DISCUSSIONS FULLY TO LIKE THE QUESTIONS OUR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE ASKED TONIGHT, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, CAN WE, I KNOW THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS THEY ALREADY REPEATED.
LIKE, UH, CAN WE BUY THE LAND? ARE THERE POSSIBLE TO BUILD A PARK? WE DON'T KNOW.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE ANYWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL CLARIFY OR JUST NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT.
I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
I DO YOU USE LANGUAGE THAT IS, UM, INVITING PERHAPS, AND THAT MIGHT, YOU WOULD THINK MIGHT LEAD TO ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
WE'RE NOT HEADING IN, IN A DIRECTION OF A SANCTUARY CITY.
UM, WE'RE NOT HEADING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
WE ARE NOT HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS.
BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING SIMPLY IN THIS DOCUMENT IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE, IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, WE WANT YOU TO FEEL SAFE.
IT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, PUT THE POLICE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE AND EVERYTHING.
I'M, I'M JUST, WE'RE TALKING HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT ABOUT, UM, TAKING MEASURES THAT COULD BE DEEMED ILLEGAL TO HARBOR ILLEGAL ALIEN OR BREAKING THE LAW.
THAT IS NOT THE INTENTION OF THIS AT ALL.
IT'S SIMPLY TO SAY, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY SHOULD FEEL SAFE.
I LIKE THIS LANGUAGE, RIGHT? WHAT YOU DO, EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF THAT LANGUAGE IN THIS, IN THIS DOCUMENT.
REGARDLESS, WELL, NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID, WHAT DO YOU SAID? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING.
I, I, I, WE, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MOTIONS ON THE, ON THE TABLE.
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REACH CONSENSUS ON THIS ITEM AND NOT END UP IN A THREE, TWO VOTE.UM, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE STAND UNITED ON THIS PARTICULAR THING.
IF WE CANNOT AGREE ON LANGUAGE, UM, AND THIS ENDS UP IN A, UH, IN A DIVIDED VOTE, I THINK THAT IT IS, UM, IT DOES NOT SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE WANNA SEND.
I ALSO THINK IT DOES NOT SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN THAT WE WANT TO SEND.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DISCOMFORT FROM AT LEAST TWO OF OUR MEMBERS ON THE, UM, LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED.
UM, I I THINK THAT I'M GONNA RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER NOT PUSHING FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND UNITED, UM, IN PASSING A RESOLUTION THAT CAN PASS FIVE TO ZERO.
UM, I THINK IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEND THAT MESSAGE AS A UNITED FRONT.
I THINK THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THAT, UM, WHETHER WE TAKE OUT THE ADDED, WHEREAS COMPLETELY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WATERS IT DOWN SO MUCH OR WHETHER WE WATER IT DOWN AND JUST SAY THE, WHEREAS PERIOD, I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT, BUT I, I DO FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE, UM, THREE IS NOT ENOUGH.
IT, IT, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FIVE.
UM, AND SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU AS TO WHAT COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT'S MY OPINION AT THIS POINT.
YEAH, I, I MEAN I'VE, I'VE, I THINK I'VE MADE MY CASE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT, NOT GETTING CONSENSUS.
UH, I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, MARTA, IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THE NOTWITHSTANDING PART, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT? OKAY, GREAT.
I'M GONNA MAKE A FINAL MOTION.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST MOTION WE'RE GONNA MAKE, I THINK, UM, THAT WE, UM, THAT WE, UM, MOVE THE, THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
UM, I GUESS MOTION MIGHT ALREADY BE ON THE FLOOR.
ACTUALLY IT MIGHT BE THE SECOND, THE SECOND MOTION.
YOU WANNA WITHDRAW YOUR THIRD MOTION? UH, FOURTH MOTION, BUT YES.
I THINK IT WAS THE THIRD ACTUALLY.
WHAT WAS THE THIRD MOTION? THIRD MOTION.
SHE TRIED TO MAKE A MOTION THAT SHE DIDN'T ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOTION.
SHE DIDN'T ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOTION.
SO IT WAS THE THIRD MOTION WAS THE CHANGING TO THE, UM, THE NOTWITHSTANDING NOT WITHWITH.
UH, MADAM MAYOR POINT OF JUST PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, WOULD YOU MIND WITHDRAWING YOUR MOTION SO THAT I CAN REMAKE IT SO THAT I MAY BE ON RECORD AS THE PERSON WHO MADE THIS MOTION? PLEASE.
YEAH, I'LL MY SECOND MOTION AND THEN I'LL LET YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
UM, I WILL MOVE FINALLY, THAT WE, UM, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED WITH THE ADDED, WHEREAS THAT THE, UM, CITY OF DUBLIN, UH, PRIORITIZES THE, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL RESIDENTS OF DUBLIN FULL STOP.
AND IN THE WELFARE, WHAT'S THAT? WELFARE.
UM, AND THE FINAL BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, UM, UH, STARTS THE LIST OF FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH GOVERN, UH, GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY THAT KAIA.
YOU WANNA DO A SECOND? GO FOR IT.
I DON'T CARE IF THEY DON'T, THEY MIGHT.
THERE CAN ONLY BE THREE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR ANY ONE TIME.
ALTHOUGH THE CHAIR CAN IGNORE THAT.
BUT IF SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT THERE WERE ONLY THREE, THERE WAS GONNA BE A FOURTH.
I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHETHER SHE COULD HAVE MADE THAT MOTION WHEN THOSE TWO, THOSE THREE WERE PENDING, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO A TRAINING MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
WHAT IF THERE ARE THREE MOTIONS ON THE TABLE AND THEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO MAKE A MOTION TO SURE.
TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
THEN WHAT? JUST ANYTHING DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, I, UH, AGENDA ITEM NINE.
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UM, IT WILL BE A QUICK CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.WE STILL HAVE, HAVE ITEMS WE NEED TO, UM, WORK ON AND YOU CAN LEAVE, UM, QUIETLY, BUT WE STILL NEED TO KEEP THE MEETING GOING.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.ITEM NINE, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE ONE MORE DECISION TO MAKE TONIGHT.
AND THAT
UH, AND IF YOU, IF I GET THREE HEAD NODS, I'LL ADD IT TO THE ANNUAL PROCLAMATION, UH, LIST.
UH, IN SHORT, IT PROMOTES INNER PEACE, MENTAL WELLBEING, AND GLOBAL HARMONY WORLD MEDITATION DAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER UPDATE FROM YOU? CITY MANAGER? I, I'M GONNA LEAVE MY TIME TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO START? NO, NO.
WHO WANTS TO START, JOHN? OKAY.
UM, TWO EVENTS THAT WERE AMAZING, BY THE WAY.
ANNUAL EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EVENT, JUST OUTSTANDING.
FOOD WAS GREAT TOO, BY THE WAY.
UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, ALAMEDA COUNTY MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.
UH, SUPER GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR WHO WE HOSTED IT THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, BY THE WAY, THE PRESENTATION GRAPHICS WERE AMAZING, SO WHOEVER DID THAT, KUDOS, UH, GRAPHICS WERE AWESOME.
UH, THREE TREE LIGHTING
SO WE HAD A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY HERE, A DINNER HERE, UM, THAT WE HAD THE JOHN MANGO TREE LIGHTING RECOGNITION, UH, THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EVENT SHARE, UH, WENT TO THAT IS GREAT.
UH, MAYBE THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT STANDS OUT AS DIFFERENT THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS I HAD A VALLEY LINK BOARD MEETING.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT WE ALSO HAD THE FOREST PARK GRAND OPENING YEAH.
SO YEAH, A LOT OF THE SAME STUFF.
SO, UH, AS A MEMBER, YEAH, SO TWO TREE LIGHTINGS, THE, UH, THE ANNUAL CITY OF DUBLIN TREE LIGHTING, UH, JUST OUTSIDE.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE CAMP PARKS, UM, UH, TREE LIGHTING, UH, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AND ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO, UH, TO SERVE FOOD TO SOME OF OUR, UM, OUR MILITARY FAMILIES IN, IN, UH, AT, AT CAMP PARK.
UM, AND THEN THE FOREST PARK GRAND OPENINGS.
UM, YES, THE STAFF ON THE FOREST PARK GRAND OPENING.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY A NICE EVENT.
UM, ALSO ALL OF THE TREE LIGHTINGS.
UM, OF COURSE THE CITY'S TREE LIGHTING, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, ALWAYS ENJOYED THAT EVENT.
UH, ALSO SERVED AT CAMP PARKS AND, UM, THE JOHN, UH, MONGO TREE LIGHTING IS ALWAYS, UM, UH, UH, BITTERSWEET EVENT, OF COURSE.
UM, UH, I'VE COMPLETELY LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
UM, THE CHA WE HAD THE CHAMBER HOLIDAY EVENT AS WELL, UM, THAT SOME OF US WERE ABLE TO BE AT.
AND, UM, UH, THE STOP WASTE, UH, MEETING THIS WEEK.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, RECYCLABLE PLASTICS, UM, ORGANICALLY RECYCLING PLASTICS, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THIN FILM THAT YOU GET, UM, FOR PRODUCE AND THINGS THAT SOME OF US LINE THE, UM, ORGANICS BAGS WITH, UM, NOT SO RECYCLABLE.
UM, THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION COMING OUT ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN LABELED AS ORGANIC PLASTICS, UM, NOT SO MUCH.
SO, UM, LET'S NOT DO THAT ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE BEEN TO THREE CH THREE LIGHTING EVENTS.
UM, SO ONE DIFFERENCE IS IN AMARILLO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE, UH, AMARILLO LIGHTS AND HOLIDAY NIGHTS EVENT AS WELL AND BEYOND ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
AND I WENT TO ALAMEDA CITY OF ALAMEDA FOR, UH, AWARD TO OUR CITIZEN WANDA ANGELES.
UM, I WENT TO THAT EVENT, THAT WAS GOOD EVENT.
AND THAT THE ONE I WENT TO, A LOT OF EVENTS HAVE BEEN TO IT HOLIDAY SEASON ALSO, WE, WE ATTENDED THE AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE, A A TC MEETINGS.
SO THERE'S A FEW MORE MEETINGS.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO KUDOS TO THE STAFF FOR THE ALAMI COUNTY MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.
A LOT OF GREAT WORK GOES TO SARAH AND ALSO THE STAFF AND ALSO THE FOREST PARK GRAND OPENINGS IS GREAT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK THERE.
AND WE, WE ARE JUST SO PROUD OF OUR STAFF.
ONE MORE THING, I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UH, I NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, SHERRY JACKMAN, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, WHO HAS LEFT THE BUILDING, UH, MUCH EARLIER TONIGHT,
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IS RETIRING.SO THIS WAS HER LAST, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M SURE THAT YOU WILL SEE HER AROUND.
I, I KNOW SHE INTENDS TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US, BUT JUST WANNA THANK HER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
SHE'S BEEN RELIABLE, UH, AND A TRUE PROFESSIONAL.
I WANT TO GIVE MY, UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO HER TOO, BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS WRITING THE, UM, TV 30 MAYOR'S REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS.
UH, SHE'S WRITING LIKE A FOUR OR FIVE PAGES OF REPORTS.
AND ALSO ALL THE PICTURES IN THE COUNCIL MEETING AND, AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
SO I ALSO WANNA EXPRESS MY MM-HMM.
SHE'S LEAVING, RIGHT? SHE HAS HELPED US ALL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S FOR SPEECH WRITING OR FOR, UM, UH, FOR CV 30.
UH, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND VERY DEDICATED.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO SOMETHING, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CONNECT, WE'LL BUY A BOX OF CHOCOLATES, YOU KNOW.
NO, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETHING BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN VERY DEDICATED.
I JUST WANNA TO POINT THAT OUT.
UM, SHE'S, SHERRY AND I GO WAY BACK.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOREVER 'CAUSE OUR KIDS ARE THE SAME AGES.
AND, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN GREAT HAVING HER HERE AT THE CITY.
SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, ALL THE, THE STATEMENTS THAT SHE'S PUT OUT FOR US, THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, GROWING THAT DEPARTMENT, UM, THE YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE.
SO, UM, SHE'S GONNA BE MISSED, BUT I WANNA WISH HER THE BEST IN RETIREMENT AS WELL.
UH, MAYBE NOT A BOX OF CHOCOLATES, BUT GIANTS TICKETS OR SOMETHING.
BUT YEAH, EVERYBODY, I NEGLECTED TO TELL SHERRY GO HUSKIES.
WE WISH HER A HAPPY RETIREMENT.
AND WITH THAT SAID, WE WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY, UM, GREAT HOLIDAYS AND DRIVE SAFELY,
AND WE'RE YOUR MEETING AT 11:10 PM.