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GOOD E.IT'S 7 0 2 AND WILL CAUSE A MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, THIS IS SPECIAL MEETING, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
AND LET'S HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I LIKE OF THE UNITED STATES OF MAYOR AND TWO REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH WE SAY ACT ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY.
[2. REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION ]
SO WE JUST, UH, GOT OUT OF THE CLOSE THE SESSION AND WE HAVE A ONE ACTION WE NEED TO REPORT.UH, I'M, UH, REPORTING OUT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED 5 0 2 CROSS APPEAL IN THE KINGSWOOD UH, OWNERS ASSOCIATION VERSUS CITY OF DUBLIN MANOR.
[3.1 March for Meals Month Proclamation ]
AGENDA ITEM THREE PRESENTATIONS AND THE PROCLAMATIONS 3.1 MARCH FOR MEALS MONTH PROCLAMATION.SO EACH MONTH, UH, EACH MARCH, MEALS ON WHEELS CELEBRATES THE HISTORIC DAY.
IN 1972 WHEN THE NATIONAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR SENIORS WAS ADDED TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, THIS LEGISLATION SUPPORTED THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE MEALS AND WHEELS NETWORK THAT NOW COLLECTIVELY SERVE 2.8 MULLING SENIORS.
EACH YEAR, THE SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES, MEALS AND WHEELS PROGRAM IN DUBLIN PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO SENIORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HELP THEM MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE.
SO TODAY WE HAVE A CARRIE, OLDEST, THE SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND THANK YOU FOR DECLARING MARCH, THE MARCH FOR MILLS.
UM, WE DO SERVE THE TRI-VALLEY LAST YEAR AS A NOTE, WE SERVE 76,000 MILLS TO THE RESIDENT RESIDENTS OF THE TRI-VALLEY.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE DO SERVE HOT MILLS ACROSS THE NATION.
MANY AGENCIES HAD TO MOVE TO THE CHILLED MILL, UM, PROJECT VERSUS HAVING THE HOT MILLS.
AND WE ARE STILL VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
AND IT'S ONLY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITIES THAT WE SERVE IN DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, AND PLEASANTON, AS WELL AS SUNOL, UM, THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCILS, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE INVOLVED IN DOING THIS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU TODAY IS IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS 60 OR GREATER WHO MAY BENEFIT, PLEASE HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO US.
WE CAN SERVE THOSE 60 AND GREATER WHO ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF THEIR, THEIR HOMES, AREN'T ABLE TO SHOP ANYMORE OR TO COOK AND PERHAPS JUST BY THE END OF THE MONTH DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO PURCHASE FOOD.
IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF FOLKS, PLEASE HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO US SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE IN.
AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE AT SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES OR SPECTRUM CS DOT OUR ORG.
YOU CAN REACH ME DIRECTLY AT 8 8 1, UH OH OH 5 1 0 8 8 1 0 3 0 3.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT US.
WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR OVER 35 YEARS HERE IN THE TRI-VALLEY.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MARCH FOR MILLS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICES.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE MILLS, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A CARE AND THE LOVE TO OUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES.
CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, HOW ARE YOU FIXED FOR VOLUNTEERS? DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS? WE DO FOR SOME REASON.
OUR, UM, VOLUNTEER FORCE FOR DUBLIN IS LOW.
SO THERE IS 15 ROUTES IN DUBLIN WEEKLY.
CURRENTLY I HAVE NINE ROUTES THAT DO NOT HAVE A COMMITTED PERSON.
AND SO WE, WHAT WE DO WITH THAT, WE JUST SCRAMBLE.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS.
WE HAVE NOT MISSED A DAY OF SERVICE.
HOWEVER, IT'D BE REALLY NICE
IT'S 15 ROUTES IN DUBLIN, 30 IN PLEASANTON, AND 45 IN LIVERMORE.
SO IT DOES TAKE A QUITE AN ARMY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT MISSED A DAY OF SERVICE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU.
[3.2 American Red Cross Month Proclamation ]
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AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH PROCLAMATION.SO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS A LEADING VOLUNTEER AGENCY, CHARTED AND AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS TO ACT IN TIMES OF NEED AND PROVIDES COMPASSIONATE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE AFF, AFFLICTED BY PERSON, PERSONAL, LOCAL AND NATIONAL DISASTERS.
SO AMERICAN RIGHT ACROSS MARKS THEIR 145TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AND THE ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF THE GROUP RAISE ITS AWARENESS OF ITS MISSION AND CO ECONOM, THE WORK OF ITS VOLUNTEERS, FINANCIAL AND BLOOD DONORS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND THOSE TRAINED IN VITAL HEALTH AND THE SAFETY SKILLS.
SO TODAY WE HAVE A THEREA DI LO REED.
FROM AMERICAN RED CROSS HERE PLEASE.
UM, HONORABLE MAYOR HUGH, THE, UM, VICE MAYOR JOSIE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS THERESA DELO REED AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING REPRESENTING THE RED CROSS, ALSO CHAIRING THE, UM, ALAMEDA COUNTY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING, UM, MARCH'S RED CROSS MONTH.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT THE RED CROSS AND MOSTLY TO THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN WHO WORK, UM, STRICTLY AS VOLUNTEERS.
WHETHER IT'S GIVING BLOOD, WHETHER IT'S HELPING AT A STRUCTURE FIRE, WHERE A FAMILY'S BEEN DISPLACED, WHERE IT'S DISPATCHING SOMEPLACE ELSE TO SET UP SHELTERS.
THE RED CROSS COULD NOT FUNCTION IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THE VOLUNTEERS COME FROM PLACES LIKE DUBLIN.
I APPRECIATE YOU TODAY RECOGNIZING US, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK, UM, COLLABORATIVELY AND AS PARTNERS AS WE, UM, DO THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS.
WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
COMMENT.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON GENDERIZED ITEMS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU CAN STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AND THE COMMUNITY.
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MAY I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS HERE IN THE CHAMBER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MIKE GRANT.
MIKE GRANT, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DUBLIN.
MY, UH, DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD ME TO GO OFF SCRIPT TONIGHT, SO I DON'T WANT HIM TO FALL UNDER THE CHAIR OVER THERE.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS.
I WAS REAL RELUCTANT TO COME TO THIS, UH, EVENT, TO ST.
PATRICK'S EVENT OTHER THAN THE PARADE, BASICALLY.
'CAUSE I WORRY ABOUT SECURITY.
AND UH, WHEN I FINALLY GOT INSIDE, I COULD SEE THAT IT, UH, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE PRETTY SAFE.
AND THERE WAS ENOUGH, UH, ALAMEDA COUNTY DEPUTIES AS WELL AS, UH, DPS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER.
THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN IT, AND I THINK THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND POSSIBLY THE COUNTY AND WHEREVER THEY COME FROM, DON'T REALIZE THAT.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE, UH, UH, THE AMOUNT OF STUFF TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
THAT WHOLE EVENT, YOU KNOW, WITH A, UH, PARKS DIRECTOR'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS GONNA PICK ON HER, BUT UH, SHE PROBABLY KNEW I WAS COMING.
UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN A BIG SITUATION LIKE THAT.
ORGANIZING ALL THOSE LITTLE GO-KARTS THAT RIDE AROUND AND PICK UP TRASH AND THE LITTLE TRAIN THAT ALMOST RUNS YOU OVER AND STUFF.
THAT TAKES A LOT TO PUT THAT STUFF TOGETHER FOR SAFETY.
UM, AND I KNOW WHERE SHE GOT THAT FROM.
I WAS IN THE NAVY, BUT I WAS IN THE, THE REAL NAVY, THE SEABEES.
AND UM, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SHE HUNG AROUND THE CBS AND SHE PICKED THAT LOGISTICAL UP FROM US 'CAUSE WE WERE SO SQUARED AWAY AND ORGANIZED.
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DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.AND JOHN, YOU'RE BACK ON PAYROLL.
GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AT AN EARLIER COUNCIL MEETING.
A SPEAKER CHASTISE THE COUNCIL OF ITS PROCLAMATION, CELEBRATING RAMADAN DERIDING, WHAT THE SPEAKER CALLED DEII WANNA SPEAK TONIGHT TO WHAT I CONSIDER OUR CITY'S GREATEST STRENGTH.
OUR DIVERSITY, OUR COMMUNITY IS A LIVING TAPESTRY OF CULTURES, LANGUAGES, FAITHS AND RELI TRADITIONS.
WE ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND NEW ARRIVALS.
WE ARE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS.
WE ARE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND FAMILIES WHO CHOSE THIS CITY AS THEIR NEW HOME.
THAT DIVERSITY IS NOT JUST SOMETHING WE TOLERATE, IT'S SOMETHING WE CELEBRATE BECAUSE IT MAKES US STRONGER, MORE INNOVATIVE AND MORE COMPASSIONATE.
MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE OR WILL BE CELEBRATING RAMADAN, HOLY AND PASSOVER, ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, JUDAISM, ALL PRACTICE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF OUR FELLOW HUMANS.
WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE.
WHETHER IT'S CHRISTMAS, DIWALI, LUNAR, NEW YEAR, PASSOVER, PRIDE, MONTH, QUA OR RAMADAN.
EACH CELEBRATION ADDS TO THE RICH FABRIC OF OUR SHARED PUBLIC LIFE.
DIVERSITY IS NOT SIMPLY A DEMOGRAPHIC FACT.
IT'S REFLECTED IN INCLUSIVE POLICIES, EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES, AND RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE.
IT IS REFLECTED IN ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF FAITH, RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, OR BACKGROUND FEELS SEEN, HEARD AND VALUED.
I'M PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT IN A CITY WHERE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT FEARED, BUT EMBRACED A CITY WHERE WE LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, A CITY WHERE EVERY CHILD GROWS UP, KNOWING THEIR IDENTITY IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE, THAT'S A PROMISE OF DIVERSITY.
AND THAT'S THE FUTURE WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS SLIPS.
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR ]
WE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE, CONSENT CALENDAR.SO CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL IN NATURE AND ARE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ONE SINGLE ACTION.
SO I WANT TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT, 5.5 FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS WE GOOD? WAIT AND DO THE WHOLE MOTION ONCE YOU YEAH, I WANT TO ASK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER QUADRY, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE, NO QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS, UH, ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OUTSIDE OF 5.3.
MAYOR, WHO? SO THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[5.5 Annual Progress Report on the Status of the General Plan and Housing Element for Calendar Year 2025 ]
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK YOU, MAYOR.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GASPER B, SENIOR PLANNER AT THE PLANNING DIVISION.
UH, I, I HAVE REALLY JUST ONE QUESTION, UH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT ELABORATE, BUT, UH, IF I MAY, UH, I'D LIKE TO REFER TO, UH, TABLE TWO IN ON PAGE THREE.
UM, IT TOOK ME A MOMENT TO, UH, UNDERSTAND IT, BUT, UH, W WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALM ALSO ASKING ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC, WHICH IS TO HELP ME JUST UNDERSTAND THIS TABLE IN CLARITY SO THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT REPRESENTS.
SO IF, IF I COULD ASK YOU TO JUST WALK THROUGH THE COLUMNS, COLUMN HEADERS, EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE MEAN, AND THEN, THEN YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE NUMBERS BELOW IT.
SO, UM, MAYBE I'LL START AT A HIGH LEVEL BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE COLUMN, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
UM, SO TABLE TWO, UM, SUMMARIZES OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION DURING OUR PLANNING PERIOD 2023 TO 2031 AS PART OF OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION CYCLE, UM, BY INCOME INCOME CATEGORY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN TABLE TWO, THE FIRST COLUMN TO YOUR LEFT, UM, SHOWS THE INCOME CATEGORIES, UH, AS ESTABLISHED, UM, BY HCD, UH, VERY LOW, LOW, MODERATE, AND ABOVE MODERATE.
UM, AND THEN MOVING LEFT TO RIGHT, THE CO THE
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SECOND COLUMN, UH, TO YOUR RIGHT IS OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION, UH, WHICH IS ESTABLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY OF GOVERNMENTS.AND THAT IS BASED ON OUR PROJECTED LOCAL JOB AND HOUSEHOLD GROWTH.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE 3,719 NUMBER, WHICH ARE THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF UNITS WE WILL BUILD DURING THAT PLANNING PERIOD, OR PERMITS WE WILL ISSUE DURING THAT PLANNING PERIOD.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RE COLUMN BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
UM, HGD IS EXPECTING THAT WE'LL ISSUE PERMITS BY INCOME CATEGORY.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FURTHER, RIGHT, UH, WE GET INTO EACH, UM, EACH CALENDAR YEAR AND WE REPORT ON OUR PROGRESS.
SO, UM, THIS PLANNING PERIOD STARTED IN 2023.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 2023, WE ISSUED 370 BUILDING PERMITS FOR ABOVE MODERATE UNITS.
WE, UH, ISSUED A TOTAL OF 90, UM, UNITS, 89 ABOVE MODERATE, AND ONE LOW INCOME UNIT.
AND THEN, UH, IN 2025 CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS THE CURRENT, UH, YEAR WE'RE REPORTING ON, WE ISSUED 575 BUILDING PERMITS.
OF THAT, 404 ARE ABOVE MODERATE HOUSING.
IN HOUSING UNITS 19 ARE MODERATE INCOME UNITS, 40 ARE LOW INCOME UNITS, AND 112 ARE VERY LOW INCOME UNITS.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST TWO COLUMNS KIND OF SUMMARIZE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
IT SHOWS THE TOTAL UNITS TO DATE THAT WE'VE ISSUED BUILDING PERMITS FOR, UM, AND WHAT THE REMAINING ARENA IS.
SO WE ARE ABOUT ALMOST HALFWAY THERE, UM, IN, IN BEING ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THIS PLANNING CYCLE.
THE, JUST TO AFFIRM REALLY QUICK, THE CALEN THE COLUMNS WITH CALENDAR YEARS, THOSE ARE ACTUALS.
MEANING THOSE WITH ACTUAL UNITS BUILT? SO YES, IT'S FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST OF THAT CALENDAR YEAR.
SO, UH, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE NOTE OF THE NOTABLE PROGRESS WE MADE IN 2025 FOR THE VERY LOW, SO WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER.
WOULD THAT BE A GOOD STATEMENT? SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? FOR THE VERY LOW CATEGORY? YEAH.
WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, RIGHT? I'M, I'M, YEAH, I'M KIND OF PROJECTING OUT HERE.
AND THAT NUMBER, YOU SEE 112 VERY LOW UNITS THAT STEMS FROM THE BUILDING PERMITS WE ISSUED FOR THE REGIONAL STREET SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
UM, SO YEAH, WE, WE ARE MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR ARENA GOALS.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE REPORT AND I, UH, MOVE THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO FORWARD IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, FIRST AND SECOND, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SIX, PUBLIC HEARING,
[6.1 Introduction of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance for Housing Element Implementation (PLPA-004326-2026) ]
6.1, INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION.EVENING MAYORS, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION.
FOR BACKGROUND, UM, THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS ONE OF SEVEN MANDATORY ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ONLY ELEMENT THAT REQUIRES CERTIFICATION BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OR HCD.
THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS UPDATED EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE CITY'S EXISTING AND PROJECTED HOUSING NEED WOULD BE MET.
IN NOVEMBER, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT AND IN JANUARY, 2024, HCD CERTIFIED, THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDES NUMEROUS PROGRAMS THAT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT WE'VE COME TO YOU SINCE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, CERTIFICATION WITH SOME ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.
SO THE CITY'S HAS INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT TWO PROGRAMS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM.
B 15 REPLACEMENT HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND PROGRAM D ONE REMOVE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS.
UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME MINOR CLEANUP ITEMS, WHICH I'LL GO THROUGH LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
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AND PROGRAM D ONE REQUIRES THE CITY TO REVIEW THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO IDENTIFY STANDARDS THAT MAY CONSTRAIN DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN SECONDLY, UH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO AMEND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING TO REMOVE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN FOR SALE AND FOR RENT RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AND REMOVE SPECIFIC GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED.
IT IS, UH, TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM B 15, AND THAT WOULD BE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER, CHAPTER 8.51.
THAT INCLUDES, UH, THAT SPECIFIES THAT HOUSING DEMOLITION AND NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MUST COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW GOVERNING REPLACEMENT HOUSING.
THE SECOND, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD IMPLEMENT PROGRAM D ONE AND INCLUDE, UM, AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 8.76 TO COMBINE FOR SALE AND FOR RENT HOUSING UNDER A NEW, UH, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY TO REMOVE SPECIFIC, UH, GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO ADD PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS CON CONTAINED IN A STUDY PREPARED BY W TRANS.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A MINOR CHANGE IN CHAPTER 8.08 DEFINITIONS TO CHANGE SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTS TO SENIOR HOUSING SINCE SENIOR HOUSING CAN INCLUDE BOTH APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS. ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND THE RED LINES, UM, THAT SHOWS THE, UH, NEW MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, CATEGORY WITH APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS. AND IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR STUDIO AND ONE BEDROOM UNITS, ONE SPACE PER DWELLING, AND FOR TWO PLUS BEDROOMS, TWO SPACES PER DWELLING.
HERE WE HAVE SE THE SENIOR, THE NEW SENIOR HOUSING CATEGORY.
UM, AND I'VE ADDED MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE HERE TO, UH, UH, CLARIFY THAT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR HOUSING WOULD BE FOR BOTH TYPES OF UNITS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CATEGORY WITH STUDIO AND ONE BEDROOM UNITS REQUIRING 0.5 SPACES PER DWELLING AND TWO PLUS BEDROOMS REQUIRING ONE AND A HALF SPACES PER DWELLING.
OH, AND FOR SENIOR HOUSING, I, I MISSED, UM, SAYING THAT IT, THE REQUIREMENT IS 0.75 SPACES PER DWELLING REGARDLESS OF BEDROOMS. REGARDING THE CLEANUP ITEMS. IN FEBRUARY, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY UNITS OR, OR, OR SROS, UH, IN THE C TWO ZONING DISTRICT SUBJECT TO A ZONING CLEARANCE.
UM, HOWEVER, STAFF INADVERTENTLY USED THE P PERMITTED, UH, INDICATION INSTEAD OF THE CC ZONING CLEARANCE IN THE LAND USE TABLE.
IN JULY, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS IN DOWNTOWN AND PD ZONING DISTRICTS SUBJECT TO A ZONING CLEARANCE.
UH, SIMILARLY, STAFF INADVERTENTLY NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE CC NOTATION IN THE LAND USE TABLE AS PART OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS FOR SROS AND LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS.
AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 8.116 WERE INCLUDED.
UM, HOWEVER, STAFF ADDED THESE TWO USES TO SECTION ZERO TWO, BUT NEGLECTED TO ADD THEM TO 0 3 0 0 4 0 AND 0 5 0.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THESE CLEANUP ITEMS WOULD CORRECT THE LAND USE TABLE TO INCLUDE THE CC NOTATION FOR SROS AND LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS, AND ADD SROS AND LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS TO THE SECTIONS WHERE THEY WERE OMITTED.
ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DELIBERATE WAIVE THE READING AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8.08, CHAPTER 8.12, CHAPTER 8.76, AND CHAPTER 8.116
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AND THE ADDITION OF CHAPTER 8.51 IN YOUR MOTION.UH, STAFF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DIRECT STAFF TO ADD THE CLARIFYING LANGUAGE THAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR HOU HOUSING INCLUDES BOTH MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, BRIAN CANA WITH W TRANS WHO IS WITH US VIRTUALLY AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKING STUDY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION NOW.
DID I DO THAT RIGHT? HAVE QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
THE, THE REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE GUEST PARKING, IS THAT BECAUSE OF A NEW STATE LAW OR IS THAT, WAS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT AC HCD WANTED US TO DO AS A PROGRAM, UM, AS PART OF, UM, REMOVING BARRIERS TO, UH, CREATING HOUSING? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE SECOND PART, SO, SO IT'S NOT A STATE LAW THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO REMOVE GUEST PARKING? NO.
BUT HCD SAID, I WANT YOU TO REMOVE GUEST PARKING WHEN THEY REVIEWED OUR ELEMENT, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, DOES THAT HAVE THE, THE FORCE OF LAW BEHIND IT, MR. BARKER? IT DOES NOW 'CAUSE WE PUT IT IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND YEAH, SO IT, UH, IT DOES IF IF WE APPROVE IT G IT DOES IF WE APPROVE IT OR IT DOES, BECAUSE WHEN WE APPROVED IT ON JANUARY 22ND, UH, OR IN JANUARY OF 24, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO REMOVE GUEST PARKING.
WE ALREADY SAID, AND I DON THINK THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD UNDO OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO WE COMMITTED TO PROCEEDING WITH DOING IT.
UM, AND THEN THE, UM, THE RATIOS THAT ARE IN THIS, THE, UM, PARKING STUDY, THOSE WERE DONE BASED ON THE, UM, INDUSTRY STANDARD MANUAL AS OPPOSED TO CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND IN ANY PARTICULAR CITY, DUBLIN OR SURROUNDING CITIES, CORRECT? UH, THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT, UM, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, RECENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS, UH, WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHY WE DECIDED 10 YEARS, BUT, UH, WHAT WE FOUND IS THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS.
UM, THE ASTOR IN DOWNTOWN, UM, AVALON WEST, WHICH WAS RECENTLY BUILT, AND THEN 5 4, 2 1 AT DUBLIN STATION.
ALL THREE PROJECTS ARE WITHIN BLOCKS OF A BART STATION.
AND ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME THEY WERE SUBJECT TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS, NOW THEY WOULD NOT BE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR PROJECTS NEAR TRANSIT.
UM, THOSE THREE PROJECTS, UM, TOGETHER, UM, IS CLOSE TO, LET'S SEE, THERE ARE 499 UNITS AT AVALON WEST, 314 UNITS AT THE ASTOR AND 220 UNITS AT 5 4, 2, 1.
UH, WHAT WE FOUND, AND THEY ALL HAVE A COMBINATION OF STUDIOS ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS AND 5 4 2, 1 HAS FOUR THREE BEDROOMS. UM, SO MOST OF 'EM ARE JUST ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS. AND WE FOUND THAT THE RATIO OF, UM, PARKING TWO UNITS WAS 1.52 SPACES, UH, PARKING PER UNIT, NOT PER, WE DIDN'T CHECK IT FOR PER BEDROOM, BASICALLY, WHICH IS WHAT WE KIND LOOKING AT OVERALL RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WITHIN DUBLIN THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE HALF MILE OF TRANSIT.
UM, DID WE LOOK AT THOSE, BECAUSE THESE STANDARDS ARE NOT, NOT, UM, FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DISTRICTS, THEY ARE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DUBLIN, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO A PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, HALF MILE RADIUS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS NO PARKING STANDARDS ANYMORE.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THESE WOULD APPLY TO.
SO I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHERE WE ARE WITH APARTMENTS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE, THE TOD, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WOULD BE, UM, LIKE THE TERRACES AND, UM, UM, THE ONE AT, UM, I'M BLANKING ON THE NAME, BUT IT'S, UH, NEAR IRON GATE, UM, OAKWOOD, I THINK MAYBE, UM, ANYWAY, THAT I WOULD CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THOSE ARE, BECAUSE I COMPLETELY AGREE WE WANNA REDUCE THE PARKING STANDARDS.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE PENDULUM SWINGING A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR.
UM, AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS WITH THE SENIOR, CAN YOU POP THE TABLE BACK UP AGAIN? THE, UM, AFFORDABLE AND THE SENIOR HOUSING, BECAUSE WHILE I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, UM, SENIOR HOUSING HAS A REDUCED STANDARD FROM NON-SENIOR HOUSING, THE PROPOSAL TO
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LUMP AFFORDABLE AND UNAFFORDABLE INTO THE SAME 0.75, UM, MIGHT NOT BE THE, THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UM, HYPOTHETICAL, 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE, UM, ACTUAL MAKEUP OF THE APARTMENTS AT THE REGIONAL STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS IS.
ARE THERE TWO BEDROOMS OVER THERE OR ARE THEY ALL STUDIOS AND ONES THERE? THERE MIGHT BE SOME TWO BEDROOMS. I CAN'T REMEMBER.
PRIMARILY IT'S STUDIOS AND ONES, I BELIEVE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, WOULD BE PARKED AT 0.75 INSTEAD OF THE 0.5.
IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS FOR NONS SENIORS, WHICH SEEMS BACKWARDS TO ME.
BECAUSE WOULDN'T WE WANT TO, UM, USE THE STANDARD THAT WOULD BE THE LOWER PARKING? UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND I DID RAISE THIS QUESTION WITH BRIAN MM-HMM
W TRANS, AND HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO STRUCTURE THE, THE, THE SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT, UM, THOSE KIND OF VARIOUS OPTIONS WITH CITY STAFF BEFORE THE, THE PARKING DEMAND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AFFORDABLE SENIOR LIVING AND MARKET RATE SENIOR LIVING.
JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU A, A SENSE OF SCALE IS, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT'S NOT THE TABLE.
THE TABLE IN THE, UM, IN THE AGENDA PACKET, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEAK DEMAND FOR A MARKET RATE, UM, SENIOR HOUSING IS 0.61 PER UNIT FOR AFFORDABLE, IT'S 0.44.
SO THERE IS SOME DIFFERENTIATION, ALTHOUGH THE DIFFERENTIATION IS NOT HUGE.
I WOULD SAY DIFFERENT CODES TREAT THIS DIFFERENT WAYS.
OFTENTIMES, CODES WILL ACTUALLY PUT SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOGETHER IN THE SAME CATEGORY, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY TEND TO EXHIBIT MORE SIMILAR PARKING DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS THAN WHAT WE'D CONSIDERED A GENERAL MARKET RATE, UH, HOUSING.
UM, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR SIMPLICITY IN THE CODE, BUT WE E WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPAND THE NUMBER OF TIERS HERE VERY EASILY.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT TASK TO TAKE THE, THE SENIOR HOUSING AND DIVIDE IT, UM, BETWEEN, UH, AFFORDABLE AND MARKET.
IF THAT'S THE, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE, COULD WE NOT JUST SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOLLOWS THE, WHICHEVER PARKING STANDARD IS LOWER.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A SENIOR, UM, A SENIOR AFFORDABLE, UM, PROJECT THAT IS ALL TWO BEDROOM PLUSES, WE 0.75 IS PROBABLY APPROPRIATE.
UM, BUT IF IT'S MOSTLY STUDIOS AND ONES, THEN IT WOULD BE 0.5 WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
AND, AND THERE'S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE THERE.
BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A BUILDING WITH A HUNDRED PLUS UNITS, 25 EXTRA PARKING SPACES MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
UM, IT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE BUILT ON, ON QUITE SMALL ACREAGE.
SO THAT TO ME IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA, UM, LOOK AT TWEAKING A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM YOU? GO AHEAD.
UM, YEAH, I ACTUALLY, UH, VICE MAYOR, UM, JOSIE, UH, ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND MY CONCERN WAS, UH, ON THE RATIOS PARTICULARLY.
THANKS, I FORGOT TO DO THAT PARTICULARLY, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO THE SENIOR AND THE SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU, YOU BIFURCATED THAT.
UM, MY QUESTION, GIVEN THAT, THAT I'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK THERE ON THAT, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MODIFY THESE? UH, AND PART B, THAT QUESTION IS, AND I THINK IT WAS AN, UH, ANSWERED, WAS WE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE PARKING, UH, SEVEN POINT, WHATEVER THIS IS HERE.
UM, ARE WE REQUIRED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, UH, MANDATED BY HCD? OR ARE, DO WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY? I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN WE DO ON THE GUEST PARKING AND REMOVING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FOR SALE AND FOR RENT, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PROGRAM SAYS, YOU KNOW, STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND IDENTIFY CONSTRAINTS TO DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE FELT THAT PARKING WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A CONSTRAINT.
AND SO WE DID A PARKING STUDY, WE FOUND BASED ON W TRANS WORK THAT THERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE COULD LOWER THE PARKING, UH, REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THERE'S LESS PARKING DEMAND ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
ACTUALLY, THAT LED TO MY SECOND QUESTION WAS WERE THERE ANY, UM, LIMITATIONS, UH, IN TERMS OR IMPACTS ON ACTIVITY PROJECTS POTENTIALLY, UM,
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IF WE DID NOTHING, WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? I, I GUESS THAT'S MY OVERRIDING QUESTION ON THIS.WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ON THIS.
AND, UH, BUT I I, I ALSO NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STATE IS GOING, WE, WE HAVE THE STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, ARE THERE, RIGHT.
UM, AND THE STATE KIND OF DICTATES THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, UH, ISSUES WITH, WITH PROJECTS AND, UH, DEVELOPERS NOT WANTING TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
AND I'LL SAY THAT THERE ARE BENEFITS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT COULD, REGARDLESS OF US MAKING CHANGES TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT WOULD HAVE, THE DENSITY BONUS LAW GIVES, UH, A SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT AND AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, THE ABILITY FOR REDUCTIONS IN PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS CONCESSIONS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, A A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO REGARDLESS OF DOING ANYTHING, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT COULD STILL REQUEST A REDUCTION IN PARKING, UM, OR A SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT COULD REQUEST A REDUCTION IN PARKING REQUEST IT, BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
I, I THINK WHAT WE'VE FOUND, UH, RECENTLY IS THAT WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING TO LOWER PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND EVEN ELIMINATING THEM, THE DEVELOPERS STILL FEEL THE NEED TO PROVIDE PARKING.
AND THAT IT'S, IT'S SORT OF A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN, UM, THE COST OF PROVIDING THAT PARKING AND, UM, THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO PARK THEIR CARS.
ONE OTHER COMMENT IS PARTICULARLY SENIOR HOUSING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE RATIOS ACTUALLY COME FOR PEAK, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN WHERE YOU GET THE PEAK NUMBERS FOR THE SENIOR HOUSING, UH, VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER RATIOS AND, AND WHEN THOSE ARE PEAKS.
AND IT LED ME TO THINK ABOUT HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, YEAH, SURE.
A LOT OF SENIORS DON'T HAVE CARS, DON'T USE CARS, WHATEVER.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE OFFSET IS.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE GUESTS, THEY HAVE PEOPLE.
AND I, I FIND THAT GOING TO THESE PLACES, AND I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH SOME IN, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BAY AREA.
THERE'S NO PARKING, RIGHT? THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE IT DIFFERENT HERE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, AND WE'RE NOT JUST AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOSIE, UH, IDENTIFY THAT WE WERE, ARE WE LOOKING AT RATIOS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A MANUAL, RIGHT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADAPTING OUR REQUIREMENTS TO MEET THE NEED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONSIDER ON THIS, AND THAT'S WHAT OPENED MY EYES ABOUT IT.
SO, I, I HAVE MY EYES ON A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE TOO, IF WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.
AND PERHAPS BRIAN CAN EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON YEAH.
ON THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND PEAK PARKING DEMAND.
I'M HAPPY TO CHIME IN HERE BECAUSE THIS, THIS
UM, SO JUST TO DEFINE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THESE ARE INDUSTRY STANDARDS PUT FORWARD BY THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS.
AND IT'S BASED ON, THIS IS ALL DATA THAT WAS ACTUALLY COLLECTED AT VARIOUS SITES.
UM, ITE HAS ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH A PROCESS RECENTLY, ALSO EXPUNGING OLD DATA AND REALLY CONSTANTLY REPLENISHING IT WITH NEW DATA.
OF COURSE, THEY ALWAYS RECOMMEND USING LOCAL DATA WHERE YOU CAN, BUT TYPICALLY WE FIND THAT A LOT OF THE FIGURES THAT WE SEE HERE ARE INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE'D CONSIDER KIND OF GENERAL SUBURBAN CONDITIONS.
UM, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PEAK DEMAND, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'LL TRACK PARKING DEMAND OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND THE RATIO THEN IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHEN PARKING DEMAND IS AT THE HIGHEST.
AND THAT PARKING DEMAND IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE WHO IS PARKING ON SITE, AND WHETHER THAT BE RESIDENTS, WHETHER IT BE GUESTS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, DELIVERY TRUCKS, OR ANY, ANYONE ELSE WHO HAPPENS TO BE THERE AT THE TIME.
SO IT'S REALLY TRYING TO CAPTURE EVERYONE IN ONE NUMBER.
NOW I SAY IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE ARE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS DEMAND, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS SUPPLY.
UM, AND WE'VE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT SUBJECT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU PUT IN HERE WILL ESSENTIALLY ACT AS A BASE, RIGHT.
WITH, WITH, WITH WHICH DEVELOPERS CANNOT GO BELOW THAT AMOUNT.
UM, BUT THEY CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE MORE.
AND FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN OF DEVELOPERS, I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH DEVELOPERS ALL OVER THE BAY AREA.
I'M DOING LARGE PARKING STUDIES WITH MTC RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA HERE.
DEVELOPERS WANT TO PROVIDE PARKING AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY BASE IT ON, UM, MARKET CONDITIONS AND THE LOCATION WHERE IT'S AT, THE MIX OF USES AND SO FORTH.
BUT IF YOU WERE LOCATING IN A, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN PART OF
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DUBLIN, DEVELOPERS WOULD INEVITABLY WANNA PROVIDE PARKING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE WERE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OR NOT.UM, AND SO, AND PARKING, UH, AND DEVELOPERS WILL DO THEIR BEST VIS-A-VIS THEIR LENDERS TO TRY TO DEVELOP RATIOS THAT THEY THINK WILL REALLY MAXIMIZE THE MARKETABILITY OF THOSE UNITS.
UM, THERE IS A TENDENCY, I THINK, FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO KIND OF FEAR THAT LESS PARKING WILL BE BUILT.
AND SOMETIMES THAT DOES PLAY OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES.
BUT EVEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WILL TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR TENANTS.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE IS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE REQUIREMENTS, WE DON'T, YOU, YOU TEND TO NOT WANT TO SET THEM TOO HIGH BECAUSE THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY CREATE MORE EMPTY PARKING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THEY'RE ABOVE THE DEMAND LEVELS THAT WE SEE HERE, UM, WE FEEL THAT THE ONES IN HERE ARE LOW ENOUGH SUCH THAT THEY STILL PROVIDES A VERY SOLID BASE FOR, TO, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE, THE NEEDS OF PEAK DEMAND.
AND CERTAINLY THERE'S ROOM HERE TO, TO, TO FLEX IT A BIT, IF YOU THINK THAT SENIOR HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE MARKET AND AFFORDABLE.
UH, IF YOU THINK THE MARKET RATE UNITS NEED TO HAVE A DESIGNATION FOR THREE BEDROOMS AND PLUS, THAT'S CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, A FEASIBLE OPTION AS WELL.
BUT THE IDEA HERE WAS TO PROVIDE A BASE MINIMUM THAT COULD MEET THE PEAK PARKING DEMAND AND WOULD PROBABLY ALIGN PRETTY WELL WITH WHAT WE SEE FROM, UM, DEVELOP HOUSING DEVELOPERS.
AND IN FACT, IN MANY CASES, HOUSING DEVELOPERS, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED SOME OF THEM WOULD PROVIDE MORE PARKING THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED HERE.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UH,
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, CHE? UH, YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS, POSSIBLY THREE.
SO, UM, FIRST IS, ARE YOU CONCERNED OR HAVE YOU LOOKED AT PARKING SPILLOVER, UH, ONTO ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IF ON SOME OF THESE ONSITE REQUIREMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE REDUCED? AND, UH, SECOND PART TO THAT QUESTION IS HOW WOULD YOU POTENTIALLY RESPOND TO THOSE, UH, CONCERNS? CERTAINLY, NO, AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
I MEAN, REALLY
AND THEY WORK TO, WHAT I WOULD SAY A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT THEY DON'T PREVENT SPILLOVER.
THE REASON WHY THEY DON'T PREVENT SPILLOVER IN MOST CASES IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO HAVE ON STREET PARKING IN MOST SUBURBAN AREAS, IT'S FREE AND UNREGULATED MOTORISTS WILL STILL PARK ON STREET, EVEN IF THERE ARE OFF STREET SPACES AVAILABLE OFTENTIMES.
AND THEY DO THAT BECAUSE ON STREET PARKING TENDS TO BE THE MOST CONVENIENT OPTION FOR FOLKS.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU CAN ADD MORE OFF STREET PARKING, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT YOU'LL HAVE MORE EMPTY OFF STREET SPACES.
SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE OCCUPIED, BUT IT WON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS SOLVE YOUR SPILLOVER PROBLEM, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE FREE AND UNREGULATED ON STREET PARKING, PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS GRAVITATE TOWARDS THAT, WHETHER YOU HAVE A, A MILLION SPACES OFF STREET TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM.
SO WHAT CITIES TEND TO DO IN THESE SORTS OF CASES, WHEN IT BECOMES A SUFFICIENT ENOUGH PROBLEM, AND IT IT NOT ALWAYS IS, SOMETIMES IT'S FINE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO RESORT TO THIS, BUT SOME COMMUNITIES, AND THIS IS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, DO HAVE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT DISTRICTS THAT THEY, THAT THEY PUT UP THAT PRIORITIZES PARKING NEEDS OF THOSE RESIDENTS IN THOSE DISTRICTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S BASED ON NEED.
IT'S BASED ON THE PREFERENCE OF THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO FORTH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
WELL, AND THEN, UH, JUST FOR CLARITY, UH, THE, THE STANDARDS THAT YOU WERE USING, THOSE ARE NATIONWIDE AND NOT FROM WITHIN THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN DUBLIN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THEY ARE, WE DIDN'T USE DATA THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO DUBLIN HERE.
WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH BASICALLY, SAMPLE SIZE TO WORK WITH.
UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN WE FIND THIS, I'VE WORKED IN COMMUNITIES AND SUBURBAN TO URBAN AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, THESE ARE OFTENTIMES WHAT YOU SEE, UM, IN TERMS OF PEAK DEMAND.
AND PEOPLE OF FRANKLY ARE OFTEN SURPRISED BY IT BECAUSE THEY ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLDS, THEY HAVE TWO CARS AND THEY'RE THERE ALL THE TIME, WHEN IN FACT, THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE.
UM, SO YOU WILL HAVE FLUCTUATIONS WITHIN DEMAND UNIT BY UNIT.
AND FRANKLY, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT WILL AFFECT HOW, JUST KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS ALSO HOW DEVELOPERS MAKE THEIR CALCULATIONS FOR PARKING.
IF I'M A DEVELOPER AND I'M PRODUCING CONDOS,
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FOUR SALE CONDOS, AND I'M PRODUCING THEM AT, YOU KNOW, A MILLION, $2 MILLION A POP, AND THESE ARE TWO BEDROOM OR THREE BEDROOM CONDOS, I BETTER BE PRODUCING TWO, TWO SPACES, AT LEAST TWO SPACES PER UNIT.AND THOSE SPACES ARE NOT GONNA BE SHARED WITH ANYONE ELSE.
IF I'M PROVIDING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THE SPACES ARE SHARED AMONG EVERYONE AND YOU HAVE KIND OF FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN THE, THE SPACES THAT YOU PARK IN, YES.
THEN THEY WILL TEND TO MAYBE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'S KIND OF AN EFFICIENCY IN THE SHARED PARKING THERE.
SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
SO YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A SORT OF, UH, THINKING THAT, THAT OFTENTIMES DEVELOPERS WILL GO THROUGH WHEN DECIDING HOW MUCH PARKING TO SUPPLY.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, IS A TOWNHOUSE CONSIDERED A CONDOMINIUM FOR THESE PURPOSES? I, I WOULD DEFER TO, TO STAFF ON THIS ONE.
EVERY CITY TREATS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY HERE, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT, HOW IT'S TREATED IN DUBLIN.
UH, THEY'RE, NO, THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED AN APARTMENT OR A CONDOMINIUM.
OKAY, SO, SO WHAT, I HAVE A ONE IN ONE QUESTION.
SO I HEARD FROM YOU, THIS IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, AND THE DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, THEY WILL DECIDE BASED ON THEIR SPECIFIC PROJECT AND THEY WILL BRING THEIR NUMBERS TO US, AND WE, LIKE ALL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATIONS OR MAKE A, MAKE A DECISION ON THAT? YEAH.
PROVIDED THAT THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, THEN THEY CAN PROVIDE MORE PARKING THAN THAT IF THEY WANT TO.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SITUATIONS LIKE, UH, UH, DEVELOP, HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBERS OF PARKING, BUT WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE, UM, THE BUILDING, LIKE THE, THE PLANS TO OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR TO OUR STAFF, DO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND TELL THEM, UM, ALTHOUGH YOU MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, BUT BASED ON WHETHER YOU ARE BUILDING, WE THINK YOU SHOULD ADD MORE PARKING.
CAN WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT? WELL, WE COULD TRY, UM, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH, UH, DECISION WE HAVE.
AND I, I WANT TO SAY THIS IS FOR PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? I HAVE, I HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
SO WE HAVE NO, SO WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE COME BACK FOR, UH, MORE DISCUSSIONS HERE.
UM, SO I HEARD, UM, VICE, VICE MAYOR JOSEPH'S QUESTION, I THOUGHT ONE QUICK FIX WOULD BE BRING SENIOR HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO THIS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CATEGORY JUST TO MAKE THAT SENIOR HOUSING CATEGORY MARKET RATE FOR, FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF 0.75 SPACES.
INSTEAD OF MAKING SENIOR HOUSING BE MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE, MAKE THAT SENIOR MARKET RATE HOUSING AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BE, UM, SENIOR OR NON-SENIOR.
BUT FOR A TWO BEDROOM SENIOR APARTMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE A LOWER PARKING REQUIREMENT OF 0.75 OR, OR NOT.
I MEAN, IF IT'S TWO BEDROOMS, THEY MIGHT STILL WANT ONE AND A HALF SPACES PER DWELLING BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY COULD CHOOSE TO USE THE, THE MARKET RATE SENIOR, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? I I'M SAYING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S SENIOR OR NON-SENIOR, AND THE SENIOR BE JUST A MARKET RATE OR THAT WOULD BE YOUR SUGGESTION.
RIGHT? MY SUGGESTION WAS WHICHEVER IS LOWER, WE JUST ADD, WE JUST ADD THAT'S THE WORDS.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S A, UM, SENIOR, UM, PROJECT, IF IT'S A SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE PROJECT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS YOU USE, WHICHEVER IS THE LOWER STANDARD.
AND I, SO MAYBE WE ADD A FOOTNOTE.
UM, BUT I, I ALSO WANNA SAY, I MEAN, I, I, I THINK THAT KIND OF TAKES CARE OF THAT ISSUE IF, IF WE ALL HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT.
UM, BUT I, I DO AGREE THAT FIRST OF ALL, THE GUEST PARKING, WE DON'T NEED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A TWO BEDROOM PLACE, YOU NEED TWO SPACES PLUS A GUEST SPACE.
I ALSO AGREE WITH REMOVING THE, UM, THAT IT MUST BE COVERED.
IT MUST BE GARAGED, ET CETERA.
BUT I THINK WE'VE SWUNG A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR, UM, IN, BASICALLY WE'RE SEEING ONE SPACE PER BEDROOM FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
IF WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE CAN NO LONGER IMPOSE STANDARDS UPON, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THESE STANDARDS WOULD BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE, THE APARTMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME OF THEM MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S TOWN HOMES, UM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE
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COMBINING APARTMENTS AND CONDOS AND CONDOS, PEOPLE TEND TO HOLD ONTO FOR A LONGER TIME AND THEIR FAMILIES GROW WHILE THEY'RE THERE.AND KIDS THAT WERE LITTLE TURNED 16
UM, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US BEING QUITE THIS MINIMAL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FOR MARKET RATE.
THE, THE SENIOR IN THE HOUSING, I'M ON THE AFFORDABLE, I'M FINE WITH, BUT FOR MARKET RATE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, LIKE, UM, FOR STUDIOS AND ONE BEDROOMS, UH, 1.1 OR 1.2, SO THAT IF YOU'VE GOT A HUNDRED UNIT BUILDING, YOU ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT SHARED PARKING, UM, AS A MINIMUM.
AND FOR TWO PLUS BEDROOMS, MAYBE 2.25 OR 2.5, SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING, FOR EVERY UNIT, EVERY UNIT YOU'RE GETTING EVERY FOUR OR FIVE UNITS.
YOU'RE GETTING ONE MORE, UM, ONE MORE PARKING SPACE.
THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY ADVOCACY, AND I THINK WE ARE STILL HITTING, UM, WHAT HCD IS REQUIRING OF US, WHICH IS WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERING WHAT WE HAD.
WE ARE COMBINING, UM, MULTI, UH, APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS AND WE ARE REMOVING THE, UM, GUESTS PARKING REQUIREMENT.
SO THAT WOULD BE WHERE I WOULD LAND.
CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THAT? NOT AT LIGHTNING SPEED, BUT CAN YOU, SO I CAN JUST WRITE THIS DOWN HERE SO I, I SEE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO FOR, FOR SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IT IS, UM, WE JUST ADD A FOOTNOTE, WHICHEVER IS THE, THE LOWER REQUIREMENT, IF IT'S BOTH SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE, IT, IT IS BASED ON THE BEDROOM MIX, WHICHEVER IS THE LOWER, UM, REQUIREMENT.
WELL, RIGHT NOW THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SENIOR HOUSING IS 0.75.
BUT IF IT WAS AN AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT THAT HAD TWO BEDROOMS, IT WOULD BE 0.75.
IF IT WAS AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING WITH ONE BEDROOM, IT WOULD BE 0.5, CORRECT.
BUT NOT THE WAY, BUT YOU WOULD GO DOWN, YOU GO DOWN TO THAT.
FOR THE, FOR THE YES, WHICHEVER IS LOWER FOR, FOR THE AFFORDABLE, FOR AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, YOU GO WITH WHICHEVER IS THE LOWER STANDARD.
SO FOR TWO BEDROOMS, IT'D BE 0.75.
AND THEN FOR THE OTHERS, I WOULD SAY FOR STUDIO AND WHAT, FOR MARKET RATE STUDIO AND ONE BEDROOM, I WOULD SAY, UH, 1.1 OR 1.2, WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT I, I, I WANT THERE TO BE SOMETHING MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST ONE PER UNIT.
AND FOR TWO PLUS BEDROOMS, I WOULD SAY LIKE 2.25 OR 2.3, THAT GIVES US FOR EVERY, YOU KNOW, TWO TO, UH, FOUR TO FIVE MORE UNITS.
ANOTHER, UM, ONE MORE PARKING SPACE.
I, I, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, STUDIO ONE BEDROOM IS ONE SPACE PER DWELLING, PLUS POINT TO ONE PARKING SPACE FOR UN RESERVED AND THE GAS.
SO JUST TOTAL, THE, THE, THE WAY YOU CALCULATE IT WOULD BE LIKE 1.1 AND THEN UNDER TWO PLUS BEDROOMS, 2.25.
FOR, SO TO ME THAT'S WHAT, SO SOMEHOW LIKE THEY CAN SHARE BETWEEN THIS, UH, UM, PER R AND, UH, SHARED.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, WE WON'T DESIGNATE IT A SHARED PARKING.
IT'S JUST WHAT WOULD DO, IT'S NOT COME TOGETHER.
I THINK 1.1, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE, 2.25 IS A LITTLE BIT SPACE.
SORRY, DO WE, UM, AND AMIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
YEAH, DO, DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THE, THE REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE LOWER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO, UM, STANDARD MARKET RATE? LIKE, ARE, ARE THERE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ANY DIFFERENT OFTEN, UM, PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE BUS OR, UM, TAKING OTHER TRANSPORTATION? I MEAN THE, THE, THE MANUAL, I MEAN, AND BRIAN MAYBE YOU WANNA JUMP IN ON THIS, BUT, BUT THE RATIOS ARE QUITE, QUITE A BIT LOWER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ESPECIALLY.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW AND VERY LOW.
THE, THE MODS GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE, BUT I THINK IF IT WAS PLANNED TO BE FOR MODS, THE BUILDER WILL USE THIS AS A FLOOR AND NOT A CEILING.
YEAH, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT TOO.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THERE, THERE IS THE, THE DATA THAT YOU SEE HERE, OR SORRY, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT, BUT THE DATA THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET HERE IS REALLY STRAIGHT.
THE DATA IS STRAIGHT FROM THE IT E MANUAL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, KINDA THE AMALGAMATION OF NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE SHOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GENERAL PROVIDES LOWER PEAK DEMAND THAN MARKET RATE.
UM, DOES, UM, NOW AGAIN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BAY AREA TERMS IS SOMEWHAT LOOSE BECAUSE THE A MI IS SO HIGH.
BUT REGARDLESS, YOU STILL DO FIND THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, I THINK THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT USE TENDS TO BE HIGHER.
THERE ARE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LITTLE LOWER VEHICLE USE, GENERALLY SPEAKING.
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YEAH, I MEAN I, I, I DON'T, I GUESS DO WE, WOULD, UM, DO WE HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT REDUCING THE, UH, THE SENIOR AFFORDABLE OR AFFORDABLE TO, UH, FOR THE TWO BEDROOM IN PARTICULAR TO 0.75? LIKE, IS, IS THERE DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT? OR ARE WE GOING Q LOW WHERE WE'RE MAKING IT, WHERE WE'RE ADDING A BURDEN TO, TO POTENTIAL RESIDENTS, UH, BURDEN IN TERMS OF INSUFFICIENT PARKING OR A BURDEN IN TERMS OF RIGHT.THE COST AND DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN BY THE PARKING? UH, THE FORMER.
WE CAN STRUCTURE THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO IF YOU SAY, GOSH, WE REALLY WOULD RATHER HAVE, UM, THE SENIOR HOUSING SPLIT INTO AFFORDABLE AND MARKET AND HAVE IT BASED ON BEDROOM NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS DATA TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I BELIEVE FOR A SENIOR AFFORDABLE, IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, 0.49 PER BEDROOM IS WHAT THE ACTUAL LIKE PEAK IS.
NOW AGAIN, THE, THE DEMAND, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IN GENERAL, THE DEMAND FOR SENIOR HOUSING BETWEEN PER UNIT AND PER BEDROOM IS VERY SIMILAR BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF UNITS SUPPLIED FOR SENIOR HOUSING ARE GENERALLY ONE BEDROOMS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT THE BULK OF THEM TEND TO BE DEVELOPED THAT WAY.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED SOMEWHAT IN THE NUMBERS, BUT, UM, BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE IT OR DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR, YOU SAID POINT I I I GUESS YOU SAID 0.49 PER BEDROOM FOR SENIOR AFFORDABLE.
SO THEN IF, IF WE'RE PROPOSING 0.75 FOR TWO BEDROOM SENIOR AFFORDABLE, THAT, THAT WOULD BE DISCO CONGRUOUS? NO, NO, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT'S SO AS YOU CAN
HOW ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE 0.49 PER BEDROOM FOR THE FIRST BEDROOM, DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DEVELOP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 0.49 FOR THE SECOND BEDROOM.
IN FACT, WHAT WE FIND WITH PARKING DEMAND IS THAT YOUR DEMAND WILL INCREASE AT A DECREASING RATE SO THAT IF YOU HAVE ONE BEDROOM, YOU'LL SUPPLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING.
IF YOU HAVE TWO BEDROOMS, YOU DON'T JUST DOUBLE IT.
NORMALLY IT'S A FRACTION SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO.
SO IF YOU WERE TO SAY, GOSH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 0.49 FOR THE FIRST BEDROOM 0.75 PER UNIT, UM, FOR THE TWO BEDROOM, I THINK YOU WOULD STILL BE FINE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU, YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE PROVIDING ENOUGH PARKING.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE MINIMUMS, THEY COULD, UH, END UP PRODUCING MORE THAN THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE THEM, THANK YOU.
SO ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS WE WANTED TO DO? OKAY.
YOU YOU WANT TO DO A PROPOSAL? UM, SURE.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, CAN YOU POP THE, BECAUSE YOU HAD A, YOU WANTED A TAGLINE
UM, I, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED THE SECOND BULLET NOW, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT, WELL, WE, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT IT WAS YOU WERE ASKING US TO.
UM, SO WE HAVE ALREADY CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO I MOVE THAT WE INTRODUCE AN, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 8.08, CHAPTER 8.12, 8.76, 8.1, ONE SIX, AND 8.51 WITH THE CHANGES FROM THE PRESENTED STAFF REPORT TO INCLUDE THAT, UM, ONE BEDROOM AND STUDIO MARKET RATE APARTMENTS WOULD BE, UM, PARKED AT A RATIO OF 1.1 SPACE PER UNIT.
UM, UH, MARKET RATE TWO PLUS BEDROOM UNITS WOULD BE PARKED AT A RATE OF 2.25 SPACES PER UNIT, UM, SENIOR, UM, AND AFFORDABLE WOULD BE, UM, AS WRITTEN IN THE STAFF REPORT WITH THE FOOTNOTE ADDED THAT, UM, THE LOWER STANDARD APPLIES IF IT IS SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE.
DOES THAT CAPTURE AMY, AMY VERY NICELY CAPTURED THE FOOTNOTE.
UM, PARKING FOR AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE LESSER OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IS STAFF COMFORTABLE? UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS, TWO, TWO POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.
ONE OF 'EM IN YOUR MOTION, YOU SAID FOR THE STUDIOS AND ONES YOU REFERENCED APARTMENTS, BUT YOU MEANT ALL, I'M SORRY, APARTMENTS AND CONDO.
COMBINING APARTMENTS AND CONDOS.
JUST AS A, UH, MAYBE AS A, A DISCLOSURE, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TWO PLUS UNITS, OUR CURRENT STANDARD IS TWO SPACES PLUS A GUEST.
THE HOUSING ELEMENT SAYS COMBINE APARTMENTS AND CONDOS MM-HMM
AND, AND ELIMINATE THE GUEST PARKING STANDARD.
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IS, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRED COVERED, WE ALSO REQUIRED COVERED, RIGHT.SO IT REQUIRED ESSENTIALLY THREE SPACE, TWO, TWO SPACES, PLUS A GUEST FOR A TWO BEDROOM PLUS MM-HMM
WE WOULD NOW BE REQUIRING 2.25 MM-HMM
UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW HCD IS GOING TO VIEW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN RID, WE CAN SAY WE GOT RID OF THE GUEST.
THEY MAY SAY IF THEY COME BACK AND WE'LL DEAL WITH IT.
AND WE PROBABLY WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SUBMIT NEXT YEAR'S REPORT.
SO A YEAR FROM NOW, WE MAY BE COMING BACK TO YOU IF THEY TALK AT THAT.
SO HAVE A, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
SO THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[7.1 Site Lease Agreement Between the City of Dublin and Wireless Edge Towers III, LLC ]
SEVEN.UM, AND FINISH THE BUSINESS 7.1 SETTLE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE WIRELESS EDGE TOWERS.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UH, THIS EVENING I'LL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED SITE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND WIRELESS EDGE TOWERS THREE LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY IN EASTERN DUBLIN.
UH, FOR SOME QUICK BACKGROUND, EASTERN DUBLIN HAS EXPERIENCED PERSISTENT GAPS IN WIRELESS SERVICE DUE TO THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR DATA USAGE AND LIMITED, UH, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS CONCERN AND AT CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, STAFF EXPLORED OPPORTUNITIES TO FACILITATE IMPROVED WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY AND CONDUCTED A WIRELESS COVERAGE AND SERVICE COMMUNITY SURVEY IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.
THEN ON APRIL 1ST, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT THAT OUTLINED THE HISTORY OF THE WIRE OF, OF WIRELESS SERVICE IN DUBLIN, RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 SURVEY AND WAS PRESENTED WITH POTENTIAL LOCATIONS AND DESIGNS FOR A FUTURE FACILITY BASED ON THE RECEIVED PROPOSALS.
MA MADAM MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MORDO MAY NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
OH, UH, MAYOR, AND APPEARS, UH, I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE THE LOCATION OF THIS, UH, FACILITY IS WITHIN A RANGE OF MY HOME.
SO I'LL, I WILL JUST RECUSE MYSELF TO THE AUDIENCE.
UM, SO THE COUNCIL, UH, AT THE APRIL 1ST MEETING DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO RECEIVE PROPOSALS FOR A MONOPINE OR A FAUX TREE STRUCTURE AT FALLON SPORTS PARK.
AND THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST OPTION TO BLEND INTO THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS WHILE IMPROVING COVERAGE FOR RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES ALIKE.
SO, STAFF TOOK COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND REQUESTED THE UPDATED PROPOSALS FROM EACH OF THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTERS.
UH, THIS TIME WITH THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON LOCATION AND DESIGN BASED ON COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND STAFF REVIEWED THE UPDATED PROPOSALS AND SELECTED WIRELESS EDGE BASED ON THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE, THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH MANAGING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND THEIR OVERALL PROPOSAL FOR THE SITE LEASE AGREEMENT.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED LOCATION AND THE FACILITY TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE STRUCTURE WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHERE TO BE LOCATED.
SO FIRST, THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS AT FALLON SPORTS PARK, BEHIND FIELD C AND ABOUT 50 FEET TO THE WEST OF FIRE STATION 18.
UH, THE PLOT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET BY 45 FEET, SITS BACK FROM FALLON, UH, ROAD AS WELL, WHICH AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ILLUSTRATED.
THAT IS NOT THE IDENTICAL, THE EXACT SPOT, BUT IT'S A GENERALIZATION OF WHERE IT'LL BE LOCATED.
THE PROPOSED PLOT IS ILLUSTRATED AS WELL IN THE SLIDE, AND INCLUDES, UH, SPACE FOR THREE CARRIER EQUIPMENT AREAS OR SHEDS, A MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT SHED IF NEEDED, A STAGING AREA FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER NEEDS, UH, BY THE CONTRACTOR AND THE MONOPINE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE AS WELL, THAT THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A, THE, UH, THE PLOT BEING FENCED OFF, AND YOU CAN NOTICE THAT THERE'S A SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AROUND THE FENCING AS WELL.
SO NEXT, THE MONOPINE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED ON THE SCREEN, IS PROPOSED TO BE AT 95 FEET FROM THE BASE TO THE TOP OF THE BRANCHES AND INCLUDE SPACE FOR FOUR CARRIERS IN ONE MUNICIPAL MOUNT.
UH, THIS HEIGHT IS REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE THE SPACE FOR THE, FOR THE FOUR CARRIERS, ENSURE ADEQUATE SPACING IN BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE ILLUSTRATION.
AND THEN, VERY IMPORTANTLY, UM, THE HEIGHT IS THERE TO MAXIMIZE SIGNAL RANGE GIVEN THE SURROUNDING TOPOGRAPHY.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME PHOTO SIMULATIONS OF WHAT THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE FROM A DIFFERENT, UH, FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS.
SO THESE INCLUDE THE EXISTING VIEW AND WHAT THE PROPOSED TOWER IS SIMULATED TO LOOK LIKE, GIVEN THE LOCATION AND THE STRUCTURE HEIGHT.
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YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TREES ALONG FALLON ARE NOT FULL.THESE WERE TAKEN DURING THE WINTER.
THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY LOOK DI DIFFERENT DURING THE SPRING, SUMMER, AND EARLY FALL PERIODS, BUT IT'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
SO THIS FIRST VANTAGE POINT, UH, THAT YOU SEE IS IF YOU WERE TRAVELING SOUTHEAST ON FALLON ROAD, AND YOU'RE COMING UP TO FIRE STATION 18 ON THE RIGHT.
SO THERE'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS YOU'RE, UH, DRIVING DOWN THE STREET.
NEXT IS, UH, IF YOU WERE TRAVELING NORTHWEST ON FALLON, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF BEN TREE DRIVE AND FALLON WITH FIRE STATION 18.
UH, OBVIOUSLY PROMINENT ON THE SCREEN, BUT THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND SEE, UM, WHERE THE TREE SITS.
UH, THIS VANTAGE POINT IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST ON GLEASON DRIVE.
SO FROM THIS ANGLE, YOU'RE ABOUT 600 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THE TOWER WOULD ACTUALLY BE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE BACK OF THE PARK.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S FAIRLY COVERED IN THIS, IN THIS PHOTO SIMULATION.
AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER FROM THE NORTH PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO FIELD C.
UH, YOU CAN SEE FIRE STATION 18 ON THE RIGHT AND OBVIOUSLY THE TOWERS THERE, FIELD C IS RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT.
UM, AND YOU CAN USE FIRE STATION 18 TO KIND OF GAUGE, UH, THE REFERENCE OF HEIGHT AND THEN LOCATION OF WHERE THE TOWER WILL BE.
SO MOVING ON TO THE SITE LEASE AGREEMENT.
SO KEY TERMS INCLUDE A 50 YEAR TOTAL TERM.
THE INITIAL TERM IS 10 YEARS, BUT IT CAN BE EXTENDED THROUGH 10 YEAR RENEWAL TERMS. UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES REVENUE SHARING, WHICH IS GONNA PROVIDE AN ONGOING LEASE REVENUE TO THE CITY.
WIRELESS EDGE WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL, UH, COSTS RELATED TO THE FACILITY, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, INSURANCE, AND THEN THE EVENTUAL REMOVAL OF THE FACILITY.
AND AGAIN, I WANNA REITERATE, THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
UH, THE CITY WILL ALSO MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY.
AND WIRELESS EDGE WILL COMPLY WITH ALL CITY DESIGN STANDARDS AND FEDERAL, LOCAL, AND STATE REGULATIONS.
UM, AND THEN AS A, JUST AS A QUICK NOTE, THE AGREEMENT DOES ALIGN WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR MUNICIPAL WIRELESS SITE LEASES, AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GOAL TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC ASSETS TO IMPROVE SERVICES WHILE ALSO GAINING REVENUE.
SO, UH, NOW FOR SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FACILITY, THE PROPOSED FACILITY AND LOCATION IS INTENDED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AS WELL AS PARK USERS.
THE FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S PROCESSES, SUCH AS SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND BUILDING PERMITS.
AND THE FACILITY WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY PARK USES.
THERE'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFIT TO THE TOWER AS RESIDENCES AND BUSINESS BUSINESSES WILL SEE ENHANCED WIRELESS COVERAGE AND RELIABILITY, UH, IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY WITH RELIABLE ACCESS TO 9 1 1 SERVICES AND CONNECTIVITY, AND THEN EXPANDED ACCESS TO ADVANCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES.
IN ADDITION, WIRELESS EDGE WILL PROVIDE A ONE-TIME COMMUNITY BENEFIT PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WHEN ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
SO, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE AGREEMENT IS REVENUE GENERATING AND HAS NO COST TO THE CITY.
THE CITY WILL SEE WILL RECEIVE MONTHLY LEASE PAYMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT, AND THESE PAYMENTS WILL COME FROM CO-LOCATION RENTS PAID BY THE CARRIERS TO HAVE THEIR EQUIPMENT UP ON THE FACILITY.
THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM ANNUAL CO-LOCATION RENT OF $40,000 PAID TO THE CITY, OR APPROXIMATELY $3,333 A MONTH.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A ONE-TIME COMMUNITY BENEFIT PAYMENT, AND THEN AFTER, UH, AFTER PERMITS ARE ISSUES.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO BONUSES BUILT INTO THE AGREEMENT.
SO $5,000 FOR EACH NEW SUBLEASE.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHEN A CARRIER SIGNS ON TO BE, UH, SIGNS TO BE ONTO THE, UM, FACILITY.
AND THEN $10,000 EACH TIME THAT WE RENEW THE AGREEMENT.
SO EACH 10 YEARS, UM, AND THEN THOSE ARE JUST GONNA BE ONE-TIME BONUS PAYMENTS TO THE CITY.
SO FOR NEXT STEPS, IF THE SITE LEASE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED THIS EVENING, STAFF WILL WORK WITH WIRELESS EDGE ON THE NEXT PHASES OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY REVIEW, PREPARATION OF DETAILED PLANS AND GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS, AND THEN OBTAINING FEDERAL OR STATE AND LOCAL PERMITS.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL OR HISTORICAL, UH, RESOURCE CLEARANCES OR AGAIN, BUILDING PERMITS, PLANNING REVIEW, ALL OF THAT.
FURTHERMORE, FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT, WIRELESS EDGE WILL BEGIN FABRICATION OF THE TOWER, AND THEY'LL BE COMPLETING THE SITE PREPARATION AND FOUNDATION WORK CONCURRENTLY.
AND THEN THEY WILL, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, WE'LL WORK TO INSTALL THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THE TOTAL TIMELINE FOR EXECUTION OF THIS SITE LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE BETWEEN 10 TO 12 MONTHS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPRO, OR EXCUSE ME, YEAH.
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING A SITE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND WIRELESS EDGE TOWERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY AT FALLON SPORTS PARK.
UM, I DO WANNA INTRODUCE JOHN ARTHUR, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT, AND CEO OF WIRELESS EDGE TOWERS, WHO IS JOINING VIA ZOOM THIS EVENING.
HE'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
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I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOHN KAPUKA FROM HORIZON TOWER, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING.SO JOHN AND HORIZON TOWER ACTUALLY SERVE AS THE CITY'S TELECOMMUNICATION AND MARKETING CONSULTANTS.
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN ASSISTING WITH THIS PROJECT, AND SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL.
THANK, SO HAPPY TAKE QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I, THIS IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO YOUR, UH, PICTURES THERE, UH, FOCUSING ON THE SHEDS, UM, YEAH, I SEE THESE SHEDS HERE, BUT I DON'T, I DIDN'T SEE THEM, UH, IN, IN ANY OF THE, UM, SCENARIOS.
I MEAN, HOW TALL ARE THEY? YEAH, SO THE SHED AND WHAT WOULD THEY LOOK LIKE? DESIGN? SO, UH, ARE THEY OPEN? I, I DON'T, I DON'T GET IT.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE, AGAIN, THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, THE, THE, WHAT WE BASICALLY TALK TO WIRELESS EDGE ABOUT IS THAT WE WILL BE, UM, REQUESTING THAT THEY FOLLOW OUR DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE PARKS.
AND SO IF IT REQUIRES A CLOSED SHED, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE ABLE TO, UM, PROPOSE, UM, OR AN OPEN SHED AS WELL.
I CAN LET JOHN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE EXACTLY ON THE PLAN FOR DESIGN OF THOSE, AND THEN HOW TALL AND EVERYTHING THEY'D BE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AM I COMING THROUGH? OKAY? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO, SO WHAT, SO WHAT WE DESIGNED, I, WE CALL IT A PAVILION DESIGN.
UH, WE PROVIDE A COMMON, A CONCRETE SLAB, RATHER THAN LETTING EACH CARRIER PROVIDE THEIR OWN GROUND EQUIPMENT SLAB, WE PROVIDE ONE COMMON ONE, AND WE BUILD A, UH, BASICALLY A ROOFTOP SHED OVER THAT.
SO THAT PROVIDES A COVER FOR THE CARRIERS.
IT ALSO HELPS CONCEAL THE EQUIPMENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FROM ABOVE, LIKE ALONG FALLON ROAD.
UH, SO EACH CARRY WOULD HAVE A LITTLE AREA, UH, TYPICALLY 12 BY 12 OR 12 BY 15 INSIDE OF THAT, THAT COVERED SHED.
AND IN THE ROOF OF THE SHED IS TYPICALLY A, A METAL ROOF, AND IT WOULD BE, UH, DESIGNED AND, UH, COLORED TO MATCH THE FIRE STATION.
SO IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ON THE FIRE STATION.
UH, AND THEN IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, THE ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY, UM, A, A, UH, A FRAME SYSTEM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A EPOXY PAINTED, UM, IT'S TYPICALLY BROWN, OR AGAIN, IT COULD BE COLOR MATCHED TO A BUILDING.
AND THEN THE WHOLE FACILITY IS, UH, ENCLOSED IN A FENCE.
AND THAT'S REALLY AN AESTHETIC CHOICE THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT A WOOD FENCE OR A SLATTED FENCE, UM, OR, OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF, UH, DESIGN.
AND, AND, AND ROUGHLY IT'S ABOUT A 12 FOOT HIGH CEILING.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE CANOPY THAT, OH, GO AHEAD.
JUST TWO REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS.
AND ONE IS CONTRACTUAL, IT'S A SUBLEASE MECHANISM, AND IT SAYS, I BELIEVE IT SET UP TO FOUR SUBLEASE, WHICH I'M ASSUMING THOSE ARE THE, THE PROVIDERS.
AND, AND THAT'S THE CON THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT, THAT CONTRACT OR THAT PROVISION? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THERE'S SPACE ON THE FACILITY ON THE PROPOSED FACILITY FOR FOUR DIFFERENT CARRIERS.
SO THAT WOULD BE FOUR SUBLEASES FOR THOSE CARRIERS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, IT'S SLIGHT DIGRESSION, BUT TOTALLY RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT COVERAGE AREA, IT'S GONNA HELP THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A TOTAL SOLUTION FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY.
UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING, UH, HERE? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS IN PLACE, AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THE REST OF THE NEEDS FOR SOME OF THOSE WEAK OR, OR DEAD ZONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE ACTUALLY, AGAIN, UTILIZING HORIZON TOWERS CONSULTING SUPPORT, UM, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, 14 SITES AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, UH, SIT DIFFERENT CITY LOCATIONS THAT THEY CAN HELP MANAGE AND MARKET FOR US TO THE CARRIERS TO DETERMINE IS THERE A NEED FOR COVERAGE IN THESE AREAS, UH, ADDITIONAL SERVICE, AND IS THERE, YOU KNOW, A, A LOGICAL PLACE THAT WE COULD PUT A FACILITY.
UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HORIZON TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND, AND IDENTIFY THE NEED FROM THE CARRIERS AND BOTH THE RESIDENTS.
WE, WE ARE AWARE OF A COUPLE OF AREAS WITHIN THE CITY ALREADY THAT HAVE COVERAGE AND SERVICE ISSUES.
SO WE DO KNOW THAT THE TASSAJARA FALLON AREA DOES HAVE COVERAGE ISSUES, AND THIS TOWER WILL LIKELY NOT SOLVE THOSE COMPLETELY.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SIDE AREAS IN THE WEST THAT HAVE, UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE, UH, NOT IDEAL SERVICE, UM, DEPENDING ON CARRIERS.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS AND, AND THAT'S WHAT US UTILIZING HORIZON TOWER'S CONSULTING AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW US TO DO, IS TO GO AND GET THIS INFORMATION AND THEN SEE WHAT FACILITIES ARE POSSIBLE TO BUILD WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, SO I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU IN A CORNER, BUT, UH, DO WE HAVE
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ANY IDEA OF HOW LONG THAT ASSESSMENT WILL TAKE? WE DON'T, BUT I MEAN, HORIZON CAN SPEAK TO IT IF JOHN WANTS TO COME UP, BUT, UM, THEY'RE VERY CONNECTED TO A LOT OF THE CARRIERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE CONSTANTLY IN CONVERSATION, NOT JUST FOR DUBLIN, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.AND SO, UM, ONCE THEY BECOME AWARE, IT'S, YOU'VE NOTICED THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS WELL, RIGHT.
AND THE PROCESS CAN TAKE SOME TIME.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT JUST DOING THE ASSESSMENT, WHICH I THINK CAN BE DONE RELATIVELY QUICKLY, AND THEN IT'S MOVING ON FROM THERE AND MAKING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BRINGING SOMETHING TO COUNCIL FOR A DECISION TO BE MADE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH,
UM, THE, THE FIRST IS I, I, I THINK, UM, CHRIS, YOU WERE STARTING TO ANSWER THIS, WHICH IS, WHAT IS THE RANGE, UH, LIKE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS POINT IN TERMS OF INCREASED CELL SUPPORT? YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE, I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACTLY IN FRONT OF ME, SO I DON'T WANNA SPEAK TO THAT.
JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANSWER THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ON, ON THE ANTICIPATED COVERAGE OR SERVICE EXTENSION? YEAH, A, A TYPICAL, NOW THIS IS NOT A VERY TALL SITE, UM, SO THAT, THAT LIMITS THE RANGE.
UM, BUT I FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO, UH, GET ABOUT, UH, HALF A MILE RANGE.
AND I, I'M REALLY BASING THAT ON THE TERRAIN.
SO WHEN WE INITIALLY LOOKED AT THE SITE, WE, FROM THE, FROM WHERE THE SITE WOULD BE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND, AND IT'S REALLY A MATTER, IT'S IN, IT'S IN A BIT OF A BOWL.
SO WHEN YOU'RE HAVE A, HAVE A CELL TOWER THAT'S KIND OF NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A BOWL, UM, THE CELL TOWER'S NOT GONNA GO ABOVE THE, THE PEAKS AROUND THE PERIMETER, BUT IT'LL COVER THE BOWL PRETTY WELL.
AND SO I BELIEVE THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY TRYING THE PARK, AND OF COURSE, THE PARK ITSELF WILL, WILL HAVE GREAT COVERAGE.
AND THEN, UM, SECOND QUESTION WAS, UH, JUST IN TERMS OF THE, THE HARDWARE ITSELF, UH, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO DECOMMISSIONING THE PIECE? I MEAN, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A FAUX TREE, UM, AND I'M SURE THE, THE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY THAT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN IT IS GONNA GET DATED, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT 20 10, 20, 30 YEARS.
WHAT, WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S THE PLAN IN TERMS OF, UH, DEALING WITH THE OBSOLETE E UH, EQUIPMENT, PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT? SO THE WIRELESS CARRIERS DO CHANGE THEIR TECHNOLOGIES QUITE OFTEN.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU ASK ME 15 YEARS AGO, HOW OFTEN I SAY, OH, MAYBE ONCE EVERY, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO 10 YEARS NOW, IT SEEMS TO BE ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
UM, SO CARRIERS ARE CONSTANTLY, THEY'RE ADDING FREQUENCIES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHANGING ANTENNAS THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT SERVICES.
UM, SO TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'LL GET AN APPLICATION FROM A CARRIER THAT'S ON THE TOWER, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE EVALUATE IT FOR THE LOADING AND, AND, AND ANY COST IMPACTS ON THEIR RENT.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE CARRIERS WILL, WILL SWAP OUT THE ANTENNAS AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON APPROVING THEIR SITE PLANS AND, UH, APPROVING THEIR CONTRACTOR AND MONITORING, SUPERVISING THAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THE TOWER, YOU PROBABLY WON'T REALLY NOTICE TOO MUCH BECAUSE EACH ANTENNA IS COVERED BY, UH, A LEAF SOCK, WHICH WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANTENNA WILL BE PAINTED BROWN TO MATCH THE BASE POLE, AND THEN THE ANTENNA ITSELF WILL BE COVERED IN A SOCK, WHICH CONTAINS LEAVES TO MATCH THE TREE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO DISTINGUISH ONE ANTENNA FROM, FROM, FROM THE NEXT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING YOU MIGHT NOTICE IS IF MAYBE IF THEY HAD NINE ANTENNAS AND NOW THEY ADDED ONE ANTENNA PER SECTOR, NOW THEY HAVE 12.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH FROM, FROM THE GROUND.
UH, AND, BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, OFTEN WITH THE CARRIERS AS THEY, AS THEY CHANGE THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE CARRIERS ARE, THEY'RE WORKING ON 5G THAT THEY'RE DEPLOYING NOW, 5G IS GOING TO BE ABOUT A 10 YEAR PROCESS.
THAT'S KINDA HOW LONG A G TAKES.
UM, AND THEN AT SOME POINT, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO TALK ABOUT SIX G UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, SO IT'S A CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF, OF TECHNOLOGY.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, DO WE NEED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, DISCUSSIONS? WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE IT'S A LONG WAYED PROJECT.
WE KNOW WE WANTED THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AND FINALLY IT'S HERE NEAR THE ACCOMPLISHING.
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EVERYBODY'S COLLABORATION.SO SHOULD WE HAVE OUR MACHINE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SITE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND WIRELESS EDGE TECHNOLOGY, WIRELESS EDGE TOWERS, UH, THREE LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY AT FALLON PORT PARK.
COUNCILMAN MARADA HAS RECUSED HIMSELF.
[7.2 Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 5.24 (Fireworks) of the Dublin Municipal Code ]
7.2, INTRODUCTION OF BOTH AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.24 FIREWORKS OVER THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UH,
UH, FOR SOME QUICK BACKGROUND, THE CITY HAS ALLOWED THE SALE OF SAFE, INSANE FIREWORKS SINCE 1982.
THE SALE OF SAFE INSANE FIREWORKS IS CURRENTLY REGULATED BY THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.24.
AND THE CODE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, ALLOWS THE USE OF SAFE, INSANE FIREWORKS PERMITS.
THE SALE OF SAFE, INSANE FIREWORKS ESTABLISHES, PERMITTED OR PERMITTING FOR THE PUBLIC DISPLAY AND USE OF FIREWORKS AND SETS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, UH, AS WELL AS PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE.
ON JANUARY 13TH, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS PROVIDED AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON THE CITY'S SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS PROGRAM, AND INCLUDED, NOTABLE, OR WHICH EX, EXCUSE ME, WHICH INCLUDED NOTABLE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW OF REGULATIONS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.
AT THE MEETING COUNCIL REQUESTED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 5.24 THAT DEFINE AND ADDRESS THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, UH, THAT CREATE A SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY AND ALLOW FOR THE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S REQUEST, STAFF REVIEWED NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, BOTH THEIR FIREWORKS AND SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCES, AS WELL AS OUR OWN FIREWORKS AND SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE.
WE FOUND THAT CITIES LIKE NEWARK AND LIVERMORE HAVE SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY WITHIN THEIR FIREWORKS CODE AND NOT IN THEIR SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE.
UH, THESE CITIES ALSO DEFINE THE PERMITTED, UH, AND PROHIBITED USE OF FIREWORKS, AS WELL AS THE UTILIZATION OF ADMIN SITES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FIREWORKS CODE.
SO BASED ON THIS REVIEW, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER, UM, WHICH ARE ALSO INCLUDE INCORPORATING THE SOCIAL HOST LANGUAGE INTO THE FIREWORKS CODE ITSELF RATHER THAN THE SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE.
UH, AND THEN I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL'S BROADER REQUEST TO UPDATE THE SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE, UH, STAFF WILL BE RETURNING TO A FUTURE MEETING WITH A REPORT ON THAT.
SO, MOVING INTO, UH, THE SPECIFIC PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR CHAPTER 2.5, 0.24, EXCUSE ME.
UH, I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.
THERE WERE CHANGES, THERE WERE SOME MINOR NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT AREN'T COVERED ON THESE SLIDES.
UM, SO FIRST SECTION 5.24 IS AMENDED TO ADD THE DEFINITION OF SOCIAL HOST TO INCLUDE ANY OWNER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, ANY PERSON WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO USE OR OCCUPY THE PROPERTY, OR ANY PERSON WHO HOSTS OR IS IN CHARGE OF A GATHERING.
AND IF THAT PERSON IS A MINOR THAN THAT PERSON'S PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.
NEXT SECTION, 5.2, 4.3 IS AMENDED TO REMOVE LANGUAGE, PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS MOTION PICTURES OR THEATRICALS.
UH, AND SECTION 5.2 4.4 UH, ESTABLISHES PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF FIREWORKS, AND THEN CLARIFIES THAT THESE PRODUCTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THAT PERMITTING REQUIREMENT.
4.7 IS AMENDED TO REMOVE THE DEPOSIT TOTAL OF $200 FROM THE LANGUAGE IN THE SECTION, AND INSTEAD IT WILL TIE THE DEPOSIT AMOUNT TO OUR MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.
AND THEN SECTION 5.2, 4.8 IS AMENDED TO CONSOLIDATE CURRENT LANGUAGE TO SPECIFY THAT ONLY THE PERMITEE SHALL OPERATE THE BOOTH UNLESS THEY'RE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, OF SECTION 60.
AND THE FIRE CHIEF IS, UH, NOTIFIED NO LATER THAN JUNE 27TH OF THAT GIVEN YEAR.
THE SECTION, UH, SECTION 80 ALSO ADDS VOLUNTEERS OF THE PERMITTED ORGANIZATIONS AS AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS TO OPERATE THE BOOTH, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.
SO NEXT WE HAVE A NEW SECTION 5.2, 4.1 40, WHICH DEFINES THE PERMITTED USE OF FIREWORKS IN DUBLIN, INCLUDING THE POSSESSION, STORAGE, SALE, AND USE OF BOTH ILLEGAL AND SAFE AND INSANE FIREWORKS.
AND THEN TO ENHANCE CLARITY, LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED FOR THE PERMITTED USE OF SAFE AND INSANE FIREWORKS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PERMISSION, AS WELL AS, UH, USE FOR OF SAFE AND INSANE FIREWORKS AT THE FOUR DESIGNATED PARK FACILITIES ON JULY 4TH.
DURING THE DESIGNATED HOURS ONLY.
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SECTION 5.2, 4.1 50 IS ALSO NEW, AND IT ADDS THE SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY PROVISIONS, WHICH STATE THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THOSE WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO OCCUPY SAID PROPERTY WILL BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ON THAT PROPERTY.AND FURTHERMORE, IT ADDS THAT ANY PROPERTY OWNER WHO INITIATES CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REMOVE ANY PERSON ON THEIR PROPERTY CONDUCTING IMPROPER BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE.
LASTLY, SECTION 5.24 IS AMENDED TO CLARIFY PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF BOTH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO UTILIZE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE CODE.
THE AMENDMENT FURTHER CLARIFIES THAT THE CHAPTER DOES NOT LIMIT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PURSUE OTHER REMEDIES TO VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE.
SO SEPARATE FROM THE AMENDMENTS TO CHA, UH, CHAPTER 5.24 STAFF DID ALSO INCORPORATE SOME COUNCIL DIRECTED UPDATES TO THE BOOTH APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO, MOVING FORWARD AND BEGINNING THIS YEAR WITH THE 2026 APPLICATION, THE CITY NOW REQUIRES THOSE WHO OPERATE A BOOTH IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO PROVIDE THEIR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR FIREWORK SALES.
UM, AS A NOTE, THE BOOTH APPLICATION DID O UH, OPEN EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND THOSE CHANGES ARE LIVE AND HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO REQUESTED THAT STAFF EVALUATE THE EQUITABLE PLACEMENT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AT HIGHER TRAFFIC BOOTH LOCATIONS.
SO IN REVIEW OF THIS PROCESS, UH, OF THE, OF THE CURRENT PROCESS, EXCUSE ME, AND THEN EXAMINING THE REQUIRED SHIFT IN PRACTICE, IT WOULD TAKE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DOING THIS WOULD REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF STAFF TIME, AND IT COULD ALSO RESULT IN NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO NONPROFITS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE A HIGHER VOLUME OF FOOT TRAFFIC EFFICIENTLY.
SO FOR THESE REASONS, STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THAT SPECIFIC OPTION AT THIS TIME.
SO IF PROPOSED, UH, IF THE, EXCUSE ME, IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED THIS EVENING, STAFF WILL INCORPORATE THE REVISIONS INTO THE DMC CHAPTER 5.24.
WE'LL UPDATE INTERNAL PROCEDURES BASED ON REVISIONS IN THE CHAPTER.
WE WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH TO NOTIFY IMPACTED NONPROFITS OF THE CHANGES, AND WE'LL ALSO UPDATE FORMS AND WEBSITE CONTENT TO INFORM BOTH RESIDENTS AND OUR NONPROFITS TO INS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
ALRIGHT, THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO WAIVE THE READING AND INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE DOUBLING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.24 RELATED TO FIREWORKS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, QUESTION REGARDING 5 24 1 60 VIOLATION OF PENALTIES.
OKAY, SO THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES, AND YOU DON'T MAKE, UH, THE CODE DOES NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ILLEGAL AND PERMITTED FIREWORKS WHEN ASSESSING THOSE PENALTIES.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION WOULD BE FOR THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS OR THE IMPROPER USE? UH, THE IMPROPER USE.
IMPROPER USE, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIS, IT DOESN'T DISTINGUISH IN TERMS OF THE FEES.
WHAT ARE THE, DO, CAN YOU, UH, TELL ME WHAT THOSE, OR SUMMARIZE WHAT THOSE, UH, PENALTIES ARE? YEAH, SO THE PENALTIES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, THEY'RE DICTATED BY THE STATE.
SO IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE, $200 FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE, $500 FOR THE THIRD, AND THEN 500 FOR ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENT, UM, OFFENSE WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
UM, THAT'S A CLARIFYING QUESTION, BUT I WILL HAVE, UH, UH, OKAY.
ADDITIONAL, I HAVE WHAT? GO AHEAD.
UH, I REALLY LIKE THE WORK THAT YOU DID HERE, BUT THAT QUESTION'S ACTUALLY NOT FOR YOU.
SO, IS, UH, IS CHIEF FOX AROUND, ARE YOU STILL HERE? EVENING CHIEF? UH, I HAVE A, I HAVE JUST A COROLLARY QUESTION RELATED TO THE, UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, WHERE WAS IT? THE, THE, ONE OF THE SECTIONS ABOUT REMOVAL OF, OF SOMEBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, FROM PROPERTY THAT, UH, IF SOMEBODY CALL, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER CALLS THEM, THEN THE REMOVAL OF THAT PERSON, THAT PROPERTY ORDER WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE HELD LIABLE.
SO, UH, I THINK JUST A GENERAL PROCEDURAL QUESTION, WHAT IS OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME FOR CALLS LIKE THAT WHERE A PROPERTY OWNER SAYS SOMEBODY'S TRESPASSING OR, YOU KNOW, COULD BE DOING SOME NOT SO NICE THINGS WITH FIREWORKS IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR PROPERTY? OKAY.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, ON THE 4TH OF JULY IN GENERAL, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIME, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT'D BE PRETTY SWIFT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNITS, UM, WORKING THAT EVENT.
WOULD THE RESPONSE TIMES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A DENSITY OF OFFICERS DURING THAT DAY, UM, I, I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE HEADED WITH THAT.
WHAT IF THERE'S A CELEBRATION THAT'S NOT ON THAT DAY? I MEAN, WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY, SO THERE ARE OTHER CELEBRATIONS THAT CORRECT.
SO IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE A BIG DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, ARE, ARE WE GONNA CONSIDER POSSIBLY ALSO WATCHING FOR WHEN THOSE HOLIDAYS ARE, OR CELEBRATIONS AND, AND FORECASTING AHEAD? WELL, THE TYPE OF CALL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, TRESPASSING.
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IT'S A PRIORITY TWO CALL.THOSE ARE, UM, IT'S NOT AN, UH, IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
UM, IT, IT'S A RESPONSE THAT WE ARE GONNA GO, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN MINUTES.
I THINK I REPORTED ON THAT IN, UH, IN JANUARY, WHAT OUR TIMES WERE FOR THE PAST YEAR.
I'M SORRY, IF I COULD, UH, JUST ADD SOME TO YOUR QUESTION.
UM, WE ARE, WE PLAN TO, UH, PUT OUT SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL ABOUT FIREWORKS BEING USED OTHER TIMES OF YEAR.
UM, UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T, UM, REALLY ADDRESSED IN, IN A STRONG WAY BEFORE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED ON JULY 4TH.
SO THE MATERIALS WE PUSH OUT WILL, WILL CERTAINLY REFLECT THAT.
I JUST HAVE, UM, A COUPLE THE, UM, TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OF COURSE'S.
QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, NO DIFFERENCE IN PENALTY BETWEEN THE, FOR THE CIVIL CITATION BETWEEN ILLEGAL AND SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS.
UM, THAT'S ONLY FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER, UM, MUCH LARGER PENALTIES FOR SHOOTING OFF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS BASED ON STATE LAW.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THOSE WOULD STILL BE IN EFFECT, UM, NOTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO, UM, FOR OUR OFFICERS TO ARREST PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOOTING OFF A LEGAL FIREWORKS AND, AND, UM, REFERRING THOSE TO THE DA.
SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION PIECE IS IN ADDITION TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS.
AND THEN, UH, A, A PIGGYBACK ONTO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MARTA'S QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE SOCIAL HOST CALLS, UM, FOR SOMEBODY CALLING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING A PARTY AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT ILLEGAL STUFF, CAN YOU COME REMOVE THEM? UM, HOW MANY SOCIAL HOST CALLS DO WE GET FOR, UM, UNDERAGE DRINKING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER CALLS US TO SAY, UM, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN OUTTA CONTROL HERE.
CAN YOU YOU HELP US FROM THE OWNERS THEMSELVES OR THE, THE PARTY THROWERS THEMSELVES? I, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY VICE MAYOR.
UM, AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, UH, DO WE HAVE, IT'S PROBABLY FOR JORDAN, SORRY.
UM, THE, HAVE WE ADDED, OR WAS IT ALREADY IN THE FEE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, THE DEPOSIT? I'D HAVE TO CHECK THAT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE RIGHT THIS SECOND, SO I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
AND IF IT'S NOT IN THERE, UM, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO UPDATE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME, UM, BOOTHS START SPRINGING UP IN A COUPLE MONTHS? YOU WILL SEE IT, UH, WHEN YOU SEE THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS COMING, I THINK IT'S IN APRIL.
THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
UM, YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF MIC.
BEYOND THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, PENALTIES, UH, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ARE AND HOW MUCH, OR WHAT, WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE? UH, VICE MAYOR INDICATED, CERTAINLY YOU CAN ARREST, UH, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEETH ARE IN THIS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS WOULD BE MISDEMEANOR UP TO A FELONY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, I BELIEVE WEIGHT IS ONE OF THE THINGS.
SO POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS UNDER 25 POUNDS COULD BE CONSIDERED A MISDEMEANOR THAT IS STILL GONNA BE REFERENCED TO THE COURT AND COULD BE A FINE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR UP, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THE SITUATION.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THE LARGER FIREWORKS OR A POSSESSION OF OVER 25 POUNDS, ANY LARGE AERIAL FIREWORKS OR POSSESSION OF OVER 25 POUNDS, THAT COULD BE A FELONY.
AND IF IT'S A FELONY, THERE ARE MUCH HIGHER PENALTIES.
UM, IT COULD BE PENALTIES UPWARDS OF FIVE PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AGAIN, IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE COURT'S DECISION.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN FEES THOUGH THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, GONE WELL OVER $5,000 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND THOSE ARE THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR, FOR THE CITY OR WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE, ARE THOSE STATE? THOSE ARE STATE.
UM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE ANY FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT, UM, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND THE POSSESSION AND USE, UH, TO ASSESS ANYTHING BEYOND THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, PENALTY? UH, IN TERMS OF AMOUNTS? BECAUSE I'M S YOU KNOW, I, THE OTHER, THE COUNTY, UH, RU LAW, UH, ORDINANCES, I GUESS, RIGHT? UH, ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE CLEAR TO ME.
SO THEY COULD BE, THERE COULD BE A LOT OF THINGS GOING.
DO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY? UH, I, I, SO FIRST OF ALL, THE
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UNDER STATE LAW VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES ARE USUALLY SUBJECT TO THAT 100, 200 500 RULE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.THERE IS SOME AUTHORITY OUT THERE THAT SUGGESTS THERE MIGHT BE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE FINES FOR DANGEROUS FIREWORKS.
SO VIOLATIONS THAT INVOLVE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS, THOSE ARE THOSE THAT ARE ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA, NOT THE ONES THAT DID NOT MIS PERMITTED SAYING MISUSE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND REPORT BACK.
I, I HAVE, I MEAN, JORDAN AND I HAVE FOUND SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT DO THAT.
WE ARE AWARE OF THE, THE AUTHORITY THAT WE'RE RELYING ON.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND PROVIDE SOME LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT IT.
UM, UH, AND, AND SO IF, IF THAT'S THE COUNSEL'S DIRECTION, WE COULD CERTAINLY BRING SOMETHING BACK IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, I, I DO HAVE COMMENTS, BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL THAT, BUT JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION AND I'LL COME BACK.
UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, EDUCATION AROUND, UH, FIREWORKS OUTSIDE OF JULY 4TH.
UM, UH, COULD YOU, COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT EDUCATION WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, OUTSIDE OF JULY 4TH AND WHAT IT WOULD ALSO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF, UH, THESE NEW, UH, THESE NEW, THIS NEW ORDINANCE OR, OR CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF SAFE, INSANE FOR, UH, FOR THE JULY 4TH SEASON OR JULY 4TH DAY? YES.
SO SPECIFIC AROUND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'D BE ABLE, THAT WE WERE, THAT WE WERE PLANNING ON SHARING, RIGHT.
IT WOULD BE, UH, UPDATING THE WEBSITE, UM, UPDATING WEBSITE CONTENT, MAKING SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO OUR NONPROFITS, LETTING THEM KNOW THE CHANGES TO OUR, UH, TO THE CHANGES TO THE CODE.
UM, NOT TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS AS WELL, DOING, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, NEWS FLASHES REGARDING THE USE OF SAFE, INSANE FIREWORKS DURING THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ON STAFF TO COME UP WITH, UH, EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE USE OF SAFE AND INSANE FIREWORKS OUTSIDE OF THE JULY 4TH PERIOD.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, EDUCATING THEM ON THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN GENERAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
WHAT QUESTIONS? YEAH, ONE MORE QUESTION THAT PIGGYBACKS ON, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COTTAGE'S QUESTION.
THE, WHEN SAFE AND INSANE FIREWORKS ARE SOLD IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UM, YOU GET A FLYER, UM, THAT TELLS WHERE THEY'RE LEGAL, RIGHT? UM, WOULD THAT BE PART OF OUR EDUCATION, UM, PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE UPDATED CODES AND IS SPECIFIC TO THE UPDATES OF THE CODE FOR JULY 4TH? YES, WE WOULD LOOK TO DO, WE'D AGAIN, LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THAT, THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT.
SO AS, AS THEY BUY THEM, WE'RE REQUIRED NOW TO GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE PAPER THAT SAYS, THESE ARE THE PARKS THAT ARE ALLOWED.
WE COULD PUT A QR CODE ON THERE THAT, THAT DOES THE ENTIRE, UM, WHATEVER OUTREACH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS ASKED, AND THANK YOU.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
SO ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
SO WE'LL BRING BACK TO OUR DISCUSSIONS.
I HEARD YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT SAY, UH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK WHATEVER WE DO, CITY OF DUBLIN, WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL RISK IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YOUR MIC IS OFF.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE USE AND, UH, UM, STORAGE OR OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, UM, I THINK IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, PENALTIES THAT INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER OR PURSUE, UH, COUNTY, UM, COUNTY RULES AND, AND LAWS OR STATE RULES AND LAWS AS, AS A FALLBACK.
I THINK WE SHOULD SET THAT HERE, UM, BECAUSE POTENTIALLY WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME, SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT RISKS.
UH, WHETHER IT IS, UH, HEALTH OR LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY OR PROPERTY, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, IT'S NOT JUST THE NOISE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT COULD BE A LOT OF THINGS.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT COULD BE.
SO I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR STRENGTHENING, UH, AND LOOKING INTO WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, UH, TO CARVE THIS OUT AND LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY WE DO HAVE.
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A LITTLE MORE TEETH INTO THIS, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION AND DIFFERENT RISKS HERE, AND, UH, THEY SHOULD BE, UH, COMMENSURATE WITH THE RISK, THE PENALTIES.SO I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR LOOKING INTO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE STRONGER AND CLEARER FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? SURE.
I MEAN, I, I AGREE IN PRINCIPLE, I ALSO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY STRONG LAWS ABOUT THE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS TO USE YOUR TERM.
UM, THE, THOSE THAT ARE NOT SAFE IN SAYING THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT, THAT NO CITY ALLOWS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US STEP UP OUR ENFORCEMENT OF THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT IS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
I THINK THAT ADDING THE SOCIAL HOST LANGUAGE HELPS TREMENDOUSLY IN THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TOOLS THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DEPLOYING.
UM, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA TELL THE CHIEF HOW TO DO HIS JOB.
WE COULD BE LOOKING FOR WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A POSSIBILITY ON, UM, 4TH OF JULY.
I, I THINK THAT THERE IS, THERE IS THERE ARE THESE SOME TEETH? I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.
I, I THINK THAT WE COULD GO FURTHER, BUT I, I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEING AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE COULD ABOUT TRACKING DOWN THOSE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US ENFORCE A LITTLE STRONGER.
UM, JUST ANECDOTALLY, I'VE BEEN AT THE PARKS MULTIPLE YEARS WHERE WE DO HAVE OUR OFFICERS THERE.
I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S BEING SAFE, BUT PEOPLE SHOOT OFF THE ILLEGAL ONES RIGHT THERE IN THE PARKS, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY ENFORCING AT ALL THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT THAT MINDSET NEEDS TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, THAT WE NEED TO ACTIVELY PURSUE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I THINK THIS GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS THAT.
ADDING THE SOCIAL HOST LANGUAGE IS SUPER, SUPER HELPFUL, BECAUSE IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN LIKE, WELL, WE KNOW IT'S COMING FROM THAT HOUSE, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS OR EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE SHOOTING 'EM OFF IN THE BACKYARDS OF THE FRONT YARDS AND, AND NOW IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE HOLD THE HOMEOWNER RESPONSIBLE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR THEM TELLING PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T BRING IT TO MY HOUSE.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TREMENDOUSLY.
I ALSO WANNA REALLY, UM, THANK STAFF FOR THE CLEANUP LANGUAGE, UM, ALIGNING THE PRACTICES WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO.
AND, UM, AND JUST ALL OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU, THAT YOU WENT THROUGH ON THIS, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'LL COME BACK, UH, UH, NEXT YEAR, UM, THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH ABOUT THE, UM, THE, UH, UM, THE, THE REPORTING INFORMATION FROM THE NONPROFITS THAT'LL COME BACK ON THE, FROM THE APPLICATIONS.
UM, ONE THING THAT, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR'S APPLICATION, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST PUT IN A PLUG, CLEARLY THE APPLICATION'S ALREADY OUT THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN WE ARE ALSO CAPTURING INFORMATION, JUST ASK 'EM WHERE THE BOOTH WAS LOCATED SO THAT WE ARE TRACKING THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE ARE TYING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST HAVE THE DATA OF THIS, THIS NONPROFIT MADE THIS MUCH AND THIS IS WHERE THEY WERE.
UM, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN TRACK IT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT THIS WAS, UM, THIS WAS REALLY WELL DONE.
SO, UM, I, I JUST SAY I, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF MORE, UM, ENFORCEMENT, MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFE, IT'S MEANINGFUL.
AND THAT'S THING ABOUT SOCIAL HOST IS WE, IN OUR PARKS, WE CAN HAVE THESE FIREWORKS.
IS THAT RIGHT? SO WE, WE ARE
DO WE JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING? YEAH.
SO WE, WE DO ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
UM, SO FOR YOUR, FOR WHAT YOU SAID, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED, WE NEED MORE INFORMATION, WE NEED TO ADD YES, WE NEED TO EXPLORE.
I'M, I'M FINE WITH WHAT DO WE HAVE.
AND, AND I LIKE SOME OF THE COMMENTS FORWARD A LITTLE MORE.
BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT GOING THAT EXTRA, IF WE CAN DO IT FOR THE FUTURE, UH, FOR, YEAH, WELL, FOR FUTURE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT, UH, WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, SO I'M FINE WITH THIS.
HOW ABOUT JOHN, ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, I DO.
UH, SO, UH, JORDAN, UH, REALLY WELL DONE.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S THE PROGRESS IN, IN, IN, UH, COMPLIMENTING MY, MY PEERS HERE.
UH, IT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
UH, I WILL ADMIT THAT, UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN SOME OF THIS BY SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, JUST TO KIND OF GAUGE WHAT THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
SO IT WAS LIKE TWO EHS STUDENTS, TWO CORY LANE, AND
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1D HS STUDENT.THEY WEREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO BUY FIREWORKS, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE FUTURE VOTERS AT SOME POINT.
SO I THOUGHT, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME GET A A, A PULSE HERE.
WE GOT TO ABOUT SECTION 5.2, 4.010, AND THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS NOT COOL.
UH, AND BUT THEN I WAS LIKE, KEEP READING.
SO THEN WE GOT TO 5.2, 4.150, AND THEY WERE LIKE, ALL THIS IS AWESOME.
UH, SO I THINK THERE'S A NICE FAIR BALANCE HERE.
SO I, I'M CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE.
UH, ONE, SO I'LL CLOSE ON THAT POINT.
UH, BUT THEN THE OTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO, UH, JUST HAVE, UH, MY CONSTABLE MINERS CONSIDER, WHICH IS THE, UH, I'M, I'M SORT OF ON THE, ON THE FENCE HERE WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE BALANCE IS WITH REGARD TO ENFORCEMENT AS IT RELATES TO OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AROUND FREEDOM OF, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, RIGHT? THERE IS A BALANCE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HERE, UH, IN THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A COUNTRY OF MANY CULTURES, SO THERE ARE DAYS AND TIMES WHEN FIREWORKS ARE PART OF THE ATORY PROCESS.
UH, IF WE START TO PUT A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS ON OUR ABILITY TO EXPRESS WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S ENCROACHING ON THAT FIRST AMENDMENT OF OURS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A LIBERAL DEFINITION, BUT ONE IN WHICH, UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AS OURSELVES AS WE REVIEW THIS.
SO ONE THING I'D I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF IS SIMPLY THAT AS WE GO ABOUT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THIS, THAT WE LOOK AT IT FROM THE ANGLE OF PUBLIC SAFETY MORE SO THAN A RESTRICTION OF OUR ABILITY TO PURCHASE OR, OR, UH, LIGHT OFF THE FIREWORKS, RIGHT? THAT'S, I KNOW IT'S A VERY GRAY AREA, BUT IF WE COULD JUST PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AS WE HAVE THIS, UM, FUTURE OUTWARD, UH, OR, OR PUBLIC EDUCATION, IT WOULD BE, IT, IT WOULD HELP ME OUT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER KRI, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, I, I, I THINK THE EDUCATION PIECE, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE, THE TIMING AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY IN TERMS OF SAFE, INSANE, UH, UM, SOCIAL ORDINANCE AND, UH, NOT BEING ABLE TO USE FIREWORKS, UM, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING SAFE, INSANE OUT OUTSIDE OF JULY 4TH IS, IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK THE PUB PUBLIC OUTREACH AND, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT'S GONNA BE REALLY CRITICAL.
DO YOU WANT TO DO A MOTION? YEAH.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE, UM, UH, TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE, UM, WAIVE THE READING, INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.24, FIREWORKS.
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO SOME RESEARCH AS WELL, JUST AS A FOLLOW UP.
IT WILL AND I, I, COULD I YES.
UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYONE FALLS ON THAT? 'CAUSE I ONLY HEARD TWO YESES ON THAT RESEARCH, ON THE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO PUT MORE TEETH TO THE ADMIN CITATION.
SO, NO, WE DON'T LET, I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT YOU LIKE, WHAT YOU GONNA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU MEAN WE GOT SHE'S ALREADY SAID YEAH.
OH, SHE SAID I'M OKAY WITH IT.
MAYOR, WHO? SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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NOW WE HAVE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NINE, CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL REPORTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.I HAVE THREE ITEMS. UM, H MART HAS COME TO DUBLIN.
SO, UH, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26TH, THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING AT NINE O'CLOCK.
AND THEN THE STORE WILL BE OPEN AT 10 O'CLOCK TO THE PUBLIC.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE QUITE AN EVENT.
THERE'LL BE FREE GIFTS AND A, A FOOD HALL LINEUP.
UH, SO, UH, JUST INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THIS FANTASTIC NEW AMENITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S AT 78 84 DUBLIN BOULEVARD IN THE DUBLIN RETAIL CENTER.
SECONDLY, THERE'S AN AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER, 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND LASTLY, WE'VE HEARD FROM A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS ABOUT THE STRETCH OF ROAD ON THE FIVE 80 OVERPASS AT DOUGHERTY.
IT TOOK US A LITTLE BIT TO EVALUATE IT AND GET A, UM, AND GET A QUOTE FROM OUR PAVING CONTRACTOR.
BUT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT, UH, HERE IN APRIL.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, RESIDENTS WILL NOTICE GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA IN THE COMING WEEKS.
I'M SORRY, THE, THE MAYOR HAD TO STEP OUT FOR JUST A MOMENT.
SO, UM, WE'LL MOVE TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARADA.
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THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.UH, I WAS ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH CUB SCOUTS, UM, 9, 8 6 AT GLENWOOD CREEK.
THEY HAD A, UH, CIVICS, UH, CLASS OR, UH, IF, IF IT WAS EDUCATION SO THEY COULD EARN THEIR BADGE AROUND IT.
UH, I ALSO, IN TERMS OF THE SHAMROCK GALA, THE PARADE AND THE FESTIVAL, UM, I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THAT, 'CAUSE I THINK THE REST OF US WILL COVER THAT.
UH, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO APPLAUD, UM, OUR RESIDENT WHO GAVE, UH, GREAT WORDS TO OUR CHIEF AND ALL HIS STAFF IN KEEPING US SAFE THROUGH THOSE, THROUGH THOSE THREE APP DAYS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR AMAZING WORK.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND SEVERAL, UH, FESTIVE OR HOLIDAY EVENTS THIS WEEKEND FOR THE INDIAN NEW YEAR.
UH, THAT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
AND WE WERE GIVEN THESE WONDERFUL SHAWLS THAT, UH, UH, WAS, WAS VERY, VERY WELL RECEIVED.
AND THEN, UH, THAT'S JUST PART OF A NORMAL COURSE.
I ATTENDED THE, HAVE A BOARD MEETING, UH, BUT NOTHING NEW TO REPORT IN TERMS OF OUR ENERGY, UM, ALTHOUGH THAT IS A IMPORTANT TOPIC THESE DAYS.
UM, MANY OF THE THINGS WE ALL WENT TO, AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY FULFILLING.
UH, UH, THE HOLY CELEBRATION AT EMERALD GLEN PARK, UM,
PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR.
UH, I WENT TO, UH, THE, UH, PLEASANTON STATE OF THE CITY, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY TELLING TOO.
IT WAS A, A, A GREAT, UM, UM, GREAT COMMENTS BY THE, BY THE LEADERSHIP THERE.
AND, UM, WENT TO AN, AN GOTTI HINDU, UH, UH, NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS ENLIGHTENING, UH, NO PUN.
UH, GOOD PEOPLE, A LOT OF GOOD VOLUNTEERS.
AND THEN, UM, SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO, TO BRING UP, UH, REWIRE, THEY PUT TOGETHER A SHOW IN SAN RAMON, AND THESE WERE THE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ACTUAL VOLUNTEERS FOR REWIRE.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE GREAT ACTORS TOO.
UM, BUT, UH, MY WIFE AND I WENT TO THIS, UH, GATHERING AND IT STARTED OFF WITH, OH, I, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
IT'S, IT'S IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
BUT THEN YOU STARTED TO GET THE FLOW, AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES, UM, UH, BEING UNIQUE AND ACCEPTING THAT UNIQUENESS.
SO THE MESSAGE WAS VERY CLEAR, AND IT WAS SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT THAT OUT OF THE NORMAL SCALE THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET TO GO TO ALL THAT OFTEN.
AND THEN, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, I'M GONNA BRING THIS UP.
YOU HAD A GREAT, UH, DISCOVER CRICKET, AND I APPRECIATED THAT.
UH, I ACTUALLY LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPORT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THAT AND PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER WITH THE FOLKS.
AND, UH, WELL, I, THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE THAT I GOT TO GO TO TOO.
THE, UH, SHANKY BAKERY, UH, GOOD PLACE.
SO, UM, QUITE ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY, UM, COUPLE WEEKS FOR ME, UH, IN, UH, SO, UH, WE HAD THE, UH, THE EAST BAY HOLY EVENT, UM, OR EMERALD GLEN, UH, HOLY EVENT, UH, BACK THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
AS WELL AS, UH, SOME STUDENTS PUT TOGETHER THE EMERALD SUMMIT AND WAS, UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS AN HONOR BEING A PART OF THAT AND, AND KIND OF SHARING WHAT WE DO HERE IN COUNCIL.
UM, ALSO HAD THE ROTARY LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION.
UM, ON THE 11TH, I HAD A MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT MEETING, UH, AND THEN JUST BEFORE THE IRISH DELEGATION BUSINESS MEETING HAD AN ITV LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, UH, ON AI, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UH, HAD THE SHAMROCK GALA, UH, THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST, THE PARADE, UH, TWO OTI CELEBRATIONS LAST WEEKEND, UH, WHICH ARE THE NEW YEAR.
UM, AND THE TWO OPENINGS, SHENG KEY BAKERY, AND THEN MARU FUKU RAMIN, UH, IN, IN DUBLIN.
SO, LOTS OF, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
UM, YEAH, EVEN THOUGH I WAS OUTTA TOWN FOR A WEEK, THERE WAS STILL AN AWFUL LOT BETWEEN, UM, THE LAST MEETING IN THIS ONE.
UM, ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED YET WAS, UM, ASSEMBLY MEMBER ORTA ORTEGA'S, UM, EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UM, SEMINAR, WHICH
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WAS RIGHT HERE, UM, IN, UH, THE BRAVE MEETING ROOM.AND, UM, A REALLY WELL DONE, UM, SEMINAR WITH THE RED CROSS.
SO I WANTED TO SHOUT THAT OUT.
AND IF YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO DO, UM, ONE THAT, THAT THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION PUTS ON, IT WAS, UH, QUITE INFORMATIVE.
UM, ALSO THE, UM, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, UH, PUT ON BY ROTARY AND THE SENIOR CENTER FOUNDATION WAS, UM, QUITE WELL ATTENDED AND WAS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, I'VE HAD STOP WASTE MEETINGS, UH, TRI VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETINGS, LAUGHTER MEETINGS.
LAUGHTER IS WORKING ON, UM, SCHOOL ROUTES FOR NEXT YEAR IN BOTH DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON.
SO BE WATCHING FOR CHANGES TO THOSE.
UM, WHILE I'M ON THE TOPIC OF LAUGHTER, THE 30 R GOES RIGHT TO H MART, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, TAKE THE RAPID TO H MART.
UM, I REALLY WANNA SHOUT OUT, UM, STAFF FROM ALL LEVELS FOR ST.
THE, UM, UH, POLICE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING US SAFE, KEEPING PEOPLE MOVING, BEING A VERY FRIENDLY PRESENCE, UM, AT ALL OF THE EVENTS.
PARK STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB, UM, OF, UH, ALL OF IT.
UM, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE, UM, DELEGATION FROM IRELAND.
UM, I WANT TO, TO JUST THANK OUR SISTER CITY THAT IS REFORMING AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID, UM, TO WELCOME, UM, QUITE A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS WHO CAME OVER AND, UM, SPENT THEIR MONEY HERE IN DUBLIN, STAYED IN HOTEL ROOMS IN DUBLIN, WENT TO HOTEL, TO RESTAURANTS IN DUBLIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND REALLY, UM, BOOSTED THE ECONOMIES OF THE ENTIRE TRI-VALLEY.
AND SO WE THANK THEM FOR COMING OVER EVERY YEAR AS WELL.
UM, AND, UH, I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, UH, H MART GRAND OPENING THIS WEEK.
AND POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS WEEK AS WELL FOR SOME OF US DOWN.
SO THAT WAS A VERY BUSY WEEK, A BUSY MONTH FOR THE, FOR THIS MONTH.
WE HAD A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS, AND I HAVE THIS HOLY CELEBRATION AND MANY OF US WERE IN WTI, INCLUDING, UH, CHIEF FOX.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR STRATEGIC MEETING, UM, LAST FRIDAY, NOT LAST FRIDAY, LIKE FIRST WEEK.
AND ALSO THIS, UH, IRISH DELEGATION, UM, BUSINESS MEETING, ALL THE, UM, HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THE, THE, UH, ST.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK FROM THE STAFF AND THE, THE POLICE.
AND I, I HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS AND WE HAVE TRAVELING NONPROFIT, UM, MAYOR'S MEETING MEETINGS LAST WEEK, SO THAT WAS GOOD MEETING TOO INVITATION TOO.
SO WE'LL CLOSE MEETING AT 8:59 PM NICELY DONE.