* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. 4, 3, 2, 1. [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING. [1. CALL TO ORDER ] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE DUBLIN PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF MAY 12TH, 2026. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE TO OF AMERICA AND TO THE IT STANDS, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, INDIVISIBLE. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO AGENDA NUMBER THREE. UM, I THINK, UH, THE STAFF HAS, UM, REQUESTED THAT MOVE, UH, TO MOVE, UH, AGENDA NUMBER THREE OR 3.1 TO 8.1. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT . SO WE'LL START WITH PRESENTATIONS. UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UH, STAFF IS REQUESTING, UH, TO, IN ORDER TO GET OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF OUTTA HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THAT WE MOVE THIS PRESENTATION ITEM 3.1 ON THE HOUSING TO AFTER ITEM 8.1 ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. SO YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO DO, TO FORMALLY DO THAT. OKAY. SO WE'RE, WE ARE GOING TO DO 8.1 FIRST, CORRECT? UH, FOR 3.1, NO. 8.1. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW YOU'LL NEED TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO DO THE ACTION TO MOVE ITEM 3.1 TO AFTER 8.1. OKAY. SO THAT NEEDS A MOTION. OKAY. ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION? MOVE 8.1. MOVE. UM, YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE. SORRY. THANK YOU. I WASN'T ON, UM, LET'S SEE. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE MOTION OF MOVING 3.12, 8.1 AND SWITCHING THE TWO ITEMS. AYE. SECOND. OKAY. UM, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UM, AND COMMISSIONER WU, YOU WILL NEED TO VOTE TODAY WITH US. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. SO NOW WE CAN GO TO 8.1. NO, WE NEED TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT. , WHY IS IT SO CONFUSING? OKAY. UM, OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY ITEM, UH, NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS MADE OR QUESTIONS ASKED. UH, IS THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, KATHY? NO. THERE ARE NO SPEAKER SLIPS FOR ITEM FOUR. OKAY. UM, THEN MOVING ON [CONSENT CALENDAR ] TO, UH, NEXT AGENDA ITEM CONSENT CALENDAR. UH, ON THIS, UH, UM, AGENDA ITEM, WE HAVE CONSENT CALENDAR HAS ONLY ONE ITEM APPROVAL OF, UH, APRIL 14TH, 2026. UH, MEETING MINUTES. UM, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS, CORRECTION, EDITS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS WANT TO RECOMMEND? NO, WE'RE GOOD. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CON CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, ABOUT THE, ON THE APRIL 14TH, UH, MEETING, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND APPROVE THE MEETING, THE MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 14TH, 2026. OKAY. A SECOND. YEAH, I SECOND. OKAY. UM, THOSE A FEW ARE IN FAVOR, IN FAVOR OF THAT SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. I BELIEVE NO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS TODAY, RIGHT? UM, UNFINISHED BUSINESS? NO, NONE. NEW BUSINESS. OKAY. [8.1 Finding Conformity with the General Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-27 and 2027-28 Projects within the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program 2026-2031 ] UM, ITEM 8.1, FINDING CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 20 26, 20 27, AND 2027 TO 2028, UH, PROJECTS WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 2026 TO [00:05:01] 20 20, 20 31. IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION? GOOD EVENING, UH, CHAIR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION? UH, MICHAEL WHITE. I'M THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN. SO TONIGHT WE WILL BE GOING OVER THE FIVE YEAR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. UM, OH, THAT'S OKAY. UM, AND BASICALLY THE FIVE YEAR, UH, CIP IS A DOCUMENT USED BY THE CITY TO IDENTIFY AND ESTABLISH BUDGETS AND SCOPES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THE CIP BUDGETS ARE FUNDED FROM VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES, GENERAL FUND IMPACT FEES, ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, GRANTS, UM, THE LIKE. UM, THE CIP IS ADOPTED EVERY TWO YEARS. IT COINCIDES WITH THE CITY'S BUDGET. UM, AND THE CIP IS FUND FUND, IF I COULD SPEAK, FUNDED ANNUALLY, SO IT'S ONLY FUNDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE WOULD BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, WE ONLY COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FINDING CONFORMITY EVERY TWO YEARS. AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SCHEDULE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN. SO, ON MARCH 6TH, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP AND STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE RECEIVED COMMENTS, UH, FROM THEM AND DIRECTION. UH, ON MARCH 12TH, WE WERE AT THE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ART, UH, ARTS COMMISSION REVIEWING THE RELATED PROJECTS FOR THERE. AND THEN ON MARCH 16TH, WE WERE AT THE PARKS AND, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, AND WE PRESENTED THOSE COMPONENTS. ON APRIL 21ST, THE DRAFT PROPOSED CIP WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, AND WE RECEIVED THEIR FEEDBACK. TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE, UH, HOPING TO FIND THE, UH, THE DOCUMENT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THEN ON JUNE 2ND, WE WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. UM, SO FOR TONIGHT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS COMMISSION TO FIND THE CIP, UM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. UM, AS IT STIPULATES THE STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO, UH, FIND THIS CONFORMITY, UM, WITH, AS IT RELATES TO CIPS, UM, FOR IN VARIOUS, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS. SO KIND OF MOVING INTO THE, THE MEAT OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 26 31, UM, THE TWO, UH, YEARS THAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. AND SO FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS THE 26, 27 FISCAL YEAR IS ABOUT $13 MILLION IN PROJECTS. AND THEN IN 27, 28 IS ABOUT $38 MILLION IN PROJECTS, UM, WITH MOST OF THOSE BEING FUNDED IN THE STREETS CATEGORY. UM, AND ONE KIND OF FOOTNOTE TO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS YOU SEE KIND OF A LOW NUMBER FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IS, UH, COUNCIL IN DECEMBER APPROPRIATED $8.8 MILLION FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO THIS IS THE DOUBLE ARTS CENTER ACROSS THE WAY. UM, SO KINDA JUST WORKING THROUGH THE, UH, THE TOP LEFT, THAT IS THE, UH, THE NEW ENTRY LOBBY, UH, CENTER. THAT IS THE ARTS AND CRAFTS TO THE, THE TOP RIGHT, THAT IS THE BLACK BOX. UM, THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT IS THE DANCE STUDIO. THE NEXT ONE TO THAT, IT WILL BE THE ART GALLERY, THE ROOM IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE ORANGE WALL, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MUSIC STUDIO. AND THEN THE KIND OF NARROW PICTURE, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE CALL THE GREEN ROOM. THAT'S THE LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE AND, AND REHEARSAL SPACE FOR THE BLACK BOX. AND THEN THE, THE FINALLY, THE, THE BOTTOM, UH, PICTURE THAT IS THE ARTS YARD. THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE, THE KILN AND THE CERAMICS COMPONENT. SO SPEAKING OF THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, SO THIS IS, UM, DOING VARIOUS DIFFERENT EITHER, UH, PAINTING, SIDING, REPLACEMENT, ROOF REPLACEMENT, UM, GLAZING OTHER THINGS TO BASICALLY KEEP THE WATER OUT OF THE BUILDINGS, UM, AT, UH, NINE DIFFERENT SITES. SO THE LARGE PICTURE OF THAT IS THE KOHL HOUSE OUT AT HERITAGE. THE, UH, TOP THAT IS THE WAVE. SO IF YOU NOW SEE THERE'S SOME NICE BRIGHT COLORS BACK OUT THERE, UM, AND THEY'LL BE, UH, WORKING ON THEIR 10TH SEASON. UH, THERE. UM, THE LOWER THAT IS, UH, THE, ONE OF THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE JUST FINISHED REPAINTING. AND THEN THE, THE BOTTOM, UH, RIGHT CORNER THAT IS, UH, THE OLD ST. RAYMOND'S CHURCH, UM, WHICH WE'RE WORKING TO REROOF AND COMPLETELY, UH, RESTORE THE EXTERIOR OF THAT BUILDING. SO FOR THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING TO FUND ONE PROJECT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND THAT'S THE WAY POOL REPLASTERING. UM, THE PLASTER HAS [00:10:01] A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ABOUT 10 YEARS. AND SO WE'RE AT, IT'S AT TIME TO DO SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THIS IS THE CAMP PARK SIGN. UM, SO THIS, UH, WAS COMPLETED. UM, AS YOU RECALL, THE, THE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE WAS DOWN OVER OFF OF DOHERTY, UM, KIND OF BY SCARLET. UH, AND IT GOT RELOCATED ADJACENT TO THE VISITOR CENTER, UH, WHERE THERE'S THE NEW ENTRANCE. AND FOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, WE'RE ONLY PROPOSING TO FUND ONE PROJECT, UM, WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN. AND THIS IS KIND OF ALSO ENVISIONED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH DOWNTOWN. SO THIS HAS NOT ACTUALLY BEEN SET IN STONE. IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT AS THAT DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER THINGS IN DOWNTOWN. UH, PROGRESS, UH, THIS IS THE WALLACE RANCH COMMUNITY PARK. UM, THIS WAS OPENED IN, UH, AUGUST. UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THIS. UM, IN WORKING WITH D-S-R-S-D, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IRRIGATE THE PARK SECTION THAT IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WITH THE LARGE TURF AREA WITH RECYCLED WATER. AND THAT'S THROUGH, UM, CONSERVATION BY THE CITY. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND ACTUALLY ARE UPGRADING OUR IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS. AND SO WITH THAT, WE CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF CONTROLLING HOW MUCH WATER WE PUT AT BOTH OUR PARKS AND OUR LANDSCAPE MEDIANS. AND SO WITH THAT SAVINGS, WE WERE ALLOWED TO ADD PARKS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE IRRIGATED WITH POTABLE WATER. SO KIND OF WIN-WIN. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON OUTSIDE AT OTHER PARKS, AND WE GET TO USE IT FOR HERE. UM, THIS IS FOREST PARK AGAIN, SAME THING. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT, SAVED RECYCLED WATER AND NOW IRRIGATE THIS PARK, UH, WITH RECYCLED WATER. UM, THIS WAS, UH, DEDICATED BACK IN DECEMBER. AND SO WITH THIS, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING FOUR PROJECTS OVER THE TWO FISCAL YEARS. SO, UH, THE EMERALD GLEN BALLFIELD RENOVATION, SO THAT'S A JOINT KIND OF, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK. UM, WE'RE GOING TO PONY UP SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS DONE OUT AT THE FIELDS. AND THIS IS, SO THAT DUBLIN OR EMERALD HIGH MM-HMM . CAN UTILIZE THE 90 FOOT FIELD OUT AT FALLON. UM, THE IRON HORSE NATURE PARK OPEN SPACE. UM, THAT'S FOR FUTURE PHASES FOR THE EXPANSION. SO EARLIER IN JANUARY, WE OPENED UP THAT FIRST STRETCH, UM, FROM THE PARK TO A VB. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE THE RESTROOM REPLACEMENT. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE FINALIZING THE, THE, THE FUNDING FOR REPLACEMENT OF THREE RESTROOMS, UM, OUT AT, UH, THREE DIFFERENT PARKS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPORTS COURTS RESURFACING. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW, AS WE KEEP ADDING COURTS TO OUR INVENTORY, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THOSE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FIRST STARTING AT, UH, EMERALD GLEN AND WORKING ON, UH, UPGRADING THOSE OR RESURFACING THEM. AND THIS IS THE ANNUAL STREET RESURFACING. SO, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, EVERY YEAR WE PUT OUT PROJECTS, WHETHER THEY'RE SLURRY SEAL OR AN OVERLAY OR COMBINATION OF, TO MAINTAIN, UH, ALL THOSE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE OUT IN THE ROADWAY. AND SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WHEN WE, UH, DO OUR SLURRY SEAL. AND SO THIS IS THE MAP SHOWING IS THE CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO FOR THIS YEAR, OR ACTUALLY WHAT WAS AWARDED, UM, JUST EARLIER, UH, LAST WEEK. AND SO WE'RE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY IN JUNE. AGAIN, UH, THIS IS THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. UM, WENT THROUGH, UM, THROUGH SOME GRANTS, THROUGH, UM, UH, MEASURE BB. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS, UM, ALONG THE SAFE ROUTES, UM, SO THAT KIDS COULD GET TO, UH, CROSSING, UH, THE KIND OF THE MORE MAJOR, UH, SECONDARY ROADS, UM, UH, LIKE A VB, UH, AND CENTRAL. AND SO WITH THIS, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THE LION'S SHARE OF THE FUNDING AND PROJECTS ARE, WHICH IS THE STREETS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, THERE'S THE ANNUAL STREET RESURFACING AND THE CITYWIDE BIKE AND P UH, IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE, THOSE TWO PROJECTS KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND. UM, WE DO UPGRADES TO, UM, RAMPS AT THE SAME TIME WE DO, UM, OVERLAY PROJECTS AND THEN, UH, THE DOUBLE AND RANCH STREETLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S JUST, WE'RE CONSTANTLY COLLECTING THAT DOLLARS. AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO WE PUT, UH, OUT A PROJECT. SO ONE OF THE, THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY IS AS PART OF THE, UH, ENERGY UPGRADES, [00:15:01] WE WENT THROUGH AND DID AN LED CONVERSION AND THEN THE, UH, GLEASON DRIVE BRIDGE REPAIR. SO THIS IS ONE WHERE WE'VE FOUND THAT WE'VE GOT SOME DILAPIDATED, UH, STORM DRAIN, UH, PIPES AND SOME SETTLING GOING ON OUT THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, UH, AN INVESTIGATION AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THAT OVERCROSSING. AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, THE LOCAL, THE, UH, I FIVE 80 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS, SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF THE RESURFACING OF THE LOCAL ROADS WITHIN CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE FIVE 80. SO THAT'S KIND OF SAN RAMON ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FALLON. SO ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS INTERCHANGES. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE TASSAJARA ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF FROM THE, UH, WALLACE RANCH COMMUNITY PARK DOWN TO NORTH DUBLIN RANCH. SO THAT ONE SECTION WHERE IT'S DOWN TO ONE LANE JUST BEFORE YOU GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE. UM, AND THAT PROJECT WILL BE GOING OUT FOR BID HERE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO FOR CONSTRUCTION TO HOPEFULLY START, UH, THE FIRST SEASON, UH, IN AUGUST. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE VILLAGE PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN. AND SO THAT'S A COMPLETE STREETS FROM A VB ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY LIMITS. UM, AND THEN AS PART OF THAT WORK, WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH DOUBLE AND SAN RAMON SERVICE DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THEIR WATER MAIN ALONG THAT SECTION SO THAT WE DON'T DO OUR WORK. AND THEN THEY COME BACK FIVE YEARS LATER AND THEN DO THEIR WORK. SO WE'RE LOOKING, UM, TO BASICALLY PARTNER. UM, SO FROM A STANDPOINT OF WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO SAVE ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND THEN ALSO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION TO THE PUBLIC AS WE DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF, THEY'RE, WELL, THEY'RE BEYOND OUR FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME OR JUST IDENTIFIED AS FUTURE PROJECTS. SO AS WE, UH, EITHER COLLECT THOSE FEES IN THE FORM OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT THEY'RE IDENTIFIED OR THAT WE ARE JUST PLANNING FOR THE, THE FUTURE OF HERE IS OUR NEED BASED ON OUR DIFFERENT MASTER PLANS AND OTHER THINGS. AND SO WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY, UH, PRESENTATION. SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, FINDING THE CONFORMITY IN THE GENERAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 26, 27, AND 27 28 WITHIN THE 26 31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, NOW I'M GONNA LOOK AT MY COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UH, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER ALMI. HI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UH, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, WHICH HAD, UH, IRON NOT TRAIL, RIGHT? UH, NOT THIS ONE. I THINK THERE WAS ONE MORE SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK. THE NATURE PARK AND OPEN SPACE. CORRECT. UH, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS PROJECT ABOUT? THIS? SO THE IRON HORSE, NATURE PARK AND OPEN SPACE. SO THAT IS THE OLD UPR RIGHT. OF WAY THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED. MM-HMM. SO THIS IS, GOES ALONG THE, THE CREEK, UM, FROM BASICALLY A VB GOING NORTH TO THE CITY LIMITS, AND THEN FROM A VB SOUTH TO THE CONF CONFL CON CONFLUENCE OF THE, UH, CREEK. SO THAT'S A, A TRAIL AND OTHER, UH, AMENITIES, UH, KIND OF THE NATURE PARK, ISN'T IT ALREADY BUILT? NO, THAT'S THE FIRST SECTION. OH, FIRST SECTION FROM PARK TO A VB. SO THERE'S, THEY'RE WALKING EVERY DAY. THE PIECE FROM THERE GOING NORTH, AND THEN FROM A VB GOING SOUTH. SO THERE'S THREE COMPONENTS TO THAT ENTIRE, TO THAT PROJECT. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE VILLAGE PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION. IF YOU CAN GO TO THAT. SO HERE I SEE LIKE A 3.3 MILLION BUDGET FOR 20 26, 27 FOR 27 AND 28 IT'S 23 MILLION. CORRECT. SO THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WHAT WE HAVE AT THE BEGINNING IS FOR DESIGN AND, UH, BASICALLY OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES AS WE DO WHAT WE WE REFER TO AS SOFT COST. AND THEN THAT AT THE END IS THE, EITHER IT'S GRANT FUNDING TO BE TO COME IN OR IT'S FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE STAGGER THE, THE COST OF THE PROJECT TO KIND OF CASH FLOW IT A LITTLE CLOSER TO, AS WE ANTICIPATE WHEN WE WILL BE BUILDING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE, THE VILLAGE PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION MEANS, I'M ASSUMING THAT NUMBER OF, UH, LANES WON'T CHANGE ON EITHER SIDE IS JUST REDOING THE ENTIRE STRETCH ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, DUBLIN CROSSING TO THE OUN BORDER. SO FROM A VB ALL THE WAY NORTH TO THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS COMPLETE STREETS. [00:20:01] SO THAT'S BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, UM, WE WILL BE DOING PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, VEHICULAR LIGHTING, UM, GRADE, LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE GRADE SEPARATION AND MINIMIZE THE, UH, KIND OF THAT IMPACT BETWEEN BOTH PUBLIC, I MEAN, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, AND ESPECIALLY ALSO PROVIDING DROP OFF AREAS FOR TO SUPPORT THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL. YES. I THINK, UH, THAT STRETCH IS PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO, UM, GET OFF. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK AT ALL. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION WITH. WHEN YOU DO THE, UM, STREETS OR VILLAGE PARKWAY, THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE ADDRESSING ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE DESTROYED BY TREES TRUNKS, BASICALLY. RIGHT. SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT A TUNE OF A $40 MILLION PROJECT. YEAH. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO PULL THOSE TREES UP OR DO SOMETHING. RIGHT. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU. UH, PRAT. HEY. YEAH. UM, THANKS. IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION. UM, YES. SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HISTORICAL BUDGET. UH, SO WHAT IS IT, IS IT COVERED FROM THE TIME IT STARTED, OR IS IT'S SOME TIME RANGE. SO THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGETS IS FROM WHEN THAT PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED. MM-HMM . TO BASICALLY OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AS REPRESENTED HERE. OKAY. SO, SO COMPLETED. SO THAT WOULD, THAT'S ALL PRIOR DOLLARS. SO THOSE ARE ALL REAL DOLLARS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, WERE ARE, WERE APPROPRIATED BY COUNCIL OVER PROBABLY IN MOST CASES, MANY FISCAL YEARS. OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION IF I'M GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN ART PROJECT. UM, SO THAT'S FOR 20 26, 20 27, 20 26, OR 27, 28. WE'RE APPROVING LIKE TWO YEAR. SO OUT OF FIVE FOR ASKING FOR MONEY IS WITHIN 26, 27. MM-HMM . SO THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN 1.25 MILLION ALREADY APPROPRIATED, SO FOR THE, THE TOTAL OF 1.5. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WHEN YOU WERE, YOUR PRESENTATION YOU SAID 8.8 MILLION, UH, WAS ALLOCATED FOR, WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? THE EXTERIOR INTERIOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU WENT THROUGH THOSE SLIDES OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE, UM, BEING DONE OR WILL BE DONE. OKAY. UM, SO AFTER, IF WE DO APPROVE TODAY, THIS IS NOT THE DRAFT, THIS IS FINAL CORRECT. OR IS IT STILL DRAFT THE PRO C THE PROPOSAL, THE CIEP PROPOSAL, IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL AS THE PROPOSED. SO THEY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WOULD SO CHOOSE TO MAKE, UH, CORRECTIONS TO IT. OKAY. OR, OR ADJUST. BUT IF THEY APPROVE, THAT'S IT. WE'RE DONE WITH, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROGRAMMED, EVERYTHING IS LOCKED IN. CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS, AND THIS IS, AND I'VE BEEN CHECKING THE ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED, THEY DO REPRESENT THE HOUSING ELEMENTS, I THINK, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, UTILITIES, UM, CONSERVATION, I'VE HEARD PROJECT AND STREETS AND PARK OPEN SPACE COMMUNITY DESIGN. UM, SO THIS IS PROBABLY MORE A QUESTION FOR YOU. AND, UM, JENNIFER, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE, UM, FROM EACH CATEGORY OF THE GENERAL PLAN ELEMENT IN THE, THE WAY IT'S, THE BUDGETS ARE ALLOCATED OR IF IF WE HAVE IT WITHIN FIVE YEAR, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH? NO. UH, TONIGHT WE'RE JUST HERE TO ASK THAT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT RIGHT. WITH THE OVERALL GENERAL PLAN, DON'T WANT PROPOSED. UM, ONLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THESE TWO FISCAL YEARS. WE'RE MAKING A FINDING OF ASKING YOU TO MAKE A FINDING THAT IT CONFORMS WITH THE POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN, NOT THAT IT HITS ALL THE AREAS WE SAID WE. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO TODAY WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC ART, PARKS AND STREET PROJECTS IN THE, OKAY. THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS POPPED UP WHILE I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS? NO, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION? I DO YOU THINK WE HAVE TO, UM, OPEN THIS UP JUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. RIGHT. UH, WE DO HAVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SPEAKER'S CARD? NO, I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. I GUESS WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I THINK WE CAN GO TO MAKING [00:25:01] A MOTION. OKAY. SURE. I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, UH, FINDING CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 20 26, 27, AND 20 27, 28 PROJECTS IN THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 2026 TO 2031. OKAY. SECOND. ANY OTHER DELIBERATION? ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. LET'S VOTE. UH, THOSE OF YOU ARE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. A MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE MOVE [3.1 Housing Element Annual Progress Report – Overview Presentation ] TO REPRESENTATION TONIGHT. UM, RIGHT NOW FROM YOU? YEAH. OUR NEXT ITEM IS WE'RE MOVING TO 3.1, THE HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. AND WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, MR. GASPER. UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, GASPER ANALI SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE, UH, PLANNING DIVISION HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. UH, SO FIRST, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME BACKGROUND ON DUBLIN'S GENERAL PLAN. AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT WAS ADOPTED IN 1985 AND IS AMENDED PERIODICALLY. THE GENERAL PLAN IS DUBLIN'S COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. AND THE IMAGE ON YOUR RIGHT IS A FIGURE PULLED FROM THE BACK BACKGROUND SECTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN. IT IS OUR LAND USE MAP. UH, THIS IS OUR BLUEPRINT ESSENTIALLY FOR HOW WE ENVISION, UH, LONG-TERM GROWTH TO OCCUR IN THE CITY. UH, THE, THE DUBLIN GENERAL PLAN, IT GROUPS THE SEVEN MANDATED ELEMENTS AND FIVE OPTIONAL ELEMENTS INTO FIVE SECTIONS. AND TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE STATE MANDATED HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTING THAT IS REQUIRED. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME BACKGROUND ON, UH, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT LAW WAS ENACTED IN 1969. IT MANDATES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS UPDATE THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT EVERY EIGHT YEARS. THE STATE PROVIDES POPULATION GROWTH AND HOUSING NEED ESTIMATES TO EACH REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT. THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA OF GOVERNMENTS OR ABA IS THE BAY AREA'S REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT. AND IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTING THE REGION'S HOUSING NEED TO COUNTIES AND CITIES, WHICH IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION PROCESS ARENA. UM, THE CITY UPDATED THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE 2023 TO 2031. ME TO DO IT. ALRIGHT, JUST, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. UM, SO JUST TAKING IT BACK, UH, THE CITY, UM, PROVIDED UPDATED THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE 20 23 2301 PLANNING PERIOD. UM, ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022. IT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO STATE PLANNING LAW REQUIRES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT OR A PR. UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO PROVIDE A STATUS ON GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, UM, PROVIDE, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THE CITY IS MAKING ON THEIR ARENA. SO OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION BY, BY UNITS REALLY. UM, AND THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING IN IMPLEMENTING THE VARIOUS HOUS, VARIOUS HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS, THE A PR IS PROVIDED TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, IN WHICH CASE FOR THE CITY IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL. ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES IT AND DIRECT STAFF TO SUBMIT THE A PR, WE SUBMIT IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION, LCI AND WE ALSO SUBMIT IT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. HCD THE A PR IS COMPLETED EACH CALENDAR YEAR DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD. THUS FAR, THE CITY HAS COMPLETED A APRS FOR 20 23, 20 24, [00:30:02] AND 2025. IN COMPLETING THE REPORTING, THE CITY USES, UH, THE SPREADSHEET FORMAT REQUIRED BY LCI AND HCD. SO THEY HAVE A STANDARD FORMAT THAT WE USE. WE PULL IT FROM THEIR WEBSITE, WE INPUT ALL OUR DATA AND A LOT OF IT AUTO-POPULATES. AND, AND THAT'S EFFECTIVELY THE REPORT THAT GETS SENT TO THOSE AGENCIES. SO THIS SLIDE JUST PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF, OF THE STATUS OF SOME OF OUR GENERAL PLAN ACTIVITIES. UM, SO BEGINNING WITH THE PLANNING PERIOD, 2023, UM, WE HAD, WE COMPLETED GENERAL PLAN IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN PREFERRED VISION IMPLEMENTATION IN 2024. UH, WE COMPLETED GENERAL PLAN IN EASTERN DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE DUBLIN FALLON FIVE 80 PROJECT. AND WE ALSO COMPLETED, UM, THE MEASURE II OPEN SPACE INITIATIVE. AND MOST RECENTLY, UH, DURING LAST YEAR'S REPORTING YEAR 2025, WE, UM, WE COM WE, UM, AMENDED THE GENERAL PLAN TO UPDATE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT. SO UP ON YOUR SCREEN, UM, JUST PROVIDES YOU AN OVERVIEW, KIND OF PAINTS THE PICTURE OF WHAT DUBLIN'S ARENA IS BY INCOME CATEGORY, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASSIGNED BY ABE. UM, THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE ASKING US TO SEN EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE BUILDS, UM, AS IT AS IT IS, AS AS IT RELATES TO UNIT COUNT AS. SO OVERALL OUR ARENA IS 303,719 UNITS, AND THEN IT'S FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO INCOME CATEGORIES. UM, A VERY LOW, LOW, MODERATE, AND ABOVE MODERATE INCOME. UM, AND THE FOLLOWING, UH, SLIDE WILL PAINT A BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR PROGRESS AS IT RELATES TO OUR ARENA. SO THIS SLIDE HERE, UM, JUST PRESENT, PRESENTS YOU OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION PROGRESS. UM, IT, IT SHOWS YOU THE, UM, THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PERMITS WE'VE ISSUED DURING THE CURRENT ARENA CYCLE. AND EFFECTIVELY THIS TABLE IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT WE SUBMIT TO THE STATE EVERY YEAR FOR OUR A PR REPORTING. UM, IN FULFILLING OUR ARENA NUMBERS, THE CITY GETS CREDIT ONLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. UH, UP ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS THE CITY IS MAKING EACH YEAR DURING THE CURRENT PLANNING PERIOD, UH, WHICH IS FROM 2023 TO 2031. UM, HOWEVER, THIS JUST SHOWS YOU, UM, WHAT WE'VE REPORTED THUS FAR FOR 23, 24 AND 25. UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ATTRIBUTE TO THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE BOULEVARD, FRANCIS RANCH, THE DUBLIN CENTER, THE REGIONAL STREET AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, A NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ADUS. AND LASTLY, UM, THE, THE SLIDE JUST PRESENTS TO THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN IMPLEMENTING SOME OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS. UH, SO THE 23 20 31 HOUSING ELEMENT IDENTIFIES 43 HOUSING PROGRAMS WITH THE, WITH VARIOUS OBJECTIVES. SOME OF THE NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THEY'RE UP ON YOUR SCREEN THERE. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, IS, IS AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING CHOICE OF VOUCHER RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 350 LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UH, EACH YEAR DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD. UM, AND WE'VE ACHIEVED THROUGH ASSISTANCE WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY'VE PROVIDED 507 VOUCHERS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO'VE RENTED IN DUBLIN. SO THAT'S ONE NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. UM, ANOTHER ONE IS THE FACILITATION OR FACILITATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 200 AFFORDABLE HOUSING 250 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. UM, WE HAVE ACHIEVED, UH, THUS FAR ASSISTING 752 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UH, THROUGH VARIOUS MECHANISMS, UM, SUCH AS PROVIDING LOANS FROM THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, UM, AND ENTITLING MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, ANOTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, UM, FALLS UNDER THE OBJECTIVE OF ASSISTING FIVE MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITH FIRST TIME HOME BUYER LOANS. UH, FROM 2023 TO 2025, THE CITY HAS ASSISTED 11 MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITH FIRST TIME HOME BUYER LOANS. UH, SO THAT IS, UH, PRETTY NOTABLE FOR WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PLANNING PERIOD. UM, ANOTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT IS FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 160 80 US OR SORRY. UM, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 160 80 US. UM, THE, THE, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT IS WE'VE ACHIEVED FROM 2023 TO 2025 FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 102. [00:35:01] SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ON TRACK TO ACHIEVING THAT 160 NUMBER. UH, AND LASTLY, UM, ONE OF ANOTHER OBJECTIVE THAT I'D LIKE TO UH, MENTION HERE IS FACILITATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SPECIAL, UH, NEEDS POPULATIONS. UM, WE ARE FACILITATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 79 UNITS OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS. SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE SUNFLOWER HILL GRACE POINT PROJECT THAT WE BROUGHT TO IN DECEMBER. THERE'LL BE 59 LOW INCOME UNITS THERE. UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE EDEN FRANCIS RANCH PROJECT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, 20 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS. UM, AND ALSO JUST WANNA BRIEFLY MENTIONED, THE CITY HAS ALSO COMPLETED, UH, VARIOUS MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS, UH, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, WHICH ARE PART OF SOME OF THE, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, LET'S SEE, UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS FOR GASPER? YES, BUT CAN YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE? WHERE'S THE, UH, THE ZOOM? OKAY. YEAH, IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL ON. OKAY. IT'S SHARON, THE VERY LAST SLIDE. YEAH, SO THIS ONE, THE VERY FIRST ONE, RIGHT? HOUSING CHOICE, UH, VOUCHER RENTAL ASSISTANCE. MM-HMM . ARE WE SEEING THAT BETWEEN 2023 TO 2031 WE HAVE TO ASSIST 350, BUT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEING ASSISTING 507. SO THE OBJECTIVE, UM, IS TO ASSIST 350 LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EACH YEAR. OKAY. UM, AND WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU IS WHERE WE ARE AT FOR LAST YEAR. SO FOR LAST YEAR ALONE WE ASSISTED 507 LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DONE THROUGH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY. MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. AND ALSO, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SECOND ONE ONE MORE TIME? THE FACILITATE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF 250 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, THAT'S OUR OBJECTIVE. BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT 7 52 UNITS, NOT THAT WE'VE BUILT, BUT THAT WE'VE FACILITATED. SO UHHUH FACILITATING CAN MEAN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING LOANS FROM THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. OKAY. IT MEANS ENTITLING MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE AFFORDABLE UNITS. SO WHEN YOU BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER, THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THE 752. SO SOME PROJECTS JUST TO NOTE, INCLUDE AMATEUR STATION, RIGHT. 300 UNITS THERE. WE PROVIDED A LOAN FROM THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, THE REGIONAL STREET AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, 112 UNITS THERE, AND THEN A VARIETY OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. FRANCIS RANCH, DC. UM, JUST TO NOTE SOME, I MEAN, IT IS, IT IS GREAT THAT OUR CITY CAN DO THAT, BUT I WAS SEEING THAT 2 50, 252, DOES IT MEAN THAT OUR CITY WILL GET IMPACTED IN SOME FUNDS TO SUPPORT THAT? SAY THAT AGAIN? UM, IF THE OBJECTIVE WAS 250 AND WE ARE SEEING, UH, WE ARE ASSISTING ABOUT 152 UNITS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE FINANCE FOR OUR CITY FINANCE? I MEAN, LIKE IN THE SENSE IS THERE SOME BUDGET FOR THAT TO SUPPORT 7 52 UNITS OR BECAUSE YOU TALKED IN THE PRIOR ONE WITH, UH, ALAMEDA COUNTY, UH, HOUSING ALSO HELPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. MY QUESTION IS, IN SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES WE ARE DOING DEFINITELY BETTER THAN WHAT THE STATE HAS RECOMMENDED BY US DOING SOMETHING MORE. IS IS THERE AN IMPACT ON THE FINANCES OF THE CITY OR DID YOU MEAN IT'S SUPPORTED BY CITY OF DUBLIN? YEAH, I THINK HE WANTS TO KNOW. DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT? SURE. SO I THINK THAT'S 752 UNITS. WE'RE NOT FINANCIALLY OBLIGATED TO BUILD THOSE UNITS. OKAY. THERE IS A COMPONENT AS MENTIONED WHERE WE HAVE ASSISTED IN LOAN PROGRAMS. UM, SOME OF THAT MONEY HAS COME FROM PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE UNITS ARE REALLY, UM, DEVELOPER OBLIGATED. SO RIGHT. WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THEY COME IN AND THEY PROVIDE, UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ALSO BUILD UNITS, AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND IN SOME CASES THE CITY MIGHT HELP WITH ASSISTANCE IF THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET IN THAT PARTICULAR, UM, UM, AREA OF THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY, THE CITY THEN MIGHT CHOOSE, BUT THERE'S NO OBLIGATION FOR THE CITY TO FINANCE THAT. WE, THE FACILITATION IS REALLY THAT [00:40:01] PERMITTED GETTING THEM THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS, GETTING THEM AND HELPING THEM IN, IN AS MANY WAYS POSSIBLE, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE CITY TO FINANCIALLY ENSURE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED. DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. BUT WOULD IT, UH, ALSO MEAN THOSE UNITS WILL BE PAYING LESSER PROPERTY TAX TO THE, UH, CITY? HMM. I KNOW THAT QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW THE QUESTION? I DUNNO THE ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH THOSE UNITS WOULD PAY. DO YOU KNOW IF, IF THEY'RE DESIGNATED AS LOWER INCOME OR AFFORDABLE UNITS? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON IT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH. UH, IT'S REGARDING THE EE ONE. UM, SO ON, SO TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT FOR ONE 60 AUS, RIGHT? SO ALREADY THERE IS 1 1 0 2 AUS ALREADY BEING, SO, UM, THOSE ARE 180, 102 AUS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT. SO THAT'S THE CREDIT THAT WE'RE TAKING AND SAYING TO THE STATE, THIS IS HOW WE'RE ON TRACK TO FULFILLING THAT OBJECTIVE. OKAY. DO THANK YOU. YEP. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. LET I PROBABLY HAVE QUITE A FEW. UM, SO GASPER, SO THESE PROGRAMS, UH, ARE HELPING US, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THE ARENA NUMBERS, RIGHT. THAT WE'RE THAT'S A COMPONENT OF IT. YES. RIGHT. A PART OF IT, THESE BY PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAMS ARE FINDING WAYS TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY WHETHER OR NOT IT'S HELPING ARENA NUMBERS. THAT'S MY QUESTION NUMBER ONE. THERE IT IS. RIGHT. ARE YOU ASKING IF THESE PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ARENA NUMBERS? YES. YES AND NO. I MEAN, OUR ARENA, WE GET CREDIT ONLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS THAT ARE ISSUED. RIGHT. SO THAT'S HOW WE FULFILL OUR ARENA NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE BRING TO YOU MM-HMM . WE BRING TO CITY COUNCIL THAT GET APPROVED, THAT GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION REVIEW, THINK THAT GET A BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED, THAT'S HOW WE GET CREDIT. RIGHT. TO FULFILL THAT, THAT 3,719 NUMBER. RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, UH, 3,719 WE'RE BEHIND. RIGHT? RIGHT. WELL THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME. YEAH. SO THE GOAL IS TO GET TO THAT NUMBER. RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY TO DATE WE'VE HAD 1077, UM, BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, WHICH WE TAKE CREDIT FOR MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN IT SHOWS ON, ON THIS TABLE, ON YOUR SCREEN, IT SHOWS BY YEAR, UM, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY INCOME CATEGORY. SO WE STILL HAVE FIVE MORE YEARS OF REPORTING TO COMPLETE. UM, WE HAVE FIVE MORE YEARS RIGHT. TO COME UP WITH THIS OR, OR TO MEET, TO MEET THE MEEN NUMBER WHO LEADS OF 3000. OKAY. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. 'CAUSE OUR PLANNING PERIOD IS FROM 2023 TO 2031. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I, I WOULD ALSO REMIND YOU RIGHT, THAT IT'S A KIND OF BELT AND A SUSPENDERS, RIGHT. WHEN WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL HOUSING TYPES MM-HMM . INCLUDING SPECIAL NEEDS AND SENIORS. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE, UM, REQUIRED TO CREATE POLICIES AND HELP FACILITATE IN CERTAIN WAYS MM-HMM . THROUGH THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO AGAIN, MONITOR AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS OUR ARENA OBLIGATION. BUT WE'RE, WE CAN ONLY GET THEM TO WRITE ENTITLEMENTS AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE, UH, BUILDER TO BUILD THOSE UNITS. RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THIS IS INFLUENCED BY MARKET, RIGHT. SO WE CAN HELP AS, AS WE CAN AND ARE REQUIRED TO DO. BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK MM-HMM . FOR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, IF WE STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE'RE, UM, ISSUING, BUILDING PERMITS FOR, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE, UH, CONSISTENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, UM, REQUIREMENT NECESSARILY FOR US TO SAY WE HAVE TO GET THERE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO BUILD ANYTHING IN OUR CITY. RIGHT. WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO TO CREATE POLICIES AND TO PROVIDE THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS FOR THEM. AND THEN IT'S UP TO PEOPLE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT. AND WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOAL. YEAH. , IF I MAY, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER BAIN'S QUESTION, I THINK, AND NOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THESE, UM, ELIGIBLE, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONE PERSON PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION THAT, UM, IS RECOVERED FROM, FROM PROPERTIES GENERALLY? AND IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS. IF IT'S A TAX EXEMPT, UM, H HOUSING, UM, FACILITATOR OR PROVIDER THAT QUALIFIES FOR, FOR TAX AND STEP STATUS, THEN THEY DON'T, UH, PAY FOR PROPERTY TAXES OR CONTRIBUTED PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THEY'RE NOT USUALLY EXEMPT FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. [00:45:01] THOSE DETERMINATIONS ARE MADE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS DEPENDING ON WHO IS PROVIDING THE, THE SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTICULAR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. OKAY. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. UH, QUESTION. GO AHEAD. UM, JUST A QUESTION ON PERMIT. SO WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT, DO YOU HAVE A CERTAIN WINDOW TO GET IT DONE RIGHT OR IS IT UNLIMITED? NO, THERE IS A TIMEFRAME ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO IF SOMEONE GETS A PERMIT, I DON'T, I MEAN I THINK IT WAS LIKE A, IS IT A YEAR OR SOMETHING? BUT DO, DO THOSE NUMBERS WHEN THEY FALL OUT AND THEN THINGS BUILT, ARE THOSE UPDATED OR IS IT JUST ISSUED PERMITS? WE JUST BASE THIS DATA ON ISSUED PERMITS. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE DON'T TRACK IF IT'S EXPIRED AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVEN'T BUILT IT. OKAY. DOES THE STATE LOOK AT THAT TOO? NO, THE STATE ONLY LOOKS AT WHAT WE'RE ISSUING. OKAY. GOT IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN TAKE CREDIT TO REACHING THAT RITA NUMBER. OKAY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HOUSING WAS BUILT OR NOT BASED ON IT. I MEAN IF IT'S ISSUED, HOPEFULLY THE BUILDER WILL BUILD IT. I MEAN THEY'VE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. RIGHT. YEAH. UM, SO THEY'RE MORE THAN LIKELY TO BUILD IT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND UH, YES, THANK YOU. WE DON'T NEED ANY MOTION OR, UM, PUBLIC HEARING OR COMMENTS. NOTHING THAT WAS SIMPLY A PRESENTATION FOR INFORMATION. FYI UPDATE. THANK YOU. THIS IS VERY GOOD. OKAY. UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA [9. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS ] NUMBER NINE, UH, STAFF AND COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS. THIS IS THE TIME FOR BRIEF INFORMATIONAL, UH, ONLY REPORTS FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND STAFF, UH, COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY TO REPORT? ANY REPORTS? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCLOSE? NO. OKAY. UM, STAFF, ARE THERE ANY REPORTS? UM, I JUST ONLY HAVE KIND OF A COUPLE ITEMS TO NOTE. AGAIN, TODAY WE RECEIVED NOTICE OF ATION FROM AN ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER LEY. UM, SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN SERVING RIGHT, UH, GIVE THEM A PLUG OF JOINING OUR COMMISSION, UH, YOUR TOE IN, DO THEY JUST GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU? YEAH, JUST HAVE 'EM REACH OUT TO ME. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, I'LL PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. UM, SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALSO REGARDING OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS, WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 26TH, BUT AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS BUT WE'RE NOT CANCELING IT TILL WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER JUST IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP. AND THEN ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A REMINDER THAT SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE. AND SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO BE OUTTA TOWN, UM, JUST GIVE ME A QUICK HEADS UP SO WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY, UM, AS ITEMS COME FORWARD. UM, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM OUR MEETINGS ARE THE SECOND AND FOURTH. FOURTH, RIGHT? OKAY. CORRECT. SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS UNLESS WE GET THE LETTER FROM KATHY ABOUT CANCELLATION . CORRECT. RIGHT. BUT IF WE ALL AGREE THAT WE'RE ALL BEING GONNA BE GONE THEN WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE CANCELED. RIGHT? I MEAN NOT THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. I'M JUST TRYING TO, I JUST, I'M SORRY. I'M JUST LIKE, UH, THAT'S WHY I WAS KINDA ASKING IF, IF YOU ARE HAVING A SCHEDULED VACATION TO JUST LET ME KNOW SO I CAN KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF. GOT IT. ARE WE GONNA HAVE A QUORUM? WILL WE BE ABLE TO MEET RIGHT. WITH, WITH OUR, UM, ABILITY TO HAVE THE ALTERNATE BEFORE. OKAY. UM, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE. GREAT. ? YEAH, SO THE QUESTION IS REGARDING CAN YOU PARTICIPATE, UM, ONLINE? IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME BECAUSE IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST GIVE ME THE ZOOM LINK. THERE'S SOME UH, BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD, UM, ASK YOU TO HELP US FACILITATE THAT ARE NOT SIMPLE ON OUR END. SO IT'S NOT OUR FIRST OPTION TO SAY, HEY, JUST CALL INTO OUR MEETINGS. UM, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO. IT'S MORE OF A, A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES FOR US TO DO THE PROCEDURE DATE TO MAKE THAT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I THINK, UH, WE ARE DONE FOR TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT IT'S SEVEN 50. I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.