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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, AND WE'LL CALL OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN ORDER.

LET'S FIRST HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. AND PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS.

3.1 FILIPINO AMERICAN, FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION FILIPINO AMERICAN

[3.1. 2026-124 Filipino American History Month Proclamation]

HISTORY MONTH, WHICH THE US CONGRESS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN 2009 IS OBSERVED IN OCTOBER EACH YEAR TO HONOR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

OCTOBER COMMEMORATES THE FIRST RECORDED ARRIVAL OF FILIPINOS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES WHEN FILIPINOS LANDED IN WHAT IS NOW MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA, ON OCTOBER 18TH, 1587.

THIS PROCLAMATION CELEBRATES THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF FILIPINO AMERICANS AND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO OUR NATION AND TO THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY.

SO WE MARSHALL, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS, RIGHT? WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. MAYOR.

AND THAT'S FROM BRANT SONGY.

HELLO. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING PROCLAMATIONS FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. IT'S PART OF THE DAI CALENDAR. I'M AGAINST DAI.

I THINK YOU SHOULD CREATE YOUR OWN SEPARATE CULTURAL INSTITUTION. YOU CAN DO ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS THERE. I THINK IT'S A MISUSE OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO BE DOING THIS.

THANKS. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS? I HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SO TODAY WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION.

FIRST GROUP IS A FILIPINO AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

WE HAVE A ROSALINDA CANALES. PLEASE COME OVER TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR WHO ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND FRIENDS ON BEHALF OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY EAST BAY CHAPTER.

IT IS MY PROFOUND HONOR AS CHAPTER PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FILIPINO AMERICANS AND OUR RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN, MARY HU, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO.

FOR RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY AND FOR MAKING THE IMPORTANT MOMENT POSSIBLE.

TODAY IS MORE THAN A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION.

IT IS A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY A MOMENT OF RECOGNITION, PRIDE AND BELONGING.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS FORMALLY RECOGNIZING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION.

THIS IS A MEANINGFUL STEP FORWARD, AND WE ARE DEEPLY GRATITUDE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC OCCASION.

AS PRESIDENT FRANCIS BAY, I AM ESPECIALLY HONORED BECAUSE OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, DOCUMENT AND SHARE THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES OF FILIPINO AMERICANS. FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY IS.

AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE EARLY FILIPINO SETTLERS WHO ARRIVED IN WHAT IS NOW CALIFORNIA CENTURIES AGO, TO THE FARM WORKERS WHO FOUGHT FOR LABOR RIGHTS, TO THE MILITARY VETERANS WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY, AND TO THE GENERATIONS OF NURSES, TEACHERS, ENGINEERS, ENTREPRENEURS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY, FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE HELPED SHAPE THIS NATION WE CALL HOME.

AS WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, I HOPE IT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A LASTING TRADITION IN DUBLIN,

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ONE THAT ENCOURAGES FUTURE GENERATIONS TO LEARN ABOUT FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY, INSPIRES OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR HERITAGE, AND INVITES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT MAKES OUR CITY OF DUBLIN VERY SPECIAL.

AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF FANS EAST BAY, I THANK THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL JOHN MAROTTA MEMBER JOHN MAROTTA FOR TAKING THIS IMPORTANT STEP. THANK YOU CITY OF DUBLIN FOR RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY.

MARAMING SALAMAT PO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU OVER TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND ALSO HAVE A PHOTO TOGETHER WITH US.

DO YOU WANT US TO COME THERE? COME OVER HERE.

COME HERE. COME AND JOIN US. AND ALSO WE HAVE A SECOND GROUP.

LIKE WE'LL SAY WE WANT TO TAKE EACH GROUP AT A TIME OR WE WANT TO.

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. SO ARE YOU THE GENERAL COUNSEL? OH GENERAL COUNSEL. SO MAYBE WE LET'S WAIT A SECOND.

SO LET ME ASK A GENERAL COUNSEL TO ALSO TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

SO WE HAVE SECOND GROUP FILIPINO CONSULATE. CONSULATE GENERAL HERE TODAY AS WELL.

COUNSEL GENERAL ARNOLD TALI SIANG AND COUNSEL MARK BENIGNO AND MR. JONELLE MENDOZA ARE ALSO HERE FOR PROCLAMATION.

PLEASE SHARE A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VISITING US.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND THE MAYOR, SHERRY, WHO MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL, A DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

COMMUNITY LEADERS. MEMBERS OF THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING. FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE LONG STANDING PRESENCE OF FILIPINOS IN THE UNITED STATES.

MORE THAN FOUR CENTURIES AGO, ON OCTOBER 18TH, 1587 FILIPINO SAILORS LANDED IN MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA, MARKING THE FIRST RECORDED ARRIVAL OF FILIPINOS IN THE UNITED STATES.

FROM THOSE EARLY BEGINNINGS, GENERATIONS OF FILIPINOS HELPED BUILD COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION, CONTRIBUTING THEIR TALENT, HARD WORK, AND DEDICATION IN VARIOUS FIELDS.

THIS YEAR IS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT AS WE COMMEMORATE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES.

FOR EIGHT DECADES, OUR TREATY ALLIANCE HAS BEEN SUSTAINED BY SHARED VALUES, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND STRONG PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TIES. CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST FILIPINO COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE THE PHILIPPINES AND HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THESE ENDURING BONDS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.

THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS, IN FACT, THE SECOND BIGGEST AAPI COMMUNITY ON THE WEST COAST AND THE THIRD BIGGEST AAPI COMMUNITY ALL OVER THE US. OUR SOLDIERS HAVE FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE.

IN MANILA, OVER 17,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR ARE BURIED IN THE MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, THE LARGEST CEMETERY FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER.

FILIPINOS AND AMERICANS PERISHED TOGETHER IN THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH.

AND TODAY, WE STILL CONTINUE TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM AND SACRIFICE OF FILIPINO AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR STORIES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN.

AND AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY BY GROUPS LIKE THE BATAAN LEGACY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE PHILIPPINES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS NOW IN CHAPTER 16 OF THE CALIFORNIA GRADE 11 US HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK.

AS WE COMMEMORATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, WE THANK THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR JOINING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN OBSERVING THIS IMPORTANT OCCASION. THIS HELPS PRESERVE THE RICH HISTORY OF FILIPINO AMERICANS AND HIGHLIGHT THEIR ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIFE OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION. MARAMING SALAMAT PO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME OVER TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

YEAH, WE'LL GIVE BOTH OF THEM. WE HAVE A TWO.

YOU WANT TO COME ALL TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO? A BIG CELEBRATION TOGETHER.

ONE SECOND. LET ME MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT ONE.

HISTORY MONTH IS FOR YOU. LINDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TOGETHER.

THAT'S OKAY. JUST GET IN THERE. WE'LL BE FINE.

ALSO, YOU CAN JOIN US TO THE GENTLEMEN. AND SO THEY WILL TAKE PHOTO FOR YOU.

THEY GIVE YOU A PHONE TO THEM. SO YOU CAN ALL JOIN HERE.

YOU WANT TO JOIN TOO? ARE YOU OKAY? CAN THEY SEE YOU? YEAH, THEY CAN SEE ME. THANK YOU. WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

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THREE. TWO. ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH.

SO, CAN WE SHAKE YOUR HANDS? THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING US. YEAH. THANK YOU. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. SIR. NICE TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU TOO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

JOHN, YOU WANT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS, TOO? NO, I THINK IT'S GOOD.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO 3.2 EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.

[3.2. 2026-131 Employee Introductions]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M DEBBIE BELL, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND TONIGHT I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

THIS IS ECHO LEE. SO ECHO IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST.

AND SHE COMES TO US WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE.

SHE HAD EIGHT YEARS IN MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING.

SHE SPENT MANY YEARS DOING THE MUNICIPAL REGIONAL STORMWATER PERMIT FOR THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.

THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS MOST RECENTLY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GREAT HELP FOR US.

SHE'S ALSO ASSISTED THE CITY OF OAKLAND WITH ITS WASTE DIVERSION OUTREACH AND FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, AND THEN ALSO MANAGED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS AT THE ALTAMONT LANDFILL, BUT ALSO ECHO BRINGS WITH US A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE TO OUR TEAM BECAUSE HER CAREER HAS TAKEN HER AROUND THE WORLD. ACTUALLY, SHE WORKED 13 YEARS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AS A CIVILIAN PEACEKEEPER AND SEPARATELY WORKED ON AN AUSTRALIAN AID PROJECT.

SO ECHO GREW UP IN THE BAY AREA, AND SHE COMPLETED HER MA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND IN A BA IN LINGUISTICS AT UC SANTA BARBARA. IN HER DOWNTIME, WHICH. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SHE SHOULD HAVE MUCH, BUT SHE ENJOYS TIME WITH FAMILY, ADVENTURING AND EXPLORING. SO PLEASE HELP ME TO WELCOME ECHO TO THE TEAM.

YEAH. WELCOME, ECHO. PLEASE SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US.

MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BEING PART OF PUBLIC WORKS AND I'M LOOKING I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY. YEAH. WELCOME TO OUR CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS TO YOU.

THANKS, THANKS. THANK YOU.

MR. MEMBERS. I'M JACKIE, SENIOR DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION.

AND TONIGHT, IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MONICA SULLIVAN, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AND OUR NEW DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.

MONICA IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTING OUR GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK.

SHE BRINGS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN AND COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE TO DUBLIN.

MOST. MOST RECENTLY, SHE RAN HER OWN BUSINESS AND.

SHE HAS ALSO WORKED IN THE NONPROFIT AND HEALTHCARE SECTORS.

MONICA IS ORIGINALLY FROM SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM UC BERKELEY, WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND AND THEY LIVE IN PLEASANTON WITH THEIR TEENAGE SON AND THEIR DOG.

OUTSIDE OF WORK, MONICA ENJOYS TIME WITH HER FAMILY, LIVE MUSIC, AND GOOD FOOD.

MOST OF ALL, SHE LOVES TO LAUGH, WHETHER IT'S IN COMEDY SHOWS, COMEDY MOVIES, OR HER OWN CORNY JOKES OR WORDS, OR JUST FROM BEING AROUND GREAT PEOPLE. SHE'S ALREADY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HER ON OUR TEAM.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING HER. SO WELCOME MALIKA.

WE'LL HAVE A MORE LAUGHTER AFTER YOU CAME HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JACKIE, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY RESIDENTS, AND CITY LEADERSHIP.

I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE. I'M THRILLED TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE AND MY SKILLS TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON SUCH A WONDERFUL TEAM WITH JACKIE AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. WELCOME. PLEASE COME OVER.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR CITY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR JOKES.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT]

AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. COMMENTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES. SO IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS BUT HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED A SPEAKER'S SLEEP, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.

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CITY CLERK WILL READ THE NAMES OF THOSE IN PERSON FIRST, FOLLOWED BY REMOTE SPEAKER SLIPS AND THEN REMOTE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED TO RAISE YOUR HAND ON A COMPUTER OR A SMARTPHONE APP.

CLICK THE RAISE HAND BUTTON DEPENDING ON YOUR VERSION.

SO THERE MIGHT BE REACTIONS OR REACT MANUAL THERE.

IF YOU JOINED BY PHONE, PRESS THE STAR KEY, THEN NINE TO LOWER YOUR HAND ON A COMPUTER OR ON A SMARTPHONE APP, CLICK THE LOWER HAND BUTTON. IF YOU JOINED BY PHONE, PRESS STAR NINE AGAIN TO LOWER YOUR HAND.

SO, MARCIA, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKERS? YES, MAYOR, I DO.

I HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE AT THIS TIME FIVE, FIVE SPEAKER SLIPS ALL HERE IN THE CHAMBER AT THIS POINT.

SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRISTY LEE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS CHRIS LEE. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RAISE SERIOUS ETHICAL AND TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS INVOLVING MAYOR SHERRY WU AND THE DUBLIN INSPIRATION SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

BACK IN MAY 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE INSPIRATION SENIOR LIVING PROJECT.

THEN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO AT THAT TIME VOTED IN.

YES. RECENTLY, SOME SCREENSHOTS SURFACED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SHOWING SOME WECHAT INVESTMENT MESSAGES ATTRIBUTED TO MAYOR HU PROMOTING A PRIVATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME PROJECT.

THE MESSAGE, DATED JANUARY 30TH, 2025, SOUGHT $3.8 MILLION, ADVERTISING A PROJECTED 21% ANNUAL ANNUALIZED RETURN. FURTHERMORE, AN APRIL 25TH ICC FORM D FILING REPORTEDLY IDENTIFIES MAYOR HU AND ANOTHER OFFICER OF SELINA KYLE LLC, WHICH REPORTED RAISING $3.75 MILLION FROM 26 INVESTORS. THE OTHER OFFICER I MENTIONED, THIS SALINA LLC, IS ALSO REPORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH CALCIUM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

A DEVELOPER INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, INSPIRATION SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS RECORDS ALSO SUGGEST CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THESE ENTITIES, INCLUDING SHARED BUSINESS ADDRESS MAYOR WHO.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG YOU? SELENA CAL LLC, THE INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPER CALCIUM MANAGEMENT.

HOW HAVE YOU SEPARATED YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM YOUR PRIVATE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INTERESTS? HAVE YOU PRIVATE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS INFLUENCED INFLUENCE.

ANY DECISION YOU MADE CONCERNING CITY APPROVED PROJECTS.

WHY DOES YOU REPORTED BUSINESS POSITION WITH SELINA KYLE, LLC NOT APPEAR IN THE FORM 700 DISCLOSURES? I EMAILED THE MAYOR WHO ABOUT ALL THESE QUESTIONS ON OCTOBER 14TH AND OCTOBER 16TH, AND ALSO COPIED CITY STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY AND REQUESTED WRITTEN EXPLANATIONS. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A RESPONSE BY NOW.

I WANT TO ADVOCATE THAT RESIDENTS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THOSE QUESTIONS DESERVE ANSWERS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS YOU, MU.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS FIONA MOE, A MEMBER OF THE DUBLIN YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A CURRENT SENIOR AT BRAVE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF TOMORROW'S ONSET PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS TOP, A STUDENT LED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. TODAY, I AM HERE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BLINDNESS AND ACCESSIBILITY, WITH THE HOPE TO SHARE WHY INCREASING UNDERSTANDING AND INCLUSION MATTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO, ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU, 5.3% OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS UNDER 65 YEARS OLD HAVE A DISABILITY. IN A CITY OF AROUND 70,000 INDIVIDUALS, THAT REPRESENTS ALMOST 4000 PEOPLE.

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THESE NUMBERS REMIND US THAT ACCESSIBILITY AFFECTS PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

SO MY NONPROFIT'S WORK BEGAN RIGHT AFTER WE VISITED THE FCT SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND IN ABUJA, NIGERIA, WHERE WE SAW FIRSTHAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.

THIS EXPERIENCE INSPIRED US TO START TOMORROW'S ONSET PROJECT.

NOW, AS STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO BRING WHAT WE'VE LEARNED HERE TO.

SINCE STARTING TOP. WE'VE CREATED BRAILLE RESOURCES, INCLUDING BRAILLE CARDS AND A CHILDREN'S BOOK, AND WE'VE ALSO COLLABORATED AND CONNECTED WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISTA CENTER.

THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE TAUGHT US THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AND LEARNING FROM ORGANIZATIONS WITH FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE.

TODAY, WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE TOP TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND SHARE OUR MISSION WITH YOU.

WE LOVE TO EXPLORE WAYS TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO RAISE AWARENESS WHETHER THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY EVENTS OR OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES. COUNCIL MEMBER MAROTTA IS AN AVID SUPPORTER OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

HE SHARED WITH US THAT CIVIC DUTY IS NOT DEFINED BY SIMPLY RULES CREATED.

RATHER, THE BENEFITS CREATED FOR OUR COMMUNITY BY PEOPLE WHO CARE.

TONIGHT, DUBLIN PEOPLE CARE. WE CREATED TOP TO EXTEND OUR CARE TO A GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

OUR WEBSITE IS TOMORROW'S ONSET PROJECT.ORG AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF AT TOMORROW'S ONSET PROJECT@GMAIL.COM. TOGETHER, WE CREATE EVEN GREATER CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE TOP'S WORK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRANT SONGY.

HELLO. I CAME TO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT THE SPORTS GROUND. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN. THE OFFICIAL THING THAT THE CITY RELEASED IN THE DUBLIN DIGEST IS THAT A MAN WAS SHOT. THE PERSON WAS A WOMAN.

IT WAS NOT A MAN. AND SO I THINK WE PUT DEDEI INTO OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND SO YOU SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH THE DEI LENS.

IT'S TELLING YOU THAT THE PERSON IS A MAN, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A WOMAN.

AND SO FOR THE RECORD, IT'S A WOMAN, NOT A MAN.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. BACK IN 2019, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE RAINBOW FLAG.

THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO FLY THE RAINBOW FLAG FOR ONE DAY.

AND SO GENE JOSE WAS ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME. SHE WAS IN THE MINORITY. THEY BROUGHT THE VOTE BACK.

IT VIOLATED OUR NORMS. AND THEY SAID THAT WE WERE A CITY OF HATE.

IF WE DIDN'T CHANGE, IF THE COUNCIL DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR VOTE, THAT WE WERE A CITY OF HATE. AND SO THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY WENT ALONG WITH THAT.

AND SO THAT LIKE, GAVE LIFE TO THAT NARRATIVE THAT WE'RE A CITY OF HATE.

THAT WAS NOT TRUE. AND SO FOR THE RECORD, OUR CITY IS NOT A CITY OF HATE.

AND SO THE RECORD IS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT WAS A MAN WHO WAS SHOT IN THE SPORTS GROUND PARKING LOT. IT WAS A WOMAN.

SHE HAD CHILDREN. AND YOU NEED TO CORRECT THE RECORD OR I THINK YOU SHOULD STEP DOWN FROM THE MAYOR. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR THAT. THAT SEAT THAT YOU'RE IN. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE GRANT.

GOOD EVENING. MIKE GRANT, LONGTIME RESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, CHRISTY.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTSIDE INFLUENCES THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO OUR ELECTIONS, MONEY, GETTING PUSHED INTO THESE 460 FORMS THAT I READ ABOUT.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

SOME OF YOU ARE ON THE COUNCIL. MAYOR. AND YET ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING IN THE SECOND DISTRICT, IS GETTING THE SAME CASH FROM PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOUR MONEY FROM.

SHERRY. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE IS THIS TOT TAX, AS YOU CAN SEE, STILL HAS A BURR UNDER MY BOTTOM END BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE PEED OFF ABOUT IT FOR THE SIMPLE REASON. IT MADE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO VOTE NO ON THAT THING BECAUSE YOU TOOK MONEY FROM PUBLIC SERVICE, THE PARKS, THE ROADS. BY SAYING THAT THESE HOTELS WERE BOOKED.

THESE HOTELS ARE NOT BOOKED, THEY ARE BOOKED, THEY HAVE NOT DROPPED ANYTHING.

DON'T BELIEVE ALL THAT BILL CLINTON MATH THAT THESE PEOPLE TELL YOU.

THE CITY, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT AND TOLD US, THE VOTERS TO GO OUT AND VOTE FOR THIS THING.

THIS DUBLIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS BEHIND ALL THIS INFLUENCING OF PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY.

MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THEY SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES.

THEY DON'T SUPPORT ME OR THE NEIGHBORS. THAT'S A 1984 TAX RATE.

SO IF YOU'RE REALLY INVOLVED, IF YOU YOU KNOW, SHERRY AND JOHN, IF YOU REALLY THINK THAT THAT WAS LEGITIMATE, THAT THEY SHOULD STAY AT THE 1984 TAX RATE, THEN I WANT YOU TO LOWER THE TAX RATE FOR EVERYBODY IN TOWN ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN. AND I WANT YOU TO DROP THE SALES TAX BACK TO 1984 RATES AND SEE HOW LONG THIS CITY IS GOING TO SURVIVE AT THAT TYPE OF RATE.

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MAYBE WE'D BE LIKE, WHAT'S THAT PLACE DOWN SOUTH CALLED HOLLISTER? THAT'S WHAT CAN HAPPEN. AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO BE HAVING PEOPLE COME INTO OUR CITY FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT DO NOT BELONG IN THIS CITY AND TELL OUR PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO VOTE ON IT AS A CITIZEN.

AND IT COMES BACK TO BASICALLY WHAT IS GOING ON, JUST WHAT CHRISTIE BROUGHT UP.

THERE'S SOME STRANGE STUFF HAPPENING. YOU KNOW THAT THING YOU WALK IN THE PARK AND SOME OF YOUR TIME, YOU STEP ON THAT STUFF THAT THEY DIDN'T PICK UP FROM THEIR DOG, START TO KIND OF STINK A LITTLE BIT AROUND HERE.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF THIS CITY, AND THAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS GOING TO BE TURNING OUT, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S JEAN.

AND ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN RIDING HER PRETTY HARD.

AND I GOT TO APOLOGIZE TO HER TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE WAS NEVER BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY ANYBODY.

SHE VOTED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS CITY EVERY TIME.

SO, JEAN, DON'T FALL OFF YOUR CHAIR. THANK YOU.

NO CHAIRS OR CHAIRS. NO CHAIRS OR CHAIRS. PLEASE.

THAT'S JUST A RULE WE HAVE IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I DO HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER SLIP, AND THAT IS FOR HUAN WU.

HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WU. SO I'M HERE TODAY.

JUST WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE CURRENT MAYOR.

SO I HEAR SOME OTHER PEOPLE BRING UP THE CONCERNS ALREADY.

AND I THOUGHT YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING.

TALK ABOUT THE SENIOR LIVING PROJECT AND WHY SHERRY, WHO AS A MAYOR TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS PROJECT WITH HER HAVING HER COMPANY ESTABLISHED A COMPANY, SHE WAS A CO-MANAGER IN THERE AND SHE ACTUALLY TRIED TO PROMOTE THIS PROJECT TO THE A GROUP OF PEOPLE SHE KNEW AS FRIENDS AND TELL TELL THEM NOT TO TELL ANYBODY ELSE.

SO THIS IS A SECRET PROJECT, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD INVESTIGATION DEEPER, FURTHER. MAKE SURE ALL HER REGISTERED COMPANIES CAN BE CHECKED AT ALL.

OKAY, SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING. AND THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THE ELECTION INTEGRITY.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS NOT JUST ABOUT DUBLIN ELECTION.

IT'S A COUNTY WISE AND COUNTRY WISE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT.

WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE HERE. WE WANT TO ELECT SOMEONE TO REPRESENT US, NOT SOMEONE THAT GOT INJECTED INTO OUR CITY.

SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME VOTING SYSTEM NOT VERY WELL ESTABLISHED.

THERE ARE SECURITY HOLES EVERYWHERE. SO IF YOU ALREADY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PIECES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT NO OUTSIDERS CAN BE INJECTED INTO OUR CITY.

AS A OFFICER AND TRY TO REPRESENT US. BUT WE ARE NOT HERE TO JUST BEING FOOLED BY THE SO-CALLED ELECTED OFFICIALS. OKAY, SO IN THE 20 2020, THAT'S A YEAR ACTUALLY, WE NOTICED THERE ARE A BUNCH OF BALLOTS SHIPPED INTO US FROM OVERSEAS, AND THOSE BALLOTS HAD SOME PEOPLE'S NAMES ALREADY PREPRINTED, AND THEY ACTUALLY SCAN THOSE BALLOTS INTO OUR VOTING MACHINE AND COUNT THOSE INTO WHATEVER THE ELECTION THAT THEY WANT THE PEOPLE IN. SO THAT'S ESTABLISHED A PROCESS THAT SOME FOREIGN COMPANY OR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT CAN ACTUALLY SELECT WHOEVER THEY WANT US TO TREAT AS THE OFFICIALS.

OKAY. SO, MAYOR, THE CURRENT MAYOR, SHERRY, SHE GOT THE HISTORIC HIGHEST VOTE WHEN SHE HAD THE FIRST, FIRST TIME GETTING INTO THE POLITICS WORLD. AND SHE GOT 12,355 VOTES IN THAT ELECTION WHEN SHE WAS HAD NOT NONE OF THE EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST. OKAY.

THIS IS A RECORD HIGH. I'M SORRY. YOU ARE OVER TIME.

OKAY. WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE THING TO TALK ABOUT.

YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO US. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR OVERTIME. I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM FIVE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[5. 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 IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER SLIP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

AT THIS TIME. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AT ONE TIME.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MAYOR, AND NOBODY ON ZOOM IS RAISING THEIR HAND AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NOW I WANT TO ASK MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON CONSENT CALENDARS? NO. YES I DO. I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR 5.2.

AND THEN WE CAN GO FOR OVERALL VOTE. I JUST NEED TO ASK A QUESTION.

OKAY. GO AHEAD TO ASK THE QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING SHANNON. GOOD EVENING. I. JUST ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION REGARDING 5.2, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. IN THE STAFF REPORT IT MENTIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TWO REPORTS.

COULD YOU TELL ME WHEN WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET THOSE REPORTS. AND ARE THEY PRIOR TO WHEN OUR NEXT REVIEW CONTRACT IS WITH ABI.

SO THE TWO REPORTS ARE A PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND A COMPENSATION REVIEW.

AND WE ANTICIPATE GETTING BOTH OF THOSE OF AMADOR VALLEY INDUSTRIES, AND WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THOSE REPORTS IN EARLY 2027 IN TIME TO INFORM US OF THE UPCOMING RATE SETTING PROCESS.

OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. YEP. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CALENDAR.

OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. SO THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. AND MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX.

THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, THEN SEVEN UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7.1 UPDATE ON DUBLIN CREATE PROGRAM.

[7.1. 2026-142 Update on Dublin CREATE Program]

IF YEAH GREAT PROGRAM.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

LAUREN MARRIOTT, RECREATION SUPERVISOR FOR THE PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW OF THE DUBLIN CREEK PROGRAM.

WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE CITY'S FORMER ARTS SPACE GRANT PROGRAM AND CULTURAL EVENT FEE WAIVER PROGRAM UNDER ONE FRAMEWORK.

THE PURPOSE OR CREATE STANDS FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR ARTS TOGETHER FOR THE ARTS, TOGETHER AND EVERYWHERE.

THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMING IN DUBLIN THROUGH IN-KIND ASSISTANCE.

DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF REQUEST, THAT ASSISTANCE MAY INCLUDE USE OF CITY FACILITIES, EXHIBITION SPACE, AND LIMITED PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT. THE PROGRAM COMBINES TWO EXISTING GRANT PROGRAMS INTO A SINGLE STRUCTURE.

THE GOAL OF THE CONSOLIDATION WAS TO MAKE THE PROGRAM EASIER TO ADMINISTER.

MARKET AND REPORT ON WHILE MAINTAINING THE GRANT PROVISIONS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A FEE WAIVER AND IN-KIND SUPPORT PROGRAM.

IT DOES NOT REMOVE THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET THE CITY'S PERMITTING INSURANCE, SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THE CITY'S ART SPACE GRANT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2016.

IT PROVIDED ACCESS TO CITY FACILITIES AND THE DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND EDUCATION AT NO CHARGE FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD.

IN MARCH OF 2024, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO EXPLORE SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL EVENTS.

THE CULTURAL EVENT FEE WAIVER PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025 AND PROVIDED FREE CITY SPACE, ALONG WITH LIMITED STAFF ASSISTANCE AND MARKETING TO GROUPS HOSTING CULTURAL EVENTS.

IN MAY OF 2026, STAFF CONSOLIDATED THE TWO PROGRAMS INTO DUBLIN CREATE.

THE PURPOSE OF THAT CHANGE WAS TO BRING THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER FOR MORE CONSISTENT MANAGEMENT,

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MARKETING AND REPORTING. THE GRANT PROVISIONS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THE PROGRAM HAS TWO TIERS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE ARTS PROGRAM FACILITY USE.

THIS TIER IS INTENDED FOR SMALLER SCALE ARTS PROGRAMING, INCLUDING EXHIBITS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAY RECEIVE ONE FREE ONE FEE WAIVER PER CALENDAR YEAR FOR USE OF DESIGNATED CITY FACILITIES FOR FOR UP TO 40 HOURS, OR UP TO SIX WEEKS FOR AN ART EXHIBIT SUBJECT TO FACILITY AVAILABILITY.

THE SECOND TIER IS A CULTURAL EVENT FACILITY.

USE. THIS TIER SUPPORTS LARGER COMMUNITY CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS FESTIVALS AND HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS.

REQUESTS MAY INCLUDE WAIVERS OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FEES AND FACILITY USE FEES.

THIS TIER IS AVAILABLE TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CULTURAL EVENTS.

THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM LIMIT IS ONE APPROVED FEE WAIVER PER QUARTER, AND EACH ORGANIZATION MAY RECEIVE ONE FEE WAIVER PER CALENDAR YEAR.

THE CITY ACCOMMODATES ONE ANNUAL HOLI EVENT AND ONE ANNUAL DIWALI EVENT OUTSIDE THE QUARTERLY LIMIT.

THE SENIOR CENTER'S ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IS MANAGED SEPARATELY FROM CRETE.

THESE TIERS ALLOW THE CITY TO SUPPORT BOTH ARTS ACTIVITIES THAT USE A FACILITY AND LARGER CULTURAL EVENTS THAT MAY REQUIRE MORE EXTENSIVE COORDINATION.

THE APPROVAL PROCESS. THE REVIEW PROCESS DEPENDS ON WHICH TIER AN APPLICANT IS SEEKING FOR ARTS PROGRAM FACILITY USE STAFF REVIEWS WHETHER THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE, THE APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE, THE FACILITY IS AVAILABLE, AND THE REQUEST AND THE REQUESTS IMPACT ON STAFF AND CITY RESOURCES IS MANAGEABLE.

LOW IMPACT REQUESTS GENERALLY, THOSE INVOLVING USE OF A ROOM OR FACILITY WITH MINIMAL STAFF INVOLVEMENT MAY BE APPROVED BY STAFF.

REQUESTS REQUIRING COORDINATION ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS OR MULTIPLE PLANNING MEETINGS MAY BE REFERRED TO THE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION FOR CULTURAL EVENT FACILITY USE, STAFF REVIEWS, NONPROFIT STATUS, ELIGIBILITY, APPLICATION DEADLINES AND WHETHER ANOTHER CULTURAL EVENT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. FOR THAT SAME QUARTER, APPLICANTS PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE HERITAGE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE START OF THE QUARTER IN WHICH THE EVENT IS PROPOSED.

THE COMMISSION REVIEWS THE PROPOSAL BASED ON CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, COMMUNITY BENEFIT, ALIGNMENT WITH CITY GOALS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES.

APPROVAL OF A FEE WAIVER IS NOT APPROVAL FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.

AFTER A WAIVER IS APPROVED, THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE THE CITY'S STANDARD APPROVAL PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE EVENT, THAT MAY INCLUDE A FACILITY, RENTAL APPLICATION, SPORTS FIELDS, GYMNASIUM RENTAL AGREEMENTS, OR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS ON CITY PROPERTY OR IN CITY PARKS.

APPROVED EVENTS MUST STILL MEET APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSURANCE, SECURITY DEPOSITS AND SITE PLANS.

DEPENDING ON THE EVENT, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY INCLUDE ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMITS, SECURITY PLANS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS. COSTS FOR CITY SERVICES BEYOND THE WAIVE FEES SUCH AS POLICE SERVICES, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE REMAIN THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY.

THE QUARTERLY QUARTERLY APPLICATION SCHEDULE IS ESTABLISHED IN THE PROGRAM MATERIALS.

APPLICANTS MUST PLAN AHEAD TO MEET THE DEADLINE AND EACH CASE PRESENTATION TIMELINE FOR THE PROPOSED EVENT ORDER.

IN ADDITION TO THE VALUE, THE VALUE OF WAIVE FEES.

EACH APPROVED EVENT REQUIRES STAFF TIME FOR REVIEW, COORDINATION, EVENT PREPARATION AND CLOSEOUT.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME VARIES DEPENDING ON THE EVENT SIZE, LOCATION, ATTENDANCE, NUMBER OF VENDORS, FOOD SERVICE, AND SITE SETUP. AS AN EXAMPLE, A SMALLER INDOOR EVENT WITH FEW VENDORS SUCH AS THE SPRING GALA THAT WE HAD AT THE DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER, MAY REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY FIVE HOURS OF PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF TIME.

A LARGER OUTDOOR EVENT WITH THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES, FOOD VENDORS, TENTS AND STAGES MAY REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 HOURS OF PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF TIMES. THESE ESTIMATES DO NOT INCLUDE THE TIME SPENT BY POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS OR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. SINCE THE PROGRAMS ACTIVITY TO DATE INCLUDES FOR CULTURAL EVENT FEE WAIVERS. THE TABLE PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF BOTH EVENTS THAT WE ALREADY HELD AND THE UPCOMING EVENTS.

ARE THE ODISHA DIVAS CELEBRATION, ORGANIZED BY THE ODISHA SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAS, TOOK PLACE IN MARCH IN MAY AT DOM MIDDLE PARK. ATTENDANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6000 WITH 1837 FEES WAIVED AND AN ESTIMATE OF 20 HOURS OF PUBLIC PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF TIME.

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THIS EVENT WAS WAS APPROVED AS A PILOT BEFORE THE QUARTERLY APPLICATION SCHEDULE WAS.

APPLICATION SCHEDULE WAS ESTABLISHED. TWO ADDITIONAL EVENTS ARE COMING.

UPCOMING DUBLIN DIWALI, ORGANIZED BY THE TRI-VALLEY HINDU CONNECT, IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 7TH AT EMERALD PARK.

ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS ABOUT 6000, WITH $2,926 IN FEES WAIVED AND 15 STAFF HOURS DONE.

OUR NEXT EVENT FOR EARLY 2000 OR 2027 IS GLOBAL CONNECTIONS, ORGANIZED BY THE DUBLIN SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION, IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 23RD, 2027 AT THE DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER.

ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS 200 ACROSS THE FOUR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE EITHER HELD OR HAVE UPCOMING TOTAL ATTENDANCE IS SHOWN FOR ABOUT 12,500 AND TOTAL FEES WAIVED ARE AROUND $9,500.

THE TABLE REFLECTS 45 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF, STAFF TIME AND THE FIGURES FOR THE UPCOMING TWO EVENTS ARE ESTIMATES.

STAFF HOURS TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK PROGRAM ACTIVITY, INCLUDING APPLICATIONS, FEE WAIVERS AND THE STAFF RESOURCES REQUIRED TO REVIEW, COORDINATE AND SUPPORT APPROVED EVENTS. CONSOLIDATING THE TWO FORMER PROGRAMS UNDER CREATE PROVIDES ONE FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND REPORTING. THE CITY HAS NOT RECEIVED AN ARTS PROGRAM FACILITY USE APPLICATION SINCE 2024.

STAFF OFF ANTICIPATES THAT ONCE THE DUBLIN ARTS CENTER HAS OPENED, WE WILL GENERATE RENEWED INTEREST IN THIS TIER BECAUSE THE FACILITY WILL OFFER A VARIETY OF SPACES THAT COULD SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER CULTURAL EVENT REQUESTS WITH THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM LIMITS.

AND AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES, TRACKING BOTH THE FEE WAIVERS AND STAFF TIME INVOLVED WILL PROVIDE A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS. THAT IS MY UPDATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES.

AND LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR.

GREAT REPORT. I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT WE'VE ROLLED THE TWO PROGRAMS INTO ONE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND SUPER HELPFUL NOT ONLY FOR STAFF, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY FOR THESE PROGRAMS. MY QUESTION IS AROUND DIWALI. THERE IS A, THE SLIDE SHOW SAYS THAT WE HAVE A DIWALI CELEBRATION OUTSIDE OF THE CREATE PROGRAM, BUT THE SLIDESHOW ALSO SAYS WE HAVE A FEE WAIVER FOR DIWALI CELEBRATION COMING UP.

ARE THOSE TWO SEPARATE CELEBRATIONS BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY HAD A DIWALI CELEBRATION THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE UPCOMING.

CAN YOU LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. DID WAS ONE OF THEM OUTSIDE OF THIS PROGRAM BY A GROUP THAT JUST RENTED SPACE OR HOW DO THEY CONNECT? YEAH. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. JACKIE DWYER, PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONVOLUTED ONLY BECAUSE WE DO APPROVE IT THROUGH THE CREATE PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, IF ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WERE TO APPLY DURING THAT SAME QUARTER, WE WOULDN'T COUNT DIWALI AGAINST IT.

SO WE WE DO DO ALL OF THE PROCESSING AND REVIEW THROUGH THE CREATE PROGRAM, BUT WE DON'T RIGHT NOW, WE LIMIT IT TO ONE PER QUARTER, AND WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO NOT APPLY IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER CULTURAL EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS DIWALI OR HOLLY.

SO IT WORKS WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND ALSO WITHOUT IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO DURING THOSE QUARTERS WE WOULD ACCEPT MORE THAN THOSE APPLICATIONS, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE YET, SO WE DIDN'T RECEIVE OTHER CORRECT IN THAT QUARTER.

WE ONLY RECEIVED DIWALI. THAT'S CORRECT, VICE MAYOR.

OKAY, SO THAT'S WHY TWO. YES. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I SAY, I SAY YEAH, GO AHEAD. OH THANK YOU MAYOR.

REALLY EASY QUESTION. THE ART SPACE WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE LAST TWO YEARS OF NOTHING? RIGHT. WAS IT THE AVAILABILITY OF SPACE, THE TYPE OF SPACE? I MEAN, THE ANSWER IS, OH, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS NEW CENTER IN AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO JUMP ON IT.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, DID WE DO ENOUGH TO PROMOTE THAT OR WHAT, WHAT WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THAT? IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN ASK YOUR ASSESSMENT.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. PROBABLY. OH, I DIDN'T MEAN IT TO BE HARD.

NO. YOU'RE RIGHT. SO LAUREN'S BRAND NEW TO THIS POSITION.

SO SHE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRANSITION. BUT SHE DID A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU.

THE ONLY THING WE CAN REALLY ATTRIBUTE IT TO WHEN PEOPLE CALL IN AND ASK ABOUT SPACE AND WE GET ASKED TO WAIVE FEES PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS REQUESTING THAT THEY, THEY RECEIVE FEES WAIVED FOR ANY TYPE OF ART PRODUCTION.

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NORMALLY, WHEN WE GET SENT TO OUR DEPARTMENT, IF WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF APPARATUS THAT WILL ASSIST WITH WITH FEE SUBSIDIES, WE OBVIOUSLY DIRECT THEM IN THAT AREA, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS FOR THE ART SPACE PROGRAM.

I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHY. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I WOULD ASSUME IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE KEPT THINKING THAT THE ART CENTER WAS GOING TO OPEN, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR PEOPLE, SO I'M NOT I'M NOT 100% SURE.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE FIGURE OUT, THEY WILL FIGURE OUT IF THEY NEED HELP.

WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY ASKS. I HAVEN'T GOT ANY ASKS.

SO I GUESS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THIS NEED AT THIS MOMENT.

AND WE DO ASSIST PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO EVEN OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, BECAUSE WE WE GET PRETTY FREQUENT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE TO GET RESOURCES FROM OR WHERE TO GET ANY SUPPORT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. THERE'S BEEN A LULL IN THE IN THE ART SPACE PROGRAM RECENTLY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN.

THAT'S FINE. I GUESS, IF WE WILL ANSWER THEM.

ABSOLUTELY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. YEAH.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. I REALLY LIKED IT.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ACTUALLY NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION.

I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN I WANT YOU TO PROVE ME WRONG.

OKAY. YOU READY? SURE. OKAY, SO THE TABLE SHOWS THAT OUR FEES WAIVED ABOUT $9,520.

THE NEXT COLUMN SHOWS THAT STAFF HOURS TOTALING ABOUT 45, WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CREATE PROGRAM FEE WAIVER.

THAT IS AN INVESTMENT MADE BY THE CITY. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO IF I WERE TO SURMISE THE $9,520 PLUS THE 45 HOURS AT MARKET SALARY RATE, OUR INVESTMENT IN DEI IS PROBABLY OVER $20,000. WOULD THAT BE ABOUT RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT. OKAY. SO PROVE ME WRONG.

TELL ME, IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG IN WHAT I SAID? NO.

LIKE MATHEMATICALLY. FUNDAMENTALLY, PHILOSOPHICALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT AS A CITY, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US IS NOT ONLY OUR INCLUSION OF MULTIPLE CULTURES, BUT WE ALSO DO IT BY SHOWING THAT WE DO SO THROUGH INVESTMENTS AND THROUGH ACTION. SO THANK YOU FOR NOT PROVING ME WRONG.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THIS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, A, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CELEBRATE SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DUBLIN.

ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU PUT NUMBERS.

I'M OBVIOUSLY A DATA PERSON, SO APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY.

TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ONE IS HOW ARE WE KIND OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTINE'S QUESTION? HOW ARE WE PROMOTING THE CREATE PROGRAM? HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING IT TO THE COMMUNITY? WE ADVERTISE IT THROUGH OUR NORMAL CHANNELS. AND THEN I THINK MANY PEOPLE WOULD UNDERESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF ENTITIES THAT JUST CALL US ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT ON AN EVENT, WHO THEY CAN REACH OUT TO IF WE HAVE ANY RESOURCES FOR THEM OR ANY TYPES OF SUBSIDIES.

WE GET A LARGE NUMBER OF NONPROFITS THAT WERE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH PRETTY REGULARLY THROUGH OUR WORK AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THROUGH OTHER NONPROFIT GROUPS, THROUGH JUST THEM, THEM COLD CALLING US, ASKING ABOUT RENTING, THEY'LL CALL AND SAY WE'RE INTERESTED IN RENTING EMERALD GLEN FOR A DIWALI EVENT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

WHAT DO WE DO? AND WE CAN KIND OF POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND IF THEY'RE A GOOD FIT FOR FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEN OF COURSE WE BRING THEM INTO THAT ALSO GET IT PERFECT.

AND THEN IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEY HAVE TO BE A DUBLIN BASED NONPROFIT OR HAVE A CHAPTER IN DUBLIN.

THAT'S CORRECT. GET IT. OKAY. AND FINAL QUESTION IS SO INCLUDING SO YOU LISTED FOUR EVENTS, TWO LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENTS. SO SIX IN ROUGHLY A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE THE INCEPTION IN 25.

WOULD YOU CLASSIFY LUNAR NEW YEAR HAS PREDATED THIS PROGRAM? I JUST WANT TO BE SURE. WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT A SUCCESS GIVEN YOUR, YOUR BACKGROUND IN EXPERIENCE? I THINK SO SO FAR, DEFINITELY THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING CULTURAL EVENTS FOR 20 12,500 PEOPLE THAT WE WEREN'T DOING BEFORE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER FOR JUST A YEAR.

AND BARELY EVEN A YEAR AT THIS POINT. SO PERFECT.

THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD JOB BECAUSE I ALSO HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY LOVE IT.

SO THE I WENT TO ALL THE PROGRAMS LISTED HERE AND I THINK EACH ONE IS A HUGE SUCCESS.

IT'S GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO SAY OKAY, SO THAT'S MY CLARIFICATION.

LIKE I DON'T HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS AND LET'S TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MAYOR. I HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

AND AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO REASON THEIR HAND IN ZOOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. SO LET'S COME BACK FOR COMMENTS. SO MY FIRST COMMENT I WANT TO CONTINUE IS BECAUSE I ALSO HEARD FROM ALL DIFFERENT

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COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT A, WHAT ADDITIONAL EFFORT OR ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, ADDITIONAL HELP THEY CAN RECEIVE FROM OUR CITY.

BECAUSE THOSE EVENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND THE COMMUNITY ENJOYED THAT SO MUCH AND THEY FEEL THE, THE SPIRIT OF THE, THE CITY TOGETHER. SO I KNOW COLIN HAS DONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND USING SOME DISCRETIONARY FUND TO HELP SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M THINKING IS ADDITIONAL HELP FUNDING, ESPECIALLY FUNDING OR WAVE OF THOSE FEES.

WE TALK ABOUT THERE'S A TRAFFIC, THERE'S A I HEARD THEY HAVE A COST FOR PUTTING THE TENT ON THE GROUND. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST. SO COST CAN BE VERY HIGH.

AND THE SAFETY CHECK. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS, INCLUDING THE WAVE OF THOSE KIND OF FEES.

SO I'M LOOKING FOR MAYOR. I THINK PROBABLY I'VE NOTICED THE SAME THING THAT IT'S BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY NICE, BUT THEY COME AND THEY, AND THEY WANT MORE BECAUSE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUT ON SOME OF THESE EVENTS.

NOW THEY VARY WIDELY. YOU KNOW, AN EVENT THAT HAS 200 PEOPLE IS OBVIOUSLY LESS EXPENSIVE, EXPENSIVE THAN THE DIWALI EVENT THAT BRINGS IN 6500 PEOPLE. SO I MET WITH THAT GROUP IN PARTICULAR AND SAW THEIR LIST OF EXPENDITURES TO, TO PUT SOMETHING ON LIKE THAT. AND IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE.

WE DO HAVE A DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM, BUT I THINK IT'S ONLY 15,000 OR SOMETHING A YEAR.

WE'VE GIVEN OUT A COUPLE OF THOSE GRANTS, I THINK WHERE YOU MIGHT CONSIDER GOING AND THIS SHOULD BE PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE GET INTO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE HAVE OUR NUMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR, MAYBE MARCH, APRIL. OKAY. YOU TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL BUDGET ALLOCATION TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES, AND MAYBE THERE'S A DEMONSTRATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED AND, AND MAYBE THAT MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, TIERED THAT WAY THAT WE HAVE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

AGAIN, IT WOULD BE NONPROFIT GRANTS. THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE, OF COURSE, THAT IT'S FREE TO EVERYONE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SERVES A PUBLIC GOOD AND MAYBE THAT GOES THROUGH THE COMMISSION PROCESS AS WELL.

I DON'T THINK THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE ALLOCATE MORE STAFF? WE CAN'T. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT A MAX. SO WE MIGHT LOOK INTO SOME SORT OF ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING.

THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF STAFF EMBRACING THIS CONCEPT AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT TOOK US A COUPLE OF YEARS OF NUDGING TO BRING THIS IDEA FORWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, DUBLIN'S DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED. DUBLIN'S CITIZENRY HAS CHANGED.

THE WAY WE CELEBRATE THINGS HAS CHANGED. AND REALLY, STAFF HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF ADVISING HOW COULD WE DO THIS? WHAT'S A GREAT FEAT, A WAVE, WHAT THINGS COST THE CITY, REAL MONEY AND REAL TIME? AND WHAT CAN WE NOT WAVE AND, AND THEN FINDING WORKAROUNDS FOR THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, TO WORK AROUND. I'M IN FAVOR OF FIGURING OUT A WAY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE COSTS FOR THESE REALLY LARGE FESTIVALS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FROM THE FESTIVALS THAT WE PUT ON THAT THEY'RE VERY LABOR INTENSIVE, WHICH A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS, THEY CAN HANDLE THE LABOR PART. THEY'VE GOT TONS OF VOLUNTEERS, BUT THE FUNDRAISING IS HARDER.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY JUST PROVIDING THOSE FUNDS, BECAUSE I'M LEERY OF US JUST ADDING ON AND ADDING ON, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE WATCHING OUR DEFICIT CREEP CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER. I DON'T WANT TO SEE US ADD ADDITIONAL ONGOING THINGS THAT WE WOULD THEN EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE AWAY.

BUT FIGURING OUT HOW TO TRAIN OUR NONPROFITS IN FUNDRAISING, HOW TO TEACH THEM WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST SO THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER A LONGER RAMP FOR, GOSH, WE WANT TO PUT ON THIS BIG CELEBRATION.

WE WANT TO APPLY FOR THIS FEE WAIVER NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL IDEA FOR AN EVENT AND THEN REALIZING, OH GOSH, WE GOT THE FEES WAIVED.

BUT IT ALSO THERE'S THE SAFETY PERMITS, THERE'S THE TRAFFIC, THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS. AND THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST THAT MUCH. SO PUTTING TOGETHER SORT OF A ONE PAGER LIKE WE DO FOR SO MANY OTHER THINGS SAYING, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A FESTIVAL.

THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER. THESE ARE THE COSTS YOU MIGHT INCUR. THESE ARE POTENTIAL VENDORS YOU COULD WORK WITH.

IF THERE'S A WAY TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY SO THAT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY COVER THE COSTS, BUT THAT WE COULD HELP THEM WITH WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, OUR ANNUAL EVENT SOUND CONTRACT, FOR EXAMPLE,

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OR TENT CONTRACT, WE COULD ALLOW THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO FIND A VENDOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE COULD BE HELPFUL WITHOUT NECESSARILY MAKING THE DIRECT CONTRIBUTION, MIGHT BE A WAY THAT WE CAN HELP THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I REALLY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE DOING IT. I THINK THAT IT'S THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN SUPER HAPPY FOR IT.

AND I WOULD LOVE US TO FIND WAYS THAT AREN'T MORE GRANTS IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE FUNDRAISE THEMSELVES FOR THE EVENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO OKAY, SO THAT'S GREAT. SO THIS IS JUST FOR AN UPDATE, RIGHT? SO I THINK IN NEXT NEXT YEAR IN THE BUDGET SESSION, WE WILL KEEP THIS AS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE WANT TO DISCUSS.

WE WILL ADD THIS AS A DISCUSSION POINT. WE'LL LOOK INTO ALL OF THE WAYS THAT WE THINK WE CAN, WE CAN HELP THE GROUPS EVEN MORE. YEAH THANK YOU.

THANK YOU THE STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

ONE MORE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE I KNOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE SO THRILLED ALSO BECAUSE OUR CITY IS CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL EVENTS TOGETHER. IT'S LIKE A, THEY FEEL IT'S A SENSE OF BELONGING.

SO THAT'S ONE THING I WANT TO ADD THERE. MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, NEW BUSINESS 8.1.

[8.1. 2026-143 Fiscal Years 2026-2028 Strategic Plan Progress Report - Year 1, Quarter 1]

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. JORDAN FOSS SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. AND TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING THE FIRST QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2628 STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO FOR BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON APRIL 7TH, 2026.

THE PLAN SPANS TWO FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 27, AS WELL AS 2027 TO 28, AND ESTABLISHES A STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SUPPORTED BY 33 OBJECTIVES FOR EACH OBJECTIVE, STAFF MAINTAINS A WORK PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THE RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENTS.

THE ANTICIPATED TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF EACH ITEM.

STATUS IS REPORTED IN FIVE CATEGORIES COMPLETED, COMPLETED AND ONGOING IN PROGRESS.

OFF TARGET AND NOT STARTED. TO MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY, WORK PLAN ITEMS REMAIN IN THE REPORT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PLAN, AND ANY CHANGES TO OBJECTIVES OR WORK PLAN ITEMS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE DOCUMENTS.

REVISION HISTORY. AS THIS REPORT REFLECTS THE FIRST QUARTER OF A TWO YEAR PLAN, MANY ITEMS ARE IN THEIR EARLY STAGES, AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACHIEVED OVER QUARTER ONE.

UNDER PRIOR EXCUSE ME. UNDER PRIORITY ONE, DUBLIN POLICE SERVICES CONTINUED EXPANDING THE CITY'S NETWORK OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY DURING THE FIRST QUARTER. EIGHT CAMERAS WERE INSTALLED AND PERMITS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 24 CAMERAS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.

AND THIS PROGRESS OR THIS? YEAH. EXCUSE ME. THIS PROGRESS POSITIONS THE DEPARTMENT TO FURTHER EXTEND CAMERA COVERAGE IN THE COMING MONTHS.

UNDER PRIORITY TWO, STAFF ADVANCED THREE EFFORTS FOR THE QUARTER.

FIRST, THE PROPOSITION 218 BALLOTING PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE STREETLIGHT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT CONCLUDED, AND THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWED THE RESULTS IN JULY, AS THE PROPOSAL DID NOT RECEIVE MAJORITY SUPPORT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE DISTRICT WILL NOT BE FORMED, AND THE CITY'S TWO EXISTING STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

SECOND, STAFF COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE CITY'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOW ORGANIZED INTO FOUR AREAS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND SPORTS LEAGUES, AND THEN A CODE OF CONDUCT.

BACKGROUND CHECK STANDARDS AND AN ONLINE APPLICATION ARE NOW ADMINISTERED THROUGH NEOGOV. AND THIRDLY, STAFF EVALUATED THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BUILDING PERMIT FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

STAFF ANTICIPATES PRESENTING AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

UNDER PRIORITY THREE. THE CITY IMPLEMENTED TWO NEW TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES.

SO THE CITY FULLY DEPLOYED THE PERRY WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDES ON SITE WEATHER STATIONS AND REAL TIME LIGHTNING AND WIND ALERTS.

THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE USES THIS TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES RELIES ON THIS TO DETERMINE WHEN FACILITIES AND FIELDS SHOULD BE CLOSED, AND CLOSURE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO KEEP RESIDENTS AND USER GROUPS INFORMED.

STAFF ALSO LAUNCHED THE INITIAL VERSION OF THE CITY'S OPEN DATA WEBSITE, WHICH FEATURES A SERIES OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAPS AND DATA LAYERS.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DATA SETS WILL BE INCORPORATED AS NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED.

SO PRIORITY FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY SAW SUBSTANTIAL ACTIVITY THIS QUARTER ACROSS SEVERAL HOUSING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. FOR SUNFLOWER HILL. AT GRACE POINT, STAFF SUBMITTED A $2 MILLION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, WHICH WILL SERVE PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. STAFF ALSO PREPARED REVISIONS TO THE PROJECT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT AND LEASE TO LEAST TO STRENGTHEN ITS COMPETITIVENESS. FOR STATE FUNDING FOR AMATEUR STATION,

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THE CITY AMENDED ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH RELATED COMPANIES, EXTENDING THE TIME FRAME FOR THE DEVELOPER TO SECURE CONSTRUCTION, FUNDING OR FINANCING.

EXCUSE ME, FOR DUBLIN TRANSIT CENTER D ONE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF NOTIFIED ALAMEDA COUNTY OF THE CITY'S CONTINUED INTEREST IN DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE SITE, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY 99 UNITS FOR THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER LOAN PROGRAM.

THE CITY APPROVED TWO LOANS FOR BELOW MARKET RATE BUYERS TOTALING $200,000.

STAFF ALSO COORDINATED WITH RISEWELL HOMES TO FEATURE THE PROGRAM IN MARKETING FOR THE OCTOBER RELEASE OF THE BMR HOMES AT DUBLIN CENTER FOR THE ADU ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THROUGH SENATOR GLASER'S DISTRICT SEVEN PROGRAM, STAFF UPDATED THE CITY'S ADU PROTOTYPE PLANS AND TO REFLECT THE CURRENT BUILDING CODES.

THEY ALSO PROCESSED THE $7,500 REBATE FOR AN ADU COMPLETED IN AUGUST, AND THEY SUBMITTED THE PROGRAM'S BI ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.

AND LASTLY FOR EDEN HOUSING AND AT FRANCIS RANCH.

STAFF CONDUCTED TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND REVIEWED THE PROJECT. SENATE BILL 330 APPLICATION.

UNDER PRIORITY FIVE. THERE WERE SEVERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT REACHED KEY MILESTONES.

THE EXTERIOR PAINTING WAS COMPLETED AT FIRE STATION 16, FIRE STATION 17, AND THE WAVE, ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION OF NEW CEMENT BASED SIDING AT THE WAVE SEALCOATING WAS COMPLETED ON ALL STREETS AND PARKING LOTS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL RESURFACING PROJECT.

THE CITY WAS AWARDED THE MTC TAP 27 GRANT AND THROUGH THIS PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, AN MTC FUNDED CONSULTANT WILL SURVEY CITY STREETS AND UPDATE THE PAVEMENT CONDITION RATINGS TO INFORM FUTURE MAINTENANCE PLANNING FOR VILLAGE PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION.

THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CONFIRMED THAT THE CITY'S ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR AN SB ONE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM GRANT AND IN ADDITION, STAFF AND DESIGN CONSULTANTS DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

A SUBDIVISION LEVEL ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS A WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.

CONSULTANTS ALSO COMPLETED CONDITION ASSESSMENTS OF THE CITY'S GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND FULL TRASH CAPTURE DEVICES, AND REPLACEMENT FILTER MEDIA HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

AND THEN LASTLY, FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT, THE CITY EXECUTED A CONTRACT TO TRAIN CITY AND MC STAFF ON ASSET ESSENTIALS, WHICH IS THE CITY'S COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

FOR PRIORITY SIX AND SEVEN. SO UNDER PRIORITY SIX, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED AN UPDATE IN CLOSED SESSION REGARDING DOWNTOWN DUBLIN, AND STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON NEXT STEPS AND UNDER.

PRIORITY SEVEN STAFF ADVANCED WORK IN THE FALLON EAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOR THE DUBLIN FALLON FIVE PROJECT.

STAFF REVIEWED THE THIRD SUBMITTAL FOR THE COMMERCIAL PORTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY EXTENSION IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO HELD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION.

STAFF ALSO MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING THE EXTENSION AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DISCUSS AGREEMENT TERMS. AND LASTLY, UNDER PRIORITY EIGHT, STAFF FOCUSED ON STREAMLINING PROCESSES AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES.

FIRSTLY, STAFF BEGAN TRANSITIONING STATE MANDATED FIRE INSPECTIONS FROM PAPER TO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO INTEGRATE THE PROCESS INTO THE CITY'S GOV PERMITTING SYSTEM.

STAFF ALSO DEVELOPED TWO SIMPLIFIED OPERATION FIRE OPERATIONAL PERMITS ONE LONG TERM AND ONE SHORT TERM.

THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING TESTED. STAFF COMPLETED TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEW ONLINE POSTING OF AGENDAS, MINUTES AND MEETING VIDEOS, AND FOR THE EVENT VENDOR PARTICIPATION GUIDE STAFF PUBLISHED A NEW GUIDE THAT CONSOLIDATES ALL VENDOR AND NONPROFIT REQUIREMENTS INTO A SINGLE RESOURCE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST QUARTERLY UPDATE AND THE COMPLETE PROGRESS REPORT, INCLUDING THE STATUS OF EACH WORK PLAN ITEM, IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT ONE TO THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE WILL RETURN WITH THE QUARTER TWO UPDATE AFTER THE YEAR AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE THIS REPORT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO SO NO QUESTIONS.

SORRY. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. SORRY. JUST LOOKING AT THE AGENDA PACKET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ALL OF THE ITEMS ARE IN PROGRESS OR NOT STARTED.

THERE WERE NO ITEMS THAT WERE IN RED, MEANING OFF TARGET.

CORRECT. THERE'S NOTHING OFF TARGET. PERFECT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MR. FOSTER. A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE. WITH REGARD TO THE CAMERAS, IF I MAY, THE THE 24 THAT ARE REMAINING.

WHAT'S THE DURATION OF WHEN THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED? OH, I'M GOING TO LET CHIEF ANSWER THAT SINCE HE HAS MORE DETAIL ON THE EXACT TIMING OF EVERYTHING.

I KNOW I'M IN TROUBLE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL. SO I JUST TALKED TO FLOCK TODAY. SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE CAMERAS.

ALL THE LP'S HAVE BEEN INSTALLED 27. SO WE'RE WAITING ON INSTALLATION OF A TOTAL OF 50 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS.

SO MY NUMBERS ARE GOING TO DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM JORDAN BECAUSE I GAVE HIM INFORMATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

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SO THERE'S ACTUALLY 26 CAMERAS THAT ARE IN THE PERMIT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, NOT 24.

AND THOSE GO TO THE CITY. CITY SUBCONTRACTS WITH FOUR LEAF TO GO OVER THE DESIGN SPECS ON THOSE.

ONCE THOSE ARE APPROVED, INSTALLATION IS OCCURRING WITHIN THE MONTH. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE CAMERAS PENDING IN THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2ND AND THEN ABOUT TEN IN THE QUEUE AFTER THAT. THAT WILL BE DONE. MAY I ASK WHAT'S AN ALPR.

AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER. OKAY. GOT IT.

YEAH. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN BACK TO THE POINT ON TIMELINE.

IS IT A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION, THEREFORE, THAT ALL THE CAMERAS WILL BE DONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

OH, IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WILL BE DONE. SO BASICALLY IT'S IT'S A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FLOCK AND FOR LEAF AND OR THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S CITY OWNED PROPERTY. MOST OF THESE ARE GOING ON, ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES AND THERE'S DIFFERENT DESIGN SPECS.

SO IT'S ENGINEERS BASICALLY TALKING TO EACH OTHER TO, TO REVISE SPECS, BUT THERE'S BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION.

SO ONCE THOSE ARE DONE, ONCE THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED, THE INSTALLATION OCCURS PRETTY QUICKLY.

OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY INSTALLATION JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT MEANS THEY GO UP ON THE POLE AND THEN THEY ALSO GET CONNECTED TO THE MONITORING SYSTEM. CORRECT. IS THAT CONSIDERED DONE OR COMPLETE AT THAT POINT? YEAH. ONCE THE CAMERA IS ONCE THE CAMERA IS HOOKED UP TO POWER, IT CONNECTS TO OUR SYSTEM.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT.

MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER SLIP ON THIS ITEM, AND THAT IS FOR MIKE GRANT.

AND MIKE GRANT, LONG TIME RESIDENT. I'M WATCHING THIS BLOCK CAMERA THING FOR TWO YEARS SINCE WE GOT THE GRANT.

AND WHAT CONCERNS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING IS, IS THAT THE TIMELINE IT TOOK TO GET THESE CAMERAS EVEN, AND WE'RE STILL NOT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS FOR LEAF IS EVEN INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION.

WE GOT TO QUIT THIS STUFF. WE DON'T NEED A CONSULTANT TO PUT A TOILET SEAT ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS A SIMPLE PROCESS. I'VE TALKED TO FLOCK.

THEY COULD HAVE PUT THESE CAMERAS UP IN MY FRONT YARD IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.

I COULD HAVE HAD A CAMERA SYSTEM UP. SO I'M NOT KNOCKING THE CITY FOR THIS.

I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN DO THIS STUFF.

WE DON'T NEED ALL THESE OUTSIDE SOURCES GETTING INVOLVED TO HANG A THING.

THE THING DOESN'T EVEN WEIGH 5 POUNDS. TO HANG THIS ON A POLE.

AND I'M JUST. I'M JUST. I'M JUST TOTALLY AT THE END OF MY ROPE WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A PERMIT THROUGH IN THE CITY ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS. NOW, I'M SURE I'M GOING TO GET ROASTED FOR SAYING THAT, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE STUFF. DO IT ALL THE TIME.

I WAS AN ASSET MANAGER FOR A NATIONAL COMPANY AND WE TOOK UP STUFF ALL THE TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE CONSULTANTS DO IT. WE DO IT IN-HOUSE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. WE MAYBE LOOK AT THIS FOR LEAF.

WE MIGHT NEED THEM FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED THEM FOR A CAMERA SYSTEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENT? I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. SO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

I'M HAPPY TO GO. SO I FIRST OF ALL APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE VISUAL. IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY EASY TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE ICONOGRAPHY AND, AND THE COLOR CODING. SO APPRECIATE THAT. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND KIND OF SET THE BALL IN MOTION, I WAS HESITANT ABOUT HOW MANY INITIATIVES WE HAVE.

WE HAD ON THAT LIST, BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE NOT ONLY IS IT YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO DELIVER ON ALL OF THAT. AND SEEING THE FORWARD PROGRESS ACROSS THE INITIATIVES IS, IS REALLY GREAT. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS, IF I MIGHT. YEAH.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, SEEN A QUARTER ONE REPORT THAT HAD THIS MUCH ONGOING AND THIS LITTLE NOT YET STARTED.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A REAL TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING AND THE MOTIVATION TO WORK ON THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SET IN MOTION. AND SO I WANT TO ECHO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR BEING GUNG HO AND WORKING HARD.

I THINK THAT IT SHOWS THAT WE'VE SET THE RIGHT THINGS ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S THE THINGS STAFF IS WORKING ON, AND I WANT TO THANK LEADERSHIP FOR KEEPING PEOPLE FROM BEING DISTRACTED SO THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED YOU ALL TO BE WORKING ON.

AND SO I THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.

SO THANK YOU TO STAFF. EXCELLENT. MORE COMMENTS.

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SO IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS ECHOING THE ECHOES? I WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING. IT'S WHAT I SEE, WHAT I SAW.

FIRST OF ALL WAS WE DEFINITELY HAD A LOT ON OUR PLATE AND WE WERE MAKING SOME VERY CONCRETE PROGRESS ON ALL THIS.

SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THIS. AND YEAH THE PRESENTATION, THE MATERIALS, THE WAY YOU PRESENT THIS IS VERY CLEAR FOR ME AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND WHAT I'M SEEING IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN ON COUNCIL AS LONG AS AS COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYOR JOSE.

BUT IN THAT TIME, I'VE SEEN AN EVOLUTION AND I'VE SEEN THIS TO BECOME MORE CONCISE AND TO THE POINT AND VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THERE.

I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST. YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THAT THE THE SOFTWARE FOR THE WEATHER, THAT'S ALL NEW.

I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT IN ACTION IF WE COULD AT SOME POINT MAYBE MAKE MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A, A TUTORIAL OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD ARRANGE JUST I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MEANS THAT YOU WOULD BE CLIMBING UP ONTO THE ROOF.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING DISPLAYED, WE GO, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? JUST GIVE US A, YOU KNOW, OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT'S BEING UTILIZED OR HOW IT'S EXPECTED TO BE UTILIZED IN THE COMING SEASON. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. I'M INTRIGUED BY IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. GOOD GOOD REPORT.

YEAH. ANY COMMENT? NO. OKAY. EXCELLENT. YEAH.

I THINK OVERALL IT'S A VERY GREAT REPORT. AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE THE PROGRESS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT TARGETS AND DOING GREAT WORK, PROUD OF OUR CITY, CITY STAFF AND EVERYBODY TO GET THIS TOGETHER HERE.

AND THANK YOU. SO NO ACTION NEEDED, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THE UPDATES.

THANK YOU. AND MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NINE, CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL REPORTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[9. CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL REPORTS]

JUST THREE THINGS I SAID THIS LAST TIME. WE HAVE OUR WELLNESS IN OUR BACKYARD HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. AT DON BIDDLE PARK. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW VENDORS. THERE'S A NEW ELEMENT TO IT.

LAST TIME WE HAD JUST A SAFETY FAIR. NOW WE'RE BRINGING THE HEALTH COMPONENT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC AND FOOD.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLKS COMING OUT. SECONDLY, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS PUTTING ON A SEMINAR NEXT TUESDAY FROM 6 TO 7 IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM, STARTING A BUSINESS.

THE PROCESS AND RESOURCES FOR STARTING A BUSINESS IN DUBLIN.

VICE MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED STAFF BEING GUNG HO.

THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT. THIS IS FROM STAFF DECIDING TO DO MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO ME AND THEY SAID, WE WANT TO GO WITH IT AND WE WANT TO GO NOW. SO WE'RE DOING IT AND IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S A PIECE OF ART THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED AT DUBLIN CENTER.

IT IS A KEY AREA OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S THE CORNER OF DUBLIN AND TASSAJARA.

THERE'S A LITTLE PLAZA THERE, A PUBLIC PLAZA, VERY VISIBLE AREA.

PLEASE GO ONLINE AND GIVE YOUR OPINION ON THE ON THE VARIOUS ART THAT'S PROPOSED THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF COOL DESIGNS, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE IN SELECTING IN THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

SO FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS UPDATE JOHN. YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR.

FOR ME, A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE THAT I HAD LAST WEEK, I MET WITH THE FEDERAL AND MILITARY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMITTEE. OH MY GOSH. AND THE NOTHING REALLY NEW TO REPORT OUT OF THAT OTHER THAN THERE WILL BE SEVERAL EVENTS WHERE THERE WILL BE TRUNK OR TREAT HAPPENING. BYE BYE. SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITIES.

ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ATTENDANCE BY OUR, OUR STUDENTS ANNA AND FIONA FROM TOP.

I DID MEET WITH THEM AND I ASKED THEM TO COME PRESENT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE VERY, VERY ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDENTS IN THE CITY AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THEM.

I SIMPLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND ENSURE THAT YOU GET AS MUCH SUPPORT AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT OUR OUR YOUTH ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

MAYOR. YEAH. EXCELLENT. MICHAEL MAYOR. I DID SOME REAL FUN THINGS THIS WEEK.

PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. STOP WASTE PLANNING ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE.

ACTUALLY, IT WAS GOOD PRESENTATIONS ON THAT. NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT.

BUT SERIOUSLY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A JUDGE AT DUBLIN LS.

IT WAS A SPIRIT COMPETITION. I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE THERE.

AND THANK YOU FOLKS FOR GIVING ME THE THE FOCUS ON THAT.

THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 800 KIDS THERE AND 300 PARENTS.

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SO IT WAS MASSIVE, RIGHT. AND LITTLE TALENTS COORDINATION, BUT I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY.

IT WENT AWAY AND IT MADE MY DAY. SO IT WAS IT WAS A FUN DAY.

AND THAT WAS BACK ON THE NINTH. ALSO THE THE, SOME OF US WENT TO THE PACIFIC KITCHEN LIFE RIBBON CUTTING AND I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS IMPRESSED.

I LIKED THEIR STUFF. RIGHT. GOOD FOR SOMETHING.

WE'LL GET THERE. WE'LL GET THERE. WE'LL GET THERE. MAYOR. BUT I ENJOYED THAT RIBBON CUTTING.

GOOD PEOPLE. THEY'RE GOOD, SOLID PEOPLE. ALSO ANOTHER FUN EVENT.

I THINK WE, SOME OF US WENT TO WAS THE TRUNK OR TREAT AT DON BIDDLE.

AND THERE WERE JUST AS MANY PEOPLE AS IN PRIOR YEARS, JUST MORE.

AND I WAS DOING, I, I WAS DOING SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF ROTARY USING THE AIR AND WE WERE DOING THE CORNHOLE.

RIGHT. AND YOU'RE JUST MOVING AROUND AND IT'S LIKE, WHEN IS THIS LINE GOING TO END HERE? IT WAS JUST FOREVER, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY KIDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF KIDS.

AND I THINK WE WERE THERE UNTIL ABOUT 9:00. SO VERY ENJOYABLE.

IT WAS A GREAT LAST TWO WEEKS. SOME GOOD FUN STUFF.

EXCELLENT. YEAH. ALSO HAD A VERY BUSY TWO WEEKS THE FEDERAL MILITARY COMMUNITIES COMMISSION MEETING WAS LAST WEEK. ALSO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT MEETING, THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE PACIFIC KITCHEN LIFE, WHICH WAS AGAIN A GREAT EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND, ATTENDED THE DIWALI DUSHERA EVENT DHAMAKA AT ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, WHICH WAS A HUGE EVENT. LOTS OF FUN.

I WAS ALSO INVITED BY A LOCAL BOY SCOUTS TROOP TO DO A TALK ON CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.

AND IT FELT NICE TO TO RECONNECT WITH WITH, WITH THE SCOUT GROUP.

I WAS A SCOUT BACK IN THE 1900S. SO, SO IT WAS NICE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NIGHT MARKET THIS FRIDAY.

AND THE DUBLIN ROTARY VETERAN'S DAY LUNCH, WHICH IS HAPPENING ON NOVEMBER 9TH WHICH IS FREE TO VETERANS TO AN ACTIVE MILITARY TO ATTEND. AND I WANTED TO BRING BACK AN ITEM FOR, FOR THE AGENDA.

WITH, WITH HEAD NODS, HOPEFULLY, WHICH IS TO BRING BACK AN AGENDA ITEM REGARDING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SUPER NINO, BOTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING FROM PREPARATION STANDPOINT, AS WELL AS WHAT THE, WHAT THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. MY AGENDA FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN SHORTER THAN THE REST OF YOURS.

MY NEW WORK SCHEDULE PRECLUDES ME FROM DOING THE DAYTIME RIBBON CUTTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH I'M SAD ABOUT. I DO WANT TO THANK MIKE ONCE AGAIN FOR ATTENDING THE STOP WASTE MEETINGS FOR ME.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I DID GO TO MY, MY FIRST LAST.

SO THE THE LAST MEETING THAT I WILL ATTEND WAS YESTERDAY.

THAT'S A QUARTERLY MEETING. SO WE HAD THE UPDATE ON THAT.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A FEE REDUCTION FOR SOME OF OUR FEES IN THE TOD AREA DUE TO STATE LAW.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, COME AND FIND ME. I'M ALSO VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NIGHT MARKET THIS WEEK, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ORDERED WEATHER TO CLEAR UP BY FRIDAY, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, NO RAIN ON OUR NIGHT MARKET. WE HAD AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND WE HAD A YOUNG MAN FROM DUBLIN HIGH WHO PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO THE COMMITTEE.

AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, HIS PROPOSAL WAS TO LOOK INTO A SMALL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE TAILORED TO FOLKS MAKING UP TO 80% OF AMI THAT LIVE IN DUBLIN WHO ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING THEIR JOBS DUE TO AI REPLACEMENT. AND THE, THE SMALL GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE ABOUT PAYING FOR LAS POSITAS RESKILLING COURSES. AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR HEAD NODS FOR US TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO HIS PROPOSAL AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF AND WANTS TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL.

DO I HAVE HEAD NODS TO TO LOOK INTO THAT? YES.

HE HANDED OUT A FAIRLY WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPOSAL, I THOUGHT TO US AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. AND THEN I THINK THAT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION OCTOBER IS NO PLACE FOR HATE MONTH.

AND WE HEARD A COUPLE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY THAT WERE NOT IN LINE WITH NO PLACE FOR HATE.

AND WE DON'T TYPICALLY ANSWER BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE MOMENT, BUT SOMETIMES WE DO ADDRESS IT IN OUR OWN COUNCIL REPORTS.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT WE PUSH BACK ON HATE SPEECH AND WE DO SUPPORT RECOGNIZING FOLKS FOR WHO THEY

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ARE. AND WE DO LIKE TO DO PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE IN TOWN AND RECOGNIZE OUR DIVERSITY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT IS ONE OF OUR VALUE STATEMENTS. DIVERSITY IS ONE OF OUR VALUE STATEMENTS, AND IT IS A STRENGTH IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.

AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE'S LEGAL GENDER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THEM AS SUCH.

AND THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

VERY WELL SAID. SO A LOT OF SIMILAR EVENTS I'VE BEEN TO AND THERE'S ONE MORE.

IT'S INSIDE DUBLIN CLASS HAS STARTED LAST LIKE IN TWO, TWO WEEKS BACK.

AND I WAS VERY EXCITED EVERY TIME WHEN I SAY I THINK ABOUT 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY WERE EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CITY.

IF WE ASK WHY YOU SIGN UP FOR THE CLASS, I REMEMBER ALL OF THEM.

ALMOST ALL OF THEM SAID THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CITY.

SO THAT'S GREAT. SO WE OFFER THIS CLASS EVERY YEAR AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CITY AND HOW CITY FUNCTIONS, HOW CITY OPERATES. SO THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. AND HEAVILY 50TH ANNIVERSARY, I THINK.

OKAY, SO THEY HAVE THIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY, HUGE EVENT IN OUR SHANNON COMMUNITY CENTER CELEBRATIONS.

SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT. FOR THAT ONE. AND LET ME JUST GO THROUGH MY INFORMATION HERE.

SO OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS.

THERE'S A DIWALI THERE, THERE'S OTHER INDIAN HOLIDAYS AND JUST A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS AND DANDIYA AND A LOT OF THINGS VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL. WE LOVE THAT. CULTURAL COMMUNITY EVENTS.

LET ME SEE. PACIFIC KITCHEN IS A GOOD ONE AND I WANT YOU ALL INVISIBLE.

TRI-VALLEY EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND AT EMERALD GREEN PARK.

SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT. SO IT'S A FAMILY OR A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT.

THEY HAVE A BOOTH, THEY HAVE LITTLE GAMES. WE HAVE AN INDIVISIBLE, INDIVISIBLE, TRI-VALLEY, INDIVISIBLE. I REALLY ENJOY I BROUGHT FRIENDS WITH ME AND WE GOT TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO SET UP A DIFFERENT BOOTHS.

WHO'S THERE. AND I JUST ENJOYED THAT EVENTS AND YEAH.

THANK YOU. SO IN THE EVENING WE HAVE THIS TRUNK OR TREAT THAT'S SO FULL OF PEOPLE.

AND EVERY YEAR I LOVE TO GO THERE. AND I JOINED OUR DUBLIN POLICE SERVICES.

I WAS HELPING TO HAND OUT THE CANDIES AND REALLY FUN.

SO YEAH, LOTS OF GOOD EVENTS. OH, THERE'S ONE MORE EVENT I WANT TO MENTION.

THERE IS A NONPROFIT EVENT. IT'S CALLED RISE AND SHINE NONPROFIT.

THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER SHOE BOXES OF GIFTS AND PACKED THAT UP AND GAVE OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO EACH SHOE BOX ONLY IS LIKE $20 DONATION.

AND THEY PACKED A FULL OF THINGS. THERE'S A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR, THERE'S A THERE'S A CRAYONS THERE.

THERE'S JUST A, THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED FOR THEIR SCHOOL WORK.

SO I WAS REALLY AMAZED ABOUT HOW MUCH WORK THEY HAVE DONE.

THEY ARE BASED, I THINK IT'S BASED IN DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON.

THEY HAVE WON THE FIRST PLACE OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HOURS.

SO THEY HAVE A BIG GROUP OVER THERE. SO VERY, VERY GOOD EVENT THERE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL CLOSE OUR TODAY'S MEETING AT 826.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. FOUR MINUTES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.