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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
EVENING, EVERYONE.SO TODAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SINCE IT'S ELECTION DAY.
SO WE HAVE THIS REGULAR MEETING A LITTLE BIT EARLY TODAY, AND WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:31 PM.
AND LET'S HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS STANDS, ONE NATION AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE LAW.
SO NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATIONS AND THE PROCLAMATIONS.
[3.1. 2026-168 Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month Proclamation]
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION.SO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH, FIRST DESIGNATED IN 1983 BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IS OBSERVED EVERY NOVEMBER.
THE OBSERVANCE IS MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS, REDUCE STIGMA AND HONOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH A DISEASE AND THE FAMILIES WHO CARE FOR THEM.
AND DUE TO THE LAST MINUTE CONFLICT, SO TODAY THERE'S NO ONE WILL BE PRESENT TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, BUT WE WILL MAIL TO THEM.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT]
IS A PUBLIC COMMENT.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE NON-AGENDIZED ITEM.
COMMENTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES.
SO IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-ADA - AGENDAIZED ITEMS, BUT HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED A SPEAKER SLIP, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
CITY CLERK WILL READ THE NAMES OF THOSE IN PERSON FIRST, FOLLOWED BY REMOTE SPEAKER SLIPS, AND THEN REMOTE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED.
SO TO RAISE YOUR HAND ON A COMPUTER OR A SMARTPHONE APP, CLICK THE RAISE HAND BUTTON.
AND TO JOIN BY PHONE, PRESS THE STAR KEY, THEN NINE.
MASHA, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.
WE HAVE, UM, FOUR SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
SO THE FIRST SPEAKER IS, UM, CHRISTIE LEE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HU AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I'M HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST I RAISED IT AT THE OCTOBER 20 COUNCIL MEETING.
MAYOR HU, I HAVE EMAILED YOU DIRECTLY FOUR TIMES.
I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED A WRITTEN ANSWER.
HOWEVER, WE DISCOVERED THAT ON OCTOBER 28TH, DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY, YOU QUIETLY FILED AN AMENDED FORM 700.
IT DISCLOSED AN INTEREST IN SELENA KAO LLC HELD THROUGH GLOBAL GREENLIFE INC.
THE AMENDMENT THAT DESCRIBES SELENA KAO'S BUSINESS AS MEMORY CARE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT PROMOTED YOU TO AMEND THE FILING? WHAT IS THE, WHAT WAS IT IN RESPONSE TO OUR REPEATED REQUEST FOR ANSWERS? WHEN DID GLOBAL GREEN LIFE ACQUIRE THAT INTEREST AND SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED EARLY? THE APRIL 2025 ICC FILING IDENTIFIES YOU AS SELENA KAO'S CO-MANAGER.
WHEN DID THAT ROLE BEGIN? DID YOU SEPARATELY DISCLOSE IT ON FORM 700? IF SO, WHERE AND WHEN? IF YOU DIDN'T, WHY? HOW ARE GLOBAL GREEN LIFE, SELENA KAO AND KELSEY MANAGEMENT CONNECTED TO DUBLIN'S INSPIRATION DRIVE MEMORY CARE PROJECT? WHEN YOU CIRCULATE THE JANUARY 2025 MESSAGE PROMOTING THE MEMORY CARE PROJECT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROPERTY, UH, OP- OPPORTUNITY, DID YOU TELL PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL INTEREST AND THE MANAGER, THE MANAGEMENT
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ROLE? DID YOU EXPECT ANY COMPENSATION FROM IT? YOUR 2026 FORM 460 LEASED 2500 CONTRIBUTION FROM INDIVIDUAL CONNECTED TO THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS.THE REPORTED A SEPARATE 500 CONTRIBUTION FROM ONE OF THE RELATED DEVELOPER BACK IN 2024 AS WELL.
DID EITHER DONOR CONTACT YOU ABOUT THE PROJECT? DID YOU DISCUSS APPROVALS WITH THEM? DID YOU DISCLOSE YOUR INTERESTS OR SEEK WRITTEN ETHICS ADVICE? MAYOR HU, I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY YOUR SILENCE.
DUBLIN NEEDS A LEADER WHO PUTS THE PUBLIC INTEREST FIRST.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP UNTIL WE RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE.
SO WE, I PERSONALLY CONSULTED, UH, MY PROFESSIONAL, UH, TREASURERS AND, UH, TAX PROFESSIONALS.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENT? GO AHEAD.
WE HAVE, UM, THREE OTHER SPEAKERS AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER AFTER THAT ON ZOOM AS WELL.
SO THE NEXT SPEAKERS, UM, HERE IN THE CHAMBER ARE SHARANI AND AUDREY.
HELLO, MAYOR HU AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'RE BOTH SENIORS AT DUBLIN HIGH WHO ARE PART OF MS. MCCOURT'S CIVICS CLASS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR CIVIL ACTION PROJECT AND BRING AWARENESS OF OUR CURRENT ISSUES ON MENTAL HEALTH.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE WANT TO CENTER OUR FOCUS ON IS MENTAL HEALTH IN THE BAY AREA.
OUR PLAN OF ACTION IS TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERWHELMING STRESS THAT TEENAGERS HAVE THESE DAYS DEALING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, ACADEMIC PRESSURE, AND MANY OTHER FACTORS THAT DRIVE STUDENTS TO A STATE WHERE THEY BELIEVE THEY CANNOT ASK FOR HELP.
TO ILLUSTRATE THE CRISIS IN DUBLIN HIGH, STUDENTS MAY NOT WANT TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES OR ARE UNDER ACADEMIC PRESSURE TO EXCEL.
THE PROPOSITION OF WORKING TOWARDS PREVENTING STRESS MEANS ADDING MORE EVENTS IN WELLNESS CENTERS, BIWEEKLY MEETINGS WITH COUNSELORS, OR OTHER POLICY INDUCED PREVENTION IDEAS.
CURRENTLY IN THE BAY AREA, ABOUT FOUR TO NINE DEATHS PER 100,000 YOUNG PEOPLE OCCUR EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS DRIVEN BY A GROWING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DUE TO SOCIAL MEDIA OVERUSE AND ACADEMIC PRESSURE.
SINCE SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR OWN AGE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH STRESSORS, THIS PROJECT WILL ULTIMATELY STRIVE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BY PUTTING ONE STEP FORWARD.
WE LOOK F - WE LOOK TO FURTHER HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A SPACE TO COME TO WHEN THEY'RE FEELING BAD.
OUR PROJECT WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE MORE PUBLIC POLICIES WHICH IMPLEMENT FREE THERAPY SESSIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, WHICH ARE ONE-TO-ONE AND MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE BAY AREA COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO INTEGRATE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM IN CLASSES WHICH FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH DUBLIN MAYOR COUNCIL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT LED BY MAYOR SHERRY HU TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH CARE PACKAGES.
MAYOR, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE, UM, PANKAJ LA CATIA.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THANKS FOR INVITING ME HERE, UH, TO SPEAK TODAY.
UM, I LIVE IN EAST DUBLIN, UH, OVER NEXT TO EMERALD GLEN HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN THE TWO COMPLEXES THAT ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
AND I WANTED TO BRING UP THREE SPECIFIC ISSUES.
UH, TWO, I BELIEVE, ARE IMMINENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SAFETY DANGERS TO THE COMMU - THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES THERE.
UM, AND THEN ONE IS IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY WE KNEW HOW TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL, UH, SO WE THOUGH WE'D BRING OUR CONCERNS HERE.
UH, SO THE FIRST ISSUE IS AROUND JUST RAMPANT TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
UH, PARENTS, TEACHERS ALIKE ARE SPEEDING, THEY'RE RUNNING STOP SIGNS, THEY'RE DOING ILLEGAL DROP-OFFS ON RED CURBS.
UH, THE OTHER DAY MY CAR WAS HIT, WHICH PROMPTED ME TO COME HERE, UH, BUT IN SPEAKING TO NEIGHBORS, UH, MANY HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS, AND SO THAT'S ONE.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND IS MANY OF THE STUDENTS, UM, HAVE THESE POWERFUL E-BIKES, THEY ARE DRIVING OVER 25 MILES AN HOUR ON THE SIDEWALKS, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A PEDESTRIAN, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NOT, BUT A CHILD, A PET, AN ELDERLY PERSON, ANY HUMAN BEING WALKING IS GOING TO GET INJURED SEVERELY THERE.
THE ONE THAT'S IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS ESPECIALLY DURING LUNCH, STUDENTS HAVE OPEN CAMPUS, SO THEY'RE
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OUT AND ABOUT.UH, THEY LEAVE TRASH EVERYWHERE IN THE COMMUNITIES.
OUR COMMUNITY, THE COTTAGES, HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO, VANDALIZED, UH, RESULTED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF REPAIR THAT WE HAD TO PAY OUT OF THE HOA, UH, FUND.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THE SCHOOL CAN DO ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING THIS ATTENTION.
WE LOVE HAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
I HOPE MY SON GROWS UP AND GOES TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THE CITY TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL TO CONSIDER A FEW MEASURES, UH, SOME THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
UM, ONE IS CONSIDER CLOSING THE CAMPUS DURING LUNCH OR HAVING SOME, UH, SCHOOL RESOURCE STAFF OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY ON THE PARK THAT'S NEXT TO THE SCHOOL, UM, JUST TO KIND OF WATCH STUDENT BEHAVIOR.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE INCREASED EITHER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR SOME CITY POLICE, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PICKUP AND THE DROP-OFF TIMES, THE MORNING AND THE EVENINGS, JUST TO WATCH FOR THESE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
UM, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE E-BIKES.
I KNOW SOME CITIES HAVE BANNED THEM.
BANNING IS A STRONG THING TO DO, UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING, UH, ABOUT THAT, UH, TO CORRECT THIS BEHAVIOR.
I DON'T THINK, EXCUSE ME, I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL REPEATEDLY TELLING THEIR STUDENTS OR TELLING THEIR PARENTS IS HAVING ANY IMPACT.
WE'VE HAD REPRESENTATIVES GO TO THE SCHOOL TO ADDRESS THIS, HASN'T RESULTED ANYTHING AND IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE, RIGHT? AND, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS ONE THING.
I THINK IT'S REALLY AROUND THE, THE SAFETY AND THE TRAFFIC.
CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO OUR CLERK? I DO.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, RIGHT? MAYOR, MAYOR WE HAVE THE RESIDENT'S, UH, EMAIL.
I HAVE TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS AND WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THE SCHOOL.
UH, WE'LL SEND YOU A NOTE AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
LEAVE, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION THERE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE GRANT.
MIKE GRANT, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DUBLIN.
RUN GUNS UNLIMITED IN TOWN FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, SHERRY, THIS DEAL THAT CHRISTY JUST BROUGHT UP KIND OF ALARMS ME A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THE DEADLINE WAS AUGUST 8TH AND YOU DO IT ON THE AUGUST THE 28TH OF THIS YEAR AND IT WAS A YEAR AGO, SO STARTING TO SMELL LIKE I'M STEPPING IN THAT STUFF IN THE PARK AGAIN.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT JEAN JOSIE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE MONTHS BACK.
AND IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR THESE, UH, ANTAGE, UH, GEARS UP HERE TO START CRANKING AND THINKING A LITTLE BIT BEING SINCE, UH, I'M 71 YEARS OLD, BUT, UH, WHAT CONCERNS ME...
WHAT CONCERNS ME IS SHE WAS NOT GETTING PAID TO DEVOTE ALL THESE FUNCTIONS OVER THE YEARS, 7.99 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE SHE'S HOURLY.
AND THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE POSSIBLY QUALIFIED.
ALL OF YOU ARE SALARY OF SOME SORT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU'RE PROBABLY RETIRED.
BUT ANYHOW, UM, IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WE GOT ELECTRICIANS, WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE TRADES OUT HERE, SUCH AS NURSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY CAN'T TAKE OFF WORK BECAUSE IF THEY TAKE OFF WORK, THEY DON'T GET PAID.
THIS LITTLE STIPEND WE GIVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT ART PROJECT OVER THERE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COST A BUNCH OF MONEY, NOT MAYBE, WE DIDN'T PAY FOR IT MAYBE.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, THESE ARE SOME BIG DOLLAR ITEMS AND WHAT WE LOSE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT COULD BE ON THIS COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T WANNA GET BUMPED OFF, BUT THERE MIGHT BE AN HOURLY PERSON OUT THERE, LOCAL THREE OPERATING ENGINEERS AND OPERATOR MECHANICS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ATTORNEYS IN THE UNIONS.
BUT ANYHOW, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'RE GIVING THIS LITTLE 1,500, 1,200, WHATEVER THIS CHUNK CHANGE WAS FOR A MONTH.
I THINK THAT WE CAN AFFORD AS A CITY TO START LOOKING AT THIS AND PROBABLY...
I THINK YOU GOTTA PAY JEAN BACK FOR ABOUT, UH, PROBABLY 800 HOURS WORTH OF LOST TIME OVER THE LAST YEARS SO THAT SHE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BUY A NEW HOUSE AND ANOTHER CAR, ONE THAT'S GOT AN ENGINE IN IT INSTEAD OF A BATTERY.
AND I'M JUST SAYING, PLEASE, BRING THIS UP.
JOHN, I'LL PUT IT IN YOUR COURT.
KICK IT OFF AND LET'S START THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY EVERYBODY'S GONNA TERM OUT HERE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT ARE HOURLY WORKERS THAT MIGHT BE QUALIFIED.
I'M JUST GONNA STAY UP ON THE RANCH AND SHOOT.
LASHA, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? WE DO, MAYOR.
WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER HERE IN THE CHAMBER, AND THAT'S LADELL.
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ALL RIGHT.I AM A SENIOR A - SENIOR STUDENT ATHLETE AT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR LACK OF THIRD PLACES IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
I HOSTED A SURVEY AND WE CONCLUDED THAT OUR STUDENTS HANG OUT IN OTHER CITIES SUCH AS PLEASANTON OR SAN RAMON TO, LIKE, JUST EXPERIENCE MORE FUN TIMES AND JUST, UH, YEAH, TO HANG OUT AND DON'T CHOOSE OUR CITY AS THEIR PRIMARY OPTION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO, LIKE, PROPOSE, UH, THE REMAKING OR THE RE-IDEA OF THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN AREA, WHICH I THINK WAS A GREAT IDEA.
IT WAS TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AND I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND I WANT FOR THOSE STUDENTS OR THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT I DID WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WITH BEING ABLE TO HANG OUT AND JUST HAVE A LOCAL ENVIRONMENT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO OTHER CITIES BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN DRIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MY NAME IS COSMO MORAS, AND I AM ALSO A SENIOR STUDENT ATHLETE AT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESPONSES FROM THE SURVEY WAS AN ANONYMOUS STUDENT WHO WAS BEGGING FOR MORE MAKEUP PLACES NEAR DUBLIN, AND THE STUDENT ALSO EXPRESSED A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ABIL - AVAILABILITY IN DUBLIN, AND THERE SHOULD ALSO BE MORE PLACES WHERE THEY CAN BUY MAKEUP WITHOUT GOING TO ANOTHER CITY.
AND THEY ALSO EXPRESSED A LACK OF CLOTHING STORES NEARBY AS THEY WANT TO HAVE MORE TRENDY OPTIONS AVAILABLE NEARBY IN DUBLIN.
AND WITH THE STUDENTS GETTING MORE FREEDOM BECAUSE THEY GET TO HAVE THEIR OWN PERMITS AND DRIVER'S LICENSE, UM, THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER AS WELL.
AND THESE ARE JUST A FRACTION OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT, AND ALSO THE OTHER ONES WEREN'T, LIKE, THEY WEREN'T MUCH BETTER, SO OUR GROUP WILL BE SPEAKING FOR THE YOUTH.
IT IS ELECTION SEASON, AND WE DO SEE THE SIGNS COMING UP SAYING THAT DUBLIN WAS VOTED THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, AND THAT'S AWESOME.
UH, WE KNOW IT'S REALLY TOUGH HEARING PEOPLE JUST COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME, UH, BUT WE THINK WE'VE PROVIDED, LIKE, A SORT OF GOOD SOLUTION TO HAVE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
UH, OUR HOPE RIGHT NOW IS THAT DUBLIN STAYS VOTED THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, AS IN, LIKE, TO DO THINGS, TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS INSTEAD OF GOING OUT TO, LIKE, UH, SAN RAMON, TO THEIR DOWNTOWN OR SOMETHING.
AND OUR SURVEY, WHICH WE MENTIONED, WENT OUT TO AROUND 10% OF THE SENIOR CLASS, AROUND, UH, 80 PEOPLE, ALMOST 100.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE JUST SHARE, IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL TALK ABOUT.
THANK YOU FOR A GOOD FEEDBACK.
GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU GONNA SHARE YOUR SURVEY RESULTS WITH US? SEND IT TO US IN AN EMAIL? WE CAN.
UH, I'LL CONNECT WITH YOU TOMORROW.
MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM.
UM, THE SPEAKER HAS THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS 7814.
CAN YOU HEAR? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I LIVE IN THE VILLAS COMMUNITY AT, UH, DUBLIN RANCH.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THE COMMENT THAT MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE SAFETY NEAR THE, UH HIGH SCHOOL.
I LIVE RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF FINIAN WAY AND CHAD CITY LANE, AND I SEE MANY DURING, UH, DROP-OFF MORNING, UM, THAT PARENTS WERE DROPPING OFF.
UH, THEY JUST DROVE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, UH, WITHOUT STREET OR THE FINIAN WAY CHANCEY LANE INTER- INTERSECTION.
AND, UH, IT'S RIGHT AT THE SCHOOL DROP OF THEM, AND I, UH, I HAVE MY CAR PARKED OUTSIDE AND I GO WITH MY TODDLER OUTSIDE TO DROP HER OFF IN A DAYCARE, AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S A, IT'S REALLY A SAFETY HAZARD, AND EVEN...
AND DURING LUNCHTIME, WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE OUT, THEY'RE IN, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS A GARAGE, THEY ARE DOING ACTIVITIES IN A GARAGE,
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THEY, THEY JUMP OUT A FENCE IN A SWIMMING POOL, UH, AND THEY HANG OUT INTO THE RESTROOM, UH, SWIMMING POOL RESTROOM OF A COMMUNITY.WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS IN THERE, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
THEY HANG OUT TILL THEIR LUNCH BREAK IS DONE, AND THEN THEY GO OUT.
SO, WE, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RAISE THIS WITH, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL, AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THESE POINTS THAT, UH, PANKAJ EARLIER BR- BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
MAYOR, I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS.
SO, UH, THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AND A- ADJOURN THE GAD MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING AND COME BACK TO R -
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]
CONSTANT CALENDAR NUMBER FIVE IN OUR REGULAR MEETING.SO, JOHN, YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE A ITEM YOU WANT TO, UH, HAVE A QUESTION, RIGHT? YES, PLEASE.
AND I ALSO HAVE, UH, I WANNA PULL FIVE, SIX.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DISCUSS 5.6.
SO LET'S JUST START WITH - MAY- MAYOR, I'M...
I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON 5.2 AS WELL.
SO, SO CAN WE APPROVE REST OF THEM FIRST AND THEN GO THROUGH THEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH - YEAH.
APPROVE THE, UH, RESIDUAL BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
EXCEPT FOR FIVE AND TWO AND 5.6 AT THIS POINT.
[5.2. 2026-134 California Transportation Commission SB 1 2026 Local Partnership Competitive Program Grant Application for the Village Parkway Reconstruction Project, CIP No. ST0323]
TO 5.2 AND, UM, LET'S ASK QUESTION FIRST, RIGHT? ASK QUESTION FIRST.UH, SO, UH, I HAVE JUST TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, ACTUALLY, RELATED TO THE, UH, THIS, THIS COMPETITIVE BID THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER.
UH, I'LL FAST FORWARD TO WHAT IS A POTENTIAL SCENARIO, WHICH IS WHAT IF WE DO NOT WIN THIS BID? WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS TO, TO US AS A CITY OR THE PROJECT AND ALSO THE CIP? THE FUNDING GAP WILL STILL BE THERE, BUT WE WILL TRY TO PHASE THE PROJECT AND THERE ARE SEGMENTS THAT ARE USABLE WITHIN THE BUDGET AVAILABLE.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AND WE'LL ALSO TRY GOING AFTER OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MEANWHILE.
YOU ACTUALLY DID SORT OF TOUCH MY SECOND QUESTION, WHICH WAS, COULD WE PHASE THE DIFFERENT MINI PROJECTS WITHIN THIS? AND IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, LET, LET ME GO TO THE, UH, THE, THE LARGER QUESTION, WHICH IS IF WE DID GET THIS FUNDING AND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THE GAP, WOULD ALL OF THE PROJECTS START AT THE SAME TIME OR WOULD WE HAVE A STAGGERED SET OF ACTIVITIES IN, IN, IN TERMS OF PRIORITY SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE FIRST? BECAUSE I'LL ASK MY SECOND, MY THIRD QUESTION TO THAT, BUT IF YOU COULD ANSWER THAT ONE FIRST.
SO THIS, THE CONSTRUCTION SCOPE WILL HAVE ALL THE ACTIVITIES.
HOW WE CONSTRUCT IS BASED ON CONSTRUCTION PHASING.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, UH, MY THIRD QUESTION ACTUALLY IS RELATED TO, UH, WHAT IMPACT COULD WE HAVE TO TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN THAT M- MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, UH, GIVEN THAT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE BUSINESSES, YOU HAVE HIGH SCHOOL ALONG THERE.
H - WHAT SORT OF ANALYSIS HAVE WE DONE SO THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HOW TO PHASE IT OUT? ARE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE IMPACTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING? YES, 100%.
THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE ARE IN DESIGN AND WE'RE WORKING ON HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AT THIS TIME, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO PHASE THE CONSTRUCTION IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS.
I CAN'T PROMISE THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE.
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO WILL HELP THE PARENTS - YES.
WHO ARE DRIVING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
SO, UH, LET'S HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SORRY, I HAD - OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION TOO? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
SORRY, THERE WAS, UH, JUST A MINOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON PAGE 18.
IT SAID, "INSTALL FIBER OPTIC CONDUIT," AND THEN ANOTHER SPOT, IT SAID, "INSTALLING FIBER OPTICS." IS IT THE ACTUAL FIBER OPTIC LINE THAT YOU'RE INSTALLING OR JUST THE CONDUIT OR BOTH? WE ARE INSTALLING BOTH.
MAYOR, MY SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS GEORGE WILLIAMS, AND HE IS ON ZOOM.
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YES, I'M, I, AM I HERE SPEAKING? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE THE, THE, THE CITY REALLY TO LOOK AT HARD THIS IMPROVEMENT OF VILLAGE PARKWAY, S - THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 323.
IN 2024, THE AGENDA ITEM INDICATED THAT THE PROJECT WAS GONNA COST 18 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
A FEW YEARS LATER, NOW, WE'RE ON THE, THE, THE WEBSITE, AND IT SAYS THAT WE'RE ABOUT $43 MILLION.
THE, YOUR RESOLUTION TONIGHT COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT FEES ARE IN EFFECT, AND I'M NOT TWO MINUTES INTO IT.
YOUR EASTERN FUND NUMBER 4300 HAS $13 MILLION.
YOUR WESTERN FUND HAS $2.5 MILLION.
THE DUBLIN CROSSING FUND 4401 HAS A MILLION DOLLARS.
I, YOU, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GET ALL THIS MONEY? YOU'VE GOTTA COMMIT TO HOW MUCH? AT LEAST THIR, $30 MILLION, BECAUSE IF YOU GET $12 MILLION FROM THE, FR, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE SB, UH, 2026, SB1 2026, I, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I THINK THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE REEVALUATED, AND THE DREAMS FOR THEM REDUCED OR ELIMINATED.
WE ARE KICKING THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 2024.
AND NOW, ARE WE INCLUDING THE SOUND WALL? ARE WE, WHY ARE WE WIDENING SIDEWALKS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE'RE DOING, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT A BIKE LANE IN? THE WHOLE DESIGN, NOBODY HAS, NOBODY HAS STEPPED OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LOOKED AT THIS DESIGN.
I AM TOTALLY DIS- DISMAYED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUST GOING ALONG WITH STAFF THAT KEEPS TELLING THEM, "OH, YEAH, WELL, WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
WE'LL WORK IT OUT." WELL, WHAT IS THE DESIGN PARAMETERS? YEAH, I CAN'T FIND THEM ONLINE ANYWHERE.
AND IF YOU'RE 65% DESIGN COMPLETE TODAY AT $43 MILLION, THE BALANCE IS GONNA GO, IT COULD GO TO $60 MILLION IF THE, IF THE, THOSE NUMBERS PAN OUT.
SO, UH, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SEND AN EMAIL SO WE HAVE YOUR, UM, CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE WILL GET BACK TO THOSE QUESTIONS TO YOU IN, IN EMAILS.
IS THIS ON? UH, MAYOR, I, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, UM, WE HAVE THE PROJECT - UH-HUH.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING.
AND WE ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER GRANT THAT'S ALMOST 10 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T START ANYTHING, OBVIOUSLY, THAT ISN'T FULLY FUNDED, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE - RIGHT.
FOR YOU TONIGHT ASKING FOR THIS AUTHORITY TO APPLY FOR THIS MONEY.
I KNOW WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN DESIGNING, IN COLLABORATING WITH, UM, LIKE A LOT OF, UH, ZONE SEVEN OR A LOT OF AGENCIES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS ALREADY, UM, DEVELOPED.
UM, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER THIS.
SO YOU WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS? YEAH.
UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, COULD YOU CLARIFY, MAYBE NOT YOU, STAFF, CLARIFY, UM, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE 65% DESIGN DONE, 95% D- DESIGN DONE? UM, THOSE ARE TECHNICAL SPECS, UM, AND THEY, THEY CARRY A SPECIFIC MEANING WITHIN THE WORLD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT, UM, WE'VE ONLY THOUGH IT THROUGH 65% OF THE WAY, CORRECT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THOSE TERMS JUST A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, VATSAL PATEL, THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
65% LEVEL DESIGN JUST MEANS THAT WE HAVE A, A LARGER THAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF START LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW THEY WILL FIT INTO THE PROJECT SCOPE LIMITS, ET CETERA.
UM, AS WE GO FURTHER THAT DESIGN, WE THEN SHARPEN THE PENCIL, UM, START LOOKING AT, UM, CONFLICTS AND OTHER IMPRO - HOW IMPROVEMENTS ARE WORKING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER TO SEE IF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, SCOPE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, ADDITIONAL SCOPE NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A PROCESS IN WHICH WE LOOK AT, UM, THE PROJECT IN SEGMENTS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO C - UH, CAPTURE ALL THE, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY FORESEE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING WITH PARTNER AGENCIES TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS THAT THEY WOULD SEE, UM, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE, THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DOESN'T CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY TYPICALLY AFTER THE 65% DESIGN.
WHAT GOES BEYOND THAT IS MORE OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.
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THIS, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.WE FOUND THE B - THE BULK OF THE LARGE SCALE CHALLENGES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THE WATER MAIN WAS LEAKING OR WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THESE, UM, SOUND WALLS WERE PROBLEMATIC, ET CETERA.
AND THE, BEYOND THAT BECOMES THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF HOW DEEP DO WE BURY THE CONDUIT, WHAT TYPE OF TREES ARE WE REPLACING WITH, NOT THE, GEEZ, HOW MANY LANES SHOULD WE PUT ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WE DO HAVE A BIKE LINKS, RIGHT? BIKE LINKS.
I REMEMBER WE DO HAVE THAT BIKE LINKS.
UM, SO WE GOT PUBLISHED COMMENTS, RIGHT? ARE THERE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM MAYOR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? WE'RE GOOD? OKAY.
SO WE WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ONE, 5.6, AND THEN PASS TOGETHER.
[5.6. 2026-163 Youth Mini-Grant Funding Allocations]
5.6, YOUTH MINI GRANT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE, UM, SURROUNDING THE, UM, THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL HAD ABOUT GOING ABOVE THE ASK FOR THE TWO, UM, PROJECTS, THE TWO YOUTH PROJECTS THAT YOU, UM, RECOMMENDED FUNDING ABOVE WHAT THOSE CLUBS ASKED FOR.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH YOUR THINKING ON THAT, UM, RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE? OF COURSE.
ONE THING THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE MOST WAS THAT WE WERE BENEFITING THE MOST AMOUNT OF DUBLIN YOUTH POSSIBLE.
AND SO WE SAW, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS, THAT THESE WERE GONNA BE THE PLACES LIKE THE, UM, EMERALD MENTAL HEALTH THING IS GONNA BE THE PLACES WHERE MOST DUBLIN BENEFIT WILL YOUTH, OR MOST DUBLIN YOUTH WILL BENEFIT.
WE ALSO NOTICED WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER CLUBS THAT IT WASN'T TOTALLY CLEAR WHERE THEY WERE GONNA ALLOCATE THEIR FUNDS AS WELL AS HOW THEY WERE GONNA GET BACK TO US, WHICH IS A PROBLEM WE'VE HAD IN PAST.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL WERE ABLE TO GIVE FUNDING TO EVERY PRES - EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME BACK AND GIVE THEM A WAY TO KICKSTART.
BUT WE DID SEE THAT THIS WOULD BE BETTER FIT FOR THE CURRENT SITUATIONS WITH DUBLIN.
UM, TO DRILL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, NOT TO PUT YOU TOO MUCH ON THE SPOT, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE EMERALD HIGH SCHOOL GARDENING CLUB - YES.
UM, WHERE YOU RECOMMENDED AN EXTRA $50 OVER WHAT THEY'D ASKED FOR, IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY HAD ALREADY BUILT IN A CONTINGENCY.
SO THE, THE 250, FOR EXAMPLE, ALREADY HAD A 25%, WE CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR EXACTLY, WE'VE, WE'VE BUDGETED THIS MUCH, WE'RE GONNA ADD A 25% CONTINGENCY TO GET US TO 250.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH YOUR LOGIC OF WHY THEN YOU AD - ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THAT GROUP? FOR US, WE REALLY SAW THE GARDENING CLUB AS ANOTHER, UH, MENTAL HEALTH OUTLET.
I KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUST START TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.
SO I, SO ME AND THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO APPROACH THIS AND HAVE A WAY TO JUST HAVE AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES OUTSIDE OF JUST SOMETHING THAT FEELS SO CONFRONTATIONAL.
WE SAW AN EXTREME VALUE IN IT AND ALSO SAW A LOT OF STUDENT INTEREST.
SO WE COULD SEE THAT IT WOULD GO VERY FAR IF IT WAS ALLOWED IN MORE SUPPLIES.
AND SINCE THEY ARE A BEGINNING ORGANIZATION, WE WERE WORRIED THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE, UM, THEY WANTED TO HAVE A SHYER ASS JUST TO APPEAL TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE FELT THAT THEY COULD DO BETTER WITH THIS.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
UM, I GUESS FIRST, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HI, I'M REX WAN AND I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, SO MY QUESTION IS, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE COMMITTEE EVALUATED THE PRESENTATIONS, DELIBERATED AND DEVE- DEVELOPED FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
COULD YOU JUST VERY QUICKLY WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKED LIKE IN TERMS OF THE DELIBERATION AND, UH, DEVELOPING THAT, THAT RECOMMEND, THAT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS? UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 10, UH, THE 10 ORGANIZATIONS THAT IT GOT NARROWED DOWN TO OR JUST HOW WE DECIDED TO ALLOCATE OUR FUNDS? UH, PROBABLY HOW YOU GOT DOWN TO THE 10.
OH, UH, SO HOW THE, SO THERE WERE 22 ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION APPLICANTS AND HOW WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO 10 PEOPLE WAS THAT, UM, STAFF BASED ON, UH, BASED ON, UH, LIMITED INCLUSIVITY OF DUBLIN YOUTH, INSUFFICIENT SUSTAINABILITY OR LONG-TERM IMPACT, LIMITED YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OR LACK OF DETAILED BUDGET AND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, UH, STAFF, BASED ON THOSE CRITERIA, THEY NARROWED IT DOWN TO THOSE 10 ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY BELIEVED THAT THOSE 10 ORGANIZATIONS HAD THE MOST CLEAR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND IT COULD HELP YOU BENEFIT DUBLIN YOUTH THE BE - THE BEST.
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THANK YOU.UM, SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THESE ARE VERY WORTHY ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, YOU SAID THERE WERE 22 APPLICANTS AND YOU MADE A DECISION BASED ON THEIR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY.
UM, WHAT I DO SEE THERE IS, UH, WHAT DO YOU DO TO, UM, GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT ALL OF THIS, UM, CITYWIDE? UM, AND, AND I DO SEE SOME, SOME, SOME ORGANIZATIONS HERE THAT, UM, THERE'S QUITE A FEW FROM EMERALD ACTUALLY.
AND I'M JUST, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROMOTE THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, TO MAKE IT INCLUSIVE, SAY? YEAH.
SO THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD ALMOST A 50% INCREASE IN APPLICANTS, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
ONE THING THAT WE DID IS WE REACHED OUT TO MORE OF THE SCHOOLS PERSONALLY BEFORE WE HAD JUST BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE'S ALREADY ORGANIZED OUTLETS.
SO WE WANTED TO D - WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CLUB ADVISORS, WHICH WERE ABLE TO PROMOTE IT MORE.
THIS YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND TO EVEN MORE SCHOOLS.
A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH THE DUBLIN HIGH ADVISOR AND THE EMERALD HIGH ADVISOR, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN SEE SUCH AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION.
SO THE F - SO YOU, YOU BASICALLY ENDED UP WITH TWO DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL, UH, AWARDEES, RIGHT? AND, UH, A LOT OF EMERALD.
AND I GUESS IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST THE PRESENTATION AND WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING.
IS THAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE, A BROADER, UM, SPECTRUM, WE'LL SAY.
I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU DO, YOU DO WHAT YOU THINK IS THE BEST, RIGHT? SO I, I, I TOTALLY RESPECT THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BE ENCOMPASSING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND, AND MAKE THAT ADDITIONAL EFFORT, UH, TO PUSH FOR THIS, UH, CITYWIDE AS WELL.
AND I MIGHT BE A LITTLE UNFOUNDED IN, IN THIS, BUT IT JUST KIND OF STICKS OUT HERE THAT YOU CHOSE SOME GOOD ORGANIZATIONS, UM, KIND OF SKEWED ON ONE SIDE THOUGH, A LITTLE BIT, BUT I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
SO MAYBE FOR THE FUTURE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT FOLLOWING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU DO MAKE THOSE CONTACTS WITH, WITH OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I THINK THIS YEAR WE'LL TRY TO BE MORE AMBITIOUS AS A COMMITTEE, AS A COMMITTEE TO GET THIS WORD OUT TO MORE.
I MEAN, MAYBE EVEN JUST FURTHER THAN OUR CITY, BUT AS YOU SAID, IT'S MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AT THE MOMENT.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE WANT TO, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO IMPLEMENT MORE, UH, UH, THE WORD TO THE WHOLE CITY AND NOT MAYBE JUST THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND, UM, YEAH, AS YOU SAID, THERE SHOULD BE A BIGGER VARIETY AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
AND, UH, AS WE SAID EARLIER, THE ORGANIZ - THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ALLOCATED MORE FUNDS TO, WE JUST BELIEVED THAT, UM, SO, UH, WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN, CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD A BIG, UH, WE BELIEVED COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL OF HELPING, UM, MORE YOUTH THAN MAYBE OTHERS, WHICH IS WHY, UH, AS WE SAID, WE, SOME OF THE FUNDS WERE LOWER THAN HOW MUCH THEY REQUESTED AND SOME WERE, AND SOME WERE HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
WE JUST BELIEVED THAT NOT ONLY DID ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WE GAVE MORE TO HAS A- ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN THE YOUTH GRANT, UH, YOUTH GRANT FUND BEFORE AND WE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE RECEIPTS AND UPDATES ON HOW THEY USE THAT FUND SO WE BELIEVE WE COULD TRUST THEM.
UH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS, WE BELIEVE MENTAL HEALTH IS A REALLY S - UH, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN OUR COM- COMMUNITY AND IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITIZATION IN THE FUNDING, SO.
SO I WANT TO ASK YOU, SO WHEN THEY, UH, RECEIVED THE FUND, THEY WILL DO THE WORK.
ARE THEY GOING TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROGRESS THEY HAVE MADE? YES.
SO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO THEN GIVE US A END OF THE YEAR PRESENTATION ON HOW THEY USE THE FUNDS AS WELL AS HOW MANY DUBLIN YOUTHS ACTUALLY BENEFITED AND WERE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN THEIR EVENTS, WHICH IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT IN CASE THEY WANT TO APPLY AGAIN NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN REFLECT BACK ON THAT.
WITH THE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT PROGRAM, THAT WAS ONE THAT WE WORKED WITH LAST YEAR.
THEY HAD PLANNED TO REACH 100 STUDENTS AND THEY ENDED UP REACHING 93, WHICH IS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL SHOT.
SO WE KNEW THAT WE COULD REALLY TRUST THEM AND THAT THIS WAS A GREAT PLACE TO PUT OUR FUNDING.
WELL, ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UM, ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE NARROWING DOWN, UM, BEFORE ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVITED TO COME BACK, UM, AND ACTUALLY PRESENT, FOR SURE, THIS, THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T HAVE TIME FOR 22 PRESENTATIONS.
UM, HAS THERE BEEN THOUGHT TO GET AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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TO DO THAT WORK, TO NARROW IT DOWN INSTEAD OF HAVING STAFF DO IT? UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE KIDS THEMSELVES, STUDENTS, BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CRITERIA IS FOR INVITING AN ORGANIZATION TO PRESENT AND BE ABLE TO APPLY THAT CRITERIA INSTEAD OF THEM ONLY SEEING A SUBSET OF THE APPLICATIONS, UM, POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE.HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED? GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SHALINI REDDY, RECREATION COORDINATOR FOR FAMILY PROGRAMS. UM, SO FAR WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THAT, BUT, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, UM, JUST, JUST TO USE THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH, UM, INSTEAD OF BEING HANDED A SUBSET OF THE APPLICATIONS, UM, AND THEN THEY CAN APPLY THE MATRIX.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS CRITERIA HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED.
DID THEY COME BACK LAST YEAR? IS THIS A FULL BUDGET? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME, SOME PRE-SCREENING AS WELL.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT IF I MIGH.
UM, I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, UM, AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO IT.
UM, FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, I DISAGREE WITH US GIVING MORE MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION THAN WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
UM, I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS PUT THOUGH INTO THEIR APPLICATIONS AND, AND DESIGNED WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
IF WE HAD MORE MONEY IN OUR PROGRAM THAN WE HAD APPLICANTS AND REQUESTS, THEN I WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF SAYING, "OKAY, WE WILL GIVE EXTRA TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS." BUT WHEN WE HAVE LESS FUNDING THAN WE HAVE REQUESTS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND LESS THAN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR RATIONALE, BUT I THINK FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I SUPPORT.
AND SO, UM, MADAM MAYOR, I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT WE VOTE ON 5.2 AND 5.6 SEPARATELY.
AND I AM GONNA BE A NO VOTE ON THIS ITEM, BUT ONLY FOR THAT REASON, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING REALLY GOOD WORK, BUT I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND, UM, WE WILL VOTE ON 5.2 FIRST.
SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM 5.2.
SO ALL IN FAVOR FOR 5.2, SAY AYE.
SO FOR 5.6, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM 5.6.
LE- LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL ON 5.6.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORADA? ABSTAIN.
SO, UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, PUBLIC HEARING NINE, SEVEN, AND FURIOUS TO THE BUSINESS NINE EIGHT, NEW BUSINESS, 8.1,
[8.1. 2026-135 Traffic Signal Operations and Maintenance Update]
TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE UPDATE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE TRANSPORTATION AND OPERATIONS MANAGER WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, AT THE AUGUST 18TH MEETING, CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS. SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN CITY OF DUBLIN.
TO START WITH, LET'S SAY, UM, HERE'S HOW OUR SIGNAL SYSTEM, IT'S A GLA - AT A GLANCE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 96 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.
75 OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MONITOR THEM REMOTELY.
SEVEN OF THE SIGNALS ARE AT OUR, UH, THE FREEWAY RAMPS, UM, WHICH MEET OUR LOCAL STREETS.
IT, THEY ARE RUN BY CALTRANS AND PLEASANTON, BUT WE WORK WITH THEM TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES AND PURSUE FUNDING.
WE ALSO HAVE NINE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS AND NINE RADAR SIGNS.
WHY AM I GIVING YOU THE STATISTICS? UM, ALL THESE INTERSECTIONS, THEY HAVE TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY AND ALSO AS A CONNECTED NETWORK.
SO THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION WALKS YOU THROUGH HOW WE KEEP THE SYSTEM RUNNING.
THIS IS A MAP OF WHERE OUR SIGNALS ARE LOCATED, AND YOU KIND OF CAN SEE HOW THE SIGNALS ARE FOCUSED OR CONCENTRATED ON MAJOR, MAJORITY, UM, OF THE CORRIDORS, LIKE MAJOR CORRIDORS LIKE DUBLIN, SAN RAMON, TASHARA, DARTY ROAD.
BEFORE I GO INTO THE MAINTENANCE
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AND OPERATIONS, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW ON WHAT ARE THE KEY TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPONENTS.THIS DEFINITELY IS NOT THE ENTIRE LIST, BUT THE MAIN COMPONENTS.
UM, MO - THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET WHICH SITS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HOUSES A LOT OF THESE COMPONENTS.
CONTROLLERS, THE MAIN PART, IT'S LIKE A COMPUTER THAT DECIDE, THAT DECIDES WHO GETS THE GREEN, IN WHAT ORDER, AND FOR HOW LONG, AND IT'S KIND OF BASED ON, UM, TIMING THAT STAFF PROGRAMS. UM, DE- DETECTION TELLS THE CONTROLLER IF THERE IS A VEHICLE OR A BICYCLE WAITING AT THE INTERSECTION.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW TYPES OF DETECTIONS.
WE HAVE PAVEMENT LOOPS, WE HAVE VIDEO, AND WE HAVE HYBRID RADAR AND VIDEO UNITS.
THEN PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTONS CALLS THE WALK SIGNAL.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION, WHICH LETS THE FIRE APPARATUS TURN THE FIRE, TURN THE LIGHT GREEN, UM, IN THEIR DIRECTION.
AND WE ALSO HOUSE, UM, UH, CABINETS THAT HAVE BACK, PATRICK BACK, BACKUP POWER.
AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, UM, THEY ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS, UM, WHICH ALLOW US TO COM - CONNECT THE SIGNALS BACK TO OUR TRAFFIC OPERATION CENTER, UM, WHICH ARE DONE EITHER BY FIBER OPTIC LINE OR COPPER LINE.
COPPER IS LIKE A DIAL-UP CONNECTION, WHEREAS FIBER IS LIKE A HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND THE NEWER TOOLS LIKE CAMERAS AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEM, THEY NEED A HIGH SPEED CONNECTION, SO THAT'S WHERE WE, WE TRY TO IMPLEMENT FIBER.
DIVING A LITTLE DEEPER INTO OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS, EVERY SIGNAL IN DUBLIN IS ACTUATED, WHICH MEANS, UH, IT RESPONDS WHEN, WHEN THERE IS A CAR OR A VEHICLE.
AND IF THERE IS NO CAR, IT SKIPS THE MOVEMENT AND GOES TO THE NEXT DIRECTION OR IT STAYS GREEN ON THE MAIN DIRECTION.
UM, OUR TRAFFIC CENTER OPERATION CENTER, UH, HOSTS A CENTRAL SYSTEM WHERE OUR SIGNALS CONNECT BACK TO, SO THAT'S WHERE OUR CENTRAL SYSTEM LIES.
AND IT ALSO HOUSES A SOFTWARE CALLED ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MONITOR THESE SIGNALS IN REAL TIME.
IT ALSO PROVIDES US, UH, DATA WHICH ALLOWS US TO TROUBLESHOOT THE INTERSECTIONS OR, UM, MODIFY THE SIGNAL TIMING AT THESE INTERSECTIONS REMOTELY.
21 OF THE SIGNALS ARE NOT CONNECTED, SO WE TYPICALLY CHECK THEM AND ADJUST THEM IN THE FIELD.
THIS, THIS SYST - UH, THE ATMS SOFTWARE ALSO ALLOWS US TO COORDINATE THE SIGNALS, WHICH I'M GOING TO, UH, IN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
SO WHAT IS COORDINATION? IT BASICALLY, UM, TIMES THE SIGNALS IN SUCH A WAY, UH, THAT IF YOU ARE DRIVING THE CORRIDOR AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT, YOU ARE HITTING THE GREEN LIGHTS IN A ROW.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE COORDINATION.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES ON HOW WE CAN COORDINATE THESE SIGNALS, UH, TIME OF DAY AND ADAPTIVE.
TIME OF DAY IS A PRESET SCHEDULE.
WE DEVELOP THE TIMINGS BASED ON THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, UH, AND IT, THIS KIND OF, UH, COORDINATION WORKS ALONG THE CORRIDORS WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS VERY PREDICTABLE AND THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED LIKE EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
ADAPTIVE, UM, ADJUSTS ON ITS OWN.
SO BASICALLY WE ARE, UH, THE SYSTEM'S LOOKING AT THE REAL-TIME TRAFFIC AND IT ADJUSTS THE CYCLE LENGTH OF THE SIGNAL, UH, EVERY CYCLE.
UM, AND THIS KIND OF, UH, SYSTEM IS MORE SUITED FOR THE CORRIDORS WHERE THE TRAFFIC FLUCTUATES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT ALONG 580, THE TRAFFIC CAN FLUCTUATE.
SO ADAPTIVE IS GOOD ALONG SUCH CORRIDORS.
AND, UM, WHEN THE SIGNALS ARE FAR APART, LIKE SAY ON FALLON ROAD, THEY RUN INDEPENDENTLY.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY COORDINATED, BUT THEY'RE ACTUATED.
OKAY, THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTION THAT WE GET ASKED THE MOST.
WHY AM I WAITING AT A SIGNAL FOR SO LONG? SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT, THAT AFFECT THIS, UM, UH, THE WAIT TIMES OF THE SIGNAL.
THE SIGNAL CYCLE LENGTH, THE TYPICAL SIGNAL CYCLE LENGTH FOR DUBLIN SIGNALS IS ABOUT 130 TO 140 SECONDS.
IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S THE TIME THAT IT, THAT IT TAKES TO SERVE EVERY DIRECTION ONCE.
SO THAT'S THE SIGNAL CYCLE LENGTH.
AND SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE CYCLE LENGTH OR THE WAIT TIMES AT THE INTERSECTION IS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAJOR CROSS STREETS.
SO A LOT OF OUR INTERSECTIONS HAVE COMPETING VOLUMES LIKE TASAHARA DUBLIN.
THERE'S, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE SERVING 580, THE NORTH-SOUTH STREETS, WE HAVE HEAVY WA - TRAFFIC VOLUME, BOTH NORTH SOUTH AND IN THE EAST-WEST.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE, UM, SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS
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ARE HUGE, LIKE WE HAVE THREE LEFT TURN LANES, THREE THROUGHS, THREE RIGHTS.SO THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUME AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BALANCING THE TIMING VERY, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY, UM, DELICATE.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THESE INTERSECTIONS.
SOME OF THESE BIGGER INTERSECTIONS TO CROSS ONE DIRECTION TAKES UP TO 40 SECONDS FOR A PEDESTRIAN TO GO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER END.
SO ONCE THE SIGNAL GIVES THE F - GIVES THE PEDESTRIAN A CROSSING TIME, IT HAS TO COMPLETE THAT 40 SECONDS.
SO ALL THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE WAITING TIME.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE HIGH DENSITY AREAS LIKE OUR BART STATIONS, UH, NEAR REGIONAL STREET OR NEAR, UM, EAST DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION WHERE WE HAVE HIGH DENSITY, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING TO, UH, BART STATIONS.
THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTUATIONS OR BICYCLE ACTUATIONS, WHICH ALSO AFFECT THE WAIT TIMES AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND ALSO THE COORDINATION ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, EQUIPMENT FACTORS LIKE SOMETIMES ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION CAN CUT THE DETECTOR LOOPS OR VIDEO CAMERAS, UM, THAT ARE DETECTING CAN BE AFFECTED BY SUN GLARE OR BY THE TU- TULI FOG.
UM, AND WHEN THE DETECTION IS NOT WORKING, THE SIGNAL GOES INTO RECALL MODE, WHICH MEANS IT, IT SERVES THE DIRECTION AS THOUGH THERE IS A VEHICLE THERE, BUT IT'S A FAIL-SAFE MODE, THAT'S HOW THE SIGNALS ARE DESIGNED WHEN THE DETECTION'S NOT WORKING.
SO IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE WAITING THERE FOREVER WITHOUT SOMEONE BEING, BEING PRESENT IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND THEN FOR SOMETIMES FIRE PREEMPTION, IT KICKS THE COORDINATION, KICKS THE CORRIDOR OUT OF COORDINATION.
IT TAKES A FEW CYCLES TO GET BACK INTO THE COORDINATION.
SO THESE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS, UH, THAT AFFECT THE WAITING TIMES AT THE SIGNAL.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO MONITOR, TROUBLESHOOT, UM, THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
UH, WE TRY TO BE VERY PROACTIVE, UH, WITH OUR ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE GET ALARMS, WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA, AND WITH OUR ADAPTIVE SYSTEM, WE HAVE SIGNAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT GIVES US A LOT OF DETAILED DATA, LIKE HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE ARRIVING ON GREEN, UH, WHETHER A DETECTOR HAS FAILED.
SO WE REVIEW THEM WEEKLY AND TRY TO ADDRESS THEM, UH, IN A REASONABLE TIME.
AND THEN WE ALSO MONITOR, BECAUSE WE HAVE CAMERAS AT THESE INTERSECTIONS, WE MONITOR THEM.
UH, NOTE THAT NONE OF THESE CAMERAS RECORD.
THIS IS LIVE REAL-TIME MONITORING.
THEY'RE USED TO DETECT THE CAMERAS AND TELL THE CONTROLLER THAT THERE IS A CAR HERE, IT NEEDS TO GET SERVED.
AND, UM, SO, UH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH I'LL, I'LL COME BACK TO THIS AGAIN, BUT, UM, COUNTY ALSO INSPECTS THESE SIGNALS QUARTERLY.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCE OF OUR INFORMATION IS ALSO REPORTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE LOOK AT THOSE, WE TAKE EVERY REPORT VERY SERIOUSLY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS THEIR, UH, ADDRESS THE CONCERNS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
GOING, UH, GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPER INTO HOW WE ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CONCERN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, LIKE A DARK OR FLASHING SIGNAL OR THERE'S EQUIPMENT KNOCKED DOWN OR A DAMAGE, WE CONTACT ALAMEDA COUNTY, WHO IS OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTRACTOR RIGHT AWAY, AND THEY TRY TO GET THE REPAIR DONE WITHIN THE SAME DAY.
SIGNAL LIGHT OUTAGE, THAT MEANING IF THE SIGNAL LIGHT IS OUT, LIKE A GREEN, RED, OR YELLOW, IF IT'S OUT, UH, WE ALSO REFER TO THEM AND THEY TRY TO GET IT FIXED WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.
IF THERE'S A DETECTION FAILURE, WE TRY TO PUT IN A FAIL, PUT IT IN A FAIL-SAFE MOVE, UH, TO BEGIN WITH, LIKE IT, IT GOES INTO RECALL, BUT THEN WE COME BACK AND TRY TO FIX IT.
UH, AND THE FIX DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE US TO REPAIR THE L - UH, REPAIR THE LOOP OR GET THE CAMERA FIXED, YOU KNOW? UM, AND THEN, AND THE MOST TIME IT TAKES US IS, UH, WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, WE ARE WAITING HERE AT THE SIGNAL FOR A LOT OF TIME.
THEN FOR THOSE KIND OF COMPLAINTS, WE MONITOR, WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WE HAVE TO GO INTO THE FIELD TO ANALYZE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING, AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE CHANGE THE TIMING AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
SO AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE, SIGNAL MAINTENANCE, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHO MAINTAINS OUR SIGNALS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONTRACTED WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY.
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QUARTERLY, THEY DO QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS AT EVERY SIGNAL, WHICH INCLUDES CLEANING OF THE CABINET OR THE TESTING THE BATTERIES, CLEANING THE LENSES, AND THEY'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR EMERGENCY T - 24-HOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.WE ALSO HAVE ON-CALL CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WAY, UH, BASED ON THE TYPE OF WORK, WE REACH OUT TO THEM, LIKE UPGRADING A DETECTION OR MAINTAINING OUR FUEL CELLS, UM, AND A DIFFERENT KIND OF SPECIALIZED WORK.
SO WE HAVE, WE WORK WITH ON-CALL CONTRACTORS.
AND THEN CITY STAFF, ME AND OUR, AND MY ASSISTANT, WE LOOK AT SIGNAL TIMING, WE MO- MONITOR THE SIGNALS, WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, AND WE ALSO MANAGE THE CONTRACTS WITH COUNTY AND ON OUR ON-CALL CONTRACTORS.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A TEAMWORK.
SO NOTE THAT THE CON- CONTRACT WITH COUNTY EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027, SO WE WILL BE SOLICITING PROPOSALS AND WRITTEN BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, BEFORE THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT EXPIRES.
SOME MORE INFORMATION ON BACKUP POWER.
SO WE HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT KINDS OF POWER, UH, BACKUP POWER AT OUR SIGNALS.
11 OF THE CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS ARE POWERED BY FUEL CELLS, WHICH CAN POWER THE INTERSECTION UP TO THREE DAYS.
UH, REMAINING ABOUT 70 INTERSECTIONS HAVE LEAD ACID BATTERIES THAT CAN POWER THE BA - INTERSECTION UP TO THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
REMAINING 15 HAVE NO BATTERY PACK - BACKUP POWER AS OF NOW, BUT WE HAVE INCLUDED THEM AS PART OF THE CIP, UH, AND WE'LL BE BIDDING ON THAT, UH, EARLY THIS YEAR.
JUST TO KNOW THAT O- ONCE THE CIP IS COMPLETED, ALL THE 96 SIGNALS HAVE, WILL HAVE BACKUP POWER.
AS I JUST ADDED A NOTE, IF THE SIGNAL GOES DARK THAT WE HAVE TO TREAT, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS STOP.
IT'S, AND THIS IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS, UM, THE DIFFERENT KIND OF BACKUP POWERS IN, IN THE CITY.
AND, AND THE LIST IS THE INTERSECTIONS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY BACKUP POWER AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, SO TRAFFIC PATTERNS HAVE SHIFTED.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.
WE HAVE A NEW SCHOOL, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BIKING AND WALKING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION POST-PANDEMIC.
THE TRAVEL PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, MOST RECENTLY IN SEPTEMBER, WE'VE UPDATED THE ADAPTIVE TIMINGS FINE-TUNED.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR ADAPTIVE SYSTEM ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD FROM SAN RAMON TO HACIENDA DRIVE.
BY THE END OF 2026, WE ARE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT A TIME OF DAY, UM, COORDINATION PLAN ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD BETWEEN HACIENDA TO FALLON.
THE ULTIMATE PLAN IS TO IMPLEMENT ADAPTIVE THERE, BUT ONCE THE FIBER OPTIC GETS INSTALLED, WE CAN IMPLEMENT ADAPTIVE FI - ADAPTIVE TIMING AT THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR AS WELL.
THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE DETECTION UPGRADES, UH, AND IT, IT DEPENDS ON OUR MONITORING WHEN WE OBSERVE AN INTERSECTION HAS A, HAS A DETECTION ISSUES, WE LOOK AT HOW, HOW WE CAN UPDATE THE INTERSECTION AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
UH, AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE A PROJECT WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, UPGRADING THE EXISTING COPPER CABLE TO FIBER CABLE.
AND IF THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES ADDING BATTERY BACKUP AT THE REMAINING 15 INTERSECTIONS, WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, THIS WILL GO INTO THE BID EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THIS WILL CREATE A FIBER OP- OPTIC BACKBONE ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO WORKING, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT CIPS LIKE VILLAGE PARKWAY, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OR TASAHARA GAP CLOSURE PROJECT OR WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AT THE DUBLIN CENTER TO ADD FIBER OPTIC CABLES ALONG THOSE PARTICULAR CORRIDORS.
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A FIBER BACKBONE FOR THE CITY.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, CITY OF PLEASANTON.
THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT TO IMPLEMENT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE INTERCHANGE, UM, AT 580 ON SAN RAMON ROAD, TASAHARA ROAD, AND ON DOUGHERTY BETWEEN DUBLIN BOULEVARD UP TO THE SAN RAMON ROAD LIMIT.
SO THE SCOPE INCLUDES ADDING, UH, FLASHING BEACONS AT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS NEAR THE RAMPS, AND ALSO ADDING BIKE LANES WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS.
THIS IS HOW WE GET THE CONCERNS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, EITHER THROUGH FIX IT DUBLIN APP OR WE GET, UH, CALLS ON OUR WEB...
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THROUGH OUR, TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS MAIN LINE.UM, AND SOMETIMES IF IT'S, UH, WE GET CALLS TO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE.
WHAT HELPS US IS IF SOMEONE IS CALLING US, IF WE CAN LET US KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE THEY'VE OBSERVED, WHAT DIRECTION, WHAT IS NOT WORKING, THE MORE DETAIL THAT'S PROVIDED TO US, IT HELPS US TROUBLESHOOT THE, UM, ISSUE AND GET BACK TO THEM.
IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO CALL 911.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW WE UNDERSTAND, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS BETTER.
UH, I, I'M VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE REPORT YOU'VE GIVEN, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THAT.
UH, BUT I AM GONNA CURB MY ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE TONIGHT'S ELECTION NIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE SURE WE, WE GET THROUGH EVERYTHING, UH, AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION, BUT MULTIPLE PARTS.
UH, AND IT'S REALLY TO THE PERFORMANCE, UH, AS IT IS TODAY OF NOT ONLY THE CONTRACTOR, BUT ALSO THE TECHNOLOGY.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, UH, THE, THE GRAPH YOU SHOWED WHERE THERE ARE, UH, ISSUES THAT ARE REPORTED, THERE, THERE'S FIVE OF THEM AND YOU SHOWED FIVE OF THEM, BUT ALAMEDA COUNTY IS HANDLING THE TOP THREE, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
SO, UH, AND THIS REPORT IS EFFECTIVELY ABOUT THE, THE CURRENT STATE OF, UH, OF PROGRESS.
SO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AS A CONTRACT, THEIR EMPLOYEES, UH, AS WELL AS JUST WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY DOING WELL THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE KEPT THIS CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME? THEY, UM, THEY TRY TO ADHERE TO THE MINIMUM EXPECTED TIMINGS, LIKE IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT RESPONDING RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BULB REPAIRS, THEY'RE ON TIME.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR ON-CALL CONTRACTORS AND THAT LIKE FIBER, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHY I AM, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING A SCOPE, LIKE SOLICITING PROPOSALS, UM, BEFORE THE COUNTY CONTRACT EXPIRES AND IT MIGHT INCLUDE MORE THAN WHAT COUNTY IS CURRENTLY DOING.
WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF, IF WE GET A BETTER PRICE, BETTER, UM, UH, QUALIFICATIONS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE, UM, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN PER- PERFORMING PRETTY GOOD.
YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF READ MY MIND BECAUSE YOU WENT INTO THE, UH, THE ASPECT OF, OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE GROWTH OF OUR FIBER NETWORK.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT FIBER IS A BIT, UH, PARTICULAR, FINICKY SOMETIMES, REQUIRES SPECIAL SKILLS TO MAINTAIN THAT.
UH, THOSE SPECIAL KILL - SKILLS ALSO COST TRAINING AND ALSO THEY COME AT A HIGHER PRICE.
SO IF I MAY, UM, COULD YOU JUST CONNECT THE DOTS FOR ME AS TO THE, THE BID THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE FUTURE, LIKE 2027, I THINK YOUR, YOUR STATEMENT WAS, UH, HOW ARE WE LOOKING TO UPSKILL THAT CONTRACT SO WE CAN NOW INCLUDE THE, THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AS PART OF THIS CURRENT CIP? SO WE ARE GOING TO ADD FIBER OPTIC MAINTENANCE NETWORK SWITCH, SO, UM, ALL, ALL THE EXPERTISE INTO OUR SCOPE.
WE WILL ALSO BE, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING HYDROGEN FUELS ON MAINTENANCE TO THE SCOPE.
UM, AND MOST TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE FIRM TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE, WE WILL HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THEIR TRAINING AND KEEPING UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE SCOPE.
I'M THINKING I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
UH, AND THEN, UH, LAST QUESTION, NOTED THAT THE, UH, OUR STAFF IS ONLY TWO THAT MAINTAINS OR MONITORS THE SYSTEM, SO IT'S WORKING CORRECTLY.
YEAH? UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, WE LIVE MAINTENANCE TO THE, UH, THE, THE CONTRACT.
UH, BUT THEN HOW, HOW WOULD YOU AS STAFF ALSO MAINTAIN YOUR LEVEL OF TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN, WE CAN MAKE SURE IS GOOD QUALITY? UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE TRAINING.
SO WHEN, WHEN VENDORS COME UP WITH THESE NEW TECHNOLOGY, THEY OFFER TRAINING, WE ATTEND THOSE TRAININGS, THEN WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL MEETINGS WITH OUR PEER CITIES.
WE LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND IF, IF A PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING GOOD AT A PARTICULAR CITY, WE MEET WITH THEM, WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE FIND WAYS TO GET TRAINED ON IT.
SO A LOT OF THESE VENDORS ARE VERY OPEN TO PROVIDE TRAINING.
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UH, TE - LIKE UC BERKELEY HAS EXTENSION COURSES THAT ALLOW US TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE OURSELVES WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SIGN UP, UM, TO UPDATE OURSELVES WITH, TO KEEP UP OURSELVES.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE TALKING TO THE PERSONNEL WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, I WANT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY GREAT REPORT.
THIS IS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
UH, I WAS TOTALLY IGNORANT ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF THIS AND I CAN APPRECIATE, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME.
UM, SO I WANNA KINDA SET THE STAGE.
I DON'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT, UM, TRAFFIC IS BAD, OR IT HAS BEEN OVER, INCREASINGLY BAD, NOT BAD.
WE HAVE ALL THESE MECHANISMS AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME CHANGES, RIGHT? UM, IS THIS, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AN EASY QUESTION.
DO YOU SEE THE, THAT BASICALLY WE HAVE A MORE COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT NOW? WE JUST HAVE MORE CARS RUNNING THROUGH DUBLIN, RUNNING THROUGH DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SIDE STREETS.
AND IF YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT, THEN I'M GONNA ASK THESE OTHER, OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS.
WOULD THAT BE AN AS - A, A, A GOOD ASSESSMENT? WE JUST HAVE MORE VOLUME RUNNING THROUGH OUR SYSTEMS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AS, AS THE DUBLIN, AS DUBLIN'S GROWING, WE'RE ADDING MORE HOUSES, MORE LAND USE, SO YES.
UM, SO, UM, WHEN YOU ADD THE ADDITIONAL 21 SIGNALS, HOW'S THAT GONNA H- HELP THE PROCESS, UH, WHEN YOU, YOU ADD THOSE TO, TO THE HOOKUP, THE NETWORK BASICALLY? WHAT'S THAT GONNA DO? UM, S- SO JUST A CLARIFICATION, THOSE ARE ALREADY A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.
IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO OUR TRAFFIC NETWORK.
AND WHEN THEY DO - YEAH, WHEN THEY DO...
HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPROVE IT? IT ALLOWS US TO MONITOR THEM REMOTELY.
THEY PROVIDE US MORE SIGNAL DATA.
IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DATA, TROUBLESHOOT IT - YEAH.
AND MAYBE MAKE TIME, TIMING CHANGES REMOTELY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE HAVE CAMERAS, WE CAN MONITOR THE REMOTE, UH, THOSE INTERSECTIONS REMOTELY.
LIKE SOMETIMES I GET A, GET A COMPLAINT, OH, I'VE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
SO THIS WEEKEND WE HAD SOME, A SIMILAR ISSUE.
SO I WAS PLAYING A MOVIE AND I WAS HAVING MY
SO I, I WAS WATCHING IT FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TIME I GOT COMPLAINT TILL LATE IN THE NIGHT LIKE OCCASIONALLY EVERY HOUR.
THAT WAS THE FROZEN LIGHT? WAS THAT THE FROZEN LIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S THE COMPLAINT I GOT.
SO I HAD DUBLIN AND SAN RAMON UP ON MY SCREEN.
AND IT KEPT, IT, IT WENT AWAY AND THEN IT POPPED OUT AGAIN, IT HAPPENED.
WE HAVE THOSE, UH, WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO MONITOR AND THAT HELPS US, UH, TO FIND THE ISSUE.
SO THEN I GET TO MY, MY POINT AND ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER MURATA HIT IT, IS W - THERE'S A LOT OF RELIANCE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS, ON ALAMEDA COUNTY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY MAINTAINING THIS AND FIXING IT ON THE SPOT.
HOW, DO WE, UH, ACTUALLY MEASURE THEIR PERFORMANCE, THEIR RESPONSE PERFORMANCE? I MEAN, YOU MADE SOME, UH, GOOD COMMENTS, FAVORABLE COMMENTS.
DO WE ACTUALLY MONITOR HOW QUICKLY THEY RESPOND? NOT, NOT THE STANDARDS, BUT...
SO AS OF NOW, WE DON'T HAVE OFFICIALLY ANY PERFORMANCE MEASURES WRITTEN INTO THEIR CONTRACT.
BUT THE WAY I MONITOR IS I LOOK AT THEIR INVOICING, I LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING TO A PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I MEAN, I CAN TELL IF THE ISSUE IS FIXED OR NOT.
LIKE I'M MONITORING IT, I'M LOOKING AT THE SIGNAL DATA AND I GET COMPLAINTS IF IT DOESN'T GET FIXED.
UH, AND I HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM.
WE GO OVER THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW I MONITOR HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING.
UM, AND IF I SEE THERE IS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HELP, I REACH OUT TO OUR ON-CALL CONTRACTORS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENT THAT.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALSO HOPING TO GO OUT AND SOLICIT MORE PROPOSALS NEXT TIME - UH-HUH.
AND MAYBE INCLUDE SOME OF THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO, YOU KNOW, UH - OKAY.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, IT'S MORE OF A OFFBEAT QUESTION.
WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN AN INTERSECTION, I NOTICE A LOT OF THIS HAPPENS AROUND DUBLIN BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EAST SIDE.
THERE'S A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING AND EVERYBODY'S IN EACH DIRECTION, THEY'RE JUST STARING LIKE DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS.
"HEY, YOU GONNA GO? I'M GONNA GO.
WHAT? "AND YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S PROBABLY 30 SECONDS MAYBE, RIGHT? BUT IT, HOW DOES THAT
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HAPPEN WHEN NOBODY GETS THE GO TO GO, RIGHT? IT HA - IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT'S POSSIBLE.I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS ALWAYS THE CASE.
UM, WHEN I SEE THE SCENARIOS, THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN'S PUSHING THE BUTTON.
LIKE WE TYPICALLY, STATE STANDARDS MANDATE US TO PROGRAM THE WALK TIME AT THREE AND A HALF FOOT PER SECOND, RIGHT? YEAH.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WALK FASTER THAN THAT.
SO THEY ARE CLEARING THE INTERSECTION, BUT THE SIGNAL HAS TO RUN THE WHOLE 40 SECONDS AND YOU'RE SEEING, YOU'RE LOOKING, STANDING THERE SEEING NOBODY'S USING IT.
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT, THE PEDESTRIAN PHASE IS ACTIVATED.
AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING OR THE CONFLICTING PHASES ARE RED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
AND SOMETIMES IT COULD BE A GENUINE DETECTION FAILURE, BUT WHEN IF IT'S A DETECTION FAILURE, IT FUNCTIONS LIKE A RECALL.
IT SEES, IT FUNCTIONS LIKE, OKAY, THERE IS A, THERE IS A VEHICLE IN EVERY DIRECTION.
IT GOES IN SEQUENCE, UH, GIVING GREEN TO EVERYONE.
I, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT ANY ACTIVITY TO IMPROVE, UH, THE, THE RESPONSE TIME AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE SPEED UP.
IT'S AN OBVIOUS COMMENT, UH, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SEEM, YOU KNOW, 20 SECONDS IS NOT THAT MUCH, IT IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANNA BE SOMEWHERE AND IT CREATES ANXIETY.
BUT YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
UM, THE FIRST IS, UM, AS LONG AS WE'RE STAYING ON THE THEME OF THREE AND A HALF FEET PER SECOND AND WIDER INTERSECTIONS, DO IT, HAVE WE ANALYZED THE DATA, UM, PRE-BRIDGE INSTALLATION AND POST-BRIDGE INSTALLATION TO SEE IF, UM, DUBLIN BOULEVARD AT DOUGHERTY INTERSECTION IS MOVING A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENCY NOW THAT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS THERE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE ARE GETTING LESS, UM, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM THE SIGNAL, BUT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL CROSSING, PEOPLE ARE GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGE NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO THE CORNER DOESN'T PRECLUDE PEOPLE FROM PUSHING THE, THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL AT THE CORNER.
BUT HAVE WE DONE THAT ANALYSIS TO SEE IF WE ARE SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN, UM, AT THAT INTERSECTION SINCE THE BRIDGE IS IN? GOOD POINT.
WE DID NOT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD A BRIDGE THERE WAS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS, PROVIDE THEM LE - DECREASE THE DELAY FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES BECAUSE WE ARE SEPARATING THEM.
UM, WE COULD, WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF WE ARE GETTING FEWER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION NOW THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CALL BUTTON.
ALSO WE CAN COMPARE SAFETY INFORMATION.
SEE HOW THE ACCIDENTS HAVE REDUCED OR NOT.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR THE 15 INTERSECTIONS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE NO BACKUP, ARE THEY GETTING HYDROGEN FUEL CELL OR ARE THEY GETTING TRADITIONAL BATTERY BACKUP OR A MIX? THEY...
SORRY, DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
THEY ARE GETTING TRADITIONAL BATTERY BACKUP UNITS.
UM, THEY RESERVE HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS FOR MORE CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE THE COST PURPOSES.
AND THEN, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE ADAPTIVE CAN ONLY BE DONE, UM, ON, IN, AT AREAS WHERE WE HAVE FIBER RUNNING THE WHOLE WAY.
UM, THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INCLUDES FIBER.
WILL THAT PUT VILLAGE PARKWAY ONTO ADAPTIVE OR NOT BECAUSE THE FIBER DOESN'T RUN FROM AMADOR VALLEY DOWN TO DUBLIN BOULEVARD? SO THE REASON FOR CHOOSING AN ADAPTIVE SYSTEM IS NOT REALLY TIED TO FIBER.
IT IS BASICALLY WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES WE HAVE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO LIKE I SAID, DUBLIN BOULEVARD, THE TRAFFIC F- FLUCTUATES BECAUSE THERE IS AN INCIDENT ON 580 PEOPLE JUMP ON DUBLIN.
SO ADAP - WHAT ADAPTIVE DOES IS IT'S LOOKING AT THE LIVE TRAFFIC COUNTS.
IT'S LOOKING AT THE UPSTREAM INTERSECTION AND CALIBRATING THE GREEN ACCORDINGLY BASED ON THE VOLUMES.
VILLAGE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF FLUCTUATION.
SO WE CAN GET THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND PROGRAM THE SIGNAL TIMING AND THAT TRAFFIC COUNT DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH OFTEN.
SO W- W- WE EVALUATE THE NEED FOR AN ADAPTIVE ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN, IN, IN SUCH WAY.
HAVING A FIBER PROVIDES ITS HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND MORE DATA THAT HELPS US, YOU KNOW, UM - UH-HUH.
IMPLEMENT THIS ADAPTIVE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENTLY.
I MEAN, IS THERE A DOWNSIDE TO, UH, INTERSECTIONS BEING ADAPTIVE, UM, THAT IS NOT OBVIOUS TO ME? BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S A HUGE UPSIDE TO GETTING THE ONES THAT DO DEAL WITH CHANGING CONDITIONS ON THE REGULAR QUICKLY, CLEARLY PRIORITIZE THOSE FIRST, BUT IS THERE A DOWNSIDE TO THEN PUTTING EVERYTHING ELSE ON ADAPTIVE TOO? AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT
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THE CONDITIONS ON VILLAGE PARKWAY DO CHANGE RELATIVELY OFTEN.IF IT'S A DAY, THEN THERE'S NO SCHOOL VERSUS THERE IS A DAY THAT THERE IS SCHOOL AND IF THERE'S A WEIRD HOLIDAY OR A TEACHER WORK DAY OR WHATEVER.
LIKE THERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY TRAFFIC NEAR A SCHOOL SITE, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE KNOW, UM, VILLAGE PARKWAY IS, WOULD MAYBE BENEFIT FROM NOT FIXED TIMING ALL THE TIME.
UM, IS THERE A DOWNSIDE? IS IT JUST ABOUT COST OR IS IT ABOUT THE MONITORING OR IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE DOWNSIDE OF PUTTING EVERYTHING ON ADAPTIVE, UM, IF WE COULD? UM, THERE, THERE'S NO REALLY DOWNSIDE TO ADAPTIVE AS SUCH.
THE DOWNSIDE IN GENERAL TO COORDINATION IS INCREASED WAIT TIME FOR SIDE STREETS.
WE COULD THINK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLUCTUATIONS ON VILLAGE BECAUSE OF ALL THE FACTORS YOU'VE MENTIONED.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EVALUATED IN THE FUTURE AND HAVING FIBER WILL HELP US ADDING THOSE INTERSECTIONS ONTO, UH, ADAPTIVE SYSTEM.
IT, THERE'S MORE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
SO DOES THE ADAPTIVE ONLY PRIORITIZE THE MAIN CORRIDOR AND NOT CHECK ABOUT THE SIDE STREETS? I WOULD ASSUME THE ADAPTIVE WOULD KNOW THAT THE SIDE STREET NOW HAS EXTRA TRAFFIC AND SO I NEED TO CHANGE MY TIMING BASED ON BOTH DIRECTIONS.
I, I MEAN, IT'S MAIN AIM IS TO PRIORITIZE THE MAIN CORRIDOR, BUT IT, IT DOES LOOK AT THE SIDE STREETS.
AND THEN, UM, THIS IS MORE OF A VERY SPECIFIC NICHE QUESTION, BUT, UM, OTHER THAN FOG OR, UM, GLARE, WHAT WOULD MAKE A, UM, THE DETECTION NOT WORK PROPERLY, PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT? UM, IT COULD BE - COLLEEN'S LAUGHING AT ME.
SHE KNOWS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
I HAVE HAD SCENARIOS WHERE THERE WAS A SHADE FROM THE TREE.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NO PROPER LIGHTING.
SOMETIMES THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE PAVEMENT'S NOT THERE.
LIKE YOU HAVE A BLACK CAR AND A BLACK TOP.
MY LITTLE CAR DOES, THERE'S AT LEAST TWO INTERSECTIONS IN DUBLIN THAT AT NIGHT I NEVER GET THE GREEN.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE LOOP OR IS IT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CAR'S JUST, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A CRACK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CAR.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY PICKED ON MY CAR TWICE TONIGHT SO FAR BY MY COUNT.
UM, SO ANYWAY, IF, IS THE LOOP MORE ROBUST THAN THE, UM, CAMERAS, UM, AND IT'S JUST MORE EXPENSIVE AND HAS TO BE MAINTAINED WHEN YOU RESURFACE AND ALL OF THAT? IS THAT WHY WE DON'T DO THE LOOPS IN ALL THE INTERSECTIONS? SO L- LOOPS HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE USED LOOPS FOR CENTURIES.
UM, WE HAVE MORE AD - MORE ADVANTAGES WITH CAMERA.
WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MONITOR THEM ON MULTIPLE USERS WITH THE CAMERAS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN OBSERVE - UH-HUH.
UH, THROUGH THE CAMERAS REMOTELY.
AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
AND DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE CUTTING INTO THE LOOP.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE ISSUES, LET US KNOW.
SO WE MONITOR THEM AND - I, I SUSPECT IT'S A ME PROBLEM AND NOT A CITYWIDE PROBLEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
UH, I'M A BIT SURPRISED IT TOOK TWO AND A HALF MONTHS TO COME BACK, UH, SLIGHTLY MIFFED, BUT WE'LL MOVE ON.
UH, FIRST QUESTION IS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, UH, TIME OF DAY VERSUS ADAPTIVE.
UM, IS, DO WE NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO KIND OF FLIP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SYSTEMS DEPENDING ON A SCHEDULE? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? SO YOU, YOU MENTIONED THERE'S TIME OF DAY AND ADAPTIVE.
COULD WE DO A HYBRID APPROACH DEPENDING ON SCHEDULES? UM, IT'S EITHER THAT OR THIS, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT INTO THE SAME SOFTWARE, BUT IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE, UM, AN ADAPTIVE SYSTEM IS LICENSED AT EACH INTERSECTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ADAPTIVE IS GOING TO SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AS TIME OF DAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IN A REAL TIME.
UH, SO IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THE ADAPTIVE, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE CAMERAS.
ARE THERE FOUR CAMERAS OR ARE, ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL FOUR PIECES OF THAT INTERSECTION BEING MONITORED? UM, YEAH.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE DETECTION, ALL, ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS GET MONITORED.
UH, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE, NECESSARILY HAVE, HAS TO BE A VIDEO.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT ADAPTIVE IS AT THOSE INTERSECTION IN ADDITION TO JUST DETECTING THE CARS.
WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING COUNTS FOR EACH LANE.
SO THE SYSTEM IS CONTINUOUSLY COUNTING THE CARS AND TRYING TO SEE
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IF THE GREEN THAT IT'S PROVIDING IS SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR THE QUEUE.UH, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE ATMS, UH, BUT THE CAMERAS ARE NOT RECORDED.
SO DO YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO A RETROSPECTIVE? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE MONITORING IT ON A SATURDAY, WHICH I WOULDN'T SUGGEST YOU DO, UH, YOU KNOW, TH- THAT'S FINE, BUT IF THERE'S NOT SOMEONE PHYSICALLY MONITORING IT, HOW, HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING? AS OF NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE CAPABILITIES TO RECORD WITH THESE CAMERAS.
UM, WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA THAT THE ATMS GENERATES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S EVERY MINUTE, UH, TIMING HISTORY THAT COMES WITH THE ATMS. SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT DATA, UM, AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT, LIKE, SOMETIMES MOST OF THE, LIKE, THE SIMILAR TIMING THAT SAME THING HAPPENS, LIKE, MAYBE DURING THE FOG, LIKE, EARLY MORNING HOURS OR EARLY, LATE HOURS.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT DURING THE WORKING HOURS OR WORK BIG DAYS.
JUST, JUST TO PUT A FINER POINT, ARE, ARE, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN DO OR SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING? WE, WE DO.
I MEAN, UH, NOT ALWAYS WE MONITOR DURING THE WEEKENDS.
UH, BUT I MONITOR THE INTERSECTIONS IF, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, I, I GET, THERE ARE COMPLAINTS THAT I RECEIVE, LIKE, "OH, DUBLIN DAUGHTY'S NOT WORKING AT 6:30 OR 7:00 IN THE NIGHT," RIGHT? SO SOMETIMES I MONITOR THEM FROM HOME BECAUSE I HAVE REMOTE CONNECTION TO THESE VIDEOS.
UM, AND THEN IF I CAN'T, SO I CAN PULL THE DATA FROM THE SYSTEM AND SEE HOW MUCH GREEN TIME EACH DIRECTION'S GETTING, IF A DIRECTION'S GETTING SKIPPED, IF A, IF A DIRECTION'S REALLY GETTING SKIPPED, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, LIKE, THAT'S MAKING IT DO IT? LIKE, IS THERE A FIRE PREEMPTION CALL? IS THERE A PEDESTRIAN CALL? SO THERE'S, LIKE, MULTIPLE FACTORS - SURE.
THAT I LOOK AT AND THE DATA THAT I CAN READ.
AND ARE YOU LOOKING, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE RETROSPECTIVE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT A CAR, LIKE A SINGLE, SINGLE VEHICLE, FOR INSTANCE, MOVING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN TO THE EAST SIDE ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD OR ONE OF THESE MAJOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS DOUGHTY, DUBLIN BOULEVARD, UH, TASAHARA.
ARE YOU TRACKING, LIKE, AN INDIVIDUAL CAR GOING ACROSS MULTIPLE SIGNALS OR JUST ONE POINT? SO TWO THINGS, RIGHT? IF BASED ON THE TYPE OF, UH, COMPLAINT THAT I RECEIVE, MOST OF THE TIMES THE COMPLAINT IS AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION, SO I'M LOOKING AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TRACK A CAR THROUGH MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS.
UH, IF SOMEONE IS COMPLAINING TO US ABOUT THE PROGRESSION ALONG THE CORRIDOR, WE MANUALLY DRIVE THE CORRIDOR, SEE, UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES WHERE THE COM - WHERE WE GOT THE COMPLAINT, AND THEN WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, UH - RECREATE IT.
SO, UH, BEFORE MOVING TO THE BAY, I USED TO LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY OLD CITY, UH, BUT THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE PERFECTLY TIMED WHERE IF YOU DROVE EXACTLY THE SPEED LIMIT, WHICH WAS 35, YOU WOULD MAKE IT FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN TO EAST WITHOUT STOPPING ONCE.
UH, THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, UH, HERE.
IT, IT SEEMS LIKE I HIT EVERY RED LIGHT AND IT, IT'S NOT ABOUT WAITING.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MENTIONED A, A CYCLE OF 130 SECONDS PER CYCLE, UH, WHICH I'M, OR FOR EACH PASSING, RIGHT? SO, SO TIMES THREE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WAITING SIX MINUTES PER CYCLE? UM - TWO MINUTES, TWO MINUTES.
FOR THE FULL CYCLE? FOR THE FULL CYCLE.
THAT HAS DEFINITELY NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, BUT, UH, WE, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I GUESS THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP, LIKE, A, UH, IT, IT, UH, IT STINKS WHEN YOU'RE WAITING.
THE OTHER IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A LONG SIGNAL AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S A LONG SIGNAL, IT INCENTIVIZES FOLKS TO BLOW THROUGH RED LIGHTS - UH-HUH.
WHICH CREATES A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
AND I'VE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, I- I- IN, IN, IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY REPORTS AND, AND I WILL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH, WITH RESIDENTS.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE MONITORING THE PROGRESSION A LITTLE MORE.
UH, I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE RETROSPECTIVE, KIND OF LOOKING AT THE MONITORING, BECAUSE IT, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY MAKING LEFT TURNS - UH-HUH.
ON OR OFF ANY OF THE MAJOR, THEIR AFFAIRS.
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UH, BUT I'LL, I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX.I, I GUESS IN THE NEXT REPORT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD BE DOING BETTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC, A FEW OF US HAVE MENTIONED THAT IT'S AN ISSUE.
I, I FIRMLY BELIEVE IT IS, BUT WHAT COULD WE BE DOING BETTER, UH, IN TERMS OF TWEAKING THOSE TIMINGS, UH, USING MORE TECHNOLOGY, LIKE, COMBINATION OF BOTH, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT, WHAT OTHER IDEAS YOU HAVE? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NOW, LET'S, I, I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, EITHER CHAT WITH IT, CHAT WITH YOU OFFLINE OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, GET A, GET A SUBSEQUENT REPORT.
I MEAN, AS OF NOW, WE HAVE COORDINATION ON DUBLIN FROM SAN RAMON TO HACIENDA, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE COORDINATION BEYOND THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, THAT IMPACTS WHAT, SOMETIMES, HOW THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE WORKING.
SO I BELIEVE, BECAUSE DUBLIN'S GROWING CITY, AND ONCE THESE CONSTRUCTION'S COMPLETED, AND AS WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO IMPLEMENT THE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE IT BETTER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE UPCOMING PROJECTS IS TO IMPLEMENT A TIME OF DAY COORDINATION PLAN BETWEEN HACIENDA TO FALLON.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL IMPROVE, UH, THE COR - THE FLOW ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
BUT YEAH, I CAN COME BACK WITH MORE DETAILS ONCE.
YEAH, SO I DO HEAR THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL.
AND RECENTLY I HEARD, UM, ON FANON ROAD WHEN, SOUNDS LIKE IN THE MORNING WHEN PEOPLE TRYING TO GET, UH, TO THE HIGHWAY AND THEY HATE A LOT OF TRAFFICS ON THE FANLAND, FINLAND ROAD.
ANOTHER ONE I HEARD IS FROM THE HIGHWAY GOING TO HACIENDA AND LEFT THE TURN ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD, THAT TAKES A LONG TIME.
THAT'S THE ONE I REMEMBER I HEARD.
BUT FOR MY OWN EXPERIENCE, I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD
AND ALSO DURING THE TRAFFIC TIME, I'M AT A DIFFERENT CROSSINGS FOR WHOLE HOUR DURING THE PAST WEEK.
AND I SEE THE TRAFFIC IS PRETTY SMOOTH ON DOUGHTY ROAD AND ALSO ON THE SAN RAMON BOULEVARD.
EVEN THE, LIKE, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, I SAY THINGS GO MOVING PRETTY SMOOTHLY, MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
SO I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, UH, GREAT WORK.
AND I THINK WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UM, TO INTERACT BETTER TO EACH OTHER, RIGHT? AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THIS IS AN INFORMATION, UH, SESSION, RIGHT? YES.
DO WE HAVE A CO- COMMENTS? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEMS. OKAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE? I HAVE ONE - GO AHEAD.
UM, IS THERE, UM, A, A PLAN TO, UH, IMPLEMENT COORDINATION ALONG CENTRAL? CENTRAL IS BECOMING A MUCH MORE WIDELY USED, UM, EAST-WEST NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HORIZON PARKWAY'S OPEN AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST.
UM, PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING DUBLIN BOULEVARD BY USING CENTRAL BECAUSE IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STOPS, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE A BAD THING BECAUSE THE SPEED LIMIT IS LOWER THAN IT IS ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
SO STOPPING IS NOT BAD, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT, CAN THEY GET ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN ON CENTRAL, UM, ON GREEN, ASSUMING THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL TIME WHEN, UM, YOU'RE GOING BY DAUGHERTY, FOR EXAMPLE? YEAH.
UM, SOME OF THE UNCONNECTED INTERSECTIONS ARE ALONG THE CENTRAL PARKWAY CORRIDOR.
WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE THAT.
BUT I'M HOPING WITH THE DUBLIN CENTER, THAT WE WILL ACHIEVE THE CONNECTION OF ALL THE SIGNALS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THEM REMOTELY, WE CAN LOOK INTO IMPLEMENTING, UH, A TIME OF DAY OR ADAPTIVE OR COORDINATION PLANS.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
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TO AGENDA ITEM NINE, CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, DUBLIN TREE LANE THAT SORT OF IS PART OF OUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
UM, FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS CAN ADOPT A TREE.
WE PROVIDE THE TREE, UM, AND COME AND DECORATE IT.
UM, SO PLEASE, UH, LOOK OUT FOR REGISTRATION THAT STARTED, UH, YESTERDAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 20TH.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE, YOU HEARD FROM THE VERY TALENTED YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPS TONIGT.
THEY'RE SPONSORING ANOTHER YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FORUM THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, FROM 1:30 TO 3:30 AT THE DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER.
UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE, I WAS, UH, ATTENDING THE AVA COMMUNITY ENERGY BOARD MEETING.
NOTHING REALLY MATERIAL TO, TO REPORT.
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UH, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AN AUDIT PROCESS AT THE MOMENT.UH, NO MAJOR FINDINGS IN THE AUDITS, UH, AS IT IS, AS IT STANDS TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, I WAS, UH, WITH MANY OF YOU AS WELL ON COUNCIL AT THE TRI-VALLEY, UH, CITY COUNCIL DINNER, WHICH WAS GREAT TO GET A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
UH, THE ONE THAT, UH, MA- MANY OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ACTUALLY REFERENCE OTHER THINGS, BUT I WANTED TO PICK ON THE E-BIKE SAFETY, UH, MEASURES THAT PASSED.
SO AB 1569, AB 1614, AB 2346, SB1167.
THESE WERE ALL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND ALTHOUGH THEY ARE, THEY ARE MORE ABOUT DEFINITIONS OF E-BIKES AND CATEGORIES, WHICH IS FINE, IT'S STILL A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MORE, UM, AS WE, AGAIN, BRING UP THIS E-BIKE TOPIC, UH, SOME FUTURE MEETING.
UH, MIKE? UH, YEAH, LET ME GET THIS ON.
UH, REALLY QUICKLY, THE INTERESTING STUFF FIRST, I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD GET A FEW HEAD NODS ON THIS.
THERE ARE TWO STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE THEM RECOGNIZED.
MAYBE ALL OF US COULD SIGN THAT.
AND ONE IS, UM, UH, AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND MENTORSHIP AND, AND SOME WORKSHOPS TOO FOR, UH, TO CREATE KIND OF AN ART ENVIRONMENT FOR, FOR YOUNG KIDS.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S A, IT'S A 501 UH, FORMED BY A, UH, A STUDENT OF DUBLIN HI - OR OF, UH, EMERALD HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEY REFURBISH, UM, COMPUTERS AND GIVE THEM TO, UM, PEOPLE WHO, WHO NEED THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE AREA, SHELTERS AND THE WHOLE BIT.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET SOME HEAD NODS AND, UH, HAVE A, UH, HAVE THEM RECOGNIZED, UH, WITH, WITH A SIMPLE, UM, RECOGNITION.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST HAVE EVERYBODY SIGN SOMETHING, THAT'S ALL.
I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE - YEAH.
IT WOULD HAVE TO GET AGENDIZED, I GUESS.
WE HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, THE IN- INFLUENCE.
I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO INVESTIGATE OR - YEAH.
UH, NOW FOR THE MORE, UH, ROUTINE STUFF, BA - UH, ACTUALLY, THIS IS GOOD.
WE HAD, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT THE TOUR WAS ACTUALLY MORE INTERESTING, UH, IN MY OPINION.
UH, ALSO I HAD A DSRSD LIAISON ME- MEETING, UH, WHICH PROVIDED, UH, GOOD WATER CONSERVATION UPDATE, UH, AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT, UM, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND THEN, UH, YEAH, THE, UH, TRI-VALLEY, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MORADA MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD A GOOD LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
UH, WE, UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY BOARD AND ENERGY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY HAD ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE OUT - UH, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN THE, THE WEEK FOR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.
AND THEN I HAD A LAFTA BOARD MEETING AS WELL.
UM - IT'S BEEN A BUSY TWO WEEKS.
UH, SO THE DSRSD, SO THE DUBLIN SERVICES, DUBLIN SAN RAMON SERVICES DISTRICT LIAISON MEETING, IT'S A MOUTHFUL, UM, WHICH, UH, WATER SECURITY AND, AND, UH, UH, RESOURCES THERE.
UH, I GATE BOARD MEETING, UH, HAD THE TRI-VALLEY CITIES, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR LAST WEEK AT EMERALD, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, DON BIDDLE.
UH, SEE, UH, THE BASIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, UM, WE JUST HAD OUR FINANCE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT'S IN THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN CIVIC CENTER AND DUBLIN LIBRARY.
UH, UH, DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED BASIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL.
UM, SORRY, I'M LOSING TRACK OF MY DOTS HERE.
AND THEN, UH, SVB KITCHEN, UH, THEY'RE OPENING, SO THAT'S, UM, AT THE OLD RIGATONI.
UH, EXCELLENT VEGETARIAN FOOD.
MY REPORT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
UM, I WANTED TO COMMEND STAFF FOR THE, UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR AT DON BIDDLE.
I THOUGH IT WAS REALLY NICELY DONE.
UM, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A BIT OF A HIDDEN GEM SINCE MAYBE THE PUBLIC DIDN'T COME OUT AS MUCH AS, UM, WE WOULD'VE HOPED, BUT I THOUGH STAFF DID A REALLY NICE JOB AND I GOT A LOT OUT OF IT PERSONALLY, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.
UM, I HAD TWO LAFTA MEETINGS, UM, THE PROJECTS AND SERVICES AND THEN THE BOARD MEETING.
UM, A- AS WE ALL KNOW FOR ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES, IT IS AUDIT SEASON AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LAFTA ON A CLEAN AUDIT.
UM, ALSO, UM, THE TRI-VALLEY COUNCIL'S
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MEETING IS ALWAYS A HIT TO FIND OUT, UM, HOW OUR BILLS MOVED, UM, THROUGH THE STATE, STATE LEGISLATURE.UM, I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WAS, UM, THE TRAFFIC AROUND EMERALD.
UM, WE DEF- DEFINITELY NEED TO BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON ENFORCEMENT AROUND THEN.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE ARE SOME HEAD NODS FOR US TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA RESOURCES ON THAT, UM, FOR ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE, UM, THE, IT IS UNSAFE.
UM, AND IT IS, UM, INCONVENIENT FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
I'M OVER THERE AT, I'M NOT THERE AT DROP OFF TIME, BUT I'M OVER THERE AT PICKUP TIME A LOT, UM, GOING FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER.
AND, UM, THE, THE PARENT COMMUNITY, UM, CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF THEM, A LOT OF THEM SEEM TO, UM, HAVE DECIDED COLLECTIVELY THAT RED CURBS ARE MERELY CURBS, UM, THAT, UH, CROSSWALKS ARE JUST STRIPES, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THERE IS A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR, UM, TRAFFIC RULES.
UM, A LOT OF KIDS JUST BEING PICKED UP IN MIDDLE OF THE STREET, DROPPED OFF IN THE MIDDLE STREET, ET CETERA.
SO I THINK WE NEED QUITE A BIT OF ENFORCEMENT OVER THERE.
UH, SO WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS IN COMMON.
WE WERE IN THE BASICS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL GRAND OPENING OR RIBBON CUTTING.
AND WE, I ALSO DROVE BY THIS WIRELESS IN OUR BACKYARD COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE SAFETY FIRE.
AND THERE'S ONE INTERESTING THING I WENT INTO IS WE HAVE A GHOST TOUR IN OUR, IN OUR HERITAGE PARK.
I JUST, UH, I JUST RAN INTO THIS.
AND IT JUST HAPPENED AT, AT THAT MOMENT.
AND IT WAS REALLY FUN, THE GHOST TOUR.
OH, I WAS IN, UH, GRAND OPENING OR RIBBON CUTTING FOR VETS.
YOU WERE THERE TOO, RIGHT? VETS FOR PETS.
UM, SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PLACE.
THEY WERE DOING THAT FOR THE URGENT CARE FOR THE PETS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MANY PLACE FOR URGENT CARE.
IF THE PETS GOT A, UH, SITUATIONS, THEN YOU GO TO URGENCY, UH, LIKE URGENCY CARE FOR, FOR, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO GO.
AND ALSO I WAS IN, UM, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FOR HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR TREE.
ONE IS A COBE ELEMENTARY S - COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ANOTHER ONE IS A COTTONWOOD CREEK, UM, SCHOOL THERE.
AND THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TRUNCO TREE.
AND, UM, LIKE OUR CITY WITH THE, UH, POLICE SERVICES ALSO HAD A GREAT ONE, LIKE A TWO WEEK BEFORE THAT.
SO THAT'S ALL GOOD, GOOD TRUNCO TREE, AND WE ALL HAD FUN THERE.
AND LET ME SEE ONE MORE THING.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
AND I WENT TO, UH, ACTUALLY I WENT TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
UM, IT'S IN PLEASANTON VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
IT'S A VALI - THEY ALSO CALL VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OVER THERE, UM, FOR GIVING AWARDS TO A GROUP OF STUDENTS.
THEY, THEY PERFORM FOR THE SENIORS, UH, DURING THE LAST WEEKEND.
AND ALSO TODAY WE HAVE THIS MURAL, MURAL AND BUILDING EVENT.
THAT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL ART OVER THERE.
AND WITH THAT SAID, WE DO WANT TO ADJOURN MEETING IN HONOR OF OUR VICE MAYOR, JEAN JOSEPH'S MOM.
CAN YOU SAY THE NAME, PLEASE? HER NAME IS KAY GERMAIN INGLES.
SO KAY GERMAN INGOS, WHO PASSED AWAY OF ALZHEIMER'S BECAUSE THIS MONTH IS ALSO, UM, FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S.
SO, SO WE WANT TO SPECIALLY, UH, ADJOURN IN HONOR OF HER.
WE'LL TIME OFF, ADJOURN AT 7:11 PM.