So it is 7 o'clock and I'm calling to order the meeting of the San Leander City Council today is Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
Madam clerk, would you please call roll?
Councilmember the various Walton present
Councilmember Simon present councilmember Bowen is absent
Councilmember bolt present councilmember James Aguilar present councilmember Victor Aguilar
Mayor Gonzalez
Present please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance stand if you're able to
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place under item 7 public comments as per the published agenda. After this
time is up the council will proceed with the rest of the meetings agenda. If you
have not had the opportunity to speak during the initial 30 minute period
there will be another chance to do so after item 12 city council reports. Thank
you. At this point in time is there a report on taken? Thank you mayor. There
were no reportable actions taken in closed session but direction was
provided to staff. Thank you. At this point we have two recognitions. First recognition
is a proclamation to declare September as National Preparedness Month and then
we will have a proclamation to declare Hispanic Heritage Month. So for our first
proclamation, we do have Lincoln Casimir, CERT Lead Community
Emergency Response Team. Come on down. So in case it wasn't enough of a wake-up
call, today is a wake-up call when we had that little rumble just, what was it, two
weeks ago? So it's always a good time to be prepared. So here's a proclamation
that I'll pass through the mic so you can say some brilliant words. Whereas
As National Preparedness Month observed every September since 2004, creates an ideal opportunity
for everyone, everyone in San Leandro, to join people across the United States in preparing
their homes, businesses, and communities for any type of emergency, including natural,
technological, or human-caused disasters.
And whereas planning, investing in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, our businesses,
now before a disaster can reduce fatalities and economic devastation, can improve economic
devastation, we were prepared, so you always have a backup plan.
So let's try that, whereas again, whereas planning, investing, preparedness of ourselves,
our families, our businesses now before a disaster, can reduce fatalities and economic
devastation, improve community recovery, and strengthen resiliency in our community and
across our nation.
And whereas, all residents of San Leandro are urged to plan ahead for disasters and
encourage their family and their friends to do the same by participating in neighborhood
preparedness activities, by registering their contact information in AC Alert and the Nixle
mass notification systems, and by visiting the preparedness campaign website ready.gov
essential information and also has tips. So let's all get ready. So now therefore
I find that's also third major of the city of San Orlando do hereby proclaim
September 2026 as national prepared preparedness month in the city of San
Landro and urge all community members and businesses to develop their own
emergency preparedness plan. That's a request. Go and do it. Be ready. Please
build a kit prepare for disasters and talk to friends and family about
preparedness in order to create a stronger more resilient community. We
should do that. Thank you. Thank you Mayor Gonzalez and the City of San
Leandro for this proclamation. I would just like to say firstly Lincoln
Casimir Alameda County Fire Department. Whether you have an hour or 20 hours to
start your preparedness journey we have a class for you. If you're just beginning
we do that as well as those that are seasoned professionals come on over
right. We do take preparedness seriously and we at the fire
department are happy to partner with the city of San Leandro to meet all of your
training needs and welcome everyone in. We really take pride in not only offering
relevant information but making sure the experience is fun. We started as young
as 15 all the way up to as old as we can go all right. So we welcome everyone to
come participate and get prepared.
So I will say that I had a chance
to observe several times the CERT classes
and to see how they're being very mindful about how do you
properly lift things that have collapsed in an earthquake,
how to properly put out a fire with a fire extinguisher.
It's like live.
You get to actually use a fire extinguisher
and put out a fire.
That kind of training, we can think about it.
But when you actually do it, it makes such a difference.
So I do want to thank you for helping us get prepared.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, if I can have my San Leandro High School students, come on.
Okay.
I keep...
I keep the name of this Latino Unidos club, a newcomer program from the School of Language
Academy at San Leandro High School.
So obviously, this month is particularly exciting for me, for obvious reasons.
And so I do want to thank you guys for showing up, and I'll pass you the mic right after to share a few words.
So during Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor and celebrate the immeasurable contributions and unique stories of one of San Leandro's
largest and growing ethnic groups. And of course, while members of this community share a common connection in
countries in the Americas, their ancestry connects them to origins around the world,
including Europe, Africa, Asia, and the indigenous communities
of the Americas.
And whereas La Comunidad de Latina y Espana
is deeply rooted in both California and San Leandro's
history, identity, and success.
And whereas we embrace the cultural diversity and richness
shared by Hispanic individuals, families, and communities
within our city, and whereas we acknowledge
the Hispanic leaders who have stayed the course
and the struggle for equal justice
to ensure that everyone in San Leandro
can contribute their talents
and have the opportunity to thrive.
And whereas since 1968, National Hispanic Heritage Month
has commenced each year on the anniversary
of numerous Latin American countries
and whose 2026 theme is together, we are more.
Finally, whereas we in San Leandro take great pride in recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month
from September 15th to October 15th, now therefore, I, Juan Gonzalez III, Mayor of the City of
San Leandro, do hereby proclaim September 15 to October 15, 2026, as Hispanic Heritage
Month in the City of San Leandro, and encourage San Leandro's residents to join us in celebrating
the great contributions of Hispanic and Latin American community to our city, and to our
state, and to our country.
Amen.
Well, thank you, Mayor Gonzalez and the city of San Leandro, for this proclamation.
I went to school here, K through 12, in San Leandro, and now I have the privilege of being
a teacher here, and being a community member, and so I know the immeasurable diversity that
that we have here in San Leandro.
And I think this is not only an opportunity
to celebrate our culture and our heritage,
but also partner with those who make it great.
And so with me here today are Latino students,
wonderful teachers, and so they come together on campus
and create a wonderful, safe, loving environment
for students on campus.
And for our Seoul Community School of Language,
it's also students who are part of that wonderful,
beautiful diversity we have and so thank you.
I'm happy that the city of San Leandro
is celebrating with us.
Thank you guys so much for being here.
And you're of course welcome to stay and enjoy our meeting
but do not feel any obligation to stay
if you have other things that you would prefer doing.
At this point in time we will go to item number five
which is our consent calendar.
So do we have any amendments to our consent calendar?
Any item that anybody would like to pull?
Seeing none, let's take public comment on this item, please.
Mayor, we have not received any comment cards.
And there are no hands raised online.
OK, so we'll close public comment on this item.
Come back.
Is there a motion?
Council Member Victor Aguilar.
I'd like to move the consent calendar.
Thank you.
And Vice Mayor, please.
So moved.
So I have a motion by Council Member Victor Aguilar,
And the second by Vice Mayor Vivian Walton.
Seeing no further discussion, please vote.
All votes are in and the motion carries unanimously with six yes votes and Council Member Bowen
being absent.
At this point in time we go to our city manager and city attorney reports and comments.
I don't believe we have any but just double checking.
Then we will move to public comment for items that are not on our agenda.
Do we have any cards?
Thank you, Mayor.
We did receive two comment cards from here in the room, and there are two hands raised
online.
Okay.
Please proceed in person.
Our first in-person speaker is Mike McGuire, followed by Leo T. West.
I didn't expect to get called quite so quickly.
So we have finally found something to unite Americans of all political persuasions and
parties and that is data centers. They're against them. I found out at the last planning
commission meeting that the deck is heavily stacked in favor of bringing them to San Leandro.
The commission first voted to approve a very large warehouse with an unusually ample electric supply
and then specified it couldn't be leased as a data center. Unless that is a new application
for that use was filed and approved. One commissioner moved that they just say no
to whatever being a data center. It was promptly told by city council, not this city council,
that that would be illegal. The Commission isn't allowed to block uses, she said, only allow them.
Of course they could look at applications one by one each time they were filed.
And despite the commissioners not being elected, their word is final and can't be reviewed by our
elected council members and mayor unless an appeal is filed and paid for. By council's logic,
if zoning allowed theaters near an elementary school, the Planning Commission could not say
a pornographic theater would never be allowed so close to school kids, though they could
repeatedly vote down specific proposals to do that. City staff and warehouse applicants
both said that one just couldn't build a modern warehouse these days that anybody would lease
unless it just coincidentally happened to be large enough to house a data center.
Corporations hardly need more data from us and perhaps should get rid of some of what
they've already compiled. Data centers just let them consolidate that data to harm us more
effectively and make more money for the already rich. I would sure love to see the council which
does have the power to ban a use to vote to ban data centers in the city. And I would like to know
each person running for council who's not currently on council thinks about passing it. This could
avoid some angry recalls after an election as has happened in other places where this has been an
issue. Thank you. Thank you. The next speaker is Leo T West. Since we passed the
Tenant Relocation system program in 2017, the City Council has done nothing
to update it as it established in its clause. Instead the City Council brought
up the all discredited proposal rent stabilization. The City Council has been
dangling the characterization for close to two years producing nothing. In
addition the City Council has given more than a million dollars to La Raza
Centro Legale, a resident organization which recently refused to represent me
when I was sent, that's why I served with a termination of tenancy notice by a local
senior housing. It just happened I am of the white race and I am citizen of this country
and I am straight. That apparently disqualifies me for assistance. Another organization that
city refers tenants to is eco-housing, which also refused to provide me a legal
assistance, using lack of funds for a lawyer in Alameda County. They told me
that they do have funds for a lawyer in Contra Costa County. In November we have
election. It is time to vote all of the incumbents up for reelection out,
especially those appointed by the City Council for they will only appoint those of the same elk. Clean slate.
Thank you. May there are no more cards from commenters here in the room?
So we'll close public comment in person and open it up online.
Our first online speaker is Douglas Spalding.
Well, hello. Welcome back everyone. I hope you had a fun and fulfilling summertime month of August.
And here we are. I was also at the Planning Commission meeting on Thursday night and council members, it's time to start paying attention.
It seems apparent to me that our city's intent on following the Hayward Playbook, right?
you take your plan to the planning commission, and through subterfuge you wind up with a data
center.
Now, I know the conditional use permit is to reformulate this old levitt warehouse at
3199 Alvarado into something more modern.
May I see the clock, please?
I have no idea how much time I have.
But as Mr. Guyer pointed out, all of the specifications fit a data center.
Now, I do feel bad for CC Industries that was explaining they've been trying for years
to get a lessee without success.
But who do we imagine a possible lessee would be unless it is a data center?
That's the hottest business in town.
That's the only business in town.
That's what's going to end up there.
I am not satisfied by the explanation that,
well, if they want to do a data center,
they have to go back and get another conditional use permit.
I suggest our city council start looking at the rules
and adopting some new ones.
One, we need specific zoning for data centers.
Two, data centers should come to the city council
for approval.
Three, we should implement a moratorium immediately
so that we can find out more what we're talking about even.
And four, I would think that, you know,
projects of a certain magnitude of a certain type
Probably could have the approval of the Planning Commission, but should come to the City Council for final approval
You know, I hate to say it but there's nothing transparent about this
The main developer Ward McComb. Thank you, sir. Your time has elapsed
The next online speaker is Alvaro Ramos
Yes, I just wanted to say your display is really messed up and I can't see a you know a timer here
So San Leandro voters get a pen some paper take some notes on the five bad
propositions on your November ballot
Prop 39 is voter suppression
If you do not have your ID card on election day, then you cannot vote
Prop 39 rigs elections by stealing your voting rights
Prop 45 deregulates CEQA environmental reviews
on destructive projects by private developers.
CEQA is Governor Ronald Reagan's environmental legacy
and it protects California's natural environment.
Prop 45 delivers a bad environment
in shorter lifespans for Californians.
Prop 43 restricts local taxes
from funding public services that our local communities need.
the consequence of Prop 43 will be cuts to public safety,
street maintenance, parks and recreation, libraries,
and senior services.
Prop 42 and Prop 41 both trick voters
to stop the billionaire tax in Prop 40.
If Prop 42 passes,
then the billionaires, they do not pay wealth taxes.
If Prop 41 passes,
then wealthy people do not pay billionaire taxes.
It's the same thing.
So tell everyone you know,
to vote no on the five bad propositions,
Prop 39, Prop 45, Prop 43, Prop 42 and Prop 41.
And of course, yeah, no to data centers in San Leandro.
We don't need more problems or more environmental issues
and just absolutely no benefit to this community
society. Thank you. Mayor, there are no more hands raised on that. We're closing
public comment. We'll proceed to item number eight. We don't have a public
hearing and we also do not have a presentation today but we do have item
number 10, an action item. For this item in particular, we do have Assistant City
manager Mike Yuen here to present.
So let's just pause for a minute.
I need some additional information
on a situation that we're experiencing.
OK, so part of what we are doing up here
is assessing, because we have appears
to have lost our video feed.
But it appears we do have our audio feed.
So what I'm going to do is take a very brief recess
for approximately three to five minutes.
If you are online, just stay online.
But I just want to make sure that we have our facts correct.
Because if we do have audio, we will continue
proceeding with our meeting.
Remote audio, that is.
OK, so I'm going to call us back to order at 7.30.
So just so there's a little bit of information about the delay,
we are having some technical difficulties
along some of the ancillary, some of the auxiliary methods
that we allow people to participate.
But for the method that we publish in our agenda,
for that method there have been no problems with the audio some problems
apparently with the video but given that we have an audio connection and given
that we have the ability for the public to comment for our policy and consistent
with law we will proceed so assistant city manager you and the floor is yours
you and my apologies thank you mayor and good evening council members I am
presenting this evening an overview of restorative justice mediation and
requesting direction from Council on consideration of facilitated discussions.
As a refresher for you, on January 5th of this year, Council considered an item
concerning the public release of an independent investigation report prepared
in response to a complaint submitted by Councilmember Bowen to the Human
resources department. As part of council's action, staff were directed to
schedule a future agenda item to discuss restorative justice mediation for the
City Council. That particular discussion occurred on April 6 and council voted
then to refer the topic to the Rules Committee for further explanation, excuse
me, further examination, specifically to consider how restorative justice
mediation could potentially be incorporated into the city's the city
council's internal discipline policy so the rules committee their first review
of the item took place on April 22nd and after discussion the matter was
continued to allow additional time for research including defining restorative
justice mediation and considering the implications of integrating such a
process into the council's discipline framework. On June 24th the Rules
Committee met again and reviewed the item and the committee determined that
the full City Council should decide whether to authorize revised direction
before the committee continues its work. Specifically the committee is requesting
council direction on whether to shift the committee's focus away from
from restorative justice and toward facilitated discussion mechanisms to
help resolve disagreements among council members before matters escalate to the
point of where the internal discipline policy is invoked. Committee members
express interest in evaluating facilitated conversation models not for
discipline but as a potential tool for early conflict resolution that could
prevent the escalation of disputes. But because this scope differs from the
committee's current charge the rules committee voted to forward the matter
back to this full council for direction which is why this item is before you
this evening so it is recommended that council provide direction to the rules
committee with one of the following three options option one would
authorize the rules committee to work with a new scope to revise the council
member handbook to include facilitated discussion mechanisms to help resolve
disagreements. The Rules Committee's work would include looking into facilitated
mediation sessions or conflict resolution frameworks to resolve
disagreements. Option two would limit the work of the Rules Committee to its
existing scope, which is including restorative justice mediation into the
Council's internal discipline policy. To be clear, this is the existing charge
that this council provided to the Rules Committee back in April. The committee
would continue discussing restorative justice mediation solely with the
parameters of internal discipline policy and without any directive to
explore facilitated discussion models or practices into the City Council
member handbook. Or option three would be this council could conclude the
Rules Committee's consideration of this matter. This essentially would end the
committee's review, thereby resulting in no revisions to either the internal discipline
policy or the city council member handle. That concludes my presentation and staff awaits
your discussion and direction to the rules. So we'll elaborate just a little bit. And
that's that there was ample discussion about the potential benefits of some mediated discussions
that we did not feel on the committee
that we had the permission of the body as a whole
to engage in those discussions.
And so the committee's request was to come back here
to the full body to essentially get your permission
as a body to modify the scope.
You sent us with a particular scope.
Based on all the discussions in committee,
we came back with a proposed alternative
and it's namely option number one.
So that's the additional context for why we are here.
With that in mind, are there any questions
before I take public comment?
Council Member Victor Aguilar.
Thank you, Mayor.
My question is with regards
to the facilitate discussion mechanisms
to help resolve disagreements,
is this something that will be outsourced
to the third party to help facilitate?
So at this point in time, I don't think we had reached the details because we found ourselves
in a position like we don't really have the permission.
This isn't in our scope.
If that's something that you would like for the committee to consider, I think that's
duly noted.
Thank you.
Those are my questions.
Seeing no other questions, we'll take public comment on the site.
May we receive one comment card from in the room and there is presently one hand raised
online.
Please proceed in person.
Our in-person speaker is Leo T. West.
Close to one year after the Florida event,
the City Council has found an escape route
in order to do nothing called restorative justice,
choosing dialogue instead of accountability.
However, when it comes to approved projects
behind closed doors, the votes are almost always 7-0, showing that all of the rest is
pure theater. The restorative justice must be delivered by the voters in November.
All of the incumbents should be watered out. Most of the members of the City Council have shown
and professional behavior, Simon, Aguilar, Bo, and Acevedo.
Oromeo González has presided over a cover-up,
and he's also responsible for several failed projects
in a plan to chase car drivers out of San Leandro
by eliminating car lanes.
Furthermore, taxpayer money has been wasted
on dubious organizations.
Council member bought the special mention
for his initial position,
voted for some kind of disciplinary action
against Simon and Aguilar.
To then shamelessly fall in line
and go to join the seven nothing.
We all wrote all the comments out, clean slate.
Thank you. There are no more cards from in the room there.
So we will close public comment in in person, but move online to open that.
Our online speaker is Douglas Spaulding. Thank you, and I see a clock. Now I don't see the clock.
Now I see the clock. Very good. Well, as a one of those is a big proponent of restorative justice.
I'm disappointed to hear your conclusion
that you wanna move on from that.
In my mind, restorative justice is a very powerful tool,
potentially powerful and actually well-suited
for the situation we found ourselves in.
I feel to see this distinction between restorative justice
and facilitated discussion because restorative justice
is a facilitated discussion,
one where both parties have the opportunity to talk
and need to listen to each other,
need to acknowledge what each other said,
and it's focused on harms that are done.
And I believe that had we been able to get to that point,
we might have actually gotten
to some more satisfactory resolution.
But I am hopeful that you will figure out some way
of putting this in the council handbook as a formal procedure
before the more litigious filing of complaints and spending a lot of money on administrative
investigations and then going through all the rigmarole of censureship or whatever kind
of consequences you have. I think that a facilitated discussion ideally would be both more efficient
and more affective. I would hope that we move in that direction. I think that the discussion
previously about restorative justice was hindered by a common bias, which I will call the confessional
model of restorative justice, one that many of us were brought up with in particularly the Catholic
church where you go in with the priest you smell his bad cologne and you say
what you've done and then you say you're you're here. Thank you sir your time has
elapsed. Mayor there are no more raised hands online. So we'll close online
public comment on this item and see if there's any discussion. I will begin with
council members Simon it looks like you're please proceed. Thank you yeah I
do support us if you get council approval to move forward with option one
this is another tool in our handbook that could help us resolve issues but in
addition to this what I would like to do to amend this motion tonight is to look
at other ways that can help us to be fair in our next hopefully we don't have
another issue come up but if we did to be as fair as we can in our decision
process. So what I would like to do is request council's approval that we and
rules can at least talk about it if we can talk about our discipline policy and
if we can talk about number one who is eligible to vote to ensure that we have
unbiased in a fair decision-making process. The accuser, the accused, both
neither, let's talk about it. Number two is if the vice mayor and the mayor are
both subjects of an investigation, then who takes the lead. We should define that. Number
three is the duration that investigation information is on our city website. Right now, it's just
open ended. So I would like to move option one and then ask that that be amended to include
the rules able to discuss some improvements to the discipline policy.
So at this point in time I am looking for a reaction because I will interpret your request
as a motion. Yes.
Thank you. Councilmember Victor Aguilar. Thank you, Mayor. I would second that motion.
Councilmember Simon. I forgot a motion. Second. Let's proceed with the discussion. Vice Mayor
please. Just a point of clarification. So this your
Motion councilmember Simon
expands the
original direction from Rules Committee because my understanding was that the request from Rules Committee was to
Just do option. What is delineated in option one? It's my understanding that you're you want to expand the direction to rules
to I
Didn't quite understand the the additional like what is the expanded scope you wanted to?
Can you just repeat?
Sure. Yes, I
Would like the Rules Committee to be able to discuss the discipline policy in particular. There are three areas
Number one who was eligible to vote on a disciplinary action
So that we can ensure that we are unbiased and it's a fair decision-making process. Is it the accused?
Just the accused. Is it just the accuser? Is it both? Is it neither?
That is the first one the second one if the vice mayor and the mayor are both subjects of investigation
We should define then who takes the lead
I'm thinking you know
It's probably the most senior person but I would like for us to be able to talk about the issue not make a decision
But talk about it to bring it back to council and the third is
Investigative information that's placed on our website
Define the duration that it would be up there
Thank you for that clarification, I think just my concern is that those are two very separate items
two very separate like just
things to tackle one is the disciplinary policy and the other one is
Like resolving disagreements that that's my only concern if so
to me having them be together kind of conflates the
That's not the that's not what we sent to rules was to talk about the
the disciplinary process, but rather
having a parallel process of
our disciplinary
policy that would kind of allow another avenue. So that's my only concern
If the majority of my colleagues want to take this these two things on together, I'm fine
but I'm just concerned about them being together. That's it.
Any others wish to weigh in?
Seeing that seeing it further discussion. I'll just offer my thoughts
In some sense, we've already
Considered this in the priority session
We decided not to tackle this. I personally don't have a problem with addressing these topics
But it's really it's not what rules
Asked for counsel to discuss and so I do struggle because the original referral was specifically for restorative justice
In rules there was a discussion that to talk about these things was outside of the mandate that council had had given
So I think that's why council member Simon is coming back to expand the context
That being said me personally, I don't have a strong feeling one way or the other about this item
councilor bolt
Yeah, I really
I'm not on rules, so sending it back for you guys to work on it's fine
I'm frustrated that we're still talking about it
I wish I mean I want to kind of do option three and conclude it and let it be where it's at
It's not an obligation of the council members to get along
and
we're I think we're drawing out this process to the point that it's
To to what end?
Are we gonna vote on it again in a month like?
Let's just be better people and and stop this because it's wasting time
It's wasting staffs. It's wasting money because staff has continued to work on it
It's dragging out meetings. It means nothing. We just need to be better period
Councilmember James Haggler, please. I
Want to agree with councilmember bolt? I I I would love to lean option 3 and get this done
I'm tired of us talking about it
But I I think that if Rules Committee is asking us to just simply give them direction to have a
Conversation then let's just do option one and and let's just give them that permission to have the conversation
So let's see where the first motion lands
Councilman councilmember Simon, please
Yet one other comment. I'd like to make
And why I'm combining the two is I'm trying to be efficient and to council member bolt position or comment
We're talking about these things so many times. They come up so many times
I hear you and I agree with you and I'm trying to be efficient
And I think that we as council can do multiple things at one time
And I think that will help us resolve issues faster so we can move on
I think these two my amendment is
related such that the preamble of our discipline policy is to be fair
local government and if I see something that is
It should be at least talked about I believe we should talk about it now
If it will the council's vote no once we talk about it
That is the will of the council, but I'm asking if we could at least talk about it
anything else
Any other perspectives?
Okay, I'm in I'm indifferent, but let's vote
The motion is to take option one but to add three additional questions to be
considered as stated by Councilmember Simon for rules to explore who
should be allowed to vote in accepting the findings. Number two, to find what
happens if both the mayor and vice mayor are subject to investigation. So who
would then be the lead shall we say and number three how long information stays
on our website. So that's the motion that's presented by Council Member
Simons seconded by Council Member Aguilar. Is that an old hand again so we're
done okay oh sorry dispension please proceed. I have one clarification about
who's eligible to vote. It's not just on accepting the findings is
throughout the discipline process. So subject to that
clarification. Yep. That's your motion. Please vote. All votes are in and the
motion fails with three yes votes, three no votes, and Councilmember Bowen being
absent. Okay so is it an alternative motion? Councilmember Boldt. Motion 3. Okay so we
have a motion from Councilmember Boldt for option 3. Is there a second on that
motion? Is there any discussion on this motion? Seeing no discussion please vote.
So the motion is to adopt item option number three. All votes are in and the
motion fails with three yes votes and three no votes and councilmember Bowen
being absent. Councilmember James Aguilar please. If you'll take a motion I'll move
option one. I'll second that motion. So we motion my councilmember James Aguilar
with a second from the mayor. Any discussion on this? Please vote. All
votes are in and the motion carries with five yes votes, one no vote from
councilmember Bolt and councilmember Bowen being absent. Okay that concludes
item number 10, today specifically, there's no B. Is there anything under
item 11? I don't believe I've been informed of any seeing none. Are there
reports that City Council members would like to make our announcements we'll begin with
Councillor Victor Aguilar. Thank you Mayor Gonzalez. I attended the
Alameda County Mosquito Bateman district meeting. Sorry I attended last week last month in August
the second second Wednesday. Um, so we are currently expanding surveillance efforts across
Alameda County. Staff are monitoring approximately 960 grid areas and conducting monthly trapping
from May through October between May and July 8 80s Egypt time mosquitoes were detected at
six sites. Uh, the district is continuing its will bocchia program in Livermore releasing
specifically specially treated male mosquitoes to help reduce invasive
mosquito populations. These efforts are being closely monitored to measure their
effectiveness. Alameda County Mosquito Bateman District is working closely
with Alameda County Health Department to respond to reported tropical disease
cases and assess potential mosquito-borne disease risk. At this time the
estimated dengue risk across the Bay Area remains extremely low. District staff
continue to closely monitor West Nile virus activity when positive birds or
mosquitoes are identified crews focus treatment and inspection efforts and
surrounding areas including catch basins neighborhoods and other potential
mosquito breeding locations in areas with elevated mosquito activity the
district may conduct additional treatments to reduce mosquito
populations where the board is considered a new one-year technical
support agreement for the district's map vision mapping and surveillance system
This technology is an important tool used to support
mosquito surveillance and control operations
throughout Alameda County.
The board also received its July financial reports,
updates from the general manager and staff
and welcome Miguel Cardenas as a new vector biologist.
And we are currently protecting public health,
requires constant monitoring, prevention and quick action.
And I appreciate what our staff is doing with regards
to having dedicated scientists and field staff
at the Alameda County Mosquito Bateman District.
That concludes my report.
Thank you.
Are there other reports or announcements?
Okay, seeing none, I'll quickly offer a few.
So I do wanna highlight a historic change
that has occurred at the Bay Area
Air Quality Management District,
now known as the Bay Area Air District.
For the first time, penalty dollars,
fines that were collected are being allocated
towards communities that were damaged by the pollution
excess that triggered the fine.
So the money is going back to the community
instead of going to the general coffers of the air district.
So if the regulator isn't feeding itself,
it's returning benefit to the community.
For those that have properties along the shoreline,
In particular, the Bay Conservation Development
Commission is spending a fair amount of time
looking at how it can revise its permitting process
to drive greater efficiency, greater transparency,
making sure that the application process has controls in place
so that you don't have to go back and provide more
information a second time around,
because it won't let you submit the permit application
without having attached the relevant information.
So those are really important things.
Very grateful for the work that city staff did
at pivoting for the hosting of the Moon Festival this year.
Last year, we were at capacity in the library room,
and the room was a bit warm.
And so this year, by expanding it to the new facility
at the senior center and having the vendors be in the hallway,
There was just a lot more space, a lot of happy people,
especially the children.
I do want to invite the community out
to our coastal cleanup that's on September 19.
I think we're gathering at about 8.30 in the morning.
That is one of the single biggest community
events in the state of California,
as we gather in lots of cities across lots of shorelines.
So join this tremendous opportunity
to join many, many, many others in helping
keep our coastal areas clean.
Have I missed anything, city manager?
Big events that are coming up?
Then, of course, we'll see you on Friday, this Friday,
for our Hispanic Heritage Festival at our second Fridays.
Remember, we have second Fridays celebrations downtown
every second Friday of the month.
This month, in particular, will be focused
on Hispanic culture.
So with that being said, our time right now is 7.59.
We got it just under 8 o'clock.
We are adjourned.