And uh we'll go ahead and call to order.

Um, we'll start with roll call, please.

Chair Mullins.

Here.

Vice Chair Bond Smith.

Here.

Commissioner Bieler.

Here.

Commissioner Kenadler.

Here.

Commissioner Lipp.

Commissioner Lyons.

And Commissioner Schmitz.

Okay, thank you.

Um next agenda item is not agenda public comment.

Seeing that there is none, we'll move to the minutes.

Um this is just this is the only consent calendar item are the minutes from January fourteenth, twenty twenty-six.

Um, so hopefully you all had a chance to review those.

And if all looks good and um you've reviewed and are ready to approve, then we can do a motion to approve.

Okay.

Thank you.

And then all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Okay.

So that's approved unanimously, thank you.

Yes.

Good evening.

Uh, I'm Danielle Miller and Sustainability and Resilience Manager for the City of Alameda, and I'm really pleased to be here tonight uh to share with you our twenty twenty-five annual report for the climate action and resiliency plan of the city.

Um we have a plan that is really ambitious.

It was a um adopted originally in twenty nineteen.

It was updated uh last year in twenty twenty-five.

Um, our goals as a city are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by fifty percent below two thousand five levels by twenty thirty, to reach net zero emissions by twenty forty-five, and to prepare for the climate impacts that we're facing, um, such as shoreline flooding, rising groundwater, as well as heat, um, smoky air we've experienced in the past, um, and earthquakes and liquefaction.

Earthquakes, not necessarily climate related, but liquefaction can have a connection with groundwater.

We did, as part of that 2025 update, we did a new greenhouse gas emissions inventory for 2022.

And that inventory showed that a little over half of our emissions in the city come from driving cars on the road.

About a third come from burning fossil fuels, natural gas, and buildings, that's residential and non-residential.

And then the remainder is off-road engines are things like generate portable generators, lawn equipment, leaf blowers, and then solid waste and water and wastewater.

There's quite a few metrics for each of our focus areas.

I should have put a slide in here, but focus areas include transportation emissions, so active transportation and vehicle electrification, building emissions, natural gas reduction in buildings, zero waste, urban forestry, and then a community activation and education.

It's really acknowledging that the city can only do so much on our own, and we really rely on our partnerships with the community to achieve our reduction.

And then city leadership is about us showing by example when we do things like electrify our fleet and retrofit our buildings.

So for each of those focus areas, we have a lot of metrics so we can track how we're doing towards our goals.

And we created this metrics hub, which is on our website, and I invite you all to check it out.

There's many metrics on that website, and it's interactive.

One of the things the first metric is showing our greenhouse gas emissions from that 2022 inventory compared to some of the previous inventories we've done.

And the really exciting news is that we are have reduced our community wide emissions by 29% since 2005, and we're really on track to hit that goal of 50% reduction by 2030.

A big contributor to that emissions reduction was AMP transitioning to 100% clean electricity in 2020.

And with that, our big task now is to transition our vehicles and our buildings to using that clean electricity with things like electric vehicles, heat pumps for water and space heating, induction cooktops, and electric dryers.

And that right there pretty much sums up like our CARP strategy.

So miles of bikeways, we have a target of 70 miles of bikeway by 2030.

We're at 61, and we still have five years to go.

So we're really on, we've been doing two to three miles a year, so we're right on track there.

We had a target of 12% of all the vehicles registered in Alameda being electric.

We are currently at 11%.

Average indoor water use, uh, we have a goal of reducing that to 42 gallons per person per day.

We are at 43 gallons as of 2024 per person per day.

Um natural gas consumption citywide.

This is, I got this is data that came from PG ⁇ E that showed us like how much gas they sold to Alameda customers in 2024.

And we were at 14.7, I think that's million therms of gas, but that is essentially our goal was to get to that level by 2030.

So we're really on track in a lot of ways, and some of our big metrics.

We have more work to do, of course, particularly with building electrification and vehicle electrification, getting people out of their cars to walk and bike when possible, planting more trees and reducing our waste.

Um, but I think we're we're making we need to focus, but I think we're making progress.

Um I'll show you some of the things that we did last year.

Um in 2025, uh, we had a really active year.

We deployed our first public curbside EV chargers.

Um, those were at the Everett Commons Housing Authority apartment complex on Eagle Avenue.

Those are now live, and we have plans to deploy more curbside chargers throughout the city.

Um we also just made live three new public chargers at Bohol Circle Immigrant Park over behind Target.

Those are live and they are being used, which is great.

Um, we are looking at additional city lots and trying to bring chargers to as many of our city owned parking lots as we can as well.

AMP issued a lot of rebates for residential and commercial EV charging, 55 e-bike rebates and 47 used EV rebates.

We as a city adopted requirements that when single family and duplex homeowners do remodels in their homes, that if they are replacing an air conditioner or moving an air conditioner or buying a new air conditioner, that should it should be a heat pump that also provides heating and cooling using electricity.

And if those homeowners are doing remodels that are touching that remodels that include electrical updates and those electrical updates are happening near appliances, that they provide an outlet for future electrification.

So for a heat pump, for a peep pump water heater, a stove or a dryer that you would have an outlet so that you can be ready for the future.

We had a home electrification fair last year.

It was at Faction Brewing.

We're going to have another one this year on May 2nd.

It's going to be in conjunction this year with the Alameda Bike Festival.

So we're hoping to get some some new audience and some new people come by the festival.

I hope you can attend.

AMP provided a lot of rebates also for things like water heaters, furnaces, dryers, electric panel upgrades, and induction cooktops, which was great.

The city updated its and adopted and updated zero waste implementation plan.

Parks has been supporting a lot of volunteer tree planting events and parks.

And if you've driven by Main Street Linear Park this year, you'll notice there are more than a hundred new trees.

They were all planted by volunteers, many of them high school students that I went to visit during one of those days, and they were having the best time.

And that is led by a high school intern that works in my office, comes in once a week after school.

And she is helping us organize all the environmental clubs at the Alameda High School, and those club leaders come and meet at City Hall, they hear what we're doing, what programs we have that they can plug into, and they're also coordinating amongst themselves so they can get ideas from each other about different climate events they can have on their campuses.

In 2026, we've got lots of plans as well.

We're going to be updating that greenhouse gas inventory for the year 2024.

We're a little bit behind, but we're trying to catch up.

We want to make sure we're tracking as we get closer to 2030.

We're also going to do a municipal inventory, so that's going to look specifically at city operations and city buildings and city vehicles.

We're going to continue to deploy our public chargers, curbside, and city parking lots.

We're looking at some additional requirements.

I mentioned the AC to heat pump replacement requirements for single-family residential.

We got some cost effectiveness studies for non-residential, and it's cost effective to do that for non-residential buildings as well.

So we're looking at that.

The zero waste plan is adopted and they're looking to start implementation, and there's some budget requests this year for that.

And then our urban forest plan is should be coming to city council for adoption later this year, and parks is continuing to find new opportunities for planting trees and parks with volunteers.

Last year we supported the climate arts initiative rising tides, which included the Bandeloupe event out in Building 43.

There was a photography festival, a whole bunch of events that I think really brought people out to the shoreline and educated them and taught them a lot while they also really enjoyed art and culture.

We had a sea level rise planning fair at Reap Climate Center this past September.

That was a culmination of our first phase of citywide planning.

We had 150 people come.

It was a really great event at the Reap Climate Center, lots of activity.

Additionally, the city council approved some initial design concepts for adaptation projects at Bay Farm Island and at the estuary near the Posey Webster tubes.

And we are excited to have secured grant funding for that Bay Farm Island project.

We're going to continue that to the next phase.

We also got grant funding to continue the next phase of our shoreline adaptation plan.

And that plan is going to meet the requirements of the Bay Conservation Development Commission to meet SB 272 requirements to for every shoreline community in the Bay to create a shoreline adaptation plan by 2034.

So we are we were one of the first, I think four or five communities to officially launch that process, and we're excited to get started with that next phase.

And then we're continuing to get to look for funding for more projects.

We've got the estuary project, the estuary project that was approved still needs funding, and we're looking at a project on the South Shore Beach area, which we've seen with the king tides has created some flooding issues in the immediate term that need to be addressed.

With all of that, we're going to continue outreach and education.

We are using paid community partners to help us with that outreach.

They've been at the farmers market, they've hosted walking tours, uh, they hosted a couple of kayak tours to get people into the water.

Um done all kinds of uh they we did in-person workshops, all kinds of um ways to sort of engage people and really focusing on um the people who don't necessarily come to a public meeting on a Saturday afternoon for two hours, um, but really trying to expand and get get the information out to as many people as possible.

So with that, um happy to take any questions.

Um we will be taking this report to the city council on uh March 17th and asking them to adopt it.

Um if you have any comments you want me to put forward to City Council, I'm happy to do that as well.

Wanna start?

I I have a um clarification question.

I was just wondering how did you choose the metrics that you chose and and also choose the goals associated with those metrics.

Um we the goals were largely selected when the plan was first updated and or created in 2019.

Um as part of the plan update process, we had a lot of stakeholder meetings.

Uh, we did surveys, we went to boards and commissions and city council and got feedback on whether those were still the right goals.

Um we essentially they there were they were modified a little bit based on feedback.

We also wanted to be consistent with the state.

So the um the net zero emissions by 2045 aligns with our state goal, and that was one that we shifted a little bit to be better aligned with the state.

And we also looked around at what other jurisdictions were doing and what was uh what was feasible for us and while being ambitious and able to meet um to meet goals scientifically um relevant goals.

And do you have a sense of how Alameda compares?

I know we're not at that 2030 time point, but how Alameda compares to similar communities who are making similar efforts or under similar climate-related pressures.

I um I haven't seen specific numbers from other communities, but I don't think that many other communities can say that they are on track.

Um so we so I think it's we should have a lot to be proud of that we are on track.

We actually got recognized by the instance from the Institute of Local Governments with a Beacon Award this year for our efforts on greenhouse gas reductions.

Um I think we're incredibly lucky that we have a municipal utility with affordable electric rates that is providing 100% clean electricity, and it makes our job just so much easier.

Um so I think that has gotten us a lot farther than many other communities can be.

And like I said, I think our mission now is to really just talk to people about how we can shift from those appliances that run on fossil fuels to pushing them onto clean electricity and the technologies are 100% there and really good and really affordable.

And one final clarification question.

Um you mentioned the Bay Farm Island Sea Level Rise project had received 60% design funding for 60% design.

What does that mean?

Is it funding for the design?

Yeah, so we're um we're designing in phases.

So when you're doing like a capital project like that, there's typically like 10% design, 30%, 60%, 90%, and then 100% and construction.

So it's just refining the design.

We started out with kind of a high level concept, and then we got that approved by council, and then as we each phase is just refining the design and providing more detail.

So it's just sort of showing we're 60% of the way to 100% design, and when we have that, we'll be ready for construction.

And when we have that, we'll be ready for construction.

Do you know when that's gonna be?

I'm just well, it's gonna be funding dependent.

Um I think our funding for the 60% design is over the next two years, and then we'll it'll be a few more years after that to finish the design.

And then we need, and then the big fundraising is that we need money for construction, which is the really expensive part, and so that's gonna be dependent on getting the funding.

Thank you.

Hi.

Um thank you for the presentation.

I was really I learned quite about a lot already.

Um couple of questions.

I'm just wondering one thing about the um EV charging placements.

How what were you thinking in terms of more of those?

So we have two programs that we're working on.

Um is in city owned parking lots, so that's like Ed Parks, um, the downtown lot across from the um from the theater, the lot, the public lot that's off Webster on Santa Clara and Haight, um, other the library on Bay Farm Island, that kind of thing.

So city owned public parking lots, um, and we're looking to add chargers there where we can.

Um those are always uh van accessible spaces for accessibility as required by law.

And then uh we are also working to add chargers to the curb side, and we're working with this is pretty innovative and new.

Um there's a handful of cities in the country that have done this.

Our thinking behind the need for curbside chargers is that a lot of people in Alameda don't have the ability to add an electric charger, an EV charger to their home.

Either they don't have a driveway, they don't have the money, or they live in an apartment, and it's very complicated to add an EV charger to an apartment.

Um so we want to be a and the best place to charge a vehicle is really at home.

When you come home from work, you can plug it in and let it charge overnight.

Um, so the attempt is to try to provide essentially home charging as close to your home as possible, if not in your own driveway.

Um so we're partnering with a company called It's Electric, and they're operating um in a number of cities across the country.

And in California, they're in uh San Francisco and LA and in Alameda.

And um they uh basically tap into excess capacity in a building or homeowner's electric panel, and they enter it into an agreement with that owner, they have a whole arrangement and they pull the power out to the curb, and then they stand up, which I wish I included a picture.

It's a really um sleek, almost like a bollard.

It looks it's about the size of a parking meter, um, and it sits at the curb, and then the parking space in front of that um charger is designated EV only.

Um you park there when you to in order to charge you um you do sign up on their app and they ship you a cable.

So there's no cable that's um that's permanently attached to the charger.

And a number of benefits of that is that it doesn't create a trip hazard when it's not charging, it's not strewn about the sidewalk when it's when there's no nobody's plugged in.

Um if somebody comes and clips the cable to like steal the copper, um, all we do is replace the cable, and it's not like you have to have somebody come out the whole thing is out of the whole charger is out of service.

Um, and we can make sure that the cable that we get fits the type of um plug that your individual car has.

Um so that's the the model that we're testing.

We've um there's two chargers at the Everett Commons um building um on Eagle Avenue that are available for public use right now, and uh we have been getting really good response from residents and building owners who are interested in hosting a public charger on their property, and we're uh or its electric is entering into agreements with them, and then we're trying to get funding to we can deploy those chargers.

Great.

Um thinking about new structures being built or put in place, have has been thought to look at like, for example, Gene Sweeney Park or any of those locations and potentially new um things that might be happening in the Gene Sweeney open space.

Absolutely.

So are you talking about charging still?

Yes.

Okay.

Um lots of other things happening at Gene Sweeney too.

Um we actually got a grant uh from the Alameda County Transportation Commission to install one fast charger at Gene Sweeney uh open space park at the existing parking lot by the playground.

Um so that's our next priority after Bohol Circle, and we're excited to be doing that.

Um when new facilities get built, a new park or a new building, anywhere in California, the building code requires that they have um EV charging.

Uh so for example, at Estuary Park is under construction right now, the city is uh as required by the building code building the underground infrastructure so that a charging charger can come in in the future, and then I'm working with uh Blink Charging, who's our partner for public charging, um, and they're gonna come in and install the equipment and own and operate the charger.

Great.

And you said that EV charging is a requirement for uh for a new structure.

Okay, great.

Um forgot my other question.

Oh, you you said something about a climate center, but I missed the name.

What was the name of it?

Oh, I think we had our seal rise planning fair at the Reap Climate Center, R E A P.

Where is that?

It's um in it's right near the Posey Webster tubes entrance.

So, like if you were in a go into the Posey Webster tubes, but you take the very last exit to get off and stay in Alameda, kind of behind Marina Village shopping center.

It's right over there.

It's on um it's on a half mile stretch of Union Pacific Railroad right away.

Um, and they are doing really cool things there.

There are volunteer opportunities, they have chickens and bees and sometimes baby sheep, and they've got a nursery, and uh it's fantastic.

It's open to the public to people walk their dogs through it.

Um so I recommend checking it out.

It's great.

I think they have community potlooks too, because I've I've driven by it and I've been curious, so I've Googled it.

It looks like they do a lot of cool stuff.

They do have a lot of opportunities to get involved.

There is maybe a weekly or at least a monthly community dinner, and they do I think storytelling and music, and they also have uh volunteer opportunities for like individual residents, but they also host like you know, teams of Google employees who come for the day and do volunteer work and that kind of thing.

I learned so much in this.

I have a question about the it's electric, and I think it's just I think my call my allergy medicine's getting to me, but you mentioned if it was the curb side.

Who pays for the electric then?

They tap in you said they tap into the building's electric.

Yeah, we're um there's two ways they can do that.

One is they tap directly into the existing electric panel, in which case they would have to reimburse the the owner for any electricity that their charger uses.

The preferred model would be that they create kind of a secondary um meter on that property, and then its electric could be billed directly for the for the electricity they use.

Okay, so you get the permission of the property owner to be able to tap into that, and then it's so it's not specific to that building.

Anybody can use that as long as you sign up and yeah, we just call them a host property.

They're just hosting the the electric, they're providing the electricity and hosting the equipment on their site, but when it comes out to the curb, it is 100% public and available to anybody to charge there.

And then how much is it for somebody to sign up and get that core to be?

That is free.

Oh, it's very quiet.

Um yes, I recommend it.

Uh the company is is great.

Um, the charging is 40 cents per kilowatt hour.

Could you say the name of the company again?

It's electric.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have a couple questions, but if you want to go.

No, they've asked my question.

Oh, okay.

Yes, one of my questions.

Sorry.

No, good.

Thank you.

Um I'm completely aligned in purpose, but I have some questions to kind of poke a little bit, so I'm not trying to be antagonistic.

I want to put that out there first.

Um with the push to um, and it looks like zero electric vehicles, that's the ZEV academic.

Zero emission vehicles.

Yeah, so it's not hybrid, right?

Like it's in fully electric.

Um, is there any consideration for promoting just decreased fossil fuels?

And I mean, is that part of the planning?

Like I know we have like the marquee metrics here.

I'm just curious, is it all or nothing?

Um there are gradations, obviously.

Yeah, no, I don't think it's all or nothing.

I think that um I think that hybrid vehicles are are kind of a lot more mainstream, and that's something that people are pretty tuned into already.

The electric vehicles are the ones that have a little bit of a price premium on them when you first buy them.

They are much cheaper to own and operate and to fuel.

Um they don't require maintenance, which is amazing.

Um, but I think that's the piece that requires a little bit more education and a little bit more incentive to help with that initial upfront cost.

That makes sense and a nuance I hadn't thought about.

And then the other like aspect of that that I'm curious about, and not that it would be within your purview to deal with, but just being part of the collective government enterprise.

I'm wondering if anybody's thinking about this.

I've learned from the SOCAL fires that happen earlier.

Was it last year?

I don't know.

Times of Flat Circle.

Um, that one of the new risks that's happening in climate change is electric batteries, electric vehicle batteries at their explosion risk.

And I'm just wondering like, is somebody dealing with that?

Like as we invite more and more like EV on island.

Just curious if you have any like insights or just I know that the fire department is is very aware of that that risk and has the ability to respond to those.

Yeah, and just maybe part of our emergency plan is like, you know, as these numbers go up, that risk, like it right, like everything has trade-offs.

So just something that occurred to me to think about.

Um, and then my last question.

Uh when you're talking about the shoreline adaptation, I think I know what that means.

I probably don't know what that means, but one of the things I'm thinking about is is there any part of that that like we should be thinking about like ensuring accessibility or contemplating like any impact that it might have.

Not to say that the shore is already accessible necessarily, but just that I would ask the very innerful question to get your thoughts.

Yeah, no, I think that's a I think that's a very good question.

Um when we're talking about shoreline adaptation, we're talking about parts of the shoreline that are low elevation that where when we have high tides, when we we saw this when we had king tides, when we have storms, and in the future, more permanently when we have rising seas, that the water overtops the shoreline and comes in and floods the city.

Um and there are certain places on the shoreline that that's happening, and certain places where that you know that water can come in and then it kind of can distribute and and flood pretty large portions of the city.

And we have some neighborhoods in the city and some portions of the shoreline that are like really low lying.

Um so essentially we just need we need to bolster the shoreline.

We need to raise the elevation.

There's lots of different ways we can do that.

Our um our uh principle when we're doing that, as and we've been working through a committee and the public comment we've received, is to really try to do nature-based adaptations first.

Um, so rather than having a concrete seawall that's vertical and hard, um, having when especially when we have enough like horizontal space, having a levee and having that levee slope as gently as possible.

Um, and then we can plant things on there, we can um add habitat, we can um put a trail on top of it, um, we can do all kinds of things.

Um so, for example, on the Bay Farm Island project, that proposed design is a levy, um, and we're trying to incorporate a lot of um habitat features and and nature-based components, especially on the on the water side of that levee.

And then on top of it, we're within BCDC jurisdiction, so we have to provide access, and um that will include uh a trail.

Um that trail has to, you know, have meet ADA requirements.

Um, and then we're also thinking about ways that we can provide um things like step downs to the beach so that rather than trying to like climb down those big rocks that are out there, we can have like a little bit more of a um access um to the beach.

Um some of the design includes some additional kind of beach areas so that we can have you know, you get down and then you can kind of hang out down there.

Um, also overlooks.

Um we're gonna be replacing the fishing pier or that what's used as the fishing pier over there, it's not really up here.

Um, but with something probably a little bit more formal, and then you know, having like benches and shade and interpretive signs and making that a place that um can be even even better than it is today.

Thank you.

Hi Danielle, thank you for the presentation.

Um I had a couple questions that might take us into a slight tangent, um, but I was digging into the dashboard a little bit before we came here today.

Um the first is how I guess how do we work with other programs like AC Transit, East Bay Para Transit in the process of electrification for the vehicles, um, especially if that's that's a not a huge portion of our traffic, obviously, but there's buses coming through every day.

Um is that part of the plan or and how do those partnerships work if it is?

Um I think it's a good question.

I'm not directly involved in transportation planning for the city.

We have a whole transportation team that works on that, and they're really closely aligned.

We have really close partnerships with AC Transit and the other transit operators.

Um they all also have their own climate plans and their own climate goals and and in some cases requirements to electrify their fleet.

Um WEDA is like right now building electric ferry um docks, I guess, so that they have electric ferries, they can come into Alameda, they're gonna upgrade a couple of our um ferry terminals um to be able to charge in the very short amount of time that they're sitting at the dock here and before they turn around, they can charge those those ferries.

Um so I think those agencies are very much already working on on plans.

I did hear that um just recently that uh bus electrification is a particular not that it's a challenge, but that there's not a lot of providers that provide electric buses, and that's true for things like um, you know, like AMP and and the city have like electric F-150 trucks, and that's becoming more pop more common.

Some jurisdictions I think have electric garbage trucks and even fire trucks and the city is looking at electric police vehicles, but some of those are like really specialized vehicles.

There's not necessarily a lot of um vendors available, but I think it is becoming a little bit more common.

Okay, yeah, thank you.

Appreciate that.

I was just thinking about how that might impact these numbers.

Are are those fleets that aren't necessarily owned by the city?

Are those part of our GHG inventories or do they reflect in the dashboard at all as part of the traffic going through the city?

Yeah, you know, that's a good question.

Um it's based on vehicle miles traveled um in the city, and then we take half of that.

So if like if I'm traveling from here to Oakland, half of that trip counts for Alameda's inventory and half of it counts for Oakland's inventory.

Um, and then all the trips with within the city.

What I don't know as much, and I could find out for you is um how like buses are counted, or if that's really every vehicle that's traveling.

Okay, thank you.

Um and the other question is totally different.

Um, so maybe I should open up to the commissioners if there's anything on transit before I change to food waste.

Okay.

Um for the food waste aspect, I was reading a little bit about the restaurant and big organization, I guess, food waste programs.

And I'm curious if they're if you could tell us a little bit about that and maybe how that is impacting in the 2026 priorities.

I have to say I'm not also on the zero waste team.

So we have we also have a zero-waste team um at public works in a different department.

Um, so I don't have as much information on on food waste.

I do know that they are working hard to meet um state requirements, uh, SB 1383, um, which says that all food must be composted and cannot be put in the trash any longer in the state of California.

As we all know, that is not actually what's happening, but that is the that is the law in California, no food in the trash.

Yeah, I think I'd be curious if we could invite somebody from that portion of the CARP plan to come in and speak maybe to how that impacts our communities.

Um, who are they don't if it's like donation base, like who are they working with, what are the partners like?

Um, I could see that being of interest to this uh panel here.

There is also a portion of SB 1383, it's about food recovery.

So um grocery stores and restaurants that have unused food are required to um find ways for that to be reused.

And I know our food bank uses those partnerships and other organizations.

I think that would be interesting though to have a presentation on that.

I agree.

I know there's programs.

Um I only know this because the teenage boys sign up for it, where restaurants will like notify you that we have leftover food.

And every boy in the city goes running to these restaurants.

Um and so they know they do have programs so that they're not wasting the food.

Um, but I think it would be an interesting presentation to hear because I would although I like that because it's not wasting food, it would be nice to see if we're donating it someplace.

Yeah, and I'm particularly thinking about our communities who often um are in need of additional resources, and I'm sure many of them do use the food bank and other places where they can get discounted foods and programs, but if we could extend that network, I think that would be really fantastic for us.

Yeah, I think that would be great.

We're creating a bridge, like maybe if they're not as nimble and able to like go get in, that like maybe put them in the loop.

Yeah, if they're not using like too good to go or whatever.

They find that the boys find the food, that's for sure.

Um, and I know there's local companies like Summy Freddy's that gives um and donates their food every night to different organizations.

So I know it's here, I just don't think we talk about it enough.

That was my last question.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Um will someone be planning to come back and talk to us more once some of these um like sea level rise projects evolve and become farther down the line in the design phase.

Yes.

Um I would like to come back and talk to you.

I think let me think about what the right timing will be on those projects.

But I think probably towards the end of this year could be um a good milestone.

Thank you.

I was hoping too that we could if we could add something for um specifically on the shoreline accessibility, the beach access.

That's a big I mean, mobility is my background, and I'm always so frustrated to see that we don't have the mats that get you down to the water, and we don't, but I'm my understanding is that is parks and rack.

Yeah, that's what I was worried about.

Um, and you talked about the fishing pier.

Is that the bridge that goes between um the main island and Bay Farm?

Well, adjacent on the Bay Farm side, adjacent to that wooden bridge is a pier.

Right here, that concrete that concrete thing entity.

Um I think used to be the touchdown for a bridge that used to go and land at Tawada Park.

Oh, okay.

Like a long time ago, and that piece is still there.

So that's that um is gonna need to be replaced.

And we've heard that there's like a whole fishing community that really um utilizes that space.

So we're looking at how we can provide that in a more formal way.

So that would bring up that bridge.

That bridge is horrendous.

It's horrendous on a bike, but think about chairs and mobility devices.

It always scares me.

I keep great.

Yeah, you know, where they ride their bikes are just gonna fall through that thing.

There oh, it's if I could.

There is the transportation team is also working on um uh both an immediate term and then a longer term plan for that bridge.

Very aware of the um accessibility and bumpiness opportunities of that bridge.

Um so that would be a presentation from the transportation team.

Okay, and there's I think obviously some immediate things that need to do that need to happen.

And with sea level rise, it is very low, and at King Tides, the water is right at the deck of that bridge.

Um, so we need to find a way to elevate or reroute or something.

Um the challenge is there's very little headroom with the road bridge that's above.

Um there's not enough room to really bring it up to the elevations that we would want in its current alignment.

So there needs to be some more thinking about what to do.

Okay.

So maybe we can talk about that with transportation.

Because that bridge is a disaster waiting to happen.

I just keep waiting.

I think, yeah, I I agree that that bridge is very uncomfortable.

I I think it's I don't, I'm not an engineer, but I don't worry about its sturdiness, it's just horrible to ride your bike over.

And I can't imagine on the scooter or anything.

But and this maybe isn't part of the your thing either.

With the but I'm also after you go over that bridge, that incline to come back up that is no way gonna pass any sort of ADA incline requirements.

Right.

And I think that's where when transportation is looking at the longer term, like whether it's that alignment or a different alignment or something different, then obviously it would need to be ADA requirements.

Thanks.

Thanks for bringing that up.

I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking thank you.

Yeah, really informative.

Thank you so much.

Thanks so much for having me.

Good night.

Thank you.

Good night.

Thank you.

Presenter Mueller.

Um, so that was just an informative session, so we will go ahead and move on to the next um agenda item.

Let me just close this slide, sorry.

Okay.

Um next is going to be our new standing agenda item of um making selections and having a discussion as commissioners to go through city calendar of events as well as other commissions and boards that are active to discuss how we might like to engage with them, whether it's through attending, volunteering, um, promoting the commission, etc.

Um, so this will be a little bit of an open-ended conversation uh that Chair Mullings can lead, and uh we'll kind of go through some of those items.

Um if you grabbed it on the way in, there's this list that's um printed directly from Legisstar, so it's not very aesthetic, but it has a full list of the meetings that are taking place um starting tomorrow through June 16th.

It's too soon for a lot of these agendas to be posted, but you can at least look at dates and times.

Um obviously some of their, you know, some of these are repeating, but they're just to get an idea of uh if there's something coming up that you might like to attend or watch for um to watch when they're agenda's posted, and then if it's relevant to commission on disabilities um to either attend or just you know, engage that way.

Um I did not print out multiple copies of this, but then there's two other websites that we might use just as visual aids if you'd like.

Uh, one is the city of Alameda's website.

I printed out um upcoming events there for the next month or two.

And then there's also the library website that we can look at um for events there.

And I think that's it.

I'll leave my other updates that are event related for the staff communications.

So if you guys want to start the conversation, that seems to me that based on our prior conversation or conversations plural, there's been a uh interest expressed in like the wreck and parks commission in particular.

Obviously, transportation comes up a lot.

So my initial proposal is like if anybody's interested in anything in particular, and I think what we had talked about is not necessarily committing to attending the meeting in full or you know, participating either as a resident or in any other capacity, but at least monitoring agenda and minutes or just kind of keeping tabs on it, or just kind of being a filter to see if there are um items of interest.

So my thought is like on a volunteer basis, or if anybody sees something of interest, like to collect those first, because I don't think we have a mandate to do like one-for-one mapping or anything like that.

So I had no idea there was a golf commission, just so I'm learning so much.

I mean, I am interested in the parks and rack from just a uh access perspective.

Like I there's so much of the city that I think needs help from a um mobility perspective.

So I would love to do parks and rec doesn't mean nobody else can, so feel anybody else feel free, but I would be happy to volunteer for that.

I'm also interested in parks and rec for other areas of accessibility that I think could use improvement too.

Okay, good.

And that's something that's come up so often.

We've had those conversations, it's by been identified by other members of the community as well.

Yeah.

It's something that they really desire.

And I think the only way to access the beach that I know is to borrow from the Crab Cove facility, and that's like the only access point.

And I think they only have one beach wheelchair, and so it's yeah, it's a constant source of frustration.

So well, and I think even I tried to call and donate mats, and I couldn't get anyone to call me back.

And so I find that very strange.

Like I want to give it to you so that people can access the beach, and I couldn't even get that to happen.

Um, and I think it's just whose job is it, who's who's responsible for that, and it just kind of gets lost in the shuffle.

Um, so for me, I would love if we could get Parks and Rec to present to us about what their plans are for the next couple years, because I don't know that we've ever had that, right?

Yeah, and I think we've talked about it like a yes and on that, where a lot of it ends up being East Bay Regional Parks, especially when it comes to the beach.

So can we not hear from them?

Right.

I so I have an email that's outstanding to them.

So we're trying to get in touch with East Bay regional parks.

I've got to grow up this main overtures before.

Yeah, I think so too.

And it hasn't been reciprocated.

I mean, I think it's like to your point, like or like that anecdote that you shared about trying to donate mats and sorry, my day job, like it just becomes a liability thing, and it's that like it doesn't fit neatly, and it's just like how do we it it's just acknowledging, you know, it's not for like everybody would love to get to the outcome, but it's hard, you know, kind of as like on a one-by-one basis.

So I think these like kind of commission level, like visibility and maybe trying to figure out like what what are those intercept that we could help facilitate it, it seems like a good opportunity.

Yeah.

My guess is that the Recreation and Parks Commission probably has closer ties with East Bay Parks.

Yeah, and they might be in more frequent communication, so we could use that as a way if we can advocate to the commission or or they might have more historical information about what's been tried and what's worked and what's not worked.

And so that might be a lot of people.

That's what I found interesting when she was talking.

We were talking about the bridge.

I always was told that that was East Bay.

And now she said that it's transportation, which makes me happy.

I think that means that we have a little bit more control over it.

But it's been in poor shape for a very, very long time.

And each time we've been presented from transportation committee, that's never come up.

Yeah, Commissioner Schmitz, I think that the last time we heard about it, I could be misremembering, but they said there was like a gap in funding where they couldn't do that part, but they could do like adjacent parts or something.

So maybe it gets up to that bridge.

I'd be very curious to hear the update on that bridge, because we all uh were very curious the last time and I feel like that's what they said was that they didn't have control or they didn't have funding or something like that.

I mean, even if you take out my little niche market of mobility devices, it's just a bike.

Oh, yeah, it's terrible.

It's site impairment.

Walking.

Walking.

It's literally if you look down, I I think I was there recently where they've added a board.

Like, are we afraid we're gonna fall through?

Or we so I I just I think it gets worse as time goes by.

So yeah, I wish we could ad somehow address those kind of things throughout the city.

Like I thought I was gonna get a badge and I could walk through the city and be like, this is how you know the like when I walk through the city, those are the things I'm looking at.

It's just where my mind goes all the time.

And then I don't know what to do with it once we get it.

Is that part of the and I still don't haven't used this?

Is that part of that C click fixed?

Or is it outside of this and then it goes to our ticketing system over here?

I'm looking for you.

I don't know.

I mean, yes, as you're walking through the city, any issues that you see that are accessible accessibility related, you can report to C C click fix in the physical sense, yeah.

Maybe but I know that bridge is on their radar, and like Commissioner Bieler said it is sort of like a funding project priority issue.

So I'm not sure I would love to hear an update as well.

I think that's a good point.

Yeah, yeah.

So on a positive note with C click fix, I wanted to share that.

I put one in my first one in 20 years.

But I was super excited because I swear my mind goes to this all the time.

I take a walk, the neighbors must hate me.

But I'm thinking like strollers and wheelchairs, and like no one should have to go into the street to get to where they're going.

It just it bothers me.

And so I was walking down and there were some overhanging bushes, and nobody was caring from them.

The the housing, the person who lived in that house didn't care.

And I put one in and they immediately went in and fixed it so much so that you went from like uh have to form a single line to being able to go to side by side.

And I was like, okay, this is really cool.

That it works.

Yeah.

So I think it's important that we do put those kind of things in.

But I think you're right, the bridge is probably it's a little bit.

It's had a couple of things.

That might not work so well.

Yeah.

That's a fixed.

I like the idea.

Like, I mean, do we want to talk a little bit about like what's our goal?

Like, you know, my idea is like just kind of monitor and like maybe like we have it as an open item, and like what did we learn from our like foray into looking at other commissions and their agendas?

Like that's my expectation, or like what I would be probably smart to commit to and be able to actually deliver on rather than over promise.

Um, so but I'm open to other proposals on like, you know, kind of what do we want out of this, or what's our you know, what's our mission going in, you know, with anybody.

I kind of wonder if it'll depend on the commission or board that we're attending.

So maybe between now and our next meeting, if we have the opportunity to go to one or three of these meetings or read the agendas before the next one, we can see all right, maybe we try to get maybe we want to go to that meeting and actually present or ask them questions.

Um, are we allowed to go as public comment?

Potentially, we're still residents.

That's right.

I'm crapping a joke, yeah.

We definitely so if there were questions, we could be like, hey, we want to know more about your agenda on this or that, as our commission as well.

So maybe we just see what that would look like.

I don't I don't know about like official representation on behalf of a commission.

How does that work?

I'm asking a very like honest question.

I don't know.

I don't know if we have to look at the bylaws.

I my understanding how many of us were there?

Like a brown act.

So if you were to actually attend a meeting and have something that you'd like to say about an agenda item, you you would just introduce yourself as a member of the public, you also serve on the commission and on person disabilities, but you're there representing yourself as a resident.

Yeah.

Um but I think the side note on that is that if you see something on the agenda or you're watching the meeting and something is interesting, you don't necessarily even have to comment on it in that space, but that could be a recommended agenda item for a future meeting here.

Um so you would bring it to our next commission meeting and you would suggest a future agenda item, and then we could invite that same presenter or have that same content presented here, and that's where you could then have those questions.

Awesome.

Yeah, as a follow-up question, could you also just to expedite it and maybe get it on an official agenda earlier?

Could we email you as a suggested agenda item?

Or not necessarily like just the topic, not an opinion on the topic.

Right.

Um that's kind of a gray area because I do I do take suggestions or like directions from you guys in an informal way over email, you know, uh like occasionally those things will come up.

Um but if we were to do it strictly by the book, I believe you'd have to bring it to a meeting here, suggest it as an agenda item during commission communications, and then the commissioners would vote if they would like to hear that item.

Okay, yeah.

But if it's something that's like blatantly obvious and relevant, I could see it just like you know, that being an email, but yeah, but I think that the whatever those rules are called, um parliamentary procedure is that it's suggested here and then voted on.

He was an expert.

He's my advisor on that one exactly.

I don't know, that's I kind of my inclination is leave it a little bit more loose at this stage, and you know, to the extent people are interested, you know.

I think I think for myself, like I have not I don't have a ton of experience in city government.

This is the only commission like I could I consistently attend because I'm required to and I have committed to do so.

Um so for me, I'm I this is a way for it's like a forcing function to open my aperture and kind and we've had so many interesting presentations, you know, it feels like a natural fit and it feels like we've had many discussions that there's you know kind of a general interest in doing this, but my my inclination is to keep the the scope wide and kind of like go with like let's see where it takes us, at least we can revisit at the next meeting and maybe maybe formalize it a little bit more into like delegation or designation.

I don't know what folks think about that.

So what we what I heard maybe is that if we so if we attend the parks and rec and there's something that comes out of that that we're interested in, then we could come to this next meeting and say, hey, we attended one of these meetings and these topics came up that we're interested in.

Yeah, and then we could set up something for our committee specifically where we could dive deeper into the um to our subject matter as opposed to like because it might not be the same, right?

Yeah.

So that way it feels like if you if there's just a topic that interests you, great, but it's not like real formal, you have to attend exactly.

That's exactly what I'm trying to get to do.

Yeah, I get that, yeah.

And and perhaps at the same time, if you're inclined to go to the Rex and Park commission meeting and speak, because I'm assuming they all have a component where it's a non-agenda public comment opportunity to go speak on something that you're passionate about.

I think that's also great and wonderful, and we should I hear what you're saying.

It's like more like a dialogue, it's like a two-way where we're also bringing our personal personal yeah.

But what if it has to do with accessibility?

Because like I was doing some looking around on the parks and rec website and like of their visuals, the maps they have of different parks.

I was just seeing some things that I wanted to recommend that would make it easier for communication accessibility.

So would I go and present that as an idea as a personal idea or as a recommendation from our commission, or how does that work?

That you would just email to me.

Okay.

Well, there's Lily and we haven't had very many community members attend our commission meetings, but it has happened where they've come and they've brought up issues that they noticed in the city.

Yeah.

And so I think that very few though.

Very few, unfortunately.

But I would have guessed that some of these commissions that are probably like better attended from community members get that a lot.

And so I would think that that's a venue that a lot of people probably use to bring up issues.

So we could do that too.

Well, yeah, and like we have First Amendment, like you're a resident, like we don't check our resident card at the door.

Right.

Well, that's what I would be curious about.

So if I'm a person who needs to access or wants to access the beach, would I come to this commission and publicly speak, or would I go to Parks and Rock?

Or would you go to both?

Right.

So I think you we may capture people from that perspective too, who just go there because they've heard that the beach falls under Parks and Rock.

So I'm gonna go there.

And they don't necessarily think of it from our perspective.

Yeah.

And I think there aren't clear jurisdictional lines sometimes.

Like as we've talked about, like that even would be eastbay, you know, like it's just one of those things.

I just think like community involvement is like our goal, you know, and just kind of you know making progress.

So to be fair, I don't know that people know of all the I did you know there was a golf commission?

I did because I used to make jokes about which one I was gonna join.

Like last time it just feels bad.

It's true.

Um I don't know that people know of all the commissions that are available or how to utilize them for their I mean I didn't know this uh this commission existed until there was an opening.

Um so I think I don't know that people know how to use it to their benefit.

Yeah, like if you're having an issue with that bridge, do you would you come to this meeting and say something?

I don't know that people would.

Well, I think that might be a benefit for us if we choose to attend some of these other meetings because I don't I agree with you, but I don't think many people know that there is a commission of persons with disabilities.

Yeah, because when I say I'm a commissioner on the person the committee for persons with disabilities, people say normally I didn't even know that existed exactly.

So, but of course, everybody knows parks and recs exists because they utilize it and a program comes out twice or four times a year.

I don't know.

They have a building, they have vehicle and um I think in in certain commissions we may have a very strong overlap in terms of need um or connection to communicate what our commission is about accessibility and persons people with disabilities in the community, and use these other city um organizations or commissions like transportation or parks and rec because there's an obvious crossover there.

And so I guess my point that I'm trying to make is I think it would be good to go if we could.

Um part of the reason I believe I'm on the commission in the first place is because I went to every single one of those pool meetings starting in 2020 and spoke and said things and somehow caught the mayor's eye about that.

I knew a little bit about pools and what it would take to have accessibility.

And so I think from that perspective, it makes sense that when we go and it's uh and say that who we are and why we're speaking, and we also sidebar or on this commission, not in a threatening way, but in a an educational way as to why we're here.

Um so yeah, I'm interested in the parks and rec commission, and um I may be wrong about this, but I think the I don't know if the golf commission comes under that anymore.

It's it's the whole thing has been moving around, and it's I think a little not even functioning the golf commission at this current moment.

I think the social service one is also interesting.

I again didn't know it existed.

So I mean I think even like the art commission, like just to go and like if we're spending city resources or creating some opportunities and just having the the voice or the visibility that we try to bring.

I think all of the the meetings could be relevant to attend from an ex from a um a communication accessibility standpoint.

How are all these boards and commissions communicating to the public to the residents?

How is that communication accessible?

So what I'm hearing is that there's a decent amount of interest in maybe perhaps on a volunteer basis within what's what's within our own personal bandwidth in going to some of these commission meetings that we find relevant and interesting as a community member and saying however we need to phrase it.

I'm a resident of Alameda, I also sit on the commission for persons with disabilities.

Here's my perspective and some issues that I see that I would be interested because I don't think it in that in that um non-agenda public comment, you aren't receiving any feedback back from the commission.

You're just presenting.

So presenting something that you're in your personal capacity, your personal capacity.

I'm interested in increased access to shoreline for people who use mobility aids or something like that.

Saying your piece, I think you get two minutes to talk.

And then going to the couple of things.

Yeah, two to three minutes, depending on how many people there are.

Yeah.

And then to the extent there's something relevant or your like a particular interest at our next scheduled meeting, maybe bring something like insights back or opportunities or suggestions back, and then we discuss it and put it on agenda by vote, is what I think would be the other piece of that opportunity.

Um so I'm just the secretary, so I'm not going to enforce anything, but I would just really strongly encourage you as the commissioners to over the next couple of months.

Our next meeting is scheduled for May to really try to look at an agenda or two.

I'm not saying you have to attend meetings because I realize that's that might be too much of an ask.

But um to just peek in on some of those agendas once they're posted, or even if the minutes get posted, recordings sometimes are live streamed on Facebook, things like that.

Just um even just to get a few minutes of information, um, so that at our next meeting perhaps you'll have a little something a little more concrete to share from your experience um in that in that way.

I know this one is one I don't think we've ever heard from, but just given our conversation with Danielle earlier, I'm kind of curious about the public utilities board.

It also overlaps a little bit with my work life.

So I might check out that agenda, see what there is there, and yeah, I'll bring back some some details.

I wonder what they're up to over there.

I I'm curious if anybody else is gone, but I'm gonna guess no.

Yeah, another one that I didn't really pay attention to before.

Cool.

Would it be too much to ask for if people wanted to volunteer to read through some of those just so we're not duplicating work?

Yeah, I'm I definitely am willing to like I'll read through agendas because I'm also like now very curious about like what is agenda and like what kind of like what tends to get brought up as scheduled items.

Um I can I'm happy to do the planning board.

I was thinking, I was like, oh, I'll do the P's, but then you got public utility because I you know, reading agendas is like not that much work um compared to actually attending.

But shrub, I think is a good one, the social service human relations board.

Just there can be quite a bit of crossover there in terms of interest.

Um we're back in May.

Is that right, Lillian?

May 13th.

May 13th, okay.

Thank you.

According to this.

Yeah.

So I'll try to do the the social service and human relations and then the parks and rack.

Okay.

Before our next meeting.

Maybe we can talk because parks and rec is tomorrow.

Well, there's another one.

Yeah, there's another one in April.

Before May, yeah.

I can't do they meet once a month.

Yeah, they we once a month.

But remember, you don't necessarily have to go.

I was thinking to watch.

They can be remote, right?

We can watch it.

Mostly sorry, then look at the agenda.

Yeah, mostly because I'm curious about what's happening.

I've I've lost track of what's happening to the pool.

I have no idea what's going on.

And I wonder if it's I'll look at the agenda for tomorrow because I'm curious if I missed it or it's coming back to city council on the 17th because we got waylaid about parking spaces.

The pool is a hot topic.

Yes, I know.

If you're a swimmer and Alameda, boy, that is a hot topic.

Did we did we have somebody who is interested in transportation?

I just want to make sure that's covered off.

Um, I'm like, I'm interested in insofar as I'll read their agenda in the minutes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Quite a bit.

Yeah.

Yeah, that they also visit us quite a lot.

I agree.

Yeah.

Okay.

I I'm interested in the library board.

So I'll the library board.

So I'll I'll take a look at those agendas.

I think their meeting, um, their next one occurs at the same time as our meeting, so I won't be able to go, but it'll be hot.

I'm happy to look at the agendas and um bring it back in May.

Oh, yeah, we're on the same date.

Yeah.

Well, they're a half hour before you mind.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I can do the planning and zoning administrator.

I don't know, the zoning administrator hearing.

I don't know if that's I mean it's publicly noticed.

I don't know how much that's gonna be relevant.

And then um, yeah, I think we have enough coverage.

Like, I I wanted to feel very open about it, but I plan to like at least look through the agendas before we meet next.

So like if nothing else, I can be a safety net of like I'll give some idea of what I thought might be of interest if there's anything that others didn't attend or pay attention to.

So we have library parks and rec and record social services, public utilities.

Public utilities.

I might check out the historical board too, because I'm I think that is off cycle.

Yeah, that's awesome.

Maybe I can watch one of those great.

Cool.

Thank you, Commissioners.

Um, so the uh if it's okay, the second part of this conversation is um upcoming events just to see if there are any that are natural fits for our commission to maybe try to attend to um as one thing we discussed in January was to maybe table at certain events or volunteer or anything like that.

Um so to that end, I just wanted to let you know I have an email out to ARPD for their spring shindig, which is on April 18th, I think it is, and that's kind of like um in conjunction with Earth Day.

It's a big annual event.

And um of the other city departments might table at that one, but I thought that could be a great way for us to engage with the community.

Um so I haven't heard back yet, so that's not official yet, but I'll have to email that one since it's in April.

Um any updates.

And then another event um or events that are pending are with the library for July for Disability Pride Month.

Um so I met with the library this past week, and we're working through the possibility of doing a film screening um as Commissioner Canaler uh brainstormed at the last meeting.

Um so it would be a film screening of a film directly related to disability, and then in a perfect world, we might also get uh some you know advocates from the civil rights movement, the disability rights movement, to come and do a QA.

Um and then in addition to that in July, um the kids program and the kids librarian team are going to look at possibly rebranding their summer reading program just for that month, uh, so that um some of the reading programs, the sensory movie times and things like that are more under the disability pride month celebration banner.

So that's kind of a cool thing for July.

So once I have more details on the film screening, it will either be probably most likely a Thursday or a Friday because their weekends are booked.

Um so once I have more details on that, I'll be sure to send that out and make it more official here at the commission, but just want you guys to have a heads up that those things are in the works.

What was the film?

Crip camp is the one we're looking for.

Um if for some reason we aren't able to get the licensing for that one.

Um we are going to see if there's other possibilities since the Bay Area was such a huge spot of activism for the disability rights movement.

Sorry?

I think I can help you with Crip Camp.

Brilliant.

So we might have a contact through Commissioner Canader, but then if you can help with that too.

So um definitely email me and um, yeah, because that's our first choice just because we might be able to get a local connection present as well for QA.

So we'll see.

Maybe our connection's the same.

Yeah, so he's a client of mine too.

And he's a producer.

Yeah, change that.

Oh, perfect.

Perfect.

So I was I gave he should share with great.

And he would love it.

He loves when people talk about Crypt Camp.

So he would come.

He would amazing opportunity that he can talk about it, he will.

Do you want me to ask him?

Yeah.

Okay.

So we don't have a date finalized yet.

So I don't know if you want to wait for that or just kind of put the fuelers out there, but thank you, Commissioner Schmitz.

That'd be awesome.

Yes, he in July, right?

Like do you have a certain idea of when in July?

A great question.

So it would not be the first week because of the Fourth of July parade.

Um and Fourth of July, you know, uh celebration.

Um, so let me see if I have it in my notes just once again.

Do we have a a part any participation in the parade, by the way?

I'm gonna be out of town.

I'm just like, I know you guys are all gonna just quit now, but I'm working on the parade as well.

We did have a a cute little petty cab last year.

So um working on the parade as well.

And then the Thursday or Friday.

So I think it was either the um fourth or fifth Friday of the of July or a Thursday.

Thursdays were a little more open.

So um, I'm just waiting to hear back from the library team if they've chosen a date or two that we can then pitch for the the screening.

I'm not gonna call them yet because if you get a mix out of it, he'll be like, yeah.

So then if it doesn't work, he'll be sorely disappointed.

This is a silly follow-up question to that, but would this be during like normal library hours?

Business like nine to five business hours.

Yes.

So unfortunately, they're not open for evening events anymore.

Their hours are fairly limited.

Um the benefit of that though, the one pro that I thought of during our meeting is that we could do um pointed invitations to some of the adult day programs in the area and maybe invite their communities to come and be part of the the screening, the events, the activities, um, and just use that as an option too.

So yeah.

And then do you do you post notice?

Because now I'm thinking about like we'll have a quorum or like a so do you publicize it somehow?

I'm just curious about the um brown app.

Yes.

So if if three or more commissioners attend the event, we would post it as a special meeting.

Okay.

Um do you know the date of the Alameda Bike Festival?

You said it was May 2nd.

That second, okay.

Um, because that home electrification fair would be in conjunction with that.

So I was going to see if we might want to attend that one as well.

Um I'm working on what a table for us looks like, you know, trying to get some supplies and things.

Um, but that would be an idea too.

So April 18th for the spring shindig pending, and then May 2nd, the home electrification fair uh would be also something that could be pending.

I have the the commission banner in my closet at home.

Wondering where that was.

Okay, thanks.

I keep walking right past it on my way to these meetings.

That's okay, it's safe there.

Thank you.

I have an idea about um engagement and outreach that would like go along with the banner, something that we could have um as an activity at community events that would be accessible for all.

Um so the example I thought was uh having an accessibility is community wall.

Um something that people could write or draw, what accessibility means to them.

Um they can share their experiences or ideas and they could contribute anonymously.

And I think this works because it's simple, it's interactive, it's accessible for all ages, and it generates community impact, community input, which is exactly what we want.

And so, you know, have something that high or low you can reach that you can go around all sides that has pens or crayons, you know, easy to grasp, but that anyone can use, you know, that they can talk with us if they want, or they can just write or draw.

And I think it it would be uh an interesting way to get the community involved.

It's very inviting too, where it's one of those things where sometimes people might be intimidated by not feeling like they're an expert or know how to talk about it.

So it's very open-ended.

Yeah, and we could buy starters on there, yeah, you know, to get people going.

Yeah, yeah, have something in Braille also.

Definitely it's a good idea.

Great idea.

Thanks.

I like that.

Thank you.

I should say, like, we're gonna go to any of these events, like to avoid the I'm fixated on the brown act today.

I don't know if anybody can tell.

Like apparently that's where my brain is wrapped around the axle.

Like, should we email you, Lillian, and just like get ahead, count?

Yeah.

I mean, to the extent we have our calendars in place and know that.

Like, I've just I don't know how much notice you need.

And yeah, much like um my email in advance of the Gibbons sidewalks and trees plan meeting.

Um it I'll just send out the date and the information and then requests that anyone who might attend email me.

Because even if um for some reason four people think they'll go, four commissioners think they'll go, but only two show up, we'd that would be fine.

We just want to make sure that we've noticed um just in case.

So it'll be the same where I would send out the email and and give you the option, yeah.

Thank you.

And and what's the best source to find these events?

Is it that the um community there's a community calendar on the city website?

Yes, so on the City of Alameda website, there's um a calendar, it's linked at the bottom of the home page.

If you scroll down to um the tabs below the like boxed icons of important links, there's just an events thing there, and then you can um filter dates, search keyword, et cetera.

So all kinds of things are um you know synced with that calendar.

The only thing that's typically missing would be library events.

Library events are usually posted only to the library website.

Um so you can check there as well.

And would this calendar include?

I'm just thinking like fun other fun like low life.

Yeah, sorry.

Alameda's or Oakland.

Alameda.

This is on the city website.

Yeah.

Yes, all kinds of fun things are posted on there.

So it's commission board meetings, city council meetings as well as city sponsored events.

Um I was thinking about the like the summer movie program.

If we could have a table, like especially with that kind of interactive community art.

Yeah, that would be the perfect place.

That would be because there's gonna be kids and families all come together, and that could be a nice kind of like passive way to interact with people while you're waiting for the movie to start or something like that.

That would be kind of fun.

Definitely, how much um lead time do you need to post if we're gonna attend?

I think it's like one or two business days prior.

I mean, for our for formal agendas, it's seven days.

Yeah.

But um, but for a special meeting, um if it's if it's like a a scheduled meeting outside of a regularly scheduled meeting, like we have an agenda item we need to discuss that could I think that's 12 days, but for an event showing, I think it's just as soon as I know.

Okay.

Yeah.

Because I'm interested in the Alameda Spring Shindig.

I think that would be fun.

I just don't have my that's also spring break for my kids, and I don't have my calendar planned out, but we could email you.

Is that the appropriate way to go about it?

Yes, definitely.

Yeah, and and I will update you all as soon as I know more about if we can table what that might look like.

Um, and I'm I think I already said this, but I'm working on also trying to get us little pins or you know, like little promo items that feel tangible so we can connect to the community that way too.

Oh, look, honey, I shrunk the kids.

I will be that that movie.

That's my kid's favorite movie.

Are you serious?

It's a classic photo.

That's also my son's favorite movie, the whole series.

Yeah, so funny.

Um so speaking of events as well.

I have a pending email out to AUSD.

Um, in and with the direct intent of uh connecting with the unified school district about um ways that our commission can either volunteer at events, serve at their community events, maybe uh pop into their newsletters, um, connect with their special education families, whatever that may be.

So we are in the works of planning a meeting so that we can brainstorm some of those things.

So I'll have an update for you on that as well.

Anything else about events or commissions boards?

One thing about boards, just now that you mention AUSD, like AUSD, obviously it's a school district, it's not a city, but I know we've talked before about maybe having visibility there.

So just throwing it out as an idea, not to revisit our approach or anything, but another thing to keep an eye on.

And I'm also interested in the police department beat meetings, which I need to figure out how to find just as a resident, even.

But those are two other opportunities to keep in mind.

Yes, the beat meeting schedule is posted on Alameda's website.

Um, if you just search police beat meetings, it'll come up and then you can find your beat and find your meeting schedule.

Um, I've asked about representation as like commissioners or even as an ADA coordinator at those meetings, and it um it's not quite the like relevant audience or the relevant context for it, but I think attending as a resident could be really helpful just so that we can get an idea of issues that come up or discussion points from residents, and maybe if we want to speak to that in a future meeting.

Also, I think it is relevant because uh for example, like there's city like uh kind of a tangent here, but Mesa, Arizona was the first like uh autism certified city, and the reason that they got there was mostly by training over 3,000 city staff, including police officers, you know, all the first responders, people that work in the city offices.

So I think it is totally relevant to police, just not maybe the physical accessibility, but definitely the the sensory and the cognitive.

So I think it is totally relevant to police, just not maybe the physical accessibility, but definitely the sensory and the cognitive um I think you know there's always training that could benefit helping the disabled.

That is such a good point.

Yeah, yeah.

I agree.

I think it's very relevant that there's a um a resident that lives in Alameda who um I'm sure everybody is probably aware of him, but she's an autistic son that he can become if you don't know who he is, he can become very aggressive, or he might it seems like he's being aggressive.

And um, I think one of the things that has always impressed me is is in a sad way because she's had to do it, but the mom really goes around and talks about him so that he doesn't get hurt because he has been hurt, um, because people aren't aware of it.

So I think it is important for us to talk about things like that, especially with the police department, so they know how to handle situations like that, so that he is safe, but I also get it if you don't know who that person is, and there is a large male, you know, saying the things that he says, it can be very intimidating.

So I think that is something that is important to the community and and things that having that mom speak or having other families speak about their experiences with with their family members, I think would be really impactful.

Yeah, and training officers to be able to recognize the signs and the signals of once someone is disabled or has a cognitive or sensory disability so that they know how to then act and teaching them the appropriate way to then react or act with that person.

Or if they're deaf, exactly and they're not following commands.

Well, they're not following commands because they don't hear you.

Yeah.

Um and so I think that's a real fear for people who have those things in their household.

That makes a lot of sense.

Um, I was just going to interject that I think an invitation to police department would be great um for a presentation here.

But um in meetings that I've had with police department representatives, they do actually um do several trainings for their for all officers of all levels uh throughout the year, every year um on different topics related to interacting with people disabilities, what what does it look like to have sensory overwhelm?

What does it look like to, you know, safely um uh sorry, what's the word I'm looking for?

De escalate.

Thank you.

De-escalate a situation.

Thank you.

Um so they do train in a lot of those tactics.

And so one um, and I know I'm interjecting here outside of my scope, sorry, but um, but so one conversation that we had was uh could we highlight some of those trainings at a beat meeting?

Because that was something that I was pitching to the police department was to, you know, if I were to come as a guest for a beat meeting, or if we were to have a commissioner there or something, then the that would give the police department a chance to really highlight that these are the trainings we do.

This is how we are, you know, building our understanding of the disabled community within Alameda here, and and they could also talk about their voluntary registry, um, you know, that provides families a way to you know connect with the police department directly so that if there's a call to a certain neighborhood, they'll know like, oh, in this geographic area, we already have a lot of these folks registered and we know who we are who we're gonna go see.

Um what I and the feedback I received is that they would be very open to uh that kind of conversation in an actual police officer training context.

Um what the beat meetings are though is like a smattering of residents from a neighborhood who just go because they want to hear the crime stats for that quarter.

So it's a little bit different of a context, and that's what I was told.

It's like that's not really the right place to discuss those things, but I I have encouraged them to really highlight some of those trainings they do because I think a lot of people don't realize how much our police department has built up that side of the fair.

We should talk about that.

Absolutely is there I think I heard you say this, but I'll make the pitch if it's not already on the table, but like an invitation for a presentation to learn about what they're doing, but also like give an opportunity for like a representative from the police department to in this forum say, here's what would be helpful for when you're engaging with the police, or like here's what you know, here are like ways you can like be a good partner in this, you know, and just like we need to speak the same language or you know, like have the same terms of art or ways that we can help each other understand.

So I think like part of it is like I want to hear about obviously them as like public servants and like you know, law enforcement and like they have the the right to carry a gun and detain us, and with that comes responsibility to do it responsibly.

So I want to hear about how they're doing it responsibly, but I also want to hear about like what do they need from us, you know, and us, meaning us as representatives of community and like this is a forum to like get the word out, like how can we help them help us, you know.

And given situations that we've had in this city, literally recently, I think those are important things.

Like I wouldn't know if I had a hearing problem or if I had um, and maybe I would if I had the circumstances, but if I had a child with autism or some sort of deficit, I wouldn't know to register that at the police department.

I wouldn't even enter my mind.

Out of all the things you're dealing with, too.

But we wouldn't even think about it.

So I think we've had enough incidents in this city, far too many, to be honest.

I mean, one is too many, um, where those situations have come up.

So I think speaking about the positive that they are trained, and this is what they train.

I didn't know that.

I don't do that, but I didn't know that.

Yeah, same.

It's good to hear.

So there's so much negative there can be a lot of negativity around police, but I think there's some positives that we should definitely talk about.

And we've had presentations just historically about like the cares team and about you know, like mental health specialists.

I don't know exactly what the right terminology is, like not write along, like they have an official role, but like it's definitely evolved policing.

You know, it's definitely like very mindful, not perfect, nothing's perfect, but I love the idea, like the way you put it, like let's talk about like what's going right sometimes, or getting it.

We tend to focus on so much of the negativity, but we should talk about the things that we do well.

Yeah, and I think part of the thing that we could like an opportunity that we have is um making people not afraid to avail themselves of that resource, you know, because that resource is not hostile necessary, you know, like just not assuming that you know, like we could help dispel that myth.

I think um having our presence at some of these activities with a table and a banner of who we are gives us the opportunity to um present some of these thoughts.

The similar situation was when the firefighter came in to speak to us, yeah, and I learned and didn't know that if you register yourself as a disabled person in the case of a catastrophic event, they know who you are and what rescue methods you might need, and in terms of power wheelchairs, or if you have a service animal, and and it would be it would be a good thing, maybe not initially, because we're just starting this, but maybe some after we build those connections with the fire department and the police department to say, hey, you know, come stand at our table and let's see let's everybody see who you are.

Yeah, and that you're part of the disability community as well in a very positive way.

I totally agree.

So my phone rings off the hook for people who I have my name is on a bathroom wall somewhere for sure.

Um I will get calls from fire.

I'm gonna bring it home police departments.

They say, Can you come?

We've got a chair stuck in the road, or we've got um, and so just simple, like what do you like?

We're not emergency services.

Yeah, like we've I have to say that 10 times that I we are not emergency services, you need to call a fire department, but they don't necessarily have the training on that equipment either.

So they call me, go, will you please come out and help us get this chair?

And I'm like, okay, sure.

I'm gonna turn out of the middle of the street.

But you know, they don't yeah, that's stuff that people don't know, and could we train them?

Um I've tried.

I mean, I do train them, but you know, that's a that's a lot of people, yeah.

So it it's there are a lot of chairs, I'm sure.

There's a lot of chairs, a lot of people.

Um so I just don't think that people know that that's out there, yeah.

You know, like if you get stuck in your chair, you don't call me.

I can't help you.

You actually call the fire department.

Yeah, you know, or if you fall, you call the fire department to pick you up.

I promise you I can't pick you up, you know.

So I just but I think if people just knew what those resources were, and having a table and having a sign, we might get those questions.

What do I do if this happens?

And that will be something that then we know we need to educate on.

So I think if people had a platform to come to, they would maybe ask more.

I'm thinking too about the content of the ADA newsletter.

Like a lot of that, I think would be relevant if we I don't know, had printed copies that are like some of the articles that I think you've written, you're you're writing that newsletter, right?

Yeah.

Um, I find fascinating, and they're in the similar vein where I am learning a lot, and then how do we share that with the community?

So that's a good resource of material to have at the table as well.

That could be really interesting.

Maybe it's about us posting just as community members on forums we're part of, like next door.

Oh, I'm part of a commissioner, and we just talked about, or I don't know, sharing stuff that way.

Just to put it more out in the public that's not necessarily looking for us, but that's looking for information and other ways that would stumble across it.

Yeah, it's all in the city's website, but yeah.

Yes, I mean it's definitely available, but I think it's a great idea to maybe post it.

Um, and you don't even have to state anything, you know, opinion or personal about it.

You could just invite people to the meeting or say what it is and leave it at that.

So I think that that's a good idea for the relevant forums it might be on.

Sorry, I was distracted.

Look at there is a uh accessible safe transportation emergency repair number that you can call if you have a breakdown or if your chair breaks down and you need a pickup.

Yeah, have you ever called that?

Yeah.

They answered that would be funny.

Sorry, so I checked it before I put it in my context because like did it really work?

There's some billing issues with that company.

I never used it.

I just hopefully you don't need to, but okay.

Um there are some billing.

It says free repairs for free rescues.

It's not okay.

Yeah, but that's what we hear.

That's the feedback again.

So just call let's call them right now.

Let's put them on speaker.

Um you are in the middle of the commission meeting.

Like, where those deputy badges, okay.

If if there's nothing else about the um events and commissions and things, we can move to commissioner communications and and anyone can share.

Um anything they'd like to share with that group.

If that's okay.

Okay.

I don't have anything else.

But this has been a great I have something I'm excited to share.

Yeah.

So I think uh, as you all know, I've been looking at accessibility through a broader lens more than just physical barriers.

So looking at um sensory accessibility, cognitive accessibility, and communication accessibility.

Um, and I came up with a concept, it's a framework for exploring how the city might test small accessibility pilots, and I'm calling it Alameda for all.

Um, so examples would be like at the library having sensory kits that they could hand out, or quiet areas, like you know, obviously a library's quiet, but designated quiet areas or more visual guides, um, or like another example at a park, having playground communication boards, or commerce seating areas and just clearer signage in general.

Um, so it's not really a program, but just I thought it's a way that we could explore ideas through small pilots.

I love the idea of the framework, because again, it's like it helps just kind of launch you in to the conversation and like pulls or invites others into it.

And I was just thinking because for the first time I just looked through that part of the website with the events, and there's something about like walk alameda, and I'm like, how do you layer on or you know, append like an alameda for all element?

Yeah, you know, not to rebrand it or take away from walk, you know, and but it's just like you know, just using that is just like you can automatically find an in-road, yeah.

It seems like really easily.

So great.

So I wrote up a whole framework.

Wow, and I'm totally happy to send it to you guys if you're interested or talk about it more if you're interested, either way.

But I'd love that.

Very cool.

Yeah, great.

Cool.

I'd be very interested.

I have a couple uh copies too.

If you want to take copies, just have two though, so you guys can share that one.

Okay.

But you'll send it to you.

Yeah, I'll email it to Lillian and then she can send it to everybody.

Yeah.

Great.

Thanks.

So, yeah, the overviews is um basically talking about how much Alameda is already done, because we've done a lot, so this is no way saying we're doing a bad job.

This is just saying here's another way that we can start looking at things through sensory cognitive and communication accessibilities.

And there's some examples below on what what each of those could look like in simple terms.

Um, and I think why this matters is because improving sensory and cognitive accessibility can support broader community participation in civic life, which is what we're looking for.

Uh, and a lot of other cities are are starting to look at this part of accessibility too.

And I actually found some examples of what some cities around here are doing with some of their like museums or public places, some accommodations they've made.

So I have some good examples too of um what other jurisdictions are doing.

And then I put some thoughts about what our guiding principles could be, like inclusive by design, which would mean we consider physical sensory cognitive and communication accessibility when designing public spaces and services.

The next would be common predictable environments, so whenever possible, reduce overwhelming noise, lighting, and sensory complexity in civic spaces, clear communication, so using intuitive signage, visual, visual supports, and clear information to help residents navigate public environments, um, and creating public or uh flexible and welcoming spaces by providing sensory friendly times or quiet areas.

Um and then I put a little more information on some pilot ideas I had down there.

So sensory friendly hours.

I don't I couldn't find anything.

I did a little bit of digging on the library website.

I couldn't find anything specific to sensory, like a sensory story time where it's just a little quieter.

I feel like that is a real opportunity that I I believe a lot of people in our community would benefit from.

Yeah, and then I think another one I'm really excited about the idea of communication signs at parks, like just trying one sign at one park.

Um, and I did find an example of other cities are doing this, so I have visual examples I can send you guys, but basically like a big board that has just very simple icons for kids that aren't speaking yet, um, families that have English as a second language, or anyone that has any sort of speech or you know, developmental disabilities.

So would have things like run and jump or water, or just it has like a hundred different and really colorful, clean.

Obviously, you could have it designed however you want, but just uh I think it's a way to make our public spaces more inclusive.

And I think we just tested it one, see you know, if six months, how do we get any feedback?

Do we see any engagement increase?

I think it could be a useful test for us.

And then if it's successful, so you need to possibly consider rolling out on a larger scale.

I love that.

Thank God I know I'm really excited about it.

I'm glad you guys like it.

Yeah, thanks.

I think that's fantastic.

Yeah, yeah.

It doesn't have to cost a lot of money either.

No.

Um, I do a project in Jamaica every year, a couple times a year, and we do sensory boards that we make out of things that we just find, you know.

So I think if if you could give if you're given a space in a park, you there's not a lot of money that has to go into doing something like that, and it could be such a huge impact for a family that has somebody with that need.

Yeah, absolutely.

It's a big deal.

And you know, they're starting to do these quiet airports.

Have you been to the quiet?

It's if you don't know that it's common, it's kind of weird.

Like you walk in there and it says this is a quiet airport, and I'm like, okay, I'm definitely gonna miss my flight.

Because they don't announce anything over the loudspeaker, there's no bright lights, there's no it's amazing when you know.

Is one now when you know it, it's really cool.

If you don't know it, you'll definitely miss your flight.

But I think think about an airport where you walk in and oh my gosh, it's sensory overload for anybody.

Um, and so to make it just a quiet space, even during certain hours, yeah.

It's a huge that's a big deal.

Yeah, yeah.

So good for you.

I think that's awesome.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Yeah, yeah.

I forgot until you just mentioned it that I went to a sensory integration park last summer when I was in Vermont.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I'd love to hear what elements it had.

Yeah, I just we just found it by accident and um walked.

Yeah, I'll tell you all about it.

I put I took pictures and everything.

It's like if I did that thing.

Very cool.

Is this something we can add as like a formal agenda topic to make a I don't know what I don't know what procedurally we is in our like toolkit, but like if we could make a recommendation to the council or like I don't know what we would have to do to try to actually implement this commission, maybe yeah, okay.

But like maybe as a noticed agenda item, we you know, have the we check the box and make sure that public has visibility.

I don't know if we need to do that, but I figure this is kind of like it's an organic idea, yeah, a self-developed idea, not from a different commission, but I wanted to take advantage of like well, we're talking about it right now.

Can we like if we need to put it on next uh meeting's agenda?

Yes, so it can definitely be an agendized item.

Um Commissioner Knightler sent this to me in advance, so I am uh trying to, I'm just communicating with city clerk's office to clarify uh what would be the best way to move forward with it.

Um but yes, it it's exciting.

It's exciting.

So we'll we'll definitely have follow-up on that one.

Just waiting for yeah, the guidance.

Wonderful.

Just for your future reference to I put together a pilot implementation overview.

So here I'll let you, I got three of these two.

And I'll I didn't send that to you because I hadn't put it together yet, but uh I can give you this one and I can send it to you as well.

Thank you.

Oh, I really think it's not a big ass anybody in the or cost.

Or it's a like crawl walk run options, even for a pilot.

Yeah, great.

Very cool.

Yeah, a lot of these ideas were things that have um been discussed, so it's exciting to have it come from a second voice.

Yeah, to keep it going.

Great idea.

Thanks.

Okay, any other commission communications.

Okay, I will do um staff communications.

So I mentioned it earlier.

The um Gibbons sidewalks and trees plan is underway.

Um we're in the very early stages.

We had two community meetings uh last week and um to discuss actually just gain feedback.

Um so there's a Gibbons webpage that is published, and you can go there and there's an interactive map, there's the full report available for viewing.

You can uh submit public comment.

Um but 117 trees were assessed along the Gibbons corridor, which is all those liquid amber trees.

We're just focusing on the one species and their impact to the hardscape um in the area, which is sidewalks curb and gutter.

And um five have already been posted for removal um after the protest period, and then like I said, we're in the early stages of what's next.

So anyway, so watch for that.

As it gets a little more clarified as we go, um, I'm sure it'll come before this this commission to just you know talk through other approaches and possibilities for that, but just wanted you guys have a heads up.

So it's Alameda CA.gov forward slash gibbons is where you can just find all the things.

Um digital accessibility is still a hot you know topic, major priority for the city.

Um I continue to train multiple departments and also trying to follow up with departments as they do their web page audits and we go through um all of our digital online resources.

Um it's quite an undertaking, as I'm sure you can imagine, it's a massive project, but we are working towards that accessibility deadline of April 24th, 2026 for Alameda.

Um and just to clarify with the rule, it's not that the DOJ Civil Rights Office will probably knock on our door the next day.

Um, but it is very likely in California that there will be automated scanners that will be going through all website resources um and you know, finding places where they can file civil complaints or litigation, et cetera.

So that's why we're working hard on this.

Um let's see, Estuary Park is also under construction.

I don't know if you're familiar with Estuary Park, but it is going to be um uh it's a park that was designed with inclusivity in mind, so they'll have some special features um that will be you know, sports courts and fields for everyone, um, and some other accessible playground equipment.

So I'm excited to see it come to life.

Um you can drive by and check it out if you want to, but of course, you know, if that ever shows up on like an agenda item for the parks commission, that might be an interesting one as well to just follow the estuary park.

Um let's see.

I already mentioned the East Bay, I already mentioned July.

Okay, so then uh one of the thing, um, well, three more things, but one of the things that doesn't have a question attached, um, is I'll send out uh an email with some newsletter dates, and maybe you guys can just choose a month that you'd like to be featured.

Um so you can send me your little blurb about yourself, why you're on the commission, what your experience of disability is, um, and then a photo of your choice.

So I think it would just be a great way.

Candid photo or a headshot is fine, however, you want to do it.

Um but I think it would just be a great way to you know put some faces to the names on the commission and continue to build that community engagement.

And then related to community engagement, um, I've been thanks to former commissioner Lisa Hall, um connected with the host and one of the producers from the Island Beats podcast.

Um, so they're interested in showcasing some of the accessibility work that's happening in Alameda.

And I suggested that maybe I go on, but also with a commissioner.

build that community engagement and then related to community engagement um I've been thanks to former commissioner Lisa Hall um connected with the host and one of the producers from the Island Beats podcast um so they're interested in showcasing some of the accessibility work that's happening in Alameda and I suggested that maybe I go on but also with a commissioner um so I think it would be great if we could highlight um some lived experience in Alameda with uh disability and and what that looks like and then I would be kind of like the govern government administrative representative of like these are the projects and initiatives they're working on so um no details on that one yet but just to kind of put a bug in your ear that I might be asking for someone to join me on that um and to be another voice on the podcast and then um I have a question this is sort of directed at Commissioner Bueller but also in case anyone else um for the C click fix report requests that have come up a few different times I was wondering if I could just get a little more clarity on some data points specific questions departments anything like that so you kind of help me to home in on what we're looking for from C click fix reports.

I think I'll have to remember what we were talking about last time I might have to get back to you on that while I'm that's I can't remember that's fine.

If you think about it I think it came up in like transition plan update C click fixes our reporting tool so if you think of it um just feel free to email me and then that way I can know how to craft an agenda item out of that.

Okay cool.

And that was it for my staff communications um if there's nothing else we can go ahead and move to oh yes I've missed the name of the podcast in the background to that and I'm not familiar with it.

Island Beats or Island City Beats I don't actually know if it's on like an app it might be on the Apple podcast who who does it so Angie um she's from Echo Housing but she also is the host and so I was looking their website and I could email you all out the link when I have more details but um they just really like highlight stories from Alameda so it's anecdotal but it's also kind of informative.

I think it's like a little bit of an Alameda post vibe uh but in podcast form.

So they do yeah they just highlight like special characters in Alameda that everyone knows and loves like different stories and things.

So the turkey bats so I think it could be a really fun channel you know in our January meeting we were talking about like how do people get information about our city our town and so I was thinking okay this could be kind of a fun out of the box way to connect with I don't know who whomever the listeners might be so I like it if there's nothing else we can do a motion to adjourn and move to adjourn.

I second okay thank you commissioners