The Board of Supervisors convened a planning meeting to address several key items, including amendments to sidewalk vending regulations, the vacation of a portion of Morris Canyon Road, the disposition of the old Castro Valley Library, and appeals of zoning decisions. Discussions emphasized enforcement, public safety, community needs, and regulatory compliance, with extensive public participation on contested items.
Recording in progress. Good morning and welcome to the Board of Supervisors Planning Meeting of October 9, 2025. Will the clerk please call the roll? Supervisor Marquez. Present. Supervisor Tam. Present. Supervisor Miley. Supervisor Fortunato Bass. Present. President Haubert. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you. And Supervisor Marquez, did you want to announce your just cause? Yes, thank you so much. And I apologize, but I was just having an issue with the video. But I just want to disclose that I am using uh just cause justification to participate remotely today because I am caring for my grandmother. Over the age of 18. She's the only one present in the room with me. She's over 18. Thank you. So will you please rise if you can and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? To the sec for which it stance. So the Board of Supervisors welcomes you to its meetings, and we allow in-person and remote observation of participation by members of the public. Will the clerk please outline the instructions for online participation? Detailed instructions are provided in the teleconferencing guidelines. A link to the document is included in today's agenda to view an automated translated transcript or listen to an automated translated audio of the meeting from English into multiple other languages. Please utilize the Worldly Link in today's teleconferencing guidelines or the QR codes posted throughout the room and select your preferred language from the drop-down menu. If you are joining the meeting using a computer, use the button at the bottom of your screen to raise your hand to request to speak. When called to speak, please unmute your microphone and state your name. If you are calling in, dial star nine to raise your hand to speak. When you are called to speak, the host will enable you. If you decide not to speak, notify the clerk when your call is unmuted, or you may simply hang up and dial back into the meeting. As a reminder, you may always just observe the meeting without participating by clicking on the view now link on the county's webpage at acgov.org. When called, you will have two minutes to speak. Please limit your remarks to the time allocated. Public comment will generally alternate between in-person and online speakers as determined by the president of the board and subject to overall time limits. Thank you. Thank you. Um I'll start with some announcements. Items number five and number six on today's agenda will be continued to the November 13th meeting. So if you're here for those items, those will be heard on November 13th. Thank you. Um let's start with the approval of the minutes from September 11th. May I have a motion for approval? I'll move to adopt the minutes as presented in our packet. Um I have a motion from Supervisor Miley. I'll take the second from Supervisor Fortunato Bass because I heard her first. And may I have roll call vote, please?