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Fairview MAC Meeting on Budget Input – October 14, 2025

Board of Supervisors — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

BodyAlameda County, California

SessionBoard of Supervisors

DateTuesday, October 14, 2025

StatusFILED

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0:01

Okay, if you have anybody, I'm uh carrying first time, so um we're we're gonna start with a flight of allegiance.

0:34

Um, council member farmer present council member Higgins.

0:42

Council member Philbin.

0:44

Council member Rhodes.

0:47

Chair Anglin is excused.

0:49

We have a quorum.

0:53

Okay, um so this portion of the meeting is where we hear public comment.

0:57

Uh so these are items that I'm not on the agenda.

1:02

Please go out of the card on the table on the platform of folks, and give it to the clerk, and your name will be called.

1:10

All speakers will get two minutes to speak.

1:13

Uh, can determine um and uh we and we will rotate um to the people uh here present and online.

1:20

Uh Shavani, do we have any public comment?

1:23

Yes, we have speakers.

1:25

Um first uh speaker will be Officer Rodriguez.

1:40

Good evening, I'm also gonna Rodriguez.

1:48

Uh we have a total uh 24 vacations, six non-patriot crashes, five injury crashes, two D URS, six with me RS, and we did not have any stolen vehicle recovery.

2:04

Um, half of that for the capital qualified school very good time for a few days.

2:10

Um, going to enforcement is the original site show enforcement power force.

2:19

And I can see it's in our area.

2:22

Um the East Avenue track blank for the elementary control.

2:28

Upcoming events on October 31st, following our maximum period, maximum perfect period.

2:37

We're gonna be focusing on DY, we're gonna have extra officers during that time.

2:41

Our future uh events also on October 30th.

2:46

At 6 p.m.

2:46

We're gonna have our search mark at the CHP favorite area office.

2:50

And October is pedestrian safety month.

2:53

You do work with us inside of crossbox and for our stats.

2:58

Um, this month, but we have 11 new officers in our area.

3:03

So officer Marcini other officers have been training.

3:06

Um, like right now off the breaking.

3:09

So I'll be part of the area that we have control from uh emails at three four five directly striving at cb.c.gov.

3:19

We'll call the CP territory office at 510489.5 or thank you.

3:30

Next speaker is Kathy Langley.

3:35

Um, we're gonna start.

3:42

What?

3:44

That would be online from here.

3:46

Oh.

3:46

So we need my phone.

3:52

So well.

3:57

Your microphone.

3:58

Oh.

4:00

Probably should just sort of respond to that so on social media.

4:05

Chris, you need to speak into your mic.

4:10

I've never learned.

4:11

I'm not.

4:12

I I noticed that social media here's um you know we're talking about it's advanced pedestrian safety and uh suggestions.

4:23

What is this suggestions you may think it's you know, viewers of pedestrians make sure you make iPods with the driver?

4:32

Well, that's a very difficult when the shield and the front windows are Chris.

4:37

Sorry, um, we can't have discussion during the side.

4:41

I'll just make your comment.

4:43

I'm not expecting any answer.

4:45

Okay.

4:47

Anyway, it's very difficult when windshield and front of Windows are existed.

4:56

Um, in one of your future reports, you can address that one more.

5:10

Can everybody do a mic check and make sure you have enough to mic this?

5:15

Hello.

5:17

Here's that.

5:18

This is me.

5:20

This is another.

5:22

I think here's one more time.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

Community Engagement████████████████████████24%

Procedural█████████████████████21%

Public Engagement███████████11%

Land Use Planning████████8%

Government Representation███████7%

Budget Equity Analysis██████6%

Engineering And Infrastructure██████6%

Public Safety████4%

Affordable Housing████4%

Summary of Proceedings

Fairview MAC Meeting on Unincorporated Budget Input – October 14, 2025

The Fairview Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) met to discuss the unincorporated area budget input process, featuring a presentation from county staff and extensive public commentary on local issues. Key discussions centered on community priorities for county services, including communication, infrastructure, identity, and enforcement.

Consent Calendar

The council approved the minutes from the July meeting with a vote: Councilmember Farmer (Aye), Higgins (Aye), Philbin (Abstain), Rhodes (Aye). Chair Anglin was excused.

Public Comments & Testimony

Officer Rodriguez provided a traffic safety report, noting 24 violations, 6 non-injury crashes, 5 injury crashes, 2 DUIs, and upcoming enforcement events for pedestrian safety month.
Kathy Langley expressed concern about pedestrian safety, highlighting difficulties with windshield visibility.
Multiple speakers reported sound quality issues, making it hard to understand proceedings.
A resident detailed ongoing efforts to get sidewalks, speed humps, and road paving on D Street, criticizing Public Works for lack of response and timelines.
Another speaker discussed budget allocation, noting that District 4 receives only 13% of discretionary funds despite 36% of the district being unincorporated.
Concerns were raised about code enforcement inefficiencies, homelessness, housing density, loss of rural identity, and emergency egress routes.
Chuck Myos argued that the MAC lacks meaningful power and called for greater authority in accessing information, reallocating budgets, and ensuring accountability.

Discussion Items

Claudia Albano presented the unincorporated area budget input process, aiming to gather community feedback for county services. MAC members engaged in an exercise to identify macro-level issues (e.g., economic inequality, homelessness, traffic control) and hyperlocal service improvements.
Members expressed positions: Sally emphasized homelessness support and traffic control; Chris focused on government transparency and housing infrastructure; Nessa highlighted the need for community input in development planning; Rita stressed loss of community identity and access to services.
The discussion consolidated into four priority areas: communication/transparency, infrastructure, community identity, and enforcement.

Key Outcomes

The MAC passed a motion to support improving Fairview through the four priority areas (communication, infrastructure, community identity, enforcement) by including them in the budget setting process and requesting expanded county budget reporting with detailed line items. The vote was unanimous among present members.
Written comments from the public are accepted until late October for inclusion in the December 3rd joint meeting presentation.
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 6th, due to election room conflicts.

Meeting Transcript

Okay, if you have anybody, I'm uh carrying first time, so um we're we're gonna start with a flight of allegiance. Um, council member farmer present council member Higgins. Council member Philbin. Council member Rhodes. Chair Anglin is excused. We have a quorum. Okay, um so this portion of the meeting is where we hear public comment. Uh so these are items that I'm not on the agenda. Please go out of the card on the table on the platform of folks, and give it to the clerk, and your name will be called. All speakers will get two minutes to speak. Uh, can determine um and uh we and we will rotate um to the people uh here present and online. Uh Shavani, do we have any public comment? Yes, we have speakers. Um first uh speaker will be Officer Rodriguez. Good evening, I'm also gonna Rodriguez. Uh we have a total uh 24 vacations, six non-patriot crashes, five injury crashes, two D URS, six with me RS, and we did not have any stolen vehicle recovery. Um, half of that for the capital qualified school very good time for a few days. Um, going to enforcement is the original site show enforcement power force. And I can see it's in our area. Um the East Avenue track blank for the elementary control. Upcoming events on October 31st, following our maximum period, maximum perfect period. We're gonna be focusing on DY, we're gonna have extra officers during that time. Our future uh events also on October 30th. At 6 p.m. We're gonna have our search mark at the CHP favorite area office. And October is pedestrian safety month. You do work with us inside of crossbox and for our stats. Um, this month, but we have 11 new officers in our area. So officer Marcini other officers have been training. Um, like right now off the breaking. So I'll be part of the area that we have control from uh emails at three four five directly striving at cb.c.gov. We'll call the CP territory office at 510489.5 or thank you. Next speaker is Kathy Langley. Um, we're gonna start. What? That would be online from here. Oh. So we need my phone. So well. Your microphone. Oh. Probably should just sort of respond to that so on social media. Chris, you need to speak into your mic. I've never learned. I'm not. I I noticed that social media here's um you know we're talking about it's advanced pedestrian safety and uh suggestions. What is this suggestions you may think it's you know, viewers of pedestrians make sure you make iPods with the driver? Well, that's a very difficult when the shield and the front windows are Chris. Sorry, um, we can't have discussion during the side. I'll just make your comment.

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