Meeting.

Um good and call the meeting to order, and we'll start off with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Please rise.

Lags over to our left.

I've political images to apply of the United States America.

Yes.

Can we get our roll call, please?

Council Member Farmer.

Present.

Councilmember Higgins.

Council Member Philbin, excused.

Vice Chair Rhodes.

Yeah.

Chair Anglin.

Here.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

And we'll start off with public announcements.

I have no speakers for public comment.

None online either.

No.

Okay.

Next item.

We've got approval of the minutes.

Two sets of minutes, September 2nd.

Um I propose that we prove that we approve the minutes of September and October.

Do we have a second?

Second.

Second from Miss Rhodes.

Any further discussion?

Um my name is just misspelled at some place.

There's on uh September 2nd.

No discussion.

Okay.

Do we need to amend it as amended?

Amended as noticed.

For approval of September 2nd and October 7th minutes as corrected.

Councilmember Farmer.

Approved council member Higgins.

Aye.

Councilmember Philbin excused.

Vice Chair Rhodes.

Chair England.

I'm sorry.

I on September, abstain on October.

Okay.

Oh, are we voting on both?

Yes.

That was the motion.

Can I just say I I didn't realize that there were two sets of notes, so I only reviewed September.

What can I just abstain for now?

And if I have anything, I can issue it later.

Is that okay, Ashley?

Uh once they're approved, we can't go back.

So if you want to just approve, if the council would like to just approve one month, and then we can put the um other ones on.

If you abstain, you still have a you can the council can still vote.

Okay, I'll just abstain from October.

We have consensus on September.

Yes.

And one extension for half appropriate.

Okay.

So the minutes for half of the public.

Sorry, I'm abstaining October.

You're abstaining October, correct?

It only gives us two.

I wasn't here.

So you can read them for account.

We can cover those next month.

All right, first item of business tonight.

We've got an update from California Highway Patrol.

Good to see you back, Officer Paps.

Been a bit.

Good evening.

I'm so excited to be here.

I feel like it's been a little bit of a little while.

So I have an update for you.

Um, pretty much the same thing as normal.

So I'm looking forward to hearing what you guys have to what input that you guys have for us in the community.

Um let's see here.

Our statistics, they're about average, actually.

Our traffic citations are down a little bit uh due to the fact that Officer Barcini, who is on our special enforcement unit, who is assigned to patrolling that area, he actually had a trainee last month, so he tried to get out to Fairview as much as he could.

Uh, he took his trainee out there, but uh trainees just are not as efficient as motor CHP officers in uh conducting traffic stops.

So it was a little bit of a learning curve.

So our stats are down, but he's back on the bike out on patrol through the Fairview area.

So I'm hoping that you all saw him.

Uh DUIRS, we had three in the Fairview area, which actually is up compared to the previous months and crashes and non injury crashes and non-injury crashes are about the same or average, and there was one abandoned stolen car out in the Fairview area, and that's not including what the Alameda County Sheriff's Office recovered as well.

Uh one thing I'd like to point out is Fairview, you guys are doing great.

You've had no fatal traffic crashes in your community.

So that's one of the things that, yes, we can issue citations.

We have in view patrol, but our goal is to make sure that everyone's safe and having zero fatal traffic collisions in your area definitely shows that our enforcement efforts are working as well as the community driving carefully.

I also wanted to point out this last Halloween, I believe I've gone over we have maximum enforcement periods now with the CHP and holiday enforcement periods.

So our management came up with different dates and things like that.

Um our last one was the Halloween MEP.

It was a 12-hour period.

So it's maximum enforcement, uh, all hands on deck.

We led the state in enforcement contacts as well as DUI arrests, which we're always kind of gunning for the number one spot in arresting DUI drivers, and we we did very well this uh maximum enforcement period.

Um we arrested 24 DUI drivers in uh those 12 hours, which is kind of alarming if you think about it that we were able to get 24 DUI drivers off the roadway in 12 hours.

So I'm hoping these upcoming holiday seasons that people are going to get the message to not drink and drive, and that way we don't have to take them to jail.

But if they do, we'll be there to arrest them.

All right, next slide.

Some past events I like to go over.

Um, I know you guys are a part of you've come to some of the Castor Valley events.

So we're out at the Fall Fest.

I think I saw some of you out there.

That was a great time.

Um I just went over our Halloween maximum enforcement period and our Labor Day holiday enforcement period, which is a little different.

Again, we led the state in enforcement contacts and uh issuing citations over the Labor Day weekend.

Um, it's for the whole area that we patrol, but you guys definitely the community of Fairview is also impacted by uh our great efforts of being out on patrol.

Next slide.

Some of the ongoing enforcement that we have in our department, uh the regional side show enforcement task force that's continuing.

I just like to bring it up just to keep people informed of what we are doing.

Um since its inception in the last two years, we have not had a large side show takeover in any of the communities that we're patrolling on those nights.

Um, and that impacts everyone, right?

Because they could very well come to a small community like Fairview and take over your streets because they think that no one's out there in other areas.

I know that they like to go to rural roads and things like that to completely take over a street.

So we are lucky to be able to team up with the Sheriff's Department, Hayward PD, and San Leandro PD to really tackle this issue that's been an ongoing problem for several years.

Um our normal traffic complaints, D Street, E Street, East Avenue, um, and then Fairview is a big one.

I just recently got a complaint from is it Sandra, she called in to let me know that people are speeding through the neighborhood again, and she had come here previously because two cars at separate occasions have crashed into her property, and she's noticing an uptick in speeding violations again.

So we're out there trying to make sure that no one crashes into our house again.

Um, but just in view patrol is our main goal to get everyone to slow down, and if we need to stop them, that's what we'll do.

Uh as always, I'm taking those traffic complaints at 345 reckless driving at chp.ca.gov, or you can call our office at the 510 489 1500.

We have that traffic complaint log going, um, and it really helps our SCU or special enforcement unit as well as the sergeant to track and make sure that we're paying attention to people's concerns and complaints.

It's working very well.

Uh I think we got the little kinks worked out because at first we weren't sure exactly how to attack some of these traffic complaints, but now we're we're doing very well rolling along.

Next slide.

Upcoming events.

Um, I hope to see you guys all out there at the Castor Valley Light Parade this Saturday.

We'll be out there doing traffic control as well as participating in the parade.

I'm gonna be honest, it's one of my favorite events of the year.

It's so cool.

So if you have nothing to do on Saturday evening, come out there.

We'll be at the Castor Valley tree lighting at the Castor Valley Village on December 5th, and our upcoming enforcement events, the Thanksgiving Memorial Maximum Enforcement Period will be from November 26th all the way through November 30th.

So it's that Wednesday to Sunday at midnight while everyone's traveling.

Our goal is just to make sure that people get to their destination safely.

And we know that there is going to be a ton of traffic out there, so hopefully deterring people from getting involved in any highway violence situation or something that would put them or their family members in danger.

And my biggest thing that I have is our chips for kids toy drive that we have coming up.

We are taking new unwrapped toys.

We'll take them at our uh CHP Hayward office, or we're gonna have different locations of Walgreens throughout the Castor Valley community.

If you'd like to drop off some toys, we're going to redistribute them throughout our community.

Uh last year it was terrific.

We had, I think, four or five families had some sort of traumatic thing happen.

I'm not gonna go into too many details, but one family in particular had their vehicle stolen, and the mom kept all the toys in the trunk.

So through the toy drive, we were able to actually figure out uh toys for each age.

I think she had three boys, so we were able to go through and pick out toys for each age group and then deliver them to her house secretly so that she had toys to give to them right before Christmas.

Uh next upcoming education, our age will drive smart for our senior drivers here at the Castor Valley Library on Wednesday, November 12th from one to three o'clock.

Uh, you can sign up through the Castor Valley Library, just give them a call and they'll get you on a list.

I think last class we had, I want to say almost 60 people.

So I love that people are learn trying to learn new things on how to be safer while driving.

Upcoming education for our youth.

We have our start start smart uh at our CHP Hayward office on November 13th from 6 to 8 p.m.

You have to call down to our office in order to get signed up for that class.

Um, but that's for our youth between the ages of 15 and 21.

So if you know anyone who needs to get some tips on how to be a better driver, uh send them our way so that we can make sure that they don't crash at a young age.

Uh next, to have bad news, uh, the new office yet again has been delayed.

So I typed this in here before I sent the slide, and then I thought I sure hope I'm not jinxing myself, and sure enough, I did.

Um, we just got word that we're going to be moving in in February of 2026.

So not that I'm a liar, but I just was hopeful in that first line there.

But uh with that, I can't it gives us a chance to continue to focus on the holiday season and being out on patrol, and then in February, we'll be able to move in hopefully, and at some point we'll have an open house and invite all of the community members out there to check out our new office.

Uh, I like to talk about the consolidation.

Uh, I hope that you as a Fairview community have noticed the impact of consolidating the two offices and seeing that we actually have not forgot about you.

We're actually giving you more attention that we have in the years past because we were able to eliminate some redundancy within the office and get more officers out on patrol.

Um, our office is doing great when it comes to training new officers and getting them out on the road and making sure that they're serving the community, hearing the traffic complaints, seeing where the issues are, not just staying on the freeway, but going into the communities, getting to know the community members so that you guys feel like we're providing a good service to you as well as protecting everyone.

But I think this new office, well, I'm excited because it'll be brand new, but uh it definitely will continue to serve the community well.

And that is all that I have for you guys.

I'm ready for what you have for me.

Well, since the time since the time change uh lighting has changed dramatically during commute times, yes, and you're come out at different times than what we're used to.

And uh it's just time to pay attention when you're a little more attention on the road.

I agree, member Higgins.

So um, one of your um media postings with the uh the pedestrian safety and enforcement uh and on social media you mentioned uh for the pedestrians to try and make sure you make eye contact with the drivers approaching.

So it's really tough when the front windows and the windshields are tinted, yes.

Is that legal?

Tinted front windshield, no, it is not.

You're not allowed to have any tint to the front windows of your vehicle.

Um you can have it to the rear windows, but the front driver passenger window as well as the windshield cannot have any tint or coloring for them.

Ever since I read that, I've noticed that you probably don't write too many tickets on that.

Well, actually we were discussing this.

Uh we do make a lot of stops for window tent and we do issue citations, they are correctable.

So whether or not the citizens take the advice and continue to drive without the window tint, that's upon them.

Um, but we issue usually a correctable citation, so they can go take the window tint off, get the ticket signed off, and if they choose to put it on there, well, I guess we'll just have to stop them again, so it'll be uh a revolving door.

But I think that window tint is very dangerous, especially uh when we have more uh it's darker, longer periods of the day when people are commuting and things like that.

Um window tint, you cannot see through the windows at night.

You cannot see pedestrians, especially if pedestrians are in darker colored clothing.

Um it is a part of our enforcement, so don't think that we're ignoring it.

I actually have some family members and friends who were like, oh, cops don't do anything about window tint.

I said, No, no, no, no.

We do something about window tent um just because we're the ones out there taking the traffic collisions involving the pedestrians and the bicyclists, and sometimes the pedestrians and bicyclists are at fault because they're crossing outside of a crosswalk, but could it have been prevented?

Not I'm not saying that this is a case, but if somebody had window tint, could that accident have been prevented because they may have seen that person crossing or or the person doing the crossing, you know, didn't see the driver.

I mean, I usually focus on make sure I see make eye contact when I'm crossing.

And that's like you you brought up a um a good point.

One of my pet peeves is the uh um you know you someone's crossing where there's no crosswalk.

Well, you know, when the nearest crosswalks half a mile away, yeah, you know that that's uh uh that's getting out of the scope that you can handle.

Yeah.

But yeah, getting back to what you can handle.

So we've got the the traffic calming stuff going in on D Street.

Yes.

And um, I'd be interested in the um moving forward once they kind of wrap this up.

If we uh if that impact the the number of citations on D Street.

Whether or not they're going to increase or decrease with the truck, you know, they've got the speed bumps.

They're engineered for what is it?

It's a 30 mile an hour, so yeah.

Uh and it's uh, you know, I walk that often, so and now it's it's it's working pretty good.

And I was thinking it would be kind of interesting to usually we kind of gauge whether or not something is working on the amount of traffic crashes that we have in that area.

Um just because traffic citations, you know, you can't have you have an officer going out different times and periods and things like that.

So gauging it off of the that activity, I feel like isn't a fair look or or good statistics, but going off of traffic collisions, I feel like would be a better judgment of how well the traffic calming is working in the on the street.

Well, that it would be interesting when once they have it finished.

If you you've got a uh like a retrospective way to look at it.

Look, you know, to say, hey, this is working, you know, and and it's cool, and that we we could give some feedback to the public works guys.

Maybe give them some positive feedback, because I know yeah, yeah.

Well, sometimes they don't really get that a lot.

Um, since I've been in this position and hearing your concerns in Fairview, I feel like they did a great job on D Street.

It's very it's beautiful.

Um I don't know how they did it, but they made it feel safer to drive on with having the sidewalks and everyone's driveways.

People are able to easily back out.

So uh they did a great job.

Yeah.

It's really made a big deal and it's it's pulled it's pulled a lot more pedestrians out.

Yeah.

You know, the people that live along there are just amazed.

Um am I not.

I'm so bad.

Uh, I'd like to circle back to on, I know your community has a lot of walkers out there.

Um when you are crossing the street or even crossing in a crosswalk and things like that, make sure that you are attempting to make eye contact with the driver.

And if you can't make eye contact with the driver, let them go and then safely cross because you are not protected.

So just make sure that you kind of have that communication so that you know that they're going to actually come to a complete stop stop and not just hope that they do.

So everyone's safe out there.

And just uh a a last piece.

So we're getting a lot more uh kids on e-bikes and e-scooters.

Yes.

And uh there's there's a lot of potential for injuries.

I uh what it I don't know what we could do to to mitigate that, but so there's a lot going on to e-bikes and e-scooters.

I feel like they just flooded uh the move traffic movement, uh kids just don't walk anywhere anymore.

They all have to have some sort of electric mode of transportation.

Um there's new laws coming out January 1st regarding the e-bikes.

Um, if some of them have to be registered, uh some people think that they can do since they just bought it at Costco, that they could just ride it.

But um, no, it has to be registered through DMV.

Um, and it'll be kind of like the uh dirt bikes where you have to have a green or a red sticker um so that we can verify registration.

And if you are caught driving under the age of 16 without a license, it can be impounded.

If you don't have it registered, it can be impounded for not having current vehicle registration, um, not having identifying numbers on there.

There's a whole bunch that goes into it and it's there's different types of e-bikes and things like that, and we're going to put together some information and post it on our social media here.

Um, but I am not well versed in the e-bikes, so I don't want to give anyone the wrong information without kind of looking into it.

I still I don't have it memorized, so I'd have to look it up to kind of see exactly what we're dealing with.

Okay, cool.

But yes, appreciate it.

They're on our minds.

Member Rotes.

Thank you for the presentation.

Welcome back.

Thank you.

Um I particularly appreciate getting the upcoming events.

That's helpful.

And really appreciate the work that you all are doing in the community.

It's seen.

Um, I definitely notice it.

Uh I did want to bring um something to your attention.

Jess, the drop offs and pickups at Fairview uh Fairview Elementary.

Okay.

It often gets very crowded.

What happens is two lanes start going into that parking and it blocks it.

Okay.

Far back.

And so people start going into the other lane, like onward coming traffic lane.

Okay.

To go around it.

And I've often seen some dangerous.

There are some traffic guards or uh crosswalk guards there that I think are employed through the county and are doing a terrific job and doing the best they can, but they can't control angry drivers that are kind of doing illegal things.

And it is frustrating.

It gets very backed up, and I understand, but it get it's I've seen a couple of instances out there because I go through there right at those times.

Okay.

So would you say drop offs in the morning are more of your concern or pickups?

Um I have more experience of the drop-offs.

Okay.

Um, and so that's what I've seen more of, but it it um the thing that happens in the um afternoons more is that um people will cross without the crosswalks, um, uh, which is a concern because there's also people that are kind of going in the wrong lanes.

Um, but it gets more backed up in the mornings.

Okay.

Um, what I'll do is I'll put in a traffic complaint and then have um our special one of our one of our SEU units go out there and take a look at it, um, as well as let our senior volunteers know uh they drive around the patrol car, and sometimes it works just to have uh black and white patrol car out there and suddenly people uh know how to drive very nicely.

So uh, but we'll have an officer out there to go see exactly what needs to be done, and then see what we can do.

I've witnessed exactly that, that there has been a car there on occasion, and yeah, the shenanigans are gone.

But yeah, I appreciate that.

And there might be a way, I don't I don't know, but there might be a way even to ask the school there to not allow people to go in two lanes at a time that might eliminate that issue.

Usually uh we meet with this uh school district and kind of give tips and tricks and things like that.

And I know that they're constantly trying to find ways to improve uh the parking lot.

Um this isn't the first time.

Uh the hardest part is a lot of schools are landlocked and so it's just there's just not enough room, and everyone's trying to get to one place at one time.

Um, so we'll do our best with traffic enforcement because that's what we're here for.

Um, but when it comes to changing it up, I can offer suggestions.

Yes, you're welcome.

Welcome back again.

Thanks, Todd.

Make sure you're careful with those minivans this year at Light Parade.

The ones bringing all the vendors in.

When are you guys doing the toy collection until uh I we're gonna do it up at the let's say December 18th?

I'm gonna throw that out.

I think that's the Friday, whatever that Friday is.

I don't know.

Okay.

Um, but yeah, and anywhere from now till December 18th, I'll take toys.

If you have toys, I will take them.

Um, but officially I think we're gonna kind of kick off the toy drive closer, a little bit closer to Thanksgiving.

Yeah, and of course, feel free to send us a flyer.

Okay.

Um California enforcement.

Has there been much change with you guys patrolling in Oakland and some of the other orders during the summer?

Is that starting to slow down or consistent or?

So we have a couple task force.

Um I'm sure you've heard everything that's going on with the governor's office and uh CHP.

We've been kind of pulled in a couple of different directions.

Um there's the East Bay Crimes Task Force, organized retail theft task force and things like that.

Uh, we still have a couple of officers or 10 officers and two sergeants.

I might be wrong on those numbers.

Off the top of my head, um, assigned to the task force up in Oakland, just going in for uh crime suppression, and they've done a great job.

I can't remember my partner, you is on the task force.

How many cars did they say?

I want to say like it's close to a thousand stolen vehicles that they've recovered over the entire duration of it.

I might be wrong on that number, but I know it's a large amount of vehicles.

And they've done a great job that the governor is continuing to have us patrol in Oakland, but that hasn't taken away from anything that's going on in our community.

Like we have enough officers out on patrol, our staffing isn't super low or anything like that.

But I believe that the impact of having more patrol in Oakland and being there and enforcing the law has kind of trickled down to other communities as well.

Um, so upholding the law, doing traffic enforcement and general law enforcement makes everyone safer.

So, and last one, I had heard a lot of concerns before changing that 20 foot parking by all the corners.

I haven't heard a single thing since.

What are you seeing on that aspect?

Um actually I just have people calling in to tell me people are parking in that 20 foot area.

I think it's better.

I I was all for it.

Um it gives people uh whoops, I talked with my hands too much.

Um an opportunity to see a pedestrian at a crosswalk and so that they're safer and you can make better eye contact with them.

But as far as any negative negative comments from the community, I haven't heard anyone say that they don't like it, unless they're parked there because they lost a parking spot.

But unfortunately, I think safety comes before parking.

So, thank you.

Any other comments from us before public comment?

Nope.

All right.

Can we open public comment, please?

No speakers for public comment.

All right, closing public comment.

Thank you very much, Officer Pabst.

All right, thank you guys.

I'll see you next year.

Okay, well, I'll be back in December, but I'll see you on the agenda next year.

Or Saturday.

Take care.

Happy holidays.

Okay, item number two, PLN 2025 00139.

Um, who do we have for that tonight?

Hello.

I'm Amy Claros with the planning department.

Um, and I have a presentation as well.

Okay.

So PLN 2025 139 is a variance to allow a garage accessory structure in the front half of the lot and 60 feet from the property line where the minimum distance of 75 feet would be required.

Um, the property owner and the applicant is William Scott, and it's at 4220 Star Ridge Road.

Um, the APN number is 525 425-0050-005-0.

Zoning is R1 LBE.

Um, and then the BE requires a five-acre minimum building site area, 30 feet front yard, and a 20-foot side yard.

Um, it's within the Fairview Area Specific Plan, and it's rural residential.

And then this project is exempt from CEQA as a new construction.

Next slide, please.

So this property is located on the corner of Star Ridge and Fairview Avenue on the corner of that roundabout.

Um to the west is all Fairview, all within the Fairview specific plan area.

And to the east is the Castro Valley General Plan area, um, in the Five Canyons area.

Next slide, please.

That's kind of hard to see, but this is the site plan with the topographic map.

Um to the north of the property, there is a steep slope.

Um, it slopes downwards.

To the west is the primary residence, and then to the southeast, there is the ADU in the garage.

And the ADU is not included in this proposal.

It is permitted under state law.

Next slide, please.

These are the elevations.

It's a one-story garage and ADU.

Um, and I believe it's 16 feet.

I'll have to confirm that.

Next slide, please.

This is the floor plan.

Both are 800 square feet.

The garage is 800 square feet and the ADU is 800 square feet.

Next slide, please.

This adheres to the specific plan, the Fairview specific plan under land use goal 3.1, which protects the hillsides and the canyon areas and maintains the characteristics, the rural characteristics.

Next slide, please.

So there are three findings required to approve a variance.

So the steep slope does not allow this property to have that accessory structure, which it deprives this property of that.

And then the granting of the application will out contribute to the special privileges for the property owner.

And it will not affect any of the other properties on in the area and it complies with all the other um requirements in the zoning ordinance and the design standards.

Excuse me.

Granting the application will not be detrimental detrimental to the persons or the property in the neighborhood or to the public welfare.

And this um this proposal will not affect the surrounding properties.

It'll be behind screening vegetation, and it also contributes to the parking and preserves the vegetation and the hillside.

Next slide, please.

Staff recommends that the Fairview Municipal Advisory Council uh recommend approval to the West County Board of Zoning Adjustments of Variants PLN 2025, 139 to allow a garage accessory structure to, excuse me.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Staff is here for questions, and the property owner is here as well.

Alright, we'll open for questions here.

Member Farmer.

I really don't have anything negative to say or to ask about.

It looks like a very well thought out plan.

Member Higgins.

Well, I do kind of take exception to the uh special circumstances.

Well, you know, steep slopes exist in fair view.

And the reason the um, you know, the specific plan and the zoning requirements limit steep slopes is, you know, when you buy a property, right?

You know, for forewarned, right?

And um, it's less of an issue up there with the the five acre sites, but we're we're running into or we have run into a number of um proposed houses being built on uh uh what is it?

More than 20% slope?

Is that so yeah, um you know you just you can't approve those lots for building, you know, when you know, and down in the flatter lands, it back in the H HPOA area, you know, there's a lot of land and it it won't impact uh the neighbors, but I I do I do take issue with that statement.

It's not a big deal.

Uh but I I don't think it's a special circumstance.

Thank you.

Member Rhodes.

Thank you for the presentation.

Um this is not my bag, so I'm trying to understand.

So um I don't take any issue, uh, but I just want a bit of clarification.

So the I th I thought I read at some point that the proposal is for it to be on the north side of the building.

Is that it's for um to be in the the within the front property line.

Along the front yard.

Along Star Ridge Road.

Along Fairview Avenue.

So Fairview Avenue is the front property line.

Oh, because the address is Star Ridge, correct.

But the front of the property is oriented towards Fairview.

Correct.

And the entrance, the the because I could I tried to look it up on uh Google Maps, it looked like there was a driveway to the fair to Fairview.

Uh, but I couldn't quite tell if there was a driveway to Star Ridge Road.

I believe there is, um I'd have to check.

Yeah, there is.

It's a gravel road.

Thanks.

Okay.

So the proposal then is to place it um in front of the ADU.

It's attached to the ADU.

Oh, I see.

So that's the pro okay, I get it.

So the and the variance is just an exception to the seventy-five foot rule, which they don't use that area anyways.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

I also thought it was a pretty detailed plan with a lot of people's finger in the pie on what they need to do to make it work.

Um, couple questions.

I read the first twenty-five feet, I think from Fairview was going to be paved, and then there was a recommendation from fire later down the road, they paved the rest of the road.

Was I reading that right?

Correct, yeah.

Okay, so fire is good with it as long as the first 25 feet is paved off of Fairview Road?

Correct.

Okay.

And then is the only reason it's really here in front of us tonight is the 15 foot difference from the 60 to the 75 feet?

Or is there anything we're missing?

It's the the 15 feet.

Okay.

And we're just at 60.

Thank you.

Any other questions here?

Okay, we'll open it for public comment.

Actually, I do have a question.

It's not really a question, it's a statement.

I believe that uh the septic tank and uh leach field is very well designed and it's a good improvement for the groundwater in that area.

William Scott.

Good evening.

I'm the property owner and I'm planning to build the ADU.

Um with the attached garage.

The variance is to allow the garage.

Um the variance is a um to allow the garage to be attached to the ADU.

The where can you go back to that slide there?

Shows the plot plan.

Right there.

So you can see there that the ADU in that area is is allowed and um the uh the documents say that this is a variance because it's going to be detached from the house but it's but it's it's detached from the main house but it's going to be attached to the ADU.

Um so if the garage wasn't there and you just had the ADU it would just look like a cube in the middle of the yard that's part of the problem but the other thing is it could be allowed if you rotated it up and put the garage on the line the um vertical or it's not a vertical line but it the dashed line you see going right through the garage that is a hundred and fifteen feet from the center of Fairview and so if the garage were behind that line then it would be allowed and so the only way I mean it there is a way to put that building there where it would be allowed without a variance but that would you would have to move that building up to the to the where the drop off is and the soil report shows that there's the bedrock is 20 feet down but if I if we slide it over there get the variance so you can put it over there then that south side is is bedrock so the house would be attached to bedrock on the south side instead of if I put it in bounds up there then you'd have to either come up with some sort of piling situation or remove the ground and compact it and bring it back so the reason that the front yard is fair view is because the address used to be on fair view.

I had the address changed to uh star ridge because our mail was getting stolen so plus it's way up sorry there's way over there um so that's what happened I still have um a lot of documents that show it's uh two five something something two five seven eight I don't know what it whatever it is it's the old fair view address so that's what the deal is there so I'd like to have uh ADU with the garage attached um to the bedrock really that's the main reason and then have it away from the uh the existing driveway thank you did we have any other public comment or any other questions about no additional public comment on this item did the members have any other questions for the owner well there you thank you so this is uh we'll close public comment this is an action item any more discussion from our group or any motions no discussion or no motions no notion item so so uh I'll I'll move uh that we uh endorse the variance is that is that the right wording I think here they said staff to approve the staff recommendation that we recommend it to the West County Board of Zoning adjustments for approval okay I'll make that motion member Farmer.

I approve.

Council member higgins.

Aye.

Vice Chair Rhodes.

Aye.

Chair England.

Aye.

Motion approved.

Cool.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming in tonight.

Okay, next item tonight is our calendar for next year.

And Ashley, I haven't done this portion.

Are we basically just approving it?

Or if anybody has a conflict they speak up now, or uh yes, so uh typically at your November meetings uh we propose the budget.

It has been approved by the clerk's office and by uh the library.

So what's in front of you is hopefully your schedule.

Um you still have the November meeting, will always be on a Thursday due to elections, and then uh August is canceled due to national night out.

So it actually for me.

On the November, it says 2025.

Oh, so I will correct.

I mean, we know what you mean.

Yeah, but I'll correct that so that it's uh correct for the record.

Anyone like to make a motion for approval with the amendment?

I'll make a motion to approve the meeting schedule for 2026.

Second, roll call, council member farmer approve, council member Higgins.

Aye, Vice Chair Rhodes.

Aye, Chair Englin.

All right, schedule for 2026 approved.

Thank you.

And we don't need public comment on that, do we?

Okay.

Uh chair's report.

I don't have much to report.

Um Officer Paps did mention the light parade is this Saturday on the boulevard.

Um they'll be closing the road around 1 p.m.

Festivities start at 3 p.m.

It's supposed to be a pretty good turnout.

Last year they had the main lobster truck, a lot of food, a lot of fun.

So there's a lot of pre-fun before the uh event starts right at dusk.

So probably gonna see 20,000 plus people there on the boulevard, a lot of people coming out this year.

Um then Ashley, we can always chat a little offline too, but just a thought here the amount of money we're spending on these paper printouts, maybe a cheap iPad for each member.

We could probably see the screen better.

Just throwing that out there, we can follow up on that one as well.

Just a thought noted.

Okay, okay.

Uh subcommittee reports.

We don't have any updates on the fireworks ordinance, other than we know that they're diligently still working on it.

It's been a few drafts going around.

We see progress moving forward and you know hopefully we'll see him present maybe early next year.

But we do stay in touch monthly, and I'm pleased with what I'm seeing there.

Anything to add in this roads?

Yeah, any other council announcements, comments, and reports.

Member Farmer.

Once again, I want to um commend the the good job of the speed bumps on D Street.

It's very drivable and not jarring.

I like it.

Member Higgins.

Yeah.

Well, I think I talked about uh I again and I endorse what what Beth said about the the speed bumps on uh D Street.

They actually engineered pretty nicely.

It's so so far it's working out pretty well.

Um I mean there's always exceptions, right?

But uh and from what I've heard from people, it's been pretty well received, so that's uh that's pretty cool.

Um then we'll maybe going forward a little bit once it's in for a while, uh circle back with public works and CHP to be kind of fun to um.

Do you know if they're gonna put stripes on it, or are they just gonna leave it blank with a little bit?

You know, I I I don't know.

I I I don't know that usually they do mark them a little better, right?

So and there's there's a lot of stuff going on.

Anyway, uh as long as the construction's going on, uh, we don't have too much speeding problems with during the construction networks.

Um that's all for me.

Thank you.

Member Rhodes.

I felt a bit remiss last month when I didn't have anything to say.

So I wrote myself a list.

Um I want to echo the D Street uh road bumps.

That is awesome.

Congrats to the community, hard work paid off.

Um I do um not to make it negative, but there was quite um a kerfuffle around the traffic uh kind of mitigation when they were out there.

Some of the folks in those communities got locked in.

I heard got lots of phone calls.

Um we couldn't get out, we couldn't get in.

Um, and I just noticed that there are some signs up um upper D for November 7th through the 12th.

So I'm bracing for what that might look like.

I just want to throw that out there.

Um I want to, in honor of um Councilmember Philbin, who is not here tonight, want to make sure I announce that the Veterans Day event is happening this Saturday um at the Lone Tree Cemetery, and it'll be uh Chris, you said one to two, but it says here two to three.

We're gonna double check that.

I have it on our calendar as one o'clock.

One o'clock.

Okay.

So one o'clock.

So um council member Philbin would really like for us to all show up to that.

Um, then I have um I have um, oh, I just wanted to note I had um a neighbor come to me with some pictures of um a guy who was caught on camera going around to the different um cars and jiggling there um, you know, to see if they were unlocked.

Um and fortunately he didn't find any in the neighborhood, but I just wanted to say that out loud as a reminder to our community that we should just lock our doors at night, unfortunately.

We just need to do that, so um, and you know, um stay you know diligent out there to pay attention.

Um, and then I I this is just kind of anecdotal, but I wanted to share that today.

I took my daughter on a field trip to the Adobe Art Center, where we were given an amazing presentation by Miss O'Day and Miss Doyne, who are old teachers and uh they used to be teachers and I think are still substitute teachers in Castro Valley, and they gave a presentation on the history of Castro Valley, uh complete with a slideshow and just gave us a lot of examples of what it looked used to look like, what Castor Valley used to be like.

It was um it just filled me with so much joy and pride to be a part of this community, and it made me feel like we should have something like this for Fairview.

Um and um one of I think it was Miss O uh no Miss Doyne had suggested that we reach out to the historical society because there is some information there.

I wanted to just kind of put it out there.

If there's anybody in the community that has been collecting information, um historical information about the community, um, let me know.

I'm interested in figuring out how we could also um honor the history of our community um as well.

Could I uh piggyback onto that?

So you might check with the the historical society because they actually had a uh an exhibit a number of years ago now.

Yeah, and just down at their the little museum down there, and that that would be kind of fun.

Um we'll talk about it offline, and in the uh staff announcements.

Uh yeah, just one in uh thank you to Councilmember Rhodes.

I had the Sally's Veterans Day on my list too, since she wasn't gonna be here.

Uh just another reminder uh the day after your December normal meeting, you will be having a special meeting with uh all Macs and the Sunole Citizens Advisory Council that is gonna be on December 3rd.

Uh you will get a notice and it will be publicly noticed.

It will be at the planning commissions room uh in Hayward on Winton.

So you guys should be getting that shortly.

And if you are not going to attend, please let me know.

So that way we can plan for seating since it will be the Fairview Mac, Eden Area Mack, Cash Valley Mac, and Sinnol Citizen Advisory Council.

So we just need to plan seating.

Can I ask a question about that?

Can you give some um information about the format of that, like how maybe MAC members and or community are are gonna be engaging with that presentation?

Yes, we are still working out those details.

Um, but Claudia and the team that presented to you guys uh at your last meeting, they've completed their round of all Macs and the CAC.

Uh they Supervisor Nate Miley and Alina Tam will be there because it will be an unincorporated services meeting.

Uh they've combined their November and December meeting to the December 3rd.

Um, we are still kind of figuring out what that uh presentation is going to look like.

There will be a staff report and presentation when it's noticed.

Um, but I imagine it will be um a report out on what the information that was collected from all the Macs and the two community meetings.

Um I'm sure there will be questions on input from each of the Macs.

Uh so that's why we want to make sure we have seating um and your guys' name tags there.

So again, if you're not gonna be there, let me know.

Um as that kind of more unfolds, I will I will let you guys know.

And we do have our agenda prep meeting, so I hope to have more um information by that next week.

What time?

Yeah, it'll be at six o'clock.

Is there child care provided?

There's not child care provided.

Can there be child care provided?

I don't know, but you they're welcome to come and so you don't know what you're doing.

And um, my last thing is uh I will not be at your next at your December meeting.

Um I'm always out for December, but Tona will be available.

Thank you.

And it is Thanksgiving already or November, month of Thanksgiving and many holidays.

Time seems to be speeding up.

So with that, want to say thanks to staff.

I know Ashley won't be here, but thank you for all you do.

Thanks to the board, thanks to the community that shows up, gives your input, helps us all work, and happy all days to all.

With that, we are adjourned