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Okay, it is 7.01 and I'm calling the meeting of the San Lando City Council to order.

It is Monday, December 1st.

And what we're going to do here is if you're able to stand, please join us in the Pledge

of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of which

you stand, one nation under God, indivisible, for creating justice for all.

Madam Clerk, would you please take roll?

Council Member Aguilar.

Present.

Council Member Azevedo.

Present.

Council Member Bolt.

Here.

Council Member Simon.

Present.

Council Member Viveros Walton.

Present.

Vice Mayor Bowen is absent.

And Mayor Gonzalez.

Present.

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If you have not had the opportunity to speak during the initial 30-minute period, there will be another chance to do so after item 12, city council reports.

so moving to item three of our agenda is there anything to report out of closed session

thank you mayor there were no reportable actions taken in closed session

uh there is an announcement that the the following announcement though will be made

in that there will be an agenda item on december 8th on vice mayor bowen's question or request for

discipline there is no majority direction to consider waiving privilege on the report

that concludes my report okay so for item number four recognitions and this is a really important

day in the city of san leandro once a year we gather to celebrate everybody so yay

it's so awesome to have so many people here for such a positive event

our first series of recognitions are with respect to corporate and community partners

for the free i use air quotes free downtown events that take place all so often

because as I explained last year, nothing is free except for the love offered by this council,

but the events cost money to put on, right? The sponsors play an integral role in what we do.

So there were more free community events this year than we have had in recent years in the past,

and we estimate that over 42,000 people came downtown to celebrate and attend various events,

And that's pretty awesome.

And whether it's the SL Pride, at Groverfest, Cherry Festival, it's a wonderful night.

We're talking about lots and lots of people.

That supports economic activity downtown.

It brings lots of smiles, and it builds that feeling of community.

So that to us is really important because one of our council priorities is the promotion of economic development in San Leandro.

one of the things that's to me most powerful is that when people come together for these events

they see the other person who doesn't look like them doesn't act like them but they come to

realize that we're all community that we live that diversity in shared experiences and we get to

truly celebrate the power of what san leandro is a diverse community that genuinely cares for

all members of our community. So we're extra, extra grateful for the sponsors that help facilitate

making that happen through their economic contributions. There's a lot of time that

goes into this, of course. We've got student volunteers. We've got adult volunteers.

The downtown ambassadors support these programs. And then we've got Morgan and her team that are

supporting these programs to make sure that they happen in collaboration with our other partners.

So thank you very much to the team at SLEA for helping to drive this.

You know, the sponsorships of these downtown events are a very, very visible way that companies in San Leandro and that serve San Leandro show their broad support for our community.

So there's some that donate product to these events, companies like Coca-Cola and others.

and others that really open up that checkbook.

And that helps us hire the bands.

That helps us bring the stages.

It's the very practical stuff that I don't care how many volunteers I have,

it takes thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars

to make these events happen.

So thank you very much.

Tonight we're going to recognize a series of businesses

that gave at least $5,000 in support of the many events that we have.

Well, we have quite a list, so I'm going to come down there and individually recognize some businesses.

Okay, so do we have Martha Gill here from Chase?

I don't think she's here.

Okay.

Do we have someone else?

No.

So what I'd like to do is I'd like to celebrate Chase.

They have really stepped up recently in terms of hosting events at their own site.

And it's not just doing the easy stuff, like having people come to your bank,

but opening up that checkbook and sharing some of their resources with the community at large.

So I do want to recognize Chase Bank, JPMorgan Chase.

I do know that Luana Espana is here from the Port of Oakland.

Where are you, Luana?

I saw you just a second ago.

There you are.

Come on down.

Recently, I saw Luana also sits on the East Bay Regional Parks Board.

I was out there enjoying one of those parks,

just kind of minding my own business on a weekend.

And there she was, miles away from civilization,

out there running, enjoying the parks.

So she not only talks about the importance of parks,

She actually goes out to check out what's going on in the parks.

So this is going to be for you.

And so I do want to thank, she is here representing the Port of Oakland.

The Port of Oakland is an integral partner to our community.

Obviously, not only do we receive significant economic benefit from the Port of Oakland,

being immediately adjacent to the Port of Oakland, but more importantly,

they have repeatedly served as a community partner in schools,

helping with science programming at events like the Cherry Festival and other events.

They have tabled at multiple occasions, so endless thanks to the Port of Oakland.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

So thank you, Mayor Juan Gonzalez, City Council members, and Morgan Rose for this special recognition.

The Port of Oakland is a proud sponsor and partner of the City of San Leandro and downtown San Leandro Community Benefit District.

We work directly with the Executive Director, Morgan Mack Rose, to support free community events that represent our amazing and diverse community.

We first met Morgan at SLED and have followed her since.

And from the San Leandro Cherry Festival to the San Leandro Pride, the port answers the call and supports free community events through our community investment program and volunteer sweat equity.

These community events not only support economic development by encouraging visitors to patronize our downtown merchants, but also build community through shared experiences.

We want to thank you again. We appreciate our partnerships with San Leandro and greatly value being part of this thriving and diverse community. Thank you.

So, if I can...

So, I would also like to recognize two other businesses that could not be here.

We've got Prologis, who supported the Cherry Festival.

You saw their name up on the banner.

They were a $5,000 donor.

And also Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, which has their plant here in San Leandro,

for a $5,000 donation and almost $2,000 free product

that we were able to, in turn, offer to folks in the community.

Our next recipient that's present is Kaiser Permanente.

I saw Lena. Is Joe here also?

Hi.

So come on up. We've got, do I call you MG?

MG.

Yeah, come on up, MG.

And Lena's coming up? No.

Yes, no. Yes, no.

Come on. All right.

MG, thank you for joining.

Let's see.

So we had Kaiser supporting SL Pride this year, and it's a wonderful night.

So together as a $10,000 sponsor to help make these events happen.

Sure.

Hello, everyone.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez, City Council, and Morgan for inviting us to this event today.

On behalf of Kaiser Permanente, I just want to say I'm really honored that we get to support such a vibrant community

and being part of San Diego leadership, this cohort.

I've gotten to see all the wonderful things

that the city is doing to continue making this

a wonderful place to live.

So thank you.

Thank you, Mary Grace.

Do you want to be in the picture, Lena?

Yes, Lena, come in with a picture.

Thank you.

Okay, so who do we have from waste management?

I saw Virginia, and I was introduced to Sean Das.

Das. I learned it wrong, so I had to try to figure out how to say it right.

Come on up, Waste Management.

Let me read a couple of words about the fine work that Waste Management does.

So we've got Sean Das and Virginia Harrington.

Thank you for supporting the Cherry Festival and SL Pride and It's a Wonderful Night.

Is there anything else?

They help us at community cleanups.

They have helped us in a number of volunteer activities.

Every time that I'm out there, I see you guys.

So thank you for not only making those financial contributions, $10,000,

but also for the sweat equity that was described by Luana,

really just offering your time.

So thank you.

Thank you.

just want to say um mayor gonzalez and morgan thank you so much for having us here tonight

and everyone on the council thank you we're thrilled to support this amazing community

this is also the community where i live and have raised my family so it's it's a joy to kind of

have my job coincide with the place that i live and love so thank you

and thank you for being on the board

on the board of the downtown benefit district offering your time thank you

Thank you.

Okay, Ava Community Energy, you are next.

Give it up for Ava Community Energy.

We've got James Cunningham here today.

Climate specialist.

Came properly branded.

For those that don't know, Ava is the default energy provider for everyone in the city of San Leandro.

So if you've got any complaints.

He's a good guy.

He's a good guy.

Okay, so you've supported us in multiple ways.

Thank you for that.

So we had support for the Cherry Festival,

SL Pride, Oktoberfest,

and I've also seen folks at other activities.

So just know that we are grateful as a city.

You are also one of our $10,000 donors.

Thank you.

That puts on a lot of programming.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez, and thank you to the council for the recognition.

We appreciate the appreciation and very happy to be here.

I'm a part of the outreach team at AVA Community Energy, so you might see us out at a table at a community event.

And we're always happy to be invited to more places to talk to people about electricity and renewable energy in Alameda County.

So thank you very much.

ACI.

We've got Bernie here.

There, all right.

Hello, hello.

You helped us in so many different ways.

It says Cherry Festival, Oktoberfest,

and it's a wonderful night.

So thank you so much for what you do.

Obviously, one of the things that we take pride in with respect to our waste haulers is that we like our city being clean.

And our waste haulers do a lot to make sure that our city is clean.

They do their part.

Each of you has your own part to do.

Support their efforts.

Make sure that the recycling goes in the right bin, right?

But I don't want to steal your thunder.

Thank you.

Oh, $10,000 donor.

Did I hear $10,000 out there?

Celebrate $10,000.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

council. Morgan, it's been a pleasure working with all of you, and it's been a pleasure serving

the community, and we look forward to many years of continued service. Thank you.

I know, right?

Okay, if we can bring up Robert Herron.

Robert Herron, there you are from the Optimist Club of San Leandro.

Quick handshake here.

This is our top donor.

$25,000 of support for the city of San Leandro.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

You know, it's easy to talk about values, but when you actually put some zeros behind those values, it really makes a difference for helping the community build those connections.

So thank you for all that you have done to bring our community together, to celebrate, and know that you are foundational to that effort.

We really appreciate that.

And it is our pleasure to be able to do that for the community.

we operate a non-profit business here in the community and we funnel as much of that as

possible back into it and for that it is it's heartwarming to receive this and our club truly

appreciates it thank you mayor

thank you morgan thank you council members appreciate it

Okay, so we've talked a lot about community partnerships and resilience, and obviously

the two things go hand in hand.

You are a much stronger community, much stronger community when people feel connected to one

another.

And so that's why these events are so powerful.

I saw a comment today.

We get e-comments, and someone wrote an e-comment that said, stop all the parties.

stop all the celebrations stop all the fun stuff you have budgetary problems stop all the fun

and I think that it's just the opposite that when things are really hard that's when you need to

bring people together to find commonality at a time that it's so easy to divide so extra special

thanks to all of the sponsors who made this possible I'm also excited to announce that we're

going to have even more programming this year.

So the second Friday celebrations, for those of you

that aren't tuned into this, every second Friday,

for 10 out of 12 months, and I think it might be going to 11

now, to 11 months, we're going to have events.

Think about that.

A monthly event.

And in some months, we have two, I think.

So it's just there is some really good stuff happening.

So again, an extra special thanks to our sponsors who make this happen.

And this year, we're teaming up the city of San Leandro, the library team, the public works team.

It's going to be full-scale collaboration with the San Leandro Improvement Downtown Business District,

Community Benefit District, to help make this happen in closer collaboration with our sponsors.

So thank you to everyone that's involved.

And thank you for some of these commitments that I heard tonight, for the ongoing support.

right that one time support is okay but it's really when it becomes a decade two decades

three decades in some cases even longer of continued support of the community if you'd

like to support if you want to open up that checkbook pull out that credit card share your

bitcoin whatever the case may be uh morgan mac rose is here in the front row and she would love

to hear from you. So wave your hand, Morgan. I want everyone to know who Morgan is. So thank you very

much. Very good at taking money. I love that. That's a great way. Okay, so let's move on to the next item

on our agenda. This is the community, the City Council District Awards, where each council member

has the opportunity to celebrate one individual who has made impact in a district. So we will

begin with council member riveras walton district one thank you very much and thank you all for

coming out tonight um today we're celebrating service so we're celebrating commissioners who

served organizations and people who've served for many for many many years so today it is

my honor to celebrate um lynn drogo from teen advocacy going strong lynn can you please come up

You can bring all your crew.

You can bring the crew.

So today I am honored to honor all of you at TAGS.

it's a nonprofit that does something quite powerful. It creates a safe and supportive

space where young people can learn who they are and discover what they can do.

For young people from ages 13 to 24, Tags is much more than a thrift store. It's a place to

develop confidence, practice responsibility, and gain real life experience in how a small business

operates, from customer service to merchandising to budgeting and creative problem solving.

We know that young people thrive when they have room to explore. They need the space that welcomes

mistakes, encourage curiosity, and allows them to step into leadership in ways that feel authentic

and empowering. TAGS also provides that space. It is a chance for folks working there or

or volunteering to try on new roles, both literally and figuratively, and to see themselves

as capable, resourceful, and valuable contributors to our community. This kind of environment doesn't

just build skills, it builds identity and hope. And in a time when many young people feel pressured,

uncertainty and or isolation places like TAGS become even more essential. They remind us

that investing in youth is not only the right thing to do it strengthens our whole

our whole community. So today we honor TAGS in district one for nurturing potential and for

and for believing in young people and for creating a space where the next where the next generation

can learn experiment and gain confidence to build their futures so thank you to the staff

to the volunteers and to the teens who make tags such a vibrant meaningful place your work

is shaping lives and strengthening the community of not just san leandro but of all the places that

we are in. Lynn, to the founder and to the members of the board, congratulations on making

such an amazing space for young people. Felicidades.

Thank you. Oh my goodness. Well, Spadey said it all. I feel like I don't see anything. But

We've been doing this work for over four years, and our commitment to empowering teens through creative expression has been unwavering.

The need continues to grow, and we just continue this work.

We serve and engage hundreds of youth through our nonprofit, our thrift store, art studio, and community events, like the holiday night market we just did this past weekend at Zocalo, is a real opportunity for these young folks to learn hands-on business skills, creative skills, and opportunities to engage with the community.

And that's really important.

And this brings confidence in their abilities to shape their own futures.

And that's really important, especially today when so many young people are feeling disconnected and isolated.

So we invite you all to come down, visit TAGS at 1711 East 14th Street.

We have really built a, I want to say, artistic, welcoming space in a low-income neighborhood.

And we would love for you to, if you want to be involved, to come down.

And we have lots of opportunities for everyone.

Yeah, and just a note, tomorrow is Giving Tuesday.

So if you are wanting to support a local nonprofit, support TAGS.

Thank you so much.

Want to take a quick photo?

thank you all felicity that is you're wonderful councilmember as a veto

hello everyone it's an honor to present Dan Dillman with the leadership award for district

two come and join us

he is the president and artistic director of the sale andrew curtain call performance arts the

premier performing arts organization behind the success of sale andrew's historic ball theater

which is located in south sale andrew district two with over 30 years of experience as an art

cultural entertainment innovator educator and mentor dan has dedicated his career to enriching

the community through accessible world-class art and cultural programming dan's passion for the arts

began early and led him to writing and producing music with superstar recording artist ralph

tresvit of new edition duane wiggins of tony tony tony he founded his own production company exalt

media where he continued developing original content and even had the opportunity to collaborate

with industry legends including the ionic dick clark through his career dan has continued to

champion creativity believing deeply that art cultural and entertainment bringing people

together as dan shares we all come from different paths but when we meet in the moment watching the

art cultural and entertainment unfold on the stage we share a collective experience as one

community. Beyond his local impact, Dan is also a third-generation treasure hunter, mystic and

ancient mysteries theorist, known internationally as the star on History Channel's Lost Gold of the

Aztecs and on Ancient Aliens. He even has some events there, Ancient Aliens. I've been to a couple.

Beyond Oak Island, and the proof is out there. At his core, Dan is committed to building community

by uniting people through art, culture, entertainment, and mystery. Thank you, Dan,

for all you do for our community.

Would you like to say a couple words?

Sure, sure.

I want to first and foremost thank Brian

for recognizing the hard work

that we do at the Historic Bow Theater.

You know, you heard downtown

is doing so many marvelous things.

South San Leandro can use

just a little bit of that equity.

So just planting that seed with all of you

that we're holding it down for the South Side

and we would love to have your support

We're a nonprofit. We have people coming from out of the state to shows. We mentor kids through San

Lorenzo Unified School Districts and also through San Leandro, do internship programs, teach them

live sound, audio production, even video production. So anyway, quick planting of a seed

that we are here. We thank Brian for seeing us. 20 years we've been doing it there. The Historic

Bell Theater has been there since 1945-46 and it really is a place that I want I hope especially

you that are here that you see that space and place beyond Dan Dillman and Gina Dillman and

and our team but that place is transcends us and it needs you to survive when I'm not there

to do it anymore but bottom line is is we appreciate the love and support of our volunteers

because it's not a money-making business, right?

That's why we're a nonprofit as well.

But the volunteers enable us

to keep bringing world-class entertainment to town.

We hope that if you haven't been to us ever

or in a long time that you tell a friend,

you don't have to even come,

but tell a friend, tell a family member

that something cool and exciting and safe

is happening in San Leandro

at the Historic Bough Theater.

And so we love and appreciate every one of you, the council as well.

I want to make sure that I tell this entire council, thank you for what you all do, Mayor, everyone.

I want to call you all out and just say, I know you all love this town.

I know all of you do.

And I hope and pray that the south side and the north side can come together just a little bit more and work together more for the betterment of our community.

And I want to thank my wonderful wife, who doesn't talk much, but she is my boss.

So, and again, Brian, thank you so much for recognizing how much we care.

So I'm probably talking too much.

And I also am good at receiving your money for the Historic Bow Theater.

We got lots of things that can use some help.

Thank you, Brian.

Thank you.

she shot

next up we have council member aguilar

Well, thank you, Brian.

And, you know, like Dan Dillman had said,

please support the Bell Theatre.

I think the last show I saw was Chirrell

and a couple of other independent films

that were screened there.

It's a great, great location.

So today I'm here to honor Rob Roby.

Are you, Rob?

Good to see you.

Thank you.

So today we're honoring our district the awardee Rob.

Rob's service to San Leandro Human Services Commission has been nothing short of exceptional.

So his deep commitment to uplifting our residents, especially to the work of our incredible nonprofits,

partners reflect the heart of what community is all about.

Whether he's championing services for our seniors or bringing joy to the Cherry Festival

parade, Rob shows up with genuine care and passion for San Leandro.

his public service, Rob brings a wealth of experience from his work in senior care and

adult living facilities, making him an invaluable advocate for some of our most vulnerable neighbors.

And on the personal side, his 20-year partnership with Alex, a proud San Leandro native, along

with their crew of pets, board games, and movie nights reminds us of the love and humanity

behind his leadership. Rob has two dogs and two cats, and he loves to watch the movie

Lilo and Stitch. We're proud to celebrate Rob, a Louisville, Kentucky transplant who has become

an essential part of the San Leandro fabric. And thank you so much for all you do for District 3

and the entire community, Rob. You're welcome. And I'll let Rob have the mic and say a few words.

So I want to thank you. San Leandro reminds me kind of home. I grew up in a little small town and

everybody here has always been welcoming warming um i have never had a bad experience honestly with

either working with city employees or working with the community and so i appreciate everyone

and i'm here to serve i'm here to serve the residents uh to make everything better for

everyone so thank you very much thank you very much we'll go ahead and take a picture

Thank you, Rob. I'll call up District 4 Councilmember Fred Simon.

No, there we go.

Would you like me to leave this mic on?

Okay. Today is my honor. I would like to recognize Melissa Wong for our Leadership Award for District 4.

I've known Melissa for about five years before I was on council.

And Melissa was part of a group that pulled together in the manor called the Manor Task Force.

This was a group of neighbors that pulled together to address issues that weren't being taken care of.

They really took the initiative.

And Melissa was key to that group.

She helped really spearhead a lot of the projects that we were concerned about.

Melissa then, in the Manor Task Force, joined up with their Manor HOA to increase the support of the community, bringing a lot of energy and a lot of new ideas.

Melissa is very active and very vocal in the Manor Homeowners Association.

She brings much energy and much knowledge, particularly on the financial side of things,

bringing in new ideas to bring in both money and resources to help the city.

Melissa served in the city's community advisory budget task force

and has been a big push for a program called a participatory budget program here in our city,

which she keeps pushing for and I will keep pushing for as well.

Melissa also has a sharp eye not just to help the manor but the entire city.

For example, when grant funding comes up, she may see it on the news or be reading about it and will bring it to my attention to help our city.

I would like to recognize Melissa for her energy, her fiscal eagle eye, and her caring and hard work to make the manor and the entire city a better place.

Would I be able to speak now?

Okay.

Thank you, Council Member Simon.

I'm really very sorry that I'm unable to join you, the mayor, the rest of council, and be there in person.

First, I want to recognize all the awardees.

A special shout out to the Optimist Club.

They are also more than a friend to the Washington Manor Homeowners Association.

People say it takes a village and it clearly shows at a recognition event like this.

I am honored to represent the Washington Homeowners Association and also the Washington Manor Resilient Hub.

There are many folks behind the scenes, so I'm just one of many faces in the Washington Manor.

I invite everyone to attend our monthly meetings.

It's the third Wednesday of every month.

We have great speakers, including the mayor, council member, the city manager, police chief, many department directors and their fabulous staff.

This all started with me being appointed to the Budget Advisory Task Force.

There are many folks out there like me five years ago.

Someone who has a little extra time joined a team of folks which share interest in city operations and contributed to a little more budget transparency.

I just wish that I could be there in person, especially since I'm missing a nice photo op.

But thanks again, Councilmember Simon.

Okay, good evening, everybody.

my name is Dylan Bolt

I'm District 6 council member

and tonight District 6 is honoring Menica

we are known on the west side of town

to swing above our weight class

and that's something that Menica does

time and time again

if any of you heard or came out

to participate in the No Kings rally

this is who we can thank for that

and

and and when i speak to swinging above our weight class i as some of you know i'm a union rep

work with union members across the bay area and i was menica doesn't know this he was supposed to

be here tonight his name's uh bobby mcmillan he retired uh last year as we know we're going

through a lot nationally, locally, people feel unheard. People feel like they're in their own

silos. And we had the No Kings, I think three times in San Leandro before you went to Hayward.

And that's where Bobby lives. And he was so happy that something was going on in Hayward.

And when I told him, well, yeah, that's San Leandro swinging above his weight class and

given everybody the opportunity to feel together. And all the conversations we had, it was never

about her. It was never, honestly, it was never about anti-anything, including anti the president.

It was about getting community together to speak and to feel heard. And to me, that's huge. So a

little, you know, you got to do the formalities with the bio. Menica holds a doctorate degree

and is a public policy research professional. She believes strongly in importance of community

service, civic engagement, and ethical and responsible government. She moved to San

Leandro in 2016, and she lives by the marina, and we're very, very lucky to have Menica in our

community down by the marina. So thank you for all your work and what you've done this year, but

it's your time to speak.

Well, I left my bullhorn at home, so I guess this microphone will have to do. Thank you so much.

All right, I have some remarks. Earlier this year, on President's Day, a small group of about 10

people stood outside this very building, holding handmade signs with phrases like,

hunk for democracy and we the people. We responded to a flyer to show up at city halls across the

country and say no kings on President's Day. What brought us out was simply a willingness to try.

I couldn't have predicted that just a few months later on June 14th the same street would be filled

with 2300 energized demonstrators. That so many would keep coming back to Root Park month after

month to stand up and speak up. That the energy from Root Park would feed new and necessary

advocacy and service initiatives. Thank you to Councilmember Bolt and also to Mayor Gonzalez

who have been recognizing our local pro-democracy movement and supporting it and also to the

council members who have attended and stood in solidarity with their constituents as well as

the city staff and many other people in this room. While demonstrations and elections are the big

events that make headlines, it's in the in-betweens that we deepen our individual and collective

power. If you're wondering if you can make a difference, know this, you can. Join an existing

group or start a new one with your friends and neighbors, no experience needed, just willingness.

I'm forever grateful to the San Leandro United for Democracy crew, the Estudio Estates Resilience, Team Relentless, the San Leandro League of Voters, and Eden Indivisible.

These groups are made up of amazing people building community and friendships around a sense of shared purpose and responsibility.

Yes, democracy is messy, and participation takes courage and some faith.

For me, it all started with a willingness to try.

With that in mind, please join me in celebrating every person, including all of you in this room, who has participated already, and all those who may feel called to after hearing this speech.

Thank you.

Okay, so it is with, I have the privilege of presenting the District 5 Award on behalf of Vice Mayor Bowen.

Eve King, where are you? There you are. Come on up.

So I've got a lot to say about Eve.

Vice Mayor made sure I had it all laid out, all the details.

So obviously it's my great pleasure to do this.

So Vice Mayor writes, it's my great pleasure to share why Eve King, a dedicated neighbor,

parent and change maker in our community is this year's recipient of the district five leadership

award as a fellow mother of three eve deeply understands what it takes to build a nurturing

inclusive neighborhood for our families in 2023 eve founded juniper corner a non-profit born out

of her vision for affordable welcoming space where toddlers and their families can learn play and

connect. And what she started as a mobile pop-up play events in our parks, schools, libraries,

and festivals, not just in San Leandro, but in neighboring cities like Oakland, Hayward,

and Castor Valley, has engaged hundreds of families through creative, collaborative,

and joyful play. But Eve didn't stop there. With her leadership and broad community support,

She's turning that energy into a permanent home, a 6,000-plus square foot space at 1900 East 14th Avenue, East 14th Street, here in San Leandro, California, blending the wonder of a children's museum with the comfort of indoor playground.

The plan is to open in February of 2026.

All right, looking forward to that.

This is a dream, long time coming.

offering daily drop-in play, birthday parties, recurring activities, parenting support,

all on a sliding scale basis to ensure access for all families, regardless of means.

Now, beyond Juniper Corner, as if that wasn't enough,

beyond Juniper Corner, Eve is deeply invested in our schools and youth.

She coaches basketball at Roosevelt Elementary,

supports the Jaguar Speed Track Team and helps out at her children's school during lunch and recess.

Her hands-on activity, her hands-on engagement, models the kind of community leadership that we all value.

What resonates most with Vice Mayor, and I know with each of us here tonight,

is Eve's unwavering belief that every child deserves a safe, inspiring, and inclusive place

to play. And that strengthening families means strengthening our city. In her work,

she lives out values of equity, connection, and opportunity. So please join me,

Vice Mayor Bolin, and myself, and the rest of the council in the entire state of San Leandro,

and congratulating Eve.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez,

and thanks, Vice Mayor Bowen,

in absence, and everyone here

in the whole council.

SUA, Vice Mayor Bowen,

has been a big advocate

and ally for this project

when it was just a concept

throughout this whole process,

And so I really appreciate her and appreciate her for nominating me for this award.

I fundamentally believe that we are all responsible for creating the community that we want to live in.

And through this work, I hope that I am doing something that will help other parents and families have a little easier time of it.

as Suha said in her talk

we've done these mobile events

in schools and parks and the library

in all different places

and we're really excited to transform

that momentum into a permanent

indoor play space so after you're done

donating to TAGS and Bout Theatre

we also would like some money

and also Slea

and also Slea

I

truly appreciate living in a community

with the diversity of resources

and the diversity of families like San Leandro.

And I still think that it's very hard

to be a parent of a baby and a parent of a little kid.

And so I hope that through this work,

you know, I'm able to create something

that adds to and expands the network

of the proverbial village that helps us all,

you know, help parent and care for children.

So thank you very much.

and I'm honored to, I think, hopefully continue to take on leadership as we open our permanent space.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, so our next award is for Janine Hanelt.

Come on up, Janine.

So I think one of the most wonderful things

that you can hear from an award recipient is, why me?

Because what that shows is extreme humility,

not realizing that you're making an impact

in so many different lives.

but making impact.

And so that's why you're here,

because you've touched many lives.

Her journey began with tragedy,

the passing of her son as a nine-year-old boy,

loss of life to cancer at such a young age.

That then turned into a commitment to serve others.

to help turn hope out of grief,

to bring unity in a place where there was a lot of pain.

She ran, organized, led for over 20 years

a Relay for Life team known as Walk a Mile for Kyle.

And in that 20 years, easily raised over $100,000 for cancer research.

Your compassion moves people.

Your energy inspires people.

all that's come together to make a huge difference

in the lives of people in the East Bay

and in San Leandro very specifically

so we as a city are grateful for that type of

inspiration

because you remind us why we participate in events like Relay for Life

because we gather to celebrate

survivors and caregivers

we gather to honor and remember loved ones

and we gather to fight back against cancer.

You have been that role model, that inspiration

for all that you have done,

impacting people not only in San Leandro

but throughout the East Bay.

I, as mayor of San Leandro, recognize you.

Thanks.

Thank you very much.

I really appreciate this.

this was a team effort and this was our way to do something to raise money hopefully to find a

cure for cancer because it's just a terrible disease and everybody has somebody a friend

a family member somebody touched by cancer so this was our way of doing something so thank you

I'm very humbled. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So now we move to the next item on our agenda. Do we cover them all?

Okay, so at this point in time, we have the Mayor's Awards for Excellence.

And we have different categories.

There's small organizations, medium-sized organizations, large organizations.

And then we do have an overall award.

So I'm going to begin with our small organization category.

And for this category, we have got Palin's Martial Arts.

Grandmaster Palin and Philema Palin, come on up.

Center stage.

For those of you that don't know, and I can't imagine anybody in this room doesn't know,

they have a martial arts studio here in San Leano.

are two martial arts studios, two locations here in San Leandro.

Family-owned business.

Actually going back a generation, right?

So this is the real kind of, it just keeps going through family bloodline.

So thank you for all that you're doing.

Focused on both the physical training, but also the values-based training.

To help develop the full person, offering the life skills such as confidence,

discipline and respect. The curriculum includes specific programs for various ages from ages three

to adults. I can still go. Okay. What do you guys think? So we've got after school activities,

day camps, birthday parties, and really what's most important I think is that your structure

emphasizes community,

emphasizes family-like structure.

I've seen you at so many different events

and seen so many students come up

and treat you like family.

So I think building that community

is incredibly powerful,

and it makes sure that we as a community

are striving to live better together.

For all that you've done,

we recognize your excellence.

Mayor Gonzalez, City Council, and SLEA, thank you so much for this recognition.

We at Palance Martial Arts really have two main goals that we've always focused on.

We are fortunate to share a joint passion, a passion that started many, many years ago.

And our number one goal, we have two.

our first goal was to create a viable business model out of our passion, what others see as a

hobby. So it was really important for us to create this business that can be sustainable for the

years and the generations to come. I often joke that if you walk into our dojo, if they somewhat

resemble my husband they're probably related and that's because so many of our employees are family

members and we truly value that we find the most enjoyment out of being able to go to work and see

our family members and be able to provide a sustainable career for them as well so that has

always been one of our goals our second goal and this has to do with really our heart and our

passion was to create a curriculum and a development, a curriculum and a program that is based on our

core values, two of them. One is service and another is authenticity. For service, we really

wanted to focus on providing an engaging environment where our family members and our students can

really feel comfortable giving back to the community and understanding what that means.

That's why you will always see us at every community event that San Leandro has to offer.

We will be there, we will perform, we will support, we will help, we will do the work.

And that's the value that we would like to instill in our youngest to the oldest member of our community.

Of course, with the focus on martial arts training, empowering families and students through self-defense,

but most importantly in developing all of the selves, the self-confidence, self-discipline,

self-respect, self-control. For us, being able to develop a student as a whole really is helping

families develop good humans more than anything. And so that as well as being able to live and work

in the community that we've raised our family in is such an honor. And to share this evening

with all of these amazing community leaders is truly an honor. And thank you all so much.

Thank you.

got our medium-sized organization.

I believe we've got

Dong Shih.

I think I said that

wrong.

Dong Shih. Thank you for

joining. From Asian Health Services.

Let me give you this.

They're going to want to take pictures

and all that kind of stuff.

So we've got, Asian Health

services has been growing its presence in San Leandro and it's nice to see not

just the most recent addition almost directly across the street from City

Hall here where there's a new dental mental health and mental health clinic

but we're also seeing expansion down at Bayfair with a construction of a pace

center that we're excited to just keep hearing more about and hoping for late

2026 late 2026 one of the things that's very powerful about the work of Asian

Health Services is that they focus on our most vulnerable residents our lowest

income residents oftentimes are immigrants who are unable to communicate

effectively in English and by having multilingual professionals are able to

ensure that folks receive the health care that they deserve. So we're very grateful for the work

that you're doing, not only in pediatrics downtown, in the dental work here, the health services,

the mental health services, but the new PACE Center that will help address some of the needs

of our seniors. Founded in 1974, they just had their 51st anniversary this year, right?

50th last year I went to that gala

it was an amazing celebration

it was amazing to see that the

founder was still around

just very very powerful stuff

and it's

so much more than just

offering what I call science

you guys really are about offering

care and meeting the needs of people

where they are

and helping them be healthy as an

entire person so thank

you for everything that you do in our community

and throughout the East Bay.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Asian Health Services is a community health center.

So we want to be where our patients are,

and we want to address and improve the health of our patients,

but health of the community that they live,

because that's our goal as a community health center.

And actually, this is the first time I'm actually at this August chamber,

And the first thing I saw was that a city where kindness matters.

And I really appreciate Mayor Gonzalez, Vice Mayor Bowen, the city council members, the city officials, as well as all the residents.

Because you are actually living that model.

And it's great to be in the city of San Leandro.

As Mayor mentioned, we're growing.

We're betting on San Leandro.

So we started really small.

We started with a four exam room pediatric clinic in Callen.

That was in 2019.

It's been a while.

And then I think it's been, it's almost a year since we opened our dental and mental health services across the street.

And hopefully in a year, we will have a critical service for our elderly patients to provide them with a care so that they don't have to go to nursing homes.

So we're looking forward to being in this great city where really you have demonstrated that kindness does matter and it really is welcoming place.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next honoree, Large Business Award, is for Energy Recovery.

And from Energy Recovery, we've got Rodney Clement.

There you are, Rodney.

Come on up.

So I had the opportunity to visit Energy Recovery recently.

Amazing place.

Just an amazing place.

if you think about some of the technology that's being developed here in San Leandro.

And it's not just that intellectual stuff.

They actually make the machinery here in San Leandro.

So it is that full cycle.

Very interesting, the work that you do.

Because around the world, there's one thing that we all need, right?

We all need water.

Water.

And there are places in the world that just don't have access to clean, fresh water.

their work in the realm of desalination is second to none.

By using innovative technology that allows them to extract energy

from the desalination process and re-inject that energy,

they're able to decrease the cost of desalination.

And as a result, places that didn't have clean water now have clean water.

They use the same technique in refrigeration, CO2 refrigeration in particular.

Use the same technique now in a wastewater treatment.

And so by taking a very clever, patented idea and doubling down and tripling down

and figuring out what those core uses are to make the world a better place,

they are doing that from San Leandro, California.

So we recognize them for all your amazing work.

Well said.

Thank you, Mayor.

If this mayor thing doesn't work out, you have a job at Energy Recovery.

That was a great sales pitch.

And thank you all council members and the great city of San Landro.

It's crazy that I'm accepting this award because we just turned 25 years old in San Landro.

And I remember moving the company here with five employees.

So to be the large, what is this, the large business recipient this year is kind of a dream come true for us as a small business and starting as a small business.

So we've done quite well.

We went through an IPO in 2008 here in San Leandro.

We've been here ever since.

Like I said, we moved here in 2000.

We've scaled our technology here.

We've manufactured it here, and we've deployed it all around the world.

So I'm rarely here.

I'm usually globetrotting and trying to sell more pressure exchangers and our technology globally

to really make desalination affordable, make it a viable solution for places and people that need water the most.

And that makes us extremely proud.

We've peaked at around $2 billion in market cap a couple of years ago, and we're doing quite well.

We've grown from the five employees burning $5 million in cash to making about $150 million in cash at very high margin,

having very strong economic growth and benefit to the city of San Leandro.

and that's really important to our investors.

But our investors aren't here.

Our employees are here.

And what's important to our employees

is that we give back to San Leandro.

So we have a very robust sustainability and ESG program

and S stands for social.

And what social means to us

is being a part of our community,

being active member, part of our community.

We've done vaccinations in times of need.

We've done COVID testing in times of need.

We clean up the park

just because we're always there.

So we do things like this in the community.

So whatever else, I'm hearing so much stuff

that I can bring back,

that we can bring back to the office

to see how we can engage more into the community

because there's a need there.

You know, there's a desire at our company

to engage more and more with the city

that we know and love.

And on a personal note,

when I did move here 25 years ago,

I was newly married.

We had one on the way.

My home was the San Leandro Marine Inn

for nine months.

my backyard was the

Marina Inn Park and

my kitchen was Horatio's

and I've since

moved back to Virginia where we moved the company

from but I come here at least

15 to 20 times a year

and you guys know where to find me. I'm at either the

San Angel Marina Inn or Horatio's

so thank you guys

hope to see you guys there.

Thanks.

Okay, we've got one last award.

is the Innovation and Entrepreneur Award.

I think we've got Cicely Lee.

Where are you, Cicely?

I saw you earlier.

There you are.

Come on up.

She's representing Core Shell Technologies.

I cannot say enough about Core Shell Technologies.

just absolutely amazing things that are happening here in San Leandro.

They have won awards after award after award,

most recently winning a global competition

for their technology around improved battery design,

which is making them much more viable for vehicles

and vehicle transportation in particular.

I am just so proud that wherever I go, people talk about CoreShell, and I can say, they're in San Leandro.

So I first met you two years ago, was it, perhaps, and have just in that time watched the company grow and prosper and currently looking for even further expansion.

So there are many opportunities for an ever more prosperous and bright future, and we are ever so grateful and proud of all that you are doing to revolutionize energy storage technology here in San Leandro.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez, and thank you to City Council for this recognition.

I'm very honored to represent Corshell this evening.

Like Mayor Gonzalez said, we are an advanced battery technology company.

and what we're doing is we're building the next generation of lithium ion batteries and the first

market we're tapping into is electric vehicles so fingers crossed by 2026 2027 our batteries will be

in some of the largest automakers vehicles and i'll be buying a new car

so we're very grateful for our partnership with san leandro we actually have a pilot line

here where we're manufacturing the batteries at scale

and we're hoping to get that ramped up very, very soon

so that we can have more batteries coming off our line.

And we're forever grateful for our partnership

with City of San Leandro

and also the San Leandro Economic Development Team as well.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

So the next item on our agenda is service awards.

For those that have served the city of San Leandro in any of a variety of capacities,

be they as volunteers on commissions, maybe as council members and the like,

They've contributed their time for the benefit of the city.

Our first one is Councilmember Spade Viveros Walton

for five years of service

with the Library Historical Commission

and serving as a council member.

Just a shout-out to the libraries.

That's where I got my start.

So then we've also got, with five years of dedication, Brody Scotland.

Come on up.

I said I can read this.

So the Arts Commission, first initially the Arts Commission,

the Arts, Culture, and Library Commission post-combination.

Thank you very much.

No words to be said here, but we will take a picture.

I'm glad I don't have to give a speech. Thank you.

Our next recipient is Councilmember Victor Aguilar.

for a combined 10 years of service to our community

as a member of the Human Services Commission

and as a city council member.

I think, you know, oftentimes I lose myself

in public service getting my start in Los Angeles

working for former city council member Richard Latore

who has passed earlier this year.

So my condolences to him and his family,

but he was the one who inspired me to give myself to public service.

So here I am in San Leandro donating that time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Jen Wachison, come on up. 15 years of service.

Thank you.

I want to thank, I'm the chair for the San Leandro Senior Commission, the city, and I'm a proud member of that for the last 15 years.

We do a lot of work here in the city, and I encourage you to please come to one of our meetings.

We meet from 10 to 12 the third Thursday of each month.

however we do take a hiatus in december so our next meeting won't be till january but we'd love

to have you there we are currently deep in work with the age-friendly initiative and we welcome

all of your comments and any improvements you would like to see in the city that have to do

with not just the seniors but with every day life for everyone here in the city

I would like one of my commissioners who is here,

which is Commissioner Pena, to come and join me for a photo.

And also our beloved secretary,

the manager for human resources, Pedro Naranjo.

So please come up and join us.

Is there anyone else here that I missed that's with us?

No, just us.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for your 15 years of service.

Tom Silva.

I do not believe that Tom Silva was able to make it today, correct?

Yeah, so I don't see Tom.

But I do want to recognize just Tom for his many years of service.

I'm going to leave this here for a second.

So many people know Tom as a property owner in the city of San Leandro.

For 20 years, he has served as a member of the city's rent review board

and really doing a pretty good job of squeezing on other landlords to say,

hey, let's keep things in check.

So grateful for his many years of service to the city of San Leandro.

20, to be precise.

So at this point in time, what we're going to do is take a very brief recess, maybe five

minutes, come back at 824.

this will let the room clear if anybody wants to take some pictures etc etc

you've got five minutes council members we'll see you soon we stand in recess

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, it is 825 and we are back in session.

At this point in time, we move to the consent calendar.

Is there any item from the consent calendar that a council member would like to pull?

I'm going to Council Member Votis Walton.

I'd like to move the consent calendar, please.

Okay.

Do I have a second on that, Council Member Simon?

Yeah, I'll second, but I wanted to make a comment.

Okay, so we've got a motion and a second to move the consent calendar.

What we will do is take public comment, then we'll come back for your comment, and then we will take a vote.

So, do we have any public comment on the consent calendar?

Mayor, we have not received any speaker cards for the room.

there are presently two hands raised on Zoom.

Okay, so we will close public comment in person

and open a public comment online.

Douglas Spaulding, you are the first speaker.

Thank you so much.

I'd like to wish everyone a merry month of December.

With regards to the consent calendar,

I noted there's some really good news here.

of nearly $100,000 in grants for the library.

That's item 5C through E.

I had a question about item 5A,

the contract with Dillard Environmental

for quote-unquote debris cleaning.

I assume this is not normal street cleaning,

but I looked and I couldn't really tell what it was about.

So I'm curious about that.

And then I had two other suggestion questions.

Item 5F in terms of the link shuttle,

which is really a fabulous service. But I noticed there's a, I think there was a note in there about

like, what can we do to increase revenues? And I note it's a free service. So I'm wondering if

the city has ever studied the possibility of introducing a minimal fare for passengers. I

know that the businesses and the improvement district are paying for that service, but

with 90,000 riders per year, you charge a dollar a ride, you know, that's 90,000 or maybe you

charge more i don't know and then also in terms of increasing money for the cherry festival item 5g

a great event for all involved i don't know how much it costs to be a vendor but i wonder if that's

a possibility if we can you know i don't think that covers all the money for all the bands and

all the great features of the festival but you know if there's a we can squeeze a little bit more

money out and it's not unfair to the vendors, that might also be a possibility.

So just a few thoughts for you all.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next speaker is Alvaro Ramos.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can hear you.

Okay.

So I wanted to comment on item 5F.

I do not personally use the Lynx program, but I wanted to comment on trends in consumer spending habits that very well could be changing.

So from the report, it does state that Lynx serves major employers, including Amazon and Walmart.

Currently, there are multiple ongoing boycotts of Target, Walmart, Amazon and Home Depot.

We need to trust bust these monopolies and prioritize local business.

Furthermore, the tariffs from the trade war are increasing the prices of their business models.

I'm boycotting them, too, because of their loyalty to the presidential administration and immigration customs enforcement.

Hitting the bottom lines of these companies is one method to hold them accountable.

these companies need to experience the pain the rest of us are suffering from inflation

the cuts to health care and the cuts to food stamps that they supported their greed made this

the worst holiday we have ever had and i think that the future of the links program should be

local business these monopolies have no place in the city and at some point we have to stop

subsidizing their business models and so i really want to emphasize that planning must go into how

these new consumer habits will affect the future of the links program and comment

thank you mayor that concludes the raised hands on zoom so we're closing public comment and coming

back to council members for comment or discussion i believe council member simon had a comment

yes i wanted to make a comment on items 5c d and e similar to our public commenter just wanted to

give a shout out to the library department.

The grant money is received, almost $100,000.

It's excellent work.

This is similar to the District 4 recipient tonight, Melissa Wong.

She's always, always bringing up the issue of grant money.

And in tonight's agenda, you've got $100,000 coming in.

So hats off to the library and all our other departments.

Whenever you're bringing grants, we appreciate it and keep up the good work.

Thank you.

Sign up for the comments.

Let's have a vote.

We had a motion by council member

Viros Walton with a second by council member Simon

to move the entire consent calendar.

Please vote.

All votes are in.

The motion passes unanimously.

with Vice Mayor Bowen being absent.

Okay, so for item six of our agenda,

I believe we do have a report from City Manager.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Good evening, Council Members.

Good evening, community members.

I am Janelle Cameron, your City Manager.

It is with pleasure that I announce some events happening this week.

It's December, and it is a wonderful, wonderful month.

So first, tomorrow we have Cookies with the Cops.

it's kickoff to our holiday season with the San Leandro police department at their annual cookies

with the cops toy drive event please join them December 2nd from 5 30 to 8 30 p.m right here

in front of the police department for cookie decorating craft games prizes hot cocoa and

plenty of holiday cheer Santa and his merry crew will be there for photos and fun bring a new

unwrapped toy to support local families through this through the davis street family resource

center next this week we also have it's a wonderful night which is this friday in downtown san leandro

it's our 28th it's a wonderful night this event starts at 5 p.m with a holiday tree lighting at

5 30 p.m at the estedillo plaza right there on the corner of estedillo and east 14th this is a

family-friendly event and a great way to kick off the holiday season with our community.

There will also be photos with Santa holiday performances, crafts for kids, train rides,

a holiday market, and more. The main festivities will take place along West Juana Avenue between

East 14th and Washington Avenue. I hope to see everyone there. And my last announcement for

today is our art walk. And while you're also enjoying it's a wonderful night, check out the

San Leandro Art Walk, an innovative augmented reality, a mural series located in the breezeways

across downtown. Using a smartphone, visitors can scan murals to see them animate and reveal

hidden stories. The project is a collaboration between the city's economic development team,

Bay Area Artist, and local design firm 440 Creates. Four murals will be located in the

SDO Breezeway next to 85C Bakery, the Breezeway next to Tequila Grill, and the Breezeway next to

Sons of Liberty. You can find the map and learn more at sanleandro.org forward slash public art.

And Mayor, that concludes my announcement. Well, thank you very much. At this point in time,

we'll move to a public comment where we take comments on items that are not on our agenda,

but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the council.

Do we have any cards submitted?

No, Mayor, at this time we do not have any cards from the room.

What about hands raised online?

There are three hands raised.

Please proceed.

And for the record, we are closing public comment in person.

Please proceed online.

The first speaker is Douglas Spalding.

Thank you. I would also note that the Art, Culture, and Library Commission played an important role in getting that artwork up, and I can't wait to get there and see it myself. I saw a little preview.

Well, with all the other recognitions today, I would just like to solemnly recognize that today is World AIDS Day.

And I think it's important, doubly important to recognize that since the Trump administration made it to do not to.

And in addition to, you know, gutting PEPFAR money that goes to Africa to prevent AIDS, which has saved us, made it 25 million lives.

So with that, I'd like to recognize my dear friends, David Stern, Ferd Egan, and Ron Eiblin, who all died as a result of AIDS.

I heard the city attorney state earlier that there's no known majority to waive privilege in the matter of the administrative report concerning Vice Mayor Bowen's complaint.

And I think that's really a failure of the council.

So I think it's important to release it for transparency.

I think it will help to move things forward, to undo the logjam, and hopefully promote some resolution through a restorative process.

Okay, so the third thing I want to comment on is the Citizens Committee that has done some work to put together a $150 million parcel tax proposal.

And I'm concerned that it circumvents the well-established process of prioritizing infrastructure projects using objective scoring rubrics by the Department of Public Works.

So I have an alternative, and I guess I will propose that during item 10B later.

Thank you, sir. Your time has elapsed.

labs. The next speaker is San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. Hello, everybody. This is Emily Grego.

I am the CEO with the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. And I know we're supposed to talk

about things that are not on the agenda, but I just have to say congratulations to everybody who

was recognized this evening. Many of those who are recognized are chamber members. And so I just

want to pause for a moment and just recognize how much industry contributes to San Leandro and its

viability and everything that happens in supporting our community and so much more.

So I couldn't be more proud to see so many chamber members recognized this evening.

we've recognized them for you know business of the year and so many other things but

it was just really wonderful and then also jan watchison who's a long-time volunteer at the san

leandro chamber of commerce she is such a gem to our community and she is a gem to the senior

commission so just want to say congratulations to everybody who is recognized you all do so much for

our community. I also want to invite everybody to a couple of chamber events that are happening.

Number one, on Thursday, we're having a tri-chamber mixer with Castro Valley and Hayward.

Number two, we're having First Friday open for business at a local business here in San Leandro.

Please register to get the location. And then third, Best of San Leandro is coming around the

corner at the end of January. We are starting to promote all of the business. Everybody can

nominate a business and then it will also be open to the community to vote for those businesses.

So please be on the lookout for the Save the Day and all of that information. And then of course,

reach out to the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce for any other questions you might have. But again,

congratulations. Industry means so much to this community and brings so much. And I'm just very

proud of everybody who was recognized this evening. Thank you. Your time has a lot.

The next speaker is Jesse.

Jesse, are you there?

I am.

My name is Jesse Rubin, and I'm a member of the League of San Leandro Voters.

My comment today is about two ongoing questions.

First, what to do about the report on Council Member Aguilar and Council Member Simon's

behavior.

And two, what to do about the FBA charges against Council Member Acevedo.

First, on the report, just because Simon and Aguilar won't allow it to be released publicly

doesn't mean you can't do something meaningful at the Council to address its findings.

I want to remind you that your credibility is tied to following the handbook you adopted.

This is about governance, not politics.

The fastest way to normal business or to business as usual is to address the issues at hand and then move on.

The worst thing you can do is nothing at all.

Second, on the FBI charges against Councilmember Acevedo.

Councilmember Acevedo, I sincerely appreciate that you do great things in the community and are very well liked.

You are also, of course, innocent until proven guilty.

But even if you are not convicted, the evidence against you constitutes a breach of public trust and an ethical failure.

Your continued presence on this council is dragging it farther into corruption and scandal.

For the good of the city, please step down.

Your failure to do so suggests strongly that you care more about your own ego than what is in the city's best interest.

Thank you.

Mayor, this concludes our raised hands on Zoom.

So we will close public comment.

At this point in time, we will move to our next agenda item, which is number eight.

There are no hearings today.

And similarly, for number nine, there are no public hearings.

We do have two action items.

The first action item consists of a limited waiver of attorney-client privilege on some work related to the June 2024 Revenue Measure Tracking Survey results.

And we've got Deputy City Manager Eric Engelbart here to present.

And in short, what we'd like to do, because this request came from myself or from Council Murray-Veros Walton and perhaps from others.

we just if you can very briefly describe the item and I know that you and I reviewed that document

today just so that there's some context about we're not waiving everything about anything that's

been done but it is a very specific document please good evening mayor and council members

and certainly mayor Gonzalez as you just noted per that request that originated from yourself

as well as councilmember verse Walton included in the packet tonight is a resolution for the

Council's consideration. If you all decide to adopt that resolution, it would authorize the

waiver of the attorney-client privilege for the draft June 2024 community survey results.

Just a little bit of further background on that. As you may recall, that draft document was prepared

last summer, a little over a year, almost a year and a half ago, in June of 2024,

per the direction of the City Council. And as part of the City's efforts at that time

to explore the possibility of placing a revenue measure that could have appeared on the November of 2024 ballot.

Now, as you recall, however, at the July 15th, 2024 council meeting,

the city council ultimately directed staff to cease all efforts associated with placing such a measure on that November of 2024 ballot.

As a result, those draft community survey results that were derived from a community survey work

in partnership with our consulting team.

Essentially, that document was never finalized

or made publicly available.

As you recall, under the California Public Records Act,

such privileged communications are exempt from public disclosure.

However, the privilege of, you know,

exempting them from public disclosure

ultimately belongs to the city council,

and that privilege may only be waived by the city council.

And so if you all were to decide to adopt

by majority vote tonight that resolution in the packet tonight,

it would have released just that one document

that would be made available to any member of the public seeking it.

And the only clarification there, just to make clear,

there has been one or more requests for that document.

That is correct.

We did receive a specific public records request for that document.

And so if you all were to adopt the resolution tonight,

that would give us the ability to release it.

Okay.

are there any questions from council members about this i will begin with council member

bolt i think you want to ask a question there you go thank you please proceed so

the request was for for a document and that's the document that we have the ability to release

liability on we're not going to really or not liability i'm sorry um we're not going to release

anything else and it will and if this action goes through it will give the request or what they want

and it's not it's not like we're gonna you know give up something else that they're not asking

for that's correct the resolution is crafted that it's constrained to just this one this one record

and that record is really just it's a draft presentation document that summarizes the

the results of a community survey work that was conducted in the summer of 2024.

Okay, thank you.

That would be the sole document that would be released, correct.

Seeing no other questions, we'll go to public comment on this item.

Mayor, we have not received any speaker cards in the room.

However, there's one hand raised on Zoom.

Please proceed.

We will close public comment in person, open public comment online.

Douglas Spaulding you are the first speaker

wow very generous three oh it's now two oh now it's a minute 58 um well I love a good mystery

as much as the next person and so I'm wondering why you were dancing around the question of who

is it that made this request and for what reason? I'm going to guess maybe it's related to the

Citizens Committee's efforts to put together this $150 million parcel tax, in which case,

as I read in the item, I also would like to request a copy of the document because I have

an alternative proposal. So I don't know if that's sufficient to make an oral request or if I need to

make my request in writing and how and where I would do that.

I will yield the remainder of my time.

Thank you.

The next speaker on Zoom is named Sarah.

Hi, this is Sarah Bailey.

I oppose the release of data beyond what's already public, the results of any survey or community engagement performed by the city for the revenue measure it was considering.

that information was collected on behalf of my elected representatives not for every tom dick

and harry and every evelyn steven cat and anne so they can sell their unjust unfair and dishonest

so-called citizen-led parcel tax measure to the people of san leandro if you release that

information you have to take immediate action to replace it release it to everyone or you will show

residents that you believe that only the wealthy and those willing to twist the truth should have

the right to transparency and that what they want trumps what's right thank you

thank you mayor that concludes the raised hands on zoom okay so we'll close public comment

and madam clerk i'll come to you because i know that on our city website

If someone would like a copy of a document, they can request it.

Is it on the city clerk page, the PRA?

Thank you, Mayor.

Yes, that's correct.

We have a form on the city clerk section of the city's website where requests can be submitted.

They can also be submitted via email to clerk at stanleandro.org.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

any comment on this item council member both please and just to address the last

one this will be available to anybody we're not we're not scoping it down

saying only one person gets a copy this is going to be available for the entire

community anybody that wants it will have the opportunity to read it correct

that is correct following submission of a public records request for that

argument okay thank you very much

okay seeing no other comments I will come up into a motion council Murray

notice Walton I'm looking at the actual action item I'd like to move to item 10 a

So I've got a motion by Council Member Viveros Walton, with a second from Council Member

Bolt, to adopt a resolution to approve an authorized city manager as listed in item 10A

of our agenda.

Any questions?

Any comments?

Seeing none, please vote.

All votes are in.

And the motion fails with three yeses, two abstentions, one no, and Vice Mayor Bowen is absent.

Okay, can we, what does, I'm going to go by parliamentarian, what is the process for a

roll call vote?

Because I want to know who voted which way.

I'm asking you.

Does it say, oh, it says up in the corner.

Okay, would you please read the votes, Madam Clerk?

Beginning with Councilmember Simon abstain, Mayor Gonzalez yes, Councilmember Aguilar

abstain, Councilmember Viveros Walton yes, Councilmember Azevedo no, Councilmember Bolt

yes and again vice mayor bowen is absent

okay so just to be clear for the record i will be asking for reconsideration of this vote

for our next meeting

it will come to our next meeting which is our special meeting of december 8th

Okay, so we're clarifying with the parliamentarian

with respect to when we will reconsider this vote.

So we are holding temporarily while we figure out

when the reconsideration vote will take place.

So we'll have a reconsideration vote at our next regular meeting.

At that point in time, we will vote again on this item.

That will be the meeting of December 15th, so two weeks from today.

At this point in time, we will move to item 10B.

So for this item we've got Deputy City Manager Dustin Claussen and Finance Director Nicole Gonzalez here to present.

Good evening Mayor and Council. Thank you for the opportunity to present to you this evening.

we're going to be providing a brief presentation about exploring potential revenue measures

referring to the election in November of 2026.

So we will start with a little bit of brief history.

Nicole is then going to present to you all the preliminary results for fiscal year 2025.

the results for the general fund,

and then we'll look at next steps

and ask council for their recommendation to staff.

So back in February of this year,

at the special meeting,

the council supported exploration

of a potential bond measure,

sorry, revenue measure on the 2026 ballot.

And so during the budget process, this previous process that we just went through, staff proposed an allocation of $500,000 to do that work.

At that time, council denied that request but asked us to return at a later date when we had the year-end results for you all to consider how the picture looked and whether or not it would be appropriate to devote those resources at that time.

so then further in in July at a meeting

Director Marquisis presented one of the plans was a potential revenue measure related to

infrastructure and so that kind of brings us to where we're at today I'll turn it over to Nicole

to present the year-end results thank you good evening mayor members of the city council Nicole

Gonzalez, finance director, wanting to provide an update back during the budget process.

We did discuss with council bringing back preliminary year-end results once they became

available.

I will state that these are still unaudited.

We are currently going through our audit process right now, but feel very confident in the

numbers that we are seeing today.

So when we look at column B, that is the amended budget which council adopted and authorized

during fiscal year 24 25. at that time we projected a use of reserves of 20.7 million

with the beginning balance of 75.5 million with that projected use of reserves bringing the fund

balance to 54.7 million a result of a number of things occurring throughout the year our revenues

did come in significantly higher than we had we had thought previously and then we ended

with a projected use of fund balance of 5.8 almost 5.9 million that does not include the

9.1 million which were encumbered in fiscal year 25 based on authorized budget authority

those funds have been carried over to the current fiscal year so that we can continue

to do that work but just wanting to reflect the projected ending balance

reserves for fiscal year 24 25 is 5.89 million leaving a projected ending fund

balance of 69.6 million I'm gonna go ahead and turn this back over to deputy

city manager Claussen who will continue on the presentation Thank You director

to Gonzales so what we're here tonight to discuss is whether or not

Council would like for staff to continue to explore a potential revenue measure.

The potential next steps, we would do some community outreach, all working towards a potential survey to figure out how feasible it may be and what might be supported and what priorities the community would place with those funds, how to use them.

So we've got 20,000 for that community outreach.

We would be doing a mailer for an annual report,

go out and do a community listening sessions

to hear from the community.

And then the 92,000 would be for survey work

and leading some of those listening sessions

and outreach to the community.

This gives a more detailed potential cost estimates for work that would go into it.

At this point, we're not asking for the entire amount.

We're here discussing the $92,000 and whether or not council would like us to continue with that effort.

but we do have additional costs that if council were,

if the city were to go all the way and put a measure on the ballot,

the things laid out here we think would help to position the city for success

with the measure that goes to the ballot.

All in all, we will have the costs for the election,

no matter whether or not we have a measure on the ballot.

And then this other amount is what council could consider moving forward.

On the left column here, this was the timeline that was discussed at the July 14th meeting

when the discussion of the potential infrastructure measure.

On the column on the right, we've updated it for if we are to move forward.

this evening looking at the timeline the timeline doesn't change all that much although you know we

are certainly you know we've lost some time from July to now which has really sort of compressed

the the timeline on the right that would lead us up to November 2026 election we've taken out

a second tracking poll because we don't think

the amount of time between a survey

would give that much of a meaningful difference

and provide the information in a way

that would make it worth the squeeze, if you will.

So that's the timeline that we would be looking at.

We've got about 10 months, 10 or 11 months

to sort of make a decision.

We will, you know, a decision will be made this evening

as to whether we continue to explore or not.

And then we would come back in, you know,

May or June of next year to actually, you know,

develop a question and have a council vote

as to whether or not they would like to put it on the ballot.

So tonight what we're asking from council

is one of two directions, right?

Adopt a motion directing staff

to either continue to explore potential revenue measures

that could appear on the November 2026 ballot,

including a consulting services agreement

with Clifford Moss for outreach and survey work

to consider feasibility

or to cease all efforts associated

with placing a revenue measure

on the November 2026 ballot.

That's the direction we're seeking.

We're happy to answer any questions or address any comments you may have.

Thank you for your presentation.

At this point in time, we will take clarifying questions.

Council Member Simon, please.

Thank you for the presentation.

A question for you.

On your schedule on page six, the conduct tracking poll is out for the current proposal.

is there any polling proposed correct yeah so that would really be the next steps uh we would

go out and do a survey uh that's the the one here for on the second line uh in january of 2026

oh engagement survey okay that's okay all right and then your slide let's see your financial

slide slide three and just isn't with the other spreadsheet and can you summarize one more time

this is showing that we have adequate funds to fund this proposal

any funds authorized would be coming from fund balance um so what this is to demonstrate we did

say to council in june of last year that we would bring forward an updated year-end preliminary

report to show what we used as far as projected fund balance is concerned right now we are showing

that we are using when you look at the 5.9 million in addition to the 9.1 about 16 million dollars in

use of reserves, which is less than what we had projected.

We had projected 20.7.

So there's remaining about 4 million that we did not use that council did authorize us

to use should we need to.

Got it.

Thank you.

The next person is councilman Raza Vito.

Thank you for your presentation.

when did we take the poll last time when the community denied, didn't want to put the measure forward, sorry, excuse me.

When did we put it forward last time, the poll?

I would look to Deputy City Manager Engelbert for that information.

Thanks, Council Member Azevedo, for your question.

That was conducted in June of 2024.

June of 2024 was the last time we took a poll.

That's correct.

Okay, thank you.

Councilor Merbolt.

Yes, it's on this slide.

So what I'm hearing is we projected to go 21 million, but we're 16 million.

But this is of reserves.

This isn't.

So we're taking out of our reserves to do this.

So it's not like we need to keep that reserve up for all the other good reasons.

And so I think for us, we need to make sure that we're using these reserves in the correct way.

But it's not a surplus of money.

We are taking down our reserves to do this.

What I would clarify is the $92,000 that we are requesting this evening to continue engaging with the community.

that is already currently authorized as part of an existing contract.

So it would not change the fund balance as you see it today.

In that $9.1 million that you see that we said carried forward,

$92,000 of that is already included in that as part of an existing contract with Clifford Moss.

So in essence, we could save $92,000.

We could if Council chose not to move forward.

We're going to have one bit of clarification or expansion by city manager.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

I just wanted to clarify your question.

Dustin, if you can go to the total cost with the $300,000 on there.

So Finance Director Gonzalez's answer is correct.

That's only because of what they're asking for to spend today.

But as this slide shows, if the polling is successful, if we go all the way, it's all of this.

And that's where the number gets a lot bigger.

So I just want to super clarify that record.

So we have already, excuse me,

we already have an existing allocation

for the cost, the 92,000.

And so depending on what happens

at the end of the 92,000,

you're just telling us we may end up spending more.

Excuse me.

At this time, are you looking for generalized direction

or are you specifically looking for direction that authorizes all of that?

No, we're not looking to authorize the entire 321.

Like last time, we'd come back and say the polling tells us that the community supports or doesn't.

At that time, you can tell us to move forward or not the long run.

Really today, it's to let you know that we would, if you were to tell us to continue with this work,

on the path of hopefully placing a revenue measure

on the November 2026 ballot,

we would spend the $92,000 that was already authorized.

We would work on the outreach, $20,000,

and we would then come back and see how it continues.

Or today, you tell us,

we don't want to put a revenue measure on the November ballot,

so cease that work altogether.

Thank you for the clarification. Council Member Aguilar.

I just had a question with regards to this. I mean, I know the city of Berkeley kind of ran

two measures simultaneously, measure FF and measure EE. One was citizen-led,

the other was city-led, but the city-led bond prevailed. So I think in this sense,

you know, the citizen-led has specifics of what they would like to address. I think the city-led

would, you know, we would conduct with the community and have the speaking sessions.

Do we, I know it's kind of tough to say, but I think what you're saying is we already allocated

$192,000 with the projected costs, we would somewhere on the ballpark, are you saying

need to get from reserves $229,500? If we were to execute things as shown here, yes,

that's essentially what we would end up doing is looking, you know, if we

came if we went and did a survey and we felt that the the uh a measure was viable we would likely

come back to council and say we'd like to you know we'd like to to do these other things this would

be the cost we would go out and get proposals for that work and then come back to council and i think

given what happened in berkeley you know i would like to see you know what you know one bond

measure versus the other, what would, you know, the city led, the city bond measure encompass

versus the citizens bond, which would be pertaining to certain communities, and especially

some of those folks who don't have a voice or are not connected within the community.

So, yeah, I think what we have here with us, with regards to the outreach, I would like

to see some, I would like to see an option to move forward. That's my comment.

Thank you. So we go to council member Bolt next for more questions.

Yeah. And one clarification, there was two in Berkeley and both prevail. The citizens one did

too so we're looking at that uh option here if we want to spend the the 321 we can

have two parcel tax which i think is a little dangerous but hey um when we and when we're

talking about this at if if we get to the 90 or say we authorize tonight the 92 000

where's the off at which one of these is the off i mean i would hate to spend 321 000 when we have

the opportunity to do this on the citizen side save this money for the city but where is the

off ramps are at for us going forward yeah so i mean the if we were to go out and do a survey

and let's just say um you know it the the results came back which i wouldn't expect this but i'm

just saying an extreme case we went out and 10% of the folks would say yeah we'll do it and the

other 90% say they would not support it that would be where we stopped right we would do that work

and we would come back and say hey we don't think this is likely to to be successful the council

could still choose to advance it and do with or without this work but there are off-ramps really

everywhere here.

We can do

the first work with the

92,000 and the community

outreach and then we would come back

later

after we had the results of those to come

have the discussion with council to see

whether or not you want us to

continue to do the informational

provision.

I appreciate the answer but looking at this

and being a part of these things

in my daily

job

I personally feel like community uh the you know we send the survey out yes I agree that's the

offer but after you pass that and we think we're going we're all in when we start doing outreach

and you got a couple of naysayers that show up and say no I doubt we would then decide to stop

you know you know doing the mailers we don't know what's going to happen we're not going to stop

uh online uh informational provisions none of these are saying none of these would be triggers

back to us as on council or in city you know uh your guys daily jobs do it every day nothing

would be a signal back to you to go oh man we might want to pause this isn't going to go well

where so once we say yes to 92 000 we may spend another 20 or we would spend another 20 000 at

that point we'll really have to make a decision but then we're at a hundred and something thousand

dollars and we're making a decision where we could just say now let's set the community you know

let's them spend their money that's it council member simon please um just a clarifying question

um looking at what other cities have done around i heard some berkeley information and hear some

berkeley information there does staff know i mean i think i know but i just want to understand

what happened in Berkeley, what the citizen measure versus the city measure?

Yes.

So there were two very similar measures on the ballot in 2024 in Berkeley.

They were designed a bit differently, but the intent was very similar to rehab deteriorating roads in Berkeley.

The city had their sponsored their measure, which ultimately was approved.

And then the citizen-led measure was not approved.

It did not get passed.

However, they, I know, had language that would have given preference to, I believe, the city-led measure if both had passed.

It wouldn't be both.

but the the city sponsored measure did pass and they they were able to get the funding

okay thank you next question is a polling and I see you as a next step where is it

go slide oh twenty thousand dollars the outreach that's what the cost for polling is no the

Polling is included in the 92,000.

Oh, it's in the 92.

Correct.

Okay.

Approximately how much of that 92 is polling?

The majority of it.

Okay.

Has there been exploring other cities around?

Well, stepping back a little bit,

we all know we need the money here.

Approximately how many millions of dollars

are we short the deficit?

Well, I think there's two different things

that we're looking at.

We're looking at where we're at

from an operational standpoint

and then, of course, where we have some structural

or lack of funding for infrastructure needs,

so two kind of different areas.

Right now, we are looking at closing a gap

in our operating budget of $15 million,

and this would not necessarily address that concern

because this potentially is more focused

on infrastructure needs and infrastructure funding.

Okay.

I'm just going to let city manager elaborate.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Director Gonzalez, can you give an approximate number of the shortfall for infrastructure needs?

I can get that information, but we are talking probably in the 100 millions

because we're talking about both roadway, we're talking sewer,

we're talking also buildings, facilities, parks as well.

All of those are included in the city's infrastructure as well.

I just want to make sure I heard that correctly.

You said hundreds with an S, correct?

Hundreds of millions.

Okay.

So our roads, I think, are at least 250.

So we're upwards over 300 million.

When you say hundreds, it's-

I'd have to look at the data.

I don't want to provide an inaccurate number,

but I'm happy to do that and provide that information to council.

Okay. It's a, it's a big number.

It is a very large city with very old infrastructure.

Right. I recognize that.

And I think everyone does on the council and we desperately need that money to

keep our streets alive, to keep our buildings alive. I mean, we, we,

we need it. It's not like it's a nice to have, um,

just like owning a house, your roof. We need a roof. We need many roofs.

so i guess why i'm saying that is this is really important this measure to properly fund our city

and why i'm asking this 92 000 question is

do you need pulling if the city really needs this money if we need this to function to actually

keep our city running are there other cities that have gone out without pulling and just said we

need this money? That's the question to you. Yeah, I mean, I think it's been done many, many different

ways. And no, you don't have to do a poll to put a measure on the ballot. It just helps to make

an informed decision, right? It gives us a temperature check of the community,

what levels they may support a tax, and what may be more than they are willing to bear.

and you can kind of get some information

to make educated decisions off of.

But certainly I have been a part of placing measures

on ballots that we didn't do any polling on

and they have been successful in some cases

and not in others.

Please proceed.

Okay. My next question is, if we decide to proceed the other items listed on your cost breakout of the 321K, when can the council get more detail on what's included in them?

For example, the public affairs or the informational mailers, like a more description of what's involved in those.

That way the council can decide, do we want to include the full 321?

would we like to thin it down a bit?

Sure, yeah, I mean, when we get the results

of the first survey, we would then come back to council,

provide that information, and then go out,

and we would ask council whether they want us to do that work,

and if they do, we'd go out and get proposals

and be able to provide information as to what exactly

they would be going out to do.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, on a clarifying question side,

is it your intention or the way you're thinking about this

that this work would be done under attorney-client privilege?

You know, I think that's really up to the council.

What's your recommendation?

Okay, come in as city manager.

Mayor, we need a more specific question

because it's depending on which part.

So when we do this work,

we do come to counsel in public to ask them a question.

If you're asking what was privileged before, what would be?

That's not my question.

My question is, is this work going forward

as envisioned, right, you're coming to us for some guidance,

is it currently envisioned to be done

under attorney-client privilege?

I can't answer that question without more specificity

as Deputy City Manager Clausen has mentioned.

When we get to the next decision point,

we will be back in chambers to talk to the council

about that and ask for direction.

Will there be other things?

I don't know.

Okay, I'll have comments on that later.

So other questions for this work coming back

to Council Member Bolts off ramp.

do you view it essentially as two phases the first phase through basically the end of february early

march and then we're all in if it's a positive result yeah i think that's how i would look at it

okay perfect at this point in time we will go to public comment on this item do we have any cards

for the room. Mayor, we do not have any cards.

Okay, so then do we have any hands online? Yes, there are currently

three hands raised. Let's proceed online, please.

Douglas Spaulding, you are the first speaker.

Thank you so much.

Well, you know, I looked at that

budget summary and it seems like we're already $10 million in the hole,

nearly 10 million in the hole for the current fiscal year.

Money is tight.

We need to raise funds.

And so I encourage the city council to continue exploring the possibility of a November revenue

measure.

I don't think we need two revenue measures.

I much prefer the city to put forth its own bond.

To me, that's the off ramp from the citizens committee proposal.

In the 2026-2035 capital improvement plan, there are funded projects and there are unfunded projects.

And they're all pretty worthy, but we live in a world of limited money and limited staff time.

And unless the city is buying lotto tickets and hoping we hit our home run, I think the only solution is to go at this incrementally.

So I said I have an alternative proposal. And the problem I see with the Citizens Committee is we have a potpourri of projects from all over the city trying to garner votes from every district. I'll tell you right now, I'm not going to vote for it because I see Lake Chabot Road as a bottomless pit, a waste of money.

So I would like to see a narrower focus. I think if the city were to put forth a public safety bond that focuses on the three firehouses that either need to be repaired or replaced, and also we make sure we take care of Neptune Drive, a debacle of the city's own making, we should never have built there, but I think we owe it to those residents to allow them to get flood insurance, even though the levy ain't going to work.

we could do it for less than half the cost of what the the the citizens committee is proposing with

you know a whole panoply of projects so that is what i'd like to see you all explore thank you

and you know we need two thirds thank you sir your time has elapsed sure the next speaker is named

resident. Hi, good evening. This is Karina Lopez. I'm so glad that this is on the agenda this evening.

Historically, you know, these polls have been important to inform what the public's willing

to pay for, how much, what the priorities are. So without this, you know, going into doing a polling

and, you know, really exploring and actually investing the money, and I know it's a lot of

money to do overall. It's an important investment in ourselves, and I hope that you'll go forward

with this. I do hope also that any results that are posted are posted publicly. The city can only

do the informational campaign portion of the work. The community at large has to do the actual

campaign to the public, so that information is important for the public to work with and know

how to posture campaign literature that is mailed out to the community. So please do consider that

as well. Our needs are very big, and there are certainly many throughout the community, and we

really owe it to ourselves to invest in ourselves. And I think that if the polling gets it right,

and I believe it would with this consultant, that we can really be informed and really know what the community and how much the community is willing to pay to meet that threshold, which is obviously very high.

But we've done it before in terms of getting the voters to yes.

I think we can do it again.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next speaker is Sarah.

Hi, this is Sarah Bailey. I believe San Leandro residents would vote for a public safety and roads revenue measure that would rebuild the manors fire station on Fargo and repair and rebuild roads throughout San Leandro.

Don't bother with a survey.

Everybody knows that's what people want.

Use that money for a campaign that informs residents.

Community leaders like myself stand ready to call meetings,

knock on doors, phone bank,

ask our firefighters to help because no one can resist a firefighter.

The Manners Fire Station is falling behind your ears.

We need $15 to $20 million to replace it.

I say for the people here and at home, because you guys already know the score, San Leandro's roads rank lower than those of only a couple other cities in the East Bay.

We need $15.5 million each year for decades to improve them just a little bit.

By the way, Lake Chabot Road included in that tax measure would eat up all of that first year's money.

I say go for five years worth, rounding up to $80 million.

That puts us at $100 million total, not too bad and with the potential for real progress.

Safe places and pathways for people to walk is a top priority for everyone in San Leandro,

from families to seniors.

Everyone wants our roads fixed.

The people in the manor need our help.

I am confident that a public safety, roads and sidewalks revenue measure that is fair,

that supports everyone in San Leandro at once

or when enough votes to pass.

Please just do it.

Thank you.

The next speaker is Jenny Madsen.

So thank you.

Sorry, Jenny, are you there?

Can you hear me now?

Yes, we can hear you.

Okay.

So this is Ginny Madsen, and I just want you to listen to what Sarah Bailey said, this comment and her previous comment.

I've spent time tonight trying to look up my responses to the 2024 survey.

And I don't know why that one.

I think it was because you guys didn't want, you either didn't get enough response or you didn't want the responses you got.

But I agree with everything that Sarah just said.

I don't think you're going to get any more information because you guys, we still don't know how to do outreach in this city.

At least the city doesn't.

Thank you.

I can be done now.

Thank you.

Mayor, that concludes our raised hands on Zoom.

So we're closing public comment online.

Coming back to council members for further discussion.

No discussion, no comments.

Council member Aguilar.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez.

is I think with regards to this idea

of a ballot measure to support,

whether we call it public safety or what have you,

we need to fix our streets.

We have aging infrastructure.

I mean, I think we have over $350 million

in unfunded infrastructure repairs

and ongoing maintenance with regards to that.

We have our fire stations that need repairs. We have a police department. I mean, the police building, you know, the police officers in the basement have to duck to go into the restroom.

And, you know, I've been down there and just the smell of what that entails.

I think there's a lot that we can do with regards to public safety.

I think we need a, you know, I think City Hall, we need a new City Hall, a new police station, all of our fire stations replaced.

I think that's what makes the city a safe place and also to repair streets.

But, you know, we have to gain the public trust and work together to figure out, you know, we have folks who are saying what we need.

not a select few just speaking out of like, hey, we need certain fixes in our area without polling with other folks who don't have a pulse on the city or how to speak to the city and outreach in multiple languages to find out what really matters to the community.

I think public safety is one of the main concerns.

And I think we have a pulse on that with our response time and compared to other cities.

I think we need to make sure that we're working together to put forth a measure, whether it be a user utility tax, a bond measure, a tax measure, figure out what that looks like.

but I think in essence, you know,

it's something that we need to figure out

what is gonna be feasible,

what is gonna work with the community,

and what will benefit everyone, not just a select few.

So I would support continuing to explore

potential revenue measures that could appear

on the November 20th, 26th ballot,

including a consulting services agreement with Clifford Moss

for outreach and survey work to consider feasibility.

Thank you at this point in time,

I'll go to council member Simon.

Yes, I'd like to second council member Aguilar's motion.

And I'd also like to comment.

I agree with everything that he has said.

We are in major deficit and at some point

we have to face reality.

If we wanna live in a nice city

and our residents expect it and they deserve it,

they deserve nice roads.

I ride my bicycle throughout town,

through the manor, Bayo Vista, downtown, everywhere.

And there are streets.

And I know the city's doing their best

with the means that they have,

but it's just not a way to live.

I mean, we should imagine your driveway at your house,

crumbled, just gravel everywhere

in your driveway of your home.

Imagine that, that's not a way to live.

So we really have to take care of our city.

And the longer we let this go, the more expensive it gets.

I think that's one of the things that we're kind of missing here.

If you do not fix a road, the longer you wait,

the costs keep going up and up and up.

And that's something that we're not really realizing.

I know I've heard it from staff. I've heard it.

But so Sheila, thank you for constantly reminding of this.

And we just want to take a little bit of it, but taking a bit,

we're never going to catch up. We're never going to catch up.

And it's time.

At some point, this council has to take a stand.

At some point.

And if that means we're not reelected, so be it.

But let's do the right thing.

Let's support our community by giving them the infrastructure, whether it's roads, fire stations.

I've been through the Manor Firehouse, and it is, I don't know how they live in there.

I mean, people actually live in this place.

I mean, not people, our firefighters who protect our lives.

they live and they should not live in those type of conditions they should not i wouldn't want to

live in those conditions and they do because they care and they fight for us and we have to fight

for them and not just the manor but all the fire stations that need it we shouldn't just choose

pick and choose certain areas we should protect everybody and i think we can i really do if we

prepare this properly and i think our staff can do it i think it's going to pay dividends i see

this as an investment, not as just we're throwing money out.

We're gonna save money in the long run if we do this.

We really are.

And I support this.

Thank you.

Okay, so I'm going to go next to Council Member Bolt.

But before doing so, I just wanna be very clear

about something.

I didn't hear a motion.

I heard that you just had general support,

but let me hear from all the council members

and then I'll come back for a motion.

So Council Member Bolt.

Yes, thank you. I agree 100%. We have to do something. And I'm supporting whatever we can do to get something on the ballot, whether it's a citizen-led, a city-led. It doesn't matter to me.

We're failing the community because we don't have the resources.

Everybody wants to do their job, but it's so hard to do your job when you don't have the resources.

So asking the community for more money, no matter who asks, we see it time and time again across the Bay Area.

You put a bond measure, you put something in front of the community, they vote yes.

They feel these roads are crumbled.

but I have a question to you, city manager.

Is this something you guys are willing,

like if we go down this path and all the work that goes in,

because it's not easy and you're going to have to,

some things are going to have to be pushed aside to do this.

Is this something you guys really want?

Because I support who, whatever group, it doesn't matter to me.

We need to get you guys some funding so you can go forward.

So is this something you guys really want to do right now?

Is this something?

Thank you, Council Member Bolt.

I appreciate the question of is this something that staff wants to do,

but I'm afraid I can't answer your question

because this is really direction I need from the city council.

You know your residents better than I do,

and as Council Member Simon alluded to, it's a political decision.

It can be successful and it can be great and it cannot be successful

and there can be political thoughts about that from the community.

And so for us, you've told us it is a priority.

It is currently on your infrastructure work plan,

understanding all the reasons why the council at the time in June

did not decide at that moment to fund it.

It wasn't a no, it was a let's hold for a second and see if we can actually do this.

But right now we need the answer from you.

That's why we don't have a recommendation here.

Our recommendation is just to give us direction on what would you like us to do.

But whatever you tell us to do, we will do.

I appreciate those answers.

You're good at your job.

I've told you that before.

Honestly, if it be, you know, I hear you.

It's political.

But what does that mean?

Like, it's the group, it's the citizens that want to vote on it.

If they say no to it, they say no to it.

If they say yes to it, which I think they will because they see and feel the pain that we're discussing.

It's not like we're speaking of this in a silo and all of a sudden we're manufacturing bad roads in our minds.

They drive down these roads.

I agree a safety uh led initiative um bond you know to rebuild firehouses yes um all of these

things is what our community wants and and so now it's about who do we want to do it and I'm looking

at spending four hundred thousand dollars close to four hundred thousand you know and that's just

an estimate we don't know what it could be in the end and i get nervous when i when we have someone

on the outside saying hey we'll spend our money to do it so that that's where i mean i'm going to

support whichever one's going to get us there but but um i'm trying to think of our bottom line in

the city and not want to spend this money up front but here here we are council member is a

Peter, please.

Okay, all right, I'm gonna take a different stand

on it than the rest of my colleagues.

I believe that the citizens already said

they didn't wanna raise taxes,

and I believe that they don't wanna raise taxes.

Taxes are too high here in San Leandro.

With SNAP benefits running out,

and now they have to reapply,

I don't believe that they wanna raise taxes,

and I believe that we should seize all efforts on that.

That's my opinion.

That's it.

Has everyone spoken that wants to speak?

Okay, so what I'd like to do is offer my own thoughts on this.

I think it's really clear that we have hundreds of millions of dollars of need.

One of my first commitments was to make transparent to the residents of San Lando the total cost of running a city.

And I think that as we've dug in, we have serious things that we need to address, and that only can be addressed with money.

I think that polling is instrumental in assessing what residents would be willing to pay for.

Would they be willing to, more likely to support a utility tax?

Or would they be more willing to support a parcel tax?

Would they be more willing to support an increase in sales tax?

You only learn that by talking to residents, by polling residents.

And so I think it's paramount that we do that if we're going to have the city put a ballot measure potentially on the November ballot.

We may learn, for example, that, yeah, they'll support a tax, but only support a tiny tax that raises $50,000, $100,000, in which case I would never support spending $400,000 to convince people to raise $50,000 a year for the city.

That'd be silly.

So I think understanding where residents are,

what they're willing to support.

We know that they support public safety.

We know that they support infrastructure roads.

Survey after survey after survey shows that.

But that's not really the question on the table.

The question on the table is how much would they be willing

to pay to address some of these issues?

And perhaps what controls would they want in place

to make sure that when we pass a tax

that it gets used for those purposes.

That all being said, I am supportive of a measure

to further explore, right, to let this run

for the next couple of months,

proposed to run through those $92,000.

We've already had the money in a contract.

Let's explore based on what we learned

at the end of that exploration.

We can meet again in these chambers and have the discussion.

With that in mind, Council Member Azevedo,

did you have another comment?

Please proceed or ask your question.

And then I'll come back to Council Member Aguilar.

Okay, I just got a quick question.

In June of 2024, how much did we spend

when we didn't have the votes for it?

The polling wasn't in our favor.

Was it 300 and some thousand then also?

How much did we spend last time that when it failed?

We can look up that number, but I can affirm that it was definitely not $300,000.

We stopped much earlier than that in the process.

We essentially conducted that one poll and did some outreach efforts and then ceased efforts.

I remember there was a contracting or consultant that we were going to pay $300,000 or something for it,

and then it got approved.

I voted against it.

Correct.

And there was funds left over on that agreement

because we ceased all efforts.

Okay, okay, that's all my questions, thank you.

Council Member Aguilar, coming back to you.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez.

I read the item A, but I'd like to make a formal motion

to continue to explore potential revenue measures

that could appear on the November 2026 ballot,

including a consulting services agreement

with Clifford Moss for outreach and survey work

to consider feasibility.

Would you be willing to add into that

that this work would not be under attorney-client privilege

so that the public can see the results of this work?

That it would not?

Not be.

I would like to defer to our city attorney

to ask whether or not if that's something

that would be recommended.

Okay, so I'm going to start with the city manager and then I'm coming to city attorney so that they can both weigh in.

So it makes me extremely nervous to preemptively say that something can't be under attorney client privilege.

I have no idea what that something could be tomorrow.

and that could put the council in a position

where we're stuck with being in public on an item

that we should first discuss privately.

I don't know what tomorrow holds

and I don't know what we'll hold through this process

and what we will learn

and sometimes concerning things happen.

I need to talk to you privately about those things

and that would just be my consideration

as going into the mayor's question.

Okay, coming to city attorney

and then I'm going to have some thoughts on this too.

Thank you, Council Member Anguilar.

Richard P. Arota, city attorney.

My only comment to that is,

and it's not in conflict with your city manager's advice,

is that this, whatever's attorney-client privilege,

would need to be spelled out in a contract.

and the contract would define what is and what would not be privileged

according to the work product that's generated by the consulting service,

the consultant, that's attached here.

So I think to the city manager's point, we'd want to be specific,

if that's the council's wish, and explicit about what and what would not be

under a privilege.

Thank you for clarifying that. So I would like to move forward as is without releasing attorney-client privilege just to, you know, with regards to...

I want to be very clear. I'm sorry. This says nothing about the work being done under a client-client privilege.

I understand that that's my motion. Are you adding attorney...

I have the floor. Thank you. It stands as is. That's my motion. Is there a second?

I'm clarifying the question. This says nothing about attorney-client privilege. Are you saying that this work, that that should be modified so that it says the work will be done under attorney-client privilege?

If that's your ask under attorney-client privilege, then yes.

Well, I'm asking you. You're making the motion.

You just asked me a question to not add attorney-client privilege.

And then I withdrew that question, so now let's start fresh.

Are you asking to only adopt what's there?

Because what's there says nothing about attorney-client privilege.

So what you're asking, so I get where you're going with this.

So I'd like to continue to explore with attorney-client privilege.

And then we as a council can later decide whether or not we'd like to release that privilege at a later date.

Thank you.

Councilmember Simon.

Two parts.

One, I think I want to second that, but I got a few questions.

Back to this attorney-client privilege situation.

So if it moves forward the way Councilmember Aguilar originally presented,

and I think this is for the city manager or the city attorney,

if it moved forward as shown as item A option,

what would have been the assumption?

What stance would the city manager or city attorney have taken on the work product?

I want to start with city manager.

So what's in front of you doesn't answer the question of what exactly is attorney-client

privileged or not. What we would move forward with is completing the work. We would come back to you

in open session at a later date sometime. I think February, March is what the timeline had

about the question of with that information, where do you want to go next? Do you want to

move all the way to November or not? Just like anything we do, you know, there are times I do

have to come to you in closed session and I don't know that months in advance

these things are presented to me I then need to have those discussions with you

sometimes we do them in closed session as a group sometimes we do them in 223s

sometimes there's detailed information that due to its sensitivity we want to

discuss in detail and go have some further exploration with council I don't

know what that could be I just know that we do this work all the time and there are instances

when we have to go into closed session and sometimes we have to have two two threes

okay so the way the motion currently is been clarified still meets your objective or your

needs that you had originally proposed yes the the motion currently as I understand is that it's

what's in front of you on as with a plus it's all confidential so nothing would be coming back to you

until we meet in a closed session confidential space.

I'd have to meet with the city attorney

as we go through this.

There's some things that can't be discussed

in closed session,

but those things can be brought in 223s.

Okay.

I need to clarify that though,

because that's not the motion that I heard.

I heard a motion that it's A,

being conducted under attorney-client privilege.

Not that it's confidential,

but that it's subject to attorney-client privilege.

and that's something that's very different than just calling it confidential.

So subject to attorney-client privilege.

Okay.

And just so I understand, with the city manager,

this meets your needs to conduct the work.

That is correct.

Okay.

I second the motion.

Okay.

Any other questions or discussions?

Council Member Bolt.

Can you clarify the motion please?

So the motion is to continue exploring

potential revenue measures,

but that work will be done under attorney-client privilege.

So it's not accessible by the public,

unless we waive privilege.

Any other questions?

So I've got some questions, if there are no other questions.

Okay, so I'll begin.

what is the legal basis for saying that work that's not done in anticipation of litigation can be subject to attorney-client privilege?

As for city attorney.

So there could be a number of bases, Mayor, amongst them being analysis of,

I'll just sort of hypothetical situations,

real property negotiations and how monies would be used.

We're talking about a survey here.

This isn't a real property negotiation.

I want to know about the context for a survey

for it to be subject to attorney-client privilege.

If the monies were to be used for a certain action,

a certain project, let's say it's a parcel tax,

and the special tax requires 66%, 66.7% or 66.9%, whatever,

needs to be done, two-thirds vote majority,

and it was intended to be used for purchases of property, for example.

Absolutely closed session privilege.

In addition, there could be deliberative process privilege

where under deliberative process, the council, with consultation with my office and with staff,

would want to analyze further how much certain dollar amounts would be with the community bear.

That could be privileged.

It could be deliberative process as well.

So there are a number of possibilities.

And I think what the city manager is saying,

I don't want to foreclose any of those potential discussions on the money, the use of the funds,

what potential projects could be involved, what purchases, what divestments.

All of those things could be confidential and have input or information from a survey.

You just haven't determined what the survey could be for.

So I don't think it's not foreclosing any options at all.

Certainly it's a council choice.

So there are two considerations, deliberative process privilege.

That would be disclosing information that we discuss in our considerations of that, but not the actual survey results.

How is the actual survey result, the fact that 52% of the people approve of something, how is that reflecting our deliberation?

Well, of course, as we sit here now, I can't say that it is.

But I think that in consultation with your consultant, you may ask a number of questions.

What if this, then this?

And some of those possibilities could certainly be worthy of consideration that could be privileged.

Because it involves, again, some sort of negotiation.

So attorney-client privilege, attorney-work product privilege.

and it's my understanding that that only applies to when there's litigation or anticipated

litigation is it broader than that

no but i certainly think that if the council were to choose some possibilities that could be

controversial again i'll just use a hypothetical as it pertains to investment in property or not

or taking some investment out of property to fund something else,

that could be a possibility.

But we're not making investment decisions here.

We're talking about survey results of a possible tax on property.

Can you point to other examples where doing survey work

has been considered in anticipation of litigation

when you're thinking about passing a tax measure?

I don't think that I have anything off the top of my head,

but certainly work product that generates risk management, that generates potential risks, certainly.

So I'll just state publicly that I am very concerned about the potential misuse of attorney work product privilege to cover survey work.

Councilman, we go to Swalton.

Seeing that we're nearly at the end of our time, I think I would like to provide some feedback in terms of the presentation of the June 2024

for survey results.

I think those were really general

and I didn't really get a really good idea

of kind of where were some of those points.

So just in terms of the presentation,

should the motion be successful?

And actually I don't know that there was a second.

There was a motioner, but not a second.

There was a second.

If it does pass, I would like to see a presentation with more detail than what was presented to the council.

so that

anyway so somewhere in between

something more detailed than what the presentation that we received from the June

2024 survey results that I think

could get to kind of

being more transparent with the community about

the findings and let the community

explore those findings in a detail that is appropriate for that level of

analyzing and or just deciphering what was in the survey results and I would

actually we're almost at the end of our time so I'm tempted to can I just ask

So just to be clear, I 100% support a revenue measure.

I 100% moving forward with this idea.

But I cannot support, especially given today's vote,

I cannot support a survey process where we refuse to be transparent with the public.

I do not believe that this work is covered by attorney-client privilege.

I do not believe that a survey is covered by deliberative process privilege, period.

I don't believe that.

And what I saw here today is an unwillingness to share with the public information that's two years old.

So I have no reason to believe that we will share that information with the public in the future.

I will support a motion that says it's done outside of attorney-client privilege,

but I will not support a motion that says it's done under attorney-client privilege.

So I'll make one final ask.

Would you be willing to change your motion?

Okay, I see no interest in making this

fully transparent to the public.

Any other interests?

So please vote.

All votes are in.

and the motion fails with three yes votes two no votes one abstention and vice mayor bowen absent

and so to be clear i will be moving for reconsideration of this item at our next

scheduled meeting madam clerk you should anticipate an email for me on that

At this point in time, I'll move to item number 11.

Do you have any items that have been submitted to you, City Manager?

Okay, item number 12, City Reports, Calendars, and Other Announcements.

Council member.

Thank you, Mayor Gonzalez.

So on November 20th through 22nd, I attended the National League of Cities, City Summit

in Salt Lake City, Utah, which I paid for out of my pocket.

So I attended the opening general sessions.

I attended HILO, the Hispanic elected officials meeting.

I also attended the housing as economic strategy,

aligning growth, affordability and opportunity

with regards to housing and homelessness

and what Bridgeport did to help change zoning codes

on waterfronts and industrial areas

to help bring in residential,

bring in affordable housing and just housing in general.

I also attended the LGBTQ local officials membership meeting

where we talked about preemption of local LGBTQ initiatives,

the vendor ban on affirming care,

a flag ban that happened in the state of Utah

where Utah found a loophole to basically

present their own flags and put their brand of,

I believe it's a Iris on their flag to promote at city hall.

So they have a transgender pride flag

and a LGBTQ pride flag.

I attended the League of Cities receptions,

opening and closing receptions.

And I will consider,

I will be still on the board

as the immediate past president for the LGBTQ low

since my president of LGBTQ low put in his resignation

due to time commitment

and some other overlapping issues on his agenda.

But I would also like to announce

that today is World AIDS Day.

We remember the loved ones we lost

and uplift every person living with HIV.

And I just wanna be clear

that our community didn't survive decades of stigma,

neglect, and loss just to be dragged backwards

by this current administration

and their hateful, ignorant regime.

While they tried to slash funding, undermine science,

and erase LGBTQ plus people

from public health conversations,

we kept fighting and we will continue and keep fighting.

Today, we honor resilience, demand justice,

and refuse to ever let bigotry guide policy again.

We're still here and we're still unbreakable.

Those are my comments.

Thank you.

Council Member Acevedo, please.

Okay.

I also attended National League of Cities in Salt Lake City.

I attended meetings about drones in action,

practical innovation for cities and towns,

how they're using drones in different cities to identify where there's

garbage or potholes while they're being considered on people's privacy

without looking in their backyards

and making sure that they're doing proper privacy.

I also attended Building Bridges Through Service,

How Volunteerism Strengthens Communities.

I also attended Supporting Afterschool Programs

in Your City Luncheon,

Building a Better System to Respond to Homelessness,

and also the dignity index overview and applications.

Those were the meetings I attended at National League of Cities

and then I also attended my commission meetings

on November 18th, the operation and maintenance meeting for EBDA

and then on November 20th,

I attended the commission meeting for EBDA.

That's all.

Thank you.

Council Member Bold, please.

I too attended National League of Cities.

some of the there were many each day but the power of the people how workforce

investment drives community outcomes just focusing on local leadership and in

the way we could help revitalize building bridges through service which

was a volunteerism strengthens communities so me and Brian did that

workforce development innovation ways to to innovate the workforce to be excited about going to work

and and you know we do a lot of great things here in the city I know we do and I've talked to the

city managers about a few little things that that they brought up and I was happy to hear that some

of the things we do or the same things are suggesting also making policy happen and navigating

policy life cycles, which was brutal.

Bridging our divides, strategies for civil leadership.

That was a great session, and it spoke about diversity,

but it really spoke about how councils can work together.

and we failed tonight flat out didn't pass nothing we had a great time here uh with our community

and and did some great awards and i love that i really do i wore one of my favorite sweaters

and then immediately after we did this so um i also attended my uh

Alameda County Veterans Commission and the Fire Commission.

A lot of good work going on.

And I look for the brighter days when we work together to get some good stuff passed for our community.

Seeing no others in queue, I'll just highlight three quick things.

First, I want to congratulate First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro.

on the 100th anniversary of their sanctuary,

literally 100 years ago.

It was so nice, gave a proclamation

and saw so many of the congregants

who were part of the April Showers program.

So it was nice to make that connection.

Really grateful for city staff

and for the team at Spectrum

for putting together an excellent Wednesday

before Thanksgiving meal.

There were about 200 meals served

both takeout and in the room.

There was live music.

Thank you, Council Member Bolt.

I know you were there.

Council Member Votis-Walt,

and I believe you were there also at the cleanup.

So thank you for all of your help

and the many volunteers who supported city staff.

Also had the opportunity to speak

at Leadership San Leandro.

I think you spoke there too also, right?

I think there was just seeing the energy

of so many people in our community coming out to want to develop their talents further,

building community as a cohort, was just really powerful. So very grateful for the work that the

San Leandro Chamber of Commerce does in promoting leadership San Leandro, to their instructor,

Brianna Hatcher, to Natasha Martinez, who's one of their administrators, who's just getting stuff

done. Very well attended, excellent energy. And so with that, we are adjourned at what time is it?

10.03. Have a good evening.