All right.

I call the meeting of February 19th for the senior commission to order.

The time is now 10.07.

Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

Those that can stand.

Okay.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God.

Please be seated.

Mr.

Secretary, please call the role.

Thank you, Chair.

Chair Watchison?

Here.

Vice Chair Comelo?

Yes.

Commissioner Dillon.

Commissioner Lopez Nicario?

Here.

Commissioner McMichael Cady.

Commissioner Brennan.

Commissioner Pena.

Yeah.

And Commissioner Shalini.

For the record, we have one unexcused absence by Commissioner Shalini.

Also in attendance today, we have Liliana Gray, uh, who serves as a human services program coordinator.

Uh Commission Secretary Pedro Naranjo.

And also uh colleagues from the engineering division.

We have Erwin Chin, engineer manager, Nicole Castellino, senior engineer, Austin Azake, Senior Engineer, Robin Chi, associate engineer, and uh Alicia Reyes, assistant engineer.

Welcome.

Thank you.

All right.

Any announcements, Mr.

Secretary?

Okay.

Please silence any devices that would prove a distraction during the meeting.

And also please remember to ask for a recess if you need to step out of the meeting as that that may impact the commission's ability to maintain a quorum.

Okay.

Consent calendar item three, approval of the draft minutes of the senior commission meeting of January 15th.

If there are no additions or corrections, I will entertain a motion to approve the draft minutes of the January 15th meeting.

I move to approve.

Okay.

Commissioner Dillon moved and Commissioner Brennan second.

Secretary, please take the roll.

Thank you.

Chair Watchison?

Yes.

Vice Chair Comelo?

Yes.

Commissioner Dillon.

Commissioner Lopez Nacario?

Commissioner McMichael Cady?

Yes.

Commissioner Bena.

Yes.

And Commissioner Brennan.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Item four, city staff report.

Pedro, you have the floor.

Yes, thank you.

Just uh quick update.

As you know, we have a vacant uh senior commission seat uh with the resignation of Commissioner McHenry.

So I've been in communication with the city clerk's office who notified me that there is one applicant that is being considered at this time.

And so she will be uh they will be providing more information as the prog as the process uh progresses regarding uh departmental updates.

Um as many of you recall from the last meeting, we announced that we were getting ready for the biannual point in time count.

Um so the the biannual appointing time count took place on Thursday, January 22nd.

It was uh from five in the morning until 10 o'clock in the morning.

Uh as you all know, this is a federally mandated event uh that counts people experiencing homelessness at a certain point in time.

Uh the point in time count is critical, is a critical effort that helps ensure our community is accurately represented, it informs funding decisions and ultimately strengthens the ability to respond to homelessness with data, compassion, and accountability.

And so um we were very fortunate to be able to have the support of about 54 volunteers, and because of that support from our community, we we were able to successfully um uh uh count every single track in San Leandro.

Wow, and so um great support from the community, and so the preliminary findings of the count are going to come to us um sometime in the spring with the full report coming um in the summer.

And so as we get that information, I'll make sure that I um share that that that data with you, and then any um any uh uh any planning that we do uh in accordance with the the data.

Yes, Commissioner Brennan.

Point of order, Chair.

Uh turns out the copy of the minutes we had was from November, not from January.

So I'd like to ask that we um reverse that decision and wait until we have a printed copy, because we should have a print copy of the January.

Yes, thank you for uh asking that.

So we have we have a packet with the re revised documents that are gonna be coming in a few minutes, although the minutes that you receive via email were all correct.

I understand that it's just uh I saw I that's my question.

I think the chair can make a decision here.

I'm not demanding it.

Okay, I I don't see any if unless anybody had an objection to okaying the minutes that we actually don't have it in front of us, but did come in the packet that we had ahead of time.

Are there yes?

No, I'm saying that's fine.

Okay.

All right, so we won't go back and redo that.

We don't have to.

Okay, thank you.

Uh so uh regarding senior services, uh, we have Iliana Gray here who is our program services coordinator.

She's gonna go ahead and provide some updates, and then I will add a few of my own.

Okay, sure.

Um, okay.

Um so we had our um third um day trip last month in January.

We went to the Chabot Space and Science Center.

Um it was attended by 13 um seniors, and we had one of our staff members attend Cynthia.

Um it was a great, great time.

Um and then we also had our um lunar, we had a lunar new year's celebration on Tuesday.

We had about 65 folks attend.

Um we handed out snacks with um traditional Chinese or tended we had snack bags of traditional Chinese snacks.

Um we had um a craft, we had folks make a paper lantern, um, and then we also had we invited our contract instructor, um Cynthia Eaton, who teaches Qigong, and she came out and did a demonstration with about 20 about her of her participants.

It was really, really great.

I had never seen Qi Gong, so it was really cool to kind of see it.

Um and she explains a little bit about what the class means.

Um, and then we we also just play traditional music that's played during the new year.

Um and um we had uh one of our staff members, Valerie, who you all know, her nieces were here, and so it was really great to have you know um them help with in in the process.

They were walking around helping people make the craft and also handing out the snacks and all that.

Um so yeah, it was a really really great, well-attended um event.

Um also I don't know if you all noticed as you walked in.

Um there's a TV in the activity room, and there's a TV in the main corridor.

Those are now up and running.

Uh yeah.

Um so in the activity room, right now we're playing um, you know, different um like game shows.

We were playing the Olympics the other day, and just you know, things that keep things you know lively and and um nice and positive.

Um and then in the main corridor, we have our schedule for the day displayed as well as flyers for upcoming events or for ongoing programming.

Um, and we have pictures that are circulating right now.

We're we're posting pictures from our um our senior uh date trips, but I think you know, as we get to know the system and as as you know, time goes by, we'll start getting more creative with how we're using it.

But I think at this point we're at a really great start, and at least we have our you know, our schedule of events and and other flyers going on.

So those are um monitor was putting we had the starting was the picture of all those commissioners and the meeting gates.

So I I think that you should be reinstated because people don't know that we are that is a commission here, and they don't know what we are doing.

They just think that we meet and have a nice chat and go back, but uh so I think that that we are here in existence, it would be a good uh idea to put it up.

Okay, so we'll have an everyone comes on board, we can have a nice picture and um put it up there.

Yeah, I think that's a good idea.

We can we can look into that if the commission is okay with that.

Yeah, I don't have any objection.

Anybody have an objection to having their picture up on the back part board?

Does their scientists want it?

Well, that works too.

Okay.

Uh the other update uh regarding uh senior services is that um as some of you may know, every every March uh Spection Community Services holds a sort of an awareness event uh called uh champions week, and it's an opportunity to raise awareness with the community regarding the importance of nutrition uh for older adults.

And so um, and so uh this year we have decided that we're gonna be doing uh that uh highlighting that day here at the senior community center on March 19th.

And so March 19th, as you know, is the next senior commission meeting.

So we we intentionally um uh selected that day uh in hopes that some of you may be available to participate immediately after this meeting.

And so um Spectrum um uh does a very good job of reaching out to various uh community leaders, so our elected officials will get an invitation, our city manager will get an invitation as well as our assistant city manager, and um, and we're hoping that that many of you can participate.

Uh it also aligns very well with conversations that we've had regarding having lunch with seniors.

I know that we're planning to invite other elected officials uh in the future, so I think this can be a very good um sort of kickoff to to that process.

And so that's happening on the 19th.

You'll uh get an invitation via uh email if you haven't already done so.

Um and if you have any questions, you can you can let me know.

Lena Dem invaded.

I believe she's also getting an invitation, yes.

Okay, yes.

And that that concludes our report.

Okay.

Are there any further questions, comments?

No.

So is that the same day as our senior commissioner?

Yes, that's what he just I'm sorry, I wasn't saying.

Okay, yes.

Uh huh.

So it'll be after the senior commission.

Yes.

Yeah.

It would be like the lunch lunch service, correct?

Noon or yeah, so the so the event starts.

Uh thank you actually for asking that because the the event will start at around 1140, 11:30.

Um, so what I'm thinking is that uh for that meeting, I know that sometimes we go into a 12.

We'll keep the agenda a little bit shorter so that we can end on time and transition over to the event.

Okay, and at noon, you mean uh or in by uh by 11:30.

Okay.

All right.

Just and maybe you could just send out a little reminder on that too when you send out the what we're doing on when you send out all the other stuff.

Sure.

Okay.

Yeah.

Thanks.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Comments?

Okay, thank you.

Public comments.

We have all of I believe all of our guests are presenters.

So do we no?

I don't see anybody here from the public.

Okay, all right.

Okay.

Um, yes, did you have a question?

I'm sorry.

I'm seeing things out of the corner of my eye.

I apologize.

I was doom scrolling, trying to send an email.

Okay.

All right.

Um, okay.

So uh Mr.

Secretary, can you announce about the e-comments then?

Yes, thank you.

Uh no public e-comments were received.

Uh the commission was advised on Wednesday, February 18th.

Okay.

All right.

Okay, well, we are at presentation, so do we wait for the printed copies or do we go ahead?

We can go ahead because we have printed copies.

Okay, perfect.

We can just let me grab one.

Okay.

Okay.

Um all right.

First up, we have the city transportation and engineering division presentation.

Um you are Robin.

Yes.

Okay.

Uh Robin Chi, is that correct?

Who is the associate engineer, assisted by Alicia Reyes, who is the assistant engineer, and um the support group we also met uh through in um introductions by Pedro earlier.

So okay, you you have the floor.

Thank you.

And then uh let you know the next slide.

Yes, okay.

Um hello, commission member, and say staff.

Um today public rewards department.

Uh here to uh present regarding roadway safety programs.

Go ahead, you're fine.

Uh next slide, please, Pedro.

Today we're going to be discussing pretty quick overview regarding our B Pack or Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, our neighborhood traffic calming program, NTCP stop signs, street lighting, our sidewalk program, and our C click fix, which is the mobile 301 reporting app.

Next slide, thank you.

So our bicycle pedestrian advisory commission was formalized late 2024, but we've been having meetings since I believe like 2012.

And we formalized to have seven total commission members, one per district, including one commission member that's a mayor's at large appointment.

This is taken during the oath of office during 2025.

From our left to right, uh our chair Sarah Bailey, our vice chair Nicholas Bezadez, Ed Cable who's commission member as well, and Jason Hammond.

And we have uh three uh other commission members that are um that didn't make it, but uh yeah, we we do not have any vacant seats at this moment.

Uh we do meet quarterly or as an all-mediate basis to discuss um any plans um regarding transportation or um traffic safety, uh and then also you know a few other noted general transportation plans that they've helped supported in the recent um years was our city local roadway safety plan, which helps uh the city um be eligible for state funding for transport safety and transportation uh funding and including our um cities bicycle and pedestrian master plan.

Uh next slide, please.

Uh so our neighbor we have a neighborhood traffic calming program, um, and the goal of this program is essentially to reduce the uh vehicle speeds that travel within our city and also addressing any cut-through streets that cars use in residential streets, um other and not using arterial streets to get around the city.

Um couple examples we have here.

Uh we have a speeds speed feedback sign.

Uh we have a few of these around the city.

I think this one is um on Dutton next to Roosevelt School, essentially just drive by and um flash if you're going above um the 25 miles per hour telling you slow down.

Um we have speed humps.

I'm sure you've you've experienced a few of these around the city.

Um these are placing residential streets.

I think this one is on Maud Avenue, kind of between placed between I-580 and um East 14th, kind of to address the cut-through traffic that was experiencing, I think back in like 2010 or so.

And then um this one is a quick build project that is on bankrop between McKinley and San Leandro High.

Uh, so a lot of these quick builds when we don't have the funding to do the full build out, we would do interim temporary builds until we can get funding to actually build it out.

And these bull outs help to um at least narrow the street at least the segment out so cars will slow down when crossing the street, and then also provide visibility for um pedestrians when they're crossing the crosswalk.

Uh sometimes cars park there and they block um cars from seeing pedestrians wanting to cross, and you know that would reduce the amount of conflicts between pedestrians and cars.

And then um, yeah, just for your information, our neighborhood traffic coming program does have a petition process.

Uh, usually it's um involving speed humps, as uh usually we do require a majority um uh approval within the affected street that you know distribute wants speed hubs because you know there's always been different ideas of how to address it or if it's a problem, yes, because some people don't like meet hubs next to the street.

So uh this is one of our processes to make sure that the community is you know this is what the community wants.

Um next slide, please.

Um and then in addition, we do have a crosswalk prioritization program.

This is for when we receive uh requests for new crosswalks, in addition to um also updating old crosswalks, as there's uh always been updating standards and guidance regarding effectiveness of the markings and you know supplemental signage that involves placing these crosswalks.

So we do review them based on the number of lanes, how fast um cars are traveling, uh pedestrian volumes, um, and then other factors involving um ages of abilities, closeness to schools, destinations and um proximity to uh transit stops.

Um oftentimes, depending on the data that we collect, uh we do supplement crosswalks with signages or even more safety measures like rapid flushing rectangular beacons or pedestrian hybrid freakings to um make sure that when we place these crosswalks they're safe for those that are trying to get to the other side of the road.

Next slide, please.

And then stop signs.

Um stop signs are separate than neighborhood traffic farming program because in the sense that stop signs in accordance to our California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which is a national standard for um signs and pavement markings in our country that stop signs are do not function to reduce speeds but to assign a right-of-way for drivers.

So they do require a warrant that has to be evaluated based on traffic volumes, um crash experience and site distances.

So yeah, this is a stop sign that's right in front of the senior center, I believe.

So yeah, this is a regulatory sign, and no, it is essentially to assign right-of-way where the cross traffic would have the right-of-way where you would have to yield and make sure that you're clear before they're uh after they cross.

Um next slide, please.

Um you can also request for street lighting, and the reason why we add this here for roadway safety is because it's been shown that adding sufficient lighting would reduce crashes at night time, um, and that would increase visibility for pedestrians.

Um believe in our local roadway safety plan.

Uh we do have about like a quarter of our crashes that involve seriously and injured and fatal um crashes happen at during night time.

Um so I yeah, this is involving if there's not sufficient lighting along several segments that uh we do evaluate those.

Uh typically they're installed at every intersection and um every other pole within the mid-block.

Uh typical lighting spacing is about 300 feet, but there are exceptions depending on if the uh street layout is uh atypical and if there are any like trees and such that we do evaluate uh lighting on a case-by-case basis.

Next slide, please.

Uh hi, I'm Alicia Reyes.

I'm the junior engineer that is currently managing the sidewalk repair program.

So I will just um briefly explain how the sidewalk repair program works.

Um according to our um California state laws and uh our municipal code, the property owners are responsible for the maintenance of the sidewalk along their property frontage.

If you would like to have more detailed information on the responsibility that the property owner has, please see the San Leandro Municipal Code sections as well as the San Leandro Administrative Code and the California Street Highways Code sections as well.

Next slide, please.

And we have a lot of questions on what to do when sidewalk is damaged.

So some of the frequently asked questions that we have is if your sidewalk needs repair, as a property owner, you have a few options to have the sidewalk repaired.

Firstly, you can repair the sidewalk yourself and hire a properly licensed contractor and also obtain a city encroachment permit.

Secondly, you can join the city's annual sidewalk repair program and later reimburse the city once the work is completed, or you can request grinding and or patching by the city's public works department.

This third option is at no cost to the property owner, but uh with the understanding that it's a temporary fix and that in a few years when the lift becomes greater, then um it will need to have a more uh um permanent uh repair.

Next slide, please.

And uh when does the city share the costs of the sidewalk repair?

Um if the city tree is uh the cause of the sidewalk damage, then and if the property owner joins our sidewalk repair program, the repair cost is divided evenly between the property owner and the city.

Uh currently uh our sidewalk repair program has about a five-year wait because this is what most residents in our city um choose to do.

Um what do you do as a resident if you see that the sidewalks are in disrepair?

You can report the hazardous sidewalk location to the city's um uh to a city inspector and have it inspected and have a cost estimate prepared.

Uh you can either call this number here or you can um we prepare QR codes.

If you scan it on your packets or here, it'll take you to my San Leandro and the mobile 311 app and website, and that's where you can report these damages.

Next slide, please.

Um this is um a QR code that you can also scan for more detailed information on our sidewalk repair program.

Uh it has uh information on how to contact our inspector as well as the minimum lift requirements.

Uh, for example, uh if the lift is under half an inch, um, there's no immediate um uh repairs needed.

However, it's the property owner that will monitor how uh if the lift uh becomes greater, then please report.

Um if it's between uh half inch to one and a half inches, you can contact our um uh our public works department will come out and grind or patch the lift at no cost to the property owner.

And if it's over one and a half inches, then you um more permanent fix will need to be uh implemented, like a remove and replacement.

Uh next slide, please.

Hi everyone, uh my name is Irvin Ching.

I'm the engineering manager.

Um I decided from Federal that was a question about uh the condition of our streets.

Right.

So we created inserted the slide.

I wanted to kind of explain a little bit uh what the city's uh what the city is doing currently and uh uh what our plans for the future.

And maybe a little background on what the uh how we rate our streets.

So um maybe I'll start with the map on the right.

You see some, you see the entire city on the right there with with the streets and different colors.

Um it signifies whether the street is in good shape.

Uh it signifies whether the uh other streets like uh in yellow uh would be uh in fair condition, and then in red means that those are the failed streets.

So currently uh we measure the condition of our streets based on uh the PCI.

So PCI stands for pavement condition index.

So current the PCI is a it's a kind of like a grade where 100 would be a new street, and then zero would be a failed street.

So currently our grade is not so great.

Our PCI is at 56.

The city currently have 4.5 million annually that we put in to repair our streets.

The unfortunate uh reality is that we need about 11 million a year so that we keep we maintain the PCI at the at the current level.

So these data was from 2023, and at that time when we did this, the PCI was 59.

We were able to raise it from 55 to 59.

We had a large street resurfacing and maintenance project, raised the PCI to 59.

However, because we could not keep spending 11 million a year because of constraints with our budget, we only spent about half.

You can see that the PCI have gone down from two to three years ago to 56.

So what are what is the city doing currently?

So that brings us to the present strategies.

We are looking into a pavement cut impact fee.

And what that is, uh when whatever a utility company comes to the city and says we have to serve our facilities, and therefore we have to cut into your street, then we would charge them a fee for doing that.

And cutting into the street uh is detrimental to the life of the robot, unfortunately.

So they should be part of the solution.

And the the pavement cut impact fee is an ongoing impact fee, which means that it's it's a revenue that can be generated every year.

As long as we have this in the policy, uh every time they cut in, it's a it's a revenue that we can use towards repairing our streets.

The other uh strategy is having a street moratorium ordinance, and what that means is uh, and maybe some of you have seen it before, uh, we just paved the street, and then a month later you see the utility company just cutting through the beautiful street, right?

And the hoax is a street moratorium ordinance, uh, which which says if the street is newly paved, uh no cutting for at least five years.

If we it was uh resurfaced, meaning just a thin layer over the the street, no cutting for at least two years.

However, there's a situation where the utility companies experiences maybe uh uh a leaking gas gas pipe.

That's an emergency.

For that instance, they have to do it.

But when when we allow them to do it, then they have to uh repair the street uh in such a way that it it is uh it looks nice, right?

So that's the street moratorium ordinance.

Um third is we use the technology to extend the life of the street.

So through the many years that the public works have repaired the street, we found that there is one product that prolongs the life even longer, and and this is uh using a rubberized uh uh element in the resurfacing of these streets.

And the rubber not only uh uh lessens the sound of cars driving over it, it prevents the cracks from reflecting through.

And the PCI is actually a visual uh inspection of the street.

So a PCI is based on how many cracks do I see, how many trenches do I uh am I looking at, and so on and so forth.

So when that product delays the cracks from showing up, the PCI score for that street stays high, and therefore we can focus our money on other streets that need to repair.

So that's what the new technology is about.

Last but not the least, selecting the most cost-effective approach.

So what this means is as you can see in the map, uh there's a lot of streets that are in red, which means that those are failed streets.

When you drive over it, part of the asphalt will maybe fly over.

There's a lot of hot holes and all of that.

So unfortunately, because of the money we have, uh, the cost to repair those types of streets uh is 10 times more than if we were to replace uh resurface and maintain streets that are in good condition.

So kind of counterintuitive, right?

You want to focus your money on uh streets that have failed, but what what the study is showing is that if you focus your money on the streets that are good and maintaining them in good condition, you're able to keep your PCI and your street network in a better condition.

So that is the the last uh item we see there.

Now what are what are the future strategies for the city?

So current uh not so long ago, uh City Council has appropriate approved and gave direction to staff to actually look into uh the feasibility of a citywide revenue measure.

Uh what that means is uh if that is approved, then part of that money uh it's going to be a ballot measure, and the the citizens of San Leandro will have to vote vote for it.

It will unfortunately be uh a tax, additional tax to the residents, but that money will be used for repairs of the different uh uh facilities, streets, and and infrastructure that needs repair, and when we do that, and we have that money on hand, we can immediately spend a lot of the money and and fix all of the the streets that are red, and then make it in a position where it's it's in better shape, and then need only uh uh not so much money to maintain it for the years to come.

And um, this is not an the other approach is uh and it's not a city uh it's not uh a city-led measure.

It's a I I believe maybe you've heard it in the newspaper, it's a uh citizen uh led uh revenue measure.

Um so that's I believe is in the works, but I don't have any updates for that.

So hopefully that's not too long of a presentation for this slide.

Uh so that completes this this part of it.

Uh next slide, please.

So give it back to Alicia.

Well, that's that's pretty much the end of our um uh presentation, but uh I wanted to bring up the My San Leandro app if you um wanted to report damaged sidewalks or traffic safety issues um or um street lighting potholes, anything we talked about in the presentation if you have uh anything to report as a resident of the city of San Leandro, um this is the app that we use.

Um that way it can be documented and you can be assisted, it'll be it'll um direct you to the uh proper groups that uh that way you can be um assisted with any of the uh issues that you want to report.

Um but that's the end of our presentation, so thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, questions.

Commissioner Brennan.

Of course.

So uh I have so many questions that it would take it'll take a separate meeting and we'll have that with that film.

But uh first, uh I'd like to thank uh the traffic engineering group for doing the absolute best they can with the resources the city has granted to them.

That is the big constraint here.

Secondly, the um the I'd like to make sure that we promote the My San Leandro Act that was shown on the last slide there, um, to our senior community.

I have used it, it gets the people out to grind the bad place off the sidewalk, and as those of you who walk East 14th Street found out, some of our sidewalks are in just horrendous condition.

And that leads to my next question.

Has there been a citywide effort to identify like we have the PCI index?

Is there a sidewalk index where we actually look at the inventory of sidewalks and see I use the term how bad they are in in heavily trafficked areas?

That's a question.

Do we have any way of measuring that?

We've not really drawn the reason in my name is Austin Sabware's projects.

We've not done that.

There is indeed uh the SAD for SADWAP is home on us responsibility.

Is it business owners as well?

Yes.

So it's both business owner and homeowner, whoever is in front.

So even in semi-commercial districts, that sidewalk is okay.

Either the responsibility of the owner or shared with the city if it's a street problem.

If it's strict problem, it's not the city.

But if it's uh strict related problem, it's strictly the uh on us problem.

This is actually uh uh highway code uh highway um yeah, how we're streets in the street of good for little.

Uh but I wanted to point out on is for distribute.

Well, is on state high state high without a problem.

But still sidewalk that is probably one of those responsibility, but prevents you from doing some corrective things because it's a state.

Got it.

Oh thank you.

Do you have any other questions?

Well, we'll schedule another meeting.

In a different context, I'm sorry.

Okay.

Commissioner Lopez Nicario, do you have any questions?

Yep.

Commissioner Mike.

Oh, sorry.

No, I don't have the questions.

Commissioner Knell.

Um there was a government of the subject of it.

I don't know.

One thing or what are the movies and what are the statistics of people who have lost the light in the house or inside the end.

So we have received the safe checks report and some podcasts went on.

We were receiving that report.

We are looking at the feasibility of the findings and we'll discuss our city council before taking those findings.

So for the uneven um sidewalk, if someone paused in front of the house of the sidewalk, even though there is no damage to the sidewalk, who is responsible by legally uh get the business problem if you get the city to the uh that would be uh the property owner's responsibility and um the property owner could be liable and come under your homeowners uh insurance for any claims a surprise to many homeowners.

Yes, yeah.

No, we understand, yeah.

Commissioner Dillon, did you have any questions?

Just a couple, probably could.

Um you said there's a five-year weight for the city share costs.

How is oh so we uh implement an annual sidewalk repair program every year, and uh we we have our backlog of uh resident requests that have come in that are on our um sidewalk program, and the 50-50 cost is dependent on if there is a city tree.

Um if not, then the homeowner will uh reimburse the city full cost.

Uh if there's no city inverse the city, yes, because the city will be doing the work um uh for the homeowner.

Otherwise the homeowner will have to bring in their own um uh contractor.

I see.

So if the homeowner brings in their own contractor, the city will not pay, would it will not share that cost?

Is that right?

Just to add to what uh Alyssa just said the the the sidewalk and front front of property is your responsibility.

Right.

Now if there's a damage, then you want to fix it.

You get a contract for a licensed contractor?

A licensed contractor comes to the city and gets an equipment permit.

Okay, it would work.

City doesn't have to pay it, you don't have to pay the city anything.

Okay.

Now if it's the damage is related to street three, then city may consider paying part of that cost.

Yeah.

But although you have you can join the city contracted, contractor, let me put it that way.

But unfortunately, the waiting is so long, like Alyssa said, there's a five-year waiting list that we're working through to bring down.

So if we want to join the city uh list, it's gonna take a little bit longer, but you can go up and hire contractor and get the job done quicker.

This I'm so not clear then if the person wanted to get it done quicker, then still sign up in this program, then if they got it done quicker, then the city will not participate.

Is that yeah, am I reading that right now?

No, okay.

If you sign up with the city, which is a contractor setting with the city to say, city, please do this work for me.

I will have to pay you the c the cost.

The advantage to that is only the city unit price.

Uh-huh.

That the city put the contractor.

Okay.

Usually it's cheaper.

Compared to going out to hire a contractor.

I see.

But within this is a little bit lower.

I think I want to clarify.

So if you hire your own contractor, is there a process that the city would could refund some portion of that cost for the when they're refer when they're uh repairing uh tree damage to a sidewalk in front of your house?

She didn't.

That's what that's what I don't think about it.

They will consider it.

Oh, those are okay.

What if the curve is also and the curve is going out into the street?

They're not going to go.

The curve is like this in the street.

Yeah, and the side will just all part of it.

It's a sidewalk for those trip on that.

Yes.

So if this is the city has to be back.

That would require the streets, you'll get half of the streets back.

No, no, not necessarily not all the time.

It doesn't happen, but if it has to have half of that street, so you're going half of half of the street.

That doesn't really work with that.

Well, the uh obviously the permit I get, but there's a couple if there's a few things happening.

Ponding and training and curbs.

So the state and highways code.

Looks at sidewalk and curve.

No discreet.

Um but what Austin's saying sometimes uh the the street is right into the city as it's easy.

Uh huh.

But I don't want to go into that easement.

You're just giving me the rights to be there, right?

But if that's the case, and and we say we want to give up the city, the street, we don't need the street anymore.

For example, it doesn't happen.

Uh then but up to the center of the street, like Austin said, would go back to you as a probably owner.

Most of the the streets here in the city of Santa are owned in fee, which means that it has been dedicated to the city in fee, so the city owns it.

Um therefore maintains it.

And maintains it, right?

Okay, uh that's maybe a little more.

Anyway, uh, I need two more things.

Yeah.

Um back to that one.

Um, question about permeable pavement products.

Is the city doing any kind of permeable pavement to recapture uh water?

Oh well, I think I've seen uh permeable pavement for private developments uh for the city.

Uh I think we have a one side.

Oh, it's not so the permeable one is different.

Yeah, permeable means that it allows the water to go through the uh roadway, right?

So that one is very expensive and very hard to maintain.

Uh so typically most of the time, maybe a 95-99% of the time, it's uh in purvus, which is the asphalt that you see there, that's impervious.

In short, water would not go through it unless there's there's a crack, it would flow on the surface and then into the system.

Right.

I'm bad with one of the biggest challenges we're having the uh source very quickly.

So water doesn't go through.

So if you allow water to go through the asphalt underneath the road, we road on it because it large butthole.

Oh so water is for streets, water is your biggest enemy.

Yeah, so that's why when you see cracks, sometimes you see like, oh, there's like a black thing that they put on the crack, right?

It's to seal the cracks so that water doesn't go in because like Austin said, when water goes in through the cracks, it it makes the the support, the foundation of the street, which is rocks aggregates, uh uh a little bit well with water, it becomes it loses its strength.

And with cars driving over it and it pumps it, and now that's how how the potholes uh are created.

Is the issue with all the I'm sorry, I'm really there.

Is the issue with all the water pooling and the gutters because there's not enough drainage or correct some some parts of the city are very flat and that doesn't have a lot of doesn't have underground storm-based system, and sometimes a little bit of you know, during fall, if uh the gutters are not clean or the street sweeper doesn't get to it, uh even even a little bit the piling of the leaves can stop the water from flowing.

Terrible by where I know.

No, almost this picture here, the um so I wondered about parking lots, because this these two crosswalks, um they're very nice.

But um, I wonder what the city has uh what jurisdiction or whatever for this particular one because it's at the senior center, and the ladder cross blocks are so much more visible.

I was crossing this way back in October car coming this way and we nearly collided and I was able to jump back but you know and he was just kind of rolling through it.

I don't know if there's a stop sign honestly I didn't think to check but if this could be a ladder crosswalk I think it would be much more visible for the parking lot is very active all the time.

Since can you put it on your radar?

Yeah we can I believe this is city owned property while it's not a public street uh we do have jurisdiction to make any changes or improvements as needed so that's something we can definitely take a little look.

So actually this parking lot is owned by the hospital.

The RC we do not have um we tried to work with them to make changes including adding an RD to that crossing and um they are not willing to pay for that in this RFD's the one that flashes it's the one expressed the battery and then it starts flashing so it makes pedestrians even more visible but in terms of um high visibility crosswalks the city actually just within the last month or so has adopted that all crosswalks that are um removed as part of our work within city by the way which this unfortunately is not um within city rightway will go back as high visibility so you will no longer just see the two bars you will see the um high visibility crosswalks well then more and more well then if that's a city uh if that's going forward then does the city have any jurisdiction over a you know an entity that controls the parking lot so in the events in the event the hospital came through for any building permits they would need to upgrade to our standard great thank you okay commissioner penny maybe you've got a question well just a simple question um when we're talking about the neighborhood uh traffic calling um the petition process so say everybody on one street wanted something it but it's still based on traffic measures right yeah say everybody said oh well we absolutely need a yeah so we we do evaluate and uh collect data to um justify for the yeah it's uh based on a warrant process um we would take counts we would take speed and volume counts to determine if whether or not it's warrant okay sorry what did you because I have the same question what did you say about the account I could when we get a request we take speed and volume counts to see if uh stop sign speed bumps whatever the crosswalk whatever the case may be um whatever the request is um is warranted okay so those standards are uh nationally recognized that we follow those warrants for thank you okay so that I just I'll let you you had another question no that was okay so the petition process is that's something that you actually have to go around and collect signatures on the street for C bumps yes there needs to be someone you know that typically it's the requester um that goes around and um confirms that their neighbors are okay with it.

Yeah we could call it the neighborhood captain I'm sorry neighborhood captain so then every capital I have before of all the residents that they have to sign it and then present that to the city showing that hey these are all the uh people uh residents in the street that sign and we and then the city will verify if both they are the property owners and then the process continues up here.

Okay how long does that usually take um it's really only the people that are directly affected by having a speed bump very near to their house it's not your whole block um typically but uh it can take months um years it really depends on how proactive the requesters on because you have to go to door to door and make sure you have enough signatures and you know sometimes they don't want to sign and no so it can take it can take a while sometimes it can take quite a question I'm asking you is because I'm on Anzaway there are absolutely no stop signs right no anything between Washington Avenue and Bert curves around the Monterey and now the parents are using our street as the Indian Indianapolis speedway in order to get their kids to school and um now we're having animals hit on the street which is very upsetting too um so I you know I I would like to see this process done some other way um I've complained about it numerous times but uh I'm 80 years old and I'm not gonna walk up and down the street trying to get people a petition so what other resource do I have um perhaps if there's another neighbor that you have that has these same concerns they're able to help you um with that process um we have I know that this I'm not sure if it was hands on maybe you was you uh I did hear of another senior that had similar concerns and they um did get a neighbor to kind of help them out and

So what other resources do I have?

Um perhaps if there's another neighbor that you have that has these same concerns, they're able to help you with that process.

Um we have I know that this I'm not sure if it was Panza, maybe you of you I did hear of another senior that had similar concerns and they um did get a neighbor to kind of help them out and um you know walk that position around.

Okay.

All right.

So is the petition process online somewhere that explains to you what you have to go through in order to get uh in order to get someone to even look at the street?

Um you can just reach out to traffic at San Leandro.org.

Um, and that goes right to um also I believe if you uh go on the app and under traffic safety, those go to us as well, right?

Yeah.

So yeah, under traffic safety.

Yeah, if you report it in our app go to us to truck.

Okay, we got time for one more question.

Editorial question.

I think your QR codes are expired.

They need to be renewed.

The two on the thing are not the one on the uh on the app.

They're showing me as uh inactive QR code.

So just it's it's probably a registration thing for QR codes.

Okay, one of the one more question.

Um so let's say she goes to her neighbors and they all sign the petition.

How much really strength did that have in getting it done?

Or is the city just gonna go and do what they do and just go, okay.

Well, there's this petition, but it doesn't have a lot of weight in it.

No, once it means warrants for speeder volume, um, and the petition is completed, uh it gets on the next paving project where speed bumps are installed, or if it's gonna be a stop sign or a cross line.

So the city decides though the strength of that because then they go out and they check it out if they don't fill away.

We check it out before issuing the petition.

If it if it doesn't meet warrant, the requester will be notified, it hasn't met warrant, and we can't proceed.

I think someone said that uh the tip of three months of soon one to live on three months on the worst street of course.

I was surprised it's not good forever.

Okay, I was surprised.

We'll get it in on the I want to thank you very much for all of your answers, questions.

Obviously, it led to more questions.

But uh and we'd like to very much see you back again to give us updates.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, everybody.

Break time.

Yeah, I think we're gonna take a slight break before the presentation from Liliana.

And yes, thank you.

Please I'm calling the meeting back to order at 1114 a.m.

Uh, our next item on the agenda is under the presentation 6B, the annual paratransit program application update.

And Liliana Gray will be our presenter.

Welcome.

Hi.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Chair Watchinson.

Um, yes, we're here today to talk about our um paratransit program application, our yearly um application that we submit to Alameda CCC.

Um, so um we'll just be going over what we're submitting for this year's application.

Um we're gonna be I'm gonna be going through uh program overview and updates as well as what outreach and community engagement we are conducting and then also addressing some challenges and solutions.

Um first uh just to identify who we aim to serve.

We uh aim to serve San Leandro residents who are age 50 and older, as well as adults 18 and older with um living with disabilities.

Um our current services that we are identifying.

Um obviously you all are familiar with our flex shuttle service.

Um so this will uh we will be submitting this on the application and will remain pretty much the same.

You know, it'll it'll include our flex shuttle service, you know, with the fixed route shuttles, unlimited free rides, and it will continue to serve on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8 30 to 5 30.

And then the flex rides on demand will also remain the same.

It's a partnership through GoGo Grandparent, excuse me, GoGo Grandparent that's on the subsidized on-demand service with the cost remaining the same.

Anything over $20 the participant pays.

If the if the participant contacts us for permission.

The program eligibility will stay the same for the Flex Shuttle, it is for folks age 50 and older who live in the city of San Leandro, as well as for folks 18 years and older living with disabilities who are East Bay Paratransit certified.

For the on-demand service, it's for folks 70 or older, or again those 18 and older living or with East Bay Paratransit certification.

Next slide, please.

We'll continue our day trip program, which was a huge has been a huge success.

This will continue to allow folks age 50 and older, access to day trips to you know local parks, outdoor areas, community events, museums, etc.

And we we have been traveling through basically throughout the Bay Area.

We've had a couple of trips out to we had a trip out to the peninsula, we're going to San Francisco next week, and I think next month we're going to San Carlos to the Hiller Aviation Museum.

So it's a great option for folks who may not want to drive out that far or who can't drive out that far.

We will also be continuing with our senior emergency evacuation program.

And this will aid in helping folks with disabilities receive evacuation support during an emergency when the city activates a support or shelter or center.

We're partnering with them and we're having VASIC staff deliver grocery bags to folks living who are homebound or living with mobility limitations due to health conditions.

They'll have access to bags that are delivered directly to them twice a month by VASIF staff.

And last but not least, we're also continuing our door-to-door volunteer driver program with our partnership with RightCare or City Serve.

And it's a basically a program where City Serve gathers volunteers to help folks who to help clients by taking not only taking them to and from appointments or you know, you know, get connected with like other services agencies and things like that, but it's an actual like they'll take them into the service, they'll stay with them and then bring them back.

So it's a more door-through-door rather than just curb to curb.

We will also continue our partnership with AC Transit to help support distribution of the senior clipper card enrollment.

Um, these are uh free clipper cards that are handed out to folks age 65 and older.

We have monthly sessions here and at the Marina Community Center where it's um one month here at the next month at the Marina Community Center, and drop-ins are welcome.

So if folks show up between the hours of one and four, they can pick up a signed up and pick up a senior clipper card.

There is no value on it, but they can add value to it, and it's at a discounted rate for seniors.

Um we also partner with them for their wheelchair marking and tether strap program, also available here at the senior center and at the marina community center on the same days as the clipper card enrollment.

As you all know, we conducted an assessment through our partnership with Pear Street Consulting, and Mike was our consultant.

And so we did identify some areas of improvement and some short-term improvements that we'll be conducting and submitting in this plan.

The first improvement was first area that was identified was that the loops are too long and the schedules are too tight for drivers, right?

Just considering traffic, drivers have to take bathroom breaks or short breaks, etc.

It was identified that the routes just aren't realistic.

Secondly, eligible writers aren't familiar with the service, or the schedule doesn't make sense or aren't sure exactly where locations are or where they should be waiting for shuttles.

So that was another improvement that was highlighted.

Third, we understand that there's some stops that aren't being utilized.

And so we'd like to identify what those stops are to see what we can do about that.

Lastly, is providing seating and shelter at stops so that if folks do have to wait, they are covered and are comfortable, or if somebody can't stand for too long, they're able to do so safely with the access of seating and shelter.

As far as our short-term improvements to identify these areas, or to sorry, to help these or address me these areas for improvement.

First, we'd like to develop a realistic schedule.

Again, taking into account minimum minimum dual time.

So we're asking drivers once they reach a stop, no matter if someone's there or not, to stay and wait at least 10 seconds.

So incorporating the minimum dwell time, driver breaks, traffic, and other variations that may come up on a data day.

And so in developing this realistic realistic schedule, participants will know okay.

Well, it says 10 30, but the shuttle will be here at 10 30.

It'll be here at 10 30 rather than showing up either five or ten minutes earlier or later than what's published.

Secondly, um updating the schedule so that it makes more sense.

Uh right now it's not super clear what time it gets the shuttle gets to each stop, and so creating a more an updated schedule that has realistic pickup and drop-off times at each stop so that it's very clear.

Um along with that, number three, um, you know, actively publish and actively promote the updated schedule, not only to our members but also to the public, making sure that anyone who's just finding out about the program gets this updated schedule.

Um creating and installing new signage in each bus, again so that participants understand and know what the updated information is.

Um then number five, um identifying low maintenance and cost-effective seating and canopy solutions for those stops.

Uh number six, improving ridership data.

Um trip shot is a system that is already utilized by shuttle drivers and so and by MV Transportation, and so we're hoping that we're going to be able to incorporate trip shot and have drivers use it to enter real-time data onto like who how many folks are coming onto the buttons to the shuttle, how many folks are exiting, and in this way be able to identify one our realistic number for how many writers we have, but also what stops aren't being utilized as much.

Um and then lastly, um exploring piloting the twice-monthly orientation right along so that folks who are new to the program understand where the stops are, understand where exactly the shuttle goes.

We do do uh on a monthly basis, we do an information session so folks existing customers and new customers can come and learn about the program or ask any questions they have, but this would be taking that up a notch and actually having them ride the flex shuttle so that they know exactly what what it's like.

Next slide.

Um we can continue our community engagement and outreach, you know, by using surveys.

Obviously, we're always taking participant input, um, you know, at good and bad.

Uh, Valor does a really good job of logging all that information, and we really take that into consideration.

Um definitely stop staff and our partner MV Transportation as well as other partners.

Um we you know have ongoing meetings with them, um, interdepartment collaboration, um, and then it lastly uh San Leandro Cherry Festival Parade.

We're for sure gonna um participate in that again, and so we'll be reaching out to you all for for um input and attendance on that as well.

Um as far as outreach goes, we're continuing to um we're always updating our website, you know, with with any new applications we have or any new information.

Um we do use the San Leandro Times, for instance, um, to um to promote our um flex info sessions or our clipper card distributions or any new programming or any updates.

Um we publish our newsletter and calendar on a monthly basis uh basis, and so we use that as well.

Um in-person outreach last year we did a we made a huge push and and we started attending um the second Friday events by the um downtown, yeah, exactly.

The downtown association, and so we're continuing we're gonna uh continue to do that this year, as well as the um farmer market on Wednesdays once farmer market uh season starts.

Um we also are gonna continue our virtual and in-person orientations and enrollment support um as well as our travel training workshops, and um last year we are this year we've also really um upped our social media content, and and so definitely continuing with that um as well as our email blasts.

Um here is uh my and Valerie's information.

So I as you all know I'm the program coordinator and Valerie is our program assistants um supporting specifically our flex rides program.

If you all need to contact us, these are our uh best contact information.

Um and that is it.

There's any questions and then Brennan.

Thank you.

Um so I wonder if there in your short-term improvements, um, any consideration being given to um an uh real-time app for people to have, like where is the shuttle?

I know uh every bill has something like that for their shuttle.

It's not a senior shuttle, it's kind of general public.

Yeah, but uh it really works.

I used to work in revealing part, I think.

Um yeah, so we there is actually one available through TripShot.

That's what yeah.

I just pulled it up.

Um, and so what you it's really hard to see, but so there's one available currently.

There's one available currently, we just haven't rolled it out.

Okay.

Um, but there is one of us available currently, so that is something that we have talked about including it.

I think um Valerie has actually talked to a few folks who have asked about it.

Um we've already got the like connected these two.

Yeah, yeah.

So it's definitely something that yeah, that we're we're hoping to incorporate more in our cool.

And one more thing.

Yeah, for the um the twice monthly orientation for new riders.

I wonder if um uh is it possible to make the first one or two rides free so that people can kind of orient themselves as well so that so they're not losing anything by trying.

Right.

So I should, I'm sorry, I should have specified.

I think that the orientation would be more for our flex right, the the shuttles.

Um right, and that that's free already.

Um I think with the on-demand, it um okay, it would be a little harder to do that.

I think we do.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay, sorry.

Commissioner Brennan.

Looking forward on the seating and shelter um needs.

Who is gonna end up bearing the cost for that?

Is that another city budget item?

So I can I can chime in.

Uh so uh different ways of doing this, I think.

But one way that we are um trying to make some progress there via this process is to incorporate some of those costs into our application.

And so um so uh so with that, obviously we won't we won't be able to incorporate uh uh a large amount of funding.

We want to start with with making a request to set aside a certain amount of our allocation so that it's available so that we can make those kind of improvements, right?

And and we um we actually want to start with um Valerie did a or she came on board, she did a great job of calling to every stop and assessing the signage.

Um what we want to do is make sure that every stop has uh um visible um and effective uh signage.

And then uh we also assess for things like uh, and I know we just got a wonderful presentation from the engineering department, but we also are looking at are how how what is the condition of the sidewalks getting to and from these stops.

And then of course we would have to look into is that private properties, that city property and all that, right?

But then seating, as you mentioned, as you heard from Lily, uh we're looking at some um inexpensive and easy ways to be able to provide seating those seating in those areas.

So we are we're actually incorporating uh again, not a large budget this year, but we're incorporating some of those costs so that we can at least start start the process.

That was exactly what I was hoping for.

And I to me the one that has the pole with the seats on the side of it, that's the least cost seating solution for at least two, and prevents skateboarders and people resting on it and all other things.

So that seemed a low cost alternative.

Um I'm wondering how you looked at wayfinding signs, which is where we have our stop off the main drag, as happens on East 14th and others, that on the main street, you've got the sign that says basically the logo and the the arrow that way, you know, like you see in metro stops and and some stops in major cities.

They've just got the symbol and the arrow that says, hey, you know, it's not here, it's over there.

Yeah, yeah.

Just a thought.

No, that's what that's a really good thought.

Um, yes, uh in an ideal world, that would be amazing, right?

Uh as I mentioned earlier, we have to make sure that the existing destination stops have the the proper signage.

Um and then the other thing that we will be doing as we learn from the assessment, there may be some changes in the future to the number of stops.

Uh we're gonna be looking at the data to see which stops make sense.

So we don't wanna make these investments and wayfinding signs right now, not knowing exactly what those stops are gonna be.

So once once we do once we once we uh are able to secure good data that we can use to make informed decisions and we make informed decisions regarding the number of stops, then yes, that that type of investment and that idea makes a lot of sense.

That's the kind of a plan I I I would expect, and I think that's a great great way forward.

Thank you.

Yeah, yeah.

Um I also forgot to mention um and it wasn't included in the in the uh presentation, but um there's all you know, our our vehicles are older, um, and so there is plans um to eventually replace um them.

Um but we're we're just not sure, you know, what way we're gonna go with that.

Yes.

Is there a plan to replace them with electric vehicles?

Since they're so that is that is one of the uh that's what one thing that we are considering, and so um it's not gonna happen probably in this fiscal year, but perhaps in the in the you know years to follow.

Um that is something that we're looking at, right?

Yeah, and part of this, if I can just add a real quick, and part of the reason for that is because providers are also, you know, our provider for this service is MV transportation.

So they've been thinking a lot about e-vehicles.

Um they're looking at what's happening in other communities.

Um we can't just buy an e-vehicle if the infrastructure is not there to support it, right?

There has to be charging stations, there has to be that capacity, that infrastructure needs to be built first before communities before we can start making those types of investments.

So it's gonna take a while, but it's definitely in our in our radar.

We wanted to make sure that you know this work is aligned with our climate plan and you know other uh city plans um you know other related city plans.

So my question was exactly that.

Has the city itself made any decision about going electric vehicle and supporting that they and their subcontractors would go that direction?

So that's that's a good question.

Yeah, I don't I don't know, but we can we can find out you know in the city parking lots or the whole vehicles building the charging infrastructure to support that.

There has been discussion about having a charging station here at the Sierra Senior Centers because it is city property, it is city run, and so maybe we can well remember they said the parking lot is hospital-owned.

It's hospital owned.

That I would like to get more information about.

Maybe we didn't have another.

Look at a parcel map.

We were told that before we can.

Yeah, but there may be some space.

Anyway, that we have talked about this much before, and maybe it's time to read uh bring that up again.

Well, if we don't start, it won't happen.

Yeah, we had Ava member every Ava Step member was here with the provided a presentation regarding the the plans and you all provided a lot of feedback.

And so um as uh so it might be good a good idea to to invite them to come back and resurrect.

So we can revisit or at least get an update about where we are with that plan and over.

Remember there was a idea about the parcel, the parcel map.

Oh I got idea.

Yeah.

See where that is.

Oh I that would do see where that is like everything is that it's complicated, right?

But so good thing to have charging stations out there, but then also what we heard from the commission and other folks with that was that we're we have limited parking and there's handicapped parking needs and you know and so all that needs to be I think that there's a way to solve that.

Oh, that needs to be considered.

So when we get there, yeah.

Um I have a question on your um AC transit um enrollment.

You said it was from one to four, but you didn't give a day of the week or something.

Yeah, it's usually on the I want to say the uh one more it's usually on the third Tuesday of the month, I believe.

Um and it it it um there's one here one month and then the next month if it's uh it's at the next one.

I see, so it's every other month.

Yes, it's every other month here.

Um like for instance, we have one coming up next week.

Okay.

Um on the 20th, is it the 24th?

No, 26th.

Okay.

This says it on there.

No, that's not it.

Sorry.

Okay.

Um, but yes, okay.

So there is one next week um here at the senior center.

Are there delays in distributing the senior cards if you applied online?

I heard there were some hiccups in the in the new clip of card system.

I'm wondering if that I thought I applied online and I have not received anything in the mail.

I'm not sure.

Um Kim Ridgway, who's with AC Transit, is here, and she actually will hand you a physical card that day.

Um if you come in and sign up through her.

I'm not sure what uh check my emails and if not, I'll come by and pick one up.

Yeah, she's great.

And the flex rights um on demand, the go-go grandparent.

Do you have to be um a do you have to be paratransit certified first?

No.

So that's only for folks who are age um 18 to 69.

If you're 70, you automatically um qualify for it when you apply for the flex rights program.

Um if you're 69 or 18 to 69, then you would have to um provide proof of East Bay Paratransit certification.

Okay, well, I have an 80-year-old friend, so I'm looking at that.

If I so um and I do see that the service area is Ashland, which is where she lives.

So they do have to reside in the city of San Leandro, incorporated city of San Leandro.

Um the program will take you to Ashland, but unfortunately it does have to be a city incorporated city of San Leandro.

That's too bad.

Well, Hayward has a program now.

They do.

It's the Hop program.

I'm sorry, what Hop program that services um Hayward, Castro Valley, Ashland, and so unincorporated San Leandro.

So you have to go to Hayward in order to get the flex right?

Uh you would have to go to Hayward to register for their program, which is called the Hayward Hop program.

Hayward Hop.

Okay.

Is it the same cost?

Do you know?

Uh it works the same way.

It's a four dollar code.

Okay.

I don't know how they operate it in terms of whether you have to be East Bay Pair Transit Server Line.

Okay.

So you go to the city of Hayward?

Uh yes, you would go through the city of Hayward.

Let me look up that.

But Ashland and Sheryland are both unincorporated.

I believe.

But the city's who's serving.

Well, they say City of Hayward serves them.

Yeah.

So another question is what does out of area mean in terms of medical importance.

So outside of uh the east space, so if folks need to go to San Francisco, for instance, for a medical appointment or San Jose, or you know, somewhere outside of these um Alameda.

So they really mean way out of the area.

Right, right.

So if if those folks call us and say, hey, I have to go to San Francisco for this.

Yeah, specialist appointment.

Exactly.

Then we we contact Gogo and we say, hey, we're authorizing this out-of-area um visit.

Yeah, um, the cost remains the same, so they would still pay the first four dollars, the city would pay this uh next 16, and then the participant would um pay anything over those twenty first twenty dollars.

But okay.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right, just one more thing regarding thank you, Lily.

First of all, for the presentation, she and Valerie are doing some amazing work with this program.

We are so excited about what's uh ahead of us.

Um and so the next steps here are for us to submit our application, our plan pro uh proposal to uh Alameda County Transportation Commission by next Friday, and uh followed by a presentation to staff and a and a uh committee uh in late April, and then uh if if uh if approved, then that becomes our our plan for fiscal year 26-27.

So that would be the plan for July of this year through June of next year.

Okay, so that's the process.

So we wanted to bring you bring it here to you given the work that we all do with age-friendly, but just giving the the fact that we wanted to get some some feedback and updates for your your comments and your questions have been very helpful.

Thank you.

And I'm sorry, I have to correct myself.

It's the uh fourth Tuesday of the month.

So the next clipper card um distribution will be here um on Tuesday the 24th from one to four, just next door at in the sorry, next door in the meeting.

Nope, here in meeting room D.

Sorry, I'm looking at the schedule, and it's a little bit okay.

So it's the fourth Tuesday.

Fourth Tuesday, yeah.

And where was that stuff that I was writing down?

Sorry.

I'll just put that.

Okay, thank you.

Yep.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Thank you, Lillian.

Thank you so much, Lily.

Of course, thank you.

Okay, welcome to stay, but I know I know you also have things to do.

Thank you so much.

All right, we're uh now on to action item the February 2026 age-friendly initiative priority projects update.

Pedro, you had a suggestion?

Yes, thank you.

You've received a lot of information today.

There's been a lot of content, so I wanted to check in with you to see if you want to uh if you want me to provide some uh quick updates regarding what's uh happened since the last month, or if you prefer to hold off until March, where I which is where uh when I can give you both the February and the March update.

Are there any critical exception items?

Um no, I don't think so.

Then I suppose we wait until a fuller report and more time.

Okay, so we're gonna table this until um February, and that's February.

Huh?

This is February.

I know.

February, we're going to, yeah.

I was looking at the February information.

Okay.

We're gonna table this till March and combine it with the March information.

Okay, in and don't forget we only have an hour and a half meeting that month.

So are we having any presentations?

I don't have any plans to bring any additional presentations in March.

So this would be it for the for March.

Okay.

I will entertain a motion that we table.

Second.

Okay, got it.

Okay.

Commissioner Brennan and Commissioner Dillon.

Roll call, please.

Can you thank you, Chair?

Chair Washington?

Yes.

Vice Chair Comelo.

Uh actually, for the record, uh Vice Chair Comelo ended up leaving uh early, and uh, but we were still able to maintain a quorum.

Uh Commissioner Lopez Nakario?

Yes.

Commissioner McMichael Cady.

Yes, Commissioner Brennan.

Yes.

And Commissioner Benya.

Yes.

Did I say Commissioner Dillon?

Commissioner Dillon.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, we're now at item eight, Commissioner Reports and Announcements.

So I have a little handout for you.

This was in the paper the other day, and it kind of caught my attention because a friend of mine just went kind of through this looking for nursing home.

Uh, kind of on the last minute.

It wasn't something they expected to be doing until March.

So I just thought that the information was in was interesting.

And so I will let you pass those out.

I think one out of the thing.

Oh, you did.

Okay, that's fine.

Okay, perfect.

All right, great.

Thanks.

I personally experienced this with my mother.

There you go.

See?

Okay.

And I just have a little saying to pass on.

Um, and that is when life gives you rain, wear cute boots and jump in the puddles.

Okay, so now commissioner comments.

Commissioner Lopez Nicario.

No comments.

No comments.

Commissioner Pena.

No comments.

Commissioner Brennan.

I'd like to see if we can figure out a way that the city can demand enforcement of the sidewalk repair requirements.

It's a requirement on some of our worst defenders in especially in the semi-business districts where the commercial buildings and the sidewalk in front is terrible.

So they say, oh, it's the build, but what is the enforcement process that gets them a nasty gram that says you must fix your sidewalk?

demand enforcement of the sidewalk repair um requirements it's a requirement um on on some of our worst offenders in in especially in the semi-business districts where the commercial buildings and the sidewalk in front is terrible so they say oh it's the bill but what is the enforcement process that gets them a nasty gram that says you must fix your sidewalk so I'm wondering if offline if you could talk to uh to uh engineering and transportation about what is the proactive way the city can basically demand that of uh owners see what I'm saying yeah I would say I would love to hear more about that so I'm clear about what the request is and so but we we but we can't have a discussion right now we can add it to the agenda for the next meeting so that we can have a full discussion that can get it I will probably end up having had a different context meeting with engineering transportation that will touch on that in a different context so I may also have some additional information okay so as far as your I'm fine I just want to surf it as you want to just share with the commission as a thought about what could happen going forward with with uh to get the sidewalk repairs owner funded sidewalk repairs incented right but in order to have any kind of discussion about that with the with the com chamber with the commission uh we need to actually put it on the agenda it was a comment uh only on the report so I'll not request it be agendized yet okay and I'll come back either with some additional information or let it lie.

Okay.

So it's being shared is being shared right now as a comment yes it's a comment okay to the report from uh okay um commissioner Dillon no comments um commissioner mcmichael cady no comments uh and commissioner shalini is not here commissioner anybody else did i get you all I did go yes okay all right here being no further business to come before the senior commission I will entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting uh february nineteenth twenty twenty six who's uh commissioner penya a second commissioner mcmichael cady roll call please thank you chair chair watchison yes commissioner Dylan Commissioner Lopez Nacario Commissioner McMichael Cady yes Commissioner Brennan yes and Commissioner Benya yes the motion carries okay the meeting is adjourned as of 1147 please stop the recording