All right, hello everyone, good evening. Thank you for your presentation. Recording in progress. We are going to call this meeting to order. Today is Tuesday, April 29th, 2025. And I would like us to start with the role please. Okay. Council member Kester Wani is currently absent. Taplin. Present. Bartlett. Here. Treggab. Present. Oki. Here. Blackby. Here. Unipara. Here. Humber. Here. And Mayor Ishi. Here. Okay. And for Council member Taplin, we just have to read through our script here. Councilmember Taplin is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to the Brown Act as amended by AB 2449 under the just cause exception. A quorum of the Council is participating in person at a single physical location that is noticed on the agenda open in the public and within the boundaries of the agency. This satisfies the requirements of the Brown Act. Councilmember Tapplin, please provide a general description of the circumstances relating to your need to appear remotely. For another night, I have to care for my mother who is ill because some of us have responsibilities such as that. Thank you. Okay. And Councillor Mourn, please disclose whether there are any individuals 18 years of age or older present with you from where you are participating and if so, what is their general relationship to you? In this room, I am joined by my spouse. Okay, and Council Member Tap and we'll participate through both audio and visual technology. Okay, we can proceed. Okay, all right, well, the first thing on our list today, we have a few ceremonial matters. I have four adjournments in memory, including one proclamation, and I would like to start with the adjournment in memory for Mary Wainwright. I know her family's in the audience today. Thank you so much for joining us. And I believe that Councilmember Tatlin, did you have some comments you wanted to share? Thank you, Madam Mayor. I do have some remarks and I am very honored to be able to read these, having been very inspired by the legacy of former Councilmember Wingwright. Can you want to hear me? Yes. Um, tonight we're adjourning it memory of Berkeley Health Member Mary Wainwright who passed away at her Kensington Home on April 2nd. Health Member Wainwright was born on June 19th, 1930 in Marvel, Arkansas and moved to Berkeley with her late husband, Frank Wainwright, and served her home on Bonar Street in 1958. A trustee of sorryre Bethel, and my sharing about the church, a lifetime member of the NAWACP, and president of the Channing Bonar Neighborhood Association, counselor Wayne Wright, represented his work too, and the city council from 1988 to 1996, and championed the causes of civic engagement, environmental stewardship and solar justice, neighborhood safety and infrastructure, leading efforts on the ground PG&E electrical lines and help secure city sponsorship for the Berkage Institute's infestible. Council Member Wayne Wright also served on the boards of Berkage's alternative Berkage Institute's Friends of the Center for Independent Living and was actively in League of Women Voters, Berkage's Democratic Club and a support every bullying together. May your readers should be be taken for all of us and her memory be a blessing for our entire community. Thank you. Thank you so much for reading that Council Member Taplan. And I also have a proclamation that I'd like to present to your family. If you'd like to come join us up here at the podium, I can read this. And if you have some remarks, I'd also allow you to say those as well. So honoring the life and legacy of Mary Wainwright. Whereas Mary Wainwright, born on June 19th, 1930, dedicated her life to community service, education, and equity, making a lasting impact on the city of Berkeley and its residents, and whereas as a devoted mother, Mary began her community involvement as an active PTA member, Cubscout, Den, Mother, and Bluebird True Leader before pursuing her education and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in education and child development, ultimately becoming a dedicated educator, and whereas her leadership extended as President of the Channing Bonar Neighborhood Association, where she improved neighborhood safety by leading efforts to underground electrical lines and enhance local infrastructure, creating lasting benefits for the community. And whereas Mary was elected to the Berkeley City Council, serving two terms from 1988 to 1996, during which she championed initiatives to address environmental hazards such as those of the Corporation Yard and fostered civic engagement, environmental stewardship, social justice, and helped get city sponsorship for the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival. And whereas, as Mary contributed as an early member of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators and the National Council of Negro Women while supporting efforts to honor civil rights leaders, including renaming the South Berkeley Branch Library after Turia Hall-Pitman. And whereas she served on the boards of Berkeley Youth Alternatives, the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, and the Friends of the Center for Independent Living while also actively participating in organizations such as rebuilding together the Berkeley Democratic Club and the League of Women Voters. And whereas her dedication to public advocacy, education, and community building embodied her life and making life better for children, families, and future generations. Now therefore, be it resolved that I, Adina Ishi, mayor of the city of Berkeley, hereby honors the life and legacy of former Council member Mary Wainwright, recognizing her invaluable contributions to our city and celebrating the remarkable impact of her leadership, compassion, and vision. Thank you. And would you like to share any remarks? I would like to thank the Council for that proclamation. Mary embodied everything that is Berkeley. And I think her legacy lives on and we still see it with BYA, Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, which is ongoing, the longest running Juneteenth Festival. I believe it's west of the Mississippi. And I just want to just thank you again for just recognizing her contribution to the city and citizens of Berkeley. As her oldest daughter, I just wanted to let you know, my mother truly cared about the city and the community and she was an advocate for the people in the community in her district. So for all of them and she really wanted to make sure that she, whatever she did, it would improve the city or the people in the city to make sure that they really benefited from some of the programs and stuff that were available that maybe they didn't know about at the time. So as we sit here and go through the proclamation just wanted to let you know we cherish it and we'll always have our heart. Thank you. I'm going to take it. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I know you bring both of them. Just want to say thank you for coming and you know your mother remember I remember as a child and my father is very close to her as well and thank you for all you've done. and you've been inspiration to students' inspiration to people like myself and others. And we live in our shadow and our memories are golden. Thank you. And just the last thing, I just want to thank Vice Mayor Ben Bartlett for all the help and support that he's given his family through our time of, yeah. So thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all so much for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Let's actually move to the third adjournment. If that's okay, since Councilmember Traykeb is online. I feel like that'll be easier. Might as well keep going that way. The next one is adjournment and memory of David chicken, Naz Smith, and I'll let Council member Trayke up, take it away from here. Thank you so much, Madam Mayor. Yeah, we I want to make sure we remember David Chican-Nasmith, who as the Berkeley side obituary dated April 9th by Christian Kinnaman said, who kept water flowing down the American and Maccala me rivers for outdoor recreation. He was the director of the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay chapter, the founder of the Environmental Water Caucus, and a giant of white water rafting. And he played a Kiwau in stopping East Bay mod from diverting or damming the two rivers. After... East Bay mod from diverting or damning the two rivers. After, after, well, in high school and college, he followed in his father's footsteps against nuclear arms and for civil rights. In 1965, he joined his father in wedged string voters in Mississippi, experiencing herring encounters with the Ku Klux Klan. He studied animal science with a concentration in poultry management. His mission was to provide food for the world, one bird at a time. And when he was drafted in his senior year of college, he became the first in Santa Barbara County to attain conscientious object or status during the Vietnam War. He trained in the Peace Corps to waste chickens and ended up serving with the International Voluntary Services of USAID. That USAID ended up sending him to Vietnam, where he provided chickens and taught poultry care in the midst of the Vietnam War, which is what earned him the nickname of chicken. He then returned home with a new wife and after their second child was born and after living in a commune in Brooklyn, New York in 1972 the commune purchased a home in Oakland where he continued to live for 30 years. He served as conservation director of the Bay chapter of the Sierra Club, where he thought to protect the health of the Bay, particularly its wetlands, which were then threatened by development. And then he later served as director of Save the Bay, and helped found the environmental water caucus, a coalition of 30 groups advocating for California water policies that led to sustainable water use and ecosystem restoration. He also started on the board of restore the Delta. In the 70s, he discovered white water rafting with a friend and delighted in introducing people to the joys of wilderness travel and river planning. He was a fixture in the Friends of the River Whitewater training program and also led ocean kayak trips for people challenging cancer with healing adventures. He was a rafting guide and mentor for urban youth through a Sierra Club program that's still going, now called Inspiring Connections Outdoors. And together in all of these programs, he started as an instructor and mentor for hundreds of River Guides. He housed and maintained a coop of River Gear, the Queen Mary coop named after an ancient raft with a number of friends operating it like a landing library. His model was to return gear in better shape than he found it. On the river, he was serious about safety, also about having fun and letting loose. The Sierra Club Bay chapter director, Sarah Rainey, had a few more comments or remarks that I would like to read tonight. She says, from his time on staff leading the San Francisco Bay chapter to his fights to protect the health of the Bay and our water and wetlands, to his work mentoring and guiding youth on and off the raft. David's contributions are legion and represent the best environmental activism. As a long time volunteer told for a couple of weeks ago, it's very clear, chicken lived the life he advocated for. I'm so grateful that we are able to adjourn tonight's meeting in memory and honor of David Chican. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, councilmember. And one more before I read the one that I've got as well. A journey in memory of Betty and Jimmy Poo, P-U-G-H, I apologize. I'm saying that incorrectly. Councilmember Tapplin. Thank you very much, Pan and Mayor. We are also joining in the memory of two of my constituents, Betty and Jimmy Pugh, who passed away in November of last year and this past March was effectively me, and who were the heart and soul of their neighborhood. Jimmy moves to Berkeley from Alabama in the mid-60s, joins in thereafter by Betty and their daughter. They eventually bought their home on Channingway using earnings one from the racetrack where they raised their family. Jimmy worked two custodial jobs for decades while Betty ran a daycare and wore many hats. Neighbors in Virginia, especially for being out on the soup often, greeting everyone with a wave and a smile, making new comers feel welcome, and being the person everyone could count on. He is a member's family as a mayor of the white way. They're presidents of the lasting marketing community, and it'll be your remist, thank you. Thank you, council member. I have one more adjournment and memory that I'd like to share. I'm going to read some remarks. So we will also be adjourning in memory of Bill Chapman, who was a very long time League of Women Voters member. So wonderful that we have two league members this evening that we're honoring. Bill lived in Berkeley in district one council Member Kessarwani's District since 1984. So he was here while his wife Barbara is here in the audience as well as some of our league members. Bill was a long time league member who served as a treasure, as treasure. He took photos for our events and helped the league become more technologically savvy. He was a teacher and author and also a dear friend and mentor of mine. I really wanted to honor Bill this evening because I think it's so important that we are supporting the next generation of leaders. He championed the league's work at Berkeley City College and is really the reason I got connected to the league. We got to know each other at Weekly Berkeley City College Civic Engagement Club meetings. He attended to connect the club to league opportunities and he also shared advice on our events. I think it's so rare to have that kind of dedication where someone comes weekly to attend a meeting at Berkeley City College just to provide support. I think it really says a lot about Bill. Bill nominated me for the Spirit of the League Award and supported my run for the League of Women Voters president at the time I was our youngest president, first person of color. And Bill was one of the few people who really said that, you know, that I, that I, he thought I could do it, and that he supported me in doing that run. He was also one of the people who encouraged me when I was considering running for mayor and he's someone that I will miss dearly. I think it's something it's so important to honor individuals who make a difference in our communities, you can see this evening. People who really make a difference on the lives of individuals. So I just want to say thank you so much to Barbara for being here this evening to hear us read this and I was just very briefly going to share this photo of Bill and myself from back in the day. So I wanted to share that with you all from the Spirit of the League event. So thank you so much. I appreciate you all listening. Okay, thanks. We are going to move on. City Manager, did you have any comments? I do not, Madam Mayor. Okay, and then our city auditor has some comments for us as well. Good evening. First, I just wanted to share that we are currently soliciting input for our fiscal year audit plan. To city staff, city leadership, city council, and to the public, please feel free to get in touch with me and provide any input on our upcoming audit plan. These can be audits which are deep dives into city programs and services, or they can be information reports that can be helpful for decision making regarding city services and operations. Second, I'm excited to share with you the information item that our office has submitted. Our office has been honored with a national award for our restaurant inspections audit. Each year local government auditor audit organizations across North America submit their outstanding audit reports for the night and award with the Association of Local Government Auditors. This year, Office 1, one of the 2024 Distinguished Awards, tying for second place in our division with the City of Oakland. So please congratulate the Oakland City Auditors Office as well. The judges praised our audit as well written, easy to follow and digs all the way down to root causes. This is Berkeley's fourth night in award since I became city auditor in 2018. I wanna thank Caitlin Palmer, performance audit manager and Pauline Miller, auditor to for their incredible work on the restaurant inspections audit, and the whole performance audit team for their ongoing excellence. I can't do this job without my incredible team so they really are the ones that deserve a lot of congratulations. I also want to thank City staff who are very cooperative with our audits. I want to thank the City Manager who's been very supportive of our audits. I want to thank council and I want to thank the public for their support of overall accountability and transparency through our work. You can also see the division's progress towards implementing these recommendations because ultimately it's about not just about the audit information but how and what the city does to implement these recommendations that really is helpful to improving city services. So I just wanted to point you to the dashboard where you can find updates on our recommendations and the division will also be reporting out on this audit to council in the near future. Thank you. Thank you so much, Auditor. Yay. Congratulations to you and your team, so awesome. All right, so we will now take public comment on non-agenda matters. Do we? I'm going to go to the next one. Do we. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if you can see it. I'm not sure if that can enforce this law. I owe us the s at the time I authored the item when I was then chair of the commission and stay as a woman. I had spoken to Lily Harvey who was the director of outreach and attorney with OCR and she said it was up to the individual jurisdictions to educate and enforce on this law. I understand our incredible budget crisis, I understand our staff had strapped. I ask and if I could author this again, it would be to focus on education. Because nobody in this community or hardly anybody knows of this law except the largest employers. And it wouldn't take that much to just have OED reach out to the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, if I'm in closing, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, the bid, the business improvement district, etc. Thank you, Carol. Thanks, Carol. Thank you for your public comment. I think we have a few folks online. Yes, first online we have Madeline. I'm calling about your decision, unanimous decision. The ZAB approval of the demolition of the United the United Artists Theater and the construction of apartments at 2274 Shadok Avenue. This decision was based on in very illegal basis. Under sequel, this project should never have been eligible for a categorical exemption. I believe you know that full well because it's been extensively documented. I was not informed until last week that you had been involved with planning in their secret determination. It's important that the public know how complicit you guys were in this. The demolition of the last remaining commercial cinema in downtown Berkeley is going to be absolutely devastating for downtown Berkeley. And so I just want you to be reminded of your decision last week, which I contend is very illegitimate and will be very consequential to downtown Berkeley. A cinema operator will return building a brand new cinema. The economics will never return. Thank you. Thank you, your time is up. Okay, next is RT. Good evening, Mayor and Council people. I'm speaking about the proposed bathroom at Adeline and Alcatraz. I've just recently been informed. Hold on a second. Hello. We're here. You got Yeah. Thank you. Second Second Second Second Second There was NECCO. OK. Anyway, I've gone around and I number of businesses are opposed to it. These are legacy businesses. Lamont, the restaurant on Adeline, the Glass shop. I could go on and on. This is the area that's had three shootings in the last year. It's the only area anywhere in Berkeley that's had such a thing as this and safety should be the council's first priority for the installation of a public bathroom that would probably are negative-noitering. And the project was introduced back when there was an an accountment here. That's over seven years ago. Thank you for your call. The information's changed. Thank you. Thanks. And next is Cheryl Davila, former council member. Can you hear us? Okay. Maybe we can come back. Okay. Yeah. We'll come back. Next we have TD. TD. iPhone. There you go. Can you hear me? Okay. Sorry about that. I appreciate you guys having this, I don't know if it's monthly meeting or whatever, but I appreciate you guys listening, General, to talk about the bathroom that was, and I don't with best way to do it, you know, with mention to us that we should get signatures, which we are getting signatures. There's a very small group, and anybody else is welcome to help us in that area. But should we be opening it to residents as well as the people? What are you looking for a number of signatures? That's pretty much what I'm calling about is more guidance from you all on the council as well as the mayor with what we should do moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Go back to Cheryl Davila, former council member. Should be able to unmute. Let's try this other instance of Cheryl. Oop, Cheryl Dabella. Yeah, it looks like you've unmuted it. You know, you're playing a game because you did not send me the link to unmute the first time. And... Yeah, it looks like you've unmuted. You know, you're playing a game because you did not send me the link to unmute the first time. And that's kind of annoying as you know. And I want my time back because I wanted to say that, please. So last night the mayor gave a Zionist time to speak when he had seated his time to a Holocaust survivor when she spoke. You capped off the meeting at five and a half hours and that was not fair. Richmond City Council gives two minutes to each commenter and did and pass their ceasefire of the resolution in October 24 with no meeting time constraints. He did not acknowledge the mayor of Richmond or the former mayor of Richmond, mayor Eduardo Martinez or mayor and former council member Gil McLaughlin, mayor that's like in considerate. And the council members were not in the meeting or on that were not in the meeting did not appear on screen all night they just kept popping in and out so you should we should be able to know that they are participating transparency please delays last night due to sound on zoom your time is up thank you for your. And next is Kelly Hammergren. We just had two comments and anxiety about public restrooms. And I would invite people to go up to the public restroom that was installed on Channing, near the intersection of telegraph. Seems to be well used, it's clean, it's not terrible problems up there. And it was very well done by our public works department. So I would just encourage people to go up there and take a look and talk to the businesses. I did and no one was having any problems. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks Kelly. And that is it for non-agenda public comment. Okay. Thank you all so much for your comments. We are now moving on to the. One hand. Oh, pop up. Sorry. But no, it's gone now. Okay. All right, we are now moving on to the one hand. Oh, sorry, but no it's gone now. Okay. All right. We are now moving on to the consent calendar. So, folks, I know some of you, many of you are here to speak on consent. So we have to do one thing that first, but then we will do the rest of the consent calendar. So, Councillor Bumber Black could be is recusing himself from item number seven. Yeah, should I do this first and then the urgent item? Mark, does it matter? We could, why don't we add the urgent item first? Oh, urgent item first. Okay, so thanks Madam Mayor. Just bring to colleagues' attention in the supplemental two. We had an urgent item that we'd like to add to the consent calendar. It's a resolution in support of AB 389, which is a personal income tax credit for home hardening very timely. That's being considered in the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation at a hearing on May 5th. So given our kind of work around Ember and Wildfire Preparedness, this is a bill that we learned of subsequent to this of middle deadline for this meeting. Very timely and relevant to work that the Council is doing. We definitely would like the resolution to be submitted ahead of that hearing and also potentially be able to avail the services of the city's lobbyist to help again lend additional support. So it's timely in advance of that May 5th meeting. Would appreciate support in adding it to the agenda. Thank you, Councilmember. Councilmember O'Keefe, did you have your... No. No. Okay. We've... All right. So I move we add that... Can I... I move we add it to the consent calendar. Thank you. Okay. Okay. So to add the item to the agenda, Councilmember Kessar-Wani. Yes. Tap one. Yes. Bartlett. Yes. Tragib. Hi. Okay. Yes. Lacabee? Yes. Munipara? Yes. Humber? Yes. Mayor Eashin? Yes. Okay. I had him as added. Okay. And then on the recusal? Yes. So item seven on the consent agenda is dealing with stipends on a go forward as well as a lookback basis for the police kind of building board. It covers part of my time when I served on the police kind of building board. And so I want to re-requse myself during the consideration of that item.. Okay. Thank you. So yes. We're going to do it now, yes. So if you don't mind stepping out of the room. Yes. So what's going to happen is he will leave the room. We will take public comment only on item number seven. And then council will deliberate. We'll take a vote, and then we'll bring him back. Sounds good? Okay, is there public comment on item number seven? Item seven is adjustment to please accountability board stipend cap. Any? Okay, anyone online? So online public commenters, this is only public comment on item number seven related to the police accountability board stipend cap. Oh, we have one in person. Oh, sorry, one in person. You want to start first? Go ahead, Monty. Thank you Mayor and Council. I appreciate the quick minute. I want to support the police accountability board, which the public of Berkeley, as you all know, unanimously almost passed it. And it's an improvement on the police review commission, which formerly had little to no power. So to be a truly, truly safe community, we have to have a well-regulated police department, and there are some things that are on the calendar that I will speak to another consent item related to that. But thank you for increasing their stipend as that work is very important. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. And on item seven, Cheryl Davila, former council member? It's interesting that you would have a deficit and want to increase the stipend. Can you take that money from the police department's budget? And also, when you're on at home or wherever your locations are, how come all these people? Kishan, whatever, Rashi's not visible and Taplan didn't or as I call him, aka the Marionette did not give the address where he's not listed on the, which is supposed to be. Here are comments to this consent item, please. We're just talking about consent item number seven. I'll do it right. You know, like you're not in control. I'm out, so just chill for a second. I can say things if I walk. You're taking up my time and that's rude and disrespectful. it should be listed on the agenda. All the addresses and people that aren't. And we have a commenter phone number ending in 538. This is on item 7 on consent regarding stipends. Okay. I just want to make my strong point that Berkhoop Police have always one of the best police department in the whole country. Really? And in memory of my beautiful chief of police, the late Dutch class. Very quick. I just want to point. We are watching one of the darkest age in American history, very history. These people destroying the country, the government, everything. You can just fire, tens of thousands of further employees. This is unbelievable. I am, I wish I was dead not to watch the horrible scene that Donald Trump had caused this country. Thank you and all of us pray. All of us pray again. The word semantic bronchism languages are a big Hebrew and Arabic. Please learn anti-semages, broader that misunderstandings of the word. Semantic brought Donald Trump in this country to destroy the country. Is it a chosen horse for Russia, for Putin. I am very sick. It was a whole thing. I can't watch this. 10,000 employees getting fired every day. Thank you, have a good day. Thank you. Okay, that's it for public comments on item seven. Okay, accounts member Tapplin, you have your hand raised. Did you have a comment? Yeah, I just have a couple of questions. I recognize that this is a charter office. However, we are facing a significant budget deficit. And I'm wondering whether the city manager or the finance director could Could clarify how a budget mid-year budget update asks are being handled this cycle. It's been my understanding that each department presents its needs as part of the mid-year budget update. And it's important to me personally that all of the citywide budgetary needs and asks are considered through the same process as we are heading into the adoption of the fiscal year 27 budgets. If someone can answer that. Yes, I'm happy to thank you, Councilmember Tapplin. But what you outlined is right that the budget requests for moving forward into fiscal year 26 will be part of the approval of that budget. So between now and the end of June, all those requests whether they came from Councillor for roles or staff or whatever one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one, the last one refer this to the budget finance committee for consideration. Councillor Member, I'm not seeing a second here. Okay, well I will be voting no then. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Other comments from Council? Okay, let's take a vote on this item then Claire, so we need a motion yeah on this specific Second first and a second all right. Thank you. Okay, so this is to approve Item seven, please accountability board stipends Council member member Kessler-Wani. Yes. Tapplin. No. Bartlett. Yes. Tragab. Aye. O'Keefe. Yes. Blackaby is recused. Lunapara. Yes. Humber. Abstain. And Mayor Ehi. Yes. Okay, motion carries. Okay, thank you very much. We can now bring Councillor Member Black be back. And while we're doing that, I think we should probably ask that folks come up for public comment on consent calendar. What? Councillor Discussion for? Oh. If anything, it's moved on. Thank you. Yes. Are there other thank you for reminding me? Are there other things that folks other comments about moving items on consent? Oh council member taplin. Hi, thank you very much. On item one second. Item 15 this is the budget referral to expand after school care. I am adding Councillor Tregoo to the item. This is a strong need that was expressed to the two ways to committee, as well as by many community members from the city. On item 16, this is the budget referral to do repairs with the Maria Dox FNG. I am adding Councillor Humbert. On these two particular, I would like to say that these are critical city needs. The docs are revenue generating and for those of you who don't know, the Marina Fund is an enterprise fund and the solvency of the Marina Fund is tied both to Marina Waterfront office staffing positions as well as our state obligation to keep this fun solvents. And that concludes my remarks. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Trayk, my numbering system is off here. Just FYI, but Councilmember Traygob. Thank you so much, Madam Mayor. mayor. I first of all wish to contribute $500 from my the square. I, first of all, wish to contribute $500 from my discretionary account to item 17 that is Berkeley Juneteenth Festival. through a wooden use of funds and thus the, we were under budget. I would like to amend my contribution on item 18, which is the Relic of Council Office Budget Funds to the Bay Area Robotics Education Sustainability Alliance for the 2025 Berkeley High Robotics Team East Bay Regional Robotics Competition. So I would like to contribute $500 from my discretionary account and invite, oh, I am looking at this item and it says so I would also like to amend the recommendation to approve the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $500 per member of the City Council rather than $250 and would invite any of my colleagues to join me in contributing up to $500 in that amount. I would like to note that the team did really, really well and I think members of the team are here to speak to their accomplishments. I believe that concludes my comments. Thank you. Thank you, councilmember. Councilmember O'Keefe. It says four, so I didn't think I was meant. Sorry. But I'm happy to go. Yeah, I know my numbering system's wrong. But okay. Why don't you go and then I'll have councilmember O'Keefe go. Great. Thank you. Let's see how to couple things. Cut me off, Kurt. I'll go in numerical order. I just have a couple of quick comments on things. The Juneteenth number 17, I would love to contribute $200 to that. Worthy cause indeed. I just wanna give a shout out to the robotics team there here. And I wanna credit that I'm wearing my robotics and t-shirt. But I actually score I would never wear. So there you go. So yeah, looking forward to hearing from you guys. We're proud of the successful nerdiness of Berkeley High. Got to represent. I would like to number, let's see, always get number 15. I just want to thank Councilmember T Taplin for allowing me to co-sponsor the budget referral for the afterschool program expansion. That was actually a campaign promise of mine to try to get more funding to expand afterschool programs. And Council Member Taplin made it very easy. So thank you very much. It's an honor to be part of that. And lastly, my item number 20, the letter in support of the SB 456, which is basically a letter in support of a proposed law fixing a very bad law saying that muralists have to have contractors licenses in the state of California because they are painting and that is very dumb so somebody in the assembly is trying to Fix that and it's a letter of support and I would like to add a council member Bartlett as a co-sponsor where do you go? Anyway, he asked me earlier promise Those are my comments. Thank you. Okay, Council Member Humbert. Thank you, Madam Mayor. We look quickly through my agenda here. I want to thank Council Member Taplin for adding me as a co-sponsor on the budget item for fixing the FNG dock down at the Marina. They are in sore, great need of repair and we're hearing a lot of demand for that they be finished and made available for the public. So I'm happy to be involved with that. I'd like to contribute $500 on item number 17 to the June 10th festival from my discretionary account. It's a really, really exciting and fun event. I went last year in the year before and I just had a huge amount of fun and it's such an important commemoration. With respect to the robotics team and the spectacular nerdy accomplishments of that team, I'd like to commit $250 from my discretionary account. Let's see what else do I have here. And I think that's it. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Member Humbert. Councillor Member Blackbe. Thank you. A few quick comments. And then one item that I request to move to action, which I'll do at the end. Comment on item 12, which is the contract for paving. I'll note that as part of this contract, we'll be repaving part of Wildcat Canyon, Woodmont, Keeler, and Euclid in District 6, which are all Street segments in great need of repair. So very excited to see the funding for this and see this on the project plan for folks in my district. I'd like to add on item 17, relinquished $250 towards the Juneteenth Festival, and on item 18, relinquished $250 for the robotics team, and look forward to hearing them tonight. Proud to Vothard and have the support of colleagues on item 21, which is a budget referral to provide legal defense and education funds for our immigrant community at risk of deportation. I think it's really important, again, to as much as possible to be able to provide real support in a tangible way for people who are being targeted by the Trump administration's illegal actions. On item 23, just draw my colleagues' attention and again thank colleagues for supporting the resolution to the legislature about automated speed cameras. There's currently a pilot. You have to be a member of the pilot to be able to use speed cameras and given some of the challenges we've been facing about traffic safety and limits on enforcement. It's felt like a good way to try and improve enforcement in a more automated way without the need for additional staff. So we've asked to be added to that pilot as part of this resolution. Item 25, if Council Member Lunapara will have me add myself as a co-sponsor to the barter or sorry the Bay Area Public Transit Resolution we have one more spot. Oh great. Thank you and um As regarding the urgent item we did add to the agenda It's been added to the consent calendar. So just to comment it on it briefly The author of this bill would basically make state income tax credits available to homeowners who do home hardening in the amount of $400 per taxable year up to a total of $2,000. So as long as again, you're doing home hardening, you get reimbursed for that work as part of the state income tax. A big part of the discussion on Ember has been, how do we finance and provide support? This is one of the mechanisms that we are hoping, again, spending the legislature's actions, but if we could lend our support to it, I think it's important and would be an important component of the financing that we're looking at. So, would appreciate support on that item. The last thing, then, my request on item 22, which is the ADA expertise for safe streets, only for the purpose of making a brief amendment to clarify the language I'm asking support from a couple of colleagues to move that to action. It should be a quick item, but we just had a couple of wording changes that we needed to make subsequent to submitting the item. So I'd like to move that to the action calendar for amendment. Council member Trigabright, is this to the Council member Bacquoise item? It is. We need to- Sorry, was that a second? Or- I think we need three, right? So you go over- That's two- And Mark. Okay, I'm out. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. Was that a second or what? I think we need three. Right. That's two. Mark. Okay. Three. It'll be fast. I'm sorry. That was item number 22. 22, the ADA. Okay. That's it. Thank you. I'm sure someone would hold your spot. Okay, we're gonna move on to Council Member Lina Parra. Thank you. I'd like to give $250 to the Juneteenth Festival, item 17 and 250 to the Robotics Competition as well, item 18. I'd also like to add council members, Trigab and Humber, as well as Blackaby to item 25, which is a resolution supporting funding for Bay Area Public Transit. And then finally for the Street Spirit budget referral, I'd like to add a council member Trigab as a co-sponsor as well And make a quick comment about it. Street spirit has served our community for 30 years with the creative approach to supporting our on-house neighbors. And in 2023, Street spirit lost its funding. I want to share a quote from Street spirit that I believe represents why this organization is crucial to fund. Street newspapers are a quiet catalyst for connection in our hectic ever changing cityscapes. the vendors, the core of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of Thank you. If you'll notice we've set ourselves at five minutes for our comments. So just a... Mayor, may I jump in really fast? Yes. May I request to be... Council Member, may I be a co-sponsor of the Street Spirit one? Thank you so much. I love the Street Spirit. I buy it and I read it. I mean, I think people some people buy it just to be nice, but you should read it. There's good stuff in there. So yeah, good item. Thank you. Thank you. Council member Kessarwani. Thank you very much, Madam Mayor. I'd like to be recorded as donating $100 to the Juneteenth Festival and $100 to the Bay Area Robotics Education Sustainability Alliance for their 2025 event. And um And Councilmember Luna Pada, I don't know if you had any more space on the item supporting the public transit. It's a little unfortunate. Okay, why does one express my desire to co-sponsor that item if there had been space? Thank you very much. Thank you. Council. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for contributing to item 17th. June running June 10th Freedom Festival on this side of Mississippi in America. And it's a federal holiday now, so it's a big deal. If you leave them freedom, come on down. Because we're okay if we want to thank you so much for letting me join your item number 20, very important. We believe in murals and they're amazing work. They don't need to be contractors to paint a wall Yep, let's cut this in red tape and to the robotics team. You're here, right? I want to I want to make sure you know that I'm giving you $250 some my off-salt or office account for you in the program very proud of you You know, we African-Americans are early adopters of technology We were the first to use remote controls Twitter, Pagers, Cellphones, everything. And that's because it was the cotton gin that got us off the fields. So we love technology. And so I look forward to your work as you get deeper in this field to free all of us from the scent of toil. Thank you. Okay. Council Member Topplin, did you have another comment? Yes, thank you. I was going to ask Councillor Barley if I may join item 17 as a co-sponsor. I'd be honored, sir. Thank you very much. And I would like to be recorded as contributing to under-propage for my either team. Thank you. Awesome. Thank you so much. I'd also like to be added as contributing 200 feet from my D 13th. Thank you. Awesome. Thank you so much. I'd also like to be added as a as a co-sponsor if that's okay. I'd be honored, Mayor. Thank you. I have been a resident of D3, 4, 14ish years and live very close to the Juneteenth. So I'm there pretty much every year. I'd also like to contribute $500 to the Juneteenth item from our budget, as well as increase our budget to the robotics item to 500. Thank you, Council Member Traygup for including us in that item. And then also to ask if I can add myself to, I don't know if there's space anymore, 2022 and the urgent item. Let me look on the urgent item. As it's, the urgent item we've got four. Okay, so no, thank you. Yeah. 20, Council Member Oakheath. Two of them still? On your mural item. It's expected. Oh, who wants to depends who? On your mural. Can I use, yes. Okay, you're a lot. Yes, I'd be distracted. Oh, who wants to depend to? On your mural? Can I? Yes, okay. You're a lot of kids. I'd be honored. Okay, thank you. And also, Council Member Blacka be the ADA. ADA, absolutely, with the honor to have you think. Thank you. Yeah, thank you all so much. Okay, and then the other thing I want to make sure that we do is just to kind of set expectations. Their budget requests items 15, 16, 21, and 24, and all very worthy causes. It's a lot of money that we're requesting this evening, so just want to set expectations for folks since we are in a deficit. But just, I am very supportive of all these things that we're trying to support here and do here. And so yeah, if we can find the funding, absolutely, I'm very supportive. So, I think now it has everyone spoken? Okay, I'm going to close Council comments, then open public comments, and invite our first speaker here to come up to the podium. Thank you all so much and thanks for your patience. So, so you will have one minute to speak for everyone and Okay, unless someone sees your Minute to you, oh, two, three. Okay, and you can have up to four minutes total. So you have four minutes. Thank you so much. She's not seating her. Moni's going to hold on to her minute. You still have you still have four. Okay. Greetings honorable Mayor Dean Ishi. Vice Mayor Ben Bartlett council members. And citizens of Berkeley. Thank you all for supporting the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival over the years, financially and with community resources. Starting back in the day when council member Mary Wainwright and Medell Sheree helped us obtain city sponsorship of the festival. My name is Dolores Nochi Cooper and I am the executive manager of the nonprofit Berkeley Juneteenth Association Inc. and almost 40-year-old organization whose primary goal is celebrating freedom and the African American experience. Beloved Berkeley community, we are the sons and daughters of the great migration. They came to Berkeley in the 40s and 50s, escaping the harshness of the Jim Crow South, seeking a better future for their families and jobs. But they were not welcomed by Berkeley with open arms. Property covenants were in place in the 50s that restricted ownership by people of color in certain geographical areas. That line being any property east of Martin Luther King. Black folks inherited South Berkeley housing after the Japanese community was sent to concentration camps during WW2. you too. They thrived and survived and built a strong community. That swelled to more than 29% in the 60s and 70s. Then in the 80s, the crack epidemic came, devastating businesses and property owners from which they never really recovered. In that climate of drug devastation, Juneteenth and Berkeley was born to promote community pride and bring South Berkeley businesses and residents together in the celebration of a major African American cultural event, culminating in the first annual in 1987. While our population in Berkeley has dwindled, the Berkeley Juneteenth celebration and the South Berkeley business community has survived. The Juneteenth Festival on Father's Day in Berkeley is a Berkeley tradition. A family reunion for President and displaced Berkeley Black families, a time to celebrate the African American experience, and the contributions we have made to the fabric of this community, and simply a time to celebrate freedom. Okay, I got to skip to the bottom. On Friday, May 9 until Monday, June the 23rd, the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival flags, red, black, and green will be installed, installed extending the entire festival quarter from Alcatraz and Adeline north to Essex Street symbolizing freedom and commemorating the hard fought battle in America for equal rights. When you drive down Adeline, see those flags. Allow them to become a visual, visual reminder of the precious gift of freedom. Let's we forget. Be reminded what freedoms we do enjoy is because of those who came before us who paved the way. There's so much our history has yet to be that we have to be able to do. The most important thing to be that we have to be able to do. The most important thing to be that we have to be able to do. The most important thing to be that we have to be able to do. The most important thing to be 11 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, location, ad line at Alcatraz. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Good timing. That was great. Thank you. Oh, thank you all so much. Yeah, you can pass it there. Thank you. I was told to show off my t-shirt. Yes, I noticed that when you were there. Juneteenth, very good. And my hat. So in support of Juneteenth, yes, I definitely second all the comments made by Mr. Loris and that I was born in Alabama in 1960 in a segregated maternity ward. My family was denied every opportunity, every constitutional right when we traveled from California to the south where we moved when I was young. So I definitely appreciate the continued operation of Juneteenth despite what certain leaders and certain parts of this country find somehow abhorrent and unacceptable, such as diversity, equity and inclusion. I also want to support number 19, which I understand by matter of policy perhaps. It's a former council member Kate Harrison who proposed a resolution opposing police brutality and the use of force on nonviolent protesters. I would think that would be a no-brainer. But the recommendation to adopt a resolution reaffirming the city of Berkeley's opposition, condemning police brutality is being given a negative recommendation. Sorry. Your time is up. Thank you. Brutal weapons. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I'm Marjorie Alvord. I'm part of 350 Bay Area, the Berkeley hub. And I take transit. I'm here in support of item 25, the resolution supporting state and regional funding for Bay Area Public Transportation. Thank you to Council Member Lunapara, along with Council Members, Humber, Tregoob and Blackaby for bringing this forward. And thanks to all of you for your support of the resolution. We're in a climate crisis. Transportation is the largest contributed greenhouse gas emissions. We can't meet our climate goals without funds to maintain and improve transit services. We can't meet our vision zero goals without funds to improve and maintain transit services and so forth. So please do support item number 25. Thank you very much and thank you for your service to Berkeley. Thank you. Thank you. Henry. Good evening Council members. Henry Simons from Bart's government and community relations department. I'm here tonight to thank Council members, Luna Parna, and then Parna, and so many of you for Council consent item 25 to support Senator Argane's budget request for $2 billion to support public transit operations. Work from home is hit transit agencies in the Bay Area in Southern California hard. Our revenue is less than half of what it was projected to be before the pandemic due to an outdated funding model that relied on riders to pay for the majority of our operations. We're doing what we can to control costs. We have one of the lowest costs per passenger mile, but we still face a $379 million deficit in fiscal year 27. And bridge funding is essential to keep transit moving as we look to long-term solutions. We're doing everything we can to run great service. Should cut just a couple of highlights. We've installed new fair gates at 29 stations, including downtown Berkeley. We've reduced crime by 17% from 20 to 24. And we're running all new trains. And can't wait to see you on on person. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, Mary E.C. City Council members. I'm Eden Esadamant, this Executive Director of the Multicultural Institute and I'm here in support of Budget Rufo Item number 21. At a time when federal immigration policies continue to leave many of our community members vulnerable and without access to basic protections, local support becomes not only necessary but life changing. Legal service providers are stretched thin and our communities' needs are only growing every day. Their exposure to ICE misinformation and to unjust proceedings do not stop just because wait lists are long. I want to thank Council Member Blackaby, Council Member Luna Parra, Council Member Trigib, and Mayor Ishi for supporting and co-sponsoring this budget referral request. Your acknowledgement of the urgent times we're living in and of the work we all provide for our immigrant community is deeply appreciated. If this passes and I urge you all to please let it pass to the next phase of budget referral, I urge the entire city council to please support this and keep in mind the need for these services. Thank you. And you're reminding me that I meant to make a quick comment on item 21, which was that I'm going to give $100,000 from our budget to go to this item specifically. My budget, sorry. Thank you, Mary. Yeah. $100,000. To go towards it, because I know that we're in a budget crisis, so that was something I meant to say earlier. Thank you, thank you. Like we say in Spanish, me and Gives Yes, me and she. And similarly, again, recognizing that the city is facing a budget crunch, we also have some funds in our office budget and we're going to add 25,000 from our office as well, just to make sure that we can even as it goes through the referral process that. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, and certainly we welcome any of our colleagues who want to give at a future time or whatever. Just in recognition of our budget crisis so thank you. Please. I'm going to see the minute that you. Thank you. All right, you've got three. Hey everyone, thank you so much for having us. I just want to thank Council Member Luna Par. Thank you. All right. You've got three. Hey, everyone. Thank you so much for having us. I just want to thank councilmember Luna Parra for sponsoring this item. And councilmember O'Keefe, I agree. There's a lot of good stuff in there. Everyone should read street spirit. And councilmember Trigger for co-signing as well. Thank you all very much. I'm Alistair Boone. I'm the director of Street Spirit, the grassroots newspaper that many of you I'm sure has seen. It's sold on the streets of Berkeley by Unhoused People who are looking for a flexible way to earn money and build healthy social relationships. And I'm here to speak in support of consent item number 24. Street Spirit turned 30 last month. That is 30 years of supporting unhoused people of residents of the East Bay who are looking for a soft place to land and get back on their feet after being knocked down by the relentless challenges of homelessness. But we almost didn't meet this milestone because, as Council Member Luna Paras said in the summer of 2023, our former publisher had to pull all funding from the paper overnight. I was working as the editor at the time and decided to try my hand at fundraising to keep the paper alive and thank you to the generous philanthropy and our community because I was able to do this in just six months and have been able to continue fundraising to keep the paper alive since. But I stand here today two years later asking for funds from the City of Berkeley, the city that has been our home for decades, and in which we provide the greatest amount of assistance to unhoused people. The funding we were, we are requesting will go strictly to supporting our vendors and our drop-in center and not to the newspaper itself or to any of our editorial operations. Over the last two years, our drop-in space in South Berkeley has become a critical hub for unhoused folks. We provide resources like water, snacks, clothing, hygiene supplies, and more to anyone who needs it each week from Monday to Thursday. This is also where street spirit vendors come to attend trainings, workshops, eat hot meals, use the bathroom, and simply sit down and relax in a calm and healthy environment. Street spirit has a number of amazing donors, and we have also received a handful of grants, but funding for service providers for organizations that provide direct material aid to those in need seems to come largely from cities and other government agencies. This one time gift from the city of Berkeley would allow us to continue providing essential services to unhoused people while allowing us the time to strengthen our base of fine philanthropic support. Thank you so much. Thank you. I would like to thank you for your support and consent item number two. I will see my name is Bradley Penner. My name is Bradley Penner. I am the editor in chief of street spirit. I have been a resident of district one for 16 years. My relationship with street spirit happened a year before that. In 2008, when I arrived in Southside Berkeley, a transient youth, I came here as a homeless individual by day. I played my guitar and sold papers for spare change outside of Intermezzo. And then would unroll my bedroll just above the Clarkor campus every night. And as some of you know, like my former colleagues Mayor Ishi and Council Member Tappel and who I worked with at Berkeley City College in the writing lab about a decade ago, I was lucky enough to secure housing with a year of my arrival and begin a decade long pursuit of higher education, specifically in English and writing. I received an MFA in poetry before following a path in the civic discourse, and I feel both honored and privileged to be carrying the torch of streets, which legacy what those learned sensibilities, compassion and curiosity that guided my development as a young student writer. Alistair and I have dedicated the past two years to the preservation and expansion of this legacy, which has been no easy feats, especially now that we're totally independent. You know, our office, as Alistair said on MLK, has been an anchor point throughout this journey, supporting vendors in the broader community with material resources, workforce development opportunities, and sometimes simply just a shoulder to lean on is so important. And we take great pride in our work. My role of a street spirit has totally been full circle from wayward youth, edder and chief. And I think back to the drop in centers in district seven that supported me when I was a young person on the streets of Berkeley, you know, access to food and clothing and care made my story possible. Street spirit's vendor program kept the much needed change that I needed in my pocket as I worked towards finding housing in District 1, which I still live into this day. And we hope to continue providing the same opportunities to Berkeley's unhoused community for years to come. So we appreciate your consideration for this item. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your story too. Good evening. My name is Amanda Lasek and I'm here to support for strong support for item number 21, the Deportation Defense Legal Fund. So first of all, thank you Mary, she and council member Blackby for your support. I just want to, I came because I'm really concerned about my, my neighbors and my community and the fear that I'm feeling in the air from the Trump administration. And I wanted to say East Bay sanctuary covenant and their partners are doing tremendous work that is really needed right now. The know your rights, trainings, the defense services, or legal defense services are so incredibly important. So just wanted to say how important that is, and thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Thank you. I'm Tom Yumguchi, President of Bob 2, and my pronouns are he and him. I actually came to speak on both 22 and 25 since 22 has been moved to the action calendar. I'll come back then. So I just wanted to speak to item 25, which I was strongly supporting, as has been mentioned earlier, we are in a climate crisis, our public transit agencies are in desperate need of funding. I find my Cedric Lipper card, I like, you know, really a very life saving situation because of the rising cost of food and transportation and utilities. People who rely on our taxi script got this letter earlier this month of severe cuts to that service, so they're even going to be more dependent on our regular schedule public transit affordable transportation to get the medical co-appointments as well. So thank you for supporting that. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay. Robotics team. Welcome. I'm assuming they all want to see their time. Okay. You've got four minutes then. Thank you. So greeting City Council and so today we're here to speak about item 18 and as you might know we're representatives of a robotics team. So I'm Joel's Joe's I'm the business lead and here are three of our students, Michael Fulkmanis, Joe Josiah Sofer and Mothra Baya and we also have one of our mentors here at CERAHO. And so we really wanted to come here today to thank all of our amazing city leaders, particularly Mayor Ishi and Council members, Tregub and O'Keefe, who attended the Second Ever East Bay Regional First Robotics Competition, which to offer a little context is the largest robotics competition for high schools in all of California, and it's hosted right here at Berkeley High School. And so we had over 50 teams participate with some even coming from Australia, Turkey, and Hawaii. And so we were very proud overall of hosting this event. And so in addition to those previously stated, we also wanted to thank Council Member Taplan for co-sponsoring this resolution. And his passport of our team and we wanted to thank all of our city council members for donating some of our money from their discretionary funds to our robotic team. So thank you so much. And so just to clarify, like the money will go towards funding our initiatives to provide some opportunities to the hundreds of children. So all of those are Berkeley unified, including all middle schools and Berkeley high school. And we were we were we're going to have an anecdote from one of our seniors, but he had to leave a little early. And so that's about it. So once again, we want to thank you all for donating to our team with the use of your discretionary funds, and I'd like to see my time to visit Council. Thank you. Thank you. We'll always receive an extra two minutes back. So thank you very much. I think Council Member O'Keefe is briefly going to come take a picture, but I will take the next public comment on consent items. Good evening, Council Members. My name is Zoe Polk. I'm at the East Bay Community Law Center. I've probably served the executive director. I'm very grateful to be before this Council and support of item 21, which is a very important allocation for deportation defense. EBCLC has been in this community in the city of Berkeley for 35 plus years. We're very grateful for the leadership this Council is showing, particularly the mayor. And thank you, Council Member Blackbeard, for supporting deportation defense. I'm sure I don't need to tell you the amount of fear that clients who are undocumented feel, people who are family members of undocumented people feel right now, it's so important to have legal support in people who know how to navigate systems in our very own city, an institution like ours, which has a 35 plus years of credibility, really needs continued support of the city of Berkeley, and we're really grateful to you for considering this item and hope that you will strongly consider putting the full support for the council by this line item. Thank you so much. Thank you. On item 17, we need these type of events such as Juneteenth more than ever given our current federal situation. On item 26, thank you for recognizing the importance of health among lower incomes persons. And on item 21, also extremely critical because we need to always go beyond ideology. It's easy to say that we're a sanctuary city. It's easy to say that we're against the current Trump administration's tactics, but it's important to follow that with pragmatism. And we need to do everything pragmatically. This is extremely important item. Please to see the council members making contributions from their council. And we also do need to look towards the state and the county and any other funding that we can use for this purpose given our current budget deficit. Thank you. Thank celebration. Come on up. Hi, everyone. Can you hear me all right? Yes. There's quite a lot to discuss tonight. I'll try to keep you from each thing. Item 17, Juneteenth. Obviously in support of that. And I'm looking forward to, you know, enjoying the celebration. Item 19 in a similar spirit, opposition and police brutality. I'm glad we're taking that up and, you know, taking a stand against nonviolent or what, is that how they're referred to, nonviolent, forms of protest suppression? Oh, I need to go quicker. Item 20, mirrorless exemption. Glad to see that up there. A person who's doing a mirrorless or they have to go four, four years to school in order to be able to do the art they'd want to. Item 21 real quick, 21, 24 in support. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Moving to online speakers, but currently, so now is the time if you're on the Zoom and you wish to give public comment on a item that is on consent. And just noting that item 22 regarding the Safe Street Citizen Oversight Committee that is no longer on consent, that is on action. So is can public comment on consent calendar items. So first Speaker on zoom is Cheryl D'Avala former council member So Juneteenth I understand what Not going to be at Alcatraz and Adeline. I hope that's not true because it seemed a little just respectful discriminatory, but I'm the d'Lores didn't say that, so but I did get an email stating that the city was going to move the site to only the concrete part without trees, which is totally wrong and good that you're supporting street spirit and let's see. It's interesting that you have 25,000 and 100,000 out of your accounts and when I was on council there, there was no such a mind like that. So I don't know where that comes from, interesting. I would like a little bit more transparency on that. And actually the address of where all y'all are sitting that aren't on count. Your time is up. Thank you. And just to clarify, it's not a D13 item. So I'm giving up go to the next meeting. Your time is up. Thank you. Just to clarify, it's not a D 13 item. I'm giving up one of my staff positions to do that. So just so folks know. And we invite folks to join us. But I don't want to put you on the spot. And then also we are not moving Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Ryan Lau, external affairs representative at AC Transit. Here to speak about item 25 supporting state and regional funding for Bay Area Public Transit. First, I'd like to think the Council for support. The Council member, Moonapara for authoring this item, as well as the co-sponsors, Tregoob, Humbert, and Black Abbey, and Kessar Wani for the attempt. As you're probably aware, public transit in the Bay Area is facing a significant financial challenge in the next coming years. AC Transit in particular is projecting a deficit of an average of $60 million per year in its four-year look ahead. In the coming fiscal years, we are in a coming fiscal year, sorry. We're expected to deplete our reserves if there's no additional funding, even though we've already taken some additional significant steps toward reducing costs and growing revenues were possible. So we're really in a pivotal point for Bayer transit agencies and we really appreciate the municipal partners' support. Thanks. Thanks for your comment. Next is Kit Saganor. Thank you very much. I have an additional minute from Kelly Hammergren. You can put that on the clock for me. Thank you very much. I have an additional minute from Kelly Hammergren. You can put that on the clock for me. Thank you so much. I don't see it yet. I'm going to wait until you got that minute up. Kelly, are you there? Yes. Kit, can you hear me? I can hear you, Kit, but that. Thank you. Yes, here and I'm giving her my minute. Okay, thanks, Kelly. I will note that the prior speaker thought that the item 19 was on consent because you were proving it and does not understand that it's on consent because you were not approving it. I really don't understand why you were not approving it. It's very odd that City Council is not opposed to police brutality or use of force against nonviolent protesters. The Berkeley Police Department has been doing an amazing job at the protests and demonstrations that have happened. This is wonderful. I'm really disappointed. You are not supporting them in their policies of really protecting the opportunity for people to assemble peaceably in public. There are some other options. I understand that the council member has left, but somebody else my understanding is, another council member could take over authorship in order to get this passed, could change some of the wording, since I think you're not quite happy with the wording and of course it was this was put forward more than a year ago and things have changed and one of the changes there now are lots and lots of protests happening and there will be in the pace and the anxiety level and the stress at these protests will be going up pretty much I expect any day now will be seeing ice coming into Berkeley with police on their jackets, with they're not really Berkeley police, but they go around calling themselves police and who knows how they're going to interact with people. So it's very weird honestly that Berkeley is not taking a stand opposed to police brutality and force against nonviolent protesters. Thank you. Thank you, Kit. I see that Councilmember Toplin and Trago have their hands raised. Is this about something right now? No, this is for after. Okay. Again, same with you, Councilmember Traykov. Thank you for me. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Just trying to keep track of the hands. All right. Who's next? Next is Abby. Toriyansky. Hi, everyone. Thank you for letting me speak. I'm speaking in favor of item 15, funding for aftercare programs. I'm speaking as one of many, many, many families and Berkeley who've been struggling to find reliable after care for our kids year after year programs are full. They're inequitably distributed across the city. And I think it's the city's job to try and fill the gap that's left by this district run program that is just not able to meet the need. So, you know, as I'm sure you know the lack of childcare, it just makes it impossible for parents to work, which we need to do before to live in this expensive city. The uncertainty is really hard on our kids and, of course, this issue is disproportionately affecting women. And so I also want to say I think this budget addition is a really great start, but it's also just not enough. 100 extra spots is nowhere close to what's needed. And so I also want you to consider other ways that we could add more spaces in one way. And I'm speaking against my own self interest as a current city program participant would be you could increase the cost. It's so cheap. And we love that. However, a little you could raise the cost a little bit and open more spots. I think a lot of parents would really appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you for your public comment. Next is Nemita. Hello. You want to hear me? Yes, we can hear you. Okay, wonderful. Hi, thank you for having me tonight. I am actually following Abby in support of exactly the same item. I am also a parent with a child in BUSD and we were new to BUSD this year. And I had heard that it was difficult to get into aftercare but I was woefully unprepared for exactly how impossible it was. I got on every program, wait list at every BUSD school, every city program, a number of private programs, and I did not get it. Exactly as Abby stated, I love that you're considering funding for more spots, but we need more than that. It is not nearly adequate for the amount of kids who need aftercare. And, you know, aftercare is needed, particularly in dual parent households. And so to her point, If additional funding, particularly at the top end of the sliding scale fee structure would help open up spots. I'm another case in point. I know many other families at the higher end of the earnings spectrum who would be happy to pay more in order to get an aftercare spot. Your time is up. All right, thank you. Thank you. Just curious, Mark, can they see the the boardroom? I can only see the two council members. The boardroom camera is. Is on. Not sure why it doesn't show. I just want to make sure it makes it harder for folks to see when the clock is counting down. It was showing. Yeah. We'll check on that. Thank you. You can use my app. And then I know we've got a few folks next. Do you mind if we do what we did the other night and ask at list three people or so? Just to give people a heads up. Yes, the next three speakers are Jerry's iPad, Marisa, Almore, and phone number ending in 538. So first up is Jerry's iPad. Good evening. My name is Jesseehan. I'd like to ask a question about it's a, it is about a referral for 150,000 from Mr. Humbert, desigdating a median as a park, and it says it was going to study other medians in the area that may become parks as well. I was wondering if the, the Dwight triangle, the Chuck Herrick piece in Freedom Park would be one of those options district sevens in real need of a park. Immediately in our neighborhood seems to agree that we would like a park maybe that 150,000 could be moves directly to that project this year. I just asked you to consider it. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And Marisa. Hi, yes. Thank you so much for allowing me to speak today. I'm here to give my comment in support of item number 21. My name is Marissa Elmore and I'm a community organizer with the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant. Each year we serve over 12,000 immigrants with vital legal and social services. And we see firsthand how our immigrant community makes Berkeley the culturally diverse and beautiful city that it is. So for years we demand for legal services has outpaced available resources. The return of the Trump administration has brought renewed and serious threats to immigrant communities as well as increased fear, confusion and uncertainty. The model that has seen the most success across the nation is 3 pronged. One, we like to educate community members with know your rights information. We also prepare families with emergency preparedness plans. And we defend immigrants with emergency legal consultations and removal defense representation. I'm so much for your comment. Okay next is caller ending in 538. And just so folks know we've got about seven online hands left. Yes go ahead. Yeah let's talk about the 21. 21. You know, immigrants go this country. Let's not forget that. They during his first administration, 1.5 million American dollars from COVID-19, because of Trump. Sure, you speak. One second, very quick. A consent item? Okay. Item? Yeah, 21. I'm a girl. Yeah. So what both people, the the creative the vaccine, one with Greek right now is it's total fashion and we have to do our best to end it. You know, this is very, very dark ages. Also, we have immigrants, these countries, no interfunction. And maybe this is the whole aim. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Sorry for interrupting your question. These three speakers are Hansel Aguilar. We're back in Mervish and phone number ending in 946. So first up is Hansel Aguilar, Director of Police Accountability. I'm going to go to the council. I'm going to go to the council. 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So we are also mindful of the city's financial situation and we're made committed to being physically responsible. Appreciate your support. Thank you. Thank you. Rebecca Mervish. I just want to thank Councilmember Luna Parra and all the co-sponsors for item number 25. Public transit is the life but of the Bay Area and so we need to keep it moving. Thank you. Thank you. and... Two more. Call her with a phone number ending in 946. Press star 6 to unmute. There you go. Hi, my name is Leah Bushman. I am a resident in Berkeley and I'm about to enter the BUSD school district gold district is my son going to TPA 1000 Oaks and I just want to echo the two other callers who called in about referendum item number 15 regarding access after school care and this to be a Berkeley. It is incredibly concerning as a household with two working parents to not be able to have access to aftercare and have your son get out to what 115 and not have anywhere for him to go is just not feasible. I have heard from an unreasonable number of people who have had problems having to pick up their child in the middle of the day and take them to some other place for aftercare as kind of a side alternative that is really not something that most parents can do with their work situation and so being able to have more slots available would be incredibly beneficial and I would also agree with the other two parents that if raising the cost of small amount in order to increase access would help then I would also be willing to do that. Thank you. Thank you. Next, we have two speakers remaining. Abigail and Brian versus Abigail Esquivias. Hi, good evening, everyone. My name is Abigail Esquivias. I am with Social Justice Collaborative. We provide immigration, legal and social services to low income immigrants. I'm speaking in support of item 21 recent cuts to federal funding combined with the fear anxiety legal threats. This administration has fueled me in that organization like ours and the partners that are here today and have spoken before me are facing a level of need that we can't meet with without additional support. This funding matters not just because it because it feels critical gaps, but also because it tells our neighbors that the city sees what's happening and will provide support. Thank you so much to those of you who have already committed funding to this item. It matters to the folks doing this work and it matters to the people we serve. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Okay, last speaker is Brian Rossin. Thank you very much. My name is Brian Rossin and I'm here to speak on item 21. Legal and education funds. For the rights of our of our immigrant neighbors. So while I am with the organization that works on global issues called Action Corps, I'm really just speaking as a member of the Berkeley community, my family moved here in the 1950s, and I feel incredibly strongly that our immigrant neighbors and the rights of all people in Berkeley need to be supported in the face of federal attacks. So I thank you for the funding that's already been pledged today. And I want to just underscore just how important it is to provide those legal defenses. I've started to attend workshops as a resident to help train and support, know your rights trainings and whatnot. I feel we all need to do everything that we can to support our neighbors. Thank you. That's it. Okay. I would like to add myself. Also, I just realized there's another spot still to item. Oh gosh, sorry, the street spirit item. If that's okay with you. Councilmember Luna-Para. Thank you. Yes, thank you. Okay. And then Councilmember Tatlin. Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you to each of the speakers. I would like to move adoption of the Kingston calendar as amended. And Councilmember Trayke, did you have a second? Yes, I will second that motion. I will, however, request to be recorded as abstaining on item 19. Thank you. Okay. Council Member Linoppara. Thank you. I would also like to abstain on item 19. Okay. Councilmember Lino Parra. Thank you. I would also like to abstain on item 19. Okay. All right. Yes. Councilmember. Yeah. Can we just clarify regarding item 19? Are we are voting to take no action? What is the? There's a recommendation, but what is the, if this is passed, what's the outcome? Yes, that's right. No action. Is that right? Correct. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Okay, so to adopt the My apologies. I would just like to thank the Public Safety Policy Committee for their careful deliberation and their recommendation on this item. Thank you. Or I am making a rather thank you. Okay. On to approve the consent calendar. Council member Kinsler-Wani. Yes. Tapplin. Yes. Bartlett. Yes. Tregum. Aye. Okay. Yes. Blackaby. Yes. Luna Parra. Yes. Humber. Yes. And Mary Eashie. Yes. Okay. Thank you all. Thanks everyone who spoke on consent for folks who came here in person. I think we should not take a break. So let's give, we're going to take a 15 minute break and then when we come back we have two action items. Both are, sorry. Three, because I- Technically three. Yes. Yes. And they are public hearings so we- We have an item 22 was moved to action. Thank you and item 22. Thanks Mark. What would I do without you? All right. There are four items on the action calendar. We will return to those after this 15 minute break. Thanks, everyone. Recording stopped. Being technically correct is the best 10th thing for it. Another agrees, but I thought you might have found out. Yes. Yeah. Especially when it could mean that it means more than just being correct. Yes, got, Scott. I don't know. 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I just want to make sure also that the captioner can hear. I reassigned the captioner is captioning what you're saying. Okay. Perfect. Sounds good. Okay. So we are going to the action calendar. And we are going to start with item 28. So that, oh, actually before that, I'm going to go to the city manager. Thank you Madam Mayor. For item 30, there's only ordinance in general plan amendments for middle housing. That item has been removed. I'm requesting that it be removed. We have sent notices out to the public that we will be rescheduling that item, but I just want to formally remove it from this agenda. Thank you, City Manager. All right, so that moves us down to three. Okay, so we're going to start with item number 28, please. And we have a presentation. Thank you. Thank you, Mary Ishi and members of City Council. My name is Scott Gilman, the Director of Health, Housing and Community Services. Tonight our staff are here to present the five year Consolidated Plan Report that is submitted to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, better known as HUD, for the City's annual allocation of Community Development Black Grant funds, Emergency Solutions grant, and home investment partnership program funds. I have the pleasure of introducing Margot Ernst, who's our division manager. We have also with us tonight to her left is Cat LaRou and also Rihanna Babcac. All from the Housing and Community Services Division. I'm there going to provide you with a very brief presentation and then we'll be available for questions. All right, we're getting the presentation shared on the Zoom, but thank you, Scott, for that introduction. Good evening, Mayor Ishii and City Council. I am Cat LaRue and in my role at HCS, I oversee and monitor compliance. Can I ask that you move Michael? Yes, sir. Thank you. This better? Great. So yes, my name is Cat LaRue and I oversee and monitor compliance for the housing and community services division with the support with the support from Rihanna and we are here tonight as Scott said to present the consolidated plan for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD funds. This presentation will include a background of HUD requirements, the consolidated plan process, including public participation and provides a brief overview of the main goals of for the next five years. years. The full draft of the Consolidated Plan is in your agenda packet tonight as well as on the City of Berkeley website. The City of Berkeley is an entitlement jurisdiction, meaning that the city receives a formula allocation of community development block grant, CDBG, emergency solutions, ESG, and home investment partnership or home funds from HUD each year. Thanks, thank you. As a requirement of receiving the funds, the city must submit several reports and include public participation throughout every process. Every five years, we develop and submit a consolidated plan laying out the projects, activities, and outcome goals for the funds. Each year of those five years, we also submit what's called an annual action plan on how we intend to meet those goals within a one year period of that five years. The consolidated plan covers fiscal year 2026 to 2030, to 2030, and includes the first year's annual action plan for FY26. The plan was presented to the Housing Advisory Commission or the HAC twice earlier this year and provided their comments and feedback and the HAC voted to recommend that Council approve the plan during their February meeting. The official public comment period opened on March 14th and will close tonight at 11.59 p.m. The final report is due to HUD on or around mid-May after the allocation information is released. The consolidated plan has three main parts and six key sections. The first section includes an introduction to the plan and highlights key points as well as summarizes the public participation process and comments that are received. The next two sections provide critical data points to help inform the baseline for the community, excuse me. The next two sections provide critical data points that help form the baseline for the community needs and determine which programs would best address those. The majority of the data is provided by HUD through the Census Bureau American Community Survey and Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy and the data represents 2016 through 2020. The last two sections include the Strategic Plan and the Annual Plan which both identify and describe the priorities, strategies, and goals on a five year and one year scale. This section also includes the estimated amount of funds available. For the upcoming year, fiscal year, it is estimated that the city of Berkeley will receive approximately 3.3 million across the three funding streams with CDBG making up the largest amount around $2.5 million. Extrapolated across the five year period, it is estimated that the city would see around 16.7 million in total. City staff estimate these amounts based on previous years funding with planned minor rejections for CDBG. However, final allocations could be more decreased from prior years as we have not received the annual allocations. Yet, and those are anticipated to be released mid-May. The funds received from HUD are generally allocated in three main ways. The first to community agencies through a request for proposal process that is conducted every four years. Awards were adopted by Council in FY24 and the current funding cycle began at the start of FY25 and runs through FY28. The RFP process also includes state, local and general fund dollars and makes up the largest ongoing investment by the city to meet strategic goals and best serve Berkeley's most vulnerable populations. The public and several commissions are involved in that process to review proposals and recommend awards to council, including the Housing Advisory Commission, the Human Welfare Community Action Commission, Youth Equity Panel, Labor on Commission, and Homeless Services Panel of Experts. Secondly, funds are expended through program delivery costs such as staff, community agencies, developers, or consultants processing loans, conducting environmental reviews, inspections, and or other program-related activities. And finally, for administration, which is largely made up of personnel time. Including public participation for the consolidated plan is very important and a key requirement for HUD. Staff have engaged in several ways with the Berkeley community through community meetings, public hearings, surveys, and council meetings across three main phases to inform the overall plan. The first three meetings highlighted on the timeline include community commissions and council reviewing and approving the community agency funding allocations. The next phase is a public meeting regarding fair housing as it relates to the analysis of impediments report. And lastly, from December 2024 through tonight has all focused on specifically gathering feedback and input on the consolidated plan, priorities, and draft. At each opportunity, the public commissioners and or council have been invited to share feedback, comment on the plan, and or associated funding for the community agencies. Next slide. Highlighting a specific example of community participation is in December of 2024. Staff released a survey via the community message platform to request response to the identified priorities for the HUD funding. 77% of the 590 respondents strongly agreed or agreed with the identified priority areas as you see on the screen. Affordable housing emerged as the primary concern and there is significant interest in ensuring access to affordable housing for specific populations including seniors, people with disabilities, families with minor children, low-income workers, teachers, and artists. Additional details and quotes from the respondents can be found as an attachment to this plan. The needs assessment analyzes the data which forms the basis for the programs and projects to be administered within the plan. The section focuses on the most common housing problems, need for housing assistance, and risk of becoming unsheltered, among others, and compares the disproportionately greater need across the Berkeley community. Next slide. Data points, tables and charts are pre-populated with HUD data that represents 2016 through 2020 and provides just a snapshot of the Berkeley community that showcases the needs. The data indicates that 45% of Berkeley households are considered low income per HUD's definition of under 80% of the area median income and that over 50% of renters and owners are paying more than 50% of their income toward housing. To further this analysis and utilizing the same main data sources, the next section, which is the market analysis, helps to provide a clear picture of the environment, specifically housing affordability, barriers to housing, and also non-housing community development assets. A key challenge facing the Berkeley community continues to be affordability where the data from November of 24 found that the median home value was about $1.3 million and the median rental price was $2,600. The statistics on this slide were pulled from various sections of the market analysis and are just some highlights from the report that represent a different factor impacting housing in Berkeley. Each of these challenges require different solutions to address and support the community through but not limited to the development of more housing units, creating affordable housing options and addressing the aging housing through rehabilitation. Next slide. The final sections of the consolidated plan, out outline the plan projects and activities for each funding source. For community development block grant, this includes rehabilitation of multi-family residences, single-family homes and public facilities that support the preservation of affordable housing, improve the health and safety or ADA access and or the energy efficiency of homes and public buildings, as well as provide support through public services that provide community agency grants to address housing navigation and fair housing services. Next slide. ESG will be used to provide financial assistance, housing relocation and and stabilization services to rapidly re-house and support through emergency shelter. And home funds will be used in two main project areas, housing trust fund and the affordable housing development, where city staff will support rehabilitation of multi-family housing and work through all the requirements of developing affordable housing in the city. Concerned to the Cons, the analysis of impediments or AI to fair housing was also updated from the previous 2020 version. Berkeley participated in a regional effort led by Alameda County, including all the jurisdictions and housing authorities to develop and compile this report. The regional working group hired TDA consulting to complete the AI, which provides an overview of the laws, regulations, conditions, and other possible obstacles that may affect an individual's household or access to housing. Next slide. TDA consultant collected data through a variety of methods, including engaging with community members and stakeholders, and through their analysis, the plan identifies the impediments to fair housing and includes strategies and actions for addressing these impediments. There is an abridged version of the AI in the agenda packet tonight but the full plan can be found on the city of Berkeley website as well as the Alameda County website. Lastly we would like to acknowledge that HUD recently proposed a new rule for the analysis of impediments and furthering, affirmatively furthering fair housing or AFFH. And while the proposed rule will no longer require that grantees conduct or submit the AI along with the consolidated plan, HUD will instead require certification with certification of compliance with the Fair Housing Act. Details about that process are still pending, and however, the state of California requires that housing elements are conducted and that those elements are relatively similar to the AFFH included in the planning process and guiding documents for community development. So this AI plan will be available for those purposes as well as local implementation, and if it is requested by HUD, we'll be submitted. In closing, we ask that council consider the following recommended action, which is to adopt a resolution authorizing the sitting manager to execute any results into agreements and amendments for agencies receiving funding under the CDBG ESG or home program in accordance with the approved proposal. Allocate the proposed funding plan described in the consolidated plan and finalize and submit the PY25 to 2029 Consolidated plan including the 2025 annual action plan to HUD. Thank you so much for your time and we'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thanks for your presentation. We're going to do this council questions, public comment, close the hearing, do council comments slash deliberation? Are there any council questions? Councillor Marbarla. Thank you for a wonderful presentation. I'm not really sure if he's going to be able to do that. I'm not really wondering him. So this is all done before. The administration, the current administration took over. Does this analysis do we know? Yes. So the plan was compiled throughout the last year, community input started in January of 2024 and has been receiving feedback over the last several months from different commissions in public. Okay, so I wonder, you know, like what's going to be doing the new HUD, right? Any indications that the CDBG program exists in a remotely similar form at all? From what we have not received additional guidance to that. So we are operating as though the programs will stand. We have received word from our HUD representative that we will be receiving our award allocations within the next few weeks. So we're anticipating that we will be getting an award if there are additional updates to the grant agreements, the regulations, then we'll take that as it comes. That's good. And we're thinking about the RDEI program in the city and sanctuary city status, things like that. What would be the impact? I'm just wondering, what would be the impact if these funds were denied us due to the new requirements? So these programs currently support several community agencies, more than half of the funding goes to community agencies, either in direct format or through program delivery, and ultimately supports about 50 households or units and serves over a thousand individuals. So the impact would be pretty widespread across the community agencies and ultimately the community. The funds also support city staff, a smaller rate. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Council Member Blackby. Thanks Madam Mayor. Just one question and it's really just a point of education for me. And by the way, appreciate Council Member Bartlett asking the question about federal funding. Certainly one of the first questions that hit me as I was reviewing this. The point of information is really on slide 15 and slide 17. On the community development block grant, there's sort of a multi-family rehabilitation program. And on slide 17, the housing trust fund, both those programs look like they do roughly the same work, the description looks similar. I'm just just curious about how they're different, do they align, do they overlap at all. And again, it's just really a point of information for me. So the Community Development Block Grant, multi-family rehabilitation funds, those really fund the staff that support the Housing Trust Fund under the Home Program. So the CDBG and the home sort of have this reciprocity where you can use CDBG to support the home program. Got it. So different sets of projects or similar projects, but just different facets of the same project. The CDBG funds support the staff that support the home projects. Yeah. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Any other council questions? Okay. We will move on to public comment then. Public comment only on item number 28, please. Based on the discussion at the Budget Committee about looking at different plans and seeing if identifying if agencies hadn't met certain goals that were in their proposal or there could be staff vacancies or if the right correct number of clients haven't been served, that they proposed we're going to be served. I look at this and I'm just wondering, will there be room for that sort of flexibility? I'm presuming that there is after this is approved, because I would want to see that flexibility. And I appreciate it, Council Member Bartlett's line of question, because I have that question, not only about taking money away from agencies, but if there's going to be specified cuts from the federal government, is the city going to be able to allocate monies in different directions later again with the same level. Thank you. Flexibility. Thank you. Thanks, Carol. Thanks for your public comment. Any other public comment in person? Okay, online. Okay. First is Cheryl Davila, former council member. I think her hands been up the whole time so she may not have a comment. Because I think this was the second Cheryl Davila on the call. There's two. You know what I mean. It does Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay almost lost our block grant funding because we were not in compliance. And I'm looking at my older activist diary related to this. And I have a quote in there, an ongoing inability to recruit and retrain board members. And this is for the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission constitutes noncompliance with federal law and disqualifies Berkeley as an eligible entity or the receipt and administration of the block grants. I just find it disappointing that we have. Thank you Kelly. And are not mentioned. Thanks Kelly. Your time is up. I do remember you mentioning the commissions actually, but perhaps you want to address that since I noticed you were looking through your notes. Yes, I can address that. We've went to the hack on several occasions throughout this process starting in January of 24, related to the community agency funding allocations, as well as to receive their feedback and approval or recommendation to approve the plan for council in early this year. Also during the community agency funding cycle, we had council commission presentations and review of applications at the homeless service panel of experts, youth equity panel, commission on labor and human welfare action. Human welfare community action commission Commission. We've engaged several different commissions throughout this process. Thank you. I would also like to add that it sounds like the commentary was referring to the community services block grant funds, the CSBG, which is federal funds that pass through the state to the city. And tonight we're talking about community development block grant CDBG. Thank you for clarifying that. Yeah many acronyms. I'd like to close the pub, the close the hearing because I think we've got all of our public comment. Council member, track up. Do you have your hand up? Second, and I was or my way to speak after. Okay, I think we can. I think we can. Mark can't we just close this one. Yeah, there's no more. Yeah, we can just close it. So we don't have to vote. We do. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, okay. Well, there's a second. Okay. Yes. Chaplin. Yes. Hartwood. Yes. Trigger. Okay. Yes. Blackaby. Yes. Anapara. Yes. Humbert. Yes. Ann Mairiishi. Yes. Okay. Okay. Great. And Councilmember Trigger, you are first in line for Council comments. Thank you so much, Madam Mayor. Thank you to staff for providing this detailed presentation. I believe I was involved in the last go-round of this effort when I was on the Housing Advisory Commission and just want to command staff on continued top notch quality of the work product. I too share my concerns about the uncertainty of what might come in the next four years. But I do know this that as long as there is funding available from the federal government and the state for these programs, Berkeley, thanks to the hard work of its staff, is well positioned to implement it. I did want to just, we received one public. Well, we received one comment by email. And I want I connected with staff earlier today. And I just this was a concern about. This was a concern about, this was a concern about, well, took well the comment, the council, the city is severely underfunded or has severely underfunded the needs of domestic violence survivors, particularly with respect to domestic violence survivors who are unstable housed. And so I referred that question to staff and I just for transparency wanted to read into the record the staff responds that the homeless while it is true that city funds one program specifically for domestic violence, the homeless services programs mentioned in the report also support this population. These are integrated services and not mutually exclusive. Domestic violence survivors who become unhoused are eligible for homeless services programs. And during the RFP for this program, one application was received specifically requesting funding for domestic violence programs and that application was funded by Council at nearly the full requested amount. So with that, I feel very confident to move the staff recommendation. Second. Okay. Any other comments? Okay. Let's take the roll then please. To approve the staff recommendation, Councilmember Kester Wani. Yes. Tapplin. Yes. Bartlett. Yes. Tregub. Aye. O'Keefe. Yes. Lackaby. Yes. Luna Parra. Yes. Thank you. Yes. And Mary Shee. Yes. Okay. Thank you, staff. two items left. I would like to move on to item number 29 to implement the residential preferential parking program on the 1500 block over Virginia Street. I think I'm gonna go. That's okay, I need to get some rest. So this is a good time. So goodbye everyone. Thank you. Councilmember of Keith has been sticking it out despite not feeling her best. So thank you so much for being here tonight and also last night. Appreciate your presence. Okay. Thanks so much team. Thanks for being here. As we did before, we're going to start with presentation. All right. All right. Whenever you're ready. All right. Good evening, Mayor and Council community. All right, whenever you're ready. All right. Good evening, Mayor, Council of Community, Terence Davis, Director of Public Works. With me, I have our Deputy Director, Waheeda Mary, and then also Elliott Schwimmer, who's our Senior Transportation Planner, who's going to lead this presentation tonight. And so with that, I'll turn it over to Elliott. Vice Mayor, sorry, good evening, Mayor. Vice Mayor Councilmembers, I am Elliott Schwimmer, senior transportation planner. Happy to be with you discussing the residential, preferential parking opt in petition for the south side of the 1500 block of Virginia Street. We have a brief presentation for you today for what is fairly a fairly standard RPE Optin process. We received a complete optin petition from a resident on the 1500 block of Virginia street in January of this year. The resident collected signatures from five of the six residential addresses on this block, but differently, 83% of the residents on this block are in favor of opting into the program, and that exceeds the 51% threshold required for getting to the next step in the opt-in process. We then went to the site during two times of the day consistent with our standard procedures to do a parking occupancy study. There were five out of six spaces occupied during the 3pm hour, which exceeds the threshold of 75% occupancy required to opt-in to the RPP program. And here's a map showing the parcels opting into the RPP program. And here's a map showing the parcels opting into the RPP program in the context of the whole RPP program in the city. The parcels opting in are part of RPP area N, which is enforced 8am to 7pm Monday through Friday. and the location is circled on the map. You can see that this area is surrounded by parcels and areas that have already opted into the RPP program. Per the administrative regulations for public noticing, letters were sent to affected residents and notices were posted on the block, informing the affected residents about the date, time, and purpose of the public meeting. If this item is approved, public works will install two RPP signs on the block and it will then be part of the RPP program. That concludes this presentation. Thank you for your time, and we are happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thanks so much. Any council questions? Fairly straightforward. Oh, council member, Traykup, did you have a question? Thank you. Staff, I just wanted to confirm what is the relationship between this program and compliance with the data lighting law that will be enforced or starting to be enforced later this year. I guess there's not a direct relationship except that parking enforcement enforces both the RTP parking restrictions and they would enforce the day-wetting law in red-curved areas, but they're not directly related. Thank you. So I guess specifically my question was to the extent that there may not be a red carb, but to the extent that part of the street is, well, basically that the parking that would be red carb or have the effect of being red carb for the day-lining law, that would not be included in the RPP zone. Can you confirm that? That's correct. Thank you. Any other questions from council? Okay. All right. Public comment. I don't see anybody. Oh, I don't see anybody? I don't see anybody. Oh, there's someone on. Someone online. Yes. Michael R. Yes, thank you. I am a matter of mayor of council members. I've lived on the effective block for more than 20 years. And I am asking you to support the resolution for a couple of reasons. First of all, we are a block finger bark station. A lot of people who want to drive to bark, but they want to pay for bark parking, park on our block face. We're the, as the map showed, we're the only block face that isn't part of the program. So we get all of them. And if there isn't any parking, well, we have to go several blocks to park. We do have the red part of the program, so we get all of them. And if there isn't any parking, well, we have to go to several blocks to park. We do have the red curves at the corners now that's further decreased the parking. That with an increase of people who are parking their long term has prompted us to do this, because there's really often no parking. So for those reasons, I am asking and all of my neighbors that you allow us to do with everyone else in the neighborhood does and that permit parking. Thank you. Thank you. This I am going to ask to be closed the hearing. Second. Okay. So close the public hearing. Councilmember Kessermoni. Yes. Taplyn. Yes. Bartlett. Yes. Trayga. Hi. and Keith is absent. Black to be. Yes. Luna Paro. Yes. Taplyn. Yes. Bartlett. Yes. Trigab. Aye. Keith is absent. Black to be. Yes. Loonopara. Yes. Umber. Yes. And Mary and she. Yes. Okay. Okay. Any other council comments? The approval of the item. Second. Any other comments? Okay. All right, then. approve the RPP for the 1500 block of Virginia Street Council member Kester Wani. Yes. Tap one. Yes. Partly. Yes. Trigger. Aye. Okay. Is absent. Blackaby. Yes. Luna Para. Yes. Cumber. Yes. And Mary Yeeshie. Yes. Okay. Thank you to our one public commenter. All right. So we have one final item. Thank you also to staff. I appreciate the presentation. And of course you're staying until this hour. We have one more item left. Which was the item from the consent calendar number 22. I believe. Yes, that moved down to our action calendar. Great, I'll be very brief. And I apologize to colleagues that we had made this one additional change and wanted to bring it for you. This item is to add ADA experience to the oversight body that's going to be reviewing measure FF spending. In what I've got on the screen is the red line up top is the red line from the original item. After further kind of community input and then in consultation with the city attorney, we've amended the language to what shows up below in the red line, which I think strengthens it and also just indicates that across the whole body, whether it's from appointments from the commissions or whether it's from the members of the public that apply for those positions, we do want to make sure that there's at least one member who has experience with ADA compliance or the accessible infrastructure challenges facing seniors. So it's just a clarification of that in this item. I can't see the whole. Sorry. Thank about that, Mark. Maybe you can do a little control plus or something to enlarge it. Okay. Okay. Great. Any other initial clarifying questions, folks, have? Okay. Let's go to public. Oh, did you have some? Oh, no, it was going to just wanted to thank Councillor Black to be for your foresight and looking out for the people here. Really great work. Thank you. Thanks. Yeah, public comment. And thank you also for waiting public commenter. Yeah, sometimes I'm a good guy. I'm sorry. Yes, I'm Tom. I'm actually a commissioner on the commissioner on the agenda. But I'm here speaking just for myself, although what happened was the commission actually sent a letter. I don't know if you've received the time regarding this particular issue, this specifically the Council Member of Blackbees agenda item. But the idea that people with disabilities definitely need to have a voice as we make these decisions to refund are long neglected to public infrastructure. So I just want to just voice my support for Council Member ofbees item. Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Councillor Clawments? Yes. Moving to Zoom comments. Oh, sorry. I didn't. Oh, sorry. Carol. Sorry. Thank you. So this is an extremely important item and I'm happy to see that Councilmember Black will be introduced it. I think you actually need someone with a regulatory background as well as a person with disabilities. The issue with persons with disabilities is you have a variety of disabilities. All disabilities are not the same. And so you may have an individual who's interested and has lived experience with one disability, and they are unaware of other disabilities addressing someone who has neurological disabilities or has visually impaired or hearing impaired and may not have the same issues. So I think you need both of that. You also need someone extremely familiar with all the regulations, especially since they may be changing right now through the Federal Administration, unfortunately. Thank you. Thank you, and apologies to my Zoom commenters. I did not see you pop up. Okay. First three speakers are Eric, Harris Borough, Kelly Hammergren, and Ben Gould. So we'll start with Eric. Go ahead, Eric. You can unmute. Hello. My name is Eric Nierzberg. I'm founder of Street to be quality. A Berkeley project that overseas. The sidewalk and street safety. Conditions as well as looking at pro-wag here in Berkeley. I'm here to support Council Member Blackaby for this wonderful initiative and hope that the rest of the Council members will also support him. I'm also here as a member of Barrow, Berkley and for accessible right-of-ways that helped author the implementations of measure FF which we hope that are still being looked at. But current to this matter, I am really looking for support for Mr. Blackaby on this item. And I feel as a disabled person myself that we are very long in the just rubber stamp process. We would love to have a seat of power and be able to have a seat at the processing point. So thank you so much council members and to yourself. Madam. Appreciate your comment. Thank you. Next is Kelly Hammergren. Thank you, Council Member Blackbe for adding a disabled person. And I think the disabled are underrepresented in our city for many issues that affects them. And so I would like to see a larger representation of disabled persons across our commissions and in the community and hopefully that will happen. Thank you. Thank you Kelly. Next is Ben Gould. Oop, wait a second. That's Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. while still protecting the intent of the voters and ensuring rigorous oversight for the money. So I just ask for your support. I know it's late. I'll leave it to that. Thanks so much. Thanks, Ben. Next is a caller with a number ending in 358. Hi there, good evening. My name is Nancy Raider. I also thank Council Member Blackaby for this item. I also wanted to urge Council to encourage or, I don't know if you can require staff to reopen the application process with this additional incredibly important criteria because many people didn't apply because they didn't meet the qualifications the first time around. And so for this to be really meaningful, it's important that the application process be reopened for a week or two. Thank you. Thank you. I think we have one final commenter. Yes, Cheryl Davila, former council member. Yeah, it's interesting that the council member would put this forward and care about disability rights when he didn't care about the disabled children and people of God's and Palestine last night. Find your own address individuals and to address us as a body please. Don't be interrupting me please and making me lose my train of thought. Can I get my time back? But it's not fair, wise, humane. You don't care about humanity if you only care about some individuals and not all individuals. There are many thousands of disabled children and members of Palestine right now because of Israel's bombardment of four more than four atomic bombs and they've had to have amputees without any medication, no clean water, no food. Your time is up. Thank you for your comment. Councilmember Trigab. Thank you. I would like to also thank Council Member Blackaby for bringing forward this item. Our office has met with members of the differently able community. Some of whom did submit the application to the public. So, we're going to have to submit the public application to the public. So, we're going to have to submit the public application to the public. So, we're going to have to submit the public application to the public. So, we're going to have to submit the public application to the public. So, we're going to have to submit the measure FF's oversight committee appointed as quickly as possible. And I am just hoping that within the existing pull of applicants, we will find, and I'm confident that we will find a pull of applicants that are well positioned to represent the equities of that community. I know this is just a small but very powerful step. Our office is contemplating some additional efforts to ensure that Berkeley is as accessible as possible to all. I can't speak to those items right now because that is not what's on the agenda, but this is a really important step. Thank you, councilmember Blacka before the opportunity to call sponsor your item. And I would be happy to second it with the assumption that you would be making the main motion. Council Member Blacka, if you would do. I will move approval of this item. Okay. sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I did review some of the applications. I think some people did indicate in those applications their experience in this regard. So I'm still hopeful that we'll be able to satisfy this goal with the current applications and do more next year. Okay, any other council comments? Yes. Yeah, I just wanted to say I looked carefully through the sheath of applications that we received, and there's some really, really good people it in there. People, you know, with perfect experience, including people with experience that relates directly to this item. So, thanks. Yes, this topic can't come up without one of us saying that Berkeley was the home of the disability rights movement. And so it is so important that we're considering you to consider the community within these items. So that's why I wanted to add myself and why I did. And thank is so important that we're considering to consider the community within these items. So that's why I wanted to add myself and why I did. And thank you so much Councillor member for bringing this forward. Anything else? Anyone else? Okay. There's a second. So I will ask the clerk to take roll, please. Okay. Councillor Member Kissar-Wanney. Yes. to the Bartlett. Yes. Try again. Yes, remember Kessar Wani? Yes. Tapplin. To Barrettlet? Yes. Tregub? Aye. Eek is absent. Blackaby? Yes. Winopara? Yes. Umber? Yes. And Mary Ishi? Yes. Okay. Okay. Thank you all so much. So there is, is there any non agenda public comment? I see Tony online. Okay. Tony, go ahead. I want to thank the council for listening to the long public commentary that I was presented to you last night. I listen to the entire meeting. And I think it's very important that voices from the community be heard on such an item. I want to commend the mayor for having the meeting and for Council Member Terry Chaplin who represents the district I live in for putting forward something that you could all agree on or most of you could agree on. And I do want to point out the person who spoke that I resonated with the most. And that was the surgeon who testified about his service in Gaza. I was very moved by his testimony. And I hope you were too. So thank you all for doing it and taking it on and for listening. I think listening is very healing. Thank you Tony. Thanks for your comment. Go ahead. Rebecca Mervish. Hi, I'll send you all an email about this anyways, but just while you're all here, please save your calendar for Thursday, May 15th for bike to wherever day. Walk bike Berkeley and bike East Bay is organizing a city council ride. In the morning starting at Ash Bebar. I'll send you more details about this, but I just wanted. Most of you responded to me, but just while you're all here. Thank you. Thank you, Rebecca. Appreciate appreciate that reminder. And Cheryl Davila, former council member. So last night, yeah, that doctor was very moving, but it didn't move you enough to pass the peace and justice resolution, just the water down racist, JCR, Mary Annette, which I don't even know because we didn't hear the vote and it would be nice if you could be more transparent about that. And also the fact that you kept the meeting at a certain time constraint was really a problem. You didn't acknowledge the mayor of Richmond or the former mayor. And there were delays in the sound on the Zoom, but the Zoom on my phone was working, and I could hear fine. But there's been a problem the city of Berkeley. Zoomers. Thank you. Okay. All right. Well, in that case, is there a motion to adjourn? Move from okay. And a second from Councillor Luneapara. Could you take the role please? Councillor Mimberer, Councillor Wanning. Yes. Chaplain. Yes. Bartlett. Yes. Tregub. Hi. Okay. Is absent. Black to be. Yes. Luneapara. Yes. Umber yes and Mary E.G. Yes. Okay'm gonna parra. Yes. Humbert. Yes, and Mary Eji. Yes. Okay, we'll be. Thank you all, thank you colleagues. Thanks everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, we're good. We're good. Hi, we're good. Hi, I'm the best. Recording stopped. Hi, I'm the best. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. 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