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MY VOICES WERE[Beautification Committee on February 4, 2026.]
PRONOUNCED.DO YOU NEED TO RECORD BACKGROUND? IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD PICK US UP.
UH, JUMPING BACK IN FROM, WAIT WHERE WE'RE AT? YES.
SO NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OPEN FORM? CORRECT.
SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GONNA BE APPROVING THE JANUARY, UH, MEETING MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT? DECEMBER 3RD MINUTES? YES.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
OH, WE ARE FIRST GONNA TAKE A MOTION TO RERO REAPPROVE THE DECEMBER MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER MEETING? MINUTES? YES.
COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE.
WAS I ABSTAINED FROM THAT ONE? I FEEL THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY MEMORY BANK THAT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON THIS SIDE.
OH, I WASN'T ACTUALLY YOU RON WAS ACTUALLY THAT'S CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE HELPING OTHER MEMORY BANKS.
SO I HAVE YOU HERE AS ABSENT FOUR.
THE NOVEMBER WHEN WE DID THE DECEMBER ONE.
AND THEN COMMITTEE MEMBER STEIN.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
CORRECT ME IF I'M OUTTA SYNC HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE HOLIDAY RECOGNITION PROGRAM NOW.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, IS IT? I'M ON THE WRONG EMAIL THEN.
4.3 IS THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO REDO.
WE HAVE TO REDO IT, RIGHT? YES.
THE, THE AGENDA WASN'T ON THE WEBSITE AND SO THE DISCUSSION LAST TIME, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
OH, I THOUGHT THIS WAS GROUNDHOG DAY.
WHEN I LOOKING AT THIS, THESE ARE ON THE AGENDA.
THEY'RE JUST OUTTA THIS ORDER.
EVERYTHING'S ON PROPERLY LAST TIME.
THEY HAVE TO REDO A FEW OF THOSE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN UPDATED.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, SORRY, TOM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYTHING WE DIDN'T GET ON THE WEBSITE.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO REPEAT THE ITEMS THAT WERE VOTED ON.
YEAH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS THINKING.
ARE WE JUST VOTING OR DO WE, SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO 0.4 0.3, WHICH AS ELECTION OF 2026.
UH, CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.
I WILL SELF NOMINATE FOR CHAIR.
I WILL SELF CHAIR, SELF NOMINATE FOR VICE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOTION TO APPROVE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO 4.4, WHICH IS APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE 2026 BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS.
I WILL SELF NOMINATE TO BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
I'M THINKING OF A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE.
YEAH, I THINK YOU WOULD THINK I RESCIND MYSELF.
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NOMINATION IT, HOW IT WENT BEFORE.THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO, UH, WERE SELECTED AT THE LAST MEETING WERE KAREN, KAT, AND ANDY.
MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT DOES THAT STILL STAND DAY IS NOT WORKING WELL.
OUR COMMITTEE SECONDED BY RON.
COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE.
APPROVAL OF THE REVISED 2026 BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING CALENDAR AS DISCUSSED WITHOUT ANY MORE CHANGES.
UM, SO WE NEED TO DISCUSS CHANGING THE MARCH AND APRIL MEETINGS FROM THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, UH, DUE TO AN URGENT NEED FROM ANOTHER ADVISORY BODY TO HAVE THIS ROOM.
UM, AND THIS IS THE ONLY LOCATION OPTION BECAUSE OF THE RECORDING.
SO WE'RE UNABLE TO KEEP THE SAME DATE BUT MOVE IT OVER TO MAINTEN SERVICES ANYMORE.
SO CAN YOU GUYS, SO NOW WILL DEVICE WEEK.
SO THAT WILL MEAN THAT THE MARCH MEETING WOULD BE MARCH 11TH AND THE APRIL MEETING WOULD BE MARCH WOULD BE APRIL 8TH.
YEAH, THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
UM, ALL OTHER DATES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
ANYONE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS? MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE? YES.
SO MARISSA, THAT'LL JUST, THEN YOU'LL, YOU'LL CHANGE THE MASTER THING TO POPULATES IT.
I, AND I'LL SEND A, UH, UPDATED MEETING REQUEST.
COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE.
RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE 2026 VOLUNTEER LITTER COLLECTION EVENTS FROM STAFF.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE,
HOW'S IT GOING? EVERYBODY? YOU CAN SEE I AM SO PUMPED UP BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TRASH AND I JUST, I CAN KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.
NO, NOT 24 7, BUT FOR A LONG TIME.
SO GLAD I CAN MAKE SOME PEOPLE LAUGH BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS PRESENTATION VERY INTERESTING ON SOMETHING THAT'S VERY BORING
SO LET'S ALL GO TO MY WONDERFUL SLIDES HERE.
SO LET'S START OFF WITH THE TITLE PAGE.
SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THESE SLIDES IS TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF LOGISTICS FOR THE FIRST CLEANUP OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE DID TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME MORE CLEANUPS, KIND OF LIKE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
BUT FOR THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE LOGISTICS FOR THE FIRST CLEANUP.
SO LET'S GO TO A SECOND PAGE HERE.
SO THE SLIDE IS TITLED PROPOSED PROGRAM DETAILS.
SO, SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THESE CLEANUPS IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A PROPER LOCATION, MEANING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, INFRINGE UPON, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND WE GOTTA OF COURSE GET THE CITY ON BOARD AS WELL.
WE'LL HELP PROVIDE SOME OF THE SUPPLIES AND ALSO PICK UP ALL THE TRASH BAGS AND BULKY ITEMS AFTERWARDS.
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AND OF COURSE, GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCATION IS RELATIVELY SAFE.SO OF COURSE WE CAN'T DO IT SOMEWHERE LIKE ON A HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S TOO RISKY.
SO WE JUST, THESE ARE SOME DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT I THINK ARE, UH, PRETTY GOOD CANDIDATES FOR A CLEANUP YET ARE SAFE TO DO SO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS DOWN TO HAVING LIKE, SOME CONVERSATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, TRY OR IF WE HAVE TO LIKE, MAKE ANY CHANGES OR EVEN HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW LOCATIONS.
SO, SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
AS MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'D BE THREE TO FOUR CLEANUPS EACH YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KIND OF WANT THIS NOT JUST TO BE A ONE TIME THING.
I WANT TO HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND WHY IS THAT? JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER WITH US AND TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GET PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, THESE SORTS OF EVENTS.
WE JUST HAVE IT ONCE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GETS FORGOTTEN.
SO JUST HAVING TO HAPPEN KIND OF ON A QUARTERLY BASIS KIND OF REMINDS PEOPLE, HEY, THERE'S A SCHOOL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, USING SOMETHING CALLED SIGNUP.COM.
I ALREADY REGISTERED AN ACCOUNT, AND THIS WILL BE USED FOR BOTH LIKE KIND OF LOGISTICS AND FOR ALSO FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO THESE EVENTS.
SO I'LL WORK WITH MARISSA ON THAT.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CANDIDATE LOCATIONS.
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
IT'S NORTH FRONT ROAD BETWEEN HERMAN AVENUE AND THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP.
SO, UH, WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE KIND OF PUT IN THESE YELLOW KIND OF SHAPES THERE.
THOSE ARE PLACES WHERE THERE'S LIKE, QUITE A BIT OF TRASH.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE KIND OF NEAT TO JUST KIND OF SHOW ON KIND OF A VISUAL BASIS WHERE THE TRASH IS LOCATED, WHICH IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE VOLUNTEERS STATIONED AT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF TRASH JUST LOCATED ALONG THE SIDELINES OF NORTH FRONT ROAD.
AND, UH, WE'RE, MY, MY PLAN WAS, UM, TO HAVE THE STAGING AREA BE LOCATED IN LIKE THIS PARK THAT'S KIND OF LIKE BY LIKE HERMAN AVENUE AND NORTH FRONT ROAD, WHERE WE ALL MEET UP AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE SUPPLIES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE DROPPING THE BAGS OFF.
SO JUST THE FIRST LOCATION, THIS LOCATION IS MOSTLY JUST LIKE LOOSE DEBRIS.
LIKE WE'RE TALKING LIKE WRAPPERS OR CANS.
LIKE WHEN I WENT THERE LIKE A WEEK AGO, UM, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY, LIKE MATTRESSES, THAT SORT OF STUFF.
IT'S JUST LIKE LOOSE DEBRIS, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, VINEYARD AVENUE BY ISABEL AVENUE AND THE NEARBY BIKE BIKE PATH.
SO I SOMETIMES GO HERE TO WALK AROUND AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT BIKE PATH IS DISGUSTING.
LIKE IT LOOKS OKAY, BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING LIKE BENEATH THE LEAF LEAF PILES, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TRASH.
IT'S LIKE ALL KIND OF STUCK ON THE FENCE, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD LOCATION AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIKE PATH, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC, EVEN THOUGH IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE DOING SOME CLEANUPS ALONG LIKE VINEYARD AVENUE.
UM, MY, MY PICTURE'S A BIT MISLEADING.
I MEANT TO LIKE, KIND OF LIKE HIGHLIGHT LIKE THE SIDES OF THE BIKE PATH THAT ARE BETWEEN LIKE VINEYARD AVENUE AND THE BIKE PATH ITSELF.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ONE IS LU POSITAS ROAD AND EAST LIVERMORE.
SO JUST LIKE ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, LOS POSITAS ROAD BETWEEN LIKE VASCO AND THE SAFEWAY, IT, IT'S JUST THAT PLACE IS COVERED IN TRASH.
LIKE THERE'S TRASH KIND OF STUCK IN THE BUSHES, BEHIND THE TREES, THAT SORT OF STUFF.
NOW THIS LOCATION'S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, IT'S KIND OF MORE OF AN INDUSTRIAL KIND OF AREA ISH.
SO, UM, I'VE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF BOXES AND PACKING MATERIALS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE LOOSE DEBRIS, LIKE CANDY WRAPPERS, THAT SORT OF STUFF.
THERE'S LIKE BIGGER ITEMS THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE STUCK BEHIND THE BUSHES SORT OF THING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER LOCATION I'M THINKING OF.
AND THEN, UM, THE FOURTH LOCATION IS EAST AIRWAY BOULEVARD BETWEEN SUTTER STREET AND THE BARNETT PLUMBING BUSINESS.
AND THIS ONE, AGAIN, IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE CLEANUP WE DID ON SOUTH FRONT ROAD.
IT'S LIKE, IT DOES, IT LOOKS OKAY, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF TRASH BEHIND BENEATH THE LEAF PILES, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
SO LIKE, DON'T LET THE, YOU KNOW, DON'T LET YOUR EYES DECEIVE YOU.
YEAH, SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FOURTH LOCATION.
THEN THE LAST LOCATION HERE IS LIKE PORTOLA AVENUE BETWEEN ISABEL AVENUE AND FIVE 80, UH, BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF LOOSE DEBRIS KIND OF TRAPPED
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WITHIN THE TALL GRASS.UM, THIS ONE, IT'S LIKE NOT TOO SERIOUS IN TERMS OF LITTER, BUT THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST WALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK AND PICK UP SOME TRASH SORT OF THING.
SO, UM, THE POSSIBLE DATES INCLUDE PRESIDENT'S DAY, UM, OR THE SATURDAY, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 21ST, OR MARCH 7TH OR MARCH 8TH.
UH, WHY DAD PROPOSED PRESIDENT'S DAY? 'CAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO, AND IT'S ALSO MY BIRTHDAY, SO I WAS THINKING WHY NOT, YOU KNOW,
UM, SO YEAH, SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST A QUICK RUNDOWN OF POSSIBLE LOCATIONS AND POSSIBLE DATES.
UM, JUDGING BY HOW THINGS ARE GOING, I AMM MORE INCLINED TO DO LATER DATE, LIKE FEBRUARY 21ST OF MARCH, TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU.
I THINK FEBRUARY 16TH IS A LITTLE TOO SOON.
DID YOU FIND THEM BY, UM, DO YOU WALK OR YOU DRIVE AROUND OR IS YOU KIND OF EYEBALL AND THEN KICK AROUND THE LEAVES? I HAVE NO LIFE, SO I LIKE
UH, THOSE ARE PLACES I GO TO ANYWAYS BECAUSE, UM, WHEN I RUN ERRANDS, UHHUH I WOULD FREQUENTLY LIKE LOOK OUT MY WINDOW.
SO THAT IS DISTRACTED DRIVING
UM, SO, UM, BUT YEAH, UH, THOSE ARE, I JUST KNOW ABOUT THOSE PLACES BECAUSE I PASS BY THEM OFTEN.
UM, BUT WHICH, WHICH SITE DO YOU THINK IS MOST IN NEED? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S EITHER THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS THE BIKE PATH OR THE LU PASITAS ROAD ONE.
I THINK THE BIKE PATH IS A GREAT IDEA.
'CAUSE THERE'S COFFEE RIGHT THERE IN CASE YOU NEED COFFEE.
IT'S A NICE WIDE OPEN BIKE PATH THERE.
IS THERE ANY PLACE TO PARK, I GUESS IN THE, UH, IN THE SHOPPING CENTER CENTER? YES.
THAT'S WHERE, UH, IT'S LIKE CHEVRON, STARBUCKS.
AND DID THE MATERIALS, LIKE BAGS AND THINGS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY PROVIDES? OR ARE WE THAT'S WHAT THE CITY, THE CITY PROVIDED LAST TIME.
SO I IMAGINE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
THAT WAS THE THING THAT WAS MISSING ON, UH, SOUTH FRONT.
AND WE WERE USING THE, UH, PICKS TO AS RAKES, OR AT LEAST I WAS JUST TO TRY TO GET THE TRASH UNDERNEATH THE LEAVES AND THEN THE PICKS BROKE AND THEN, SO YEAH.
ESPECIALLY THE LEAVES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE FOR THE BIKE ONE, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH UNDERNEATH THE LEAF PILE, SO HAVING A RAKE HELPED A LOT.
UM, SO RAKE THE LEAVES OFF THE TRASH.
AND THEN ARE WE USING GRABBERS OR GLOVES OR WHAT? IT'S WHATEVER.
UH, IDEALLY GRABBERS, BUT, UM, I TYPICALLY USE GLOVES AS LIKE VERY HEAVY ITEMS. MM-HMM
THAT I CAN'T USE THE GRABBERS FOR.
AND I FOUND AFTER A WHILE MY HANDS GET TIRED WITH GRAB, SO THEN I USE MY HANDS, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT MOTION TO SIT FROM A ERGONOMIC STANDPOINT.
IS THERE SORTING OF ANY RECYCLABLES POSSIBLE? YOU KNOW, I, I FORGOT IF WE DID THAT FOR SOUTH FRONT.
MAYBE FOR THIS ONE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
WHEN THE CITY PICKS IT UP, DO THEY HAVE TO, I MEAN, DO THEY JUST CHUCK IT ALL IN ONE TRUCK? LIKE, DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE TO SET SEPARATE OUT RECYCLABLES WHEN THE CITY COMES TO PICK UP THE LOOP? IT CAN BE SEPARATED.
UH, IT'S GONNA GO IN THE SAME TRUCK, BUT IF IT'S IN A SEPARATE BAG, WE CAN PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT, UH, OKAY.
DID YOU, UM, MEASURE BY WEIGHT OR ANY METRICS, NUMBER OF BAGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ANDY? UH, SO FOR SOUTH FRONT ROAD, SOUTH FRONT ROAD ONE, WE GOT LIKE 20 PLUS BAGS AND WE ALSO GOT LIKE A MATTRESS.
SO COUNTING BAGS WAS YOUR, UH, YEAH.
AND EACH BAG WAS LIKE, WHAT? 30 GALLONS? SO 600 GALLONS OF TRASH.
I, I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T KNOW THE WEIGHT.
WELL, GREAT PRESENTATION ANDREW.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROPOSE A CLEANUP.
YOU WANT TO SPEARHEAD IT? MY ONLY, MY ONLY INPUT WOULD BE THE DATE.
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FOR MARCH 14TH AND THAT'S AFTER OUR MARCH MEETING.AND THEN WE CAN TOUCH BASE ABOUT IT BEFORE.
AND I HAVE TO WORK PRESIDENTS WELL JUST BECAUSE, AND I'M OUT OF TOWN THE OTHER DAY.
DO WE HAVE TO SHARE THIS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE CITY? YEAH.
UM, IT SHOWS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE CITY.
MAKE SURE THESE WORK WITH, WITH SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE CITY.
BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN BY MARCH.
WE'LL NEED TO HAVE STAFF TO COME HELP, UH, BRING THE SUPPLIES THERE AND THEN PICK IT UP.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON BOARD FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET VOLUNTEERS.
UH, I, ANDY, I FEEL LIKE MARCH 14TH GIVES US A GOOD CHUNK.
IT'S LIKE A MONTH RIGHT OF TIME.
I CAN ADVERTISE IT WITH, UM, MY ORGANIZATION AS WELL COME OUT IN THE PAST.
ANDY HAS QUITE A BREACH PROBLEM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INSTAGRAM WE GOT WE CAN PULL IN.
OH, I, I EVEN HAVE A CHAT ROOM NOW.
SO WE CAN HIT ALL THESE SITES IN ONE DAY.
WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE VOLUNTEERS WE GET FIRST WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP.
UM, SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, TOOLS FOR THEM, BUT ALSO THAT THEY'VE SIGNED THE WAIVER.
HOW, HOW, SO YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT MARISSA, THE WAFER STUFF ESPECIALLY.
RIGHT? SO IS IT RIGHT THEN, SO IF WE PROPOSE A CLEANUP ON MARCH 14TH OF THE VINEYARD APP BY ISABELLE APP AND YOU CAN COORDINATE THAT WITH ANDY YEP.
AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD YEP.
WITH ALL THE SIGNUPS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN ON THE FEBRUARY, ON THE MARCH 11TH MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A FINAL DISCUSSION BEFORE THE CLEAN UP THAT WEEKEND.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
NO, I GUESS YOU COULD SEND ANOTHER OUT TO LET US KNOW IF IT'S NOT A GO CORRECT.
IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE DATE JUST IN CASE THE, THAT OH, THE WEATHER, THE 14TH.
IS THERE WITH THE CITY, IS THERE, DO YOU NEED AN ALTERNATIVE DATE THEN? I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK, I THINK WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE ON THE 14TH.
DO WE HAVE A LIMIT ON PEOPLE THAT CAN SIGN UP OR IS THERE NO SUCH THING WHEN WE'RE PICKING UP TRASH? SO I THINK ON THE PRE PREVIOUS LITTER EVENTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, PROBABLY A MAX OF 30.
THAT'S KIND OF MANAGEABLE WITH EQUIPMENT.
AND WHAT ARE THE HOURS? YEAH, SO IT'LL BE LIKE EARLY IN THE MORNING, LIKE NINE TO 11, NINE TO 12.
DO WE NEED TO THAT OR, OH, SORRY.
BEFORE THE SUN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO HOT.
HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GONNA BE RAINING.
YEAH, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS TO RAIN.
THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IF IT DOES RAIN BADLY, UM, I GUESS YOU NEED JUST RESCHEDULE, RIGHT? YEAH.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.
WELL, DOES THE CITY PROVIDE RAIN JACKETS,
IF THERE'S, UH, EXPECTED RAINFALL MAY GET DISCOURAGED TO HAVE JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO LONG A ROADWAY.
I GUESS THERE'D BE A CITY CALL, HUH? YEAH.
YOU GUYS WILL JUST SAY WE CAN'T DO IT THIS WEEKEND, PUSH IT TO THE NEXT WEEKEND OR WHATEVER.
UM, WE CAN, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS OR JUST A MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA SHOOT FOR MARCH 14TH AT THE VINEYARD AVE BY ISABELLE AAV BIKE PATH AND ANDY'S GONNA SPEARHEAD IT.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WHEN IS EASTER? I GUESS, I DUNNO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THES LATER APRIL 4TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S THE WEEK OF THAT, OF THE APRIL MEETING.
THAT MEETING NOW IS AFTER EASTER, I BELIEVE.
CORRECT? I JUST LOOKED AT MY CORRECT.
EASTER IS, IT'S THE FIRST SUNDAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, APRIL 5TH AND OUR MEETING WILL BE THE EIGHTH.
UH, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CELEBRATION ARBOR DAY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO START IN OR DO YOU WANNA START? UM, LET'S SEE.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, I GUESS JUST THAT RESPONSE THAT WE GOT FROM, OKAY.
SO, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MY
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FAVORITE TREE AND ANGIE AND COLA, WHO COORDINATED THE VISUAL ARTS SAID SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.PEGGY SAID SHE CANNOT COMMIT, UM, TO THE DATES WE HAVE PROPOSED.
SO GIVEN ALL THE OTHER THINGS, I THINK MAYBE I'M INCLINED TO JUST DROP IT FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY BETTER IDEAS.
BUT NO, IT WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK AND I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
SO, UM, AND WE DO HAVE, SO I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO JOHN AND ANN AND WHAT WE PROPOSED SO FAR IS THE POETRY IN OUR COMPETITION, WHICH WAS GONNA BE HIATUS I THINK THIS YEAR WE HAVE.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE SYCAMORE EVENT? YEAH, THAT WOULD'VE CORRECT.
SO WE HAVE THE LIVERMORE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT TREE GIVEAWAY AND PLANTING, WHICH WE CAN HELP WITH, AND WE HAVE THE SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE PLANTING.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST GOES, UM, I'VE POSTED A FLYER TO PEACH JAR.
SO ALL THE SCHOOLS SCHOOL WILL BE SEEING, PARENTS WILL BE SEEING THAT FLYER FOR A MONTH.
THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 15TH.
SO ALL OF YOU PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT LOOK FOR THAT FLYER.
UM, THERE WILL BE A COOPERATION WITH TRI VALLEY AIR QUALITY CLIMATE ALLIANCE AS, UM, ANOTHER ORG.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT PUTTING IN ANY MONEY, BUT I'M WORKING AS THEIR SCHOOL'S OUTREACH DIRECTOR TO, TO GET THIS INTO THE SCHOOLS.
UM, ONE OF OUR OTHER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, TOM EDMONDS, VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD AN EFFORT OR, OR COORDINATE THE DISTRIBUTION FOR FREE TREES FOR CHILDREN IN PLEASANTON.
UM, BUT I HAVE NOT POSTED THE FLYER TO THE PLEASANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO, UM, I WILL NEED TO CONFIRM WITH HIM.
HE WAS GONNA SCOUT THE LOCATION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION SITE.
TYPICALLY IT'S AT A LIBRARY FOR OTHER CIVIC PLACE.
I ALSO CONTACTED TRICIA PONTO OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY, UM, MANAGER, UM, TO LET HER KNOW THAT WE WERE DOING THIS BECAUSE I FOUND OUT ABOUT ANOTHER TREE PLANTING INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY OF LIVERMORE IS INVOLVED IN.
AND I IMAGINE JOE KNOWS ABOUT THIS, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S DIRECTLY TIED WITH EARTH DAY.
SO WOULD THIS BE THE TIME TO BRING THAT UP? MM-HMM
LIKE NO ARBOR DAY? NO ARBOR DAY.
WE CAN ONLY, WE CAN ONLY DISCUSS ARBOR DAY RIGHT NOW.
SO NO, I WILL LEAVE IT TO OTHER MA MATTERS MATTERS AT THE END, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO ALL WHAT WE HAVE IS YEAR FOR ACTIVITIES IS THE, THE TREE GIVEAWAY AND PLANTING, WHICH WE CAN HELP WITH, UM, AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN THE SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE PLANTING.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TREES COLLABORATION.
NEIGHBORHOOD TREES COLLABORATION.
AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S FOR ARBOR DAY, THAT'S FOR FREE TREES FOR CHILDREN AND THE, UM, IN LIVERMORE.
AND THE, THE TREES, UM, WILL ARRIVE.
THE WEEK BEFORE EARTH DAY, WHICH IS ALSO BARBER DAY
SO IT'S ALL AROUND THAT SAME TIME.
UH, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON INFORMATION FOR THE SITE FOR THAT, BUT IF YOU WOULD YEAH.
'CAUSE I HAD ASKED, UM, TRICIA, ONE REASON I CONTACTED HER WAS WOULD THEY WANT TO HAVE KIND OF THE CITY, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE SUPPORT FOR IT, WOULD THEY WANT TO USE THE CITY LOCATION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF TREES? AND UM, SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS FINE, YOU KNOW, TO DO IT EITHER ON THE GRASS IN FRONT OF THE CIVIC CENTER OUT HERE OR IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY.
I THINK THIS END OF THE PARKING LOT IS LESS CROWDED.
SO IF PEOPLE ARE JUST PARKING TO GET A TREE AND NOT GO TO THE LIBRARY, IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE AT THIS END WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE PEOPLE TO PARK AND PICK UP THEIR TREE.
I WILL HAVE A FULL, UM, SPREADSHEET OF ALL THE EMAILS OF ALL THE PARENTS WHO'VE SIGNED UP FOR A TREE AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE OFFERING ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN PURCHASE A LITTLE SAPLING TREE.
SO IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE JUST PARENTS IN ANY CASE, I WILL EMAIL ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE SIGNED UP FOR A TREE.
UM, WHERE WOULD THE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE AND ALL THE DETAILS CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL TIME.
AND WE WILL FIND OUT THE SPECIES OF TREE IN MID-MARCH.
AND DID YOU SAY THAT ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WOULD PURCHASE A TREE? THEY CAN, ANYBODY CAN PURCHASE A TREE THIS YEAR.
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FOR CHILDREN.FREE FOR CHILDREN, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD.
YOU CAN PURCHASE A TREE, YOU CAN PURCHASE A TREE FOR OTHER CHILDREN TO PLANT AND USE OR MAKE A DONATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST.
BUT NEVER GONNA BE EUCALYPTUS? NO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, THE CITY'S COP PLAN OR THE SPRINGTOWN SPACE? OPEN SPACE PLANTING AGAIN.
ARE THERE ANY TREES GOING IN DOWNTOWN THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST LINK TO THIS? YEAH.
UH, NOTHING PLANNED RIGHT NOW FOR DOWNTOWN, ANYWHERE IN TOWN.
WELL, I HAVE THE OTHER MATTERS, SO STAY TUNED.
UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT, UH, IS USUALLY PROVIDED A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE, UH, ARBOR DAY.
AND THEN THOSE GET PLUGGED INTO OUR CALENDAR.
YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST MAY HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT THAT COULD BE GOING OUT NOW BECAUSE THEY CLOSE THE REGISTRATION FOR TREES ON THE 15TH OF MARCH.
SO WOULD I SEND IT TO YOU OR DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THE NAME OF YEAH, YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME.
AND WE CAN MAYBE LINK ALL OF THIS STUFF IN, UH, LIKE THE SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE IS ALWAYS ON THERE TOO.
AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TREE GIVEAWAY AND PLANTING, WE CAN LINK THAT IN WITH BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TOO.
HAS THERE BEEN A LETTER SENT YET TO THE PRINCIPALS OR THE DISTRICT? NO, I'LL REACH OUT TO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MEETING FOR, BUT I'LL REACH OUT TO GLEN AND, UM, I FORGET HER NAME.
AND THEN THEY'LL SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE SITES.
AND THEN, WELL GLEN USUALLY GOES AROUND I THINK AND PUTS THE LIST TOGETHER AND JUST GETS IT BACK TO ME.
OH, HE, HE DOES KIND OF LEG WORK ON IT, UH, FOR EACH CAMPUS.
AND THEN I'LL, I CAN UPDATE EVERYBODY REPORT, HOPEFULLY IT PICK STUFF OFF OF OUR TREE AND APPROVED TREE LIST.
THERE WAS TALK ABOUT INVITING THE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO THE SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE PLANTING LAST YEAR.
YOU GUYS, AFTER YOU GUYS CAN COORDINATE THAT HAD RIGHT.
BUT WE NEED TO PROBABLY GET THAT OUT SOONER THAN LATER.
DO WE HAVE A DATE YET FOR WE WERE GOING, WE, I THINK WE DID IT ON A WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS A EARLY RELEASE DAY.
SO IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THE CHILDREN TO COME OVER.
MANY ARE SO OVER PROGRAMMED THOUGH.
WHAT'S THE CLOSEST SCHOOL OF AN CROY? PROBABLY CROY AND ULTIMATE.
I CAN TALK TO MY SON GOES TO CROCI SO I CAN TALK TO HIM AND SEE IF THEY PUT OUT.
YEAH, WELL, UM, YEAH, SO IT COULD GO INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S RIGHT LETTER OKAY.
LET ME COORDINATE WITH STAFF AND UH, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE DATE WILL BE.
WE'LL TRY AND THEN WE CAN START FOR WEDNESDAY.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT THE CHRISTENSEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MILWAUKEE FOREST PROJECT HAS THE SIGNS.
THE PRINCIPAL, BRIAN CHARMAN IS MAKING THIS POST FOR THE SIGNS TO BE MOUNTED ON ONCE THEY ARE READY.
UM, WE HAVEN'T SET A DATE FOR LIKE THE GRAND CELEBRATION, BUT MAYBE IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY.
AND SO THAT'S A KIND OF LIKE ANOTHER TREE FOCUSED C COMMUNITY EVENT THAT I WOULD INVITE YOU ALL TO.
YEAH, WE COULD VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO PROMOTE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AT THAT EVENT, WHICH WILL BE HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW PARENTS AND SO THEY'LL LEARN ABOUT IT.
MAYBE OUR AWARDS, BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS AND MM-HMM
CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY VOICE OUT.
DO, UH, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON 2025 BEAUTIFICATION AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF.
RECOMMENDS THAT BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE RE RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2025 BEAUTIFICATION AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
DID WE, WERE THOSE PRESENTED? NO, IT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK AND WE HAD, WE HAVE TWO AWARDEES.
UM, I GUESS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO A LITTLE OUTREACH, MORE PROMOTIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS ONE IS, THIS ONE'S DEFINITELY A PERSON TO PERSON KIND OF A THING.
LIKE WE KNOW ANDY, WE KNOW HE'S, WHAT HE'S, HIS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN.
AND THEN I FOUND ED, UM, COMPLETELY RANDOMLY.
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IS MORE, YEAH, IT'S JUST LIKE FINDING THE PEOPLE AND MAKING IT MATCH, LIKE THERE WAS THAT OTHER, THE FLOWER PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT WAS, AND WE REALIZED THAT DIDN'T QUITE FIT.SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
WELL, AND IF WE'RE DOING CLEANUP EVENTS TOO, LIKE IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT GOES TO MULTIPLE CLEANUP EVENTS THIS YEAR OR AND ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, AND I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO BE GOOD FOR THAT.
HAVING THESE, THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT OF HAVING CLEANUPS AND LIVERMORE.
AND LIKE, LIKE, UH, KAREN JUST SAID, THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE NOTICING MM-HMM
NOW, NOW WE KNOW IT'S AN AWARD.
WE CAN HAVE MORE AWARENESS OF IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I MEAN, ED IS, HE'S SO THRILLED.
HE'S BRINGING 11 FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND HE TOLD ME HE'S BRINGING, SO THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK THEY WANT TO GET AWAY FROM
MY MOM IS LIKE ANDY, UM, GET A BETTER WORD.
WHAT SHE ACTUALLY I HOPE YOU TOLD HER THERE'S NO SUCH THING.
TELL YOUR MOM THE OTHER GUY'S BRINGING 11 PEOPLE SO SHE MIGHT WANT TO CALL.
SHE'S LIKE, UH, I'LL STAY IN COLORADO.
CALL HER WHILE YOU GET, IT'LL BE LIKE, SHE'LL WATCH IT ON TV 30.
I THINK IT'LL BE BE ON THE YOUTUBE TOO.
SHE'S GOT HIGH SPEED IN HER NET
SO I THINK IT'S EXCITING AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING IT.
'CAUSE IT, IT REACHES, UM, GROUP.
I, I JUST THINK SOCIALIZING IT CERTAINLY AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL HAVE, UM, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO LAST YEAR THAT I DID NOT DO BECAUSE OF LOVE GETTING IN THE WAY, BUT SENDING, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR AWARD SESSION OR THE AWARD PERIOD BEGINS SENDING EMAIL TO EACH OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UHHUH TELLING, ASKING THEM TO NOMINATE BOTH HOMES AND RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THE AWARDS.
THE MORE PE YOU KNOW, I'M SURE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN NOMINEES THAT WILL COME INTO THEIR HEAD LIKE, OH, THIS PERSON DOES A LOT.
I CAN BRING THIS UP TOO, DO TO CLEANUP EVENTS AS WELL SO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
POST A PICTURE OF THE WARD AND SAY, DO YOU WANT ONE OF THESE
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE FUNNY THING IS, THE ONE HOUSE THAT I HAD NOMINATED, I HAD BEEN TRYING TO NOMINATE HER FOR YEARS FROM THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD AND THE STUMBLING BLOCK WAS THE YARD SIGN.
I I THINK SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HAPPIER WITH THE CERTIFICATE.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I USED TO BE A GIRL SCOUT TROOP LEADER AND THERE'S A, A WHOLE NETWORK OF TROOP LEADERS.
SO JUST PUTTING IT OUT TO, TO GROUPS LIKE THAT CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT.
I WONDER IF GROUPS LIKE THAT BE INTERESTED IN THE LITTER PICKS AND STUFF TOO.
OR IS THAT DIFFICULT? 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE MINORS.
WELL, BUT DON'T THEY HAVE AWARDS? THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE TO DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS TO EARN THEIR BADGES.
I HAVE SEEN BOY SCOUTS, UHHUH THAT ARE PICK UP AND STUFF.
SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMEONE, ANOTHER GROUP WE COULD TAP INTO.
IF WE WANT REALLY SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THAT SENSE.
AND THEN A GROUP TO NOMINEE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS TOO.
IF THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF STUFF THROUGH YOU.
I'M CONSTANTLY COMBING THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS.
AND SO WE COULD ALSO NOTIFY CLUBS WHO SERVICE IS PART OF THEIR MISSION AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT, THAT THIS EXISTS.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SERVICE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT, MOST OF THEM ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS HUMAN, HUMAN HUMANITY SERVICES.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LITTER BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER AROUND HIGH, THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR, YOU KNOW, EITHER, YOU KNOW, HELPING WITH BAND OR JUST HELPING WITH KIDS WITH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY.
ANYTHING WITHIN THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY AND THESE GARDEN CLUBS THAT SUPPORT THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
I FEEL LIKE WE WENT OFF TRACK.
I FEEL LIKE WE WENT OFF TRACK.
I, UM, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD IS STILL PART OF BEAUTIFICATION OF PEOPLE WORKING ON BEHALF OF BEAU BEAUTIFICATION, NOT JUST SERVICE AND DOING, DOING GOOD THINGS.
OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST GET WAY TOO
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SPREAD OUT.THEY GOTTA BE DOING, THAT'S WHY.
PLANTING OR CLEANING SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMITTEE.
ALL I HAVE FOR OUR MARCH MEETING SO FAR IS, UH, A DISCUSSION OF ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS.
WELL, I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
SO, UM, YOU ALL MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE HEAT MAPPING PROJECT THAT WAS DONE BY QUEST SCIENCE INTERNS.
AND THEY BASICALLY DESIGNED THEIR OWN HEAT SENSING, UM, SENSORS THAT WAS MOUNTED ON AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
AND THEY DROVE AROUND LIVERMORE GATHERING THE DATA.
THERE WAS A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE LIVERMORE, UM, CLIMATE ACTION TEAM.
AND IT SHOWED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS THE HOTTEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIVERMORE IS IN FACT THE ONE WITH THE FEWEST TREES NO SURPRISE.
WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF ROYAL ROAD AVENUE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE RING CON NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEREFORE, UM, OBVIOUSLY ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS WOULD BE TO GET MORE TREES PLANTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I JUST FOUND OUT THAT IN FACT, THE SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER HAS SOMEHOW GOTTEN THE GRANT OR SOMETHING TO PLANT TREES.
SO THE PROJECT WORKS LIKE THIS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE GONNA RECRUIT THE FAMILIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S OPEN TO HOMEOWNERS AND OR MAYBE RENTERS TO APPLY FOR A TREE.
THEY'LL GET A 15 GALLON TREE WITH STAKES.
UM, A WATERING TUBE THAT SLOWLY LEAKS WATER THAT SITS AROUND IT AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR THEIR TREE.
I, I, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HELPING, UM, THE HOMEOWNERS ACTUALLY PLANT THE TREE CORRECTLY.
AND SO, UM, TRICIA PAU IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT CONCEPT.
I MENTIONED THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AND LIVERMORE, I MEAN THE TRI-VALLEY NATIVE PLANT RESOURCE TEAM AND ALAMEDA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS AS POTENTIAL, OH, LAS POSITAS HORTICULTURE STUDENTS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE YET, SUCH AS WHEN THEY'RE, AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA ADVERTISE THIS.
UM, BUT I ASKED ABOUT THE TREE SPECIES INVOLVED AND SHE SAID THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND IT WOULD BE A LIMITED, UM, SELECTION OF TREES.
MY TAKE ON THAT IS IT'S A MIX OF NATIVES AND NON-NATIVES ON THAT LIST.
I DON'T KNOW IF JOE KNOWS MORE OR EUCALYPTUS, NO, NOT EUCALYPTUS AND NOT COAST LIVE OAKS,
DO YOU KNOW A DATE IS MARKED AN APPROPRIATE MEETING? NO.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WHEN THIS LAUNCHES AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE MORE YEAH.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA TO GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT OAK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
PROBABLY SOME ADVICE ON WHAT NOT TO PLANT UNDER POWER LINES.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, IF THE CITY IS PROVIDING THEM WITH A LIST OF POSSIBLE TREES, ALL OF THAT, ALL THOSE PARAMETERS WOULD'VE BEEN CONSIDERED IN WHAT TO SUGGEST FOR THE HOMEOWNERS.
WELL WE MIGHT HAVE INPUT IN, IN THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME EXPERTS HERE.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO GET A LOOK AT THE LIST, UM, OF WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND SEE IF WE CAN ADD IT OR SUBTRACT ANYTHING.
DO WE HAVE A MAJORITY WHO WANNA ADD THAT TO MARCH? YES.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
UM, AND THEN COINCIDENTALLY AS ANOTHER ROLE, I'M A, UM, TRIP LEADER FOR SIERRA CLUB'S INSPIRING CONNECTIONS OUTDOORS.
WELL, I MET WITH A GROUP CALLED CANOPY AND THEY OPERATE ON THE PENINSULA AND THEY HAVE A YOUTH INTERN PROGRAM WHERE THEY TRAIN YOUTH FROM EAST PALO ALTO ON HOW TO PLANT TREES.
AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY DO LOTS OF TREE PLANTING.
SO I'M GONNA GO, UM, ON FEBRUARY 28TH TO ONE OF THEIR TREE PLANTING SITES AND KIND OF JUST SEE HOW THEY DO IT.
I TOLD HER WE, WE DON'T HAVE BANDWIDTH TO START A YOUTH INTERN PROGRAM, BUT THEY HAVE PROTOCOLS, THEY HAVE INSTRUCTIONS, THEY HAVE MAYBE SOME VALUABLE METHODOLOGY AND INSPIRATION, UM, FOR TREE PLANTING THAT COULD WE, COULD I I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE HEAT MAP.
OH, THAT WAS PRE DONE AS WELL.
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THAT THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THIS, UM, COMMITTEE TO FIND OUT IF, IF WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION.I THINK THAT WOULD, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE TREES ARE NEEDED IN THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
SO THEY, THEY, THEY DID NOT PRESENT LIKE THE TREE INVENTORY.
THAT'S JUST WHERE THE, THE HOTSPOTS ARE.
BUT DO THEY HAVE THAT ONLINE? THE, THEIR RESULTS ONLINE ANYWHERE? I DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY.
UM, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
BUT I JUST, IF IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, THEN WE COULD LOOK AT IT OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING OR CAN YOU BRING THAT TO MARCH MEETING? YEAH, LET ME FIND OUT IF STAFF'S AVAILABLE, UH, TO BRING THAT TOPIC.
AND I CAN, YOU WOULDN'T GET BACK TO YOU SO WOULDN'T WANT REQUEST TO BE DOING IT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE MAIN STUDENT LEADS ON THAT PROJECT HAVE GRADUATED.
BUT, UM, PERHAPS QUEST COULD PROVIDE, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO PRESENTED TO THE CLIMATE ACTION TEAM AND IT WAS THEIR PROJECT.
SO I THINK SO ARE THESE THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS? RINCON HEAT MAPPING AND THE INTERN? OH.
UM, JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE ON HOW ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION IS DOING COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING.
SO IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING EFFORT THAT LIVERMORE IS GOING TO DO.
SO THEY, IT'S ALL KIND OF RELATED.
SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THE KIND OF THE WHERE AND WHY AND THEN THE HOW.
AND THEN DO WE WANT TO DO A, LIKE A PLAN OF ATTACK FOR THE LITTER CLEANUP.
BUT YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY? IF ANDY CAN JUST DO A BRIEF, MAYBE AN UPDATE.
I CAN GIVE AN EMAIL BRIEF UPDATE.
DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? AND THEN HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE YEAH.
AND THAT COULD BE AN EMAIL, ANDY, THAT I COULD SEND TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE CAN DO IT IN BETWEEN AND SO WE CAN HAVE, AND ANDY AND I'LL, WE CAN BREAK INTERMISSION.
IT WILL YOU BE SENT, UH, AS FAR AS THE CLEANUP DATE, WILL YOU BE SENDING IT OUT WHEN IT'S UH, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR SIGNUP.
THEN I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU GUYS.
YEAH, I'LL WORK WITH MARISSA ON THAT.
ONE OTHER THING, IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT STREET TREES, UH, YOU NEED A LEAVE BARRIER.
'CAUSE THE CITY HAD A PLAN LIKE THIS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND I PLANTED TWO, UH, CREEK MYRTLES AND THEY'RE LIFTING UP THE SIDEWALK NOW.
SO I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT, I ASKED WOULD IT BE IN PARKING STRIPS? WHERE WOULD, WHERE ARE THEY TARGETING? OR AN EMPTY TREE WELLS.
AND I, MY REPLY BACK WAS, IT'S IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.
YOU GOTTA TALK ABOUT IT NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.
ANYTHING ELSE HE WANTS TO ADD FOR NEXT MEETING? ANY MORE POINTS? OR ARE WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT.