* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. COPY OF IT AT SOME POINT. [00:00:01] YEAH. IS IT A NETFLIX SPECIAL? ? IS IT A NETFLIX SPECIAL? ? UM, OKAY. [Beautification Committee on March 11, 2026.] IT IS MARCH 11TH. I AM GONNA CALL THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE. REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6 0 2. UM, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL. CHAIR BRADLEY. HERE. VICE CHAIR CROP HERE. C. MEMBER BROWN. PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER WONG. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER WEISS. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER STEIN. ABSENT. OKAY. MOVING ON, UH, TO 0.3. OPEN THE FORUM. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. MOVING ON TO 0.4 MATTERS OF MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. 4.1. APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES. AND A SECOND. I SECOND. OKAY. TAKE A VOTE. CHAIR, BRADLEY. AYE. VICE CHAIR. KROCK AYE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BROWN. AYE. COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE. COMMITTEE MEMBER WONG AYE. COMMITTEE MEMBER WEISS. AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON. 4.2, RECEIVING AN UPDATE ON THE 2026 VOLUNTEER LITTER COLLECTION EVENT FROM COMMITTEE MEMBER WONG, I BELIEVE. YES. OVER TO YOU. TEST, TEST, TEST. MIGHT HAVE TO FLICK IT ON YOU. TEST. OH WOW. ALRIGHT. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING EVERYBODY? UM, SO KIND OF WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE UPCOMING LITTER CLEANUP THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY NEAR VINEYARD AVENUE AND ISABELLE AVENUE. SO MARISSA AND I, WE HAD VERY GOOD, UH, CONVERSATION. WE WERE BOTH KIND OF INVOLVED IN LIKE THE LOGISTICS, THE PLANNING OF THIS LITTER CLEANUP. AND WE KIND OF CAME TO LIKE A GOOD AGREEMENT ON, UH, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD BE THERE AND WHAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE THAT DAY. SO, SO WE KIND OF AGREED ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAVING SOME LIKE ROAD SIGNS THERE JUST TO WARN LIKE BICYCLISTS, HEY, THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS WORKING 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA BE ON A BIKE TRAIL, RIGHT? AND THERE ARE GONNA BE BICYCLISTS. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE OURSELVES KIND OF KNOWN TO THEM THAT THERE'S A VOLUNTEERING EVENT GOING ON. THAT WAY WE CAN LIKE, REDUCE ANY INJURIES CAUSED BY COLLISION. WE ALSO AGREE KIND OF ON THE SUPPLIES THAT, UH, SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE EVENT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE CLEANUPS. UH, WE ALSO KIND OF AGREED ON LIKE WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE POSTING. SO I MADE LIKE A POST ON REDDIT ABOUT THIS EVENT AND PRIOR TO THAT KIND OF WORKED WITH MARISSA TO MAKE SURE THE WORDING IS GOOD AND THAT WE'RE ALL IN, IN AGREEMENT ON THAT, WHICH WE ARE. SO, SO YEAH. SO WE, THE, THE EVENT IS BOOKED 30 OUT, 30 PEOPLE ARE COMING. UH, AND OH, WE GOT 30. YEAH, 30 OUT 30. NICE. OH WOW. AND, UH, WHAT MADE ME REALLY SAD WAS AFTER I MADE THE REDDIT POST, ONLY TWO PEOPLE JOINED, BUT THEN WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE MADE THE POST ON LIKE PATCH.COM, IT BECAME FULL. THAT'S AWESOME. SO THAT MADE ME SAD. BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, SO YEAH, WE GOT THREE OUT 30 PEOPLE. IT SHOULD BE LIKE A GREAT DAY TO VOLUNTEER. UH, THE WEATHER IS PERFECT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE FROM LIKE NINE TO 12, SO WE, IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO BAD IN TERMS OF LIKE TEMPERATURE, PROBABLY LIKE HIGH SIXTIES, LOW SEVENTIES, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THE BIKE TRAIL. THERE'S PLENTY OF TRASH THAT'S JUST LITTERED AROUND. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO, WHEN YOU GO TO THAT PLACE IN THE BEGINNING YOU MIGHT NOT NOTICE LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE LIKE, OH, IT LOOKS OKAY. BUT THEN ONCE YOU START SIFTING THROUGH THE LEAVES, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID AT THE STORE AT THE SOUTH FRONT, UM, EVENT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING A LOT OF TRASH. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF LIKE, WALKING AROUND JUST TRYING TO GET AS MUCH LITTER OUT OF THE BIKE PATH AS WE CAN. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS. THIS WILL BE A REALLY FUN EVENT AND I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT TIME. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK LIVERMORE PUBLIC WORKS WITH WORKING WITH ME ON THAT. SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. ALRIGHT. GOOD JOB. AND THEN JUST REMIND US, THE MEETING SPOT IS, UM, [00:05:01] THE, THE GA WHERE THE GAS STATION IS RIGHT THERE WHERE THE LOTTERY. UH, SO, SO THE MEETING SPOT IS GONNA BE LIKE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ISABELLE AND VINEYARD. THERE'S LIKE A HUGE OPENING. YOU CAN'T MISS IT. THAT, THAT LEADS YOU INTO THE BIKE PATH. SO ON THE BIKE PATH. ON THE BIKE PATH, YEAH. ON THE BIKE PATH. WHERE DO YOU SUGGEST THAT WE PARK? SO THERE IS LIKE A PARKING LOT OVER THERE, SO THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF PARKING LOT NEAR THAT STARBUCKS. YEAH. IN THAT AREA. IN THE, SO THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTH, UH, EAST CORNER VINEYARD AND ISABEL YEAH, THE SOUTHEAST. THERE'S, THERE'S A CHEVRON THERE. THERE'S A STARBUCKS CAMP. YEAH. YEAH. DEV TREE. YEAH. AND THEN YOU CAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, WALK OVER THERE. I IMAGINE IT'S GONNA BE QUIET TOO. PROBABLY THAT TIME. YEAH. YEAH. ON THE SATURDAY. YEAH. IN THE MORNING, I THINK. YEAH. GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT THEN. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT'S OUR GOAL IN TONS? HOW MANY TRASH? WE'RE GONNA PICK TONS. . WELL, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA STAY RIGHT AT BAT. I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET AT LEAST LIKE 20 BAGS OF TRASH. OKAY. AWESOME. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL NOT JUST BE LIKE ONE LITTLE SECTION OF THE BIKE PATH. WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE IT, THE BIKE PATH IS LONG. RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRASH YEAH. THAT WE'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER ALONG THE BIKE PATH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FEW PEOPLE GOING NORTH AND A FEW PEOPLE GOING EAST. SO THAT'S GREAT. THAT'LL BE GREAT FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND PLUS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND HOPEFULLY WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO USE THAT BIKE PATH, NOT JUST TO BIKE, BUT JUST TO WALK MM-HMM . SO HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY SEE THIS SORT OF ACTIVITY, WE CAN INSPIRE THEM TO, HEY, MAYBE VOLUNTEER WITH US IN THE FUTURE. AND THERE'LL BE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES THERE TOO. YEAH. AND RAKES. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ANDY, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ANDY ON, UH, 4.2? OKAY, MOVING ON 4.3, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CELEBRATION OF ARBOR DAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO START IN OR DO YOU WANT TO START? SURE, GO AHEAD. DO YOU WANT ME TO START? YEAH. UH, SO I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, GLEN FROM LIVERMORE VALLEY JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART AGAIN THIS YEAR IN THE FREE TREE GIVEAWAY AND GETTING STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE PLANTING. UH, I, WE ALSO TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE SPRINGTOWN PLANNING, WHICH IS GOING AHEAD THIS YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? JOE SPRINGTOWN PLANTING? YES. YEP. AND THEN I HAD ALSO REACHED OUT TO, I THINK IT WAS CALLED DAVE HOTMAN. UM, MY DAUGHTER'S AT SUNSET. UH, SO HE WAS GONNA TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL. THEY HAD SOME, HE HAD REACHED OUT TO ME, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT SOME AREAS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT OVERHAULING. SO I SAID, OKAY, NOW'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. UM, SO HE WAS GONNA TALK TO PRINCIPAL FLETCHER. I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM YET. I WAS HOPING I'D HEAR BACK BEFORE SO I COULD REPORT BACK. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING ON THAT CAMPUS TOO. UM, REPLACING SOME STUFF AND, UM, GETTING THE KIDS INVOLVED WITH THAT. OH YEAH, THAT'LL BE GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT, ED, ABOUT THE SCHOOL FREE PLANTING? ANYTHING FOR ARBOR DAY? OH, YES, DEFINITELY. SO, UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, UM, I'M COORDINATING THE FREE TREES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM. UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 71 REGISTRATIONS SO FAR WITH A TOTAL OF 77 TREES. SO SIX ARE BEING PURCHASED. THE REST ALL BE FREE DISTRIBUTION. I HAVE, UH, THE REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MARCH 15TH. SO, UM, THOSE WILL BE THE FINAL PUSH. I'M STILL GETTING NEW REGISTRATIONS COMING IN. UM, I'VE SENT OUT ONE EMAIL SO FAR TO THE PARENTS THAT WAS KIND OF HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAM'S REGISTRATION PERIOD. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED. UH, SO ONCE IT CLOSES, WE'LL SEE, UM, WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE AND WE'LL SET UP THE DISTRIBUTION DATES, TIMES, AND SO FORTH. UH, NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD ARRIVE AROUND APRIL 22ND, SO WE'LL WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THEM SOON AFTER, DURING THAT WEEK LEADING UP TO, WELL, APRIL 22ND IS EARTH DAY. SO WE'LL, UM, PUT OUT A TIME. I'LL BRING THAT TO THE APRIL MEETING, HOPEFULLY THEN WE CAN PERHAPS SET OUR FINAL DATES FOR DISTRIBUTION IF ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. YOU'RE MOST WELCOME. AND THAT'S AN ASSOCIATION WITH WHAT? SO NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST IS A, UM, NONPROFIT PARTNER. UM, I INITIATED THIS LAST YEAR AS THE SCHOOL'S OUTREACH [00:10:01] DIRECTOR FOR TRI-VALLEY AIR QUALITY CLIMATE ALLIANCE. BUT IT SEEMS VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION OF ARBOR DAY. SO I'M JUST SHARING THAT, THAT IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT WELCOMING THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO PARTICIPATE. UM, AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS TREES GO, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ITEM. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO ARBOR DAY, SO MAYBE WE'LL SAVE THAT. AND WE HAVE AN EARTH DAY EVENT AS WELL. SO, UM, BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF ARBOR DAY, THE SCHOOL PLANTING, I WILL TRY TO GO TO ANY SCHOOL, UM, TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANTING. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AT JUNCTION I DID A LITTLE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY. I TAUGHT THEM A LITTLE ABOUT THEIR TREE SPECIES. AND KIDS STILL REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE I JUST HAD JUNCTION AVENUE SCHOOL ON A FIELD TRIP TODAY, FOURTH GRADERS, AND THEY REMEMBERED WHEN WE, WHEN I CAME IN, WE DID THE TREE PLANTING. SO THE TREE LADY, IT MAKES A BIG IMPACT. YEAH. IT'S VERY SATISFYING. NO, THAT'D BE GREAT. AND I'LL TALK TO GLEN. I DON'T HAVE A LIST OR ANYTHING YET, OR SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE. I'LL GET THAT BY THE, BY THE APRIL MEETING. UM, AND WE CAN FINALIZE EVERYTHING, BUT YEAH, THE TALKS AND STUFF AND GETTING THE KIDS INVOLVED IS ALWAYS GOOD. YES. YOU CAN DO THAT. OH YEAH. YEAH. THEY REALLY LIKE IT. GREAT. THANK YOU ANNA. MM-HMM . ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE, THE ARBOR DAY FOR THIS YEAR? ALRIGHT, CAN I JUST ADD THAT WE'LL NEED TO, UH, COORDINATE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT? YEAH. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT OUTREACH LIKE THAT. I OKAY. SO AD HOC, GET GET TOGETHER AND GET SOME POSTS AND STUFF BEFORE AND DAY. WE'D LIKE STUFF TO GO OUT. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE. OKAY. WILL WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO THE, UH, SPRINGTOWN PRESERVE PLANTING? THEY CAN BE INVITED. SURE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE, UM, NORTH LIVERMORE SCHOOLS TO COME BY IF WE CAN DO IT LATE ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE OUT OF SCHOOL. UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO INVITE AGAIN. I THINK IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN MORNING, BUT THAT'D BE PROBABLY, IT WORKS. YEAH. DID WE DO IT LAST YEAR? WE DID IT LAST YEAR WAS THE AFTERNOON. IT WAS THE AFTERNOON. AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AGAIN. ANN DID IT WITH ME LAST YEAR WAS YEAH. GOOD. I LIKED DOING IT. YEAH. AND CITY, SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS COME OUT. YEAH. CHRISTIE WONG. YEAH. DID IT. YEAH. AND SHE'S STILL RECOGNIZING ME. SHE HEY, FROM THE TREE PLANTING . YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. YOU'RE THE TREE GUY. YEAH. WELL, ANN AND I, YEAH. YEAH. WE PLAN TO DO THE, UH, TREE PLANTING AT THE, UH, OPEN SPACE ON APRIL 22ND AT TWO O'CLOCK. OKAY. AND, UH, WE WILL INVITE, UH, COUNCIL. OKAY. APRIL 22ND, TWO O'CLOCK. WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK? LET'S SEE, THAT'S A WEDNESDAY. A WEDNESDAY. YEAH. JUST KIDS WILL GET OUT OF SCHOOL AT ONE 30. SO HUSTLE. THEY GOTTA HUSTLE OVER. YEAH. AND I MEAN, CRO CHEESE'S CLOSED THOUGH. THEY CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES FROM ANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS. APRIL 22ND, 2:00 PM THAT'D BE FUN. IN FACT, TO ENCOURAGE A BIKE POOL. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE TOO, SO IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. MM-HMM . IF YOU GET THEY'RE IN A LINE. YEAH. YEAH. CAN WE ALSO GET THE, LIKE A ADDRESS OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO? OH, I PUT OUT, SENT OUT COORDINATES LAST YEAR, SO I'LL I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU AGAIN. YEAH. BUT A LOT OF PARENTS AND KIDS WON'T KNOW WHAT, HOW TO USE COORDINATES. WELL, IT'S LIKE THERE'S NO REAL ADDRESS. WE NEED SPACE. WELL, SO WE'LL SAY LIKE THE BLOCK, THE SEVEN BLOCK. YEAH. IT'S KIND OF BY THAT BLUE. IT'S KIND OF BY THE GOLF CART PATH I THINK THERE, RIGHT? IT IS. MM-HMM . BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WENT , I WAS DRIVING, WHERE IS IT? IN THE FIELD? I LIKE GUYS' WORK, TRACK SOME. ALL THAT'S GOTTA BE THERE. YEAH. THAT WOULD HELP. GREAT. AND THEN AS MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE ABLE TO GO TO, TO GET TO HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE. IF PEOPLE ARE FOR YOU, I KNOW IT'S AN AWARD DAY, BUT PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR. ALRIGHT. UH, MOVING ON. 4.4, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBER WEISS ON BRINGING BACK THE NATIVES GARDEN TOUR OVER TO UCAL. YEAH. SO SOME OF YOU GUYS MIGHT KNOW ABOUT THE TOUR AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IT UP. UM, THIS IS A FREE GARDEN TOUR THAT HAPPENS OVER THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY EVERY YEAR. AND, UM, A WOMAN OUT OF, UM, HILLSBOROUGH, I THINK SHE'S IN HILLSBOROUGH, SHE ORGANIZES IT AND SHE ORGANIZES HOST GARDENERS ALL OVER THE BAY AREA TO OPEN THEIR HOMES, LABEL THEIR PLANTS, AND PROVIDE, UH, TOURS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC. AND YOU CAN REGISTER ON THE, THAT FLYER THAT'S IN YOUR HANDOUT, BRINGING BACK THE NATIVES.NET. YOU CAN ALSO GO ONTO THAT AND SEE WHICH GARDENS ARE ON THE TOUR THIS YEAR, WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD YOU MIGHT WANNA CHECK OUT. USUALLY I'LL SAY MAYBE LIKE FOUR OR FIVE GARDENS IS TOLERABLE AND THEN I'M KIND OF POOPED OUT. UM, PICK A PLACE LIKE BERKELEY AND HIT A FEW GARDENS OR A PLACE LIKE LIVERMORE AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE SOME OF MY [00:15:01] STUFF. UM, SO I'VE HAD GARDENS ON THE TOUR OVER THE YEARS, UM, AND BEEN ON THE TOUR AND IT'S JUST A GREAT DAY. THE, THE HOST GARDENERS ARE SUPER HAPPY TO SHARE INFORMATION. UM, THE, THE VOLUNTEERS WHO STAFF THE GARDENS, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO STAFF THE GARDENS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NATIVES. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE FRIENDLY AND WILLING TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S JUST A GREAT DAY. BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO ONTO THAT SITE AND THERE'S A VIRTUAL TOUR THE WEEK PRIOR FOR PEOPLE WHO EITHER CAN'T GO IN PERSON OR LIKE FOR MYSELF, I CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING. SO I RECORDED A VIRTUAL TOUR A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN WE COULDN'T DO PHYSICAL, UH, DURING COVID. SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST A, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT NATIVES. SPRING IS THE BEST TIME TO SEE THEM IN ALL THEIR GLORY. UM, AND EVERYTHING'S LABELED SO YOU CAN SEE THE PLANT, TAKE THE PICTURE OF THE LABEL, GET, GET ONE FOR YOURSELF. A LOT OF THE HOUSES WILL HAVE MUSIC. THEY'LL HAVE, UM, LITTLE PLANT SALES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND YEAH. JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW ABOUT IT. THANK, SO LIVERMORE IS PROBABLY SUNDAY THE THIRD ON THE INLAND ONE. YEAH. YEAH. WE ARE PART OF THE INLAND TOUR AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AS INLAND AS IT GETS. YEAH. , SHE USED TO TRY TO DO, UH, BRENTWOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, SHE'D GET LIKE ONE GARDEN UP THERE. YEAH. IT WAS USUALLY ONE OF MINE. IT WAS LIKE, UH, YOU NEED, SHE NEEDS A CLUSTER TO HAVE IT MAKE SENSE. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE IN LIVERMORE THIS YEAR? I DO NOT. I HAVEN'T, BUT I'M GUESSING THEY'RE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ALL LISTED ON THE WEBSITE. UM, AND IT'S KIND OF NICE EVEN TO REGISTER FOR THE TOUR, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GO ON IT, BECAUSE YOU'LL GET THE ADDRESSES AND YOU CAN DO LIKE FRONT YARD DRIVE-BYS IF YOU CAN'T GO ON THAT DAY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR OWN LITTLE TOUR SOME OTHER TIME. UH, THERE ARE THREE IN LIVERMORE. OH, THERE ARE THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ISSA, ARE YOU GONNA BE ON IT? , THANK YOU. NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE FUN. I CAN ATTEST. IT'S A JOYFUL THING. SOME TOUR HOSTS EVEN GIVE YOU A BIRD LIST AND YEP. PLANT LISTS AND YEAH. OTHER GREAT INFORMATION. IT'S VERY INSPIRATIONAL. YEAH. AND ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE ON THE A AWARDS NOMINEES. YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT. YEAH. MANY OF THEM HAVE WON AWARD. MANY OF THEM HAVE WON. YES. OKAY. WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WHAT'S OUR CUTOFF? FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS. OKAY. YEAH. I, I TRIED TO GET SOMEONE, SHE WAS ON THE NATIVE PLANT, UH, THE NATIVE GARDEN TOUR TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAD WON PREVIOUSLY. OH, THEY HAD? YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. KAT. ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON, UH, FOR KAT ON THE, THE BRINGING BACK THE NATIVES GARDEN TOUR? NOPE, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KA. OKAY, MOVING ON POINT FIVE. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFFING COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE A LIST OF, UH, FOR APRIL? I DO. SO, SO FAR, UH, FOR OUR APRIL AGENDA WE HAVE THE, UH, FREE TREE PROGRAM PRESENTATION BY STAFF, UH, AND QUEST SCIENCE CENTER. UH, THAT DATE WILL WORK FOR THEM. THE, UH, ANOTHER UPDATE ON ARBOR DAY ACTIVITIES, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE 2026 BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND THEN, UH, REVIEW OF THE DEFINITION OF, UH, NATIVE TREES TO, UH, BE ATTACHED TO THE UPDATED TREE ORDINANCE. STAFF WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING THAT TO YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH. OKAY, GREAT. FOR DISCUSSION. SO WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM THAT THE FLYER THAT WAS SENT OUT TODAY IN THIS MEETING, OR CAN WE DISCUSS IT? THAT'S THE FREE TREE PROGRAM. YEAH. IT'S NOT ON THIS MONTH'S AGENDA. OKAY. SO I COULDN'T BRING IT UP NOW YOU CAN BRING IT UP. YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN APRIL. WE HAVE, DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE LIKE A TWO WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AT THE APRIL MEETING AND UH, BECKY DID FORWARD THE FLYER THAT YOU SENT TODAY TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OKAY. THEN MOM'S THE WORD, I'LL HAVE TO WAIT. . ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD TO ANYTHING ELSE? SORRY, THAT, UH, ANYONE WANTED TO ADD TO APRIL? APRIL SCHEDULE KIND OF WANTED TO JUST GIVE LIKE A RECAP OF HOW THE EVENT WENT. THAT'S POSSIBLE. YEAH. SUMMARY OF THE THE LETTER PICKUP. YEAH. LIKE HOW MANY ACTUAL BAGS OF TRASH THAT WE GET OVER SOME THINGS WE LEARNED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DONE A CLEANUP [00:20:01] ON A BIKE PATH ONLY ON SIDEWALKS. SO THIS WOULD BE INTERESTING JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE LEARNED, WHAT WE'VE OBSERVED, AND MAYBE THEY'LL INFLUENCE THE NEXT LOCATION WE PICK. SO IS THIS IS THE FIRST BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE CLEANUP OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY, RIGHT? YES. YES. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT. YEAH. YEAH. GET THESE GUYS THERE TO DOCUMENT , YOU KNOW, AND, AND HERE'S THE, I I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, IF THIS, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS. LET ME KNOW IF I'M GOING TOO, YOU KNOW, TOO FAR INTO THE EDGE. BUT, YOU KNOW, BY DOING THIS, I THINK THIS WILL GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF HEY, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD WE POTENTIALLY MAKE LIKE AN ADOPT A ROAD OR ADOPT A BIKE PATH KIND OF PROGRAM MM-HMM . POTENTIALLY. MM-HMM . . SO AS WE DO MORE OF THESE ACTIVITIES, WE CAN BRAINSTORM, HEY, HOW COULD WE EXPAND IT? MAYBE, I DUNNO. YEAH, YEAH. HAVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. YEAH. OR HOW DO WE COORDINATE ON THAT THAT IS IN THE WORK PLAN. YEAH. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO BRING UP IN A FUTURE MEETING TO CAN GET INFORMATION ON THAT. BECAUSE I THINK, YEAH, DOING THESE KIND OF EVENTS I THINK WILL HELP US KIND OF FORMULATE HOW DO WE CREATE THESE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVELY. YEAH. INSPIRE PEOPLE AND YEAH. IN OTHER AREAS THERE'S ADOPT TRAIL. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF TANGENTING AWAY FROM OUR AREA THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY FOR PARKS OR L-A-R-P-D OR PARK AREAS, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ADOPT A TRAIL WHERE PEOPLE ADOPT TRAILS AND THEY PICK UP TRASH WHEN THEY HIKE AND STUFF. BUT IT'S A SIMILAR KIND OF THING WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP TRASH THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS BECAUSE I'VE, BECAUSE AFTER BEING IN THESE MEETINGS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY ENAMORED WITH LIKE THE TREES, YOU KNOW, NATIVE, THE PLANTS. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF BRAINSTORMING, HOW CAN WE COMBINE LIKE THIS, LIKE LIT OR CLEANUP WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR LOVE FOR PLANS, YOU KNOW, BE INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THAT'S DEFINITELY TIED TOGETHER. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS SAYING. YEAH. SO HOW DO WE TIE THEM TOGETHER? YEAH. DO A SUMMARY ON, ON THE CLEANUP THIS WEEK AND THEN, UH, WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING TO A FUTURE MEETING. LIKE IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS YEAH. EXPANDING ON THAT FOR SURE. YEAH. THANK YOU. IS UM, ARBOR DAY ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA? MM-HMM . OKAY. THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, MAYBE YOU COULD PUT THAT ON. OKAY. THAT'S A CITY, UH, TRICIA PANTOS, UM, SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT HAS GOTTEN BEHIND THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, WHICH WILL OCCUR AT THE END OF APRIL. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT DID. I THINK WE PUT THAT IN OUR ARBOR DAY ACTIVITIES. DID WE, DID WE, I WANNA SAY WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE LAST MEETING IN, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST TREES ROLLED IT IN. MAYBE NOT. OKAY. YOU MIGHT WANNA TALK ABOUT IT THEN NEXT TIME. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, WE DID AN UPDATE ON THAT. YEAH. YES. SO I, I'D WANNA UPDATE ON THE FREE TREE, UH, DISTRIBUTION FOR CHILDREN. THE, UM, CITY NATURE CHALLENGE AND THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, WELL, I GUESS QUEST IS GONNA PRESENT, BUT MEANWHILE BEFORE THEY, UH, WHILE THIS COMING MONTH, I'M GONNA BE DOING OUTREACH WITH TRICIA TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THESE TREES. SO I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THAT IS GOING. HOPEFULLY. AND, AND I THINK I, I BELIEVE IT'S RCON PINE NEIGHBORHOOD YEAH. OVER THERE. YEAH. THE FLYER HAS THE PARAMETERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. OH, THAT'S GOOD. AND THAT AREA WAS, I IDENTIFIED AS A LOW COVERAGE AREA. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE HOTTEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIVERMORE. OKAY, GREAT. AT ONE POINT WE WERE GOING TO ASK, UM, THE FOLKS THAT I, AND I'VE FORGOTTEN WHO ACTUALLY DID THE SURVEY OF WHERE THE HOTTEST NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS QUEST. QUEST INTERNS. SO THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY HERE OR SOMEBODY FROM QUEST IS COMING NEXT MONTH. THAT'S NEXT PRESENTATION. OH, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. GREAT. WONDERFUL. YEAH. UM, SO THERE IS THE LIVERMORE CLIMATE ACTION TEAM. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK, UM, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING TO, THERE WAS SOMETHING TO REPORT TO YOU GUYS. GOT, I DON'T THINK OF IT, TWO WEEKS. WE GOT, YOU GOT, YOU GOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET INTO MARISSA. PROBABLY LESS . OH YEAH. JUST A REMINDER THAT AGAIN, WE'RE MEETING ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY NEXT MONTH, UH, APRIL 8TH, AND THEN WE'LL RESUME OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED FIRST WEDNESDAYS IN MAY. SO THAT'LL BE A, A TRUNCATED OKAY. UH, TIME TO GET ALL THAT STUFF ON THE MAIN AGENDA. IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE ROOM ISSUE AGAIN? YES. YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON. POINT SIX. ADJOURN IN THE MEETING. SO IT IS 6 27 ADJOURNED. WOW. FASTEST [00:25:01] ONE EVER. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.