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[ Beautification Committee on April 8, 2026]
IT IS 6 0 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH.I'M GONNA CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO ORDER, UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS OR ROLL CALL, CHAIR BRADLEY.
PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON.
COMMITTEE MEMBER WEISS IS ABSENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING THROUGH TO 0.4 MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 11TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON A SECOND? SECOND.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR, YEAH, RIGHT.
COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE.
I'M GONNA PASS OVER TO TRICIA AND THE TRI-VALLEY YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM, UM, FOR A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S HEAT MAPPING WORK.
IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD, BUT
I'M THE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
I WORK IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, AND I MANAGE IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR URBAN HEAT MAPPING WORK.
UM, I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH MY STUFF PRETTY QUICKLY, JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO FOLKS AT QUEST SCIENCE.
WE HAVE LOCAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY AWESOME WORK FOR US, UM, MAPPING TEMPERATURE AROUND THE CITY, AND THAT'S BEEN BEING FED INTO, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND, AND WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THEM TO SHOW YOU, UM, ALL THE REALLY COOL STUFF THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
BUT I'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
I WAS, I SPOKE TO THE COMMITTEE MAYBE ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW ABOUT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, SO JUST A QUICK REFRESHER ON THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN, IN, AT THE END OF 2022, UM, WITH THREE MAIN GOALS VERSUS TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS.
THE SECOND IS TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2045.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS TO ESTABLISH LIVERMORE AS A CLIMATE ACTION LEADER.
SO PART OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INCLUDES ACTIONS AROUND EXTREME HEAT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL IN THE DOCUMENT, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE A SET OF ACTIONS OF THINGS WE WILL DO TO ADDRESS URBAN HEAT.
SO THE FIRST IS THE STUDY HEAT VULNERABILITY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE, NEIGHBORHOOD COOLING PROGRAMS, SHADE STANDARDS, UM, THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY'S, UH, CONTROL AND THINGS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IM, UM, IMPROVE AND IMPACT.
UM, SO STARTING WITH THAT, THAT FIRST ONE, STUDY HEAT VULNERABILITY.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A LOCAL HEAT VULNERABILITY INDEX.
UM, AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THESE, THEY ARE, UM, A TOOL THAT CITIES USE TO IDENTIFY AREAS AND POPULATIONS THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO EXTREME HEAT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE TEMPERATURES, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT POPULATIONS THAT ARE MORE SENSITIVE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT HELPS TO INFORM PLANNING, ZONING, INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS TO REDUCE HEAT RISK.
AND THEN IT ALSO HELPS TO TARGET GUIDE, UH, URBAN COOLING PROJECTS LIKE TREE PLANTING, UM, AND, AND DOING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AROUND EXTREME HEAT.
SO THIS CAN'T REALLY SEE, BUT THESE ARE, UM, EXAMPLES FROM CHICAGO AND, UM, LET'S SEE, LOS ANGELES, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, NEW YORK CITY, UM, WHO HAVE COMPLETED, UH, HEAT VULNERABILITY INDICES IN, IN LOOKING AT, UM, WHERE, WHERE THEY SHOULD FOCUS URBAN COOLING.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE IN LIVERMORE.
AND THESE CAN GET PRETTY COMPLICATED.
THERE ISN'T REALLY A STANDARD, UM, METHODOLOGY FOR COMPLETING, UM, HEAT VULNERABILITY INDEX AND HEAT VULNERABILITY INDEX.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE THINGS.
SO EXPOSURE, SO EXPOSURE TO TEMPERATURE, UM, YOU KNOW, LACK OF TREE CANOPY COVERAGE, THINGS THAT MAKE IT HOT, UM, SENSITIVITY.
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KNOW, UH, HAVE ASTHMA OR ELDERLY, THERE ARE DD DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO THE IMPACTS OF STREET OF EXTREME HEAT.AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, SO YOUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH IMPACTS OF EXTREME HEAT.
AND THAT KIND OF GOES INTO, UM, A BLACK BOX OF EQUATIONS AND DATA SETS AND THINGS, UM, TO DEVELOP THE, THE HEAT VULNERABILITY INDEX.
SO JUST SOME EXAMPLE, UH, DATA SETS ARE, AND WE WILL LOOK MORE AT THIS, THE TEMPERATURE STUFF IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, LOOKING AT ACTUAL TEMPERATURES ON THE GROUND.
WE DID GET, UM, FROM THE GOOGLE ENVIRONMENTAL INSIGHTS TEAM, THEY SENT US A DATA SET OF TREE CANOPY COVERAGE THAT THEY, THEY DEVELOPED.
UM, THINGS LIKE BUILDING AGE IS OFTEN USED AS A, AS A PROXY FOR, UM, AIR CONDITIONERS.
SO OLDER HOMES TEND TO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER, UM, THAT IMPACTS YOUR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO EXTREME HEAT.
UM, AND THEN THINGS LIKE HOUSING BURDEN, YOU CAN LOOK AT INCOME, BUT ALSO AN, AN INTERESTING THING TO LOOK AT IS HOUSING BURDEN.
SO YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECENT INCOME, BUT YOUR HOUSING COSTS, YOUR ENERGY BILLS, EVERYTHING IS SO HIGH THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, INCOME LEFT OVER TO DO THINGS LIKE UPGRADING YOUR HOME OR, UM, OTHER, OTHER ACTIONS TO ADAPT TO EXTREME HEAT.
SO, UM, THIS IS JUST AN, SO A FEW EXAMPLES OR A LOT OF DATA SETS THAT GO INTO, UM, THESE TOOLS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON OURS.
I JUST WANNA NOTE THIS IS, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND ANYTHING SHOWN HERE IS NOT FINAL, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF HOW IT'S LOOKING SO FAR.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE CITY BROKEN DOWN INTO DIFFERENT GRIDS, UM, AND YOU HAVE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY AND YOU HAVE THE EXPOSURE, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT SCORES FOR, UM, EACH OF THOSE BOXES.
AND, UM, THE TOOL WILL BREAK DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
UM, WHAT GOES INTO THOSE SCORES.
UM, AND THIS WILL HELP US, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT AN AREA AND SAY, OKAY, THIS, THIS AREA'S IN DECENT SHAPE THAT THERE'S A COOLING CENTER, THERE'S A PARK NEARBY.
UM, VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA HAS REALLY LOW TREE CANOPY COVERAGE AND A LOT OF ELDERLY FOLKS LIVE THERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS IN THEIR HOMES.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CLEAR THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO IMPROVE, UM, HEAT VULNERABILITY IN THESE AREAS.
SO, UM, YEAH, EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE MORE TO COME, UM, WHEN WE HAVE IT FINALIZED, BUT THAT'S SORT OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE HEAT VULNERABILITY INDEX.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THINKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO TO IMPLEMENT, UM, COOLING STRATEGIES.
SO OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THIS GROUP THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE PLANTING.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHADE EVA TRANSPIRATION, AND THEN ON TOP OF AIR QUALITY BENEFITS BEAUTIFICATION.
UM, SO A GREAT STRATEGY FOR URBAN COOLING.
UM, SOME CITIES ARE LOOKING AT COOL PAVEMENTS.
SO THESE, A COUPLE PHOTOS FROM LOS ANGELES AND PHOENIX, THEY HAVE DONE PILOT PROJECTS ON USING DIFFERENT PAVING MATERIALS, WHICH THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO ALL THESE.
UM, BUT THEY CAN, UM, REDUCE HOW HOT IT FEELS, UM, TO PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE WALKING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SIMILAR TO COOL ROOFS, YOU KNOW, PAINTING OR USING DIFFERENT ROOFING MATERIALS, DIFFERENT COLORED ROOFING MATERIALS CAN HELP, UH, REFLECT HEAT AND REDUCE ENERGY COSTS FOR A BUILDING.
UM, AND SIMILARLY GREEN ROOFS, UM, YOU KNOW, USING PLANTS AND ENTRIES TO HELP COOL AREAS ON TOP OF BUILDINGS, UH, SHADE STRUCTURES, SO SHADE SAILS, UM, COVERING PLAZAS AND, AND GATHERING PLACES AND, AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.
AND THEN THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY A COOL EXAMPLE FROM SOMEWHERE IN ARIZONA.
UM, IT'S A BUS STOP THAT IS YOU, THEY CAN CONFIGURE IT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SUN WILL BE AT THE, THE HOTTEST POINT OF THE DAY.
SO YOU CAN, THEY SET IT UP TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF SHADE ON THE HOTTEST DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY.
UM, SO MAYBE NOT QUITE THE DESIGN AESTHETIC WE WOULD GO FOR HERE IN LIVERMORE, BUT CERTAINLY A, YOU KNOW, A CREATIVE AND INTERESTING WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT AND BEING STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE DESIGN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT.
UM, AND THEN SOME CITIES ARE TAKING ALL OF THOSE AND PUTTING 'EM TOGETHER IN THESE COOL CORRIDORS.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU LOOK AT PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AND, AND BIKE ACTIVITY AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THE REFLECTIVE LIGHT COLOR PAVEMENTS, THEY HAVE THE SHADE TREES, THE SHADE SAILS, LANDSCAPING, UM, AND SO KIND OF PUTTING IT ALL INTO ONE.
UM, AND THEN SIMILARLY WITH, WITH BUILDING DESIGN AND RETROFITS, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SHADE TREES AND LANDSCAPING AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT WILL HELP CREATE MORE SHADE AND, AND, AND COOL BUILDINGS.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A BIG SUITE OF, OF POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT HERE.
UM, AND WE ARE STARTING WITH, WITH THAT FIRST EXAMPLE OF TREE PLANTING.
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UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THE HEAT VULNERABILITY INDEX, BUT WE KNOW ALREADY FROM THE DATA THAT QUEST HAS COLLECTED FROM US THAT THIS AREA AROUND HERE, THE RAIN POND UP AND DOWNTOWN AREA IS REALLY HOT.WE KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FOLKS MAY NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE THERE.
SO WE ARE DOING A FREE TREE PILOT PROGRAM, UM, IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE JUST, I PUT THESE SLIDES TOGETHER A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
SO AT THE TIME WE WERE HOPING FOR ABOUT 50 TREES, BUT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED APPLICATIONS FOR ABOUT 60.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'LL BE DELIVERING ABOUT 60 TREES TO, UM, SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA.
UM, FOR FOLKS TO PLANT ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE'RE, WE'LL, WE'RE PROVIDING THE, THE TREE WATER BAG STEAKS, TIES, SOIL AMENDMENTS, UM, AND THEN PLANTING AND CARE INSTRUCTIONS.
AND THOSE WILL BE DELIVERED TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, AROUND AROUND EARTH DAY.
UM, SO THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A FIRST STEP IN, IN SOME OF OUR URBAN COOLING STRATEGIES ARE COMING OUT OF THE, THE HEAT MAPPING.
UM, AND SO MORE TO COME ON THIS, BUT I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE FOLKS AT QUEST TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HOW THEY COLLECTED THE DATA THAT WENT INTO ALL THIS WORK WE'RE DOING.
HOW DOES THIS ROOM WORK? IS THE POINTER JUST ALREADY ON? YES, YOU CLICK THROUGH IT THIS WAY.
AND THEN THAT IS A LITTLE LASER.
I'M A JUNIOR AT LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M A SENIOR AT AMADOR VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN PLEASANTON, AND WE'RE BOTH STUDENT INTERNS REPRESENTING THE TRI-VALLEY YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM WITH QUEST SCIENCE CENTER.
AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT MAPPING LIVERMORE'S THERMAL LANDSCAPE.
SO WE WANTED TO PREFACE BY SAYING THAT THE EARTH IS GETTING A LOT HOTTER, A LOT FASTER.
UM, AS OF MARCH, 2026, WHICH WAS JUST LAST MONTH, THE US EXPERIENCED TEMPERATURES 20 TO 30 DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
SO, AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY ALARMING BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY IN THE SPRING RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT WE MIGHT SEE DURING THE SUMMER.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE AND RED LINES.
THEY REPRESENT THE TEMPERATURE PATTERNS FROM ABOUT 1950 TO 2025.
AND THEN THAT BLACK LINE, THAT'S 2026 AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LOT MORE ERRATIC AND IT'S A LOT MORE HIGHER IN TEMPERATURE.
SO AS TEMPERATURES ARE RISING, SO IS THE PREVALENCE OF URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ARE JUST URBAN AREAS THAT ARE HOTTER THAN THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS AROUND IT.
UM, DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY AND DENSE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ROADS AND BUILDINGS.
AND TO MEASURE THESE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, WE USE HEAT MAPPING, UM, WHICH IS JUST MEASURING AIR TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS WITHIN URBAN AREAS.
SO WHY DO WE EVEN CARE? FIRST OF ALL, HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE HEAT RELATED WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE US EVEN MORE THAN TORNADOES AND HURRICANES.
UM, GLOBALLY IT KILLS HALF A MILLION PEOPLE DUE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESS EVERY YEAR.
AND EXTREME HEAT CAUSES, FIRST OF ALL, HIGHER WE ENERGY USE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE ARE USING MORE AIR CONDITIONING AND THEY'RE USING IT MORE INTENSELY AND FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.
UM, IT ALSO CAUSES POOR AIR QUALITY BECAUSE HEAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MORE WILDFIRES, WHICH CAUSES SMOKE AND SMOG TO GO IN THE AIR.
AND IT ALSO, UM, CAUSES STAGNANT AIR, WHICH TRAPS POLLUTED AIR NEAR THE GROUND.
AND IT'S ALSO TO POINT OUT THAT HEAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STANDING.
SO AT QUEST, IN ORDER TO, IN ORDER TO STUDY URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND GATHER DATA ON THAT, WE BUILT AND DESIGNED OUR OWN SENSORS, WHICH ARE UP THERE.
AND BASICALLY THERE'S LIKE TWO BIG IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE SENSOR.
YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, LIKE THE SPINE AND THE BASE AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN THERE'S THE ACTUAL SENSOR ON THE INSIDE.
AND THAT SENSOR CAN GATHER LOCATION DATA, IT GATHERS TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN APP THAT WAS DESIGNED LIKE INTERNALLY BY QUEST.
AND THE APP BASICALLY CONNECTS TO SENSORS INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN YOU CAN UPLOAD ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU'RE GATHERING ON THE SENSOR ONTO THE APP.
AND THEN FROM THERE YOU CAN UPLOAD IT TO A QUEST WEBSITE.
AND ON THERE YOU CAN MAP THE DATA AND ANALYZE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, THERE'S TWO MAIN TYPES OF CAMPAIGNS THAT WE DO AT QUEST.
THERE'S WALKING CAMPAIGNS AND DRIVING ONES FOR DRIVING CAMPAIGNS.
THE SENSOR BASICALLY HAS LIKE THESE THREE BIG MAGNETS ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN YOU CAN JUST ADHERE IT TO THE TOP OF YOUR CAR.
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WE USUALLY GO IN TEAMS OF LIKE FOUR OR FIVE CARS AND WE'LL DRIVE OUT AROUND THE CITY AND GATHER DATA ON LIKE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY USING THE SENSORS.TYPICALLY THESE DRIVES ARE AT NIGHT BECAUSE BY THEN, LIKE THE WIND HAS DIED DOWN AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE GATHERING DATA, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIND SHIFTING THE AIR AROUND 'CAUSE THAT'LL MESS UP.
UM, WHERE THE URBAN HEAT, IT MIGHT BREAK DOWN URBAN HEAT ISLANDS OR MESS UP WHERE THEY SEEM TO APPEAR.
WHEREAS IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE HEAT HAS DIED DOWN, THEN THERE'S GONNA BE REALLY CLEAR PATTERNS SHOWING IN YOUR DATA THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH.
SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE USE OUR SENSORS IS TO MAP SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
SO, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXAMPLE OF US HANDHOLDING THEM RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM ON TOP OF CARS.
SO WE KIND OF HOLD THEM AND THEN WE WALK AROUND THE CAMPUS.
SO THIS IMAGE IS A HEAT MAP OF LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO USE THIS DATA AND PRESENT IT TO OUR PRINCIPAL, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HER TO SEE HOW WE CAN COOL DOWN THOSE HOTTER AREAS ON CAMPUS AND ALSO TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS DURING HEAT WAVES.
SO THIS IS JUST, AS TRICIA WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, UM,
AND ONE OF THE SPECIFIC GOALS MENTIONED IS TO STUDY HEAT VULNERABILITY, WHICH OUTLINES PERFECTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AT QUEST, RIGHT? WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT, UM, WHERE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE CITY IS THERE MORE HEAT VULNERABILITY, WHICH POPULATIONS TEND TO BE MORE VULNERABLE THAN OTHERS, RIGHT? LIKE TIFFANY WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, PEOPLE WITH LOWER ECONOMIC STANDING.
UM, AND THEN HERE WE HAVE AT THIS MAP, IT'S A HEAT MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
AND FROM THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES TO THE LOWEST, THAT JUMP IS LIKE 14 DEGREES DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND THE HOTTEST PART IS RIGHT AROUND IN THE RINCON TRIANGLE AREA, WHICH IS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
UM, AND BASICALLY THAT DATA WE'VE, WE'VE COLLECTED SEVERAL MAPS WORTH OF DATA ABOUT HOW THE, UH, RECON TRIANGLE AREA IS SIGNIFICANTLY HOTTER THAN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND BY SHARING THAT DATA WITH THE CITY, LIKE TRISHA WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM TO BE FOCUSED IN THE RING CON AREA.
SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY GONNA BE HELPING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S GONNA BE LIKE LOWERING ENERGY COSTS THERE, PROVIDING MORE SHADE, ET CETERA.
SO THIS IS THE RAINCON TRAGA AREA THAT AURORA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
UM, AND SO IT'S MORE LIKE A ZOOMED IN VIEW AND WITHIN IT IS A PARK WHICH ACTS AS A COOLING ISLAND FOR THE AREA.
SO THIS IS THE MANUS AND PARK.
UM, YOU KIND OF SEE THAT SMALL PATCH OF BLUE WITHIN THE SEAS OF LIKE REDS RED ORANGES AND YELLOWS.
UM, BUT THE DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ABOUT FIVE DEGREES LOWER.
SO THIS IS JUST TO SHOW HOW A PARK CAN REALLY HELP COOL DOWN THE AREA WITHIN IT.
SO AT THE TOP IMAGE IS ACTUALLY AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S WITHIN THE RCON TRIANGLE AREA, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE PAVEMENT AND THERE'S NOT MUCH VEGETATION.
UM, AND THEN THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS THIS NEWER NEIGHBORHOOD, I BELIEVE IT'S NEAR CHARLOTTE'S WAY.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT MORE TREES, GRASS, GREEN SPACE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE TREES ARE PROVIDING A LOT OF SHADE.
UM, AND THEN YOU KIND OF SEE THE COLOR DIFFERENCE.
THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE IN THE REDS WHILE THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE IN THE GREEN, SO IT'S A LOT MORE COOLER.
SO THIS IS JUST TO SHOW HOW TREES CAN MAKE AN AREA A LOT MORE COOLER.
ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BUS STOPS AND HEAT VULNERABILITY AT BUS STOPS.
SO WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BUS STOPS WITHIN, UM, CITY OF LIVERMORE, AND WE RATED THEM KIND OF ON OUR OWN METRIC OF HOW, HOW MUCH GREENERY IS THERE, HOW MUCH VEGETATION, AND HOW MUCH SHADE IS IT PROVIDING WHATEVER PASSENGER OR WHICHEVER PASSENGER IS JUST WAITING AT THE STOP FOR THEIR BUS.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF GAUGE HOW VULNERABLE ARE THEY TO HOT DAYS IN THE SUMMER, RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT BUS.
AND SO RED IS THE LOWEST TIER THAT'S, THERE'S LIKE NO VEGETATION, NO SHADE WHATSOEVER, LIKE THE PASSENGER'S JUST OUT THERE.
AND THEN YELLOW IS MORE OF A MEDIUM.
SO THERE'S A BIT OF GREENERY, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SHADE.
AND THEN THE GREEN ONE IS, UM, LOTS OF VEGETATION, A LOT OF GREENERY, AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF SHADE THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR ACTUALLY HAS A MANMADE STRUCTURE, COOL OR MANMADE STRUCTURE TOO, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
BUT THERE'S TREES BEHIND IT AS WELL, WHICH PROVIDE MORE NATURAL SHADE.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN OVERLAY OF ALL OF THE IDENTIFIED BUS STOPS WITH THEIR RATINGS ON A HEAT MAP THAT WE, UM, MADE WITH LIKE TEMPERATURE DATA OF THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO FOCUS IN PARTICULAR ON THE STOPS THAT HAVE A RED RATING SO THEY'RE NOT VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE PASSENGERS FROM WHATEVER LIKE HEAT EFFECTS ARE, UH, OCCURRING
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WITH, UM, OR THOSE STOPS THAT ARE IN MORE HEAT VULNERABLE AREAS.SO OF HIGHER TEMPERATURES LIKE THE RAINCON TRIANGLE AREA OVER HERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME CLIMATE ADAPTATION OPTIONS THAT WE WANNA SUGGEST.
WE PROBABLY DID SEE THESE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AS WELL.
BUT IN TERMS OF SHORT TERM, USING PERMEABLE SURFACES, SO JUST MATERIALS THAT CAN ABSORB WATER.
SO THIS WOULD BE ANY MATERIAL BASICALLY BESIDES ASPHALT.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO REDUCING OR PAINTING PAVEMENT, A LIGHTER COLOR LIKE WHITE.
AND THEN THERE'S GREEN, WHITE OR SOLAR ROOFS.
SO AGAIN, ROOFS WITH VEGETATION ON TOP, ROOFS THAT ARE PAINTED WHITE OR ROOFS WITH SOLAR PANELS ON TOP.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO COOLING CENTERS.
SO THIS IS ADVERTISING THE COOLING CENTERS MORE OR BUILDING MORE COOLING CENTERS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE LIBRARY WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND THEN SHADE STRUCTURES AND ENGINEERED OUTDOOR COOLING ZONES.
SO THIS COULD BE A PARK, THIS WOULD ALSO BE MISTING ZONES.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF LONG TERM, THIS WOULD JUST BE ADDING MORE VEGETATION OR PLANTING MORE TREES.
AND THEN THAT IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY A GREEN COOLING WALL IN MADRID, SPAIN.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF GREEN ARCHITECTURE.
SO, SO HEAT MAPPING WAS FOUNDED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT WAS BASED IN LIVERMORE AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
BUT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR PROJECT AND WE'VE DONE HEAT MAPS IN PLEASANTON, WE'VE DONE CITYWIDE CAMPAIGNS AS WELL AS, UM, A MAP OF THE AMADOR VALLEY HIGH CAMPUS IN PLEASANTON.
AND WE'VE ALSO DONE CITYWIDE CAMPAIGNS IN TRACY AS WELL AS MAPS OF KIMBALL HIGH, WHICH IS A HIGH SCHOOL IN TRACY.
AND SO THIS, THIS, UM, MAP IN PARTICULAR IS ACTUALLY, THIS WAS A REALLY COOL CAMPAIGN.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO ALL THREE CITIES IN ONE NIGHT.
AND SO IT SHOWS THE COMPARISON OF, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE ACROSS THOSE THREE CITIES.
AND IT'S VERY HIGH, I THINK IT'S LIKE 77 TO 89, AND WE CAN SEE THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT TRACY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HOTTER.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE PROJECT AND EXPAND OUR IMPACT.
AND THIS IS JUST A REFLECTION OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TEST, TEST? YEP.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE, UM, LONG STORY SHORT, UM, BEFORE I CAME TO LIVERMORE, I ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.
BASICALLY STUDYING LIKE THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIVES.
AND SO THIS, THIS, THIS PRESENTATION WAS VERY INTERESTING.
I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS TO, YOU KNOW, NO WORRIES IF YOU DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UM, ON SLIDE FIF ON SLIDE FIVE, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE FIVE? UH, IT, IT'S A PICTURE OF THE SENSOR AND THE IPHONE.
SO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE, THE, THE DEVICE YOU'RE USING.
LIKE WHAT, LIKE WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THERE? LIKE IS THERE A MICROCONTROLLER? WHAT KIND OF SENSORS ARE IN THERE? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TYPE OF SENSOR.
I KNOW WE ALSO, THERE'S THE SENSOR AND IT'S CONNECTED TO A BATTERY PACK.
UM, AM I MISSING ANYTHING ELSE? LIKE WHAT ELSE IS IN THE, DO YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST THOSE? SO ON THE VERY TOP THERE'S A TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SENSOR.
SO WE'RE MEASURING HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN THAT'S CONNECTED TO A BATTERY PACK AND THIS IS CONNECTED TO LIKE A CHIP THAT STORES ALL THE INFO.
AND, AND, UM, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING BATTERY PACK, THAT'S THE THING ON TOP OF THE TUBE.
UM, ON THE LEFT INSIDE IT WAS THE GRAY TUBE ALONG THE, LIKE THE INSIDE, UH, THIS THING.
AND WHAT ABOUT THAT BLACK, THAT BLACK THING IS LIKE A FAN.
SO DURING THE, UH, LIKE WE USE IT DURING THE DAYTIME, IT'S KIND OF THE FAN AWAY, LIKE TO PROVIDE MORE LIKE CIRCULATION ANDREW? I CAN, YEAH.
SO THERE'S A MICRO CONTROL IN THERE.
OH, YOU USE THE SP 32 AS WELL? YEAH.
WE NOW HAVE THE PRICE POINT OF THIS THING DOWN TO ABOUT 70 MM-HMM
WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THE PROGRAM WITH A GRANT APPLICATION TO NOAH, WHICH HAD THE PROGRAM MM-HMM
UNFORTUNATELY THE ADMINISTRATION SHUT THAT DOWN AND WE DID NOT GET OUR GRAND APPLICATION MM-HMM
SO WE SAID HOW HARD IT'S TO BUILD AND WE JUST DID OUR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS FROM OKAY.
BUT THIS IS RECORDING EVERY SECOND.
UM, ALL OF THE DATA GETS STORED ON THE PHONE, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT A GPS CHIP ON THE SENSOR ITSELF.
OUR FIRST GEN DID THAT, BUT COST MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN THIS ALLOWS YOU, WHAT YOU DONE THE RUN, UPLOAD THE DATA.
TYPICALLY ONE OF OUR, OUR RUNS WILL HAVE 16, 15 TO 20,000 PAGES.
AND YOU SAID EVERY SECOND IT'S YOUR ACQUISITION RATE.
AND THEN, UM, UH, WHO BUILDS THESE? DO YOU GUYS BUILD IT YOURSELF? BUILD NICE? DO YOU ALL DO SOLDERING WORK AND ALL THAT? THERE'S NOT MUCH.
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THAT'S PRETTY COOL.NOT ONLY THESE DEVICES, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SOLID AND WE'RE NOW EXPANDING TO LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL.
STUDENTS COMING THIS WEEKEND SO THEY CAN LEARN FROM US HOW TO DO THIS AND THEY CAN START
AND THEN, UM, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE, UM, SLIDE SEVEN REALLY FAST.
SO WHEN YOU GUYS GOT THIS PLOT, LIKE WAS IT DURING THE DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME? 'CAUSE I SEE YOU GUYS TOOK A GROUP SELFIE AT NIGHT.
YEAH, SO WE DID DO THIS DURING THE DAYTIME.
IT WAS FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN, SO WE KIND OF JUST MADE, HAD CONTACT WITH A TEACHER WHO WOULD LIKE LET US IN THE CAMPUS DURING THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN YEAH, WE JUST KIND OF WALKED AROUND AND COLLECTED DATA.
SO, SO YOU GUYS, UH, DO THIS LIKE THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PEER THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY? RIGHT.
UM, USUALLY WE DO WANNA DO IT AT NIGHT BECAUSE THOUGH THERE'S NOT MUCH WIND AND THE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ARE MORE, THEY'RE MORE CLEARER DURING THE NIGHTTIME.
SO THAT IS WHY WE DID IT, LIKE AT, FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM GOTCHA.
AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HOW LONG? LIKE IS THIS PLOT LIKE A MOVING AVERAGE OR IS IT LIKE JUST FOR ONE DAY OR? SO THIS IS JUST A RECORDING OF LIKE ONE DAY.
SO FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM LIKE THESE ARE THE TEMPERATURE DATA THAT WE GOT.
BUT LIKE YOU GUYS DO IT LIKE MANY, LIKE THROUGHOUT SEVERAL DAYS, RIGHT? NOT JUST LIKE ONE TIME KIND OF THING? UM, WELL WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE MAPS, BUT ONE MAP IS JUST ONE TIME.
BUT WE HAVE DONE MULTIPLE RUNS, BUT THAT MAP IS JUST SHOWING ONE, LIKE ONE DAY OF DOING A RUN.
ANYTHING INTERESTING YOU GUYS FOUND FROM DOING LIKE MULTIPLE RUNS? ANY LIKE CONSISTENCIES OR ANYTHING THAT IS LIKE, THINK UNUSUAL? BIG CONSISTENCY WE FOUND IS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S THIS BIG RED AREA, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ON CAMPUS, THAT'S JUST A BIG AREA OF ASPHALT MM-HMM
SO IT WOULD KIND OF MAKE SENSE THAT IT'S THE HOTTEST AREA.
AND THEN THE AREAS THAT ARE LIKE BLUE, UM, AND MORE GREENER, THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF MORE TREES THERE AND A LOT MORE SHADE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING THAT A LOT MORE STUDENTS TIME TEND TO KIND OF LIKE STROLL DURING THOSE, IN THOSE AREAS.
LIKE DURING PASSING PERIOD OR THEY'RE TRYING TO, THEY'LL TEND TO LIKE STAY IN THOSE AREAS TO HANG OUT AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN, UM, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE, UM, SLIDE 20? UH, SLIDE 13 PLEASE.
UM, BUT I WAS WONDERING LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU GUY, IS THERE LIKE DATA ON LIKE, WHICH SIDEWALK WALKS ARE FREQUENTLY USED BY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SEE LIKE THERE'S CERTAIN ROADS THAT ARE LIKE RED, YOU KNOW,
SO IT'LL BE LIKE INTERESTING TO LIKE SEE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ROADS THAT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING, A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY WALKING ON THE ROAD THAT HAS LIKE A LOT OF MASSIVE HEAT? YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE LIKE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO STUDY MAYBE.
I'M GUESSING MOST OF THE WALKING SIDEWALKS ARE AMONG THE CUSTOMERS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LINE THAT COULD BE LIKE
YOU GUYS SEE WHERE, UH, THAT WOULD BE IN THE RING CON TRIANGLE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE THREE RED BUS STOPS IN A ROAD.
SO MAYBE THAT'S KINDA WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, ANDY.
JUST LIKE, IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE, LIKE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING? YEAH.
AND THE BUS STATIONS, BECAUSE LIKE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE JUST WALK AROUND, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
BUT IF I CAN JUMP IN SLIDE TOO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION.
YOU BOTH DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING THE MATERIAL MM-HMM
AND DOING THIS PROJECT OVERALL, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS.
UM, AND UM, DOING THE PROJECT AS WELL AS PRESENTING THIS PRACTICAL APPROACH, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THE DATA, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
BUT THEN TAKING A LOOK AT THE BUS STOP DATA, YOU KNOW, HOW PRACTICAL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THIS DATA AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH HEAT MAPPING AND CHANGING ROOFS AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU CHANGE A ROOF? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND EVEN PLANTING TREES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THAT AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVING AWAY TREES AND YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME PEOPLE TO PLANT IT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 95% OF THE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA PLANT THE TREES, HOPEFULLY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, 99% OF THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA PLANT THE TREES.
BUT BUS STOPS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND IT CAN, WE CAN MAYBE FIX A LOT OF THOSE BUS STOPS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT ADEQUATE WITH US.
LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME BUS STOPS THAT WE CAN REALLY FIX UP, YOU KNOW, OR SOME THAT MAY BE EVEN EVEN BROKEN THAT WE CAN FOR, YOU KNOW, TO FIX UP FOR OUR FOLKS.
ARE YOU DONE, ANDY? SORRY, QUESTION.
I FORGOT MY, I I FORGOT MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT NOW
I'LL, IF I REMEMBER I'LL JUMP IN AGAIN.
IS THERE ANY PLAN TO SEE HOW MANY OF
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THE TREES THAT ARE GIVEN AWAY ARE ACTUALLY PLANTED AND ALSO, UH, THE SURVIVABILITY OVER A YEAR OR TWO AND WHAT KIND OF TREES ARE GIVING AWAY? I KNOW THAT'S A TRISH QUESTION, BUT YOU GUYS DIDN'T MEMORIZE THE TREESUM, MAN, COULD I NAME THEM ALL RIGHT NOW? SOME IN MY, YOU WANT ME TO NAME THEM? YEAH.
THE, UM, WHAT'S THE OAK INTERIOR LIVE INTERIOR? LIVE OAK.
AND AM I MISSING ONE? I THINK THAT'S IT.
AND THE PISTACHIO IS A MALE FRUITING, NON FRUITING.
SO WE, SO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ANN IS HELPING US, UM, TRY TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DO SOME TRAINING ON PLANTING BEST PRACTICES.
UM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE FOLKS WHO APPLIED FOR A TREE WHO SAID THAT THEY NEED ASSISTANCE PLANTING.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THEY GET SOME HELP TO GET THE TREES IN THE GROUND.
UM, AND THEN ACTUALLY MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN HELP US WITH, BUT I, WE, WE DO WANNA DO SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE CHECKING IN WITH FOLKS, LIKE MAYBE SEND US A PHOTO OF YOUR TREE WHEN IT'S PLANTED AND THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR NAME IN A RAFFLE FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, A GIFT CARD FOR WING AND BAKERY OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT'S LIKE, SEND US A, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A YEAR, SEND US A PHOTO OF YOUR TREE.
UM, OR MAYBE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE NAME TAGS WHERE PEOPLE CAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE NAME THEIR TREES AND CREATE SOME MORE LIKE PERSONAL CONNECTION.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO WE DO, WE DO WANT THESE TO GET IN THE GROUND AND SURVIVE.
UM, SO IF YOU ALL KNOW OF ANY, ANY COOL WAYS TO HELP STAY ENGAGED WITH FOLKS AND MAKE SURE YEAH.
THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, UM, I HAD A CALL WITH AMOS WHITE WHO'S, UM, K COUNTY URBAN FORESTER.
AND, UM, HE HAD SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS FROM HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF HIS SUGGESTIONS.
ONE IS, LIKE SHE SAID, NAME YOUR TREE, HELP PEOPLE MAKE A PERSONAL CONNECTION.
HAVE A KICKOFF CELEBRATION, WHICH I AM, UM, IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FINALIZING, BUT IT WILL BE AT MANUS AND PARK.
UH, L-A-R-P-D IS GIVING US PERMISSION TO, TO DO A TREE PLANTING DEMONSTRATION AND GIFT A TREE TO MANUS AND PARK.
SO THAT CAN BE KIND OF LIKE THE COMMUNITY TREE MARKING THIS WONDERFUL EVENT THANKS TO THE HEAT MAPPING.
UM, AND OTHER TACTICS INCLUDE LIKE A MONTHLY, UM, TEXT FROM OR SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION TO THOSE RECIPIENTS OF THE TREES.
ARE YOU REMEMBERING DO WATER YOUR TREE, WEEKLY WATER? YES.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, YOU MUST ADD SOME SUGGESTIONS AROUND THE WATERING ISSUE.
UM, ALSO PROTECTING YOUR TREE WITH SOME SORT OF BARRIER.
UM, LIKE A LITTLE LOW FENCE OR SOME ROCKS OR SOMETHING THAT CAN PROTECT THE TRUNK FROM GETTING HIT BY RANDOM THINGS, YOU KNOW.
SO WE HOPE TO INCORPORATE THESE SUGGESTIONS INTO A FLYER FOR THE RECIPIENTS AS WELL AS PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS WITH GRAPHIC IN BILINGUAL, UM, INSTRUCTIONS.
SO ALL OF THAT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
IF ANYONE HERE HAS A GOOD TREE PLANTING INSTRUCTION FLYER WITH GRAPHICS, WE'D LIKE TO USE SOMETHING ALREADY OUT THERE.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE, I THINK.
DID YOU CHECK WITH WALDEN MIKE? I HAVE NOT.
UM, CAT IS ALSO IN KIND OF IN CONSULTING WITH US ON THAT, ON ALL THIS, SO I'M SORRY SHE'S NOT HERE.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, WELL FIRST I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS AND THAT IS, HAS ANY COMMUNICATION HAPPENED WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE RING CON TRIANGLE YET ABOUT YOUR PROJECT? AND IF NOT, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO SOME KIND OF A OUTREACH? IT COULD, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION, IT COULD BE JUST BEING AT AN INFO TABLE AT OUR KICKOFF EVENT BECAUSE WE WANT THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CHOSEN AND ON WHAT BASIS.
AND WE WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE INSPIRED BY YOU AND YOUR EXAMPLE OF TAKING ACTION AND ACTUALLY DEVELOPING THE SOLUTION.
SO JUST CURIOUS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION YET WITH THOSE RESIDENTS? NO, THERE HAS NOT.
BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO LIKE, HAVE A TABLE OUT THERE AND LIKE TALK TO THE RESIDENTS, INTERACT WITH THEM.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT WOULD, UM, SINCE WE'RE PLANNING ON A SUNDAY AND THE LIBRARY WILL NOT BE OPEN,
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MAYBE WE CAN BRAINSTORM ABOUT ANOTHER TIME WHEN WE'D BE LIKELY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME INSIDE TO SEE YOUR PRESENTATION.AND THAT MAYBE COULD HAPPEN AT, UM, MARYLAND AVENUE SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE RINCON LIBRARY BRANCH HAS PRESENTATION CAPABILITIES.
BUT DEFINITELY THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING AT MARYLAND AVENUE AND WE HAVE SHOWN THIS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, JUST WITH POSTERS, UHHUH,
SO WE COULD EVEN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ANYTHING TANGIBLE TO SHOW THEM.
POSTERS, SENSORS, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE, I THINK, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND UNDERSTAND WHY IT FEELS SO HOT EVERY SUMMER THERE.
AND THEN THAT THEIR TREES ARE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
'CAUSE WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE PURPOSE OF THEIR TREE IS PRIMARILY COOLING, AT LEAST FROM THE CITY VIEWPOINT, BUT FOR THEM IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING SOURCE OF BEAUTY AND JOY AND, AND GROWTH.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT APRIL 26, WHICH TRISHA'S AVAILABLE THAT AFTERNOON.
AND UM, WE'RE ALSO THINKING OF TYING IT IN WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST PRE GIVEAWAY.
SO WE, UM, I RAN A PROGRAM TO GIVE AWAY FREE TREES TO CHILDREN IN LIVERMORE.
SO WE HAVE 78 TREES GOING OUT, THERE'S LITTLE SAPLINGS AND THEY SHOULD BE DELIVERED BY THEN.
SO WE COULD COMBINE OUR TWO EVENTS MM-HMM
SO, UM, PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT BOTH PROGRAMS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE EXCITING.
AND THEN PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GETTING, UH, A TREE FOR CHILDREN CAN UM, REALIZE THEY CAN DO THIS NEXT YEAR AND GROW THEIR NEW, THEIR, THEIR LITTLE BACKYARD FOREST
IS THERE GONNA BE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON THE FREE TREE? FREE TREE? DO WE KNOW? SO WE DIDN'T DO WIDESPREAD SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A TARGETED AREA.
SO WE DID POST ON NEXTDOOR FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND IT.
SO YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD DO SOMETHING MORE WIDE WIDESPREAD.
BUT I THINK AFTER THE FACT WHEN WE HAVE THE TREES IN THE GROUND AND SOME PHOTOS AND SOME FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE, WE DO PLAN ON PROMOTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT WE DID THIS AND THAT PEOPLE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND MAYBE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T REALLY, WE HAVEN'T PROMOTED IT TOO MUCH YET EXCEPT FOR IN THAT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD TO THOSE RESIDENTS.
AND YOU DID A MAILING, RIGHT? YEAH, WE MAILED POSTCARDS TO SO THAT, YEAH.
AND, AND AGAIN, IT WAS JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES 'CAUSE WE KNEW THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HAVE THE SPACE FOR A TREE.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO SOMETHING ON MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES AS WELL, WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE STRUCTURED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKIER, BUT UM, YEAH, SO THERE COULD BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA TOO FOR OTHERS BESIDES SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS.
SO I'M JUST THINKING THAT THIS KICKOFF WE COULD ASK THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR IDEAS FOR BUS STOPS.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS FOR SHADING A BUS STOP AND JUST, YOU KNOW, EVEN RUN A LITTLE DESIGN CENTER OR MODELING CENTER, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE CAPACITY TO GATHER DATA FROM, YOU KNOW, INFORMALLY ABOUT THEIR BUS STOPS.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UH, JUST QUICKLY INFORMATION TO THE GROUP WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE DATA ON THE USAGE OF EACH ONE BUS.
NOW TO BEGIN TO FOCUS ON NOT ONLY WHICH ONES ARE IN AREAS THAT ARE, UM, AT RISK, BUT ALSO HOW MUCH HOW MUCH, YEAH.
SO I THINK WHEN WE START COMBINING THOSE, WE'LL COME UP WITH A SMALL NUMBER.
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION ARE YOU ASKING OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM? DO YOU GET AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF CONTACT INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE? YEAH, SO WE HAD AN ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.
UM, SAY WE HAVE THEIR NAME, THEIR EMAIL, THEIR ADDRESS, UH, WE HAD THEM RANK THEIR TREE PREFERENCE.
SO WE SAID, OF THE SIX TREES, YOU KNOW, RANK YOUR PREFERRED, UH, TREE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE.
UM, WE ASKED THEM IF THEY NEEDED HELP PLANTING, UM, THEIR TREE AND WE HAD THEM SIGN, YOU KNOW, A WAIVER, AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD CARE FOR AND MAINTAIN THE TREE ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
WE ALSO HAVE NOW HAVE A MAP TOO, SO
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THAT THE, THE APPLICATION FORM AUTOMATICALLY MAPPED WHERE ALL OF THE RECIPIENTS ARE.SO WE KNOW WHERE ALL THE TREES HAVE A MAP OF WHERE, AND IT'S PRETTY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THAT CENSUS TRACK, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NICE.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO WE HAVE A LOCATION, YOU KNOW, WHERE ALL THE TREES ARE GOING.
SO IT COULD BE AN INITIATIVE NEXT YEAR FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GO AROUND AND CHECK ON ALL THE TREES BEFORE THEY ROLL OUT THE YEAH, JUST SUMMER
NO, I THINK IT, I THINK, UH, KIND OF A TREAT, YOU KNOW, CARE SUPPORT TEAM WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE.
AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD ALL GET ASSIGNED A FEW STREETS THAT WE JUST KIND OF MONITOR, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LOOK AND IF WE SEE A TREE LOOKING PRETTY SAD, YOU KNOW, COME BACK, WE CAN CONSULT WITH TRICIA ABOUT COMMUNICATING.
SO WERE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS WHAT WATER SOURCES AVAILABLE OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME YEAH.
BUT STILL LIKE, YEAH, LIKE WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST.
THAT'S WHY IF WE CAN DO A REGULAR EMAIL EVERY FEW WEEKS, YOU REMEMBER THE WATER, WE CAN SEND ONE OUT EVERY DAY AT LIKE 6:00 AM WATER YOUR TREE.
I THINK WE HAVE, WE'LL ALSO ADD THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ALREADY FROM FOLKS WHO ARE RECEIVING TREES ARE REALLY EXCITED.
AND THEY SAID LIKE, WE ARE SO EXCITED THE CITY'S DOING THIS.
LIKE, THIS IS PART OF WHAT MAKES LIVERMORE GREAT.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THEIR TREES AND ARE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THEM, SO DEFINITELY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION, ANDY.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE AN OFFER TO QUEST SCIENCE CENTER.
SO, UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR WORK ON MY TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM.
I HAVE LIKE, LIKE 50 K FOLLOWERS.
WOULD YOU GUYS BE DOWN? I THINK YOU GUYS YES.
HEY, MICHAEL MILL QUEST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THEY SHOULD, THEY COULD PROBABLY USE SOMEONE TO HELP MAKE SOME SENSORS AND STUFF TOO.
YEAH, I, I I MESS AROUND WITH THE SB 32 A LOT AND MAYBE LIKE GIVE SOME MY INPUT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE, SO VERY GOOD.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU GUYS.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT POINT.
I'M GONNA HAND OVER TO ANDY FOR A, A QUICK UPDATE ON THE, THE LITTER PICKING FROM PIE DAY
WELL, MY PRESENTATION'S PRETTY LAME.
UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO UP THERE AND PRESENT OR HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO GO ABOUT IT? UM, NO, THAT'S OKAY.
IF ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST CHILL HERE THEN.
YEAH, I FOLLOWED YOU GUYS ON INSTAGRAM JUST NOW.
UM, SO JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE LITTER CLEANUP.
OH, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, NO, GO AHEAD.
OH, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS TALKING.
SO JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE LITTER CLEANUP THAT TOOK PLACE ON 3.1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 DAY, UM, ALSO KNOWN AS PIE DAY.
AND, UM, LET'S GO TO PAGE 30 AND THE, UH, AGENDA PACKET.
SO, SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE PIE DAY CLEANUP WAS A SUCCESS.
WE GOT 20, 20 PLUS BAGS OF TRASH, AND WE EVEN GOT SOME BULKY ITEMS. I WAS TOLD THAT TOM PICKED UP THAT BULKY ITEM SEEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
WELL, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF STUFF.
SOMEONE ELSE PULLED IT TO THE SIDE.
AND I HAD A FULL BAGS I COULD, COULD MAKE A GOOD SNOW SLED.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAD SOME, UM, SOME IMPORTANT GUESTS THAT CAME AS WELL.
WE GOT, CHRISTIE WON, UH, ONE, THE LIVERMORE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE ALSO GOT THE COWBOY MAYOR AS WELL
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THAT SHOWED UP.SO IT WAS A VERY, VERY GREAT EVENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS, IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO MEET EVERYBODY AND JUST HEAR ABOUT EVERYBODY'S, UM, YOU KNOW, EXCITEMENT AND WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE LIVERMORE CLEAN.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT WAS NOT JUST A SUCCESS IN TERMS OF LOGISTICS, BUT ALSO LIKE, FOR ME, LIKE EMOTIONALLY, IT, IT MEANT A LOT.
SO, OH, SO LIKE I SAID, WE GOT LIKE 20 PLUS BAGS OF TRASH, AND THAT IS ROUGHLY AROUND 700, 750 GALLONS OF TRASH.
IT'S APPROXIMATION, GIVE OR TAKE, BALLPARK.
AND THEN, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE REMOVED SOME BULKY ITEMS LIKE THE LID SEEN IN THE PICTURE.
WE ALSO, UM, FOUND LIKE THIS WEIRD, LIKE AUTO PART.
IT WAS LIKE THIS LIKE WEIRD, LIKE, UM, LIKE PLASTIC PIECE AS WELL.
UM, ABOUT 30 VOLUNTEERS ATTENDED, SO THAT WAS LIKE REALLY COOL BECAUSE I THINK THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE WANTED AT THE EVENT WAS 30.
AND THEN, UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE COVERED TWO MILES OF BIKE PATH.
SO IT WAS NOT JUST LIKE A SMALL LIKE SECTION.
IT WAS LIKE WE WERE SPREAD OUT AND WE EVEN LIKE SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.
ONE GOING NORTH AND ANOTHER ONE GOING EAST.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH, BUT THEN ONCE YOU START, UM, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP GARBAGE, YOU, YOU START REALIZING, WOW, THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY BAD.
SO LIKE I SAID, THE TRASH WAS SCATTERED ACROSS A LARGE AREA, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT GAVE PEOPLE THE IMPRESSION LIKE, OH, IT LOOKS KIND OF CLEAN OVERALL, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE TRASH WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SPREAD OUT ACROSS A LARGE AREA.
SO IT MADE, IT MAY SEEM CLEAN, RIGHT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OBSERVATIONS I'VE MADE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WALKING EAST, IS THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH, IT WAS HIDDEN WITHIN THE VEGETATION, SO IT WASN'T LIKE, REALLY OBVIOUS UNTIL YOU START LIKE, KIND OF LIKE GOING THROUGH THE GRASS, TALL GRASS AND THE BUSHES.
THAT'S WHEN YOU START FINDING SOME OF THE LITTER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WIND KIND OF TRAPS IT.
UM, LUCKILY WE DIDN'T FIND ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, NO SYRINGES OR OIL OR ANY OTHER HARMFUL CHEMICALS.
SO I WAS PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS PEOPLE WERE SAFE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE NO LIKE, COLLISIONS WITH BICYCLE LISTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ALSO REALLY MINDFUL ABOUT LIKE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T HIT US AND THAT, UM, THAT THEY SHARED THE BIKE PATH WITH US.
SO I THINK THE SIGNS THAT WERE LAID ACROSS THE BIKE PATH, WARNING THEM THAT THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS WORKING NEARBY REALLY HELPED.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO PAGE 33.
SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS, UH, I I WANT SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, THINGS IS, UM, I, I THINK THIS IS ALSO ON ME, IT'S LIKE MORE EFFECTIVE WAYS TO ATTRACT VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE, PEOPLE KIND OF PROMISE TO COME, BUT THEN, UM, UH, DON'T COME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO, UM, I NOTICED LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ON LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE REDDIT, IT KIND OF FELL THROUGH GIVEN LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THE NUMBER OF HANDS THAT WERE RAISED WHEN I ASKED, HEY, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME FROM REDDIT? IT SEEMED LIKE MOST OF PEOPLE CAME, YOU KNOW, UM, THROUGH LIKE OTHER PLATFORMS OR THROUGH OTHER LIKE, MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, UM, WHICH I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING INTERESTING.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE IS THAT WE INSPIRED PEOPLE.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I HAD TWO BICYCLES PASS BY THANKING US FOR PICKING UP TRASH.
AND IT JUST SHOWS LIKE WHEN WE DO THESE TRASH CLEANUPS, WE'RE LEADING BY EXAMPLE, AND WE'RE SHOWING PEOPLE LIKE THEY CAN DO BETTER.
SO THAT'S, SO SEEING LIKE OTHER PEOPLE NOTICING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND BEING INSPIRED, THAT'S THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THESE VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHY WE DO THIS SORT OF STUFF.
SO I WAS REALLY, REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS, UH, CLEANUP HAS REALLY KIND OF SHOWN LIKE, WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER.
SOMETHING LIKE ADOPT A ROAD OR ADOPT A SPOT OR WHATEVER.
I REALLY THINK THAT LIVERMORE, HOW WE COORDINATE IT LOGISTICALLY, I THINK THAT THIS EVENT HAS KIND OF SHOWN LIKE WE COULD, WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOME ADOPTION PROGRAM IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE THAT, 'CAUSE BY HAVING THAT SORT OF PROGRAM, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DO WE INSPIRE MORE PEOPLE, BUT MORE PARTS OF LIVERMORE ARE COVERED, IF THAT MAKES
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SENSE, BY VOLUNTEERS, WHICH MEANS THAT MORE PLACES ARE CLEANED UP AROUND LIVERMORE AND MORE PLACES ARE CLEANER IN LIVERMORE.SO I THINK LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
UM, UH, LET'S GO TO NEXT PAGE, PAGE 34.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HONESTLY, I PICKED UP BARELY A BAG OF TRASH.
EVERYBODY ELSE PULLED THEIR WEIGHT
UM, I WAS BUSY JUST TALKING AND RANTING ABOUT LIFE
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO LIVERMORE PUBLIC WORKS.
I, I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH.
UM, UM, I, IT, IT, IT MEANT A LOT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE LIVERMORE VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO CAME.
SO WHEN I SAW THAT I WANTED TO CRY.
SO CRY, HAPPY TEARS, NOT SAD TEARS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE FROM REDDIT THAT ALSO CAME.
SO WE ARE GONNA DO ANOTHER CLEANUP EVENT.
THIS IS GONNA TAKE PLACE A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW IN MAY.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF LITTER NEAR THE RAILROAD PA, THE RAILROAD AVE PARKING GARAGE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT LIKE A LEGAL DUMPING PER SE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF LOOSE TRASH.
UM, SO I THINK THAT PLACE COULD USE A NICE LITTLE CLEANUP.
DO YOU HAVE A TIME BEFORE? UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME YET.
WE NEED TO DISCUSS 19, SAME TIME.
UM, SO YOU THINK HAVING A, UH, SIGNUP? UH, YEAH.
SO I WILL WORK WITH MARISSA ON THAT, UM, PART, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST MAKE, JUST COORDINATING WITH HER, MAKING SURE WE GET THE SIGNUP PAGE UP AND RUNNING AND MAKING SURE WE GET ALL THE MATERIALS, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ADVERTISE THIS CLEANUP.
AND THEN, UM, AND I THINK MAY 9TH, IT'S LIKE A MONTH FROM NOW.
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME.
UM, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING MORE CLEANUPS IN THE FALL, SO THERE'S THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY CLEANUP ON THE NINE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
WE DON'T KNOW THE LOCATION YET, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL FIGURE OUT AS WE APPROACH THAT DATE.
SAME WITH LIKE OCTOBER 24TH OR NOVEMBER 7TH OR 14TH.
WE HAVEN'T SETTLED ON WHICH, WHICH OF THE THREE DATES WE'RE GONNA DO THE LAST CLEANUP OF THE YEAR.
SO I THINK LIKE AS THAT DATE, AS THOSE DATES APPROACH, THEN WE WILL HAVE A CLEARER IDEA OF WHERE WE WANT TO DO THAT.
SO, BUT ANYHOW, UM, THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS AND GIVE, GIVE OURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
YES, ANDY, I'M GONNA, UM, ALSO, UH, STEP IN HERE AND SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CALENDAR THE EVENTS NOW, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BE ANTICIPATING AND MANAGING THE WORKLOAD.
SO, UH, AS ANDY MENTIONED, MAY 9TH IS THE NEXT ONE AT THE, UH, RAILROAD PARKING GARAGE.
THE SIGN UP WILL GO OUT TO EVERYBODY, UH, IN CASE YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING.
UH, THE NEXT EVENT IS GONNA BE PART OF COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY, AND THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, THE, ALL THE PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, PUBLICIZED YET, BUT THE LITTER CLEANUP WILL BE ONE OF THE EVENTS.
AND I HAVE THE LIST OF LOCATIONS THAT ANDY HAD SUGGESTED IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
UH, ANDY, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, MAYBE PROPOSE ONE OF THOSE AS THE LOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY PICKUP, I'LL DO, I'LL DO SOME SCOUTING AS WELL, A LITTLE MORE SCOUTING, BUT THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, OR DO YOU WANNA STICK TO THOSE LOCATIONS THAT I PROPOSED BEFORE? I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GONE THERE FOR LIKE MONTHS NOW,
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE, SO I CAN GO BACK AND QUICKLY CHECK, SEE HOW IT LOOKS.
SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE FAR AWAY IN SEPTEMBER, THINGS CAN OBVIOUSLY CHANGE IN BETWEEN THOSE TIMES.
SO HAVING A, UH, AREA PICKED NOW OR TWO AREAS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WELL, NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE THE, WHERE THE HEAT ISLANDS ARE CAN AVOID THOSE PLACES.
WELL, BY NOVEMBER IT SHOULD BE.
DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS? UH, MARISSA? I DO.
UH, GOING BACK TO THE FEBRUARY, UH, LOCATIONS, THAT WAS THE, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE NORTH FRONT ROAD BETWEEN HERMAN AVENUE AND THE, UH, CAR DEALERSHIP OVER THERE.
IT'S, THERE'S A PARK OVER THERE.
VINEYARD AVENUE BY ISABEL AVENUE.
LAS POSITAS ROAD IN EAST LIVERMORE.
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UH, BETWEEN VASCO AND IT'S A SAFEWAY, BASICALLY.EAST AIRWAY BOULEVARD BETWEEN SUTER STREET YES.
AND THEN PORTOLA AVENUE BETWEEN ISABEL AVENUE AND FIVE 80.
WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE YOU WANNA DO FOR SEPTEMBER? ANDY, I WILL SAY THIS ACTUALLY HAD TO PASS.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO DRIVE ON AIRWAY RECENTLY AND YEAH, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TRASH, SO I'M THINKING THAT LOCATION FOR NOW.
SHOULD WE DO THAT ONE FOR SEPTEMBER THEN? COMMUNITY SERVICE? YEAH.
UH, IF IT'S OKAY, CAN WE GO BY YEAR FOR NOW AND THEN MAYBE LIKE AROUND JULY OR AUGUST, WE, WE CAN NAIL DOWN EXACTLY WHERE.
YEAH, YOU SAID THE LAS POSITAS ROAD LOCATION.
LIKE, LET'S HAVE THAT LIKE FOR NOW AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS THE DATE FOR THE THIRD EVENT, UH, TO BE SCHEDULED.
WE WANNA HAVE SOME TIME IN BETWEEN COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY AND THE NEXT EVENT.
SO MID TO LATE NOVEMBER WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER EXCEPT, UH, ALLOWING FOR THE HOLIDAY.
WE, WE WANNA HAVE VOLUNTEERS, UH, IN TOWN FOR THAT.
SO LIKE, DO DO A CLEANUP AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER,
BUT THE FOURTH OR THE, I'M SORRY.
I WANT, I WANNA AVOID ELECTION WEEK
AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO DO, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING IN SPRINGTOWN, LIKE NORTH FRONT IF THAT'S, THAT WAS ON THE LIST, RIGHT? YEAH.
I LIKE THAT IDEA AROUND THE CITY.
BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS CONCENTRATING SOUTH OF THE FREEWAY AND I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON NORTH AS WELL.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT IDEA, KAREN.
SO WE WILL, WE'LL TENTATIVELY SAY THAT IT'S NOVEMBER 14TH AT THE NORTH FRONT ROAD LOCATION.
AND I, I WANNA COMPLIMENT THE CITY.
YOU, YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB OF COORDINATING THIS.
MY, MY ONE, MY ONE COMPLAINT WAS I WENT NORTH ON THE BIKE PATH AND THERE'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE.
AND THE TRASH WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, IT WAS ON THE CALTRAN SIDE.
THE EAST, THE, WHEN WE WENT EASTWARD, THERE WAS A LOT OF TRASH.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PICTURE? WHO TOOK THE PICTURE? I NEVER SAW IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PICTURE.
SOMEONE TOOK A PICTURE AND I WAS WAITING FOR IT TO GO ON THE WEBSITE.
IT NEVER WENT ON OR ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S A GOOD IDEA ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE WITH A CAMERA TAKE MORE PICTURES AND THEN PUT THAT AS ADVERTISEMENT OR, UH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE LAISSEZ-FAIRE,
WELL, YOU LEARN LIVE AND LEARN FOR THESE EVENTS, BUT YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING, THAT WAS GREAT.
I'M GONNA MOVE ON 'CAUSE WE GOT A LOT LEFT TO COVER.
UM, SO MOVING ON TO POINT NUMBER, WHAT NUMBER ARE WE ON? FOUR.
UH, ARBOR DAY AD HOC COMMITTEE.
PRESENT UPDATES FOR BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS ON ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CELEBRATION ARBOR DAY.
SO, SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE PICKED UP, THEY PICKED UP THE TREE THIS WEEK.
EDUARDO PICKED UP THE TREE THIS WEEK.
UM, THE SCHOOLS, WE FIND IT SO MY KIDS ARE NOT GONNA BEGIN ANY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR TREES ARE PLANTING 69.
THERE'S ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, UH, 49 TREES AND 20 SHRUBS.
THEY'RE PLANTING WHO IS, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WAIT, YOU'RE GIVING THEM ALL THOSE? YES.
SO I'LL LIST OFF THE SCHOOLS REAL QUICK.
CROCI, JACKSON AVENUE JUNCTION, MARYLAND, SMITH, EAST AVENUE, CHRISTIANSEN, LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT'S THAT ONE? DO YOU KNOW DAN? I'M WONDERING.
FFGW, ALTAMONT CREEK, AND THEN SUNSET.
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SO I DID TELL 'EM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE DOING PLANTINGS TO TAKE A BUNCH OF PICTURES AND LET US KNOW.AND THEN SUNSET, UM, MY DAUGHTER GOES TO THAT SCHOOL, SO I WAS COORDINATING WITH DAVE HOFFMAN AND THEY'RE DOING A PLANTING OUT FRONT.
I THOUGHT I HAD A PICTURE OF HIS MOCK-UP, BUT MAYBE, OH, HERE IT IS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PLANT SOME TREES OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE WITH SOME PLANTS UNDERNEATH.
THAT'S SO, SO WE'RE GETTING GOOD OUTREACH THIS YEAR ON THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A LOT OF HUMAN INVOLVEMENT.
THERE'S LOTS OF FRUIT TREES AND STUFF GOING INTO, SO IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD EVENT.
IS THAT FERTILE GROUNDWORKS LIST? FERTILE GROUNDWORKS.
UM, SHARE THE LIST OF THE TREES.
SO WE HAVE A CLIMATE LITERACY COMMITTEE AND I WOULD LOVE FOR, TO REPORT OUT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, THE SCOPE OF THIS DONATION THAT YOU'VE MADE AND HOW THE GREENING OF THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES IS WELL UNDERWAY.
SO THEY'LL BE THRILLED TO HEAR THAT.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL GARDEN COORDINATORS AT THE SCHOOLS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE NEED ASSISTANCE OR IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE IT LIKE A CITYWIDE WOW.
GONNA DO A PRESS RELEASE AND, AND ALL THAT ABOVE THIS.
AND THEN IF ANYONE DOES WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR THE SUNSET PLANTING, IT'S GONNA BE ON FRIDAY.
THE, LET ME LOOK AT MY CALENDAR.
IT'S GONNA BE FRIDAY THE 24TH.
AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE STUDENTS INVOLVED.
THERE'S ALSO, THEY'RE DOING READINGS THAT WEEK TOO.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT, I'LL SEND OUT SOME INFORMATION TO MARISSA AND SHE CAN FORWARD IT ON.
AND THEN JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COME IN AND, UH, GET INVOLVED.
DID I SEND YOU THAT, MARISSA? YOU SEND IT THE INVITATION TO THE EARTH DAY READ-IN THAT? THAT, I DON'T THINK SO.
BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO A JOINT PROJECT.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT, THAT WEEK THERE'S ACTUALLY STUFF GOING ON.
I THINK WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY THAT WEEK.
THERE'S STUFF GOING ON ALL WEEK.
THEY'RE DOING READINGS AND PLANTINGS AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUFF.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF TO GET INVOLVED WITH.
UH, AND THAT'S ALL, LET ME CHECK.
I, WHO'S COORDINATING THAT, THAT SENSOR? UH, IT'S DAVE HOFFMAN AND THEN IT WENT OUT THROUGH PRINCIPAL FLETCHER.
SO THEY SEEM PRETTY, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY INVOLVED WITH IT THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO COORDINATED THE READING.
AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS A PARENT AT SUNSET.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S A BIG, YEAH.
UH, THEY PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH READERS, BUT I TRIED TO PUT IT OUT THERE TO ALL OF US INVOLVED IN THE ADULT COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT
'CAUSE WE ARE, WE DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS IS A PILOT.
SO NEXT YEAR WE MAY HAVE MORE SCHOOLS DOING THE READING.
TOM, HOW MANY TREES WAS THAT? UH, IT'S 49 TREES AND 20 SHRUBS.
I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOL GARDENS AND THEY'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED.
UM, IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY'VE DONE AT JUNCTION AVENUE.
THEY HAVE AN ORCHARD PLANTED AND THEY GOT AN EXPERT PRUNER TO COME IN AND DEMONSTRATE HOW TO CORRECTLY PRUNE YOUNG FRUIT TREES.
THESE TREES WILL PROVIDE FOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND THERE'S A BIG, I'LL, I'LL SEND OUT THE LIST, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT, WE HAVE CHERRIES ON HERE, APRICOTS, APPLES, UM, PERON IN, THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLES, SATSUMA, FIGS, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, NECTARINES.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF ON HERE.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME ORNAMENTAL STUFF TOO.
UM, THEN THERE'S SOME ORNAMENTAL STUFF TOO.
SO ONE THING I OBSERVED AT MARYLAND AVENUE'S GARDEN IS THEY HAD PLANTED APPLE TREES 30 YEARS AGO, AND AS STAFF CHANGED AND PARENTS MOVED ON, NOBODY TOOK OVER CARING FOR AND PRUNING THOSE APPLE TREES CORRECTLY.
AND IN THE END THEY ALL GOT TAKEN OUT.
SO FRUIT TREES NEED A LOT OF TLC TO GET, ESPECIALLY TO GET THEM TRAINED CORRECTLY AS YOUNG TREES.
SO ONE THING WE MAY THINK ABOUT IS OFFERING SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS, IF ANY OF US HAVE THAT EXPERTISE OR INTEREST, UM, TO BE A CONSULTANT FOR THEIR TREES SO THAT THEY ARE TREATED CORRECTLY IN THE BEGINNING YEARS.
UH, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE JUNCTION AVENUE HAS
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A PERSON LIKE THAT, BUT I'D BE SURPRISED IF ALL THOSE SCHOOLS DO WELL.AND THIS LIST, THIS LIST WAS PUT TOGETHER TOO BY BROOKE FROM FOR DOG GROUNDWORKS.
UM, SO IT WAS FOR DOG GROUNDWORKS AND THEN MARIAN ADAMS YEAH.
AND GLEN, SO MARIAN, I BELIEVE, UH, MARIAN WAS KIND OF THEIR PLANT LADY, SO YEAH.
HOPEFULLY SHE'S GIVEN SOME ADVICE.
AND THEY DON'T ALL DIE A SCIENTIST, SO SHE'LL MAKE SURE THE SOIL IS GOOD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAVE, UH, PLANNED FOR ARBOR DAY.
LOTS OF TREES GOING IN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET LOTS OF STUDENTS INVOLVED.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPRINGTOWN PLANTING ON FOUR 20.
I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO THE GROUP.
I, 18 4 20 IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF EARTH.
AND THEN IF YOU NEED A TREE FOR THE PLANTING AT MAY NISSAN, LET ME KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S 62 TREES FOR, UH, THE FREE TREE GIVEAWAY TOO.
SO IF YOU NEED ANOTHER ONE FOR THE THAT PLANTING, LET ME KNOW.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE I, UM, NANCY RODRIGUEZ OF RODRIGUEZ MALL IN WINERY HAS HAD A STANDING OFFER FOR AN OAK TREE FROM THEIR PROPERTY.
IT'S IN A, I THINK A TRASH CAN NOW
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT, UM, UH, A SMALL HOMEOWNER OR, OR, OR EVEN THE LHS MINI FOREST WOULD WANT THAT EVENTUALLY REALLY BIG TREE.
SO I THINK MANUS WOULD BE ILLOGICAL.
SO I, I OFTEN, I SAID WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GIVE YOU THIS COAST LIVE OAK TREE, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T WANT THAT TREE, HERE'S THE OTHER SPECIES.
SO I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE SUPERVISING PARK DIE, WHICH TREE THEY ACTUALLY WANT.
SO YEAH, SO ALONG WITH THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY KICK OFF EVENT, AND OF COURSE I'LL BE SENDING WORD OUT TO INVITE ANY OF YOU TO COME AND OR HELP WITH THAT EVENT WOULD BE THE GIVEAWAY TO THE CHILDREN WHO REGISTERED FOR A FREE TREE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST AND, UH, TV AQUA'S PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SO THAT COULD BE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, THAT IS CITYWIDE, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE WOULD COME TO MANUS AND FROM WHEREVER IN LIVERMORE.
AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE OUR PROGRAMS LIKE THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD IF WE HAVE OUR, UM, BROCHURE READY.
AND I KNOW THAT'S COMING UP NEXT ON THE AGENDA MM-HMM
UM, BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO PROMOTE AS, UH, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, LIKE OUR LITTER PICKUP DATES, ANDY.
SO IF WE HAVE, UH, INFORMATION OR A FLYER OR SOME WAY TO SHARE THAT, WE CAN DO THAT AT THAT EVENT.
ONE AREA I HAVE NOT DONE A LOT IN IS SOCIAL MEDIA.
I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA READOUT, BUT I'M HOPING WE CAN GET A LOT OF CONTENT FROM THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON AND SHARE STUFF AFTER.
UH, THE PREVIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT WAS LIKE TREE TRIVIA.
IS THAT, UM, GOING THROUGH THE CITY'S COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OR WE NEED THAT CONTENT FROM YOU GUYS.
IT GOES ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK THROUGH THE CITIES.
UM, AND UM, I, SHE MAY TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT GENERALLY IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THE, UH, APPLES TO APPLES.
THEY NEED A WEEK TO UH, BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT AND PUT IT INTO THEIR CALENDAR.
SO WE DO STILL HAVE TIME ON THAT TO GET IT.
BY, UH, NEXT MONDAY THE 13TH, PLEASE.
DO THEY USE CANVA OR DO YOU KNOW HOW WE SUBMITTED? JUST EMAIL IT TO MARI.
I THINK, UM, LAST YEAR I WAS, I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR LAST YEAR.
WE DO LOVE RECYCLING ON THIS COMMITTEE, RIGHT, ANDY? OH, YES.
IBEL, I THINK THEY'RE STILL ON THERE.
WE JUST HAVE TO SCROLL BACK A YEAR.
SO YOU CAN LET US KNOW, LIKE HOW TO SUBMIT, GIVE US STEP BY STEP.
DO WE JUST SEND IT TO YOU? YEAH.
I'LL TRY TO GET SOME, SOME STUFF DONE THIS WEEK THEN.
AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU ANN AND TO JOHN TOO.
ONE THING THAT I HAD SUGGESTED LAST YEAR, BUT NEVER REALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH ON
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WAS, UM, TREE TAGS FOR TREES, UM, TO KIND OF GIVE VISIBILITY TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS TO GET MORE TREES IN THE COMMUNITY.AND I JUST WONDER, UH, WHAT Y'ALL THINK OF THAT IDEA OF TREE TAGS THAT COULD GO ON THESE RCON TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD TREES AND OR THE SCHOOL TREES? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU MEAN LIKE HANGING TAGS? JUST HANGING TAGS, YEAH.
WE COULD, I MEAN, HOMEOWNERS ARE PROBABLY JUST GONNA TAKE 'EM OFF.
I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST GONNA TAKE 'EM OFF WHEN THEY PUT 'EM IN.
I DUNNO ABOUT THE SCHOOL TREES.
I THOUGHT WE'D ASKED AT ONE POINT ABOUT SOME SIGNS, BUT THEY SAID NO.
'CAUSE IT WAS SOME KIND OF HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN.
IT LIKE STICKING STUFF IN AT THE BASE OF THE TREES OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T THINK WE WERE ALLOWED TO DO.
AND THEN THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE HANGING TAGS, THEY ONLY LAST SO LONG AND THEN THE TREE GETS SO BIG IT'S JUST GONNA FALL OFF ANYWAY.
THEY WERE, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD TAGS.
BUT I DON'T NEED ONE MORE PROJECT IF THERE'S NOT INTEREST IN IT.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST IS TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR TREE WHEN IT'S LITTLE AND WITH YOUR CHILD AND THEN SUBMIT A PHOTO THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR.
SO MAYBE WE CAN COLLECT PHOTOS IN SOME KIND OF ALBUM.
NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND JUST GET, TRY TO GET AS MANY PHOTOS AS WE CAN FROM EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
MAYBE CREATE A FOLDER FOR YEAH.
SCHOOL TO SUBMIT SOME GOOGLE DRIVE OR SOMETHING.
I DID SAY TO GLEN THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE TREES, BUT YOU GOTTA GET ME LOTS OF PICTURES OF THE KIDS.
AND YOU HAD SENT IN A GOOGLE DOC WITH ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS OR ALL OF THE POSTS FOR ARBOR DAY LAST YEAR.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND THAT OUT TO THE GROUP? TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? YEAH.
THANKS FOR LOOKING THAT UP, MARISSA.
JOHN, I HAVE A NUMBER OF TWO GALLON OAKS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME BUT KIND, BUT READY TO BE PLANTED.
HOW MANY ARE THERE? PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR.
YOU PLANTED FROM SEED? FROM THE, FROM MY ACORN, FROM MY ACORNS.
DO YOU WANT THEM? YEAH, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE JUST SITTING IN A CONTAINER.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM PLANNED.
I'LL, I'LL BRING THEM NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO LOOKING GOOD FOR ARBOR DAY.
UH, SO MOVING ON TO 4.5, UH, BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS, AD AD HOC COMMITTEE.
JUST RECEIVE AN UPDATE OVER TO BYE KAREN.
UM, THE BOTH OF THE PAMPHLETS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT'S MISSING FROM THE PAMPHLET, UH, FOR THE, UM, UH, SERVICE AWARD WOULD BE DO WE HAVE ANY PICTURES OF EITHER THE LA THE TWO WINNERS FROM LAST YEAR, LIKE ANDY AND INSTAGRAM? I THINK THERE WAS ONE FROM THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WHERE THEY'RE RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE.
SO, BUT NOTHING WAS SUBMITTED IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
THERE WASN'T A REQUIREMENT FOR FOR THAT.
BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS AT, AT THE, THE CEREMONY WHETHER THERE WAS ANY PICTURES TAKEN MM-HMM
AND IF WE COULD INSERT ONE OF THOSE PICTURES, UH, INSTEAD JUST TO UPDATE IN THE PAMPHLET JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS AN AWARD MM-HMM
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
THAT'S THE ONLY SUGGESTION THAT, UM, BECAUSE I UPDATED, UM, THE, UH, PICTURES IN THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD FOR SOME OF THE WINNERS FROM LAST YEAR.
I THINK THE DATES ARE CORRECT.
AND WE DO, THAT'S ME AND THE OTHER GUY.
YEAH, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PUT THAT PICTURE ON.
THEN WE COULD JUST PUT 20, 25 WINNERS.
THEY'RE ALL BLURRING TOGETHER.
IS THERE A CHANCE TO BE READY BY BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH? OH YEAH.
IF, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE, UNLESS SOMEONE SEES ANY KIND OF, UM, CHANGE IN THE WORDING OR WHATEVER, UM, NO, I THINK THEY LOOK REALLY GOOD.
THE QR CODE, MARISSA SAID THAT THE QR CODE IS GOOD TO GO.
UM, SO THE ONLY SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT, WOULD IF WE COULD PUT, UM,
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REPLACE ONE OF THE PICTURES IN THE PAMPHLET WITH THE, UH, AWARD WINNERS, UH, UM, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT OR JUST HAVE A UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT? NO, I GUESS IT'S UP TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO THEY COULD SUBMIT THE APPLICATION ONCE WE GET THE BROCHURES READY OR DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANYTHING? NO.
IT JUST HAS TO BE RE RE-ADDED TO THE WEBSITE.
SO COULD WE DO THAT BY THE END OF APRIL? YES.
DO YOU CARE WHAT PHOTO IT REPLACES IN THE APPLICATION? UH, HOW ABOUT THE FIRST ONE? OKAY.
AND ANY IDEAS ANYONE HAS OF UH, PUBLICIZING THIS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY LAST YEAR, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO, WHICH I DIDN'T DO, JUST TO GO
COULD WE REMIND THEM WHAT WE HAVE? WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD AS WELL AS THE BEAUTIFICATION SERVICE AWARD.
WE'RE CONTINUING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WE'RE PROMOTING IT.
COULD WE ALSO HAND OUT FLYERS AT THE COMMU AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR ARE YOU NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT? WE CAN, AS IN IF SO IF, SAY IF KAREN WENT AND PRESENTED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND JUST BROUGHT ATTENTION TO IT AND THEN EVERYONE'S WALKING OUT, WE CAN GIVE 'EM AN APPLICATION OR I COULD GIVE THE, THE PAMPHLETS TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER HEAD OF OR WHATEVER TO THE YOU CAN BRING IT TO THE CLERK GIVE AND STAFF WILL RECEIVE IT FROM YOU.
AND THEN STAFF CAN MAKE COPIES.
AND I CAN JUST GIVE THE PAMPHLET YEAH.
OR PUT 'EM ON THE TABLE OR SOMETHING.
EVERYBODY IN MIND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN NOMINATING PEOPLE.
OR IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SOME EXTRA PAMPHLETS FOR YOU.
UM, WHAT IF, DO WE HAVE A STANDING BROCHURE HOLDER AT ALDEN LANE NURSERY? OH, SOUNDS LIKE A CONCEPT.
I GAVE THEM ONE LAST YEAR, I THINK.
BUT I MEAN, SO PEOPLE CAN JUST TAKE IT WHEN WITH THE CHECKOUT COUNTER.
I THINK I STILL HAVE ALL THOSE, I BRING 'EM IN.
BUT I THINK OLD AND LANE STILL HAS ONE.
THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT JUST KEPT THEM, WHICH IS FINE.
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THE NURSE, THE NURSE CALLED LANE AND THE LIBRARY.
I THINK WE DID ACE HARDWARE TOO LAST YEAR.
WAS IT THIS GROUP THAT GOT THE QUESTION ABOUT TABLING, UM, AT THE FARMER'S MARKET? YES.
I WAS JUST GONNA PLUG THAT OR SHOULD WE JUST RESPOND REPLY? YEAH, JUST REPLY WITH YOUR AVAILABILITY.
UM, AND THE DATES THAT ARE NOT LIST, THE THURSDAY DATES THAT ARE NOT ON THERE ARE ALREADY TAKEN BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, THOSE DATES WILL WORK FOR A FEW OF YOU.
I WAS THINKING AN APRIL DATE WOULD BE GOOD IN THAT WE COULD PROMOTE THESE END OF THE MONTH BIRTHDAY ARBOR DAY ACTIVITIES.
IT WAS LIKE THE WINDIEST DAY IN APRIL, I THINK WINDIEST DAY IN 2025.
WELL, IT'S PROMOTING WHAT WAS PROMOTING DID ASK, I DID ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT PROMOTING.
SO I THINK TO SUM THIS UP, IF YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO REPLACE, IF YOU HAD THE PHOTO, I CAN REPLACE IT OR YOU CAN DO IT.
LET LET US KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP.
BECAUSE WE MAY WANNA SCHEDULE OUR FARMER'S MARKET OUTREACH SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THAT.
GOOD UPDATE, UH, PROGRESSING THROUGH 4.6 OVER TO COMMITTEE MEMBER BROWN FOR VERBAL PRESENTATION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBER BROWN ON VOLUNTEERING FOR THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE.
WELL AND DIRECTION AND NEXT STEPS.
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PONTO, WHO YOU MET, OFFERED TO HAVE THE CITY BE THE ORGANIZER, BUT SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY DIRECTLY INVOLVED SO MUCH WITH THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE.I REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE WHO COORDINATED AUDIENCE LAST YEAR, AND THAT INCLUDED KAREN.
UM, DID NOT GET A LOT OF REFIS.
SO MY TACK THIS YEAR IS TO, UM, MAYBE LEAD ONE MYSELF FROM THE PACIFIC CENTER LIBRARY AND THEN, UH, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON EXISTING OUTINGS WITH L-A-R-P-D ON SATURDAY.
ALTHOUGH NOW I JUST GOT AN EMAIL TODAY THAT THE RANGERS ARE THINKING OF ORGANIZING A NEW OUTING AND THEN WITH, UM, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS ON SUNDAY.
SO BASICALLY IT'S PRETTY LOW KEY THIS YEAR.
UM, ANYBODY CAN MAKE OBSERVATIONS ANYWHERE AND IT WILL ALL GET COUNTED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN PEOPLE LEAVING GUIDED OUTINGS THIS YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO GET TOGETHER SOME KIND OF A FLYER FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE EXISTING OUTINGS TAKING PLACE.
AND MAYBE I'LL ADD ONE OR TWO, BUT I'LL BE NICE.
RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON MADEIRA TURF CONVERSION AND DISCUSS, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE PLANT LIST.
SO WE HAVE THE EVENT COMING UP ON APRIL 18TH.
WE'RE DOING A TURF CONVERSION PROJECT AT MADERA PARK.
UM, SO YOU'VE BEEN, UH, SUPPLIED A LIST OF PLANTS THAT, UM, STAFF IS INCORPORATING INTO THE, UM, CONVERSION PLAN.
AND WE HAVE ASKED, ARE ASKING YOU FOR ANY INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS ON OTHER SPECIES OF PLANTS THAT MIGHT WORK IN THIS AREA? UM, OR ANY INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE, UM, LISTED SPECIES WE ALREADY HAVE THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT THAT CITY STAFF WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.
I LOOK AT ROSE IN CALIFORNIA AND I WOULD, IT'S MINE.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, IT'S VERY INVASIVE, BUT IT'S NATIVE.
BUT, UH, I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO, AND THEY SAID OF ALL THE NATIVE PLANTS THAT THEY WISH THEY HADN'T PUT IN, THAT TAKES OVER EVERYTHING.
IT, IT REALLY IS, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVE.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SITE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE MADERA PARKING IS.
I THINK WE SENT OUT A MAP, I BELIEVE.
UM, IT'S THE PARK ACROSS FROM THE FEED STORE ON SILVER OAKS AND, AND, UH, IT'S BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING BIG SHADE TREES THERE.
RIGHT? UH, THERE'S SHADE TREES, BUT THERE'S, IT'S ALL TURF, UM, ON THE SURFACE.
SO WE'RE CONVERTING THAT INTO LOW WATER USE LANDSCAPE.
UM, THE IMAGE THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU SHOWS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE, UH, MORE WESTERN SOUTHWESTERN PERIMETER.
UH, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSION ON COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY TO INCORPORATE THE REST OF THE PERIMETER OF THE PARK STRETCHING EAST AND THEN BACK AROUND ON THE SILVER OAKS WAY.
UM, SO THIS IS A VOLUNTEER PROJECT THAT WE THINK WE COULD FIT IN A, A THREE HOUR TIME WINDOW ON A SATURDAY THAT SEEMS TO WORK FOR US.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF JUST DOING IT IN, IN, UH, PORTIONS.
AND WHO SUGGESTED THIS LIST? UH, THIS IS, UH, STAFF HAD DONE SOME, UM, RESEARCH, BUT ALSO WE HAVE, UH, ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THESE PLANTS WERE LEFT OVER FROM THE L STREET GARAGE PROJECT.
SO, UH, IT'S ALSO A MONEY SAVING.
I WAS JUST LOOKING IT UP ACTUALLY.
ENS, WHAT IS THAT? DEAR GRASS? OH, UM, SOLVENT WILL BE GREAT FOR THE POLLINATORS.
I JUST REC WHY ARE THEY USING GERMAN? IRIS JUST LEFT OVER INSTEAD OF LIKE PACIFIC COAST HYBRID.
SAY THAT AGAIN, THOMAS THE IRIS.
IT'S PROBABLY, IT'S PROBABLY OVER.
WE HAVE, YEAH, I JUST, THAT'S FINE.
I MEAN, IT'S A NICE IRIS IF YOU'RE BUYING THEM.
I JUST RECOMMEND DOING PACIFIC COAST JUST 'CAUSE IT'S A YEAH.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CALIFORNIA.
YEAH, YOU COULD SWITCH THAT OUT.
I FEEL, I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT
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THAT ONE.WHAT ABOUT JUST GROUND COVER ROSES OR ROSE PRAA OR SOMETHING? IF THERE'S, YEAH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT OTHER, IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE YOU WOULD SUGGEST TO TAKE ITS PLACE PRA THEN, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF PLANT? UM, WELL THAT'S, UH, UP TO YOU
SO THERE'LL BE IMPARTIAL SHADE ONE THING.
I WONDER HOW THE S PROBABLY BE.
I THINK PROBABLY BE OKAY AS LONG AS IT'S GETTING SOME SUN ABOUT LIKE CYS PERUS OR SOMETHING INSTEAD OF UHSO.
UM, INSTEAD OF THE ROSE CALIFORNIA PURPLE ROCK ROSE.
THE ONE, OH YEAH, THE ONE, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE FAR BETTER THAN, THAN BLIPS.
THAT ONE'S A LITTLE HARDER TO FIND.
YEAH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A, THAT WOULD BE NICE.
ESPECIALLY IN, IN A PARTIAL SHADE AREA.
THAT WOULD DO BETTER THAN THESE LIST.
AND HOW ABOUT, UM, OH, PLANT? WHAT? YEAH, I'M THINKING OF, UM, IT USED TO BE CALLED COLONATE, OREGON.
WHAT WHAT, WHAT'S THE BOTANICAL NAME? MAHONIA.
COMPACTA I THINK IS, UH, A NICE, UH, SHADE.
AND IT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOVELY, UH, KIND OF MM-HMM
I HAVE SNOWBERRY, BUT IT IT'S REALLY SPREADS FAST.
I MEAN, IT HAS TAKEN OVER MY SHADING AREA.
SO, UM, MAHONEY, AQUA FOLIA RIPENS COMPACTA HUMMINGBIRD SAGE OVER THE BEES BLISS, UH, BECAUSE IT'LL DO BETTER THAN THE SHADE.
AND THEN, UH, TOM WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, PACIFIC COAST IRIS OVER GERMAN, BUT SINCE WE HAVE, IF WE DO HAVE, IF YOU HAVE GERMAN, IT'S FINE.
WOULD THEY DO, WOULD I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE, I'M NOT A BIG IRIS PERSON, BUT, UH, GERMANA IS, WOULD THAT DO WELL? PARTIAL SHAPE? YEAH.
AND THE, THE PACIFIC'S THE SAME SHADE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S ON THE LIST.
I THINK THERE WAS ONLY TWO WE DIDN'T HAVE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, KAREN WANTS TO TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF ROSA, CALIFORNIA.
NO, WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THOSE OUT.
YOU KNOW, JOE, YOU COULD JUST PUT ONE LITTLE PIECE IN THAT.
WE'LL WE'LL FIND A BETTER HOME FOR THE, FOR THE UH, FOR THE ROSES.
YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR OUT IS TO PUT 'EM ON THE MEDIAN
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HILLSIDE THAT THEY MIGHT DO VERY WELL ON IF THEY SPREAD LIKE THAT.
WE'LL FIND ANOTHER, AN OPEN SPACE.
WELL, JULIE, FOR YOU FOR TURF CONVERSION? YES.
IS THIS ZONE SEVEN? UH, ZONE SEVEN'S GONNA BE THERE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NO GRANT OR ANYTHING? NO, NOT ON THIS ONE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING A GRANT ON THE, ON THE FOUR BIG ONES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
THAT'S, WE'RE GETTING A, A GRANT THROUGH ZONE SEVEN, UH, BUT NOT ON THIS PROJECT.
AND WHICH, WHICH ONES ARE YOU CURRENTLY DOING? UH, SO A ROYAL PARKWAY IS DONE.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, EAST AVENUE GREENS, WHICH ARE, UH, JUST TWO PIECES OF TURF THAT HAVE ON EACH SIDE OF EAST AVENUE, NORTH AND SOUTH.
UM, KIND OF WHERE SIXTH STREET INTERSECTS.
AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO, UH, CHRISTOPHER RANCH, LMD, WHICH IS DOWN ON HOME STREET IN LEXINGTON.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE GOING TO CRATER WAY PARK, WHICH IS JUST A BREEZEWAY OF TURF AND SOME LARGE TREES.
THAT'S, AND THE FIRST ONE YOU SAID WAS ARROYO PARKWAY.
SO THAT'S ON ARROYO WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH ROBERTSON PARK ROAD IN BETWEEN, UH, CONCANNON AND COLLEGE AVENUE.
YOU USE IT ALL THE TIME? YEAH, IT'S ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OR WEST SIDE OF ARROYO.
LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF LAVENDER.
WHAT GOT PUT IN THERE? I AM NOT SURE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
YEAH, I OBSERVED THAT OVER DAY.
I, I PASSED BY A COUPLE TIMES VERY QUICKLY WHILE THEY WERE DOING IT.
BUT WILL THERE BE WATERING FOR THIS NEW PLANTING INITIALLY THEN? YEAH, SO WE'RE CON WE'RE CONVERTING THE
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LAWN ROTORS AND SO THAT PARK RIGHT NOW IS LAWN ROTORS AND SPRAYS A COMBINATION DEPENDING ON, BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE PARK.UH, SO WE'RE CONVERTING OVER TO BUBBLERS PER PLANT.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PRE-WORK ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, PROJECT SO THAT THE VOLUNTEERS CAN COME IN WHERE OUR GOAL IS THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND LEAVE WITH A FINISHED PROJECT.
SO WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF THE CONVERSION WORK AND PREPPING.
SO WHAT ARE THE TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE? UH, I'M NOT SURE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THEY ARE GOOD SIZE OAKS OR SOMETHING, OR I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE ASH TREES OR, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
YEAH, HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T BE DISTURBED.
HOW, HOW MANY PLANTS ARE GOING IN? DO YOU KNOW? UH, OH, A HUNDRED.
BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY ONE GALLON, SO SMALLER.
AND IT'S 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF AREA.
JOE, WILL THERE BE ANY SIGNAGE ABOUT THE PROJECTS? UM, NOT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ANYTHING IN ADVANCE.
THERE'LL BE SOME SIGNS UP DURING THE PROJECT.
UM, THEY HAVE ADVERTISED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE'VE GOT SOME VOLUNTEERS ALREADY SIGNED UP.
NO, I MEAN, LIKE PERMANENT SIGNS, LIKE THIS IS A TURF CONVERSION PROJECT OF CITY OF LIVERMORE.
I JUST THINK IT, IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO SEE TURF CONVERSION OR INSPIRE THEM TO DO THE SAME ON THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND SEE HOW GOOD IT CAN LOOK.
CAN HAVE TIM, YOU CAN HAVE TIM LIKE SPINNING THE SIGNS, MAN, THAT'S YEAH.
SPINNING ONE OF THOSE SIGNS AROUND.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE ALL THIS STUFF FOR GRANTED.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TOOK THE HORN AND SAVING MONEY.
IT CAN BE A BIG AND A WATER, WATER SAVER.
WE ACTUALLY DID THAT ON WHEN WE DID A TURF CONVERSION OVER HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, WE JUST DID THE CHLOROPLAST SIGNS THAT KIND OF LIKE WE GAVE AWAY FOR THE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS.
THOSE ARE RELATIVELY LOW COST PASSED OUT THERE ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN, YEAH.
CONSIDER DOING IT FOR ALL FOUR PROJECTS.
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG TRAFFIC ONES WHERE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE AT THE FOUR PROJECTS.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE GRANT.
CAN YOU SEND US OUT THE VOLUNTEER FORM FOR THIS CONVERSION? UH, YES.
DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS? OH, DO WE HAVE ANY, OH YEAH, SORRY.
POINT FIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF FOR NEXT MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA, MARISSA? UH, THE THREE TOPICS, I, I HAVE THREE TOPICS FOR THE MAY 6TH MEETING.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS A, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE HOPING YOU GUYS CAN, UH, REVIEW AND DISCUSS AT A CITY PROPERTY ON NORTH LIVERMORE.
IT'S A SMALL HOUSING, UM, BUILDING THAT HAS JUST A COUPLE OF ISLANDS OF, UH, WHAT USED TO BE SOME LANDSCAPING AND, UH, HELLSCAPE, HELLSCAPE,
BETWEEN, UM, GOOD TIME TAVERN AND CAKE DELIGHT.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA? OH YEAH.
SO IT'S, IT'S SOUTH OF THE TRACKS, JUST THAT, YES.
UM, SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE STANDING ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.
AND THEN AN UPDATE FROM THE ATION AWARD.
UM, I, TRISHA HAD FORWARDED ME SOMETHING ABOUT A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR COMMUNITY ORGS THAT RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE WONDERED, UH, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY, IT'S LIKE 250 FOR UP TO 12 VOLUNTEERS, BUT LOOKING AT THE RESPONSE YOU GOT, ANDY.
UM, IT'S FOR ANYTHING FROM TREE PLANNING, BEAUTIFICATION, LITTER, PICKUPS AND SO FORTH.
SO THE TWO GRANT PERIODS THEY'RE HOPING TO FUND ARE APRIL AND SEPTEMBER.
SO IF WE WANTED TO PRE-THINK ABOUT A SUM COMMUNITY EVENT IN SEPTEMBER THAT WE WOULD APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR, IT COULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, UM, GIVEAWAYS, REFRESHMENTS.
DON'T GIVE US ALL THE INFO NOW, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING PUT IT ON, WE PUT IT ON MAY A DISCUSSION
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AT THE NEXT MEETING.COULD YOU SEND OUT THE CRITERIA FOR THE GRANT? THAT WOULD BE, UM, GOOD.
COULD I SEND, I DUNNO IF IT'S YOU DID AND I DID RESPOND, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, APPLY FOR BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT GOES INTO GRANT REPORTING AND OH.
THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF, OF RECEIVING AND PAYMENT AND ALL THAT.
UM, I ASKED TRISHA IF SHE KNEW MORE ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID SHE FORWARDED IT TO YOU IN CASE YOU KNEW OF ANY NON-PROFITS THAT COULD APPLY.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE BEAUTIFICATION.
SEND IT TO AMOS A HUNDRED K TREES,
ANDY DID YOU WANNA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH.
I REALLY AM PASSIONATE ABOUT LIKE, GETTING LIVERMORE TO START THE ADOPT A ROAD.
SO I I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT.
LIKE I COULD DO SOME INITIAL RESEARCH OR, YEAH.
OR, AND FOR ME, OR LIKE WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT.
START DISCUSSION, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST ROUTE IS.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW OTHER AGENCIES HAVE DONE IT ALL.
DO YOU WANT TO BRING THAT IN MAY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I REALLY WANT THIS JUST AN UPDATE.
REALLY WANT TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE IT WAS ON THE WORK PLAN, RIGHT? WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT, BUT, UH, WE JUST HAVE A, A SHORTENED WINDOW BECAUSE WE'RE A WEEK OUT, UH, FROM OUR NORMAL FIRST WORK.
ANDY, THEN YOU GOT A LITTLE LONGER.