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THANK YOU.[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
IT IS 6 0 3 ON JUNE 3RD, AND I'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO ORDER.UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS ROLL CALL.
AND COMMITTEE MEMBER STEIN IS ABSENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
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APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FROM THE MAY 6TH, 2026.DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ON A SECOND.
AND VICE CHAIR CRAFT AND COMMITTEE MEMBER WONG, YOU'RE GONNA ABSTAIN SINCE YOU WEREN'T AT THE, UH, LAST MEETING.
COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON ABSENT.
UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER WEISS AYE.
AND COMMITTEE MEMBER STEIN IS ABSENT.
PROVIDE FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF ON THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY AT THE CITY FACILITY LOCATED AT 1 41 NORTH LIVERMORE AVENUE OVER TO JOE.
UH, SO WE ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE ANY PLANS OR SUGGESTIONS ON THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR 1 41 NORTH LIVERMORE.
UM, THE COMMITTEE WAS PROVIDED PHOTOS OF THE AREA, ASKED TO GO BY AND SEE IF THEY HAD ANY IDEAS OR INPUT THAT THE CITY COULD INCORPORATE INTO A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THERE.
AND ALSO WANTED TO BRING TO THE COMMITTEE THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY IS SEPTEMBER 19TH.
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HOST A VOLUNTEER PROJECT TO BEAUTIFY THE LANDSCAPE AREAS.
SO IS THERE, DID ANYBODY GET A CHANCE TO COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY FORGOT.
CAN WE DO WHAT THE WATER SITUATION IS THERE? THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER.
THERE'S WATER ON THE ONE SECTION UNDERNEATH THE STAIRCASE OF THE HOSE BIB.
THERE'S A HOSE, A HOSE FITTING HOSE BIB THERE.
WE COULD ATTACH A BATTERY OPERATED TIMER AND DO SOME VERY LIGHT IRRIGATION.
UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT MIGHT BE MORE OF A HARDSCAPE, UM, OR VERY, VERY DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS THAT, UH, IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN ANYBODY WATERING TO AT LEAST GET ESTABLISHED, WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THAT.
I CAN DO SOMETHING FOR YOU, UH, VERY QUICKLY AND I PROMISED TO GET IT DONE.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST THINKING SUPER EASY STUFF LIKE SALVIA GREG EYES OR SOMETHING.
DO YOU LIKE THOSE OR YOU HATE 'EM? NO.
LIKE, SO LIKE GREG I HOTLIPS OR SOMETHING.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR.
THERE'S YEAH, BUT I DON'T MIND GOING AND ACTUALLY DOING LIKE A LITTLE LAYOUT JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUNTEERS KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE GREEK EYE AND WHERE TO PUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS YEAH.
TO MAKE IT LOOK KIND OF, WE HAVE TIME ON IT.
UM, YEAH, SO IF YOU WANT TO BRING SOMETHING JUNE 1ST, UM, AND THEN IT'S JUNE 3RD.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE MEETING BEFORE THE KIND OF, BEFORE THE, THE SERVICE DAY.
SO, UH, IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, TALK ABOUT SPECIES AND THEN IF THE COMMITTEE ON A WHOLE IS OKAY WITH CAT PROVIDING A FINAL DRAWING OF THE, OF THE DESIGN AND WE COULD HAVE THAT AT THE AUGUST BC MEETING.
THAT WE DO WE HAVE A MU MUTUAL COMMITTEE AGREEMENT THAT KAT'S GONNA RUN WITH IT.
AND I'LL PUT A GRE EYE IN THERE FOR YOU.
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I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A LITTLE SIGNAGE WHERE WE HAVE NEW PLANTS, UM, TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF THE PLANTS.
DROUGHT TOLERANCE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PROPERTIES WE WANT.
THAT'S COULD BE A FAIRLY HIGH TRAFFIC LOCATION.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WALK BY IT.
IS IT ON THE, UM, IT'S KIND OF ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE, WHAT'S THAT LITTLE BAR CALLED RIGHT THERE? UH, IT'S NOT REALLY ON A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.
IS IT GOOD TIME SALOON? IT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, RIGHT? YOU WOULD MISS IT.
WELL MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT CRUCIAL HOUSE.
UM, NO, I THINK IT'S UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TIME.
IF THERE'S A CLEANERS THERE AND THE CAKE BUSINESS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN.
IT'S KIND OF WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE BEND, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA GO BACK ON YOURSELF TOWARDS WHERE LIKE MCDONALD'S IS RIGHT.
IS LIKE BEHIND YOU? NO, WELL MCDONALD'S IS THE NO STREET, NOT MCDONALD'S.
IT'S OPPOSITE THE GARAGE, RIGHT? IT'S RIGHT KIND OF AGAINST THE RAMER TRACKS.
RIGHT, RIGHT UP AGAINST THE UNDERPASS.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY PASSING BY IT ON THE UNDERPASS.
YOU DON'T SEE IT, YOU DON'T SEE UNLESS YOU TAKE A VERY SHARP RIGHT.
AND THEN TURN DOWN THAT LITTLE SIDE STREET, WHICH NOT DEFINITELY NOT A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, BUT, OKAY.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, ANN, YOU CAN BUY A NATIVE PLANTS GROW HERE, METAL SIGN FROM TEMU FOR FIVE BUCKS.
WE CAN GET A SIGN OF GORILLA MARKETING.
WE CAN, WE COULD, WE COULD DISCUSS THAT IN IN AUGUST TOO.
AND THEN GET EVERY, GET IT, GET IT FINALIZED, APPROVED CAT'S DESIGN HOSE FOR THAT SITE.
UH, I THINK THE CITY CAN PROVIDE FUNDING OR WOULD WE JUST USE A BUCKET OR SOMETHING? UH, WE COULD PRO I'M SURE CITY COULD PROVIDE A, A HOSE.
IT'S A HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES INTEREST TO GET THIS BEAUTIFIED.
SO, UH, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO, TO BUY PLANTS AND POSE AND A TIMER AND THINGS.
WHO IS THE LIAISON? LIKE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WE COULD OFFER THEM, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF THEY WANNA LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLANTS OR OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARE FOR THE PLANTS, BECAUSE THAT'S OFTEN A VERY THERAPEUTIC THING FOR PEOPLE IN TIMES OF STRESS.
UM, WELL THEY DID BRING FORTH THE INTEREST OF HAVING THIS AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY PROJECT.
SO ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP FOR THAT PROJECT, THERE COULD BE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THERE.
SO IF THE, IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO ALSO, UH, BRING THAT BACK IN AUGUST AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN THE COMMITTEE HOSTING THAT PROJECT THERE.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY CAN PROVIDE THE MATERIALS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME SITE PREP TO DO BEFORE THAT DAY, LIKE LOOSENING THE SOIL PRE WATERING OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE GET LIKE THREE WEEKS OF RAIN BEFORE YOU
4.3, RECEIVE PRESENTATION FROM KENNY, MINIMUM MEMBER WONG ON DEVELOPING AN ADOPT A ROAD PROGRAM.
WELL, SO IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AND REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT LIKE, SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON HOW WE COULD IMPLEMENT AN ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM AND LIVERMORE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I BASICALLY CREATE A BUNCH OF SLIDES JUST KIND OF SHARING SOME IDEAS AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND KIND OF LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANNA LAUNCH IT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO HOPEFULLY THESE SLIDES KIND OF GIVE A GOOD KIND OF OVERVIEW ON WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND BASED UPON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHAT I'VE KIND OF RESEARCHED AND MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CREATE LIKE A REALLY ROBUST AND SOLID ADOPT THE SPOT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, TO GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND HELP AND CLEAN UP LIVERMORE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO ONTO TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, AH, OH, YOU CAN'T, OH, MAYBE PROBLEM LOADING THE PAGE.
MAYBE I'M, YEAH, MAYBE I'LL, I'LL WAIT.
OKAY, SO, SO WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO LIVERMORE FROM ADOPTING AN ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM? SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WHOLE REASON WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE IT'LL HELP LIVERMORE BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY FISCALLY AND ALSO CREATE LIKE A BETTER COMMUNITY BOND.
THE LAST THING THAT WANTS FOR THIS PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY LIKE DEPLETE
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LIVERMORE'S, YOU KNOW, BUDGET, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.I WANT IT TO BE BENEFICIAL AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS? SO, AS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, A LOT OF STATES AND CITIES HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT FROM THESE, FROM THESE PROGRAMS, SOME OF THE STATES AND CITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
YOU KNOW, COW TRANSFER INSTANCE, THEY SAVED $19 MILLION ANNUALLY FROM 140,000 VOLUNTEER ADOPTED MILES, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEY REPORTED A LE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LESSER AMOUNT OF SAVINGS, BUT IT'S ALSO LESSER AMOUNT OF MILES.
SAME THING WITH NORTH CAROLINA AND FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, THIS I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING, $8,000 SAFE AND 24,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS, BUT IF YOU LIKE, KIND OF LIKE, THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF LIKE PEOPLE JUST VOLUNTEERING LIKE TWO OR THREE HOURS EACH QUARTER MULTIPLIED BY THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS.
LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE SAVED.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM THE CLEANUP EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMING, WE CAN ACHI EASILY ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, SAVINGS OF, OF A SIMILAR NUMBER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE 24,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS IS A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS AND DOING IT FOR LIKE ONE TO TWO HOURS, YOU KNOW, EACH MONTH OR EVERY QUARTER, IT ADDS UP.
SO THE OTHER REASON, SO NEXT SLIDE.
THE OTHER REASON WHY I THINK ADOPT A SPA PROGRAM IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO LIVERMORE IS BECAUSE A, IT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO INSTILL SOME CIVIC PRIDE FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTEERING.
YOU KNOW, THEY, IT COULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COMPLETE VOLUNTEERING SERVICE HOURS.
IT COULD INSPIRE THEM TO BE LIKE, THIS IS REALLY COOL.
I REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF A SOLUTION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY WE CAN LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE LIVERMORE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY? YOU KNOW, LIKE GET THE STUDENTS ON BOARD, GET THEM TO BRAINSTORM, YOU KNOW, BE INVOLVED IN THIS REALLY COOL PROCESS.
AND THEN ALSO LIKE WHEN VOLUNTEERS TAKE CARE OF LIKE SOME OF THE LITTER THAT'S ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PUBLIC WORKS, THEY CAN FOCUS ON OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE MORE PRESSING, WHETHER IT'S LIKE WEED ABATEMENT OR I DON'T KNOW, LIKE OTHER STUFF, RIGHT? THEY CAN FOCUS ON THOSE MORE PRESSING NEEDS WHILE THE LITTER IS BEING PICKED UP BY VOLUNTEERS.
AND THAT MEANS WE WORK TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
YOU KNOW, NUMBER THREE, IT IMPROVES NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE AND COMMUNITY PRIDE.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT ONE'S KIND OF OBVIOUS
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, BY SHOWING PEOPLE, BY SETTING EXAMPLE IN LIVERMORE, YOU KNOW, OTHER RESIDENTS WILL TAKE NOTE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL LEAD TO LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, UM, LONG-TERM TRENDS WHERE LIKE, HEY, NEIGHBORHOOD IS KEPT UP, IT'S WELL MAINTAINED.
AND THEN OVER OVERALL WE SEE A DECREASE IN LITTER.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
AND ALSO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING ABOUT ADOPT A SPA PROGRAM IS IT HAS FLEXIBLE HOURS.
SO VOLUNTEER WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE NOT BUSY, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THE CLEANUP EVENTS IS LIKE, IT'S HARD TO SAY LIKE, OH, ONE ME ONE VOLUNTEER CAN'T SHOW UP.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T LIKE CANCEL IT, RIGHT? BUT WHEN PEOPLE MAINTAIN THEIR OWN SPOTS, THEY CAN DO IT ON THEIR OWN TIME AND SCHEDULE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS LIKE, AGAIN, THINGS ARE BEING DONE MORE EFFICIENTLY RATHER THAN ONE PERSON'S HOLDING UP OTHER PEOPLE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, SO, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BENEFITS OF ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM.
AND NOW I KIND OF WANNA TALK ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO WE LIKE GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING IT IF WE DO PROCEED WITH THAT? SO, LONG STORY SHORT, SO I JUST KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THIS IN MORE DETAIL, BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PROCESS BASED UPON MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH LIKE ADOPT A HIGHWAY FROM CALTRANS AND ADOPT A SPOT FROM OAKLAND IS LIKE, TYPICALLY YOU HAVE LIKE A VOLUNTEER SIGNUP FORM.
YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO REGISTER, YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT SOME FORMS AND BASICALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LIKE, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TERM I'M LOOK LOOKING FOR, LIKE LIABILITY, SAFETY, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THEN ONCE THAT'S ONCE, ONCE THAT FORM IS PROCESSED, THEN WE GO TOWARDS LIKE, OKAY, WHERE DO YOU WANNA ADOPT IT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE PICK A SPOT, BE LIKE, OH, I WANT TO JUST DO THIS SPOT.
YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE LIKE THAT SPOT IS ACTUALLY SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN.
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KNOW, LAST THING, I WANT SOME POOR GUY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FIVE 80LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOCUSING ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO PEOPLE ADOPT OR WHERE DO THEY WANT TO ADOPT? UH, BUT ALSO LIKE, HOW DO WE GET IT INTO THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? MAKING SURE LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS IN THE DATABASE.
PEOPLE KNOW LIKE, HEY, THIS SPOT IS BEING MAINTAINED BY THESE PEOPLE, OR THIS SPOT NEEDS A CLEANUP.
YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE LIKE THE INFRAS SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN RELIABLY LIKE TELL PEOPLE, HEY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DO THIS OR YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
SO, AND THEN ALSO SEND OUT EMAIL REMINDER SAYING, HEY, IT'S TIME FOR TO CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA DO A CLEANUP.
AND THAT ALSO ENSURES THAT PUBLIC WORKS CAN PROVIDE SUPPLIES AHEAD OF TIME FOR THESE VOLUNTEER GROUPS, YOU KNOW, SO WE WANT SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BOTH REMIND PEOPLE, HEY, IT'S TIME FOR A CLEANUP FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SET UP A CLEANUP AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED FROM LIVERMORE TO DO THE CLEANUP.
SO THE FIRST SPOT, THE FIRST THING IS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIRST CREATE A MAP OF POTENTIAL ADOPT A SPOT LOCATION.
SO BASICALLY LIKE WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IS SOME SORT OF MAP, KIND OF LIKE WHAT I HAVE HERE, WHERE THERE'S DIFFERENT ZONES, MARK THAT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS HAS IDENTIFIED, HEY, THIS PLACE COULD USE SOME CLEANUP.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S RELATIVELY SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, TO, TO BE AT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE LIKE THERE'S SIDEWALKS OR LOW TRAFFIC OR WHATNOT, BUT BASICALLY SOME VISUAL TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR CLEANUP.
I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT WE HAVE A MAP TO SHOW PEOPLE RATHER THAN JUST A LIST.
BECAUSE BY HAVING A MAP, PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW ROUGHLY WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD ALWAYS SAY LIKE, OH, PEOPLE CAN JUST LOOK IT UP ON GOOGLE MAPS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S INEFFICIENT.
I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS PLACES THAT ARE READY TO BE ADOPTED AND WHAT ARE SOME PLACES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HEY, MAYBE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS SPOT'S ALREADY ADOPTED SO YOU DON'T NEED TO ADOPT IT ANYMORE.
YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, FIND, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHO'S THE ORGANIZER OF THAT SPOT AND JOIN IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING PEOPLE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED SO THEY KNOW WHAT PLACES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED OR, OR WHAT PLACES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AND GO, GO FROM THERE.
SO FOR THE PLACES THAT ARE ADOPTED, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BASICALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION LIKE WHO'S THE ORGANIZER, LIKE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, RIGHT? SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CLEANING UP WITH OTHER VOLUNTEERS AT THAT LOCATION, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THE ORGANIZER'S INFORMATION SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEN THEY CAN LIKE COORDINATE WITH YOU.
YOU ALSO KIND OF TELLING YOU LIKE, WHEN IS THE NEXT CLEANUP? YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S GOOD.
MAYBE YOU, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST WANNA KNOW, OH, I JUST WANT TO JUST COME, YOU KNOW.
SO BY KNOWING LIKE, HEY, THIS IS THE NEXT CLEANUP AT THIS LOCATION, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME SHOW UP AND HELP OUT.
AND THEN ALSO THIS IS OPTIONAL, BASICALLY SHOWING LIKE, WHEN WAS THE LAST CLEANED UP SO PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW LIKE, HEY, IS THIS SPOT BEING MAINTAINED? OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD MAP THAT NOT ONLY SHOWS WHERE SPOTS ARE READY TO BE ADOPTED, BUT ALSO SPOTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED ON NEXT SLIDE.
SO, SO THIS IS WHAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN LIKE FOR ME WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPATING IN ADOPT THE SPOT.
SO BASICALLY THE PROCESS FOR ME HAS BEEN THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR NAME, UM, YOU HAVE TO LIKE PROVIDE YOUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS.
AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW NON LIVERMORE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND ADOPT SPOTS IN LIVERMORE.
AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WE GOT PLENTY OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE LIVERMORE THAT WORK AT THE LAB AND THEY WANT TO HELP CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW,
SO I THINK THAT OPTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE TO BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW, LIVE IN DUBLIN, BUT YOU REGULARLY COME TO LIVERMORE FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU WANNA ADOPT THIS SECTION, LIVERMORE, WHY NOT? YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE TO JUST BE LIVERMORE RESIDENCE.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION THOUGH.
AND I SAY THAT SOMEBODY WHO HAS ADOPTED A FEW SPOTS IN OAKLAND, SO
DO YOU WANNA DO IT SEMI-ANNUALLY OR THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, OR SIX TIMES A YEAR? AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR IS SO THAT PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW HOW TO WORK AROUND THEIR SCHEDULE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE SO RANDOM WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, MAYBE I'LL DO IT THIS WEEK, AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER I WANNA DO ANOTHER CLEANUP AND THEN LIKE THREE MONTHS LATER DO ANOTHER CLEANUP.
LIKE THE HOST SCHEDULING IS UNEVEN, BUT HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DISTRIBUTED, NOT ONLY DO WE ENSURE THAT PLACE IS CLEANED UP REGULARLY, BUT ALSO HELPS PUBLIC WORKS BE ABLE TO WORK AROUND THAT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE LIKE A CHAOTIC SCHEDULE
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I JUST THINK IT'S BETTER JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENCY AND EXPECTATION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD WAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT? SO SOME OPTIONAL FIELDS THAT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD PROVIDE WHEN THEY ADOPT A SPOT IS LIKE, UM, IF THEY WANT A SIGN, THEY SHOULD GET A SIGN.
YOU KNOW, SIGN DOESN'T COST THAT MUCH MONEY IN MY OPINION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET.
SO
LIKE, HEY, THIS IS SPOT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA EXPECT LIKE 20 PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST GOOD TO KNOW THAT WAY PEOPLE, THEY KNOW LIKE HOW MUCH SUPPLIES TO BUY THE NEXT YEAR OR WHATNOT, WHEN WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING FOR ALL THESE SPOTS THAT ARE ADOPTED, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PLAN AHEAD WITH THE BUDGET, WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE GET ALL THE SUPPLIES RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK, GET A, GET A FEEL FOR HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT THERE IS.
BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOT MUCH PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING, THEN WE SHOULDN'T BUY TOO MUCH SUPPLIES.
BUT IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AND IT'S ACTUALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY INTO GETTING THE RIGHT SUPPLIES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I THINK NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, IS A GOOD THING TO KNOW.
AND THEN, UM, IT'S ALSO GOOD TO KNOW, LIKE IF YOU'RE LIKE CPR CERTIFIED, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'VE BEEN CLEANING UP WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO ADDRESS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW LIKE, HEY, DO, DO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADOPTING THE SPOT HAVE LIKE THE RESOURCES TO HANDLE LIKE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR NOT? BECAUSE SUPPOSE NONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY GETS INJURED, LIKE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT, SO THEN WE CAN TELL THESE VOLUNTEERS, HEY, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN GO TO THIS HOSPITAL OR WHATNOT.
IT'S JUST SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAFE.
AND THE WAY TO KNOW THAT IS IF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCE AND, AND LIKE DEALING WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE MORE INFORMATION, THE BETTER.
THAT WAY THE CITY CAN PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TRAINING FOR THESE VOLUNTEERS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CALTRANS REQUIRES, AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, UM, WITH LIVERMORE'S MUNICIPAL CODE, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS ALSO AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT HERE AS WELL.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL, LIKE WORK.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT LIKE THE VOLUNTEERING ASPECT.
I JUST KNOW LIVERMORE DOES LIKE, REQUIRE AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LAST THING, I WANT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, COP TO COMBINE AND BE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU KNOW? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVING ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR VOLUNTEERS AS WELL IS NOT A BAD THING.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIKE, MAKE THIS MORE OFFICIAL, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SHOW LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS A SANCTIONED THING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE RENEWED ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
THAT'S ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME THAT CALTRAN.
UM, ALSO, ALSO DOES, LIKE I, I ADOPTED A FEW SPOTS ON SIX 80 AND EIGHT 80, AND SAME THING, LIKE, IT'S LIKE TWO OR FOUR YEARS UNTIL IT NEEDS TO BE RENEWED.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WHEN IT'S UP FOR RENEWAL, THEN YOU MIGHT NEED LESS LIKE SOME REMINDER TRAININGS AS WELL.
LIKE, HEY, MAYBE THERE'S SOME NEW TRAINING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE CAN RENEW THIS PERMIT.
SO I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY JUST TO ALSO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S UP TO DATE ON TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
SO, SO LIKE I SAID, UM,
BUT I'VE RECOGNIZED OVER THE YEARS THAT TRAINING IS SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS SOMEBODY TO GET INJURED.
SO, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE ORGANIZERS AND VOLUNTEERS, WHEN THEY DO GET APPROVED TO CLEAN UP A SPOT, THEY SHOULD RECEIVE TRAINING TO ENSURE WORK IS CARRIED OUT SAFELY AND PROPERLY.
HOW, HOW CALTRANS DOES IT IS BASICALLY THEY HAVE YOU WATCH A SAFETY VIDEO,
DO NOT JUST WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL COMMON SENSE, BUT YOU, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT CO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THIS SURPRISINGLY.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, LIKE WITH THE TRAINING, PEOPLE ALSO KNOW HOW TO USE THE TOOLS PROPERLY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSE YOU FIND A SYRINGE, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, YOU KNOW? AND I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME TRAINING SO THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING THE SAME THING.
SO THE CITY KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.
IF EVERYBODY'S DOING THEIR OWN LITTLE SMALL THING, THEN THE BUREAUCRACY GETS CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, OH YEAH, THE, THE PEOPLE CLEAN IT UP IN THIS LOCATION, THEY DO THIS.
OH, THE PEOPLE CLEAN UP IN THAT LOCATION, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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WANT EVERYTHING TO BE UNIFIED, YOU KNOW, SO EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME EXPECTATIONS AND THAT JUST SAVES US A LOT OF TROUBLE, YOU KNOW? UM, HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE.SO THE OTHER THING IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DONE CLEANING UP.
SO HOW DO YOU LIKE, LET THE CITY KNOW? SO HOW CALTRANS DOES IT IS YOU E EITHER EMAIL THE PERSON YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO, YOU'RE LIKE, ADOPT A SPOT COORDINATOR, WHICH IS WHAT I DO.
OR FOR OAKLAND, YOU FILE A 3 1 1 TICKET.
AND I FEEL LIKE WITH LIVERMORE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS WANNA DO IT, BUT I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, LIVERMORE ALREADY HAS A 3 1 1.
WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST ADD ANOTHER CATEGORY CALLED VOLUNTEER PICKUP
SO WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL SUPPLIES THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS? SO THE REASON I PICKED THESE SUPPLIES AS ONE, BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AND NUMBER TWO, UM, IT IS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE CLEANUPS ARE DONE IN A SAFE MANNER.
SO I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE OF ERGONOMICS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE HAND PAIN AND WHATNOT AS THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT FOR ME, THE TRASH GRABBERS WHERE YOU HAVE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, USE YOUR FINGERS TO
SO I WAS THINKING OF SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ERGONOMIC, LIKE TRASH TOS.
NOW THEY ARE LIKE 10, $15 MORE EXPENSIVE, THE GRABBERS, BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE MORE DURABLE AND THEY CAN BE LENT OUT.
AND THEY'RE ALSO EASY ON THE HAND.
AND YOU CAN ALSO PICK UP MORE TRASH WITH TRASH TOSS THAN WITH THE GRABBERS BECAUSE THE GRABBERS ONLY HAVE SO SUCH LITTLE CLEARANCE AREA AT THE TOP.
WHEREAS WITH THE TRASH TOS, THERE ARE LIKE CHOPSTICKS, YOU CAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET ANY ITEM YOU WANT OFF OF THE GROUND.
UM, THE BAGS, I PERSONALLY LIKE USING CLEAR BAGS.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IN PLACES LIKE OAKLAND OR SF WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU USE LIKE BLACK BAGS OR NON-TRANSPARENT BLACK BAGS ANIMALS OR
THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE, OH, WHAT IS INSIDE THIS BAG? AND GUESS WHAT? IT GETS RIPPED OPEN AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK GOES TO WASTE, GET IT WASTE.
UM, BUT BY HAVING CLEAR BAGS, THEY KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE, THEY CAN SEE, OH, IT'S JUST TRASH.
SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT GETTING RIPPED UP IS SMALL.
AND THAT IS, AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEFT, THERE'S A TIME WHEN THE BAGS WERE LEFT OUT FOR MORE THAN FIVE DAYS.
WHEN I PICKED UP TRASH IN OAKLAND, DIDN'T GET RIPPED UP, BUT WHEN I USED BLACK BAGS, IT GOT RIPPED UP IN LIKE A DAY.
CLEAR BAGS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, UM, SOMETHING TO DO WITH MANUFACTURING, BUT I THINK IT'LL JUST SAVE US A LOT OF HEADACHE.
JUST FOR LIKE A ANO AN EXTRA 10, 20 BUCKS, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT, YOU KNOW? IS THERE A CERTAIN, OH, IT'S THE 1.5 MILLION.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, UM, HOW DO I DESCRIBE IT? BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BAGS ARE KIND OF PUNCTURE RESISTANT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT IS LIKE THE BAGS TO LIKE JUST RIP OPEN MM-HMM
WHEN YOU LIKE, GRAB IT FROM THE TOP, YOU KNOW, BY HAVING THAT EXTRA THICKNESS, IT CARRIES THAT DURABILITY AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY SOMEBODY MIGHT PUT IN TOO MUCH STUFF INTO THE BAG.
IF IT'S LIKE VERY THIN THICKNESS, IT'S GONNA RIP OPEN
WHAT DO YOU USE FOR TIES? SO FOR MOST OF THE BAGS I HAVE, THEY, I BASICALLY FILL IT UP 75% OF THE WAY.
AND THEN THERE'S EXTRA HEAD SPACE AT THE TOP FOR YOU TO TIE IT UP.
OR THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS TIES, KIND OF LIKE, SIMILAR TO LIKE AT THE GROCERY STORE, YOU HAVE THOSE LIKE, UM, TWISTY TIES, TWISTY TIES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY.
I PREFER JUST TYING IT MYSELF, BUT MM-HMM
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN OPINION, UH, GLOVES.
SO I PERSONALLY LIKE USING LEATHER GLOVES THAT GARDENERS USE BECAUSE SOME OF THE PLACES, OH MY GOD, LIKE THE, THE POISON IVY
THERE'S A TON OF THAT, BUT IT'S JUST NICE TO PROTECT THE SKIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE THORNS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, SPIKY STUFF, I HATE GETTING SCRATCHED OR THEY'RE JUST JUNK.
ALSO LIKE FOR BULKY ITEMS, RIGHT? SUPPOSE THERE'S SOME MATCHES.
I'M NOT GONNA CARRY THAT WITH MY PAIR OF HANDS, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA PROBABLY PROBABLY PUT ON GLOVES, RIGHT? AND IT'S ERGONOMIC AS WELL.
SHARP METAL AND, YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE LEATHER GLOVES.
I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD TO HAVE A RAKE.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE LIKE, SUPPOSE YOU'RE OUT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT YOUR ADOPTION SPOT
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AND THERE'S A STORM DRAIN COVERED IN LEAVES, BOOM, RAKE, RAKE IT UP, YOU KNOW, UM, STRAW BROOM, THAT'S FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SMALL STUFF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE A RAKE TO LIKE GET ALL THE SMALL PIECES OF TRASH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PASS THROUGH THE PASS THROUGH THE RAKE.SO I WAS THINKING SOMETHING LIKE A STRAW BROOM OR JUST, YOU KNOW, ANY BROOM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE TO LIKE SWEEP UP ALL THE LITTLE PARTS BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA USE THE TRASH DONS TO GET THE LITTLE CANDY WRAPPERS FROM THE GROUND.
I'M GONNA SWEEP IT UP FROM THE SIDEWALK AND THEN WHAT AM I GONNA SWEEP IT UP INTO AN INDUSTRIAL DUST PAN AND THEN I'M GONNA DEPOSIT IT INTO THE FIVE GALLON BUCKET AND THEN PUT IT IN THE BAGS.
SO I THINK THESE ARE SUPPLIES THAT ARE BOTH EASY TO PROCURE AND IT'S NOT TOO EXPENSIVE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF EXPENSIVE ARE THE GLOVES AND THE TRASH TOS.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO BE ERGONOMIC AND I THINK THAT THE EXTRA COMFORT IS WORTH THE COST.
IT'S ONLY LIKE $15 MORE IF YOU WANT TO GET THE TRASH TOSS VERSUS THE TRASH GRABBERS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE MORE DURABLE, YOU KNOW, THE TRASH GRABBERS.
I'VE USED SOME OF THEM LIKE JUST BREAK AFTER, LIKE USING IT A FEW TIMES.
WHEREAS THE TRASH TOSS, I STILL USE ONE OF MINE IS STILL LIKE TWO YEARS OLD.
SO HEY, LESS WASTE, YOU KNOW,
SO THIS PART IS A LITTLE MORE COMPUTER SCIENCEY.
I KIND OF GOT A LITTLE OVERBOARD, BUT I WAS KIND OF BRAINSTORMING, HEY, HOW CAN LIVERMORE BASICALLY SET UP THE SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LIKE ADOPT A SPOT? SO I DON'T WANNA GO INTO TOO HEAVY DETAIL HERE, BUT BASICALLY MY THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT BASICALLY A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO, WE WANT A TABLE OF SOME SORT THAT BASICALLY LISTS EVERYBODY WHO'S AN ORGANIZER AND THEN EACH ORGANIZER IS ASSIGNED WITH ONE OR MORE SPOTS THAT THEY ADOPT.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN AN ORGANIZER, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE RESTRICTED TO JUST LIKE ONE SPOT.
JUST LIKE WITH ME WITH CALTRANS, I ADOPT MULTIPLE SPOTS.
SO I THINK VOLUNTEERS SHOULD ALL, AND ORGANIZERS SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO ADOPT MULTIPLE SPOTS THAT THEY WANTED TO.
SO BY HAVING THIS KIND OF LIKE THIS FRAMEWORK THAT I HAVE BETWEEN THE BLUE TABLE AND THE GREEN TABLE, IT ALLOWS THAT NOW THE VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZERS ADOPT A SPOT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT SPOT WE NEED INFORMATION LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ADDRESS? WHERE IS IT LOCATED? YOU KNOW, WHEN WAS IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS IT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WISE.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S THE PURPLE TABLE.
SO HOW THIS WORKS IS YOU HAVE THE ORGANIZERS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE BLUE TABLE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE ADOPTION SPOTS, AND EACH ADOPTION SPOT HAS INFORMATION LIKE WHERE IS IT LOCATED, WHAT CITY, WHAT LATITUDE, WHAT LONGITUDE.
IT'S ALL GONNA BE LOCATED IN LIVERMORE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOU GET THE POINT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH ADOPTION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE A CLEANUP SCHEDULE, CLEANUP TABLE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF KEEPS TRACK OF HOW MANY TIMES HAS IT IT BEEN CLEANED UP? WHEN WAS IT CLEANED UP? HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE AT THAT CLEANUP? AND ALSO LIKE, HEY, WHEN DID LIVERMORE COME OUT TO GET ALL THE BAGS OR BULKY ITEMS? AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF KEEP TRACK LIKE, HEY, MAYBE THIS SPOT.
LIKE, HEY, WHY, WHY? RIGHT? WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE CLEANUP AT THIS SPOT THIS PAST YEAR? YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WERE EXPECTING FOUR, YOU KNOW? AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE LIKE, HEY, THE TRASH NEVER GOT PICKED UP BY LIVERMORE, BY HAVING THIS TABLE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF LIKE, OKAY, WHEN DID LIVERMORE ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND DID THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT, SEND A CREW TO GET ALL THE BAGS? SO IT'S JUST A WAY TO KIND OF HOLD THINGS, HOLD PEOPLE, EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE, BOTH THE CITY AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND BY HAVING THIS KIND OF FRAMEWORK, IT CAN EASILY BE DISPLAYED ON A WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT MAXIMUM TRANSPARENCY IS NEVER A BAD THING.
AND, AND WHAT I HAVE HERE, IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DATABASE, UM, SOFTWARE LIVERMORE USES, BUT THIS IS EASILY IMPLEMENTABLE.
YOU KNOW, IF THIS, UH, WERE TO PASS, MAYBE THE CITY COULD FUND LIKE A KIT, A STARTER KIT, AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPLIES COULD BE AN STARTER KIT TO THE ENTITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING, THIS IS A REALLY MESSED UP SUGGESTION, BUT THE LIBRARY LOANS OUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL.
THE ONE THING THEY COULD DO IS LOAN OUT CLEANUP KIDS.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES ARE LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINED.
I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE LIBRARY WHEN THEY BROUGHT IT, GOT SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT BACK UP QUITE CLEAN.
BUT, BUT YOU GET THE POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO KEEP THINGS LIKE KEEP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABLE.
SO, ANDY, SORRY, I I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO IS, IS YOUR, UM, IS THE SUGGESTION
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FOR THE ADOPT A SPOT, A CONCEPT THAT WE HELP SUPPORT AND SET UP AND THAT THE CITY ADOPTS AND WE HELP SUPPORT SETTING THIS UP AND THEN PUSH TO THE CITY? THAT'S KINDA WHAT TO START RUNNING AND THEN WE SUPPORT IN SOME WAY HELP KIND OF BUILD THE SKELETON AND THEN KIND OF PUSH OFF TO THE CITY TO SUPPORT OR THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HELP FACILITATE? I, THAT'S THE BEAUTIFICATION.I WAS THINKING MORE OF THE, MY PERSONAL OPINION, MORE OF THE LATTER, BUT I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION TO BE, HAD TO MAKE SURE MORE THE LATTER.
SO I FEEL LIKE THIS, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY HAS TO HAVE HEAVY INVOLVEMENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I THINK FOR TONIGHT WHAT WE COULD DO IS IF THE COMMITTEE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US AS LIAISONS PUSH THIS MM-HMM.
UM, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO REVIEW THE PROGRAM RISK MANAGEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE COSTS INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, IF WE DO, IF WE ARE OFFERING SIGNS, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY TRAFFIC YEAH.
ENGINEERS ON HOW THE SIGNAGE WILL LOOK AND WHERE IT WILL BE.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ANALYSIS NEEDS TO BE DONE MM-HMM
UM, AND SEE IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY CAN STAND BEHIND LONG TERM.
ONE OF THE THINGS WITH COMMITTEES IS OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS ROTATE.
SO, UH, HAVING THE COMMITTEE HAVE A SUPPORTING ROLE TO THAT, BUT THE CITY REALLY BEING THE ONE THAT ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM YEAH.
I THINK WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE.
WHAT KIND OF LOCATIONS ARE YOU THINKING? IS IT GONNA BE STREETS, IS IT GONNA BE AREAS THAT OF, OF KIND OF THE TRAIL THAT RUNS BY THE CREEK? SO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAMS, RIGHT? THERE'S LIKE ADOPT A CREEK, THERE'S ADOPT A HIGHWAY, RIGHT? THERE'S LIKE ADOPT, EVEN ADOPT A BLOCK OR ADOPT A DRAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR NOW, I KIND OF WANNA KEEP AT THAT.
THERE'S A REASON I NAMED ADOPT A SPOT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BROAD, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW QUITE YET, LIKE DO WE WANNA JUST FOCUS ON STREETS OR DO WE WANNA FOCUS ON CRE? YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT'S KIND OF A BROAD NAME THAT'D BE UP TO THE CITY.
SO I KIND OF KEPT IT A BROAD NAME FOR NOW.
HAVE LIVING ARROYOS DOES CREEKS AROUND HERE AND I WOULDN'T WANNA KIND OF STEP ON THEM 'CAUSE YEAH, WELL THEY DO PLANTING, I DON'T KNOW THAT.
DO THEY DO LITTLE, THEY DO A LOT IN THE CREEKS, IN THE ARROYOS.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY JUST LITTER CLEANUP, BUT THEY DO SOME MM-HMM
UM, ALONG THE CREEKS, BUT, UM MM-HMM
I, I LIKE SPOTS 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T LIMIT US.
AND WE CAN EASILY EXPAND IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CALL IT ADOPTIVE ROAD AND THEN LATER ON WE WANNA DO ADOPT A CREEK, THEN I'M SORRY, THEN IT KIND OF STEPPED ON YOU.
ONE, WE DO HAVE A HISTORY OF ADOPTIVE CREEK SPOT.
IT'S ON THE IT'S ON THE BACK THERE.
IS THAT IT ON? ARE WE ON? WE'RE ON.
UM, I'VE BEEN AROUND AND I REMEMBER WE HAD, UM, COSTA BAY CLEANUP DAY.
AND THAT WAS A CITY PERSON WAS, UH, KIND OF RUNNING THAT PROGRAM AND WITHIN THAT THERE WAS ADOPT A CREEK SPOT MM-HMM
SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO KIND OF LOOK BACK AT RECORDS AND SEE HOW THEY SET THAT UP.
AND THAT WAS, UM, FAMILIES AND GROUPS ADOPTING A CERTAIN STRETCH OF A CREEK.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING WITH CALTRANS AND, AND, UM, LIABILITY AND SAFETY AROUND ROADS.
HOWEVER, MAYBE A EASIER WAY TO LAUNCH IT MIGHT BE TO START WITH PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GATHER AND LEAVE LITTER.
LIKE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIVERMORE RODEO.
OR SPORTS FIELDS AT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOLS SUFFER A TON OF LITTER AFTER THE WEEKEND MM-HMM
AND PEOPLE COME IN FROM ALL OVER AND USE IT AND THEN THEY DON'T CLEAN IT UP.
AND THOSE ARE SITES THAT ARE NOT ON A STREET, BUT THERE IS A, A HIGH USAGE.
SO THAT MAYBE THAT'S WORTH CONSIDERING.
AND THAT'S WHY LIKE, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A MAP OF VISUAL MAP INSTEAD OF JUST A LIST BECAUSE THE MAP CAN BE LABELED LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A CREEK, OR THIS IS A INTERSECTION, OR THIS IS LIKE NEAR A SCHOOL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO I THINK HAVING THAT MAP WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE CAN EASILY SEE, OH, WHAT KIND KIND OF VOL, WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS? SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I, WHY I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE LIKE A REALLY CLEAR MAP, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, JOE, DO YOU KNOW IF CLEANING UP ON A SPORTS FIELD THAT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY, WOULD IT THEN BE OUT OF THE CITY'S HANDS IN TERMS OF INVOLVEMENT OR, UH, MOST LIKELY YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THAT, SINCE IT IS THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, WE ALL, ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES KIND OF HAVE THEIR OWN WAIVER, UH, THAT'S VETTED BY THEIR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL AND, UH,
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THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS PROGRAM WOULD EXACTLY NEED JUST THAT, A VOLUNTEER WAIVER THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD PROBABLY DEVELOP FOR THIS EXACT PROGRAM AND MM-HMMUM, SO I IMAGINE ANYTHING WITH L-A-R-P-D RIGHT.
OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE MM-HMM
AND YOU'RE TALKING WEEKLY CLEANUPS TOO THOUGH.
AND IT'S FINDING SOMEONE TO GO THERE EVERY WEEK YEAH.
AND CLEAN UP AFTER A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SPONSORED DEPENDS ON THE VOLUNTEERS, I GUESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
IF NO ONE'S DOING IT, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.
IF IT'S ONLY MONTHLY OR SOMETHING.
IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
WE'RE JUST, IT'S UP TO THE CITY REALLY.
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CITY AND LIKE, I GOT A LOT OF IDEAS SWIRLING AROUND, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY SAYS IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE INTERESTED IN, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND MAYBE IT COULD BE PRESENTED TO L-A-R-P-D AS A WAY TO HELP CLEAN UP PARKS IF THERE IS A NEED FOR IT.
NOT THE PARK ADOPT THE CITY TRAIL.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AFTER SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO THESE CLEANUP EVENTS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THIS IN LIVERMORE.
AND THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ADOPT A SPOT, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
MANAGE IT ON THEIR OWN TIME, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE KIND OF HAVING CLEANUPS YEAR ROUND RATHER THAN JUST FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
I, ONE OF THE IDEAS I HAD WAS IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE DOING SIGNS AND YOU'RE DOING LIKE ADOPT AN AREA OR IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHERE BY THE CREEK.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE PAY TO DO IT AND PUT UP A SIGN.
IF IT'S A COMPANY, THEY PUT THEIR LOGO ON IT, WHATEVER.
MAYBE YOU DO IT IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SAY IN THIS 12 MONTH PERIOD, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO CLEAN IT UP FOUR TIMES.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT MONEY THAT'S BEING PAID GOES TOWARDS PUTTING THE SIGN UP, IT GOES TOWARDS GETTING YOUR KIT READY.
ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT OVER, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
MAYBE THERE'S A FUND STARTED FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, TURF REPLACEMENTS, PLANTINGS YES.
CAN GO INTO THE TREE FUND, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE IDEAS I HAD.
BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE WOULD PAY FOR IT.
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY PAY TO HAVE A SIGN AND HAVE, YOU KNOW YEAH.
PEOPLE COME OUT AND CLEAN IT UP FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY PRIDE IN LIVERMORE AND PEOPLE WANT YES.
WANNA HAVE THEIR NAME ON STUFF.
AND I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST, THEY WEREN'T EVEN VOLUNTEERS.
THEY JUST PASSED BY US WHEN WE WERE CLEANING UP, YOU KNOW, IN SOUTH LIVERMORE AND THEY WERE INSPIRED.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE HAVE MORE OF THIS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE IT AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE INSPIRED AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE LIKE, I'M GONNA DO MY BEST NOT TO LITTER.
YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A WIN-WIN.
SO DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT IT BE MOVED UP TO CITY VETTING? I THINK WE CAN JUST HAVE A COMMITTEE AGREEMENT THAT YOU'LL MOVE IT UP THE LADDER AND BRING IT BACK.
I'M ACTUALLY, AS WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS AND HEARING A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS, IT MIGHT BE WISE THAT, UH, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS DEVELOPED MAYBE AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
UM, YOU GUYS CAN FORM ONE, UH, COLLABORATE, ORGANIZE ALL THESE IDEAS, WE CAN GET IT, MOVE IT UP TO THE CITY, AND THEN MAYBE ASK FOR AN UPDATE AT THE OCTOBER MEETING MM-HMM
THAT'LL GIVE US TWO MONTHS FOR CITY STAFF TO REVIEW IT.
UM, AND BASICALLY COME BACK WITH A DECISION ON, YOU KNOW, YES OR NO, THIS, AND THIS IS WHY.
AND THEN, UH, IF THERE'S ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES, WE MIGHT WANNA INVOLVE THEM AT THAT TIME TOO.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A ROUTE TO TAKE MM-HMM
SO ANDY, WHEN WE GET TO, OH, SORRY.
WILL WE BRING THAT UP IN MATTERS AND SAY THAT YOU WANT TO BRING THAT UP IN THE AUGUST MEETING? YES.
TO FORM AN AD HO COMMITTEE FOR THIS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES HERE TONIGHT, BUT
I HAVE TWO FOUR SPRINGTOWN, WHICH WAS KIND OF ONE OF OUR GOALS.
TWO DIFFERENT, I, I, UH, I SUBMITTED ONE TODAY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WENT THROUGH, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.
I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SUPPO.
DID YOU SUBMIT ANY ONLINE? NO, I HAVE PAPERS.
SO I'LL, I'LL TRY RESUBMIT IT TOMORROW AND I'LL EMAIL BECKY AND MARISSA AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU GET THIS? 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WENT THROUGH IT, IT WAS DOING SOMETHING WEIRD FOR SURE.
IT JUST KEPT SAYING, LOADING AND THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE PAGE.
SO MAYBE WE'VE HAD LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE TRY TO NO, SEE, WE KNEW WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY
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THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GET ANY OF THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE, COULD HAVE HUNDREDS AT THIS POINT.SO YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS LEFT.
UM, BUT YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THE FIRST TWO RIGHT NOW? MM, I THINK SO.
DO YOU KNOW BECKY, HOW MANY WE HAVE? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY THROUGH ONLINE.
UM, MAYBE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I GUESS JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I SAW ANNE WAS FOLDING SOME YEAH, I'VE GOT A HOLE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REALIZING I HAVE A LOT MORE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE THING.
AND I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THEY'RE SO SIMILAR.
I GAVE THE WRONG ONE TO, TO MY PEOPLE.
THEY WERE LIKE, WHAT IS SERVICE? I'M LIKE, OH CRAP.
SO ARE THERE ANY MORE, 'CAUSE I ONLY HAVE SIX BEAUTIFICATION AWARD BROCHURES OR SHOULD I ASK IT? IT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET YOU, YOU GUYS COULD PRINT MORE.
I CAN PRINT MORE AND I COULD PICK THEM UP ON MY WAY TO THE MARKET.
TIMES WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SET UP AT 3 45.
DID YOU, DID YOU SEND US THE BLANK THAT WE CAN JUST PRINT? UM, DO YOU HAVE THE BLANK? WE DID SEND IT OUT.
YOU DID SEND, YEAH, I JUST LOOK FOR YOUR EMAIL.
MARISSA, I'LL LOOK FOR HER EMAIL.
I THINK THERE'S A QR CODE TOO, ISN'T THERE? SO PEOPLE CAN LET SEE PRINT? YES.
THERE'S A QR CODE IN THE BROCHURE.
SO IF I RUN OUT, I CAN ALWAYS SAY, HEY, JUST I'LL LOOK FOR MARISSA'S EMAIL, SNATCH THIS.
UM, AND DOES IT SAY IN THERE WHICH COUNCIL MEETING? THEY, THEY WILL ATTEND TO? I THINK SO.
IS IT NOVEMBER? IS IT NOVEMBER COUNCIL? NOVEMBER.
DO YOU KNOW, WAIT, WHICH ONE WAS IT LAST YEAR? WE GAVE THE AWARDS OUT NOVEMBER.
AND THIS, THIS TIME WE'LL BE DOING BOTH AWARDS ON THE SAME COUNCIL MEETING.
'CAUSE LAST TIME SINCE IT WAS NEW, WE SEPARATED THEM.
BUT NOW
SO I GUESS JUST KEEP PUSHING JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER'S GOTTA DO TWO.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME SCROLL BACK.
[5. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMITTEE]
UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMITTEE.DOES ANYTH ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD TO A FUTURE MEETING? YES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT FORMING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ADOPT SPOT.
NEED TO ADD UHHUH, TAKE THANKS YOUR TIME.
BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE 9 39, WE ALREADY, UH, DOING RODEO CLEANUP AND CLEAN CLEANUP, BUT EVERY YEAR WE DO ALL THIS.
SO HOW DOES THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADOPT THE SPOT AND THIS? WE'RE JUST, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
WE COULD BE THE FIRST ONES COME BACK IN LIKE SEPTEMBER AND WE MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER.
WELL, WE'LL DO, WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE SERVICE ONES.
SO THE CITY OF LIVERMORE SERVICE, WE'RE GONNA BE PART OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE, FOR THE SCOUTS AND STUFF AND THE TROOPS TO LOOK OUT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY.
BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TOO.
BUT, BUT WE ALSO DOING THROUGH THE CITIES
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WE GOT THAT.
UH, AUGUST 15TH MEET OR AUGUST 5TH MEETING, I THINK AUGUST 5TH, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ADOPT A ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM.
WE'LL FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, UM, WE WILL TALK TO PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT PUSHED UP AND SEE IF THE, THE CITY, IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY'S WILLING TO TAKE ON.
SHOULD I MAKE, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MAKING LIKE A FEW SLIDES ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DO I DESCRIBE IT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE IDEAS.
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND I CAN, LIKE, I WOULD, I WOULD RECORD 'EM, BUT I WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM THE CITY PROBABLY.
IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST HOLD OFF.
THAT'S WHERE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CAN REALLY DIAL IN.
WHAT YOU WANT TO, WHAT YOU WANNA PUSH UP.
BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE IDEAS, BUT IF THE CITY'S GOT CERTAIN GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND YEAH.
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GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE AD HOC MAY REALLY? YEAH.I, I, I PERSONALLY WOULD, PART OF ME IS LIKE REALLY HOPING THIS GOES THROUGH 'CAUSE I REALLY THINK IT WILL BENEFIT LIVERMORE.
AND YOU KNOW, IF AT THE END OF THE DAY IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, I CAN'T STOP THEM, YOU KNOW.
BUT I HOPE THEY SEE YOU RUN FOR MAYOR.
UM, I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD PERHAPS.
SO, UM, KAT AND I HELPED WITH THE FREE TREE, A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE THAT WANTED HELP PLANTING THEIR TREE.
AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WE THOUGHT MAYBE THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT SITE FOR A TURF CONVERSION DEMO PROJECT.
AND IT APPEARS THAT PERHAPS WE COULD PARTNER WITH ZONE SEVEN WATER.
BUT, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THAT TOPIC OF YES, THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT MEETING.
I DIDN'T PREPARE IT IN TIME FOR MARISSA, SO I'M GONNA OKAY.
DO A LITTLE SHEET MELT PRESENTATION AND THEN, OKAY.
SO YOU'VE GOT THAT ALREADY ON FOR NEXT TIME.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE ON AUGUST ALREADY? DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THAT WITH YOU? YEAH.
CAN WE GO THROUGH THAT? UM, SURE.
SO FAR WE HAVE THE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS AD HOC UPDATE, THE LIBRARY OF PLANTS AT CIVIC CENTER PROJECT, THE SHEEP MULCHING.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, UH, PERMIT APPEAL AT 7 0 6 CATALINA DRIVE A TREE PERMIT.
AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, THE 1 41 NORTH L STREET.
AND THEN THE, UH, FOREMAN AD HOC FOR ADOPT A SPOT.
SO WE'RE PRETTY FULL FOR AUGUST.
I WILL, UM, NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
SO DO I NEED TO EMAIL SOMEBODY OR CAN I JUST TELL YOU NOW?
AND THEN YOU'LL SEND OUT THE TREE PERMIT CLOSER TO THE TIME I'M GUESSING.
UM, THE LIBRARY OF PLANTS AT THE, AT THE LIBRARY.
WAS THAT ME
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE CAN PUSH IT.
YEAH, WE CAN PUSH THAT, PUSH THAT TO SEPTEMBER.
BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO BE HERE FOR THAT ANYWAY I WOULD THINK.
RIGHT? YEAH, I WOULD, WE CAN COMMITTEE AGREEMENT.
WE'LL PUSH THAT, THAT ITEM TO SEPTEMBER MEETING.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? MM-HMM
I'VE LOST MY AGENDA ON MY PHONE.
WAIT, I WANTED TO MAKE A, UM, JUST GIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE LIVERMORE CLIMATE ACTION TEAM, WHICH JUST MET TODAY.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED YOU TO ALL TO KNOW SINCE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON, UM, KINDA LIKE THE YEAR'S PROGRESS IN REVIEW AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
AND, UM, THAT THEY, THE CITY'S ABOUT TO LAUNCH A DASHBOARD ON WHICH ONE CAN TRACK PROGRESS.
THEY'RE GONNA START WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND, BUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WILL EVENTUALLY BE ON THAT DASHBOARD.
I DON'T HAVE THE NAME FOR IT, BUT THERE WILL BE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS OR AN ANNUAL REVIEW, YOU CAN GO AND SEE IN REAL TIME HOW MANY GREENHOUSE GAS HAVE WE REDU REDUCED OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL NEWS, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR SHARING.