Audio Transcript
[00:00:07] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: GOOD
[00:00:07] MORNING, EVERYONE.
[00:00:12] >>MARGIE MALAN, CLERK: GOOD
[00:00:13] MORNING.
[00:00:13] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: HANG ON.
[00:00:14] I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY
[00:00:15] VOLUME HERE.
[00:00:25] >>MARGIE MALAN, CLERK: GOOD
[00:00:25] MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU
[00:00:26] FOR JOINING US. CHAIR GILMORE WE
[00:00:30] HAVE A QUORUM.
[00:00:32] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: HOLD ON.
[00:00:33] I’M STILL HAVING AUDIO PROBLEMS.
[00:00:45] CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING TO ME THIS
[00:00:47] MORNING?
[00:00:52] >>MARGIE MALAN, CLERK: GOOD
[00:00:53] MORNING.
[00:00:54] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: CAN YOU
[00:00:55] HEAR ME?
[00:00:57] >>LETTY BELIN: YES.
[00:00:59] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:00:59] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND I
[00:01:01] SEE THAT IT IS 9:31, AND THIS
[00:01:07] MEETING OF THE BCDC ENFORCEMENT
[00:01:09] COMMITTEE IS HEREBY CALLED TO
[00:01:11] ORDER.
[00:01:12] MY NAME IS MARIE GILMORE AND I
[00:01:12] AM THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
[00:01:13] FOR COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING
[00:01:14] THOSE ATTENDING AT BEALE STREET,
[00:01:14] PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR VIDEO
[00:01:15] CAMERAS ARE ALWAYS ON AND PLEASE
[00:01:16] MUTE YOURSELVES WHEN YOU ARE NOT
[00:01:16] SPEAKING. OUR FIRST ORDER OF
[00:01:17] BUSINESS IS TO CALL THE ROLL.
[00:01:18] MATTHEW, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[00:01:34] MATTHEW, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[00:01:37] COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE UNMUTE
[00:01:37] YOURSELVES WHILE HE DOES SO TO
[00:01:38] RESPOND AND THEN MUTE YOURSELVES
[00:01:39] AFTER RESPONDING.
[00:01:43] >>MATTHEW TRUJILLO: GOOD
[00:01:44] MORNING. COMMISSIONER BELIN?
[00:01:46] >>LETTY BELIN: HERE.
[00:01:49] >>MATTHEW TRUJILLO: COMMISSIONER
[00:01:50] VASQUEZ?
[00:01:52] >>JOHN VASQUEZ: HERE.
[00:01:54] >>MATTHEW TRUJILLO: CHAIR
[00:01:54] GILMORE.
[00:01:55] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: HERE.
[00:01:56] WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT AND ARE
[00:01:57] DULY CONSTITUTED TO CONDUCT
[00:01:57] BUSINESS. AND THAT BRINGS US TO
[00:01:58] ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA, PUBLIC
[00:02:05] COMMENT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR
[00:02:08] USUAL
[00:02:08] PRACTICE AND AS INDICATED ON THE
[00:02:09] AGENDA, WE WILL NOW HAVE GENERAL
[00:02:10] PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON
[00:02:14] TODAY’S AGENDA. WE’VE RECEIVED
[00:02:17] NO GENERAL COMMENTS. IS THAT
[00:02:19] STILL CORRECT, MARGIE?
[00:02:22] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: YES,
[00:02:23] THAT IS CORRECT.
[00:02:24] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: IN
[00:02:25] ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING. FOR THE
[00:02:27] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING
[00:02:28] ONLINE, IF YOU WOULD
[00:02:29] LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER DURING THE
[00:02:30] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OR
[00:02:30] FOR AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
[00:02:31] PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE
[00:02:32] ZOOM APPLICATION BY CLICKING ON
[00:02:32] THE PARTICIPANTS ICON AT THE
[00:02:33] BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND LOOK
[00:02:34] IN THE BOX WHERE YOUR NAME IS
[00:02:34] LISTED UNDER ATTENDEES. FIND A
[00:02:35] SMALL PALM ICON ON THE LEFT. IF
[00:02:36] YOU CLICK ON THAT PALM ICON, IT
[00:02:36] WILL RAISE YOUR HAND, OR IF YOU
[00:02:37] ARE JOINING THIS MEETING BY
[00:02:38] PHONE, YOU MUST DIAL STAR 9 TO
[00:02:39] RAISE YOUR HAND THEN DIAL STAR 6
[00:02:39] ON YOUR KEYPAD TO UNMUTE YOUR
[00:02:40] PHONE WHEN THE HOST ASKS YOU IN
[00:02:41] ORDER TO MAKE A COMMENT. THE
[00:02:41] MEETING HOST WILL CALL
[00:02:42] INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RAISED
[00:02:42] THEIR HANDS IN THE ORDER THEY
[00:02:43] WERE RAISED. AFTER YOU ARE
[00:02:44] CALLED UPON, YOU WILL BE UNMUTED
[00:02:44] SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE YOUR
[00:02:45] COMMENTS. PLEASE ANNOUNCE
[00:02:46] YOURSELF BY FIRST AND LAST NAME
[00:02:46] FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING
[00:02:47] YOUR COMMENT. FOR MEMBERS OF THE
[00:02:48] PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON,
[00:02:48] PLEASE QUEUE UP AT THE SPEAKER’S
[00:02:49] PODIUM AND WAIT TO BE CALLED
[00:02:50] UPON TO SPEAK. COMMENTERS ARE
[00:02:50] LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO
[00:02:51] SPEAK. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
[00:02:52] RESPECTFUL AND FOCUSED. WE’RE
[00:02:52] HERE TO LISTEN TO ANY INDIVIDUAL
[00:02:53] WHO REQUESTS TO SPEAK, BUT EACH
[00:02:54] SPEAKER HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY
[00:02:55] TO ACT IN A CIVIL AND COURTEOUS
[00:02:55] MANNER AS DETERMINED BY THE
[00:02:56] CHAIR. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE
[00:02:57] SPEECH, DIRECT THREATS, INDIRECT
[00:02:57] THREATS OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. WE
[00:02:58] WILL MUTE ANYONE WHO FAILS TO
[00:02:59] FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES. MARGIE,
[00:02:59] DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTERS?
[00:04:03] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: CHAIR
[00:04:10] GILMORE, WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC
[00:04:13] SPEAKER IN THE ROOM OR ONLINE.
[00:04:15] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:04:15] YOU. SO, THAT MOVES US ON TO
[00:04:20] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL OF
[00:04:22] DRAFT MINUTES FOR THE LAST
[00:04:23] MEETING. WE HAVE ALL BEEN
[00:04:25] FURNISHED DRAFT MEETINGS FROM
[00:04:26] OUR LAST MEETING. COMMITTEE
[00:04:29] MEMBERS, I WOULD APPRECIATE A
[00:04:30] MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE
[00:04:32] THESE.
[00:04:39] >>JOHN VASQUEZ: SO MOVED.
[00:04:40] >>LETTY BELIN: SECOND.
[00:04:40] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:04:41] MOVED BY COMMISSIONER VASQUEZ
[00:04:43] AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
[00:04:44] BELIN. DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS
[00:04:46] TO APPROVING THESE MINUTES? DO
[00:04:51] WE HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.
[00:04:57] THE MEETING MINUTES PASS
[00:05:00] UNANIMOUSLY. SO, NOW WE ARE ON
[00:05:05] TO ITEM NUMBER 5, WHICH IS A
[00:05:10] BRIEFING TO THIS COMMITTEE ON
[00:05:11] THE STATUS OF THE CITY OF
[00:05:15] OAKLAND’S COMPLIANCE WITH
[00:05:16] COMMISSION ORDER CCD
[00:05:18] 2020.001.00. BCDC COMPLIANCE
[00:05:25] STAFF AND OAKLAND CITY STAFF
[00:05:27] WILL NOW REPORT OUT TO THIS
[00:05:29] COMMISSION ON THE CURRENT STATE
[00:05:31] OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND
[00:05:33] CONDITIONS OF THE COMMISSION
[00:05:36] ORDER REQUIRING REMEDIAL ACTIONS
[00:05:38] AT UNION POINT PARK IN THE CITY
[00:05:41] OF OAKLAND, ALAMEDA COUNTY. I’M
[00:05:44] GOING TO INVITE JOHN CREECH OF
[00:05:47] OUR COMPLIANCE UNIT TO START US
[00:05:49] OFF. JOHN?
[00:05:56] >>SANJAY RANCHOD: CHAIR GILMORE,
[00:05:58] IT’S SANJAY RANCHOD, I JUST
[00:06:01] WANTED TO NOTE I HAVE JOINED THE
[00:06:04] MEETING AS WELL.
[00:06:05] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:06:05] YOU, SANJAY. WELCOME, JOHN,
[00:06:06] BEFORE YOU START, CAN WE HAVE
[00:06:08] THE CITY OF OAKLAND OFFICIALS
[00:06:09] WHO ARE PRESENT PLEASE IDENTIFY
[00:06:11] THEMSELVES?
[00:06:17] >>JOE DEVRIES: GOOD MORNING,
[00:06:17] CHAIR GILMORE. THIS IS JOE
[00:06:20] DEVRIES, DEPUTY CITY
[00:06:21] ADMINISTRATOR. I DO BELIEVE
[00:06:22] OFFICER ALBINO IS HERE TO TALK
[00:06:23] ON THE NEXT ITEM, BUT I’M NOT
[00:06:25] SURE BECAUSE I CAN’T SEE WHO
[00:06:26] ELSE IS IN THE GALLERY.
[00:06:29] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OFFICER
[00:06:30] ALBINO? I SEE HIM.
[00:06:38] >>JOE DEVRIES: HE’S HERE FOR THE
[00:06:39] NEXT ITEM.
[00:06:39] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:06:40] GREAT. ALL RIGHT. JOHN?
[00:06:53] >>JOHN CREECH: GOOD MORNING,
[00:06:55] COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS JOHN
[00:06:56] CREECH, I’M ON BCDC’S COMPLIANCE
[00:06:58] TEAM. I’M HERE TODAY TO
[00:07:00] INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER 5, A
[00:07:02] BRIEFING ON UNION POINT PARK.
[00:07:03] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: JOHN,
[00:07:04] EXCUSE ME. COULD YOU SPEAK UP A
[00:07:06] LITTLE BIT? I’M HAVING
[00:07:08] DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU. THANK
[00:07:08] YOU.
[00:07:10] >>JOHN CREECH: THANK YOU FOR
[00:07:11] LETTING ME KNOW. I’LL START
[00:07:14] OVER. I’M JOHN CREECH, I’M ON
[00:07:16] BCDC’S COMPLIANCE TEAM. I’M HERE
[00:07:18] TODAY TO INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER
[00:07:20] 5, A BRIEFING ON UNION POINT
[00:07:22] PARK. WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM THE
[00:07:23] CITY OF OAKLAND ON THE STATUS OF
[00:07:25] THEIR PARK AND THEIR PLANS FOR
[00:07:27] MAINTAINING THE PARK. UNION
[00:07:36] POINT PARK AND UNION POINT
[00:07:38] MARINA ARE LOCATED IN OAKLAND,
[00:07:41] ALAMEDA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF
[00:07:43] COAST GUARD ISLAND BRIDGE ALONG
[00:07:47] OAKLAND’S EMBARCADERO. IT IS
[00:07:47] GOVERENED BY TWO ADMINISTRATIVE
[00:07:50] BCDC PERMITS. UNION POINT PARK
[00:07:51] WAS THE SUBJECT OF BCDC
[00:07:51] ENFORCEMENT CASE ER 2018.028 AND
[00:07:52] THAT CASE LED TO THE ISSUANCE OF
[00:08:03] CEASE AND DESIST ORDER CCD
[00:08:04] 220.001.00 TO THE CITY OF
[00:08:05] OAKLAND ON OCTOBER 21, 2020. AS
[00:08:07] YOU MAY RECALL, THE ISSUE OF
[00:08:09] ENCAMPMENTS AT THE PARK HAS BEEN
[00:08:10] THE SUBJECT OF MANY PUBLIC
[00:08:12] COMMENTS OVER THE YEARS. BCDC
[00:08:13] STAFF AND THE ENFORCEMENT
[00:08:15] COMMITTEE BEGAN RECEIVING PUBLIC
[00:08:17] COMMENTS ABOUT THE PARK AGAIN IN
[00:08:18] LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. CCD
[00:08:27] 2020.01.00 REFERS TO THE
[00:08:30] ENTIRETY OF UNION POINT PARK,
[00:08:31] THOUGH THE PARK ITSELF IS
[00:08:36] PERMITTED USING TWO SEPARATE
[00:08:38] PERMIT AUTHORIZATIONS. THE ORDER
[00:08:38] COVERS THE ENTIRETY OF THE PARK
[00:08:40] AND IS ISSUED TO THE CITY OF
[00:08:40] OAKLAND. THE ORDER REQUIRED
[00:08:43] OAKLAND TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
[00:08:44] AN ENCAMPMENT CLOSURE PLAN AND A
[00:08:47] PARK RESTORATION PLAN. ALL
[00:08:49] PARTIES UNDERSTOOD THAT THE
[00:08:51] ENCAMPMENT ENCLOSURE PLAN WOULD
[00:08:52] TAKE TIME TO IMPLEMENT AND WAS
[00:08:54] TO OCCUR IN STAGES. AS SUCH, THE
[00:08:55] CITY WAS TO ESTABLISH A REPRIEVE
[00:08:57] ZONE TO CONSOLIDATE ENCAMPMENTS
[00:08:59] AND THEN WORK TO CLEAR AND CLEAN
[00:09:00] UP THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THE
[00:09:02] CITY WAS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY
[00:09:04] SERVICES INCLUDING SANITARY,
[00:09:06] OUTREACH, HOUSING, WEEKLY
[00:09:09] GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICES IN
[00:09:11] THE REPRIEVE ZONE. BY FEBRUARY
[00:09:13] 12, 2021, THE CITY WAS TO HAVE
[00:09:16] CONDUCTED AN ENCAMPMENT CLOSURE
[00:09:18] INTERVENTION IN THE ENTIRETY OF
[00:09:20] THE PARK. THEN THE CITY WAS TO
[00:09:23] IMPLEMENT ITS PARK RESTORATION
[00:09:25] PLAN. BY APRIL 1, 2022, THE CITY
[00:09:28] WAS TO HAVE FULLY RESTORED THE
[00:09:30] PARK. IN THE INTEREST OF
[00:09:34] PREVENTION, THE CITY WAS TO
[00:09:35] DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN
[00:09:37] ENCAMPMENT ENFORCEMENT PLAN BY
[00:09:41] APRIL 15, 2021, AS WELL AS A
[00:09:41] LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE PLAN BY
[00:09:42] SEPTEMBER — EXCUSE ME, BY
[00:09:52] SEPTEMBER 1, 2021. THE CITY OF
[00:09:52] OAKLAND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED
[00:09:54] THE ALLOWED REPRIEVE ZONE AND
[00:09:56] CLEANED UP THE PARK OUTSIDE OF
[00:09:57] THE ZONE AS DOCUMENTED IN A
[00:09:59] NOVEMBER 20, 2021 EMAIL TO BCDC
[00:10:01] STAFF. THEN, CITY STAFF
[00:10:04] CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL THAT THE
[00:10:05] PARK HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
[00:10:07] CLEANED UP ON DECEMBER 11, 2020.
[00:10:10] THE CITY PROVIDED THE REQUIRED
[00:10:12] PLANS FOR BCDC REVIEW IN
[00:10:14] COMMENTS AND THE CITY WAS —
[00:10:17] CITY REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED
[00:10:19] AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE
[00:10:21] THE NECESSARY RESTORATION OF THE
[00:10:22] PARK. THE COMMITTEE IS BEING
[00:10:30] BRIEFED TODAY BECAUSE THERE
[00:10:31] SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES
[00:10:32] WITH ORDER COMPLIANCE AT THE
[00:10:34] PARK RECENTLY. STARTING IN
[00:10:35] JANUARY 2024, BCDC STAFF AND THE
[00:10:39] ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE BEGAN
[00:10:40] RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT
[00:10:41] EXPRESSED CONCERNS OF
[00:10:43] ENCAMPMENTS RETURNING TO UNION
[00:10:44] POINT PARK. STAFF CONDUCTED A
[00:10:46] SITE VISIT IN MARCH AND
[00:10:47] CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF
[00:10:49] SEVERAL TENTS THROUGHOUT THE
[00:10:50] PARK AS WELL AS AN RV IN THE
[00:10:51] SOUTHERN PARKING LOT. BCDC
[00:10:53] SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED THE CITY
[00:10:54] OF OAKLAND STAFF AND LEARNED
[00:10:58] THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT
[00:11:00] WERE FACING CHALLENGES WITH THE
[00:11:02] REQUIRED ALTERNATIVE SHELTER,
[00:11:03] AND THAT THERE WERE
[00:11:04] INTERRUPTIONS IN THE CONTRACT
[00:11:05] WITH THE OAKLAND OUTREACH TEAM,
[00:11:07] THIS TEAM PROVIDES FIRST CONTACT
[00:11:10] WITH INDIVIDUALS ENCAMPED IN THE
[00:11:11] PARKS. I WILL NOW INTRODUCE CITY
[00:11:14] OF OAKLAND’S DEPUTY CITY
[00:11:16] ADMINISTRATOR, JOE DEVRIES.
[00:11:24] >>JOE DEVRIES: THANK YOU, JOHN.
[00:11:26] SO, I DON’T HAVE SLIDES. I JUST
[00:11:28] WANT TO GIVE THE MOST RECENT
[00:11:30] UPDATE. I THINK, JOHN, THAT WAS
[00:11:32] VERY ACCURATE. WE, YOU KNOW,
[00:11:34] LOOKING AT OUR LONG-TERM
[00:11:38] ENFORCEMENT PLAN THAT WE AGREED
[00:11:39] TO IN THE ORIGINAL CEASE AND
[00:11:42] DESIST, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE
[00:11:43] FIRST FEW STEPS OF THAT PLAN. AS
[00:11:45] JOHN MENTIONED, WE HAD A
[00:11:47] DISRUPTION IN OUR OUTREACH
[00:11:49] CONTRACT. THAT DISRUPTION ENDED
[00:11:51] A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE WERE ABLE TO
[00:11:53] SEND OUR OUTREACH WORKERS OUT TO
[00:11:54] MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PERSONS IN
[00:11:55] THE ENCAMPMENT AND EXPLAIN THE
[00:11:57] PARK RULES AND THE REQUEST THAT
[00:11:59] PEOPLE MOVE VOLUNTARILY. OR
[00:12:02] ACCEPT OFFERS OF SHELTER.
[00:12:06] UNFORTUNATELY WE DON’T HAVE
[00:12:07] SHELTER BEDS TO OFFER RIGHT NOW.
[00:12:08] WE HAVE ADDED THE ENCAMPMENT TO
[00:12:10] THE WEEKLY AGENDA FOR THE
[00:12:12] ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT TEAM,
[00:12:13] WHICH IS STEP TWO OF THE
[00:12:14] LONG-TERM ENFORCEMENT PLAN THAT
[00:12:15] WE AGREED TO. AND THAT TEAM
[00:12:18] HOPES TO HAVE BEDS AVAILABLE TO
[00:12:19] BE ABLE TO PERFORM A CLOSURE IN
[00:12:22] EARLY JUNE AT THIS POINT, BASED
[00:12:24] ON BED AVAILABILITY. WE’VE ALSO
[00:12:28] DEPLOYED OAKDOT, THE DEPARTMENT
[00:12:32] OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE
[00:12:34] ENFORCEMENT UNIT THREE TIMES IN
[00:12:35] THE PAST THREE MONTHS TO TRY TO
[00:12:39] GAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE FOR
[00:12:41] THE RV TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT.
[00:12:45] THEY HAVE REFUSED TO. SO, IN
[00:12:47] ORDER TO CLOSE THAT PORTION OF
[00:12:50] THE ENCAMPMENT, WE NEED TO
[00:12:52] PROVIDE A SAFE RV PARKING SPOT.
[00:12:54] WE DID OPEN A SAFE RV PARKING
[00:12:56] SITE A YEAR AGO. IT IS CURRENTLY
[00:12:58] FULL. SO, WE’RE REALLY LOOKING
[00:13:00] TO FIND A SPACE FOR THAT RV
[00:13:02] BEFORE WE CAN CLOSE IT SO THAT
[00:13:03] WE DON’T VIOLATE ANY OF OUR
[00:13:05] LEGAL SETTLEMENTS OR OUR
[00:13:08] ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICY.
[00:13:10] SO, WE’LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
[00:13:13] OUTREACH AT THE SITE UNTIL WE
[00:13:15] SCHEDULE THE CLOSURE. AND THE
[00:13:17] CLOSURE WILL BE SCHEDULED BASED
[00:13:18] ON BED AVAILABILITY. HAPPY TO
[00:13:24] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[00:13:27] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:13:28] YOU. I WASN’T SURE THAT YOU WERE
[00:13:30] FINISHED. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS
[00:13:33] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.
[00:13:36] DEVRIES? I JUST HAVE ONE
[00:13:43] QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND, YOU
[00:13:47] KNOW, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
[00:13:49] AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO
[00:13:57] REMOVE THESE ENCAMPMENTS OR RVs
[00:14:00] ONCE THEY’RE ESTABLISHED. I
[00:14:02] THINK WHAT I WANT TO KNOW AND
[00:14:03] MAYBE WHAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
[00:14:04] WANT TO KNOW IS GIVEN THE FACT
[00:14:09] THAT THE CITY OF OAKLAND HAS
[00:14:11] SPENT SO MANY RESOURCES ON
[00:14:13] CLEANING UP THIS PARK, WHY ISN’T
[00:14:17] THERE MORE VIGILANCE IN TERMS OF
[00:14:20] MONITORING THE PARK TO MAKE SURE
[00:14:23] THAT THE ENCAMPMENTS DON’T GET A
[00:14:26] FOOTHOLD IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND
[00:14:29] IT MAY VERY WELL BE LACK OF
[00:14:32] RESOURCES IN THE POLICE
[00:14:35] DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER. I WOULD
[00:14:36] REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS ON THE
[00:14:38] RECORD. THIS IS A QUESTION WE
[00:14:40] GET A LOT.
[00:14:44] >>JOE DEVRIES: I THINK YOU’RE
[00:14:45] ASKING A QUESTION THAT
[00:14:46] TRANSCENDS UNION POINT PARK. YOU
[00:14:48] KNOW, WE HAVE LAWS, WE HAVE
[00:14:50] RULES, AND WE ALSO HAVE A
[00:14:52] POPULATION THAT — THAT LIVES
[00:14:54] OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOR A VARIETY
[00:14:56] OF REASONS. YOU KNOW, I FAILED
[00:14:59] TO MENTION EARLIER, WE DID ALSO
[00:15:02] IMPLEMENT SOME SET-TED MEASURES.
[00:15:07] YOU MAY RECALL, LAST YEAR WE HAD
[00:15:08] PEOPLE DRIVING INTO THE PARK, WE
[00:15:10] WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET THOSE
[00:15:11] ENCAMPMENTS REMOVED, AND WE
[00:15:13] ACTUALLY PUT IN IN CONCRETE
[00:15:15] BLOCKS TO AVOID CARS DRIVING
[00:15:16] INTO THE PARK. THAT WAS A
[00:15:19] SUCCESSFUL SET-TED ENDEAVOR. OPD
[00:15:21] CAN GO AND ASK PEOPLE TO
[00:15:23] VOLUNTARILY COMPLY WITH OUR PARK
[00:15:25] RULES, WITH OUR NO-CAMPING ZONE,
[00:15:28] WHICH IS CLEARLY BEEN POSTED
[00:15:30] MULTIPLE TIMES. IF THEY DON’T,
[00:15:32] HOWEVER, IT KICKS OVER TO THE
[00:15:35] ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. AND
[00:15:36] THE ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICY
[00:15:39] IS REALLY CLEAR AND HAS BEEN
[00:15:41] APPROVED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE THAT
[00:15:42] WE CANNOT FORCE PEOPLE TO LEAVE
[00:15:45] THE PARK UNLESS WE HAVE A
[00:15:47] SHELTER BED FOR THEM. I THINK
[00:15:52] THAT IS THE BIGGEST HURDLE WE
[00:15:53] HAVE. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR
[00:15:55] SHELTER BED CAPACITY IN OAKLAND
[00:15:56] SINCE 2017 BY SOMETHING LIKE
[00:15:58] 800%. LITERALLY WENT FROM 100
[00:16:02] BEDS TO 800, AND THEN WE ADDED
[00:16:04] SAFE RV PARKING SITES ON TOP OF
[00:16:06] THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
[00:16:07] UNSHELTERED POPULATION HAS
[00:16:12] TRIPLED. FOR ALL THOSE
[00:16:13] EFFORTS — I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY
[00:16:14] THE OTHER MAJOR HURDLE THE CITY
[00:16:16] OF OAKLAND IS FACING IS THAT WE
[00:16:18] ARE NOT MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF
[00:16:20] SHELTER INTO PERMANENT HOUSING
[00:16:22] BECAUSE THE PERMANENT HOUSING
[00:16:23] DOESN’T EXIST.
[00:16:26] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: MM-HMM.
[00:16:28] >>JOE DEVRIES: THAT’S THE
[00:16:29] BOTTLENECK THAT OUR CITY
[00:16:30] STRUGGLES WITH DESPERATELY. WHEN
[00:16:32] I STARTED DOING THIS WORK —
[00:16:33] I’VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOUR
[00:16:35] COMMITTEE NOW SINCE BEFORE THE
[00:16:36] PANDEMIC. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD
[00:16:40] MOVE SOMEONE INTO A CABIN, FOR
[00:16:42] EXAMPLE, AND EXPECT A SIX-MONTH
[00:16:44] STAY. AND WE — WITH OUR
[00:16:47] ORIGINAL COMMUNITY CABIN
[00:16:49] PROGRAM, WE ACTUALLY MOVED TWO
[00:16:52] THIRDS OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS OF
[00:16:53] THOSE CABINS INTO PERMANENT
[00:16:56] HOUSING WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
[00:16:57] THAT’S NO LONGER THE CASE. WE
[00:16:58] ARE FINDING THAT WE MOVE PEOPLE
[00:16:59] INTO THESE CABIN SHELTERS OR
[00:17:02] INTO SAFE RV SITES AND WE’RE NOT
[00:17:05] EXITING THEM AT NEARLY THE PACE
[00:17:08] WE WERE BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE
[00:17:09] THE HOUSING TO EXIT THEM TO. YOU
[00:17:10] KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THERE’S A
[00:17:12] SUPREME COURT CASE THAT WAS
[00:17:13] HEARD JUST ON MONDAY REGARDING
[00:17:15] THE 9th CIRCUIT AND REALLY WILL
[00:17:18] BE A MOMENT WHERE WE’RE REALLY
[00:17:21] HOPING TO SEE WHAT THE SUPREME
[00:17:23] COURT SAYS IN LATE JUNE AT THE
[00:17:25] END OF THEIR SESSION. THAT COULD
[00:17:27] SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR
[00:17:29] OPERATIONS AND GIVE US MORE
[00:17:31] LEEWAY. NOT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH
[00:17:35] DETAIL, BUT MY OPINION, I’M NOT
[00:17:36] AN ATTORNEY, I’VE READ THE 9th
[00:17:40] CIRCUIT CASE, I HAD TO BE IN
[00:17:41] FEDERAL COURT SIX TIMES ON THIS,
[00:17:43] I BELIEVE THE JUDGES MADE IT
[00:17:45] CLEAR, THE CITIES COULD REGULATE
[00:17:47] TIME, PLACE AND MANNER, BUT IT’S
[00:17:49] NOT BEEN INTERPRETED THAT WAY AT
[00:17:51] THE LOCAL LEVEL. OUR LOCAL
[00:17:53] FEDERAL JUDGES HAVE GOTTEN VERY
[00:17:56] INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN WHAT TYPE
[00:17:57] OF SHELTER WE OFFER, WHAT
[00:17:59] AMENITIES WE OFFER AT THE
[00:18:00] SHELTER BEFORE WE’RE ALLOWED TO
[00:18:01] TAKE ACTION WHEN A RESTRAINING
[00:18:03] ORDER IS FILED AGAINST US. I’M
[00:18:06] CITING WOOD STREET AS THE MOST
[00:18:08] RECENT EXAMPLE WHERE THE JUDGE
[00:18:09] WOULD NOT LET US CLOSE THE WOOD
[00:18:11] STREET ENCAMPMENT UNTIL SOME
[00:18:13] VERY DETAILED ASPECTS OF THE
[00:18:15] COMMUNITY CABIN PROGRAM COULD BE
[00:18:17] PROVED OR IMPLEMENTED. THINGS
[00:18:19] SUCH AS WHETHER WE HAD THE
[00:18:22] SHOWERS UP AND RUNNING, EVEN
[00:18:24] THOUGH WE HAD THE BATHROOMS UP
[00:18:25] AND RUNNING. WHETHER WE PROVIDED
[00:18:27] A COMMUNITY KITCHEN. THAT
[00:18:29] DEFINITION OF WHAT IS ADEQUATE
[00:18:31] EMERGENCY SHELTER BEING PLAYED
[00:18:32] OUT IN A FEDERAL, YOU KNOW,
[00:18:35] COURT LOCALLY I THINK HAS REALLY
[00:18:38] MADE OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. I
[00:18:39] THINK WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AT
[00:18:41] THE SUPREME COURT WILL REALLY
[00:18:42] SHAPE THINGS MORE IN THE FUTURE.
[00:18:47] SORRY, I’VE GONE ON A LONG TIME
[00:18:48] ABOUT THAT. I HOPE IT GIVES YOU
[00:18:50] A BIT OF CONTEXT. REST ASSURED,
[00:18:52] THIS ENCAMPMENT IS ON THE EMTs
[00:18:55] RADAR. IT IS GOING TO BE
[00:18:56] PRIORITIZED. I WASN’T SURE IF I
[00:18:58] SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT DURING THIS
[00:18:59] AGENDA ITEM OR THE NEXT ONE, WE
[00:19:01] DID JUST HAVE A VERY MASSIVE
[00:19:05] CLOSURE OF THE LEET DRIVE-IN
[00:19:08] ENCAMPMENT. OUR CENSUS DATA FROM
[00:19:11] UNION POINT PARK SHOWS IT’S
[00:19:12] ABOUT FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE. ONCE
[00:19:13] WE GET THOSE BEDS IT SHOULDN’T
[00:19:16] AN DIFFICULT LIFT TO GET IT
[00:19:18] CLOSED. WE JUST CLOSED A MUCH
[00:19:20] LARGER ENCAMPMENT ON LEET DRIVE,
[00:19:22] WHICH THIS COMMITTEE WAS
[00:19:23] INTERESTED IN IN TERMS OF THE
[00:19:24] IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY BECAUSE
[00:19:26] IT WAS ALONG THE CHANNEL. THAT,
[00:19:28] WE CONSIDER A SUCCESS. WITH EACH
[00:19:31] SUCCESS WE TAP OUR RESOURCES AND
[00:19:34] MAKE THE NEXT ONE TAKE THAT MUCH
[00:19:36] LONGER TO IMPLEMENT.
[00:19:40] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:19:40] YOU VERY MUCH. I DEFINITELY
[00:19:41] APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT. I THINK
[00:19:43] IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THE — I’M
[00:19:48] SORRY? JOHN? YOU’RE MUTED. OKAY.
[00:19:57] I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT.
[00:20:00] I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THE
[00:20:02] PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE CONTEXT
[00:20:05] AND THE CONSTRAINTS UPON WHICH
[00:20:09] ALL OF THIS IS SURROUNDED BY OR
[00:20:11] AFFECTED BY. BEFORE I GO TO
[00:20:14] PUBLIC COMMENT, DO ANY MEMBERS
[00:20:16] OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY
[00:20:19] QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
[00:20:24] NONE. MARGIE, DO WE HAVE ANY
[00:20:27] PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
[00:20:33] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: YES, WE
[00:20:33] HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER HERE IN
[00:20:36] PERSON.
[00:20:47] >>SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING CHAIR
[00:20:48] GILMORE, COMMISSIONER AND STAFF.
[00:20:51] MY NAME IS MICHAEL GORMAN, I
[00:20:54] RESIDE IN ALAMEDA. I COME TO
[00:20:56] REPRESENT 300 TO 400 KIDS THAT
[00:20:59] PARTICIPATE IN OUR SAILING
[00:21:01] PROGRAM ALL YEAR LONG AND
[00:21:02] ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER. IT
[00:21:04] CONTINUES TO CONCERN US AND
[00:21:05] DISGUST US THAT THE GARBAGE AND
[00:21:08] HUMAN WASTE CONTINUES TO BE PUT
[00:21:09] INTO THE WATERS OF THE OAKLAND
[00:21:12] ESTUARY WHERE OUR KIDS SWIM AND
[00:21:16] RECREATE. MANY ADULTS DO THE
[00:21:18] SAME. I’M ALSO INVOLVED WITH A
[00:21:20] BUSINESS IN OAKLAND ON KENNEDY
[00:21:21] STREET. I’M THERE DAILY. I
[00:21:25] WITNESSED THE NETWORK OF RVs
[00:21:30] ANCHORED OUT — ILLEGALLY
[00:21:32] ANCHORED-OUT BOATS AND OTHER
[00:21:35] STREET PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY
[00:21:37] OPERATE A NETWORK OF DRUG
[00:21:40] DISTRIBUTION AND THIEVERY AND
[00:21:44] ITEMS CONTINUALLY MISSING OFF OF
[00:21:47] PROPERTY OWNERS AND BOATS IN THE
[00:21:48] AREA. IT’S NOT JUST BY
[00:21:51] OBSERVATION. I’VE BEEN INVOLVED
[00:21:53] WITH THE DEA, HOMELAND SECURITY,
[00:21:58] THE COAST GUARD SPECIAL
[00:22:00] INVESTIGATORS AND THE POLICE
[00:22:01] DEPARTMENTS, THERE HAVE BEEN
[00:22:03] ARRESTS MADE OF THESE PEOPLE.
[00:22:08] CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. I
[00:22:10] GUESS THE CULMINATION OF THIS
[00:22:11] WAS LAST WEEK OR ABOUT TEN DAYS
[00:22:13] AGO IN A SHOOTING AND MURDER IN
[00:22:14] THE MIDDLE OF KENNEDY STREET
[00:22:17] AMONGST THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE.
[00:22:22] THE KIDS ARE MY MAIN CONCERN IN
[00:22:24] ALAMEDA, BUT THE BUSINESSES AND
[00:22:25] PUBLIC IN OAKLAND AND THE
[00:22:27] WATERFRONT AND PUBLIC WATERWAYS
[00:22:29] ARE ALSO A CONCERN. BEING A
[00:22:32] BOATER ALL MY LIFE AND
[00:22:34] APPRECIATIVE OF THE WATER AND
[00:22:35] ITS RESOURCE, I LOOK TO BCDC AS
[00:22:36] BEING THE MAIN CONTROLLER AND
[00:22:41] WATCHKEEPER OF THOSE RESOURCES
[00:22:43] FOR THE PUBLIC. FRANKLY, THE
[00:22:46] INTRUSION OF THE ANCHOR-OUTS,
[00:22:48] ILLEGAL ANCHOR-OUTS, THE OTHER
[00:22:51] THINGS THAT I MENTIONED ON LAND
[00:22:53] AND WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF UNION
[00:22:56] POINT PARK KEEP THE PUBLIC AWAY
[00:22:57] FROM THE AREA. THE ONLY PEOPLE
[00:22:59] WHO GO THERE ARE THOSE
[00:23:00] PARTICIPANTS OF THOSE
[00:23:02] ACTIVITIES. I’VE BEEN OVER THERE
[00:23:04] FOR YEARS. I’VE YET TO SEE A
[00:23:06] FAMILY WALKING A CHILD DOWN THAT
[00:23:07] BAY TRAIL OR EVEN HARDLY A
[00:23:11] INDIVIDUAL RIDING A BIKE OR
[00:23:12] GOING DOWN THE BAY TRAIL IF
[00:23:14] THEY’RE NOT PART OF WHAT I WOULD
[00:23:15] CALL THE ILLEGAL COMMUNITY. I’VE
[00:23:17] ALWAYS FELT BCDC HAS DONE A
[00:23:19] GREAT JOB. I WANT TO THANK YOU
[00:23:21] FOR YOUR PAST ACTIONS IN
[00:23:22] CLEANING UP THE PARK. YOU HAVE
[00:23:24] THE ULTIMATE CLOUT THROUGH THAT
[00:23:26] PERMITTING PROCESS AND
[00:23:28] ENFORCEMENT, THIS COMMITTEE
[00:23:31] ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR THE CITY
[00:23:32] OF OAKLAND. I WOULD URGE YOU TO
[00:23:34] STEP IT UP. PUT MORE
[00:23:36] ENFORCEMENT, FIRM ENFORCEMENT
[00:23:38] ACTION IN PLACE AND TRY TO GET
[00:23:40] SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS
[00:23:41] PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE OAKLAND’S
[00:23:45] COMMENTS, THE DEPUTY
[00:23:48] ADMINISTRATOR’S COMMENTS ON
[00:23:49] THEIR CONSTRAINTS AND
[00:23:51] DIFFICULTIES, I ALSO KNOW IT’S A
[00:23:53] MATTER OF PRIORITIES. IF YOU
[00:23:54] HAVE PRESSURE ON THEM FOR AN
[00:23:56] ENFORCEMENT ACTION, I’M SURE
[00:23:57] THEIR PRIORITIES WILL INCREASE,
[00:23:59] ESPECIALLY IF IT INCLUDES
[00:24:01] PENALTIES AND FINES. THANK YOU
[00:24:03] FOR YOUR COMMENTS — THANK YOU
[00:24:05] FOR LISTENING.
[00:24:09] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:24:09] YOU, SIR. I’M GOING TO ASSUME
[00:24:11] THAT THOSE COMMENTS APPLY
[00:24:15] EQUALLY TO ITEM NUMBER 6, WHICH
[00:24:18] IS A BRIEFING ON OUR
[00:24:20] ALAMEDA-OAKLAND ESTUARY
[00:24:22] ENCAMPMENT ISSUES.
[00:24:24] >>SPEAKER: YES.
[00:24:25] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: I’M NOT
[00:24:26] SURE IF YOU MEANT TO SPEAK ON
[00:24:31] THAT ITEM OR IF THESE COMMENTS
[00:24:33] APPLY TO BOTH ITEMS.
[00:24:35] >>SPEAKER: THE COMMENTS APPLY TO
[00:24:36] BOTH. I PROBABLY FORGOT TO
[00:24:38] COMMENT ON MY THANK YOU TO THE
[00:24:41] OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT,
[00:24:42] ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
[00:24:43] ALL THEY ACCOMPLISHED ALREADY.
[00:24:46] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:24:47] THANK YOU, SIR.
[00:24:49] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: THANK
[00:24:49] YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE ONE MORE
[00:24:50] PUBLIC SPEAKER. PLEASE STATE
[00:24:52] YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU
[00:24:53] HAVE THREE MINUTES.
[00:24:55] >>SPEAKER: MY NAME IS CHRIS
[00:24:56] McKAY, I’M WITH THE EMBARCADERO
[00:24:59] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. A YEAR
[00:25:02] AGO WE WERE PLANTING TREES IN
[00:25:05] THE PARK. WE HAD A BUNCH OF
[00:25:07] SCHOOL CHILDREN COME IN. WE
[00:25:08] CLEANED UP GRAFFITI, PICKED UP
[00:25:10] LITTER, EVERYBODY WAS TALKING
[00:25:12] ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW GREAT THE
[00:25:13] PARK WAS LOOKING AND WE COULD —
[00:25:16] WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH
[00:25:18] FIXING UP THE PLAYGROUND AND
[00:25:19] PLANTING MORE TREES. A DAY AFTER
[00:25:21] THAT, SOMEBODY MOVED INTO THE
[00:25:22] PARK WITH A TENT. NOBODY TOLD
[00:25:25] THEM TO LEAVE. IT GREW AND MORE
[00:25:27] PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND MORE PEOPLE
[00:25:28] SHOWED UP. AND NOW I’VE
[00:25:31] SUBMITTED PICTURES OF THIS,
[00:25:33] THERE’S BASICALLY A TWO-BEDROOM
[00:25:34] HOUSE THAT’S BEEN BUILT IN THE
[00:25:36] CENTER OF THE PARK RIGHT NEXT TO
[00:25:38] THE PLAYGROUND. EVERY NIGHT
[00:25:40] PEOPLE HAVE BONFIRES THERE.
[00:25:43] THEY’RE SURROUNDED BY TRASH,
[00:25:45] HUMAN WASTE. RECENTLY THE GUY
[00:25:48] HAS GOTTEN A DOG. I WAS — HAD
[00:25:53] TO RUN YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS OVER
[00:25:54] THERE TAKING PICTURES BECAUSE
[00:25:56] THIS BIG BLACK DOG CAME OUT OF
[00:25:59] THIS STRUCTURE AND I HEARD FROM
[00:26:01] OTHER PEOPLE THAT HE’S ATTACKED
[00:26:03] PEOPLE AND THAT THERE’S ANOTHER
[00:26:04] DOG ROAMING THE PARK THAT
[00:26:09] BELONGS TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
[00:26:10] THE PARK IS ABANDONED. THERE’S
[00:26:12] NOBODY THERE. NO ONE NOW WILL GO
[00:26:14] NEAR IT WITH THIS DOG. I CAN
[00:26:17] UNDERSTAND SOMEONE IN A TENT,
[00:26:19] BUT THIS GUY HAS BUILT A HOUSE
[00:26:21] IN THE CENTER OF THE PARK AND
[00:26:23] BEEN ALLOWED TO STAY THERE FOR
[00:26:25] OVER SIX MONTHS. IT’S JUST
[00:26:28] UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS HAS
[00:26:31] HAPPENED. THE AMOUNT OF TRASH IS
[00:26:33] RIDICULOUS. THE CRIME ELEMENT
[00:26:35] NOW. THERE WAS A SHOOTING, AS
[00:26:37] MICHAEL MENTIONED, ON KENNEDY
[00:26:43] STREET TWO WEEKS AGO. THIS CAME
[00:26:45] FROM THE THEFT OF THE COPPER
[00:26:46] WIRING FROM JACQUELINE SQUARE
[00:26:48] MARINA. IT WAS TAKEN — IT WAS
[00:26:52] STOLEN BY THE GUYS ON THE BOATS
[00:26:54] FROM THE ANCHOR-OUT. THE POLICE
[00:26:57] KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. THEY STOLE,
[00:26:59] I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS
[00:27:00] OF DOLLARS WORTH OF COPPER WIRE.
[00:27:03] THEY TOOK IT DOWN TO KENNEDY
[00:27:04] STREET AND THEY STRIPPED IT ALL
[00:27:06] THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE — YOU
[00:27:08] KNOW, THE REMAINS FROM THE
[00:27:10] STRIPPING. ANOTHER GANG OR A
[00:27:13] GANG CAME AND ATTEMPTED TO ROB
[00:27:16] THE GUY, GRAY DUBEL, THAT STOLE
[00:27:20] THE WIRING. GRAY DUBEL SHOT THE
[00:27:24] GUY IN THE HEAD AND KILLED HIM.
[00:27:25] THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
[00:27:27] KENNEDY STREET AT 3:30 IN THE
[00:27:28] AFTERNOON, WHICH IS AROUND THE
[00:27:29] CORNER FROM THE DOWNTOWN CHARTER
[00:27:32] ACADEMY WHERE ALL THE PARENTS
[00:27:34] WERE PICKING UP THEIR KIDS AND
[00:27:35] DRIVING DOWN KENNEDY TO GET ON
[00:27:37] THE FREEWAY. WHAT’S GOING ON
[00:27:39] THERE IS IT’S ALL TIED TOGETHER.
[00:27:41] IT’S THE MURDER ON KENNEDY
[00:27:43] STREET, IT’S THE PEOPLE IN THE
[00:27:45] PARK LIVING IN THE PARK, AND
[00:27:47] IT’S ALSO THE ANCHOR-OUTS. SO,
[00:27:51] SOMEWHERE THIS LINK HAS TO BE
[00:27:53] BROKEN. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER
[00:27:55] IT’S THE PARK, GETTING RID OF
[00:27:57] THE ANCHOR-OUTS, CLOSING KENNEDY
[00:27:59] STREET. WE’D LIKE TO SEE ALL
[00:28:00] THREE OF IT, THREE THINGS
[00:28:03] HAPPEN. BECAUSE THIS IS
[00:28:04] UNTENABLE. WE ASK BCDC, USE ITS
[00:28:09] ENFORCEMENT POLICY. THE CITY HAS
[00:28:11] 23 MILLION OF UNSPENT MONEY FROM
[00:28:16] MEASURE Q ALLOCATED FOR LEANING
[00:28:17] UP THE PARKS. WHY HASN’T HAS
[00:28:20] BEEN SPENT? YOU COULD PUT PEOPLE
[00:28:22] IN RITZ CARLTON IF YOU NEED A
[00:28:24] PLACE FOR THEM WITH THIS MONEY.
[00:28:26] PLEASE DO SOMETHING. WE CAN’T
[00:28:28] TAKE IT ANYMORE. THANK YOU.
[00:28:34] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:28:35] YOU.
[00:28:35] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: THANK
[00:28:36] YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR GILMORE,
[00:28:38] THAT’S ALL WE HAVE FOR THE
[00:28:42] PUBLIC SPEAKER IN-PERSON. WE
[00:28:45] HAVE A COMMENTER ONLINE.
[00:28:52] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:28:52] YOU.
[00:29:01] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: VH?
[00:29:03] >>SPEAKER: HI.
[00:29:07] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: PLEASE
[00:29:08] STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
[00:29:08] AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
[00:29:11] [ BROKEN AUDIO ]
[00:29:13] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY. WE
[00:29:14] CAN’T HEAR YOU OR UNDERSTAND
[00:29:15] YOU.
[00:29:17] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: VH? WE
[00:29:24] CANNOT HEAR YOU.
[00:29:29] [ BROKEN AUDIO ]
[00:29:35] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: SORRY,
[00:29:36] WE CAN’T HEAR YOU.
[00:29:43] >>SPEAKER: I’M A RESIDENT — CAN
[00:29:46] YOU STILL NOT UNDERSTAND ME?
[00:29:48] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: YOU’RE
[00:29:49] FADING IN AND OUT. TRY AGAIN.
[00:29:51] >>SPEAKER: I’M SORRY. I JUST
[00:29:52] DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO ON
[00:29:54] MY END.
[00:29:55] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: YOU’RE
[00:29:56] FINE RIGHT NOW.
[00:29:57] >>SPEAKER: OKAY. GREAT. I WOULD
[00:29:58] RATHER NOT STATE MY NAME. I HAVE
[00:30:02] SPOKEN MANY TIMES AT THESE
[00:30:05] ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
[00:30:07] IN THE PAST. I’M A RESIDENT AT
[00:30:10] UNION POINT MARINA. I FEEL LIKE
[00:30:15] IF I GIVE MY NAME, I WILL BE A
[00:30:19] TARGET FOR RETALIATION. AS A
[00:30:26] RESIDENT, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL
[00:30:29] FOR THE ANCHOR-OUT SITUATION
[00:30:31] BEING IMPROVED. THERE’S STILL
[00:30:33] TRAFFIC BACK AND FORTH PAST THE
[00:30:35] MARINA, PAST BUD BOAT ALL NIGHT
[00:30:40] LONG OF — I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S
[00:30:42] GOING ON. ALL NIGHT LONG THERE’S
[00:30:44] TRAFFIC BACK AND FORTH FROM THE
[00:30:45] REMAINING ANCHOR-OUTS GOING PAST
[00:30:48] THE MARINA. THERE ARE FREQUENT
[00:30:55] ARGUMENTS AND FIGHTS IN THE
[00:30:57] PARKING LOT. THE SCENE HAS
[00:31:00] STARTED — JUST GOING TO MY CAR
[00:31:02] HAS STARTED TO FEEL UNSAFE
[00:31:04] AGAIN. WHAT I TRULY DON’T
[00:31:08] UNDERSTAND IS WHY THERE IS A
[00:31:11] PUBLIC BATHROOM AT UNION POINT
[00:31:15] PARK. THERE ARE MANY, MANY,
[00:31:18] MANY, MANY PARKS IN THE CITY OF
[00:31:20] OAKLAND THAT DON’T HAVE PUBLIC
[00:31:22] BATHROOMS AND DON’T HAVE
[00:31:23] FOUNTAINS AND FAUCETS. THERE ARE
[00:31:26] MANY, MANY, MANY MILES OF
[00:31:29] SHORELINE AROUND THE BAY WHERE
[00:31:31] THERE’S NO IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO
[00:31:34] BATHROOMS AND WATER. AS LONG AS
[00:31:36] THOSE BATHROOMS ARE THERE AND AS
[00:31:38] LONG AS THOSE WATER FOUNTAINS
[00:31:40] AND THOSE FAUCETS ARE THERE,
[00:31:41] PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BATHE THERE.
[00:31:43] PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WASH THEIR
[00:31:45] CLOTHES THERE. PEOPLE ARE GOING
[00:31:46] TO — IT IS A — IT IS A MAGNET
[00:31:50] FOR THE PROBLEM, THE FACT THAT
[00:31:52] THOSE FACILITIES ARE THERE. I
[00:31:53] WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE
[00:31:55] FACILITIES CLOSED. THEY WERE
[00:31:57] CLOSED FOR A WHILE AFTER THE
[00:32:00] ENCAMPMENT WAS REMOVED. IT
[00:32:03] REALLY — IT REALLY HELPED. IT
[00:32:05] WAS ACTUALLY THE REOPENING OF
[00:32:07] THOSE BATHROOMS AND TURNING THE
[00:32:11] WATER BACK ON THAT RE-STIMULATED
[00:32:14] PEOPLE TO START MOVING BACK IN.
[00:32:19] PLEASE — PLEASE DO SOMETHING
[00:32:23] ABOUT THIS. I DON’T KNOW IF THIS
[00:32:25] HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED
[00:32:29] SHUTTING DOWN THOSE BATHROOMS.
[00:32:30] THEY SERVE — OTHER THAN —
[00:32:36] OTHER THAN FACILITIES FOR THE
[00:32:38] HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, THEY
[00:32:41] REALLY ARE NOT SERVING ANY OTHER
[00:32:43] PUBLIC PURPOSE. THAT’S ALL FOR
[00:32:45] THE MOMENT. THANK YOU.
[00:32:49] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: THANK
[00:32:50] YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR GILMORE,
[00:32:51] THAT’S ALL WE HAVE.
[00:32:53] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:32:54] YOU, MARGIE. I GUESS MY FINAL
[00:32:58] QUESTION IS ONE FOR STAFF.
[00:33:02] CLEARLY WE’VE ALL BEEN KEEPING
[00:33:05] AN EYE ON THE SITUATION. DO WE
[00:33:08] HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THIS MIGHT
[00:33:10] COME BACK TO US FOR AN UPDATE?
[00:33:17] >>JOHN CREECH: IN MY NEXT
[00:33:18] PRESENTATION I WILL PROPOSE TO
[00:33:20] BRING OAKLAND AND ALAMEDA BACK
[00:33:21] FOR A BRIEFING ON THE
[00:33:25] OAKLAND-ALAMEDA ESTUARY, AND IT
[00:33:28] MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THEM ADDRESS
[00:33:29] THIS ISSUE THEN AS WELL.
[00:33:31] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:33:32] GREAT. I GUESS I JUST JUMPED THE
[00:33:34] GUN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM
[00:33:36] COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THIS ISSUE?
[00:33:43] OKAY. SEEING NONE. LET’S MOVE ON
[00:33:45] TO ITEM NUMBER 6, WHICH IS A
[00:33:48] BRIEFING ON THE ALAMEDA-OAKLAND
[00:33:52] ESTUARY AND ENCAMPMENT ISSUE.
[00:33:54] THIS COMMITTEE WILL RECEIVE A
[00:33:56] BRIEFING ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO
[00:33:57] ADDRESS SHORELINE ENCAMPMENTS,
[00:34:00] ABANDONED AND DERELICT VESSELS
[00:34:02] AND ANCHOR-OUTS IN THE
[00:34:05] ALAMEDA-OAKLAND ESTUARY BY BCDC
[00:34:08] STAFF AND THE CITIES OF OAKLAND
[00:34:10] AND ALAMEDA. BEFORE WE GET
[00:34:14] STARTED, CAN WE HAVE
[00:34:17] REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF
[00:34:20] ALAMEDA AND OFFICER ALBINO
[00:34:25] IDENTIFY THEMSELVES FOR THE
[00:34:26] RECORD, PLEASE?
[00:34:31] >>JOSHUA CROSSLEY: LIEUTENANT
[00:34:32] JOSHUA CROSSLEY, CITY OF ALAMEDA
[00:34:36] POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[00:34:42] >>KALEO ALBINO: OFFICER KALEO
[00:34:43] ALBINO, OAKLAND POLICE
[00:34:43] DEPARTMENT MARINE UNIT.
[00:34:47] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:34:48] YOU AND WELCOME. I WILL INVITE
[00:34:49] JOHN CREECH OF OUR COMPLIANCE
[00:34:49] UNIT TO START THE BRIEFING.
[00:34:51] JOHN?
[00:35:02] >>JOHN CREECH: GOOD MORNING
[00:35:02] AGAIN. I’M STILL JOHN CREECH ON
[00:35:05] BCDC’S COMPLIANCE TEAM. THIS IS
[00:35:08] ITEM 6, A BRIEFING ON
[00:35:10] OAKLAND-ALAMEDA ESTUARY. WE WILL
[00:35:12] THEN HEAR FROM THE CITIES OF
[00:35:13] ALAMEDA AND OAKLAND ON THE
[00:35:15] PROGRESS THEY MADE TOWARDS
[00:35:16] CLEANING UP THE ESTUARY
[00:35:22] SHORELINE BAND AND THE PLANS FOR
[00:35:24] PREVENTING ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.
[00:35:27] THE ISSUES OF SHORELINE
[00:35:28] ENCAMPMENTS, ABANDONED AND
[00:35:31] DERELICT VESSELS AND ANCHOR-OUTS
[00:35:34] IN AND AROUND THE
[00:35:35] OAKLAND-ALAMEDA ESTUARY IN
[00:35:36] ALAMEDA COUNTY WAS INTRODUCED TO
[00:35:36] THE ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE AT THE
[00:35:38] FEBRUARY 23, 2022 MEETING. AT
[00:35:40] THAT MEETING, BCDC AND CITIES
[00:35:41] AGREED TO CONTINUE TO
[00:35:42] COLLABORATE AND REGULARLY RETURN
[00:35:44] TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS TO
[00:35:45] THE ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE. THIS
[00:35:48] COLLECTIVE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT
[00:35:50] BACK TO THE ENFORCEMENT
[00:35:51] COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 22, 2023,
[00:35:54] WHERE THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED
[00:35:55] THAT BCDC’S NEWLY-FORMED
[00:35:58] COMPLIANCE TEAM CONTINUE TO WORK
[00:35:59] WITH THE CITIES TO ADDRESS THIS
[00:36:00] ISSUE. BCDC STAFF HAVE BEEN
[00:36:03] HOSTING MONTHLY CHECK-IN
[00:36:05] MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES
[00:36:05] FROM THE CITIES OF OAKLAND,
[00:36:07] ALAMEDA, BOARD OF OAKLAND, EAST
[00:36:11] BAY REGIONAL PARKS, OAKLAND PD
[00:36:12] AND ALAMEDA PD. THESE MEETINGS
[00:36:16] HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO
[00:36:18] FACILITATE PRODUCTIVE
[00:36:20] CONVERSATION AND KEEP THIS ISSUE
[00:36:21] IN THE FOREFRONT OF PEOPLE’S
[00:36:22] MINDS. THE COMMITTEE LAST HEARD
[00:36:25] FROM THE CITIES OF ALAMEDA AND
[00:36:27] OAKLAND AT THE JANUARY 24th
[00:36:30] ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
[00:36:30] AND STAFF PROPOSES TO INVITE THE
[00:36:32] STAFFS OF ALAMEDA AND OAKLAND
[00:36:33] BACK FOR THE AUGUST 8, 2024
[00:36:36] COMMITTEE MEETING TO GIVE
[00:36:37] ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF
[00:36:38] THE ESTUARY. AT THE ENFORCEMENT
[00:36:46] COMMITTEE BRIEFING IN JANUARY,
[00:36:47] WE LEARNED THAT THE ESTUARY WAS
[00:36:50] SUCCESSFULLY CLEANED UP OF
[00:36:52] ILLEGAL VESSELS AND ANCHOR-OUTS.
[00:36:54] OFFICER KALEO ALBINO OF OAKLAND
[00:36:57] PD BRIEFED THE COMMITTEE ABOUT
[00:36:57] THE TASK FORCE HE ASSEMBLED
[00:36:59] WHICH RESULTED IN OVER 400 HOURS
[00:37:00] OF WATER PATROL AND ARRESTS
[00:37:03] RELATED TO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
[00:37:07] PERFORMED FROM ANCHOR-OUTS AND
[00:37:09] 25 VESSELS BEING ABATED FROM THE
[00:37:10] ESTUARY. THIS PICTURE SHOWS
[00:37:15] ABATED VEHICLES PILED UP AND
[00:37:16] JACK LONDON’S AQUATIC PARKING
[00:37:17] LOT WHERE THEY WERE LOADED ON TO
[00:37:18] DUMP TRUCKS AND HAULED OFF.
[00:37:23] MOVING FORWARD, BCDC STAFF AND
[00:37:25] CITY STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO
[00:37:27] CONTINUING TO REGULARLY CHECK IN
[00:37:28] AND MONITOR THE STATUS OF THE
[00:37:29] ESTUARY TO ENSURE IT REMAINS
[00:37:31] CLEANED UP AND FREE OF ILLEGAL
[00:37:33] VESSELS. BCDC STAFF IS PLEASED
[00:37:36] WITH THE PROGRESS IN
[00:37:37] COLLABORATION WITH OAKLAND AND
[00:37:40] ALAMEDA DEMONSTRATED OVER THE
[00:37:41] YEARS TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING
[00:37:42] THE ESTUARY WHERE IT IS TODAY.
[00:37:44] WE REALIZE THIS JOB IS NOT
[00:37:46] COMPLETE, WE’RE HAPPY WITH THE
[00:37:47] PROGRESS AND DEDICATION THE
[00:37:49] CITIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED.
[00:37:52] PREVENTION IS BECOMING THE POINT
[00:37:53] OF FOCUS FOR US AND THE CITIES.
[00:37:55] WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
[00:37:56] REGULAR UPDATES ON HOW THEY ARE
[00:37:58] KEEPING ESTUARY AND SHORELINE
[00:38:00] BAND CLEAN AND ENSURING THAT THE
[00:38:02] CITIES ARE DEVOTING THE
[00:38:04] NECESSARY RESOURCES TO THE
[00:38:06] SHORELINE AND TO THE ESTUARY. I
[00:38:10] WILL NOW INTRODUCE LIEUTENANT
[00:38:12] JOSH CROSSLEY OF ALAMEDA PD AND
[00:38:16] THEN DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR
[00:38:19] JOE DEVRIES, OFFICER KALEO
[00:38:23] ALBINO OF OPD, AND I ALSO SAW
[00:38:26] LIEUTENANT THEBEL FROM OPD IF HE
[00:38:32] HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU.
[00:38:35] >>JOSHUA CROSSLEY: GOOD MORNING,
[00:38:36] LUTENANT CROSSLEY, ALAMEDA PD.
[00:38:38] I’M THE HEAD OF OUR MARINE
[00:38:40] PATROL UNIT. I’LL START WITH A
[00:38:42] BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR S.A.V.E.
[00:38:44] GRANTS AND FUNDING. OUR S.A.V.E.
[00:38:46] ’22 GRANT, GOING INTO THIS WEEK,
[00:38:49] WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 36,000 LEFT
[00:38:53] ON THAT. THE S.A.V.E. ’23 GRANT
[00:38:57] WE HAVE 200,000, THE S.A.V.E.
[00:39:00] ’24 WE HAVE 150,000 THAT’S IN
[00:39:03] THE PROCESS OF BEING APPROVED.
[00:39:04] WE HAVE NO REPORTED ANCHOR-OUTS
[00:39:07] ON OUR END OF THE ESTUARY AS OF
[00:39:09] YESTERDAY. WE DO HAVE — WE DID
[00:39:11] HAVE FOUR SUNKEN VESSELS OFF THE
[00:39:13] ROCKWALL THERE THAT PARKER
[00:39:17] DIVING IS IN THE PROCESS OF
[00:39:18] REMOVING. THEY STARTED MONDAY.
[00:39:19] THEY SHOULD BE DONE TODAY, MAYBE
[00:39:22] TOMORROW. THEY’RE PULLING UP ON
[00:39:24] THE BOAT RAMP AND DISPOSING OF
[00:39:27] THEM. WHILE THEY’RE DOING THAT,
[00:39:28] WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK THREE OF
[00:39:30] OUR V-TIPS WAITING IN LINE AND
[00:39:33] HAD THEM DISPOSE OF THAT AS WELL
[00:39:35] AS THEY WERE DOING THE SUNKEN
[00:39:37] VESSELS. I HAVE A FINAL AMOUNT
[00:39:39] THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE UP ABOUT
[00:39:40] 75,000, SO THAT SHOULD LEAVE US
[00:39:42] WITH ABOUT 160,000 LEFT ON THE
[00:39:45] ’23 S.A.V.E. GRANT FOR OTHER
[00:39:48] V-TIPS. WE PROBABLY HAVE 12 TO
[00:39:51] 15 IN MIND THAT WE NEED TO GO
[00:39:52] AND TAKE AND GET RID OF. SO,
[00:39:55] THAT’S THE CLEANUP. THE HOMELESS
[00:39:57] ENCAMPMENT ISSUE, THE ONLY ONE I
[00:39:59] TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WAS MAIN
[00:40:01] STREET. THAT HAS SINCE PRETTY
[00:40:03] MUCH BEEN CLEANED UP TO ONE
[00:40:04] LITTLE SMALL AREA THERE. IT’S ON
[00:40:06] THE OTHER SIDE, NOT ON THE WATER
[00:40:08] SIDE. IT’S NOT AFFECTING THE
[00:40:10] SHORELINE THERE AT ALL. OUR BOAT
[00:40:13] IS STILL GOING OUT ABOUT THREE
[00:40:15] TO FOUR DAYS A MONTH. I WOULD —
[00:40:19] PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE IT TO GO
[00:40:20] OUT THREE TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK,
[00:40:22] BUT WITH OUR BUDGET RESTRAINTS
[00:40:24] AND OUR STAFFING ISSUES, IT’S
[00:40:25] ALL OVERTIME. WE WOULD HAVE TO
[00:40:27] KEEP IT DOWN TO ABOUT THREE,
[00:40:28] FOUR DAYS A MONTH THAT WE’RE OUT
[00:40:30] THERE PATROLLING THE ESTUARY. IF
[00:40:33] ANYTHING POPS UP, SOMETHING
[00:40:34] MAJOR, WE’LL SEND THEM OUT TO
[00:40:35] TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES. I
[00:40:37] BELIEVE THAT’S ABOUT IT.
[00:40:41] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:40:42] YOU. I’M NOT SURE IF WE GO TO
[00:40:47] MR. DEVRIES OR OFFICER ALBINO.
[00:40:52] >>JOE DEVRIES: IF I COULD,
[00:40:53] BEFORE OFFICER ALBINO JUMPS IN,
[00:40:55] I WANT TO REITERATE, SINCE THIS
[00:40:57] IS ABOUT SHORELINE AS WELL, WE
[00:40:59] DID HAVE A MAJOR OPERATION ON
[00:41:01] LEET DRIVE. WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT
[00:41:03] THAT. THAT WAS A REALLY BIG
[00:41:07] ENTRENCHED ENCAMPMENT FOR A LONG
[00:41:09] TIME WITH HUGE DEBRIS BEING
[00:41:11] GENERATED. THAT’S ON THE
[00:41:12] SHORELINE. FOR THE WATER, I’LL
[00:41:14] TURN IT OVER TO OFFICER ALBINO.
[00:41:16] WHEN HE’S DONE, I WANT TO TALK
[00:41:17] ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE IS LOOKING
[00:41:19] LIKE OR WHAT OUR HOPES ARE.
[00:41:26] OFFICER ALBINO?
[00:41:28] >>KALEO ALBINO: GOOD MORNING.
[00:41:28] THANK YOU, JOHN, THANK YOU, JOE,
[00:41:30] THANK YOU LIEUTENANT CROSSLEY. I
[00:41:34] WANT TO EXTEND MY COMMENTS OUT
[00:41:35] TO MR. GORMAN, MR. McKAY AND THE
[00:41:37] OTHER PERSON WHO LIVES AT UNION
[00:41:39] POINT. I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AS
[00:41:41] FAR AS THE ESTUARY CONCERNS. I
[00:41:44] DIRECT MOST OF MY DAILY
[00:41:45] RESOURCES TO THOSE CONCERNS. I
[00:41:48] ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I SHARE
[00:41:51] THE SAME ISSUES THAT ARE GOING
[00:41:53] FORWARD AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS
[00:41:56] WILL BE RELIEVED TO HEAR IN THE
[00:41:57] NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO WITH
[00:41:59] THE WORK WE HAVE PROJECTED AHEAD
[00:42:01] OF US FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
[00:42:03] THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THOSE
[00:42:05] SLIDES ON THE ESTUARY. SINCE
[00:42:08] THAT JANUARY 24th DATE, WE HAVE
[00:42:11] ABATED OR REMOVED APPROXIMATELY
[00:42:12] 30 VESSELS FROM THE ESTUARY. WE
[00:42:15] HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE DEPARTMENT
[00:42:17] POLICIES THAT WE HAVE SET IN
[00:42:19] PLACE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
[00:42:20] YEARS WITH OUR NUISANCE VESSEL
[00:42:22] ORDINANCE AND OUR ABANDONED
[00:42:25] VESSEL ORDINANCE AS WELL. MY
[00:42:27] DEPARTMENT HAS GRACIOUSLY GIVEN
[00:42:30] ME THREE OFFICERS ON LOAN OVER
[00:42:32] THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THAT HAS
[00:42:34] BEEN A HUGE HELP FOR ME. PRIOR
[00:42:37] TO THAT, I’VE BEEN WORKING
[00:42:39] ESSENTIALLY BY MYSELF OR HAVING
[00:42:41] OTHER OFFICERS ON OVERTIME,
[00:42:43] WHICH HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. THAT
[00:42:45] LOAN IS ENDING SOON, BUT I THINK
[00:42:49] THE PATHWAY FORWARD WILL BE
[00:42:51] OKAY, CONTINUING OPERATIONS ON
[00:42:53] OVERTIME OR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.
[00:42:57] RECENTLY, THE MEDIA HAS SHOWN TO
[00:43:00] LIGHT THE RECENT CRIME CASE THAT
[00:43:02] WE’VE HAD ON THE OAKLAND
[00:43:03] ESTUARY. SPECIFICALLY THE
[00:43:08] ANCHOR-OUTS OFF OF UNION POINT
[00:43:09] PARK WHERE WE SERVED TWO
[00:43:11] SIMULTANEOUS SEARCH WARRANTS AND
[00:43:12] CONDUCTED THREE ARRESTS. THE
[00:43:14] DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ALAMEDA
[00:43:17] COUNTY CHARGED THOSE SUSPECTS IN
[00:43:19] THAT CASE AND THE CASE IS
[00:43:20] CURRENTLY JUST WORKING ITS WAY
[00:43:22] THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. WE DO
[00:43:24] HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THOSE
[00:43:25] THREE ANCHOR-OUTS. THERE HAS
[00:43:27] BEEN SOME CONTRACTING DELAYS
[00:43:30] WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION,
[00:43:32] BUT I’M HAPPY TO SAY THAT
[00:43:36] ADMINISTRATIVE WORK IS COMING TO
[00:43:37] A POSITIVE CLOSE AND WE WILL BE
[00:43:39] CONTRACTING WITH LYNN MARINE TO
[00:43:42] REMOVE MULTIPLE VESSELS OUT OF
[00:43:44] THE ESTUARY. LIKELY THOSE THREE
[00:43:47] ANCHOR-OUTS, IF THEY DON’T LEAVE
[00:43:48] BEFORE WE SEIZE THOSE VESSELS.
[00:43:53] WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE OVER THE
[00:43:54] NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO REMOVE
[00:43:57] 40 VESSELS OUT OF THE OAKLAND
[00:44:00] MARINAS. THOSE ANCHOR-OUTS ARE
[00:44:02] INCLUDED IN THAT 40-VESSEL
[00:44:04] COUNT. THAT IS A PROJECT TO — I
[00:44:08] GUESS A LONG-TERM WAY TO ATTACK
[00:44:10] THIS PROBLEM, REMOVING THESE
[00:44:13] ABANDONED VESSELS WHERE PEOPLE
[00:44:14] HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM THEIR
[00:44:16] VESSELS INSIDE OF MARINAS
[00:44:18] ESSENTIALLY, WHERE THEY WILL PAY
[00:44:20] FOR A SLIP INSIDE OF A MARINA,
[00:44:23] THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO FIX THEIR
[00:44:25] BOAT AND THEY JUST SIMPLY JUST
[00:44:27] STOP PAYING THEIR BILL. THEY
[00:44:28] WON’T SHOW UP. THAT BURDEN IS
[00:44:31] LEFT ON THE HARBORMASTERS. SO,
[00:44:35] THIS PROJECT IS LENDING A HAND
[00:44:36] TO THE HARBORMASTERS LOCALLY TO
[00:44:38] REMOVE THOSE 40 VESSELS OUT OF
[00:44:41] THE MARINAS AND GET AHEAD OF
[00:44:43] THIS PROBLEM OF HAVING THESE
[00:44:45] VESSELS END UP AS ANCHOR-OUTS OR
[00:44:47] SUNKEN BOATS INSIDE OF THE
[00:44:49] OAKLAND ESTUARY. I WANT TO THANK
[00:44:52] ALAMEDA POLICE FOR DOING YOUR
[00:44:54] GUYS RECENT CLEANUP. ANY CLEANUP
[00:44:57] THAT I THINK OR ANY ACTIVITY
[00:45:00] THAT WE DO THAT MAKES THE
[00:45:01] MEDIA — HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT
[00:45:06] AMONGST BRINGING VESSELS TO THE
[00:45:10] OAKLAND ESTUARY TO EITHER LEAVE
[00:45:12] THERE, STORE, OR LIVE ABOARD, I
[00:45:15] THINK IT HELPS US ALL OUT AND IT
[00:45:17] KEEPS THE ESTUARY CLEANER. OUR
[00:45:22] FUTURE CHALLENGES THAT WE’RE
[00:45:23] FACING ARE LOSING THOSE OFFICERS
[00:45:25] ON LOAN. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE
[00:45:27] VERBAL ABOUT MAYBE GETTING A NEW
[00:45:30] LOAN ONCE OUR NEW CHIEF GETS SET
[00:45:32] IN PLACE AT THE DEPARTMENT. I’LL
[00:45:35] REATTACK THAT PLAN THERE. I’M
[00:45:38] GOING TO CONTINUE DIRECTING MOST
[00:45:41] OF MY TIME AND RESOURCES INTO
[00:45:43] THE ANCHOR-OUT ISSUES. I’M
[00:45:45] CURRENTLY APPLYING FOR $200,000
[00:45:47] FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OF THE
[00:45:49] S.A.V.E. GRANT THROUGH THE STATE
[00:45:50] OF CALIFORNIA. WE STILL
[00:45:52] CURRENTLY TO DATE HAVE $167,000
[00:45:55] LEFT TO SPEND WITH OUR 2023
[00:45:59] GRANT, AND THAT’S WHAT WE’LL
[00:46:01] REMOVE THESE 40 VESSELS WITH.
[00:46:03] WE’RE ALSO WAITING TO HEAR BACK
[00:46:04] TO SEE IF WE’RE AWARDED THROUGH
[00:46:07] NOAA FOR OUR MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
[00:46:09] GRANT PROGRAM. I THINK WE’LL
[00:46:10] HEAR BACK MAYBE IN THE FALL OR
[00:46:11] THE WINTER OF THIS YEAR TO SEE
[00:46:13] IF WE WERE AWARDED ANY FUNDING
[00:46:15] FROM THAT. IF WE DO GET THAT
[00:46:19] FUNDING, THAT WILL BE A HUGE
[00:46:21] DEAL FOR BOTH ALAMEDA AND
[00:46:22] OAKLAND. WE’LL BE ABLE TO REMOVE
[00:46:24] ALL OF THE VESSELS THAT ARE
[00:46:26] SUNKEN BELOW THE WATER LINE IN
[00:46:27] THE ESTUARY AS WELL AS A TON OF
[00:46:29] PROJECTS ALONG THE SHORELINE AND
[00:46:33] THE PARKING LOTS AS WELL. I
[00:46:35] BELIEVE THAT’S ALL THAT I HAVE
[00:46:36] FOR AN UPDATE ON THE OAKLAND
[00:46:38] ESTUARY. IF YOU HAVE ANY
[00:46:39] QUESTIONS FOR ME, I’M FREE TO
[00:46:41] TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME.
[00:46:44] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:46:44] YOU. JOE?
[00:46:48] >>JOE DEVRIES: JUST TO ROUND OUT
[00:46:49] WHAT OFFICER ALBINO HAS SAID,
[00:46:51] HE’S DONE FANTASTIC WORK. THE
[00:46:52] NOAA GRANT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
[00:46:56] REMOVING THE SUNKEN BOATS, SOME
[00:46:58] OF THE BIGGER ONES THAT WILL
[00:46:59] COST A LOT OF MONEY, IT’S ALSO
[00:47:01] ABOUT SHORELINE CLEANUP OF
[00:47:03] MARINE DEBRIS AND REALLY DEGREE
[00:47:06] IN GENERAL. IT’S A REALLY
[00:47:08] INNOVATIVE GRANT PACKAGE THAT WE
[00:47:10] PUT FORWARD THAT WORKS WITH I
[00:47:12] HEART OAKLAND-ALAMEDA ESTUARY.
[00:47:16] IT’S A CLEANUP PROGRAM AS WELL
[00:47:18] AS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHERE
[00:47:20] THEY WILL TAKE STUDENTS OUT
[00:47:22] ON — IN KAYAKS TO DO SHORELINE
[00:47:25] CLEANUP WHILE EDUCATING THEM
[00:47:27] ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER
[00:47:28] QUALITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
[00:47:30] IMPACTS THAT HUMANS ARE HAVING.
[00:47:33] IT ALSO IS AN ECONOMIC WORK
[00:47:36] FORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN
[00:47:37] THAT THEY’LL BE HIRING SOME
[00:47:39] STUDENTS AND THEY’LL BE MAKING
[00:47:41] SOME MONEY DOING IMPORTANT WORK.
[00:47:43] WE THINK IT’S A REALLY BALANCED
[00:47:45] PROPOSAL. WE’RE REALLY KEEPING
[00:47:47] OUR FINGERS CROSSED. THERE’S A
[00:47:49] LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH INVOLVED.
[00:47:51] WE BUILT IN MONEY FOR A BOAT
[00:47:53] BUYBACK PROGRAM. OFFICER ALBINO
[00:47:56] MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE BOATS
[00:47:57] THAT PEOPLE WALK AWAY FROM AT
[00:47:58] THE MARINA. WE BUILT IN AN
[00:48:00] OUTREACH COMPONENT SO WE CAN LET
[00:48:03] MARINA RESIDENTS KNOW AHEAD OF
[00:48:04] TIME OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOATS
[00:48:06] THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM, SO THAT
[00:48:07] THEY SHOULDN’T WALK AWAY OR SINK
[00:48:08] THEIR BOAT. I THINK THIS COULD
[00:48:10] BE A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
[00:48:12] IF WE GET THE GRANT. EVEN IF WE
[00:48:14] ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL GETTING THIS
[00:48:16] GRANT, WE’VE WRITTEN A PROPOSAL
[00:48:18] THAT I THINK WE CAN SHOP AROUND
[00:48:21] TO OTHERS IF THIS ONE’S NOT
[00:48:23] SUCCESSFUL. THAT’S ALL.
[00:48:26] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:48:27] YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE
[00:48:29] FROM YOUR STAFF HERE OR IS THAT
[00:48:31] IT FOR YOU GUYS?
[00:48:35] >>JOE DEVRIES: AGAIN, WE HAVE
[00:48:38] MR. THEBEL, BUT I THINK OFFICER
[00:48:41] ALBINO SAID EVERYTHING SO I
[00:48:42] THINK WE’RE GOOD.
[00:48:43] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:48:44] YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
[00:48:45] FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? NOT
[00:48:53] SEEING ANY. MARGIE, DO WE HAVE
[00:48:55] ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
[00:49:04] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: UM,
[00:49:05] ONLINE WE HAVE A COUPLE.
[00:49:08] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:49:08] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: FIRST
[00:49:09] ONE IS MR. BROCK DE LAPPE. YOU
[00:49:16] HAVE THREE MINUTES.
[00:49:18] >>SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON,
[00:49:19] COMMISSIONERS. I JUST WANT TO
[00:49:21] COMMENT ON THE ESTUARY CLEANUP
[00:49:24] ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
[00:49:24] UNDERTAKEN BY BOTH OAKLAND AND
[00:49:27] ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENTS. I
[00:49:29] REALLY HAVE TREMENDOUS
[00:49:31] APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK
[00:49:32] THEY’VE DONE. THE ESTUARY RIGHT
[00:49:34] NOW IS CLEANER THAN IT’S BEEN IN
[00:49:36] PROBABLY CLOSE TO A DECADE. MY
[00:49:40] CONCERN IS THAT AFTER A CLEANUP,
[00:49:44] JUST LIKE WE’VE SEEN IN UNION
[00:49:47] POINT PARK, IF THERE’S NOT
[00:49:48] ONGOING ENFORCEMENT, THE PROBLEM
[00:49:50] WILL RECUR. AND THIS IS A
[00:49:54] DISASTER. THIS IS AN ENDLESS
[00:49:55] CYCLE OF CLEANUP AND THEN LET IT
[00:49:59] BE REOCCUPIED. I’M VERY
[00:50:02] CONCERNED THAT OFFICER ALBINO IS
[00:50:05] LOSING THE TEMPORARY STAFFING
[00:50:08] THAT HE HAS FOR THE MARINE
[00:50:10] PATROL UNIT. AS GOOD AS HE IS,
[00:50:12] HE CANNOT DO THIS BY HIMSELF. I
[00:50:16] ENCOURAGE BCDC TO ENCOURAGE THE
[00:50:20] CITY OF OAKLAND TO MAKE SURE
[00:50:22] THAT THERE’S SUFFICIENT STAFFING
[00:50:25] FOR THE MARINE PATROL UNIT TO
[00:50:27] GUARD AND PROTECT THE ESTUARY
[00:50:29] GOING FORWARD. I ALSO WOULD LIKE
[00:50:32] TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE ALAMEDA
[00:50:35] POLICE DEPARTMENT. I’VE BEEN
[00:50:37] MONITORING THE CLEANUP THAT’S
[00:50:39] UNDER WAY AT THE ROCKWALL JETTY
[00:50:43] ON THE SOUTHWEST END OF ALAMEDA.
[00:50:45] THEY’RE REMOVING MANY SUNKEN
[00:50:47] BOATS FROM THAT SITE. THAT’S A
[00:50:50] TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT. I WAS
[00:50:53] UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT
[00:50:54] WAS FUNDED THROUGH YOUR S.A.V.E.
[00:50:56] GRANT, LIEUTENANT CROSSLEY. I’D
[00:51:00] LIKE CLARIFICATION ON THAT
[00:51:02] BECAUSE WHEN I WAS OUT AT THE
[00:51:03] SITE YESTERDAY, I WAS TOLD THAT
[00:51:05] IT WAS ALAMEDA COUNTY FUNDING. I
[00:51:07] JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
[00:51:09] THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY GOT
[00:51:11] CREDIT FOR THAT CLEANUP. IN ANY
[00:51:13] EVENT, THAT’S A REAL BENEFIT TO
[00:51:16] THE BAY. JUST LIKE THERE’S BEEN
[00:51:19] PUBLICITY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS
[00:51:22] THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM THE
[00:51:24] CRIME AND THE ANCHOR-OUTS, I
[00:51:27] THINK IT’S EQUALLY IMPORTANT
[00:51:28] THAT THERE BE PRESS COVERAGE ON
[00:51:32] THESE CLEANUP EFFORTS. IT SHOWS
[00:51:34] THAT THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES
[00:51:35] ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND
[00:51:38] THAT THERE ARE EFFORTS BEING
[00:51:39] MADE TO CLEAN AND PROTECT THE
[00:51:41] BAY AND THERE NEEDS TO BE CREDIT
[00:51:44] FOR THAT AS WELL. AGAIN, THANK
[00:51:47] YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU’VE
[00:51:48] DONE. I REALLY HOPE THAT GOING
[00:51:50] FORWARD THERE IS SUFFICIENT
[00:51:52] SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN REGULAR
[00:51:55] MARINE PATROLS. IF YOU STOP IT
[00:51:58] AT NUMBER ONE, THERE WILL NEVER
[00:51:59] BE TWO, FOUR, EIGHT, 16, 32
[00:52:03] BOATS IN THE ESTUARY AGAIN.
[00:52:07] LET’S MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T
[00:52:09] BACKTRACK. LET’S MAKE SURE THAT
[00:52:11] THERE IS APPROPRIATE STAFFING
[00:52:13] FOR THE RESPECTIVE MARINE PATROL
[00:52:15] UNITS. THANK YOU.
[00:52:18] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: THANK
[00:52:18] YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP WE HAVE
[00:52:20] VH. VH?
[00:52:28] >>SPEAKER: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
[00:52:30] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: YES.
[00:52:31] >>SPEAKER: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
[00:52:32] YEAH. I MADE COMMENTS ON THE
[00:52:35] EARLIER ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[00:52:39] FIRST, I WANT TO REALLY
[00:52:42] APPRECIATE OFFICER ALBINO FOR
[00:52:45] HAVING ACKNOWLEDGED COMMENTS
[00:52:47] FROM THE PUBLIC. IT JUST FEELS
[00:52:56] GREAT TO KNOW WE’RE HEARD. I
[00:52:57] WANT TO POSE THE QUESTION — I’M
[00:52:59] NOT SURE WHY PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE
[00:53:02] NOW BEING DONE AT THE END OF AN
[00:53:05] AGENDA ITEM AS OPPOSED TO AT THE
[00:53:07] BEGINNING, BECAUSE THE EFFECT
[00:53:09] OVER HERE IS THAT WE’RE MAKING
[00:53:12] COMMENTS AND ASKING QUESTIONS
[00:53:15] AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT
[00:53:21] SOMEBODY MIGHT TAKE THOSE INTO
[00:53:23] ACCOUNT IN THEIR — IN THEIR —
[00:53:27] BASICALLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
[00:53:28] WHO BOTHER TO COME AND SHOW UP
[00:53:30] AND SPEAK UP, IT HANDS US A
[00:53:32] DEAD-END. I WOULD REALLY
[00:53:34] APPRECIATE THAT BEING MOVED BACK
[00:53:35] TO COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF
[00:53:38] AN AGENDA ITEM. I’M GLAD TO HEAR
[00:53:40] THERE’S A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE
[00:53:45] REMOVAL OF THE REMAINING
[00:53:48] ANCHOR-OUTS AT UNION POINT AND
[00:53:51] FOR DEALING WITH THE ABANDONED
[00:53:53] VESSELS AT UNION POINT MARINA.
[00:53:57] THRILLED TO HEAR THAT. AND THERE
[00:54:00] IS A LONGSTANDING ENCAMPMENT
[00:54:04] RIGHT NEAR WHERE THE — RIGHT
[00:54:06] WHERE THE SHORELINE MEETS COAST
[00:54:11] GUARD ISLAND BRIDGE. THERE’S A
[00:54:13] BIG WHITE TENT WITH AN ENORMOUS
[00:54:15] PILE OF TRASH NEXT TO IT. IT
[00:54:17] APPEARS TO BE UNINHABITED FOR A
[00:54:21] LONG TIME. THE KING TIDES
[00:54:23] WENT — FLOODED IT COMPLETELY.
[00:54:25] SO WHAT THERE IS IS JUST A
[00:54:28] MOUNTAIN OF TRASH IN THAT CORNER
[00:54:29] BY THE SHORE. I SEE NO REASON
[00:54:32] WHATSOEVER, GIVEN THAT NOBODY
[00:54:34] APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LIVING
[00:54:35] THERE FOR QUITE AWHILE NOW. IT’S
[00:54:38] ALL BEEN FLOODED, EVERY TIME THE
[00:54:39] TIDE GOES HIGH, MORE TRASH GOES
[00:54:41] INTO THE WATER. I SEE ABSOLUTELY
[00:54:43] NO REASON WHY THE CITY OF
[00:54:44] OAKLAND CAN’T MOVE AHEAD AND
[00:54:46] HANDLE THAT DEBRIS. I UNDERSTAND
[00:54:48] THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE VESSEL
[00:54:50] THAT IS UP ON THE ROCKS ON THE
[00:54:52] SHORE IS A MUCH BIGGER DEAL AND
[00:54:54] THAT THAT’S GOING TO REQUIRE
[00:54:57] SPECIAL FUNDING AND SO FORTH,
[00:54:58] BUT CERTAINLY THE CITY CLEANING
[00:55:02] UP THE TRASH SURROUNDING AN
[00:55:07] ABANDONED ENCAMPMENT TENT WOULD
[00:55:10] REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING THAT
[00:55:12] DONE. THANK YOU.
[00:55:17] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: ALL
[00:55:18] RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:55:18] CHAIR GILMORE, THAT’S ALL WE
[00:55:20] HAVE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE
[00:55:21] PUBLIC SPEAKER HERE IN PERSON.
[00:55:25] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:55:27] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: MR.
[00:55:27] McKAY?
[00:55:28] >>SPEAKER: YES, MY NAME IS CHRIS
[00:55:29] McKAY. I’M WITH THE EMBARCADERO
[00:55:31] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I JUST
[00:55:34] WANT TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
[00:55:37] OFFICER KALEO, THE WORK HE’S
[00:55:40] DONE AND ALSO BROCK DE LAPPE FOR
[00:55:43] BRINGING THIS — KEEPING THIS IN
[00:55:45] FOCUS. I SUBMITTED A PICTURE
[00:55:49] YESTERDAY OF THE SHORELINE CLOSE
[00:55:52] TO THE COAST GUARD ISLAND
[00:55:54] BRIDGE. YOU CAN SEE IT. I THINK
[00:55:58] IT’S ON YOUR WEBSITE. IT’S
[00:55:59] REALLY A LOT OF TRASH. AS THE
[00:56:01] TIDES CHANGE, IT GETS PICKED UP
[00:56:03] AND FLOATED OUT. YOU CAN SEE
[00:56:04] THAT PICTURE. THERE’S NO ONE IN
[00:56:07] THERE. IT WOULD SURE BE GREAT TO
[00:56:10] SEE THAT GET CLEANED UP. I JUST
[00:56:12] HOPE THAT THE FUNDING IS IN
[00:56:14] PLACE FOR THESE PROJECTS AND I
[00:56:18] REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW,
[00:56:20] EVERYBODY — ALL YOU’RE DOING
[00:56:22] AND EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER
[00:56:23] BECAUSE OUR SHORELINE IS
[00:56:26] CRITICAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:56:27] BYE.
[00:56:31] >>MARGIE MALMAN, CLERK: THANK
[00:56:31] YOU VERY MUCH. THAT’S ALL WE
[00:56:33] HAVE.
[00:56:35] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:56:36] YOU, MARGIE. DO WE HAVE ANY
[00:56:39] QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
[00:56:41] COMMITTEE MEMBERS? OH, MR.
[00:56:44] DEVRIES?
[00:56:46] >>JOE DEVRIES: THANK YOU, CHAIR
[00:56:47] GILMORE. I WANTED TO THANK THE
[00:56:48] CALLER WHO DIDN’T IDENTIFY
[00:56:50] THEMSELVES AND THE GENTLEMAN
[00:56:54] FROM EMBARCADERO COVE. I DIDN’T
[00:56:55] KNOW THAT THAT ENCAMPMENT AT
[00:56:57] COAST GUARD BRIDGE — I DID SEE
[00:56:59] HIS PICTURE YESTERDAY. I DID NOT
[00:57:01] KNOW THAT WAS AN ABANDONED
[00:57:02] ENCAMPMENT. THAT DOES FALL UNDER
[00:57:04] A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR US. SO,
[00:57:06] WE CAN SEND PEOPLE OUT TO
[00:57:08] CONFIRM THAT IT’S ABANDONED. IF
[00:57:10] THEY CAN CONFIRM THAT, THEY WILL
[00:57:11] PICK UP THAT GARBAGE. I WILL
[00:57:13] FOLLOW UP ON THAT ONE. I’M
[00:57:15] ASSUMING MR. McKAY’S PICTURE,
[00:57:17] THAT WAS IN THE EMAIL YESTERDAY
[00:57:19] THAT WAS COPIED TO ME, IS OF
[00:57:21] THAT SPOT. IF THAT’S THE ONE. TO
[00:57:22] THE OTHER PERSON WHO DIDN’T
[00:57:23] IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, THEY’RE
[00:57:25] WELCOME TO EMAIL ME IF THEY HAVE
[00:57:27] ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND
[00:57:28] INFORMATION THAT IT’S BEEN
[00:57:31] ABANDONED. I THINK THE FACT THAT
[00:57:33] IT’S WASHED OUT DURING THE KING
[00:57:34] TIDE IS GOOD EVIDENCE THAT IT’S
[00:57:36] ABANDONED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE
[00:57:37] ABLE TO GET THAT CLEANED UP
[00:57:38] WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A LONG
[00:57:40] ENCAMPMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU.
[00:57:44] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: THANK
[00:57:45] YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. SO,
[00:57:50] NEXT STEPS, IF WE CAN GET
[00:57:52] AGREEMENT ON THIS IS TO ALL BE
[00:57:57] BACK HERE — I BELIEVE IT WAS IN
[00:57:58] EARLY AUGUST FOR A CHECK-IN? IF
[00:58:02] THE DATE MEETS EVERYBODY’S
[00:58:04] SCHEDULES. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO
[00:58:08] OTHER COMMENTS, I’M GOING TO
[00:58:11] CLOSE THIS ITEM. COMMITTEE
[00:58:15] MEMBERS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A
[00:58:16] MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN
[00:58:19] OUR MEETING.
[00:58:23] >>LETTY BELIN: MOVE TO ADJOURN.
[00:58:26] >>JOHN VASQUEZ: SECOND.
[00:58:27] >>LETTY BELIN: OKAY.
[00:58:28] >>MARIE GILMORE, CHAIR: OKAY.
[00:58:29] COMMISSIONER BELIN MOVES. I
[00:58:31] BELIEVE THAT WAS COMMISSIONER
[00:58:33] VASQUEZ WHO SECONDED. YES. YES.
[00:58:35] OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS
[00:58:38] TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN? SEEING
[00:58:41] NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
[00:58:43] THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR
[00:58:45] ATTENDANCE AND YOUR COMMENTS.
