April 24, 2024 Enforcement Committee Meeting

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Public Comment
   The Committee will hear public comments on matters that are not on the agenda.
4. Approval of Draft Minutes from the April 11, 2024 Enforcement Committee meeting.
5. Briefing to the Enforcement Committee on the Status of the City of Oakland’s Compliance with Commission Order CCD 2020.001.00.
   BCDC staff and City staff will report out to the committee on the current state of compliance with the terms and conditions of the Commission Order CCD 2020.001.00 requiring remedial actions at Union Point Park. The committee may choose to take action on this item.
   (John Creech) [415/352-3619; john.creech@bcdc.ca.gov]
   Public comment letter
6. Briefing on Oakland Alameda Estuary and Encampment Issue.
   The Enforcement Committee will receive a briefing on actions taken to address shoreline encampments, abandoned and derelict vessels, and anchor-outs in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary by BCDC staff and the Cities of Oakland and Alameda.
   (John Creech) [415/352-3619; john.creech@bcdc.ca.gov]
   Public comment letter
7. Adjournment

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.

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