From: Lori Abreu
To: webCityClerk
Subject: Public Comments
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 4:10:19 PM
I previously sent information to the council and mayor, but I wanted to copy you on this email as well.
Mayor and Members of the City Council,
My concern is something I do not believe would have happened in Brentwood 20 years ago.
Twenty years ago, Brentwood was innovative. We were dreamers, but we were also rule followers. Most importantly, the City supported its local businesses and the people who invested in this community.
Twenty years ago, I left a high-level corporate career because I specifically wanted to become part of this community. I opened my business in Brentwood, and today I am proud that after 20 years it remains successful and reputable.
I own 134 Oak Street, a three-tenant commercial building located between Capps and the library. My private parking lot is behind the building. Access from my private parking lot to the front doors of the building is through Park Way, a City alley that is approximately 17 feet wide.
That is where the problem begins.
During Makers Boulevard events, the permit holder has parked a vehicle horizontally across Park Way. On one occasion, that vehicle also blocked access to my private parking lot. My tenants asked that the vehicle be moved and were refused. When I contacted Katie Rogina, she refused and said for them to use the public parking garage and put her vendors in my lot.
There are two fundamental problems with that.
First, based on the permit documents I received through the California Public Records Act, I found no authorization allowing a vehicle to be parked across Park Way.
Second, a vehicle positioned as a barricade must not create an unsafe condition or prevent necessary access. Yet when my tenants asked for the vehicle to be moved, the permit holder refused.
This is not how we should treat Brentwood's brick-and-mortar businesses. These are businesses that pay rent, property taxes and assessments, employ people, serve the public, and are expected to comply with City rules every day.
I requested the relevant records under the California Public Records Act. It took considerable time to receive them, but when I finally received the Makers Boulevard permit, it confirmed my concern. I could not identify authorization for parking a vehicle across Park Way.
The City of Brentwood also has an extensive Americans with Disabilities Act Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. The City has specifically committed itself to identifying and removing barriers to accessibility.
As the property owner, I am required to maintain an accessible path of travel for people coming from my parking area to my businesses. Park Way is also used by pedestrians traveling through downtown.
I am asking a very simple question:
How can the City require private property owners to maintain accessible routes while simultaneously allowing an event operator to place a vehicle across the very route people need to use?
I went to Parks and Recreation, which manages and signs the event permit. Nothing was resolved.
I contacted Brentwood Police, officer Head. Nothing was resolved.
I contacted all levels of Code Enforcement. Nothing was resolved.
The issue was then escalated to the Acting City Manager. Instead of receiving assistance, I received an email stating that City employees had been instructed not to communicate with me.
Casey Wichert was copied on the matter and initially indicated he would investigate. He later told me that he had also been instructed not to assist me.
That is extraordinarily concerning.
I filed my complaint at the end of June. My request was not complicated.
I asked the City to keep Park Way accessible, protect pedestrian and ADA access, and prevent vehicles from being parked across it without legal authority.
A few days ago, I met with Terrence Davis and Amy Tilley. I showed photographs from other major downtown events, including the Fourth of July Parade, the Holiday Parade and downtown Trick-or-Treat events.
Park Way was not blocked by vehicles during those events.
I also showed the intersection of First Street and Chestnut, where the Farmers Market operates. That location has a four-way stop, two full driving lanes, parking lanes and approximately five-foot sidewalks. Yet traffic cones are apparently considered sufficient for safety there.
So I am asking the Council: make it make sense.
Why is a vehicle necessary across a 17-foot-wide alley used by pedestrians and adjacent businesses when considerably larger streets and events are managed differently?
Then I learned from Terrence Davis that the Makers Boulevard permit was revised on July 24, 2026.
I have repeatedly requested that revised permit, but it has not been provided to me.
My attorney is now waiting for that document because he, too, is concerned that the City may be exposing itself to unnecessary ADAaccessibility issues and potential litigation.
But I should not have to hire a private attorney to convince my own City to protect basic access to my property.
I should not have to fight City Hall simply to obtain a permit that directly affects access to my building.
And I should not be shut out of communication because I continue asking questions the City has not answered.
Tonight, I am asking the Mayor and City Council for three specific actions:
1. Provide me immediately with the complete revised Makers Boulevard permit dated July 24, 2026, including every
condition, amendment, traffic-control provision and
attachment.
From: Diana Davies
To: webCityClerk
Subject: Item F.4 Public Comment- Lone Oak
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 4:37:35 PM
Good Afternoon Councilmembers,
I am writing to voice my support of speed humps for the quarter of a mile straight Lone Oak road where speeding and cut through traffic has been an ongoing issue for the last 13+ years.
Expanding and road "improvement" is the last thing we want as it will only encourage more cut through traffic. O'Hara avenue is already extremely difficult and congested during the morning school drop off hours and having additional cut through traffic creates a huge safety concern. The situation is only getting worse, not better. Ideally speed humps would be placed on Lone Oak between Caper and Gracie. However if speed humps are really only possible on the older section of Lone Oak Road then that would be the next best thing to discourage people cutting through neighborhoods.
A larger "road improvement" is not what my family and I want. We enjoy walking down the country roads for evening walks, please help us make this neighborhood safe for our families, children, and fur children.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
From,
Diana Davies
Resident of