CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
OCTOBER 6, 2026
PRESENTATIONS
RPT 26-072
An Update from
the Alameda
County
Mosquito
Abatement
District
An update from the Alameda County
Mosquito Abatement District
Protecting public health by controlling
mosquitoes in Alameda County since
1930
Presented by:
Ryan Clausnitzer, MPA; General Manager
Hayward City Council
October 6th, 2026
Overview
• About Alameda County MAD
• Mosquito control responses to
diseases, such as:
o Dengue
o Malaria
o West Nile virus
1915 Mosquito Abatement Act of California
Authorized government agencies to “Take any and all necessary or proper actions to prevent the occurrence of vectors and vectorborne diseases.”
o Gave power to tax, form boards, and abate (access & impose fines for mosquito control) California Health and Safety Code
Funding
mosquito control
$5.8
million
ad valorum
property tax
special tax & benefit
assessment
OPEB
interest earned
0.0009% of assessed
property value
Fixed Charg,es and/or Special Assessments
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What do mosquitoes need to reproduce?
1. A blood meal from animals
or humans to produce eggs
2. Standing water to lay eggs
(can be as small as a bottle
cap of water!)
3. 5 days to 2 weeks to hatch
and develop
Where do mosquitoes come from in Alameda County?
23 mosquito species in Alameda County
Trap, identify, and test mosquitoes
CO2 from dry ice
attracts
Lactic acid
scent attracts
Light attracts
Fan collects
mosquitoes
Net holds
mosquitoes
Larval & adult mosquito control methods
Mosquito-borne pathogens of
concern for CA
Arboviruses
o Dengue virus (DENV)
o Chikungunya virus
(CHIKV)
o Zika virus (ZIKV)
o West Nile virus (WNV) Protozoan
o Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
Anopheles freeborni can spread malaria
• Present in California
• Found in stagnant
water, often in algal
masses near creeks
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Main West Nile virus vectors in California
Cu/ex pipiens:
comimon house mosquito
,Cu/ex tarsalis:
western encephallitis m,osquito
Cu/ex erythrothorax:
tu e miosquito
Culex spp. found in various sources
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Primary dengue vectors in California
Aedes aegypti
(yellow fever mosquito) Aedes albopictus
(tiger mosquito)
Aedes aegypti in Alameda County
• Bite during the day, often around
the ankles and legs
• Lay eggs that survive 6+ months
on containers or plants
• Can spread dengue,
chikungunya, Zika, and yellow
fever
• Live near homes and prefers to
bite people
Female Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegypti eggs
2026 West Nile virus
activity in Alameda
County & Aedes
aegypti detections
All items
WNV-+ Mos.q uito Pools
Aedles: ,aegypti 2026
3 adult
Aedes
aegypti
found in
Haward in
2026, 2 in
Castro
Valley
Innovative Mosquito Reduction
Wolbachia Self-limiting
mosquitoes
Irradiation
Male Aedes aegypti
Male mosquitoes do not bite -
they feed on nectar and fruit juices
How does this method use
Wolbachia?
•
Male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
with Wolbachia are released by
District staff.
Only female adult
mosquitoes bite and can
transmit diseases.
•
The released Wolbachia male
mosquitoes mate with the female
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Wolbachia interrupts t he
mosquito life cycle.
Fewer eggs hatching
0 Fewer female mosquitoes
0 Fewer b ites
0 Lower d isease risk over time
ACMAD encourages residents to:
1. Drain, flip, toss any containers that
can hold water.
2. Contact us for mosquitofish, biting
mosquitoes, standing water
3. Keep swimming pools treated and
maintained.
4. Cover rain barrels.
5. Keep an eye out for:
1. Mosquito larvae and pupae
2. Mosquito bites
3. Dead birds
1-877-WNV-BIRD
Thank you!
[email protected]
Item #12
WS 26-019
Introduction of
the New Chief
Building Official
and Summary of
Process
Improvements
1 Building Division:
Jeff Thomas, CBO
Chief Building Official
Development Services Department
Chief Building Official Introduction and Division Update 2 • Review and inspect all new construction and improvements to existing structures in the City of Hayward. Issuing approximately 4,000 permits and performing over 17,000 inspections per year.
• Safeguard life, health, and property. Construction is checked against the building standards code to ensure public safety and confirm structures meet minimum code compliance.
• Work with homeowners, contractors, and the development community striving to implement these standards in a fair, consistent, and timely manner.
What We Do
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3 Process Improvements, and Economic
Development • Working on improving our permitting software. • More user-friendly customer interface.
• Leveraging the systems automation capabilities.
• Streamlining internal process workflows.
• New system upgrade with advanced capabilities for both external and internal users.
• Improving both internal and external departmental
coordination on development projects.
• Development Services, Fire, and Public Works
Departments, including County Environmental Health
• Economic Development Improvements
• Streamlining the AB 2533 mandate – unpermitted ADU
legalization.
• Outreach to outside organizations such as the Bay East Association of Realtors, the Chamber of Commerce, and
the Haward Rotary.
• T.I.G.E.R program – A streamlined plan review process for qualifying commercial tenant improvement projects.
4 T.I.G.E.R. Program
(Tenant Improvement Guidelines for Expedited Review)
• Purpose – Support Small Business, economic growth
• Qualification
• Must be a small business -Less that 100 employees
and gross less than $15 million
• Less than 5,000 square feet of improvement space
• Occupant load less than 50 people
• Not an Assembly, Residential, or Hazardous Occupancy
• No Additional Cost
• Hands On Review Process
• Including a pre-lease site inspection (if desired) with Building & Fire
• Reduced Plan Review Timelines
• 10 Business Days (5 days for rechecks)
• Supported by Economic Development, Development
Services, Fire, and Public Works Departments.
• Project Types
• Retail, offices, coffee shops, sandwich shops, salons, and similar uses
5 Questions
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Item #13
PH 26-039
2040 General
Plan
1 Downtown Specific Plan Implementation
General Plan Text and Map Amendments
City Council
October 6, 2026
Dulce Ochoa, Associate Planner & Taylor Richard, Senior Planner 2 Project Scope ✓ Hayward Downtown Specific Plan
• Included programs to achieve the community’s
vision of a resilient, safe, attractive, and vibrant
Downtown.
• Public Outreach included Downtown Specific Plan
Task Force, Community Workshop, Five-day design
charrette, Community open house & Social media
posts email notifications and flyers
✓ Program Land Use 6: Remap specified General
Plan Land Use Designations within the Plan Area to the
CC-ROC Land Use Designation to implement the Specific
Plan Vision.
✓ Program Land Use 7: Amend the General Plan Land
Use Designation, CC-ROC and CC-HDR to allow for
density up to 210 dwelling units per acre.
✓ Additional Outreach including Tribal Notification and Community Meeting
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3 General Plan Land Use Designation Text Amendments
✓ The Text Amendments to the General Plan Land Use Designations City Center-Retail Office Commercial (CC-ROC) and City Center – High Density Residential (CC-HDR) include:
• Establishing a minimum density of 34.8 dwelling units per acre • Increasing the maximum density to 210 dwelling units per acre • The amendments would not change the allowable uses or building forms within the CCROC and CC-HDR land use designations.
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4 General Plan Land Use Designation Map Amendments
✓ The amendments to the General Plan Land Use
Designation Map would redesignate certain
properties identified in the Downtown Specific
Plan to the City Center-Retail and Office
Commercial (CC-ROC) designation
• A total of 130 parcels are proposed to be
remapped to CC-ROC
• Seven Parks and Recreation (PR) parcels between
Mission Boulevard and A Street
• One Bart-owned parcel
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5 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
✓Fully Consistent with Downtown
Specific Plan Environmental Impact
Report (EIR)
✓No Amendments Needed to EIR
• No substantial changes are proposed to the
project that involve new significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase
the severity of previously identified significant
effects
• No substantial changes to the circumstances
under which the project was undertaken
• No new information of substantial importance
H HAYWARD
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council to approve the proposed Amendments to the Hayward 2040 General Plan to implement adopted
Programs within the Hayward Downtown Specific Plan; and review findings that the project is fully consistent with the Downtown Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 7 Existing Proposed
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