Livermore City Council
December 11, 2023

ATTACHMENT
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City Council Appointments to Intergovernmental Agencies Appointments as of December 4, 2023 Intergovernmental
Agency Delegate Alternate
Appointing
Agency/Authority
Meeting
Day/Month Meeting Time Staff Liaison
Meeting Location
*Ava (formerly known as
East Bay Community
Choice Energy JPA
(EBCE JPA)
Ben Barrientos Evan Branning Mayor of Livermore
3rd
Wednesday of
the month,
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Tricia Pontau
Cal State East Bay, The Oakland Center Lake Merritt Room (in the Transpacific Center), 1000 Broadway, Suite 109, Oakland, CA 94607 Government of
Livermore Financing
Authority (GOLFA)
John Marchand
Mayor, City of
Livermore
Public Works
Director,
City of
Livermore
As needed
Jason Alcala,
Marianna
Marysheva
No meetings scheduled at this time
Intergovernmental
Committee (City /

LARPD / LVJUSD)
Evan Branning Ben Barrientos Mayor of Livermore
Bi-monthly -
next date set
at end of
meeting
Marie Weber
League of California
Cities East Bay Division
(LOCC)
Evan Branning Robert Carling Mayor of Livermore
Regular
Meetings 4th
Thursday of
each month,
7:00 p.m.

Varies, as
announced Marie Weber Varies, as announced
Livermore-Amador
Valley Transit Authority
(LAVTA) (Wheels)
Evan Branning &
Brittni Kiick John Marchand
Mayor of Livermore
appoints 2 members.

Mayor of each city member
jurisdiction appoints two
elected officials from it's
governing body (delegate and
alternate)
1st Monday of
the month,
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.

Mallika
Ramachandran
or Joanna Liu
LAVTA Administrative Office, 1362 Rutan Court, Suite 100, Livermore CA

ATTACHMENT
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City Council Appointments to Intergovernmental Agencies Appointments as of December 4, 2023 Intergovernmental
Agency Delegate Alternate
Appointing
Agency/Authority
Meeting
Day/Month Meeting Time Staff Liaison
Meeting Location
*Livermore Amador
Valley Water
Management Agency
(LAVWMA) JPA
Robert Carling &
Evan Branning John Marchand
Mayor of Livermore appoints
2 members.

Two appointed officials from
each member agency.

Member agencies: Dublin San
Ramon Services District, City
of Livermore, City of
Pleasanton
Quarterly; 3rd
Wed of
February, May,
August,
November,
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Anthony Smith
Dublin San Ramon Services District Board Room, 7051 Dublin Blvd, Dublin CA 94568 Livermore Cultural Arts
Council (LCAC) John Marchand Evan Branning Mayor of Livermore Monthly, 1st
Wed of month,
except July.
7:00 p.m. Theresa De La Vega Robert Livermore Community Center (RLCC) or Zoom Livermore Downtown Inc
(LDI) Evan Branning Robert Carling Mayor of Livermore 3rd Tuesday of the month Brandon Cardwell Livermore-Dublin City
Council Liaison
Committee
John Marchand Ben Barrientos Mayor of Livermore As needed Marie Weber Livermore-Pleasanton
City Council Liaison
Committee
John Marchand Robert Carling Mayor of Livermore As needed Marie Weber

ATTACHMENT
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City Council Appointments to Intergovernmental Agencies Appointments as of December 4, 2023 Intergovernmental
Agency Delegate Alternate
Appointing
Agency/Authority
Meeting
Day/Month Meeting Time Staff Liaison
Meeting Location
Livermore-Pleasanton
Fire Department JPA
(LPFD JPA)
John Marchand Brittni Kiick
Mayor of Livermore appoints 2
Board Members from the
City Council to the Board of
Directors as part of the
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire
Department Joint Powers
Authority
As needed Varies, as needed Marie Weber
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Headquarters, Fire Chief's Conference Room, 3560 Nevada Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566 Livermore Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Liaison
John Marchand Mayor of Livermore
4th
Wednesday of
the month,
8:00 a.m.
8:00 AM Brandon Cardwell
Stockmen's Association
Liaison John Marchand Mayor of Livermore As needed
Sister Cities Committee -
Yotsukaido, Japan John Marchand Evan Branning Mayor of Livermore N/A Sister Cities Committee -
Quezaltenango,
Gutemala
John Marchand Ben Barrientos Mayor of Livermore N/A

ATTACHMENT
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City Council Appointments to Intergovernmental Agencies Appointments as of December 4, 2023 Intergovernmental
Agency Delegate Alternate
Appointing
Agency/Authority
Meeting
Day/Month Meeting Time Staff Liaison
Meeting Location
Sister Cities Committee -
Snezhinsk, Russia John Marchand Robert Carling Mayor of Livermore N/A StopWaste.Org
(ACWMA and The
Alameda County Source
Reduction and Recycling
Board)
Robert Carling Brittni Kiick Mayor of Livermore
Regular
meetings, 4th
Wednesday of
month, 3:00 p.m.

Subcomm 2nd
Thurs of month,
time varies
3:00 p.m.

Judy
Erlandson,
Tricia Pontau
Tri-Valley Cities Council Mayor of Livermore Quarterly Marie Weber Tri-Valley Community
Television Corporation
(TVCTV)
Christine Martin,
then Paul Spence
Marianna
Marysheva As needed Marie Weber
Tri-Valley Council -
Affordable Housing
Committee (TVAHC)
Robert Carling Ben Barrientos Quarterly Fran Reisner, Josh Thurman Rotation order between cities; Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore Mayor and all Council Members

ATTACHMENT
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City Council Appointments to Intergovernmental Agencies Appointments as of December 4, 2023 Intergovernmental
Agency Delegate Alternate
Appointing
Agency/Authority
Meeting
Day/Month Meeting Time Staff Liaison
Meeting Location
Tri-Valley-San Joaquin
Valley Regional Rail
Authority (Valley Link)
John Marchand Mayor of Livermore Mallika Ramachandran
Tri-Valley Transportation
Council (TVTC) Brittni Kiick
Ben Barrientos
& rest of
Council
Mayor of Livermore
Per the JPA. Member agencies;
County of Alameda, County of Contra
Costa, City of Livermore, City of
Pleasanton, City of San Ramon, City
of Dublin, City of Danville
Quarterly, 3rd
Monday of the
month
4:40 p.m.

Mallika
Ramachandran
or Joanna Liu
Zoom
Tri-Valley Water Liaison
Committee/Agencies
Round Table Liaison
Committee (Zone 7)
Robert Carling &
John Marchand Brittni Kiick Mayor of Livermore
Quarterly when
mutually
agreed upon
by the
participating
agencies.

Anthony Smith
Zone 7 Office, 100 North Canyons Parkway, Livermore CA 94551 Zone 7
Intergovernmental
Liaison Committee
Robert Carling John Marchand Mayor of Livermore As needed Anthony Smith Zone 7 Office, 100 North Canyons Parkway, Livermore CA 94551 *NOTE: For scheduling
purposes - AVA (formerly
EBCE) and LAVWMA
both have meetings on
the 3rd Wednesday of
the month

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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT ITEM NO. 7.5
DATE: December 11, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Marianna Marysheva, City Manager
SUBJECT: Appointment of Council Members to the City Council Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024.

RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff recommends the Mayor appoint two Council Members to serve on the City Council Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024, with the City Council's approval.

SUMMARY
Applicants for vacancies on Livermore’s advisory bodies are interviewed by a two-member subcommittee of the City Council before being recommended for appointment by the full City Council. Two Council Members are needed to serve on the interview subcommittee for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024.

DISCUSSION
The City Council has established nine standing advisory bodies comprised of more than seventy volunteers. To serve on an advisory body, community members apply for vacancies and are interviewed by a subcommittee of the City Council. The City Council Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies (“Subcommittee”) is a two-member subcommittee of the City Council appointed by the Mayor with the City Council's approval, and which is tasked with interviewing applicants for Livermore’s advisory boards, commissions, and committees. Membership on this standing City Council subcommittee rotates among Council Members who are appointed for staggered terms, if possible, to ensure that at least one member has prior experience on the subcommittee. Recruitment for advisory body vacancies is managed by the City Clerk’s Office and interview nights are scheduled quarterly for known vacancies and as needed to fill unanticipated vacancies throughout the year.

Serving in six-month increments, the Subcommittee conducts interviews and recommends appointments for confirmation by the full City Council. The exception to this policy are applicants for the Planning Commission who are interviewed by the full City Council. When interviewing applicants for the Livermore Area Youth Advisory Commission (LAYAC), the Subcommittee is joined by a member of the 726
Livermore Area Recreation and Park District Board of Directors and a current LAYAC youth member.

Two Council Members are needed to serve on the Subcommittee for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024. Previous appointments are listed below:

Year January 1 - June 30 July 1 - December 31
2023 CM Carling CM Barrientos
CM Branning CM Carling
2022 CM Kiick Mayor Woerner
VM Bonanno VM Bonanno
2021 CM Carling VM Munro
VM Munro CM Kiick
2020 CM Munro Mayor Marchand
CM Coomber CM Carling
2019 Mayor Marchand CM Woerner
CM Woerner CM Munro
2018 CM Carling CM Coomber
CM Coomber CM Spedowfski
Upon appointment by the Mayor, the City Clerk’s Office will coordinate with the Subcommittee members to reserve several evenings to facilitate upcoming interview sessions.

FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACTS
None.

COMMUNITY PILLAR
5: A City That Works.

GOAL
2: Engage effectively with the City's Advisory Bodies

ATTACHMENTS
Prepared by: Marie Weber
Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
Approved by:
____________________________________
Marianna Marysheva
City Manager
Fiscal Review by:
____________________________________
Tina Olson
Administrative Services Director
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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT ITEM NO. 10.1
DATE: December 11, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Marianna Marysheva, City Manager
SUBJECT: Supplemental materials.

RECOMMENDED ACTION

SUMMARY
These materials were posted online and made available to the public at the same time that they were distributed to the City Council.

3.2 Community Asset Management Program (CAMP) Outreach Committee Final update presented by Uyiosa Oviawe, Senior Management Analyst.

Material: PowerPoint Presentation

5.1 Approval of draft minutes - November 13, 2023 and November 27, 2023 Regular Meetings.

Material: Revised Minutes for November 13, 2023 Regular Meeting

7.1 Resolution amending the Livermore Airport Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities to require the provision of Unleaded Aviation Fuel by the Fixed Base Operator (FBO).

Materials: Public Comment Received and PowerPoint Presentation

7.2 Discussion and direction regarding the City Council Subcommittee for Advisory Body Review's recommendation regarding changes to City advisory bodies.

Materials: Public Comment Received and PowerPoint Presentation

7.3 Appointment of Vice Mayor for the period of 2023-2024.

Material: PowerPoint Presentation

7.4 Council Members Appointments to Intergovernmental Agencies.

Material: PowerPoint Presentation
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7.5 Appointment of Council Members to the City Council Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024.

Material: PowerPoint Presentation

8.0 Council Committee Reports and Matters Initiated by City Manager, City Attorney, Staff, and Council Members
Material: Council Reports

DISCUSSION

ATTACHMENTS

1. Supplemental Materials
Prepared by: Helena Graves
Deputy City Clerk
Approved by:
____________________________________
Marianna Marysheva
City Manager
Fiscal Review by:
____________________________________
Tina Olson
Administrative Services Director
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1 Community Asset Management Program (CAMP)
Outreach Committee Final Report
December 11, 2023
Presented by Judy Erlandson, Interim Public Works Director  Formed by the City Council in 2016 to represent the
community in asset management planning and
community outreach.
 Had between six and nine members and met as
needed.
 Final meeting was held on August 23, 2023.

CAMP-Background
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2  Provided perspective and input to help guide staff on asset management strategies.
 Attended public outreach events.
 Successfully completed the review and approval of asset fact sheets:
 Buildings, Traffic Signals, Bridges, Street Lights and Traffic Signs  Championed the Asset Management Geocache interactive
game.
 Won two CAPIO awards in 2020 and 2022 for Most
Innovative Communications.

CAMP - Accomplishments
CAMP - Membership
The City would like to thank the following Committee members for their contribution to the Asset Management Program:
 Gordon Jones
 Erik Gets
 Jennifer Estridge (Wirowek)
 Susan Frost
 Paul Foster
 Jan Evans
 Bob Dashner
 Nicol Williams-Pruitt
 Jill Farrell
 Neal Pann
 Steven Dunbar
 Mark Palajac
 Steve Stamos
 Jennifer Yeamans
 Dharana(Donna) Allen
 Dawn Argula
 Marco Torres
 Regina Bonanno
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3 Asset Management – Next Steps
 Continue public education and outreach.
 Continue to prioritize investments in public infrastructure.  Propose policies to reduce costs and improve service levels.  Protect the quality of life in Livermore over the long-term. 5 Item 3.2
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NOVEMBER 13, 2023 Minutes CM/75/1

MINUTES

CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
________________________________________________________________

CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER – The Closed Session of the City Council was called to order by Mayor John Marchand at 6:30 pm, held in person at 1016 S. Livermore Avenue and streamed over YouTube (listen and view only).

ROLL CALL – Present: Mayor John Marchand, Vice Mayor Brittni Kiick, and Council Members, Ben Barrientos, Evan Branning and Robert W. Carling.

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL
REGARDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS.

Mayor Marchand opened the public comment period.

There were no speakers, and the hearing was closed.

1. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION

1.1 Conference with Real Property Negotiator. To meet with Brandon Cardwell and Benedict Stuth, the City’s negotiators pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8, regarding the airport restaurant lease agreement approved on April 9, 2018, for a portion of the property located at 680 Terminal Circle, Livermore, California. The City negotiators may negotiate with Harmail Chatha on behalf of SAAB13, LLC. The instructions will concern the terms and conditions of the agreement and whether any changes should be made to the lease.

1.2 Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation. To meet with legal counsel pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4) to decide whether to initiate litigation based on existing facts and circumstances. (One case) ________________________________________________________________

REGULAR MEETING

2. CALL TO ORDER – The meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor John Marchand at 7:00 pm, held in person at 1016 S. Livermore Avenue and streamed over YouTube (listen and view only).

ROLL CALL – Present: Mayor John Marchand, Vice Mayor Brittni Kiick and Council Members Ben Barrientos, Evan Branning and Robert W. Carling.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

City Attorney Jason Alcala said there was no reportable action.

Mayor Marchand requested a moment of silence in honor of Council Member Branning’s father who recently passed away.

3. PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS – NONE

4. OPEN FORUM
Mayor Marchand opened the public comment period.

Greg Scott, provided a comment.

David McGuigan, provided a comment.

Shirley Lewandowski, provided a comment.

Carol Silva, provided a comment
Donna Cabanne, provided a comment.

Jean King, provided a comment.

There were no more more speakers and the public comment period was closed.

5. CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Marchand opened the public comment period.

Item 5.14 and 5.15 Greg Scott provided a comment.

Item 5.1 Karl Wente provided a comment.

There were no more speakers and the public comment period was closed.

ON THE MOTION OF VICE MAYOR KIICK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER CARLING AND CARRIED ON A 5-0 VOTE, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

5.1 Approval of revised minutes. After completing an internal audit of meeting minutes, corrections to the following minutes are needed - July 24, 2023 Regular Meeting, September 11, 2023 Regular Meeting, and September 25, 2023 Regular Meeting.

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5.2 Adopt Ordinance 2150, adding Chapter 8.21 Summary Abatement of Graffiti to the Livermore Municipal Code.

5.3 Adopt Omnibus Ordinance 2151, making modifications to the Livermore Municipal Code and the Livermore Development Code.

5.4 Resolution 2023-194 adding 2024 Storm Damage Citywide Emergency & Protective Measures Project 2024-27 to the 2023-2028 Capital Improvement Plan, authorizing supplemental appropriations of General Fund Capital Reserves to 2024 Storm Damage Citywide Emergency & Protective Measure Project 2024- 27, in the amount of $300,000 to Fiscal Year 2023-24 and $200,000 to Fiscal Year 2024-25, and executing agreements with Cazadoro Engineering, ETIC Engineering, Hanford Applied Restoration, and Triangle Properties, Inc. to provide on-call services to assist with the Livermore Stream Maintenance Program and emergency storm damage repairs through December 31, 2025, in amounts not-to-exceed $600,000 each.

5.5 Resolution 2023-195 authorizing a supplemental appropriation of General Fund Capital Reserves in the amount of $99,000 to the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget for the Decorative Wall Replacement - Citywide Project 2006-54 for the removal of the deteriorating wood fence on Holmes Street between Vancouver Way and Paris Way.

5.6 Resolution 2023-196 approving Final Tract Map 8613 and authorizing execution of a Subdivision Improvement Agreement for the Shea Portola Townhomes project at the northeast corner of Portola Avenue and Collier Canyon Road.

5.7 Resolution 2023-197 summarily vacating public right-of-way for Arroyo Vista Tract 8689 within a portion of Parcel C of Grant Deed 94-176895, located at the intersection of Las Positas Road and Bennett Drive, retaining the rights of existing public utility easement within the portion of Parcel C, and authorizing execution of a Quitclaim Deed.

5.8 Resolution 2023-198 authorizing issuance of a purchase order with Beam Global in the amount of
$173,709 for two solar-powered electric vehicle chargers to be installed at City Hall and the Police Department.

5.9 Resolution 2023-199 authorizing execution of a purchase order with Golden State Fire Apparatus Inc. for one new Pierce Manufacturing Enforcer Type 1 Fire Engine in the amount of $1,302,155 with a financial contingency in an amount not-to-exceed ten percent (10%).

5.10 Resolution 2023-200 authorizing issuance of a purchase order to Golden State Fire Apparatus, Inc. for one 2024 BME Fire Truck, LLC Targhee Model 34 Type 3 fire engine in the amount of
$551,261 and authorizing a financial contingency in an amount not-to-exceed ten percent (10%).

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5.11 Resolution 2023-201 authorizing execution of an agreement with Hinderliter, de Llamas and Associates, Inc., for sales, use, and transaction tax management and audit services.

5.12 Resolution 2023-202 authorizing the execution of a Second Amendment to the agreement with Tracy Business Services, Inc. DBA Express Employment Professionals for temporary labor services to increase the total compensation by $200,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $495,000, to extend the term of the agreement for a one-year period, and to increase insurance limit requirements.

5.13 Resolution 2023-203 authorizing a first amendment to an agreement with Kaizen InfoSource, LLC for records management consulting increasing the notto-exceed amount to $212,000 and extending the term to December 31, 2024.

5.14 Resolution 2023-204 authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of the County of Alameda Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program Rounds 3 and 4 grant funds in the amount of $439,426 and authorizing a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $245,237 in unexpended HHAP Rounds 1 and 2 grant funds.

5.15 Resolution 2023-205A (HCD authorizing) and Resolution 2023-205 approving submission of application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement and subrecipient agreements for the 2023-24 funding year of the State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program, Homelessness Prevention Activity Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).

5.16 Resolution 2023-206 authorizing the display of the Prisoner of War / Missing in Action (POW-MIA) flag for the week of November 14-19, 2023.

6. PUBLIC HEARINGS – NONE

7. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION

7.1 Update on the citywide poll results and preliminary priorities for negotiations with Dublin regarding open space and scenic corridor preservation in Doolan Canyon.

Recommendation: Staff recommended the City Council receive an update on the citywide poll results and preliminary priorities for negotiations with Dublin regarding open space and scenic corridor preservation in Doolan Canyon.

Senior Planner Ashley Vera presented the staff report.

Mayor Marchand opened the public comment period.

Carol Silva, provided a comment.

Donna Cabanne, provided a comment.

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Jean King, provided a comment.

Shirley Lewandowski, provided a comment.

Karl Wente, provided a comment.

There were no more speakers, and the public comment period was closed.

COUNCIL RECEIVED THE PRESENTATION AND CONFIRMED STAFFS
PRELIMINARY PRIORITIES AS DIRECTION.

8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY CITY

MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS

THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF

RECENTLY ATTENDED EVENTS AND MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKET. COUNCIL

MEMBERS WHO DID NOT PROVIDE A SUMMARY IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKET ARE INCLUDED BELOW.

Civic Appreciation Dinner, Council Member Barrientos noted his attendance.

Bikes and Brew Bike Ride, Council Member Carling noted his attendance on November 4, 2023.

Harmony in Healing Benefit Concert and Fundraiser at the Bankhead Theater, Council Member Carling noted his attendance on November 4, 2023.

Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center Cultural Events (Celebration Series) at the Bankhead Theater, Vice Mayor Kiick voiced her support.

Diwali Festival of Lights, in front of the Bankhead Theater, Mayor Marchand noted his attendance on November 5, 2023.

Livermore Police Department and City of Livermore 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat, Mayor Marchand noted his attendance on October 25, 2023.

Veteran’s Day Event, Mayor Marchand noted his attendance on November 15, 2023.

9. ADJOURNMENT – at 8:11 pm in memory of Judge Hugh Walker to Special City Council meeting on Monday, November 20, 2023 and a Regular City Council meeting on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm, Civic Center Meeting Hall, City Council Chambers, 1016 S. Livermore Avenue.

APPROVED:

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JOHN P. MARCHAND, MAYOR
ATTEST: ______________

MARIE WEBER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK
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1 Airport Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activity Update – Unleaded Aviation Fuel Provision
December 11, 2023
Presented by Judy Erlandson, Interim Public Works Director Benedict Stuth, Acting Airport Manager
Aviation Fuel at the Livermore Airport
• The Fixed Base Operator (FBO), Five Rivers Aviation is exclusive provider of fuel at the airport. FBO currently sells two types of fuel:
• 100LL is a leaded fuel.
• Jet A is a kerosene-based fuel.
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2 Livermore Airport Transition to Unleaded Fuel
• The EPA has determined lead emissions are an endangerment to public health. • The FAA has determined that leaded fuel must be eventually discontinued and replaced by an unleaded alternative.
• On October 23, 2023, the City Council directed staff to update the Airport’s Minimum Standards to require unleaded aviation fuel sales on the airfield at Livermore Airport.
• Updating minimum standards requiring provision of unleaded aviation fuel is the first step towards transitioning away from leaded fuel.

Transitioning to Unleaded Fuel
Current Fuel Supply at LVK
Unleaded Fuel Transition at
LVK
Ultimate Goal at LVK
100LL
70 - 90% of
non-Jet A
sales
Jet A
65% of
sales
Unleaded
10 - 30%
of 100LL
sales
100LL
35% of
sales
Jet A Unleaded
100% of
non-Jet A
sales
Jet A
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3 National Transition to Unleaded Fuel
• The FAA has been working with industry partners to formulate appropriate alternatives by 2030 through the EAGLE initiative. (ASTM certification) • The FAA has additionally determined that federally-obligated airports MUST continue to offer 100LL Aviation fuel until a viable alternative is available. • Fuel bans are interpreted as a violation of Federal Grant Assurances. • A 100-octane 100LL alternative has been developed and approved by the FAA for general use under a separate effort outside of the EAGLE initiative but is not yet available in the marketplace. (STC Certification)
• UL94, a 94-octane 100LL alternative and stopgap fuel, is currently available for use, but only by a limited number of aircraft. (STC Certification) Current Unleaded Fuel at Other Airports
• Unleaded UL94 fuel is available at San Martin, Reid Hillview, Hayward, San Carlos, Watsonville, Oxnard, Van Nuys, Burbank, Santa Monica, and Long Beach Airports.
• Only Santa Clara County has made a move to outright ban leaded fuel, which is under investigation by the FAA.
• All other airports listed are offering unleaded UL94 alongside 100LL . • Currently UL94 ranges from $7 - $10/gallon in California. 100LL fuels ranges inbetween $5 - $7/gallon. 5 6
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4 Livermore Airport Transition to Unleaded Fuel
• Staff has presented the revisions to the Airport Commission for discussion and input.
• The Airport Commission feedback summary:
– Replace specific language regarding specific unleaded fuels and make the requirement more general to allow for increased flexibility.

Livermore Airport Transition to Unleaded Fuel
• Timeline: Up to 24 months, but efforts are under way to transition as soon as possible
• The City is currently working with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to assist Five Rivers Aviation recertify a spare fuel tank. 7 8
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5 Recommendation
• Staff recommends the City Council approve the update to the Commercial Aeronautical Activity Minimum Standards which includes:
• Updates to the definitions on all available aviation fuel. • Established requirements that an unleaded aviation fuel alternative is provided. • Established timeline by which an unleaded aviation fuel alternative is provided at LVK.

Questions?
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1 Debbie Elam
From: Jean King
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 11:31 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Email comment for Dec 11, 2023 Item 7.1
Categories: Helena, Debbie
Exercise Caution: This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.

Livermore City Council December 11, 2023
Item 7.1
I ask the Council to support the Airport Commission’s recommendation to have the Livermore Airport Fixed Base Operator (FBO) commence to sell unleaded aviator fuel at the Livermore Airport (LVK) as soon as possible.

Two years is too long to wait before the situation is re-evaluated. The completion should be one year and at the end on one year, it can be re-evaluated. If supplying unleaded aviation fuel is not possible in one year then, a one year extension can be given.

The need to eliminate leaded fuel is important for health and environmental reasons. Unleaded fuel should be made available as soon as possible. This should be a priority.

Thank you.

Jean King
Livermore
You don't often get email from Learn why this is important Item 7.1
Public Comment Received
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1 City Council Subcommittee for Advisory Body
Review's recommendation regarding changes to
City advisory bodies
December 11, 2023
Presented by Debbie Elam, Assistant City Clerk
Background
• The City of Livermore has 9 standing advisory bodies
• The City 5-Year Strategic Plan includes:
– Engage effectively with the City’s advisory bodies
• March 2023 - City Clerk staff met with advisory body liaisons to review each body’s duties, responsibilities, and objectives • July 2023 - City Council appointed a two-member
Subcommittee for Advisory Body Review
• August 2023 - Staff presented the results of their review to the Subcommittee
• October 2023 - The Subcommittee finalized their review and directed staff to bring the Subcommittee’s recommendations to City Council.
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2 • Beautification Committee – Sunset
• Historical Preservation Commission - Sunset
• Commission for the Arts - Move management of this
Advisory Body to the Library
• Livermore Area Youth Advisory Commission (LAYAC) -
Convert the body from a City Commission to a Library
activity
Four Main Subcommittee Recommendations
Beautification Committee
Key Points
• Several duties have fallen to staff due to the need for technical expertise (ex. arborist)
• Some advisory body objectives are no longer current,
for example, the free street tree program has ended
• Tree Appeal process under review
– To provide consistency in the appeals process
citywide, staff will be recommending street tree
appeals be completed by an independent third
party going forward
• Arbor Day and Beautification Awards will continue with staff and volunteers
• Public input can be provided to staff, Planning
Commission, or City Council
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3 • In 2021 Planning staff in conjunction with the Historic Preservation Commission completed an update to
the City’s historic preservation program
• The number of properties that would require a review
by the Commission was reduced.
• The Commission has met 5 times since the update in
2021
• The Commission did not meet in 2023
• Review of historical properties and the interview of
the City Historian are recommended to be
reassigned to the Planning Commission
Historic Preservation Commission
Key Points
• November 2022 - The City adopted the Livermore
Cultural Arts Vision
• The Vision focuses on moving from physical art to
more art programming
• The Library currently has extensive cultural arts
programming
• Library staff have experience with grants, which is
a function of the Commission
Commission for the Arts
Key Points
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4 • Converting the Commission to a Library activity
removes the restrictions of the Brown Act such as
quorum, limited discussion among members, and
public participation
• More Livermore youth will be able to participate in
the new program through meetings and volunteer
opportunities
• The Library already has extensive youth
programming that could incorporate this body
Livermore Area Youth Advisory Commission
(LAYAC)
Key Points
• Airport Commission – Changing the make up of the
Commission to allow 3 tenants instead of 2.
• Human Services Commission – Remove the duties related to the Multi-Service Center
• Library Board of Trustees – Remove duties related to the Library budget
• All Advisory Bodies
– Change references from Citizen’s Forum to Open
Forum to match current practice
– Change City Council Goals and Priorities to 5-Year
Strategic Plan
– Add in a requirement to create an annual workplan
in January
Minor Changes to Rules of Procedure for
Remaining Bodies
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5 • Livermore Community Service Day
• Graffiti Fighters
• Living Arroyos
• Key to the City
• Community Police Academy
• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
• Library volunteer opportunities
• Other Advisory Bodies
Volunteer Opportunities

1. Planning Commission – Development Code
Amendment for the sunset of the Historical
Preservation Commission

2. City Council – Introduction of an ordinance
amending the Livermore Municipal Code with the
recommended changes and adoption of a resolution
amending the Rules of Procedure for remaining
bodies

3. City Council – Adoption of an ordinance amending
the Livermore Municipal Code with the
recommended changes
Next Steps early 2024
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6 Staff and the City Council Subcommittee for Advisory
Body Review recommend the City Council review the
Subcommittee's recommendations regarding changes
to City advisory bodies, and direct staff to bring back ordinances amending the Livermore Municipal Code
and the Development Code at a future City Council
meeting.

Recommendation
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From: Darin Bishop
To: Marie Weber
Cc: Benedict (Benny) Stuth; Angela Hescher
Subject: Re: City Council Advisory Body Review
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023 8:04:30 PM
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TO: Livermore City Council
FR: Darin Bishop, Airport Advisory Commission
RE: Proposed changes to airport commission rules of procedure.

1. Duties and Responsibilities:

8. “The Commission will create an annual workplan at the first meeting in January.“ ______________________
Since the Airport commission is not project oriented, this requirement appears to serve no purpose other than to waste volunteer commissioner and paid staff time.

I believe item 8 should be totally discarded for the following reasons:

REDUNDANCY- There is no need to re-invent the wheel every year when we already have a 25 page document titled “AIRPORT COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE.” This document specifically and clearly delineates what we are expected to do on a continual basis. We already meet each December and approve the following year’s meeting calendar which specifies when we will be meeting.

SPECIOUSNESS- The word “Workplan” is not defined in the 189 page City Council Staff Report of December 11, 2023 regarding “Discussion and direction regarding the City Council Subcommittee for Advisory Body Review's recommendation regarding changes to City advisory bodies.” The word “Workplan” only appears with the requirement that commissions are required to create their Workplan each January.

It is specious because there is no definition of what commission Workplans should consist of, no requirements or standards regarding adherence to or even retention of Workplans, and no procedures for revisions to Workplans due to changing circumstances throughout the year.

MISLEADS THE PUBLIC- The term “Workplan” gives the wrong impression that volunteer commissioners are compensated city officials with authority. The airport commission in particular already has a public image problem in that the public thinks we run the airport. Currently we are being implored to stop harm to children and approve the transition to unleaded aviation fuel, and in the past the Independent newspaper has published stories implying that the commission has awarded hangars to individuals of favor, and approved the creation of a 737 jet port. None of which we have done or even have the authority to do! The city should be doing more to emphasize the Item 7.2
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advisory nature of its volunteer commissions to the public not creating more mischaracterization.

INCORRECT PROCEDURE- I would have to confirm with city attorneys, but I’m pretty sure it is not legal for any commission to create and approve plans or take action all in just one January meeting without allowing for a public comment period.

Regarding the term “Open Forum” replacing the term “Citizens Forum” I wonder if the City Council is aware of the significance and is purposely inviting meeting participants from nonresidents? If this change is enacted, I request the council anticipate problems and provide proactive guidance to advisory commissions with procedures to handle the eventuality of commission meetings being overrun with activists from outside our city. At a minimum there should be guidance on how non-resident participation is considered or handled compared to Livermore residents. Maybe commission chairs should have ability to request police presence at meetings they anticipate to be possibly contentious.

Thank you for considering my input on the subject,
Darin Bishop
Airport Advisory Commission
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1 Debbie Elam
From: Mark Goralka
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 4:23 PM
To: Debbie Elam
Cc: Karen Jefferson; Marie Weber; Judy Erlandson; Joe Prime; Laurie Tobias; Tania Panarello ); Saundra Lormand
Subject: Re: Input regarding proposed sunsetting of the Beatification Committee for the City Council supplemental agenda packet
Attachments: Sunset Comments.pdf
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Debbie -
As discussed at our meeting on Wednesday, attached is a pdf of my comments.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks -
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City Council Members and Mayor Marchand—
Rather than letting the Beautification Committee sunset, the CC should consider the possibility of modifying its duties and responsibilities to those which would be most beneficial to the City’s current conditions and needs of the City Council. Modifying and preserving the Committee would allow Council to take full advantage of its history and established methods of gaining community input and involvement.

The current stated advisory body functions for this committee are outdated and not reflective of its current duties. City Staff and Committee members could work together on creating a more relevant and useful “Duties and Responsibilities” description and annual workplan. The Committee can also provide valuable input to the proposed appeal process by third party agencies. Unlike code or zoning appeals where there may often be a correct or definitive answer, tree appeals are more nuanced with the need to take in context its relation to specific neighborhood and site conditions. Such appeals would benefit from the insight of local citizens who comprise the Committee.

Such a modification would also be an opportunity to consider ways to provide more agency to the Committee to affect change; such as with additional City Staff involvement or designating some City resources to address issues brought before the Committee. The committee has been frustrated in the past by the lack of resources or funding available to respond to issues or ideas that they have expressed.

The Beautification Committee members stand ready to assist the City Council and City Staff as needed.

Sincerely,
Mark Goralka
Beautification Committee Vice Chair
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1 Corina Mendoza
From: Saundra Lormand >
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 4:44 PM
To: Marie Weber; Debbie Elam; Judy Erlandson
Cc: Joe Prime; Laurie Tobias; Karen Jefferson; Mark Goralka; Tania Panarello Subject: Input regarding proposed sunsetting of the Beautification Committee to be made available to City Council members
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City Council Members and Mayor Marchand—
As a member of the Beautification Committee, I was very surprised at the City’s and Council Subcommittee’s recommendation that the Beautification Committee be sunseted. I was particularly surprised and annoyed because we had no input into the evaluation process that began in March of this year. Members of the Beautification Committee would have provided creative ideas regarding what this committee could offer the City. Concurrent with this secret evaluation process, the membership on our Committee dropped from seven members to four. At each of our MONTHLY meetings we asked about recruiting efforts and even identified potential Committee candidates with horticultural and botanical expertise that we were willing to recruit. We were never given any explanation as to why solicitations for volunteers for other Advisory Committees were appearing on the City website and in the local newspaper but nothing for the Beautifications Committee. As the months passed, we were told nothing about this evaluation process and were not asked for any input until Wednesday night, December 6th.

Our input was to be delivered to City staff by Friday, December 8th. You will make your decisions on December 11th.. Why were we not included in the evaluation process or told it was taking place and given more time for input?
I believe that the City Advisory Committees provide an important mechanism for the City to obtain citizen input regarding the broad range of City programs. Livermore has many intelligent and creative citizens who care deeply about the future of the City. They deserve to be heard. Advisory Committees are a excellent way to obtain this input. This is a democracy. Democracies can be messy, but citizens need to be heard. And it is the citizens who pay the taxes that fund City activities and pay its employees.

These are the reasons I think the Beautification Committee should not be sunseted:

1. There will be no other mechanism for citizen input concerning horticultural development the City. In this era of climate change, trees are important. Committee members have creative ideas regarding funding,tree types, priorities.

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2 2. There will be no other mechanism for citizen input concerning the horticultural beautification of the City. During my tenure on this Committee we assessed the medians in the City for planting repair and improvement. We evaluated welcoming signage placed at the City entrance points. I’m sure there were other projects like these that were completed before my arrival on the Beautification Committee.

3. Arbor Day will no longer take place unless the City can recruit volunteers for the effort. The Beautification Committee has developed an extensive and detailed program that reaches 1000 second graders in14 Livermore schools annually.

4.The Citizen and Commercial Beautification Awards Program will cease unless the City can recruit volunteers to continue it. The institutional knowledge regarding the operation of Arbor Day and the Beautification Awards with be lost. Both of these programs involve significant effort on the Committee’s part and provide much positive publicity and goodwill for the City.

5. It is being recommended that citizen tree appeals no longer be handled by the Beautification Committee and instead be outsourced to “an independent third source”. Given that this “independent third source” is to be hired by the City, is this not a conflict of interest in that the City will pay fees to this source? The Beautification Committee has handled two appeals during my tenure. We dealt with the appealing citizen thoughtfully and respectfully, visited the tree sites in question and researched information about these trees before rendering a decision. Our efforts did not incur any costs to the City.

Please consider these points in your deliberations.

Saundra Lormand
Beautifications Committee member
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1 Debbie Elam
From: Karen Jefferson >
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 8:58 PM
To: Marie Weber; Debbie Elam; Judy Erlandson; Joe Prime Cc: Laurie Tobias; Mark Goralka; Tania Panarello ); Saundra Lormand Subject: Input regarding proposed sunsetting of the Beatification Committee for the City Council supplemental agenda packet
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To All:

I've aƩached my input in two file formats (.docx and pdf) to be included in the City Council's supplemental agenda packet regarding the sunseƫng of the BeauƟficaƟon CommiƩee.

Please let me know if you have any quesƟons.

Best regards,
Karen Jefferson
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Input to City Council Regarding the Recommendation to Sunset the Beautification from Karen Jefferson, Beautification Member
I do not agree with the Staff and City Council Subcommittee recommendation to sunset the Beatification Committee. Furthermore, I feel the process to arrive at this conclusion lacked transparency to the Committee’s members and did not seek input for potential future activities from Committee members in a reasonable timeframe.

In March of this year, the Beautification Committee was informed by the Committee’s City staff liaison that the City was reviewing the Roles and Responsibilities of all of the City’s Advisory Bodies. After reviewing the existing Roles and Responsibilities in the Beautification Committee’s April Agenda packet, I could certainly understand the need for that review as many of the roles and responsibilities appeared to be out-of-date and no longer pertinent. At that April meeting we also asked our Committee’s City staff liaison how we could have input into the review process, as we had suggestions for future Committee activities. We continued to ask the Committee’s City staff liaison at our May, June, August, and September meetings for an update of the review and how we could have input into the process.

We were given no information about the process and no opportunity for input until December 6 with 2 days to submit any input. Why is this opportunity for input so late in the process and with so little time to respond?
The Beautification Committee is the only City Advisory Body providing the City with input from citizens on horticultural development and improvements within the City. As climate change is upon us, the need for plants, and in particular climate friendly plant choices, are that much more vital. I believe the Beatification Committee can play a significant role in helping the City to adapt to the new normal. Here are a few suggestions of possible Committee activities.

Trees are a major asset to our community and a major tool to mitigate climate change. Many other cities in the county, such as San Leandro and Pleasanton, have efforts to increase and plan for their Urban forests. In fact San Leandro has community engagement to mulch, plant, and care for trees. This effort was funded through a Cal Fire grant. The City of Pleasanton has an Urban Forest Master Plan. I was surprised to see in the Staff Summary Report that there were no funds/program for the replacement of failing street trees and limited funds in the landscape maintenance districts. Given that many of our City’s trees are not in stellar health, this is not the time to stop funding efforts to replace and extend our urban forest. Is there an effort to replace unhealthful trees in our urban forest? Does the City have an Urban Forest Plan for the future? The Beautification Committee, if not sunsetted, could assist with developing such a plan.

The City does not have a recommended tree planting list published on their website. I’ve recently joined a native plant group and one of the activities is to document Bay Area cities’ use of native plants, specifically trees. Livermore is one of the few cities in the Bay Area without a recommended plant list.

Why is that? Wouldn’t such a list be helpful? What about guidance for planting, watering, and maintaining trees? I realize that the City has 6 arborists but couldn’t citizen input provide guidance on what information might be valuable to the community?
Who is going to analyze and what questions will be asked of the data collected by the third-party vendor who inventoried the city’s trees? Could this data be used to identify tree deserts and perhaps organize Item 7.2
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a community outreach effort to add trees – either through donations, grants, or City funds. I believe the Beautification Committee could be valuable in helping to do this.

The city has been in the process of updating the street tree ordinance for many years. How will you be incorporating community input into the process of updating the ordinance? When it is “complete”, what is your plan for public review and comment?
Native plants, especially trees such as oaks, are crucial to our environment. Oaks are keystone species as they support more life forms including fungi, insects, birds, and mammals, than any other North American tree genus. While the responsibilities for the design for the establishment of small parks or rest areas have fallen to staff, what input do the citizens have in the choice of plant palette for these projects? How can we help and encourage the City to use more native plants in projects? Finally what about Arbor Day? For 2024 the Committee was investigating how we could incorporate native plants into the Arbor Day activities. Certainly sunsetting the Beautification Committee will sunset the current Arbor Day outreach to the schools. Committee members spent weeks of time organizing, packaging, and distributing materials to the schools. I doubt that you will get citizen volunteers to do this activity if you were to abolish the committee.

These items are only a subset of the activities where the Beautification Committee can provide valuable citizen horticultural input to the City. Given the importance of plants to mitigate climate change and sustain our environment, now is the time to think creatively on how to use this important source of citizen input to benefit our City. Do not sunset the Beautification Committee.

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From: Tania Panarello >
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 5:01 PM
To: Joe Prime; Judy Erlandson
Cc: Marie Weber; Debbie Elam; Laurie Tobias; Karen Jefferson; Saundra Lormand; Mark Goralka; Tania Panarello; Brittni Kiick; Evan Branning; John Marchand
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RE: Recommendation to Sunset Beautification Committee
Though I have served on the Beautification Committee for just over a year, I appreciate all the passion and effort my fellow committee members have put into the beautification of our hometown of Livermore. I firmly believe that there is great value in the City of Livermore having a Beautification Committee, giving community members an opportunity to serve their hometown in a way that strives to improve and maintain the aesthetic appeal of Livermore with regard to environmental responsibility for present and future generations.

I will try to keep this short, as our committee was given very little time to respond to the recommendation that the Beautification Committee be sunsetted. On that note, I am insulted that you would devalue our committee and hold it in such disregard as to treat us as mushrooms -- fed a lot of BS and kept in the dark. Every month, our committee questioned efforts to recruit new committee members, as we had lost three people within six months or less. Your city subcommittee had a substantial amount of time to review our committee, whereas we were given a few days to respond to the city's recommendation for the sunset of the Beautification Committee. Therefore, our committee felt we did not have nearly the support we thought we had from Mayor Marchand, the City Council and city staff.

Here are some topics we discussed at our meetings, as well as potential projects for our committee:
- review, revision and restructure of our subcommittees and the Beautification Committee as a whole - potential candidates for replacing the committee members who left - Arbor Day 2024
- revision of the Beautification Awards brochures/submission forms Suggestions for moving forward with the Beautification Committee:
- DO NOT sunset the Beautification Committee, as it serves a valuable means of input from community members, as well as educational outreach to Livermore residents -- students in particular. - There is great potential to spread educational outreach to students beyond elementary school, especially at a crucial point in time, what with climate change.
- Beautification Awards celebrate community efforts to aesthetically and environmentally improve their neighborhoods, and ultimately the City of Livermore.
- It is ideal to have committee members representative of all neighborhoods/districts in Livermore. - Perhaps cut number of committee members to four or five, with a quorum of three members for meetings -- possibly even absorb the Beautification Committee as a subcommittee to the Planning Committee.

There is so much potential in what we can do, if you give us a chance.

Thank you,
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Date: December 8, 2023
To: Brandon Cardwell
From: Sabrina Ohnemus
Chair, Commission for the Arts
Re: City Council Advisory Body Review Staff Report Feedback In June of this year the City Council directed staff to move forward with the project and appointed a 2-member subcommittee to review the details of each advisory body as well as the internal review done by staff. The subcommittee has completed their work and will be returning to the City Council with final recommendations on December 11, 2023.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve as a volunteer on the Livermore Commission for the Arts, it has been a rewarding experience. I have personally put a lot of effort and time into the work I have done for the Commission and I appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback to the city’s review process. I feel we should have been given more time to review the almost 200 pages of information that was sent to us asking for a 3 day turn around. Given the review subcommittee was in place since June to work on this, it seems like a minimum of a week would have been respectful of volunteers’ time and would have reflected that our input was valued and would potentially have some impact on the ultimate decisions made.

Commission for the Arts Recommendation Feedback
Recommendation: Move Management of this Advisory Body to the Library In November 2022, the city adopted the Livermore Cultural Arts Vision entitled: Creative Livermore A Plan for the Future of the Arts and Culture. Given that this strategic plan is more focused on programs instead of physical pieces of art the library would be the ideal department to manage the Advisory Body moving forward. The Library specializes in a variety of cultural arts and youth and family programing and has large outreach in the community. Library staff are also very familiar with grant funding which is a key function of the Commission.

Misinterpretation of the Cultural Arts plan
The intent of the Creative Livermore plan seems to have been minimized in this review process.

As an integral member of the team that worked on the plan, I can confidently say that the focus of the plan was not on programs vs physical art pieces, but rather on strategy. The plan’s focus is “to provide a roadmap to city leadership on how to enable Livermore to sustain and grow its creative community and thrive as an arts destination; one that actively produces and consumes art and provides a pipeline for future creators”. In alignment with this focus, the Commission for the Arts priorities and work are more accurately aligned with its current connection to the Department of Innovation and Economic Development and the specialization of that department.

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Defining the plan, and by extension the Commission for the Arts itself, as merely a focus on programs instead of physical pieces of art does a gross disservice to the Creative Livermore plan.

As mentioned in the staff recommendation, the Library is experienced with youth and family programming and would make a good partner for the Commission for the Arts in helping the city reach its goals in this area.

Arts & Economic Development
The arts are a significant economic driver, both in terms of actual economic impact (which is more than $600 billion per year in the United States) and business competitiveness, growth, and sustainability. The intersection of arts and economic development deals with ways to improve the financial well-being of both artists (individual and as a sector of the economy) and the communities in which they live and work. This strategic concept connects specifically to the five goals outlined in the Creative Livermore plan and again, aligns with the focus of the Department of Innovation and Economic Development.

Research into the role of the arts in economic development highlights five ways the arts work:
they creative a fast-growth, dynamic business sector, they help mature industries become more competitive, they provide critical ingredients for innovative places, they catalyze community revitalization, and the deliver a better prepared workforce. (Source: AFTA: Arts + Economic Development Fact Sheet).

Strategic Thought Leadership
Livermore has an opportunity to be a thought leader in how municipalities approach the idea of art in the long term. It’s not just about the programs we make available to residents, it’s how we use art to shape the future of our city and our region. The Creative Livermore plan actually spells this out in detail, how the city has the opportunity to grow to the next level of art advocacy for our region. The Department of Innovation and Economic Development is the logical choice for this type of effort. If the challenge is around funding appropriate resources why not consider moving library resources to the Department of Innovation and Economic Development. Funding may be challenging but I would argue that not funding is a short-sighted, strategic mistake that underestimates the contribution of art to the city’s prosperity.

Financial Conflict of Interest
Recently Library staff presented to the Commission for the Arts and shared information on the art related programs they sponsor, it was very informative and reinforced the idea that the library would make a good partner in terms of youth and family programming. In terms of Commission for the Arts recommending funding for any Library programs it seems that it would be a financial conflict of interest to have the Commission recommend funding any Library efforts if the Commission reports to the library.

Public Perception
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Commission for the Arts is held to a high standard of reviewing and recommending all types of art as defined by our policies. Having the Commission for the Arts fall under the Library creates a potential perceived bias towards Literary Arts.

Rules of Procedure Feedback
Volunteer attendance/participation requirements:

While participants of Commissions are volunteers, I think there needs to be a more clearly defined attendance/participation requirement. Defining what is an “excused” absence, setting expectations around attendance/participation and providing feedback as needed to volunteers would be helpful.

Interview Process:

In addition to the information interviews conducted by City Council I think it would be useful for candidates to be interviewed by the City Staff members that are assigned to the Commission.

This would allow staff to help educate the candidates on the details of the Commission’s current projects, the workload expectations of new members joining the Commission and allow the staff members to provide input to City Council on the candidates and how they align with the needs of the Commission (for example: more culturally diverse candidates are needed, more artists are needed, more age diversity is needed, etc.)
Virtual Meetings
During the pandemic virtual meetings were a necessity and they worked very well for the Commission. To attract a more diverse population of volunteers requires a more adaptive approach to meetings. Virtual meetings are a given in today’s society, anything less puts a burden on those with multiple commitments to work, family, philanthropic work, etc. Zoom may not be the optimal choice for managing virtual meetings on a municipal basis but there are other technology companies that provide this type of service with other security measures that may work for the city. Livermore has the opportunity to become a thought leader in how they recruit, retain and develop volunteer talent and this would be a great way to “level up” the experience/process.

Unexpired Term Limits
Under the current procedures Commissioners are able to serve 2 four-year terms, or 8 years. If they are replacing a Commissioner that has vacated their position, they are able to serve the remaining years of the vacated positions term, up to 4 years, plus 8 more years for a total of 12 years. I suggest eliminating the additional years of vacated roles for new Commissioners, once a Commissioner leaves their term should be ended, a vacant slot on the Commission should open up and be filled for a normal term length, 8 years. This would help rotate the body of Commissioners, potentially increase diversity and invite new ideas to the Commission.

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Volunteer Code of Conduct
Section 10 of the Commission for the Arts Rules of Procedure document speaks to Conduct at Meetings. Item E specifically states, “Preservation of Order - The Chairperson shall preserve strict order and decorum, and shall discourage personal, verbal attacks on Commission Members, staff, and/or citizens…”. I think there needs to be additional verbiage in the Code of Conduct that specifically requires Commissioners to act with decorum, respect their fellow Commissioners and their opinions, refrain from side bar conversations and refrain from disrespectful gestures.

In closing, there were two social media communications last year that were put out by the city that recognized the Library for work that had been done by the Commission for the Arts and city staff on behalf of City Council. I can’t help but wonder if those communications were a foreshadowing of things to come or even a partial impetus for this recommendation. I think that moving the Commission for the Arts under the Library would reflect a shallow analysis of the Creative Livermore plan and represent a strategic mistake in providing a roadmap to city leadership on how to enable Livermore to sustain and grow its creative community and thrive as an arts destination; one that actively produces and consumes art and provides a pipeline for future creators as defined by the plan.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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To City Council:

Please reject the proposal to kill off Livermore’s Historic Preservation Commission.

This is a conversation I thought was unthinkable in Livermore. I have watched some of you working to honor Livermore’s heritage, signing or celebrating the culmination of work that has been shepherded, improved, reviewed and supported by our Historic Preservation Commission.

HPC has had a significant and unique role in preserving and sharing Livermore’s history.

Without the HPC, our historic Train Depot would be on a random lot as a commercial rental.

That was the City proposal, until HPC directed staff to consider using the Depot once again as our train and transit station. When LAVTA later decided that the depot could be shunted aside as an outbuilding, HPC insisted that LAVTA be engaged to re-consider once again using the Depot as Livermore’s actual train station. It took 10 years of HPC perseverance along with significant staff work to achieve. Some of you on today’s Council celebrated that achievement.

HPC successfully directed staff to have unauthorized modifications to historic downtown buildings reverted to their historic appearance.

HPC has achieved modifications to improve projects involving historic structures including the renovation of the downtown fire station into a restaurant, and the rehabilitation of structures such as our historic jail and significant winery buildings. It also has reviewed and improved modern structures in historic viewscapes such as wineries and our historic downtown. HPC design review has worked to preserve historic character in many projects in this city.

Not every old building is historic or gets saved. HPC provides a place for educated and thoughtful debate and discussion on the meaning of preserving our heritage while allowing our town to flourish. As Livermore grows and builds, these conversations will be ever more important for preserving the character of this community.

The staff report arguing for killing HPC notes that the number of properties considered historic has been reduced from thousands down to a few hundred. The purpose of that change, which was requested and assisted by HPC, was to codify what was already happening, which is that 50 year old tract home changes were being given administrative review so that HPC could focus on the truly historic properties. The change was useful, and the result was that HPC’s property reviews would focus on truly relevant historic properties.

The resulting approved inventory of historic properties was one that had been initiated back in 1987, and HPC had been pushing to have it improved and codified ever since. HPC also contributed to and pushed to create and adopt the City’s Historic Context Statement, which helps HPC to make consistent and informed decisions on historic issues.

The staff report notes as part of its supporting argument that HPC has not met at all this year.

This is not the choice of the members, and unfortunately, the result is that projects that should have come to HPC, did not. The removal of significant character defining features on a historic Item 7.2
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home on Trevarno road was recently approved through administrative review. It is impossible that such an approval would have happened if HPC had reviewed the project. The lack of a meeting also means HPC has been unable to discuss remedies when such errors occur, or act preemptively to prevent such errors in the future.

The downtown development work is proceeding without HPC’s voice to advocate for historic interpretive signage and context.

There was no HPC input into areas considered by GPAC, including proposed development of land that was Robert Livermore’s homestead. This heritage is not even acknowledged in the GPAC publicity material. This is not a good thing. HPC should be meeting and bringing these issues to the attention of the public and City Council.

But HPC, and each of your advisory commissions, is more than just additional expertise. They give an opportunity for interested residents to be engaged and dig in where staff does not have the bandwidth or the expertise to do so. We hear that staff time is already overbooked, so rather than take on these additional tasks in Preservation and Beautification and the Arts, they will instead slide off the list of priorities. The advisory committees provide an opportunity for knowledgeable and concerned residents to thoughtfully and productively engage with their city.

The City website says boards and commissions assist council by:
• Advising on matters within their area of responsibility and interest, as prescribed by the City Council and its ordinances.
• Helping focus attention on specific issues and problems and recommending actions and alternatives for Council consideration. • Acting as channels of communication and information among City government, the general public, and special interest groups. • Providing direction toward achievement of City-wide goals and objectives.
• Encouraging broad citizen participation in the definition and formulation of City goals.
• Balancing community needs and desires with municipal responsibility and resources.

It would be shocking to hear that this Council no longer values these commissions for the purposes they serve.
-Jeff Kaskey
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From: Allen McFarland
To: Marie Weber; Debbie Elam
Cc: Anwan Baker
Subject: Library Board of Trustees Feedback on Advisory Body Changes Memo Date: Friday, December 8, 2023 1:12:08 PM
Attachments: Library Board of Trustees - Advisory Body Changes Feedback.docx image001.png
Importance: High
Good afternoon,
Attached is the memo that captures the feedback from the Library Board of Trustees members at last night’s special meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any further information.

In partnership,
Allen McFarland
Management Analyst II | Library
(925) 373-5527
City of Livermore | www.LivermoreCA.gov / Library.LivermoreCA.gov Item 7.2
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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
Date: December 8, 2023
To: Marie Weber
City Clerk/Deputy City Manager, City Manager’s Office
From: Allen McFarland
Management Analyst II, Library
Via: Anwan Baker, Library Services Director
Subject: Library Board of Trustees Feedback Regarding Advisory Body Changes During the December 7, 2023, Library Board of Trustees Special meeting, the Board heard a matter for consideration (Item 4.1) that asked them to provide feedback on the proposed changes to City of Livermore advisory bodies and their Rules of Procedure (Item 7.2 on the December 11, 2023, City Council Agenda). Individual Board members shared their personal feedback, and then the Board came to a consensus in their desire to share the following feedback from the collective Board:
• The Library Board of Trustees is concerned about the Commission for the Arts (CFA) being assigned to the Library and the Livermore Area Youth Advisory Committee (LAYAC) becoming a Library activity. Specifically, the Board is concerned about the impact the additional workload and grants process could have on the Library if it is not tied to expanded funding. • The Library Board of Trustees also worries about the lack of acknowledgement of youth voices if LAYAC is not a formal commission. The Board believes it is important to include youth in the civic process formally and do not want to see the experience diluted. The Board sees LAYAC as a developmental opportunity that is incredibly purposeful for our youth.
• The Library Board of Trustees would like more detail on what the annual workplan that has been added to the Library Board of Trustees Rules of Procedure. The Board feels that requiring it in January might affect its success as the Library works on a fiscal year. Ultimately, without further information, the Board does not feel that it is necessary or relevant for an annual workplan to be completed as an advisory group.

If you should have any questions or need further information, please let me know.

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Item 7.2
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CITY OF LIVERMORE

PLANNING COMMISSION

RULES OF PROCEDURE
Prepared by the City Clerk’s Office
April 2022 December 2023 DRAFT
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CITY OF LIVERMORE

PLANNING COMMISSION

RULES OF PROCEDURE

1. Duties and Responsibilities – The Planning Commission shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

The Planning Commission shall have the powers imposed upon city planning commissions by Government Code section 65000 et. seq., incorporated by reference. In addition, the Planning Commission shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

A. Advise the City Council in the adoption and maintenance of a comprehensive General Plan for the physical growth and development of the city. Such plan shall reflect the future goals of the City and, after its adoption by the City Council, shall represent the City’s policy on matters of physical growth. It shall also serve to guide the general location of future public facilities and improvements and to aid in the encouragement and regulation of private development;
B. Serve as an advisory body to the City Council on matters related to City growth and development and on such matters as may be requested by the Council;
C. Promote public interest in planning and encourage citizen participation in the formulation of land use policies;
D. Engage in a program of acquainting the public with the problems and alternate solutions relating to the local physical environment:

E. Make recommendations to the City Council on final legislative decisions such as amendments to the General Plan, Development Code or Zoning Map;
F. Make recommendations and take final actions on development projects regarding conformance with codes, land use compatibility and design review;
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H. Interpret and implement the City’s Design Standards and Guidelines; I. Support the goals and priorities 5-Year Strategic Plan adopted by the City Council.

2. Members – The Planning Commission shall consist of five members, all of whom shall be residents of the City of Livermore.

3. Term limits – Planning Commission members shall serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms or a total of eight years unless the member was selected to complete an unexpired term or unless otherwise noted.

Time served in an unexpired term shall not count against the eight-year maximum limit. Commission members who have already completed eight years of service or other specified maximum terms are not eligible for appointment to an unexpired term. However, members may be appointed back to an advisory body after a break in service from that body of two years.

4. Attendance Policy – Planning Commission members may miss six meetings per calendar year. A member who misses more than six meetings per year may be subject to removal from the Commission. The staff liaison will document all absences and report to the City Clerk when a member of the Commission has exceeded the allowed number of absences. The City Clerk will notify the City Council with a memo explaining the circumstances of the absences and the City Council will determine if an agenda item is needed to consider whether removal from the Commission is appropriate. The member will have the opportunity to speak at a City Council meeting when removal is under consideration. The final decision to remove a member from the Commission rests solely with the City Council.

5. Elections and Officers – The Planning Commission shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson at the first meeting held after January 1st of each year.

Election of the officers shall be by majority vote of the Commission. The role of the officers shall be as follows:
a. Chairperson – The Chairperson shall preside at all regular meetings and may call special meetings. The Chairperson shall decide upon all points of order and procedure during the meeting.
b. Vice Chairperson - The Vice Chairperson shall assume all duties of the Chairperson in the absence or disability of the Chairperson. c. Presiding Officer – In the absence of the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, the members present shall select a Presiding Officer.

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6. Meetings – The Planning Commission shall meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Meeting Hall at 1016 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore, California and occasional special meetings as required to fulfill the Commission’s duties and responsibilities. The body shall adopt an annual meeting calendar listing all regular meetings for the calendar year. The calendar shall be published on the City's website. Meetings shall begin promptly as noticed pursuant to this provision. All meetings shall be open to the public.

The Commission may not meet in closed session. The Commission members may not participate in a meeting remotely, via teleconference or videoconference.

7. Agenda Preparation and Posting – The staff liaison shall post the notices and agendas for each Planning Commission meeting in the kiosk in front of the Civic Center Meeting Hall, the Civic Center Library and on the City’s website. a. Regular Meetings
Agendas shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Brown Act and shall be posted in a location that is freely accessible to members of the public at least 72 hours in advance of a regular meeting. The agenda shall specify the time and location of the meeting and contain a brief description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting. [54954.2] b. Special Meetings and Workshops
Notice of the call for a special meeting must be delivered and received by each Commission Member and the media at least 24 hours before the special meeting and must be posted at least 24 hours before the special meeting date. The agenda shall specify the time and location of the meeting, contain a brief description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, and state who called the special meeting. [54956].

8. Minutes of Proceedings – An account of all final actions or recommendations of the Planning Commission shall be prepared by the staff liaison and approved by the Commission. The staff liaison with input from the City Clerk, and consistent with the uniform format provided by the City Clerk, shall determine the preferred software/recording device used to capture the minutes for their advisory body meetings. Minutes shall be provided for Commission consideration and approval as summary minutes.

9. Quorum – Three members constitute a quorum of the Planning Commission. A quorum of the members must be present to conduct any business. In the absence of a quorum at a meeting, the meeting must be adjourned. The matters listed on the agenda shall be taken up at the next regularly scheduled meeting of Item 7.2
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the Commission or scheduled for a special meeting if deemed necessary. A meeting may also be declared adjourned in advance, if absence notifications received by staff create a lack of a quorum. Cancellations of meetings must comply with the requirements of the Brown Act.

10. Conduct at Meetings
a. All meetings shall be held in accordance with City policies and the Brown Act Open Meeting Laws (Government Code, Sections 54950 and following). Only items listed on the agenda may be considered by the Planning Commission.
b. General Conduct of Meetings – Points of order shall be settled by the Chairperson. Points of order shall comply with the Brown Act Rosenberg’s Rules of Order, Revised 2011, Planning Commission Rules of Procedure and City policies. The Chairperson will consult with staff as necessary.

Unresolved issues shall be referred to the City Attorney and continued to a future meeting. Any member desiring to speak must first be recognized by the Chairperson and shall confine any remarks to the subject under consideration.
c. Voting on Items – Voting on items shall be in accordance with Rosenberg’s Rules of Order, Revised 2011 and Parliamentary Procedures. The Planning Commission shall not take a sealed ballot vote in open session.
d. Call to Order - The Chairperson shall call the meeting to order at the appointed time. If both the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson are absent, then the staff liaison shall call the meeting to order and the Commission Members present shall then select a presiding officer for that meeting.
e. Preservation of Order - The Chairperson shall preserve strict order and decorum, and shall discourage personal,verbal attacks on Commission Members, staff, and/or citizens, but shall not prohibit criticisms of the policies, procedures, programs, or services of the City, or of the acts or omissions of the Planning Commission or members of the City staff. The Chairperson shallconfine debate to the item under discussion. [36813, 38638, 54954.3, 54957.9].
f. Reordering of Agenda - The Chairperson may reorder the items on the agenda for a noticed meeting to accommodate members of the public who wish to speak on an agenda item that would otherwise be considered by the Planning Commission later in the meeting. The Chairperson shall Item 7.2
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announce the reorder prior to calling members of the public to speak during citizens open forum.
g. Motion to be Stated - The Chairperson shall state all motions submitted for a vote by the Planning Commission and announce the result of the vote and identify the no votes and any Commission Members that abstained or recused themselves from the vote. No action shall be taken by secret ballot, but electronic tabulation may be used to record and report roll call votes. [54953(b)(2) and (c)(2)].

11. Citizens’ Open Forum/Public Comments
Every agenda shall provide the opportunity for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on subjects which are not listed on the agenda and are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The Chairperson may establish time limits per individual speaker. The Commission shall not discuss nor take action on subjects raised under Citizens’ Open Forum/Public Comments; but the Chairperson, with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission, may direct staff to place subjects raised under Citizens’ Open Forum/Public Comments on a future Commission agenda.

12. Subcommittees
The Planning Commission may create standing subcommittees (those with ongoing subject-matter jurisdiction and regularly scheduled meetings). Such subcommittees shall be subject to all City policies and the requirements of the Brown Act.

13. Staff Support
The head of the department that is responsible for supporting the Planning Commission shall designate one or more employees to serve as staff liaison to the Commission. The Staff Liaison shall prepare and post the agenda, take and maintain meeting minutes, prepare other documents as directed by the Chairperson in accordance with City Council Goals and Priorities or in accordance with direction from the City Manager or City Manager’s designee, and generally assist the Commission in performing its duties. The Staff Liaison shall have no voting authority.

Commissioners must work with their assigned staff liaison and the liaison’s Department Head to obtain the City Council’s approval before beginning any self-initiated project that will require more than 8 hours of staff time to complete that year. However, the Commission may pursue self-initiated projects that can be accomplished utilizing the City resources currently allocated to the particular advisory body andthat do not take resources away from that advisory body’s Item 7.2
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anticipated work to fulfill its duties and responsibilities to the City Council.

14. Rules of Parliamentary Procedure
The City Council has adopted Rosenberg’s Rules of Order, Revised 2011, as its rules of parliamentary procedure for the City Council and all Boards and Commissions. In the event of a conflict between Rosenberg’s Rules of Order and these rules of procedure, these rules of procedure shall control.

15. Types of Meetings

15.1 Regular Meetings
The Planning Commission shall meet in the Civic Center Meeting Hall for all regular Commission meetings. The regular meetings shall begin on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise specified by posted notice. If the meeting date falls on a legal holiday, the Planning Commission shall meet at a date and time designated by the Commission.

15.2 Special Meetings
Special meetings may be called by the Commission Chair, the Commission liaison or by a majority of Commissioners. The call and notice for a special meeting must specify the items to be considered and the date, time, and location for the meeting. [36807, 54956(a)].

The Planning Commission may take final action at a special meeting that is not a workshop.

15.3 Special Meeting Workshops
The Planning Commission may meet informally in special meetings designated as workshops that are called by the Chairperson, the Commission liaison, or by a majority of Commission Members. Workshops are special meetings intended for training purposes such as ethics training, sexual harassment prevention and education, and specific technical subjects.

Workshops are open to the public and are meetings for purposes of the Brown Act. The Planning Commission may provide direction, but unlike other special meetings the Planning Commission may not take a final action at a workshop. [54956].

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Any meeting of the Planning Commission may be adjourned to a later date, time, and location, and the notice of adjournment shall be posted within 24 hours on or near the door of the place where the adjourned meeting was held. However, if the adjourned meeting is to reconvene less than 24 hours after adjournment, then a copy of the order or notice of the continuance shall be posted immediately following the meeting. [36809, 54955].

The Chairperson, Commission liaison, or majority of Members may call for an adjourned regular meeting in consultation with the City Attorney to conduct a regular meeting on a date other than on a regular meeting date on the Planning Commission’s annual calendar. [54955]

16. Actions Limited to Posted Agendas
The Planning Commission shall not discuss or take action on any item not appearing on the posted notice or agenda for that meeting. However, as permitted by the Brown Act, Commission Members and staff may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by the Planning Commission or by members of the public addressing the Planning Commission. Commission Members may ask a question of City staff or a speaker for clarification, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on their own activities.

17. Continuance of Agenda Items
Items listed on a posted agenda should not be continued or postponed absent good cause.

17.1 Discovery of Good Cause Before an Item is Considered If good cause to continue an item is discovered by City staff after a notice or agenda is posted but before the meeting commences, then after calling the meeting to order the Chair shall identify the item and announce that is has been continued.

17.2 Good Cause to Continue During Consideration
Once an item has been taken up for consideration, City staff, a Commission Member, or a participating party as defined in Section 21.4.4 Participating Parties may request a continuance of the item. The item may only be continued following a majority vote of the Commission Members present.

17.3 Public Comment for a Continued Item
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deliberation before it was continued, then the opportunity for public comment on the item will not be reopened absent a motion by the Planning Commission. [54955].

18. Consideration of items after 11:00 p.m.

18.1 Canvass and Reorder
At 10:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as practical, the Chairperson shall canvass staff and Commissioners present to identify the remaining agenda items for consideration. The Chairperson will then identify what items will be considered or continued, and in what order. Once the Chairperson outlines the balance of the agenda, it may not be amended absent an appeal by a Commission Member.

18.2. No New Items Considered after 11:00 p.m.

Generally, the Planning Commission will not begin consideration of any items on an agenda after 11:00 p.m., but may complete their consideration of an item that was commenced prior to 11:00 p.m.

18.3 Exceptions
The Planning Commission may commence consideration of an item after 11:00 p.m. under the following circumstances:
a. An item is subject to a legal deadline, such as a project application subject to the Permit Streamlining Act; or,
b. The Planning Commission votes to allow consideration of the item after 11:00 p.m.

19. Points of Order, Privilege, and Personal Privilege
A Commission Member may ask for a point of order, at which time the Chairperson will ask for an explanation. Appropriate points of order relate to matters that a Commission Member considers inappropriate conduct for the meeting, such as the failure to observe these Rules of Procedure or the rules of parliamentary procedure.

A Commission Member may seek a point of privilege. If so, the Chairperson shall ask for an explanation of the Commission Member’s point. Points of privilege generally relate to matters that interfere with a normal flow or comfort of the Planning Commission’s meeting, such as the inability to hear testimony because of disruption.

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A Commission Member may ask for a point of personal privilege when the integrity, character, or motives of the Commission Member are called into question by a speaker; or where the welfare of the Planning Commission is concerned.

If a speaker is interrupted by a point of order, privilege, or personal privilege, the remainder of a speaker’s time will be preserved by the staff liaison until the point is resolved.

20. Minutes - An account of all final actions or recommendations of the Planning Commission shall be prepared by the staff liaison and approved by the Commission. The staff liaison with input from the City Clerk, and consistent with the uniform format provided by the City Clerk, shall determine the preferred software/recording device used to capture the minutes for their advisory body meetings. Minutes shall be provided for Commission consideration and approval as summary minutes

20.1 Approval
The minutes for a Planning Commission meeting shall be reviewed and approved as set forth in this section.
a. The Planning Commission shall approve minutes for a regular meeting, special meeting, and special meeting workshops.
b. A Planning Commissioner may not approve the minutes for any meeting that the Commissioner did not attend.

Also, a Planning Commissioner may not approve the minutes for a meeting that they were not eligible to attend as a commissioner.
c. If no Commissioners are eligible to approve the minutes for a Planning Commission meeting, then the staff liaison shall attest to the accuracy of the meeting minutes and enter them into official minute books.

20.2 Preferred Method of Recordation and Minutes
Planning Commission liaisons shall take an audio recording of each meeting and keep them in accordance with the City’s Records Retention Schedule. Minutes of Planning Commission meetings shall be summary minutes that capture the action taken by the Planning Commission and the outcome of each agenda item.

20.3 Staff Attendance & Development of Agenda - Staff attendance and agenda development will be determined by the staff liaison for the advisory body.

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21. Order of Business – Regular Meetings
The usual order of business for regular meetings shall be as follows:

21.1. Call to Order
This portion of the agenda is for roll call and the pledge of allegiance.

21.2. Citizens’ Open Forum
This portion of the agenda is for any member of the public to address the Planning Commission on any item of interest to the public that is within the Planning Commission’s subject matter jurisdiction. However, to prepare and preserve a proper administrative record, public comments concerning an item listed elsewhere on the agenda should be reserved and addressed to the Planning Commission when that item is called for consideration.

Citizens’ Open forum shall be limited to 30 minutes, usually before the consent calendar. If there are additional members of the public who wish to speak at the conclusion of the 30-minute time period, then the Chair shall reconvene the citizens open forum at the conclusion of the matters for consideration portion of the agenda unless the Chair announces that citizens open forum is reordered to a different place on the agenda.

The procedures for public comments during the citizens open forum are set forth in Section 23 Citizens’ Rights.

21.3. Consent Calendar
The consent calendar portion of the agenda is for routine items that are not expected to require Planning Commission discussion. Examples of items for the consent calendar include the approval of minutes. Any Planning Commissioner may pull an item for separate discussion. Members of the public may address the Planning Commission on consent calendar items by following the procedures set forth in Section 23 Citizens’ Rights.

The items on the consent calendar are generally approved by the Planning Commission by a single motion, but separate motions may be appropriate to accommodate a conflict of interest, an absence, or other Commission Member interests.

21.4. Matters for Consideration
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public hearing. The procedures for this portion of the agenda follow the following procedure:

21.4.1 Introduction
The Chairperson shall call each item for hearing and consideration. If there are public hearing items, the Chairperson has the discretion to concurrently call the items for hearing and consideration.

21.4.2 Staff Presentation
A member of City staff will then:
a. Introduce themselves and the item by identifying the report and other written material included in the agenda packet for the Planning Commission’s consideration, as well as any written comments received from the public. b. Identify any supplemental written materials that have been provided to the Planning Commission for consideration, which were received or prepared for the item after the meeting agenda was published.
c. Identify any other staff members or consultants that will be part of the staff presentation or are otherwise present and available for the Planning Commission questions.
d. State whether the applicant is present and whether the applicant intends to make a presentation to the Planning Commission.
e. Make an oral report, unless waived by the Planning Commission.

21.4.3 Planning Commission Questions or Comments
Following the staff presentation, the Commission Members may ask questions of City staff and consultants or make comments on the item.

21.4.4 Participating Parties
Following Commission Member questions and comments after the staff presentation, the applicant, appellant, and other named participant in the item that is party to an agenda item (collectively “participating parties”) may address the Commission. After the Chair determines that no other participating parties wish to address the Planning Commission on the hearing item, the Chairperson will then invite Commission Member questions or comments of the participating parties and staff concerning the item. Participating parties shall address the Item 7.2
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Planning Commission following the procedures set forth in Section 23 Citizens’ Rights.

21.4.5 Opportunity for Public Comment
The purpose of the public hearing is to provide members of the public with an opportunity to address the Planning Commission concerning the item, as well as to express their support or opposition of the item. The Chairperson will formally announce the opening of the public comment period and invite members of the public to address the Planning Commission on the item. Public speakers shall address the Planning Commission following the procedures set forth in Section 23 Citizens’ Rights.

After the Chairperson determines that no other member of the public wishes to address the Planning Commission on the hearing item, the Chairperson will formally close the public comment period and return the item to the Planning Commission for deliberation.

21.4.6 Deliberation
Once an item of business returns to the Planning Commission for deliberation, the Chairperson will invite the Commission Members to discuss the item to develop concurrence for a motion. Commission Members may ask questions of staff and the participating parties as part of their deliberations.

21.4.7. Planning Commission Action
After Planning Commission deliberation, the Chairperson shall call for a motion and a second as set forth in Section 25 Motions, and the Planning Commission may make such motions as set forth in that section.

If the motion seconded for consideration is substantially different than the recommended action in the published staff report, the Chairperson may invite public comments on the motion. Each speaker will be limited to one minute to comment on the motion; and the Planning Commission has discretion to decide not to hear further comment if they choose. Public speakers shall address the Planning Commission following the procedures set forth in Section 23 Citizens’ Rights.

Prior to deliberating on matters for consideration, the Planning Commission shall receive public comment as provided for in Section 23 Citizens’ Rights. After receiving public comment, the Planning Commission shall deliberate and shall receive the report, take action, or provide direction as set forth in Section 25 Motions.

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1 Debbie Elam
From: Jean King
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 11:56 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Council Meeting Dec 11, 2023 Item 7.2
Categories:

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Livermore City Council December 11, 2023
Item 7.2
I thank the Council for evaluating the Citizen Advisor Committees. Unfortunately, the recommendations are in the wrong direction. We should have more public input and not less. The Committees provide direct communication and discussion of issues by citizens on many community issues. We need more public involvement and not less.

It is not the committee’s fault that they have not been as productive as the city would like. It is a lack of support from the City including failing to appoint full memberships and not calling meetings.

Sunsetting the Beautification and Historic Preservation Committees is especially disappointing. These are two committees that help the City keep that Community character that is so important. Making the suggestion that interested persons can apply for the City Historian position is not adequate. And transferring the Youth and Commission for the Arts to the Library in dismissive also.

Jean King
Livermore
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1 Appointment of Vice Mayor for the period of
2023-2024
December 11, 2023
Presented by Marie Weber, Deputy City Manager
Appointment of Vice Mayor for the period of 2023-
2024
• In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, the City Council must deliberate and vote on the selection of a Vice Mayor.
• In the absence of the Mayor, the Vice Mayor assumes the Mayor’s duties and responsibilities for conducting City Council meetings.

Listed below are the Vice Mayor appointments for the last four years:
2022-2023 Brittni Kiick
2021-2022 Regina Bonanno
2020-2021 Trish Munro
2019-2020 Bob Woerner
Staff recommends the City Council appoint a Vice Mayor for the period of 2023-2024.
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1 Council Members Appointments to
Intergovernmental Agencies
December 11, 2023
Presented by Marie Weber, Deputy City Manager
Council Members Appointments to
Intergovernmental Agencies
• Each year the Mayor appoints Council Members to serve on the various regional boards, commissions, and committees that require City Council representatives.
• The City Council's 2022 amendments to its Meeting Rules of Procedure incorporate the statutory requirement that the City Council approve the Mayor's appointments.

Staff recommends the Mayor appoint Council Members to
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Item 7.4
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1 Appointment of Council Members to the City
Council Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies for the
period of January 1 - June 30, 2024
December 11, 2023
Presented by Marie Weber, Deputy City Manager
Appointment of Council Members to the City Council
Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies for the period of
January 1 - June 30, 2024
• Applicants for vacancies on Livermore’s advisory bodies are interviewed by a two-member subcommittee of the City Council before being recommended for appointment by the full City Council. • Two Council Members are needed to serve on the interview subcommittee for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024.

Staff recommends the Mayor appoint two Council Members to serve on the City Council Subcommittee on Advisory Bodies for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2024, with the City Council's approval.
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Item 7.5
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2 Previous Appointments
Year January 1 - June 30 July 1 - December 31
2023 CM Carling CM Barrientos
CM Branning CM Carling
2022 CM Kiick Mayor Woerner
VM Bonanno VM Bonanno
2021 CM Carling VM Munro
VM Munro CM Kiick
2020 CM Munro Mayor Marchand
CM Coomber CM Carling
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Council Member
Date of Meeting or
Event Committee or Organization
Meeting or Event Type (ex. board
meeting or ribbon cutting) Summary of Meeting or Event
Mayor Marchand 11/28/2023 3 Valleys Foundation
Community recognition and grant
awards
The Giving Gathering of the 3 Valleys
Foundation
Mayor Marchand 11/29/2023 Chamber of Commerce Strategic planning session Worked on the development of the
strategic plan and capital program.

Mayor Marchand 11/29/2023 Lawrence Livermore National Lab Program Attended the talk at the Bankhead by
Lab Director Dr. Kim Budil
Mayor Marchand 11/30/2023 Sandia National Laboratory Ribbon cutting Attended and spoke at the Ribbon
cutting for the Limited Area MultiProgram (LAMP) office and High Bay Facility at Sandia.

Mayor Marchand 12/1/2023 Lawrence Livermore National Labor Business spotlight Filmed a business spotlight with Lab
Directo Dr. Kim Budil.

Mayor Marchand 12/1/2023 Livermore Downtown Inc. Holiday Village Attended the Holiday Village at
Carnegie Park
Mayor Marchand 12/1/2023 City of Livermore
Grand Opening and recognition
awards
Spoke at the opening and presented
certificates recognizing the 40th
Deacon Dave's House of the Dove
Christmas Display and the 100th
birthday of his mother.

Mayor Marchand 12/2/2023 Livermore Downtown, Inc. Parade Participated in the Holiday Sight and
Sounds parade and Christmas Tree
lighting in the downtown which was
attended by an estimated 25,000
people.

Mayor Marchand 12/4/2023 City of Livermore Mayors/Managers meeting Development of the Legislative
Agenda and schedule for the
upcoming trip to Washington D.C. for
the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Mayor Marchand 12/4/2023 Goodness Village Presentation
Attended a presentation on
homelessness by Kim Curtis and
author Kevin Adler.

Mayor Marchand 12/5/2023
Livermore Valley Wine Growers
Association Holiday Dinner
Networked with the Valley
winemakers
Mayor Marchand 12/6/2023 Chamber of Commerce Business Alliance meeting Provided an update of City activities
and heard a presentation on Valley
Link.

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Mayor Marchand 12/6/2023 Tri-Valley Non-profit Alliance Lunch Recognized the recipients of the
awards from the earlier TVNPA
program.

Mayor Marchand 12/6/2023 Livermore Police Department Graduation Attended and spoke at the 40th
graduation of the Livermore Citizens
Police Academy.

Mayor Marchand 12/6/2023 Livermore Cultural Arts Council Meeting Holiday meeting of the Livermore
Cultural Arts Council (LCAC)
Mayor Marchand 12/7/2023
Alameda County Transportation
Commission Commission meeting
Committee reports and considered
new rules of procedure.

Mayor Marchand 12/8/2023
City of Livermore Economic
Development. Business spotlight
Filmed a business spotlight for
SkyCam Aviation
Mayor Marchand 12/8/2023 City of Livermore Recognition certificate Presented a certificate of
appreciation to Dan Good's cookies
as he retires from his business after 7
years.

Mayor Marchand 12/9/2023 Chabad of the Tri-Valley Community celebration Members of the community came
together in the downtown for the
annual lighting of the Menorah to
celebrate Hanukkah.

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Vice Mayor Kiick 12/4/2023
Livermore Amador Valley Transit
Authority (LAVTA) Board
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Council Member Barrientos 12/5/2023 City Council Wine Country Growers Attended the Wine Country Growers
holiday appreciation dinner
Council Member Barrientos 12/9/2023 Lions Club Sunset Elementary Breakfast The Livermore Lions cooked
pancakes & sausages for the Sunset
Elementary students and staff
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Council Member Branning 12/4/2023
Livermore Amador Valley Transit
Authority (LAVTA) Board meeting
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Council Member Carling 12/2/2023 Livermore Downtown Inc. Holiday parade Item 8.0
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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT ITEM NO. 10.2
DATE: December 11, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Marianna Marysheva, City Manager
SUBJECT: Supplemental materials received at the meeting.

RECOMMENDED ACTION

SUMMARY

DISCUSSION

ATTACHMENTS

1. Items Received at the Meeting
Prepared by: Helena Graves
Deputy City Clerk
Approved by:
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Marianna Marysheva
City Manager
Fiscal Review by:
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Tina Olson
Administrative Services Director
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Item Name Comment

7.1) Resolution amending the Livermore Airport Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities to require the provision of Unleaded Aviation Fuel by the Fixed Base Operator (FBO). Ronald Baskett I strongly recommend that the City of Livermore pursue installation of an Unleaded Avgas station at LVK. Offering unleaded fuel provides the option for exposing the public to less harmful lead air particles from combustion of leaded fuel. I understand an old tank is available that could be certified and installed in the very near future. I recommend proceeding without haste. Ron Baskett, Chair, Tri-Valley Air Quality Climate Alliance

7.2) Discussion and direction regarding the City Council Subcommittee for Advisory Body Review's recommendation regarding changes to City advisory bodies.  Jean King I thank the Council for evaluating the Citizen Advisor Committees. Unfortunately, the recommendations are in the wrong direction. We should have more public input and not less. The Committees provide direct communication and discussion of issues by citizens on many community issues. We need more public involvement and not less.It is not the committee's fault that they have not been as productive as the city would like. It is a lack of support from the City including failing to appoint full memberships and not calling meetings.Sunsetting the Beautification and Historic Preservation Committees is especially disappointing. These are two committees that help the City keep that Community character that is so important. Making the suggestion that interested persons can apply for the City Historian position is not adequate. And transferring the Youth and Commission for the Arts to the Library in dismissive also.Jean KingLivermore eComments
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Annual City Council Report
!ntroduction
The 2022-23 fiscal year for Livermore Valle! Arts was a year of continued growth that included a wide variety of programming for the entire community. I am pleased to report that many of our numbers returned to pre-Covid levels, and have shown a resiliency that has been a challenge for other Arts organizations during this period.

The mission of LVA is to offer a broad range of arts opportunities and experiences to engage our diverse community. I have outlined the highlights of the most recent season below.

Livermore Vallev Arts Bv the Numbers
. 1,053 Member households (donors giving $125 or more), our highest number ever o 68 Bankhead Presents Performances
o t2 Sold-out shows
. 38 Resident company performances and events.
o 8 Community celebrations made free to the public including:
o Native American Day
o Taste of Africa
o Filipino Barrio Fiesta
o ArtWalkl
o Lunar New Year
o AAPI Heritage Month
o Hispanic Heritage Celebration
o Juneteenth
. 3,309 Visitors to the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery
. 4,242 students served through performances, classes and camps lnvesting in the Future
A signature event in the 22-23 fiscal year was the development of an investment policy leading to the establishment of an operating reserve that has been set aside as part of a managed fund. We secured the services of Altamont Wealth Management, a Livermore based financial services firm, and in November of 2022, set aside St million for the reserve fund. That amount is the equivalent of 3 months in expenses, which is the recommended standard for operating reserves. Altamont Wealth also manages funds for Tri-Valley Conservancy.

This fund will help to secure the long-term sustainability of Livermore Valley Arts through difficult market swings and environments. We plan to add to this fund as we are able over time. ,
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Bankhead Presents Programming
Uncle Credit Union Art Gallerv
We started the year with the ribbon cutting for the newly named UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery.

Thanks to UNCLE's support, we have been able to bring high quality and diverse exhibits to the Gallery including:
o Ferment - Wine themed art focused primarily on the Livermore Valley Wine Region . Shape, Form and Color: Modern Expressionism -Abstract expressionist art with 3 pieces from a private collection by Joan Miro and Alexander Calder
o Beauty and Terror - String paintings featuring the Holocaust by Robin Bernstein o Violins of Hope Special Exhibit - VOH presented by East Bay Holocaust Education Center o lt's Only Rock N' Roll - Featuring vintage guitars, album artwork and classic rock memorabilia The last season was our featured several new high-profile artists and returning favorites including:
o Ben Folds for the season opening Gala
o Jefferson Starship
o Marc Maron
. Syncopated Ladies
o Mickey Dolenz
o Jose Feliciano
. Gaby Moreno
o The Doo Wop Project
o All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of L9L4
o Songs We Love from Jazz at the Lincoln Center
. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
. Step Afrika!
. Somos Amigos
o Faith Alpher
. Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters
Two new directors were added the board leadership.

Norman Burkhard: Mr. Burkhard, a resident of Livermore since 1977, has a BS in physics from Pennsylvania State University and an MS and PhD in physics from UCLA. He retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2008. During his 3L-year career at LLNL, he held various positions including Nuclear Test Containment Program Leader, Geophysics and Global Security Division Leader, and Acting Associate Director for the Energy and Environment Directorate. For the US Department of Energy, he served on the DOE/NV Containment Evaluation Panel, chaired the DOE/NV Subcritical Containment Review Panel, and was DOE/NV Scientific Advisor for Nuclear and Subcritical Testing. He has volunteered extensively for environmental conservation work with the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society, the Sierra Club, and the Grand Canyon National Park. ln the Livermore Granada Little League, he was a New Leadership
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manager/coach for 12 years and an umpire for 23 years. He appreciates the role the arts can play in a community as the arts (in all forms) enrich the lives of all community members. The arts help any community be more vital and healthy.
a Mark Triska: Mark Triska has excelled in representing commercial real estate clients since 1989.

During his career, Mr. Triska has specialized in the sale and leasing of industrial, R&D, office, retail, land, and investments in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Since 1989, his lease transactions totalled over 4.0 million square feet of space and the value of land and commercial property sales reached over Sf billion. Mr. Triska believes in building relationships with clients and will take the time to fully understand their needs and desires. His experience in the market and the relationships he has developed gives Mr. Triska first-hand knowledge of political climates, assessment and water districts, traffic mitigation plans and other seemingly small things that can influence a deal. Mr. Triska also owns Crane Ridge Vineyards and host Caddis Winery there on his vineyard, as well as growing 10 acres of wine grapes exclusively for Darcie Kent Vineyards, and farms a 4.5-acre truffle orchard. He also sits on the board of directors for the TriValley Conservancy.

Arts Education, Communiw Support and Access to the Arts LVA continues to make efforts to celebrate and give access to the arts for all members of the community and support arts education. The following programs from last year, all of which were underwritten by LVA are a demonstration of that commitment:
o Free Cultural Celebrations on the Bankhead Plaza
. Artwalk!
o Art Camps at the Bothwell (held during the summer, Thanksgiving break, winter break and spring break)
o $25 Student tickets for all performances
. 58 tickets to performances for students and families participating the Music Pathways program o Free family concert with Livermore-Amador Symphony
. Scholarships for art camps and classes
o A50% discount on rental rates for all resident company performances o Sponsor for the Quest lnnovation Fair
o 2L Affordable studio spaces for visual artists at the Bothwell Arts Center The Bankhead Theater was the space used for several important community events presented by other organizations including:
o Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance Power of Giving Event
o Harmony and Healing Gala
o Violins of Hope
o George Bowen Guitar Summit in support of ALS Cure Project o Film site for Futures Explored
Additional Special Events
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Strategic Plan
ln the summer of 2023, we wrote up a new S-year strategic plan and submitted it to the city. You can also find that plan in its entirety on our website, livermorearts.org. Several of the initiatives in the plan are already complete or underway. The plan focuses on five core items.

Financial Stability and Growth
Artistic Vitality
Organizational Stability
Community Outreach, Diversity and lnclusion
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Financials
The 22-23 fiscal year was the second full year coming out of Covid, and the first Bankhead Presents season in three years that went according to schedule. We presented fewer performances than the prior year which was a combination of the rescheduled Covid season on top of a regular season. Ticket sales were uneven in the first half of the season as we continued to deal with Covid surges, and then improved with the holiday season offerings.

Overall, contributions and earned revenue were slightly down from previous years, however, we ended the year with more than 1,053 member households, our highest number to date. ln spite of the many challenges with the ticket sales, we tended to fare better than several of our other colleagues in the Arts sector which saw much deeper drops in attendance. As shown below, LVA showed a net loss of 526,337 before depreciation and amortization.
(unaudited)
Revenue:
s1,848,845 - Contributions
S185,351- tn-kind
51,725,287 - Earned Revenue
53,759,493 - Total
Expenses:
52,944,346 - Programming
5603,194 - Admin
S238,290 - Fundraising
53,785,830 - Total
Conclusion
As stated earlier, we were able to establish a new operating reserve of S1,000,000 to help us weather difficult times. The current fiscal year has started much better and we operating well ahead of budget We have been able to weather a very challenging set of circumstances over the last few years and in spite of that, we have expanded our offerings to the public and invested more in the community than a
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any other point in our history. Since the Covid closure in the 19-20 fiscal year, we have shown an overall operating profit before depreciation and amortization of S1,250,837 over the last 4 fiscal years combined, and we have a five-year plan for continued growth and service to the community.

Chris Carter
Executive Director
Livermore Valley Arts
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Felicia Ziomek
Livermore
Agenda item 7.1 Resolution re: Livermore Airport
Good evening city council members. Thank you for initiating the city resolution amendment to mandate that the FBO start selling unleaded aviation fuel.

The family whose 4-year-old child tested positive for blood lead had alltheir pipes replaced in 2019, their house (built in 1958) was repainted severaltimes (inside and out after lead was banned from paint in 1978) and drank only filtered water. Due to the presence of lead in their child's blood, they moved out of the area in October. Using Google maps, the distance (as the row flies) between the east end of the runway and their house is 0.81 miles. And the distance is 1.15 miles from the midpoint of the runway.

Studies at Reid-Hillview airport showed that children living %to L }4 miles away experienced a modest increase in blood lead levels. CDC states, "No safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to affect lQ, ability to pay attention, and academic achievement." lt also causes stunting of skeleta! growth in children and delay fracture healing.

The number of take-offs/landings at Livermore Airport is roughly equivalent to Reid-Hillview Airport.

And just under 292,W gallons of 10OLL fuel were sold at Livermore Airport in the 12 months ending October 2023.

A study done at Santa Monica airport showed that the 1-2-minute exhaust during run-up while the airplane was stationary contributed the most lead emissions. And the wind is primarily from west to east, so the wind helps move the lead toward the east.
ln October, the EPA released their final finding that lead emissions from aircraft engines operating on leaded fuel cause or contribute to air pollution that endangers public health and welfare.

The half-life of lead (which refers to the time it takes for the concentration to decrease by half, after the exposure has stopped) varies from about a month in blood, 1-1.5 months in soft tissue, and about 25-30 years in bone.

A timeline needs to be established to stop selling Ieaded fuel. That deadline sensitizes pilots if their aircraft isn't certified for unleaded fuel, they need to find funding sources for certification, and pursue it. ln anticipation of Livermore airport stopping the sale of leaded fuel, the airport and city staff should:

Network with other Califomia airports to share information on: (a)funding sources such as FAA grants for additional fuel tanks, (b) funding available for pilots to get their planes certified to use unleaded fuel, and (c) learn 'best practiced for the steps involved in this evolution to using unleaded fuel. There are at least 7 airports in California that sell unleaded fuelwith which to network.

According to agenda item 5.4, the ground lease between the city and Livermore Petroleum will benefit the Airport Enterprise Fund by additional revenue in elrcess of S35,00O." Those funds can be used to finance the various steps in starting to sell unleaded fuel and phasing out leaded fuel.

How many more children who live near the airport need to have lead in their blood before the city will accelerate stopping the sale of lead fuel? The timeline needs to be accelerated for the sake of the children who live near the airport.

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December 11,2023
Livermore City Council
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Livermore, CA 94550
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Dear City Council Members
The Airport Commission recommended the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) start selling unleaded aviation fuel at Livermore Airport (LVK). The Livermore City staff has taken some preliminary steps to implement this minimal airport standard. However, the staff is recommending the FBO be given a two year time line--with possible extensions-- to start selling unleaded aviation fuel. This is too long. Surely, we can reduce the time line.

At least seven Califomia airports now sell unleaded aviation fuel safely including Hayward, Oxnard, Reid-Hillview (San Jose),San Carlos, San Martin, Santa Jvlonica, and Watsonville. How did these airports achieve this transition more rapidly? lt's time for Livermore to follow their lead. 35 airports nationwide cunently offer unleaded aviation fuel.

A second fuel tank for unleaded aviation fuel exists at LVK but only holds 1,000 gallons. The city should consider purchasing an additional 8,500 gallon fuel tank using Airport Enterprise Funds. p44 grants are also available for additional fuel tanks.

The price difference between leaded and unleaded aviation fuelwould be about one dollar more per gallon. Some pilots may choose to go to other airports to avoid that minimal difference in price. However, I believe most pilots owning small piston aircraft at LVF will choose to protect the health of the community !F an alternative is available. A dollar a gallon difference is not much to ask to support the health of Tri-Valley children and residents.

We removed the lead from car fuel, now we need to do the same with aviation fuel for small pistonengine aircraft. The City Council needs to shorten the two year timeline. The City Council could offer incentives to the FBO to sell unleaded fuel sooner and reduce lead air exposure from small piston aircraft at LVK. For the health of all Tri-Valley residents, the Livermore City Council needs to modify the proposed minimal airport standards to require the sale of unleaded aviation fuel in less than two years.

Sincerely,
Drwr.rnc- q^,b{^-".-"^rDonna Cabanne
member of the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Tri-Valley Air Quality Climate Alliance, Lead Free Livermore
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