Speaker 4: First, I just. I will be very quick. I first want to thank Amy for all of her work and her energy and her expertize that she put into getting this project to the state we're in. I also want to thank the city staff and the council members and also CASA, who have been instrumental in bringing this project to this path to this point. As we said in our letters over time, DPA Park is an opportunity that that would be a must take. Without repeating all the details. I'll just say that it will make when it's built. They'll be a unique resource for wildlife because it's located. It'll have significant potential to sequester carbon. And it will be a beautiful place of respite and of learning for all our means. So we'll get are I'm speaking on behalf of urges you to vote in favor of the grant application and matching funding. That's it.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Our next speaker is Abby. Good evening. Speaker Abby.
Speaker 4: Good evening, Madam Mayor. Members of the City Council. Community Action for Sustainable Alameda seconds is the recommendation of the Audubon Society and the Sierra Club and others who have weighed in and supported this work. I did want to just say that we were very supportive of the idea of the matching funds.
Speaker 1: We think that that would make.
Speaker 4: A difference in the application. The city did apply last year.
Speaker 1: And was not successful and we really think that it is important to do the level of matching funds. If you recall, when we were at the budget hearings, we.
Speaker 4: Were looking for $280,000. So $50,000 would be a bargain.
Speaker 1: So that's it. Thank you very much. Coming.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Good night. Our next speaker.
Speaker 1: Is our last speaker. Okay.
Speaker 0: I'm closing public comment on this item. But, you know, actually, for the benefit of the public and I know this, voters can do this really quickly. In a nutshell, tell us what it is we're voting on in this resolution tonight. Please disclosure and welcome our recreation Parks Department director.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mariza Ashcroft. And if I will keep it brief, but if we could please have a slide. The presentation, it's very version share while that's coming up. Deep park concept is it's a park in which all existing concrete from a formal naval base or air filled runway system is removed. And it's intended to inundate over time to create tidal wetlands and wildlife habitat and adapt to sea level rise. So what you see what we're presenting here, next slide, please, is a high level vision vision plan. That was it's from a high level vision plan that was conducted in the spring of 2020. And I want to really emphasize to counsel the community that there's significantly more work to do to solicit the broad and diverse community input. And this grant would do that through one component of what we're asking for funding in this grant. So $1.2 million grant is a master plan process that would be an in-depth process, community wide and with a diverse group of our constituents and all of our community. This plan before you. The vision includes elevated picnic area, bike, ped trails, viewing areas, and it also creates which is unique additional subtitled habitat including oysters eelgrass that sequester carbon. So this is a park that will sequester carbon pretty quickly. As was mentioned by one of the speakers by Ms.. Abbey, that the grant was not awarded last year. But we did receive a lot of positive feedback and constructive criticism that I've incorporated into the next grant application. One of those things was was wanting to see the skin city has some skin in the game essentially that the city is committed to this project and a funding match does that. The last thing I wanted to mention is that the Saturday on September 25th, the city in collaboration with Alameda Point Collaborative and CASA is hosting a tour of the park specific for Alameda Point Collaborative residents since they live out at Alameda Point. And so their voices are really important in this process. And so the tour will include education about parks in the area as well as wildlife at a limited point and overview. And then a design charrette really intended to learn more about what residents want from this park. And then all of that feedback from this event will be incorporated into the planning process. So with that, I'm open to any questions.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And I just want to say it was my privilege to work with Ms. Wooldridge on a newspaper article that I authored about D Page Park and the second our second chance efforts. And so thank you so much for all your hard work in helping educate me. So with that, I think I first saw Vice Mayor Vela's hand and then counts her not quite right hand. So I don't know if there's question or motion that Vice Mayor Vella know is that.
Speaker 1: I'm moving approval. And I think that if we can, you know, I appreciate the work that's gone into reaching out to the community. I just want to continue to encourage those conversations and to have them continue and to be meaningful and with the with the neighbors without move approval.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And by Councilmember Knox White.
Speaker 3: Yeah. So I will second the motion with my my also appreciation and just that the comment that I'm really glad that we've gotten here where where we actually are doing the outreach to the people who live there. And just a reminder to all of us that, well, we have lots of people who are experts in lots of places. We're not building something for everybody if everybody's not at the table. At the beginning, I one of my coworkers always has the if you're not at the table, you're what's for dinner. This is his his statement. And, you know, I really appreciate that we found a way to bring the bring bring the residents who actually will be closest to this park into the process before the process begins.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thank you. And we have an emotion, a second comment. Councilmember Herrera Spencer.
Speaker 4: Thank you. I have a clarifying question. I know. And I noticed that in the vision plan B, paiva spelled as one word capital P and no hyphen. However, in the staff report it has a hyphen throughout. So my suggestion would be to come up with how we're going to spell it and then be consistent throughout. And also I want to confirm that we are not I noticed in a building 25 and 29, I actually want to have a whole discussion on whether or not what we're going to do with them. And I want to make sure to affirm that we are not agreeing to demolish those buildings by granted approving this grant. Yes. But we're not.
Speaker 0: Proving just for clarification, we're not approving a grant where we're approving a resolution to allow us to apply for a grant. And but I misquoted your you, Fiona.
Speaker 1: I just want to add that I didn't actually get to the final couple of slides for, for brevity sake, but building 25 and building 29 and then those and how they sit within the park will be a major topic of conversation for as part of the master planning process that this grant would fund and would enable.
Speaker 0: Right. Yeah. Okay. And I hope that it someday we find a new name other than the Pave Park, but it's a great place holder. Okay. We've had a motion, we've had a second clarifying questions. Anything further seeing them? Let's have a roll call vote, please.
Speaker 1: Some objection. CABRERA Spencer.
Speaker 4: I not.
Speaker 1: Quite.
Speaker 3: In support of the Pervy Park High.
Speaker 1: Vela High Mayor as the Ashcraft.
Speaker 0: I'm not going there, and I'm care if there's a hyphen or not. Oh, hi.
Speaker 1: Yes, I raised my five eyes.
Speaker 0: That's wonderful. Thank you so much. Good work. Thank you, Miss Walker. It's great to see you.
Speaker 4: Okay, we.
Speaker 0: We need to make a decision here. STAFF Or maybe Mr. Leavitt, you can help me. The we've got two more items to go and we've got, you know, 12 minutes. Do you think that item seven asks the public hearing to consider introduction of ordinance? Amending the municipal code to add a section prohibiting gasoline powered leaf blowers might be fairly quick, and we could try to get it done by midnight. Or should we just push it to another agenda? Because I don't I don't think that 70 is correct. But Mr. Leavitt, if you wanted to. I think you're still muted on one level.
Speaker 3: Oh, we've had a lot of public comment on it, but public comment, I know that there's been a lot of desire from many council members to add this come forward. So it could potentially be.
Speaker 0: Are we ready to queue it up? Should we give it a shot? Give it a go. I want to say that. Okay. Can we bring in let's see if that is your top.
Speaker 3: Thomas Andrew I think or.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 0: We, we is titled.
Speaker 1: Yeah. You want me to read the title what we recommend. Yes.
Speaker 0: I would love that.
Speaker 1: Public hearing to consider introduction of ordinance many amendments book chapter 24 Public Health to add Section 14 Prohibition on Gasoline Powered Leaf Blowers.
Adoption of Resolution to Apply for the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Measure AA Grant to Fund Planning and Design of De-Pave Park and Allocate $50,000 in Matching Funds, if Awarded.  (Recreation 10051400)