Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement with Kittelson & Associates to Increase Compensation by $270,906, for a Total Aggregate Compensation Not to Exceed $345,876 to Continue Providing Technical Services Related to Roundabouts. (Transportation 20962743)  [Continued from December 7, 2021]
items to allow the city to advance projects that are experiencing delays. Would this be funding that would then be reimbursed by a developer, went to developer, came in to those particular items into those particular areas. We've thought about it both ways. We thought about it as an investment in the community based on the allowed uses of ARPA dollars. And then we've also thought about it as a as a possible reimbursement, depending on how the the the project continues at Alameda Point, there's still things that are moving through our process internally. And so this gives us some options. But the, the eligible uses do include water and water, sewer and broadband infrastructure. So we thought we'd put it into the mix for future discussion. Absolutely. So it'd be fair to say that we don't have to make the election at this point in time, whether the city picks up the final tab or. Okay, that's that's fine fee. So Councilmember Harris Spencer. Thank you. I wanted to ask, I guess the city attorney I don't in the title of this document does not include UPI and nor is it in the list I can see in the staff's report. And so I'm wondering if that's actually part of the that was noticed. Hi, Mr. Chan. Councilmember I'm happy to answer. Generally, the Council is able to give very brief direction to staff that's related to an item in front of the council. And so in this case, the Council is being asked to spend ARPA funds, and I believe the direction that's being asked is to look into, not make any final decisions and not allocate any funding, but look into the other way of spending. As long as it's brief direction that does not involve a lot of discussion, it's fine because what would happen out of that brief reaction to that? I'll take a look and bring back to you a real item. Thank you. I think it's important to get that on the record. Yeah. Thank you for doing that. Okay. So we have a motion, I take it with the with the direction. I think I also think I need to accept the friendly amendment, so I'll accept the friendly amendments. Great. Thank you. Then I'm looking for a friendly second Councilmember Knox Way. And Lee second. Already we get a friendly roll call vote place. And somebody said yes. Cary Christiansen. I. Knox Right. By. Vela. I as the Ashcroft. I and I probably should have included. Thank you. Go ahead and finish. I want to just say that these guys five guys, five guys and I do want and I'm sure the council agrees, we really want to send a huge shout out to our wonderful colleagues and partners at Building Futures and the amazing work they do, not just at our Midway shelter, they do the vital work all over this county and also the food bank. They've been doing amazing work since that well, even before the pandemic. But then they just really had to kick it into high gear with very short notice. And the Hotspots Lending Library is great idea. So thank you. Thank you. We're going to do a lot of good things with this money. So have we given everyone enough time to return to item fixing? Because we're going to close this item, item seven be now. What's what's up next? Staff and the celebrity manager. Yes. So we've we've looked at it. And so my recommendation is we've looked and there are different opinions whether or not the report back to council as far as how it complies with the privacy resolution and ordinance. There have been different opinions on it, however, and there was some confusion within the emails earlier before this item came to council. So my recommendation is I still believe that it meets the policy. It's just the report to council showing how it meets the policy. If the council wants to move forward with us bringing back Lpas and either fixed or mobile, I'd recommend we bring that privacy, that we bring the privacy analysis at that time when we bring that item back. That would be my recommendation at this point. Okay. Thank you for that. And I take it you've concurred with the attorney. Someone from the city attorney's office say you're in agreement. Yeah. Mr. Chen. Madam, and happy to share my thoughts, which is that we did the city clerk pull the council motion and she shared with all the staff and she can share with the council probably by sharing a screen, reading the motion. It is not entirely clear to me that a personal privacy policy is necessarily required. But that's just reading the one page of minutes. The city managers indicated that if the council wishes to move forward, he would have staff. He would have his staff prepare such a statement in any event, which would seem to satisfy the council's needs and probably obviate the need to call this question that we and we at least we we, as in me, just heard about this question in the midst of the council discussion. So I think the city manager solution is an elegant one response to the council's needs and allows us to move forward if the council desires. We like elegant solutions. All right. Um, so at this time, because there's some decisions to be made whether this move item moves forward, but if it does, then it would come back with this personal privacy policy if I get the word incorrect. And now the analysis. Analysis. Analysis. All right. So we are back on item six C. And as I recall, we had speakers, public speakers on this item, Madam Kirk. We did. We were at the show. Yeah, we do. They're raising their hands again, so. We'll. Win. But now. Would it be good to reintroduce this item since we're short? That's a great idea. We might. We might be confusing people. Yeah. So we're back on 60. That's the recommendation to provide direction on staff regarding installation use of automated license plate readers, including fixed mobile equipment, and now these police department vehicles. And we are back up to eight speakers. All right. So with that, I'm going to take the public speakers, please, Madam Clerk. So you and your right to tell them about time. Since there are more than six speakers, there's now nine and each speaker will get 2 minutes. And the first speaker is Bill Pye. All right. Good evening, speaker pie. Good evening. Can you hear me? Yes. So thank you. My name is Bill PY and I'm President of the primary board for the Community of Harbor Ballard. We're located on Bay Farm Island and our community is comprised of 20 homeowners associations and almost 3000 homes in total. My thanks to all members of the City Council, the mayor and staff for your efforts on behalf of our city. Happy holidays to all. So my comments today are to make clear that the community will be. I'll supports expanding the use of automated license plate readers, all referred to them as helpers at strategic points in our city community. We've been doing this discussion for years and I think that the recent increases in crime and staffing constraints at the police department make this issue even more important to consider now. Now we recognize that the Alpers are not a cure all for crime by all, by any means. But we believe they can be a valuable asset in helping to discourage crime. To cite one location specific to our community where Bay Edge Road becomes Harbor Bay Parkway. This backdoor entrance to our community allows criminals to rapidly exit the area and be on Ron Cullen Parkway within a couple of minutes. There's no way law enforcement can respond quickly enough to address that kind of issue. I realize that there are privacy concerns and residents who do not wish the APD to have the information collected by Alpers. But with proper safeguards, we believe the benefits outweigh the risks given the relatively limited number of interest routes to our city. Automated license plate readers could have a strong impact once criminals know their plates will be photographed and recorded. The community of probably firmly supports installing automated license plate readers at appropriate points within our community and our city. Thank you. Thank you. And happy holidays. Thank you. And our next speaker. Sure. Kim. KDP Speaker Kim. Happy holidays, everybody. Thank you. Mayor Ashcroft and city council members for allowing me to speak. My name is Richard Kim, and I am the past president of the East Shore Homeowners Association, which consists of 142 single family homes on the east end of the main island. First of all, I commend all of you for the hire of Police Chief Michel and Joshi. Our association had the honor of meeting with him and hearing his vision and plans for the safety of our city. We fully support his vision and would like the Alameda Police Department to have the technology and the resources that will allow them to address our number one concern, which is safety. During the past two years, we have experienced robberies, vandalism, assaults and even deaths. One of our neighbors had a home invasion on Friday midday at 230 in the afternoon. Earlier this year, the invaders had a gun and thank God nobody was injured. This is not the Alameda that we know. A discussion on license plate readers has been an ongoing one and we hope it will be approved. There are three data points which we consider. One, there was a reduced headcount of sworn officers for the Alameda Police Department and they need the help of technology to the readers are an investigative tool and they do not replace officers and by themselves do not solve crimes, but act as a deterrent to crime and save people hours . A good example of this is the city of Piedmont, which uses these readers. And lastly, there are fears about privacy and preventing access to the data that we feel that resolution proposed by the city can make this a win win proposition. I humbly ask this forum to approve the installation and use of the automated license plate reader. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker. Denise Anderson. Good evening, Speaker Anderson. Good evening. Some years ago I was pulled. Over and approached with. Guns drawn. Because my car was the same color as a car involved. In a crime. Not even the same car, just similar and. The same color. It was extremely traumatizing. But there isn't any evidence that Alpers would prevent mistakes like this. If these devices truly, really, truly assisted in. Significantly increasing clearance rates. There is no way these departments wouldn't be tracking that to justify these and other cities. A quick search of any social media platform, and you'll find dozens upon dozens of stories of people with stolen license plates. While this is just anecdotal evidence that is just as valid as the anecdotal evidence presented by Chief Joshi. We are. Quickly experience a crime wave instigated by very. Organized criminals. But now I'm supposed to believe that these sophisticated masterminds can't figure out how to unscrew license plates and keep a stash on hand or print counterfeit dealer plates. There's a lot of money to devote to more surveillance. It hasn't proven to be an effective and reducing crime or helping to clear a significant amount of crimes committed. Thank you. Thank you. My next speaker. Zak Bailey. Good evening. Speaker bowling. Hi there, counsel. Yeah, I see how the department can see. The importance of this. Tool, but I do have concerns about. Privacy. I'm concerned about secret subpoenas, rogue actors, misuse. I'm an engineer, but for 20 years, I've been working on implementing systems that are private. Secure, secure by design. In ways that can't be reversed. And as an engineer, I seriously want to look in depth at these different vendors, exactly how they implement their data storage. In that vein, I would urge an in-depth analysis of any solution from any vendor, because Googling and looking at most of the products that I've found, I'm concerned just on reading product data sheets because these don't look like they were written. By security engineers. It's my understanding that the. Mobile. License plate reader. Systems are more real time. They don't store and review for later, so there's not as much of a storage component with it as there would be with a fix system. So concerned about the cross-referencing that these devices. Do, I'm concerned about the incremental data collection more than just license plate readers and timestamps, but just the full images and what could be accidentally cotton. Those concerned about the. The fact that there is a bit in one of the presentations that shows if they're a resident or not and I don't know if that's just informational, but that kind of information shouldn't be automatic. That it should be more investigation, should be should be for that. So I'm not against the idea of automatic license plate readers, but I'm very concerned about how they're implemented currently by any vendor that exists. And it terrifies me that a subpoena or somebody could come along and collect this data. Or. Some other entity could collect this data without anybody following our policies that we set. And that's my concern. So I'll leave it at that. Thank you. Our next speaker. Elk Irvine. Good evening, Speaker Garbine. Good evening, council members and Mayor Ashcraft, thank you for permitting me to remark on this. I'm a bit frustrated and confused by the by the mechanism that this agenda item has been heard and then not heard and then deferred. However, as a resident of the Fern Side Marina neighborhood, where we have quite a bit of crime, I'm speaking as an individual, but I am definitely speaking in favor of the installation and use of fixed and mobile automated license plate readers by the Alameda Police Department. I believe it is this council's primary responsibility to provide for the safety and security of city residents. And while there may be adjunct concerns in this, I trust Chief Joshi to do the right thing and follow council direction. And I want you, though, to give him and his department the chance, because these things appear to be a valuable crime fighting, an investigatory tool that will primarily serve the strong interest. And I believe your primary duty, the primary interests of the community in public safety and security. Therefore, I very respectfully ask that you go ahead and permit APD to acquire a fixed and mobile automated license plate readers. I thank you very much for listening to my remarks.