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Council approves consent calendar unanimously; members and public discuss depot project, recycled-water charges and arts grant requests
Summary
The Livermore City Council unanimously approved its consent calendar Feb. 9 after public comments supporting a depot community room project; staff said a new reclaimed-water fill station will likely have user fees and waivers and will be unmanned; public commenters also urged support for a $10,000 arts grant request and suggested adopting LibreOffice to avoid vendor lock-in.
The Livermore City Council approved its consent calendar by unanimous voice vote at the Feb. 9 meeting after public comment and brief staff responses on several items.
Public comment included support for item 6.5, a project to convert the freight room at the Livermore Depot into a 40-person community meeting room. Mark Roberts, president-elect of the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore, said fundraising is underway and noted $20,000 contributions from the Fremont Bank Foundation and California Water Service Company; Roberts said the Community Health and Education Fund (CHEF) is matching some donations, which helped their short-term fundraising goal.
Alan Marling and Mark Roberts urged council approval. The council later moved and seconded the consent calendar; the chair called the vote and it passed unanimously.
Council members also fielded public comment on other items: Jim Schmidt (introduced as the first public commenter) described a grant request from Livermore Valley Opera to support school outreach and estimated the written request at about $10,000. Joe Lee urged the city to consider LibreOffice, an open-source suite, to avoid vendor lock-in, reduce licensing fees and limit telemetry.
On item 6.3—plans for a reclaimed-water fill station—Carl Brown, the city’s director of public works, told the council the city expects the station to be unmanned, that users will be trained and monitored daily, and that permits and a possible charge structure would be developed later during rate studies. Brown said participants would be required to sign waivers through the permitting process.
Motion: councilmember Branning moved the consent calendar, seconded by councilmember Dunbar. Outcome: approved unanimously (voice vote). The council recorded no further action on the items at the meeting; items were passed on the consent calendar as routine matters.
