Howard Terminal discussion & possible vote. Watch & chat here: youtu.be/WmR8U3d7bG4

One of the hardest things to digest is hearing Alameda County continually say they “want out of the sports business”. That’s code for: “this isn’t easy, and we only like easy”. It comes with the territory.

Sounds like the environmental impact report (which we expected out in the coming days) and potential “mitigations” (necessary fixes to the site) will not be “visible” in the immediate future, per Dave Kaval.

The A’s & Oakland have some “open items” that remain being worked on, per Kaval. Parties meeting on a “weekly basis”.

Despite all of the frustrating “stuck in the mud” moments we’ve seen in this meeting - I still believe they can vote yes on a non-binding agreement today. Which is all that needs to happen, to this point.

“I think it’s fair to say the A’s are paying for everything.” Mayor Libby Schaaf youtu.be/WmR8U3d7bG4

“This is not the Raiders deal. We’ve all learned from our mistakes of the past. This is financially responsible” Mayor Schaaf on Howard Terminal youtu.be/WmR8U3d7bG4

In this meeting: Kaval & Schaaf have brought among their best points, facts, and reasonings I’ve seen in all these years. It must be noted.

Enter Molly Maybrun: Oakland’s expert on Real Estate & Major Projects. There’s no question she doesn’t have a grasp on.

The level of detail in some of these questions… seem a little excessive for agreeing to a “non-binding” vote. They’re asking “binding-type” final-answer questions now. youtu.be/WmR8U3d7bG4

@BrodieNBCS The fuck was AlCo doing the last 6 months?

Still hopeful we get to an actual vote tonight. Meeting started at 12N, topic was brought up around 1:30p… apparently things have to wrap up by 6pm. Getting down to crunch time here: youtu.be/WmR8U3d7bG4

@BrodieNBCS They are belaboring the same points over and over and are stuck on minutia. They have an unrealistic expectation around forecasting accuracy yet haven't done their own due diligence on anything, which is apparent by their questions.

Don’t really want to hear local government complain that Howard Terminal is taking up “too much of their time”. We witnessed them entertain an hour alone of conspiracy theorists (during the meeting) today with “public comments” on a separate topic.