19:00:56 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF 19:01:01 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 19:01:12 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Mayor Mei: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. 19:01:20 COUNCILMEMBER COX, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. 19:01:27 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT. VICE MAYOR SHAO, PRESENT. 19:01:33 MAYOR MEI, PRESENT. >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE VACANCIES ON SOME OF OUR BOARDS AND 19:01:38 COMMISSIONS. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND 19:01:42 COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I'LL BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 19:01:48 IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING, PLEASE GO TO THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, 19:01:57 FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK 19:02:04 THIS EVENING CAN DO SO DURING ELECTRONIC MEETING BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR BY -- IF YOU'RE 19:02:14 CALLING IN, BY DIALING STAR NINE. I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT EACH SECTION AND KINDLY REQUEST MEMBERS TO 19:02:21 TURN DOWN OUR MUTE THEIR MIC WHEN IT'S TIME TO SPEAK, AS IT MAY CAUSE INTERFEESHES WITH OUR SPEAKER SYSTEM. 19:02:27 EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED IN OUR CITY'S 19:02:32 AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV, AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD ON FILE. 19:02:39 I'D LIKE TO ANOWBS THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO UNTIL 11:30 P.M. AT THE LATEST, AND WE WILL ALLOW 30 MINUTES 19:02:45 OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR 19:02:50 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF 19:02:55 TIME REMAINS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO CITY MANAGER MARK DANAJ TO INTRODUCE 19:02:57 HIS STAFF. >> City Manager Danaj: THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 19:03:04 I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT BUT I AM JOINED BY OUR ACTING ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY DEBRA MARGOLIS 19:03:10 ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY HARVEY LEVINE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR STAFF FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS THIS 19:03:13 EVENING. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:03:22 AT THIS TIME, THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE PRESENTED AND THE ITEMS WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND THE 19:03:28 STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK OR ADDRESS ANY OF 19:03:34 THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? COULD WE CHECK? I SEE TWO HANDS RAISED. 19:03:48 >> Ms. Gauthier: LISA DA NS, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON? LISA, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK 19:03:53 ON? >> ITEM 2E ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE. >> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY. 19:04:08 WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: JOHN HINDS? 19:04:21 >> 2G AND 2K, THE HEALTH RECORDS AND THE SHARED BIKES. >> Ms. Gauthier: 2G AND 2K. 19:04:37 OKAY. BLAIR BEEKMAN, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON? 19:04:49 >> HI, BLAIR BEEKMAN. I'M HERE TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C, 2C, H, I, K, AND L. 19:05:01 I CAN POSSIBLY DOUBLE UP A FEW OF THEM ON A FEW ITEMS. SORRY, SAY AGAIN. 19:05:32 2C, H? >> I, K AND L. >> Ms. Gauthier: THERE'S NO OTHER 19:05:36 SPEAKERS RAISING THEIR HANDS. >> Mayor Mei: SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING -- 19:05:49 UNLESS ANY OF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PULL ANYTHING, BUT OTHERWISE EXCLUDING 2C, 2E, 2G, 2H, 2I, 2K AND 2L. 19:05:51 >> Councilmember Jones: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 19:06:01 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. PLEASE VOTE. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:06:05 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:06:13 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:06:20 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: THE MOTION PASSES FOR 19:06:28 THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING THOSE ITEMS UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ON OUR LIST TONIGHT IS A 19:06:38 PROCLAMATION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED BY SUPERVISOR HAUBERT, AND I THINK KATHY KIMBERLIN IS HERE TO PRESENT THE 19:06:42 PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF US FOR RECOGNITION FOR THE HAPPIEST CITY IN AMERICA. 19:06:51 WELL COME, MS. KIMBERLIN. SORRY, APOLOGIES, YOU'RE ON MUTE. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 19:06:58 KATHY KIMBERLIN HERE REPRESENTING SUPERVISOR HAUBERT'S OFFICE. I'M HIS ASSISTANT AND FIELD DIRECTOR 19:07:04 FOR FREMONT, AND HELP OUT WITH OTHER PLACES AS NEEDED. I'M SORRY HE COULDN'T BE WITH YOU HERE 19:07:11 TONIGHT BUT HE FOUND IT VERY IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW PROUD HE IS THAT FREMONT HAS THE STATUS OF THE HAPPIEST 19:07:17 CITY IN AMERICA. AND HIS COMMENDATION SAYS THAT IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR 19:07:24 BEING THE HAPPIEST CITY IN AMERICA, YOUR LEGACY FOR RANKING NUMBER ONE FOR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING IS 19:07:32 CHERISHED BY OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S WITH GREAT HONOR THAT ALAMEDA COUNCIL TEAL SUPERVISOR DAVID HAUBERT 19:07:37 DOES HEREBY COMMEND THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR ITS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE 19:07:45 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE FREMONT COMMUNITY. AND A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM SUPERVISOR 19:07:51 HAUBERT. HE RECOGNIZES THAT THE PLACES THAT HE REPRESENTS, LIVERMORE, DUBLIN, FREMONT 19:07:58 AND SOME UNINCORPORATED AREAS, LIVERMORE MIGHT HAVE SOME FABULOUS WINERIES, DUBLIN IS A GREAT LOCATION 19:08:05 KNOWN AS A CROSSROADS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, AND IN 2018 WAS CHOSEN THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. 19:08:16 BUT FREMONT, DURING A PANDEMIC, WAS VOTED THE HAPPIEST CITY IN AMERICA. AND THAT IS BASED ON 31 KEY INDICATORS 19:08:23 BY WALLET HUB AND SOME OF THOSE GREAT KEY INDICATORS WHICH I THINK ARE VERY MEANINGFUL ARE JOB SATISFACTION, 19:08:32 POSITIVE MENTAL STATE, HEALTHY BODY, STRONG SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. AND SUPERVISOR HAUBERT IS VERY, VERY 19:08:37 EXCITED FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR YEARS TO COME. 19:08:42 THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THIS 19:08:47 RECOGNITION. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY 19:08:52 MEMBERS AND OUR STAFF AND SO MANY OF THE BUSINESSES WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE FREMONT HOME AND MAKE THIS A SPECIAL 19:08:59 PLACE. PLEASE EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO SUPERVISOR HAUBERT AND TO YOUR TEAM. 19:09:05 NEXT IS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 19:09:17 AND SO IF WE CAN CALL THOSE SPEAKERS. I SEE AT LEAST ONE, SONIA KHAN. AND EACH SPEAKER HAS -- I'M LOOKING 19:09:23 FOR THE CLOCK. THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER IS WHAT WE HAVE. 19:09:28 YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. SONIA HAHN, HRC SPEAKING FOR MYSELF 19:09:32 TONIGHT. TIMES ARE TURBULENT INDEED. THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY. 19:09:39 PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED TO CONFRONT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT SO MANY ISSUES THAT ONCE UPON A TIME WE COULD SAFELY PUT 19:09:44 OFF INDEFINITELY WITHOUT IMPACT ON OUR OWN LIVES BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL IMPACTED. 19:09:47 TO GREATER OR LESSER EXTENT WE CAN NO LONGER AVOID DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES. 19:09:52 I NEED TONIGHT TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE CITY OF FREMONT THAT RACISM IS ALSO ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT IMPACT US 19:09:56 ALL. AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT CASE TO MAKE IF NOT EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT ABOUT 19:10:01 THE BASIC FACTS THAT LED UP TO THIS MOMENT. I PLAN TO SPEND A BIT OF TIME DROPPING 19:10:05 SOME OF THOSE FACTS FROM TIME TO TIME RIGHT HERE IN THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU WILL PERMIT ME. 19:10:12 FACT, THE SUBJECT OF SYSTEMIC RACISM IS NOT CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF ABOUT HOW WE ALL GET ALONG IN OUR 19:10:19 COMMUNITIES WITH ONE ANOTHER. THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RELATIONS AND GROUP DYNAMICS AND IT'S A SOCIAL 19:10:23 YOLG BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE FIELD. SYSTEMIC RACISM -- >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 19:10:30 >> HELLO? IS STE MIC RACISM IS A EVIDENCE-BASED MEASUREMENT OF PARAMETERS THAT CAN 19:10:36 CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THERE'S A SYSTEM OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND CODES THAT BOTH DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY DISCRIMINATE 19:10:43 AGAINST CERTAIN POPULATIONS WITHOUT ANY SINGLE PERSON HAVING TO MAKE A BIGOTED DECISION IN THEIR OWN RITE. 19:10:52 IT CAN BE FOUND IN SEVERAL SECTORS, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS. WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A GREAT DEAL OF 19:11:01 TIME TALKING ABOUT POLICING BUT I WANT TO OFFER -- ANOTHER ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL PILLARS THAT'S REAPED SO 19:11:08 MUCH HARM ON A SOCIETAL LEVEL. LET US TAKE FOR EXAMPLE DIABETIC FOOT AMPUTATIONS THIS IS A KNOWN TRAGIC OUT 19:11:14 COME PATIENT CAN ENCOUNTER AFTER LONG YEARS OF FIGHTING THIS DISEASE AND IT DOES INDEED HAPPEN TO PATIENTS OF ALL 19:11:20 RACES IN AMERICA BUT IF YOU EXAMINE THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA MORE CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE VERY QUICKLY THAT A 19:11:25 DISPROPORTIONATE PERCENTAGE WHO WILL HAVE THIS OUTCOME WILL BE BLACK PATIENTS AND AT AN EARLIER AGE AND 19:11:32 WITH FEWER YEARS SPENT AS A DIABETIC. AND THERE IS NO PREDISPOSING GENETIC TEMPERAMENT FOR THIS SO WHY WAS IT 19:11:36 HAPPENING? IT TURNS OUT IF YOU PLOT THE GEOGRAPHIC ZIP CODE OF ALL THESE 19:11:42 PATIENTS ON A MAP YOU WILL FIND THAT IT TRANSPOSES ALMOST PERFECTLY ON TOP OF THE MAP OF RED LINE DISTRICTS WHERE 19:11:48 HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HAS MANAGED TO CONCENTRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES WHO JUST HAPPEN AND NOT BY 19:11:53 ACCIDENT NOT TO HAVE ANY NEARBY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE WITH THAT NEW VASCULARIZATION PROCEDURE THAT'S 19:12:01 NEEDED TO SAVE THOSE FEET. OR THE TRANSPORT TO GET TO THE CENTERS THAT ARE FAR AWAY, AND TIME IS OF THE 19:12:35 ESSENCE FOR GANGRENOUS LIMBS AND EVEN IF THEY COULD GET THERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF HEALTH 19:12:41 INSURANCE ANYWAY IF THEY HAVE INSURANCE AT ALL. NOT 1BIGOFED RACIST MADE THOSE 19:12:48 DECISIONS BUT WE ALL TURNED A BLIND EYE AND LET IT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND THAT IS SYSTEMIC RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH 19:12:54 PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO TODAY'S INSTALLMENT OF "IT'S RACISM, PEOPLE." 19:13:03 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS BLAIR BEEKMAN. >> HI. 19:13:12 HAD A FEW ISSUES OF CONCERN. I NOTICED THE FREMONT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SCRAPPED THE ENTIRE 19:13:17 SCHOOL YEAR AT THIS TIME AND WILL BE STARTING AGAIN IN THE FALL. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING 19:13:23 DECISION. I KNOW -- I FEEL THE FUSD BOARD PERSONS HAVE A REAL CARE FOR THE 19:13:31 SAFETY AND HEALTH OF HOW THE PROCESS GOES FORWARD. IT'S MY PERSONAL FEELING THAT THERE 19:13:41 WAS CERTAIN DEMANDS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AND THAT COMBINATION ALONG WITH WHAT WILL BE A SLIGHT 19:13:47 POSSIBLE RISE IN COVID AT THIS TIME THAT'S HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, THAT COMBINATION OF THINGS 19:13:59 JUST LED THEM TO BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY, AND I ASK THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER THAT AND TO CONSIDER THAT IN ALL THE 19:14:07 DEBATING OVER THESE MONTHS, I HOPE YOU'VE NOTICED THE REAL CARE AND SENSITIVITY THAT FUSD BOARD MEMBERS 19:14:13 HAVE TRIED TO HAVE FOR THIS ISSUE AND TO NOT GO TOO HARD ON THEM IF YOU CAN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REAL CARE FOR 19:14:20 PEOPLE NOT TO BE HURT OUT OF THIS SITUATION. AND SO GOOD LUCK ON HOW YOU CONTINUE 19:14:31 TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE POLICE CHIEF IS RETIRING, KIMBERLY PETERSEN, AFTER 19:14:40 25 YEARS. SO I GUESS I'VE BEEN OKAY WITH THAT. I'VE BEEN LEARNING I CAN ACTUALLY ASK 19:14:45 THE QUESTION, SHOULD THERE BE SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY PROCESS TO INTRODUCE THE NEW POLICE CHIEF? 19:14:52 CAN WE GET ACQUAINTED, CAN WE UNDERSTAND THE DECISION-MAKING WHY THIS IS ALL HAPPENED? 19:15:01 AND I KNOW YOU HAVE COMMUNITY PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE POLICE, SAY BACK IN LATE MARCH AND YOU'LL BE HAVING ONE 19:15:06 UPCOMING VERY SOON, SO THAT IS GOOD THAT YOU DO HAVE A COMMUNITY POLICE FORUM, POLICE COMMUNITY FORUM. 19:15:15 I HOPE THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED AND IT CAN BE A PART OF A PROCESS TO ASK EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT CAN 19:15:22 WE EXPECT AND WHAT CAN WE SEE FROM THE NEW CHIEF TO UNDERSTAND HIS POSITION ON THINGS. 19:15:27 ALL THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND I HOPE YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO MAKE IT AN OPEN PUBLIC PROCESS AT THIS TIME. 19:15:33 I THINK THAT HAS TO BE REALLY CONSIDERED, YOU CAN'T JUST SILENTLY OFFER THESE THINGS, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN 19:15:40 LEARN HOW TO, AS WE GO, MAKE AN OPEN PUBLIC PROCESS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. 19:15:52 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. IS THAT THE LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. 19:15:56 SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 19:16:20 I BELIEVE THAT BEGINS WITH ITEM 2C. >> Mayor Mei: MR. BEEKMAN? >> HI. 19:16:29 BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. I THINK I CAN DO 2C AND 2H H AT THE SAME TIME, ALAMEDA COUNTY HELP WITH 19:16:33 HOUSING, AND I THINK A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ALONG NILES CANYON ROAD, I THINK. 19:16:46 AND WHAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY SIMPLE REMINDER WHAT I'M LEARNING IN THIS LIFE ABOUT 19:16:52 -- NILES BOULEVARD. THERE WE GO -- WHAT I'M LEARNING IN THIS LIFE IS JUST THAT WE ARE AT A 19:17:02 TIME TO REALLY CONSIDER EXTREMELY LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME IDEAS AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, HOW CAN WE 19:17:12 CONSIDER NEW IDEAS OF MIXED INCOME HOUSING, AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, STATE FACULTIES AND PROCESSES 19:17:22 TOWARDS THAT. THERE'S THE NPC RHNA PROCESS BUT THERE'S OTHER MTC HOUSING FUNDING 19:17:32 IDEAS AND WAYS TO WORK. THERE'S BAFA, THERE'S AN MTC HOUSING PROGRAM ITSELF, ALL VERY INTERESTING 19:17:41 IDEAS TO ADDRESS SACRAMENTO ON LOCAL NEEDS OF MIXED INCOME IDEAS, NEW IDEAS OF MIXED INCOME. 19:17:46 WHAT CAN THAT BE? I THINK THOSE IDEAS CAN REALLY HELP, YOU KNOW, BRING IN HOMELESS COMMUNITY 19:17:54 OUT OF THE STREETS INTO HOMES AND TO BE SHARING HOMES IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IT CAN BE AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE. 19:18:01 AND WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO ACCEPT THAT. AND I THINK WHICH CAN, AND I THINK WE 19:18:06 HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT. SO THIS IS MY ITEMS 2C AND 2H TOGETHER 19:18:14 BASICALLY, AND I WISH YOU LUCK IN HOW -- YOU HAD SOME REALLY GOOD BEGINNINGS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IDEAS, I 19:18:21 FEEL, AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATIVE GOOD EFFORTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE 19:18:29 TO WORK TOWARDS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT CAN BE REIMAGINED AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL HOW THAT CAN WORK 19:18:37 TOWARDS OUR REIMAGINE FUTURE AND EQUITY, AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THAT, AND I HOPE THESE 19:18:44 WORDS CAN HELP, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY CONSIDERING NEW IDEAS OF MIXED INCOME. 19:18:51 I KNOW YOU HAVE ALREADY THINK IN THOSE TERMS BUT TO REALLY BE CONSIDERING IT AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. 19:19:02 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ITEM 2E. 19:19:09 >> Ms. Gauthier: DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON 2C? >> Mayor Mei: AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER 19:19:13 SPEAKERS ON 2H? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THOSE TWO ITEMS? 19:19:19 SO IT'S 2C AND 2H. >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO APPROVE. 19:19:26 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: I WAS TRYING TO 19:19:32 RAISE MY HAND. BUT I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE DID BEFORE METHOT. 19:19:37 DOUBLE-CHECK. >> Councilmember Kassan: CAN WE SEPARATE THEM SINCE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE 19:19:41 VOTED NO ON NILES GATEWAY -- >> Mayor Mei: OH, SURE. THAT'S FINE. 19:19:47 SO LET'S DO 2C AND MOTION AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND COX. PLEASE ROLL CALL VOTE. 19:19:54 >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:20:06 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, NO. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:20:17 VICE MAYOR SHAO, NO. MAYOR MEI, AYE. SO THE MOTION PASSES, FIVE AYES AND 19:20:24 TWO NOS WITH COUNCILMEMBERS KASSAN AND VICE MAYOR SHAO VOTING NO. NEXT ITEM WAS ITEM 2H. 19:20:28 I THINK WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:20:37 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:20:45 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:20:51 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 19:20:57 >> Mayor Mei: THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM PULLED FOR DISCUSSION 19:21:06 WAS ITEM 2E AS IN EDWARD. >> THAT WAS LISA DANS AND JOHN HINDS. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT WAS JUST LISA 19:21:13 THOUGH. >> Ms. Gauthier: I HAD NOTED JOHN HINDS BUT IF SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S 19:21:19 STILL RAISING HER HAND, WE CAN JUST MOVE WITH THAT. >> Mayor Mei: SURE. 19:21:27 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY COMMENT. I'M LISA DANS IN DISTRICT 3, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ITEM BECAUSE I'M 19:21:38 CONCERNED THAT IF WE'RE ADDING A NOISE ORDINANCE FOR LOW LEVEL VIOLATION LIKE MAKING NOISE THAT THAT CAN CREATE MORE 19:21:44 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POLICE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY TURN DANGEROUS. 19:21:55 I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT ABOUT OUR ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT RACISM AND POLICING AND I THINK 19:22:02 ONE OF THE -- SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SEE FROM SOME OF THE NATIONAL LEADERS ON HOW TO MAKE 19:22:11 POLICING LESS DANGEROUS FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS TO STOP ENFORCING THE LOW LEVEL OFFENSES BECAUSE THOSE CREATE 19:22:16 OPPORTUNITIES FOR HARM TO HAPPEN. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING 19:22:22 INTO THIS MEASURE, AND I DIDN'T -- I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT. 19:22:30 I WOULD WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPACT OF HOW MANY MORE INTERACTIONS WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN BASED 19:22:38 ON THIS ORDINANCE VERSUS HOW MANY WE EXPECT ARE GOING TO -- THIS WOULD ACTUALLY REPLACE THE HIGHER LEVEL WITH 19:22:43 A LOWER LEVEL AND I DO SEE THE VALUE IN THAT. BUT FROM THE WORDING, IT SOUNDED LIKE 19:22:47 IT WAS LIKELY TO JUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INTERACTIONS AND THAT'S A CONCERN. 19:22:50 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 19:22:58 IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, ARE YOU MAKING A 19:23:04 MOTION OR ARE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK? >> Councilmember Kassan: I HAVE A QUESTION. 19:23:11 I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT COULD TALK ABOUT THAT. 19:23:17 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY RESPONDING TO NOISE COMPLAINTS, IT'S JUST THAT 19:23:26 THEY'RE NOT -- WE DON'T HAVE A LOCAL ORDINANCE AND SO IT'S KIND OF NOT -- YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT THIS WILL 19:23:31 INCREASE RESPONSE, IT WILL JUST MAKE IT MORE CLEAR HOW TO DEAL WITH LOCAL NOISE, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE 19:23:37 POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT COULD -- >> City Manager Danaj: CHIEF PETERSEN IS WITH US TONIGHT. 19:24:02 CHIEF? GIVE US A MOMENT. >> Mayor Mei: I THOUGHT I SAW ANOTHER 19:24:09 HAND RAISED. COUNCILMEMBER JONES? >> Councilmember Jones: JUST REAL 19:24:15 QUICKLY FOR COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, I WOULD SAY THAT THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE ACTUALLY GIVES THE POLICE 19:24:24 DEPARTMENT AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO SEND SOMETHING FOR A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT BUT TO ADJUDICATE IT VIA A MUNICIPAL 19:24:32 ORDINANCE RATHER THAN A COURT DATE OR A COURT TRIAL. >> City Manager Danaj: CHIEF PETERSEN 19:24:37 WILL BE JOINING US MOMENTARILY. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM 19:24:41 WHILE WE'RE WAITING? >> City Manager Danaj: SURE. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE 19:24:46 SENSE. THE ITEM WAS 2G. JOHN HINDS? 19:24:54 WELCOME. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. EVERY PRIVATE EMPLOYER I KNOW OF 19:25:00 EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY DOESN'T MESS WITH HEALTH RECORDS. 19:25:06 THEY LEAVE THAT TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND IN MOST CASES THE EMPLOYERS ARE AT LEAST TWO STEPS REMOVED FROM IT 19:25:11 BECAUSE THEY DEAL ONLY WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES EVEN IN WORKER'S COMP CASES. 19:25:17 SO IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CITY IS IN A SPOT NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO SPEND SIGNIFICANT MONEY TO BUY AND INSTALL 19:25:26 AND MAINTAIN ONE-OFF SOFTWARE AND ONE-OFF DATA STORAGE THAT ARE NOT ALL THAT CLOSE TO CORE FUNCTIONS OF A CITY 19:25:31 GOVERNMENT. WHEN THE OLD SOFTWARE WAS SUNSETTED, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN IDEAL TIME TO 19:25:37 TRY AND OUTSOURCE THIS OR ADJUST THE WORK PROCESSES IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE WON'T NEED THIS ANYMORE. 19:25:44 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND IF TONIGHT IS NOT THE BEST TIME TO CHANGE COURSE, OKAY, BUT BEFORE THE 19:25:51 NEXT EXTENSION OF THIS CONTRACT, AND THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ONE, I ASK, PLEASE LOOK INTO THE ANSWER TO THIS 19:26:04 QUESTION: WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO CHANGE TO NO LONGER NEED THIS? THE COSTS ARE ONLY GOING TO GO UP OVER 19:26:09 TIME, AND WE SHOULD NOT GET TOO CAUGHT UP IN THE QUESTION OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY 19:26:16 JUST THE BEGINNING. NOT ONLY TO ONE-OFF SYSTEMS ALWAYS COST MORE THAN YOU EXPECT THEM TO, 19:26:24 EVEN WHEN YOU TAKE THAT RULE INTO ACCOUNT, HEALTHCARE SECURITY LAWS CONTINUE TO BE TIGHTENED SO THE COST 19:26:30 OF COMPLYING WITH THOSE JUST KEEP GOING UP. THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENT FOR 2G. 19:26:37 I CAN CALL IN SEPARATELY FOR 2K. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:26:45 I SEE A PANELIST HAND RAISED. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM? 19:26:50 >> Councilmember Salwan: I WAS WONDERING IF STAFF CAN ADDRESS THE NEED FOR THIS. 19:27:08 >> Ms. Shenfil: I CAN ADDRESS THAT. IT TURNED MY VOICE ON BUT NOT MY 19:27:10 FACE. THERE WE GO. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AS YOU MAY BE 19:27:17 AWARE, THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT DELIVERS A VARIETY OF HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES. 19:27:26 WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT COVER AGING AND 19:27:31 FAMILY SERVICES TO YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES. WE ALSO PROVIDE FAMILY SUPPORT THROUGH 19:27:40 CASE MANAGEMENT. WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THE METH TEAM DOING CRISIS INTERVENTION AND ALL 19:27:47 THESE REQUIRE KEEPING OF INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE SHOULD -- ACROSS OUR DIVISIONS AND WE USE TO PROVIDE 19:27:58 RESOURCES AND SERVICE CONTINUITY. ALSO TO GENERATE BILLING, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OUR CONTRACTS. 19:28:10 NOT ONLY WITH THE COUNTY BUT OTHER ENTITIES THAT FUND US, AND REALLY TO PROVIDE COORDINATION ACROSS OUR 19:28:15 DIVISIONS. WE MAY HAVE A FAMILY SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY IS WORKING WITH A CHILD IN 19:28:23 YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES AND SOMEBODY IS WORKING WITH THE GRANDMOTHER IN AGING AND FAMILY SERVICES AND OUR 19:28:36 HEALTH RECORD ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE FAMILY SITUATION AND REALLY PROVIDE A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE. 19:28:43 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 2G AS IN GEORGE? 19:28:49 >> Councilmember Salwan: MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:28:57 KASSAN. PLEASE VOTE. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:29:02 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:29:09 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:29:17 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: SO ITEM 2G PASSES 19:29:22 UNANIMOUSLY. >> City Manager Danaj: CHIEF PETERSEN IS BACK. 19:29:27 >> Mayor Mei: WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO 2E AND I SEE OUR CHIEF HAS JUST JOINED US. 19:29:32 >> THANKS, MY APOLOGIES. I GOT KNOCKED OFF THE CALL FOR A MOMENT THERE BUT I'M BACK. 19:29:37 I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED OF ME. SO IF SOMEBODY COULD RE-ASK THE 19:29:42 QUESTION. >> City Manager Danaj:COUNCILME MBER KASSAN, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TRY TO 19:29:46 REITERATE IT? >> Councilmember Kassan: IT WAS JUST THAT WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ASK 19:29:53 IF THE PASSAGE OF THIS NOISE ORDINANCE WOULD LEAD TO MORE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND MEMBERS OF THE 19:30:00 PUBLIC WHICH COULD GO AGAINST OUR DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICE AREN'T GETTING INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT AREN'T 19:30:08 NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT -- THAT THEY MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT FIT FOR EVERY INTERACTION, BUT MY 19:30:12 UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE'RE ALREADY -- THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY DEALING WITH NOISE COMPLAINTS AND IT'S 19:30:18 JUST A MATTER OF MAKING THAT PROCESS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY THAT. 19:30:24 >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THE IMPETUS BEHIND THIS IS BECAUSE WE DO DEAL WITH ACTUALLY OVER 19:30:33 A THOUSAND NOISE COMPLAINTS EACH YEAR, AND YOU KNOW, OUR KIND OF TYPICAL MOST COMMON NOISE COMPLAINT IS LATE NIGHT 19:30:39 PARTIES, LOUD MUSIC AT NIGHT, AND BARKING DOGS. AND MY ENTIRE CAREER, WE HAVE NOT HAD 19:30:44 A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES A SIMPLE LOW LEVEL OPTION FOR MANAGING THESE THINGS. 19:30:50 I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN MOST CASES, WE'LL GO OUT ONCE AND WE SIMPLY WARN THE PERSON TO EITHER TURN DOWN THE 19:30:59 MUSIC, QUIET DOWN THE PARTY OR BRING THE DOG INSIDE. BEYOND THAT, IF THE CALLER CALLS 19:31:07 AGAIN, REALLY RIGHT NOW, ALL WE HAVE AS AN OPTION IS TO USE A MISDEMEANOR LEVEL CITATION WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE 19:31:13 COMPLAINING PARTY TO QUOTE-UNQUOTE SIGN A COMPLAINT AND THEN IT REQUIRES A POLICE REPORT, IT GOES TO THE D.A.'S 19:31:19 OFFICE AND REALLY WE JUST DON'T NEED THAT AS THE ONLY TOOL. WHAT WE NEED IS A LOWER LEVEL TOOL, SO 19:31:26 WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WITH THIS NOISE ORDINANCE IS TO ALLOW US TO WRITE A SIMPLE CITATION IN THOSE CASES. 19:31:32 LIKE I SAID, TYPICALLY WE GIVE A WARNING THE FIRST TIME THAT WE GO TO THESE THINGS, BUT THIS WILL GIVE US 19:31:38 THAT LOWER LEVEL TOOL TO WRITE A CITATION RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO A MISDEMEANOR POLICE REPORT AND 19:31:43 COMPLAINT, WHICH WE WOULD THEN SEND TO THE D.A. SO I THINK IT JUST ACTUALLY GIVES A 19:31:50 BETTER TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT, BECAUSE IN MOST OF THESE CASES, YOU KNOW, IF A PERSON CONTINUES WITH LET'S SAY 19:31:55 PLAYING THE LOUD MUSIC OR THE BAND PRACTICE LATE AT NIGHT, WE DON'T WANT TO BE A MISDEMEANOR. 19:32:04 WE SIMPLY WANT TO WRITE A CITATION AS AN OPTION. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE 19:32:09 CLARIFICATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2C? 19:32:15 >> Vice Mayor Shao: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:32:18 COX. PLEASE, ROLL CALL VOTE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, 19:32:24 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 19:32:31 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. 19:32:37 MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: SO ITEM 2E PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 19:32:45 NEXT IS ITEM 2I THAT WAS PULLED FOR COMMENT BY -- >> Ms. Gauthier: BLAIR BEEKMAN. 19:32:49 >> Mayor Mei: MR. BEEKMAN. >> HI. THANK YOU. 19:33:03 TO SPEAK ON ITEM I. THIS IS ABOUT THE CITY HAS MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH SISERCO ENERGY, 19:33:12 BASICALLY THEY'RE KIND OF AN ENERGY PURVEYOR FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND THEY KIND OF -- YOU KNOW, BROKER, 19:33:17 ENERGY BROKER MAYBE IS A TERM? THE FUSD WAS JUST WORKING WITH THEM A FEW WEEKS AGO. 19:33:26 IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORKING WITH THIS GROUP. I THINK THEIR WORK CAN BE CONSIDERED A 19:33:36 LITTLE QUESTIONABLE AND CONTROVERSIAL, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE LIGHT OF THAT AND THAT FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE 19:33:45 GOING TO SAY IT STRAIGHT OUT, WE MAY POSSIBLY BE IN STORE FOR SOME SORT OF NATURAL DISASTER LIKE A LARGE 19:33:56 EARTHQUAKE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND IT'S UP TO THIS ENERGY GROUP TO KIND OF FACILITATE WHAT ENERGY CHOICES 19:34:00 WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND THEY HAVE KIND OF ONE OF THOSE BAD 19:34:07 HABITS OF FACILITATING IN WAYS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF NOT VERY INSPIRING BASICALLY. 19:34:16 WE'RE AT A TIME TO REALLY BUILD UP OUR RENEWABLE IDEAS. AND REALLY PRACTICE THOSE IDEAS. 19:34:22 AND EVEN IF THERE IS AN UPCOMING NATURAL DISASTER, WE'RE AT A TIME TO REALLY CONTINUE REALLY BUILDING UP 19:34:31 RENEWABLE IDEAS THAT ARE REALLY POSITIVE AND GOOD AND IT'S OUR BETTER PRACTICES AND IT'S FROM BUILDING THOSE 19:34:40 RENEWABLE IDEAS THAT IF A MAJOR DISASTER DOES HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE BAY AREA, WE CAN BE READY TO TRANSITION 19:34:48 SOONER TO OUR GOOD PRACTICES OUT OF THAT -- OUT OF A NATURAL DISASTER TIME. 19:34:56 WITH ENERGY GROUPS LIKE THIS, I JUST HAVE THE FEELING THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO FOR THE TOTAL BOTTOM LINE AND JUST 19:35:03 A LOT OF DIRTY FUEL ENERGY AND JUST TOTALLY MAKE THE DEALS, CUT THE DEALS AS OPPOSED TO WORKING TOWARDS OUR 19:35:10 REALLY GOOD PRACTICES. SO I JUST WANTED TO PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THAT THINKING AND REALLY BE 19:35:26 CONSIDERED AND REALLY ASK THIS COMPANY TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND DON'T JUST LIVE IN OUR BASE INSTINCTS IF WE HAVE 19:35:33 A NATURAL DISASTER COMING UP. IN PREPARING FOR SUCH A PROBLEM TO ONE DAY OCCUR AND THEN IT'S OUT OF THAT, 19:35:39 THAT'S HOW WE CONTINUE OUR GOOD PRACTICES TOWARDS OUR GOOD FUTURE. IT'S NOT BY JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE 19:35:43 DEAL, IT'S NOT CUTTING THE CHEAPEST DEAL, NOT GETTING THE BARGAIN OF THE CHEAPEST FUEL. 19:35:51 AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL AS I CAN. THANK YOU. 19:35:55 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBERS? 19:36:07 COUNCILMEMBER COX? >> Councilmember Cox: YES, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMENT THAT WAS 19:36:15 MADE IN REGARDING TO THE DISASTER RECOVERY, AND IF THEY COULD JUST EXPLAIN THAT PART OF THAT IS PART OF 19:36:21 THE TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? WITH OUR I.T. DIRECTOR POSSIBLY? 19:36:29 >> Mr. Larsen: I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, COUNCILMEMBER COX. SO I THINK THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE 19:36:37 BY MR. BEEKMAN AREN'T NECESSARILY KIND OF ALIGNED WITH THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA. 19:36:48 ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OUR HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS 19:36:56 FOR 37 OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS, AND SO THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A SERVICE CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY TO HELP US 19:37:05 MAINTAIN THAT AND DO SOFTWARE UPDATES SO THAT THE SYSTEM RUNS EFFICIENTLY. SO THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING 19:37:13 WITH MAY BE IN OTHER LINES OF BUSINESS THAT MR. BEEKMAN REFERENCED, BUT THAT'S NOT SORT OF AN ITEM THAT'S 19:37:19 RELATED TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> Councilmember Cox: SO THIS IS JUST 19:37:28 BASICALLY A SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR OUR 37 CITY BUILDINGS AND THIS TYPE OF SERVICE 19:37:35 AGREEMENT? >> Mr. Larsen: YES, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TECHNOLOGY, BASICALLY THE NETWORK 19:37:44 TECHNOLOGY THAT CONTROLS THE HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING. SO ESSENTIALLY ALL BUILDINGS ARE SET 19:37:54 TO HAVE THE SYSTEMS GO ON, SHUT DOWN, MANAGE TEMPERATURE, AND SO THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT RUNS IT NEEDS 19:38:01 ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OR TROUBLESHOOTING ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. SO THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES US WITH 19:38:05 THOSE TECHNICAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT THIS PART OF OUR BUILDING MANAGEMENT. 19:38:13 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM 19:38:18 OUR PANELISTS OR CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVED. 19:38:22 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:38:29 PLEASE ROLL CALL VOTE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:38:38 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:38:43 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 19:38:52 THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS ITEM 2K. >> Ms. Gauthier: JOHN HINDS AND BLAIR 19:39:01 BEEKMAN, I BELIEVE WERE THE ONES WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. >> Mayor Mei: YES. 19:39:17 WE'LL START WITH BLAIR BEEKMAN. MR. BEEKMAN? >> HI, BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. 19:39:20 CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> THANK YOU. 19:39:26 SORRY, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY ALARM OR PANIC, I'M REALLY SORRY. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE LIVE OUT MYSELF 19:39:29 AT THIS TIME IN THE BAY AREA. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY HARM. 19:39:40 I THINK THAT IS WHAT CISCO -- SYSERCO, HOWEVER YOU PRONOUNCE THEIR NAME, THEY DO A NUMBER OF PRACTICES. 19:39:50 THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BY HANS LARSEN AND -- YEAH. SO I GUESS OUR LIVES CONTINUE. 19:39:59 SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE IN MY SPEAKING. ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THIS IS AN ISSUE 19:40:07 THAT I JUST -- BOY, I JUST -- I'M LEARNING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A PUBLIC COMMUNITY, EVERYDAY COMMUNITY, A LOT 19:40:11 OF THINGS AREN'T SAID BY CITY GOVERNMENT. I JUST WANT TO USE MY PUBLIC COMMENT 19:40:18 TIME TO SPEAK THE MOST OF WHAT I KNOW ABOUT A SUBJECT AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN JUST HELP THE COMMUNITY PROCESS 19:40:23 ALONG. I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CAUSE MASSIVE FIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 19:40:28 ABOUT THINGS. I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO STATE WHERE THINGS ARE AT THE BEST I CAN, AND WITH 19:40:38 SCOOTER TECHNOLOGY, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF SURVEILLANCE AND DATA COLLECTION TECH IN OUR FUTURE. 19:40:44 IS THAT A PART OF THIS NEW SCOOTER SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE EMPLOYING AT THIS TIME? 19:40:54 IN SAN JOSÉ, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEVELOPING A WHOLE GEO FENCE SECURITY SYSTEM WHERE SCOOTERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED 19:41:07 IN CERTAIN AVENUES AND LANES AND PARTS OF DOWNTOWN SAN JOSÉ. THERE'S COMMERCIAL DATA COLLECTION 19:41:21 PRACTICES, SURVEY DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES, THAT CAN BE A SHARED OPEN PROCESS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 19:41:28 COMBATIVE OR SECRETIVE. I MEAN, THIS IS OUR FUTURE, THIS IS OUR IOT FUTURE WHERE YOU KNOW, 19:41:34 EVERYBODY IS A PART OF THE PROCESS NOW, YOU KNOW? IT ISN'T JUST GOVERNMENT DICTATING 19:41:40 MANDATE TO HAND DOWN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A SHARED PROCESS. AND WE'RE DEVELOPING THE OPEN PUBLIC 19:41:45 POLICIES TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME. AND THESE ARE THE IDEAS OF PEACE AND NOT WAR. 19:41:50 THESE ARE THE IDEAS OF DEMOCRACY, LONG TERM DEMOCRACY, AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY. 19:42:00 THIS IS OUR GOOD FUTURE. SO IF YOU CAN LEARN TO SHARE OPEN PUBLIC POLICY IDEAS FOR THE SCOOTER 19:42:08 ISSUES AND ALL OF ITS DATA -- THAT'S IMPORTANT GOOD STUFF AND THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO, A FUTURE OF PEACE 19:42:17 AND SUSTAINABILITY AND NOT WAR AND NOT COVID-19 PANDEMICS. I BELIEVE THAT UP TO YOU TO DECIDE 19:42:19 WHAT'S BEST. THANKS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER 19:42:24 IS JOHN HINDS. WELCOME. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 19:42:32 IN MONTEREY, THERE'S A TRAIL TWO OR THREE MILES LONG SORT OF CENTERED ON CANNERY ROW, AND ON THAT TRAIL FOR THE 19:42:40 LAST FEW DECADE, THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO, SOMETIMES THREE VIABLE BUSINESSES RENTING BIKES AND SURREYS 19:42:44 TO PEOPLE. AND THOSE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY AFLOAT BECAUSE THE CUSTOMERS 19:42:50 VALUE THAT SERVICE SO MUCH, THEY WERE ACTUALLY WILLING TO PAY FOR IT WITH THEIR OWN MONEY. 19:43:00 SIMILARLY, THERE IS AN OPERATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AT FISHERMAN'S WHARF WITH THE AWESOME NAME OF BLAZING SADDLES 19:43:06 BIKE RENTALS. THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS BUT MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID. 19:43:10 THERE WAS AN EXPERIMENT IN MOUNTAIN VIEW EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO THAT I RECALL. 19:43:14 THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIE-IN TO TOURISM. IT WAS JUST FOR CONVENIENCE AND 19:43:20 COMMUTING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS CONCEPT FOR FREMONT. THAT EXPERIMENT LASTED JUST A FEW 19:43:24 MONTHS AND GOT DISMANTLED. SO IT MUST NOT HAVE WORKED OUT VERY WELL. 19:43:27 BUT THAT IS IN THE NATURE OF THESE EXPERIMENTS. SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY 19:43:34 DON'T. WHAT WE SHOULD WANT TO AVOID IS FALLING INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE 19:43:40 PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL USE ONLY SO LONG AS SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING FOR IT, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT 19:43:48 SUSTAINABLE. ALTHOUGH WE'RE IN AN ODD MOMENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MTC IS WILLING TO PAY FOR 19:43:52 IT. SO UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, I SAY BY ALL MEANS, LET'S RUN THE EXPERIMENT, 19:43:56 GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP, GIVE US A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE DEMAND REALLY IS. 19:44:05 BY THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT, WE'LL BE MAKING DECISIONS AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO DRAW UP THOSE DECISION CRITERIA 19:44:11 BEFOREHAND, AND NOT TRY TO MAKE IT UP AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES SO EASY TO FOOL OURSELVES. 19:44:18 ONE REALLY GOOD MEASURE OF SUCCESS WOULD BE TO ASK THE VENDOR NOW WHAT IS THEIR BREAK EVEN POINT? 19:44:28 THAT IS, WHAT VOLUME TO TURN TO NO LONGER NEED ANY SUBSIDIES FROM US. MAYBE WE KNOW THAT NUMBER ALREADY BUT 19:44:33 IF NOT, THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK FOR IT AND IF THEY'RE REALLY UP TO MANAGING THIS THING, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO 19:44:38 GIVE US THAT FIGURE WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS. AND IF AT THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT 19:44:43 WE'VE REACHED THE BREAK EVEN POINT, WONDERFUL. IT'S A SUCCESS AND WE NO LONGER NEED 19:44:50 TO SUBSIDIZE IT. SO TO SUMMARIZE, YES, LET'S RUN THE EXPERIMENT WHILE MTC IS PAYING FOR 19:44:52 IT. WE SHOULD DECLARE OUR DECISION CRITERIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19:45:02 EXPERIMENT AND BREAK EVEN WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD DEFINITION OF SUCCESS. THANK YOU. 19:45:05 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 19:45:12 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, COULD I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? 19:45:19 AND THIS IS FOR ITEM 2K. >> Vice Mayor Shao: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:45:23 SHAO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. PLEASE ROLL CALL VOTE. 19:45:28 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:45:35 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:45:43 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. SO THE ITEM 2K PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 19:45:51 NEXT IS ITEM 2L. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS PULLED BY BLAIR BEEKMAN. 19:45:55 >> HI. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH MY 19:46:04 MANY ITEMS I PULLED TODAY. FOR THIS ITEM, THIS IS A RENTAL -- FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE HELP, WHICH 19:46:15 IS REALLY GREAT STUFF. I MEAN, IF WE CAN WORK TOWARD FULL RENT FORGIVENESS, I THINK THAT'S THE 19:46:20 GOAL, TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH OWNERS AND TENANTS. I MEAN, THAT'S AN AMAZING CONCEPT. 19:46:28 I MEAN, IT'S SUCH AN AMAZING CONCEPT THAT OWNERS DO NOT HAVE TO FIGHT THEIR TENANT BASICALLY, AND LEAVE THEM HIGH 19:46:42 AND DRY. AND THE POINT OF MY WORRIES OF THIS TIME OF COVID IS THAT I REALLY KNEEL 19:46:49 FEEL WE HAVE TO CONSIDER COVID IS NOT THE FAULT OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO LEARN TO 19:46:55 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I THINK AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE'S A LOT -- 19:47:04 IF NOT THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THE POLITICIANS, REALLY KNOW -- OR THE POLICY MAKERS REALLY KNOW THAT THEY 19:47:12 TRY TO BUILD POLICY THAT IS ABOUT THAT. THE EVERYDAY COMMUNITY IS SIMPLY NOT 19:47:15 AT FAULT. AND THAT'S HOW THEY BUILD POLICY BASICALLY. 19:47:24 AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW MUCH CAN WE WORK WITH THAT, HOW MUCH CAN WE DEVELOP OUR IDEAS OF A BETTER FUTURE 19:47:34 OUT OF THIS COVID MESS? THAT I THINK REALLY NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, IT'S NOT JUST CHINA, IT'S 19:47:42 A CONSORTIUM OF HIGH ELITES BASICALLY, IT'S MORE THAN CHINA, I FEEL PERSONALLY, MY PERSONAL OPINIONS HERE, 19:47:50 AND TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION MORE FORMALLY, FROM SUCH A GROUP OF ELITES, THEY HAVE PASSED ALONG A CONDITION 19:47:54 THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND WE'RE TRYING OUR DARNDEST TO DEAL WITH IT. 19:48:02 AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE REALLY INTELLIGENT CHOICES OUT OF THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT IF 19:48:10 WE'RE GOING TO PRACTICE OUR FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY, WE DON'T HAVE TO HURT EACH OTHER IN OUR FUTURE PLANNING OF 19:48:17 OUR FUTURE LARGE SCALE SOCIAL PLANNING BASICALLY. WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS TO EACH 19:48:21 OTHER. BUT SINCE WE ARE, LET'S DO IT WELL AND LET'S DO IT WHERE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T 19:48:25 GET HURT. EVERYDAY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO BE HURT BY THESE PRACTICES. 19:48:39 OF A FEW CERTAIN ELITES. SO I HOPE WE'RE LEARNING TO ADDRESS THIS AND -- YEAH, THANK YOU, THAT THIS 19:48:46 FORGIVENESS THINGS ARE HAPPENING. TO MENTION THE WASHINGTON HOSPITAL ISSUES, IS IT POSSIBLY HEALTHCARE 19:48:51 FORGIVENESS FOR PRIVATE HOSPITALS THAT'S ON THE AGENDA? THERE'S A LARGE LIST OF ISSUES THAT -- 19:48:59 IT'S TOUGH TO LEARN TO ADDRESS, I HOPE WE'RE LEARNING TO DO THAT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:49:05 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ITEM 2L? 19:49:07 >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO APPROVE. 19:49:13 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, 19:49:19 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 19:49:25 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. 19:49:32 MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: ITEM 2L PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 19:49:43 NEXT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ITEM 5A, WHICH IS THE SPRING 2021 CODE AND MAP AMENDMENTS, AND WE HAVE SENIOR 19:49:49 PLANNER BILL ROTH WHO'S GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR OVERVIEW, AND HIS STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 19:49:59 I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THERE WAS A GREEN SHEET ON THIS ITEM TOO, JUST IN CASE PEOPLE HAD NOT SEEN IT. 19:50:03 >> GOOD EVENING. CITY STAFF PERIODICALLY PREPARES UPDATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND 19:50:09 OTHER SECTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES AND MAKE REVISIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL 19:50:16 PLAN AND STATE LAW. TONIGHT'S CODE UPDATES COVER APPROXIMATELY 20 DIFFERENT ITEMS. 19:50:21 NOTABLE AMONGST THEM ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WHICH RESULTED FROM A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT 19:50:27 BETWEEN THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AND PLANNING STAFF TO 19:50:33 BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY IN AN EVER-CHANGING ECONOMY. 19:50:39 WITH THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGES, THE PERMITTED USE TABLE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WILL ALLOW WIDER RANGE OF 19:50:46 USES BY RIGHT AND REDUCE SOME PERMIT REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THOSE PERTAINING TO RESTAURANTS AND EDUCATIONAL AND 19:50:53 RECREATIONAL USES TO BETTER SUPPORT COMMERCIAL VIABILITY AND RESPOND TO CHANGING CONSUMER DEMAND DURING AND 19:51:01 FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THESE CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT WITH TWO OF THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT THE CITY 19:51:07 COUNCIL IDENTIFIED IN 2021, CONTINUING THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT. 19:51:13 STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON UPDATING RECOLLECTIONS TO BETTER SUPPORT BUSINESSES IN COMMERCIAL CENTERS AND 19:51:19 ENCOURAGE OCCUPANCY OF VACANT TENANT SPACES. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 19:51:31 DONOVAN LAZARO IS HERE TONIGHT. ALSO THE ADDITION OF AN URBAN FARMING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW COMMUNITY GARDENS 19:51:40 ON INFILL SITES, MEETING CERTAIN PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND ASSISTIVE LIVING DEVICES AND ALLOW THEM BY RIGHT 19:51:48 IN SOME MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND BY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN MORE COMMERCIAL ZONES. 19:51:52 PLANNER COURTNEY PAL IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ASSISTED LIVING ORDINANCE. 19:51:58 TONIGHT'S UPDATE PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING MAPS TO CLARIFY OR CORRECT THE 19:52:03 BOUNDARIES OF VARIOUS LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND ZONING DISTRICTS. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THE 19:52:10 VARIOUS AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE ANY 19:52:16 QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 19:52:23 >> Councilmember Kassan: HELLO, YES. I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE 19:52:36 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR USE DESIGNATIONS. I KNOW THAT RETAIL IS CHANGING A LOT. COVID HAS HAD A HUGE EFFECT ON RETAIL 19:52:47 AND REQUIRING TYPICAL RETAIL AND EATING ESTABLISHMENTS IN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS CAN BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I ALSO FEEL 19:52:55 THAT IF WE MAKE IT TOO EASY TO PUT OFFICES ON THE GROUND FLOOR IN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, THAT THERE'S A 19:53:02 BIG CHANCE THAT WE'LL KILL ANY POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A WALKABLE PLEASANT DOWNTOWN AREA, MEANING ALL OF 19:53:10 OUR DOWNTOWNS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF 19:53:21 DOING LIKE A WHOLE WORK SESSION ON UPDATING OUR MIXED USE DEFINITION AND ALL OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE 19:53:30 REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT -- BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST YEAR, THEY ARE TEMPORARY 19:53:36 AND I THINK OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIFE WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL, PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE 19:53:45 TO WANT TO HAVE A NICE WALKABLE AREA WITH SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS AND NOT JUST A WALL OF LIKE DOCTORS' OFFICES. 19:53:54 SO I JUST WANT TO GET SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT'S EXACTLY HAPPENING WITH RESPECT TO THAT IN THIS 19:54:03 -- IN THESE AMENDMENTS. >> I THINK STAFF SHARES THAT CONCERN CERTAINLY AND THAT'S WHY WE WORK WITH 19:54:08 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO I WILL HAND IT OFF TO DONOVAN TO ADDRESS THAT BROADER TOPIC. 19:54:13 CERTAINLY AREAS ARE A LOT LESS INTERESTING IF THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME USE, WHETHER THAT'S DAYCARE 19:54:18 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO WE TRIED TO FIND A GOOD BALANCE BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LISTENING TO THE COMMERCIAL 19:54:23 PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR CHALLENGES AND A FINDING TENANTS. SO I DON'T KNOW, DONOVAN, DO YOU HAVE 19:54:31 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? >> THANK YOU, BILL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE 19:54:38 QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT THE BALANCE IS REALLY TRYING TO FIND, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT 19:54:47 MIX OF TENANTS, SO I THINK HAVING CONCERN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF ONE PARTICULAR 19:54:57 OCCUPIER OF A MAJOR MIXED USE PROJECT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MEX, IT 19:55:06 MIX, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE VERY COMPLEMENTARY. FOR INSTANCE, YOU GO TO AN 19:55:13 OPTOMETRIST'S OFFICE, AND AFTER YOUR EYE EXAMINATION, YOU PICK UP LUNCH. SO THERE CAN ALSO BE A LOT OF SYNERGY 19:55:24 BY HAVING THAT RIGHT MIX. SO IT'S REALLY DEFINITELY MORE OF AN ART THAN A HARD SCIENCE. 19:55:32 WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN ZONING, WE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE THAT APPROACH KNOWING THERE HAS BEEN A LOT 19:55:38 OF CHANGE TO THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT AND NOT JUST IN FREMONT, BUT EVERYWHERE, AND TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE 19:55:48 OF ALLOWING MORE USES TO GO INTO THE GROUND FLOOR BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING FOR ENOUGH KIND OF DIVERSITY 19:55:55 OF USES SO THAT YOU CAN GET THAT RIGHT MIX. IN DOWNTOWN, WE REALLY HAVE ONE MIXED 19:56:07 USE PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DELIVERED ON THE CAPITOL AVENUE THOROUGHFARE WHICH IS REALLY THE CENTRAL RETAIL SPINE OF 19:56:15 OUR DOWNTOWN, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO LEASES THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED FOR THAT PROJECT TO DATE AND THERE'S BEEN 19:56:21 A LOT OF OTHER INTEREST FROM OTHER TENANTS, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE FIRST TWO TENANTS TO SIGN AT THAT 19:56:28 PROJECT ARE BOTH RESTAURANTS, AND SO INCLUDING ONE FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, SLIVER PIZZERIA. 19:56:34 SO IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD INDICATOR THAT THERE IS MOMENTUM HAPPENING DOWNTOWN, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS 19:56:43 UPDATE WILL PROVIDE EVEN MORE IMPETUS. >> Councilmember Kassan: I WANTED A MORE TECHNICAL ANSWER TO MY QUESTION 19:56:50 OF WHAT -- BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ THE ORDINANCE AND YOU SEE WHAT'S STRUCK OUT AND WHAT'S LINED IN AND THE 19:56:57 TABLES, IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE ORDINANCE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS TO 19:57:01 EXACTLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. SO I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A MORE 19:57:10 TECHNICAL RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION ABOUT LIKE WHAT EXACTLY IS CHANGING. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT, 19:57:17 OH, HAVING AN OPTOMETRIST'S OFFICE NEXT DOOR TO A SANDWICH SHOP IS GREAT, BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT 19:57:24 EXACTLY IS BEING ALLOWED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT SAYS, LIKE, YOU CAN'T -- 19:57:29 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 25% OF THE STORES, YOU KNOW, BEING OFFICE SPACES. 19:57:34 I DON'T THINK SO. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT 19:57:41 THESE CHANGES ARE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME JUST FROM READING THE DOCUMENT THAT 19:57:46 WAS SHARED. >> ACTUALLY I THINK WE COULD SORT OF GO OVER THAT SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE 19:57:55 TOGETHER BRIEFLY OR JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME PARTS OF IT. SO I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN HERE. 19:58:00 SO THIS IS SECTION 18 AND THIS INCLUDES THAT TABLE AND THE DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN ORDINANCE. 19:58:13 SORRY, I'M TRYING TO CLEAR MY SCREEN HERE. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT'S DOING I THINK 19:58:19 IS REMOVING SOME OF THE HURDLES IN TERMS OF A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR PERMIT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A HEARING. 19:58:27 IF WE LOOKED AT INDOOR COMMERCIAL AND WE LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THESE TWO DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS HERE, WE'RE 19:58:33 REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT. SO IT'S BASICALLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT. SO IT NOT THAT IT WASN'T PERMITTED 19:58:39 BEFORE, BUT WE HAD MORE DISCRETION, I THINK WHAT WE WERE HEARING FROM THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS IS THAT 19:58:44 THEIR LESSEES WERE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THAT SORT OF UNKNOWN CONTINGENCY AND THAT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER THEY 19:58:53 WOULD GET APPROVAL. CERTAINLY IT DOES, YOU KNOW, TO AN EXTENT REMOVE OUR ABILITY TO MAYBE 19:58:58 LOOK AT OVERCONCENTRATION TO SOME EXTENT BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIMITED BY THE FINDINGS THAT ARE 19:59:06 APPLICABLE TO A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR WHICH I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY HEALTH SAFETY AND 19:59:14 WELFARE RELATED CONSISTENT WITH POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'D SAY THAT'S REALLY IT, IT'S NOT 19:59:20 SORT OF THE HOME SCALE OPENING OF EVERYTHING ALLOWED EVERYWHERE, IT'S MORE REMOVING SOME OF THESE PERMIT 19:59:30 REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS FOR RESTAURANTS THAT HAD HOUSING ABOVE. I THINK THE LAST CODE UPDATE WE DID 19:59:40 OVER A YEAR AGO, WE HAD THIS SORT OF RIGHT TO DOWNTOWN OR RIGHT TO URBAN USES WHERE WE WANTED TO, IN OUR CODE, 19:59:45 EXPRESSED WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACTIVE DOWNTOWN AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE NOISES AND THINGS THAT COME WITH THAT 19:59:52 KIND OF INCREASED ACTIVITY. SO HERE WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS THAT IF YOU HAD -- IN A 19:59:59 MIXED USE BUILDING HOUSING ABOVE A RESTAURANT THAT YOU NEEDED TO COME IN FOR A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR PERMITS, 20:00:05 THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL HURDLE THAT WE GOT RID OF HERE OR ARE PROPOSING TO GET RID. 20:00:13 >> BILL, COULD YOU GO SPECIFICALLY TO THE SECTION WHERE IT LISTS A LOT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICE USES, JUST TO MAKE 20:00:16 SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE COUNCILMEMBER'S QUESTION? >> OKAY. 20:00:25 I THINK IT'S THESE TWO. >> YEAH. >> SO WITH REGARD TO OFFICES, THE ONE 20:00:31 CHANGE WE'RE MAKING HERE IN ONE OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS IS RATHER THAN REQUIRING TO BE ON THE UPPER FLOOR 20:00:37 ONLY, OR UFO, THAT IT COULD BE PERMITTED ON THE GROUND FLOOR. SO THAT'S A CHANGE TO ONE DISTRICT. 20:00:44 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. >> Councilmember Kassan: UNDER 20:00:55 SERVICES, IT LOOKS LIKE PERSONAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ARE ALL PERMITTED. 20:01:05 YEAH, I'M JUST -- I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A PRETTY MAJOR CHANGE. 20:01:11 I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVELOPERS WANT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE ATTRACTING 20:01:22 RETAIL USES AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME RESTAURANT USES GOING IN DOWNTOWN, BUT THIS IS JUST 20:01:27 WIDE OPEN. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I CAN SEE ABOUT HAVING IT BE MORE OF A MIX. 20:01:38 IT COULD BE NOTHING BUT OFFICES, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST KILLS OUR CHANCE OF HAVING A ROCK RIDGE OR A -- YOU KNOW, 20:01:44 A MONTCLAIRE OR DOWNTOWN MOUNTAIN VIEW OR WHATEVER. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE JUST 20:01:50 REALLY -- IT'S ONE OF THE TOP COMPLAINTS I HEAR ABOUT FREMONT, THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO, THERE'S 20:02:00 NOTHING TO DO. SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS. >> AND COUNCILMEMBER, ONE OTHER JUST 20:02:08 OBSERVATION. IT'S VERY COMMON IN LEASE AGREEMENTS TO HAVE EXCLUSIONS TO A PARTICULAR 20:02:16 USE. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF ONE DENTAL OFFICE WERE TO SIGN A LEASE WITH A PARTICULAR 20:02:25 PROJECT, SAY IN THIS CASE CAPITOL SQUARE, WHICH IS TWO LINEAR BLOCKS OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, THAT LANDLORD IS 20:02:32 TYPICALLY GOING TO BE PROHIBITED FROM LEASING TO ANOTHER SIMILAR USE. >> Councilmember Kassan: RIGHT. 20:02:41 >> SO WE DO GET A LITTLE BIT OF VARIATION KIND OF NATURALLY THERE, AND I THINK IT IS, AGAIN, JUST THAT 20:02:52 CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCING ACT BETWEEN HELPING TO FILL FIRST GENERATION VACANT SPACES AND -- 20:02:57 >> Councilmember Kassan: I DON'T SEE THIS AS A BALANCE, THOUGH, I SEE THIS AS TOTALLY BENDING OVER TO THE DEMANDS 20:03:04 OF THE DEVELOPERS. SO I THINK A BALANCE WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE LIKE MAYBE 25% COULD 20:03:11 BE OFFICES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO -- I'M DEFINITELY NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS. 20:03:19 I THINK THIS COULD BE THE -- AND I KNOW -- YOU KNOW, I'M TOTALLY SYMPATHETIC THAT RETAIL IS HARD RIGHT NOW, BUT I 20:03:24 ALSO KNOW THAT HUMAN BEINGS LIKE TO GO OUT AND WALK AND SEE INTERESTING THINGS. 20:03:30 I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN THE BAY AREA THAT ARE VIBRANT. 20:03:36 PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE BAY AREA TO GO TO THOSE PLACES AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT GIVEN OUR HISTORIC 20:03:41 DOWNTOWNS, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE THAT. AND THIS IS BASICALLY ENSURING THAT WE 20:03:53 WILL NEVER HAVE THAT. >> YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD ADD, WE DO, I THINK WITH THE LOCALE PROJECTS HAVE A 20:03:57 CERTAIN RANGE OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED THERE AND WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT ON A KIND OF PROJECT BY PROJECT 20:04:06 BASIS AS WELL AND THAT MAY BE SIMILAR TO SANTANA ROW WHERE THEY HAVE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN TYPE OF USES 20:04:10 IN SAN JOSÉ FOR THAT KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT, 20:04:15 CERTAINLY POINTS WELL TAKEN. >> Councilmember Kassan: BUT I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD DO THAT IF THOSE USES 20:04:20 ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD SAY WELL, IN THIS PROJECT, YOU CAN'T DO IT. 20:04:25 THEY WOULD SUE US. >> WELL, IT WOULD BE IN A SITUATION IF IT WAS A PLANNED DISTRICT. 20:04:29 BUT DEFINITELY POINT WELL TAKEN. I MEAN, IF WE WANTED TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD MAYBE 20:04:36 LOOK AT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TYPE OF USE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 20:04:42 WE COULD DO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES AND WE DISCUSSED THAT. IT JUST WASN'T IMMEDIATELY CLEAR, I 20:04:47 THINK WITHOUT FURTHER STUDY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE RIGHT MIX WAS. AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK TO THOSE 20:04:56 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, AT LEAST THEY FELT THAT THEY -- THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD THEIR POSITION ON THIS, BUT -- 20:05:04 >> Councilmember Kassan: THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY. >> IT A CHALLENGING TIME AND WE DID 20:05:11 WORK WITH A RETAIL CONSULTANT FOR THE CONNOLLY CENTER BACK YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE TOLD STAFF 20:05:19 IS THAT AS PLANNERS, WE OFTEN LOOK TO CREATE MIXED USE PROJECTS WHEREVER WE CAN AND THERE'S NOT ALWAYS THE DEMAND 20:05:25 FOR IT OR IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN AREA THAT WAS GOING TO BRING IN THOSE RETAILERS. 20:05:30 SO IT IS ALWAYS A BALANCE. >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS IS KIND OF 20:05:40 BURIED IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. I DON'T THINK THIS IS ADEQUATELY 20:05:47 NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS A MAJOR CHANGE FOR OUR CITY. 20:05:51 ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THIS ITEM WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNLESS 20:05:58 THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, KNEW A LOT ABOUT CITY PLANNING AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED 20:06:01 WITH THE PUBLIC. WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT THIS. 20:06:09 I KNOW THAT PALO ALTO HAS HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF DEBATES ABOUT THIS ISSUE, PRESERVING RETAIL. 20:06:16 I JUST -- I DON'T THINK IT RIGHT THAT WE'RE JUST SNEAKING THIS IN WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER, LIKE, MINOR KIND OF 20:06:24 ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO BRING THINGS IN TO COMPLIANCE WITH VARIOUS LAWS. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THIS, WITH THE WAY 20:06:32 THIS IS BEING DONE AT ALL. >> City Manager Danaj:COUNCILME MBER KASSAN AND MAYOR, IF I COULD SUGGEST 20:06:38 AFTER WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, PERHAPS WE CAN MAKE A DECISION THAT WE SHOULD 20:06:43 DEFER THIS ITEM AND COME BACK IN A MORE RESPONSIVE WAY TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 20:06:50 BUT LET ME ALSO LET DAN SPEAK. GO AHEAD. >> Mayor Mei: DAN, DID YOU HAVE 20:06:56 COMMENTS? I'M SORRY, I SEE YOUR MIC IS OFF. >> Mr. Schoenholz: I BASICALLY WAS 20:07:02 GOING TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THE CITY MANAGER. >> City Manager Danaj: OKAY. 20:07:09 >> Mayor Mei: I HAD ONE COMMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, BILL, YOU HAD MENTIONED -- PLANNER ROTH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE 20:07:14 CONNOLLY PROJECT, AND ONE OF MY OBSERVATIONS, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN THAT WAS BUILT OR APPROVED, THAT WAS 20:07:22 WITH THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE WORK-LIVE UNITS, AND WHAT I CAN SEE, BECAUSE I DO THIS IN A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS, BOTH 20:07:32 BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER, THAT ONE IS NOT DOING ANY WORK AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, THAT'S MY CONCERN SOMETIMES WITH 20:07:37 THOSE AS WELL AS WITH THE ARTIST'S WALK. WHY DO WE APPROVE RETAIL AND HAVE THE 20:07:41 ONLY ENTRANCE BEING ON THE INSIDE AND THE VERY STREET FRONT IS NOT BEING ENFORCED? 20:07:48 IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IF WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS TO ALSO CALL TO QUESTION THAT -- I MEAN, 20:07:53 THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING WALKABLE DISTRICTS AND RETAIL IS THAT THEY WERE APPROVED WITH THE IDEA THAT THE 20:08:00 STOREFRONT WOULD BE IDEALLY ON THE FRONT OF THE ROAD, ALSO AVAILABLE AND HAVING IT NOT OPEN DOESN'T MAKE IT 20:08:09 VERY WALKABLE. SO THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME AND SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE SEE. 20:08:20 IF THEY HAVE A STOREFRONT ON THE MAIN ROAD, THEY SHOULD BE OPEN. >> I AGREE. 20:08:25 IT'S A CHALLENGE, THE DEVELOPER COMES BACK AND THEY'VE HAD DIFFICULTY FILLING THOSE SPACES. 20:08:30 WE DO HAVE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED TO THOSE LIVE-WORK IN TERMS OF KEEPING CURTAINS UP AND HAVING 20:08:35 SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT IT AT LEAST GIVES THE SENSE OF A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. 20:08:41 BUT WE CAN'T FORCE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO PUT A PARTICULAR TENANT IN THERE. WE HAVE A RANGE OF USES THAT ARE 20:08:51 ALLOWED AND THAT'S AGREE THERE ARE SHORTCOMINGS, WE CAN'T FORCE TENANTS TO COME. 20:08:56 >> Mayor Mei: IT LOOKS LIKE LIVE-LIVE FROM WHAT I CAN SEE WALKING ALONG THERE, I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE 20:09:01 BUSINESSES THEMSELVES THERE. I COULD BE WRONG AND PERHAPS NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION, BUT DAN, DO 20:09:07 YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO A COMMENT I HAVE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CENTERVILLE 20:09:12 COMPLETE STREETS, I KNOW HANS WAS ON HERE EARLIER, THAT'S A CONCERN I HAVE AND I'VE CITED THAT BEFORE ESPECIALLY 20:09:20 FOR ARTIST'S WALK AND SOME OTHER PLACES, THE COMBINATION IS RETAIL, AND SOME DO A LOVELY JOB, I KNOW SOME HAVE 20:09:27 PATIOS AND DIFFERENT SEATING AREAS, BUT SOME SEEM TO REALLY STRUGGLE IN TERMS OF -- AND DONOVAN, YOU AND I HAVE HAD 20:09:36 THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE TOO. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I SEE ALSO COUNCILMEMBER COX? 20:09:41 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. I'M JUST WONDERING, THIS IS MY FIRST 20:09:52 TIME SEEING THIS PROJECT, AND THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED. WHEN THIS WAS DONE, WAS THERE SOME 20:10:01 SORT OF MODEL OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE KIND OF FOLLOWING TO HAVE MADE THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING? 20:10:10 I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENVISION FREMONT TO BE FROM 20 YEARS AGO TO NOW. 20:10:20 I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND HOW MUCH INPUT WAS PROVIDED INTO THIS 20:10:29 REVIEW. THIS ZONING AND PLANNING REVIEW. >> SPECIFIC TO THE DOWNTOWN OR ALL OF 20:10:36 IT? ? ? >> Councilmember Cox: THIS WHOLE THING, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE 20:10:44 WAS THE INPUT COMING FROM, AND WAS IT FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE OR TO PROVIDE THE INPUT SO YOU MADE THESE 20:10:48 CHANGES. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, HOW DID THESE CHANGES COME ABOUT? 20:11:00 WERE SOME OF THEM REGULATIONS OR SOME WAS DEVELOPERS OR SOME WAS INCREASING THE MARKETABILITY TO ALLOW A DIFFERENT 20:11:08 MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESSES TO COME TOGETHER. >> THERE ARE MANY CHANGES IN THE BIG 20:11:17 PACKAGE TONIGHT, SO THERE'S A TABLE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT TRIES TO GIVE KIND OF A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE 20:11:20 REASON BEHIND THEM. A LOT OF THEM ARE BASED ON CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHETHER THAT'S 20:11:29 REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF DENSITY BONUS FOR STUDENT HOUSING OR ASSISTED LIVING REQUIREMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS 20:11:35 THAT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BE ALLOWED IN ALL DISTRICTS, THAT MULTIFAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL ARE ALLOWED. 20:11:41 THOSE ARE THINGS DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS NEED TO UPDATE THEIR CODE TO BE 20:11:49 CONSISTENT WITH THAT. SOMETHING LIKE THE URBAN -- THE URBAN FARMING ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 20:11:54 THROUGH I GUESS STAFF'S EXPERIENCE OR OTHER STAFF'S EXPERIENCE AND POTENTIAL APPLICANTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, 20:12:01 MAYBE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES LIKE BERKELEY, FOR EXAMPLE. SEEING THAT AS MAYBE BEING SOMETHING 20:12:05 THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TRY AND MAKE THAT VAINL. 20:12:11 AVAILABLE. SO THAT REALLY IS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. 20:12:16 WITH THE CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS RATHER THAN, 20:12:26 YOU KNOW, A WHOLE SCALE CHANGE. HOWEVER, THAT COMES FROM COORDINATION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMING TO 20:12:34 PLANNING AND I THINK OBSERVING THAT THERE ARE VACANT TENANT SPACES AND CONNECTING US WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND 20:12:44 HAVING CONVERSATIONS, I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT TO THAT CHANGE. >> Mr. Pullen: IF I CAN FOLLOW UP A 20:12:53 LITTLE BIT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE WELL IN THE PAST TWO YEARS IS WE HAVE KIND OF -- WITHIN PLANNING, 20:13:00 PEOPLE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE MORE FOCUSED ON LONG TERM UPDATES TO OUR CODES. 20:13:09 AND LOOKING AT MARKET TRENDS, LOOKING AT CODES THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT AREN'T REALLY AS CONSISTENT AS WE'D 20:13:15 LIKE THEM TO BE, WE HAVE A FEEDBACK MECHANISM THAT LEADS INTO THIS CODE AMENDMENT ITEM PERIODICALLY. 20:13:22 AND SOMETIMES THAT'S INTERNAL, SOMETIMES THAT'S EXTERNAL, BUT THEY ALL GET PACKAGED TOGETHER BECAUSE 20:13:31 THEY'RE NOT REALLY ON ONE THEME. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ITEM, THERE IS KIND OF A LARGE CONVERSATION 20:13:38 BREWING THAT I THINK THE LEAGUE HAS ADDRESSED IN RECENT MEETINGS, THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION IS ALSO 20:13:45 LOOKING AT. THERE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THE POST COVID ECONOMY LOOK 20:13:53 LIKE, WHAT USES ARE GOING TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE, WHAT MIX IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE, AND THIS CONVERSATION IS 20:14:00 REFRESHING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE SAME CONVERSATIONS WITHIN OUR STAFF MEETINGS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE 20:14:09 VIBRANCY IN OUR CITY BUT THE SAME TIME FILLING VACANT SPACES. SO THIS IS A GOOD CONVERSATION, THIS 20:14:18 IS -- TO MARK AND DAN'S POINT, WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH YOU AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES IN TERMS 20:14:25 OF LOOKING AT THIS IN A BALANCED WAY, NOT JUST IN THE DOWNTOWN BUT ALSO CITYWIDE. 20:14:31 THE DOWNTOWN IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN, LET'S SAY, NILES OR CENTERVILLE, VERY DIFFERENT THAN PACIFIC COMMONS, FOR 20:14:36 EXAMPLE. SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LIT LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE QUESTION YOU 20:14:42 HAD OF BILL BUT ALSO THE LARGER IMPETUS FOR THIS ITEM. >> Mayor Mei: SO I THINK WE'RE HEARING 20:14:47 THAT WE'D LIKE TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR THIS EVENING AND TO COME BACK ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION 20:14:54 AND THEN I KNOW THAT THIS ALSO WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN MARCH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE 20:15:03 HAS LOOKED AT THAT SPECIFICALLY. >> Councilmember Cox: I DIDN'T FINISH WITH MY QUESTION THOUGH. 20:15:06 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. >> Councilmember Cox: I WANTED TO ALSO ADD IN THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THESE 20:15:20 SUMMARY TABLES, IT WOULD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND -- ADD A COLUMN SAYING THIS WAS REQUIRED BY LAW, OR WHAT WAS THE 20:15:28 MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY LAW, BECAUSE TO JUST HAVE PERCENTAGES FOR CERTAIN TARGET GROUPS AND BONUS GRANTED, IT DOESN'T 20:15:36 MEAN ANYTHING, AT LEAST IN MY INTERPRETATION, OF SAYING WHAT IS REQUIRED, WHAT IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE 20:15:43 LAW SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE THERE, AND USING THAT AS A MEASURING STICK OF WHAT WE HAVE A RANGE TO MAKE A 20:15:47 DECISION ON. THAT WOULD AT LEAST, IN MY OPINION, WOULD HELP TO DISTINGUISH THESE 20:15:55 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHANGES. BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW, SOME ARE MANDATORY AND IN COMPLIANCE OR IT'S 20:16:10 NICE TO HAVE OR THIS IS PART OF OUR DREAM LIST THAT WOULD BE SUGGESTED BUT IS NOT A NECESSITY. 20:16:16 >> City Manager Danaj: SO MAYOR, MY SUGGESTION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM, BUT WITHOUT TRYING TO ECK TEND THE 20:16:25 EXTEND THE CONVERSATION, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER OPINIONS OR VOICES HAVEN'T HEARD, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR 20:16:28 STAFF AND MYSELF TO HEAR THEM. >> Mayor Mei: I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THAT. 20:16:35 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE SPOKEN ON THIS ITEM YET, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN AGAIN. 20:16:39 >> Councilmember Salwan: I THINK I'LL TAKE THE CITY MANAGER'S SUGGESTION. I KIND OF SEE THIS AS A TWO STEP EVERY 20:16:46 COUPLE YEARS WE DO CLEAN-UP, THERE'S NEW CODES, NEW LEGISLATION, SOME STUFF THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ANYMORE AND 20:16:49 THEN THE OTHER PARTS, ZONING ISSUES THAT MAYBE WE NEED A FURTHER CONVERSATION. 20:16:56 SO I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT EITHER WE SEPARATE INTO TWO PARTS. IF WE CAN'T, WE CAN BRING THE WHOLE 20:17:02 THING BACK TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY MANAGER AND MR. PULLEN WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, IF 20:17:09 THAT'S POSSIBLE OR SHOULD WE JUST -- >> Mr. Pullen: DEFERRING TO MARK'S DECISION AS A WHOLE, WHAT I HEARD 20:17:18 PRIMARILY WAS THAT THE DOWNTOWN CODE ISSUES WERE MOST WANTING TO BE DISCUSSED, AND THE REST, I DIDN'T HEAR 20:17:27 A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. THERE WAS THE QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER COX ON THE DENSITY 20:17:33 BONUS, BACK AT PAGE 136 THAT LINKS TO THAT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION THAT CHANGED, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 20:17:41 SO I THINK WHAT I HEARD WAS THIS IS ABOUT PRIMARILY THE DOWNTOWN ZONING. >> City Manager Danaj: TO THE EXTENT 20:17:51 THAT THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AND A MOTION CAN BE STRUCTURED THAT CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. 20:17:53 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT. 20:18:00 I SEE YOUR HAND IS RAISED. >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN SAID IS EXACTLY 20:18:07 THAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, THAT WE SPLIT IT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF CHANGES THAT ARE SUGGESTED ARE VERY 20:18:12 STRAIGHTFORWARD TO BRING US INTO COMPLIANCE WITH LAW, SO IF WE COULD JUST TAKE OUT THE ONES THAT RELATE TO 20:18:20 GROUND FLOOR USES IN DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE, HOPEFULLY WE COULD -- 20:18:26 BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND DISCUSSION, I DO BELIEVE IT'S A BIG 20:18:34 DECISION AND I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES. >> Mayor Mei: WITH THAT BEING SAID, 20:18:39 CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 20:18:47 >> Councilmember Salwan: I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 20:18:58 DOWNTOWN BOTTOM FLOOR DISCUSSION ABOUT RETAIL AND ALL IT ENCOMPASSES. >> Mayor Mei: A MOTION, A SECOND. 20:19:11 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX? 20:19:17 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX? I'M SORRY. >> Councilmember Cox: AYE. 20:19:21 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 20:19:28 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. 20:19:36 MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: SO THE ITEM PASSES WITH THE MOTION THAT'S BEING MADE AND WE 20:19:42 WILL HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DOWNTOWN AND THE RETAIL AREA. NEXT IS OUR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL 20:19:48 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. I WANTED TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE TIME BECAUSE OUR STENOCAPTIONER NEEDS 20:19:55 A BREAK AT 8:30. AND SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS CONVERSATION AND 20:19:59 PRESENTATION, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS HEALTH ASSESSMENT, 20:20:07 ESPECIALLY IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME, SO I'M GOING TO ASK US THAT WE TAKE A BREAK FOR NEXT -- WE'LL MAKE IT 10 20:20:12 MINUTES AND COME BACK AT 8:30. SO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FULL DISCUSSION ON THE HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR 20:20:16 COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. SO DURING THIS BREAK, PLEASE TURN OFF 20:30:17 YOUR VIDEO AND MIC. [RECESS] >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, 20:30:19 ARE YOU THERE? >> Councilmember Kassan: I AM. >> Mayor Mei: GREAT. 20:30:25 THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO BRING THE MEETING BACK TO ITEM 7A, WHICH IS WASHINGTON 20:30:32 HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME THEIR OUTREACH MANAGER LUCY HERNANDEZ. 20:30:34 WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING. 20:30:41 >> THANK YOU. AM I ABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN? PERFECT. 20:31:17 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> OKAY, GREAT. THERE WE GO. 20:31:21 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I AM LUCY HERNANDEZ. 20:31:26 I AM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH MANAGER FOR WASHINGTON HONT. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY 20:31:32 ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMMING AND THE COORDINATION OF OUR COMMUNITY 20:31:41 SCREENING HEALTH FAIRS. THIS EVENING WE WILL REVIEW THE 2020 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 20:31:46 EVERY THREE YEARS, WE CONDUCT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THIS SURVEY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH DATA 20:31:51 REPORTS, MEETINGS WITH FOCUS GROUPS, IN ADDITION TO INTERVIEWING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. 20:32:00 WE ARE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT WE VOLUNTARILY CONDUCT THESE SURVEYS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS WE BELIEVE IT IS A 20:32:05 TOP PRIORITY TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENT. THIS ENDEAVOR ALLOWS US TO SELECT 20:32:08 TOPICS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL AS CREATING SPECIAL CLINICAL PROGRAMS. 20:32:17 BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE 2020 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY 20:32:23 INITIATIVES WE ACCOMPLISH THROUGH TARGETED PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FROM OUR PREVIOUS 20:32:28 REPORT. FOUR YEARS AGO, WE LEARNED ASTHMA, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CARDIOVASCULAR 20:32:37 DISEASE, STROKE, OBESITY, DIABETES, HEALTHY LIVING AND ACTIVE LIVING WERE TOP HEALTH NEEDS IN FREMONT. 20:32:42 WE LEARNED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS CHILDHOOD ASTHMA WAS A HEALTH CONCERN AND TO ADDRESS THIS, WASHINGTON 20:32:48 HOSPITAL PARTNERED WITH UCSF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH A PEDIATRIC ASTHMA PROTOCOL. 20:32:54 WE ALSO LEARNED FOUR YEARS AGO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID NOT SEE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS A COMMUNITY 20:33:00 HEALTH CONCERN AND IN RESPONSE TO THIS, WE INCREASED COMMUNITY AWARENESS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION SERIES 20:33:10 WITH MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS AND FEATURED MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS ON BAY AREA HEALTHY TOGETHER. 20:33:14 STROKE RATES WERE HIGH IN FREMONT AND TO ADDRESS THIS, WE INCREASED COMMUNITY EDUCATION WITH ONLINE 20:33:24 RESOURCES AND PROVIDED EDUCATION AROUND STROKE PREVENTION AND LIVING WITH LIFE AFTER A STROKE. 20:33:32 THE HOSPITAL ALSO CONTINUED OUR ANNUAL CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING EVENTS. AND IN RESPONSE TO A HIGH PREVALENCE 20:33:40 OF DIABETES, ALERT DAY SCREENING EVENTS RAISE THE AWARENESS ALONG WITH PREVENTION EDUCATION. 20:33:50 AGAIN THAT WAS JUST A FEW KEY INITIATIVES THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED FROM THE PREVIOUS REPORT. 20:33:56 A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY IS AVAILABLE IN THE LATEST ASSESSMENT. NOW I WILL BE DIVING INTO THE TOP 20:34:01 HEALTH NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP HEALTHCARE DISTRICT, AND THEY ARE HEART DISEASE, 20:34:09 HYPERTENSION, STROKE AND DIABETES, RESPIRATORY HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HEALTHY EATING/ACTIVE LIVING, HOUSING 20:34:18 AND HOMELESSNESS AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. IN THIS BUSY SLIDE, I AGGREGATED THE 20:34:23 DISEASE INCIDENCE DATA. THIS CHART SHOWS THE PREVALENCE OF THE CONDITION IN THE CITY IN COMPARISON TO 20:34:30 ALAMEDA COUNTY AVERAGE. IN FREMONT, THE INCIDENCE OF ALL 25 DISEASE MEASURES IS BELOW THE COUNTY 20:34:39 AVERAGE. THAT BEING SAID, THE INCIDENCE OF CARDIAC RELATED CONDITIONS IS STILL 20:34:46 NEAR THE COUNTY AVERAGE ALONG WITH ASTHMA AND DIABETES. POINTING TO THE RIGHT IN THIS CHART 20:34:56 SHOWS DISEASE IS GREATER PREVALENCE IN THE COUNTY AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEWARK HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE INCIDENCE OF 20:35:02 CO PD AND STROKE AND ALSO MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS REQUIRING E.D. VISITS. 20:35:12 THIS CHART HIGHLIGHTS THE POPULATION OF UNION CITY HAS A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CARDIAC-RELATED CONDITIONS, E.D. 20:35:16 VISITS FOR COPD, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND THAT'S JUST TO NAME A FEW. 20:35:24 AND THAT'S OUR NEIGHBORS IN UNION CITY. HEART DISEASE IS AMONG THE LEADING 20:35:30 CAUSES OF DEATH NATIONWIDE. THE RATES OF E.D. VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR HEART DISEASE ARE 20:35:40 LOWER THAN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. THERE WAS -- THE RATES FOR CONGESTIVE 20:35:51 HEART FAILURE HOSPITALIZATION WAS LOWER THAN THE COUNTY IN ALL THREE CITIES. HEART DISEASE MORTALITY IMPROVED AS IT 20:35:57 DID NOT COUNTY AS WELL. THE RATES FOR E.D. VISITS IN HOSPITALIZATION FOR HEIGHT RETENTION 20:36:03 WHICH IS BLOOD PRESSURE ARE LOWER THAN THE COUNTY IN FREMONT HOWEVER I INCLUDED A SLIDE WITH TREND DATA OF 20:36:09 THE WASHINGTON HOSPITAL E.D. VISITS FOR HYPERTENSION, AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT UP WARD TREND FROM FISCAL 20:36:22 YEAR 2018 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2020 IN ALL THREE CITIES. HYPERTENSION MORTALITY RATE HAS 20:36:26 IMPROVED IN FREMONT AS DID IN THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S JUST THE MORTALITY RATE. 20:36:35 THE RATES OF E.D. VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATION FOR STROKE ARE LOWER THAN THE COUNTY AND STROKE MORTALITY 20:36:45 RATE IN ALL THREE CITIES HAS IMPROVED AS DID IN THE COUNTY. THE RATES OF E.D. VISITS AND 20:36:56 HOSPITALIZATION FOR DIABETES ARE LOWER THAN THE COUNTY. AS YOU CAN SEE OUR NEIGHBORS, THE 20:37:02 RATES ARE HIGHER. THIS SHOWS THE RATES OF ASTHMA AND COPD-RELATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 20:37:10 VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALSO LOWER THAN THE COUNTY. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS A HIGH PRIORITY 20:37:15 IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALTHOUGH SUICIDE RATES OF ALL THREE CITIES ARE LOWER THAN THE COUNTY, THE 20:37:22 SUICIDE RATE IN FREMONT WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE 2012. AND THE SELF-INFLICTED INJURY RATE, 20:37:38 E.D. VISIT RATE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WAS ALSO HIGHEST IN FREMONT. PARENTS SHARED -- ENCOURAGING THEIR 20:37:46 CHILDREN TO LEARN HEALTHY HABITS. AEROBIC CAPACITY AND BODY COMPOSITION HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE WITH OUR YOUTH 20:37:53 IN OUR DISTRICT. IN FREMONT THERE'S AN UPWARD TREND FOR NEEDED -- IN THE 5TH AND 7TH GRADE IN 20:38:05 MEETING THEIR STANDARDS. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL HAS MANY CLINICAL OFFERINGS AND THIS IS A SHORTLIST OF 20:38:12 THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. OUR PROGRAMS UNDER GS RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE PROVISION 20:38:19 OF HIGH QUALITY OF CARE. WE WILL ADD MORE FOCUS IN THIS REPORT GIVEN ITS HIGH PREVALENCE. 20:38:29 THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE RELATED TO HEALTH IMPACT OF ECONOMIC INSECURITY. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WAS 20:38:33 RANKED AS A HIGH PRIORITY IN THE COMMUNITY. THE WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERTS AND 20:38:39 COMMUNITY MEMBERS DISCUSSED THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. 20:38:46 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CAME UP OFTEN AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO A PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT 20:38:53 INTERVIEWED, RESIDENTS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES MAY STILL BE VULNERABLE TO POVERTY AND WE LEARNED LOCAL JOBS DO 20:39:08 NOT PAY WORKERS ENOUGH TO AFFORD THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS RANKED AS A 20:39:14 HIGH NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. KEEPING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON FAMILIES. 20:39:18 THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN OVERCROWDED HOMES HAS INCREASED SINCE 2011. 20:39:27 WITH CLOSE TO 40% OF THE RESIDENTS IN FREMONT SPEND 30% OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. 20:39:33 FOLLOWING THE COUNTYWIDE TREND, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NEARLY DOUBLED IN 2019 20:39:39 FROM 2017. AND SAME WITH THE NUMBER OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS. 20:39:47 IT SHOULD BE NOTED PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE AT A GREATER RISK OF PREVENTABLE ILLNESS 20:39:53 REQUIRING LONGER HOSPITAL STAYS AND FACE A GREATER RISK OF PREMATURE DEATH. 20:40:04 IN RESPONSE, WASHINGTON HOSPITAL IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS -- TO SUPPORT HOUSING AND 20:40:09 HOMELESSNESS. WE WILL CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER BUSINESS 20:40:12 ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER BUSINESS GROWTH FOR POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 20:40:22 I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT DISCUSS THE CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS AND THAT IS COVID-19. 20:40:32 THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC -- WASHINGTON HOSPITAL INITIATED AND INCREASED SEVERAL INFECTION PREVENTION MEASURES 20:40:41 TO PROTECT OUR PATIENTS AND STAFF. WE HOSTED COPING PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND 20:40:46 YOUTUBE. WE ALSO OPENED OUR COMMUNITY VACCINATION CLINIC ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20:40:50 1ST. AS A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WE EXTENDED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALL RESIDENTS OF 20:40:56 OUR HEALTHCARE DISTRICT WHO ARE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OF AGE REGARDLESS OF THEIR INSURANCE. 20:41:08 WE ARE ALSO VACCINATING THOSE WHO FALL UNDER THE TIER 1 SCENE AND THEY ARE THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS -- A FULL LIST 20:41:13 OF THOSE ELIGIBLE IN OUR COUNTY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. 20:41:25 ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN SCHEDULE THEIR VACCINES. AS OF MONDAY, APRIL 5TH, WE HAVE 20:41:31 VACCINATED OVER 19,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE 20:41:37 STATE ROLLOUT SCHEDULE, WE RECOMMEND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VISIT MYTURN.CA.GOV. 20:41:47 OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS PASSED THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IT INCLUDES VARIOUS COLLABORATIONS IN 20:41:52 CIVIC AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING EXISTING PROGRAMS TO 20:41:59 IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND MOREOVER, WE ARE CREATING MORE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE THE SUPPORT OF 20:42:07 OUR COMMUNITY. AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT YOU AND OUR 20:42:11 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE LATEST HEALTH INFORMATION. THE FULL REPORT AND OUR COMMUNITY 20:42:16 HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE FOUND THIS 20:42:21 INFORMATION -- THIS PRESENTATION INFORMATIVE. ON BEHALF OF WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, I'D 20:42:28 LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Mei: GREAT. 20:42:31 THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS AT 20:42:42 THIS TIME. SEEING NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FROM OUR COUNCIL, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO -- 20:42:47 THERE'S ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER FOR QUESTION -- OR COMMENT, EITHER WAY, FOR 3 MINUTES. 20:42:53 AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT BACK TO DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL. BLAIR BEEKMAN? 20:42:57 >> THANK YOU. BLAIR BEEKMAN. THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. 20:43:06 I THINK IT'S MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, I WISH THERE WAS -- IT WAS A NICE REPORT. 20:43:13 I HOPE IT CAN SOMEHOW MAKE THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE FINAL AGENDA AND THERE CAN BE SOME SORT OF INFORMATION THAT I 20:43:21 CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN THE AGENDA ITSELF. IT WAS INTERESTING LEARNING ABOUT. 20:43:32 JUST TODAY I HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS, THERE'S MEDICAL FORGIVENESS 20:43:41 IDEAS THAT ARE STARTING UP FOR FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS, FULL MEDICAL FORGIVENESS IN THIS TIME OF COVID-19. 20:43:55 I WONDER LEARNING THAT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL IS A NON-PROFIT, NOT FOR PROFIT HOSPITAL WITH NON-PROFIT 20:44:00 STATUS. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WOULD BE EASIER WAYS TO WORK ON FULL MEDICAL 20:44:07 FORGIVENESS IDEAS. AND IT BRINGS UP THE CONCEPT I WAS TRYING MY BEST TO TALK ABOUT EARLIER 20:44:12 THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONVOLUTED ABOUT, I'M SORRY. THINGS ARE A LITTLE TOUGH FOR ME. 20:44:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS I AM TRYING TO WORK OUT HOPING TO MAKE SOMETHING EASIER FOR -- IN PUBLIC 20:44:32 COMMENT THAT CAN BE EASIER TO TALK ABOUT OVERALL, THAT IS MY GOAL, IS THAT HOW CAN -- HOW CAN WE ADDRESS 20:44:38 OUR FUTURE COVID, HOW CAN PEOPLE BE TAKEN CARE OF, WHAT ARE OUR CHOICES TO DO THAT? 20:44:48 DO WE LEAVE PEOPLE HAVING TO PAY ITS DEBT BURDEN BASICALLY, OR DO WE LEARN HOW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO FULLY 20:44:58 PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, A PANDEMIC THAT IS NOT THE FAULT OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE AT ALL, AND TO HOLD THEM TO THAT -- TO 20:45:06 OUR CURRENT SYSTEM OF -- CAPITALIST SYSTEM IS REALLY HURTFUL, IT'S NOT VERY GOOD. 20:45:13 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FROM LEARNING THESE NEW PATTERNS OF JUST OFFERING RELIEF TO EACH OTHER AND THAT PEOPLE DON'T 20:45:21 GET HURT, THAT'S MY GOAL, IS TO WORK ON, AND THOSE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE ADDRESS THE FUTURE PANDEMICS AND 20:45:27 SOCIAL PLANNING, LARGE SCALE SOCIAL PLANNING WHERE WE DON'T SIMPLY HURT EACH OTHER IN THE FUTURE, WHERE WE 20:45:34 PLAN WELL AND WISELY. AND NOT TO HURT EACH OTHER. THESE ARE THE ISSUES TO ADDRESS YOUR 20:45:40 DOWNTOWN ISSUES, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE UPCOMING PLANNING FOR THOSE ISSUES, BECAUSE YOU NEED HEALTHY PEOPLE. 20:45:48 WE NEED PEOPLE WITH INCOME. WE NEED PEOPLE WITH MONEY TO HAVE YOUR DOWNTOWN AREAS. 20:45:54 SO I'M HOPING -- TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER, THEN WE ADDRESS ISSUES FROM THERE. 20:46:01 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA DANZ. 20:46:04 >> HI. THANK YOU. THIS IS LISA DANZ FROM DISTRICT 3. 20:46:11 FIRST OFF I DO AGREE WITH MR. BEEKMAN THAT THE ITEM ON THE A AGENDA DIDN'T HAVE A LINK THIS TIME, SO IT WAS 20:46:15 TRICKY TO DO OUR STUDYING AHEAD OF TIME. I WAS CURIOUS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 20:46:20 RATES OF ASTHMA AND COPD. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING IF I UNDERSTOOD THE GRAPH CORRECTLY THAT IT 20:46:26 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING WORSE THAN NEIGHBORING CITIES ON ASTHMA BUT BETTER ON COPT, WHICH I'VE ALWAYS 20:46:35 ASSOCIATED THOSE AS BOTH DISEASES THAT ARE CAUSED BY AIR QUALITY ISSUES. SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S MUCH IN 20:46:41 THERE ABOUT WHAT'S CAUSING THOSE AND IF THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO BE DOING TO DECREASE OUR 20:46:45 COMMUNITY RATES OF POLLUTION AND THESE DISEASES. THANK YOU. 20:46:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. 20:47:03 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. DID YOU JUST -- >> Councilmember Jones: IT WAS 20:47:10 ACTUALLY JUST -- I WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN VIEW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MS. HERNANDEZ ABOUT 20:47:17 THE NUMBER OF WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL HAS IS MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY AND ALL I 20:47:21 CAN SAY IS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH AND IT REALLY SHOWS. 20:47:29 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. 20:47:39 THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUCY HERNANDEZ. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, AND YOU 20:47:49 PROBABLY KNOW LAST WEEK THERE WAS A COVID-19 TOWN HALL THAT WORKING WITH THE CEO KIMBERLY HARTZ AND DR. 20:47:54 JEFFREY STEWART, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS CURIOUS 20:48:03 IN TERMS OF -- TWO THINGS. ONE IS YOU MENTION ABOUT THE YOUTH, 5TH AND 7TH GRADERS. 20:48:09 COULD YOU EXPAND ON WHERE WE NEED SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT? I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE I HEARD IT 20:48:17 CORRECTLY. AND YOU REFERRED TO ONE OF THE CHARTS THERE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHAT 20:48:37 YOU THINK IS BEING THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT AREA THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, MS. 20:48:40 HERNANDEZ. I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE STILL. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. 20:48:49 I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS STILL ON MUTE. SO HERE IS THE GRAPH FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR DISTRICT. 20:48:56 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE PARENTS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE ENCOURAGING THEIR CHILDREN TO 20:49:03 ADOPT HEALTHY HABITS, AND WE COULD ONLY IMAGINE IT GETTING WORSE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. 20:49:14 WHEN THE REPORT WAS ACCOMPLISHED OR WHILE WE WERE PULLING DATA, IT WAS PRE-PANDEMIC. 20:49:25 SO THERE WAS A LOT OF SCREEN TIME THAT CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS UNHEALTHY HABITS. SO NOW VIRTUAL LEARNING, WE COULD ONLY 20:49:36 IMAGINE IT GETTING WORSE WHERE THERE'S AN INCREASE OF SCREEN TIME, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS LOOKING AT 20:49:42 -- WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE HOSPITAL, WE'RE EXPLORING ON PARTNERING WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS AND PERHAPS 20:49:49 LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN CREATE SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ENCOURAGING PHYSICAL FITNESS THROUGH THAT. 20:50:00 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. AND THAT'S ALSO WITH THE STUDENTS BEING MORE CONFINED, IS THAT WE'RE 20:50:10 TRYING TO FIND OUTLETS BASED ON THAT WITH YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO 20:50:18 SEE IS I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER BREAKDOWN BUT THIS IS JUST THE OVERALL POPULATION OF A SURVEY THAT 20:50:24 WAS TAKEN? IS THAT HOW THAT DATA WAS ATTRIBUTED FROM BASED ON A SURVEY OR BASED ON 20:50:34 YOUR DATA FROM THE HOSPITAL RECORDS? >> SO THE REPORT IS ACTUALLY THROUGH -- WE GET DATA FROM ALAMEDA PUBLIC 20:50:40 HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION, AND I DON'T HAVE -- I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE NOTES 20:50:49 IN FRONT OF ME. IT IS IN A REPORT, I CAN SEND YOU THE -- WHERE THE DATA WAS PULLED FROM. 20:50:58 SO THIS WAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION -- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SO THEY DO IN THE 5TH, 7TH AND 9TH 20:51:07 GRADE, THERE IS A PHYSICAL -- IT'S ALMOST A PHYSICAL WELLNESS CHECK AND TO SEE IF THEY NEED IMPROVEMENT IN 20:51:16 THEIR BODY COMPOSITION AND ALSO AEROBIC CAPACITY. SO THAT DATA WAS PULLED FROM THAT 20:51:23 REPORT SO WE COULD ONLY LOOK AT -- FROM OUR OWN TOWNSHIP DISTRICT, SO THAT'S FREMONT UNIFIED, NEWARK, NEW HAVEN AND 20:51:31 SUNOL. SO THAT DATA WAS PULLED FROM -- SO IT'S A QUANTITATIVE DATA. 20:51:36 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, GOTCHA. THAT EXPLAINS THAT. MY SECOND QUESTION IS REGARDING 20:51:44 COVID-19. TWO THINGS. ONE IS, ARE THERE PLANS WITH 20:51:58 WASHINGTON HOSPITAL IN TERMS OF HAVING SOME SORT OF MOBILE VACCINATION OR MOBILE TESTING, LIKE VANS, THAT CAN 20:52:08 PROVIDE TIMELY TESTING RESULTS THAT ARE SPEED, ACCURACY, AND THEN ALSO FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE OR 20:52:17 GET THERE, TO GET THEIR VACCINATIONS FOR WHATEVER REASON, IS THERE OTHER OUTREACH TO GO MOBILE AND GO TO THE 20:52:23 DWELLINGS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOCATED? >> WE ARE EXPLORING HOW TO REACH OUT TO OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, 20:52:31 INCLUDING THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, SO WE ARE EXPLORING WAYS TO VACCINATE OUR 20:52:37 VULNERABLE POPULATION. SO AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION TO PRESENT BUT WE ARE 20:52:45 EXPLORING THOSE MEANS TO GET TO THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. >> Councilmember Cox: WHAT ABOUT 20:52:54 TESTING, TAKING THAT ALSO OUT TO THE MOBILE -- BEING MOBILE ABOUT THAT AS WELL IN CASE SOME MAY MAKE OTHER 20:53:03 DECISIONS NOT TO BE VACCINATED, BUT IN TERMS OF JUST -- IF THERE'S SOME ACCESSIBILITY OR SOMETHING BEING 20:53:10 LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW? >> WE DID PARTNER WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, TO DO MOBILE 20:53:16 TESTING. SO AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE THE FOCUS WAS ON THE VACCINATION. 20:53:23 WE CAN'T CONTINUE LOOKING INTO THE MOBILE TESTING PIECE. I WILL FOLLOW UP AND I CAN GET YOU 20:53:28 THAT INFORMATION. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 20:53:35 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. 20:53:40 THANK YOU, LUCY, VERY MUCH FON YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL. 20:53:50 I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE STATISTICS ON THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. 20:53:58 SO YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR CONDITION ON THE STREET, IT CAUSES THEM TO HAVE LONGER HOSPITAL STAYS 20:54:08 ONCE THEY, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY COME IN, SO I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF LIKE CURRENT AND FUTURE PROGRAMS THAT WE 20:54:13 HAVE WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO PERHAPS HELP THEM WITH EARLY TREATMENT? 20:54:20 THANK YOU. >> FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, WE ARE WORKING WITH -- WE'RE CURRENTLY 20:54:30 WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO PARTNER OUR -- HOWL TO CONTINUE 20:54:38 OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT'S HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION. IN TERMS OF PREVENTION OR PREVENTIVE 20:54:45 CARE, AT ONE POINT WE HAD OUR MOBILE HEALTH UNIT THAT WOULD GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THAT -- PROVIDE 20:54:55 SUPPORT, HOWEVER, THERE IS ANOTHER -- THERE'S BAY AREA COMMUNITY CENTER OR -- IS IT HEALTH CENTER OR -- ANYHOW -- 20:54:58 I KNOW THEY JUST CHANGED IT, IT USED TO BE TRI-CITY HEALTH CENTER. >> Councilmember Cox: EXACTLY. 20:55:07 >> THEY CURRENTLY HAVE SOME MOBILE UNITS THAT GO OUT SO THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP IN WORKING WITH 20:55:13 THEM OR COLLABORATION WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY CLINICS. >> Councilmember Keng: GOT IT. 20:55:20 THANK YOU SO MUCH. BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY GET TO BE REALLY SICK, THEN THEY WALK INTO 20:55:28 E.R., THEN THE COSTS WILL BE A LOT HIGHER AND NOT AS SUCCESSFUL. >> YES, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE 20:55:36 THAT THE E.R. IS NOT USED AS A PRIMARY CARE, SO WE REALLY WANT TO STRENGTHEN THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR 20:55:44 COMMUNITY CLINICS. >> Councilmember Keng: SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. 20:55:47 >> Mayor Mei: JUST MAKING SURE NO OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 20:55:53 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AND LUCY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 20:55:58 IT'S BEEN A CONTINUED RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE VERY CHALLENGING TIMES, AND I WANTED TO 20:56:06 THANK ALL OF OUR FRONT LINE WORKERS, AND I KNOW LAST WEEK YOU CELEBRATED DOCTORS -- WORLD DOCTORS DAY AS WELL 20:56:12 AS I KNOW WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR NURSES. I REALLY WANT TO THANK SO MANY MEMBERS 20:56:18 OF THE COMMUNITY WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FRONT LINE WORKERS AND PROVIDING CARE FOR US. 20:56:27 I RECOGNIZE AS A -- WELL, ONE AS A PATIENT OR I GUESS -- MY CHILDREN ARE PRODUCTS OF WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, SO I 20:56:33 HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT CERTAINLY I KNOW WHEN YOUR STUDIES ARE CONDUCTED WITH THE WELLNESS, THOSE 20:56:37 ARE THINGS THAT CERTAINLY ARE CONCERNS, AND I REMEMBER HAVING BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THOSE ARE REGULAR 20:56:43 PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTS THAT ARE CONDUCTED AT THOSE GRADE LEVEL, SO I AM CONCERNED THAT DURING THIS PERIOD 20:56:49 OF COVID, IF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CATCH SOME OF THESE OTHER HEALTH RISKS AND HEALTH 20:56:53 CONCERNS, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF CONCERN. ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS THAT YOU'RE 20:56:57 TRYING TO PROVIDE? I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS AND PERHAPS 20:57:02 YOU'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR FREMONT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES 20:57:10 FOR WELLNESS AND HEALTH. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A VIDEO AND ONLINE BUT IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING 20:57:15 THE IN THE INTERIM TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE STUDENTS? >> I'M ACTUALLY -- I'M PROPOSING TO 20:57:21 PRESENT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP TOO. 20:57:27 SO IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY JUST BE WITHIN WASHINGTON HOSPITAL. WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL 20:57:36 DISTRICTS IN REGARDS TO HOW TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR YOUTH. >> Mayor Mei: I KNOW THIS MONTH IS 20:57:42 ALSO EARTH DAY AND EARTH MONTH AND IN THE PAST NON-PANDEMIC, WE USUALLY HAVE A CELEBRATION WITH THE HEALTH 20:57:47 FAIR THERE. AND PART OF THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT -- WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF OUR GUIDELINES 20:57:51 AND FARMING AS WELL AS HEALTHY EATING, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME EFFORTS WITH 20:57:58 STOPWASTE ALSO WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH US IN TERMS OF HEALTHY WAYS TO COOK AND ALSO SOME OF THE RECYCLING AND 20:58:04 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU PARTNER WITH THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO THANK 20:58:08 WASHINGTON HOSPITAL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH 20:58:16 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, WE ARE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF 20:58:24 THIS. IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES OF HEALTH EQUITY AND SOME OF 20:58:29 THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT AREA, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EFFORTS THAT WE CAN BRING TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S CITY 20:58:33 STAFF AND ALSO WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AND CERTAINLY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. 20:58:39 SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT 20:58:44 PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUED EFFORTS. OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD 20:58:48 CALL AS AN ISSUE AND I DIDN'T NOTICE IT IN YOUR SLIDES BUT THERE'S ALSO OPIOIDS. 20:58:53 IN THE PAST, I'VE BEEN TO YOUR CLASSES THERE AND YOU'VE WORKED PARTICULARLY WITH YOUR STAFF BUT ALSO IN THE 20:59:00 COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT AS MUCH OF A FOCUS BUT I THINK THESE TYPES OF THINGS, ONE THAT CONCERNS ME 20:59:04 THE MOST LOOKING AT YOUR SLIDES PERTAINS TO MENTAL HEALTH. SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE 20:59:09 AREA I'M HOPING WE CAN PARTNER ON AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH 20:59:15 OUR POLICE AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND PARTICULAR AS YOU MENTIONED AND NOTED THROUGH OUR 20:59:21 HOMELESSNESS, SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP. 20:59:26 SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND SO 20:59:32 SPEAKING OF BEING HEALTHY, I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAD THE CHANCE HOPEFULLY TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AND AS WE 20:59:38 ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE ORANGE TIER, I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US TO KEEP EVERYONE HEALTHY, AND SO THAT 20:59:45 MEANS STILL FOLLOWING WITH THE GUIDELINES AS POSSIBLE, IN TERMS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALSO WITH THE 20:59:49 WEARING OF THE FACE COVERINGS OR MASKS. I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DELIVER 20:59:58 THOSE SERVICES AND SO I APPRECIATE THOSE RESOURCES AND TOLLS BEING MADE AS WELL AS YOU ALLOWING US TO KNOW 21:00:04 WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE, ESPECIALLY AS WE ENTER INTO GREATER TIERS AND MORE EXPANSION OF THOSE ACCESSIBILITY. 21:00:09 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND ON BEHALF OF 21:00:16 EVERYONE, I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE TO BE WELL, STAY HEALTHY, AND TO BE HOPEFULLY KIND AND PEACEFUL TO 21:00:21 ONE ANOTHER. AND SO I THINK WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO CLOSE AT 9:00 21:00:23 P.M. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.