19:00:55 IF COUNCILMEMBER COX WOULD LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. >> Councilmember Cox: ONE, TWO, 19:01:03 THREE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 19:01:18 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 19:01:22 >> Mayor Mei: MAY I ASK FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE -- NOT VOTE BUT ROLL CALL, PLEASE? 19:01:34 >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. 19:01:45 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT. 19:01:56 VICE MAYOR SHAO, PRESENT. MAYOR MEI, PRESENT. >> Mayor Mei: SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MANY 19:02:00 PRESENTS. SO THE ROLL CALL. NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE CITY MANAGER 19:02:04 MARK DANAJ TO INTRODUCE HIS STAFF THIS EVENING. >> City Manager Danaj: THANK YOU, 19:02:09 MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING BUT I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE, OUR ACTING 19:02:14 CITY ATTORNEY DEBRA MARGOLIS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF TO REPRESENT THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. 19:02:22 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: SO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENING'S 19:02:29 PROCEEDINGS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE DO SO BY EITHER PRESSING THE RAISE HAND ICON OR 19:02:35 BY CALLING IN AND DIALING STAR NINE. I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION. 19:02:44 WE KINDLY REQUEST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE TURN DOWN THEIR MIC DURING THE BROADCAST WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING AS 19:02:49 IT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE SPEAKER SYSTEM. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK ARE 19:02:57 COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE STAFF AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S AGENDA CENTER AND PLACED ON FILE AND 19:03:02 CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO AT THE 19:03:09 LATEST HOPEFULLY UNTIL 11:30. I WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UP TO 3 MINUTES PER 19:03:14 SPEAKER AND WILL ALLOW ANYTHING ELSE AT THE END IF TIME PERMITS, TIME REMAINS. 19:03:21 NEXT IS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF 19:03:29 RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO PULL OR ADDRESS AN ITEM ON 19:03:33 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SO, DO SO BY RAISING A HAND. 19:03:46 DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE ANYONE? >> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, MAYOR. SASHANA CHEETL RAISED A HAND. 19:03:52 >> Mayor Mei: JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. IS THERE A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT YOU 19:03:58 WOULD LIKE TO -- >> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM 8A, ABOUT MY FAMILY'S GOATS AND THE 19:04:06 POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING INTO ALLOWING GOATS ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN FREMONT. >> Mayor Mei: YES, THAT WILL BE COMING 19:04:13 UP LATER ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO WE WILL CALL ON YOU AT THE 19:04:21 APPROPRIATE TIME. SO ONE PANELIST WOULD LIKE TO PULL SOMETHING FROM CONSENT CALENDAR OR 19:04:25 YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, VICE MAYOR SHAO? >> Vice Mayor Shao: I'D LIKE TO ADD 5C 19:04:35 TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR IF POSSIBLE. 19:04:41 >> Ms. Gauthier: 5C IS A PUBLIC HEARING, I BELIEVE. >> Mayor Mei: UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT 19:04:46 ABLE TO ADD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IF I'M CORRECT. >> Vice Mayor Shao: IN THAT CASE, I 19:04:53 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> Councilmember Salwan: I SECOND. 19:04:57 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER -- VICE MAYOR SHAO AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:05:05 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:05:13 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:05:21 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 19:05:30 SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS 19:05:35 CEREMONIAL ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING REGARDING PARKS AND RECREATION 19:05:43 MONTH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SUZANNE WOLF WHO WILL BE JOINING US TO ACCEPT THAT AND I ALSO BELIEVE MS. 19:05:51 HERNANDEZ. SO I WILL READ THE FOLLOWING AND ASK IF THEY CAN SHARE SOME WORDS 19:05:59 AFTERWARDS. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF 19:06:01 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF FREMONT; AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION TEAMS 19:06:07 AND THEIR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN 19:06:11 OUR COMMUNITIES, IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR 19:06:17 COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN PARTICULAR, RECREATION PROVIDES A SAFE AND HEALTHY 19:06:23 ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN TO ENJOY CREATIVE LEARNING AND SOCIALIZATION SKILLS IN A FUN 19:06:29 ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY AS CHILDREN PREPARE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS FALL; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT IS A 19:06:35 PROUD MEMBER OF THE “10 MINUTE WALK” MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SAFE, QUALITY PARKS AND GREEN SPACES; AND 19:06:41 WHEREAS, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS CREATING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN TO PROVIDE 19:06:47 GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR FUTURE RECREATIONAL, PROGRAMMING, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS, 19:06:51 AS WELL AS TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT, AND LAND ACQUISITIONS; 19:06:56 AND WHEREAS, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND HEALTHY PARK AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE 19:07:05 AND CONNECT WITH NATURE THROUGH HEALTHY ACTIVE LIFESTYLES WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE OUR PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF 19:07:12 WHO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY DAILY; AND WHEREAS, THIS SUMMER A COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN THE 19:07:18 CITY OF FREMONT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION TO JOIN 19:07:23 IN THE #ACTIVE FREMONT BY WALKING, BIKING AND HIKING AND ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GET OUTDOORS TO BE HEALTHY 19:07:30 AND ACTIVE. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY 2021 AS 19:07:38 PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF FREMONT AND TAKE PRIDE AND PLEASURE IN CREATING AWARENESS OF THE 19:07:49 IMPORTANCE OF PARKS AND RECREATION THAT SERVE TO PROVIDE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.ACCEPTING THIS, I'M 19:07:56 GOING TO FIRST TURN IT OVER TO SUZANNE WOLF AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE OUR OTHER SPEAKER, MS. LUCY HERNANDEZ OF 19:08:01 WASHINGTON HOSPITAL. THANK YOU, SUZANNE. >> Ms. Wolf: THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND 19:08:06 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS AND RECREATION, IT'S AN HONOR TO 19:08:11 KNOW WE'RE ALL WORKING TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE THROUGH PARKS, 19:08:15 RECREATION AND CONSERVATION. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE BENEFITS OF PARKS AND 19:08:22 RECREATION BY PROTECTING OPEN SPACE, CONNECTING CHILDREN TO NATURE, AND ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY IN HEALTH AND 19:08:26 WELLNESS. AND WITH THAT, IT'S A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE LUCY HERNANDEZ WITH 19:08:31 WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, WHO'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION THIS SUMMER WITH ACTIVE 19:08:34 FREMONT. LUCY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, SUZANNE. 19:08:40 THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI, CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH SUZANNE 19:08:50 AND HER TEAM ON ACTIVE FREMONT. IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FREMONT CITY AND PARKS AND REC., ALSO EAST BAY 19:08:54 REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND WASHINGTON HOSPITAL. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CREATING 19:08:58 AWARENESS AROUND HOW TO BE ACTIVE LIVING AND HEALTHY EATING IN OUR AREA. 19:09:09 SO WE HAVE OUR WELLNESS WEDNESDAY, SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYE OUT, IT'S A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BY THE WAY, SO 19:09:14 WATCH FOR POSTS FOR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AND CITY OF FREMONT AS WELL. SO WE INVITE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO 19:09:22 ENJOY SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE PLANNING THIS SUMMER, FOR EXAMPLE, ON JULY 15TH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A TAKE 19:09:28 A RIDE WITH THE GREEN TEAM. SO WE INVITE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JOIN US AT WASHINGTON WEST, 2500 MOWRY 19:09:34 AVENUE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BIKE RIDE AROUND LAKE ELIZABETH AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BIKE, YOU CAN ALWAYS HOP 19:09:42 ON TO ONE OF THE BICYCLES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUS AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH 19:09:50 THE CITY OF FREMONT PARKS AND REC., CORRECT, SUZANNE? >> Ms. Wolf: WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL 19:09:54 OF THAT, YES. >> OKAY, YES. SO IT IS A FUN INITIATIVE TO REALLY 19:10:01 GET PEOPLE ENGAGED OUTSIDE, OUTDOOR LIVING, AND ALSO JUST TO TAKE IN SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS THAT WE HAVE 19:10:06 AVAILABLE IN FREMONT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS COLLABORATION, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT, 19:10:14 FUN ACTIVITY WITH SUZANNE AND HER TEAM. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 19:10:19 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING US RIGHT NOW TO STAY HEALTHY, AND IT'S GREAT PARTNERSHIPS 19:10:24 WHETHER IT'S WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AND CERTAINLY IN GREAT RECOGNITION OF OUR 19:10:28 OWN CITY STAFF AND TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE PARKS WELL MAINTAINED AND ALSO ENCOURAGING ALL 19:10:33 THE PEOPLE TO GET OUT. I HOPE FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU HAVE TIME, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN 19:10:40 ME THIS THURSDAY AS THE CITY KICKS OFF OUR FIRST EVENT OF MANY EVENTS WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL, AND THERE IS A 19:10:46 SCHEDULE OUT THERE FOR SIGN-UP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU. IT STARTS IN THE SOUTHERN END WITH THE 19:10:52 BART STATION PLAZA THERE THIS THURSDAY EVENING. AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE DETAILS ON OUR 19:11:00 WEBSITE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH AND WALK WITH ME AND 19:11:04 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE BEAUTY THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 19:11:14 NEXT IS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. THOSE ARE FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NON-AGENDIZED THIS EVENING. 19:11:19 AND WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND WE'LL ALLOW ANYTHING 19:11:25 ELSE AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WILL 19:11:31 BE PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. AND AGAIN JUST A REMINDER, MEMBERS OF 19:11:41 THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO SO BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND I'LL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, AND THAT IS KELLY 19:11:47 ABREU. WELCOME. >> MISSION PEAK IS THE TOP RATED 19:11:55 VISITOR ATTRACTION IN FREMONT. THE TOP DESTINATION FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS AND WELL-BEING IN THE CITY. 19:12:02 TOP RATED ON YELP, TOP RATED EVERYWHERE, AND DRAWS VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ACTUALLY. 19:12:09 THE LAST LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE PARK DISTRICT HAD NO COST, FREE LEASE, AND TERM OF 25 YEARS. 19:12:16 THE LEASE EXPIRED ON JULY 7TH, 2020. THAT'S ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW. 19:12:27 AND ON DECEMBER 15TH, JUST SIX MONTHS AGO OR SEVEN MONTHS AGO, A COUNCILMEMBER ASKED I'D LIKE TO GET 19:12:33 FEEDBACK FROM WHERE WE ARE WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS IS AND FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE BROAD POLICY GUIDELINES WHERE 19:12:39 WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS LEASE, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, THEN STAFF GOES BACK AND DOES THE SAUSAGE MAKING, WE CAN'T 19:12:44 BE INVOLVED IN DAY TO DAY NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY WE'D KNOW ALL THE PARAMETERS BUT I THINK WE CAN GIVE 19:12:49 GENERAL GUIDELINES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, WE'D LIKE TO SEE, GET THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, MORE DIRECTION, WE'D LIKE TO 19:12:54 SEE THIS LEASE GO IN, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, MADAME MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE 19:13:28 CITY COUNCIL BRING THIS BACK FOR AN AGENDA ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. AND THE CITY MANAGER STATED, STAFF 19:13:32 UNDERSTANDS THE REFERRAL AND WE THINK IT'S DOABLE. EXACT QUOTE. 19:13:42 AND THE MAYOR TOOK THE VOTE, HELD A ROLL CALL VOTE, SO THE REFERRAL PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND THIS WILL BE BROUGHT 19:13:52 BACK FOR A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CONTRACT AND ALSO THE TERMS, SO SINCE DECEMBER 15TH OF 2020, 19:13:58 I'VE GOT A QUESTION. DID THE COUNCIL EVER GIVE STAFF ANY BROAD POLICY GUIDANCE OR DIRECTION 19:14:03 REGARDING THE REFERRAL? DID THE COUNCIL EVER HAVE AN AGENDIZED DISCUSSION? 19:14:09 DISCUSSION OF THE REFERRAL? AND I'D LIKE TO BOIL DOWN THE QUESTION TO BE REAL SIMPLE. 19:14:17 IN OTHER WORDS, DID ANYTHING EVER COME OF THE REFERRAL WHICH PASSED UNANIMOUSLY? 19:14:28 THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO ASK. IT'S THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, AND IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR THAT THE 19:14:37 -- SINCE THE LEASE EXPIRED. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:14:46 OKAY, AT THIS TIME, I SEE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS. 19:14:53 THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5A, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HAVING ABILITY FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS. 19:15:00 I DON'T THINK THERE'S A FORMAL PRESENTATION, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME FIRE MARSHAL JAY SWARDENSKI, AS HE'S 19:15:08 GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, FIRST I GUESS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SURCHARGE INCREASES. 19:15:19 I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS. SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS 19:15:23 FROM THE -- COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. 19:15:26 THEN PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU. 19:15:34 SO I WAS WONDERING WHO ARE THE ENTITIES THAT ARE BEING ASSESSED THIS FEE CURRENTLY? 19:15:39 >> SURE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 1100 REGULATED FACILITIES IN FREMONT. 19:15:44 UNDER EACH ONE OF THE SIX PROGRAMS THAT ARE CAPTURED BY THE CUPA PROGRAM IN GENERAL. 19:15:55 THEY RANGE FROM BODY SHOPS, MAINTENANCE SHOPS, GAS STATIONS, AND THE BULK OF THE LARGER ONES OBVIOUSLY ARE ADVANCED 19:16:00 MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, PRIMARILY SOUTH OF AUTOMALL AND NORTH OF 84 UP IN THE ARDENWOOD AREA. 19:16:06 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU. SO IT JUST A ONE-TIME FEE OR ANNUAL FEE? 19:16:16 >> IT AN ANNUAL FEE. WE'VE BEEN ASSESSING IT SINCE THE CUPA PROGRAM WAS CREATED. 19:16:22 THERE'S THE NEXT GEN PROJECT TO UPDATE THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO REPORT EVERYTHING, AND THEN THE OTHER 19:16:31 ONE IS JUST A DEFICIT-RELATED FEE. >> Councilmember Keng: GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 19:16:35 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY 19:16:43 QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, AS WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE 19:16:47 PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN RETURN BACK TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. 19:16:52 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM. 19:16:56 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 19:17:05 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE, ON THIS. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:17:13 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:17:24 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 19:17:32 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS THE AGENDA ITEM 5B, WHICH IS FREMONT LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 88. 19:17:39 AND I'M GOING TO BE TURNING THIS OVER TO VICE MAYOR SHAO. I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS 19:17:44 BECAUSE I LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO RECUSE THEMSELF. 19:17:50 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: YES, I, TOO, WILL BE RECUSING ON THIS ITEM. 19:18:03 MY RESIDENCE IS WITHIN DISTRICT 88. >> Mayor Mei: WE'LL BE OFF TEMPORARILY. 19:18:13 >> Vice Mayor Shao: ALL RIGHT. SO THIS SAME ITEM WENT THROUGH PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE US, AND I BELIEVE IT 19:18:25 WAS IN MAY, MAY 4TH, AND THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE ANY QUESTION 19:18:36 FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT 19:18:45 HAS ANY QUESTION REGARDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? >> Ms. Gauthier: THERE ARE NONE. 19:18:51 >> Vice Mayor Shao: THERE ARE NONE. AND THEN ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? 19:19:10 THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, I BELIEVE, AND WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO FIRST OF ALL HAVE 19:19:22 THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED TONIGHT, AND THEN TO ORDER RETURN ASSESSMENT BALLOTS TO BE TABULATED ON JULY 7TH, 19:19:33 2021 AT 10:00 A.M. IN THE ARDENWOOD ROOM AT THE CITY HALL, BUILDING A, AND THEN OF COURSE THE THIRD 19:19:42 RECOMMENDATION IS TO FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES. SO IF THERE'S NO COMMENT FROM THE CITY 19:19:49 COUNCIL, MAY I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT -- >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO 19:19:53 APPROVE. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Vice Mayor Shao: I HAVE THIS MOTION 19:20:00 MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RICK JONES AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TERESA COX. LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. 19:20:09 >> City Manager Danaj:COUNCILME MBER MAY I ASK ONE QUESTION OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC 19:20:18 HEARING FOR THEM TO TAKE THE ACTION? MS. MARGOLIS I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SHAO ALREADY DR. 19:20:23 >> City Manager Danaj: GOT IT. >> Vice Mayor Shao: BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL VOTE, LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC 19:20:31 HEARING AND THEN HAVE THE ROLL CALL VOTE. >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, VICE MAYOR. 19:20:38 COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN IS NOTED AS RECUSED. 19:20:47 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:20:57 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. >> Ms. Gauthier: -- HAS REYOU QUEUED. 19:21:08 >> Vice Mayor Shao: THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. SO THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE 5C, AND I 19:21:19 WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO MAYOR MEI. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS 5C, WHICH IS THE 19:21:24 RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE REGISTER LISTING AND MILLS ACT CONTRACT, 41948 MISSION BOULEVARD. 19:21:37 AND I BELIEVE THAT SENIOR PLANNER BILL ROTH IS PROVIDING A PRESENTATION, AND THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO HAVE A VERBAL 19:21:40 PRESENTATION FOLLOWING HIM FOR 10 MINUTES AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BITTERY WONG. 19:21:56 BY TERRY WONG. WELCOME. MY APOLOGIES. 19:22:16 BILL, I'M HAVING DIFFICULTIES HEARING YOU. >> I APOLOGIZE. 19:22:28 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> TONIGHT'S HEARING CONCERNS A 19:22:34 POTENTIAL REGISTRY LISTING AND MILLS CONTRACT FOR THE PUMP HOUSE, MILHOUS AND TANKHOUSE. 19:22:40 IN PRIOR REVIEW THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE AND POTENTIALLY NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTRIES FOR ITS 19:22:49 SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION WITH LOCAL PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND AGRICULTURAL HISTORY AS AN EXAMPLE OF 19:22:55 AN EARLY FARM AND IN REGARDS TO ITS ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS A FARMHOUSE BUILT IN THE 1890s, IT'S A 19:22:59 DISTINGUISHED EXAMPLE OF FARMHOUSE ARCTIC YOU'RE BUILT IN THE VERNACULAR STYLE OF THAT TIME. 19:23:07 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN CORNER OF THE HOBBS PLANNED DISTRICT WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY 19:23:12 COUNCIL IN 2017. HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW WAS DONE AT THAT TIME TO ENSURE THE 19:23:18 HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE RODRIGUES PROPERTY WOULD BE PRESERVED. AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, THE RODRIGUES 19:23:24 FARMHOUSE WAS LEFT IN PLACE ON A LARGE 11,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, SEPARATING IT FROM THE NEW HOMES WITH LANDSCAPING 19:23:29 AND A ROAD. THE 55 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE NEW SUBDIVISION NOW CALLED ORCHARD HEIGHTS 19:23:35 ARE ALMOST ALL BUILT OUT AT THIS POINT. AT THE TIME OF THE APPROVAL OF THE 19:23:40 HOBBS PLANNED DISTRICT, THE APPLICANT EXPRESSED THEIR INTENT TO RETURN TO HARB WITH A PROPOSAL TO REHABILITATE 19:23:50 THE RECORD FARMHOUSE SO IT COULD BE AGAIN USED AS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. IN 2018, A REHABILITATION PROPOSAL FOR 19:23:54 THE RODRIGUES PROPERTY WAS TAKEN BEFORE HARB. THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR PROPOSED 19:23:59 MODIFICATIONS TO POTENTIAL HISTORIC REGISTER RESOURCES. THAT REHABILITATION PROJECT WAS 19:24:06 APPROVED AND HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED AS SHOWN ON THE AS-BUILT PLANS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. 19:24:11 THE PROJECT IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR CONSIDERABLE REPAIR TO THE FARMHOUSE TO MAKE IT SUITABLE AGAIN FOR 19:24:18 SINGLE-FAMILY USE, AND INCLUDED A 1500 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND A NEW TWO-CAR DETACHED 19:24:24 GARAGE. THE TANKHOUSE, PUMP HOUSE AND THE ABOVE GROUND PORTION OF THE WATER WELL 19:24:29 OR WELL LIP AS IT'S CALLED WERE ALSO APPROVED TO BE RELOCATED TO THE REAR OF THAT PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE 19:24:37 FARMHOUSE. AS PART OF THAT REVIEW IN 2018, A CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT 19:24:43 RECOMMENDATIONS AND A PROJECT IMPACT ANALYSIS WERE PREPARED BY A CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE THE THEN CURRENT CONDITION 19:24:49 OF THE PROPERTY AND THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE REHABILITATION PROJECT ON THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE 19:24:54 FARMHOUSE AND THE OTHER TWO STRUCTURES. THOSE -- PARDON ME, THOSE DOCUMENTS 19:24:59 INCLUDED RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STRUCTURES, ONCE THEY WERE RELOCATED AND REHABILITATED, WOULD 19:25:05 STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING AS HISTORIC RESOURCES. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE 19:25:11 REPORTS BECAME MITIGATION MEASURES AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT WERE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED BY HARB FOR THAT 19:25:17 REHABILITATION PROJECT IN 2018. AFTER THAT APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS 19:25:31 FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK. AS REQUIRED PER THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 19:25:37 REVIEWED ALSO A CONSTRUCTION MONITOR WAS HIRED TO OBSERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING MATERIALS AS THEY WERE 19:25:42 UNCOVERED IN THE FIELD TO HELP DETERMINE WHAT COULD BE RE-USED AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN KIND, 19:25:48 AND HELP ENSURE THAT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK ADHERED TO THOSE SECRETARY'S STANDARDS. 19:25:53 BOTH OF THOSE CONSULTANTS MET THE SECRETARY'S QUALIFICATION STANDARDS TO WORK AS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS. 19:26:00 THE CONSULTANTS ALSO REVIEWED THE FINISHED PROJECT, WHICH WAS DONE JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THEY PROVIDED 19:26:06 WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THAT IT WAS STILL CONSISTENT WITH THE SECRETARY'S STANDARDS, SATISFIED THOSE HARB 19:26:13 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FROM 2018, AND FOUND THAT IT'S STILL ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC REGISTER LISTING AFTER THE 19:26:19 WORK HAS BEEN DONE. SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FARMHOUSE, A BEFORE AND AFTER. 19:26:25 THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE FARMHOUSE ARE THE WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION, ITS ONE-STORY HEIGHT, 19:26:34 ITS GABLED ROOF MASSING, ITS CHANNEL -- SIDING ON THE FRONT TWO WINGS, WOOD BEVEL SIDING ON THE REAR WING, WOOD 19:26:40 SASH DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS, BOXED EAVES AND EVE RETURNS, AND ITS FRONT PORCH WITH WOOD SUPPORTS. 19:26:47 THE APPLICANT WILL LIKELY GO INTO MORE DETAIL REGARDING THE TIME, EFFORT AND COST INVOLVED WITH REHABILITATING A 19:26:53 PROPERTY LIKE THIS, BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT WAS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. 19:26:59 STAFF WENT INSIDE AT ONE POINT, HAD VIRTUALLY NO FOUNDATION, VERY DETERIORATED ROOF AND WATER DAMAGE 19:27:08 INSIDE AS A RESULT, AND IT REALLY HAD A STRONG SMELL OF MOLD. SHOWN HERE ARE THE BEFORE AND AFTER 19:27:13 PHOTOS OF THE SMALL PUMP HOUSE OVER THE WELL, AND THE TANKHOUSE. THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE 19:27:21 PUMP HOUSE ARE ITS WOOD BOARDS COVERING THE WELL LIP, ITS SMALL RECTANGULAR WOOD PUMP HOUSE FORM LOCATED ON TOP OF 19:27:29 THE WELL LIP AND THEN THAT CIRCULAR BRICK WELL LIP. THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE 19:27:36 TANK FARM ARE ITS ONE FRAME CONSTRUCTION, SQUARE PLAN, CONCRETE FOUNDATION, FLAT ROOF, ENTRANCE WITH 19:27:43 WOODEN DOOR ON THE EAST FACADE AND ITS WOOD SASH DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS. ALL OF THE REHABILITATION WORK AND THE 19:27:49 ADDITION TO THE HOUSE AND NEW DETACHED GARAGE IS ALL DONE. THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE 19:27:53 STRUCTURES PROPOSED AT TONIGHT'S HEARING. UNDER REVIEW TONIGHT ARE THE PROPOSED 19:27:58 REGISTER LISTING AND THE MILLS -- CONTRACT FOR THE PROPERTY AS IT EXISTS TODAY. 19:28:05 SO THE MILLS ACT PROGRAM, IT ALLOWS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO QUALIFY FOR TAX RELIEF IF THEY PLEDGE TO 19:28:10 REHABILITATE AND MAINTAIN THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY FOR AT LEAST A 10-YEAR 19:28:17 PERIOD. THE DIAZ HOUSE DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY AND ALSO THE SILVA HOUSE 19:28:22 AT THE PLANNED DISTRICT IN WARM SPRINGS ARE TWO RECENT EXAMPLES OF HISTORIC HOUSES IN FREMONT THAT HAVE BEEN 19:28:28 PRESERVED IN THE MILLS ACT. THE CONTRACT REQUIRES THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAINTAIN THOSE CHARACTER 19:28:33 DEFINING FEATURES THAT WE WENT OVER EARLIER. IT GOES FROM ONE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE 19:28:41 NEXT IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD, AND IN ORDER FOR A PROPERTY SUCH AS THIS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MILLS ACT, IT FIRST 19:28:45 MUST BE ADDED TO THE FREMONT REGISTER, WHICH IS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA HERE. 19:28:51 SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPERTY BE ADDED TO THE REGISTER AND THE MILLS 19:28:57 ACT CONTRACT BE APPROVED. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:29:03 AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO -- FOR QUESTIONS. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, DID YOU HAVE 19:29:07 A QUESTION ON THIS? >> Vice Mayor Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. 19:29:17 SINCE THE 10-YEAR TERM IS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE MILLS ACT CONTRACT REGARDING THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, MY QUESTION 19:29:28 IS IF ON THE 11TH YEAR, A PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, SIGNIFICANT OR INSIGNIFICANT TO THE 19:29:34 STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING, WILL THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BE LIFTED OR CONTINUE? 19:29:40 >> WELL, IF THEY WANTED TO GO BEYOND THAT 10-YEAR PERIOD, THEY'D HAVE TO CONTINUE THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY WOULD 19:29:45 HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT. ANY SORT OF CHANGES MADE TO THE HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S UNDER THE AGREEMENT OR 19:29:57 NOT, WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CITY OF FREMONT'S HISTORICAL CODE THAT PROTECTS WHAT THIS MAY BE A POTENTIAL 19:30:02 REGISTER RESOURCE TONIGHT. EVEN ELIGIBLE AND NOT LISTED STILL GET THAT PROTECTION IN FREMONT BUT THE BEN 19:30:10 BENEFIT HERE IS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE INCENTIVE BY GIVING THAT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO ACTUALLY SPEND THAT 19:30:14 MONEY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE PREVIOUS TO THIS, IT WAS IN 19:30:19 TERRIBLE CONDITION, SO THAT'S THE BONUS, I GUESS, OF ADDING THE CONTRACT. 19:30:24 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS. 19:30:37 ARE THERE ANY -- COUNCILMEMBER KENG, CLARIFYING QUESTION? >> Councilmember Keng: SINCE IT WOULD 19:30:45 BE TAX EXEMPT, WOULD THE PROPERTY BE ABLE TO HAVE OCCUPANTS? >> YES, THE PROPERTY CAN LIVE THERE, 19:30:51 THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE FAMILY LIVING THERE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE IN FREMONT. 19:31:02 >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY. SO WOULD IT BE -- LIKE WHAT KIND OF EXEMPTIONS ARE WE LOOKING AT? 19:31:09 >> WELL, THEY GET PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND IT VARIES ON THE PROPERTY IN SORT OF THE WAY IT CALCULATED. 19:31:18 THERE'S SORT OF A FAIRLY LONG DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAINS IT, BUT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON WAYS IS ON THE ASSESSED RENTAL 19:31:22 VALUE OF A PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY YET, 19:31:30 BUT SOME OTHER EXAMPLES NOT JUST IN FREMONT, IT CAN BE A DEDUCTION OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL OF 15,000 OR 19:31:36 20,000, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT A 19:31:44 PROPERTY OWNER GETS IN TERMS OF THE RELIEF. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU. 19:31:46 >> SURE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? 19:31:53 COUNCILMEMBER COX? >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILL, FOR YOUR 19:32:01 REPORT AND YOUR TEAM'S EFFORT. I WANTED TO FIND OUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE'VE DONE -- THEY'VE DONE ALL THE 19:32:11 REMODELING AND MEETING ALL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY STANDARDS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF BREAK 19:32:18 IN THE PIPES THAT WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE, COULD YOU KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH WHAT WOULD BE 19:32:28 THE PROCESS SINCE IT'S CLASSIFIED AS HISTORICAL? >> I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF 19:32:32 MAINTAINING HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND SHOULD IT BE ADDED TO THE REGISTER TONIGHT, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE, BUT 19:32:37 IT'S ALREADY AN ELIGIBLE HISTORIC STRUCTURE. SO LET'S SAY A PIPE BURST AND THEY HAD 19:32:42 SOME TERRIBLE DAMAGE, THEY WOULD COME TO THE CITY BASICALLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO RESTORE THE STRUCTURE TO 19:32:47 WHAT IT WAS. IF THEY WANTED TO DO ANY ALTERATIONS BEYOND RESTORING THE PROPERTY TO WHAT 19:32:54 IT IS, WE'D LIKELY HAVE TO GO TO THE HARB SECRETARY OR IF HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO 19:33:00 MAKE THAT DECISION, HE COULD ESCALATE TO THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. 19:33:06 CERTAINLY IF IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THEY PROPOSED, IT WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT TO HARB, THE HISTORICAL 19:33:11 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, AT A PUBLIC HEARING. BUT IF IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF MAIN 19:33:16 MAINTAINING OR REPLACING SOMETHING WHERE THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULDN'T BE CHANGED, THEN WE COULD 19:33:19 LIKELY DO THAT THROUGH A BUILDING PERMIT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK TO HEARING. 19:33:25 BUT IF THEY'RE MAKING A CHANGE, THEN IT FALLS UNDER ALL OF THE PROVISIONS TO PROTECT HISTORIC RESOURCES AND SO THEN 19:33:30 WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE AREN'T BEING CHANGED 19:33:33 AND IF THERE ARE ANY MODIFICATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING WITH HARB. 19:33:42 >> Councilmember Cox: IS THERE ANY EXCEPTION IF THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE AND THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, IT STILL WOULD 19:33:48 FALL UNDER WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF AN EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE, GOD FORBID, COULD BE 19:33:57 VERY MAJOR, AND ARE THERE EXCEPTIONS UNDER HISTORICAL CLASSIFICATION FOR EARTHQUAKES SINCE WE ARE IN AN 19:34:03 EARTHQUAKE ZONED AREA? >> WELL, IN TERMS OF DOING A REPAIR AND REPLACE, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS I 19:34:07 SAID FOR A BURST PIPE, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS DISCRETION THE CITY HAS. 19:34:12 IF WE HAD A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE AND THERE WAS A FAULT RIGHT THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND THERE WAS NO WAY YOU 19:34:17 COULD BUILD A HOUSE THERE AND HAD TO RELOCATE IT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DO 19:34:23 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. AND IT JUST -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO 19:34:30 MANY HYPOTHETICALS THERE, BUT AN HISTORICAL PROPERTY, IF THE DECISION-MAKING BODY WANTS TO MAKE 19:34:37 THAT DECISION CAN ADOPT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, MAKE WHAT ARE CALLED STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING 19:34:41 CONSIDERATIONS WHERE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT OUTWEIGH THAT IMPACT, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. 19:34:49 IT A LONG INVOLVED PROCESS, AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY HYPOTHETICALS THERE. BUT YOU KNOW -- 19:34:52 >> Councilmember Cox: ONE LAST QUESTION. IN TERMS OF IN THE CONTRACT PROVISION, 19:35:02 THERE IS INFORMATION COMPLIANCE, AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY TAKE PICTURES EVERY YEAR, SUBMIT IT WITH A WRITTEN 19:35:07 REPORT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE THE LAST BUILDING PERMIT OR WHAT DOES THAT ALL ENTAIL? 19:35:12 I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ASPECT OF IT. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 19:35:18 I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW TO BE SURE OF WHAT THAT SAYS. I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS ABLE 19:35:30 TO ANSWER THAT OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD. >> Mayor Mei: WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY 19:35:36 WE CAN SEE IF WE HAVE ANYONE ON THAT BUT ALSO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT WHO'S GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION AND 19:35:42 PERHAPS IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THAT. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 19:35:46 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. SO NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, 10 MINUTES, IF THE CLERK WOULD BE SO KIND 19:35:53 AS TO START THE TIMER, AND I BELIEVE TERRY FROM ROBSON HOMES IS GOING TO BE MAKING A PRESENTATION TOO. 19:36:03 WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? 19:36:11 >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND MEMBERS OF 19:36:18 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TERRY WANG WITH ROBSON HOMES. 19:36:25 THE FREMONT REGISTER AND THE MILLS ACT, I WILL DISCUSS MORE PERSONAL ASPECTS AS IT RELATES TO THE RODRIGUES FAMILY 19:36:32 ALONG WITH SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE REHABILITATION PROCESS. BEFORE I START, I DID WANT TO THANK 19:36:40 MARY SCOTT, WHO IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MANUEL AND MARY RODRIGUES. SHE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF FREMONT 19:36:46 AND I WAS ABLE TO MEET HER IN 2019, AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT PROVIDED THE PICTURES OF THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS 19:37:01 YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION. SO THE STORY OF RODRIGUES FAMILY BEGINS IN 1893, WHEN MANUEL RODRIGUES 19:37:07 PURCHASES THE FIVE ACRES OUT OF COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 12. TODAY, IT'S KNOWN AS MISSION 19:37:11 BOULEVARD. MANUEL CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1890 AS PART OF A LARGER MIGRATION OF 19:37:18 PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS FROM THE AZORES. MANY OF THESE IMMIGRANTS TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND MADE 19:37:25 THEIR LIVING BY FARMING. IN 1895, MANUEL MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE ALSO 19:37:33 FROM THE AZORES AND HIS WIFE, MARY, WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA. IT'S NOT KNOWN IF THERE WAS A PREVIOUS 19:37:40 RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1893, WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED. HOWEVER, FROM COUNTY RECORDS, WE DO 19:37:46 KNOW THAT IN 1896, ABOUT THE TIME THEY GOT MARRIED AND HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD, THE RODRIGUES FAMILY WENT ABOUT 19:37:52 CONSTRUCTING A NEW HOUSE FOR THEIR GROWING FAMILY. THIS PICTURE IS OF THE RODRIGUES 19:38:04 FAMILY TAKEN BETWEEN 1914 AND 1916. IT SHOWS 13 OF THEIR 15 CHILDREN. SO WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE 19:38:10 CONSTRUCTION OF THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE IS THAT IT WAS BUILT IN PHASES, AND THE PHASES REFLECT THE LIFE STAGES OF 19:38:16 THE RODRIGUES FAMILY. AND MODERN LIVING AMENITIES OF THE TIME. 19:38:25 THIS SHOWS THE ORIGINAL NORTH ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE IN 2018, BEFORE WE DID THE REHABILITATION, AND YOU CAN SEE 19:38:29 THREE DISTINCT SECTIONS. EACH SECTION WAS BUILT AT A DIFFERENT TIME, AND BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION 19:38:36 METHODS THAT WE DISCOVERED DURING THE REHABILITATION PROCESS, WE NOW BELIEVE THAT THE MILL SECTION WAS CONSTRUCTED 19:38:43 FIRST IN 1896, AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED. THEN AS THE FAMILY GREW, THE FRONT 19:38:49 SECTION WAS ADDED IN 1900. AND AT THAT TIME, BY THAT TIME, MANUEL AND MARY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. 19:38:58 AND FINALLY, IN THE 1940s, WHEN INDOOR PLUMBING BECAME MORE OF THE NORM, THE REAR SECTION WAS ADDED, AND THAT 19:39:05 SECTION CONTAINED A KITCHEN AND A BATHROOM. SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION 19:39:12 WAS PHASED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A GROWING MODERN FAMILY INFLUENCED THE REHABILITATION PLANS FOR THE RODRIGUES 19:39:23 HOUSE. THE LAND AND FARMHOUSE REMAINED IN THE RODRIGUES FAMILY FOR OVER 80 YEARS. 19:39:31 FROM 1893 TO 1976. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS MARY RODRIGUES AROUND 1940 STANDING IN 19:39:39 FRONT OF THE FARMHOUSE PORCH BEFORE CHURCH. THE TWO PICTURES ON THE RIGHT ARE FROM 19:39:44 1976. THE TOP SHOWS MANUEL AND MARY'S GRANDDAUGHTER, JOSEPHINE, STANDING IN 19:39:51 FRONT OF THE COVERED PORCH, AND THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE TANKHOUSE WITH A WATER TANK STILL ON TOP. 19:40:04 BY 2018, PORTIONS OF THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE WERE OVER 120 YEARS OLD. BY THAT TIME, THE FARMHOUSE WAS A 19:40:11 FIXTURE ON MISSION BOULEVARD. THE FARMHOUSE'S SIMPLE LINES WERE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD FOR ALL WHO 19:40:21 DROVE BY, HARKENING BACK TO FREMONT'S FARMING ROOTS. BUT ALSO BY 2018, THE FARMHOUSE'S AGE 19:40:28 WAS SHOWING. THERE WAS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT HABITABLE FOR A MODERN FAMILY TO 19:40:32 LIVE IN. THE CHALLENGE WAS DETERMINING HOW TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF A 19:40:39 100-PLUS-YEAR-OLD FARMHOUSE AND YET PROVIDE THE SPACE AND MODERN AMENITIES FOR A 21ST CENTURY FAMILY AND BEYOND. 19:40:54 ROBSON HOMES AT ARCHITECT CARUSO DESIGNS CAME UP WITH A PLAN DEMOLISHING THE REAR ADDITION AND 19:41:01 ADDING A NEW REAR ADDITION. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE FRONT TWO SECTIONS THAT WERE REHABILITATED. 19:41:08 THE ORIGINAL REAR SECTION ADDITION WOULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW REAR ADDITION. 19:41:17 THE NEW ADDITION WOULD BE SECONDARY AND SUBSERVIENT TO THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE HOUSE BY ITS LOCATION IN THE REAR 19:41:23 AND BY THE PLACEMENT OF THE ROOF LINE, WHICH IS BELOW THE CENTER CROSS GABLE. 19:41:32 THE NEW ADDITION WAS ALSO BUILT INTO THE HILL, UTILIZING A BASEMENT WITH A LIGHT WELL AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY 19:41:38 HARB IN MAY OF 2018. THE MAY 2018 PLAN ALSO PRESERVED AND REHABILITATED THE TANKHOUSE AND THE 19:41:44 PUMP HOUSE OVER THE BRICK LINE WELL LIT. THE TANKHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1912, AND 19:41:51 THE WELL WAS DUG AT THE SAME TIME. THE SMALL PUMP HOUSE WAS ADDED IN THE 1940s. 19:42:01 THOSE STRUCTURES WERE MOVED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION BEHIND THE ORIGINAL FARMHOUSE TO A NEW LOCATION BEHIND THE 19:42:08 REHABILITATED FARMHOUSE. THE REHABILITATION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. 19:42:16 THE HISTORIC ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION WERE MONITORED BY CONSTRUCTION MONITOR AND PRESERVATION ARCHITECT. 19:42:23 THE HOUSE WAS RAISED OFF ITS ORIGINAL FOUNDATION, PUT ON CRIBBING IN ORDER TO BUILD A PROPER MODERN FOUNDATION, 19:42:30 SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE NORTH ELEVATION RAISED UP ON CRIBBING READY TO BE LOWERED. 19:42:37 THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REAR OF THE FARMHOUSE, AND THE ORIGINAL REAR ADDITION HAS 19:42:44 BEEN REMOVED. WHEN YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE 19:42:50 SIDING IS LABELED. THIS WAS TO PRESERVE AND RE-USE THE ORIGINAL SIDING WHEN POSSIBLE. 19:42:55 EACH PIECE WAS LABELED BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED SO WE KNEW WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHAT PART OF THE HOUSE, AND THE PIECES 19:43:01 WERE SORTED TO SEE WHICH ONES COULD BE SALVAGED AND RE-USED. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE PICTURE ON THE 19:43:08 RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE REAR ADDITION WAS REMOVED AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED ORIGINAL SIDING 19:43:15 UNDERNEATH. HERE'S THE FRONT SECTION OF THE FARMHOUSE STRIPPED DOWN TO ITS STUDS, 19:43:22 AND SITTING ON THE NEW FOUNDATION. THE TANKHOUSE WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. 19:43:29 THE SIDING WAS STRIPPED, THE BOARDS LABELED AND THEY WERE SORTED TO BE SAVED FOR RE-USE. 19:43:37 THIS IS THE LIP OF THE BRICK LINED WELL THAT WAS ALSO SAVED AND MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION. 19:43:49 SO AFTER TWO YEARS, HERE IS THE TANKHOUSE, THE PUMP HOUSE AND WELL LIP AFTER THE COMPLETED REHABILITATION. 19:43:58 AND HERE'S THE REHABILITATED RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE. ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, I JUST WANT TO 19:44:04 POINT OUT HOW THE FORM OF THE ORIGINAL FARMHOUSE IS PRESERVED IN THE REHABILITATION. 19:44:12 AND THIS WAS THE DESIGN VISION OF THE ARCHITECTS, THAT THE ARCHITECTS AND THE HISTORIANS LAID OUT. 19:44:18 ACCENTUATE THE ORIGINAL FORM OF THE FRONT TWO SECTIONS OF THE FARMHOUSE. SO FROM SOME ANGLE, YOU'LL SEE THE NEW 19:44:25 ADDITION, BUT THE DESIGN IS TO KEEP THOSE -- THAT NEW ADDITION SECONDARY TO THE ORIGINAL. 19:44:39 SO THESE ARE PICTURES KIND OF UP CLOSE OF THE FRONT OF THE FARMHOUSE BEFORE THE REHABILITATION, AND THESE ARE SAME 19:44:44 ANGLES AFTERWARDS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS THE FORM OF THE FRONT TWO SECTIONS. 19:44:56 AND HERE IS THE VIEW FROM MISSION BOULEVARD FROM BEFORE. AND THIS IS THE VIEW FROM MISSION 19:45:02 BOULEVARD AFTER. AND ALTHOUGH YOU CAN STILL -- YOU CAN SEE THE REAR ADDITION, IT'S 36 FEET 19:45:09 BEHIND THE FRONT FACADE, AND SUBSERVIENT TO THE ORIGINAL. SO THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE READS THE 19:45:15 SAME WAY TO CARS DRIVING BY ON MISSION BOULEVARD TODAY AS IT DID TO CARS DRIVING BY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 19:45:25 AS PART OF THE PROJECT'S HISTORIC MITIGATION CONDITIONS, WE DOCUMENTED THE FARMHOUSE FOR THE SECRETARY OF 19:45:35 INTERIOR STANDARDS. THIS INCLUDES DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AN HISTORIC REPORT AND INTERPRETIVE 19:45:42 DISPLAY, SO THE INTERPRETIVE DISPLAY IS PLACED NEXT TO THE FARMHOUSE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN HERE IN THE 19:45:48 LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PICTURE, SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO WALK BY AND YOU SEE THE FARMHOUSE THAT FRONTS MISSION 19:45:52 BOULEVARD, YOU'RE ABLE TO READ THE HISTORY OF THE FARMHOUSE AND THE RODRIGUES FAMILY. 19:46:01 SO WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE? TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO 19:46:05 TAKE TWO IMPORTANT STEPS TO HELP SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE. 19:46:10 THE FIRST STEP IS TO FORMALLY FIND THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FREMONT REGISTER AND THE SECOND IS 19:46:17 APPROVING THE USE OF THE MILLS ACT TO PRESERVE THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 19:46:25 AND THOSE ARE THE TWO STEPS WE'RE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE. AND I WANT TO END WITH A PICTURE OF 19:46:31 MARY SCOTT. THIS IS MARY SCOTT ON THE PORCH WITH HER GRANDSON AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER IN 19:46:39 LAW, AND TWO OF HER GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS. AND THEY'RE STANDING ON THE PORCH OF 19:46:47 HER GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE. SO IF YOU ARE COUNTING, IF YOU INCLUDE THE FARMHOUSE THAT MANUEL AND MARY 19:46:58 BUILT, THIS SPANS SIX GENERATIONS WITH TIES TO THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 19:47:00 CONSIDERATION. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. TIME IS UP, BUT THANK YOU. 19:47:11 ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. 19:47:18 PLANNER ROTH? >> I COULD CLARIFY THE QUESTION I WASN'T ABLE TO ANSWER EARLIER. 19:47:24 IF I COULD JUST SHARE MY SCREEN JUST FOR ONE MOMENT, I CAN SHOW THAT MILLS ACT CONTRACT. 19:47:29 IT WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT. SO THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT SORT OF WHAT CAN THE CITY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT 19:47:37 THE PROJECT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR HISTORIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CODE. SO THIS IS ONE PROVISION, IT'S 19:47:44 PROVISION 3C, IT JUST SAYS THAT THE OWNER IS REQUIRED TO ALLOW FOR PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS, YOU KNOW, OF 19:47:50 THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES AND THAT INCLUDES BY THE CITY, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A 19:47:55 PROVISION FURTHER DOWN HERE WHICH JUST SAYS THAT THE OWNER AGREES TO FURNISH THE CITY WITH ANY AND ALL INFORMATION 19:48:00 REQUESTED. SO MAYBE IN THAT CASE OF AN EARTHQUAKE OR PLUMBING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT 19:48:08 WOULD BE A VISIT BY CITY STAFF, MAYBE A BUILDING INSPECTOR TO VERIFY THAT THAT DAMAGE OCCURRED, AND IF THERE WAS ANY 19:48:14 REQUEST BASED ON THAT DAMAGE TO MAKE A MODIFICATION, WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AGREE 19:48:23 WITH THE RATIONALE FOR THAT, FOR EXAMPLE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THAT 19:48:26 CLARIFICATION. I SEE HANDS RAISED. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM 19:48:31 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PLEASE. >> Councilmember Salwan: I'M JUST READY TO MAKE THE MOTION WHEN THE TIME 19:48:35 IS RIGHT. >> Mayor Mei: WE STILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I HAVE TO OPEN THAT FOR 19:48:38 PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DO YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION? 19:48:42 >> Councilmember Keng: YES, THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH 19:48:52 US, MAYBE TERRY, IF YOU HAVE AN APPROXIMATE COST THAT YOU GUYS HAD TO SPEND ON THE REHABILITATION OF THE 19:49:04 HISTORIC HOUSE, AND ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR ITS USE MOVING FORWARD. 19:49:13 >> I MEAN, FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MARK ENJOYS THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND TAKES PRIDE IN 19:49:22 THE RESULTS AND IN MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DONE RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT YOU 19:49:28 KNOW, MARK MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT OR NOT. BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT WE'RE PLANNING 19:49:37 ON SELLING THE HOUSE AND IT BASICALLY RESTORED AND REHABILITATED SO THAT A FAMILY, YOU KNOW, FROM TODAY'S 19:49:48 STANDARDS WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN IT AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY IN IT. >> Councilmember Keng: GREAT. 19:49:52 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Councilmember Cox: MAY I ASK A QUESTION? 19:49:55 >> Mayor Mei: SORRY, I DON'T SEE YOUR HAND RAISED. YES, COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:50:03 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. TERRY, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WITH THE SIGN THAT YOU JUST SHOWED US, IS 19:50:10 IT ONLY IN ENGLISH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TRANSLATED INTO SOME OTHER 19:50:22 LANGUAGES TO MAKE IT MORE LANGUAGE-ACCESSIBLE. >> IT IS ONLY IN ENGLISH, AND IT'S 19:50:34 LOCATED HERE PHYSICALLY. IT'S ALSO AT -- THE DOCUMENTATION WAS SENT TO THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MUSEUM 19:50:40 OF LOCAL HISTORY. THE FREMONT PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH, NORTHWEST INFORMATION CENTER FOR 19:50:46 HISTORIC AND INFORMATION RESOURCES SONOMA STATE AND WITH THE FREMONT PLANNING DIVISION. 19:50:54 BUT IT IS NOT TRANSLATED INTO -- TO ANOTHER LANGUAGE, I GUESS THAT WASN'T PART OF THE CONDITIONS BUT I'M SURE 19:51:04 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE AND PLACED WITH THOSE -- THE RESOURCES WITH -- IN THOSE PLACES WHERE IT IS 19:51:09 BEING STORED. >> Councilmember Cox: THAT WOULD BE A BIG HELP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADA AND 19:51:17 MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ALSO SOME ACCOMMODATIONS THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO READ ABOUT THE WONDERFUL 19:51:26 HISTORY AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT -- SINCE WE ARE A ASIAN-DOMINATED COMMUNITY, THAT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL 19:51:33 TO CONSIDER SOME OTHER LANGUAGES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS HISTORY. 19:51:43 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE 19:51:48 PUBLIC HEARING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKERS WOULD WHO WOULD LIKE TO -- I 19:51:54 SEE AN ATTENDEE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. DAVID SISSAN. 19:52:03 IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOUR MIC, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS DAVID SISSON. I OWN THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE 19:52:10 FARMHOUSE, I SAW THE HOUSE THROUGH THE ENTIRE RESTORATION PROCESS. THE TIME OF THIS PROPOSAL SEEMS RATHER 19:52:15 CONVENIENT. THREE YEARS AGO THE -- TO MAKE IT HISTORIC BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANTED TO 19:52:19 MAKE -- AND NOW THEY'RE DEKRAIRING IT HISTORIC JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PUT IT UP FOR SALE. 19:52:27 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AS-BUILT PLANS, 19:52:35 CONSIDERABLE EFFORT FOR REPLACE -- THE HOUSE IS NOT -- THE INTERIOR WAS GUTTED TO REMOVE THE DISTINCTIVE 19:52:42 FEATURES SUCH AS THE CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS WITH VERY QUAINT SMALL ROOMS THAT THEY WOULD PUT THE CHILDREN IN, 19:52:50 NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD DO TODAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT IS THERE, AND -- ENTIRE -- OF THE HOUSE. 19:53:02 WHEN WE DISCUSSED AT THE HARB MEETING BACK IN 2018, IT WAS DECIDED REMOVING THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WOULD MAKE IT -- 19:53:10 IN CASE THEY WANT TO MAKE IT HISTORIC. THEY CHANGED WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. 19:53:19 ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK REALLY THE SAME ABOUT THE HOUSE, THE FRONT PROFILE LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME AND SOME 19:53:29 SUPPORT BEAMS. BACK IN -- THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY HISTORIC ABOUT THIS THING IS 19:53:35 THE PATH, THEY PUT A GARAGE AND FENCE ACROSS THE PATH AND IT'S NOT EVEN LISTED ON THE HISTORIC RESOURCES IF 19:53:42 THEY WANT TO PRESERVE IT TODAY SO THIS COMPLETE CHANGE BASICALLY ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE THE 19:53:52 SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GAIN SOME PROFIT. WE SHOULD -- GAIN THE SYSTEM FOR FINANCIAL PURPOSES, AND WE SHOULDN'T 19:53:56 DECLARE SOMETHING AS HISTORIC WHEN IT OBVIOUSLY NO LONGER IS. THE FARMHOUSE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM 19:54:03 THE PUZZLE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY 19:54:13 ABREU. WELCOME. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FROM MY 19:54:22 PERSPECTIVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DEMANDING HISTORICAL ACCURACY, I WOULD GO BACK A HUNDRED YEARS AND TALK 19:54:29 TO SENIOR RODRIGUES AND TELL HIM HE'S NOT BUILDING IN HIS HISTORICAL TRADITION BACK FROM BACK WHERE HE CAME 19:54:36 FROM. HE'S ADOPTING A WHOLE NEW STYLE, AND CHANGING THE APPEARANCE OF HIS 19:54:48 CONSTRUCTION TO FIT A NEW ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN AS GENERATIONS OR AS DECADES GO BY, HIS NEEDS CHANGE, HE'S GOING IN 19:55:01 AND CHANGING THE HOUSE AND ADDING ON AND DOING A LOT OF THINGS. THE HOUSE IS CERTAINLY NOT AT ALL 19:55:07 ECONOMIC IN TERMS OF ANYBODY WHO'S BUILDING A HOUSE LIKE THAT IS GOING TO END UP BUILDING A HOUSE -- OR BUILDING 19:55:11 A HOUSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO END UP BUILDING A HOUSE LIKE THE HOUSES NEXT DOOR TO IT. 19:55:24 THOSE 55 NEW HOUSES. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO IN AND PLAY AROUND WITH OLD WOOD AND TRY TO MAKE 19:55:30 SOMETHING THAT MAINTAINS AN OLD APPEARANCE FOR THE SAKE OF THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE, BUT THEY DID, 19:55:35 AND THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY DOING IT, NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ALL THE TAX BREAKS THEY CAN GET. 19:55:48 YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN -- THAT'S ENTIRELY TO BE EXPECTED. AND AS FAR AS THE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION 19:56:01 THERE, YOU KNOW, AS I THINK THAT THE FAMILY WOULD EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT IN THEIR LANGUAGE, ALONG WITH 19:56:09 MAYBE SOME OF THE LOCAL LANGUAGES HERE, ENGLISH, WHATEVER. AND THAT COULD BE DONE, THAT LANGUAGE 19:56:16 IS -- THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL AROUND WHO CAN -- WHO KNOW THAT LANGUAGE. YOU KNOW, JUST AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO 19:56:23 WHATEVER IS MOST POPULAR NOW, LET'S STICK WITH THE HISTORICAL LANGUAGE IF WE WANT TO STICK WITH HISTORICAL -- 19:56:29 ALL THE HISTORICAL DETAILS, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, THAT IS NOT IN THE RULES, BY THE WAY. 19:56:35 THE RULES SAY YOU MAINTAIN THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RECONSTRUCT 19:56:45 THE INTERIOR OF THESE THINGS AND KEEP DOING WHATEVER IT WAS THEY DID A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ON THE INTERIOR. 19:56:52 ANYWAY, THINK WE NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE GOT AND NOT NITPICK OVER FINE HISTORICAL DETAILS THAT WE'RE 19:57:01 NEVER GOING TO REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:57:12 SO SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT 19:57:19 IDEALLY IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH HOW WE DELIVER HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, IDEALLY SOME OF THESE SIGNS 19:57:25 MUCH LIKE WE SEE IN OUR CITY, DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER AND OTHERS I HOPE WILL BE DIGITAL, BECAUSE THAT WILL ALLOW US 19:57:31 THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE LANGUAGES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, BOTH HISTORICAL AND 19:57:36 CURRENTLY IN THE PUBLIC. AND WITH THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND LOCALLY HERE, 19:57:41 OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL ARE ABLE TO ENJOY AND UNDERSTAND THIS. 19:57:45 I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS. 19:57:49 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. 19:57:58 SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE MR. ROBSON KIND OF -- YOU GUYS WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY TO RESTORE 19:58:09 THIS HISTORIC HOME, AND WE DON'T HAVE MANY -- TOO MANY OF THESE HOMES LEFT IN FREMONT, AND IT IS REALLY QUITE 19:58:14 SIGNIFICANT THAT WE CAN RESTORE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED 20 YEARS. 19:58:22 SO I JUST WANTED -- I THINK OFTENTIMES WE -- I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE COST BECAUSE I THINK OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, 19:58:27 TO RESTORE A OLD HOME LIKE THAT, IT PROBABLY COSTS MORE THAN JUST TO BUILD A NEW ONE. 19:58:42 SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND THE TIME AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT INTO IT, AND I BELIEVE OUR HARB, HISTORIC 19:58:54 REVIEW COMMITTEE IN FREMONT, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY STRICT PROCESS AND ALREADY APPROVE FOR TO BE CONSIDERED A 19:59:06 HISTORIC HOME, SO I THINK I TRUST THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE AND -- BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY, SO 19:59:11 JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:59:15 I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS A FIVE-MINUTE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL, IF THERE'S 19:59:26 ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD. >> JUST REGARDING THE HISTORIC RESTORATION PROCESS, IT WAS DONE ALL 19:59:38 UNDER THE CITY'S PURVIEW WITH THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTS AND CONSULTANTS REVIEWING PRETTY MUCH ALL THE STEPS 19:59:47 THAT WE HAD TO TAKE, AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, AND KELLY 19:59:57 ABREU IS CORRECT THAT IT IS THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS LOOKS 20:00:07 AT IN TERMS OF THE RESTORATION. THEY HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT THE INTERIOR WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED OR 20:00:16 MODIFIED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT RECOGNIZES THAT THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY, BUT 20:00:26 FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE RE-USE OF THE MATERIALS AND THE LOOK OF THE ORIGINAL. 20:00:36 MARK, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? >> WELL, I'D JUST ADD THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN THE BAY 20:00:45 AREA, THE FERRY BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, USED TO BE A FERRY DEPOT, IT'S NOW A RETAIL CENTER ON THE INSIDE BUT THEY 20:00:53 RESTORED THE OUTSIDE. SO ADAPTIVE RE-USE IS COMMON PRACTICE, AND FROM A HOUSING STANDPOINT, THE 20:00:58 GOAL WAS TO DESIGN A HOME FOR MODERN LIVING ON THE INSIDE SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD MAINTAIN IT. 20:01:04 AND TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHAT 20:01:15 WE TRIED TO DO. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS 20:01:21 TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER THEN TO OUR COUNCIL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS. 20:01:31 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHERE POSSIBLE, IT IS HELPFUL, I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK BY THAT PROPERTY 20:01:38 AND TO READ THE SIGNS AND TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND THE PROPERTY AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF IT. 20:01:45 IT'S PART OF I GUESS MY OWN ACTIVATE FREMONT PROCESS, BUT I HAVE SEEN THAT, AND I'VE SEEN THE PERIOD OF IT, AS 20:01:49 GOING THROUGH THE TRANSITION, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE WHAT HISTORY WE DO HAVE AND I'M GLAD THAT 20:01:59 WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE FAMILY GUIDANCE UPON THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT THAT ADDS BETTER TO THE 20:02:03 RICHNESS OF THE HERITAGE WE'RE WORKING ON. I SEE OUR CITY ATTORNEY ALSO HAS HER 20:02:08 HAND RAISED. DEBRA, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US -- >> Ms. Margolis: I JUST WANTED TO 20:02:11 REMIND YOU, MAYOR, TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. 20:02:17 THEN LET'S OFFICIALLY CLOSE -- WAIT, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S RAISED THEIR HAND THERE. 20:02:23 WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER, BUT I THINK THAT -- >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT HAND HAD ALREADY 20:02:24 -- >> Mayor Mei: THAT PERSON HAD ALREADY SPOKEN. 20:02:29 SO I APOLOGIZE, DAVID. SO -- >> Ms. Gauthier: OH, SORRY. 20:02:37 >> Mayor Mei: WAS THERE ANOTHER SPEAKER? >> Ms. Gauthier: NO, SORRY. 20:02:41 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED NOW. AND I WILL TURN IT BACK AGAIN TO THE 20:02:47 COUNCIL FOR MAKING THEIR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. OR A MOTION, PLEASE, IF THERE'S NONE. 20:02:54 >> Councilmember Jones: I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. 20:02:59 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 20:03:04 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 20:03:11 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 20:03:20 VICE PRESIDENT SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. AND SO THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY OF ALL 20:03:27 OF THE COUNCIL. IN TERMS OF THIS ACTION TO PRESERVE AND REGISTER LISTING AND MILLS ACT 20:03:34 CONTRACT FOR THE RODRIGUES FARMHOUSE. I HOPE YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE FAMILY TOO. 20:03:39 NEXT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ITEM 5D, WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT USE TABLE AMENDMENTS. 20:03:48 AND WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, CHRISTINA BRIGGS, AND PLANNING MANAGER JOEL PULLEN WHO WILL PROVIDE US A 20:03:54 PRESENTATION. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. 20:03:58 I BELIEVE JOEL IS GOING TO PULL UP A PRESENTATION SO JUST GIVE US ONE MOMENT. 20:04:05 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. I WILL JUST MAKE A NOTE TO THE PUBLIC THAT DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THIS 20:04:13 AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE UP FOR A BREAK AROUND 8:30, IS THAT CORRECT? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 20:04:17 NOTE THAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE STENOCAPTIONERS AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT. 20:04:25 >> WE WILL SPEAK QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAME MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 20:04:32 MY NAME IS CHRISTINA BRIGGS, CHECKVILLEMENT DIRECTOR. TONIGHT WE'RE DISCUSSING SOME MINOR 20:04:36 ZONING CHANGES IN THE DOWNTOWN WHICH REPRESENT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN PLANNING AND ECONOMIC 20:04:42 DEVELOPMENT TO MAINTAIN LEASING MOMENTUM IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND ALSO TO ADDRESS RETAIL MARKET CONDITIONS THAT 20:04:50 HAVE EVOLVED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THIS ZONING WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED MANY YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO DO SO. 20:04:58 WHILE THESE CHANGES IN RETAIL DEFINITELY PREDATE THE PANDEMIC, THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ARE NOW WOVEN 20:05:02 THROUGH ALMOST EVERY TREND IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY AND IN MOST CASES, ARE SPEEDING UP THESE CHANGES. 20:05:13 RETAIL ANALYSTS' FORECASTS CONTINUE DIFFICULTY OR EVEN BANKRUPTCIES FOR WHAT WE CALL SPECIALTY RETAIL, LIKE 20:05:19 APPAREL AND SPECIALTY ITEMS, DEPENDENCE ON DIGITAL CHANNELS TO SELL PRODUCTS AND DECREASING THEIR DEMAND FOR 20:05:25 PHYSICAL SPACE. RESTAURANTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE EXPECTING TO SLOWLY REBOUND, 20:05:30 PARTICULARLY QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME POSITIVE INDICATIONS OF THIS WITH THE FIRST TWO 20:05:35 LEASES ON CAPITOL AVENUE GOING TO REALLY STRONG RESTAURANT TENANTS. HOWEVER, RESTAURANTS REALLY LIKE TO 20:05:41 CO-LOCATE WITH A BROAD MIX OF USES THAT WILL GENERATE CUSTOMERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING, AND IN ADDITION, THEY 20:05:46 WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL THEMSELVES IF THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY PERSISTENT VACANCY. 20:05:54 CURRENTLY, THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAS MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING IN SOME CASES THAN OTHER ZONING IN PART OF FREMONT WITH 20:06:01 MORE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL BASES, ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT LESS COMPETITIVE FROM A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE. 20:06:06 IT ALSO HAS PROVISIONS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT, I'LL SAY. THIS INCLUDES RELEGATING CERTAIN USES 20:06:13 TO THE UPPER FLOORS, IT CURRENTLY SAY, WHICH IS PROVING TO BE NOT A VIABLE SPACE FOR MOST TENANTS. 20:06:21 IT ALSO INTERESTING CURRENTLY REQUIRING A LENGTHY REVIEW PROCESS FOR DESIRABLE RESTAURANTS, WHICH REALLY STANDS IN 20:06:25 CONFLICT WITH OUR VISION FOR THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO REMEDY THAT. 20:06:32 SO GIVEN THIS, OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK THAT IS NOT OVERLY DEPENDENT ON USES THAT CAN ONLY BE ABSORBED TO A 20:06:37 CERTAIN DEGREE AND TO ALLOW FOR A MIX OF USES THAT ULTIMATELY STILL ACHIEVE THE PRIMARY GOAL OF DOWNTOWN, A PLACE 20:06:44 THAT OFFERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CUSTOMER NEEDS AND THEREBY DRAWS MORE PEOPLE AND INCREASES ACTIVITY ON THE 20:06:48 STREET. WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT ECONOMIC DIVERSITY IN FREMONT AS A SORT OF 20:06:53 RESILIENCY AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO OUR DOWNTOWN RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. 20:07:00 BUT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE DOWNTOWN VISION AND THAT'S PRECISELY BECAUSE WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE 20:07:05 MOMENTUM THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT IT WITH A MARKET-BASED RESPONSE. SO WE BELIEVE WE'RE PROPOSING A 20:07:10 BALANCED APPROACH HERE TONIGHT WITH A LIMITED CONCENTRATION CAP THAT WOULD APPLY TO JUST A SMALL GROUP OF USES 20:07:16 THAT JOEL IS NOW GOING TO DESCRIBE FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, FOR THAT 20:07:20 BROAD OVERVIEW. I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20:07:27 AND THE SPECIFICS OF THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED CHANGES. SO AS CHRISTINA INDICATED, WE 20:07:32 PERIODICALLY DO COME TO COUNCIL WITH CODE UPDATES TO RESPOND TO CHANGING CONDITIONS IN THE CITY. 20:07:38 THE GENERAL PLAN DIRECTS CITY STAFF TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THOSE ZONING RULES AND CONSIDER ANY WARRANTED CHANGES. 20:07:48 SO THIS IS A MAP ON THE SCREEN OF OUR EMERGING DOWNTOWN. AT THE CORE, THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN EVENT 20:07:56 CENTER IN GREEN AT CAPITOL AND STATE IS COMING ALONG, LOCALE JUST WEST OF THAT PLAN SOUTH HERE IS BEGINNING TO SEE 20:08:00 COMMERCIAL BUILDOUTS LIKE THE RESTAURANTS CHRISTINA MENTIONED. THERE ARE APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS AT 20:08:06 FREMONT BANK AND THE ADJACENT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CLOSER TO FREMONT BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS SOME MIXED USE 20:08:17 PROPOSALS IN THE AREAS NEAR AND ACROSS FROM CITY HALL. SO THAT'S JUST TO SAY, IN BASIC 20:08:23 EXPLANATION, THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTMENT HAPPENING, AND USES ARE BEING ESTABLISHED, AND CONSIDERED AT 20:08:33 THIS TIME. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 20:08:39 AS WE RESPOND TO WHAT WE CONSIDER VERY DYNAMIC MARKET CONDITIONS, OUR PRIMARY GOAL FOR AN URBAN AREA SUCH AS THIS 20:08:45 AREA IS TO MAINTAIN A VIBRANCY AND A VITALITY OF AN ACTIVE PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT. 20:08:52 SO WE'RE REDUCING THE REVIEW LEVEL FOR RESTAURANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, SO THEY CAN ESTABLISH THEMSELVES EASIER, AND ALSO 20:09:00 MAINTAINING THE ALLOWANCE FOR RETAIL AND DRINKING PLACES, BUT ALSO GOING TO SOME OTHER USES TO FILL IN THE GAPS AS 20:09:06 WE GROW. FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE RELATIVELY CAUTIOUS WITH OUR MIXED USE RULES WHEN 20:09:10 WE ESTABLISHED THE DISTRICT A FEW YEARS AGO. ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES WOULD BE THAT 20:09:16 OUTDOOR DINING WITH ALCOHOL PREVIOUSLY TRIGGERED A MINOR ENTITLEMENT. AS DID ALCOHOL SERVICE WITH 20:09:21 RESIDENTIAL ABOVE, FOR EXAMPLE. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS WE'VE GOTTEN MORE USED TO WITH THE MORE RECENT EXPANSION 20:09:28 OF OUTDOOR DINING, IN MIXED USE AREAS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. WE ALSO NEED TO ENCOURAGE OCCUPANCY OF 20:09:34 THE GROUND FLOOR TENANT SPACES TO HELP BUILD THAT MOMENTUM CHRISTINA DISCUSSED. 20:09:40 A HEALTHY MIX OF USES INCLUDES THOSE ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES BUT THERE ARE OTHER SYNERGISTIC USES THAT CAN BE 20:09:45 PART OF THAT HEALTHY MIX. SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT MIGHT BE SOMEONE VISITING A FITNESS CLASS, STOPPING 20:09:51 OFF FOR A MEAL OR A SNACK BEFORE OR AFTER. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS SOMEONE WITH A 20:09:57 MEDICAL APPOINTMENT IN THOSE AREAS TAKING CARE OF AN ERRAND, MAYBE DROPPING OFF LAUNDRY OR SOME OTHER 20:10:03 TYPE OF A SERVICE USE, AND SO THESE THINGS ARE SYNERGISTIC. THEY ALLOW YOU TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS 20:10:12 IN ONE TRIP, AND TO HAVE MULTIPLE REASONS TO VISIT A PLACE TO PATRONIZE THE MORE ACTIVE AND THE OTHER USES 20:10:22 NECESSARY TO CREATE THAT HEALTHY MIX. SO TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PROPOSED USE TABLE AMENDMENTS, THE USES LISTED 20:10:30 HERE IN THE FIRST BULLET IN PARENTHESES ARE SOME OF THE TYPES OF USE, NOT ALL, THE FULL AMOUNTS IN THE REPORT AND IN 20:10:41 THE TABLE THAT ARE PERMITTED IN MANY OTHER URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, REGIONALLY AND PLACES IN THE CITY SUCH AT OUR 20:10:44 TOWN CENTERS. ALONG WITH PROVIDING THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE USES TO ENCOURAGE LEASING 20:10:51 ACTIVITY, PART OF STRIKING THAT BALANCE WAS TO SET A BAR WHERE THE MAJORITY OF USES WOULD ALWAYS BE THOSE RESTAURANT 20:10:58 RETAIL DRINKING PLACES AND THOSE TYPE. AGAIN, AT A MORE STREAMLINED LEVEL OF REVEUL FOR THE ONES I MENTIONED, FOR 20:11:05 EXAMPLE. WHILE WE MIGHT GET TO 100% OF RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL AS USES TURN 20:11:11 OVER OVER TIME, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE MORE THAN 40% OF THE USES THAT ARE LISTED HERE AT THE LIMITED 20:11:15 CONCENTRATION USES SHOWN IN THE TABLE AS L. WE CONTINUE TO REQUIRE, OF COURSE, 20:11:24 THAT URBAN DESIGN ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE BUILDING FORM YOU SEE HERE AND ON THE STREET ON CAPITOL IN TERMS OF SITE AND 20:11:28 BUILDING AT THE SIGN AND ALSO STOREFRONT TRANSPARENCY THAT ATTRACT THE FOOT TRAFFIC AND PROVIDE A SENSE 20:11:37 OF PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. LASTLY WE DO THINK THIS PROPOSAL IS THE RIGHT FIT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A 20:11:41 FRAMEWORK THAT'S FLEXIBLE BUT ENSURES THE DOWNTOWN GROWS INTO THE ACTIVE CORE WE ALL WANT TO BE. 20:11:47 WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU ITEMS LIKE THIS AS WE RECOGNIZE CHANGES IN RETAIL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE 20:11:53 SURE THE CITY IS BOTH COMPETING WELL IN THE REGION AND PROVIDING THE BEST PLACES WITH THE BEST RANGE OF USES FOR 20:12:00 OUR CITY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU 20:12:04 MAY HAVE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN TO OUR COUNCIL 20:12:15 FOR ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. INTO SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 20:12:21 I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPEAKER. WELCOME, JOHN WEED. >> THANK YOU. 20:12:31 I WAS SURPRISED TO READ IN THIS THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT HAD A ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES 20:12:39 AND THAT IT PROHIBITED -- THIS PLAN PROHIBITS COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE CC DISTRICT AND LIMITS IT ELSEWHERE. 20:12:46 I LOOKED INTO IT, THE CITY OF FREMONT HAS GREATLY RESTRICTED COMMUNITY COLLEGE USES. 20:12:54 IF YOU TYPE IN 46,000 MISSION BOULEVARD YOU'LL FIND -- COLLEGE CAMPUS -- NOT ALLOWED. 20:13:01 THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE COLLEGE ITSELF BUT DOES IMPACT THE FRONTAGE PROPERTY WHICH IS SURPLUSSED AND NOW UNDER THE 20:13:08 AUSPICES OF THE CITY ZONING. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER EDUCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN BANNED OR 20:13:14 LIMITED IN A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GENERATE A SALES TAX AS A PRIORITY. 20:13:23 IT'S PART OF THE VERY BASIS OF YOUR ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO SOME 20:13:29 ETHNIC GROUPS AND THE REASON YOU HAVE THE LOWEST POVERTY RATE OF ANY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES IS BECAUSE OF 20:13:34 EDUCATION AND THE HIGH EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THAT MINDSET. 20:13:42 RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN, YOU THE FUTURE OF THE DOWNTOWN FREMONT, CURRENT DOWNTOWN. 20:13:47 THERE WILL BE OTHERS LATER ON, PROBABLY ARDENWOOD, IS THAT OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, HOME OF THE MAYO CLINIC. 20:13:52 THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY WILL BE HEALTHCARE. THE GROUP LIVING THERE WILL BE THOSE 20:14:00 IN NEED OF HEALTHCARE AND ASSISTED LIVING AND SENIOR HOUSING. AND THAT IS YOUR FUTURE. 20:14:08 IT'S NOT A YOUNG VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT WE SEE NOW WITH THE H1Bs THAT WILL BE MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE THOSE HIGH-TECH 20:14:19 JOBS ARE OR BACK OVERSEAS. SO AS YOU GO WITH THIS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVISIT THE COMMUNITY 20:14:29 COLLEGE ZONING AND PARTICULARLY THE AREAS THAT ARE LIMITED, AND GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO WHAT THE REAL FUTURE IS TO 20:14:39 A DOWNTOWN WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A MAJOR FREEWAY OR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR TO IT OR DOESN'T ACHIEVE THAT, ITS 20:14:46 VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION. AND I SUSPECT THAT THE CITY OWNS THE ARDENWOOD AREA AND AS JACK BROOKS HAS 20:14:55 ONCE PROPOSED, THE REGION CURRENTLY A PARK IS ANOTHER WALNUT CREEK CENTER AND THAT WILL BE YOUR NEXT DOWNTOWN 20:14:59 FOLLOWING THE WARM SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT. I WISH YOU WELL, AND THANK YOU. 20:15:08 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU. WELCOME. 20:15:20 >> I AM HIGHLY SKEPTICAL OF THE SIREN CALL OF DIVERSIFICATION, THE LIMITS ON OVERCONCENTRATION, AND THE GOVERNMENT 20:15:28 BUREAUCRATS WHO WOULD TELL US WHAT KIND OF BUSINESSES DESERVE TO SUCCEED -- DESERVE A PLACE IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE. 20:15:35 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. IF YOU START WALKING ON CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, WHICH I REALIZE IS OUTSIDE OF 20:15:44 THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT IT'S NEARBY AND ECONOMICALLY AND PRACTICALLY AND PHYSICALLY IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE SITE 20:15:52 OF WHAT IS DOWNTOWN FREMONT. START WALKING FROM THE SOUTH END OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE NEAR THE POLICE 20:15:59 STATION AND START GOING NORTH WARDS ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU RUN INTO, A GIANT 20:16:01 EMPTY LOT. PROBABLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY. 20:16:10 WHAT IS ON THE EMPTY LOT NOW BEHIND ALL THE DECORATIVE CYCLONE FENCING AND ALL THE VISUAL BLOCKADES? 20:16:18 THERE ARE DOZENS OF EMPTY -- OF CARGO CONTAINERS, ALL OVER THE FLOOR OF THAT GROUND SPACE. 20:16:25 THESE CARGO CONTAINERS, TRAILERS, YOU KNOW, THOSE RECTANGULAR METAL BOXES, SHIPPING CONTAINERS, EVERYWHERE. 20:16:32 YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT AN ATTRACTIVE LOOK, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE CITY IS DOING WITH THE LAND THAT IT HAS 20:16:39 AVAILABLE TO IT RIGHT NOW. THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT THING YOU SEE? WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE STRING -- 20:16:44 THERE'S APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITH GROUND FLOOR RETAIL. WHAT'S ON THAT GROUND FLOOR RETAIL? 20:16:51 WELL, THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM, LIKE ABOUT HALF OF THEM OR SO, A LARGE PERCENTAGE ARE EMPTY. 20:16:58 WHAT KIND OF EMPTINESS? WELL, THERE'S A SANDWICH SHOP THAT CLOSED TWO YEARS AGO, THERE'S AN EMPTY 20:17:06 REAL ESTATE OFFICE, THERE'S EMPTY SPACES OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT, AND THERE'S AN EMPTY COSMETIC PLASTIC 20:17:15 SURGERY DOCTOR'S OFFICES THERE, MEDICAL BUSINESS FAILURE. WHAT SURVIVED WAS A CLEANERS, A 20:17:24 DENTIST'S OFFICE, A NAIL SALON, A HAIR SALON, AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN TRYING TO -- WHO WANT TO 20:17:35 LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT CODING, A COFFEE SHOP, AND A LOCATION FOR, AGAIN, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, THE KIND OF 20:17:42 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCOURAGE, SOMETHING CALLED GENIUS KIDS ESTABLISHMENT. 20:17:47 I THINK FREMONT NEEDS TO SUPPORT ALL THESE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IF PEOPLE WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO THESE 20:17:57 THINGS, I'M ALL FOR IT. AND THE CITY SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, DENTISTS AND NAIL SALONS AND 20:18:04 COSMETIC SURGERY AND WHATEVER ELSE IS A REASONABLE BUSINESS TO OPERATE. IT SHOULD DISCOURAGE ALL THE SHIPPING 20:18:12 CONTAINERS AND, YOU KNOW, BUT WE NEED SOME KIND OF BUSINESSES, AND ALL THIS EMPTY STORES IS A BAD SIGN FOR THE 20:18:19 FUTURE OF THE DOWNTOWN. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT BACK 20:18:26 OVER TO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL THEN ALSO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL 20:18:31 FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEGINNING WITH COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, 20:18:38 MADAME MAYOR. I DO WANT TO ASK THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ANY STRATEGIES OR 20:18:49 INCENTIVES, PROGRAMS, THAT WILL ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND RETAIL STORES TO THIS AREA, IF WE WANT 20:18:56 TO BUILD A THRIVING, LIVELY KIND OF AN ATMOSPHERE, AS YOU KNOW THAT RETAIL STORES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE 20:19:06 EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE, AND PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING ONLINE, AND YOU KNOW, THE NEW BUILDS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO -- YOU 20:19:20 KNOW, THE RENT IS GOING TO BE VERY HIGH. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ATTRACT -- 20:19:24 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER KENG. I WOULD SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT 20:19:32 INCENTIVE THAT WE AS A CITY CAN PROVIDE TO ATTRACT RETAIL IS TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF CUSTOMER BASES, SO THE 20:19:37 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING IN DOWNTOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MOST OF 20:19:45 THE RETAIL TENANTS WE TALK TO, TOP OF MIND FOR THEM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PROGRESS IS, HOW MANY UNITS ARE COMING 20:19:50 ONLINE, BECAUSE THOSE REPRESENT CUSTOMERS. AND THEN FURTHER KIND OF ARTICULATING 20:19:57 THE OTHER TYPE OF DAY TIME POPULATION THAT EXISTS IN THE DOWNTOWN WITH THE MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL COMMUNITY. 20:20:05 SO REALLY, THAT IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE GET ASKED WHEN WE HEAR FROM RETAIL PROSPECTS. 20:20:13 AND THEN BEYOND THAT, THE PROBABLY SECOND MOST IMPORTANT INCENTIVE IS SOMETHING WE ALREADY DO A FAIRLY GOOD 20:20:19 JOB WITH THE HELP OF PLANNING BUT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO EVEN MAKE THIS EASIER TONIGHT, WHICH IS TO LIMIT WHAT WE 20:20:27 CALL LIMIT THE RED TAPE, RIGHT, LIMIT THE LENGTH OF PROCESS, THE COSTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO INCUR TO GO INTO A 20:20:34 SPACE, CONSTRUCTION, DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE STILL VERY EXPENSIVE FOR ANY TENANT DOING 20:20:40 IMPROVEMENTS IN A SPACE, SO WHERE WE CAN MINIMIZE OTHER AREAS OF THAT BURDEN, WE REALLY LOOK FOR THOSE 20:20:46 OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT TONIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, REDUCING THE 20:20:57 ENTITLEMENT PROCESS FOR THESE RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:21:04 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE AMENDMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? 20:21:10 >> Councilmember Salwan: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT IS IT OKAY TO GO AHEAD TO COMMENTS? 20:21:11 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. 20:21:15 >> Councilmember Salwan: WELL, THANK YOU. WELL, I REALLY WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR 20:21:22 PUTTING THE EFFORT INTO LOOKING AT THIS AREA. IT'S A VERY CRUCIAL AREA FOR OUR 20:21:28 COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE PART WHERE IT ALLOWS MORE RESTAURANTS TO OPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF RED TAPE, SO 20:21:38 THAT'S FANTASTIC. THE PART I STRUGGLE WITH IS OPENING UP THE USES FOR MORE KINDS OF USES. 20:21:46 I REALIZE THAT'S WHAT THE MARKET IS ASKING FOR, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A CATALYST PART OF OUR CITY. 20:21:55 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID EARLY ON WAS WE SOLD IT AT A VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICE SO THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD HAVE 20:22:03 THIS PROJECT ON FREMONT BOULEVARD AND CAPITOL AVENUE, AND THE CITY EXPENDED A LOT OF FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 20:22:12 WE GAVE THE LOT AT A MUCH SUBSIDIZED RATE SO THEY COULD HAVE RETAIL, WHICH AT THAT TIME THEY WERE ALSO SAYING WAS 20:22:21 NOT -- OUT. SO I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF WE MAKE IT 40% OFFICE USE, MEDICAL USE AND 20:22:25 OTHERS, THEN THIS AREA WILL BECOME LIKE ALL THE OTHER AREAS WE HAVE ALL OVER FREMONT. 20:22:33 SO WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THAT. SO I MEAN, IF THERE'S ONE PLACE THAT WE CAN DO PLACE-MAKING OR TO HAVE A 20:22:38 NICE ENVIRONMENT TO HAVE MORE ENTERTAINMENT, TO HAVE MORE NIGHTLIFE, I THINK THIS IS THE SPOT THAT WE CAN 20:22:48 MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND SO MY CONCERN IS IF WE TAKE A SHORT-TERM VIEW THAT SOME OF THESE 20:22:54 MEDICAL OFFICES WILL COME AND OTHER OFFICE USES, EDUCATION PLACES, WHICH ARE GREAT, WE NEED THEM, BUT IF WE 20:22:59 MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO COME TO DOWNTOWN, THAT WILL TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE HERE. 20:23:05 AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMPLEX, LIKE WE HAVE A CIVIC CENTER, LIKE WE HAVE AN ARTIST'S WALK LIKE WE HAVE ALL OVER 20:23:11 THE CITY. SO I THINK AT LEAST FOR THE PART THAT IS NEAR FREMONT BOULEVARD AND CAPITOL 20:23:18 AVENUE, I THINK WE CAN HOLD THE LINE, MAYBE GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE TIME TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE VIBRANT 20:23:27 PLACES, AND I'M OPEN TO SOME COMPROMISE WHERE TOWARDS THE PASEO PADRE SIDE WE CAN ALLOW SOME OF THE 20:23:34 EXISTING USES, WHETHER IT'S THE MERKEL PLAZA OR THE SPA BUILDING OR I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME BUT THE BROWN 20:23:40 BUILDING. BUT THE NEWER MORE FACING FREMONT BOULEVARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HOLD 20:23:45 THE LINE ON THIS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A STRUGGLE BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN EMERYVILLE, THEY CREATED 20:23:50 ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL RETAIL PLACES, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FILL THEM, SO THEY FINALLY HAD TO GIVE IN. 20:23:56 SO I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, IT'S STILL EARLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME 20:24:03 INCENTIVES TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE MORE RETAIL OR DESIRABLE RESTAURANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO OPEN, 20:24:12 EVEN IF WE HAVE TO GIVE GRANTS OR LOANS THAT THEY PAY BACK OVER TIME OR I KNOW THEY HAVE TO BUILD THESE FOR THE TRASH 20:24:22 -- THE GREASE TRAPS, WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT I THINK IF WE ALLOW MORE OFFICES, 20:24:31 MORE MEDICAL USES FOREVER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. THE BAD THING IS I WENT TO SANTANA ROW 20:24:37 THIS WEEKEND AND I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T WE HAVE JUST A SMALL PART, IT WON'T BE SANTANA ROW BUT IT WILL BE OUR OWN 20:24:41 UNIQUE FLAVOR. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE AND CREATE SOMETHING HERE BECAUSE IF WE 20:24:47 DON'T MAKE IT EASIER, I THINK IT WILL BE FOREVER ANOTHER HODGEPODGE STRIP CENTER THAT WE HAVE ALL OVER OUR 20:24:52 CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR FEEDBACK, AND COMMENTS FROM 20:24:59 MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS STAFF TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 20:25:01 SALWAN. I JUST WANTED TO JOIN YOU IN THAT COMMENT. 20:25:10 I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ESTABLISH IN OUR CITY A PLACE, I WOULD ALSO WANT TO GIVE US A 20:25:15 LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, PART OF IT RIGHT NOW IS OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER, AND I THINK THAT PERHAPS THE DYNAMICS WILL 20:25:25 BE MORE REVITALIZED AND ALSO SPURRED BY SOME OF THE ADDITIONS. I KNOW ASF IS COMING BUT SLIVER PIZZA 20:25:30 ACROSS FROM OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TRY TO ESTABLISH PRE-PANDEMIC WAS THAT SENSE 20:25:38 OF PLACEMAKING, WHEN WE HAD OUR OUTDOOR SPACE AND WE HAD THE STREET EATS AND OTHER EVENT THAT WERE THERE TO TRY TO 20:25:46 DRAW THE COMMUNITY THERE, AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE DID THAT GROUND BREAKING, WHAT SEEMS LIKE SO LONG AGO NOW IN 2019, IT 20:25:54 REALLY DID HELP THAT WE CLOSED DOWN THE STREET, WE HAD ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND IT REALLY BROUGHT PEOPLE 20:25:59 TOGETHER IN A WONDERFUL WAY TO CELEBRATE, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES WHEN I LOOK BACK 20:26:05 PRE-PANDEMIC. AS WE OPEN OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER AND AS WE SLOWLY ARE ABLE TO GATHER 20:26:12 AGAIN, I THINK THAT HAVING THAT SPACE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS IN CREATING THAT AND 20:26:20 GENERATING. I ABSOLUTELY ECHO SOME OF THESE SENTIMENTS IN TRYING TO DRAW 20:26:31 ADDITIONAL RESTAURANTS TO FREMONT. I THINK WHAT MAKES US WONDERFUL IS THE CULTURE AND I CERTAINLY AM A BIG 20:26:38 PROPONENT FOR FOOD, COMING FROM PHILADELPHIA, I HAVE A LOT OF IRISH PUBS WHERE I GROUP UP, GREEK AND EYE 20:26:41 ITALIAN, I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIMULATE SOME MORE OF THAT. 20:26:46 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS SPEAK ON THAT. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 20:26:50 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER 20:26:56 SALWAN'S COMMENTS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY POPULAR TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL SITE 20:27:03 OR EVEN MEDICAL, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE AND CASE IN POINT, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY SPACES OVER ON CIVIC CENTER 20:27:07 DRIVE. SO I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO CONCENTRATE SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL PLACES THERE, 20:27:16 THAT'S FINE. I DON'T CJIS BASED ON WHAT'S BEING BUILT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, I DON'T 20:27:24 SEE A LOT OF -- QUITE FRANKLY A LOT OF CHILDREN PROBABLY LIVING THERE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ADULTS, 20:27:33 YOUNG ADULTS, THAT KIND OF THING THAT ARE OCCUPYING THOSE UNITS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WANTING HOPEFULLY SOME 20:27:37 TYPE OF NIGHTLIFE. THAT'S BEEN A COMPLAINT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS IN FREMONT, IS WHERE 20:27:43 DO YOU GO IF YOU'RE OVER 21 OR IF YOU'RE BETWEEN 18 AND 21, WHERE TO YOU GO FOR ENTERTAINMENT IN FREMONT? 20:27:50 WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF PLACES, GRANTED SOME OF THEM WEREN'T THE MOST GLAMOROUS PLACES IN THE WORLD BUT THEY 20:27:53 WERE PLACES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND 20:28:04 OF KEEP SOME OF THESE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES IF WE CAN ATTRACT THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS. 20:28:12 YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MEDICAL BUILDINGS, AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF MEDICAL OFFICES THAT WE HAVE, I 20:28:18 DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CRUCIAL THAT WE ALLOW MEDICAL OFFICES ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF SOME OF THESE NEW 20:28:24 DEVELOPMENTS. I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BE MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR US TO HAVE EITHER 20:28:32 RESTAURANTS OR SOME TYPE OF GAMING PLACE OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC THAN 20:28:36 WHAT WE HAVE NOW. MOST OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GO OUT OF TOWN WHEN THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE 20:28:40 A DATE OR DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK INTO 20:28:44 FREMONT I THINK, AND IF WE'RE BUILDING THE CORE OF THE DOWNTOWN, NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 20:28:53 >> Mayor Mei: MAYBE AN E SPORTS BAR OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE, SOMETHING UNIQUELY FREMONT. 20:29:01 I'M LOOKING FOR COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AGAIN. >> Councilmember Salwan: SO I THINK 20:29:08 THAT CAPITOL AVENUE IS A KEY AREA, SO THAT OUT OF THE THREE ZONES, LET ME PULL IT UP AGAIN, SO YOU HAVE THE 20:29:13 CAPITOL AVENUE ZONE, THE EDGE ZONE AND THE MID DISTRICT ZONES. I'M OKAY WITH THE OTHER AREAS. 20:29:19 IT'S JUST THE CAPITOL AVENUE ZONE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MAYBE IF 20:29:25 YOU CLOSE DOWN THE STREET, I MEAN, IF THAT -- MAYBE PERMANENTLY, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP THOSE 20:29:31 RESTAURANTS AND THOSE PLACES TO HAVE OUTDOOR DINING OR ENTERTAINMENT OR MUSIC OR DRINKING OR WHATEVER. 20:29:39 YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE FREMONT MORE EXCITING AND MORE 20:29:49 ENTERTAINING AND GIVE PEOPLE A PLACE TO GO TO. SO I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE 20:29:54 CAN TO PRESERVE THAT AREA. AGAIN, I'M OPEN TO CONSIDERATION TO ALL OF YOU, WHAT YOU GUYS THINK HOW WE 20:30:03 CAN BALANCE THAT. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. 20:30:15 SO I WAS VERY CONCERNED WHEN IT WAS ALLOWING ANY MEDICAL USE AT ALL, ANY NON-VIBRANT USE AT ALL WITH NO 20:30:23 LIMITATION, AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE STAFF COME BACK WITH THIS PROPOSAL, I ACTUALLY DO THINK THIS IS 20:30:29 REASONABLE. I AM NERVOUS ABOUT ALLOWING NON-VIBRANT USES LIKE MEDICAL OFFICES, 20:30:37 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S CHALLENGING TO FILL SPACES IN AN AREA THAT'S NOT 20:30:46 CURRENTLY VERY VIBRANT, SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD COMPROMISE. SO I ACTUALLY -- I DO SUPPORT THIS, 20:30:53 EVEN THOUGH I AM NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, I HAVE WORKED ON PROJECTS BEFORE WHERE WE PUT USES IN 20:31:04 THAT WERE NOT EXCITING AND WERE NOT ATTRACTIVE, AND IT REALLY HURT THE OVERALL FEEL OF THE AREA FOR YEARS AND 20:31:08 YEARS TO COME, BUT I THINK 40% IS A PRETTY REASONABLE COMPROMISE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE 20:31:15 RESIDENTS WHO DO NEED DOCTOR'S OFFICES, THEY DO NEED PLACES TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY. 20:31:26 SO I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS AS A COMPROMISE. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX. 20:31:35 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR WHAT WE HAVE IN 20:31:42 DOWNTOWN, AND I DO BELIEVE WHERE WE HAVE THE FUTURE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER, WE NEED TO HAVE THINGS THAT KIND OF 20:31:52 SUPPORT THAT AREA, BUT SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT KIND OF ADDS THAT, I AGREE, I GO TO SANTANA ROW ALL THE TIME. 20:32:00 THAT'S WHERE I HAVE TO WORK, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD KIND OF CREATE SOME 20:32:13 SORT OF AMBIANCE THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE LIVELY FEEL TO THE CITY AND BE ABLE TO -- WE ALL WANT TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, 20:32:26 SHOP, HAVE FUN, HERE IN FREMONT, AND MAYBE WHAT THE HELP OF CHRISTINA AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH TINA 20:32:32 KAPUR AND TEAM, THE WHOLE ENTIRE ECONOMIC DEVELOP M, MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER THOUGHTS THAT THEY CAN TAKE A 20:32:42 LOOK AT AND SEE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND A LOT OF THINGS MAY HAVE TO BE RESET BECAUSE 20:32:50 WHAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE WAY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE PROBABLY -- BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE PERMANENT 20:33:01 ONCE WE SET THIS ORDINANCE AND HOW EVERYTHING IS MAPPED OUT IN THIS TABLE TIED TO THE ORDINANCE THAT I THINK TO 20:33:10 BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER NEW TRENDS OR THINGS THAT HAVE OPENED UP THAT WE -- BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER, 20:33:17 I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND WHATEVER VISIT WAS BEFORE THAT AND A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS AGO, 20:33:24 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARK AND HOW THIS WAS PRESENTED, THAT WAS BACK THEN. AND MAYBE TAKING A LOOK AND SEEING 20:33:32 WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, TO KIND OF CREATE A DIFFERENT UNIQUENESS, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE OUR MINIATURE 20:33:40 CONVENTION CENTER, SO TO SPEAK, IN DOWNTOWN FREMONT, IN TERMS OF THIS ENTERTAINMENT AND SEEING WHETHER 20:33:49 THINGS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO NOT ONLY GET MORE BOOKINGS AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER BUT ALSO TO ATTRACT A LITTLE 20:33:55 BIT MORE WIDE VARIETY OF SOME ENTERTAINMENT AND THINGS THAT YOU GO TO THE EVENT CENTER FOR ONE THING AND 20:34:02 THEN MAYBE YOU WANT TO GO ACROSS THE STREET OR AROUND THE EDGE THERE FOR SOME OTHER TYPE OF -- BESIDES EATING 20:34:10 BUT OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE SOME SORT OF A MUSIC -- YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF MUSIC/EATING PLACE THAT WOULD 20:34:18 HAVE MUSIC ATTACHED TO IT THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE ENTERTAINING FOR THOSE TO HAVE A PART 1, PART 2 IN FREMONT. 20:34:24 SO JUST KIND OF -- I'M JUST BEING CAUTIOUS RIGHT NOW. I APPRECIATE THE WORK BECAUSE YOU GUYS 20:34:29 HAVE DONE A FINE JOB, BUT I WANT TO JUST STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THINGS ARE KIND OF CHANGING PRETTY 20:34:37 FAST SINCE THINGS HAVE OPENED SINCE JUNE THE 15TH, AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST TAKE ANOTHER 20:34:44 LOOK, TAKE ANOTHER SAMPLING OF THINGS OUT THERE, AND I KNOW BEING THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 20:34:55 COMMISSION AND WORKING WITH CHRISTINA AND OTHERS ON THE TEAM THERE, THAT THEY TEND TO BE VERY CREATIVE AND 20:35:02 INNOVATIVE IN THEIR THOUGHTS, AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE BEFORE WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO SOMETHING THAT 20:35:09 WE'RE LOCKED IN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS BASED 20:35:17 ON NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE PASSING PRETTY FAST HERE. AND THERE'S NEW TRENDS AND NEW THINGS 20:35:24 THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE BEFORE MAKING THIS A FINAL ORDINANCE. 20:35:30 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I JUST NOTED SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BUT I 20:35:36 WANTED TO -- YOU SAW THERE'S ONE SPEAKER SO I'M GOING TO CALL ANDREW THOMAS AND THEN AFTER HIM, CLOSE THE 20:35:38 PUBLIC COMMENT. I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T CLOSE IT EARLIER. 20:35:44 I DID CALL ON IT, BUT ANDREW, IF YOU COULD SPEAK, AND THEN I HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE'RE GOING TO 20:35:46 CLOSE THIS ITEM THEN. >> VERY GOOD. CAN I HEAR ME? 20:35:53 >> Mayor Mei: I CAN. >> HI, MY NAME IS DREW THOMAS. I WORK FOR TMJ PARTNERS AND I DO 20:36:00 REPRESENT THE OWNERSHIP OF CAPITOL SQUARE OR THE LOCALE RETAIL. I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT 20:36:11 THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SHARED HERE, BOTH IN SUPPORT AND I GUESS IN QUESTIONING, AND MY -- I JUST WANTED 20:36:18 TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CHRISTINA AND JOEL PUT FORTH, BECAUSE WE DID -- WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TEAM 20:36:26 FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR RETAIL. AND WHILE THINGS ARE CHANGING, 20:36:39 RETAILERS CERTAINLY ARE NOT COMING TO THE TABLE AS AGGRESSIVELY AS THEY ONCE WERE, AND THEY ARE MUCH MORE LEERY OF 20:36:44 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT FROM AN OWNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, ONE GETTING 20:36:53 INTEREST IN ACTIVITY AND TWO, THE COST OF THAT. AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE 20:37:01 TO BRING RAW ASF AND SLIVER TO THAT POINT, SLIVER IS GOING TO BE A VERY LIVE AND ACTIVE USE. 20:37:08 IT INCORPORATES BOTH FOOD AND MUSIC, AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED AS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I THINK IT WILL BE -- IT'S A 20:37:16 GREAT PLACE TO HAVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER. BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY ALSO A NEED, AN 20:37:24 INTEREST FOR THOSE RETAILERS TO HAVE COMPLIMENTARY USES ADJACENT. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE ALL RESTAURANTS, 20:37:34 THEN THERE WILL BE ACTION AT THE LUNCH MOMENT AND THE DINNER MOMENT BUT YOU WILL LOSE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE REST OF 20:37:44 THE DAY, AND IF YOU HAVE SORT OF A ONE STOP SHOP OPPORTUNITY FROM A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE NOT TRYING TO RE-CREATE 20:37:52 ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE CITY OTHERWISE BUT ON A LIMITED BASIS, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL OFFICE OR OTHER PERSONAL 20:37:58 SERVICES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RELAXED IN THIS SUGGESTED AMENDMENT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE 20:38:04 ABILITY -- YOU PRESENT THOSE RETAILERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE TRAFFIC DURING THESE OFF HOURS THROUGHOUT THE 20:38:07 DAY. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE 20:38:15 COMPLEMENTARY TO THOSE USERS, TO THE CITY, AND JUST CREATE AN ACTIVE, MORE LIVELY ENVIRONMENT ON THAT CORRIDOR. 20:38:24 SO WITH THAT, I JUST -- YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTS BUT WANTED TO VOICE MY THINKING AS WELL. 20:38:30 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 20:38:36 I ALSO WAS JUST GOING TO BRING IN THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS BUT I WILL NOTE THAT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT AREA, 20:38:43 THERE IS ALREADY SOME EXISTING MEDICAL BUILDINGS AND I DO BELIEVE ONE OF MY CONCERNS THERE IS THE VACANCY, BECAUSE 20:38:51 I THINK THAT'S -- THEY'RE CONDOIZED MEDICAL FACILITIES, MOSTLY DENTAL, I THINK, IN PRACTICE, SO I'M JUST A 20:38:56 LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT IF WE BRING MORE OF THAT, WE WOULD END UP WITH MORE VACANCY. 20:39:03 I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE SOME UNIQUE RETAIL, I WOULD LOVE SOME DIFFERENT FOOD IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, EITHER 20:39:10 GREAT PHO OR SOMETHING, DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT -- OR EVEN THINGS LIKE I WOULD SAY IF WE WANT TO STEM INTO 20:39:16 EDUCATIONAL BUT SOMETHING FUN, LIKE I SAW THE LEGO DISCOVERY LAND THAT'S DOWN FURTHER SOUTH IN DIFFERENT 20:39:22 PARTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO BRING OUR CITY AND SOME OF THE HERITAGE OR ART IN OTHER AREAS, IT WOULD BE 20:39:25 GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED, THEN COUNCILMEMBER KENG AND 20:39:30 CHRISTINA, AFTER WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AFTER WE MAKE THIS VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE EXCEEDING OUR TIME FOR 20:39:36 THE STENOCAPTIONER BREAK. OH, I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, JUST TO REPEAT. 20:39:40 >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY. SO QUICK QUESTION FOR JOEL OR CHRISTINA, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO 20:39:49 RESPOND. REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN'S KIND OF SUGGESTION THAT WE LOOK AT THIS 20:39:55 WITH THE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS IN MIND, WITH THE MAP THAT YOU PROVIDED. 20:40:02 SO FOR INSTANCE, LOCALE AT STATE STREET, YOU HAVE TO REFRESH MY MEMORY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT MUCH DURING 20:40:10 THE PANDEMIC, BUT SO THE RED ZONE ON CAPITAL THAT GOES UP TO THE CORNER OF STATE STREET IS ALL RETAIL. 20:40:14 IS THERE ANY RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE THAT FACES STATE STREET, OR IS THAT ALL RESIDENTIAL? 20:40:25 >> CHRISTINA, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT ONE? I KNOW LOCALE ON CAPITAL WILL BUT NOT ON THE SIDE STREET. 20:40:31 >> THERE ARE CORRIDOR END UNITS, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY RETAIL, THERE'S NO RETAIL ON THAT -- IN THAT PROJECT THAT 20:40:37 LINES STATE STREET. IT LINES CAPITOL AVENUE. >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY. 20:40:46 BECAUSE I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, AND YOU GUYS, YOU'RE IN THE MIDST OF THIS AND I KNOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALWAYS 20:40:50 TRYING TO THINK OF CREATIVE IDEAS TO BRING WHATEVER KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN GET IN. 20:41:00 WHAT WOULD -- OR HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO SAY OKAY, MAYBE WE SHOULD CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE TO NOT ALLOW AS MUCH AS 20:41:04 40% IN THE RED ZONES AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER TWO ZONES THAT YOU HAVE OUTLINED? 20:41:12 >> WELL, I GUESS I WOULD RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, TO SAY QUITE HONESTLY, THE CAPITOL AVENUE 20:41:20 ZONE IS THE ZONE WE'RE PROBABLY MOST FOCUSED ON IN THIS EXERCISE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY THE RETAIL FOCUS FOR 20:41:23 DOWNTOWN. WE SORT OF REFER TO IT AS THE RETAIL SPINE. 20:41:29 AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY TONIGHT IS THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL DEFINITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES RETAIL 20:41:38 AND RETAIL SPACE IS JUST -- IT HAS CHANGED FOR WHEN THIS ZONING WAS ESTABLISHED AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND 20:41:43 THE RIGHT BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SPACE GETS OCCUPIED. I HAVE SOME POINTS OF CLARIFICATION I 20:41:49 WOULD LOVE TO MAKE, BUT I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER KENG HAS ALSO RAISED A HAND AND I'LL DEFER TO YOU, MADAME 20:41:53 MAYOR, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT NOW OR NOT. >> Mayor Mei: SURE, IF YOU WANT TO 20:41:58 MAKE THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, PERHAPS YOU WILL BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM COUNCILMEMBER 20:42:03 KENG. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A COUPLE OF FINE POINTS AND THEN MAYBE 20:42:08 A COUPLE MORE BROAD POINTS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING 20:42:14 ABOUT EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, THAT TERM HAS BEEN USED A LOT THIS EVENING, THIS DOES NOT 20:42:20 INCLUDE TUTORING, THIS IS OTHER TYPES OF EDUCATION THAT THE ZONING CURRENTLY PRECLUDES. 20:42:25 I HAVE USED THE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, OF SOMETHING LIKE A COOKING SCHOOL. THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED. 20:42:31 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS DOES NOT MEAN TUTORING USES. 20:42:39 SIMILARLY, I WANT TO ALSO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE -- LIKE I MENTIONED THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING 20:42:45 TO EXPAND OR MAKE EASIER CERTAIN THINGS SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THE RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT A LESS ONEROUS 20:42:51 PROCESS FOR RESTAURANTS, AND TO ALLOW THEM BY RIGHT, BUT WE'RE ALSO -- COUNCILMEMBER JONES TO YOUR POINT, 20:42:58 HAVE A MORE ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT WHERE THE YOUNG UR CROWD GOES WHERE WE'RE MAKING WHAT WE CALL INDOOR RECREATION 20:43:02 EASIER. SO BILLIARDS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S CURRENTLY SOMETHING THAT IS 20:43:06 CHALLENGING IN THE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THIS ZONING WAS ESTABLISHED 20:43:15 LIKE JOEL MENTIONED AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE MAYBE NERVOUS, TO USE COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN'S PHRASE, SO WE 20:43:22 WERE DIPPING OUR TOE IN NOT WANTING TO GET TOO WILD TOO FAST, BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT THAT -- WE PROBABLY TOOK THAT A 20:43:28 LITTLE BIT TOO FAR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PEEL THAT BACK ON INDOOR RECREATION, SO I WANTED TO MAKE 20:43:34 SURE TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE 40% BY 20:43:43 NO MEANS DOES THAT MEAN THAT 40% OF THE SPACE WILL ACCOMMODATE THESE USES THAT ARE IN QUESTION, IT IS MERELY THE 20:43:49 CAP. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT IN ACTUALITY IT WILL BE QUITE A BIT LESS THAN THAT BUT 20:43:54 WE WANTED TO PLACE PER THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DISCUSSION IN APRIL, WE WANTED TO PLACE SOME SORT OF UPPER END LIMIT 20:44:02 ON IT, ON THE ACTIVITY. IT'S WORTH NOTING, PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN, MORE DOWNTOWN PALO ALTO, 20:44:09 THEY ALLOW THINGS LIKE MEDICAL OFFICE AND I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY, TOO, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MEDICAL OFFICE IN 20:44:17 THIS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE NEWER TRENDS IN DETAIL LIKE CARBON HEALTH OR 20:44:23 ONE MEDICAL IF YOU'VE HEARD EITHER OF THOSE, THEY DON'T WANT THE TRADITIONAL MEDICAL OFFICE LIKE WE SEE IN A LOT OF 20:44:29 THE CITY CENTER, THEY DON'T WANT THAT MUCH SPACE, THEY DON'T EVEN WANT THAT KIND OF BUILDOUT, THEY JUST WANT THAT 20:44:36 RETAIL STOREFRONT THAT THEY DO VERY LIMITED KIND OF ACTIVITIES WITH, IT'S A VERY VIBRANT STOREFRONT, PLANNING 20:44:41 WOULD MAINTAIN STRONG REQUIREMENTS ON THE STOREFRONTS OF ANY OF THESE USES TO COMPLY WITH KIND OF OUR FORM-BASED 20:44:47 STANDARDS IN THE DOWNTOWN. SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL REALLY CLEAR TO YOU 20:44:53 GUYS IN THIS DISCUSSION. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AND THEN I SEE DONOVAN HAS HIS 20:45:25 HAND RAISED AND I JUST AGAIN WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK SOON$TO LIKE HANG OUT ENTERTAINMENT OR 20:45:40 YOU KNOW FOR FAMILIES, TO BE LIKE A SAFE ZONE. SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE WITH 20:45:47 WITH A FOOD TRUCK AND THERE ARE FACES FOR KIDS TO PLAY AT. SO YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THOSE 20:45:54 FRIDAY NIGHTS AND THEY MISS THOSE. SO I THINK IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ALSO RECREATE SOME OF THAT. 20:46:01 IN THIS YEAR. THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR CITIZENS TO GO TO. 20:46:10 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. DONOVAN, DID YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS? >> YES, THANK YOU MAYOR I KNOW WE ARE 20:46:15 SHORT ON TIME SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK. ING COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN'S REMARKS 20:46:20 ABOUT SANTANA ROW BE ACTUALLY HAD ME THINKING ABOUT MY ACTIVITIES OVER THE WEEKEND. 20:46:34 I ACTUALLY WENT TO SANTANA ROW, I WENT TO WARBEY PARKER, GOT NEW GLASSES, GOT FOOD, DOESN'T A NEARBY RESTAURANT, 20:46:41 THAT SORT OF SPONTANEOUS VERY SYNERGISTIC EXPERIENCE, BETWEEN ME EATING LUNCH AND GOING 20:46:50 TO THE OPTOMETRIST IS I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE HERE WITH THIS BALANCE-MIX APPROACH. 20:46:56 ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE 40% LIMIT, THAT THAT CAP ALSO INCLUDES FITNESS USES. 20:47:06 AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE 40%, I THINK OUR BRAINS TEND TO IMMEDIATELY ASSUMING SORT OF A KIND OF WORSE-CASE 20:47:13 SCENARIO OR A SITUATION WHERE YOU'D HAVE 40% OF THE SPACE AUTOMATICALLY GO TO MEDICAL 20:47:20 OFFICES. BUT THERE ARE A RANGE OF OTHER USES TO CHRISTINA'S POINT, INDOOR RECREATION, 20:47:26 FITNESS AS WELL, IT'S INTENDED TO ALLOW A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING 20:47:32 THE KINDS OF USES THAT WE ALL REALLY WANT TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN FREMONT. 20:47:36 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN I HAVE SOME COMMENTS IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE MOTION YET BUT I WAS GOING 20:47:43 TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. >> Councilmember Salwan: GO NO MOTION. 20:47:47 >> Mayor Mei: GO AHEAD. >> Councilmember Salwan: WANTED TO GET STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IF WE COULD 20:47:54 HAVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE ON THE FREMONT BOULEVARD AND CAPITOL, WHEN I THINK ABOUT 40% I REALIZE YOU ARE MAKING A 20:47:58 GOOD POINT THAT'S CAP. BUT I THINK OF IT AS HALF THE 20:48:08 BUILDINGS WILL BE EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL AND ALL THE OTHER USES OR UP TO. IF WE HAD A CAP OF 20%, YOU KNOW, 20:48:17 THAT IS OF SOME BENEFIT, THE OWNER COULD FILL THOSE PLACES. AND AS YOU GO TO PASEO, YOU COULD GET 20:48:26 CLOSE TO 40, NEAR PEETS. KIND OF HOLD THE LINE TO ENCOURAGE THE KIND OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS? 20:48:32 >> I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS STAFF IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US 20:48:39 TO CONSIDER WE CAN BRING BACK A FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU. >> Mayor Mei: I WROTE SUPPORT THAT 20:48:48 WOULD SUPPORT THAT IDEA. I ALSO WANT DOWNTOWN FREMONT STORE, PRIDE OF FREMONT STORE, I WOULD LOVE 20:48:57 TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT I HAVE A MOTION BY -- >> MR. SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, CORRECT ME 20:49:03 IF I'M WRONG DEBRA OR IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE US THAT DIRECTION TONIGHT TO JUST CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE 20:49:12 WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL. >> Mayor Mei: SORRY. >> YES, YOU COULD THAT WOULD BE WITHIN 20:49:17 THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT'S BEEN NOTICED IF YOU WANTED TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE TO SOMETHING LOWER THAN 40%. 20:49:31 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DID YOU WANT TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN SO WE COULD GET THAT ON RECORD NOTED AND 20:49:37 SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND. >> Councilmember Salwan: YES I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REDUCE THE 20:49:42 DOWNTOWN WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT FLEXIBILITY TO 20% FOR THE OTHER USES TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT RETAIL 20:49:49 RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH AND ALSO INCENTIVIZE THE RESTAURANT ZONING PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE OUTLINED. 20:49:58 >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECOND BY VICE 20:50:03 MAYOR SHAO. PLEASE VOTE PLEASE. ROLL CALL VOTE, SORRY SUSAN YOU ARE ON 20:50:07 MUTE. >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX. AYE. 20:50:16 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 20:50:21 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, EYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG. AYE. 20:50:29 VICE MAYOR SHAO AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: SO THE PROPOSED 20:50:35 RECOMMENDED ACTION WAS PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SHAO AND IT PASSED 20:50:39 UNANIMOUSLY. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A TEN MINUTE BREAK. 20:50:47 WE'LL COME BACK AT 9:00 SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR NEXT GO ITEMS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE BUT WE 20:50:51 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THOUGHTFUL TO OUR STENO CAPTIONER. THANKS. 20:50:57 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA AND TO MUTE YOURSELF WHILE ON THE BREAK. 21:00:02 THANK YOU. [ RECESS ] >> Mayor Mei: WE'LL BE COMING BACK. 21:00:58 WELCOME BACK. I THINK WE'RE STILL MISSING ONE COUNCILMEMBER. 21:01:16 COUNCILMEMBER COX. WONDERFUL. >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT HERE. 21:01:29 >> Mayor Mei: WHY DON'T WE BEGIN. WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO ITEM NUMBER 8A AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A COUNCIL 21:01:39 REFERRAL. AND THAT'S FROM COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN WHO IS GOING TO BE SHARING A REFERRAL, 21:01:51 DIRECTING STAFF TO REVIEW ORDINANCES TO OTHER CITIES PERTAINING TO URBAN AGRICULTURE, ARE REGARDING LIFE 21:02:00 LIVESTOCK. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: EVEN 21:02:08 SOMEONE ON VACATION RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU FOR STAYING SO LATE AND COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT TO SPEAK. 21:02:20 SO I HEARD -- MANY OF US STARTED HEARING, THERE WAS A PETITION GOING AROUND BECAUSE WE HAD A COMMUNITY 21:02:30 MEMBER WHO HAD GOATS, SHE WAS KEEPING TWO MINIATURE GOATS ON HER LOT, SHE HAD A 21:02:33 PRETTY LARGE LOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY LOVED THE GOATS. 21:02:40 HER DAUGHTER IS WORKING WITH THE GOATS AND LEARNING A LOT ABOUT RURAL FARMING STUFF BY WORKING WITH THE GOATS AND 21:02:46 OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AT THEIR PROPERTY. BACK BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL BACK IN 21:02:55 THE SUMMER OF 2018, THERE WAS AN ITEM ON CONSENT CALENDAR THAT CHANGED OUR ANIMAL CODE AND MADE IT NO LONGER 21:03:05 LEGAL TO HAVE GOATS IN FREMONT. AND WHEN I ASKED STAFF WHY THAT HAPPENED, THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE 21:03:12 FREMONT WAS BECOMING A MORE URBANIZED CITY A MORE DENSE CITY. WE DEFINITELY CAN HAVE PARTS OF 21:03:19 FREMONT THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE WHY ANIMALS REALLY WELL, THIS PROPERTY IS VERY LARGE. 21:03:27 MANY URBAN CITIES DO ALLOW GOATS AND OTHER SIMILAR KINDS OF ANIMALS. I UNDERSTAND WE NEED -- WE CAN'T JUST 21:03:35 SAY GOATS AREN'T ALLOWED, WE NEED TO DO SOME THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DO IT. MAYBE IT'S JUST FEMALE GOATS, NEUTERED 21:03:46 GOATS, A CERTAIN NUMBER AND NO MORE THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER. BUT I SERGE THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE 21:03:56 GOATS ON OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND WE COULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO THIS FAMILY, THE CHITLE FAMILY 21:04:04 DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR TWO MINIATURE GOATS. 21:04:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY 21:04:14 QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AMENDED THROUGH ANIMAL 21:04:17 SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH JUST WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO CLARIFY. 21:04:26 IT WASN'T THROUGH THE LAND USE ZONING. I SEE WE HAVE OUR CHIEF ON THE LINE TODAY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 21:04:39 SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE. 21:04:45 THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN US JUST TO NOTE WE DID READ THOSE AND RECEIVE THOSE TOO. 21:04:51 SO IF YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATOR WRITTEN PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THOSE. 21:05:01 IF THE SPEAKER WHO IS SPEAKING SHARE SIMILAR SENTIMENTS PLEASE SHARE THAT YOU HAVE THEIR COMMENTS. 21:05:14 FIRST SPEAKS SHASHONNA CHITTLE. >> I'M A THIRD GENERATION FREMONT RESIDENT RAISING MY CHILDREN HERE ON 21:05:23 MY GRANDPARENTS' FARM. IT IS TWO-THIRDS OF AN ACRE. IT WAS BUILT AND FOUNDED BY MILLICENT 21:05:31 SHIN OF THE SHIN HISTORIC PARK AND ARBORETUM. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU PLEASE 21:05:38 ALLOW MY FAMILY TO KEEP OUR GOATS AND ALSO TO RECONSIDER -- HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. 21:05:46 I NEED YOU TO CLOSE YOUR DOOR, IT'S ECHOING. SORRY, MY DAUGHTER IS ON THE CALL TOO 21:05:55 AND PLANNING TO SPEAK. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE REPEAL OF FMC 6 THAT WAS DONE IN 2018 21:06:06 AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECONSIDER EITHER REINSTATING THE PREVIOUS LAW OR WRITE SOMETHING NEW 21:06:17 THAT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS WE ARE IN. THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS PROJECTED TO BE 21:06:25 UNINHABITABLE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. WE NEED TO GROW FOOD CLOSER TO HOME. RIGHT NOW THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM HANG 21:06:32 DUE TO OVERDEVELOPMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW BUT CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO 6500 NATIVE 21:06:42 SPECIES FOUND NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, THIS IS PLANTS. IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS 3200 OF THEM ARE 21:06:50 DUE TO GO EXTINCT DUE TO DEVELOPMENT. THE ONLY WAY THESE PLANTS CAN CONTINUE IS IF WE PLANT THEM IN OUR YARDS AND 21:07:02 ONE WAY WE CAN HELP THESE PLANTS TAKE OVER IS BY HAVING GOATS EAT THE INVASIVE SPECIES, STERILIZE THE SOILS 21:07:08 AND HELP THE IF THE PLANTS TO GROW. THEY WILL HELP TO SEQUESTER WATER AND 21:07:14 HELP REPOPULATE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS THAT ARE ENDANGERED AS WELL. 21:07:21 I HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT DISEANABILITY IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF GROWING DENSER AND DENSER, BUT THAT WE 21:07:25 ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE FOOD AND WATER AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IT CAN BE A 21:07:30 BEAUTIFUL THING. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE SHARING FRUIT, THE CHILDREN COME 21:07:39 AND PLAY WITH OUR GOATS AND ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE CARE OF ANIMALS. WE CAN CREATE A VIBRANT FREMONT. 21:07:46 THAT PRODUCES SOME OF ITS OWN FOOD AND WE CAN DO IT AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND HAVE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CITY. 21:07:56 ONE LAST NOTE ABOUT GOATS THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS A MINI MILKER LIKE MY GOAT NADIA CAN PRODUCE THREE GALLONS 21:08:01 OF MILK A DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT US TO KEEP OUR GOATS. 21:08:19 GOOD NIGHT. [ DISTORTED ] >> AM I COMING THROUGH, I WONDER IF 21:08:22 YOU CAN HEAR ME. >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> THANK YOU. 21:08:31 I JUST WANT TO SORT OF SALUTE THE CHITTLE FAMILY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEM AND HAD A CHANCE TO SEE 21:08:36 THE GOATS AND I MUST SAY THEY HAVE REALLY DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN EDUCATING THEIR 21:08:43 CHILDREN AND BRINGING THEM IN THROUGH 4H AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR FROM ELKA HERSELF. 21:08:49 I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP AROUND THEIR ABILITY TO KEEP GOATS ON THEIR 21:08:58 PROPERTY AND I THINK THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE HOW A CITY WORKS WITH THE 21:09:03 NATURAL ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. SINCE OBVIOUSLY FREMONT IS RAPIDLY 21:09:11 DEVELOPING AS SUBURBAN AND URBAN, THERE IS STILL A STRONG HERITAGE OF AGRICULTURE IN FREMONT AND THERE'S 21:09:16 STILL POCKETS OF LAND THAT ARE OPEN SUCH AS THE CHITTLE FAMILY HAS. 21:09:24 AND I THINK WE CAN REVIEW AND RELOOK AT THE CODES THAT WE SET UP AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE MAYBE A BEGINNING IN 21:09:30 SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF NATURAL -- WELL, THE SPECIES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. 21:09:38 AND THIS IS GOING TO COME UP, AN AREA THAT A LOT OF BEE KEEPERS ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN AND I SUSPECT THERE'S 21:09:44 SOME COMMENTS FROM THEM. I THANK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE ATTENTION TO THIS AND I HOPE WE FIND A 21:09:52 GOOD RESOLUTION FOR THE CHITTLE FAMILY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE CODES WE SET UP FOR ANIMAL SERVICES 21:09:54 WITHIN FREMONT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 21:10:02 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE ALHAM MARTER. 21:10:11 >> DEAR FREMONT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS ALHAM MARTER I'M A LAWYER AND LONG TIME FREMONT RESIDENT AND 21:10:26 NEIGHBOR TO SHAWNA CHITTLE. HER AND HER FAMILY HAVE TWO MINIATURE GOATS, NADIA AND BUTTERCUP. 21:10:31 THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS THEIR GOATS. THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED HOWEVER THAT 21:10:41 PURSUANT TO FMC 6.DEN THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO KEEP THEIR GOATS. UNFORTUNATELY, FMC 6. 21:10:52 10 IS FLAWED AND MYOPIC. NOT ALL ANIMALS ARE CATEGORIES AND DOGS. 21:11:03 GOATS ARE VERY INTERESTING BEINGS. WHY DOES CITY OF FREMONT DETERMINE WHICH ANIMALS ARE IRVE-ING OF OUR 21:11:09 LOVE. NADIA AND BUTTERCUP ARE LOVED. ALL THE CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 21:11:17 GO AND SEE NADIA AND BUTTERCUP THEY ARE SO GENTLE AND THERAPEUTIC AND BRING JOY TO EVERYONE. 21:11:23 ALMOST EVERY DAY MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON ASKS IF WE CAN GO TO ADLER COURT TO SEE THE GOATS. 21:11:31 I ALSO LOVE WATCHING HOW MUCH NADIA LOVES ELKA OUR NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER. SHE TAKES SUCH GOOD CARE OF THEM, 21:11:39 THEY HAVE A SPECIAL BOND. THERE IS NO DENYING THAT NADIA AND BUTTERCUP ARE LOVED BY NADIA AND THIS 21:11:44 FAMILY. I ASK THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL BROADEN ITS UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH ANIMALS ARE 21:11:50 WORTHY OF OUR COMPANIONSHIP. THESE GOATS ARE BELOVED BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD BE HEART BROKEN 21:12:00 TO SEE THAT THEY'RE REMOVED. WE EVEN HAVE A PETITION ASKING FREMONT CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW CAN BUTTERCUP 21:12:07 AND NADIA TO STAY WITH THEIR FAMILY. IT HAS OVER 42,500 SIGNATURES. WE ARE ASKING THAT FREMONT CITY 21:12:15 COUNCIL PLEASE REVISE FMC 6.10 AND ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORS TO KEEP NADIA AND BUTTERCUP. 21:12:23 THEY BELONG WITH THEIR FAMILY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:12:34 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KEITH P PARKER. KEITH. >> HELLO. 21:12:39 SO I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU A STORY. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A FAMILY THAT TRIED TO FOLLOW RULES. 21:12:45 TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A FREMONT FAMILY. A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 21:12:51 BEFORE FREMONT WAS FREMONT. TODAY THE FOURTH GENERATION OF THIS FAMILY NOW LIVES IN THE SAME FREMONT 21:12:58 HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN A HOME TO THIS FAMILY FOR ALMOST SIX DECADES. A HOME THAT HAS BEEN PART OF A SMALL 21:13:05 FARM FOR THAT ENTIRE PERIOD. AND ON THIS FARM THEY HAD SOME GOATS. THEY HAD SOME GOATS MANY TIMES OVER 21:13:11 MANY YEARS. AND NOW IN AN EFFORT TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY, TO LIVE IN AN 21:13:17 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY THEY ONCE AGAIN HAVE SOME GOATS. THESE GOATS ARE MINIATURE GOATS. 21:13:23 SMALL AND UNOBTRUSIVE. THEY BOTHER NO ONE. WHAT THEY DO HOWEVER IS TO PROVIDE A 21:13:27 BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 21:13:34 BY CONTROLLING INVASIVE SPECIES AND MANAGING WEEDS WITHOUT BURNING GASOLINE. 21:13:40 TOD NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN THAT LEARN ABOUT THEM AND FROM THEM. THESE GOATS HELP EVERYONE AND HARM NO 21:13:47 ONE. BUT WHEN THIS DPEAM THAT HAD BEEN A PART OF FREMONT FOR SO LONG TRIED TO 21:13:54 REGISTER THEIR GOATS JUST EVERY TIME EVERY OTHER TIME THEY HAD LEGAL GOATS ON THIS VERY PROPERTY IN THE PAST THEY 21:14:01 WERE TOLD THAT GOATS ON THEIR FARM WERE NO LONGER ALLOWED. 21:14:12 THEY WERE TOLD THEY HAD TO GET RID OF THESE TINY MINIATURE GOATS WHICH HARM NO ONE. 21:14:18 WHICH BRINGS US TODAY. TODAY YOU HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY . YOU HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT A 21:14:25 WRONG, TO CORRECT AN INJUSTICE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM FOR A FREMONT SYSTEM IN A DEEP 21:14:33 AND MEANINGFUL WAY. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STAND ON SUSTAINABILITY ON THE 21:14:38 ENVIRONMENT. A MATTER YOU EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE CLAIMED TO CARE PROFOUNDLY ABOUT. 21:14:51 THIS MATTER IS NOT SOME ESOTERIC CAN RECOLLECTION. THEY TRIED TO FOLLOW THE RULES BUT 21:14:57 THEY COULDN'T BECAUSE THE RULES CHANGED ON THEM HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT 21:15:04 THING DOM DO WHAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS QUITE VOCALLY TOLD YOU THEY WANT YOU TO DO. 21:15:11 TO GIVE THE FAMILY THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR PETS, THE RIGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS HAD AND NEVER EVER TAKEN AWAY 21:15:16 FROM THEM. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: NEXT SPEAKER IS NIKKI 21:15:31 IRVINE. >> WHERE THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY COUNCILORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK 21:15:39 ABOUT 8A 1, TO PROMOTE URBAN AGRICULTURE. MY NAME IS NIKKI IRVINE AND I'M 21:15:50 SPEAKING AS THE COORDINATOR OF THE LEGAL PROJECT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE 2013 TO THE 21:15:58 CHANGE ONEROUS BEE KEEPING CODES. CAN VARIOUS REGULATIONS IN OUR REGION AND ELSEWHERE AND ASSESSED HOW WELL 21:16:06 THEY WORK FOR NEIGHBORS, CITY STAFF AND BEE KEEPERS AND BEES. CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS VERY HELPFUL AS 21:16:11 WE DEVELOPED PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS. AS A RESULT WE OFFERED TO WORK WITH 21:16:15 FREMONT STAFF TO HELP SPEED UP YOUR ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE BEE KEEPING POLICIES. 21:16:24 THIS WOULD HELP YOU TO REDUCE THE TIME NEEDED TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE WAY BEE KEEPING IS MANAGED 21:16:29 IN FREMONT. WE HAVE PLAYED THIS ROLE REPEATEDLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH VARIOUS CITIES. 21:16:35 FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE APRIL WE COOPERATED WITH THE WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF IN UNINCORPORATED ALAMEDA COUNTY, 21:16:42 WHICH HAS AN EFFECTIVE BAN ON BEE KEEPING. OUR BACKGROUND REPORT HELPED STAFF 21:16:47 DECIDE WHAT POLICY DHE WANTED TO PUT FORWARD. COUNTY STAFF ARE CURRENTLY GUIDING 21:16:54 THE SHERIFFS PROPOSAL THROUGH THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND WE HOPE IT WILL COME TO A FINAL VOTE SOON. 21:17:04 IN SAN MATEO COUNTY IN MAY A FOSTER CITY COUNSELOR CHAMPIONED THEIR BAN ON BEE KEEPING. 21:17:13 GIVEN THEIR HEAVY WORK PLAN, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NEEDED IN SHORT ORDER. 21:17:21 THIS REDUCED THEIR EXPECTED STAFF TIME CAN TO WORK ON THIS ITEM TO ONE DAY. THE COUNCIL EXPRESSED CONSIDERABLE 21:17:27 SUPPORT FOR OVERTURNING THE BAN AND VOTED TO AGENDIZE THIS ITEM WITH A FINAL VOTE EXPECTED IN THE FALL. 21:17:47 WE WERE PLEASED TO LEARN RECENTLY EVER COUNCILOR JENNIE KASSAN'S PROPOSAL TO REVIEW STAFF WHICH IS UNDER REGULATION 21:17:56 6.40.040 WHICH ARE VERY ONEROUS AND ALLOW ONLY A FEW CITY RESIDENTS TO KEEP BEES. 21:18:06 ONLY HOUSEHOLDS WITH MORE THAN 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS CAN KEEP BEES RANGING FROM ONLY ONE HONEY BEE COLONY TO A 21:18:12 MAXIMUM OF FIVE FOR A HALF ACRE LOT. FURTHERMORE THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 21:18:24 WE URGE YOU TO AUTHORIZE A BEE KEEPING REGULATION TONIGHT AND URGE FREMONT TO BECOME A BEFRIENDLY CITY. 21:18:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HINES. 21:18:37 >> HELLO EVERYONE. AT THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GRAND FATHER IN ANIMALS WHO ARE 21:18:45 ALREADY HERE BEFORE THE RULE CHANGE. BUT ON THE GENERAL TOPIC OF LIVESTOCK IN FREMONT THE FIRST THINGS COME TO 21:18:50 MIND INVOLVE SMELL NOISE AND DISEASE FACTORS. TO RECKON WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT, 21:19:02 WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO MY FIRST HOUSE I FOUND POOP IN MY FRONT YARD AND FOUND WOW, ROUGH NEIGHBORS, IT TURNS OUT TO 21:19:07 BE SKUNKS, WHO CAN POOP WHEREVER THEY DAMN WELL PLEASE. 21:19:14 THEY CAN PRODUCE POWERFUL SMELL THAT CARRIES GREAT DISTANCES AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR IT. 21:19:30 AS FOR DISEASE VECTORS, WE HAVE MOSQUITOES, AND AS FOR NOISE, ANY HOUR OF THE DAY, YOU CAN HEAR THE BARK OF 21:19:38 ARGUMENTIVE SQUIRRELS, OR AT THE INSIST ENTS NAG OF CROWS. SO IT IS NOT AS THOUGH WE WERE 21:19:43 STARTING FROM A BASELINE OF ZERO WHIT COMES TO NOISE OR DISEASE VECTORS OR SMELL. 21:19:51 WE HAVE THOSE ALREADY FROM WILD ANIMALS BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEAUTIFUL SONG BIRDS AND THAT'S PART OF THE CHARM, PART OF 21:19:58 THE PACKAGE, LIVING IN A HAPPY SUBURBAN COMMUNITY LIKE FREMONT AND NOT SOME BLEAK 21:20:04 CONCRETE HELL-SCAPE LIKE SAN FRANCISCO. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADDING LIFE 21:20:10 STOCK TO THE PICTURE THE DIFFERENCES ARE GOING TO BE LARGELY A MATTER OF DEGREE AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE 21:20:14 THEM QUANTITATIVELY WITH SIMPLE NUMBERS LIKE POPULATION LIMITS. 21:20:23 HERE IS HOW MANY GOATS YOU CAN HAVE, HOW MANY HENS, HOW MANY ROOSTERS, AND FOR ROOSTERS MAYBE THE APPROPRIATE 21:20:29 LIMIT IS ZERO IF YOU THINK ROOSTERS ARE ACTUALLY LOUDER THAN OUR CROWS WHICH I'M NOT SURE 21:20:34 ABOUT. SET BACK, 15 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO INSULATE YOUR NEIGHBORS FROM 21:20:41 SOUND AND SMELL. MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR LARGER ANIMALS LIKE GOATS IN FAIRNESS TO THE ANIMALS 21:20:47 AND THE NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE OTHER NUMBERS AND RULES WE CAN TRY BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO QUACH OUT 21:20:56 FOR MORE COMPLEX ENFORCEMENT, BEST TO STICK WITH THE MOST EASILY VERIFIABLE NUMBERS, KEEP THOSE LOW AS A WAY TO 21:21:00 MANAGE DOWNWARD THE OTHER CONCERNS. I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK. 21:21:12 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELKA, WELCOME. 21:21:24 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS ELKA HADLEY, MY NAME IS SHASHONNA CHITTLE. 21:21:36 I LIVE WITH MY MOM MY DAD MY BROTHER AND MY GOATS NADIA AND BUTTERCUP. I JUST WANT TO SAY IF NADIA AND 21:21:41 BUTTERCUP WERE MOVED, MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. 21:21:53 I MOVED HERE FROM OHIO SO THEIR KIDS GRAND KIDS AND GREAT GRAND KIDS COULD LEARN TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. 21:22:01 I'M TAKING MY 4H PIG TO SCHOOL TOMORROW SO MY FRIENDS CAN BENEFIT FROM MY PIG. 21:22:08 I DRIEMED ABOUT HAVING BABY GOATS AND I HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF MY GOATS FOR A YEAR SO IF MY 21:22:13 GOATS WERE TAKEN AWAY AI WOULD BE FOREVER DISAPPOINTED AND IF MY TWO BEST FRIENDS WERE 21:22:22 GONE. AND I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO KEEP MY 21:22:26 TWO GOALS. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING HOW TO TAKE CARE OF GOATS FOR TWO YEARS. 21:22:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, ELKA. NEXT SPEAKER IS SPENCER HADLE YNG. 21:23:05 >> HI, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS SPENCER HADLEY, I'M SHASHONNA'S HUSBAND AND ELKA'S DAD. 21:23:15 WE WERE TOLD THIS COULD BE TURNED INTO CONDOS OR IF WE WANTED TO FIX IT UP. IF WE COULD MAKE THE WORLD BETTER IN 21:23:24 SOME LITTLE WAY, WE'VE HAD MANY IDEAS OVER THE YEARS BUT WE'VE BEEN LEARNING ALONG THE WAY, WE'VE BEEN TRYING, 21:23:28 BASICALLY EXPERIMENTING WITH THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED LIKE PER MACULTURE AND 21:23:37 CONVENTIONAL STYLES OF AGRICULTURE. MY WIFE TALKED PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE TROUBLES AHEAD OF US AND WE SHOULDN'T 21:23:44 BE CAVALIER ABOUT HOW GOOD THINGS HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS. I'M NOT A PREPPER, I'M NOT DEPRESSED, 21:23:52 I DON'T HAVE ISSUES, BUT I DO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE IDEA THAT OUR WORLD IS WARMING UP AND THAT WE ARE NOT IMMUNE 21:23:58 FROM THESE ISSUES. I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF GETTING ECONOMIC GROWTH DOWNTOWN. 21:24:03 I WANT TO GO TO A NICE, FUN DINNER TOO. IT FEELS GREAT FOR A NIGHT AND I 21:24:13 REALLY DO WANT THAT. BUT WE ALSO I THINK TO BE A WHOLESOME REAL HUMAN PEOPLE, NEED TO BE THINKING 21:24:21 IN LONG TERM WAYS. NOT JUST 50 OR 100 OR 150 YEARS SINCE THE SETTLERS CAME BUT BEFORE THEN WHEN 21:24:27 HUMANS WERE LIVING WITH THIS LAND IN A WAY THAT ALLOWED FOR MANY MORE SPECIES THAN LIVE HERE NOW. 21:24:34 THAT HAVE MORE SPECIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. SO I RECOMMEND THE FIRST CUSTOM CHANCE 21:24:44 OF THE OHLONE WAY BY MALCOLM MARGOLIN WHO BRINGS TOGETHER THE FIRST WRITINGS OF SETTLERS WHO SAW THE BAY AREA 21:24:50 BEFORE ANY SETTLEMENT HAD HAPPENED AND MADE RECORDS OF BIRDS BLACKENING OUT THE 21:24:57 SKIES AND GRIZZLY BEARS AND ELK AND A DECREE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET QUITE BACK TO THERE 21:25:05 BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MORE -- A FULLER ECOLOGY IN THIS AREA. 21:25:13 IT IS POSSIBLE. THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT WE WERE BORN INTO THIS LAND, IT'S NOT ITS TRUE 21:25:19 POTENTIAL. WE CAN DO BETTER AND TO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THIS 21:25:30 ECOLOGY I RECOMMEND READING SAND TALK BY TYSON YONKAPURTA, HE TALKS ABOUT THE STYLE OF PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING 21:25:37 THAT CAN -- THAT WE'RE NOT IN TOUCH WITH YET. ALL I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS HAVE 21:25:43 THESE EXPERIMENTS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE BETTER ON THIS EARTH BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL WE HAVE ALL THE 21:25:49 ANSWERS YET. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU THE NEXT 21:25:59 SPEAKER IS DENNIS CHITTLE, WELCOME. >> OKAY. AM I ON NOW? 21:26:03 >> Mayor Mei: YES YOU ARE, THANK YOU SIR. >> OKAY GREAT, I WANT TO THANK 21:26:11 EVERYBODY FOR COMING TO THE DEFENSE OF MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW AND GRANDDAUGHTER. 21:26:17 AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR THESE LITTLE GOATS. BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP ONE POINT, 21:26:28 TOO, IS THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE FOUR OR FIVE, 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. 21:26:35 WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT IT 58 YEARS AGO, IT WAS OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE. 21:26:41 THE ONLY THING AROUND IT WAS A CORNFIELD AND THEN THERE WAS THE SHIN HOUSE. 21:26:52 AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS APRICOT ORCHARDS WHICH IS NOW THE WATER DISTRICT. 21:27:02 OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, THE PROPERTY'S A LITTLE SMALLER NOW, IT'S ONLY ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF AN ACRE 21:27:08 BECAUSE THE CITY PUT IN SIDEWALKS AND WIDENED PERALTA AND MOWRY TO FOUR LANES AND TOOK ABOUT A 21:27:18 QUARTER OF AN ACRE IN FRONT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WATER DISTRICT TOOK OVER, KILLED ALL THE 21:27:24 APRICOT TREES AND REALLY KIND OF POISONED THE LAND WITH THEIR SALTWATER. 21:27:32 KILLED ONE OF MY CHERRY TREES. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE AN EASEMENT ON THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT RUNS WHERE 21:27:44 THEY'VE GOT PIPING AND THERE'S ALSO DRAINAGE FOR THEIR DESALTATION PLANT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT 21:27:54 THIS PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY FREE SPACE. AND ONLY HAS A COMMUNITY ON ONE SIDE. 21:28:08 AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS SIGNED A PETITION SAYING THAT THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS PROPERTY. 21:28:14 IN FACT THERE'S A BIG FENCE, IF MY CHILDREN DIDN'T ALLOW PEOPLE IN NO ONE WOULD EVEN KNOW ITS THERE. 21:28:24 IT'S THERE. I THINK THE REAL POINT IS, IS THAT SINCE THIS PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR 21:28:34 TYPICAL SMALL RANCH STYLE HOUSE, THAT IT SHOULD JUST BE GRANDFATHERED IN. MY DAD FARMED IT WHEN WE BOUGHT THE 21:28:42 HOUSE IT HAD CHICKENS IN IT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A COOP. THEY USED TO SLEEP IN THE APRICOT 21:28:48 TREES AT NIGHT. MY DAD ALWAYS HAD CHICKENS. HE HAD RABBITS. 21:29:07 WE HAD A GOAT THERE WHEN I WAS A KID. THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND STUFF AND -- AND -- 21:29:16 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SONIA KHAN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. 21:29:25 CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS SONIA KHAN SPEAKING, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF. 21:29:32 AFTER LISTENING TO THIS EVENING'S COMMENTS I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK YOU SHOULD PARDON THE GOATS. 21:29:45 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS NAREN OR NAREN 21:29:52 IMADI. >> HI, GOOD EVENING CREDIT EVERYONE. MY NAME NAREN IMADI. 21:30:09 I'M RESIDENT OF NILES CHRISTIAN CREDIT NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE TO EXTEND MY TO KEEP MORE 21:30:18 GOATS AS PART OF THEIR LIVE STOCK. IN FACT THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 21:30:26 IF THE REASON TO NOT ALLOW GOATS IS FREMONT GOING MORE URBAN AND DENSE, IT WILL IN FACT A BETTER REASON TO HAVE 21:30:31 MORE GOATS TO MAKE PLACE FEEL LESS DENSE. IF NOT WE REVERSE IT. 21:30:41 ALSO, I REQUEST THE ANIMAL SERVICES TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN MAKING SURE THAT ANY CHANGES TO THESE ORDINANCES ARE 21:30:46 BROUGHTING PUBLIC UP FRONT IN ORDER TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE REASON BEHIND THESE 21:30:52 CHANGES. SO THAT THEY WON'T BE A SURPRISE TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR NEW 21:30:59 PERMITS OR APPLYING TO RENEW THEIR EXISTING PERMITS. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION WE SHOULD GIVE 21:31:06 MORE OPTIONS TO RESIDENTS TO KEEP LIVESTOCK. UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC NEGATIVE 21:31:16 IMPACT TO THE EXISTING ECOLOGY AROUND THIS PLACE. PLEASE ALLOW THE CHITTLE FAMILY TO 21:31:24 KEEP THEIR MINIATURE GOATS NADIA AND BUTTERCUP ON THEIR PROPERTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 21:31:31 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, RICHARD, I THINK YOU ALREADY SPOKE, I APOLOGIZE, YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE FOR COMMENTS, 21:31:35 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I'M GOING TO TURN IT IMPACT TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS. 21:31:41 I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER JONES. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT 21:31:47 AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, 21:31:56 MADAM MAYOR. I KNOW WE HAVE CHIEF PETERSEN ON THE CALL HERE. 21:32:05 I WORCHED IF SHE HAS A PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. >> Chief Petersen: YES, THANK YOU, 21:32:10 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. ACTUALLY OUR DEPARTMENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE DID 21:32:21 A REVIEW OF THE MUNI CODE, THE CHAPTER THAT COVERS THE ANIMAL OWNERSHIP. THE CHANGES IN THE MUNI CODE IN 2018 21:32:29 WERE THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE CHAPTER. THAT CHAPTER IN THE CODE HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1976 AND OF COURSE 21:32:34 FREMONT IS SIMPLY A DIFFERENT PLACE AND TIMES HAVE CHANGED SO IT REALLY WAS JUST TIME FOR AN UPDATE. 21:32:44 SO THE GOAT ORDINANCE IN PARTICULAR WAS PART OF THAT LARGER UPDATE. NOW ANYONE WHO OWNED GROATS AT THAT 21:32:54 TIME AND HAD GOATS PERMITTED AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE PERMITTED IN. THE CHITTLE FAMILY DID NOT HAVE GOATS 21:33:00 AT THAT TIME, WHEN WE WENT TO DO OUR INSPECTION FOR OUR OTHER ANIMALS THIS YEAR THEY DID HAVE THE GOATS AND SO 21:33:03 THEY WERE INFORMED AT THE TIME THAT GOATS WERE NO LONGER ALLOWED. 21:33:12 HOWEVER, SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE GRANTED THE CHITTLE FAMILY AN EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTION SO THEY DO NOW 21:33:23 HAVE PERMISSION TO KEEP THE GOATS. WE SIMPLY FOUND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT HEEM SCHOOLING THE KIDS IT 21:33:30 WAS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. I THINK THAT PARTICULAR CASE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 21:33:36 I KNOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY HAVE SPOKEN OUT TONIGHT BUT THEY DO NOW HAVE ALREADY PERMISSION TO DO THAT. 21:33:45 NOW ON THE BROADER TOPIC IF THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS TRULY FEEL THAT ADDING GOATS, GOAT OWNERSHIP BACK TO 21:33:52 THE CODE IS IMPORTANT, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. YOU KNOW WE WOULD WANT TO PUT IN BEST 21:34:02 PRACTICES IN TERMS OF SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, GENDER OF THE GOATS, ET CETERA, SEX OF THE GOATS, ET CETERA. 21:34:10 WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO BE OPEN TO THAT. THIS TOPIC HAS NOT COME UP SINCE 21:34:14 2018. WE HAVE NOT HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WANTING DO OWN 21:34:19 GOATS. BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE ARE OPPOSED TO. 21:34:25 WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RUSH ON GOAT OWNERSHIP BUT WE'RE 21:34:34 DEFINITELY WILLING TO HELP DEVELOP A CHANGE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, 21:34:37 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING DO ADD TO THAT? >> Councilmember Jones: NO OOTHER 21:34:41 QUESTIONS. I'LL RESERVE MY QUESTIONS UNTIL LATER, THANK YOU. 21:34:45 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? >> Councilmember Salwan: CAN YOU 21:34:49 HEAR ME? >> Mayor Mei: YES I CAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: FUNNY ABOUT 21:34:53 DID CHIEF, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY RUSHING TO GET THEIR OWN GOAT. 21:34:58 BUT THE QUESTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHIEF ANSWERING THAT BECAUSE I DID NOT 21:35:02 REALIZE THAT THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION GIVEN ALREADY. SO THAT'S GOOD. 21:35:13 THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR GOATS. GOATS ARE PRETTY MILD ANIMALS ESPECIALLY THESE MINI GOATS. 21:35:19 THEY'RE KIND OF COOL, FOLLOW YOU AROUND KIND OF LIKE DOGS IN A WAY. THEY DON'T MAKE A BIG MESS OR ANYTHING 21:35:30 SO I'M OPEN TO EXPLORING THIS. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER KENG'S REEFERL. 21:35:39 HOPEFULLY WE DON'T DO IT PIECEMEAL, WE CAN THINK ABOUT OTHER ISSUES THAT COME UP, URBAN AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK SO 21:35:46 IT'S NOT AONE OFF THING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK CHIEF AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REFERRAL 21:35:49 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 21:35:57 I WANT TO COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED AND AGENDA ITEMS YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE 21:36:02 ON THE AGENDA ITEM. I WANTED TO CLARIFY NAP NOW AT THIS TIME IT'S TURNED TO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS 21:36:12 FOR BOTH QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME AND THEN COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, VICE MAYOR SHAO IS 21:36:19 NEXT, I'M TRYING TO SEE ON MY LIST. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 21:36:27 I'M VERY GLAD THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED AND I IN GENERAL WOULD SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN'S 21:36:39 REFERRAL TO REVIEW OUR POLICY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEES. I KNOW THAT BEES NOW ARE THE 21:36:50 ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY. WITH TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR 21:36:59 CONTRIBUTION TO OUR AGRICULTURE AND FRUIT INDUSTRY. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 21:37:06 SO THAT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH LOOKING AT. BUT I JUST ALSO WANT TO CAUTION WHEN 21:37:15 WE REVIEW THE POLICY, WE REALLY HAVE TO LIKE WHAT THE PUBLIC SPEAKER JUST MENTIONED, THE NOISE, SMELL, AS WELL 21:37:21 AS THE THE DISEASE FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. 21:37:34 FORTUNATELY, I DON'T SEE BEES OR OGOATS EVEN ARE HAVING THOSE FACTORS. HOWEVER IF YOU TALK ABOUT PIGS, THAT 21:37:44 COULD CERTAINLY YOU KNOW GET INTO CERTAIN CONTROVERSIAL AREA. SO IN GENERAL I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE 21:37:56 THIS REFERRAL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 21:38:04 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN BRINGING UP THIS REFERRAL AND I 21:38:12 APPRECIATE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME TO SPEAK TONIGHT, GLAD TO HEAR WE HAVE AN EXEMPTION GRANTED FOR NADIA AND 21:38:17 BUTTERCUP. I THINK IT IS HELPFUL THAT WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN WHO IS A 21:38:25 VETERINARIAN ON OUR COUNCIL, SO I THINK HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ANIMALS AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WERE 21:38:35 SAYING WHICH ANIMALS ARE -- COULD BE CONSIDERED AS DOMESTIC PETS AND GOOD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. 21:38:43 SO I DO SUPPORT THIS REFERRAL AND I THINK WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT -- IF WE SHOULD REVISIT WHAT ANIMALS CAN BE 21:38:50 ALLOWED. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I JUST SAW ON THE TOP OF MY LIST 21:38:53 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED AGAIN I GUESS? 21:38:59 BECAUSE I WANT TO CLARIFY THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED WHICH MEANS THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC 21:39:03 COMMENTS AT THIS TIME SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL. SO -- 21:39:07 >> Councilmember Jones: SO I'LL MAKE A COUPLE OF CLOSING COMMENTS FOR MYSELF. 21:39:12 >> Mayor Mei: THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS FOLLOWING YOU BUT GO AHEAD. >> Councilmember Jones: FROM THE 21:39:17 PUBLIC OR -- >> Mayor Mei: COUNCIL. IF YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION THERE'S 21:39:21 OTHER PEOPLE ON -- >> Councilmember Jones: NO I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION. 21:39:26 I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, IT'S HER REFERRAL. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MOST OF THE 21:39:34 COUNCIL HERE. I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LOCATION OF THE 21:39:39 RESIDENCE, THE SIZE OF THE LOT AVAILABLE, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 21:39:48 I APPRECIATE MR. HINES SOUND EFFECTS. THAT KIND OF BROUGHT EVERYTHING TO LIFE. 21:39:55 BUT HE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS, THE SETBACKS AND WHAT'S FAIR TO THE ANIMAL ITSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND 21:40:01 OF ANIMAL IT IS. IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT CITY THAN IT WAS WHEN I STARTED IN 1979. 21:40:06 MOST OF THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY WAS ALL FARMLAND. THERE WERE A LOT OF GOATS, A LOT OF 21:40:13 SHEEP, A LOT OF CATTLE AND WE HAVE URBANIZED AND A LOT OF THOSE HAVE MOVED OUT. 21:40:19 IS IT APPROPRIATE TO BRING THOSE BACK INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 21:40:22 CONSIDER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE ALLOWING. 21:40:29 BUT I THINK THIS IDEA OF URBAN FARMING, WE ALREADY ALLOW URBAN AGRICULTURE FARMING IN A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES. 21:40:35 THERE ARE A COUPLE DOWN IN THE BAYSIDE PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH 21:40:41 IT. I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT IS IT WE ARE GOING TO 21:40:46 ALLOW AND WHATEVER OTHER RESTRICTIONS WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE SO THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE KEEPING 21:40:52 HORSES OR OTHER TYPES OF EXOTIC ANIMALS THAT REALLY DON'T BELONG IN A RESIDENTIAL 21:40:57 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE ANIMAL EITHER. SO I THINK AS LONG AS WE GO FORWARD 21:41:03 WITH THIS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND FOLLOW SOME OF THOSE GUIDELINES AND I'M FULLY 21:41:08 SUPPORTIVE OF READDRESSING THE ORDINANCE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:41:14 COUNCILMEMBER COX AND THEN I'LL MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN TO MAKE A MOTION, 21:41:20 I THINK. >> Councilmember Cox: FIRST OFF I'M SO HAPPY THAT NADIA AND BUTTERCUP WILL 21:41:24 REMAIN WILL FAMILY. PETS ARE FAMILY AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT. 21:41:28 I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. 21:41:38 ALSO, ON ANOTHER NOTE, I KNOW THAT IN WORKING IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT THERE IS THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR 21:41:46 ALAMEDA COUNTY, AND THEY WORK IN PARALLEL WITH ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES AND 21:41:54 LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO USE LIVESTOCK BUT IT IS IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE FOR WEED ABATEMENT AND 21:42:02 CURRENTLY AS WE MAY DRIVE THROUGH THE DISTRICT 6, THE SENSATIONAL DISTRICT 6, THAT WE DO HAVE 21:42:09 GRIMMER AND BLACOW THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GOAT GRAZING THAT'S HAPPENING AS WELL. 21:42:19 BECAUSE IT'S HELPING TO REDUCE PREVENTION OF FIRE AROUND OUR HOMES. AND SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS 21:42:26 WITH THE OFFICE OF ALAMEDA COUNTY SUSTAINABILITY AND WITH CONJUNCTION, I KNOW THEY USE A LOT OF OUR COUNTY OF 21:42:32 SANTA CLARA CONTRACTS. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY PULL OUT IS THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS MAKING SURE 21:42:43 WHENEVER THEY HAVE ANIMALS THEY ARE HEALTHY, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE NORMAL CERTIFICATES AND 21:42:50 MAKING SURE THEY ARE DISEASE FREE AND CERTIFYING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WONDERFUL LITTLE GOAT PETS ARE 21:43:01 ALSO IN A SECURED FENCING AREA. SO THEY DON'T GET OUT AND WANDER. BUT ALSO, THAT IT REALLY AS A MOTHER 21:43:09 HAVING AND HOSTING LITTLE MINIATURE FARM PARTIES, THE LITTLE ZOO PARTIES THAT COME TO YOUR HOME AND THEY BRING 21:43:14 THEM ALL IN A LITTLE VAN AND OF COURSE THEY ALWAYS BRING ADORABLE GOATS AND THE KIDS 21:43:23 JUST GO WILD IN PELTING THEM. AND SO I COULD SEE THAT NADIA AND BUTTERCUP BEING VERY LOVED BY ELKA 21:43:29 THERE. I JUST THINK AS WE DO THIS REVIEWING IF WE CAN ALSO BESIDES LOOKING AT 21:43:36 CITIES BUT COUNTY WOULD BE A GREAT SOURCE OF COLLECTIVE OF INFORMATION ON SUSTAINABILITY AND WORKING WITH 21:43:44 LIVESTOCK BUT ALSO OTHER TYPES OF INVENTIONS OF MAYBE INNOVATIONS OF EITHER BEES AND OTHER 21:43:56 THINGS THAT WOULD HELP US KEEP OUR CLIMATE CLEAN AND BEING ABLE TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY DISPRENDLY TO REDUCE 21:44:03 ANY TYPE OF USE OF CHEMICALS OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD HARM IF ENVIRONMENT BY USING SOME FORM OF 21:44:10 ACCEPTABLE AND PROVEN PRACTICES THAT ARE GOING ON AT OUR COUNTY LEVEL. SO JUST OFFERING THAT AS ANOTHER 21:44:18 SOURCE OF SUSTAINABILITY THAT DOES DEAL WITH LIVESTOCK, THAT DOES DEAL WITH HOW WE PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT BUT 21:44:25 WE'RE DOING THINGS USING WHAT NATURE HAS AND WHAT FORMS OF TYPES OF ANIMALS AND THINGS THAT 21:44:31 WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. AND ALSO, BEING INNOVATIVE TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN BE 21:44:38 OPEN TO THAT WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THAT ARE ON SOME NEW TRENDS BUT CHECKING WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AND 21:44:44 WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY, WOULD BE SOME GREAT PRACTICES THERE. SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF PHARMACIST 21:44:55 PLANNED AND WHILE YOU KNOW FARMLAND AROUND THAT -- THEY'RE USING AND PUTTING UNDER CONTRACT SUCH AS LIVING 21:45:01 SYSTEMS ANIMAL MANAGEMENT THAT DOES WONDERFUL THINGS WITH GOATS AND YOU HAVE OTHER 21:45:10 TYPES OF SMALL ANIMALS THAT CAN BE USED FOR PREVENTION AND OTHER WAYS, AND TAKING CARE OF OUR PROPERTY, AND 21:45:14 PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TRYING TO USE LESS CHEMICALS. 21:45:20 BUT USING THINGS THAT ARE NATURE AND AVAILABLE TO HELP US. SO -- BUT THANK YOU. 21:45:29 I REALLY APPRECIATE CHIEF PETERSEN AND HER STAFF TO LOOK THROUGH THIS AND GET ANSWERS BACK. 21:45:36 I JUST WAS NOT AWARE UNTIL YOU JUST MENTIONED THIS EVENING THAT THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION GRANTED. 21:45:43 I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY, WIN-WIN FOR HELPING ALL OF FREMONT. 21:45:52 SO APPRECIATE SOME NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE FOR YOUR REVIEW TO TAKE A LOOK AND SOME FORMS OF 21:45:58 SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: SO I'M GOING TO SHARE 21:46:05 SOME THINGS REAL QUICK BEFORE WE GO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM BEFORE US. 21:46:12 I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAD WRITTEN TO US AND WE WERE AWARE, I WAS WORKING WITH THE CHIEF AND THEIR TEAM AND ANIMAL 21:46:19 SERVICES IN REGARDS TO THIS TOPIC AS WELL AS FOLLOWING UP WITH WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS IS. 21:46:24 I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL ON THE EDUCATIONAL FRONT. 21:46:33 I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY AND WE ARE UPDATING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND 21:46:40 SUSTAINABILITY. I APPRECIATE OUR TEAM, THIS HAD FALLEN UNDER AN MALT SERVICES, PD BUT ALSO 21:46:48 LAND USE. I'M CURIOUS HOW THIS ROLLS OUT, I GREW UP ON PENNSYLVANIA, I I GREW UP ON MY 21:46:57 OWN THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE. THERE WAS NO PUNXSUTAWNEYTON PHIL, AND THE HOUSES ACROSS FROM ME WERE 200 21:47:03 YEARS OLD WHERE FARMHOUSES AND THEIR OWN CHICKEN CANS AND HORSES AND GOATS AND MANY OTHER THINGS. 21:47:10 IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THOUGH BECAUSE THE LAND I GREW UP ON WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OPEN AND MORE 21:47:18 ACCESSIBLE FOR AGRICULTURE. THAT WAS ALSO DURING THE 70s SO IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE WHILE AGO, I MOVED HERE 21:47:25 27 YEARS AGO. CERTAINLY FREMONT WENT THROUGH TRANSFORMATION DURING THIS PERIOD. 21:47:31 WE TRIED TO UTILIZE GOATS WHERE IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR OUR VEGETATION AN WEED ABATEMENT. 21:47:43 AS WE LOOK AT CREDIT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT, WE OLOVE TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE 21:47:48 CAN ADDRESS HOW WE CAN LOOK AT URBAN AGRICULTURE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS INTERESTING 21:47:51 IN TERMS OF WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. DO I THINK THAT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, 21:47:59 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN ALSO SITS ON STOP WASTE AND SERVES ON THAT COMMISSION AND I'M HER ALTERNATE FOR 21:48:03 THAT. THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS. 21:48:09 THIS IS BEGUNKING TO AN ONGOING CONCERN AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOUSE TO ADDRESS VEGETATION 21:48:18 AND THIS YEAR THERE'S NO EXCEPTION, FROM THE WILDFIRES. FROM THE ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 21:48:24 AND FROM COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, SHE'S GOING DO SPEAK NEXT BUT I WOULD IMAGINE SHE'S GOING TO LIKE TO TALK 21:48:33 ABOUT SOME HOLISTIC LOOK. FROM NADIA AND BUTTERCUP, FROM THE CONVERSATION THE SITUATION IS NOT 21:48:38 ALONE. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CONVERSATION AND MOVING FORWARD TO HAVE A BETTER 21:48:45 SIGNALS AND UNDERSTANDING AND I'LL TURN IT TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE. 21:48:50 >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, THANK YOU. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A 21:48:55 TEMPORARY PERMIT GRANTED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. I'M GLAD DO HEAR THAT HAPPENED. 21:49:02 BUT DO I THINK IT IS THE A -- THIS IS -- THIS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY I THINK IS A GOOD 21:49:07 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS OFFENSE. I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT 21:49:22 HAPPENS SOMETIMES W WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE AMENDMENT GOES ON CONSENT CALENDAR. 21:49:28 I WASN'T ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME. BUT WHO KNOWS IF I HAD BEEN, I MIGHT HAVE VOTED ON IT TOO. 21:49:36 BUT IT WAS OPRETTY COMPREHENSIVE CHANGE TO OUR RULES AROUND ANIMALS. I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE 21:49:42 CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING BIG CHANGES TO ORDINANCES IN THE CITY AND NOT JUST TO GET ON CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SOMETHING 21:49:48 SO BIG. HOW WE DEAL WITH ANIMALS IN OUR CITY IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND IT DOES 21:50:01 REALLY RELATE TO E ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. I GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT GAS POWER 21:50:10 OD LEAF BLOWERS, COULD WE CONSIDER BANNING, THERE IS HESITATION THERE, WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE A BAN 21:50:20 LIKE THAT. IT COULD ALSO HAVE REPERCUSSIONS ON LOCAL BUSINESSES. 21:50:29 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLIER FOR FREMONT AND ALSO HONORING OUR AGRICULTURE 21:50:32 HISTORY. FREMONT HAS AN AMAZING AGRICULTURE HISTORY. 21:50:46 I WORKED ON THE BOARD OF LEAF FOR A WHILE AND WHEN YOU LEARN ABOUT WHAT THIS AREA WAS, I HOPE YOU WOULD WANT 21:50:51 TO PRESERVE IT. I HOPE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR ANIMAL ORDINANCE. 21:50:57 NOT JUST GOATS BUT BEES. I HAVEN'T HEARD A PLOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM OUR BEE KEEPERS IN FREMONT 21:51:04 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVEN'T EVEN CONSIDERED KEEPING BEES BECAUSE IT IS A BIT RESTRICTIVE ON HOW 21:51:11 YOU CAN DO THAT. SO I DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT COMPREHENSIVELY. 21:51:18 HOW WE CAN HAVE A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE RELATED TO ANIMALS. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK 21:51:25 PEOPLE LIKE THE CHITTLE FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO APPLY EVERY YEAR OR HOWEVER OFTEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR 21:51:31 THIS WAIVER OR THIS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE RELATED TO EDUCATION AND YOU KNOW HAVE TO PROVE 21:51:36 EVERY TIME THAT OH THIS REALLY IS EDUCATIONAL, I MEAN IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE EDUCATIONAL FOR 21:51:42 PEOPLE TO KEEP GOATS. THERE ARE LOTS OF BENEFITS OF GOATS BEYOND THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE LIKE THE 21:51:49 MILK. YOU KNOW, THE PICKING UP IN THE YARD. SO ANYWAY YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH 21:51:55 EVERYONE. AGAIN IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE PEOPLE COMING OUT SO LATE AND 21:52:01 SUPPORTING THE NEIGHBORS. AND WANTING TO REALLY PRESERVE THE AGRICULTURAL HISTORY OF OUR CITY. 21:52:08 AND REALLY SEE HOW WE CAN BE CLOSER TO NATURE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AN URBANIZING CITY. 21:52:17 WITH THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. 21:52:25 >> Councilmember Kassan: TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE AND COME 21:52:34 FORWARD WITH ANOTHER CONDITION. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. 21:52:40 I'D LOCH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER ON MORE OUTREACH AND THAT WE CAN PARTNER IN TERMS OF UPDATING THESE 21:52:46 GUIDELINES AS THEY COME, OFTEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE LEGISLATIVE GUIDELINE UPDATES THE MUNICIPAL 21:52:53 CODES, WE'RE A GENERAL LAW CITY, DOES COME IN THOSE ORDINANCES. WITH THAT ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. 21:52:58 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 21:53:06 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 21:53:11 VICE MAYOR SHAO. AYE. MAYOR MEI. 21:53:15 >> Mayor Mei: AYE SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS IS FOR REVIEWING THE UPDATES OF 21:53:23 THE CODE AND THERE ALREADY WAS AN EXEMPTION FOR THE GOATS UNDER THE EDUCATIONAL REVIEW. 21:53:30 THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. AND FOR COMING TO SPEAK ON THIS THIS EVENING. 21:53:39 .NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A REFERRAL. THREENLT WAS SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 21:53:47 AND SO COUNCILMEMBER COX IS SHARING A REFERRING THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION OF JUNETEENTH AS A CITY 21:53:52 OF FREMONT PAID HOLIDAY COMMENCING IN 2022. AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO HER 21:53:56 FOR AN INTRODUCTION. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. 21:54:13 AS THE FIRST AFRO-AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL IN 50 YEARS, TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT CAN ROLE 21:54:19 AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED IN OUR SOCIETY AND IN FREMONT. AND TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL THE 21:54:28 CONSIDERATION OF JUNETEENTH. CITY OF FREMONT PAID HOLIDAY STARTING ON OR NEAR THE DATE OF JUNE THE 19th, 21:54:36 2022. ON JUNE THE 17th, 2021, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL 21:54:46 INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT INTO LAW WITH DESIGNATES JUNE 19th, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY AS A FEDERAL 21:54:52 HOLIDAY. THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATES THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE 21:55:06 OF JUNE THE 19th, 1865, NEARLY NINE DECADES AFTER OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED, AND MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER 21:55:13 PRESIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT ENSLAVED AMERICANS IN GALVESTON, 21:55:21 TEXAS FINALLY AFTER ALL THAT TIME, THE WORD WAS RECEIVED THAT ALL WERE FREE. AND TO MARK THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE 21:55:31 UNITED STATES. IN CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM, JUNETEENTH IS A DAY THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY 21:55:37 ALL AMERICANS AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF FREMONT AS OUR NEWEST CITY AND FEDERAL HOLIDAY. 21:55:47 ON JUNETEENTH, WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND EQUALITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF 21:55:58 FREMONT, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL. IT HELPS TO MAKE THE WRONGS TURNED 21:56:05 INTO RIGHTS, FREEDOM FOR ALL, ALL COUNTIES AND THE CITIES HAVE ALL ADOPTED JUNETEENTH AS THEIR CITY 21:56:14 HOLIDAY INCLUDING ALAMEDA COUNTY, THE CITY OF SAN JOSE AND EVEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFRICAN 21:56:25 AMERICAN SERVICES AGENCY THEY HAVE BEEN HOSTING JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, OAKLAND, BERKELEY 21:56:29 SAN FRANCISCO HAYWARD JUST TO NAME A FEW BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THE CALIFORNIA 21:56:41 STATE LEGISLATION PASSED AB 1749, CHAPTER 1 55, AN EXISTING LAW THAT REQUIRES THE GOVERNOR PROCLAIM 21:56:49 JUNETEENTH AS A NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY AND THIS WAS A DAY OF OBSERVANCE EVEN PASS AD BACK IN 21:57:01 JULY 12th, 2002. THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA ADOPTED JUNETEENTH, BACK IN 2020, MAKING IT 21:57:08 THE FIRST IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS A RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY. ALL OF US AS LEADERS, IT IS TIME THAT 21:57:17 WE STEP AND WALK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW AND 21:57:28 BE DIVERSE, BUT ALSO SHOW EQUITY AND EQUAL ACCESS AND INCLUSION. 21:57:39 JUNETEENTH ALLOWS EVERYONE OF ALL RACES NATIONITIES, RELIGIONS IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INCLUDING 21:57:44 FREMONT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PERIOD OF HISTORY THAT SHAPED AND CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE OUR SOCIETY 21:57:52 TODAY. JOIN ME AS THE TIME IS NOW TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES 21:58:00 TO THE DIVERSITY, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. BY DOING THIS WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER 21:58:13 TO BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AND NOW AT THIS TIME, I WOULD DIRECT 21:58:22 IT BACK TO HAVING THE CITY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORTH SOME ANALYSIS AND POTENTIAL INFORMATION ON EXPENSES TO 21:58:31 BE PRESENTED AND CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH AS A PAID CITY OF FREMONT HOLIDAY. 21:58:42 COMMENCING ON OR NEAR THE DATE OF JUNE THE 19th, 2022, AND THEREAFTER. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:58:50 WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, JOHN HINES. AND SONIA KHAN. 21:58:55 >> HELLO EVERYONE. IT IS FITTING THAT WE HAVE THIS TOPIC COMING UP JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER 21:59:01 WE CELEBRATE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THAT DOCUMENT BEGAN LAYING OUTS THE 21:59:07 CNS UNDER WHICH HUMANS TOLERATE GOVERNMENTS AND THAT'S WHEN GOVERNMENTS PROTECTOR OUR INDIVIDUAL 21:59:14 RIGHTS, RIGHTS WHICH PROCEED GOVERNMENT, THE RIGHTS THEY CHOSE TO MORRIS IN THAT DOCUMENT WAS LIFE, 21:59:21 LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THOSE PRINCIPLES AS BUILT PHENOMENON FURTHER IN THE CONSTITUTION WERE SOLID 21:59:26 ENOUGH TO BE COPIED BY COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES FOR SHOW. 21:59:35 AND IN OUR OWN COUNTRY THERE WAS A GLARE INCONSISTENCY STARTING WITH THAT VERY DOCUMENT BECAUSE SOME STATES 21:59:46 ALLOWED SLAVERY WHICH IS ABOUT AS FAR FROM LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THAT YOU CAN GET. 21:59:59 WE SEE THE WORDING WAS WATERED DOWN, BECAUSE SOME SLAVES SAW THAT MORE AGGRESSIVE WORDING WAS INFLAMMATORY. 22:00:06 89 YEARS LATER AFTER MUCH EFFORT AND MUCH SACRIFICE BY A GREAT MANY PEOPLE TROOPS FINALLY REACHED THE SOUTHERN 22:00:15 MOST PARTS OF TEXAS AND ENDED SLAVERY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. 22:00:23 IT IS AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT AS SEVERAL OTHER HOLIDAYS WE CELEBRATE AND AS LONG AS THEY STILL BELONG ON THE LIST, 22:00:32 JUNE 19th DOES TOO. THERE IS A VALID DHEARN IT IS EASY TO CREATE NEW HOLIDAYS AND MAKE PEOPLE 22:00:40 HAPPY AND GIVE THEM A NEW DAY OFF. IF WE DO THAT FOREVER EVENTUALLY WE RUN OUT OF WORK DAYS. 22:00:47 IT IS GOOD TO SWAP THIS FOR A LESS IMPORTANT HOLIDAY, THERE ARE SOME BUT FOR NOW, LET'S ADD JUNETEENTH TO THE 22:00:54 CALENDAR. MY ONLY REMAINING SUGGESTIONS REGARDS THE NAME. 22:01:01 JUNETEENTH SPEAKS TO A SPOT ON THE CALENDAR AND FOR SUCH A SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY IT WOULD BE BETTER TO NAME IT 22:01:09 FOR ITS MEANING. SOMETHING LIKE EARNED OF SLAVERY DAY, FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY DAY OR JUST 22:01:23 FREEDOM DAY. THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE A SOLID WIN TWO THREE LINEUP, MEMORIAL DAY, 22:01:30 FREEDOM DAY AND INDEPENDENCE DAY. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: NEXT SPEAKER, SONIA 22:01:40 KHAN. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SONIA KHAN. 22:01:47 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER COX FOR BRINGING THIS REEFERL AND WOULD LIKE TO WHOLEHEARTED REPLY ENDORSE 22:01:54 IT. I WOULD REMIND THE COUNCIL THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT LAST SUMMER INTO 22:02:00 ADDRESSING HOW WE DEAL WITH THE DIFFICULT SORT OF DIVISIVE RACE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING AND INCLUDING 22:02:06 RIGHT HERE IN FREMONT WITH SOME VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT HAVE COME 22:02:17 UP. I THINK THIS IS POTENTIALLY AN ACTUAL MEANINGFUL RATHER THAN PERFORMATIVE 22:02:25 WAY, WHEN WE CALL OURSELVES A COMPASSIONATE SANCTION WEAR CITY AND WANTING TO UPHOLD THE HEALTH AND 22:02:30 WELFARE OF ALL OUR COMMUNITIES, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT HOLIDAY THAT I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT 22:02:35 THE HISTORY THAT'S ADMINISTRATOR BEEN EXPLAINED BUT WE WOULD BE ACTUALLY REMISS I THINK AT THIS POINT IN 22:02:42 LETTING IT K GO. EVERY DAY WE WAIT WOULD BE ONE DAY TOO LATE. 22:02:49 THIS YEAR IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES YOU DID ADD THAT SECTION FOR JUSTICE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND 22:02:53 INCLUSION AND THIS WOULD BE A FANTASTIC PLACE TO START GIVEN FACT THAT IT ACTUALLY DOCUMENTS NOT 22:03:02 REALLY THE DAY THAT THE SLAVES WERE FREED BUT THE TWO YEAR LATE CESSATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICING THAT WENT AFTER 22:03:12 SLAVERY WAS IN FACT CEASED AND DESISTED GOING ON IN THE STATE OF TEXAS A HUGE INJUSTICE. 22:03:19 IF WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR IDEAS TO SUPPORT AND BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WHERE JUSTICE 22:03:23 IS CONCERNED THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 22:03:30 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND NEXT SPEAKER I DON'T SEE THEIR NAME. 22:03:36 OR THEIR NUMBER. SO I'M NOT SURE IT'S A GALAXY, IF YOU COULD SHARE YOUR NAME OR SORRY, I 22:03:44 CAN'T CALL YOU OR REFERENCE YOU OTHERWISE WITH YOUR NUMBER. >> HI, THIS IS DIESHING ARVES ABOUT 22:03:51 GARDNER, HRC COMMISSIONER. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME HOME, DAIESHA. 22:03:59 >> THANK YOU. I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF, AS WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENDORSE THIS 22:04:04 HOLIDAY FM I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FREMONT AS A COMMUNITIES TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO 22:04:10 THE WORK OF EQUITY, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. 22:04:15 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 22:04:23 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I VERY MUCH SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 22:04:38 COX'S REFERRAL. MAKE JUNETEENTH A FREMONT HOLIDAY AS WELL FOR LAST YEAR SOCIAL MOVEMENT WE 22:04:50 STILL HAVE A LOT TO GO OTO MAKE OUR SYSTEM EQUITABLE AND MORE JUST AND MORE INCLUSIVE. 22:05:00 AND WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD THAT FINALLY, FREMONT HAS A COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO IS THE 22:05:09 FIRST ONE IN OUR MANY YEARS OF FREMONT HISTORY. AND SO I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT A 22:05:18 REFERRAL AND I WOULD SECOND THIS REFERRAL. >> Mayor Mei: SO I ALSO WANTED TO 22:05:23 REMIND PEOPLE THIS WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION I IMAGINE BY 22:05:26 COUNCILMEMBER COX BECAUSE THIS IS A REFERRAL AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 22:05:32 I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL IS UNITED IN ITS INTEREST BUT I WILL LET THE VOTE SPEAK FOR ITSELF. 22:05:37 AND SO COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE? >> The Clerk: YES, MADAM MAYOR. 22:05:44 COUNCILMEMBER COX, ABSOLUTELY YES, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? 22:05:52 ABSOLUTELY YES TOO. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 22:05:58 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI. 22:06:02 >> Mayor Mei: AYE. AS I SAID I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS. 22:06:10 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND FOR JOINING US. AT THIS TIME, I WANTED TO BRING IT 22:06:16 BACK, THERE'S NO REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. OTHER ISSUES, OTHER COMMENTS, ANY 22:06:22 MEETINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING? FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL? ANY REPORT-OUT? 22:06:30 WE HAD, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE REALLY QUICKLY THAT WE HAD A 4th OF JULY PORCH PARADE AND WE THANK ALL THE 22:06:35 PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED TIME. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK IN PARTICULAR BEFORE EVERYONE LEAVES 22:06:41 SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS FOR THIS JULY 4th HOLIDAY AND DURING THIS TIME 22:06:46 PERIOD WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH CONCERNS WITH FIREWORKS AND OTHER THINGS I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME 22:06:54 FRUSTRATION, CERTAINLY FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHILE IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING, TO SEE THE EFFECTS 22:07:01 OF IT A CITY AS LARGE AS US, 90 PLUS SQUARE MILES, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO 22:07:06 HELPED US KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. SO WHILE I'M VERY GRATEFUL CH WHILE IT 22:07:12 WAS NOISY AND CERTAINLY I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF EFFECTS AND IMPACTS ON OUR FAMILIES AS WELL AS ANIMALS AND OTHERS 22:07:15 IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE SAFE 22:07:24 AND SO I WANTED TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAD HELPED WITH THAT. SPEAKING OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AND 22:07:29 WELLNESS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING THERE IS AN ACTIVATE FREMONT AND PLEASE LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE 22:07:34 BECAUSE EACH OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS HAS COMMITTED TO WORK WITH ALL OF US AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME 22:07:42 OUT AND I WILL BE KICKING IT OFF THIS THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY SO MANY OF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AT LAKE ELIZABETH, AT 22:07:48 BROOKVALE, AT IRVINGTON AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE 22:07:54 HEALTHY, TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER UNITED IN THIS HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND I WANTED TO SHARE REAL QUICKLY IN 22:07:59 CLOSING BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT FOR OUR COVID VACCINATION FOR US I'M VERY PLEASED TO 22:08:16 SAY THAT AS OF LAST WEEK WE WERE AT 88 OR CLOSE TO 89% ONE SHOT IN THE ARM AND FULLY VACCINATED AT 75%. 22:08:27 TO KEEP US HEALTH L PHYSICALLY, FISCALLY AND MENTALLY. SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE OUR CITY 22:08:32 IS TRULY STRONGER WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE