19:09:16 THAT'S SPELLED DEJURE4SURE.COM. 19:09:18 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE EXCHANGE 19:09:18 THEN. 19:09:19 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 19:09:20 THANK YOU. 19:09:23 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:09:25 OKAY. 19:09:28 THAT IS THE LAST OF OUR PUBLIC 19:09:29 COMMENTS. 19:09:32 AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT FOR ITEMS 19:09:35 THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 19:09:39 AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS ITEM 2C, AS IN CAT. 19:09:44 >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVE 2C. 19:09:46 >> Mayor Mei: NO, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING 19:09:48 TO HAVE THE SPEAKER FOR ITEM 2C. 19:09:49 >> Councilmember Cox: OH, OKAY. 19:09:51 >> Mayor Mei: WHICH IS BLAIR BEEKMAN. 19:09:55 SO BLAIR, YOU CAN SPEAK FIRST. 19:09:55 >> THANK YOU. 19:09:56 HI. 19:10:01 BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE, THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. 19:10:03 YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVID. 19:10:05 THROUGH THE WHOLE TIME OF COVID, IT 19:10:14 WAS, I THINK, BIKE TRAIL ISSUES AND WALKABLE PATHWAYS AND YOU KNOW, THAT 19:10:19 WORK WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DURING THE TIME OF COVID, AND IT WAS WORK THAT WE 19:10:25 WERE LIKE ALREADY DOING ABOUT BETTER SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES FOR OUR FUTURE. 19:10:27 WE WERE DOING THIS STUFF WAY BEFORE 19:10:27 COVID-19. 19:10:31 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LITTLE 19:10:34 SECRET FOR PEOPLE WORKING ON THESE SORT OF THINGS. 19:10:37 WE ARE BUILDING OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 19:10:41 WE'RE APOLOGIZING FOR OUR ERROR OF 9/11. 19:10:44 YOU KNOW THE WORK I DO WITH OPEN 19:10:47 ACCOUNTABILITY WITH TECHNOLOGY PRACTICES AND DATA COLLECTION, IT'S 19:10:54 ALL PART OF A PLAN TO SIMPLY END THE ERA OF 9/11 AND WORK TOWARDS IDEAS OF 19:10:57 PEACE TO ADDRESS OUR QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF USING WARFARE. 19:10:59 IT'S USING PEACE AND OPEN DEMOCRATIC 19:11:00 PRACTICES. 19:11:02 AN AMAZING CONCEPT. 19:11:10 WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AND NE QOASH 19:11:14 YAIT AND HAVE GOOD DIALOGUE INSTEAD OF HARMING EACH OTHER AND KEEPING 19:11:17 EVERYTHING SECRETIVE AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. 19:11:21 YOU KNOW, WITH COVID, IT WAS JUST 19:11:24 SHOCKING THAT IT'S HAPPENED, CONSIDERING WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, WHAT 19:11:25 OUR FUTURE IS RIGHT NOW. 19:11:27 THIS IS WHAT EQUITY AND REIMAGINE ARE 19:11:28 ABOUT. 19:11:32 AND IT IS TO BUILD A MORE PEACEFUL, 19:11:36 SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY, AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN GROW 19:11:42 INTO SOCIETAL QUESTIONS FOR OTHER NATIONS OF THIS EARTH TO REFLECT UPON. 19:11:44 AND THAT'S THE WAY WE BUILD THE FUTURE 19:11:46 OF PEACE BASICALLY. 19:11:51 SO THANKS FOR THIS ITEM TODAY. 19:11:53 THE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, THIS IS 19:11:58 GOOD COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IDEAS THAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN, AND I THINK 19:12:03 ACCOMPLISH MUCH MORE IN LONG TERM SOCIAL PLANNING IDEAS THAN HAVING 19:12:15 WARFARE, CREATING THE PANDEMICS OR CREATING WILDFIRE SITUATIONS IN THE 19:12:16 PG&E REALM. 19:12:18 SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THE WORLD IN MORE 19:12:18 PEACEFUL TERMS. 19:12:20 WE HAVE PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS TO WORK 19:12:22 TOWARDS OUR BETTER FUTURE. 19:12:23 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO INVOLVE HURTING 19:12:24 OTHER PEOPLE ANYMORE. 19:12:27 HOW DO WE LEARN TO DO THAT TOGETHER? 19:12:31 I THINK OPEN PUBLIC POLICY IDEAS WITH 19:12:35 TECHNOLOGY HELP WITH THAT, EQUITY AND REIMAGINE IDEAS HELP WITH THAT, 19:12:40 CERTAINLY THESE BICYCLE PROGRAMS DO, AND THESE BICYCLE PROJECTS AND THEY'RE 19:12:42 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FUTURE, OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 19:12:45 I'VE BEEN LEARNING REGIONAL 19:12:47 TRANSPORTATION IDEAS, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. 19:12:50 GREEN IDEAS. 19:12:53 I HOPE WE CAN BE OPEN TO OPEN THINKING 19:12:56 AND TO BE OPEN WITH OURSELVES AND WITH GOOD THINKING. 19:12:57 THANK YOU. 19:12:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:13:01 NEXT I'D LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER 19:13:02 RAJ SALWAN. 19:13:03 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? 19:13:04 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, 19:13:05 MADAME MAYOR. 19:13:07 I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF ON THE GOOD 19:13:10 EFFORT ON THE BIKE AND PED PLAN. 19:13:12 IN READING THE AGENDA, THE ONLY 19:13:19 CONCERN I HAD WAS THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS NARROWING PASEO PADRE FROM 19:13:20 DRISCOLL TO WASHINGTON. 19:13:24 SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN AT 19:13:29 THE TIME, WE GOT LOTS OF EMAILS AND I SORT OF FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE JUST VOTING 19:13:32 IT THROUGH WITHOUT EITHER FURTHER HEARING OR SOME MORE FEEDBACK FROM 19:13:33 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. 19:13:36 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER 19:13:36 RANCHO SITUATION. 19:13:40 SO BECAUSE IF WE PASS IT THROUGH AND 19:13:44 THEN PEOPLE COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WHY DID YOU GUYS DO THIS, AND SOMETIMES 19:13:50 THESE ITEMS ON CONSENT CAN SAIL THROUGH WITHOUT PROPER DIALOGUE AND 19:13:53 DISCUSSION, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF ANGST FOR THE COMMUNITY. 19:13:54 SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN THAT UP AND 19:13:56 SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THAT. 19:13:58 >> Mayor Mei: CERTAINLY. 19:14:02 NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, I SEE YOU 19:14:03 HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED ON THIS ITEM. 19:14:05 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, 19:14:05 MADAME MAYOR. 19:14:09 THIS IS ACTUALLY A -- THIS SPECIFIC 19:14:14 STRETCH OF PASEO PADRE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND DRISCOLL IS SOMETHING 19:14:19 THAT I DISCUSSED WITH STAFF A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS STARTING THE 19:14:22 PROCESS OF NARROWING TO ONE LANE EACH WAY BACK THEN. 19:14:26 I HAVE SOME MAJOR CONCERNS OVER THAT, 19:14:33 AND I SHARED THOSE WITH STAFF A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM TEMPLE 19:14:36 BETH TORAH, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, . 19:14:36 7 OR . 19:14:43 9 MILES, I DON'T RECALL WHICH, TO THE ON-RAMP OF WASHINGTON AND 680 IN 19:14:44 COMMUTE TRAFFIC TOOK 40 MINUTES. 19:14:45 THAT WAS WITH TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC 19:14:47 EACH WAY. 19:14:51 PASEO PADRE IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. 19:14:52 IT IS TWO LANES. 19:14:55 EVERYWHERE THROUGH THE CITY WITH THE 19:15:01 EXCEPTION BETWEEN PINE STREET AS IT GOES SOUTH AND CROSSES DURHAM AND 19:15:04 THROUGH THE GRIMMER AND PARK MEADOW NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT EVEN WHEN IT HITS 19:15:07 MISSION BOULEVARD AGAIN AND GOES UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS, IT BECOMES TWO 19:15:07 LANES AGAIN. 19:15:12 AND THIS IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF 19:15:15 RELIEVING OUR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON MISSION BOULEVARD, HAVING THESE TWO 19:15:16 LANES AVAILABLE. 19:15:22 IF THERE IS SOME WAY THAT WE CAN 19:15:25 INCLUDE A BIKE LANE IN THERE THAT IS APPROPRIATE WITHOUT NARROWING TO TWO 19:15:28 LANES IN EACH WAY, I WOULD BE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT. 19:15:35 BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT REALLY 19:15:37 NEEDS SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION TO OPEN IT UP TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TO 19:15:38 THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL. 19:15:39 THANK YOU. 19:15:44 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19:15:46 I SEE ALSO COUNCILMEMBER SHAO RAISING 19:15:47 HIS HAND. 19:15:50 I'LL HAVE MY COMMENTS AFTER HIM. 19:15:51 >> Vice Mayor Shao: I WILL ECHO THE 19:15:55 CONCERNS OF COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND COUNCILMEMBER JONES ESPECIALLY ON THE 19:15:57 OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES. 19:16:00 IT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS CHANGE 19:16:08 WAS PROPOSED AND LAST TIME WE GOT A LOT OF STRONG FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. 19:16:11 THEREFORE, THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO 19:16:19 TAKE IT SLOW AND REALLY CONSULT -- NOT CONSULT, NOT JUST REACH OUT AND 19:16:22 COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEREFORE, THEY FEEL THAT THEY 19:16:24 PARTICIPATED IN THE WHOLE PROCESS. 19:16:24 THANK YOU. 19:16:29 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:16:30 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 19:16:32 >> Councilmember Kassan: I STRONGLY 19:16:32 DISAGREE. 19:16:34 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR 19:16:34 YEARS. 19:16:36 WE'VE PUT IT ON HOLD ALREADY. 19:16:39 THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD FOR 19:16:40 PEDESTRIANS. 19:16:43 I GET CONTACTED BY PEOPLE IN THAT AREA 19:16:48 WANTING THE STREET TO BE NARROWED AND MADE SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS WHO LIVE 19:16:55 NEARBY, SO -- AND I HOPE HANS WILL MAYBE RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS THAT 19:16:58 THERE WASN'T COMMUNITY OUTREACH BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S BEEN 19:16:59 EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 19:17:05 >> Mr. 19:17:08 Larsen: MAYOR MEI, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, UNLESS THERE'S 19:17:08 OTHER COUNCIL COMMENT. 19:17:13 >> Mayor Mei: I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT TOO. 19:17:15 I WOULD ECHO THAT I UNDERSTAND THE 19:17:21 NEED ABSOLUTELY AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MAJOR INCIDENTS THERE BUT I WOULD LIKE 19:17:24 TO EXPLORE OTHER TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES BECAUSE WHAT I'M A LITTLE 19:17:28 CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, AND 19:17:31 THAT HAS OVERFLOWED INTO NOT JUST DISTRICT 5, DISTRICT 4 AND ALSO 19:17:39 DISTRICT 6 IN TERMS OF ON THE CORNERS THERE ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, SO I 19:17:44 TOO WOULD ECHO IF WE HAD THAT OPTION TO FIND OTHER TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES 19:17:46 THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE THE BIKE CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO 19:17:47 ME. 19:17:49 WHETHER IT'S -- I KNOW IN SOME AREAS, 19:17:51 WE'VE TRIED THINGS LIKE OTHER SPEED MITIGATION MEASURES. 19:17:53 I KNOW PASEO PADRE IS A MAJOR 19:17:59 THOROUGHFARE, BUT PERHAPS THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE TRAFFIC-CALMING 19:18:02 THROUGH SPEED HUMPS OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER THAT. 19:18:02 SO MR. 19:18:03 LARSEN, PLEASE PROCEED. 19:18:04 >> Mr. 19:18:06 Larsen: YES, THANKS, MAYOR MEI, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 19:18:09 LET ME JUST KIND OF PROVIDE A LITTLE 19:18:17 BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND AS THE COUNCIL RECALLS, 19:18:35 THERE'S SOME HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, WE HAD HAD PROPOSED TO DO THIS 19:18:40 AND THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PUTTING SORT OF DEE-DEFERRING THE 19:18:47 PROJECTS PRIMARILY THE UNTIL WE COULD SORT OF ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION 19:19:01 THAT WAS OCCURRING AT WASHINGTON, PASEO, THAT WAS CAUSED BY COMMUTERS 19:19:03 TRYING TO GET ON TO 680. 19:19:06 LAND WAS EXPERIENCING WAS A 19:19:14 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CUTS THROUGH TRAFFIC THAT WAS USING PASEO PADRE. 19:19:17 DEVELOPING THE CORRIDOR AS CLOSING 19:19:22 THE GAP IN A BIKEWAY NETWORK AND ALSO PROVIDING TRAFFIC CALMING FOR THE 19:19:26 NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG PASEO PADRE PARKWAY, WHICH WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW MANY 19:19:30 CONCERNS ABOUT AND THE SPEEDING TRAFFIC THAT GOES 19:19:30 THROUGH THERE. 19:19:35 SO WE DEFERRED IT UNTIL WE COULD SEE 19:19:42 IF WE WOULD GET THE BENEFITS THAT WE EXPECTED FROM 680 WIDENING PROJECT. 19:19:44 WE HAD BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING THIS 19:19:47 CORRIDOR IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND BACKUP. 19:19:52 AND I ACTUALLY DROVE IT IN THE LAST 19:19:53 WEEK. 19:19:57 AND REALLY WAS AMAZED TO SEE HOW MUCH 19:20:02 BETTER THAT CORRIDOR IS DUE TO THE WIDENING OF 680. 19:20:04 SO WE DON'T HAVE THE LONG AMOUNT OF 19:20:04 COMMUTE. 19:20:08 ACTUALLY, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF 19:20:18 CONGESTION ON 680, YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRAVEL TIME BENEFIT THAT PEOPLE 19:20:26 JUSTIFIED TO GET IN CUTTING THROUGH MISSION AND PASEO PADRE PARKWAY AS A 19:20:27 CUT THROUGH FROM 680. 19:20:29 I THINK AS STAFF WE BELIEVE THAT THIS 19:20:42 IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. 19:20:45 THERE IS NOT THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME ON 19:20:50 PASEO PADRE PARKWAY IN JUFERG IT BEING A FOUR LANE ROADWAY. 19:20:52 PART OF OUR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION 19:20:56 PLANNING IS LOOKING AT WHAT ARE CORRIDORS THAT WERE REALLY OVERBUILT 19:21:02 IN THE PAST, THAT WE CAN MODIFY AND MAKE THEM MORE MULTIMODAL AND SAFE. 19:21:06 AND SO I THINK IT'S OUR STAFF 19:21:09 RECOMMENDATION TO DO THIS PROJECT. 19:21:12 I THINK OUR BICYCLE COMMUNITIES IS 19:21:12 EXPECTING IT. 19:21:15 I BELIEVE THERE IS STRONG SUPPORT 19:21:19 WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PAST CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY 19:21:25 FOLKS COMMUTING IN THE CORRIDOR HAS LARGELY BEEN ALLEVIATED WITH THE 19:21:26 IMPROVEMENTS ONTO THE FREEWAY. 19:21:29 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 19:21:31 THAT COUNCIL HAS. 19:21:33 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK WE ALSO HAVE 19:21:34 COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:21:37 BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TOD SAY THAT 19:21:47 ED TO SAY, WE'RE JUST RETURNING TO THE WORKFORCE, I'D LIKE TO GET A BETTER 19:21:50 VISIBILITY AS WE SEE HOW THAT'S BEEN TRANSITIONING. 19:21:56 IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT L ARTIFICIALLY 19:21:57 SUPPRESSED AT THIS TIME. 19:21:59 AS WE RETURN TO THE OFFICE I THINK 19:22:00 THAT MIGHT EXCHANGE. 19:22:01 COUNCILMEMBER COX DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS 19:22:02 ON THIS? 19:22:03 >> Councilmember Cox: YES I DO. 19:22:05 I THINK IT'S BELONG THE LINES THAT IF 19:22:17 WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT WERE DONE IN 2019, CAN PREPANDEMIC, TO 19:22:21 MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME REALITY CHECKS BUT ALSO WE PROBABLY NEED SOME MORE 19:22:23 TIME TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LK AT THERE. 19:22:26 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MY FELLOW CITY 19:22:32 COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOICING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE 19:22:34 PAST AND PUT INTO CONSIDERATION. 19:22:37 I THINK KIND OF REALISTICALLY, TO DO 19:22:45 IT RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE IN KIND OF LEADING TO THAT. 19:22:48 THE SECOND PART IS I'M ALSO WONDERING 19:22:58 BY DOING THESE ACTIONS AND THAT ARE BEING LAID OUT RIGHT NOW. 19:23:02 HOW IS THAT GOING TO CAN IMPACT THE 19:23:06 IRVINGTON BART STATION AND THAT IS ALL KIND OF GOING IN THAT DIRECTION AND IS 19:23:10 THERE THEN SOME CONSIDERATION AS YOU'RE NEARING THE ROADS THAT THERE ARE 19:23:14 THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO EXPECT TO BE ABLE 19:23:23 TO GOAT BART AND PARK THERE FEEFN THOSE GO ONTO THE FREEWAYS. 19:23:24 ABOUT IF YOU COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT 19:23:30 MORE ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT PART AND WHERE IS THAT PUT INTO THE PICTURE? 19:23:33 >> Hans Larsen: YEAH, SO I THINK TO 19:23:41 SORT OF GET BACK TO THE PRIMARY CONCERN IN THE PAST, AND WE DID DO MAILERS TO 19:23:44 THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE CORRIDOR WHETHER THE PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY 19:23:45 PROPOSED. 19:23:49 WE STILL HAVE AN ACTIVE WEB PAGE FOR 19:23:49 THE PROJECT. 19:23:52 SO I THINK IN TERMS OF JUST OVERALL 19:23:58 KIND OF TRAFFIC, AGAIN, AND I'D HAVE TO KINDS OF GO BACK AND SORT OF DAY A 19:24:03 TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. 19:24:05 BUT THE CONCERN IN THE PAST WAS 19:24:16 LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE LONG QUEUES THAT WERE BACKED UNON THE 680 WASHINGTON 19:24:24 INTERCHANGE AND BACKED UP FOR LONG DISTANCES ON PASEO, PEOPLE LOOKING FOR 19:24:27 A SHORTCUT THROUGH FREMONT STREETS ON 680. 19:24:30 IF THAT TRAFFIC ISN'T THERE, AND THEN 19:24:37 THERE REALLY IS NO ISSUE IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW THE NEED FOR FOUR E LANES ON 19:24:44 LANES FOR TRAFFIC ON PASEO IN THIS COMMUNITY. 19:24:49 THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR GROWTH AROUND 19:24:51 FUTURE BART STATION AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS. 19:24:54 WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE A REALLY GOOD 19:24:59 ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING TO OUR TRANSIT STATIONS AND THIS 19:25:04 CERTAINLY IS KIND OF A CRITICAL GAP IN THE NECK WORK IN THE AREA. 19:25:07 IF LET ME KIND OF OFFER A COUPLE OF 19:25:09 ALTERNATIVES FOR COUNCIL ON THE SITE. 19:25:14 THIS IS ONE OF 12 PROJECTS WITHIN A 19:25:19 CONTRACT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO AWARD HERE. 19:25:22 WE'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A FOLLOW-UP 19:25:34 REPORT ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC AND IF THAT'S IMICIAL TO DECIDE YES OR NO 19:25:35 FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 19:25:39 FROM A CRUT MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. 19:25:43 THE CONTRACTOR DID BID ON THIS BUT WE 19:25:47 DO HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO PULL PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK OUTS OF THE CONTRACT, IF 19:25:51 THAT'S A DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES. 19:26:03 WE COULD DO THE TWO WAYS, DECIDE 19:26:06 WHETHER WEE WANT TO DO IT OR NOT, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF 19:26:11 THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE I THINK VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT 19:26:11 GETTING DONE. 19:26:13 I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY 19:26:19 TO SPEAK WITH COUNCIL AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO 98 BE CONCERNED, CONTINUE TO HAVE 19:26:21 CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC CAPACITY IN THE AREA. 19:26:23 AND SO WE COULD BRING THIS BACK 19:26:31 CERTAINLY WITHIN THE DURATION OF THIS CONTRACT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE 19:26:33 COUNCIL OR THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 19:26:35 SO I GUESS MY RECOMMENDATION IF 19:26:42 THERE'S EITHER -- WE COULD HAVE THIS GO FORWARD, WITH SUBJECT TO THE PROJECT 19:26:48 HAVING A FURTHER COMMUNITY REVIEW, THAT -- KEEP TONIGHT THERE, REWARD THE 19:26:52 CONTRACT AS IT IS, OR PROVIDE DIRECTION NOW TO NAWL FROM 19:26:58 PULL THAT FROM THE CONTRACT, KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD BUT PRESERVE AN OPTION 19:27:02 TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF BRINGING IT BACK BASED ON FURTHER COMMUNITIES 19:27:04 REVIEW AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 19:27:06 BUT OFFER THAT AS KIND OF COUPLE WAYS 19:27:07 TO GO. 19:27:09 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:27:16 >> I'M SORRY, MAYOR MEI, I WANTED TO 19:27:20 THANK HANS FOR PROVIDING THOSE OPTIONS AND I THINK ONCE YOU ALL GET TO A 19:27:25 POINT OOF MAKING A MOTION YOU CAN DECIDE L HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE IT 19:27:27 MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE MOTION. 19:27:29 >> Mayor Mei: WONDERFUL. 19:27:32 THANK YOU HANS FOR THE NUMBER OF 19:27:34 DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 19:27:38 COUNCILMEMBER JONES YOU HAVE YOUR HAND 19:27:39 RAISED. 19:27:41 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, 19:27:42 MADAM MAYOR. 19:27:45 HANS HOW WIDE ARE THE LANES ON PASEO 19:27:46 PADRE THERE? 19:27:49 >> Hans Larsen: TYPICALLY, KIND OF 19:27:52 HISTORICAL, FREMONT HAD VERY WIDE LANES. 19:27:57 SECTIONS OF PASEO PADRE PARKWAY HAD 19:28:00 LANES THAT WERE 12 TO 14 FEET WIDE. 19:28:01 GENERALLY WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO 19:28:04 NARROW THEM FOR SPEED MANAGEMENT. 19:28:08 IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THERE'S TWO 19:28:14 LANES AND ONSTREET PARKING AND SO THERE ISN'T AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANY -- TO 19:28:19 ALLOW ANY BICYCLE TRAFFIC THROUGH HERE UNLESS YOU REMOVED ONE OF THE LANES. 19:28:23 AND SO THE LANE WOULD COME -- THE BIKE 19:28:26 LANE WOULD BE A STANDARD BIKE LANE PLUS A BUFFER. 19:28:32 AND WHAT WE FIND IN THESE KIND OF 19:28:38 SITUATIONS WHERE THAT THE VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC ARE WAY UNDER -- ARE LESS THAN 19:28:42 WHAT THE ROADWAY IS LAID OUT FOR. 19:28:44 THEY BECOME SPEED WAYS AND PEOPLE, YOU 19:28:50 KNOW, USE THE EXTRA LANE FOR PASSING, AND IT CREATES A CONCERN FOR PEOPLE 19:28:54 THAT LIVE ON THE STREET, THAT HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT BACK OUT TO IT. 19:28:56 SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS. 19:29:01 WE'VE HAD CONCERNS WITH -- CONCERNS 19:29:05 WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO WALK OR BIKE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, 19:29:09 THEY'RE HAVING TO CROSS PASEO PADRE PARKWAY HERE AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH 19:29:11 HIGH SPEED AND TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. 19:29:16 AND SO THOSE ARE -- YEAH, SO I DON'T 19:29:22 KNOW OFF HAND BUT IF THERE IS IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOLLOW-UP WE CAN 19:29:24 PROVIDE ANSWERS TO WHATEVER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 19:29:28 BUT BASICALLY THERE IS NOT ENOUGH 19:29:36 WIDTH THERE TO NARROW THE LANES AND FIT IN A BIKE LANE IF THAT IS KIND OF THE 19:29:37 INTENT BEHIND YOUR QUESTION. 19:29:40 >> Councilmember Jones: SO I'M 19:29:45 TRYING TO RECALL, AND I HONESTLY HAVEN'T DRIVEN THERE IN A LITTLE BIT. 19:29:48 BUT IS THERE ONSTREET PARKING ALLOWED 19:29:50 ON PASEO PADRE PARKWAY? 19:29:53 >> Hans Larsen: YES, THERE IS FULL 19:29:58 ON RESIDENTIAL THERE AND THEY HAVE ALLOWED ONSTREET PARKING. 19:29:59 >> Councilmember Jones: WHAT I HAVE 19:30:05 SEEN ON GOOGLE EARTH, THERE ARE SIDEWALKS BOTH SIDES, AND I DON'T SEE 19:30:06 AN EFFORT THERE FOR CHANGING THAT. 19:30:09 AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IF THE NUMBER 19:30:15 ONE LANES ARE 12 FEET THE NUMBER TWO LANES ARE CLOSER TO 16 MAYBE 18 FEET 19:30:18 JUST EYEBALLING IT ON GOOGLE EARTH. 19:30:23 AND WHEN WE DO OCOMPLETE STREETS 19:30:25 YOU'RE NARROWING IT TO TEN FEET IS THAT CORRECT? 19:30:27 >> Hans Larsen: YES, TEN FEET AND WE 19:30:31 WILL KEEP AN EXTRA FOOT NEXT TO A RAISED ISLAND. 19:30:32 >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY. 19:30:34 I'VE GOT MY CONCERNS ABOUT US COMING 19:30:38 OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO BE GENERATED. 19:30:41 AND AS COUNCILMEMBER COX BROUGHT UP 19:30:46 THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WE DON'T KNOW BE GENERATED FOR THE 19:30:50 IRVINGTON BART STATION, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY A CONSIDERATION. 19:30:54 BUT AGAIN IT IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, 19:30:57 USED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SO I DON'T THINK THEY PERSONALLY SAVE ANY TIME 19:31:02 BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO SIT ON MISSION BOULEVARD DO GET ON 680. 19:31:06 IF THERE WERE SOME WAY TO NARROW THE 19:31:14 LANES TO AN ACCEPTABLE WIDTH, IF IT'S THE TEN FOOT THAT IS THE STANDARD AND 19:31:21 INCORPORATE A BIKE CAL LANE INTO IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE 19:31:27 IN FAVOR OF THIS. 19:31:30 I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PULLING THIS 19:31:36 PARTICULAR CONTRACT AND BRINGING IT IMARK FOR DISCUSSION. 19:31:40 BACK FOR DISCUSSION. 19:31:42 >> Mayor Mei: ANOTHER COMMENT? 19:31:43 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:31:44 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. 19:31:47 FIRST I'M IMPRESSED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:31:54 JONES GETTING AN IMPRESSION OF THE WIDTH OF THE LANES FROM GOOGLE. 19:32:37 I TOO WOULD LIKE TO BE SEE IF THERE'S 19:32:41 A WAIT TO PRESERVE THE BIKE LANES BY TRYING TO KEEP THE TWO LANES, IF 19:32:44 THERE'S A WAY TO FIND THAT MIDDLE GROUND. 19:32:46 YOU KNOW IT'S CALLED PASEO PADRE 19:32:47 PARKWAY. 19:32:49 SO IT'S OUR MAJOR THOROUGH FARE FOR 19:32:59 THOROUGHFARE FOR THE CITY. 19:33:01 I'M CONCERNED THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC 19:33:06 PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT WORKING, WE DON'T HAVE THE PEAK TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW. 19:33:09 WE NEED TO SEE HOW MUCH DOES TRAFFIC 19:33:10 GO UP BEFORE WE GO FURTHER. 19:33:13 THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, ALL 19:33:17 THOSE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE E-MAILS, WERE THEY ALERTED FOR THESE 19:33:17 MEETINGS? 19:33:19 WERE THEY NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS MEETING, 19:33:20 ABOUT THIS ITEM? 19:33:22 >> Mayor Mei: SO ACTUALLY WHY DON'T 19:33:26 WE GO THROUGH AND I'M NOT GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN 19:33:31 BUT I THINK WE ARE GOING TO ASK OUR QUESTIONS AND ALLOW STAFF TO ANSWER AT 19:33:33 ONCE. 19:33:34 I DON'T KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN IF 19:33:39 YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BUT I'M GOING DO LET HANS AND STAFF ANSWER ALL 19:33:40 AT ONCE. 19:33:42 >> Councilmember Salwan: THAT WAS MY 19:33:42 QUESTION. 19:33:44 L. 19:33:50 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 19:33:55 DO YOU A QUESTION OR COMMENT? 19:33:57 >> Councilmember Kassan: A COMMENT. 19:33:59 I REALLY, REALLY HOPE WE WILL NOT GO 19:34:01 IN THE DIRECTION OF DELAYING THIS AGAIN. 19:34:03 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN THAT 19:34:06 NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. 19:34:07 WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE TELLING 19:34:12 US WE DON'T NEED TWO LANES AND ALSO A PROFESSIONAL THAT'S TELLING US THERE'S 19:34:15 NO WAY TO HAVE A BIKE LANE AND TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. 19:34:16 AS MUCH AS WE WISH THAT COULD BE, WE 19:34:18 HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. 19:34:21 AND WE HAVE TO, EVERY TIME WE MAKE 19:34:26 DECISIONS LIKE THIS, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN IS IT MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE 19:34:30 CARS DRIVING ON THE STREETS TO GO A FEW -- YOU KNOW GET TO THEIR DESTINATION 19:34:33 LIKE ONE OR TWO MINUTES FASTER OR IS IT MORE 19:34:36 IMPORTANT FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WANT TO CROSS THE 19:34:39 STREET TO NOT GET KILLED BY A SPEEDING CAR? 19:34:41 IS IT MORE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT 19:34:45 LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO NOT HAVE THAT LOUD NOISE AND THAT 19:34:49 UNPLEASANTNESS OF LIVING NEXT TO THAT SPEEDWAY FOR BICYCLISTS? 19:34:51 YOU KNOW FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE -- 19:34:56 EVERYONE WHO IS NOT IN A CAR YOU KNOW WHICH IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 19:34:59 SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S DISTURBING 19:35:10 DISTURBING THAT PEOPLE ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 19:35:11 IN THEIR CARS. 19:35:13 WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO 19:35:17 PRIORITIZE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. 19:35:20 I REALLY HOPE WE WASN'T DELAY THIS 19:35:21 ANYMORE. 19:35:23 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, 19:35:31 ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? 19:35:34 >> Councilmember Shao: I LIVE IN THE 19:35:42 NEIGHBORHOOD AND I ALSO OBSERVE PEOPLE'S TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THE 19:35:42 WIDTH OF THE ROAD. 19:35:46 I NOTICE THE DRISCOLL RODE THAT I LIVE 19:35:52 BY USED TO BE TWO-LANE AND NOW THE LANES ARE NARROWED AND THE BICYCLE 19:35:53 LANE WAS CREATED. 19:35:55 AND THAT THAT COULD BE DONE. 19:35:58 SO I DIDN'T DO THE DRECT COMPARISON 19:36:09 DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DRISCOLL RODE AND PASEO PADRE PARKWAY. 19:36:14 I LIKE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN'S PROPOSAL 19:36:20 BY ANY CHANCE WE COULD PRESERVE THE TWO LANES BEING ABLE TO CREATE A BICYCLE 19:36:20 LANE. 19:36:21 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:36:22 COUNCILMEMBER JONES DO YOU HAVE 19:36:23 ANOTHER COMMENT? 19:36:26 I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO -- 19:36:29 >> Councilmember Jones: ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER CLAIRE DPIEG 19:36:29 QUESTIONS. 19:36:35 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. 19:36:38 I KNOW IT IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE 19:36:42 GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT ALTHOUGH IT IS TECHNICALLY 30 MILES AN HOUR, WE 19:36:45 USED TO DO ENFORCEMENT THERE QUITE OFTEN. 19:36:49 I THINK POST-PANDEMIC IT IS GOING TO 19:36:53 SLOW PEOPLE DOWN AS TO THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING THERE FOR COMMUTE TRAFFIC. 19:36:56 THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS HAVE WE 19:37:02 HAD ANY SERIOUS COLLISIONS IN THE AREA IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHETHER THEY 19:37:08 BE INVOLVING VEHICLES OR CAN AUTO-PED OR WHAT HAVE YOU? 19:37:12 WE HAVE OTHER SYSTEMS FOR A VISIBLE 19:37:15 CROSSWALK, THAT TYPE OF LIGHTING SYSTEM. 19:37:18 BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT 19:37:23 THIS AS A SEPARATE ISSUE AS FAR AS THIS PROJECT IS CONCERNED. 19:37:25 AND GET SOME MORE INPUT ON IT AND I 19:37:34 WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE THE MEASUREMENTS, HOW CAN WE MOVE THIS 19:37:36 FORWARD IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE. 19:37:39 IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT PROTECTING 19:37:47 MOTORISTS, IT'S ABOUT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING VEHICLES AND 19:37:50 PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER. 19:37:53 >> Mayor Mei: DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 19:37:54 QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? 19:37:56 >> Councilmember Salwan: MADAM I'D 19:37:58 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 19:37:59 >> Mayor Mei: GO AHEAD. 19:38:00 >> Councilmember Salwan: I'D LIKE TO 19:38:07 MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WASHINGTON AND DRIS COL. 19:38:08 >> Mayor Mei: SAY THAT AGAIN. 19:38:10 >> Councilmember Salwan: BACKGROUND 19:38:12 NOISE I DON'T KNOW WHERE. 19:38:15 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM, CAN 19:38:16 EVERYBODY PAUSE? 19:38:18 >> Mayor Mei: YES, I'M HAVING 19:38:19 DIFFICULTIES HEARING TOO. 19:38:20 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO I'D LIKE 19:38:25 TO MOVE THIS ITEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHANGES CONFAPPED, BETWEEN 19:38:35 ON PASEO PADRE, WITH CHANGES BETWEEN DRISCOLL AND WASHINGTON. 19:38:37 >> Councilmember Kassan: ARE WE ABLE 19:38:41 TO HAVE HANS CLARIFY OR ARE YOU WANTING TO VOTE WITHOUT THAT? 19:38:45 >> Mayor Mei: HANS DO YOU WANT TO 19:38:47 CLARIFY DID ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION? 19:38:50 >> Hans Larsen: YES, I THINK CRASH 19:38:57 HISTORY, ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, ESTIMATIONS HOW TRAFFICING WOULD 19:39:02 ADJUST POST-PANDEMIC, WE WOULD HAVE DO TAKE TIME AND COME BACK ON THOSE. 19:39:04 TO COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN'S QUESTION 19:39:18 ABOUT ANY RENOTIFICATION, WE PREVIOUSLY DID OUTREACH ON THE PROJECT. 19:39:21 WE HAD A DIRECTION TO GO FORWARD, WE 19:39:26 ACTUALLY DUE TO CONCERNS WHILE THE PROJECT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 19:39:29 DEFERRED IT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD COME 19:39:35 BACK AND DO IT ONCE THE LANE ON 680 WAS ADD ED. 19:39:38 ADDED. 19:39:41 SO WE BROUGHT THIS BACK KIND OF BASED 19:39:44 ON THAT CONTEXT BUT DIDN'T REOPEN IT FOR NOTIFICATION. 19:39:47 IF THAT'S A DIRECT OR DESIRE FROM 19:39:49 COUNCIL WE CERTAINLY WOULD HAPPY TO DO THAT. 19:39:53 >> Councilmember Kassan: AND I HAVE 19:39:54 A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 19:39:56 DID YOU NOT SAY EARLIER THAT THERE WAS 19:40:00 NO WAY TO HAVE -- >> Councilmember Salwan: WE HAVE A 19:40:00 MOTION AND SECOND. 19:40:01 >> Councilmember Kassan: I KNOW BUT 19:40:05 I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN CONTRADICTING 19:40:09 EACH OTHER SO DID WE COULD GET THAT CLEAR I'D REALLY APPRECIATE -- 19:40:10 >> Councilmember Salwan: I THINK MR. 19:40:14 LARSON HAS SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT INFORMATION AND BRING IT 19:40:14 BACK. 19:40:16 SO AGAIN FOR THE POINT OF ORDER WE 19:40:19 HAVE A MOTION -- >> Councilmember Kassan: I JUST 19:40:22 WANTED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OF SOMETHING THAT HE SAID. 19:40:23 BECAUSE I HEARD MR. 19:40:29 LARSON SAY THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO HAVE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND A BIKE 19:40:30 LANE ABOUT. 19:40:32 AND THEN LATER I HEARD SOME 19:40:35 COUNCILMEMBER SAY, CAN WE RESEARCH WHETHER THAT IS POSSIBLE. 19:40:38 SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IS IT 19:40:48 TRUE THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THAT, OR IS IT -- 19:40:49 >> Mayor Mei: MR. 19:40:50 LARSON. 19:40:56 I THINK THAT I GUESS THE EXAMPLE THAT 19:41:02 WAS GIVEN PERHAPS YOU STATE THEY'D THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT FEASIBLE 19:41:05 BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME WORK THAT WAS DONE ON DRISCOLL. 19:41:10 SO IF YOU WOULD COMPARE IT TOO, CAN 19:41:14 DRISCOLL ALSO HAS A FROONT FACING ROAD WITH STREET PARKING. 19:41:17 IS THIS SOMETHING YOU ALSO WOULD DO 19:41:20 RESEARCH ON BECAUSE I FIND THE TWO ROADS OR THE VERY SIMILAR IN 19:41:20 CONSTRUCTION. 19:41:24 I TOO LIVE NEARBY AND I DRIVE IT EVERY 19:41:26 DAY SO I KNOW IT TOO. 19:41:28 >> Hans Larsen: WE WOULD HAVE TO 19:41:34 TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY BUT MY SENSE IS THAT THERE -- WE WOULD NOT BE 19:41:41 ABLE TO GET -- MAINTAIN TWO LANES AND GET WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER SORT OF A 19:41:45 SAFER, ATTRACTIVE BIKE LANE IN THERE. 19:41:48 YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY PUTTING FOLKS IN A 19:41:53 NARROW BIKE LANE NEXT TO PARKED CARS WHERE YOU HAVE IS DOORS OPENING UP. 19:41:56 AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THERE ISN'T 19:42:00 THE SPACE IN THIS CORRIDOR TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE PERHAPS DONE IN 19:42:01 OTHER CORRIDORS. 19:42:04 BUT I WOULD -- YOU KNOW TO CONFIRM 19:42:09 THAT, OR LOOK CREATIVELY AT ALTERNATIVES, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME 19:42:12 BACK AND WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO DO THAT. 19:42:13 >> Councilmember Kassan: I WOULD 19:42:17 OFFER THAT THAT'S PROBABLY OUR BEST BET WHICH IS JUST WHAT HANS OFFERED RIGHT 19:42:24 NOW, IS LOOK AT OTHER CREATIVE OPTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR STRETCH. 19:42:27 MAYBE IT'S RETAINING TWO LANES, MAYBE 19:42:29 IT'S NOT RETAINING BOTH LANES. 19:42:33 MAYBE IT'S A WIDER ONE LANE AND A MORE 19:42:34 COMFORTABLE BIKE LANE. 19:42:36 I MEAN IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF 19:42:36 OPTIONS. 19:42:40 BUT I THINK WE'RE HEARING ALL OF YOUR 19:42:46 COMMENTS AND CONTINGENT UPON WHATEVER MOTION IS MADE AND APPROVED, WE CAN GO 19:42:51 BACK AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TRY TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT'S MORE 19:42:54 COMFORTABLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 19:42:56 >> Mayor Mei: WELL, WE DO HAVE A 19:42:57 MOTION AND SECOND AT THIS TIME. 19:42:59 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND 19:43:03 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG I THINK. 19:43:04 I APOLOGIZE. 19:43:06 THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO 19:43:07 ANSWERED AT THAT TIME. 19:43:09 SO WITH THAT SAID, COULD I GET A 19:43:15 CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AGAIN OF YOUR MOTION AND THEN ALSO IF 19:43:19 WE COULD COULD GET A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THAT PLEASE, THANK YOU. 19:43:22 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:43:25 ARE YOU -- 19:43:27 >> Councilmember Salwan: OH YES, I DID MAKE THE MOTION. 19:43:29 DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE IT AGAIN? 19:43:31 >> Mayor Mei: COULD YOU JUST 19:43:34 RESEDATE IT AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH CONVERSATION IN BETWEEN. 19:43:35 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY I 19:43:41 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ITEM OF 19:43:45 PASEO PADRE LANE NARROWING BETWEEN DRISCOLL AND WASHINGTON. 19:43:47 >> Mayor Mei: IT WAS MOTIONED AND 19:43:48 SECONDED. 19:43:50 BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 19:43:53 RLG CALL VOTE THANK YOU. 19:43:56 >> The Clerk: YES MAXED MAYOR. 19:43:58 COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:43:58 AYE. 19:44:02 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, I'M. 19:44:04 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 19:44:06 >> Councilmember Kassan: NO AND 19:44:10 COULD IT BE CLEAR IN THE MINUTES WHY I'M VOTING NO AS IT OFTEN IS, THANK 19:44:11 YOU. 19:44:13 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER JONES, 19:44:14 AYE. 19:44:14 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 19:44:16 AYE. 19:44:18 VICE MAYOR SHAO. 19:44:19 AYE. 19:44:21 MAYOR MEI. 19:44:23 >> Mayor Mei: AYE SO THE MOTION 19:44:31 PASSES WITH SIX AYES AND ONE NAY. 19:44:33 MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT IN THE 19:44:34 MOTION. 19:44:36 BACK TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THIS 19:44:37 EVENING. 19:44:43 AND WE HAVE ONE IS THE FREMONT FIVEA 19:44:46 WHICH IS THE FREMONT LANDSCAPING DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT 88. 19:44:49 WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES 19:44:59 DIRECTOR THIS EVENING, SUZANNE WOLF AND RICK CLARK WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING 19:45:03 HARRISON ASSOCIATES AND ANDREW FREEMAN. 19:45:05 WHO IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS 19:45:05 TIME. 19:45:07 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY 19:45:10 COUNCILMEMBER ON THIS AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING? 19:45:13 ACTUALLY I NEED TO TURN THIS OVER TO I 19:45:18 BELIEVE VICE MAYOR SHAO OR THIS SITUATION, AND COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN 19:45:21 AND I MAY NEED TO DROP OFF. 19:45:23 >> Councilmember Shao: YES, I WOULD 19:45:33 LIKE TO-BE HAPPY TO TAKE OVER AND AS MAYOR JUST SAID, OUR DIRECTOR WOLF 19:45:34 WITH START WITH A PRESENTATION. 19:45:42 >> WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION THIS 19:45:45 EVENING BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUE THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 19:45:46 >> Councilmember Shao: SO 19:45:50 COUNCILMEMBERS DO WE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST 19:45:52 ROUND? 19:46:02 OKAY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 19:46:04 >> Councilmember Jones: SORRY TO 19:46:04 INTERRUPT. 19:46:06 DO WE NEED TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE 19:46:09 PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM OR A PUBLIC HEARING? 19:46:10 >> Councilmember Shao: THEN I WILL 19:46:16 ASK THE PUBLIC SPEAKER TO SPEAK FIRST BEFORE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. 19:46:24 >> SO COUNCILMEMBER SHAO WHAT 19:46:28 COUNCILMEMBER JONES IS ASKING YOU'RE GETTING QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL NOW 19:46:28 WHICH IS FINE. 19:46:30 IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD 19:46:34 OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS, IF THERE ARE 19:46:37 NO SPEAKERS, MOVE ON TO A VOTE. 19:46:38 >> Councilmember Shao: UNDERSTOOD. 19:46:38 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19:46:45 SO RIGHT NOW I SEE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER 19:46:45 RAISING HAND. 19:46:47 AND THAT WOULD BE MR. 19:46:51 BLAIR BEEKMAN. 19:46:55 SO LET'S HEAR WHAT MR. 19:46:59 BEEKMAN HAS TO SAY, AND WOULD I LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE. 19:47:06 I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE. 19:47:09 >> THANK YOU, BLAIR BEEKMAN FROM THE 19:47:10 PUBLIC. 19:47:12 WITH THIS ITEM WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A 19:47:18 LONG ITEM THE LAST ABOUT THE PUBLIC FUTURE OF BIKEWAYS AND WITH THE 530 19:47:26 ITEM ABOUT THE FUTURE OF RAIL TRANSIT AND BUS -- AND MASS TRANSIT IN SOUTH 19:47:29 ALAMEDA COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS I THINK OUR 19:47:38 FIRST WEEK BACK FROM SUMMER BREAK FROM JUNE, AND I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE RUSTY. 19:47:42 AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL 19:47:51 PROJECTS OF THE RAIL REPORT, FOR A FEW ITEMS OF HOW TO TALK ABOUT BETTER TALK 19:47:55 ABOUT BICYCLE ISSUES AND FOR THESE LANDSCAPE ISSUES THEY ARE ALL ISSUES 19:47:58 THAT THESE ARE BIG MONEY PROJECTS. 19:48:01 AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE MONEY AND IT'S 19:48:06 JUST A MATTER OF WHAT DO WE DO WITH PUBLIC MONEY AND HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT 19:48:09 IT WHEN HAVING GOOD PUBLIC MONEY. 19:48:11 AND IT TAKES PRACTICE TO LEARN HOW TO 19:48:16 DO THAT AND WE'LL GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS IN I GUESS A FEW WEEKS 19:48:21 AND IT NEEDS A BIT MORE CONCENTRATION FROM YOURSELF IT SOUNDS LIKE AND GOOD 19:48:23 LUCK WHAT WE CAN DO. 19:48:27 MEANWHILE EVERYBODY OFFERED SOME 19:48:29 FAIRLY GOOD IDEAS AS USUALLY. 19:48:31 IT'S A MATTER OF KNOWING HOW TO 19:48:35 CONCENTRATE WITH WHAT TO DO WITH THE BUDGET AND FUNDING WE HAVE TILT. 19:48:40 SO GOOD LUCK ON OUR CHOICES AND THANKS 19:48:41 FOR YOUR TIME. 19:48:43 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU MR. 19:48:44 BEEKMAN. 19:48:47 I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 19:48:50 THEREFORE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE 19:49:02 PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF WE CAN HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 19:49:02 FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. 19:49:14 IF NOT I BELIEVE THIS IS A VOTING 19:49:14 ITEM, CORRECT? 19:49:17 I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 19:49:18 >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO 19:49:19 APPROVE. 19:49:20 >> Councilmember Shao: MOVED BY 19:49:21 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 19:49:24 ANY SECOND? 19:49:32 >> Councilmember Cox: I CAN L SECOND. 19:49:36 >> Councilmember Shao: SECONDED BY 19:49:37 COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:49:38 LET'S HAVE A VOTE. 19:49:40 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:49:41 >> Councilmember Cox: AYE. 19:49:47 19:49:48 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:49:49 >> HE'S RECUSED. 19:49:52 >> The Clerk: SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER 19:49:53 KASSAN. 19:49:55 >> Councilmember Kassan: AYE. 19:49:56 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 19:49:59 AYE. 19:50:06 >> The Clerk: VICE MAYOR SHAO. 19:50:08 >> Councilmember Shao: AYE. 19:50:09 >> The Clerk: AND THE NOTED 19:50:21 ABSTENTIONS FROM MAYOR MEI AND COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:50:24 >> Councilmember Shao: GIVING THE 19:50:26 ITEM BACK TO MAYOR MEI. 19:50:27 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:50:30 THE CITY MASTER FEE SCHEDULE AND THE 19:50:33 THE RECREATIONAL FEE USE POLICY. 19:50:35 AGAIN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR 19:50:38 SUZANNE WOLF IS MAKING HERSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 19:50:40 SO FIRST QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. 19:50:45 IN HAS COME BEFORE US BEFORE AND 19:50:50 SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 19:50:59 FTC AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY DO 19:51:05 SO BY LITING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR -- 19:51:07 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX HAS HER HAND RAISED. 19:51:10 >> Mayor Mei: LET ME FIRST CLOSE THE 19:51:11 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 19:51:13 SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, LET ME CLOSE 19:51:14 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 19:51:15 THANK YOU. 19:51:18 I'LL RETURN IT BACK TO COMMENTS FROM 19:51:19 COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:51:20 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. 19:51:22 I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT 19:51:25 WENT INTO PUTTING TOGETHER THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE. 19:51:29 I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 19:51:33 ONE WAS, WHEN WAS THERE A STUDY DONE, 19:51:38 I GUESS TO ASSESS THE NEEDS FOR HAVING A DOWNTOWN CENTER? 19:51:44 BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ALL OF THAT IN 19:51:45 PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 19:51:47 WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAD PUBLIC 19:51:57 HEARINGS OR THINGS ON THAT OR -- >> WITH ME THIS EVENING IS DEPUTY 19:52:00 DIRECTOR KIM RYAN, I'LL ASK HER TO ANSWER THAT. 19:52:04 WE DID VIEW OTHER CITIES IN ORDER TO 19:52:08 SET UP THE FEES FOR THE NEW CENTER THAT'S COMING ON BOARD WITH THE 19:52:08 DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER. 19:52:10 >> CORRECT. 19:52:13 SO I'M NOT SURE COUNCILMEMBER COX IF 19:52:17 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE EVENT CENTER WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AS 19:52:19 PHASE ONE -- >> Councilmember Cox: NO ABOUT 19:52:21 BEFORE THAT, I GUESS IT WAS BEFORE THAT. 19:52:23 >> RIGHT, SO THAT WOULD BE THE CITY 19:52:26 COUNCIL WENT THROUGH AND APPROVED THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. 19:52:32 AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO 19:52:32 THAT TIME FRAME. 19:52:35 THAT WAS PART OF COMMUNITY SERVICES 19:52:36 GETTING INVOLVED. 19:52:41 I KNOW CLIFF AND DAN SCHOENHOLZ WHO 19:52:42 WORKED ON THAT PLAN. 19:52:45 >> Councilmember Cox: IT WAS BACK IN 19:52:48 2018 OR 2017 PART OF THAT TIME FRAME. 19:52:49 >> CORRECT. 19:52:50 >> Councilmember Cox: I WANTED TO 19:52:55 FIND OUT, IT SOUNDS VERY EXCITING AND LOOKS VERY BEAUTIFUL FROM THE OUTSIDE, 19:52:58 CAN'T WAIT TO REOPEN IT UP. 19:53:02 L I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IN TERMS OF I 19:53:06 NOTICE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION FOR GENERAL USES AND 19:53:14 THEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO LIKE HAZARD 1, 2 OR 3. 19:53:21 SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WITH THE 19:53:26 HAZARD CLASSIFICATION, IS THAT SOMETHING COMING OUT OF INSURANCE 19:53:28 INDUSTRY BACKGROUND HOW THEY BREAK THAT DOWN? 19:53:32 I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT 19:53:37 HAZARD LIKE SAY FOR EXAMPLE HAZARD 3 FOR HEADS OF STATE VERSUS DIFFERENT 19:53:44 CLASSIFICATION NOR UNION MEETINGS, SO I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WAS THE 19:53:49 SOURCE THAT THEN PROVIDED THAT HAZARDOUS BREAKDOWN? 19:53:50 AND CLASSIFICATION? 19:53:51 >> CORRECT. 19:53:54 AS STAFF WAS DOING THEIR RESEARCH AS I 19:53:57 SAID IN THE STAFF REPORT WE REALLY REALIZED THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT WAS 19:54:01 ONE OF THE AGENCIES WHO WASN'T REQUIRING ANY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS 19:54:03 FOR OUR RENTERS OF OUR FACILITIES. 19:54:05 SO WE WENT THROUGH AND DID RESEARCH, 19:54:21 UNDERSTOOD L WHAT OTHERS WERE PROVIDING. 19:54:24 THE CALIFORNIA JOINT USE AUTHORITY 19:54:26 OFFERS INSURANCE TO BE PURCHASED THROUGH THEM. 19:54:29 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT OFFER THOSE 19:54:33 CLASSICS. 19:54:39 CATION FICTIONS ARE. 19:54:45 YOU ENTER IT I MADE UP A WEDDING AND 19:54:49 ADDEDS AND IT SAID YOUR INSURANCE COSTS WILL BE $150. 19:54:50 THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. 19:54:56 YOU CAN OFTEN CAN CAN PROVIDE IT FOR 19:54:58 YOUR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE AS WELL. 19:54:59 >> Councilmember Cox: IF A PERSON 19:55:03 DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF COVERAGE THEY CAN PURCHASE IT OR USE THEIR OWN 19:55:08 HOMEOWNERS AND GET THE QUOTE AND SHOW YOU IT'S BEING COVERED FOR THAT DAY OF 19:55:08 THE EVENT? 19:55:09 >> RIGHT. 19:55:10 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, COOL. 19:55:13 THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO ASK IS 19:55:25 WITH THE NEW CENTER IT WILL HAVE AUDIO, VISUAL AND LIVE-STREAMING 19:55:25 CAPABILITIES RIGHT? 19:55:26 >> CORRECT. 19:55:34 THE AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO 19:55:36 BROADCAST COUNCIL MEETINGS TO IT. 19:55:39 IT WILL HAVE FULL WiFi CAPABILITIES 19:55:44 WHICH NONE OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS DO AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE TV 19:55:49 SCREEN AND MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IN COUPLE OF LOCATIONS, THAT 19:55:52 WILL BE INCLUDED IN PART OF YOUR PACKAGE ONCE YOU RENT 19:55:57 IT AND THERE MAY BE AN UPCHARGE ONCE WE GET A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT THE 19:55:58 CAPABILITIES ARE. 19:56:01 >> Councilmember Cox: THERE IS GOING 19:56:05 TO BE SOME AMENDMENTS WHEN WE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION TO THE FEES SCHEDULE, 19:56:07 WILL THAT BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE? 19:56:08 >> POSSIBLY. 19:56:12 SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS WE ADD ON IN 19:56:17 THE CONDITIONS OF USE IF WE FIND THERE IS AN ADD ON FEE FOR THE CITY. 19:56:19 IS THERE WILL BE A RENTAL FEE. 19:56:23 >> Councilmember Cox: WILL THE 19:56:26 AUDIOVISUAL BE COVERED BY THE UNIONS? 19:56:30 >> I ASSUME FOR THOSE WHO COVER THE 19:56:32 REST OF THE CITY WHEN WE DO COUNCIL MEETINGS. 19:56:33 >> Councilmember Cox: ARE THEY UNION 19:56:34 OR NONUNION? 19:56:35 I DON'T KNOW. 19:56:36 I WAS JUST ASKING. 19:56:39 >> WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH AN 19:56:43 ORGANIZATION WHO PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND JOINT 19:56:47 MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET CETERA. 19:56:50 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A UNION CONTRACT 19:56:53 BUT IT IS A COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT. 19:56:58 BUT ON THE BACK END SUPPORT, OUR I.T. 19:57:02 DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND, AS THEY ARE TONIGHT, 19:57:08 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THIS MEETING AND ANY OTHER BROADCAST THAT WE HAVE 19:57:13 ALONG WITH (INAUDIBLE). 19:57:15 >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT, I KNOW 19:57:20 ON OTHER FACILITIES IF YOU RENT THEM AT THE HOTEL YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT 19:57:21 THAT IS WORKING WITH THE UNION. 19:57:23 SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 19:57:23 THAT PIECE. 19:57:26 SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER THIRD PARTY 19:57:33 TYPE ARRANGEMENT IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE FEE SCHEDULE, CORRECT? 19:57:34 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. 19:57:36 AND THIS IS GOING ACCREDITATION, WILL 19:57:42 YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE 5G TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT ALL THESE THINGS FOR THE 19:57:45 DOWNTOWN CENTER? 19:57:50 IS THAT TAPPING INTO THE 5G ZONE OR 19:57:50 NOT? 19:57:52 >> STAFF DOESN'T HAVE THE FULL 19:57:58 ORIENTATION ON THE AV EQUIPMENT. 19:58:02 THE NEXT STEP IS WE CAN BE DRAINED ON 19:58:06 THE THE CAPABILITIES AND WHAT THAT WILL ABOUT ENTAIL. 19:58:09 ENTAIL. 19:58:10 >> Councilmember Cox: GREAT, OKAY. 19:58:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE ALL 19:58:14 YOUR HELP. 19:58:20 >> Mayor Mei: SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER 19:58:20 QUESTIONS? 19:58:23 SEEING NONE, WOULD -- I SEE 19:58:27 COUNCILMEMBER JONES YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, IT LOOKS LIKE -- OR DO 19:58:29 YOU HAVE COMMENTS? 19:58:30 >> Councilmember Jones: I WOULD, I 19:58:32 WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 19:58:34 >> Mayor Mei: AND SECONDED BY 19:58:34 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:58:37 SO MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND 19:58:38 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:58:41 THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATIONS, 19:58:43 ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. 19:58:46 >> The Clerk: CAN COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:58:47 >> Councilmember Cox: AYE. 19:58:48 >> The Clerk: COMMUNICATION. 19:58:50 >> Councilmember Salwan: AYE. 19:58:52 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 19:58:54 >> Councilmember Kassan: AYE. 19:58:55 ABOUT. 19:58:59 . 19:59:00 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER JONES, 19:59:02 AYE. 19:59:05 COUNCILMEMBER KENG,. 19:59:06 >> Councilmember Keng: AYE. 19:59:15 >> The Clerk: VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. 19:59:17 MAYOR MEI. 19:59:18 >> Mayor Mei: AYE. 19:59:21 PASSES. 19:59:22 CITY OF FREMONT REDISTRICTING 19:59:23 INFORMATION. 19:59:25 I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME CHRISTIAN 19:59:29 PARKS A CONSULTANT WITH NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION THIS EVENING 19:59:30 WHO WILL PROVIDE US A PRESENTATION. 19:59:33 THANK YOU. 19:59:38 >> AND MAYOR MEI, CITY MANAGER'S 19:59:43 OFFICE WILL PRESENTS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. 19:59:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU AMANDA. 19:59:53 >> GOOD EVENING, I'M AMANDA GAYO, IN 19:59:53 THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 19:59:57 I WILL BE SERVING AS THE CITY'S POINT 20:00:00 PERSON ON THE REDISTRICTING SERVICE IN 2021. 20:00:02 AND WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU 20:00:05 ALL TODAY TO REALLY JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL 20:00:13 LOOK LIKE EVERY THE NEXT MONTHS TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CONSULTANT THAT 20:00:18 THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO WORK WITH, NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS 20:00:18 CORPORATION. 20:00:20 AND REALLY, THIS PROCESS AS YOU MAY BE 20:00:26 AWARE, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO THIS AT THE CONCLUSION OF EVERY CENSUS. 20:00:27 SO EVERY TEN YEARS. 20:00:30 AND WE WILL REVIEW BASED ON THAT DATA 20:00:39 MANY INFORMATION WHAT OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS MAY BE. 20:00:42 WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE 20:00:43 KRISTIN PARKS. 20:00:46 SHE WILL BE THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE 20:00:52 FROM NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION. 20:00:56 KRISTIN HAWTS GREAT EXPERIENCE AS DOES 20:00:59 NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION ON REDISTRICTING. 20:01:02 SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON OHLONE 20:01:08 COLLEGE DISTRICT'S REDISTRICTING THAT EXPANDS ACROSS FREMONT AS WELL, SHE IS 20:01:12 KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE AREA AS WELL AS SAN MATEO COUNTY AND SANTA BARBARA AND 20:01:14 OTHER CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 20:01:16 SO I'M GOING TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO 20:01:19 KRISTIN WHO WILL GIVE YOU MORE OF THAT PROCESS OVERVIEW. 20:01:20 THANK YOU. 20:01:23 >> THANK YOU, AMANDA AND GOOD EVENING 20:01:25 MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. 20:01:28 LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR OVERVIEW OF 20:01:32 THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. 20:01:37 YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE CITY OF 20:01:40 FREMONT DID MOVE QUITE RECENTLY TO DISTRICT ELECTIONS. 20:01:42 THAT HAPPENED IN 2017. 20:01:45 SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS 20:01:45 REDISTRICTING. 20:01:47 YOU ALREADY DID THE DISTRICTING PART. 20:01:53 AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN 20:01:57 YOU MOVED TO DISTRICTS, YOU WERE DOING THAT USING INFORMATION FROM THE 2010 20:01:59 CENSUS. 20:02:01 SO THE REASON THAT WE ARE 20:02:05 REDISTRICTING NOW IS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE NEW DATA FROM THE 2020 CENSUS. 20:02:11 HERE IS YOUR CURRENT DISTRICT MAP, 20:02:13 YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS I'M SURE. 20:02:17 AND OUR TIME LINE FOR 2021'S 20:02:23 REDISTRICTING INTO 2022 ACKNOWLEDGE OF COURSE, IS THAT IF YOU WORK BACKWARDS, 20:02:26 YOUR DEADLINE IS APRIL 17th OF NEXT YEAR. 20:02:29 WHAT THAT MEANS IS, THAT BY THAT DATE 20:02:35 YOU NEED TO ADOPT A NEW MAP THAT IS POPULATION BALANCED FOR THE SIX 20:02:37 DISTRICTS IN YOUR CITY. 20:02:43 WE HAVE LAUNCHED JUST THIS WEEK THE 20:02:48 REDISTRICTING WEBSITE AND THE PUBLIC OUTREACH HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND WHAT WE 20:02:51 ARE WAITING FOR BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DELAYS AROUND THE 20:02:55 CENSUS, RESULTING FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE DATA. 20:02:59 SO IN MID AUGUST, THE TOTAL POPULATION 20:03:02 DATA FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU WILL BE RELEASED. 20:03:06 HOWEVER, CALIFORNIA DOES NEED TO GO 20:03:13 THROUGH A PROCESS OF ADJUSTING THAT DATA AND REALLOCATING STATE PRISONERS 20:03:15 BACK TO THEIR HONE COMMUNITIES. 20:03:18 AND SO WE WON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL 20:03:20 CALIFORNIA DATA PROBABLY UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 20:03:26 UNDER THE NEW LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT IS 20:03:33 GUIDING THE 2021 REDISTRICTING, ALL CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A MINIMUM 20:03:35 OF FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. 20:03:38 SO IN THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL BE 20:03:42 FINALIZING THOSE DATES FOR FREMONT. 20:03:45 BUT ONE OF THOSE HEARINGS HAS A TO 20:03:47 OCCUR BEFORE ANY DRAFT DISTRICT MAPS ARE DRAWN. 20:03:50 SO LIKELY THAT HEARING WILL OCCUR IN 20:03:51 AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. 20:03:55 THERE WILL ALSO BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR 20:04:01 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS AND SUBMIT THEIR OWN 20:04:05 MAPS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SIX DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE. 20:04:09 AND WE WILL HAVE A LULL OVER THE 20:04:14 HOLIDAY OF COURSE, AND WE WILL COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AT 20:04:24 LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS JANUARY, FEBRUARY OR MARCH, IN ORDER TO ALLOW 20:04:28 TIME FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO ANALYZE THE DRAFT MAPS, 20:04:33 REVISE THEM, AND RECEIVE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS AS WELL AS ELECTION SEQUENCING 20:04:37 FOR ALL OF THE MAPS THAT ARE CONSIDERED. 20:04:39 AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL MEET 20:04:47 YOUR APRIL DEADLINE AND THEN OF COURSE IN NOVEMBER, OF 2022, YOU HAVE 20:04:54 DISTRICTS 2, 3 AND 4 UP FOR ELECTION, AND THOSE WILL BE THE FIRST -- THAT 20:04:56 WILL BE THE FIRST ELECTION WITH THE NEW DISTRICT 20:04:57 MAP. 20:04:59 SO THAT'S OUR TIME LINE. 20:05:00 IT'S A LITTLE BIT COMPRESSED. 20:05:03 I REFERENCED A NEW CALIFORNIA STATE 20:05:08 LAW SO THIS IS THE LAW THAT IS NOW GOVERNING REDISTRICTING IN THE STATE 20:05:09 OF CALIFORNIA. 20:05:10 I'M GOING TO COVER THAT. 20:05:13 BUT IF YOU WERE AROUND FOR THE 20:05:16 DISTRICTING PROCESS, THE FEDERAL LAWS HAVEN'T CHANGED. 20:05:19 SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20:05:24 REDISTRICTING, THE FIRST ABSOLUTE MANDATORY THING IS THAT WE COMPLY WITH 20:05:25 FEDERAL LAW. 20:05:27 FEDERAL LAW SAYS THAT EACH CITY 20:05:32 COUNCIL DISTRICT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EQUAL IN POPULATION SIZE. 20:05:36 FEDERAL LAW SAYS THAT WHETHER WE'RE 20:05:40 DISTRICTING WE MUST IMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND NOT 20:05:41 DILUTE MINORITY VOTES. 20:05:48 WE ALSO MUST AVOID RACIAL 20:05:55 GERRYMANDERING, SO THAT WHILE RACE IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO CONSIDER, IT 20:06:03 SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLE FACTOR BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE RACIAL GERRYMANDERING. 20:06:05 THE CALIFORNIA FAIR MAPS ACT GIVERS 20:06:11 CITIES A RANKED LIST OF CRITERIA THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED WHEN DRAWING 20:06:14 DISTRICT LINES DURING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. 20:06:21 SO THESE FOUR RANKED CRITERIA ARE 20:06:25 FIRST TO ENSURE THAT DISTRICTS ARE CONTIGUOUS, MEANING EACH DISTRICT IS 20:06:31 ONE PIECE THAT IS CONNECTED TO ITSELF AND NOT BROKEN INTO ISLANDS. 20:06:35 THE SECOND CRITERION IS TO MINIMIZE 20:06:41 THE DIVISION OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ACROSS 20:06:41 DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. 20:06:53 NUMBER 3 IS TO CREATE EASILY CAN 20:07:00 CREATED BOUNDARIES, SO THEY CAN DESCRIBE WHERE ONE DISTRICT BEGINS AND 20:07:02 WHERE ONE ENDS. 20:07:06 A MEASURE FOR COMPACTNESS, THE STATE 20:07:17 LAW SAYS YOU SHOULD NOT BYPASS A NEAR POPULATION TO THE BOUNDARIES SHALL 20:07:20 SHALL NOT FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A POLITICAL PARTY. 20:07:23 SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE 20:07:24 TO FOLLOW. 20:07:28 I'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME OF THE MORE 20:07:32 TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES HERE THAT HAVE GUIDED REDISTRICTING. 20:07:34 BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 20:07:37 YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD, RIGHT? 20:07:40 WANTING TO MINIMIZE CHANGES TO 20:07:41 ELECTION CYCLES, RIGHT? 20:07:44 YOU DON'T WANT ANY OF YOUR VOTERS WHO 20:07:50 ARE EXPECTING TO VOTE IN 2022, TO HAVE TO VOTE IN 2024 JUST BECAUSE LINES 20:07:51 MOVED ON A MAP. 20:07:54 RIGHT? 20:07:58 SIMILARLY, TRADITIONALLY, WE DO TRY TO 20:08:06 RESPECT VOTERS' CHOICES AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS GIVING VOTERS DECISION ON 20:08:12 WHETHER OR NOT THEIR COUNCILMEMBER IS REELECTED AND NOT MOVING 20:08:13 LINES. 20:08:19 TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT LINES, 20:08:24 YOUR DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ALREADY NEW BUT YOU HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING IN THEM 20:08:28 AND HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IDENTIFY WITH THEM. 20:08:31 IDENTIFYING FUTURE GROWTH IS SOMETHING 20:08:35 WE SHOULD CONSIDER BUT WHAT I NEED TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THESE OTHER GOALS 20:08:39 CAN ONLY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AFTER COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW 20:08:42 AND IN SO FAR AS THESE OTHER GOALS DO NOT 20:08:45 CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. 20:08:48 SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT BUT THAT'S AA 20:08:49 BRIEF LEGAL OVERVIEW. 20:08:51 I'M HAPPY AS SOON AS I'M DONE TO 20:08:55 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON IN OR ANYTHING. 20:08:58 THIS OR ANYTHING. 20:09:01 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MINIMIZING THE 20:09:05 DIVISION OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, IT'S 20:09:08 IMPORTANT THAT WE DEFINE THOSE TWO TERMS. 20:09:12 A NEIGHBORHOOD OF COURSE CAN BE 20:09:19 DEFINED OBJECTIVELY BY USING OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOODS RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY 20:09:22 OR BY RECEIVING TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC. 20:09:25 AND SO NEIGHBORHOODS MOST PEOPLE CAN 20:09:26 WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND. 20:09:29 WHAT WE LIKE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT 20:09:32 MORE IN DEPTH IS COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. 20:09:35 AND THE WAY THAT CALIFORNIA LAW 20:09:39 DEFINES A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IS THAT IT'S A POPULATION THAT SHARES COMMON 20:09:45 SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC INTERESTS, AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE 20:09:48 COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF FAIR AND EFFECTIVE 20:09:49 REPRESENTATION. 20:09:53 SO THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF WHAT A 20:09:55 COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IS. 20:09:58 I LIKE TO EXPLAIN THAT A COMMUNITY OF 20:10:01 INTEREST IS SMALLER THAN YOUR DISTRICT. 20:10:05 YOUR DISTRICT WILL BE MADE UP OF MANY 20:10:08 COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AT MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 20:10:10 SO THESE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ARE 20:10:14 OVERLAPPING SETS OF NETWORKS AND GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT SHARE INTERESTS, 20:10:17 CULTURE, HISTORY, LANGUAGE, AND VALUES. 20:10:19 AND THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED 20:10:24 GEOGRAPHICALLY ON A MAP. 20:10:27 SO WHEN WE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO 20:10:31 BRING TESTIMONY AND DEFINE OR MAP THEIR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST, WE ASK THEM NOT 20:10:35 ONLY FOR THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THAT BRING THEM TOGETHER IN THEIR COMMUNITY 20:10:38 BUT ALSO THE PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES WHICH CAN BE 20:10:45 ROADS, WATERWAYS, HILLS, LANDMARKS, AREAS AROUND PARKS OR SCHOOLS. 20:10:47 AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20:10:52 REDISTRICTING WE'RE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING THOSE 20:10:54 COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT WANT TO BE DIVIDED. 20:10:57 OF COURSE, WITH FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS 20:11:03 THIS GIVES US PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS TO 20:11:04 THEIR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. 20:11:11 YOU ALREADY HAVE A RICH SET OF MAPS 20:11:16 THAT YOU HAVE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, LOTS OF WAYS THAT'S PUBLIC CAN LOOK TO 20:11:22 IDENTIFY THEIR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION WILL 20:11:26 ALSO BE PROVIDING YOU ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC 20:11:33 INFORMATION ON RACE, ETHNICITY, INCOME, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, ALL KINDS OF 20:11:39 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN USE TO IDENTIFY 20:11:42 COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. 20:11:46 AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO PUBLIC MATCHING 20:11:49 TOOLS THAT WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 20:11:54 THE FIRST ONE, YOU MAY HAVE USED IT 20:11:56 BEFORE, IN PART OF THE DISTRICTING PROCESS. 20:12:00 BUT IT IS A VERY EASY ONLINE TOOL 20:12:01 CALLED DISTRICT R. 20:12:05 AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SCREEN SHOT IN A 20:12:05 SECOND. 20:12:09 THE SECOND ONE IS ALMOST IDENTICALLY, 20:12:13 THE PAPER PARTICIPATION KIT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT DO USE A 20:12:18 COMPUTER OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET SO THEY CAN ALSO DRAW MAPS. 20:12:22 SO DISTRICT R IS A PAINTBRUSH TOOL. 20:12:25 SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS AN EXAMPLE 20:12:26 FROM ANOTHER CITY. 20:12:29 BUT IT IS A VERY SIMPLE INTERFACE 20:12:34 WHERE YOU SIMPLY CLICK TON PAINTBRUSH AND YOU CAN DRAG ARE IT OVER CITY 20:12:40 BLOCKS, CENSUS BLOCKS, AND YOU CAN DEFINE IN THAT WAY YOUR COMMUNITY OF 20:12:41 INTEREST, OR YOUR DISTRICT. 20:12:47 SO YOU CAN USING THE TOOL IN BOTH OF 20:12:52 THOSE WAYS AND THAT TOOL WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE REDISTRICT FREMONT. 20:12:53 ORG WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. 20:13:00 SIMILARLY, WE DO CREATE A PAPER KIT 20:13:09 THAT IS USUALLY A LARGER PAPER MAP THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DRAW ON WITH A 20:13:12 LITTLE QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE BACK ASKING THEM TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY DREW THE 20:13:14 LINES WHERE THEY DID. 20:13:20 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN 20:13:25 TAKE WITH THEM, TAKE IT HOME MAIL IT BACK, DAY A DPOAT, E-MAIL THE PHOTO, 20:13:26 HOWEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT. 20:13:29 SOME PEOPLE JUST FREEFER TO DO IT THE 20:13:33 OLD FASHIONED WAY AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY 20:13:36 FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. 20:13:39 THERE IS ALSO AN EXCEL SETTLEMENTS FOR 20:13:45 FOLKS WHO WANT TO USE A PAPER MAP BUT ALSO WANT TO DIG INTO THAT POPULATION 20:13:53 DATA, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DRAWING DISTRICTS THAT ARE EQUAL IN 20:13:57 POPULATION SIZE AND FOR REDISTRICTING FOR CITIES THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE 20:13:58 EXACTLY EQUAL. 20:14:00 WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A TOTAL 20:14:02 DEVIATION OF LESS THAN 10%. 20:14:05 I LOOKED AT THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS 20:14:05 FOR FREMONT. 20:14:08 WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS YET. 20:14:09 AND IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE 20:14:12 SORT OF JUST BARELY HITTING THAT 10%. 20:14:16 SO WE'LL SEE, THAT WILL CHANGE WHEN WE 20:14:19 GET THE FINAL POPULATION DATA. 20:14:23 AND FINALLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO 20:14:27 LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS, TO 20:14:29 PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. 20:14:31 WE LOOK FORWARD TO LAUNCHING THE 20:14:36 ONLINE MAPPING TOOL AND THE PAPER MAPPING TOOL, AND THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL 20:14:44 LOGO THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY YOUR STAFF, AND SO THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF 20:14:47 WHAT WILL BE A RELATIVELY COMPRESSED PROCESS. 20:14:48 BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 20:14:50 WHERE YOU ALL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 20:14:54 THANK YOU, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 20:14:58 QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS OR THE MAYOR MAY HAVE. 20:15:00 >> GREAT, THANK YOU KRISTIN. 20:15:03 AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE IS NO 20:15:05 FORMAL ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT. 20:15:07 WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW 20:15:08 OF THE PROCESS. 20:15:11 AND AS KRISTIN MENTIONED THERE WILL BE 20:15:13 UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS BEGINNING IN THE FALL. 20:15:16 SO OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL 20:15:16 MAY HAVE. 20:15:19 >> Mayor Mei: YES. 20:15:24 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON ANY 20:15:26 OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A CLARIFYING YES. 20:15:35 SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK 20:15:40 TO THE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND 20:15:43 THE FIRST SPEAKER I SEE IS BLAIR BEEKMAN. 20:15:43 THANK YOU. 20:15:47 >> HI. 20:15:52 BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. 20:15:53 THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. 20:15:56 IT WAS NICE TO LEARN ABOUT. 20:15:59 I'M LIVING IN OR NOT LIVING IN BUT I 20:16:01 DO A LOT OF WORK IN SAN JOSE. 20:16:03 AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A VERY 20:16:08 SERIOUS REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT'S HAVING A WHOLE TASK FORCE COMMITTEE, 20:16:10 IT'S AN OPEN PUBLIC PROCESS. 20:16:18 IT COULD BE GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE 20:16:21 FOR YOURSELVES WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 20:16:25 LONG BEACH IS OFTEN USED AS AN EXAMPLE 20:16:28 KIND OF IN WAYS WHAT NOT TO DO. 20:16:31 AND SAN JOSE IS IMPROVING UPON THAT 20:16:37 CONCEPT AND HOW TO WORK TOWARDS MORE EQUITABLE WAYS OF THE FUTURE OF 20:16:37 REDISTRICTING. 20:16:41 I MEAN I GUESS THAT'S THE TERM NOW, 20:16:45 BUT HOW DO WE CONSIDER THE MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND GROUPS THAT ARE 20:16:46 WITHIN A CITY? 20:16:48 AND SAN JOSE IS DEVELOPING SOME 20:16:50 INTERESTING WAYS TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME. 20:16:57 AND I'M VERY MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, I 20:17:02 THINK THIS CAN REALLY BE A DECADE OF DEFINING GOOD VOTING RIGHTS FOR 20:17:02 OURSELVES. 20:17:04 AND SO IT CAN BE A REAL INTERESTING 20:17:05 TIME. 20:17:08 GOOD LUCK IN THIS WORK AND EFFORTS. 20:17:12 I KNOW IN FREMONT TO FIND LIKE 20:17:17 POPULATION, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND POSSIBLY SOME 20:17:20 ECONOMIC MODELS, LOOK TO THE FREMONT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. 20:17:22 THEY TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN THEIR 20:17:24 PUBLIC MEETINGS OFTEN. 20:17:27 AND THEY'RE EXPECTING SOMEWHAT OF A 20:17:31 DECLINE IN POPULATION OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF 20:17:32 FACTORS. 20:17:34 ECONOMIC AND OTHERWISE. 20:17:39 I YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE THAT LONE PERSON 20:17:44 THERE AT THIS TIME, HAVE TO USE THOSE SORT OF WORDS, BUT DID I BRING UP THE 20:17:49 POINT THAT WE MAY POSSIBLY BE HAVING A LARGE NATURAL DISASTER IN THE NEXT FEW 20:17:52 YEARS HOPEFULLY THAT CAN WORK IN TO, YOU 20:17:56 KNOW, HOWEVER YOU NEED TO THINK OF THIS SITUATION AND PLAN FOR THE NEXT TEN 20:18:00 YEARS AND LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ARE HAVING A LARGE EARTHQUAKE IN THE NEXT 20:18:04 FEW YEARS, YOU CAN PLAN FOR THAT INTO YOUR 20:18:05 REDISTRICTING PLANS AND MAPS. 20:18:07 I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE THAT SORT OF 20:18:13 INFORMATION IS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK OFF OF AND FIGURE OUTS FOR 20:18:20 OUT FOR YOURSELF HOW CORRECT IT IS AND GO FROM THERE. 20:18:24 THAT'S MY HELP AND ADVICE AND GOOD 20:18:29 LUCK HOW FREMONT WILL BE REDISTRICTING THEMSELVES FOR THIS NEXT DECADE AND 20:18:33 WE'RE PAST THE TRUMP ERA AND THIS SHOULD BE THE TIME WE CAN REALLY BE 20:18:37 OPEN AND HONEST WITH EACH OTHER THAT WE CAN HAVE GOOD 20:18:40 PRACTICES IN VOTING AND IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE. 20:18:43 I THINK WE PROVED THAT'S POSSIBLE AND 20:18:46 I HOPE WE WORKED TOWARDS THOSE GOOD STEPS IN THIS COMING DECADE. 20:18:48 THANK YOU. 20:18:49 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:18:53 THE NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE 20:18:55 CEAM ABRIEU. 20:18:56 WELCOME. 20:18:59 >> ON THE ISSUE OF REDISTRICTING IS 20:19:00 VERY INTERESTING. 20:19:04 AND I'M NOT SPEAKING APPROACHING THE 20:19:05 ISSUE ALL BY MYSELF. 20:19:08 WE DO HAVE A COALITION. 20:19:11 THE ALAMEDA COUNTY COALITION FOR FAIR 20:19:15 REDISTRICTING IS ADDRESSING THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER TALKED BE ABOUT SOME 20:19:22 PLACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT IS SOME KIND OF EXAMPLE OF AMAZINGLY BAD 20:19:25 DISTRICTING, GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTING, WELL, I 20:19:28 GIVE YOU THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 20:19:31 THE -- FOR EXAMPLE, HALF OF FREMONT IS 20:19:32 DIVIDED. 20:19:35 IN FREMONT WE HAVE A CONCEPT OF THE 20:19:38 TRICITY BUT THAT CONCEPT IS NOT RESPECTED IN THE DISTRICT MAPS. 20:19:41 IT COMBINES -- WE ARE COMBINING 20:19:43 FREMONT WITH LIVERMORE. 20:19:45 ANDTHE TRIVALLEY THEY HAVE A CONCEPT 20:19:50 OF THE TRIVALLEY BUT THAT'S NOT RESPECTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 20:19:53 OF ALAMEDA COUNTY. 20:20:01 THE EDEN, EDEN IS AN HISTORICAL AREA 20:20:07 AND THE AREAS AROUND IT, THAT'S NOT RESPECTED BY THEIR LEADERS EITHER. 20:20:12 THE CITY OF FREMONT WHEN IT 20:20:14 REDISTRICTED CAME UP WITH A FEDERATE GOOD RESULT. 20:20:16 HOWEVER THERE IS ONE GLARING ERROR IN 20:20:23 THE MAP OR A GERRYMANDERED PORTION OF THE MAP. 20:20:27 WHICH HAS BEEN -- WHICH HAS BEEN 20:20:28 PAPERED OVER. 20:20:33 THERE ARE REDISTRICTING EXPERTS ALL 20:20:33 OVER THE PLACE. 20:20:38 I HAVE HEARD SO MANY LECTURES AND 20:20:43 TALKS ABOUT REDISTRICTING USING THE EXAMPLE OF FREMONT'S MAP AND POINTING 20:20:49 TO THE DIVISION OF CENTERVILLE OF GLENMOOR, THE SPLITS OF GLENMOOR AS 20:20:52 BEING SOME KIND OF -- DRIVEN BY DID ASIAN COMMUNITY. 20:20:55 BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE OLD 20:20:59 MAP YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME, SOME OF THEIR LEGAL 20:21:02 REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT THEY SUPPORTED THE CLEANER MAP. 20:21:03 AND WHEREAS DID CLEANER MAP? 20:21:06 IT IS NOT ON THE CITY WEBSITE YOU 20:21:09 KNOW THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN MAPS FOR TEN 20:21:13 YEARS, AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE WHICH I JUST DID AND 20:21:17 LOOK FOR OLD MAPS NOT JUST THE ADOPTED MAP. 20:21:22 BUT ALL THOSE MAP PROPOSALS. 20:21:24 THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE MAPS. 20:21:27 I HAD TO GO DIG THEM IDENTITY OF THE 20:21:28 INTERNET. 20:21:29 CITY OF FREMONT NEEDS TO RESTORE THE 20:21:37 MAPS, PUT THEM ON THE MAPS, THAT DISTRICTS 2 AND DISTRICT 3 NEEDS TO BE 20:21:37 CLEANED UP. 20:21:40 THERE WAS A MAP THAT HAD A CLEAN 20:21:41 VERSION OF THAT. 20:21:45 GLENMOOR NEEDS TO BE NOT DIVIDED, 20:21:47 NEEDS TO BE SLIPPED ON A RATIONAL BASIS. 20:21:49 THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE. 20:21:52 ONCE YOU START AGENDAINGS A BIT LIKE 20:21:58 WE DID FOUR YEARS AGO LIKE DISTRICT 4 AND DISTRICT 3, IT WILL END UP JUST AS 20:22:01 BAD AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY. 20:22:02 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:22:04 AND AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT 20:22:06 BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A CONVERSATION ON THIS TOPIC. 20:22:08 IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS. 20:22:10 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 20:22:11 >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, I JUST 20:22:18 HAVE TO SAY I REALLY DO AGREE WITH KELLY, THAT LINE IS DRAWN IS PRETTY 20:22:18 DARN STRANGE. 20:22:23 AND ANYONE WHO LISTENS BACK TO THE 20:22:27 CONVERSATION BEST WHERE TO DRAW IT WILL PROBABLY KNOW WHY IT WAS DRAWN THE WAY 20:22:28 IT WAS DRAWN. 20:22:30 I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE BUT IT WASN'T 20:22:32 REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DID. 20:22:34 AND I HOPE IT WILL BE CORRECTED THIS 20:22:37 TIME AROUND, THANK YOU. 20:22:39 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:22:41 I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM 20:22:42 THE COUNCILMEMBERS. 20:22:45 I'LL MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT WHICH IS 20:22:50 THAT THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME I THINK AND IT'S BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING 20:22:55 PROCESS IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD TO THE SUDDENLY MOVE FROM AT LARGE TO 20:22:56 DISTRICT ELECTIONS. 20:22:59 BUT IT WAS ONE THAT I WOULD FULLY 20:23:01 SUPPORT AGAIN THAT WE DO OUR BEST IN TERMS OF OUTREACH. 20:23:04 I KNOW THAT ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS 20:23:08 IS THAT WE REACH OUR COMMUNITIES OF FAITH AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND 20:23:14 ALSO JUST IN GENERAL WITH ALSO WORKING PARTNERING WITH A LOT OF OUR LOCAL 20:23:16 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 20:23:22 ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND AFFORDED THAT PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES. 20:23:25 THAT MEANS WORKING WITH DIFFERENT 20:23:29 LANGUAGES, AND I THINK LAST TIME WE HAD OVER EIGHT LANGUAGES WHERE WE DID 20:23:33 OUTREACH AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF WE HAVE THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE 20:23:33 SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. 20:23:36 SO I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 20:23:40 DOING OUTREACH AND ALL DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE FROM THE PUBLIC 20:23:43 AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MY COUNCILMEMBERS AND THOSE WHO ARE 20:23:46 WATCHING TO HELP US FACILITATE THE AWARENESS OF THIS PROCESS. 20:23:48 IT IS A LITTLE BIT HINDERED THIS TIME 20:23:54 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE AWAITING THE CENSUS DATA. 20:23:56 BUT WHEN THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND AS 20:24:00 WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE AGAIN I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTSING THIS ON OUR 20:24:04 WEBSITE, WE ALREADY HAVE BUT I WOULD ECHO THE SENTIMENT FROM THE PUBLIC ON 20:24:08 TERMS OF IF THERE ARE PAST MAPS THAT WE CAN 20:24:08 PROVIDE THOSE. 20:24:14 BUT CERTAINLY THESE PAST MAPS THAT 20:24:17 WERE PRESENTED MAY NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHANGES WE ARE SEEING IN 20:24:21 SOME OF THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES, THE NEW GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE 20:24:26 INTO PLACE IN TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIA 20:24:32 FAIR MAP ACT, AND EVEN THOUGH THOSE WERE PROPOSALS IN THOSE TIMES THEY MAY 20:24:35 NOT BE REFLECTIVE OF THE POLICIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED HENCE. 20:24:38 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADAPT 20:24:39 TO THOSE. 20:24:42 SO I REALLY THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS 20:24:42 PRESENTATION. 20:24:45 THANK YOU TO OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST 20:24:54 AMANDA GAIO AND ALSO FOR KRISTIN PARKS FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. 20:24:57 WITH THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M NOT 20:24:58 SURE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COMMENTS. 20:25:00 I WANTED TO MAKE ONE GENERAL COMMENT 20:25:05 WHICH IS THAT I WANT TO SEND MY BEST HOPES AND GODSPEED TO OUR TEAMS THAT 20:25:06 ARE OUT RIGHT NOW. 20:25:09 WE HAVE TWO TEAMS OF OUR FIRE 20:25:11 DEPARTMENT THAT ARE OUT WITH A STRIKE TEAM. 20:25:14 AND FOR ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR 20:25:17 SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE FACING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED LAST 20:25:22 YEAR MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF THEM AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THEIR 20:25:25 COLLEAGUES AND FOR OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT OTHERS 20:25:27 AT THIS MOMENT. 20:25:29 AND FINALLY IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN 20:25:31 THROUGH THE VACCINATION PROCESS PLEASE DO SO. 20:25:33 I WANTED TO SHARE REAL BRIEFLY THIS 20:25:37 EERVEG THAT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT OUR CITY HAS REACHED ANOTHER 20:25:42 THRESHOLD WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE BEEN STRIVING FOR AND I'M 20:25:44 VERY PROUD THAT WE ARE TAKING ON THE U.S. 20:25:48 CONFERENCE OF MAYORS CHALLENGE AND ALSO THE WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENT 20:25:53 BIDEN AND WE ARE JUST PAST 90% FOR ONE SHOT IN THE ARM AND WE ARE AT OVER 20:25:55 76% FULLY VACCINATED. 20:25:58 WHICH IS IMPORTANT AS AN OPPORTUNITY 20:26:04 AND I WOULD SAY THAT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO, TO REACH OUT 20:26:10 TO THEIR AHEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND I THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE L 20:26:15 PARTNERED WITH US, WHETHER IT IS HELLER'S PHARMACY, 20:26:20 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING US I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 20:26:24 THAT THEY STILL NEED TO BE GETTING TESTED IF THEY NEEDED TO BE SURE 20:26:25 BECAUSE THIS IS A GOING TO BE KEY TO US. 20:26:28 THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE 20:26:30 HELPING US TO SLOWLY REOPEN. 20:26:33 LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR FIRST ACTIVE 20:26:37 FREMONT EVENT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONES THAT ARE COMING AND I 20:26:41 ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THE GET OUT AND GET FRESH AIR AND EXERCISE AND TO GET FIT 20:26:44 WITH ALL OF US AND GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS IN 20:26:45 YOUR DISTRICTS. 20:26:47 AND I KNOW EACH OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS 20:26:51 ARE TAKING ON SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES AND ENCOURAGING ALL OF YOU TO JOIN. 20:26:53 WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST FREMONT STREET 20:26:58 EATS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME OF THE 20:27:03 SUPPORT FOR OUR TRUCKS, FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEN 20:27:07 THIS THURSDAY EVENING, I HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL JOIN 20:27:14 ME AT THE PARKS FOR OUR FIRST IN OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. 20:27:16 SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU 20:27:21 THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BE SAFE BE WELL AND BE HEALTHY. 20:27:23 SO WITH THAT I WOULD CLOSE THE MEETING 20:27:25 TO CLOSE AT 8:27 P.M. 20:27:29 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BE SAFE AND STAY HEALTHY.