19:02:04 BEGIN WITH THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG, AND I'M WAITING FOR THAT TO COME UP. 19:02:06 GREAT. VICE MAYOR SHAO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? 19:02:11 >> Vice Mayor Shao: CERTAINLY, MADAME MAYOR. LET'S BEGIN. I PLEDGE 19:02:18 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC 19:02:29 FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 19:02:34 JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, 19:02:41 PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: I'LL GIVE THIS A 19:02:45 SHOT. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY NOW? >> Mayor Mei: MUCH BETTER. 19:02:46 >> Ms. Gauthier: SUPERVISOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. 19:02:51 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. 19:02:57 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. VICE MAYOR 19:03:03 SHAO, PRESENT. MAYOR MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME I JUST WANT 19:03:06 TO SHARE THERE ARE VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE CITY 19:03:10 CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE 19:03:14 YEAR, AND I'LL BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS, SOME OF THEM IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. 19:03:18 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING, PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE UNDER 19:03:22 FREMONT.GOV UNDER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE, OR PLEASE CONTACT 19:03:28 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK 19:03:33 THIS EVENING OR DURING ELECTRONIC MEETING MAY DO SO BY CLICKING THE 19:03:38 RAISE HAND ICON ON THE ZOOM OR IF YOU'RE DIALING IN, BY PRESSING STAR 19:03:42 NINE. WE KINDLY REQUEST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE MUTE OR TURN DOWN 19:03:48 YOUR AUDIO WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BROADCAST, AS IT MAY INTERFERE WHEN 19:03:52 THEY'RE SPEAKING AND WITH OUR SPEAKER SYSTEM. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO CITY 19:03:57 CLERK ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED AS PART OF 19:04:02 OUR CITY'S AGENDA ITEM AND ARE CONSIDERED PUBLIC RECORDS. I WOULD 19:04:05 LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS MEETING WILL GO UNTIL 11:30 THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL 19:04:09 ALLOW 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO THREE MINUTES PER 19:04:12 SPEAKER. ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO REVISE THAT FOR THIS EVENING BECAUSE I THINK 19:04:18 WE HAVE QUITE A HEAVY CONTENT THIS EVENING. SO I'M GOING TO REVISE THAT 19:04:23 TO A MINUTE AND A HALF BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY PACKED AGENDA ITEM 19:04:26 THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T -- WE'VE BEEN ON BREAK, AND I WILL TURN 19:04:30 THIS MEETING AT THIS TIME OVER TO CITY MANAGER MARK DANAJ TO SHARE AND 19:04:33 INTRODUCE HIS STAFF. >> City Manager Danaj: THANK YOU, 19:04:36 MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING BUT I AM 19:04:40 JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, DEBRA MARGOLIS, AND OTHER 19:04:43 MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR STAFF TO REPRESENT ITEMS THAT ARE ON AGENDA 19:04:47 THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND THE 19:04:51 FIRST ITEM OF THIS EVENING IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CON SENT CAL 19:04:55 DOCTOR ARE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF 19:04:58 RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO PULL AN 19:05:04 ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITSELF? PLEASE DO SO BY RAISING YOUR HAND. 19:05:15 COULD WE CHECK TO SEE WHICH ITEMS THEY WERE INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING? 19:05:19 >> Ms. Gauthier: JEW TEE, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON? 19:05:23 >> 7B. >> Ms. Gauthier: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME 19:05:30 BACK TO YOU. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. THAT'S FOR THE 19:05:33 CONSENT CALENDAR RIGHT NOW. CHRIS, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK 19:05:42 ON? >> E, F AND K. 19:05:47 >> Mayor Mei: 2K. OKAY. >> THERE WAS THREE THERE. E, F AS IN 19:05:59 FRANK, AND K. >> Mayor Mei: E, F AND K. IS THERE 19:06:04 ANY THE CONSENT CALENDAR, KELLY, THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS? 19:06:14 >> YEAH, I WANT -- ITEM D AS IN DELTA. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 19:06:28 >> Ms. Gauthier: ITEM 2D? >> 2D, YES. CONSENT CALENDAR. 19:06:30 >> Mayor Mei: AND THEN FOR THE COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO 19:06:34 ADDRESS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? IF NOT, COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 19:06:50 THE ITEMS EXCLUDING 2D, 2E, 2F, 2K? >> Councilmember Jones: SO MOVED. 19:06:53 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:06:59 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, 19:07:05 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 19:07:12 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR 19:07:20 SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH EXCLUSION 19:07:30 OF STILL FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 2D, E, F AND K. NEXT ON OUR EVENT FOR THIS 19:07:35 EVENING IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION OF 9/11. AND I'D LIKE TO 19:07:44 SHARE THIS PROCLAMATION. A NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE 20TH 19:07:49 ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH. WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 19:07:51 FREMONT EXPRESSES THEIR SUPPORT FOR COMING TOGETHER AS A CITY AND A NATION 19:07:57 IN HONOR OF THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS COMMITTED 19:08:01 AGAINST THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001; AND WHEREAS, ON SEPTEMBER 19:08:10 11, 2001, NEARLY 3,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND 441 FIRST RESPONDERS 19:08:15 FROM THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT, PORT AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND NEW 19:08:20 YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT SUFFERED FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF THE 19:08:22 TERRORIST ATTACKS. OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR 19:08:32 LIVES, A TOTAL OF 343 FIREFIGHTERS WERE KILLED; AND WHEREAS, 20 YEARS LATER, 19:08:33 OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD CONTINUE 19:08:38 TO MOURN THE TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE ON THAT FATEFUL DAY. HUNDREDS OF 19:08:41 THOUSANDS OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN CONTINUE TO SERVE EVERY DAY, HAVING 19:08:44 ANSWERED THE CALL TO DUTY AS MEMBERS OF OUR NATION’S ARMED FORCES WITH 19:08:52 THOUSANDS HAVING GIVEN THEIR LIVES OR BEEN INJURED TO DEFEND OUR NATION’S 19:09:01 SECURITY; AND WHEREAS, ON THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH 19:09:03 ATTACKS, IT IS FITTING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THE 19:09:06 AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITIES. THE SERVE 19:09:12 AMERICA ACT, APPROVED BY CONGRESS AND ENACTED INTO LAW ON APRIL 21, 2009, 19:09:20 DIRECTED SEPTEMBER 11TH TO BE OBSERVED AND RECOGNIZED AS AN ANNUAL “NATIONAL 19:09:21 DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE” AND CHARGED THE AMERICORPS AGENCY WITH 19:09:28 LEADING THIS NATIONWIDE EFFORT; AND WHEREAS, ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2021, AND 19:09:31 THE DAYS PRECEDING AND FOLLOWING THIS DAY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FREMONT, 19:09:36 CALIFORNIA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE FALLEN AND COMMEMORATE THE 19:09:42 CONTINUED RESILIENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH SERVICE. STEPPING 19:09:49 FORWARD TO SERVE IN A REMARKABLE SPIRIT OF UNITY, HONOR, AND COMPASSION, THIS 19:09:51 YEAR’S SEPTEMBER 11TH NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE PROJECTS WILL 19:09:56 HELP STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE MEMORIALIZING THE EVENTS OF THAT 19:10:03 FATEFUL DAY TWENTY YEARS AGO. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JOINING A SERVICE PROJECT 19:10:14 ON 9/11, VISIT: HTTPS://AMERICORPS.GOV/911-DAY. NOW, 19:10:19 THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM 19:10:27 SEPTEMBER 11, 2021, AS A DAY OF SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF THE EVENTS OF 19:10:38 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AS A DAY TO COME TOGETHER AS A NATION; AND OFFERS ITS 19:10:40 DEEPEST AND MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES 19:10:43 OF THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST ATTACKS; 19:10:50 AND HONORS THE HEROIC SERVICE, ACTIONS, AND SACRIFICES OF FIRST RESPONDERS, 19:10:54 LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, VOLUNTEERS, AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO AIDED THE 19:11:00 INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THOSE ATTACKS AND, IN DOING SO, BRAVELY RISKED AND OFTEN 19:11:05 GAVE THEIR OWN LIVES; AND RECOGNIZES THEIR FAMILIES, WHO HAVE GIVEN SO 19:11:09 MUCH, INCLUDING THEIR LIVES AND WELL-BEING, TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF 19:11:15 FREEDOM AND DEFEND THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. ON BEHALF OF THE 19:11:20 COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FREMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FREMONT POLICE 19:11:32 DEPARTMENT MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS RECOGNITION, 19:11:37 AND I WOULD SAY IF WE COULD TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE JUST FOR REMEMBERING 19:12:01 THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU. MAY WE NEVER FORGET. NEXT ON OUR 19:12:04 AGENDA ITEM IS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND THOSE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT 19:12:08 SCHEDULED ON THIS AGENDA THIS EVENING. AND IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE 19:12:14 THEIR HAND TO DO SO. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL ARE ALSO PLACED ON 19:12:17 FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. SO MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK 19:12:24 MAY DO SO ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR AGAIN BY PRESSING STAR NINE, AND 19:12:27 AGAIN, TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY PACKED AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT TO 19:12:33 A MINUTE AND A HALF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO DO YOU WANT TO CALL THE 19:12:49 FIRST SPEAKER? KELLY ABREU, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. SO STARTING OVER THE 19:12:52 LAST THREE DAYS, DOZENS OF PARKING TICKETS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AT MISSION 19:12:58 PEAK. THESE PARKING TICKETS DIDN'T COST $75, WHICH MOST PEOPLE MIGHT 19:13:03 ASSUME THAT THAT'S WHAT A PARKING TICKET COSTS IN FREMONT. NOWADAYS. 19:13:08 BECAUSE THERE WAS A 19% INCREASE IN PARKING TICKET COSTS IN FREMONT. BUT 19:13:16 NO, NO. THE CITY OF FREMONT WAS QUIETLY PROCEEDING TO HIKE THE FEE 19:13:22 EVEN HIGHER. THERE ACTUALLY IS A 30% INCREASE. NOW THE PRICE OF PARKING 19:13:28 TICKETS AT MISSION PEAK, THOSE PERMIT THINGS, $82. AND WHY THE DIFFERENCE? 19:13:36 WELL, NO EXPLANATION GIVEN. BUT THERE WAS ONE CITY COUNCILMEMBER FROM 19:13:42 DISTRICT 6 WHO ASKED QUESTIONS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE 19:13:47 PUBLIC? AND RECEIVED ASSURANCES, SINCERE ASSURANCES FROM STAFF THAT WE 19:13:52 WOULD POST THIS ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER. OF COURSE 19:13:59 THESE FINES, THIS FEE HIKE HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, SIX OR SEVEN OR 19:14:06 EIGHT WEEKS, A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IS 13 WEEKS, BY THE WAY, SO THE TIMELINE 19:14:09 IS DIFFERENT AND IT WAS NOT EVEN IN THE HEADLINE. 19:14:12 THE HEADLINE IS A CITY NOISE ORDINANCE. IT WAS BURIED IN THE LAST TWO 19:14:17 SENTENCES OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT. THIS CITY 19:14:24 COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE $75 TICKETS THE STANDARD. THANK YOU. 19:14:33 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT SPEAKER IS SURESH. WELCOME. I'M SORRY, YOU'RE STILL ON 19:14:45 MUTE, SURESH. OKAY. SURESH, WE'LL PASS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'LL WAIT 19:14:49 UNTIL YOU UNMUTE. I WILL FIRST GO TO WILLIAM. 19:14:54 >> YES, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS WILLIAM YRAGUI, MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY, 19:14:59 AGAIN SPEAKING OUT ON THE ISSUE OF PARKING FEES IN THE MISSION HILLS 19:15:03 NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY THE INCREASE IN FEES FROM WHAT HAS BEEN $62 FOR THE 19:15:10 LAST FOUR YEARS TO $82 OVER THIS WEEKEND, AND FORTHCOMING FROM WHAT WE 19:15:14 CAN READ. SO THE ISSUE IS REALLY SIMPLE. YOU'RE BILLING PEOPLE, AND 19:15:20 THESE ARE VISITORS TO OUR PUBLIC PARKS, AND YOU'RE NAILING THEM $82. THIS IS 19:15:24 AN EXCESSIVE FEE GIVEN THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT USE OUR PUBLIC PARKS ARE 19:15:31 YOUNG, AND THEY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES. SO BILLING PEOPLE $82 FOR PARKING IN 19:15:37 FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S HOUSE ON A PUBLIC STREET IS UNTENABLE. AND THE 19:15:41 JUSTIFICATION IS GIVEN THAT WE'RE TRUEING UP OUR COSTS COMPARED TO OTHER 19:15:45 CITIES, BUT OTHER CITIES DON'T -- OTHER THAN SAN FRANCISCO, AND SAN FRANCISCO 19:15:56 HAS AN $85 FEE, BUT SAN MATEO IS $42, SAN JOSÉ IS LESS. I MEAN, IF YOU READ 19:16:00 THE EMAIL I FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF EAST BAY REGIONAL, 19:16:03 YOU'LL SEE IN FACT THAT THESE FEES ARE QUITE HIGH. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 19:16:10 THAT THE FEES ARE DECREASED AND LENIENCY GIVEN TO THOSE THAT WERE 19:16:15 GIVEN TICKETS FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THANK YOU. 19:16:19 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SURESH. 19:16:25 >> HI. OKAY. FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNMUTE. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY THE 19:16:37 PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS TOPIC OF A VERY -- WAY 19:16:41 OF INCREASING THE PARKING FEE. I DID NOT SEE ANY SIGN OR ANY WARNING, AND 19:16:47 IN FACT, IF ANYTHING, IF THE CITY STAFF SAY THEY WANT THE FEES TO BE 19:16:53 COMPARABLE TO NEARBY CITIES, THEY SHOULD BE LOWERING THE FEE FROM $62 AS 19:16:59 OPPOSED TO INCREASING TO $82. OR AT LEAST JUST MAINTAIN IT AT $62. I DO 19:17:04 NOT SEE ANY JUSTIFICATION ON HOW THE CITY STAFF CAN CLAIM THAT RAISING THE 19:17:10 FEE FROM $62 TO $82 IS -- ALLOWS THEM TO BRING TO WHAT THE OTHER 19:17:15 COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE MILIPITAS, WHETHER IT'S SAN JOSÉ, WHETHER IT'S 19:17:23 SAN MATEO DOING IT. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER 19:17:41 IS GOKUL. WELCOME. >> SORRY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 19:17:45 ITEM 5, NOT ON THIS TOPIC. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 19:17:51 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE LAST OF 19:17:54 OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE 19:18:04 PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. BEGINNING WITH ITEM 2D AS IN DOG. 19:18:10 SPEAKER FOR ITEM 2D -- >> Ms. Gauthier: CHRIS AND KELLY WITH 19:18:15 THE SPEAKERS FOR 2D. IF THEY CAN RAISE THEIR HANDS AGAIN SO WE CAN UNMUTE 19:18:21 THEM. >> THIS ITEM INVOLVES A CONTRACT WITH 19:18:29 A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO DO VIDEO SERVICES. THE PROBLEM IS, MAYBE IT'S 19:18:33 NOT A PROBLEM, JUST A REMARK I'D LIKE TO MAKE, THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 19:18:40 THAT THE CITY HAS SELECTED IS LOCATED IN HAYWARD AND LIVERMORE. AND WE HAVE 19:18:48 OUR OWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT HERE. THEY HAD A CHANGE OF 19:18:50 LEADERSHIP. THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE OFTEN POINTING TO OTHER 19:18:53 ORGANIZATIONS TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED. 19:18:58 WELL, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT HAD A CHANGE, THE NEW LEADER IS A 19:19:04 PRESIDENT BY THE NAME OF DR. BISHOP, AND THIS IS -- THE NEW LEADERSHIP IS 19:19:09 TREMENDOUS. YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK. THEIR NEW LEADERSHIP IS AN EXAMPLE FOR 19:19:15 HOW ORGANIZATIONS OUGHT TO BE RUN. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- SO GIVEN THAT WE 19:19:20 HAVE THIS LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE OUR OWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IT'S CALLED OHLONE 19:19:25 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. IN NEWARK AND FREMONT. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF 19:19:34 THINGS THAT THEY DO, A LOT OF FIELDS OF STUDY AND A LOT EXPERTISE OVER THERE. 19:19:38 ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THAT ORGANIZATION, SOME 19:19:44 DEEP KNOWLEDGE, IN DISTRICT 6, COUNCILMEMBER COX, AND I THINK THAT 19:19:49 THE CITY SHOULD THINK ABOUT WORKING MORE WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 19:19:52 DISTRICT. OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THANK YOU. 19:20:00 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS. 19:20:04 >> ACTUALLY IT WAS FOR D, F AND K. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. ARE 19:20:09 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, IF THERE ARE 19:20:16 NONE, THEN IF I CAN GET A MOTION. OR IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF, 19:20:25 BUT OTHERWISE. COULD I GET A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:20:28 JONES. >> Vice Mayor Shao: I'D LIKE TO 19:20:28 SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY 19:20:36 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:20:41 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:20:45 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:20:53 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. THE ITEM 19:20:59 2D PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS ITEM 2E AS IN EDWARD. AND CHRIS, I BELIEVE 19:21:02 YOU WERE THE SPEAKER FOR THIS. WELCOME. 19:21:09 >> YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT THE SECOND TIME WE'RE 19:21:15 SORT OF RENEWING THIS LEASE, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE ONLY REASON WE'RE 19:21:23 ADDING THE EXTRA 62.5K IS BECAUSE OF LEAD TIME CHANGES. AND I THINK BY 19:21:29 NOW, WE'VE LEARNED FROM COVID THAT LEAD TIME CHANGES HAD CHANGED FOR 19:21:32 EVERYTHING, AND YOU CAN'T DO IT LIKE YOU USED TO AND I THINK THIS SHOULD 19:21:40 SERVE AS A WARNING TO THE CITY THAT IF YOU GUYS USED TO ALLOW 7 WEEKS, YOU 19:21:43 NOW NEED TO ALLOW 14 IN ALL YOUR PLANNING, AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO 19:21:46 SAY. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY TO BUILD THE BUILDING, 19:21:52 AND I THINK WE'RE JUST SPENDING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO ACCOMPANY -- THAT 19:21:56 MAKES $52 MILLION A YEAR AND EMPLOYS ONE PERSON. THANK YOU. 19:22:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS 19:22:10 ITEM, ITEM 2E? >> Councilmember Jones: I'LL MOVE TO 19:22:11 APPROVE. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:22:23 JONES, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:22:25 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:22:30 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:22:39 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. THE ITEM 19:22:51 2E PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS ITEM 2F, THE APPROPRIATION OF THE 20/21 19:22:54 MEASURE BB PARATRANSIT FUNDS. CHRIS, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS, I 19:22:56 THINK. >> YES, I BELIEVE SO. LET ME SCROLL 19:23:07 TO MAKE SURE. SO IN HERE, IT SHOWED THAT THESE FUNDS WERE GOING TO -- 19:23:13 WELL, MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE BEFORE I SPEAK. I'M GOING TO SPEAK 19:23:17 AND IF I GOT THE WRONG ONE, PLEASE CORRECT ME, NOW THAT I LOOK AT IT. I 19:23:23 MEANT TO PICK UP THE ONE FOR THE FUNDING OF THE NAVIGATION CENTER, AND 19:23:28 MY ONLY CALLOUT WAS THAT IT'S BEEN A YEAR, THE ONE-YEAR REPORT SHOULD BE 19:23:36 OUT BEFORE WE RE-FUND IT. I KNOW THERE'S A SIX MONTH REPORT OUT. I 19:23:41 LOOKED AT IT, BUT IT ONLY SAYS WE HELPED 44 PEOPLE AND THAT WAS THE 19:23:45 LATEST I COULD SEE, BUT NOW WE'RE RENEWING THE FUNDING, AND I THINK THE 19:23:49 ONE YEAR REPORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL RENEWED THE 19:23:52 FUNDING. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE 19:23:56 COMMENTS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY APPROVED THAT ITEM ALREADY. ITEM 2I. BUT 19:24:02 COULD WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2F, WHICH IS THE PARATRANSIT FUND 19:24:06 ALLOCATION FOR MEASURE BB? >> Councilmember Jones: SO MOVED. 19:24:09 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SHAO, I 19:24:11 THINK? I'M NOT SURE. >> Vice Mayor Shao: YES. 19:24:15 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK SO. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:24:19 >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER 19:24:28 SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:24:35 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 19:24:42 >> Mayor Mei: THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ITEM 2F AS IN FRANK. 19:24:48 AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMMIT YET, BUT I'M SURE THAT -- I KNOW FROM THE 19:24:52 HOMELESS NAVIGATION CENTER, THERE WILL BE A FORTHCOMING REPORT. I THINK IT 19:25:01 WAS OPENED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. NEXT IS ITEM 2K, AS IN KICK. WHICH I 19:25:05 THINK IS THE SALARY ADOPTION -- SALARY SCHEDULE. 19:25:09 >> I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING THE WRONG LETTER. ONE NOTE CHANGED IT FROM I TO 19:25:14 F, BECAUSE I ASSUMED IT HAD TO COME AFTER D, I CHANGED IT BACK SEVERAL 19:25:24 TIMES BUT IT KEPT CHANGING. BUT FOR K, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE 19:25:29 PUBLIC RECORD EXACTLY MIRRORS WHAT'S ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE SO YOU CAN'T 19:25:31 SEE IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES IN SALARY, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT 19:25:37 IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS FOR THE PUBLIC THAT BASICALLY SAID WE 19:25:41 REALLY DIDN'T DO ANY SALARY CHANGES EXCEPT WE ADDED THESE TITLES FOR FULL 19:25:45 TIME, THERE WAS FOUR OF THEM AND PART-TIME, THERE WAS THREE, AND JUST 19:25:49 SUM IT UP SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN QUICKLY LOOK AT THAT. IT WOULD BE 19:25:56 MORE TRANSPARENT THAT WAY. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE 19:26:04 HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM 2K AS IN KICK? 19:26:07 >> Councilmember Jones: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:26:12 JONES, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:26:18 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:26:24 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:26:34 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. SO THE 19:26:49 MOTION PASSES FOR ITEM 2K AS IN KICK UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS OUR ITEM # 5A, 19:26:55 5A WHICH IS A SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON NILES BOULEVARD STREET 19:27:05 VACATION. AN WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECT DIRECTOR HANS LARSEN MAKING A 19:27:11 PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. >> Mr. Larsen: I HAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW 19:27:18 PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE. HOPEFULLY 19:27:21 THAT'S VISIBLE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS COUNCIL ITEM IS TO FACILITATE THE 19:27:28 NILES GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH WAS A NEW 75-UNIT HOUSING 19:27:32 PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, ON 19:27:38 MARCH 9TH, 2021. A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT IS TO CONVERT 19:27:44 A PORTION OF NILES BOULEVARD FROM A PUBLIC STREET TO A PRIVATE STREET. 19:27:47 THIS IS THE STREET SEGMENT SHOWN IN BLUE ON THE DEVELOPMENT MAP THAT'S 19:27:54 SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, AND THE SEGMENT OF STREET IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN THE 19:28:02 PHOTO TO THE BOTTOM LEFT. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE REGULATIONS, 19:28:09 VACATING A PUBLIC STREET REQUIRES A HEARING PROCESS. ALSO THE CITY'S 19:28:12 CONDITIONS OF DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL REQUIRE THAT THE CITY RECEIVE FAIR 19:28:19 MARKET VALUE FOR THE STREET PROPERTY BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL. AN 19:28:27 APPRAISAL WAS CONDUCTED BY SMITH AND ASSOCIATES, AN APPRAISAL FIRM THAT WAS 19:28:33 IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY FROM A POOL OF THE APPRAISERS THAT WE USE THAT ARE 19:28:39 INDEPENDENT, EXPERIENCED AND REPUTABLE. AND THEN THE ACTUAL 19:28:43 APPRAISAL WAS FUNDED BY LENNAR HOMES, THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT. 19:28:48 IN THE APPRAISAL THAT WAS DONE, THEY LOOKED AT THE 50 BY 600-FOOT STREET 19:28:53 PARCEL, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE. 19:28:57 AS PART OF THEIR APPRAISAL ASSESSMENT, THEY IDENTIFIED -- OR WE IDENTIFIED 19:29:04 THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO RETAIN PUBLIC EASEMENTS FOR 19:29:07 UTILITIES AND PUBLIC ACCESS. SO WE HAVE THE SEWER LINE IN THE 19:29:13 STREET, A WATER LINE, AN AT&T FIBER COMMUNICATION LINE. 19:29:18 ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN. AND THEN THE STREET ALSO SERVES ACCESS 19:29:22 TO ALAMEDA CREEK FOR ITS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND THERE'S A REQUIREMENT 19:29:30 THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT ACCESS BE FACILITATED FOR A CONNECTION TO THE 19:29:33 ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL FOR BOTH RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. 19:29:41 IN THE APPRAISAL PROCESS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PRIMARILY DUE TO ALL 19:29:45 THE EASEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE LAND THAT THERE ISN'T ANY SEPARATE 19:29:50 ECONOMIC VALUE THAT THE LAND HAS FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, SO 19:29:56 ESSENTIALLY THE BEST VALUE OF THE LAND IS TO SERVE ESSENTIALLY AS A STREET, 19:29:59 BUT HERE WE'RE CONVERTING IT FROM A PUBLIC STREET TO A PRIVATE STREET. 19:30:04 SO THE APPRAISED VALUE OF LAND WAS ASSESSED BY THE APPRAISER AT $10,000. 19:30:14 WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, SOME FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE SEEN THIS, GETTING THREE 19:30:18 QUARTERS OF AN ACRE OF LAND IN FREMONT FOR $10,000 SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL, BUT 19:30:27 WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT SOUNDS OFF FOR SOME REASON, DUE TO VALUES IN FREMONT 19:30:30 BEING MUCH HIGHER, WHICH WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN, BUT WHEN YOU 19:30:35 DIG DEEPER INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT EASEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE LAND, 19:30:42 THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THE VALUE DOWN. SO WHAT WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY IS THE 19:30:45 RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING BASICALLY ON THE 19:30:50 CONSIDERATION OF VACATING THIS PORTION OF NILES BOULEVARD WITH THE CONDITION 19:30:56 THAT EASEMENTS BE MAINTAINED FOR UTILITIES AND FOR ACCESS TO ALAMEDA 19:31:00 CREEK, AND THEN THE OTHER ACTION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THE VACATED 19:31:06 STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000. WE HAVE STAFF HERE AVAILABLE ON THE 19:31:11 CITY SIDE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM LENNAR 19:31:13 AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER FROM SMITH AND ASSOCIATES. 19:31:18 THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PRESENTATION. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE 19:31:20 COUNCIL HAS. THANK YOU. 19:31:36 >> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR MEI, YOUR MICROPHONE? 19:31:40 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY, CLARIFYING 19:31:42 QUESTIONS, WE'LL BEGIN WITH VICE MAYOR SHAO. 19:31:44 >> Vice Mayor Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. 19:31:53 I HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION FOR YOU. WHY WOULD THIS ITEM BE SEPARATED FROM 19:31:59 THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AND VOTED ON LATER, SEPARATELY? 19:32:03 THAT'S MY QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION IS THAT IF, LET'S 19:32:12 SAY, THIS ITEM FAILED TO PASS, WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE TO THE ALREADY 19:32:19 APPROVED PROJECT? >> Mr. Larsen: SO I CAN TAKE A SHOT AT 19:32:25 THAT AND PROBABLY ENCOURAGE OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAYBE ADDRESS THE 19:32:30 QUESTION ABOUT IF THIS ITEM DOESN'T PASS, WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION OF THAT. 19:32:33 SO I THINK FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S TWO KIND OF 19:32:39 SEPARATE ACTIONS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL. 19:32:43 THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL HAS, AS A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL, THE 19:32:46 VACATION OF THE STREET AND CONVERSION OF IT FROM A PUBLIC STREET TO A 19:32:50 PRIVATE STREET. THAT UNDER THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS 19:32:55 CODE AND GOVERNMENT CODE IS A SEPARATE DISCRETIONARY PROCESS, AND SO THAT'S 19:32:59 WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, IT'S REALLY A SEPARATE ACTION THAT WE NEED 19:33:02 TO TAKE THAT SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION. 19:33:08 I'LL DEFER TO DEBRA OR OTHERS ON HER TEAM ON THE QUESTION IF THIS DOESN'T 19:33:15 PASS, WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION OF THAT. MS. MARGOLIS SO THE DEVELOPER IN THIS 19:33:19 CASE HAS APPROVED A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP WHICH GRANTS THEM THE RIGHT TO 19:33:21 BUILD THIS PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE 19:33:28 INCLUDED IN THAT APPROVAL. ONE OF WHICH IS THAT THEY PURCHASE 19:33:32 THIS VACATED STREET SEGMENT. IT CAN'T BE DONE AT THE TIME OF THE 19:33:36 TENTATIVE MAP APPROVAL BECAUSE IF FOR SOME REASON THE PROJECT WAS NEVER 19:33:38 CONSTRUCTED, THIS VACATION WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. 19:33:44 BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THEIR FINAL MAP ON THE 19:33:46 PROJECT. IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO DECIDE NOT TO 19:33:50 APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, IT IS A DISCRETIONARY ACTION, HOWEVER, YOUR 19:33:54 DISCRETION IS LIMITED. IT IS, AS I SAID, A VESTED TENTATIVE 19:33:59 MAP WHICH MEANS THE DEVELOPER HAS RIGHTS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY 19:34:04 PURSUANT TO THE APPROVED MAP, WHICH INCLUDES THIS PRIVATE STREET AND 19:34:08 ACCESS EASEMENT. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO 19:34:15 DENY THIS WITHOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF RAMIFICATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR 19:34:18 INTERFERING WITH THEIR ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT AS APPROVED IN 19:34:23 THE MAP. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:34:26 DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER -- THAT'S YOUR ONLY CLARIFYING QUESTION, CORRECT? 19:34:29 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, CLARIFYING 19:34:33 QUESTION? >> Councilmember Keng: YES, THANK YOU, 19:34:37 MAYOR. SO FOR HANS, SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR 19:34:45 CLARIFICATION EARLIER WAS TO SAY THAT THIS -- IF WE VOTE TO APPROVE TO SELL 19:34:53 THIS PIECE OF -- STRIP OF LAND, THE BUILDER CANNOT USE TO PUT ANY HOUSING, 19:34:58 IT'S TOO NARROW, IT'S MORE OF A LIABILITY FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN AND 19:35:02 GAIN ACCESS TO THE UTILITIES, IS THAT CORRECT? 19:35:05 >> Mr. Larsen: YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT, AND THE FIRST SLIDE I SHOWED, SHOWED 19:35:11 THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE STREET IS, AND SO THE PLAN WITH THE 19:35:16 PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IS TO USE IT AS PART OF -- AS PART OF THE ACCESS AND 19:35:20 STREET SYSTEM FOR THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T -- 19:35:27 IT ISN'T USED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS THAT THEY GET, IT REALLY 19:35:33 JUST CONTINUES TO SERVE AS ACCESS AND CONVEY THE EXISTING UTILITIES AND 19:35:39 ACCESS RIGHTS THAT ARE THERE NOW. SO YEAH, THERE ISN'T ANY KIND OF ADDED 19:35:42 VALUE. I MIGHT JUST ADD, FROM THE CITY'S 19:35:45 PERSPECTIVE, STAFF, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT DEAL FOR US. 19:35:52 I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A STREET THAT IS OVERDUE FOR MAINTENANCE AND WE 19:35:55 HAVEN'T MAINTAINED IT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN ENVISIONED TO BE PART OF A FUTURE 19:36:01 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. BUT LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND SWEEPING 19:36:07 AND DEALING WITH PARKING MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK 19:36:09 COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON THE STREET SEGMENT, SO WE THINK 19:36:14 THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO RELEASE THIS AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC 19:36:19 INVENTORY AND INTEGRATE IT INTO THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, AND ALL THE 19:36:25 PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE LAND ARE STILL RETAINED THROUGH THE EASEMENTS THAT 19:36:29 WOULD CARRY WITH IT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:36:33 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: CLARIFYING QUESTION, 19:36:35 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, THANK 19:36:37 YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE 19:36:50 WAS AN ITEM ON THE JULY 20TH CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WAS AN APPROVAL OF -- IT 19:36:52 WAS INITIATION OF A PROCEEDING TO VACATE A PORTION OF NILES BOULEVARD, 19:36:57 SO I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE-CHECK, WAS THAT THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS 19:37:02 THAT WE'RE NOW COMPLETING TONIGHT? >> Mr. Larsen: YES, SO THE PUBLIC 19:37:08 HEARING PROCESS KIND OF FIRST REQUIRES AN OFFICIAL NOTICE OF AN INTENT OR 19:37:12 INTEREST TO VACATE THE STREET, SO THAT WAS THE ACTION IN JULY. 19:37:18 THAT COUNCIL APPROVED, AND THEN WE NOTIFIED -- POSTED NOTICES OF THE 19:37:28 HEARING AND THE PROPOSED DATE OF CONSIDERING THE ACTION, SO THE STREET 19:37:34 VACATION PROCESS REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO TAKE AN INITIAL ACTION OF INTENTION 19:37:41 TO CONSIDER THAT ACTION. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. 19:37:43 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER 19:37:47 JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU. 19:37:52 JUST VERY QUICKLY, HANS, THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPER 19:37:55 IS GOING TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR NOT ONLY RESIDENTS BUT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES 19:38:00 AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT? >> Mr. Larsen: YEAH, AND CERTAINLY ANY 19:38:06 EMERGENCY ACCESS THAT'S NEEDED TO -- WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT COULD USE THOSE 19:38:09 STREETS. ALSO IF THERE WAS A NEED FOR ANY 19:38:16 EMERGENCY ACCESS FOR ANY KIND OF ISSUE OR INCIDENT IN ALAMEDA CREEK OR ON THE 19:38:21 TRAIL, THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS THAT WOULD BE CARRIED THROUGH THERE AS 19:38:24 WELL, SO YES, ANY NEEDS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ARE COVERED. 19:38:30 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU. AND THEN AS AN EASEMENT FOR ALL OF 19:38:35 THESE UTILITIES, THERE IS ACTUALLY NO WAY TO BUILD ANY TYPE OF PERMANENT 19:38:36 STRUCTURE ON TOP OF THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? 19:38:39 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> Councilmember Jones: ALL RIGHT. 19:38:45 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: CLARIFYING QUESTION, 19:38:46 COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. 19:38:51 I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT, IS THIS AREA IN A FLOOD ZONE WITH THE CREEK RIGHT 19:38:58 THERE? WITH THAT ROAD BEING VACATED? 19:39:00 >> Mr. Larsen: I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATA. 19:39:08 I MEAN, THE ALAMEDA CREEK CHANNEL WAS DESIGNED TO BE A FLOOD CONTROL 19:39:13 CHANNEL, SO I'M NOT AWARE OF THIS AREA OF BEING WITHIN -- IN A FLOOD ZONE. 19:39:18 I GUESS JUST THE ONLY QUALIFIER TO THAT IS WE'RE DEALING WITH TIMES OF CLIMATE 19:39:23 CHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE SEA LEVEL RISE AND ALL THAT, SOME OF 19:39:26 THESE THINGS ARE CHANGING FROM WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY, BUT I'M 19:39:33 NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S ANY KIND OF FLOODING ISSUE. 19:39:37 CERTAINLY THAT WOULD HAVE COME OUT AS PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 19:39:40 PROCESS, SO AGAIN, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THERE'S NO ISSUE THERE, SO I 19:39:45 THINK WE'D BE MORE CONCERNED WITH ANY FLOODING ISSUE WITH PROPOSED NEW 19:39:48 DEVELOPMENT THAN WE WOULD BE WITH VACATED STREET AREA. 19:39:54 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY ONE MORE TIME, SO WITH 19:40:00 THIS PIECE OF LAND, ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL 19:40:10 HAVE ACCESS TO THE LAND OR WILL OTHERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT 19:40:16 CAN GO IN AND USE THAT LAND TO WALK THROUGH THE TRAILS? 19:40:19 >> Mr. Larsen: YEAH, SO THE INTENT, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY CLARIFIED IN THE 19:40:24 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT THIS CORRIDOR, 19:40:31 PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THIS CORRIDOR TO ACCESS THE ALAMEDA CREEK 19:40:35 TRAIL. SO THE ROAD AND THE SIDEWALK THAT'S 19:40:41 WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ARE PART OF A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT FROM KIND OF 19:40:45 GREATER NILES INTO THE AREA, AND THEN CERTAINLY ANY OF THE UTILITY COMPANIES 19:40:52 OR OTHER AGENCIES THAT NEED THE ACCESS EITHER FOR THEIR UTILITY LINES OR FOR 19:40:57 ACCESS TO THE ALAMEDA CREEK CHANNEL HAVE THE RIGHTS TO USE THIS CORRIDOR 19:41:01 FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PURPOSES. 19:41:03 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 19:41:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, 19:41:08 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, 19:41:11 MADAME MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MR. LARSEN. 19:41:15 JUST A QUESTION, AS FAR AS PHYSICALLY WHAT'S THERE, WILL IT CHANGE 19:41:19 MATERIALLY? WILL IT STILL BE THE SAME KIND OF 19:41:24 DRIVEWAY OR WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS PART OF THIS ADDITION TO THE PROJECT? 19:41:29 >> Mr. Larsen: SO THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY IS MAKING QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL 19:41:35 INVESTMENT IN THE STREET. BASICALLY RECONSTRUCTING IT. 19:41:40 JUST FOR THE PAVEMENT AREA. BUT THEN THERE'S A NEW SIDEWALK, 19:41:45 THERE'S LANDSCAPING THAT GOES IN THE CORRIDOR, SO IT WILL BE UPGRADED BOTH 19:41:52 IN TERMS OF ITS FUNCTIONALITY AND BE AN ATTRACTIVE NEW UPGRADED PARK OF THE 19:41:56 ADJOINING DEVELOPMENT. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, THANK 19:41:58 YOU. I THINK YOU KIND OF MENTIONED, THERE'S 19:42:02 A PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE SELLING THIS PARCEL FOR $10,000. 19:42:06 AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS 19:42:13 THAT THIS IS A BURDENED PARCEL WHICH HAS LOTS OF EASEMENTS SO WE CAN'T DO 19:42:18 ANYTHING THERE. WE ALREADY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT, AND WE 19:42:23 HAVE NOT PUT THE FUNDING TO BRING THIS UP TO A NORMAL STATE OF REPAIR SO THAT 19:42:27 WOULD REQUIRE MONEY FROM OUR POCKETS, AND WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ANYTHING, THEY 19:42:31 STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT, AND GOING FORWARD, THE BEST PART, WE DON'T HAVE 19:42:36 TO HAVE ONGOING FEES IN MAINTENANCE. AND THAT WILL PROBABLY BE PICKED UP BY 19:42:39 THE HOA OR WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE? 19:42:42 >> YES, THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOA IN THE 19:42:44 FUTURE. >> Councilmember Salwan: AND I THINK 19:42:48 YOU ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, BUT WE HAD SOME OTHER BLIGHT AND OTHER ISSUES. 19:42:53 COULD YOU SPECIFY WHAT SORT OF THINGS WE WERE NOTICING IN THAT STREET? 19:43:00 >> WELL, SO THIS KIND OF STUBBED END OF AN OLD PART OF NILES BOULEVARD HAS 19:43:05 BEEN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS WITH ILLEGAL PARKING, ILLEGAL 19:43:14 DUMPING, WE'VE HAD A HISTORY OF HOMELESS RVs AND CAMPER VEHICLES THAT 19:43:17 HAVE PARKED HERE, SO IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT FROM AN OPERATIONS AND 19:43:24 MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S TAKEN CITY RESOURCES TO HELP MANAGE THAT. 19:43:29 SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT IS BASICALLY THIS GETS INCORPORATED 19:43:37 AND MANAGED AS PART OF THE PRIVATE STREET SYSTEM AND NEW DEVELOPMENT, SO 19:43:40 THAT WON'T BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE FUTURE. 19:43:44 >> Councilmember Salwan: AND HOPEFULLY THE HOMEOWNERS OR THE HOA WILL HAVE 19:43:48 PRIDE AND WILL WANT TO MAINTAIN THE UPKEEP AND HAVE THAT VESTED INTEREST 19:43:51 TO UPLIFT THE AREA. THANKS FOR ALL THE CLARIFICATIONS. 19:43:55 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE 19:43:59 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN TO THE 19:44:02 SPEAKERS. I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE 19:44:04 SPEAKERS. AGAIN, IF WE KEEP THE MINUTE AND A 19:44:05 HALF. FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRIS. 19:44:09 WELCOME, CHRIS. >> THANK YOU. 19:44:15 I ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO THIS PARCEL TODAY, AND I CAN'T SEE HOW THE CITY IS 19:44:20 CONSIDERING SELLING THIS FOR $10,000. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS ALL THE EASEMENTS, 19:44:27 THIS WOULD REALLY FIT YOUR PARKING OF RVs, AT LEAST FOR A TEMPORARY TIME 19:44:30 PERIOD, AND I KEEP HEARING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY WANT TO MEET THEM 19:44:35 WHERE THEY'RE AT. YOU COULD PARK SEVERAL RVs BY BLOCKING 19:44:39 OFF THE END OF THE STREET. THERE'S ROOM, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF 19:44:42 THEY'RE MOVABLE FOR THE EASEMENT. WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IS, WHAT WOULD 19:44:45 IT COST THE CITY TO BUY A THIRD OF AN ACRE OF LAND TO DO THE SAME THING? 19:44:50 ADDITIONALLY, TECHNICALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS MET THE CALIFORNIA 19:44:58 STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODES 8323. I WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED FOR THE -- 19:45:03 SIGNS AND I DID NOT FIND THREE OF THEM, AND IT TOOK ME 10 MINUTES TO ACTUALLY 19:45:06 FIND THE SIGNS. SO YOU HAVEN'T ACTUALLY MET THE 19:45:09 CALIFORNIA CODE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE PICTURES IF YOU'D 19:45:11 LIKE. THANK YOU. 19:45:20 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS GOKUL BALA. 19:45:23 WELCOME. >> MADAME MAYOR, RESPECTED 19:45:32 COUNCILMEMBERS, AGAIN, THE -- $10,000, IT SOUNDS TOO LOW FOR THIS PRECIOUS 19:45:36 REAL ESTATE. AND EVEN IF THEY'RE GIVING IT FOR 19:45:41 FREE, I DON'T SEE TANGIBLE BENEFITS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF FREMONT. 19:45:45 OF COURSE, THE MEMBERS IN THAT GATED COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT, WHICH IS 19:45:54 PRETTY OBVIOUS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT -- THIS IS PRESHT REAL ESTATE, SO IF THE 19:46:01 BUILDER WANTS TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC PARK AND OPEN -- HAVE AN ENTRY, NO ACCESS, 19:46:08 OPEN ACCESS TO RESIDENTS, THEN YOU CAN CONSIDER GIVING IT FREE BECAUSE 19:46:11 THEY'RE INVESTING NO MONEY. BUT OTHERWISE FINDING AN EXCUSE THAT 19:46:15 WE CANNOT MAINTAIN 600 FEET OF ROAD, SERIOUSLY? 19:46:19 CITY OF FREMONT HAS BEEN MAINTAINING MILES AND MILES, HUNDREDS OF MILES OF 19:46:23 ROADS. AND FINDING FUNDS TO MAINTAIN 600 FEET 19:46:29 WOULD NOT BE A CHALLENGE. I DO AGREE THAT -- UNNECESSARY PARKING 19:46:34 OF RVs, THAT IS A VALID CONCERN, BUT STILL, THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER WAY OF 19:46:38 UTILIZING THE SPACE. IF EITHER WE LOOK AT THE VALUE OF THE 19:46:44 LAND OR IF WE ARE SUBSIDIZING IT, THEN IT SHOULD BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC, 19:46:49 SHOULD BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF FREMONT RATHER THAN -- THIS COMMUNITY. 19:46:52 THANK YOU, MADAM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 19:46:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY. 19:47:01 >> WELCOME, KELLY. >> THANK YOU. 19:47:05 FIRST OFF, THERE'S A FALSE CHOICE BEING PRESENTED HERE. 19:47:08 OH, MY GOD, IF THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T GET THIS LAND, THEN BAD THINGS WOULD 19:47:10 HAPPEN. WELL, THE CHOICE IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER 19:47:13 OR NOT THIS DEVELOPER GETS THE LAND. THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO GET THE 19:47:16 LAND. THE QUESTION IS, AT WHAT PRICE. 19:47:21 WELL, HOW MUCH IS AN ACRE OF -- THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE OF LAND IN NILES 19:47:23 WORTH? WELL, IT MIGHT BE WORTH, I DON'T KNOW, 19:47:26 A MILLION DOLLARS? AND YOU'RE GIVING THIS AWAY FOR 10,000 19:47:28 AND YOU'RE PRETENDING LIKE IT'S SOMEHOW DEVALUED. 19:47:35 WELL, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT DEVALUED LANDS EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE PAYING A 19:47:37 MILLION DOLLARS AN ACRE FOR DEVALUED LANDS. 19:47:41 AND WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC USE? THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT, THIS PEDESTRIAN 19:47:43 ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL? 19:47:47 THIS THING HAS BEEN DEVALUED ITSELF. IT'S ONLY 4 FEET WIDE. 19:47:51 YOU KNOW, THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BUILDS STREETS EVERYWHERE, 19:47:54 THEIR STREET STANDARD FOR A SIDEWALK IS 5 FEET WIDE. 19:48:00 HOW IS IT THAT IF THAT'S OUR BENEFIT, OUR EASEMENT, IF YOU DRILL DOWN, IF 19:48:04 YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS FOR THESE SIDEWALKS, THEY'RE 19:48:05 LAUGHABLE. THEY'RE 4 FEET WIDE. 19:48:11 WE NEED WIDER SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- THAT'S OUR 19:48:14 BENEFIT, IS A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT, THEN GIVE US A NICE PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT. 19:48:17 ALSO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC FUNDS DOCTRINE. 19:48:21 IN THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, SECTION 6, PROHIBITS THE GIVING OR 19:48:24 LENDING OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. 19:48:30 THIS ENCOMPASSES THE GIVING OF MONETARY FUNDS AND ANY THING OF VALUE, MAKING 19:48:34 THE GIFT OF ANY PUBLIC MONEY OR THING OF VALUE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, MUNICIPAL 19:48:38 OR OTHER CORPORATION WHATEVER -- >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:48:46 NEXT SPEAKER IS LIZ AMES OF BART. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND 19:48:50 COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS IS LIZ AMES, YOUR BART DIRECTOR. 19:48:58 SO I AM HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD RECONSIDER THIS DESIGN. 19:49:03 I'M ACTUALLY WANTING TO SPEAK ON THE TRAILS PLAN LATER IN THE EVENING, BUT 19:49:09 LOOKING AT THE TRAILS PLAN, IT SAYS ROADWAY ENVIRONMENTS CAN FACILITATE 19:49:14 TRAIL DEVELOPMENT. THESE FACILITIES COULD INCLUDE A 19:49:23 CORRIDOR THAT WOULD RELY ON SEPARATE BIKE LANE CLASS FOUR BIKEWAYS TO MAKE 19:49:25 A CONNECTION. I GUESS WE HAVE THESE CONCEPTS CALLED 19:49:29 SIDE PATHS THAT THE CITY WILL BE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. 19:49:34 AND THEY'RE MULTIUSE PATHS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE ROADWAY. 19:49:39 THEY ARE SIMILAR TO SIDEWALKS EXCEPT THEY EXPLICITLY ALLOW TWO-WAY BIKE 19:49:42 TRAVEL. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT 19:49:46 THIS, BUT I DO HOPE THAT SINCE NILES CANYON TRAIL IS A PRIORITY IN THE 19:49:52 SHORT TERM, WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THESE VALUABLE CONNECTIONS THAT LINK 19:49:56 TO DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN NILES IS ESSENTIAL AND OF 19:50:01 COURSE THAT'S AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR FREMONT, BUT SO ARE THESE CONNECTIONS, 19:50:07 SO THERE IS ECONOMIC VALUE FOR THESE TRAILS ONCE THEY'RE LOST, IT HARD TO 19:50:11 RECOUP AND REENVISION THE AREA. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN RECONSIDER THIS 19:50:15 SITE WITH A MORE ROBUST BIKE TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE CANYON AND TO THE 19:50:16 DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU. 19:50:21 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND THE LAST -- THERE'S THREE MORE 19:50:24 SPEAKERS. SURESH. 19:50:31 >> HI. SO ONCE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN 19:50:35 TRANSFERRED TO HOA, THE NEXT THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER A COUPLE 19:50:39 YEARS AFTER ALL THE HOUSING HAS BEEN BUILT AND PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN, 19:50:43 THEY'RE GOING TO START COMPLAINING ABOUT NON-RESIDENTS WALKING ON THE 19:50:47 STREET TO GO TO THE ALAMEDA CREEK. AND WE'LL HAVE A REPEAT OF WHAT IS 19:50:53 HAPPENING NOW OR HAS HAPPENED TO US OVER THE YEARS IN THE MISSION PEAK, 19:50:56 AND THE CITY WILL FIND A WAY OR THE DEVELOPER WILL PUT SOME LOCKS THERE SO 19:51:00 THAT NO ONE CAN ACCESS THE ALAMEDA CREEK. 19:51:04 I WOULD LIKE MR. LARSEN TO ANSWER THAT. 19:51:09 HOW DO I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING A FEW YEARS DOWN THE 19:51:09 ROAD? THANK YOU. 19:51:20 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS RAM CHITTUR. 19:51:22 >> YEAH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 19:51:25 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 19:51:28 OPPORTUNITY. I ALSO HAVE THE SAME OBJECTION LIKE 19:51:34 EVERYONE HAS. I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION TO MAKE, 19:51:38 THAT IF NILES IS GIVING AWAY THIS LAND FOR THIS AMOUNT, THEN WE NEED TO GET 19:51:43 SOMETHING -- YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO GIVE IT, THEN I 19:51:46 WOULD RATHER SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING BESIDES THE LAND VALUE, IT 19:51:49 SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT OTHER VALUE THAT IT CAN PROVIDE IN NILES BOULEVARD. 19:51:55 NILES BOULEVARD ITSELF ON THE OTHER END OF NILES BOULEVARD, THERE ARE ISSUES 19:51:58 THAT HAS BEEN THE SAME CASE THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH 19:52:08 MEANS THERE ARE TONS OF VEHICLES BEING STORED THERE, DEBRIS LANDING ON THE 19:52:12 OTHER SIDE OF NILES. SO BESIDES THE FEAR OF BEING A GATED 19:52:17 COMMUNITY AND LOSING ACCESS TO IT, LIKE THE BUDDHA TEMPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE 19:52:20 HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN AWAY THE LAND AND THEY HAVE A GATED COMMUNITY THERE. 19:52:27 NOW FOR US TO WALK INTO THE ISHERWOOD PARK, IT ONE DAY WE'LL NEED ACCESS TO 19:52:29 GO TO THERE. SO I THINK WITH ALL THESE FEARS IN 19:52:34 MIND, YOU THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER THE PLAN OF GIVING TO THE BUILDER AT 19:52:37 WHATEVER COST IT WOULD BE, BUT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE THINGS 19:52:38 ARE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. 19:52:42 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HINDS. 19:52:47 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAPPENS 19:52:52 TO BE A STRETCH OF ROAD THAT I WALK SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE FOR THE 19:52:58 LAST FEW YEARS, AND IN THE CONDITION THAT IT'S IN NOW, IT IS A PRETTY GOOD 19:53:03 PLACE IF YOU WANT TO EXECUTE A QUICK DRUG DEAL OR MAYBE LINE UP SOME 19:53:07 PROFESSIONAL LOVE. IT'S NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, AND YOU COULD 19:53:11 ARGUE THAT MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED BY THE CITY FOR YEARS 19:53:15 AND FALLEN INTO A POOR CONDITION, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT IF THE CITY WANTED 19:53:18 TO FIX IT UP, IT WOULD COST SOME MONEY. 19:53:23 ITS VALUE IS LIMITED BY THE FACT THAT IT'S 40 OR 50 FEET AWAY FROM A 19:53:29 RAILROAD TRACK, WHICH IS ELEVATED AND MAKES A BIT OF A CURVE THERE THAT'S 19:53:30 APPROACHING A BRIDGE OVER ALAMEDA CREEK. 19:53:36 SO WHEN TRAINS GO BY, THERE'S THE SQUEAKING OF WHEELS AGAINST THE RAIL 19:53:40 THERE, IT'S NOT A SUPER DESIRABLE SPOT, AND I WAS A LITTLE STARTLED BY THE LOW 19:53:45 PRICE OF $10,000 AT FIRST, BUT THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S 19:53:51 WORTH A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT TO THE CITY, BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO SPEND SO 19:53:53 MUCH TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER. THANK YOU. 19:53:56 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. ROBERT DAULTON. 19:54:03 >> GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN SOME OF THE OTHER 19:54:08 SPEAKERS IN SUGGESTING THAT THE CITY TRY AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR 19:54:17 THEIR MONEY OUT OF THIS LAND SALE. I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR AMES THAT A MORE 19:54:21 ROBUST BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE TRAIL WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO 19:54:25 HAVE BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PARKING THEIR CARS AT THE END OF 19:54:30 THE STREET, GETTING THEIR BICYCLES OUT OF THEIR CARS AND PROCEEDING TO THE 19:54:34 TRAIL FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN WALKING 19:54:41 THAT TRAIL MYSELF. THE BUILDER IN THE MAP, THE VESTED 19:54:51 MAP, APPEARS TO BE PUTTING GRASS AND CURB AND SIDEWALK WELL INTO THE 19:54:54 STREET, PROBABLY AT LEAST 40% OF THE WAY INTO THE STREET. 19:54:58 SO THE BUILDER CERTAINLY DOESN'T FEEL THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS WORTH 19:55:03 ONLY $10,000 BECAUSE ALL OF THE TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE FRONTING THAT 19:55:09 PRIVATE STREET WILL INCLUDE NEARLY 40% OF THE STREET ITSELF AS PART OF THE 19:55:17 PURCHASE PRICE. SO I ASKED AGAIN IF THE CITY LOOKED 19:55:21 CLOSE AT THE DEAL AND JUST TRY AND GET A BETTER DEAL HERE. 19:55:23 10,000 BUCKS, IT SEEMS LIKE AN INSULT. THANK YOU. 19:55:28 >> Mayor Mei: AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT 19:55:32 PERIOD AND I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONVERSATION AND 19:55:36 DISCUSSION. WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER 19:55:37 SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, 19:55:40 MADAME MAYOR. THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS, IN 19:55:45 RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE FOLKS SPEAKING, WAS RELATED TO ACCESS. 19:55:48 HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO USE 19:55:54 ALAMEDA CREEK AND THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME AN EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT FOR ONE 19:55:58 COMMUNITY BUT IT'S OPEN TO ALL, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT? 19:56:08 >> Mr. Larsen: I THINK -- I MEAN, BASED ON KIND OF THE CONDITIONS OF 19:56:15 DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S BASICALLY A LEGAL CONDITION THAT ACCESS IS ALLOWED 19:56:23 THERE, AND DEBRA HAS SOME ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON IT, BUT CAN WE GUERIN 19:56:30 GUARANTEE THAT IN PERPETUITY? MY GUESS IS THIS IS THE WAY THIS HAS 19:56:33 BEEN DESCRIBED. WHETHER THIS COMES BACK IN THE FUTURE 19:56:38 AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO REVISIT IT, I CAN'T REALLY PREDICT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN 19:56:42 IN THE FUTURE, BUT BASED ON THE ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN AND THE 19:56:47 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS BACK TO ALAMEDA CREEK AND THE 19:56:49 TRAIL BASED ON HOW EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SET UP. 19:56:57 >> Councilmember Salwan: CAN THE CITY ATTORNEY WEIGH IN ON THAT? 19:57:00 >> Ms. Margolis: I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO THAT. 19:57:05 I AGREE WITH WHAT HANS HAS JUST SAID. IT'S A CONDITION OF APPROVAL SO WILL 19:57:09 BE REQUIRED OF THE PROJECT, AND IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THAT IN THE 19:57:13 FUTURE, WE'D HAVE THE RIGHT TO TRY AND ENFORCE THAT, AND YOU KNOW, TAKE IT 19:57:16 FROM THERE. >> Councilmember Salwan: THE OTHER 19:57:19 ISSUE THAT KEEPS COMING UP IS THE APPRAISED VALUE. 19:57:28 SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT, AS FAR AS WHAT MAKES THE FAIR 19:57:34 AS FAR AS THE EXPERTISE OF THE APPRAISERS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE 19:57:39 SATISFY THE PEOPLE THIS IS FAIR MARKET VALUE BASED ON ALL THE ENCUMBRANCES 19:57:43 THAT ARE ON THE PARCEL? >> Mr. Larsen: SO I THINK KIND OF THE 19:57:49 QUICK ANSWER IS -- I MEAN, THE APPRAISER THAT WE USED, THE POOL OF 19:57:53 APPRAISERS THE CITY USES, SO THE FIRM SMITH AND ASSOCIATES ARE A COMPANY 19:58:00 THAT WE USE THAT WORK IN OUR INTEREST AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND THEIR 19:58:05 REPUTATION IS BASED ON BEING INDEPENDENT AND CREDIBLE, AND I THINK 19:58:11 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE TRUST THE ANALYSIS THAT THEY DID FOR THIS. 19:58:20 I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE THINK WE'RE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. 19:58:24 I SPOKE WITH THE APPRAISER, SO ESSENTIALLY THE LOGIC IN TERMS OF HOW 19:58:31 THERE IS SOME VALUE TO THIS, GIVEN THE COMMITMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS TO 19:58:39 PUT IN TO IMPROVE IT, THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER USE FOR THE LAND OTHER THAN 19:58:43 TO CONVEY UTILITIES AND PROVIDE ACCESS. 19:58:48 THE BENEFIT THAT ONE COULD COME UP WITH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIALLY -- 19:58:55 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOME MORE CONTROL OVER THE PRIVATE STREET, SO IT GETS 19:58:58 INTEGRATED INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT, AND ONE COULD ARGUE THAT THERE'S SOME 19:59:03 POSITIVE ELEMENTS THAT CLEARLY FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A LOT 19:59:06 OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH THAT. 19:59:17 AND SO IN THE OPINION OF THE APPRAISER, MUCH OF THIS IS BASED ON JUDGMENT AND 19:59:21 EXPERIENCE, THERE'S SOME NOMINAL VALUE THAT THAT CONTROL HAS. 19:59:29 SO IT WAS ESTIMATED AT $10,000. I KNOW COUNCIL HAS A BIG AGENDA 19:59:31 TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE THE APPRAISER HERE IN 19:59:37 ATTENDANCE, IF COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO DELVE INTO THIS FURTHER, BUT I JUST 19:59:44 KIND OF SHARED THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU THAT I HAD WITH HIM. 19:59:51 >> CLIFF NOTE, HIGH LEVEL, WHY THIS PARCEL MIGHT BE FRUITFUL, TO HEAR FROM 19:59:54 THE APPRAISAL. THE LAST QUESTION, AS FAR AS 19:59:58 PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU COMMENT ON THAT AS FAR AS HOW 20:00:03 WE'RE MAKING IT BIKE-FRIENDLY AND IMPROVING THE SITUATION THERE? 20:00:05 ? >> Mr. Larsen: SO I THINK THERE'S -- I 20:00:10 MEAN, THERE IS A SIDEWALK THAT BASICALLY SERVES THE FRONTAGE OF 20:00:13 DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR. 20:00:17 THE PRIMARY ACCESS POINT OF THE TRAIL IS REALLY THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY. 20:00:24 SO ANYBODY RIDING THEIR BIKES DOWN NILES BOULEVARD THAT WANTS TO ACCESS 20:00:30 THE TRAIL, THEY WILL BE ENTERING A LOW SPEED DRIVEWAY KIND OF ENVIRONMENT, 20:00:36 AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY ACCESS POINT AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE WILL BE USING, AND 20:00:40 THERE'S A NICE -- NOT TOO WIDE OF A DRIVEWAY, THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO 20:00:46 FAST IN IT, BUT CERTAINLY PROVIDES A GOOD QUALITY CONNECTION FROM THE 20:00:52 PUBLIC STREET BACK TO THE CREEK TRAIL. I JUST WANT TO ALERT THE CLERK THAT IF 20:00:58 WE WANT TO BRING TERRY LARSEN, THE APPRAISER, TO ANSWER COUNCIL'S 20:01:05 QUESTION, I'LL NEED TO BRING HIM ON TO THE PANEL AND NO RELATION BETWEEN MY 20:01:10 NAME, HANS LARSEN, AND TERRY LARSON'S NAME. 20:01:16 I'M SEN, HE'S AN S-O-N. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THAT 20:01:17 CLARIFICATION. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE 20:01:22 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS' CLARIFYING QUESTIONS JUST SO IF WE HAVE ANYTHING 20:01:26 WHEN WE DO BRING TERRY ON THAT WE CAN GET THEM ANSWERED COLLECTIVELY. 20:01:29 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M SORRY, 20:01:32 WE'RE ON CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND NOT COMMENTS AT THIS POINT? 20:01:35 >> Mayor Mei: WELL, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE COMMENTS TOO BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 20:01:40 BRING -- IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A REQUEST FROM AT LEAST ONE OF OUR 20:01:44 COUNCILMEMBERS TO BRIQ THE APPRAISER ON. 20:01:45 >> Councilmember Kassan: GREAT, THANK YOU. 20:01:49 I ACTUALLY DON'T DOUBT ANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID IN TERMS OF 20:01:56 THE APPRAISED VALUE BEING CORRECT BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL, AND, YOU 20:02:00 KNOW, THAT THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, EASEMENTS IN PLACE THAT WILL PROTECT 20:02:05 PUBLIC ACCESS. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST -- 20:02:10 AND UNFORTUNATELY THE HORSES ARE OUT OF THE BARN, AND IT TOO LATE TO CLOSE THE 20:02:14 BARN DOOR, BUT I JUST -- I REALLY WISH WE HAD NOT APPROVED THIS PROJECT 20:02:19 BECAUSE IT JUST -- IT REALLY -- I DON'T THINK IT PROPERLY BALANCES THE 20:02:23 BENEFITS TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE COULD HAVE ASKED FORGIVEN THAT THIS WAS A 20:02:28 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT PEOPLE WENT THROUGH TO TRY 20:02:31 TO MAKE THIS PROJECT MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC. 20:02:37 AND AS I'VE EXPRESSED BEFORE, AT LEAST THREE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT 20:02:42 VOTED FOR THIS DID RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE DEVELOPER, AND IT JUST -- I JUST 20:02:49 FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY, VERY UNPLEASANT TO SEE THIS HAPPENING WHEN I WAS HOPING 20:02:53 WE WOULD START TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD NOT BE RECEIVING 20:02:55 MONEY FROM DEVELOPERS WHOSE PROJECTS THEY WERE APPROVING. 20:03:06 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT CLARIFYING COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, 20:03:09 COUNCILMEMBER COX. FINAL COMMENTS, PLEASE. 20:03:13 THANK YOU. 20:03:16 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. I WAS JUST WANTING TO FIND OUT, WITH 20:03:24 THE EASEMENT, IS THERE SOME WORDING IN THIS ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE 20:03:29 SOME BUILT-IN SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S FAMILIES WITH KIDS THERE, AND 20:03:35 JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF -- I KNOW IT PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT IS THERE SOME 20:03:41 SAFETY FEATURES BUILT IN SINCE YOU HAVE EASEMENTS AND CHILDREN CAN BEING 20:03:50 CHILDREN, AND EXPLORING. >> Mr. Larsen: THE SAFETY WOULD BE 20:03:59 RELATED TO FOLKS THAT ARE WALKING AND BIKING BACK TO THE TRAIL OR -- 20:04:05 >> I GUESS BASED ON ANY OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS. 20:04:11 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY TYPE OF THINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE MAINLY IN THAT 20:04:21 PATH OF THE TRAIL OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE -- IT'S UP TO THE PARENTS TO BE 20:04:26 ABLE TO WATCH THEIR KIDS WALK THROUGH THE RAND THERE. 20:04:31 THE LAND THERE. >> Mr. Larsen: I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN 20:04:35 ANSWER THAT SPECIFICALLY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE AS THE 20:04:39 PROJECT GETS INTO SORT OF MORE DETAILED DESIGN THAT WE COULD DO TO THAT AND 20:04:48 CERTAINLY HAVING SAFETY IN OUR WHOLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TRAIL SYSTEM, 20:04:52 IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KEENLY FOCUSED ON, SO I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK 20:05:00 AS WE WORK, IF THIS ACTION IS APPROVED AND THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD, THERE 20:05:04 ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO, THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE 20:05:10 THE CONNECTIVITY FROM THE PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS DONE IN 20:05:15 A CLEAR AND SAFE MANNER, SO WE'LL KIND OF TAKE THAT, APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS, 20:05:20 AND WE USE THAT AS GUIDANCE AS WE WORK IN THE FUTURE. 20:05:22 >> Councilmember Cox: I APPRECIATE THAT. 20:05:26 UP WITH OTHER CLARIFICATION FOR THE APPRAISER, WAS THE APPRAISER AWARDED 20:05:31 ON A SINGLE SOURCE OR A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION? 20:05:37 >> Mr. Larsen: SO WE HAVE -- KIND OF TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IN THIS CASE AND 20:05:43 MAYBE TERRY CAN SPEAK TO IT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S STANDARD IN -- STANDARD 20:05:48 PRACTICE, BUT SO WE HAVE A POOL OF APPRAISER THAT WE USE FOR THE WORK 20:05:59 THAT WE DO THAT REQUIRES APPRAISALS, AND WE WANTED TO HAVE LENNAR WORK WITH 20:06:04 SOMEBODY A WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, THAT'S EXPERIENCED AND TRUSTWORTHY, BECAUSE 20:06:08 WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF KIND OF QUESTIONING SOME APPRAISER 20:06:12 THAT WE'VE NEVER WORKED WITH. SO ESSENTIALLY WE OFFER A LIST OF 20:06:18 APPRAISERS THAT WE WORK WITH, AND THEN THEY CONTRACTED SEPARATELY WITH THEM 20:06:23 TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE WORK. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, SO IT WAS 20:06:33 A COMPETITIVE BID AND ENDED UP WITH YOUR QUALIFIED LIST, WHICH THEN LED TO 20:06:36 CHOOSE -- THAT'S HOW THEY GOT SELECTED. 20:06:39 >> Mr. Larsen: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Cox: SO THERE'S OPEN 20:06:43 COMPETITION. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION TOO. 20:06:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, 20:06:48 VICE MAYOR SHAO. AND I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS 20:06:49 AFTERWARDS. >> Vice Mayor Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME 20:06:52 MAYOR. SINCE I ALREADY ASKED THE CLARIFYING 20:06:53 QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY COMMENTS. 20:06:58 AS I RECALL, ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 17TH, WHICH IS AT THE ANNUAL NILES 20:07:06 CLEAN-UP, I RECALL THAT MAYOR MEI AND I WERE AMONG ALL THE VOLUNTEERS CLEANING 20:07:13 UP ALONG THE NILES BOULEVARD AND ACTUALLY INTERESTINGLY AT THE END OF 20:07:17 THAT MORNING, MAYOR MEI AND I WERE IN CHARGE OF THAT PART OF THE STREET. 20:07:27 I REMEMBER THERE WAS ANOTHER FAMILY OF YOUNG PARENTS ALSO JOINING US. 20:07:33 WE WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP ALL THE BROKEN GLASSES ALONG THE ROAD, AMONG 20:07:36 OTHER GARBAGE. AND YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW MUCH 20:07:37 GARBAGE WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED THAT MORNING. 20:07:45 I REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO CALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO COME UP AND PICK 20:07:48 UP THE BAGS OF GARBAGE WITH THEIR PICKUP TRUCK. 20:07:56 SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT PART OF THE NILES BOULEVARD WAS CERTAINLY UNDER 20:08:01 MAINTENANCE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PART 20:08:07 OF THE ROAD, NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO THE 20:08:11 SAME THING AGAIN FOR THE ANNUAL NILES CLEAN-UP. 20:08:23 SO I CAN FORESEE THAT CERTAINLY BY PRIVATIZING THIS PIECE OF LAND TO MAKE 20:08:28 IT A PRIVATE STREET WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE THE CONDITION MUCH BETTER. 20:08:33 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, AS I VOTED NO FOR THIS PROJECT, I FELT THAT THE 20:08:41 BENEFIT THIS PROJECT INCLUDING THE PART OF THE STREET IS STILL -- IT COULD BE 20:08:49 MORE TO THE -- YEAH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, SO FOR 20:08:56 EXAMPLE, WITH THE ACCESS AND THE OTHER TRAIL PLAN THAT WE HAVE, I WOULD LIKE 20:09:07 TO SEE MORE BEING SOLID, AND ENSURED THAT THE COMMUNITY OF NILES CAN REALLY 20:09:14 ENJOY BY USING THIS ACCESS TO THE CREEK AND THE TRAILS. 20:09:24 AND FOR THE $10,000 APPRAISAL AMOUNT, I CERTAINLY THINK IF WE ARE ABLE TO COME 20:09:31 UP WITH A BETTER PLAN WITH THE DEVELOPER SO THAT THE CITY CAN ASK FOR 20:09:39 MORE FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS ON THEIR BEHALF, SO THIS IS CERTAINLY WHAT I 20:09:51 WANT TO SEE FOR THIS ITEM. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:09:56 DO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPRAISER FIRST AND I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS 20:09:57 AFTERWARDS. IS HE READY TO GO? 20:09:59 WELCOME, TERRY. >> I AM HERE. 20:10:03 THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED ABOUT THE APPRAISAL, AND 20:10:07 I'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO LONG WITH THIS BUT ADDRESS THEM AS BEST AS I CAN, AS 20:10:13 QUICKLY AS I CAN. SO OUR COMPANY, WE APPRAISE PROPERTY 20:10:17 FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT CLIENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND I WORK 20:10:26 FOR BART AND VTA IN THE STATE OF C. AND WE WENT TO A LOT OF PUBLIC AGENCIES 20:10:31 AND DOING WHAT WE CALL RIGHT-OF-WAY APPRAISAL WORK, APPRAISING STREETS AND 20:10:34 RIGHT-OF-WAY PROPERTIES, SO FORTH, SOMEWHAT OF A SPECIALIZED NICHE IN OUR 20:10:37 INDUSTRY. AND WE DO A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF WORK. 20:10:46 IT'S VERY COMMON FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES TO REFER THEIR APPRAISERS OUT TO PRIVATE 20:10:51 PROPERTY OWNERS, TO HAVE PROPERTY EVALUATED SINCE THE PUBLIC AGENCY IS 20:10:56 AWARE OF THEIR HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE AND SO FORTH, SO THAT DOES HAPPEN 20:10:59 QUITE FREQUENTLY. I'VE BEEN APPRAISING FOR 40 YEARS IN 20:11:03 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LIVE AND WORK IN THE EAST BAY SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF 20:11:08 WORK THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CITY OF 20:11:14 FREMONT. I'M BELONG TO THE INTERNATIONAL 20:11:17 RIGHT-OF-WAY ASSOCIATION. SO OUR FIRM HAS THE QUALIFICATIONS AND 20:11:20 EXPERTISE, AND I DO AS WELL, TO APPRAISE THIS KIND OF PROPERTY. 20:11:26 YOU ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE VALUE IS ONLY $10,000. 20:11:28 THAT'S A VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTION TO ASK. 20:11:38 THE PROPERTY IS NOT BEING SOLD IN ITS ENTIRE INTEREST TO THE DEVELOPER. 20:11:48 IT'S BEING SOLD AND THE CITY IS MAINTAINING ITS PUBLIC INTEREST 20:11:51 RIGHTS. SO THE DEVELOPER IS NOT BUYING A FREE 20:11:54 AND CLEAR PIECE OF LAND. THEY CANNOT PUT BUILDINGS ON IT, SO 20:11:58 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ENCUMBRANCES ALREADY, SO THEY'RE REALLY BUYING 20:12:03 HIGHLY ENCUMBERED LAND THAT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A STREET 20:12:05 BASICALLY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY WHAT IT'S BEING USED FOR. 20:12:09 SO THEY REALLY GET NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM THIS LAND, AND THE CITY AND THE 20:12:13 PUBLIC REALLY ISN'T LOSING ANYTHING, THEY'RE MAINTAINING ALL OF THEIR 20:12:15 RIGHTS OF ACCESS WHICH THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. 20:12:23 IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO -- AND MAINTAIN THIS 20:12:26 STREET GOING FORWARD. THE LAST FIGURES I SAW, IT'S GOING TO 20:12:29 BE OVER $700,000 JUST TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STREET, AND THEN 20:12:36 THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT LONG TERM, WHICH WILL TAKE IT OFF OF THE CITY'S 20:12:39 EXPENSE SIDE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. SO THE DEVELOPER REALLY IS TAKING ON 20:12:44 QUITE A LIABILITY WITH THIS. IT DOES PROVIDE THEM SOME SORT OF 20:12:49 MARGINAL BENEFITS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, 20:12:54 BUT THE COST AND THE MAINTENANCE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GOING FORWARD. 20:12:58 THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T GET ANY ADDITIONAL UNITS FOR THAT LAND. 20:13:03 AND THE VALUE OF THE REAL ESTATE, THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS ASSOCIATED WITH 20:13:07 ITS USE, ITS UTILITY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. 20:13:13 CLEARLY IF THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO PUT A BUNCH OF HOUSES, THAT'S WORTH A 20:13:19 LOT MORE MONEY BUT IT GOING TO RAILROAD TRACK ON ONE SIDE, SO THE USE OF THIS 20:13:23 TO BUILD HOUSES ON IS NOT VERY VIABLE. AND THAT'S NOT THE PLAN, THAT'S NOT 20:13:27 THE INTENTION. THAT WOULD BE NOT ALLOWED ANYWAY 20:13:31 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE THESE INCOUPLE BRENSES AND VARIOUS THINGS 20:13:37 RUNNING ACROSS THE PROPERTY. SO LOOKING AT OUGHT THOSE FACTORS 20:13:41 WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, THIS LAND DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO 20:13:45 THE DEVELOP EARLY, SO REALLY NO ECONOMIC VALUE THERE. 20:13:55 SO LOOKING AT THIS, I CAME UP WITH WHAT I CONSIDER A NOMINAL VALUE. 20:13:59 THERE'S SOME VALUE BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE LAND IF SOMEBODY ELSE 20:14:01 COULDN'T BUY IT AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT. 20:14:07 -- HAVE YOUR ACCESS RIGHTS AS I IS A. THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING SOME PARKING 20:14:13 SPACES ALONG THE STREET, AND I THINK THERE'S 15 PARKING SPACES OF WHICH I 20:14:18 THINK 12 OR 13 OF THEM ARE BEING PUT IN FOR THE PUBLIC USE, TO PARK CARS, TO 20:14:21 BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TRAIL, SO AGAIN, THERE'S A PUBLIC BENEFIT THERE. 20:14:28 SO EVERYTHING -- THERE'S NOMINAL VALUE OF $10,000 FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FAIRLY 20:14:37 REASONABLE. >> Mr. Larsen: THANK YOU, TERRY. 20:14:40 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND THEN I'LL MAKE MY FINL COMMENTS 20:14:42 AND IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 20:14:46 SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WHEN THIS PLAN ORIGINALLY CAME, WE HAD LOOKED AT 20:14:51 SEVERAL DIFFERENT RENDITIONS OF PROPOSALS AT THIS LOCATION, AND AT 20:14:58 THIS ORIGINAL TIME, IT WAS VALLEY OAKS, WELL, THERE WERE I THINK SEVERAL 20:15:02 DEVELOPERS BEFORE VALLEY OAKS, DOUG RICH AND NOW IT'S LENNAR. 20:15:08 ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WAS DEVELOPING A LINEAR PARK DOWN THERE, IF I'M 20:15:11 CORRECT, HANS. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE STILL ON BUT 20:15:13 I'M SURE YOU ARE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 20:15:17 PROPOSALS, WAS A LINEAR PARK, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC HAD 20:15:22 ASKED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A LINEAR PARK THROUGH THERE TOO, SO 20:15:26 WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMPLETE TRAILS PLAN THIS EVENING ALONG WITH OUR PARKS 20:15:28 DISCUSSION, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS. 20:15:31 I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO HAVE SAFE ACCESS. 20:15:41 I HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BACK THERE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF 20:15:48 THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, TO HAVE ABILITY FOR INGRESS OR EGRESS, BUT THAT WOULD 20:15:52 BE THE ONLY MAJOR CONCERN I HAD THERE. SO, THEREFORE, I HAVE BEEN ON THIS 20:15:56 PIECE OF LAND MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, WALKING AND DRIVING AND PARKING OVER 20:16:04 THERE FOR THE YEARS -- BUT IN PARTICULAR, I DO CONCUR WITH 20:16:09 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, WHEN WE PARTICIPATED IN THE NAN YOU'LL NILES 20:16:13 TALENT CLEAN-UP, THERE IS SOMETHING UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS JUST COVERED IN 20:16:15 GLASS AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NOT AS POSITIVE THERE. 20:16:20 IT IS SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE OF IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF THE BEATEN PATH, THAT 20:16:25 HAS BEEN USED SOMETIMES IN NOT THE MOST BENEFICIAL PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THIS 20:16:31 TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN IT UP AND CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD 20:16:37 BE OPEN -- DIFFERENCE OF A 4-FOOT TRAIL VERSUS A 5-FOOT TRAIL, IF THAT 20:16:41 WAS A HUGE ISSUE, A DIFFERENCE OF A FOOT I DON'T THINK SHOULD MAKE A 20:16:44 DIFFERENCE. WE CAN ALWAYS ASK THE DEVELOPER AND IF 20:16:48 THERE'S ENOUGH WILL ON THE COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG 20:16:51 ASK. BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANT PEOPLE TO 20:16:53 BE SAFE AND TO BE -- I MEAN, THE OTHER THING I COULD THINK OF BACK THERE 20:16:57 PROBABLY RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT AS MUCH LIGHTING, AND SO THAT WOULD BE 20:17:02 SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALSO SAY TO HAVE IT WELL LIT SO THAT IT'S A SAFE 20:17:04 TRAIL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER 20:17:08 COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED ACTUALLY, 20:17:11 SO I'LL TURN IT BACK. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 20:17:14 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR MAKE A COMMENT? 20:17:16 >> Councilmember Salwan: SURE, MADAME MAYOR. 20:17:21 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THIS 20:17:25 LAND. IT WILL ALLOW US TO UTILIZE THIS LAND, 20:17:28 UPGRADE IT, MAINTAIN SAFETY, AND HAVE A PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR IT. 20:17:34 AND THE REASON I SUPPORT IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR ANYTHING, 20:17:38 BECAUSE THE REASON I SUPPORT IT IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THE 20:17:41 LAND, AND THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THIS LAND, AND THEN THIS PROJECT IS THE 20:17:47 BEST PROJECT WE HAVE FOR THIS PARCEL. A BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE 20:17:49 BUSH. WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S READY TO GO 20:17:53 THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO IMPROVE THIS PROPERTY, WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER, AND 20:17:57 I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING. AND I HAVE ALWAYS FILED A FULL 20:18:06 DISCLOSURES, TRANSPARENT, NEVER HAVE HAD ANY VIOLATIONS AND ALWAYS 20:18:07 DISCLOSED ANY FUNDS THAT I HAVE EVER RECEIVED. 20:18:13 AND SO I THINK TO QUESTION SOMEONE'S MOTIVE FOR HOW THEY VOTE, I THINK 20:18:16 THAT'S GOING A LITTLE FAR. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN BUY ANY ONE 20:18:19 OF OUR VOTES. AND IF SOMEBODY FEELS THAT THEIR VOTE 20:18:22 CAN BE BOUGHT, THEN THEY SHOULD NOT BE ON CITY COUNCIL. 20:18:30 SO I FOR ONE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE BEST PROJECT AT THE BEST SITE, AND WE DID 20:18:33 IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST THING FOR THE 20:18:35 CITY. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO 20:18:36 APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU. 20:18:38 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. 20:18:41 AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 20:18:48 THANK YOU. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 20:18:53 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 20:18:59 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, NO. 20:19:06 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 20:19:14 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 20:19:19 I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT, IS THAT DURING THE DIFFERENT 20:19:22 VERSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN, I THINK THE HOUSING UNITS PROPOSED AT ONE POINT 20:19:24 WERE UP TO 200 UNITS AND NOW THIS IS 75. 20:19:29 I ALSO THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN TRY TO 20:19:33 REVITALIZE OUR DISTRICTS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS AND HAVING 20:19:35 STOREFRONTS AND HAVING PEOPLE THAT CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. 20:19:40 I THINK HAVING SEEN THIS AREA AS UNFORTUNATELY GONE THROUGH MANY STAGES 20:19:47 UNFORTUNATELY NOW SOME BLIGHT THERE, WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT, 20:19:50 ONE, WE'RE MEETING OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN A WAY THAT WILL BENEFIT 20:19:55 OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP TO DRIVE MORE BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO 20:19:59 CREATE THAT SENSE OF COHESION AND HAVING THAT TRAIL DISCUSSION WHICH 20:20:04 WILL CONTINUE SHORTLY, IT IS 8:20 AND I APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A 20:20:07 STENOCAPTIONER AND EVERY HOUR AND A HALF, I NEED TO GIVE THEM A BREAK, AND 20:20:12 I HAVE A FEELING THAT SOME OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS WILL GO MORE THAN 10 20:20:17 MINUTES SO THEREFORE I'M GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 10-MINUTE BREAK, RETURNING AT 20:20:20 8:30. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE 20:20:24 WHO ARE ON TO PLEASE MUTE AND TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO UNTIL WE RETURN. 20:20:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT 20:20:55 8:30. 20:20:55 20:20:55 20:28:24 [ Recess ] 20:29:46 [ Recess ] >> Mayor Mei: Hello I'll give 20:29:49 us a minute while we all return. Welcome back from our break. 20:30:41 NEXT IS OUR 7A, UPDATE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER 20:30:49 PLAN. WE HAVE NEELAY BHAZT OF PROS 20:30:53 CONSULTING. >> I'M SUZANNE WOLF COMMUNITY 20:30:56 SERVICES DIRECTOR AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU 20:30:59 THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH OUR MASTER PLAN WE 20:31:03 WILL BE GIVING A FOCUS ON OUR PRIORITY RATINGS OF OUR 20:31:06 STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY WITH HOW THAT IMPACTS WITH OUR 20:31:12 UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAMPLING OF THE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT DATA 20:31:16 OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND EQUITY PLANNING SERVICE WITH YOU THIS 20:31:20 EVENING. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE 20:31:26 NEELAY BHATT HERE TO PROVIDE THE DRAFT UPDATES TO YOU. 20:31:30 NEELAY. >> THANK YOU SUZANNE AND GOOD 20:31:33 EVENING EVERYBODY. CAN IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU 20:31:40 IS AGAIN AS WELL. AND I KNOW WE SHARED SOME OF THE 20:31:43 FINDINGS FROM THE PLAN LAST TIME AS WELL SO I'M GOING TO GO 20:31:46 STRAIGHT INTO IT HERE. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE 20:31:51 THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WAS ASSESS KIM AND HER TEAM AND 20:31:56 SUZANNE AND HER TEAM AS WELL, PROGRAM, RECREATION ASPECT AND A 20:32:00 VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CORE PROGRAM AREAS WERE LOOKED AT FOR 20:32:03 EVERYTHING FROM THE EIGHT SEGMENTS THEY SERVE TO THE 20:32:07 CLASSIFICATION AND LIFE CYCLES THEY'RE IN AS WELL AS HOW WE 20:32:10 MARKET, PROMOTE, GET VOLUNTEERS AND MEASURE THE PROGRAMS. 20:32:14 AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE IN THE ACTUAL REPORT. 20:32:18 THEY WERE DRIVEN BY WHAT SUZANNE JUST REFERENCED, PRIORITY 20:32:24 INVESTMENT RATINGS FOR PROGRAM AREAS PARTICULARLY, AND THE 20:32:26 SURVEY CALCULATES THIS BASED ON THIS COMBINATION OF WHAT IS 20:32:34 IMPORTANT DO YOUR COMMUNITY, AND FROM THAT, WHAT IS AN UNMET 20:32:36 NEED. WHAT YOU SEE THEY VERY TOP IN 20:32:38 RED ARE THINGS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. 20:32:42 THESE ARE THE HIGH LEVEL UNMET NEEDS AND IMPORTANCE 20:32:44 COMBINATIONS. IT IS FAIRLY STANDARD, IN MOST 20:32:47 COMMUNITIES WE'LL SEE SOME COMBINATION OF SPECIAL EVENTS, 20:32:52 ADULT AND SENIOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS AND/OR EXERCISES BEING 20:32:55 CONSISTENT BEHIND. THE HISTORIC PARK PROGRAMS, 20:32:59 GIVEN THE NUMBER OF HISTORIC PARKS YOU HAVE AS WELL AS HOW DO 20:33:03 YOU PROMOTE THAT, AND THE CULTURAL PROGRAMS GIVEN RICH 20:33:05 DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ONES I WOULD EXPECT TO ALSO BE 20:33:10 HIGH IN THIS CASE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY EMPIRICAL DATA 20:33:14 SO THIS IS THE ONLY COMPONENT OF THE REPORT I WOULD SAY IS IN 20:33:17 ESSENTIALLY FINAL FORMAT. EVERYTHING ELSE AS SUZANNE SAID 20:33:20 IS DRAFT AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THE STAFF LOOKING 20:33:22 TO GET FEEDBACK AND ITERATE AS WE GO. 20:33:27 SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE BENCHMARK AND A COMPARISON AS 20:33:31 WELL. OBVIOUSLY, RECOGNIZING YOUR 20:33:34 STATUS AS A GENERAL LAW CITY AND ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR ASPIRATIONS 20:33:43 AS A NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL AND A NATIONALLY CROORD AGENCY AS 20:33:48 WELL, OTHERS SUCH AS RECREATION IN INDIANA AND NOR SPHOAK IN 20:33:53 VIRGINIA WHO ARE NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL WINNERS OR FINALISTS WHICH 20:33:57 WE COUNTED AS PEER AGENCIES. WE CREATED THE BENCHMARK 20:34:00 TEMPLATES. THE QUESTIONS THAT WENT IN 20:34:01 THERE. STAFF REACHED OUT TO THE 20:34:04 CALIFORNIA AGENCIES AND THE INFORMATION WE GOT FROM THEM IS 20:34:11 ESSENTIALLY AS WE GOT, RIGHT? ANY BENCHMARK, ANY TIME WE DO IS 20:34:15 ALWAYS PART ART, PART SCIENCE BECAUSE EVERY AGENCY MAY 20:34:16 CALCULATE DATA SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. 20:34:20 BUT THE OVERARCHING THEMES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS 20:34:24 CASE IS JUST AS A COMBINATION OF OVERALL PARK ACREAGES AND SITES 20:34:27 BASED ON THE POPULATION, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS, 20:34:32 THE NATIONAL NUMBERS ARE NOT VERY TYPICAL WHEN IT COMES TO 20:34:34 CALIFORNIA. IN THE MIDWEST, 15 ACRES PER 20:34:39 THOUSAND IS VERY COMMON. IN CALIFORNIA WE TRY TO GET A 20:34:43 QUIMBY WITH OVER FIVE ACRES WHICH IS SORT OF WHERE WE ARE IN 20:34:46 THIS CASE. OPERATING EXPENSES AS WELL, THIS 20:34:50 AGAIN IS ONLY LOOKING AT COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT 20:34:52 SPENDING NOT THE HUMAN SERVICES SIDE. 20:34:56 THAT COVERS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY. 20:34:59 WHEREAS FOR ALL THE OTHERS THEY ALSO HAVE ALL THE OFFERINGS 20:35:03 TOWARDS THE AGE WELL OF THE SENIOR CENTER AND SENIOR 20:35:06 PROGRAMMINGS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL EXPENSES. 20:35:10 JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, YOUR 20:35:16 TEAM DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB FOCUSING ON COST RECOVERY AND 20:35:18 MAXIMIZING WHAT THEY CAN DO AS WE CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE 20:35:23 AS WELL. THE REASON A COUPLE OF THESE 20:35:31 COUPLE COSUMNES AREA AROUND SACRAMENTO, ARE DOING 20:35:36 PARTICULARLY WELL BECAUSE THEY HAVE LARGE RECREATION CENTERS 20:35:41 AND A WATER PARK WHICH OFTEN LEAD TO A MUCH HIGHER NONTAX 20:35:45 GENERATION AS WELL. IF I DON'T ADD THOSE, FREMONT 20:35:48 AND WHAT YOUR DEAM DOES IS AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST AND AS WHAT 20:35:53 YOU CAN SEE MORE THAN TWICE WHAT THE NATIONAL MEDIAN IS IN THIS 20:35:56 CASE. JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE CAPITAL 20:35:59 EXPENSES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THE AVERAGE SPENDING 20:36:09 AS WELL, SANTA CLARITA HAD A BOND RECENTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY 20:36:13 HIGHER IN THIS CASE AND FROM A PROGRAM PARTICIPATION STANDPOINT 20:36:17 THIS IS WHERE THERE IS ROOM TO GROW IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF 20:36:19 UNIQUE PARTICIPATIONS PER RESIDENT OF FREMONT. 20:36:26 BUT PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THE LACK OF INDOOR SPACES THAT CAN 20:36:30 ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE USES. YOU DO HAVE A NUMBER OF 20:36:33 SMALLER -- HAVE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS BUT THEY ARE TYPICALLY 20:36:38 SMALLER IN SIZE. AND THAT RESULTS TO SOME DEGREE 20:36:44 IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATIONS. 20:36:51 THIS IS WHERE I MENTION THE, JUST TRACKS UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS. 20:36:58 SO THEIR NUMBER IS 6400 PARTICIPANTS THAT GET THE 20:37:01 PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM BUT IF I GO TO THE REC CENTER 16 20:37:05 TIMES A YEAR, THEY STILT COUNT THAT AS ONCE AND NOT 16 TIMES 20:37:08 WHICH IS WHY THEIR NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER HERE. 20:37:12 AND THIS SORT OF CORROBORATES WHO I TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF 20:37:14 INDOOR RECREATION SQUARE FOOTAGE. 20:37:19 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS YOU KNOW COMMUNITY BUILDINGS, 20:37:23 RECREATION BUILDINGS, ET CETERA, AS WELL BUT THE OVERALL TOTAL 20:37:31 SQUARE FOOTAGE IS LESS THAN HALF A SQUARE FOOT PER PERSON. 20:37:39 BEST PRACTICES NATIONALLY EVEN ACCOUNTING FOR WEATHER AND ALL 20:37:44 THE REST TOO, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE CLOSE TO 1.5 SQUARE FOOT PER 20:37:52 PERSON OR HIGHER IS WHERE A NUMBER OF THESE BEST PRACTICES 20:37:54 AGENCIES WOULD BE AS WELL. THIS IS WHERE DID SECOND ASPECT 20:37:57 OF PRIORITY INVESTMENT RATINGS COMES IN. 20:38:00 WHERE WE LOOK AT THE SAME QUESTION BUT NOW FOR FACILITY 20:38:03 AND AMENITIES. SO THIS ENTIRE LIST WAS PROVIDED 20:38:13 TO W SURVEY RESPONDENTS, DO YOU HAVE A NEED, YES OR NO IS YOUR 20:38:17 NEED BEING MET? ANYTHING AT 50% OR LESS IS AN 20:38:19 UNMET NEED AND WE ASK FOR IMPORTANCE AND BASED ON THAT 20:38:23 WHAT YOU CAN SEE WHICH AA LOT OF THIS TRANSVERY SIMILAR TO WHAT 20:38:29 THIS TRACKS VERY SIMILAR, IN THE 20:38:33 COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL, HOW MUCH YOUR COMMUNITY TRAILS AND 20:38:38 CONNECT CANNISTS, ANOTHER TRAILS PLAN IS COMING UP IT IS A GOOD 20:38:44 SEGUE, AND ALSO SMALL AND LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AS WELL AS 20:38:48 RESTROOMS. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE FOCUS ON 20:38:53 RESTROOMS, SHADE STRUCTURES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. 20:38:58 IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TOP SEVEN OR EIGHT, THAT IS REALLY THE LARGE 20:39:00 GIST START TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY. 20:39:05 SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED PARKS, AMENITY SUCH AS SHARED AND 20:39:09 RESTROOMS AND THERE IS BALANCE BETWEEN OPEN SPACE AND 20:39:12 CONSERVATION AREAS VERSUS YEAR ROUND RECREATION AS WELL. 20:39:16 SO WITH THAT IN MIND THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE TRAILS 20:39:20 COMPONENTS HERE ARE 25 DIFFERENT TRAIL CORRIDORS WERE ALSO 20:39:23 ASSESSED AS A PART OF THIS IN THE TRAILS PLAN AND THEY WILL BE 20:39:25 SHARING MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU. 20:39:27 AS YOU SEE THE TRAILS PLAN GO FORWARD. 20:39:31 BUT THAT LED US TO CRAFTING THE INVENTORY. 20:39:34 AND THIS IS VERY, VERY A WORK IN PROGRESS AS WE GO THROUGH. 20:39:38 BUT THE IDEA WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GROWN SO MUCH IN THE LAST 20:39:43 PLAN, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ALL THIS SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE 20:39:46 INVENTORY CAPTURED IN ONE PLACE. SO A TEAM ACTUALLY WENT TO EVERY 20:39:48 PARK. YOU KNOW WORKING WITH THE 20:39:52 COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF AS WELL, DO LOOK AT WHAT DOES THE 20:39:55 CITY PROVIDE, BUT ALSO, WHAT DOES YOUR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS 20:39:58 TO BEYOND THE CITY? SO WE LOOK AT OHLONE COLLEGE, WE 20:40:03 LOOK AT OTHER NON-CITY OWNED OFFERINGS, WE LOOK AT EAST BAY 20:40:07 BECAUSE, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO BE ALL THINGS TO ALL 20:40:09 PEOPLE. THE IDEA IS AS LONG AS THERE IS 20:40:12 ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR A VARIETY OF OFFERINGS THEN THAT'S 20:40:17 WHERE THE CITY CAN COMPLEMENT THEM AND NOT DUPLICATE 20:40:19 RESOURCES. SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN CAPTURE ALL 20:40:23 THE INVENTORY THAT'S PROVIDED ACROSS MULTIPLE PROVIDERS. 20:40:26 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PARK TYPES. 20:40:30 SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOKED AT CREATING CONSISTENCY, IN THIS AS 20:40:36 WELL, COMBINING NEIGHBORHOOD MINI CIVIC HISTORIC NEAR PARKS 20:40:42 IN THE NAKED, COMMUNITY PARKS, CENTRAL PARK IS REALLY A 20:40:45 DESTINATION PARK REALLY, AND YOU HAVE EAST BAY AND REGIONAL PARK 20:40:48 SPACES AND ALL ARE AMENITIES THAT WE BUILD IN AS WELL TO 20:40:53 CAPTURE WHAT YOU HAVE, WITH THEN THE INDOOR AMENITIES AS WELL. 20:41:01 SO THE WAYBILL THIS DATA IS UP THE WAY WE ARE FINALIZING, YOU 20:41:04 HAVE A CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE BASED ON THE COMMUNITY RESULTS 20:41:09 AND THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED ONCE AND THAT 20:41:12 THEN TELLS US GOING FORWARD WHERE YOU DO MEET THE STANDARDS, 20:41:14 OR WHERE NEEDS EXIST FOR THE FUTURE. 20:41:17 SO THIS GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF QUANTITY. 20:41:21 BUT IT DOESN'T TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LOCATION AS 20:41:23 WELL. SO THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY. 20:41:28 THE NEXT PIECE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GIS BASED MAPPING TO SHOW YOU 20:41:31 PERHAPS WHERE THOSE GAPS MIGHT BE. 20:41:34 SO THE MAPS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS WE SPEAK. 20:41:36 BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE SNEAK PEEK. 20:41:41 SO THIS IS HOT OFF THE PRESS. TONAL STAFF HAS GOT AN CHANCE TO 20:41:44 SEE THIS. SO FOR ALL OF YOUR EYES ONLY 20:41:47 THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAPS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW YOU 20:41:51 FIRST TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHERE ARE OUR DIFFERENT -- SO THIS IS 20:41:54 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THE WAY I SEE THESE MAPS, IF YOU 20:41:57 LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S THE LEGEND. 20:41:59 EVERYTHING IN GREEN IS CITY OF FREMONT. 20:42:01 THE OTHERS ARE NONCITY OWNED SITES. 20:42:06 IN SOME OTHER MAPS WE HAVE THE OHLONE COLLEGE ONES OR EAST BAY 20:42:10 PARKS WHETHER WE DO THE REGIONAL PARK MAPS, DID DOT IN THE CENTER 20:42:12 IS THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE PARK. 20:42:17 AND THIS IS BASED ON POPULATION, GIVEN THE POPULATION DENSITIES, 20:42:21 SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS STANDARD OF .7 ACRES PER 20:42:24 THOUSAND. SO IF YOU HAD A PARK THAT WAS .7 20:42:29 ACRES IN SIZE, THIS RING WOULD ESSENTIALLY GO ON A CONCENTRIC 20:42:33 CIRCLE UNTIL IT CAPTURES EXACTLY 1,000 PEOPLE, RIGHT? 20:42:37 SO IF LARGER THE PARK OR THE MORE DENSER THE POPULATION, THE 20:42:41 SMALLER THE RING IS GOING TO BE OR LARGER DEPENDING ON PARK SIZE 20:42:45 AND ALL THE REST, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HOW ALL OF THESE ARE 20:42:47 BUILT. NOW AT FIRST GLANCE THIS MAY 20:42:51 SEEM LIKE THERE REALLY AREN'T MANY GAPS. 20:42:55 BUT AS YOU LOOK IN CLOSER, LOOK RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN 20:43:00 AS WELL AAND YOU'LL START SEEING SOME GAPS . 20:43:03 AS I LOOK CLOSER TO IRVINGTON PLAZA AND JUST EAST HERE AS WELL 20:43:05 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MORE GAPS AS WELL. 20:43:10 AND PART OF THE PART HERE IS WE WANT TO BALANCE THIS EQUITY WITH 20:43:14 ALSO THE TEN-MINUTE WALK. I KNOW YOU ARE ONE OF THE VERY 20:43:19 FIRST CITIES TO SIGN ON TO THE TEN-MINUTE WALK PLEDGE WHICH IS 20:43:22 PHENOMENAL AND I'VE USED YOUR EXAMPLE IN MANY PLACES AS WELL. 20:43:24 SO THAT'S GREAT. AND SO WE WANT TO BALANCE THIS 20:43:29 IN TERMS OF SHOWING BASED ON DENSITY OF POPULATION, WHERE THE 20:43:33 PARKS COVERAGES ARE, WITH ALSO WHAT KIND OF ACCESS DO PEOPLE 20:43:37 HAVE. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF 20:43:39 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, HERE IS ANOTHER FOR COMMUNITY PARKS. 20:43:43 AS CAN YOU IMAGINE IN SOME CASES WHAT MIGHT BE A NEIGHBORHOOD 20:43:46 PARK FOR SOME BECOMES A COMMUNITY PARK FOR THE OTHER AS 20:43:57 WELL OR VICE VERSA DEPENDING ON WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT LIVE. 20:44:03 THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON A SOMEWHAT LONGER STAY. 20:44:07 MAPS THEMSELVES, I WON'T TELL YOU YOU'RE UNDERSERVED FOR 20:44:10 PICKLE BALL COURTS. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST 20:44:12 GREG SPORTS WE SEE IN THE CURRENT. 20:44:17 SO JUST LOOK AT HOW YOU SEE BALANCING SOME OF THESE IN TERMS 20:44:21 OF GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, A PICKLE BALL FOR DOG PARKS AS 20:44:24 WELL, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DOG PARKS AND JUST 20:44:26 PETS IN GENERAL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 20:44:30 WHAT DOES THAT TRANSLATES TO? AND THEN INDOOR COMMUNITY AND 20:44:34 RECREATION BUILDINGS. AGAIN, THIS ALSO INCLUDES AGE 20:44:37 WELL CENTERS, I HAVE MARKED THEM WITH DIFFERENT COLORS AS YOU CAN 20:44:40 SEE. BECAUSE WHILE THEY ARE INDOOR 20:44:44 REC FACILITIES AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, IT SERVES ONLY A SELECT 20:44:48 PORTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND NOT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 20:44:52 SO WANTED TO SHOW ALL OF THESE HERE, WE'LL HAVE EVERY SINGLE 20:44:56 AMENITY AND THE MAPS DONE. BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING 20:45:00 TO LOOK LIKE AND THIS WILL ULTIMATELY HELP STAFF RECOMMEND 20:45:12 FUTURE R ACQUISITIONS, EQUITY OF ACCESS FROM IT COMES TO 20:45:15 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, ALSO A TEN MINUTE WALK WHEN WITH IT COMES 20:45:18 TO AMENITIES IN GENERAL, EQUITABLE ACCESS THROUGHOUT CITY 20:45:23 AS WELL. SO THAT LEADS US TO SORT OF THE 20:45:26 FINAL STEPS HERE BASED ON ALL OF THIS. 20:45:29 AND THE ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SITES, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 20:45:32 PLAN AND THE FINANCIAL AND FUNDING STRATEGIES WILL BE 20:45:35 DEVELOPED USING ALL OF THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THE STAFF TO 20:45:41 CREATE THE THE DRAFT OF THE VISION, MISSION, VALUES AND BIG 20:45:43 MOVES AND ACTION APALESTINE. WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU THE 20:45:47 COMMISSIONS AND THE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK, GET 20:45:53 COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL AND UPON APPROVAL, THAT SEARNTION BECOMES 20:45:57 A FINAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU WILL ADOPT AS WELL AND THAT BECOMES 20:45:58 YOUR LIVING BREETDING MASTER PLAN. 20:46:03 I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE. I KNOW I'VE SHARED A LOT IN 20:46:06 ABOUT TEN OR 12 MINUTES AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS, 20:46:08 COMMENTS, FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 20:46:12 >> Mayor Mei: WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN FIRST WITH QUESTIONS FROM 20:46:16 THE COUNCIL, FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP 20:46:20 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. SO OQUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER 20:46:23 KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK 20:46:26 YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR -- TO OUR TEAM AND OUR 20:46:30 CONSULTING FIRM. I REALLY AM REALLY GLAD THAT WE 20:46:34 GOT THE FUND TO CONDUCT THIS MASTER PLAN STUDY AND SURVEY 20:46:39 REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS 20:46:44 PARTICIPATED REALLY WELL. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE 20:46:47 IN A COUPLE OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 20:46:50 AND PEOPLE WERE VERY ENGAGING. SO IT WAS GOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, 20:46:56 WE HAD OUR OUTREACH AND PEOPLE ARE LETTING US KNOW WHAT THEY 20:47:03 WANT, THEIR INPUT. SO I DO WANT TO SHARE ONE 20:47:06 THOUGHT. WE DID FROM THIS CAN STUDY THAT 20:47:11 WE DO SEE THIS LACK OF INDOOR SPACES FOR -- OF COMMUNITY 20:47:15 CENTER. SO FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE 20:47:19 BEEN, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS WITHOUT AN INDOOR COMMUNITY 20:47:23 CENTER. AND YOU KNOW WITHOUT THAT, THERE 20:47:34 IS NO VENUE TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD COMMUNITY EVENTS, WELLNESS 20:47:36 PROGRAMS. I DO SEE THAT THE NEED WAS 20:47:39 VERIFIED HERE, IT SAYS NEED EXISTS, RIGHT? 20:47:44 AND SO THEN LIKE NORTH OF DECOTO, AND THEN ALSO SHOWED 20:47:51 THAT IT IS ON THE TOP, THE NUMBER 1 FOR THE MEDIUM 20:47:54 PRIORITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO -- I KNOW 20:47:57 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD FOR THE CITY TO ESPECIALLY WHEN WE 20:48:05 HAVE A NEW CENTER, IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE LIKE THE -- 20:48:08 ARRANGE NEW MANAGEMENT AND ALL THAT STUFF. 20:48:10 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE 20:48:16 NOT -- WE HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY, I KNOW FUNDING AS WELL BUT THIS 20:48:20 NEED DOES EXIST AND MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR 20:48:23 AND MANY I THINK, YOU KNOW, COUPLE DECADES BACK YOU KNOW 20:48:28 THEY WERE KIND OF PROMISED A SENIOR CENTER AND IT KIND OF WE 20:48:32 NEVER GOT THE FUNDING FOR IT. BUT I JUST WANTED DO ASK IF WE 20:48:40 HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LIKE WHAT'S THE TIME LINE WE'RE LOOKING AT 20:48:45 TO GET TO THE SECOND PHASE OF 20:48:47 THE PRIORITY LIST. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 20:48:51 IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS HERE FOR US AS WE LOOK AT THE VISION 20:48:55 AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, TYPICALLY IN SYSTEM WIDE MASTER 20:48:59 PLANS, WE WOULD NOT MAKE A SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION. 20:49:02 BUT WE WILL IDENTIFY GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE AS YOU SAW BY 20:49:11 AMENITY TYPES. IF IT'S A CAPITAL INTENSIVE 20:49:15 PROJECT LIKE A PARK OR A CAN FACILITY, OUR RECOMMENDATION 20:49:22 WOULD BE TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY, IF THIS MAKES SENSE THEN 20:49:25 YES, WHAT DOES THE FACE LOOK LIKE, WHO CAN YOU PARTNER WITH, 20:49:29 WHAT MIGHT BE THE CAPITAL COST AND THEN BASED ON THE PROGRAMS 20:49:33 AND THE DESIGN WHAT ARE YOUR OPERATINGS AND MAINTENANCE COST, 20:49:38 STAFFING SO ON AND SO FORTH AS A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION. 20:49:41 SO YOU AS COUNCIL ARE GOING IN AWARE OF NOT JUST THE COST TO 20:49:43 BUILD BUT THEN THE COST TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AS WELL FOR 20:49:45 THE LONG TERM. SO THAT IN TERMS OF THE 20:49:49 PRIORITIES THAT'S HOW WE WOULD TYPICALLY CAN GO BY 20:50:01 RECOMMENDING. >> Councilmember Keng: ALL 20:50:04 RIGHT THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: CLARIFYING 20:50:11 QUESTION, V VICE MAYOR SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: I JUST 20:50:14 HAVE A CLARIFICATION, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARK 20:50:18 LAND AND THE GRAZING LAND? PART OF THE MISSION PEAK AREA 20:50:23 WOULD BE REGARDED AS PARK LAND THEN, SO PER CAPITA FREMONT 20:50:26 WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE THAN REPORTED. 20:50:32 >> DOES ANYONE WANT TO TAKE THAT? 20:50:41 >> YES, SO THE PARK LAND PER CAPITA IS BASED ON OUR CURRENT 20:50:48 PARK LAND THIS WE HAVE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TODAY. 20:50:54 AND SO UNDEVELOPED LANDS DO NOT -- DO NOT COUNT IN OUR PARK 20:50:56 LAND STANDARDS. AND OUR PARTNERS AND THEIR 20:50:59 PARTNER AGENCIES WE DO NOT COUNT THEIR LANDS EITHER AT THIS TIME. 20:51:02 SO THAT WOULD BE A DECISION IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THAT POLICY OR 20:51:06 PRACTICE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. 20:51:13 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:51:16 ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TURN TO THE PUBLIC 20:51:21 PUBLIC? AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE 20:51:23 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND I BEGIN WITH CHRIS. 20:51:35 WELCOME. >> I HAVE A QUESTION SIR ABOUT 20:51:38 HOW YOU'VE GONE ABOUT THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT 20:51:42 WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO USE PARKS FOR BUT I FEEL THAT WE'VE FAILED 20:51:45 TO LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE CURRENTLY USE PARKS FOR. 20:51:51 HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO USE PARKS FOR AT 20:51:54 DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE DAY? DID YOU VISIT PARKS? 20:51:58 DID YOU COLLECT DATA? PEOPLE AT PARKS DIFFERENT TIMES 20:52:02 OF THE DAY? BECAUSE I TEND TO SEE, 20:52:09 ESPECIALLY DURING COVID'S PARKS SEEM TO BECOME A LOT MORE OF A 20:52:12 PARKING LOT THAN AN ACTUAL PARK TO USE AND I DON'T THINK THAT 20:52:17 HAS GONE AWAY. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU 20:52:20 COLLECTED DATA BY SITTING OUT AND LOOKING AT HOW PARKS ARE 20:52:25 ACTUALLY USED VERSUS THE GOAL OOF USING THEM. 20:52:30 SO YOU CAN MEET PEOPLE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY'RE AT AND START DOING 20:52:32 THAT SOONER THAN LATER. THANK YOU. 20:52:37 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS LIZ AIMES OF 20:52:43 BART. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND 20:52:46 COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M YOUR BART DIRECTOR, LIZ AIMES. 20:52:51 SO I THINK PARKS AND RECREATION ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMIC 20:52:55 VIABILITY OF ANY CITY. IT'S OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS AN 20:53:02 AFTERTHOUGHT O. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT 20:53:04 OPPORTUNITY FOR FREMONT TO INTEGRATE PARKS INTO THE 20:53:07 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING RELATED TO BART STATIONS, 20:53:10 RELATED TO DOWNTOWN, AS I'D SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT THE 20:53:15 IMPORTANCE OF TRAILS, LINKING PARKS TO JOBS OR PARKS TO 20:53:22 DOWNTOWN. I THINK RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON 20:53:24 POTENTIALLY THESE INDOOR FACILITIES WHICH OBVIOUSLY LOOK 20:53:31 IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE TOP-RATED NEEDS ARE REALLY 20:53:37 HISTORICAL AND PARK PROGRAMS, OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION. 20:53:43 AND I WOULD POINT TO A PARK OVER BY ISHERWOOD JUDICIARY, THE 20:53:48 PETERSON FARMHOUSE ON RAMIREZ FARM IN UNION CITY, BORDERS 20:53:55 FREMONT AND IT'S A HISTORICAL AREA, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL 20:53:56 ALAMEDA CREEK PASSES THROUGH THERE. 20:54:05 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE SAID THAT COULD BE AN 20:54:09 AREA TO ESTABLISH THE STEEL HEAD TROUT SO IT COULD BE HABITAT FOR 20:54:12 THAT AREA. SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD CONSIDER 20:54:15 CONSERVATION A TOP PRIORITY AS WELL GIVEN CLIMATE CHANGE. 20:54:17 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:54:26 NEXT SPEAKER IS SARESH. >> HI, SO I HEARD SUZANNE WOLF 20:54:29 MADE THE COMMENT THAT MISSION PEAK LAND IS CONSIDERED GRAZING 20:54:36 LAND AND NOT PARK LAND. AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, 20:54:41 WHEN DID THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M ASSUMING IT'S SOME PRIOR CITY 20:54:47 COUNCIL, MADE THIS DECISION. WHO IS IT DECLARED THE FREMONT 20:54:54 CITY-OWNED MISSION PEAK LAND TO BE NOT PARK LAND, SEEMS RATHER 20:55:03 WEIRD DISTINCTION. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS 20:55:10 MR. BHATT SAIDINGING LAKE ELIZABETH IS CONSIDERED 20:55:14 WATERFRONT PARK ALL ITS AMENITIES, WOULD THE EAST BAY 20:55:20 PARK AND THERE ARE SEVERAL M OF THEM AROUND FREMONT ARE THEY 20:55:23 ALSO CONSIDERED DESTINATION PARK OR ARE THEY NOT PART OF THE 20:55:26 STUDY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELONG TO CITY OF FREMONT? 20:55:29 AND IF THEY ARE CONSIDERED DESTINATION PARK OR THEY SHOULD 20:55:32 BE, SHOULDN'T THEY ALSO HAVE PROVIDED THE PARKING AND 20:55:37 RESTROOM FACILITIES SIMILAR TO WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR LAKE 20:55:38 ELIZABETH VISITORS? THANK YOU. 20:55:46 >> Mayor Mei: MR. ARUGI, WELCOME, WILLIAM. 20:56:00 >> THANK YOU, WILLIAM UREGI, MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY. 20:56:05 ACCESS TO PARKS AND THE CREATION OF MULTIUSE TRAILS IS A FOCUS OF 20:56:09 OURS. THE ONLY CONCERN AND THIS IS A 20:56:16 SMALL ONE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SANTA CLARITA, THEY HAVE 20:56:19 DLEAN,000 ACRES THEY MANAGE IN THEIR PARKS AND RECREATION 20:56:23 DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE FAR LESS. THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS 20:56:36 OF CITY SIZE EVEN THOUGH SANTA CLAIRETA HAS MORE UNDER THE 20:56:39 PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR 20:56:42 RECREATIONAL ACCESS INCLUDING THE 72nd HILLS OF MISSION 20:56:49 FOOTHILLS OF MISSION PEAK. FUTURE OPEN SPACE SO AGAIN WE 20:56:52 SUPPORT THE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 20:56:59 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, NEXT 20:57:07 IS STEVE SCALA. >> YES, THANK YOU. 20:57:11 SO MR. BHATT, LAST WEEK FOR THE RECREATION COMMISSION I HEARD 20:57:15 YOU MAKE COMMENTS IS THAT TRENDS IN RECREATION IS THAT WHEN 20:57:18 PEOPLE GO DO RECREATION CENTERS HOW THEY GET THERE IS GOING TO 20:57:21 BE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AND IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WANT TO 20:57:27 BICYCLE TO THEIR RECREATION ACTIVITIES AT THE PRIMARY 20:57:30 CENTERS AND DESTINATIONS. SO IF THAT'S TRUE I THINK IT IS 20:57:36 IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE ROBUST BICYCLE PROGRAM IN 20:57:42 FREMONT, BUT STILL, IT WOULD BE I BELIEVE CRITICAL TO REVIEW THE 20:57:47 BICYCLING ABILITY TO GET TO THE PRIMARY RECREATION CENTERS IN 20:57:49 FREMONT. SO AGAIN, IF THAT'S TRUE, I 20:57:51 THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE. 20:57:56 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:58:04 NEXT IS KELLY. >> COUPLE OF REACTIONS TO THIS 20:58:07 REPORT. ONE WOULD BE THE SELECTION OF 20:58:12 THE PEER GROUP CITIES. IT SEEMS THAT THE PEER GROUP 20:58:21 CITIES SHOULD BE SELECTED NOT JUST ON THE BEHAVES BUT ECONOMIC 20:58:26 CAPABILITIES, I'D COMPARE FREMONT TO SUNNYVALE OR 20:58:29 LIVERMORE OR PLEASANTON. SOME OF THESE PLACES ON THAT 20:58:32 LIST I NEVER HEARD OF, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. 20:58:34 THAT MAP WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING. 20:58:37 THE MAP THAT SHOWED THESE LITTLE GAPS. 20:58:40 THOSE GAPS WERE IN IRVINGTON. I AGREE WITH THAT. 20:58:43 THERE'S A GAP THERE. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO KIND OF 20:58:47 TOUR NORTH OOF DOWNTOWN TOWARDS CENTERVILLE, A LITTLE GAP. 20:58:51 IT'S LITTLE BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND THAT'S A GAP. 20:58:56 THIS CITY IS UNABLE TO TAKE THE ASSETS AND MANAGE THEM, MANAGE 20:59:01 THE ASSETS IT HAS. IT HAS A MORRISON CANYON ROAD 20:59:09 WHICH IS REALLY A TRAIL. IT IS A PAVED MULTIUSE TRAIL, IT 20:59:13 IS NOT NAMED A TRAIL, IT IS NAMED A ROAD. 20:59:15 IT NEEDS TO BE RENAMED IMMEDIATELY. 20:59:20 THE MISSION PEAK IS -- THE CITY'S FOCUS ON ACREAGE NEEDS TO 20:59:23 BE REFOCUSED ON PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE A SITE THAT DRAWS A 20:59:26 LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LOT OF TIME FOR A STRENUOUS ACTIVITY THAT 20:59:29 SHOULD BE GIVEN EXTRA CREDIT AND YOU SHOULD BE TRACKING WHAT THE 20:59:32 PEOPLE, WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 20:59:34 MAYBE CELL PHONE DATA WOULD HELP. 20:59:41 BUT THIS IS -- THE CITY NEEDS TO GET AWAY FROM THESE ARBITRARY 20:59:44 METRICS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:59:50 NEXT SPEAKER IS PAULO. >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 20:59:53 >> Mayor Mei: YES, PLEASE. >> HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME? 21:00:00 >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> MY NAME IS BALA, I LIVE IN 21:00:04 FREMONT OOP. IN THE COVID YEARS A LOT OF DOG 21:00:08 OWNERS ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO EXERCISE THEIR DOGS BECAUSE 21:00:12 MOST OF THE COMMUNITY PARKS HAVE DOGS ON LEASH RULES. 21:00:14 I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERY COMMUNITY PARK IN THE CITY 21:00:20 OF FREMONT HAS A DESIGNATED DOG RUN. 21:00:25 HOPEFULLY THAT IS A PARK OF DOMESTIC LANDS. 21:00:26 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:00:29 AND THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER AND I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE 21:00:31 PUBLIC COMMENT NOW AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A 21:00:39 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 21:00:52 COUNCILMEMBER JONES I'M SORRY YOU'RE ON MUTE. 21:00:54 THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Jones: NOT 21:01:00 ACCORDING TO MY SCREEN BUT CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 21:01:03 >> Mayor Mei: MY APOLOGIES. I'M STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY 21:01:16 HEARING YOU. >> NO. 21:01:20 >> Councilmember Jones: NO? >> Mayor Mei: NOW WE CAN, WE 21:01:21 CAN HEAR YOU. >> Councilmember Jones: IF I 21:01:24 TAKE IT OUT IT STILL WANTS ME TO TALK TO IT. 21:01:28 AS I WAS SAYING MY SINCERE THANKS TO SUZANNE AND HER STAFF 21:01:32 AND TO OUR CONSULTANT. I LIKE COUNCILMEMBER KENG I'VE 21:01:34 ATTENDED A COUPLE OF THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND YOU GUYS 21:01:38 HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR BRINGING US UP TO SPEED. 21:01:41 I WOULD LOVE TO SKI A LOT OF THESE THINGS IMPLEMENTED. 21:01:45 MY ONLY QUESTION, CONCERN I GUESS, IS WHERE ARE WE GOING TO 21:01:49 GET THE MONEY FOR THIS? IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD 21:01:51 TRUCKLOADS OF MONEY. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE 21:01:54 GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO GOING FORWARD. 21:01:58 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IMPLEMENTED AS WE DO 21:02:00 MOVE FORWARD TO BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS SO THANK YOU. 21:02:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 21:02:09 >> Councilmember Keng: YES, THANK YOU MAYOR SO AGAIN YEAH 21:02:14 APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO IT AND THE 21:02:16 OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, DURING 21:02:22 THIS COVID PANDEMIC TIME WE SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO 21:02:26 GET OUT AND EXERCISE AND IT'S GOOD FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH, YOU 21:02:29 KNOW, AS PEOPLE ARE COOPED INSIDE FOR TOO LONG THEY DEVELOP 21:02:35 YOU KNOW ANXIETY AND PHYSICALLY BECOMING NOT AS FIT. 21:02:40 SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US, ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE 21:02:46 FOR THE SILICON VALLEY SO FAST PACED AND PEOPLE NEED TO GET 21:02:50 THEIR TIME OUT EXERCISING AND SO I DO REALLY SEE THAT YOU KNOW, 21:02:54 HAVING NOW HAVING DONE THIS STUDY, WE KNOW WHAT AWAY -- 21:02:57 WHERE WE'RE LACKING YOU KNOW BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE KIND OF 21:03:01 INSIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SEE WHAT'S MISSING AND THEN WHEN 21:03:06 YOU HAVE A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT KIND OF BRINGING UP 21:03:10 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE NOW WE SEE OH WE NEED PICKLE BALL WE NEED 21:03:13 PARK WHERE THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT'S WITHIN 21:03:17 TEN MINUTE REACH OR 15 MINUTE REACH. 21:03:21 AND SO YOU KNOW WE NEED MORE DOG PARKS. 21:03:27 THINGS THAT PEOPLE FIND MORE USEFUL, SO I -- YEAH SO I THINK 21:03:32 NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S LACKING AND, YOU KNOW, THE BATHROOMS ARE 21:03:36 PRETTY HIGH ON THAT LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A 21:03:38 LONG TIME AND IT IS REALLY A NEED. 21:03:42 SO YOU KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS MORE USER 21:03:47 FRIENDLY, THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO USE THEM AND THEN YEAH 21:03:55 SO DEFINITELY IT'S A VERY GOOD STUDY AND IT WILL HELP US SEE 21:03:59 WHERE WE'RE LACKING AND THEN WE CAN MAKE AIT THE BEST BENEFICIAL 21:04:01 FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. 21:04:12 >> Mayor Mei: ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL OR 21:04:15 ELSE I'LL MAKE AMINE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 21:04:18 AND WE HAVE ANOTHER -- THIS IS JUST ACCEPTING THE STAFF REPORT 21:04:22 AT THIS TIME. I'LL MAKE SOME OF THE COMMENTS. 21:04:25 I THINK THAT CERTAINLY, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A 21:04:29 LONG TIME. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S 21:04:35 BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE WE'VE UPDATED OUR MASTER PARK PLAN SO 21:04:38 THIS IS AN ENORMOUS UNDERTAKING SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 21:04:41 TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DID DAY ON THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 21:04:45 PANDEMIC WHICH IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK 21:04:50 PUBLIC FOR COMING OUT. I DID ATTEND MULTIPLE BOTH THE 21:04:53 ZOOM MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE KICKOFF IN PERSON AND SOME OF 21:04:55 THE DISCUSSIONS THIS SUMMER. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC 21:04:59 THIS SUMMER WHEN WE HAD THE ACTIVE FREMONT UNITS THAT IT WAS 21:05:07 A GOOD WAY FOR US TO HEAR FROM, SOME OF THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY, AS 21:05:09 WE TOURED DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND I APPRECIATE DID 21:05:12 COUNCIL FOR TAKING ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH SOME 21:05:16 OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO SEE. WE ARE VERY BLESSED FOR THOSE 21:05:21 WHO DON'T KNOW, BESIDES THE CITY'S PARK, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO 21:05:28 BE HOME TO BOTH DON EDWARDS WILDLIFE REFUGE AND ALSO TO EAST 21:05:31 BAY REGIONAL PARKS. WE JUST OPENED THE FIRST 21:05:34 CAMPGROUND IN THE BAY AREA JUST ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. 21:05:37 AND THAT IS I THINK IT'S THE SIXTH IF YOU COUNT THE TRAILS 21:05:40 ALSO, SEVENTH PARK FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK. 21:05:46 WE HAVE MORE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN 21:05:48 THIS -- IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT, PARK DISTRICT. 21:05:52 AND THAT HAS BEEN A REAL VALUABLE ASSET TO US. 21:05:55 CERTAINLY I'M HEARING A LOT OF FEEDBACK, I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM 21:05:58 PICKLE BALL AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK I READ EVERYTHING I 21:06:04 DID SEE THAT SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT DISK-GOLF, AND I'VE SEEN 21:06:08 EVERYTHING SERGE CRICKET HAS BEEN A COMMENT OVER THE YEARS, 21:06:10 SWIMMING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY POOL AND ORIGINALLY 21:06:13 THERE WAS A JOINT EFFORT WITH THAT MANY YEARS AGO. 21:06:16 I ALSO HEAR A LOT OF THE INTEREST OF HAVING INDOOR SPACE 21:06:21 AND IN FACT TOMORROW WE WILL BE OPENING UP AN AGE WELL CENTER IN 21:06:23 SOUTHERN FREMONT. I THINK THAT CERTAINLY JUST TO 21:06:27 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS NEED THROUGHOUT THE 21:06:29 CITY MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER JONES RAISED IS 21:06:32 HOW DO WE FINANCE IT? HOW DO WE GET THE SUPPORT LIND 21:06:34 IT? AND I'VE SEEN THIS GROWTH FROM 21:06:37 THE CITY SIDE AND IN THE PAST FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE. 21:06:40 HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ABOUT 21:06:43 HAVING RECREATION, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY I'D RATHER HAVE THE 21:06:45 CURRICULUM VERSUS THE RECREATION. 21:06:49 AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PLACEMENT AND TRYING TO GET 21:06:52 ANYTHING PASSED IN TERMS OF A BOND OR OTHER MEASURES, IF YOU 21:06:58 LOOK AT SANTA CLARITA THEY PASSED A SIGNIFICANT BOND THAT 21:07:00 SAID WE WANT TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT A TREMENDOUS 21:07:02 PRIORITY. BUT OFTENTIMES IN THE PAST WHEN 21:07:06 WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THESE -- IF 21:07:11 PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE NIECE FACILITIES IT DOES TAKE MONEY. 21:07:14 THAT NEEDS TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY, RAISING UP A SPECIAL 21:07:16 LAND USE DISTRICT IN ONE OF THE AREAS TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING 21:07:20 TO BE PAYING FOR THAT AND I KNOW I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND 21:07:23 I HAD TO RECUSE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE WERE PART OF THAT 21:07:25 DISTRICT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE 21:07:27 COMMUNITY IS INVESTING IN SAYING WE WANT TO DO THIS. 21:07:30 SO WITH THE ONE THAT WE'RE OPENING I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND I 21:07:34 KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY SOME OF THE PLANS WERE IN NORTH FREMONT AND 21:07:36 OTHER PLACES BUT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER AT THAT TIME AND WE 21:07:40 TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THEY DID 21:07:44 STEP UP IN THAT MOMENT TO HELP FUND THAT SPECIFICALLY AS PART 21:07:47 OF A COMMUNITY THAT WAS BEING BUILD, A PLANNED COMMUNITY. 21:07:50 AND THAT'S WHY IT'S AN AGE WELL CENTER BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A 21:07:53 SENIOR COMMUNITY. AND AS WE WANTED TO CREATE THAT 21:08:00 HEALTH AND WELLNESS PIECE OF IT, NOT ONLY DID THEY HELP US WITH 21:08:02 BUILDING IT BUT ALSO WITH MAINTENANCE OF IT. 21:08:05 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME UP AND STEP UP ON THESE 21:08:10 KINDS OF EFFORTS BUT IT DOES DAY THAT KIND OF COMBINATION OF WILL 21:08:13 AND ALSO OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE'RE HOPING THAT WHEN WE TALK 21:08:18 TO SOME OF OUR OTHER BUSINESSES HERE AND WE HAVE HAD THESE 21:08:22 COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEES AND OTHER THINGS THAT THERE MIGHT BE 21:08:24 OPPORTUNITIES AS WE LOOK AT TRAILS AND OTHER THINGS MOVING 21:08:26 FORWARD. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF 21:08:28 ACCEPTING THIS REPORT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MAPPING. 21:08:32 I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT AS THE MAYOR, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE 21:08:35 TEN MINUTE WALK I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO STEP UP. 21:08:37 BECAUSE I WANT TO THINK ABOUT LEAVING A LEGACY. 21:08:42 AND I GREW UP NEXT TO A WILDLIFE RESERVE, PRESERVE THAT'S STILL 21:08:45 THERE TODAY. MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS LATER. 21:08:48 AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE THERE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 21:08:53 AND SO IT REQUIRES THAT TYPE OF DETERMINATION AND I HOPE THE 21:08:56 PUBLIC STEPS UP AND I HAVE TO THANK AGAIN ALL THE 21:08:58 COUNCILMEMBERS, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO 21:09:01 BELIEVE IN THIS AND HOPEFULLY EVEN FOR ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS 21:09:05 TONIGHT I KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM DISHT AGENCIES, WHETHER 21:09:11 IT'S COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MISSION PEAK 21:09:15 CONSERVANCY OR BART OR OTHERS, IT REQUIRES THAT COMMUNITY 21:09:20 OUTREACH AND UNDERSTANDING, I'M HOPING LATER THIS YEAR WHEN BART 21:09:26 ACCEPTS OUR BART BIKE-PED BRIDGE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT 21:09:28 DPAFLT. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER 21:09:32 SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 21:09:37 TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE METHODOLOGIES TO 21:09:39 GET THERE. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TRAILS 21:09:42 AND I'M SURE BIKE PATHS AND OTHER THINGS ARE SOME OF THE 21:09:47 NEEDS HOW WE CAN GET THERE BEING SAFE AND ALSO BEING EFFECTIVE. 21:09:49 ONE OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO REFERRED TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT 21:09:53 GETTING CONNECTIONS TO TRAILS AND ACCESS IN SAFE MANNERS AND 21:09:56 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE ON. 21:09:59 I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A 21:10:04 LITTLE BIT STRESSFUL IN GETTING SO MANY GETTING COVID-COOPED, 21:10:13 BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE TO WORK WITH US WHETHER IT BE BIKE CLUBS 21:10:17 OR BIKE STORES, PARENTING PIECES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT SO WE CAN 21:10:21 PARTNER WITH PTAS AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, ALONG SOME OF 21:10:28 THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE QUIET ZONES IN CROSSINGS. 21:10:31 THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS AS YOU SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 21:10:35 MONTHS AS WE ARE SLOWLY MAKING SOME CHANGES YOU MAY HAVE SEEN 21:10:39 IN HAYWARD OR MISSION BOULEVARD THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES ON 21:10:43 ACCESS AND EASEMENTS TO CREATE SOME MORE NATURAL DROUGHT 21:10:48 RESISTANT PLANTS AND BIKE TRAILS, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW 21:10:58 THAT STRETCHES FROM SAN LEANDRO TO HAYWARD TO FREMONT. 21:11:02 FOR THAT MORE BEAUTY IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR NATURE OF BEING PART 21:11:04 OF THE ROADWAY AND FOR COMMUNITY ACCESS. 21:11:06 I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 21:11:08 I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ACCEPTING THIS REPORT. 21:11:11 THERE IS NO VOTE I THINK IS IT REQUIRED THIS EVENING? 21:11:14 SUZANNE I THINK JUST ACCEPTING THE REPORT. 21:11:17 SO I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KENG ALSO YOU HAVE A COMMENT NOW. 21:11:20 >> Councilmember Keng: YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. 21:11:26 YEAH, I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION I FORGOT OTO MENTION 21:11:28 EARLIER. ON THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY IS 21:11:33 OFFERING I WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE AN INPUT ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE, 21:11:36 YOU KNOW, LIKE OVER THE SUMMERS WE HAVE THE THURSDAY NIGHT 21:11:40 CONCERTS AT THE PARK, RIGHT? AND I THINK IN FREMONT LIKE WE 21:11:43 HAVE, YOU KNOW, DOZENS OF LANGUAGES BEING SPOKEN IN OUR 21:11:47 COMMUNITY. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF OUR 21:11:51 RESIDENTS, MORE THAN 50% OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE NOT BORN IN 21:11:59 THIS COUNTRY AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY CULTURALLY RICH AND 21:12:01 DIVERSE. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE IF WE KIND 21:12:07 OF LOOK INTO HAVING MORE LIKE WE COULD HAVE SONGS OR BAND IN 21:12:10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, KIND OF LIKE MIX AND MATCH AND STUFF AND 21:12:14 I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY YOU KNOW ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET TO 21:12:17 KNOW OTHER CULTURE. I THINK LIKE OTHER CITIES, I 21:12:21 KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THEY HOST, OTHER CITIES SMALLER THAN 21:12:27 FREMONT, THEY HOST LIKE ETHNIC HOLIDAYS LIKE LUNAR NEW YEAR OR 21:12:33 MOON FESTIVAL OR YOU KNOW LIKEDWALI, LIKE FROM THE CITY, 21:12:36 LIKE I KNOW WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY BUT WHEN 21:12:42 WITS HOSTED IN THE CITY IT KIND OF BRINGS ON A DIFFERENT 21:12:45 MEANING, EMBRACING, INVITING EVERYONE TO COME TO ONE POINT 21:12:48 AND CELEBRATING TOGETHER. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE FEEL 21:12:52 LIKE OH WE DON'T WANT TO LIKE JUST CELEBRATE THIS CULTURE AND 21:12:58 NOT CELEBRATE YOU KNOW MISSED OUT ON MAYBE WE'LL MISS ONE HERE 21:13:02 OR THERE, AND WE END UP DOING NOTHING. 21:13:07 WE DON'T CELEBRATE ANY CULTURAL EVENTS AT ALL, I WOULD SAY. 21:13:11 SO I THINK WE -- GOING FORWARD I WOULD ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, I 21:13:14 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF WE 21:13:19 MIGHT BE ABLE TO KIND OF HOST OR YOU KNOW ADDING SOME ELEMENTS 21:13:22 WITHIN THAT -- THOSE THURSDAY, YOU KNOW SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT 21:13:26 THE CITY DOES HOST AND IT'S ALREADY WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT 21:13:30 SO IF WE ADDED IN THERE THEN IT'S NOT LIKE TOO MUCH 21:13:32 ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. YEAH, THANK YOU. 21:13:35 >> Mayor Mei: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 21:13:40 I'M GOING TO NET NE RVETIONLY CLOSE. 21:13:43 I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE ELSE WATCHING IF THERE ARE SPONSORS, 21:13:48 I KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS IN CUPERTINO OR OTHER CITIES 21:13:52 THEY HAVE CORPORATE SPONSORS OR GENEROUS DONORS. 21:13:58 WE HAVE CELEBRATION INDIA. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OTHER 21:14:00 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS STEP UP. 21:14:04 NE RVETIONLAY WHY DON'T WE FINISH UP. 21:14:08 >> MAYOR JUST ONE PIECE AND RESPOND AS WELL. 21:14:10 ALONG WITH THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY HOW INTENTIONAL YOU AS 21:14:18 A CITY ARE ABOUT INCLUSION OF SUZANNE AND KIM SENT ME A VIDEO 21:14:21 FROM ONE OF YOUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 21:14:26 I HAVE SEEN A PARK OR RECREATIONAL SERVICES TEAM HAVE 21:14:32 A CONCERT WITH AN ASL TRANSLATOR INTERPRETER THERE. 21:14:35 I'M SPEAKING OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRENDS AND BEST 21:14:41 PRACTICES AND FREMONT IS IN THAT NATIONAL PRESENTATION FOR YOUR 21:14:44 INTENTIONALITY AND INCLUSION. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE IN IT IT 21:14:48 IS HARD TO STEP OVER AND REALIZE HOW COOL SOME OF THE THINGS ARE 21:14:51 THAT YOU DO. BUT I SEE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND 21:14:54 THERE IS NOBODY THAT DOES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO WHEN 21:14:58 IT COMES TO TRULY MAKING IT A WELCOMING INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE. 21:15:03 SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUR TO ALL OF YOU AND THE STAFF 21:15:05 ESPECIALLY. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY 21:15:07 PHENOMENAL. SO IN THAT SPIRIT AS WELL AND 21:15:11 YES EXACTLY SUZANNE, IN THAT SPIRIT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 21:15:15 WORKING WITH THE STAFF. SUZANNE'S FOCUS HAS BEEN VERY 21:15:19 CLEAR FRET BEGINNING. WE WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT AND NOT 21:15:22 FAST. I KNOW MAYOR MEI YOU AND THE 21:15:25 COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE WITH ALL THE TIME YOU 21:15:28 HAVE TAKEN. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND THE 21:15:32 COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE THIS CLOSER TO THE DRAFT AND THEN THE FINAL 21:15:36 PLAN AND IN THE MEANWHILE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INPUT YOU 21:15:40 KNOW HOW TO REACH SUZANNE YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH ME. 21:15:42 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:15:45 WE AREN'T GOING TO LEAVE THIS TOPIC QUITE YET. 21:15:52 WE ARE NOW PROCEEDING WITH THE TRAIL STRATEGY PLAN SO WE ARE 21:15:54 CONTINUING WITH THE GREATLY OUTDOORS. 21:15:57 WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THERE PLAN AND IT PROVIDES A 30 YEARS 21:16:04 VISION, CITY WIDE TRAILS PROJECTS AND APPROVE THE 21:16:06 TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR THIS PROPOSAL. 21:16:12 AND I BELIEVE HANS YOU QUILL BE SHARING THAT ALONG WITH RENEE 21:16:15 WHO IS THE ASSOCIATE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER ON THIS 21:16:20 THIS EVENING. >> Hans Larsen: THANK YOU, 21:16:24 MAYOR MEI, WE HAVE A VERY BRIEF VERBAL REPORT FOR YOU. 21:16:29 THIS IS VERY MUCH RELATED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER 21:16:32 PLAN, TAKING A DEEPER DIVE IN LOOKING AT OUR TRAILS PROGRAM 21:16:35 AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN FREMONT'S HISTORY THAT 21:16:44 WE HAVE ACTUALLY PREPARED AND HOPEFULLY TONIGHT YOU'LL ADOPT 21:16:47 IS A SPECIFIC PLAN RELATED TO OUR TRAILS PROGRAM. 21:16:50 IT WAS ABOUT 20 MONTHS AGO THAT WE STARTED THIS EFFORT. 21:16:53 THERE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INPUT FROM THE 21:16:56 COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE IT COMING THROUGH 21:17:01 THE PARK AND REC PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN SOME SEPARATE 21:17:04 WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THAT'S BEEN FOCUSING ON DRAILS. 21:17:10 ON TRAILS. WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT FOLLOWING 21:17:13 A JOINT MEETING OF THE RECREATION COMMISSION AND THE 21:17:17 MOBILITY COMMISSION AND THEY SPENT PROBABLY TWO HOURS HEARING 21:17:21 A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSING THE TRAIL STRATEGY 21:17:25 AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS IS 21:17:28 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS PLAN. 21:17:31 EACH OF THEM TOOK A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF SUPPORT. 21:17:36 SO A LOT OF WORK. HOPEFULLY A REALLY GREAT PRODUCT 21:17:39 FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO WHAT THIS IS IS, IS REALLY 21:17:44 LOOKING AT WHAT IS KIND OF THE VISIONARY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IN 21:17:49 FREMONT TO HAVE AN INTEGRATED COMPREHENSIVE TRAIL NETWORK. 21:17:53 AND THIS PLAN, BASICALLY, MORE THAN DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF 21:17:55 TRAILS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 21:18:00 WE HAVE ABOUT 61 TRAILS NOW. THE VISION PLAN LOOKS AT A 21:18:06 LONG-RANGE PLAN OF 140 MILES. SO MORE THAN DOUBLING, BUT 21:18:10 THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO ONE OF THE KEY ACTIONS OF 21:18:16 THIS PLAN IS REALLY GOING THROUGH A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS 21:18:19 AND IDENTIFYING WHAT IT IS WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON OVER THE 21:18:21 NEXT TEN YEARS. AND SO THIS CONSIDERS WHAT THE 21:18:26 COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN. WHAT SORT OF MAKES SENSE FROM A 21:18:29 TRAIL NETWORK CONNECTIVITY PERSPECTIVE. 21:18:32 AND PROBABLY MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, IS WHERE IS THERE ACTUALLY AN 21:18:35 OPPORTUNITY TO GET FUNDING TO DO NO? 21:18:40 AND SO SOME OF THE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT WITHIN OUR BAY AREA 21:18:46 REGION, WITHIN ALAMEDA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND 21:18:50 APPARENTLY EVEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE IS INTEREST IN 21:18:54 DEVELOPING TRAILS BOTH FOR RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION 21:18:56 PURPOSES. AND SO PART OF THIS PLAN IS 21:19:00 REALLY A STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BEST 21:19:05 CAPITALIZE ON MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES. 21:19:09 AND SO I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST WHAT I WANTED 21:19:13 DO SHARE WITH YOU, OUR STAFF REPORT HAS SOME MORE DETAILS 21:19:16 ABOUT WHAT MAKES UP THE TEN-YEAR PLAN. 21:19:23 WE'VE INCLUDED ON OUR WEB PAGE A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH ON THIS WAS 21:19:26 DONE DURING THE COVID TIME SO WE REALLY UTILIZED SOCIAL MEDIA AND 21:19:29 OUR WEBSITE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. 21:19:35 SO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW WE'VE HAD THE FINAL PLAN POSTED ON OUR 21:19:38 WEBSITE. IT'S MORE THAN A 100 PAGE PLAN 21:19:42 WITH TWO APPENDICES. SO A LOT OF DETAIL THERE. 21:19:47 WE THINK THIS IS READY TO SIGN OFF AND APPROVE AND, AGAIN, IT 21:19:51 COMES WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC ENDORSEMENT FROM BOTH THE 21:19:54 RECREATION COMMISSION AND THE MOBILITY COMMISSION. 21:19:56 SO I'LL STOP THERE. I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY FULL 21:20:01 AGENDA TONIGHT. OUR STAFF IS HERE TO TAKE ANY 21:20:03 DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 21:20:09 SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND JUST LASTLY JUST KIND OF REITERATE 21:20:12 KIND OF THE KUDOS TO COUNCIL FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE 21:20:15 ACTIVE FREMONT PROGRAM. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 21:20:18 LEADERSHIP IN GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUT TO ENJOY THE 21:20:23 TRAILS THAT WE HAVE AND GENERATE KIND OF MORE EXCITEMENT FOR A 21:20:27 GROWING TRAIL NETWORK. AND AS YOU HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS 21:20:30 PRESENTATION, HAVING MORE TRAILS IS REALLY AT THE STOP OF THE 21:20:35 PRIORITY LIST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE HOPE THIS PLAN HELPS 21:20:37 DELIVER ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. 21:20:40 SO AGAIN, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON 21:20:44 THE TOPIC AND RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL HERE TONIGHT. 21:20:47 THANKS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:20:50 WE'LL BEGIN FIRST WITH CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE 21:20:54 COUNCIL BEFORE I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. 21:20:57 VICE MAYOR SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK 21:20:59 YOU MADAM MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I JUST 21:21:04 WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 21:21:11 AND YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH AND TODAY, THE PLAN IS SOMETHING 21:21:14 THAT IS THE EVIDENCE OF YOUR HARD WORK. 21:21:21 AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, A, FOR A 21:21:27 LOT OF TRAILS, AT THE TRAIL HEADS, ONE QUESTION IS ALWAYS 21:21:35 THERE, ARE THERE ANY, ARE THERE ENOUGH PARKING SPACE FOR THE 21:21:39 PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TRAILS? 21:21:47 AND 2, DO WE HAVE ANY PLAN TO FURTHER PROMOTE, CAN RING 21:21:54 TRAILS, FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE OVER UNION PACIFIC LAND, AND THEN 21:22:01 CLEAN UP THE POLLUTION AND TURN THEM INTO TRAILS? 21:22:04 >> Hans Larsen: YES, SO T THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 21:22:08 AGAIN THIS PLAN IS MORE OF A HIGH LEVEL STRATEGY OF WHERE THE 21:22:11 OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND THE PRIORITIES. 21:22:14 THERE IS A PRETTY KIND OF DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S 21:22:16 INVOLVED WITH THE VARIOUS TRAIL CORRIDORS. 21:22:21 AND I WOULD CONCUR THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT 21:22:25 YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO A ACCESS THE TRAILS. 21:22:29 SO THE QUESTION OF HOW THEY CONNECT AND WHERE THE ACCESS 21:22:34 POINTS ARE AND WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE PARKING LOTS 21:22:38 FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AND ENJOY THEM, THAT WILL BE 21:22:42 KIND OF A DETAIL THAT WE WORK THROUGH IN THE VARIOUS TRAIL 21:22:47 PROJECTS, AS WE DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE. 21:22:51 REGARDING THE UNION PACIFIC CORRIDOR LET ME KIND OF PAINT 21:22:54 THAT IN A LITTLE BIT OF A LARGER CONTEXT. 21:22:57 WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE 21:22:59 COMMUNITY ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE 21:23:03 COULD RUN TRAILS. AND SO WHETHER IT'S IN A PG&E 21:23:10 EASEMENT OR IT IS ALONG A FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL, OR IT'S IN 21:23:13 RAILROAD CORRIDORS THAT AREN'T BEING USED, WE REALLY KIND OF 21:23:16 EXPANDED THE VISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT 21:23:22 SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES. AND THE AGENCIES THAT OWN THOSE 21:23:26 CORRIDORS WERE PARTICIPANTS IN THE STRATEGY PROCESS. 21:23:34 SO THE ONLY U.P. TRAIL CORRIDOR THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, AND IT 21:23:41 IS IN THE PLAN, IT IS NOT ONE OF OUR TEN-YEAR NEAR-TERM 21:23:48 PRIORITIES. JUST BECAUSE OF SORT OF ISSUES 21:23:56 AND COSTS IN ACQUIRING THE CORRIDOR AND ISSUES THAT ARE 21:23:57 GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. 21:24:01 AS MANY ON THE COUNCIL KNOW WE WERE ACTIVELY PURSUING THAT 21:24:05 PROJECT BUT BASICALLY CAME INTO A ROADBLOCK WITH U.P. AND TRYING 21:24:08 TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO IT IS PART OF THE VISION. 21:24:12 BUT IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE SEE AS A REAL NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITY. 21:24:17 SO IT'S MORE IN THE TEN TO 30-YEAR PLAN AND AGAIN IS NOT 21:24:21 ONE OF THOSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ON THE TOP PRIORITY LIST BUT 21:24:24 IT'S STILL OUT THERE. THANK YOU. 21:24:33 >> Mayor Mei: PUBLIC SPEAKER AT THIS TIME AND THAT IS JUDY N 21:24:37 NAM. 21:24:40 >> GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG 21:24:45 OPPOSITION TO LISTING MISSION CREEK TRAIL CLOSURE AS TO ONE OF 21:24:49 THE YEAR 2 PRIORITY TRAILS IN THE MASTER PLAN. 21:24:52 CITY STAFF PRESENTED THIS PROJECT DURING A PUBLIC MEETING 21:24:57 HELD BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019. A VAST MAJORITY OF OVER 100 21:25:01 RESIDENTS EXPRESSED STRONG OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL 21:25:04 ENVIRONMENTAL RISK. THE MOST PRISTINE PORTION OF 21:25:10 MISSION PEAK WITH MANY VULNERABLE WILD LIFE AND 21:25:16 VEGETATION. IN ADDITION THE HOMENESS 21:25:26 ENCAMPMENT INCIDENT, THAT TOOK NEARLY YEAR AND A HALF AMPLY 21:25:37 SUGGESTS. CURRENT O AND M ESTIMATE IS 21:25:43 WOEFULLY INQUAD ADEQUATE. FUTURE PUBLIC MEETING WITH 21:25:47 NEARBY RESIDENTS TO BE SCHEDULED. 21:25:51 AS FAR AS COMMUNITIES SANTA BARBARA, VIA SAN MRI GEL, 21:25:56 WALKING AND BIKING TRAILS CURRENTLY THERE IS NO UTTERS OF 21:26:01 URGENCY OF THE PROJECTS. 21:26:07 680 ON RAMP TO MILL CREEK HAS NOT EVEN STARTED AND MAY NOT BE 21:26:16 EVEN FEASIBLE KNOWING FEASIBILITY WITH CALTRANS. 21:26:20 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS LIZ AIMES. 21:26:30 >> GOOD EVENING AGAIN LIZ AIMES. I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE 21:26:35 TRICITY ECOLOGY CENTER AS WELL AS A BART DIRECTOR, I HAVE TWO 21:26:37 HATS. BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, 21:26:46 DOUBLING OUR TRAILS TO Q 140 MILES IS KEY TO SUCCESS. 21:26:52 I THINK OF A CITY LIKE BOULDER, COLORADO THEY PASSED A SALES TAX 21:26:57 IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT IN THE 60s, LATE 1960s, IT WAS A 21:27:02 HALF CENT SALES TAX AND THEY RENEWED IT AT PERIODIC TIMES. 21:27:06 AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS CREATED A CLASS 1 UH 1 TRAIL 21:27:10 NETWORK THROUGHOUT BOULDER. AND 30 YEARS LATER BOULDER, 21:27:13 COLORADO WAS TRANSFORMED FROM LIKE A SUBURB CITY THAT IT WAS A 21:27:19 COMMUTER CITY, PEOPLE WERE COMMUTING TO DENVER, WITH THIS 21:27:25 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY CREATED WITH TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES, 21:27:28 CONSERVATION AREAS, IT BECAME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WERE 21:27:32 COMMUTING TO BOULDER. SO AGAIN, THIS IS KEY TO 21:27:35 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT CLIMATE CHANGE 21:27:39 AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING, THAT WILL COST A 21:27:46 LOT IN THE FUTURE TO MITIGATE THIS TRAIL PLAN IS ESSENTIAL TO 21:27:51 I THINK FREMONT SUCCESS AND FREMONT ALL OF THESE SUBURBS 21:27:54 WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE. THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR CARS. 21:27:59 SO PLEASE I HOPE WE CAN FIND THE MONEY AND GET THIS TRAIL PLAN 21:28:01 IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. 21:28:08 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS WILLIAM URUGI. 21:28:14 >> GOOD EVENING, WILLIAM URUGI, MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY. 21:28:21 KUDOS TO SUZANNE WOLF AND HANS LARSON FOR BRINGING THIS 21:28:25 PLAN TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT 21:28:29 EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT TO WHAT THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IN 21:28:36 IS WITH A TRAIL STATEMENT. 21:28:38 IT IS A REMARKABLE VISION STATEMENT. 21:28:41 IT PULLS TOGETHER LOTS OFF RESOURCES FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT 21:28:44 ENTITIES AND WE AS AN ORGANIZATION FULLY SUPPORT THIS 21:28:48 PLAN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 20 YEARS 21:28:51 OF WORK AND SUPPORT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT IT. 21:28:55 IF IT TAKES ANOTHER TEN OR 15 YEARS TO BRING THE GREENWAY 21:28:58 TRAIL IN THAT'S FINE. WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE 21:29:02 EXPANSION OF MULTIPLE USE TRAILS THROUGHOUT FREMONT AND THEIR 21:29:03 INTERCONNECTIVITY. THANK YOU. 21:29:10 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY. 21:29:14 WELCOME. WHOOPS. 21:29:20 NOPE, OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER IS -- OH THERE YOU 21:29:24 ARE. >> I'M HERE FINALLY. 21:29:29 THE -- WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING TRAILS AND WE GET THESE -- YOU 21:29:33 GET THE OPPOSITION IN FREMONT, THE FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS TO 21:29:38 HAVING A MULTIUSE TRAIL SOMEWHERE DOWN IN A CANYON 21:29:46 SOMEWHERE, AND IT BEING PROPOSED BY THE CITY STAFF, IS -- IS 21:29:51 PREDICTABLE, ENTIRELY EXPECTED AND ASTONISHING TO ME AT THE 21:29:56 SAME TIME. I JUST WENT TO A MEETING OF SOME 21:30:01 POLITICAL MEETING OF DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL AND A LOALG WATER 21:30:04 AGENCIES AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IRON HORSE TRAIL AND 21:30:09 ALL DUBLIN WAS ASKING WAS, HOW CAN WE PUT TOGETHER ENOUGH MONEY 21:30:11 TO MAKE A NICE IMPROVEMENT ON THIS TRAIL? 21:30:14 AND NOBODY WAS CALLED -- EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY WITH THE 21:30:16 TRAIL. THE ONLY QUESTION WAS HOW DO WE 21:30:19 MAKE IT BETTER. NOBODY WAS CALLING UP TO SAY 21:30:22 THAT THIS TRAIL IS PRODUCING CRIME AND DESTROYING OUR 21:30:24 NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOWERING OUR PROPERTY VALUES. 21:30:32 IF YOU LOOK AT SABERCAT CREEK TRAIL NEAR PASEO PADRE, I'M A 21:30:35 LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT -- I REMEMBER HOW THIS THING USED TO 21:30:39 BE A, YOU KNOW, AN OKAY TRAIL AND THE CITY HAS UPGRADED IT 21:30:43 S SOMEWHAT. 21:30:46 NOT ONLY IT LOOKS GOOD BUT IT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE PARKED THERE 21:30:51 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USING IT. SO THESE TRAILS ARE VERY NICE. 21:30:55 AND PEOPLE, THE OPPOSITION, I'M STILL ATON THAISHED THERE'S SO 21:31:05 ASTONISHED THAT THERE IS SO MUCH OF IT. 21:31:10 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREAS. 21:31:17 YOU ARE ON MUTE. >> GOOD EVENING, ANDREAS 21:31:21 KADAVANE OF BIKE FREMONT. WE THINK THIS DESIGN IS A 21:31:28 BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, I THINK THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE 21:31:32 PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, MY ONLY REGRET IS 21:31:36 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INVOLVED A 21:31:39 LITTLE BIT MORE. WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS PLAN AND 21:31:41 ITS IMPLEMENTATION. WITH REGARDS TO THAT AND THERE 21:31:47 WAS SOME MENTION EARLIER ABOUT COSTS, THERE IS A SOMEWHAT SCARY 21:31:51 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR MAINTENANCE COST FIGURE IN THE REPORT. 21:31:56 I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IT COMES OUT TO SOMETHING LIKE $15 21:32:00 PER RESIDENT PER YEAR WHICH IS FLOG TO SNEEZE AT. 21:32:03 THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO PAY THAT 21:32:07 AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THAT BUT THERE IS LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE 21:32:10 ME THAT WOULD GLADLY PAY MULTIPLES OF THAT. 21:32:13 I HOPE WE DPIEBD WAYS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND FINANCE IT IN A 21:32:16 EQUITABLE WAY. WITH THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO 21:32:20 POINT OUT A LOT OF THESE TRAILS ARE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 21:32:24 AND I KNOW IN EUROPE A LOT OF CASES THEY ARE TREATED AS SUCH 21:32:27 FOR FUNDING PURPOSES. AND I KNOW THE MOBILITY 21:32:31 COMMISSION HAS ACTIVITIES TO LOBBY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO 21:32:34 IMPROVE DID WAY THE LAWS ARE WITH REGARDS TO OSOME OF THESE 21:32:38 FACILITIES. SO IF WE CAN FIND CREATIVE WAYS 21:32:42 TO ACTUALLY USE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THESE 21:32:45 THINGS THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BUT AGAIN WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS 21:32:47 PLAN WE FULLY SUPPORT THE TRANSFER OF MONEY. 21:32:57 AB>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE SCALA. 21:33:01 WELCOME STEVE. >> THANK YOU, I ALSO WANT TO 21:33:04 EXTEND MY THANKS TO STAFF FOR GENERATING THIS REPORT. 21:33:09 I THINK ALSO, PAY ATTENTION, THERE'S MENTION OF AN APPENDIX G 21:33:13 AND F DEALING WITH DETAILS OF FUNDING AND MAINTENANCE 21:33:15 RESPECTFULLY. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT 21:33:20 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, DETAILS MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMEWHAT 21:33:24 IMPORTANT TO ME. I STARTED INTEREST IN TRAILS 21:33:28 ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE STARTING TO RIDE 21:33:33 BICYCLES AND I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TRAILS TO THEIR 21:33:36 FAVORITE PARK. FOR THEM WE'RE 20 YEARS TOO LATE 21:33:40 SO I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE WITH COUNCIL NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN 21:33:43 THE COMMUNITY AND YOU SEE YOUNG CHILDREN LEARNING TO BICYCLE 21:33:46 OPEN THIS PLAN LOOK AT THE PRIORITY PROJECTS, LOOK 21:33:50 ESPECIALLY AT THE DETAILS FOR FUNDING AND MAINTENANCE AND WHAT 21:33:53 IT TAKES TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS. 21:33:57 AND DO THE HARD WORK TO START WORKING WITH STAFF TO FIND 21:34:01 SOLUTIONS. SO WE CAN GET THE TRAILS THAT SO 21:34:09 MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR AND ARE ENVISIONED IN THIS PLAN. 21:34:12 THANKS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:34:18 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS IS KATHY H. H. 21:34:21 >> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY HERE. 21:34:25 I AM ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE 21:34:27 EARLIER MEETINGS, BACK IN OCTOBER. 21:34:32 I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAD ASKED THAT WHEN THEY CAME UP 21:34:36 WITH A PLAN, AND ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD, THAT 21:34:40 WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD COME FORTH AND ARRANGE 21:34:43 MEETINGS FOR US. WE HAD ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO TALK 21:34:47 TO US ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ISSUES, INCLUDING WHO WOULD 21:34:49 MAINTAIN THESE TRAILS AFTERWARDS. 21:34:52 BECAUSE THIS IS ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL. 21:34:56 AND WE KNOW OVER FOR MANY OF US WHO LIVE UP IN THIS 21:34:59 NEIGHBORHOOD, ORIGINALLY THE CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE 21:35:01 SIDEWALKS. AND THEN AS THE TREES THAT THEY 21:35:06 PLANTED ALONG THE SIDEWALKS ERODED, THE SIDEWALKS AND LIFTED 21:35:09 THEM UP, IT WAS TURNED OVER TO ALL OF THE HOMEOWNERS TO TAKE 21:35:12 CARE EVER THIS. NOW THE CREEK THAT -- OR THE 21:35:15 CREEK PATH THAT IS UP IN THE MISSION AREA GOING TO 680 TO 21:35:19 PALM, THIS RUNS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND A LOT OF HOMES THAT ARE 21:35:27 CURRENTLY HOUSED AND OWNED BY ELDERLY FAMILIES. 21:35:33 THEY HAVE CHAIN LINK FINING. WE HAVE ASKED, THERE ARE PEOPLE 21:35:36 WHO WALK THROUGH AND LOOKING INTO PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. 21:35:40 WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, NOBODY HAS ADDRESSED OUR 21:35:45 QUESTIONS, NO MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SET UP NOW AISTLES WE HAVE THIS 21:35:49 TRAIL THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED IT SOUNDS LIKE TONIGHT. 21:35:52 WE ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE ISSUES, WE WANTED OUR QUESTIONS 21:35:54 ANSWERED BUT WE NEVER MET WITH ANYBODY. 21:35:59 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU AND THAT WAS THE LAST OF THE PUBLIC 21:36:01 SPEAKERS. AND NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE 21:36:03 COUNCIL FOR CONVERSATIONS AND COMMENTS. 21:36:11 AND ALSO DECISIONS. WE'LL BEGIN E-BEGIN WITH 21:36:17 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 21:36:19 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU MAYOR MEI. 21:36:21 THANK YOU FOR THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRAIL STUDY. 21:36:26 I THINK WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE ALREADY 61 MILES OF TRAILS 21:36:32 AND WE'RE TRYING TO EXTEND IT TO 140 MILES IN TEN YEARS OR 21:36:34 MAYBE -- I THINK THAT'S THE TEN YEAR GOAL RIGHT? 21:36:42 AND THEN WITH THE 12 TRAIL PROJECTS, 171 MILLION, AND WHILE 21:36:52 I DO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT HAVING MORE TRAIL OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO 21:36:56 EXPLORE EXPLORE AND DO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND HIKING I AM A 21:37:00 LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND AWAY 21:37:04 KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BRING. 21:37:09 I DO SHARE WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS HERE THAT, 21:37:14 YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO BE CAREFUL, WE DO NEED TO TAKE INTO 21:37:18 CONSIDERATION CEQA, WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE TRAILS OUT OF THE 21:37:25 EXISTING HILLS. SO I KNOW MISSION PEAK A LOT, 21:37:29 THIS IS THE DEMAND FOR MORE TRAILS. 21:37:33 AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MISSION PEAK IS SO -- SUCH A DESTINATION 21:37:36 NOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE BAY AREA ARE COMING TO HIKE 21:37:41 MISSION PEAK AND HONESTLY MAKING KIND OF MAKING IT HARD FOR THE 21:37:48 PEOPLE THAT DO LIVE OVER THERE. AND I DO SUPPORT IN KIND OF 21:37:54 BUILDING MORE TRAILS. BUT I -- YEAH, I THINK WE NEED 21:37:58 TO BE KIND OF CAREFUL IN GOING ABOUT THAT NOT TO BE 21:38:03 SUPERAGGRESSIVE. AND ALSO, THIS BUDGETING OF, YOU 21:38:09 KNOW, SPENDING $171 MILLION OF DOLLARS, IF WE DO HAVE THAT 21:38:15 BUDGET IN TEN YEARS EACH YEAR YOU ARE LOOKING AT $17 MILLION. 21:38:19 AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF BALANCE IT OUT OBETWEEN BUILDING 21:38:24 THE TRAILS AND LIKE THE PARKS AND RECS AND LIKE THE INDOOR OR 21:38:27 OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE OR AT COMMUNITY CENTERS YOU KNOW THAT 21:38:31 WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR. YEAH WE NEED TO KIND OF BALANCE 21:38:36 IT OUT AND HAVING SOME OUTDOOR, YOU KNOW, SPACES AND ACTUALLY 21:38:39 STUFF PEOPLE CAN DO BUT ALSO HAVE THOSE INDOOR AND OTHER 21:38:43 PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IN WINTER TIME OR WHEN THE 21:38:50 ELEMENTS OF THE WEATHER IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR YOUNGER FOLKS OR 21:38:59 THAT WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS. SO THAT'S MY INPUT, THANK YOU. 21:39:02 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COX. 21:39:02 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. 21:39:08 I FIRST WANT TO THANK SUZANNE WOLF AND HER STAFF FOR THE 21:39:13 WONDERFUL CONCERTS THAT HAVE BEEN SO ENJOYABLE. 21:39:16 AND BRINGING US BACK TO SOME WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF HAVING FUN 21:39:23 IN THE PARK. AND ALSO, I DON'T THINK OUR 21:39:26 COMMUNITY WALK WILL EVER BE THE SAME. 21:39:30 IT WAS SO FANTASTIC. I WANT TO THANK SUZANNE AND THE 21:39:35 COLLABORATION OF OUR FREMONT FIRE CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF 21:39:39 JACOBSEN AND DEPUTY CHIEF DIAZ AND THE ENTIRE FREMONT FIRE 21:39:42 DEPARTMENT. AND ALSO, THE FREMONT POLICE. 21:39:49 IT WAS A GREAT A COLLABORATION AND WITH THE IRVINGTON LIBRARY WE 21:39:52 DID FOR THE COMMUNITY WALK AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THAT IT 21:39:57 TAKES A LOT OF PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS TO BRING OUT 21:40:03 PROGRAMS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE WONDERFUL 21:40:06 THINGS WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TRAILS AND I APPRECIATE 21:40:09 HANS AND HIS COLLABORATION WITH SUZANNE ON THIS PROJECT THAT IF 21:40:13 WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, WE DON'T HAVE -- IF WE DON'T HAVE THE 21:40:17 VISION WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING 21:40:20 THAT IS HIGHLIGHTING THE BEAUTY OF FREMONT. 21:40:24 WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO OTHER BAY AREAS. 21:40:28 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE HILLS AND WE DO HAVE FLAT LAND. 21:40:33 WE DO HAVE BEAUTIFUL FORESTRY AND PARKS THAT REALLY COMPLEMENT 21:40:38 WHY PEOPLE COMB TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE IN FREMONT. 21:40:42 AND I THINK ONE OF THE KEY PARTS ALSO IS LOOKING OUT AND SEE AS 21:40:47 WE HAVE THIS TRAIL PLAN WHICH IT'S KIND OF ON A CUTTING EDGE, 21:40:51 THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAYBE WE COULD 21:40:55 BE REACHING OUT AND CROSS, SINCE OUR CITY STAFF HAS BEEN 21:40:59 WONDERFUL IN COLLABORATIONS THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH ECONOMIC 21:41:03 DEVELOPMENT AND SEEING HOW SOME OF THE BUSINESSES MAY BE ABLE TO 21:41:05 HELP SPONSOR SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT TRAILS. 21:41:13 YOU HAVE THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY, WELL, ADOPT A TRAIL. 21:41:17 AND BEING ABLE TO HELP IN TERMS OF FUNDING SOME OF THE ISSUES, 21:41:20 IT DOES COST MONEY TO MAINTAINED BUT IT WOULD BE VERY UNIQUE TO 21:41:28 HAVE A DIFFERENT TRAIL NAMED BY TESLA OR BY LAMB RESEARCH OR BY 21:41:30 WESTERN DIGITAL. SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY 21:41:33 WONDERFUL, BIG AND SMALL COMPANIES HERE IN FREMONT THAT 21:41:37 THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT AND SEE HOW 21:41:42 THEY CAN HELP IN SUPPORTING THIS NEW INITIATIVE. 21:41:46 IT'S GOING OUT FOR THE FUTURE. ISTS NOT JUST FOR PRINT. 21:41:50 IT'S FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SO 21:41:55 EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN THOSE WAYS OF MAINTAINING THE 21:42:02 PARKS AND THE TRAILS. BUT SOMETHING THAT, TAKINGS US 21:42:06 AWAY FROM OUR PHONES AND FROM OUR TVS AND FROM OUR NORMAL 21:42:10 THINGS THAT WE DO ON A ROUTINE THAT WE -- IT'S ALLOWING US TO 21:42:16 BE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH EQUITY AND ACCESS TO EVERYONE. 21:42:21 AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE VISION THAT'S ALSO ADDED IN AS 21:42:26 PART OF OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE DO HAVE SET UP AS ALL OF 21:42:30 US WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE FREMONT TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO 21:42:33 THRIVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE 21:42:38 OF COMMENTS ON THAT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE 21:42:43 HARD WORK AND GOING FROM THE COMMUNITY PARK LAYOUTS AND I 21:42:54 NEVER IMAGINED WE HAD ALMOST 7300 ACRES AND MORE TRAILS IN 21:42:58 ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ABUSE PARKS AND THAT WE HAVE AROUND 21:43:04 HERE. SO I'D BE REALLY FULLY SUPPORT 21:43:07 AND MAKING A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TRAIL PLAN 21:43:11 STRATEGY. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:43:14 COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND THEN I HAVE ALSO MY COMMENTS TO ADD, 21:43:25 THANK YOU. AGAIN COUNCILMEMBER JONES 21:43:27 UNFORTUNATELY I'M HAVING PROBLEMS HEARING YOU. 21:43:48 WE'RE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. I'M GOING TO TURN TO VICE MAYOR 21:43:52 SHAO FOR A SECOND WHILE WE WAIT TO GET YOU BACK. 21:43:54 >> Councilmember Shao: SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, I'LL TAKE 21:43:57 YOUR PLACE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU 21:44:03 THAT FOR THE LAST LONG WEEKEND, ON LABOR DAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE 21:44:17 TO WALK THE THE MORRISON PARK TRAIL AND GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 21:44:21 THE POTENTIAL OF ALL THE TRAIL DEVELOPMENTS AND I WOULD SAY 21:44:24 THAT, YOU KNOW, FREMONT ASK SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY, WHILE IN 21:44:27 PANDEMIC A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INDOORS BUT COMING OUT AND 21:44:30 WALKING ON TRAIL WOULD DEFINITELY PROMOTE THE HEALTH 21:44:34 AND FITNESS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. 21:44:42 ON THE TRAIL I MET WITH A LOT OF FREMONT RESIDENTS. 21:44:59 OBVIOUSLY MORRISON CANYON TRAIL WAS NOT THE AS FAMOUS. 21:45:05 AS FAMOUS. I'M HOPING WITH FUTURE 21:45:09 DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING SERVICES LIKE PARKING AND OTHER 21:45:13 SERVICES LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL FIND MORE AND MORE EASY TO USE 21:45:17 THE LOCAL TRAILS. SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M REALLY 74th 21:45:25 SUPPORTIVE TO THIS PLAN AND I 21:45:30 HOPE WE CAN GET FUNDING TO PUT THE DEVELOPMENT OOF THE TRAILS 21:45:36 DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAILS INTO REALITY. 21:45:40 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GOOD E-GO 21:45:43 OTHE COUNCILMEMBER JONES TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING NOW. 21:45:45 >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY CAN YOU HEAR ME? 21:45:49 APPARENTLY WHEN ONE EAR POD DIES, THE OTHER ONE SAYS YOU 21:45:52 CAN'T TALK ANYMORE. ANYWAY I JUST WANTED TO THANK 21:45:55 SUZANNE AND HANS FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THIS 21:45:58 PROJECT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF INS 21:46:03 AND OUTS AND I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING THING WE HAVE ALL THESE 21:46:05 TRAILS THROUGHOUT FREMONT AND WE'RE GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE 21:46:07 THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT 21:46:11 OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT, WHILE WE'RE APPROVING THE TRAIL 21:46:15 STRATEGY PLAN THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERARCHING DREAM THAT WE HAVE 21:46:21 AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT ALL OF THESE TRAILS ARE GOING TO COME 21:46:23 TO FRUITION. AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE BASED 21:46:26 ON FUNDING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 21:46:29 SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS JUST IF APPROVAL 21:46:35 THE APPROVAL FOR PAYING FOR THIS PLAN 21:46:40 APPARENTLY. 21:46:43 I'M GOING TO GUESS BECAUSE I FLO THE WAY THE TWO OF YOU WORK THAT 21:46:46 THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BEFORE ANY OF THESE ACTUAL 21:46:49 TRAILS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. 21:46:52 AND I HAVE EVERY FAITH THAT YOU'LL GET THE COMMUNITIES ON 21:46:59 BOARD TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. THIS IS -- IT'S A 30 YEAR PLAN. 21:47:03 SO YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND HOPEFULLY 21:47:05 WE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 21:47:09 THAT, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:47:13 I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE MY QUICK COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON. 21:47:17 WE STILL ONE MORE AGENDA OR AT LEAST -- COUPLE MORE AGENDA 21:47:20 ITEMS NOW. BUT REAL QUICKLY. 21:47:23 I KNOW THIS IS DID BEGINNING OF THE 30 YEAR PLAN. 21:47:26 THIS IS AGAIN THE APPROVING JUST AS COUNCILMEMBER JONES SAID, 21:47:34 IT'S THE TRANSFER OR THE T COST TO FUND THIS STUDY AND MOVING 21:47:37 FORWARD WE'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 21:47:41 THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANTLY WE MAKE THE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS. 21:47:53 I KNOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH 21:47:58 THE SECRETARY, WADE CROWFOOT. OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD THE 21:48:02 PLEASURE TO SEE LIKE IN LANDING PARKWAY AND OTHER AREAS WHERE 21:48:05 WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS STEP UP TO HELP US WITH SOME OF 21:48:07 THE MAINTENANCE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST 21:48:10 MILE AND LEAS MILE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL 21:48:14 BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THOSE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 21:48:17 WHETHER IT'S WITH AGENCIES LIKE BART OR OTHERS AND THEN WITH 21:48:20 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK 21:48:22 THAT IS A GOOD VISION FOR US TO SET. 21:48:25 I AGREE THAT I WAS LISTENING TO ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT 21:48:29 EARLIER AND I STILL REMEMBER TAKING MY THEN LITTLE KIDS TO 21:48:32 FEED HORSES TON TRAILS. THEY WERE JUST FEEDING THEM 21:48:35 SUGAR CUBES AND NOW THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS. 21:48:38 I'D LIKE TO SAY I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME OF MY 21:48:40 GRANDCHILDREN FOR THIS NEXT STEP. 21:48:44 I'D LIKE US TO MOVE AFFORD. I'M PASSIONATE THAT WE WORK ON 21:48:47 THIS IN TERMS OF AT LEAST SETTING THE PLAN AND THEN 21:48:49 SEEKING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE 21:48:52 COUNCIL CAN DO IN TERMS OF LOBBYING OUR LEGISLATORS AND 21:48:55 WORKING WITH OTHER ADVOCACY EFFORTS. 21:49:00 I FLO THAT YEARS AGO MEASURE W FOR SETTING SITES ON THE PARK 21:49:04 LANDS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS 21:49:07 AND ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL MOVING FORWARD. 21:49:11 WITH NO DOUBT WE'VE HEARD FROM SPEAKERS THIS EVENING BUT WE 21:49:13 WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 21:49:16 WHAT I'VE SEEN WHERE THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED 21:49:19 WITH IRON HORSE TRAIL AND OTHER THINGS THAT IT TENDS TO BE A 21:49:21 COMMUNITY BLESSING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CRITICALLY 21:49:26 NEED RIGHT NOW AS AN OPTION IN TERMS OF WAYS TO GET OUTDOORS, 21:49:30 WHETHER IT'S THROUGH BIKING, WALKING OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES 21:49:33 TO RECREATE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO SUZANNE 21:49:35 AND THE STAFF AND TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO BE 21:49:39 PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND OUR COMMISSIONS BOTH THE MOBILITY 21:49:43 AND OUR BIKE COMMISSIONS IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFORTS. 21:49:46 SO I THINK THAT WITH THIS I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION. 21:49:49 I HAVE ONE MOTION ALREADY BY COUNCILMEMBER COX AND A SECOND 21:49:52 BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AN TAKE A 21:49:57 D TAKE A VOTE. 21:50:07 SORRY. SUSAN I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY 21:50:15 HEARING YOU RIGHT NOW. CLE COUNCILMEMBER COX. 21:50:18 >> YES COUNCILMEMBER COX. AYE. 21:50:21 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. AYE. 21:50:30 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 21:50:33 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI. 21:50:37 AYE. >> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION TO 21:50:40 ADOPT THE APPROVAL OF THE FREMONT TRAIL STRATEGY PLAN IS 21:50:45 UNANIMOUS PAP NEXT IS ITEM 7C WHICH IS THE REVISED CITY 21:50:48 COUNCIL HANDBOOK OF RULES AND PROCEDURES. 21:50:54 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY PRESENTATION, DEBRA ON THIS OR 21:51:00 IS THIS JUST -- >> Ms. Margolis: JUST A BRIEF 21:51:06 OVERVIEW FOR YOU. THE CITY HANDBOOK OF RULES AND 21:51:09 PROCEDURES HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN THE CITY SINCE 1997. 21:51:14 THE HANDBOOK CONTAINS RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE CONDUCT OF THE 21:51:17 CITY COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE CONDUCT OF THE 21:51:20 MEETINGS THEMSELVES. THE HANDBOOK INCLUDES RELEVANT 21:51:24 PROCEDURES PRACTICES AND CUSTOMS AND HAS BEEN MAIMED PERIODICALLY 21:51:30 AMENDED PERIODICALLY MOST RECENTLY IN 21:51:34 2018 WHEN THE VICE MAYOR SELECTION RULES WERE UPDATED AND 21:51:37 WHEN OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE RULES TO REFLECT THE 21:51:40 CREATION OF DISTRICTS IN THE CITY AND THE NEW SEVEN MEMBER 21:51:43 COUNCIL. THE PURPOSE OF THE CURRENT 21:51:45 AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO INCORPORATE THE NORMS AND 21:51:51 PROTOCOLS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT YOUR RETREAT IN JANUARY OF 2021. 21:51:54 AND THE DECISION WAS MADE AT THAT TIME THAT THEY SHOULD BE 21:51:58 INCORPORATED INTO THE HANDBOOK ITSELF. 21:52:01 BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THAT WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER THINGS THAT 21:52:05 MIGHT NEED TO BE AMENDED OR UPDATED AND WE HAVE INCLUDED A 21:52:08 PROCEDURE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS AND 21:52:12 RESOLUTIONS, CLARIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF THE VICE MAYOR 21:52:16 BY PUTTING IN AN EXAMPLE THAT KIND OF LAYS OUT HOW IT 21:52:23 DEVELOPMENTALLY WORKS, BECAUSE THE WORDING OF IT IS A LITTLE 21:52:26 CONARE VOLUTED AND COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND. 21:52:31 WE PUT IN A PROVISION REGARDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND COUNCIL 21:52:36 REFERRALS AND WE MADE SOME OTHER MINOR NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. 21:52:41 SO WITH THAT, YOU HAVE THE AMENDMENT BEFORE I WITH THE 21:52:44 PROPOSED LANGUAGE AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT 21:52:52 YOU MAY HAVE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, IS 21:52:56 THERE A CLARIFYING QUESTION? AND I SEE ALSO WE HAVE A PUBLIC 21:52:58 SPEAKER. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 21:53:02 >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT'S COME 21:53:11 UP BEFORE. SO IN CHAPTER 2B, 5, WHEN 21:53:16 FOREIGN DIGNITARIES REQUEST OFFICIAL CITY OF FREMONT EVENTS 21:53:20 WITH MEMBERS, I HAD HEARD SOMETHING HOW THAT MIGHT HAVE 21:53:24 BEEN EXPANDED TO NOT JUST FOREIGN DIGNITARIES BUT DOMESTIC 21:53:28 DIGNITARIES AS WELL SUCH AS LIKE THE GOVERNOR, THE LIEUTENANT 21:53:31 GOVERNOR, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT 21:53:35 SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO MAYBE EVEN JUST DELETE DID WORD FOREIGN. 21:53:55 THE WORD FOREIGN. >> Ms. Margolis: IT IS UP TO 21:53:59 THE COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE OR EXPAND THAT LANGUAGE 21:54:04 WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 21:54:06 >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A RECENT 21:54:10 EVENT WHERE WE HAD SOME NONFOREIGN DIGNITARIES THAT 21:54:12 MAYBE THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN 21:54:15 INCLUDED IN. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT 21:54:18 UP AND SEE WHAT OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THINK ABOUT THAT, 21:54:27 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER 21:54:28 KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: MADAM 21:54:32 MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT DURING THE JANUARY COUNCIL RETREAT WE DID 21:54:38 TALK ABOUT INCLUDING THE DOMESTIC DIGNITARY SUCH AS 21:54:44 GOVERNORS OR CONGRESS MEMBER. AND VISIT TO OPEN UP THE 21:54:49 INVITATION TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL AND TO INCLUDE THAT TO THE 21:54:53 COUNCIL HANDBOOK. SO I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE 21:54:56 REVISION. SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. 21:55:01 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 21:55:01 . >> Councilmember Jones: THANK 21:55:04 YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST HAVE TWO CLARIFYING 21:55:07 QUESTIONS. NUMBER 1 IF THE EVENT IS NOT 21:55:10 SPONSORED BY THE CITY, IT'S SPONSORED BY A DIFFERENT AGENCY, 21:55:13 THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THE INVITATION INVITATIONS. 21:55:18 S. IS THIS SAYING THAT IF THE MAYOR 21:55:22 GETS INVITED TO SOMETHING BY THE IRVINGTON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 21:55:25 TO SPEAK AT A MEETING THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO 21:55:29 BE INVITED BECAUSE MAYBE AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER OR CONGRESSMAN 21:55:35 WILL BE PRESENT, IS THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE ADOPTING? 21:55:38 >> Ms. Margolis: NO, THE LANK AS WRITTEN IS LIMITED TO EVENTS 21:55:41 THAT ARE OFFICIAL CITY OF FREMONT EVENTS. 21:55:43 >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY BECAUSE THE EVENT THAT WAS 21:55:48 ALLUDED TO JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO WAS NOT A CITY OF FREMONT EVENT 21:55:51 AND THE CITY OF FREMONT DID NOT CREATE THE INVITATION LIST. 21:55:55 MY FEAR IS THAT IF WE START HAVING VISITS FROM ASSEMBLY 21:55:58 MEMBERS, CONGRESSMEN, GOVERNOR, WHOEVER AND THEY INVITE THE 21:56:03 MAYOR OR A SPECIFIC PERSON TO JOIN THEM FOR AN EVENT OR LUNCH 21:56:08 OR WHAT HAVE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ARE WE OBLIGATED TO THEN TURN AROUND 21:56:12 AND INVITE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL? I DON'T THINK SO THAT THAT'S THE 21:56:15 INTENT OF THE INVITATION AND I DON'T THINK THAT THOSE 21:56:17 INVITATIONS WILL BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE. 21:56:24 YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT -- DID YOU LOOK OON PAGE 1 21:56:28 OF THE HANDBOOK THE MAYOR IS THE FIGURE HEAD OF THE CITY AND WILL 21:56:31 REPRESENT THE CITY IN ALL CEREMONIAL ISSUES. 21:56:34 I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE FOR THE 21:56:41 ENTIRE COUNCIL TO BE INVITED TO AN EVENT THAT ONLY THE MAYOR WAS 21:56:44 INVITED TO. CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL CAN BE 21:56:47 NOTIFIED BUT IT'S UP TO THE PERSON MAKING THE INVITATION TO 21:56:50 EXTEND THAT INVITATION OR TO APPROVE THAT INVITATION TO 21:56:59 INCLUDE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:57:01 COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: YES, DID 21:57:09 , I DID WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS 21:57:11 ONE. THE SITUATION WAS ATHE PERSON 21:57:15 WAS A PAST INTERNATIONAL DIGNITARY IN ADDITION TO A 21:57:19 DOMESTIC CURRENT DIGNITARY. AND SO I WANTED TO SEE IF 21:57:24 THERE'S SOME WAY OF -- IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S DOMESTIC 21:57:28 OR FOREIGN. THEY'RE A DIGNITARY. 21:57:33 THAT, IF THEY'RE USING THE CITY OF 21:57:39 FREMONT'S OFFICES, OR HAVING AN OFFICIAL CITY OF FREMONT EVENT, 21:57:44 THAT'S WHAT I RECALL WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAD PUT IN THE 21:57:55 WORDING TO THAT EFFECT. THAT ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL 21:57:57 MEMBERS WOULD BE EXTENDED A COURTESY INVITATION. 21:58:04 I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT ASPECT TO THE DEFINITION IN THAT 21:58:09 REGARDS FOR THAT SECTION B OF THE EXTENDED PROTOCOLS FOR CITY 21:58:12 COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN IT'S INVOLVING DIGNITARIES. 21:58:15 SINCE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE TOPIC. 21:58:19 SO I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THAT ONE. 21:58:26 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 21:58:31 CONDITIONS I'M SUGGESTING THE REMOVAL OF ONE WORD, FOREIGN, I 21:58:36 DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD TREAT FOREIGN DIGNITARIES DIFFERENT 21:58:40 THAN DOMESTIC DIGNITARIES. SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE 21:58:46 SUPERCONTROVERSIAL. 21:58:47 IS. >> Mayor Mei: I'M GOING TO 21:58:51 WEIGH IN. HAVING SERVED ON SEVERAL OTHER 21:58:55 MAYORS ORGANIZATIONS, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS A MEETING 21:58:58 ON CITY PROPERTY WITH A CITY RUN EVENT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD 21:59:02 LOOK AT BUT I'M OFTEN EXTENDED INVITATIONS THAT PERTAIN 21:59:06 SPECIFICALLY TO ME, AND MY ROLE AS THE MAYOR. 21:59:10 AND THOSE ARE USUALLY NOT TRANSFERABLE AND I CAN'T EVEN 21:59:12 SEND A REPLACEMENT ALTERNATE TO THOSE. 21:59:16 AND SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS I WOULD FIND IT INAPPROPRIATE AND 21:59:19 I'VE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AND SOME OF THEIR GUIDELINES AND 21:59:24 SPOKEN WITH MY -- SOME OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND THAT JUST 21:59:28 DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE PROCEDURES THAT OTHER CITIES ARE 21:59:40 FOLLOWING. THEY'RE DELINEATIONS, I'M A 21:59:45 MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, ONE OF THOSE CLARIFICATIONS IS TO SERVE 21:59:48 AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND I WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN MAKING 21:59:49 THAT CHANGE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 21:59:57 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 22:00:00 I THINK WHEN WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION IN THE JANUARY 22:00:05 RETREAT ABOUT THIS, I THINK I WOULD AGREE THAT IF IT'S WITHIN 22:00:11 THE CITY HALL OR CITY BUILDING, I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE OPEN, 22:00:15 AND ALLOW ACCESS TO FELLOW COLLEAGUES. 22:00:18 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO HAVE A DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR WHO'S 22:00:22 ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO REPRESENT OUR CITY. 22:00:26 AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE SO THE MAYOR CAN'T 22:00:29 HAVE ANY MEETINGS AT THE CITY HALL. 22:00:32 SO I THINK WE HAVE TO ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY BUT TRY TO 22:00:36 ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF ALLOWING FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO 22:00:41 COME. OTHERWISE WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO 22:00:45 BE CHECKING OKAY WITH THIS EVENT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE WHO IS COMING 22:00:50 YOU KNOW WHO'S HOSTING. IS THIS A FOREIGN DIGNITARY. 22:00:53 IT'S LIKE A WHOLE CHECKLIST. WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DID 22:00:57 IS TO WORK WELL TOGETHER AND TO BUILD THAT TRUST OVER TIME 22:01:00 RATHER THAN BE FREE SCRIPTIVE AND HAVE ALL THESE CHECKLISTS 22:01:04 THAT WE HAVE GOT TO FILL OUT. SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO ALLOW 22:01:09 THE MAYOR, FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH STATE OFFICIALS, 22:01:13 LEGISLATORS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFICULT 22:01:15 DISCUSSIONS NEED TO BE HAD IN PRIVATE. 22:01:18 NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE THERE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET CAN FUNDING 22:01:22 FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR TRYING TO MAKE A PITCH FOR SOMETHING. 22:01:38 SO I THINK THAT STAFF AND STRURK A GOOD BALANCE AND I'M OKAY WITH 22:01:58 THAT. 22:01:58 22:03:12 22:03:13 22:03:13 22:03:44 22:03:44 22:03:44 22:03:51 >> Councilmember Jones: SO AS A PERSON 22:03:56 ON A MULTICITY TOUR, MAKING STOPS, AND WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN TWICE IN THE 22:03:59 LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SOMEONE HAS COME THROUGH TO PROMOTE THE BILLS THAT THEY 22:04:06 HAVE PUT FORWARD AND A COUPLE OF THOSE HAVE BENEFITED OUR CITY, IS THAT 22:04:09 SOMETHING NOT NECESSARILY A CEREMONIAL THING, BUT IN SOME CASES, IT'S MERELY 22:04:14 A PHOTO OP. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE FALLING UNDER THIS 22:04:18 GUIDELINE? THAT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY REQUESTS A PHOTO OP WITH THE MAYOR OR 22:04:23 ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER, THAT WE HAVE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE REST OF 22:04:28 COUNCIL? JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT A PHOTO IN THE COUNCIL CHAIM BIRS IN 22:04:36 CHAMBERS IN FRONT OF THE CITY SEAL? I THINK IT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC. TO ME 22:04:39 IT COMES DOWN TO THE PERSON DOING THE INVITING IS THE ONE WHO GETS TO CHOOSE 22:04:46 THEIR GUEST. IF I'M INVITED TO AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL OR BUSINESS 22:04:50 RELATED, IF I GO TO A FAMILY PARTY, I'M NOT GOING TO INVITE ALL OF MY FRIENDS 22:04:54 TO COME WITH ME WITHOUT CHECKING WITH THE HOST FIRST. SO I THINK THAT'S 22:04:59 WHERE IT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC, AND THAT THE INVITATION WAS EXTENDED TO A 22:05:04 SPECIFIC PERSON, YES, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, 22:05:09 BUT IT'S UP TO THE PERSON MAKING THE INVITATION TO INVITE ANYONE ELSE OR TO 22:05:18 SAY YEA OR NAY TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ATTENDING. 22:05:20 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. SUSAN, DO YOU 22:05:29 HAVE SOMETHING TO -- ARE WE DUE FOR A BREAK? SORRY, YOU'RE ON MUTE, SUSAN. 22:05:33 >> Ms. Gauthier: I APOLOGIZE. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. JUST TO 22:05:38 COUNCILMEMBER JONES' POINT, I HAVE A QUESTION REALLY THAT GOES TO DEBRA 22:05:45 MARGOLIS, IS, IS THIS A BROWN ACT -- WOULD WE HAVE TO POST SPECIAL MEETING 22:05:51 NOTICES FOR ALL OF THESE EVENTS THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS INVOLVED IN, AND 22:05:58 THAT CREATES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CITY CLERK OFFICE TIME TO PREPARE, POST THE 22:06:03 NOTICES, GET THEM POSTED OUT IN FRONT OF THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS, EVEN IF IT'S 22:06:07 NOT AT CITY HALL, MAYBE IT'S AT THE WARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER AND 22:06:12 WE'RE REQUIRED TO THEN POST A NOTICE THERE. 22:06:14 >> Ms. Margolis: YEAH, THAT'S THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER SHAO WAS RAISING 22:06:20 ALSO, I BELIEVE, AND THE CONFUSION THERE IS THE BROWN ACT HAS SEVERAL 22:06:25 EXEMPTIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS AN EXEMPTION FOR CEREMONIAL MEETINGS, SO 22:06:31 IT REALLY KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING. IF IT'S SOME 22:06:35 KIND OF A GATHERING WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION OF CITY BUSINESS IN 22:06:39 ANY WAY, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE A MEETING AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 22:06:44 NOTICED AND THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE TO BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND AND ALL THAT. 22:06:49 WHEREAS IF IT'S SIMPLY MORE OF A CEREMONIAL TYPE MEETING, THEN THAT 22:06:56 WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. SO IT'S ANOTHER COMPLICATION OF THIS POLICY, IS THAT 22:07:04 WE WOULD HAVE TO ANALYZE THAT FOR EACH SEPARATE MEETING OR GATHERING, AND FOR 22:07:13 EXAMPLE, THE ONES RECENTLY WHERE WE HAD LEGISLATORS COME BY LOOKING AT THE 22:07:16 PROJECTS THEY'RE PROMOTING, WE HAD TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH, WELL, IS THAT 22:07:19 SOMETHING WHERE THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CITY BUSINESS, ARE 22:07:24 THEY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO BE INCLUDED OR IS IT LITERALLY JUST A 22:07:32 PHOTO OP? SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AN ANALYSIS THAT GOES INTO EACH ONE OF 22:07:34 THESE ITEMS. >> Mayor Mei: SO JUST REAL QUICK, 22:07:38 BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE IS A HAND RAISED, I APOLOGIZE, I'M GOING TO 22:07:42 QUICKLY -- I SEE ONE HAND RAISED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SO I DON'T THINK 22:07:45 I'VE ASKED FOR THAT AND I JUST -- ACTUALLY TWO, SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL 22:07:49 THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS REAL QUICK AND THEN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE 22:07:56 I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PERHAPS A LENGTHIER CONVERSATION STILL. CHRIS, 22:08:00 IF YOU'D LIKE TO UNMUTE THE MIC, PLEASE. 22:08:09 >> THANK YOU. THIS SEEMED TO GO WAY OFF TOPIC AND I'LL REMIND THE CITY 22:08:15 THAT THEY WERE SUED IN 2006 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT BY DENNIS 22:08:21 WOEFEL SO THEY SHOULD THINK BEFORE THEY START TO MAKE CHANGES AROUND THE BROWN 22:08:29 ACT. MY COMMENTS AROUND THESE THINGS ARE, I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE WRITTEN 22:08:36 COMMUNICATIONS WERE LIMITED BY TIME, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE LOGICAL 22:08:44 SENSE SINCE THEY WOULD BE SUBMITTED, BUT YOU HAVE SAID THAT. IT ALSO 22:08:51 CLEARLY STATES THAT THE CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THERE'S 22:08:57 NO -- YOU STILL HAVEN'T PUT ANYTHING THERE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S ACTUALLY 22:09:02 GOING TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE PUBLIC. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S NOTHING 22:09:10 IN THERE, THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT ANYTHING. I'VE ALSO FOUND IT 22:09:14 TROUBLING DURING THE TIMES DURING COVID THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT 22:09:21 ANYTHING. AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD LOOK AT IT AS COVID IS THE NEW REALITY 22:09:25 AND COMMUNICATIONS MAY HAPPEN OVER ZOOM ALL THE TIME AND LOOK AT YOUR RULES IN 22:09:30 THAT ASPECT, NOT IN THE IN PUBLIC PERSON THING. THANK YOU. 22:09:38 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. KELLY? >> SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, O IT'S JUST 22:09:42 A PHOTO OP, I'VE SEEN A PHOTO OP IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WHERE FIVE 22:09:49 POLITICIANS WERE LINED UP BEHIND SHOVELS AND IT WASN'T A SHOVEL-READY 22:09:55 PROJECT, AND IT'S STILL AN EMPTY LOT THERE. AT THAT PLACE THAT THEY WERE 22:10:00 STANDING. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THESE RULES BECAUSE YOU CAN READ IN THE 22:10:04 NEWSPAPER, YOU'LL SEE THAT NEIGHBORING CITY COUNCILS LITERALLY CLOSE BY 22:10:09 FREMONT, THERE'S INTERESTING WARFARE GOING ON OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 22:10:14 GET ALONG ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER. ON PAGE 5 OF THIS 22:10:19 THING, IT TALKS ABOUT REFERRALS. BUT IF A REFERRAL HASN'T ANY TIMELINE, 22:10:26 THEN REALLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS DOING A SUBTERFUGE, A POLICY DIRECTOR OR 22:10:32 COUNCIL GUIDANCE REFERRALS SHOULD BE -- SHOULD HAVE SOME TIMELINE FOR 22:10:36 RESPONSIVE ACTION, AND THEN BE AGENDIZED AS A SEPARATE ITEM FOR 22:10:43 COUNCIL APPROVAL. REFERRALS SHOULD NOT CREATE OR IMPLEMENT POLICY AND 22:10:46 REFERRALS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT OUT HANGING. YOU NEED TO CREATE CLEAR 22:10:51 REFERRALS, AND HAVING THE CITY MANAGER SIT THERE AND SAY THAT STAFF 22:10:55 UNDERSTANDS A REFERRAL IS NO ASSURANCE THAT ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH 22:11:02 A REFERRAL. AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS REQUIRE USE OF CITY RESOURCES FOR 22:11:06 SCHEDULING AND RECORDING, WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS? WHY DON'T YOU 22:11:10 RECORD COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON ZOOM? COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAVE TO BE 22:11:16 RECORDED. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL 22:11:19 TURN IT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL FOR CONVERSATION ON THIS PROPOSED 22:11:26 AMENDMENTS. VICE MAYOR SHAO. >> Vice Mayor Shao: DON'T TAKE MY JOKE 22:11:32 IN THE WRONG WAY. I'M JUST THINKING MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME PAPERCUTS OF 22:11:38 EACH ONE OF US -- THE CITY HALL AND IF THERE'S A PHOTO OP, WE CAN JUST PUT 22:11:43 OUT THOSE PAPER CUT AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE AS IF WE WERE ALL THERE, 22:11:48 BECAUSE I FIND THAT MOST OF THOSE CEREMONIAL ONES, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T 22:11:55 HAVE TO BE THERE. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. THANK YOU. 22:12:00 COUNCILMEMBER KENG? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. SO I DO 22:12:11 HAVE A QUESTION TO DEBRA, CITY ATTORNEY. SO I DO GENERALLY AGREE, IF 22:12:27 IT'S A CITY-HOSTED MEETING, ALL SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, BUT ALSO IF IT'S AT THE 22:12:36 CITY CHAMBER -- CITY OFFICES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE -- FOR EXAMPLE, 22:12:41 YEAH, SO ALSO, I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE SO FOR EXAMPLE, I SAW -- I THINK IT 22:12:49 WAS LAST MONTH, THE GOVERNOR VISITED UNION CITY AT A HEALTH CLINIC TO SHOW 22:12:55 -- TO SEE VACCINATION PROGRESS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND IT WASN'T AT THE 22:13:00 CITY HALL, BUT I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE INVITATION WENT OUT TO ALL CITY 22:13:06 COUNCILMEMBERS. SO KIND OF LIKE THAT, MAYBE THE CITY ALSO WASN'T THE HOST, 22:13:16 BUT I THINK IF THE CITY OFFICE WERE AWARE OF THE EVENT, IT IS GOOD FOR THE 22:13:23 INVITATION TO BE SENT OUT TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE 22:13:31 OF IF NEITHER THE HOST OR THE EVENT TOOK PLACE AT THE CITY OFFICE OR 22:13:38 CHAMBER, BUT INVITATIONS WENT OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I THINK IT IS 22:13:45 -- I THINK IF THE -- EVEN IF THE CITY -- IF THE CITY WAS AWARE OF THE EVENT 22:13:51 AND IF WE HAVE FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC DIGNITARIES THAT CAME THROUGH, I WOULD 22:13:59 SUPPORT THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INVITED. 22:14:01 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 22:14:05 >> Councilmember Salwan: YEAH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A GOOD POLICY THAT'S 22:14:10 WORKING. WE HAD A FEW EVENTS RECENTLY WHERE WE 22:14:14 HAD SENATOR WIECKOWSKI COME TO TOWN AND STAFF INVITED EVERYBODY, AND WE HAD 22:14:21 ANOTHER ONE, WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE? OH, CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA, AND THEN WE 22:14:24 HAD CONGRESSMAN SWALWELL, SO IT WORKED FINE. 22:14:27 I THINK IT'S WORKING BETTER. I THINK THE INTENT OR THE ORIGINAL 22:14:31 CONCERN IS BEING ADDRESSED, AND I THINK WE DON'T WANT TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE 22:14:35 MAYOR. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME LEEWAY 22:14:38 FOR THE MAYOR TO HAVE SOME MEETINGS, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OFFICIAL MEETINGS 22:14:46 IN THE CITY HALL, BY ALL MEANS, WE SHOULD TRY TO OPEN THEM UP TO EVERYONE 22:14:51 BUT GIVE THE MAYOR SOME PREROGATIVE TO HAVE SOME ONE ON ONE MEETINGS AS 22:14:53 WELL. IF WE HAD TO DISCLOSE EVERY SINGLE 22:14:58 MEETING WE HAD WITH DIFFERENT DIGNITARIES, DO I HAVE TO DISCLOSE I 22:15:02 MET WITH RO KHANNA AT THE CITY ALL OR IF WE TALKED TO ERIK SWALWELL OR THE 22:15:07 GOVERNOR, I SPOKE TO THE GOVERNOR. SO IT JUST BECOMES CUMBERSOME TO TRY 22:15:10 TO REGULATE, TO TRY TO MICROMANAGE THESE THINGS. 22:15:14 WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS TO HAVE THE INTENT OF BEING OPEN, BUILDING TRUST 22:15:18 AND BEING MORE TRANSPARENT, AND ALLOW SOME LEEWAY FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS 22:15:22 TO -- SOME INDIVIDUAL PREROGATIVE. I THINK THE CITY STAFF AND I'M SURE 22:15:26 THE CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT HE WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO MAKE SURE 22:15:31 THAT EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT IT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 22:15:33 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: JUST ON A 22:15:37 TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC, CHRIS, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT, 22:15:41 I THOUGHT. ON PAGE 12, IT SAYS ORAL AND WRITTEN 22:15:43 COMMUNICATIONS, INDIVIDUALS SPEAKERS, 3 MINUTES. 22:15:48 THAT DOES SEEM KIND OF WEIRD. IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THE WORDS "AND 22:15:51 WRITTEN" SHOULDN'T BE THERE. I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT BEFORE. 22:15:58 SO DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE A COMMENT AS TO WHY IT SAYS 3 MINUTES 22:16:05 FOR ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? >> Ms. Margolis: NO. 22:16:08 [LAUGHTER] >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. 22:16:12 >> Ms. Margolis: POINT WELL TAKEN. WE'LL FIX THAT. 22:16:16 >> Councilmember Kassan: AND THANKS TO CHRIS FOR BEING A VERY GOOD -- CAREFUL 22:16:20 READER OF DOCUMENTS. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. 22:16:23 SEEING NONE, CAN I GET OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, CAN I GET A MOTION, 22:16:29 PLEASE? MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, 22:16:33 SECONDED BY JONES OR -- JONES, I THINK YOU PRESSED FIRST. 22:16:38 OH, COUNCILMEMBER -- OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU HAVE 22:16:41 ANOTHER COMMENT? >> Councilmember Cox: SO I GUESS I'M 22:16:45 CONFUSED. WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW 22:16:50 BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OTHER COMMENTS THAT I HADN'T GOT A CHANCE TO ASK FOR 22:16:52 THE HANDBOOK. I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE 22:16:58 PARTICULAR AREA, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER ITEMS, AT LEAST I WAS GOING 22:17:04 TO BRING UP TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND -- GET SOME CLARIFICATION. 22:17:11 SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE A VOTE, BUT 22:17:16 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING, AND WHAT WERE 22:17:20 SOME OF THE CHANGES BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE STILL IN DIALOGUE. 22:17:24 >> Mayor Mei: WELL, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR 22:17:28 MOTION AND EXPRESS IN DETAIL WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE APPROVING? 22:17:33 >> Councilmember Salwan: WELL, MY MOTION WAS GOING TO BE TO ACCEPT 22:17:37 COUNCIL HANDBOOK AS PRESENTED. BUT IF COUNCILMEMBER COX HAS SOME 22:17:40 OTHER COMMENTS -- >> Mayor Mei: IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE 22:17:45 ANY FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS OR -- >> Councilmember Cox: I THINK IN THAT 22:17:51 CASE FOR THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE WORD "FOREIGN" AND 22:17:59 JUST HAVE" DIGNITARY "FOR B5. THAT'S IN THE HANDBOOK. 22:18:06 THE OTHER PART WAS TO UNDERSTAND -- I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE JUST, I 22:18:11 GUESS, LIMITED TO ONE TOWN HALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO TOWN HALLS LAST 22:18:16 YEAR, AND HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN ONE? >> Mayor Mei: IT HASN'T BEEN A PAST 22:18:20 PRACTICE FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO ACTUALLY DO TOWN HALLS IN THE PAST, SO WE 22:18:26 STARTED IT BECAUSE OUR COUNCIL HAS EXPANDED IN SIZE, WE HAVE LIMITED TO 22:18:29 ONE TOWN HALL BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS. 22:18:35 AND SO THAT WAS TO ENSURE THAT STAFF WOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO PLAN AND 22:18:39 PREPARE FOR THOSE, AND SO THAT WAS THE PROPOSAL FROM STAFF IN CONJUNCTION 22:18:42 WITH THE COUNCIL. >> Councilmember Cox: OH, OKAY. 22:18:45 GOTCHA. BECAUSE I DID SEE THE OTHER PART THAT 22:18:49 YOU CAN'T HAVE TOWN -- YOU CAN HAVE OTHER TOWN HALL MEETINGS BUT NOT WITH 22:18:52 THE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF. >> Mayor Mei: YES. 22:18:53 >> Councilmember Cox: I THINK I READ AS WELL. 22:18:56 OKAY. >> City Manager Danaj: THAT'S CORRECT, 22:18:58 COUNCILMEMBER. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, YOU OBVIOUSLY 22:19:02 CAN HOLD YOUR OWN MEETINGS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT, BUT IN TERMS OF 22:19:05 SORT OF A DEDICATED STAFF PRESENCE -- >> Mayor Mei: OR RESOURCES. 22:19:08 >> City Manager Danaj:DEPARTMEN T HEADS OR PLANNING FOR IT OR RESOURCING IT, 22:19:10 THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. 22:19:19 GOTCHA. >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE ANY -- 22:19:21 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DO 22:19:25 YOU ACCEPT OR WANT TO COMMENT -- I MIGHT MAKE SOME COMMENTS TOO. 22:19:29 >> Councilmember Salwan: SINCE WE HAVE TO GET FOUR VOTES, I WOULD WELCOME THE 22:19:32 FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU, IF THAT'S SUFFICIENT TO PASS THE MOTION. 22:19:37 IF YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON DIGNITARY VERSUS FOREIGN DIGNITARY. 22:19:40 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK WHEN WE START GOING INTO DIGNITARIES, I DO HAVE A 22:19:42 LOT OF MEETINGS. I SIT ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES AND 22:19:45 BOARDS FOR U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND I DO 22:19:52 MEET WITH FELLOW MAYORS, I DO MEET WITH FELLOW LOCAL LEGISLATORS OFTEN, AND I 22:19:57 DON'T KNOW FOR COMMITTEES OR FOR LOBBYING, BECAUSE I ALSO WORK ON OUR 22:20:05 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND I'M NOT SURE IF I TALK THEM THAT I BRING THE ENTIRE 22:20:08 COUNCIL IN EVERY TIME, THAT WOULD BE VERY RESTRICTIVE AND CONSTRICTIVE, I 22:20:10 THINK. I THINK THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT 22:20:15 OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IF THEY'RE CEREMONIAL ITEMS OR BIG 22:20:18 CONVERSATIONS OR SOME SORT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, I MEAN, DEFINITELY I CAN 22:20:23 UNDERSTAND, BUT INDIVIDUALLY AS A MAYOR, I DO MEET REGULARLY WITH MANY 22:20:27 PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND BRINGING EVERYONE IN WOULD BE A LITTLE 22:20:30 UNTRADITIONAL AND UNORTHODOX COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. 22:20:32 ESPECIALLY FOR A DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR. 22:20:38 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO? >> Vice Mayor Shao: I WOULD KEEP AS 22:20:44 IS, KEEP THE FOREIGN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, JUST USE THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO 22:20:47 UNION CITY. IF I WERE THE GOVERNOR, I'D RATHER BE 22:20:53 SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, NOT ALL THE LOCAL OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, 22:20:56 JUST -- THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAD TO BE THERE. 22:21:02 I WANT TO INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH THE VOTERS RATHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, 22:21:08 THOSE OFFICIALS. SO JUST THINK IN THE SHOES OF THOSE 22:21:17 DIGNITARIES. >> Councilmember Salwan: ANYONE ELSE? 22:21:22 COUNCILMEMBER JONES? >> Councilmember Jones: I AGREE. 22:21:28 I THINK THAT IF WE OPEN THE DOOR TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OTHER THAN FOREIGN 22:21:31 DIGNITARIES, NUMBER ONE, WHO DETERMINES WHO'S A DIGNITARY? 22:21:37 SO IT COULD APPLY TO A NUMBER OF THINGS. 22:21:41 BUT THE MAJORITY OF US HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS THROUGHOUT 22:21:45 THE STATE ON OUR OWN PREROGATIVES, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR ALL OF US TO BE 22:21:50 AT AN EVENT WHEN A PARTICULAR PERSON CALLS FOR A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR. 22:21:55 WE'D BE DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME. AND I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S 22:21:58 APPROPRIATE THAT WE KIND OF INVITE OURSELVES ALONG TO ALL OF THOSE 22:22:01 EVENTS. SO I'M FINE WITH LEAVING IT AT FOREIGN 22:22:04 DIGNITARY. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG? 22:22:10 >> Councilmember Keng: I DO SUPPORT WHEN THERE'S CEREMONIAL EVENTS LIKE 22:22:20 THE VISITS IN THE -- CONGRESSMAN SWALWELL, CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA, WE 22:22:25 WERE ALL NOTIFIED, SO I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MEET THEM WHEN 22:22:31 THEY'RE COMING TO THOSE OFFICIAL VISITS, BUT I WOULD GIVE THE MAYOR THE 22:22:41 ROOM TO MEET WITH OTHER ELECTS. >> Councilmember Salwan: I THINK I 22:22:45 UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY IS AT AND I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE THE MAYOR SOME 22:22:48 LEEWAY, IT IS A DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR, SHE IS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, SHE IS 22:22:51 REPRESENTING OUR CITY SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO GIVE SOME LEEWAY. 22:22:55 BUT I DO LIKE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING RECENTLY, MORE INFORMATION, MORE 22:22:58 DISCLOSURE, LETTING US KNOW ABOUT EVENTS, AND ACTUALLY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE 22:23:03 BEEN MADE AWARE, NOT EVERYBODY SHOWS UP, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S AS YOU PICK AND 22:23:05 CHOOSE. SO AGAIN, WE JUST HAVE TO ALLOW SOME 22:23:07 FLEXIBILITY. I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE. 22:23:11 SO I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AS IS. I THINK THE MAYOR HAS VOICED HER 22:23:14 OPINION AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HER SOME BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. 22:23:19 >> Mayor Mei: AND I APPRECIATE -- >> City Manager Danaj: MARY JUST HAD 22:23:22 SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> Mayor Mei: I APPRECIATE SUSAN FOR 22:23:26 BRINGING UP THAT PERSPECTIVE OF THE CLERK'S ROLE AND THE STAFF'S 22:23:27 RESPONSIBILITIES SO I APPRECIATE THAT TOO. 22:23:30 >> Councilmember Salwan: WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO ADD MORE BURDEN TO THE 22:23:32 STAFF AND TRYING TO MICROMANAGE THESE THINGS. 22:23:34 I THINK THESE THINGS CAN GET VERY TRICKY. 22:23:39 AND I THINK IT'S UP TO EACH OF US TO TRY TO WORK ON THESE THINGS AND TRY TO 22:23:43 COMMUNICATE MORE. >> Councilmember Cox: OR COLLABORATE 22:23:45 MORE, COLLABORATE WITH EVERYBODY TOGETHER. 22:23:49 I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE I MAKE MORE WORK FOR SUSAN AND THE STAFF AND FOR LILY 22:23:53 TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SHE CAN BE IN THE 22:23:59 ROOM, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT'S AT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OR GOVERNOR OR 22:24:06 SO, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. IN ALL FAIRNESS. 22:24:10 I KNOW WE SEE A LOT MORE OF OUR ASSEMBLYMEMBERS AND CONGRESS MEMBERS 22:24:14 AS FREELY OR MORE FREQUENTLY, BUT SOMEONE OF HIGHER ABOVE THOSE, I WOULD 22:24:23 PROBABLY WOULD KIND OF PUT IT IN THAT REALM IF I COULD DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 22:24:25 THE TWO. >> Councilmember Jones: BUT ONLY IF 22:24:28 THAT'S A CITY EVENT, CORRECT? >> Mayor Mei: I HAVE DINNERS WITH 22:24:31 PEOPLE SOMETIMES PERMLY TOO. >> Councilmember Cox: WE DON'T WANT TO 22:24:35 IMPOSE ON THAT FOR YOU, LILY, TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND TO ENSURE FREMONT 22:24:39 IS GOING TO CONTINUE THRIVING AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S 22:24:40 NOT POSSIBLE THAT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY. 22:24:48 THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR SCHEDULE, BUT SOME LEEWAY THERE, BUT JUST KIND OF IN 22:24:54 THE FRAME OF A LITTLE BIT OF -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO CALL IT, BUT A 22:24:57 LITTLE BIT HIGHER -- THEY'RE DIGNITARIES BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 22:25:04 THE NORMAL U.S. CONGRESSMAN AND -- THERE'S SOME EVENTS THERE AT THE CITY, 22:25:11 AT CITY HALL. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOREIGN BUT IT 22:25:16 WOULD BE SOMEONE THAT IS NOT A CONGRESSMAN OR ASSEMBLYMEMBER. 22:25:19 SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. >> Mayor Mei: I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF JOE 22:25:22 CALLS ME. I'M JUST KIDDING. 22:25:28 >> City Manager Danaj: MAYOR? >> Mayor Mei: CITY MANAGER DANAJ. 22:25:31 >> City Manager Danaj: I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WHATEVER YOU 22:25:34 DECIDE TONIGHT THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS HANDBOOK, IT REALLY IS YOUR 22:25:39 HANDBOOK, AND IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU TO FOLLOW IT AND FRANKLY WHEN YOU FEEL 22:25:42 IT'S APPROPRIATE, ENFORCE IT. SO NOW THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, I WANT 22:25:47 TO JUST PUBLICLY SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU, PUBLIC RI SHARE WITH THIS COUNCIL, 22:25:52 WHEN THERE ARE CITY SPONSORED EVENTS, YOU ARE ALL TREATED AS EQUALS, WHETHER 22:25:55 IT'S A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. 22:26:00 AND SO FOR EXAMPLE -- AND ALSO I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE 22:26:03 SENSITIVE TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THIS COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF IT. 22:26:11 AND SO THE EXAMPLES OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MISPLACED HIS TITLE 22:26:14 WITH SPECIFICS BUT WHEN HE CAME TO THE CITY, THAT WAS A CITY EVENT BECAUSE HE 22:26:20 CAME TO TOUR PARTS OF THE CITY AND WE DEDICATED CITY RESOURCES TO THAT, 22:26:24 RIGHT, SO WE HAD CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO WERE OUT THERE DESCRIBING 22:26:28 PROJECTS, AND FRANKLY DOING OUR BEST TO REPRESENT THE CITY, PITCH FOR FUNDING, 22:26:34 WHEN OUR TWO LOCAL CONGRESSMAN CHOSE TO COME DURING RECESS TO TOUR FRANKLY 22:26:39 THEIR EARMARKS FOR FREMONT THAT'S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN CONGRESS, 22:26:42 AGAIN, THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS WORTH OUR TIME AND ENERGY 22:26:46 SO CITY STAFF WAS PRESENT, AND OF COURSE IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE WANT YOU 22:26:49 TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TO JOIN US. 22:26:55 SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE AGAIN THAT THIS IS YOUR HANDBOOK TO OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW 22:26:59 AND ENFORCE, HOWEVER YOU WRITE IT THIS EVENING OR IN THE FUTURE, BUT I ALSO 22:27:03 DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE VERY MUCH ARE COMMITTED, YOU ARE ALL EQUALS WHEN 22:27:09 IT COMES TO A CITY-SPONSORED EVENT, INCLUDING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE BUT YET 22:27:12 WONDERFUL AS OPENING OUR NEW AGING WELL CENTER TOMORROW. 22:27:17 SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. 22:27:22 >> Councilmember Kassan: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THE -- THAT THE 22:27:25 DELETION OF "AND WRITTEN" ON PAGE 12. >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S FINE. 22:27:27 I WAS GOING TO NOTE THAT TOO. THANK YOU. 22:27:28 >> Councilmember Kassan:FRIENDL Y AMENDMENT. 22:27:32 >> Mayor Mei: YES, THAT'S FINE. I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THAT TO RAJ BUT I'M 22:27:35 SURE HE'S OKAY. I THINK HE'S GOT HIS HAND RAISED. 22:27:40 OH, HE'S NODDING. OKAY. 22:27:43 I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES. COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 22:27:47 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU. SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE VISIT OF THE 22:28:00 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS A LITTLE -- BECAUSE I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR DEPUTY -- 22:28:03 CHRISTINA BRIGGS WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE EVENT. 22:28:06 >> Mayor Mei: AS A GUEST, YES. >> Councilmember Keng: RIGHT, SO IT'S 22:28:11 KIND OF LIKE -- KIND OF BLURRY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE LINE WAS, AND THEN 22:28:18 KIND OF CREATES CONFUSION, AND THEN WHEN IT'S THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND 22:28:23 KIND OF -- YEAH, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, OH, THEY DON'T COME HERE EVERY DAY. 22:28:28 >> City Manager Danaj: I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY 22:28:32 TO RESPOND TO THAT AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS. 22:28:35 THAT WAS AN EVENT, THOUGH, THAT WAS SPONSORED NOT BY THE CITY OF FREMONT, 22:28:43 IT WAS SPONSORED BY A THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION, THE CHAMBER IN OUR 22:28:45 CITY. THEY INVITED WHO THEY INVITED. 22:28:51 I DID NOT ATTEND, BUT OF COURSE THE PERSON PRINCIPALLY RESPONSIBLE FROM 22:28:54 THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE OF INTERACTING WITH THE CHAMBER OR ECONOMIC 22:28:59 DEVELOPMENT, SINCE SHE HAPPENED TO COME ON THAT TOPIC, WAS PRESENT AND I THINK 22:29:02 THAT WAS APPROPRIATE. DO I WISH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 22:29:04 INVITED EVERYBODY? YES, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. 22:29:10 IT'S NOT MY AUTHORITY. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK PART OF IT -- 22:29:13 COVID RESTRICTIONS AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS AN IN-PERSON TOUR. 22:29:16 THAT WAS PART OF IT TOO. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AGAIN. 22:29:19 YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED. >> Councilmember Salwan: YES, SO I'M 22:29:22 READY TO MAKE THE MOTION. I THINK THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. 22:29:27 WE DO HAVE A RETREAT ONCE A YEAR, AND SO I THINK IN GOOD FAITH, WE SHOULD 22:29:31 MOVE THIS FORWARD AND IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK, WE CAN TAKE IT BACK IN 22:29:37 JANUARY AND KEEP MAKING IT BETTER. SO I'M READY TO MOVE THIS TO ACCEPT 22:29:41 THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK. >> Mayor Mei: WITH THE FRIENDLY 22:29:43 AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Salwan:FRIENDL Y 22:29:46 AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Keng: I'LL SECOND. 22:29:49 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER 22:29:52 KENG. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 22:29:55 AND THEN WE NEED A BREAK BEFORE WE FINISH OUR LAST ITEMS. 22:29:59 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 22:30:03 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 22:30:08 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 22:30:12 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 22:30:18 SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, AND WE ARE 22:30:22 GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 10-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE OUR STENOCAPTIONER, WE'RE 22:30:24 OVERDUE, AND WE'LL RETURN WITH THE REMAINING ITEMS. 22:30:27 THANK YOU. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO MUTE YOUR MIC. 22:30:30 TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO TOO. THANK YOU. 22:40:08 [RECESS] >> Mayor Mei: I'M GOING TO START 22:40:28 ASKING PEOPLE TO PLEASE RETURN. I SEE ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS COMING 22:40:31 BACK AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. 22:41:05 A COUPLE MORE COUNCILMEMBERS. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF US BACK NOW. 22:41:12 >> Councilmember Salwan: MADAME MAYOR, WHAT'S OUR OFFICIAL END TIME? 22:41:20 >> Mayor Mei: I HOPE WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT TWO ITEMS IN A TIMELY 22:41:22 MANNER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH 22:41:26 IS THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY ANALYSIS AND OPTIONS. 22:41:30 JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND PROVIDE STAFF 22:41:36 WITH DIRECTION REGARDING THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO ESTABLISH JUNETEENTH AS A 22:41:41 PAID HOLIDAY, AND THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY ALLEN DEMERS. 22:41:45 ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 22:41:51 >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I'M GOING TO JUST SAY A FEW WORDS TO 22:41:58 FRAME THIS ISSUE AND TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT STAFF IS REQUESTING 22:42:00 SPECIFICALLY BY BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. 22:42:08 SO AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, IN JUNE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADOPTED JUNETEENTH 22:42:16 AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. IN EARLY JULY, COUNCILMEMBER COX 22:42:26 REFERRED THIS ITEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED 22:42:33 THE REFERRAL TO DIRECT STAFF TO ANALYZE METHODOLOGY TO SUMMARIZE POTENTIAL 22:42:36 EXPENSES AND TO REVIEW MEET AND CONFER OBLIGATIONS. 22:42:43 SO THE REPORT THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TONIGHT CONTAINS THAT INFORMATION, AND 22:42:49 THERE ARE SOME COMPLEX ISSUES WITHIN THE REPORT ITSELF BUT THE STAFF 22:42:55 REQUEST IS QUITE SIMPLE, IT IS TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND TO PROVIDE 22:43:00 DIRECTION TO STAFF AS TO WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 22:43:08 ESTABLISHING JUNETEENTH AS A HOLIDAY, WHICH REQUIRES BARGAINING WITH THE 22:43:10 CITY'S BARGAINING GROUPS UNDER STATE LAW. 22:43:18 AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REPORT, 22:43:22 BUT THAT'S THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU. 22:43:27 >> Mayor Mei: SO ARE THERE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? 22:43:31 I SEE WE HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 22:43:37 >> Councilmember Jones: JUST SO CLARIFY THE THREE OPTIONS, IF YOU WILL, THAT 22:43:41 ARE LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE'RE NOT SELECTING AN OPTION, WE ARE SIMPLY 22:43:46 MOVING FORWARD WITH HAVING STAFF DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO 22:43:51 WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SELECTING AN OPTION, 22:43:53 CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER 22:43:56 JONES. IF COUNCIL DIRECTS STAFF TO MOVE 22:43:59 FORWARD WITH CONVENTIONAL BARGAINING WITH THE BARGAINING GROUPS, WE WOULD 22:44:04 SCHEDULE A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 22:44:08 THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. COUNCIL WOULD DIRECT US IN THAT CLOSED 22:44:13 SESSION HOW IT WANTS STAFF TO BARGAIN AND IMPLEMENT THIS HOLIDAY. 22:44:20 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU. >> City Manager Danaj: I WOULD BRIEFLY 22:44:22 ADD, WHICH IS CONSISTENT OF OUR REQUIREMENT TO BARGAIN. 22:44:27 SO THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE TO BARGAIN SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH ANY ITEM 22:44:30 YOU WOULD BE BARGAINING WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS. 22:44:35 >> Mayor Mei: I WILL JUST MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT AND I'LL ASK THE PUBLIC 22:44:40 SPEAKER TO SHARE, BUT THAT ALL THREE OPTIONS ARE LISTED, AND THEY DO HAVE 22:44:44 DIFFERENT COSTS THAT CONCUR TO THAT, AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE 22:44:48 PUBLIC DOES RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS IN ASKING OUR STAFF TO 22:44:52 EXPLORE, WE DID ASK THEM TO LIST THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE 22:44:58 PRESENTED TO THE BARGAINING GROUPS FOR DISCUSSION, AND THAT THERE ARE 22:45:02 DIFFERENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE 22:45:05 PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THAT. AND I'LL CALL THE SPEAKER, CHRIS. 22:45:12 WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. 22:45:22 I DO SEE THE COST HERE, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S 130' THOUSAND DOLLARS 22:45:23 DIFFERENT COST BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND TWO. 22:45:36 BUT IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD SAY ADD THE HOLIDAY, AND THEN REMOVE 12/24 AND 22:45:40 12/31 AS HOLIDAYS FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND ADD A SECOND ADDITIONAL 22:45:42 FLOATING HOLIDAY AND THAT SHOULD KEEP EVERYONE HAPPY. 22:45:50 IT SHOULD ADD UP TO THE SAME NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS, BUT I ASSUME THE FLOATING 22:45:53 HOLIDAY IS NOT USED BY ALL EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S 22:45:57 AN OPTION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO, BUT I'LL REPEAT, REMOVE TWO 22:46:01 CURRENT HOLIDAYS THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY HOLIDAYS THAT ARE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES, 22:46:06 ADD JUNE 19TH, AND ADD A SECOND FLOATING HOLIDAY SO THAT SHOULD MAKE 22:46:07 EVERYONE WHOLE. THANK YOU. 22:46:15 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR SHARING, BUT I THINK THAT, AGAIN, I THINK FOR 22:46:22 US THIS EVENING, WHAT'S BEFORE US IS TO SAY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED AND 22:46:26 THEN HAVE THE STAFF PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS AND TO THE BARGAINING GROUPS 22:46:28 FOR THEIR NEGOTIATION. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 22:46:33 DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE GROUPS IN TERMS OF HOW SCHEDULING IS MANAGED, IN 22:46:41 PARTICULAR FOR SOME OF OUR GROUPS AND DIFFERENT SHIFTS, I THINK THAT'S 22:46:46 SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED SO I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THAT FOR 22:46:47 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU HAVE ANY 22:46:49 OTHER COMMENTS OR DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? 22:46:52 >> Councilmember Cox: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD 22:47:01 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AND THAT ALLEN WOULD THEN REPORT BACK ON THE OUTCOME 22:47:10 OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE OTHER LABOR GROUPS AND REPORT BACK TO 22:47:13 US. >> Councilmember Salwan: SECOND. 22:47:15 >> Mayor Mei: YES, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO 22:47:20 ACCEPT THE REPORT AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION TO ESTABLISH AND ALSO TO 22:47:23 REQUIRE I GUESS DIRECT STAFF TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL TO GIVE 22:47:27 AN UPDATE WHEN THAT TIME COMES. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU FOR 22:47:32 THE FRIENDLY -- MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 22:47:35 >> Mayor Mei: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 22:47:37 THANK YOU. SO WE WILL GET A REPORT BACK. 22:47:42 MOTIONED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 22:47:47 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. 22:47:50 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 22:47:55 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 22:48:01 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 22:48:06 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 22:48:08 >> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 22:48:14 AND WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM THE STAFF ON THE NEXT STEPS AND THE 22:48:19 FEEDBACK FROM THE BARGAINING UNITS. NEXT IS SOME COUNCIL REFERRALS FOR 22:48:23 DESIGNATION OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE VOTING 22:48:26 DELEGATE. THE VOTING DELEGATE IS MYSELF AND THE 22:48:30 ALTERNATE IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, WHO IS SIGNED UP, I THINK, TOO. 22:48:36 SO CAN I GET A MOTION? >> Councilmember Jones: I'LL MOVE TO 22:48:38 APPROVE. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. 22:48:41 >> Mayor Mei: GREAT. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 22:48:44 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 22:48:48 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 22:48:54 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 22:48:58 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 22:49:03 SO THAT MOTION REFERRAL PASSES, AND THEN NEXT IS REFERRAL TO APPOINTMENT 22:49:06 OF ADVISORY BODIES. AND THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS. 22:49:13 ONE IS JAIN SHIKHA, WHO IS A TRANSIT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MOBILITY 22:49:17 COMMISSION. AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE 22:49:23 RECREATION COMMISSION, IS MYWAND ZAZAY. 22:49:27 MOTION, PLEASE? >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO 22:49:28 APPROVE. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. 22:49:30 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER 22:49:35 COX. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 22:49:39 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 22:49:44 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 22:49:50 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 22:49:55 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. 22:50:00 SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF 22:50:04 THERE ARE ANY ORAL REPORTS, I JUST WANTED TO HOPEFULLY SAY THAT -- OH, 22:50:06 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? 22:50:10 >> Councilmember Jones: YEAH, I KNOW I NEVER SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING 22:50:14 BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE DUMBARTON QUARRY OPENING 22:50:21 ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. SUZANNE WOLF, KIM BERANEK AND THE NEXT 22:50:27 DAY WE WERE JOINED BY JOEL PULLEN WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW 22:50:31 CAMPGROUND, IT'S A GREAT PLACE, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT AMENT FOR OUR 22:50:34 COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 15 YEARS BEFORE 22:50:37 THE TREES GET TALL ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ANY SHADE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS 22:50:40 GREAT. >> Mayor Mei: I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. 22:50:45 I WOULD ONLY MENTION IT AS BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHTTIME AS WELL AS DAY TIME, BUT IF 22:50:51 YOU'RE THERE AT DUSK, I WOULD RECOMMEND SOME MOSQUITO SPRAY, BECAUSE I WAS A 22:50:53 LITTLE BIT OF DESSERT FOR THEM. SO I'D RECOMMEND THAT. 22:51:01 BUT IT IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL JEWEL, AS WE TALKED THIS EVENING ABOUT 22:51:04 PARKS AND INDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES. 22:51:07 I KNOW ALL OF OUR COUNCIL WILL BE THERE, OR AT LEAST WE'RE INVITED 22:51:12 TOMORROW, TO THE AGE WELL CENTER FOR THE DEDICATION AND RIBBON CUTTING 22:51:16 TOMORROW, AND I HAVE TO THANK JOHN WONG AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HELPED, 22:51:19 ESPECIALLY OUR STAFF AND OTHERS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 22:51:25 SO I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROCEED IN OPENING UP 22:51:29 ANOTHER FACILITY THAT WILL ALLOW MORE RESOURCES TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR 22:51:32 COMMUNITY AND MUCH NEEDED IN THIS TIME. 22:51:37 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW AGE WELL CENTER AS WELL AS THERE WILL BE 22:51:39 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP FOR OTHER FACILITIES THIS YEAR. 22:51:43 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HELP PROVIDE THOSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 22:51:46 THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STAYED ON THIS EVENING, WHO HAVE BEEN PUBLIC 22:51:49 SPEAKERS AND LISTENED, AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF. 22:51:55 SO WITH THAT, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WE ARE AT 95% VACCINATED SINGLE SHOT, 22:52:01 82% JUST ABOUT FULLY VACCINATED, AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT EFFORT, AND TO 22:52:05 KEEP CONTINUE WORKING WITH US AS WE TRY TO SAFELY RE-OPEN AND AS WE WORK WITH 22:52:09 ALL OF OUR FELLOW INSTITUTIONS AND ESPECIALLY WITH STAFF AS WE ARE 22:52:13 LOOKING FORWARD TO EVENTUALLY RETURNING BACK TO THE CHAMBER AND THE CHANCE TO 22:52:17 BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU. WISHING YOU ALL WELL AND HEALTH AND 22:52:24 FOR THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANAH, A SWEET NEW YEAR.