19:02:10 RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 19:02:17 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 19:02:25 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Councilmember Keng: PLEASE BE 19:02:27 SEATED. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO 19:02:33 ASK THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THANK YOU, ALBERTO. 19:02:36 >> Mr. Quintanilla:COUNCILMEMBE R COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. 19:02:41 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE. 19:02:52 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, PRESENT. MAYOR MEI, HERE. 19:02:59 >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. FROM THE CITY 19:03:04 MANAGER, TODAY ACTING AS CITY MANAGER WILL BE BRIAN STOTT, OUR DEPUTY CITY 19:03:07 MANAGER. >> Mr. Stott: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, 19:03:12 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY BUT I'M JOINED 19:03:18 BY OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY DEBRA MARGOLIS AS WELL AS THE CITY CLERK, 19:03:23 ALBERTO QUINTANILLA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. 19:03:27 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AS STATED ON TONIGHT'S SCHEDULED AGENDA, THE CITY 19:03:32 IS HOSTING ITS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IN OUR 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS. IN 19:03:36 FOLLOWING THE LAWS AROUND REDISTRICTING, THE PUBLIC HEARING 19:03:42 MUST BE HEARD AND START AT 7:15. ANY BUSINESS THAT THE COUNCIL IS 19:03:46 CONDUCTING AT AROUND THIS TIME WILL BE STOPPED AND IF NOT FINISHED, WILL BE 19:03:51 RE-OPENED AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE REDISTRICTING PUBLIC HEARING. THERE 19:03:54 ARE VACANCIES ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 19:03:58 ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I'LL 19:04:01 BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN 19:04:06 APPLYING, PLEASE GO TO FREMONT.GOV, OUR WEBSITE, OR PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY 19:04:12 CLERK'S OFFICE AT 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO 19:04:17 PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S ELECTRONIC MEETING MAY DO SO, IF YOU WISH TO 19:04:22 SPEAK, BY PUSHING THE RAISE HAND ICON IN ZOOM OR, IF YOU'RE DIALING IN, BY 19:04:25 DIALING STAR NINE. I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF 19:04:30 THE AGENDA AND WE WILL KINDLY REQUEST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MUTE OR TURN 19:04:35 DOWN YOUR BROADCAST WHEN IT COMES TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AS IT MAY 19:04:37 CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH THE SPEAKER SYSTEM. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY 19:04:42 CLERK ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL, AND STAFF 19:04:47 AND PUB LISHED IN THE CITY'S AGENDA ON FREMONT.GOV AND WILL BE PLACED ON FILE 19:04:51 AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE 19:04:56 MEETING WILL GO UP TO 11:30, WE WILL ALLOW, IF NECESSARY, WE WILL ALLOW 30 19:05:00 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE 19:05:03 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS IN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 19:05:11 MINUTES, OR TODAY IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL, WE WILL STOP AT 7:15, THEN WE WILL 19:05:16 RESUME AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS.LY TURN THIS AGAIN OVER 19:05:22 TO ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR THIS EVENING, BRIAN STOTT, TO INTRODUCE THE 19:05:31 AGENDA ITEM. ACTUALLY, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE 19:05:36 CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST. THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE PASSED 19:05:40 WITH ONE ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT 19:05:46 CALENDAR? AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES. ALBERTO, COULD YOU 19:05:49 CHECK TO SEE? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES. 19:05:53 >> Mayor Mei: AND IF YOU COULD CALL THEM? I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT 19:05:58 SETUP. >> Mr. Quintanilla: SURAAJ, WHAT ITEM 19:06:02 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> A NON-AGENDA ITEM CONCERNING 19:06:08 SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA LAST WEEK. 19:06:12 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 19:06:16 >> Mayor Mei: WE'LL BACK TO YOU, SURAJ, THANK YOU. 19:06:19 >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, TELEPHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 365. 19:06:23 >> HI, THIS IS ALICE CAVETTE AGAIN. YOUR LIVESTREAM IS DOWN. IT'S NOT 19:06:29 WORKING. THERE'S NO BROADCAST. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR LETTING US 19:06:35 KNOW. APPRECIATE ALICE FOR SHARING THIS WITH US. WE WERE HAVING ISSUING 19:06:40 EARLIER BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD THAT RESOLVED BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING US 19:06:43 KNOW OUR LIVE STREAM IS DOWN. >> Mr. Quintanilla: ONE MORE 19:06:47 INDIVIDUAL. BLAIR. >> HI, BLAIR BEEKMAN. ITEM 2B, 19:06:49 PLEASE. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19:06:52 >> NO, 2D. >> Mr. Quintanilla: 2D. 19:07:00 >> CORRECT. >> Mayor Mei: SO SEEING NO OTHER ITEM, 19:07:06 CAN WE GET THE COUNCIL -- SOMEONE FROM COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CONSENT 19:07:10 CALENDAR EXCEPT FOR 2D AS IN DOG? >> Councilmember Cox: I MOVE THAT WILL 19:07:18 WE APPROVE THE MEETING AGENDA EXCEPT FOR PULLING OUT 2D. 19:07:20 >> Councilmember Jones: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: SO WE'RE MOVING THE 19:07:24 CONSENT CALENDAR. >> Councilmember Cox: I'M SORRY, THE 19:07:27 CONSENT CALENDAR. >> Councilmember Salwan: MADAME MAYOR, 19:07:32 I THINK YOU AND I WERE RECUSING ON 2C FOR THE LANDSCAPE DISTRICT, OUR 19:07:36 RESIDENTS. >> Mayor Mei: YOU AND I ARE NOTED AS 19:07:41 RECUSED ON THAT ONE, ITEM 2C, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT. SO CAN I 19:07:47 HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE? >> Mr. Quintanilla:COUNCILMEMBE R COX, 19:07:54 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 19:07:59 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR 19:08:06 SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH THE 19:08:11 EXCEPTION OF ITEM 2D AS IN DOG, AND WITH COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND MYSELF 19:08:18 BEING RECUSED FROM ITEM 2C. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS 19:08:24 THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SPEAK ARES. I 19:08:33 THINK WE HAVE -- THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN, SURAJ EARLIER, AND WE HAVE TO STOP AT 19:08:38 7:15. PERT BERT YES, SURAJ? >> HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NEIGHBORS 19:08:42 AND I ARE UNHAPPY AND DISAPPOINTED IN THE COUNCIL'S DECISION LAST TUESDAY TO 19:08:46 CHANGE THE STREET DESIGN OF PASEO PADRE PARKWAY BETWEEN WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 19:08:51 AND BRISTOL ROAD BY REPLACING THE ORIGINAL VISION ZERO PLAN WITH THE NEW 19:08:56 PROPOSAL THAT NARROWS THE TWO VEHICLE LANES JUST TO SQUEEZE IN A 4-FOOT 19:08:59 BASIC BIKE LANE. WHY WAS THERE NO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE 19:09:02 NEW PROPOSAL? ESPECIALLY FOR THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE. 19:09:08 FOR INSTANCE, WE LIVE RIGHT ON PASEO PADRE ITSELF AND WE ONLY HEARD ABOUT 19:09:11 THIS BY CHANCE WHEN SOMEONE LEFT A FLYER ABOUT THE COUNCIL VOTING ON THE 19:09:16 NEW PROPOSAL. AND WHEN WE ATTENDED THE MEETING LAST WEEK, IT WAS TOO LATE. 19:09:21 THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY REJECTED THE ORIGINAL PROJECT VISION ZERO ROAD PLAN 19:09:25 BACK IN JULY AND INSTEAD REPLACED IT WITH THE NEW PROPOSAL. WHY WEREN'T WE 19:09:30 MADE AWARE OF THIS DESPITE LIVING RIGHT ON PASEO PADRE? 80% OF THE PUBLIC 19:09:34 SPEAKERS IN LAST WEEK'S MEETING WERE AGAINST THE NEW PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT'S 19:09:38 UNSAFE. AND YET THE COUNCIL WAS IN A HURRY TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 19:09:42 SAKE OF A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS CONTRACT. IN SPITE OF THE NEW 19:09:45 PROPOSAL NOT LIVING UP TO THE PROJECT VISION ZERO'S STANDARDS AND IGNORING 19:09:49 THE SAFETY AND NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHO BENEFITS FROM THE 19:09:54 NEW PROPOSAL? IT'S WORSE FOR EVERYONE HERE, BIKERS, RESIDENTS, DRIVERS AND 19:09:59 PEDESTRIANS, ALL SQUEEZED TOGETHER WITH THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC, SPEEDING ON A 19:10:03 GRADE UNDER LOW VISIBILITY. ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STRETCH OF 19:10:08 PASEO PADRE PARKWAY, I HUMBLY REQUEST ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO VISIT OUR 19:10:11 NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. WE CANNOT ACCEPT THE NEW PROPOSAL. 19:10:17 IT'S JUST NOT SAFE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE 19:10:22 ANOTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER, ALBERTO? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES. NEXT SPEAKER 19:10:29 IS BLAIR BEEKMAN. >> HI. BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. I HOPE 19:10:35 LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS AND OUR STATE GOVERNMENT -- STATE GOVERNOR 19:10:39 WHO, THANKFULLY IS NOW -- BOY, I'VE GOT A BELL RINGING OUTSIDE. I'M VERY 19:10:43 SORRY. WHO THANKFULLY IS NOW ALLOWED TO FINISH HIS TERM CAN ALL BE WORKING 19:10:49 MUCH THIS FALL TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO BETTER DEFINE AND MAKE CLEAR WHAT 19:10:56 TO EXPECT IN TAKING BOTH TYPES OF VACCINES. AND HOW TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT 19:11:02 CAN BE THE DIFFERENT PATHS IN THE FUTURE VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS. WE MAY 19:11:06 BE AT A TIME THAT GOOD PUBLIC COMMUNITY HEALTH CAN ALLOW FOR GOOD CREATIVE 19:11:13 OPTIONS THAT CAN INCLUDE WEEKLY TESTS FOR COVID AND 72-HOUR TESTS BEFORE 19:11:17 CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS OR MUSIC EVENTS. AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, 19:11:23 WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BETTER DESCRIBE THIS FULL AND HONEST ACCOUNT OF THE 19:11:27 DAY TO DAY LIFESTYLE ONE CAN NOW EXPECT IN TAKING THE VACCINE. THIS CAN HELP 19:11:33 MAKE THINGS MORE CLEAR FOR PEOPLE AND TAKING THE VACCINE CAN BE WORTH IT. 19:11:38 AND FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDINGS FOR THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE IN HAVING TAKEN THE 19:11:43 VACCINES. I HOPE THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS IDEAS OF COMMUNITY 19:11:55 HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN HEARING ME OUT. 19:12:00 WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE PROCESS AND THE VACCINE 19:12:04 PASSPORT PROCESS AND WE CAN COME UP WITH INTERESTING IDEAS CONTINUALLY. 19:12:08 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ARE 19:12:14 CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. LET ME LACK AT THE 19:12:22 LOOK AT THE TIMING AGAIN. NEXT IS ITEM 2D. MR. BEEKMAN, YOU HAD PULLED 19:12:32 THAT? MR. BEEKMAN? >> YES, HI. NOW HERE. I JUST WANTED 19:12:34 TO -- >> Mayor Mei: IT'S RELATED TO THE 19:12:36 ITEM, RIGHT? >> YES, YES, IT IS. YEAH, I WILL 19:12:48 RELATE IT AS MUCH AS I CAN TO THE ITEM. THIS IS EAST BAY RADIO -- EAST BAY 19:12:54 REGIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AUTHORITY. THIS IS RADIO WORK THAT IN 19:13:05 SANTA CLARA COUNTY, WE CALL SEVIRA, I THINK IT'S CALLED. HERE IT HAS THIS 19:13:10 SORT OF NAME IN EAST BAY. THESE ARE IMPORTANT IDEAS THAT WORK WITH 19:13:17 REGIONAL IDEAS THAT THEN ALSO WORK WITH THE BAY RIX PROGRAMS. THERE IS SOME 19:13:25 REALLY INTERESTING WORK GOING ON, A LOT OF THIS WORK GOES THROUGH BAY UOSI 19:13:29 WHO I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT AT THIS TIME IF I CAN THEY'VE INTRODUCED SOME 19:13:36 NEW WAYS OF HOW THEY PRACTICE THEIR FUNDING TO LOCAL AREAS, THE FUNDING 19:13:39 THAT INCLUDES THE FUNDING FOR THESE SORT OF PROGRAMS, THESE RADIO 19:13:44 PROGRAMS, AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL AND IT'S MUCH MORE CLEAR, 19:13:50 IT'S IN TWO-YEAR CYCLES NOW COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS THREE-YEAR PLANS. 19:13:56 THEY'RE BASED ON CONSTRUCTS OF WORKING IN AN ERA AND ECONOMY OF PEACE AND NOT 19:14:02 IN AN ERA AND ECONOMY OF WAR AS THESE PROGRAMSS WERE FIRST STARTED WITH BAY 19:14:04 UOSI. SO THEY'RE MAKING SOME INTERESTING CHANGES THAT I THOUGHT I 19:14:10 WOULD REPORT AT THIS TIME, AND IT ALWAYS NEEDS HELP AND OVERSIGHT FROM 19:14:15 THE PUBLIC FOR BETTER REVIEW, SO CHECK IT OUT IF YOU CAN. JUST A THANK YOU 19:14:20 AND A GOODBYE TO YOUR FORMER POLICE CHIEF, KIMBERLY PETERSEN, AND GOOD 19:14:24 LUCK TO THE NEW FREMONT POLICE CHIEF. THANK YOU. 19:14:32 >> THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM D? MOVED BY VICE MAYOR SHAO 19:14:40 AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:14:44 >> Mr. Quintanilla:COUNCILMEMBE R COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 19:14:49 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:14:57 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. SO ITEM 19:15:03 2D PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CITY OF FREMONT 2021 19:15:08 REDISTRICTING PROCESS. AND BEFORE WE START, I WANTED TO CHECK TO SEE, ARE 19:15:12 WE ABLE TO -- IS THE PUBLIC ABLE TO VIEW THIS NOW? DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE 19:15:20 HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OR HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED? 19:15:25 >> Ms. Briggs: I DON'T KNOW, MADAME MAYOR. ALBERTO HAS AN UPDATE BUT I DO 19:15:29 KNOW THE WEBCAST STREAMING IS WORKING AS WELL AS OUR ZOOM PLATFORM, IT WAS 19:15:35 JUST THE COMCAST CHANNEL WE WERE HAVING TREK CAL DIFFICULTIES EARLIER. 19:15:38 >> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM I.T. IS ALL STREAM SOMETHING A GO. 19:15:45 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. THANK YOU. SO MANAGEMENT ANALYST AMANDA GALLOW WILL 19:15:50 GALLO WILL BE SHARING WITH US AIN'T DUCKS TONIGHT. 19:15:55 >> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR MEI. 19:15:59 AS WAS MENTIONED, TONIGHT WE ARE HOSTING OUR FIRST OF FOUR PUBLIC 19:16:06 HEARINGS IN OUR 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS. WE WILL BE HEARING FROM 19:16:12 KRISTEN PARKS OF NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION IN A BIT, WHO THE CITY HAS 19:16:17 CONSULTED WITH TO HELP FACILITATE THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE 19:16:25 DEMOGRAPHER SERVICES. YOU MAY RECALL ON JULY -- STAFF BROUGHT THIS 19:16:30 REDISTRICTING PROCESS OVERVIEW AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM TO YOU ALL TO 19:16:35 EXPLAIN THE ELEMENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROCESS, AND 19:16:39 TONIGHT WE WILL BE HAVING A SIMILAR PRESENTATION, SOME INFORMATION YOU 19:16:44 MIGHT HEAR AGAIN AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO ALSO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GIVE 19:16:48 THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IN THE SENSE AFTER PUBLIC HEARING. SO I JUST 19:16:53 WANTED TO NOTE THAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KRISTEN TO GIVE 19:17:00 US A QUICK PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, AMANDA. GOOD EVENING, 19:17:03 MAYOR, COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS KRISTEN PARKS. I'M A 19:17:07 CONSULTANT WITH NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION. AND I'M GOING TO SHARE 19:17:13 AN OVERVIEW OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. SO I AM NOW SHARING MY 19:17:27 SCREEN. DON'T WORRY, I ONLY HAVE, I THINK, NINE POWERPOINT SLIDES, SO WE 19:17:35 WILL GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY. WE ARE HERE IN FREMONT, I 19:17:40 AM ACTUALLY NOT HERE WITH YOU IN PERSON, BUT VIRTUALLY. MY HEART IS 19:17:48 ABSOLUTELY IN THE BAY. YOUR CURRENT DISTRICT MAP AS A REMINDER HAS SIX 19:17:54 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THIS MAP WAS ADOPTED IN 2017. HOWEVER, IT'S 19:18:00 IMPORTANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IN 2017, THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA 19:18:07 WOULD HAVE COME FROM 2010. SO NOW THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE 2020 CENSUS, IT'S 19:18:16 TIME TO UPDATE THIS DISTRICT MAP. SO WE ARE OFTEN RUNNING ON OUR TIMELINE 19:18:24 FOR REDISTRICTING DESPITE DELAYS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN RELEASING 19:18:28 OFFICIAL POPULATION DATA. THE DATA THAT WE EXPECTED AND NORMALLY WOULD 19:18:35 HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU AT THE END OF MARCH WAS RELEASED ON 19:18:47 AUGUST 12TH. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS DECADE IS 19:18:56 DOING AN ADJUSTMENT OF THAT CENSUS DATA PRIMARILY TO COUNT STATE PRISONERS AT 19:19:02 THEIR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS RATHER THAN AT THE LOCATION OF THE PRISON. SO THAT 19:19:06 DATA, AS YOU CAN SEE, WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY, AND THEY ACTUALLY RELEASED 19:19:11 IT, I BELIEVE LAST NIGHT RIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. SO THAT'S THE OFFICIAL 19:19:17 REDISTRICTING DATA THAT EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS REQUIRED BY 19:19:23 LAW TO USE. SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME NUMBERS TONIGHT FOR THE SIX 19:19:29 DISTRICTS IN FREMONT THAT COME FROM THE AUGUST 12TH DATA RELEASE, SO JUST 19:19:38 PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT AS SOON AS NDC PROCESSES LAST NIGHT'S DATA RELEASE, 19:19:42 WHICH THANK GOODNESS IS THE FINAL ONE, THOSE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY. WE 19:19:47 DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. SO CALIFORNIA LAW ALSO 19:19:54 REQUIRES FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE A NEW DISTRICT MAP IS ADOPTED, AND 19:20:01 FREMONT HAS AN APRIL 17TH, 2022 DEADLINE TO ADOPT THAT NEW MAP. ALONG 19:20:08 THE WAY, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING PUBLIC MAPPING TOOLS TO HELP THE PUBLIC 19:20:15 PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY IN THIS PROCESS AND SUBMIT THEIR VISION FOR WHAT THE 19:20:21 COUNCIL DISTRICTS WILL LOOK LIKE. OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT UNTIL 19:20:26 DECEMBER 7TH, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING QUIET IN THIS PROCESS. THIS WILL BE A 19:20:32 TIME OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO IS JOINING US 19:20:40 ON THIS ZOOM TO TAKE A MOMENT TO VISIT REDISTRICTFREMONT.ORG. THAT IS THE 19:20:45 REDISTRICTING WEBSITE. IT HAS TONS OF INFORMATION, AND AS SOON AS WE PROCESS 19:20:57 THIS FINAL DATA WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS, THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL BE SEEING 19:21:00 ONLINE MAPPING TOOLS AS WELL AS DOWNLOADABLE MAPS THAT YOU CAN WRITE 19:21:06 DIRECTLY ON AND THERE'S ALSO A CONTACT FORM ON THE WEBPAGE THAT FOLKS IN THE 19:21:10 COMMUNITY CAN START SUBMITTING THEIR COMMENTS, PERSPECTIVES, GOALS, AND 19:21:20 WHAT THEY -- THEIR PRIORITIES ARE FOR REDISTRICTING. SO I DO QUICKLY WANT 19:21:24 TO GO OVER THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF REDISTRICTING. THIS IS IN MANY WAYS 19:21:30 TO EMPOWER THE PUBLIC. WE WANT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING, DRAWING MAPS, SO 19:21:35 WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT GUIDELINES THERE ARE FOR 19:21:42 DISTRICT DRAWING. SO FIRST IS FEDERAL LAW, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, SUPREME AND 19:21:46 FEDERAL LAWL STATES THAT EACH DISTRICT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EQUAL IN 19:21:51 POPULATION SIZE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST CONSIDERATION. WE ALSO MUST COMPLY 19:21:59 WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WHICH SAYS THAT WE SHALL NOT 19:22:01 DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OR DILUTE THE VOTING POWER OF ANY PROTECTED CLASS OF 19:22:09 VOTERS, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA FOR CITIZENS OF 19:22:16 VOTING AGE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. HOWEVER, 19:22:23 FEDERAL CASE LAW ALSO SAYS THAT WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN RACIAL 19:22:26 GERRYMANDERING, WHICH MEANS WE CAN'T DRAW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WITH RACE 19:22:32 BEING THE PREDOMINANT FACTOR OR THE MAIN THING OR THE ONLY THING WE'RE 19:22:35 LOOKING AT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC 19:22:42 FEATURES OF YOUR COMMUNITIES WHERE RACE AND ETHNICITY WILL BE ONE OF 19:22:47 MANY. IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW LAW GOVERNING 19:22:55 REDISTRICTING, THE FAIR MAPS ACT. AND THIS LAW GIVES US A LIST OF CRITERIA 19:23:02 THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY EVERY CITY THAT IS REDISTRICTING. AND THESE 19:23:08 CRITERIA ARE LISTED IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE 19:23:15 CRITERIA IN ORDER, SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. THE FIRST IS TO 19:23:19 DRAW DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS. CONTIGUOUS SIMPLY MEANS THAT EACH 19:23:27 DISTRICT SHOULD BE ONE PIECE ALL CONNECTED WITH NO SEPARATE PIECES OF 19:23:36 THE DISTRICT THAT ARE DISCONNECTED. SO THAT'S PRETTY BASIC. OBVIOUSLY YOUR 19:23:39 CURRENT MAP ACCOMPLISHES THAT. IT'S THE SECOND CRITERION THAT WE'RE GOING 19:23:43 TO FOCUS ON THIS EVENING FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT IS THAT 19:23:49 CALIFORNIA LAW SAYS WHEN WE'RE DRAWING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, WE WANT TO 19:23:56 MINIMIZE THE DIVISION OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. MEANING 19:24:02 THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO DRAW A DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE RIGHT THROUGH A 19:24:07 SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY. WE'LL TALK IN JUST A MOMENT ABOUT HOW 19:24:15 THE LAW DEFINES A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST AND HOW THE PUBLIC CAN SHARE TESTIMONY 19:24:22 ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST WITH THE COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THE 19:24:26 THIRD CRITERION IS TO CREATE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES FOR OUR 19:24:33 DISTRICT. THAT JUST MEANS WE WANT THOSE DISTRICT LINES TO FOLLOW 19:24:40 EXISTING THINGS, PERHAPS MAJOR ROADS, WATERWAYS, THAT KIND OF THING SO THAT 19:24:47 THE BOUNDARIES CAN BE EASILY DESCRIBED. THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AN EXPERT 19:24:53 IN GEOGRAPHY TO KNOW WHERE YOUR DISTRICT STARTS AND ENDS. AND 19:24:58 FINALLY, STATE LAW SAYS DISTRICTS SHOULD BE COMPACT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING 19:25:04 ABOUT COMPACT, WE'RE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT SHAPE BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 19:25:10 THE SHAPE OF THE DISTRICT SUCH THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD NOT BE DRAWN IN A WAY 19:25:17 TO TRY TO INCLUDE A FARTHER AWAY POPULATION WHILE AVOIDING A CLOSER 19:25:21 POPULATION. SO THAT WOULD BE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A STRANGE ARM MAYBE 19:25:29 WRAPPING AROUND TO PULL IN A POPULATION WHILE AVOIDING SOME AREA IN THE 19:25:35 MIDDLE. AGAIN, THAT IS THE LAST CRITERION ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE 19:25:45 LIST. SO TO THE EXTENT ALL OF THESE CRITERIA ARE PRACTICAL AND DO NOT 19:25:48 CONFLICT WITH OUR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, WE FOLLOW THEM IN THE STATE OF 19:25:53 CALIFORNIA. WE ALSO CANNOT FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A POLITICAL PARTY 19:25:58 THAT IS IN THE FAIR MAPS ACT AS WELL, SO FOR THAT REASON, THIS IS IMPORTANT 19:26:03 FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AS WELL, THAT WE WILL NOT BE LOOKING AT PARTISAN DATA. 19:26:08 WE WON'T BE LOOKING AT WHERE OUR REGISTERED VOTERS WHO ARE DEMOCRATIC 19:26:17 OR REPUBLICAN. WE'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING AT ANY OF THAT DATA. THERE IS A THIRD 19:26:21 COLUMN HERE FOR OTHER GOALS. THE ONLY REASON I PUT THAT HERE IS JUST TO 19:26:24 POINT OUT THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AND PRIORITIES THAT ARE 19:26:29 UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF FREMONT, THESE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE 19:26:35 REDISTRICTING PROCESS, BUT THEY CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER WE'VE 19:26:40 ADDRESSED FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS. SO THERE ARE OTHER 19:26:44 THINGS WE CAN CONSIDER, BUT ONLY INSOFAR AS WE DON'T CONFLICT WITH 19:26:51 THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. SO THE DEFINITION FOR COMMUNITIES OF 19:26:55 INTEREST, AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE SECOND CRITERION FOR THE STATE OF 19:26:58 CALIFORNIA IS THAT OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES DON'T SPLIT UP COMMUNITIES 19:27:03 OF INTEREST. MOST OF US KNOW WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD IS, THE STATE LAW SAYS 19:27:13 THE SAME, BUT A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IS DESCRIBED AS A POPULATION IN A 19:27:18 GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT SHARES COMMON INTEREST, THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED 19:27:23 WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT SO THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE 19:27:29 EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL. SO A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IS A VERY 19:27:37 BROAD TERM. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN IDENTIFY THEIR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST 19:27:41 BY TELLING US WHAT SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE OF THE COMMUNITY. 19:27:45 PERHAPS THERE IS A COMMON LANGUAGE THAT PEOPLE SPEAK, A SHARED HISTORY, 19:27:51 PERHAPS THERE ARE SIMILAR ISSUES THAT AFFECT THAT COMMUNITY, BE THEY FOLKS 19:27:57 WHO LIVE AROUND A CERTAIN HIGHWAY OR DEALING WITH CERTAIN TRAFFIC CONCERNS 19:28:05 OR FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND A CERTAIN PARK AND HAVE INTERESTS THAT BRING 19:28:11 THEM TOGETHER. SO THIS IS A SUBJECTIVE DEFINITION. IT RELIES ON THE PUBLIC 19:28:19 TO TELL US WHAT THE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IS. SO AGAIN MEMBERS OF THE 19:28:21 PUBLIC THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 19:28:26 THINK NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU IDENTIFY WITH, BUT IF THERE ARE 19:28:33 OTHER WAYS THAT YOU DEFINE YOUR COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST WHAT YOU MIGHT 19:28:37 THINK OF AS THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU MIGHT WANT 19:28:43 TO THINK ABOUT THOSE COMMON INTERESTS THAT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS SHARE, 19:28:48 SHARED EXPERIENCES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, SHARED ISSUES THAT YOU MIGHT INTERACT 19:28:52 WITH THE CITY ON, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT COMMUNITY MIGHT 19:29:00 BE SO THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN REDISTRICTING BY TELLING US, HERE IS 19:29:06 MY COMMUNITY, AND I WANT MY COMMUNITY WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT. NOT ALL 19:29:11 COMMUNITIES WANT TO BE IN A SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT STATE LAW IS 19:29:17 CONCERNED WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DO WANT TO BE UNDIVIDED AND KEPT WHOLE 19:29:24 WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR SIX COUNCIL DISTRICTS, 19:29:32 EACH DISTRICT WILL BE MADE UP OF MANY COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. I 19:29:36 QUICKLY WANT TO SHOW THE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY. I KNOW THAT THIS IS TOO MANY 19:29:41 NUMBERS FOR ANYONE TO REALLY PROCESS, SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT 19:29:52 WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A TOTAL POPULATION FOR THE CITY OF 230,504. IF YOU 19:29:57 DIVIDE THAT BY 6, YOU GET THE IDEAL POPULATION SIZE FOR EACH DISTRICT. 19:30:01 REMEMBER FEDERAL LAW SAYS THAT DISTRICTS SHOULD BE AS EQUAL AS 19:30:11 POSSIBLE IN POPULATION. SO HERE WE HAVE AN IDEAL DISTRICT SIZE OF 38,417 19:30:18 PEOPLE. SO THE MAIN THING THAT YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THIS TABLE IS HOW THOSE 19:30:24 CURRENT DISTRICTS MATCH UP WITH THAT IDEAL POPULATION. YOU'LL SEE THAT 19:30:33 SOME OF THE CURRENT DISTRICTS HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN IDEAL AND SOME HAVE FEWER. 19:30:39 THAT DEVIATION CAN HELP GUIDE US WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO ADJUST 19:30:46 DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. THE DEVIATION IS REPRESENTED IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS 19:30:58 WELL AS A PERCENTAGE. SO WE WILL BE LAUNCHING MAPPING TOOLS TO EMPOWER THE 19:31:02 PUBLIC TO NOT ONLY DRAW DISTRICTS BUT ALSO DRAW COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS OR 19:31:11 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DISTRICTR TOOL, IT'S A VERY EASY TO USE ONLINE TOOL 19:31:15 THAT YOU INTERACT WITH, VERY SIMILAR TO GOOGLE MAPS, BUT THERE IS A PAINTBRUSH 19:31:21 WHERE YOU CAN DRAW YOUR COMMUNITY'S AND DISTRICTS DIRECTLY ON THE WEBSITE AND 19:31:28 SUBMIT THAT, ALONG WITH A DESCRIPTION AND A NAME FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, OR YOU 19:31:32 CAN DRAW COUNCIL DISTRICTS. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO USE TECHNOLOGY 19:31:39 TOOLS, WE ALSO WILL HAVE THE ANALOG PAPER-BASED MAPS COMING SOON ONCE WE 19:31:46 PROCESS THAT NEW DATA RELEASE THAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT. AGAIN, THE WEBSITE 19:31:52 THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT IS REDISTRICTFREMONT.ORG. IT WILL BE 19:31:57 CONTINUALLY UPDATED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND IT HAS A SCHEDULE OF 19:32:02 EVERY MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD RELATED TO REDISTRICTING AND ALL OF THE 19:32:10 SUPPORTING MATERIALS INCLUDING THIS PRESENTATION. WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE 19:32:17 TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION, WANTING TO FOCUS RIGHT NOW ON HEARING 19:32:20 FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUR COMMUNITIES AND IF THERE ARE 19:32:28 AREAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT SO YOU CAN BE 19:32:46 EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STOP MY SCREEN SHARE. 19:32:48 >> Ms. Briggs: MAYOR MEI, YOU'RE MUTED. 19:32:50 >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM THE 19:33:04 COUNCILMEMBERS. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. MEMBERS 19:33:08 OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING MAY DO SO BY PRESSING ON THE 19:33:15 RAISE HAND ICON, OR CALLING IN BY PRESSING STAR NINE. AND I THINK WE 19:33:22 HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS, I SAW EARLIER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH CINDY. CINDY, 19:33:28 WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THIS IS DANIEL. I'M USING MY 19:33:32 WIFE'S ZOOM ACCOUNT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Mei: YES. 19:33:36 >> AWESOME. SO ONE QUESTION HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S COMPLETELY RELATED 19:33:42 BUT WITH THE REMAPPING OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE BOUNDARIES, DOES THIS AFFECT 19:33:48 SCHOOLS BY ANY CHANCE? SCHOOL BOUNDARIES? 19:33:51 >> Mayor Mei: THIS IS ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. SCHOOL 19:33:54 BOUNDARIES ARE SET BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT -- THEY WOULD 19:33:59 HAVE TO REVISIT THEMSELVES. I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT BUT THERE'S NOTHING 19:34:02 RIGHT NOW THAT AFFECTS SCHOOLS. THIS IS ONLY OUR VOTING DISTRICT FOR THE 19:34:05 CITY. >> WILL THIS BE THE NEXT STEP AFTER 19:34:10 THIS DONE AND CONCLUDED, THE SCHOOLS WOULD THEN TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE NEW 19:34:16 MAPPING IN CONSIDERATION? >> Mayor Mei: AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I 19:34:19 CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DECISION, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 19:34:23 THE PAST HAVING SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS USUALLY TIED MORE CLOSELY TO 19:34:27 THE HIGH SCHOOLS THEMSELVES AND THEY TEND TO BE IN LINE WITH THAT. 19:34:31 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: BUT AGAIN, FOR THE 19:34:35 PROPER REFERENCE, PLEASE TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD 19:34:40 TRUSTEES AND THEIR SUPERINTENDENT. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE. NEXT I 19:34:46 SEE THE SPEAKER IS BLAIR BEEKMAN. >> HI. THANK YOU. BLAIR BEEKMAN 19:34:51 HERE. IT'S KIND OF EXCITING TO BE AROUND ISSUES OF REDISTRICTING IN 19:35:01 FREMONT. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. I DO A LOT OF WORK IN SAN JOSÉ, AND 19:35:04 SAN JOSÉ IS GOING THROUGH THEIR OWN REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONED PROCESS AT 19:35:11 THIS TIME. THEIR MEETINGS ARE ON THEIR PUBLIC WEBSITE THAT -- AND ON YOUTUBE 19:35:19 THAT I VERY MUCH WOULD SUGGEST PEOPLE CHECK OUT TO GET KIND OF AN INFERENCE 19:35:25 HOW IDEAS CAN WORK AND HOW WE'RE CONSIDERING NEW CONCEPTS OF EQUITY AT 19:35:32 THIS TIME, AND HOW THAT CAN BE A PART OF A FORM LA BEING USED AND DEVISED 19:35:40 AND CONSIDERED. THE IDEAS OF, BOY, NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND ITS 19:35:45 CONCEPTS OF EQUITY WITHIN NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, HOW WILL THAT 19:35:53 FIT IN TO THE FUTURE OF REDISTRICTING FOR THIS NEXT DECADE? IN MY OWN 19:35:57 LITTLE WORLD, THERE'S QUITE A POSSIBILITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE 19:36:01 NEXT FEW YEARS. MAYBE IT'S IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, I'M NOT SURE, BUT AN 19:36:06 EARTHQUAKE IS COMING SOON, IT SEEMS, AND NOT ONLY THAT, THE ISSUES OF SEA 19:36:09 LEVEL RISE. HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE AFFECTING REDISTRICTING 19:36:15 DECISION-MAKING IN THIS NEXT DECADE? GOOD LUCK IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, AND 19:36:21 THE CONSIDERATIONS YOU'LL BE MAKING. I REALLY LIKE EQUITY TO BE THE IDEAS OF 19:36:27 HOW THINGS CAN BE EQUAL FOR -- HOW PEOPLE CAN BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY WHO 19:36:32 DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. HOW CAN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES BE PRESENTED 19:36:39 WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT FOR SOME TO EVEN HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT'S 19:36:46 ALONG OF LINES OF HOW I THINK OF EQUITY. TO QUICKLY OFFER IF I CAN, TO 19:36:49 ADDRESS REDISTRICTING ISSUES WITHIN THIS NEXT YEAR, AND PEOPLE MOVING 19:36:55 AROUND A LOT, IT'S MY HOPE THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL, IF THEY ASK FOR TENANT 19:36:59 PROTECTION EXTENSION AFTER SEPTEMBER 30TH, IT CAN BE RECEIVED AND THEY 19:37:05 WON'T HAVE TO BE SUED BY OWNERS, AND THAT CAN GO THROUGH TILL MARCH 2022, 19:37:10 THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVE FOR. YOU'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK, I'M SURE, 19:37:14 AT YOUR MEETINGS. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T BRING THIS UP AT PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. 19:37:19 OVERALL, JUST GOOD LUCK IN THESE REDISTRICTING EFFORTS, AND IT'S NICE 19:37:25 TO BE HERE AND TO BE -- JUST HEARING THESE SORT OF THINGS. THANK YOU. 19:37:31 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU. WELCOME, KELLY. 19:37:39 >> WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT REDISTRICTING IN FREMONT DOESN'T NEED 19:37:44 TO LOOK TO NEW CONCEPTS OF EQUITY. IT NEEDS TO LOOK AT NEW CONCEPTS -- NEW 19:37:50 REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. AND THAT FAIR MAX ACT WHICH JUST CAME IN TO EFFECT A 19:37:56 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER THE LAST 19:38:01 REDISTRICTING. OR DISTRICTING, IF YOU WANT TO BE TECHNICAL ABOUT IT. AND IT 19:38:06 TURNS OUT AT THE LAST DISTRICTING, THAT VOTE WAS 3-2. IT WAS A SPLIT VOTE 19:38:14 THAT SHOWS THE GERRYMANDERED MAP. NOW, OF COURSE THERE WAS A GOOD 19:38:21 POLITICAL MANEUVER TO PROVIDE COVER, SOME KIND OF A TROJAN HORSE OR 19:38:25 MANEUVER TO CAMOUFLAGE THIS GERRYMANDERED MAP AS IF IT WAS -- 19:38:31 SERVED THE INTERESTS OF A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY THAT A COUPLE WEEKS EARLIER 19:38:36 HAD ALL BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE NON-GERRYMANDERED MAP, THEY ALL CAME 19:38:40 IN BUT THEY WERE PERSUADED TO COME IN AND ASK FOR THIS MAP THAT WE HAVE NOW, 19:38:47 AND THIS, OF COURSE -- MOST OF THE MAP IS ACTUALLY NOT VERY CONTROVERSIAL 19:38:54 FROM WHAT I SEE, READING IN WHAT PEOPLE WROTE IN 2017. LOOKING AT THE 19:39:01 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM JUNE 7TH. BUT THE DISTRICT 2, DISTRICT 3 DIVISION, 19:39:07 THAT ZIG-ZAGY LINE, A FORMER COUNCILMAN SAID AT THE MEETING THAT IN ADDITION 19:39:13 TO PRESERVING MORE OF THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY ALONG THE LINES OF CTB OR -- 19:39:18 -- ENSURES TWO OF THE CANDIDATES DON'T HAVE TO FACE EACH OTHER IN THE 2018 19:39:27 ELECTION. AND ECHOING SOME CRITICISMS FROM OTHER SPEAKERS, CHO SAID THAT 19:39:31 AMOUNTS TO, QUOTE, GERRYMANDERING AT ITS WORST." 19:39:37 SO THIS ZIG-ZAGY LINE THERE, THERE WAS A C2A MAP, I GUESS, DID NOT HAVE THE 19:39:42 PROBLEM, THERE'S A C2B MAP THAT IS GERRYMANDERED, AND THIS IS OUR 19:39:46 OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK, CHECK ALL THE LINES, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL NICE AND 19:39:52 THEY ALL CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FAIR MAPS ACT. AND YOU KNOW, 19:40:03 ONE OF THEM IS WHERE POSSIBLE TO CONFORM TO NATURAL BOUNDARIES, AND TO 19:40:07 BE DRAWN TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES FROM THE BOTTOM UP, NOT FROM THE TOP 19:40:13 DOWN, TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE INCOMING POLITICIANS. SO LET'S BE VERY CLEAR 19:40:20 ABOUT THAT, THIS MAP THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS GERRYMANDERED. THERE'S NO 19:40:26 DOUBT ABOUT IT, AND IT'S TIME TO FIX IT. THANK YOU. 19:40:33 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY -- OKAY. I DON'T 19:40:37 SEE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS. ALBERTO, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT I 19:40:39 MISSED? >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO, NO OTHER HANDS 19:40:42 RAISED AT THE MOMENT. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. I WILL 19:40:46 NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND I WILL TURN THAT BACK TO THE 19:40:52 COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS. BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE MOSTLY RECEIVING 19:40:56 COMMENTS AT THIS MOMENT. >> Mr. Stott: I'D LIKE TO INTERRUPT, 19:40:59 MAYOR, I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THAT ITEM WAS JUST TO HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS 19:41:02 AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED COUNCIL COMMENTS BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY 19:41:12 ATTORNEY ON THAT. >> Mayor Mei: MY APOLOGIES, DEBRA. 19:41:14 YOU'RE ON MUTE. >> Ms. Margolis: THERE YOU GO. I WAS 19:41:17 HAVING TROUBLE UNMUTING. BRIAN IS CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBERS MAY COMMENT IF 19:41:22 THEY WOULD LIKE TO. THEY DON'T NEED TO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND I DO WANT 19:41:26 TO CAUTION COUNCILMEMBERS TO PLEASE NOT DISCUSS COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST IN 19:41:33 DETAIL, AS WE HAVEN'T HAD ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS YET AND ALL THE 19:41:38 COMMENTS YET TO COME. >> Mayor Mei: THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE 19:41:41 IS THAT I'M HOPING THAT THE PUBLIC WILL PARTICIPATE. THIS IS THE REASON WHY 19:41:48 WE ARE INVITING THEM TO JOIN US AND TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. I APPRECIATE 19:41:53 THE MAPS AND THE FACT THAT THE DATA WILL BE UPDATED AND HOPEFULLY AS WE 19:41:57 SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE LATEST CENSUS COUNT, WE WILL BE REFLECTING 19:42:02 THAT AND INVITING THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT THOSE NEW INFORMATION IN TERMS OF 19:42:07 WHERE THOSE LINES MAY BE POSSIBLY DRAWN. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 19:42:11 CONTINUED CONVERSATION. AT THIS TIME, THIS WAS THE LAST AGENDA ITEM THIS 19:42:20 EVENING. AND SO ARE THERE ANY REPORTS OUT? 19:42:23 >> Councilmember Keng: I DO HAVE A COMMENT. 19:42:27 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KENG? SORRY, I CAN'T SEE YOUR HAND. 19:42:29 IT KIND OF -- >> Councilmember Keng: SO THANK YOU 19:42:37 FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH ARE WE 19:42:42 DOING TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING AND HOW THEY CAN 19:42:50 PARTICIPATE? >> Mayor Mei: SO I KNOW THAT -- I 19:42:55 DON'T KNOW IF STAFF WANTS TO ANSWER. AMANDA, DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER? 19:43:01 >> SURE, I CAN ANSWER THAT. WE, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT THE CITY IS GOING 19:43:06 FURTHER, WE ARE REQUIRED TO AT LEAST PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TRANSLATED 19:43:12 INTO DIFFERENT NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING LANGUAGES, SO WE HAVE DONE THAT IN 19:43:19 ABOUT SEVEN LANGUAGES. WE HAVE PUT OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IN LOCAL 19:43:23 NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING MEDIA PUBLICATIONS AS WELL AS SHARING IT WITH LOCAL 19:43:29 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS FREMONT ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, ASKING 19:43:34 OUR VARIOUS INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS TO SHARE IT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA 19:43:40 CHANNELS AND HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF OUR COMMISSIONS HERE IN FREMONT. WE 19:43:46 ALSO WELCOME YOU ALL TO SHARE ON YOUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA OR TO YOUR 19:43:52 CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. >> Councilmember Keng: GREAT. THANK 19:43:57 YOU, AMANDA. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE 19:44:00 THE OUTREACH AND SUPPORT. I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW, NOT JUST IN OUR CITY AND 19:44:04 OTHER CITIES, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS, AND HAVE BEEN 19:44:09 ENGAGING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED AND LOOKING AT THAT. I KNOW THAT OUR 19:44:13 COUNTY LEVEL HAS ALSO HAD A MEETING ALREADY, AND SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF 19:44:16 THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS TO PLEASE DIRECT TO EACH OF 19:44:20 THE AGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR IN THE QUESTION EARLIER 19:44:24 THAT CAME UP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS THEY WOULD BE THE GOVERNING 19:44:29 AGENCIES MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, NOT OURSELVES. SO SEEING THAT, IF THERE'S 19:44:33 NO OTHER -- AT THIS TIME, I WAS JUST GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE WILL 19:44:37 BE OPENING OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER SOON, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF 19:44:42 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO JOINED US AS WE OPENED UP THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, 19:44:47 WE'VE OPENED UP A BRAND NEW CAMPGROUND AS WELL AS A BRAND NEW PARK, THE LILA 19:44:51 BRINGHURST PARK. SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO STAY HEALTHY, BE WELL, AND 19:44:57 WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT THIS TIME. SO PLEASE STAY 19:45:02 WELL AND THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF. SO IT'S ADJOURNED AT 7:45 P.M. THANK