19:01:48 LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? 19:01:54 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 19:01:58 AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS 19:02:03 ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, 19:02:06 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 19:02:12 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:02:16 MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MS. 19:02:19 GAUTHIER. 19:02:22 I'M SORRY, YOU'RE ON MUTE. AL-ZAWAHRI 19:02:29 . >> JUST A QUICK REMINDER FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT, 19:02:32 THE COUNCIL MAYOR, 19:02:36 CITY ATTORNEY, TURN OFF MICROPHONES AND 19:02:39 VIDEO UNTIL YOUR ITEM IS BEING HEARD. THE ROLL 19:02:42 CALL IS COUNCILMEMBER COX, PRESENT 19:02:45 . COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER 19:02:49 KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE 19:02:52 . COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. 19:02:55 VICE MAYOR SHAO, PRESENT. MAYOR MEI, HERE 19:02:59 . SO NEXT IS 19:03:02 JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS, THERE ARE VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 19:03:05 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND YOU CAN 19:03:08 FIND THOSE POSTED ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 19:03:11 AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING, PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE AT FREMONT 19:03:15 .GOV OR FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 19:03:19 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE 19:03:22 PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING MAY DO SO BY PRESSING THE RAISE HAND 19:03:26 ICON IN THE ZOOM FUNCTION APP OR IF 19:03:29 YOU'RE DIALING IN, BY PRESSING STAR NINE. I'LL 19:03:32 MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE AGENDA 19:03:36 . EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED 19:03:39 TO THE STAFF AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND PLACED ON 19:03:42 FILE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA 19:03:45 AND FREMONT.GOV AND ARE CONSIDERED 19:03:49 PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS MEETING WILL 19:03:52 GO UP UNTIL 11:30 THIS EVENING IF NEEDED 19:03:55 AND WE WILL ALLOW 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO 19:03:58 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE 19:04:01 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 19:04:06 AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE'LL ALLOW ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END 19:04:09 OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. I'LL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER 19:04:12 TO OUR CITY MANAGER THIS EVENING, KARENA SHACKELFORD 19:04:16 , TO INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS TIME. 19:04:18 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 19:04:21 WE ARE JOINED THIS EVENING BY MY COLLEAGUE, 19:04:25 DEBRA MARGOLIS, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY, AND 19:04:28 OUR CITY CLERK, SUSAN GAUTHIER, 19:04:31 AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND STAFF. 19:04:36 I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU 19:04:38 . THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:04:42 AND AT THIS TIME, THIS IS FOR 19:04:45 CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ITEMS 19:04:48 THAT WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION 19:04:51 WILL STAND. WE 19:04:55 COULD ALSO ADD ITEM 7B IF THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THAT 19:04:58 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I'LL LOOK REAL QUICKLY. 19:05:03 MS. GAUTHIER, IF YOU COULD ALSO HELP ME CHECK, JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE 19:05:06 PARTICIPANTS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS 19:05:09 THEIR HAND RAISED FOR AN ITEM EITHER 19:05:13 ON 19:05:18 -- >> MR. BEEKMAN, WHICH ITEM ARE 19:05:21 YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON? 19:05:24 >> HI, BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. I WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 19:05:28 D, THE WINTER FUNDING 19:05:34 ISSUES. 19:05:40 >> Mayor Mei: D, OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE -- IS 19:05:43 ANYONE ELSE RAISING THEIR HAND FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR 19:05:47 ? >> MARIE H., 19:05:50 ARE YOU SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR 19:05:53 OR 7B? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B. 19:05:57 2B. EXCUSE ME, C. C. 19:06:08 >> OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. AND LANCE 19:06:12 QUAN, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON? >> 19:06:15 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 2C. 19:06:20 >> 2C, OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT AFTER THE 19:06:23 VOTE ON THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 19:06:27 >> Mayor Mei: SO AT THIS TIME, I WAS ASKING IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL 19:06:31 WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE ADDITION OF 19:06:34 ITEM 7BINGS UNLESS THERE ARE SPEAKERS ON ITEM 19:06:37 7B. 19:06:41 >> Councilmember Jones: MADAME MAYOR, MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2C 19:06:44 , 2D AND THE ADDITION OF 7B. 19:06:50 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 19:06:57 MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> YES, MADAME MAYOR. 19:07:01 COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:07:04 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 19:07:07 , AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE 19:07:11 . COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO 19:07:14 , AYE. MAYOR MEI 19:07:17 , AYE. SO THE 19:07:22 MOTION PASSES FOR ALL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING 19:07:25 ITEM 2C AND 2D, AND WITH THE ADDITION OF 19:07:28 ITEM 7B. 19:07:33 NEXT ON THE 19:07:37 AGENDA THIS EVENING IS OUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS. WE HAVE QUITE 19:07:40 A FEW THIS EVENING. I WANTED TO FIRST BEGIN WITH 19:07:44 A PROCLAMATION FOR LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND I 19:07:48 BELIEVE ACCEPTING 19:07:52 THE PROCLAMATION AND SHARING SOME COMMENTS 19:07:55 LATER WILL BE RON FONG 19:07:58 . 19:08:03 WHEREAS, AWARENESS IS LOW THAT LUNG CANCER IS THE #1 CANCER KILLER OF MEN AND WOMEN, AT OVER 19:08:12 131,000 DEATHS PER YEAR; AND WHEREAS, AWARENESS IS LOW THAT LUNG CANCER KILLS TWICE AS MANY WOMEN AS DOES 19:08:15 BREAST CANCER; AND WHEREAS, AWARENESS IS LOW THAT ANYONE CAN GET LUNG CANCER – YOUNG OR OLD, ATHLETIC OR COUCH 19:08:18 POTATO, RICH OR POOR, SMOKER OR 19:08:32 NON-SMOKER. IF YOU HAVE LUNGS, THEN YOU CAN GET LUNG CANCER; AND WHEREAS, 20% OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIE FROM LUNG 19:08:35 CANCER NEVER SMOKED, WHICH MEANS AWARENESS IS LOW THAT STOPPING SMOKING ALONE IS INADEQUATE; AND WHEREAS, 19:08:38 EARLY DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER IS LOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO EASY, AFFORDABLE WAY TO TEST 19:08:45 LIKE A BREATHALYZER, RESULTING IN CANCER BEING DISCOVERED TOO 19:08:48 LATE; AND WHEREAS, OVER 235,000 AMERICANS 19:08:53 ARE STILL DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER WITH THE GRIM STATISTIC THAT STAGE 4 LUNG CANCER 19:08:58 SURVIVORS AT FIVE YEARS ARE A DISMAL 5%, LARGELY DUE TO LOW 19:09:03 RESEARCH FUNDING; AND WHEREAS, RESEARCH FUNDING FOR FINDING AND TREATING LUNG CANCER 19:09:09 TRAILS FAR BEHIND FUNDING FOR RESEARCH OF OTHER CANCERS; AND 19:09:13 WHEREAS, THERE IS HOPE WITH MORE LUNG CANCER SURVIVORS IN RECENT 19:09:16 YEARS DUE TO DISCOVERIES OF NEW 19:09:20 THERAPIES FOR TREATMENTS LIKE IMMUNOTHERAPY AND TARGETED THERAPIES, THERE IS STILL LOW 19:09:24 AWARENESS THAT LESS THAN HALF OF PATIENTS DON’T SURVIVE ONE YEAR; 19:09:30 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 19:09:33 ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST LUNG CANCER, AND HEREBY PROCLAIM 19:09:36 NOVEMBER TO BE LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND THAT IF YOU 19:09:41 HAVE LUNGS, THEN YOU CAN GET LUNG CANCER. 19:09:46 AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE RON FONG TO BE ACCEPT 19:09:49 ING OF THIS PROCLAMATION. AND I SEE 19:09:52 HIS PICTURE IN THE BACK, AND I WANTED TO SAY 19:09:55 THANK YOU. I HAVE ALSO ONE OF THE WHITE RIBBONS HANG 19:09:58 ING AT CITY HALL IN MY OFFICE 19:10:01 WINDOW. AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> 19:10:04 THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF 19:10:08 AND THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT. 19:10:11 ON BEHALF OF MY LATE WIFE JOAN, THIS IS 19:10:15 HER PECT, AND THE 19:10:18 PICTURE 19:10:22 , I ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION WITH GRATITUDE BECAUSE WE NEED TO 19:10:25 RAISE AWARENESS THAT LUNG CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE CANCER KILLER 19:10:28 BY FAR THAN ANY OTHER CANCER TYPE. THIS WHITE RIBBON 19:10:32 THAT'S HERE IS A INITIATIVE, IT'S MADE OUT OF 19:10:35 WOOD, IT'S HAND CARVED BY 19:10:38 INDIVIDUAL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS 19:10:42 , AND WE PRESENTED RECENTLY 19:10:45 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND MAYOR MEI 19:10:48 HERE A WHITE RIBBON 19:10:51 . LUNG CANCER IS OFTEN ASYMPTOMATIC. SO I WANT TO FOCUS 19:10:55 ON THE FACT THAT WHY DID THEY NOT DETECT IT? 19:10:59 IT'S BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT. SO WE NEED TO BE MORE 19:11:02 AWARE THAT 19:11:05 LUNG CANCER CAN EXIST 19:11:09 , EVEN DOCTORS DON'T DIAGNOSE IT VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY SAY YOU DON'T HAVE A 19:11:12 PATIENT PROFILE THAT MAKES YOU HAVE LUNG CANCER. SO IN THE PROCLAMATION 19:11:15 , WE SAID IF YOU HAVE LUNGS, YOU CAN GET LUNG CANCER. AND THIS IS 19:11:18 TRUE. IT DOESN'T MATTER 19:11:21 WHICH PARTY YOU VOTED FOR, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ATHLETIC OR 19:11:24 NOT, YOU CAN GET LUNG CANCER. SO HERE ARE SOME SYMPTOMS THAT YOU MIGHT 19:11:27 EXPERIENCE, AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCING THIS CHRONICALLY 19:11:31 FOR MORE THAN A MONTH, 19:11:35 THEN MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY YOU SHOULD ASK THEIR 19:11:38 DOCTOR, DO YOU HAVE LUNG CANCER. DO YOU COUGH UP BLOOD? BLOOD 19:11:41 IS B, SO THAT'S B FOR BREATH. R, DO YOU 19:11:44 HAVE REPEATING RESPIRATORY DISEASE LIKE BRONCHITIS 19:11:48 ? THAT'S R, REPEATING RESPIRATORY. 19:11:52 E, DO YOU HAVE ENDURING OR PERSISTENT 19:11:55 COUGH? AND YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A COUGH FOR A 19:11:58 LONG TIME, IT COULD BE ANYTHING. IT COULD BE ASTHMA, IT COULD BE ANYTHING 19:12:02 . OR IT COULD BE SEASONAL ALLERGIES. BUT IF YOU HAVE A 19:12:05 PERSISTENT ENDURING COUGH THAT'S DEEP, THAT LASTS FOR MONTHS 19:12:08 , THIS COULD BE A SIGN OF LUNG CANCER. DO YOU HAVE 19:12:11 ACHES? ALL OF US HAVE ACHES. BUT DO YOU HAVE 19:12:15 ACHES THAT PERSIST FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY 19:12:18 COME RANDOMLY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN YOUR SHOULDERS OR YOUR 19:12:21 CHEST BONES OR YOUR BACK. THIS 19:12:24 COULD BE A SIGN THAT LUNG CANCER HAS MIGRATED TO YOUR BONES. DO YOU 19:12:28 HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING? DO YOU 19:12:31 HAVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH? THIS COULD BE A SIGN 19:12:34 . AND DO YOU HAVE HOARSENESS AND WHEEZING 19:12:37 WHEN YOU TALK OR UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT LOSS OR JUST LOSS 19:12:40 OF APPETITE SUDDENLY? 19:12:44 THIS COULD BE A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE LUNG CANCER. AND YOU'RE JUST 19:12:47 PLAIN TIRED, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. IT'S NOT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. 19:12:50 IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAKES YOU CHRONICALLY EXHAUSTED. ANY ONE OF THESE SYMPTOMS 19:12:54 ALONE ARE SYMPTOMS OF 19:12:57 MANY OTHER DISEASES BUT TOGETHER, THEY MIGHT RAISE AWARENESS IN YOUR 19:13:00 BRAIN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LUNG CANCER. AND ASK YOUR DOCTOR 19:13:03 . NOW YOUR DOCTOR WILL SAY, HEY, YOU'RE NOT A SMOKER OR, 19:13:07 YOU DON'T HAVE A 30-PACK-A YEAR HISTORY TO 19:13:10 DO A CT SCAN, BUT 19:13:15 -- AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU SOME OTHER DIAGNOSIS, MAYBE PT. 19:13:18 JOAN WAS MISDIAGNOSED. SHE HAD SYMPTOMS OF FATIGUE, SHE HAD 19:13:21 BONE PAIN, AND SHE HAD POOR APPETITE. AND AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS 19:13:24 OF SAYING, OH, YOU NEED TO REST, OR YOU NEED TO DO PHYSICAL 19:13:28 THERAPY, IT WAS TRUE. I PUSHED AND 19:13:31 ADVOCATED FOR MORE TESTING, BECAUSE IF 19:13:34 YOU DON'T TEST, YOU'RE GUESSING. AND SO 19:13:38 THEY TESTED AND THEY FOUND OUT SHE HAD LUNG CANCER. SO I'M AN 19:13:42 ADVOCATE THAT YOU SHOULD BE 19:13:48 -- BE AWARE THAT LUNG CANCER CAN 19:13:51 EXIST IN ANYBODY, THERE SHOULD BE BETTER EARLY 19:13:54 DETECTION AND YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE SYMPTOMS THAT GIVE YOU THAT, 19:13:57 AND YOU SHOULD BE A FRIEND. ANYONE WITH LUNG 19:14:00 CANCER, THE MOST PER SE VIF CANCER TYPE OUT THERE THAT KILL 19:14:03 S PEOPLE, THEN YOU SHOULD BE A FRIEND WITH THEM. THIS WHITE 19:14:06 RIBBON CAN BE GIVEN OR ASKED FOR BY 19:14:10 ANYBODY WHO 19:14:14 HAS LUNG CANCER. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION 19:14:17 , AND 19:14:20 THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LUNG CANCER. THANK YOU. 19:14:25 >> Mayor Mei: I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND JOAN, 19:14:28 I'VE KNOWN YOU AND JOAN FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU'VE ALL BEEN A 19:14:32 DEAR FRIEND AND CERTAINLY TO SEE 19:14:35 SO MANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY LUNG CANCER 19:14:36 . THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 19:14:39 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR BAY AREA 19:14:43 STANDS UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK. THAT'S BEGINNING NOVEMBER 14TH THROUGH 20TH 19:14:46 , 2021. 19:14:50 ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION AND SHARING SOME COMMENTS WILL BE 19:14:53 ANN PARKS 19:15:01 -COUNCIL. 19:15:08 WHEREAS, POLICIES AND RHETORIC ACROSS THE NATION, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DIVIDING COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING 19:15:10 BIGOTED VIEWS COMPLIMENTARY TO RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA, AND ISLAMAPHOBIA; AND WHEREAS, UNCIVIL 19:15:14 BEHAVIOR AND SPEECH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSTRAINED, IS NOW BEING MORE OPENLY DISPLAYED IN OUR 19:15:18 COMMUNITIES, AND THE VISIBILITY OF HATE ACTS AND VIOLENT ACTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAS 19:15:24 INCREASED, EVEN IN DIVERSE AREAS LIKE THE BAY AREA; AND WHEREAS, IN 2017, LEADERS AND 19:15:27 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM HALF A DOZEN CITIES ACROSS THE BAY AREA 19:15:31 GATHERED TO LAUNCH UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK, A CAMPAIGN TO 19:15:35 PROTECT OUR DIVERSITY AS A REGION AND TO STOP THE HATE THAT 19:15:39 THREATENS THE SAFETY AND CIVILITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS, UNITED AGAINST HATE 19:15:43 WEEK IS DESIGNED TO BRIDGE 19:15:48 DIVISIONS AND TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, SURFACE LOCAL CONCERNS AND SEEK 19:15:52 SOLUTIONS TOGETHER; AND WHEREAS, COMPASSIONATE FREMONT, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT 19:15:56 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, SPEARHEADED, PRODUCED, AND 19:16:01 DISTRIBUTED 5000 “FREMONT STANDS UNITED AGAINST HATE” POSTERS 19:16:04 AS PART OF THE JOINT EFFORT TO COMBAT HATE AND FOSTER RESPECT AND INCLUSIVITY; AND 19:16:10 WHEREAS, DURING UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK – NOVEMBER 14 THROUGH 19:16:18 NOVEMBER 20, COMPASSION FREMONT AND THE CITY OF FREMONT HUMAN RELATION COMMISSION CONTINUE TO SPONSOR, ALONG 19:16:21 WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UNITED AGAINST 19:16:24 HATE VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY 19:16:30 PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14 THROUGH NOVEMBER 20, 2021, AS 19:16:34 UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF COMPASSIONATE 19:16:40 FREMONT, THE TRI CITY INTERFAITH COUNCIL, AND THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO CREATE AN 19:16:44 INCLUSIVE CITY, WELCOMING OF DIVERSITY, AND THE CITY OF 19:16:48 FREMONT FURTHER PROCLAIMS IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAND FIRMLY WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE BAY 19:16:52 AREA WHO BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS, 19:16:56 JUSTICE, AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF 19:17:00 ALL, AND WILL WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO ELIMINATE HATRED AND INTOLERANCE. 19:17:06 AND I REALLY WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND SUPPORT FOR 19:17:09 THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 19:17:12 RIGHT NOW, IN THIS MOMENT, I THINK IT'S BECOME UNFORTUNATELY 19:17:15 VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE IN REMOTE LAND TO GET INTO 19:17:19 COVID COUP AND I WOULD SAY IT'S THE 19:17:23 COWARDESS OF THE KEYBOARD 19:17:26 , PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS HAY 19:17:29 HATRED IN WAYS LESS EXPRESSED IN THE PAST. 19:17:33 THAT'S WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT ANN PARKS 19:17:36 -COUNCIL WILL BE JOINING OUR CITY COUNCIL WHO DID 19:17:40 ADOPT THIS PREVIOUSLY AND WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IN MANY 19:17:43 YEARS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ENGS 19:17:46 EXPRESSED RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT WHERE 19:17:49 THERE'S SUCH DIVISION ACROSS POLITICAL PARTIES, DIFFERENT 19:17:53 RELIGIOUS VIEWS, DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 19:17:56 OUR COMMUNITY FIGHT THE VIRUS NOT JUST OF COVID BUT THE VIRUS OF 19:18:00 HATE AND INTOLERANCE AND RESPECT AND KINDNESS FOR 19:18:03 EACH OTHER IS SOMETHING WE HOPE TO SPREAD. SO I'M LOOKING 19:18:06 FOR HER ON THE SCREEN. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T -- OH, THERE SHE 19:18:08 IS. THANK YOU. I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SCREEN 19:18:11 FOR ME. I APOLOGIZE. I HAVE TWO SCREENS. 19:18:13 SO THANK YOU. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. 19:18:17 AND COMPASSIONATE FREMONT REALLY WANT 19:18:21 TO LET THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE 19:18:25 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR 19:18:28 SUPPORT, NOT JUST FOR UNITED AGAINST HATE 19:18:31 WEEK, BUT FOR OTHER ACTIVITY THAT WE 19:18:35 SPONSOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE 19:18:38 MISSION OF COMPASSIONATE FREMONT IS TO PROMOTE JUSTICE, DIGNITY, 19:18:41 EQUITY, COMPASSION, AND RESPECT 19:18:45 , AND THIS YEAR WE'VE ORGANIZED QUITE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES FOR 19:18:49 UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK. 19:18:52 ACTUALLY WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED TO 19:18:55 THE LATTER PART OF NOVEMBER. WE START 19:18:58 ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH WITH A 19:19:02 FILM SHOWING A DOCUMENTARY AND A DISCUSSION 19:19:05 . IT'S CALLED BOMB HARVEST. IT 19:19:08 ABOUT A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT 19:19:12 DETONATE LIVE BOMBS IN 19:19:17 LAOS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SPONSORED BY THE 19:19:20 DISCOVERY CHURCH, AND IT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, 19:19:23 NOVEMBER 13TH AT 1:30 ON ZOOM. 19:19:27 AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK 19:19:30 , COMPASSIONATE FREMONT ON OUR FACEBOOK IS ASK 19:19:33 ING PEOPLE TO REIMAGINE 19:19:36 THE FREMONT STANDS UNITED AGAINST HATE 19:19:39 POSTER, TO SUBMIT POETRY 19:19:44 , THAT GIVES THEM 19:19:49 MEANING AND HOPE AND ALSO MAYBE A PLAY LIST THAT GIVES THEM INSPIRATION 19:19:52 TO CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY 19:19:55 . AND THEN ON 19:19:59 NOVEMBER THE 20TH, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON DRISCOLL 19:20:02 IS GOING TO HAVE A 19:20:06 LABYRINTH WALK, AND THEN A DISCUSSION 19:20:10 OF WALKING TOGETHER, CURIOSITY, CULTURE 19:20:13 AND PRACTICE. AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 19:20:17 22ND, THAT'S A MONDAY, THE ANNUAL 19:20:21 INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE WILL BE 19:20:24 HELD. THIS WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING. 19:20:32 IT'S CALLED MAKING A HOME TOGETHER. AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY 19:20:36 IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF ALL THE AFTER GUANINE 19:20:39 AFGHANI 19:20:43 REFUGEES THAT WILL BE COMING TO OUR AREA AND WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE 19:20:46 AN IMPORTANT THING TO EMPHASIZE. OUR LAST ACTIVITY IS ON NOVEMBER THE 19:20:50 29TH. IT'S A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. IT WILL BE OUTDOORS 19:20:53 , MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED, AND IT'S AT ST. JAMES 19:20:57 EPISCOPAL CHURCH. AND 19:21:00 IT IS GOING TO BE MEMORIALIZING 19:21:03 ALL THE UNHOUSED 19:21:06 CITIZENS THAT HAVE DIED THIS 19:21:10 YEAR. BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE 19:21:13 . 19:21:17 SO THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO BRING SOME CANNED GOODS FOR THEIR FOOD DRIVE. SO THAT 19:21:20 WILL WRAP UP A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES AND WE ARE ALSO 19:21:23 GOING TO HAVE 19:21:27 -- THE FREMONT LIBRARY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND THEY'RE GOING 19:21:30 TO HAVE A DISPLAY OF BOOKS THAT PEOPLE CAN READ THAT 19:21:34 WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN 19:21:37 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 19:21:43 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANN, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN IN OUR COMMUNITY'S 19:21:47 SUPPORT FOR RESPECT 19:21:50 AND KINDNESS AND STANDING UNITED AS A COMMUNITY AGAINST 19:21:53 HATE. 19:21:57 THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. NEXT 19:22:01 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR SIKH AWARENESS 19:22:04 AND APPRECIATION MONTH. I HAVE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY 19:22:09 FOR CONTINUALLY TO STEP FORWARD WITH US, WHETHER IT'S FOURTH OF 19:22:12 JULY OR FOR MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. RIGHT NOW WITH 19:22:15 THE COVID TIME PERIOD AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. 19:22:18 ACCEPTING THIS EVENING WILL BE HARP 19:22:22 REET SINGH. 19:22:30 WHEREAS, NOVEMBER IS SIKH AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION MONTH, DESIGNATED BY ASSEMBLY 19:22:34 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 147 AS FIRST INTRODUCED BY 19:22:42 ASSEMBLYMEMBER ROBERT WIECKOWSKI IN 2012, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY SIKH AMERICANS 19:22:46 TO THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA; AND WHEREAS, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 2021-2022 REGULAR 19:22:51 SESSION ADOPTED ASSEMBLY 19:22:54 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 102 TO “RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE 19:23:01 BY CALIFORNIANS OF SIKH HERITAGE TO OUR STATE AND SEEKS TO AFFORD 19:23:05 ALL CALIFORNIANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, RECOGNIZE, AND APPRECIATE THE RICH HISTORY 19:23:10 AND SHARED PRINCIPLES OF SIKH 19:23:14 AMERICANS. THE MEASURE WOULD CONDEMN ALL HATE CRIMES AND BIAS 19:23:17 INCIDENTS AGAINST SIKH AMERICANS AND ENCOURAGE ALL SIKHS TO 19:23:21 PRACTICE THEIR FAITH FREELY AND FEARLESSLY"; AND 19:23:28 WHEREAS, THERE ARE CLOSE TO 500,000 SIKHS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABOUT HALF OF 19:23:33 THIS POPULATION RESIDES IN 19:23:51 CALIFORNIA. SIKH AMERICANS HAVE WORKED ON FARMS, LUMBER MILLS, MINES, AND ON THE OREGON, PACIFIC, AND EASTERN 19:23:54 RAILROADS. SIKH AMERICANS HAVE PURSUED DIVERSE PROFESSIONS FROM SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES TO OPENING 19:23:56 NUMEROUS SMALL BUSINESSES, AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIELDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, AGRICULTURE, INFORMATION 19:23:59 TECHNOLOGY, THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, TRUCKING AND MEDICINE; AND WHEREAS, SIKHS HAVE SERVED IN 19:24:03 ALL AMERICAN WARS SINCE WORLD WAR I, INCLUDING BHAGAT SINGH 19:24:07 THIND, A SIKH BORN IN PUNJAB, INDIA, WHO WAS A UNITED STATES 19:24:11 VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I, WHO CAMPAIGNED ACTIVELY FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA FROM 19:24:16 BRITISH RULE, WHO SUPPORTED 19:24:22 INDIAN STUDENTS AND LECTURED ON METAPHYSICS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND WHO HAS BEEN 19:24:25 HONORED BY THE FRED T. KOREMATSU INSTITUTE AS A “RACE IN THE COURTS HERO” FOR FIGHTING HIS 19:24:31 CITIZENSHIP CASE IN THE UNITED 19:24:35 STATES SUPREME COURT IN 1923; AND WHEREAS, DUE TO IGNORANCE AND HATE, SIKHS HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF HATE 19:24:38 CRIMES BECAUSE OF THEIR ARTICLES OF FAITH, 19:24:43 INCLUDING A TURBAN AND BEARD, WHICH REPRESENT THE SIKH RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, 19:24:47 EQUALITY, AND DIGNITY FOR ALL; 19:24:50 AND WHEREAS, THE FAITHFUL SERVICE OF 19:24:55 THE SIKH AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO 19:25:03 THIS CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY MERITS APPRECIATION AS AN INTEGRAL THREAD IN THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN PLURALITY. NOW, 19:25:06 THEREFORE, THE FAITHFUL SERVICE OF THE SIKH AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO THIS CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY MERITS APPRECIATION 19:25:11 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, I WANT 19:25:14 ED TO PRESENT THAT AND ASK PEOPLE TO JOIN WITH US TO 19:25:18 RESPECT AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE 19:25:22 SIKH AMERICAN COMMUNITY. HARP 19:25:25 REET, I SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 19:25:28 >> MY VIDEO IS DISABLED SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT IT 19:25:31 ON OR NOT. THERE YOU GO. >> Mayor Mei: YES, PLEASE, COULD YOU 19:25:34 TURN IT ON? THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 19:25:37 >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR 19:25:40 LILY MEI, TERESA KENG AND THE REST OF THE 19:25:43 FREMONT CITY COUNCILMEMBERS FOR INVITING ME HERE TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION 19:25:46 ON 19:25:50 . I'M ONE OF THE FIVE ELECTED 19:25:53 SUPREME COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M ALSO SERVING 19:25:56 AS GENERAL SECRETARY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF 19:26:00 . I'VE BEEN HERE IN SILICON VALLEY SINCE 19:26:03 1992, WORKING IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND 19:26:06 DEVELOPMENT. I'VE BEEN MANNABLING ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TEAMS 19:26:10 FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS 19:26:13 . WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, OUR TEAM BRAINSTORMED 19:26:16 WHAT ARE THE AREAS WE COULD HELP IN MOST EFFECTIVELY. WE START 19:26:19 ED WITH DISTRIBUTING OF FREE GROCERIES TO ALL COMMUNITIES 19:26:22 , IN FACT, MORE FOLKS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES 19:26:25 CAME THAN OUR OWN CONGREGATION, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO SERVE THEM. 19:26:29 THIS ALSO INCLUDED FREE HOT PACKED MEALS TO GO. 19:26:32 THIS CAME NATURALLY TO US BECAUSE WE 19:26:35 RUN A FREE KITCHEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS 19:26:39 A YEAR. WE THEN EXPANDED DISTRIBUTION 19:26:42 OF FREE MEALS TO FIRST RESPONDERS AT VARIOUS HOSPITALS 19:26:45 AND OTHERS WHO REQUESTED IT FOR THEIR STAFF. 19:26:50 THEN WITH PPE EQUIPMENT 19:26:53 IN SHORT SUPPLY, WE DID OUR 19:26:57 BEST WE COULD WITH ESSENTIAL SUPPL 19:27:00 IES, THIS INCLUDES VARIOUS HOSPITALS, 19:27:03 MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. LASTLY 19:27:06 IF WE REALLY WANTED TO HELP OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY, 19:27:09 WE NEEDED TO HELP WITH DELIVERY OF VACCINES. I'M PROUD TO SAY 19:27:13 WE HELPED 20-PLUS VACCINE DRIVES ON THE WEEKENDS FOR 19:27:16 MONTHS ALLOWING US TO ISSUE MORE THAN 10,000 VACCINE DOSES 19:27:19 . THIS TOOK A LARGE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS FOR MANY 19:27:22 WEEKENDS BUT WE NEVER FELT SHORT-HANDED. IT'S A TESTAMENT 19:27:26 TO THE CONGREGATION THAT WANTED TO HELP THEIR 19:27:29 FELLOW AMERICANS. THIS STEMS FROM THREE BASIC TENETS OF 19:27:32 SIKHISM WHICH IS TO SERVE HUMAN 19:27:35 ITY, MEDITATION, GOD AT ALL TIME, 19:27:39 AND HONEST LIVING AND GIVE BACK. THOUGH WE ARE 19:27:42 HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION, THIS IS IN OUR 19:27:45 DNA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THE BEST WE CAN 19:27:48 GOING FORWARD. SIKHS HAVE A LONG, RICH HISTORY STRIVING TO 19:27:52 IMPROVE WHATEVER COMMUNITY THEY RESIDE IN. OUR HOLY DOCTRINE 19:27:55 EMPHASIZES TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN RACE AS ONE, SINCE 19:27:58 WE ALL CAME FROM THE SAME SOURCE. 19:28:03 MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE ONGOING FORM OF 19:28:06 PROTEST OVER THE PAST YEAR. 19:28:09 THOUGH THESE AFFECT FARMERS ALL OVER INDIA, 19:28:12 THE PROTEST WAS SPEARHEADED BY SIKHS BECAUSE WE STAND 19:28:15 FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, THE 19:28:19 WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING 19:28:21 AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT GOING FORWARD AS WELL. THANK YOU. 19:28:25 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE MEMBERS 19:28:30 , AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP 19:28:33 FROM OUR COUNCILMEMBER RAJ SALWAN, AS WELL AS 19:28:36 WITH SO MANY OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY 19:28:41 OVER THE YEARS AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOO, THAT 19:28:44 WE HAD SIKH AWARENESS MONTH AND WE'VE HAD THE OUTREACH TO OUR SCHOOLS AND 19:28:47 OUR PRINCIPALS AND TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY 19:28:50 OUR CHILDREN, ARE FELT SAFE AND WELCOME WITHIN THE CHEUBT 19:28:53 COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. >> APPRECIATE, THANK 19:28:56 YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE A 19:29:00 PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE 19:29:03 MONTH, AND ALSO WE'LL BE HONORING ANDREW 19:29:06 GALVAN, WHO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OVER 19:29:09 MANY YEARS. WE MENTIONED THE TRI-THE CITY 19:29:16 TRI-CITY INTERFAITH CELEBRATION COMING 19:29:19 UP. WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THAT FOR MANY YEARS, SO I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE 19:29:22 THIS. AND ALSO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE ALSO, 19:29:25 THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE A 19:29:28 VERY STRONG NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM. SO I WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW 19:29:31 ABOUT THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM. 19:29:39 WHEREAS, IN THIS MONTH OF NOVEMBER WE TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE, CULTURE, AND 19:29:42 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE TO THIS GREAT NATION; AND 19:29:47 WHEREAS, FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS 19:29:50 OR MORE THE ANCESTORS OF THE OHLONE INDIANS LIVED, GAVEBIRTH, HUNTED, FISHED, HARVESTED, GREW 19:29:54 OLD, AND DIED HERE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA; AND 19:29:59 WHEREAS, ANDREW “ANDY” GALVAN IS A DESCENDANT OF THE OHLONE 19:30:03 INDIANS WHOSE ANCESTRAL LANDS COMPRISE THE GREATER SAN 19:30:10 FRANCISCO BAY REGION. HIS GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER 19:30:13 CHIEF TARINO, LAID THE CORNERSTONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS AT MISSION SAN JOSE; AND 19:30:17 WHEREAS, IN 1971 ANDREW GALVAN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY FORMED THE OHLONE INDIAN TRIBE 19:30:23 INCORPORATED FOR THE SUCCESSFUL 19:30:28 PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING THE OHLONES INDIAN CEMETERY ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD IN MISSION SAN 19:30:32 JOSE WHICH WAS THREATENED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF I-680 AND THE PASEO PADRE 19:30:40 EXTENSION; AND WHEREAS, ANDREW GALVAN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OHLONE INDIAN 19:30:43 TRIBE, INC., AS WELL AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR 19:30:47 THE RESTORATION OF MISSION SAN JOSE AND IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS 19:30:50 FOUNDATION; AND WHEREAS, THE FREMONT CITY 19:30:55 COUNCIL HONORS ANDREW GALVAN AND THE ENTIRE GALVAN FAMILY FOR 19:30:59 THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE CITY OF FREMONT AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ON 19:31:03 THE PRESERVATION OF OHLONE 19:31:08 INDIAN TRIBE INFORMATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS; AND WHEREAS, IN 1990 PRESIDENT 19:31:11 GEORGE BUSH APPROVED A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER AS "NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN 19:31:16 HERITAGE MONTH;” AND 19:31:19 WHEREAS, NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH IS 19:31:26 CELEBRATED TO RECOGNIZE INTERTRIBAL CULTURES AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HERITAGE, HISTORY, ART, AND 19:31:30 TRADITIONS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL 19:31:33 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HONORS AND RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF 19:31:36 NOVEMBER, 2021 AS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE 19:31:39 CITY OF FREMONT; AND ENCOURAGES THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE 19:31:51 ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE BAY AREA, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE 19:31:56 NATION. BY SUCH ACTIONS WE REAFFIRM OUR APPRECIATION OF AND RESPECT FOR THEIR DEEPLY HELD VALUES AND 19:31:59 TRADITIONS, NURTURING THIS IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CULTURE FOR GENERATIONS YET TO COME. 19:32:02 AND SO, ANDREW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 19:32:05 I'LL ADD SOME THINGS AFTERWARDS TOO. THANK YOU. 19:32:14 >> GOOD EVENING, IN 19:32:17 MY OHLONE 19:32:20 LANGUAGE. AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANDREW GALVAN 19:32:23 , I'M AN OHLONE MAN INDIGENOUS TO 19:32:26 THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION. I'M PLEASED TO ACCEPT THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT 19:32:30 PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE 19:32:33 MONTH, AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF FREMONT 19:32:36 HONORING THE OHLONE INDIANS. 19:32:43 I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO FREMONT, WHOSE 19:32:46 OHLONE NAME IS ORES 19:32:49 ONG. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE THERE AT THE MEETING TO GREET YOU 19:32:52 IN PERSON, BUT SOMETIMES LIFE TAKES SUDDEN 19:32:56 TURNS WITHOUT USING ITS TURN SIGNAL. 19:32:59 THE PRESENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC 19:33:03 CERTAINLY UNDERSCORES THE TRUTH OF THAT STATEMENT. 19:33:07 CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IS NOTHING NEW 19:33:11 TO THE PEOPLE OF ORESONG. 19:33:14 DURING THE MEASLES EPIDEMIC IN THE YEAR 1806, THE 19:33:18 INDIAN POPULATION AT MISSION SAN JOSÉ 19:33:21 WAS 850. IN THREE DAYS 19:33:24 , IN LATE 1806, 19:33:29 343 INDIANS DIED FROM THE MEASLES. I 19:33:32 REPEAT, CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IS NOTHING 19:33:36 NEW TO THE PEOPLE OF ORE 19:33:40 ORESONG, MODERN DAY FREMONT. 19:33:43 IT IS MY HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS RECOGNITION 19:33:47 , AND BY RECOGNIZING 19:33:50 NOVEMBER AS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, WE LEARN THAT WE 19:33:53 OHLONES ARE HERE STILL. 19:33:56 WE WANT ALL OF YOU TO LEARN ABOUT THE 19:34:00 ENDURING STRENGTH OF THE OHLONE CULTURE 19:34:05 IN HONEST AND AUTHENTIC WAYS. NEXT 19:34:08 MARCH, 2022, WILL MARK THE 19:34:11 250TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE SPANISH 19:34:15 MISSIONARIES AND SOLDIERS ARRIVED 19:34:18 HERE IN ORESONG AT THE 19:34:21 CURRENT LOCATION OF MISSION SAN JOSÉ 19:34:24 AS THEY WALK NORTH TOWARDS OAKLAND 19:34:27 AND LAKE MERIT. 19:34:31 LIFE DURING THE MISSION AND RANCHO PERIODS 19:34:34 WAS NOT EASY FOR MISSION PEOPLE. FOR NATIVE PEOPLE. 19:34:38 IT IS THERE THAT MY OWN VERY 19:34:41 ANCESTORS WORKED. IN THIS PLACE 19:34:45 , OHLONE 19:34:52 INDIAN PEOPLE WERE WORKED HARD BY THE SPANISH MILITARY, AND THEY COULD NOT 19:34:55 LEAVE IF THEY WANTED TO. AMOUNTING 19:34:59 TO SLAVERY. AT MISSION 19:35:03 SAN JOSÉ, THE VERY LANGUAGE I GREETED YOU 19:35:06 IN WAS SUPPRESSED. HOWEVER, OUR 19:35:09 ANCESTORS REFUSED TO GIVE UP THE THINGS THEY CAR 19:35:12 ED FOR. WHILE 19:35:15 WE CANNOT CHANGE THE HISTORY 19:35:19 OF COLONIZATION HERE IN CALIFORNIA, 19:35:22 WE CAN TELL AN HONEST STORY THAT 19:35:25 BRINGS DIGNITY AND PRIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 19:35:30 ONCE AGAIN, I WELCOME YOU TO THE 19:35:33 OHLONE VILLAGE OF ORESONG, 19:35:37 AND AS MY LATE FATHER 19:35:40 WOULD SAY, YOU CAN STAY HERE ON ONE CONDITION 19:35:44 : THAT YOU WERE GOOD. 19:35:52 MY HEART IS GOOD. THANK YOU. 19:35:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND 19:35:59 PROCLAMATION. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, 19:36:02 ANDY, ANDREW GALVAN. I LOOK FORWARD TO 19:36:05 SEEING YOU AT THE INTERFAITH WORSHIP, WHICH WILL 19:36:08 BE VIRTUAL, ON NOVEMBER 22ND. AGAIN, I ALSO 19:36:11 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FREMONT HAS BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE SOME OF THE 19:36:14 ARTIFACTS OF THE OHLONE, AS WELL 19:36:17 AS NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM XZ 19:36:21 , AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, THAT MANY YEARS AGO 19:36:24 , THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE MEMBERS AT 19:36:27 THAT TIME TOOK THE ARTIFACTS AND CREATED A STUDYING AND 19:36:30 TUTORING CENTER WHICH IS AVAILABLE AND OPEN ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AS WELL AS THERE'S 19:36:33 A CULTURE CLASS. THEY HAVE A DREAM CATCHER NEWSLETTER, AND I'LL 19:36:36 BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 19:36:40 TO BE WITH THEIR ARTIFACTS. AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S 19:36:43 A BELIEF THAT BEING WITH YOUR ANCESTORS IN THE SPIRIT 19:36:46 OF THE ARTIFACTS, IT HELPS 19:36:49 TO, I GUESS, ENCOURAGE LEARNING AND ALSO OVER 19:36:52 THE YEARS, ANDY, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 19:36:56 TO SHARE POW-WOWS, WHETHER 19:36:59 IT'S AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS AS WELL AS AT THE ADULT SCHOOL. 19:37:03 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED LEGACY 19:37:06 AND ABILITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE 19:37:09 DEPTH, THE BREADTH OF THE HAIR 19:37:12 HERITAGES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE. SO THANK 19:37:15 YOU, TODAY, FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. 19:37:19 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A PROCLAMATION 19:37:22 FOR FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH. 19:37:25 I HAVE JOINING US TODAY, 19:37:29 VICTORIA, WHO WILL BE SHARING A LITTLE BIT. 19:37:32 SHE IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FILIPINO 19:37:35 NATIONAL AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE EAST BAY CHAPTER, AND 19:37:38 I BELIEVE SHE'S BASED IN FREMONT, SO 19:37:41 LET ME SHARE THIS. WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 18TH, 19:37:45 1587, MORE THAN A CENTURY BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER CROSSED 19:37:49 THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE FIRST L 19:37:52 UZONES 19:37:58 INDIOS, AS FILIPINOS WERE KNOWN IN THOSE DAYS, ARRIVED IN MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA AFTER SAILING 19:38:02 ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN AS SAILORS ON SPANISH GALLEONS; AND WHEREAS, BETWEEN 1906 AND 1935, THE FIRST LARGE WAVE OF 19:38:07 FILIPINO IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES BEGAN, AS FILIPINOS WERE RECRUITED TO WORK IN THE 19:38:11 AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES, CANNERIES, AND ON SUGARCANE PLANTATIONS; AND 19:38:16 WHEREAS, DURING WORLD WAR II, APPROXIMATELY 200,000 FILIPINO 19:38:21 SOLDIERS, INCLUDING THOUSANDS FROM CALIFORNIA, FOUGHT UNDER 19:38:25 UNITED STATES COMMAND TO PRESERVE THE LIBERTY OF OUR COUNTRY AND WIN BACK THE LIBERTY 19:38:29 OF THE PHILIPPINES; AND WHEREAS, BETWEEN 1941 AND 1959, 19:38:35 A SECOND WAVE OF FILIPINO 19:38:40 IMMIGRATION BEGAN, AS NURSES, STUDENTS, FIANCÉES OF WORLD WAR II MILITARY PERSONNEL, VETERANS, 19:38:44 AND MANY FILIPINOS WHO HAD SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY 19:38:48 SETTLED IN NAVY TOWNS, INCLUDING ALAMEDA COUNTY, WHERE THEY CREATED FLOURISHING FILIPINO 19:38:52 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES; AND 19:38:55 WHEREAS, IN 1965, THE THIRD WAVE OF FILIPINO IMMIGRATION BEGAN AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE 19:38:58 IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT 19:39:03 ABOLISHED "NATIONAL ORIGINS” AS THE BASIS FOR IMMIGRATION, 19:39:08 ALLOWING FOR MUCH NEEDED FILIPINO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES; 19:39:15 AND WHEREAS, IN 2009, OCTOBER WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED AS FILIPINO 19:39:19 AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH IN 19:39:23 CALIFORNIA. DURING THIS MONTH, FREMONT RECOGNIZES THE LASTING AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF 19:39:26 FILIPINO AMERICANS TO OUR CITY AND OUR NATION, AS EDUCATORS AND 19:39:30 ARTISTS, POLITICIANS AND LABORERS, VETERANS AND JUDGES; 19:39:35 AND WHEREAS, EVERY DAY, FILIPINO AMERICANS CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR 19:39:41 CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL, AND POLITICAL LIVES. TODAY THE EAST BAY IS A VIBRANT 19:39:46 CENTER OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY, DEEPLY 19:39:50 ROOTED WITH OVER 16,000 IN THE CITY OF FREMONT. 19:39:56 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, RECOGNIZE FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH. 19:39:59 SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE -- I THINK WE HAVE TONIGHT 19:40:02 JOINING US LINDA CANLAS, FROM 19:40:05 NEW HAVEN SCHOOL BOARD, AND ALSO 19:40:09 VICTORIA SANTOS. >> THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU 19:40:12 . >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR HAVING ME. 19:40:16 I ALSO SIT ON THE NATIONAL BOARD OF THE 19:40:19 FILIPINO AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL 19:40:23 SOCIETY 19:40:26 . WE NUMBER 40 CHAPTERS THROUGHOUTED UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 19:40:30 HAWAII AND ALASKA. NEXT YEAR 19:40:35 WE'LL CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF BEING. 19:40:38 OUR MISSION IS TO 19:40:41 RESEARCH, COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE THE HISTORY 19:40:46 OF FILIPINO AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I 19:40:50 EMPHASIZE IT'S NOT THE HERITAGE OF FILIPINO 19:40:54 S IN THE PHILIPPINES, BUT OUR HISTORY 19:40:58 HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE A STORY 19:41:01 THAT WHEN I FINISHED COLLEGE IN CHICAGO 19:41:05 , I WENT TO WORK FOR WHO'S WHO IN 19:41:08 AMERICA. AND THROUGH ALL THE 19:41:11 VOLUMES OF STORIES OF 19:41:14 AMERICANS, 19:41:18 VERY FEW OF THOSE STORIES INCLUDED PEOPLE OF COLOR OR MINORITIES OR 19:41:21 IMMIGRANTS. 19:41:27 AND NONE OF THEM INCLUDED FILIPINOS. TODAY WE HAVE OLYMPIAN 19:41:30 S, WE HAVE GENERALS, ADMIRALS, 19:41:33 WE HAVE SCIENTIST 19:41:36 S, ENGINEERS IN NASA 19:41:39 . THE PEOPLE HAVE STARTED COMPANIES HERE IN THE VALLEY 19:41:43 . I'VE RECENTLY 19:41:46 GIVEN TALKS AT GOOGLE AND NETFLIX AND 19:41:50 LINKEDIN. WE FORM A LARGE PART OF THE 19:41:53 STRUCTURE HERE IN SILICON VALLEY 19:41:58 VALLEY. RECENTLY WE'VE HAD PULITZER 19:42:02 PRIZE WINNERS, THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WIN 19:42:05 NER AND QUITE A FEW OF THE OLYMPIANS THIS PAST YEAR 19:42:08 . SO WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE 19:42:11 MAKE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO 19:42:15 AMERICA. 19:42:24 I RECENTLY WATCHED AS THE WHITE HOUSE HOSTED A DAY LAST 19:42:27 WEEK THURSDAY TO RECOGNIZE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY 19:42:31 MONTH. PRESIDENT 19:42:34 OBAMA DID A SIMILAR EVENT DURING 19:42:37 HIS ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY FEATURED 19:42:41 SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH-RANKING 19:42:45 PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON. THIS YEAR, 19:42:48 THEY HONORED AND RECOGNIZED 19:42:53 THE NEWLY APPOINTED UNDERSECRETARY OF THE 19:42:57 AIR FORCE AND SPACE PROGRAM. A YOUNG 19:43:00 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN 19:43:03 WHOSE MOTHER WAS AN IMMIGRANT AND A SINGLE PARENT. 19:43:06 AND IT SPEAKS TO THE IMGRANT STORY 19:43:09 IN AMERICA THAT 19:43:14 THE CHILD OF AN IMMIGRANT CAN RISE TO BE THAT PERSON 19:43:17 IN THE CABINET. 19:43:22 IT'S EVERY IMMIGRANT'S STORY, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, AND IT REALLY IS 19:43:25 THE STORY OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE VALLEY THAT 19:43:28 YOU CAN RISE ABOVE 19:43:33 ABOVE YOUR FAMILY'S STORY THAT THE IMMIGRANT 19:43:36 STORY IS A POWERFUL ONE. 19:43:39 SO WITH THAT, 19:43:44 WITHOUT SAYING MUCH MORE, OUR 19:43:47 STORY HERE IN FREMONT AS WE WELCOME OUR 19:43:51 REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN, AND 19:43:54 WE WELCOME NEW IMMIGRANTS EVERY DAY 19:43:57 , WE HAVE STRONG 19:44:01 ARMS TO WELCOME 19:44:04 THESE POPULATIONS EVERY DAY, 19:44:07 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS 19:44:10 ANN WHO SPOKE ABOUT 19:44:14 THE RACISM, THE HATRED 19:44:19 THAT OFTEN ACCOMPANIES NEW POPULATIONS COMING IN 19:44:22 TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE OFTEN FELT 19:44:25 THIS AS I GREW UP, I MEAN, I'M 19:44:29 AMERICAN-BORN, BUT WHO OF US HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO SOME 19:44:32 FORM OF HATRED IN OUR TIME HERE. 19:44:36 AND IT IS TO OUR 19:44:40 CREDIT THAT THIS COUNCIL 19:44:43 AND THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. I'M 19:44:46 A RETIRED DIVERSITY 19:44:51 PROFESSIONAL, AND I MUST SAY BACK IN THE 90s 19:44:54 , THE CITY OF FREMONT HIRED ME TO 19:44:57 DO THE DIVERSITY TRAINING 19:45:00 FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT EMPLOYEES. AND 19:45:04 I'M VERY PROUD OF FREMONT THAT THEY 19:45:07 WERE AHEAD OF THE CURVE AT THAT TIME. 19:45:11 I DID THE TRAINING FOR THE 19:45:15 POLICEMEN AND THE FIREMEN AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, AND YOU 19:45:19 WERE -- >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> -- 19:45:22 AHEAD OF THE CURVE. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING YOUR DIVERSE POPULATION 19:45:25 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR HISTORY AND OUR LEGACY 19:45:29 OF RESPECTING AND HONORING SO MANY CULTURE 19:45:32 S AND ESPECIALLY FOR BEING THE LEGACY OF THE FILIPINO 19:45:36 COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND WE'RE SO DELIGHTED THAT YOU 19:45:39 ARE PART OF THE CITY OF FREMONT'S HISTORY, AND THAT WE 19:45:43 ARE SO DEEPLY HONORED TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE. 19:45:46 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO MENTION IN CLOSING THIS EVENING. 19:45:49 WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT OUR COUNCIL RETREAT, IS THAT WITH SO MANY 19:45:52 DIFFERENT CULTURE AND HERITAGES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO 19:45:55 CREATE THE MASTER CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO PLAN SOME 19:45:58 OF THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY CULTURES 19:46:02 AND HERITAGES AND FAITHS THAT ARE PART OF THIS FABRIC 19:46:05 THAT MAKES FREMONT SO RICH. AND WE'VE CELEBRATED MANY OF THOSE 19:46:08 WITH YOU AND AS ANDY G 19:46:12 GALVAN MENTIONED, WE'VE CELEBRATED MANY OF THEM 19:46:15 IN PERSON AT DIFFERENT EVENT, SO WE'LL TRY TO COALESCE SOME OF 19:46:18 THAT TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO ENJOY AND TO RESPECT. THANK YOU 19:46:21 AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. 19:46:24 NEXT ON OUR CALENDAR WILL BE A CONSIDERATION OF 19:46:28 THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 19:46:33 >> Ms. Gauthier: EXCUSE ME, MADAME MAYOR, WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE WE 19:46:36 DO CONSENT. >> Mayor Mei: YES, THANK YOU. I JUST NPTS 19:46:39 NOTICED THAT. SO LET'S GO BACK TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 19:46:42 . 19:46:47 THESE ARE FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT AGENDIZED THIS EVENING 19:46:50 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO I 19:46:54 SEE THREE HANDS FOR ITEM 19:46:57 S NOT AGENDIZED ON THE CALENDAR. WE'LL BEGIN 19:47:00 WITH KELLY ABREU. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19:47:03 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TODAY APPROVE 19:47:06 ED A 25-YEAR LEASE AT MISSION PEAK. THE BOARD INSERTED 19:47:10 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT 19:47:13 TO PROTECT AGAINST ANOTHER 19:47:16 CITY SHUT DOWN OF THE PARK. THE 19:47:20 ANIMUS OF LOCAL HOME OWNERS WAS AGAIN IN EVIDENCE 19:47:23 TODAY. THEY ASKED FOR FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AT THE PARK. 19:47:27 ONE CLEVER IDEA WAS A TALL FENCE WITH AUTOMATED LOCKING 19:47:31 GATE. THIS KIND OF PRISON FENCING WAS ALREADY INSTALL 19:47:35 ED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT VARGAS 19:47:39 PLATEAU REGIONAL PARK. IT LASTED A FEW WEEKS 19:47:43 AND A FEW WEEKS LATER, IT HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN 19:47:46 BECAUSE LOCAL NEIGHBORS, THE RESIDENTS 19:47:49 NEARBY WERE VERY, 19:47:52 VERY UNHAPPY, VERY DISPLEASED WITH THIS KIND OF PRISON FENCING 19:47:56 IN ONE OF THEIR PARKS, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THE 19:47:59 BAD RAMIFICATIONS. 19:48:02 SO THE VARGAS PLATEAU, I CAN ASSURE YOU, IS A VERY 19:48:06 NICE PARK, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PRISON FENCING, AS IS 19:48:09 BEING PROPOSED FOR MISSION PEAK. THE LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO 19:48:13 LIVE IN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MISSION PEAK 19:48:17 ALSO SPOKE IN GREAT DETAIL WITH PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST 19:48:20 S ABOUT THE GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS, THE 19:48:23 FLOODS, THE 19:48:27 MUDSLIDES OF THE 19:48:30 CREEK, THE DAMAGE THAT COULD HAPPEN TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, AND OF COURSE WE 19:48:33 ALL KNOW THAT THOSE GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A THOUSAND 19:48:38 YEARS OR MORE. THE HAZARDS ARE THE SAME NO MATTER 19:48:41 WHO OWNS LEGAL TITLE TO THE LAND, 19:48:44 AND THE CITY, WE ALL 19:48:48 KNOW, THE CITY PERMITTED CONSTRUCTION OF HUNDREDS OF HOUSES 19:48:51 IN DEVELOPMENTS LINING THE FOOTHILLS OF THE 19:48:54 PARK OR THE BOTTOM SLOPES OF THE 19:48:58 PARK, YOU KNOW, A FEW DECADES AGO. 19:49:01 SO THE PARK DISTRICT SEEMS TO BE SCAPEGOATED FOR 19:49:04 THE GEOLOGICAL FEARS OF THESE PROPERTY OWNER 19:49:08 S. LET'S NOT PASS THE LIABILITY ON TO 19:49:11 THE LEASEHOLDER AT THE PARK. LET'S RECOGNIZE 19:49:15 THAT THE GEOLOGY IS WHAT IT IS, 19:49:18 AND THE LEASEHOLDER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE 19:49:21 FOR THE GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS. JUST BEFORE THE CITY SHUT DOWN 19:49:24 THE PARK IN 2020, THE CITY PROHIBITED POLITICAL 19:49:27 PAMPHLETS NEAR MISSION PEAK. THIS WAS SYMPTOMATIC OF 19:49:31 THE CITY'S INTOLERANCE AND POLITICAL 19:49:34 SUPPRESSION, A TYPE OF PARANOIA 19:49:38 , PROMULGATED UNDER THE CLOAK OF OFFICIAL 19:49:41 AUTHORITY. THE CITY NOW NEEDS TO ADOPT A BALANCED APPROACH 19:49:45 TO GOVERNANCE. THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW CITY 19:49:48 MANAGER AND A NEW POLICE CHIEF PROMISE TO BRING 19:49:51 MUCH NEEDED CHANGE THROUGH SOUND GOVERNANCE 19:49:55 THAT CONSIDERS THE NEEDS AND THE HEALTH NEEDS AND THE 19:49:58 PARK VISITING NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU 19:50:02 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THE NEXT 19:50:06 SPEAKER ON THIS 19:50:09 IS -- I THINK IT WAS BLAIR BEEKMAN. 19:50:16 >> HI. BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. 19:50:21 THANKS FOR YOUR MEETING TONIGHT. THAT WAS A 19:50:24 VERY GOOD PUBLIC COMMENT TIME OR 19:50:27 ANNOUNCEMENTS TIME, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROCLAMATION TIME. 19:50:31 I WANTED 19:50:34 TO -- I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO PLAQUE TIS THIS 19:50:38 PRACTICE THIS MONTH HOW TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC 19:50:41 COMMENT TIME ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC 19:50:45 PUBLIC MASK USE WITH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS 19:50:48 . THERE'S BEEN REPORTS THAT IN ENGLAND AND IN RUSSIA, I 19:50:51 GUESS THE U.K. AND IN RUSSIA, 19:50:54 IT BEING REPORTED THAT COVID IS ON THE RISE AGAIN. 19:50:58 AND IT JUST TO ME WAS VERY MUCH OF A SIGN 19:51:01 THAT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS LATER, IT WILL 19:51:04 BE IN FULL SWING BACK HERE IN THIS COUNTRY 19:51:07 . SO IT SEEMS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE MASK 19:51:10 USE, EVEN THOUGH THINGS ARE BEING, YOU KNOW 19:51:14 , LESSENED A BIT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH 19:51:18 THE GOOD PRACTICES AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE STARTING TO CONSIDER THE 19:51:22 VACCINE PROCESS FOR THE 5 TO 12-YEAR-OLD SET, I 19:51:25 HOPE WE CAN MAKE THE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE 19:51:28 JUST THE VACCINE PROCESS JUST MORE AND MORE 19:51:31 OPEN AND CLEAR FOR OURSELVES. WHAT EXACTLY IS 19:51:34 IT ABOUT? IT'S PLUSES, IT'S MINUSES 19:51:37 , OUR LIFESTYLE CHOICES FROM THE VACCINE 19:51:42 . THESE ARE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO ME, AND YOU KNOW THE WORK THAT I DO WITH 19:51:45 OPEN PUBLIC POLICIES WITH 19:51:49 SURVEILLANCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAN REALLY HELP 19:51:52 FACILITATE AN HONEST, DECENT CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SUBJECT MATTER. 19:51:55 SO GOOD LUCK HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS, 19:51:59 AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT WE ALL CAN BE WORKING ON THIS NOVEMBER 19:52:03 . I WANTED TO QUICKLY OFFER THAT THE 19:52:06 MTC HAS BEEN WORKING ON -- THEY'VE COME THROUGH WITH 19:52:09 KIND OF THEIR 2050 PLAN, HOUSING PLANS 19:52:12 , I THINK. PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF IT, THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT. 19:52:15 I HOPE YOU CAN GIVE CARE AND ATTENTION, YOU KNOW 19:52:18 , WE HAVE PLANS FOR 19:52:22 2030 TO REALLY BEGIN THE CONCEPTS OF MIXED INCOME IDEAS IN 19:52:25 LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WHY NOT BEGIN TO START 19:52:28 THAT PROCESS NOW? I THINK IT OFFERS AN INCREDIBLE 19:52:32 FLEXIBILITY IN HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE 19:52:38 OF REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IF WE START 19:52:42 PLANNING THOSE NOW, THAT CAN PREPARE US FOR THIS NEXT 19:52:45 DECADE. AND I THINK 19:52:49 US AN INCREDIBLE 19:52:53 ARRAY OF HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER. AFFORDABLE HOUSING BASED ON 19:52:56 ELI AND VLI USING MIXED INCOME, THAT CAN 19:52:59 SUPPORT AND LIVE WITH MORE HIGHER MIDDLE INCOME 19:53:02 LEVELS AND LOW INCOME LEVELS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE CAN 19:53:05 PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER. IT ISN'T SO 19:53:08 SO HARD OF A FEAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS 19:53:11 TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN, I HOPE WE CAN LEARN HOW TO TALK ABOUT IT 19:53:14 MORE OPENLY. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:53:18 AND THE FINAL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SPEAKER IS WILLIAM 19:53:21 YRAGUI. WELCOME, WILLIAM 19:53:24 . >> THANK YOU. MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY. 19:53:28 THANK YOU. 19:53:32 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, STAFF, GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD MEETING TODAY AT 19:53:35 EAST BAY, THEY DID REACH AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT THE 25- 19:53:38 YEAR LEASE NEGOTIATED WITH THE CITY STAFF FOR 900 ACRES 19:53:41 AT MISSION PEAK. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS 19:53:45 REQUIRED TO NEGOTIATE THIS DOM AND RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE 19:53:48 THE LEASE 19:53:51 MENT THAT COMES BEFORE THIS BODY. DURING MEETING 19:53:54 THEY COMMENTED ON THE NEED TO PROTECT THEIR DEVELOPMENT FROM LANDSLIDES THAT MIGHT 19:53:57 IMPACT THEIR HOMES. SEVERAL YEARS AGO DURING A CONVERSATION WITH 19:54:01 OUR FORMER CITY ATTORNEY, HARVEY LEVINE, 19:54:04 HE STATED THOSE LIVING BELOW THE MASSIVE ROCK SLIDES 19:54:07 THAT THREATEN THOSE BELOW IT ARE NOTIFIED EACH YEAR THAT 19:54:10 THE CITY IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGE 19:54:14 CAUSED BY ACTS OF GOD. HOWEVER, 19:54:17 HOMES CONTINUE TO BE BUILT BELOW MISSION PEAK EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A LONG 19:54:21 HISTORY OF EARTH MOVEMENT. HOMEOWNERS JUSTIFY THE DEVELOP 19:54:25 DEVELOPMENT AND DO NOT RISE UP IN PROTEST BUT THEN FIND IT DIFFICULT 19:54:28 TO UNDERSTAND WHY OUR REGIONAL PARKS SHOULD HAVE 19:54:31 ENOUGH ESTABLISHED PARK FOR THOSE VISITING. 19:54:34 THIS WILL BE -- FOR 19:54:37 GATES BLOCKING THE PARK ENTRANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF HYPHENS. 19:54:41 HIGH FENCES. EXTENDING THE 19:54:44 LEASE FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS WILL ENCOURAGE THE CITY AND PARK DISTRICT TO CONSIDER 19:54:47 THE NEEDS OF ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S TIME FOR CITY LEADERS 19:54:50 TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF THOSE VISITING OUR CITY TO ENSURE 19:54:53 THAT THEY ARE WELCOMED AND ARE LEFT WITH FUNDS TO 19:54:57 PATRONIZE OUR BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. 19:55:03 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THAT IS THE LAST OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 19:55:08 NEXT I WILL TURN IT BACK TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH ARE THE 19:55:11 CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED OFF OF 19:55:14 THE CONSENT CALENDAR THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE 19:55:22 BELIEVE THEY ARE ITEMS 2C AND 2D. WE'LL BEGIN 19:55:25 FIRST WITH ITEM 2C, AND I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE SPEAKER 19:55:28 S. >> Ms. Gauthier: MARIE 19:55:31 H. AND LANCE K 19:55:34 WAN WERE THE ONES THAT WANTED THE ITEM PULLED. 19:55:38 I DON'T SEE 19:55:43 MARIE H. ON HERE ANY LONGER BUT LANCE 19:55:46 KWAN IS HERE. WE CAN ALLOW LANCE TO 19:55:50 SPEAK. >> I'M HERE. 19:55:53 >> Ms. Gauthier: LANCE? >> YES, I'M HERE. SORRY. 19:55:56 >> Ms. Gauthier: GO AHEAD. >> HI, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS OF FREMONT. 19:56:00 MY NAME IS LANCE W 19:56:03 KWAN, 19:56:06 FORMER HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONER AS WELL AS THE OWE 19:56:09 OHLONE TRUSTEE. I FIND IT RARE THAT I 19:56:13 EVER CREATE 19:56:16 AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER 19:56:19 SHAO AND KASSAN BUT I DO AGREE WITH THEM IN THIS CASE ABOUT THE 19:56:23 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE. THEY HAD BROUGHT IT IN THE LAST TIME THIS 19:56:26 HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN MID OCTOBER THAT THE TOWNHOME 19:56:29 PORTION OF THE IN LIEU FEE SHOULD BE RAISED TO 19:56:33 $50. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DO 19:56:37 -- THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL TAKES 19:56:40 ACTION IN 19:56:44 TERMS OF INCREASING THOSE FEES BASED OFF OF WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND 19:56:47 ED VERSUS WHAT THE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED, THE REASON BEING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW 19:56:52 , THE WAY THE CITY OF FREMONT IS 19:56:55 GOING IN ORDER TO MEET THE 19:56:59 RHNA NUMBERS WE NEED, WE NEED TO 19:57:02 MOVE AWAY FROM TOWNHOMES TO BE 19:57:06 HONEST. THE FACT THAT WE SELL AN AVERAGE HOME IN THE 19:57:10 CITY OF FREMONT FOR 19:57:13 $1.4 MILLION YET WE WANT TO TARGET SO MANY 19:57:17 -- POPULATIONS THAT 19:57:21 -- NOT EVEN THINKING WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LOANABLE AMOUNT FOR THAT 19:57:24 PRICEPOINT IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS, AND I 19:57:27 DID REALLY -- I DO REALLY URGE CITY COUNCIL 19:57:31 TO KIND OF TAKE INTO THE PLAN 19:57:34 COMMISSION'S SUGGESTION JUST SO THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING 19:57:38 ACTUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGING 19:57:42 ACTUAL REPLANNING AND REZONING OR RE-THINKING 19:57:45 OF PROJECTS SO THAT WAY WE'RE FOCUSED ON MAKING 19:57:51 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING FOR 19:57:54 THE FUTURE, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY AND QUITE FRANKLY 19:57:58 , IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF 19:58:01 FREMONT FOR ALL 30 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND RIGHT NOW, I HAVE TO 19:58:05 LOOK AT THE FACT THAT I MIGHT 19:58:08 NOT EVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME HERE IN 19:58:11 FREMONT BASED OFF THE WAY THAT THE TRENDS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO 19:58:14 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIE. 19:58:20 I BELIEVE SHE IS ON THE LINE. 19:58:26 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE'VE UNMUTED HER. >> MY NAME IS MARIE HUGHES. I'M ON 19:58:29 THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF FREMONT FOR EVERYONE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 19:58:32 THIS STATEMENT. 19:58:36 WE ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN'S SUPPORT FOR INCREASING REVENUE 19:58:39 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE'D LIKE TO BROADEN THE CONVERSATION TO LOOK FOR 19:58:42 MORE SOURCES OF FUNDING, AND WE 19:58:45 TAKE NO POSITION ON THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR TOWNHOUSES 19:58:48 . 19:58:54 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:58:59 JUST CHECKING TO SEE 19:59:04 . OKAY. WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 19:59:07 >> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR, MR. BEEKMAN HAS 19:59:10 NOW RAISED HIS HAND FOR THIS ITEM. 19:59:14 >> Mayor Mei: BLAIR YOU ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM NOW? >> 19:59:17 I JUST HAD A QUICK PROCEDURAL QUESTION. YOU GOT MY 19:59:21 NOTE THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 2D TODAY? 19:59:25 >> Ms. Gauthier: YEAH, WE'RE NOT ON THAT ITEM. >> Mayor Mei: WE'RE NOT ON THAT 19:59:28 ITEM YET. SO THAT WILL BE AFTER THIS ITEM 19:59:31 . THEY'RE SEPARATELY HEARD. 19:59:36 SO MAY I GET ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTION 19:59:40 -- OR MOTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON ITEM 19:59:43 2C AS IN CAT, WHICH IS THE SECOND 19:59:46 READING AND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY 19:59:49 OF FREMONT AMENDING FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE 19:59:53 TITLE 1B. 19:59:58 I SEE DEBRA MARGOLIS. DID 20:00:01 YOU -- WERE YOU TRYING TO SPEAK SM I'M SORRY. >> Ms. Margolis: I 20:00:04 WAS GOING TO SAY IT TITLE 18, NOT 1C 20:00:06 . >> Mayor Mei: 18. SORRY. 20:00:10 THAT'S MY VISION. 20:00:13 SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 20:00:16 DO I GET 20:00:19 A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD? >> Ms. Gauthier: YOU HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS 20:00:23 KASSAN, JONES AND SALWAN RAISING THEIR HANDS. 20:00:26 >> Mayor Mei: I COULDN'T SEE THAT. SORRY. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW ON 20:00:29 -- OKAY. SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER 20:00:32 KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. 20:00:36 YES, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR MR. K 20:00:39 WAN PULLING THIS ITEM. 20:00:43 I REALLY DO WONDER WHY WE 20:00:46 SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND 20:00:49 THEN CHOOSE NOT TO FOLLOW THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK CONSULTANT 20:00:52 S GENERALLY DO TRY TO ERR ON THE MORE CONSERVATIVE SIDE 20:00:55 TO PREVENT ANY PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD, AND THEY DID 20:00:59 RECOMMEND A HIGHER FEE FOR TOWNHOMES 20:01:02 . I THINK WE HAVE AN OVERDEVELOPMENT OF TOWNHOMES 20:01:05 IN OUR CITY, AND IT'S NOT -- I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT 20:01:09 ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 20:01:12 $6 PER SQUARE FOOT FEE ON TOWNHOMES. PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY LOVE BILLING 20:01:16 THOSE IN FREMONT. AND EVERY TIME WE ADD TO THE 20:01:19 IN LIEU FEES, IT ADDS TO THE FUNDS WE HAVE AVAILABLE 20:01:22 TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS. THESE ARE 20:01:25 THE FEES THAT HAVE LED TO THE BUILDING OF HUNDREDS AND 20:01:28 HUNDREDS OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, INCLUDING FOR 20:01:31 VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. SO I 20:01:34 JUST WISH THAT GIVEN THAT WE DID GET THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM 20:01:38 OUR CONSULTANT, AND IT WAS ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING 20:01:41 COMMISSION, THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THAT LEVEL OF 20:01:44 FEE FOR TOWNHOMES AND ALSO I WOULD ASK 20:01:47 THAT WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FROM STAFF 20:01:50 THAT WE IMPLEMENT THAT OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD, NOT A 20:01:53 THREE-YEAR PERIOD. THANK YOU. 20:01:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: THANK 20:02:00 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I WAS ACTUALLY READY TO MAKE A MOTION, 20:02:03 BUT JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERN 20:02:06 ED, THE 20:02:10 $44 A SQUARE FOOT FEE IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST IN THE REGION. 20:02:14 AND I MEAN, WE'RE HIGHER THAN SANTA CLARA, SAN JOSÉ 20:02:18 , ANYBODY ELSE, AND THE GENERAL BELIEF, I THINK, 20:02:21 IS THAT IF WE RAISE IT HIGHER THAN THAT, IF WE RAISE TO $50 A 20:02:24 SQUARE FOOT, IT'S GOING TO 20:02:27 PREVENT THOSE DEVELOPERS FROM EVEN PRESENTING PROJECTS IN FREMONT. AND 20:02:31 AS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN MENTIONED, THOSE TYPES OF PROJECT 20:02:34 S ARE THE ONES THAT BRING US OUR IN LIEU FEE 20:02:37 S THAT PROVIDE THE FUNDING 20:02:41 FOR -- WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR 20:02:44 THREE PROJECTS ON ITEM 7B THAT WAS PULLED A LITTLE 20:02:47 BIT EARLIER. YOU KNOW, THE UNFORTUNATE 20:02:50 TRUTH IS IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT 20:02:53 ITEM, THE CHEAPEST UNIT TO BUILD IS 20:02:57 $652,000. IT'S REALLY 20:03:01 UNFORTUNATE THAT IN SILICON VALLEY, THERE'S REALLY NO SUCH THING AS 20:03:04 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT WITHOUT 20:03:07 THOSE IN LIEU FEES, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY 20:03:10 TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS AND IF WE DRIVE THE FEE 20:03:13 S UP, WE'RE GOING TO 20:03:17 DISCOURAGE DEVELOPERS FROM COMING IN AND BUILDING. AND I KNOW 20:03:20 THAT WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 20:03:23 , BUT TOWNHOMES ARE KIND OF A COMPROMISE, 20:03:26 I BELIEVE, AND YOU'RE GETTING A LOT MORE 20:03:30 INTO A MUCH SMALLER SPACE. THOSE SEEM TO BE VERY, 20:03:33 VERY POPULAR WITH PEOPLE. THEY WANT A GARAGE, THEY WANT A BACKYARD FOR 20:03:36 THEIR KIDS TO PLAY. YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE 20:03:39 VAIBILITIES 20:03:42 IN AN APARTMENT OR CONDO COMPLEX BUT 20:03:46 I DO KNOW WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. BUT I THINK RAISING 20:03:49 THE FEES IS GOING TO DISCOURAGE ANYBODY FROM COMING IN AND BUILDING AGAIN, 20:03:52 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING. SO 20:03:54 I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. 20:03:58 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 20:04:00 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. IS STAFF HERE? 20:04:05 DAN OR THE 20:04:08 CONSULTANT, ARE THEY AVAILABLE? >> City Mgr. Shackelford: WE DO HAVE DAN ON 20:04:11 THE CALL. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE CONSULTANT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A 20:04:15 QUESTION, PLEASE PROCEED. 20:04:18 HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER. >> Councilmember Salwan: WELL, DAN IS THE MAN, SO 20:04:21 HE ALWAYS KNOWS ALL THE ANSWERS SO 20:04:25 -- FIRST QUESTION, THERE WAS A MENTION THAT THE 20:04:28 CONSULTANT HAD RECOMMENDED THE $50 FEE. 20:04:32 I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT THE PURPOSE 20:04:35 OF THE STUDY IS AND WHAT THAT MAX 20:04:39 LEVEL MEANS. 20:04:42 >> SO THE CONSULTANT STUDIED WHAT 20:04:45 FEE COULD FEASIBLY BE 20:04:48 ACCOMMODATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT 20:04:52 WITHOUT MAKING THE DEVELOPMENT IN 20:04:55 FEASIBLE. AND SO WHAT THEY FOUND IS 20:04:58 THAT FOR TOWNHOME PROJECTS 20:05:01 , A $50 FEE IS FEASIBLE 20:05:05 WITHOUT DISCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT 20:05:08 , AND FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, THEY 20:05:11 FOUND THAT A $44 FEE WAS FEASIBLE 20:05:15 WITHOUT DISCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT. 20:05:19 >> Councilmember Salwan: I THINK THESE STUDIES ARE OFTEN 20:05:22 USED TO DEFEND AGAINST LAWSUITS THAT A CITY MAY BE CHARGING 20:05:25 TOO MANY FEES. CORRECT? 20:05:31 >> YEAH, IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES 20:05:34 IN STATE LAW WHERE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT WE HAVE 20:05:38 THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING 20:05:41 , I MEAN, I WOULD DEFER TO DEBRA ON THIS, BUT I THINK 20:05:44 IT'S LESS LIKELY THAT THE CITY 20:05:48 WOULD BE SUED REGARDING THE LEVELS OF OUR FEES 20:05:51 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'RE GIVING DEVELOPER 20:05:54 S TO DOING THE INCLUSIONARY 20:05:58 UNITS. SO IT'S REALLY MORE I THINK WE DON'T WANT TO 20:06:02 -- IF WE DISCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT, WE DON'T COLLECT ANY 20:06:05 FEES. 20:06:08 SO I THINK THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO FIND A SWEET SPOT, AND 20:06:11 I THINK THAT THAT'S THE INTENT 20:06:15 OF THIS STUDY, AND I WOULD CAUTION, THOUGH 20:06:18 , THAT THE STUDY IS BASED ON MODELING, 20:06:22 AND CONDITIONS CHANGE AND SO IT'S 20:06:25 DIFFICULT TO SAY WITH CERTAINTY, YOU KNOW 20:06:28 , EXACTLY WHAT THE LEVEL IS WHERE 20:06:32 IT BECOMES INFEASIBLE. IT'S JUST A 20:06:35 REALITY THAT THESE ARE -- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MODELS 20:06:38 AND THEY'RE STUDIES, BUT THIS IS THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. 20:06:43 >> Councilmember Salwan: I BELIEVE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED A 20:06:46 $44 FEE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> 20:06:49 CORRECT. STAFF RECOMMENDED THE 20:06:53 $44 FEE BE APPLIED TO BOTH TOWNHOMES 20:06:57 AND TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. AND 20:07:00 THAT WAS PARTLY BASED ON THE 20:07:03 FACT THAT FREMONT'S FEES ARE 20:07:07 THE HIGHEST IN THE AREA 20:07:10 AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAY, WE WOULDN'T BE SO 20:07:14 FAR ABOVE OTHER CITIES. AND IT WAS 20:07:17 ALSO BASED ON JUST SORT OF THE EASE OF ADMINISTRATION 20:07:20 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HAVING 20:07:24 ONE FEE IS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND IS CLEARER 20:07:27 . SO THAT WAS THE 20:07:31 MOTIVATION BEHIND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 20:07:34 >> AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME OF OUR NEIGHBOR 20:07:37 ING CITIES. DO YOU HAVE THOSE STATISTICS, WHAT 20:07:41 FREMONT, NEWARK, UNION CITY, MILL PEE 20:07:44 MILIPITAS, WHAT THEY CHARGE? 20:07:47 DO YOU HAVE THOSE? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT SLIDE AVAILABLE. 20:07:50 WE SHOWED IT ON THE 12TH, I BELIEVE. WE'VE 20:07:53 LOOKED AT COMPARISON CITIES, AND I 20:07:57 THINK THEY RANGED, YOU 20:08:00 KNOW, $43 IN SAN JOSÉ 20:08:03 FOR CERTAIN AREAS 20:08:06 WAS THE HIGHEST OF ANY OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES, AND THEN THEY RANGED, I 20:08:09 WOULD SAY, FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE TEENS ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE 20:08:12 30s IN TERMS OF 20:08:17 THE DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT. >> Councilmember Salwan: 20:08:20 SO I HAD THE SLIDE THAT I HAPPENED 20:08:23 TO GET FROM YOU EARLIER, AND SO I HAD SEEN FEE 20:08:26 S OF 20:08:29 29 AT LIVERMORE, 25 WITH 20:08:32 SAN JOSÉ FOR THE FOR SALE. 20:08:36 I THINK FOR THE RENTAL IS WHERE IT WAS 43, 20:08:39 AND THAT, AGAIN, WAS IN THE STRONGER AREAS. HAYWARD, 20:08:42 I THINK WAS ONLY 20:08:46 15 OR 19, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 20:08:49 SO I THINK ACCORDING TO -- AND I MEAN, THEY WERE 20:08:52 ALL VERY, VERY LOW, AND I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WERE 20:08:55 ALREADY ONE OF THE HIGHEST. AND SO 20:09:00 BY $44, WE'RE STILL THE HIGHEST. WE'RE 20:09:03 THE HIGHEST IN THE AREA. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE CHARGING LOW FEES 20:09:06 , WE'RE STILL CHARGING THE HIGHEST FEES. AND WE'VE BEEN 20:09:09 CHARGING COMMERCIAL FEES PRIOR TO SAN JOSÉ, 20:09:13 THAT BOOMERANG FUNDS 20:09:16 , AS A RESULT, WE BUILT SO MANY AFFORDABLE 20:09:19 HOUSING UNITS, SO I THINK WE ARE LEADING, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST FEES 20:09:22 . I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GO TO THE LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE 20:09:26 $50, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE, AND WE SHOULD LISTEN TO 20:09:29 OUR CONSULTANTS AND OUR STAFF, AND OUR 20:09:32 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FROG FOUR THE 20:09:39 -- WE DON'T HAVE TO GET 20:09:42 FLAGGED BY THE NEWS MEDIA THAT CITY OF FREMONT CHARGES TOO MANY FEES 20:09:45 OR TOO HIGH FEES. THAT RAISES A GOOD POINT. 20:09:48 TOWNHOMES ARE VERY OFTEN AN ENTRY LEVEL HOUSING 20:09:51 PRODUCT. SO FOLKS SUCH AS LANCE AND MANY OTHERS, 20:09:55 THEY FIRST MOVE TO A TOWNHOME OR A CONDO AND THEN THEY 20:09:59 WORK THEIR WAY UP FROM THERE. 20:10:03 SO IF WE INCREASE THE FEES TOO MUCH, THAT WILL DISCOURAGE DEVELOP 20:10:06 MENT. AND WHEN YOU DISCOURAGE 20:10:10 DEVELOPMENT, YOU GET NO DEVELOPMENT, 20:10:13 IF YOU DON'T GET THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU DON'T GET 20:10:16 THE 44%. SO I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD COMPROMISE 20:10:19 HERE, WE ARE LISTENING TO OUR STAFF, DOING THE $44 20:10:23 $44, WE'LL STILL BE THE HIGHEST AND WE'LL COLLECT LOTS OF 20:10:26 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO 20:10:29 SECOND COUNCILMEMBER JONES' MOTION. >> OKAY, THANK YOU 20:10:32 . ALSO WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, 20:10:35 MADAME MAYOR. SO I DO WANT TO -- I DO AGREE 20:10:38 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN AND 20:10:44 COMMENTS AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE SHOULD BE CHARGING 20:10:48 THE CONDOS, TOWNHOMES, AT THE 20:10:52 $50 SO WE CAN GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS. THANK YOU. 20:10:58 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. VICE MAYOR SHAO 20:10:59 . >> Vice Mayor Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. 20:11:02 I JUST WANT TO REMIND 20:11:06 THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN 20:11:09 WE WERE AT THE RETREAT, WE FOUND OUT THAT ALL THE 20:11:12 DEVELOPERS, 20:11:15 WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTION 20:11:19 , AND AT THAT TIME, THE 20:11:22 CITY COUNCIL 20:11:29 INCREASED FEES TO WHERE IT'S TO LONGER 20:11:32 A -- IT'S A NO-BRAINER FOR ANY DEVELOPER JUST 20:11:36 TO PAY IN LIEU FEES, RATHER, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE 20:11:39 YOU TO BUILD 20:11:42 INCLUSIONARY UNITS. SO I DO NOT WANT TO BELABOR THE ISSUE, 20:11:45 BUT I STILL SUPPORT 20:11:48 MY ORIGINAL 20:11:51 THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THE DEVELOP 20:11:54 ER FEES AT $50. 20:11:59 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. 20:12:02 >> Councilmember Kassan: THANKS. A COUPLE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 20:12:06 IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, THERE'S A NEXUS STUDY 20:12:09 AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE NEXUS STUDY SHOW 20:12:12 S HOW MUCH WE WOULD NEED TO CHARGE 20:12:15 IN IN LIEU FEES TO COVER THE 20:12:19 COSTS OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CAUSED 20:12:22 BY THE DEMAND THAT'S GENERATED BY BUILDING MARKET RATE HOUSING. 20:12:25 THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THEN LOOKS 20:12:29 AT THOSE NUMBERS AND DOES A FINANCIAL FEASIBLE 20:12:32 ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THOSE FEES WOULD BE FEASIBLE IN THE MARKET OR 20:12:35 WHETHER IT WOULD HURT OUR -- IT WOULD MAKE DEVELOPER 20:12:38 S CHOOSE NOT TO DO PROJECTS IN FREMONT. THE 20:12:41 FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTED OVERALL IN LOWER FEES, SO EVEN IF 20:12:44 WE DO CHARGE THE FULL AMOUNTS THAT 20:12:48 WERE SHOWN AS FEASIBLE BY OUR CONSULTANT, 20:12:51 WE STILL WOULD NOT BE COVERING THE 20:12:54 FULL COSTS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF 20:12:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS -- I'M SORRY -- BY THE 20:13:00 DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET RATE 20:13:04 HOUSING WHICH IS WHAT'S SHOWN IN THE NEXUS STUDY. SO 20:13:07 EVERY TIME A MARKET RATE HOUSE GETS BUILT IN FREMONT, WE ARE CAUSING 20:13:11 MORE DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS NOT BEING 20:13:14 FILLED, EVEN IF WE DO 20:13:18 TOLD TO US BY OUR CONSULTANT THAT 20:13:21 IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE. SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP THAT IN 20:13:25 MIND, THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT, 20:13:28 I'M SORRY, I 20:13:32 DON'T THINK OUR MIDDLE INCOME CAN AFFORD THAT 20:13:37 $1.2 MILLION TOWNHOME. EVERY TIME ONE OF THOSE GET BUILT, IT CAUSES 20:13:40 THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S WHY WE DO 20:13:43 OUR IN LIEU FEES AND OUR 20:13:48 INCLUSIONARY ZONING. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FEWER AND FEWER NEEDS MET 20:13:51 IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I WOULD 20:13:54 LIKE TO SEPARATE OUT THE TWO ISSUES. THERE'S 20:13:57 ONE ISSUE WHICH IS, IS IT $44 OR 20:14:00 $50. IF WE GO FOR THE $44, WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT 20:14:03 STAFF RECOMMENDED. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE 20:14:07 PERIOD OF TIME TO PHASE IN THE INCREASE IN FEES. STAFF 20:14:10 RECOMMENDED TWO YEARS AND 20:14:13 THEN COUNCIL INCREASED TO THREE. SO I THINK THOSE ARE 20:14:18 TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. YOU CAN USE THE EXCUSE THAT YOU'RE GOING WITH WHAT STAFF 20:14:21 RECOMMENDED IF YOU ONLY GO WITH THE $44, BUT 20:14:25 YOU CAN -- 20:14:27 I'D LIKE TO VOTE ON THOSE WHO ITEMS SEPARATELY. THANK YOU. 20:14:34 >> Mayor Mei: I ALSO SEE COUNCILMEMBER COX AND I WAS GOING TO ASK THE MAKERS OF THE 20:14:37 MOTION IF THEY WOULD WANT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF YOU 20:14:41 DON'T, YOU SHOULD 20:14:44 LET US KNOW. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: IF 20:14:48 WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL TO GO 20:14:51 WITH THE TWO YEARS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED, I'M OKAY WL 20:14:54 THAT. >> OKAY. WE'VE ALREADY 20:14:57 HAD THAT CONTINUED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED 20:15:01 BY COUNCILMEMBER IS A WAN, 20:15:08 COUNCILMEMBER COX. I'M 20:15:11 SORRY, YOU ARE ON MUTE. THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Cox: WE 20:15:14 WERE BASICALLY CHANGING 20:15:17 THE CITY COUNCIL DECISION FROM LAST MONTH AND ROLLING IT 20:15:21 INTO $50 OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. IS THAT WHAT 20:15:24 I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW? >> Mayor Mei: NO, NO, THE MOTION AS IT WAS 20:15:27 MADE WAS TO CONTINUE WITH THE PREVIOUS 20:15:31 APPROVAL, WHICH WAS AT $44. 20:15:34 AND WITH THE -- IT'S 20:15:37 JUST A SECOND OF THE PREVIOUS DECISION 20:15:42 OF THE COUNCIL AND AT THREE YEARS. AND DEBRA, IF 20:15:45 YOU WANTED TO CLARIFY IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE NEEDED TO DO, BUT 20:15:48 I BELIEVE THAT THEY DID NOT ACCEPT THAT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND 20:15:51 SECOND ON THE FLOOR. 20:15:55 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: I WOULD SUGGEST, MADAME MAYOR, THAT IT MAY BE HELPFUL 20:15:58 IF COUNCILMEMBER JONES RESTATED HIS MOTION. 20:16:01 >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT TOO. THANK YOU. 20:16:07 >> Councilmember Jones: SO I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR $44 A 20:16:10 SQUARE FOOT. WHAT I HAD MENTIONED IS THAT THERE 20:16:13 SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL TO GO WITH THE TWO- 20:16:17 YEAR RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF. I'M OKAY WITH MAKING THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION 20:16:20 . >> Councilmember Salwan: AND I'M NOT OPPOSED 20:16:24 TO TWO YEARS EITHER SO IF THAT WILL GET MORE VOTES, 20:16:27 IF WE CAN GET 7 OUT OF 7, I'M HAPPY TO DO THE 20:16:30 TWO-YEAR. >> Councilmember Jones: SO I WILL ACCEPT THAT PART OF COUNCILMEMBER 20:16:33 KASSAN'S FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO REDUCE IT 20:16:36 FROM THREE YEARS TO TWO YEARS BUT CONTINUE FORWARD AT 20:16:40 $44 A SQUARE FOOT. >> Mayor Mei: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A 20:16:43 SECOND. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE VOTE. 20:16:48 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 20:16:53 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, 20:16:58 NO AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES THAT THE REASON IS 20:17:01 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INCREASING TO $50. THANK YOU. 20:17:08 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER 20:17:11 KENG, NO, AND SAME 20:17:14 REASON, TO INCREASE TO 50. THANK YOU. 20:17:20 >> Ms. Gauthier: VICE MAYOR SH SHAO, 20:17:24 NAY, FOR THE SAME REASON, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RATE 20:17:27 AT $50. >> Ms. Gauthier: ALL RIGHT, SO NOTED. MAYOR 20:17:30 MEI? >> Mayor Mei: EYAYE. SO THE MOTION PASSES 20:17:34 WITH FOUR AYES AND THREE NAYS AS NOTED WITH THE REASONS 20:17:37 FOR THE VOTES 20:17:40 FROM THEM. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT 20:17:43 WAS PULLED WAS ITEM 2D, WHICH IS THE WINTER RELIEF 20:17:47 SERVICE AGREEMENT AND BLAIR, I BELIEVE, WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT 20:17:50 ITEM. MR. BEEKMAN. 20:17:54 >> HI. THANK YOU. BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. 20:17:57 I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 20:18:02 WINTER HOUSING ITEM, AND HOUSING OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, I GUESS 20:18:05 , KIND OF ISSUE. AND I. US WANTED TO 20:18:08 THANK YOURSELVES FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN FREMONT 20:18:12 TOWARDS THESE IDEAS AND GOALS. 20:18:16 THESE GOOD IDEAS AND PRACTICE, I GUESS, MAYBE IS ANOTHER 20:18:19 WAY TO PUT IT. YEAH, I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH 20:18:23 HOW MAYOR MEI CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SO 20:18:27 THANK YOU. 20:18:31 I THINK STARTING FROM THIS PAST JULY, STARTING IN BERKELEY 20:18:34 , THEY START 20:18:38 ED TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SUBSIDY FUNDING FROM THE STATE 20:18:41 AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THAT IS BECOMING MORE AVAILABLE 20:18:44 FOR THE 20:18:47 USE WITHIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING 20:18:51 , YOU KNOW, FOR HOMELESS HOUSING ISSUES BASICALLY. 20:18:55 AND HOW -- IT WAS IDEAS OF HOW 20:18:58 PEOPLE WHO -- HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY 20:19:01 IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, AND 20:19:04 WITHIN A SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR ABOUT THE 20:19:08 PAST FIVE, 20:19:11 10, 20 YEARS NOW, 25, 30 YEARS EVEN, 20:19:15 THAT ONCE THEY'RE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, IT'S 20:19:18 FAIRLY HARD FOR THEM TO OFTEN FIND PERM NABT 20:19:21 NANT HOUSING BECAUSE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE REQUIRES INCOME 20:19:24 AND MONEY AND 20:19:28 THEY OFTEN DON'T HAVE THAT. THESE NEW SUBSIDY PROGRAMS COMING IN FROM THE 20:19:31 STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL ARE LEARNING TO ALLOW FOR THAT. 20:19:35 AND CAN HELP 20:19:39 SUBSIDIZE PEOPLE TO AFFORD THAT NOW. SAN JOSÉ AND I 20:19:42 THINK PENINSULA CITIES ARE USING THE PROGRAM IN TERMS 20:19:46 OF HOME KEY, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE WAY 20:19:49 S IT CAN BE USED. 20:19:52 THAT CAN BE A WAY TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE AT ONCE. THEY END 20:19:56 UP BUYING WHOLE ENTIRE HOTEL BUILDINGS, 20:19:59 PLACE PEOPLE IN THOSE BUILDINGS AND KIND OF SUBSIDIZE IT FROM 20:20:02 THERE AND YOU CAN GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HOUSED REALLY QUICKLY 20:20:05 . THERE ARE 20:20:09 GOOD TRADITIONAL METHODS ALSO THAT I'M HOPEFUL 20:20:12 ABOUT THAT THIS MONEY CAN BE USED TO REALLY 20:20:15 FIND HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A TRANSITIONAL 20:20:18 SPACE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE 20:20:21 NEED TO MAKE TO PERMANENT HOUSING. THIS IS A TIME 20:20:25 WHERE WE CAN START TO LOOK FOR THAT AND WORK TOWARDS THAT WITH TRADITIONAL 20:20:28 PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND OURSELVES OF THESE THINGS 20:20:31 AND TO NOT BE FEARFUL OF ALL THE NEW SUBSIDY PLANS THAT ARE 20:20:34 COMING THROUGH AT THIS TIME. AND TO BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT 20:20:37 IT. AND TO REALLY RESPECT WHERE THE SUBSIDY IS COMING 20:20:41 FROM AND ASK GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY 20:20:44 CAN BE HANDLED REPONS BLI AND 20:20:47 INVESTED RESPONSIBLY SO WE HAVE A GOOD 20:20:50 FUTURE PLAN WITH THESE SORT OF THINGS. THANKS A LOT FOR THIS 20:20:53 ITEM, AND THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND TIME 20:20:56 IN HEARING MY PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR 20:20:59 THE COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING 20:21:03 FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO HELP ADDRESS THE HOMELESS 20:21:06 NESS DISCUSSION AND WE 20:21:09 ARE LOOKING AT A PROJECT POSSIBLY TO SUBMIT 20:21:14 FOR BID, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT, AND WE HAVE 20:21:17 A HOTEL THAT MAY BE IN MIND. AT THIS TIME 20:21:20 , CAN I GET A MOTION OR IF THERE 20:21:23 ARE ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE COUNCIL? 20:21:27 >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO APPROVE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:21:30 MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SECONDED BY 20:21:33 COUNCILMEMBER COX. ROLL CALL VOTE, 20:21:36 PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER CARBON MONOXIDE, AYE 20:21:39 . COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER 20:21:43 KASSAN, AYE. 20:21:46 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. KREM KENG, 20:21:49 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, 20:21:52 AYE. 20:21:56 VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Shao: , AYE. >> Mayor Mei: I'M 20:21:59 LOOKING AT THE TIME AND I DON'T THINK THE OTHER ITEMS ARE SOMETHING THAT WILL 20:22:02 BE FINISHED IN 10 MINUTES SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A 20:22:06 QUICK 10-MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL RESUME 20:22:09 WITH ITEM 5A 20:22:12 . SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 20:22:15 WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. PLEASE FOR THE COUNCILMEMBER 20:22:18 AND ALL OTHERS WHO ARE ON THE ZOOM CALL, PLEASE MUTE YOUR MIC AND 20:22:22 ALSO TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO FOR NOW. 20:22:24 20:22:24 20:25:25 [ RECESS ] 20:34:56 CAN L 20:35:10 WELCOME BACK. 20:35:13 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME BACK. 20:35:29 I THINK WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE COUNCILMEMBER OR 20:35:34 -- 20:35:57 THEY'RE BACK. 20:36:02 DGES. >> Ms. Margolis: CAN I MAKE A 20:36:06 QUICK COMMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN? >> Mayor Mei: CERTAINLY. 20:36:09 >> Ms. Margolis: WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BRING THE RESOLUTION 20:36:12 BACK FOR AMENDMENT, AND WE'LL DO 20:36:15 THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, 20:36:18 THAT'S FINE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 20:36:23 SO NOW, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER FOR THE 20:36:26 NOVEMBER 2nd COUNCIL MEETING AND WE'LL BEGIN 20:36:30 BACK WITH OUR ITEM 5A. 20:36:34 JUST ACCEPTANCE OF THE COPS GRANT 20:36:37 . AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN 20:36:40 THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. 20:36:46 AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY -- 20:36:49 >> The Clerk: THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. 20:36:52 SORRY, MR. BEEKMAN JUST 20:36:55 RAISED HITS HAND. >> Mayor Mei: 20:36:59 MR. BEEKMAN. >> The Clerk: HOW MANY MINUTES, 20:37:02 MADAM MAYOR? >> Mayor Mei: WE'LL JUST KEEP THERE TO TWO 20:37:05 . >> The Clerk: OKAY COMPLM BEEKMAN 20:37:08 OKAY, MR. 20:37:12 BEEKMAN, YOU'RE MUTED 20:37:14 . >> THANK YOU FOR NOTICING MY HAND. 20:37:17 I TRIED TO BE PATIENT AND THANK YOU FOR NOTICING 20:37:20 . THIS IS ANOTHER YEAR AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COPS GRANT FUNDING 20:37:24 AGAIN FOR THIS UPCOMING NEW YEAR NOW. 20:37:29 WE'RE LIVING THE AREA OF GEORGE FLOYD A BIT, 20:37:32 THAT'S NOT RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT. BUT THINGS WERE 20:37:35 PRETTY NERVOUS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE'RE 20:37:39 TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES IN TERMS OF -- I'VE LEARNED 20:37:42 SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS, I'VE 20:37:45 WATCHED SOME STUDY SESSIONS IN THE OAKLAND AREA AND THE SAME 20:37:49 WITH SAN JOSE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN 20:37:52 NOTICING THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE BAY AREA HAVE BEEN SEEFG LOT 20:37:55 OF POLICE FUNDING FOR THEIR 20:37:58 INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDUP OVER DID PAST FEW YEARS 20:38:01 . AND I FEEL THAT HAS CREATED A 20:38:04 WAY THAT WE CAN -- YOU KNOW, 20:38:07 THEY HAVE BECOME SO PREPARED THAT I THINK IT'S 20:38:10 ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BEGIN TO ASK THE QUESTIONS OF HOW CAN 20:38:14 WE NOW BEGIN TO BETTER ADDRESS THE IDEAS OF 20:38:17 REIMAGINE AND EQUITY AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IDEAS 20:38:20 FOR COMMUNITY. 20:38:23 AND IT'S INTERESTING. AND 20:38:26 IT'S HOPEFUL. AND SAN JOSE AND OAKLAND HAVE TAKEN THE STEPS TO 20:38:30 LEARN HOW TO BEGIN TO DO THIS MORE. BECAUSE IT'S A MORE 20:38:33 -- CONSIDERING WE POSSIBLY HAVE SOME 20:38:36 NATURAL DISASTER AND JUST OVERALL EMERGENCY 20:38:39 PREPAREDNESS ISSUES FOR THE BAY AREA WE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERING FOR THE NEXT 20:38:42 FEW YEARS, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO NOW BEGIN TO 20:38:46 PRACTICE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IDEAS. 20:38:50 SO GOOD LUCK WITH THIS ITEM AND KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL BUILDING 20:38:53 OUR FUTURE OF, YOU KNOW, 20:39:02 -- >> Mayor Mei: 20:39:05 THANK YOU. 20:39:08 OKAY I'LL BRING THIS BACK -- I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC 20:39:12 HEARING AND THIN I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY 20:39:15 DISCUSSION OR MOTION AND SECOND. 20:39:20 AND I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER JONES, I SEE 20:39:23 YOU'RE WAVING YOUR HAND. >> Councilmember Jones: 20:39:26 YES, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE 20:39:29 UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION 20:39:32 . >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU 20:39:36 . >> Mayor Mei: 20:39:39 MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SECONDED 20:39:43 BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. 20:39:46 MOVE FOR A ROLL CALL. >> The Clerk: 20:39:50 COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE 20:39:53 . COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, ARE AYE 20:39:57 . COMN, AYE. 20:40:00 20:40:07 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 20:40:12 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI. 20:40:15 AYE. PASS 20:40:18 ES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Mayor Mei: 20:40:22 ITEM 5B, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS 20:40:25 , OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING -- 20:40:28 OKAY, BLAIR BEEKMAN. DID YOU 20:40:31 WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ON SOLID 20:40:35 WASTE ORDINANCE? 20:40:41 >> HI, YEAH, THANK YOU, I DID ACTUALLY 20:40:44 . >> The Clerk: TWO MINUTES AGAIN? 20:40:47 >> Mayor Mei: YES PLEASE. >> THANK YOU. YEAH, 20:40:50 TO QUICKLY OFFER, YOU KNOW, I'M LEARNING HOW TO 20:40:53 TALK THE LANGUAGE OF NATURAL 20:40:56 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PRACTICES FOR A COMMUNITY, 20:40:59 AND FOR OUR BAY AREA FOR NEXT FEW YEARS AND FOR 20:41:03 TO NEXT DECADE, IS HOW I'M LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT IT 20:41:06 . AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST EARTHQUAKE, IT'S 20:41:09 WILDFIRE AND SEA LEVEL RISE THAT ARE 20:41:13 IMPORTANT NATURAL DISASTER CONSIDERATIONS FOR 20:41:16 THE BAY AREA THAT WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT IN THIS NEXT 20:41:19 DECADE. AND I JUST WANTED TO 20:41:23 REMIND YOURSELF OF SEA 20:41:26 LEVEL RISE ISSUES THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE 20:41:30 SOLID WASTE ISSUES HERE. GOOD LUCK, JUST 20:41:33 SEA LEVEL RISE IS A REAL DIFFICULT ISSUE TO UNDERSTAND 20:41:36 I THINK. BETTER LUCK HOW YOU CAN MITIGATE THAT AND UNDERSTAND 20:41:40 THAT IN TERMS OF THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU 20:41:43 . 20:41:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 20:41:49 CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AROUND I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE 20:41:52 A MOTION. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST COMMENT THAT IT'S 20:41:55 IMPORTANT FOR US AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS 20:42:00 O 20:42:03 A JOINT 20:42:07 MEETING BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY. 20:42:10 WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME INROADS WITH ALL 20:42:13 THE DISCUSSION OF COP 26 AND OTHER AREAS 20:42:16 , WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF 20:42:20 THOSE 20:42:31 METHANE GASES AS WELL. 20:42:35 >> The Clerk: THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. 20:42:39 >> Councilmember Salwan: JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION. 20:42:42 >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SHAO. PLEASE ASK FOR A VOTE 20:42:45 , CALL. >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX. 20:42:48 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE 20:42:51 . COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE 20:42:54 . COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 20:42:57 AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE 20:43:01 . MAYOR MEI. >> Mayor Mei: AYE, THE MOTION 20:43:04 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WILL BE 20:43:08 ITEM 7A WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 20 20:43:11 20-2021 YEAR INDEPENDENT REPORT. AND WE HAVE 20:43:14 WITH US THIS EVENING I 20:43:18 BELIEVE FINANCE DIRECTOR DAVE PERSSELIN. 20:43:21 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> David Persselin: THANK YOU 20:43:24 , MADAM MAYOR. TONIGHT I'LL BE REVIEWING OUR 20:43:28 GENERAL FUND OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR RECOMMENDING 20:43:31 APPROPRIATION OF THE UNRESERVED GENERAL FUND END 20:43:34 ENDING FUND BALANCE AND REPORTING ON BUDGET ACTIONS 20:43:38 TAKEN PURSUANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S DELEGATION OF 20:43:42 AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER. THE AUDIT OF THE CITY 20:43:45 'S FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BY 20:43:48 AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM IS UNDERWAY 20:43:52 AND THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT 20:43:55 INCLUDING THE AUDITED 20:43:58 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE BY DECEMBER 31st 20:44:02 . TO -- >> RECORDING 20:44:05 STOPPED. RECORDING IN PROGRESS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU 20:44:08 . >> David Persselin: TO PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH MORE 20:44:12 TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT THE YEAR JUST COMPLETED WE'VE PREPARED THE 20:44:15 FOLLOWING INFORMATION USING UNAUDITED AMOUNTS. 20:44:18 WE'LL REPORT ON ANY MATERIAL THE 20:44:21 AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS AT THE TIME THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS 20:44:25 PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 20:44:31 WE UPDATE OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE 20:44:34 YEAR AS WE RECEIVE NEW INFORMATION. FOR EXAMPLE, WE USE 20:44:37 THE FISCAL YEAR 20:44:41 2020-2021 MIDDIER REPORT IN 20:44:44 MARCH TO INCREASE OUR SALES 20:44:48 TAX PROJECTION TO REFLECT HIGHER THAN 20:44:53 ANTICIPATED AUTO SALES. WE REFLECT IN MAY 20:44:56 AS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST INCLUDED 20:45:00 IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION 20:45:03 . AS CAN YOU SEE, OUR ACTUAL COLLECTION 20:45:06 S OUTPERFORMED THE ESTIMATE BY 20:45:09 4.3 MILLION DOLLARS. THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTE 20:45:12 TO THAT WAS SALES TAX. WITH STRONG PERFORMANCE IN THE 20:45:15 LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, AS PUBLIC SAFETY RESTRICTION 20:45:19 S WERE EASED. BUSINESS TAX 20:45:22 AND PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX ALSO PERFORMED 20:45:25 BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED. ALTHOUGH THESE RESULTS ARE 20:45:28 ENCOURAGING IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BOTH BUSINESS TAX 20:45:32 AND HOTEL TAX ARE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY 20:45:35 BELOW THEIR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. 20:45:38 ADDITIONALLY, WE CAN EXPECT THAT THE SUMMER SURGE IN COVID CASES 20:45:41 WILL HAVE HAD SOME IMPACT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 20:45:45 . AS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE, THE $20 20:45:49 MILLION OF FISCAL RECOVERY 20:45:52 FUNDS WE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE INCLUDED 20:45:55 IN THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY. YOU MAY RECALL 20:45:58 THAT WE'RE USING THIS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO 20:46:01 REDUCE, TO RESTORE OR MAINTAIN SERVICES 20:46:05 IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN 20:46:08 CUT DUE TO Y 20:46:12 OUR REDUCED REVENUE. 20:46:17 GENERAL RESOURCES 20:46:21 GREW FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. WE HAVE NO 20:46:24 SIGNIFICANT REVENUE DATA YET FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 20:46:28 BUT EXPECT TO RECEIVE SOME OF OUR FIRST PROPERTY TAX 20:46:31 AND SALES TAX REPRESENTED IN NOVEMBER 20:46:37 REMIT 20:46:40 TANCES 20:46:43 IN NOVEMBER AN DECEMBER. 11.2 MILLION WAS 20:46:47 PART OF OUR 2020-21 BUDGET BALANCE 20:46:50 ING ACTIONS. WE EXCEED THEY'D TARGET 20:46:53 BY ABOUT $2.5 MILLION WITH ALMOST 20:46:56 $2 MILLION OF THAT IN THE POLICE 20:46:59 AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AS A REMINDER, THE 20:47:03 2021 BUDGET 20:47:06 INCORPORATED $12 MILLION OF PANDEMIC RELATED BUDGET 20:47:09 REDUCTIONS INCLUDING CONTINUATION OF THE HIRING FREEZE THAT BEGAN 20:47:13 IN MARCH 2020, AND THE SUSPENSION OF TRANSFERS 20:47:16 FOR STREET, PARK, AND PUBLIC BUILDING MAINTENANCE 20:47:20 . CAN YOU SEE THE SAVINGS IMPACT OF THAT 20:47:23 LAST ACTION IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ROW OF 20:47:26 THIS SLIDE BY COMPARING THE $5. 20:47:29 5 MILLION TRANSFERRED IN 2019-20 20:47:32 WITH THE ZERO-DOLLAR TRANSFER IN 20:47:35 20-21. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE 20:47:38 USING A PORTION OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL 20:47:42 RECOVERY FOUND RESTORE THE TRANSFERS TO 20:47:44 THOSE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 20:47:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE 20:47:51 FINISHED 2019-20 20:47:55 WITH NO RESERVE FUND BALLOONS AND HAVING DRAWN DOWN 20:47:58 THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE BY 20:48:01 $2.8 MILLION TO ITS CURRENT LEVEL 20:48:05 OF.5 MILLION . THE 20:48:08 EXISTENCE OF THAT RESERVE ALLOWED FREMONT TO AVOID 20:48:11 THE MAJOR SERVICE REDUCTIONS THAT MANY OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BEEN 20:48:14 FORCED TO EMPLOY. IN THE ACTUALS 20:48:17 COLUMN CAN YOU SEE THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES WOO 20:48:22 WE JUST REVIEWED AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF $ 20:48:25 1 MILLION OF ENCUMBRANCES. THOSE 20:48:28 ARE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT REMAIN UNSPENT AT YEAR 20:48:31 END AND SERVE TO REDUCE THE ENDING UN 20:48:34 RESERVED FUND BALANCE. BECAUSE THE 20 20:48:39 -21 ADOPTED BUDGET WAS LOWER THAN THE 20:48:42 19-20 BUDGET 20:48:45 THE CONTINGENT DROPPED BY 1 20:48:48 .1 MILLION FREEING UP RESOURCES FOR SERVICE 20:48:51 DELIVERY O. THE UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE ESTIMATE SHOWN 20:48:55 IN THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST, THE $20 MILLION OF 20:48:58 FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS, ASSUMED THAT OUR ESTIMATED REVENUES 20:49:01 WOULD JUST BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR PROJECTED EXPENDITURES 20:49:05 , WITHOUT FURTHER REDUCING THE BUDGET UN 20:49:08 UNCERTAINTY RESERVE. INSTEAD, OUR HIGHER REVENUES AND 20:49:11 LOWER EXPENDITURES LEAVE US WITH AN UNRESERVED 20:49:15 ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $25.8 MILLION. 20:49:18 BECAUSE THE $20 MILLION OF FISCAL RECOVERY 20:49:21 FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED TO BALANCE THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET 20:49:25 , WE'RE LEFT WITH $5.8 MILLION OF 20:49:28 AVAILABLE ENDING FUND BALANCE. NEXT SLIDE, 20:49:32 PLEASE. 20:49:35 THE ADOPTED BUDGET FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND 20:49:39 CONTINGENT RESERVE AT THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY LEVEL 20:49:42 OF 16. 20:49:46 7% OF 20:49:49 BUDGET TRANSFERS OUTS, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE 20:49:52 OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE IS 20:49:56 PRIMARILY INTENDED TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE 20:49:59 AND ENSURE SERVICE CONTINUITY IN THE FACE OF A 20:50:02 MAJOR DISASTER. THE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE 20:50:06 ON THE OTHER HAND IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A KIND OF SHOCK ABSORB 20:50:09 ABSORBER TO DEAL WITH CYCLIC 20:50:12 ECONOMIC DOWN TURNS AND CHANGES IN OUR COST STRUCTURE. 20:50:15 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED POLICY FOR THIS RESERVE IS TO FUND IT 20:50:18 AT A LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 20:50:22 UNCERTAINTY OVER THE THREE-YEAR FORECAST PERIOD WITH THE 20:50:25 GOAL OF PROVIDING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN 20:50:28 SERVICE LEVELS WHILE GIVING THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO 20:50:32 RESPOND TO ITS BUDGETARY CHALLENGES. 20:50:35 THE CURRENT BALANCE OF $ 20:50:38 5 MANY 5 MILLION IN THE BUDGET 20:50:42 UNCERTAINTY RESERVE IS THE REMAINING OF THE 8.3 20:50:45 MILLION THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 19-20 ADOPTED 20:50:48 BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE 20:50:52 . IN SEPTEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATE 20:50:55 ED APPROXIMATELY $6th,000 OF THE 20:50:59 ENDING FUND BALANCE TO PURCHASE ENCRYPTION 20:51:03 SOFTWARE AND INSTALL IT ON THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS 20:51:06 . THAT LEAVES $5. 20:51:09 2 MILLION OF UN 20:51:16 UNALLOCATED FUND BALANCE. CAN 20:51:20 WE ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE 20:51:23 ? 20:51:27 WELL I GUESS WE'VE STALLED ON THE RESERVE SLIDE. 20:51:30 BUT I'LL KEEP GOING. 20:51:34 AS STAFF HIGHLIGHTED, WHEN THE 20:51:37 FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 PROPOSED BUDGET WAS PRESENTED 20:51:41 TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST MAY, RESTORING 20:51:44 THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE TO ITS 20:51:47 PREPANDEMIC LEVEL WOULD BE A PRIORITY TO THE EXTENT RESOURCES 20:51:51 BECAME AVAILABLE. THE CITY COUNCIL 20:51:54 ESTABLISHED THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNCERTAINTY 20:51:57 RESERVE AT $8.3 MILLION AS PART OF 20:52:00 THE 19-20 ADOPTED OPERATING BUDGET. WHICH 20:52:04 AT THE TIME, REPRESENTED APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS 20:52:07 OF PROJECTED REVENUE RISK. I'M GOING 20:52:10 TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN SO THAT WE 20:52:15 CAN TAKE A 20:52:18 LOOK AT THE REST OF THE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE 20:52:21 . LET ME FIND IT HERE. 20:52:29 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:52:37 THE 20:52:44 >> David Persselin: , 20:52:47 SOUNDS LIKE 20:52:54 ALBERTO HAS GOT US BACK TO SPEED. >> The Clerk: 20:52:57 I'M SORRY DAVE, THE 20:53:00 ZOOM HAS DROPPED GETTING BACK UP HERE 20:53:03 . >> David Persselin: THE CITY ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET 20:53:06 UNCERTAINTY RESERVE AT 8.3 MILLION, AS 20:53:09 PART OF THE 19-20 OPERATING FUND 20:53:13 BUDGETS WHICH AT THE TIME REPRESENTED THREE 20:53:16 YEARS OF BUDGET RISK 20:53:20 . POTENTIAL FOR INCREASES OF UN 20:53:23 UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY 20:53:26 RESOURCES, THE GENERAL FUND HAS 20:53:29 INCREASED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. 20:53:32 OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD, OUR MOST 20:53:35 ECONOMICALLY SENSITIVE REVENUES SALES TAX, BUSINESS TAX 20:53:38 TAX, HOTEL TAX AND A PORTION OF OUR PROPERTY TAX 20:53:41 ARE PROJECTED TO GROW BY ABOUT $10 MILLION 20:53:46 . ACCORDINGLY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE 20:53:49 YOU GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE NOT 20:53:52 ONLY BE RESTORED TO ITS PRE-PANDEMIC 20:53:56 LEVEL BUT ALSO INCREASE TO $10 MILLION USING 20:53:59 $4.5 MILLION OF THE AVAILABLE END 20:54:02 ING FUND BALANCE. THE LACK OF RESOURCES DO SUPPORT 20:54:05 CAPITAL PROJECTS DURING THE PAST TWO 20:54:09 BUDGET CYCLES HAS RESULTED IN THE PARTIAL DEFUNDING 20:54:12 OF SOME COUNCIL APPROVED PROJECTS TO ENSURE COMPLETION 20:54:15 OF OTHERS. STAFF RECOMMENDS TRANSFERRING 20:54:19 THE REMAINING ENDING FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $ 20:54:22 $700,000 TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AS A SOURCE FOR 20:54:25 RESTORING THE NECESSARY FUNDING AS CONTRACTS FOR THOSE 20:54:28 DEFUNDED PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR AWARD. 20:54:37 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 20:54:42 THANKS. THE RESOLUTION ADOPT ED 20:54:45 ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO 20:54:48 IMPLEMENT THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET 20:54:52 ALSO INCLUDES AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE 20:54:55 CERTAIN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION ACTIONS BUT WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO 20:54:58 REPORT BACK ON THESE ACTIONS AT YEAR END. THE AMOUNT OF 20:55:01 INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR DUE 20:55:04 TO UNEXPENDED PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES 20:55:08 IS $22.5 MILLION. MOST OF THAT CARRY 20:55:11 OVER, ALMOST $16 MILLION, IS IN THE CAPITAL 20:55:15 PROJECT FUNDS WITH ANOTHER $1 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND. 20:55:19 IN ADDITION TO APPROPRIATING THE ENCUMBRANCE 20:55:23 BALANCES THE CITY MANAGER ALSO APPROVED THE APPROPRIATION OF 20:55:26 UNANTICIPATED GRANT FEE 20:55:29 AND DONATION REVENUES THAT WHICH ARE RECEIVED 20:55:36 WHICH WERE RECEIVED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. AMONG 20:55:39 THOSE WAS THE EMERGENCY 20:55:43 RENTAL EMERGENCY 20:55:45 ASSISTANCE GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 20:55:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 20:55:52 IN SUMMARY, LAST YEAR'S REVENUE PERFORMANCE 20:55:55 WAS BETTER THAN EXPECTED, BUT WE CONTINUE DO 20:55:58 FACE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY 20:56:01 . WE HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT REVENUE DATA YET FOR 20:56:05 THIS YEAR BUT EXPECT TO RECEIVE SOME OF OUR FIRST PROPERTY TAX 20:56:08 AND SALES TAX 20:56:13 REMITTANCES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 20:56:16 THE ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND SLIGHTLY 20:56:19 BETTER THAN EXPECTED EXPENDITURES, LEAVES US 20:56:22 WITH $5 MILLION IN UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 20:56:25 . AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS 20:56:28 PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED 600,000 OF THAT, STAFF 20:56:32 IS RECOMMENDING THAT $4.5 20:56:35 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TO RESTORE 20:56:39 AND 20:56:42 TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOUND SUPPORT 20:56:46 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CAPITAL PROJECTS. OVERALL TONIGHT'S REPORT 20:56:49 HAS SHARED GOOD NEWS BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 20:56:53 T 20:56:57 THAT THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST, MAINTAINED SERVICE LEVELS OVER 20:57:00 THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS, WHILE OUR 20:57:03 REVENUES RECOVER. THAT MEANS THAT UNLESS WE SEE STRONGER 20:57:07 THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE PERFORMANCE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 20:57:11 , OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND OR 20:57:14 ENHANCE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY WILL BE VERY LIMITED. 20:57:16 TRUSTEE SWEENEY NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 20:57:20 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE 20:57:23 . WE PLAN TO PRESENT THE MID YEAR BUDGET REVIEW 20:57:27 ON MARCH 1st AND THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE 20:57:30 NEXT FISCAL YEAR ON MAY 17th. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON 20:57:33 THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 7th 20:57:36 , WITH THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND BUDGET 20:57:38 ADOPTION SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 14th. 20:57:43 I'VE COMPLETED MY PRESENTATION, AND WILL RETURN THE FLOOR 20:57:46 TO THE MAYOR FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION 20:57:49 . 20:57:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE AND I WANTED TO 20:57:56 FIRST SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS. 20:57:59 I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 20:58:00 . >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. 20:58:03 WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE HIRING FREEZE 20:58:06 ? >> David Persselin: SO THE HIRING FREEZE ENDED AT THE END 20:58:10 OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO THERE IS NO LONGER A HIRING FREEZE 20:58:13 . >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. BECAUSE I JUST -- I WAS LOOKING 20:58:17 AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH ANIMAL SERVICES, AND 20:58:20 I WAS -- I HAD BEEN TOLD BY SOMEONE 20:58:24 THAT THERE IS STILL A POSITION THAT'S OPEN AND UNFILLED 20:58:27 AND THERE'S A HOLD ON FILLING IT, JUST AING HE 20:58:31 AS AN EXAMPLE 20:58:34 . ARE THERE ANY OPEN AND 20:58:37 UNFILLED POSITIONS JUST 20:58:41 IN RELATION TO BEING UNFILLED? 20:58:45 >> David Persselin: WE DO HAVE CAPACITY 20:58:48 WITHIN OUR RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. AND WHEN WE ENDED THE HIRING 20:58:51 FREEZE WE ASKED ALL DEPARTMENTS WITH A BACKLOG 20:58:55 OF FROZEN POSITIONS TO PROVIDE US A PRIORITIZE 20:58:57 ATION FOR BEGINNING RECRUITMENTS. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN 20:59:01 RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THAT 20:59:04 BACKLOG. BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE NO POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING 20:59:07 HELD VACANT FOR BUDGETARY REASONS. 20:59:12 >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT 20:59:15 WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ALLOCATE A SMALL PORTION OF THESE FUNDS TOWARDS 20:59:18 FILLING OF POSITIONS. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A HARD TIME 20:59:21 TO DO THAT. AND I HATE TO SEE OUR STAFF OPERATING WITHOUT THE 20:59:25 FULL CAPACITY TO DO DECLARE JOBS 20:59:28 . >> David Persselin: SO THE BUDGET 20:59:31 IS IN PLACE FOR ALL VACANT POSITIONS. >> Councilmember Kassan: 20:59:34 RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I JUST MEANT SHOULD WE ALLOCATE 20:59:37 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RECRUITMENT SO WE COULD MORE 20:59:41 EASILY FILL THOSE POSITIONS IF THERE IS A BACKLOG AS 20:59:44 YOU SAID AND BECAUSE IT IS AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TIME TO RECRUIT 20:59:46 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. >> David Persselin: MY 20:59:49 UNDERSTANDING IS -- I'LL LET THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR RESPOND 20:59:53 RESPOND. >> I'M NOT 20:59:56 SURE ALLEN IS ON BUT WHAT I WILL SHARE WITH 21:00:00 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN AND 21:00:03 THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IS THAT THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 21:00:07 IS AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO FILLING ALL OF THE VACANCIES 21:00:10 THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. SO THAT THEY 21:00:14 CAN BETTER FACILITATE RECRUITMENT 21:00:17 S. AND THEY'RE USING ALL 21:00:21 THE CREATIVITY THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING 21:00:25 PEOPLE IN. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS ECONOMY, 21:00:29 WE'VE EXTENDED SOME OFFERS TO PEOPLE FOR SOME 21:00:32 OF THE VACANCIES IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND THOSE PEOPLE 21:00:35 HAVE DECIDED TO EITHER STAY WHERE THEY WERE 21:00:38 OR TAKE OTHER OFFERS, 21:00:41 EVEN AFTER ACCEPTING OURS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 21:00:45 SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOLKS IN PLACE 21:00:49 TO GET OUR VACANCIES FILLED AND 21:00:53 AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT 21:00:56 IT'S NOT JUST ON THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. 21:00:59 BUT IT ALSO RELIES ON 21:01:02 THE EXPEDIENCY OF THE 21:01:06 HIRING MANAGERS IN EACH OF THE 21:01:09 DEPARTMENTS. AND I MUST SAY EACH DEPARTMENT 21:01:12 IS DOING AWONDERFUL JOB AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS 21:01:15 AND REQUESTS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AS WE WORK 21:01:18 TO GET THE VACANCIES FILLED. 21:01:21 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE VACANCIES ARE THERE 21:01:24 . BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH TOWARDS GETTING SOME 21:01:27 OF THEM FILLED. 21:01:30 BUT YEAH, GREAT. GREAT QUESTION. 21:01:34 EVERYONE'S DEALING WITH THAT. I THINK THEY CALL IT 21:01:37 THE -- I READ SOMETHING THEY CALLED IT THE 21:01:41 GREAT RESIGNATION KIND OF LIKE THE GREAT RECESSION. 21:01:44 SO PEOPLE ARE JUST, AH, FORGET 21:01:46 THIS. SO WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST. 21:01:50 BUT YOUR CONCERN IS WELL RECEIVED AND UNDERSTOOD 21:01:53 . THANK YOU. THE. 21:01:56 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, 21:01:59 VICE MAYOR SHAO. 21:02:03 >> Councilmember Shao: WHY THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. 21:02:06 IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE RECEIVED $20 MILLION OF EMERGENCY 21:02:09 FUND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE RENTAL FUND OF $ 21:02:12 7.2 MILLION. THAT ACTUALLY IS 21:02:16 A BIG CHUNK. 21:02:19 SO AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU 21:02:22 MENTIONED UNCERTAINTY IN THE FUTURE. 21:02:25 MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE 21:02:28 ANY INDICATION THAT WE WILL 21:02:31 RECEIVE ANY FUNDS LIKE THAT FROM THE FEDERAL 21:02:34 GOVERNMENT? AND IF SO, ANY INDICATION AS 21:02:38 TO THE SCALE OR THE AMOUNT 21:02:42 ? >> David Persselin: SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE ARE RECEIVING A 21:02:46 SECOND INSTALLMENT OF FEDERAL FISCAL 21:02:49 RECOVERY FUNDS SOMETIME EITHER AT THE 21:02:52 END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR 21:02:56 . AND WE'VE PROGRAMMED THAT 21:02:59 A 21:03:03 IN THE FORECAST TO BALANCE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OVER THE NEXT TWO 21:03:06 YEARS AS REVENUES RECOVER. SO THAT'S $22 21:03:09 MILLION THAT WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING SOMETIME WITHIN 21:03:12 THE NEXT ROUGHLY NINE MONTHS 21:03:16 . WE ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE 21:03:19 $7.2 MILLION, THAT WAS THE -- 21:03:22 WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW CALLING THE 21:03:25 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE 21:03:28 PROGRAM 1 ROUND OF FUNDING. WE'VE 21:03:32 ACTUALLY RECEIVED TWO ADDITIONAL INSTALLMENTS UNDER THE SECOND 21:03:35 ROUND OF ERAP FUNDING 21:03:39 FUNDING TOTALING AGAIN ROUGHLY SEVEN TO 21:03:42 $8 MILLION AND THAT AGAIN IS MONEY THAT SPECIFICALLY 21:03:45 EARMARKED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY 21:03:49 RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY 21:03:52 . SO THOSE ARE THE -- THOSE ARE SORT OF THE LARGE 21:03:55 EST PIECES OF FUNDING THAT 21:03:58 WE HAVE RECEIVED, OR ARE CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED 21:04:01 TO RECEIVE. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THERE ARE 21:04:05 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN 21:04:08 THE 21:04:12 THE -- I'M SORRY, THE ARP 21:04:16 A RECOVERY ACT THAT WE ARE 21:04:19 PURSUINGS AS WELL. BUT THOSE 21:04:22 ARE THE MAIN PIECES RIGHT NOW. >> Councilmember Shao: 21:04:25 AND OUT OF THE $7.2 MILLION 21:04:29 EMERGENCY RENTAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT, HOW MUCH 21:04:32 DID WE SPEND? 21:04:36 >> David Persselin: I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT TO 21:04:39 DATE. I KNOW THAT WHETHER WE APPLIED FOR THE ROUND 21:04:42 2 FUNDING, ABOUT A MONTH AGO 21:04:45 , WE HAD SPENT ABOUT 75 21:04:49 75% OF THE FIRST ROUND 21:04:51 . >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. 21:04:55 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, 21:04:58 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 21:05:02 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO MY QUESTION IS ALSO YEAH, 21:05:05 ONE GOT ANSWERED, HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT ON THE 21:05:08 RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND ALSO 21:05:11 , FOR THE -- FOR RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 3, 21:05:14 TRANSFER ANY REMAINING GENERAL FUND 21:05:17 IN RESERVE TO CAPITAL 21:05:20 IMPROVEMENT FUND. SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND 21:05:23 OF ITEMS ARE BEING WORKED ON WITH THIS FUNDING 21:05:28 ? 21:05:32 >> David Persselin: SURE. SO AS I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, 21:05:36 IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID NOT DO OUR 21:05:39 TYPICAL ANNUAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE 21:05:43 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND THAT ARE USED TO 21:05:47 PROVIDE BOTH MAINTENANCE SERVICES AND ALSO 21:05:51 ANY ADDITIONS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 21:05:54 SO AS A RESULT, WE HAD SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS 21:05:58 THAT AROSE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR LIKE 21:06:01 , FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROOF AT THE 21:06:04 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER FAILED. 21:06:08 AND 21:06:11 SO THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PROJECT THAT HAD TO BE COMPLETED 21:06:14 COMPLETED. SO WE TOOK FUNDING FROM OTHER 21:06:17 PROJECTS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THAT. ONE OF THOSE FOR EXAMPLE IS THE 21:06:20 POLICE STORAGE EVIDENCE FACILITY PROJECT THAT IS DUE 21:06:23 FOR A CONTRACT AWARD NEXT YEAR 21:06:28 . 21:06:33 SO AS A RESULT, THAT PROJECT WHICH HAD BEEN AWARDED FULL 21:06:37 FUNDING BY THE CITY COUNCIL CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE 21:06:40 SUFFICIENT FUNDING. SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO RESTORE 21:06:44 THAT FUNDING IN ORDER TO AWARD THE CONTRACT NEXT YEAR. 21:06:49 >> Councilmember Keng: GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:06:52 AND I JUST WANTED -- I'M GOING TO 21:06:56 OPEN IN JUST A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT 21:06:59 DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT WE SHARED FOR 21:07:02 KEY FREMONT HOUSE FOR REGISTER ASSISTANCE WE TO DATE 21:07:05 HAVE HELPED ABOUT 583 HOUSEHOLDS AND HAVE 21:07:08 DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 8.1 MILLION SO 21:07:12 FAR. SO JUST IN CASE, JUST TO SHARE WITH THE 21:07:14 PUBLIC. LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. 21:07:18 I'M GOING TO OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TIP 21:07:22 THE AT THIS POINT. >> The Clerk: 21:07:25 AT THIS POINT 21:07:29 . >> The Clerk: MR. BEEKMAN HAS HIS HAND 21:07:32 RAISED DO WE HAVE TWO MINUTES ALSO? >> I 21:07:36 THINK COUNCILMEMBER COX HAS HER 21:07:39 HAND RISED AS WELL. >> Mayor Mei: CLARIFYING COMMENTS. 21:07:42 >> Councilmember Cox: I'D LIKE WITH THE EMERGENCY FUND ANY OF 21:07:46 IT BEING USED IS ANY OF IT BEING USED FOSTER 21:07:50 FOR UNHOUSED YOUTH 21:07:54 ? 21:07:59 >> David Persselin: GRON W 21:08:03 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE PANEL 21:08:07 FROM SUPPORT SERVICES THAT CAN HELP 21:08:11 . SHFL I'M 21:08:21 . >> IN ARREARS WITH RENT OR UTILITIES, 21:08:24 SO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE PARAMETERS FOR 21:08:27 UTILIZATION OF THOSE DOLLARS 21:08:30 . HMM THEY THE 21:08:33 ARE STRUCTURED AROUND THAT. >> Councilmember Cox: AND WITH 21:08:37 THE FUNDING WITH THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER IS THERE 21:08:40 ANY FUNDING THAT'S BEING USED FOR GETTING PEOPLE 21:08:43 BACK TO WORK OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 21:08:46 DEVELOPMENT ARE USING THAT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO GO TO 21:08:50 THE LOCAL OHLONE COLLEGE OR OTHER LOCAL 21:08:53 COLLEGES? I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH THIS TYPE OF FUNDING 21:08:56 , HOW IT'S BEING UTILIZED. 21:09:05 >> Suzanne Shenfil: NOT FOR THIS FUNDING, AS 21:09:08 IT'S PRESCRIBED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE ONLY 21:09:11 . >> Councilmember Cox: NO NO, THERE WAS OVER $ 21:09:15 470,000, $4 21:09:18 $472,000, WAS THERE ANYTHING EAR MARKED IN PARTICULAR FOR 21:09:21 WHAT USE? >> Suzanne Shenfil: NOT 21:09:24 SPECIFICALLY FOR EMPLOYMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES 21:09:28 . THOUGH WE DO WORK WITH PEOPLE 21:09:31 THROUGH OUR SPARK POINT PROGRAM TO DO COUNSELING 21:09:34 AND TO DO JOB REFERRALS. AND ASSISTANCE. 21:09:37 BUT NOTHING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS PER SE. 21:09:45 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I'D BE 21:09:48 CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP IN 21:09:52 THAT AREA, AS WELL. I GUESS AS WE GET 21:09:55 ADDITIONAL FUNDING, I GUESS THOSE ARE THINGS TO BE DECIDED 21:09:58 AS THE MONEY COMES IN IN THE SECOND OR THE END 21:10:03 OF FISCAL YEAR -- >> Mayor Mei: THE SECOND 21:10:06 TRANCHE OF MONEY I BELIEVE THAT'S COMING THROUGH FOR 21:10:09 THE ERAP PROGRAM IS GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE CONSISTENT 21:10:12 GUIDELINES WITH THE ONES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. 21:10:15 BECAUSE THAT WASN'T DIVIDEDINTO 21:10:18 TWO TRANCHES BUT IT WILL HAVE LIKELY THE SIMILAR GUIDELINES 21:10:21 WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM 21:10:25 BEING UNHOUSED AS WELL AS THEIR UTILITY BILLS 21:10:27 . SO MORE THAN -- >> Councilmember Cox: I WAS 21:10:31 REFERRING TO THE SYSTEM RESOURCE CENTER IF WE GET ADDITIONAL YOU MONEY WOULD 21:10:34 THAT BE EARMARKED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE OR DIFFERENT? 21:10:37 I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE RENTAL HOUSING. I GET THAT. 21:10:40 JUST SEEKING SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE RESOURCE 21:10:43 S TO BE 21:10:47 USED AT THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER GRANTS 21:10:50 . >> Mayor Mei: SUZANNE IS THAT TIED TO 21:10:54 OUR COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANTS? >> Suzanne Shenfil: 21:10:57 NO IT'S NOT BUT WE RECEIVED A LOT OF DONATION THE 21:11:00 LAST YEAR, A LOT OF THAT WAS FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES 21:11:03 AND OTHER NECESSITIES. WE ALSO HAD A 21:11:06 GRANT TO HELP PEOPLE AND A HALF 21:11:09 NAVIGATE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES THEY 21:11:12 WERE HAVING BECAUSE OF COVID. SO A LOT OF THAT WAS CONNECT 21:11:14 ING PEOPLE TO RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. 21:11:17 BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY JOB-RELATE 21:11:21 ED THINGS. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, 21:11:25 OR EDUCATION TYPE PURPOSES. >> Suzanne Shenfil: RIGHT 21:11:28 . >> Councilmember Cox: WOULD ANY OF THIS MONEY BE USED FOR 21:11:31 THE AFGHAN REFUGEES THAT MIGHT BE COMING TO OUR 21:11:35 COMMUNITY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS TYPE OF 21:11:38 FUNDING? >> Suzanne Shenfil: SO WE MAY HAVE AS YOU MAY KNOW ESTABLISHED 21:11:42 AN AFGHAN REFUGEE HELP FUND AND RAISED 21:11:45 ALMOST $300,000. SO WE ARE GETTING REQUESTS 21:11:48 FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE BEGINNING TO 21:11:52 ASSIST REFUGEES COMING INTO OUR AREA. 21:11:56 AGAIN, HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST NEED FOR 21:11:59 THOSE HOUSEHOLDS. AND WE HAVE 21:12:02 RECENTLY FORMED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP 21:12:06 OF AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER. WE'VE HAD OUR 21:12:09 SECOND MEETING TODAY AND JOB PLACEMENT 21:12:12 WAS BEGINNING TO BE DISCUSSED. SO I THINK THAT WILL 21:12:16 BE COMING UP SHORTLY AS AN ISSUE WHICH 21:12:20 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 21:12:23 >> Councilmember Cox: WOULD THAT FUNDING BE COVERED UNDER 21:12:26 THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER? GRANTS THAT 21:12:29 YOU'RE GETTING? >> Suzanne Shenfil: NO, THAT'S SITTING IN 21:12:36 SITTING IN A SEPARATE FUND. AFGHAN RELIEF 21:12:39 . >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OUR OWN 21:12:42 SEPARATE FUND DEDICATED FOR THAT BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS 21:12:45 SURPLUS MONEY THAT WOULD ALSO BE 21:12:49 USED TO ASSIST THE RFERTION THAT MAY COME TO 21:12:53 OUR COMMUNITY IN CASE THE MAIN FUND GETS 21:12:57 EXHAUSTED OR HAS INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO CARRY OUT TO HELP OTHERS 21:13:00 . SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANOTHER STREAMLINE 21:13:03 OF MONEYS TO HELP IN THAT PART, WITH THE NEW 21:13:07 INCREASED 21:13:11 REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING LISTED ON PAGE 8 21:13:14 . >> Suzanne Shenfil: WELL, THAT APPEARS TO BE NEW REVENUE. 21:13:17 A LOT OF THAT WAS SPENT REVENUE IN THIS LAST COVID YEAR 21:13:20 . SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT 21:13:24 OF EXCESS 21:13:27 FUNDS REMAINING. THE SOURCE WE WOULD TAP FIRST WOULD BE 21:13:30 THE RELIEF FUND SPECIFICALLY AND WE'VE ALLOCATE 21:13:34 ED BOANL 21:13:37 ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO 21:13:40 FAR. SO WE'RE ACCEPTING 21:13:45 DONATIONS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE 21:13:48 HELPING REFUGEES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 21:13:50 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:13:53 AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OR QUESTIONS TO 21:13:56 SEE, MR. BEEKMAN, TWO MINUTES PLEASE 21:14:00 . >> HI, THANK YOU. 21:14:03 BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE. THANK YOU A LOT FOR 21:14:07 THIS ITEM. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A BIT 21:14:10 DIFFERENT FOR MYSELF THAN I THINK THERE WAS A BUDGET REPORT 21:14:13 MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO THAT I FELT 21:14:16 THIS ONE WAS A BIT MORE CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE FOR MYSELF 21:14:19 . THANK YOU. IT WAS VERY NICE TO LEARN 21:14:22 THAT YOU'LL BE DOING SOME GENERAL FUNDING 21:14:26 THINGS. THANK YOU FOR REPORTING THAT 21:14:30 IT'S THE GENERAL FUNDING THAT CAN BE 21:14:33 GIVEN FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, 21:14:36 MAYBE FOR THE NEXT FEW FISCAL YEARS. THAT'S 21:14:39 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MYSELF. 21:14:42 I'M VERY CONCERNED CONCERNED ABOUT THE YEAR 20 21:14:46 23. AND WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS AND 21:14:49 HOW WE PLAN FOR OURSELVES, AS LOCAL COMMUNITIES 21:14:52 IN THE BAY AREA. I HOPE IT'S A SUBJECT WE 21:14:55 CAN LEARN TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT AND MORE OPENLY ABOUT 21:15:00 . WHAT DO WE GO OIN THE NEXT YEAR COMPARED 21:15:04 TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS COMPARED TO THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS 21:15:07 AND HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN THAT IT WILL BE IMPORTANT 21:15:10 I THINK IN THIS NEXT, COMING YEAR HOW 21:15:13 TO DO THAT FOR OURSELVES SO WE 21:15:17 CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER SO PEOPLE AREN'T GOING OFF IN ALL 21:15:20 WEIRD DIRECTIONS, IF THIS SORT OF CONVERSATION IS NEEDED 21:15:23 . BECAUSE I HAVE FEARS OF, YOU KNOW, A 21:15:26 POSSIBLE NATURAL DISASTER IN THE YEAR 2023 21:15:30 . AND IT'S IMPORTANT IF I'M CORRECT THAT WE LEARN 21:15:33 HOW TO HAVE THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION WITH 21:15:36 OURSELVES OPENLY AND PUBLICLY. 21:15:40 AND WE'RE DOING THAT HERE AND I THINK YOU'RE OFFERING SOME VERY 21:15:42 INTERESTING CHOICES HOW TO CONSIDER OUR BUDGET AND I THANK 21:15:45 YOU FOR THAT. I'M SORRY FOR THE UNCOMFORT OF WHAT I'M 21:15:49 TRYING TO SAY. I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AND 21:15:52 AS OPEN AND AS DECENT AS POSSIBLE. THANKS 21:15:55 FOR YOUR TIME WITH IT AND THANKS FOR THIS BUDGET 21:15:58 REPORT AND THANKS. 21:16:01 >> Mayor Mei: SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO BRING IT -- I'M 21:16:04 GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND 21:16:07 THE PROPOSAL IS TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND 21:16:11 PRESENTATION AND TO INCREASE THE GENERAL FUND 21:16:14 BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE TO $10 MILLION AND WOULD I SAY THAT 21:16:17 IT WAS REALLY CRITICAL FOR US. 21:16:20 I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT 21:16:24 THAT WOO WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL 21:16:28 OR SIGNIFICANT FLUFF INVESTMENT IN OUR PLAQUE FOR THE 21:16:31 GENERAL FUND UNCERTAINTY THREARVE WE DID NOT NEED TO 21:16:34 MAKE SOME OF THE CUTS THAT FELLOW CITIES AND OTHER 21:16:37 MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAD TO DO SO AND THIS IS ALSO TO TRANSFER 21:16:41 ANY REMAINING GENERAL FUND UNRESERVED END 21:16:45 ING FUND BALANCE APPROXIMATELY $700 21:16:48 ,000 TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE 21:16:51 WE MENTIONED ABOUT PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PUT 21:16:54 ON HOLD OR HAVE PUT TO THE SIDE AT THIS MOMENT 21:16:59 . 21:17:02 SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> Councilmember Cox: 21:17:05 SO MOVED. >> Councilmember Jones: SECOND 21:17:08 SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY 21:17:11 COUNCILMEMBER COX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. ROLL CALL. 21:17:15 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE 21:17:19 , COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE 21:17:22 . COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, 21:17:25 AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE 21:17:28 . MAYOR MEI. AYE. 21:17:31 THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT THE YEAR 21:17:33 END REPORT AND THE BALANCE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 21:17:37 CONVERSATION AS WE PLAN THE NEXT UPCOMING YEAR 21:17:41 'S BUDGETS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR PERSSELIN FOR 21:17:44 YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR US TO 21:17:47 CONTINUE OUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUDGET. 21:17:49 >> David Persselin: WELCOME. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 21:17:52 WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF ITEM 7B 21:17:56 WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING AWARDS. 21:17:59 I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS 21:18:03 WE TALKED ABOUT, THE ABILITY OF NOTICE OF FUND 21:18:07 ING AFFORDABLE CONCERNS, RECORD NUMBERS 21:18:10 THAT WE BUILT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NEXT IS 21:18:13 ITEM 8A WHICH IS A COUNCIL REFERRAL AND THIS IS 21:18:18 A COUNCILMEMBER KENG'S REFERRAL AND SHE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE 21:18:21 THE REFERRAL. >> Councilmember Keng: SURE, 21:18:23 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. IF I CAN ALSO PROVIDE A LITTLE 21:18:26 BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THIS REFERRAL. 21:18:30 SO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HAS $400 21:18:33 IN EMERGENCY SAVINGS. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC 21:18:36 , FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY 21:18:39 HAD 300 STUDENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE STABLE HOUSING. 21:18:42 WE ALSO HAVE COLLEGE STUDENTS LIVING IN THEIR CARS. 21:18:45 THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED MANY FAMILIES TO 21:18:48 STRUGGLE IN THEIR HEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT. SINCE THE 21:18:51 PANDEMIC, WE ARE SEEING LONG LINES AT 21:18:55 FOOD DRIVES, MORE TENTS POPPING UP 21:18:58 AT DIFFERENT SPOTS THIS OUR CITY AND MORE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN 21:19:01 THEIR CARS AND RVS, AS WE KNOW HOW CHALLENGE 21:19:04 ING IT WOULD BE TO HELP PEOPLE ONCE 21:19:08 THEY LOST THEIR HOUSING, IT IS CRITICAL TO 21:19:11 HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES 21:19:14 , MOST AT RISK BEFORE THEY FALL INTO HOME 21:19:18 LESSNESS. AND EARLIER WE SEE THAT WE HAVE 21:19:21 THE SPENDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT OFTEN PEOPLE 21:19:24 HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING RENT OR 21:19:27 PAYING FOOD OR PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE MANY 21:19:30 FAMILIES OF THESE LOW INCOME FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE 21:19:34 HEALTH CARE IN PLACE. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY 21:19:37 THAT THIS UPI PILOT PROGRAM AIMS TO AID 21:19:42 ALL OF THE LOWER, VERY 21:19:45 LOW INCOME AND AT RISK INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. 21:19:48 NOT ONLY THE FOSTER YOUTH OF THE $ 21:19:51 35 MILLION FUNDING IS ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THIS 21:19:54 PILOT PROGRAM. AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO 21:19:57 GET FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, 21:20:01 THEN WE WOULD BE -- WOULD HAVE 21:20:04 THE FUNDING TO HELP MORE FAMILIES AT RISK. 21:20:07 THANK YOU. 21:20:10 AND AT THIS TIME, 21:20:16 MADAM MAYOR, MAYBE SEE IF THERE ARE 21:20:19 -- YES, OKAY, YOU CAN PROCEED, THANK YOU. 21:20:22 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 21:20:25 WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER JONES 21:20:28 . >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 21:20:31 SO COUNCILMEMBER KENG, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT 21:20:34 THIS IS NOT JUST STRICTLY FOR THE TWO CATEGORIES THAT YOU 21:20:36 HAD INITIALLY LISTED IN THE REFERRAL. 21:20:39 OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOU KNOW, 21:20:42 YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE 300 STUDENTS IN FUSD THAT ARE CURRENTLY 21:20:46 UNHOUSED OR HOUSING IN SECURE. HAS 21:20:49 FUSD APPLIED FOR ANY OF THESE FUNDS, OR DO THEY HAVE 21:20:52 THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS? 21:20:55 >> Councilmember Keng: YEAH, SO OI HAD THAT DATA IN 21:20:58 JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN OUR 21:21:01 COMMUNITIES. SO THEY ARE STUDENTS, WE 21:21:05 HAVE BEEN HELPING THEM EACH YEAR AT CHRISTMASTIME, WE WOULD 21:21:09 GET THEM CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE 21:21:12 FAMILIES THAT ARE MOST AT RISK. AND AWE 21:21:15 WE DO HAVE 21:21:19 SOME OF THIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT 21:21:22 THEY ARE NOT GETTING BECAUSE THEY ARE MAYBE LIVING 21:21:25 WITH RELATIVES RIGHT BUT THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED NOT HAVING 21:21:28 A PERMANENT ADDRESS. SO WE I BELIEVE THAT 21:21:31 WE REALLY NEED TO HELP THESE 21:21:35 FAMILIES MOST AT RISK AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING NOT 21:21:38 JUST FOR RENTAL BUT ALSO FOR OTHER LIVING COSTS 21:21:42 . >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY AND FOR 21:21:46 MS. 21:21:50 MARGOLIS, WOULD THIS PROVIDE 21:21:53 FOR THIS TYPE EVER FUNDING, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE 21:21:56 CAN USE IT FOR OR DOES IT HAVE NARROW 21:22:01 ER PARAMETERS? >> Ms. Margolis: I'M 21:22:04 NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE 21:22:08 PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT ANSWER. MAYBE SUZANNE OR 21:22:11 BILL CAN. >> Mayor Mei: SUZANNE 21:22:15 ? DIRECTOR 21:22:23 SHENFIL ARE YOU ON THE LINE? 21:22:25 >> Suzanne Shenfil: SORRY, COULDN'T UNMUTE. 21:22:28 WE ARE CERTAINLY WILLING 21:22:32 TO RESEARCH WHETHER IT WOULD BE AN ALLOWABLE USE 21:22:35 . >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY. THE LAST THING 21:22:39 TO CLARIFY IS THE $35 MILLION IS THE 21:22:42 TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE STATEWIDE CORRECT? >> Suzanne Shenfil: THAT IS 21:22:45 OUR UNDERSTANDING, AB 153 AND WE'VE 21:22:48 LOOKED AT THE LEGISLATION. IT SEEMS TO BE 21:22:52 PRIMARILY TARGETED FOR FOSTER YOUTH. 21:22:55 BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER CAVEATS THAT WE 21:23:00 HAVEN'T LOOKED AT 21:23:03 YET. >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY, THANK YOU. 21:23:06 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO 21:23:09 OR VICE MAYOR SHAO. THANK YOU. 21:23:12 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. SO BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE FOR 21:23:16 FUSD TO REALLY CALCULATE HOW MANY 21:23:20 STUDENTS ARE NOT HAVING THE 21:23:23 PERMANENT ADDRESSES, 21:23:26 THE VERIFICATION PROCESS IS VERY VAGUE. 21:23:29 IT'S BASICALLY THE STUDENTS JUST CLAIM. 21:23:32 AND ALSO, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 21:23:35 THEY ARE HOMELESS OR ABOUT TO BE HOMELESS. 21:23:38 IT'S JUST THAT THEY ARE LIVING WITH RELATIVES 21:23:42 . SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS 21:23:46 THAT THAT NUMBER WAS 21:23:50 ACTUALLY BEFORE PANDEMIC. 21:23:53 AND TYPICALLY, WHEN WE TRY TO HELP THE 21:23:56 FAMILY FROM THE CITY LEVEL, 21:24:00 MAYBE WE ARE ADDRESSING THE PARENTS, NOT THE STUDENTS 21:24:03 . BECAUSE AFTER ALL, YOU KNOW THOSE 21:24:06 STUDENTS, THEY ARE UNDER 21:24:09 THE GUARDIANSHIP 21:24:13 OF SOME ADULTS. 21:24:18 SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM 21:24:22 , YOUR UBI IS FOR MINORS 21:24:25 ONLY OR 21:24:28 YOU'RE TARGETING THE FAMILIES INSTEAD OF 21:24:31 THE MILES AN HOUR? >> Councilmember Keng: YES, SURE, THANK YOU FOR THE 21:24:34 QUESTION. SO ACTUALLY SOME OF THESE UBI 21:24:38 PILOT PROGRAMS FOR EXAMPLE IN LOS ANGELES, THEY JUST PASSED ONE LAST WEEK 21:24:41 FOR -- THESE ARE 21:24:44 AS FAMILY AS UNITS. SO WE CAN STUDY MORE OF HOW 21:24:47 WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT ONCE WE HAVE FUNDING L 21:24:50 . BECAUSE SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR LOS ANGELES 21:24:54 THEIR FAMILY PROGRAM IS FOR 21:24:57 FAMILIES OF CERTAIN -- THEY WOULD HAVE A GUIDELINE 21:25:00 OF MAYBE 25% OF THE POVERTY LINE INCOME 21:25:03 . AND WITH A MINOR CHILD. SO 21:25:07 THAT CONSIDERED AS A FAMILY UNIT. AND IN OAKLAND AS WELL 21:25:10 , THEY HAVE A RESILIENT 21:25:15 FAMILIES UBI PILOT PROGRAM THEY JUST STARTED A COUPLE 21:25:18 MONTHS AGO, AIMING FOR THESE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES 21:25:21 . YEAH 21:25:25 . >> Councilmember Shao: MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MANY 21:25:28 OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT YOU 21:25:31 TRY TO TARGET ARE ALREADY UNDER THE COUNTY OR STATE WELFARE 21:25:35 PROGRAMS? YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN HEARD THIS 21:25:38 UBI AND MAYBE UBI HERE IS 21:25:41 MISUSED TERM. BECAUSE A, IT 21:25:44 IMPLIES PERMANENT. 21:25:47 AND COOKIE CUTTER OVER 21:25:50 THE BOARD UNIFORM AMOUNT OF MONEY. ACTUALLY EACH 21:25:54 FAMILY HAS DIFFERENT SIZES. EACH FAMILY 21:25:57 HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND THE DEGREE 21:26:00 OF POVERTY IS DIFFERENT. 21:26:05 SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOUR UBI 21:26:08 WOULD IMPLY A UNIFORM AMOUNT ACROSS THE 21:26:11 BOARD, FOR THOSE FAMILIES, OR IT WOULD BE 21:26:15 LIKE PER PERSON. ARE AND 21:26:18 AND 21:26:21 SECONDLY, THE UBI WOULD IMPLY ONGOING 21:26:24 PROGRAM. AND ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE'S ANY FUNDING SOURCES 21:26:28 THAT WOULD PROVIDE ON 21:26:31 GOING FUNDING FOR SUCH PROGRAM WHICH 21:26:34 IS NOT TEMPORARY? 21:26:36 >> Councilmember Keng: SURE, THANK YOU. 21:26:39 YEAH, AS A PILOT PROGRAM THIS IS OF COURSE NOT A 21:26:42 PERMANENT PROGRAM AND OF COURSE IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE FUNDING 21:26:46 , HOW MUCH FUNDING WE'RE ABLE TO GET. AND SO WE 21:26:49 -- FOR EXAMPLE, IN L.A., SO YOUR 21:26:52 QUESTION OF HOW LONG AND ALSO 21:26:56 , YOU KNOW, AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY UNIT. SO EARLIER 21:26:59 , I MENTIONED THAT IN LOS ANGELES, 21:27:03 THEY ISSUE -- THEY ALLOW FAMILY TO APPLY 21:27:07 AS A FAMILY UNIT, WITH AT LEAST 21:27:10 ONE MINOR CHILD. AND THE FUNDING 21:27:13 , THE QUALIFICATION 21:27:17 WOULD BE PERCENTAGE OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINE 21:27:20 ACCORDING TO FAMILY SIZE. AND THEN IF 21:27:23 ALL THE FAMILY IS THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S $ 21:27:26 500 A MONTH AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUNDING WE 21:27:29 HAVE, THEN IT COULD BE ON A ONE-YEAR OR 21:27:32 TWO-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING 21:27:35 . >> Councilmember Shao: YES, MY THIRD QUESTION WOULD BE 21:27:38 REGARDING THIS TERM PILOT PROGRAM. A 21:27:41 PILOT PROGRAM IMPLIES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT 21:27:44 PROGRAM LATER. SO FOR THAT PART 21:27:48 , DO YOU HAVE ANY FUNDING SOURCES 21:27:51 N 21:27:54 FOR THE 21:27:58 EXPANSION? IF FOR EXAMPLE YOUR PILOT 21:28:01 PROGRAM REALLY SUCCEEDS? >> Councilmember Keng: 21:28:04 SURE, WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME FUNDING 21:28:08 , IF ANY OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE 21:28:10 ALREADY BEEN COVERED WITH CURRENT WELFARE PROGRAM OR 21:28:13 ANYTHING. THE IF THESE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN COVERED OR THESE 21:28:16 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN COVERED ALREADY THEN WE WOULDN'T BE 21:28:19 SEEING TENTS POPPING UP. YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING BY 21:28:23 NILES CANYON AND THESE ARE NEW TENTS THAT I DID NOT SEE A 21:28:26 COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND WE HAD PEOPLE LIVING IN 21:28:30 THEIR RVs IN THEIR CARS, 21:28:33 LIKE BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOUSING AND COST OF 21:28:36 LIVING HAS RISEN SO MUCH, A LOT OF 21:28:40 CAN HAVE LOST 21:28:43 THEIR EMPLOYMENT. IF THEY HAD RESOURCES THEY 21:28:45 WOULDN'T BE ON THE STREET, RIGHT? 21:28:48 I THINK THE KEY IS, THE POINT OF HAVING THIS PROGRAM IS TO 21:28:51 I THINK IT IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND 21:28:54 EFFECTIVE TO HELP PEOPLE BEFORE THEY FALL 21:28:58 INTO HOMELESSNESS. BECAUSE ONCE THEY -- IF YOU 21:29:01 HELP -- IF YOU FOR EXAMPLE GIVE THIS 21:29:04 FAMILY 500 OR $1 YOU,000 A 21:29:07 MONTH RIGHT NOW BEFORE THEY LOSS THEIR HOUSING THAT 21:29:10 WOULD PREVENT THEM TO FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS. 21:29:13 BUT ONCE THEY LOSE THEIR HOUSING 21:29:16 HOUSING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPENDING $5,000 PER PERSON AND 21:29:19 STILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO A PERMANENT HOME. SO I 21:29:22 THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES GOVERNMENT, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE 21:29:26 FEEL LIKE OH, THE GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS 21:29:29 OF DOLLARS, ON PROGRAMS 21:29:34 AND, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL 21:29:38 . AND THEY'RE SEEING STILL MORE HOMELESS 21:29:41 NESS RISING AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR 21:29:44 TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE JUST PATCHING UP 21:29:47 HOLES BUT WE'RE NOT PREVENTING THE PROBLEM FROM GROWING 21:29:50 . SO I THINK THE MORE EFFECTIVE 21:29:53 AND EFFICIENT WAY 21:29:57 BECAUSE PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN TREATMENT. 21:30:00 DO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MEDICAL BACKGROUND. I THINK PEOPLE IN THE 21:30:03 MEDICAL FIELD WOULD AGREE THAT PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN 21:30:05 TREATMENT. SO HENCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM. 21:30:11 THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Shao: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT I WOULD YIELD 21:30:14 MY TIME TO OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS FIRST 21:30:18 . >> Mayor Mei: CLS 21:30:22 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, YOUR 21:30:25 CLARIFYING IMEPS. >> Councilmember Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER KENG RIGHT NOW I 21:30:28 THINK YOUR ASK IS JUST FOR THE STAFF 21:30:31 TO RESEARCH THIS ISSUE. >> Councilmember Keng: RIGHT. 21:30:34 >> Councilmember Salwan: AND APPLY FOR A GRANT. 21:30:37 >> Councilmember Keng: YES. >> Councilmember Salwan: AND HOPEFULLY STAFF CAN ANSWER WHAT 21:30:40 THE ONGOING COMMITMENTS ARE IF WE GET THE GRANT, 21:30:43 WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE. THERE IS A LARGER U 21:30:46 BI DISCUSSION BUT THAT IS NOT YOUR SPECIFIC 21:30:49 ASK AT THIS POINT IS THAT CORRECT? 21:30:52 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. FIRST WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE HAVE 21:30:56 THE FUNDING. I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 21:30:59 DOES COVER FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE AT 21:31:02 RISK, WHO ARE 21:31:06 IN DIRE NEED OF HELP. SO WHETHER 21:31:11 THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC LOSING LOVED ONES 21:31:14 , YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAD CONTRACTED COVID, 21:31:17 MANY OF THEM HAVE SOME PERMANENT HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY ARE 21:31:21 STILL T DEALING WITH SO THEY MAY NOT 21:31:24 BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO WORK RIGHT AWAY OR PEOPLE 21:31:28 , THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. 21:31:31 SO THOSE ARE NOT BEING ACCOUNTED FOR AND PLUS 21:31:34 PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEIR 21:31:37 WORKPLACE, THEIR RETAIL 21:31:40 SHOPS CLOSE IT IS NOT THAT EASY TO JUST OH I WILL APPLY 21:31:43 FOR A DIFFERENT JOB 21:31:46 . >> Councilmember Salwan: I'M OKAY 21:31:49 WITH STAFF GOING AHEAD AND APPLYING FOR THESE 21:31:53 GRANTS. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU 21:31:56 . >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR 21:32:00 COMMENTS. >> Councilmember Cox: YES. I WOULD 21:32:04 PROBABLY WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING, I APPRECIATE 21:32:08 WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KENG IS PRESENT 21:32:11 PRESENTING. WHEN WE COMPARE MOUNTAIN VIEW TO 21:32:14 OAKLAND, THEY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER 21:32:17 POVERTY RATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR ONE, MOUNTAIN VIEW 21:32:21 'S AVERAGE HOUSING PRICE IS $1.4 21:32:24 MILLION COMPARED TO FREMONT'S AT $900,000 21:32:27 BASED ON THE CENSUS, RIGHT, DATA 21:32:30 . AND WE'RE AT ABOUT ONE 21:32:34 , LESS THAN 2% FOR POVERTY. AND ONE 21:32:37 OF THE THINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON IS 21:32:40 THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU TALK ABOUT STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM, 21:32:43 AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT 21:32:48 WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH SCHOOLS THE SUBSIDIZE 21:32:51 ED FOOD PROGRAM RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET MEALS WHEN 21:32:54 THEY'RE AT SCHOOL THERE. I KNOW FROM SERVING 21:32:57 ON OHLONE COLLEGE FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS 21:33:00 I'VE ONLY KNOWN OF CASES OF LESS THAN GO OR THREE 21:33:04 TWO OR THREE STUDENTS THAT WERE 21:33:07 UNSHELTERED BUT THE SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO DEAL WITH 21:33:11 THAT ON A ONE-OFF UNIQUE BASIS FOR EACH 21:33:13 ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS IN THAT CASE. 21:33:16 I KNOW THAT THIS IS HAD THE PRELIMINARY, 21:33:24 PRELIMINARY, WE WOULD BE INVESTIGATING WHAT THE GRANTS ARE. 21:33:27 THE KEY PART IS FINDING GRANTS THAT ARE ABLE 21:33:30 TO HELP IN THIS AREA BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND 21:33:34 ING IS IT JUST MORE ABOUT SHELTER 21:33:38 ? COUNCILWOMAN KENG, THAT 21:33:41 YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OR IS IT THE BASIC NEEDS BESIDES SHELTER 21:33:44 AND FOOD? BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN 21:33:48 THIS ONGOING MONEYS THAT HAVE BEEN 21:33:51 COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO 21:33:54 FAMILIES THAT ARE AT CERTAIN LEVELS OF INCOME THAT ARE LIKE 21:33:57 $75,000 OR SOMETHING OR LESS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING 21:34:01 CHECKS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 21:34:04 PLUS, YOU KNOW, PER 21:34:09 STUDENT THAT WOULD BE GIVING MONEY FOR THOSE THAT ARE 21:34:12 UNDER THE AGE OF 18. 21:34:15 SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE 21:34:18 IS THE ACTUAL PURPOSE, AND 21:34:22 NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING. AND THEN YOU'RE NOT ASKING 21:34:25 TO IMPLEMENT THE UNIVERSAL BASIC 21:34:29 INCOME? THAT'S WHERE I'M 21:34:32 KIND OF A LITTLE FUZZY IN UNDERSTANDING THE REFERRAL. 21:34:35 IS IT TWOFOLD, THREEFOLD OR JUST SAYING WHAT IS 21:34:39 YOUR OBJECTIVE OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SOLVE 21:34:41 ? >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 21:34:44 YEAH SO GREAT QUESTION. SO BASICALLY WE'RE TRYING 21:34:47 TO LIFT THE FAMILIES IN POVERTY AND, YOU KNOW, 21:34:50 WE SAW EARLIER ALREADY 80% 21:34:53 OF THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR. 21:34:56 BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FAMILIES STILL 21:34:59 BASICALLY CALIFORNIA EVEN FREMONT HAS LIKE YOU 21:35:02 MENTIONED WE HAVE 2% OF OUR RESIDENTS IN 21:35:06 POVERTY. BUT 21:35:09 , YOU KNOW, TIMES THAT BY 21:35:12 OUR POPULATION, WE SHOULD DO A QUICK 21:35:15 MATH HERE, IT'S ABOUT 21:35:19 ALMOST -- >> Councilmember Cox: 21:35:22 2,000. >> Councilmember Keng: SO IT'S LIKE 21:35:26 ABOUT FIVE -- YES, 21:35:29 ACTUALLY 5,000 PEOPLE OR MORE. SO I 21:35:32 WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK 21:35:36 IT'S A FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE 21:35:39 TENTS, YOU KNOW, EITHER IT'S BEHIND THE FREMONT LIBRARY 21:35:42 , RIGHT, OR IN THE NILES AREA, 21:35:46 OR UNDER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT HIGHWAY PASSES 21:35:49 . AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT GETTING 21:35:52 THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. 21:35:57 SO WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF THESE PROGRAMS, NOT JUST FOR RENTAL 21:36:00 BUT FOR HELP, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO CHOOSE 21:36:03 BETWEEN PAYING FOR FOOD OR PAYING FOR RENT. 21:36:06 AND PAYING FOR 21:36:09 HEALTH CARE, DRUG PRICES. SO I THINK THE MORE 21:36:12 OF THESE KIND OF PREVENTION, I 21:36:15 THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER 21:36:19 IT IS A -- LIKE WAS MENTIONED 21:36:23 IN THE -- IN THE ONE OF THE 21:36:26 APPROVED FUNDING BY THE GOVERNOR, THE $35 MILLION, 21:36:29 IT IS A UBI PROGRAM 21:36:33 THAT ACTUALLY THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA LAST YEAR THEY 21:36:36 HAD ALREADY APPROVED FUNDING, THEY DO 21:36:39 CALL IT A UBI PROGRAM FOR FOSTER 21:36:44 YOUTH AT TRANSITION AGE. AND I THINK 21:36:47 IN ALAMEDA WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROGRAM. BUT, YOU KNOW, 21:36:50 IT'S THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE AND THE INDIVIDUALS 21:36:53 AND FAMILIES MOST AT 21:36:57 RISK A CUSHION SO THAT 21:37:00 ONCE THEY -- WHETHER IT'S A LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT OR HAVING A 21:37:04 HEALTH CRISIS, OR HAVING A 21:37:07 FAMILY MEMBER WITH CRISIS 21:37:10 , THEY WON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE PAYING THEIR RENT OR 21:37:13 PAYING FOR FOOD. 21:37:17 SO IF MOST FAMILIES EVEN YOU OR I, IF 21:37:20 WE LOSE OUR JOB WE DON'T HAVE MONTHS TO LAST TO PAY FOR 21:37:25 OUR MORTGAGE, RIGHT? SO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME 21:37:28 FOR THESE OTHER FAMILIES. >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT. 21:37:31 AND ALSO I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE MIXED WITH THE SAFE 21:37:34 PARKING PROGRAM 21:37:37 AND WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CARS ON THE SIDE 21:37:40 OF THE ROAD AS WELL. AND MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER PART TO 21:37:44 GET AN UPDATE ON THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM ON 21:37:47 HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND GET A STATUS ON 21:37:50 THAT ASPECT AS WELL 21:37:53 . I'VE ALSO AS WE ALL LIVE 21:37:57 IN FREMONT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY TRY TO 21:38:00 REACH AND HELP OTHERS, IN THIS 21:38:03 SCENARIO SOME WE CAN HELP, 21:38:06 AND I THINK FROM THE SUCCESS OF THE NAVIGATION 21:38:10 CENTER WE'VE HAD THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE 21:38:14 FORWARD, AND MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR 21:38:17 LIVES AND OTHERS, IT'S BEEN RATHER DIFFICULT AND 21:38:20 CHALLENGING. AND 21:38:24 SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING 21:38:25 SAYING. IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE 21:38:29 THAT WE UNDERSTAND GOING FORWARD, IT IS MORE OF EXPLORATORY OF 21:38:32 THE GRANTS FIRST THAN COMING 21:38:35 BACK AND THEN HAVING IT REPORTED BACK OUT ON 21:38:38 WHAT IS FOUND AND WHAT ATO DO TO 21:38:41 HELP. I THINK ALSO, OUR FINANCE AND 21:38:44 WITH THE HELP OF SUZANNE AND OTHERS ON THE CITY 21:38:48 STAFF THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MONEY 21:38:51 THAT HAS INCREASED THE FUNDS BUT OF COURSE FROM 21:38:54 WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT'S MORE BECAUSE OF REPLACING 21:38:58 THE MONEY BACK THAT WAS ALREADY SPENT AND NOW GOING FORWARD 21:39:01 WE HAVE TO ALSO SEE HOW THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING 21:39:04 THERE. BUT I'M 21:39:07 WILLING TO LOOK AT IT AS EXPLORATORY FOR 21:39:10 GRANTS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE TERMS 21:39:13 OF THE GRANTS, UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE 21:39:17 THAT BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE 21:39:20 CAN BE -- WE GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATE 21:39:23 ING. AND THEN ALSO WHO ARE WE GOING TO 21:39:26 HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO 21:39:29 UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE INTERPRETED COMING BACK INTO 21:39:34 THE SPECIFIC BUDGET FOR CITY OF FREMONT? 21:39:37 AND THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE THAT IS KIND EVER MISSING THERE 21:39:41 . I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON 21:39:45 THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME AND IT 21:39:48 HAS MIXED REVIEWS FOR IT. SOME ARE 21:39:51 FOR, SOME ARE AGAINST AND IT IS LOOKING 21:39:54 OF A FORM OF A STEADY $1,000 FOR EXAMPLE 21:39:57 MONEY COMING IN FOR A WHILE. BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW 21:40:01 EACH BUDGET, EVERYBODY IS SET UP TO 21:40:04 IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT 21:40:12 . SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO JUST 21:40:14 EXPLORE IT AND HAVE STAFF REPORT BACK. 21:40:17 >> Mayor Mei: SEEING THAT, I SEE 21:40:20 OUR CITY MANAGER HAS HER HAND RAISED. I 21:40:24 WOULD DEFER TO HER. THIS WOULD INCUR 21:40:27 STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BUILT 21:40:30 IN HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A PRIOR LIFE 21:40:33 I KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE TO DISPOWK OF FOCUS ON 21:40:36 SPECIFICALLY ON HOW STUDENTS, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT TYPE OF 21:40:39 RESOURCE. EVEN AS A SCHOOLING DISTRICT IT WAS VERY HARD TO 21:40:43 HAVE RESIDENCY V 21:40:46 VERIFICATION. SO I'D LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER TO 21:40:50 COMMENT ON SOME OF THE THINGS SHE'S HEARD THIS EVENING. >> Karena Shackelford: 21:40:53 THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANTED TO REFLECT ON THE 21:40:56 ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE WHICH COUNCILMEMBER COX HAS ALREADY 21:40:59 ALLUDED TO. SO THE REFERRAL IS SUGGESTING THAT STAFF 21:41:03 RESEARCH AND APPLY FOR THE GRANTS 21:41:06 . AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY 21:41:09 APPLY FOR ANY GRANTS, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES 21:41:13 , WE TRY AND 21:41:16 UNDERSTAND WHAT 21:41:19 THE IMPLICATIONS OF EACH OF THE GRANTS ARE. 21:41:22 FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THERE MATCHING FUNDS INVOLVED? DO WE NEED TO 21:41:25 HIRE SPECIFIC STAFF TO 21:41:28 ADMINISTER THE PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THAT 21:41:31 . SO I THINK AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 21:41:34 SUZANNE SHEFNL, SHE 21:41:38 SHENFIL, SHE 21:41:43 CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I'M SURE THAT STAFF WOULD BE 21:41:46 HAPPY TO RESEARCH THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES BUT I WANT TO 21:41:49 JUST OFFER THAT AS PERHAPS SOMEONE IS MAKING A MOTION 21:41:52 TO RESEARCH AND APPLY, APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS MAY NOT BE 21:41:56 THE RIGHT THING TO DO IMMEDIATELY 21:42:00 . IT'S VERY LIKELY IN OUR BEST 21:42:03 INTEREST DO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ALL 21:42:06 ENTAILED WITH THE GRANTS BEFORE WE 21:42:09 ACTUALLY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. BECAUSE THE LAST 21:42:12 THING I'D WANT TO HAPPEN FOR SUS 21:42:15 THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFULLY AWARDED A GRANT THAT WE 21:42:18 CAN'T SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE. SO YES, THANK YOU 21:42:22 FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERJECT THAT AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER 21:42:25 TO YOU ALL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT 21:42:28 FOR COMMENTS WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 21:42:32 . >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. 21:42:35 I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA. I'VE 21:42:38 BEEN SOMEWHAT STUDYING UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FOR MANY YEARS 21:42:41 AND I DO THINK IT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE 21:42:44 GOING AS A -- GLOBALLY IT WILL BECOME 21:42:47 MORE AND MORE NECESSARY GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR 21:42:50 GLOBAL ECONOMY. AND IT'S BEEN SUPPORTED 21:42:53 BY A VERY BROAD CROSS SECTION 21:42:57 OF POLITICIANS, COMPANIES, PROGRESSIVE 21:43:00 ACTIVISTS, CONSERVATIVES, SO I 21:43:03 WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER KENG MADE 21:43:06 THIS REFERRAL. I WOULD -- DO I 21:43:09 UNDERSTAND WHAT -- I'M 21:43:13 GLAD CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD SAID WHAT SHE 21:43:16 SAID. IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WOULD ALSO 21:43:19 SUGGEST THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE AS WELL. 21:43:22 SO I WONDER IF WE COULD HAVE 21:43:26 , MAYBE I COULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WE DIRECT STAFF 21:43:29 TO RESEARCH AVAILABLE GRANTS FOR U BMPTI 21:43:33 BI PROGRAMS AND THEN 21:43:37 REPORT BACK ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE. BUT ITS 21:43:40 DEFINITELY THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE PURSUING. A LOT OF 21:43:43 CITIES ARE DOING IT AND HAVE SEEN SUCCESS WITH IT. 21:43:46 AND IT REALLY -- I THINK THE EVIDENCE -- 21:43:49 I HAVEN'T CAREFULLY LOOK AT ALL THE DATA 21:43:53 BUT I THINK THE DATA DOES SHOW IT'S MUCH CHEAP 21:43:56 ER TO ADMINISTER THAN A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE 21:43:59 TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHO'S ELIGIBLE 21:44:02 . IT IS JUST A SIMPLE PAYOUT OF A REGULAR CHECK 21:44:05 AND PEOPLE, FROM WHAT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATE 21:44:08 ED SO FAR PEOPLE DO USE THAT FUNDING FOR 21:44:11 THINGS THAT ARE SUPER-IMPORTANT FOR THEIR LIVING 21:44:16 LIVING. 21:44:20 SO I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS AND I'M SYMPATHETIC 21:44:23 WITH THE IDEA THAT WE MAY NOT BE QUITE READY FOR STAFF TO 21:44:26 APPLY FOR GRANTS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT BEYOND THE 21:44:29 TWO FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE REFERRAL 21:44:33 . BECAUSE PEOPLE IN STAFF THERE ARE VERY SKILLED AT 21:44:36 FINDING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THEY CAN 21:44:39 GO BEYOND THOSE TWO POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES 21:44:42 . >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. 21:44:52 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. LJ THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR PAP 21:45:03 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU ARE LOOKING UNDER 21:45:08 AB 155 -- >> Mayor Mei: 153 21:45:11 . >> Councilmember Jones: 153 21:45:14 . THERE IS ALSO ONE UNDER 1 21:45:16 65. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO MILES AN HOUR. 21:45:19 I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH CITY MANAGER 21:45:23 SHACKELFORD. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK 21:45:26 AT WE ARE ABLE TO PROCEED BUT STARTING 21:45:29 THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND TYING UP THOSE RESOURCES, I WOULD LIKE TO 21:45:31 SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FIRST, THANK YOU. 21:45:35 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS 21:45:39 . I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS 21:45:42 FROM SOME OF MY FELLOW MUNICIPALITIES ON U 21:45:45 BI AND I KNOW SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE 21:45:48 BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE 21:45:52 RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT REVENUE STREAMS FROM 21:45:56 PHILANTHROPY ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT MAKES IT ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH 21:45:59 AS ENRICHMENT AND IN OAKLAND WHERE THEY TARGETED 21:46:03 SPECIFICALLY CERTAIN POPULATIONS AND IN FACT HAD SOME RESTRICTIONS 21:46:06 THAT VERY MUCH LIMITED AND FOCUSED THE ATTENTION ON WHICH THEY 21:46:10 WERE TRYING TO DELIVER THE UBI. I 21:46:13 CERTAINLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO STAFF AND I KNOW WE 21:46:16 WORK VERY CLOSELY AND 21:46:19 WOULD WANT TO FLY FOR GRANTS. BUT AM PRAG MATS 21:46:22 PRAGMATIC 21:46:25 , MAKING SURE STAFF HAS THE BANDWIDTH 21:46:29 TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS, AND WE ALWAYS SEARCH 21:46:32 FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES BUT I'M ALSO 21:46:35 CONSCIOUS OF THE TIME IT TAKES. AND I'D DEFER TO 21:46:38 OUR STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CAN 21:46:41 AND CANNOT APPLY FOR. I CONCUR WITH VICE MAYOR SHAO 21:46:44 WHICH IS THE IDEA WHETHER WE DO A PILOT, AND THAT IS 21:46:47 THE REASONS I SEE SO MANY OTHER PILOTS, 21:46:51 IT IS THE PROOF OF CONCEPT AND IDEALLY 21:46:54 IF THE PROOF OF CONCEPT IS SOMETHING ROBUST 21:46:56 IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD WAND TO EXPAND. 21:46:59 I KNOW THAT SINCE I LOOK AT SO MANY DIFFERENT 21:47:02 GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND I SEND THEM ALL THE TIME TO STAFF THEY'VE 21:47:05 OFTEN TOLD ME WHAT IS FEASIBLE AND NOT FEASIBLE IN TERMS 21:47:08 OF APPLICATION, IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION AND THAT'S WHY 21:47:12 WITH EVEN SOME OF THESE LEGISLATIVE POLICIES WHEN WE'VE MENTIONED 21:47:16 THESE BILLS, AB 153 OR AB 21:47:19 165, I SAY THE 21:47:22 CONCEPT IS IN GOOD SPIRIT BUT IN SOME TIMES THE ADMINISTRATION AND 21:47:25 THE DETAILS IS WHERE IT GETS STICKY. SO 21:47:28 I'M SUPPORTIVE OF RESEARCHING THIS. BUT I WOULD 21:47:31 AGAIN VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE CITY MANAGER'S 21:47:35 CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF RESEARCHING WHAT TYPES OF GRANTS 21:47:38 AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR UBI OR OTHER FUNDING 21:47:41 . I THINK THAT I ALSO WOULD CONCUR WITH COUNCILMEMBER COX IS 21:47:45 THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION IN TERMS OF WHAT AREAS 21:47:48 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BECAUSE IT MAY BE ALSO 21:47:50 THINGS THAT TIE DIRECTLY TO HOMELESSNESS. 21:47:54 WHEN WE MENTION THE PEOPLE WE ARE SEEING 21:47:57 ON KATO AND OTHER PLACES 21:48:00 THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN TENTS, UNFORTUNATELY 21:48:03 , I'VE GONE OUT AND PERSONALLY ADMINISTERED THE 21:48:07 POINT IN TIME COUNT. BUT DIDN'T FLO 21:48:10 WHO HAD CHILDREN OR MILES AN HOUR IN THOSE. COULD BE A 21:48:13 COMBINATION. ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I'VE SEEN MOST RECENTLY 21:48:17 COMING FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND I'VE EXPRESSED TO THE CITY MANAGER I 21:48:20 THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING TOO WAS REGARDING 21:48:23 SOMETHING MORE 21:48:26 ADMINISTERRABLE, WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESS 21:48:29 BUSINESSES PROVIDING SOMETHING LIKE A FIRST 21:48:33 YEAR 21:48:36 WAIVER OF THE LICENSING FEES. 21:48:39 SOMETHING, A STRUCTURE THAT IS IN VERY MUCH CAN COMPETITION, 21:48:43 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER COUNCILMEMBER KENG IF JOBS OR 21:48:46 COMPANIES WERE TO DISAPPEAR AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT AFFECT NOT 21:48:49 JUST ONE HOUSEHOLD BUT MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLDS IN 21:48:52 THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO I WOULD DEFER TO STAFF IN TERMS 21:48:55 OF SUPPORTING 21:48:59 THE APPLICATION OR UNDERSTANDING THE 21:49:01 RESEARCH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPLY RIGHT 21:49:04 NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE RIGHT NOW BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPES 21:49:08 OF GRANTS ARE OUT THERE FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME 21:49:11 AS FAR AS SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL AT RISK. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER COX 21:49:14 ALSO MENTIONED THINGS OF CONCERN BUT THOSE 21:49:17 ARE PROBABLY EDUCATION AND THINGS YOU WERE ASKING 21:49:20 ABOUT IN CARPS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE 21:49:23 -- YOU'RE NOT TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT UNIVERSAL 21:49:27 BASIC INCOME WITH THE STUDENTS THAT ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUFF, 21:49:30 THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WORKED WITH OHLONE OR OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES ON 21:49:33 . 21:49:37 >> Councilmember Cox: BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE AT OHLONE THEY DO 21:49:40 HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THAT AND STUDENTS GO THERE FREE 21:49:43 . SO JUST MAKING SURE WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND 21:49:47 THE START IS I GUESS TO JUST DO THE RESEARCH FIRST 21:49:51 AND THEN COME BACK WITH WHAT IS FOUND 21:49:53 . >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> Councilmember Cox: I KNOW 21:49:57 SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE LIKE WORKING RULES. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS DONE 21:50:00 ON CITY COUNCIL. BUT IF IT GETS PASSED AN HOUR 21:50:03 OF RESEARCH THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY KIND OF DRAW THE LINE 21:50:07 AND SAYING WE DID RESEARCH AND JUST FOUND WHAT WE COULD FIND 21:50:10 , HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, THEY KIND OF LIMIT IT BECAUSE OF THE 21:50:14 SHORTAGE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT STILL HAS TO BE DONE TO CARRY 21:50:17 THIS CITY OUT AND KIND OF JOIN THE BALANCING OF 21:50:19 THIS SPECIAL PROJECT. BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE 21:50:23 DIRECTION OF OUR CITY MANAGER TO WHATEVER 21:50:26 WE DECIDE AT THIS POINT TONIGHT 21:50:29 . >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. 21:50:35 AND I ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS COMMENT 21:50:40 . 21:50:45 THANK YOU. LISA DAN 21:50:48 S. TWO MINUTES PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS LISA 21:50:52 DANS AND I'M A FREMONT RESIDENT AND 21:50:55 A MEMBER OF FREMONT FOR EVERYONE TEAM. FREMONT 21:50:58 FOR EVERYONE ENDORSES COUNCILMEMBER KENG 21:51:02 'S FOR PREGNANT PEOPLE AND FOSTER CARE TRANSITION 21:51:05 AL YOUTH. WE HAVE A CRITICAL NEED TO 21:51:08 PREVENT HOMELESSNESS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSE 21:51:11 ING THEIR HOMES. BECOMING HOMELESS AS 21:51:15 TEENS AND NEVER BROKE OUT OF THE CYCLE 21:51:18 OF HOMELESSNESS, WE BELIEVE THIS 21:51:22 ISSUE IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 21:51:25 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, BLAIR BEEKMAN 21:51:28 . >> HI THANK YOU, THANKS A 21:51:32 LOT FOR THIS ITEM. I'M SORRY TO SOUND SO 21:51:35 ABSOLUTE IN MY PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT, I DON'T 21:51:38 KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I'M JUST TRYING TO 21:51:41 FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASK AND TALK ABOUT IT. 21:51:44 VERY SORRY FOR MY ABSOLUTIST TONE, I 21:51:47 DON'T WANT DO HAVE SUCH A TONE. IT WAS MENTIONED 21:51:50 THAT FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL THE CONCEPTS OF FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS. 21:51:54 AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE 21:51:57 GOOD THERE IS IN STATE AND FEDERAL SUBSIDY 21:52:01 PLANS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THIS TIME. 21:52:04 AND I'M TRYING TO LEARN THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO SAY THE 21:52:07 WORDS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LEARNING HOW TO BE OPEN, HOW 21:52:10 TO TALK ABOUT IT, AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOW 21:52:13 TO SHARE THAT WITH COMMUNITY BETTER WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THIS 21:52:16 ITEM, THANK YOU. AND FOR EVERY 21:52:20 DAY COMMUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING 21:52:23 AND SUBSIDIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. AND 21:52:27 IT'S IMPORTANT COMBINATION WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN IN 21:52:30 THIS NEW ERA OF COVID-19 AND IT'S ABOUT OPEN 21:52:33 NESS AND BEING MORE CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDING WITH EACH OTHER AND 21:52:36 THIS ITEM WAS VERY GOOD AT 21:52:39 EXPLAINS WHAT CAN BE POSSIBLE 21:52:42 AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND GOOD 21:52:46 WORK. THANKS. 21:52:52 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT SPEAKER IS KAY SHARE. 21:52:56 WELCOME. 21:53:02 I APOLOGIZE MR. SHARE YOUR MIC IS ON 21:53:06 MUTE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, DIDN'T REALIZE 21:53:09 THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MY NAME 21:53:12 IS HAYES SHARE, A RESIDENT 21:53:16 OF SUNDALE, I'M 21:53:19 SPEAKING IN REFERENCE TO 21:53:22 COUNCILMEMBER KENG'S REFERENCE, UBI 21:53:26 . I WAS INITIALLY SKEPTICAL BUT AFTER SPEAKING 21:53:30 WITH FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR 21:53:33 THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 21:53:36 , UBI DOES MAKE SENSE. 21:53:40 SIMPLY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GET RENTAL 21:53:43 ASSISTANCE HAS SEVERAL FLAWS. EITHER IT'S SO ONEROUS 21:53:47 OR OPAQUE THAT IT 21:53:51 TOO HIGH INCOME TO QUALIFY OR RESULTS IN A 21:53:54 MERE ONE TIME PAYMENT WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT LONG 21:53:57 TERM HOMELESSNESS. IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE 21:54:01 STABILITY IN SOMEONE'S LIFE YOU HAVE TO GUARANTEE MONTH 21:54:04 LY STIMULUS WITHOUT HAVING THEM FORCE 21:54:08 ED TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. THIS IS THE 21:54:11 SAME PRINCIPLE BEHIND OUR ON AND OFF GAITION CENTER AND 21:54:15 OUR RECENT EFFORTS, 21:54:18 BOTH PROGRAMS RELY ON GOOD FAITH TRUST PLACED ON 21:54:21 THE PARTICIPANTS. 30 ABOUT THE HOUSING 21:54:25 FIRST MODEL, HOW THAT STARTED AS A RADICAL 21:54:29 PRACTICE. I APPLAUD COUNCIL FOR STUDYING 21:54:32 NOT ONLY THE FUNDING SOURCES MENTIONED BUT 21:54:36 TO BROADEN THE FOCUS. THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING STREAMS. 21:54:39 WHAT ABOUT THAT PACKAGE THAT WAS JUST SIGNED BY 21:54:42 GOVERNOR NEWSOM LAST FRIDAY. PREVENTS 21:54:45 HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING PLACEMENT. OUT OF RESPECT 21:54:49 FOR HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION GRANT 21:54:52 WRITING IS A LOT OF WORK BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 21:54:55 OF BEING AN INNOVATOR 21:54:59 , ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY 21:55:02 . THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU 21:55:06 . SO 21:55:09 I'M BRINGING IT BACK NOW TO THE COUNCIL AND I'M 21:55:12 CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HEARD 21:55:16 A MOTION TO PROCEED IN TERMS OF RESEARCHING WHAT TYPES 21:55:19 OF GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE. I WOULD ALSO AGREE 21:55:22 WITH COUNCILMEMBER COX THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE 21:55:26 SOME WRAP AROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT I WOULD DEFER 21:55:29 TO THE CITY MANAGER THE TIME THAT WOULD BE SPENT OR THE ALLOCATION 21:55:32 FOR RESEARCHING THIS AND SEEING WHAT'S -- I THINK THAT EVERY 21:55:36 TIME, AS PACKAGES ARE BEING PRESENTED, WHETHER IT'S 21:55:39 AT THE STATE, FEDERAL OR LOCAL LEVEL, OUR 21:55:42 STAFF, INCLUDING OUR HUMAN SERVICES AND THE 21:55:46 CITY MANAGER, ARE LOOKING AT OUR OVERALL GUIDE 21:55:48 GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH COME FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 21:55:52 TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF ANALYSIS WE CAN AND CERTAINLY 21:55:55 WE ARE 21:55:59 SEEKING ALL SORTS OF GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 21:56:03 SO IS THERE A MOTION TO STUDY THIS AND LEAVING THIS WITHIN 21:56:07 THE CONFINES OF THE CITY MANAGER? I WOULD ALSO LIKE 21:56:10 TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH, WHAT TIME FRAME WOULD 21:56:13 WE BE REPORT BACK WHAT WE DO THINK IN TERMS 21:56:16 OF CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD WOULD BE 21:56:20 REASONABLE? >> Karena Shackelford: I'M GOING TO DEFER 21:56:23 THAT QUESTION TO OUR HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR 21:56:26 SUZANNE SHENFIL 21:56:29 . SUZANNE. 21:56:32 >> Suzanne Shenfil: SURE. >> Mayor Mei: SORRY, SUZANNE 21:56:36 YOU'RE ON MUTE AGAIN. SORRY YOU'RE STILL 21:56:39 ON MUTE. NO, YOU'RE STILL ON 21:56:42 MUTE. >> Suzanne Shenfil: THERE 21:56:45 WE GO, SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD 21:56:49 . YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A 21:56:52 LITTLE RESEARCH BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS ITEM WAS COMING TO 21:56:56 COUNCIL. SO I WOULD SAY, AND SO 21:56:59 WE HAVE SOME MODELS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AND WE 21:57:02 COULD PROBABLY PULL INFORMATION TOGETHER. SO I WOULD SAY WE 21:57:06 COULD GET BACK TO YOU BY EARLY DECEMBER, 21:57:09 IF THAT -- >> Mayor Mei: 21:57:12 SURE, THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND -- 21:57:14 >> Suzanne Shenfil: UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS. 21:57:17 THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT USAGE. 21:57:20 THERE IS UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT 21:57:24 BUT THERE IS ALSO GUARANTEED INCOME PILOTS THAT ARE BEING 21:57:27 DONE BY CITIES, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STATE 21:57:32 . AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TARGET POPULATIONS 21:57:35 AND THEY ARE FUNDED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND I THINK WE 21:57:38 COULD FAIRLY EASILY PUT TOGETHER A MATRIX AND TALK 21:57:41 ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENT MODELS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH 21:57:45 AND HOW THEY'RE BEING FUNDED. SO IF YOU GIVE 21:57:48 US UNTIL EARLY DECEMBER, I 30 21:57:51 WE CAN GET B 21:57:54 THINK WE CAN GET 21:57:57 BACK TO YOU WITH A GOOD OVERVIEW 21:58:02 OVERVIEW. >> Karena Shackelford: MADAM 21:58:05 MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO SUZANNE 21:58:10 'S, WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, I DON'T THINK 21:58:14 WE WOULD BE EXCEED 21:58:17 ING COUNCILMEMBER KENG'S REFERRAL. 21:58:20 >> Mayor Mei: WHEN YOU COME UP WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO NOE 21:58:23 ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH YOU'RE LOOKING AT, 21:58:26 WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER, IF THERE ARE 21:58:30 ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION COSTS AND BEING A PILOT I KNOW THAT 21:58:33 HAVING BEEN INVOLVEDIN MANY OF THESE PROBABLY THE SCALABILITY, 21:58:37 I THINK THAT GENERALLY WHAT I'VE SEEN IN SO MANY 21:58:40 OF THE PILOTS ESPECIALLY FOR YEAR 1 OR 2 OF THE STUFF IS 21:58:43 A VERY SPECIFIC TARGETED LIMITED 21:58:46 SCOPE NOT A BROAD BASED BECAUSE IT IS 21:58:49 NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EASILY ADMINISTERED 21:58:53 , EITHER. THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER IF 21:58:56 WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN 21:58:59 GETTING GRANTS. IN SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WE'VE MENTION 21:59:02 ED IT WOULD BE NICE IF ANY 21:59:06 PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO OFFER US THE MILLIONS 21:59:09 IN SOME OF THE CITIES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED. IF ANYBODY IN 21:59:12 OUR BUSINESSES WANTS TO DROP $10 MILLION OR WHATEVER ON 21:59:15 US WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO 21:59:18 ADMINISTER SOME OF THESE. BUT THAT IS WHAT I SAW WAS 21:59:21 ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IN RICHMOND AND OAKLAND AND 21:59:25 OTHER CITIES THAT WERE ABLE TO START SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS IS THAT THEY 21:59:27 WERE ABLE TO CREATE SOME FUNDING SOURCES 21:59:31 THAT WERE SUSTAINABLE AND THAT WERE ABLE TO HELP 21:59:34 THEM FOCUS ON SPECIFIC GOALS. 21:59:37 >> Suzanne Shenfil: RIGHT. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ALSO 21:59:40 AFFILIATED WITH UNIVERSITIES 21:59:44 THAT ARE ANALYZING THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT OVER A 21:59:47 YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO SEE IF THEY'RE REALLY MEETING 21:59:50 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SO I THINK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE 21:59:54 PART OF ANY KIND OF DEMONSTRATION OR PILOT IF 21:59:57 WE WERE TO UNDERTAKE IT. >> Mayor Mei: YES 22:00:00 . I ABSOLUTELY CONCUR. 22:00:03 SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I THINK -- 22:00:06 I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS STUDY FURTHER BUT AGAIN 22:00:09 TO GET THE REPORT BACK FROM STAFF IN DECEMBER AS TO 22:00:13 WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE IN TERMS 22:00:16 OF -- >> MADAM MAYOR IT APPEARS 22:00:19 THAT COUNCILMEMBER COX'S HAND IS UP. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, 22:00:22 MY APOLOGIES. COUNCILMEMBER COX. 22:00:25 >> Councilmember Cox: YES, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT THE 22:00:28 REFERRAL THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED, BUT I THINK WE'RE 22:00:31 KIND OF 22:00:37 TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALLER STEP TO BE ABLE 22:00:40 TO EXPLORE THIS INITIATIVE AND I THINK IN MY OPINION TO BE 22:00:44 MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE 22:00:47 IS TO MAKE SURE, IF THERE'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT 22:00:50 OR SOMETHING TO BE CORRECTED IN THE 22:00:53 RECORD TO REFLECT THAT AT THIS POINT, IF WE 22:00:57 ALL DECIDE, THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AS EXPLORATORY 22:01:01 OF LOOKING FOR THESE TYPE OF 22:01:04 GRANTS TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE EITHER UNG 22:01:07 UNSHELTER 22:01:11 ED OR STUDENTS OR IN 22:01:14 A 22:01:19 PACIFIC RIM SO IT'S DEDICATED FOR 22:01:22 THAT PACIFIC AREA WHAT WAS ORIGINAL 22:01:26 LY APPROVED TO GET THE GRANTS AND APPLY IT. I WANT TO 22:01:29 MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT AND BEING CLEAR WHAT THE 22:01:32 DIRECTION IS FOR THE CITY STAFF WOULD OUR 22:01:36 INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER RESPOND TO 22:01:39 THAT? 22:01:45 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR 22:01:48 WHAT OUR STEPS ARE HERE 22:01:51 . >> Karena Shackelford: I'M NOT SURE A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE YET 22:01:54 , IS THERE? >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO 22:01:57 MAKE ONE BASED ON ONE OF THE THINGS HERE. >> Councilmember Keng: CAN I 22:02:01 MAKE THE MOTION? >> Mayor Mei: ARE YOU GOING TO MODIFY IT WITH THE 22:02:03 COMMENTS? >> Councilmember Keng: YES, OF COURSE. 22:02:06 >> Mayor Mei: SO WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSED MOTION, GO AHEAD 22:02:08 ,. >> Councilmember Keng: I MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO DIRECT 22:02:12 STAFF TO RESEARCH AVAILABLE GRANTS AND 22:02:15 TO MAKE -- TO 22:02:19 MAKE A MATRIX AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 22:02:22 FOR FAMILIES AT RISK 22:02:26 . 22:02:31 >> Mayor Mei: DO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON FAMILIES AT RISK 22:02:34 ? >> Councilmember Keng: ACTUALLY ON FAMILIES SO IT'S A 22:02:37 LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD. >> Councilmember Cox: I'M SORRY WHAT DID YOU 22:02:40 JUST SAY? >> Councilmember Keng: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT RISK 22:02:45 RISK. 22:02:49 >> Karena Shackelford: I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER KENG COULD 22:02:53 YOU REPEAT THAT? WHEN WE COME BACK IN DECEMBER WE WANT 22:02:56 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING YOU EXACTLY WHAT 22:03:00 IT IS YOU'RE REQUESTING OR DIRECTING US TO DO. 22:03:02 >> Councilmember Keng: YES THANK YOU, MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO 22:03:06 DIRECT STAFF TO RESEARCH AVAILABLE GRANTS FOR 22:03:09 A UBI PILOT PROGRAM 22:03:13 TO AID INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF LOW INCOME AT 22:03:16 RISK. 22:03:21 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, MOTION AND 22:03:25 SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. 22:03:29 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER COX. 22:03:32 AYE. 22:03:39 CLCOUNCILMEMBER SALWAN 22:03:43 , AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, 22:03:46 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE 22:03:49 . COUNCILMEMBER KENG. AYE 22:03:53 . VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE 22:03:56 . MAYOR MEI. 22:03:58 >> Mayor Mei: AYE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 22:04:01 RESEARCH SUZANNE AND TEAM TO COME BACK TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION 22:04:06 . THANK YOU. 22:04:10 AT THIS TIME I 22:04:13 WAS GOING TO SAY ARE THERE ANY REPORTS-OUT FROM 22:04:16 MEETINGS? I WILL REPORT 22:04:19 OUT QUICKLY. 22:04:22 THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 22:04:26 THERE'S BEEN SOME UPSTAIRS, TALKING 22:04:29 ABOUT STUDENTS AND ACCESS IN SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL 22:04:32 AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT CEAS ASK 22:04:36 ACCESS. THEY HAD THE SIMILAR REPORT 22:04:40 IN YEAR 1, 2 AND 3, I'D BE HAPPY TO 22:04:43 SHARE THAT REPORT WITH YOU. I KNOW WE WERE TALKING EARLIER 22:04:46 THIS EVENING ABOUT INITIATIVES THAT 22:04:49 PER 22:04:58 PER TAKENNED 22:05:05 PERTAINED TO ORGANIC WASTE 22:05:09 . WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION 22:05:13 OF OUR FLEET AND JOINT EFFORTS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK 22:05:16 ON ADDRESSING 22:05:20 COLLABORATIVELY, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY'S PARTICIPATION 22:05:22 BEING GREEN. I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS. 22:05:25 I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR HELPING US REACH 22:05:29 THE VACCINATION RATE. I WANTED TO SHARE A 22:05:32 A BRIEF UPDATE THAT AS OF 22:05:35 TWO DAYS AGO WE ARE FULLY VACCINATED 22:05:39 AT 88% AS A CITY. SO I WANTED TO THANK THE 22:05:42 COMMUNITY ON THAT EFFORT. OTHER THAN THAT I JUST ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE, WE 22:05:45 TALKED ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS THIS EVENING, AND 22:05:49 AGAIN, AS FREMONT IS HOME TO INCEDE 22:05:52 IBLGHT ETHNIC DIVERSITY, 22:05:55 CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES THAT WE 22:05:59 SHOULD TRY TO STRIVE TO BE KIND TO ONE 22:06:02 ANOTHER, TO BE UNITED AGAINST HATE. WHICH MEANS 22:06:05 RESPECT AND WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD 22:06:08 ALL STRIVE FOR AS A COMMUNITY. 22:06:11 AND ESPECIALLY IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS RIGHT NOW I 22:06:15 JUST WANTED TO MENTION I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE IN A MOMENT OF 22:06:18 SILENCE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN 22:06:21 ANOTHER I GUESS MILESTONE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF 22:06:25 DEATHS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM COVID THAT IS VERY TRAGIC IN TERMS OF 22:06:28 NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO 22:06:31 PAUSE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE WE END. 22:06:34 THANK YOU. [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ] 22:06:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 22:06:48 THANK YOU FOR BEING KIND TO ONE ANOTHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO 22:06:51 BEING HEALTHY WHETHER IT'S 22:06:54 FULLY, COLLATERAL OR MENTALLY. I WISH YOU 22:06:58 A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF FOR 22:07:03 YOUR SUPPORT.