19:15:15 FREEDOM, EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAWS OF A JUST AND 19:15:18 DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, AND TO 19:15:22 REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST HATRED AND PERSECUTION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 19:15:26 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER 20, 2021, AS 19:15:33 TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, THEREBY REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE 19:15:36 LIVES OF THOSE WHO WERE 19:15:41 VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE BASED ON BIAS AGAINST TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING 19:15:46 PEOPLE. I'D LIKE TO AGAIN WELCOME -- I THINK 19:15:49 I'M LOOKING FOR THEIR HAND THEY HAD RAISED. 19:15:52 >> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Mei: YES. 19:15:55 >> HI, EVERYONE. >> Mayor Mei: HI! >> THANK YOU ALL 19:15:58 FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS JANELLE LUSTER. 19:16:01 MY PRONOUNCE ARE SHE AND THEY AND I'M THE PROGRAM 19:16:04 SUPERVISOR HERE AT TRANSVISION. I WAS DEFINITELY REALLY 19:16:07 EXCITED TO GET A CALL FROM YOU ALL SAYING THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO DO THIS 19:16:11 . I AM NEW IN MY POSITION 19:16:15 HERE BUT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. I THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL THE 19:16:18 STATISTICS SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. WE ARE 19:16:21 CELEBRATING TRANS AWARENESS WEEK. THIS IS TRANS AWARENESS 19:16:25 MONTH. WE HAVE A GALA HAPPENING IN HAYWARD 19:16:28 ON THURSDAY, IT'S CALLED TRANSGIVE 19:16:31 ING, AN EVENING OF THANKS AND REMEMBRANCE, AND WE WANT TO 19:16:34 HONOR THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST, THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE 19:16:38 THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS STILL HERE 19:16:41 , DOING THE WORK, RIGHT? AND SO I 19:16:44 ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME OUT IF THEY CAN. I DO WANT TO 19:16:47 SHARE OUR MISSION HERE AT BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH, WHICH IS 19:16:51 THE CLINIC THAT I'M IN, TRANS 19:16:54 VISION IS A DEPARTMENT. OUR MISSION IS TO 19:16:58 DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE 19:17:01 FOR THE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WE SERVE 19:17:04 . OUR VISION IS FOR EVERYONE IN THE 19:17:07 LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY TO HAVE HIGH 19:17:10 ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE 19:17:14 AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU 19:17:17 ALL WITH THAT TRANS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE, TRANS PEOPLE ARE HUMAN, WE 19:17:20 ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, WE ARE TALENTED AND GIFTED JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU 19:17:22 , SO IF YOU KNOW ANY TRANS PEOPLE, SHARE LOVE. 19:17:26 SHARE A SMILE. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPREAD 19:17:29 HATE. AND SO I DO THANK YOU ALL FOR 19:17:32 THIS AMAZING HONOR. FOLLOW US ON 19:17:35 INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, TRANSVISION, I HAVE MY 19:17:38 LITTLE FLAG UP HERE TO WAVE FOR YOU ALL. BUT THANK YOU ALL SO 19:17:41 MUCH. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING ON THE 19:17:45 COUNCIL IN YOUR POSITIONS AND YOUR 19:17:48 SEATS, I'M SORRY I'M NOT AS POLITICALLY CORRECT 19:17:51 AND ADDRESS YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY BUT YOU ALL ARE AMAZING AND 19:17:53 WE ARE SUPER HONORED FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 19:17:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE 19:17:59 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU IN THIS 19:18:02 IMPORTANT RECOGNITION, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE 19:18:05 TO CONTINUE, THIS IS OUR -- AT LEAST 19:18:09 FOURTH YEAR I THINK THAT -- OR FIFTH YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING THIS 19:18:12 , AND WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE 19:18:15 TO DO THAT IN PERSON. >> YES, 19:18:17 PLEASE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 19:18:20 I'M GONNA LEAVE NOW. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:18:28 THANK YOU. AND NEXT, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION 19:18:32 FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. 19:18:35 THIS IS IN CONTINUATION, WE HAVE PARTNERED FOR 19:18:38 MANY YEARS WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALSO WITH 19:18:41 OUR HISTORIC BUSINESS DISTRICT 19:18:45 ASSOCIATIONS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE 19:18:48 GREAT PRIDE IN, IN PRE-PANDEMIC 19:18:51 , BE ABLE TO VISIT SO MANY OF OUR WALK-THROUGHS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 19:18:56 SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THEY WERE ON THE LINE. I THINK ACCEPTING 19:18:59 THIS EVENING WILL 19:19:05 BE CINDY AS WELL AS -- I'M NOT SURE IF JASMINE IS JOINING, 19:19:08 I SAW HER NAME THERE TOO, AS A BOARD MEMBER. SO LET ME GO 19:19:11 AHEAD AND BEGIN. 19:19:15 IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, WITH I IS NOVEMBER 19:19:18 27TH, 2021. 19:19:23 WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS THE 19:19:28 FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR CONTINUING ITS MISSION TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT, AND ENHANCE A 19:19:32 POSITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BY ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF SMALL BUSINESSES; AND 19:19:36 WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT, CELEBRATES ITS LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE 19:19:40 CONTRIBUTION THEY MAKE TO OUR ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY; AND 19:19:45 WHEREAS, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO KEEP IT 19:19:52 CLOSE TO HOME WHEN BUYING GIFTS 19:19:56 THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SPENDING MONEY LOCALLY HELPS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY PROSPER; AND WHEREAS, THE 19:20:00 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FREMONT SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RECOGNIZE THAT SUCH LOCAL 19:20:04 BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS, BOOST OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES, AND PRESERVE OUR 19:20:08 NEIGHBORHOODS; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT, 19:20:12 JOINS WITH OTHER LOCALITIES IN 19:20:16 CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE NATION IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF 19:20:19 SMALL BUSINESS AND AS THE 19:20:23 PERSEVERANCE, HARD WORK, AND RESOURCEFULNESS OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FORM THE 19:20:26 FOUNDATION OF OUR PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 19:20:30 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19:20:36 27, 2021 AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IN THE CITY OF FREMONT AND ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS OF 19:20:41 FREMONT TO SHOP AT YOUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES IN FREMONT TO 19:20:50 SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND MERCHANTS ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY 19:20:53 . I SEE ACCEPTING TODAY WILL BE CINDY AND 19:20:56 JASMINE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI 19:21:00 AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. THE CHAMBER IS 19:21:03 DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S 19:21:06 NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS DAY, AND 19:21:10 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SMALL BUSINESSES ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19:21:13 27TH. IT'S 19:21:16 ESPECIALLY AN IMPORTANT DAY TO CELEBRATE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR 19:21:19 COMMUNITY. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE A LARGE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ARE IMPORTANT 19:21:22 BECAUSE THEY OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS 19:21:26 TO FOSTER INNOVATION. EVERY TIME A 19:21:29 SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OPENS A BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE IS A 19:21:32 RISK-TAKING ENTREPRENEUR FOLLOWING HIS OR HER 19:21:35 DREAM OR PASSION. THE FREMONT CHAMBER IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING 19:21:39 SMALL BUSINESS AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE 19:21:42 OF SMALL BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO ILLUSTRATE THIS, I HAVE A FEW STATISTICS 19:21:45 AND POINTS JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU. 19:21:49 THERE ARE 30.7 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES 19:21:52 IN THE U.S., WHICH ACCOUNT FOR 19:21:55 99.9% OF ALL U.S. BUSINESSES. SMALL BUSINESSES 19:21:58 ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE GROSS 19:22:01 DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN THE UNITED STATES. 19:22:05 SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE 75% OF THE NET NEW JOBS IN OUR 19:22:08 ECONOMY. THEY ARE ALSO JOB CREATION POWERHOUSES 19:22:11 AND ENABLE MINORITY GROUPS AND WOMEN TO MAKE 19:22:14 AN IMPACT IN THE BUSINESS MORE EASILY. 19:22:18 THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL FOR EVERY 19:22:21 $100 SPENT IN A LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESS, $68 WILL STAY IN THE COMMUNITY. 19:22:26 LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY 19:22:29 BEEN PROVEN TO DONATE TO COMMUNITY CAUSES AT MORE THAN TWICE 19:22:32 THE RATE OF LARGER BUSINESSES. THE 19:22:35 FREMONT CHAMBER IS REALLY PROUD TO SERVE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE ARE 19:22:38 COMMITTED TO WORK HARD TO SERVE THOSE WHO TAKE 19:22:41 RISKS AND FOLLOW THEIR PASSION. WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE 19:22:44 THEIR COURAGE AND SUCCESS. AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO JASMINE, 19:22:48 I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER TERESA COX FOR FACILITATING 19:22:51 THIS AWARD AND CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESSES 19:22:54 , AS WELL AS EACH OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 19:22:56 THE RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 19:23:00 YOU MEANING THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE FREMONT 19:23:05 STAFF HAVE SHOWN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND 19:23:09 THE CHAMBER OVER THE YEARS. WE WANT 19:23:12 TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOP AND SUPPORT 19:23:15 LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AS WELL AS 19:23:19 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT'S BECOME CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE 19:23:22 TO RECOVER. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JASMINE 19:23:25 . >> 19:23:27 THANK YOU. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? I'M SURE YOU CAN. 19:23:31 SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR MEI, COUNCILMEMBERS 19:23:34 , TERESA COX, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PROC PLA LAMATION 19:23:38 PROCLAMATION TOGETHER. 19:23:41 AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, MY STAFF AND 19:23:43 OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE YOU'RE RECOGNIZING OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FREMONT. 19:23:47 I KNOW SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ALSO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 19:23:50 , SO IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT OUR 19:23:53 OWN. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONES OF ANY COMMUNITY, AND 19:23:56 THE COUNCIL SUPPORT JUST AMPLIFIES OUR EFFORTS TO 19:23:59 GIVE BACK. AS CINDY MENTIONED, WE GIVE BACK 19:24:03 IN SPADES BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, THIS IS 19:24:06 WHERE OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE WORKING, THIS 19:24:09 IS WHERE THEY LIVE. THEY WANT TO WORK FOR 19:24:13 A COMMUNITY AND THEY WANT TO BE IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH 19:24:16 FOR SUPPORTING US AND OUR STAFF, BECAUSE I THINK THIS GOES A LONG WAY 19:24:19 IN SHOWING OUR STAFF THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY SUPPORTS 19:24:23 US. AND JUST AS A SMALL STORY, AS MANY OF 19:24:26 YOU HAVE HEARD, THIS PANDEMIC HAS REALLY 19:24:30 SHOWN THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 19:24:33 A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE MINE, LIKE THE FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS, 19:24:36 MY DAD HAS OWNED PHARMACIES IN FREMONT FOR OVER 40 19:24:39 YEARS, BUT THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, FREMONT FIRE 19:24:43 , PD, LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES 19:24:46 , A SMALL FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SO 19:24:50 MUCH DOING TESTING, PPE, VACCINATIONS, SO 19:24:53 THAT WE HAVE AN 89% VACCINATION RATE. THAT'S UNHEARD 19:24:57 OF FOR A CITY LIKE OURS. THAT REALLY DOES 19:25:00 SUPPORT THAT LOCAL -- THE SMALL 19:25:03 VERSUS LARGE COOPERATION. AND 19:25:06 I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, 19:25:11 I TOOK OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 19:25:14 BEING A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND THE CONNECTING 19:25:17 OF THE SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE LARGER BUSINESS TO 19:25:21 REALLY CONNECT EVERYBODY TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER 19:25:24 PLACE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. I REALLY DO 19:25:28 THINK, YOU KNOW, CINDY AND OUR TEAM HERE AT THE FREMONT 19:25:31 CHAMBER IS REALLY A LEADER IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA. AND I THINK WE SHOULD 19:25:34 RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT WE DO IN A CITY THE SIZE OF 19:25:37 OURS WITH A CHAMBER THAT BRINGS THE AMAZON 19:25:41 S, THE HYDES 19:25:44 , THE BIG CORPORATIONS ALONG WITH US GUYS, 19:25:48 THE HALLERS, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO 19:25:51 THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, I REALLY 19:25:54 APPRECIATE WHAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. MY 19:25:57 STAFF IS GOING TO BE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE FACT THAT IT 19:26:01 GETS RECOGNIZED IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. 19:26:04 >> Mayor Mei: IT'S OUR PLEASURE, AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO THANK ALSO 19:26:08 OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR CITY STAFF 19:26:11 ACROSS THE BOARD ON SO MANY DIFFERENT EFFORTS, WHETHER IT'S 19:26:14 WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 19:26:18 FACILITATE AND ALSO WITH THE ASSISTANCE IN TERMS 19:26:21 OF SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. 19:26:24 I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 19:26:27 US TO TRY TO SAVE AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO HELP 19:26:30 CONNECT THOSE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY REALLY CREATE 19:26:33 THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR 19:26:36 COMMUNITY SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 19:26:41 AND WE'LL SEE YOU SHOPPING AROUND, I'M SURE. 19:26:48 THANK YOU. NEXT I'M GOING TO RETURN TO THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR 19:26:51 THAT WERE -- IS IT PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? >> Ms. Gauthier: 19:26:54 WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT 19:26:57 FIRST. >> Mayor Mei: SO LET'S SEE. PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. 19:27:05 >> Ms. Gauthier: I SEE NO HANDS RAISED -- SO 19:27:08 RE, MR. BEEKMAN JUST RAISED HIS HAND 19:27:11 HAND, AS DID CHRIS. >> Mayor Mei: IS THIS FOR PUBLIC 19:27:15 COMMENT? THEY PULLED THE AGENDA ITEMS SO I JUST WANTED TO CHECK 19:27:18 WHICH ONE ARE THEY UNDER, 19:27:21 I GUESS PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Ms. Gauthier: MR. BEEKMAN, ARE YOU SPEAKING 19:27:24 ING UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT 19:27:28 OR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM? >> I HAVE A COMMENT. >> Ms. Gauthier: 19:27:31 OKAY. 19:27:37 >> Mayor Mei: PLEASE BEGIN. >> THANK YOU. HI 19:27:40 . I SPOKE A LOT AT PUBLIC COMMENT TIME 19:27:43 AT THE NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 FREMONT CITY COUNCIL MEETING 19:27:47 . THANK YOU FOR 19:27:50 YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE WITH MYSELF. I'M NOT FULLY SURE BUT IN 19:27:54 SOME SIMPLE STATISTIC READING 19:27:57 OF ENERGY PLANS OF THE NEXT DECADE, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THERE MAY BE 19:28:00 A LARGE EARTHQUAKE IN THE SFA AREA 19:28:03 IN 2023. THIS WOULD MEAN PLANNING IDEAS FOR 19:28:06 2022 MAY BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE 19:28:10 2023, 24 AND 25 ONWARD. IN NO WAY DO I MEAN 19:28:14 THESE WARDS AS ALARMIST OR THESE IDEAS TO BE USED FOR POLITICAL REASON 19:28:17 S OR DISASTER CAPITALISM PRACTICES 19:28:20 . I'M NOT FULLY SURE WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE YEAR 19:28:24 2023. IT'S MY HOPE IN OFFERING THESE CONCERNS, IT CAN MAKE 19:28:27 SOMETHING CLEAR FOR YOURSELVES AND WHAT TO BETTER 19:28:30 EXPECT IN 2023, AND FROM THIS, I FEEL THIS CAN HELP WITH BETTER 19:28:33 PLANNING DECISIONS FOR YOURSELVES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WELL 19:28:36 . I HOPE I CAN HAVE SOME LETTER WRITING CONVERSATIONS WITH 19:28:40 FREMONT CITY GOVERNMENT THAT CAN HELP TOWARDS IDEAS OF CLARITY 19:28:43 AND MORE MATURE WAYS TO TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY COMMUNITY 19:28:46 PLANNING AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. A FINAL REMIND 19:28:49 ER IN ALREADY GOOD PLANNING AND PREPARATION WORK, F 19:28:53 FPD AND MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF THE BAY AREA CITIES HAVE 19:28:56 ALREADY RECEIVED 19:29:00 IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PREPARATION WORK OF F 19:29:03 PD AND MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF THE BAY AREA 19:29:06 . THEY HAVE ALREADY MUCH RECEIVE 19:29:10 ED INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET MONEY IN THE PAST 19:29:13 FEW YEARS. FROM THIS, OAKLAND AND SAN JOSÉ BEGAN A NEW STANDARD THIS 19:29:16 PAST SUMMER THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO BETTER CONSIDER IDEAS OF 19:29:20 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IDEAS, REIMAGINE, AND EQUITY, AS 19:29:23 HOW TO BEGIN TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND 19:29:26 THIS DECADE OF COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY. 19:29:29 THANKS A LOT AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH MYSELF 19:29:33 AT PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, AND JUST LEARNING HOW TO PRESENT 19:29:36 INFORMATIONAL HELPFUL WAY TO DESCRIBE 19:29:39 PUBLIC COMMENT ISSUES. THANK YOU. 19:29:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS. WELCOME. 19:29:50 >> THANK YOU. SO, 19:29:53 I DIDN'T PULL IT OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR 19:29:57 BUT THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT. SO YOU INSTALLED 19:30:00 NEW VICE MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS. BUT 19:30:05 IN THE 19:30:09 STAFF REPORT, YOU NOTE 19:30:13 THAT THIS IS PER THE CITY COUNCIL HANDBOOK OF RULES 19:30:16 AND PROCEDURES. THERE IS 19:30:19 NO PLACE YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE FREMONT.GOV WEBSITE 19:30:22 . I'VE TRIED TO USE SEARCH 19:30:26 ENGINES TO FIND IT, I KNOW THAT IT WAS AMENDED RECENTLY 19:30:31 , BUT CONTINUALLY 19:30:34 FOR TRANSPARENCY, NOTHING IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE 19:30:39 WITHOUT ACTUALLY CONTACTING ONE -- SOMEONE AT 19:30:43 THE CITY. THIS IS NOT TRANSPARENCY 19:30:46 . THANK YOU. 19:30:51 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND NEXT FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS 19:30:54 THAT WERE PULLED FOR THE 19:30:57 CONSENT CALENDAR, WE HAVE FIRST ITEM 19:31:00 2C AS IN CAT, AND THAT IS REGARDING SOLID 19:31:04 WASTE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS PULLED BY CHRIS ALSO. 19:31:13 PLEASE PROCEED. >> YES, IT WAS. 19:31:17 I THINK THE CITY MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY HERE 19:31:20 TO IMPROVE PUBLIC WASTE 19:31:23 FOR THE PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE 19:31:26 AND PEOPLE WITH VEHICLES ON THE STREET AND 19:31:29 THE TRASH THAT CREATES IT. NOWHERE IN THIS 19:31:33 POLICY DOES IT SEEM TO -- IT 19:31:36 ONLY SEEMS TO CRIMINALIZE IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ACTUALLY PUT 19:31:39 FORWARD A PLAN TO HELP WITH ANY OF THAT 19:31:43 WE HAVE IN OUR CITY TODAY. AND SO I THINK YOU'RE REALLY MISSING 19:31:47 AN OPPORTUNITY HERE INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING 19:31:50 THE DRAFT PLAN FROM THE COUNTY THAT EVERYONE AGREED 19:31:53 ON, BUT TO FOCUS THIS FOR FREMONT 19:31:56 AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO 19:32:00 BY BALANCING THE PROBLEM WITH 19:32:03 HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND THE TRASH 19:32:06 THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO SEE AND DEAL WITH. THANK YOU. 19:32:16 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. CAN I GET ANY QUESTIONS, 19:32:19 COMMENTS OR A MOTION BY THE COUNCIL? >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVE 19:32:23 . >> Vice Mayor Shao: I SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:32:26 COX AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:32:29 SHAO. 19:32:34 ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:32:37 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, 19:32:40 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE 19:32:43 . COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE 19:32:46 MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, 19:32:49 AYE. SO THE MOTION FOR ITEM 2C 19:32:52 AS IN CAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 19:32:55 . NEXT IS ITEM 2D, AND THAT WAS REGARD 19:32:59 ING -- >> Ms. Gauthier: 2E. 19:33:03 >> Mayor Mei: 2E, SORRY, BECAUSE D WAS THE OTHER MOTION. 19:33:06 2E, WHICH IS FOR THE SOFTWARE PURCHASE 19:33:09 . >> Ms. Gauthier: RIGHT. CHRIS AND BLAIR BOTH RAISED THEIR 19:33:12 HANDS FOR THIS ITEM. >> Mayor Mei: YES. AND THAT WAS THE PURCHASE OF 19:33:15 REPLACEMENT SOFTWARE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 19:33:19 COMPUTER-AIDED -- CAD. YES. 19:33:24 SO WE CALL CHRIS, 19:33:27 OR BLAIR? >> BLAIR IS HERE. 19:33:29 HELLO. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. 19:33:33 >> THANK YOU. 19:33:37 YEAH. FOR THIS ITEM, I WISH I COULD GO 19:33:40 INTO GREATER DETAIL. YOU'RE GETTING A 19:33:43 NEW CAD SYSTEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE, OR IMPROVING 19:33:46 UPON IT. 19:33:50 THAT'S A MAJOR OPERATION, AND IT'S A MAJOR SERVICE 19:33:53 AND FUNCTION OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT 19:33:56 AND CAD SYSTEM. $2MILLION I THINK I 19:34:00 SAID, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO NOTE IT AT THIS 19:34:04 TIME OPENLY AND PUBLICLY, 19:34:07 AND A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD OPEN 19:34:11 ACCOUNTABLE TECHNOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION 19:34:14 PRACTICES CAN 19:34:17 REALLY HELP CONSIDER WHAT CAN BE 19:34:20 OUR MORE POSITIVE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. I MEAN, WE 19:34:24 CAN STILL BUILD IDEAS OF HOPE, I THINK, AND WE'RE 19:34:27 TRYING TO FIND THOSE IDEAS OF HOPE, AND I THINK 19:34:30 IT'S GOOD PRACTICES OF 19:34:33 SHARING OPENNESS WITH OUR DATA COLLECTION 19:34:37 THAT IS KIND OF KEY TO OUR SURVIVAL 19:34:41 IN A WAY. IT'S THE IDEAS OF RESPONSIBILITY 19:34:44 AND BETTER DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES, 19:34:47 AND 19:34:51 WE'VE CREATED KIND OF A STRANGE WORLD, AND I THINK TO HAVE A SENSE 19:34:54 OF GOOD OPEN DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES, CAN REALLY BE 19:34:57 HELPFUL TO OURSELVES IN HOW TO 19:35:00 -- THINGS ARE ACTUALLY DECENT. AND CAN WORK 19:35:03 WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 19:35:10 >> Ms. Gauthier: CHRIS WAS THE OTHER 19:35:13 HAND RAISED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. 19:35:27 >> SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE CITY TO THE ATTENTION THAT THE CALIFORNIA 19:35:31 PUBLISHED RECORD ACT ALLOWS ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO COME 19:35:34 AND INSPECT RECORDS, NOT ONLY MAKE 19:35:37 RECORDS REQUESTS. AND 19:35:42 I STRONGLY CAUTION THEM TO MAKE SURE 19:35:45 WHATEVER SYSTEM THEY DECIDE TO BRING FORWARD AND IMPLEMENT 19:35:49 , THAT THEY DO IT IN A WAY WHERE CITIZENS 19:35:52 CAN SHOW UP AND VIEW THE RECORDS AS 19:35:55 IT SAYS 19:35:59 YOU CAN IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. THE INTENTIONAL STORE 19:36:02 ING OF NON-PUBLIC WITH 19:36:05 PUBLIC RECORDS OR NOT LABELING THE 19:36:08 DATA APPROPRIATELY IS 19:36:12 GOING TO COST THE CITY MONEY IN THE FUTURE 19:36:15 . IF THE RECORDS ARE PUBLIC AND 19:36:19 IT ALWAYS TAKES CITY STAFF 19:36:22 SOME TIME TO DEAL WITH THEM TO SHOW THEM TO THE PUBLIC, 19:36:25 THEN THAT COSTS MONEY EVERY TIME SOMEONE MAKES A 19:36:29 REQUEST. BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE OPEN AND 19:36:32 YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY 19:36:36 DO WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 19:36:39 HAS REQUESTED OF YOU AND COURT CASES HAVE SAID, YOU 19:36:42 NEED TO MAKE IT EASILY OPEN TO PEOPLE. 19:36:46 IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME AND VIEW SOMETHING, IT SHOULDN'T REQUIRE REDACT 19:36:50 ING OF THE DATA. 19:36:53 YOU SHOULD HAVE A VIEW AVAILABLE BY LABELING THE DATA WHEN 19:36:56 IT IS INPUT. THIS 19:37:00 IS BASIC FOR BIG BUSINESSES WHERE THEY 19:37:03 HAVE REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS WITH 19:37:06 DATA. AND THE CITY 19:37:10 SEEMS TO THINK THAT WE CAN JUST TELL PEOPLE THEY CAN'T COME 19:37:13 IN AND SEE IT. I HAVE BEEN DENIED MORE THAN 19:37:16 FOUR TIMES PHYSICALLY TO SEE DATA SAYING 19:37:19 , OH, WE DON'T HAVE IT. 19:37:23 AND I'VE TALKED TO YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND THE ISSUE IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T 19:37:26 KNOW HOW TO REDACT THE DATA THAT IS ACTUALLY 19:37:31 LEGALLY ABLE BY LAW TO BE REDACTED VERSUS 19:37:35 THE MAJORITY OF IT, WHICH IS PUBLIC. 19:37:39 SO WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT THIS NEW SYSTEM, SHOULD YOU NOT DO THIS, 19:37:43 YOU ARE OPENING YOURSELVES TO COST AND LAWSUITS 19:37:46 . THANK YOU. 19:38:06 >> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR, YOU'RE MUTED. >> Mayor Mei: I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A 19:38:10 MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 2E AND I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS 19:38:13 FOR THE SOFTWARE AND ALSO A 10-YEAR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT 19:38:16 . >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVED. >> Councilmember Jones: SO MOVED. 19:38:18 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:38:22 I'M JUST GOING LEFT TO RIGHT ON MY SCREEN. 19:38:26 SINCE IT WAS ECHO. MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE 19:38:28 . >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:38:32 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 19:38:35 , AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:38:39 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO 19:38:42 , AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE 19:38:45 . THE MOTION PASSES FOR 19:38:48 ITEM 2E AS IN ELEPHANT. NEXT IS 19:38:52 ITEM 2F, AND THAT 19:38:55 IS, I BELIEVE, BLAIR HAD WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 19:38:59 >> Ms. Gauthier: RIGHT. >> Mayor Mei: AND I APOLOGIZE -- 19:39:05 >> HI. >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S FOR AB361. 19:39:08 >> YEAH. THANK YOU. 19:39:12 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PRACTICE A SPEECH AS 19:39:15 THIS ITEM IS KIND OF GOING TO DIFFERENT CITY COUNCILS 19:39:18 ACROSS THE BAY AREA AT THIS TIME, AND SAN JOSÉ 19:39:21 , SANTA CLARA COUNTY, GOVERNMENT 19:39:25 OF BERKELEY AND OAKLAND, IT SPELLS 19:39:28 OUT A CONTINUATION OF THE HYBRID SYSTEM, 19:39:31 AND HOW WE CAN SCHEDULE OUR LIVES AROUND COVID 19:39:35 ISSUES. AND IF IT'S OKAY 19:39:38 , I HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING 19:39:41 ABOUT HOW WE SCHEDULE OUR LIVES IN CONSIDERING 19:39:45 COVID AT THIS TIME, AND FOR THIS FALL AND WINTER 19:39:48 . COVID RATES ARE GOING UP 19:39:52 IN ENGLAND AND IN EUROPE AT THIS TIME 19:39:56 , AND IT'S A WORRISOME THING, 19:39:59 AND THAT USUALLY MEANS IT WILL BE ARRIVING HERE AGAIN 19:40:03 SOMETIME SOON, COVID, 19:40:06 SO MASK USE IS REALLY IMPORTANT 19:40:09 FOR OURSELVES TO CONTINUE MASK USE AND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, WITH 19:40:12 HOLIDAYS COMING UP. 19:40:16 I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND THAT AS WE'RE CONSIDER 19:40:19 ING THE VACCINATION PROCESS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT THIS TIME 19:40:22 IN CALIFORNIA, 19:40:25 I HOPE WE CAN LEARN GOOD PRACTICES OF WHAT CAN 19:40:28 BE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST HOW TO SHARE WHAT IS 19:40:32 GOOD ABOUT THE VACCINE PROCESS. I KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH A 19:40:35 LOT OF THIS BEFORE, THIS PAST SUMMER, BUT I 19:40:38 THINK -- I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE PRACTICES 19:40:41 OF WHAT CAN BE OPEN ABOUT LEARN 19:40:44 ING ABOUT WHAT THE VACCINE PROCESS IS ABOUT. 19:40:48 AND IT TAKES WORK AND EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE STEPS 19:40:51 HOW TO LEARN TO BE MORE OPEN ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER 19:40:55 . IT 19:40:58 CAN BE REWARDING, I THINK, BECAUSE THERE IS NEEDS FOR THE VACCINE 19:41:01 AND I THINK WE'RE FINDING OUT THERE'S WAYS THAT 19:41:05 IF WE WORK HARD, PEOPLE NECESSARILY MAY 19:41:09 NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE VACCINE. I THANK THE WORD 19:41:12 WORK OF ALAMEDA COUNCIL 19:41:15 COUNTY THAT AREN'T FORCING THEIR WORKERS TO TAKE THE VACCINE 19:41:18 IF THEY HAVE 19:41:24 WEEKLY TESTS. SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS OFFERING MANDATES FOR THEIR 19:41:27 COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEE WORKERS IN 19:41:30 SAN JOSÉ, SO 19:41:34 I'M MORE OF THE IDEA OF FLEXIBILITY. AND I HOPE WE CAN 19:41:37 LEARN HOW TO BET 19:41:40 TER TALK ABOUT THOSE IDEALS AND IDEAS THIS FALL AND WINTER. WE NEED 19:41:43 TO CONTINUE THOSE WORK AND EFFORT. IT TAKES WORK AND EFFORT. 19:41:46 AND I'VE BEEN WORKING OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ON OPEN 19:41:50 PUBLIC POLICIES WITH TECHNOLOGY IDEAS THAT I THINK CAN REALLY, 19:41:53 REALLY HELP CREATE A NOW 19:41:56 NEUTRAL SPACE FOR REAL GOOD DIALOGUE FOR ALL SIDES 19:41:59 TO ASK QUESTIONS, WHAT IS OUR FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY 19:42:03 AND DATA COLLECTION WITH THE VACCINE 19:42:06 PROCESS? THANK YOU. 19:42:09 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I SEE ANOTHER RAISED HAND FOR THIS ITEM. 19:42:12 THAT'S CHRIS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, 19:42:15 PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU 19:42:19 . SO PRIOR TO 19:42:22 HAVING ONLINE PUBLIC MEETINGS 19:42:26 , SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE A PRESENTATION 19:42:29 WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO USE 19:42:32 HARD COPIES TO SHOW THE 19:42:36 CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. AND THE 19:42:39 CITY COUNCIL IN 19:42:42 VIRTUAL MEETINGS HAS DONE NOTHING TO PUT THAT BACK IN PLACE. UNTIL YOU PUT 19:42:45 THAT BACK IN PLACE, I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO 19:42:49 CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACTUALLY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 19:42:52 THIS. WHAT 19:42:55 I WOULD LIKE IS FOR YOU TO PUT IT IN PLACE FOR A WAY 19:42:58 THAT PEOPLE COULD DO THEIR 3 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS. WHETHER IT BE POWERPOINT 19:43:03 OR VIDEO 19:43:06 OF THEIR FACE SHOWING AND HOLDING UP STUFF 19:43:09 , BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO DO. SO 19:43:12 UNTIL YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTING 19:43:17 PEOPLE'S RIGHTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT 19:43:20 . AND WHEN I LOOK THROUGH ALL OF 19:43:23 WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE 19:43:27 THIS CORRECT, I THINK YOU NEED TO CONSIDER 19:43:30 THE TRANSMISSION RATES AND THE FACT 19:43:34 THAT THIS WOULD SEEM TO SUGGEST WE SHOULDN'T HAVE 19:43:37 KIDS IN SCHOOL. IF WE CAN'T HAVE A PUBLIC 19:43:40 MEETING, THEN HOW 19:43:43 CAN KIDS BE REQUIRED TO GO TO CLASS? 19:43:47 YOU SEEM TO SUGGEST 19:43:51 THAT 19:43:54 -- THAT YOU SOMEHOW ARE ABOVE 19:43:58 TEACHERS 19:44:02 AND THE RISK THEY NEED TO TAKE. NOW TO BE CLEAR, 19:44:05 MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU CREATE 19:44:08 A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE PRESENTATIONS 19:44:11 DURING MEETINGS. WHETHER IT'S PRE-SUBMITTAL 19:44:15 SO THAT THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT UP, OR IF 19:44:18 YOU'RE ABLE/WILLING 19:44:21 TO GIVE THE MEETING OVER TO SOMEONE SO THEY CAN GIVE A PRESENTATION WHERE THEY 19:44:24 CAN SHOW CHARTS OR GRAPHS. BUT I REALLY 19:44:27 FEEL THIS IS 19:44:31 LESSENING THE IMPACT THAT CITIZENS HAVE ON THE COUNCIL. 19:44:34 AND, THEREFORE, A VIOLATION OF THE 19:44:37 BROWN ACT UNTIL YOU RESOLVE THAT. THANK YOU 19:44:40 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AS NOT 19:44:43 ED IN THE BEGINNING, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT IF 19:44:46 YOU ARE TO EMAIL US, THAT IS ADDED TO OUR AGENDA 19:44:50 ITEMS AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOUR ATTACHMENTS, 19:44:53 WHICH WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SUBMIT TO US, AND THOSE ARE CONSIDERED AS PART 19:44:56 OF OUR PUBLIC RECORD. 19:45:01 ARE THERE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? MAY 19:45:04 I GET A MOTION? >> Councilmember Jones: SO 19:45:07 MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THIS IS AGAIN FOR ITEM 19:45:12 2F. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED 19:45:15 BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. ROLL CALL, PLEASE 19:45:18 . >> Ms. Gauthier: 19:45:22 COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN 19:45:25 , AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES 19:45:28 , AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:45:31 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI 19:45:35 , AYE. 19:45:38 >> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION PASSES EU NAN MUSTILY. 19:45:41 UNANIMOUSLY 19:45:45 . NEXT IS ITEM 2G. I 19:45:48 BELIEVE SHARON SCHARFF WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. >> Ms. 19:45:51 Gauthier: CORRECT, MAYOR. 19:45:55 >> Mayor Mei: THIS IS FOR THE PAVEMENT CONTRACTS. >> Ms. Gauthier: SHARON, 19:45:58 IF YOU'D PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF? >> HI. MAY I ASK A 19:46:01 QUESTION BEFORE I START? 19:46:04 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A 19:46:07 REMOVAL FROM CONSENT CALENDAR 19:46:11 , THIS IS STILL BASICALLY A 3-MINUTE MONOLOGUE? 19:46:16 >> Mayor Mei: IT'S A 3 MINUTE -- >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES 19:46:19 . >> IS THERE ANY BACK AND FORTH OR NOT? 19:46:22 >> Mayor Mei: NO. I 19:46:26 WOULD HAVE TO REFER TO OUR COUNSEL BUT THERE'S NO 19:46:29 -- >> OKAY. WELL, I'VE REQUESTED THE REMOVAL 19:46:32 OF THIS ITEM TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING THE APPROVAL 19:46:35 OF MAINTENANCE PROJECTS FOR SPECIFIC 19:46:39 MAINTENANCE ITEMS NO LONGER BEING EXECUTED IN A TRANSPARENT OR 19:46:42 ACCEPTABLE MANNER. 19:46:45 2018, PWC 19:46:49 8195P WAS APPROVED UNDER A VERY SPECIFIC STREET MAINTENANCE 19:46:52 PROJECT, WHICH IN THE 30 YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE, MEANT EXACTLY 19:46:56 THAT, REPAIRING OR RESEALING THE STREET. SIGNS 19:46:59 WERE POSTED WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTED, ONLY INDICATING 19:47:02 THE APPROVED MAINTENANCE PLAN WOULD BE PERFORMED. 19:47:06 AN ESTABLISHED STREET WITH ZERO FATALITIES AND 19:47:09 THREE MINOR COLLISIONS SINCE ITS CREATION IN 19:47:12 1972, IN A HISTORIC AREA OF OUR CITY 19:47:16 , LET ME REPEAT THAT, 19:47:19 RANCHO ARROYO HAD ZERO FATALITIES AND 19:47:22 THREE MINOR COLLISIONS SINCE 1972. 19:47:26 INSTEAD, WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING OR EVEN PUBLIC NOTICE 19:47:29 , THE WORK PERFORMED FAR EXCEEDED STREET 19:47:32 MAINTENANCE. THE PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED 19:47:36 BY COUNCIL, A SIMPLE CEQA EXEMPT 19:47:39 MAINTENANCE PROJECT TURNED INTO A RESTRUCTURING OF A ONCE UNIQUE AND PROTECTED 19:47:43 ISOLATED AREA. PUBLIC WORKS CREATED STREET PARKING 19:47:46 , REMOVED A LOADING ZONE, ADDED BUFFER 19:47:49 LANES, REDUCED ACCESS, RESTRICTED 19:47:53 RIGHT AND LEFT TURNING AND VISIBILITY, ALL TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE SAFETY 19:47:56 AND CHARACTER OF RANCHO ARROYO. THESE CHANGES WERE IN 19:47:59 DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE ORIGINAL PUD 19:48:04 722, CITY ORDINANCE 847, CITY ORDINANCE 19:48:08 1114, 1986 CITY COUNCIL 19:48:11 RESOLUTION 660, WHICH RATIFIED NO 19:48:14 PARKING AND ADDED A LOADING ZONE FOR SAFETY. 19:48:20 THIS HAS SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 19:48:23 AND RESIDENCES. I'M REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO CLARIFY 19:48:26 WITH THE CITY MANAGER THE PROPER PROCEDURES WHEN CHANGING THE SCOPE 19:48:29 OF A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECT CURRENTLY 19:48:32 PUSHED THROUGH AS A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM. THERE 19:48:35 REALLY IS NO EXCUSE THAT THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THE 19:48:40 MAINTENANCE PROJECT SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC PRIOR TO 19:48:43 PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE PROCEDURAL 19:48:46 REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE, AND THEY ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY 19:48:50 EXEMPT FROM CEQA OR STUDY. THE 19:48:53 PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY DISREGARD FOR THE 19:48:56 SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THE WORK TO BE 19:49:00 DONE MADE PUBLIC, AGAIN, PRIOR TO THE 19:49:03 WORK BEING DONE. AND I WILL BE HAPPY 19:49:06 TO DELIVER TO YOU ALL MY BACK 19:49:08 UP. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:49:14 MAY I GET ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN 19:49:17 , YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED. 19:49:21 >> YES, THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. YES, I WAS WONDER 19:49:24 ING, THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, ARE 19:49:28 THEY FOR SPECIFIC STREETS OR IS IT JUST GENERAL WHEREVER NEEDED 19:49:31 ? IF IT'S SPECIFIC STREETS, IS THERE A WAY YOU 19:49:34 COULD SHARE THOSE PROJECTS WITH US? 19:49:37 OR SEND US AN EMAIL? FLEESH 19:49:40 ? 19:49:44 >> Mayor Mei: HI, HANS. >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN 19:49:47 , THIS IS HANS LARSEN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO THE 19:49:50 WORK THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS 19:49:53 ITEM IS A BASIC MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY WHERE 19:49:56 WE SEAL CRACKS ON THE ROAD 19:49:59 WAY, WHERE THEY EXIST. AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY 19:50:02 A PRECURSOR TO A SURFACE SEAL 19:50:06 ING TREATMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FOLLOWING 19:50:09 YEAR. TYPICALLY WE WILL 19:50:13 POST THOSE STREET ON OUR PAVEMENT 19:50:17 MAINTENANCE WEBSITE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE ARE. WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO THAT JUST 19:50:20 FOR THE CRACK SEALING ACTIVITY 19:50:23 SINCE IT ISN'T A MAJOR ITEM AND IT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS WHERE WE'RE 19:50:26 DOING THE WORK, IF THERE'S A BIG CRACK ON THE ROAD, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR 19:50:30 OUT THERE FILLING THOSE CRACKS. 19:50:33 IF I COULD JUST ADD SORT OF JUST FOLLOW 19:50:36 ING ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE 19:50:39 , WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE BACK IN 2018, WE WERE A 19:50:43 BIT BOLD WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING ON MODIFY 19:50:46 ING OUR STREETS TO BE SAFE AND COMPLETE 19:50:49 . THE WORK ON RANCHO 19:50:53 ARROYO PARKWAY WAS CONSISTENT WITH A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 19:50:56 THAT MODIFIED THAT STREET FROM A FOUR- 19:50:59 LANE ROADWAY TO A TWO-LANE ROADWAY, SO WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY WITH 19:51:02 THE PAVEMENT PROJECT TO MAKE THAT 19:51:06 MODIFICATION. WE DID HEAR FROM THE 19:51:09 COMMUNITY THE CONCERNS. WE DID HAVE TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT 19:51:12 THAT PROJECT AND IMPROVEMENTS ON NILES 19:51:16 BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY 19:51:19 SURVEYS. SO WE DID SORT OF APOLOGIZE 19:51:22 FOR THE SURPRISE EFFECT THAT OCCURRED IN THAT CASE 19:51:25 , AND SINCE THEN, ANY PAVEMENT 19:51:29 MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT INCLUDES ANY CHANGES 19:51:32 TO THE NUMBER OF LANES OR ANY CHANGES IN PARKING 19:51:35 , IT'S BEEN OUR STANDARD PRACTICE TO 19:51:39 HAVE NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE CHANGES, AND 19:51:42 THEN WE DO SPECIFIC 19:51:45 ALLY DISCLOSE THOSE CHANGES IN THE STAFF REPORT AS PART OF 19:51:48 THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. SO THERE'VE BEEN 19:51:51 SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATIONS SINCE 2018. 19:51:54 SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD. BE HAPPY 19:51:57 TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 19:52:03 >> Vice Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, MR. LARSEN. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:52:06 SO ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL 19:52:10 ? SEEING NONE 19:52:12 ? >> Councilmember Jones: MAYOR MEI? >> Mayor Mei: YES. 19:52:15 >> Councilmember Jones: AS THIS IS SIMPLY AN ITEM TO APPROVE A CONTRACT 19:52:18 WITH A COMPANY TO REPAIR CRACKS IN THE ROADWAY, I MOVE TO APPROVE 19:52:21 . >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 19:52:24 >> Councilmember Keng: I WILL SECOND THAT. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY 19:52:27 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: 19:52:31 YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER 19:52:34 SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE 19:52:38 . COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 19:52:41 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR 19:52:45 SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE 19:52:48 . THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FOR 19:52:51 ITEM 2G AS IN GEORGE. 19:52:54 NEXT IS ITEM 2H AS IN 19:52:58 HARRY, I'M TRYING TO -- 19:53:00 >> Ms. Gauthier: KELLY RAISED HAND. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. 19:53:04 CAN WE PLEASE CALL HIM? 19:53:10 >> Ms. Gauthier: KELLY, 989? PHONE NUMBER 19:53:14 989? >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 19:53:17 THIS IS ABOUT A PR FIRM CONTRACT, AND THIS PR 19:53:20 FIRM OFFERS A LOT OF -- A WHOLE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICE 19:53:23 S. IT'S A HIGH END, 19:53:26 HIGH-TECH, HIGH TOUCH PR FIRM. AND 19:53:30 LAST I CHECKED, THE PLAY BOOK OF PR, PUBLIC RELATIONS, IT'S 19:53:34 SIMPLE. TELL A STORY, MAKE IT RELEVANT, MAKE IT 19:53:37 INTERESTING, COMMUNICATE TO THE AUDIENCE, 19:53:40 RESPOND TO QUESTIONS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE BASED 19:53:43 ON TRUST, AND DON'T LIE OR 19:53:46 MISREPRESENT THE FACTS OR REWRITE THE 19:53:49 FACTS TO TWIST THE TRUTH. OF COURSE THE CITY BROKE ALL 19:53:52 THOSE RULES LAST WEEK AT MISSION PEAK WHEN IT LIED LAST 19:53:55 WEEK ABOUT CLOSING THE PARK LAST YEAR. 19:53:59 AND SO NOW WE'RE INTO CRISIS MANAGEMENT 19:54:02 WHEN YOU TELL THOSE KIND OF LIES AND YOU GET CAUGHT. AND 19:54:05 CRISIS MANAGEMENT, THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TOO. IF THE 19:54:08 CLIENT LIED ABOUT WRONGDOING, THEN THE PR AGENCY 19:54:12 SHOULD PROBABLY RESIGN THE ACCOUNT. IF 19:54:15 THE INDIVIDUALS ACTED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT, THEN 19:54:18 YOU JUST APPLY THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES AS FOR OTHER CRISIS 19:54:22 S, YOU USE HONEST, GOOD CARING INFORMATION, I'M JUST READING THIS OFF 19:54:25 OF INTERNET PLAY BOOKS. YOU ADMIT WE DON'T KNOW, 19:54:28 WE'RE SHOCKED, WE'RE SADDENED, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION 19:54:31 IMMEDIATELY. YOU TAKE THOSE REMEDIAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS 19:54:34 AS NECESSARY. SO THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO NEED 19:54:37 A LOT MORE PR HELP, YOU KNOW, FROM REALLY SKILLED PR 19:54:41 PEOPLE, GET THE TOP LEVEL PEOPLE IN HERE, I'M 19:54:44 SURE THEY'RE IN THAT FIRM, TO FIX THE LIES ABOUT MISSION 19:54:48 PEAK, YOU KNOW, STOP THE BLEEDING BY 19:54:51 CORRECTING AND CLARIFYING, JUST CORRECT AND CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD 19:54:54 AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JUST SAID. YOU KNOW. 19:54:57 JUST CLARIFY AND CORRECT THE RECORD AND ADMIT 19:55:01 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, DON'T MISMANAGE THE CITY 19:55:04 COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH ANY MORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE, 19:55:07 AND STOP MISMANAGING THE CITY'S REPUTATION 19:55:10 . AND ALL OF THAT CAN BE DONE, BUT IT'S GOING TO 19:55:13 REQUIRE CONTINGENCY, MORE MONEY IN THIS CONTRACT. BECAUSE IT'S ONLY 19:55:17 LESS THAN $200,000 A YEAR, AND THIS CITY HAS 19:55:20 DONE A LOT MORE DAMAGE THAN THAT. JUST 19:55:23 IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO. AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 19:55:26 A LOT MORE PR HELP AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET THOSE PEOPLE IN HERE AND HELP YOU 19:55:28 OUT. YOU'RE BLEEDING. STOP THE BLEEDING. 19:55:31 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND 19:55:35 THEN THE NEXT SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM 19:55:38 IS SHARON SCHARFF. WELCOME. 19:55:42 >> 19:55:52 HI, SORRY. I HAD RAISED MY HAND WHEN 19:55:55 HANS LARSEN WAS SPEAKING. SORRY. >> Mayor Mei: OH, OKAY 19:55:58 . THANK YOU. 19:56:03 SEEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WAS GOING TO JUST MAKE A 19:56:06 COMMENT REAL QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE 19:56:10 HOFFMAN CONTRACT, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THEY 19:56:13 WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS AMONGST THE PR FIRMS FROM AROUND 19:56:16 THE GLOBE, AND NAMED GLOBAL TECH AGENCY 19:56:19 OF THE YEAR BY 19:56:22 PROVOKE MEDIA. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE 19:56:25 HONORED WITH AFTER THE STAFF REPORT. BUT COULD I 19:56:29 HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON 19:56:32 ITEM -- >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVED. >> Councilmember Jones: SECOND. 19:56:35 >> Mayor Mei: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THIS IS ON ITEM 2H AS 19:56:39 IN HAM. 19:56:44 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 19:56:48 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE 19:56:52 . COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG 19:56:55 , AYE. 19:56:59 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, 19:57:02 AYE. >> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION 19:57:05 PASSES FOR ITEM 2H AS IN HAM. NEXT IS 19:57:09 ITEM 5A AS 19:57:12 IN APPLE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS PULLED, 19:57:16 AND -- >> Ms. Gauthier: BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. 19:57:19 >> Councilmember Cox: THAT'S CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH 19:57:23 . I JUST WANTED 19:57:26 TO FIRST THANK THE RECREATION COMMISSION 19:57:29 FOR CONSIDERING ALL THE PROPOSED 19:57:32 QUOTES AND SELECTING THE ONE THAT 19:57:37 IS BEING QUOTED BY CORETTA SCOTT 19:57:40 KING, WHICH BASICALLY IS VERY SYMBOLIC OF 19:57:44 OUR NEW INCLUSION DIVERSITY AND 19:57:47 EQUITY, BUT ALSO TO SERVE AS A 19:57:50 CENTER AND PART OF THE SOUL OF OUR 19:57:54 CITY OF FREMONT. AND SO I WANTED TO THANK 19:57:58 THE RECREATION COMMISSION CHAIRED 19:58:01 BY JANNET PENCE AND ALL THE OTHER 19:58:04 COMMISSIONERS. I REALLY THANK THEM FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL AND WORKING 19:58:08 WITH OUR CITY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THE CITY STAFF'S HARD 19:58:11 WORK AS WELL. 19:58:14 I WANTED TO PULL THIS BECAUSE IT'S A MOMENT OF 19:58:17 REVERENCE FOR ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW 19:58:21 CORETTA SCOTT KING WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE, I KNEW HER FAMILY 19:58:24 , AND SHE'S ALSO BESIDES 19:58:27 BEING AN INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN 19:58:30 AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, AND THE 19:58:34 WIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, THAT I COULD 19:58:37 NOT JUST LET THIS JUST BE PASSED 19:58:41 AS A CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOMEONE THAT 19:58:44 IS SO POWERFUL, SO WELL RECOGNIZED 19:58:48 AROUND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT 19:58:52 REPRESENT ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY HERE IN FREMONT, 19:58:56 AND OF HIGH 19:58:59 RESPECT, HIGH REVERENCE THAT WE PAY TRIBUTE 19:59:02 TO SUCH A PHENOMENAL LEADER. BUT ALSO ON A PERSONAL 19:59:05 NOTE, HAVING KNOWN THE FAMILY, HAVING WORKED WITH THEM ON THE 19:59:08 MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION AND ALSO HAVING 19:59:12 THE DISTINCT HONOR OF HAVING HER AS 19:59:15 MYSELF WE'RE ALL MEMBERS 19:59:19 OF ALPHA CAPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED 19:59:22 , SO EVERY TIME WE HEAR HER NAME, WE 19:59:25 HAVE HIGH REVERENCE AND HIGH RESPECT, AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO 19:59:28 RECOGNIZE THAT, AND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT MADE 19:59:31 THIS POSSIBLE. 19:59:34 AND IT'S AN EXCITING TIME HERE IN FREMONT WITH A LOT OF THE POSITIVE 19:59:38 CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING. SO WITH THAT, I 19:59:41 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. 19:59:51 ITEM 5A. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER 19:59:54 COX AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG. COULD WE GET 19:59:57 A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE? >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, 19:59:59 MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. MOST DEFINITELY. 20:00:03 >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 20:00:07 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 20:00:11 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 20:00:15 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE. >> Mayor Mei: 20:00:18 SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND I ALSO WANTED 20:00:21 TO THANK CITY MANAGER KARENA SHACKELFORD 20:00:27 . WE HAD THE PLEASURE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A 20:00:30 PRETTY HISTORIC MOMENT TO HAVE BOTH THE KING FAMILY AND 20:00:34 ALSO THE CHAVEZ FAMILY 20:00:37 AND THE GANDHI FAMILY TOGETHER OVER AT THE 20:00:41 MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE 20:00:44 A DIVERSITY OF HERITAGE AND THIS IS VERY 20:00:48 IMPORTANT FOR US IN THIS UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK, WE'RE HOPEFULLY 20:00:51 UNITED FOR KINDNESS, AND IT WAS KINDNESS DAY EARLIER, TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT 20:00:54 THAT WE SHOULD BE A CITY THAT IS PROUD OF OUR KINDNESS AND WELCOME 20:00:58 ING TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO I'M VERY 20:01:01 GRATEFUL FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING 20:01:04 US. I THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF THESE 20:01:07 RESOURCES IN THE BAY AREA AND HOPEFULLY WITH THAT CENTER 20:01:10 , WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 20:01:14 SIGNAGE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M VERY PROUD OF IN THE DOWNTOWN 20:01:17 EVENT CENTER, WHERE IT'S ONES THAT CAN BE FLEXIBLE AND 20:01:22 DIGITAL SO THAT CAN MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND 20:01:25 HOPEFULLY HAVE BRAILLE AND SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE 20:01:28 TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES. >> Councilmember Cox: MAYOR, MAY I HAVE A PERSONAL POINT OF 20:01:31 PRIVILEGE? CAN WE JUST READ THIS QUOTE JUST ONE MORE 20:01:34 TIME, JUST 20:01:38 EVERYONE CAN HEAR WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT? I 20:01:41 APPRECIATE THE OTHER WORKS WITH THE CITY, WITH OUR CITY 20:01:44 MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD AND ANY OTHERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN 20:01:47 THIS. CORETTA SCOTT KING'S QUOTE 20:01:51 STATES THE FOLLOWING. >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO ASK 20:01:55 -- COX THE GREATNESS OF A COMMUNITY IS MOST ACCURATELY 20:01:58 MEASURED BY THE COMPASSIONATE ACTIONS OF ITS MEMBERS 20:02:01 . OUR HEART 20:02:04 OF GRACE AND SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE 20:02:06 . THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 20:02:10 I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO SHARE THAT, 20:02:13 BUT THANK YOU. 20:02:17 NEXT IS ITEM 20:02:20 5C. THAT 20:02:23 IS THE BOND ISSUANCE. THAT'S FOR PACIFIC 20:02:26 WEST COMMUNITIES. 20:02:31 INCORPORATED. THERE'S NO PRESENTATION. BUT I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A 20:02:35 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT BONDS 20:02:38 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFINANCING A MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE 20:02:41 HOUSING PROJECT KNOWN AS OSGOOD APARTMENTS 20:02:44 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT LOCATED IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND 20:02:47 THE PUBLIC HEARING 20:02:51 REGARDING THE FINANCING IS REQUIRED BY 20:02:54 FEDERAL TAX LAW. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AND 20:02:57 WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO 20:03:00 SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED FINANCING. I SEE WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED 20:03:03 . AND SO LISA DANS 20:03:06 DANZ? >> LISA DA 20:03:09 NZ FROM DISTRICT 36. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT 20:03:12 PROJECT TO GET OVER 100 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 20:03:16 AT NO COST TO FREMONT AND I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE FOR IT. 20:03:19 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS 20:03:23 ITEM? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 20:03:26 ITEM 5C, AND WERE THERE 20:03:30 ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED TAX EXEMPT BONDS 20:03:34 BONDS, MS. GAUTHIER? >> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE RECEIVED 20:03:36 NOTHING. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVE. 20:03:39 >> Mayor Mei: THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED THEN. 20:03:43 AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE ACTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING 20:03:46 THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING 20:03:50 REVENUE BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL 20:03:53 FINANCE AUTHORITY. AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE 20:03:57 THAT, AND MAY I GET A SECOND? 20:04:01 >> Councilmember Jones: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. 20:04:04 THANK YOU. SO MOTION AND SECOND, COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, 20:04:07 PLEASE? >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE 20:04:11 . MOST DEFINITELY. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE 20:04:15 . COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 20:04:18 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. 20:04:22 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR 20:04:25 MEI, AYE. AND SO 20:04:28 CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS JUST PART OF OUR CITY'S 20:04:31 EFFORT AND I WANTED TO THANK 20:04:34 NOW INCOMING VICE MAYOR SALWAN FOR 20:04:37 HIS -- I THINK HE MADE SOME GREAT COMMENTS THIS WEEK, 20:04:40 I SAW ALSO FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, TO TALK ABOUT OUR 20:04:44 OVERALL IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITIES ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 20:04:47 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS SO CRITICAL 20:04:50 AND IN PARTICULAR ON OSGOOD, SOME OF THE 20:04:54 LARGE PROJECTS THERE. NEXT IS A REFERRAL 20:04:57 FOR APPOINTMENT TO ADVISORY BODIES AND WE HAVE SEVERAL 20:05:00 THAT ARE ALSO OPEN AND AGAIN I'D ASK PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THOSE 20:05:03 THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THOSE ARE P.O.W.'S 20:05:06 POSTED, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THOSE WOULD BE 20:05:09 AVAILABLE BEEN POSTING ON OUR WEBSITE. BUT THIS IS FOR THE YOUTH VIED 20:05:13 ADVISORY COMMISSIONS. SO 20:05:17 COULD YOU GET A MOTION? VICE MAYOR SHAO. SECONDED 20:05:20 BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN -- SOON TO 20:05:23 BE -- WE'RE SWAPPED BUT -- SO 20:05:26 -- >> Vice Mayor Salwan: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. 20:05:30 COULD I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE? 20:05:33 >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. 20:05:36 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. 20:05:40 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, 20:05:48 SORRY. DIFFERENT iPAD. AYE. 20:05:51 >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 20:05:55 VICE MAYOR SHAO, AYE. MAYOR MEI, AYE 20:05:58 . SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 20:06:02 AND AT THIS TIME, I GUESS -- ARE 20:06:05 THERE ANY ORAL REPORTS? I WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE -- BECAUSE I KNOW SO 20:06:08 MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO PART OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS 20:06:11 , AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE FROM YOUR MEETINGS 20:06:14 , AND I'D LIKE TO EXTEND THAT. I SEE VICE MAYOR 20:06:18 SHAO OR -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO 20:06:22 . >> Councilmember Shao: SURE. FOR THE ALAMEDA COUNTY 20:06:26 HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE DO NOT 20:06:29 HAVE ANY MEETING IN THE MONTH OF 20:06:34 NOVEMBER. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE PROGRAM 20:06:37 TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP OR 20:06:40 TO PROVIDE SKILL TRAINING FOR 20:06:44 TENANTS IN 20:06:47 OUR PROGRAM, AND THIS MONTH WE 20:06:51 HAVE 20:06:54 AN AWARDING CEREMONY FOR EITHER THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY 20:06:57 GRADUATED WITH THE HELP OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIP 20:07:01 S, OR FROM NEW 20:07:04 JOBS THAT ALL THE GRADUATES 20:07:07 FROM THIS PROGRAM WERE CONGRATULATED 20:07:10 BY THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS THE 20:07:15 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HATA. , AND 20:07:18 THAT WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW THAT EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC 20:07:21 , THIS PROGRAM STILL 20:07:24 IS SUCCESSFUL WITH HIGH PARTICIPATION 20:07:27 , AND STRONG SUPPORT 20:07:30 FROM HATA ITSELF 20:07:34 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 20:07:37 COX? >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO 20:07:40 ALSO REPORT OUT THAT I ATTENDED AS WELL AS SOME 20:07:43 OF MY OTHER CITY COUNCILMEMBERS 20:07:47 , WE ATTENDED THE FREMONT POLICE THAT PROUDLY PRESENTED THE 20:07:51 2021 HONORS DAY FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEW HIRES, THE 20:07:54 PROMOTIONS AND THE RETIREMENTS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY 20:07:57 THAT IT WAS TRULY 20:08:01 A JOY TO SEE ALL OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FREMONT 20:08:04 POLICE AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT, AND I 20:08:07 WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY FOR ALL OF 20:08:11 THEIR HELP, CONTINUED SERVICE 20:08:14 TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND SUPPORT IT 20:08:17 , WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED AT THE HONORS 20:08:20 DAY SUPPORTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND 20:08:23 ALSO THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE AND KNOW ABOUT 20:08:27 MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBER RICK JONES 20:08:30 BEING THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR WHEN 20:08:33 HE WAS IN THE POLICE FORCE, AND I 20:08:37 ALSO WANT TO HONOR ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE 20:08:40 HIM, AND IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE 20:08:44 WORKING WITH OUR POLICE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 20:08:47 COMING WEEK WITH OUR 20:08:50 SECOND SWEARING IN CEREMONY THAT'S FOR THE 20:08:54 PUBLIC WITH THEIR NEW FREMONT POLICE CHIEF, SEAN 20:08:57 WASHINGTON. BUT THE WHOLE FREMONT 20:09:00 POLICE DID A 20:09:03 WONDERFUL JOB ON THAT DAY AND MADE US VERY PROUD. SO LOOK 20:09:06 FORWARD TO THE CONTINUING COLLABORATIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO 20:09:10 TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH EVERY 20:09:13 ONE. 20:09:19 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE OUR BEST WISHES FOR ONE OF OUR OFFICERS 20:09:22 FOR THEIR SMOOTH RECOVERY. I KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR OFFICERS 20:09:25 WAS INJURED EARLIER THIS WEEK 20:09:28 . AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL OUT, 20:09:31 IF ANYONE COULD HELP, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHICH WE HAD GIVEN 20:09:34 A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR LAST WEEK, A TODDLER 20:09:38 THAT WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED, 20:09:42 AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO COULD HELP WITH THAT, I KNOW THE FAMILY 20:09:45 WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF PEOPLE COULD STEP FORWARD. 20:09:48 AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT 20:09:51 FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING AT CHALLENGES DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON 20:09:54 , WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND I KNOW THERE'S 20:09:57 BEEN COLLECTIONS FOR BOTH OUR HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO 20:10:00 FOR OUR YOUTH, FOSTER YOUTH, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE COLLECTING 20:10:04 GIFT CARDS, SOCKS, MITTENS AND 20:10:07 GLOVES, AND SO I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED 20:10:10 SUPPORT. AND OUR CITY IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS 20:10:14 OF CONTINUING TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE 20:10:18 AND THROUGH EAST BAY COMMUNITY ENERGY, WHICH 20:10:21 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER COX AND I HAVE SERVED ON, ALONG WITH OTHERS IN 20:10:24 THE PAST, THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR 20:10:27 RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE 20:10:30 . THERE'S ALSO THROUGH THE FREMONT CHAMBER WHO WAS 20:10:33 PRESENTED SOME RECOGNITION EARLIER TONIGHT, THERE 20:10:37 ARE ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS, AS WELL 20:10:40 AS SKILLS TRAININGS FOR BANK JOBS AND OTHER TYPES 20:10:43 OF OPPORTUNITIES, AND I ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING 20:10:47 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THAT. AND FINALLY 20:10:50 ALSO PLEASE NOTE, WE ALSO HAVE SOMETIMES 20:10:53 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPERATED AND GIVEN TO OUR 20:10:57 COMMUNITY THROUGH COMPASSIONATE NETWORK, AS WELL AS 20:11:01 FREMONT, THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE MEALS 20:11:04 . SOME OF THOSE DATES, BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS, 20:11:07 HAVE BEEN MOVED, SO IF YOU COULD FOLLOW THAT, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU 20:11:10 TO LOOK AT THOSE CHANGES ON OUR WEBSITE IN FREMONT FAMILY 20:11:13 RESOURCE CENTER, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO IF 20:11:16 YOU HAVE NEED, THE COMPASSIONATE NETWORK 20:11:19 AND SOME OTHERS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THANKSGIVING ASSISTANCE AND 20:11:23 MEALS, AS WELL AS WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH 20:11:26 TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS IN THE PAST TO DELIVER FOOD AND 20:11:29 SERVICES TO THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP OUT WITH DELIVER 20:11:32 ING MEALS THAT DAY. AND SO IN THE INTERIM, 20:11:35 I WISH YOU ALL SAFETY AND HEALTH. IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL 20:11:39 BOOSTER SHOTS AS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, I AM DELIGHTED TO 20:11:42 SHARE THAT WE ARE AT 89% FULLY 20:11:45 VACCINATED AND THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS 20:11:49 SUCH AS HALLER'S, BAY AREA 20:11:52 COMMUNITY HEALTH, SUTTER HEALTH, KAISER, WASHINGTON HOSPITAL 20:11:55 AND OUR LOCAL PHARMACIES SUCH AS CVS AND WALGREENS 20:11:58 . SO IF YOU NEED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE 20:12:01 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS 20:12:05 THROUGH THE FREMONT HUMAN SERVICES. AND 20:12:08 THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE STAFF AND ALL OF YOU WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE 20:12:11 . AND SO WITH THAT, I WISH YOU 20:12:14 ALL GOOD HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND IF 20:12:18 THE TIME 20:12:21 -- WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU AND CELEBRATING IN RECOGNITION OF 20:12:24 OUR NEW FREMONT POLICE CHIEF, AND I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE YOU TO 20:12:27 A COFFEE THAT I WILL BE HOSTING IN PARTNERSHIP 20:12:31 WITH THE CHAMBER, AND I KNOW THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 20:12:34 WITH A WONDERFUL START WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER TOO 20:12:37 , WHO IS GOING TO BE HOSTING ONE WITH THE CHAMBER TOO. SO WITH 20:12:40 THAT, I WISH YOU ALL WELL AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING