19:00:57 I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER -- TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. >> Councilmember Shao: SORRY, MAYOR, 19:01:04 ARE YOU ASKING ME TO LEAD THE PLEDGE? >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, MAYOR, YOU'RE 19:01:08 BREAKING UP PRETTY BAD THIS EVENING. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. OH, NO. 19:01:14 COCOUNCILMEMBER JONES? >> Councilmember Jones: YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 19:01:22 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE 19:01:34 NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> I'M HOPING THIS HELPS A LITTLE. 19:01:42 I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. I'LL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY BANDWIDTH. 19:01:50 BUT THIS WEEKEND, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> Ms. Gauthier: MAY I TAKE ROLL CALL 19:01:52 REALLY QUICKLY? >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. 19:02:00 COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. 19:02:07 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. VICE MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT. 19:02:15 MAYOR MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THIS WEEKEND HAS A 19:02:21 CELEBRATION FOR 225 YEARS OF FOUNDER'S DAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL IN MISSION SAN JOSÉ. 19:02:26 THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. BOTH DAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE'LL HAVE FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES 19:02:36 INCLUDING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORICAL TOURS, RAFFLE PRIZES, INTERNATIONAL FOOD, AND BEER & WINE! 19:02:43 GO TO MISSION225.ORG TO PLAN OUT YOUR WEEKEND. THERE ARE VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE CITY CLERK'S 19:02:53 OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING, GO TO 19:02:55 THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, & COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 19:03:04 AT 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTRONIC MEETING WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO SO 19:03:16 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BY CLICKING ON THE "RAISE HAND" ICON, OR IF CALLING IN BY DIALING "*9." I WILL MAKE AN 19:03:19 ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. IF 19:03:25 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, STATE THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE REPRESENTING. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO 19:03:32 THE CITY CLERK ARE COMPILED, DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, AND PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S 19:03:38 AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV, AND WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I WOULD LIKE TO 19:03:43 ANNOUNCE THIS MEETING WILL GO UNTIL 11:30 PM THIS EVENING IF NEEDED. 19:03:47 WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL 19:03:50 COMMUNICATIONS, AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL TAKE THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, IF 19:03:58 TIME REMAINS. I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CITY MANAGER KARENA SHACKELFORD TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS 19:04:00 AND TO INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS TIME. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, 19:04:09 MADAME MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. YES, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ME THIS 19:04:16 EVENING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY CLERK, SUSAN GAUTHIER, AND OUR CITY 19:04:23 ATTORNEY, MY COLLEAGUE, RAFAEL ALVARADO, WHO WILL NOW PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CLOSED SESSION. 19:04:28 THANK YOU. >> ATTORNEY ALVARADO: THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD. 19:04:33 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WILL REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION FOR THE MAY 31ST SPECIAL MEETING AND 19:04:38 FOR TONIGHT'S JUNE 7TH SPECIAL MEETING. IN THOSE TWO CLOSED SESSIONS, THE 19:04:47 COUNCIL CONDUCTED A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO SECTION 549.746 FOR THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS LISTED 19:04:52 ON THOSE AGENDAS. THE COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION BUT TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION. 19:05:00 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 19:05:06 THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION 19:05:17 WILL STAND. SO IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO PULL OR THE 19:05:22 COUNCIL? MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC? >> Ms. Gauthier: THERE ARE NO HANDS 19:05:26 RAISED FROM THE PUBLIC. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. >> Councilmember Jones: MOVE TO 19:05:28 APPROVE. >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:05:40 MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. ALSO I WOULD JUST REALLY QUICKLY NOTE 19:05:47 THAT BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS VOTE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND READING ORDINANCE INTRODUCED BY RAFAEL FOR 19:05:53 ITEM 2C. FROM AN INTRODUCTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM 2.1. 19:05:57 >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCES ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT 19:06:03 CALENDAR INTO THE RECORD NOW. FOR ITEM 2C, THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF 19:06:11 FREMONT AMENDING CHAPTER 12.05 ENCROACHMENT TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS UNDER FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 19:06:18 -- EXCUSE ME TITLE 12, STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. AND CHAPTER 18.25, DEFINITIONS, AS 19:06:23 WELL AS CHAPTER 18.190, SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MISCELLANEOUS USES. 19:06:29 UNDER FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 18 PLANNING AND ZONING TO SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT 19:06:35 STANDARDS, AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL PATIOS ON CITY-OWNED AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. 19:06:42 IN ADDITION -- >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> THERE'S -- EXCUSE ME, I BELIEVE 19:06:57 THERE'S ONE MORE. GO DOWN TO ITEM 2I. WHICH IS AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 19:07:05 12.20.060, PROHIBITED CONDUCT IN PARKS, INTRODUCTION -- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 12, 19:07:15 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, CHAPTER 12.20 PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS, SECTION 12.20-060, 19:07:21 PROHIBITED CONDUCT GENERALLY REGARDING DRONES AND OTHER MOTORIZED DEVICES IN PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS, AND 19:07:25 DEFINED AT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA. THANK YOU. 19:07:34 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, 19:07:37 PLEASE? THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, 19:07:42 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. 19:07:50 COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. VICE MAYOR SALWAN, AYE. 19:07:56 MAYOR MEI, AYE. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 19:08:05 THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING WILL BE A CEREMONIAL ITEM, A 19:08:09 PROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE MONTH. I WANTED TO THANK -- I THINK IT WILL BE ACCEPTED THIS EVENING BY JOHN 19:08:22 SCHINKEL. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT IS STRENGTHENED BY THE RICH DIVERSITY OF 19:08:26 ETHNIC CULTURAL, RACIAL, GENDER, AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES OF ITS RESIDENTS; ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE 19:08:32 CHARACTER OF OUR CITY; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT RECENTLY PROCLAIMED MAY 17 AS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST 19:08:37 HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, AND BIPHOBIA; WHICH STATES THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQ+ PERSONS ARE THE SAME AS HUMAN 19:08:44 RIGHTS TO WHICH ALL PERSONS ARE ENTITLED; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT HAS A LONG STANDING TRADITION 19:08:53 OF UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, SUPPORTING LEGAL EQUALITY AND FAIR TREATMENT FOR ALL CITIZENS 19:09:00 AND ENSURING THAT ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND HATRED WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, HAVING EARNED 90 OUT OF A 19:09:13 POSSIBLE 100 POINTS ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN'S MUNICIPAL EQUALITY INDEX; AND WHEREAS, FOR MANY YEARS, THE HUMAN 19:09:18 RELATIONS COMMISSION HAS ORGANIZED AN OFFICIAL CITY OF FREMONT ENTRY AND PARTICIPATED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO 19:09:27 PRIDE PARADE; AND WHEREAS, AS A COMPASSIONATE SANCTUARY CITY, THE CITY OF FREMONT RECOGNIZES THAT RESIDENTS 19:09:32 HAVE A RIGHT TO IDENTIFY AS GENDER NON-CONFORMING, INCLUDING NON- BINARY AND GENDER FLUID, HAVE ALL-GENDER 19:09:39 INCLUSIONS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND CONTINUALLY RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION THAT GENDER NON-BINARY 19:09:49 PEOPLE DESERVE. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT HEREBY PROCLAIMS JUNE 2022 AS PRIDE 19:09:55 MONTH IN THE CITY OF FREMONT AND ENCOURAGES EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT AND DEDICATION 19:10:03 OF THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY BY RAISING THE PRIDE FLAG, COMMITTING TO JOIN THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE EVENTS IN 19:10:09 WHATEVER CAPACITY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE AND PARTICIPATE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH CELEBRATE THE 19:10:15 HUMAN SPIRIT. AND AGAIN, I THINK ACCEPTING THIS EVENING WILL BE JOHN SCHINKEL. 19:10:21 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. WHILE I KNOW MANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, 19:10:26 I'D LIKE TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS JOHN SCHINKEL AND I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF 19:10:30 FREMONT AND MY FAMILY HAS RESIDED HERE FOR 50 YEARS. I WAS SELECTED BY THE HUMAN RELATIONS 19:10:36 COMMISSION'S LGBTQ+ COMMITTEE TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THIS PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO 19:10:42 HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY OF 19:10:46 FREMONT AND ITS LEADERSHIP FOR RECOGNIZING LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH. THIS YEAR IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT 19:10:52 THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR STRUGGLE TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE IN 19:10:59 VALIDATION. IN 2021, AT LEAST 50 TRANS WOMEN WERE MURDERED IN THE UNITED STAIRKTS UP 19:11:03 FROM AT LEAST 37 IN 2020. THE TIME IS NOW TO END THE STIGMA, IGNORANCE AND HATE TOWARDS THIS 19:11:08 COMMUNITY. PUBLIC OPINION IS LEANING MORE TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE THAN EVER BEFORE OF THE 19:11:13 LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. EVEN SO, THIS PRIDE MONTH IS A SOLEMN TIME DUE TO THE CONTINUED ATTACKS 19:11:19 AGAINST THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. SOME STATES CONTINUE TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION THAT BLOCKS HEALTHCARE FOR 19:11:25 TRANSGENDER YOUTH, THUS PREVENTING CRUCIAL GENDER-AFFIRMING MEDICINE. MEANWHILE, OTHER STATES ARE PASSING 19:11:31 BILLS PROHIBITING THE DISCUSSION OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN CLASSROOMS, WIPING AWAY THE INCLUSION OF A PERCENTAGE OF 19:11:39 EVERY STUDENT BODY. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN IDENTIFIED OVER 240 BILLS BY THE END OF MARCH OF 19:11:43 2022 THAT WERE PROPOSED BY STATE LAWMAKERS ACROSS OUR NATION. EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE BILLS IS 19:11:50 INTRODUCED OR PASSED, IT SETS THE CLOCK BACK ON OUR PATHWAY TO TOTAL ACCEPTANCE, RETURNING AMERICANS TO 19:11:56 OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS OF BEING IN THE CLOSET, OPPRESSION NO MATTER WHAT THE AVENUE MAY BE, NO MATTER WHAT 19:12:01 COMMUNITY IT MAY AFFECT, NO MATTER HOW LONG AGO IT MAY HAVE BEEN, IT SHOULD NEVER BE TOLERATED AND IT SHOULD NEVER 19:12:07 BE F FORGOTTEN. I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR MEI FOR READING THIS AND THE REST OF THE 19:12:11 COUNCIL FOR THIS PROC LA NATION. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. 19:12:15 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON 19:12:23 THIS. NEXT IS ALSO A VERY SOLEMN PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE 19:12:37 AWARENESS DAY, WHICH WAS ON JUNE 3RD, 2022. ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION, I THINK 19:12:39 WILL BE ALEX NAVARRO. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. 19:12:46 WHEREAS, EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 100 AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND ON AVERAGE THERE ARE MORE THAN 19:12:52 13,000 GUN HOMICIDES EVERY YEAR; AND WHEREAS, AMERICANS ARE 25 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BY GUN HOMICIDE THAN 19:13:03 PEOPLE IN OTHER HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES; AND WHEREAS, CALIFORNIA AVERAGES 3,160 GUN DEATHS EVERY YEAR, WITH A RATE OF 19:13:13 7.8 DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE. CALIFORNIA HAS THE 45TH HIGHEST RATE OF GUN DEATHS IN THE 19:13:30 UNITED STATES, AND WHEREAS, GUN HOMICIDES PREDOMINANTLY OCCUR IN CITIES, WITH MORE THAN HALF OF ALL 19:13:32 FIREARM RELATED GUN DEATHS IN THE NATION OCCURRING IN 127 CITIES; AND WHEREAS, CITIES ACROSS THE NATION, 19:13:35 INCLUDING IN FREMONT, ARE WORKING TO END THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE WITH EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS; AND WHEREAS, 19:13:38 PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE IS MAYORS' HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY; AND WHEREAS, 19:13:43 SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS AWAY 19:13:50 FROM PEOPLE WITH DANGEROUS HISTORIES; AND WHEREAS, MAYORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KNOW THEIR 19:13:54 COMMUNITIES BEST ARE THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT, AND ARE BEST POSITIONED 19:13:58 TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE; AND WHEREAS, THE PANDEMIC FACING AMERICA HAS 19:14:07 DRASTICALLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS SHELTERING IN PLACE WHICH MAY RESULT IN SITUATIONS WHERE ACCESS 19:14:14 TO FIREARMS RESULTS IN INCREASED RISK IN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE GUN DEATHS, SUICIDE BY GUN AND 19:14:25 UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS; WHEREAS, IN JANUARY 2013, HADIYA PENDLETON, A TEENAGER WHO MARCHED IN THE 19:14:29 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL PARADE AND WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED JUST WEEKS LATER SHOULD BE NOW CELEBRATING HER 19:14:36 23RD BIRTHDAY; AND WHEREAS, TO HELP HONOR HADIYA - AND THE MORE THAN 100 AMERICANS WHOSE LIVES ARE CUT SHORT 19:14:47 EVERY DAY AND THE COUNTLESS SURVIVORS WHO ARE INJURED BY SHOOTINGS EVERY DAY - A NATIONAL COALITION OF 19:14:56 ORGANIZATIONS HAS DESIGNATED JUNE 5, 2020, THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, AS THE 6TH NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS 19:15:06 DAY; AND WHEREAS, THE IDEA WAS INSPIRED BY HADIYA'S FRIENDS, WHO ASKED THEIR CLASSMATES TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE BY 19:15:10 WEARING ORANGE; THEY CHOSE THIS COLOR BECAUSE HUNTERS WEAR ORANGE TO ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES TO OTHER HUNTERS 19:15:15 WHEN OUT IN THE WOODS AND ORANGE IS A COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE; AND NOW, THEREFORE, THE 19:15:22 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT DECLARES THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, JUNE 3, 2022, TO BE NATIONAL GUN 19:15:29 VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES' EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE 19:15:39 TRAGIC EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO HONOR AND VALUE HUMAN LIVES. SO ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION IS ALEX 19:15:44 NAVARRO. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR MEI, AND 19:15:48 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALEX NAVARRO, AND I'M THE CITY GUN VIOLENCE LEAD FOR THE WHOLE 19:15:56 STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR MOMS DEMAND ACTION. YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE IS AFFECTING US 19:16:02 ALL, IT CAUSES A RIPPLE EFFECT IN EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO END GUN VIOLENCE. 19:16:08 SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CHAPTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION IN CALIFORNIA, I PROUDLY ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION FROM 19:16:12 THE CITY OF FREMONT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR COMING 19:16:18 TODAY, AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE RECENT VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT WE'VE BEEN 19:16:26 EXPERIENCING THROUGHOUT THE NATION, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS LAST WEEK AND MANY OF MY 19:16:33 FELLOW MAYORS AS WELL AS MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE STOOD IN SOLIDARITY ON THIS ISSUE SO WE APPRECIATE THESE 19:16:35 CONTINUED EFFORTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. 19:16:44 BUT THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING 19:16:51 IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT AGENDIZED ON THIS CALENDAR THIS 19:16:59 EVENING. SO IF WE COULD TRANSFER THAT TO -- >> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR, WE HAVE THE 19:17:07 TWO -- SORRY, WE HAVE 3F, THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION OF STEM WINNERS. 19:17:13 WE HAVE MR. FORREST WILLIAMS. >> Mayor Mei: YES. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE STUDENTS ALSO 19:17:18 ONLINE TOO. SO MY APOLOGIES. I'M TURNING THE PAGES. 19:17:28 THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLY TALENTED STUDENTS, AND I WANTED TO SHARE AND AM 19:17:34 PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2021 STEM WINNER, WHO ARE STUDENTS IN FREMONT WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SANTA CLARA 19:17:42 COUNTY 2021 SYNOPSYS CHAMPIONSHIP SCIENCE FAIR WHICH WAS HELD IN MARCH OF 2021. 19:18:03 AND I'LL READ THEIR NAMES. SIA AGARWAL AMAN IHSAN BOSE PARINAZ BEHZAD DASTUR FAZAL MITTU PRIYANKA 19:18:16 PATEL TEVIN WANG. AND SERENA YEH. SO ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE TODAY 19:18:30 WILL BE FORREST WILLIAMS. I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF MR. WILLIAMS -- THERE HE IS. 19:18:36 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MR. WILLIAMS. IT'S A PLEASURE. UNFORTUNATELY I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 19:18:46 KNOW REAL QUICKLY, YOU'RE ON MUTE. >> THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 19:18:49 >> Mayor Mei: YES, WE CAN. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19:18:56 I WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION, TAKE THE TIME OUT OF YOUR 19:19:06 BUSY SCHEDULE TO RECOGNIZE THE STEM WINNERS WHO WERE PARTICIPANT IN THE SYNOPSYS CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2021. 19:19:17 IT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THEM, FOR THEY ARE OUR FUTURE, AND IT IS US WHO WILL BUILD THE FUTURE BY CULTIVATING THE 19:19:27 STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS BEFORE US, AND WE PROVIDED THE TYPE OF ENCOURAGEMENT 19:19:34 THAT THEY NEED AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND PLEASED THAT YOU AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE COME 19:19:40 TO THIS CONCLUSION, AND THEY ARE ALL YOUR STUDENTS. I MEAN, YOU'RE THE GOVERNING BODY FOR 19:19:44 THEM. THEY LIVE IN YOUR CITY. AND WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE DOING THINGS 19:19:53 THAT ARE POSITIVE, ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE WILL NEED THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY OF ALL THESE STUDENTS AND 19:20:02 UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY, WE'LL NEED THOSE SKILLS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 19:20:09 AND THE IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE EXPERIENCE TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW, WE WILL 19:20:18 DEFINITELY NEED THEIR INVOLVEMENT. SO YOUR WISDOM AND INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE HAS LED TO THOSE POINTS OF 19:20:22 RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME. 19:20:28 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. IT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND 19:20:34 SUPPORT FOR SO MANY OF OUR TALENTED STUDENTS, AND THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS, I BELIEVE FOR YOUR SERVICE ALSO. 19:20:40 I BELIEVE YOU WERE ALSO A COUNCILMEMBER IF I'M CORRECT. >> I WAS A COUNCILMEMBER FOR EIGHT 19:20:47 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF SAN JOSÉ. I WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR 12 YEARS, AND I WAS A PLANNING 19:21:01 COMMISSIONER FOR EIGHT YEARS. SO I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE STUDENTS. I REALLY BELIEVE EDUCATION IS A PRIME 19:21:06 MOVER FOR THE FUTURE. IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD FOR US NOW. THE PROBLEMS WE'RE FACING TODAY, THE 19:21:14 CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT SOLUTIONS, THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE WHEREWITH AL AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO 19:21:19 CONTINUE. SO I'M PLEASED AND I'M HAPPY AND THEY JUST THRILL ME, THAT'S MY PASSION, IS 19:21:27 ENGINEERING. I'M AN ENGINEER, I WORKED FOR IBM FOR 35 YEARS, AND I HAVE A DOCTORATE 19:21:34 DEGREE IN INTELLECTUAL ENGINEERING, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND ENCOURAGING THEM, 19:21:44 SUPPORTING THEM, AND THIS SINGLE ACT OF YOUR RECOGNIZING THEM WILL MOVE THEM FORWARD, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH 19:21:52 BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PROJECTS ARE DISCOVERED, THEY'RE TALKED ABOUT, AND THEN THEY PUT THEM IN A CLOSET, NOBODY 19:21:58 KNOWS ABOUT THEM. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, ALL THE RESIDENTS OF FREMONT AND BEYOND WILL 19:22:07 KNOW BECAUSE YOUR MEETINGS WILL -- AS YOU BROADCAST THEM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY WILL KNOW ABOUT IT. 19:22:10 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US THIS YEAR. 19:22:18 WE APPRECIATE IT. >> WE HOPE TO BE HERE NEXT YEAR TOO. >> Mayor Mei: I'M SURE WE -- 19:22:25 >> YOU GUYS HAVE BRIGHT STUDENTS THERE IN FREMONT. AND THEY'VE CHALLENGED, YOU KNOW, A 19:22:33 LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, I WAS IMPRESSED LAST YEAR WHEN ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD 19:22:48 -- YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF AN AUTONOMOUS CAR AND ALSO THEY DISCUSSED THE MAG LEV TRAIN AND THE HEAT GENERATION AND 19:22:55 HOW SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THEY'RE USING TODAY JUST WON'T GET IT, WON'T CUT IT, SO WE'VE GOT IDEAS OF HOW 19:23:04 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT BETTER. THAT'S GOOD. CAN'T YOU JUST IMAGINE A HIGH SCHOOL 19:23:11 KID OR NEXT DOOR DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE. >> Mayor Mei: WE'RE VERY HONORED TO 19:23:15 HAVE YOU HERE THIS EVENING, WE'RE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT 19:23:19 YEAR. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK THE 19:23:27 COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR COUNCIL MEETING THIS 19:23:33 EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT AGENDIZED THIS EVENING, AND ANY PERSON 19:23:43 DESIRING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MAY DO SO BY RAISING THEIR HAND. I SEE WITH HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS 19:23:47 THIS EVENING FOR THE PUBLIC NON-AGENDIZED ITEM. WE'LL BEGIN WITH KELLY ABREU. 19:23:59 >> THANK YOU. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 19:24:08 ONE WAS THE -- GOOD THINGS. ONE WAS THE PROMOTION OF THE POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF SEAN WASHINGTON, A GREAT 19:24:18 PROMOTION, AND NOW I JUST HEARD THAT THE CITY IS MAKING A WONDERFUL NEW HIRE, BRINGING IN A CAPTAIN LANCE 19:24:25 BRIED FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, WHOM WE AT MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY, WE KNOW CAPTAIN BRIED 19:24:31 VERY WELL AND HE'S HIGHLY RESPECTED, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION, A GREAT ADDITION TO THE FREMONT POLICE 19:24:37 DEPARTMENT AT THE TOP LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT. BUT THE FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT 19:24:46 ONLY AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER WAS SAYING, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BELIEF IN THE YOUTH AND BELIEF IN THE SCIENCE 19:24:56 AND THE TECHNOLOGY, WELL, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE NEED REALLY A DEEP BELIEF IN THE ACCOUNTANTS AND THE 19:25:06 FINANCIAL MANAGERS OVER THERE, WITH RESPECT TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS. NOW, THESE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, OVER THE 19:25:15 LAST YEAR OR SO, LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO DOWN THE LIST, THERE'S 12 OF THEM, AND I'LL JUST READ THEM OFF. 19:25:26 ONE OF THEM MADE $10,000 AT THE SITE. ANOTHER ONE MADE 5,000. ANOTHER ONE MADE 17,000. 19:25:30 THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM, MOST OF THEM, THEY LOST MONEY. WHY? 19:25:41 BECAUSE YOU'RE PAYING $48,000 A PIECE PER YEAR AS A FIXED FEE. SO WHY ARE YOU -- THE OTHER ONE OF 19:25:51 THEM LOST 24,000, 35,000, 40,000, 29,000, 18,000, 42,000, AND $3,000 AT THE OTHER SEVEN LOCATIONS. 19:25:59 NOW THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS THAT ARE FANTASTICALLY PROFITABLE, WHERE THE AVERAGE TICKET BRINGS IN, TO THE CITY, 19:26:04 $45 A PIECE. $45. OF COURSE THE PEOPLE ARE PAYING $490, 19:26:16 BUT THE CITY IS GETTING $45 OF THAT. AND THAT -- THE CITY HAS WRACKED UP -- AT CHRISTY, IT RACKED OF $350,000, A 19:26:23 PACIFIC COMMONS, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE OTHER 10 WERE LOSING $180,000 19:26:32 IF YOU ADDED UP ALL THOSE NUMBERS. SO THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANTS SEEM TO COME IN WITH VERY SHARP PENCILS. 19:26:39 THEY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE 10 RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND ASK THE CITY, CAN WE SAVE SOME MONEY BY CUTTING OUT 19:26:46 THOSE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, WE CAN SAVE $180,000 A YEAR. THAT'S A REALLY NICE BENEFIT. 19:26:51 AND JUST GO AFTER THOSE COSTCO SHOPPERS AND REALLY RAKE IN THE BIG PROFITS THERE. 19:26:56 I DON'T THINK IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA, BUT IT IS HIGHLY PROFITABLE TO GO AFTER THOSE SHOPPERS. 19:27:09 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR SPEAKERS IS MARIE H. 19:27:14 WELCOME, MARIE. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS MARIE HUGHES FROM NILES, AND A 19:27:21 MEMBER OF FREMONT FOR EVERYONE. FOR A LONG TIME, THERE WAS AN RV ENCAMPMENT IN THE PARK ACROSS FROM MY 19:27:24 STREET. PEOPLE COMPLAINED BITTERLY ABOUT IT. NOT ME, OTHER PEOPLE. 19:27:31 AND EVENTUALLY IT WAS CLEARED. DID THAT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS? WELL, NOW THERE'S A SMALL TENT 19:27:38 ENCAMPMENT THERE, AND IT IS GROWING. THIS SHOWS TO ME THAT YOU CAN'T SOLVE HOMELESSNESS BY CLEARING HOMELESS 19:27:43 ENCAMPMENTS. MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT VALEO MILLS PARK ARE HAPPY, FOR 19:27:49 A WHILE, ANYWAY, BUT THE PEOPLE IN RVs THAT WERE THERE, THEY WENT SOMEWHERE, AND I DOUBT THE PEOPLE IN THE 19:27:53 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY ENDED UP ARE HAPPY NOW. IN MY OPINION, THE WAY TO SOLVE 19:28:00 HOMELESSNESS IS TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO PERMANENT SHELTER. THIS IS WHY PROGRAMS SUCH AS FREMONT'S 19:28:06 SAFE PARKING PROGRAM AND PROJECT HOMEKEY ARE SO IMPORTANT. PROJECT HOMEKEY IN PARTICULAR GIVES 19:28:12 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMELESS BUT NOW HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE AND COUNSELORS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR 19:28:18 PROBLEMS, AND TO PEOPLE IN DANGER OF BECOMING HOMELESS. THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM DOES NOT GET 19:28:25 PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING IMMEDIATELY, BUT BY GIVING PEOPLE IN CARS A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP, THE CITY 19:28:32 IS IMPROVING THEIR LIVES AND BY PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES THEY ARE GETTING A PATH OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND 19:28:37 SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM HAVE FOUND PERMANENT HOUSING. SO FOR ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 19:28:43 PEOPLE WITH OPPOSE THESE PROGRAMS, GIVEN THAT THEY DO WHAT WE NEED, WHICH IS TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, BUT 19:28:49 THEY DO. FOR A LONG TIME, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT NOW I THINK I DO. 19:28:56 THESE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. THEY'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO ARE 19:29:00 UNHOUSED. MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN ACCOSTED FOR MONEY OR THEY'VE SEEN MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE 19:29:06 BEING KIND OF MENACING, AND THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT THESE PROGRAMS MEAN. BUT IN FACT, THESE PROGRAMS TAKE 19:29:11 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, AND THAT MAKES EVERYONE SAFER. IT MAKES THE UNHOUSED SAFER AND IT 19:29:18 MAKES THE NEIGHBORS SAFER AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS, AND THANKS 19:29:24 TO CITY STAFF FOR DESIGNING AND RUNNING THEM. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:29:31 NEXT SPEAKER IS MANAAL SHAFI. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVEN. 19:29:39 MY NAME IS MANAAL SHAFI, PROUD TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COORDINATOR AT BLOOM ENERGY, 19:29:46 A CLEAN, RESILIENT ENERGY COMPANY FOUNDED RIGHT HERE IN SILICON VALLEY WITH NEARLY 800 LOCAL EMPLOYEES, 19:29:52 CURRENTLY HIRING OVER 300 ADDITIONAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAREERS. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE 19:29:57 LEARNED MORE THAN EVER THE VITAL ROLE OF OUR FRONT LINE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 19:30:06 ALL PUTTING OUR HEALTH BEFORE THEIR OWN THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 CRISIS. RECOGNITION OF THEIR SELFLESS WORK, 19:30:14 BLOOM ENERGY HOSTED THE INAUGURAL STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY RUN AND RAISED OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS 19:30:19 LAST YEAR TO BENEFIT THE VALUE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION. TODAY I'M INVITING YOU TO JOIN ME TO 19:30:26 BUILD ON OUR SUCCESS ON JULY 2ND FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL STARS AND STRIDES COMMUNITY RUN TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE 19:30:33 OUR FRONT LINE HOSPITAL WORKERS AND THE PATIENTS THEY SERVE. OUR AMBITIOUS GOAL FOR THE SECOND 19:30:37 ANNUAL STARS AND STRIDES COMMUNITY RUN WILL BE MORE ATTAINABLE WITH YOUR HELP AND PARTICIPATION. 19:30:47 FIRST, OUR FINANCIAL GOAL IS TO RAISE AND DONATE $350,000 TO BIOMEDICAL CENTER AS THEY SUPPORT THREE COUNTY 19:30:54 HOSPITALS, 14 HEALTHCARE CLINICS, WHICH COLLECTIVELY PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 1 MILLION OF OUR 19:30:59 NEIGHBORS ANNUALLY. 85% OF WHOM ARE LOW INCOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 19:31:09 SECOND, OUR PARTICIPATION GOAL IS FOR 2500 PAYING PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARMATURE SYSTEM'S 10K RUN, THE 19:31:19 SILICON VALLEY BANK 5K RUN OR WALK, THE HP INK KIDS FUN RUN. THIRD OUR GOAL IS FOR 400 CARING 19:31:22 VOLUNTEERS TO FURTHER ENSURE OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE A FUN, SAFE AND HEALTHY EXPERIENCE. 19:31:30 TONIGHT I HAVE THREE REQUESTS. FIRST PLEASE REGISTER YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. 19:31:36 REGISTRATION IS EASY AT STARS AND STRIDESRUN.COM. FOR ELECTED LEADERS PLEASE SIGN UP 19:31:42 UNDER THE CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE OFFICIAL AND EXECUTIVE 5K CHALLENGE. SECOND, PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR OWN 19:31:46 DATABASE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE HAVE SAMPLE TEXT YOU CAN USE TO CONSIDER MAKING IT EASY. 19:31:53 THIRD, WE WOULD BE HONORED TO WORK WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY ONLINE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS 19:32:00 BETWEEN NOW AND RACE DAY. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE LEARNED JUST HOW CRITICAL HEALTHCARE 19:32:05 WORKERS ARE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THEM ON JULY 19:32:08 2ND. PLEASE JOIN US AND SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT YOUR COMMUNITIES. 19:32:20 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC 19:32:23 SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 19:32:30 FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. NEXT I'M GOING TO HAVE ITEM 5A, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED 19:32:40 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 23 OF FREMONT LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT FOR DISTRICT NUMBER 88. 19:32:50 AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TEMPORARILY EXIT THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT I AM WITHIN THE AREA OF DISTRICT NUMBER 19:32:57 88. I'M JUST GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TEMPORARILY, I THINK, TO VICE MAYOR 19:33:04 SALWAN, BUT I THINK YOU ALSO MAY LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER JONES, 19:33:14 WHO I SEE NEXT ON MY SCREEN. SO I WILL TEMPORARILY RECEDE THE GOVERNANCE FOR UNTIL THIS ITEM IS 19:33:17 OVER. >> City Mgr. Shackelford:COUNCI LMEMBER JONES, WE DON'T HAVE A 19:33:22 PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, BUT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS. 19:33:31 AND WE HAVE BUSINESS MANAGER ANDREW FREEMAN FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR 19:33:35 SUZANNE WOLF AVAILABLE. >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19:33:41 SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, AND ASK MS. GAUTHIER IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS? 19:33:45 FROM THE PUBLIC? >> Ms. Gauthier: THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. 19:33:50 >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK TO THE 19:34:00 COUNCIL FOR ANY DISCUSSION THAT ANY OF YOU MAY RAISE. NO HANDS UP, I'M ASSUMING? 19:34:03 >> Ms. Gauthier: NO HANDS RAISED, SIR. >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY. 19:34:07 WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM. 19:34:23 >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVE. >> Ms. Gauthier: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> Councilmember Jones: CAN I SECOND? 19:34:29 >> Ms. Gauthier: YOU CAN. >> Councilmember Jones: I CAN. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. 19:34:32 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, AYE. 19:34:39 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 19:34:51 VICE MAYOR SALWAN AND MAYOR MEI ARE LISTED AS ABSTAINING. 19:34:55 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, MS. GAUTHIER. IF WE CAN BRING MAYOR MEI AND VICE 19:35:00 MAYOR SALWAN -- >> WE SHOULD MARK THEM AS ABSENT BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THEY WERE NOT 19:35:02 PRESENT FOR THAT ITEM. >> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY. THANK YOU. 19:35:13 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM 5B, WHICH IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 19:35:19 2022/23 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. AND THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, DAVE PERSSELIN, 19:35:27 WHO WILL SHARE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. >> Mr. Persselin: THANK YOU, MAYOR 19:35:28 MEI. TONIGHT WE DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION. 19:35:39 WE SIMPLY ARE STANDING BY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. 19:35:49 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE WE OPEN THE 19:36:01 PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED. >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO 19:36:04 JUST RAISED A HAND. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. I WAS GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC 19:36:08 HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT I GUESS COUNCILMEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS. 19:36:12 WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 19:36:20 DIRECTOR PERSSELIN, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY IS STILL SETTING AROUND $3 MILLION 19:36:26 ASIDE FOR THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY PAYMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? 19:36:32 >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR NEXT 19:36:39 FISCAL YEAR DOES, IN FACT, SET ASIDE APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION AS AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO PAY DOWN 19:36:45 OUR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES. >> Councilmember Shao: THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ASK. 19:36:56 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AT THIS 19:37:07 TIME ON THE OPERATING BUDGET? SEEING NONE FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS, I'LL JUST MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT, 19:37:14 WHICH IS I APPRECIATE WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN PAST PRACTICE AS BEING FISCALLY SOLVENT AND RESPONSIBLE IN 19:37:20 OUR PAST REVIEWS, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH DIRECTOR PERSSELIN AND WITH THIS TEAM, THAT WE APPRECIATE THIS 19:37:27 CONTINUED EFFORTS, AND ALSO REGARDING THE QUESTIONS OF UNFUNDED LIABILITIES, THAT WHILE IT CHALLENGING AT TIMES TO 19:37:33 HAVE TO MAKE BUDGET CUTS, IT'S ALSO CHALLENGING IN TIMES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING FORWARD THINKING AND WE HAVE 19:37:41 IN THE PAST PRACTICE AS A COUNCIL ADOPTED THOSE TYPES OF POLICIES THAT ALLOW US TO BE SOLVENT AND IN 19:37:44 PARTICULAR ADDRESSING UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE 19:37:50 THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> Ms. Gauthier: WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 19:37:54 WE HAVE SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Mei: I THOUGHT I OPENED IT EARLIER, BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, 19:37:58 BUT I CAN OPEN IT AGAIN, AND I'LL WAIT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FROM THE 19:38:01 PUBLIC. >> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE TWO HANDS RAISED. 19:38:06 LIN MILLER AND KELLY ABREU. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. I DID NOT SEE THAT. 19:38:13 THANK YOU. LYNN, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. 19:38:19 CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Mei: YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU, LYNN. 19:38:26 >> ALL RIGHTY. I REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT TRI-CITY URBAN FOREST ALLIANCE NOW 19:38:33 RENAMED URBAN FOREST FRIENDS BECAUSE IT'S MUCH SIMPLER. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF 19:38:39 FREMONT WORKING ON THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN AND HAVE BEEN DOING COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING PROJECTS WITH 19:38:48 THE CITY OF FREMONT AND OTHER NON-PROFIT PARTNERS WHO THE PAST 30 MONTHS, I HAVE SEEN HOW HELPFUL AND 19:38:57 DEDICATED THE PARKS STAFF ARE. THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER SUZANNE'S LEADERSHIP PLANS TO 19:39:05 EXPAND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP CARE FOR OUR CITY'S URBAN FOREST, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BEGIN AN URBAN 19:39:15 FOREST ACADEMY FOR CITIZENS TO -- AND FACILITATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS OF TREES. 19:39:26 YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE INHERITED A LONG-AGO SHIFT FROM THE CITY MANAGED TREES TO PROPERTY 19:39:34 OWNER MANAGED TREES, AND A DISCONTINUATION OF TREE ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT. 19:39:42 WELL, THE CHICKEN HAS COME HOME TO ROOST. FREMONT HAS MANY HOUSING TRACKS BUILT 19:39:51 IN THE 50s, 60s AND 70s THAT HAD TREELINED STREETS. THOSE STREETS ARE GONE, JUST SPORADIC 19:39:59 TREES REMAIN. ONLY NEW NEIGHBORHOODS SPORT THE GREEN CANOPY OF SHADY TREES. 19:40:07 WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC, WE MEET RESIDENTS WHO MOVED ON TO A PARTICULAR STREET BECAUSE OF THE LOVELY TREES, 19:40:20 AND WE ARE -- THEY LAMENT OVER THE THINNING CANOPY. PLEASE PHASE IN TREES WHERE CC & Rs 19:40:26 GOOD FOR PERPETUITY AND ORDINANCES DICTATE THEY BE. YES, BOTH THE CAP AND THE URBAN FOREST 19:40:34 MASTER PLAN ARE ROLLING OUT SOON, AND BOTH WILL STRONGLY RECOMMEND NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS ENFORCEMENT. 19:40:43 SURVEYS FROM BOTH PLANS DEMONSTRATE A STRONG DESIRE FOR TREES. WE ASK FOR ONE FULL TIME CODE 19:40:50 ENFORCEMENT ARBORIST AS STRONGLY ADVISED IN THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN THIS YEAR BE IN THE BUDGET SO 19:40:57 THAT ANOTHER YEAR IS NOT LOST. ONLY YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, CAN TURN THIS BOAT AROUND. 19:41:05 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, LYNN. THE NEXT SPEAKER I THINK IS KELLY 19:41:11 ABREU. WELCOME. >> YEAH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 19:41:19 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN THIS REPORT, IT SEEMS TO POINT -- IT SEEMS TO BE RATHER SANGUINE, AND THIS SANGUINITY 19:41:25 IS RATHER UNSUBSTANTIATED OR UNFOUNDED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE -- WHAT THE WORLD 19:41:33 BANK IS SAYING, THAT THE RECESSION WILL BE HARD TO AVOID FOR MANY COUNTRIES THIS YEAR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATLANTA 19:41:41 FEDERAL RESERVE, GDP NOW TRACKER, IT'S POINTING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND CONSECUTIVE ORDER OF NEGATIVE 19:41:48 GROWTH THAT WOULD MEET THE DEFINITION FOR A RECESSION. BUT -- SO THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT 19:41:56 RECESSION. THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFLATION NUMBERS, THEY'RE EYE-POPPING, 19:42:03 EYEBROW-RAISING. INFLATION NUMBERS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MACRO PICTURE 19:42:15 AND THEN YOU BRING IT IN TO THE CITY, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW -- THEY'RE NOT CALM WINDS, THEY'RE NOT TAILWINDS. 19:42:20 THESE ARE HEADWINDS OBVIOUSLY. THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE REPORT VERY MUCH. 19:42:29 AND SECONDLY, GOING BACK TO THE PROJECT THAT I WAS POINTING OUT EARLIER, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS 19:42:38 DOING, FOR EXAMPLE, RED LIGHT CAMERAS THAT ARE BEING SOLD, SOLD A BILL OF GOODS AS BEING SOME KIND OF 19:42:45 PROFIT-MAKING ENTITY, WHEN, IN FACT, THEY SHOULD BE A SAFETY-MAKING ENTITY AND EVEN THAT'S UNPROVEN, BUT THE 19:42:57 PROFIT-MAKING ABILITY OF 10 OUT OF 12 OF THESE THINGS IS NEGATIVE. NEGATIVE PROFITS, SO THAT MEANS WE'RE 19:43:03 LOSING MONEY ON A LOT OF THESE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A FOCUS IN TERMS OF LET'S NOT 19:43:08 FOOL OURSELVES INTO DOING THINGS THAT COST OUR MOTORISTS A LOT OF MONEY, AND DON'T MAKE THE CITY ANY MONEY. 19:43:18 IN FACT, WE'RE LOSING MONEY FROM THE CITY RESIDENTS' POINT OF VIEW. SO YEAH, I'D SAY THIS REPORT IS A 19:43:29 LITTLE BIT TOO OPTIMISTIC ON THE ECONOMY, A LITTLE BIT -- PERHAPS SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE BAKED IN 19:43:41 AREN'T REALLY -- ARE A LITTLE BIT TOO OPTIMISTIC, AND AS TIME GOES ON, WE'LL SEE IF MY RATHER MORE TAME AND 19:43:49 CONSERVATIVE VIEW IS CORRECT OR WHETHER THE AUTHORS OF THIS REPORT AND THEIR OPTIMISM, WHETHER THAT IS CORRECT. 19:43:54 WE'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE. PREDICTING THE FUTURE IS HARD. THANK YOU. 19:44:01 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. 19:44:07 AND I'LL CLOSE THE -- >> Ms. Gauthier: STEVE SKALA HAS HIS HAND RAISED. 19:44:10 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. WELCOME, STEVE. 19:44:17 >> HI, WELCOME. STEVE SKALA, RESIDENT OF FREMONT. JUST A REQUEST, PERHAPS A CLARIFYING 19:44:28 REQUEST FOR STAFF. SO TRANSPORTATION SPENDING HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT CONTENTIOUS RECENTLY IN THE 19:44:34 COMMUNITY. MANY PEOPLE QUESTION WHETHER BUDGET IS BETTER SPENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH 19:44:44 IS ACTUALLY CAPITAL VERSUS OTHER ITEMS ENFORCEMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, YOU HAVE 19:44:52 A BIT OF A MIX IN THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, SOME ITEMS OF CAPITAL ARE KIND OF MIXED IN WITH THE 19:45:00 BUDGET. I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL OR I'LL ASK IF YOU CAN BE QUITE CLEAR IN WHICH 19:45:09 EXPENDITURES ARE ACTUALLY CAPITAL, COMING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES, AND WHICH ARE FROM THE ACTUAL BUDGET. 19:45:17 AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THE MEETING PROBABLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND CAN TELL, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT THAT FAMILIAR, 19:45:26 IT CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING BUDGETED FROM OUR REVENUE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE AS 19:45:31 CAPITAL FROM OUTSIDE GRANTS. SO AGAIN, IF YOU CAN TRY TO CLARIFY THAT A BIT, I THINK IT WOULD BE 19:45:37 HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY. THANKS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:45:46 I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ONE MORE TIME -- >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT WAS THE LAST 19:45:47 SPEAKER. YOU CAN CLOSE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. 19:45:56 I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I APPRECIATE ALL FOR JOINING US FOR THE BUDGET COMMENTS, AND I WILL TURN IT 19:46:04 BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. OKAY. 19:46:12 SEEING NONE, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, AND WE'LL RESUME -- AND WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, 19:46:19 AND THOSE ARE PROVIDED AND I APPRECIATE OUR NEW WEBSITE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED, THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING SOME 19:46:25 OF THAT INFORMATION TO LET PEOPLE KNOW TO BOTH LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND ALSO TO SUBSCRIBE. 19:46:30 AND WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COUNCIL REFERRALS. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS ON MEETINGS THAT 19:46:39 ARE COMING OUT FROM THE COMMISSIONS THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED? OKAY. 19:46:43 SEEING NONE, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING -- >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M SORRY, I 19:46:48 JUST WANTED TO MAKE A REALLY QUICK REPORT. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I WENT 19:46:56 TO THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM AT CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT 19:47:07 THERE WERE STAFF MEMBERS THERE AND I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR STAFF. I THINK OUR HOMELESSNESS STAFF IS JUST 19:47:11 SO PROFESSIONAL, AND THE EVENING WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE 19:47:17 FOR THAT. >> Mayor Mei: NO, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR SHARING THAT 19:47:21 INFORMATION. I THINK IT IS EXCELLENT THAT WE HAVE SUCH INCREDIBLE, DEDICATED STAFF, AND 19:47:29 IT IS A KEY AREA THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON WITHIN OUR COUNCIL PRIORITIES. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT 19:47:35 INFORMATION. SEEING NO OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE 19:47:41 MEETING, AND I'D LIKE TO -- BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING, I'D JUST LIKE TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. 19:47:47 WE TALKED EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, AND IF IT'S OKAY, MY REQUEST THAT WE PAUSE IN A MOMENT OF 19:47:53 SILENCE FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES THIS PAST TWO WEEKS IN PARTICULAR IN GUN VIOLENCE, AND I 19:48:14 APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. 19:48:20 AND I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP IN WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT WEEK. 19:48:24 BE WELL, BE SAFE AND BE HEALTHY. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF TOO.