[Captioner] 19:25:08 >> THAT'S PATRICIA, BUT PATRICIA CAN'T HEAR US. >> Mayor Mei: I KNOW PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:25:22 LOGGED OUT AND BACK IN BUT STILL CAN'T HEAR US. >> JOEL PULLEN, CAN YOU HEAR US? [Captioner] 19:26:10 >> CAN YOU HEAR US? >> GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR US? [Captioner] 19:27:01 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? [Captioner] 19:27:15 [SOUND IS COMING THROUGH THE FREMONT.GOV LIVE STREAM ONLY. ... [Captioner] 19:28:11 ... >> TESTING ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO. [Captioner] 19:28:17 TESTING ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO. [Captioner] 19:28:25 CAN YOU HEAR ME IN ZOOM? [NO SOUND COMING THROUGH ZOOM, ONLY LIVESTREAM] [Captioner] 19:29:34 >> Councilmember Keng: MAYBE POST ON THE CITY WEBSITE. ... [Captioner] 19:30:29 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MAYOR? [Captioner] 19:30:39 >> Ms. Gauthier: RAFAEL, YOU MIGHT NEED TO STEP OUT IN THE HALLWAY AWAY FROM THE [Captioner] 19:30:44 MICROPHONE. >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:30:53 CHIEF JACOBSON, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME COULD YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW? ... [Captioner] 19:31:02 >> MAYOR, I CAN HEAR YOU. >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:21 >> Mayor Mei: I APOLOGIZE. WE'RE GOING TO STEP BACK ON THE CALENDAR THEN, TO MAKE SURE I DO [Captioner] 19:31:35 THE CEREMONIAL ITEM WHERE THEY CAN HEAR IT. PATRICIA, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE AND [Captioner] 19:31:38 LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME? >> I CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:42 >> Mayor Mei: WONDERFUL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, OR GOOD EVENING, I SHOULD SAY. [Captioner] 19:31:45 >> Mayor Mei: GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE [Captioner] 19:31:48 CEREMONIAL ITEM. WE HAD A COUNCILMEMBER PULL THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM. [Captioner] 19:31:54 SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS. AND SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM A, [Captioner] 19:32:01 WHICH IS THE PROCLAMATION, AND THIS WILL BE RECEIVED BY PATRICIA THIS EVENING MONTEJANO, [Captioner] 19:32:05 THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. SO FOR HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH. [Captioner] 19:32:15 WHEREAS, EACH YEAR, AMERICANS ACROSS OUR COUNTY OBSERVE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH [Captioner] 19:32:19 BY CELEBRATING THE HISTORIES, CULTURES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHOSE [Captioner] 19:32:24 ANCESTORS CAME FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA; AND [Captioner] 19:32:30 WHEREAS, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BEGAN AS HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON B. [Captioner] 19:32:34 JOHNSON IN 1968 AND WAS EXPANDED BY FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IN 1988 TO COVER A 30-DAY [Captioner] 19:32:41 PERIOD STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND ENDING ON OCTOBER 15TH; AND WHEREAS, HISPANIC AND LATINO [Captioner] 19:32:47 AMERICANS HAVE HAD A PROFOUND AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON OUR COUNTRY THROUGH THEIR STRONG [Captioner] 19:32:54 COMMITMENT TO FAMILY, FAITH, HARD WORK AND SERVICE AND HAVE ENHANCED AND SHAPED OUR NATIONAL [Captioner] 19:32:59 CHARACTER WITH CENTURIES-OLD TRADITIONS THAT REFLECT THE MULTI-ETHNIC AND MULTI-CULTURAL [Captioner] 19:33:08 CUSTOMS OF THEIR COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, 62.1 MILLION PEOPLE, OR 18.7 PERCENT OF THE [Captioner] 19:33:12 TOTAL AMERICAN POPULATION, ARE OF HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN TODAY, MAKING THEM THE [Captioner] 19:33:17 SECOND-LARGEST RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT [Captioner] 19:33:24 INCREASE FROM THE YEAR 2010 WHEN THE HISPANIC AND LATINO POPULATION REGISTERED AT 50.5 [Captioner] 19:33:29 MILLION, OR 16.3 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMERICAN POPULATION; AND WHEREAS, THERE ARE OVER 15.5 [Captioner] 19:33:38 MILLION HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA AND 29,016 IN FREMONT, MAKING THEM [Captioner] 19:33:44 12.6 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION; AND WHEREAS, HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO [Captioner] 19:33:49 THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS OF CALIFORNIA BY PLAYING MAJOR ROLES IN BUILDING THIS STATE [Captioner] 19:33:54 THROUGH AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, MILITARY AND ARMED FORCES, ENTERTAINMENT [Captioner] 19:33:59 BUSINESS, EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, POLITICS, AND SPORTS. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:34:08 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15 TO OCTOBER 15, 2022, AS HISPANIC AND LATINO [Captioner] 19:34:13 HERITAGE MONTH IN FREMONT AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SHARE IN THIS ANNUAL EVENT BY LEARNING [Captioner] 19:34:19 ABOUT AND CELEBRATING THE GENERATIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS WHO HAVE [Captioner] 19:34:24 POSITIVELY INFLUENCED AND ENRICHED OUR SOCIETY. AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME AT THIS [Captioner] 19:34:31 TIME PATRICIA MONTEJANO, WHO'S OUR HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION VICE CHAIR, TO ACCEPT THE [Captioner] 19:34:34 PROCLAMATION. WELCOME, PATRICIA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ON [Captioner] 19:34:41 BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE FREMONT HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND ON BEHALF OF THE LATINO HISPANIC [Captioner] 19:34:46 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ABROAD. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:34:57 >> THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:35:03 IS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. WE'LL BE UP TO 2 MINUTES PER SPEAKER, AND ANY PERSON WISHING [Captioner] 19:35:09 TO SPEAK ON A MATTER WHICH IS NOT SCHEDULED ON THIS AGENDA THIS EVENING MAY DO SO UNDER [Captioner] 19:35:12 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THE SECTION OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:35:17 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WERE PLACED ON FILE AND WILL BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE [Captioner] 19:35:22 PUBLIC RECORD. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON [Captioner] 19:35:26 THE RAISE HAND ICON OR BY CALLING IN AND BY DIALING STAR NINE. [Captioner] 19:35:31 IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE KINDLY STATE YOUR NAME WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN [Captioner] 19:35:37 ORGANIZATION, STATE THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE REPRESENTING, AND I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:35:40 ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO HELP WITH US THE TIMER FOR EACH OF THE SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 19:35:43 THANK YOU. SO I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, ORAL [Captioner] 19:35:46 COMMUNICATIONS. >> Ms. Gauthier: THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JULIA. [Captioner] 19:36:01 JULIA? >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Ms. Gauthier: YES. [Captioner] 19:36:06 >> HI, MY NAME IS JULIA SHI. ON THE TOPIC OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I KNOW YOU AREN'T [Captioner] 19:36:12 COVERING IT TODAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS. I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE 17% [Captioner] 19:36:17 MAX RAISES THAT THE POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL RECEIVED IN JULY. WHILE I DO BELIEVE OUR FIRST [Captioner] 19:36:22 RESPONDERS ARE ESSENTIAL, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN KASSAN FOR SPEAKING UP FOR THE [Captioner] 19:36:26 PEOPLE OF FREMONT BY RAISING THE QUESTION WHETHER THE MAX DONATIONS FROM THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:36:34 POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS TO LILY MEI'S SENATE CAMPAIGN INFLUENCED HER DECISION TO MAX OUT RAISES [Captioner] 19:36:38 WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE CUTS TO FUND THEM WOULD COME FROM. I'D LIKE TO QUESTION WHY THE [Captioner] 19:36:42 MAYOR DIDN'T RECUSE HERSELF GIVEN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST RATHER THAN ENGAGE IN WHAT CAN [Captioner] 19:36:50 BE CONSTRUED AS USING CITY FUNDS FOR POLITICAL QUID PRO QUO THAT ONLY BENEFITS HER OWN POLITICAL [Captioner] 19:36:53 ASPIRATIONS NOT THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT. I FEEL THE NEED TO MAKE THE [Captioner] 19:36:57 STATEMENT AND MAYOR MEI MADE PUBLIC COMMENTS CALLING THESE QUESTIONS A POLITICALLY [Captioner] 19:37:01 MOTIVATED PERSONAL ATTACK. I WOULD LIKE TO LET HER KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN KASSAN SPOKE [Captioner] 19:37:05 FOR THE CONCERNS VOICED BY MANY FREMONT RESIDENTS. WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS. [Captioner] 19:37:11 NOT POLITICAL ENEMIES. ASKING VALID QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRUDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF HOW [Captioner] 19:37:15 OUR TAX MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED. FURTHERMORE, LIKE MANY FREMONT [Captioner] 19:37:20 RESIDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE [Captioner] 19:37:24 FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES IN REGARD TO FORMER CITY MANAGER MARK DANAJ. [Captioner] 19:37:29 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY COUNCIL WHETHER WE CAN EXPECT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION WITH [Captioner] 19:37:35 FORENSIC AUDIT OF ALL FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES, SPENDING, AND CONTRACTS DURING DANAJ'S TENURE [Captioner] 19:37:39 SO THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT CAN KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF OUR FUNDS HAVE BEEN EMBEZZLED [Captioner] 19:37:42 THROUGH SHADY CONTRACTS, UNNECESSARY PROJECTS, OR OUTRIGHT THEFT. [Captioner] 19:37:47 WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHO KNEW WHAT AND WHEN. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:38:02 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NAREN IMMADI. >> HI. [Captioner] 19:38:08 I AM NAREN IMMADI. I'M A RESIDENT OF NILES AREA IN CANYON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. [Captioner] 19:38:21 SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRING UP A TOPIC WHICH IS BASICALLY I DO RUN DURING MY EVENINGS AND I DO [Captioner] 19:38:34 BIKE IF NOT DAILY, AT LEAST OFTEN, AND THEN I USE -- I BASICALLY RIDE -- THE SIDEWALKS [Captioner] 19:38:43 AND BIKE LANES ARE NOT CLEANED, SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE LIKE WE HAVE THESE DEDICATED [Captioner] 19:38:52 LINES NOW, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY WERE CLEANED, ESPECIALLY APART FROM THE BIKE LANE [Captioner] 19:38:58 CLEANING, I NOTICE THAT THE SIDEWALKS CLOSER TO MISSION BOULEVARD, THEY DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 19:39:03 ENOUGH PLACE TO WALK OR RUN BECAUSE WHATEVER THE TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE ON THE [Captioner] 19:39:10 SIDEWALKS ARE SOMEHOW SO -- THAT THEY EXTENDED THEIR BRANCHES ON TO THE SIDEWALK AND THEY ARE [Captioner] 19:39:17 COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE VIEW AS WELL, SO WE HAVE TO BASICALLY GET ON TO THE ROAD TO WALK ON [Captioner] 19:39:26 THE SIDEWALKS AT MULTIPLE PLACE, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE FOR BLIND AND DEAF, [Captioner] 19:39:31 SO JUST A POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:41 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:39:48 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, ORAL [Captioner] 19:39:53 COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD, AND I'D LIKE TO RETURN TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:40:00 CALENDAR. AND THAT'S ITEM 2C, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS WITH [Captioner] 19:40:17 COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Ms. Gauthier: THE MUTE BUTTON. [Captioner] 19:40:22 >> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. [Captioner] 19:40:31 THANK YOU. I PULLED THIS AGENDA ITEM 2C, UPDATE ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST [Captioner] 19:40:37 CODE. ONE OF THE THINGS -- I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY [Captioner] 19:40:44 RAFAEL ALVARADO FOR SUBMITTING THESE CHANGES AND HAVING THIS ABLE TO OPEN UP FOR DIALOGUE. [Captioner] 19:40:52 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION, AND THAT IS SOME OF THE OTHER [Captioner] 19:41:00 PRACTICES, WHEN I LOOK AT OTHER CITY OR COUNTY PRACTICES OF ROLLING OUT A CONFLICT OF [Captioner] 19:41:08 INTEREST CODE, THEY USUALLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE MORE USED DURING [Captioner] 19:41:15 PROCEEDINGS SUCH AS LIKE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECTION 18.730 [Captioner] 19:41:22 OF TITLE 2 TALKS ABOUT DISQUALIFICATION, AND IT DEFINES IT AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS OR [Captioner] 19:41:28 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DESIGNATED POSITIONS MUST DISQUALIFY THEMSELVES FROM MAKING OR [Captioner] 19:41:36 PARTICIPATING IN ANY DECISION WHICH WILL FORESEEBLY HAVE A MATERIAL FINANCIAL EFFECT, [Captioner] 19:41:41 DISTINGUISHED FROM THIS EFFECT ON THE PUBLIC, AND ON ANY REPORTABLE INTEREST OF WHETHER [Captioner] 19:41:48 IT AN EMPLOYEE OR PUBLIC OFFICIAL. AND SO THE EMPLOYEES ARE THEN [Captioner] 19:41:55 PREVENTED FROM MAKING OFFICIAL DECISIONS, AND SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW COME SOME PIECES [Captioner] 19:41:59 OF IT, YOU MAY REFERENCE THE WHOLE THING OR JUST PARTS OF IT IN THE SECTIONS, BUT [Captioner] 19:42:07 UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE NOT ENCOMPASSING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST WIDELY PRACTICED, [Captioner] 19:42:11 SUCH AS THE DISQUALIFICATION BEING STATED OUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CODE. [Captioner] 19:42:16 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:42:23 THE PURPOSE OF THIS STAFF REPORT IS ACTUALLY RATHER NARROW. THE REGULATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN [Captioner] 19:42:29 STATE LAW AND IN REGULATIONS. WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO THIS EVENING IS TO AUGMENT THE LIST [Captioner] 19:42:35 OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT MUST FILE FORM 700s IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS TO OCCUR, [Captioner] 19:42:38 WHETHER AN EMPLOYEE CAN DETERMINE AND THE CITY CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S A [Captioner] 19:42:43 CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE NEED FOR RECUSAL FOR THESE EMPLOYEES IN THESE PARTICULAR [Captioner] 19:42:47 POSITIONS. SO THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER STATE LAW. [Captioner] 19:42:51 WE DO IT REGULARLY EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS IS JUST ESSENTIALLY TO UPDATE THE LIST [Captioner] 19:42:53 OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO FILE THE FORM. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:43:02 BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT I REALLY THINK SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THERE AND TYING IT [Captioner] 19:43:09 BESIDES WITH THE FPPC RULING, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER RULES THAT ROLL INTO EFFECT THE [Captioner] 19:43:17 GOVERNMENT CODE REFLECTING ON 81,000, AND REFERRING -- I KNOW IT ROLLS UP TO THE POLITICAL [Captioner] 19:43:23 REFORM ACT, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS, AND MAKING SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:43:27 EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON. EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN ELECTED, YOU HAVE TO, EVERY JANUARY, WHEN [Captioner] 19:43:33 YOU'RE ELECTED IN THE FIRST TERM, YOU GO THROUGH THE ETHICAL ETHICS TRAINING, BUT WHAT I'M [Captioner] 19:43:43 TRYING TO ASK IS THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE AN OPEN INCONSISTENCY IN MAKING SURE [Captioner] 19:43:48 EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S THE COMMON PRACTICE OF DISQUALIFYING AND WHY AND WHEN. [Captioner] 19:43:53 SOME PEOPLE EVEN THOUGHT IT MAY BE RELATED TO CONTRACTS, WHICH IT'S NOT, AND IT'S TIED IN WITH [Captioner] 19:43:58 ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST. AND JUST MAKING SURE THOSE THINGS ARE CLEAR IN THAT PART, [Captioner] 19:44:05 AND THE PROVISIONS FOR DISQUALIFICATIONS, DISQUALIFYING YOURSELF FROM MAKING DECISION. [Captioner] 19:44:12 ALSO THERE'S A GOVERNMENT CODE THAT'S TIED IN WITH SECTION 9103, THAT ALSO HAS THAT TIED IN [Captioner] 19:44:22 IN. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 19:44:25 HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT CLEARER BECAUSE OF THE -- IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT WHEN THE [Captioner] 19:44:28 AVERAGE PERSON WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS CODE THAT CERTAIN THINGS POP UP. [Captioner] 19:44:36 WHEN I LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER PRACTICES, THEY HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF CASES THAT COULD BE [Captioner] 19:44:42 MOST HIGHLY USED DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:44:52 BIT MORE IN TERMS OF OURS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGHER UP AS OPPOSED TO SHOWING SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:44:55 SPECIFIC COUNTS THAT CAN BE USED AND REFERRED TO. SO IT'S EASY FOR SOME OF OUR [Captioner] 19:45:01 RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION, THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD AND IT'S [Captioner] 19:45:09 TRANSPARENT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A LAWYER, BUT THEY COULD READ, AND INTERPRET AND [Captioner] 19:45:12 UNDERSTAND THAT PART. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE IT [Captioner] 19:45:15 SEEMS A LITTLE DEVIANT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER PRACTICES THAT I'VE SEEN AROUND. [Captioner] 19:45:21 AND IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE COULD UPLOAD SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE MOST HIGHLY USED DURING [Captioner] 19:45:25 OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL, AND PROVIDING THE GUIDANCE. [Captioner] 19:45:35 ANOTHER PART THAT ALSO HAS COME UP IS I KNOW YOU ATTACHED THE LIST, WHICH IS HELPFUL WITH THE [Captioner] 19:45:42 DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES, AND IT TALKS ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO -- THE [Captioner] 19:45:48 EMPLOYEES OR PUBLIC ELECTED WOULD THEN FILL OUT THE FORM TO DISCLOSE THEIR ACTIVITIES. [Captioner] 19:45:56 SOME OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T SEE, AND MAYBE IT'S UNDER YOUR TITLE AND HEADING, WAS LIKE SECURITY [Captioner] 19:46:04 GUARD SERVICES, THIS IS STUFF THAT I'VE SEEN ACROSS THE BOARD OF LISTING SPECIFIC TYPE OF [Captioner] 19:46:11 SERVICES THAT ARE DONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR NORMAL WORK BUT ALSO THAT IS JUST ESTABLISHING SOME [Captioner] 19:46:23 AREAS THAT MAY BE ADDED TO THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU HAVE LISTED, AND THEN I WASN'T SURE WHY YOU [Captioner] 19:46:27 MADE A DISTINCTION OF STREET CONSTRUCTION WHERE THERE'S JUST CONSTRUCTION, PERIOD, IN [Captioner] 19:46:33 CATEGORY 7F. AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT'S JUST CONSTRUCTION IS [Captioner] 19:46:39 CONSTRUCTION AND JUST KIND OF MAKING IT MORE GENERAL, BECAUSE I KNOW IN OTHER COUNTIES AND [Captioner] 19:46:47 CITY, THEY DO HAVE A PRACTICE OF OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT FORMS THAT WE FILL OUT, AND IT'S OUTSIDE OF [Captioner] 19:46:52 WHAT YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO SERVE IN A PARTICULAR ROLE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE [Captioner] 19:46:59 PROPER AUTHORITIES, BUT IT'S ALSO THINGS THAT GET DISCLOSED AS PART OF RECORD SO THERE'S NO [Captioner] 19:47:07 CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND SO I DIDN'T -- I WANTED TO ASK YOU YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE OUTSIDE [Captioner] 19:47:14 EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES AND SEEING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ALSO ADVISED UPON [Captioner] 19:47:19 THERE, SO I KNOW THAT IT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER COMMON PRACTICE THAT I'VE SEEN [Captioner] 19:47:25 AND JUST ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. AND YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAID [Captioner] 19:47:33 BY IT AND WHAT IS YOUR POSITION AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF MAKING IT ALL PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:47:37 INFORMATION. IN THAT REGARD. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IN [Captioner] 19:47:43 RESPONSE TO A COUPLE OF THE POINTS YOU RAISED, THIS IS A COMPLEX AREA OF LAW, CANDIDLY, [Captioner] 19:47:50 AND FORTUNATELY, THE FPPC ON ITS WEBSITE DOES LIST ALL OF THESE CITATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED [Captioner] 19:47:55 TODAY, AND FORMS AND EXPLANATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT KIND OF GUIDE THE FILERS, [Captioner] 19:48:00 AND WE COMPLY WITH THAT. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A NARROW UPDATE TO THE LIST OF THE [Captioner] 19:48:04 EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REGULATIONS, AND GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS [Captioner] 19:48:08 AREA OF LAW, CERTAINLY OUR OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGULARLY INTERFACES WITH [Captioner] 19:48:14 EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBERS WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION OF WHETHER A PARTICULAR [Captioner] 19:48:20 DECISION MAY BE IMPACTED BY INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE [Captioner] 19:48:23 AVAILABLE FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. [Captioner] 19:48:31 AS YOU ROLL OUT THE PROCESS, WHAT IS, I GUESS, THE -- IT'S OVERSEEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEYS? [Captioner] 19:48:35 I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. [Captioner] 19:48:39 WHAT IS THE SET PROCESS? BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU INTRODUCE THE CODE, YOU ALSO [Captioner] 19:48:47 SHOULD BE INTRODUCING WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF WHO TAKES THE ACTION, WHO OWNS IT, WHO REPORTS [Captioner] 19:48:52 IT OUT, WHERE IS IT REPORTED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT EVERYONE IS IN COMPLIANCE AND ALSO IF THERE'S [Captioner] 19:48:57 ANY FINDINGS, HOW DOES THAT GET REPORTED OUT? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 19:49:02 THAT, AND IF THERE'S DISCIPLINARY ACTION, I KNOW THAT KIND OF TIES IN WITH OUR HR [Captioner] 19:49:12 DEPARTMENT, WITH ALLEN DEMEARS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, BUT I'M [Captioner] 19:49:17 JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW DOES THAT ALL ENCOMPASS TOGETHER THE PROCESS, AND THEN HOW DOES IT [Captioner] 19:49:25 TIE IN TO OUR COUNCIL HANDBOOK TO MAKE THAT ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S ENFORCEABLE AND TIED [Captioner] 19:49:29 TOGETHER? BECAUSE I JUST DON'T SEE ALL THE CONNECTIVITY, AND I DON'T SEE [Captioner] 19:49:34 THE PROCESS. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE PIECE HERE. [Captioner] 19:49:39 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE FPPC REGULATIONS ESSENTIALLY MAKE IT EACH OF OUR [Captioner] 19:49:45 RESPONSIBILITIES, US FORM 700 FILERS, IT'S EACH OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO MONITOR OUR [Captioner] 19:49:50 OWN FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND ENSURE THAT WE DON'T PARTICIPATE ON ACTIONS THAT COULD PUT THOSE [Captioner] 19:49:56 FINANCES IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF THE DECISION-MAKING, THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION-MAKING. [Captioner] 19:50:00 SO THE STARTING POINT IS, EACH OF US HAS TO FILE THE FORM, WE HAVE TO LIST OUR FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:50:06 INTERESTS, AND IF THERE'S A GOVERNMENT ACTION BEFORE, LET'S SAY, THE COUNCIL OR INDIVIDUAL [Captioner] 19:50:11 COUNCILMEMBERS, EACH OF US HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR -- DETERMINE [Captioner] 19:50:15 THAT WE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WE HAVE TO RECUSE OURSELVES FROM PARTICIPATION ON [Captioner] 19:50:19 THAT ACTION. SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK? TYPICALLY, YOU'D LOOK AT YOUR [Captioner] 19:50:26 FORM 700 AND IF THERE'S A POLICY THAT MIGHT CONFLICT WITH YOUR FINANCES, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO [Captioner] 19:50:31 MAKE YOUR OWN DETERMINATION IF YOU NEED LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, YOU CAN COME TO OUR OFFICE [Captioner] 19:50:35 AND OUR OFFICE CAN CERTAINLY ASSIST WITH THAT AND THE OBLIGATION THEN BECOMES THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:50:41 NOT PARTICIPATE ON THAT PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT DECISION. IN FACT, THE FPPC REGULATIONS [Captioner] 19:50:44 REQUIRE YOU TO DISCLOSE IF THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BEFORE THE ITEM COMES UP TO [Captioner] 19:50:48 RECUSE YOURSELF FROM PARTICIPATION AND THEN TO ALLOW THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS TO [Captioner] 19:50:53 CONTINUE WITH THE ACTION. SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL FACT-BASED DETERMINATIONS. [Captioner] 19:51:00 THEY ARE SOMETIMES COMPLEX. OUR OFFICE IS THERE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WHEN QUESTIONS DO [Captioner] 19:51:08 ARISE, BUT IT IS ULTIMATELY EACH OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO KNOW WHAT OUR FINANCES ARE AND [Captioner] 19:51:12 DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ON OUR FORMS AND THEN TO RECUSE OURSELVES WHEN THOSE CONFLICTS [Captioner] 19:51:16 ACTUALLY ARISE IN THE CONTEXT OF A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. >> Councilmember Cox: NOW HOW [Captioner] 19:51:22 WOULD YOU ADDRESS PERSONAL GAIN? IT MAY NOT BE FINANCIAL, SOMETIMES IT IS, SOMETIMES IT'S [Captioner] 19:51:27 NOT. HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS IT IN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE THAT [Captioner] 19:51:31 YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? OF. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I [Captioner] 19:51:33 MISSED THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION. >> Councilmember Cox: SO THE [Captioner] 19:51:38 PERSONAL GAIN, WHETHER IT'S DIRECT OR INDIRECT -- IT'S DIRECT, BUT IT COULD BE INDIRECT [Captioner] 19:51:45 THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MONETARY, BUT IT'S INFLUENCE. HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? [Captioner] 19:51:47 IN THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THESE [Captioner] 19:51:51 REGULATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, AND BASED UPON THE [Captioner] 19:51:57 KIND OF CATEGORY OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT, WHETHER IT'S RECEIPT OF A GIFT OR OWNERSHIP IN REAL [Captioner] 19:52:05 ESTATE OR OWNERSHIP IN AN INVESTMENT, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT AND THE TYPE [Captioner] 19:52:10 OF GIFT OR REAL ESTATE, YOU MAY HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A [Captioner] 19:52:14 FACT-BASED DETERMINATION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO LOOK AT THE FORM AND DETERMINE WHETHER YOU HAVE A [Captioner] 19:52:21 PARTICULAR FINANCIAL CONFLICT WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT DECISION. [Captioner] 19:52:25 >> Councilmember Cox: BUT WHERE IS IT THAT THERE IS MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:52:33 INTEREST BUT NON-FINANCIAL WITH INTEREST THAT IS THE INDIRECT PART, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT AND [Captioner] 19:52:38 HANDLED? IF YOU'RE STILL ROUTING THROUGH THE FPPC OR DO YOU DO A [Captioner] 19:52:41 SELF-DISCLOSURE? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ASPECT OF IT. [Captioner] 19:52:47 BECAUSE THEY DO ALLOW YOU TO SELF-DISCLOSE. >> THE FPPC REGULATIONS ONLY [Captioner] 19:52:49 ADDRESS FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THAT IS THE SCOPE OF INQUIRY [Captioner] 19:52:53 WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER A COUNCILMEMBER HAS TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM A PARTICULAR [Captioner] 19:52:57 GOVERNMENT DECISION. >> Councilmember Cox: IS THERE ANY PROCESS BEING THOUGHT ABOUT [Captioner] 19:53:04 THAT TIES IN WITH OUR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AS CITY EMPLOYEES OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT [Captioner] 19:53:12 WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE SAYING FPPC IS MORE ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE. [Captioner] 19:53:16 WHAT IF IT'S NOT ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, HOW IS IT BEST TO ADDRESS THAT? [Captioner] 19:53:23 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THAT'S A VERY BROAD QUESTION, BUT OTHER THAN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, [Captioner] 19:53:28 OUR OFFICE HASN'T BEEN DIRECTED TO DO ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE FPPC REGULATIONS [Captioner] 19:53:32 REQUIRE, AND THE SCOPE OF TONIGHT'S ACTION IS REALLY JUST TO UPDATE THE LIST TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 19:53:37 THAT THE EMPLOYEES THAT COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARE LISTED AND COMPLY [Captioner] 19:53:41 WITH FPPC REGULATIONS. >> Councilmember Cox: SO THIS IS MORE OF A FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:53:48 INTEREST-BASED TYPE RULING THAT YOU'RE PASSING THROUGH FOR THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IS WHAT [Captioner] 19:53:56 I'M HEARING THAT'S TIED TO THE FPPC AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY OF SPLITTING IT OUT FROM [Captioner] 19:54:01 NON-FINANCIAL FOR FINANCIAL. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CORRECT THIS ACTION TONIGHT IS BASED [Captioner] 19:54:05 UPON STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS UNDER FPPC REGULATIONS. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:54:13 NOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. FOR OUR COUNCIL HANDBOOK, DOES IT REFERENCE BACK TO THE [Captioner] 19:54:20 CONFLICT OF CODE REFERENCE IN OUR HANDBOOK? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN [Captioner] 19:54:27 THERE CURRENTLY, WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT VERSION THAT'S LATER ON IN THE AGENDA 7A. [Captioner] 19:54:30 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: NOT WITH THE LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY THAT YOU WOULD DEAL WITH IN THE [Captioner] 19:54:36 WORLD OF FPPC REGULATIONS. FRANKLY THE REGULATIONS ARE EXPANSIVE, AND THE RULES ARE [Captioner] 19:54:43 EXPANSIVE, SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE ADMINISTRATIVE SENSE TO INCLUDE ALL THOSE REGULATIONS WITHIN THE [Captioner] 19:54:48 HANDBOOK, BUT WE'RE STILL REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH FPPC REGULATIONS AND THESE EMPLOYEES [Captioner] 19:54:54 THAT ARE LISTED ON TONIGHT'S STAFF REPORT ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE FORM 700 [Captioner] 19:54:57 REQUIREMENTS. >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT. AND I DO REALIZE THERE IS A [Captioner] 19:55:02 DISTINCTION OF RULES OF THE EMPLOYEES AND BEING ON CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, SO I KNOW THE [Captioner] 19:55:07 COUNCIL HANDBOOK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND SEPARATE BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK AND [Captioner] 19:55:14 RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THIS IS REALLY FINANCIAL TIED FOR THE EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY [Captioner] 19:55:18 OF FREMONT. TO DISTINGUISH IT. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CORRECT [Captioner] 19:55:24 IT LISTS THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE FORM 700 ANNUALLY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY [Captioner] 19:55:27 POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. >> Councilmember Cox: AND IF [Captioner] 19:55:32 THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CONFLICTS WITH ANYTHING ELSE FOR OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT THAT THEY ALSO HAVE [Captioner] 19:55:39 SOME WAY OF CLEARANCE THAT ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE OKAY AND THAT IF THERE'S ANY ERISA CONFLICT, [Captioner] 19:55:45 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH SO EVERYBODY IS -- FROM BASED ON THIS, THIS IS THE EXHAUSTIVE [Captioner] 19:55:49 LIST OF OTHER AREAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO REPORT THEIR INCOME? [Captioner] 19:55:54 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YELL, WELL, THIS LIST ENCAPSULATES ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:55:59 REQUIRED TO FILL OUT THE FORM 700 AS REQUIRED UNDER THE FPPC REGULATIONS. [Captioner] 19:56:02 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT DOESN'T ADDRESS OUTSIDE [Captioner] 19:56:05 EMPLOYMENT. THERE ARE OTHER PERSONNEL RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN THAT [Captioner] 19:56:08 ASPECT OF YOUR QUESTION, BUT IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THESE ARE THE [Captioner] 19:56:12 POSITIONS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT THE FORM. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:56:17 FOR THAT PART. BUT THINK ABOUT THE OUTSIDE, IN CASE THERE'S OTHER -- THAT EVER [Captioner] 19:56:25 COMES INTO A CONFLICT OR EVERYBODY IS CLEAR ON, THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER PART THAT [Captioner] 19:56:30 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ENHANCED TO COVER THAT AREA JUST IN CASE. I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS GOOD, BUT [Captioner] 19:56:35 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD JUST TO HAVE THOSE THINGS IN PLACE JUST IN CASE. [Captioner] 19:56:42 OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:56:46 SALWAN, I SAW YOU PRESSED THE BUTTON. >> Vice Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:56:48 MADAME MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER COX, JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT [Captioner] 19:56:52 THE EMPLOYEES' CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR CITY COUNCIL? OR BOTH? [Captioner] 19:56:58 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHERE YOUR CONCERN AROSE. >> Councilmember Cox: I'M JUST [Captioner] 19:57:03 LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PRACTICES ACROSS THE BOARD, AND JUST SEEING LIKE WHAT'S THE BEST [Captioner] 19:57:07 PRACTICES OUT THERE AND JUST KIND OF QUESTIONING BECAUSE I'VE WORKED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:57:16 GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, AND SOME THINGS HOLD UNTIL YOU DIE, SOME OF THE ETERNAL STANDARDS. [Captioner] 19:57:21 AND THEN OTHERS HAVE FORMS DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. [Captioner] 19:57:30 I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, IT'S JUST I'M JUST UNDERSTANDING THE CONTENT AND HOW IT'S BEING [Captioner] 19:57:33 APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S IT. >> Vice Mayor Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:57:40 AND MR. ALVARADO, SO I NOTICE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER WERE NOT ON THIS LIST. [Captioner] 19:57:49 IS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY COVERED BY STATE LAW AND FPPC REQUIREMENTS? [Captioner] 19:57:55 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ALL [Captioner] 19:57:58 SUBJECT TO FPPC REGULATIONS REGARDING FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. [Captioner] 19:58:05 >> Vice Mayor Salwan: AND THE FPPC IS THE RULING BODY ON THOSE ISSUES AND CAN CLARIFY IF [Captioner] 19:58:11 ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OR SOMEBODY HAS A COMPLAINT THAT'S A VENUE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS? [Captioner] 19:58:16 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CORRECT THE FPPC IS REALLY THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CAN IMMUNIZE [Captioner] 19:58:23 COUNCILMEMBERS FROM MISTAKES THAT MAY COME FROM PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS WHERE THEY HAVE A [Captioner] 19:58:28 CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO BOTH UNDERSTAND THE FPPC REGULATIONS [Captioner] 19:58:33 BUT ALSO TO REACH OUT TO THE FPPC ITSELF WHEN THERE'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT MAY [Captioner] 19:58:35 IMPACT AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER'S ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE. [Captioner] 19:58:41 >> Vice Mayor Salwan: AND AS A CITY, I THINK WE HAVE A POLICY FOR ETHICS TRAINING REQUIREMENT [Captioner] 19:58:47 EVERY FEW YEARS? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: EVERY TWO YEARS AS I UNDERSTAND. [Captioner] 19:58:53 >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, I JUST [Captioner] 19:59:00 WANTED TO POINT OUT THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE 87200 FILER, GOVERNMENT CODE 87200, [Captioner] 19:59:09 THE FPPC BEING THE AUTHORITY REGULATES THAT UNDER 87200 AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:59:11 AND CERTAIN CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY LISTED ON THE LAST PAGE. [Captioner] 19:59:16 YOU'RE NOT LISTED ON ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE OR SIX PAGE, YOU'RE LISTED ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE [Captioner] 19:59:19 DESIGNATED POSITIONS. >> Vice Mayor Salwan: OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:25 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS? >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO [Captioner] 19:59:29 ASK, I SAW SOME EARLIER BUT I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS FROM BEFORE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME [Captioner] 19:59:32 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. YOU PRESSED THE BUTTON -- >> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE A [Captioner] 19:59:37 PUBLIC SPEAKER AS WELL. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. >> Councilmember Kassan: I DID [Captioner] 19:59:43 PRESS THE BUTTON. >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHY I WASN'T SURE, THERE WERE THREE OR [Captioner] 19:59:46 FOUR BEFORE BUT YOU DON'T SHOW UP RIGHT NOW. YES, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 19:59:51 >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE, IT'S FUNNY BUT -- AND I [Captioner] 19:59:57 KNOW I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT THERE'S THIS REFERENCE TO FREMONT'S CONFLICT OF [Captioner] 20:00:01 INTEREST CODE, BUT I DON'T FIND THAT ANYWHERE. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN [Captioner] 20:00:08 THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THERE'S NO LINK TO IT. IS IT JUST THESE APPENDICES? [Captioner] 20:00:14 WHERE IS THE FREMONT CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WE [Captioner] 20:00:18 INCORPORATE THE REGULATIONS BY REFERENCE. >> Councilmember Kassan: AND [Captioner] 20:00:24 WHERE IS THAT WRITTEN DOWN SO PEOPLE COULD SEE IT? >> Ms. Gauthier: IT'S ADOPTED BY [Captioner] 20:00:27 RESOLUTION, BUT I COULD PULL UP THE INFORMATION AND SEND TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. [Captioner] 20:00:32 >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. IT'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE A BIT CONCERNED [Captioner] 20:00:36 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER AND WONDERING ABOUT CONFLICTS OF [Captioner] 20:00:42 INTEREST THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD AND I KNOW THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM TONIGHT, SO I [Captioner] 20:00:48 DON'T WANT TO GO OFF TOPIC, BUT I THINK IT'S AT THE TOP OF MIND FOR MANY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, SO I [Captioner] 20:00:51 THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST [Captioner] 20:00:58 REQUIREMENTS ARE AS THEY RELATE TO CITY EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, INCLUDING FORMER [Captioner] 20:01:04 CITY MANAGERS, AND COUNCILMEMBERS. RIGHT NOW THERE'S REALLY NO -- I [Captioner] 20:01:09 MEAN, I'M A COUNCILMEMBER AND I COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE IN OUR DOCUMENTS, SO I THINK IT WOULD [Captioner] 20:01:14 BE HELPFUL AS A STARTING POINT TO GET -- TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT TOPIC. [Captioner] 20:01:28 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC SPEAKER. ON THIS ITEM? [Captioner] 20:01:32 >> Ms. Gauthier: IT APPEARS THEY'VE LOWERED THEIR HAND NOW. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:01:37 SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Jones: I WILL [Captioner] 20:01:39 SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER -- DO YOU STILL [Captioner] 20:01:43 HAVE A COMMENT? I JUST SAW YOUR NAME COME UP. >> Councilmember Keng: SO I DO [Captioner] 20:01:50 ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, IF WE CAN MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT FOR ALL [Captioner] 20:01:54 THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHERE THAT'S REFERENCED AT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM. [Captioner] 20:02:00 SO WE MAY HAVE TO -- >> Mayor Mei: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. [Captioner] 20:02:06 I THINK OUR CITY CLERK MENTIONED THAT IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION AND TO SEND A COPY. [Captioner] 20:02:10 IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY? >> Councilmember Kassan: IT'S [Captioner] 20:02:15 NOT IN THE RESOLUTION. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PAST CITY [Captioner] 20:02:20 RESOLUTIONS HAVE INCORPORATED FPPC REGULATIONS BY REFERENCE. THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO [Captioner] 20:02:24 THE RESOLUTION. TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION MAKES REFERENCE TO THAT INCORPORATION [Captioner] 20:02:29 BY REFERENCE, SO WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION, IS ACTUALLY JUST TO [Captioner] 20:02:34 GO TO THE FPPC WEBSITE, WHICH CONTAINS ALL THE REGULATIONS. WE'VE INCORPORATED ALL THOSE [Captioner] 20:02:38 REGULATIONS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO, CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT CITY [Captioner] 20:02:43 STAFF COULD DO AND I WOULD DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT IS INCLUDE LINKS ON OUR OWN [Captioner] 20:02:48 WEBSITES, THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION, HOWL TO GET FROM OUR OWN LOCAL [Captioner] 20:02:53 WEBSITE TO THOSE FPPC REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THESE EMPLOYEES. [Captioner] 20:03:00 >> Mayor Mei: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CLARIFICATION, THERE'S [Captioner] 20:03:05 ALREADY BEEN DEFINED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. AND SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE [Captioner] 20:03:13 VOTE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, THOUGH, JUST IN [Captioner] 20:03:16 CASE -- TO CLARIFY -- >> Vice Mayor Salwan: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE THE [Captioner] 20:03:23 CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE SECOND TO THE [Captioner] 20:03:24 AMENDMENT? YES. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [Captioner] 20:03:30 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE'RE ALL IN CHAMBERS TONIGHT SO YOU CAN USE YOUR VOTING DEVICE. [Captioner] 20:03:35 >> Mayor Mei: OH, YES, WE CAN JUST VOTE TONIGHT. AYE, NAY AND ABSTAIN. [Captioner] 20:03:51 SO IF YOU'D PRESS THAT, PLEASE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. IT'S MOTIONED AND SECONDED AND [Captioner] 20:03:54 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THAT ON THE NEW SYSTEM. [Captioner] 20:04:08 THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR COUNCIL AGENDA THIS EVENING IS RETURNING TO [Captioner] 20:04:13 ITEM 8A -- I MEAN A, REVISED CITY COUNCIL HANDBOOK OF RULES AND PROCEDURES. [Captioner] 20:04:21 THERE IS NO FORMAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, BUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO WILL BE [Captioner] 20:04:25 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. AND LET'S -- FIRST ARE THERE ANY [Captioner] 20:04:28 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? [Captioner] 20:04:41 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, IS THIS FROM EARLIER OR JUST NOW WHERE YOU'RE ASKING FOR CLARIFYING COMMENT ON [Captioner] 20:04:45 THIS ITEM, THE HANDBOOK? NO? OKAY. [Captioner] 20:04:52 AND I ALSO SAW COUNCILMEMBER SHAO BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FROM BEFORE TOO? [Captioner] 20:04:55 SHAO NO. >> Mayor Mei: LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS IF THERE ARE ANY [Captioner] 20:05:00 ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE. >> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE THREE -- IS IT 3 MINUTES? [Captioner] 20:05:03 >> Mayor Mei: SURE, THAT'S FINE. >> Ms. Gauthier: WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE. [Captioner] 20:05:08 I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE SPEAKERS. >> Councilmember Kassan: I THINK SOME OF OUR BUTTONS AREN'T [Captioner] 20:05:11 WORKING WITH THE REQUEST TO SPEAK. >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHAT I WAS [Captioner] 20:05:14 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. I HAD SOME EARLIER AND THEY ALL DISAPPEARED. [Captioner] 20:05:21 >> Councilmember Kassan: BECAUSE I KNOW I DID HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE IF [Captioner] 20:05:25 COUNCILMEMBER JONES DID. >> Mayor Mei: YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE WE [Captioner] 20:05:27 BEGIN? >> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH. I WANTED TO GET SOME [Captioner] 20:05:31 CLARIFICATION AROUND THE QUESTION OF PULLING ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 20:05:42 WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING CHANGED? IT'S NOT SUPER CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN WHAT [Captioner] 20:05:47 WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK [Captioner] 20:05:53 YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. THE ONE CHANGE IS THAT UNDER THE [Captioner] 20:05:59 REVISED PROCEDURES, IF ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ONLY COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:06:04 PULL ITEMS OFF OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITSELF. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD [Captioner] 20:06:10 STILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR GENERALLY AND ON SPECIFIC ITEMS PULLED, BUT [Captioner] 20:06:15 FOR GOVERNANCE PURPOSES, ONLY CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PULL ITEMS OFF THE [Captioner] 20:06:20 AGENDA. >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. I'M SORRY, ONE OTHER CLARIFYING [Captioner] 20:06:24 QUESTION AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROCLAMATIONS. I KNOW WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING [Captioner] 20:06:32 OUR POLICY ON PROCLAMATIONS, BUT DOES THIS -- SOMETIMES PROCLAMATIONS ARE READ AT THE [Captioner] 20:06:37 COUNCIL, AND THEN SOMETIMES THERE ARE RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS, I DON'T KNOW THE [Captioner] 20:06:42 EXACT CORRECT NAME FOR THEM, THAT ARE BROUGHT TO EVENTS OR BROUGHT TO GROUPS THAT DON'T [Captioner] 20:06:49 EVEN COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT ALL. DOES THIS POLICY ENCOMPASS ALL [Captioner] 20:06:53 OF THOSE OR JUST ONES THAT ACTUALLY ARE READ AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS? [Captioner] 20:07:01 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS POLICY ACTUALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVELY WITH [Captioner] 20:07:09 RESPECT TO HOW THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS RESOLUTIONS. ALL IT DOES IS REMOVE CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 20:07:14 RESOLUTIONS IN ORDER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH VOTING REQUIREMENTS AS AN OFFICIAL [Captioner] 20:07:17 RESOLUTION. >> Councilmember Kassan: RIGHT, I TOTALLY GET THAT PART, BUT [Captioner] 20:07:23 JUST -- I THINK I WAS -- I KNOW NOTHING'S CHANGING BUT I REALIZED I WASN'T CLEAR ON THE [Captioner] 20:07:33 POLICY, WHETHER THE POLICY IS REFERRING ONLY TO THESE TYPES OF ITEMS THAT OCCUR AT CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:07:38 MEETINGS OR IS IT ALSO REFERRING TO ITEMS THAT MAYBE ARE BROUGHT TO OTHER EVENTS IN OTHER [Captioner] 20:07:42 COMMUNITIES OR AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IN [Captioner] 20:07:48 TERMS OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS, IT APPLIES TO ALL FORMS OF CEREMONIAL ITEMS. [Captioner] 20:07:53 >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: CLARIFYING [Captioner] 20:07:58 QUESTIONS? I SEE ALSO COUNCILMEMBER YANG SHAO AND COUNCILMEMBER JONES, SO [Captioner] 20:08:02 I THINK THE BUTTONS ARE WORKING. FIRST WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 20:08:06 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE [Captioner] 20:08:11 CLOSED SESSION. IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S NO SPECIFIC MENTIONING ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:08:19 CLOSED SESSION IN TERMS OF THE VOTING POWER OF ALL THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, SO IS IT [Captioner] 20:08:26 WORTHWHILE TO ADD A SENTENCE WHICH SAYS THE VOTING POWER OF THE EACH AND EVERY CITY [Captioner] 20:08:34 COUNCILMEMBER INCLUDING THE MAYOR WOULD STAND THE SAME FOR BOTH THE OPEN SESSION AND CLOSED [Captioner] 20:08:43 SESSION, IN OTHER WORDS, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION FROM ME. [Captioner] 20:08:51 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE AMENDED LANGUAGE ON THE [Captioner] 20:08:55 AGENDA FORMAT DOES NOT ADDRESS SUBSTANTIVELY HOW THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES IN CLOSED SESSION. [Captioner] 20:08:58 THAT'S GOVERNED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE BROWN ACT. [Captioner] 20:09:04 ALL THIS DOES IS BASICALLY INCLUDE IN THE AGENDA FORMAT THE REPORTING OUT REQUIREMENT OF THE [Captioner] 20:09:08 BROWN ACT WHERE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS REQUIRED TO REPORT OUT CERTAIN ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE [Captioner] 20:09:13 COUNCIL AS A BODY IN CLOSED SESSION, AND WE'RE ADDING TO ENSURE THAT THAT OCCURS EVERY [Captioner] 20:09:19 TIME WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION. >> Councilmember Shao: MY SECOND QUESTION IS STILL REGARDING THE [Captioner] 20:09:27 CLOSED SESSION. SO UNDERSTANDING THAT TODAY IS ONLY ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT [Captioner] 20:09:36 I TAKE IT THAT FOR THE CLOSED SESSION, IT IS BY THE BROWN ACT AND ALSO THE C. PENAL CODE THAT [Captioner] 20:09:45 THE DISCLOSURE OF THE CLOSED SESSION CONTENT WOULD INVOKE THE BROWN ACT OR THE CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 20:09:51 PENAL CODE PUNISHMENT, CORRECT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, THIS DOES NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE [Captioner] 20:09:56 REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT INCLUDING THE TREAT MMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND [Captioner] 20:09:59 MATERIAL THAT IS DISCUSSED WITHIN CLOSED SESSION. FURTHERMORE, THE CITY ATTORNEY [Captioner] 20:10:04 IS ONLY AUTHORIZED TO REPORT OUT INFORMATION FROM CLOSED SESSION THAT IS EITHER SPECIFICALLY [Captioner] 20:10:07 REQUIRED UNDER THE BROWN ACT ITSELF OR AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:10:15 >> Councilmember Shao: AND I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT AS THOROUGHLY AS I FIRST READ IT. [Captioner] 20:10:23 I ADMIT, BUT I COULDN'T FIND ANY REGULATION REGARDING USING THE ELECTRONIC PERSONAL DEVICES LIKE [Captioner] 20:10:32 CELL PHONE OR LAPTOP DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS. [Captioner] 20:10:36 IS THERE ANY REGULATION ADDED FOR THAT? I KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE WAS [Captioner] 20:10:42 BROUGHT UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN OUR ANNUAL RETREAT. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE [Captioner] 20:10:46 BROWN ACT REALLY IS WHERE THAT ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED ITSELF AND OF COURSE WE ALL HAVE TO COMPLY [Captioner] 20:10:51 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT. WHEN WE'RE IN MEETINGS, WE'RE [Captioner] 20:10:57 NOT ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE VIA TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS IN WAYS THAT VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT, INCLUDING [Captioner] 20:11:02 SERIAL MEETINGS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS, ALL DISCUSSIONS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS [Captioner] 20:11:06 HAVE TO HAPPEN IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC IN ORDER THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THE COUNCIL IS [Captioner] 20:11:09 DELIBERATING AND MAKING POLICY. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:11:16 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER JONES. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:11:20 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, IT IS [Captioner] 20:11:24 COVERED IN OUR COUNCIL HANDBOOK AS WELL THAT THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IS STRONGLY [Captioner] 20:11:31 DISCOURAGED, SO THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP ON COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:11:35 KASSAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 20:11:42 TO PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT, BUT THE PUBLIC WILL STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMENT ON THOSE [Captioner] 20:11:46 ITEMS, BUT HAVE WE DECIDED WHERE YET? IS IT IN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, IS [Captioner] 20:11:51 IT WHEN WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT PUBLIC COMMENT GOING TO COME IN? [Captioner] 20:11:55 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE BROWN ACT, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE [Captioner] 20:12:02 ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT THE TOP OF CONSENT CALENDAR FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PULLED AND, AGAIN, FOR [Captioner] 20:12:06 ANY ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:12:09 WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON A CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 20:12:12 >> Councilmember Jones: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:12:17 AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS BEFORE WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION. [Captioner] 20:12:23 WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM FIRST. I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. [Captioner] 20:12:30 >> Ms. Gauthier: MARIE H. MARIE? >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, MARIE. [Captioner] 20:12:34 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARIE HUGHES. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF [Captioner] 20:12:40 FREMONT. I WAS RATHER DISMAYED TO SEE THAT MY LIST OF SUGGESTED [Captioner] 20:12:45 IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TODAY, PROPOSAL TO BOTH NOT LET THE PUBLIC PULL ITEMS FROM [Captioner] 20:12:52 THE CONSENT CALENDAR BUT ALSO TO NOT COMMENT ON THE ITEMS AS THEY COME UP BUT ALL AT ONCE IN THE [Captioner] 20:12:58 NAME OF EFFICIENCY. FIRST I MAIL TO SEE HOW THIS WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT. [Captioner] 20:13:03 I DO SEE TO BE VERY CONFUSING BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC BUT ALSO FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE [Captioner] 20:13:08 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR INPUT. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CONFUSED [Captioner] 20:13:13 ABOUT WHAT ITEM WE'RE ON OR NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY ON TOPIC? THIS HAPPENS AT ALMOST EVERY [Captioner] 20:13:19 MEETING. IF YOU LIMIT PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON SEVERAL MOST LIKELY UNRELATED [Captioner] 20:13:24 AGENDA ITEMS AT ONCE, IT'S GOING TO GENERATE EVEN MORE CONFUSION ON THE PARTS OF CITIZENS TRYING [Captioner] 20:13:30 TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT. EVEN LESKO HEERNT PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:13:34 STATEMENTS, MAKING IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR POINTS ACROSS CLEARLY AND FOR COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:13:39 REPRESENTATIVES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE [Captioner] 20:13:44 MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT, YOU COULD CUT DOWN ON THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS OR AT LEAST TIME-BOX THEM. [Captioner] 20:13:49 OR YOU COULD JUST GO ON AS YOU HAVE BEEN. I GO TO A LOT OF MEETINGS OF ALL [Captioner] 20:13:54 SORTS, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE ACTUALLY SOME OF THE BEST-RUN MEETINGS THAT I [Captioner] 20:13:57 ATTEND. THEREFORE, I SAY IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:14:02 FIX IT? AND THIS DOES NOT EVEN GET INTO REMOVING THE POWER TO PULL ITEMS [Captioner] 20:14:07 FROM THE CONSTITUENTS. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON I CAN SEE TO DO THIS, AND IT HELPS [Captioner] 20:14:20 NO ONE. THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: NAREN IMMADI. [Captioner] 20:14:23 NAREN. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AGAIN. [Captioner] 20:14:30 YEAH, I HAVE CONCERN WITH THAT SAME POINT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING HERE. [Captioner] 20:14:39 CHAPTER 3 SECTION 11, SORRY, REVISION TO THE RULE BOOK. I DON'T SEE THE REASON WHY [Captioner] 20:14:46 PUBLIC AREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE A VOICE ON THIS ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE ARE [Captioner] 20:14:54 PROPOSING THIS CHANGE TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL EXCLUSIVELY AUTHORITY TO WITHDRAW ITEMS FROM [Captioner] 20:14:57 CONSENT CALENDAR. I THINK WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY IT IS NOW? [Captioner] 20:15:02 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT. I PERSONALLY FEEL BY DOING THIS, [Captioner] 20:15:10 WE ARE SETTING A BAD PRECEDENCE. MOST OF THE TIME, AT LEAST I VAGUELY REMEMBER THERE WERE [Captioner] 20:15:18 TIMES LIKE WHEN THIS WAS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE RAISED THEIR VOICE IN CASES WHERE THE [Captioner] 20:15:26 ITEM WAS TAKEN OUT AND DISCUSSED AT ITS APPROPRIATE AGENDA ITEMS. SO IF THIS IS NOT A CONCERN FOR [Captioner] 20:15:34 ANY REASON AS MARIE MENTIONED, IF IT IS NOT BROKEN, WHY CAN'T WE JUST KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS, [Captioner] 20:15:45 WHICH WOULD NOT MAKE ANY -- PROPOSED CHANGE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:15:49 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNIE. >> YES. [Captioner] 20:15:57 MY NAME IS ANNIE, AND I AM A 12-YEAR RESIDENT OF FREMONT. I ECHO THE CONCERNS OF THE [Captioner] 20:16:02 PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO AMEND THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY, [Captioner] 20:16:07 SPECIFICALLY THE CHAPTER 3 SECTION L1, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 20:16:11 PUBLIC SHOULD RETAIN THEIR RIGHT TO PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. [Captioner] 20:16:17 I NOTICE A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FROM JOHN HINDS, I'M UNSURE IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO [Captioner] 20:16:22 SPEAK TODAY, BUT THAT CALCULATED THAT ON AVERAGE DURING THE LAST 10 MEETINGS, THE WHOLE CONSENT [Captioner] 20:16:27 AGENDA PROCESS TOOK 7.2 MINUTES. WHILE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME TO INDEPENDENTLY [Captioner] 20:16:33 VERIFY THAT, THAT NUMBER SEEMS PRETTY REASONABLE AND I WANT TO THANK JOHN FOR THEIR WORK. [Captioner] 20:16:40 ADDITIONALLY, THE 7.2 MINUTES ON AVERAGE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA PROCESS TELLS ME THAT OUR [Captioner] 20:16:46 CURRENT PROCESS WHEREIN BOTH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE AN [Captioner] 20:16:50 EQUAL STAKE IN DETERMINING WHICH ITEMS GET VOTED ON SEPARATELY IS WORKING. [Captioner] 20:16:54 ON AVERAGE, IT'S EFFICIENT SO IF THERE CURRENTLY ISN'T AN EFFICIENCY PROBLEM, WE DON'T [Captioner] 20:17:00 NEED ANY CHANGES TO FIX A NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM. ADDITIONALLY, IT'S VITAL THAT [Captioner] 20:17:06 THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE PROCESSES OF OUR OWN CITY IN A [Captioner] 20:17:10 MEANINGFUL WAY SUCH THAT ITEMS THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE UNIQUELY INTERESTED IN CAN BE [Captioner] 20:17:21 VOTED ON SEPARATELY, THUS THE PUBLIC CAN DETERMINE ALL OF THE POE SITIONINGS OF ALL OF OUR [Captioner] 20:17:26 COUNCILMEMBERS WHICH COULD BE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT. THIS WILL DECREASE THE PUBLIC'S [Captioner] 20:17:32 ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT, ONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS USED FOR WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR ONLY, [Captioner] 20:17:35 NAMELY, REALLY ROUTINE BUSINESS OR INCREDIBLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL THINGS. [Captioner] 20:17:41 AND SO IF THE PUBLIC LOSES THIS RIGHT, THIS COULD CREATE SITUATIONS WHERE ITEMS GO ON [Captioner] 20:17:46 CONSENT WHICH MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FEEL SHOULD NOT, AND IF THE PUBLIC LOSES THEIR [Captioner] 20:17:52 RECOURSE AND THEIR SIMPLE RIGHT TO PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEY MAY FEEL [Captioner] 20:17:58 INCREASINGLY DISENFRANCHISED AND UNHEARD, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO PULL AN ITEM TO [Captioner] 20:18:03 DETERMINE WHERE ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS STAND ON IT. OFTEN YOU GET COMMENTS FROM [Captioner] 20:18:07 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMPLAINING ABOUT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OR LACK OF BEING [Captioner] 20:18:15 HEARD. I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM IS QUITE AS EXTREME AS [Captioner] 20:18:20 THESE COMMENTS PURPORT FRANKLY BUT IT'S TO ENSURE THEY CAN PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. [Captioner] 20:18:26 MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO ON THIS MATTER IS ONE CURRENTLY AN EFFICIENT AND SPEEDY PROCESS, [Captioner] 20:18:32 TWO, A WAY TO ENSURE THE PROPER USE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:18:38 CAN DETERMINE THE POSITIONS OF ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THREE, A WAY TO MAKE THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:18:42 FEEL HEARD. THE STATUS QUO WAS WORKING SO I ECHO THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, [Captioner] 20:18:49 IT'S NOT BROKEN, SO WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE IT. PLEASE AMEND SECTION 3 -- OR [Captioner] 20:18:52 CHAPTER 3 SECTION L1 BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:19:04 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HINDS. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 20:19:08 I AM IMPRESSED BY MY FELLOW FREMONTERS. AND I'M MAKING ONE MORE COMMENT [Captioner] 20:19:15 ABOUT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:19:20 NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND THERE'S EXACTLY ONE WAY TO KNOW IF SOMETHING IS NON-CONTROVERSIAL. [Captioner] 20:19:26 YOU PUT IT OUT THERE AND NO ONE CONTROVERTS IT. ANYTHING BEFORE THE MEETING IS [Captioner] 20:19:32 JUST A GUESS. TONIGHT'S REVISION WOULD CURTAIL THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO MAKE THAT [Captioner] 20:19:37 CALL BASED ON A PRELIMINARY GUESS. AS IT TURNS OUT, THOSE GUESSES [Captioner] 20:19:43 HAVE BEEN RIGHT ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE TIME. PRETTY GOOD, BUT NOT ENOUGH THAT [Captioner] 20:19:51 WE SHOULD WANT TO TURN SUCH A GUESS INTO A KIND OF RULING. IN THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS [Captioner] 20:19:57 FOR 7A TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT I ACTUALLY PLODDED THROUGH THE LAST 10 COUNCIL MEETINGS, AS [Captioner] 20:20:01 ANNIE MENTIONED, TO SEE HOW MUCH TIME HAD ACTUALLY BEEN SPENT ON EACH PHASE OF THE CONSENT [Captioner] 20:20:07 CALENDAR. THE UPSHOT IS THAT THIS PROPOSED CHANGE COULD POTENTIALLY, [Captioner] 20:20:12 POTENTIALLY SAVE ONE OR TWO MINUTES PER MEETING. NOT MUCH. [Captioner] 20:20:20 IN COMPARISON, ITEM 3 IN THE SAME MEETINGS, WHEN WE READ PROCLAMATIONS AND GIVE OUT [Captioner] 20:20:26 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS HAS BEEN TAKING MORE THAN 11 MINUTES PER MEET, AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 20:20:34 IS ACTUAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY. AND WHATEVER TIME IS SAVED COMES AT WHAT COST? [Captioner] 20:20:38 HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS RESPECTED THE PUBLIC'S JUDGMENT AS TO WHICH ITEMS SHOULD BE [Captioner] 20:20:46 PULLED, AND BY AND LARGE, THE PUBLIC HAVE EXERCISED THAT JUDGMENT WELL AND RESPONSIBLY. [Captioner] 20:20:50 I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS SHOW OF RESPECT TO CONTINUE AND BE MUTUAL. [Captioner] 20:21:00 PLEASE KEEP THE OLD RULE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:21:06 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:21:18 JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHEN YOU GET TOO DEEP INTO THE LEGALISMS, THEN IT [Captioner] 20:21:23 OBSCURES WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AND THAT'S BY DESIGN, BECAUSE WHEN THE WORDS ARE SO [Captioner] 20:21:27 COMPLICATED THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS, NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING [Captioner] 20:21:34 AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY IS DESIRED TO HAPPEN ON THE PART OF THE SPEAKER. [Captioner] 20:21:39 SO WHEN THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE -- THE [Captioner] 20:21:44 NEW WAY AND THE OLD WAY? WELL, UNDER THE OLD WAY, SURE, EVERYONE REMEMBERS THAT PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:21:51 COULD CALL UP AND SAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT -- I WANT TO PULL ITEM A, B, C, D, E, F, G, AND [Captioner] 20:21:59 THEN THEY WOULD GET SOME TIME TO SPEAK TO EACH ONE. AND THIS WOULD DRAG ON AND ON [Captioner] 20:22:05 AND ON AND I GUESS IT ANNOYED THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THESE RULES SO MUCH THAT THEY WROTE THE RULE [Captioner] 20:22:12 TO OUTLAW THAT PRACTICE AND THEY WOULD GIVE PEOPLE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO COVER A, B, C, [Captioner] 20:22:17 D, E, F, G, H, I, ALL IN ONE SHOT. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING BUT [Captioner] 20:22:21 THEY DIDN'T TELL COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, TO TELL COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN TO [Captioner] 20:22:29 JUST MAKE IT CLEAR, CLEAR, WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING HERE? I'M NOT -- AND OTHER PARTS OF [Captioner] 20:22:35 THIS RULES AND REGULATIONS, WE'RE SO PROTECTIVE, WE'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY'S [Captioner] 20:22:41 REPUTATION AND THE CITY'S LOGO, IT'S ALL OVER THIS THING ABOUT THE USE OF THE CITY LOGO, I JUST [Captioner] 20:22:45 WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF FREMONT. MANY YEARS AGO, WHOEVER DESIGNED [Captioner] 20:22:50 THIS LOGO, IT'S A WONDERFUL LOGO, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [Captioner] 20:22:57 WE WANT -- WE USE IT ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME WITHOUT NEEDING ANY KIND OF APPROVALS, [Captioner] 20:23:02 BECAUSE RIGHT THERE ON THE CITY LOGO IS MISSION PEAK, A PARK THAT THIS COUNCIL SHUT DOWN [Captioner] 20:23:06 ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND THEN DENIED HAVING SHUT DOWN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. [Captioner] 20:23:15 AND WE CAN -- RIGHT THERE ON THE LOGO, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT YOU USE THAT PARK AND THAT [Captioner] 20:23:20 MOUNTAIN RIGHT THERE. AND IT OPENS UP SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCUSSION AND [Captioner] 20:23:31 USE OF YOUR LOGO. AND THEN FINALLY, ON THIS RULES AND PROCEDURES, THERE'S THESE [Captioner] 20:23:36 REFERRALS. WE'RE SO CAREFUL ABOUT TWO CAN MAKE REFERRALS, THE PROCESS FOR [Captioner] 20:23:40 REFERRALS. WELL, THERE WAS A REFERRAL TO COME BACK WITH WHAT IS THE [Captioner] 20:23:45 STATUS OF A LONG TERM LEASE AT MISSION PEAK, AND THAT WAS AT THE END OF 2020 AND THEN AT THE [Captioner] 20:23:51 END OF 2021, EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO -- I THINK TO [Captioner] 20:23:56 SHOOT IT DOWN, TO DENY A LONG TERM LEASE, AND OF COURSE THAT LEAVES OPEN THE QUESTION OF WHAT [Captioner] 20:24:00 IS THE STATUS OF A LONG TERM LEASE AT MISSION PEAK BECAUSE IT'S STILL OUT THERE, THAT [Captioner] 20:24:04 QUESTION, THAT REFERRAL, AND THAT'S BEEN, WHAT, A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS? [Captioner] 20:24:10 SO WHERE IS THE ACTION ON THESE REFERRALS? PLEASE LOOK IT UP. [Captioner] 20:24:24 IT'S FROM LATE 2020. THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 20:24:26 KATHRYN. >> HI, I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS REALLY SHORT. [Captioner] 20:24:33 I JUST WANT TO ECHO, SINCE EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY, I [Captioner] 20:24:42 WANTED TO ECHO MARIE'S, NAREN'S, ANNIE'S AND JOHN HINDS' REMARKS. I THINK THAT THEY PRETTY MUCH [Captioner] 20:24:45 COVERED EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE COVERED IN THEIR REMARKS. [Captioner] 20:24:55 AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK JOHN HINDS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE DID IN INVESTIGATING EXACTLY [Captioner] 20:25:02 HOW MUCH TIME IS USED ON AVERAGE. SO THAT'S IT. [Captioner] 20:25:06 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH ALL FOUR OF THOSE PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME. [Captioner] 20:25:12 THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:25:16 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK TO OUR COUNCIL FOR CONVERSATION. [Captioner] 20:25:19 BEFORE WE MAKE THE VOTE, IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 20:25:27 I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TOO. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 20:25:34 >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO BRING UP THE [Captioner] 20:25:39 ISSUE -- AND I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE AND I KNOW I WAS IN THE MINORITY ON THIS BEFORE SO I [Captioner] 20:25:46 JUST FEEL THE NEED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN ONE MORE TIME, WHICH THE ISSUE OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS [Captioner] 20:25:51 AND RECOGNITIONS, ALL THE DIFFERENT NAMES WE HAVE FOR THEM, I FEEL SO UNCOMFORTABLE [Captioner] 20:25:59 THAT THESE THINGS ARE DONE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND YET THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NO SAY [Captioner] 20:26:05 OVER THEM. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN [Captioner] 20:26:11 OUR NAME. I UNDERSTAND SOME PROCLAMATIONS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED RECENTLY [Captioner] 20:26:15 THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TOLD ABOUT. SO I JUST -- I REALLY DON'T [Captioner] 20:26:20 AGREE WITH THE WAY PROCLAMATIONS ARE DONE. I THINK IF IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE [Captioner] 20:26:25 WHOLE CITY, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL OR AT LEAST A MAJORITY [Captioner] 20:26:32 OF THE COUNCIL AGREES WITH. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:26:37 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:26:45 SO I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE ISSUE THAT SOME OF THE CALLERS HAD ADDRESSED REGARDING THE [Captioner] 20:26:51 ABILITY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS TO BE ABLE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM CONSENT. [Captioner] 20:26:58 SO I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT AS IT WAS BEFORE, AND ALLOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO BE [Captioner] 20:27:05 ABLE TO PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY REGARDING PROCLAMATIONS, SINCE I [Captioner] 20:27:11 RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL -- MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IF A -- SO IN [Captioner] 20:27:18 THE CITY OF FREMONT, IF A PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED DURING COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE OUR [Captioner] 20:27:24 MAYOR READ THE PROCLAMATION, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ALSO THE SAME CASE IF A [Captioner] 20:27:28 PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED OUTSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. [Captioner] 20:27:36 IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHETHER IT'S THE MAYOR OR -- IT'S USUALLY THE MAYOR AND THEN THE [Captioner] 20:27:46 CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE -- WHOEVER IS THERE PRESENT AT THAT EVENT, AND IF -- BECAUSE MY VICE [Captioner] 20:27:51 MAYOR'S JOB IS TO TAKE THE MAYOR'S ROLE WHEN THE MAYOR IS ABSENT, SO I WANTED TO JUST [Captioner] 20:27:59 CLARIFY IF IN CASE OF THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE, IF THE -- IF IT IS THE VICE MAYOR'S JOB TO [Captioner] 20:28:07 PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE [Captioner] 20:28:16 COUNCIL HANDBOOK ITSELF DOES NOT ADDRESS WHO ISSUES -- WHO PRESENTS CEREMONIAL DOCUMENTS IF [Captioner] 20:28:21 THE MAYOR IS UNAVAILABLE. THERE'S TWO WAYS PROCEDURALLY THAT THAT COULD OCCUR. [Captioner] 20:28:28 THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK CLEARLY DOES MAKE THE MAYOR THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY REGARDING THE [Captioner] 20:28:31 CEREMONIAL DOCUMENTS AND INHERENT TO THAT IS THE AUTHORITY TO PRESENT THEM. [Captioner] 20:28:34 AND THE AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE THE PRESENTATION TO ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 20:28:42 SEPARATELY, THE COUNCIL COULD CREATE ALTERNATIVES, BUT AS IT'S WRITTEN NOW, THE MAYOR DOES HAVE [Captioner] 20:28:48 THAT INHERENT AUTHORITY TO CHOOSE IN HER ABSENCE WHO SHE DESIRES TO PRESENT A PARTICULAR [Captioner] 20:28:51 AWARD BASED UPON THE EXISTING AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THAT AWARD ITSELF. [Captioner] 20:29:06 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU [Captioner] 20:29:08 HEAR ME? >> Mayor Mei: NO. THERE. [Captioner] 20:29:11 NOW YOU'RE -- >> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? [Captioner] 20:29:15 EXPWHRNCHTS YES. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. WE'LL GET THE HANG OF THIS. [Captioner] 20:29:20 I WANTED TO ECHO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CALLERS THAT HAVE CALLED IN TONIGHT THAT WE SHOULD [Captioner] 20:29:27 REALLY RE-THINK CHANGING THAT PARAGRAPH. I WANTED THAT -- I VISION THIS [Captioner] 20:29:32 AS A PUBLIC MEETING THAT THE RESIDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOICE THAT AND BE ABLE TO PULL ITEMS [Captioner] 20:29:40 FROM THE AGENDA AS NEEDED AND VOICE THEIR OPINION ON THE INDIVIDUAL AGENDA ITEMS. [Captioner] 20:29:49 THE SECOND PART IS UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THE VICE MAYOR IN TERMS OF IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:29:56 PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES, WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:30:02 GIVEN TO THE VICE MAYOR IN THE EVENT THE MAYOR IS NOT ABLE TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS, AND I [Captioner] 20:30:07 WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HAPPEN [Captioner] 20:30:15 WITH THE MAYOR WOULD TRANSITION TO THE SAME AS SOMEONE THAT'S APPOINTED BY A VICE MAYOR BASED [Captioner] 20:30:20 ON THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS HANDBOOK. ANOTHER PART IN DEALING WITH THE [Captioner] 20:30:27 REQUEST WHETHER IT'S PROCLAMATIONS OR CEREMONIAL RECOGNITIONS, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT [Captioner] 20:30:34 OF FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY FEEL THAT THREE WEEKS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. [Captioner] 20:30:40 THEY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE TIME SHORTENED THAT IF THEY NEED SOMETHING FOR AN EVENT OR [Captioner] 20:30:48 FOR SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION, THREE WEEKS IS JUST TOO LONG AND ESPECIALLY IF SOME OF THEM HAVE [Captioner] 20:30:55 SUBMITTED WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF THE PROCLAMATION, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE MINOR EDITING ON THE [Captioner] 20:31:02 PART OF THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT -- HELP TO GET THAT TURNED AROUND AND I'M NOT SURE [Captioner] 20:31:07 WHERE THE THREE WEEKS CAME FROM BECAUSE THIS IS ALL BEFORE MY TIME OF JOINING CITY COUNCIL, [Captioner] 20:31:16 BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT A GOOD SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:31:22 TO TURN THOSE THINGS AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY. SO THAT'S MY OTHER COMMENT, IS [Captioner] 20:31:28 IN SECTION -- REQUEST FOR CEREMONIAL, APPENDIX D, SECTION 1, TO KIND OF QUESTION THAT. [Captioner] 20:31:34 AND THEN ALSO I HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE IN PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT AS THERE'S [Captioner] 20:31:44 A NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR WHETHER CEREMONIAL OR PROCLAMATION OR SOME EVENT THAT REALLY WITH [Captioner] 20:31:48 THEIR TECHNOLOGY, ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET AN INSTANT MESSAGE [Captioner] 20:31:53 THAT IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED BY ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS OR SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. [Captioner] 20:32:01 AND JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DUPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND THAT A COUNCILMEMBER PLUS A [Captioner] 20:32:07 COMMUNITY MEMBER ARE GOING AFTER THE SAME EVENT THAT WE KNOW IT'S ALL COVERED WITH THE GREAT [Captioner] 20:32:12 TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FREMONT, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT ANNOUNCED TO ALL THE [Captioner] 20:32:18 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SO IT'S TRANSPARENT AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. [Captioner] 20:32:27 ANOTHER PART WAS THAT I HAD MENTIONED THIS AT OUR RETREAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:32:33 SUMMARY OF ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA LIKE WE START [Captioner] 20:32:40 WITH IT OUTLINED, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE THE A OTHER -- WHEN I WAS EVEN AT OHLONE [Captioner] 20:32:44 COLLEGE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WE ALWAYS HAD A LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR [Captioner] 20:32:50 LISTED OUT, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP THAT WILL HIT SOME BIG ANNIVERSARIES [Captioner] 20:32:55 AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CELEBRATE, THAT IT COULD BE 125 YEARS AND YOU ONLY GET THAT [Captioner] 20:33:00 ONCE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT, SAY 95% OF IT, WE KNOW HAPPENS EVERY MONTH. [Captioner] 20:33:10 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THIS LIST THAT WAS SUMMARIZED, THANKS TO EVERYONE [Captioner] 20:33:17 THAT PARTICIPATED IN BEING ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, THAT THIS WOULD KIND OF BE OUR STANDARD [Captioner] 20:33:23 PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR THE YEAR. BUT ALSO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T [Captioner] 20:33:28 MEET IN AUGUST, I FEEL THAT THE AUGUST -- THE MONTH OF AUGUST HAS A LOT OF OTHER GREAT [Captioner] 20:33:34 ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, LIKE THE PAKISTAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, INDIA [Captioner] 20:33:38 INDEPENDENCE DAY, AFGHAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. WE MISS OUT ON SOME OF THOSE [Captioner] 20:33:45 WHETHER WE HAVE TO BRING THEM UP TO THE JANUARY OR SEPTEMBER AND EVEN THE MUSLIM APPRECIATION [Captioner] 20:33:49 MONTH, THAT SHOULD ALSO BE INCORPORATED, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ALL HAPPEN IN AUGUST. [Captioner] 20:33:56 AND WE HAVE -- THERE'S A GAP THERE THAT EITHER WE MOVE IT UP OR WE PUT IT ALL IN SEPTEMBER, [Captioner] 20:34:04 SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT WAS MISSING FROM OUR LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS [Captioner] 20:34:11 AND RECOGNITIONS. AND I KNOW SOME OF IT WE DID IN OTHER PARTS AND JUST WANT TO [Captioner] 20:34:18 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT AND WE HAVE AN AGREED UPON LIST AND THAT WAY WE COULD KEEP [Captioner] 20:34:24 THINGS MOVING MORE SMOOTHLY IF WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF IT COVERED IN THIS LIST, BUT GRANTED THAT [Captioner] 20:34:28 THERE ARE SOME OTHER EXCEPTIONS AND THEY'RE CITING THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING IN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:34:33 THAT WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE TOO. BUT ALLOWING THAT ALL OF THIS [Captioner] 20:34:41 CAN BE A COHESIVE LIST THAT WE CAN OPERATE AS SUCCESSFUL AS OTHER -- AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER [Captioner] 20:34:46 COLLECTIVELY IN CARRYING OUT SOME OF THE RECOGNITIONS SO WE COULD KIND OF SMOOTH IT OUT AND [Captioner] 20:34:50 MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD ON IT. AND I THINK THERE'S ONE OR TWO [Captioner] 20:34:55 OTHER ONES I'M MISSING RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN'T THINK. BUT WE'LL KIND OF CIRCLE BACK ON [Captioner] 20:35:01 THAT BUT I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD LIST AND IF WE COULD KIND OF GET A FINALIZED LIST THAT [Captioner] 20:35:10 WOULD BE GREAT, AND THEN WE JUST HAVE THE -- I CALL IT THE 1 TO 5% THAT MAY APPEAR IN THESE MOST [Captioner] 20:35:15 UNUSUAL CELEBRATIONS AND TRIBUTES TO THOSE THAT WORKED HARD IN OUR COMMUNITY TO [Captioner] 20:35:21 RECOGNIZE THEM. AND JUST HOW DO WE GET THAT STREAMLINED SO IT'S FASTER THAN [Captioner] 20:35:26 THREE WEEKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT, AND A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:35:35 RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE AND BEING ABLE TO JUST CARRY IT OUT IN A SHORTER TIME FRAME TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:35:38 MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THOSE THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT WE WANT [Captioner] 20:35:48 TO SHARE IN THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND IN OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PARTS. [Captioner] 20:35:52 SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS IN THERE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:35:55 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK [Captioner] 20:35:59 YOU. WE ALSO HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE CITY, PEOPLE OF SO MANY [Captioner] 20:36:06 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, RELIGIONS, COUNTRIES THAT THEY COME FROM OR THAT THEIR [Captioner] 20:36:13 PREDECESSORS COME FROM, AND SOMETIMES I WORRY A LITTLE BIT THAT WE MAY NOT BE INCLUDING [Captioner] 20:36:17 EVERYONE. THERE WAS JUST A HORRIBLE NATURAL DISASTER IN PAKISTAN. [Captioner] 20:36:27 WE HAVE SO MANY PAKISTANI -- PEOPLE FROM PAKISTAN OR OF PAKISTANI DESCENT IN OUR CITY [Captioner] 20:36:30 AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN PAKISTAN. [Captioner] 20:36:35 AND OF COURSE WE HAVE IMMIGRANTS FROM SO MANY COUNTRIES WHERE THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF NATURAL [Captioner] 20:36:41 AND HUMAN-MADE DISASTERS, AND WE RECOGNIZE SOME AND NOT OTHERS AND THEN MAYBE SOME RELINLS AND [Captioner] 20:36:46 NOT OTHERS. SO THAT JUST REALLY CONCERNS ME, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE [Captioner] 20:36:51 INADVERTENTLY MAKING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T MATTER AS MUCH. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I [Captioner] 20:36:58 THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT -- IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THESE QUESTIONS, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION [Captioner] 20:37:02 AS JOHN HINDS SAYS, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON RESOLUTIONS AND MAYBE WE NEED TO RE-THINK [Captioner] 20:37:06 WHETHER IT'S EVEN APPROPRIATE TO DO THEM AT THESE MEETINGS, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THEM, I [Captioner] 20:37:11 THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 20:37:15 INADVERTENTLY EXCLUDING ANYONE OR MAKING ANYONE FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT -- THAT WE DON'T [Captioner] 20:37:24 CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THEM AS WE >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:37:34 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:37:43 I HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT STREAMLINING THE COUNCIL MEETING, CUTTING THE TIME FOR THE CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 20:37:47 RESOLUTION AND SAVING TIME FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK CONSENT CALENDAR. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. [Captioner] 20:38:01 AND I ALSO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER COX'S PROPOSAL FOR KEEPING A LIST OF ALL YEAR ROUND REGULAR CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 20:38:10 RESOLUTIONS. SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE CONSISTENCY. IF NOT THEN IN THE NAME OF BEING [Captioner] 20:38:19 INCLUSIVE, I CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT LIST WILL KEEP GROWING AND GROWING. AND FOR CERTAIN DISASTERS, OR [Captioner] 20:38:31 EMERGENCIES, OR POLITICAL EVENTS, OR EVEN PASSING AWAY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II INSTEAD OF THE CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 20:38:36 RESOLUTION, THE CITY CAN ISSUE A STATEMENT AND POST IT ON CITY WEBSITE. [Captioner] 20:38:46 I THINK THAT CERTAINLY IS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE. FOR SUCH EVENTS TO JUST SHOW THE POSITION OF THE FREMONT CITY [Captioner] 20:38:52 GOVERNMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COURSE. [Captioner] 20:39:02 SO I ALSO WORRY THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S RUMOR OR NOT, IT'S LIKE, [Captioner] 20:39:09 YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS WERE SOLICITED FOR SUCH CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION BASED [Captioner] 20:39:19 ON THE CONDITION THAT THE RECIPIENT HAS TO GIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE AUTHORING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SUCH [Captioner] 20:39:29 A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION, CERTAINLY THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS HANDBOOK MEANT TO ALLOW. [Captioner] 20:39:39 SO I WELCOME THE APPENDIX D FOR ADDRESSING ALL THOSE ISSUES I JUST MENTIONED. [Captioner] 20:39:52 AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY KEEP OUR TIME ON THE PART OF THE CEREMONIAL RECOGNITION. [Captioner] 20:39:56 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE LAST OF THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:40:03 COMMENTS AND I'LL MAKE SOME -- COUNCILMEMBER JONES. I DIDN'T SEE YOU ON THE SPEAKER BUT GO [Captioner] 20:40:07 AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: ALL THE BUTTONS ARE WORKING STILL. [Captioner] 20:40:13 JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESOLUTION AND A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. [Captioner] 20:40:19 SO RESOLUTIONS ARE DONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION ARE TYPICALLY DONE IF YOU [Captioner] 20:40:25 GO OUT TO AN EENT, THOSE ARE ISSUED BY THE MAYOR AND THOSE ARE PRESENTED BY WHOEVER THE MAYOR [Captioner] 20:40:34 DESIGNATES, IF THE MAYOR IS NOT AVAILABLE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GO IN [Captioner] 20:40:43 SOME TYPE OF PRIORITY REGARDING WHO'S THERE AND WHO IS NOT THERE, IF THE MAYOR CHOOSES A PERSON BASED ON THE [Captioner] 20:40:47 ORGANIZATION IS IN THAT PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER'S DISTRICT OR THE ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 20:40:51 SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THAT COUNCILMEMBER, THEN I DON'T REALLY SEE THE ISSUE OF THAT. [Captioner] 20:41:03 I DO AGREE THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE RECOVERINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE APPENDIX REQUESTS [Captioner] 20:41:10 SHOULD BE MADE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALL OF THE RESOLUTIONS SHOULD COME IN FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:41:21 THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE SOMEONE SO THAT WE GET THE RECOGNITION. [Captioner] 20:41:30 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CELEBRATION OF SOMEONE THAT IS WORTHY OF SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION. [Captioner] 20:41:39 WE HAVE A LIST OF RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE DONE ON SOME ANNUAL BASIS AND YOU KNOW THAT MAYBE IT WOULD BE EASIER IF WE [Captioner] 20:41:44 SAY HERE IS THE LIST, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A BLANKET APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS ON THIS [Captioner] 20:41:50 LIST AND ANYTHING THAT COMES UP HAS TO BE THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS, APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND I DO AGREE [Captioner] 20:42:00 WITH THE TIME LINE ON IT AS WELL. WE HAVE HAD RESOLUTIONS IN THE PAST, THAT HAVE BEEN PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED [Captioner] 20:42:14 THAT WE DO A RESOLUTION AND AS YOU DIG DEEPER MAYBE INTO THE ORGANIZATION OR THE TYPE OF RESOLUTION, MAYBE THERE'S [Captioner] 20:42:19 SOME BAD HISTORY THERE AND MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE A PARTICULAR GROUP OR A [Captioner] 20:42:26 PARTICULAR IN SOME CASES POLITICAL PARTY WHICH WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING TO BEGIN WITH BUT WE HAVE HAD AND WE HAD [Captioner] 20:42:31 ONE JUST THIS YEAR, WHERE IT CAUSED A LOT OF CONTROVERSY IN THE RESOLUTION THAT IS [Captioner] 20:42:37 GOING TO BE PUT FORWARD AND HAD TO DO WITH OUR INDIGENOUS TRIBES. AND SO YOU KNOW WE KIND OF PULLED THAT [Captioner] 20:42:42 BACK. BUT WITHOUT THAT LEAD TIME YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE [Captioner] 20:42:50 AND LOOK INTO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN AND WHAT'S NOT. OUR ROLE HERE IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR [Captioner] 20:42:55 RESIDENTS. THAT'S OUR PRIMARY ROLE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ELECTED FOR. [Captioner] 20:43:05 AND SO TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON THESE RESOLUTIONS, AND MS. GAUTHIER WILL TELL YOU THESE ARE TIME [Captioner] 20:43:11 CONSUMING. THEY ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING. IT'S NOT JUST I'LL SEND IT IN, WHIP IT [Captioner] 20:43:15 OUT AND WE'RE READY TO GO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION AS I SAID. [Captioner] 20:43:23 WE ADOPT A LIST OF SOME THAT WE ALL AGREE ON, WE HAVE A BLANKET APPROVAL, ANYTHING THAT COMES UP BEYOND THAT [Captioner] 20:43:29 THEN IT GETS SUBMITTED AND THINGS THAT WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO DO ARE CERTIFICATES OF [Captioner] 20:43:33 RECOGNITION AND ARE DONE AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION. AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE. [Captioner] 20:43:41 IT'S ON PAGE 1 OF THE HANDBOOK. SO YOU KNOW THE MAYOR'S THE CEREMONIAL FACE OF THE CITY OR THEIR DESIGNEE. [Captioner] 20:43:52 SO I THINK IF WE FOLLOW HANDBOOK THINGS DON'T HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED OR CONVOLUTED. [Captioner] 20:43:58 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? [Captioner] 20:44:04 >> Councilmember Kassan: I WANTED TO SECOND THE SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE A PREAGREED LIST THAT WE DO INCLUDING [Captioner] 20:44:11 THE LANGUAGE OF THEM AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. AND I PERSONALLY WOULD ADD TO THAT, [Captioner] 20:44:19 ANY PROCLAMATION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S READ AT COUNCIL OR BROUGHT TO AN EVENT OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:44:25 STILL BEING REPRESENTED AT THOSE EVENTS. AND I FEEL REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH [Captioner] 20:44:32 SOME OF THE STRANGE POLITICAL QUID PRO QUO TYPE THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE HAPPENING SOMETIMES AT THESE EVENTS [Captioner] 20:44:39 WHERE PROCLAMATIONS ARE MADE. I THINK IT'S A USE OF COUNCIL GOODWILL IN A WAY THAT ISN'T APPROPRIATE. [Captioner] 20:44:49 SO I WOULD SECOND WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JONES SAID BUT I WOULD ADD THAT ALL PROCLAMATIONS, WHAT ARE WE CALLING [Captioner] 20:44:56 THEM NOW, PROCLAMATIONS -- >> CEREMONIAL ITEMS. >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 20:45:03 PROCLAMATIONS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND ALL OF THOSE SHOULD BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:45:09 UNLESS IT IS ON OUR PREAPPROVED LIST. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: SORRY JUST [Captioner] 20:45:15 AS A FOLLOW-UP. HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE, TO PRESENT THAT RESOLUTION OR PROCLAMATION DURING [Captioner] 20:45:24 A COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR TO IT BEING PRESENTED AT AN ACTUAL EENT, WOULD THAT BE AN OPTION? [Captioner] 20:45:29 >> Mayor Mei: SO YOU'RE SAYING TO PRESENT EVERY CERTIFICATE TO -- >> Councilmember Jones: TO RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:45:35 THE RESOLUTION AT A COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR TO IT BEING TAKEN OUT THAT WAY IT HAS THE MAJORITY APPROVAL OF THE [Captioner] 20:45:38 COUNCIL. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT. [Captioner] 20:45:43 BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT COME UP LAST MINUTE AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:45:49 PEOPLE OR ORGANIZATIONS FOR. I STILL THINK BOTTOM LINE THAT DISCRETION SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE [Captioner] 20:46:00 MAYOR, WHOEVER THAT IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, EITHER YOU VOTE ON THEM AHEAD OF TIME WITH A PRESCRIBED LIST THAT WE HAVE, [Captioner] 20:46:06 BECAUSE WE CAN'T POSSIBLY CONCEIVE OF EVERY SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO WANT A [Captioner] 20:46:11 PROCLAMATION. PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE OFF ON THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND THINGS WILL COME UP. [Captioner] 20:46:17 THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY SUCH THING AS AN AUGUST RECESS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON. [Captioner] 20:46:24 BUT I STILL THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL, IF IT'S NOT [Captioner] 20:46:31 ON THAT LIST IN A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT'S -- IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION [Captioner] 20:46:38 AND AGAIN, THAT'S PAGE 1 OF THE HANDBOOK IS THAT THE MAYOR HAS THE DISCRETION TO ISSUE SUCH PROCLAMATIONS [Captioner] 20:46:43 OR RESOLUTIONS. OR A VARIETY OF TOPICS OR ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS. [Captioner] 20:46:49 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:46:56 MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, I LIKE PROCLAMATIONS OR RESOLUTIONS. [Captioner] 20:47:01 I THINK THEY'RE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT SOMETIMES WE GET TOO MUCH SO I THINK WE NEED BALANCE. [Captioner] 20:47:08 WE NEED SOME BUT WE DON'T NEED EVERY SINGLE ONE. OUR MAIN JOB IS TO GET STUFF DONE FOR [Captioner] 20:47:14 OUR CONSTITUENTS WHICH IS BREAD AND BUTTER STUFF, PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS AND ROADS, PARKS, SCHOOLS, THOSE [Captioner] 20:47:20 SORTS OF THINGS. AND I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH CAUGHT UP INTO HAVING EVERY SINGLE [Captioner] 20:47:25 RESOLUTION, PROCLAMATION CODIFIED AND GET A BLESSING FROM EVERY COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 20:47:30 I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME. I THINK WE HAVE A WORKING LIST ALREADY [Captioner] 20:47:35 IN THIS ATTACHMENT, I THINK THAT WORKS. WE DON'T WANT TO HANDICAP THE MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:47:42 WE WANT THE MAYOR TO BE STRONG AND BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE SOME LEEWAY IN THESE ISSUES THAT [Captioner] 20:47:48 COME UP WHETHER IT IS THE 100th BIRTHDAY OF A VETERAN OR OTHER ISSUES. [Captioner] 20:47:54 BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BECOME LIKE SAN FRANCISCO OR BERKELEY OR SAN JOSE WHERE WE'RE SPENDING HOURS AND HOURS [Captioner] 20:47:59 OF JUST READING RESOLUTIONS. I THINK AT SOME POINT THEY LOSE THEIR MEANING. [Captioner] 20:48:05 REGARDING THE ISSUE ABOUT THE CONSENT ITEM, I REALIZE PROBABLY WHY THIS IS COMING UP. [Captioner] 20:48:12 AND I DIDN'T TALK TO ANYONE BUT I'M GUESSING THAT LATELY, WE'VE HAD FOLKS PULLING EVERY SINGLE ITEM OFF [Captioner] 20:48:18 CONSENT. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY, THE PURPOSE OF CONSENT IS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN [Captioner] 20:48:25 GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW FOR ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT EACH ITEM BEING [Captioner] 20:48:30 PULLED. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE INTENT, TO HELP WITH THAT? [Captioner] 20:48:37 OR WHAT IS YOUR -- >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES THAT IS THE INTENT, TO RETURN THE GOVERNANCE [Captioner] 20:48:45 TO THE COUNCIL AND IT DOESN'T DEPRIVE THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT [Captioner] 20:48:52 CALENDAR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK GENERALLY AND ANY ITEM THAT [Captioner] 20:49:00 GETS PULLED, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ITEM THAT GETS PULLED. [Captioner] 20:49:05 THE INTENT WAS TO RETURN GOVERNANCE TO THE COUNCIL. >> Mayor Mei: JUST TO CLARIFY I KNOW [Captioner] 20:49:11 I HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION TOO BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY STAFF AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU [Captioner] 20:49:16 HAD LOOKED AT OTHER -- THE REASON WHY YOU ARE PRESENTING IT TO US IS THAT YOU HAD [Captioner] 20:49:27 LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AND THEIR PROCESSES FOR THIS HANDBOOK AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THIS SUGGESTION. [Captioner] 20:49:35 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, THE COUNCIL GETS TO CHOOSE ITS PROCESSES, THIS WON'T BE UNIQUE AS TO HOW THE, [Captioner] 20:49:42 THE COUNCIL HERE GETS TO DECIDE WHAT WORKS LOCALLY BUT IT IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED. [Captioner] 20:49:47 >> Councilmember Salwan: I THINK WE HAD SOME MEETINGS THAT WAS LIKE [Captioner] 20:49:56 PULLING OUT OF A B C D E F G H, THERE WASN'T ANY SIGNIFICANT OTHER THAN THE PERSON WANTED TO COMMENT ON A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:50:01 THOSE. THIS DOES THE MAJORITIES OF THAT IF THE COUNCIL FEELS IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 20:50:08 I'M OPEN TO GOING THE OTHER WAY BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT AND I DO FEEL LIKE TOO [Captioner] 20:50:11 OFTEN PEOPLE JUST PULL ITEMS JUST TO PULL THE ITEM. [Captioner] 20:50:18 WHEN WE DO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THE COMMENT WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE DON'T WANT CONTROVERSIAL [Captioner] 20:50:24 ITEMS ON CONSENT CALENDAR. WE DO WANT TO HAVE A ROBUST HEARING IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS THAT. [Captioner] 20:50:31 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IS FOLKS JUST RANDOMLY JUST PULLING ITEMS JUST SO THEY CAN SPEAK ON EACH ITEM. [Captioner] 20:50:35 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COX AND THEN [Captioner] 20:50:50 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. COUNCILMEMBER COX. NOW. [Captioner] 20:50:57 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE ARE -- OUR MEETINGS ARE GOVERNED BY [Captioner] 20:51:04 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. AND ROBERT'S RULE OF ORDER. AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE IN SOME CASES [Captioner] 20:51:15 WERE TOPICS THAT WERE PULLED WHEN OFF TOPIC AND THEN STEPPING IN TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THAT WE GOT TO [Captioner] 20:51:21 STAY ON TOPIC TO RUN AN EFFICIENT MEETING. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS [Captioner] 20:51:30 THAT CERTAINLY TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THAT PART. AND MANAGING OUR MEETINGS TO KEEP THEM [Captioner] 20:51:35 EFFICIENT. AND ON POINT, THAT WE'RE STAYING ON THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUBLICLY SAID THIS [Captioner] 20:51:39 IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE CARRIED FORWARD. [Captioner] 20:51:48 SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD KIND OF KEEP IN MIND AS THE MAYOR AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR [Captioner] 20:51:56 CITY ATTORNEY ARE INVOLVED. AND GOING FORWARD AND JUST KIND OF THE HELPFUL REMINDERS IN KEEPING THIS [Captioner] 20:52:03 THAT. ANOTHER FARTHER THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE -- ANOTHER PART THAT YOU [Captioner] 20:52:12 KNOW JUST MAKING SURE THAT IN SOME CASES I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD MORE THAN ONE PROCLAMATION, WE HAD FIVE. [Captioner] 20:52:20 AND IN THE EVENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SPREAD AROUND AS WE PREPARE OUR AGENDA THAT NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE ARE AT [Captioner] 20:52:25 A CITY -- YOU KNOW TO BE PRESENTED FOR CITY COUNCIL AND I REMEMBER ON A COUPLE OF [Captioner] 20:52:30 OCCASIONS WE HAD FIVE. AND THAT'S -- FIVE IS TOO MANY IN ONE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. [Captioner] 20:52:39 AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF RETHINK THAT AS THE AGENDA IS BEING SET IN ADVANCE THAT WE KIND OF SEE IF WE [Captioner] 20:52:44 SPREAD IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THREE MEETINGS MOST OF THE TIME. [Captioner] 20:52:48 MOST OF THE MONTHS WHEN WE'RE NOT HAVING HOLIDAYS ON THE -- IN THAT MONTH. [Captioner] 20:52:59 BUT JUST KIND OF KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE GO UP TO ONE TO THREE AT MAX, FOR PROCLAMATION IF WE CAN AROUND THEN [Captioner] 20:53:04 SPREADING IT OUT THROUGH REST OF THE MONTH TO ALLOW TIME SO WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON MORE OF [Captioner] 20:53:11 THE TOPICS ATHE HAND TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN FREMONT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 20:53:20 SO I JUST WANDED TO ADD THAT. AND ALSO, IN CLOSING THE LOOP WE HAVE THIS HANDBOOK. [Captioner] 20:53:32 BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS WHEN THINGS ARE NOT ALIGNED IN THE HANDBOOK? SO HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THINGS LIKE [Captioner] 20:53:40 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO APPROPRIATELY TAKE ACTION ON BECAUSE IT WAS SOME SORT OF A CONFLICT [Captioner] 20:53:47 IN CARRYING OUT THIS HANDBOOK. SO WHAT'S THE BEST PART THERE? BECAUSE THIS IS FINE WITH THE HANDBOOK [Captioner] 20:53:58 BUT THERE'S NO WALKING THROUGH, IS THERE ACTIONS TALKED ABOUT ADDRESSED IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD GET US [Captioner] 20:54:01 INTO TROUBLE WITH OUR GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE? [Captioner] 20:54:09 SO THIS IS THE OTHER PART THAT I DON'T SEE IN THIS PART OF THE HANDBOOK OF WHERE IS THE CLOSED LOOP? [Captioner] 20:54:15 YOU HAVE THE EXERCISING IT, DOING ALL THE THINGS TO BE EFFICIENT. BUT THEN WHERE IS IT THAT IF SOME [Captioner] 20:54:23 THINGS ARE NOT DONE IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT'S CARRIED OUT IN THIS HANDBOOK HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT AND HOW DO YOU [Captioner] 20:54:28 TAKE ACTION TO GET FULL RESOLUTION THAT ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT [Captioner] 20:54:35 HAPPENED AND WAS THERE REFERENCE OF THAT PARTICULAR ACTION? SO I DON'T SEE THAT IN THERE. [Captioner] 20:54:44 OCCUR SHED SOME LIGHT RAFAEL, OUR ATTORNEY, ALVARADO, TO ADDRESS THAT PART? [Captioner] 20:54:47 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CERTAINLY, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 20:54:54 ENFORCEMENT OF THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK OCCURS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. THE COUNCIL IS ESSENTIALLY THE [Captioner] 20:55:00 ENFORCEMENT BODY OF VIOLATIONS AND ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE HANDBOOK ITSELF. [Captioner] 20:55:06 SO ENFORCEMENT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IS MOST LIKELY WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IS A REFERRAL FOR REVIEW BY THE [Captioner] 20:55:12 COUNCIL AS A BODY THAT WOULD HAPPEN PUBLICLY. AND IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THERE [Captioner] 20:55:24 IS A VIOLATION, AND CHOOSES TO ENGAGE IN ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF VIOLATIONS ARE BASICALLY POLITICAL [Captioner] 20:55:30 STATEMENTS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. CENSURE, THAT KIND OF ACTION. [Captioner] 20:55:36 SO IT'S REALLY THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION, THE COUNCIL'S BASICALLY THE REVIEWING BODY OF ITS OWN COUNSEL [Captioner] 20:55:44 PROCEDURES. >> Councilmember Cox: SO THE COUNCIL ON COUNCIL IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? [Captioner] 20:55:50 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE COUNCIL AS A BOD REVIEWS VIOLATIONS OF THE COUNCIL VIOLATIONS OF ITS OWN CODE. [Captioner] 20:55:55 >> Councilmember Cox: AND IS THERE EVER INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OR ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT THAT COULD [Captioner] 20:56:00 LEAD TO THAT POINT? OR IS THAT ALL RELYING ON THE COUNCIL? [Captioner] 20:56:07 BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE TO STEP IN TO LOOK TO SEE IF ALL [Captioner] 20:56:12 LAWS OR DIFFERENT THINGS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN ABIDED BY OR NOT. [Captioner] 20:56:18 AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME SORT OF CLOSED LOOP PROCESS BECAUSE IT CAN'T NECESSARILY, [Captioner] 20:56:24 WE'RE NOT ALL EXPERTS IN THE LAW. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF [Captioner] 20:56:31 THINGS ARE BEING REPORTED, WHAT THINGS DO WE DO TO DRIVE CLOSURE, AND ADDRESS IT? [Captioner] 20:56:36 AND TAKE ACTION. SO I DON'T REALLY HEAR AN ANSWER THAT IS GOING TO HELP US. [Captioner] 20:56:44 BECAUSE THEN WE COULD ALL BE AT A STANDSTILL AND WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, FOR [Captioner] 20:56:52 VIOLATIONS OF THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK ITSELF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S AN ADVISOR NOT AN ENFORCEMENT ENTITY. [Captioner] 20:57:00 AND REALLY IT DOES COME DOWN TO COUNCIL ENFORCEMENT OF ITS OWN RULES AND THE BODY AS A COUNCIL MAJORITY COULD [Captioner] 20:57:06 DETERMINE THAT PUNISHMENT IN THE FORM OF CENSURE IS APPROPRIATE BASED UPON THE VIALS. [Captioner] 20:57:11 BUT THIS IS A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT THE COUNCIL IMPLEMENTS. IT'S NOT STATE LAW, IT'S NOT A PENAL [Captioner] 20:57:20 CODE PROVISION, IT IS NOT A PPC REGULATION, IT IS A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF RULES THAT THE COUNCIL CREATED FOR [Captioner] 20:57:24 ITSELF SO THE ENFORCEMENT BODY IS THE COUNCIL. >> Councilmember Cox: I FIND THAT WE [Captioner] 20:57:32 NEED TO HAVE AN ESCALATION POINT AND WHERE DOES THE ESCALATION POINT GO? THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:57:34 UNDERSTAND. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: HOW DO YOU GET IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 20:57:37 REVIEW? >> Councilmember Cox: NO, WHERE IS THE DECISION MADE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS [Captioner] 20:57:50 THAT WE NEED TO REPORT IT OUT AND WHAT THE ACTIONS WOULD BE TO THEN CALL UPON AN INDEPENDENT BODY ORGANIZATION TO [Captioner] 20:57:57 INVESTIGATE ON OUR BEHALF, A THIRD PARTY THAT WOULD NEED TO REVIEW IT TO REMOVE ALL OF US THERE, YOU KNOW, ANY [Captioner] 20:58:02 TYPE OF, YOU KNOW -- I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THINGS ARE FOUND, HOW IS IT [Captioner] 20:58:07 ADDRESSED? AND IT DOESN'T STATE IT RIGHT NOW IN THE CURRENT FORM OF THIS HANDBOOK. [Captioner] 20:58:17 IT IS JUST A POLICY BUT MOST POLICIES ALSO INCLUDE A CLOSED LOOP WHETHER YOU HAVE MEDIATION, WHETHER YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:58:22 INDEPENDENT -- SOME TYPE OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT HAPPENS, OR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. [Captioner] 20:58:28 AND YOU GO THEN TO A THIRD PARTY TO PULL OUT THE INFORMATION, AND THEN BE ABLE TO SETTLE IT. [Captioner] 20:58:34 SO I JUST DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS POLICY. IT'S FINE TO HAVE A POLICY, BUT HOW [Captioner] 20:58:41 YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING IT IN CLOSING THE LOOP AND HOW TO KEEP THINGS IN FAIR CONDUCT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL [Captioner] 20:58:47 THIS, IN OPERATION AND ABIDE BY THE POLICIES, IF THE CITY COUNCIL CAN EVEN GET TO THAT [Captioner] 20:58:53 POINT. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND REALLY THE [Captioner] 20:58:58 PROCESS FOR ADDRESSING A POTENTIAL VIOLATION IS REALLY TO REFER IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE REVIEWING BODY TO [Captioner] 20:59:03 MAKE A DETERMINATION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL ABOUT WHETHER THE POLICY WAS VIOLATED [Captioner] 20:59:08 ITSELF. I UNDERSTAND THAT MIGHT BE AN UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER BUT THERE'S NO [Captioner] 20:59:16 INDEPENDENT REVIEWING BODY OR OTHER AGENCY THAT WOULD REVIEW WHETHER THE COUNCIL COMPLIED WITH ITS OWN [Captioner] 20:59:22 HANDBOOK. >> Councilmember Cox: I JUST FIND IT UNSATISFACTORY IN THAT ASPECT AND THAT [Captioner] 20:59:29 IS, WHY HAVE A HANDBOOK AT ALL IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DUE PROCESS? >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER JONES I [Captioner] 20:59:35 JUST WANT TO NOTE THE TIME BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK FOR OUR CAPTIONER BUT I'M GOING TO [Captioner] 20:59:40 MAKE SOME COMMENTS AFTER YOU. LJ THANK YOU I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. NUMBER 1 REGARDING THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:59:46 HANDBOOK IF YOU GO THROUGH IT IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF COMMON SENSE AND COMMON COURTESY IS REALLY WHAT IT [Captioner] 20:59:52 COMES DOWN TO SO PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. REGARDING -- GOSH IT'S BEEN SO LONG [Captioner] 21:00:01 AGO I FORGET WHAT THE OTHER TOPIC WAS I WAS GOING TO INITIALLY DISCUSS. >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 21:00:05 PROCLAMATIONS? >> Councilmember Jones: COULD HAVE BEEN PROCLAMATIONS. [Captioner] 21:00:11 I THINK IT HAD TO DO MORE WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I'M WILLING TO GO WITH THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:00:13 MAJORITY ON THAT. I DO SEE THE PURPOSE OF THE EFFICIENCY. [Captioner] 21:00:19 WE HAVE HAD FOLKS WHO PULLED A NUMBER OF ITEMS. I THINK WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS IF [Captioner] 21:00:24 THAT PERSON IS TALKING ON THAT ITEM THAT'S FINE. IF THAT PERSON STRAYS OFF OF THAT ITEM [Captioner] 21:00:31 AND THEY ARE ADVISED ONCE THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER ON TOPIC OR YOU MUTE THE MICROPHONE OR DO WHATEVER TO CUT THAT [Captioner] 21:00:36 COMMENT OFF IF THEY'RE NOT ON TOPIC THEN IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR [Captioner] 21:00:39 COMMENT PERIOD. SO THAT'S IT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:00:45 I WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF ITEMS WHICH IS ONE, I AGREE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT IF THERE IS A COUNCIL MAJORITY THAT [Captioner] 21:00:50 WANTS TO SUPPORT THE ABILITY TO PULL THE ITEMS THAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TO ALLOW [Captioner] 21:00:55 PEOPLE TO COMMENT. I DO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER JONES WHICH IS THAT [Captioner] 21:01:01 SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD PEOPLE PULL EVERY SINGLE ITEM AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE COMMENTS PERTAIN TO THE ITEM AT [Captioner] 21:01:07 HAND. AND SO THEREFORE I'M COMFORTABLE IN MAKING THAT DECISION AND DISCRETION. [Captioner] 21:01:14 AND IT'S A LITTLE EASIER HERE VERSUS ZOOM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT CLOSURE IF WE NEED TO. [Captioner] 21:01:21 THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK WE'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST AND IF THERE WAS A [Captioner] 21:01:25 DISCUSSION OF SOMETHING THAT WE FELT WAS NOT COMPLIANCE WITH THE HANDBOOK WE HAVE [Captioner] 21:01:34 BROUGHT FORTH IN THE PAST REFERRALS. AND THE OPTION IS ALSO TO CENSURE IF THE COUNCIL MAJORITY AGREES. [Captioner] 21:01:42 SO THERE IS A WAY TO CLOSE THE LOOP, JUST SOMETIMES MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOLLOWED UP WITH. [Captioner] 21:01:47 THEN THE OTHER ITEM IS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION. I WANTED TO CLARIFY AND I THINK I [Captioner] 21:01:57 WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A LITTLE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO WHICH IS A CLARIFICATION ON THE [Captioner] 21:02:02 CLOSED SESSION PROCESS. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TWO ITEMS THERE ARE ONLY TWO DIRECT REPORTS FOR THE [Captioner] 21:02:07 COUNCIL AND THAT WE ONLY HAVE THE DISCRETION OR THE AUTHORITY FOR HIRING AND REVIEW OF TWO POSITIONS. [Captioner] 21:02:13 AND THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THAT IS ALSO DONE I THINK THAT'S [Captioner] 21:02:19 IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY IN THE HANDBOOK THAT EACH OF US HAS ONE VOTE AND THAT IS THE COUNCIL MAJORITY THAT HAS TO [Captioner] 21:02:25 STAND. IT'S NOT ANY INDIVIDUAL, AND THIS IS NOT AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR OR IT HAS [Captioner] 21:02:31 TO BE THE COUNCIL MAJORITY. AND MOST TIMES WE'RE FORTUNATE I GUESS IT'S UNANIMOUS. [Captioner] 21:02:37 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT, AND IT COMES TO THESE CLOSED SESSION VOTES AND [Captioner] 21:02:42 PERHAPS WE HAVE DOCUMENT IT THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT MUCH LIKE HERE, I DON'T HAVE A VETO [Captioner] 21:02:49 RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUPERSEDE ANY OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS, I CAST ONE [Captioner] 21:02:57 VOTE THE SAME AS THE OTHERS. AND IT IS EQUALLY WEIGHTED. THE ONLY THING THAT IS DIFFERENT IS ON [Captioner] 21:03:05 PAGE 1 IS THE CEREMONIAL AND THE ALSO THE REFERRALS FOR APPOINTMENTS. EVEN WHEN I MAKE THE REFERRALS FOR [Captioner] 21:03:10 APPOINTMENTS THERE IS A CHECK AND BALANCE OF WHICH MEANS THE COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON THOSE, IT CAN'T BE DONE [Captioner] 21:03:17 WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL. I WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD CLARIFY OR ADD. [Captioner] 21:03:22 OTHER THAN THAT THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS ON THIS. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THAT [Captioner] 21:03:29 CERTAINLY WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO ADD CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AND JUST THE KIND OF BEGIN TO [Captioner] 21:03:38 RANGEL COUNCIL COMMENTS A BIT . IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT IS REFLECTED IN THE [Captioner] 21:03:44 COUNCIL MAJORITY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE DIRECTION AND IMPLEMENT ANY PROPOSED ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS INTO THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:03:48 HANDBOOK. >> Mayor Mei: SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? [Captioner] 21:03:53 BECAUSE I CAN MAKE WHAT I'VE HEARD THIS EVENING I CAN MAKE THE COMMENTS AN SUMMARIZE WHAT I'VE HEARD. [Captioner] 21:04:00 I THINK SO FAR THE COUNCIL MAJORITY WANTS TO MAKE A CHANGE TO ITEM 3 I THINK OF SECTION -- [Captioner] 21:04:09 >> IT IS L, L-7. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT'S L-1. >> Councilmember Cox: L-1 PAGE 9. [Captioner] 21:04:14 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK THERE IS WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR THIS EVENING IS THE COUNCIL MAJORITY IS SAYING THEY WOULD [Captioner] 21:04:19 LIKE IT TO REMAIN THE SAME AS IT STANDS. THERE WAS ALSO SOME SUPPORT I HEARD [Captioner] 21:04:27 FOR A LIST OF ITEMS IN TERMS OF HAVING THE CALENDAR DATES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. [Captioner] 21:04:35 I HAD HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT TRYING TO LIMIT TO ONE TO THREE ITEMS. BUT THAT IS SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE [Captioner] 21:04:40 DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE SUBMITTED AND THE DATES BY WHICH THEY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED. [Captioner] 21:04:45 AND SO IF WE CAN AGREE TO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN THE PAST. [Captioner] 21:04:53 AND REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF MAKING THIS, I WILL SAY THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I KNOW [Captioner] 21:04:58 FROM MY PREDECESSORS AND THOSE THAT HAVE SAT IN THE SEAT BEFORE ME THAT IT'S BEEN [Captioner] 21:05:03 SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AT THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR. AND I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE FOR THAT. [Captioner] 21:05:10 BUT IF THE COUNCIL MAJORITY WANTS THAT, OTHERWISE I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AT THE [Captioner] 21:05:14 AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR WHICH IS ONE OF THE DELINEATION IN THE RULES BETWEEN THE MAYOR [Captioner] 21:05:22 VERSUS THE COUNCIL. SO I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I'VE MISSED. [Captioner] 21:05:27 >> Councilmember Cox: THE THREE WEEKS NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A LONG TIME. [Captioner] 21:05:32 >> Mayor Mei: WELL I WOULD ALSO DEFER A LITTLE BIT TO STAFF ON HOW THEY SET THE DATE. [Captioner] 21:05:38 SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST IMPLY THE DATE WITHOUT CONSENTING WITH STAFF. >> Councilmember Cox: IF IT'S [Captioner] 21:05:46 ALREADY WRITTEN THAT SHOULD BE A LOT SHORTER THAN THREE WEEKS. >> IF STAFF DOES NOT HAVE TO DO [Captioner] 21:05:55 ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OR HAVE A HUGE DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE REQUESTOR, TO GET INFORMATION, THEN WE [Captioner] 21:06:00 CAN USUALLY TURN IT AROUND FEDERATE QUICKLY. >> Mayor Mei: SHALL WE SAY TWO WEEKS [Captioner] 21:06:06 AS A MORE FAIR OPTION? WOULD THAT BE -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE STAFF AND [Captioner] 21:06:16 WHAT'S A REASONABLE TIME TRAIL. >> The Clerk: AND WITH SCHEDULING WE'LL BE -- WE'LL LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 21:06:20 CALENDAR, YOU KNOW, AND TRY NOT TO SCHEDULE AS MANY THINKS BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT [Captioner] 21:06:26 WOULD BE GREAT. GETTING A PHONE CALL OR AN E-MAIL AND YOU WANT -- AND SOMEBODY WANTS IT [Captioner] 21:06:37 WITHIN A DAY OR TWO, AND WE ARE SO LEAN IN MY OFFICE. THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. [Captioner] 21:06:42 WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN A DAY OR TWO. [Captioner] 21:06:48 AND TRYING TO GET THE MAYOR IN THE OFFICE AT LEAST TO GET IT SIGNED AS WELL AND TRYING TO COORDINATE [Captioner] 21:06:53 EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. WE TRY OUR BEST TO TRY THE TURN THINGS [Captioner] 21:06:58 AROUND VERY QUICKLY. >> Councilmember Cox: YES YOU DO. >> The Clerk: BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY [Captioner] 21:07:02 LEAN. >> Mayor Mei: I APPRECIATE IT, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE RESPECTFUL [Captioner] 21:07:08 AND THOUGHTFUL, IF WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF DATES THAT MAKES IT EASIER. ALSO IN THE PAST PRACTICE THIS HAS [Captioner] 21:07:14 BEEN A VERY UNUSUAL TIME PERIOD. IN THE PAST WE GENERALLY ATTEND MANY EVENTS IN PERSON AND HONESTLY WHAT [Captioner] 21:07:21 I'VE HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS IT IS OFTEN VERY NICE IF WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND THE MORNING OR THE [Captioner] 21:07:27 EVENT WITH THEM, AND PRESENT IT THERE, SO ALL PEOPLE CAN JOIN IN THE RECOGNITION [Captioner] 21:07:32 INSTEAD OF ON THE DAIS. BECAUSE IN PAST PRACTICE WE HAVE HAD THE INDIVIDUALS JOIN US HERE IN THE [Captioner] 21:07:35 MEETING IN PERSON BUT AT THIS TIME THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE DOING IN PERSON. [Captioner] 21:07:40 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: SORRY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. [Captioner] 21:07:48 IN YOUR LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT THE SET DATES WERE INCORPORATED, THAT YOU KNOW WE WOULD JUST DO A BLANKET [Captioner] 21:07:52 APPROVAL FOR THIS IS AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION? >> Mayor Mei: THERE HAVE BEEN MANY I [Captioner] 21:07:59 THINK THAT -- AND I'D HAVE TO DEFER A LITTLE BIT TO OUR STAFF WHO HAS A VAST PORTFOLIO OF ONES THAT WE'VE PRESENTED [Captioner] 21:08:05 OVER THE PAST OVER THE YEARS. >> The Clerk: I DID START A SPREADSHEET FOR THIS YEAR SO ANY OF [Captioner] 21:08:11 THE ONES THAT CAME THROUGH MY OFFICE WE'VE -- WE'RE KEEPING ON A SPREAD SHEET NOW. [Captioner] 21:08:17 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT SOME [Captioner] 21:08:23 DIRECTION AND SOME AMENDMENTS. AND IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, COULD I HAVE A SECOND? [Captioner] 21:08:30 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG. VICE MAYOR KENG. OKAY CAN I CALL -- [Captioner] 21:08:35 >> The Clerk: WHO MADE THE MOTION? >> Mayor Mei: I MADE THE MOTION. >> The Clerk: SORRY ABOUT THAT. [Captioner] 21:08:44 >> Mayor Mei: TRYING TO BE CONCISE BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH FEEDBACK THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 21:08:55 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: , WE CAN COME BACK WITH AN AMENDED HANDBOOK [Captioner] 21:09:07 WITH REFLECTS ALL OF THESE CHANGES THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE ON A HALF CRAFTED COUNCIL RULE BOOK. [Captioner] 21:09:11 WE CAN COME BACK. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 21:09:18 I THINK AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO COUNCIL REFERRALS AND ARE THERE ANY ORAL REPORTS ON MEETINGS OUT FROM THE [Captioner] 21:09:26 COUNCIL? >> Councilmember Jones: YOU WERE THERE FOR PART OF IT AS WAS [Captioner] 21:09:30 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. BUT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL [Captioner] 21:09:36 CONFERENCE AND COUNCILMEMBER KENG OR VICE MAYOR KENG SORRY. VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT I THINK [Captioner] 21:09:41 EVERYBODY WAS NICE TO BE OUT OF THE LITTLE BOXES AND MEETING EACH OTHER IN PERSON. [Captioner] 21:09:48 LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON, VERY INFORMATIVE, LOTS OF GOOD SEMINARS GOOD BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND GLAD TO SEE [Captioner] 21:09:53 SUCH A LARGE NUMBER FROM THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE. >> Mayor Mei: I ALSO NOTED THAT. [Captioner] 21:09:59 I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN SHE MADE A PRESENTATION AT THE EVENT. [Captioner] 21:10:05 WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS, INNOVATION GRANTS, I WAS HONORED TO BE [Captioner] 21:10:12 PART OF THE U.S. CRCHLS OF MAYORS TODAY WITH MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND MAKING A PRESENTATION ON [Captioner] 21:10:17 BEHALF OF OUR CITY REPRESENTING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING [Captioner] 21:10:29 FORTHWITH SECRETARY OF ENERGY GRANHOLM TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF OUR MICROSTRUCTURES [Captioner] 21:10:36 SUCH AS A YOU ARE OH YOU ARE GRIDS AT OUR FIRE STATIONS, AND THE FLEET AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND SOME OF THE THINGS [Captioner] 21:10:41 LOOKING FORWARD WITH THE LENS OF SOCIAL EQUITY IN TERMS OF ACCESS FOR MULTITENANT [Captioner] 21:10:46 HOMES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. [Captioner] 21:10:53 I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WE HAD A FOCUSED [Captioner] 21:10:59 DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS AND AGAIN, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND OTHER [Captioner] 21:11:05 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IDEALLY AGAIN IMPLEMENTING THEM [Captioner] 21:11:12 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT MAP WITH ALL OF YOU IN TERMS OF PAST HISTORICAL RED LINING, [Captioner] 21:11:17 THE IMPACTS OF THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS [Captioner] 21:11:22 THAT HAVE CUT THROUGH SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES AND MADE THEM VERY CHALLENGING SUCH AS THE AIR QUALITY. [Captioner] 21:11:28 THEREFORE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF OUR PROJECTS TO HAVE THAT LENS TO TRY OPROVIDE ADDITIONAL EQUITY IN [Captioner] 21:11:34 TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT TO HELP THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THE COMMUNITIES. [Captioner] 21:11:40 SO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORTS. SO THANK YOU ALL OR THE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU ALL ESPECIALLY THE AUDIENCE [Captioner] 21:11:46 THIS EVENING, FOR YOUR PATIENCE SINCE WE WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF RETURNING AT LEAST THE [Captioner] 21:11:49 COUNCIL TO IN CHAMBERS WITH SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES. [Captioner] 21:11:56 SO I WOULD ASK ALL AND I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS, YES COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE OTHER [Captioner] 21:12:01 QUICK COMMENT WHICH -- OR COUNCILMEMBER KENG. ONE QUICK COMMENT I DO ECHO, I KNOW [Captioner] 21:12:08 THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TRAGEDY AROUND THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CONCERN [Captioner] 21:12:20 WHETHER IT'S IN PAKISTAN OR AFGHANISTAN OR UKRAINE AND SOME AREAS AND THE PEOPLE IN ENGLAND [Captioner] 21:12:33 WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR QUEEN WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING MONARCHS, FOR TO BE KIND AND JUST AND, [Captioner] 21:12:37 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN I'M SORRY DID I OVERLOOK YOU, I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER KENG DID I [Captioner] 21:12:45 OVERLOOK YOU FOR A COMMENT FOR THE REPORT-OUT? >> Councilmember Keng: SORRY, JUST [Captioner] 21:12:52 HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IF WE CAN MAYBE SHARE IF WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATE OF PLANS WHEN WE MIGHT ALLOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC [Captioner] 21:12:58 INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER? >> WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DETERMINATION YET. [Captioner] 21:13:06 WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF COVID AND AS WE DO THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY SIGNAL TO THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 21:13:16 IN AS MUCH ADVANCE NOTICE AS POSSIBLE, HOW WE PLAN TO REENTER THEM TO CHAMBERS. [Captioner] 21:13:21 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE AN WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY AGAIN THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED [Captioner] 21:13:25 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN US NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU.