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>> Mayor Mei: GOOD EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE COUNCIL
MEETING TO ORDER

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 FOR
OCTOBER 18TH, 2022.


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AND I'D LIKE TO ASK
COUNCILMEMBER JONES TO

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 LEAD US
IN THE PLEDGE.


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 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


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AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,


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INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE ROLL


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CALL, PLEASE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER
COX,

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 HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN,

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 PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN,

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 HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE.
VICE MAYOR

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 KENG, MAYOR MEI,
HERE.
>> Mayor Mei: AND AT THIS

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 TIME,
I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THERE ARE
VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS

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 AND
COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE ACCEPTS

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 APPLICATIONS FOR
THOSE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.


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IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT
OUR BOARDS

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 AND COMMISSIONS PAGE,
COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE


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AT FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE
CONTACT THE CITY

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 CLERK'S OFFICE
AT

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 510-284-460.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO


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PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S MEETING
MAY DO

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 SO BY CLICKING ON THE
RAISE HAND ICON IF YOU'RE USING
ZOOM OR IF YOU'RE

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 DIALING IN, BY
DIALING STAR NINE.
I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT


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BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE
AGENDA, AND IF NOT NOTED ON THE


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SCREEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
AND IF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN
ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR


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NAME THE ORGANIZATION YOU'RE
REPRESENTING.
EMAILS SUBMITTED

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 TO THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE ARE COMPILED,
DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL


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AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE
CITY'S AGENDA CENTER ON


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FREMONT.GOV AND WILL BE PLACED
ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF
THE PUBLIC RECORD.


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I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE
MEETING WILL GO

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 UNTIL 11:30 P.M.
THIS EVENING IF NEEDED AND WE
WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF


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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
FOR ORAL

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 COMMUNICATIONS AFTER
THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL
TAKE THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT


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THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME
REMAINS.
I

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 WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER
TO OUR CITY MANAGER, WHO IS NOT
HERE

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 TODAY, BUT OUR DEPUTY


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ASSISTANT MANAGER KRISTINA
BRIGGS, WHO WILL BE SUBSTITUTING
FOR KARENA

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 THIS EVENING, AND I'D
LIKE TO ASK HER TO PLEASE KINDLY
INTRODUCE

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 THE STAFF AT THIS
TIME.
THANK YOU.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
NO

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 ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING,
ONLY INTRODUCTIONS.
OF COURSE OUR CITY

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 ATTORNEY RAH
FEEL ALVARADO AND OUR CITY CLERK
SUSAN

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 GAUTHIER ALONG WITH OUR
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK

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 ALBERTO
QUINTANILLA.
ALL MEMBERS OF

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 EXECUTIVE STAFF
ON THE MEETING AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.


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THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE

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 TO HAVE A
CONSENT CALENDAR AS THE NEXT
ITEM.


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THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE
PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND
STAFF

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 RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
COMMENT ON A CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEM MAY

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 DO SO NOW BY RAISING
THEIR HAND OR BY CLICKING ON THE
RAISE

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 HAND ICON IF YOU'RE USING
ZOOM OR AGAIN, BY DIALING
STAR NINE.


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AND DOES THE CITY CLERK SEE ANY


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MEMBERS WISHING TO

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 REMOVE AN
ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE TWO.


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FIRST IS CHRIS.
>> YES, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE

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 THE
CIPP PLANNER ITEM FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.


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I BELIEVE IT'S E.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
>> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY.
THE NEXT IS

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 KELLY

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 ABREU.
>> ITEM F, HAZARD

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 MITIGATION.
>> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY.
WE'LL COME BACK TO

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 THESE.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE


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COUNCIL WISHES TO ADDRESS?
COUNCILMEMBER COX, IS YOUR HAND


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RAISED?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.


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THANK YOU.
>> Councilmember Jones: I'LL
MOVE

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 TO APPROVE WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF C AND F.
>> Mayor Mei: 

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2E AND 2F.
SORRY.
>> Councilmember Jones: E

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 AND F.
SORRY.
>> Mayor Mei: YES.


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I HAVE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND

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 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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CAN I GET A VOTE, PLEASE, ON THE
DAIS?
WE HAVE

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 A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR

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 EXCLUDING ITEM 2E AND
2F.


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THANK YOU.
THE MOST CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND


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WE'LL GET BACK TO 2E

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 AND F.
AND AT THIS TIME, I WANTED TO
SHARE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL


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CEREMONIAL ITEMS THIS EVENING.
I'D

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 LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A
PROCLAMATION FOR HINDU HERITAGE


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MONTH.
ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION WILL
BE

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 DR. ROMESH JAPRA, FIA
CHAIRMAN.


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IS HE ON THE ZOOM?
HI!
GOOD

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 EVENING.
GOOD EVENING.


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>> WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT
IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS
HINDU HERITAGE MONTH;


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AND WHEREAS, HINDU AMERICANS
HAVE GREATLY ENRICHED
CALIFORNIA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM

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TEACHING NUMEROUS STUDENTS ABOUT
THE ACADEMIC FIELDS OF


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ASTROPHYSICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE
ENGINEERING, LAW PLANETARY
SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND

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NEUROSCIENCE; AND
WHEREAS, HINDU AMERICANS HAVE

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MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
TOWARD PLURALISM, NON-

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VIOLENCE, GENDER EQUALITY AND
HUMAN RIGHTS; AND


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WHEREAS, THE HINDU HERITAGE,
CULTURE, TRADITIONS, AND VALUES

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PROVIDE INVALUABLE SOLUTIONS TO
MANY OF LIFE’S PROBLEMS AND


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OFTEN SERVE AS A SOURCE OF
INSPIRATION, REFLECTION, AND
CONTEMPLATION FOR MILLIONS OF

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INDIVIDUALS WHO LOOK TO THE
TEACHINGS OF HINDUISM FOR


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GUIDANCE;
AND WHEREAS, CALIFORNIA IS THE
HOME OF THE FIRST HINDU TEMPLE


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IN THE UNITED STATES, BUILT IN
SAN FRANCISCO, AND AT THE
DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE ON

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JANUARY 7, 1906, IT WAS
PROCLAIMED THE “FIRST HINDU

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TEMPLE IN THE WHOLE WESTERN

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WORLD.”
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA IS ALSO HOME


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TO ONE OF THE OLDEST CALIFORNIA
HINDU TEMPLE SINCE 1983; AND
WHEREAS, BY PROCLAIMING THE


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MONTH OF OCTOBER AS HINDU
HERITAGE MONTH, THE CITY OF
FREMONT ACKNOWLEDGES THE


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IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
HINDU RESIDENTS HAVE MADE TO OUR
CITY’S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC,

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POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL FABRIC;
AND WHEREAS, FREMONT HAS A


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VIBRANT CULTURE HIGHLIGHTED BY
OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND
INVITES RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE


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ABOUT THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND
CONTRIBUTION OF HINDU AMERICANS.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL

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OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY

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DOES PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER 2022 AS HINDU HERITAGE


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MONTH.
SO ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION
WILL BE

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 DR. ROMESH JAPRA

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, THE
FIA CHAIRMAN.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY

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 MUCH,
MAYOR LILY MEI.
ON BEHALF OF ALL

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 THE

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 HINDU
AMERICANS FROM THE CITY OF
FREMONT, SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN


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OF THE FREMONT HINDU TEMPLE,
FEDERATION

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 OF HINDU AMERICANS
AND AMERICANS FOR HINDUS,

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 WHO
ALL HAVE THE HEADQUARTERS IN THE
CITY

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 OF FREMONT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR,
HONORABLE

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 MAYOR, AS WELL AS VICE
MAYOR AND ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.


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SO IT'S -- WE REALLY APPRECIATE
BEING ABLE

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 TO GROW, SHARE OUR
CULTURE, OUR HERITAGE,

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 OUR
TRADITIONS, AND OUR FAITH

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 WITH
EVERYONE OUT HERE IN THE CITY OF
FREMONT AND BEYOND CITY

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 OF
FREMONT.
WE HAVE MADE IT HOME OVER

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 HERE,
AND EVERY ASPECT, I'VE BEEN HERE
ALMOST 43 YEARS

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 NOW IN THE CITY
OF FREMONT, LIVING HERE, WE'VE
ENJOYED IT, AND

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 WE HAVE
CONTRIBUTED AND WILL KEEP


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CONTRIBUTING TO MAKE IT THE
SAFEST, THE HAPPIEST CITY NOT


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ONLY IN CALIFORNIA, NOT ONLY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUT IN


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THE WHOLE WORLD.
SO THE HINDU AMERICANS AND

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 THE


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HINDUS ALL OVER FROM THE GLOBE
REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE YOU


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RECOGNIZING US AND MAKING THE
HINDU HERITAGE MONTH THE MONTH
OF OCTOBER.


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THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR

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 THE
PARTNERSHIP IN THE MANY YEARS OF


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CELEBRATING THE FESTIVAL OF
INDIA PARADE AND MANY OF

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 THE
OTHER EVENT I THINK MANY OF OUR
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE HAD THE


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PLEASURE OF JOINING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO NEXT I ALSO
WANTED TO SHARE, WE ACTUALLY
HAVE TWO

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 PROCLAMATIONS TO THIS
EVENT, BUT THERE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT

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 GROUPS THAT ARE
RECEIVING IT.
THIS IS ALSO FOR HINDU AMERICAN


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AWARENESS APPRECIATION MONTH,
AND THIS IS TO THE

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 HINDU
AMERICAN FOUNDATION.
IT'S ALSO REPRESENTED BY

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DR. MIHIR MEGHANI AND

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 MR. SAMIR
KALRA.
HELLO.


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DR. MEGHANI.


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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI,

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 FOR THE
HONOR AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.


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LIKE DR. JAPRA SAID, FOR WRECK
NIEDZING THE

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 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
THE HINDU AMERICAN

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 COMMUNITY AND
ALSO RECOGNIZING SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WE'VE FACED INCLUDING


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HINDU PHOBIA AND HATE CRIMES.
I

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 REALLY -- IT'S AN HONOR TO
FREMONT, I ALSO WORK IN FREMONT
AS AN

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 EMERGENCY DOCTOR, AND I'LL
PASS TO MY

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 COLLEAGUE, SAMIR
KALRA, HINDU AMERICAN

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FOUNDATION, MANAGING DIRECTOR AS
WELL.


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THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY READ


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THE PROCLAMATION REAL QUICKLY
AND IF

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 DR. KAL -- OR MR. KALRA
COULD

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 SPEAK AFTER ME, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
I'D LOVE TO SHARE YOUR


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PROCLAMATION.


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WHEREAS, FREMONT AND THE NATION
HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE
EXTRAORDINARY CULTURAL


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ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC, AND
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY OF ITS
RESIDENTS; AND


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WHEREAS, THERE IS AN ESTIMATED
ONE BILLION HINDUS WORLDWIDE,
AND APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MILLION


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HINDU AMERICANS LIVE ACROSS THE
NATION; AND
WHEREAS, FREMONT IS HOME TO A

[Captioner] 19:11:18

SIGNIFICANT HINDU AMERICAN
POPULATION; AND

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WHEREAS, FREMONT AND OUR NATION
HAVE GREATLY BENEFITED FROM

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HINDU AMERICANS ESPECIALLY
THROUGH THE VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY,

[Captioner] 19:11:33

AYURVEDIC MEDICINE, CLASSICAL
INDIAN ART, DANCE MUSIC,


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MEDITATION, YOGA, LITERATURE,
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE; AND
WHEREAS, HINDU AMERICANS HAVE

[Captioner] 19:11:40

GREATLY ENRICHED HIGHER
EDUCATION UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS


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BY TEACHING NUMEROUS STUDENTS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE ACADEMIC
FIELDS OF ASTROPHYSICS, COMPUTER


[Captioner] 19:11:50
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, LAW,
PLANETARY SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY,
AND NEUROSCIENCE, AND A MAJORITY

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OF HINDU AMERICANS ARE IN
HIGH-SKILL OCCUPATIONS; AND

[Captioner] 19:11:57

WHEREAS, FREMONT HINDU TEMPLES,
ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS

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ACTIVELY ENGAGE INSEVA, A

[Captioner] 19:12:09

ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN SEVA, A
SANSKRIT WORD FOR SELFLESS


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SERVICE, TOWARDS THEIR FELLOW
HUMAN BEINGS THROUGH CHARITY
PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THE


[Captioner] 19:12:14
PROVISION OF FREE MEDICAL AND
LEGAL SERVICES; AND
WHEREAS, HINDU AMERICANS


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THROUGHOUT THE WORLD CELEBRATE
NUMEROUS HOLIDAYS AND
FESTIVALS, SUCH AS DIWALI, WHICH


[Captioner] 19:12:22
CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF GOOD
OVER EVIL AND KNOWLEDGE OVER
IGNORANCE; AND

[Captioner] 19:12:25

WHEREAS, HINDU AMERICANS PROMOTE
THE IDEALS OF TOLERANCE,


[Captioner] 19:12:29
PLURALISM, AND RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM, WHICH ARE INHERENT TO
THEIR BELIEFS AND RESPECT THE


[Captioner] 19:12:38
DIVERSITY OF ALL FAITHS, AND THE
VEDAS, THE 5,000-YEAR-OLD TEXTS
OF HINDU AMERICANS, PROVIDE THE


[Captioner] 19:12:44
BASIS FOR THESE CORE PRINCIPLES:
“TRUTH IS ONE, THE WISE CALL IT

[Captioner] 19:12:46

BY MANY NAMES” (EKAM SAT VIPRAH
BAHUDHA VADANTI).


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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY

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PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
2022 AS HINDU AMERICAN AWARENESS

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AND APPRECIATION MONTH.
AND I SEE

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 MR. KALRA IS ON THE
LINE.
THANK YOU.


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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR MEI,
VICE MAYOR RAJ

[Captioner] 19:13:08
 SALWAN AND THE
REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF


[Captioner] 19:13:11
HINDU AMERICANS.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO


[Captioner] 19:13:16
EDUCATE OUR CO-FREMONT RESIDENTS
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WE
STAND

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 FOR, OUR VALUES, AS WELL
AS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE

[Captioner] 19:13:23
 FACE.
THIS PROCLAMATION OR RESOLUTION
WAS FIRST STARTED AT THE

[Captioner] 19:13:26
 STATE
LEVEL IN CALIFORNIA BACK IN
2013, AND

[Captioner] 19:13:29
 SINCE THEN, WE'VE
GROWN TO MANY CITIES ACROSS THE
STATE.


[Captioner] 19:13:32
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE IN THE CITY
THAT I

[Captioner] 19:13:36
 GREW UP IN BACK IN THE
1980s, AND SEEING ALL THE HARD


[Captioner] 19:13:39
WORK OF DR. JAPRA AND MANY OTHER


[Captioner] 19:13:42
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS, TO SEE WHERE WE
ARE NOW AS A CITY, IT'S

[Captioner] 19:13:45
 REALLY
HEARTENING, SO WE WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING


[Captioner] 19:13:48
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR
COMMUNITY, AND WISH EVERYONE AN
EARLY HAPPY

[Captioner] 19:13:51
 DIWALI, WHICH IS
NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
OUR HOPES ARE ALWAYS THAT LIGHT


[Captioner] 19:14:01
TRIUMPHS OVER DARKNESS.
THANK YOU.
NEXT, I WANTED

[Captioner] 19:14:05
 TO INVITE Z.
A

[Captioner] 19:14:08
 HRA FROM CAIR.


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WONDERFUL, I SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO SHARE THIS IS ALSO


[Captioner] 19:14:14
AMERICAN MUSLIM APPRECIATION AND
AWARENESS MONTH, AND I KNOW THAT
WE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:14:17
 COUNCILMEMBER COX WILL
BE SHARING A FEW

[Captioner] 19:14:21
 WORDS ALSO ON
SUPPORT OF THIS.


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AND WHEREAS, ENRICHED BY THE
UNPARALLELED

[Captioner] 19:14:27
 DIVERSITY OF ITS
RESIDENTS, THE CITY OF FREMONT
TAKES PRIDE

[Captioner] 19:14:30
 IN SUPPORTING
INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
AND IS

[Captioner] 19:14:33
 STRENGTHENED BY THE MANY
VARIED

[Captioner] 19:14:37
 RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS DIVERSE


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POPULATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE
THAT PRACTICE ISLAM.


[Captioner] 19:14:48
WHEREAS, OVER 90,000 MUSLIMS
LIVE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, AND MADE

[Captioner] 19:14:49

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
CULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND


[Captioner] 19:14:55
ECONOMIC FABRIC AND WELL-BEING
OF CITY OF FREMONT, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND THE UNITED


[Captioner] 19:14:58
STATES; AND
WHEREAS, FREMONT HAS A THRIVING
MUSLIM COMMUNITY WITH FULL-TIME

[Captioner] 19:15:01

ISLAMIC SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS,
AND MOSQUES, THAT HAVE BEEN


[Captioner] 19:15:02
PROVIDING RELIGIOUS AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR
DECADES AND HAVE ANSWERED THE


[Captioner] 19:15:05
CALL FOR HELP DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC; AND
WHEREAS, THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF


[Captioner] 19:15:12
EAST BAY HAS ESTABLISHED THEIR
COVID-19 CARE PROGRAM, WHICH
PROVIDES FINANCIAL AID,

[Captioner] 19:15:16

GROCERIES AND SUPPLIES, SERVES
DINNERS AT ABODE HOMELESS

[Captioner] 19:15:19

SHELTER, AND DELIVERS FOOD TO
ALL VULNERABLE COMMUNITY

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MEMBERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

[Captioner] 19:15:30

SUPPORT LIFE FOUNDATION, THEY
HELD MULTIPLE COVID-19 VACCINE


[Captioner] 19:15:32
CLINICS THAT PROVIDED 6,200
VACCINES; AND
WHEREAS, THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF


[Captioner] 19:15:35
FREMONT AND ITS VOLUNTEERS HAVE
SERVED 100 MEALS A DAY
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE


[Captioner] 19:15:39
PANDEMIC AND CONTINUED ITS
MONTHLY GROCERY BAG DELIVERY
PROGRAM FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED

[Captioner] 19:15:43

OF THE TRI-VALLEY AREA IN

[Captioner] 19:15:49

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SALAAM FOOD
PANTRY; AND


[Captioner] 19:15:52
WHEREAS, THE SALAAM FOOD PANTRY
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2016 TO SERVE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED


[Captioner] 19:15:57
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THEIR
MONTHLY GROCERY BAG DELIVERY,
HOT MEAL PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP

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WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND
PARTIAL RENTAL AND UTILITY


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PAYMENTS FOR DOZENS OF
FAMILIES.
 MANY OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS


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INCLUDE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS; AND
WHEREAS, FOUNDED IN 2016, THE


[Captioner] 19:16:15
FREMONT-BASED AMERICAN MUSLIM
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS AN
INNOVATIVE AND AWARD-WINNING


[Captioner] 19:16:19
NATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
THAT HAS COMMITTED TO SOCIAL
BASIC NEEDS, RACIAL JUSTICE, AND


[Captioner] 19:16:25
HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVES BY
DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN
$8,000,000 TO OVER 400

[Captioner] 19:16:28

NONPROFITS THROUGH CREATING
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS, GIVING

[Captioner] 19:16:33

CIRCLES, DISTRIBUTING GRANTS,
PARTNERING ON SPONSORSHIPS, AND

[Captioner] 19:16:36

BUILDING ENDOWMENTS FOR THE
AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

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NOW, THEREFORE, THAT THE FREMONT
CITY COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS AND

[Captioner] 19:16:44

RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF OCTOBER,
2022 AS AMERICAN MUSLIM

[Captioner] 19:16:48

APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS MONTH
IN THE CITY OF FREMONT TO

[Captioner] 19:16:51

ACKNOWLEDGE THE RICH HISTORY,
CONTRIBUTIONS, AND GUIDING


[Captioner] 19:16:54
VIRTUES OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS
AND TO COMMEND ALL MUSLIM

[Captioner] 19:16:57

COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA FOR

[Captioner] 19:17:00

THE LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT THEY
HAVE MADE TOWARD THE ADVANCEMENT

[Captioner] 19:17:04

OF OUR CITY AND COUNTRY.
SO I WANTED TO

[Captioner] 19:17:07
 WELCOME ZAHRA
BILLOO

[Captioner] 19:17:11
 OF CAIR.
>> GREETINGS

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 OF PETITION IN
ENGLISH, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MAYOR

[Captioner] 19:17:20
 LILY MEI, AND REALLY
SPECIAL APPRECIATION

[Captioner] 19:17:21
 FOR
COUNCILMEMBER TERESA COX WHO
WORKED WITH OUR ORGANIZATION FOR


[Captioner] 19:17:24
SEVERAL MONTHS TO MAKE TODAY'S
RECOGNITION POSSIBLE.


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THIS IS THE SEVENTH YEAR CAIR IS
WORKING

[Captioner] 19:17:32
 WITH LOCAL AND STATE
ELECTED OFFICIALS

[Captioner] 19:17:35
 TO RECOGNIZE
MUSLIM APPRECIATION MONTH.
THIS WAS BORN OUT OF A


[Captioner] 19:17:39
RECOGNITION THAT

[Captioner] 19:17:42
 ISLAMA PHOBIA
HAS AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.


[Captioner] 19:17:46
AT THE RISK OF MENTIONING HIS
NAME AND UPSETTING ALL OF OUR
EVENINGS,

[Captioner] 19:17:49
 OUR FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP REALLY

[Captioner] 19:17:53
 BROUGHT ISLAMPHOBIA
TO THE FOREFRONT WITH

[Captioner] 19:17:57
 BOTH HIS
RHETORIC AND POLICIES, BANNING
MUSLIMS

[Captioner] 19:18:00
 AND FACILITATING HATE
CRIMES THROUGH THE USE OF


[Captioner] 19:18:03
HATEFUL WORDS AND INCITEMENT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS PRACTICE, THIS

[Captioner] 19:18:06
 TRADITION
THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF IN
CALIFORNIA

[Captioner] 19:18:09
 OF RECOGNIZING MUSLIM
CONTRIBUTIONS TO

[Captioner] 19:18:12
 LOCAL
COMMUNITIES IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE ALL


[Captioner] 19:18:15
OF YOU TO

[Captioner] 19:18:19
 USE THE OFFICIAL
POSITION THAT YOU SIT IN TO
ENSURE ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES


[Captioner] 19:18:22
THAT YOU SERVE FEEL WELCOMED,
FEEL

[Captioner] 19:18:28
 APPRECIATED AND ARE
EXPLICITLY TOLD THEY ARE A

[Captioner] 19:18:29
 PART
OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AS A REGULAR VISITOR TO FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:18:33
AND ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION
THAT SERVES THE

[Captioner] 19:18:37
 INCREDIBLY
DIVERSE AND LARGE MUSLIM
POPULATION IN FREMONT, I AM

[Captioner] 19:18:40
 SO
APPRECIATIVE OF THE FREMONT CITY
COUNCIL FOR TAKING TIME

[Captioner] 19:18:43
 OUT THIS
EVENING TO SAY

[Captioner] 19:18:46
 MUSLIMS ARE
WELCOME HERE AND MUSLIMS ARE
APPRECIATED,

[Captioner] 19:18:49
 MUSLIMS ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWTH AND
SUCCESS OF THE CITY OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:18:53
WE RECOGNIZE THAT, WE CELEBRATE
IT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD

[Captioner] 19:18:58
 TO
BUILDING -- BUILDING IN SERVICE
OF JUSTICE AND UNDERSTANDING


[Captioner] 19:19:01
TOGETHER.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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>> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU,

[Captioner] 19:19:13
 ZAHRA.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS TO THE CAIR
ORGANIZATION SO

[Captioner] 19:19:16
 MUCH OF THE HARD
WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN

[Captioner] 19:19:19
 DOING, AND
IT'S SPREADING ACROSS THE WHOLE
ENTIRE BAY AREA,

[Captioner] 19:19:22
 ESPECIALLY IN
SUPPORT OF THE

[Captioner] 19:19:26
 COVID-19 EFFORTS,
IN ADDITION TO SERVING

[Captioner] 19:19:30
 THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT WAS A

[Captioner] 19:19:35
 PARTNERSHIP
CO-DEVELOPED BY

[Captioner] 19:19:38
 SAMINA USMAN,
WHO ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE

[Captioner] 19:19:43

CAIRO AND I WANTED TO GIVE
SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO

[Captioner] 19:19:46
 SAMINA
BECAUSE OF HER HARD WORK, BUT
ALSO BECAUSE

[Captioner] 19:19:50
 OF CAIR AND ALL THE
WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU'RE

[Captioner] 19:19:53

DOING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING

[Captioner] 19:19:56
 WORKING TOGETHER TO
MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY THAT GETS
RID OF ANY

[Captioner] 19:19:59
 TYPE OF RACISM, AND
ANYTHING THAT

[Captioner] 19:20:02
 WOULD DIVIDE OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.


[Captioner] 19:20:05
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP.


[Captioner] 19:20:11
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO QUICKLY


[Captioner] 19:20:14
MENTION THAT THEY HAVE THEIR
ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY GALA, AND
THAT'S COMING

[Captioner] 19:20:17
 UP ON

[Captioner] 19:20:21

NOVEMBER 19TH IN SANTA CLARA.
SO THAT'S THEIR 28TH

[Captioner] 19:20:24

ANNIVERSARY.
SO IF ANYONE IS ABLE TO GO, I'D


[Captioner] 19:20:27
LIKE TO JUST BE ABLE TO SHARE


[Captioner] 19:20:30
THAT.
THANK YOU ALL.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO GO TO


[Captioner] 19:20:34
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS UP


[Captioner] 19:20:37
TO -- I'M TRYING TO SEE OUR
 LIST
OF SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 19:20:44
NORMALLY WHEN WE HAVE IN PERSON,
WE HAVE CARDS.
AND I JUST WANTED

[Captioner] 19:20:47
 TO ALSO
MENTION, MANY TIMES PEOPLE MAY


[Captioner] 19:20:50
NOT REALIZE AND I'M GOING TO
CALL IT AGAIN FOR ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS,

[Captioner] 19:20:54
 IT'S FOR ANY
PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON A
MATTER

[Captioner] 19:20:57
 WHICH IS NOT SCHEDULED ON
THE

[Captioner] 19:21:01
 AGENDA MAY DO SO UNDER THIS
TIME UNDER ORAL

[Captioner] 19:21:04
 COMMUNICATIONS
SECTION OF THE PUBLIC
COMMUNICATIONS.


[Captioner] 19:21:07
WE HAVE 30 MINUTES AND IF WE
NEED TO, WE'LL CARRY ON
AFTERWARDS.


[Captioner] 19:21:10
SO COMMUNICATIONS ALSO, I WANTED
TO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE WRITTEN
US IN

[Captioner] 19:21:14
 EMAIL, WILL BE PLACED ON
FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE


[Captioner] 19:21:18
PUBLIC RECORD.
SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING
TO SPEAK, SO UNDER ORAL


[Captioner] 19:21:22
COMMUNICATIONS OR PUBLIC
COMMUNICATIONS, MAY DO SO NOW BY


[Captioner] 19:21:25
PRESSING THE RAISE HAND ICON OR
IF YOU'RE DIALING IN, BY DIALING


[Captioner] 19:21:29
STAR NINE.
AGAIN, IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM


[Captioner] 19:21:32
SCREEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
WHEN

[Captioner] 19:21:35
 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN


[Captioner] 19:21:39
ORGANIZATION, PLEASE KINDLY
STATE YOUR NAME OF THE
ORGANIZATION

[Captioner] 19:21:41
 YOU'RE
REPRESENTING.
SO MS. GAUTHIER, DO WE HAVE


[Captioner] 19:21:44
SPEAKERS THIS EVENING?
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE CURRENTLY
HAVE THREE.


[Captioner] 19:21:47
THE FIRST ONE IS SALIM

[Captioner] 19:21:51
 MASTAN.
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, SALIM.
>>  HI,

[Captioner] 19:21:54
 MAYOR, CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY

[Captioner] 19:21:58
 WONDERFUL
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 19:22:03
 RECOGNIZES
THE COMMUNITIES ABANDONS THE
WORK

[Captioner] 19:22:06
 AND THE WORK
DONE BY IT.
I WISH EVERYBODY IN

[Captioner] 19:22:10
 THIS CITY,
COUNTY, STATE AND

[Captioner] 19:22:13
 COUNTRY
UNDERSTAND THAT

[Captioner] 19:22:16
 WHAT WE FEEL,
WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE

[Captioner] 19:22:20
 DO IT ARE
IMPORTANT, AND ALL

[Captioner] 19:22:24
 OF YOU
ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE APPRECIATE


[Captioner] 19:22:30
ALL THE PERKS THAT YOU PEOPLE DO
TOO.
YOU COME TO THE EVENTS,

[Captioner] 19:22:32
 YOU
PARTICIPATE, AND IT MEANS QUITE
A LOT.


[Captioner] 19:22:35
THANK YOU, KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK, GOD BLESS ALL OF

[Captioner] 19:22:41
 YOU, AND
I -- I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT


[Captioner] 19:22:44
SOME APPRECIATION FOR YOU


[Captioner] 19:22:47
PEOPLE, SELECT A DATE AND TIME
AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:22:50
HAVE A NICE EVENING.
BYE-BYE.


[Captioner] 19:22:54
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
SALIM.


[Captioner] 19:22:57
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS
IRIS.


[Captioner] 19:23:07
>> Mayor Mei: IRIS, WELCOME.


[Captioner] 19:23:18
>> Ms. Gauthier: IRIS?


[Captioner] 19:23:24
LET'S GO ON TO CHRIS.


[Captioner] 19:23:28
>> THANK YOU.
AS

[Captioner] 19:23:31
 THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY


[Captioner] 19:23:34
PASSED MORE ORDINANCES, I


[Captioner] 19:23:38
THOUGHT I'D CALL OUT HOW
ORDINANCES

[Captioner] 19:23:41
 EITHER NEED UPDATES
OR TO NOT BE

[Captioner] 19:23:45
 USED WHEN IN CITY


[Captioner] 19:23:49
DOCUMENTS.
I SEE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT
SEEM TO

[Captioner] 19:23:55
 CALL OUT MUNICIPAL CODES
FOR FUNDING WITH

[Captioner] 19:23:58
 EXCEPTIONS, BUT
THE EXCEPTIONS DON'T

[Captioner] 19:24:02
 ACTUALLY
MATCH WHAT IT

[Captioner] 19:24:06
 IS.
I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ABOUT
WHAT'S CONSIDERED, I

[Captioner] 19:24:09
 THINK, THE
PUBLIC PURCHASING

[Captioner] 19:24:15
 CODES, THE
CITY OF FREMONT 3.20.280.


[Captioner] 19:24:19
 3.20.280 IS THE
SPECIFIC SECTION, AND IN THAT


[Captioner] 19:24:22
SECTION,

[Captioner] 19:24:27
 SUBSECTION C, WHAT THE
SUBSECTION IDENTIFIES IS
EXEMPTIONS

[Captioner] 19:24:33
 FROM CERTAIN
CONTRACTS.
THIS IS FOR SOFTWARE UPDATES AND


[Captioner] 19:24:36
MAINTENANCE.
SOFTWARE LICENSES, RENEWALS,


[Captioner] 19:24:39
OPERATING SYSTEMS.
SERVICES

[Captioner] 19:24:42
 WHERE THE CITY HAS
PREVIOUSLY PROCURED SOFTWARE AND


[Captioner] 19:24:46
OPERATING SYSTEMS.
AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING
THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION

[Captioner] 19:24:49
 BECAUSE
YOU CALLED OUT WHEN YOU'RE
PURCHASING

[Captioner] 19:24:53
 HARDWARE, AND
HARDWARE IS LISTED NOWHERE IN
THAT

[Captioner] 19:24:56
 SECTION.
AND HARDWARE IS SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT THAN

[Captioner] 19:24:59
 SOFTWARE.
THANK

[Captioner] 19:25:04
 YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS?


[Captioner] 19:25:07
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE CAN TRY TO
GO BACK TO IRIS AGAIN.


[Captioner] 19:25:11
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
IRIS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE

[Captioner] 19:25:14
 UNMUTE
YOURSELF VIA ZOOM OR VIA PHONE?
>>

[Captioner] 19:25:17
 YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> Mayor Mei: YES, WE CAN.


[Captioner] 19:25:20
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO GOOD

[Captioner] 19:25:23
 EVENING, HONORABLE CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME

[Captioner] 19:25:26
 IS IRIS.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE


[Captioner] 19:25:30
RESIDENTS OF METRO CROSSING
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:25:33
DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS, WE
HAVE SEEN INCREASING CRIME RISK


[Captioner] 19:25:36
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS
THREATENED THE SAFETY OF

[Captioner] 19:25:40
 OUR
FAMILY AND THE CHILDREN.
WE HAVE SHARED A

[Captioner] 19:25:43
 COPY OF VIDEOS
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE


[Captioner] 19:25:46
POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS TOPIC.


[Captioner] 19:25:49
INCLUDING PEOPLE STEALING
PACKAGES, FOLLOWING CHILDREN AND
WOMEN IN THE

[Captioner] 19:25:53
 PARKS, JUMPING IN
OUR COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 19:25:56
 JACUZZI WITH FULL
CLOTHES,

[Captioner] 19:25:59
 AND INTRUDERS EVEN
TRYING TO BREAK INTO OUR
BUILDINGS IN

[Captioner] 19:26:02
 THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
WE HAVE INSTALLED

[Captioner] 19:26:05
 CAMERAS SO WE
CAN CAPTURE THOSE,

[Captioner] 19:26:08
 BUT WE CANNOT
STOP THEM FROM COMING.
THEY

[Captioner] 19:26:11
 ARE VERY SCARY AND
FRIGHTENING TIMES FOR US.


[Captioner] 19:26:14
WE FEEL WE NEED A GATE AT


[Captioner] 19:26:20
INTERSECTION OF -- AVENUE ON


[Captioner] 19:26:23
BLALOCK TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:26:26
 GOT A PETITION CALLING
FOR A GATE SIGNED BY

[Captioner] 19:26:30
 OVER 500
RESIDENTS FROM THE METRO
CROSSING COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 19:26:33
 WITHIN TWO
DAYS.
WE HAVE SHARED THIS

[Captioner] 19:26:37
 PETITION
WITH OUR CITY LEADERS HERE.
WE URGE YOU

[Captioner] 19:26:40
 TO TAKE QUICK ACTION
BEFORE ANY FATALITY

[Captioner] 19:26:43
 HAPPENS.
THANK

[Captioner] 19:26:48
 YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE


[Captioner] 19:26:50
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, MADAME
MAYOR.
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.


[Captioner] 19:26:53
>> THE NEXT ONE IS

[Captioner] 19:26:56
 MOINA SHAIQ.
>> HI.
THIS

[Captioner] 19:26:59
 IS MOINA SHAIQ.


[Captioner] 19:27:03
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR

[Captioner] 19:27:06
 RECOGNIZING MUSLIM
APPRECIATION AWARENESS MONTH.
IT IS VERY

[Captioner] 19:27:10
 IMPORTANT THAT
MINORITIES ARE RECOGNIZED

[Captioner] 19:27:13
 AND
ESPECIALLY MARGINALIZED


[Captioner] 19:27:15
MINORITIES ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:27:23
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND YOU SAID THERE'S

[Captioner] 19:27:25
 MULTIPLE
SPEAKERS.
>> Ms. Gauthier: TWO MORE.


[Captioner] 19:27:30
PETER.


[Captioner] 19:27:36
>> Mayor Mei: PETER?


[Captioner] 19:27:48
>> Ms. Gauthier: LET'S MOVE ON
TO -- I'M SORRY

[Captioner] 19:27:52
 IF I
MISPRONOUNCE THIS.


[Captioner] 19:27:58
GAMILA ABDELHALIM.


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>> HELLO, MADAME MAYOR

[Captioner] 19:28:04
 AND
EVERYONE IN THE MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL

[Captioner] 19:28:07
 THESE
DEDICATIONS OF MUSLIM MONTHS

[Captioner] 19:28:10
 AND
HINDU MONTHS.
I

[Captioner] 19:28:13
 JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR
ATTENTION TODAY THAT THE CITY

[Captioner] 19:28:17
 OF
ANTIOCH HAD PASSED TODAY

[Captioner] 19:28:21
 AN
EVENT INCREASE CAP FOR THE CITY
TO, YOU

[Captioner] 19:28:24
 KNOW, STOP THE EVICTIONS
AND THE HOMELESSNESS AND

[Captioner] 19:28:29
 ALL
THIS PROBLEM THAT THESE PEOPLE
ARE

[Captioner] 19:28:32
 FACING UNDER SUCH HARSH
ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT WE'RE
FACING RIGHT NOW,

[Captioner] 19:28:35
 SO I WISH THAT
THE CITY OF OAKLAND CAN ALSO --
CITY OF FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:28:38
 CAN ALSO FOLLOW


[Captioner] 19:28:42
SUIT, AND PROPOSE OR BRING INTO


[Captioner] 19:28:46
EXISTENCE RENT INCREASE CAP
BECAUSE RENTAL IN

[Captioner] 19:28:49
 THE CITY OF
FREMONT HAS

[Captioner] 19:28:54
 BECOME LIKE
UNBEARABLE, PEOPLE CANNOT -- YOU
KNOW,

[Captioner] 19:28:58
 AND WE'VE LOST A LOT OF
OUR SERVICE PEOPLE, A LOT OF


[Captioner] 19:29:01
MINORITIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
DO NOT HAVE THE HIGH

[Captioner] 19:29:06
 INCOME TO
RENT AT SUCH CRAZY PRICES.
SO TO

[Captioner] 19:29:10
 KEEP THE CITY DIVERSE AND
TO KEEP THE CITY THIS

[Captioner] 19:29:13
 COLORFUL,
WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR

[Captioner] 19:29:16
 NEEDY
AND POOR AND

[Captioner] 19:29:20
 ALSO LIKE OUR LOW
INCOME FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE


[Captioner] 19:29:23
YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
THANKS.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:29:26
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE?
WE'LL GO BACK -- I

[Captioner] 19:29:28
 THINK IT WAS
PETER?
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 19:29:42
>> Mayor Mei: HELLO.
>> YES, CAN YOU HEAR

[Captioner] 19:29:46
 ME?
>> Mayor Mei: YES.


[Captioner] 19:29:49
>> Ms. Gauthier: NOT WELL.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR
ME.


[Captioner] 19:29:53
ANYWAY, MY NAME IS --

[Captioner] 19:29:57
 DALWANI.
I'M ECHOING IRIS' THOUGHTS.
I SENT

[Captioner] 19:30:00
 AN EMAIL TO ALL SEVEN


[Captioner] 19:30:03
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND CHIEF OF
POLICE, ABOUT TWO

[Captioner] 19:30:06
 MONDAYS AGO,
AND I'VE SENT VIDEOS

[Captioner] 19:30:10
 AND
PICTURES WHERE THE INTRUDERS,


[Captioner] 19:30:13
BURGLARS ARE TRYING TO BREAK
OPEN OUR DOORS, AND

[Captioner] 19:30:17
 SOMETIMES
THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED.
SO I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT

[Captioner] 19:30:20
 THE
WHOLE THING, BUT PLEASE CHECK
YOUR

[Captioner] 19:30:24
 EMAILS FOR THOSE VIDEOS AND
PICTURES.
THESE ARE

[Captioner] 19:30:27
 VERY SCARY.
WE LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE THE

[Captioner] 19:30:31
 CRIME IS VERY HIGH,
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A GATE TO


[Captioner] 19:30:34
BE PUT IN BETWEEN

[Captioner] 19:30:38
 RESEARCH AND
TOM BLALOCK.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:30:41
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:30:47
WE'LL RETURN BACK NOW TO THE
ITEMS THAT ARE

[Captioner] 19:30:50
 ON OUR -- JUST TO
LET PEOPLE KNOW AGAIN FOR ITEMS
THAT ARE NOT

[Captioner] 19:30:54
 AGENDIZED, WE DON'T
COMMENT ON THEM OTHER THAN THANK
YOU FOR THE

[Captioner] 19:30:57
 INFORMATION.
WE'VE SHARED THEM WITH OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT,

[Captioner] 19:31:01
 AND ALSO
REGARDING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN ANY SORT

[Captioner] 19:31:05
 OF INFRASTRUCTURE
CHANGE, IT USUALLY GOES THROUGH
THE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 19:31:08
 WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A STUDY

[Captioner] 19:31:13
 AND
ALSO DISCUSSIONS WITHIN NOT JUST
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD

[Captioner] 19:31:16
 BUT THE
COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS
ACCESS TO THOSE STREETS,

[Captioner] 19:31:19
 SO IT'S
NOT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE ALL THAT

[Captioner] 19:31:22
 HAVE
ACCESS TO THAT STREET.
NEXT

[Captioner] 19:31:25
 ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS ARE
ITEMS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM

[Captioner] 19:31:29
 THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, AND IF I
REMEMBER CORRECT, IT'S

[Captioner] 19:31:32
 ITEM 2E
AS IN EDWARD AND THAT'S

[Captioner] 19:31:35

CONCERNING THE CIP

[Captioner] 19:31:39
 PLANNER/CIP
CONSULTING SERVICES AND SUPPORT
CONTRACT APPROVALS.


[Captioner] 19:31:42
AND I THINK --
>> Ms. Gauthier: CHRIS.
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 19:31:45
CHRIS, PLEASE?


[Captioner] 19:31:49
WELCOME.


[Captioner] 19:31:53
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> Mayor Mei: YES, SIR.


[Captioner] 19:31:56
>> YES.
SO

[Captioner] 19:31:59
 THERE'S A FEW THINGS I DON'T
SEE IN HERE.


[Captioner] 19:32:02
I DON'T SEE IN THE
RECOMMENDATION DONE BY

[Captioner] 19:32:05
 CITY
STAFF WHERE THEY LOOKED AT AN


[Captioner] 19:32:09
ALTERNATIVE IN THE CLOUD.
IT

[Captioner] 19:32:12
 APPEARS THAT, JUST WITH A
QUICK SEARCH RESULT, THAT THEY
APPEAR

[Captioner] 19:32:16
 TO OFFER HOSTING IN


[Captioner] 19:32:19
MICROSOFT AZURE, SO THAT MIGHT
ACTUALLY ELIMINATE

[Captioner] 19:32:23
 THE SECOND
UPGRADE COST AND ONLY HAVE A


[Captioner] 19:32:27
ONE-TIME UPDATE COST.
IT IS ALSO MAYBE

[Captioner] 19:32:30
 REDUCE THE --
OR INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
VENDORS WHO COULD

[Captioner] 19:32:33
 ACTUALLY HELP
SERVICE IT.


[Captioner] 19:32:37
SO, IN ADDITION TO

[Captioner] 19:32:42
 THAT, IT
CALLS OUT

[Captioner] 19:32:46
 AN EXCEPTION WHERE --
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE HARDWARE,
AND

[Captioner] 19:32:51
 IT SAYS IN THIS MONEY, THIS
INCLUDES

[Captioner] 19:32:54
 SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS,
HARDWARE REFRESH, AND
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.


[Captioner] 19:32:58
AND HARDWARE IS NOT IN ONE OF
THE EXEMPTIONS IN THE CITY

[Captioner] 19:33:02
 CODE,
SO I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO NOT
VOTE TO APPROVE

[Captioner] 19:33:05
 UNTIL EITHER YOU
CHANGE THE CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 19:33:09
 MEETING
OR STAFF DOES A BETTER JOB AT
LOOKING AT WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS


[Captioner] 19:33:12
AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:33:19
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR

[Captioner] 19:33:21

ITEMS -- IS THE STAFF MEMBER FOR
THIS ITEM ALSO AVAILABLE?


[Captioner] 19:33:26
I THINK THAT WOULD BE

[Captioner] 19:33:31
 SANDY?
>> Ms. Briggs: WE CAN ASK IF OUR
I.T. STAFF

[Captioner] 19:33:34
 IS ON THE MEETING,
EITHER OUR -- THERE HE

[Captioner] 19:33:38
 IS.
OUR DIRECTOR SANDY TAYLOR.
>>

[Captioner] 19:33:41
 GOOD EVENING, I'M SANDY
TAYLOR, THE DIRECTOR

[Captioner] 19:33:44
 OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
I'M ALSO JOINED THIS EVENING BY


[Captioner] 19:33:47
OUR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS MANAGER,


[Captioner] 19:33:51
ALICIA HERNANDEZ, SO WE'RE
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE


[Captioner] 19:33:54
REGARDING THIS ITEM.


[Captioner] 19:33:58
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE ON THE

[Captioner] 19:34:00
 LINE, AND IS THERE
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY MOTIONS
FROM THE COUNCIL?


[Captioner] 19:34:05
OR ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
I

[Captioner] 19:34:09
 SEE -- I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
KASSAN.


[Captioner] 19:34:13
>> Councilmember Kassan: SANDY,
DID YOU HEAR A

[Captioner] 19:34:17
 COMMENT THAT K

[Captioner] 19:34:20
 THIS
WAS RELATED TO HARDWARE AND
WE'RE POTENTIALLY

[Captioner] 19:34:24
 NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR THAT EXEMPTION?
WHEN I READ IT I

[Captioner] 19:34:27
 JUST HEAR
SOFTWARE BUT I JUST WONDERED IF
YOU HEARD THE COMMENT AND YOU


[Captioner] 19:34:30
HAD ANY RESPONSE TO IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, YES,

[Captioner] 19:34:33
 I DID
HEAR THE COMMENT.
AND ALTHOUGH IT'S

[Captioner] 19:34:37
 REFERENCED IN
THE SUBJECT, THIS IS A

[Captioner] 19:34:41
 SOFTWARE
PURCHASE.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN

[Captioner] 19:34:44
 OUR DATA
CENTER VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT


[Captioner] 19:34:48
THAT WILL SUPPORT THE

[Captioner] 19:34:52
 SOFTWARE
INTERNALLY, AND WHEN WE REVIEWED


[Captioner] 19:34:55
THE COST BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCES


[Captioner] 19:34:58
BETWEEN A HOSTED SOLUTION VERSUS
ON

[Captioner] 19:35:02
 PREM, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
COST SAVINGS TO CONTINUE TO


[Captioner] 19:35:06
SUPPORT THIS TECHNOLOGY IN
HOUSE.


[Captioner] 19:35:13
>> Councilmember Kassan: THANK
YOU.


[Captioner] 19:35:16
>> Councilmember Jones: I'LL
MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION.


[Captioner] 19:35:20
>> Mayor Mei: SORRY, JUST ONE
MORE SPEAK E

[Captioner] 19:35:23
 SPEAKER, I WANTED TO SAY.
COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU HAVE
A QUESTION TOO?


[Captioner] 19:35:27
>> Councilmember Cox: YES, AND
REFERRING TO AN EARLIER COMMENT
ABOUT THE

[Captioner] 19:35:31
 SELECTION PROCESS,
MAYBE YOU COULD EXPAND

[Captioner] 19:35:34
 UPON THAT
BASED ON WHAT YOUR FINDINGS
WERE.


[Captioner] 19:35:38
>> OKAY.
ALICIA,

[Captioner] 19:35:41
 DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER
THAT PARTICULAR

[Captioner] 19:35:46
 QUESTION ABOUT
WHY WE CHOSE TO CONTINUE

[Captioner] 19:35:49
 TO USE
CIPA?
I THINK IT WAS CLEARLY

[Captioner] 19:35:53
 OUTLINED
IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT YOU
KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN GIVE SOME


[Captioner] 19:35:56
MORE DETAIL.


[Captioner] 19:35:59
>> YES.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:36:03
SO THE CITY OF

[Captioner] 19:36:07
 FREMONT, THE
REASON WHY WE DECIDED TO STAY
WITH THE

[Captioner] 19:36:10
 EXISTING SOFTWARE IS
BECAUSE THE

[Captioner] 19:36:13
 CIP PROCESS THAT WE
HAVE

[Captioner] 19:36:16
 IS PRETTY WEAK IN THE

[Captioner] 19:36:19
 SENSE
OF THE FUND ACCOUNTING THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN,

[Captioner] 19:36:23
 AND NEIGHBORING
CITIES WERE LOOKING TO CITY OF
FREMONT WANTING

[Captioner] 19:36:26
 TO KNOW WHAT
SOFTWARE CITY OF FREMONT USES


[Captioner] 19:36:30
BECAUSE OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE

[Captioner] 19:36:33
 TO FIND A SOFTWARE
THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH THEIR
TYPE

[Captioner] 19:36:37
 OF FUND ACCOUNTING THAT
THEY NEED TO DO FOR THE CAPITAL


[Captioner] 19:36:40
IMPROVEMENT TYPE OF

[Captioner] 19:36:44
 PROJECTS.
SO FROM OUR -- FROM OUR

[Captioner] 19:36:47
 END
USERS, FROM OUR BUSINESS SIDE,
THEY

[Captioner] 19:36:50
 HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO STAY
ON THE CURRENT

[Captioner] 19:36:53
 SYSTEM.


[Captioner] 19:36:57
>> Councilmember Cox: SO
BASICALLY IT'S A CONTINUATION OF


[Captioner] 19:37:00
THE SOFTWARE SERVICES BASED UPON


[Captioner] 19:37:04
A SOLE JUSTIFICATION ON THIS
ROUND OF AWARDING

[Captioner] 19:37:07
 THE CONTRACT,
OR CONTINUE TO AWARD THE
CONTRACT?


[Captioner] 19:37:10
>> THAT'S CORRECT,
COUNCILMEMBER.


[Captioner] 19:37:14
>> Councilmember Cox: I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS
ADDRESSED

[Captioner] 19:37:17
 BASED ON THE -- I
THINK IT WAS WITH THE FIRST

[Captioner] 19:37:20
 OR
SECOND COMMENT THAT WAS STATED
EARLIER

[Captioner] 19:37:23
 IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TO BOTH OF YOU.


[Captioner] 19:37:28
>> THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: NO, THANK YOU TO
THE STAFF.


[Captioner] 19:37:31
I KNOW THAT IN THE WRITE-UP, IT
DOES SAY

[Captioner] 19:37:34
 THAT THIS IS THE
PROPRIETARY VENDOR, WHICH HAS


[Captioner] 19:37:37
BEEN EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDER,
AND SO

[Captioner] 19:37:40
 THAT'S WHY THE SOLE
SOURCE JUSTIFICATION WAS
APPROVED.


[Captioner] 19:37:44
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID
WORK WITH OUR

[Captioner] 19:37:47
 END USERS AS
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE SEEING
THE

[Captioner] 19:37:51
 IMPACT AND THE ABILITY TO
CONTINUE.
SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THERE WAS A


[Captioner] 19:37:54
MOTION.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THERE'S STILL A
HAND RAISED HERE FOR KELLY.


[Captioner] 19:37:57
I DON'T KNOW IF KELLY INTENDED
TO RAISE HIS HAND FOR

[Captioner] 19:38:00
 THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM?
>> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT'S THE


[Captioner] 19:38:03
NEXT ITEM, BUT SURE, YOU WANT TO
CHECK WITH KELLY IS THIS
REGARDING

[Captioner] 19:38:06
 THIS ITEM?
BECAUSE NORMALLY AFTER WE ASK
FOR THE SPEAKER ON THIS

[Captioner] 19:38:08
 ITEM.
>> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, THE HAND
IS DOWN NOW.


[Captioner] 19:38:12
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I THINK IT'S FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
I HAVE A MOTION

[Captioner] 19:38:15
 BY COUNCILMEMBER
JONES AND A SECOND BY


[Captioner] 19:38:18
COUNCILMEMBER KENG.
SO CAN I PLEASE

[Captioner] 19:38:21
 HAVE A VOTE?


[Captioner] 19:38:25
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR

[Captioner] 19:38:29
 ITEM --
>> Ms. Gauthier: 2E.
>> Mayor Mei:  -- 2E.


[Captioner] 19:38:32
AND THE MOTION PASSES
UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:38:36
FOR 2E.
NEXT

[Captioner] 19:38:42
 IS ITEM 2F AS IN FRANK,
WHICH IS THE HAZARD

[Captioner] 19:38:45
 MITIGATION
GRANT FUNDS, AND I BELIEVE THAT
IS THE ONE THAT KELLY HAD

[Captioner] 19:38:48
 RAISED
HIS LAND.
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 19:38:51
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
WELCOME, KELLY.
>> THANK

[Captioner] 19:38:58
 YOU.
AS WE UPDATE THE

[Captioner] 19:39:02
 HAZARDS,
THERE'S A NUMBER OF KNOWN
HAZARDS THAT THE CITY HASN'T


[Captioner] 19:39:05
DONE A VERY GOOD

[Captioner] 19:39:09
 JOB OF
ACKNOWLEDGING AND INTEGRATING
THE KNOWN KNOWLEDGE OUT

[Captioner] 19:39:12
 THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE

[Captioner] 19:39:17
 EARTHQUAKE
FAULT -- EARTHQUAKE FAULTS.


[Captioner] 19:39:21
THERE'S SOME -- THE HAYWARD
FAULT IS PROBABLY

[Captioner] 19:39:24
 PRETTY WELL
MAPPED, BUT THE MISSION FAULT
DOESN'T SHOW UP ON

[Captioner] 19:39:27
 CITY MAPS
HARDLY AT ALL.


[Captioner] 19:39:33
WHEN PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED UP
THERE NEAR STANFORD

[Captioner] 19:39:38
 AVENUE AND
MISSION PEAK, WE GET A PARADE OF
GEOTECHNICAL

[Captioner] 19:39:41
 EXPERTS THAT HAPPEN
TO LIVE IN SUBURBS

[Captioner] 19:39:44
 RIGHT THERE.
THEY SWEAR UP AND DOWN

[Captioner] 19:39:47
 THAT


[Captioner] 19:39:50
THERE ARE GEOTECHNICAL HAZARDS
UP THERE, ALL KINDS

[Captioner] 19:39:54
 OF EARTH
MOVEMENT AND THINGS, PROBABLY
RELATED TO THOSE FAULTS,

[Captioner] 19:39:57
 BUT
WHATEVER.
AND

[Captioner] 19:40:01
 SO THE LANDSLIDE MAPS AND
THE EXISTING

[Captioner] 19:40:04
 LANDSLIDES,
HISTORICAL LANDSLIDES, ANCIENT


[Captioner] 19:40:10
LANDSLIDE, THERE'S LANDSLIDE
UPON LANDSLIDE OVER THERE, AND
THEY

[Captioner] 19:40:13
 KNOW ALL ABOUT THEM.
AND THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW

[Captioner] 19:40:15
 ABOUT
THEM BEFORE PUTTING IN
SUBDIVISIONS.


[Captioner] 19:40:19
OR PUTTING IN ANY MORE
SUBDIVISIONS UP

[Captioner] 19:40:22
 THERE.
AND THEN THE TSUNAMI MAPS.
THE STATE

[Captioner] 19:40:25
 OF CALIFORNIA LIKE A
WEEK AGO JUST PUT OUT A NEW


[Captioner] 19:40:28
TSUNAMI MAP, AND THAT GOES ALL
ALONG

[Captioner] 19:40:31
 THE BAYSHORE UP TO CERTAIN
POINT.


[Captioner] 19:40:36
THE CITY IS NOT AS BAD, IT'S NOT
LIKE THE CITY OF ALAMEDA THAT
HAS LIKE

[Captioner] 19:40:39
 HALF THE CITY IS
UNDERNEATH THE TSUNAMI

[Captioner] 19:40:42
 WARNING,
BUT YOU KNOW, THE CITY SHOULD
TAKE THAT INTO

[Captioner] 19:40:46
 ACCOUNT BEFORE
PUTTING ANY MORE INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS

[Captioner] 19:40:50
 OVER THERE LOW DOWN IN
THE BAYSIDE DISTRICT.


[Captioner] 19:40:53
SO YEAH, THE EXISTING

[Captioner] 19:40:56
 SITUATION
WHEN IT COMES TO HAZARD
MITIGATION AND FAULT

[Captioner] 19:41:01
 MAPS AND
HAZ-MAPS AND EVEN THE WILDFIRE


[Captioner] 19:41:05
RISKS, I'M SURE, HAVE NOT BEEN
THOROUGHLY ANALYZED.


[Captioner] 19:41:08
THESE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE
MORE CAREFULLY AND MORE

[Captioner] 19:41:11

RIGOROUSLY, AND WITH REAL FAULT
MAPS AND

[Captioner] 19:41:15
 REAL LANDSLIDE MAPS.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:41:21
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT JUST IN

[Captioner] 19:41:24
 READING
THIS, THOUGH, I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY, I THINK IT'S FOR

[Captioner] 19:41:26
 THE
GRANT FUNDING TO REQUEST THE
UPDATES.


[Captioner] 19:41:29
AND I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING
SOME OTHER HAZARDS THAT MAY OR
MAY

[Captioner] 19:41:32
 NOT BE MENTIONED, BUT I
THINK IT'S UNDER THE COMMON


[Captioner] 19:41:36
PROFILE AND HOPEFULLY AS WE WORK
WITH FEMA

[Captioner] 19:41:39
 AND WITH CAL OES TO
SECURE THIS

[Captioner] 19:41:43
 CONTRACT, THAT THEY
WILL BE UPDATING IT AND


[Captioner] 19:41:46
INCLUSIVE OF THE NEWER MAPS THAT
ARE BEING CURRENTLY RELEASED, I


[Captioner] 19:41:49
BELIEVE THIS IS OVER THE

[Captioner] 19:41:52
 NEXT
PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH WILL BE
ALLOWING US THE FUNDING TO


[Captioner] 19:41:56
PROCURE THAT SERVICE.
ARE THERE ANY

[Captioner] 19:41:59
 QUESTIONS FROM THE
COUNCIL?
I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO'S

[Captioner] 19:42:02
 THE
STAFF MEMBER.


[Captioner] 19:42:05
>> Ms. Gauthier: 

[Captioner] 19:42:10
ALEC TUNE IS
HERE.
>> Mayor Mei: I SEE


[Captioner] 19:42:13
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK


[Captioner] 19:42:17
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
I'M READY TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE
ITEM.


[Captioner] 19:42:20
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, AND


[Captioner] 19:42:23
THEN I SEE A SPEAKER BUTTON

[Captioner] 19:42:26
 FROM
COUNCILMEMBER COX.
DID YOU HAVE --


[Captioner] 19:42:28
>> Councilmember Cox: I WAS
GOING TO SAY SECOND.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:42:32
SO WE HAVE IT MOVED AND SECOND.
AND IF YOU CAN

[Captioner] 19:42:35
 PUSH YOUR BUTTON
ON THE DAIS.


[Captioner] 19:42:40
THIS IS AGAIN ITEM 2F AS IN
FRANK TO UPDATE

[Captioner] 19:42:43
 THE LOCAL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN.
AND ACCEPT

[Captioner] 19:42:46
 THE FUNDS FROM FEMA
ONLY.


[Captioner] 19:42:51
>> Ms. Gauthier: CAN EVERYONE
VOTE, PLEASE?
>> Mayor Mei: HAS EVERYONE


[Captioner] 19:42:54
VOTED, PLEASE, ON THE DAIS?


[Captioner] 19:43:03
>> Ms. Gauthier: KASSAN IS THE
LAST ONE.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:43:05
SO THE MOTION CARRIES
UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:43:12
NEXT ON OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
ITEMS THIS EVENING IS

[Captioner] 19:43:16
 ITEM 5A,
WHICH IS THE BOND ISSUANCE FOR


[Captioner] 19:43:19
PACIFIC WEST COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS IS A

[Captioner] 19:43:23
 PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER THE ISSUANCE OF


[Captioner] 19:43:26
TAX-EXEMPT BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF REFINANCING A MULTIFAMILY
AFFORDABLE

[Captioner] 19:43:29
 HOUSING PROJECT KNOWN
AS OSGOOD

[Captioner] 19:43:34
 APARTMENTS SOUTH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT,
LOCATED IN THE CITY

[Captioner] 19:43:37
 OF FREMONT,
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS
REGARDING THE FINANCING WHICH


[Captioner] 19:43:40
 WHICH IS
REQUIRED BY FEDERAL TAX LAW.


[Captioner] 19:43:43
AND THERE'S NO PRESENTATION THIS
EVENING, BUT WE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:43:49
 LEE MC
COREMICQ FROM

[Captioner] 19:43:51
 THE CALIFORNIA
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AS WELL AS
FINANCE DIRECTOR DAVE PERSSELIN


[Captioner] 19:43:55
AND HOUSING MANAGER

[Captioner] 19:43:59
 LUCIA HUGHES
ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE

[Captioner] 19:44:02
 ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ON

[Captioner] 19:44:05
 THIS

[Captioner] 19:44:11
 ITEM?
SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO OPEN
THE

[Captioner] 19:44:14
 PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL
NOW HEAR FROM ANY PERSONS WHO


[Captioner] 19:44:17
WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED


[Captioner] 19:44:20
FINANCING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
SPEAK MAY DO SO

[Captioner] 19:44:23
 BY CLICKING ON
THE RAISE HAND ICON IF YOU'RE
DIALING IN VIA ZOOM

[Captioner] 19:44:27
 OR IF YOU'RE
CALLING IN, PLEASE PRESS
STAR NINE IF YOU'D LIKE

[Captioner] 19:44:29
 TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE CURRENTLY


[Captioner] 19:44:33
HAVE ONE, KEITH PARKER.


[Captioner] 19:44:35
SORRY, TWO.
KEITH PARKER IS THE FIRST.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:44:39
WELCOME, KEITH.


[Captioner] 19:44:42
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:44:45
SO TONIGHT I WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BOND
FOR AFFORDABLE

[Captioner] 19:44:47
 HOUSING ON OSGOOD
ROAD.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING


[Captioner] 19:44:50
THAT I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE
KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE NEED
TO SEE HERE IN

[Captioner] 19:44:54
 FREMONT.
IT OFFERS A MEANINGFUL NUMBER OF


[Captioner] 19:44:57
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AT A
PREDETERMINED COST

[Captioner] 19:45:00
 STRUCTURES,
MEANING WE'VE DEFINED WHAT
CONSTITUTES AFFORDABLE,

[Captioner] 19:45:04
 TO 100
FAMILIES IN OUR CITY.
IT'S WITHOUT FISCAL

[Captioner] 19:45:07
 IMPACT OTHER
THAN THE $6 MILLION LOAN WHICH
WAS ALREADY APPROVED.


[Captioner] 19:45:10
NOW PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M
OPPOSING THIS IN ANY

[Captioner] 19:45:13
 WAY, THIS
IS POTENTIALLY THE EXACT KIND OF
PROGRAM WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.


[Captioner] 19:45:16
WHAT I WANT TO BE SURE OF IS
THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THIS
PROJECT IN A

[Captioner] 19:45:19
 THOUGHTFUL MANNER.
BY THAT I MEAN AS WE MAKE THESE


[Captioner] 19:45:23
UNITS AVAILABLE TO THOSE IN
NEED, IS THERE A PREESTABLISHED
PROCESS BY WHICH

[Captioner] 19:45:26
 WE CAN IDENTIFY
THOSE TO WHOM WE WANT TO MAKE
THESE

[Captioner] 19:45:29
 UNITS AVAILABLE TO, TO
TRACK THOSE PEOPLE ARE BEING


[Captioner] 19:45:33
SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED LONG TERM
AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO
CAN

[Captioner] 19:45:36
 BEST BENEFIT FROM THEM?
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW EXACTLY IS
THE PROGRAM BEING

[Captioner] 19:45:39
 MANAGED?
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY I THINK THIS
IS SO

[Captioner] 19:45:43
 IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S VITAL WE LOOK AT
HOW OTHER

[Captioner] 19:45:46
 CITIES ARE ATTACKING
THE HOMELESS CHALLENGE AND LEARN
FROM THEM AND

[Captioner] 19:45:48
 IDENTIFY WHAT'S
WORKING WELL AND WHAT COULD BE
DONE BETTER.


[Captioner] 19:45:52
IN SHORT I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE
LEARNING FROM THE MISTAKES AND


[Captioner] 19:45:55
SUCCESSES OF OTHERS, THAT WE'RE
APPLYING OUR LIMITED RESOURCES
IN

[Captioner] 19:45:58
 A THOUGHTFUL MANNER, ONE THAT
ASSURES WE'RE PROVIDING THE
GREATEST

[Captioner] 19:46:00
 BENEFIT POSSIBLE TO THE
MOST PEOPLE POSSIBLE FOR EVERY
DOLLAR SPENT.


[Captioner] 19:46:04
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT THE CITY OF
OAKLAND

[Captioner] 19:46:07
 RECENTLY PUBLISHED AN
AUDIT OF THEIR HOMELESS
SERVICES, AND

[Captioner] 19:46:10
 ACCORDING TO THEIR
OWN INTERNAL AUDIT, THERE IS A
LOT OF ROOM

[Captioner] 19:46:13
 FOR IMPROVEMENT.
NOW IN THE TIME TONIGHT I CAN'T
GO INTO SPECIFIC

[Captioner] 19:46:16
 DETAIL, BUT IT
ESSENTIALLY SAYS THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 19:46:20
OAKLAND SPENT $69 MILLION FOR
HOMELESS SERVICES FOR WHICH IT
HAS

[Captioner] 19:46:23
 RECEIVED, AND I QUOTE, MIXED
RESULTS.
THERE'S SIX

[Captioner] 19:46:26
 SECTIONS IN THE
AUDIT AND I WANT TO QUOTE THREE
EXAMPLES.


[Captioner] 19:46:30
SECTION ONE

[Captioner] 19:46:33
 STATES THE CITY HAD
MIXED RESULTS IN HELPING
PARTICIPANTS EXIT

[Captioner] 19:46:36
 TO PERMANENT
HOUSING, MANY LONG TERM OUTCOMES
WERE

[Captioner] 19:46:40
 UNKNOWN, AND LENGTH OF STAY
NEED MORE ANALYSIS.


[Captioner] 19:46:44
SECTION THREE STATE, AND I
QUOTE, THE CITY LACKS ACCESS TO


[Captioner] 19:46:47
ACCURATE, TIMELY AND COMPLETE
DATA TO FULLY UNDERSTAND SERVICE


[Captioner] 19:46:51
PROVIDER PERFORMANCE,

[Captioner] 19:46:56
 -- RETURN
TO HOMELESSNESS.


[Captioner] 19:46:59
FINALLY THE CITY NEEDS TO MOVE
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES FORWARD BY


[Captioner] 19:47:03
ADOPTING AN ADOPTABLE STRATEGIC
PLAN.
IN SHORT

[Captioner] 19:47:06
 THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
IN AND OF ITSELF LOOKS GREAT ON
PAPER.


[Captioner] 19:47:10
PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE

[Captioner] 19:47:13

HOMELESSNESS.
I'M COMPLETELY IN FAVOR OF IT


[Captioner] 19:47:16
BUT ONLY PART OF A LONGER, LARGE
TERM

[Captioner] 19:47:19
 COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
THOUGHTFULLY CONSTRUCTED TO HELP
SOLVE

[Captioner] 19:47:23
 HOMELESSNESS IN FREMONT.
LET'S LEARN FROM OAKLAND'S


[Captioner] 19:47:25
MISTAKES.
DO FORWARD AND DO EVEN BETTER.
LET'S LEAD THE WAY WITH


[Captioner] 19:47:29
THOUGHTFUL, INTELLIGENT PROGRAMS
THAT PROVIDE REAL BENEFITS TO
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST.


[Captioner] 19:47:33
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR
OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION, OUR


[Captioner] 19:47:36
TAXPAYERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK

[Captioner] 19:47:39
 YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS
CHRIS.


[Captioner] 19:47:42
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, CHRIS.


[Captioner] 19:47:46
>> SO I'M ALL FOR DOING
HOMELESSNESS

[Captioner] 19:47:50
 IN FREMONT.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRICETAG
FOR

[Captioner] 19:47:54
 THIS, I THOUGHT THERE MUST
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WRONG.


[Captioner] 19:47:58
AND SOMEONE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG, BUT IF

[Captioner] 19:48:01
 WE WERE
BUILDING STANDALONE HOMES

[Captioner] 19:48:05
 HERE,
WE'D BE SPENDING OVER HALF A


[Captioner] 19:48:07
MILLION DOLLARS ON EACH
STANDALONE HOME WE WERE
BUILDING.


[Captioner] 19:48:11
BUT WE'RE BUILDING APARTMENTS.
AND WE'RE GOING

[Captioner] 19:48:15
 TO SPEND
$650,000

[Captioner] 19:48:18
 PER UNIT BASICALLY TO
PUT APARTMENTS IN.
SOMEONE

[Captioner] 19:48:22
 HAS GOT TO BE MAKING
MONEY THERE, AND IT'S NOT GOING
TO THE BENEFIT OF

[Captioner] 19:48:25
 THE HOMELESS.
THERE'S

[Captioner] 19:48:28
 GOT TO BE SOME SET OF --
BETTER

[Captioner] 19:48:31
 PLAN, MAYBE WITH FINDING
SOMEONE TO

[Captioner] 19:48:35
 REDUE THE FRY CENTER
INTO

[Captioner] 19:48:38
 MULTIPLE LARGE UNITS FOR
HOMELESS OR LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
I DO

[Captioner] 19:48:41
 REALIZE THAT THIS WAS GOING
TO

[Captioner] 19:48:44
 PEOPLE 55 AND OLDER.
AND

[Captioner] 19:48:47
 SO -- BUT IT'S STILL A LOT
OF MONEY BEING SPENT FOR

[Captioner] 19:48:51
 THE
IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE.
THANK

[Captioner] 19:48:55
 YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL

[Captioner] 19:48:58
 SPEAKER.
MERVIN.


[Captioner] 19:49:02
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, MERVIN.


[Captioner] 19:49:15
MERVIN?
>> YES.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.


[Captioner] 19:49:19
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANTED

[Captioner] 19:49:22
 TO PUT

[Captioner] 19:49:26
 ACROSS THE
HOME SITUATION IN FREMONT.
I HAVE BEEN DOING A

[Captioner] 19:49:30
 LOT OF --
THERE IS NOTHING DONE

[Captioner] 19:49:34
 FOR THE
SENIORS.
THEY TALK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,


[Captioner] 19:49:37
THEY ARE TALKING HOMELESSNESS
AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT

[Captioner] 19:49:42
 IS THE FACILITY AVAILABLE
FOR SENIORS?
I

[Captioner] 19:49:44
 HAVE NEVER SEEN THE WORD
"SENIOR" USED IN ANY OF THESE.


[Captioner] 19:49:50
WHEN YOU SAY A SENIOR HOUSING IS
COMING UP, YOU

[Captioner] 19:49:54
 SEE THE MONEY
INVOLVED OVER THERE.


[Captioner] 19:49:59
$1,400 A -- IS GOING TO PAY, AND
THEY SAY YOU SHOULD BE EARNING


[Captioner] 19:50:02
TWICE THE RENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO MAKES THESE
ISSUES.


[Captioner] 19:50:06
IT'S REALLY STRANGE THAT, YOU
KNOW, YOU ARE MAKING

[Captioner] 19:50:09
 AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A THE


[Captioner] 19:50:13
SENIORS, HE SHOULD PAY AND THEN
DOUBLE THE

[Captioner] 19:50:16
 RENT, HE SHOULD BE
EARNING PAY STUB.


[Captioner] 19:50:23
I DON'T -- I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE
WORD "SENIOR

[Captioner] 19:50:26
 HOUSING."
THEY TALK HOMELESSNESS, THEY
TALK OF

[Captioner] 19:50:29
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
THEY'RE TALKING OF SUBSIDIZED


[Captioner] 19:50:33
HOUSING, SO MANY HOUSING THEY'RE
TALKING.
EVEN

[Captioner] 19:50:36
 TALKING

[Captioner] 19:50:40
 TO DR. HUANG,
EVERYONE AT

[Captioner] 19:50:43
 HOME, HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON


[Captioner] 19:50:47
THIS HOME FRONT.
I SHOULD BECOME A

[Captioner] 19:50:50
 CONSULTANT,
WHICH I AM NOT.


[Captioner] 19:50:55
ANYWAY, WHAT IS AVAILABLE OR
AVAILABLE FOR THEM

[Captioner] 19:50:57
 IN THEIR
GOLDEN YEARS?
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF THE


[Captioner] 19:51:01
CITY LOOKS INTO

[Captioner] 19:51:06
 THAT RIGHT AWAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:51:09
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHERINE.


[Captioner] 19:51:15
>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> Mayor Mei: YES.


[Captioner] 19:51:18
>> OKAY.
I WANTED TO LET YOU

[Captioner] 19:51:21
 KNOW FIRST
BEFORE I GET STARTED IS, I TRIED
TO SIGN IN

[Captioner] 19:51:25
 TO THE LIVESTREAM
FROM YOUR WEBSITE, AND I COULD


[Captioner] 19:51:28
NOT HEAR YOU, I HAD ALL MY
VOLUME LEVELS TURNED

[Captioner] 19:51:31
 ALL THE WAY
UP, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A
TECH PERSON CHECK INTO

[Captioner] 19:51:37
 THAT.
OKAY.


[Captioner] 19:51:41
SO OF COURSE I AM IN FAVOR

[Captioner] 19:51:44
 OF
ANY HOUSING THAT IS GOING TO BE


[Captioner] 19:51:48
SUPPORTIVE OF OUR HOMELESS
POPULATION.
IT IS

[Captioner] 19:51:51
 GETTING INSANELY OUT OF
CONTROL WITH COST OF

[Captioner] 19:51:54
 LIVING, NOT
KEEPING

[Captioner] 19:52:00
 UP WITH

[Captioner] 19:52:03
 INFLATION,
HIGHER RENT PRICES, HIGHER
OWNING PRICES AND

[Captioner] 19:52:06
 WE ARE FAR,
FAR, FAR BEHIND IN BUILDING
HOUSING

[Captioner] 19:52:11
 FOR MIDDLE INCOME ALL
THE WAY

[Captioner] 19:52:15
 DOWN.
WHEN A MIDDLE INCOME PERSON
CAN'T FIND A

[Captioner] 19:52:19
 HOME THAT THEY CAN
GET INTO, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK
FOR LOWER INCOME

[Captioner] 19:52:22
 HOUSING WHICH
IS GOING TO DISPLACE LOWER
INCOME PEOPLE AND IT JUST KEEPS


[Captioner] 19:52:25
GOING ON DOWN.
AND WE'VE GOT, OF

[Captioner] 19:52:29
 COURSE, COVID
WHICH HAS INTERFERED WITH PEOPLE
BEING ABLE TO HOLD ON TO JOBS


[Captioner] 19:52:33
AND HOMES, AND IT'S EXACERBATING
THE

[Captioner] 19:52:38
 ISSUE.


[Captioner] 19:52:41
SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE STARTED
OFF

[Captioner] 19:52:45
 STRONG BY BUILDING THE

[Captioner] 19:52:48
 HNC
CENTER.
I FEEL LIKE WE STARTED

[Captioner] 19:52:52
 OFF ON
THE RIGHT FOOT

[Captioner] 19:52:55
 WITH THE SAFE
PARKING PLAN, AND WE WERE HOPING


[Captioner] 19:52:58
TO GET STATE FUNDING FOR THE


[Captioner] 19:53:01
HOMEKEY PROJECT, WHICH DID NOT
COME THROUGH,

[Captioner] 19:53:04
 AND I FEEL LIKE
THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM HAS
FROZEN

[Captioner] 19:53:07
 IN PLACE,

[Captioner] 19:53:11
 AND SO I'M
FEELING

[Captioner] 19:53:14
 LIKE THESE ARE ALL
STAGES TOWARDS THE END

[Captioner] 19:53:17
 RESULT OF
BEING HOUSED IN A LONG-TERM
BASIS.


[Captioner] 19:53:26
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS
THE ULTIMATE GOAL, EVEN WITH THE
SAFE

[Captioner] 19:53:29
 PARKING.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE
THAT PROGRAM

[Captioner] 19:53:32
 GET EXTENDED INTO
THE NEXT STAGES

[Captioner] 19:53:36
 SO THAT WE CAN
KEEP THIS GOING, AND HAVE PEOPLE
READY

[Captioner] 19:53:39
 TO MOVE INTO HOUSING, WHEN
IT IS

[Captioner] 19:53:42
 BUILT.


[Captioner] 19:53:47
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS NEEDS TO BE
LONG TERM AS WELL.


[Captioner] 19:53:52
SO I JUST NEED TO SEE MORE

[Captioner] 19:53:55
 HOMES
BUILT.
AND MY LAST CONCERN IS PEOPLE


[Captioner] 19:53:59
BEING REMOVED FROM

[Captioner] 19:54:05
 APPLICATIONS
AND A WAIT LIST IF THEY HAVE AN
ADDRESS, AND I THINK

[Captioner] 19:54:09
 THAT
THAT'S -- I UNDERSTAND THE
REASONING BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S


[Captioner] 19:54:12
FAIR TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO
GET OUT OF AN

[Captioner] 19:54:15
 UNHEALTHY HOUSING
SITUATION.
SO THESE ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER.


[Captioner] 19:54:25
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL SPEAKER, BLAIR
BEEKMAN.


[Captioner] 19:54:29
>> Mayor Mei: JUST TO CLARIFY
FOR ALL, THIS IS REGARDING THE
BOND

[Captioner] 19:54:30
 ISSUANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:54:34
THANK YOU.
BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE.


[Captioner] 19:54:37
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE
BEEN AT A FREMONT PUBLIC
MEETING.


[Captioner] 19:54:40
HELLO.
I

[Captioner] 19:54:43
 JUST WANTED TO OFFER

[Captioner] 19:54:47
 A THANK
YOU FOR THIS ITEM, AND

[Captioner] 19:54:50
 YOUR
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTER, I WAS
INTERESTED IN HIS WORDS.


[Captioner] 19:54:53
HE OFFERED A REALLY ORGANIZED,
GOOD

[Captioner] 19:54:56
 APPROACH OF HOW TO ADDRESS
THIS SORT OF ISSUE AND

[Captioner] 19:55:00
 USED
EXAMPLES OF REFERRING TO OTHER


[Captioner] 19:55:03
CITIES AND LEARNING

[Captioner] 19:55:07
 HOW TO LEARN
FROM THEIR MISTAKES, LEARN THEIR
GOOD

[Captioner] 19:55:10
 POINTS, AND THAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO MYSELF.
AND

[Captioner] 19:55:13
 THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC
COMMENTER SPOKE ON THE CONCEPTS
OF

[Captioner] 19:55:16
 WHAT ARE WE DOING OVERALL IN
FREMONT FOR THE FUTURE OF

[Captioner] 19:55:20
 REAL
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EXTREMELY
LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME

[Captioner] 19:55:23
 PEOPLE.
AND SO I

[Captioner] 19:55:26
 WAS CURIOUS, I WAS
INTERESTED IN PUBLIC COMMENT

[Captioner] 19:55:30
 AT
THIS

[Captioner] 19:55:33
 TIME TO QUICKLY OFFER.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORDS OF

[Captioner] 19:55:35

MERVIN AND THE CONCEPTS OF
SENIOR HOUSING.


[Captioner] 19:55:39
THAT WAS NICE TO HEAR FOR THE
FUTURE OF FREMONT ALSO.


[Captioner] 19:55:43
WHAT'S OF INTEREST TO MYSELF
WITH THIS SORT OF

[Captioner] 19:55:47
 PROJECT IS AS
ALWAYS, I'M LEARNING MORE AND
MORE HOW WE CAN

[Captioner] 19:55:50
 ADDRESS THE
FUTURE OF VERY LOW

[Captioner] 19:55:53
 AND EXTREMELY
LOW INCOME HOUSING IN

[Captioner] 19:55:56
 TERMS OF
MIXED INCOME IDEAS, AND HOW
MIXED

[Captioner] 19:56:00
 INCOME CAN OFFER THE
FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICES IN

[Captioner] 19:56:03
 OUR
FUTURE TO HOUSE, YOU

[Captioner] 19:56:07
 KNOW, VERY
LOW AND EXTREMELY LOW WITH
MODERATE AND

[Captioner] 19:56:10
 REGULAR INCOME
PEOPLE.
OR MODERATE AND LOW

[Captioner] 19:56:14
 INCOME
PEOPLE.
THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT

[Captioner] 19:56:17
 I THINK WE
ALL UNDERSTAND, BUT WE

[Captioner] 19:56:20
 JUST --
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRACTICE IT
BETTER AND TALK ABOUT IT

[Captioner] 19:56:23
 BETTER
OPENLY.
AND I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW


[Captioner] 19:56:27
YEARS, AND THE NEXT DECADE,
THERE CAN BE A

[Captioner] 19:56:30
 TIME TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS SORT OF
PROJECT, WHAT

[Captioner] 19:56:34
 YOU'RE WORKING ON
TODAY, CAN OFFER THOSE CHOICES
BUT I

[Captioner] 19:56:37
 THINK IT OFFERS AN AMAZING
FLEXIBILITY IN HOW TO TALK

[Captioner] 19:56:40
 ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES FOR
OUR FUTURE, THAT I JUST WANTED


[Captioner] 19:56:45
TO REMIND YOURSELVES OF AND ALSO
TO

[Captioner] 19:56:48
 REMIND THE COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA IS WORKING

[Captioner] 19:56:51
 ON A PROGRAM TO
HOUSE THE

[Captioner] 19:56:55
 MAJORITY OF HOMELESS
FAMILIES

[Captioner] 19:56:58
 BY 2025.
IT'S AN AMBITIOUS

[Captioner] 19:57:02
 GOAL, BUT WITH
THE INTENTION OF NOT JUST USING


[Captioner] 19:57:06
HOMEKEY FUND BUG PUCING WHAT CAN
BE AVAILABLE IN THE

[Captioner] 19:57:09
 NEXT DECADE
OF STATE FUNDING TO REALLY HOUSE


[Captioner] 19:57:12
AND SUBSIDIZE HOMELESS FAMILIES
WHO PREVIOUSLY, YOU

[Captioner] 19:57:15
 KNOW, COULD
ONLY GET HOUSING FOR, YOU KNOW,
SIX MONTHS

[Captioner] 19:57:19
 TO 18 MONTHS.
WE CAN NOW SUBSIDIZE THEM FOR
TWO TO FIVE

[Captioner] 19:57:22
 YEARS, AND THAT
COULD REALLY GET THEM A GOOD
HANDLE ON

[Captioner] 19:57:25
 THINGS.
AND I HOPE THAM 

[Captioner] 19:57:28
 THAT CAN BE
APPLICABLE FOR THIS ITEM AND
REALLY CONSIDER

[Captioner] 19:57:31
 THE FUTURE OF
HOW TO HOUSE OUR PEOPLE, AS WAS
SPOKEN

[Captioner] 19:57:35
 ABOUT.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT
SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 19:57:38
 LISA DANZ.
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, LISA.
>> HI, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:57:41
I'LL KEEP THIS QUICK.
JUST SAYING THAT I AM IN FAVOR
OF THIS ITEM,

[Captioner] 19:57:45
 AND I WANT TO
POINT OUT TO THE COMMENTER WHO
WAS

[Captioner] 19:57:48
 CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST
THAT THE FISCAL IMPACT IS LISTED
AS

[Captioner] 19:57:51
 NONE BECAUSE THERE'S NO COST
TO THE CITY FOR THIS.
WE DESPERATELY

[Captioner] 19:57:54
 NEED THIS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I HOPE
YOU'LL APPROVE IT.


[Captioner] 19:57:57
THANK YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER.


[Captioner] 19:58:00
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND I'LL TURN IT BACK --

[Captioner] 19:58:03
 I'LL
CLOSE THE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 19:58:06
 HEARING.
AND WERE THERE ANY WRITTEN


[Captioner] 19:58:10
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TAX EXEMPT


[Captioner] 19:58:13
BONDS OR OTHER PROJECT RECEIVED
BY THE CLERK?
THANK

[Captioner] 19:58:16
 YOU.
AND SO AS I CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING, I'LL

[Captioner] 19:58:19
 TURN IT BACK FOR
COMMENTS FROM THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 19:58:22
I'M HAPPY TO ADD SOME COMMENTS
TOO.
COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


[Captioner] 19:58:27
>> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU,
MADAME MAYOR.


[Captioner] 19:58:30
INDEED WE ALL KNOW HIGH COST OF
LIVING AND HOUSING IN THE


[Captioner] 19:58:33
REGION, THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING 
THIS MUCH

[Captioner] 19:58:37
 NEEDED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS FAST ENOUGH.
I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE A

[Captioner] 19:58:40
 STAFF
MEMBER ADDRESS SOME OF

[Captioner] 19:58:43
 THE
CONFUSION, CLARIFY BL THE

[Captioner] 19:58:47
 FISCAL
IMPACT SINCE IN THE ESTIMATED
SOURCES

[Captioner] 19:58:53
 OF FUNDS IT'S LISTED
UNDER CITY OF FREMONT HOUSING


[Captioner] 19:58:56
LOAN $6 MILLION, SO MAYBE THAT'S
WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT CLEAR
WHETHER FREMONT IS

[Captioner] 19:58:59
 PAYING FOR
THIS OR NOT.


[Captioner] 19:59:02
>> Ms. Briggs: THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER.
WE HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND


[Captioner] 19:59:05
HOUSING MANAGER BOTH AVAILABLE
FOR QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A BOND ISSUANCE

[Captioner] 19:59:08
 AS THE
MAYOR MENTIONED AND THE LOAN YOU
ARE

[Captioner] 19:59:12
 REFERRING TO IS A PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED LOAN, BUT I'LL ASK OUR


[Captioner] 19:59:15
FINANCE DIRECTOR PERHAPS TO ADD.
>> Mayor Mei: DIRECTOR

[Captioner] 19:59:19

PERSSELIN, WAS THIS ONE OF OUR
NOFA

[Captioner] 19:59:22
 FUNDINGS?
>> Mr. Persselin: SO I CAN


[Captioner] 19:59:26
ACTUALLY LET LUCIA HUGHES

[Captioner] 19:59:28
 TALK
ABOUT IT AS IT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN
APPROVED.


[Captioner] 19:59:32
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, LUCY A,

[Captioner] 19:59:35
 LUCIA.
>> YOU ARE CORRECT, THIS IS PART


[Captioner] 19:59:38
OF THE NOFA FUNDING AT THE CITY
PROVIDED

[Captioner] 19:59:41
 A $6 MILLION LOAN.
>> Mayor Mei: AND COULD YOU
CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC TOO WHAT


[Captioner] 19:59:44
A NOFA IS?
IT'S A NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY

[Captioner] 19:59:47
 THAT I BELIEVE --
IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY

[Captioner] 19:59:51
 WHERE THE
FUNDING COMES FROM?
>>

[Captioner] 19:59:54
 YES, NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY BACK IN 2021 THAT


[Captioner] 19:59:57
WE ISSUED, AND THE CITY COUNCIL
DECIDED

[Captioner] 20:00:00
 TO FUND THREE PROJECTS.
THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THEM.


[Captioner] 20:00:05
AND THE PROCESS WAS THE
DEVELOPERS, THEY

[Captioner] 20:00:08
 NEED TO SUBMIT
A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL

[Captioner] 20:00:11
 AND THEN
STAFF AND CONSULTANTS LOOK AT
THE

[Captioner] 20:00:14
 PROPOSALS AND THEN RECOMMEND


[Captioner] 20:00:17
FUNDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ALSO

[Captioner] 20:00:21
 TO
CLARIFY WHERE THE FUNDING COMES


[Captioner] 20:00:24
FROM, AT TIMES

[Captioner] 20:00:27
 THERE'S BEEN --
SOME OF THE OTHER IN LIEU FEES,
AND WHAT WE'VE

[Captioner] 20:00:30
 DONE AS A CITY
WITH SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT
WE'VE SEEN IS THAT WE'VE HAD A


[Captioner] 20:00:33
PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING THAT WAS
ALLOCATED

[Captioner] 20:00:36
 SPECIFICALLY TO BE
ABLE TO BE COBBLED TOGETHER, AND
SOME

[Captioner] 20:00:39
 OF THESE PROJECTS THEN
RESULT IN A PROJECT LIKE

[Captioner] 20:00:42
 THIS
ONE, TO BE

[Captioner] 20:00:46
 ABLE TO PRODUCE THE
FINANCING BECAUSE WHILE WE AS A
COUNCIL ARE

[Captioner] 20:00:49
 DOING THE
ENTITLEMENT AND APPROVAL

[Captioner] 20:00:53
 OF
THESE FOR OUR GENERAL PLAN
GUIDELINES OR OTHER AMENDMENTS,


[Captioner] 20:00:56
OTHER PLANNED DISTRICTS, NOT
ALWAYS IS THE FUNDING

[Captioner] 20:00:59
 FULLY
AVAILABLE SO THERE WE'RE ABLE TO
UTILIZE AND PULL SOME OF THE


[Captioner] 20:01:02
FUNDING TOGETHER LIKE WE DID
WITH THIS CASE WITH THREE
PROJECTS TO

[Captioner] 20:01:06
 PROVIDE A NOFA
FUNDING, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT


[Captioner] 20:01:10
DIRECTLY COUNTING THE GENERAL
FUNDING AND IF THAT'S INCORRECT,


[Captioner] 20:01:13
DIRECTOR PERSSELIN, IF THERE'S
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CLARIFY.


[Captioner] 20:01:17
BUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT
IS TO HOLD A

[Captioner] 20:01:20
 PUBLIC HEARING AND
TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION

[Captioner] 20:01:24
 APPROVING
THE ISSUANCE OF THE MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING REVENUE

[Captioner] 20:01:27
 BONDS BY THE
CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE
NORTH FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:01:30
 PURPOSE OF
SPECIFICALLY FINANCING THIS


[Captioner] 20:01:34
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
AND I KNOW THERE WERE COMMENTS
ALSO ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:01:37
 THE DIFFERENT
AFFORDABILITY LEVELS, AND IN THE
STAFF

[Captioner] 20:01:40
 REPORT, IT DOES BREAK
THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT


[Captioner] 20:01:43
ALLOCATIONS OF NUMBER OF UNITS
THAT ARE ALLOCATED BASED

[Captioner] 20:01:46
 OFF OF
THE LOCAL AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND WHILE I

[Captioner] 20:01:50
 KNOW THAT HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY IS SOMETIMES A
QUESTION,

[Captioner] 20:01:53
 WHEN IT COMES TO THE
LOCAL AREA MEDIAN HOUSING

[Captioner] 20:01:56

INCOMES AND WHAT CONSTITUTES
AFFORDABLE OR

[Captioner] 20:02:01
 NON-AFORPDABLE
THOUSANDSING, IF YOU COULD
CORRECT OR JUST

[Captioner] 20:02:05
 IDENTIFY, LUCIA,
IT'S SET BY THE STATE, NOT THE
CITY OF

[Captioner] 20:02:07
 FREMONT.
>> IT IS SET BY THE STATE AND
IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE EVERY


[Captioner] 20:02:10
YEAR.
>> Mayor Mei: YES.
AND SO

[Captioner] 20:02:14
 THAT'S HOW THAT COMES
ABOUT FOR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT

[Captioner] 20:02:17
 HAD COME FROM THE

[Captioner] 20:02:22
 PUBLIC.
I SEE NEXT COUNCILMEMBER SHAO,
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION

[Captioner] 20:02:24
 OR
COMMENT ON THIS?
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK


[Captioner] 20:02:27
YOU, MAYOR.
I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF

[Captioner] 20:02:31
 PEOPLE
WOULD BE PREOCCUPIED WITH THE
IDEA

[Captioner] 20:02:34
 THAT THIS PROJECT IS SOLELY
FOR

[Captioner] 20:02:39
 HOMELESS PEOPLE.
ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE
WHOLE PROJECT, IT IS TO HELP THE


[Captioner] 20:02:43
LOW INCOME

[Captioner] 20:02:46
 FAMILIES IN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY.
BY

[Captioner] 20:02:50
 WORKING ON THE HOUSING
COMMISSION IN THE HOUSING


[Captioner] 20:02:54
AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF
ALAMEDA, ALSO

[Captioner] 20:02:58
 KNOWN AS HACA, WE
HAVE

[Captioner] 20:03:01
 USED SO MANY DIFFERENT
TYPES OF FUNDS FROM THE

[Captioner] 20:03:07
 FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN FORMS SUCH AS
VOUCHERS TO HELP LOW

[Captioner] 20:03:10
 INCOME


[Captioner] 20:03:13
FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY OF
ALAMEDA BY

[Captioner] 20:03:16
 PROVIDING SUCH
FINANCIAL SUPPORT, WE


[Captioner] 20:03:19
SUCCESSFULLY PREVENT THEM FROM
BECOMING HOMELESS.
AND

[Captioner] 20:03:22
 I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT


[Captioner] 20:03:26
IS ALSO MEANT TO PREVENT MORE


[Captioner] 20:03:29
AND MORE INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES FROM BECOMING

[Captioner] 20:03:32
 HOMELESS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT THE


[Captioner] 20:03:35
PROJECT HAS NOT ONLY

[Captioner] 20:03:39
 STUDIOS BUT
ALSO 2 BEDROOM AND

[Captioner] 20:03:41
 3 BEDROOM
UNITS AND THE RENTS WILL BE
SUBSIDIZED.


[Captioner] 20:03:44
SO I THINK THIS IS THE

[Captioner] 20:03:47
 RIGHT
WAY.
WE DEFINITELY WILL TRY TO GATHER


[Captioner] 20:03:50
ALL THE RESOURCES TO HELP THE
HOMELESS, BUT IN THE

[Captioner] 20:03:53
 MEANTIME S
WE ALSO NEED TO BE SMART AND
THEN HELP

[Captioner] 20:03:58
 THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
ABOUT TO BECOME

[Captioner] 20:04:01
 HOMELESS IF --
WITHOUT HELP FROM

[Captioner] 20:04:04
 US.
MY ONLY COMMENT ON THIS PROJECT
OR

[Captioner] 20:04:08
 ACTUALLY TWO COMMENTS, IN
TERMS OF LOCATION I THINK IT'S A
VERY GOOD LOCATION.


[Captioner] 20:04:11
IT'S LOCATED CLOSE TO

[Captioner] 20:04:17
 THE FUTURE
IRVINGTON BART STATION, SO
TRANSPORTATION CERTAINLY IS


[Captioner] 20:04:20
GOING TO BE HELPFUL

[Captioner] 20:04:23
  FOR THOSE
LOW INCOME

[Captioner] 20:04:26
 FAMILIES IF THEY CAN
RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
SECOND

[Captioner] 20:04:30
 COMMENT IS THAT SINCE THE
CITY OF FREMONT REALLY

[Captioner] 20:04:33
 PROVIDED
LONG AND ALL KINDS OF

[Captioner] 20:04:36
 SUPPORT TO
INCLUDE THIS PROJECT AS PART

[Captioner] 20:04:39
 OF
OUR HUGE PLAN TO HELP THE LOW
INCOME

[Captioner] 20:04:45
 FAMILIES AND HOMELESS
PEOPLE, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT
WHEN WE

[Captioner] 20:04:48
 SCREEN APPLICANTS FOR


[Captioner] 20:04:51
TENANTS, WE SHOULD PUT FREMONT


[Captioner] 20:04:55
FAMILIES AS A PRIORITY INSTEAD
OF

[Captioner] 20:04:58
 JUST TO FAMILIES

[Captioner] 20:05:01
 ALL OVER THE
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA.
AFTER ALL, WE HAVE TO

[Captioner] 20:05:04
 HELP
PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT NOW
SUFFERING IN THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:05:07
 OF
FREMONT.
SO THIS IS

[Captioner] 20:05:10
 HOW WE SHOULD USE OUR
FREMONT

[Captioner] 20:05:13
 TAXPAYERS' MONEY BETTER
TO HELP THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:05:17
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
REGARDING THE QUESTION OF
SCREENING, I DON'T KNOW

[Captioner] 20:05:20
 IF
LUCIA, IF YOU COULD KINDLY SHARE
HOW

[Captioner] 20:05:24
 THAT PROCESS WORKS RIGHT NOW
IN TERMS OF PLACEMENT.
THANK

[Captioner] 20:05:25
 YOU.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.


[Captioner] 20:05:29
SO THE CITY HAS A LONG-STANDING


[Captioner] 20:05:33
PRACTICE OF PRIORITIZING
AFFORDABLE

[Captioner] 20:05:36
 UNITS FOR PEOPLE THAT
LIVE OR WORK IN FREMONT,

[Captioner] 20:05:39
 AND
THIS PROJECT IS NO EXCEPTION.
SO WHEN

[Captioner] 20:05:44
 THIS PROJECT WAS READY
TO COME ONLINE, THERE WILL

[Captioner] 20:05:47
 BE AN
APPLICATION PROCESS AND THERE
WILL BE A LOTTERY PROCESS.


[Captioner] 20:05:51
AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OR WORK
IN FREMONT

[Captioner] 20:05:54
 WILL BE PRIORITIZED
FOR UNITS.


[Captioner] 20:05:59
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX.


[Captioner] 20:06:05
>> Councilmember Cox: ACTUALLY
I'D HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN

[Captioner] 20:06:08
 STATED,
BUT IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO HAVE
IT IN

[Captioner] 20:06:12
 DISTRICT 6, BUT ALSO
HOPING THAT WE CAN SPREAD THIS


[Captioner] 20:06:15
TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO
OTHER PARTS

[Captioner] 20:06:18
 OF FREMONT, SO THAT
WE CAN ADDRESS

[Captioner] 20:06:21
 THIS ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS AND

[Captioner] 20:06:23
 PROVIDING A
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR
RESIDENTS.


[Captioner] 20:06:28
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I WAS ALSO GOING TO

[Captioner] 20:06:30
 REALLY
QUICKLY MENTION THAT FOR THOSE
WHO DON'T KNOW, FREMONT IS A


[Captioner] 20:06:34
LITTLE UNIQUE THAT WE HAVE
ORIGINALLY PUT A PLANNED
DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY

[Captioner] 20:06:37
 FOR
55-PLUS, AND THAT'S RIGHT
ADJACENT DIRECTLY

[Captioner] 20:06:41
 TO OUR SENIOR
HOUSING AND OUR NEW

[Captioner] 20:06:45
 AGE WELL
CENTER IN DISTRICT 35.
AND SO RIGHT THERE,

[Captioner] 20:06:48
 WE HAD PUT
IN 500 UNITS OF SENIOR HOUSING,
AND

[Captioner] 20:06:51
 THE FIRST PIECE, WHICH I'M
REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO

[Captioner] 20:06:54
 COMPLETE, AND THANK YOU TO
THE STAFF AND THOSE WHO HELPED
WITH US, WAS THE PAULINE

[Captioner] 20:06:58
 WEAVER
SENIOR APARTMENTS, WHICH I THINK
WAS VERY CRITICAL TO PUT

[Captioner] 20:07:02
 THAT
FIRST IN TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:07:05
 SENIORS.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION

[Captioner] 20:07:07
 BY
COUNCILMEMBER COX AND DO I HAVE
A SECOND?


[Captioner] 20:07:12
OKAY, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
KENG, I SEE ALSO ON THIS.


[Captioner] 20:07:16
DO YOU HAVE ANY -- THAT WAS JUST
FOR THE MOTION, RIGHT?
OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:07:19
THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IF I COULD HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:07:22
 VOTE, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:07:30
AND THE MOTION CARRIES
UNANIMOUSLY.


[Captioner] 20:07:35
THE NEXT ITEM I THINK MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT LONG.
WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:07:38
 AT 8:10 RIGHT NOW, AND I
DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE OKAY,
LET'S CALL A

[Captioner] 20:07:41
 QUICK FIVE-MINUTE
BREAK, IS THAT OKAY?
BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE MORE


[Captioner] 20:07:44
THAN 8:30, SO LET'S CALL A QUICK
FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE I
THINK THE

[Captioner] 20:07:47
 BUDGET AND YEAR-END
REPORT WILL DEFINITELY BE MORE
THAN 20

[Captioner] 20:07:50
 MINUTES.
AND SO WE'LL TAKE A QUICK --
WE'LL --

[Captioner] 20:07:52
 ACTUALLY WE'LL COME
BACK AT 8:15.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:17:02
>> Mayor Mei: GOOD

[Captioner] 20:17:08
 EVENING.
SO LET'S RETURN.


[Captioner] 20:17:13
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO
RETURN TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM,
WHICH

[Captioner] 20:17:16
 IS ITEM 7A, WHICH IS THE
FISCAL

[Captioner] 20:17:20
 YEAR 2021-2022 YEAR-END
REPORT

[Captioner] 20:17:24
 AND 2022-2023 BUDGET
UPDATE.


[Captioner] 20:17:29
AND SO I BELIEVE OUR FINANCE
DIRECTOR, DAVE PERSSELIN,

[Captioner] 20:17:30
 WILL
PROVIDE A PRESENTATION THIS
EVENING.


[Captioner] 20:17:34
WELCOME, DIRECTOR PERSSELIN.
>> Mr. Persselin: THANK YOU,
MAYOR

[Captioner] 20:17:37
 MEI.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REMAIN OFF
SCREEN TONIGHT AS I'M HAVING


[Captioner] 20:17:41
SOME CONNECTIVITY CHALLENGES.


[Captioner] 20:17:44
TONIGHT I'LL BE REVIEWING OUR
GENERAL FUND OPERATING RESULTS
FOR

[Captioner] 20:17:47
 LAST FISCAL YEAR,
RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE


[Captioner] 20:17:52

APPROPRIATION OF THE ENDING FUND
BALANCE AND

[Captioner] 20:17:55
 REPORTING ON BUDGET
ACTIONS TAKEN PURSUANT TO THE
CITY COUNCIL'S

[Captioner] 20:17:58
 DELEGATION OF
AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I'LL ALSO PROVIDE

[Captioner] 20:18:01
 A BRIEF UPDATE
ON CURRENT-YEAR REVENUE AND


[Captioner] 20:18:05
EXPENDITURE

[Captioner] 20:18:08
 PROJECTIONS.
THE AUDIT OF THE CITY'S FISCAL


[Captioner] 20:18:12
YEAR 2021-22 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS BY AN INDEPENDENT


[Captioner] 20:18:15
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
IS UNDERWAY.
AND

[Captioner] 20:18:18
 THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE
FINANCIAL REPORT, INCLUDING

[Captioner] 20:18:21
 THE
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IS
EXPECTED TO BE

[Captioner] 20:18:25
 AVAILABLE BY
DECEMBER 31ST.
TO

[Captioner] 20:18:28
 PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH
MORE TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT


[Captioner] 20:18:31
THE YEAR JUST COMPLETED, WE HAVE
PREPARED THE

[Captioner] 20:18:34
 FOLLOWING
INFORMATION USING UNAUDITED
AMOUNTS.


[Captioner] 20:18:37
WE'LL REPORT ON ANY MATERIAL
AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS AT

[Captioner] 20:18:40
 THE TIME
THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS
PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:18:46
WE UPDATE OUR REVENUE
PROJECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
AS WE

[Captioner] 20:18:49
 RECEIVE NEW INFORMATION.
FOR EXAMPLE,

[Captioner] 20:18:52
 WE USE THE FISCAL
YEAR

[Captioner] 20:18:56
 2021-22 MID-YEAR REPORT IN
MARCH TO INCREASE OUR SALES

[Captioner] 20:18:59
 TAX
PROJECTION TO REFLECT HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE

[Captioner] 20:19:03
 FROM
NEW AUTO SALES.
WE LAST

[Captioner] 20:19:06
 ESTIMATED FISCAL YEAR
2021-22 GENERAL FUND

[Captioner] 20:19:09
 REVENUES IN
EARLY MAY AS PART OF THE

[Captioner] 20:19:12
 GENERAL
FUND FORECAST, INCLUDED IN THE
FISCAL

[Captioner] 20:19:16
 YEAR 2022-23 PROPOSED
BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:19:21
 PRESENTATION.
AT THAT TIME, WE ONLY HAD
PARTIAL YEAR INFORMATION

[Captioner] 20:19:24
 FOR
MOST OF OUR REVENUES.
OVER THE

[Captioner] 20:19:28
 LAST FOUR MONTHS, WE'VE
RECEIVED THE REMAINING PAYMENTS


[Captioner] 20:19:31
WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED THE

[Captioner] 20:19:37
 ESTIMATE.
THE MAJOR CHANGES TO OUR REVENUE
ESTIMATE

[Captioner] 20:19:40
 RELATE AT LEAST IN PART
TO THE

[Captioner] 20:19:43
 UNUSUALLY STRONG
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET,
AND BUSINESSES

[Captioner] 20:19:47
 PAYING PRIOR-YEAR
DELINQUENT BUSINESS TAXES.


[Captioner] 20:19:50
THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF
PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS FROM THE


[Captioner] 20:19:54
COUNTY IN AUGUST INCLUDED FOUR
MONTHS OF

[Captioner] 20:19:57
 SUPPLEMENTAL PROPERTY
TAX, WHICH OUTPERFORMED THE

[Captioner] 20:20:00
 MAY
ESTIMATE BY ALMOST $900,000.


[Captioner] 20:20:04
WITH AN ADDITIONAL $400,000


[Captioner] 20:20:07
COMING FROM THE SECURED AND
UNSECURED

[Captioner] 20:20:10
 TAX ROLLS.
THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF BUSINESS


[Captioner] 20:20:13
TAX REVENUE EXCEEDED OUR
ESTIMATE

[Captioner] 20:20:17
 BY $1.3 MILLION.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE

[Captioner] 20:20:21
 INCREASES
TO OUR ESTIMATE ISN'T

[Captioner] 20:20:24
 UNUSUAL,
GIVEN THE LIMITED INFORMATION ON
WHICH THE ESTIMATE IS

[Captioner] 20:20:27
 BASED.
HOWEVER, THE LAST

[Captioner] 20:20:30
 QUARTER OF
2021-22 SALES TAX

[Captioner] 20:20:34
 REVENUE
RECEIVED IN AUGUST EXCEED

[Captioner] 20:20:37
 EXCEEDED THE
AVERAGE OF THE PRIOR EIGHT
QUARTERS

[Captioner] 20:20:40
 BY ABOUT $8 MILLION.
MOST OF

[Captioner] 20:20:44
 THAT UNANTICIPATED
REVENUE WAS IN THE NEW AUTO


[Captioner] 20:20:48
SALES CATEGORY.
OUR UNUSUALLY HIGH AUTO SALES


[Captioner] 20:20:52
REVENUE THEN HAD A MULTIPLIER
EFFECT, BECAUSE OUR SHARE OF


[Captioner] 20:20:56
COUNTY-WIDE POOLED SALES TAX
REVENUE IS

[Captioner] 20:20:59
 DETERMINED EACH
QUARTER BY OUR PORTION OF


[Captioner] 20:21:02
COUNTY-WIDE POINT OF SALE
REVENUE.


[Captioner] 20:21:08
I'M GOING TO FOCUS FOR A MOMENT
ON OUR NEW AUTO SALES

[Captioner] 20:21:11
 TAX
REVENUE BECAUSE LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION, I'LL BE MAKING A


[Captioner] 20:21:15
RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE
QUARTER OVER QUARTER VOLATILITY
YOU CAN SEE

[Captioner] 20:21:18
 ON THIS SLIDE.
OUR

[Captioner] 20:21:22
 YEAR-END ESTIMATE FOR NEW
AUTO SALES WAS

[Captioner] 20:21:25
 BASED ON THE
EIGHT QUARTER MOVING AVERAGE
THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER,


[Captioner] 20:21:28
SHOWN AS A RED DIAMOND ON THE
CHART.


[Captioner] 20:21:32
THE EIGHT QUARTER MOVING AVERAGE
IS INTENDED TO PICK UP ANY

[Captioner] 20:21:35
 TREND
IN THE HISTORICAL DATA WHILE
PROTECTING

[Captioner] 20:21:38
 US FROM WHAT WOULD
OTHERWISE BE SIGNIFICANT OVER

[Captioner] 20:21:42
 OR
UNDERESTIMATING IF WE WERE ONLY
TO LOOK AT THE MOST

[Captioner] 20:21:45
 RECENT ONE
OR TWO QUARTERS.
AS YOU

[Captioner] 20:21:51
 CAN SEE, THE 2021-223RD


[Captioner] 20:21:54
QUARTER SALES TAX REVENUES
RECEIVED IN LATE MAY WERE


[Captioner] 20:21:58
CONSISTENT WITH OUR FORECAST


[Captioner] 20:22:00
ESTIMATE.
HOWEVER, IN LATE AUGUST WE
RECEIVED THE FOURTH QUARTER


[Captioner] 20:22:05
REVENUES, WHICH ARE MORE THAN
DOUBLE THE ESTIMATE.


[Captioner] 20:22:10
THE DROP FROM THE SECOND QUARTER
TO THE THIRD QUARTER AND THEN
THE JUMP FROM THE THIRD

[Captioner] 20:22:13
 QUARTER
TO THE FOURTH QUARTER
ILLUSTRATES

[Captioner] 20:22:17
 THE CHALLENGE WE
FACE IN ESTIMATING FUTURE SALES
TAX

[Captioner] 20:22:24
 REVENUE.
THERE ARE TWO POINTS TO TAKE
AWAY ON THIS SLIDE.


[Captioner] 20:22:28
FIRST WE'RE INCREASING OUR SALES
TAX ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR

[Captioner] 20:22:30
 AND
FUTURE YEARS TO REFLECT THE
UPDATED MOVING AVERAGE.


[Captioner] 20:22:34
BUT SECOND, WE SHOULD EXPECT
SIGNIFICANT

[Captioner] 20:22:38
 VARIATION BETWEEN
WHAT WE FORECAST AND WHAT WE


[Captioner] 20:22:41
ACTUALLY RECEIVE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:22:44
 BUDGET
UNCERTAINTY

[Captioner] 20:22:49
 RESERVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ACTUAL
CLKTIONS

[Captioner] 20:22:53

COLLECTIONS OUT PERFORM THE
ESTIMATE

[Captioner] 20:22:57
 BY $12.5 MILLION.
AS I MENTIONED, THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT

[Captioner] 20:23:00
 WAS SALES
TAX, WITH PROPERTY TAX AND
BUSINESS TAX

[Captioner] 20:23:04
 ALSO PERFORMING
BETTER THAN

[Captioner] 20:23:08
 ANTICIPATED.
WHILE NOT PARTICULARLY A LARGE
CONTRIBUTION IN ABSOLUTE

[Captioner] 20:23:11

DOLLARS, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE
THAT OUR HOTEL TAX

[Captioner] 20:23:15
 REVENUE ALSO
BE ITS ESTIMATE.
AS

[Captioner] 20:23:18
 NOTED ON THE SLIDE, THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

[Captioner] 20:23:22
 ACT FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS WE RECEIVED FROM
THE FEDERAL

[Captioner] 20:23:25
 GOVERNMENT IN 2021
AND

[Captioner] 20:23:29
 2021-22 ARE INCLUDED IN THE
OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY.


[Captioner] 20:23:39
THE EXPENDITURE ESTIMATE
INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND
FORECAST ASSUMED WE WOULD MEET


[Captioner] 20:23:42
THE CITY-WIDE SAVINGS ESTIMATE
OF $11 MILLION.


[Captioner] 20:23:46
WE EXCEEDED THAT TARGET

[Captioner] 20:23:49
 BY WITH
$2.1 MILLION, BUT AS I'LL SHOW
ON THE NEXT

[Captioner] 20:23:53
 SLIDE, MOST OF THAT
ADDITIONAL

[Captioner] 20:23:55
 SAVINGS REPRESENTS
ENCUMBERED CONTRACTS THAT WILL
BE PAID NEXT YEAR.


[Captioner] 20:24:01
AS A REMINDER, THE 2020-21
BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:24:07
 INCORPORATED $12 MILLION
OF PANDEMIC-RELATED BUDGET
REDUCTIONS,

[Captioner] 20:24:11
 INCLUDING
CONTINUATION OF THE HIRING
FREEZE

[Captioner] 20:24:14
 THAT BEGAN IN MARCH 2020,
AND THE SUSPENSION OF

[Captioner] 20:24:17
 TRANSFERS
FOR STREET, PARK AND PUBLIC


[Captioner] 20:24:22
BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR FIRST
INSTALLMENT

[Captioner] 20:24:25
 OF ARPA FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS, IN THE

[Captioner] 20:24:28

2021-22 BUDGET, WE WERE ABLE TO
LIFT THE

[Captioner] 20:24:30
 HIRING FREEZE AND
RESTORE THE MAINTENANCE
TRANSFERS.


[Captioner] 20:24:35
THE COMBINATION OF UNUSUALLY
HIGH SALES TAX REVENUES

[Captioner] 20:24:39
 AND
UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH VACANCY RATES
THEN

[Captioner] 20:24:42
 ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR CAPITAL

[Captioner] 20:24:45
 PROJECTS AND
MAKE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION
TO PAY

[Captioner] 20:24:48
 DOWN THE CITY'S UNFUNDED
LIABILITY FOR

[Captioner] 20:24:51
 RETIREE
HEALTHCARE.
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE


[Captioner] 20:24:55
ACTIONS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
AND

[Captioner] 20:24:59
 RETIREE HEALTHCARE TRUST
ROWS OF THIS SLIDE, BY COMPARING


[Captioner] 20:25:03
THE 0-DOLLAR TRANSFERS IN
2020-21 WITH

[Captioner] 20:25:06
 THE TRANSFERS IN
2021-22.


[Captioner] 20:25:16
WE FINISHED 2021 WITH

[Captioner] 20:25:19
 A
$26.1 MILLION OF UNRESERVED FUND
BALANCE, OF

[Captioner] 20:25:24
 WHICH $20 MILLION
WAS ARPA FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS


[Captioner] 20:25:27
RECEIVED IN MAY 2021.
IN THE

[Captioner] 20:25:31
 ACTUALS COLUMN, YOU CAN
SEE THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE


[Captioner] 20:25:34
ESTIMATES WE JUST REVIEWED.
AS WELL AS

[Captioner] 20:25:37
 THE ADDITION OF
$1.4 MILLION

[Captioner] 20:25:41
 OF ENCUMBRANCES,
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT


[Captioner] 20:25:44
REMAIN UNSPENT AT YEAR-END, AND
SERVE

[Captioner] 20:25:52
 BECAUSE WE FINISHED LAST 
SCARLET WITH

[Captioner] 20:25:55
 SOME UNANTICIPATED 
FUND BALANCE AS PART

[Captioner] 20:25:58
 OF THE YEAR 
END REPORT, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS 
ABLE TO RESTORE

[Captioner] 20:26:01
 AND INCREASE THE 
BUDGET UNSIRNT RIRCH

[Captioner] 20:26:05
 WHICH 
CONSTITUTES MOST EVER OF THE

[Captioner] 20:26:08
 7.5 
MILLION DOLLAR ADDITION

[Captioner] 20:26:11
 TO 
RESERVES IN THE CURRENT YEAR 
BUDGET COLUMN.


[Captioner] 20:26:14
THE UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 
ESTIMATE SHOWN

[Captioner] 20:26:18
 IN THE GENERAL 
FUND FORECAST WAS $29.

[Captioner] 20:26:21
9 MILLION 
AND INCLUDES $22.

[Captioner] 20:26:24
1 MILLION OF 
THE ARPA FISCAL

[Captioner] 20:26:27
 RECOVERY FUNDS 
THAT WE RECEIVED IN MAY 2022.


[Captioner] 20:26:31
IN THE ACTUAL COLUMN YOU CAN SEE 
THAT OUR HIGHER

[Captioner] 20:26:34
 REVENUES AND 
LOWER

[Captioner] 20:26:38
 EXPENDITURES LEAVE US WITH 
AN

[Captioner] 20:26:41
 UNRESERVED FUNDING BALANCE OF 
23.

[Captioner] 20:26:45
3 MILLION.
BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT YEAR

[Captioner] 20:26:48
 
BUDGET BALANCE MAKES USE OF THE 
TWIEP

[Captioner] 20:26:51
.9 MILLION

[Captioner] 20:26:55
 OVER THE 
FORECAST PERIOD WE ARE LEFT WITH 
$13.2

[Captioner] 20:26:58
 MILLION OF AVAILABLE 
ENDING FUND BALANCE.


[Captioner] 20:27:04
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE ADOPTED BUDGET FUNDS THE

[Captioner] 20:27:08
 
GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY RESERVE 
AT THE CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:27:12
 POLICY LEVEL 
OF 16

[Captioner] 20:27:15
.7% OF BUDGETS EXPENDITURES 
AND TRANSFERS OUT

[Captioner] 20:27:18
, CONSISTENT 
WITH THE MIM RECOMMENDED BY THE 
GOVERNMENT

[Captioner] 20:27:22
 FINANCE OFFICERS 
ASSOCIATION.
THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE

[Captioner] 20:27:26
 IS 
PRIMARILY INTENDED TO PROVIDE

[Captioner] 20:27:29
 
IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE 
AND ENSURE SERVICE CONTINUITY

[Captioner] 20:27:32
 IN 
THE FACE OF A MAJOR DISASTER.
THE

[Captioner] 20:27:36
 BUDGET UNCERTAINTY

[Captioner] 20:27:40
 RESERVE 
ON THE OTHER HAND IS

[Captioner] 20:27:43
 MERNT AS A

[Captioner] 20:27:47
 
SHOCK ABSORBER.
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED

[Captioner] 20:27:50
 SPOT FOR 
THIS RESERVE IS TO FUND SANTA

[Captioner] 20:27:53
 
LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:27:57
 
UNCERTAINTY AT A THREE YEAR COST 
PERIOD WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:28:00
 GOAL OF 
PROVIDING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES

[Captioner] 20:28:03
 
TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS WHILE 
GIVING THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY

[Captioner] 20:28:06
 
TO RESPOND TO ITS BUDGETARY 
CHALLENGES.


[Captioner] 20:28:09
WE MADE USE OF THIS RESERVE 
DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE 
PANDEMIC

[Captioner] 20:28:12
, TO PREVENT SERVICE 
DISRUPTIONS.


[Captioner] 20:28:15
AS PART OF LAST YEAR'S YEAR

[Captioner] 20:28:18
 END 
REPORT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ABLE 
TO RESTORE AND

[Captioner] 20:28:21
 INCREASE THE 
BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE TO $

[Captioner] 20:28:23

$10 MILLION.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:28:30
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY 
COUNCIL'S ADOPTED BUDGET 
PRINCIPLES

[Captioner] 20:28:34
, STAFF WILL ARE 

[Captioner] 20:28:37
 BE 
RECOMMENDING THAT THE 13

[Captioner] 20:28:40
.2 
MILLION UNAVAILABLE 
UNANTICIPATED FUND

[Captioner] 20:28:43
 BALANCE BE 
ALLOCATED TO ONE TIME

[Captioner] 20:28:46
 USES.
AS I MENTIONED, THE BUDGET 
UNCERTAINTY

[Captioner] 20:28:49
 RESERVE IS DEPENDED 
TO OFF

[Captioner] 20:28:53
SET BUDGET UNCERTAINTY 
RESERVES, FROM UN

[Captioner] 20:28:57
ANTICIPATED 
COST INCREASES.
THE FUNDING LEFT IS DETERMINED

[Captioner] 20:29:00
 
BY MEASURING THE LEVEL OF 
FINANCIAL RISK OVER THE THREE

[Captioner] 20:29:04
 
YEAR FORECAST PERIOD.
RECOGNIZING BOTH THE IMPORTANCE 


[Captioner] 20:29:07
OF SALES TAX AND ITS INHERENT 
VOLATILITY

[Captioner] 20:29:11
 AS PART OF THE

[Captioner] 20:29:15
 
2019-20, THE

[Captioner] 20:29:20
 CITY COUNCIL 
INCREASED TO ROUGHLY THREE YEARS 
OF PROJECTED

[Captioner] 20:29:23
 SALES TAX GROWTH.
THE CURRENTS RESERVE LEVEL OF

[Captioner] 20:29:26
 
$10 MILLION IS CONSISTENT WITH 
THE THREE YEARS OF GROWTH 


[Captioner] 20:29:29
PROJECTED IN THE 2022-23 ADOPTED 
BUDGET FORECAST

[Captioner] 20:29:32
.
HOWEVER,

[Captioner] 20:29:36
 SEVERAL FACTORS SUGGEST 
THAT THE CITY COULD BE FACING

[Captioner] 20:29:39
 
EVEN GREATER BUDGETARY RISK OVER 
THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS

[Captioner] 20:29:42
.
FIRST, WE'VE EXPERIENCED

[Captioner] 20:29:46
 
SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER VOLATILITY 
IN SALES

[Captioner] 20:29:49
 TAX REVENUE OVER THE 
LAST 75 YEARS PARTICULARLY IN 
THE

[Captioner] 20:29:53
 NEW AUTO SALES CATEGORY.
SECOND, WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:29:57
 SEEING SUSTAINED 
HIGH INFLATION LEVELS THAT

[Captioner] 20:30:01
 COULD 
ULTIMATELY LEAD TO UNANTICIPATED 
INCREASES

[Captioner] 20:30:04
 IN COSTS FOR SERVICES 
AND SUPPLIES.


[Captioner] 20:30:09
FINALLY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
IS

[Captioner] 20:30:13
 AGGRESSIVELY RAISING INTEREST 
RATES TO CURB INFLATION.

[Captioner] 20:30:16

THAT POTENTIALLY AT THE COST OF 
A RECESSION WHICH

[Captioner] 20:30:19
 COULD RESULT 
IN LOWER REVENUES TO THE CITY.
TO

[Captioner] 20:30:22
 ACCOMMODATE THOSE ADDITIONAL 
RISKS,

[Captioner] 20:30:26
 STAFF RECOMMENDS THE $2.5 
MILLION OF THE

[Captioner] 20:30:29
 UNANTICIPATED 
ENDING FUND BALANCE BE ALLOCATED 
TO

[Captioner] 20:30:32
 INCREASE THE BUDGET 
UNCERTAINTY RESERVE TO

[Captioner] 20:30:36
 $12.5 
MILLION.


[Captioner] 20:30:38
APPROXIMATELY 5% OF THE ADOPTED 
GENERAL FUND

[Captioner] 20:30:42
 BUDGET.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:30:45
 RETREAT, 
HELD ON FEBRUARY 25th, 2022

[Captioner] 20:30:49
, 
STAFF REVIEWED A LIST OF 
CRITICAL MAINTENANCE

[Captioner] 20:30:52
 AND CAPITAL 
REPLACEMENT NEEDS AS WELL AS 
UNFUND

[Captioner] 20:30:55
ED FUTURE CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS.
THESE

[Captioner] 20:30:58
 INCLUDE MAJOR CITY 
INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE

[Captioner] 20:31:02
 PARKS 
MASTER PLAN AND THE CLIMATE 
ACTION PLAN, BUT

[Captioner] 20:31:05
 ALSO 
REPLACEMENT OF THE DETERIORATING 
TEEN

[Captioner] 20:31:08
 CENTER AND COMMUNITY CENTER 
IN CENTRAL PARK

[Captioner] 20:31:12
, INSTALLATION OF 
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING 
STATIONS TO

[Captioner] 20:31:15
 FACILITATE FLEET 
ELECTRIFICATION, TRAFFIC SIGNAL

[Captioner] 20:31:18
 
MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
UPGRADES.


[Captioner] 20:31:21
ALTHOUGH THE COST OF THESE 
UNFUNDED NEEDS FAR EXCEEDS

[Captioner] 20:31:24
 THE 
RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THE UN

[Captioner] 20:31:28

UNANTICIPATED ENDING FUND 
BALANCE CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY 


[Captioner] 20:31:31
TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE HIGHEST 
PRIORITY PROJECTS.


[Captioner] 20:31:35
TO CREATE THE CAPACITY TO FUND 
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE

[Captioner] 20:31:39
 
NEXT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, 
STAFF

[Captioner] 20:31:42
 RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY 
COUNCIL APPROPRIATE

[Captioner] 20:31:47
 BE 
APPROXIMATELY $10.7 MILLION OF

[Captioner] 20:31:50
 
UNANTICIPATED FUNDING BALANCE AS 
A TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL 


[Captioner] 20:31:54
IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:32:00
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE 
CITY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT

[Captioner] 20:32:04
 THE 
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET ALSO

[Captioner] 20:32:07
 
INCLUDES AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 
CITY MANAGER TO TAKE

[Captioner] 20:32:10
 CERTAIN 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION 
ACTIONS, BUT

[Captioner] 20:32:14
 WITH THE 
REQUIREMENT TO REPORT BACK ON 
THESE ACTIONS AT YEAR

[Captioner] 20:32:17
 END.
THE AMOUNT OF INCREASED 
APPROPRIATION

[Captioner] 20:32:20
S FOR CURRENT 
FISCAL YEAR DUE TO

[Captioner] 20:32:23
 UNEXPENDED 
PRIOR

[Captioner] 20:32:27
 YEAR ENCUMBRANCES IS $20.

[Captioner] 20:32:30

$20.ARE 1 MILLION.
ABOUT HALF OF THAT CARRYOVER

[Captioner] 20:32:33
, 
11.4 MILLION IS IN THE CAPITAL 
PROJECT

[Captioner] 20:32:36
 FUNDS WITH ANOTHER $1.4 
MILLION

[Captioner] 20:32:40
 IN THE GENERAL FUND.
IN ADDITION TO APPROPRIATING

[Captioner] 20:32:43
 THE 
ENCUMBRANCE BALANCES,

[Captioner] 20:32:47
 THE CITY 
MANAGER ALSO IMPROVED THE 
APPROPRIATION OF

[Captioner] 20:32:50
 UNANTICIPATED 
DONATION AND FEE REVENUES THAT 
WERE RECEIVED

[Captioner] 20:32:53
 DURING A FISCAL 
YEAR.
OVER HALF OF THAT

[Captioner] 20:32:57
 WAS $585,000 
OF DONATIONS RAISED

[Captioner] 20:33:00
 THROUGH 
CITY'S

[Captioner] 20:33:03
 AFGHAN REFUGEE HEALTH 
PROGRAM

[Captioner] 20:33:06
 FOR AFGHAN REFUGEE 
ASSISTANCE.
NEXT SLIDE

[Captioner] 20:33:09
 PLEASE.
AS LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNDER

[Captioner] 20:33:13
 
WAY WHEN THE 2022-23 OPERATING 
BUDGET WAS

[Captioner] 20:33:16
 PREPARED, THE ADOPTED 
BUDGET INCLUDES 3

[Captioner] 20:33:20
% PLACE HOLDER 
COMPENSATION INCREASES OVER THE

[Captioner] 20:33:23
 
FORECAST PERIOD.
THE FINAL LABOR

[Captioner] 20:33:26
 AGREEMENTS 
COMPLETED IN JULY PROVIDE FOR 
HIGHER INCREASE

[Captioner] 20:33:29
S.
AND WE'VE INCREASED THE CURRENT

[Captioner] 20:33:33
 
YEAR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE 
BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:33:36
 BY ABOUT $3.9 MILLION TO 
ACCOMMODATE

[Captioner] 20:33:40
 THOSE ADDITIONAL 
COSTS.
ADOPTED

[Captioner] 20:33:43
 BUDGET INCORPORATES 
REVENUE

[Captioner] 20:33:46
 AND EXPENDITURE 
ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON

[Captioner] 20:33:49
 THE REVENUE 
IN APRIL WHEN THE BUDGET WAS 
DEVELOPED.


[Captioner] 20:33:52
SINCE THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED 
IN ADDITION TO COMPLETION OF 
LABOR

[Captioner] 20:33:55
 NEGOTIATIONS AND THE 
ADOPTION OF

[Captioner] 20:33:58
 NEW MOUS WE'VE

[Captioner] 20:34:01
 
RECEIVED A PROPERTY TAX 
ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR, TWO 


[Captioner] 20:34:04
ADDITIONAL QUARTERS OF SALES TAX 
COLLECTION DATA AND FOUR MORE 
MONTHS

[Captioner] 20:34:08
 OF VACANCY SAVINGS 
INFORMATION.
BASED ON

[Captioner] 20:34:11
 THE NEW ASSESSMENT ROLL 
WHICH WAS CERTIFIED IN AUGUST 
THE

[Captioner] 20:34:15
 CITY WILL BE RECEIVING 
APPROXIMATELY $1.8

[Captioner] 20:34:18
 MILLION MORE 
IN ONGOING PROPERTY TAX

[Captioner] 20:34:21
 REVENUE 
THAN WE HAD ASSUMED BASED ON THE 
PRELIMINARY

[Captioner] 20:34:25
 INFORMATION FROM THE 
COUNTY

[Captioner] 20:34:28
 ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE TWO ADDITIONAL 
QUARTERS

[Captioner] 20:34:31
 OF SALES TAX 
COLLECTIONS SUGGESTS THAT AT

[Captioner] 20:34:34
 
LEAST $2.4 MILLION OF WHAT WE 
BELIEVED WAS ONE

[Captioner] 20:34:37
-TIME REVENUE 
RELATED TO NEW AUTO SALES

[Captioner] 20:34:41
 IS 
ACTUALLY ONGOING.
FINALLY, THE ADDITIONAL

[Captioner] 20:34:44
 MONTHS 
OF PAYROLL DATA COMBINED WITH 
MORE

[Captioner] 20:34:48
 IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF 
HISTORICAL

[Captioner] 20:34:51
 VACANCY SAVINGS 
INDICATE WE SHOULD

[Captioner] 20:34:56
 EXPECT 
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER VACANCY 
SAVINGS THAN PROJECT

[Captioner] 20:34:59
ED OVER THE 
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
THE COMBINATION OF

[Captioner] 20:35:02
 HIGHER 
ONGOING REVENUES AND VACANCY 
SAVINGS

[Captioner] 20:35:05
 IS PROJECTED TO MORE 
THAN OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL URCH

[Captioner] 20:35:08
 UN

[Captioner] 20:35:11

UNANTICIPATED LABOR COSTS OVER 
THE THREE YEAR FORECAST PERIOD 


[Captioner] 20:35:14
SO STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING ANY 
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT

[Captioner] 20:35:17
 YEAR 
BUDGET.
AS PART OF THE 2022

[Captioner] 20:35:20
-23 MID YEAR 
REPORT,

[Captioner] 20:35:24
 IN MARCH 2023, STAFF MAY

[Captioner] 20:35:27
 
RECOMMEND ADJUSTMENTS TO REVENUE 
ESTIMATES AND EXPENDITURES

[Captioner] 20:35:30
 TO 
REFLECT INFORMATION WE HAVE 
RECEIVED THROUGH

[Captioner] 20:35:33
 FEBRUARY WHICH 
IS OUR USUAL PRACTICE.


[Captioner] 20:35:37
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN

[Captioner] 20:35:40
 SUMMARY, THE

[Captioner] 20:35:45
 COMBINATION OF

[Captioner] 20:35:49
 
BETTER THAN EXPECTED R LEVERS US 
WITH $13

[Captioner] 20:35:52
.2 MILLION IN YOU 
AVAILABLE UNRESERVED

[Captioner] 20:35:54
 FUND 
BALANCE.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS GOOD NEWS WE'RE 


[Captioner] 20:35:58
STILL FACE WEDNESDAY INCREASING 
REVENUE VOLATILITY,

[Captioner] 20:36:02
 HIGH LEVELS 
OF INFLATION, A

[Captioner] 20:36:06
 POTENTIAL 
RECESSION AND A LONG LIST OF 
CAPITAL

[Captioner] 20:36:10
 INVESTMENT NEEDS ABOUT.
FOR THESE REASONS STAFF

[Captioner] 20:36:12
 IS 
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY 
COUNCIL ALLOCATE THE AVAILABLE 


[Captioner] 20:36:16
FUNNELED BALANCE TO INCREASE THE 
GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNCERTAINTY 
RESERVE

[Captioner] 20:36:19
 AND TO SUPPORT THE 
UPCOMING FIVE YEAR

[Captioner] 20:36:22
 CAPITAL 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SHIFTING TO THE CURRENT YEAR

[Captioner] 20:36:25
 AND 
THE NEXT TWO YEARS, OUR UPDATE

[Captioner] 20:36:29
ED 
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE

[Captioner] 20:36:33
 SAVINGS 
ESTIMATES MORE THAN OFFSET THE 
COSTS

[Captioner] 20:36:36
 IMPOSED BY THE RECENT 
LABOR AGREEMENTS.
IN PART

[Captioner] 20:36:40
 OF THE BUDGET REVIEW IN 
MARCH I'LL PRESENT

[Captioner] 20:36:44
 AN UPDATED 
ESTIMATE AND A PRELIMINARY 
FORECAST FOR

[Captioner] 20:36:46
 THE NEXT THREE 
YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:36:51
WE PLAN TO PRESENT THE MID YEAR 
BUDGET REVIEW

[Captioner] 20:36:54
 ON MARCH 7th AND 
THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:36:58
 
FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR ON MAY 
16th.


[Captioner] 20:37:01
THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 
PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON

[Captioner] 20:37:04
 
JUNE 6th, WITH THE SECOND 
PUBLIC HEARING AND

[Captioner] 20:37:07
 BUDGET 
ADOPTION SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 
13th.


[Captioner] 20:37:11
I'VE COMPLETED MY PRESENTATION, 
AND WILL RETURN THE FLOOR

[Captioner] 20:37:14
 TO THE 
MAYOR FOR QUESTIONS AND 
DISCUSSION

[Captioner] 20:37:18
.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU

[Captioner] 20:37:21
, 
DIRECTOR PERNLZ

[Captioner] 20:37:24
 PERSSELIN

[Captioner] 20:37:28
 AND FOR THEIR 
DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS AREA AND 
WE REALLY

[Captioner] 20:37:31
 APPRECIATE ALL THE 
THOUGHTFULNESS THAT'S BEEN PUT 
INTO

[Captioner] 20:37:34
 THE PROPOSALS AND HOW WE 
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE 
CONSISTENCY

[Captioner] 20:37:37
 IN HAVING A STRONG 
FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE LAST 
27 YEARS

[Captioner] 20:37:41
.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO 
TURN IT FOR

[Captioner] 20:37:44
 COUNCILMEMBERS 
QUESTIONS.
AND I'LL BEGIN

[Captioner] 20:37:47
 WITH 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.


[Captioner] 20:37:52
>> Councilmember Kassan:   THANK 
YOU, THIS THE WONDERFUL NEWS, 
VERY GOOD

[Captioner] 20:37:56
 TO HEAR.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 
UPCOMING AUDIT.

[Captioner] 20:37:59

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS 
FROM THE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 20:38:03
 ABOUT THE 
SITUATION WITH OUR FORMER CITY 
MANAGER

[Captioner] 20:38:07
.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THE AUDIT 
WILL INCLUDE

[Captioner] 20:38:10
 A REPORT REGARDING

[Captioner] 20:38:14
 
POSSIBLE MISALLOCATION OF FUNDS 
RELATED TO

[Captioner] 20:38:17
 THAT SITUATION.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:38:22
>> David Persselin:   THANKS, 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.
THAT

[Captioner] 20:38:25
 IS A BIG QUESTION AND IN 
FACT OUR

[Captioner] 20:38:29
 OUTSIDE AUDITOR HAS 
BEEN ENGAGED BY THE CITY AS A 
SEPARATE ENGAGE

[Captioner] 20:38:32
MENT TO ASSESS

[Captioner] 20:38:35
 
THE PURCHASE CARD PROGRAM AND 
MAKE RECOMMENDATION

[Captioner] 20:38:39
S.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF 
REVIEWING A

[Captioner] 20:38:42
 DRAFT, AND THAT 
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE PROBABLY 
WITHIN THE

[Captioner] 20:38:45
 NEXT MONTH.


[Captioner] 20:38:50
>> Councilmember Kassan:   OKAY 
SO I'M HEARING THAT THERE WILL 
BE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING

[Captioner] 20:38:53
 
PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING 
AGAIN.


[Captioner] 20:38:56
BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE WILL 
BE A REPORT ON THE DETAILS THAT 
COULD BE AVAILABLE

[Captioner] 20:39:00
 TO THE PUBLIC 
REGARDING THE MISMANAGEMENT OR

[Captioner] 20:39:02
 
THE MISAPPROPRIATION THAT 
HAPPENED IN THE PAST.


[Captioner] 20:39:09
>> David Persselin:   THE 
ASSESSMENT BY THE OUTSIDE

[Captioner] 20:39:12
 
AUDITOR WAS TO LOOK AT OUR

[Captioner] 20:39:16
 
COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PURCHASE 
CARD PROCEDURES

[Captioner] 20:39:19
 AND TO IDENTIFY

[Captioner] 20:39:23
 
ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAKE

[Captioner] 20:39:26
 
IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT 
WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC REPORT.


[Captioner] 20:39:31
>> Councilmember Kassan:   OKAY, 
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL NOT 
BE ANY

[Captioner] 20:39:35
 REPORT REGARDING WHAT 
HAPPENED

[Captioner] 20:39:39
 WITH OUR FORMER CITY 
MANAGER,

[Captioner] 20:39:43
 AND I'M NOT CERTAIN 
THAT IT'S CLEAR

[Captioner] 20:39:46
 THAT EVERYTHING 
WAS NECESSARILY JUST RELATED TO 
THAT

[Captioner] 20:39:49
 CARD.
I JUST -- I

[Captioner] 20:39:53
 WOULD REQUEST, AND I 
DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 20:39:56
 IF OTHERS 
WOULD SUPPORT THIS.
BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT

[Captioner] 20:39:59
 WE DO 
PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE PUBLIC.
I THINK PEOPLE

[Captioner] 20:40:02
 DO DESERVE TO 
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

[Captioner] 20:40:05
.
AND NOT ONLY KNOW WHAT

[Captioner] 20:40:08
 WE'RE 
GOING TO DO TO PREVENT IT IN THE 
FUTURE BUT TO ALSO HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:40:11
 
COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF WHAT DID 
HAPPEN.

[Captioner] 20:40:14

THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:40:24
>> Mayor Mei:   NEXT ON OUR 
COUNCIL LIST

[Captioner] 20:40:28
 IS

[Captioner] 20:40:31
 COUNCILMEMBER 
SALWAN.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   THANK 


[Captioner] 20:40:34
YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU 
MR. PERSSELIN

[Captioner] 20:40:37
 FOR THE DETAILED 
REPORT.
I ALWAYS ENJOY

[Captioner] 20:40:40
 THESE BUDGET 
PRESENTATIONS.
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.


[Captioner] 20:40:43
WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION FOR THE 
VOLATILITY OF

[Captioner] 20:40:47
 THE AUTO SALES?
IT SEEMS LIKE IT JUMPS A LOT

[Captioner] 20:40:50
.
IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION THAT 
CAN YOU OFFER THAT CAN

[Captioner] 20:40:54
 HELP 
SMOOTH US GOING FORWARD SO WE 
CAN PREDICT

[Captioner] 20:40:58
 IT BETTER?
>> David Persselin:   I WISH I 
HAD A

[Captioner] 20:41:01
 GOOD EXPLANATION.
IT IS VERY CHALLENGING FOR US TO

[Captioner] 20:41:04
 
IDENTIFY WHAT THE FACTORS ARE 
THAT CAUSE EITHER A BIG SPIKE OR 


[Captioner] 20:41:07
A BIG DROP.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I

[Captioner] 20:41:10
 MADE 
THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE 
THE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE

[Captioner] 20:41:14
.
BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE 
JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT

[Captioner] 20:41:18
 OF INSIGHT 
OR INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP US.


[Captioner] 20:41:24
>> Councilmember Salwan:   OKAY.
AND

[Captioner] 20:41:27
 AS FAR AS THE UPCOMING 
RECESSION, ARE WE MAKING

[Captioner] 20:41:33
 ANY 
ADJUSTMENTS TO ANY OF OUR 
PROJECTIONS FOR A

[Captioner] 20:41:36
 POTENTIAL 
RECESSION OR SLOW DOWN?
>> David Persselin: 

[Captioner] 20:41:39
  SO TO BE 
CLEAR, WE AREN'T

[Captioner] 20:41:42
 CURRENTLY 
SEEING A RECESSION OR SLOW DOWN 
IN OUR REVENUE

[Captioner] 20:41:45
 STREAM.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS

[Captioner] 20:41:49
 THAT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INCREASING 
INTEREST

[Captioner] 20:41:52
 RATES IN AN ATTEMPT TO 
SLOW

[Captioner] 20:41:56
 OR REVERSE THE HIGH LEVELS 
OF INFLATION

[Captioner] 20:41:59
.
AND THAT MANY ECONOMISTS

[Captioner] 20:42:03
 ARE 
PROJECTING THAT THOSE HIGH 
INTEREST

[Captioner] 20:42:06
 RATES WILL BRING A 
RECESSION IN THE FUTURE

[Captioner] 20:42:10
.
AGAIN THIS IS PART OF THE REASON 
WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING

[Captioner] 20:42:13
 THAT WE 
INCREASE THE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY 
RESERVE,

[Captioner] 20:42:16
 BUT AT THIS POINT, IT 
WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US

[Captioner] 20:42:20
 TO 
REDUCE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY 
BASED

[Captioner] 20:42:23
 ON SPECULATION, THAT A 
RECESSION WILL LAP

[Captioner] 20:42:30
 HAPPEN IN THE 
FUTURE AT SOME POINT.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   SO 


[Captioner] 20:42:33
WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE 
IF THERE IS A SLOW DOWN?


[Captioner] 20:42:36
>> David Persselin:   SO IF 
THERE IS A SLOW DOWN DEPENDING 
ON WHEN IT

[Captioner] 20:42:39
 OCCURS, WE CAN 
OBVIOUSLY TAKE STEPS

[Captioner] 20:42:44
 TO MAKE 
CHANGES TO OUR BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:42:47
.
IN THE CASE I'LL JUST GO BACK TO 
WHAT HAPPENED WITH COVID

[Captioner] 20:42:50
.
WHEN COVID HIT, IN MARCH

[Captioner] 20:42:54
 OF 
2020, WE WERE ABLE TO

[Captioner] 20:42:57
 DRAW ON 
OUR BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE

[Captioner] 20:43:00
 
TO MAINTAIN SERVICES FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF

[Captioner] 20:43:03
 THAT FISCAL YEAR 
WHILE WE

[Captioner] 20:43:07
 IDENTIFIED $12 MILLION 
OF BUDGET REDUCTION

[Captioner] 20:43:10
S THAT WE 
INCLUDED IN THE NEXT YEAR

[Captioner] 20:43:13
'S 
BUDGET.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH

[Captioner] 20:43:17
 THE 
APPROACH THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY 
TAKE.

[Captioner] 20:43:20

THAT'S, AGAIN, THE IDEA OF THE 
BUDGET UNCERTAINTY

[Captioner] 20:43:24
 RESERVE IS TO 
ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN SERVICES TO 
THE

[Captioner] 20:43:27
 COMMUNITY WHILE WE IDENTIFY 
AND, YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 20:43:30
 TAKE MEASURED 
STEPS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR

[Captioner] 20:43:34
 
BUDGET ACCORDING TO WHAT THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.


[Captioner] 20:43:42
>> Councilmember Salwan:   SO 
MORE OR LESS THIS SOUNDS LIKE 
THE BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:43:45
 UNCERTAINTY RESERVE 
WILL BE THE WAY

[Captioner] 20:43:48
 WE'LL FUND ANY 
DEFICIENCIES AND THEN CORRECT IT 
OVER TIME IS

[Captioner] 20:43:51
 WHAT IT SOUNDS 
LIKE.
YEAH I HEAR THE

[Captioner] 20:43:55
 ASSISTANT CITY 
MANAGER NODDING HER HEAD SO THAT 
MAKES SENSE

[Captioner] 20:43:58
.
SO SPEAKING OF FED

[Captioner] 20:44:01
 RATE HIKES 
HOW WILL THAT AFFECT OUR DEBT 
THAT WE HAVE TO

[Captioner] 20:44:04
 PAY?
>> David Persselin:   ALL OF OUR 
DEBT

[Captioner] 20:44:07
 ISSUANCE IS FIXED RATE 
BONDS.

[Captioner] 20:44:11

SO THOSE RATES ARE FIXED, AND 
THEY ARE

[Captioner] 20:44:15
 NOT AFFECTED BY

[Captioner] 20:44:18
 THE 
INCREASES THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN 
THE, SAY

[Captioner] 20:44:22
, MORTGAGE MARKET OR 
OTHER INTEREST RATE MARKETS.


[Captioner] 20:44:26
>> Councilmember Salwan:   
THAT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR.


[Captioner] 20:44:29
THERE WAS NO MENTION ABOUT THE 
NEW FIRE ENGINE

[Captioner] 20:44:32
 SERVICE THAT WE 
SPOKE ABOUT.
IS THAT STILL HAPPENING OR

[Captioner] 20:44:35
 
WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT?
>> David Persselin:   YES

[Captioner] 20:44:39
, SO 
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING 
ANY

[Captioner] 20:44:42
 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT 
YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET, WE ARE

[Captioner] 20:44:45
 
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE 
ACTIVATION OF THE NEW

[Captioner] 20:44:48
 FIRE 
ENGINE COMPANY.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   


[Captioner] 20:44:51
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE MORE ABOUT YOU 
MENTIONED

[Captioner] 20:44:55
 THE ENCUMBRANCE 
BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $

[Captioner] 20:44:59
20 
MILLION AND THE WAY I INTERPRET 
IT IS THAT THESE ARE

[Captioner] 20:45:02
 EXPENSES OR 
THINGS OWED.

[Captioner] 20:45:05

COULD YOU GIVE US MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT WHAT THESE ARE FROM

[Captioner] 20:45:08
?
FOR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN 
KIND OF HIGH

[Captioner] 20:45:11
 LEVEL FASHION?
>> David Persselin:   SURE.
SO AS I

[Captioner] 20:45:14
 MENTIONED ABOUT HALF OF 
THE TOTAL CITY-WIDE

[Captioner] 20:45:18
 ENCUMBRANCE 
BALANCE, SO THIS IS CITYWIDE, 
NOT IN THE

[Captioner] 20:45:21
 GENERAL FUND, RELATES 
TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS

[Captioner] 20:45:24
 
AND ACTUALLY ANOTHER LARGE 
PORTION RELATES TO OUR

[Captioner] 20:45:28
 GAS TAX 
FUNDS WHICH PROVIDE STREET 
MAINTENANCE SERVICES

[Captioner] 20:45:31
.
SO MOST OF THOSE ENCUMBRANCE

[Captioner] 20:45:34
S 
ARE RELATED TO CONTRACTS

[Captioner] 20:45:37
 THAT 
WE'VE ENTERED INTO WITH SERVICE 
PROVIDERS

[Captioner] 20:45:40
 OR CONTRACTORS FOR 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

[Captioner] 20:45:43
.
AND THEY'RE BEING CARRIED OVER 
TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR

[Captioner] 20:45:46
.
IN THE GENERAL FUND ITSELF, 
THERE'S

[Captioner] 20:45:50
 ABOUT $1.4 MILLION OF 
ENCUMBRANCE

[Captioner] 20:45:53
S, AND ABOUT $600,000 
OF

[Captioner] 20:45:57
 THAT RELATES TO CONTRACTS FOR 
SOMETHING THAT

[Captioner] 20:46:00
 YOU MIGHT RECALL 
WHICH IS THAT WE'RE UPGRADING

[Captioner] 20:46:05
 
THE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 20:46:09
 RADIO ENCRYPTION 
CAPABILITIES

[Captioner] 20:46:12
 ON OUR PUBLIC 
SAFETY RADIOS.

[Captioner] 20:46:16

AND ABOUT $600,000 OF THAT $1

[Captioner] 20:46:19
.4 
MILLION IS THE CONTRACT FOR 
THOSE

[Captioner] 20:46:22
 ENCRYPTION SERVICES WHICH 
AGAIN, WASN'T COMPLETED IN

[Captioner] 20:46:26
 THE 
CURRENT YEAR.
SO WE'LL BE PAYING SOME

[Captioner] 20:46:29
 OF THAT 
NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
>> Councilmember Salwan:  

[Captioner] 20:46:32
 THANK 
YOU.
AND THERE WAS A MENTION OF AN

[Captioner] 20:46:35
 
ALLOCATION OF GENERAL FUND

[Captioner] 20:46:38
 
TRANSFER $10.SEN

[Captioner] 20:46:42
10.7 MILLION FOR 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.


[Captioner] 20:46:45
I UNDERSTAND TWO OF THEM, THE 
PARKS MASTER PLAN,

[Captioner] 20:46:48
 IS THAT FOR 
DESIGN OF THE MASTER PLAN OR 
IMPLEMENTATION

[Captioner] 20:46:51
 OF THINGS WE WANT 
TO SEE IN THE PARKS?
WHAT SPECIFICALLY

[Captioner] 20:46:54
 IS THAT GOING 
FOR?

[Captioner] 20:46:57

>> David Persselin:   SO THE

[Captioner] 20:47:00
 
$10.7 MILLION TRANSFER IS FOR 
TRANSFER

[Captioner] 20:47:04
 TO THE CAPITAL 
IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON THE

[Captioner] 20:47:08
 
NEXT FIVE-YEAR CIP, START

[Captioner] 20:47:11
ING 
REALLY RIGHT NOW.
IT AGAINST

[Captioner] 20:47:14
 I

[Captioner] 20:47:17
 BEGINS IN THE FALL.
AND WE'LL BE

[Captioner] 20:47:20
 BRINGING TO THE 
COUNCIL A LIST OF RECOMMENDED 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

[Captioner] 20:47:23
 
OVER THAT FIVE YEAR HORIZON, 
SOME OF WHICH WILL BE FUND

[Captioner] 20:47:25
ED 
FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
FUND.


[Captioner] 20:47:28
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, WE'RE 
MAKING

[Captioner] 20:47:32
 DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR 
PROJECTS IN GENERAL, AND

[Captioner] 20:47:35
 THEN 
WE'RE GOING TO BE RETURNING TO 
COUNCIL WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:47:38
 CAPITAL 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO OBTAIN 
COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:47:41
 APPROVAL FOR SPECIFIC 
PROJECTS.


[Captioner] 20:47:45
>> Councilmember Salwan:   THANK 
YOU.
SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CIP 


[Captioner] 20:47:47
CYCLE.
>> YES.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   


[Captioner] 20:47:50
EXCELLENT, YES.
AND LABORATORIES,

[Captioner] 20:47:54
 LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

[Captioner] 20:47:57
 I G

[Captioner] 20:48:00
 GUESS 
I'M CHIME IN TOO, LOOK

[Captioner] 20:48:05
ING TO 
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME 
AND TO

[Captioner] 20:48:09
 PREVENT SUCH AN INCIDENT 
OCCURRING AND ALSO MAKING SURE 
THAT

[Captioner] 20:48:12
 WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT SO 
I WOULD SUPPORT THE EFFORTS

[Captioner] 20:48:15
 TO 
LET THERE BE LIGHT AND CLARITY 
ON WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW WE

[Captioner] 20:48:18
 CAN 
PREVENT THAT GOING FORWARD AS 
FAR AS THE ACTIONS

[Captioner] 20:48:20
 OF THE CITY 
MANAGER.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:48:24
>> David Persselin:   JUST TO BE 
CLEAR.
THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR THAT

[Captioner] 20:48:28
 WE'VE 
ENGAGED TO LOOK AT OUR PURCHASE

[Captioner] 20:48:31
 
CARD PROGRAM WOULDN'T BE THE

[Captioner] 20:48:35
 
APPROPRIATE TYPE OF

[Captioner] 20:48:38
 CONSULTANT 
OR INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT WHAT

[Captioner] 20:48:42
 
PERHAPS WAS A CRIMINAL ACTION.
SO I'M

[Captioner] 20:48:45
 GOING TO DEFER

[Captioner] 20:48:48
 TO THE 
CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY 
ATTORNEY

[Captioner] 20:48:51
 ON, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING 
RELATED TO INVESTIGATION

[Captioner] 20:48:55
 RELATED 
TO FORMER CITY MANAGER.


[Captioner] 20:49:03
>> THANK YOU, I'LL TAKE THAT 
QUESTION.
AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE

[Captioner] 20:49:06
 AND AS 
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE LIKELY 
AWARE

[Captioner] 20:49:10
, THE MATTER RELATED TO 
FORMER

[Captioner] 20:49:14
 CITY MANAGER MARK DANAJ 
IS

[Captioner] 20:49:17
 CURRENTLY WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:49:20
 DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY'S, CONSIDERED A 
CRIMINAL MATTER

[Captioner] 20:49:23
, AND THAT'S 
WHERE WE ARE STATUS WISE, THERE 
IS NO ACTION

[Captioner] 20:49:26
 FOR THE CITY TO 
TAKE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HEARING

[Captioner] 20:49:29
 IN 
THAT MATTER WILL TAKE PLACE 
SOMETIME IN DECEMBER OF THIS

[Captioner] 20:49:33
 
YEAR AND THAT IS THE LATEST 
INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS AT 


[Captioner] 20:49:36
THIS POINT.


[Captioner] 20:49:41
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS

[Captioner] 20:49:42
 LEFT FOR 
YOU?
>> Councilmember Salwan:   


[Captioner] 20:49:46
THAT'S IT.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


[Captioner] 20:49:49
THANK YOU.
I SEE TWO.


[Captioner] 20:49:54
>> Councilmember Keng:   THANK 
YOU MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU 
AGAIN

[Captioner] 20:49:57
 DIRECTOR PERSSELIN FOR 
YOUR DETAILED PRESENTATION.
SO IN

[Captioner] 20:50:00
 FREMONT IT IS A PRIORITY 
FOR THE COUNCIL TEAM AND STAFF 
THAT

[Captioner] 20:50:03
 WE ARE FISCALLY 
RESPONSIBLE,

[Captioner] 20:50:07
 AND THAT WE ARE 
FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, SO

[Captioner] 20:50:10
 IT'S 
GREAT TO SEE THAT WE ARE SEEING 
THE

[Captioner] 20:50:14
 HIGHER TAX, SALES TAX 
REVENUE COMING OUT OF

[Captioner] 20:50:17
 THE 
PANDEMIC.
HOWEVER WE DO NEED TO FRIAR FOR

[Captioner] 20:50:20
 
THE INCOMING YEARS

[Captioner] 20:50:23
 OF 
UNCERTAINTY INCLUDING INFLATION

[Captioner] 20:50:27
, 
RATE INCREASE, POTENTIAL

[Captioner] 20:50:30
 
RECESSION.
SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT TO 


[Captioner] 20:50:34
INCREASE THE BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:50:37
 UNCERTAINTY 
RESERVE.
THE PROPOSED ONE AND ALSO

[Captioner] 20:50:41
 TO 
SUPPORT THE INCREASE OF CIP.


[Captioner] 20:50:47
AND ALSO THE TIMING, AS EARLIER

[Captioner] 20:50:52
 
CITY ATTORNEY ALVARADO, HAD

[Captioner] 20:50:56
 
MENTIONED THAT THE FORMER CITY 
MANAGER'S

[Captioner] 20:50:59
 MISHANDLING OF FUNDS 
IS IN THE HANDS OF THE

[Captioner] 20:51:02
 D.A. AND 
ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION 
COMING OUT THERE

[Captioner] 20:51:06
 THAT IF WE CAN 
MAKE IT THE CITY THE

[Captioner] 20:51:08
 CONFINED OF 
SHARE THAT INFORMATION SO IT'S 
CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED.


[Captioner] 20:51:11
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:51:20
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
NEXT ON OUR COUNCIL IS 
COUNCILMEMBER COX.


[Captioner] 20:51:26
>> Councilmember Cox:   THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:51:36
MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, TO

[Captioner] 20:51:39
 MR. PERSSELIN OF HIS

[Captioner] 20:51:43
 
VERY INFORMATIVE REPORT THAT 
DOES RIGHT NOW

[Captioner] 20:51:46
 HAVE SOME GOOD 
NEWS.
AND I

[Captioner] 20:51:49
 DID WANT TO ASK A COUPLE 
OF QUESTIONS

[Captioner] 20:51:53
.
IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET 
UNCERTAINTY

[Captioner] 20:51:57
 RESERVE THAT YOU'RE 
PROPOSING,

[Captioner] 20:52:00
 $2.5 MILLION, YOU 
KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT

[Captioner] 20:52:03
 JUST BASIC 
LIVING THAT HAS IMPACTED ALL OF

[Captioner] 20:52:06
 
US ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, 
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK

[Captioner] 20:52:10
 AT GAS AND HOW 
EXPENSIVE THE GAS IS,

[Captioner] 20:52:13
 AND 
LOOKING AT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS 
FOR OUR

[Captioner] 20:52:18
 FIRST RESPONDERS TO DO 
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, IS

[Captioner] 20:52:22
 THERE A 
DOUBLE CHECK IN TERMS OF THE 
NUMBER FOR

[Captioner] 20:52:25
 FUEL COST, BECAUSE

[Captioner] 20:52:29
 AS 
RECEDING

[Captioner] 20:52:32
 ATREND, SOME OF IT HAS 
GONE UP 60% IN ONE

[Captioner] 20:52:35
 YEAR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
I KNOW WE HAVE

[Captioner] 20:52:38
 ELECTRIC 
TRIRVETION

[Captioner] 20:52:42
 ELECTRIFICATION 
GOING ON WITH

[Captioner] 20:52:45
 SOME OF OUR 
VEHICLES BUT BEING SETTLE UP

[Captioner] 20:52:48
 IN 
THE ELECTRICAL BUDGET MODE, 
ELECTRICAL VEHICLE MODE.


[Captioner] 20:52:51
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO

[Captioner] 20:52:54
 THIS 
AND ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT

[Captioner] 20:52:58
 OF THE 
COMMODITY FRIESING THAT'S 
HAPPENING WITH FUEL BUT

[Captioner] 20:53:01
 ALSO 
JUST DOUBLE CHECKING IN TERMS OF 
A LOT OF OUR

[Captioner] 20:53:04
 CONTRACTS.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME

[Captioner] 20:53:08
 CONTRACTS 
THAT DO HAVE PROVISIONS OF PRICE 
ADJUSTMENT

[Captioner] 20:53:11
.
AND I KNOW THAT

[Captioner] 20:53:15
 WE'RE DOING OUR 
BEST TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE 
COST.


[Captioner] 20:53:18
BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT 
ARE BEING PASSED ON WHETHER

[Captioner] 20:53:21
 IT'S 
FROM THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, 
WHETHER IT'S

[Captioner] 20:53:25
 FROM THE INDUSTRY 
SURCHARGES FROM THE STATE

[Captioner] 20:53:28
 OF 
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON ENERGY 
USAGE.


[Captioner] 20:53:31
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS 
HAPPENING

[Captioner] 20:53:34
 AT THE SAME TIME THAT 
ARE ROLLING OUT BUDGETS

[Captioner] 20:53:37
 THAT

[Captioner] 20:53:42
 
WHAT YOU HAVE IN RETHINKING IF 
THERE'S

[Captioner] 20:53:45
 ANY ADVICE OR ANYTHING 
ELSE THAT YOU COULD

[Captioner] 20:53:49
 REASSURE 
NIGHT AS THIS BUDGET IS BEFORE 
US AND

[Captioner] 20:53:52
 YOU'RE DOING WHAT WE HAD 
ALL TALKED ABOUT A FEW MONTHS

[Captioner] 20:53:55
 
AGO BACK IN JULY OF DELIVERING A 
BALANCED BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:53:58
 BUT ALSO 
DELIVERING

[Captioner] 20:54:01
 WHAT IS HAPPENING AND 
WHERE THERE'S THE PROS

[Captioner] 20:54:05
 AND CONS 
IN THIS BUDGET.
BUT JUST TRYING TO SEE IF

[Captioner] 20:54:08
 
THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS TO MAKE

[Captioner] 20:54:11
 
SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE 
BIT MORE IN THE RESERVE FOR 


[Captioner] 20:54:14
THESE ONE-TIME USES THAT COULD 
OCCUR A

[Captioner] 20:54:18
 LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN 
WHAT WE PREDICTED RIGHT NOW.


[Captioner] 20:54:23
>> David Persselin:   YES, ONE 
OF THE THINGS THAT I DID MENTION 
WAS THAT AS

[Captioner] 20:54:26
 PART OF THE MID YEAR 
BUDGET REPORT IN MARCH,

[Captioner] 20:54:29
 WHICH IS 
BASED ON APPROXIMATELY SIX 
MONTHS

[Captioner] 20:54:33
 OF REVENUE EXPENDITURE 
DATA, WE MAY BE

[Captioner] 20:54:36
 MAKING BUDGET 
ADJUSTMENT

[Captioner] 20:54:39
 RECOMMENDATIONS TO 
THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF,

[Captioner] 20:54:42
 AT THE MIDWAY POINT, WE 
SEE THAT WE ARE

[Captioner] 20:54:45
 IN FACT 
SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDING OUR 
BUDGET FOR

[Captioner] 20:54:48
 FUEL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE 
MIGHT

[Captioner] 20:54:52
 ACTUALLY RECOMMEND TO THE 
CITY COUNCIL THAT WE INCREASE 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR

[Captioner] 20:54:55
 THAT PURPOSE.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE

[Captioner] 20:54:58
 WOULD 
BE DOING AS PART OF THE MID YEAR 
BUDGET REPORT

[Captioner] 20:55:02
.
>> Councilmember Cox:   OKAY SO 
IT'S BASICALLY COULD YOU COME 


[Captioner] 20:55:05
BACK, I MEAN TODAY IS TODAY, OF 
WHAT THE FACTS ARE, AND

[Captioner] 20:55:08
 THEN IF 
THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT WE NEED

[Captioner] 20:55:11
 
TO ADDRESS YOU WOULD BRING IT 
FORTH IN THAT

[Captioner] 20:55:14
 SIX-MONTH REVIEW 
PERIOD TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THINGS 
NEED

[Captioner] 20:55:18
 TO BE ADJUSTED AT THAT 
TIME.
CORRECT?

[Captioner] 20:55:20

>> David Persselin:   THAT'S 
EXACTLY RIGHT.


[Captioner] 20:55:23
>> Councilmember Cox:   OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:55:26
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
I

[Captioner] 20:55:30
 SEE COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.

[Captioner] 20:55:32

>> Councilmember Kassan:   YEAH, 
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND A 


[Captioner] 20:55:35
LITTLE BIT BETTER THE DIVISION 
OF RESPONSIBILITIES

[Captioner] 20:55:38
 TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITH 
THE FORMER CITY MANAGER

[Captioner] 20:55:41
.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CASE IS

[Captioner] 20:55:44
 
BEING PROSECUTED, SO

[Captioner] 20:55:48
 OBVIOUSLY 
SOME EVIDENCE WOULD NEED TO BE 
GATHERED BY

[Captioner] 20:55:51
 THE D.A.
BUT IF WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:55:55
 HAVING AN AUDIT IT 
SEEMS LIKE THE AUDIT

[Captioner] 20:55:58
 MIGHT COVER 
THAT AS WELL.
AND I'M JUST

[Captioner] 20:56:01
 WONDERING, YOU 
KNOW, HAS THE

[Captioner] 20:56:04
 D.A. HIRED LIKE A 
FREFN SICK

[Captioner] 20:56:07
 
FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT TO DETERMINE

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WHAT HAPPENED?
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 


[Captioner] 20:56:13
CAN ULTIMATELY GET TO A POINT 
WHERE WE CAN SHARE DETAILS WITH 
THE

[Captioner] 20:56:16
 PUBLIC ON WHAT EXACTLY DID 
 
HAPPEN.


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>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 
I'LL TAKE A PORTION.
CAN YOU HEAR

[Captioner] 20:56:26
 ME NOW?

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>> ONE MORE TIME.
>> TRY AGAIN.


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BETTER?
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S CASE IS

[Captioner] 20:56:35
 
PENDING AND REALLY THE CITY IS 
JUST MONITORING

[Captioner] 20:56:38
 UNTIL THAT 
MATTER IS RESOLVED.
AND WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:56:42
 NOT PRIVY TO WHAT 
INVESTIGATIONS

[Captioner] 20:56:45
 THE D.A.'S OFFICE 
MAY CONDUCT ON A

[Captioner] 20:56:48
 CRIMINAL MATTER 
AND THEREFORE JUST WAITING TO 
GET UPDATES AS THE

[Captioner] 20:56:50
 CASE 
PROCEEDS.
AT THIS POINT THE ONLY 


[Captioner] 20:56:54
INFORMATION WE DO HAVE IS THE 
NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE

[Captioner] 20:56:57
 IN 
DECEMBER AND AT THAT POINT WE 
MAY HAVE SOMETHING

[Captioner] 20:57:00
 ADDITIONAL TO 
REPORT.
THE AUDIT IS A COMPLETELY

[Captioner] 20:57:03
 
SEPARATE REPORT THAT HAS 
SEPARATE OBJECTIVES

[Captioner] 20:57:06
.
AND OF COURSE,

[Captioner] 20:57:09
 DIRECTOR 
PERSSELIN COULD SPEAK TO THE 
SPECIFICS OF THE

[Captioner] 20:57:12
 FOCUS BY THE 
CONSULTANT BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY 
NOT

[Captioner] 20:57:16
 GOING TO BE OVERLAP AND 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO

[Captioner] 20:57:19
 
OBVIOUSLY ENTERTAIN THE SAME 
LEVEL OF FACT REVIEW

[Captioner] 20:57:23
 THAT THE 
D.A.'S OFFICE HAS ON

[Captioner] 20:57:26
 THE 
INVESTIGATORY SIDE

[Captioner] 20:57:29
.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU, 
COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING

[Captioner] 20:57:39
 TO SAY 
HERE, I THINK FROM

[Captioner] 20:57:42
 OUR CITY 
ATTORNEY'S PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S 
TWO THINGS GOING ON

[Captioner] 20:57:45
 THAT YOUR 
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT

[Captioner] 20:57:49
 WHEN 
SOMETHING'S INVESTIGATION THAT'S 
ONE THING.


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THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE AUDITOR 
THAT IS REVIEWING OUR

[Captioner] 20:57:55
 PURCHASE 
CARD PROGRAM, RIGHT?
AND ONCE THEY

[Captioner] 20:57:59
 IDENTIFY, BECAUSE 
I USED TO RUN ONE OF THOSE

[Captioner] 20:58:03
 IN 
THE PAST LIFE BUT USUALLY WHAT 
TENDS TO HAPPEN IS THAT

[Captioner] 20:58:06
 AFTER 
YOU HAVE AN AUDIT AND YOU HAVE 
THE GAPS IN THE

[Captioner] 20:58:09
 FINDINGS AND 
THEN YOU PUT TOGETHER 
PROCEDURES, TO BE

[Captioner] 20:58:12
 ABLE TO MAKE 
THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, IS

[Captioner] 20:58:15
 THAT 
SOMETHING FROM THE AUDITOR'S

[Captioner] 20:58:19
 
WORK THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING 
TO BE SHARED

[Captioner] 20:58:23
 WITH CITY COUNCIL 
JUST IN THE PRACTICE, JUST IN 
THE PURCHASE

[Captioner] 20:58:26
 CARD PROGRAM?
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF

[Captioner] 20:58:29
 
OUR -- MY OTHER CITY COUNCIL 
MEMBERS

[Captioner] 20:58:33
 HAVE PURCHASE CARDS 
ISSUED TO THEM

[Captioner] 20:58:36
 FROM THE CITY OF 
FREMONT BUT JUST AS SOME OF US

[Captioner] 20:58:40
 
AS EVEN AS YOU BECOME NEW 
MEMBERS AND THEN AS THINGS

[Captioner] 20:58:43
 ARE 
UPDATED BASED ON REGULATIONS AND 
REPORTING

[Captioner] 20:58:47
 WITH THE GOVERNMENT 
ENTITIES THAT THINGS DO CHANGE 
AND THEY HAVE SOME SORT

[Captioner] 20:58:50
 OF 
 
RETRAINING FOR THE CARD PROGRAM.
IF

[Captioner] 20:58:53
 THERE'S ANY LIKE YOU COULD 
SHARE AND JUST GENERAL 
INFORMATION

[Captioner] 20:58:56
 IN TERMS OF

[Captioner] 20:59:00
 -- I 
UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN WITH 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN

[Captioner] 20:59:03
 AS WELL AS 
IT'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN SUPPORTED 
BY MY OTHER

[Captioner] 20:59:07
 TWO CITY COUNCIL 
MEMBERS.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT

[Captioner] 20:59:10
 CAN 
BE SHARED IN TERMS OF A NEW 
PROGRAM,

[Captioner] 20:59:13
 A NEW POLICY, A NEW

[Captioner] 20:59:16
 
THING, A NEW PART OF HOW WE'LL

[Captioner] 20:59:20
 
BE, BASED ON THE AUDIT RESULTS, 
AND HOW THOSE THINGS

[Captioner] 20:59:23
 WOULD LEAD 
TO US HAVING A NEW PURCHASE CARD

[Captioner] 20:59:27
 
PROGRAM AND PROCEDURE, IS THAT 
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE 


[Captioner] 20:59:31
WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS?
OR IS THAT SOMETHING

[Captioner] 20:59:35
 TOO EARLY 
OR IS IT MORE INFORMATION

[Captioner] 20:59:39
 NEEDED 
TO ADVISE US

[Captioner] 20:59:42
?
>> I BELIEVE DIRECTOR PERSSELIN 
SAID

[Captioner] 20:59:45
 THE INFORMATION WOULD COME 
BACK PRIOR TO THAT TIME.

[Captioner] 20:59:48

I'LL LET HIM ANSWER.
BUT THE INFORMATION FROM THE 


[Captioner] 20:59:52
AUDIT WILL BE PUBLIC AND WOULD 
BE SHARED WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:59:56
 CITY COUNCIL 
TOGETHER WITH I WOULD IMAGINE 
CHANGES

[Captioner] 20:59:59
 TO THE PROCESS.
DIRECTOR PERSSELIN

[Captioner] 21:00:03
 MAY WANT TO 
EXPAND ON WHAT I SAID.
>> David Persselin:  

[Captioner] 21:00:06
THANKS.
AS I

[Captioner] 21:00:10
 NOTED WE SEPARATELY ENGAGED 
THE AUDITOR TO DO

[Captioner] 21:00:13
 AN ASSESSMENT 
OF OUR PURCHASE CARD PROCEDURES 
AND

[Captioner] 21:00:17
 PROGRAM AND WE ARE REVIEWING 
A DRAFT OF THAT NOW.
I WOULD EXPECT

[Captioner] 21:00:20
 THAT THAT WOULD 
BE AVAILABLE TO THE

[Captioner] 21:00:23
 CITY COUNCIL 
AND THE PUBLIC SOMETIME WITHIN 
THE NEXT MONTH OR

[Captioner] 21:00:26
 TWO.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE CAN

[Captioner] 21:00:29
 TALK 
MORE IF WE WANT TO ABOUT, YOU 
KNOW,

[Captioner] 21:00:32
 WHAT CHANGES WE MIGHT BE 
MAKING TO OUR PROCEDURES.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THAT 
WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ADDRESS 


[Captioner] 21:00:41
SOME OF THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE WOULDN'T GET FULL 
DISCLOSURE

[Captioner] 21:00:44
 BUT AT LEAST THAT 
PART AND FRAIGHT

[Captioner] 21:00:47
 OPERATING IT AND 
SUCCESSFULLY

[Captioner] 21:00:50
 GOING FORWARD.
THAT WOULD BE GREATLY.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE

[Captioner] 21:00:53
.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANTED TO CHECK BEFORE

[Captioner] 21:00:57
 WE 
PROCEED, I ALSO WANT TO SEE IF 
THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS

[Captioner] 21:01:00
 ON THIS 
AGENDA ITEM WHICH I THINK THERE 
ARE

[Captioner] 21:01:03
.
>> The Clerk:   YES, WE 
CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 21:01:06
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
>> The Clerk:   FIRST SPEAKER IS 
CHRIS

[Captioner] 21:01:09
.
>> Mayor Mei:   WELCOME CHRIS.
>> THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:01:14

SO

[Captioner] 21:01:21
 MY COMMENT IS GOING TO LOOK 
VERY STRANGE RIGHT NOW OR

[Captioner] 21:01:24
 SOUND 
A LITTLE STRANGE, DO YOU

[Captioner] 21:01:27
 EVER 
LOOK BACKWARDS

[Captioner] 21:01:30
?
I THINK EVERYONE ON THE CITY 
COUNCIL WANTS TO LOOK BACKWARDS

[Captioner] 21:01:34
.
BUT IF YOU LOOK BACKWARDS TO THE 
FACT THAT

[Captioner] 21:01:38
 IF WE BUILT THAT PARK 
FIVE YEARS EARLIER

[Captioner] 21:01:41
 AND PAID 
MAINTENANCE ON IT THE TAXPAYER 
WOULD HAVE

[Captioner] 21:01:45
 PAID LEST?
WHAT'S GOING UP MORE THAN THE 
COST

[Captioner] 21:01:49
 OF LABOR IS THE COST TO 
CONSTRUCT PLACES.
AND WHEN I

[Captioner] 21:01:53
 JUST LOOK AT THINGS 
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,

[Captioner] 21:01:56
 I SEE COSTS 
THAT YOU GUYS PUT DOWN

[Captioner] 21:01:59
 
ORIGINALLY FOR $150,000 AND THEN 
A YEAR LATER

[Captioner] 21:02:02
 YOU HAD TO COME 
BACK FOR $230,000 MORE JUST TO

[Captioner] 21:02:05
 
COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO BY SAVING THAT

[Captioner] 21:02:09
 $150,000, AT A 
VERY

[Captioner] 21:02:12
 FEW PERCENTAGE RATES YOU 
LOS THE TAXPAYERS

[Captioner] 21:02:15
 A BUNCH MUCH 
MONEY AND I HEAR THAT TIME AND 
TIME AGAIN IN THE

[Captioner] 21:02:18
 BUDGET.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT 
WHAT

[Captioner] 21:02:22
 I HEAR IN THIS THING IS OH 
WE HAVE MONEY WE SHOULD SAVE IT

[Captioner] 21:02:25
.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK YOU 
GUYS SHOULD SORT OF LOOK

[Captioner] 21:02:28
 AT THE 
LONG TERM COST TO BUILD STUFF 
AND WHETHER YOU SHOULD BUILD IT

[Captioner] 21:02:31
 
NOW OR SAVE THE MONEY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT

[Captioner] 21:02:34
 A CITY CAN'T 
GO ON TO THE RED, I UNDERSTAND

[Captioner] 21:02:37
 
THAT.
BUT I THINK THE

[Captioner] 21:02:40
 COSTS, YOU'RE 
SAVING MONEY TODAY AND

[Captioner] 21:02:44
 -- BUT 
THE TAXPAYER IS PAYING MUCH MORE 
IN THE LONG

[Captioner] 21:02:47
 RUN.

[Captioner] 21:02:52

SO YOU HAVE A SURPLUS

[Captioner] 21:02:55
.
YOU WANT TO SAY YOU WANT TO USE 
IT FOR A RAINY DAY

[Captioner] 21:02:59
.
TELL THE HOMELESS THAT TODAY IS 
NOT A RAINY

[Captioner] 21:03:02
 DAY.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU 
GUYS

[Captioner] 21:03:05
 COULD BUILD A GREAT SAFE 
PARKING STRUCTURE

[Captioner] 21:03:09
 IN THE AUTO 
MALL PARKWAY.
YOU OWN THE LAND,

[Captioner] 21:03:12
 YOU'VE ALREADY 
DONE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT WOULD COST YOU LESS THAN

[Captioner] 21:03:15
 YOUR 
ACTUAL SURPLUS IS.


[Captioner] 21:03:18
ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO COMMENT 
ON THINGS I HEARD DURING THE

[Captioner] 21:03:21
 
TIME PERIOD.
I HEARD OH NO THE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 21:03:24
 REPORT 
WON'T CONTAIN THAT, AND

[Captioner] 21:03:28
 THAT 
UPSETS ME BECAUSE THERE

[Captioner] 21:03:31
 
SHOULDN'T BE ONE REPORT, THERE 
SHOULD BE DATA AND THEN THE 


[Captioner] 21:03:34
REPORT AND IF THE PUBLIC WANTS 
TO ASK FOR THE DATA, THEY CAN 
UNDER

[Captioner] 21:03:38
 THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 
ACT UNLESS IT FALLS UNDER A

[Captioner] 21:03:41
 VERY 
SMALL SET OF THINGS THEY CAN'T 
DO.


[Captioner] 21:03:44
ADDITIONALLY YOU GUYS SAID MAYBE 
YOU TWICE

[Captioner] 21:03:47
 SHOULD BUILD SPEND THE 
MONEY TO BUILD

[Captioner] 21:03:50
 THE CENTERVILLE 
COMMUNITY CENTER, REBUILD IT, 
THAT

[Captioner] 21:03:53
 WOULD BE NICE EXCEPT IT 
CURRENTLY

[Captioner] 21:03:57
 OPERATES AFTER 10 P.M. 
UNDER THE

[Captioner] 21:04:00
 CITY USE WHICH IS

[Captioner] 21:04:03
 
ASSEMBLY CODE 0.

[Captioner] 21:04:06
15.19.
I COULD

[Captioner] 21:04:09
 GO ON BECAUSE OF HOW THE

[Captioner] 21:04:13
 
AUTO R FLUCTUATE.
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:04:16

>> The Clerk:   NEXT SPEAKER IS 
KELLY.


[Captioner] 21:04:19
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE JUST HEARD THAT MARCH IS 
GOING TO BE THE

[Captioner] 21:04:22
 MIDWAY POINT BUT 
I JUST CHECKED MY

[Captioner] 21:04:25
 CALENDAR, 
DECEMBER 31st IS ACTUALLY THE 
HALFWAY POINT

[Captioner] 21:04:27
 IN THE FISCAL 
YEAR.
AND IT WOULD BE NEARLY THREE 


[Captioner] 21:04:31
QUARTERS COMPLETE IN MARCH.
SO THAT IDEA OF

[Captioner] 21:04:35
 THAT DESCRIPTOR 
OF MIDWAY NEVER APPLIES

[Captioner] 21:04:38
 TO 
MARCH.
IT MIGHT APPLY TO DECEMBER NOT

[Captioner] 21:04:41
 
MARCH.
SO TODAY WE'RE LOOKING 


[Captioner] 21:04:45
BACKWARDS, HISTORICAL REPORTS, 
NOT LOOKING FORWARD.
THE FREMONT

[Captioner] 21:04:48
 AND WE'RE NOT 
LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES.
FREMONT'S MAINTAIN

[Captioner] 21:04:51
ING A GENERAL 
FUND RESERVE

[Captioner] 21:04:54
 AT THE BEAR MINIMUM 
OF 17% OF OPERATING

[Captioner] 21:04:59
 EXPENSES

[Captioner] 21:05:03
, 
PLEASANTON KEEPS ITS OPERATING 
RESERVE

[Captioner] 21:05:08
 EVER 15% OF

[Captioner] 21:05:11
 OPERATING 
RESERVES.
ALL OR THE THE BEST, FREMONT

[Captioner] 21:05:15
 
MANAGERS OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT 
THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE

[Captioner] 21:05:18
 
WORLDS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT 


[Captioner] 21:05:21
OTHER CITIES LIKE SURVEY OF THE 
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT 
JUST

[Captioner] 21:05:24
 CAME OUT A FEW DAYS AGO, 
THEY SURVEY

[Captioner] 21:05:27
ED U.S. CITY FINANCE

[Captioner] 21:05:31
 
OFFICERS AND THEY'RE COMING OUT 
LESS OPTIMISTIC

[Captioner] 21:05:34
, THEY LOOKED AT 
FOUR CITIES AND SAW WORSENING 
FINANCES

[Captioner] 21:05:38
 IN 2023 WITH A DROP IN 
REVENUE AS THE

[Captioner] 21:05:41
 ECONOMY SLOWS.
LAST YEAR THEY WERE MUCH MORE

[Captioner] 21:05:44
 
OPT MIRVEG, 90% OMENTD 
MISCELLANEOUS BECAUSE THE

[Captioner] 21:05:47
 CITIES 
WERE RECEIVING FUNDS FOR 
PANDEMIC RELIEF.


[Captioner] 21:05:50
SOME OF THE CITIES EVEN EXPECT 
PROPERTY TAXES TO SLOW

[Captioner] 21:05:54
 DOWN OR 
DECLINE SINCE THE

[Captioner] 21:05:57
 FEDERAL 
RESERVE IS AGGRESSIVELY HIKING 
INTEREST

[Captioner] 21:06:00
 RATES, REMEMBER WE'RE 
NOT LOOKING FORWARD HERE WE'RE 
LOOK

[Captioner] 21:06:04
ING BACKWARDS TODAY.
AND NOW ACCORDING TO THE

[Captioner] 21:06:07
 CHIEF 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE 
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, 


[Captioner] 21:06:10
QUOTE, AMERICA'S CITIES ARE 
WRAISING FOR STAGF

[Captioner] 21:06:13
LATION AND 
POSSIBLE ECONOMIC

[Captioner] 21:06:16
 DOWNTURN END 
QUOTE,

[Captioner] 21:06:19
 SOME BUDGETING 
CONSERVATIVELY.

[Captioner] 21:06:24

THE

[Captioner] 21:06:27
 DISCIPLES OF

[Captioner] 21:06:31
 DR. PENGLOVE, 
WE THINK THAT'S ENOUGH OF A

[Captioner] 21:06:34
 
CUSHION TO CUSHION US FOR

[Captioner] 21:06:37
 
ANYTHING, WE'RE VERY BUSY 
LOOKING

[Captioner] 21:06:41
 IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR 
SO WE CAN'T REALLY SEE ANY

[Captioner] 21:06:44
 
RECESSION AHEAD OF US BECAUSE 
WE'RE LOOKING

[Captioner] 21:06:47
 AT THE REARVIEW 
MIRROR AT THE REVENUE STREAM.

[Captioner] 21:06:51

FREMONT HAS NO PLANS TO ISSUE 
ANY FIXED RATE BONDS SO

[Captioner] 21:06:54
 OF 
COURSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE 
AFFECTED BY HIGHER INTEREST 


[Captioner] 21:06:57
RATES.
WE'RE ONLY LOOKING BACKWARDS AT 
THE BONDS WE

[Captioner] 21:07:00
 ALREADY ISSUED 
REMEMBER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO

[Captioner] 21:07:03
 BE -- TO LIVING HERE.
LIVING HERE WE'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUE

[Captioner] 21:07:06
 LIVING IN THE BEST OF 
ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS AS

[Captioner] 21:07:11
 PROFESSOR 
PENGLOSS TOLD US YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 21:07:15
 JUST 
KEEP A SMILING FACE, HAPPY FACE 
AND DON'T

[Captioner] 21:07:18
 ISSUE ANY NEW BONDS 
BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES MIGHT 
GO

[Captioner] 21:07:21
 UP.
THANK YOU.
>> The Clerk:  

[Captioner] 21:07:24
 NEXT SPEAKER IS 
VENETA

[Captioner] 21:07:27
 VERMA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Captioner] 21:07:30

SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE 
A POSITIVE

[Captioner] 21:07:34
 BUDGET, AND WE HAVE 
GOOD INFLOW

[Captioner] 21:07:37
 AND I'M HAPPY THAT 
FREMONT IS DOING GOOD.


[Captioner] 21:07:41
BUT AS CHRIS MENTIONED, NOT 
EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL

[Captioner] 21:07:44
.
OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IS NOT 
DOING WELL.

[Captioner] 21:07:49

AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 21:07:52
 OUR 
WALKWAYS, OUR PATHWAYS

[Captioner] 21:07:55
 OUR LOCAL 
STREETS ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT.

[Captioner] 21:07:58

THAT IS FEDERAL VIOLATION -- 
THAT IS

[Captioner] 21:08:01
 VIOLATION OF FEDERAL 
LAW.
IF

[Captioner] 21:08:04
 OUR -- THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
DISABLED ARE NOT ABLE TO USE

[Captioner] 21:08:07
 THE 
WALKWAY, THE PATHWAY

[Captioner] 21:08:11
 NEXT TO THE 
PUBLIC STREET THAT IS CERTAINLY

[Captioner] 21:08:14
 
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE 
WORKING ON,

[Captioner] 21:08:17
 THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT ARE WE -- WHAT ARE WE

[Captioner] 21:08:20
 
SAYING?
WE ARE SAYING WE VALUE OUR BIKE 


[Captioner] 21:08:23
RIDERS, WE VALUE -- MAYBE WE 
VALUE

[Captioner] 21:08:26
 OUR CAR RIDERS, WE DON'T 
CARE ABOUT OUR ADA PEOPLE.

[Captioner] 21:08:29

WE DON'T CARE ABOUT DISABLED 
PEOPLE.


[Captioner] 21:08:32
THEY WANT TO TAKE A STROLL, LET 
THEM FIGURE OUT

[Captioner] 21:08:36
 HOW TO DO IT.
BECAUSE OUR LOCAL

[Captioner] 21:08:39
 CITY STREETS 
ARE CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY,

[Captioner] 21:08:42
 NOT 
ADA COMPLIANCE.
ON MY STREET WE

[Captioner] 21:08:45
 HAVE SIX, FIVE 
OR SIX TREES WHICH

[Captioner] 21:08:48
 HAVE UPROOTED 
THE SIDEWALK

[Captioner] 21:08:52
, BY ABOUT A 7

[Captioner] 21:08:55
 FOOT OR 
MORE.
I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE ANYBODY

[Captioner] 21:08:58
 
WHO IS ON WHEELCHAIR TO GO ON 
THEM.


[Captioner] 21:09:03
SO THERE ARE -- OUR CITY IS IN 
DIRE NEED

[Captioner] 21:09:06
 OF LOTS OF STUFF.
I HOPE YOU GUYS

[Captioner] 21:09:10
 LOOK AT THOSE 
THINGS TOO.
WE HAVE PUSHED A LOT

[Captioner] 21:09:13
 OF THINGS 
TO OH NOT, WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET,

[Captioner] 21:09:16
 
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY.
WE WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF

[Captioner] 21:09:19
 OUR 
CITY TREES, WE WILL NOT TAKE 
CARE OF OUR CITY

[Captioner] 21:09:22
 SIDEWALKS.
WE WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS, 
THIS IS ALL, WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:09:26
 PUSHED IT 
TO THE HOMEOWNERS BUT THAT IS 
NOT FAIR.

[Captioner] 21:09:29

THEN SOMEBODY BUYS A HOUSE IN 
FREMONT THEY'RE

[Captioner] 21:09:32
 NOT AWARE THAT 
THE CITY IS NOT DEALING WITH 
THAT.


[Captioner] 21:09:35
AND MORE THAN ANYTHING AS I SAID 
WE NEED TO BE ADA COMPLIANT

[Captioner] 21:09:39
.
I AM JUST HOPING THAT NOBODY 
GETS AN

[Captioner] 21:09:42
 IDEA THAT CITY CAN BE 
SUED FOR NOT

[Captioner] 21:09:45
 BEING FEDERALLY 
COMPLIANT WITH ADA.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:09:51
>> The Clerk:   THE NEXT SPEAKER 
IS

[Captioner] 21:09:56
 BLAIR BEEKMAN.

[Captioner] 21:09:59

>> HI BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE, THANKS 
A LOT FOR THIS ITEM

[Captioner] 21:10:03
.
(INAUDIBLE) HAVE TO CONSIDER

[Captioner] 21:10:07
 
WHAT MOVING FORWARD MEANS FOR 
OURSELVES

[Captioner] 21:10:10
.
FIRST OF ALL, VERY MUCH OF

[Captioner] 21:10:13
 A 
THANK YOU TO COUNCILPERSON

[Captioner] 21:10:16
 COME 
WHO I THINK VERY NICELY TRIED TO 
DESCRIBE KIND OF

[Captioner] 21:10:20
 THE FACTORS 
THAT CONTRIBUTED STARTING IN 20

[Captioner] 21:10:23

2021, TO THE CURRENT INFLATION 
ISSUES WE ARE NOW

[Captioner] 21:10:26
 HAVING.
WHAT SHE DIDN'T ADD

[Captioner] 21:10:29
 TO THE LIST 
THAT STARTED THE LIST I FELT 
BASICALLY,

[Captioner] 21:10:33
 WAS A PRETTY 
SIGNIFICANT RAISE IN

[Captioner] 21:10:36
 POLICE 
UNION WAGES

[Captioner] 21:10:40
 BACK IN EARLY SPRING 
OF 2021.


[Captioner] 21:10:43
AND A CONTINUING

[Captioner] 21:10:48
 (INAUDIBLE) 
THAT

[Captioner] 21:10:51
 (INAUDIBLE) BUT

[Captioner] 21:10:55
 LET'S GO 
AROUND LET IT HAPPEN.
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT

[Captioner] 21:10:59
 SAID,

[Captioner] 21:11:02
 THAT 
WE SEEM TO BE AT A TIME IN 
SILICON VALLEY

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 OF CONSOLIDATING 
AND REORGANIZING OURSELVES AND

[Captioner] 21:11:09
 
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS THE END 
OF SILICON VALLEY.

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BUT (INAUDIBLE)

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[ DISTORTED SPEECH.]
>> The Clerk: 

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  MR. BEAKMAN --

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>> YES AND RESPONSIBILITY WITH 
THOSE PRACTICES MEAN THIS HAS A 


[Captioner] 21:11:30
PURPOSE WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT.
AND THE CONCEPTS OF 
RESPONSIBILITY HAS

[Captioner] 21:11:34
 A PURPOSE IN 
HOW WE PRACTICE OUR LIVES

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 AND 
COMMUNITY AND IT IS WITH THAT IN

[Captioner] 21:11:40
 
MIND THAT THAT'S HOW WE CAN 
CONSIDER WHAT 20

[Captioner] 21:11:44
23 WILL BE 
ABOUT, AND IT

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 BUILDS -- IT 
BUILDS OUR BETTER FUTURE TO

[Captioner] 21:11:51
 
CONSIDER OUR HUMAN RIGHTS 
VALUES, CIVIL RIGHTS AND

[Captioner] 21:11:54
 
CIVILITY PROTECTION VALUES AND 
THAT'S HOW WE BUILD SUSTAIN

[Captioner] 21:11:57

SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE VERY TOUGH ISSUES OF THE 


[Captioner] 21:12:00
ECONOMY COMING UP AND IT'S MUDDY 
AND QUESTIONABLE.

[Captioner] 21:12:04

AND WE'S NAVIGATED

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 WE WE'VE

[Captioner] 21:12:10
 ALWAYS NAVIGATED 
AND RECEIVED,

[Captioner] 21:12:13
 BASICALLY AND 2023 
IS AN UN

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COMFORTABLE KIND OF YEAR 
WE CAN SAY WE HAVE BETTER PLANS 
IN STORE AND

[Captioner] 21:12:20
 WE CAN WORK TOWARDS 
THOSE PLANS AND I THINK I'M 
TRYING TO

[Captioner] 21:12:23
 DESCRIBE WAYS TO 
REALLY NAVIGATE 2023.

[Captioner] 21:12:26

AND ALL MY PREVIOUS WORDS IN 
PAST MONTHS

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 ABOUT DO WE HAVE TO 
PREPARE FOR A NATURAL DISASTER 
OR

[Captioner] 21:12:33
 EARTHQUAKE IN 23, TO SIMPLY 
MENTION IT AND

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 TO TRY TO 
MITIGATE IT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
TRY TO MITIGATE

[Captioner] 21:12:39
 IT THAT CAN GIVE 
US OPTIONS IN HOW TO OPENLY TALK

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ABOUT AND SAFELY TALK ABOUT 2023 
AND PLAN

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 WELL AND WORK TOWARDS A 
COMMUNITY

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 SAFETY PRACTICES, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
REIMAGINE THOSE ARE

[Captioner] 21:12:53
 REALLY 
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS WAY MORE 
IMPORTANT

[Captioner] 21:12:56
 THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND TECHNOLOGY.
LET'S FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS.

[Captioner] 21:12:59

>> The Clerk:   NEXT SPEAKER IS 
KATHERINE.


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>> HI, I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH 
EVERYONE HERE THAT IS TALKING 
ABOUT

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 THE NEED FOR A SURPLUS TO 
BE USED

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 FOR HOMELESS, UNHOUSED,

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UNDERHOUSED

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 PEOPLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACE WREST 
THAT MONEY

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 PLACES

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 WHERE 
THAT MONEY COUGH USED.
AND I

[Captioner] 21:13:39
 COULD BE USED.
AND I

[Captioner] 21:13:42
 THINK DIVIDING THAT MONEY 
IN PLACES WHERE THAT

[Captioner] 21:13:45
 MONEY COULD 
BE USED TO SERVICE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE AT RISK

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 OR HOMELESS WOULD BE 
A GREAT

[Captioner] 21:13:52
 HELP IN SPEEDING THINGS

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UP FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO 
ARE LIVING ON THE

[Captioner] 21:13:59
 STREETS.

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ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I HAVE, 
TOO,

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 IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 
SOME

[Captioner] 21:14:12
 SORT OF ENTITY OR

[Captioner] 21:14:15
 AGENCY 
THAT WOULD GIVE OVERSIGHT TO

[Captioner] 21:14:18
 
SOME OF THESE LOW INCOME 
COMMUNITIES

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 THAT ARE BEING 
BUILT, BECAUSE I HAD AN

[Captioner] 21:14:25
 
EXPERIENCE A FEW YEARS AGO WITH 
ONE OF THESE

[Captioner] 21:14:28
 THAT I KNOW BROKE 
STATE LAW FOR

[Captioner] 21:14:32
 ONE, AND I SUSPECT 
IS ALSO

[Captioner] 21:14:35
 RUNNING A SCAM THAT'S 
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF APPLICANTS

[Captioner] 21:14:39
, 
AND I HAD NOWHERE TO TURN

[Captioner] 21:14:43
 FOR 
HAVING AN AUDIT OR AN 
INVESTIGATION DONE

[Captioner] 21:14:47
 FOR THESE 
PEOPLE.
AND THAT IS

[Captioner] 21:14:50
 VERY DISTURBING FOR 
ME IF PEOPLE ARE

[Captioner] 21:14:53
 TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO BARELY 
HAVE TWO

[Captioner] 21:14:57
 PENNIES TO RUB 
TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT'S JUST WISE IN

[Captioner] 21:15:00
 
MAKING SURE THAT YOUR 
INVESTMENTS ARE

[Captioner] 21:15:04
 ALSO BEING 
PROTECTED.
THAT IS

[Captioner] 21:15:06
 TAXPAYERS, ALL OF US 
SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT 
KIND OF

[Captioner] 21:15:09
 THING.

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AND I JUST FEEL

[Captioner] 21:15:20
 LIKE THERE ARE A 
LOT OF

[Captioner] 21:15:23
 AGENCIES THAT CURRENTLY 
EXIST THAT COULD

[Captioner] 21:15:26
 BE ASSISTING 
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME,

[Captioner] 21:15:30
 AT 
RISK, PEOPLE, I KNOW THAT WHEN

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 I 
WAS GOING THROUGH MY ISSUES, 
THERE

[Captioner] 21:15:36
 WAS NOTHING IN PLACE TO 
HELP KEEP ME HOUSE

[Captioner] 21:15:39
ED, WHILE I 
WAITED TO GET

[Captioner] 21:15:43
 INTO AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING.
AND I ENDED UP BEING

[Captioner] 21:15:46
 TOLD BY A 
NUMBER OF LOCAL AGENCIES TO CALL 
THEM

[Captioner] 21:15:49
 BACK WHEN I'M HOMELESS.
WHICH CLEARLY TELLS

[Captioner] 21:15:53
 ME THAT OUR 
MONEY IS GOING TO THE BACK END 
OF THE

[Captioner] 21:15:56
 PROBLEM.
WHICH IS MUCH MORE COST

[Captioner] 21:15:59
LY AND 
MUCH MORE INEFFICIENT

[Captioner] 21:16:03
 THAN IF 
THAT MONEY HAD BEEN USED TO KEEP 
ME HOUSED

[Captioner] 21:16:06
.


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>> The Clerk:   THE THEM SPEAKER 
IS JOHN HINES.


[Captioner] 21:16:20
 NEXT SPEAKER 
IS JOHN HINES.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.


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WE'VE HEARD VERY GOOD 
SUGGESTIONS WHAT WE SHOULD DO

[Captioner] 21:16:26
 
WITH SURPLUSES.
I'D LIKE TO ADD ANOTHER OR KEEP 


[Captioner] 21:16:30
ANOTHER ON THE LIST.
THAT'S ACCELERATING THE PAY DOWN

[Captioner] 21:16:33
 
OF THE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.
IT IS NOT VERY

[Captioner] 21:16:36
 SEXY, NOBODY SEES 
IT AS A PROBLEM

[Captioner] 21:16:39
 UNTIL DISASTER 
HAPPENS AND DISASTER USUALLY 
DOESN'T HAPPEN SO

[Captioner] 21:16:42
 IT STAYS 
HIDDEN.
THERE WAS A TOWN IN MICHIGAN TEN

[Captioner] 21:16:45
 
OR 15 YEARS AGO, WHO HAD A LONG 
HAND

[Captioner] 21:16:50
 
HABIT OF ANY TIME THERE WAS A 
GOOD

[Captioner] 21:16:53
 YEAR THEY FOUND SOMETHING 
TO SPEND IT ON OTHER THAN THE

[Captioner] 21:16:55
 
PENSION PLAN.
BUT WHEN THE TROUBLE DID OCCUR 


[Captioner] 21:16:58
THEY WERE IN THIS AWFUL, AWFUL 
POSITION WHERE

[Captioner] 21:17:01
 THEY HAD TO 
EITHER END BENEFITS FOR

[Captioner] 21:17:05
 CITY 
EMPLOYEES WHO HAD ALREADY 
RETIRED AND WERE NO LONGER IN

[Captioner] 21:17:08
 A 
POSITION TO FIND ANY MORE INCOME 
OR

[Captioner] 21:17:11
 CUT BACK DRASTICALLY ON CITY 
SERVICES THAT

[Captioner] 21:17:14
 EVERYONE NEEDED.
SO THE IDEA OF HAVING AN 
UNFUNDED

[Captioner] 21:17:17
 LIABILITY FOR PENSIONS 
AT ALL IS SOMETHING

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 THAT'S NOT 
EVEN ACCEPTED IN THE PRIVATE 
SECTOR.


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STARTING IN THE LATE 70s

[Captioner] 21:17:27
 THERE 
WAS A FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRED 
COMPANIES TO

[Captioner] 21:17:30
 FUND PENSIONS 
IMMEDIATELY.
AND ONLY

[Captioner] 21:17:33
 GOVERNMENTS CAN GET 
AWAY WITHOUT DOING

[Captioner] 21:17:37
 THAT, WHICH 
DOESN'T MAKE IT A GOOD IDEA.
SO PLEASE,

[Captioner] 21:17:40
 IN THIS GREAT LIST OF 
IDEAS, FOR HOW TO

[Captioner] 21:17:43
 MAKE USE OF A 
SURPLUS, THINK OF THE 
OPPORTUNITY

[Captioner] 21:17:46
 TO CLOSE THE GAP ON 
THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:17:51
.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WAS THAT THE 
LAST OF OUR SPEAKERS?

[Captioner] 21:17:58

>> The Clerk:   YES, MA'AM.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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I HAVEN'T MADE ANY COMMENTS YET 
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

[Captioner] 21:18:05
 REAL 
QUICKLY REGARDING THE UNFUNDED 
LIABILITIES.

[Captioner] 21:18:08

AND I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR 
PERSSELIN YOU WANT

[Captioner] 21:18:11
 TO COMMENT ON 
IT, HAS BEEN SOMETHING I TRULY

[Captioner] 21:18:15
 
VALUE MY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 21:18:16
 COLLEAGUES IN 
MAKING THE DECISIONS IN THE 
PAST.


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I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN 
IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THAT

[Captioner] 21:18:22
.
BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS AS A COUNCIL 
MADE A PRIORITY

[Captioner] 21:18:25
.
BECAUSE IT'S A RAPIDLY GROWING 
AREA.


[Captioner] 21:18:29
IT'S LIKE NOT PAYING YOUR CREDIT 
CARD AND HAVING THE INTEREST

[Captioner] 21:18:32
 
RATES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE 
SOMETHING THAT A COMMON FERN 


[Captioner] 21:18:35
 PERSON

[Captioner] 21:18:38
 
WOULD UNDERSTAND MORE.
THAT'S WHY AS A COUNCIL PRIORITY 


[Captioner] 21:18:41
WE HAD MADE A POLICY DECISION 
AND I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR

[Captioner] 21:18:43
 
PERSSELIN YOU WANT TO SHARE UPON 
THAT.


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>> David Persselin:   SURE.
SO FIVE YEARS AGO THE CITY 
COUNCIL OF THE

[Captioner] 21:18:49
 CITY OF FREMONT 
ADOPTED A POLICY TO INCLUDE

[Captioner] 21:18:53
 AN 
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION

[Captioner] 21:18:56
 TOWARD 
PAYING DOWN OUR UNFUNDED PENSION 
LIABILITY

[Captioner] 21:18:59
 AS PART OF THE 
PROPOSED BUDGET EVERY SINGLE 
YEAR

[Captioner] 21:19:02
.
IN AN AMOUNT THAT'S AT

[Captioner] 21:19:06
 LEAST 
EQUAL TO 10% OF THE REQUIRED 
UNFUND

[Captioner] 21:19:09
ED LIABILITY CONTRIBUTION.
AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS 
WE'VE

[Captioner] 21:19:12
 MADE THOSE ADDITIONAL 
CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND

[Captioner] 21:19:15
 I'D ALSO NOTE THAT EARLIER 
THIS YEAR

[Captioner] 21:19:19
 THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 
TO USE $10 MILLION OF

[Captioner] 21:19:22
 
UNANTICIPATED SALES TAX REVENUE 
TO MAKE

[Captioner] 21:19:25
 AN ADDITIONAL 
CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS

[Captioner] 21:19:28
 PAYING DOWN 
OUR UNFUNDED RETIREE

[Captioner] 21:19:32
 HEALTH CARE 
LIABILITY.
AND

[Captioner] 21:19:35
 IN ADDITION TO REDUCING THAT 
LIABILITY SIGNIFICANTLY

[Captioner] 21:19:39
, THAT 
$10 MILLION CONTRIBUTION

[Captioner] 21:19:42
 WILL 
SERVE TO REDUCE OUR ONGOING

[Captioner] 21:19:45
 
OPERATING COSTS MOVING FORWARD, 
BECAUSE THE

[Captioner] 21:19:49
 AMOUNT LEFT PAID 
EACH YEAR IS CORRESPONDINGLY

[Captioner] 21:19:52
 
LESS BY ABOUT $1 MILLION A YEAR.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 21:19:56
, THE CITY OF 
FREMONT, HAS ABSOLUTELY

[Captioner] 21:19:59
 MADE A 
COMMITMENT TO PAYING DOWN OUR 
UNFUNDED LIABILITIES

[Captioner] 21:20:02
 AND WE'RE 
MAKING GREAT PROGRESS IN THAT 
DIRECTION

[Captioner] 21:20:05
.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S 


[Captioner] 21:20:08
VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNCIL, 
AND THAT WE STRONGLY

[Captioner] 21:20:11
 FEEL AND I 
APPRECIATE THE SPEAKER

[Captioner] 21:20:14
 MR. HINES 
FOR REFERENCING IT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT AS

[Captioner] 21:20:17
 MANY PEOPLE 
MENTIONED SEXY IN TERMS OF ONE 
OF THE

[Captioner] 21:20:21
 MORE POPULAR, NECESSARY 
ITEMS ON A BUDGET BUT

[Captioner] 21:20:24
 I THINK 
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL AND THAT'S 
WHY WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED

[Captioner] 21:20:27
 FOR 
OUR FISCAL SOLVENCY AND 
THOUGHTFULNESS

[Captioner] 21:20:32
.
I ALSO WAS GOING

[Captioner] 21:20:35
 TO MENTION THAT 
I AX SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING THE 
SET

[Captioner] 21:20:38
 ASIDE.
I KNOW PEOPLE WOULD COMMENT AND 
THERE

[Captioner] 21:20:41
 HAS BEEN QUESTION IN THE 
PAST OF AUTO SALES AND

[Captioner] 21:20:43
 I 
APPRECIATE MY COUNCILMEMBER FOR 
ASKING THAT.


[Captioner] 21:20:47
THAT'S WHY WHEN WE HAD LOOKED AT 
THE SPIKES THAT YOU SAW IN SOME

[Captioner] 21:20:50
 
OF THE EARLIER CYCLES WHEN YOU 
ARE LOOKING AT THOSE

[Captioner] 21:20:53
 PAST TRENDS 
WE HAD SEEN IT WAS VERY CYCLICAL 
AND

[Captioner] 21:20:56
 A LITTLE BIT UNPREDICTABLE.
KNOWING THAT WE

[Captioner] 21:20:59
 PUT THE RESERVED 
AND ACTUALLY IT FARED

[Captioner] 21:21:02
 VERY WELL 
FOR US AS A COUNCIL AND AS A 
CITY.

[Captioner] 21:21:05

BECAUSE WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, 
MANY OF THE

[Captioner] 21:21:08
 CITIES COULDN'T 
ANTICIPATE SOME OF THE NATURAL 
DISASTERS THEY HAD

[Captioner] 21:21:11
 BEEN SEEING, 
IT ALLOWED US FLUIDITY

[Captioner] 21:21:15
 TO NOT 
HAVE TO MAKE THE CUTS.
SO WE

[Captioner] 21:21:19
 DID SPEND THAT DOWN.
THANK YOU TO THE ARPA

[Captioner] 21:21:22
 FUND THAT 
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOME 
OF THAT RESTORED

[Captioner] 21:21:25
.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I WANTED TO 
MAKE A

[Captioner] 21:21:29
 QUICK COMMENT.
I THINK THERE WAS A SPEAKER THAT

[Captioner] 21:21:32
 
ASKED ABOUT US ADDING $2.5 
MILLION

[Captioner] 21:21:35
 TO UNANTICIPATED BUDGET 
IMPACTS, SO

[Captioner] 21:21:38
 IT'S ACTUALLY 12.5 
MILLION IF I'M CORRECT

[Captioner] 21:21:42
 DIRECTOR 
PERSSELIN.


[Captioner] 21:21:45
>> David Persselin:   THAT'S 
CORRECT, 12.5 MILLION WOULD BE 
THE TOTAL.

[Captioner] 21:21:47

>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY I JUST 
WANTED TO CLARIFY.


[Captioner] 21:21:51
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION

[Captioner] 21:21:54
?
>> Councilmember Kassan:   YES,

[Captioner] 21:21:57
 
THANK YOU.
WELL I REALLY APPRECIATED THE 


[Captioner] 21:22:01
COMMENTS OF KATHERINE AND CHRIS.
I WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY WHAT

[Captioner] 21:22:04
 
CHRIS SAID WHEN HE SAID ASK A 
HOMELESS

[Captioner] 21:22:07
 PERSON IF IT'S A RAINY 
DAY RIGHT NOW.

[Captioner] 21:22:10

AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA 
ITEM

[Captioner] 21:22:13
 LATER ON THE AGENDA ABOUT 
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE

[Captioner] 21:22:16
 
HOMELESSNESS SITUATION IN 
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 21:22:23
AND WE ARE SPENDING SO MUCH 
MONEY ON

[Captioner] 21:22:26
 QUOTE UNQUOTE 
MITIGATION AND WE COULD

[Captioner] 21:22:29
 
POTENTIALLY SAVE THAT MUCH MONEY 
BY DOING MORE TO PREVENT THE

[Captioner] 21:22:32
 
PROBLEM AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, 
MAYBE

[Captioner] 21:22:35
 GO AHEAD AND DO THE OTHER 
PRONGS OF THE SAFE PARK

[Captioner] 21:22:38
ING 
PROGRAM.
I IMAGINE OUR

[Captioner] 21:22:42
 STAFF THAT 
SPECIALIZES IN SUPPORTING OUR

[Captioner] 21:22:45
 
HOMELESS POPULATION AND HELPING 
THEM GET INTO

[Captioner] 21:22:48
 PERMANENT HOUSING 
AND ALSO PREVENTION OF 
HOMELESSNESS WOULD HAVE

[Captioner] 21:22:51
 LOTS OF 
IDEAS OF HOW TO SPEND SOME OF 
THIS MONEY.


[Captioner] 21:22:54
SO I REALLY UNDERSTAND THE 
DESIRE TO ADD

[Captioner] 21:22:57
 TO THE BUDGET 
UNCERTAINTY RESERVE AND THE 
DESIRE TO

[Captioner] 21:23:00
 ADD MORE FUNDING TO 
THE CIP.

[Captioner] 21:23:04

BUT I JUST WAS REALLY MOVED BY 
WHAT CHRIS

[Captioner] 21:23:07
 AND KATHERINE SAID 
AND IT JUST REMIND

[Captioner] 21:23:10
ED ME THAT WE 
ARE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT HOMELESS 
ISSUES

[Captioner] 21:23:13
.
AND THE LESS WE ADDRESS THE ROOT 
OF THE PROBLEM

[Captioner] 21:23:16
 BY PREVENTING 
HOMELESSNESS AND HELPING THOSE 
WHO ARE HOMELESS

[Captioner] 21:23:20
 TO GET INTO 
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE MORE 
EXPENSIVE

[Captioner] 21:23:23
 IT DOES BECOME TO DEAL 
WITH THE QUOTE UNQUOTE

[Captioner] 21:23:26
 
MITIGATION ISSUES.
SO I DO WONDER IF THERE'S

[Captioner] 21:23:31
 
ANYTHING THAT OUR HUMAN SERVICES 
DEPARTMENT COULD

[Captioner] 21:23:34
 USE SOME 
FUNDING FOR THAT COULD ADDRESS

[Captioner] 21:23:37
 
THE ROOT CAUSES AND NEED

[Captioner] 21:23:40
 TO GET 
PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING 
THAT WE COULD MAYBE

[Captioner] 21:23:44
 ALLOCATE A 
PORTION OF THIS FUNDING TO,

[Captioner] 21:23:47
 
INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ALL INTO 
THE CIP.


[Captioner] 21:23:50
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:23:54
.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT 
THAT I REALLY

[Captioner] 21:23:57
 APPRECIATE THIS 
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I WANT 
TO PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND

[Captioner] 21:24:00
, WE 
ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT 
OF PREVENT

[Captioner] 21:24:04
ING HOMELESSNESS AS 
MUCH AS IT IS FOR THE OTHER

[Captioner] 21:24:07
 
AREAS, THAT'S WHY WE'VE GIVEN 
OUT A DIRECT ALLOCATION

[Captioner] 21:24:10
 WHICH 
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN 
ABLE TO HAVE.

[Captioner] 21:24:13

BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WITH THE 
C.A.R.E.S. MONEY IT

[Captioner] 21:24:17
 WAS ONLY 
GOING TO CITIES BIGGER THAN 500

[Captioner] 21:24:20

500,000 PEOPLE AND IN THE PAST 
YEAR AND A HALF WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:24:23
 GIVEN 
OUT OVER $16 MILLION IN 
DIRECTION ALLOCATION

[Captioner] 21:24:26
 FOR RENTAL 
ASSISTANCE.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.


[Captioner] 21:24:29
ALSO AS A CITY WHERE WE HAVE 
MANY FAMILIES WHICH

[Captioner] 21:24:32
 ARE 
IMMIGRANTS AND WE TALKED ABOUT 
THE NEED FOR HELPING IN THOSE 


[Captioner] 21:24:35
SITUATIONS AND I WANT TO THANK 
THE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER 40 STAYS 
THAT

[Captioner] 21:24:38
 HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP US 
RAISE OVER $

[Captioner] 21:24:42
600,000 IN

[Captioner] 21:24:45
 AFGHAN 
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE AND WE'VE 
ALSO HAD

[Captioner] 21:24:48
 ALMOST HALF A MILLION 
IN DONATIONS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE

[Captioner] 21:24:52
 WAYS.
I DO AGREE WITH THE IDEA AND 
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOME

[Captioner] 21:24:55

HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS WHY THERE 
IS A COUNTY WIDE PLAN.


[Captioner] 21:24:58
I KNOW THAT A

[Captioner] 21:25:01
 SPEAKER EARLIER 
TONIGHT REFERENCED THERE HAS 
BEEN

[Captioner] 21:25:05
 AUDITING OF SOME OF THESE 
PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT CITIES

[Captioner] 21:25:08
 AND 
THAT'S ALSO WHY WE'VE HAD A SIX 
MONTH

[Captioner] 21:25:11
 REPORT ONE YEAR REPORT AND 
ALSO TWO YEAR REPORT THAT WILL

[Captioner] 21:25:14
 
BE FORTH COME FOR HOUSING 
NAVIGATION CENTER.


[Captioner] 21:25:17
BECAUSE WE DO SEE THE RESULTS, 
THE QUESTIONS OF WHO IS

[Captioner] 21:25:20
 BEING 
SERVED, HOW IT'S

[Captioner] 21:25:23
 BEING SERVED 
AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE 
 
HOMELESS

[Captioner] 21:25:27
NESS ITEM.
>> Councilmember Kassan:   I 
WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IS

[Captioner] 21:25:29
 A 
QUESTION FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES 
TEAM.


[Captioner] 21:25:32
I'M SURE, IT IS A

[Captioner] 21:25:36
 COMMENT

[Captioner] 21:25:40
 A 
QUESTION NOT A COMMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 21:25:43
 KASSAN, WE WILL 
BE COVERING THAT TOPIC IN DAME 
WITH OUR KIND

[Captioner] 21:25:46
 OF RECOMMENDED 
NEXT STEP.
>> Councilmember Kassan:   BUT 


[Captioner] 21:25:49
WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS FIRST SO 
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO 
BRING

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 IT UP BEFORE WE VOTE ON 
THIS BUDGET, THE BUDGET

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RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF

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 IS 
PREPARED TO RESPOND ACCURATELY 
OR IN DETAIL TO YOUR

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 QUESTION 
WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET 
PROPOSAL TONIGHT.


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AND HUMAN SERVICES OR HOMELESS 
PROGRAMS

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.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY 
RECOMMENDATION, IS

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 TO LISTEN OR 
DISCUSS THE UPCOMING

[Captioner] 21:26:13
 AGENDA ITEM 
AND

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 PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.
>> Mayor Mei:   I ALSO WANTED

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 TO 
NOTE THAT WHILE ONE OF ITS BEING 
ALLOCATE

[Captioner] 21:26:23
ED AND SPECIFICALLY INTO 
TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS,

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 ONE OF 
THOSE IS UNANTICIPATED AND 
UNRESERVE

[Captioner] 21:26:30
 ENDING FUND BALANCE 
WHICH DURING THAT CONVERSATION 
IF

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 WE AFTER HAVING THE BUDGET 
UPDATE OR THE HOME

[Captioner] 21:26:37
 HOMELESS 
DISCUSSION, HAVING THE 
UNALLOCATED OR

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 UNRESERVE ENDING 
FUND BALANCE ALLOWS US

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 THE 
CAPABILITY WHEN WE GO OUT FOR 
PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE

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FOR MATCHING GRANTS.
AND THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW IS 


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LOOKING AT A HOME TOGETHER PLAN 
AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE 
COHESIVE

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 WAYS THAT WE CAN RULE 
AND

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 TO PARTNER WITH FOR EXAMPLE 
SURROUNDING CITIES WE ARE PART

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OF SOUTH COUNTY SO WE ALSO ARE 
WORKING AND WE

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 HAVE ACTUALLY 
MONTHLY MEETINGS, WITH THE

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DIFFERENT CITIES, TO TALK ABOUT 
SOME OF THE HOMELESSNESS

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APPLICATIONS AROUND HOW WORKING 
TOGETHER WE

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 ARE WORKING ON SOME 
OF THE RESOLUTIONS ON THIS PLAN.

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WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 
REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR STAFF

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, 
LORIE

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 AND SUZANNE SHENFIL, THAT

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BEING SAID, I KNOW THIS IS AN 
ACTION ITEM THIS

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 EVENING TO TALK 
ABOUT THE ALLOCATIONS AND 
SPECIFICALLY,

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 THE TWO 
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STAFF

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.
SO LET ME PULL THIS UP.
AND

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 THAT IS FOR DIRECTOR 
PERSSELIN COULD YOU SUMMARIZE

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THAT FOR ME?
I KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO ITEMS 


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THAT WE ARE ASKING TO TAKE 
ACTION THIS EVENING.

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>> David Persselin:   RIGHT.
SO WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY 


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COUNCIL ALLOCATE $2.5 MILLION OF 
THE AVAILABLE

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 ENDING FUND 
BALANCE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET

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UNCERTAINTY RESERVE, AND TO 
ALLOCATE

[Captioner] 21:28:05
 THE SECOND ITEM IS TO 
ALLOCATE THE APPROXIMATELY $

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10.7 
MILLION REMAINING

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 TO A TRANSFER 
TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

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 FUND 
WHICH WOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT 
THE CAPITAL

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 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY 
COUNCIL IN

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 2023.
>> Mayor Mei:   I ALSO WANTED

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 TO 
NOTE AND PERHAPS DIRECTOR 
PERSSELIN YOU CAN

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 CLARIFY.
WHEN IT COMES TO CAPITAL 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS,

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 WHAT IS 
THAT SPECIFICALLY DETAIL?
I KNOW SOME OF IT HAS

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 BEEN ON 
ROADWAYS, SOME OF IT HAS BEEN 
DIFFERENT

[Captioner] 21:28:38
 PROJECTS.
BUT AT THAT TIME WHEN WE'RE 
LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WE HAVE IN 
PAST YEARS WE DO TALK ABOUT ALL 


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THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
WOULD SOMETHING LIKE A SAFE 
PARKING

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 PROGRAM OR IF IT'S A 
PHYSICAL STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE

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LOOKING AT TO IMPLEMENT BE ALSO 
CONSIDERED A

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 A EXAM IMPROVEMENT?

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>> David Persselin:   SO 
PHYSICAL STRUCTURES ARE CAPITAL 


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IMPROVEMENTS.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT DID 
A PRETTY

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 GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING 
THE

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 MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE 
INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S

[Captioner] 21:29:13
 CAPITAL 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE ADA

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COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT INCLUDES THE 50-50 SIDEWALK

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STREET TREE PROGRAM.
IT INCLUDES PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE

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MAINTENANCE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES CITY 


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FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, TO THE 
EXTENT THAT

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, YOU KNOW, 
SOMETHING, SOMETHING INVOLVES 
EITHER PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

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 OR 
TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 
THEN THAT

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 WOULD BE INCLUDED IN 
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

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.
>> AND MAYOR IF I MAY JUST TO 
CLARIFY.


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IN THIS SCHOLAR BUDGET THE

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 CITY 
COUNCIL DID AUTHORIZE FUNDING 
FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN WITH REGARD

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TO HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF 
FREMONT.


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WITHOUT STRAYING TOO MUCH INTO 
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL 
BE A

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 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE 
CITY PROCEED WITH THAT ACTION 
FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S ITEM

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.
AND CERTAINLY ANY 
RECOMMENDATIONS

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 OR PROJECTS 
ARTICULATED IN THAT

[Captioner] 21:30:07
 MASTER PLAN 
WOULD THEN BE POTENTIALLY 
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CIP

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.
>> Mayor Mei:   SO I JUST WANTED 
TO LET

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 PEOPLE KNOW I KNOW THAT 
THIS WILL BE AN AREA OF TOPIC 
THAT

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 WE'LL BE COVERING IN THE 
NEXT AGENDA ITEM SO SOME OF THAT

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CAN BE APPLIED AS PART OF OUR 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

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 BE IT 
THE ADA, BE IT SOME OF THE 
CONVERSATIONS HOW

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 WE WANT TO 
ADDRESS AND ALSO THIS WEEK FOR 
THE PUBLIC IN CASE

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 SOME PEOPLE 
DIDN'T KNOW WE ALSO SECURED SOME 
FUNDING THROUGH

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 OUR LEGISLATORS 
FOR SPECIFICALLY OUR TEEN

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 CENTER 
AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.
SO THOSE WILL THEN

[Captioner] 21:30:40
 BE MARRIED 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF PARTNERING 
THOSE TO MAKE IT

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 A MORE 
ATTRACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE

[Captioner] 21:30:47
 
PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW I SEE ALL

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 THESE 
DIFFERENT BUTTONS THAT ARE 
COMING UP

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.
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, 
COUNCILMEMBER COX

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, COUNCILMEMBER 
SALWAN, DO WE

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 HAVE MORE 
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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>> Councilmember Shao:   THANK 
YOU MADAM MAYOR.
I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, THE

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CITY GIVE THE POLICE OFFICERS A 
RAISE IN SPRING OF

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 2021.
HE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER 
CITY

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 BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE POLICE 
OFFICERS BUT ALL THE CITY 
EMPLOYEES

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, BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, VOLUNTARILY TOOK A

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YEAR OF SALARY INCREASE FREEZE

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TO SUPPORT THE CITY, GO THROUGH 
THE PANDEMIC

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.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

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.
SECONDLY, I JUST

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 WANT TO COMMENT 
THAT ON ONE HAND

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 WE SEE THIS 
SURPLUS, IT'S VERY GOOD

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 THING.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I SEE

[Captioner] 21:31:43
 
THAT SOME OF THE SURPLUS IS FROM 
THE VACANCY

[Captioner] 21:31:46
 SAVINGS WHICH MEANS 
THAT WE HAVE TO

[Captioner] 21:31:49
 REALLY WORK HARD 
TO FILL THE

[Captioner] 21:31:52
 VACANCIES OF THE 
ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS 
POSITIONS

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, TWO POLICE OFFICERS 
AND NINE FIREFIGHTERS POSITIONS

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IN OUR EFFORTS OF RECRUITMENT

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 IN 
THE NEAR FUTURE SO THAT WE DON'T 
TRY

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 TO SAVE MONEY BY 
COMPROMISING

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 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 
STRENGTH IN GENERAL.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX.
>> Councilmember Cox:   YES

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, I 
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION

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.
TO --
>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY, CAN YOU 


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MAKE THE MOTION.
I THINK WE HAVE THREE OTHER 
SPEAKERS FROM THE

[Captioner] 21:32:29
 COUNCIL TOO.
>> Councilmember Cox:   WELL I 
JUST THOUGHT I'D STATE THAT

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SINCE WE'RE IN ORDER.
>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY, SO

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 YOU'D 
LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ONCE -- 
OKAY.

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COUNCILMEMBER KENG.
>> Councilmember Keng:   AND I 


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WILL SECOND THAT.
>> Mayor Mei:   WE HAVE A MOTION 
AND SECOND BUT I

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 ALSO HAVE TWO 
OTHER SPEAKERS, I KNOW ONE

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, 
COUNCILMEMBER JONES HAS NOT 
SPOKEN YET.


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>> Councilmember Jones:   NO I 
THINK JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HAS 
BEEN SAID AND

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 I THINK IT'S VERY 
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO 
FUND OUR

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 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 
PROJECTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT 


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HAVE GONE NEGLECTED IN THE LAST 
COUPLE OF YEARS AND ALL OF US 
I'M

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 SURE GET E-MAILS ON THOSE 
EVERY DAY SO

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 I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD 
AND THE NEXT

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 AGENDA ITEM WILL 
COVER SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE 
BUDGET

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 PRESENTATION SO I'M 
SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS 
FORWARD

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.
>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 
SALWAN.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   I WAS 
GOING TO FOURTH THAT.
>> Mayor Mei:   SO WE HAVE

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 A 
MOTION AND SECOND TO PROCEED.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FROM

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COUNCILMEMBER COX, COULD YOU 
PLEASE STATE THE WHOLE MOTION SO

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YOUR MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE 
STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS IT 


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STANDS?
>> Councilmember Cox:   YES AND 
AND I'LL REPEAT THAT

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 SO IT'S 
CLEAR WITH EVERYONE.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT 


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THE REPORT AND PRESENTATION 
INCREASE THE BUDGET ON CERTAIN 
RESERVE

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 BY $2.5 MILLION, 
TRANSFER

[Captioner] 21:33:43
 THE REMAINING $10.7

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MILLION OF UNANTICIPATED

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 GENERAL 
FUND END RESERVE ENDING FUND 
BALANCE

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 TO THE CAPITAL 
IMPROVEMENTS FUNNELED, FUND 501

[Captioner] 21:33:56
 FUND, FUND

[Captioner] 21:34:00
 501.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU SO WE 
HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND

[Captioner] 21:34:03
.
PLEASE VOTE USING YOUR DAIS.


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THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES WITH SIX AYES 
AND

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 ONE NAY FROM COUNCILMEMBER 
KASSAN.


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THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM THIS 
EVENING IS ITEM 7 B

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.
WHICH IS THE REVISED

[Captioner] 21:34:24
 CITY 
COUNCIL HANDBOOK OR RULES OF 
PROCEDURES.


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I JUST WAS CHECKING WITH OUR 
CITY CLERK ON

[Captioner] 21:34:31
 OUR TIMING.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT -- I THINK 
WE'RE OKAY FOR

[Captioner] 21:34:34
 NOW.
>> The Clerk:   WE'VE BEEN AT IT 
ABOUT AN HOUR

[Captioner] 21:34:37
 AND 20 MINUTES 
SINCE OUR LAST BREAK.
>> Mayor Mei:  

[Captioner] 21:34:40
 WE HAVE ABOUT 
TEN MINUTES TO THE NEXT BREAK

[Captioner] 21:34:43
.
>> The Clerk:   YES, ABOUT 10:20

[Captioner] 21:34:45

10:20.
>> Mayor Mei:   I JUST WANT TO 


[Captioner] 21:34:49
BE RESPECTFUL WE HAVE A STENO 
CAPTIONER THAT IS ALSO HELPING

[Captioner] 21:34:52
 
 
US WITH THIS, SO I

[Captioner] 21:34:55
 WANT TO BE 

[Captioner] 21:34:58
 
THOUGHTFUL.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY

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 RAFAEL AFERLTD 
IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND 
WE'LL BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS

[Captioner] 21:35:06
 FROM 
THE COUNCILMEMBERS.


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   NO 
QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT THAT

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 WE 
CAN PROBABLY ADD THE HINDU 
HERITAGE

[Captioner] 21:35:17
 MONTH AND MUSLIM 
APPRECIATION MONTH FOR OCTOBER,

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I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE LIST IF 
THAT'S OKAY.


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>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY.
SORRY,

[Captioner] 21:35:26
 THERE'S ONE OTHER HAND I 
JUST MUST HAVE ACCIDENTALLY,

[Captioner] 21:35:29
 
COUNCILMEMBER COX DO YOU HAVE 
ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL 


[Captioner] 21:35:33
HANDBOOK?
>> Councilmember Cox:   ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT WASN'T CLEAR

[Captioner] 21:35:36
, IN 
THE HANDBOOK, IS

[Captioner] 21:35:40
 WHEN 
PROCLAMATIONS ARE MADE, ARE THEY

[Captioner] 21:35:43
 
MADE REGARDING THE CITY OF 
FREMONT,

[Captioner] 21:35:46
 AND THE

[Captioner] 21:35:49
 ORGANIZATIONS, 
THAT WASN'T CLEAR IN OUR HANDLED 
BOOKER

[Captioner] 21:35:53
 
HANDBOOK.
>> I'M NOT

[Captioner] 21:35:56
 SURE I UNDERSTAND THE 
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER COX.
>> Councilmember Cox:  

[Captioner] 21:35:59
 THE 
QUESTION IS IF THERE'S A 
PROCLAMATION GIVEN THAT WE WANT 


[Captioner] 21:36:02
TO MAKE SURE SINCE IT'S USING 
OUR TAXPAYERS

[Captioner] 21:36:05
, FREMONT TAXPAYERS 
MONEYS THAT IT'S REGARDING 
ORGANIZATIONS

[Captioner] 21:36:09
 THAT ARE IN OR 
RELATED TO FREMONT RESIDENTS

[Captioner] 21:36:12
, 
RIGHT?
>> YES.


[Captioner] 21:36:15
THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK IN THE

[Captioner] 21:36:22
 APPENDIX 
RECEIVES THERE HAS TO BE SOME 
CONNECTION

[Captioner] 21:36:25
 TO THE CITY OF 
FREMONT.
THE APPENDIX DOES INCLUDE 


[Captioner] 21:36:28
LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFIES THAT 
REQUIREMENT.
>> Councilmember Cox:   I JUST 


[Captioner] 21:36:31
WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE 
IT DIDN'T KIND OF POP OUT

[Captioner] 21:36:34
 AT ME 
FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ONE OTHER THING I

[Captioner] 21:36:38
 DID HAVE 
ADDITIONAL LIST

[Captioner] 21:36:42
 OF CELEBRATIONS 
THAT I THINK

[Captioner] 21:36:45
 WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
OBSERVING

[Captioner] 21:36:49
 IT IN THE CORRECT 
MONTH

[Captioner] 21:36:53
.

[Captioner] 21:36:56

THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE 
THAT KIND OF GETS CLEANED UP A 


[Captioner] 21:36:59
LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE KNOW, FOR 
EXAMPLE,

[Captioner] 21:37:04
 THE

[Captioner] 21:37:07
 SIKH APPRECIATION 
MONTH

[Captioner] 21:37:11
 IS TRADITIONALLY 
CELEBRATED IN APRIL AND IT WAS 
DONE IN NOVEMBER

[Captioner] 21:37:14
.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THERE ARE

[Captioner] 21:37:17
 CERTAIN CULTURAL 
OBSERVANCES THAT ARE BY THE

[Captioner] 21:37:19
 
CALENDAR THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING 
THAT.


[Captioner] 21:37:22
FOR ANOTHER ONE FOR JANUARY,

[Captioner] 21:37:26
 
INDIA REPUBLIC DAY, IN MARCH,

[Captioner] 21:37:30
 
CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, IN APRIL I 
JUST MENTION

[Captioner] 21:37:33
 BED THE SIKH 
APPRECIATION MONTH.
THERE IS

[Captioner] 21:37:37
ED ABOUT THE

[Captioner] 21:37:40
 SIKH 
APPRECIATION MONTH.
IN MAY NATIONAL PET MONTH AND IN 


[Captioner] 21:37:43
JULY IT KIND OF GETS A LITTLE 
BIT MORE CELEBRATION

[Captioner] 21:37:46
S BECAUSE WE 
DO NOT HAVE

[Captioner] 21:37:50
 OUR MEETINGS, WE 
HAVE A RECESS IN THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST.

[Captioner] 21:37:53

AND SO AND ADDITIONALLY

[Captioner] 21:37:56
 THE 
AFGHAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH,

[Captioner] 21:38:00
 
SHOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE 
CONDUCT

[Captioner] 21:38:04
ED FOR JULY.
AND I KNOW THAT

[Captioner] 21:38:07
 MY COUNCILMEMBER 
SALWAN HAD MENTIONED ABOUT

[Captioner] 21:38:10
 THE 
AMERICAN MUSLIM APPRECIATION 
AWARENESS MONTH,

[Captioner] 21:38:13
 THAT SHOULD 
REALLY BE DONE IN JULY

[Captioner] 21:38:16
.
IN LOOKING AT THE CORRECTNESS OF 
THE CELEBRATION

[Captioner] 21:38:19
S AND THE DATES.
AND

[Captioner] 21:38:22
 PAKISTAN AMERICAN HERITAGE 
MONTH WOULD ALSO BE

[Captioner] 21:38:25
 DONE IN 
JULY.
AND

[Captioner] 21:38:29
 AS FAR AS

[Captioner] 21:38:33
 IN SEPTEMBER, THE 
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

[Captioner] 21:38:36
 GOES 
FROM THE MID PART OF SEPTEMBER 
TO THE MID PART OF

[Captioner] 21:38:39
 OCTOBER.


[Captioner] 21:38:44
AND LOOKING AT ALSO SINCE WE ARE 
THE HOME OF THE

[Captioner] 21:38:49
 CALIFORNIA D

[Captioner] 21:38:52
 DEAF 
SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE RECOGNIZING 
THE DEAF AWARENESS MONTH

[Captioner] 21:38:56
 AS 
WELL.
AND FOR OCTOBER

[Captioner] 21:39:00
, I KNOW THAT 
REPLY COLLEAGUE HAD ALREADY 
MENTIONED ABOUT

[Captioner] 21:39:03
 THE HINDU 
APPRECIATION.
FOR OCTOBER

[Captioner] 21:39:07
 ALSO WE'RE 
CELEBRATING IN FACT THIS COMING 
THURSDAY IS

[Captioner] 21:39:10
 EARTHQUAKE READINESS 
DAY AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE 
SOMETHING THAT

[Captioner] 21:39:13
 WOULD ALSO, WE 
SHOULD BE ADDING THAT

[Captioner] 21:39:16
 TO OUR 
CALENDAR.
BECAUSE THAT'S A

[Captioner] 21:39:19
 STATEWIDE EVENT 
THAT EVERYONE DOES ACROSS

[Captioner] 21:39:22
 EVERY 
CITY.
AND NATIONAL

[Captioner] 21:39:26
 DISABILITY 
AWARENESS MONTH WOULD BE ANOTHER 
ONE THAT'S CONDUCTED

[Captioner] 21:39:30
 IN OCTOBER.
AND

[Captioner] 21:39:33
 THE FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH 
SHOULD BE CELEBRATED IN THE

[Captioner] 21:39:36
 
MONTH OF OCTOBER AS WELL.
AND

[Captioner] 21:39:39
 THEN WHEN YOU GET TO 
NOVEMBER WE DID CELEBRATE LAST

[Captioner] 21:39:42
 
YEAR THE SMALL BUSINESS DAY.
THAT ALSO

[Captioner] 21:39:45
 SHOULD BE ADDED FOR 
NOVEMBER.
AND FOR

[Captioner] 21:39:48
 DECEMBER, WE SHOULD BE 
LOOKING AT

[Captioner] 21:39:52
 WORLD AIDS AWARENESS 
MONTH AND NATIONAL

[Captioner] 21:39:55
 HUMAN RIGHTS 
MONTH IN DECEMBER.


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>> Mayor Mei:   SO WE MIGHT WANT 
TO TAKE SOME OF THIS OFFLINE.
I

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 KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THE SIKH 
AWARENESS APPRECIATION MONTH WAS

[Captioner] 21:40:05
 
ACTUALLY, BEGAN FROM SENATOR 
WIECKOWSKI, I

[Captioner] 21:40:09
 THINK HE IN JUNE 
OF 2012 PASSED

[Captioner] 21:40:12
 A RESOLUTION 97 
THAT DECLARES NOVEMBER AS

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 SIKH 
AWARENESS MONTH THROUGH STATE SO 
WE'RE TRYING TO

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 KEEP CONSISTENT 
WITH THE STATE IN TERMS OF WHEN 
THEY

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 HONOR SIKH AWARENESS AND 
PREECIALTION MONTH.

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APPRECIATION MONTH.
FOR SOME OF THE

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 CALENDAR 
HOLIDAYS THEY ARE LUNAR RELATED 
SO WE WOULD WANT TO

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 GO WITH 
WHATEVER THAT YEAR, IT MAY BE 
VARYING

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 FROM MONTH TO MONTH 
BECAUSE THERE IS A WIDE RANGE.
I KNOW THAT I

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 WANTED TO THANK I 
KNOW

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 ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWE JUST 
ADDED

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 LUNAR NEW YEAR, THAT'S

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SOMETHING VARIES FROM YEAR TO 
YEAR THAT IS LUNAR

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 CALENDAR 
VERSUS THE OTHER CALENDAR.
WE MAY WANT TO TAKE

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 THAT LIST 
AND BE ABLE TO CHANGE,

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 SEND IT 
IN WRITING TO OUR -- WE CAN PASS 
THAT AROUND FOR

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 REVIEW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A BEST 
PROCESS FOR THAT BUT

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 I THINK 
THERE'S QUITE A FEW DAYS.
I KNOW THE

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 CALIFORNIA SHAKE OUT, 
SOMETHING THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS 
WORK

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 ON IN CONJUNCTION 
WITHFUL --
>> Councilmember Cox:   THAT IS

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THE EARTHQUAKE READINESS THAT I 
MENTIONED.

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>> Mayor Mei:   CALIFORNIA 
SHAKEOUT.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   WE COULD 
TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE IT'S

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ALL MAPPED OUT CORRECTLY.
YES, I JUST CELEBRATE

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ED LUNAR NEW 
YEAR AND MOON JUST RECENTLY.
AND I

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 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 
WE JUST HAVE IT ON THE CALENDAR 
BUT

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 JUST MAKE SURE WE DOUBLE 
CHECK WHEN THAT OCCURS.
SO

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 WE'RE IN ACCEPTANCE OF 
RESPECTING THE

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 CULTURE AND 
RESPECTING THE PROPER

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 OBSERVANCE 
SO THAT WE FEEL THAT EVERYONE 
WILL

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 BE INCLUDED IN THAT 
PROCESS.

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>> THROUGH THE MAYOR MAY I ADD A 
COMMENT.


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>> Mayor Mei:   YES THANK YOU.
>> OBSERVATION TO RESPOND TO

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YOUR PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS.
NUMBER 1 I WANTED TO CONFIRM

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THAT APPENDIX D IN EACH OF THE 
SUBSECTIONS FOR TYPES OF

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CEREMONIAL DOCUMENTS WHETHER 
THEY BE PROCLAMATIONS OR 


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RECOGNITIONS, IT DOES SPECIFY 
HOW

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 THAT PROCLAMATION OR

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CERTIFICATE MUST BE ISSUED IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY OR

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THE CITY OF FREMONT 
SPECIFICALLY.


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SO THERE IS EXISTING LANGUAGE 
THAT ADDRESSES YOUR CONCERN AND 
I

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 JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
COUNCILMEMBER COX IS AWARE OF 
THAT,

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 THAT THOSE PROTECTIONS DO 
EXIST IN THERE.
ALSO

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, THE RESOLUTION THAT IS IN 
TONIGHT

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'S COUNCIL PACKET IS A 
REFLECTION OF SOME

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 OF THE EVENTS 
THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED LAST 
YEAR.

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SO IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE 
 
EXHAUSTIVE

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.
LIKE THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S 
DOCUMENT.


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CAN YOU ADD OR REMOVE AS YOU 
DEEM FIT.
THAT CAN

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 HAPPEN THIS EVENING AS 
PART OF A MOTION.
CAN YOU ADD LANGUAGE

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YOU CAN ADD LANGUAGE

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 TO THE 
MOTION OR AS THE MAYOR INDICATED 
THAT CAN HAPPEN AT A LATER TIME

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.
NOTHING HERE PRECLUDES THE CITY 
COUNCIL FROM ADOPT

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ING ADDITIONAL 
RESOLUTIONS, EXCUSE ME STISKTS

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CERTIFICATES OR RESOLUTIONS EVEN 
THOUGH THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED

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 ON 
THE RESOLUTION

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 ITSELF.
>> Councilmember Cox:   I THINK 
IT'S IMPORTANT

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 THAT AS WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT IT WE CAPTURE 
SMUMPTS WE CAN

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.
I KNOW THERE ARE INSTANCES THAT 
COME UP THAT

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 GET INSTITUTED FOR 
OUR FEDERAL OR STATESIDE THAT 
WILL

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 BE THINGS THAT WILL BE THE 
ONE-OFFS BUT AT

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 LEAST WE CAN 
HAVE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, 95

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% 
CAPTURED AND MAKING SURE THAT 
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE

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 WANT 
EVERYONE TO BE WELCOMED HERE IN 
FREMONT A CITY OF

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 COMPASSION.
>> Mayor Mei:   YES, ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE

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 ARE VERY FORTUNATE WE 
HAVE INCREDIBLE

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 DIVERSITY OF 
LANGUAGE AND HERITAGES.
SOMETIMES THE CITY

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 MAKES A 
STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE LOCATIONS 
BUT I HAVE A

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 CAVEAT THAT WE HAVE 
MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FREMONT 
BUT

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 ALSO WORSHIP ELSEWHERE AND 
PERFORM ELSEWHERE BECAUSE WE

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DON'T HAVE A PERFORMING ARTS 
CENTER TOO.


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SO THEREFORE SOMETIMES THESE 
REACH OUT TO OTHER CITIES NOT 
BECAUSE

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 THEY AREN'T OUR 
RESIDENTS BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T 
HAVE THE FAITH

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, THE WORSHIP, 
FACILITIES THAT ARE HERE,

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 AND 
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE AT 
LEAST INCLUDED

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, ESPECIALLY IF 
THEY'RE RESIDENT OF FREEMONTS 
WHO

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 RESIDENTS OF FREMONT 
THAT WORK ON FOOD DONATIONS

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 AND 
OTHER THINGS WE WORK ON SO I 
WANT TO MAKE

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 SURE I INCLUDE 
THAT.
ARE THERE ANY -- I JUST WANT

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 TO 
CHECK IF THERE ARE DESTINY 
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FROM 


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COUNCILMEMBERS, QUESTIONS FROM 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE

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OTHERWISE I ALSO WANTED TO 
INCLUDE THE PUBLIC BEFORE I 


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CONTINUE.
>> Councilmember Kassan:   I 
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION 


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BUT I THINK I CAUGHT A COUPLE OF 
ERRORS.
SO MAYBE IT IS A

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 QUESTION TO 
DOUBLE

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 CHECK WHETHER THESE ARE 
ERRORS.
ON PAGE 3 TOWARDS THE

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 BOTTOM IN 
H IT SAYS SHALL

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 GIVE ORDERS TO 
SUBORDINATES

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 OF THE CITY 
MANAGER, WE SHOULD ADD THE CITY 
ATTORNEY

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.
AND THEN THE OTHER

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 ONE WAS ON 
PAGE 10, AND I

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 THINK I POINTED 
THIS OUT BEFORE, AND

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 IT SEEMS 
LIKE AN ERROR TO ME BECAUSE IT

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SAYS, ONE SECOND, IT

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 SAYS UNDER 
3

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A PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS IT SAYS

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SAYS, "WRITTEN SUBJECT TO THE 
TIME LIMITS DESCRIBED IN THIS

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DOCUMENT ANY MEMBER OF THE 
PUBLIC OR THEIR

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 AUTHORIZED 
REPRESENTATIVE MAY ADDRESS THE 
CITY COUNCIL

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 BY WRITTEN 
COMMUNICATIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE

[Captioner] 21:45:43
 SUBJECT TO THE 
TIME LIMITS SHOULD BE REMOVED 
BECAUSE THERE'S NO

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 TIME LIMITS 
ON WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
THANK YOU

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.

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>> Mayor Mei:   RAFAEL WOULD YOU 
LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT?


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>> SURE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMENT FOR 
CHAPTER

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 1 SUB H

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 I THINK IT'S I 
THINK BEST TO

[Captioner] 21:46:10
 LEAVE IT AS IS NOW 
BECAUSE I THINK IT ACTUALLY

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REFLECTS CURRENT OPERATIONS IN 
TERMS OF HOW THE CITY MANAGER

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SERVES AS THE PERSONNEL OFFICER 
FOR CITY.


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SO I THINK THERE'S SOME BENEFIT

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TO LEAVING IT THE WAY THAT IT IS 
TO REFLECT

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 THAT MUNICIPAL CODE 
PROVISION THAT GOVERNS

[Captioner] 21:46:29
 THAT 
ISSUE.
>> Councilmember Kassan:   ARE 


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YOU SURE?
BECAUSE DO YOU WANT 
COUNCILMEMBERS TO GIVE ORDERS

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 TO 
SUBORDINATES OF THE CITY 
ATTORNEY

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?
>> I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BUT 
ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY, SINCE

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 THE 
CITY MANAGER SERVES AS THE 
PERSONNEL OFFICER FOR

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 ALL 
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OTHER THAN 
THE CITY ATTORNEY

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 ITSELF WHO IS 
A COUNCIL APPOINTEE UNDER

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 THE 
RULES YOU'D ACTUALLY NEED TO GO 
THROUGH CITY MANAGER BEFORE

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 YOU 
SPEAK TO ONE OF THE STAFF 
ATTORNEYS.


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AS AN EXAMPLE, IT IS A UNIQUE 
RULE IN FREMONT

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 BUT ACKNOWLEDGE 
THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS HERE.
>> Councilmember Kassan:   OKAY

[Captioner] 21:47:04
, 
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE SAYING WE 
COULD

[Captioner] 21:47:07
 GIVE ORDERS TO YOUR 
SUBORDINATES WHICH I ASSUME

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 WE 
WOULDN'T WANT BUT I'M FINE WITH 
KEEPING IT

[Captioner] 21:47:14
 IF YOU DO THINK IT'S 
FINE.
>> I DO THINK IT'S OKAY

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 BECAUSE 
IT'S IN LINE OF WHAT THE 
MUNICIPAL CODE

[Captioner] 21:47:20
 REQUIRES OF THE 
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
IN TERMS

[Captioner] 21:47:23
 OF THE SECOND COMMENT I 
DON'T THINK I COMPLETELY 
CAPTURED

[Captioner] 21:47:26
 IT.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT ONE

[Captioner] 21:47:29
 
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN?
>> Councilmember Kassan:   SO ON 


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PAGE 10 UNDER 3

[Captioner] 21:47:35
A, IT REFERS TO 
TIME LIMITS.
BUT

[Captioner] 21:47:38
 I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE WOULD 
BE TIME

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 LIMITS RELATED TO 
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.


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>> I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY 
CAN CORRECT ME WHILE

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 HE'S 
REVIEWING BUT I BELIEVE IT 
REFERS TO FOR

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 THOSE COMMENTS TO 
BE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE 
RECORD

[Captioner] 21:47:54
 AHEAD OF A PUBLIC 
MEETING.
THIS IS A SECTION REFERRING TO

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PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE DO HAVE A TIME LIMIT BY WHICH 


[Captioner] 21:48:01
WE NEED THOSE RECEIVED.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT

[Captioner] 21:48:04
 THIS IS 
REFER TO SO THAT IS WHAT THE 
TIME LIMIT IS.

[Captioner] 21:48:07

>> Councilmember Kassan:   OKAY, 
AND WHERE IS THAT TIME LIMIT 


[Captioner] 21:48:10
REFERENCED?


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>> I BELIEVE IT IS ON THE COVER 
PAGE OF THE AGENDA.

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>> Councilmember Kassan:   IT IS 
NOT IMPORTANT.


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IT IS OBVIOUSLY A MINOR ISSUE.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING

[Captioner] 21:48:27
 ABOUT TIME 
LIMITS RELATED TO WRITTEN 
COMMUNICATIONS BUT IT'S

[Captioner] 21:48:28
 NOT 
IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO,

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CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
>> Councilmember Shao:   THANK 


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YOU MADAM MAYOR.
FIRST OF ALL,

[Captioner] 21:48:45
 MANY THANKS TO 
COUNCILMEMBER COX FOR PROVIDING 
SUCH

[Captioner] 21:48:49
 A COMPREHENSIVE LIST

[Captioner] 21:48:53
 OF 
IMPORTANT DAYS TO OBSERVE.

[Captioner] 21:48:56

AND EVEN INCLUDING MONTH FOR

[Captioner] 21:48:59
 THE 
PAT, IF I'M NOT WRONG.
>> Councilmember Cox:   UH-HUH

[Captioner] 21:49:04
.
>> Councilmember Shao:   BUT

[Captioner] 21:49:07
 YOU 
CLAIM IT COVERED 90% OF

[Captioner] 21:49:10
 THE 
FORTUNATE DAYS, BUT I'M WAITING 
FOR ONE IMPORTANT

[Captioner] 21:49:13
 DAY COMING UP 
WHICH IS SUNDAY.
CALIFORNIA

[Captioner] 21:49:16
 STARTED CELEBRATING 
CHINESE AMERICAN DAY OCTOBER

[Captioner] 21:49:19
 
23rd WHICH IS THE COMING 
SUNDAY.

[Captioner] 21:49:23

SINCE 2019.
AND SO THAT CERTAINLY

[Captioner] 21:49:26
 IS, TO ME, 
AN IMPORTANT DAY.

[Captioner] 21:49:30

BUT THAT'S NOT MY POINT.
MY POINT IS THAT

[Captioner] 21:49:33
 IF WE KEEP 
ADDING ALL THE

[Captioner] 21:49:36
 DAYS, ONTO THE 
LIST

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, IMAGINING THAT NOBODY 
WOULD EVER JUST STOP

[Captioner] 21:49:43
, YOU KNOW, 
CELEBRATING A DAY, BUT MORE DAYS 
WILL

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 BE GENERATED AND THE

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 LIST 
WILL GET LONGER AND LONGER AND 
THE

[Captioner] 21:49:52
 WEEKLY CITY COUNCIL MEETING 
FOR THE

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 CEREMONIAL, IT WILL

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 BE 
PRETTY MUCH OCCUPYING MORE THAN 
HALF OF THE

[Captioner] 21:50:03
 AGENDA ITEMS.
AND SO IN LIGHT

[Captioner] 21:50:07
 OF STREAMLINING 
THE MEETING, MY

[Captioner] 21:50:10
 QUESTION IS, CAN 
WE INSTEAD OF

[Captioner] 21:50:14
 JUST REPEATING 
ISSUING THE SAME

[Captioner] 21:50:18
 LANGUAGE, 
CERTIFICATE YEAR AFTER YEAR, FOR 
CERTAIN

[Captioner] 21:50:21
 ONES WE CAN JUST HAVE A 
COMBINED LIKE

[Captioner] 21:50:25
 STATEMENT TO SAY, 
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

[Captioner] 21:50:29
 WE, YOU 
KNOW, CELEBRATE CERTAIN DAY

[Captioner] 21:50:34
, WE 
CAN HAVE THE CERTIFICATE READY,

[Captioner] 21:50:37
 
FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS,

[Captioner] 21:50:40
 BUT 
JUST SO WE JUST DON'T HAVE TO GO

[Captioner] 21:50:43
 
ITEM BY ITEM FOR THAT

[Captioner] 21:50:46
 CEREMONIAL 
SO THAT IT SAVES A LOT

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 OF 
TAXPAYERS TIME.
IF

[Captioner] 21:50:53
 THEY REALLY WANT TO ATTEND 
THE MEETING AND THEN

[Captioner] 21:50:56
 TRY TO 
CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEETING.

[Captioner] 21:50:59

THAT WOULD MAKE THE MEETING MORE 
EFFICIENT.

[Captioner] 21:51:02

MY QUESTION IS, IS

[Captioner] 21:51:06
 THAT 
POSSIBLE?
>> Mayor Mei:   WELL I KNOW THAT

[Captioner] 21:51:09
 
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT IN 
GENERAL.


[Captioner] 21:51:12
SOMETIMES IN THE PAST WE 
PRESENTED THE CERTIFICATES

[Captioner] 21:51:15
 AT 
THE EVENTS THAT PERTAIN TO THE 
ORGANIZATIONS.


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BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MEETING IS 
NOT, I MEAN WE'VE

[Captioner] 21:51:21
 HAD 
DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST WE'VE 
HAD MANY THINGS IN THE PAST

[Captioner] 21:51:24
 WHEN 
FOR EXAMPLE WE'VE HAD FLAG 
RAISINGS,

[Captioner] 21:51:27
 WE'VE HAD ALSO 
CHILDREN COME AND SING.
BUT

[Captioner] 21:51:30
 WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE ARE RESPECTFUL

[Captioner] 21:51:34
 OF 
THE PUBLIC'S TIME AND ALSO 
IMPORTANTLY OUR STAFF'S TIME TOO

[Captioner] 21:51:36

TOO.
FOR AGENDA IDEAS THAT ARE COMING 


[Captioner] 21:51:39
BEFORE US.
SO I DON'T KNOW PERHAPS THAT'S 
SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO

[Captioner] 21:51:42
 TAKE UP 
AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT NEXT YEAR 
IN TERMS

[Captioner] 21:51:45
 OF HOW DO WE BALANCE 
IT?
BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT BE

[Captioner] 21:51:49
 THE BEST 
USE IN TERMS IF

[Captioner] 21:51:52
 OF IF IT EXCEEDS

[Captioner] 21:51:55
, 
LET'S SAY THE FIRST WEEK IS THIS 
TYPE OF DAY, THE

[Captioner] 21:51:58
 SECOND IS THE 
PROCLAMATIONS OR THEY'LL LIMIT 
IT TO

[Captioner] 21:52:01
 CERTAIN, AT CERTAIN TIMES 
OF THE MONTH.
RATHER THAN THROUGHOUT

[Captioner] 21:52:05
 THE 
ENTIRE MONTH.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING I

[Captioner] 21:52:08
 
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER SHAO'S 
QUESTION SO I DON'T KNOW IF 


[Captioner] 21:52:11
THAT'S SOMETHING WE RESEARCHED.
>> ONE THING I DO WANT TO 
CLARIFY IS

[Captioner] 21:52:15
 THAT THIS RESOLUTION 
DOESN'T IMPOSE ANY ADDITIONAL 
REQUIREMENTS.

[Captioner] 21:52:18

SO FOR EXAMPLE EVEN IF YOU WERE 
TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION

[Captioner] 21:52:22
 THIS 
EVENING THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT 
THAT YOU TAKE TIME

[Captioner] 21:52:25
 AT THE CITY 
COUNCIL MEETINGS TO MAKE THOSE

[Captioner] 21:52:28
 
PRESENTATIONS, THOSE 
PRESENTATION

[Captioner] 21:52:31
S COULD BE MADE AT 
EVENTS LET'S SAY.

[Captioner] 21:52:35

IN THE SENSE THAT IT DOESN'T 
HAVE TO BE REQUESTED, THE MAYOR

[Captioner] 21:52:38
 
COULD SIMPLY ISSUE THEM BASED ON 
THIS APPROVED

[Captioner] 21:52:42
 LIST AND 
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS OR 
PEOPLE FROM THE

[Captioner] 21:52:45
 PUBLIC WOULD NOT 
HAVE TO PRESENTLY TWO WEEKS

[Captioner] 21:52:48
 IN 
ADVANCE.
IT IS MEANT TO CREATE

[Captioner] 21:52:50
 
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AND 
NOT TO CREATE ANY NEW 


[Captioner] 21:52:54
RESTRICTIONS AND THE LIST IS 
YOUR LIST.
SO WE CAN ADD

[Captioner] 21:52:58
 OR DEDUCT AS THIS

[Captioner] 21:53:01
 
COUNCIL DEEMS FIT.
>> Mayor Mei:   NEXT

[Captioner] 21:53:04
 IS 
COUNCILMEMBER JONES.
FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

[Captioner] 21:53:06

>> Councilmember Jones:   THANK 
YOU MADAM MAYOR.


[Captioner] 21:53:09
ACTUALLY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND 
CITY ATTORNEY ALVARADO

[Captioner] 21:53:13
 JUST KIND 
OF CLARIFIED MOST OF WHAT I HAD 
IN MIND AND

[Captioner] 21:53:16
 THAT WAS, YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 21:53:18
 
WE DO THESE RECOGNITIONS EVERY 
YEAR.


[Captioner] 21:53:21
IF WE DID A RESOLUTION FOR EVERY 
ITEM

[Captioner] 21:53:25
, FOR INSTANCE IN THE MONTH 
OF NOVEMBER, YOU'RE

[Captioner] 21:53:28
 LOOKING AT, 
YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AN HOUR OF 
TIME THAT

[Captioner] 21:53:31
 WE'RE SPENDING ON 
RESOLUTIONS RATHER THAN ACTUALLY 
TAKING CARE OF CITY

[Captioner] 21:53:34
 BUSINESS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF RECOGNIZING ALL OF

[Captioner] 21:53:37
 THESE DAYS 
AND ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS 
AND ALL

[Captioner] 21:53:41
 OF THESE GROUPS.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF

[Captioner] 21:53:43
 THERE'S A 
MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THAT AS 
OPPOSED

[Captioner] 21:53:47
 TO READING INDIVIDUAL 
RESOLUTIONS FOR EACH AND EVERY

[Captioner] 21:53:50
 
ITEM AS WE GO THROUGH THE MONTH.
I'VE HEARD A LOT

[Captioner] 21:53:54
 OF COMMENTS 
FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I SPENT THE

[Captioner] 21:53:57
 
FIRST HALF OF MY MEETING 
LISTENING TO RESOLUTIONS

[Captioner] 21:54:00
 BE READ 
AND PEOPLE BEING THANKED FOR 
BRINGING THOSE

[Captioner] 21:54:03
 RESOLUTIONS 
FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO

[Captioner] 21:54:06
 
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
SO I THINK

[Captioner] 21:54:09
 THERE MAY BE A WAY OF 
STREAMLINING THIS

[Captioner] 21:54:13
, AND TO 
MS. BRIGGS POINT,

[Captioner] 21:54:16
 THERE MAY BE 
SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN THE

[Captioner] 21:54:19
 
COUNCIL RETREAT.
SO I WON'T BE THERE FOR THAT.


[Captioner] 21:54:22
BUT YOU GUYS CAN HASH THAT OUT 
I'M SURE.

[Captioner] 21:54:25

BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT 
IT HAS BROUGHT A LOT

[Captioner] 21:54:28
 OF 
ATTENTION, AND IT HAS CONCERNED

[Captioner] 21:54:31
 
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE

[Captioner] 21:54:35
 INORDINATE 
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IS SPENT ON

[Captioner] 21:54:38
 
CEREMONIAL ITEMS RATHER THAN THE 
ACTUAL TAKING CARE OF

[Captioner] 21:54:41
 CITY 
BUSINESS.
>> Mayor Mei:   SO JUST

[Captioner] 21:54:44
 TO LET 
YOU KNOW TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT 
OF INSIGHT I KNOW ON

[Captioner] 21:54:47
 THE SCHOOL 
DISTRICT SIDE AT ONE POINT

[Captioner] 21:54:50
 WE 
WERE DOING A NUMBER OF DAYS BUT 
WE ADOPTED THE

[Captioner] 21:54:54
 CALIFORNIA 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DAYS.
SO THAT WAY IT WOULDN'T

[Captioner] 21:54:57
 BE 
INDIVIDUALLY.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T RESPECT, 


[Captioner] 21:55:00
WE WANT TO BE MORE CONCLUSIVE 
NOT LESS.
WE

[Captioner] 21:55:03
 ADOPTED THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA 
DEPARTMENT OF 

[Captioner] 21:55:07
EDUCATION 
DOCUMENT, IT WAS A 20 PAGE 
DOCUMENT AND

[Captioner] 21:55:10
 THAT MADE IT EASIER 
FOR US.
THAT

[Captioner] 21:55:13
 WAS ADDED ON TO THE 
CALENDAR SO EVERYONE COULD SEE

[Captioner] 21:55:16
 
IT.
I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER 


[Captioner] 21:55:19
SALWAN, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND 
WE STILL WANT THE

[Captioner] 21:55:22
 PUBLIC TO 
COMMENT ON THIS.
>> Councilmember Salwan:  

[Captioner] 21:55:25
 NO 
COMMENT JUST NEED TO MAKE A 
MOTION

[Captioner] 21:55:29
 WHEN WE ARE READY.
>> Mayor Mei:   WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:55:33
 THE 
PUBLIC AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE 
OF COMMENTS NOW

[Captioner] 21:55:37
.
>> The Clerk:   WE HAVE A 
COUPLE, CHRIS, SORRY

[Captioner] 21:55:40
, CHRIS 
LOWERED HIS HAND.

[Captioner] 21:55:45

VENITA VERMA.

[Captioner] 21:55:47

>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS AND 
MADAM MAYOR.


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I JUST HAVE A VERY SIMPLE 
CONCERN.
THAT I

[Captioner] 21:55:53
 DO RESPECT THE DIVERSITY 
WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:55:57
 IN FREMONT.
I LOVE TO STAY IN FREMONT.
I HAVE BEEN IN FREMONT

[Captioner] 21:56:00
 FOR A 
VERY LONG TIME.
THIS IS THE LONGEST I'VE STAYED

[Captioner] 21:56:03
 
IN ONE PLACE

[Captioner] 21:56:06
.
I LOVE ALL THE CULTURES AND 
RELIGIONS THAT WE

[Captioner] 21:56:10
 HAVE AND I 
RESPECT THEM TOO.
HOWEVER

[Captioner] 21:56:13
, I THINK IT WILL BE 
REALLY BENEFICIAL

[Captioner] 21:56:16
 FOR EVERYBODY 
IN THIS COMMUNITY TO

[Captioner] 21:56:19
 JUST HAVE 
COUPLE OF DAYS LIKE ONE

[Captioner] 21:56:22
 
INTERNATIONAL DAY WHICH IS --

[Captioner] 21:56:26
 
WHICH HONORS EACH AND EVERY 
PERSON FROM ALL

[Captioner] 21:56:29
 THE PEOPLE FROM 
ALL THE COUNTRIES.
AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER

[Captioner] 21:56:32
 ONE WHICH 
IS INTERNATIONAL FAITH,

[Captioner] 21:56:34
 
INTERFAITH DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT.


[Captioner] 21:56:38
WHICH WILL AGAIN HONOR ALL THE 
FAITHS,

[Captioner] 21:56:42
 INSTEAD OF HONORING ONE 
FAITH OVER THE OTHER.
YOU

[Captioner] 21:56:45
 CAN HAVE THE CERTIFICATES 
AND ALL THOSE

[Captioner] 21:56:48
 THINGS.
THOSE ARE UP TO YOU GUYS BUT I 
THINK

[Captioner] 21:56:52
 THAT IT WILL BE WELL TAKEN 
AND IT WILL BE MORE RESPECT

[Captioner] 21:56:55
FUL 
TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO 
WILL BE LISTENING TO THE

[Captioner] 21:56:58
 
MEETINGS WHO COME TO THE 
MEETINGS ALL THE TIME AND ALSO 


[Captioner] 21:57:01
TO THE STAFF MEMBERS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT

[Captioner] 21:57:04
, IT WILL 
ALSO KEEP

[Captioner] 21:57:08
 YOU AWAY FROM HURTING

[Captioner] 21:57:12
 
EMOTIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT 
QUOTE UNQUOTE GETTING

[Captioner] 21:57:15
 HONORED IN 
THESE PROCLAMATIONS

[Captioner] 21:57:18
.
THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS 
THAT I DON'T

[Captioner] 21:57:21
 FAVOR THAT ARE 
GETTING HONORED

[Captioner] 21:57:25
 BY OUR CITY BUT 
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY

[Captioner] 21:57:29
.
IF

[Captioner] 21:57:32
 WE RESPECT ONE WE NEED TO 
RESPECT ALL.
AND INSTEAD OF

[Captioner] 21:57:36
 HAVING INDIVIDUAL 
RELIGIONS BEING HONORED

[Captioner] 21:57:38
 INSTEAD 
OF BEING -- INSTEAD OF 
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY,

[Captioner] 21:57:42
 PEOPLE 
GETTING HONORED LET'S JUST HONOR 
EVERYBODY ON

[Captioner] 21:57:45
 ONE OR TWO DAYS.
THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:57:48
.
>> The Clerk:   THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:57:51

IS THAT --
>> The Clerk:   CHRIS.


[Captioner] 21:57:59
>> THANKS, THE UNMUTE POPPED UP 
THIS TIME, LAST TIME

[Captioner] 21:58:02
 IT DIDN'T.
SO I HOPE I'M SPEAKING ON THE 
CORRECT

[Captioner] 21:58:05
 TOPIC.
BUT CHANGES

[Captioner] 21:58:08
 TO THE CITY COUNCIL,

[Captioner] 21:58:11
 
SO THE

[Captioner] 21:58:15
 COUNCIL, THE CHANGE 
MENTIONED

[Captioner] 21:58:18
 BY COUNCILMEMBER -- 
ONE

[Captioner] 21:58:22
 OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS, I 
WON'T SAY HER NAME CORRECTLY

[Captioner] 21:58:25
.
NOTED THAT WRITTEN

[Captioner] 21:58:28
 COMMUNICATION 
HAD AN ISSUE AND I BELIEVE THAT 
WAS BROUGHT UP A

[Captioner] 21:58:31
 YEAR AGO ON OUR 
MEETING.
AND I WAS

[Captioner] 21:58:34
 ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT 
BROUGHT IT UP AND IT WAS TAKEN 
AS

[Captioner] 21:58:38
 A MEETING NOTE THAT THAT 
WOULD BE CHANGED.
SO I'M CONCERNED

[Captioner] 21:58:41
 ABOUT WHETHER 
OR NOT AT A CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 21:58:44
 
MEETING, SOMETHING CHANGED IN 
THE LAW BEFORE

[Captioner] 21:58:47
 IT'S ADDRESSED 
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS.
THE OTHER THING IS

[Captioner] 21:58:51
, SOMETIMES I 
HEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAYING 
THEY CAN'T

[Captioner] 21:58:54
 ANSWER QUESTIONS.
BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT IN THE 
RULES HERE

[Captioner] 21:58:58
.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, I SEE 
YOU

[Captioner] 21:59:02
 WANT TO MAKE CHANGES ABOUT 
PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO

[Captioner] 21:59:05
 STOP 
TALKING AT PUBLIC,

[Captioner] 21:59:08
 PUBLIC, STOP 
TALKING AT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

[Captioner] 21:59:12
, 
AND SO YOU'VE CHANGED SOME OF 
THE RULES AROUND THAT

[Captioner] 21:59:15
, THAT'S 
NOT VERY CLEAR AT ALL

[Captioner] 21:59:18
.
AND I THINK THIS IS

[Captioner] 21:59:21
 IN WHAT IS 
I.T.,

[Captioner] 21:59:30
 
IT, CHAPTER 4

[Captioner] 21:59:33
B.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL PUT FORTH

[Captioner] 21:59:37
.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, WHEN CAN

[Captioner] 21:59:39
 
QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE PUBLIC BE 
ANSWERED?


[Captioner] 21:59:42
IT IS A POLICY BY THE CITY 
COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT TO ANSWER

[Captioner] 21:59:46
 
THEM BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING THEM 
IN THE HANDBOOK HERE.


[Captioner] 21:59:49
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:59:53
>> The Clerk:   NEXT SPEAKER IS 
KATHERINE.
>> Mayor Mei:   WELCOME

[Captioner] 21:59:56
, 
KATHERINE.
>> THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:59:58

I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS REAL 
QUICK.


[Captioner] 22:00:01
I DON'T SEE ANY SENSE IN 
REPEATING SOMETHING THAT

[Captioner] 22:00:04
 HAS 
ALREADY BEEN SAID.
SO I AM GOING

[Captioner] 22:00:07
 TO SAY THAT EVERY 
POINT

[Captioner] 22:00:12
 THAT VENETA MADE WAS 100%

[Captioner] 22:00:13
 
OF SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE 
SAID.


[Captioner] 22:00:16
SO I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH 
HER SUGGESTIONS

[Captioner] 22:00:21
.
AND THANK YOU FOR,

[Captioner] 22:00:24
 COUNCILMEMBER 
JONES FOR BRINGING THAT UP IN 
TERMS OF STREAMLINING EVERYTHING

[Captioner] 22:00:26

EVERYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, I YIELD THE REST OF 


[Captioner] 22:00:29
MY TIME.
>> The Clerk:   THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER

[Captioner] 22:00:34
 IS MARIE

[Captioner] 22:00:37
.
>> THIS IS MARIE HUGHES THERE 
NILES

[Captioner] 22:00:41
.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE 
COUNCIL AND THE

[Captioner] 22:00:44
 STAFF FOR 
LISTENING TO US ATHE THE LAST 
MEETING

[Captioner] 22:00:47
 AND REMOVING THE SECTION 
WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO

[Captioner] 22:00:50
 CHANGE 
HOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE 
CONSENT CALENDAR WOULD HAPPEN

[Captioner] 22:00:53
 SO 
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:01:00
>> Mayor Mei:   WAS THAT THE 
LAST OF OUR SPEAKERS, THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 22:01:03

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC 
COMMENT AND I'LL BRING IT BACK.

[Captioner] 22:01:07

THERE IS A COUPLE OF 
CLAIRVETIONS, I

[Captioner] 22:01:13
 
CLARIFICATIONS.
ORIGINALLY WE HAD

[Captioner] 22:01:16
 TALKED ABOUT 
PUBLIC SPEAKERS, THAT IS 
SOMETHING WE HAD CHANGED AND I 


[Captioner] 22:01:19
THINK THE LAST SPEAKER MENTIONED 
THAT IN TERMS OF THE ONLY THING

[Captioner] 22:01:22
 
IS THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT IF 
THINGS BECOME

[Captioner] 22:01:26
 I THINK WE'VE HAD 
SOME SITUATIONS WHERE IT BECOMES

[Captioner] 22:01:29

BECOMES, READING WHERE WE STRUCK 
OUT BECOMES BOISTEROUS

[Captioner] 22:01:33
 WHILE 
ADDRESSING.
WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE 


[Captioner] 22:01:36
PAST WHERE PEOPLE TRIED SMASHING 
A WINDOW WHICH

[Captioner] 22:01:39
 WOULD BE 
DISRUPTIVE TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS

[Captioner] 22:01:43
 THERE 
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO 
CLARIFY ON THAT ITEM ON PAGE

[Captioner] 22:01:46
 14, 
ITEM 3?
AND I THINK IT'S SECTION

[Captioner] 22:01:49
 4 ITEM 
B

[Captioner] 22:01:52
.
AND B-3 ON PAGE 14.
I THINK

[Captioner] 22:01:56
 THAT MAY BE THE ONE 
SOMEBODY WAS REFERENCING.


[Captioner] 22:02:02
>> WE TOOK OUT THE TERM 
BOISTEROUS SIMPLY

[Captioner] 22:02:06
 BECAUSE IT'S 
AMBIGUOUS,

[Captioner] 22:02:09
 CAN BE INTERPRETED 
MANY WAYS.
THE COUNCIL IN ITS CURRENT

[Captioner] 22:02:12
 
HANDBOOK FORM CAN -- YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 22:02:15
 
ADDRESS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR

[Captioner] 22:02:19
 AND 
THAT PROVISION REMAINS.
YOU CAN STILL

[Captioner] 22:02:22
 ADDRESS DISRUPTIVE 
BEHAVIOR IN YOUR MEETING,

[Captioner] 22:02:27
 THE 
WORD BOISTEROUS

[Captioner] 22:02:31
 CAN BE JOYFUL

[Captioner] 22:02:34
.
WE DECIDED TO

[Captioner] 22:02:38
 LEAVE DISRUPTIVE.
>> Mayor Mei:   THERE WAS A 
QUESTION EARLIER TONIGHT

[Captioner] 22:02:41
 TALKING 
ABOUT THE TWO, WHO IT REPORTS TO 
THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:02:44
.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE DIRECT 
REPORTS AND THE

[Captioner] 22:02:47
 DIRECT HIRES 
REMAIN THE CITY

[Captioner] 22:02:50
 MANAGER AND

[Captioner] 22:02:53
 THE 
CITY ATTORNEY.
AND MAY I CLARIFY AS TO HOW THAT 


[Captioner] 22:02:57
DECISION'S BEING MADE?
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THE

[Captioner] 22:03:00
 
CLARIFICATION OF THE ROLE.
>> THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY 


[Captioner] 22:03:03
ATTORNEY ARE BOTH COUNCIL 
APPOINTED

[Captioner] 22:03:06
 EXECUTIVES.
MEANING THAT IN ORDER TO HIRE

[Captioner] 22:03:09
 
THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SITTING

[Captioner] 22:03:12

SITTING, SERVING THOSE CHAIRS, 
THOSE TITLES, THE

[Captioner] 22:03:16
 COUNCIL 
MAJORITY HAS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF 
THE APPOINTMENT

[Captioner] 22:03:20
.
>> Mayor Mei:   AND JUST TO 
CLARIFY IF THERE IS A

[Captioner] 22:03:24
 CHANGE IN 
THAT RELATIONSHIP OR IF THERE'S 
A DISCUSSION I KNOW

[Captioner] 22:03:27
 THAT THE 
CITY MAYOR HAS

[Captioner] 22:03:31
 ONE DECLINATION 
AS MAYOR I'M

[Captioner] 22:03:34
 PART OF THE COUNCIL 
WHICH IS THE SEVEN OF US.
BUT THERE ARE

[Captioner] 22:03:37
 SEVERAL DUTIES 
THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 
FOR THE MAYOR AS

[Captioner] 22:03:41
 THE 
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COUNCIL AS 
WELL AS IN TERMS OF MAKING

[Captioner] 22:03:45
 
APPOINTMENTS.
AND THOSE ARE SELECTED

[Captioner] 22:03:48
 BY THE 
MAYOR BUT THEY HAVE TO THE 

[Captioner] 22:03:51
 TO BE 
RATIFIED AND APPROVED BY THE

[Captioner] 22:03:54
 
COUNCIL MAJORITY.
AND THEN ALSO WHIT COMES TO 


[Captioner] 22:03:57
SIGNING LETTERS OF AGREEMENT, 
THE MAYOR GENERALLY DOES THAT IN

[Captioner] 22:04:00
 
THAT CAPACITY.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO

[Captioner] 22:04:03
 
CLARIFY WHO LAST TO APPROVE 
THESE WHEN IT COMES

[Captioner] 22:04:06
 HAS TO APPROVE

[Captioner] 22:04:10
 THESE 
WHEN IT COMES OUT.
>> THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE

[Captioner] 22:04:12
 
INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY OTHER THAN 
THOSE AUTHORITIES CONFERRED IN 


[Captioner] 22:04:16
THE HANDBOOK WHICH THE HANDBOOK 
AS THAT'S THE DISCUSSION

[Captioner] 22:04:19
 THIS 
EVENING ONLY ADDRESSES 
CEREMONIAL ITEMS,

[Captioner] 22:04:22
 AND 
APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY'S 
ADVISORY BODIES.


[Captioner] 22:04:25
OTHER THAN THAT, THE COUNCIL 
VOTES AS A MAJORITY

[Captioner] 22:04:29
.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU FOR 
THAT CLARIFICATION.


[Captioner] 22:04:32
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, OF 
COURSE,

[Captioner] 22:04:36
 AND WE'LL DECIDE IN THE 
FUTURE HOW THAT WORKS, TOO, IN 
TERMS

[Captioner] 22:04:39
 OF WE HAVE CEREMONIAL AND 
THE MAYOR IS

[Captioner] 22:04:42
 THE ONE WHO USUALLY 
DELIVERS THAT.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE

[Captioner] 22:04:45
 HAVE A 
VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALSO JUST TRYING

[Captioner] 22:04:48
 OFIGURE 
OUT AND AS THIS MEETING RUNS A 
LITTLE LATER THIS

[Captioner] 22:04:52
 EVENING, THAT 
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO

[Captioner] 22:04:54
 
INCLUDE THE PUBLIC AS PART OF 
THE PROCESS BUT PART OF THE

[Captioner] 22:04:58
 
PROCESS OF WHY PEOPLE ARE COMING 
THIS EVENING IS

[Captioner] 22:05:02
 TRULY TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THE OTHER ITEMS

[Captioner] 22:05:05
 
THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR 
DISCUSSION SUCH AS THE HOME

[Captioner] 22:05:07

HOMELESSNESS REPORT WHICH IS 
COMING NEXT.


[Captioner] 22:05:10
SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT

[Captioner] 22:05:13
 
THE RESOLUTION ENTERING THE CITY 
COUNCIL HANDBOOK

[Captioner] 22:05:17
 RULES AND 
PROCEDURES AND THE

[Captioner] 22:05:20
, IT IS A 
LIVING DOCUMENT PERHAPS AND 
WE'RE STILL

[Captioner] 22:05:23
 HAVING THAT 
DISCUSSION AND THAT MAY BE 
REVISITED DURING

[Captioner] 22:05:27
 RETREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN I SAW YOU 
RAISE YOUR

[Captioner] 22:05:30
 HAND AND 
COUNCILMEMBER KENG.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

[Captioner] 22:05:33
 SECOND 
TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING 
THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK

[Captioner] 22:05:37
, OF THE 
RULES AND PROCEDURES AND

[Captioner] 22:05:40
 ADOPT A 
PROCEDURE

[Captioner] 22:05:44
 OF THE LIST OF ANNUAL 
CEREMONIAL CELEBRATIONS

[Captioner] 22:05:46
.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE.


[Captioner] 22:05:49
>> Councilmember Cox:   I HAVE A 
QUESTION.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE

[Captioner] 22:05:52
 ACCEPTING 
WHAT IS WRITTEN, NOT ANY OTHER

[Captioner] 22:05:55
 
COMMENTS AT THIS POINT?
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE VOTING

[Captioner] 22:05:59
 ON?
>> Mayor Mei:   I THINK THE 
PROPOSAL AND I WOULD HAVE

[Captioner] 22:06:02
 TO 
GIVE IT TO THE MAKER, TO ASK 
WHAT HE'S MAKING

[Captioner] 22:06:05
 THE MOTION ON.


[Captioner] 22:06:10
>> Councilmember Salwan:   GOOD 
YES.
YES I THINK WE'RE

[Captioner] 22:06:13
 ACCEPTING 
MOVING THIS FORWARD, THIS 
RESOLUTION, AND WE'RE

[Captioner] 22:06:16
 TAKING 
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT 
DATES AND SO FORTH AND IT'S

[Captioner] 22:06:19
 A 
LIVING DOCUMENT SO WE'LL 
CONTINUE TO LOOK

[Captioner] 22:06:22
 AT IT AND ADD,

[Captioner] 22:06:26
 
AS DEEMS FIT BY THE COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 22:06:31
>> Councilmember Cox:   I THINK 
IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE 
SPECIFIC IF WE'RE GOING

[Captioner] 22:06:33
 TO DO 
THIS, THAT IT'S A LIVING 
DOCUMENT.


[Captioner] 22:06:36
BUT IT GIVES THE APPEARANCE THAT 
IF IT'S NOT

[Captioner] 22:06:40
 WRITTEN, IT GIVES 
THE APPEARANCE

[Captioner] 22:06:43
 THAT IF IT'S NOT 
WRITTEN IN NOW, IT MAY NOT

[Captioner] 22:06:46
 BE 
WRITTEN.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT

[Captioner] 22:06:50
 FORMALLY 
LISTING THINGS THAT WE TALKED 
ABOUT ALREADY.

[Captioner] 22:06:53

SO THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS.
I HEAR IT'S

[Captioner] 22:06:56
 LIVING BUT I GOT TO 
RECOGNIZE THAT IF I VOTE TONIGHT 
IT'S

[Captioner] 22:06:59
 VOTING ON THE LIST AS-IS

[Captioner] 22:07:02
 
AND NOT AS AMENDED OR SUGGESTED.
>> Mayor Mei:   WELL ONE

[Captioner] 22:07:06
 OF THE 
THINGS WE WANT TO CLARIFY IS 
THERE ARE THESE ITEMS

[Captioner] 22:07:09
 AND 
PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 
WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT BUT

[Captioner] 22:07:12
 WE 
HAVE SAID THIS IS THE ITEMS THAT 
WE ARE PRESENTING

[Captioner] 22:07:15
 AT THE COUNCIL 
MEETINGS.
AND THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT 


[Captioner] 22:07:18
EVENTS AND OCCASIONS AND WE HAVE 
CHURCHES AND OTHER PLACES THAT

[Captioner] 22:07:22
 
HAVE 150th ANNIVERSARY AND 
OTHER THINGS AND THOSE ARE

[Captioner] 22:07:26
 NOT 
USUALLY PRESENTED AT COUNCIL 
MEETINGS, THOSE ARE

[Captioner] 22:07:29
 THINGS THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO ASK 
SPECIFICALLY FOR

[Captioner] 22:07:32
 THEIR EVENTS.
SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO STILL 
PROVIDE

[Captioner] 22:07:36
 THAT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE 
WE HAVE HAD INCREDIBLE

[Captioner] 22:07:40
 LONGEVITY 
IN OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:07:44
 HITTING 
THEIR 100th BIRTHDAY.


[Captioner] 22:07:47
FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE OHLONE 
COLLEGE THAT IS HITTING

[Captioner] 22:07:50
 THEIR 
50th ANNIVERSARY FOR THEIR 
DEAF COLLEGE

[Captioner] 22:07:53
 PROGRAM AND WE 
MIGHT ASK THEM TO PRESENT

[Captioner] 22:07:56
 
SOMETHING AT THEIR EVENT.
THAT IS SEPARATE.


[Captioner] 22:08:00
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS 
THE COUNCIL MEETINGS

[Captioner] 22:08:03
 AND HAVING 
SOME NEED BACK FROM THE 
COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:08:06
 MEMBERS THIS IS THE 
LIST WE HAVE NOW.
OUR COUNSEL

[Captioner] 22:08:09
 RETREAT WILL BE IN 
JANUARY AND AT THAT TIME IF 
THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO

[Captioner] 22:08:12
 
CHANGE BUT THIS IS THE LIST THAT 
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.


[Captioner] 22:08:15
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY 
OBJECTION TO THE DATES OR THE

[Captioner] 22:08:18
 
SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU SUBMITTED 
ALSO,

[Captioner] 22:08:21
 OR ASKED ABOUT, BUT I 
THINK THAT IT WON'T BE LIMITED 
TO

[Captioner] 22:08:24
 JUST THAT DATE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE 
WANTS

[Captioner] 22:08:27
 TO COMMENT AND IF THE 
MAKER AND THE SECOND WOULD LIKE 
TO MAKE

[Captioner] 22:08:30
 ANY CHANGES I KNOW THAT 
YOU MADE THE MOTION,

[Captioner] 22:08:33
 
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.
AND COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


[Captioner] 22:08:36
SO --
>> Councilmember Keng:   YES SO 
I THINK WE SHOULD ADD EARLIER

[Captioner] 22:08:41
 
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN MENTIONED 
THAT THE HINDU MONTH AND THE

[Captioner] 22:08:44
 
MUSLIM MONTH WHICH WE JUST DID 
TODAY, RIGHT?


[Captioner] 22:08:47
SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME AND 
THEN ALSO

[Captioner] 22:08:50
 SOME THAT 
COUNCILMEMBER COX SAID ABOUT 
SOME

[Captioner] 22:08:53
 OF THE THINGS THAT WE 
ALREADY CELEBRATE LIKE

[Captioner] 22:08:57
 IN THE 
LAST, LAST YEAR SO MAYBE

[Captioner] 22:09:00
 --
>> Mayor Mei:   AND CHINESE 
AMERICAN DAY MAYBE

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.
>> Councilmember Keng:   THERE 
ARE SOME WE MAY HAVE MISSED AND 


[Captioner] 22:09:07
CERTAINLY TAKE INTO 
CONSIDERATION AND LOOK AT THE 
LIST THAT

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 BOTH COUNCILMEMBER 
SALWAN

[Captioner] 22:09:14
 AND COME HAD.
>> Mayor Mei:   AND SHAO

[Captioner] 22:09:19
.
>> Councilmember Keng:   AND TO 
CITY ATTORNEY ALVARADO'S

[Captioner] 22:09:22
 POINT, 
ADDING TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE 
STAFF SO THEY CAN

[Captioner] 22:09:25
 GO AHEAD AND 
PREPARE THOSE PROCLAMATION 
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO

[Captioner] 22:09:28
 THROUGH ALL 
THE, YOU KNOW, APPLICATION AND 
REQUEST AND

[Captioner] 22:09:31
 THINGS LIKE THAT SO 
THEY CAN PREPARE IT AHEAD OF 
TIME.


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SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU 
KNOW, HELP WITH THE STAFF

[Captioner] 22:09:37
.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   
COUNCILMEMBER COX BY ALL MEANS 


[Captioner] 22:09:41
SUBMIT YOUR LIST TO THE CITY 
STAFF AND I THINK YOU SHOULD BE 
GIVEN

[Captioner] 22:09:44
 
GIVEN THE DUE DEFERENCE AS FAR 
AS

[Captioner] 22:09:48
 PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURE.
BUT IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING

[Captioner] 22:09:50
 
THIS FORWARD I WOULD LIKE TO GO 
AHEAD WITH THIS AS LONG AS YOU 


[Captioner] 22:09:53
CAN SUBMIT THE DATES THAT YOU 
MENTIONED.
>> Mayor Mei:   AND

[Captioner] 22:09:58
 ALSO 
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO I THINK ALSO, 
ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL.

[Captioner] 22:09:59

>> Councilmember Salwan:   
ABSOLUTELY.


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>> Mayor Mei:   ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE HAVE TO REVISIT IN THE 
RETREAT

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 IS THE EFFICIENCY 
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS NOT WHAT 
THE MAJORITY

[Captioner] 22:10:08
 OF THE PEOPLE ARE 
COMING TO FOCUS ON.


[Captioner] 22:10:12
>> Councilmember Cox:   YES, I 
AGREE THERE IS MORE IMPORTANT 
ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO

[Captioner] 22:10:16
 WORK 
THROUGH BUT I APPRECIATE THE 
COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN

[Captioner] 22:10:20
 
AND MAYOR MEI TO HAVE IT UNDER 
CONVERSATION AND

[Captioner] 22:10:23
 WITH FELLOW 
COUNCILMEMBER KENG AND MAKING 
SURE THAT

[Captioner] 22:10:26
 THINGS ARE ADDRESSED 
ACCORDINGLY, THAT MAKES ME FEEL

[Captioner] 22:10:29
 
A LOT BETTER.
THANK YOU.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Mayor Mei:   SO WE HAVE

[Captioner] 22:10:35
 
MOTION AND SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE WITH YOUR DAIS 


[Captioner] 22:10:38
BUTTON.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO 
AMENDMENT WAS ACCEPTED TO THE

[Captioner] 22:10:40
 
MOTION.
SO THIS IS JUST THE ORIGINAL 


[Captioner] 22:10:43
MOTION WITH NO CHANGES.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WELL, DID YOU 
AMEND IT?
I THINK

[Captioner] 22:10:50
 YOU --

[Captioner] 22:10:51

>> Councilmember Salwan:   
THAT'S CORRECT.


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IT WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE 
FEEDBACK

[Captioner] 22:10:56
 FROM FELLOW 
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> Mayor Mei:   ON ADDITIONAL 


[Captioner] 22:11:00
DAYS.
>> OKAY, SO THIS IS A

[Captioner] 22:11:04
 GOOD 
OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY 
BECAUSE --

[Captioner] 22:11:06

>> Mayor Mei:   FOR PURPOSES 
OF --


[Captioner] 22:11:09
>> FOR PURPOSES OF THIS 
RESOLUTION --
>> Mayor Mei:   WE

[Captioner] 22:11:13
 CAN'T CHANGE.
>> YOU CAN CHANGE IT.
THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:11:16
 MAJORITY THIS 
EVENING CAN ADD AS MANY OR AS 
LITTLE CELEBRATION

[Captioner] 22:11:19
S AS IT 
DESIRES.
IT ALSO DOESN'T HAVE TO ADOPT

[Captioner] 22:11:22
 
ANY RESOLUTION AND CAN YOU 
MAINTAIN YOUR EXISTING PROCESS.


[Captioner] 22:11:26
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE 
LIST, THAT

[Captioner] 22:11:29
 WAS PUBLICIZED IT 
WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:11:33
 
MAJORITY TO WEIGH IN ON WHICH 
ONES ARE GOING TO BE ADDED SO

[Captioner] 22:11:36
 
THE RECORD IS CLEAR THAT THE 
RESOLUTION REFLECTS THE

[Captioner] 22:11:39
 COUNCIL 
MAJORITY'S VOTE.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   OKAY 


[Captioner] 22:11:42
SO LET'S ACTUALLY TABLE THAT FOR 
MAYBE THE RETREAT

[Captioner] 22:11:45
 AND WE CAN 
APPROVE THE REST.
>> YOU ARE THE

[Captioner] 22:11:48
 MOVERS.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   I 
THINK HERE WE CAN'T FIGURE

[Captioner] 22:11:52
 OUT 
THE DATES AND WE NEED TO HAMMER 
THIS OUT IN LONGER SESSION

[Captioner] 22:11:55
.
>> WHAT STAFF HAS ALSO HEARD IS 
THE COUNCIL IS INTEREST

[Captioner] 22:11:58
ED IN 
REVISITING THIS PERHAPS AS EARLY 
AS THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:12:01
 RETREAT WHICH IS 
JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IN 
THE BEGINNING OF THE

[Captioner] 22:12:05
 NEW YEAR 
AND OF COURSE AT ANY TIME AFTER 
THAT SINCE THIS IS AGAIN

[Captioner] 22:12:08
 A 
LIVING DOCUMENT.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   SO 


[Captioner] 22:12:11
MOVE ITEM 1 WHICH IS ADOPTION OF 
THE CITY

[Captioner] 22:12:14
 HANDBOOK OF RULES AND 
PROCEDURES

[Captioner] 22:12:18
.
>> Councilmember Keng:   ARE WE 
ALSO TAKING

[Captioner] 22:12:21
 INTO COUNCILMEMBER 
KASSAN'S RECOMMENDATION AT ONE 
POINT YOU WERE MAKING

[Captioner] 22:12:24
 ABOUT WHO 
THE STAFF WAS --
>> Councilmember Salwan:   I 


[Captioner] 22:12:28
THINK SHE WAS SATISFIED.
>> Mayor Mei:   I THINK THE 
STAFF

[Captioner] 22:12:31
 HAS NOTED THE EDITS THAT 
SHE ASKED

[Captioner] 22:12:34
 ABOUT.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   DO WE 
HAVE A SECOND?

[Captioner] 22:12:37

>> Councilmember Jones:   I'LL 
SECOND.


[Captioner] 22:12:40
>> Mayor Mei:   MOTIONED AND 
SECONDED SO PLEASE VOTE.

[Captioner] 22:12:43

>> The Clerk:   SORRY SO YOU'RE 
NOT VOTING ON ITEM 2

[Captioner] 22:12:46
 THE 
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 
CURRENT LIST OF

[Captioner] 22:12:48
 CEREMONIAL?
>> Councilmember Salwan:   
THAT'S CORRECT.


[Captioner] 22:12:51
>> The Clerk:   ONLY DOING ITEM 
1.
>> Councilmember Salwan:   ITEM 


[Captioner] 22:12:55
1 AND WE'LL BRING IT AT THE 
RETREAT TO LOOK AT THE OTHER 
DATES

[Captioner] 22:12:58
.
>> The Clerk:   TO FLESH IT OUT.
>> Mayor Mei:   WE CLEAR IT OUT

[Captioner] 22:13:01
 
JUST SO WE WANTED TO CLARIFY IN 
CASE PEOPLE WANTED TO

[Captioner] 22:13:04
.
>> The Clerk:   OKAY.
>> Mayor Mei:   JUST TO MAKE

[Captioner] 22:13:08
 
SURE IT'S CLEAR NOW.
IF YOU WANTED TO VOTE PLEASE DO 


[Captioner] 22:13:11
SO NOW.
>> The Clerk:   CAN YOU REVOTE.
>> Mayor Mei:   YES

[Captioner] 22:13:18
YOU CAN REVOTE.


[Captioner] 22:13:22
>> Mayor Mei:   REVOTE.
>> The Clerk:   COUNCILMEMBERS 
SHAO

[Captioner] 22:13:25
 AND JONES.
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY, THE MOTION 


[Captioner] 22:13:28
PASSES WITH THE MAJORITY OF 
COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN 
VOTING

[Captioner] 22:13:31
 NAY.
SO I SEE THE TIME AND I

[Captioner] 22:13:34
 DO KNOW 
WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK BECAUSE 
THE NEXT ITEM IS

[Captioner] 22:13:37
 SOMETHING WE 
DEFINITELY WANT TO FOCUS ON SO 
I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR

[Captioner] 22:13:40
 A TEN MINUTE 
BREAK.
WE'LL COME BACK, LITTLE MORE 


[Captioner] 22:13:44
THAN 10, SO 10:25.


[Captioner] 22:13:48
PLEASE SILENCE.


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[Captioner] 22:25:58
 

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[Captioner] 22:26:00





[Captioner] 22:26:06
.
[PLEASE STAND BY]


[Captioner] 22:26:17
[PLEASE STAND BY]


[Captioner] 22:26:29
[PLEASE STAND BY]


[Captioner] 22:27:05
>> Mayor Mei: GOOD EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO BRING US BACK TO

[Captioner] 22:27:08
 OUR
NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM, WHICH
IS

[Captioner] 22:27:12
 ITEM 7C, WHICH IS
HOMELESSNESS MITIGATION AND


[Captioner] 22:27:15
RESPONSE.
AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
OUR DEPUTY

[Captioner] 22:27:18
 CITY MANAGER,
KRISTINA BRIGGS, TO INTRODUCE
THIS

[Captioner] 22:27:21
 ITEM.
>> Ms. Briggs: THANK YOU, MADAME
MAYOR.


[Captioner] 22:27:24
JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION THAT
THIS AS A REMINDER IS

[Captioner] 22:27:27
 ON ONE
HAND A RESPONSE TO A REFERRAL
THAT MAYOR MEI MADE

[Captioner] 22:27:31
 IN SEPTEMBER
REGARDING MITIGATION OF
HOMELESSNESS

[Captioner] 22:27:35
 IMPACTS, ALONG WITH
AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM FOR YOU
ALL THIS

[Captioner] 22:27:38
 EVENING, REALLY A
STATUS UPDATE AND COMPREHENSIVE
OVERVIEW OF

[Captioner] 22:27:42
 THE CITY'S EFFORTS
ON ALL THINGS RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS

[Captioner] 22:27:45
 AND WITH THAT, I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO ALLEN

[Captioner] 22:27:49
 DEMERS,
ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.


[Captioner] 22:27:54
>> THANK YOU, KRISTINA.
I'M

[Captioner] 22:27:58
 GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN
HERE.


[Captioner] 22:28:03
AND NOTE THAT JOINING ME FOR


[Captioner] 22:28:07
THIS PRESENTATION IS LAUREN
FLORES, THE

[Captioner] 22:28:10
 CITY'S HOMELESS
SERVICES MANAGER, AND

[Captioner] 22:28:13
 AS
KRISTINA MENTIONED, WE ARE

[Captioner] 22:28:17
 GOING
TO PRESENT A STAFF REPORT THAT
IS

[Captioner] 22:28:22
 RESPONSIVE TO COUNCIL'S
REFERRAL ISSUE BY MAYOR

[Captioner] 22:28:25
 MEI ON
SEPTEMBER 6TH.
THIS REPORT

[Captioner] 22:28:29
 PROVIDES FOR A
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS
OF

[Captioner] 22:28:33
 HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF
FREMONT.
THE

[Captioner] 22:28:36
 CITY'S MITIGATION ACTIVITIES
WITH A SPECIAL

[Captioner] 22:28:41
 FOCUS ON THE
HEALTH HAZARDS, ILLEGAL

[Captioner] 22:28:44
 DUMPING
AND RELATED CLEAN-UPS THAT WERE
MENTIONED IN THE REFERRAL,

[Captioner] 22:28:48
 BUT
ALSO TO PROVIDE A GENERAL
OVERVIEW OF THE

[Captioner] 22:28:51
 WORK THAT IS
BEING DONE BY STAFF MEMBERS


[Captioner] 22:28:54
ACROSS THE CITY OF FREMONT TO
ADDRESS

[Captioner] 22:28:59
 HOMELESSNESS.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS REPORT


[Captioner] 22:29:03
IS NOT REQUESTING

[Captioner] 22:29:06
 ACTION BY THE
CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT OTHER THAN
TO

[Captioner] 22:29:09
 ACCEPT THE REPORT AS
RESPONSIVE

[Captioner] 22:29:12
 TO THE REFERRAL, AND
I'LL

[Captioner] 22:29:16
 MENTION SOME NEXT STEPS AT
THE END OF THE MEETING, BUT


[Captioner] 22:29:19
WE'RE GOING TO START OUT TALKING
ABOUT MITIGATION AND

[Captioner] 22:29:23
 ACTIVITY --
MITIGATION ACTIVITY AND
COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WE'RE GOING


[Captioner] 22:29:27
TO DISCUSS DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO
OUR UNHOUSED

[Captioner] 22:29:31
 RESIDENTS, WE'RE
GOING TO MENTION

[Captioner] 22:29:34
 AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, AND A BRIEF SURVEY

[Captioner] 22:29:36
 OF
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE
CONDUCTED.


[Captioner] 22:29:44
THE 2022 POINT IN TIME COUNT AND
SURVEY REPORT RELEASED

[Captioner] 22:29:47
 IN AUGUST
IS THE CITY'S MOST CURRENT AND


[Captioner] 22:29:51
COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON THE STATE
OF HOMELESSNESS

[Captioner] 22:29:54
 IN FREMONT.
THE COMMUNITY COUNT IDENTIFIED
THAT

[Captioner] 22:29:57
 AT LEAST 1,026 RESIDENTS OF
FREMONT

[Captioner] 22:30:00
 ARE UNHOUSED, WHICH IS A


[Captioner] 22:30:04
68% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS
FROM THE LAST COUNT CONDUCTED
THREE

[Captioner] 22:30:07
 YEARS AGO.
RESPONDENTS TO THE

[Captioner] 22:30:10
 SURVEY
IDENTIFIED THAT THE CAUSE OF
THEIR HOMELESSNESS WAS

[Captioner] 22:30:12

LARGELY --
>> Mayor Mei: APOLOGIES, ALLEN,


[Captioner] 22:30:15
I DON'T THINK YOUR PRESENTATION
IS

[Captioner] 22:30:20
 MOVING IN LINE WITH -- AT
LEAST MINE IS JUST FROZEN ON

[Captioner] 22:30:23
 THE
COVER PAGE RIGHT NOW.
>> Ms. Gauthier: ALBERTO CAN


[Captioner] 22:30:27
SHARE HIS SCREEN AND IT APPEARS
THAT ALLEN'S SCREEN IS

[Captioner] 22:30:30
 FROZEN.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU, ALBERTO.


[Captioner] 22:30:33
>> Mayor Mei: NO, AND THANK

[Captioner] 22:30:35
 YOU
FOR THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE


[Captioner] 22:30:38
PEOPLE KNEW.
THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU CAN ADVANCE ONE SLIDE,


[Captioner] 22:30:41
ALBERTO.


[Captioner] 22:30:45
SO AS

[Captioner] 22:30:48
 MENTIONED, THE HOMELESS
POPULATION OF FREMONT IS
ESTIMATED

[Captioner] 22:30:52
 AT 1,026 BASED ON OUR
POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS

[Captioner] 22:30:55
 A
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OVER

[Captioner] 22:30:59
 THE
POPULATION THAT WAS COUNTED
THREE YEARS AGO.


[Captioner] 22:31:09
48% OF THE HOMELESS RESIDENTS IN
FREMONT REPORT THAT THEY HAVE A


[Captioner] 22:31:12
DISABLING CONDITION, WHICH MEANS
THAT THEY LIVE WITH A

[Captioner] 22:31:15
 LONG-TERM
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY
THAT IMPACTS THEIR

[Captioner] 22:31:18
 ABILITY TO
LIVE INDEPENDENTLY OR TAKE THE
NECESSARY

[Captioner] 22:31:22
 STEPS TO SECURE
HOUSING.


[Captioner] 22:31:28
14% OF THOSE COUNTED ARE
EMPLOYED

[Captioner] 22:31:31
 AND 35% ARE SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT.


[Captioner] 22:31:35
BUT 80% OF THE HOMELESS


[Captioner] 22:31:39
RESIDENTS ARE UNSHELTERED,
MEANING THEY ARE SLEEPING

[Captioner] 22:31:42
 OR
RESIDING IN A PLACE NOT MEANT
FOR HUMAN HABITATION, LIKE

[Captioner] 22:31:46
 A
VEHICLE, A

[Captioner] 22:31:49
 TENT ENCAMPMENT OR AN
ABANDONED BUILDING.


[Captioner] 22:31:52
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE ARE
MORE

[Captioner] 22:31:55
 HOMELESS IN THE CITY OF
FREMONT AND THOSE HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS ARE

[Captioner] 22:31:58
 REMAINING
HOMELESS LONGER THAN THEY WERE
BEFORE.


[Captioner] 22:32:03
IF YOU CAN ADVANCE.


[Captioner] 22:32:10
SO, THE CITY'S STRATEGY TO


[Captioner] 22:32:13
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IS
CURRENTLY A BALANCED


[Captioner] 22:32:16
MULTIDISCIPLINARY

[Captioner] 22:32:20
 APPROACH, A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS IN

[Captioner] 22:32:26
 THE CITY LED BY
LAURIE FLORES

[Captioner] 22:32:29
 AND COMPRISED OF
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY
MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY


[Captioner] 22:32:33
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CODE
ENFORCEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES, THE FIRE

[Captioner] 22:32:37
 DEPARTMENT,
HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS,
MAINTENANCE

[Captioner] 22:32:41
 SERVICES, AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THOSE


[Captioner] 22:32:44
STAFF MEMBERS COLLABORATE TO
RESPOND TO COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:32:47
 CONCERNS TO
INTERVENE TO RESOLVE OR MITIGATE
IMPACTS

[Captioner] 22:32:51
 FROM ENCAMPMENTS AND TO
PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE

[Captioner] 22:32:58

UNHOUSED.


[Captioner] 22:33:08
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR A


[Captioner] 22:33:13
MOMENT, THIS IS MOST DIRECTLY
RESPONSIVE TO THE REFERRAL.
THE COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:33:16
 SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL


[Captioner] 22:33:19
SERVICES TEAM MONITORS


[Captioner] 22:33:23
APPROXIMATELY 200 ENCAMPMENT
SITES THROUGHOUT THE

[Captioner] 22:33:28
 CITY.
ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 90% OF


[Captioner] 22:33:31
THE CITY'S ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.
LAST YEAR, STAFF

[Captioner] 22:33:34
 CONDUCTED
99 CLEAN-UP EVENTS, REMOVED
325 TONS

[Captioner] 22:33:37
 OF DEBRIS AND SPENT


[Captioner] 22:33:41
APPROXIMATELY $480,000 IN
ABATEMENT CONTRACT IN WASTE
MANAGEMENT

[Captioner] 22:33:44
 EXPENSES.
STAFF SYMPTOMS THAT

[Captioner] 22:33:47
 THIS FISCAL
YEAR THEY WILL SPEND IN EXCESS


[Captioner] 22:33:50
OF $800,000 IN THOSE SAME
ABATEMENT COSTS BASED ON


[Captioner] 22:33:54
INCREASING COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:33:58
 NEED.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF IN
OUR COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:34:01
 DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT ALSO COORDINATE ON
THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO


[Captioner] 22:34:05
ENCAMPMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
AND ASSIST WITH

[Captioner] 22:34:09
 CONCERNS ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY SUCH AS STREETS,


[Captioner] 22:34:12
SIDEWALKS AND PARKS, WHICH COULD
INCLUDE AN

[Captioner] 22:34:16
 ACTIVE ENCAMPMENT,
BELONGINGS OR DEBRIS THAT WAS
LEFT

[Captioner] 22:34:19
 BEHIND BY HOMELESS
RESIDENTS.
SINCE

[Captioner] 22:34:22
 2020, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS
OPENED, INVESTIGATED AND
RESPONDED

[Captioner] 22:34:26
 TO 505

[Captioner] 22:34:35
 TO 55 HOMELESS --
SLIDE,

[Captioner] 22:34:37
 PLEASE.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING STAFF FROM THE


[Captioner] 22:34:41
MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
DIVISIONS, RESPOND TO INCIDENTS


[Captioner] 22:34:44
THAT MAY HAVE DAMAGED CITY
FACILITIES, AND THEY ALSO

[Captioner] 22:34:47
 LEAD
EFFORTS TO CREATE SAFE ROADWAYS
FOR RESIDENTS,

[Captioner] 22:34:52
 PEDESTRIANS, AND
DRIVERS IN THE CITY.
OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL

[Captioner] 22:34:55
 YEARS,
STAFF HAVE RESPONDED TO 10


[Captioner] 22:34:58
INCIDENTS OF FIRE, TRESPASSING
OR ILLEGAL

[Captioner] 22:35:02
 UTILITY ACCESS THAT
HAVE REQUIRED REPAIR

[Captioner] 22:35:05
 OR
CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL
SECURITY

[Captioner] 22:35:09
 MEASURES.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS IMPLEMENTED
STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO SEVERAL


[Captioner] 22:35:12
SITES IN FREMONT SUCH AS
INSTALLING

[Captioner] 22:35:16
 FENCING,

[Captioner] 22:35:20
 SIGNS AND
POSTS, FOR EXAMPLE,

[Captioner] 22:35:24
 IN 2020, TO
ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT SAFETY
CONCERNS,

[Captioner] 22:35:27
 PUBLIC WORKS STAFF
PROVIDED PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON
THE

[Captioner] 22:35:30
 DIRT SHOULDER AT KATO ROAD,
AN AREA

[Captioner] 22:35:33
 IMPACTED BY COMMERCIAL
TRUCK PARKING AND INHABITED

[Captioner] 22:35:36

RVs.
OUR

[Captioner] 22:35:40
 POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES
FOR THE GENERAL LAW

[Captioner] 22:35:44
 ENFORCEMENT
AND SAFETY SERVICES THAT WE ALL
EXPECT FROM A

[Captioner] 22:35:47
 POLICE DEPARTMENT.


[Captioner] 22:35:50
THEIR PRIMARY METRIC FOR
HOMELESS SERVICES

[Captioner] 22:35:55
 CALLS IS A
CODE FOR SERVICE THAT THEY
ASSOCIATE WITH A

[Captioner] 22:35:58
 REQUEST FOR
SERVICE RESULTING FROM A


[Captioner] 22:36:02
HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.
OVER THE LAST TWO

[Captioner] 22:36:05
 YEARS, THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED
10,000 CALLS

[Captioner] 22:36:10
 FOR SERVICE RELATED
TO

[Captioner] 22:36:13
 HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.
TO PUT THAT NUMBER IN
PERSPECTIVE,

[Captioner] 22:36:16
 OVER THAT SAME
PERIOD, THEY DID

[Captioner] 22:36:19
 RECEIVE 300,000
TOTAL CALL FORCE SERVICE OF ALL
TYPES.


[Captioner] 22:36:23
SO CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO
HOMELESS

[Captioner] 22:36:26
 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTS
APPROXIMATELY 3% OF

[Captioner] 22:36:29
 THEIR
ONGOING CALLS FOR SERVICE.


[Captioner] 22:36:33
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE CITY

[Captioner] 22:36:36
 OF FREMONT HAS A MOBILE
EVALUATION TEAM,

[Captioner] 22:36:39
 WHICH IS A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
FREMONT POLICE

[Captioner] 22:36:43
 DEPARTMENT, THE
CITY OF FREMONT HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, AND THE

[Captioner] 22:36:46
 WASHINGTON
HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.


[Captioner] 22:36:49
THE MOBILE EVALUATION TEAM OR


[Captioner] 22:36:53
MET TEAM IS A FIELD-BASED
CO-RESPONDER

[Captioner] 22:36:56
 TEAM COMPRISE

[Captioner] 22:36:59
ED OF
11 SERGEANT, TWO

[Captioner] 22:37:03
 OFFICERS AND
THREE CLINICIANS.
IT CONNECTS COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:37:05
 MEMBERS
NEEDING ASSISTANCE WITH LOCAL
MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS


[Captioner] 22:37:08
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
ALTHOUGH THE FOCUS OF THE

[Captioner] 22:37:12
 MET
TEAM IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND
SERVICES, THE

[Captioner] 22:37:15
 TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN
REPURPOSED

[Captioner] 22:37:18
 TO PROVIDE SECURITY
OVERSIGHT DURING

[Captioner] 22:37:21
 ENCAM MMENT
ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES AND TO


[Captioner] 22:37:25
FACILITIES ENFORCEMENT OF
VEHICLE OR PARKING VIOLATIONS.


[Captioner] 22:37:30
AND FINALLY, THE CITY OF

[Captioner] 22:37:34

FREMONT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT TRACKS
AND RESPONDS CALLS

[Captioner] 22:37:37
 FOR SERVICE
AS WELL, RESULTING FROM
HOMELESSNESS OR

[Captioner] 22:37:41

HOMELESSNESS-RELATED ISSUES.
IN THE LAST TWO FISCAL

[Captioner] 22:37:44
 YEARS,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES IT
HAS

[Captioner] 22:37:47
 RECEIVED 2900 TOTAL
HOMELESSNESS-RELATED CALLS

[Captioner] 22:37:51
 FOR
SERVICE.
852 OF THOSE WERE RELATED

[Captioner] 22:37:54
 TO
FIRE OR FIRE

[Captioner] 22:37:58
 CONCERNS, AND JUST
NORTH OF 1400 OF THOSE CALLS
WERE RELATED TO HEALTH

[Captioner] 22:38:01
 AND
RESCUE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER

[Captioner] 22:38:04
 TO
LAURIE NOW TO DISCUSS THE DIRECT


[Captioner] 22:38:08
ASSISTANCE AND OUR SURVEY


[Captioner] 22:38:12
RESULTS.
>> THANK YOU, ALLEN.
GOOD

[Captioner] 22:38:16
 EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
IN ADDITION TO PARTICIPATING IN
THE

[Captioner] 22:38:21
 HOMELESS GROUP, THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT COORDINATES
PROGRAMS

[Captioner] 22:38:24
 FOR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS
EITHER THROUGH

[Captioner] 22:38:25
 GRANT
ADMINISTRATION OR DIRECT SERVICE
PROVISION.


[Captioner] 22:38:29
WITHIN EACH OF THESE PROGRAM
TYPES THERE'S A STRONG EFFORT

[Captioner] 22:38:30
 TO
CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES.


[Captioner] 22:38:34
AS PERSONAL ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED
TO NAVIGATE PUBLIC SYSTEMS AND
APPLYING

[Captioner] 22:38:37
 FOR HOUSING.
QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES


[Captioner] 22:38:40
CONSISTS OF PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE A FORM OF SUPPORT


[Captioner] 22:38:43
OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER OR
HOUSING SETTING.
THESE

[Captioner] 22:38:46
 PROGRAMS DELIVER BASIC
NEEDS LIKE FOOD AND HYGIENE,


[Captioner] 22:38:49
HOUSING NAVIGATION SUPPORT, OR
RESOURCE LINKAGES.
MANY

[Captioner] 22:38:52
 PROGRAMS ARE MOBILE TO MEET
PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE

[Captioner] 22:38:55
 AT.
THEY'RE INTENDED TO IMPROVE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTCOMES


[Captioner] 22:38:59
THROUGH HARM REDUCTION PRACTICES
AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO AVAILABLE


[Captioner] 22:39:02
SHELTER OR HOUSING.
SHELTER INTERIM HOUSING

[Captioner] 22:39:05
 PROGRAMS
PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER WITH
WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO


[Captioner] 22:39:08
TRANSITION UNHOUSED RESIDENTS
INTO LONGER-TERM HOUSING


[Captioner] 22:39:12
ARRANGEMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE CLOSURE
OF THE ISLANDER, THE

[Captioner] 22:39:15
 CITY'S
CURRENTLY WITHOUT

[Captioner] 22:39:18
 THOSE 35 UNITS
OF SHELTER.
AT THIS TIME, WINTER RELIEF IS


[Captioner] 22:39:22
ACTIVE FOR ONLY FIVE MONTHS OUT
OF THE YEAR.


[Captioner] 22:39:25
SUFFICIENT AVAILABILITY OF THESE
TYPES OF PROGRAMS CAN BALANCE


[Captioner] 22:39:29
ENFORCEMENT BY PROVIDING LOW
BARRIER OPTIONS TO RELOCATE TO
DURING AN

[Captioner] 22:39:32
 ABATEMENT, FOR
EXAMPLE.
HOUSING SOLUTIONS ARE A VARIETY


[Captioner] 22:39:35
OF PROGRAMS THAT EITHER PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE PLACES TO

[Captioner] 22:39:38
 LIVE OR
SUBSIDIES TO ASSIST WITH THE
COST OF RENT.


[Captioner] 22:39:42
PREVENTION PROGRAMS DECREASE THE
INFLOW OF INDIVIDUALS INTO


[Captioner] 22:39:45
HOMELESSNESS AND MAINTAIN PEOPLE
IN THEIR HOMES.
SUBSTANTIAL

[Captioner] 22:39:49
 INVESTMENT IN
HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND PREVENTION
IS NEEDED TO

[Captioner] 22:39:53
 GREATLY REDUCE
HOMELESSNESS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES

[Captioner] 22:39:56
 DEPARTMENT
HAS UTILIZED A COMBINATION OF
ONGOING LOCAL FUNDS

[Captioner] 22:39:59
 AND LARGE
ONE-TIME STATE AND FEDERAL
GRANTS TO

[Captioner] 22:40:02
 LAUNCH AND MAINTAIN
THESE PROGRAMS.
THE COVID-19 RELIEF

[Captioner] 22:40:06
 DOLLARS WERE
CRUCIAL IN PREVENTING OVER 1400
FREMONT

[Captioner] 22:40:09
 FAMILIES FROM FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THE EMERGENCY

[Captioner] 22:40:12
 SUPPORT ALLOWED
THE CITY TO TEMPORARILY EXPAND
SHELTER

[Captioner] 22:40:15
 AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 22:40:19
THE CITY CONTINUES TO

[Captioner] 22:40:23
 INCREASE
ITS ALL AFFORDABILITY LEVELS.
FREMONT HAS

[Captioner] 22:40:26
 33 EXISTING
DEVELOPMENTS

[Captioner] 22:40:30
 TOTALING 2,228
AFFORDABLE UNITS AND
APPROXIMATELY 10

[Captioner] 22:40:33
 MORE UNITS IN
THE PIPELINE ARE EXPECTED TO
GENERATE OVER A

[Captioner] 22:40:35
 THOUSAND
AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WE'VE PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN OF


[Captioner] 22:40:38
THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FOR ALL
UNITS.


[Captioner] 22:40:43
STAFF WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE
UPCOMING HOMEKEY

[Captioner] 22:40:46
 ROUND THREE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE

[Captioner] 22:40:49
 RELEASED IN
THE SPRING OF 2023.


[Captioner] 22:40:54
HOMEKEY IS GEARED TOWARDS
PROVIDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE


[Captioner] 22:40:57
HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT WERE
FORMERLY HOMELESS OR FORMERLY


[Captioner] 22:41:01
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.


[Captioner] 22:41:04
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 22:41:08
THIS MONTH, CITY STAFF SURVEYED
OTHER STAFF IN

[Captioner] 22:41:11
 BERKELEY,
HAYWARD, LIVERMORE, MOUNTAIN
VIEW, SAN JOSÉ AND

[Captioner] 22:41:14
 REDWOOD CITY.
MOST RESPONDENTS

[Captioner] 22:41:17
 INDICATE THEY
COORDINATE ABATEMENT OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES IN A

[Captioner] 22:41:21
 MANNER SIMILAR
TO THE FREMONT

[Captioner] 22:41:25
 HOMELESS GROUP.
THEY ASSESS SEVERAL KEY

[Captioner] 22:41:28
 FACTORS
WHEN DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE
INTERVENTION LARGELY

[Captioner] 22:41:31
 RELYING ON
PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH,
SANITATION AND LOCATION WITHIN


[Captioner] 22:41:34
THE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY OF BERKELEY DEPLOYS

[Captioner] 22:41:37
 AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL HOMELESS
RESPONSE TEAM LED BY


[Captioner] 22:41:40
NEIGHBORHOOD

[Captioner] 22:41:44
 SERVICES, PLANNING
AND COORDINATION ALSO INVOLVES
HEALTH, HOUSING

[Captioner] 22:41:47
 AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES IN RESOURCE

[Captioner] 22:41:50
 LINKAGES.


[Captioner] 22:41:55
BERKELEY -- AGAINST SHELTER
AVAILABILITY.
AND WHETHER STAFF

[Captioner] 22:41:58
 DETERMINED
THAT JUST

[Captioner] 22:42:03
 -- CITY OF HAYWARD UTILIZES
A TEAM OF STAFF

[Captioner] 22:42:07
 ACROSS MULTIPLES
APARTMENTS.
THEY MEET ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS


[Captioner] 22:42:11
TO REVIEW ENCAMPMENTS AND


[Captioner] 22:42:14
COORDINATE RESPONSE.
HAYWARD PRIORITIZES ENFORCEMENT
WITH HEALTH

[Captioner] 22:42:17
 AND SAFETY HAZARDS
THAT WERE OF GREATER CONCERN


[Captioner] 22:42:20
WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE OF
COVID-19.


[Captioner] 22:42:25
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW'S EFFORTS
ARE LED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


[Captioner] 22:42:28
WHO THEN COORDINATE WITH THE
STREETS DIVISION FOR CLEAN-UP.
RESOURCE INFORMATION IS

[Captioner] 22:42:31
 SHARED
WITH INDIVIDUALS LIVING AT
LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO

[Captioner] 22:42:34
 ABATEMENT.
CITY OF SAN JOSÉ

[Captioner] 22:42:38
 RECENTLY
DECENTRALIZED ENCAMPMENT
RESPONSE COORDINATION,

[Captioner] 22:42:41
 HOWEVER,
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CONTINUES
TO OVERSEE OUTREACH AND

[Captioner] 22:42:45
 SERVICES
TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN
ENCAMPMENTS WHILE THE DEPARTMENT


[Captioner] 22:42:48
OF PARKS, RECREATION AND
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES

[Captioner] 22:42:52
 CONDUCT
ENCAMPMENT ABATEMENT AS WELL AS


[Captioner] 22:42:55
TRASH BIOWASTE AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT.
SAN JOSÉ DEVELOPED A

[Captioner] 22:42:58
 CITY ROAD
MAP ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT AND
SAFE

[Captioner] 22:43:02
 RELOCATION POLICY.
THIS POLICY IS UNIQUE AMONG THE
CITIES

[Captioner] 22:43:05
 SURVEYED, IN THAT IT
PROHIBITS

[Captioner] 22:43:10
 ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN

[Captioner] 22:43:14
 100 FEET OF LIBRARIES AND
SCHOOLS.


[Captioner] 22:43:18
SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
LIKE CREEKS AND

[Captioner] 22:43:21
 RIVERBEDS HAS
LED THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE
DISBANDING A

[Captioner] 22:43:24
 LARGE ENCAMPMENT
LOCATED IN A CREEK BED.
SOME OTHER EXAMPLES

[Captioner] 22:43:28
 OF
STRATEGIES ARE PEER SERVICE
PROGRAMS

[Captioner] 22:43:31
 TO INCREASE OUTREACH
CAPACITY.
FOR

[Captioner] 22:43:34
 EXAMPLE, THE CITIES OF
SAN JOSÉ, REDWOOD CITY AND


[Captioner] 22:43:38
HAYWARD HAVE CONTRACTED WITH
DOWNTOWN

[Captioner] 22:43:41
 STREETS IN
VARYING DEGREES OF
BEAUTIFICATION IN TARGETED AREAS


[Captioner] 22:43:44
OF THEIR CITIES.
IN REGARDS TO PARKING


[Captioner] 22:43:48
ENFORCEMENT, THE CITIES OF
MOUNTAIN VIEW,

[Captioner] 22:43:51
 REDWOOD CITY AND
EAST PALO ALTO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO
PAIR PARKING

[Captioner] 22:43:54
 ENFORCEMENT WITH
THE AVAILABILITY OF SAFE PARKING
PROGRAMS.


[Captioner] 22:43:57
SEVERAL RESPONDENTS INDICATE
THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE
SUFFICIENT

[Captioner] 22:44:01
 SERVICES TO MEET
DEMAND.
HOWEVER, STAFF LEARNED

[Captioner] 22:44:04
 THROUGH
PREVIOUS SAFE PARKING RESEARCH
THAT IN

[Captioner] 22:44:07
 PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT
WE HOPE, EAST PALO ALTO


[Captioner] 22:44:10
SUCCESSFULLY ELIMINATED PARKING
ON A SPECIFIC STREET SUBJECT FOR
DEVELOPMENT.


[Captioner] 22:44:16
BY CREATING A TEMPORARY SAFE
PARKING RV PROGRAM

[Captioner] 22:44:19
 WITH THE GOAL
TO REHOUSE ALL FAMILIES WHO ONCE
RESIDED IN THE

[Captioner] 22:44:22
 TARGETED STREET
LOCATION.
THANK

[Captioner] 22:44:25
 YOU.


[Captioner] 22:44:32
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 22:44:36
SO IN CLOSING, AND AS KRISTINA
REFERENCED EARLIER IN

[Captioner] 22:44:39
 THE
MEETING, CITY STAFF

[Captioner] 22:44:42
 IS CURRENTLY
CONSTRUCTING AN

[Captioner] 22:44:45
 RFP FOR A
CONSULTANT THAT WILL ASSIST THE
CITY

[Captioner] 22:44:49
 IN CONSTRUCTING A
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE MASTER
PLAN.


[Captioner] 22:44:53
WE EXPECT TO ISSUE THAT

[Captioner] 22:44:56
 RFP AT
THE END OF NOVEMBER, AND

[Captioner] 22:44:59
 THAT
RFP WILL

[Captioner] 22:45:02
 REQUIRE A CONSULTANT
THAT WILL ADVISE

[Captioner] 22:45:05
 US IN
CONSTRUCTING THIS PLAN THAT WILL
HELP

[Captioner] 22:45:10
 US REVIEW HOW WE'RE
SPENDING OUR RESOURCES ON

[Captioner] 22:45:13

HOMELESS SERVICES AND PROVIDE US
WITH RECOMMENDATIONS

[Captioner] 22:45:16
 FOR
POTENTIAL POLICY

[Captioner] 22:45:19
 CHANGES.
IT IS LIKELY THAT THAT

[Captioner] 22:45:23
 WILL
NECESSITATE STAFF RETURNING TO
COUNCIL WITH A DRAFT

[Captioner] 22:45:26
 HOMELESS
RESPONSE MASTER PLAN, AND AT
THAT TIME,

[Captioner] 22:45:30
 STAFF WILL SEEK
ADDITIONAL

[Captioner] 22:45:33
 COUNCIL DIRECTION
REGARDING NEXT STEPS.
IN THE

[Captioner] 22:45:37
 MEANTIME, STAFF REQUESTS
THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT

[Captioner] 22:45:40
 THIS
REFERRAL RESPONSE WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL BE


[Captioner] 22:45:43
RETURNING FOR ADDITIONAL
DIRECTION ONCE WE HAVE A

[Captioner] 22:45:45
 DRAFT
HOMELESS RESPONSE MASTER PLAN
COMPLETED.


[Captioner] 22:45:50
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS

[Captioner] 22:45:53
 FROM ACROSS THE
CITY THAT ARE ON THE CALL IF
THERE ARE SPECIFIC

[Captioner] 22:45:56
 QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME, AND I WANT

[Captioner] 22:45:59
 TO THANK
THOSE FOLKS AND ALL

[Captioner] 22:46:03
 OF THEIR
STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY

[Captioner] 22:46:06
 HAVE
DONE TO PREPARE THIS RESPONSE
AND FOR THE WORK

[Captioner] 22:46:09
 THAT THEY DO ON
AN ONGOING BASIS.
SO

[Captioner] 22:46:12
 WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL TAKE


[Captioner] 22:46:16
QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.


[Captioner] 22:46:21
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING ON THE CALL AND FOR


[Captioner] 22:46:24
PROVIDING THIS REPORT.
I WANT TO

[Captioner] 22:46:28
 CLARIFY ALSO, I THINK
LAURIE, I'VE ASKED THIS

[Captioner] 22:46:30
 QUESTION
BEFORE JUST FOR A QUICK
CLARIFYING QUESTION, IS THAT


[Captioner] 22:46:33
WHEN I LOOK AT OUR DATA, OUR
CITY IS A

[Captioner] 22:46:36
 LITTLE UNIQUE WHEN I
COMPARE TO SOME OF THE OTHER
CITIES THAT WE HAVE

[Captioner] 22:46:39
 ACTUALLY
SEEN A REDUCTION OF

[Captioner] 22:46:43
 THE TENT
RESIDENTS, UNSHELTERED

[Captioner] 22:46:46

RESIDENTS, BUT WE'VE SEEN A
TREMENDOUS

[Captioner] 22:46:49
 INCREASE IN THE CAR
AND RV, AND I THINK THAT ALSO
LEADS TO

[Captioner] 22:46:53
 SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT
WE'VE BEEN SEEING, BECAUSE
UNLIKE IN PAST

[Captioner] 22:46:56
 YEARS, JUST TO
CLARIFY, I THINK WE USED TO HAVE
A ONE ON ONE IN TERMS OF

[Captioner] 22:46:59
 WHEN WE
SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'D ANTICIPATED


[Captioner] 22:47:02
THAT I THINK IT WAS LIKE ONE
PERSON ALLOCATED PER

[Captioner] 22:47:05
 VEHICLE
BECAUSE WE REALLY COULDN'T TELL
AND THIS

[Captioner] 22:47:09
 YEAR IT WAS UNFORTUNATE
THAT WE HAD TO WAIT A YEAR, SO
IT'S THREE YEARS INSTEAD

[Captioner] 22:47:13
 OF TWO
YEARS, AND BECAUSE OF THE


[Captioner] 22:47:16
INCREDIBLY COLD MORNING THAT
WERE OUT

[Captioner] 22:47:20
 THERE, LIKE 34,
36 DEGREES OUT THERE, WE WERE
ABLE TO HAVE BETTER

[Captioner] 22:47:24
 VISIBILITY
INTO SOME OF THE CAR AND RV
PARKING, BUT I THINK WE

[Captioner] 22:47:27
 HAD ALSO
APPLIED A FACTOR, THERE WAS A
PRE-STUDY

[Captioner] 22:47:31
 CONDUCTED IN TERMS OF
CAR AND RVs, AND I THINK MY


[Captioner] 22:47:34
UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU COULD
CLARIFY, THERE WAS A FACTOR


[Captioner] 22:47:37
APPLIED INSTEAD OF THE ONE ON
ONE IN THE PAST, SO ONE VEHICLE


[Captioner] 22:47:41
EQUALS ONE PERSON, WE ALSO PUT A
FACTOR IN THIS TIME AROUND FROM
THE

[Captioner] 22:47:44
 COUNTY FOR THE POINT IN TIME
COUNT.


[Captioner] 22:47:50
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT,
YES, WHAT THEY CALL A

[Captioner] 22:47:54
 MULTIPLIER
IS

[Captioner] 22:47:57
 APPLIED TO TENTS, VEHICLES
AND ABANDONED

[Captioner] 22:48:00
 BUILDINGS COUNTED
BECAUSE IT IS NOT A ONE

[Captioner] 22:48:03
 FOR ONE
SCENARIO, THERE COULD BE
MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN

[Captioner] 22:48:06
 A
VEHICLE, TENT OR BUILDING.


[Captioner] 22:48:10
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THOSE
THAT

[Captioner] 22:48:13
 CONDUCTED THE COUNT
METHODOLOGY AND DATA, THAT THAT
WAS

[Captioner] 22:48:16
 A SIMILAR PROCESS DONE IN
YEARS PAST.


[Captioner] 22:48:21
>> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT WAS A
SIMILAR PROCESS BUT IF I
REMEMBER CORRECTLY,

[Captioner] 22:48:24
 I'D ASKED
THIS QUESTION EARLIER WHEN WE
FIRST SAW THE DATA, I THINK PART


[Captioner] 22:48:27
OF IT IS ALSO SINCE WE'RE ADDING
A MULTIPLIER,

[Captioner] 22:48:30
 I THINK THE TYPES
OF -- THE

[Captioner] 22:48:33
 MULTIPLIER APPLIED
BECAUSE IN THE PAST IF YOU LOOK
AT OUR

[Captioner] 22:48:37
 DETAIL, AND I KNOW WE
DON'T HAVE IT HERE BUT I'M
LOOKING AT

[Captioner] 22:48:41
 THE EVERYONE HOME
DETAILED POINT IN TIME COUNT AND
YOU CAN SEE

[Captioner] 22:48:45
 FREMONT 2019 VERSUS
2022, AND IN PARTICULAR, YOU

[Captioner] 22:48:49
 CAN
SEE ON THE CAR AND VAN, THERE
WAS

[Captioner] 22:48:52
 A TREMENDOUS INCREASE THERE,
ALMOST DOUBLING IN PERCENTAGE OF


[Captioner] 22:48:55
HOMELESSNESS RIGHT THERE ALONE,
AND THEN OF COURSE SOME INCREASE
IN RV,

[Captioner] 22:48:58
 SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE
THAT TO THE PUBLIC.


[Captioner] 22:49:01
SO THAT'S WHY THE WHOLE SAFE
PARKING DISCUSSION AND WE WERE
REALLY HOPING

[Captioner] 22:49:05
 FOR THE PROJECT
HOMEKEY, SO I'M HOPING THAT

[Captioner] 22:49:07
 WE
CAN STILL CONTINUE.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR


[Captioner] 22:49:10
THE ROUND THREE.
AND SO I ALSO

[Captioner] 22:49:13
 WANT TO LOOK FOR
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 22:49:15
 KASSAN AND
THEN WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC
SPEAKERS, I THINK.


[Captioner] 22:49:24
>> Councilmember Kassan: UM,
LET'S SEE.
I HAD A QUESTION THAT I FOR

[Captioner] 22:49:28
 FORGOT,
BUT I HAVE ANOTHER

[Captioner] 22:49:32
 QUESTION, AND
THAT IS I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
WHAT YOU

[Captioner] 22:49:35
 WOULD DO

[Captioner] 22:49:39
 WITH
$10 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM AT

[Captioner] 22:49:43
 THE ROOT, SO THAT WE
COULD REDUCE SOME OF THESE


[Captioner] 22:49:46
EXPENDITURES ON, QUOTE-UNQUOTE,
MITIGATION, IF YOU

[Captioner] 22:49:46
 HAD
$10 MILLION.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:49:55
>> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, THAT'S
NOT INFORMATION THAT

[Captioner] 22:49:58
 WE PREPARED


[Captioner] 22:50:02
FOR TONIGHT, SORT OF OUTSIDE THE
BOUNDS OF

[Captioner] 22:50:05
 THE REFERRAL AND THE
INFORMATION PREPARED.
I'M SORRY.


[Captioner] 22:50:10
>> AND AS ALAN INDICATED, THAT'S
PRECISELY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS


[Captioner] 22:50:13
WE WOULD LIKE TO POSE IN THE
MASTER PLAN PROCESS, YOU

[Captioner] 22:50:17
 KNOW,
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW TO
ALLOCATE

[Captioner] 22:50:20
 RESOURCES.
ACROSS THE CITY'S PROGRAMS.


[Captioner] 22:50:32
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS
COUNCILMEMBER JONES.
DID YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING


[Captioner] 22:50:35
QUESTION?
>> Councilmember Jones: NO, I
THINK MR. DEMERS ANSWERED

[Captioner] 22:50:36
 THE
QUESTION.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:50:39
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND NOW I'LL TURN TO

[Captioner] 22:50:43
 THE PUBLIC
FOR THEIR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.


[Captioner] 22:50:49
OH, SORRY.
OH, SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER KENG
JUST SHOWED UP.


[Captioner] 22:50:52
SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER KENG.
>> Vice Mayor Keng: SURE, THANK
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


[Captioner] 22:50:56
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.


[Captioner] 22:51:02
FIRST, IN THE EXPECTED INCREASE
IN BUDGET IN

[Captioner] 22:51:05
 ABATEMENT, WHERE
WOULD THIS BUDGET BE COMING OUT
FROM?


[Captioner] 22:51:09
>> I KNOW THAT STAFF IS ON THE
CALL THAT CAN ANSWER

[Captioner] 22:51:12
 THIS
QUESTION MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN
ME, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT


[Captioner] 22:51:15
THOSE ARE LARGELY

[Captioner] 22:51:18
 FEE-BASED
EXPENSES, SO THERE

[Captioner] 22:51:22
 IS NOT A
DIRECT IMPACT

[Captioner] 22:51:25
 TO THE CITY'S
OPERATING BUDGET.
IS THAT CORRECT?


[Captioner] 22:51:28
I SEE SUZANNE OUT THERE.
>> Ms. Wolf: 

[Captioner] 22:51:32
THAT IS CORRECT, WE
HAVE INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
FUNDS THAT WE

[Captioner] 22:51:35
 WOULD GO TO, TO
LOOK TOWARDS -- FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING AT THIS

[Captioner] 22:51:39
 TIME.
>> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:51:42
AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS RECENTLY
WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF


[Captioner] 22:51:46
EMAILS AND CALLS REGARDING SOME


[Captioner] 22:51:49
HOMELESS ACTIVITIES IN THE METRO


[Captioner] 22:51:53
CROSSING AREA, AND THERE WERE A
COUPLE CALLERS EARLIER THIS


[Captioner] 22:51:57
EVENING, AND WE SAW EARLIER THE
DATA, YOU

[Captioner] 22:52:02
 KNOW, OUR POLICE
RECEIVED ABOUT 10,000 CALLS IN
THE LAST TWO

[Captioner] 22:52:05
 YEARS, AND IF WE
WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME

[Captioner] 22:52:09
 OF
THESE CONCERNS IN THE METRO
CROSSING

[Captioner] 22:52:12
 AREA

[Captioner] 22:52:16
 YET?
>>

[Captioner] 22:52:20
 UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE --
>> Ms. Briggs: OUR

[Captioner] 22:52:23
 PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR HANS LARSEN MAY BE ABLE
TO COMMENT ON THAT.


[Captioner] 22:52:37
>> Mr. Larsen: SO IF THE
QUESTION IS RELATED TO KIND OF


[Captioner] 22:52:41
POLICE RESPONSE, MAYBE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD

[Captioner] 22:52:44
 ADDRESS
THAT, BUT LET ME JUST ADDRESS
FOR THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:52:47
 THE PROPOSAL TO
PUT UP

[Captioner] 22:52:50
 A GATE OR CLOSE THE


[Captioner] 22:52:54
CONNECTION OF THE STREET WHERE
IT TIES

[Captioner] 22:52:57
 IN WITH RESEARCH.
SO BECAUSE THAT'S A

[Captioner] 22:53:00
 PUBLIC
STREET, YOU CAN'T GATE

[Captioner] 22:53:03
 THE ROAD
AND SELECTIVELY PROVIDE ACCESS
JUST TO

[Captioner] 22:53:06
 THE RESIDENTS,

[Captioner] 22:53:09
 SO THAT'S
NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED ON A PUBLIC
ROAD.


[Captioner] 22:53:14
THERE'S BEEN PROPOSALS TO CHANGE
THE STREETS

[Captioner] 22:53:17
 TO PRIVATE STREETS,
AND THAT IS -- THAT WOULD BE


[Captioner] 22:53:21
VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE, GIVEN
JUST THE

[Captioner] 22:53:24
 WAY THAT THE ACCESS

[Captioner] 22:53:25
 IN
PROPERTY RIGHTS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED WITHIN THAT NEW


[Captioner] 22:53:29
DEVELOPMENT, AND SO REALLY THE


[Captioner] 22:53:33
MECHANISM THAT WOULD SORT OF
ADDRESS KIND OF THE CONCERN

[Captioner] 22:53:37

THAT'S BEEN RAISED IS ACTUALLY
CLOSING THE

[Captioner] 22:53:41
 PUBLIC STREET AT TOM
BLALOCK

[Captioner] 22:53:44
 AND RESEARCH, AND SO
ESSENTIALLY PUT IN

[Captioner] 22:53:47
 A BACK TO
BACK CUL DE SAC AT THAT
LOCATION, AND

[Captioner] 22:53:50
 THEN WHETHER YOU
FENCE TO VEHICLES AND ALLOW


[Captioner] 22:53:54
PEDESTRIANS OR YOU CLOSE IT OFF


[Captioner] 22:53:58
TO EVERYBODY WOULD REQUIRE GOING
THROUGH A STUDY PROCESS

[Captioner] 22:54:02
 TO
EVALUATE THE ISSUES AND IMPACTS
WITH THAT KIND

[Captioner] 22:54:06
 OF CHANGE TO THE
STREET

[Captioner] 22:54:09
 SYSTEM.
AS THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL, WE
DID SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THE


[Captioner] 22:54:13
CLOSURE OF MORRISON CANYON ROAD,
AND THAT

[Captioner] 22:54:17
 WAS A STUDY EFFORT THAT
WENT ON FOR A

[Captioner] 22:54:20
 YEAR, IT WAS ABOUT
$150,000 IN

[Captioner] 22:54:23
 CONSULTANT COST TO
DO THE STUDY, AND SO IF THAT WAS


[Captioner] 22:54:26
SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY OR
COUNCIL WANTED TO CONSIDER,

[Captioner] 22:54:29
 YOU
KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE
MECHANISM THAT WE WOULD NEED

[Captioner] 22:54:32
 TO
PURSUE TO ADDRESS THAT
PARTICULAR ISSUE.


[Captioner] 22:54:38
>> Vice Mayor Keng: GREAT, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
AND LASTLY, I WAS REAL


[Captioner] 22:54:41
INTERESTED IN SEEING MORE


[Captioner] 22:54:44
INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT
REHOPE, WHERE ANOTHER CITY WAS


[Captioner] 22:54:47
ABLE TO RE-HOUSE -- WELL, THE
GOAL

[Captioner] 22:54:51
 IS TO RE-HOUSE THE FAMILIES
LIVING IN THE RVs WHEN

[Captioner] 22:54:54
 THEY
TRY TO RELOCATE THEM TO

[Captioner] 22:54:57
 AN
RV-SAFE PARKING, SO I THINK
THAT'S

[Captioner] 22:55:00
 REALLY ONE OF THE
PROJECTS THAT WE CAN REALLY
BENEFIT FROM.


[Captioner] 22:55:04
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:55:12
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT, I DON'T KNOW --
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN?


[Captioner] 22:55:14
>> Councilmember Kassan: I'M
SORRY, I REMEMBERED MY OTHER
QUESTION.


[Captioner] 22:55:17
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING.
>> Councilmember Kassan: SO I


[Captioner] 22:55:20
KNOW THAT WITH THE SAFE PARKING
PROGRAM, IT HAS BEEN USED A
LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT

[Captioner] 22:55:24
 WE HAD
ANTICIPATED, WHICH IS SURPRISING


[Captioner] 22:55:28
GIVEN THE LARGER NUMBER OF
PEOPLE LIVING IN CARS.
I

[Captioner] 22:55:31
 WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD
GET AN UPDATE

[Captioner] 22:55:36
 ON THAT, THE
CURRENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING
THE PROGRAM AND WHAT'S BEING


[Captioner] 22:55:39
DONE TO OUTREACH TO MORE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:55:45
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER.
IT

[Captioner] 22:55:48
 WAS SLOW TO BUILD UP TO
CAPACITY

[Captioner] 22:55:51
 TO GET THE WORD OUT
BECAUSE ONE OF THE BEST WAYS

[Captioner] 22:55:54
 TO
GET INFORMATION OUT TO MANY


[Captioner] 22:55:57
UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS
THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH AND
EXPERIENCE WITH

[Captioner] 22:56:00
 THE PROGRAM
HEARING FROM THEIR PEERS AND


[Captioner] 22:56:04
THEIR SUCCESSES OF A PROGRAM, SO
WE ARE

[Captioner] 22:56:07
 NOW -- WE ARE NOT AT
CAPACITY BUT WE CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE

[Captioner] 22:56:10
 REFERRALS ALMOST DAILY.


[Captioner] 22:56:14
WE DO OUTREACH TO CENTRAL PARK


[Captioner] 22:56:17
IN PARTICULAR, AREAS WHERE WE
KNOW THERE ARE GROUPS OF

[Captioner] 22:56:20
 PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES, SO
WHEN

[Captioner] 22:56:23
 THERE IS AN ABATEMENT
IDENTIFIED AT A CERTAIN PLACE,
WE WILL ALSO

[Captioner] 22:56:26
 DO OUTREACH AND
NOTIFY PEOPLE ABOUT THE SAFE


[Captioner] 22:56:29
PARKING PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO
ARE ELIGIBLE.


[Captioner] 22:56:33
UNDERSTAND THAT THE ELIGIBILITY
FOR SAFE

[Captioner] 22:56:38
 PARKING DOESN'T FIT
THE -- MAY NOT FIT THE

[Captioner] 22:56:41
 MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN
VEHICLES AND THAT RIGHT NOW


[Captioner] 22:56:44
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO -- WE DON'T
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE RVs,
SO WE'RE

[Captioner] 22:56:48
 WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN
PASSENGER VEHICLES.
THEY HAVE

[Captioner] 22:56:51
 TO BE CONSISTENTLY
OPERABLE AND THEY DO HAVE TO GET
ON AND

[Captioner] 22:56:54
 OFF THE SITE DAILY, AND
THEN

[Captioner] 22:56:57
 MOVE ACROSS THE CITY MONTH
TO MONTH AT THE DIFFERENT

[Captioner] 22:57:01
 SITES,
AND SOME PEOPLE DECIDE TO OPT
OUT FROM CERTAIN

[Captioner] 22:57:04
 SITES IF THEY
FEEL IT'S TOO FAR TO

[Captioner] 22:57:07
 DRIVE ON A
NIGHTLY BASIS.
GAS, AS WAS MENTIONED

[Captioner] 22:57:11
 EARLIER IN
THIS MEETING, CAN STILL BE A
COST BURDEN TO MANY PEOPLE.


[Captioner] 22:57:14
SO THERE'S MANY FACTORS THAT GO
INTO

[Captioner] 22:57:17
 THE DECISION-MAKING OF WHY
SOMEONE WOULD CHOOSE

[Captioner] 22:57:21
 TO
PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM, BUT WE
DO

[Captioner] 22:57:25
 CONSIST TENT OUTREACH AND
ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THIS


[Captioner] 22:57:27
PROGRAM.
>> Councilmember Kassan: SO IF
WE'RE NOW AT CAPACITY, ARE HE


[Captioner] 22:57:30
WITH ACTUALLY HAVING TO TURN
PEOPLE AWAY OR IS THERE

[Captioner] 22:57:33
 THE
POTENTIAL THAT WE WILL HAVE TO
TURN PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:57:39
 AWAY?
>> THERE IS THE POTENTIAL.
IT IS

[Captioner] 22:57:42
 A VERY MUCH DYNAMIC WAIT
LIST AS WE ARE WORKING WITH
PEOPLE TO

[Captioner] 22:57:46
 FIND MORE APPROPRIATE
ALTERNATIVES TO EXIT THE PROGRAM
AND THEN WE CAN BRING

[Captioner] 22:57:49
 IN OTHERS
WHO HAVE WAITED, BUT IT'S
DEFINITELY

[Captioner] 22:57:52
 A POTENTIAL THAT
WE'LL HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:57:57
 AWAY.
>> Councilmember Kassan: THANK
YOU.


[Captioner] 22:58:00
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
LAURIE, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, I
THINK WE ALSO

[Captioner] 22:58:03
 PARTNER WITH SOME
OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES IN THE
SOUTH

[Captioner] 22:58:06
 COUNTY, IN PARTICULAR, TO
HELP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SAFE


[Captioner] 22:58:10
PARKING, AND I BELIEVE UNION
CITY IS ALSO PARTNERING WITH US


[Captioner] 22:58:13
IN THIS EFFORT.
>>

[Captioner] 22:58:17
 YES, ABSOLUTELY, WE WORK WITH
THEM TO MAKE REFERRALS

[Captioner] 22:58:20
 INTO
THEIR CARAVAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS
A SIMILAR

[Captioner] 22:58:23
 MODEL.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND I

[Captioner] 22:58:25
 THINK THAT'S IT FOR
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME.


[Captioner] 22:58:28
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO
THE PUBLIC AND SEE --

[Captioner] 22:58:31
 WE HAVE
SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
>> Ms. Gauthier: 

[Captioner] 22:58:35
WE CURRENTLY
HAVE THREE SPEAKERS AT THIS

[Captioner] 22:58:37

TIME.
HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU ALLOTTING


[Captioner] 22:58:41
PER SPEAKER?


[Captioner] 22:58:44
>> Mayor Mei: THREE MINUTES
EACH.


[Captioner] 22:58:52
>> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, WE NOW
HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 22:58:55
FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRIS.


[Captioner] 22:58:59
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, CHRIS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I'LL

[Captioner] 22:59:02
 TRY AND TAKE LESS THAN
MY ALLOTTED TIME SO YOU GUYS CAN
MOVE

[Captioner] 22:59:05
 ALONG.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD

[Captioner] 22:59:08
 IN
THIS PRESENTATION WERE ABOUT
RVs ARE

[Captioner] 22:59:12
 NOT OKAY IN SAFE
PARKING.
A

[Captioner] 22:59:15
 LOT OF PEOPLE UNDER LOWER
BUDGETS HAVE FLED TO

[Captioner] 22:59:18
 RVs TO
TRY AND STILL HAVE

[Captioner] 22:59:22
 A HOME, AND
YOU GUYS JUST CAN'T EXCLUDE
THEM.


[Captioner] 22:59:25
YOU NEED TO FIND A PLACE FOR
THEM.


[Captioner] 22:59:30
THEY ALSO WENT THROUGH AND DID


[Captioner] 22:59:37
NUMBERS, I THOUGHT IT WAS

[Captioner] 22:59:42
 VERY
UNKUSCH FOR YOU GUYS TO SAY TO


[Captioner] 22:59:45
PUT BOULDERS IN FRONT OF TESLA
WAS FOR FIRE SAFETY.
YOU GUYS

[Captioner] 22:59:48
 NOTED THAT 3.5% OF THE
POLICE CALLS WERE FOR IT,

[Captioner] 22:59:57
 RIGHT?
BUT NO ONE EVER SAYS LIKE WHAT
PERCENT OF

[Captioner] 23:00:00
 THE MONEY THAT IS.
YOU KNOW?
AND IF I LOOK AT

[Captioner] 23:00:04
 NON-OVERTIME
MONEY, YOU

[Captioner] 23:00:08
 KNOW, THE CITY SPENDS
APPROXIMATELY 84,000

[Captioner] 23:00:11
 LAST YEAR
ON PEOPLE

[Captioner] 23:00:14
 TO HAVE POLICE

[Captioner] 23:00:19

OFFICERS -- 3% OF THAT IS 2 1/2
MILLION.


[Captioner] 23:00:22
SO THE 3% POLICE CALLS IS NOT


[Captioner] 23:00:25
NOT, YOU KNOW, A COST -- THE
MONEY, AND IT ALSO

[Captioner] 23:00:28
 MEANS THAT
CALLS FOR OTHER SERVICES ARE


[Captioner] 23:00:32
DELAYED, WHICH IS THE BIGGER
PROBLEM.
AND IF YOU GUYS

[Captioner] 23:00:35
 WILL NOT FUND
THE POLICE AT A VERY HIGH
PERCENTAGE

[Captioner] 23:00:38
 FOR OUR POPULATION,
THEN YOU SHOULD AT LEAST FREE


[Captioner] 23:00:41
THEM UP SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO
DEAL WITH HOMELESS ISSUES.


[Captioner] 23:00:45
YOU CAN'T ASK THEM TO DO BOTH.
THAT'S REALLY UNFAIR.


[Captioner] 23:00:51
AND, I STILL SEE NO PLACE THE
CITY

[Captioner] 23:00:54
 HAS PROPOSED FOR SAFE


[Captioner] 23:00:59
PARKING -- I MADE A PUBLIC
INFORMATION ACT REQUEST ASKING
FOR

[Captioner] 23:01:02
 ALL PLACES THE CITY HAD
LOOKED

[Captioner] 23:01:05
 AND PROPOSED FOR SAFE
LOCATION.
I GOT A

[Captioner] 23:01:09
 RESPONSE OF NONE.
SO I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU GUYS
HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO LOOK

[Captioner] 23:01:13
 AT
SAFE PARKING IF THE CITY HAS
LOOKED

[Captioner] 23:01:16
 AT ZERO SAFE PARKING
LOCATIONS WHEN SOMEONE PUTS

[Captioner] 23:01:19
 IN A
PUBLIC RECORD

[Captioner] 23:01:23
 REQUEST THAT'S
OVER -- PROBABLY AT THIS POINT
IT'S

[Captioner] 23:01:26
 OVER 30 DAYS OLD.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVEN'T
HAD TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.


[Captioner] 23:01:30
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 23:01:35
>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS
BLAIR BEEKMAN.
BLAIR

[Captioner] 23:01:37
 BEEKMAN.
>> HI.
BLAIR BEEKMAN HERE.


[Captioner] 23:01:41
THANKS A LOT

[Captioner] 23:01:44
 FOR OFFERING


[Captioner] 23:01:48
3 MINUTES PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
FIRST OFFER

[Captioner] 23:01:51
 A CLARIFICATION FROM
A COUNCILPERSON WHO

[Captioner] 23:01:54
 SPOKE THAT I


[Captioner] 23:01:57
MISUNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS MAJOR
BAY AREA CITIES THAT

[Captioner] 23:02:00
 HAD THE
INCREASE IN

[Captioner] 23:02:04
 POLICE WAGES

[Captioner] 23:02:07
 IN
2021, AND YOU HOPEFULLY
CORRECTED THE

[Captioner] 23:02:10
 SITUATION WELL AND
THAT FREMONT IS ACTUALLY IN A
RATE

[Captioner] 23:02:14
 FREEZE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANTED


[Captioner] 23:02:17
TO -- I HAD SPOKEN OF HOMELESS


[Captioner] 23:02:21
ISSUES IN ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE MEETING TONIGHT, AND JUST
TO

[Captioner] 23:02:25
 CLARIFY A BIT AND REMIND THE
IMPORTANCE

[Captioner] 23:02:29
 OF WHAT MIXED INCOME
IDEAS COULD HELP WITH FOR


[Captioner] 23:02:33
OURSELVES, I HOPE WE CAN REALLY
FOCUS ON THE IDEAS OF VERY LOW


[Captioner] 23:02:36
AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME IDEAS,
AND IT'S THOSE

[Captioner] 23:02:39
 CONCEPTS WITH THE
HELP OF MIXED INCOME

[Captioner] 23:02:42
 THAT CAN
CONNECT OURSELVES ON HOW TO


[Captioner] 23:02:46
BUILD HOUSING THAT CONNECTS VERY
LOW

[Captioner] 23:02:49
 WITH THE MODERATE AND LOW
INCOME

[Captioner] 23:02:52
 HOUSING GROUPS.
THOSE ARE PLANS THAT ARE SET

[Captioner] 23:02:55
 TO
BE PUT INTO

[Captioner] 23:02:58
 PLACE IN A MOTION IN
THE LATE 2020s HERE

[Captioner] 23:03:02
 IN
CALIFORNIA OR AT LEAST IN THE
BAY

[Captioner] 23:03:08
 AREA.
BUT IT'S MY FEELING WHY DON'T WE
REALLY START TALKING ABOUT THOSE


[Captioner] 23:03:11
THINGS NOW SO WE CAN REALLY KILL
THE SOIL AND GET

[Captioner] 23:03:14
 OURSELVES
READY.
THE MORE WE GET READY NOW,


[Captioner] 23:03:17
THINGS WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO
TALK ABOUT

[Captioner] 23:03:20
 IN, SAY, A YEAR OR
TWO, LIKE 2025.
AND I JUST

[Captioner] 23:03:24
 THINK IT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT FUTURE THAT MIXED
INCOME

[Captioner] 23:03:27
 OFFERS OURSELVES ON HOW
TO VIEW

[Captioner] 23:03:30
 THE FUTURE OF OUR
HOUSING.
I THINK

[Captioner] 23:03:33
 IT'S MORE DEMOCRATIC AND


[Captioner] 23:03:38
IT'S MORE -- IT'S A SHARING OF
RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE

[Captioner] 23:03:41
 HAVE TO
LEARN HOW TO ACCEPT IT.
I

[Captioner] 23:03:45
 THINK WE UNDERSTAND IT AND WE
PRACTICE IT SOMETIMES, BUT MAYBE


[Captioner] 23:03:48
NOT AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO.
SO

[Captioner] 23:03:51
 GOOD LUCK IN THOSE EFFORTS
AND THE OVERALL EFFORTS

[Captioner] 23:03:55
 TO
ADDRESS THE CONCEPTS

[Captioner] 23:03:58
 OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RACIAL


[Captioner] 23:04:01
EQUITY, BEFORE THE CONCEPTS OF
MORE AND MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND

[Captioner] 23:04:04
 TECHNOLOGY.
AND OF COURSE OPEN PUBLIC POLICY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY WORK THAT

[Captioner] 23:04:08
 I
DO, YOU KNOW, CAN REALLY HELP
NAVIGATE AND

[Captioner] 23:04:11
 ORGANIZE HOW TO
ADDRESS SUCH

[Captioner] 23:04:15
 QUESTIONS, AND JUST
AN OVERALL GOOD LUCK THAT THESE


[Captioner] 23:04:18
ARE THE CONCEPTS TO FOCUS ON
THAT

[Captioner] 23:04:21
 CAN BE PROGRESSIVE GOOD
WAYS AND NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE
JUST

[Captioner] 23:04:24
 CREATING MISERY.
I THINK THERE'S

[Captioner] 23:04:28
 SOMETHING
THAT -- TO ADDRESS OUR HUMAN
RIGHTS

[Captioner] 23:04:30
 CONCERNS.
GOOD LUCK HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN
THE NEXT YEAR.


[Captioner] 23:04:33
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
OFFER, AND GOOD LUCK

[Captioner] 23:04:36
 WITH THIS
SORT OF ITEM AND ITS

[Captioner] 23:04:38
 ISSUES.
THANK YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAK SER


[Captioner] 23:04:42
LISA DANZ.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANK

[Captioner] 23:04:45
 YOU.
FIRST I WANT TO AGREE WITH CHRIS
FOR POINTING OUT

[Captioner] 23:04:48
 THAT THE
BOULDERS AT KATO WAS A VERY
HARSH

[Captioner] 23:04:51
 PROGRAM AND WE SHOULD CALL
IT WHAT IT IS.
I ALSO AGREE WITH HOW HE POINTED


[Captioner] 23:04:54
OUT THAT RVs NEED SOMEWHERE TO
PARK AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
IN

[Captioner] 23:04:58
 PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS, THE PROPOSED IDEA FOR
THAT IS

[Captioner] 23:05:01
 A CITY-OWNED SAFE
PARKING LOT AND IF I REMEMBER


[Captioner] 23:05:04
CORRECTLY FROM WHEN THIS CAME UP
INITIALLY LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF


[Captioner] 23:05:07
AGO, COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO
ONLY PROCEED WITH THE

[Captioner] 23:05:10
 VERY
LIMITED HOST SITE PROGRAM AND
NOT YET PROCEED WITH THE OTHER


[Captioner] 23:05:13
PRONGS OF THE SAFE PARKING
PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME TO MOVE


[Captioner] 23:05:16
FORWARD WITH THE OTHER PRONGS
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL


[Captioner] 23:05:19
EXPLICITLY DIRECT STAFF TO
PROCEED WITH

[Captioner] 23:05:22
 CREATING A
CITY-OWNED LOT THAT WOULD
ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE


[Captioner] 23:05:25
INCLUDING RVs, INOPERABLE
VEHICLES AND FAMILIES WITH


[Captioner] 23:05:29
CHILDREN.
MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT

[Captioner] 23:05:32
 THIS
PARTICULAR REPORT, I'M A LITTLE
BIT CONCERNED THAT THE


[Captioner] 23:05:35
STATISTICS WITHOUT

[Captioner] 23:05:40
 CONTEXT THAT
DEMONIZE THE COMMUNITY MAKING IT
SOUND LIKE THE UNHOUSED FOLKS


[Captioner] 23:05:43
CAUSE ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS
WITHOUT ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT
WHAT PROPORTION OF

[Captioner] 23:05:46
 ISSUES SUCH
AS ILLEGAL DUMPING ARE CAUSED BY


[Captioner] 23:05:50
UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS VERSUS
OTHER INDIVIDUALS,

[Captioner] 23:05:53
 SUCH AS
HOUSED INDIVIDUALS OR
BUSINESSES.


[Captioner] 23:05:56
AND ALSO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU
HAVE A GOOD

[Captioner] 23:06:00
 SENSE OF HOW MUCH OF
THE TRASH NEAR ENCAMPMENTS IS


[Captioner] 23:06:03
ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY THE LOCAL
UNHOUSED RESIDENTS VERSUS

[Captioner] 23:06:06
 DUMPED
BY OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE AN


[Captioner] 23:06:10
ENCAMPMENTMENT IS A GOOD PLACE
TO DUMP THEIR STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE

[Captioner] 23:06:11
 QUESTIONS
ARE OUT OF THE SCOPE OF THE
RESEARCH.


[Captioner] 23:06:15
IF THEY ARE I WOULD URGE THE
COUNCIL TO KEEP IN MIND THERE IS
AN

[Captioner] 23:06:18
 UNMEASURED BUT STILL


[Captioner] 23:06:21
SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ILLEGAL
DUMPING CARRIED OUT BY OTHER


[Captioner] 23:06:24
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT JUST CARRIED
OUT BY OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS.


[Captioner] 23:06:29
AND SORT OF IN THE SAME VEIN

[Captioner] 23:06:32
 OF
CONCERN ABOUT HOW THIS REPORT
SEEMS

[Captioner] 23:06:35
 TO INCLUDE SOME ELEMENTS
OF DEMONIZING OUR UNHOUSED


[Captioner] 23:06:38
NEIGHBORS, IT TALKS ABOUT THE,
QUOTE-UNQUOTE, IMPACTS OF THE
HOMELESS

[Captioner] 23:06:41
 ON THE CITY'S BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
BUT IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE


[Captioner] 23:06:45
IMPACTS OF DECADES WORTH OF, YOU
KNOW,

[Captioner] 23:06:49
 NIMBY HOUSING POLICY ON
LOAT

[Captioner] 23:06:52

LOW INCOME COMMUNITY AND I THINK
WE NEED TO

[Captioner] 23:06:55
 BE FAIR AND NOTE THAT
THE IMPACTS GO BOTH

[Captioner] 23:06:58
 WAYS.
AND FINALLY, I WOULD SAY AS
YOU'RE COMPARING

[Captioner] 23:07:02
 WITH OTHER
CITIES'

[Captioner] 23:07:05
 STRATEGIES, I WOULD
IMPLORE YOU TO FAVOR THOSE WHO


[Captioner] 23:07:08
PRIORITIZE THE HUMANITY OF THE
UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 23:07:11
BERKELEY CONSIDERING SHELTER
AVAILABILITY MAKES SENSE

[Captioner] 23:07:13
 BECAUSE
THAT'S COMING -- LOOKING THROUGH
THE LENS OF PUTTING YOURSELF IN


[Captioner] 23:07:17
THE SHOES OF AN UNHOUSED
INDIVIDUAL

[Captioner] 23:07:20
 AND WHAT
OPPORTUNITIES DO THEY HAVE, AND
IN CONTRAST, I THINK SAN JOSÉ


[Captioner] 23:07:23
SOUNDS PRETTY HARSH WITH HOW
THEY SORT OF BLANKET,

[Captioner] 23:07:27
 PROHIBIT
ANY SORT OF ENCAM MMENT WITHIN
150 FEET OF PUBLIC

[Captioner] 23:07:30
 FACILITIES.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.


[Captioner] 23:07:33
PLEASE CONSIDER THE HUMANITY OF
OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
THANK

[Captioner] 23:07:39
 YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS


[Captioner] 23:07:43
MARIE.
>> GREETINGS.
THIS IS MARIE HUGHES, LONG TIME


[Captioner] 23:07:46
RESIDENT OF FREMONT, AND A
MEMBER OF FREMONT FOR EVERYONE

[Captioner] 23:07:49
 I
KNOW THAT THE -- THAT THIS
COUNCIL CARES ABOUT THE

[Captioner] 23:07:51

HOMELESS.
I'VE SEEN THAT WITH THE VOTES TO


[Captioner] 23:07:54
START A SAFE PARKING PROGRAM, TO
APPLY

[Captioner] 23:07:57
 FOR A PROJECT HOMEKEY
GRANT, AND TO BUILD A HOUSING
NAVIGATION

[Captioner] 23:08:02
 CENTER.
HOWEVER, I REMAIN FRUSTRATED
WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE


[Captioner] 23:08:05
UNHOUSED HERE IN FREMONT.
THIS

[Captioner] 23:08:08
 YEAR'S POINT IN TIME COUNT
SHOWS THAT THE HOMELESS
POPULATION HAS

[Captioner] 23:08:11
 ACTUALLY FALLEN
IN A FEW CITIES IN THE AREA, BUT
IN OUR CITY, HAS

[Captioner] 23:08:15
 RISEN.
TO BE HONEST, I FIND THAT A BIT
EMBARRASSING, AND I THINK WE


[Captioner] 23:08:19
SHOULD BE ABLE TO BETTER THAN A
CITY LIKE

[Captioner] 23:08:22
 SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH
HAS MANY, MANY MORE PROBLEMS
THAN WE

[Captioner] 23:08:25
 DO.
GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF THESE OTHER
CITIES, I HOPE THERE ARE PLANS


[Captioner] 23:08:28
TO REACH OUT TO THEM

[Captioner] 23:08:30
 TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY DID AND HOW IT COULD
APPLY TO FREMONT.


[Captioner] 23:08:34
WE ALSO HAVE NOT HAD ANY VISIBLE
PROGRESS

[Captioner] 23:08:37
 TOWARDS A CITY
SPONSORED SAFE PARKING PROGRAM
THAT WOULD SERVE

[Captioner] 23:08:40
 A WIDER RANGE
OF PARTICIPANTS, SUCH AS
FAMILIES AND

[Captioner] 23:08:43
 PEOPLE IN RVs AS
HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WHICH

[Captioner] 23:08:46
 OUR
CURRENT PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW.
IN ADDITION, I

[Captioner] 23:08:49
 SEE THE CITY
ENGAGING IN THE SAME GAME

[Captioner] 23:08:53
 OF HOT
POTATO THAT OTHER CITIES DO.
I'M REFERRING TO CLEANING OUT

[Captioner] 23:08:56
 A
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN ONE AREA,


[Captioner] 23:08:59
THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE MOVE TO
ANOTHER AREA, A MONTH LATER,
THEY GET

[Captioner] 23:09:02
 CLEARED OUT FROM THERE,
THEY MOVE AGAIN, AND THIS
HAPPENS OVER AND OVER.


[Captioner] 23:09:05
JUST MOVING THE UNHOUSED FROM
ONE PART OF THE CITY TO

[Captioner] 23:09:09
 ANOTHER
IS NOT A SOLUTION, AND I THINK
WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.


[Captioner] 23:09:15
I KNOW FREMONT CAN DO BETTER AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CREATION
OF THE HOMELESS

[Captioner] 23:09:18
 WORKING GROUP
AND TO SEE SOME REAL PROGRESS
TOWARDS A BETTER SAFE PARKING


[Captioner] 23:09:22
PROGRAM, AND OTHER PROVEN
SOLUTIONS THAT WILL GET OUR
UNHOUSED

[Captioner] 23:09:24
 RESIDENTS INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 23:09:32
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE LAST
SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 23:09:37
 KATHERINE.
>> HI.
I'M

[Captioner] 23:09:40
 HAVING  COMPUTER ISSUES

[Captioner] 23:09:43
 SO IF
I GET CUT OFF I JUST HAVE TO
WRITE YOU A LETTER.


[Captioner] 23:09:45
ALL RIGHT.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO FOR HIS


[Captioner] 23:09:50
CONCERN ABOUT ENSURING THAT
LOCAL RESIDENTS IN FREMONT WHO
ARE

[Captioner] 23:09:54
 UNHOUSED GET PRIORITY ON
HOUSING LISTS, AND I WOULD

[Captioner] 23:09:57
 HOPE
THAT YOUR WORK WOULD ALSO BE
INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE


[Captioner] 23:10:01
VERY CLOSELY RELATED CITIES WITH
FREMONT

[Captioner] 23:10:04
 SURROUNDING NEWARK AND
MOST OF

[Captioner] 23:10:09
 NEWARK'S MEDICAL CARE,
SHOPPING AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN


[Captioner] 23:10:15
FREMONT, AND IN FACT I AM
WANTING TO TRANSITION FROM
NEWARK TO FREMONT BECAUSE

[Captioner] 23:10:18
 THAT
IS EXACTLY WHERE ALL MY

[Captioner] 23:10:20
 BUSINESS
IS AND I NEED BETTER
TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO ME


[Captioner] 23:10:23
BECAUSE I NO LONGER DRIVE.
I WOULD

[Captioner] 23:10:26
 ALSO

[Captioner] 23:10:32
 LIKE TO

[Captioner] 23:10:36
 SEE THAT
LOCAL RESIDENTS GIVE -- BE

[Captioner] 23:10:39
 GIVEN
A HIGHER NUMBER

[Captioner] 23:10:42
 OF UNITS AS
PRIORITY THAN ARE CURRENTLY
GIVEN.


[Captioner] 23:10:46
THEY SEEM TO BE GIVEN A SMALL
NUMBER, WHEREAS THE LARGER


[Captioner] 23:10:49
NUMBER IS GIVEN TO LOTTERY, AND
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE
BECAUSE WE

[Captioner] 23:10:52
 DO HAVE A VERY
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM

[Captioner] 23:10:55
 HERE IN
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 23:10:59
IN ADDITION, THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN
BROUGHT UP

[Captioner] 23:11:02
 A COUPLE OF TIMES NOT
JUST BY ME BUT

[Captioner] 23:11:05
 OTHERS AS WELL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT


[Captioner] 23:11:08
THAT I BELIEVE

[Captioner] 23:11:11
 THAT I AM BEING
REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION FOR
HOUSING BECAUSE I CURRENTLY HAVE


[Captioner] 23:11:14
AN ADDRESS, AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
ON AN

[Captioner] 23:11:17
 APPLICATION TO INDICATE
WHY I'M

[Captioner] 23:11:21
 SEEKING A DIFFERENT
ADDRESS.
IN FACT, I'M LIVING

[Captioner] 23:11:24
 IN A UNIT
WHERE I HAVE A SLUM

[Captioner] 23:11:27
 LANDLORD,
AND MY UNIT WAS

[Captioner] 23:11:30
 METHAMPHETAMINE
CONTAMINATED BY THE PREVIOUS RES
TENT WHO WAS A

[Captioner] 23:11:34

RESIDENT WHO WAS A DRUG DEALER
AND

[Captioner] 23:11:37
 I'VE BEEN HAVING ONGOING
RESPIRATORY

[Captioner] 23:11:41
 ISSUES, AND THIS HAS
BEEN AFFECTING OTHER HEALTH
ISSUES THAT I HAVE, AND IT

[Captioner] 23:11:44
 WOULD
BE REALLY NICE IF I WAS NOT


[Captioner] 23:11:47
OVERLOOKED SIMPLY BY THE FACT
THAT I HAVE

[Captioner] 23:11:51
 AN ADDRESS WHEN I
HAVE EXTENUATING

[Captioner] 23:11:54
 CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO IF THERE IS ANY CONTROL ON
YOUR PART IN

[Captioner] 23:11:57
 TERMS OF QUESTIONS
THAT ARE ASKED, I WOULD REALLY


[Captioner] 23:12:00
LOVE TO SEE A QUESTION ON THE
APPLICATION FORM THAT

[Captioner] 23:12:04
 ASKS WHY
YOU'RE WANTING TO MOVE FROM ONE
ADDRESS TO

[Captioner] 23:12:08
 ANOTHER SO THAT
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.


[Captioner] 23:12:15
AND I THINK MY LAST POINT IS
THAT I WOULD

[Captioner] 23:12:18
 LIKE TO THANK JENNY
KASSAN FOR ACKNOWLEDGING

[Captioner] 23:12:21
 MY
COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO
MITIGATION, AND FOR


[Captioner] 23:12:25
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HOMELESS
FOLKS DO ACTUALLY HAVE

[Captioner] 23:12:28
 IDEAS.
WE'VE LIVED THIS.
AND WE HAVE GREAT

[Captioner] 23:12:31
 INSIGHTS IN
HOW INEFFICIENT THINGS

[Captioner] 23:12:34
 ARE IN
OUR SYSTEM.
I PERSONALLY HAVE A

[Captioner] 23:12:37
 LOT OF
IDEAS, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES
SAVING

[Captioner] 23:12:40
 TAXPAYERS MONEY.


[Captioner] 23:12:47
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE
COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS AT THIS


[Captioner] 23:12:50
TIME.
AND

[Captioner] 23:12:53
 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, IS
THAT FROM BEFORE OR THIS IS NEW?
>> Councilmember Kassan: 

[Captioner] 23:12:56
THIS IS
NEW.


[Captioner] 23:13:01
YEAH, SO IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE
COSTS FOR

[Captioner] 23:13:05
 THE, QUOTE-UNQUOTE,
MITIGATION IS GOING UP


[Captioner] 23:13:08
INCREDIBLY HIGH.
AND ADDRESSING

[Captioner] 23:13:11
 THE ROOT CAUSES
OF THE PROBLEM WOULD BE A

[Captioner] 23:13:15
 MUCH
MORE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
THING TO DO, AND IF

[Captioner] 23:13:18
 YOU LOOK AT
THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY


[Captioner] 23:13:21
DOING, THERE'S A REALLY HIGH
RATE OF SUCCESS IN

[Captioner] 23:13:24
 TERMS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING

[Captioner] 23:13:30
 INTO THE
PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND ARE
ACTUALLY GETTING

[Captioner] 23:13:33
 PLACED IN
PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I'M TRYING TO FIND

[Captioner] 23:13:36
 THOSE NUMBERS
HERE IN THE REPORT AND I CAN'T
FIND THEM RIGHT NOW.


[Captioner] 23:13:41
BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY
HIGH.
IT'S KIND

[Captioner] 23:13:44
 OF -- THEY'RE WORKING
MIRACLES, PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING
INTO

[Captioner] 23:13:47
 THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM
AND THE HOUSING

[Captioner] 23:13:50
 NAVIGATION
CENTER, THEY ACTUALLY --

[Captioner] 23:13:53
 LARGE
NUMBERS ARE GETTING PLACED IN
PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.


[Captioner] 23:13:57
AND THE FACT -- I'M REALLY
THRILLED TO HEAR THAT MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE ARE

[Captioner] 23:14:01
 TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF OUR SAFE PARKING PROGRAM, AND


[Captioner] 23:14:04
I DO JUST -- I WAS LOOKING BACK
OVER THE

[Captioner] 23:14:07
 YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT SAFE PARKING, AND

[Captioner] 23:14:11
 IT FIRST
CAME UP IN 2018, BEFORE I WAS ON


[Captioner] 23:14:14
THE COUNCIL, AND IT NEVER REALLY
CAME UP AGAIN.
SO I

[Captioner] 23:14:18
 BROUGHT A REFERRAL IN 2020
TO ASK FOR AN UPDATE

[Captioner] 23:14:21
 ON IT, AND
I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME, WELL,
WE JUST HAVEN'T

[Captioner] 23:14:25
 REALLY BEEN ABLE
TO FOCUS ON IT BECAUSE WE'VE
BEEN SO

[Captioner] 23:14:28
 FOCUSED ON THE HOUSING
NAVIGATION CENTER.
AND

[Captioner] 23:14:31
 THEN FINALLY WE DID GET A
REPORT FROM STAFF

[Captioner] 23:14:34
 WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS AND A MAJORITY
OF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO

[Captioner] 23:14:37
 ONLY
MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THE
THREE

[Captioner] 23:14:42
 RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S NOW FOUR YEARS

[Captioner] 23:14:46
 LATER, AND
THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED

[Captioner] 23:14:49
 TO
GROW OUR PROGRAMS AND WE ALREADY


[Captioner] 23:14:52
HAVE AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION
THAT CAME

[Captioner] 23:14:55
 TO US OVER A YEAR AGO
FOR

[Captioner] 23:14:58
 PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SAFE
PARKING.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD

[Captioner] 23:15:02
 REALLY MOVE
FORWARD WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A WINDFALL

[Captioner] 23:15:05
 THAT HAS COME
TO US, WE COULD USE SOME OF THAT
MONEY FOR THAT.


[Captioner] 23:15:08
IT'S BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE AND
IT IS -- WE'RE GETTING TO

[Captioner] 23:15:11
 A
POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO
POTENTIALLY TURN

[Captioner] 23:15:14
 PEOPLE AWAY
FROM THE CURRENT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE

[Captioner] 23:15:17
 TO
SEE HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
AND NOT

[Captioner] 23:15:20
 WAIT MORE YEARS TO START
TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
WE

[Captioner] 23:15:24
 REALLY -- IT IS AN URGENT
SITUATION AND THE COST

[Captioner] 23:15:27
 OF
MITIGATION IS GETTING HIGHER AND
HIGHER, AND IT'S

[Captioner] 23:15:31
 REALLY JUST --
EVERYONE

[Captioner] 23:15:34
 IS UPSET, NOBODY WANTS
TO BE SUBJECT TO MITIGATION,
NOBODY WANTS TO BE

[Captioner] 23:15:36
 FORCED OUT OF
WHERE THEY'RE LIVING BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT


[Captioner] 23:15:40
THEM OR HAVING FENCES BUILT
BECAUSE PEOPLE

[Captioner] 23:15:44
 DON'T LIKE TO SEE
THOSE FOLKS AROUND.
THE

[Captioner] 23:15:47
 BEST SOLUTION IS TO HELP
PEOPLE GET INTO

[Captioner] 23:15:48
 PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 23:15:56
>> Mayor Mei: SO I WANTED TO,
ONE, THANK EVERYONE FOR THE
REPORT AND

[Captioner] 23:15:59
 FOR THE SPEAKERS WHO
HAVE MADE THE COMMENTS.


[Captioner] 23:16:02
I THINK THAT'S WHY ORIGINALLY
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BEST


[Captioner] 23:16:05
WAY TO HOUSE PEOPLE IS TO


[Captioner] 23:16:08
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
THAT'S WHY WE SUBMITTED
ORIGINALLY THE

[Captioner] 23:16:12
 PROJECT HOMEKEY,
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT

[Captioner] 23:16:15
 GET
APPROVED FOR FUNDING, AND THAT I


[Captioner] 23:16:18
WANTED TO NOTE THAT AS YOU
RECALL, FROM

[Captioner] 23:16:21
 BOTH THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE
NAVIGATION CENTER,

[Captioner] 23:16:24
 THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD
ABOUT PROJECT

[Captioner] 23:16:29
 HOMEKEY, AND WHEN
WE HAD OUR HOMELESSNESS STUDY,
WE

[Captioner] 23:16:32
 DID LOOK AND I

[Captioner] 23:16:35
 APOLOGIZE IF
IT WASN'T GIVEN TO ONE OF THE


[Captioner] 23:16:39
SPEAKERS WHO REQUEST -- I
REMEMBER WE HAD LOOKED AT SAFE


[Captioner] 23:16:42
PARKING SITES AND THERE WERE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE HAD
LOOKED

[Captioner] 23:16:46
 AT THROUGHOUT THE
DISTRICT, AND CERTAINLY THERE
ARE SOME PLACES THAT

[Captioner] 23:16:49
 HAVE CITY
PROPERTIES, BUT I THINK THAT
THAT'S

[Captioner] 23:16:52
 WHY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
LOOK AT SAFE PARKING, WE WERE


[Captioner] 23:16:55
FOCUSING ON OUR NEXT PIECE WAS
HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE THE
PROJECT

[Captioner] 23:16:59
 HOMEKEY IN TERMS OF THE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE

[Captioner] 23:17:01
 HOUSING
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HOUSING IF


[Captioner] 23:17:04
IT HAD PASSED, AND THAT WILL BE
STILL SUBMITTED HOPEFULLY FOR
ROUND THREE,

[Captioner] 23:17:08
 WHICH IS IN MARCH.


[Captioner] 23:17:12
AND PERHAPS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
I THINK THAT WHEN IT

[Captioner] 23:17:16
 COMES TO
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, I ALSO
WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT FOR

[Captioner] 23:17:19
 SOME
OF THE SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 23:17:22
LAURIE, I APOLOGIZE I'LL PUT YOU
A LITTLE ON SPOT HERE, BUT I
RECALL WHEN WE HAD

[Captioner] 23:17:26
 THE COVID
RESPONSIVENESS, WE HAD A LARGE
FACILITY THAT WAS

[Captioner] 23:17:29
 UTILIZED FOR
FOUR CITIES.
IT WAS

[Captioner] 23:17:32
 THE SPRING HILL SUITES IN
NEWARK, AND I

[Captioner] 23:17:36
 KNOW THAT -- I
DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS STILL IN
OPERATION AT THAT TIME,

[Captioner] 23:17:39
 BUT I
KNOW THAT WE HAD SHARED

[Captioner] 23:17:42
 RESOURCE
BETWEEN FREMONT, UNION CITY,
NEWARK AND HAYWARD, AND DO

[Captioner] 23:17:45
 YOU
KNOW, I MEAN, HOW MANY UNITS
THAT WAS AND HOW MUCH THE


[Captioner] 23:17:49
OCCUPANCY WAS UTILIZED?
I THINK IT WAS FULLY UTILIZED


[Captioner] 23:17:52
ACTUALLY, IF I RECALL, IN OUR
WEEKLY -- OR

[Captioner] 23:17:55
 OUR BI-WEEKLY
UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.


[Captioner] 23:17:58
YES, THAT PROGRAM WAS FULLY


[Captioner] 23:18:03
UTILIZED.
IT WAS A -- I'M GOING TO MIX UP
ALL

[Captioner] 23:18:07
 THESE PROJECT -- PROJECT
ROOM KEY, AND THERE

[Captioner] 23:18:09
 WERE
MULTIPLE ROOM KEY SITES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.


[Captioner] 23:18:13
THE SPRING HILL SUITES WAS THE
ONLY ONE SERVING

[Captioner] 23:18:17
 SOUTH COUNTY.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I

[Captioner] 23:18:20
 DON'T RECALL
THE NUMBER OF UNITS, BUT IT

[Captioner] 23:18:23
 WAS
FULLY

[Captioner] 23:18:27
 UTILIZED, AND THEY WORKED
REALLY HARD TO

[Captioner] 23:18:30
 RELOCATE PEOPLE
PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE.
>> Mayor Mei: DO YOU KNOW

[Captioner] 23:18:33
 WHEN
IT CLOSED?


[Captioner] 23:18:39
>> I WANT TO SAY JULY 2021.


[Captioner] 23:18:42
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE
OF THE THINGS I WAS TRYING

[Captioner] 23:18:45
 TO
FIGURE OUT, IS HOW MUCH WAS IT
STILL BEING HOUSED IN THAT.


[Captioner] 23:18:48
I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN
LONGER TERM

[Captioner] 23:18:54
 SOLUTIONS, AND I
KNOW THE COUNCIL WHEN WE

[Captioner] 23:18:56
 HAD
THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN, WE
LOOKED AT CITY-OWNED PROPERTY


[Captioner] 23:19:00
SITES AND PRIORITIZED BASED OFF
LOCATION SIMILAR TO

[Captioner] 23:19:03
 WHAT WE DID
FOR THE HNC, AND THERE ARE
CERTAIN SITES THAT

[Captioner] 23:19:06
 ARE LARGE
ENOUGH.
THERE ARE VERY FEW THAT WOULD

[Captioner] 23:19:08
 BE
LARGE ENOUGH FOR SAFE PARKING
FOR RVs.


[Captioner] 23:19:12
AND I THINK SOME OF THEM, YOU
MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, AND I
THINK

[Captioner] 23:19:15
 THIS WOULD REQUIRE MORE OF
AN AGENDIZED -- BECAUSE THERE IS
A REPORT AT

[Captioner] 23:19:18
 THIS TIME, BUT THERE
ARE SITES THAT

[Captioner] 23:19:22
 ARE OFF OF -- BUT
THEN THERE'S ALSO THE
REQUIREMENT FOR PEOPLE TO

[Captioner] 23:19:25
 HAVE
ACCESS TO SERVICES, AND SO
THAT'S WHY ORIGINALLY

[Captioner] 23:19:28
 THIS HNC,
WHEN ALL THINGS WERE

[Captioner] 23:19:31
 BROUGHT AND
I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL BE WRITING
US FROM THIS

[Captioner] 23:19:34
 MEETING, AND WE HAD
THIS CONVERSATION MANY YEARS
AGO.


[Captioner] 23:19:37
WE HAD LOOKED AT SEVERAL
DIFFERENT CITY PROPERTY SITES
THAT WERE

[Captioner] 23:19:40
 LARGE ENOUGH FOR THIS
AND

[Captioner] 23:19:45
 UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS VERY
VOCAL, AT IN THE

[Captioner] 23:19:48
 END, IT ENDED
UP BEING LOCATED HERE AT CITY
HALL.


[Captioner] 23:19:51
AND I THANK COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN
FOR RECOGNIZING THIS, BUT WE'VE
HAD AN

[Captioner] 23:19:56
 INCREDIBLE RESPONSE AND
SUCCESS RATE.
WE'VE BEEN HOUSING

[Captioner] 23:19:59
 I THINK
ROUGHLY, IF I REMEMBER
CORRECTLY, ABOUT 71% OF

[Captioner] 23:20:01
 THE
PEOPLE.
THERE WILL BE A TWO-YEAR REPORT


[Captioner] 23:20:04
COMING OUT, BUT 71% OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY


[Captioner] 23:20:08
HOUSED AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY I
COME HERE AT ALL DIFFERENT

[Captioner] 23:20:11
 HOURS
OF THE MORNING AND NIGHT, AND
IT'S LOCATED AT

[Captioner] 23:20:14
 CITY HALL, AND
COULD YOU MENTION TO ME, I

[Captioner] 23:20:17
 THINK
WHEN WE DID THE STUDY FOR THE
PROJECT HOMEKEY, WE ACTUALLY


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COMPARED THE ISSUES WITH ANY
POLICE REPORTS OR

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 CRIMES, AND
OUR HOMEKEY, AS WELL AS THE
ISLANDER, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW


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ACTUALLY BEING BUILT FOR LOW
INCOME HOUSING AND RENOVATED
RIGHT

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 NOW, HAD THE LOWER RATE
THAN THE OTHER SITE

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 THAT WE WERE
LOOKING AT FOR THE PROJECT
HOMEKEY, IS THAT

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 CORRECT?
I DON'T HAVE CHIEF WASHINGTON
ONLINE RIGHT NOW,

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 BUT I REMEMBER
THAT VIVIDLY.


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BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST
HERE AT THE CITY HALL,

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 AND I'VE
COME AT MANY DIFFERENT TIMES OF
THE DAY AND ALSO HAVE BEEN

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 OVER
THERE, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M
VERY PROUD OF THE

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 FACT THAT IT
HAS BEEN A FACILITY THAT HAS
BEEN WELL UTILIZED AND

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 HOPEFULLY
AS THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS
EASE, THAT

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 WE CAN HAVE MORE
PEOPLE UTILIZING THAT PROGRAM.
WE

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 HAD SOME PHYSICAL SPACE
DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS

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 BY
HEALTH BECAUSE OF THE COVID
REQUIREMENTS AT THAT TIME.


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BUT LAURIE, COULD YOU MENTION IF
THERE IS -- I THINK

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 THE TWO-YEAR
REPORT IS COMING OUT SOON.
>>

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 YES, THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A
TWO-YEAR UPDATE

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 ON THE HOUSING
NAVIGATION CENTER.
>> Mayor Mei: SO I

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 NOLL THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OTHER
CITIES HAVE DONE IS THEY'VE PUT


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HOUSING NAVIGATION CENTERS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES AND SOME OF THEM
HAVE ACTUALLY

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 BEEN REJECTED
AFTER THEY WERE APPROVED

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 IN
OTHER PARTS OF THEIR CITY, SO


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THIS IS A REPORT OUT AND I DO
AGREE THERE HAS BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT

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 IMPACT ON -- WE'VE
SEEN QUITE A FEW FIRES, WE'VE
SEEN QUITE A FEW ISSUES

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 WITH THE
TRASH MITIGATION, AND I DO HAVE
TO

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 SAY, I KNOW IT'S NOT TO
CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE OR TO

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 PUT
THIS -- BUT I THINK THERE IS AN
IMPACT AND I THINK

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 IN PARTICULAR
ON OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE
WANT TO BALANCE THE

[Captioner] 23:22:09
 FACT THAT AS
PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO UTILIZE
THE FACILITIES, WE WANT TO MAKE


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SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE, AND SO
PART OF

[Captioner] 23:22:16
 OUR MASTER PARK PLAN AND
OTHER THINGS IS WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE OUR FACILITIES

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 ARE
ACCESSIBLE, SO THAT'S A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE

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 COUNTY, AND
IT ALLOWS US THEN TO UTILIZE
SOME OF THEIR

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 MATCHING FUNDS AND
HOPEFULLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
THESE

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 PROCESS, I KNOW LAURIE,
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE LEAD
AND

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 BEING OUR SPOKESPERSON ON
THE HOMELESSNESS

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 WORKING GROUP.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE
HOMELESSNESS WORKING

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 GROUP IS A
MEETING OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT


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STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN THE OTHER
CITIES, AND WE MEET ON A

[Captioner] 23:22:45
 MONTHLY
BASIS, AND THAT'S BEFORE THE


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ALAMEDA COUNTY MAYORS CONFERENCE
MEETING EVERY TIME, AND I

[Captioner] 23:22:52
 KNOW
THAT SUZANNE SHENFIL, WHO'S OUR
DIRECTOR,

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 AND LAURIE HAVE BEEN
PARTICIPATING, AS WELL AS OTHER
STAFF MEMBERS.


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SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT
THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.


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I THINK THAT BY HAVING

[Captioner] 23:23:04
 US MOVE
FORWARD IN TERMS OF TRYING TO
BUILD A

[Captioner] 23:23:07
 HOMELESSNESS MASTER
PLAN, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SAFE
PARKING

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 SITE, IS THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TO GO.
I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE

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 OF THAT,
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF COMMUNITY

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 FEEDBACK AND
WE'LL HAVE TO DO OUTREACH BEFORE
WE PUT

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 THAT IN.
I ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER

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 JONES WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADD TO THAT COMMENT,
BECAUSE I KNOW

[Captioner] 23:23:29
 PERHAPS HE HAS
SOME GREAT INSIGHTS FOR BEING AN


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RV USER AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES,
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US
UTILIZE

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 THAT.
>> Councilmember Jones: YEAH,
ACTUALLY I THINK

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 THAT'S
SOMETHING IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME AND IN THE FACT THAT WE


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HAVE A HARD STOP TIME OF 11:30,


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I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THE
REPORT AND, YOU

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 KNOW, STAFF IS
GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH A


[Captioner] 23:23:51
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE MASTER
PLAN AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE
THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THE


[Captioner] 23:23:54
CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR
OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO

[Captioner] 23:24:01
 US.
WITH REGARD TO THE RVs, IT
DOES BECOME CHALLENGING, AND IT


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IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME SPECIAL
SERVICES FOR THAT.


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SO -- BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT
WE MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD SO


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THAT WE CAN ABIDE BY OUR HARD
STOP TIME.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER

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 JONES,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SALWAN.


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AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN --
>> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH, I
DO HAVE A

[Captioner] 23:24:22
 CLARIFYING QUESTION
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M HEARING
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.


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WHAT I HAD UNDERSTOOD IS THAT


[Captioner] 23:24:28
THERE WASN'T ANY EFFORT BEING
PUT INTO

[Captioner] 23:24:32
 IMPLEMENTING THE SECOND
AND THIRD

[Captioner] 23:24:35
 PRONGS OF THE SAFE
PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE
THE

[Captioner] 23:24:38
 MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL HAD
SAID TO JUST FOR NOW FOCUS ON
JUST ONE OF

[Captioner] 23:24:41
 THEM.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING
THAT THERE HAS BEEN

[Captioner] 23:24:45
 SOME
EXPLORATION OF LOCATION, SO I
WAS WONDERING IF

[Captioner] 23:24:48
 I COULD HEAR
FROM STAFF SOME

[Captioner] 23:24:51
 CLARIFICATION ON
WHAT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN

[Captioner] 23:24:54
 TAKEN ON
THE OTHER PRONGS OF THE -- YOU
KNOW,

[Captioner] 23:24:58
 THE PRONGS OF HAVING AN
ACTUAL LOCATION THAT

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 IS OWNED BY
THE CITY FOR SAFE PARKING.
HAS ANY

[Captioner] 23:25:04
 WORK BEEN DONE ON THAT?

[Captioner] 23:25:07
AT ALL SINCE YOU RECEIVED THE
DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO ONLY


[Captioner] 23:25:10
FOCUS ON THE HOSTED SITES?


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>> Ms. Briggs: LAURIE CAN
EXPANDS ON THIS BUT I BELIEVE
THE ANSWER WAS NO.


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THERE WAS SOME PRELIMINARY
INFORMATION DELIVERED TO THE
CITY COUNCIL WHEN THE DIFFERENT


[Captioner] 23:25:23
OPTIONS WERE LAID OUT AND AT
THAT TIME, CITY COUNCIL ELECTED
TO JUST

[Captioner] 23:25:27
 GO WITH THE SINGLE
PRONG.


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>> Councilmember Kassan: SO
GIVEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A


[Captioner] 23:25:36
COUPLE OF OPINIONS EXPRESSED
THAT MAYBE NOW WOULD BE A GOOD
TIME TO

[Captioner] 23:25:39
 START THAT PROCESS SINCE
WE KNOW IT TAKES A VERY

[Captioner] 23:25:41
 LONG
TIME.
WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK


[Captioner] 23:25:45
THAT STAFF START TO FOCUS ON
THAT NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING

[Captioner] 23:25:51
 TO
WAIT FOR A WHOLE PLANNING
PROCESS TO BE DONE SINCE WE'VE


[Captioner] 23:25:54
BEEN WAITING QUITE A WHILE?
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 23:25:57
I BELIEVE THIS
AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING IS TO
ACCEPT

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 THE REPORT.
I KNOW THAT IN THE

[Captioner] 23:26:03

CONVERSATIONS, AND I WON'T SPEAK
FOR LAURIE ON THIS, BUT I KNOW


[Captioner] 23:26:07
THAT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN

[Captioner] 23:26:11
 DISCUSSED AT THE
HOMELESSNESS WORKING GROUP, AND
THAT

[Captioner] 23:26:14
 THERE ARE INTEREST IN
PURSUING THOSE

[Captioner] 23:26:19
 OPTIONS, SHOULD
THE FUNDING AND SOME OF THESE
OPTIONS BECOME AVAILABLE.


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SO IT'S NOT THAT WE AREN'T
CONSIDERING THESE AT ALL.


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SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE --
BECAUSE IN FAIRNESS, THIS IS


[Captioner] 23:26:29
WHAT'S AGENDIZED THIS EVENING.
WE DON'T

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 HAVE AGENDIZED OTHER
ACTIONS.
SO I SEE

[Captioner] 23:26:36
 A MOTION BY
COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND A SECOND
BY COUNCILMEMBER

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 SALWAN.
SO PLEASE VOTE.


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH
THE CHAIR.
YOU DON'T TECHNICALLY NEED TO


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VOTE ON --
>> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH, I
WAS CONFUSED.


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>> Mayor Mei: SORRY, MY
APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A
REPORT, THAT'S RIGHT.


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SO I DON'T NEED TO VOTE.
I APOLOGIZE, IT'S GETTING LATE
FOR ME

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 TOO AND EVERYONE ELSE.
BUT SO I

[Captioner] 23:27:03
 WOULD AT LEAST SUPPORT
THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS


[Captioner] 23:27:07
CONVERSATION, AND SO I THINK
THAT PERHAPS WHEN WE RECEIVE THE


[Captioner] 23:27:10
REPORT, I KNOW THAT, LAURIE, YOU
JUST MENTIONED EARLIER

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 WE'RE
GOING TO BE GETTING A REPORT FOR
THE HOMELESS NAVIGATION

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 CENTER,
AND ALSO I THINK THERE'S A
REPORT ON THE ISLANDER

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 AND ALSO
AT THAT TIME PERHAPS WE COULD
AGENDIZE THIS

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 FOR FUTURE
DISCUSSION.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR


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JOINING US THIS EVENING.
I'M NOT GOING TO

[Captioner] 23:27:29
 GO INTO ANY
OTHER THINGS AT THIS TIME, AND
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THE MEETING


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IS ADJOURNED BEFORE ON