>> MAYOR MEI: GOOD EVENING. [RECORDING IN PROGRESS] [Captioner] 19:04:09 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL TO THE DECEMBER 6TH CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:04:12 MEETING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:04:15 TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER JONES TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. [Captioner] 19:04:19 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:04:29 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Captioner] 19:04:31 AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS [Captioner] 19:04:32 ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY [Captioner] 19:04:46 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Mayor Mei: SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK, ALBERTO, IF [Captioner] 19:04:49 YOU COULD KINDLY DO THE ROLL CALL. [Captioner] 19:04:53 >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, [Captioner] 19:04:56 PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:05:00 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, [Captioner] 19:05:03 HERE. VICE MAYOR KENG, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:05:06 MAYOR MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS [Captioner] 19:05:09 TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THERE ARE VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND [Captioner] 19:05:12 COMMISSIONS. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS [Captioner] 19:05:16 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND IF YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:05:18 INTERESTED IN APPLYING, PLEASE GO TO OUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND [Captioner] 19:05:22 COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AT FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE [Captioner] 19:05:25 CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE [Captioner] 19:05:28 AT 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING [Captioner] 19:05:32 TO PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S MEETING DURING [Captioner] 19:05:35 THE ZOOM MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR [Captioner] 19:05:38 IF YOU'RE CALLING IN, BY DIALING STAR NINE. I [Captioner] 19:05:42 WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE AGENDA [Captioner] 19:05:45 IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM, KINDLY PLEASE STATE YOUR [Captioner] 19:05:47 NAME, IF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, STATE YOUR NAME OF [Captioner] 19:05:50 THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE REPRESENTING. [Captioner] 19:05:54 EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK ARE COMPILED, DISTRIBUTED [Captioner] 19:05:57 TO CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:06:00 AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV AND WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND [Captioner] 19:06:03 CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT [Captioner] 19:06:06 THE MEETING WILL GO UP [Captioner] 19:06:09 UNTIL 11:30 THIS EVENING IF NEEDED. WE WILL ALLOW FOR [Captioner] 19:06:12 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF THERE [Captioner] 19:06:15 ARE SPEAKERS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTE, WE WILL TAKE THE [Captioner] 19:06:19 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. I WILL [Captioner] 19:06:22 NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, [Captioner] 19:06:25 KARENA SHACKELFORD, TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TO [Captioner] 19:06:27 INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS TIME. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK [Captioner] 19:06:31 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, BUT IT IS MY [Captioner] 19:06:34 PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MY [Captioner] 19:06:37 COLLEAGUE, RAFAEL ALVARADO, CITY [Captioner] 19:06:41 CITY ATTORNEY, AND ALBERTO [Captioner] 19:06:43 QUINTANILLA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:06:47 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:06:50 A REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION [Captioner] 19:06:53 FROM OUR MEETING OF 11:30 AND THIS EVENING? [Captioner] 19:06:56 >> IN CLOSED SESSION THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED CONFERENCE WITH [Captioner] 19:06:59 LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT COE [Captioner] 19:07:05 54957.6 REGARDING UNRUP SCENTED CITY MANAGER. [Captioner] 19:07:10 THE COUNCIL TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:07:14 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS [Captioner] 19:07:17 WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 19:07:20 WILL STAND. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT [Captioner] 19:07:23 ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BY RAISING THEIR [Captioner] 19:07:26 HAND, PRESSING THE RAISE HAND ICON OR CALLING [Captioner] 19:07:30 IN BY DIALING STAR NINE. DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE [Captioner] 19:07:33 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO [Captioner] 19:07:35 REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:07:39 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE HAND RAISED. [Captioner] 19:07:46 MARY ALYONO, IS THERE AN ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE REMOVED FROM [Captioner] 19:07:49 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:07:53 MARY ALYONO? [Captioner] 19:08:03 YES, MARY. IS THERE AN ITEM YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE? [Captioner] 19:08:06 >> SORRY. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:08:10 MISSION PEAK LEASE AGREEMENT. >> Mr. Quintanilla: [Captioner] 19:08:11 LATER ON. >> ALL RIGHT. YES. [Captioner] 19:08:17 >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO ADDITIONAL HANDS RAISED. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:08:20 AND AT THIS TIME, I WANTED TO CHECK IF THE COUNCIL HAD [Captioner] 19:08:23 ANY MEMBERS OR IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION [Captioner] 19:08:26 FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:08:29 >> Councilmember Cox: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. [Captioner] 19:08:33 >> Councilmember Jones: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 19:08:36 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER COX AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES. [Captioner] 19:08:38 CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> Mr. Quintanilla:COUNCILMEMBE [Captioner] 19:08:41 R COX, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. [Captioner] 19:08:45 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, AYE. [Captioner] 19:08:48 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, [Captioner] 19:08:52 AYE. VICE MAYOR KENG, AYE. MAYOR MEI, [Captioner] 19:08:55 AYE. THE MOTION PASSES [Captioner] 19:08:59 UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:09:02 APPROVAL. SORRY. [Captioner] 19:09:06 AND SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:09:12 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A CEREMONIAL ITEM. [Captioner] 19:09:16 AND THAT'S THE PROCLAMATION FOR WORLD AIDS DAY. [Captioner] 19:09:20 AND I WANTED TO SEE IF [Captioner] 19:09:28 YUGI ALBIOR FROM TRANS MISSION IS [Captioner] 19:09:31 ONLINE. [Captioner] 19:09:39 >> [Captioner] 19:09:42 HI, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:09:46 THIS IS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY. [Captioner] 19:09:50 WHEREAS, FOUNDED IN 1988, WORLD AIDS DAY WAS [Captioner] 19:09:53 THE FIRST EVER GLOBAL HEALTH DAY ESTABLISHING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [Captioner] 19:09:55 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO UNITE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV. [Captioner] 19:10:24 AND WHEREAS, AT THE SAME TIME IT IS IN THIS EFFORT TO SHARE [Captioner] 19:10:28 AWARENESS, PREVENTION, AND LOCAL TREATMENT SERVICES. HERE IN THE [Captioner] 19:10:31 TRI-CITIES AREA A UNIQUE RESOURCE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:10:37 FREMONT AS PART OF BAY AREA COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:10:41 HEALTH IS TRANSVISION, A BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM AND [Captioner] 19:10:44 YOU CAN LEARN MORE [Captioner] 19:10:48 AT HTTPS://BACH.HEALTH/TRANSVISION. [Captioner] 19:10:52 NOW, THEREFORE, THAT THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS AND [Captioner] 19:10:57 RECOGNIZES DECEMBER 1ST AS WORLD AIDS DAY. [Captioner] 19:11:01 PRESENTED ON THIS 6TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022. [Captioner] 19:11:05 AND I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU JOINING THIS [Captioner] 19:11:08 EVENING, YUGI. IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:11:12 SERVICES AND THE PATIENTS WHO WE ARE SERVING IN [Captioner] 19:11:15 ADDRESSING PREVENTION AS WELL AS AIDS CARE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:19 HIV-POSITIVE CARE. >> RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, [Captioner] 19:11:23 MAYOR MEI, FOR PRESENTING OUR CLINIC [Captioner] 19:11:25 AND INTRODUCING OUR CLINIC TO THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:11:28 I WILL START BY SAYING TRANS VISION [Captioner] 19:11:31 IS LOCATED AT [Captioner] 19:11:36 LIBERTY CLINIC, AT [Captioner] 19:11:39 39500 LIBERTY STREET. SO OUR SERVICES ARE MAINLY [Captioner] 19:11:45 FOCUSED ON HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR OUR [Captioner] 19:11:48 TRANS FOLKS OR TRANS POPULATION, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF [Captioner] 19:11:51 OUR CLIENT AND PATIENTS. [Captioner] 19:11:54 AND ALSO WE HAVE RAPID HIV TESTING, WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:11:57 STD TESTING AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO [Captioner] 19:12:01 DOING NAME AND [Captioner] 19:12:04 GENDER ASSIGN ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:12:07 EVENTS AS WELL, WE HAVE GROUPS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:12:11 TO OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY -- THIS IS FOR THE [Captioner] 19:12:14 GENERAL COMMUNITIES, THE [Captioner] 19:12:17 LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:12:20 EVENTS RECENTLY WE JUST FINISHED [Captioner] 19:12:25 THE TRANSGENDER DAY OF [Captioner] 19:12:30 REMEMBRANCE THAT SHOWS RESILIENCE OF OUR TRANS FOLKS, ALSO [Captioner] 19:12:38 RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE [Captioner] 19:12:44 STILL SUFFERING WITH THE [Captioner] 19:12:48 DISCRIMINATION AND ALSO HATRED. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 19:12:52 TODAY, THE HIV, SOME OF OUR POPULATIONS [Captioner] 19:12:56 ARE HIV-POSITIVE CLIENTS. WE HELP THEM [Captioner] 19:13:00 TO NAVIGATE TO FIND CARE. [Captioner] 19:13:04 ESPECIALLY WITH HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:13:08 LIKE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE, LIKE HEALTH [Captioner] 19:13:11 AND -- NAVIGATE AND TO LOOK FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AND TO [Captioner] 19:13:14 GIVE THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN OFFER. [Captioner] 19:13:19 SO WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS USUALLY WE ENCOUNTER FOR OUR CLIENTS [Captioner] 19:13:22 ARE SOMETIMES MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE -- THEY'RE ALSO PART [Captioner] 19:13:25 OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:13:32 THERE ARE HOMELESS, THEY DON'T KNOW THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, [Captioner] 19:13:35 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHERE ARE THE CLINICS THAT THEY CAN [Captioner] 19:13:39 GO FOR THE SERVICES, SO [Captioner] 19:13:42 THAT'S WHY BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH TRANS VISION IS [Captioner] 19:13:45 DOING [Captioner] 19:13:50 OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE DO FOR OUTREACH, WE [Captioner] 19:13:54 ALSO PARTICIPATED IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF EVENTS [Captioner] 19:13:57 LIKE FOR EXAMPLE LIKE ZEBRAFISH [Captioner] 19:14:05 SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE, PRIDE EVENTS. [Captioner] 19:14:08 WE HELP TO EDUCATE OUR CLIENTS AND ALSO TO [Captioner] 19:14:11 OFFER OUR SERVICES TO THEM. WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT [Captioner] 19:14:15 TO THEM HAND IN HAND, LIKE ALL THE WAY TO THEIR [Captioner] 19:14:18 HOUSES SOMETIMES, WE ALSO VISITED [Captioner] 19:14:24 SOME OF THE AREAS [Captioner] 19:14:27 THAT ARE -- WE HAVE TENTS, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:14:33 AND THIS -- THE CLIENTS WE ARE SERVING, WHICH ARE THE [Captioner] 19:14:37 HOMELESS POPULATION AND ALSO THE SUBSTANCE [Captioner] 19:14:40 USERS AS WELL. SO [Captioner] 19:14:43 OUR CLINIC IS OPEN [Captioner] 19:14:48 9:00 TO 5:30 FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY. WE ALSO EXTEND OUR [Captioner] 19:14:51 SERVICES ALL THE WAY TO WEEKENDS [Captioner] 19:14:54 OR THE EVENTS AS WELL [Captioner] 19:14:58 AS TABLING EVENTS AND ALSO RAPID HIV [Captioner] 19:15:03 TESTING, ALSO [Captioner] 19:15:06 WE OFFER SAFE SEX MATERIALS TO [Captioner] 19:15:11 OUR CLIENTS AND ALSO FREE NEEDLE EXCHANGE TO SUBSTANCE USERS. [Captioner] 19:15:14 IF WE'RE TALKING [Captioner] 19:15:18 ABOUT HIV, IT IS NOT ALWAYS IN [Captioner] 19:15:23 THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW IT WAS A GOAL TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:15:27 SOMEONE TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR STORIES [Captioner] 19:15:31 REGARDING THEIR STATUS AS HIV-POSITIVE. ONE REASON WHY [Captioner] 19:15:34 IT'S SO HARD TO FIND A [Captioner] 19:15:37 PERSON TO SPEAK [Captioner] 19:15:40 ABOUT THEIR STORIES OR STATUS, ONE THING IS THE [Captioner] 19:15:43 STIGMA THAT WE FACE. MAJORITY OF MY [Captioner] 19:15:47 PATIENTS ARE TRANS FOLKS [Captioner] 19:15:52 OR TRANSGENDER AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN, [Captioner] 19:15:55 TRANSGENDER MEN, SO THOSE ARE THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE IN TRANS [Captioner] 19:15:58 VISION. WE [Captioner] 19:16:01 EXPERIENCE A STIGMA ASIDE FROM OUR GENDER. [Captioner] 19:16:07 IT'S -- IT IS BECAUSE ON HOW WE TAKE IT OR HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:16:10 HIV. WE ALWAYS THINK [Captioner] 19:16:12 ABOUT HIV IS ALWAYS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:16:15 I THINK WE [Captioner] 19:16:21 HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT [Captioner] 19:16:24 WE -- WE SHOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 19:16:27 THAT IT'S NOT -- IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIV, [Captioner] 19:16:30 IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN OUR [Captioner] 19:16:32 COMMUNITY, IT'S ALSO COMING FROM ANY GENDER. [Captioner] 19:16:36 SO I THINK ONE THING THAT IT'S HARD FOR THEM [Captioner] 19:16:39 TO SHARE THEIR STORIES IS BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA THAT WE FACE, AND [Captioner] 19:16:43 THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS [Captioner] 19:16:46 OF THE COMMUNITY, THE LGBT COMMUNITY, [Captioner] 19:16:50 TO BE ALSO ACCESSING HEALTHCARE AS [Captioner] 19:16:52 WELL. THAT'S ONE THING ALSO THAT THEY ARE FACING AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:16:57 SO I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF [Captioner] 19:17:03 HEALTH EDUCATION TO EACH [Captioner] 19:17:07 CLIENT OR SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO [Captioner] 19:17:12 HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WE CAN SHARE THE [Captioner] 19:17:16 KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE AS [Captioner] 19:17:20 A CLINIC, ESPECIALLY KNOWING OR [Captioner] 19:17:23 UNDERSTANDING THE HIV OR HOW WE TRANSMIT [Captioner] 19:17:27 THE DISEASE FROM [Captioner] 19:17:30 OTHER PERSON TO ANOTHER PERSON. [Captioner] 19:17:33 AND ALSO TO EDUCATE OUR CLIENTS AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:17:36 WE OFFER IN OUR CLINIC IN TRANS VISION, WE OFFER ALSO PREP [Captioner] 19:17:40 MEDICATIONS. PREP MEDICATION IS ONE OF THE EFFECTIVE [Captioner] 19:17:44 WAYS ON HOW WE PREVENT [Captioner] 19:17:51 HIV, AND WORLD AIDS DAY, ACTUALLY AS A CLINIC, WE HAD [Captioner] 19:17:54 AN EVENT IN OUR [Captioner] 19:17:59 CLINIC FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY AND ALSO SANTA [Captioner] 19:18:02 CLARA COUNTY. WE ALSO HAD AN EVENT THAT IS [Captioner] 19:18:05 FOR WORLD AIDS DAY [Captioner] 19:18:10 THAT WE GIVE OUT THE [Captioner] 19:18:13 AIDS TEST KIT TO EVERYBODY. WE GENERALIZE THE POPULATION BECAUSE WE [Captioner] 19:18:19 TRY TO ELIMINATE THE STIGMA. AGAIN, IT'S NOT ONLY FOR [Captioner] 19:18:23 THE LGBT COMMUNITY, I [Captioner] 19:18:29 THINK PREVENTION FOR HIV IS FOR EVERYBODY. [Captioner] 19:18:32 I THINK THAT'S HOW TRANSVISION WORKS IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:18:36 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, YUGI. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO [Captioner] 19:18:39 HAVE THE RESOURCE AND TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:18:42 CREATE THE AWARENESS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY, AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTION OF [Captioner] 19:18:45 PUTTING THE [Captioner] 19:18:49 TEST AND TRY TO ACHIEVE EQUITY IS ONE OF THE ONES WE'RE [Captioner] 19:18:52 HOPING TO BE ABLE TO HONOR AND IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP [Captioner] 19:18:55 EVERYONE HEALTHY, SO I'M GLAD THAT BAY AREA HEALTH IS A [Captioner] 19:18:58 WONDERFUL RESOURCE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. [Captioner] 19:19:02 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS ORAL [Captioner] 19:19:06 COMMUNICATIONS, AND I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:19:09 TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKERS WHOSE HANDS ARE RAISED FOR THAT. [Captioner] 19:19:15 ALBERTO? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 19:19:18 THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT AGENDIZED ON OUR CALENDAR THIS [Captioner] 19:19:21 EVENING. >> Mr. Quintanilla: [Captioner] 19:19:24 OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN HINDS. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, JOHN. [Captioner] 19:19:29 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT [Captioner] 19:19:32 ABOUT ITEM 6 TONIGHT. 35 YEARS FROM NOW [Captioner] 19:19:35 WILL BE THE YEAR 2057. [Captioner] 19:19:41 THAT SEEMS SO FAR INTO THE FUTURE THAT IT'S HARD TO [Captioner] 19:19:44 IMAGINE WHAT LIFE WILL BE LIKE THEN. WILL PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:19:49 IN [Captioner] 19:19:52 FREMONT -- IF INSTEAD WE LOOK BACK 35 YEARS, WE [Captioner] 19:19:55 CAN SEE HOW VERY LITTLE DID CHANGE IN [Captioner] 19:19:59 THAT TIME, AND WE COULD TRY TO IMAGINE [Captioner] 19:20:02 WHAT FREMONT WAS THINKING WHEN IT APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT ON WHAT'S [Captioner] 19:20:04 NOW STANFORD AVENUE WITHOUT PROVIDING PARKING AT THE TRAILHEAD. [Captioner] 19:20:07 DID THEY THINK THEN THAT WE'D HAVE [Captioner] 19:20:10 THE ANTIGRAVITY BOOTS BY NOW? WELL, SOME THINGS WERE [Captioner] 19:20:14 PREDICTABLE. WE HAD AN ATTRACTION, A TRAIL THAT WAS GOING TO [Captioner] 19:20:17 DRAW PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO GET [Captioner] 19:20:20 THERE PRESUMABLY IN CARS, THEY WERE PROBABLY GOING TO PARK AND IF WE [Captioner] 19:20:23 DIDN'T PROVIDE FOR ORDERED PARKING, WE WOULD GET DISORDERED [Captioner] 19:20:28 PARKING. AND IF THE CITY HAD INSISTED ON A PARKING LOT BACK [Captioner] 19:20:31 THEN, THAT WOULD HAVE SAFEGUARDED THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO [Captioner] 19:20:35 MOVED INTO THAT AREA BY GIVING THEM SOME CLARITY ON WHAT [Captioner] 19:20:40 TO EXPECT, AND IT WOULD HAVE SAFEGUARDED THE INTERESTS OF THE [Captioner] 19:20:43 PUBLIC WHO WANTED ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC TRAILHEAD. THE CITY DID NOT. [Captioner] 19:20:49 AND WE'RE STILL ARGUING NOW, 35 YEARS LATER, WITH [Captioner] 19:20:52 NO WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE. SO LET'S [Captioner] 19:20:55 LOOK FORWARD AGAIN. WHEN WE [Captioner] 19:20:58 MAKE LAND USE DECISIONS TODAY THAT CREATE ATTRACTIONS FOR PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:21:02 TRAIL HEADS, PARKS, SHOPPING AREAS, [Captioner] 19:21:05 EVENT CENTERS. IF WE DON'T PLAN FOR ENOUGH PARKING [Captioner] 19:21:08 OR FOR ENOUGH ROAD CAPACITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET [Captioner] 19:21:12 THERE, ARE WE JUST ASSUMING THAT IN THE NEXT 35 YEARS, [Captioner] 19:21:15 WE ARE REALLY GOING TO GET THE SOLAR TRAINS [Captioner] 19:21:18 AND SAIL BUSES THAT WE DIDN'T GET IN THE LAST 35? [Captioner] 19:21:22 THAT CURRENT NEEDS WILL [Captioner] 19:21:25 DISAPPEAR AND THE NEAR FUTURE WILL HAVE NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE [Captioner] 19:21:28 NEAR PAST? IF SO, WE ARE BASING OUR PLANS ON [Captioner] 19:21:32 BELIEF AND MAGIC, AND WE'RE SETTING UP THE SAME KINDS OF [Captioner] 19:21:35 INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS 35 YEARS INTO THE [Captioner] 19:21:40 FUTURE THAT [Captioner] 19:21:43 WILL BE HERE AGAIN 35 MINUTES FROM TONIGHT. [Captioner] 19:21:46 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT [Captioner] 19:21:49 SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU. >> THANK [Captioner] 19:21:52 YOU. SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LAST COMMENT WHICH [Captioner] 19:21:56 WAS NOT ABOUT ITEM 6, I'LL POINT YOU TO AN [Captioner] 19:21:59 AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE [Captioner] 19:22:02 PARK DISTRICT. ON JUNE 8TH, 2010. FOR [Captioner] 19:22:06 THE ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM. THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:22:09 IN 2010, AND THE TERM OF THE LEASE [Captioner] 19:22:12 AGREEMENT, 50 YEARS. 50 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:22:16 NOW, IF YOU GO THERE THIS WEEKEND, YOU'LL FIND PEOPLE DRESSING UP IN [Captioner] 19:22:19 OLD VICTORIAN COSTUMES, AND THEY TRY [Captioner] 19:22:22 TO MAINTAIN THAT IN A STATE OF HISTORICAL [Captioner] 19:22:28 STASIS. IN ALWAYS LIVING, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN [Captioner] 19:22:31 THE VICTORIAN ERA, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK [Captioner] 19:22:34 WHEN, AND IN A STATE OF [Captioner] 19:22:40 HAPPINESS AND HARMONY, AND CONTINUING ON, LOOKING INTO [Captioner] 19:22:44 THE FUTURE, AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:22:49 SAID, THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:22:52 OWNS 40 ACRES OF LAND IN CENTRAL PARK. THE [Captioner] 19:22:56 NAME, IT'S MISNAMED [Captioner] 19:22:59 STEIBER'S LAGOON. 40 ACRES. [Captioner] 19:23:02 IT'S NOT EVEN A LAGOON BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A DRY, [Captioner] 19:23:07 BRUSHY TREE-FILLED SHRUBS, AND [Captioner] 19:23:10 40 ACRES, AND IT'S KIND OF A MESS. IN FACT, I THINK IT [Captioner] 19:23:13 HAD A COUPLE OF FIRES THERE LAST [Captioner] 19:23:16 SUMMER, IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY KNOWS ABOUT THOSE. [Captioner] 19:23:20 SO THIS ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IS HEADED [Captioner] 19:23:23 UP BY DANIEL WOLD [Captioner] 19:23:27 ESENBET, AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN SOME MONEY FROM [Captioner] 19:23:30 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, $2 MILLION, AND OF COURSE WHY AM [Captioner] 19:23:33 I TALKING ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE WE DON'T [Captioner] 19:23:35 HEAR ABOUT THIS FROM THE CITY. WE DO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM THE [Captioner] 19:23:39 COUNTY, THEY DO HAVE DOCUMENTS OUT THERE, BUT THE CITY REALLY HASN'T PUBLICIZE [Captioner] 19:23:42 THE FUTURE PLANS FOR 40 ACRES IN CENTRAL [Captioner] 19:23:46 PARK. THIS FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WILL PLAN, DESIGN AND EXCAVATE [Captioner] 19:23:49 A NEW OPEN WATER POND, [Captioner] 19:23:52 CONSTRUCT A RIPARIAN CORRIDOR, CONSTRUCT A RECREATIONAL [Captioner] 19:23:55 TRAIL ALONGSIDE MISSION CREEK. THEY WILL ALSO BUILD A [Captioner] 19:24:00 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER MISSION CREEK AND BUILD A CATWALK [Captioner] 19:24:03 FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. THEY WILL PLANT [Captioner] 19:24:05 NATIVE VEGETATION TO ENHANCE THE HABITAT. [Captioner] 19:24:09 THE CITY KNOWS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE CITY DID THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT [Captioner] 19:24:11 ON THIS. NOW, THE CITY IS ALSO EXPECTED [Captioner] 19:24:16 TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT, A LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH [Captioner] 19:24:19 THE COUNTY, WITH THE [Captioner] 19:24:23 FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, AND THE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS [Captioner] 19:24:26 EXPECTED TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR [Captioner] 19:24:30 MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THESE NEW [Captioner] 19:24:33 RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. NOW, [Captioner] 19:24:38 WE [Captioner] 19:24:41 HERE AS FREMONT RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THESE NEW [Captioner] 19:24:43 RECREATIONAL THINGS, THE NEW TRAILS, THE NEW HABITATS. [Captioner] 19:24:47 THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL NEW THING AND IT NEEDS TO BE PUBLICIZE [Captioner] 19:24:50 MORE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:24:53 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IRIS. [Captioner] 19:25:05 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, IRIS. [Captioner] 19:25:15 >> Mr. Quintanilla: IRIS? >> Mayor Mei: IRIS, [Captioner] 19:25:18 CAN YOU UNMUTE? [Captioner] 19:25:25 >> Mr. Quintanilla: YOU'RE UNMUTED, IRIS. YOU CAN SPEAK. [Captioner] 19:25:40 >> Mayor Mei: PERHAPS SHOULD WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND COME BACK [Captioner] 19:25:44 TO IRIS? >> Mayor Mei: THAT IS THE LAST HAND WE CURRENTLY HAVE [Captioner] 19:25:47 RAISED. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:25:50 DO WE SEE HER -- OR THEM [Captioner] 19:25:53 ON -- >> Mr. Quintanilla: YEAH AND IT SHOWS THAT SHE'S UNMUTED. [Captioner] 19:25:56 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:26:00 I GUESS ONE MORE -- I GUESS THAT'S THE FINAL CALL [Captioner] 19:26:03 FOR IRIS IN THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. IF YOU'RE HAVING DIFFICULTIES, [Captioner] 19:26:06 FEEL FREE TO USE THE CHAT OR [Captioner] 19:26:09 ANOTHER RESOURCE TO REACH OUR CITY CLERK. AT THIS [Captioner] 19:26:13 TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE ORAL [Captioner] 19:26:16 COMMUNICATIONS. AND I WILL RETURN TO OUR REGULARLY [Captioner] 19:26:20 SCHEDULED ITEM, AND THAT IS [Captioner] 19:26:24 OUR ITEM 5A, THE [Captioner] 19:26:28 I-880 INNOVATION BRIDGE AND TRAIL PROJECT, AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HANS [Captioner] 19:26:30 LARSEN, WILL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:26:36 WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:26:44 >> Mr. Larsen: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:26:47 COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME AND SEE OUR [Captioner] 19:26:50 PRESENTATION SCREEN? SO I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT [Captioner] 19:26:54 TO YOU A REPORT ON THE PROGRESS FOR A MAJOR [Captioner] 19:26:57 NEW TRAIL EXPANSION PROJECT, A PROJECT REFERRED TO [Captioner] 19:27:00 AS THE [Captioner] 19:27:03 I-880/INNOVATION BRIDGE AND TRAIL. THIS PROJECT WILL LINK [Captioner] 19:27:06 TOGETHER THE TWO SIDES OF THE [Captioner] 19:27:09 FREMONT INNOVATION DISTRICT AND THE WARM SPRINGS SOUTH [Captioner] 19:27:13 FREMONT AREA. AND A MAJOR ELEMENT OF THE PROJECT [Captioner] 19:27:18 IS WHAT'S ILLUSTRATED HERE AS A NEW BRIDGE FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND [Captioner] 19:27:21 BIKING ACROSS INTERSTATE 880. WHERE TODAY AT [Captioner] 19:27:25 A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 19:27:30 WITH COMPLETION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, [Captioner] 19:27:33 WHICH IS AN ITEM THAT IS -- [Captioner] 19:27:36 WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE HERE [Captioner] 19:27:40 TONIGHT. LET ME SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:27:43 SO THE PROJECT'S GOALS ARE TO CONNECT THE WARM [Captioner] 19:27:47 SPRINGS BART STATION AREA [Captioner] 19:27:50 AREA TO THE BAYSIDE BUSINESS DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE BAY TRAIL. [Captioner] 19:27:53 WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS KIND OF [Captioner] 19:27:56 TAKES AWAY THE ISOLATION OF THE BAYSIDE BUSINESS DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:28:00 FROM OTHER PARTS OF FREMONT AND PARTICULARLY [Captioner] 19:28:03 TRANSIT ACCESS, AND LINKS TOGETHER THE [Captioner] 19:28:06 GROWING NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE WARM [Captioner] 19:28:09 SPRINGS BART STATION, CONNECTS TRANSIT, [Captioner] 19:28:12 HOUSING, JOBS, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:28:16 RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH A CONNECTION TO THE BAY TRAIL. THIS [Captioner] 19:28:19 PROJECT EXPANDS UPON WORK THAT'S [Captioner] 19:28:22 ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED THAT INCLUDES THE BART STATION THAT [Captioner] 19:28:25 RECENTLY COMPLETED WEST ACCESS [Captioner] 19:28:30 BRIDGE, AND A TRAIL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED [Captioner] 19:28:33 THROUGH THE LENNAR DEVELOPMENT ALONG QUANTUM DRIVE. [Captioner] 19:28:36 FROM THERE, THE PROJECT PICKS UP AND [Captioner] 19:28:41 IT GOES ADJACENT TO THE TESLA [Captioner] 19:28:44 FACTORY FRONTAGE ON KATO ROAD. THAT'S SHOWN IN [Captioner] 19:28:47 YELLOW ON THE EXHIBIT TO THE RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE A [Captioner] 19:28:51 NEW BRIDGE THAT CROSSES [Captioner] 19:28:54 I-880, AND IT CONNECTS INTO THE BAYSIDE BUSINESS [Captioner] 19:28:58 DISTRICT ALONG -- ADJACENT TO A FLOOD CONTROL [Captioner] 19:29:01 CHANNEL AND PROVIDES A CONNECTION BETWEEN LANDING PARKWAY [Captioner] 19:29:05 AND FREMONT BOULEVARD, AND AT THAT POINT, IT CONNECTS TO THE BAY [Captioner] 19:29:08 TRAIL SYSTEM. SO AGAIN, PART OF THIS PROJECT IS [Captioner] 19:29:11 REALLY TO KNIT TOGETHER THE TWO SIDES OF THE [Captioner] 19:29:14 INNOVATION DISTRICT. IT'S NOTABLE THAT THIS TRAIL [Captioner] 19:29:18 SEGMENT IS THE SOUTHERN MOST SEGMENT OF THE EAST [Captioner] 19:29:21 BAY GREENWAY TRAIL, WHICH IS A MAJOR REGIONAL TRAIL [Captioner] 19:29:24 THAT EXTENDS FROM OAKLAND [Captioner] 19:29:27 ALL THE WAY SOUTH THROUGH FREMONT WITH A CONNECTION TO [Captioner] 19:29:30 THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. [Captioner] 19:29:34 WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE SUPPORTED WITH THIS PROJECT WITH [Captioner] 19:29:38 FUNDING THROUGH ALAMEDA COUNTY'S MEASURE BB PROGRAM, WHICH [Captioner] 19:29:42 INCLUDES SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR THE EAST BAY GREENWAY. [Captioner] 19:29:47 THIS PROJECT IS IN STRONG [Captioner] 19:29:52 ALIGNMENT WITH MANY CITY PLANS AND [Captioner] 19:29:55 POLICIES, AS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN FREMONT'S RECENTLY APPROVED TRAIL [Captioner] 19:29:59 STRATEGY PLAN, IT'S PART OF OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN, IT'S [Captioner] 19:30:02 CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, AND IS A [Captioner] 19:30:05 CRITICAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE WARM SPRINGS [Captioner] 19:30:08 COMMUNITY PLAN. THIS PROJECT ALSO HAS [Captioner] 19:30:12 BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A REGIONAL [Captioner] 19:30:15 PRIORITY, AND IT IS INCLUDED AS A NEAR-TERM PROJECT FOR [Captioner] 19:30:18 DELIVERY IN THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN APPROVED [Captioner] 19:30:22 BY ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND IT IS [Captioner] 19:30:25 ALSO A TIER 1 PRIORITY IN [Captioner] 19:30:28 PLAN BY AREA, WHICH MEANS IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS INTENDED TO BE [Captioner] 19:30:31 FUNDED AND COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 15 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:30:39 THIS PROJECT IS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE [Captioner] 19:30:42 ACCESS TO TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:30:46 AND JOBS AND RECREATION, AND ACCORDINGLY, PROJECTS OF THIS TYPE [Captioner] 19:30:49 ARE CONSIDERED PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING FROM REGIONAL, STATE [Captioner] 19:30:52 AND FEDERAL SOURCES. [Captioner] 19:30:56 SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT. WE [Captioner] 19:31:00 COMPLETED A SCOPING CONCEPT FOR THIS [Captioner] 19:31:07 IN 2016 WITH FUNDING FROM MEASURE BB. AFTER THAT [Captioner] 19:31:10 SCOPING REPORT WAS COMPLETED, WE WERE ABLE TO GET [Captioner] 19:31:15 A $5.5 MILLION GRANT FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 19:31:18 COMMISSION TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING [Captioner] 19:31:23 ON NOW, AND THAT INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL [Captioner] 19:31:26 SOURCES, AS WELL AS FULLY FUNDING THE PROJECT THROUGH FINAL [Captioner] 19:31:32 DESIGN. THE CITY [Captioner] 19:31:35 HIRED T.Y. LIN [Captioner] 19:31:38 INTERNATIONAL WITH SPECIALTY IN UNIQUE DESIGN PROJECTS AS OUR PROJECT DESIGNER. [Captioner] 19:31:41 THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM [Captioner] 19:31:45 IN 2018. AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A [Captioner] 19:31:48 VERY CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH CALTRANS BECAUSE OF THE [Captioner] 19:31:51 FREEWAY CROSSING AND CALTRANS APPROVED THE BRIDGE [Captioner] 19:31:54 DESIGN CONCEPT [Captioner] 19:31:59 IN 2020. AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE [Captioner] 19:32:02 CEQA LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:32:06 HERE TONIGHT, CALTRANS IS HELPING TO FACILITATE [Captioner] 19:32:09 A FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:32:13 EXPECTED NEXT SPRING, AND THAT WILL HELP US QUALIFY FOR [Captioner] 19:32:15 FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FOR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION. [Captioner] 19:32:20 I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT PROBABLY KIND OF THE MOST [Captioner] 19:32:23 EXCITING AND UNIQUE PART OF THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 19:32:27 IS THE REALLY UNIQUE BRIDGE STRUCTURE THAT'S PLANNED [Captioner] 19:32:33 HERE. AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO SERVE AS -- IT'S KIND OF [Captioner] 19:32:38 A LANDMARK ICONIC IMAGE FOR THE INNOVATION DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:32:42 BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE UNIQUE DESIGN [Captioner] 19:32:45 OF THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:32:49 ROOTED IN SOME VERY TIGHT CONSTRAINTS IN [Captioner] 19:32:52 THE AREA AND IS ACTUALLY KIND OF THE [Captioner] 19:32:55 MOST COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:32:58 THE TRAIL CONNECTION ACROSS 880. AND SO [Captioner] 19:33:01 SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS WE FACE HERE IS THE [Captioner] 19:33:07 INABILITY TO PLACE A FOUNDATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 880 FREEWAY, [Captioner] 19:33:10 AND SO THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A SPECIAL STRUCTURE TO BE [Captioner] 19:33:13 ABLE TO FULLY SPAN [Captioner] 19:33:16 THE 880 FREEWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE TO THREAD THE NEEDLE IN [Captioner] 19:33:19 GETTING A RAMP DOWN INTO A VERY NARROW AREA [Captioner] 19:33:23 BETWEEN 880 AND KATO ROAD ACROSS FROM THE TESLA FACTORY. [Captioner] 19:33:27 AND SO THAT HAS [Captioner] 19:33:30 RESULTED IN THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE BEING [Captioner] 19:33:35 A CABLE STAY STRUCTURE WHICH IS SHOWN HERE, AND THEN BECAUSE OF [Captioner] 19:33:38 THE UNIQUE CURVATURE THAT THE SUPPORT CABLES OF THE [Captioner] 19:33:41 STRUCTURE CREATE ALMOST KIND OF A [Captioner] 19:33:46 SPIROGRAPH-TYPE PATTERN HERE, WHICH IS REALLY GOING TO BE QUITE UNIQUE AND SPECIAL AND [Captioner] 19:33:50 REALLY REPRESENT KIND OF A [Captioner] 19:33:53 ICONIC LOCATION THAT REALLY SIGNIFIES THE [Captioner] 19:33:56 UNIQUE PLACE AND THE CREATIVITY OF THE FREMONT INNOVATION DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:34:02 AND SO WE REALLY GIVE KUDOS TO [Captioner] 19:34:05 TY LIN, OUR DESIGN ARCHITECTS, AS WELL AS OR PARTNER WITH [Captioner] 19:34:08 CALTRANS IN COMING UP WITH WHAT WE THINK IS A REALLY SPECIAL [Captioner] 19:34:12 PROJECT AND UNIQUE [Captioner] 19:34:16 DESIGN. SO WE'RE HERE TO APPROVE [Captioner] 19:34:18 THE -- CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, AND SO [Captioner] 19:34:22 A INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY [Captioner] 19:34:26 AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH [Captioner] 19:34:29 THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT HAS BEEN PREPARED. SOME OF THE KEY [Captioner] 19:34:33 ISSUES IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS TO THE [Captioner] 19:34:36 ENVIRONMENT RELATE TO KIND OF THE CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 19:34:39 AND THE EXCAVATION TO [Captioner] 19:34:42 BUILD THE BRIDGE, WHICH HAS POTENTIAL TO [Captioner] 19:34:47 UNCOVER VARIOUS TYPES [Captioner] 19:34:50 OF [Captioner] 19:34:59 PALEOTOLO -- FOR JOINING PROPERTIES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, NOISE AND [Captioner] 19:35:02 VIBRATION. AND SO A PLAN HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:35:06 PREPARED TO MITIGATE THESE ISSUES [Captioner] 19:35:09 TO A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT LEVEL, AND SO [Captioner] 19:35:12 THERE IS A MITIGATION [Captioner] 19:35:15 MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE [Captioner] 19:35:19 ALSO THAT'S PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE. [Captioner] 19:35:22 THE CITY OF FREMONT HAS ITS OWN [Captioner] 19:35:26 STANDARDS TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THESE ARE INCORPORATED [Captioner] 19:35:29 INTO THE PROJECT BY REFERENCE [Captioner] 19:35:32 AND THESE DEAL WITH AIR QUALITY, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL [Captioner] 19:35:36 RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND TREE PRESERVATION. [Captioner] 19:35:40 WE ISSUED THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS FOR [Captioner] 19:35:44 PUBLIC REVIEW IN AUGUST. IT WENT THROUGH THE TYPICAL [Captioner] 19:35:48 NOTIFICATION [Captioner] 19:35:50 PROCESS TO PUBLIC AGENCIES THROUGH THE STATE CLEARINGHOUSE. [Captioner] 19:35:54 THERE'S NOTIFICATION TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES, INFORMATION ON THE [Captioner] 19:35:57 CITY'S WEBPAGE AND THIS HEARING TONIGHT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:36:01 NOTICED AS PART OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA. [Captioner] 19:36:04 WE RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN COMMENT, [Captioner] 19:36:08 ACTUALLY PRIOR TO OUR STAFF [Captioner] 19:36:11 REPORT AND THROUGH THE PRIMARY REVIEW PROCESS, THERE WAS ONE [Captioner] 19:36:14 WRITTEN COMMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC [Captioner] 19:36:20 SUBSTANCES CONTROL THAT RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL [Captioner] 19:36:23 FOR ENCOUNTERING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS [Captioner] 19:36:27 DURING EXCAVATION. WE RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POTENTIAL, AND AS [Captioner] 19:36:30 PART OF THE PROJECT, THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL SOIL [Captioner] 19:36:36 TESTING AND ANY ISSUES WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THAT [Captioner] 19:36:39 AGENCY. WE DID RECEIVE [Captioner] 19:36:42 ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE PROJECT BY EMAIL YESTERDAY FROM THE [Captioner] 19:36:45 ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, AND [Captioner] 19:36:49 OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF YOUR COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:36:55 PACKET, AND THEY'RE RAISING ISSUES TOO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS WITH [Captioner] 19:36:58 THE PROJECT. THEY DON'T RAISE ANY NEW ENVIRONMENTAL [Captioner] 19:37:03 ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DISCLOSED AS PART OF THE MAIN DOCUMENT, AND THEIR [Captioner] 19:37:07 CONCERNS ARE PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED [Captioner] 19:37:10 WITH EXCAVATION AND FOUNDATION WORK THAT MAY HAVE IMPACTS [Captioner] 19:37:14 TO THE GROUNDWATER TABLE IN THE AREA. AND SO WE [Captioner] 19:37:19 CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THOSE ISSUES AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO [Captioner] 19:37:22 WORKING WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT TO ADDRESS ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:37:25 THAT COMES UP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND [Captioner] 19:37:29 TO PLAN FOR MANAGING THOSE ISSUES [Captioner] 19:37:32 AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:37:36 AND SO JUST IN SUMMARY, THE ACTIONS HERE ARE [Captioner] 19:37:39 FOR COUNCIL TO CONVENE A PUBLIC HEARING TO [Captioner] 19:37:42 IMPROVE THE -- APPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, WHICH [Captioner] 19:37:45 INCLUDES ADOPTION OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND [Captioner] 19:37:49 THE MITIGATION [Captioner] 19:39:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, HANS. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS [Captioner] 19:39:45 AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER RAJ SALWAN. >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR, AND [Captioner] 19:39:46 THANK YOU, MR. LARSEN, FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. THE PROJECT REALLY TIED IN [Captioner] 19:39:47 NICELY TO THE INNOVATION DISTRICT CONNECTING THE TWO ENDS, BAYSIDE AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 19:39:47 CURRENT INNOVATION DISTRICT. I GUESS THE BIG ISSUE IS ABOUT FUNDING, SO THE 77 MILLION, IS [Captioner] 19:39:47 THAT THROUGH ALAMEDA COUNTY OR STATE OR FEDERAL OR HOW DO WE PIECE TOGETHER THAT LARGE [Captioner] 19:39:50 FUNDING PIECE? >> THAT WILL BE THE BIG CHALLENGE, I THINK FOR A PROJECT [Captioner] 19:39:54 OF THIS SCALE, IT REALLY IS [Captioner] 19:39:57 PROBABLY PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OF THE ABOVE. [Captioner] 19:40:01 SO AS I NOTED, THE EAST BAY GREENWAY TRAIL [Captioner] 19:40:04 WHICH THIS IS A PART OF, THERE'S A FUNDING [Captioner] 19:40:08 POT WITHIN ALAMEDA COUNTY'S MEASURE BB PROGRAM [Captioner] 19:40:11 THAT COULD ASSIST. [Captioner] 19:40:15 THERE [Captioner] 19:40:19 ARE FUNDS THROUGH REGIONAL SOURCES THAT WOULD BE MANAGED BY MTC [Captioner] 19:40:22 AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, AS WELL AS WE [Captioner] 19:40:26 HOPE TO SECURE FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL [Captioner] 19:40:29 GOVERNMENT. SO AS WE WORK TO GET THE [Captioner] 19:40:32 PROJECT TO HIGHER STATE OF READINESS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE [Captioner] 19:40:35 WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT ALL AGENCIES TO [Captioner] 19:40:38 WORK ON THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING THE FUNDING. [Captioner] 19:40:42 >> Councilmember Salwan:WONDERF UL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:40:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SHAO HAS HIS HAND RAISED. [Captioner] 19:40:51 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 19:40:55 YOU. MAYOR MEI, MAY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE EVER [Captioner] 19:40:58 RECEIVED FUNDING OF THIS MAGNITUDE AS A [Captioner] 19:41:04 CITY FROM WHATEVER SOURCES BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:41:07 WE'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN 50 TO $80 MILLION OF FUNDING [Captioner] 19:41:11 FOR THE EVENTUAL [Captioner] 19:41:14 CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, AND SO FAR, THE FUNDING THAT [Captioner] 19:41:17 I [Captioner] 19:41:21 HAVE HEARD ARE BELOW $10 MILLION, SO [Captioner] 19:41:26 HOW LIKELY WE CAN GET FUNDING OF THIS MAGNITUDE BASED [Captioner] 19:41:29 ON OUR HISTORY AS A CITY? SO THAT'S THE QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:41:36 >> Mr. Larsen: GOOD QUESTION. I THINK PROBABLY A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF [Captioner] 19:41:39 HISTORY, SO THE RECENTLY COMPLETED [Captioner] 19:41:43 WEST ACCESS BRIDGE PROJECT, WHICH CONNECTED THE WARM SPRINGS BART [Captioner] 19:41:46 STATION INTO THE [Captioner] 19:41:49 NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA, THAT WAS A $41 MILLION PROJECT IN [Captioner] 19:41:52 WHICH WE [Captioner] 19:41:56 RECEIVED $30 MILLION FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 19:42:00 COMMISSION. IF YOU KIND OF GO BACK MANY YEARS IN [Captioner] 19:42:03 HISTORY, WE SECURED OVER $100 MILLION TO [Captioner] 19:42:06 HELP FACILITATE GETTING BART EXTENDED TO WARM SPRINGS [Captioner] 19:42:11 BY BUILDING GRADE SEPARATIONS AT PASEO PADRE [Captioner] 19:42:15 PARKWAY AND WARREN, AND SO THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:42:20 OVER $100 MILLION PROJECT, AND THAT PROJECT SECURED FUNDING FROM [Captioner] 19:42:23 BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES. SO THERE'S A COUPLE EXAMPLES. [Captioner] 19:42:26 YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY IN HIGHER RANGE OF PROJECTS [Captioner] 19:42:29 THAT WE'VE [Captioner] 19:42:33 PURSUED, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING [Captioner] 19:42:36 CONSIDERED AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, I [Captioner] 19:42:39 MEAN, THE COST TO EXTEND BART INTO DOWNTOWN SAN JOSÉ [Captioner] 19:42:44 IS $9 BILLION, TO GET BART -- OR CALTRAIN EXTENDED [Captioner] 19:42:47 INTO DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO IS ON THE ORDER [Captioner] 19:42:51 OF $5 BILLION, SO THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:42:55 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS EXPENSIVE. THIS IS IN THE [Captioner] 19:42:58 SCHEME OF, YOU KNOW, THE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS CONSIDERED AROUND [Captioner] 19:43:01 THE BAY AREA, A [Captioner] 19:43:04 RELATIVELY SMALL PROJECT COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:43:08 BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED. [Captioner] 19:43:13 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: I'LL [Captioner] 19:43:14 ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION. OOPS. [Captioner] 19:43:19 I SEE A COUNCILMEMBER, I'LL ASK THE QUESTION FIRST AND THEN I'LL TURN TO COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:43:22 COX. BUT TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, [Captioner] 19:43:25 HANS, IF YOU COULD BE SO KIND, I KNOW THAT THE QUESTION JUST CAME UP [Captioner] 19:43:28 REGARDING FUNDING, AND THAT THERE'S OFTEN SOMETIMES SOME CONFUSION [Captioner] 19:43:31 AS TO THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS LIKE THE MONEY THAT WE [Captioner] 19:43:34 SECURED FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 19:43:37 COMMISSION. COULD YOU CLARIFY HOW THAT DIFFERS FROM, LET'S SAY, [Captioner] 19:43:40 OUR GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET IN JANUARY, [Captioner] 19:43:43 SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN [Captioner] 19:43:47 IT COMES TO FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED EITHER FROM [Captioner] 19:43:50 THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OR THROUGH MEASURES, AND HOW [Captioner] 19:43:52 THAT DIFFERENTIATES FROM THOSE AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL FUNDS? [Captioner] 19:43:59 >> Mr. Larsen: YEAH, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CITY GENERAL FUND [Captioner] 19:44:02 MONEYS GOING INTO THIS PROJECT, SO WE [Captioner] 19:44:06 WOULD -- BRIDGING A FREEWAY AND [Captioner] 19:44:09 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THESE ARE TYPICAL PROJECTS THAT [Captioner] 19:44:12 RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, AND [Captioner] 19:44:16 THERE IS A VERY KIND OF STRONG [Captioner] 19:44:19 POLICY INTEREST TO KIND OF KNIT TOGETHER [Captioner] 19:44:22 COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY TO CREATE ABILITIES TO WALK AND BIKE ACROSS [Captioner] 19:44:25 FREEWAY CORRIDORS, AND I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA IS [Captioner] 19:44:28 THE ONLY WAY TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE BAYSIDE [Captioner] 19:44:32 BUSINESS DISTRICT IS TO GO THROUGH A VERY BUSY [Captioner] 19:44:35 FREEWAY INTERCHANGE LIKE THE ONE AT 880 AND FREMONT BOULEVARD. [Captioner] 19:44:40 AND SO THERE IS A VERY [Captioner] 19:44:44 HIGH PRIORITY FOCUS WITHIN THE BAY AREA OR ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:44:47 COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, IS TO [Captioner] 19:44:50 REALLY KNIT TOGETHER COMMUNITIES WITH TRAILS [Captioner] 19:44:54 AND WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK [Captioner] 19:44:58 AND BIKE, TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY. SO [Captioner] 19:45:03 AGAIN, JUST TO COME BACK TO THE QUESTION, WE DON'T [Captioner] 19:45:07 ANTICIPATE SEEING ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY COMING INTO THIS. [Captioner] 19:45:10 WE DO HAVE SOME TRANSPORTATION FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE [Captioner] 19:45:14 FROM REGIONAL, STATE GAS TAX SOURCES THAT WOULD [Captioner] 19:45:17 BE PART OF POTENTIALLY A [Captioner] 19:45:20 SMALL FREMONT CONTRIBUTION, BUT WE WOULD LOOK TO LEVERAGE [Captioner] 19:45:23 THAT INTO GETTING FUNDING FROM KIND OF THE OTHER BIG THREE SOURCES. [Captioner] 19:45:26 SO COUNTY, REGION, STATE, AND FEDERAL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK [Captioner] 19:45:29 YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES I KNOW THERE'S [Captioner] 19:45:33 PUBLIC COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, AND THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE [Captioner] 19:45:36 USING THE MONEY FROM OUR TAXPAYERS THAT ARE LOCAL TO FUND [Captioner] 19:45:39 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:45:42 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY COMING [Captioner] 19:45:46 FROM SEPARATE POOLS WHEN IT COMES TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS [Captioner] 19:45:49 AS OPPOSED TO OUR GENERAL FUNDS, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:45:52 BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR. [Captioner] 19:45:55 SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION SO THAT THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:45:58 UNDERSTANDS, THOSE ARE SEPARATE POOLS OF MONEY THAT CANNOT BE [Captioner] 19:46:02 EXCHANGED WITHIN THAT. COUNCILMEMBER COX, DO YOU HAVE A [Captioner] 19:46:06 CLARIFYING QUESTION? [Captioner] 19:46:10 PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:46:16 >> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. [Captioner] 19:46:19 THANK YOU. THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:46:23 SO MUCH TO HANS AND THE REST OF THE TEAM FOR THEIR HARD [Captioner] 19:46:26 WORK ON THIS PROJECT. AND IT [Captioner] 19:46:29 LOOKS -- THIS IS THE FUTURE, I'VE BEEN PART OF THE ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:46:33 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OVER 12 YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER WHEN [Captioner] 19:46:36 WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:46:39 INNOVATION DISTRICT, AND SEEING HOW [Captioner] 19:46:42 IT'S NOW BECOMING INTO [Captioner] 19:46:46 FULL BLOOM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- BESIDES THE [Captioner] 19:46:50 FUNDING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, I [Captioner] 19:46:54 WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON GIVING SOME MORE EXPLANATION AND [Captioner] 19:46:57 UNDERSTANDING [Captioner] 19:47:02 MITIGATION PLAN. BASED ON SOME OF THE FINDINGS, THERE IS SOME [Captioner] 19:47:05 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL THAT'S BEING FOUND SUCH AS BENZENE AND [Captioner] 19:47:11 IN THE GROUNDWATER, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:47:16 USED TO -- THAT COULD COME UP, OTHER TYPES [Captioner] 19:47:19 OF CONTAMINANTS. AND IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:47:24 BIT MORE OF -- I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MITIGATION PLAN, BUT [Captioner] 19:47:27 HOW RIGOROUS IS THE TESTING AND THINGS [Captioner] 19:47:32 LIKE THAT, THAT WILL BE OCCURRING DURING THIS PART OF [Captioner] 19:47:35 THE PROJECT IF FUNDING IS FOUND AND IDENTIFIED AND [Captioner] 19:47:38 BEING ABLE TO BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT? [Captioner] 19:47:44 >> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO REFER THIS TO [Captioner] 19:47:47 OUR ENVIRONMENTAL [Captioner] 19:47:53 SPECIALIST, ANDREW [Captioner] 19:47:57 METZGER. >> HI. ALL RIGHT. [Captioner] 19:48:00 SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. SO AS YOU [Captioner] 19:48:04 MENTIONED, THERE IS A MITIGATION [Captioner] 19:48:08 PLAN IN PLACE, SO WHAT WOULD [Captioner] 19:48:11 HAPPEN IS, THERE WOULD BE A PHASE II PRELIMINARY [Captioner] 19:48:14 SITE ASSESSMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE A [Captioner] 19:48:19 TARGETED -- A TARGETED ASSESSMENT WITH SOIL [Captioner] 19:48:23 SAMPLING TO ALLOW THE [Captioner] 19:48:26 TESTERS TO DETECT EXACTLY WHAT'S OUT THERE, [Captioner] 19:48:29 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND [Captioner] 19:48:32 OF BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, YOU [Captioner] 19:48:36 KNOW, THE [Captioner] 19:48:39 POTENTIAL FOR AERIALLY DEPOSITED [Captioner] 19:48:42 LEAD, POTENTIAL AGRICULTURAL USES IN THE PAST. [Captioner] 19:48:46 SO IT'S NOT A FOR SURE THING THAT THERE IS ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:48:49 OUT THERE, BUT THE TARGETED SOIL [Captioner] 19:48:53 SAMPLING AND THE CORES THAT WOULD BE TAKEN WOULD [Captioner] 19:48:58 ALLOW FOR A REALLY TARGETED APPROACH. AND [Captioner] 19:49:01 THE PRIMARY THING THAT THEY WOULD [Captioner] 19:49:05 PROBABLY BE FINDING WITH THAT TESTING OR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF [Captioner] 19:49:08 THE TESTING WOULD [Captioner] 19:49:11 BE TO ALLOW FOR SAFE DISPOSAL [Captioner] 19:49:15 OF ANY SOILS THAT [Captioner] 19:49:20 ARE FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED. >> Councilmember Cox: AND THAT [Captioner] 19:49:22 COULD TAKE A NUMBER OF TESTING, I GUESS, OVER THE TIME PERIOD BECAUSE BENZENE HAS A PRETTY [Captioner] 19:49:27 LONG LIFE IN STAYING IN THE SOIL, AND ESPECIALLY IF [Captioner] 19:49:30 IT'S COMING FROM ANY UNDERGROUND FUEL [Captioner] 19:49:33 STORAGE TANKS OR OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE [Captioner] 19:49:36 PAST HISTORY. SO THIS COULD DELAY THE PROJECT [Captioner] 19:49:39 IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 19:49:42 COMPLETION, IF YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TESTING AND THEN I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING [Captioner] 19:49:45 REMOVING THE SOIL, BECAUSE IT COULD GO [Captioner] 19:49:49 DOWN DEEP INTO THE GROUND, RIGHT? AND [Captioner] 19:49:52 PROTECTING THE WATER [Captioner] 19:49:55 SUPPLY THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT IS [Captioner] 19:49:58 HOUSED AROUND THAT AREA. SO IT COULD BE A [Captioner] 19:50:01 LOT OF EXTENSIVE WORK THAT COULD DRIVE THE COST UP [Captioner] 19:50:05 ON THIS PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:50:09 >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WILL [Captioner] 19:50:14 NEED TO OCCUR ON A RECURRING BASIS. [Captioner] 19:50:17 I THINK THAT THE SOIL SAMPLING [Captioner] 19:50:21 WOULD BE DONE TO [Captioner] 19:50:25 GET AN ACCURATE SENSE OF WHAT IS OUT THERE, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW [Captioner] 19:50:28 YOU TO -- EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAMPLE [Captioner] 19:50:34 EVERY SINGLE -- YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A SOIL SAMPLE AT EVERY SINGLE [Captioner] 19:50:37 PLACE WHERE THERE'S SOIL DISTURBANCE, IT WOULD ALLOW YOU [Captioner] 19:50:40 TO MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT IS [Captioner] 19:50:43 CONTAMINATED AND THEN ACT IN [Captioner] 19:50:47 A CONSERVATIVE MANNER TO TREAT THAT SOIL WITH [Captioner] 19:50:52 CAUTION, ASSUMING THAT IT IS CONTAMINATED IF THAT'S WHAT THE [Captioner] 19:50:55 TESTING SAYS. [Captioner] 19:50:59 SO THIS IS A [Captioner] 19:51:04 PRETTY STANDARD TYPE OF REPORT AND PRETTY STANDARD [Captioner] 19:51:07 APPROACH TO MITIGATION. SO I'M NOT POSITIVE [Captioner] 19:51:11 THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN DELAYS TO THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:51:16 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. OR WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET UNTIL, I [Captioner] 19:51:19 GUESS, YOU'RE SAMPLING IT. AND I GET IT FOR THE [Captioner] 19:51:23 SAMPLING, YOU DON'T TEST EVERYWHERE, JUST IN INDICATED AREAS THAT [Captioner] 19:51:25 WOULD MOST LIKELY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO PROTECT OUR [Captioner] 19:51:29 COMMUNITY, PROTECT THE WORKERS, PROTECT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:51:34 NEARBY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE -- [Captioner] 19:51:35 FOR PROTECTING EVERYONE'S BEST INTERESTS THERE. [Captioner] 19:51:39 SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:51:42 WITH ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS. DO THOSE HAVE TO BE [Captioner] 19:51:46 REMOVED IN THAT AREA AS WELL? [Captioner] 19:51:53 >> I'M NOT SURE, HANS, IF THAT'S A QUESTION [Captioner] 19:51:57 FOR ME. [Captioner] 19:52:02 >> LET ME REFER THIS TO [Captioner] 19:52:11 MIRABEL? >> I'LL DEFER TO MIRABEL TO BEGIN. [Captioner] 19:52:15 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:52:18 COUNCILMEMBER COX, I'M NOT [Captioner] 19:52:22 AWARE OF [Captioner] 19:52:27 ELECTRICAL VAULTS BEING DISTURBED BY THE PROJECT. JOHN, I DON'T [Captioner] 19:52:30 KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT [Captioner] 19:52:33 WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED IN OUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING EFFORTS. [Captioner] 19:52:37 >> RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE OBVIOUSLY, YOU [Captioner] 19:52:40 KNOW, BRINGING POWER TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, AND [Captioner] 19:52:45 THERE'S ALSO A MID BLOCK CROSSING ON FREMONT BOULEVARD AND WE'LL HAVE A SIGNAL [Captioner] 19:52:48 THERE. BUT AS WE BRING POWER TO THE [Captioner] 19:52:51 LOCATION, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH OTHER UTILITIES [Captioner] 19:52:54 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION. WE'RE NOT AWARE [Captioner] 19:52:57 OF ANY CONFLICTS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO, AND SO I'D [Captioner] 19:53:00 BE CURIOUS IF THERE WAS [Captioner] 19:53:04 MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE WHEN YOU BRING A BRIDGE FORWARD [Captioner] 19:53:07 LIKE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO LIGHT IT IN THE EVENING AND YOU WANT TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:53:10 SURE THAT THERE'S -- THE SIGNS ARE [Captioner] 19:53:13 LIT AROUND IT AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING [Captioner] 19:53:16 CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND CALTRANS IN [Captioner] 19:53:22 REGARDS TO THE LIGHTING ELEMENTS AND HOW WE'RE BRINGING SOURCE POWER, [Captioner] 19:53:25 WE'VE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATED WITH PG&E ON MULTIPLE [Captioner] 19:53:28 OCCASIONS. THEY'VE NOT BROUGHT UP ANY CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE [Captioner] 19:53:31 PROJECT, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE [Captioner] 19:53:34 WORKED OUT BOTH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND UTILITY NEEDS [Captioner] 19:53:37 FOR THE PROJECT IN A WAY THAT WOULD SUIT THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:53:43 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I GUESS AS JUST A WORD OF CAUTION AND [Captioner] 19:53:46 MAKING SURE WITH THE ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS THAT IT HAS, I [Captioner] 19:53:49 GUESS, ITS OWN STANDALONE HOPEFULLY AND NOT TIED TO OUR HOSPITALS [Captioner] 19:53:52 OR TO OTHER COMMERCIAL [Captioner] 19:53:58 BUSINESSES. I'M DISCOVERING THAT IN SOME OTHER AVENUES OF SOME [Captioner] 19:54:01 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, SO THAT'S WHY I JUST BROUGHT IT [Captioner] 19:54:04 UP, JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT AS ON THE RADAR, AND IT WAS [Captioner] 19:54:08 NOTED IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WAS WITH THE [Captioner] 19:54:11 PAPERWORK THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THAT'S WHY I RAISE THAT [Captioner] 19:54:15 QUESTION, AND THE DRAFTED MITIGATED [Captioner] 19:54:18 NEGATIVE DECLARATION, AND IT TALKED ABOUT IN THE RED THERE, ABOUT A COUPLE [Captioner] 19:54:21 OF AREAS, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS RAISING THAT QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:54:26 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL AND TEAM FOR [Captioner] 19:54:27 ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:54:33 >> THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER -- [Captioner] 19:54:36 OH, COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DO YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION? [Captioner] 19:54:39 >> Vice Mayor Keng: YES. I JUST WANTED TO ASK REAL QUICK IF YOU [Captioner] 19:54:43 COULD SHARE WITH US [Captioner] 19:54:45 THE POTENTIAL ESTIMATE OF THE TIME LINES FOR THE NEXT STAGES? [Captioner] 19:54:50 >> Mr. Larsen: YES, COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:54:54 KENG. SO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:54:58 SORT OF -- THE NEXT STEP AFTER, ASSUMING WE [Captioner] 19:55:01 GET ENVIRONMENTAL [Captioner] 19:55:06 CLEARANCE FROM THE COUNCIL HERE TONIGHT, SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET [Captioner] 19:55:11 FEDERAL CLEARANCE THROUGH CALTRANS, WHICH WOULD BE IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, AND THEN [Captioner] 19:55:15 WE HAVE DESIGN WORK TO [Captioner] 19:55:19 COMPLETE, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES, PORTIONS [Captioner] 19:55:20 OF PROPERTIES THAT NEED TO BE ACQUIRED. [Captioner] 19:55:24 SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. [Captioner] 19:55:28 WHILE WE WORK TO TRY TO FIND CONSTRUCTION MONEY FOR THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:55:31 SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO MORE YEARS OF WORK IN GETTING [Captioner] 19:55:34 THE PROJECT SHOVEL-READY, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEN [Captioner] 19:55:38 IF ALL GOES WELL ON THE FUNDING SIDE, WE COULD START [Captioner] 19:55:41 CONSTRUCTION IN [Captioner] 19:55:44 FALL OF 2024, AND IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE [Captioner] 19:55:47 YEARS TO COMPLETE. [Captioner] 19:55:50 >> Vice Mayor Keng: SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: I'M JUST GOING TO [Captioner] 19:55:53 LET YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO ON [Captioner] 19:55:56 HANS SLIDE NUMBER 7. [Captioner] 19:56:00 OKAY. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE NO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, I'LL TURN [Captioner] 19:56:04 TO -- I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. [Captioner] 19:56:08 AND IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS? >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE [Captioner] 19:56:11 HAVE ONE SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:56:19 WILLIAM YRAGUI. >> SPEAKING FOR MISSION [Captioner] 19:56:21 PEAK CONSERVANCY. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD [Captioner] 19:56:24 PROJECT AND ONE WE SUPPORT, EXTENSION OF THE GREENWAY [Captioner] 19:56:25 TRAIL THROUGH FREMONT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 19:56:29 IT WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING, AND I THINK THAT FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE, [Captioner] 19:56:32 I DON'T THINK MR. LARSEN [Captioner] 19:56:35 HAS HAD ANY PROBLEM [Captioner] 19:56:39 GETTING PUBLIC AGENCIES AND REGULATORY BODIES [Captioner] 19:56:42 TO SUPPORT US. SO WE'RE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. [Captioner] 19:56:46 THE GREENWAY TRAIL, THE EXTENSION OF IT [Captioner] 19:56:49 FROM OAKLAND THROUGH MILIPITAS IS ACTUALLY QUITE IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 19:56:52 THIS INCLUDES THE INVESTMENT OF [Captioner] 19:56:55 FUNDING TO PURCHASE AND DEVELOP [Captioner] 19:56:59 THE UNION PACIFIC CORRIDOR [Captioner] 19:57:02 THROUGH FREMONT. THAT'S A 2.7-MILE [Captioner] 19:57:06 LONG 60-FOOT EASEMENT. THE REASON THE [Captioner] 19:57:09 GREENWAY TRAIL IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE NEED THAT [Captioner] 19:57:12 NORTH/SOUTH TRAIL THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE [Captioner] 19:57:16 STREETS, A COMBINATION OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, [Captioner] 19:57:19 PEDESTRIANS, CREATES PROBLEMS. WE'VE HAD SEVEN DEATHS [Captioner] 19:57:22 IN FREMONT FROM PEDESTRIANS GETTING HIT BY CARS [Captioner] 19:57:26 THIS YEAR. THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THAT IS TO [Captioner] 19:57:29 SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. SO THAT IS [Captioner] 19:57:32 WHAT THE GREENWAY TRAIL, THE DESIGN S [Captioner] 19:57:35 THIS IS A [Captioner] 19:57:38 PEDESTRIAN BICYCLING BRIDGE. WE FULLY SUPPORT IT AND WE [Captioner] 19:57:42 COMMEND HANS LARSEN FOR HAVING THE SCITION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. [Captioner] 19:57:46 VISION TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:57:48 THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:57:51 IS STEVE SCALA. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, STEVE. >> THANK [Captioner] 19:57:54 YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL. JUST LIKE TO POINT [Captioner] 19:57:58 OUT AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF DRIVING AROUND THE BAY AREA AND [Captioner] 19:58:02 SEEING PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE OVERPASSES [Captioner] 19:58:05 ACROSS MANY [Captioner] 19:58:08 HIGHWAYS, SUNNYVALE, HAYWARD, UP [Captioner] 19:58:13 NORTH, INCLUDING A BRIDGE [Captioner] 19:58:16 SIMILAR IN CUPERTINO, WHICH LIKE THIS [Captioner] 19:58:19 LOCATION, WAS A VERY WIDE [Captioner] 19:58:23 SPAN, AND IS A SIMILAR CABLE TAI BRIDGE. [Captioner] 19:58:28 I'D SAY IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE FREMONT CATCHING UP [Captioner] 19:58:31 WITH THE REST OF THE BAY AREA, AS THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST [Captioner] 19:58:35 PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS OVER A MAJOR [Captioner] 19:58:37 HIGHWAY, SO I HOPE THIS PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD. [Captioner] 19:58:42 AND THE ONE OTHER COMMENT I'LL JUST MAKE, I'M [Captioner] 19:58:47 SURE THAT MR. LARSEN AND THE [Captioner] 19:58:50 STAFF WILL TAKE POINT, BUT THIS BRIDGE ALSO IS REASONABLY [Captioner] 19:58:54 CLOSE TO WARREN AVENUE, [Captioner] 19:58:57 WHICH HAS AN APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH ALONG KATO, WHICH MEANS [Captioner] 19:59:00 THAT PEOPLE USING THIS BRIDGE AS AN [Captioner] 19:59:05 ALTERNATE WILL HAVE TO CROSS KATO, WHICH HAS BECOME VERY, [Captioner] 19:59:08 VERY BUSY RECENTLY WITH TESLA, SO I HOPE THE [Captioner] 19:59:11 PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A NICE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO [Captioner] 19:59:15 APPROACH THE BRIDGE FROM THE SOUTH ON KATO AS [Captioner] 19:59:18 WELL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:26 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU. [Captioner] 19:59:29 >> THANK YOU. IT SEEMS [Captioner] 19:59:33 LIKE WHENEVER PEOPLE IN [Captioner] 19:59:36 FREMONT WANT TO TRY TO SABOTAGE A PROJECT, THEY POINT [Captioner] 19:59:39 TO SOME TOXIC WASTE [Captioner] 19:59:42 RAIL LINE CONTAMINATION OR SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:59:46 THAT IS ALONG THE PATH I [Captioner] 19:59:49 OF A PROPOSED BICYCLE TRAIL. [Captioner] 19:59:53 AND THAT HAS ALSO [Captioner] 19:59:56 BEEN TRIED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS OF OTHER CITIES IN THE TRI-VALLEY TO [Captioner] 20:00:00 BLOCK HIGH-DENSITY LOW INCOME HOUSING. [Captioner] 20:00:03 THIS TOXIC WASTE, YOU [Captioner] 20:00:06 KNOW, [Captioner] 20:00:10 TACTIC. AND THIS, OF COURSE IT DOESN'T REALLY HOLD A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:00:13 WATER, IT'S NOT [Captioner] 20:00:18 REALLY TECHNICALLY VERY -- YOU KNOW, VERY SOLID WAY TO BLOCK THESE [Captioner] 20:00:21 PROJECTS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH [Captioner] 20:00:24 THE SAN RAMON VALLEY ALL THE WAY UP INTO COULD [Captioner] 20:00:27 CONCORD AND ALL WAY DOWN INTO PLEASANTON FOR [Captioner] 20:00:31 LIKE 30 MILES, THAT WHOLE THING IS A TOXIC WASTE [Captioner] 20:00:34 LINE. AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND [Captioner] 20:00:39 BUILT A BIKE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL, THE IRON HORSE [Captioner] 20:00:42 TRAIL, THAT IS THE CENTER PIECE OF MANY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, [Captioner] 20:00:46 INCLUDING DOWNTOWN DANVILLE, THEY'RE SO PROUD OF THAT TRAIL. [Captioner] 20:00:50 THEY LOVE THAT TRAIL. AND IT'S -- YOU [Captioner] 20:00:53 KNOW, COMPLETELY LINED WITH TOXIC WASTE, WHICH IS WHAT [Captioner] 20:00:58 WAS -- WHAT THE RAILROADS DID, AND THEY FOUND WAYS TO MITIGATE [Captioner] 20:01:01 IT. VARIOUS -- THEY REMOVED IT OR CAPPED IT OR WHATEVER THEY [Captioner] 20:01:04 DO. SO I'M SURE THAT THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:01:08 FREMONT WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE TOXIC WASTE, [Captioner] 20:01:11 AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THESE TRAILS BUILT [Captioner] 20:01:13 TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:01:19 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:01:23 AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING. [Captioner] 20:01:27 I WAS GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM [Captioner] 20:01:30 OUR COUNCILMEMBERS. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:01:34 SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: MADAME MAYOR, [Captioner] 20:01:36 I'M READY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT. [Captioner] 20:01:39 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. [Captioner] 20:01:42 AND I WANTED TO SAY ALSO, OVER THE PAST [Captioner] 20:01:45 COUPLE YEARS, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE DESIGN AND SCOPE [Captioner] 20:01:49 THAT ORIGINALLY HAPPENED, AND I APPRECIATE THE [Captioner] 20:01:52 PROJECT TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME, [Captioner] 20:01:56 SINCE 2016, AND THE PARTNERSHIP [Captioner] 20:01:59 WITH HANS AND ALSO REPRESENTING [Captioner] 20:02:02 US ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, [Captioner] 20:02:05 THE PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT WE RECEIVE [Captioner] 20:02:10 THE $5.5 MILLION GRANT, AND WORK ON THIS CONCEPT [Captioner] 20:02:14 DESIGN AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING BOTH THE [Captioner] 20:02:18 CEQA DONE AND NOW THE NEPA IN [Captioner] 20:02:21 SPRING. SO I AM VERY ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF GETTING [Captioner] 20:02:24 THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND I'M GLAD THAT WHEN WE WERE [Captioner] 20:02:28 TALKING ABOUT PLAN BAY AREA 2050, TO HELP [Captioner] 20:02:31 ADVOCATE, I KNOW THE QUESTION CAME EARLIER [Captioner] 20:02:34 FROM COUNCIL, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, BECAUSE HE'S [Captioner] 20:02:37 REMOTE TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD HIS HAPPENED RAISED AT ALL, I WOULD [Captioner] 20:02:40 CHECK WITH OUR CITY CLERK, BUT I [Captioner] 20:02:44 KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 20:02:47 THESE AMENITIES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT -- I [Captioner] 20:02:50 KNOW THERE WAS A SPEAKER EARLIER TODAY TALKING [Captioner] 20:02:54 ABOUT HOW WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE, EVERYONE DOING JET [Captioner] 20:02:58 PACKS OR MEET GEORGE [Captioner] 20:03:02 JETSORNTION BUT THIS IS A WAY TO [Captioner] 20:03:06 PRIDE THE BIKE PEDESTRIAN [Captioner] 20:03:09 ACTIVITY BUT TO MAKE A VERY INTERESTING AND ALSO UNIQUE SKYLINE [Captioner] 20:03:12 STATEMENT THAT WOULD HELP CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES. I REMEMBER LOOKING AT [Captioner] 20:03:16 ALL THE ORIGINAL THREE DESIGNS THAT WE SAW BACK IN 2016, [Captioner] 20:03:19 AND THIS HAS CERTAINLY EVOLVED. AND SO IF WE [Captioner] 20:03:22 HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A [Captioner] 20:03:25 ROLL CALL, PLEASE. AND IT WILL BE [Captioner] 20:03:28 A ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE OF COUNCILMEMBER SHAO BEING REMOTE. [Captioner] 20:03:31 THANK YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla:COUNCILMEMBE R [Captioner] 20:03:36 COX, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, [Captioner] 20:03:40 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:03:43 JONES, AYE. VICE MAYOR KENG, AYE. MAYOR [Captioner] 20:03:46 MEI, AYE. SO I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT [Captioner] 20:03:51 THIS PROJECT, IN TERMS OF ACCEPTING THE STAFF'S [Captioner] 20:03:54 RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE [Captioner] 20:03:58 ENVIRONMENTAL -- APPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, AND THEN AS WE PROCEED [Captioner] 20:04:01 WITH THE NEXT STEPS WITH FEDERAL, CALTRANS [Captioner] 20:04:05 AND FINAL DESIGN, SEEKING FUNDING AND LOBBIES TO [Captioner] 20:04:08 WORK ON THESE EFFORTS WILL ALLOW US HOPEFULLY TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:04:11 COME BACK AND BY FALL OF 2024, MAYBE BE [Captioner] 20:04:14 MOVING FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT. SO I PROASHT ALL THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:04:18 WORKING TOGETHER ON GETTING THIS DONE. [Captioner] 20:04:22 I'M SEEING [Captioner] 20:04:25 THE TIMELINE, AND I THINK THIS NEXT ITEM WILL TAKE MORE THAN 10 [Captioner] 20:04:28 MINUTES, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE DUE FOR A BREAK AT 8:15? [Captioner] 20:04:32 IF THAT'S CORRECT? >> Mr. Quintanilla: CORRECT. >> Mayor Mei: PERHAPS THIS IS A [Captioner] 20:04:35 GOOD TIME FOR US TO PAUSE FOR A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE [Captioner] 20:04:38 BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS ITEM WILL DEFINITELY [Captioner] 20:04:42 TAKE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES OR 10 MINUTES. SO WE'LL PAUSE [Captioner] 20:04:45 FOR A BREAK AND WE'LL RETURN [Captioner] 20:04:49 ABOUT 8:10. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:06:15 [Captioner] 20:06:15 [Captioner] 20:11:07 [Captioner] 20:11:07 [Captioner] 20:15:27 >> Mayor Mei: GOOD EVENING. WELCOME BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR [Captioner] 20:15:30 DECEMBER 6TH. AND I'D LIKE TO RETURN TO ITEM 5B, WHICH IS THE [Captioner] 20:15:34 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ANNUAL REPORT AND PROPOSED INCREASE IN [Captioner] 20:15:38 FEES, AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HANS [Captioner] 20:15:42 LARSEN WILL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. [Captioner] 20:15:44 >> Mr. Larsen: GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:15:48 I HAVE JUST SOME BRIEF VERBAL COMMENTS AND WE HAVE A [Captioner] 20:15:51 STAFF TEAM HERE READY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:15:54 HAS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ACTIONS FOR THIS ITEM ARE [Captioner] 20:15:57 TWOFOLD. ONE, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH [Captioner] 20:16:00 STATE LAW UNDER THE MITIGATION FEE ACT, THE CITY [Captioner] 20:16:03 MUST PRODUCE AND HAVE COUNCIL APPROVE AN ANNUAL [Captioner] 20:16:07 REPORT THAT DISCLOSES HOW THE CITY IS USING ITS [Captioner] 20:16:10 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT [Captioner] 20:16:13 FEES. SO YOU HAVE THAT REPORT, IT PART OF YOUR PACKET HERE [Captioner] 20:16:16 TONIGHT AND WE RECOMMEND ITS APPROVAL. [Captioner] 20:16:22 THE SECOND ACTION RELATES TO ADJUSTING OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE TO [Captioner] 20:16:25 ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. BASED ON [Captioner] 20:16:28 PAST COUNCIL POLICY AND LONG-STANDING [Captioner] 20:16:31 PRACTICE, THE CITY HAS ANNUALLY ADJUSTED ITS DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 20:16:38 FEES TO ADJUST FOR INFLATION REA LATED [Captioner] 20:16:40 TO CONSTRUCTION COSTS. JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE [Captioner] 20:16:43 OF OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES IS [Captioner] 20:16:47 TO ALLOW FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:16:51 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS A GROWING POPULATION. SO AS THE [Captioner] 20:16:54 CITY DEVELOPS, BOTH JOBS AND HOUSING, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:16:59 FEES THAT ARE PART OF MITIGATION OF THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT [Captioner] 20:17:03 SUPPORTS OUR COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO [Captioner] 20:17:06 THIS INCLUDES ADDING SPACE AT OUR FIRE [Captioner] 20:17:11 STATIONS, EXPANDING SPACE AT OUR POLICE CENTER [Captioner] 20:17:15 TO SUPPORT GROWING PUBLIC SAFETY [Captioner] 20:17:18 DEMANDS, ENHANCING OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, [Captioner] 20:17:22 AND THEN GROWING OUR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES [Captioner] 20:17:25 TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF A GROWING COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:17:28 SO OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE HAS BEEN AS [Captioner] 20:17:34 COSTS INCREASE TO BUILD THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ADJUST OUR [Captioner] 20:17:39 DEVELOPMENT PLANS ACCORDINGLY. NOW WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS YEAR [Captioner] 20:17:43 IS QUITE EXTRAORDINARY IN THAT [Captioner] 20:17:46 THE INFLATION RATE THAT AFFECTS CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 20:17:51 COSTS IS VERY HIGH THIS YEAR, SO BASED ON [Captioner] 20:17:54 PUBLISHED SOURCES THAT QUANTIFY CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 20:17:59 COSTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OF BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 20:18:03 FACILITIES, THE INFLATION RATE IS [Captioner] 20:18:07 13.65%. SO WE HAVE USED THIS PUBLISHED [Captioner] 20:18:10 RATE FOR THE BAY AREA AS A BASIS FOR OUR ANNUAL [Captioner] 20:18:16 ADJUSTMENT. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A LETTER ON [Captioner] 20:18:19 THIS TOPIC FROM THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, AND WE [Captioner] 20:18:22 PROVIDED THAT TO COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 20:18:28 YOUR INFORMATION. I DO WANT TO NOTE CERTAINLY THE [Captioner] 20:18:31 COST OF DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING WE'RE SENSITIVE TO, AND WE KNOW THAT [Captioner] 20:18:34 THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED A PRIORITY [Captioner] 20:18:37 TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE [Captioner] 20:18:40 COUNCIL THAT THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE [Captioner] 20:18:43 AND THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE, HAS A [Captioner] 20:18:46 50% REDUCTION ON OUR FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. [Captioner] 20:18:50 SO THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO STAY IN PLACE. [Captioner] 20:18:53 SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR JUST OPENING [Captioner] 20:19:00 REMARKS, AND [Captioner] 20:19:02 WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL HAS. [Captioner] 20:19:06 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS ITEM FOR [Captioner] 20:19:10 THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE AND THE ANNUAL REPORT AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED INCREASE [Captioner] 20:19:13 IN FEES AND THE CLARIFICATIONS FOR [Captioner] 20:19:16 THE JUSTIFICATION OF THESE. I WANTED TO TURN IT AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 20:19:19 FOR THE COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 20:19:26 QUESTIONS. SEEING NO QUESTIONS [Captioner] 20:19:29 AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOW [Captioner] 20:19:31 FOR SPEAKERS. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FIRST [Captioner] 20:19:34 SPEAKER IS LISA DANZ. >> [Captioner] 20:19:37 HI, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:19:40 I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE SO [Captioner] 20:19:44 NAMED IMPACT FEE DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT NOT BUILDING HOUSING ALSO HAS [Captioner] 20:19:46 AN IMPACT AND HAS A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT. [Captioner] 20:19:49 WE ALL KNOW THE DOWN SIDES OF THE HIGH COST OF [Captioner] 20:19:52 HOUSING. SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS GET PRICED OUT TO FURTHER AWAY AND HAVE [Captioner] 20:19:55 TO SPEW MORE CARBON DIOXIDE AS THEY COMMUTE FURTHER [Captioner] 20:19:58 AND OTHER NEIGHBORS GET PUSHED OUT ENTIRELY AND [Captioner] 20:20:01 END UP ON THE STREETS. CHRONIC BUILDING STATEWIDE AND [Captioner] 20:20:04 REGION WIDE ARE PART OF THE REASON FOR THE HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND [Captioner] 20:20:06 ADEQUATE HOUSING IS A PUBLIC GOOD AND OUR POLICIES SHOULD ENCOURAGE IT. [Captioner] 20:20:10 THE MORE THAT WE DRIVE UP THE COST TO BUILD, THE MORE IT BECOMES UNTENABLE [Captioner] 20:20:12 TO BUILD ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIGH COST LUXURY HOUSING. [Captioner] 20:20:16 AND SO I'M PRETTY CONCERNED THAT THE PROPOSED FEE INCREASE IS TOO HIGH. [Captioner] 20:20:19 THANK [Captioner] 20:20:25 YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENNIS [Captioner] 20:20:28 MARTIN. [Captioner] 20:20:32 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. DENNIS MARTIN SPEAKING [Captioner] 20:20:35 ON BEHALF OF BIA BAY AREA. I JUST [Captioner] 20:20:38 WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BIA LETTER THAT [Captioner] 20:20:41 WAS FILED ON THIS [Captioner] 20:20:45 ISSUE. AND RAISE OUR OBJECTION TO THE HIGH RATE OF [Captioner] 20:20:49 FEE INCREASES THAT FREMONT IS IS PROPOSING [Captioner] 20:20:53 PROPOSING HERE RMT LET'S KEEP IN [Captioner] 20:20:56 MIND JUST LAST YEAR, IN FACT TAKING EFFECT ON [Captioner] 20:21:00 JULY 1ST, 2022, WAS A 6.6% INCREASE, [Captioner] 20:21:03 COMBINED WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:21:07 13.65% INCREASE, THESE IN BASICALLY A CALENDAR YEAR [Captioner] 20:21:10 ARE GOING UP 20%. NOW THAT'S [Captioner] 20:21:13 UNPRECEDENTED AS FAR AS I KNOW. [Captioner] 20:21:16 AND THE CITY SHOULD REALLY -- I HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:21:19 REALLY CONSIDERS WHETHER OR NOT A 20% INCREASE [Captioner] 20:21:23 IN FEES IN A YEAR IS THE [Captioner] 20:21:26 RIGHT POLICY FOR HOUSING IN THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:21:30 FREMONT. SO WE'VE ASKED THAT ARE AT LEAST, AT THE VERY LEAST, [Captioner] 20:21:33 THAT THE CITY RETURN TO AND REINSTATE THE [Captioner] 20:21:38 POLICY OF PAYMENT OF FEES, IMPACT FEES AND OTHER [Captioner] 20:21:44 FEES AT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY RATHER THAN A [Captioner] 20:21:47 BUILDING PERMIT, AND THIS AT LEAST ALLOWS [Captioner] 20:21:50 THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN AVOID FINANCING THE [Captioner] 20:21:53 HIGH FEES THAT FREMONT IS NOW CHARGING OVER THE [Captioner] 20:21:57 COURSE OF THE BUILDING [Captioner] 20:22:02 PROJECT, AND PAY THOSE ONCE CASH [Captioner] 20:22:05 IS BEING REALIZED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:22:10 SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AS WELL AS SOME OF [Captioner] 20:22:14 THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN OUR [Captioner] 20:22:17 LETTER, AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THESE FEES ARE AN OBVIOUS STA [Captioner] 20:22:25 OBSTACLE AND CONSTRAINT TO HOUSING AND THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS [Captioner] 20:22:28 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IN RELATION TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT THE [Captioner] 20:22:31 CITY IS NOW PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE STATE. [Captioner] 20:22:35 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY [Captioner] 20:22:38 REMARKS, AND GOODNIGHT. [Captioner] 20:22:44 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:22:47 NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 20:22:50 I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL FIRST START -- AND I [Captioner] 20:22:53 APPRECIATE BOTH THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM [Captioner] 20:22:58 AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT IMPACTS. [Captioner] 20:23:01 I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THERE IS A CHALLENGE AT THIS TIME IN [Captioner] 20:23:05 TERMS OF WHEN WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING AN UPCOMING [Captioner] 20:23:08 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:23:11 HOUSING ELEMENT AND OUR GOALS IN TRYING TO DELIVER THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF [Captioner] 20:23:14 HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY LEVELS. AND ALSO [Captioner] 20:23:17 RECOGNIZING THE FINANCING HAS BEEN BESIDES THE MATERIAL COST AND LABOR [Captioner] 20:23:21 COST, THE FINANCE PIECE HAS BEEN A KEY [Captioner] 20:23:28 ASPECT. I'VE READ THE LETTER AND SEEN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:23:31 RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE GROWTH OF FEE, I'D BE [Captioner] 20:23:34 INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT REINSTATING THE IMPACT FEE DEFERRAL TO THE [Captioner] 20:23:38 TIME OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. AND I THINK THAT [Captioner] 20:23:41 WOULD ALLOW US -- I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, SO MANY OF THE [Captioner] 20:23:44 DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN FACING IS THE ABILITY [Captioner] 20:23:49 TO FINANCE SOME OF THE FEE FOR A TIME PERIOD WHEN YOU'RE NOT [Captioner] 20:23:52 ABLE TO HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE REVENUE. [Captioner] 20:23:55 SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEW ON THIS, BUT I'LL TURN IT [Captioner] 20:23:58 BACK TO OUR COUNCIL FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND [Captioner] 20:24:01 DISCUSSIONS. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:24:03 KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:24:07 YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO [Captioner] 20:24:10 BUILD MULTIPLES OF THE AMOUNT OF MARKET [Captioner] 20:24:13 RATE HOUSING THAT IS [Captioner] 20:24:18 CALLED FOR IN THE RHNA NUMBERS, 400% LAST TIME [Captioner] 20:24:21 I CHECKED. AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS [Captioner] 20:24:24 BEING PROPOSED. SO I [Captioner] 20:24:29 THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING [Captioner] 20:24:32 SUFFICIENT MARKET RATE HOUSING. WHAT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS [Captioner] 20:24:35 SUFFICIENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND AS WE KNOW FROM [Captioner] 20:24:38 OUR NEXUS STUDY, EVERY TIME ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 20:24:41 MARKET RATE HOUSING IS BUILT IT CREATES THE NEED FOR [Captioner] 20:24:45 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO BUILDING MORE MARKET RATE HOUSING ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:24:48 DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT MAKES IT WORSE. AND [Captioner] 20:24:51 THE REASON THIS IS GOING UP ISN'T OUT OF ANY GREED, IT'S THAT OUR [Captioner] 20:24:54 COST AS A CITY TO BUILD WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD IS GOING UP, AND SO OUR [Captioner] 20:24:57 FEES NEED TO REFLECT THAT. AND I DON'T SEE ANY [Captioner] 20:25:01 CRISIS WHATSOEVER IN THE -- [Captioner] 20:25:04 YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO LACK OF BUILDING MARKET RATE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:25:07 IN [Captioner] 20:25:10 FREMONT. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETS A BIG [Captioner] 20:25:13 DISCOUNT AND GETS THE DEEFL, SO I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. [Captioner] 20:25:16 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:25:25 >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK OR ADDRESS [Captioner] 20:25:27 THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON THE PROPOSED? [Captioner] 20:25:31 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. [Captioner] 20:25:34 >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. SO I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR [Captioner] 20:25:37 SUGGESTION REGARDING THE DEFERRAL OF FEES BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:25:41 THERE IS A HUGE IMPACT [Captioner] 20:25:44 TO THE BUILDERS AND NOT ONLY OF MARKET RATE HOUSING BUT [Captioner] 20:25:47 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL. SO YOU [Captioner] 20:25:55 KNOW, IT'S -- AS A COUPLE [Captioner] 20:25:58 PEOPLE MENTIONED, THIS IS KIND OF AN UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE, [Captioner] 20:26:01 THIS IS A VERY TRYING TIME FOR EVERYONE, FOR [Captioner] 20:26:04 BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS, FOR REAL ESTATE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE [Captioner] 20:26:06 WITH THE COST OF MATERIALS AND LABOR AND EVERYTHING GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. [Captioner] 20:26:11 BUT I WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO THE [Captioner] 20:26:14 SUGGESTION OF DEFERRING THOSE FEES UNTIL THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY [Captioner] 20:26:17 IS ACTUALLY ISSUED. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:26:22 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:26:26 KENG. [Captioner] 20:26:29 >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE [Captioner] 20:26:33 MAYOR'S SUGGESTION OF MAKING THE DEFERRAL OF THE FEES [Captioner] 20:26:36 UNTIL THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. [Captioner] 20:26:39 I THINK THE COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OVERALL [Captioner] 20:26:43 HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE LAST TWO, THREE [Captioner] 20:26:46 YEARS, AND EVEN THE FEES ARE GOING TO REFLECT IN [Captioner] 20:26:49 THE FINAL PRICES OF [Captioner] 20:26:52 THE UNITS, AND [Captioner] 20:26:55 MOST PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO GET THOSE AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:26:59 HOUSING UNITS OR EVEN IF THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE [Captioner] 20:27:03 INCOME, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SAVE UP AND [Captioner] 20:27:07 GET IN LINE FOR WHEN THEY'RE READY TO PURCHASE THOSE MARKET [Captioner] 20:27:10 RATE HOUSING. SO I WOULD BE HAPPY [Captioner] 20:27:14 TO SUPPORT TO MAKE THE COST [Captioner] 20:27:17 FOR BUILDING FOR THE BUILDERS A LITTLE LESS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:27:24 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH, I [Captioner] 20:27:27 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, AND JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY [Captioner] 20:27:30 IF I'M NOT [Captioner] 20:27:33 MISTAKEN, WE DO HAVE THE FEE DEFEFERL [Captioner] 20:27:38 DEFERRAL IN [Captioner] 20:27:42 PLACE, SO IT WOULD JUST BE A WIND FALL FOR [Captioner] 20:27:45 MARKET RATE FOR FOR PROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND [Captioner] 20:27:49 WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT ON [Captioner] 20:27:50 AFFORDABLE RATE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. IS THAT CORRECT? [Captioner] 20:27:54 >> GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:27:57 DAN [Captioner] 20:28:08 SHOWN HOLTZ. UNDER STATE LAW, [Captioner] 20:28:13 NON-PROFIT -- DO QUALIFY FOR DEFERRAL OF IMPACT [Captioner] 20:28:16 FEES UNTIL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. [Captioner] 20:28:19 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE AS A CITY IN THE [Captioner] 20:28:23 PAST SIX YEARS HAVE BUILT AND WILL BE [Captioner] 20:28:26 HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS DURING THE HOUSING ELEMENT, BUT RECORD [Captioner] 20:28:29 NUMBERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PERHAPS, DAN, YOU COULD [Captioner] 20:28:32 ALSO ANSWER THIS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN [Captioner] 20:28:35 UTILIZING OUR NOFA FUNDING POOLS, WHICH IS THE NOTICE OF [Captioner] 20:28:39 FUNDING AVAILABILITY, WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN THE POOL OF [Captioner] 20:28:43 FUNDING FROM MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE [Captioner] 20:28:46 TO COALESCE TO THEN BE ABLE TO OFFSET, AND I [Captioner] 20:28:51 THINK JUST LAST WEEK OR AT OUR MOST RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, WE [Captioner] 20:28:54 UTILIZED SOME OF THOSE FUNDINGS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE [Captioner] 20:28:59 FINANCING OF ONE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT I REMEMBER [Captioner] 20:29:02 CORRECTLY OFF OF OSGOOD RECENTLY, OR I'M TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:29:05 REMEMBER, THERE WAS A COUPLE PROJECTS THIS YEAR ALONE THAT WERE PART [Captioner] 20:29:09 OF THE PACKAGE THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR NOTICE OF [Captioner] 20:29:12 FUNDING AVAILABILITY. I THINK IT WAS 42 MILLION THAT [Captioner] 20:29:15 WE APPLIED TO THREE OR FOUR PROJECTS, [Captioner] 20:29:19 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT THAT [Captioner] 20:29:22 TIME. COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY? [Captioner] 20:29:26 >> Mr. Schoenholz: THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. [Captioner] 20:29:30 FEES THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LIEU [Captioner] 20:29:34 FEE THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:29:37 ARE PROBABLY THE [Captioner] 20:29:40 PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDS [Captioner] 20:29:43 FOR CITY SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:29:49 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT [Captioner] 20:29:53 IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:30:01 I'M SORRY, YOUR MIC IS OFF. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:30:05 >> Councilmember Cox: IS IT ON NOW? OKAY. [Captioner] 20:30:08 >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> Councilmember Cox: I JUST WANTED TO, YOU [Captioner] 20:30:11 KNOW, INDICATE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STILL PROVIDE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:30:15 AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:30:19 HOUSING. FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE CAN'T [Captioner] 20:30:22 STOP HOUSING [Captioner] 20:30:25 TOTALLY, BUT WE CAN SLOW DOWN THE IMPACT FEE. AND I THINK [Captioner] 20:30:29 BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:30:33 THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUILDING TIED [Captioner] 20:30:37 INTO THE MATERIALS, TIED INTO LABOR, TIED INTO EVEN [Captioner] 20:30:40 FUEL CHARGES [Captioner] 20:30:43 AND DELIVERY CHARGES THAT ARE INCURRING AS BUSINESSES [Captioner] 20:30:46 HAVE TO STILL MOVE [Captioner] 20:30:50 FORWARD AND WORK IN THIS CLIMATE, THAT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:30:53 ASSESSMENTS, AND IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:30:57 HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF [Captioner] 20:31:01 OCCUPANCY AT THAT TIME TO THEN ALLOW FOR THE IMPACT FEE TO [Captioner] 20:31:04 BE INCURRED, AND [Captioner] 20:31:08 I THINK IT WOULD JUST HELP IN TERMS OF HELPING THE COMMUNITY, HELPING THOSE [Captioner] 20:31:11 THAT NEED THE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:31:14 A WIN-WIN. [Captioner] 20:31:20 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: THANK [Captioner] 20:31:24 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. SO BACK TO [Captioner] 20:31:27 MR. SCHOENHOLZ, JUST TO CLARIFY, IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE NOFA FUNDING THAT WE [Captioner] 20:31:30 HAD AVAILABLE LAST YEAR, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD [Captioner] 20:31:33 THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS BECAUSE THE PARTNERS THAT WE [Captioner] 20:31:37 PARTNER WITH DID NOT HAVE THE SOURCE OF FUNDING AVAILABLE OTHER THAN THE [Captioner] 20:31:40 MONEY THAT CAME FROM OUR IN LIEU [Captioner] 20:31:43 FEES FROM MARKET RATE HOUSING, IS THAT [Captioner] 20:31:47 CORRECT [Captioner] 20:31:49 ? >> Mr. Schoenholz: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:31:52 MOST OF THE FEES WE MAKE AVAILABLE DO COME [Captioner] 20:31:55 FROM MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BUT NOT ALL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A [Captioner] 20:31:59 JOBS HOUSING LINKAGE FEE NOW AS WELL, SO SOME OF [Captioner] 20:32:02 THOSE FUNDS ARE GENERATED FROM COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. [Captioner] 20:32:08 >> Councilmember Jones: THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE IN LIEU [Captioner] 20:32:11 FEES FROM MARKETABLE HOUSING OR MARKET RATE HOUSING, [Captioner] 20:32:14 THEN IT WOULD HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:32:19 PROJECTS? >> Mr. Schoenholz: CORRECT, I [Captioner] 20:32:24 MEAN, THE IN LIEU FEE, REMEMBER, IS IN LIEU OF INCORPORATING AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:32:27 HOUSING INTO MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS, SO WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:32:31 AN ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY IS [Captioner] 20:32:33 AN INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES DEVELOPERS TO [Captioner] 20:32:39 INCLUDE SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS IN [Captioner] 20:32:42 THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, BUT WE PROVIDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:32:45 ALTERNATIVES, ONE OF THEM BEING WHAT WE CALL THE IN LIEU FEE, AND THEY CAN [Captioner] 20:32:48 PROVIDE US FUNDS TO THEN [Captioner] 20:32:51 PUSH OUT AND CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THAT MONEY. [Captioner] 20:32:57 >> Councilmember Jones: JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:33:00 CONSTRUCT MORE UNITS WITH THE IN LIEU FEES THAN WOULD [Captioner] 20:33:03 BE PROVIDED FOR AN [Captioner] 20:33:06 ON SITE INCLUSIONARY [Captioner] 20:33:11 HOUSING? >> Mr. Schoenholz: THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER. [Captioner] 20:33:14 IT DEPENDS A LOT ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AT [Captioner] 20:33:21 DIFFERENT TIMES. WHEN WE SET THE FEE, WE TRIED TO MAKE IT -- WE [Captioner] 20:33:26 LOOKED AT WOULD WE BE DRIVING DEVELOPERS TO PAY [Captioner] 20:33:29 THE FEE RATHER THAN INCORPORATE UNITS IN THEIR [Captioner] 20:33:33 PROJECTS OR WHAT WOULD BE DRIVING DEVELOPERS TO INCORPORATE [Captioner] 20:33:36 UNITS RATHER THAN PROVIDING A FEE, AND I THINK AT THE TIME [Captioner] 20:33:39 WE THOUGHT IT [Captioner] 20:33:42 WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EQUAL, IT COULD GO EITHER WAY. [Captioner] 20:33:46 BUT I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE HAS [Captioner] 20:33:50 SHOWN THAT DEVELOPERS TYPICALLY TEND TO [Captioner] 20:33:53 CHOOSE THE IN LIEU FEE RATHER THAN BUILDING THE ON-SITE [Captioner] 20:33:56 UNITS. I THINK IT'S JUST EASIER [Captioner] 20:34:00 FOR THEM, AND THEY JUST -- [Captioner] 20:34:03 THEY'VE TENDED TO CHOOSE THAT OPTION. >> Councilmember Jones: [Captioner] 20:34:06 OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:34:09 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 20:34:12 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. DAN, I WAS WONDERING IF [Captioner] 20:34:15 YOU COULD REFRESH OUR MEMORY WHEN WE STARTED [Captioner] 20:34:19 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 50% REDUCTION, WHEN WAS THAT? [Captioner] 20:34:25 >> Mr. Schoenholz: SO THE 50% REDUCTION WAS JUST [Captioner] 20:34:29 ADOPTED LAST YEAR, WHEN THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:34:34 DID ITS FIVE-YEAR UPDATE OF THE IMPACT FEE PROGRAM. [Captioner] 20:34:38 SO THAT WAS A MAJOR POLICY DECISION. PRIOR TO [Captioner] 20:34:42 THAT, AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTS HAD PAID THE SAME LEVEL [Captioner] 20:34:45 OF IMPACT FEES AS MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS, [Captioner] 20:34:48 BUT BECAUSE OF THE COUNCIL PRIORITY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE [Captioner] 20:34:52 CLEAR NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, THE RELATIVE LACK [Captioner] 20:34:56 OF PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS VERSUS MARKET RATE [Captioner] 20:35:00 UNITS, COUNCIL DECIDED TO LOWER THE [Captioner] 20:35:03 FEES FOR AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. [Captioner] 20:35:07 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE IT AS AN INCENTIVE FOR [Captioner] 20:35:10 AFFORDABLE HOUSING? [Captioner] 20:35:16 >> Mr. Schoenholz: YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS A [Captioner] 20:35:20 WAY TO MAKE AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:35:23 DEVELOPMENT MORE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:35:26 THANK YOU. AND TO CARRY [Captioner] 20:35:29 COUNCILMEMBER JONES' CONVERSATION, WHEN [Captioner] 20:35:33 YOU BUILD IN LIEU FEES, DOES THAT ALLOW [Captioner] 20:35:36 FOR MORE LEVERAGE OF CITY [Captioner] 20:35:39 FUNDS TO LEVERAGE COUNTY, STATE, [Captioner] 20:35:42 FEDERAL FUNDING TO GET LARGER [Captioner] 20:35:45 PROJECTS THAN A DEVELOPER WOULD BUILD BY HIMSELF OR HER [Captioner] 20:35:51 SELF? >> Mr. Schoenholz: TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:35:56 GET IN LIEU FEES, WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE STATE AND [Captioner] 20:35:59 FEDERAL AND COUNTY DOLLARS AND [Captioner] 20:36:02 BUILD IS 100% AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:36:05 PROJECTS, SO PROJECTS THAT ARE ENTIRELY AFFORDABLE. WHEN [Captioner] 20:36:10 DEVELOPERS DO INCLUSIONARY UNITS, TYPICALLY IT'S MORE OF A [Captioner] 20:36:13 MIXED INCOME KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT, THEY [Captioner] 20:36:17 HAVE SOME PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS IN THEIR PROJECT THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND [Captioner] 20:36:20 THE REST ARE MARKET RATE. [Captioner] 20:36:23 SO THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS DON'T ATTRACT TYPICALLY THE SAME [Captioner] 20:36:27 KIND OF EXTERNAL FUNDING AS [Captioner] 20:36:30 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. >> Councilmember Salwan: SO DOES [Captioner] 20:36:33 THAT ALLOW FOR MORE NUMBER OF UNITS WHEN WE USE THE IN [Captioner] 20:36:36 LIEU PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE ONE LARGE PROJECT [Captioner] 20:36:40 IN ONE PLACE COMPARED TO JUST AN INDIVIDUAL BUILT [Captioner] 20:36:42 BY A DEVELOPER? >> Mr. Schoenholz: AGAIN, THAT'S [Captioner] 20:36:46 A LITTLE TOUGH TO ANSWER, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 20:36:49 NUMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 [Captioner] 20:36:52 AND 15% OF THE UNITS BEING PRODUCED [Captioner] 20:36:58 IN FREMONT ARE AFFORDABLE, AND THAT'S KIND OF IN LINE WITH WHAT [Captioner] 20:37:01 OUR INCLUSIONARY REQUIREMENT IS, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:37:05 PRODUCING MORE UNITS WITH THE FEE THAN WE WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:37:09 OTHERWISE, BUT I THINK WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE [Captioner] 20:37:12 DEEPER AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:37:16 LEVERAGE OUTSIDE FUNDS AND THE UNITS THAT [Captioner] 20:37:19 WE'RE PRODUCING IN THESE 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS [Captioner] 20:37:22 TYPICALLY HAVE SOME COMPONENT OF EXTREMELY LOW INCOME [Captioner] 20:37:25 OR VERY LOW INCOME UNITS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MUCH [Captioner] 20:37:29 HARDER TIME GETTING AS INCLUSIONARY UNITS. [Captioner] 20:37:33 >> Councilmember Salwan: AND DO THESE LARGER UNITS ALLOW FOR WRAP-AROUND [Captioner] 20:37:36 SERVICES TO HELP THE FOLKS LIVING IN THESE [Captioner] 20:37:40 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS? [Captioner] 20:37:43 >> Mr. Schoenholz: YEAH, THE 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS, THEY ALWAYS INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:37:46 SOME SERVICES, THEY [Captioner] 20:37:50 OFTEN INCLUDE WHAT WE OFTEN REFER TO AS [Captioner] 20:37:53 WRAP-AROUND SERVICES WHERE THEY'RE REALLY [Captioner] 20:37:57 SERVING PEOPLE AT THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SCALE WHO [Captioner] 20:38:00 MIGHT HAVE CHALLENGES STAYING [Captioner] 20:38:04 HOUSED WITHOUT THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED AT THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:38:10 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, DAN. SO REGARDING THE MAYOR'S [Captioner] 20:38:13 SUGGESTION ABOUT PAYING IMPACT FEES AT THE TIME OF BUILDING PERMITS, [Captioner] 20:38:17 HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT CITY [Captioner] 20:38:20 POLICY OR FINANCES? IS THAT A BIG CONCERN [Captioner] 20:38:23 FOR STAFF OR IS THAT -- STAFF IS [Captioner] 20:38:26 OKAY WITH IT? WHAT'S THE FEEDBACK ON THAT, OR [Captioner] 20:38:29 ANYBODY ELSE? >> Mr. Schoenholz: MAYBE I'LL START AND I CAN [Captioner] 20:38:32 TURN IT OVER TO HANS TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE IN TERMS OF HOW THE MONEY IS [Captioner] 20:38:36 USED FOR PROJECTS. IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 20:38:43 PROCESS, THE FEE DEFERRAL SEGMENT OF THE [Captioner] 20:38:46 CODE, IT'S A SEPARATE ORDINANCE, SO WE [Captioner] 20:38:49 COULDN'T DO THAT TONIGHT. WE'D HAVE TO BE [Captioner] 20:38:52 DIRECTED TO COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:38:56 AMENDMENT AND SORT OF FOLLOW THE NORMAL ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:38:59 CHANGE PROCESS TO REINSTITUTE THE [Captioner] 20:39:03 FEE DEFERRAL. AND YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD TAKE US [Captioner] 20:39:06 A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BRING BACK. [Captioner] 20:39:10 SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PROCESS. MAYBE HANS CAN SPEAK [Captioner] 20:39:13 TO THE IMPACTS [Captioner] 20:39:16 ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. [Captioner] 20:39:19 >> Mr. Larsen: YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO DAN, IF YOU COULD JUST [Captioner] 20:39:22 ADD SORT OF WHAT'S TYPICALLY THE LAG TIME BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:39:25 WHEN WE WOULD COLLECT FEES INTO THE CURRENT PROCESS [Captioner] 20:39:29 BASICALLY AT BUILDING PERMIT TO [Captioner] 20:39:33 OCCUPANCY, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:39:39 A PERIOD, SORT OF A LAG PERIOD IN WHICH WE RECEIVE THE REVENUE [Captioner] 20:39:41 THAT COULD SUPPORT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR BUDGET. [Captioner] 20:39:45 SO I MEAN, THAT'S TYPICALLY A YEAR [Captioner] 20:39:51 OR TWO? >> Mr. Schoenholz: THE ORDINANCE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD IN PLACE [Captioner] 20:39:54 THE SPEAKER WAS ASKING TO BE REINSTATED, IT OFFERED [Captioner] 20:40:00 DEVELOPERS 18 MONTHS OF FEE DEFERRAL [Captioner] 20:40:04 OR UNTIL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, [Captioner] 20:40:07 WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. SO IT WAS BASICALLY AN [Captioner] 20:40:11 18-MONTH DEFERRAL. I THINK USUALLY THE FEES [Captioner] 20:40:14 WERE DUE BEFORE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, MAYBE NOT ALWAYS, BUT [Captioner] 20:40:18 I THINK 18 MONTHS WAS [Captioner] 20:40:21 THE TYPICAL DEFERRAL TIME FRAME. [Captioner] 20:40:29 >> Mr. Larsen: SO JUST TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO IMPACT TO OUR CAPITAL [Captioner] 20:40:32 PROGRAM FOR BUILDING PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, SO [Captioner] 20:40:36 THESE ARE COMMUNITY BUILDINGS, PARK FACILITIES, [Captioner] 20:40:39 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT'S MONEY THAT'S NOT [Captioner] 20:40:43 COMING INTO OUR BUDGETS THAT WE COULD USE TO [Captioner] 20:40:46 DO PROJECTS, SO IT REPRESENTS [Captioner] 20:40:49 A DELAY IN THOSE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT -- YOU [Captioner] 20:40:52 KNOW, THAT WOULD BE APPROVED IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, [Captioner] 20:40:56 AND THEN ON OUR SIDE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE [Captioner] 20:40:59 FACING A HIGHER ESCALATION [Captioner] 20:41:02 COST DUE TO THAT DEFERRAL. SO THAT'S [Captioner] 20:41:06 THE POLICY TRADEOFF, IS [Captioner] 20:41:09 ESSENTIALLY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT MITIGATE IMPACTS OF [Captioner] 20:41:12 GROWTH COME LATER, AND THEY'RE GOING TO [Captioner] 20:41:15 COST THE CITY MORE TO IMPLEMENT [Captioner] 20:41:18 THOSE AS OPPOSED TO GETTING THE [Captioner] 20:41:20 MONEY UNDER KIND OF THE CURRENT PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:41:27 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. HAS THERE BEEN ANY STUDIES DONE [Captioner] 20:41:31 THAT, AS YOU INCREASE IMPACT FEES, HOW [Captioner] 20:41:34 IT AFFECTS COST OF HOUSING? [Captioner] 20:41:41 >> Mr. Schoenholz: UM, SO THE TURNER CENTER [Captioner] 20:41:44 AT U.C. BERKELEY HAS DONE [Captioner] 20:41:47 STUDIES, AND THEY DO INDICATE [Captioner] 20:41:50 THAT IMPACT FEES [Captioner] 20:41:54 REPRESENT -- I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, [Captioner] 20:41:57 BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY REPRESENT MAYBE 10 [Captioner] 20:42:00 TO 15% OF THE TOTAL COST OF HOUSING [Captioner] 20:42:02 IN SOME COMMUNITIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE [Captioner] 20:42:06 IN FREMONT OR [Captioner] 20:42:12 NOT. THE LAST TIME WE DID A STUDY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF FEES [Captioner] 20:42:15 ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 20:42:18 WAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE, NOT THE [Captioner] 20:42:21 IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE BUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE WHEN WE WERE [Captioner] 20:42:26 LOOKING AT WHAT IN [Captioner] 20:42:32 LIEU FEE MARKET RATE PROJECTS COULD SUPPORT, [Captioner] 20:42:35 AND SO THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, A YEAR AND [Captioner] 20:42:38 A HALF AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. [Captioner] 20:42:42 AND THAT INFORMATION WAS [Captioner] 20:42:47 USED TO -- YOU KNOW, IT WAS PART OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS [Captioner] 20:42:49 WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTED THE IN LIEU FEES. [Captioner] 20:42:53 AND OF COURSE WE WERE USING -- WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT [Captioner] 20:42:56 THE FEASIBILITY, WE WERE USING WHATEVER THE COST OF DEVELOPING [Captioner] 20:42:59 HOUSING WERE AT THAT TIME, AND THINGS HAVE [Captioner] 20:43:03 CHANGED, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING MORE RECENT THAN THAT. [Captioner] 20:43:09 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:43:14 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK [Captioner] 20:43:17 YOU. SO JUST TO [Captioner] 20:43:21 CLARIFY, YOU DID A LOT OF OUTREACH ON THIS [Captioner] 20:43:29 TOPIC AND IT WENT OUT TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND [Captioner] 20:43:32 I THINK WE ONLY GOT ONE LETTER FROM THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. [Captioner] 20:43:35 DID ANYONE ELSE SEND IN A LETTER OF CONCERN REGARDING THE [Captioner] 20:43:38 FEE INCREASE OTHER THAN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION? [Captioner] 20:43:44 >> Mr. Larsen: NO, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE'VE SHARED WITH COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:43:48 >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE [Captioner] 20:43:53 HAVE ONE INTEREST GROUP THAT IS EXPRESSING CONCERN AND ASKING US [Captioner] 20:43:56 TO GIVE THEM AN 18-MONTH DEFERRAL ON [Captioner] 20:44:00 FEES, WHICH RESULTS IN AN 18-MONTH DEFERRAL ON [Captioner] 20:44:03 THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT [Captioner] 20:44:06 PROJECTS, WHICH WE SAY ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AND WHICH [Captioner] 20:44:10 ARE TAXPAYER-FUNDED. AND SO [Captioner] 20:44:13 THIS COUNCIL SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT [Captioner] 20:44:16 TO GIVE A FINANCIAL BREAK TO [Captioner] 20:44:19 FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS THAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR [Captioner] 20:44:23 TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THE LEAST [Captioner] 20:44:26 POSSIBLE AMOUNT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:44:29 AN 18-MONTH DEFERRAL ON FEES, THAT RESULTS IN HIGHER [Captioner] 20:44:33 COSTS, WHICH ARE COSTS TO OUR TAXPAYERS. SO I JUST WANT [Captioner] 20:44:36 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY WANTING TO DO, THAT THERE [Captioner] 20:44:39 IS SUCH A DESIRE TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUEST OF THE [Captioner] 20:44:42 BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DEAL WITH [Captioner] 20:44:45 HIGHER COSTS FOR OUR OWN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:44:48 OF THAT FEE DEFERRAL, AND IF PEOPLE REALLY FEEL THAT THAT'S THE [Captioner] 20:44:51 RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE, THAT REALLY DOES CONCERN ME. [Captioner] 20:44:54 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:45:01 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 20:45:16 >> Councilmember Cox: I THINK IT WAS SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION BROUGHT [Captioner] 20:45:19 FORTH THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE DELAY OF [Captioner] 20:45:23 OCCUPANCY OF 18 MONTHS WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF WHICH IS WHY [Captioner] 20:45:25 WE'RE HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION FOR EVERYONE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. [Captioner] 20:45:29 BUT IT'S JUST AN EDUCATION AWARENESS OF THE [Captioner] 20:45:33 DECISIONS, OR THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO SHARE BEFORE MAKING [Captioner] 20:45:37 A DECISION. ONE OF THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 20:45:40 WITH THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE IS [Captioner] 20:45:44 WRITTEN, AND I KNOW TONIGHT IT [Captioner] 20:45:48 IS THE [Captioner] 20:45:52 ACTION IS ASKING TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:45:56 A 13.65% INCREASE, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT THERE COULD BE A [Captioner] 20:45:59 LITTLE BIT OF THE SMOOTHING OUT OF THE INCREASE THAT [Captioner] 20:46:03 MAYBE WE COULD DO HALF NOW, [Captioner] 20:46:06 THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, AND SECOND, [Captioner] 20:46:09 THE SECOND PART OF THE YEAR? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:46:12 SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:46:16 RESPOND TO OR IT WOULD BE SOMETHING [Captioner] 20:46:19 WITH OUR FINANCE, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD BE THE DIRECT ACTION [Captioner] 20:46:22 TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO DIRECT THE ATTENTION IN [Captioner] 20:46:25 ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:46:31 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE IS A LEGAL RESPONSE TO THAT [Captioner] 20:46:34 QUESTION BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT MIGHT [Captioner] 20:46:37 BE THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THAT DECISION-MAKING SO [Captioner] 20:46:40 BEFORE I RESPOND WHAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:46:43 OF PROCEDURAL STEPS HERE, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE [Captioner] 20:46:46 OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THAT PROPOSAL. [Captioner] 20:46:52 >> Mr. Larsen: I THINK WE'RE HEARING SOME [Captioner] 20:46:55 INTEREST FROM COUNCIL ON LOOKING AT SOME [Captioner] 20:46:58 ALTERNATIVES HERE. I THINK FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE [Captioner] 20:47:01 KIND OF OPERATING UNDER PAST [Captioner] 20:47:04 PRACTICE [Captioner] 20:47:08 IN COUNCIL DIRECTION TO MAKE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FEES, [Captioner] 20:47:14 AND SO I THINK IF THERE'S AN INTEREST FROM COUNCIL IN DOING [Captioner] 20:47:18 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE'D LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT THAT IS. [Captioner] 20:47:21 SO I THINK COUNCILMEMBER COX, YOUR [Captioner] 20:47:25 SUGGESTION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:47:29 APPROACH THAN DEFERRING THE FEES TO OCCUPANCY. [Captioner] 20:47:33 SO I THINK COUNCIL HAS A DISCRETION [Captioner] 20:47:36 TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON HOW WE DEAL [Captioner] 20:47:40 WITH INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS, [Captioner] 20:47:45 SO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT [Captioner] 20:47:49 WE'VE RECOMMENDED, AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO LET COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:47:52 KNOW THAT THE [Captioner] 20:47:56 RECOMMENDED INCREASE TO ADJUST FOR INFLATION WOULDN'T TAKE PLACE [Captioner] 20:47:59 IMMEDIATELY. AND SO AS INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORT, IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:48:03 EFFECTIVE IN JULY OF NEXT [Captioner] 20:48:06 YEAR, SO WE'RE [Captioner] 20:48:11 TAKING ACTION MORE THAN SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE, AND REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT [Captioner] 20:48:14 IS TO DO TWO THINGS. ONE IS TO GIVE LEAD TIME TO [Captioner] 20:48:17 THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OF [Captioner] 20:48:20 ADJUSTMENTS IN FEES, AND WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A [Captioner] 20:48:24 LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE AND [Captioner] 20:48:27 SOME PROJECTS OF KIND OF [Captioner] 20:48:33 KEEN INTEREST WE EXPECT TO GET THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS BEFORE JULY OF [Captioner] 20:48:36 NEXT YEAR SO THEY WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED. LEGALLY, WE HAVE 60 [Captioner] 20:48:39 DAYS TO PUT INTO EFFECT A FEE CHANGE, [Captioner] 20:48:43 BUT WE PURPOSELY ARE DOING THIS, YOU [Captioner] 20:48:49 KNOW, PROVIDE LONGER LEAD TIME TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN ORDER [Captioner] 20:48:52 TO PLAN AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. [Captioner] 20:48:55 THE OTHER BENEFIT OF DOING [Captioner] 20:48:59 THIS NOW [Captioner] 20:49:03 IN THAT -- TO BETTER PLAN FOR OUR CAPITAL [Captioner] 20:49:07 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHICH WE'LL BE TAKING TO COUNCIL NEXT SPRING, SO HAVING [Captioner] 20:49:10 SOME CERTAINTY TO WHAT OUR DEVELOPMENT FEE INFRASTRUCTURE IS [Captioner] 20:49:13 NOW ALLOWS US TO PLAN FOR WHAT KIND [Captioner] 20:49:16 OF PROJECTS AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IN [Captioner] 20:49:20 THE UPCOMING CIP CYCLE. [Captioner] 20:49:23 SO WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED AND WHAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE IS TO [Captioner] 20:49:26 MAKE AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT SIX [Captioner] 20:49:30 MONTHS IN ADVANCE PACED ON PUBLISHED RATES. IF WE [Captioner] 20:49:33 SMOOTH IT OUT OR DELAY IT, IT WOULD MEAN BASICALLY LESS [Captioner] 20:49:36 MONEY AVAILABLE FOR OUR CAPITAL [Captioner] 20:49:41 PROGRAM TO DELIVER THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MITIGATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 20:49:44 IMPACTS. [Captioner] 20:49:49 >> Mr. Schoenholz: HANS, IF I COULD JUST ADD ON, IF COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:49:57 WANTED TO FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE INCREASE BUT ALSO WAS INTERESTED [Captioner] 20:50:00 IN HAVING A [Captioner] 20:50:03 DISCUSSION ABOUT FEE DEFERRAL AT A [Captioner] 20:50:07 LATER DATE, YOU COULD TONIGHT ADOPT THE INCREASE [Captioner] 20:50:10 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, AND [Captioner] 20:50:13 YOU COULD ALSO DIRECT US TO [Captioner] 20:50:18 COME BACK WITH OPTIONS FOR LOOKING AT THE [Captioner] 20:50:22 FEE DEFERRALS, AND WE COULD DO THAT WELL BEFORE THE [Captioner] 20:50:26 JULY 1 IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THE [Captioner] 20:50:29 IMPACT FEE INCREASE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION [Captioner] 20:50:32 IF THAT'S OF INTEREST TO COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:50:42 >> Councilmember Cox: -- MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT'S RECOMMENDED [Captioner] 20:50:45 BUT THEN COME BACK WITH WHAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER, RIGHT, OF [Captioner] 20:50:48 THE OPTIONS FOR THE IMPACT FEES, WHETHER WE DO [Captioner] 20:50:51 THE WHOLE 13 OR DO WE BREAK IT UP [Captioner] 20:50:55 OR -- YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN RUN THE [Captioner] 20:50:58 NUMBERS AND KIND OF SHOW US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE [Captioner] 20:51:01 BACKGROUND DETAIL OF WHAT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY MEAN [Captioner] 20:51:04 IF WE DON'T TAKE THE ACTUAL FULL [Captioner] 20:51:08 AMOUNT OF 13% STARTING [Captioner] 20:51:12 JULY 1ST, BUT SMOOTHING IT OUT OR LOOKING AT THAT, THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:51:13 VERY HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT OPTION. [Captioner] 20:51:20 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: THANK [Captioner] 20:51:24 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. SO [Captioner] 20:51:27 MR. SCHOENHOLZ, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE FEE DEFERRAL IS A [Captioner] 20:51:31 SEPARATE ORDINANCE AND WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AS AN AGENDIZED ITEM AT [Captioner] 20:51:34 ANOTHER MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S [Captioner] 20:51:37 RIGHT. [Captioner] 20:51:39 >> Councilmember Jones: SO WE CAN PUT THAT PART OF TO BED. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:51:42 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER -- >> Councilmember Salwan: JUST TO [Captioner] 20:51:45 MOVE THIS FORWARD, I THINK DAN [Captioner] 20:51:49 SUGGESTED A GOOD SUGGESTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE [Captioner] 20:51:52 THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION BY CITY STAFF, AND BRING BACK [Captioner] 20:51:56 THE OTHER ISSUES ABOUT [Captioner] 20:52:00 DELAYED PERMITS OR OTHER -- SORRY, [Captioner] 20:52:04 DELAYED FEES PAID AT TIME OF OCCUPANCY OR OTHER ALTERNATIVES AT [Captioner] 20:52:07 A LATER DATE WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS PRESENTED BY CITY [Captioner] 20:52:10 STAFF, THAT WE COULD HAVE IN A FUTURE MEETING. [Captioner] 20:52:17 >> Mayor Mei: I APPRECIATE THE MOTION AND SECOND. I WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:52:20 CLARIFY THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING THE [Captioner] 20:52:23 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEES AT THE TIME [Captioner] 20:52:26 OF THE BUILDING PER MATE [Captioner] 20:52:31 PERMIT [Captioner] 20:52:34 VERSUS TIME OF OCCUPANCY, OR IT MAY BE [Captioner] 20:52:37 PERCEIVED OR ALLUDED TO THE IDEA OF WE WERE LOOKING AT [Captioner] 20:52:40 BUILDING EITHER WINDFALLS OR MAKING A STATEMENT IN TERMS [Captioner] 20:52:44 OF PREFERENCE FOR ONE TYPE OF HOUSING OR ANOTHER, [Captioner] 20:52:47 THERE HAS BEEN A TURNER STUDY THAT WAS RELEASED BACK IN AUGUST [Captioner] 20:52:51 OF 2022 THAT TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:52:54 COST TO BUILD NEW HOUSING AND HOW IT KEEPS [Captioner] 20:52:57 RISING. IN FACT, OUR STATE LEGISLATION IS AIMING TO TRY [Captioner] 20:53:00 TO REVERSE THE TRENDS, [Captioner] 20:53:03 THE UPWARD TRENDS THAT IT [Captioner] 20:53:07 IMPACTS. I WOULD ECHO [Captioner] 20:53:12 SOME OF THE -- WHILE THERE IS A NEED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:53:15 AND THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS, THERE'S ALSO THE LOST OPPORTUNITY COST [Captioner] 20:53:18 OF BUILDING HOUSING, SO WHEN WE HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 20:53:21 IN -- AND CHARGED WITH TRYING TO BUILD MORE HOUSING, PEOPLE MAY NOT [Captioner] 20:53:25 KNOW AND THEY'VE SEEN THE HOUSING ELEMENT WHICH WE'LL BE LOOKING [Captioner] 20:53:28 AT, ORIGINALLY OUR NUMBERS FOR THIS MOST RECENT [Captioner] 20:53:31 HOUSING ALLOCATION WAS ACTUALLY CLOSE TO 17,000 FOR FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:53:34 AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:53:37 MADE WEEKLY TRIPS UP TO ABAG [Captioner] 20:53:41 AND, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE [Captioner] 20:53:44 TO ADJUST THOSE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WITH [Captioner] 20:53:48 JOBS-HOUSING BALANCE, THE JOBS-RICH ENVIRONMENT, THE [Captioner] 20:53:51 TRANSIT-ORIENT DEVELOPMENT AND OUR NUMBERS ARE [Captioner] 20:53:55 NOW 12,900. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL THAT WITHOUT THE FINANCING [Captioner] 20:53:58 THAT'S CRITICAL, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS ARTICLE IN [Captioner] 20:54:01 AUGUST OF 2022, IS THAT THE DRIVER OF [Captioner] 20:54:05 THIS COST THEN RESULTS IN [Captioner] 20:54:09 HOUSING NOT BEING BUILT, SO WHILE WE'RE COUNTING ON THE FUNDING [Captioner] 20:54:12 FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, I CAUTION THAT AT THE SAME TIME, [Captioner] 20:54:15 IT'S NO THE JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 20:54:18 OR THE BUILDERS THAT ARE IN QUESTION, [Captioner] 20:54:22 BUT IF NOTHING IS BUILT, THEN NONE OF THOSE FEES [Captioner] 20:54:25 COME IN, AND THEREFORE THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:54:28 FUND, WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER PROJECTS, [Captioner] 20:54:31 WILL SIMPLY NOT GET BUILD, AND WE'VE CERTAINLY EXPERIENCED [Captioner] 20:54:34 THIS MOST RECENTLY IN THE DOWN [Captioner] 20:54:37 TREND, WHEN IT CAME TO THE PANDEMIC AND BECAUSE OF [Captioner] 20:54:40 OUR CITY'S THOUGHTFULNESS IN TERMS OF FINANCING, AND I THINK [Captioner] 20:54:44 FOR MANY BUSINESS OWNERS, WHETHER IT'S THE DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 20:54:47 OR EVEN THINGS LIKE WHEN WE LOOK AT [Captioner] 20:54:50 COMMERCIAL PROJECT, THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IS FINANCIAL STABILITY [Captioner] 20:54:54 AND UNDERSTANDING. SO I'D [Captioner] 20:54:57 CAUTION THAT BESIDES APPROVING FEET SCHEDULE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE [Captioner] 20:55:00 PROPOSALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO US IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:55:03 MITIGATION, WHETHER IT'S THE ONES THAT WERE PROPOSED BY THE BUILDING [Captioner] 20:55:07 INDUSTRY LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO US OR THE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:55:10 HYBRIDS, I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR [Captioner] 20:55:13 STABILITY, CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING AND CONSISTENCY TO [Captioner] 20:55:16 THEY CAN FINANCE AND BUILD THESE PROJECTS IN A MANNER THAT [Captioner] 20:55:20 COULD BE EASILY ADDRESSED. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:55:24 THAT THE COUNCIL -- THE HYBRID OPTION [Captioner] 20:55:27 OR THAT CONSISTENCY -- [Captioner] 20:55:30 IF WE DO HAVE TO INCREASE THE FEES, IN RECOGNITION OF [Captioner] 20:55:33 THE FACT THAT COST HAS GONE UP, WHETHER IT FOR TRANSPORTATION, MATERIALS [Captioner] 20:55:37 OR EVEN LABOR'S IMPACT, SO THEREFORE, THIS [Captioner] 20:55:40 TYPE OF OPTION TO ALLOW FOR THE INCREASE OF FEES [Captioner] 20:55:43 TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING AT THE [Captioner] 20:55:46 REALITY THAT WE AS A CITY ARE ONLY LOOKING AT THE [Captioner] 20:55:49 ENTITLEMENTS AND PLANNING BUT NOT THE FINANCING WOULD [Captioner] 20:55:52 BE A GOOD AND WISE, PRUDENT DECISION AND [Captioner] 20:55:56 MORE PRAGMATIC. AND SO I SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A [Captioner] 20:55:59 MOTION AND A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY ONE WAS [Captioner] 20:56:03 INTERESTED, IT SOUNDS LIKE IN YOUR MOTION AND SECOND THAT YOU BOTH [Captioner] 20:56:06 WANTED TO HAVE SOME TIMELINE IN TERMS [Captioner] 20:56:09 OF BRINGING BACK THE OPTION ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:56:14 FINANCING IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE. CAN I GET CLARITY FROM THE STAFF [Captioner] 20:56:18 IN TERMS OF WHEN [Captioner] 20:56:21 IS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU WOULD PROPOSE THE ORDINANCE COMING BACK? [Captioner] 20:56:24 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR LEGAL OR FROM DAN [Captioner] 20:56:27 OR HANS ON [Captioner] 20:56:30 THAT. >> Mr. Schoenholz: I CAN TAKE A GUESS. [Captioner] 20:56:34 I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY BRING IT BACK IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS. [Captioner] 20:56:42 >> Mayor Mei: WOULD THAT GIVE US TIME TO COINCIDE -- I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE [Captioner] 20:56:45 HOUSING ELEMENT AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS INSTITUTED FROM THE [Captioner] 20:56:48 STATE IS RUNNING THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. [Captioner] 20:56:51 I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN IT WILL [Captioner] 20:56:54 BE COMING TO US, AND I THINK WE HAVE A TIMELINE, IF [Captioner] 20:56:57 I'M CORRECT, OF JANUARY BY WHICH WE HAVE TO RESPOND AND FILE [Captioner] 20:57:00 AND GET SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL. I KNOW THAT MOST RECENT [Captioner] 20:57:03 LETTER THAT WE HAD FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT HAD SOME GENERAL -- [Captioner] 20:57:06 I THINK IT WAS THREE POINTS OF CHANGE THAT THEY WANT US TO [Captioner] 20:57:11 MAKE. SO WOULD THIS GIVE US SUFFICIENT [Captioner] 20:57:14 TIMING TO [Captioner] 20:57:22 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT -- >> Mr. Schoenholz: [Captioner] 20:57:25 THE TIMING OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:57:27 TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE BY THE END OF JANUARY AND WE'RE NOT GOING [Captioner] 20:57:31 TO BE ABLE TO DO AN ORDINANCE CHANGE BY THE END OF JANUARY. [Captioner] 20:57:37 SO I THINK THE HOUSING ELEMENT WILL [Captioner] 20:57:43 JUST REFLECT WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICIES [Captioner] 20:57:46 ARE, IT CAN IDENTIFY, I SUPPOSE, [Captioner] 20:57:49 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR FEE [Captioner] 20:57:54 DEFERRAL REQUIREMENTS AND [Captioner] 20:57:59 CONSIDERING WHETHER TO MODIFY THOSE, BUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT WILL HAVE TO BE [Captioner] 20:58:03 SUBMITTED BEFORE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:58:06 THE ITEM REGARDING FEE [Captioner] 20:58:09 DEFERRAL, BEFORE YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND MAKE THAT [Captioner] 20:58:12 DECISION. [Captioner] 20:58:16 >> Mayor Mei: HANS, COULD YOU CLARIFY? >> Mr. Larsen: I THINK IN TERMS [Captioner] 20:58:20 OF THE PLANNING FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'RE [Captioner] 20:58:23 PLANNING TO KIND OF HAVE OUR KICKOFF MEETING WITH [Captioner] 20:58:27 THE CITY COUNCIL IN MID MARCH. [Captioner] 20:58:30 AND THEN THERE WOULD BE OTHER ACTION [Captioner] 20:58:33 ITEMS, REVIEW ITEMS IN MAY AND JUNE. [Captioner] 20:58:38 SO DAN'S SUGGESTION OF COMING BACK WITHIN 90 DAYS, I THINK, [Captioner] 20:58:41 YOU KNOW, GETS DIRECTION IN TERMS [Captioner] 20:58:44 OF FEE ESTIMATE. A LITTLE LATER [Captioner] 20:58:47 THAN NORMAL, THAN WE WOULD LIKE, BUT I THINK EARLY ENOUGH IN [Captioner] 20:58:51 THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. SO I [Captioner] 20:58:54 THINK IF WEERL [Captioner] 20:58:58 -- IF [Captioner] 20:59:01 WE'RE BACK WITH LOOKING AT SOME OPTIONS AND [Captioner] 20:59:06 GETTING SOME -- BY MARCH, THAT SHOULD BE FINE FOR A CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:59:09 JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK IF -- FOR STAFF, WHAT [Captioner] 20:59:12 WE'VE HEARD IS KIND OF TWO OPTIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER. [Captioner] 20:59:18 ONE IS DEFERRAL OF FEE [Captioner] 20:59:21 PAYMENT UNTIL OCCUPANCY OR I THINK AS [Captioner] 20:59:24 DAN SUGGESTED, IT WAS 18 [Captioner] 20:59:27 MONTHS, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, THAT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE IN THE [Captioner] 20:59:30 PAST IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:59:34 CONSIDERING FEE DEFERRAL, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY COME BACK WITH THAT [Captioner] 20:59:36 AS ONE OPTION. AND THEN AS COUNCILMEMBER COX [Captioner] 20:59:40 SUGGESTED, SOME KIND OF SMOOTHING OUT [Captioner] 20:59:43 OF THE FEE, AND I WOULD INTERPRET [Captioner] 20:59:46 THAT AS SOMETHING -- LAST YEAR WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:59:50 DID THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, [Captioner] 20:59:54 THIS IS NOT 6% [Captioner] 20:59:57 PLUS 13, IT AN ADDITIVE, IT LIKE EACH YEAR, THESE [Captioner] 21:00:00 ARE ANNUAL FEE INCREASES EACH TAKING PLACE IN [Captioner] 21:00:03 THE JULY TIME FRAME. [Captioner] 21:00:10 SO I THINK THE THOUGHT WOULD BE TO TAKE THE 13.65 AND MAYBE SMOOTH THAT [Captioner] 21:00:13 OUT OVER A TIME [Captioner] 21:00:16 PERIOD SAY WHERE PART OF THE INCREASE HAPPENS [Captioner] 21:00:21 IN JULY AND THEN ANOTHER PHASE INCREASE HAPPENS IN, [Captioner] 21:00:24 SAY, DECEMBER AS A WAY TO SMOOTH OUT THE INCREASE, SO THERE ISN'T [Captioner] 21:00:27 SUCH A KIND OF A ONE-TIME SORT OF SHOCK TO THE [Captioner] 21:00:30 SYSTEM SO TO SPEAK. SO THAT'S HOW I'M INTERPRETING [Captioner] 21:00:34 WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL, IS THE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. [Captioner] 21:00:37 IF THERE ARE OTHER IDEAS THAT COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:00:40 HAS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THOSE NOW. [Captioner] 21:00:47 OTHERWISE WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME ANALYSIS BETWEEN THOSE TWO [Captioner] 21:00:51 OPTIONS. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF I MAY, [Captioner] 21:00:54 MAYOR, JUST TWO TIME FRAMES THAT COUNCIL SHOULD KEEP IN MIND AS THEY CONSIDER [Captioner] 21:00:58 ANY ACTION THIS EVENING. ANY INCREASE TO A [Captioner] 21:01:01 FEE, YOU NEED A 60-DAY PERIOD BEFORE IT'S EFFECTIVE. [Captioner] 21:01:05 AND IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL [Captioner] 21:01:08 CODE TO [Captioner] 21:01:12 WE'RE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST A 45 DAY PERIOD [Captioner] 21:01:15 TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AND THEN ADOPT IT AND THEN [Captioner] 21:01:18 THERE'S A 30 DAY EFFECTIVE DATE SO WE'RE [Captioner] 21:01:22 REALLY TALKING A 45 TO 60 [Captioner] 21:01:25 DAY PERIOD, MINIMUM FOR ANY CHANGES. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 21:01:28 THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY FOR [Captioner] 21:01:31 THE CLARIFICATION. I ALSO KNOW THAT FOR SOME OF [Captioner] 21:01:35 OUR CONVERSATIONS, MOST RECENTLY, DAN [Captioner] 21:01:38 WE HAVE ABOUT SEARCH PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING RIGHT NOW, SOME [Captioner] 21:01:41 OF THEM COMMERCIAL SOME OF THEM MIXED USE. SO DO YOU THINK [Captioner] 21:01:44 THAT THIS COULD BE IMPACTING IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 21:01:47 VIABILITY OF SOME OF THESE, OR THE ABILITY [Captioner] 21:01:50 TO DELIVER? [Captioner] 21:01:55 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FOR EXAMPLE MOST RECENTLY WE HAD [Captioner] 21:01:58 ANOTHER PROJECT THE [Captioner] 21:02:02 ISLANDER MOTEL THAT WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO [Captioner] 21:02:05 FINANCE THROUGHOUT SOME OTHER PROGRAMS AND EVEN SUPPORT FOR [Captioner] 21:02:08 SOME OF THE FINANCING, IT WOULD TAKE [Captioner] 21:02:11 A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN HOPED FOR BECAUSE COST HAD [Captioner] 21:02:15 BEEN SUCH AN IMPACTING FACTOR, THIS [Captioner] 21:02:17 LAST YEAR AND A HALF ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. [Captioner] 21:02:20 EVEN TODAY WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF COMMERCIAL, I THINK A [Captioner] 21:02:24 LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOW TRYING TO BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS [Captioner] 21:02:27 OF SUPPLY EVEN HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE AHEAD OF TIME [Captioner] 21:02:31 . BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:02:34 OF THE LEAD TIME FOR MATERIALS [Captioner] 21:02:37 HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED. [Captioner] 21:02:41 >> Dan Schoenholz: ABSOLUTELY, A CHANGE IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 21:02:44 WITH INFLATION AND INTEREST RATES, SUPPLY CHAIN [Captioner] 21:02:48 ISSUES AND THAT IS REFLECTED [Captioner] 21:02:51 BY THIS 13.5 NUMBER [Captioner] 21:02:54 , THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK [Captioner] 21:02:57 THE REALITY OF OUR COSTS INCREASING [Captioner] 21:03:01 , AND OUR [Captioner] 21:03:04 NEED TO INCREASE FEES TO KEEP UP THAT IS AN EXPENSE THAT WE TRY [Captioner] 21:03:07 OPASS ON TO [Captioner] 21:03:12 NEW DEVELOPMENT, SO IT DOES, IT ADDS TO THE PRICE TAG [Captioner] 21:03:15 . YOU KNOW IT'S THESE MACROECONOMIC [Captioner] 21:03:18 CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO, IT ALL [Captioner] 21:03:21 PLAYS INTO DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IS TYPICALLY [Captioner] 21:03:24 CYCLICAL. THERE ARE PERIODS WHERE DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 21:03:28 IS NOT FINANCIALLY [Captioner] 21:03:31 FEASIBLE AND THERE ARE PERIODS WHERE VERY [Captioner] 21:03:35 FEESIBLE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING. [Captioner] 21:03:38 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REALLY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION BUT [Captioner] 21:03:41 IT BASICALLY I THINK COSTS [Captioner] 21:03:46 COST [Captioner] 21:03:51 INCREASES ARE TRINING [Captioner] 21:03:55 NOW PROFIT NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 21:03:58 THE CLARIFICATION. THERE IS A MOTION AND [Captioner] 21:04:01 SECOND, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DISCUSSION TO MOVE FORWARD [Captioner] 21:04:05 , COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, YOU HAD THE [Captioner] 21:04:09 BUTTON PUSHED. >> Councilmember Kassan: BEFORE WE VOTE ON DOING [Captioner] 21:04:12 ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THE RECOMMENDATION WHEN IT DOES COME [Captioner] 21:04:15 BACK THAT WE DO GET A FULL REPORT FROM OUR [Captioner] 21:04:19 FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THE IMPACTS OF OFFICIAL CHANGES [Captioner] 21:04:22 . YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON [Captioner] 21:04:25 IT, SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE ON [Captioner] 21:04:28 OR CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ANY OF THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 21:04:31 MADE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:04:35 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 21:04:38 YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES, AND I [Captioner] 21:04:41 THINK HANS WAS ASKING A QUESTION AND I THINK I [Captioner] 21:04:44 PERSONALLY WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [Captioner] 21:04:47 MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME OUT OF THE BOX IDEAS THAT YOU CAN [Captioner] 21:04:50 BRING BACK. SO THE WAY THAT I PERCEIVE IT IS [Captioner] 21:04:53 THAT WE ARE MOVING STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY AND WE ARE [Captioner] 21:04:56 ASKING STAFF TO BRING BACK A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ON WHAT [Captioner] 21:04:59 THE OPTIONS ARE, IF WE EXPLORE SOME OF THESE THINGS. [Captioner] 21:05:02 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY COMMITMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE [Captioner] 21:05:07 THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THE FEW FOLKS HERE THAT WAS ON [Captioner] 21:05:10 PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2010 AND I KNOW CHRISTINA [Captioner] 21:05:14 AND KELLY AND MANY OTHERS, BACK THEN FOLKS WERE [Captioner] 21:05:16 BEGGING FOLKS TO COME IN AND HAVE PROJECTS. [Captioner] 21:05:19 AND SO WE HAD ALL THESE HIGH FEES, WE [Captioner] 21:05:22 WERE GOING HOT IN 2008, AND WE HAD ZERO [Captioner] 21:05:25 PRODUCTS. NOBODY WANTED TO BUILD IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:05:28 AND SO THEY HAD TO CANCEL A LOT OF [Captioner] 21:05:32 THESE PLANNING COMMISSION TYPE MEETINGS. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 21:05:35 INFLATION AND THE RISING INTEREST RATE AND MAYBE A [Captioner] 21:05:38 POSSIBLE RECESSION IN THE HORIZON WE COULD HAVE ALL THESE HIGH [Captioner] 21:05:41 FEES BUT IF NOTHING GETS BUILT WE GET ZERO [Captioner] 21:05:44 . YOU KNOW? SO I REMEMBER WE WERE DOING [Captioner] 21:05:48 INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, WE WERE -- CHRISTINA'S NODDING HER HEAD [Captioner] 21:05:51 , WE HAD 50% OFF CERTAIN [Captioner] 21:05:54 AREAS, TRYING TO NERVOUS TO GET [Captioner] 21:05:57 NERVOUS [Captioner] 21:06:01 NERV [Captioner] 21:06:04 INCENTIVIZE TO GET SOMETHING [Captioner] 21:06:07 GUG. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION TO BE HAD, I [Captioner] 21:06:10 WELCOME THAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT LET'S MOVE [Captioner] 21:06:14 THIS FORWARD. >> Mayor Mei: I SEE A [Captioner] 21:06:17 MOTION AND SECOND. I [Captioner] 21:06:21 KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SHAO IS STILL ONLINE. [Captioner] 21:06:26 >> COUNCILMEMBER COX, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 21:06:29 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, AYE. [Captioner] 21:06:32 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, AYE [Captioner] 21:06:36 . VICE MAYOR KENG. AYE [Captioner] 21:06:40 . MAYOR MEI. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 21:06:43 AYE AND THE MOTION PASSES, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION [Captioner] 21:06:46 AND DISCUSSION, I'M SURE STAFF HAS [Captioner] 21:06:48 ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE LEAGUE AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. [Captioner] 21:06:53 NEXT, I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMING A LITTLE BIT WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE [Captioner] 21:06:56 THAT WE MIGHT BE NEEDING ANOTHER BREAK SOON. BUT [Captioner] 21:07:00 WE'LL START THE CONVERSATION AT LEAST [Captioner] 21:07:03 WITH THE MISSION PEAK LEASE AGREEMENT [Captioner] 21:07:07 WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. [Captioner] 21:07:10 AND OUR CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 21:07:14 , KARENA [Captioner] 21:07:19 SHACKELFORD WILL BE INTRODUCING THIS ITEM THIS [Captioner] 21:07:22 EVENING. [Captioner] 21:07:26 [Captioner] 21:07:34 >> THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR [Captioner] 21:07:37 . AT THAT POINT YOU DID NOT -- YOU CHOSE TO [Captioner] 21:07:41 NOT APPROVE THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND RATHER, [Captioner] 21:07:44 REQUESTED THAT STAFF RETURN WITH A WORK SESSION [Captioner] 21:07:47 TO REVIEW THE DRAFT IN DEPTH [Captioner] 21:07:50 FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATION. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT [Captioner] 21:07:53 MEETING, [Captioner] 21:07:59 WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE EAST BAY [Captioner] 21:08:02 REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THAT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ANY [Captioner] 21:08:06 FURTHER. I THOUGHT IT PRUDENT TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO [Captioner] 21:08:09 YOU ALL ASAP AND ALSO REAFFIRM MY [Captioner] 21:08:12 BELIEF THAT THE DRAFT LEASE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED [Captioner] 21:08:17 REPRESENTS GOOD STAFF WORK ON BOTH SIDES AND IS [Captioner] 21:08:21 ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF NEGOTIATE A [Captioner] 21:08:24 COMPROMISE BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. HOWEVER WHILE I AM RECOMMENDING [Captioner] 21:08:27 EXECUTION OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL'S [Captioner] 21:08:30 CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY WHICH [Captioner] 21:08:33 IS WHY IN THE STAFF REPORT [Captioner] 21:08:35 ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS ARE PRESENTED. [Captioner] 21:08:39 FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS WELL. [Captioner] 21:08:42 I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND TURN IT BACK TO THE [Captioner] 21:08:45 MAYOR. AND I'LL ALSO JUST SAY THAT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY [Captioner] 21:08:48 QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. [Captioner] 21:08:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE QUESTIONS [Captioner] 21:08:56 FROM COUNCIL. SO THESE ARE CLARIFYING [Captioner] 21:08:59 QUESTIONS. WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 21:09:06 OKAY. SORRY, THAT MAY BE FROM BEFORE. [Captioner] 21:09:12 COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> Councilmember Jones: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR [Captioner] 21:09:15 . JUST A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING A LINE IN THE [Captioner] 21:09:18 STAFF REPORT REGARDING A STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN [Captioner] 21:09:21 2014 ON WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO MAINTAIN THE [Captioner] 21:09:25 900 ACRES THAT IS CURRENTLY MAINTAINED BY EAST BAY [Captioner] 21:09:28 REGIONAL PARKS. AT THAT TIME IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $1 [Captioner] 21:09:31 MILLION, THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. DO WE HAVE ANY [Captioner] 21:09:34 IDEA WHAT IT MIGHT COST US TODAY [Captioner] 21:09:38 ? >> THANK [Captioner] 21:09:41 YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER JONES. WE DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 21:09:44 ENOUGH UPDATED INFORMATION ON THAT. THAT IS THE LAST INFORMATION WE [Captioner] 21:09:48 HAVE FROM THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION THAT IDENTIFIES [Captioner] 21:09:51 COSTS. WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING IF YOU WANTED US TO [Captioner] 21:09:54 LOOK AT THAT ALTERNATIVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT [Captioner] 21:09:57 TO ENGAGE IN A STUDY TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WOULD BE FOR THE [Captioner] 21:10:00 SITE BUS THAT GIVES US AN PRKS [Captioner] 21:10:04 PROXTION [Captioner] 21:10:13 APPROXIMATION TO WHAT IT WOULD COST AT [Captioner] 21:10:16 THAT SITE. >> Councilmember Jones: I WAS LOOKING FOR [Captioner] 21:10:19 A I THINK WE'VE [Captioner] 21:10:22 REACHED POINT WHERE WE COULD MOVE THIS FORWARD. [Captioner] 21:10:25 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:10:28 . COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 21:10:33 >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT [Captioner] 21:10:35 THE IMPLICATION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT. [Captioner] 21:10:38 I MEAN WE HAVEN'T HAD A LEASE FOR QUITE A WHILE. SO WAS THERE [Captioner] 21:10:41 A THREAT MADE, [Captioner] 21:10:44 THAT SOMETHING WOULD CHANGE FROM THE STATUS QUO [Captioner] 21:10:49 ? OR, YOU KNOW, WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 21:10:52 OPERATE AS WE ARE UNTIL SOMEHOW WE CAN [Captioner] 21:10:55 EVENTUALLY REACH A INFLUENCE AGREEMENT [Captioner] 21:10:59 ? [Captioner] 21:11:03 >> Karena Shackelford: THERE WAS NO THREAT MADE AND THERE IS [Captioner] 21:11:06 AN OPTION FOR US TO CONTINUE ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. [Captioner] 21:11:09 I THINK THE POINT OF POINTING IT OUT, THOUGH, [Captioner] 21:11:12 IS THAT EACH PARTY AT THIS POINT [Captioner] 21:11:15 , AND THIS WOULD BE TRUE, I THINK, IF WE WERE IN [Captioner] 21:11:19 A FULL LEASE AGREEMENT BUT EACH [Captioner] 21:11:22 PARTY AT THIS POINT HAS THE OPTION TO NOTIFY THE OTHER [Captioner] 21:11:25 PARTY, WITH 30 DAYS, IF THEY WANT TO PULL [Captioner] 21:11:29 OUT OF THE TERMS OF THIS [Captioner] 21:11:32 AGREEMENT, A MONTH TO MONTH. SO THAT IS AN OPTION. [Captioner] 21:11:35 THERE WAS NO THREAT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR YOU [Captioner] 21:11:38 TO CONSIDER. [Captioner] 21:11:43 >> Councilmember Jones: JUST TO CLARIFY, THE QUESTION WAS BASED ON ONE OF THE [Captioner] 21:11:46 OPTIONS THAT WAS LISTED. IF IT WERE TO -- IF WE [Captioner] 21:11:49 WERE TO TERMINATE THE LEASE AND HAVE TO TAKE [Captioner] 21:11:53 OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT LAND. SO I WAS JUST KIND [Captioner] 21:11:56 OF CURIOUS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. NOT TO INDICATE [Captioner] 21:12:00 THAT C [Captioner] 21:12:05 THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, I SEE [Captioner] 21:12:08 NO OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 21:12:11 I AM GOING TO OPEN THE [Captioner] 21:12:15 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. DO WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS? [Captioner] 21:12:18 I'M CERTAIN. >> YES WE DO. [Captioner] 21:12:21 THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SUE INKY. [Captioner] 21:12:26 >> Mayor Mei: CAN WE MAKE IT TWO MINUTES FOR EACH ONE [Captioner] 21:12:30 . >> YES, HELLO? >> YES SUE [Captioner] 21:12:33 . >> YES, THANK YOU CITY, MAYOR [Captioner] 21:12:36 AND CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS, FOR [Captioner] 21:12:39 ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. AND [Captioner] 21:12:42 THIS IS REGARDING THE PARK [Captioner] 21:12:46 AND [Captioner] 21:12:50 WE HAVE A FEW CONCERNS BECAUSE THE PARK IS OWNED BY [Captioner] 21:12:53 THE CITY, WHY IS THE CITY LETTING THE DISTRICT GET [Captioner] 21:12:56 AWAY WITH THE CITY WHEN THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY AND LEASES TO THE [Captioner] 21:12:59 DISTRICT FOR FREE. SO CITY MUST HAVE A SAY ON ABOUT [Captioner] 21:13:02 A [Captioner] 21:13:05 THIS. THEY CANNOT WASH THEIR HANDS ON THE [Captioner] 21:13:09 RESPONSIBILITY. THE CITY DOES OWN THE ACRES FOR FREE AND [Captioner] 21:13:11 WE CANNOT GIVE IT TO THE PARK TO MAINTAIN IT WITHOUT [Captioner] 21:13:15 SOME, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEMS THAT NEED [Captioner] 21:13:18 TO BE MENTIONED IN THE LEASE [Captioner] 21:13:21 . [Captioner] 21:13:24 WE NEED TO MENTION THAT IT IS ONE OF THE FREE PARKING, THIS [Captioner] 21:13:28 PARK HAS GOT FREE PARKING, IT IS MOST HEAVILY VISITED [Captioner] 21:13:31 AND ALSO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO PARK [Captioner] 21:13:35 ING LOT STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE BUILT. [Captioner] 21:13:38 THIS PARK AS YOU KNOW IS AN OPEN SPACE [Captioner] 21:13:42 CONSERVATION PRESERVE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF [Captioner] 21:13:45 THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A PARKING [Captioner] 21:13:48 LOT THE FLOODING IN THE DOWNSTREAM CREEK DOWNSTREAM [Captioner] 21:13:51 TOWARDS MANY HOMES AND WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR [Captioner] 21:13:55 THE CITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ZERO [Captioner] 21:13:58 ENTRANCE FEE RIGHT NOW BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S [Captioner] 21:14:01 THOUSANDS OF VISITORS PER DAY AND IT'S A FREE ENTRANCE [Captioner] 21:14:04 . THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. WE NEED TO [Captioner] 21:14:08 NEED TO MAKE SOME GATE AND CAMERAS AND [Captioner] 21:14:11 ENSURE VISITING HOURS, RESTRICT THE VISITING HOURS TO THE [Captioner] 21:14:14 PARK. MAKE THE PERMIT PARKING [Captioner] 21:14:17 , PERMIT PARKING A PERMANENT FEATURE [Captioner] 21:14:21 . THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE SENSITIVE [Captioner] 21:14:24 AND NO CHANGES TO BE MADE THEREAFTER. CITY NEEDS TO [Captioner] 21:14:27 MAKE SURE THIS ALL MENTIONED IN THE LEASE AND IF [Captioner] 21:14:32 THERE IS FIRE AND EVACUATION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. [Captioner] 21:14:36 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AJIT [Captioner] 21:14:41 . [Captioner] 21:14:50 >> HI, I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME [Captioner] 21:14:54 . I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LEASE MODIFIED BEFORE IT IS APPROVED [Captioner] 21:14:57 . THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:15:00 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IV [Captioner] 21:15:03 Y E. [Captioner] 21:15:10 IVY PLEASE UNMUTE. [Captioner] 21:15:14 >> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROAM TO SET [Captioner] 21:15:17 UP A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO ADDRESS CONCERNS [Captioner] 21:15:21 WITH PRETERMS IN THE LEASE TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL [Captioner] 21:15:24 PARKS COMMISSION BY THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:15:27 THE GOAL IS TO GIVE EQUAL PROTECTION TO MISSION PEAK [Captioner] 21:15:30 AREA RESIDENTS. PROPOSAL [Captioner] 21:15:37 PERFORMS IS A MEASURE TO [Captioner] 21:15:40 MAKE THE MISSION PEAK AREA SOUND [Captioner] 21:15:43 AND SAFE. ANY [Captioner] 21:15:47 FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A [Captioner] 21:15:50 PARKING STRUCTURE SHOULD BE, WITHIN FREMONT, SPEAKING [Captioner] 21:15:55 AREAS ENOUGH FOR PROMOTING THE TRAIL-WALKING. [Captioner] 21:15:59 THIS NAKED WAS BOMBARDED WITH ATTACK [Captioner] 21:16:03 TO THEIR PARKING STRUCTURE DESPITE OUR [Captioner] 21:16:06 CONCERNS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS [Captioner] 21:16:09 . ENFORCE UNIFORM OPERATING [Captioner] 21:16:12 HOURS LIKE ANY STAGING HOURS IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:16:15 STAGING HOURS SHOULD BE DECOUPLED FROM PARK HOURS [Captioner] 21:16:18 TO AVOIDED CONTROVERSIAL ARGUMENT [Captioner] 21:16:22 OVER JURISDICTION. I URGE OUR CITY MAYOR TO PUT [Captioner] 21:16:26 IN LEASE THE CLEAR TERMS. [Captioner] 21:16:29 THIS IS A 20 YEAR LEASE THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO GIVE [Captioner] 21:16:33 AWAY WITHOUT ANY LEGAL PROTECTION TO RESIDENTS IMPACTED [Captioner] 21:16:36 BY THESE ISSUES. [Captioner] 21:16:46 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONY [Captioner] 21:16:49 PANG. [Captioner] 21:16:54 >> GOOD EVENING. I OPPOSE THE NEW MISSION PEAK [Captioner] 21:16:58 LEASE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT. GIVING PARK DISTRICT ANOTHER [Captioner] 21:17:02 20 YEARS OF [Captioner] 21:17:05 FREE REIN IS A [Captioner] 21:17:08 BIG RISK AND RISKY. THREATEN TO SUE THE [Captioner] 21:17:11 CITY EVERY DAY TO INTERFERE WITH FUTURE PARK [Captioner] 21:17:15 OPERATION. DISTRICT WAS UNCOOPERATIVE DURING THE [Captioner] 21:17:18 HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AND SOCIAL [Captioner] 21:17:22 DISTANCING WAS NECESSARY, [Captioner] 21:17:25 TO FAILURE TO CLEAN THE TOILETS. BETTER [Captioner] 21:17:28 HUMAN WAYS AND TRANSMITTING INTO THE [Captioner] 21:17:30 NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND SIDEWALK. [Captioner] 21:17:33 THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE AS IT CREATED ANNAL UN [Captioner] 21:17:37 SAFE AND SANITATION ISSUE. WHEN THE CITY TOOK THE [Captioner] 21:17:40 ACTION TO BLOCK THE STREET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PARK [Captioner] 21:17:43 DISTRICT HAD THE AUDACITY [Captioner] 21:17:46 TO CRY FOUL. SUCH HUE [Captioner] 21:17:51 HUBRIS IS [Captioner] 21:17:56 ASTOUNDING. MAYOR MEI PENNED A LETTER TO [Captioner] 21:17:58 DISTRICT TO CONVINCE THEM NOT TO. [Captioner] 21:18:01 THAT IS IMPORTANT TO RETAIN THIS RIGHT TO DO SO, MOVING FORWARD. [Captioner] 21:18:07 LACK OF OVERSIGHT IS ALWAYS PROBLEMATIC [Captioner] 21:18:11 . WHETHER A LEASE OF 5 YEARS SUBJECT [Captioner] 21:18:14 TO REVIEW AFTER THAT IS MORE PRUDENT. I CAN'T THINK OF [Captioner] 21:18:18 ANY OWNER WOULD HAVE [Captioner] 21:18:22 THIS GIVE UNLIMITED PRIVILEGE [Captioner] 21:18:25 TO THE TENANTS, AS A WISE [Captioner] 21:18:28 POLITICIAN ONCE SAID, TRUST BUT VERIFY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:18:35 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOHAN H [Captioner] 21:18:38 HEJDE. [Captioner] 21:18:44 >> HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW SO EVERY TIME, [Captioner] 21:18:47 LIKE EVERY TIME I'VE COME TO THIS MEETING I HEAR THE SAME [Captioner] 21:18:50 PEOPLE FROM MISSION PEAK ROAD COMPLAINING [Captioner] 21:18:53 ABOUT PARKING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SANITARY CONDITIONS [Captioner] 21:18:57 , I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THEY MEAN. [Captioner] 21:19:01 I'M BEING AT MISSION PEAK SO [Captioner] 21:19:03 LONG I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [Captioner] 21:19:06 AND REMEMBER LIKE THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE A PARKING LOT AND THEN [Captioner] 21:19:09 THEY ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. [Captioner] 21:19:12 AND THEN LET ME REMIND YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU [Captioner] 21:19:15 TAKE AND HEAR THE IMPORTANT CITY PARK LIKE CENTRAL [Captioner] 21:19:18 PARK, THERE IS NO PARKING FEE THERE AND THEN PEOPLE LIVING [Captioner] 21:19:22 ALONG THAT PLACE ARE ALSO AFFECTED AND THEN [Captioner] 21:19:26 LIKE I'M REALLY SURPRISED AND AMAZING THAT IT HAS [Captioner] 21:19:29 TAKEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS FOR THIS [Captioner] 21:19:32 IMPORTANT LINE MARKING AGREEMENT TO BE HANDLED [Captioner] 21:19:35 . LIKE I REMEMBER I GO [Captioner] 21:19:38 LIKE JUNE OR JULY OF 2020 THAT THE LEASE DISCUSSIONS [Captioner] 21:19:42 STARTED AND WE ARE IN LIKE END OF 2022 AND [Captioner] 21:19:44 IT'S STILL GOING ON. RIGHT? [Captioner] 21:19:47 I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT CITY COUNCIL PANDERS [Captioner] 21:19:50 TO THESE 20 OR 25 PEOPLE WHO COME EVERY DAY [Captioner] 21:19:53 EVERY TIME OTHIS MEETING AND THEN COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PLACE [Captioner] 21:19:56 AND REMEMBER THESE PEOPLE BUILT THEIR HOMES IN THE SAME PLACE [Captioner] 21:20:00 KNOWING THAT THIS IS HIKING [Captioner] 21:20:03 PLACE AROUND AND EACH OF THESE IN NEED OF THESE PLACES [Captioner] 21:20:06 THERE ARE OVER 4 MILLION COST [Captioner] 21:20:10 , MORE THAN 4 MILLION, SOME OF THEM [Captioner] 21:20:13 ARE AROUND 16 ROOMS AND THEN LIKE THEY ARE [Captioner] 21:20:16 ARE CREATING ALL THESE HOMES AND NOW THEY WANT TO PREVENT [Captioner] 21:20:20 ANYONE ELSE DOMG THIS PLACE. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU KNOW SO [Captioner] 21:20:23 YOU ARE ALSO, YOU ALSO HAVE DEVELOPING [Captioner] 21:20:26 AND THEN WHAT IN THE 225 [Captioner] 21:20:29 ,000 FREMONT RESIDENTS THINK ABOUT AND THEN TAKE ACTION. THANK [Captioner] 21:20:32 YOU. [Captioner] 21:20:38 >> NEXT SPIEKER IS VERONICA. >> MY [Captioner] 21:20:41 NAME IS VERONICA PANG. GOOD EVENING [Captioner] 21:20:44 . CITY IS NOT JUST LEFT WITH A CHOICE TO [Captioner] 21:20:48 CHOOSE BETWEEN APPROVING THE LEASE NOW OR HAVING TO SPEND [Captioner] 21:20:51 A MILLION PLUS DOLLARS TO MANAGE THE PARK. PLEASE [Captioner] 21:20:54 DO NOT RUSH. IF [Captioner] 21:20:58 AGREEMENT CANNOT BE REACHED LET THE MONTH BE MONTH [Captioner] 21:21:01 TO MONTH [Captioner] 21:21:05 TEMPORARILY. [Captioner] 21:21:10 LEASE AS AUTHORIZED ON NOVEMBER 15th IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE [Captioner] 21:21:13 THAT THE DISTRICT IS UNABLE TO COOPERATE WITH CITY. [Captioner] 21:21:16 THE DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN COOPERATING IN THE PAST. [Captioner] 21:21:19 HOW WILL THEY COOPERATE AND ACT IN GOOD FAITH IN THE [Captioner] 21:21:22 FUTURE WHEN THEY HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE PARK AND WITHOUT [Captioner] 21:21:26 ANY PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR 20 YEARS [Captioner] 21:21:28 YEARS? NO PARKING LOT OF ANY SIZE [Captioner] 21:21:31 SHOULD BE PUT ON THE PRESERVE. THE SIDE [Captioner] 21:21:34 LETTER STATING A PARKING STRUCTURE WOULD NOT BE BUILT IS [Captioner] 21:21:38 NOT ENFORCEABLE ACCORDING TO CITY ATTORNEY ON NOVEMBER 15th. [Captioner] 21:21:42 THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE NEED SOMETHING ENFORCEABLE [Captioner] 21:21:45 IN THE CONTRACT. ALSO, PARK HOURS SHOULD BE [Captioner] 21:21:48 STATED ON THE LEASE. THE STANFORD ENTRANCE [Captioner] 21:21:52 IS SITUATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA BELONGING TO FREMONT, AND [Captioner] 21:21:55 SO CITY SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SET THE [Captioner] 21:21:58 HOURS AFFECTING ITS RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:22:08 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEITH PARKER. [Captioner] 21:22:16 >> SO MISSION PEAK OR THE SOME IT'S A REGULAR PART OF OUR [Captioner] 21:22:19 LIVES, WHERE WE EXERCISE AROUND [Captioner] 21:22:22 TO OTHERS, IT IS A BIG HILL IN THE DISTANCE [Captioner] 21:22:26 . MISSION PEAK IS AN ICONIC THING IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:22:30 IT IS A BIG THING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY LOGO [Captioner] 21:22:33 . EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAS DONE AN [Captioner] 21:22:37 EXCELLENT JOB OF MANAGING [Captioner] 21:22:40 THE MISSION PEAK FOR OVER FOUR [Captioner] 21:22:43 DECADES. HIKING AND RECREATION AREAS OF THE [Captioner] 21:22:47 ENTIRE EAST BAY. MISSION PEAK TRULY IS ONE OF THE CROWN [Captioner] 21:22:50 JEWELS OF FREMONT. DURING THEIR MANY DECADES [Captioner] 21:22:53 OF MANAGING THIS AREA THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 21:22:56 AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT. AS IT HAS [Captioner] 21:22:59 BEEN FOR ALL THE CITIES ACROSS THE EAST BAY. [Captioner] 21:23:02 THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT CURRENTLY MAINTAINS [Captioner] 21:23:06 THE LARGEST REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN THE [Captioner] 21:23:08 ENTIRE COUNTRY, 65 PARKS AND OVER 1200 MIEMTION [Captioner] 21:23:11 OF HIKING TRAILS. ONE MIGHT THINK THEY WOULD BE [Captioner] 21:23:15 DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. SO OVER FOUR DECADES OF [Captioner] 21:23:18 OUTSTANDING MANAGEMENT, OVER FOUR DECADES OF [Captioner] 21:23:21 EXEMPLARY STEWARDSHIP, OVER FOUR DECADES OF [Captioner] 21:23:25 PARTNERSHIP, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE. NOW WE HAVE A [Captioner] 21:23:28 DANGER OF THROWING IT ALL AWAY, ON THE SPHERE THAT [Captioner] 21:23:31 THEY WOULD BE GOING ROGUE AND [Captioner] 21:23:36 BUILDING A PARKING LOT OR THEY MIGHT DO THE UN [Captioner] 21:23:39 THINKABLE OF CHANGING THE OPERATING HOURS [Captioner] 21:23:42 OF THE PARK, WHICH AGAIN THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO [Captioner] 21:23:45 . NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE [Captioner] 21:23:49 THEY ARE SO FRUSTRATED BY THE CITY THAT [Captioner] 21:23:52 THE CITY TAKING OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK [Captioner] 21:23:54 IS APPARENTLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. [Captioner] 21:23:57 THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. THEY WANT [Captioner] 21:24:00 TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE THE [Captioner] 21:24:04 PARK JUST LIKE THEY HAVE DONE AND [Captioner] 21:24:08 WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. IT'S TIME TO BE REASONABLE [Captioner] 21:24:10 AND MOVE FORWARD AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. [Captioner] 21:24:13 LET'S GET THIS DONE. [Captioner] 21:24:16 >> NEXT SPIEKER IS RAVI KASWAN [Captioner] 21:24:19 I. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR [Captioner] 21:24:23 AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I [Captioner] 21:24:26 URGE YOU TO REJECT THE PROPOSED LEASE FOR MISSION [Captioner] 21:24:29 PEAK STANFORD AS PRESENTED. I HAVE [Captioner] 21:24:33 REVIEWED THESE LEASE DOCUMENTS AND I'M RAISING FOUR VERY [Captioner] 21:24:36 SERIOUS CONCERNS HERE, THESE ARE CONCERNS [Captioner] 21:24:40 THAT ARE GOING TO BECOME A HEADACHE FOR PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE PARK AS [Captioner] 21:24:43 WELL AS THE PEOPLE AND THE RESIDENTS. NUMBER 1, [Captioner] 21:24:46 THE SINGLE LIMIT OF INSURANCE IS [Captioner] 21:24:49 WAY TOO LOW. WHAT INSURANCE ARE THEY GOING TO [Captioner] 21:24:52 PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS OR DAMAGE COST TO THE PROPERTIES BY [Captioner] 21:24:56 THE PARK LAND, SAY FOR LACK OF MAINTENANCE [Captioner] 21:24:59 , ADVERSE IMPROVEMENTS? LACK OF APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 21:25:03 FIRE MITIGATION OR PREP CONTROL? I'M A REGULAR [Captioner] 21:25:06 VISITOR OF THE PARK, I SEE PLENTY OF LARGE [Captioner] 21:25:10 DOGS WITHOUT LEASH AND WITHOUT VOICE CONTROL [Captioner] 21:25:13 OF OWNERS. ANY OF THESE INCIDENCES WILL CONSUME THIS [Captioner] 21:25:16 LIMIT. $3 MILLION SHOULD BE PER CLAIM [Captioner] 21:25:20 . CONCERN NUMBER 2, THE STAFF REPORT SAYS THE [Captioner] 21:25:23 CITY MAY SELECT TO HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING BEFORE [Captioner] 21:25:26 DETERMINING WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT REQUIRES [Captioner] 21:25:29 PERMIT. WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LEASE DOCUMENT IS CITY MAY [Captioner] 21:25:32 CHOOSE TO HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING AT A DESIGNATED [Captioner] 21:25:35 LOCATION BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE IT'S NOT CLEAR. THE STAFF [Captioner] 21:25:39 REPORT CONCERN NUMBER 3 SAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE [Captioner] 21:25:42 AGREED TO A SIDE LETTER TO NOT BUILD A PARKING LOT. [Captioner] 21:25:45 WHAT DOES THE SIDE LETTER MEAN? WHAT IS THE LEGAL BINDING [Captioner] 21:25:48 OF THE SIDE LETTER? WHY NOT INCORPORATE NOT BUILDING [Captioner] 21:25:51 THE PARKING LOT IN THE LEASE ITSELF. [Captioner] 21:25:54 AND THEN FINALLY CONCERN NUMBER 4 ITEM NUMBER 18 [Captioner] 21:25:57 IN THE LEASE SAYS THIS LEASE MAY BE [Captioner] 21:26:00 IMAWNED, MODIFIED AT ANY TIME [Captioner] 21:26:04 THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE [Captioner] 21:26:08 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. HOW WOULD THESE [Captioner] 21:26:11 ISSUES WORK? WOULD THERE BE A PUBLIC HEARING? WITHOUT [Captioner] 21:26:14 ANY MODIFICATION THIS LEASE HAS NO LEGAL BINDING, THIS SECTION [Captioner] 21:26:19 SHOULD BE COMPLETELY REMOVED. BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS [Captioner] 21:26:22 I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD NOT SIGN 20 [Captioner] 21:26:25 YEARS. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAR [Captioner] 21:26:28 ESH. [Captioner] 21:26:33 >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. [Captioner] 21:26:36 >> HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TO [Captioner] 21:26:39 BEGIN WITH, I SUPPORT THE [Captioner] 21:26:42 SPEAKER WHO SAID THE CITY SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SIGN [Captioner] 21:26:47 THE BEST AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE -- THE STAFF HAS NEGOTIATE [Captioner] 21:26:50 ED. [Captioner] 21:26:53 THE STAFF HAS ALREADY NEGOTIATED A NUMBER OF CONCESSIONS [Captioner] 21:26:56 OVER THE PREVIOUS LEASE. I WANT TO [Captioner] 21:27:00 TALK ABOUT A MYTH THAT HAS BEEN OFTEN QUOTED, [Captioner] 21:27:03 OR REPEATED IN MANY OF THESE [Captioner] 21:27:06 MEETINGS ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:27:11 OHLONE ENTRANCE AND THE STANFORD ENTRANCE [Captioner] 21:27:14 , THEY BOTH LEAD TO THE SAME PEAK. SO [Captioner] 21:27:18 WHY DO PEOPLE COME TO THE STANFORD ENTRANCE? AND [Captioner] 21:27:21 THE CLAIM IS WELL THEY CAME HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SAVE THE [Captioner] 21:27:25 $4 IN PARKING AND NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM TRUTH [Captioner] 21:27:28 . IN FACT VERY FEW HIKERS MAKE IT TO THE PEAK. [Captioner] 21:27:31 MOST CONSIDER IT A ACCOMPLISHMENT IF THEY MAKE IT [Captioner] 21:27:34 TO THE THIRD OR FOURTH BENCH ON THE STANFORD ENTRANCE. [Captioner] 21:27:37 THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSES ARE CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE [Captioner] 21:27:40 ENTRANCE. IN THE '90s I USED TO RACE [Captioner] 21:27:43 TO THE PEAK ABOUT AN HOUR. [Captioner] 21:27:46 UNFORTUNATELY AGE HAS THAN I ITS TOLL. [Captioner] 21:27:49 I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PEAK SINCE 2007, [Captioner] 21:27:52 TODAY I CANNOT EVEN GO TO THE POINT WHERE THE TWO [Captioner] 21:27:55 TRAILS MEET AND THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY MYSELF AND MANY [Captioner] 21:27:59 OTHER PEOPLE USE THE STANFORD TRAIL. IT [Captioner] 21:28:02 IS FREE OF POISON OAK, IT IS 22 [Captioner] 21:28:05 FEET WIDE WITH AN EXCELLENT ROAD BASE AND GRAVEL SO THAT [Captioner] 21:28:08 ONE DOES NOT NEED TO MOVE TO THE SIDE TO [Captioner] 21:28:12 AVOID RISKING POISON OAK RASH TO LET OTHERS PASS [Captioner] 21:28:15 . IT DOES NOT HAVE SNARE OWE SECTIONS WHICH HAVE [Captioner] 21:28:18 SHARP DROP ON ONE SIDE. IT HAS BENCHES FOR PEOPLE TO [Captioner] 21:28:21 REST AND ENJOY THE VIEW. IT OFFERS UNPARALLEL [Captioner] 21:28:24 ED VIEWS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ANYWHERE ELSE. [Captioner] 21:28:27 IT IS A GREAT TRAIL TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS. IN FACT THE FRIEND THAT [Captioner] 21:28:31 I'VE BEEN HIKING FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS ARE PEOPLE THAT I [Captioner] 21:28:34 MET ON. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 21:28:39 IS MARYELLE [Captioner] 21:28:43 OYONO. [Captioner] 21:28:48 MARY, PLEASE UNMUTE. [Captioner] 21:28:51 >> I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENJOY MISSION [Captioner] 21:28:54 PEAK. HOWEVER, WHEN IT'S SURROUND [Captioner] 21:28:58 ING RESIDENTS, PEACEFUL LIVING AND SECURITY [Captioner] 21:29:02 ARE INVADED BY EARLY MORNING TRAFFIC, CROWDS, [Captioner] 21:29:05 NOISE, TRASH, AND IN A FEW INSTANCES, [Captioner] 21:29:09 CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, SOME REGULATIONS AND LIMITS [Captioner] 21:29:12 SHOULD BE PLACED. TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS [Captioner] 21:29:16 ' RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 21:29:19 . I HAVE HEARD ARGUMENTS THAT MISSION PEAK PARK EXIST [Captioner] 21:29:22 ED BEFORE THE STANFORD NEIGHBORHOOD. THEREFORE, THE [Captioner] 21:29:25 VISITORS' RIGHTS TO ENJOY THE PARK [Captioner] 21:29:30 TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE STANFORD NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 21:29:33 'S RESIDENTS RIGHT TO ENJOY A CLEAN AND PEACEFUL [Captioner] 21:29:36 SURROUNDING. I THINK THIS ARGUMENT IS A BIG [Captioner] 21:29:40 INSULT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT OUR RIGHTS TO [Captioner] 21:29:43 SECURITY AND ENJOYMENT OF PEACEFUL AND [Captioner] 21:29:46 QUIETNESS IN OUR OWN HOMES DO NOT MATTER. [Captioner] 21:29:50 I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A [Captioner] 21:29:54 LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE -- WITH [Captioner] 21:29:57 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL IMPACT [Captioner] 21:30:00 . HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DO [Captioner] 21:30:03 NOT SELL OUT THE RESIDENTS AT MISSION [Captioner] 21:30:06 PEAK NEIGHBORHOOD. WHATEVER WE SIGN NEEDS TO BE [Captioner] 21:30:10 VERY SPECIFIC. BECAUSE IT [Captioner] 21:30:13 HAS VERY LARGE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 21:30:16 . THESE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE [Captioner] 21:30:20 IT STATED IN THE LEASE THAT NO PARKING STRUCTURE CAN BE [Captioner] 21:30:23 BUILT. NUMBER 2, PARKING HOURS [Captioner] 21:30:26 SHOULD BE NO LATER THAN 9 P.M. AND SHOULD NOT [Captioner] 21:30:30 BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. NUMBER 3, MAKE PERMANENT [Captioner] 21:30:33 PARKING PROGRAM PERMANENT. BECAUSE IT HAS WORKED [Captioner] 21:30:37 . MAKE OHLONE COLLEGE THE PRIMARY [Captioner] 21:30:40 DESIRED ENTRANCE TO MISSION PEAK AND [Captioner] 21:30:43 THERE SHOULD BE ANNUAL REVIEW OF ITS PROGRESS. AND [Captioner] 21:30:47 LEASE TEARM OF 20 YEARS IS JUST TOO LONG. [Captioner] 21:30:50 ALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS TO BE [Captioner] 21:30:54 APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 21:30:57 IS WILLIAM EUREK [Captioner] 21:31:00 KE. >> GOOD EVENING, [Captioner] 21:31:04 THIS IS WILLIAM EUREGE [Captioner] 21:31:07 , EAST BAY [Captioner] 21:31:12 CONSERVANCY. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 21:31:15 AND PARK DISTRICT TO GET SIGNAGE ON THE STREETS [Captioner] 21:31:18 COVERED SO THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY PARK OUT THERE BEFORE [Captioner] 21:31:22 8:00 IN THE MORNING. WE DID THE SAME THING [Captioner] 21:31:25 WITH PICKERRING STREET AND [Captioner] 21:31:28 PLATEAU WHERE WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO [Captioner] 21:31:31 MAKE SURE THAT PARKING WAS AVAILABLE. PARKING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE [Captioner] 21:31:34 CONFRONTATIONAL. YOU KNOW THE BOTTOM LINE IS [Captioner] 21:31:37 , COYOTE HILLS GETS 840,000 [Captioner] 21:31:40 PEOPLE A YEAR. YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT IT IN A [Captioner] 21:31:44 PERSPECTIVE AS HAVING CONFLICT. THERE IS NO CONFLICT THERE. [Captioner] 21:31:47 IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE IS NOBODY THAT LIVES AROUND THERE. IT'S BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:31:50 THERE IS NOT A SMALL GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CONTROLLED THE [Captioner] 21:31:53 MINDSET OF THE COUNCIL. THIS THING COMES UP [Captioner] 21:31:56 AGAIN AND AGAIN AND IT HAS TO STOP. THE LEASE NEEDS [Captioner] 21:32:00 TO BE REU RENEWED UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEND A MILLION [Captioner] 21:32:04 DOLLARS OR MORE TO MANAGE THE PARK AND IF YOU ARE WILLING [Captioner] 21:32:07 TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE, LET'S TAKE [Captioner] 21:32:10 THE LOCAL DISTRICT, THE LOCAL AREA, [Captioner] 21:32:13 RAJ SALWAN'S AREA, LET THEM PAY FOR THE [Captioner] 21:32:16 MANAGEMENT OF THAT PARK. IT IS A REGIONAL PARK AVAILABLE [Captioner] 21:32:19 TO EVERYBODY. UNLESS WE ARE ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT A PRIVATE PARK FOR THE [Captioner] 21:32:22 NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS [Captioner] 21:32:25 INTERESTING. THEY WANT TO DENY SANITARY TOILETS, [Captioner] 21:32:29 BECAUSE THEY WANT LESS PEOPLE TO ENTER THE PARK. THAT'S IN [Captioner] 21:32:32 SANE. THIS IS A REGIONAL PARK. WE NEED TO [Captioner] 21:32:35 ALLOW ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC AND WE NEED TO MANAGE IT [Captioner] 21:32:38 LIKE IT'S A PROFESSIONAL ENTRANCE WHICH I MEAN IT IS [Captioner] 21:32:42 , YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ENTRANCE USED BY LOTS OF PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:32:45 . APPROXIMATELY 479 IF YOU AVERAGE THE 175 [Captioner] 21:32:48 ,000 A YEAR, IT'S NOT A BIG NUMBER [Captioner] 21:32:51 . YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE THINK THE LEASE SHOULD BE [Captioner] 21:32:55 RESIGNED. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:32:59 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GARY PARK. [Captioner] 21:33:04 >> THANK YOU. MAYOR [Captioner] 21:33:07 MEI AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'VE [Captioner] 21:33:10 HEARD A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT PARK OPENING AND CLOSING [Captioner] 21:33:14 CLOSING ENTRANCE AND ALL THAT. [Captioner] 21:33:17 NOBODY IS TRYING TO CLOSE THIS ENTRANCE OR CANCEL THE LEASE [Captioner] 21:33:20 AS SOME ARE FOR STRAYING IT. THIS [Captioner] 21:33:23 LEASE DOES REQUIRE LANGUAGE FOR PROPER OPERATIONS, [Captioner] 21:33:26 RESPONSIBILITIES AND DISCIPLINE BY USERS. [Captioner] 21:33:29 THE STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BECAUSE OF IT [Captioner] 21:33:32 APPARENTLY IS THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK IS THREATENING [Captioner] 21:33:35 THE CITY. THEY DO NOT WANT TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING [Captioner] 21:33:38 . SIGN IT OR LEAVE IT, [Captioner] 21:33:41 JUST THE BEGINNING, THIS IS ALARMING. WHAT WILL YOU EXPECT [Captioner] 21:33:44 IN TERMS OF COOPERATION FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE? [Captioner] 21:33:47 ALL THE LEASE LANGUAGE IS BASED ON REASONABLENESS AND [Captioner] 21:33:50 WORKING TOGETHER AND COOPERATION. THERE IS NO GOOD [Captioner] 21:33:53 FAITH HERE THAT THE CITY CAN RELY UPON [Captioner] 21:33:56 . ALL OF THAT CAN BE THROWN OUT THE WINDOW BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT [Captioner] 21:34:00 EVEN READY TO COMPROMISE OR [Captioner] 21:34:03 NEGOTIATE SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY A SITUATION [Captioner] 21:34:06 . THERE IS A SIDE LETTER, EVERYBODY'S TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 21:34:10 IT IN THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS [Captioner] 21:34:13 SAID NOPE IT IS NOT AN AGREEMENT IT CANNOT BE ENFORCED [Captioner] 21:34:15 . THAT IS ONLY BASED ON GOOD FAITH. [Captioner] 21:34:18 IS A 20 YEAR LEASE BASED ON GOOD FAITH [Captioner] 21:34:23 ? LAST HEARD, SIGN IT AND WE'LL FIGURE IT [Captioner] 21:34:26 OUT LATER. NO REALISTIC LEASE IS SIGNED [Captioner] 21:34:29 ON IMPROPER NEGOTIATIONS [Captioner] 21:34:31 TO BE FIGURED OUTER LATER. THAT IS INSANE. [Captioner] 21:34:34 HOW CAN THE CITY BE FORCED TO DO THAT? [Captioner] 21:34:37 PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING PROPER LANGUAGE [Captioner] 21:34:41 THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER. THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT [Captioner] 21:34:44 WANT. THE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A $3 [Captioner] 21:34:47 MILLION INSURANCE. WE JUST HEARD $1 MILLION EIGHT [Captioner] 21:34:50 YEARS AGO, WHAT IS WORTH TODAY. [Captioner] 21:34:53 $3 MILLION FLAT NOT EVEN PER EVENT OR [Captioner] 21:34:56 PER OCCURRENCE. WHAT IS IT WORTH IN TEN YEARS [Captioner] 21:35:00 OR 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THINK ABOUT [Captioner] 21:35:03 IT. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 21:35:06 BEN. [Captioner] 21:35:09 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 21:35:12 THIS IS BEN YEE. I'VE BEEN A MISSION PEEK [Captioner] 21:35:15 PARK USER SINCE 1991 AND A FORMER V [Captioner] 21:35:18 VTSP BIKE PATROLLER FOR OVER [Captioner] 21:35:21 SEVEN YEARS PAROLE FOR [Captioner] 21:35:25 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS. I SAY I [Captioner] 21:35:28 AM IN SUPPORT OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT. THEY SPEND [Captioner] 21:35:31 APPROXIMATELY $450,000 A YEAR TO MAINTAIN THIS ENTRANCE. [Captioner] 21:35:34 SO IS THE CITY WILLING TO TAKE THIS ENTRANCE OVER AND PAY [Captioner] 21:35:37 OR THE THAT MAINTENANCE? IF WE CLOSE THE [Captioner] 21:35:40 ENTRANCE DOWN WILL [Captioner] 21:35:43 THE ELECTEDS WILLING TO HANDLE [Captioner] 21:35:47 THE BACKLASH? I'D LIKE TO REMIND [Captioner] 21:35:50 THE HOMEOWNERS NEAR MISSION PEAK THAT CURRENTLY THE NUMBER OF [Captioner] 21:35:53 PARK USERS HAS DECREASED [Captioner] 21:35:56 SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2012, [Captioner] 21:35:59 2013. FOR THE PARK USERS YOU'RE GOING INTO SOMEONE [Captioner] 21:36:03 'S NEIGHBORHOOD SO PLEASE SHOW THEM RESPECT. I HAVE SEEN [Captioner] 21:36:06 PEOPLE BLASTING THEIR RADIOS AND SPEAKING LOUDLY IN LARGE [Captioner] 21:36:09 GROUPS AS EARLY AS 4 A.M. BUT THE WORST [Captioner] 21:36:12 WAS WHEN I CAUGHT PEOPLE URINATING AND DEFECATING IN [Captioner] 21:36:15 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THOSE WHO SAY THE PARK WAS HERE FIRST, [Captioner] 21:36:18 THAT IS TRUE. BUT WHEN THE HOMES WERE BUILT IN 1996 [Captioner] 21:36:22 AND I WAS ON PATROL I WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT [Captioner] 21:36:25 THE ANIMALS IN THE PARK. THERE WERE VERY FEW HIKE [Captioner] 21:36:28 ERS ON THE TRAIL AT THE TIME AND NO ONE AT THE TIME WOULD HAVE PREDICTED [Captioner] 21:36:32 THE USE TEN TO 15 YEARS LATER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO FURTHER [Captioner] 21:36:35 ADDRESS ISSUES AT MISSION PEAK AN IDEA OF [Captioner] 21:36:38 AN AUTOMATIC GATE HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND FOR YEARS AND [Captioner] 21:36:42 WOULD ADDRESS THE REMAINDER OF THE ISSUES [Captioner] 21:36:45 . THE TITLE IT HAS IS LOVE TO [Captioner] 21:36:48 DEATH, WHICH IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO [Captioner] 21:36:51 DEAL WITH. AND AGAIN LEASE ACCEPT THE LEASE AGREEMENT [Captioner] 21:36:55 FROM THE PARK DISTRICT. IT IS FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF [Captioner] 21:36:58 THE CITY OF FREMONT AND ITS PARK USERS, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:37:02 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 21:37:05 SUE JATA. >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 21:37:08 MY NAME IS SUE JATA. I'M [Captioner] 21:37:12 A FREMONT RESIDENT AND LIKE TO STATE THAT WE DO NOT NEED [Captioner] 21:37:15 A PARKING LOT OF ANY [Captioner] 21:37:19 SIZE AT THE STANFORD STAGING AREA OF MISSION PEAK [Captioner] 21:37:22 . WE HAVE A TAXPAYER FUNDED PARKING LOT AT [Captioner] 21:37:25 OHLONE COLLEGE THAT CAN BE USED BY HIKERS. WE [Captioner] 21:37:29 SHOULD ENCOURAGE THIS. THE PARKING LOT IS A [Captioner] 21:37:32 VERY CRITICAL TOPIC AND SHOULD NOT BE ADDRESS [Captioner] 21:37:36 ED VIA A SIDE LETTER WHICH IS NON [Captioner] 21:37:39 BINDING. IT SHOULD BE VERY CLEARLY STATE [Captioner] 21:37:42 ED AND ENFORCED IN THE LEASE. [Captioner] 21:37:45 ALSO, WE NEED PROPER VISIT [Captioner] 21:37:49 OR ENFORCEMENT AT MISSION PEAK. THERE HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 21:37:52 TWO FIRES THAT WERE STARTED DURING TIMES [Captioner] 21:37:55 THAT THE PARK WAS SUPPOSEDLY CLOSED [Captioner] 21:37:58 . WHY WERE THE PEOPLE IN THE PARK AT THAT TIME [Captioner] 21:38:03 ? IN THE EVENT OF DAMAGE TO LIFE OR [Captioner] 21:38:07 PROPERTY CAUSED BY EVENTS LIKE THIS, WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE [Captioner] 21:38:09 DOES THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE? WE ALL KNOW [Captioner] 21:38:13 THAT IS CLEARLY INADEQUATE. PLEASE [Captioner] 21:38:16 DO NOT BE IN A [Captioner] 21:38:19 RUSH TO SIGN THE LEASE. LET'S TAKE THE TIME AND GO ON A [Captioner] 21:38:22 MONTH TO MONTH LEASE UNLESS ALL OF THESE [Captioner] 21:38:25 ISSUES CAN BE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED IN THE [Captioner] 21:38:29 TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAN BE CLEARLY STATED AS [Captioner] 21:38:32 IS ALWAYS THE PURPOSE OF A CONTRACT. [Captioner] 21:38:35 WE HAVE THE TIME. LET'S TAKE THE TIME. [Captioner] 21:38:38 DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GET THIS RIGHT. [Captioner] 21:38:41 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:38:44 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 21:38:47 KELLY ABREW [Captioner] 21:38:51 ABREU. >> THERE IS A NO [Captioner] 21:38:53 GOOD FAITH IN THIS CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR [Captioner] 21:38:56 SUPPORTED THE PARKING EXPANSION IN 2012 [Captioner] 21:39:00 AND 2015. THE LOCAL RESIDENTS DID NOT ASK [Captioner] 21:39:03 FOR MORE REST ROOMS WHEN THEY FIRST [Captioner] 21:39:06 HEARD ABOUT YOU'RE NATION AND DEFECATION. THE CITY [Captioner] 21:39:09 DOESN'T OWN A VALUABLE ASSET AT MISSION [Captioner] 21:39:12 PEAK. IT OWNS AN EXPENSIVE LIABILITY WITH [Captioner] 21:39:15 REAL OPERATING RISKS AND REAL [Captioner] 21:39:19 OPERATING COSTS. MANY ANTI [Captioner] 21:39:22 PARK [Captioner] 21:39:27 ACTIVISTS, [Captioner] 21:39:30 THE CITY HAS REFUSED TO RENEW [Captioner] 21:39:33 THE LEASE IN NOVEMBER 2021 AND THEN [Captioner] 21:39:36 AGAIN THREE WEEKS AGO. BUT MISSION PEAK WON'T GO AWAY [Captioner] 21:39:40 AND YOUR COUNCIL CAN'T THROW THIS PARK IN THE RECYCLE BIN WHEN [Captioner] 21:39:43 YOU GET TIRED OF KICKING IT AROUND. I'M WORRIED [Captioner] 21:39:46 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS ACTING LIKE THE DOG THAT CAUGHT THE [Captioner] 21:39:49 CAR. HAVING SPENT THE LAST THREE [Captioner] 21:39:53 YEARS DEMANDING FULL CONTROL OVER THE PARK, [Captioner] 21:39:56 THIS COUNCIL IS ONLY [Captioner] 21:39:59 NOW DISCOVERING THAT THE CITY LACKS THE BUDGET RESOURCES AND [Captioner] 21:40:02 LACKS THE POLITICAL WILL TO OPERATE IT. [Captioner] 21:40:05 IT'S TIME FOR THIS COUNCIL TO REALIZE THAT [Captioner] 21:40:09 YOU REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY. [Captioner] 21:40:12 NOT JUST A FEW ANTIPARK [Captioner] 21:40:15 ACTIVISTS WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 21:40:18 THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO GROW UP. AND STOP CHASING [Captioner] 21:40:22 THIS CAR. YOUR COUNCIL SHOULD PUT ASIDE [Captioner] 21:40:26 THE MISTAKES IT HAS MADE IN THE PAST, BY SIGNING THE 20 [Captioner] 21:40:29 -YEAR LEASE EXTENSION. THE CITY NEEDS THE [Captioner] 21:40:32 PARK DISTRICT TO OPERATE MISSION PEAK IN COMPLIANCE [Captioner] 21:40:36 WITH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AS A REGIONAL [Captioner] 21:40:39 ASSET FOR RECREATION [Captioner] 21:40:42 , PUBLIC HEALTH AND NATURAL PRESERVATION. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:40:49 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NARIN IM [Captioner] 21:40:52 IMADI. >> HI. [Captioner] 21:40:55 MY NAME IS NARIN I.MADI [Captioner] 21:40:58 . I'M A RESIDENT OF CANYON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. [Captioner] 21:41:01 SO I SUPPORT THE LEASE [Captioner] 21:41:04 , AND IN FACT MY FELLOW [Captioner] 21:41:08 CITIZENS KATE PARKER AND WILLIAM HAVE PUT [Captioner] 21:41:11 UP A -- SAID PRETTY NEATLY ABOUT THE [Captioner] 21:41:14 THINGS THAT I THOUGHT OF SAYING IN FACT. [Captioner] 21:41:17 SO IT HAS TO BE, IN MY OPINION THIS [Captioner] 21:41:20 HAS TO BE WITH THE DISTRICT, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS OTHER [Captioner] 21:41:24 THINGS TO DO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT THAT [Captioner] 21:41:27 EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT IS VERY [Captioner] 21:41:31 WELL VERSED WITH HANDLING [Captioner] 21:41:34 THESE THINGS, THEY ARE ALREADY CONTROLLING THE OTHER PARKS. [Captioner] 21:41:37 THEY ARE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. IN FACT. SO I [Captioner] 21:41:40 PREFER THAT THEY CAN TAKE THIS LEASE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND [Captioner] 21:41:43 ANOTHER THING IS LIKE WITH RESPECT TO PARK [Captioner] 21:41:46 HOURS, I THINK I RESPECT [Captioner] 21:41:50 YOU ALL THAT THE LEASE IS GOING TO BE SIGNED FOR TEN YEARS [Captioner] 21:41:53 OR 15 YEARS OR 20 YEARS. THE TERMS OF PARKING HOURS [Captioner] 21:41:56 SHOULD BE LOOSE. BASICALLY BECAUSE THE REASON IS [Captioner] 21:41:59 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE LIKE [Captioner] 21:42:03 WHY -- WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS A NEED FOR THE [Captioner] 21:42:06 PARK DISTRICT TO CHANGE FOR US. IF [Captioner] 21:42:10 THERE IS EVEN A PANDEMIC LIKE WE SAW RECENTLY [Captioner] 21:42:13 IF IT HAPPENS LATER FOR SOME OTHER REASON THERE IS A NEED [Captioner] 21:42:16 FOR THE HOURS TO BE CHANGED EVEN IN CASE OF EMERGENCY [Captioner] 21:42:19 YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS [Captioner] 21:42:22 UP FRONT TIME TO DISCUSS AND THEN NEGOTIATE [Captioner] 21:42:26 AND COME BACK AND CHANGE IT BY THE TIME THE TIME WILL [Captioner] 21:42:29 HAVE BEEN ALREADY PASSED. THE OTHER THING IS WITH RESPECT [Captioner] 21:42:32 TO THE PARKING LOT BUILD, BUILDING THE PARKING LOT, [Captioner] 21:42:35 I THINK IT SHOULD BE CONSTRUED, IT SHOULD THEN [Captioner] 21:42:38 BE COMPLETELY TOOK IT OFF BECAUSE IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT NEED [Captioner] 21:42:42 TO BE SOLVED, IF THE PARKING IS A PROBLEM THERE WE SHOULD [Captioner] 21:42:45 BASICALLY SOLVE IT BY HAVING A PARKING LOT. IN FACT THAT'S WHAT I [Captioner] 21:42:48 PREFER EVEN [Captioner] 21:42:52 HERE IN ALAMEDA CREEK WHEN THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE [Captioner] 21:42:54 PEOPLE GOING IN THERE DURING THE PANDEMIC TIME I WOULD PREFER [Captioner] 21:42:58 THAT THEY HAVE -- [Captioner] 21:43:00 >> WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 21:43:03 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING [Captioner] 21:43:06 OR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AND I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE [Captioner] 21:43:09 COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. [Captioner] 21:43:14 I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 21:43:18 >> Councilmember Jones: EXCUSE ME, MADAM MAYOR ARE WE PAST DUE FOR A [Captioner] 21:43:22 STENO CAPTIONER BREAK? >> Mayor Mei: WE COULD. WE'LL TAKE [Captioner] 21:43:25 A QUIRK TEN-MINUTE BREAK AND THERE IS NO [Captioner] 21:43:28 OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME. AND WHEN WE RETURN WE'LL BE [Captioner] 21:43:31 STRICTLY FOR THE COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT [Captioner] 21:43:34 . I THINK IT'S TRUE THANK YOU, SO WE'LL TAKE A QUICK [Captioner] 21:43:37 TEN-MINUTE BREAK. [Captioner] 21:43:44 [ RECESS ] >> MAYOR MEI: WE'RE RETURNING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR DECEMBER 6TH, AND WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION, PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE MISSION PEAK LEASE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL NOW FOR DISCUSSION AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN: THANK YOU. I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS IS COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CITY OF FREMONT NEGOTIATES WITH ANYONE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL OBSERVE OUR BEHAVIOR IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS, AND LEARN FROM THAT BEHAVIOR, AND IN THIS CASE NOTHING HAS CHANGED EXCEPT WE WERE TOLD BY THE OTHER PARTY TO THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT THEY REFUSED TO DO ANY FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. AND I THINK IF THAT CHANGES OUR ORIGINAL DECISION, JUST THEIR, YOU KNOW, TELLING US THAT THEY WOULD NOT FURTHER NEGOTIATE WITH US, IF THAT CHANGES OUR ORIGINAL DECISION, THAT SENDS A REALLY BAD MESSAGE TO ANY PARTY THAT WE EVER NEGOTIATE WITH IN THE FUTURE. I THINK WE NEED A MUCH BETTER REASON TO CHANGE OUR POSITION THAN THE OTHER PARTY SIMPLY SAYING SORRY, WE REFUSE TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. SO I THINK FOR THAT REASON ALONE WE SHOULD CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO VOTE NO ON THIS AS WE DID THE LAST TIME. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST THINK THAT A LEASE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND HAS SO MANY IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY, IT NEEDS TO BE SO MUCH MORE DETAILED. I MEAN I'VE WORKED IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, AND, YOU KNOW, MOST LEASES FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ARE 30 PAGES LONG AND THEY GO INTO A TON OF DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. AND, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY THINK WE COULD COME UP WITH A LEASE THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR BOTH PARTIES. BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE WAY MORE DETAILED, HAVE WAY MORE PROTECTIONS FOR PARTIES, AND NOT JUST BE BASED ON THE GOOD FAITH, THE REASONABLENESS. SO I FEEL THAT THIS LEASE IS SO FAR FROM SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE APPROVING. AND CERTAINLY NOT JUST BECAUSE THE OTHER PARTY HAS TOLD US, YOU KNOW, SORRY, WE REFUSE TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE. SO I HOPE WE WILL VOTE AGAIN AS WE DID THE LAST TIME THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US, AGAINST THIS LEASE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER JONES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JONES: THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU KNOW, AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FOR 44 YEARS NOW, 44 PLUS YEARS. AND I DON'T RECALL, AND I'VE BEEN HERE IN FREMONT FOR MOST OF THOSE YEARS, AND WORKING THAT AREA, IN MY EARLY YEARS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I DON'T RECALL THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OR THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TODAY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING IT IS SUCH AN AMENITY FOR NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS BUT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST BAY. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND AGAIN, ALLUDING TO THE EARLIER SPEAKER, MR. PARKER, EAST BAY REGIONAL RUNS THE LARGEST PARK DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF REPUTATION, TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF RESOURCES, TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF EXPERTISE IS SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY A HUGE BENEFIT TO FREMONT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS NOW FOR MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT IS THE BEST FOR THE MOST. AND THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THIS PARK ON A DAILY BASIS. OR THAT THEY LIVE IN THE EAST BAY, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN FREMONT, WHETHER THEY COME FROM OUT OF STATE, WHETHER THEY COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT IS AN AMENITY THAT WE ENJOY. AND THE EAST BAY REGIONAL HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF MAINTAINING. THE CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STRUNG THIS ALONG FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND IF I WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A HOUSE OR BUYING A BUSINESS AND SOMEBODY STRUNG ME ALONG FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS I'D PROBABLY THINK ABOUT WALKING AWAY. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I THINK WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN IF -- TAKE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND, YOU KNOW, WE END THIS LEASE WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING. WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF MAINTAINING THIS PARK. WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP OUT THE TRESPASSERS THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAVING SPENT THE NIGHT IN SOME OF OUR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS THAT THEY HAVE REGULAR PATROLS THAT COME THROUGH THEIR PARKS AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY. NOT WITH THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS. NOT WITH THE CURRENT CALLS FOR SERVICE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE OFFICERS NIGHT RIDING ON MOTORCYCLES UP AND DOWN THE HILLS OF MISSION PEAK WITHOUT GETTING THEMSELVES INTO SOME TROUBLE. THERE IS A LOT OF SPEECH. THERE IS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PARK. IT'S A HUGE AMENITY FOR AGAIN NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY BUT THE ENTIRE EAST BAY AND BEYOND. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST PUT THIS TO BED AND MOVE TOWARD. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE LEASE. WE'VE DONE 20 OR 25-YEAR LEASES THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS AND I FOR ONE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE STAFF GO THROUGH A FIVE YEAR LEASE AND SPEND TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF IT TRYING TO MODIFY THINGS TO APPEASE EVERY PERSON BECAUSE IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TO SAY BUT I'M READY TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CONTINUE I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE ONE COUNCILMEMBER VIA ZOOM, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING, HIS HAND IS RAISED, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT COUNCILMEMBER. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAO'S HAND IS RAISED. >> MAYOR MEI: I WAS GOING TO SAY CAN WE CALL HIM. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAO: THANK YOU, ENHANCEMENT MAYOR. I CONCUR WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JONES JUST SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ORIGINAL PARK TO FREMONT. THE COST OF MAINTAINING IT, THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT SERVICE THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO US IN THE PAST. AS WELL AS THE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU TRY TO WORK WITH A BUSINESS PARTNER THAT YOU HAVE NEVER DEALT BEFORE, THERE'S NO MUTUAL TRUST AND YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND TRY YOUR BEST TO MAKE SURE ALL THE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT WOULD PROTECT YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE, ON THE OTHER HAND, TALKING ABOUT A PARTNER THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR DECADES. NOT ONLY FOR MISSION PEAK, BUT OTHER PROPERTIES REGIONAL PARKS, WITHIN FREMONT. SO BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JONES HAVE JUST SAID, I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE TO APPROVING THE LEASE. TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: THANK YOU. ARE THERE -- OKAY. A MOTION THEN? >> COUNCILMEMBER JONES: RECOMMENDATION. >> MAYOR MEI: AND THEN WE HAVE -- >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAO: I SECOND. >> MAYOR MEI: A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> MAYOR MEI: SORRY, YOU'RE MUTED. NO. THERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. I STILL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE VOTE. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF I DIDN'T GET ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED YET. I WAS THINKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. >> MAYOR MEI: OKAY. WELL I ALSO SEE COUNCILMEMBER KENG. WERE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE A MOTION OR -- BECAUSE YOU'RE IN QUEUE BEFORE HER BUT -- THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND ALSO ON THE FLOOR. >> VICE MAYOR KENG: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MORE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PARKING AT THE OHLONE ENTRANCE. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE -- HAVING THE DATA SHOWING THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN A KIND OF PROGRESS MOVING VISITORS OVER TO THE OHLONE SITE. AND I THINK WE -- IF WE CAN LIKE PUT IN THE CONTRACT THAT TO ADVERTISE MAYBE LIKE -- ADVERTISE THE OHLONE SITE AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL KEEPING THE OTHER ENTRANCE OPEN. BUT MAKING MORE OF AN EFFORT TO DIRECT PEOPLE THAT WAY. >> MAYOR MEI: OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COX. DID YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTION? OTHERWISE WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT, AND IN TERMS OF -- I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE MISUNDERSTOOD. AND MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY PARKING THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT, THAT WE STILL HAVE TO APPROVE IT -- >> MAYOR MEI: WE DO. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: AS A CITY. AND I THINK WHEN OTHERS HAVE MADE COMMENTS IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT STILL HAS TO FLOW THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS BEFORE ANYBODY CAN BUILD ON CITY PROPERTY. THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE CITY OF FREMONT APPROVAL. AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY STATED, AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND ADDRESSING THAT 900 ACRES OF -- I'M SORRY, THE PARKING SPOT FOR 300 PARKING SPOTS, AT MISSION PEAK. AND JUST TO REITERATE THAT, I KNOW THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT, THERE'S BEEN VERY DETAILED INFORMATION FROM THE STAFF, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS. BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT AS AN IMPORTANCE THAT'S PART OF OUR DUE PROCESS AS A CITY TO APPROVE THOSE TYPE OF EXAM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A SIDE LETTER WRITTEN, IT MAY NOT BE IN BEST TERMS AS LEGAL SOUND AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. BUT THERE IS A LETTER, BUS THERE IS A PROCESS. THAT ANY TYPE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT HAS TO FOLLOW THE CITY OF FREMONT AND GET OUR APPROVAL FIRST. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CLEAR ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND IF OUR CITY ATTORNEY WANTED TO SAY ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THERE, THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL TOO. >> CTY. ATTNY. ALVARADO: SURE AS TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE AS THE STAFF REPORT INDICATES, SHOULD THE DISTRICT DESIRE TO BUILD THAT STRUCTURE, IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COME TO THE CITY FOR BOTH A GRADING AND A BUILDING PERMIT AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DENY THAT REQUEST FOR PERMIT. SO THE CITY DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO DENY THAT PROJECT THROUGH THOSE BUILDING PERMITS. IN ADDITION, TO THE SIDE LETTER THAT WAS OF COURSE RECEIVED, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THE ASSURANCE BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE THE MECHANISM TO DENY THAT PROJECT. REGARDING OHLONE ENTRANCE THERE ARE A CUSTOM SECTION WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT THAT DOES ADDRESS THE OHLONE ENTRANCE, SECTION 13 SIGNS IN MARKETING THAT THE DISTRICT IS TO ESSENTIALLY PROMOTE THAT AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE VIA ITS WEBSITE AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND SECTION 14 SAYS THE PARTIES UNDER THE COOPERATION SECTION SAYS THE PARTIES WILL WORK TO PROMOTE THE OHLONE ENTRANCE AS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE PRESERVE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROVISIONS THAT ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: RIGHT, TO SET OHLONE AS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE. AND THAT CAN'T BE DONE UNTIL THIS LEASE IS AGREED TO TONIGHT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S HOW IT WOULD THEN BE IMPLEMENTED? >> THEY'VE ALREADY ACTUALLY BEGUN DOING THAT BASED ON FEEDBACK THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY. OHLONE HAS BEEN PROMOTED AS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO MISSION PEAK. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I'M HEARING SOME THINGS AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. >> IT IS A STRONG INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL WE WANTED TO HAVE IT DOCUMENTED IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT AS WELL. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: EXACTLY, THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER PART IS JUST MAKING SURE IT'S NOT CLEAR IN TERMS OF I KNOW WE HAVE A CLAUSE ON COOPERATION THAT WILL RESOLVE EVERYTHING, WORK THINGS OUT. BUT THERE IS ALSO A PART THAT HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHEN THERE'S ISSUES IN THE PARK, AND AS FAR AS THOSE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE MISSION PEAK AREA AND THOSE THAT LIVE INSIDE, RIGHT AROUND THAT AREA. HOW WILL THEY BE BEST TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS? IF THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE PARK THAT THEY'RE NOT -- THAT ARE NOT IN THE CONSTITUENTS EYES AS BEING GOOD FOR THAT AREA? >> I'D FIRST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF TREATMENT ARE CONSTITUENTS OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: UH-HUH. >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: AND JUST LIKE RESIDENTS CONTACT YOU WITH ISSUES OR CONCERNS, THEY DO, YOU KNOW, DO THE SAME THING AND SHOULD DO THE SAME THING WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND JUST LIKE YOU TOLL UP ON THOSE ITEMS AND ISSUES, SO DO THEY. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO TALK WITH US AS WELL AND OF COURSE WE'LL, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS WITH THE PARK DISTRICT AS WELL. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AVENUES. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. AND I ALSO SEE IN THE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT THERE IS A 30-DAY NOTIFICATION THAT IS NOTIFIED THE CITY, 30 DAYS BEFORE THEY CHANGE ANY HOURS. AND ALSO, THAT THE CITY MAY CHOOSE TO HOLD A CITY MEETING AS A WAY OF ADDRESSING AND HAVING A DISCUSSION. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT ARE CONCERNED AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE E-MAILS, THE PHONE CALLS, RELATING TO THE MISSION PEAK LEASE AGREEMENT, THAT THERE ARE SOME AVENUES THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED, AND THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK. AND THIS PARK IS FOR EVERYONE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE PARK AND THAT YOU EITHER GO TO OHLONE SIDE AS THE PREFERRED ENTRANCE TO GO AND VISIT MISSION PEAK, THE OTHER PART THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE IS THAT THIS LEASE AGREEMENT NEVER WENT TO THE EAST BAY PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR SOMETIME IN DECEMBER TO HAVE THIS LEASE AGREEMENT REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AT AN UPCOMING MEETING FOR THE EAST BAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE SHOCK THAT IT CAME BACK SOONER AND IT WAS BASICALLY MORE OF THE STAFF THAT HAD ADVISED THE STAFF, YOU, THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY STAFF, OF FREMONT. >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: CORRECT. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: THAT THIS IS THE POSITION THEY WERE TAKING AT EAST BAY PARK. >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: CORRECT. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A MECHANISM TO REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EAST BAY, DO WE IN THE CITY HAVE ANY OTHER PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO KNOW EXCUSE ME HOW WELL THIS LEASE IS WORKING? I KNOW IT'S BEING MANAGED BY THE EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT, BUT IS THERE THINGS THAT YOU'RE MEASURING, IS IT MORE LIKE HOW MANY ISSUANCE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKING CITATIONS THAT ARE ISSUED TO KNOW IF IT'S GOOD, BAD, OR IS IT MORE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVE OVER TIME? HOW ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NO OTHER MECHANISM TO UNDERSTAND HOW WELL EAST BAY IS PERFORMING OR, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE YOUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS, THAT IS ONE GAUGE, I GET THAT. BUT WHAT OTHER MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW WELL THE PARK IS GOING TO BE MANAGED, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IS THERE SOME TRACKING OR SOME WAY THAT WE WOULD BE WATCHING OUT OR THE THIS? >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: SUZANNE CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT PLEASE? >> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. WE MEET AS A GROUP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THROUGH LIAISON COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S A SPACE WHERE WE DISCUSS ISSUES THAT COME UP FROM ALL OF OUR SITES THROUGHOUT THE -- WE HAVE SEVEN REGIONAL PARK SITES IN FREMONT. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT MANY SITES HERE THAT WE DISCUSS AT OUR LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS OR AN ITEM THAT COMES UP THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC COMES TO SPEAK TO THAT LIAISON COMMITTEE AND WE ADDRESS ITEMS THAT WE FEEL ARE IMPORTANT TO AGENDIZE AS A MUTUAL AGREED UPON TOPIC. SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE ADDRESS ISSUES AT THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN BOARD MEETINGS AND IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR IN THE WAY WE IDENTIFY JOINT TOPICS. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET WITH THE LIAISON COMMITTEE? >> WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET TWICE A YEAR. AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW HEAVY THE TOPICS ARE IF WE HAVE TOPICS OF INTEREST THAT COME FORWARD AND THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN DETERMINED SO FAR. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. AND SO YOU REPRESENT FREMONT AND THEN WHO WOULD BE THE PARALLEL ON THE SIDE OF THE EAST BAY? >> SO COUNCILMEMBER JONES HAS BEEN OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT ON THE LIAISON COMMITTEE. AND THERE'S TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THE REPRESENTATION FROM EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT AND THEN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CREATION COMMISSION ALSO SITS AS A REPRESENTATIVE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. AND DO YOU PUBLISH MEETING MINUTES AND REPORTS FROM YOUR MEETINGS? I ASSUME YOU DO SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC -- >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY AND WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND THAT INFORMATION? >> THE SAME PLACE THAT WE PUBLISH ALL OF OUR MEETING NOTES AND THAT COMES FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY BUT IT IS PUBLICIZED SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE CAN GET A LINK TO ON -- BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SO KIND TO SPEND TIME TO WRITE TO US, THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REDIRECT WHERE THEY CAN FOLLOW UP AND HAVE ACTIONS AND BE ABLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY CAN HAVE A VOICE IN CARRYING THAT OUT. AND I HAVE -- LET ME JUST CHECK ONE MORE TIME HERE. AND IF WE JUST REFRESH, I'M SORRY WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH, JUST TO REFRESH ON IF WE GO MONTH TO MONTH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD JUST BE A MONTH TO MONTH TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, THERE IS NOTHING BINDING ON ANY TYPE OF LEASE AGREEMENT. WHEN YOU ARE SAYING MONTH TO MONTH, THEY ARE JUST MAINTAINING IT ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. JUST TO REITERATE WHAT THAT MEANS. I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> CTY. ATTNY. ALVARADO: THE LEASE THAT EXPIRED. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: >> CTY. ATTNY. ALVARADO: WE'RE PROPOSING NOW OR COME UP WITH SOME OTHER PLAN. BUT IT BASICALLY IS JUST MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. AND I KNOW FROM THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONS MADE AND CHANGES BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PLACED LAST DECEMBER, 2021, THAT ROLLED INTO THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE NOVEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCESSIONS MADE IN THAT PART. >> CTY. ATTNY. ALVARADO: THAT IS CORRECT. THERE WERE CHANGES MADE AND IMPLEMENTED BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING WE HAD IN NOVEMBER AND THE PRIOR TIME THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED IT IN LATE 2021. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. AND AT THIS POINT, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK IS SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TALK ANY FURTHER ABOUT THIS LEASE AGREEMENT, IS THAT WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS HERE? >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: THAT'S CORRECT. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: AND THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY OF ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BECAUSE I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A WORKING GROUP MEETING, AND, YOU KNOW, IRONING OUT SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE MORE DETAILED. BUT AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE SAYING NO, WE WANT -- TAKE THE LEASE OR GO TO MONTH-TO- MONTH. >> CITY MGR. SHACKELFORD: AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN NEGOTIATING ANY FURTHER AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE MADE CONCESSIONS, AS HAVE WE. AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. IT MEANS THAT WE CONTINUE TO CARRY OVER THE TERMS OF OKAY. UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT WE EITHER CREATE A NEW LEASE AS OKAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: OKAY. >> CTY. ATTNY. ALVARADO: >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: WAS TRYING TO EXPRESS IN MY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. I THINK YOUR MIC MIGHT BE OFF COUNCILMEMBER COX. THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT AVENUES ON THIS CONTRACT THAT I BUT ALSO THERE IS THE TERMINATION THAT EITHER PARTY CAN GIVE TO EACH OTHER IF IT'S NOT WORKING WITH A 30 DAY NOTICE. SO WE'RE NEVER LOCKED IN TO AN AGREEMENT. THERE'S ALWAYS THE WAY OF TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE. AND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO BE ABLE TO CURE THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY? ALVARADO? >> CTY. ATTNY. ALVARADO: IF YOU REFER TO SECTION 15 THAT TALKS ABOUT TERMINATION OF THE LEASE UNDER SUBDIVISION C YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE LEASE CAN BE TERMINATED UNDER 30 DAYS NOTICE. AND IF THERE IS A MATERIAL BREACH, THE FATHERS HAVE 90 DAYS TO CURE. OTHERWISE THE CITY COULD ALSO TERMINATE. BUT THAT OF COURSE DOESN'T PRECLUDE THE PARTIES FROM COOPERATING UNDER SECTION 14 TO TRY TO RESOLVE THOSE CONCERNS BEFORE IT GETS TO THAT POINT. SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL MECHANISM TO HAVE DISCUSSION BEFORE ANYONE IS ISSUING OFFICIAL LEASES, OFFICIAL NOTICES UNDER THE LEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND CONFIRMING THAT PART. OKAY. I'M NOW READY TO VOTE AND YOU COULD STILL HEAR ME. I'M GOING TO SAY YES. AYE. >> MAYOR MEI: OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, AND I SEE THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ADDED SINCE THEN. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD OR -- YOUR MIC IS OFF. SORRY, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME QUICK COMMENTS. I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS FROM THE EITHER DAYS WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF PARKING ISSUES, LOT OF SAFETY AS WELL AS BLIGHT TYPE ISSUES. AND SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR AT THE EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT AND WE MADE SOME GOOD INROADS. WE ALSO HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF LANCE BREED WHO IS ALSO FROM THE PARK DISTRICT SO WE DO HAVE SOME I DON'T WANT TO SAY BACK DOOR BUT WAYS TO INTERACT WITH THE PARK DISTRICT. AND IN GENERAL THE PARK DISTRICT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE THE INTERFACE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN A CONCERN. AND I THINK IN ALL OF THIS WE'RE LOOKING FOR BALANCE. WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE HARM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY IS -- THEIR NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED, MAKE SURE THE PARK DISTRICT IS GOOD STEWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE PARK ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. AND I THINK LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE HERE WE HAD THE THREE ISSUES, THE ONE WITH THE PARKING, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN SATISFIED IN THE SENSE THAT IF ANY PARKING LOT NEEDS TO BE BUILT IT REQUIRES CITY APPROVAL. THE OTHER WAS THE HOURS. THE HOURS, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE GOOD FAITH AND TRUST THAT THE PARK DISTRICT WILL BE A WILLING PARTNER, AND TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHICH ARE ALSO CONSTITUENTS OF THE PARK DISTRICT. AND HOPEFULLY, THE LIAISON COMMITTEE WILL ALLOW US TO CHANNEL SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND CONCERNS. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW EAST BAY PARK DIRECTOR WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO TRY TO INCLUDE IN THAT COMMITTEE AND ALSO HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO THE NEW PARK DIRECTOR WHO IS WILLING TO COME BY THE WAY AND MEET WITH EVERYONE. AND HOPEFULLY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN EDUCATE HER ABOUT THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THEY HAVE AND HAVE A FRIENDLY EAR EARLY ON SO THEY CAN HELP ADVOCATE FOR THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING. SO WITH THAT I THINK IN GOOD FAITH AND, YOU KNOW, BEING A WILLING PARTNER WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES. THE PARK DISTRICT IS THE BIGGEST PARK DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY AND SO I THINK IT'S IN OUR INTEREST TO TRY TO WORK WELL WITH THEM, TO HAVE FAITH AND TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS WE HAD IN THE PAST AND TRY TO BUILD FOR A STRONGER FUTURE SO WITH THAT I'M READY TO VOTE AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: OKAY GREAT, THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN YOU PRESSED AGAIN OR -- WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, STILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN: I'M FINE, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE AND WE'LL BEGIN AGAIN PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER JONES: >> MAYOR MEI: YES PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER JONES: RECOMMENDATION. DO YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT THE MOTION? SO I MOVE THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH STAFF TO CLARIFY A 20 YEAR LEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAO: >> MAYOR MEI: I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ROLL CALL LEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN: AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAO: AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, NO. I SECOND. >> THE CLERK: >> THE CLERK: >> MAYOR MEI: THE MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ANYWAY NAY, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. ARE THERE ANY REPORT-OUTS FROM COMMITTEE MEETINGS? COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DID YOU JUST PRESS FOR A REPORT-OUT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN: YES, FOR THE EAST BAY LEAGUE OF CITIES. WE HAD A STRATEGY SESSION TO COME UP WITH A CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND SO I'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE ALL OF YOU GET E-MAILS FROM SAM SO THAT SHE CAN UPDATE YOU SO YOU CAN JOIN FUTURE EVENTS. WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS PLANNED OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR. AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS GOING TO BE JOINING US SOON. SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE'S IN TOUCH WITH THAT. SO WE'D LOVE TO GET ALL OF YOU INVOLVED AND BE A PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING AND I DO THINK THAT LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CAL CITIES DOES A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF SAM IN PARTICULAR CAHILL FOR BEING A REPRESENTATIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD PULSE THIS TERMS OF THE REGIONAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS AS WELL AS POLICIES. AND IN DOING SO BEFORE I THINK WE MENTIONED IT EARLIER AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG CONVERSATION THIS EVENING BUT THAT COUNCILMEMBER JONES WAS A REPRESENTATIVE AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER COX HAS ALSO BEEN THE ALTERNATE FOR THAT SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO THANK SINCE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EAST BAY REPRESENTS FOR LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES COUNCILMEMBER JONES ALSO FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE THE MEETINGS DO ROTATE IN TERMS OF LOCATION. SO COUNCILMEMBER KENG DID YOU HAVE A REPORT-OUT? >> VICE MAYOR KENG: YES MA'AM, SO EARLIER THIS WEEK I WAS INVITED TO JOIN AN ENERGY SUMMIT AT THE STATE CAPITOL WITH -- AT THE ENERGY COMMISSION. SO WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY, SO THIS WOULD BE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY IS PRETTY BEHIND IN HAVING, YOU KNOW, THESE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY KIND OF LIKE INSTALLATIONS. COMPARED TO EAST COAST WHICH. >> CITY ATTORNEY LEVINE: HAD ALREADY HAD A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS WITHIN -- WITH THE DIFFERENT STATES. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY. SO IT WILL BE PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OTHER ENERGY SOURCES AS WE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL. THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON IN THE COMING YEARS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MEI: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. MAYOR MEI. AYE. I WANTED JUST TO ECHO AND I KNOW THAT FREMONT IS FORTUNATE TO BE BURGEONING AS MANY OF THESE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND REPRESENT US ON THIS PAST WEEK IS ON INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE FOR THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS WHERE I WAS IN A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR BIB AS WELL AS MAYOR SUAREZ, TALKING ABOUT THESE TECHNOLOGIES IN PARTICULAR AS WE HAVE CHALLENGES FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND ONE OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS WAS RINO WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS IN LIEU OF SECURITY DEPOSITS AND THAT INCLUDES RENTAL HOUSING INSURANCE OPTION. AND THEY'VE MADE SOME INCREDIBLE INROADS IN THAT AREA IN PROVIDING THOSE OPTIONS SO IT ALLOWS FOR THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD TODAY, TALKING ABOUT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN A PARTICULAR NOT BEING AS CONSTRAINT BASED OFF OF HAVING THE SECURITY DEPOSIT, AND CERTAINLY WOULD ECHO THE CONVERSATION ON CLEAN ENERGY AND OFFSHORE WINDS. THAT'S, WIND USAGE I KNOW THAT IN THE EAST COAST MANY OF THE CITIES ESPECIALLY ON THOSE BORDERING ON THE SHORELINES HAVE BEEN UTILIZING AND EXPLORING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK SOME OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS FOR JOINING ME TODAY. WE HAD THE OPENING OF PERSONALIS AND WE HAVE REALLY DONE, AND I HAVE TO THANK OUR STAFF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM OUR PERMITTING AS WELL AS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SUPPORT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP WITH THE EXPANSION. AND SO IT WAS TO REIMAGINE, REUTILIZE A SPACE THAT WE HAD IN THE ARDENWOOD NORTH FREMONT AREA AND I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG OR VICE MAYOR KENG AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN TODAY IN THAT CONVERSATION. AND IT IS VERY EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT FLEX-SPACE WHICH MAKES IT UNIQUE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS MANUFACTURING AND ALSO REALLY COALESCE AND EXPAND ON OUR LIFE SCIENCES AND MANUFACTURING IN THOSE AREAS. AND THAT ONE ALLOWS YOU TO, THEIR QUOTE AND TAG LINE I BELIEVE IS TO SEE THE FUTURE, OR SEE THE NEEDS I THINK AND SO YOU ARE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER PERSONALIZED TUMOR ACCESSING SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEST AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT UNFORTUNATELY, CANCER TOUCHES SO MANY OF OUR LIVES SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT. I KNOW TOMORROW IN FREMONT WE ARE ALSO HOSTING BIOCOM IN THAT CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT OTHER DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER AND TO HIGHLIGHT AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR KEY AREAS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THINK SILICON VALLEY'S WEBSITE THAT FOCUSES ON SOME OF THE LIFE SCIENCES AND THE INCREDIBLE ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE. I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST SIX YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO FROM 75 BIOMEDICAL COMPANIES TO OVER 151. SO IT REALLY ALLOWS US IN THIS MOMENT OF THE PANDEMIC AND WELLNESS CHALLENGES TO BE REALLY A LEADER IN THE BAY AREA AND ALSO IN THE REGION OF SAN FRANCISCO AND TRULY IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF DELIVERING THIS CARE. SO I WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY ABOUT ACCESS, THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND ALSO HAVING THE RACIAL EQUITY LENS AND LOOKING AT THAT. AND SO THE PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY HAVE BEEN ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO PUSH IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION. I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN FOR SERVING ON THAT WITH ME, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. AND SO IN CLOSING, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR WORLD AIDS TODAY, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THAT. IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ] >> MAYOR MEI: THANK YOU SO IN CLOSING I JUST WANT TO WISH ALL TO BE WELL TO BE SAFE TO BE JUST TO BE KIND AND TO BE THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.