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


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


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INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
MAY I ASK FOR THE ROLL CALL,


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PLEASE, MS. GAUTHIER.
>> Ms. Gauthier: 

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COUNCILMEMBER
COX, HERE.


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN,

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 HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER JONES, HERE.
VICE MAYOR KENG,

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 PRESENT.
MAYOR MEI,

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


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THERE ARE VACANCIES ON OUR
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE
CITY

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 CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS
APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS

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 AND
COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING,


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PLEASE GO TO THE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS PAGE ON OUR

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 WEBSITE
AT FREMONT.GOV OR PLEASE CONTACT
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE

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 AT
510-284-4060.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC


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PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING
TONIGHT MAY

[Captioner] 19:03:12
 DO SO AND SPEAK
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BY
CLICKING ON THE "RAISE

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 HAND"
ICON IF YOU'RE JOINING US BY
ZOOM OR IF YOU'RE DIALING

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 IN, BY
DIALING STAR NINE.
I WILL MAKE

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 AN ANNOUNCEMENT
BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE
AGENDA AND IF

[Captioner] 19:03:25
 NOT NOTED ON THE
ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME AND IF YOU'RE

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 REPRESENTING
AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE KINDLY
STATE YOUR NAME OF

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 THE
ORGANIZATION YOU ARE
REPRESENTING.


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EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE ARE DISTRIBUTED
TO THE CITY COUNCIL

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 AND STAFF
AND PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S
AGENDA CENTER

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 ON FREMONT.GOV.
AND WE'LL BE PLACED ON FILE AND


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CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC
RECORD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE


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MEETING WILL GO UP TO 11:30 THIS
EVENING IF NEEDED, AND WE

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 WILL
ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT.


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IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER
THE

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 INITIAL 30 MINUTE, WE WILL
TAKE THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT


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THE END OF THE MEETING.
I WILL

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 NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER
TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA


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SHACKELFORD, WHO WILL MAKE ANY
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND

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 KINDLY
INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS
TIME.


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>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.


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BUT GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND
MEMBERS OF THE

[Captioner] 19:04:17
 COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE

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 MY
COLLEAGUES, RAFAEL ALVARADO,
CITY

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 ATTORNEY, SUSAN GAUTHIER,
CITY CLERK, AND

[Captioner] 19:04:26
 ALBERTO
QUINTANILLA, ASSISTANT CITY
CLERK.


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THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT ON

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 OUR ITEM THIS EVENING IS
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND

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 THERE'S ITEMS THAT WE PASS
WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF
RECOMMENDATION

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 WILL STAND.
IF THERE'S MEMBERS OF

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 THE PUBLIC
WHO WANT TO COMMENT ON A CONSENT
CALENDAR ITEM

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 MAY DO SO RIGHT
NOW BY

[Captioner] 19:04:49
 PRESSING THE RAISE HAND
ICON OR DIALING IN BY PRESSING


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STAR NINE.
DOES THE CLERK HAVE ANY -- CITY
CLERK HAVE ANY

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 MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC?
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE DO HAVE A


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HAND

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 RAISED.
LIZETTE,

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 WHICH ITEM ARE YOU
RAISING YOUR HAND FOR?


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>> HI.
I DON'T KNOW IF -- IT'S

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 ACTUALLY
FOR -- I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY


[Captioner] 19:05:18
SENTIMENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE RIGHT
TIME?


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>> Mayor Mei: PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> OKAY, I'LL WAIT.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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I'D ALSO LIKE TO TURN THIS --
SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS

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 AT THIS
TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER
TO

[Captioner] 19:05:34
 RAFAEL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY,
FOR INTRODUCTION ON

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 ITEM 2G.
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK
YOU, MAYOR.


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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FOR ITEM 2G UNDER THE BROWN ACT
WE'RE

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 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN
ORAL REPORT AND I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO

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 HUMAN RESOURCE
DIRECTOR

[Captioner] 19:05:52
 GALLEGOS BEFORE WE TAKE
FINAL ACTION ON

[Captioner] 19:05:53
 THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
>> AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT


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CODE SECTION 54953, I'LL PROVIDE


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A REPORT SUMMARIZING THE
RECOMMENDATION FOR A SECOND
AMENDMENT

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 TO THE CITY MANAGER'S
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY OF

[Captioner] 19:06:07
 FREMONT.
TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION IS THE ADOPTION OF


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A RESOLUTION THAT AMENDS THE
CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT TO

[Captioner] 19:06:14
 PROVIDE A 5%
MERIT-BASED SALARY INCREASE


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BASED ON SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
DURING THE EVALUATION PERIOD.


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THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CITY
MANAGER'S BASE

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 SALARY

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 BY $18,456
ANNUALLY FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL
SALARY

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 OF $387,000584.
WITH THAT I'LL TURN

[Captioner] 19:06:37
 IT OVER TO
MAYOR MEI IF THERE ARE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR A


[Captioner] 19:06:44
MOTION FROM THE --
>> Councilmember Jones: I'LL
MOVE TO APPROVE.


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>> Mayor Mei: I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER COX AND ALSO I'LL
DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER JONES.


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COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND SECONDED
BY COUNCILMEMBER COX.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:06:54
 A VOTE?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER


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SALWAN?
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR

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 PASSES
UNANIMOUSLY.


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AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO TURN IT
OVER

[Captioner] 19:07:19
 TO CEREMONIAL ITEMS THAT
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS


[Captioner] 19:07:22
EVENING.
AND I'D LIKE TO TBIN BY 

[Captioner] 19:07:26
 BEGIN BY


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HONORING JUDITH SCHWARTZ

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 FOR 21
YEARS OF SERVICE UPON HER
RETIREMENT.


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WHEREAS, JUDITH E. SCHWARTZ
(JUDY SCHWARTZ), IS RETIRING
AFTER 21 YEARS OF DEDICATED

[Captioner] 19:07:44

SERVICE AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
FREMONT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

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(FRC), A DIVISION OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT’S HUMAN SERVICES

[Captioner] 19:07:49

DEPARTMENT. THIS RESOLUTION,
SERVES TO HONOR HER MANY


[Captioner] 19:07:52
ACHIEVEMENTS
AND HIGHLIGHT HER TIRELESS
COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE


[Captioner] 19:07:56
LIVES OF FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS IN
FREMONT; AND


[Captioner] 19:08:01
WHEREAS, JUDY SCHWARTZ HAS
SERVED AS LEADER OF THE FREMONT
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

[Captioner] 19:08:11

ONE OF THE LARGEST FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY


[Captioner] 19:08:14
WITH 20+ PARTNER AGENCIES,
OPERATING AS A
ONE-STOP SHOP WHERE RESIDENTS


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CAN RECEIVE A VARIETY OF
SERVICES INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES,


[Captioner] 19:08:21
PUBLIC BENEFITS, HOUSING
SUPPORT, HEALTH INSURANCE
ENROLLMENT


[Captioner] 19:08:24
CHILDCARE REFERRALS, AND
FINANCIAL COACHING, TO NAME A

[Captioner] 19:08:28

FEW; AND
WHEREAS, SINCE 2002, JUDY, AS

[Captioner] 19:08:36

FRC ADMINISTRATOR, HAS EXPANDED
PROGRAMS AND

[Captioner] 19:08:39

OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO
OBTAIN NEEDED SERVICES INCLUDING

[Captioner] 19:08:42

ESTABLISHING BOTH THE VOLUNTEER

[Captioner] 19:08:48

INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM
AND SPARKPOINT FREMONT PROGRAM;


[Captioner] 19:08:52
AND
WHEREAS, THE VOLUNTEER INCOME

[Captioner] 19:08:55

TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WITH
JUDY’S


[Captioner] 19:08:59
LEADERSHIP, HAS, IN ITS 20-YEAR
HISTORY, SERVED 35,500
HOUSEHOLDS PUTTING $54 MILLION

[Captioner] 19:09:03

IN TAX DOLLARS
BACK INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY,

[Captioner] 19:09:09

$17 MILLION OF WHICH WAS
RETURNED AS EARNED INCOME TAX


[Captioner] 19:09:14
CREDITS
AND RECEIVING THE IRS COMMUNITY
SERVICE LEADERSHIP AWARD; FOR

[Captioner] 19:09:18

OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND
CONTRIBUTIONS IN BUILDING A


[Captioner] 19:09:22
STRONGER COMMUNITY; AND
WHEREAS, JUDY SCHWARTZ HAS A
GENUINE PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM

[Captioner] 19:09:26

FOR PROJECTS WHICH HELP
FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY, AND

[Captioner] 19:09:30

UNDER HER DIRECTION, THE FRC
ESTABLISHED THE FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:09:35

SPARKPOINT PROGRAM TO HELP
FAMILIES BECOME MORE


[Captioner] 19:09:39
ECONOMICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT,
WITH THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED
BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

[Captioner] 19:09:44

CORPORATION (FDIC) FOR
OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN SUPPORT

[Captioner] 19:09:50

OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION; AND
WHEREAS, WHEN INTERNATIONAL


[Captioner] 19:09:54
EVENTS IMPACTED FAMILIES FLEEING
FROM AFGHANISTAN AS
REFUGEES AND FREMONT’S LOCAL


[Captioner] 19:09:57
AFGHAN COMMUNITY, SHE CREATED A
WEEKLY FORUM FOR INFORMATION AND
RESOURCE EXCHANGE AMONG

[Captioner] 19:10:00

ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO
WELCOME, INTEGRATE, AND ADVOCATE

[Captioner] 19:10:06

FOR HUNDREDS OF NEW REFUGEE
FAMILIES ARRIVING IN THE

[Captioner] 19:10:11

TRI-CITIES AREA; AND

[Captioner] 19:10:17

WHEREAS, AS JUDY SCHWARTZ
RETIRES, LET US REMEMBER HER


[Captioner] 19:10:20
EXPECTATION OF US ALL TO BE
“MIGHTY” AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT
“COLLECTIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY,


[Captioner] 19:10:25
WORKING TOGETHER”, WE HAVE GREAT
POWER, SKILL, AND STRENGTH, TO
DO EFFECTIVE AND MEANINGFUL WORK

[Captioner] 19:10:31

IN HELPING OTHERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,


[Captioner] 19:10:37
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT PROUDLY PRESENT THIS
RESOLUTION TO FAMILY RESOURCE

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CENTER ADMINISTRATOR, JUDY

[Captioner] 19:10:44

SCHWARTZ, IN
APPRECIATION AND THANKS FOR HER


[Captioner] 19:10:47
PASSION, ADVOCACY AND ROLE IN
HELPING OUR COMMUNITY’S MOST

[Captioner] 19:10:50

VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND WISHES
HER WELL ON HER RETIREMENT.

[Captioner] 19:10:55

AND I WANTED TO ALLOW ALSO I
THINK SHE MAY BE

[Captioner] 19:10:59
 ON

[Captioner] 19:11:03
 ZOOM, HUMAN
SERVICES DIRECTOR --
>> Ms. Gauthier: I DON'T SEE


[Captioner] 19:11:07
HER -- OH, SHE'S ON HERE NOW.
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 19:11:11
DIRECTOR SUZANNE
SHENFIL TO SHARE A FEW

[Captioner] 19:11:14
 WORDS
BEFORE MS. SCHWARTZ

[Captioner] 19:11:17
 SPEAKS.
>> THANK YOU.
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, IT'S


[Captioner] 19:11:20
MY PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGE

[Captioner] 19:11:24
 JUDY SCHWARTZ, WHO
IS CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF
REMARKABLE

[Captioner] 19:11:27
 SERVICES AS
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE

[Captioner] 19:11:30
 FRC.
FOR MANY OF US IN THE HUMAN


[Captioner] 19:11:33
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE FRC
AND IN THE

[Captioner] 19:11:36
 COMMUNITY, JUDY HAS
BEEN A COLLEAGUE, A MENTOR AND A
FRIEND.


[Captioner] 19:11:42
TRUE LEADERS LIKE JUDY WORK
RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE PEOPLE THEY
ARE

[Captioner] 19:11:46
 LEADING, WHICH ALLOWS THEM
TO LIFT AND INSPIRE THEIR TEAM.


[Captioner] 19:11:49
FOR OVER TWO DECADES, JUDY HAS
STOOD FOR WHAT

[Captioner] 19:11:53
 IS RIGHT, AND
ADVOCATED AGAINST INJUSTICE AND


[Captioner] 19:11:56
POVERTY.
SHE HAS DEVELOPED

[Captioner] 19:11:59
 AND
IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE
HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON


[Captioner] 19:12:03
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
SHE'S BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THOSE
WHO ARE

[Captioner] 19:12:07
 VULNERABLE, HAVE
SUFFERED TRAUMA AND ARE FACING
ECONOMIC

[Captioner] 19:12:10
 CHALLENGES.
TRUE LEADERS LIKE

[Captioner] 19:12:13
 JUDY
UNDERSTAND, IT IS NOT ABOUT THEM
BUT ABOUT THOSE

[Captioner] 19:12:17
 THEY SERVE.
TONIGHT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT

[Captioner] 19:12:20
 ABOUT
CELEBRATING

[Captioner] 19:12:24
 JUDY.
WHICH HAS BEEN WELL EARNED.
I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK

[Captioner] 19:12:28
 HER
FOR HER SIGNIFICANT AND SELFLESS
CONTRIBUTION, AND WISH HER

[Captioner] 19:12:31
 THE
VERY BEST LIFE HAS TO OFFER IN
HER RETIREMENT.


[Captioner] 19:12:34
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:12:48
>> Mayor Mei: JUDY, THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
THANK YOU SO

[Captioner] 19:12:52
 MUCH, MAYOR MEI,
COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 19:12:57
 KASSAN, AND ALL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
HONOR.


[Captioner] 19:13:01
I AM EXTRAORDINARILY GRATEFUL
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I'VE HAD
OVER THE

[Captioner] 19:13:05
 LAST 21 YEARS TO SERVE
THE RESIDENT

[Captioner] 19:13:08
 OF FREMONT IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES

[Captioner] 19:13:12
 DEPARTMENT UNDER
SUZANNE'S VISIONARY

[Captioner] 19:13:15
 LEADERSHIP,
WHICH HAS FLOURISHED BECAUSE OF
YOU AND YOUR

[Captioner] 19:13:18
 PREDECESSORS AND
THEIR STRONG -- YOUR STRONG
COMMITMENT TO

[Captioner] 19:13:22
 CARE FOR EVERY
FAMILY, EVERY SENIOR, EVERY


[Captioner] 19:13:27
RESIDENT, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE
WITH MINIMAL

[Captioner] 19:13:30
 MEANS AND MANY
BARRIERS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.


[Captioner] 19:13:33
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE

[Captioner] 19:13:38
 HUGE JOBS
AND YOUR CONCERNS OF RUNNING THE
CITY ARE VERY, VERY

[Captioner] 19:13:41
 VAST, BUT
THROUGHOUT MY TENURE AS FRC


[Captioner] 19:13:45
ADMINISTRATOR, I HAVE FELT
NOTHING ABOUT SUPPORT FROM THE
MAYOR

[Captioner] 19:13:48
 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU HAVE ATTENDED

[Captioner] 19:13:51
 OUR EVENTS AND
HONORED OUR VOLUNTEERS.
YOU

[Captioner] 19:13:55
 HAVE PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTED
YOUR TIME AND

[Captioner] 19:13:59
 RESOURCES AND
PROVIDED STRONG ADVOCACY ON
BEHALF OF OUR MOST

[Captioner] 19:14:03
 VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD

[Captioner] 19:14:06
 TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE
UNHOUSED IN

[Captioner] 19:14:10
 OUR COMMUNITY AND
BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAN

[Captioner] 19:14:13
 EVER BEFORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THESE
EFFORTS, AND THANK YOU FOR


[Captioner] 19:14:18
CONTINUING ALL THESE EFFORTS
GOING

[Captioner] 19:14:21
 FORWARD.
IT IS A BITTERSWEET DECISION TO
RETIRE FOR

[Captioner] 19:14:24
 SURE BECAUSE I HAVE
THE BEST JOB IN THE WHOLE WIDE


[Captioner] 19:14:27
WORLD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
MAKING THAT SO.


[Captioner] 19:14:43
>> Mayor Mei: ON BEHALF OF THE
ENTIRE COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR

[Captioner] 19:14:47
 MANY
YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION,
AND

[Captioner] 19:14:50
 FOR TRULY TRANSFORMING OUR
CITY'S

[Captioner] 19:14:53
 SERVICES AND DELIVERING
THE CARE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT

[Captioner] 19:14:57
 AT
THIS MOMENT AND ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE MOST

[Captioner] 19:15:00
 VULNERABLE.
AND SO WE WERE TRULY BLESSED TO
HAVE YOU AS

[Captioner] 19:15:03
 A PARTNER, AS A
DEDICATED CHAMPION, AND SO I


[Captioner] 19:15:07
WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST AS
YOU MOVE FORWARD.


[Captioner] 19:15:10
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WAS
GOING TO SAY, MY DAUGHTER SAYS
TO

[Captioner] 19:15:13
 SAY HI.
>> YEAH!


[Captioner] 19:15:17
>>  -- MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, SO
THANK YOU.
IT GOES BY VERY, VERY

[Captioner] 19:15:20
 FAST.


[Captioner] 19:15:32
NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO DO A
RECOGNITION OF AND COMMENTS

[Captioner] 19:15:36
 BY
OUTGOING COUNCILMEMBER, AND

[Captioner] 19:15:39
 I'D
LIKE TO

[Captioner] 19:15:42
 HONOR OUR COUNCILMEMBER
RICK JONES THIS EVENING.


[Captioner] 19:15:49
WHEREAS, RICK JONES BEGAN HIS
CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE BY
SERVING AS A CITY OF FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:15:53

POLICE OFFICER FROM AUGUST 4,

[Captioner] 19:15:58

1979 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2008

[Captioner] 19:16:01

INCLUDING ASSIGNMENTS IN THE

[Captioner] 19:16:05

PATROL DIVISION, TRAFFIC UNIT
AND AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE

[Captioner] 19:16:08

OFFICER; WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE

[Captioner] 19:16:11

AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER ON
FEBRUARY 8, 2013; WAS FIRST

[Captioner] 19:16:18

ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
A TERM BEGINNING ON


[Captioner] 19:16:24
DECEMBER 9, 2014, AND WAS
REELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM
BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 11, 2018,

[Captioner] 19:16:28

HAVING SERVED THE FREMONT
COMMUNITY AS A POLICE OFFICER,

[Captioner] 19:16:32

PLANNING COMMISSIONER,
COUNCILMEMBER AND

[Captioner] 19:16:37

AS A VICE MAYOR; AND
WHEREAS, DURING HIS TENURE ON


[Captioner] 19:16:45
THE CITY COUNCIL, RICK JONES
DEMONSTRATED SKILL AND
PASSION AS A COLLABORATOR,

[Captioner] 19:16:49

NEGOTIATOR AND ADVOCATE IN HIS

[Captioner] 19:16:52

SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
SUPPORT FOR FREMONT’S UNHOUSED

[Captioner] 19:16:57

RESIDENTS, ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC

[Captioner] 19:17:00

SAFETY AND FREMONT’S CITY’S

[Captioner] 19:17:03

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM;
ADVOCACY FOR ESSENTIAL


[Captioner] 19:17:09
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INCLUDING SOUTH FREMONT’S AGE
WELL CENTER, DOWNTOWN EVENT

[Captioner] 19:17:13

CENTER AND DUSTERBERRY PARK,
SUPPORT FOR FREMONT’S ECONOMIC

[Captioner] 19:17:19

VITALITY AND INNOVATION
DISTRICT; AND


[Captioner] 19:17:24
WHEREAS, RICK JONES HAS ACTIVELY
SERVED HIS COMMUNITY IN OTHER
WAYS INCLUDING AS A

[Captioner] 19:17:28

TRAFFIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR FOR

[Captioner] 19:17:31

FREMONT’S ADULT SCHOOL, AS A
JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS’ SOFTBALL

[Captioner] 19:17:35

HEAD COACH AT KENNEDY HIGH

[Captioner] 19:17:40

SCHOOL AND VIA SERVICE ON
VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND

[Captioner] 19:17:43

COMMISSIONS OVER THE YEARS SUCH
AS A DELEGATE TO THE LEAGUE OF


[Captioner] 19:17:50
CALIFORNIA CITIES, AS A DELEGATE
FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT/EAST BAY
REGIONAL PARK LIAISON COMMITTEE


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AND AS A MEMBER OF THE FREMONT
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY OF
FREMONT LIAISON COMMITTEE.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

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FREMONT, AND
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE

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COMMUNITY, HEREBY EXPRESS ITS
SINCERE APPRECIATION AND

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GRATITUDE TO RICK JONES FOR HIS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE

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COMMUNITY, AND COMMEND HIM FOR

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THE MANNER IN WHICH HE HAS
CARRIED OUT HIS DUTIES AND


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RESPONSIBILITIES.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE CITY
COUNCIL EXTENDS TO RICK JONES

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ITS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED
SUCCESS IN ALL OF HIS FUTURE

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ENDEAVORS.

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AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER FIRST THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FELLOW


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COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THEY'D LIKE
TO

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 SHARE ANYTHING, AND I'LL
CLOSE, I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE

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 SOME
OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ONLINE
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW


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WORDS.
SO

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 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO BEGIN?
>> Vice Mayor Keng: SURE.


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THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
SO THANK YOU

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 SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JONES, GROWR MANY,

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 FOR YOUR
MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO


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THE FREMONT COMMUNITY IN MANY
DIFFERENT ROLES BEING

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 A POLICE
OFFICER, SCHOOL RESOURCE

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OFFICER, PLANNING COMMISSIONER
AND

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 COUNCILMEMBER, AS WELL AS
THE MANY LOCAL

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 NON-PROFIT
CHARITIES.
PROBABLY THE SALARIES YOU MAKE


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ARE GIVEN OUT TO THESE
CHARITIES.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND WE


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APPRECIATE YOU AND
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR


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RETIREMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> Councilmember Jones: THANK


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YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: I ACCIDENTALLY
ZEROED OUT EVERYONE.
BUT NEXT

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 IS COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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>> Councilmember Cox:CONGRATULA
TIONS!
I WANT TO JUST

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 SAY, YOU'VE DONE
A JOB WELL DONE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND BEYOND

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 IN
REPRESENTING US IN EVERY ASPECT,
WHETHER IT'S THE SCHOOL, WHETHER


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IT'S FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL


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REPRESENTATION WITH THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE, BUT ALSO THAT

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 YOU'VE
BEEN A GOOD FRIEND, A FRIEND TO
MANY, AND

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 LOVED BY MANY.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR

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 ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL WORK,
AND I COULDN'T

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 THINK OF RICK
WITHOUT SAYING HIS

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 LOVELY WIFE
DANA.
THEY HAVE BEEN JUST A JOY

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 TO BE
TOGETHER AND THE PARTNERSHIPS
AND

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 SUPPORTING ALL OF US IN
DIFFERENT ROLES HERE.
THANK YOU SO

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 MUCH, AND TO THE
WONDERFUL FAMILY WE SEE ALL OF
THEM.


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AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT -- AT


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ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS
HAPPENING AROUND THE AREA.
SO THANK YOU, ENJOY, AND

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 I CAN'T
WAIT TO HEAR YOUR NEXT VENTURE.


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>> Councilmember Jones: THANK
YOU, TERESA.


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>> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.


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>> Councilmember Kassan:COUNCIL
MEMBER JONES, I HAVE JUST SO
APPRECIATED

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 YOUR KINDNESS AND
WARMTH AS WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER.


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YOU'RE VERY GENUINELY KIND A
FRIENDLY PERSON,

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 AND IT'S
JUST -- IT'S MEANT A LOT THROUGH
ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS

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 WE'VE HAD,
AND YOU KNOW, I WILL

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 REALLY MISS
THAT KIND, WARM ENERGY

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 THAT YOU
BRING, AND ALSO YOUR COMMITMENT
TO THE

[Captioner] 19:21:12
 WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY IS
SO CLEAR

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 AND THAT'S VERY, VERY
MUCH APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.


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>> Councilmember Jones: THANK
YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER

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SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao:COUNCILME


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MBER JONES, CONGRATULATIONS

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 FOR
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR SO MANY
YEARS FOR THE CITY

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 OF FREMONT.
I ALSO WANT TO

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 EXPRESS MY

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 GREAT
GRATITUDE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF THE
BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE THAT THE


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DEAL HAS BEEN ENJOYING OVER THE
YEARS, AND MANY OF US

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 HAVE BEEN
TAKING FOR GRANTED TO


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SOME DEGREE.
I BELIEVE, EVEN THOUGH STARTING
FROM

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 TODAY, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO
SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT

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 A
TITLE OF CITY COUNCILMAN,

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 AND
YOU WILL ALSO SHOW UP IN SO

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 MANY
OCCASIONS WITH YOUR BELOVED

[Captioner] 19:22:02
 WIFE
DANA TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER.


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I BELIEVE I WILL CONTINUE TO
CONSULT

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 YOU FOR THE PRECIOUS
OPINIONS AND

[Captioner] 19:22:13
 YOUR EXPERIENCE IN
GOVERNING THE CITY AND SERVING


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THE COMMUNITY.
YOUR HUMILITY AND YOUR SENSE

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 OF
HUMOR AND YOUR GIVING ME THE


[Captioner] 19:22:23
SENSE OF SECURITY, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN, WILL

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 ALWAYS BE
APPRECIATED, AND MISSED.
THANK YOU.


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>> Councilmember Jones: THANK
YOU, YANG.


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>> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER
SALWAN.
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK


[Captioner] 19:22:37
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
COUNCILMEMBER RICK JONES, IT'S
BEEN AN HONOR

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 AND PRIVILEGE TO
SERVE WITH YOU.
YOU

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 EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE AN EFFECTIVE

[Captioner] 19:22:47
 COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED WITH THE
COMMUNITY, ALWAYS

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 COME PREPARED
TO OUR MEETINGS.
YOU

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 ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTIVE
DIALOGUE, BOTH WITH OUR CITY


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STAFF AS WELL AS YOUR FELLOW
COLLEAGUES AND THE COMMUNITY.


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YOU ARE A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR
OUR CITY.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO

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 HAVE YOU
SERVE US THESE PAST EIGHT YEARS.


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AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS
TO WORK WELL ON A TEAM, AND HOW
TO

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 BE A TEAM PLAYER AND HOW

[Captioner] 19:23:12
 TO
REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT ROLES.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE


[Captioner] 19:23:15
QUARTERBACK, SOMETIMES YOU'RE ON
DEFENSE, AND YOU HAVE TO PLAY


[Captioner] 19:23:19
THE ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT AT
THE END OF THE DAY, THAT THE
TEAM

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 WINS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
ABOUT

[Captioner] 19:23:26
 YOU.
AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE
BEST PART OF HAVING RICK

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 JONES
IS WE GET DANA JONES AS WELL,


[Captioner] 19:23:34
OUR EIGHTH HONORARY
COUNCILMEMBER.
SHE'S ALSO BEEN AT SO

[Captioner] 19:23:36
 MANY
EVENTS.
SOME OF THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW


[Captioner] 19:23:39
HOW THEY ARE, THEY GET KIND OF
DRY AND DANA IS RIGHT THERE WITH


[Captioner] 19:23:42
HIM.
SO MUCH KUDOS TO DANA FOR ALL
THAT SHE DOES

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 TO SUPPORT YOU.
AND THESE EIGHT

[Captioner] 19:23:48
 YEARS HAVE GONE
BY SO FAST, 2014 TO NOW, I

[Captioner] 19:23:51
 CAN'T
HARDLY BELIEVE IT.
AND SO I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT


[Captioner] 19:23:54
OF GREAT THINGS AHEAD OF YOU.
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF

[Captioner] 19:23:57
 SUCCESS,
I KNOW YOU'LL STILL BE ENGAGED
IN OUR COMMUNITY, STILL GIVING


[Captioner] 19:24:01
BACK LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
SINCE YOU WERE A POLICE OFFICER,
AND I

[Captioner] 19:24:03
 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
AROUND TOWN AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL


[Captioner] 19:24:07
PITCH IN FROM TIME TO TIME WITH
OUR CITY INITIATIVES.
SO THANK

[Captioner] 19:24:10
 YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
SERVICE, AND I'M PROUD TO CALL
YOU A FRIEND,

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 A FELLOW
COLLEAGUE, AND HAVE STARTED WITH


[Captioner] 19:24:16
YOU IN THE TRENCHES.
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF SUCCESS
AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET

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 YOUR
RETIREMENT AND ENJOY YOUR RV
EXPERIENCES.


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THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> Councilmember Jones: THANK
YOU,

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 RAJ.
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO COUNCILMEMBER
JONES, I THINK I'VE KNOWN YOU
FOR MANY DIFFERENT YEARS

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 AND
THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT ROLES,
AND I THINK YOU

[Captioner] 19:24:35
 TRULY EXEMPLIFY
THE TERM "OFFICER AND


[Captioner] 19:24:39
GENTLEMAN."
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE

[Captioner] 19:24:42
 PROFESSIONAL, AND
HAVING SERVED ALONGSIDE YOU IN


[Captioner] 19:24:46
SCHOOLS, AND IN THE COMMUNITY,
WE FEEL

[Captioner] 19:24:49
 TRULY BLESSED THAT IT
NOT JUST YOUR LOVELY WIFE WHO I


[Captioner] 19:24:52
THINK HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AS A
PARTNER AND COMPLEMENTS YOU SO


[Captioner] 19:24:56
WELL, NOT JUST IN COLOR
COORDINATION ALWAYS, WHICH I'VE
NOTED

[Captioner] 19:24:59
 MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS,
BUT IN THE BEAUTY OF

[Captioner] 19:25:02
 THE CARE
THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY,
WHETHER IT'S

[Captioner] 19:25:06
 SERVING ALONGSIDE
SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AS


[Captioner] 19:25:09
OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS OR

[Captioner] 19:25:12
 YOUR
CALM DEMEANOR BY WHICH YOU'RE
ABLE TO HANDLE AND ADDRESS

[Captioner] 19:25:15
 SO
MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
FACED.


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AND SO IT HAS TRULY BEEN A


[Captioner] 19:25:22
PRIVILEGE, AND I'M ALWAYS VERY
HAPPY TO

[Captioner] 19:25:25
 SEE THAT YOU'RE SO
PUNCTUAL AND THAT ONE OF

[Captioner] 19:25:28
 THE
THINGS YOU ALSO HAVE I LOVE IS
THAT YOU ARE ONE OF

[Captioner] 19:25:32
 THE BEST
CHARGED PEOPLE I KNOW AND ALWAYS
HAVE COFFEE, SO AS A

[Captioner] 19:25:35
 PARTING
GIFT BUT I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE
MORE TIMES TO GET TOGETHER, I


[Captioner] 19:25:38
BROUGHT YOU SOME COFFEE BEANS TO
SUPERCHARGE

[Captioner] 19:25:41
 YOU TO HELP YOU GET
ON THE WAY.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU

[Captioner] 19:25:44
 WILL HAVE
MANY THINGS TO DO, AND I ALSO
HAVE A

[Captioner] 19:25:47
 COOKBOOK FOR YOU SO THAT
YOU CAN CONTINUE SOME OF

[Captioner] 19:25:51
 THAT
EXPLORATION.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO

[Captioner] 19:25:54
 SAY, IT HAS
REALLY BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
PRIVILEGE AND

[Captioner] 19:25:58
 HONOR, AND I'M
SURE THAT WHILE YOU'VE SERVED

[Captioner] 19:26:01
 ON
MANY COMMISSIONS AND I'VE LISTED
SO MANY OF THEM THIS EVENING,


[Captioner] 19:26:04
YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO COACH ME ON
SOME OF THE

[Captioner] 19:26:07
 PITCHING AS YOU KNOW
THAT MAY GO WILD AT TIMES AS
YOU'VE

[Captioner] 19:26:10
 SEEN, AND I COULD USE
THAT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH,

[Captioner] 19:26:14
 AND
I'M SURE WE WILL SEE YOU ON MANY
COMMITTEES AND

[Captioner] 19:26:17
 MANY GATHERINGS
STILL TO COME.
AND SO I WISH YOU ALL THE

[Captioner] 19:26:20
 BEST.
HAPPY CAMPING,

[Captioner] 19:26:23
 AND FEEL FREE TO
INVITE US

[Captioner] 19:26:27
 FOR THE SMORES AND
COOKOUTS OR JUST TO SIT

[Captioner] 19:26:30
 THERE
AND ENJOY THE STARS.
SO I'M WISHING YOU AND YOUR


[Captioner] 19:26:33
BEAUTIFUL BRIDE MANY YEARS OF
HAPPINESS WITH YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN AND WITH

[Captioner] 19:26:36
 YOUR
WONDERFUL FAMILY,

[Captioner] 19:26:38
 BOTH THOSE WHO
ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND THOSE
WHO ARE WATCHING.


[Captioner] 19:26:42
SPEAKING OF WATCHING, I ALSO
WANTED

[Captioner] 19:26:47
 TO ALLOW -- I THINK WE
HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS THIS
EVENING WHO ARE JOINING US.


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WE

[Captioner] 19:26:54
 HAVE SUPERVISOR HAUBERT WHO
WILL SHARE A FEW WORDS AND

[Captioner] 19:26:57
 ALSO
I BELIEVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER LEE.
SO WHY DON'T WE

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 START WITH
SUPERVISOR HAUBERT.
WELCOME.


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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI.
RICK, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, I'LL
JUST CALL YOU

[Captioner] 19:27:07
 "RICK" BECAUSE
YOU'RE A FRIEND.
WHAT A

[Captioner] 19:27:11
 GREAT TESTAMENT TO YOUR
SERVICE THAT MAYOR MEI MADE

[Captioner] 19:27:14
 AND
TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF YOUR
COLLEAGUES, AND

[Captioner] 19:27:17
 NO

[Captioner] 19:27:21
 BETTER
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS THAN
THOSE OF

[Captioner] 19:27:24
 YOUR COLLEAGUES, AN
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN


[Captioner] 19:27:27
AMBASSADOR FOR FREMONT, A KIND
SOUL, A

[Captioner] 19:27:31
 TWO-FOR-ONE, YOU AND
DANA.


[Captioner] 19:27:34
I THINK A TRUE POWER COUPLE IN
FREMONT.
YOU ARE

[Captioner] 19:27:38
 ACCESSIBLE, YOU ARE
AVAILABLE, YOU ARE

[Captioner] 19:27:41
 VISIBLE IN
THE COMMUNITY, AND I APPLAUD YOU
FOR

[Captioner] 19:27:44
 THAT.
IT TRULY BEEN AN HONOR TO GET TO
KNOW

[Captioner] 19:27:47
 YOU, AND TO GET TO SERVE
WITH YOU.
LET ME JUST

[Captioner] 19:27:51
 ALSO SAY WHAT A
MODEL CITIZEN YOU ARE

[Captioner] 19:27:54
 AND
FREMONT IS LUCKY TO HAVE

[Captioner] 19:27:57
 YOU.
ALL OF THE ACCOLADES THAT WERE
MENTIONED BY MAYOR

[Captioner] 19:28:00
 MEI AND
PREPARED BY YOUR WONDERFUL
STAFF,

[Captioner] 19:28:03
 I HAVE TO SAY, I ECHO ALL
OF THEM, BUT LET ME JUST ADD


[Captioner] 19:28:08
THAT I KNOW YOU LEAVE A LEGACY
IN FREMONT BY SOME OF

[Captioner] 19:28:12
 THE
ACTIONS THAT YOU

[Captioner] 19:28:15
 UNDERTOOK.
ADDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
AND YOU CAN LOOK

[Captioner] 19:28:19
 AROUND THE CITY
AND SEE IT, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF
YOUR COURAGEOUSNESS AND

[Captioner] 19:28:23
 YOU
UNDERSTAND HOW TO TRULY MAKE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND

[Captioner] 19:28:26
 IT
REQUIRES MARKET RATE HOUSING TO
GO ALONG WITH IT AND YOU MADE


[Captioner] 19:28:29
SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO DO THAT.
I APPLAUD YOU.


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LOOK AROUND, THE SOUTH FREMONT
AGEWELL CENTER

[Captioner] 19:28:36
 THAT HAS YOU
SUPPORTING

[Captioner] 19:28:38
 IT AND HELPING MAKE
THAT HAPPEN, YOUR LEGACY IN THE
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:28:42
THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER,

[Captioner] 19:28:45
 AND
THE NEW DUSTERBERRY PARK.
JUST TO NAME A

[Captioner] 19:28:48
 FEW, AS YOU LOOK
AROUND THE COMMUNITY, YOUR


[Captioner] 19:28:52
FINGERPRINTS, YOUR LEGACY IS
HERE.
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW

[Captioner] 19:28:55
 THAT I
WOULD ADD TO WHAT HAS ALREADY
ALSO

[Captioner] 19:28:58
 BEEN SAID.
AND THEN I'LL JUST END

[Captioner] 19:29:01
 BY SAYING
YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW AT ALL
OF THESE EVENTS.


[Captioner] 19:29:06
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A DRIVING
INSTRUCTOR AND A GIRLS SOFTBALL


[Captioner] 19:29:09
COACH, SO THAT'S KIND OF NEAT.
JUST WHAT A WONDERFUL

[Captioner] 19:29:12
 ADDITION
TO WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON.
I WISH YOU THE

[Captioner] 19:29:16
 BEST IN -- I
WON'T CALL IT RETIREMENT BUT
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE


[Captioner] 19:29:20
TIME OFF, BACK TO BE WITH

[Captioner] 19:29:23
 YOUR
WIFE, AND SO UNTIL SHE

[Captioner] 19:29:25
 KICKS YOU
BACK OUT AND MAKES YOU DO
SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE


[Captioner] 19:29:28
COMMUNITY, RICK, BUT YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY


[Captioner] 19:29:32
AMAZING.
TAKE SOME TIME OFF, ENJOY,


[Captioner] 19:29:35
DECOMPRESS, RELAX, AND I

[Captioner] 19:29:38
 KNOW
YOU, IT WON'T TAKE LONG, WE'LL
SEE YOU BACK IN ACTION AT SOME


[Captioner] 19:29:42
WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THE DOOR IS
ALWAYS OPEN.
THANKS AGAIN

[Captioner] 19:29:44
 FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WISH YOU THE VERY, VERY BEST.


[Captioner] 19:29:47
THANK YOU.
>> Councilmember Jones: THANK
YOU, DAVID.


[Captioner] 19:29:51
AND I WILL BE SEEING YOU SOON.
>> YES.


[Captioner] 19:30:01
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME ASSEMBLYMEMBER LEE TO
SHARE A FEW WORDS.


[Captioner] 19:30:09
>> Ms. Gauthier: I BELIEVE IT'S
A REPRESENTATIVE.
>>

[Captioner] 19:30:12
 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND
HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M

[Captioner] 19:30:15
 REPRESENTING ASSEMBLYMEMBER
ALEX LEE TONIGHT.
UNFORTUNATELY HE COULDN'T BE


[Captioner] 19:30:19
HERE, HE'S ACTUALLY IN THE
MIDDLE OF SWEARING SOMEONE IN
BUT

[Captioner] 19:30:22
 HE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER JONES
AND FOR

[Captioner] 19:30:25
 HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED
SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO

[Captioner] 19:30:27
 SHARE A PERSONAL
ANECDOTE.
HE PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER


[Captioner] 19:30:31
THIS, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I MET COUNCILMEMBER JONES AND IT


[Captioner] 19:30:34
WAS AT THE STOP VISION HATE
RALLY IN FREMONT THAT WAS EMCEED


[Captioner] 19:30:37
BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.
THERE WAS A SENIOR WHO JUST GOT


[Captioner] 19:30:40
PEPPER SPRAYED TO PROTECT
HERSELF AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO

[Captioner] 19:30:43
 USE IT, AND HE JUST QUIETLY
BROUGHT HER ASIDE AND
DEMONSTRATED TO HER HOW

[Captioner] 19:30:46
 TO USE
IT.
I THINK THAT REALLY EX-EMILY


[Captioner] 19:30:53
 EXEMPLIFIES
WHO HE IS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JONES


[Captioner] 19:30:57
FOR ALL THE YEARS OF YOUR
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:31:00
 A PREPARED CERT FOR YOU,
SO I DON'T KNOW IF

[Captioner] 19:31:02
 CITY STAFF
CAN PRESENT IT.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:31:05
>> Councilmember Jones: GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:31:10
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ACTUALLY
SOME HANDS

[Captioner] 19:31:14
 RAISED ON ZOOM

[Captioner] 19:31:16
 TOO.
BUT WE'LL TRY TO LIMIT THE
TIMING FOR THAT?


[Captioner] 19:31:19
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES, WE DO HAVE
A COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED.


[Captioner] 19:31:23
KELLY -- SORRY, TWO MINUTES?
>> Mayor Mei: 2 MINUTES.


[Captioner] 19:31:30
>> Ms. Gauthier: KELLY?
>> THANK YOU.
SO COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 19:31:35
 JONES HAS NOW
SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE CAPABLE OF
LOOKING AT THE BROADER

[Captioner] 19:31:38

OBJECTIVES AND

[Captioner] 19:31:42
 UNDERSTANDING AND
WORKING TOWARDS THE LONG TERM
NEEDS OF

[Captioner] 19:31:45
 FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND
BY THE WAY, I'M SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF

[Captioner] 19:31:48
 MISSION PEAK
CONSERVANCY.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE

[Captioner] 19:31:52
 NEED FOR
COLLABORATION, FOR INTERAGENCY


[Captioner] 19:31:55
COORDINATION.
HE IS NOT ONE TO BE DISTRACTED
BY

[Captioner] 19:32:00
 RATHOLING IN

[Captioner] 19:32:04
 LEGALISMS, IN
SOPHISTRY, IN

[Captioner] 19:32:07
 THE MINUTIA OF
CONTRACT LAW.
THE FINAL

[Captioner] 19:32:10
 RESULTS OF HIS WORK
CAN BE SEEN IN

[Captioner] 19:32:14
 THE LOCAL SECTION
OF THE SAN JOSÉ MERCURY NEWS
WHERE THE CITY FINALLY

[Captioner] 19:32:19
 HAMMERED
OUT A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE
PARK DISTRICT AFTER

[Captioner] 19:32:22
 SEVERAL
YEARS

[Captioner] 19:32:26
 OF FIGHTING, AND HE WAS
QUOTED

[Captioner] 19:32:29
 EXTENSIVELY IN THE
ARTICLE, AND YOU CAN SEE HIS


[Captioner] 19:32:31
BROADER VISION AND LEADERSHIP
RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:32:37
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT
SPEAKER IS KEITH PARKER.


[Captioner] 19:32:45
>> SO THANK YOU.
SO AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY,
I JUST WANTED

[Captioner] 19:32:48
 TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER JONES FOR

[Captioner] 19:32:51
 HIS
MULTIPLE DECADES OF SERVICE TO
THE CITY AND PEOPLE OF

[Captioner] 19:32:54
 FREMONT.
TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, I

[Captioner] 19:32:57
 WAS
10 YEARS OLD WHEN HE STARTED HIS
SERVICE TO THE CITY, AND I

[Captioner] 19:33:00
 NOW
HAVE GRANDCHILDREN.


[Captioner] 19:33:04
FROM HIS MANY YEARS AS A POLICE
OFFICER WORKING TO KEEP THE
COMMUNITY SAFE, TO

[Captioner] 19:33:06
 HIS TIME
SPENT AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER, WHERE HE PROVIDED


[Captioner] 19:33:10
INVALUABLE GUIDANCE TO SO MANY
STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
HE NOT

[Captioner] 19:33:13
 ONLY HELPED KEEP SAFE BUT
THAT HE ALSO HELPED KEEP THEM


[Captioner] 19:33:17
FOCUSED AND ON THE RIGHT TRACK
SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WERE
ABLE TO LEAD

[Captioner] 19:33:20
 BETTER LIVES THAN
THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE.
HE THEN FOLLOWED THAT UP FIRST


[Captioner] 19:33:24
WITH TIME ON THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND THEN HE JOINED


[Captioner] 19:33:27
THE CITY COUNCIL, WHERE FOR
EIGHT YEARS, HE'S ALWAYS COME


[Captioner] 19:33:30
WELL PREPARED FOR EVERY MEETING,
HE

[Captioner] 19:33:33
 HAS CONSISTENTLY PROVIDED A
CALMING VOICE OF REASON,
THOUGHTFUL

[Captioner] 19:33:37
 LEADERSHIP AND
UNWAVERING INTEGRITY.
HE HAS ALWAYS

[Captioner] 19:33:40
 BEEN INVOLVED,
ALWAYS BEING SEEN ATTENDING


[Captioner] 19:33:42
EVENTS, ALWAYS SUPPORTING THE
COMMUNITY.
RICK, THE CITY OF FREMONT OWES


[Captioner] 19:33:45
YOU A DEBT THAT WE CANNOT REPAY,
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY, I WANT

[Captioner] 19:33:48
 TO SAY THANK
YOU.
AND FOR ALL THE HELP, SUPPORT


[Captioner] 19:33:52
AND GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN
ME PERSONALLY, I ALSO

[Captioner] 19:33:55
 WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU AND WISH YOU AND
DANA THE ABSOLUTE BEST,

[Captioner] 19:33:58
 BECAUSE
YOU DESERVE IT, AND I HOPE TO
SEE YOU BOTH AGAIN VERY SOON.


[Captioner] 19:34:01
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:34:04
>> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR, WE HAVE
ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER, JOHN
HINDS.


[Captioner] 19:34:11
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 19:34:14
ON THE ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AFTER


[Captioner] 19:34:17
ISSUE, RICK HAS BEEN A VOICE OF
CALM AND REASON ON THE COUNCIL,
AND

[Captioner] 19:34:20
 FOR THAT, HE WILL BE MISSED
BY A GREAT MANY OF US.


[Captioner] 19:34:24
RICK WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FEW
COUNCILMEMBERS

[Captioner] 19:34:27
 WHO WAS NICE
ENOUGH TO PRETEND TO LIKE MY


[Captioner] 19:34:30
JOKES, AND FOR THAT, YOU WILL BE
MISSED BY AT LEAST ONE

[Captioner] 19:34:34
 OF US.
RICK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY
YEARS OF

[Captioner] 19:34:37
 SERVICE TO THE CITY,


[Captioner] 19:34:39
SERVICE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:34:42
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AND AT

[Captioner] 19:34:45
 THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO
SEE

[Captioner] 19:34:49
 IF COUNCILMEMBER JONES WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE

[Captioner] 19:34:52
 A FEW WORDS.
>> Councilmember Jones: WELL,
THANK

[Captioner] 19:34:54
 YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
IT WILL BE MORE THAN A FEW
WORDS, SORRY.


[Captioner] 19:34:57
BECAUSE --
>> Mayor Mei: IT'S OKAY.
>> Councilmember Jones: I HAVE A


[Captioner] 19:35:00
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I'M VERY
GRATEFUL TOO.
>> Mayor Mei: YES.


[Captioner] 19:35:03
>> Councilmember Jones: AND I
WILL JUST START, BEFORE I
FORGET, WITH KELLY AND

[Captioner] 19:35:06
 KEITH AND
JOHN.
KEITH AND

[Captioner] 19:35:09
 JOHN, I'VE MET
PERSONALLY AND IT'S BEEN A
PLEASURE TO INTERACT WITH YOU


[Captioner] 19:35:13
GUYS AND FOR THE INTEREST YOU'VE
TAKEN, AND JOHN,

[Captioner] 19:35:16
 YES, I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR ANIMAL NOISES ON
THE MEETINGS

[Captioner] 19:35:19
 ON OCCASION.
AND KELLY, YOUR

[Captioner] 19:35:22
 PASSION FOR
MISSION PEAK AND OTHER

[Captioner] 19:35:25
 THINGS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN
EVIDENT

[Captioner] 19:35:28
 IN ATTENDING EVERY
MEETING AND, YES, I AM GLAD THAT
WE

[Captioner] 19:35:32
 GOT THE LEASE DONE.
SO

[Captioner] 19:35:35
 WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO START
BY THANKING OUR RESIDENTS FOR
ALLOWING ME

[Captioner] 19:35:37
 TO SERVE AS A
COUNCILMEMBER FOR THESE LAST
EIGHT YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:35:41
I'VE MET A LOT OF

[Captioner] 19:35:45
 AMAZING PEOPLE
AT ALL THE EVENTS THAT MY WIFE
AND I HAVE ATTENDED AND I'M


[Captioner] 19:35:47
CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR
DEDICATION TO MAKING OUR
COMMUNITY BETTER.


[Captioner] 19:35:51
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE NETWORK OF
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

[Captioner] 19:35:54

PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR
UNHOUSED

[Captioner] 19:35:57
 POPULATION, SENIORS,
YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS,

[Captioner] 19:36:01
 VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND SO MANY
OTHERS IN NEED.


[Captioner] 19:36:05
THEY ALSO HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS
SUCH AS THE FESTIVAL OF THE

[Captioner] 19:36:08

ARTS, STREET EATS, JULY FOURTH
PARADE, NILES

[Captioner] 19:36:11
 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
PARADE, FESTIVAL OF INDIA

[Captioner] 19:36:14

PARADE, HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTINGS,
I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.


[Captioner] 19:36:18
WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER WHO
VOLUNTEER AT

[Captioner] 19:36:21
 OUR AGE WELL
CENTER, AND WITH HUMAN SERVICES,
THE

[Captioner] 19:36:24
 RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.


[Captioner] 19:36:27
YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THOSE
VOLUNTEER HOURS, THERE

[Captioner] 19:36:30
 ARE A LOT
OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER.


[Captioner] 19:36:35
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION
OF TIME AND ENERGY.


[Captioner] 19:36:38
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE
COMMUNITY,

[Captioner] 19:36:41
 AND ONE OF THE -- I
ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE ONE OF THE
BENEFITS OF THIS POSITION IS


[Captioner] 19:36:44
THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
MEETING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE


[Captioner] 19:36:47
WORLD, AND I GET TO LEARN ABOUT
THEIR CULTURES, AND I GET TO

[Captioner] 19:36:50
 EAT
THEIR FOOD.
SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER JOB


[Captioner] 19:36:53
WHERE YOU HAVE THAT PERK.


[Captioner] 19:36:56
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR
AMAZING CITY

[Captioner] 19:36:59
 STAFF AND
EMPLOYEES.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS RISEN TO THE


[Captioner] 19:37:02
TASK OF KEEPING THE CITY OF OUR


[Captioner] 19:37:05
SIZE RUNNING EFFICIENTLY BUT
HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE CHALLENGED
THAN

[Captioner] 19:37:09
 DURING THESE LAST THREE
YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC.
THEY CAME UP WITH PROGRAMS TO


[Captioner] 19:37:12
PROVIDE TESTING, VACCINES, PPE


[Captioner] 19:37:17
SUPPLY,S, RENTAL ASSISTANCE,

[Captioner] 19:37:19

POP-UP PATIOS FOR OUR
RESTAURANTS AND MANY, MANY MORE,


[Captioner] 19:37:23
AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALL THE
BETTER

[Captioner] 19:37:26
 FOR THE STAFF'S EFFORTS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE

[Captioner] 19:37:29
 I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK PERSONALLY FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO

[Captioner] 19:37:32
 EDUCATE ME ON
PROGRAMS AND POLICIES.
I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST

[Captioner] 19:37:36
 STARTED,
FORMER CITY MANAGER FRED DIAZ
SAID, YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 19:37:39
 THE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO DIGEST
IS LIKE DRINKING WATER

[Captioner] 19:37:41
 THROUGH A
FIRE HOSE.
AND HE WAS RIGHT.


[Captioner] 19:37:45
SO -- BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
STAFF WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME

[Captioner] 19:37:47
 TO
EDUCATE ME PERSONALLY ON WHAT
GOES ON IN THE CITY.


[Captioner] 19:37:53
I'LL START WITH MOST RECENTLY,
POLICE CHIEF

[Captioner] 19:37:56
 SEAN WASHINGTON AND
FIRE CHIEF CURTIS JACOBSON.
THEY

[Captioner] 19:37:59
 PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
OUR COMMUNITY, RESULTING IN
FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:38:03
 CONSISTENTLY BEING RATED
ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES OF OUR
SIZE IN THE

[Captioner] 19:38:08
 NATION.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING THROUGH
A LOT OF CHANGES BUT I'M


[Captioner] 19:38:11
CONFIDENT THAT THE MEMBERS OF
OUR DEPARTMENT WILL

[Captioner] 19:38:12
 CONTINUE
FREMONT'S TRADITION OF
EXCELLENCE.


[Captioner] 19:38:16
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
DAN

[Captioner] 19:38:19
 SCHOENHOLZ AND HIS STAFF IN
PLANNING AND BUILDING, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE

[Captioner] 19:38:22
 GONE THROUGH A LOT OF
CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING HOUSING
AND TRYING

[Captioner] 19:38:25
 TO ADAPT TO STATE


[Captioner] 19:38:29
GUIDELINES, BUT I'M PROUD OF THE
NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS THAT WE'VE

[Captioner] 19:38:31
 PROVIDED
ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:38:34
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
DONOVAN LAZARO

[Captioner] 19:38:37
 AND HIS STAFF ARE
WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ATTRACT


[Captioner] 19:38:40
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO
FREMONT.
COMMUNITY SERVICES

[Captioner] 19:38:43
 DIRECTOR
SUZANNE WOLF, WHO PASSIONATELY


[Captioner] 19:38:47
ADVOCATE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COMMUNITY PARKS.
SHE AND

[Captioner] 19:38:51
 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
ORGANIZE COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH
AS MUSIC IN THE PARK, MOVIE


[Captioner] 19:38:55
NIGHTS, SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR OUR
YOUTH.
AND THEY

[Captioner] 19:38:59
 MAKE AQUA ADVENTURE A
DESTINATION FOR FAMILY FUN.


[Captioner] 19:39:02
AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
YOU CAN DO

[Captioner] 19:39:05
 IN THE CITY IN OUR
PARKS AND I KNOW ONE OF OUR
GOALS IS TO MAKE

[Captioner] 19:39:08
 A PARK WITHIN
10 MINUTES WALKING DISTANCE OF
JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE

[Captioner] 19:39:13
 CITY.
HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR SUZANNE


[Captioner] 19:39:17
SHENFIL, INCLUDING

[Captioner] 19:39:20
 RECENTLY
RETIRED JUDY SCHWARTZ, AND THANK
YOU, JUDY, FOR ALL THE

[Captioner] 19:39:22
 YEARS YOU
PUT IN.
THEY PROVIDE SO MANY ASSISTANCE


[Captioner] 19:39:25
PROGRAMS FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN
NEED, ESPECIALLY OUR UNHOUSED


[Captioner] 19:39:30
POPULATION.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HANS
LARSEN,

[Captioner] 19:39:34
 WHOSE STAFF MAKES SURE
OUR STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND
BUILDINGS

[Captioner] 19:39:37
 ARE WELL MAINTAINED.
OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBER, CITY


[Captioner] 19:39:41
ATTORNEY

[Captioner] 19:39:48
 I'M IMPRESSED WITH HIS
KNOWLEDGE, THOROUGHNESS AND


[Captioner] 19:39:50
RESPONSIVENESS WHENEVER WE HAVE
A QUESTION COME UP BEFORE
COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 19:39:54
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IS CITY
CLERK SUZANNE

[Captioner] 19:39:58
 GAUTHIER.
WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY

[Captioner] 19:40:00
 OF
KEEPING THE COUNCIL INFORMED,
PREPARING AGENDAS FOR THE


[Captioner] 19:40:03
MEETINGS, RUNNING CITY
ELECTIONS, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT
OF

[Captioner] 19:40:07
 FUN.
AND MANY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
SHE

[Captioner] 19:40:10
 AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
ALBERTO

[Captioner] 19:40:13
 QUINTANILLA MAKE SURE
WE'RE PREPARED AND KEEP OUR
MEETINGS RUNNING

[Captioner] 19:40:16
 SMOOTHLY SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE WOULD NOT BE AS

[Captioner] 19:40:20
 SUCCESSFUL AS
WE ARE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF
CITY

[Captioner] 19:40:23
 MANAGER KARENA SHACKELFORD
AND ASSISTANT

[Captioner] 19:40:26
 CITY MANAGERS
BRIAN STOTT AND

[Captioner] 19:40:29
 KRISTINA BRIGGS,
AS WELL AS ASSISTANT TO THE CITY


[Captioner] 19:40:33
MANAGER, ALLEN DEMERS.
THEY WORK EXTREMELY WELL
TOGETHER TO DO AS MUCH AS


[Captioner] 19:40:36
POSSIBLE TO MAKE FREMONT A GREAT
PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND

[Captioner] 19:40:40
 PLAY.
I SPEAK WITH KARENA TWO OR THREE
TIMES A WEEK, I

[Captioner] 19:40:43
 PROBABLY DRIVE
HER CRAZY WITH THE PHONE CALLS,
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE


[Captioner] 19:40:47
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE AS A
COUNCIL CAN

[Captioner] 19:40:50
 DO TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND

[Captioner] 19:40:53
 SHE'S ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE,
RESPONSIVE,

[Captioner] 19:40:57
 ENGAGING, SHE'S
ATTENDING A LOT OF COMMUNITY


[Captioner] 19:41:00
EVENTS, AND HAVING GROWN UP
HERE, SHE HAS A PERSONAL INSIGHT
INTO THE HISTORY

[Captioner] 19:41:03
 OF FREMONT, AND
A DESIRE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:41:07
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I'M
SORRY BUT THE PHONE CALLS


[Captioner] 19:41:10
PROBABLY WON'T STOP.
AGAIN,

[Captioner] 19:41:13
 OUR STAFF IS AMAZING AND
ALWAYS

[Captioner] 19:41:17
 THINKING OF THE BEST WAYS
TO LEAD FREMONT INTO THE FUTURE
AND MY

[Captioner] 19:41:20
 SINCERE THANKS TO ALL OF
YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU

[Captioner] 19:41:23
 DO.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK FORMER
MAYOR BILL HARRISON FOR

[Captioner] 19:41:26
 BEING A
GREAT MENTOR AND A FRIEND.
HE HELPED ME CONTINUE

[Captioner] 19:41:29
 MY PUBLIC
SERVICE BY APPOINTING ME TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND


[Captioner] 19:41:32
SUPPORTING ME FOR CITY COUNCIL.
IN THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:41:36
 RETIRED
POLICE CHIEFS CRAIG STECKLER AND
RICH LUCERO,

[Captioner] 19:41:39
 WHO HAVE BOTH BEEN
INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OVER THE
YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:41:42
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING A
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND


[Captioner] 19:41:48
 IN
CONTINUING MY PUBLIC SERVICE.
I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO PUT THE


[Captioner] 19:41:51
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FIRST IN
OUR DECISIONS

[Captioner] 19:41:54
 REGARDING
DEVELOPMENTS, PROJECTS AND
MAKING THINGS BETTER IN FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:41:57
I KNEW THAT I WOULD NEVER MAKE
EVERYONE HAPPY, BUT

[Captioner] 19:42:00
 I ALWAYS
TRIED TO DO WHAT I BELIEVED WAS
THE BEST FOR

[Captioner] 19:42:03
 THE MOST.
IT'S BEEN A

[Captioner] 19:42:06
 REAL PLEASURE AND AN
HONOR WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON
THIS COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 19:42:10
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST AS YOU
LEAD FREMONT INTO THE FUTURE.


[Captioner] 19:42:14
AND CONGRATULATIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO,
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN ON YOUR


[Captioner] 19:42:17
RE-ELECTIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO, IN

[Captioner] 19:42:21
 ABOUT
FIVE

[Captioner] 19:42:24
 MINUTES, COUNCILMEMBER
DESRIE CAMPBELL, WHO WILL BE
TAKING

[Captioner] 19:42:27
 MY PLACE HERE, AND I HOPE
THAT YOU ENJOY WORKING

[Captioner] 19:42:30
 ON THIS
COUNCIL AS MUCH AS I HAVE.


[Captioner] 19:42:34
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ELECTED

[Captioner] 19:42:37
 TO
REPRESENT A DISTRICT NOW, WE
REPRESENT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY,


[Captioner] 19:42:41
AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW
COUNCIL WILL WORK TOGETHER TO
GET

[Captioner] 19:42:44
 THINGS DONE.
THIS IS BY DEFINITION A
NON-PARTISAN

[Captioner] 19:42:47
 COUNCIL AND WE'RE
ELECTED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF
OUR COMMUNITY, NOT A

[Captioner] 19:42:50
 POLITICAL
OR PERSONAL AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR

[Captioner] 19:42:54
 MEI, FOR YOUR
DEDICATION IN MAKING FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:42:57
BETTER, FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING
TO LISTEN TO MY IDEAS.
WE'VE

[Captioner] 19:43:00
 BECOME CLOSE OVER THE
YEARS AND I 

[Captioner] 19:43:06
 VALUE OUR FRIENDSHIP
A AND I KNOW

[Captioner] 19:43:09
 YOU HAVE NOT SEEN
THE BEST OF ME AND

[Captioner] 19:43:12
 I'M CONFIDENT
YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT'S
BEST FOR THE COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 19:43:15
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY BROTHER RAJ
COUNCIL.
HE'S TAUGHT ME A

[Captioner] 19:43:18
 LOT ABOUT LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OVER THE YEARS AND
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE

[Captioner] 19:43:20
 TO ANSWER
MY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS MY
CONCERNS.


[Captioner] 19:43:23
WE'VE BECOME MORE THAN
COLLEAGUES OR FRIENDS.
WE'RE FAMILY.


[Captioner] 19:43:26
THANK YOU, BROTHER.
A BIG THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY,
ESPECIALLY

[Captioner] 19:43:29
 OUR KIDS FOR THEIR
SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS, A


[Captioner] 19:43:32
SPECIAL THANKS TO MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW ARLENE, WHO TAKES
CARE OF EVERYONE IN

[Captioner] 19:43:35
 THE FAMILY
AND BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT I

[Captioner] 19:43:37
 WOULD NEED MY
GLASSES EARLIER, I COULDN'T FIND
THEM.


[Captioner] 19:43:41
SHE ACTUALLY HAD AN EXTRA PAIR
FOR ME IN HER PURSE, SO SHE'S


[Captioner] 19:43:44
ALWAYS PREPARED FOR ME.


[Captioner] 19:43:47
I AM

[Captioner] 19:43:54
 ESPECIALLY

[Captioner] 19:43:57
 BLESSED -- I AM
ESPECIALLY BLESSED AND THANKFUL
FOR

[Captioner] 19:44:00
 MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE DANA, WHO
HAS BEEN BY MY SIDE AS A


[Captioner] 19:44:04
PARTNER, SUPPORTER, AND BEST
FRIEND FOR OVER 33 YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:44:09
SHE'S ALSO NURSED ME BACK TO


[Captioner] 19:44:12
HEALTH, AFTER MY MANY SURGERIES
AND I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS


[Captioner] 19:44:15
WITHOUT YOU, BABE.
I LOVE YOU.
IT HAS TRULY BEEN

[Captioner] 19:44:19
 AN HONOR AND A
PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS
COMMUNITY AS A POLICE

[Captioner] 19:44:23
 OFFICER,
AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE ADULT
SCHOOL, A SOFTBALL COACH

[Captioner] 19:44:26
 AT
KENNEDY HIGH, A PLANNING
COMMISSIONER AND AS A


[Captioner] 19:44:29
COUNCILMEMBER.
BUT AFTER MORE THAN 43 YEARS

[Captioner] 19:44:33
 IN
PUBLIC SERVICE, I'M RETIRING FOR
THE THIRD AND

[Captioner] 19:44:36
 PROBABLY FINAL
TIME.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

[Captioner] 19:44:39
 SPENDING
TIME WITH MY KIDS AND

[Captioner] 19:44:41
 GRANDKIDS
AND TRAVELING WITH MY WIFE.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.


[Captioner] 19:44:49
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:46:03
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:46:55
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AT

[Captioner] 19:46:58
 THIS TIME, I'D LIKE

[Captioner] 19:47:01
 TO INVITE
DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMEMBER ELECT
DESRIE

[Captioner] 19:47:04
 CAMPBELL AND HER HUSBAND,
WILLIE D.

[Captioner] 19:47:08
 CAMPBELL, TO THE
PODIUM FOR SWEARING IN.


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AND MR. CAMPBELL, IF YOU COULD
BE SO KIND

[Captioner] 19:47:17
 AS TO ADMINISTER THE
OATH OF

[Captioner] 19:47:20
 OFFICE TO MS. CAMPBELL.


[Captioner] 19:47:25
IF BOTH PARTIES COULD SIGN THE
OATH OF OFFICE AND THE


[Captioner] 19:47:28
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.


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>> I,

[Captioner] 19:47:49
 DESRIE CAMPBELL DO


[Captioner] 19:47:52
SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL
SUPPORT

[Captioner] 19:47:56
 AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION OF

[Captioner] 19:48:01
 THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE

[Captioner] 19:48:10
 OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST
ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN

[Captioner] 19:48:15
 AND
DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE


[Captioner] 19:48:18
FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO

[Captioner] 19:48:22
 THE
CONSTITUTION OF

[Captioner] 19:48:25
 THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE

[Captioner] 19:48:32
 OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I TAKE

[Captioner] 19:48:35
 THIS OBLIGATION

[Captioner] 19:48:38

FREELY

[Captioner] 19:48:50
 AND THAT I WILL WELL AND
FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE

[Captioner] 19:48:58
 DUTIES
UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.


[Captioner] 19:49:56
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor Mei: AND AT THIS

[Captioner] 19:50:00
 TIME,
I'D LIKE TO INVITE


[Captioner] 19:50:03
DISTRICT 3 COUNCILMEMBER ELECT
JENNY KASSAN AND

[Captioner] 19:50:06
 HER HUSBAND
VINNIE

[Captioner] 19:50:13
 BACON TO THE PODIUM FOR
SWEARING

[Captioner] 19:50:20
 IN.


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I'D LIKE TO BE

[Captioner] 19:50:28
 THE FIRST TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW
COUNCILMEMBER.


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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALLOWING ME.


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I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF

[Captioner] 19:50:37
 BUT I HAVE
A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT JENNY.
IT'S

[Captioner] 19:50:40
 FUNNY, WHEN JENNY FIRST RAN
ABOUT 4 1/2 YEARS

[Captioner] 19:50:43
 AGO, EVERYONE
SAID, WELL, SHE WON'T KNOW WHAT
TO SAY,

[Captioner] 19:50:46
 SHE'LL JUST HAVE TO
TAKE -- SAY WHAT

[Captioner] 19:50:49
 VINNIE SAYS.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW
JENNY VERY WELL.


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JENNY IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF
SPEAKING ON HER

[Captioner] 19:50:56
 OWN.
AND THEN PEOPLE STARTED -- SOME


[Captioner] 19:50:59
OF MY FRIENDS, THEY WERE ALL
LIKE, WELL, JENNY IS ACTUALLY


[Captioner] 19:51:02
MORE QUALIFIED THAN VINNIE TO
SERVE ON THE

[Captioner] 19:51:05
 FREMONT CITY
COUNCIL.
AND PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME, IS THAT


[Captioner] 19:51:08
REALLY TRUE?


[Captioner] 19:51:11
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SIX YEARS
AGO, RIGHT AT THIS VERY

[Captioner] 19:51:14
 SPOT
WHERE JENNY EMBARRASSED ME BY
TELLING A STORY ABOUT WHEN WE


[Captioner] 19:51:18
DATED, WE MET BECAUSE WE WERE


[Captioner] 19:51:21
BOTH INTERESTED IN CITY PLANNING
AT U.C. BERKELEY AND THAT WAS
INDEED

[Captioner] 19:51:24
 HOW WE BONDED.
BUT I REMEMBER PUTTING

[Captioner] 19:51:28
 UP --
HELPING WITH HER WEBSITE AND
PUTTING A BIO ON THE WEBSITE AND


[Captioner] 19:51:31
I WAS LIKE, MY GOD, THIS IS
QUITE

[Captioner] 19:51:34
 AN INCREDIBLE BIO AND I
MARRIED YOU AND I DON'T THINK
THERE IS

[Captioner] 19:51:38
 ANOTHER COUNCILPERSON
AT LEAST IN ALL ALAMEDA COUNTY
THAT

[Captioner] 19:51:41
 HAS MORE RELEVANT EDUCATION
AND EXPERIENCE THAN JENNY.


[Captioner] 19:51:45
PEOPLE ALL TALK ABOUT, OH, WE
LIKE, YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 19:51:47
 TRANSIT-ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT.
JENNY HAS BEEN IN THE TRENCHES


[Captioner] 19:51:51
THERE DOING IT.
EVERYONE SAYS OH, WE NEED TO
HELP OUR BUSINESSES

[Captioner] 19:51:54
 AND CREATE
MORE GOOD BUSINESS

[Captioner] 19:51:57
 MARKETPLACES.
JENNY'S DONE THAT TOO.


[Captioner] 19:52:00
ANYWAY, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ALL THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

[Captioner] 19:52:04
 THAT
JENNY BRINGS IS HER IMPECCABLE


[Captioner] 19:52:07
INTEGRITY.
UNLIKE MOST OF US, MYSELF


[Captioner] 19:52:10
INCLUDED, JENNY IS NOT
INTERESTED IN CLIMBING THE


[Captioner] 19:52:13
POLITICAL LADDER.
SHE IS NOT INTERESTED IN, YOU


[Captioner] 19:52:17
KNOW, DO -- GETTING ALONG JUST
TO TRY TO ADVANCE

[Captioner] 19:52:20
 HER POLITICAL
CAREER.
SHE'S NOT

[Captioner] 19:52:23
 CONCERNED ABOUT
OFFENDING CERTAIN

[Captioner] 19:52:26
 POLITICAL
INTERESTS, SHE'LL SIMPLY TELL
WHAT'S ON HER MIND.


[Captioner] 19:52:29
SHE'S NOT OFFENDING THOSE WITH
DEEP POCKETS THAT MIGHT HELP HER


[Captioner] 19:52:33
IN FUTURE OFFICE.
JENNY IS ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR

[Captioner] 19:52:36
 THE
RESIDENTS OF FREMONT.
AND SHE WILL

[Captioner] 19:52:38
 ONLY MAKE -- SHE
WILL MAKE DECISIONS ONLY BASED
ON THAT.


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AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT MAKES HER SUCH AN
EXCELLENT

[Captioner] 19:52:45
 COUNCILMEMBER.
INDEED, SEEING

[Captioner] 19:52:49
 HER ON THE LAST
FOUR YEARS, SHE HAS DONE AN
AMAZING JOB ON THE

[Captioner] 19:52:52
 COUNCIL, AND
I'M SURE SHE'S GOING TO DO AN
EVEN MORE AMAZING

[Captioner] 19:52:55
 JOB IN HER
NEXT THREE YEARS.
AND I FEEL SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY


[Captioner] 19:52:59
TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE
MY WIFE.


[Captioner] 19:53:03
ANYWAY, LET'S GET ON TO
BUSINESS.


[Captioner] 19:53:08
I -- RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
REPEAT AFTER ME.


[Captioner] 19:53:11
I, STATE YOUR NAME.
>> I, JENNY KASSAN.
>> DO

[Captioner] 19:53:15
 SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM
THAT

[Captioner] 19:53:18
 I WILL SUPPORT

[Captioner] 19:53:22
 AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION OF

[Captioner] 19:53:26
 THE UNITED
STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE OF

[Captioner] 19:53:35
 CALIFORNIA AGAINST
ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN

[Captioner] 19:53:38
 AND
DOMESTIC, THAT

[Captioner] 19:53:41
 I WILL BEAR TRUE
FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO

[Captioner] 19:53:44
 THE
CONSTITUTION OF

[Captioner] 19:53:47
 THE UNITED
STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE

[Captioner] 19:53:52
 OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION


[Captioner] 19:53:57
FREELY, WITHOUT ANY

[Captioner] 19:54:01
 MENTAL
RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF


[Captioner] 19:54:04
EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL
AND

[Captioner] 19:54:10
 FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE
DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO
ENTER.


[Captioner] 19:54:51
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:54:55
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT I'D LIKE TO
INVITE

[Captioner] 19:54:58
 DISTRICT 4 COUNCIL ELECT
YANG SHAO AND

[Captioner] 19:55:06
 HIS WIFE LANFANG
HSU TO THE

[Captioner] 19:55:09
 PODIUM FOR SWEARING
IN.


[Captioner] 19:55:38
>> I, YANG SHAO, SOLEMNLY SWEAR
THAT

[Captioner] 19:55:41
 I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION OF

[Captioner] 19:55:49
 THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE

[Captioner] 19:55:56
 OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST
ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN

[Captioner] 19:56:02
 AND
DOMESTIC, AND I

[Captioner] 19:56:05
 WILL BEAR TRUE
FAITH AND

[Captioner] 19:56:11
 ALLEGIANCE TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF

[Captioner] 19:56:15
 THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE

[Captioner] 19:56:21
 OF CALIFORNIA, THAT I


[Captioner] 19:56:24
TAKE THIS OBLIGATION

[Captioner] 19:56:28
 FREELY,
WITHOUT ANY

[Captioner] 19:56:32
 MENTAL RESERVATION
OR PURPOSE OF

[Captioner] 19:56:36
 EVASION, AND THAT
I WILL WELL AND

[Captioner] 19:56:45
 FAITHFULLY
DISCHARGE THE

[Captioner] 19:56:48
 DUTIES UPON WHICH
I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.


[Captioner] 19:57:25
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:57:38
>> Mayor Mei: FIRST I'D LIKE TO
OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL


[Captioner] 19:57:42
THOSE WHO ARE NEWLY

[Captioner] 19:57:45
 ELECTED AS
COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS JOINING US BOTH


[Captioner] 19:57:48
HERE, SOME OF THEM PERSONALLY,
AND ALSO REMOTE LEVI A ZOOM.


[Captioner] 19:57:52
LY VIA ZOOM.
I'D LIKE TO

[Captioner] 19:57:55
 INVITE THE NEWLY
INSTALLED COUNCILMEMBERS TO
SHARE A FEW

[Captioner] 19:57:58
 REMARKS AND I'LL
BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER
CAMPBELL.


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WELCOME.
>> Councilmember Campbell: THANK
YOU.


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I WILL MAKE MY REMARKS BRIEF,
UNLIKE

[Captioner] 19:58:09
 OUR PREVIOUS
COUNCILMEMBER.
JUST

[Captioner] 19:58:11
 TEASING, RICK.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
RETIREMENT.


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IT WAS JUST AN ALERTNESS TEST,
MAKING SURE YOU'RE

[Captioner] 19:58:18
 PAYING
ATTENTION.
I SEE YOU OUT THERE.


[Captioner] 19:58:22
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS

[Captioner] 19:58:27
 WONDERFUL
CELEBRATION HERE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK

[Captioner] 19:58:30
 FREMONT
COMMUNITY FOR ELECTING ME TO


[Captioner] 19:58:33
SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND MY
DISTRICT, BUT TO ALSO SERVE

[Captioner] 19:58:37
 THE
ENTIRE CITY OF FREMONT.
I AM

[Captioner] 19:58:40
 HONORED TO BE HERE.
I HOPE TO SERVE

[Captioner] 19:58:43
 YOU WELL,
DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY
THROUGHOUT MY

[Captioner] 19:58:46
 TERM, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR
SUPPORT

[Captioner] 19:58:50
 AND LEARNING ALL THAT I
NEED TO LEARN SO THAT I CAN
REPRESENT

[Captioner] 19:58:53
 YOU WELL.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF WHO'S
BEEN SO NICE TO

[Captioner] 19:58:56
 ME SO FAR,

[Captioner] 19:58:59
 AND
HELPED ME ONBOARD TO BE READY

[Captioner] 19:59:02
 TO
SERVE ON DAY ONE, SO AGAIN, I
APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.


[Captioner] 19:59:07
I'M HUMBLE, AND I WILL DO MY
BEST TO SERVE YOU WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:59:14
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME.
AND THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED

[Captioner] 19:59:18
 BY
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.


[Captioner] 19:59:22
>> Councilmember Kassan: THANK
YOU.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY BECAUSE


[Captioner] 19:59:25
I THINK VINNIE SAID MORE THAN
ENOUGH.


[Captioner] 19:59:29
HE KIND OF EMBARRASSED ME.


[Captioner] 19:59:33
SO I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU SO


[Captioner] 19:59:37
MUCH TO THE DISTRICT FOR
ELECTING ME AGAIN,

[Captioner] 19:59:40
 AND I REALLY
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER
FOUR

[Captioner] 19:59:44
 YEARS OF MANY MORE EXCITING
POSSIBILITIES OF THINGS THAT WE


[Captioner] 19:59:48
CAN DO, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT
WE'RE HOPEFULLY COMING OUT OF
OUR

[Captioner] 19:59:52
 VERY CHALLENGING TIME AND WE
CAN DO A LOT MORE TO SUPPORT

[Captioner] 19:59:55
 OUR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND MORE


[Captioner] 19:59:58
VIBRANT COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD
DISTRICTS.
THANK

[Captioner] 20:00:01
 YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.


[Captioner] 20:00:05
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK
YOU, MADAME

[Captioner] 20:00:08
 MAYOR.
TODAY IS REALLY A BIG DAY,


[Captioner] 20:00:11
EXCITING DAY FOR NOT ONLY ME BUT
ALSO MY

[Captioner] 20:00:15
 FAMILY.
JUST A WEEK AGO, I

[Captioner] 20:00:19
 CELEBRATED
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ME
GETTING BAPTIZED,

[Captioner] 20:00:22
 AND TODAY, OF
COURSE, WILL ALSO

[Captioner] 20:00:25
 SIGNIFY A NEW
CHAPTER IN MY

[Captioner] 20:00:30
 LIFE.
RUNNING AS AN INCUMBENT FOR

[Captioner] 20:00:32
 THE
RE-ELECTION IS A HUMBLING
EXPERIENCE.


[Captioner] 20:00:37
AS AN INCUMBENT CANDIDATE, I DID


[Captioner] 20:00:40
NOT TAKE

[Captioner] 20:00:43
 THE CAMPAIGN LIGHTLY.
I WAS SO BLESSED WITH THIS
OPPORTUNITY WHERE I

[Captioner] 20:00:47
 APPROACHED
MANY RESIDENTS AND VOTERS IN

[Captioner] 20:00:51
 MY
DISTRICT, LISTENING TO THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:00:55
 PUBLIC SAFETY,
TRAFFIC, HOMELESSNESS,

[Captioner] 20:00:58
 AND OTHER
ISSUES,

[Captioner] 20:01:01
 AND BLESSED WITH THE
SUPPORT OF

[Captioner] 20:01:04
 MANY FRIENDS AND
ORGANIZATIONS

[Captioner] 20:01:08
 OF WHICH SOME OF
THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN THE


[Captioner] 20:01:11
AUDIENCE TO ENJOY THE VICTORY
WITH ME.


[Captioner] 20:01:16
OF COURSE, THE ELECTION IS OVER,
THE MENTALITY NEEDS

[Captioner] 20:01:19
 TO BE
CHANGED FROM

[Captioner] 20:01:23
 EVERYTHING ABOUT ME
TO ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:01:26
 US, THE FREMONT
RESIDENTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO

[Captioner] 20:01:30
 THE UPCOMING
RETREAT WHERE

[Captioner] 20:01:33
 THE WHOLE CITY
COUNCIL CAN REVIEW, REGROUP,

[Captioner] 20:01:37
 AND
REORIENT ON OUR

[Captioner] 20:01:41
 FOCUSES, AND I
WILL KEEP MY PROMISE TO

[Captioner] 20:01:43
 REFLECT
ALL THE CONCERNS I HAVE

[Captioner] 20:01:47
 HEARD
FROM THE

[Captioner] 20:01:50
 RESIDENTS IN THE
RE-ADJUSTED TOP

[Captioner] 20:01:53
 PRIORITIES OF
THIS COUNCIL FOR THE UPCOMING
YEARS.


[Captioner] 20:01:58
AND I AM READY AND I'M WILLING


[Captioner] 20:02:02
TO WORK WITH ALL THE FELLOW
COUNCILMEMBERS

[Captioner] 20:02:05
 WHO, LIKE ME, ARE


[Captioner] 20:02:09
COMMITTED TO BEING A TEAM

[Captioner] 20:02:12
 PLAYER
AND PUTTING THE

[Captioner] 20:02:15
 BEST INTERESTS
OF FREMONT RESIDENTS

[Captioner] 20:02:18
 ABOVE THEIR
PERSONAL OR POLITICAL AGENDA.


[Captioner] 20:02:22
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR


[Captioner] 20:02:25
SUPPORT, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
I WANT TO THANK

[Captioner] 20:02:29
 MY WIFE FOR HER
SELFLESS SUPPORT.


[Captioner] 20:02:32
WITHOUT HER, I COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN HERE.
THANK YOU

[Captioner] 20:02:35
 SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 20:02:42
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO OFFER MY

[Captioner] 20:02:45
 WARMEST


[Captioner] 20:02:48
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO ARE
NEWLY INSTALLED, AND I ALSO
WANTED

[Captioner] 20:02:51
 TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR OUR

[Captioner] 20:02:55
 COUNCILMEMBERS TO
BRIEFLY OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO
SHARE

[Captioner] 20:02:58
 IN TERM OF -- FOR MY
FELLOW -- NOT THE ONES WHO ARE
NEWLY

[Captioner] 20:03:00
 INSTALLED AGAIN, BUT THE
OTHERS TO ALSO GIVE A WARM
WELCOME.


[Captioner] 20:03:05
OR A WELCOME OR CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'LL START

[Captioner] 20:03:09
 WITH COUNCILMEMBER
KENG.


[Captioner] 20:03:12
>> Vice Mayor Keng: HELLO,
EVERYONE, AGAIN.
SO I WANT TO FIRST WELCOME

[Captioner] 20:03:16
 OUR
NEW COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILMEMBER
CAMPBELL, TO

[Captioner] 20:03:19
 THE FREMONT CITY
COUNCIL.
YOU

[Captioner] 20:03:22
 WILL BE BRINGING YOUR MANY
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SERVING ON
THE

[Captioner] 20:03:25
 SCHOOL BOARD AND SERVING

[Captioner] 20:03:28
 IN
PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND ALSO

[Captioner] 20:03:33
 TO THE CITY AND
THE COMMUNITY YOU LOVE.
AS WELL AS

[Captioner] 20:03:37
 CONGRATULATING
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN AND
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO ON YOUR


[Captioner] 20:03:40
RE-ELECTION, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:03:47
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


[Captioner] 20:03:52
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK
YOU, MADAME MAYOR, AND I TOO
WOULD LIKE

[Captioner] 20:03:56
 TO CONGRATULATE
COUNCILMEMBER, NO LONGER A
TRUSTEE, CAMPBELL.


[Captioner] 20:03:59
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH YOU FOR THE PAST

[Captioner] 20:04:03
 DECADE,
AND SEEING YOU AT VARIOUS
LEADERSHIP ROLES, AND

[Captioner] 20:04:06
 WE'RE VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL

[Captioner] 20:04:09
 COME
PREPARED AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK
AND BE WILLING TO

[Captioner] 20:04:13
 DELIBERATE IN
AN OPEN CHANGE WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL, SO I LOOK FORWARD

[Captioner] 20:04:15
 TO
THAT COLLABORATION AND THE TEAM
WORK.


[Captioner] 20:04:21
AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE
COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 20:04:24
 KASSAN, AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER YANG SHAO.


[Captioner] 20:04:28
I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND
LOOK FORWARD TO

[Captioner] 20:04:30
 ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS, WHERE WE CAN GET A LOT OF
THINGS DONE FOR FREMONT


[Captioner] 20:04:33
RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE MUCH THINGS THAT WE
SHARE IN

[Captioner] 20:04:36
 COMMON, AND A LOT THAT
WE CAN DO TOGETHER IF WE ALL PUT
OUR

[Captioner] 20:04:39
 MIND TO IT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT
THIS IS

[Captioner] 20:04:43
 A UNIQUE COUNCIL.
WE

[Captioner] 20:04:46
 HAVE MAJORITY WOMEN, SO YANG
SHAO AND MYSELF ARE

[Captioner] 20:04:49
 THE ONLY TWO
MEN

[Captioner] 20:04:52
 LEFT, SO THE LAST TWO
STANDING.
SO I LOOK FORWARD

[Captioner] 20:04:55
 TO WORKING
WITH ALL THE STRONG WOMEN, BOTH


[Captioner] 20:04:58
ON CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR
DISTINGUISHED

[Captioner] 20:05:02
 MAYOR, WHO'S ALSO
A VERY STRONG WOMAN AND OUR CITY
MANAGEMENT

[Captioner] 20:05:05
 AND ALL THE GREAT
LEADERSHIP.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO

[Captioner] 20:05:08
 NOTE,
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
DIVERSE COUNCILS WE'VE EVER

[Captioner] 20:05:11
 HAD.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS
WELL, THAT EACH ONE

[Captioner] 20:05:14
 OF US BRINGS
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BOTH
FROM

[Captioner] 20:05:18
 DEMOGRAPHICS BUT AS ALSO
DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AS WELL.
SO

[Captioner] 20:05:21
 THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT.
I OFTEN GO BY THE HALLWAYS HERE
AND

[Captioner] 20:05:25
 I SEE THE PHOTOS FROM THE
50s AND YOU SEE THE

[Captioner] 20:05:28

TRANSITIONS, YOU'LL SEE LIKE ONE
ASIAN AND THEN IT WILL DISAPPEAR


[Captioner] 20:05:31
FOR A WHILE, AND THEN IT WILL
COME BACK AND NOW WHEN

[Captioner] 20:05:33
 I SEE,
I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S CHANGING A
LOT.


[Captioner] 20:05:36
SO THIS NEXT PICTURE SHOULD BE
QUITE DIFFERENT.
AND SO

[Captioner] 20:05:39
 THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
MOMENT FOR EACH OF YOU
INDIVIDUALLY,

[Captioner] 20:05:41
 US COLLECTIVELY
AND ALSO FOR THE CITY OF
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:05:45
WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS AND I
LOOK FORWARD

[Captioner] 20:05:47
 TO THIS DIVERSITY
CONTINUING.
SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL


[Captioner] 20:05:50
OF YOU, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU IN GREAT SPIRIT,
AND LET'S

[Captioner] 20:05:54
 CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSIONS AT OUR RETREAT TO
MAKE SURE THAT

[Captioner] 20:05:57
 WE DEVELOP A
CONSENSUS WHERE WE CAN AGREE ON
THE ISSUES

[Captioner] 20:06:00
 OF COMMON CONCERN OF
OUR FREMONT RESIDENTS SO THAT WE
HAVE A PLAN THAT

[Captioner] 20:06:03
 WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER ON SO THAT WE ARE A
TEAM

[Captioner] 20:06:06
 UNITED, WORKING FOR THE
COMMON GOOD.
THANK YOU AGAIN,


[Captioner] 20:06:08
CONGRATULATIONS, AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
EVERYBODY.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER COX.


[Captioner] 20:06:23
>> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU
HEAR ME NOW?
OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:06:28
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING
EVENING.
FIRST TIME IN ALMOST

[Captioner] 20:06:31
 2 1/2 YEARS
THAT WE ACTUALLY

[Captioner] 20:06:34
 HAVE PEOPLE
HERE IN ATTENDANCE TO WITNESS
THE

[Captioner] 20:06:37
 SWEARING IN OF ALL THE


[Captioner] 20:06:40
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND I WANT TO
FIRST

[Captioner] 20:06:45
 GIVE A HARDY WELCOME TO MY
FELLOW USED TO BE

[Captioner] 20:06:48
 TRUSTEES FROM
BEING ON THE OHLONE COLLEGE
BOARD AND

[Captioner] 20:06:53
 COUNCILWOMAN CAMPBELL
BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO
IT'S NICE THAT WE'RE NOW ON

[Captioner] 20:06:56
 THE
SAME TEAM, AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN
ON THE SAME TEAM BUT

[Captioner] 20:06:59
 LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I

[Captioner] 20:07:02
 THINK THAT HAVING SOLID
EDUCATION AND

[Captioner] 20:07:08
 EXPERIENCES WILL
FEED YOU WELL, VERY WELL ON CITY
COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:07:11
AND ALSO I'M GLAD TO SEE BACK


[Captioner] 20:07:15
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN AND

[Captioner] 20:07:18
 YANG
FOR BEING ABLE TO RETURN

[Captioner] 20:07:21
 AND BE
ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND FINISH
MORE

[Captioner] 20:07:25
 BUSINESS THAT WE CAN ALL
MAKE FREMONT A

[Captioner] 20:07:29
 BETTER PLACE.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN HISTORY THAT WE'VE EVER

[Captioner] 20:07:34
 HAD
TWO AFRICAN AMERICANS CERTAINING
TOGETHER ON CITY COUNCIL BUT


[Captioner] 20:07:37
ALSO THE MOST DIVERSITY OF WOMEN

[Captioner] 20:07:41
SO WE NO WHEN DIVERSITY
SUCCEEDS, SO DO OUR COMMUNITIES.


[Captioner] 20:07:45
AND THAT ADDS

[Captioner] 20:07:48
 VALUE, IT ADDS
REPRESENTATION AND
WELL-ROUNDEDNESS AND THE

[Captioner] 20:07:49
 VIEWS
THAT WE REPRESENT ALL OF
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:07:52
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US
WORKING TOGETHER TO

[Captioner] 20:07:56
 CONTINUE TO
BUILD A BETTER

[Captioner] 20:07:59
 COMMUNITY, NOW
AND GOING FORWARD AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE

[Captioner] 20:08:02
 PARTNERSHIPS AND
THE SHARING OF EXCHANGES OF OUR


[Captioner] 20:08:05
DIVERSE LEVELS OF THOUGHT AND


[Captioner] 20:08:09
PROCESSES.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY
GOING

[Captioner] 20:08:12
 TO UNITE FREMONT TO
ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU AND I

[Captioner] 20:08:15
 WISH ALL OF
MY COUNCILMEMBERS A HAPPY


[Captioner] 20:08:18
HOLIDAYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE
NEW

[Captioner] 20:08:21
 YEAR.


[Captioner] 20:08:30
>> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER
SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK


[Captioner] 20:08:34
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
BEFORE I ALWAYS CONFESSED THAT I
FOLLOWED

[Captioner] 20:08:37
 YOUR FOOTSTEPS FROM THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:08:41
NOW LOOKING AT OUR NEWLY

[Captioner] 20:08:45
 ELECTED
COUNCILMEMBER DESRIE CAMPBELL, I


[Captioner] 20:08:48
CAN BRAG NOW SOMEONE HAS ALREADY
FOLLOWED OUR FOOTSTEPS.


[Captioner] 20:08:57
SEEMS LIKE THE TRICK FOR
SUCCESS.
I BELIEVE

[Captioner] 20:09:00
 THAT THIS ACTUALLY


[Captioner] 20:09:04
REPRESENTS MORE OF THE
COLLABORATION AND

[Captioner] 20:09:08
 SUCCESS
BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND

[Captioner] 20:09:11
 THE
CITY COUNCIL AND I BELIEVE

[Captioner] 20:09:15
 THAT
YOUR JOINING THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL BRING

[Captioner] 20:09:18
 NOT ONLY FRESH BLOOD,
FRESH MIND,

[Captioner] 20:09:22
 BUT ALSO YOUR UNIQUE
EXPERTISE AND

[Captioner] 20:09:25
 EXPERIENCE AND
SKILLS TO

[Captioner] 20:09:29
 THE CITY COUNCIL.
WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND BY

[Captioner] 20:09:32
 LOOKING AROUND, I THINK
THE LESSON FOR ME AND

[Captioner] 20:09:35
 RAJ TO
LEARN IS TO BETTER JUST WORK
WITH

[Captioner] 20:09:38
 THE WOMEN BECAUSE IN ORDER
TO GET

[Captioner] 20:09:42
 SOMETHING DONE AND GET
THE MAJORITY VOTES, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE TO WORK AS

[Captioner] 20:09:45
 A TEAM, AND


[Captioner] 20:09:49
REALLY LISTEN, LISTEN TO THE
WOMEN, WHICH

[Captioner] 20:09:52
 IS ALSO MY -- THE
LESSON MY WIFE HAS BEEN TEACHING


[Captioner] 20:09:55
ME AT HOME.
SO I

[Captioner] 20:09:59
 WANT TO CONGRATULATE
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN

[Captioner] 20:10:02
 FOR BEING
RE-ELECTED AND AS I SAID

[Captioner] 20:10:06
 BEFORE,
I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING AS A
TEAM WITH

[Captioner] 20:10:09
 OUR WONDERFUL CITY
STAFF AS

[Captioner] 20:10:12
 A TEAM, AND THEN

[Captioner] 20:10:16
 KEEP
FREMONT ON THE RIGHT

[Captioner] 20:10:19
 TRACK TO
MAINTAIN AS THE HAPPIEST CITY IN
THE

[Captioner] 20:10:22
 U.S.
THANK

[Captioner] 20:10:28
 YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: REAL

[Captioner] 20:10:31
 QUICKLY I
WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE


[Captioner] 20:10:34
RETURNED, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN
AND COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 20:10:37
 SHAO, AS WELL
AS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF


[Captioner] 20:10:41
WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU BEFORE, AS
WE

[Captioner] 20:10:44
 SAT TOGETHER SERVING THE
STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND
WE WILL

[Captioner] 20:10:47
 WORK TOGETHER AGAIN TO
SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS

[Captioner] 20:10:51
 A WHOLE.
I ALSO AM JUST

[Captioner] 20:10:54
 MARVELING AT --
EARLIER WE TOOK A PICTURE AND
WHILE

[Captioner] 20:10:57
 WE WERE THE

[Captioner] 20:11:01
 HAPPIEST CITY,
THE SECOND YES CITY IN
CALIFORNIA AND

[Captioner] 20:11:04
 THE FOURTH
HAPPIEST IN THE UNITED STATES
AND WE'LL WORK HARD TOGETHER TO


[Captioner] 20:11:07
GET BACK TO THAT POINT, BUT I
WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S AMAZING,
WHEN

[Captioner] 20:11:10
 I LOOK AT THE PICTURE, THAT
WHEN I JOINED COUNCIL, I

[Captioner] 20:11:14
 WAS THE
ONLY WOMAN WITH THE GENTLEMEN,


[Captioner] 20:11:17
IF WE LOOK AT THAT

[Captioner] 20:11:20
 WALL, HOW IT
HAS REALLY TRANSITIONED AND HOW
I WAS VERY EXCITED

[Captioner] 20:11:23
 TO SEE THAT
DURING THIS LAST FEW YEARS,
WE'VE HAD

[Captioner] 20:11:27
 THE FIRST TIME EVER
MAJORITY

[Captioner] 20:11:31
 MINORITY COUNCIL, FIRST
TIME EVER FEMALE COUNCIL,

[Captioner] 20:11:35
 AND
OTHER GREAT FIRSTS SUCH AS NOW
THE GREATER DIVERSITY

[Captioner] 20:11:38
 THAT WE
SEE WITH BOTH YOU AND


[Captioner] 20:11:42
COUNCILMEMBER COX AS


[Captioner] 20:11:45
REPRESENTING DIVERSE MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO

[Captioner] 20:11:48
 THAT
TOGETHER WE CAN HAVE A LOT MORE
CONVERSATIONS ON

[Captioner] 20:11:52
 DELIVERING THE
CARE THAT WE NEED IN

[Captioner] 20:11:55
 THIS
TRANSFORMATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TIMES AND BUILD

[Captioner] 20:11:58
 THE BETTER
COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I ALSO

[Captioner] 20:12:04
 WANTED TO
RETURN THEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A SPEAKER


[Captioner] 20:12:09
EARLIER ON ZOOM.
ARE THEY STILL THERE?


[Captioner] 20:12:13
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ON A
DIFFERENT ITEM AT THAT TIME,

[Captioner] 20:12:18

BUT --
>> Ms. Gauthier: IT WAS LIZETTE,


[Captioner] 20:12:21
ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SEEING LIZETTE
ON

[Captioner] 20:12:25
 ZOOM NOW.


[Captioner] 20:12:29
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
>> Ms. Gauthier: DO WE HAVE

[Captioner] 20:12:32
 ANY
OTHER -- I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
HANDS

[Captioner] 20:12:37
 RAISED.
IF ANY ATTENDEES ON ZOOM WANT TO
SPEAK UNDER ORAL

[Captioner] 20:12:40
 COMMUNICATIONS,
YOU NEED TO RAISE YOUR HAND NOW,
BEFORE WE MOVE ON.


[Captioner] 20:12:49
OKAY.
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT I'LL RETURN
TO OUR REGULARLY

[Captioner] 20:12:53
 SCHEDULED
ITEMS.
AND I WANTED TO

[Captioner] 20:12:56
 HAVE A COUNCIL
REFERRAL, AND THAT'S ITEM 7A,
WHICH

[Captioner] 20:12:59
 IS TO DIRECT STAFF TO
ARRANGE FOR FORMAL REVIEW OF


[Captioner] 20:13:02
CLOSED SESSION BROWN ACT


[Captioner] 20:13:05
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS,
AND TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
ACTIONS

[Captioner] 20:13:09
 TO ADDRESS ANY
VIOLATIONS OR

[Captioner] 20:13:12
 MISCONDUCT.
AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
AT THIS

[Captioner] 20:13:15
 TIME?


[Captioner] 20:13:20
QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
KASSAN.


[Captioner] 20:13:25
>> Councilmember Kassan: I WAS
WONDERING WHAT THIS WAS
REFERRING TO IN

[Captioner] 20:13:29
 TERMS OF
DELIBERATE ACTIONS AND PUBLIC
VIOLATIONS

[Captioner] 20:13:32
 SPECIFICALLY AND ALSO
I NOTICED IT SAID

[Captioner] 20:13:35
 FOLLOW-UP OF
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND FUTURE


[Captioner] 20:13:38
CENSURES, AND THAT WAS CONFUSING
TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE
THERE HAVE

[Captioner] 20:13:41
 BEEN ANY CENSURES AS
FAR AS I

[Captioner] 20:13:45
 KNOW, AND WERE YOU
PLANNING TO CONSIDER A

[Captioner] 20:13:48
 CENSURE
AND IF SO, CAN YOU SHARE DETAILS
ABOUT THAT?


[Captioner] 20:13:51
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME WHEN WE
HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:13:54
 CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE TEAM
TO FOLLOW UP AND HAVE

[Captioner] 20:13:58
 TRAINING
ON THE FORMAL REVIEW OF CLOSED
SESSION BROWN

[Captioner] 20:14:01
 ACT
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS,
AND ALSO TO ADDRESS

[Captioner] 20:14:04
 ANY ACTIONS
THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE.
I KNOW WHEN WE

[Captioner] 20:14:07
 WENT THROUGH OUR
HANDBOOK DISCUSSION, THERE HAD
BEEN A

[Captioner] 20:14:10
 QUESTION RAISED IN TERMS
OF WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL
ACTIONS

[Captioner] 20:14:14
 TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS.
WE'VE HAD REFERRALS IN THE PAST
FOR

[Captioner] 20:14:18
 CENSURE, AND JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE


[Captioner] 20:14:22
FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS COULD BE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO
HAVE THE

[Captioner] 20:14:25
 TRAINING, AND IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US

[Captioner] 20:14:29
 TO ALL ALWAYS
BE UPDATED IN THIS AREA.


[Captioner] 20:14:32
AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?


[Captioner] 20:14:36
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DID YOU HAVE


[Captioner] 20:14:39
YOUR HAND RAISED?


[Captioner] 20:14:42
>> Vice Mayor Keng: I DID.
SO I ALSO HAD A QUESTION

[Captioner] 20:14:46

REGARDING EARLIER

[Captioner] 20:14:50
 COUNCILMEMBER
KASSAN MENTIONED A PREVIOUSLY


[Captioner] 20:14:54
APPROVED CENSURE.
IF CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD

[Captioner] 20:14:58
 AND
CITY ATTORNEY ALVARADO CAN
CLARIFY IF THERE WAS

[Captioner] 20:15:01
 EVER AN
APPROVED CENSURE?


[Captioner] 20:15:06
BECAUSE THAT STATEMENT COULD BE
MISLEADING.


[Captioner] 20:15:09
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THERE
HAVE BEEN NO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
CENSURES.


[Captioner] 20:15:12
>> Vice Mayor Keng: SO WE SHOULD
PROBABLY RE-WORD THAT IF IT'S --
>> Mayor Mei: WELL,

[Captioner] 20:15:15
 I BELIEVE
THERE WAS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
REFERRAL, BUT WE DID NOT HEAR


[Captioner] 20:15:18
BACK AT THAT TIME FROM OUR LEGAL


[Captioner] 20:15:22
ATTORNEY.
BECAUSE THERE WAS A PAST -- IT
WAS AGENDIZED ON THE COUNCIL


[Captioner] 20:15:29
AGENDA.
AND CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO COMMENT?


[Captioner] 20:15:33
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: JUST
WANT TO ECHO WHAT CITY MANAGER
SHACKELFORD

[Captioner] 20:15:36
 SAID THAT THERE WAS
NOT AN APPROVED CENSURE.
I UNDERSTAND

[Captioner] 20:15:39
 THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
A PROCESS THAT WAS INITIATED BUT
IT DID NOT

[Captioner] 20:15:42
 RESULT IN A APPROVED
CENSURE.
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 20:15:46
OKAY, IT WAS VOTED
ON BY THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME,
THOUGH, FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:15:49
 REFERRAL.
ZOO

[Captioner] 20:15:52
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
BUT I THINK

[Captioner] 20:15:55
 IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CLARIFY WHAT THE PROCESS IS.


[Captioner] 20:15:58
>> Vice Mayor Keng: SO AS STATED
IN THE REFERRAL, IT SAYS
PREVIOUSLY

[Captioner] 20:16:01
 APPROVED AND IT WOULD
NOT BE A CORRECT STATEMENT
ACCORDING

[Captioner] 20:16:04
 TO CITY ATTORNEY AND
CITY MANAGER.


[Captioner] 20:16:07
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: A
REFERRAL IS DIFFERENT THAN A
CENSURE.


[Captioner] 20:16:11
A CENSURE IS A CONCLUSION OF A
PROCESS

[Captioner] 20:16:14
 THAT HAS BASICALLY
CONCLUDED THAT MISCONDUCT MAY
HAVE OCCURRED OR

[Captioner] 20:16:17
 THAT THERE WAS
BEHAVIOR THAT RESULTED IN A


[Captioner] 20:16:22
CENSURE, AND THAT DID NOT OCCUR.
THERE WAS NO FINAL APPROVAL OF A


[Captioner] 20:16:24
CENSURE.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
THERE'S NO FINAL APPROVAL OF THE


[Captioner] 20:16:28
CENSURE, BUT THE COUNCIL VOTED
AND IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS,
THAT'S

[Captioner] 20:16:31
 STILL ON THE RECORD.


[Captioner] 20:16:36
SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.
>> Vice Mayor Keng: I SEE

[Captioner] 20:16:38
 CITY
MANAGER SHACKELFORD SHAKING HER
HEAD, SO IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY.


[Captioner] 20:16:41
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: I
THINK THAT'S ALL THE CLARITY WE
CAN OFFER AT THIS POINT.


[Captioner] 20:16:44
THERE'S NO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
CENSURE.


[Captioner] 20:16:48
>> Vice Mayor Keng: SO IF WE'RE
GOING TO VOTE TO

[Captioner] 20:16:52
 HAVE A --

[Captioner] 20:16:57
 HAVE
STAFF WORK ON A MEETING,

[Captioner] 20:17:00
 WE
WOULD CORRECT THAT STATEMENT.


[Captioner] 20:17:04
>> Mayor Mei: WELL, I THINK THAT
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THE
FORMAL TRAINING

[Captioner] 20:17:08
 FOR THE CLOSED
SESSION BROWN ACT UNLESS PEOPLE
DO NOT WANT

[Captioner] 20:17:11
 TO SUPPORT TRAINING
FOR THE CLOSED SESSION BROWN

[Captioner] 20:17:13

ACT.
AND CONFIDENTIALITY.


[Captioner] 20:17:17
>> Vice Mayor Keng: I DON'T


[Captioner] 20:17:20
DISAGREE ON THE TRAINING, BUT
I'M JUST SAYING WHEN WE'RE


[Captioner] 20:17:24
PUTTING TOGETHER A WHOLE
REFERRAL AND

[Captioner] 20:17:28
 VOTING ON THE
REFERRAL, THEN WE SHOULD MAKE
SURE THAT ALL

[Captioner] 20:17:32
 PARTS OF THE
REFERRAL SHOULD BE CORRECT.


[Captioner] 20:17:35
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: SO
THIS IS THE MAYOR'S REFERRAL,
AND THE POINT THAT YOU'RE MAKING


[Captioner] 20:17:38
IS FOR YOU ALL TO DELIBERATE AND
MAKE A

[Captioner] 20:17:41
 DECISION ON IN TERMS OF
THE WORDING OF THE REFERRAL

[Captioner] 20:17:44
 AND
WHAT IT IS THAT YOU MOVE
FORWARD, IF YOU MOVE

[Captioner] 20:17:47
 ANYTHING
FORWARD AT ALL.
>> Mayor Mei: I WOULD

[Captioner] 20:17:50
 HOPE THAT
EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE, WHENEVER


[Captioner] 20:17:54
THERE'S A CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE,
THAT WE WOULD

[Captioner] 20:17:57
 ALWAYS SUPPORT THE
TRAINING OF CLOSED SESSION

[Captioner] 20:18:00
 BROWN
ACT, TRAINING, AND WE'VE DONE
THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST AS

[Captioner] 20:18:03
 A
COUNCIL.
AND ALSO THE CON FI

[Captioner] 20:18:07
 CONFIDENTIALITY
REQUIREMENTS.


[Captioner] 20:18:13
YES.
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: WE
ALWAYS MAKE A STATEMENT DURING


[Captioner] 20:18:17
OUR CLOSED SESSIONS TO ENSURE
THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON

[Captioner] 20:18:20
 THE
CONFIDENTIALITY THAT'S REQUIRED
IN CLOSED

[Captioner] 20:18:23
 SESSIONS, AND THE
BROWN ACT TRAINING IS ALWAYS


[Captioner] 20:18:28
READILY AVAILABLE TO ANY AND ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS THROUGH THEIR ON


[Captioner] 20:18:31
BOARDING, THROUGH THE VARIOUS
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
TRAININGS AND

[Captioner] 20:18:34
 FROM OUR OWN
STAFF.
>> Mayor Mei: I WOULD LIKE TO


[Captioner] 20:18:37
SEE THAT INCLUDED AGAIN IN OUR
RETREAT.


[Captioner] 20:18:43
COUNCILMEMBER COX.
>> Councilmember Cox: YES, I
ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S


[Captioner] 20:18:47
ALSO CLEAR THAT EVERY -- I
BELIEVE EVERY TWO YEARS

[Captioner] 20:18:50
 THAT THE
FPPC, THE FAIR

[Captioner] 20:18:53
 POLITICAL
PRACTICE COMMISSION, DOES
REQUIRE THAT ALL OF US HAVE

[Captioner] 20:18:58
 TO
SIGN AND GO THROUGH THE

[Captioner] 20:19:02
 BROWN
ACT, GO THROUGH CODES OF

[Captioner] 20:19:06
 THE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ALL THOSE
HAVE TO BE SIGNED AND

[Captioner] 20:19:09
 DOCUMENTED
AND SUBMITTED TO OUR CITY CLERK,
WHO

[Captioner] 20:19:12
 THEN FORWARDS IT ON TO THE
COMMISSION IF

[Captioner] 20:19:15
 NOT EVERY YEAR,
EVERY

[Captioner] 20:19:19
 OTHER YEAR, THOSE THINGS
ARE COVERED, AND SO THERE'S EVEN


[Captioner] 20:19:22
A SELF ONLINE TRAINING AS WELL
THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE

[Captioner] 20:19:26
 WEBSITE
OF THE

[Captioner] 20:19:31
 FPPC REGARDING BROWN ACT
AND CONFIDENTIALITY, SO THERE IS
A LOT

[Captioner] 20:19:34
 OF ACCESS OF BEING ABLE TO
DOWNLOAD AND REVIEW ALL THOSE
DOCUMENTS,

[Captioner] 20:19:37
 AND ONCE YOU COMPLETE
IT, YOU HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THE


[Captioner] 20:19:41
CERTIFICATION THAT YOU COMPLETED
IT AS WELL.


[Captioner] 20:19:44
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO
SOMETHING THAT ALSO

[Captioner] 20:19:49
 SHOULD BE
ALREADY DONE ALREADY, AND THE
NEW

[Captioner] 20:19:52
 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE
BEEN NEWLY ELECTED, THAT THEY


[Captioner] 20:19:55
WILL FOLLOW THAT.
IT'S A PROCESS, THEY CHECK IT,
THEY SEND

[Captioner] 20:19:59
 NOTICES TO OUR CITY
CLERK TO MAKE SURE

[Captioner] 20:20:02
 THAT'S ALL IN
COMPLIANCE, AND I STAND
CORRECTED IF

[Captioner] 20:20:05
 THERE'S THE
FREQUENCY

[Captioner] 20:20:07
 OR --
>> Ms. Gauthier: I JUST WANT TO
BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT BROWN ACT


[Captioner] 20:20:11
TRAINING, IT'S THE

[Captioner] 20:20:14
 AB1234 IS THE
ETHICS TRAINING FOR LOCAL


[Captioner] 20:20:18
OFFICIALS THAT I KEEP TRACK OF,
AND I'LL

[Captioner] 20:20:21
 BE PROVIDING


[Captioner] 20:20:24
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL WITH AND
THAT'S WHAT I KEEP TRACK.
IT'S NOT BROWN ACT

[Captioner] 20:20:27
 TRAINING.
IT'S ETHICS TRAINING FOR LOCAL
OFFICIALS.


[Captioner] 20:20:30
>> Councilmember Cox: OKAY,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.


[Captioner] 20:20:34
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER
TRAINING THAT IS

[Captioner] 20:20:37
 ON THE FPPC AS
WELL,

[Captioner] 20:20:40
 THAT ONE CAN ALSO

[Captioner] 20:20:46
 ACCESS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE SOME
COMMENTS ON THIS REFERRAL.


[Captioner] 20:20:52
I REALLY -- YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING


[Captioner] 20:20:55
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REALLY
BEHIND THIS WHOLE REFERRAL.


[Captioner] 20:20:58
I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THEN THE

[Captioner] 20:21:01
 OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT
COMMUNICATING MISINFORMATION OR


[Captioner] 20:21:05
FALSEHOOD DAMAGING THE CITY, AND


[Captioner] 20:21:08
COUNCILMEMBERS ATTENDANCE AT
CITY COUNCIL AND CLOSED SESSION
MEETINGS.


[Captioner] 20:21:15
WHAT'S THE IDEA OF GOING THROUGH
AND MAKING THESE TYPE OF


[Captioner] 20:21:19
RECOMMENDATIONS, SINCE YOU'RE
THE AUTHOR OF THIS, MAYOR MEI, I
WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO

[Captioner] 20:21:22
 SHED SOME
MORE DETAILS ON THAT.


[Captioner] 20:21:26
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE

[Captioner] 20:21:29
 TRANSPARENCY
OF THE PROCESSES.
THERE HAS BEEN CERTAINLY SOME


[Captioner] 20:21:33
MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT OUR CITY
AND OUR FINANCIAL

[Captioner] 20:21:37
 STANDINGS AND
OTHER AREAS WHICH HAVE SHARED


[Captioner] 20:21:40
CONFUSION, AND I THINK THAT THEY
COULD BE IMPACTFUL TO

[Captioner] 20:21:44
 OUR CITY,
AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN
IT COMES TO

[Captioner] 20:21:48
 AREAS SUCH AS
AWARENESS AND TRAINING, THAT

[Captioner] 20:21:52
 WE
ARE -- ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:21:55
 IS HOW WE WORK WITH
ONE ANOTHER AS COLLEAGUES, AND I
THINK AS A

[Captioner] 20:21:58
 GOVERNANCE TEAM, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT TRAINING,
AND ALSO

[Captioner] 20:22:01
 AWARENESS ESPECIALLY IF
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:22:04
 LACK OF
REPRESENTATION AT CLOSED
SESSION, THAT WE LET

[Captioner] 20:22:07
 PEOPLE
KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE
PARTICIPATION IS

[Captioner] 20:22:10
 VOLUNTARY, AND
SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT.


[Captioner] 20:22:18
>> Councilmember Cox: I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE

[Captioner] 20:22:22
 SURE THAT THIS
REFERRAL IS NOT

[Captioner] 20:22:25
 LEANING TOWARDS
PERSONAL AGENDA, AND IT DOESN'T
CROSS OVER TO BE A

[Captioner] 20:22:28
 PLATFORM FOR
THE CITY OF FREMONT.
AND MY

[Captioner] 20:22:32
 CONCERN IS THAT WE AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS,

[Captioner] 20:22:35
 WE WORK FOR
THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:22:40
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT
CARRYING OUT AND PUTTING

[Captioner] 20:22:45
 FREMONT
FIRST IN THIS TYPE OF REFERRAL.
WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE TIME


[Captioner] 20:22:48
FOCUSING ON WHAT OUR PEOPLE OF
THE CITY OF

[Captioner] 20:22:51
 FREMONT NEED.
JOBS.
THEY NEED HOUSING.


[Captioner] 20:22:55
THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION.
THEY NEED HOW CAN

[Captioner] 20:22:58
 WE HELP DURING
THIS

[Captioner] 20:23:01
 RECESSION TO MAKE THE
COMMUNITY BE BETTER OFF AND THE
QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:23:06
I JUST GET THE FEELING THAT THIS
IS

[Captioner] 20:23:09
 MORE THAN WHAT IS STATED
HERE, AND I THINK THAT

[Captioner] 20:23:13
 WE NEED
TO REALLY PUT THIS IN THE RIGHT


[Captioner] 20:23:16
PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT
THIS IS ALL SOMETHING

[Captioner] 20:23:20
 THAT IS
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE


[Captioner] 20:23:23
THAT WE REPRESENT AND ALL OF US
WORKING TOGETHER.
WE JUST HAD

[Captioner] 20:23:26
 A WONDERFUL EVENING
WITH

[Captioner] 20:23:29
 THE INSTALLATION AND
SWEARING IN OF OUR

[Captioner] 20:23:32
 NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS AND RE-ELECTION
OF TWO

[Captioner] 20:23:35
 OF THEM, BUT I ALSO THINK
THAT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK

[Captioner] 20:23:39
 AT HOW TO
BEST UTILIZE OUR

[Captioner] 20:23:43
 RESOURCES WITH
THE TIME AND THE EFFORT, AND
THIS IS

[Captioner] 20:23:46
 SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
DONE IN A TRUE SPIRIT OF

[Captioner] 20:23:49
 WORKING
TOGETHER.


[Captioner] 20:23:52
AND I FEEL IT'S MORE OF A FINGER
POINTING AT DIFFERENT PEOPLE
THAT

[Captioner] 20:23:55
 DOESN'T NEED TO GO THERE,
AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE TAKING
TO A

[Captioner] 20:23:59
 MORE PERSONAL AREA THAT IT
IS

[Captioner] 20:24:02
 SOMETHING THAT JUST BECAUSE
YOU LOST THE RACE FOR

[Captioner] 20:24:05
 CALIFORNIA
SENATE DOESN'T MEAN YOU BRING IN
THESE TYPE OF

[Captioner] 20:24:08
 THINGS TO GO AND
BLAME PEOPLE.
THERE'S A LOT

[Captioner] 20:24:12
 OF COMMUNICATION
GOING OUT THERE, A LOT OF PHONE
CALLS BEING MADE

[Captioner] 20:24:15
 TODAY ABOUT
THIS REFERRAL THAT DOES NOT
REFLECT

[Captioner] 20:24:18
 US IN THE BEST INTERESTS
OF ALL OF US

[Captioner] 20:24:21
 COMING TOGETHER AND
UNITING.
WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON

[Captioner] 20:24:24
 OUR
CITY STAFF, CITY

[Captioner] 20:24:28
 COUNCILMEMBERS,
IN OUR COMMUNITY WORKING TOO
HARD TO MAKE FREMONT THE BEST


[Captioner] 20:24:31
PLACE TO LIVE.
THIS TYPE OF REFERRAL DOES NOT


[Captioner] 20:24:34
BRING US INTO FREMONT'S LIGHT AS
BEING THE HAPPIEST

[Captioner] 20:24:39
 PLACE.
IT BRINGS NOTHING

[Captioner] 20:24:42
 ABOUT
DISACCORD, DISAGREEMENT, AND
IT'S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS


[Captioner] 20:24:45
TYPE OF HAPPENING, AND THIS IS
THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WHERE WE
SHOULD

[Captioner] 20:24:48
 BE GIVING BACK TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
DOING THE THINGS

[Captioner] 20:24:52
 TO HELP PEOPLE
BE BETTER OFF.
AND SO I JUST FEEL

[Captioner] 20:24:55
 THAT THIS IS
A WASTE OF TIME OF OUR CITY


[Captioner] 20:24:58
STAFF RESOURCES, OUR TAXPAYERS'


[Captioner] 20:25:01
DOLLARS, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT
TO LOOK BACK, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT


[Captioner] 20:25:05
NOW IN FREMONT, WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE

[Captioner] 20:25:08
 FREMONT DOWNTOWN CENTER, IT
TALKS ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:25:12
 THE CORETTA SCOTT
KING'S QUOTE, THE INTERNATIONAL
CIVIL

[Captioner] 20:25:15
 RIGHTS LEADER, AND IT
TALKS ABOUT THE GREATNESS, AND
THIS

[Captioner] 20:25:18
 IS ON THE WALL OF THE
NAMEPLATE OF THE FREMONT
DOWNTOWN CENTER.


[Captioner] 20:25:24
BECAUSE WE PASSED THIS, I TOOK
THE INITIATIVE AND PASSED

[Captioner] 20:25:27
 IT
WITH EVERYBODY'S HELP THAT TALKS
ABOUT ON

[Captioner] 20:25:31
 NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021,
THIS QUOTE WAS ADOPTED.
THE

[Captioner] 20:25:34
 GREATNESS OF A COMMUNITY IS
MOST ACCURATELY

[Captioner] 20:25:38
 MEASURED BY THE
COMPASSIONATE ACTIONS OF ITS


[Captioner] 20:25:42
MEMBERS, A HEART OF GRACE AND
SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE.


[Captioner] 20:25:45
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE WITH GRACE
AND WITH LOVE.


[Captioner] 20:25:48
AND TO WORK WITH EVERYONE.
AND THIS IS NOT

[Captioner] 20:25:51
 WHAT WE'RE
LEADING BY, BY THIS TYPE OF
REFERRAL.


[Captioner] 20:25:55
AND IN CONCLUSION, I ASK ALL OF
MY CITY COUNCILMEMBERS

[Captioner] 20:25:58
 TO NOT
SUPPORT THIS REFERRAL, AND IN
THE WORDS OF

[Captioner] 20:26:02
 DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING, THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT
TO DO

[Captioner] 20:26:05
 THE RIGHT THING.


[Captioner] 20:26:12
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.


[Captioner] 20:26:21
>> Councilmember Campbell: THANK
YOU, MAYOR MEI.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE A QUICK


[Captioner] 20:26:23
QUESTION.
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
>> Councilmember Campbell: IS


[Captioner] 20:26:26
THIS REFERRAL JUST SPECIFICALLY
ASKING THAT WE JUST DO A BROWN
ACT

[Captioner] 20:26:30
 TRAINING DURING OUR

[Captioner] 20:26:32
 RETREAT
IN FEBRUARY?
>> Mayor Mei: YES, IT IS.


[Captioner] 20:26:36
>> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY.
I'M NOT NEW TO BROWN ACT, I'M
NEW TO

[Captioner] 20:26:39
 THE COUNCIL.
BUT I SPENT 10 YEARS

[Captioner] 20:26:42
 WORKING
UNDER THE BROWN ACT ON THE


[Captioner] 20:26:46
FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SO I

[Captioner] 20:26:49
 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
OF

[Captioner] 20:26:53
 REGULAR -- REGULAR UPDATES TO
BROWN ACT BECAUSE

[Captioner] 20:26:54
 IT CHANGES.
>> Mayor Mei: YES.
>> Councilmember Campbell: IT


[Captioner] 20:26:57
DEFINITELY CHANGED A LOT WHEN WE
WERE IN COVID.
SO I

[Captioner] 20:27:00
 THINK

[Captioner] 20:27:03
 REFRESHERS, I'M ALL
FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND I
THINK REFRESHERS FOR

[Captioner] 20:27:07
 BOARDS OF
THIS SIZE AND OF THIS

[Captioner] 20:27:10
 MAGNITUDE
IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN
IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO

[Captioner] 20:27:13
 BE
ABLE TO DO.
WE

[Captioner] 20:27:16
 ACTUALLY, BEFORE I WENT OFF
OF THE BOARD, WE ACTUALLY GOT


[Captioner] 20:27:19
ANOTHER BROWN ACT TRAINING.
I GET ONE EVERY YEAR, IT SEEMS
LIKE.


[Captioner] 20:27:24
SO IF THE -- CAN I THEN JUST
MAKE A

[Captioner] 20:27:28
 MOTION TO APPROVE THE
BROWN ACT TRAINING OR NO?
I'M NOT SURE

[Captioner] 20:27:31
 HOW THAT WORKS.
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
ACTUALLY WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE


[Captioner] 20:27:33
THAT STILL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK,
THOUGH.
>> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:27:37
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER


[Captioner] 20:27:40
KASSAN.
>> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH,
I'M REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:27:43
 A FEW
THINGS.
NUMBER ONE --

[Captioner] 20:27:46
 WELL FIRST OF ALL
I WANT TO REALLY SUPPORT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER KENG

[Captioner] 20:27:50
 AND COX SAID.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS ABOUT
A BROWN ACT

[Captioner] 20:27:52
 TRAINING BUT THAT'S
NOT WHAT THE REFERRAL SAYS AT
ALL.


[Captioner] 20:27:56
THE WORD "TRAINING" ISN'T EVEN
IN HERE.


[Captioner] 20:27:59
OH, YES, IT IS.
I SEE THAT THE WORD

[Captioner] 20:28:03
 "TRAINING"
IS IN THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF OTHER THINGS TOO

[Captioner] 20:28:06
 ABOUT
DIRECTING STAFF TO ARRANGE FOR A
FORMAL

[Captioner] 20:28:09
 REVIEW, IDENTIFY
POTENTIAL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS


[Captioner] 20:28:12
VIOLATIONS AND MISCONDUCT.
SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A BIT OF


[Captioner] 20:28:15
A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING THIS REFERRAL IS ABOUT
AND WHAT THE

[Captioner] 20:28:19
 WORDS ACTUALLY SAY.
ALSO, THESE WORDS

[Captioner] 20:28:22
 BECOME A
FORMAL RECORD, AND IT

[Captioner] 20:28:25
 REALLY
DOES MAKE OUR CITY LOOK PRETTY


[Captioner] 20:28:28
BAD TO USE THIS LANGUAGE AND TO
BE SO UNCLEAR ABOUT WHAT

[Captioner] 20:28:31
 YOU'RE
REFERRING TO.
AND I REALLY

[Captioner] 20:28:35
 AGREE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KENG THAT TO SAY
THAT THERE WERE

[Captioner] 20:28:38
 PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED CENSURES IN A FOR
MEDICAL/LEGAL DOCUMENT

[Captioner] 20:28:42
 THAT
REPRESENTS -- THAT'S GOING TO BE
IN OUR

[Captioner] 20:28:46
 RECORDS FOR, YOU KNOW,
FOREVER, IS REALLY

[Captioner] 20:28:49
 IRRESPONSIBLE
AND I HOPE WE CAN REMOVE THAT
BECAUSE IT'S

[Captioner] 20:28:52
 COMPLETELY FALSE.
THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY
APPROVED

[Captioner] 20:28:55
 CENSURES.
SO I JUST AM REALLY

[Captioner] 20:28:59
 WONDERING
WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY

[Captioner] 20:29:02
 LED YOU
TO CREATE SUCH

[Captioner] 20:29:05
 A REFERRAL.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
BEFORE.


[Captioner] 20:29:08
AND IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR
COUNCILMEMBER THAT YOU'RE UPSET
WITH, I

[Captioner] 20:29:11
 WOULD HOPE THAT MAYBE
YOU WOULD EITHER BRING THAT TO


[Captioner] 20:29:15
THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF REFERRING
TO A

[Captioner] 20:29:18
 COUNCILMEMBER AND NOT --
AND BEING

[Captioner] 20:29:22
 COY ABOUT WHO YOU'RE
REFERRING TO, OR MAYBE TALK
PRIVATELY TO THAT

[Captioner] 20:29:25
 PERSON OR HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF,

[Captioner] 20:29:28
 BUT
TO HAVE THIS CRYPTIC THING ABOUT
A RECENT

[Captioner] 20:29:32
 COUNCILMEMBER'S
DELIBERATE ACTIONS AND PUBLIC
VIOLATIONS AND THEN TO SAY THAT


[Captioner] 20:29:35
THIS REFERRAL IS ABOUT DOING A
BROWN ACT TRAINING,

[Captioner] 20:29:39
 IT JUST,
IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO ME.
SO I HOPE MAYBE YOU CAN

[Captioner] 20:29:42
 EXPLAIN
A LITTLE BIT MORE YOUR
MOTIVATIONS AND I ALSO HOPE THAT


[Captioner] 20:29:46
WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO CHANGE
THE WORDING

[Captioner] 20:29:50
 OF IT SO THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT RECORD OF
SOMETHING THAT IS

[Captioner] 20:29:54
 NOT TRUE, IS
OUT AND OUT FALSE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:29:59
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


[Captioner] 20:30:03
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
I BELIEVE PERSONALLY IT'S

[Captioner] 20:30:06
 THE
RIGHT TIME TO DO THE RIGHT


[Captioner] 20:30:09
THING, BECAUSE ALL I SEE FROM
THIS REFERRAL IS TO STRENGTHEN


[Captioner] 20:30:12
THE TRAINING REGARDING CLOSED
SESSION BROWN

[Captioner] 20:30:15
 ACT
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS.
I

[Captioner] 20:30:19
 RECALL THAT IN THE

[Captioner] 20:30:22
 PAST, THE
LEAKAGE OF CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION DURING THE

[Captioner] 20:30:26
 LABOR
NEGOTIATION ACTUALLY REALLY DID
A LOT

[Captioner] 20:30:29
 OF DAMAGE TO THE MUTUAL
INTERESTS OF NOT

[Captioner] 20:30:32
 ONLY THE CITY
EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO THE CITY


[Captioner] 20:30:37
RESIDENTS, AND AS A PERSON THAT
USED TO BE

[Captioner] 20:30:41
 THE SENIOR DIRECTOR
OF QUALITY OPERATIONS IN MY


[Captioner] 20:30:45
COMPANY, I EMPHASIZE TRAINING
AND I

[Captioner] 20:30:48
 NEVER THINK TRAINING IS
ENOUGH.
YOU

[Captioner] 20:30:53
 KNOW, IF SOMEONE CLAIMS THAT
THE TRAINING IS ENOUGH, LOOK AT


[Captioner] 20:30:56
THE RESULT.
AND THAT VIOLATIONS

[Captioner] 20:30:59
 WOULD
INDICATE POOR TRAINING TO SAY
THE LEAST.


[Captioner] 20:31:05
FOR THIS REFERRAL, I THINK WITH
THE START OF THE

[Captioner] 20:31:09
 NEW CITY
COUNCIL, I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT
TIME FOR US

[Captioner] 20:31:12
 TO BE BROUGHT TO THE
SAME PAGE.


[Captioner] 20:31:17
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
DESRIE CAMPBELL'S REMARK

[Captioner] 20:31:20
 THAT
THE BROWN ACT BY ITSELF HAS BEEN


[Captioner] 20:31:23
REGULARLY UPDATED, AND IT IS
ESSENTIAL

[Captioner] 20:31:26
 FOR US TO BE ALSO
UPDATED IN OUR

[Captioner] 20:31:29
 TRAINING FOR THE
BROWN ACT.


[Captioner] 20:31:34
FOR THE TECHNICALITY OF THE


[Captioner] 20:31:37
WORDING HERE IN

[Captioner] 20:31:40
 NUMBER ONE, FOR
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND FUTURE
CENSURES,

[Captioner] 20:31:43
 I DON'T MIND IF WE ADD


[Captioner] 20:31:47
JUST TWO WORDS, FOLLOW-UP OF
PREVIOUSLY

[Captioner] 20:31:51
 APPROVED AND THE
FUTURE REFERRAL OF 16

[Captioner] 20:31:55
 

[Captioner] 20:31:59
 CENSURES, AND
I THINK IT STILL SERVES THE SAME
PURPOSE, WHICH IS, ONCE

[Captioner] 20:32:02
 AGAIN,
TO REALLY BRING

[Captioner] 20:32:05
 ALERTS TO EACH
AND EVERY CITY COUNCILMEMBER


[Captioner] 20:32:09
WITH REGARD BEING THE
CONFIDENTIALITY

[Captioner] 20:32:13
 REQUIREMENTS.
ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST

[Captioner] 20:32:16
 LANGUAGE
AND I LEARNED THE WORD


[Captioner] 20:32:19
CONFIDENTIALITY AND

[Captioner] 20:32:22
 I DON'T SEE
THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY TO TWIST


[Captioner] 20:32:27
THE INTERPRETATION FOR

[Captioner] 20:32:28
 THAT
WORD.
IN OUR INDIVIDUAL CAREERS, WE'RE


[Captioner] 20:32:32
RUNNING TO SO MANY

[Captioner] 20:32:35
 OCCASIONS
WHERE CONFIDENTIALITY IS A MUST,
ESPECIALLY IN

[Captioner] 20:32:38
 THE LEGAL
INDUSTRY.
SO IN THAT

[Captioner] 20:32:42
 CASE, I THINK IT IS
VERY TIMELY,

[Captioner] 20:32:47
 AND APPROPRIATE TO
HAVE THIS

[Captioner] 20:32:50
 REFERRAL FOR THE STAFF
TO ARRANGE FOR

[Captioner] 20:32:54
 TRAINING
REGARDING THE EVER-UPDATING


[Captioner] 20:32:57
BROWN ACT SO THAT EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF US

[Captioner] 20:33:00
 CAN REALLY WORK AS A
TEAM, AND

[Captioner] 20:33:03
 ALSO WILL PREVENT
ANYTHING THAT WOULD

[Captioner] 20:33:07
 HURT THE
MUTUAL TRUST AMONG ALL THE TEAM
MEMBERS.


[Captioner] 20:33:12
SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTIVE TO
THIS REFERRAL,

[Captioner] 20:33:16
 EXCEPT FOR JUST
THE ADDITION OF TWO WORDS.


[Captioner] 20:33:22
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


[Captioner] 20:33:29
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY, I THINK


[Captioner] 20:33:32
IT WAS BEFORE OUR TIME, I THINK
THERE WAS A BROWN ACT TRAINING
DONE

[Captioner] 20:33:35
 MAYBE IN 2005 OR 6, I DON'T
REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME, BUT I
KNOW SOME OF

[Captioner] 20:33:39
 THE COUNCILMEMBERS
THAT

[Captioner] 20:33:42
 WERE THERE, THERE WAS SOME
KIND OF BROWN ACT ISSUE.
SO

[Captioner] 20:33:45
 I THINK IF EXPLICIT INTENT IS
TO DO BROWN ACT

[Captioner] 20:33:48
 TRAINING, I
THINK THAT'S GREAT, WE SHOULD
DEFINITELY DO THAT, WE SHOULD DO


[Captioner] 20:33:51
THAT ALL THE TIME, BOTH FOR

[Captioner] 20:33:57
CONFIDENTIAL CLOSED SESSION ITEM
AS WELL AS BROWN ACT BECAUSE
THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERNS ABOUT


[Captioner] 20:34:00
COUNCILMEMBERS NOT FOLLOWING THE
BROWN ACT AS FAR AS THE MEETINGS
OR

[Captioner] 20:34:04
 THE COMMUNICATION

[Captioner] 20:34:06
 OR MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS SO IT'S ALWAYS
A GOOD REMINDER TO KEEP US ON


[Captioner] 20:34:10
TRACK, WHAT IT IS, HOW DOES IT
APPLY, HOW CAN WE,

[Captioner] 20:34:13
 AGAIN, BECOME
A BETTER COUNCIL AND

[Captioner] 20:34:16
 IMPROVE OUR
GOVERNANCE.
SO IF THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR IS


[Captioner] 20:34:20
SEEKING, I AM WHOLEHEARTEDLY
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE

[Captioner] 20:34:23
 TO BE ANYTHING
FANCY.
WE COULD PAIR IT WITH OUR


[Captioner] 20:34:28
RETREAT OR SET UP A SESSION AND
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.


[Captioner] 20:34:32
THE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN


[Captioner] 20:34:36
RAISED, I THINK SOUNDS LIKE THE
MAYOR WANTS SOME SORT OF UPDATE
ON THE

[Captioner] 20:34:39
 REFERRALS THAT ARE IN THE
PIPELINES, WHICH MAYBE COULD BE
A SEPARATE ITEM OR I DON'T

[Captioner] 20:34:43
 KNOW
HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT.
AND

[Captioner] 20:34:46
 I THINK IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA
TO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE

[Captioner] 20:34:51
 CALENDAR
OF COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD


[Captioner] 20:34:55
THING TO DO ANYWAYS, BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF
THIS REFERRAL

[Captioner] 20:34:58
 OR THAT'S
SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT I DON'T
KNOW IF

[Captioner] 20:35:00
 THE CITY COUNCIL
MAINTAINS.
I KNOW WE DO THAT FOR EACH


[Captioner] 20:35:03
MEETING, BUT THERE'S MAYBE NOT A
CALENDAR THAT WE UPDATE.


[Captioner] 20:35:07
BUT AS FAR AS THE INTENT OF
HAVING A BROWN ACT TRAINING, I


[Captioner] 20:35:10
THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I WOULD EXPAND

[Captioner] 20:35:14
 TO NOT ONLY
CLOSED SESSION BUT ALSO BROWN
ACT TRAINING IN

[Captioner] 20:35:19
 GENERAL.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I'M AMIABLE TO THE AMENDMENTS


[Captioner] 20:35:22
THAT ARE BEING ASKED.
COUNCILMEMBER COX.


[Captioner] 20:35:26
>> Councilmember Cox: YES, I
JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT SOME OF
THESE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS,

[Captioner] 20:35:29
 I
DON'T SEE IT ADDING VALUE

[Captioner] 20:35:33
 WHEN,
ONE, NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION
ON CENSURES IS NOT

[Captioner] 20:35:35
 ACCURATE,
NUMBER TWO, COMMUNICATING
MISINFORMATION, WE ALREADY HAD


[Captioner] 20:35:38
TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS EVEN
DURING OUR PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL


[Captioner] 20:35:42
MEETINGS REGARDING DISCUSSION
EVEN

[Captioner] 20:35:47
 WITH OUR COUNCIL HANDBOOK
BACK ON SEPTEMBER 13TH.
AND

[Captioner] 20:35:50
 DISCUSSING ABOUT THE
ABSENCES AT CITY COUNCIL


[Captioner] 20:35:53
MEETINGS, THOSE THINGS ARE
DOCUMENTED IN OUR MEETING
MINUTES ALREADY THAT ARE

[Captioner] 20:35:57

PUBLISHED, YOU KNOW, AS THEY
COME

[Captioner] 20:36:01
 APPROVED AND ROLLED INTO
OUR CONSENT AGENDA

[Captioner] 20:36:04
 FOR NOT ALL
THE MEETINGS BUT THEY BUNCH

[Captioner] 20:36:08
 THEM
TOGETHER AND PRESENT THEM THERE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME

[Captioner] 20:36:11
 AREAS
THAT IT'S JUST NOT

[Captioner] 20:36:15
 ADDING VALUE
TO THIS TYPE OF DISCUSSION, AND
THIS IS NOT PURELY TRAINING,


[Captioner] 20:36:18
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE
REFERRAL, IT'S NOT JUST

[Captioner] 20:36:21
 A
REFERRAL FOR TRAINING.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THERE


[Captioner] 20:36:25
THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
BECAUSE

[Captioner] 20:36:29
 THEY'RE FALSE, AND SOME
OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEING
DISCUSSED,

[Captioner] 20:36:32
 IT'S NOT TRUE.
WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED SOME OF
THESE

[Captioner] 20:36:36
 ITEMS AT PREVIOUS CITY
COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:36:39
 MEETINGS, AND I THINK
IT'S GOING INTO AN OVERBOARD OF
THIS TYPE

[Captioner] 20:36:43
 OF INFORMATION.
IT'S NOT JUST TRAINING, IT'S
MORE THAN THAT.


[Captioner] 20:36:46
AND YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN'T
ACCEPT THE WHOLE THING AS

[Captioner] 20:36:51
 IS,
THEN YOU HAVE TO SAY NO.
IT HAS TO BE ALL OR NOTHING.


[Captioner] 20:36:55
AND IT JUST HAS

[Captioner] 20:36:57
 SOME
INACCURACIES THERE AND THINGS
THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IN


[Captioner] 20:37:01
OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS BACK IN
SEPTEMBER.
AND THE NOTES

[Captioner] 20:37:04
 ARE ALREADY THERE
AS FAR AS THE ABSENCES

[Captioner] 20:37:07
 FROM CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS, THOSE ARE PART
OF OUR

[Captioner] 20:37:10
 MEETING MINUTES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE

[Captioner] 20:37:13
 OF
THAT.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:37:16
>> Mayor Mei: ACTUALLY I ALSO
WANTED TO COMMENT,

[Captioner] 20:37:19
 ACTUALLY YOU
REFERENCED THE OCTOBER MEETING
AND IT WAS DURING THAT MEETING


[Captioner] 20:37:22
THAT YOU HAD ACTUALLY ASKED
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE


[Captioner] 20:37:26
CLARIFICATION QUESTION ON
CENSURES AND WHAT WOULD

[Captioner] 20:37:29
 BE THE
ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:37:32
 COULD
TAKE FOLLOWING UP.
IT WAS YOUR QUESTION ACTUALLY


[Captioner] 20:37:36
THAT I WAS FOLLOWING UP ON, IS
THAT YOU HAD SAID DURING THE


[Captioner] 20:37:39
MEETINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS
AND

[Captioner] 20:37:43
 REMEDIES IN CASE OF
VIOLATIONS.


[Captioner] 20:37:47
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF CITY
ATTORNEY WOULD BE

[Captioner] 20:37:50
 ABLE TO RECALL
THAT

[Captioner] 20:37:54
 OR --
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I DON'T
HAVE AN INDEPENDENT RECOLLECTION


[Captioner] 20:37:56
AS OF THIS MOMENT.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW.
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.


[Captioner] 20:37:59
>> Councilmember Cox: WE HAVE TO
GO BACK TO OUR MEETING MINUTES
AND LOOK AT THAT PART.


[Captioner] 20:38:02
BUT ALSO THAT THERE WAS MORE

[Captioner] 20:38:05
 TO
JUST TAKING CERTAIN PARTS OUT OF
CONTEXT OF THAT DISCUSSION.


[Captioner] 20:38:08
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
COUNCIL HANDBOOK AND EVEN


[Captioner] 20:38:12
DEALING WITH THE ORDER OF
PROCLAMATIONS, THERE WAS A LOT


[Captioner] 20:38:15
OF THINGS GOING THROUGH PAGE BY
PAGE AND SECTION

[Captioner] 20:38:18
 BY SECTION ON
THAT.
SO PLEASE DO NOT REPRESENT

[Captioner] 20:38:22
 THAT
I'M HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
IT ALL PART OF

[Captioner] 20:38:24
 UNDERSTANDING THE
WHOLE PICTURE.
>> Mayor Mei: WELL, SPEAKING OF


[Captioner] 20:38:27
UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE PICTURE,
I WOULD CLARIFY WITH THE CITY
CLERK, I KNOW THAT FOR

[Captioner] 20:38:30
 OUR
COMMISSIONS, WE DO HAVE A CHART
THAT SHOWS THE

[Captioner] 20:38:35
 ATTENDANCE, AND I
DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER HAD ONE
IN THE PAST ALSO

[Captioner] 20:38:39
 FOR --
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE STAFF
LIAISONS, THE SECRETARIES TO THE


[Captioner] 20:38:42
COMMISSION ARE REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE THEIR ATTENDANCE -- THE


[Captioner] 20:38:46
ADVISORY BODY ATTENDANCE TO

[Captioner] 20:38:49
 ME
TWICE PER YEAR, THE JANUARY
THROUGH JUNE AND

[Captioner] 20:38:53
 JULY

[Captioner] 20:38:56
 THROUGH
DECEMBER, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING
THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT


[Captioner] 20:38:59
I DON'T KEEP A SEPARATE

[Captioner] 20:39:00

CALENDAR.
IT RECORDED IN THE MINUTES.


[Captioner] 20:39:04
I DON'T KEEP A SEPARATE CALENDAR


[Captioner] 20:39:07
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS AN

[Captioner] 20:39:11
 ATTENDANCE
REQUIREMENT AS DO THE ADVISORY
BODIES, WHICH IS WHY I DON'T


[Captioner] 20:39:14
KEEP A SEPARATE CALENDAR.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
I JUST WAS TRYING TO

[Captioner] 20:39:17
 BE IN LINE
WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT
I SEE, BECAUSE I

[Captioner] 20:39:21
 KNOW WE'RE IN
THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THAT,
SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT

[Captioner] 20:39:24
 IT MADE
SENSE.
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


[Captioner] 20:39:30
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK
YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:39:33
MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE CITY
ATTORNEY.
JUST TO CLARIFY THE REFERRAL


[Captioner] 20:39:36
PROCESS, I BELIEVE -- I THINK


[Captioner] 20:39:40
THIS IS LIKE A MEMO FROM

[Captioner] 20:39:43
 MAYOR
MEI.
WHAT WE DO HERE IS NOT DECIDED


[Captioner] 20:39:46
BY WHAT OUR MEMO SAYS.
WE CAN DECIDE WHAT WE


[Captioner] 20:39:48
COLLECTIVELY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
IS THAT CORRECT?


[Captioner] 20:39:52
WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE FOR
EXAMPLE CORRECT THE RECORD, THE
RECORD IS ALREADY

[Captioner] 20:39:54
 THERE.
WHAT SHE'S WRITTEN IS ALREADY
PART OF THE RECORD.


[Captioner] 20:39:58
WE CAN CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE ISSUES

[Captioner] 20:40:01
 THAT WE CAN
AGREE ON.
IS THAT CORRECT?


[Captioner] 20:40:03
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THAT'S
CORRECT.
>> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:40:06
SO I DON'T THINK -- IF YOU DON'T
ACCEPT THE PREMISE OF ANY OF


[Captioner] 20:40:09
THESE ITEMS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
ACCEPT THEM IN YOUR MIND.
WE

[Captioner] 20:40:12
 CAN FORM A MOTION

[Captioner] 20:40:16
 THAT
COUNCILMEMBER DESRIE CAMPBELL
MADE AND

[Captioner] 20:40:19
 AGREE TO THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ITEMS, I


[Captioner] 20:40:23
DON'T KNOW HOW -- DO YOU WANT TO
TIE THEM INTO THIS?
>> Mayor Mei: I THINK WE

[Captioner] 20:40:26
 CAN
TAKE THIS ITEM 1ST AND WHEN IT
COMES TO ATTENDANCE, THAT CAN BE


[Captioner] 20:40:29
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SEE IN THE
MINUTES BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S
NOT -- I WAS

[Captioner] 20:40:32
 JUST LOOKING AT IT
BECAUSE I'D SEEN THE OTHER
COMMISSION ONES THAT HAD THE


[Captioner] 20:40:34
DETAILS.
SO I WAS TRYING TO BE IN LINE
WITH THE OTHERS.


[Captioner] 20:40:39
SO I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION THAT
WAS

[Captioner] 20:40:41
 MADE --
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE A
PUBLIC SPEAKER.


[Captioner] 20:40:44
>> Vice Mayor Keng: AND I HAVE
ANOTHER COMMENT.
>> Mayor Mei: SO WE HAD OPENED


[Captioner] 20:40:50
THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY BUT --
>> Councilmember Campbell: I'M
SORRY,

[Captioner] 20:40:54
 MAYOR MEI, CLARIFICATION.
POINT OF ORDER.


[Captioner] 20:40:58
SINCE THE MOTION WAS MADE BY

[Captioner] 20:41:01
 ME,
WILL THERE BE A SECOND SO THAT
WE CAN

[Captioner] 20:41:03
 CONTINUE DISCUSSION
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, PLEASE?
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.


[Captioner] 20:41:06
LET'S MAKE A SECOND.
>> Councilmember Campbell: THANK
YOU.


[Captioner] 20:41:10
>> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND WE'LL
CONDITION OUR

[Captioner] 20:41:12
 DISCUSSION.
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FOR THE
RECORD, CAN WE JUST CLARIFY THE


[Captioner] 20:41:16
MOTION?
WAS THE MOTION SIMPLY TO DIRECT
STAFF TO ENGAGE --

[Captioner] 20:41:18
 OR ARRANGE
BROWN ACT TRAINING FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL?


[Captioner] 20:41:20
>> Councilmember Campbell: YES,
PLEASE.
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK


[Captioner] 20:41:23
YOU.


[Captioner] 20:41:28
>> Councilmember Cox:[INAUDIBLE


[Captioner] 20:41:33
>> Ms. Gauthier: YOUR MICROPHONE
IS OFF.


[Captioner] 20:41:37
>> Councilmember Campbell: MY
MOTION IS JUST PURELY TO HAVE
BROWN ACT

[Captioner] 20:41:41
 TRAINING AS PART OF
OUR

[Captioner] 20:41:44
 RETREAT.
>> Mayor Mei: THE FOLLOW-UPS,
THERE IS AN ISSUE.


[Captioner] 20:41:47
>> Councilmember Campbell: YES.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:41:51
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE MOTION AS I
HAD IT

[Captioner] 20:41:55
 WAS, COUNCILMEMBER
CAMPBELL'S MOTION WAS TO DIRECT
FOR

[Captioner] 20:41:59
 BROWN ACT TRAINING.
I HAD

[Captioner] 20:42:00
 NOTHING FURTHER.
>> Councilmember Campbell:CORRE
CT.


[Captioner] 20:42:04
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:42:09
>> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao: THAT IS


[Captioner] 20:42:12
CORRECT.
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE A
PUBLIC SPEAKER.


[Captioner] 20:42:14
YOU NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:42:17
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT

[Captioner] 20:42:22
 PERIOD.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE SPEAKER IS
A PHONE-IN CALLER WITH THE LAST


[Captioner] 20:42:26
THREE DIGITS OF 919.


[Captioner] 20:42:34
CALLER, YOU NEED TO UNMUTE,
PLEASE.
919.


[Captioner] 20:42:36
>> HELLO?
>> Mayor Mei: YES.
>> HELLO.


[Captioner] 20:42:40
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:42:43
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR RAISING MY
HAND

[Captioner] 20:42:47
 SO LATE.
I

[Captioner] 20:42:50
 APOLOGIZE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.


[Captioner] 20:42:56
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY
ATTORNEY,

[Captioner] 20:42:59
 CITY MANAGER, AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,
ORIGINALLY

[Captioner] 20:43:02
 I WAS TO COME HERE TO
SPEAK IN REGARD TO THE

[Captioner] 20:43:05
 CITY
POLICY ON HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS
MITIGATE AND

[Captioner] 20:43:09
 ABATE.
PUT MORE SIMPLY, FIND THE
PROBLEM AND

[Captioner] 20:43:12
 GET RID OF IT.
ATROCIOUS AS IT SOUNDS, THERE

[Captioner] 20:43:15
 IS
SOMETHING MORE ATROCIOUS, MORE
PRESSING, WHICH I WOULD

[Captioner] 20:43:18
 LIKE TO
CALL YOUR ATTENTION.
THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:43:22
 OF FREMONT IS A GENERAL
LAW

[Captioner] 20:43:25
 CITY.
WE

[Captioner] 20:43:28
 FOLLOW THE RULES AND THE
REGULATIONS UNDER

[Captioner] 20:43:31
 CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENT CODE.
FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, ELECTORS


[Captioner] 20:43:34
OF THIS CITY HAVE BEEN IGNORED.
THE MEMBERS

[Captioner] 20:43:37
 OF CITY COUNCIL HAVE
USURPED THE WILL OF

[Captioner] 20:43:40
 THE PEOPLE
CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITHOUT
REGARD TO

[Captioner] 20:43:43
 THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AS THOUGH WE ARE A

[Captioner] 20:43:47
 CHARTER CITY,
WHICH WE ARE NOT.


[Captioner] 20:43:51
WE AS CITIZENS OF THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:43:52
 OF
FREMONT ARE WHAT MAKES UP THE
ELECTORATE.


[Captioner] 20:43:56
WE ARE THE VOTERS.
LET ME

[Captioner] 20:43:59
 BE CLEAR.
IT IS THE EE ELECTORATE WHICH


[Captioner] 20:44:02
DECIDES WHETHER WE BECOME A
CHARTER CITY, IT IS THE EE
ELECTORATE

[Captioner] 20:44:05
 TO DECIDE WHETHER WE
WANT TO GO TO DISTRICT
ELECTIONS, IT

[Captioner] 20:44:09
 IS THE ELECTORATE
WHO DECIDES WHETHER

[Captioner] 20:44:12
 TO ADD CITY
COUNCIL SEATS.
IT IS THE

[Captioner] 20:44:15
 ELECTORATE TO CREATE A
POSITION OF VICE

[Captioner] 20:44:19
 MAYOR.
IT IS THE ELECTORATE TO DECIDE
WHETHER THE POSITION OF MAYOR IS


[Captioner] 20:44:23
APPOINTED OR ELECTED.
ZIPS

[Captioner] 20:44:26
SINCE THE CITY'S INCORPORATION
THE VOTERS OF THE CITY HAVE


[Captioner] 20:44:30
TWICE VOTED ON THE
AFOREMENTIONED AND TWICE WE
VOTED AGAINST BECOMING A

[Captioner] 20:44:33

CHARTER, WE VOTED AGAINST
BY-DISTRICT

[Captioner] 20:44:36
 ELECTIONS, WE VOTED
AGAINST ADDING

[Captioner] 20:44:40
 ADDITIONAL CITY
COUNCIL SEATS, AND WE

[Captioner] 20:44:43
 VOTED
AGAINST ELECTING A MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:44:50
>> Ms. Gauthier: TIME IS UP.
THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK

[Captioner] 20:44:53
 YOU.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I DO BELIEVE,
AND THERE IS A

[Captioner] 20:44:57
 HISTORY,
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF OUR
ELECTIONS OUT

[Captioner] 20:45:00
 THERE, THAT DOES
NOT NECESSARILY PERTAIN TO THIS
REFERRAL, BUT THERE WAS

[Captioner] 20:45:03
 A VOTE
TO HAVE DIRECTLY

[Captioner] 20:45:08
 ELECTED MAYORS
AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A
PREVIOUS VOTE MANY YEARS AGO.


[Captioner] 20:45:13
WE DID NOT VOTE FOR A CHARTER
CITY BUT

[Captioner] 20:45:16
 WE ARE A CITY MANAGER


[Captioner] 20:45:19
FORM LED OF GOVERNMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO
TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:45:22
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND,

[Captioner] 20:45:24
 AND
WE'RE TO CONTINUE WITH THE
CONVERSATION.


[Captioner] 20:45:27
I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION AND
SECOND.
SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY CALL


[Captioner] 20:45:30
FOR THE VOTE.
, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:45:38
>> Councilmember Campbell: MAYOR
MEI, I DON'T HAVE A VOTING
APPARATUS, SO I HAVE TO RAISE

[Captioner] 20:45:41
 MY


[Captioner] 20:45:45
HAND.
OH, THIS?
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES, WE DO.


[Captioner] 20:45:47
WE CHANGED THE NAME.
>> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:45:54
>> Mayor Mei: WE'LL GIVE A
MINUTE FOR ALBERTO

[Captioner] 20:45:56
 TO --
>> Ms. Gauthier: NO, EVERYBODY
CAN VOTE ON THE DEVICES.


[Captioner] 20:46:00
THE NAME WAS CHANGED.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:46:09
SUE WE'LL FIX IT.
SORRY.
WE JUST NOTICED

[Captioner] 20:46:12
 HER NAME IS
MISSPELLED BUT WE'LL GET THAT
FIXED.


[Captioner] 20:46:15
VICE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
SHAO NEED TO VOTE.


[Captioner] 20:46:18
>> Councilmember Shao: SURE.


[Captioner] 20:46:25
>> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION


[Captioner] 20:46:28
PASSES, 6 AYE AND COUNCILMEMBER
KASSAN VOTING NAY.


[Captioner] 20:46:35
AND --
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IS THAT
A NAY OR AN ABSTENTION?


[Captioner] 20:46:38
>> Mayor Mei: I'M SORRY, I'M
LOOKING AT THAT AGAIN.
MY APOLOGIES.


[Captioner] 20:46:41
>> Ms. Gauthier: IT WAS AN
ABSTENTION ON MY SCREEN.


[Captioner] 20:46:45
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:46:50
>> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH,
BECAUSE I JUST -- I'M -- I HAD
SOME QUESTIONS

[Captioner] 20:46:53
 ABOUT THIS
PROCESS.
I DIDN'T FEEL

[Captioner] 20:46:56
 LIKE I COULD VOTE
YES ON THE MOTION BECAUSE I'M
CONFUSED ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:47:00
 THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE MOTION AND THE


[Captioner] 20:47:03
REFERRAL AND I HAD RAISED MY
HAND BUT I WASN'T

[Captioner] 20:47:06
 CALLED ON AND
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S -- I


[Captioner] 20:47:10
UNDERSTAND THIS IS PART OF OUR
PERMANENT RECORD FOR THE AGENDA
BUT I

[Captioner] 20:47:13
 AM WONDERING IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE
MINUTES

[Captioner] 20:47:16
 TO AT

[Captioner] 20:47:21
 LEAST INDICATE
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AND THE FACT


[Captioner] 20:47:24
THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE THING
THAT'S INCORRECT

[Captioner] 20:47:28
 IN HERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I ABSTAINED,
BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE

[Captioner] 20:47:31
 CONFUSED
ABOUT THIS REFERRAL.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:47:39
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE
RECORD IS PERMANENT IN THE SENSE
THAT IT'S AN

[Captioner] 20:47:43
 OFFICIAL CITY STAFF
REPORT.
IT'S NOT

[Captioner] 20:47:46
 A STAFF INITIATED
REPORT.
IT WILL

[Captioner] 20:47:50
 BE IN OUR RECORD AS A
REFERRAL JUST LIKE WE

[Captioner] 20:47:53
 MAINTAIN
ANY OTHER PARTICULAR REFERRAL.
IF A PARTICULAR MEMBER HAS AN


[Captioner] 20:47:56
OBJECTION THAT THE MEMBER WOULD
LIKE THE CITY CLERK TO LODGE,
IT'S OKAY

[Captioner] 20:47:59
 FOR THE MEMBER TO MAKE
THAT OBJECTION AND WE WILL LODGE
THAT

[Captioner] 20:48:03
 OBJECTION IN OUR RECORD.
>> Councilmember Kassan: I WOULD
LIKE THE

[Captioner] 20:48:06
 RECORD -- THE MEETING
MINUTES TO

[Captioner] 20:48:09
 REFLECT THAT ITEM
NUMBER ONE IN THE RECOMMENDATION


[Captioner] 20:48:13
IS INCORRECTLY

[Captioner] 20:48:15
 DESCRIBES A
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CENSURE.
I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.


[Captioner] 20:48:21
THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY STAFF,
THAT THAT IS -- IT

[Captioner] 20:48:24
 NOT CORRECT,
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT
TO ALLOW THAT

[Captioner] 20:48:27
 TO BE UNADDRESSED.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT

[Captioner] 20:48:28
 BE
REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:48:33
>> Mayor Mei: AND I'M FINE WITH
REFLECTING THAT IT WAS NOT A
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED

[Captioner] 20:48:36
 CENSURE, BUT
IT WAS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
REFERRAL TO MOVE FORWARD

[Captioner] 20:48:39
 AND TO
PROCESS THAT.
THAT WAS A VOTE AT

[Captioner] 20:48:43
 THAT TIME BY
THE SAID COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:48:52
>> Councilmember Campbell: MAYOR
MEI, I'M SORRY AGAIN, POINT OF
ORDER, PLEASE?


[Captioner] 20:48:54
>> Mayor Mei: SURE.
>> Councilmember Campbell: THE
VOTE HAS BEEN CALLED AND


[Captioner] 20:48:57
RECORDED.
>> Mayor Mei: YES.
>> Councilmember Campbell: IS


[Captioner] 20:49:00
THERE ANOTHER PLACE ON THE
AGENDA WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS
FUTURE AGENDA

[Captioner] 20:49:04
 ITEMS AND THAT WAY
MAYBE WE CAN --
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 20:49:08
WE DON'T USUALLY
HAVE THAT TYPE OF AGENDA ITEM
BUT

[Captioner] 20:49:11
 IF THERE ARE AGENDA ITEMS
YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, WE'D BE
HAPPY TO TAKE

[Captioner] 20:49:14
 THAT ON AND HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:49:18
>> Councilmember Campbell: I WAS
MORE CONCERNED WITH


[Captioner] 20:49:22
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN BEING ABLE
TO HAVE THAT PART

[Captioner] 20:49:26
 OF THE -- HER
CONCERN AS ANOTHER

[Captioner] 20:49:29
 AGENDA ITEM
OR SOME OTHER ITEM SINCE THIS
ONE HAS BEEN

[Captioner] 20:49:32
 ALREADY MOVED,
SECONDED AND VOTED ON.


[Captioner] 20:49:36
>> Councilmember Kassan: THIS IS
REALLY A SEPARATE ISSUE.


[Captioner] 20:49:39
IT'S JUST BECAUSE THE MEETING
MINUTES ARE BEING TAKEN FOR THIS
MEETING NOW,

[Captioner] 20:49:42
 I THINK IT WOULD BE
GOOD TO ADDRESS NOW

[Captioner] 20:49:45
 WHAT THE
MINUTES REFLECT.
SO I

[Captioner] 20:49:48
 DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
DISTINCTION -- I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THIS IDEA THAT THERE


[Captioner] 20:49:52
WAS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED


[Captioner] 20:49:54
REFERRAL --
>> Mayor Mei: THERE WAS A
REFERRAL THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE


[Captioner] 20:49:57
COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, AND THE
COUNCIL VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:50:01
 REFERRAL, AND SO IT WAS
STILL PENDING THE

[Captioner] 20:50:03
 FEEDBACK AT
THAT TIME FROM THE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.


[Captioner] 20:50:07
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WHAT
CITY STAFF CAN DO, THERE'S A


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COUPLE ISSUES.
ONE IS THE MINUTES WILL REFLECT


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THE OBJECTION.
THE SECOND THING THAT WE CAN DO


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IS TO PROVIDE OFF AGENDA TO THE


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COUNCILMEMBERS JUST A RECORD OF
WHAT OCCURRED ON

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 THE DATE IN
ISSUE, JUST SO COUNCILMEMBERS
CAN REFER TO BOTH

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 THE REPORT,
THE REFERRAL THAT IS AT ISSUE,
AS WELL AS THE MEETING MINUTES


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THAT WILL REFLECT THE COUNCIL
ACTION.
THAT WAY ALL COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE


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A RECORD OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
>> Councilmember Kassan: I JUST


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WANT TO BE SURE, I DIDN'T
TOTALLY GET THAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THE

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 MEETING
MINUTES FROM THIS CURRENT
MEETING WILL

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 REFLECT WHAT
EXACTLY?
I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT.


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>> Mayor Mei: THE ACTIONS TAKEN.
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE
MEETING

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 MINUTES ARE CERTAINLY
GOING TO REFLECT THE COUNCIL'S
ACTION.


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SO THERE WAS A MOTION, THERE WAS
A SECOND, THERE WAS A VOTE.


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THAT MOTION HAD TO DO WITH BROWN
ACT TRAINING, THAT MOVED
FORWARD.


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COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN ASKED
WHETHER -- WHAT THE RECORD

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 COULD
REFLECT IN THE MINUTES IN TERMS
OF ACCURACY

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 OF SOME MATERIAL IN
THE REFERRAL, AND WE INDICATED
THAT SHE

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 CAN LODGE AN OBJECTION
AND WE WOULD RECORD THAT FOR THE


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RECORD IN TERMS OF THE MEETING
MINUTES.


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THAT'S NOT A STATEMENT OF THE
COUNCIL, IT WOULD BE A STATEMENT
OF A

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 COUNCILMEMBER THAT WOULD BE
REFLECTED IN THE RECORD.
SEPARATELY, WHAT I'M

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 SUGGESTING
IS WE'RE NOT IN THE -- CITY
STAFF IS NOT IN THE POSITION TO


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COMMENT ON WHAT TOOK PLACE AT A
PRIOR MEETING.
I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE


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CAN DO IS TO OBTAIN A RECORD OF
WHAT TOOK

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 PLACE AT THE MEETING,
I THINK THAT WE'VE UNDERSTOOD
THAT IT

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 CONCERNS A PRIOR
DISCUSSION ABOUT A POTENTIAL
CENSURE,

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 SO WE CAN PERFORM THAT
RESEARCH AND PROVIDE

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 THE COUNCIL
THE CITY'S OWN RECORD OF WHAT
TOOK PLACE,

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 EITHER STAFF REPORTS
AND MEETING MINUTES THAT REFLECT
THE ACTION THAT

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 TOOK PLACE.
>> Ms. Gauthier: AND WE

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 PROBABLY
HAVE STENOCAPTIONER NOTES AS
WELL FOR THAT PARTICULAR


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MEETING.
>> Mayor Mei: YES.
>> Councilmember Kassan: COULD


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THE STATEMENTS MADE BY STAFF
STATING THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN
ANY

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 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CENSURES
BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES?
I MEAN, IT WAS SAID IN

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 THE
MEETING, CAN THAT BE ADDED TO
THE MINUTES?


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IT'S A STATEMENT MADE BY STAFF.
I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT
BEING A

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 STATEMENT MADE BY ME.
I'M JUST SAYING WHAT STAFF SAID.


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THERE HAVE BEEN NO PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED CENSURES.
THAT'S

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 WHAT STAFF SAID.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE A STATEMENT
BY ME.


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IT SHOULD BE A REFLECTION OF THE


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CITY'S OFFICIAL POSITION THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN NO PREVIOUSLY


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APPROVED CENSURES.
I DON'T SEE WHAT THE BIG DEAL
IS.


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I MEAN, IT WAS STATED IN THE
MEETING, SO I WOULD LIKE THAT
ADDED TO THE MINUTES.


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THANK YOU.
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE
MEETING MINUTES GENERALLY


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REFLECT FINAL COUNCIL ACTION,
BUT

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 CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL CAN
DIRECT CITY STAFF

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 TO INCLUDE
THAT INFORMATION WITHIN THE
MINUTES

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 THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN
OUR OFFICIAL RECORDS IN TERMS OF


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TRANSCRIPTION AND VIDEO.
I SEE NO HARM IN

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 INCLUDING IT IN
THE MEETING MINUTES.
>> Mayor Mei: I HAVE NO PROBLEMS


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WITH THAT AND ALSO THE FOLLOW-UP
ACTION THAT THE STAFF WILL BE


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FOLLOWING UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE PREVIOUS REFERRAL.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: I'LL HAVE TO
PULL THE PREVIOUS

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 MEETING.
I BELIEVE IT WAS JONES'
REFERRAL.


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>> Mayor Mei: IT WAS.
>> Ms. Gauthier: WAS THE
PREVIOUS ITEM.


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I'LL PULL ALL OF THE INFORMATION
AND SHARE IT WITH THE CITY
MANAGER AND CITY

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 ATTORNEY FOR


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DISSEMINATION TO COUNCIL.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND AT THIS

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 TIME, THE MEETING --
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE -- IS

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 ADJOURNED.
SO THANK YOU.