[Captioner] 19:01:29 PLEASE, MS. GAUTHIER? [Captioner] 19:01:32 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:01:36 SALWAN, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:01:40 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, [Captioner] 19:01:43 HERE. VICE MAYOR KENG, HERE. MAYOR MEI, [Captioner] 19:01:46 HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:01:50 VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE CITY [Captioner] 19:01:53 CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND [Captioner] 19:01:56 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, TO PLEASE GO TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND [Captioner] 19:02:00 COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AT [Captioner] 19:02:03 FREMONT.GOV, OR YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE [Captioner] 19:02:08 AT 510-284-4060. [Captioner] 19:02:11 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTRONIC [Captioner] 19:02:15 MEETING WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BY PRESSING THE [Captioner] 19:02:18 RAISE HAND ICON OR IF CALLING IN, BY [Captioner] 19:02:21 PRESSING STAR NINE. IF IT'S NOT NOTED ON THE [Captioner] 19:02:24 ZOOM SCREEN, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU COULD KINDLY STATE YOUR [Captioner] 19:02:27 NAME, AND IF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR [Captioner] 19:02:31 NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE [Captioner] 19:02:34 REPRESENTING. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S [Captioner] 19:02:37 OFFICE ARE COMPILED, DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE [Captioner] 19:02:40 CITY'S AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV AND WILL BE PLACED ON FILE [Captioner] 19:02:43 AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I'D [Captioner] 19:02:46 LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL 11:30 THIS EVENING IF [Captioner] 19:02:50 NEEDED, AND WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, [Captioner] 19:02:53 AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE [Captioner] 19:02:56 INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END [Captioner] 19:02:59 OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER [Captioner] 19:03:02 TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD, TO [Captioner] 19:03:05 MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TO INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS [Captioner] 19:03:08 TIME. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:03:12 NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU [Captioner] 19:03:15 ALL BACK HERE IN CHAMBERS DURING THE NEW [Captioner] 19:03:18 YEAR. I'LL JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY [Captioner] 19:03:21 COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY. [Captioner] 19:03:28 CITY ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. [Captioner] 19:03:31 CITY CLERK SUSAN [Captioner] 19:03:34 GAUTHIER AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK ALBERTO [Captioner] 19:03:38 QUINTANILLA. WE DO HAVE A HOST OF STAFF ON THE ZOOM CALL WHO ARE AVAILABLE [Captioner] 19:03:42 FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY NEED TO BE PROVIDED THIS [Captioner] 19:03:45 EVENING. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK [Captioner] 19:03:51 YOU. I THINK -- IS [Captioner] 19:03:53 THERE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY TONIGHT BEFORE THE [Captioner] 19:03:56 COUNCIL VOTE ON THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:03:58 CALENDAR? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING [Captioner] 19:04:02 MAYOR AND COUNCIL. PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTING ON [Captioner] 19:04:05 THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE HAVE A NON-AGENDA [Captioner] 19:04:08 ITEM CONCERNING A LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR DISCUSSION THIS [Captioner] 19:04:11 EVENING. THE [Captioner] 19:04:14 PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY, THE STAFF REPORT AND DRAFT RESOLUTION WERE [Captioner] 19:04:17 DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL TO COUNCILMEMBERS EARLIER TODAY AND [Captioner] 19:04:21 POSTED ONLINE AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:04:27 THE CITY COUNCIL MAY TAKE ACTION AT THIS MEETING ON THIS [Captioner] 19:04:31 NON-AGENDIZED ITEM MEANING YOU'LL NOT FIND IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT [Captioner] 19:04:35 IT'S AN EMERGENCY ACTION THEREFORE IT CAN BE ADDED FOR PURPOSES OF [Captioner] 19:04:37 DISCUSSION AND ACTION THIS EVENING. TO DO SO, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:04:41 MUST FIRST ADOPT A MOTION TO DETERMINE THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION [Captioner] 19:04:43 EXISTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE [Captioner] 19:04:47 COUNCIL DO SO ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PRAK LAMATION BEING [Captioner] 19:04:51 CONSIDERED THIS EVENING CONCERNS RECENT AND ANTICIPATED STORM EVENTS THAT [Captioner] 19:04:54 SEVERELY IMPAIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL'S VOTE [Captioner] 19:04:57 DETERMINING THAT THIS NON-AGENDIZED ITEM CONCERNS AN [Captioner] 19:05:00 EMERGENCY SITUATION, THE COUNCIL MAY THEN DELIBERATE ON THE [Captioner] 19:05:04 RECOMMENDATION IN THE STAFF REPORT. [Captioner] 19:05:07 STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE [Captioner] 19:05:10 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER SERVING AS THE CITY'S DIRECTOR OF [Captioner] 19:05:16 EMERGENCY SERVICES. THAT PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY, AND STATE LAW [Captioner] 19:05:19 REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO RATIFY THAT EMERGENCY [Captioner] 19:05:22 WITHIN PROCLAMATION WITHIN 7 DAYS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE [Captioner] 19:05:25 THIS EVENING. AS THE COUNCIL WILL OBSERVE, THE [Captioner] 19:05:27 CITY MANAGER HAS PROCLAIMED THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL [Captioner] 19:05:31 EMERGENCY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FREMONT DUE TO RECENT AND ANTICIPATED WEATHER EVENTS. [Captioner] 19:05:35 IF THE COUNCIL DOES SO RATIFY THIS EVENING THE [Captioner] 19:05:38 EMERGENCY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE COUNCIL TERMINATES THE EMERGENCY AT A [Captioner] 19:05:41 LATER DATE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR AND [Captioner] 19:05:44 COUNCIL. >> Mayor Mei: SURE. SO DO I NEED [Captioner] 19:05:48 TO ASK FOR AN ACTION TO FIRST RATIFY THIS BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE [Captioner] 19:05:51 CONSENT CALENDAR? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FIRST, TO [Captioner] 19:05:54 BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, THE FIRST ACTION WILL BE JUST FOR THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:05:58 TO DETERMINE THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS THIS [Captioner] 19:06:01 EVENING, AND TO DO SO BY MOTION. ONCE YOU MAKE THAT [Captioner] 19:06:04 FINDING, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE STAFF REPORT AND [Captioner] 19:06:07 RESOLUTION. >> Mayor Mei: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT AN EMERGENCY [Captioner] 19:06:10 SITUATION EXISTS. >> [Captioner] 19:06:14 I SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: IF WE COULD GET A VOTE? [Captioner] 19:06:17 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE DO HAVE TWO HANDS RAISED SO I NEED TO [Captioner] 19:06:20 DETERMINE IF THEY'RE RAISING THEIR HAND FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. [Captioner] 19:06:23 >> Mayor Mei: SURE, OF COURSE. >> Mayor Mei: JUST [Captioner] 19:06:26 TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WE'RE MEETING IN [Captioner] 19:06:29 PERSON, AND ALSO WITH A COMBINATION OF STILL THE ZOOM, [Captioner] 19:06:32 SO I APOLOGIZE THIS MAY BE A [Captioner] 19:06:36 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PAST PRACTICE, SO IF THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WANT [Captioner] 19:06:39 TO TURN IN A CARD, THEY MAY DO SO TO THE CITY CLERK [Captioner] 19:06:42 ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN ALSO JUST [Captioner] 19:06:45 IF MS. GAUTHIER, YOU COULD BE SO KIND, CLERK, [Captioner] 19:06:48 TO -- >> Ms. Gauthier: WE'LL FIND OUT IF THESE TWO SPEAKERS INTEND TO [Captioner] 19:06:52 SPEAK ON THE NON-AGENDIZED ITEM. [Captioner] 19:07:00 JUNG-HO PAK, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS NON-A AGENDIZED ITEM FOR [Captioner] 19:07:03 THE EMERGENCY? >> NO, I'M NOT. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF [Captioner] 19:07:06 THE BAYFIELD HARMONIC. >> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:07:09 WE'LL COME BACK. MR. HINDS? >> [Captioner] 19:07:13 YES, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS NON-AGENDIZED ITEM. [Captioner] 19:07:16 >> Ms. Gauthier: I'M SORRY, SAY AGAIN? >> YES. [Captioner] 19:07:23 >> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY, WE'LL START THE TIMER FOR YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:28 >> I DON'T SEE THE TIMER. OKAY. [Captioner] 19:07:33 FIRST, HELLO, EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. I [Captioner] 19:07:36 AM THANKFUL THAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS ABLE TO DECLARE [Captioner] 19:07:39 THIS EMERGENCY AND BEGIN HANDLING THESE ISSUES. [Captioner] 19:07:43 I AM ALSO THANKFUL THAT IN HER EMERGENCY DECLARATION, SHE [Captioner] 19:07:46 BUILT IN AN AUTOMATIC END DATE. YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD [Captioner] 19:07:49 DESIGN. I URGE THE COUNCIL, WHEN WE RATIFY IT, [Captioner] 19:07:53 TO ALSO BUILD IN AN END DATE RATHER THAN [Captioner] 19:07:57 LEAVING IT OPEN-ENDED THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN DOWN, SO [Captioner] 19:08:00 WE'RE GOING FOR AN OPT IN RATHER THAN AN OPT OUT. IF YOU GET [Captioner] 19:08:04 A 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS, 55, 60, WHATEVER MAKES SENSE [Captioner] 19:08:08 NOW, IT EXPIRES AUTOMATICALLY AT THE END OF THAT, BUT IF WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:08:11 ANOTHER CHAIN OF BOMB CYCLONES COMING, THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:08:13 COULD ALWAYS ADD ANOTHER 30 DAYS TO IT AS NEEDED. [Captioner] 19:08:17 THE OTHER WAY AROUND, IF WE GO FOR THE OPT OUT MODEL, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:08:20 HOW THIS IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN WITH NO END DATE, THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:08:23 PUTS ITSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO MEET AT SOME [Captioner] 19:08:26 LATER DATE AND SAY, WELL, IS EVERYTHING OKAY IN THE WORLD [Captioner] 19:08:28 NOW? UM, THAT NEVER HAPPENS. [Captioner] 19:08:31 THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. I THINK IT JUST EASIER [Captioner] 19:08:35 FOR THE COUNCIL TO SET AN END DATE NOW [Captioner] 19:08:37 AND EXTEND IT ON REQUEST. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:08:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:08:51 ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS? [Captioner] 19:08:56 >> Ms. Gauthier: IRIS, ARE YOU SPEAKING -- DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND TO [Captioner] 19:08:59 SPEAK ON THE [Captioner] 19:09:00 NON-AGENDIZED ITEM? >> YES. SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? [Captioner] 19:09:03 >> Ms. Gauthier: YES, WE'LL START YOUR TIMER. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:09:07 SO GOOD EVENING, THE HONORABLE CITY [Captioner] 19:09:10 COUNCILMEMBERS. AND MY NAME IS IRIS, [Captioner] 19:09:15 AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS FOR [Captioner] 19:09:18 THE -- CROSSING COMMUNITY. SO WHY WE FEEL [Captioner] 19:09:21 IT'S AN EMERGENCY -- >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 19:09:25 APOLOGIES, I THINK THAT IS FOR THIS NON-AGENDIZED ITEM WHICH [Captioner] 19:09:28 IS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY. [Captioner] 19:09:32 NOT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:09:35 SO MY APOLOGIES IF THERE'S CONFUSION. [Captioner] 19:09:40 >> SO THIS MEANS THAT I WILL WAIT UNTIL [Captioner] 19:09:43 THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION TO SPEAK [Captioner] 19:09:45 AGAIN? >> Mayor Mei: THAT IS CORRECT, MA'AM. [Captioner] 19:09:48 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:09:58 >> Mayor Mei: SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR SPEAKERS RELATED TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:10:02 NON-AGENDIZED BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY THAT WAS CALLED BY [Captioner] 19:10:06 OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, WHICH IS ACTING IN [Captioner] 19:10:10 THIS CASE AS OUR CITY MANAGER. [Captioner] 19:10:15 ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS, MA'AM? >> Ms. Gauthier: [Captioner] 19:10:17 NO, MADAME MAYOR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:10:18 I SEE ON THE COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER COX AND COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 19:10:23 >> Councilmember Shao: THAT WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:10:28 AND THEN SEEING NONE, IF WE COULD VOTE WITH [Captioner] 19:10:31 THE DAIS, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC. THANK [Captioner] 19:10:35 YOU. >> Mayor Mei: IS THAT FROM BEFORE [Captioner] 19:10:39 OR -- YES, BECAUSE I SEE SOME PEOPLE -- AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:10:41 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON IT OR ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE? [Captioner] 19:10:44 OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL WAS ACTUALLY FIRST. [Captioner] 19:10:48 APOLOGIES. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 19:10:51 I JUST WANTED TO -- I HEARD THE [Captioner] 19:10:54 SPEAKER INDICATE THAT THERE WAS NO END DATE TO THIS [Captioner] 19:10:58 RESOLUTION. BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE -- IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED [Captioner] 19:11:02 THE LAST STANZA HERE, AND IT DOES SAY [Captioner] 19:11:06 "SHALL EXPIRE SEVEN DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE." DID WE MISS [Captioner] 19:11:09 SOMETHING IN TERMS OF AN EXPIRATION DATE OF THIS? [Captioner] 19:11:14 >> Mayor Mei: COULD OUR CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE [Captioner] 19:11:16 CLARIFY? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I CAN CLARIFY. [Captioner] 19:11:20 I'LL RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY AND THEN I'M GOING TO PIVOT TO [Captioner] 19:11:24 A PROCEDURAL OBSERVATION. THE [Captioner] 19:11:27 CITY MANAGER'S LOCAL EMERGENCY [Captioner] 19:11:31 PROCLAMATION HAS A SEVEN-DAY LIFE. AND [Captioner] 19:11:35 THEN THE -- TO CONTINUE THAT EMERGENCY, THE COUNCIL HAS TO RATIFY [Captioner] 19:11:38 THAT ACTION. SO THIS EVENING, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS [Captioner] 19:11:41 REALLY THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE WILL HAVE WITHIN A SEVEN-DAY PERIOD [Captioner] 19:11:44 FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TO RATIFY THE [Captioner] 19:11:47 LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION. THE [Captioner] 19:11:50 PROCEDURAL OBSERVATION I WANT TO MAKE IS, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT YET [Captioner] 19:11:54 ADDED THIS NON-AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION UNTIL IT VOTES ON [Captioner] 19:11:57 THE MOTION THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS, AND THAT WILL YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:12:00 GOING TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER THE ITEM. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:12:03 TO PROCEED ON YOUR VOTE REGARDING WHETHER AN EMERGENCY SITUATION [Captioner] 19:12:07 EXISTS AND YOU CAN HAVE A DEBATE ON WHETHER AN [Captioner] 19:12:09 EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE COMMENT ON THAT. [Captioner] 19:12:12 BUT IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PROCLAMATION, WE SHOULD WAIT [Captioner] 19:12:16 UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS [Captioner] 19:12:19 AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED ON THIS NON-AGENDIZED ITEM. [Captioner] 19:12:22 >> Mayor Mei: SO I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY PER THE CITY [Captioner] 19:12:25 ATTORNEY'S COMMENT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST AGREEING WHETHER OR NOT [Captioner] 19:12:28 THERE IS A LOCAL EMERGENCY AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 19:12:32 SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE A VOTE. [Captioner] 19:12:42 THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:12:45 AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION DEBATE AS TO [Captioner] 19:12:48 THE VERBIAGE AND [Captioner] 19:12:51 RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION AS IT STANDS AND THE VERBIAGE. [Captioner] 19:12:55 SO WE'LL RETURN TO COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:12:58 >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M SORRY, I GOT MY QUESTION ANSWERED. [Captioner] 19:12:59 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:13:03 COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:13:05 KENG? >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:13:09 SO MY QUESTION WAS ALSO -- MY QUESTION WAS ALSO [Captioner] 19:13:12 ON THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION, SO [Captioner] 19:13:16 IT WILL BE 7 DAYS UNLESS [Captioner] 19:13:19 WE -- >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:13:23 ADOPTING RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION WOULD ACTUALLY NOT HAVE AN END [Captioner] 19:13:26 DATE. THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS [Captioner] 19:13:29 THAT THE EMERGENCY WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL [Captioner] 19:13:33 THE COUNCIL COMES BACK, TAKES FURTHER ACTION TO TERMINATE [Captioner] 19:13:36 THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, SO IT DOES NOT HAVE AN END DATE. [Captioner] 19:13:39 NOW, STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO REPORT BACK WITHIN [Captioner] 19:13:42 A 60-DAY PERIOD IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER [Captioner] 19:13:46 THIS RESOLUTION HAS AN END DATE AND CERTAINLY IT IS ACCEPTABLE [Captioner] 19:13:49 FOR THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE TO INCLUDE AN END [Captioner] 19:13:52 DATE, ALTHOUGH THAT, OF COURSE, HAS SOME CONSEQUENCES. [Captioner] 19:13:55 I MEAN, IT COULD LIMIT YOUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES OR YOU MAY [Captioner] 19:13:58 HAVE TO COME BACK SOONER, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:14:01 CONSIDER AS YOU'RE DETERMINING WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO INCLUDE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR [Captioner] 19:14:05 TERMINATION AT THIS [Captioner] 19:14:07 TIME. >> Vice Mayor Keng: GREAT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:17 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN MODIFYING OR IS THERE A MOTION [Captioner] 19:14:20 TO ACCEPT IT AS IT STANDS? IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:14:23 THE RESOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:14:27 >> Councilmember Cox: MOTION TO ACCEPT IT AS IS. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:14:29 WE HAVE A MOTION. >> Councilmember Campbell: I'LL SECOND. [Captioner] 19:14:32 >> Mayor Mei: AND WE HAVE A SECOND. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE [Captioner] 19:14:40 VOTE. THE [Captioner] 19:14:43 MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. IT'S APPROVED. [Captioner] 19:14:48 AT THIS TIME IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE THOSE THAT [Captioner] 19:14:52 ARE LISTED AND THE ITEMS WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE [Captioner] 19:14:55 COUNCIL VOTE, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 19:14:59 STANDING UNLESS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, IF THEY [Captioner] 19:15:02 WANT TO DO SO OR PULL AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:15:06 CALENDAR, PLEASE DO SO BY RAISING YOUR HAND OR CLICKING ON THE RAISE [Captioner] 19:15:09 HAND ICON, OR IF CALLING IN, BY PRESSING STAR NINE [Captioner] 19:15:12 OR IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, THERE ARE SPEAKER CARDS [Captioner] 19:15:15 ALSO. [Captioner] 19:15:18 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE DO NOT HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE [Captioner] 19:15:22 IN-PERSON ATTENDEES, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 19:15:26 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR A MOTION BY THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:15:30 ON THIS FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:15:33 >> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVE. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX, AND IS [Captioner] 19:15:37 THERE [Captioner] 19:15:39 A SECOND? >> Vice Mayor Keng: SECONDED. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY [Captioner] 19:15:42 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MAYOR, FRIENDLY REMINDER WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:15:44 AN ORDINANCE. >> Mayor Mei: YES, THE [Captioner] 19:15:48 ORDINANCE. MM-HMM. SO DO YOU [Captioner] 19:15:51 NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE NOW? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, [Captioner] 19:15:54 I WILL DO THAT NOW, MAYOR. THIS EVENING THE COUNCIL ASKS [Captioner] 19:15:57 FOR ADOPTION AS PART OF ITS AGENDA AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY [Captioner] 19:16:00 OF FREMONT ADOPTING MUNICIPAL 18 PLANNING AND [Captioner] 19:16:04 ZONING CHAPTER 18.155, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ADDING [Captioner] 19:16:09 SECTIONS 18.155.090, LIVE/WORK LOCAL PREFERENCE AND MAKING FINDINGS [Captioner] 19:16:12 OF CEQA EXEMPTION. THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:16:16 MAYOR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND SO [Captioner] 19:16:19 WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, AND [Captioner] 19:16:22 MAY I PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? [Captioner] 19:16:27 PRESS YOUR BUTTONS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO [Captioner] 19:16:30 THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:16:35 NEXT THIS EVENING IS A CEREMONIAL ITEM, AND I WANTED TO THANK THOSE [Captioner] 19:16:38 WHO INVITED US TO SHARE IN [Captioner] 19:16:42 THIS EVENT. IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR THE [Captioner] 19:16:48 AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THEIR 46TH [Captioner] 19:16:51 COMMEMORATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND I WANTED TO [Captioner] 19:16:55 WELCOME I BELIEVE MISS MARION LANGFORD, WHO'S THE [Captioner] 19:16:58 SECRETARY OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORICAL [Captioner] 19:17:01 SOCIETY IS GOING TO BE HERE ACCEPTING IT. THERE WAS A [Captioner] 19:17:07 LOVELY EVENT ON SUNDAY THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:17:11 SPONSORED AT THE CHURCH FOR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF [Captioner] 19:17:16 NEWARK, AND IT WAS CENTERED AROUND THIS THEME, AND WE'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:17:18 SHARE THIS PROCLAMATION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK [Captioner] 19:17:21 YOU TO THE KIND CERTIFICATE FROM ALL [Captioner] 19:17:24 OF YOU TO US IN APPRECIATION OF OUR PARTICIPATION. I WAS [Captioner] 19:17:30 JOINED IN SPIRIT WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL, BUT IN PERSON [Captioner] 19:17:31 BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:17:37 SO WHEREAS, THE AFRO AMERICAN CULTURAL AND [Captioner] 19:17:41 HISTORICAL [Captioner] 19:17:44 SOCIETY HAS CELEBRATED THE LIFE AND WORKS OF DR. [Captioner] 19:17:47 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FOR THE PAST 46 YEARS; AND WHEREAS, THE 2023 THEME FOR THIS [Captioner] 19:17:52 PROGRAM IS: "IT STARTS WITH ME; CULTIVATE A BELOVED MINDSET TO TRANSFORM UNJUST [Captioner] 19:18:00 SYSTEMS." AND [Captioner] 19:18:02 WHEREAS, THIS IS A CALL TO CHURCHES, CORPORATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, LEADERS AND [Captioner] 19:18:05 INDIVIDUALS TO LOOK WITHIN AND COMMIT TO DOING THEIR PART TO WORK TOWARDS [Captioner] 19:18:08 CREATING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY; AND [Captioner] 19:18:11 WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DR. [Captioner] 19:18:19 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AS WELL AS THE WORK [Captioner] 19:18:21 THAT THE SOCIETY HAS DONE TO UPLIFT AND EDUCATE THE CITIZENS OF OUR [Captioner] 19:18:23 COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:18:28 FREMONT, HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND ALSO CELEBRATE THE 46TH ANNUAL DR. [Captioner] 19:18:30 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY IN THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:18:36 FREMONT. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS, AND WE'RE ALSO SO BLESSED [Captioner] 19:18:39 TO HAVE SOME OF THE WORDS OF CORETTA [Captioner] 19:18:43 SCOTT KING LISTED IN A QUOTE ON OUR [Captioner] 19:18:45 DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER, BUT WELCOME, MISS LANGFORD. [Captioner] 19:18:49 >> THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:18:52 SAY ON BEHALF OF OUR [Captioner] 19:18:56 FOUNDER, JEANNE FICKLAND AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF [Captioner] 19:18:59 OUR ORGANIZATION, SANDRA SMITH, WE [Captioner] 19:19:02 REALLY APPRECIATE NOT ONLY THE PROCLAMATION, BUT [Captioner] 19:19:05 ALL THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT HAS DONE [Captioner] 19:19:09 TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE [Captioner] 19:19:13 AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT [Captioner] 19:19:17 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THANK [Captioner] 19:19:21 YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP [Captioner] 19:19:24 WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. THANK [Captioner] 19:19:27 YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. [Captioner] 19:19:30 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [Captioner] 19:19:33 AND WE HOPE THAT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US [Captioner] 19:19:38 TO SHARE ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE [Captioner] 19:19:41 BEING ELECTED, IT JUST TAKES HAVING THE HEART AND COMPASSION TO WANT TO [Captioner] 19:19:46 SHARE. SO MY WARMEST [Captioner] 19:19:50 APPRECIATIONS TO MISS JEANNE FICKLAND AND YOUR [Captioner] 19:19:53 ENTIRE TEAM FOR EMBRACING [Captioner] 19:19:57 THIS OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO [Captioner] 19:20:00 MANY YEARS OF CONTINUING THIS SERVICE AND WE'RE VERY PROUD ALSO OF YOUR [Captioner] 19:20:04 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND RECIPIENTS. >> THANK [Captioner] 19:20:07 YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Cox: MAYOR MEI, [Captioner] 19:20:10 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FEW POINTS? >> Mayor Mei: UM, [Captioner] 19:20:14 OKAY. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. IT IS TRULY AN [Captioner] 19:20:17 HONOR TO BE A LIFE IT IS TIME MEMBER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:20:20 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:20:24 TO THANK JEANNE FRICKLAND AND HER [Captioner] 19:20:28 BELOVED HUSBAND [Captioner] 19:20:33 HERMAN, THAT THEY FOUNDED THIS ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 19:20:36 IN THEIR HOME AS WELL AS TO SANDRA SMITH. THE SOCIETY, JUST [Captioner] 19:20:39 TO ADD A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE, THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:20:44 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS AHEAD OF WHEN [Captioner] 19:20:47 CONGRESS HAD OFFICIALLY [Captioner] 19:20:50 OBSERVED THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY INN OBSERVANCE [Captioner] 19:20:53 OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. SO 46 YEARS AND YOU TAKE BACK 10 [Captioner] 19:20:56 YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ONLY BEEN CELEBRATING IT 36 YEARS. SO [Captioner] 19:21:00 I WANT [Captioner] 19:21:04 TO CONGRATULATE THE SOCIETY FOR THINKING FORWARD AND MOVING WITH THE INITIATIVE [Captioner] 19:21:07 OF DR. KING. WHEN I WORKED AT THE WHITE [Captioner] 19:21:10 HOUSE, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH CORETTA [Captioner] 19:21:13 SCOTT KING AND HER FAMILY, WITH MARTY AND DEXTER [Captioner] 19:21:16 AND BERNICE, AND CARRYING OUT DR. KING'S [Captioner] 19:21:20 MESSAGE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, NOT ONLY IN [Captioner] 19:21:24 WASHINGTON, D.C., AND NOT ONLY IN ATLANTA, BUT IT WAS [Captioner] 19:21:26 TRULY AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION. [Captioner] 19:21:30 AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADD THAT THE [Captioner] 19:21:33 FREMONT DOWNTOWN CENTER DOES BEAR THE NAME [Captioner] 19:21:36 AS OF NOVEMBER 16TH OF 2021, WHEN CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:21:40 ADOPTED IT, WAS CORETTA SCOTT KING'S FAMOUS [Captioner] 19:21:43 QUOTE, "THE GREATNESS OF A COMMUNITY IS MOST ACCURATELY [Captioner] 19:21:47 MEASURED BY THE COMPASSIONATE ACTIONS OF ITS [Captioner] 19:21:54 MEMBERS AND SERVING IN A HEART OF GRACE AND LOVE AND SOUL." [Captioner] 19:21:57 AND SO THAT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS [Captioner] 19:22:01 CLEARLY STATED THROUGHOUT OUR FREMONT HISTORY, BECAUSE IT IS ON OUR WALL FOREVER. [Captioner] 19:22:07 AND ALSO THAT THERE'S ANOTHER SPECIAL CONNECTION, IS THAT MY [Captioner] 19:22:10 FAMILY ESTABLISHED THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER [Captioner] 19:22:14 MARTIN LUTHER KING/CORETTA [Captioner] 19:22:17 SCOTT KING BOOK AWARDS THAT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH [Captioner] 19:22:20 THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, AND ALSO TO MENTION THAT THE SOCIETY SELECTED A [Captioner] 19:22:24 YOUNG LADY IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND LATER ON, [Captioner] 19:22:27 SHE WOULD BECOME OUR CITY MANAGER, NO OTHER THAN KARENA [Captioner] 19:22:31 SHACKELFORD, THAT THEY GAVE A SCHOLARSHIP TO HER TO HELP [Captioner] 19:22:34 HER FURTHER EDUCATION AND SHE'S GIVING IT BACK [Captioner] 19:22:37 TO US IN PUBLIC SERVICE, SERVING AS OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:22:40 MANAGER, AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE SO WORTHWHILE [Captioner] 19:22:44 THAT THE SOCIETY EVERY YEAR GIVES ANNUAL COLLEGE [Captioner] 19:22:47 SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP STUDENTS [Captioner] 19:22:50 FIND THEIR -- PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:22:54 AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING [Captioner] 19:22:58 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING NOT ONLY ON JANUARY THE 16TH, MONDAY, [Captioner] 19:23:02 BUT ALSO FOLLOWING HIS PRINCIPLES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT [Captioner] 19:23:05 ALL OF US CAN ADVANCE EQUITY, [Captioner] 19:23:09 RESPECT, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, [Captioner] 19:23:12 AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US CHALLENGE EACH OTHER [Captioner] 19:23:15 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEVER-ENDING WORK OF [Captioner] 19:23:17 BUILDING A MORE PERFECT UNION IN OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:23:21 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:23:25 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. WE CERTAINLY ARE VERY PROUD OF THE [Captioner] 19:23:29 CONTRIBUTIONS AND [Captioner] 19:23:32 THE SUCCESS IN REPRESENTATION FOR MANY OF THE SCHOLARSHIP [Captioner] 19:23:36 RECIPIENTS. IN FACT, THIS SUMMER, WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:23:39 TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE -- THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENTS BY [Captioner] 19:23:43 OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER IN A SMALLER [Captioner] 19:23:46 CEREMONY, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE LONG [Captioner] 19:23:49 LEGACY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP. [Captioner] 19:23:53 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN TO [Captioner] 19:23:56 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, SO IT'S ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A [Captioner] 19:24:00 MATTER WHICH IS NOT SCHEDULED ON THIS AGENDA [Captioner] 19:24:02 MAY DO SO, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SPEAKER EARLIER, IRIS. [Captioner] 19:24:05 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE ACTUALLY HAVE [Captioner] 19:24:09 SPEAKER CARDS SO I HAVE A COMBINATION OF BOTH, SO I'LL CALL THEM IN THE ORDER [Captioner] 19:24:11 THAT I RECEIVED THEM, IF I MAY. >> Mayor Mei: THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:24:15 WONDERFUL. SO I WANTED TO AGAIN NOTE THAT COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED [Captioner] 19:24:18 VIA EMAIL ARE PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:19 PUBLIC RECORD. SO WE'LL TURN THIS OVER TO OUR [Captioner] 19:24:23 CITY CLERK TO BE ABLE TO START AND INTRODUCE EACH [Captioner] 19:24:27 SPEAKER. >> Ms. Gauthier: THE FIRST PERSON IS BRITTANY [Captioner] 19:24:31 TOLNER. SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:24:35 THE SPEAKER WILL START. IF YOU CAN COME UP TO [Captioner] 19:24:38 THE LECTERN, THE PODIUM HERE. YES, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:24:45 >> Mayor Mei: WELL [Captioner] 19:24:51 WELCOME. >> HI. [Captioner] 19:24:56 I'M BRITTANY TOLNER. HELLO. [Captioner] 19:24:59 IT'S MY FIRST MEETING SO I DON'T [Captioner] 19:25:02 REALLY HAVE A SPECIFIC, I GUESS, SUBJECT TO [Captioner] 19:25:08 SPEAK ABOUT. WELL, ONE IS THE [Captioner] 19:25:12 HOMELESS ISSUE THAT IS [Captioner] 19:25:16 HAPPENING IN THE CITY. THERE ARE BUILDINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:25:19 BEING [Captioner] 19:25:23 OCCUPIED BY HOMELESS, AND THERE'S [Captioner] 19:25:27 NO POWER, THERE'S NO RUNNING [Captioner] 19:25:31 WATER, AND I GUESS I'LL STOP THERE. WANT [Captioner] 19:25:34 TO LET YOU GUYS [Captioner] 19:25:38 GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK OR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT OR WHAT I [Captioner] 19:25:41 SHOULD DO. [Captioner] 19:25:51 >> Mayor Mei: I APOLOGIZE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, FOR PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:25:54 COMMUNICATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AGENDIZED, WE CANNOT COMMENT ON THE [Captioner] 19:25:57 ITEMS, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK TO US. [Captioner] 19:26:00 >> OH, SO YOU CAN'T -- >> Mayor Mei: IT'S NOT [Captioner] 19:26:03 A CONVERSATION, NO, MA'AM. >> OH, IT'S NOT A CONVERSATION, [Captioner] 19:26:06 SO WHEN DO I GET [Captioner] 19:26:10 FEEDBACK OR A COMMENT BACK FROM YOU? >> Mayor Mei: WELL, REGARDING [Captioner] 19:26:13 HOMELESSNESS, WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED PAGE ON OUR [Captioner] 19:26:16 WEBSITE AND ALSO WE ALSO HAVE OUR FREMONT FAMILY RESOURCE [Captioner] 19:26:19 CENTER, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:26:22 THERE. >> I MEAN, OKAY, I KNOW -- I KNOW [Captioner] 19:26:25 WHAT RESOURCES THERE ARE, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT [Captioner] 19:26:30 OBVIOUSLY -- OR THEY'RE NOT -- THAT'S ALL I'M [Captioner] 19:26:33 SAYING. SO I [Captioner] 19:26:36 GUESS I'LL SIT BACK DOWN NOW. [Captioner] 19:26:41 >> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR MEI, CAN I -- >> Mayor Mei: SURE. [Captioner] 19:26:44 I KNOW BAY AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES -- BUT WE CAN'T REALLY [Captioner] 19:26:46 TALK ABOUT -- >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M NOT ASKING THAT. [Captioner] 19:26:50 IF I CAN JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION. CAN WE JUST TAKE [Captioner] 19:26:52 HER INFORMATION AND HAVE SOMEONE -- >> Mayor Mei: SURE. [Captioner] 19:26:56 THAT'S WHAT I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND NEXT, IS THAT [Captioner] 19:26:58 STAFF TAKES THAT INFORMATION. WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF [Captioner] 19:27:01 IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE DOWN THAT. [Captioner] 19:27:04 BUT I APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTION. [Captioner] 19:27:12 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 19:27:17 JUNG HO PAK. >> THANK YOU VERY [Captioner] 19:27:21 MUCH. MADAME MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITY STAFF [Captioner] 19:27:24 MEMBERS AS WELL. I [Captioner] 19:27:28 AM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR OF THE [Captioner] 19:27:30 BAYFIELD HARMONIC. FOR SEVERAL DECADES, YOU MAY [Captioner] 19:27:33 KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN KNOWN AS THE FREMONT SYMPHONY, BUT AS OF [Captioner] 19:27:36 THIS PAST OCTOBER, AND AFTER A YEAR OF SILENCE DUE TO COVID, WE [Captioner] 19:27:39 HAVE NOW RETURNED TO THE CONCERT STAGE, AND WE ARE NOW KNOWN [Captioner] 19:27:43 AS THE BAY PHILHARMONIC. BUT [Captioner] 19:27:46 WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO SERVING THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:27:49 FREMONT AS WELL AS THE TRI-CITY AREA, WITH WORLD [Captioner] 19:27:52 CLASS ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE AWARE THAT [Captioner] 19:27:55 FREMONT IS AN EXTREMELY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:27:58 ETHNICITY, RACE, RELIGION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:28:02 BACKGROUND. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN AN [Captioner] 19:28:07 ORCHESTRA BEFORE SEE OUR SHOWS, OPERA OR BALLET, AS WELL AS THOSE IN THE [Captioner] 19:28:10 COMMUNITY WHO ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED IN TERMS OF THEIR TASTES [Captioner] 19:28:13 AND EXPERIENCES IN FINE ARTS AND THE PERFORMING [Captioner] 19:28:16 ARTS. I'M PART OF THE [Captioner] 19:28:20 BAY PHILHARMONIC AS ITS LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I LOVE THE [Captioner] 19:28:23 PLURALITY OF FREMONT AND THE TRI-CITY. I'VE GOTTEN TO [Captioner] 19:28:26 KNOW THE LEADERS, THE RESIDENTS AND THE STUDENTS OF THE FREMONT COMMUNITY, AND I [Captioner] 19:28:29 BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AREAS IN THE [Captioner] 19:28:33 ENTIRE BAY AREA. AND I'VE LIVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN OTHER PARTS OF [Captioner] 19:28:37 THE WORLD. THERE'S SO MANY RESOURCES IN THE [Captioner] 19:28:40 CITY OF FREMONT, CULTURALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY. JUST FOR [Captioner] 19:28:43 SOME CONTEXT, I'M FORMER MUSIC DIRECTOR OF [Captioner] 19:28:46 THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY, THE CAPE SYMPHONY IN [Captioner] 19:28:49 HYANNIS ON CAPE COD, THE NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY, AND I'VE BEEN ON [Captioner] 19:28:52 FACULTY OF MANY NATIONALLY RENOWNED [Captioner] 19:28:56 MUSIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, [Captioner] 19:29:00 SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY AND U.C. BERKELEY, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO [Captioner] 19:29:03 BRING THAT EXPERIENCE TO FREMONT AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:29:07 JUST TO LET YOU [Captioner] 19:29:10 KNOW, WE BELIEVE WE ARE CREATING AN EXPERIENCE FOR THE PERSON WHO'S ATTENDING [Captioner] 19:29:14 A SYMPHONY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, WHICH MAY [Captioner] 19:29:18 POSSIBLY INCLUDE YOURSELVES, THAT [Captioner] 19:29:21 THE PERSON -- THE AVERAGE CITIZEN DESERVES THE BEAUTY AND JOY IN [Captioner] 19:29:24 THEIR LIVES. AND SO WE WANT THE PERSON WHO ATTENDS THE FIRST [Captioner] 19:29:28 TIME TO JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH US, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A PROGRAM NOTE [Captioner] 19:29:31 OR BACKGROUND. WE THINK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:29:34 WHO ALREADY HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE BUT DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TO [Captioner] 19:29:37 SAN FRANCISCO OR SAN JOSÉ THROUGH TRAFFIC [Captioner] 19:29:40 OR THE EXPENSE AND TIME. WE BELIEVE WE CAN BRING WORLD [Captioner] 19:29:44 CLASS ENTERTAINMENT TO FREMONT RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE DOING [Captioner] 19:29:47 THAT. SO OUR GOALS [Captioner] 19:29:50 ARE VERY AMBITIOUS. WE WANT TO REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE [Captioner] 19:29:53 AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, LATINO, EUROPEAN, AND [Captioner] 19:29:56 MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO WANT TO [Captioner] 19:30:00 REFLECT GENDER DIVERSITY, AND AS COUNCILMEMBER COX HAS JUST [Captioner] 19:30:04 MENTIONED, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY THROUGH LOVE, BEAUTY [Captioner] 19:30:07 AND JOY. AND OUR MISSION IS [Captioner] 19:30:10 VERY SIMPLE. IT'S TO ENRICH THE [Captioner] 19:30:13 SOUL, AND INSPIRE THE MIND. SO WE HOPE WE CAN SEE YOU [Captioner] 19:30:16 AT ANOTHER BAY PHILHARMONIC CON SER [Captioner] 19:30:20 CONCERT COMING UP SOON. THE NEXT ONE IS IN MARCH. [Captioner] 19:30:23 NOW I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAND IT OVER, I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUE BARRETT HOOVER, [Captioner] 19:30:28 WHO IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BAY PHILHARMONIC WILL BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:30:31 SHARE HIS WORDS WITH YOU AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:30:34 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S A SEPARATE PERSON, BUT [Captioner] 19:30:36 YES, I KNOW THAT YOU -- IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ZOOMING TOGETHER. [Captioner] 19:30:42 BARRETT? [Captioner] 19:30:45 IS HE ALSO ON? >> YES, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? [Captioner] 19:30:48 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING [Captioner] 19:30:51 US, AND GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. MADAME MAYOR AND THE [Captioner] 19:30:54 COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON [Captioner] 19:30:58 JUNG HO'S WORDS AND SAY HOW [Captioner] 19:31:01 WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE [Captioner] 19:31:05 ARTS IN GENERAL AND A HEALTHY SOCIETY. WE NE FREMONT HAS REALLY [Captioner] 19:31:08 BEEN GROWING AND BUILDING AND IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND [Captioner] 19:31:11 WORK, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE ARTS SHOULD BE REALLY A BIG PART [Captioner] 19:31:16 OF THAT AND BE PART OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY [Captioner] 19:31:19 FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS [Captioner] 19:31:22 RESIDENTS. WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL [Captioner] 19:31:26 LISTENING ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE DO AND [Captioner] 19:31:29 SUPPORT US AND JOIN US FOR OUR [Captioner] 19:31:32 NEXT CONCERT, AS JUNG [Captioner] 19:31:35 HO MENTIONED ON MARCH 4TH AND 5TH AT LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:31:39 WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST YOUTH [Captioner] 19:31:42 CONCERT OF THE SEASON THIS COMING SATURDAY AT IRVINGTON [Captioner] 19:31:45 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND THAT'S HOUR BAY [Captioner] 19:31:48 PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT SERVES [Captioner] 19:31:52 CURRENTLY ABOUT 60 YOUNG MUSICIANS [Captioner] 19:31:55 FROM ALL OVER THE EAST BAY AREA. [Captioner] 19:31:58 ONE THING THAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO DO IS INCREASE OUR [Captioner] 19:32:01 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND TO WORK WITH THE [Captioner] 19:32:05 CITY TO FIND BAND DIRECTORS AND ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS IN THE [Captioner] 19:32:08 FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:32:12 TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM SUPPLEMENT THEIR [Captioner] 19:32:15 MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THEIR SCHOOLS, AS WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:19 REALLY WONDERFUL RESOURCES THAT WE'RE OFFERING, AND NOT MANY [Captioner] 19:32:19 PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. SO ILL OOO CLOSE WITH THAT. [Captioner] 19:32:23 I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT. I HOPE TO SEE [Captioner] 19:32:25 YOU AT ONE OF OUR CONCERTS AND CERTAINLY THIS WEEKEND IF POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 19:32:26 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:32:30 I'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THE FLYERS AND INFORMATION. I [Captioner] 19:32:33 THINK SOME WERE DROPPED OFF AT THE CITY HALL SO I'LL [Captioner] 19:32:36 PUT THEM IN THE BOXES. >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT [Captioner] 19:32:39 SPEAKER IS IRIS. >> YEAH, THANK [Captioner] 19:32:42 YOU. [Captioner] 19:32:45 GOOD EVENING, THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS IRIS [Captioner] 19:32:48 AND I'M SPEAKING ON BHAFT OF THE [Captioner] 19:32:52 RESIDENTS OF THE -- CROSSING COMMUNITY. JUST AS [Captioner] 19:32:55 THE SPEAKERS SAID, WE REALLY ENJOY [Captioner] 19:32:58 LIVING IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:33:04 BUT STARTING LIKE AROUND [Captioner] 19:33:08 SEPTEMBER, WE LIST CONCERNS OF INCREASING CRIME RISK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND [Captioner] 19:33:12 I ALREADY SHARE SOME INFORMATION INCLUDING PICTURES AND [Captioner] 19:33:17 VIDEOS AND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TEAM. [Captioner] 19:33:21 UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GETTING EVEN WORSE DURING THE HOLIDAYS. WE HAVE ANOTHER [Captioner] 19:33:25 FEW CASES OF INTRUDERS FROM THE [Captioner] 19:33:29 RESEARCH AVENUE BREAK IN OUR BUILDINGS AT 3:00 A.M. AND [Captioner] 19:33:33 MIDNIGHT, JUMPING OVER WALLS TO USE OUR [Captioner] 19:33:36 CLUBHOUSE, AND URINATING IN THE COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH KIDS AROUND. [Captioner] 19:33:39 SO LAST WEEK WELL HAVE -- [Captioner] 19:33:43 THE PEOPLE FROM THE RESEARCH AVENUE ALSO [Captioner] 19:33:47 CAME TO -- AFTER BREAKING THE DOORS. [Captioner] 19:33:50 SO WE ARE LIVING WITH FEAR EVERY DAY. [Captioner] 19:33:53 IF YOU ASK OUR TRUE FEELING NOW. SO WE [Captioner] 19:33:57 URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE CORRECTIVE [Captioner] 19:34:02 ACTIONS AND -- OUR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, [Captioner] 19:34:07 WE FEEL WE WANT TO [Captioner] 19:34:12 GET -- AT THE INTERSECTION OF RESEARCH AVENUE AND -- TO PROTECT [Captioner] 19:34:14 THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:23 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE [Captioner] 19:34:28 NEXT SPEAKER IS IN PERSON. [Captioner] 19:34:31 CELINE MASTON. >> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. [Captioner] 19:34:35 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND EVERYBODY HERE. [Captioner] 19:34:38 I HAVE A DREAM. I HAVE A DREAM. [Captioner] 19:34:44 AND WE MAKE FREMONT FREE [Captioner] 19:34:49 FROM ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE CONCERNING [Captioner] 19:34:53 US. THAT THIS [Captioner] 19:34:57 HALL IS -- ON [Captioner] 19:35:01 EVERYBODY'S FACE, WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE [Captioner] 19:35:04 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY. [Captioner] 19:35:08 LET US CELEBRATE IT FROM NOW, THIS [Captioner] 19:35:13 MOMENT. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY [Captioner] 19:35:16 IMPORTANT AND VERY CONCERNING. [Captioner] 19:35:20 NUMBER ONE, I'M LOOKING [Captioner] 19:35:23 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BUY BACK ILLEGAL [Captioner] 19:35:27 GUNS ON THE STREET, [Captioner] 19:35:30 $35,000, SO FAR I COLLECTED $17,000 [Captioner] 19:35:36 AND -- ALL ILLEGAL GUNS ARE PURCHASED OFF THE STREETS OF [Captioner] 19:35:39 FREMONT. AND IF [Captioner] 19:35:42 EVERYBODY WOULD -- LIKE TO JOIN, ON [Captioner] 19:35:46 THE 31ST OF JANUARY. THE SECOND THING IS THAT MANY BILLS HAVE PASSED IN [Captioner] 19:35:49 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:35:53 REGARDING -- MOST COMMON ISSUES AGAIN AND [Captioner] 19:35:55 AGAIN ARE HOUSING HOMELESS. CRIME. [Captioner] 19:36:01 PROBLEMS. LET US GET THESE [Captioner] 19:36:05 GUNS OFF -- $7,000 -- IF EVERYBODY CAN [Captioner] 19:36:08 GET INVOLVED, [Captioner] 19:36:12 $25,000, AND GET THE GUNS BACK AND THAT [Captioner] 19:36:15 IS ON JANUARY 31ST. [Captioner] 19:36:23 I HAVE THE FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE SERVED 35,000 HOT MEALS [Captioner] 19:36:26 TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE OF [Captioner] 19:36:30 FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:36:34 144,000 -- IN FREMONT. THE BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED IN [Captioner] 19:36:37 THE STATE [Captioner] 19:36:41 ASSEMBLY -- IN THE CITY [Captioner] 19:36:44 OF FREMONT -- POSSIBLE SO THAT THIS CRISIS ON HOUSING [Captioner] 19:36:49 CAN BE -- BILLS LIKE [Captioner] 19:36:53 CEQA AND ADUs AND ALL OF THAT. THE [Captioner] 19:36:56 CITY STAFF, THE [Captioner] 19:36:58 PLANNING DEPARTMENT, HELP THEM GET MORE PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:37:02 GIVE THEM MORE FUNDS. [Captioner] 19:37:05 ALLOW PEOPLE -- SEVEN DAYS -- GET [Captioner] 19:37:09 INVOLVED. IT IS NOT JUST A LIP SERVICE THAT IS [Captioner] 19:37:12 NEEDED, IT IS ACTUALLY GOING [Captioner] 19:37:16 OUT IN THE RAIN AND SEEING HOW THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE, THIS [Captioner] 19:37:22 LADY CAME FOR A BATHROOM AND SHOWER. ALL OF THESE THINGS [Captioner] 19:37:24 ARE IMPORTANT. PLEASE, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 19:37:28 TO HELP, THEY CAN CALL ME, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS [Captioner] 19:37:31 ME, AND -- >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:35 >> -- FROM THE HEART. [Captioner] 19:37:42 >> Ms. Gauthier: YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Mayor Mei: MY APOLOGIES. [Captioner] 19:37:47 I NEED TO BE FAIR, I APOLOGIZE, BECAUSE I HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:37:49 KEEP EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME LIMIT, BUT THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:59 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 19:38:02 SURESH MARISETTI. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:38:05 I'M SORRY, YOUR MIC IS NOT ON, SIR. [Captioner] 19:38:09 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:38:15 >> I'M HERE NOT JUST FOR ME [Captioner] 19:38:18 BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF MANY OTHER CONCERNED RESIDENTS [Captioner] 19:38:22 OF FREMONT. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ACTIVE [Captioner] 19:38:28 DISCUSSIONS ON THE NEXT DOOR REGARDING THE CURRENT SITUATION IN FREMONT RELATED [Captioner] 19:38:31 TO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON THE ROADS, [Captioner] 19:38:35 AND HOW THE ROADS HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:38:38 NARROWED RECENTLY, AND MAKING [Captioner] 19:38:41 IT QUITE DANGEROUS FOR [Captioner] 19:38:46 95% OF THE -- WE UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 19:38:49 THERE'S A -- THE CITY TRIED TO USE TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:38:52 BIKE LANES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MANY OF THE ROADS HAVE [Captioner] 19:38:56 BEEN NARROWED TO SUCH AN [Captioner] 19:39:00 EXTENT [Captioner] 19:39:04 [INAUDIBLE] FOR MANY OF US TO DRIVE ON THESE ROADS. ADDED TO [Captioner] 19:39:07 THIS, THE -- AT INTERSECTIONS BASICALLY IT'S PREVENTING [Captioner] 19:39:11 THE TRAFFIC FROM MAKING RIGHT TURNS AND AS A RESULT OF [Captioner] 19:39:15 THIS, TRAFFIC IS GETTING BACKED UP, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL [Captioner] 19:39:19 THE -- WE HAVE GOING [Captioner] 19:39:22 ON -- COMING UP, AND WE ARE VERY [Captioner] 19:39:26 CONCERNED HOW THE CITY HAS DONE THIS, [Captioner] 19:39:30 AND WITHOUT EVEN GETTING ANY INPUT FROM THE [Captioner] 19:39:33 RESIDENTS, AND I JUST WENT AROUND DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:39:36 CITIES IN ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:39:40 COUNTY, PLEASANTON, HAYWARD, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY [Captioner] 19:39:44 OTHER CITY -- AND MAKING THE ROADS -- AS [Captioner] 19:39:47 WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:39:50 DONE. OUR CITY HAS MUTILATED OUR ROADS, [Captioner] 19:39:53 MADE IT VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. [Captioner] 19:39:57 AND IN FACT EVEN THE BIKE LANES ARE SUCH THAT THEY ARE NOT [Captioner] 19:40:00 UNIFORM. FOR EXAMPLE, WASHINGTON AND -- [Captioner] 19:40:03 YOU HAVE EXPANDED THE ROADS AT ONE SECTION [Captioner] 19:40:06 SO BROADLY, MADE THE ROAD [Captioner] 19:40:12 NARROWS -- OVERPASS, THERE IS NO BIKE LANE. SO WE ARE GIVING A FALSE [Captioner] 19:40:15 SENSE OF SECURITY TO THE BIKERS THAT THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:40:19 THESE BIKE LANES. IN FACT, THEY'RE NOT UNIFORM. IN MANY [Captioner] 19:40:22 CASES THAT IS THE CASE. SO REALLY -- [Captioner] 19:40:25 ARE WE MAKING IT SAVER FOR THE BIKERS OR MAKING IT HARDER [Captioner] 19:40:29 FOR THE -- WHICH IS LIKE [Captioner] 19:40:32 99% FOOT TRAFFIC. SO I CAME TO [Captioner] 19:40:35 THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN APRIL AND I GUESS THE CITY CLERK [Captioner] 19:40:42 HAS MY COMPLAINT ON THE WEBSITE FOR DISCUSSION [Captioner] 19:40:45 THIS EVENING BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT SURE IF THE [Captioner] 19:40:48 DISCUSSION HAS HAPPENED OR THERE IS RESOLUTION, BULL [Captioner] 19:40:51 THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WHAT THE CITY [Captioner] 19:40:54 HAS DONE, MUTILATING OUR ROADS, IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. [Captioner] 19:40:58 AND WE ARE VERY CONCERNED, WE WANT YOU TO [Captioner] 19:41:01 ACTIVELY LOOK AT THIS AND [Captioner] 19:41:05 REMOVE THE -- CHOPS AND -- [Captioner] 19:41:08 BIKE LANE [Captioner] 19:41:11 TRAFFIC -- >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, SIR. [Captioner] 19:41:21 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE LAST SPEAKER IS CIELE ON [Captioner] 19:41:23 ZOOM. CL. >> HI. [Captioner] 19:41:27 HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CITY [Captioner] 19:41:30 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME [Captioner] 19:41:33 IS CLEMENT, RESIDENT OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:41:37 THE CRIME SITUATION HAS GOTTEN A LOT WORSE [Captioner] 19:41:41 EXPONENTIALLY AND I'VE SPOKEN [Captioner] 19:41:43 TO 10 FREMONT POLICE OFFICERS IN PERSON SINCE NOVEMBER 2022. [Captioner] 19:41:48 WHERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, MORNING AND THE NIGHT, [Captioner] 19:41:51 INTRUDERS ENTER OUR FACILITIES TO [Captioner] 19:41:55 DEFECATE, SHATTERING OUR BUILDING GLASS DOORS, [Captioner] 19:42:00 BREAKING -- HIDING MIND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS IN ATTEMPT [Captioner] 19:42:03 TO INFILTRATE OUR BUILDINGS. WHERE POLICE OFFICER [Captioner] 19:42:07 SHANDRA ALSO WITNESSED IN PERSON. [Captioner] 19:42:11 INTRUDERS HAVE ALSO [Captioner] 19:42:15 BROKEN IN TO TAKE SHELTER. THEY HAVE ALSO STOLEN CATALYTIC [Captioner] 19:42:19 CONVERTERS INSIDE THE GARAGE AND VANDALIZED THE CARS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 19:42:23 JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. SPEAKING OF [Captioner] 19:42:26 THAT, AT THIS VERY MOMENT WE HAVE A BUILDING REPORTING INTRUDERS THAT [Captioner] 19:42:29 HAVE REFUSED TO LEAVE, OKAY, RIGHT NOW, AND POLICE WERE CALLED AND [Captioner] 19:42:33 THEN THEY JUST LEFT, ONLY WHEN THE POLICE WERE CALLED, [Captioner] 19:42:35 BUT THEN POLICE CANNOT CATCH THEM ACCOUNTABLE. [Captioner] 19:42:38 SO MY FAMILY AND THE RESIDENTS ARE LIVING IN FEAR, [Captioner] 19:42:41 AND THERE'S ALSO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF [Captioner] 19:42:45 MAIL THEFT BY FPD. MANY OF THESE [Captioner] 19:42:49 INTRUDERS ESCAPED TO THE RESEARCH AVENUE, WHERE THE [Captioner] 19:42:52 RVs ARE ILLEGALLY PARKED THERE. WE REALLY URGE [Captioner] 19:42:56 YOU TO INSTALL A GATE BETWEEN THE RESEARCH [Captioner] 19:43:00 AVENUE AND -- STREET TO STOP SUSPECTS USING THE [Captioner] 19:43:03 RESEARCH AVENUE AS AN ESCAPE ROUTE. FURTHERMORE, WE WOULD [Captioner] 19:43:06 ALSO NEED MORE CITY-WIDE CAMERAS [Captioner] 19:43:10 IN FREMONT TO HOLD ALL SUSPECTS ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:43:13 INSTALLING THE BARRIER NEXT TO THE SOUTH [Captioner] 19:43:17 GRIMMER BOULEVARD TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM [Captioner] 19:43:19 ANY INTRUDERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:43:29 >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:43:33 I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOTH [Captioner] 19:43:36 CALLED AND LEFT THEIR FEEDBACK, AND I KNOW OUR STAFF [Captioner] 19:43:40 AND OUR COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE NOTED THIS. AT [Captioner] 19:43:43 THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RETURN TO OUR [Captioner] 19:43:46 REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS. I WANTED TO AGAIN CLARIFY THAT [Captioner] 19:43:49 FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS, [Captioner] 19:43:52 WE WILL NOT BE AS A COUNCIL RESPONDING, BUT THE [Captioner] 19:43:55 STAFF HAS TAKEN THE INFORMATION DOWN, AND THERE ARE ALSO [Captioner] 19:43:59 DISCUSSIONS AND, IN FACT, IN GENERAL I WOULD MENTION THAT AS PLANS [Captioner] 19:44:02 COME UP, WHETHER IT'S ON HOMELESSNESS OR [Captioner] 19:44:06 MOBILITY, SUCH AS MOBILITY BIKE [Captioner] 19:44:09 PEDESTRIAN PLANS, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AGENDIZED AND THOSE [Captioner] 19:44:12 WILL BE IN DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU CAN COME AND SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK [Captioner] 19:44:15 ALSO ON. THIS EVENING OUR FIRST [Captioner] 19:44:19 SCHEDULED REGULAR ITEM IS ITEM 5A. WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:44:26 THE 2023 HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN UPDATE. I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:44:29 WELCOME PRINCIPAL PLANNER WAYLAND LI WHO WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:44:32 THANK YOU. WELCOME, WAYLAND. [Captioner] 19:44:39 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD [Captioner] 19:44:43 EVENING. [Captioner] 19:45:08 STAFF HAS COME TO COUNCIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE [Captioner] 19:45:11 PAST YEAR TO SEEK OUTPUT AND TO GET FEEDBACK ON [Captioner] 19:45:14 DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION DIFFERS [Captioner] 19:45:17 FROM THOSE PREVIOUS VISITS IN THAT WE'RE NOW [Captioner] 19:45:20 REQUESTING FORMAL ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT. [Captioner] 19:45:28 THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A QUICK OVERVIEW OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:45:31 I'LL BEGIN WITH REVIEW OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE PROCESS, [Captioner] 19:45:35 INCLUDING HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND WHAT LIES AHEAD. [Captioner] 19:45:35 [Captioner] 19:45:36 [Captioner] 19:45:40 WE'LL ALSO REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT AND [Captioner] 19:45:43 FINALLY I'LL DISCUSS MORE RECENT CHANGES THAT STAFF HAS MADE TO [Captioner] 19:45:48 THE DOCUMENT IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM [Captioner] 19:45:54 THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:46:00 UNDER STATE LAW, ALL CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA ARE REQUIRED [Captioner] 19:46:03 TO HAVE AN ADOPTED PLAN IN PLACE KNOWN AS A HOUSING ELEMENT. [Captioner] 19:46:06 TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE [Captioner] 19:46:09 HOUSING ELEMENT STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:46:13 INCLUDING THOSE AT THE LOWEST INCOME LEVELS AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL [Captioner] 19:46:16 HOUSING NEEDS INCLUDING SENIORS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE [Captioner] 19:46:20 ACCESS TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND ADEQUATE HOUSING WITHIN [Captioner] 19:46:23 THEIR [Captioner] 19:46:27 COMMUNITIES. THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS A CHAPTER IN [Captioner] 19:46:32 THE CITY'S PLAN FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. THE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:46:35 ELEMENT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE GENERAL [Captioner] 19:46:39 PLAN, IN THAT HOUSING ELEMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE [Captioner] 19:46:41 UPDATED EVERY EIGHT YEARS. AND IT'S SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND [Captioner] 19:46:45 APPROVAL BY STATE HCD TO ENSURE THAT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT [Captioner] 19:46:48 WITH THE STATE'S HOUSING RULES. [Captioner] 19:46:52 SINCE THE LAST TIME WE ADOPTED A HOUSING ELEMENT BACK [Captioner] 19:46:56 IN 2015, OUR HOUSING NEEDS HAVE CHANGED CONSIDERABLY. [Captioner] 19:46:59 WE SAW THE STATE'S HOUSING CRISIS BECOME MORE [Captioner] 19:47:02 PRONOUNCED, HOUSING BECOME MORE UNAFFORDABLE, RATES [Captioner] 19:47:05 OF HOMELESSNESS INCREASE, AND WE SAW THE [Captioner] 19:47:09 DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE APPARENT. [Captioner] 19:47:15 THE STATE RESPONDED TO THIS HOUSING CRISIS IN A COUPLE OF [Captioner] 19:47:19 KEYWAYS. INCLUDING ONE, TAKING AWAY A LOT [Captioner] 19:47:22 OF LOCAL CONTROL OVER APPROVAL OF HOUSING [Captioner] 19:47:25 DEVELOPMENTS, AND TWO, PLACING MANY, MANY, MANY [Captioner] 19:47:29 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON LOCAL HOUSING ELEMENTS TO BE SURE [Captioner] 19:47:32 THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING THEIR PART TO ADDRESS THE [Captioner] 19:47:35 HOUSING CRISIS IN THE STATE. [Captioner] 19:47:38 THESE CHANGES INCLUDE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO [Captioner] 19:47:43 ADDRESS FAIR HOUSING AND MORE RULES AND MORE EXPECTATIONS [Captioner] 19:47:46 TO HAVE MEANINGFUL AND ACTIONABLE PROGRAMS. [Captioner] 19:47:52 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE HAVE STRUGGLED [Captioner] 19:47:57 WITH. THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION WHERE HOUSING ELEMENTS WERE DUE [Captioner] 19:48:00 OVER A YEAR AGO, A HUGE NUMBER OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS STILL DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 19:48:03 A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT OVER A YEAR [Captioner] 19:48:07 LATER. ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE THE [Captioner] 19:48:10 HOUSING NEEDS THAT CITIES NOW NEED TO PLAN FOR ARE SO MUCH [Captioner] 19:48:13 HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. [Captioner] 19:48:17 SINCE THE 1970s, THERE'S BEEN A PROCESS IN PLACE [Captioner] 19:48:20 IN CALIFORNIA CALLED THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION, OR [Captioner] 19:48:23 RHNA PROCESS. WHEN THE STATE CALCULATES [Captioner] 19:48:26 WHAT THE HOUSING NEEDS OF A REGION ARE, AND THEN THE [Captioner] 19:48:29 REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS DECIDES AND [Captioner] 19:48:33 DETERMINES HOW TO FAIRLY DISTRIBUTE THAT NEED AMONG THE [Captioner] 19:48:36 VARIOUS CITIES IN THE REGION. THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY [Captioner] 19:48:39 OF LOCAL CITIES IS TO HAVE A [Captioner] 19:48:42 HOUSING ELEMENT AND ZONING IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE [Captioner] 19:48:45 NEEDS. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH [Captioner] 19:48:48 CITIES AREN'T OUT THERE PHYSICALLY BUILDING THE HOUSING, WE [Captioner] 19:48:51 ARE PUTTING THE RULES AND THE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS [Captioner] 19:48:54 HOUSING TO BE PRODUCED. [Captioner] 19:48:59 SO THIS UPCOMING [Captioner] 19:49:02 HOUSING CYCLE HAVE DETERMINED THE HOUSING NEEDS WERE MORE [Captioner] 19:49:05 THAN TWICE WHAT THEY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS CYCLE. ONCE THE REGIONAL NEED WAS [Captioner] 19:49:08 DISTRIBUTED, FREMONT'S RHNA WAS SET [Captioner] 19:49:12 AT 12,897 UNITS FOR THIS UPCOMING CYCLE. WHEREAS IT WAS [Captioner] 19:49:15 ONLY ABOUT 5400 IN THE PREVIOUS [Captioner] 19:49:23 CYCLE. TO SHOW THE ZONING AND SITES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:49:26 ACCOMMODATE ALL THOSE UNITS OVER THE NEXT EIGHT [Captioner] 19:49:30 YEARS. FORTUNATELY OUR [Captioner] 19:49:35 GENERAL PLAN WHICH WE ADOPTED IN 2011 WAS [Captioner] 19:49:38 VERY FORWARD THINKING, [Captioner] 19:49:41 URBAN GROWTH STRATEGY ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING NEAR MAJOR TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:49:44 HUBS. [Captioner] 19:49:49 THIS HAS ALLOWED THE PROCESS TO FOCUS [Captioner] 19:49:53 LESS ENERGY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GROW BUT TO REALLY FOCUS ON [Captioner] 19:49:56 SOLVING FOR WHAT MEANINGFUL [Captioner] 19:49:59 PROGRAMS AND WHAT MEANINGFUL ACTIONS WILL ACTUALLY HELP US TO ACHIEVE [Captioner] 19:50:03 OUR HOUSING GOALS. NEXT SLIDE, [Captioner] 19:50:08 PLEASE. SINCE HOUSING IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR [Captioner] 19:50:11 EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, STAFF PLACES GREAT [Captioner] 19:50:15 EMPHASIS DURING THIS PROCESS ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE [Captioner] 19:50:18 TO BE HEARD. WITH [Captioner] 19:50:21 PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PHYSICALLY GOING OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:50:24 GREATEST HOUSING CHALLENGES. ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON [Captioner] 19:50:27 THE HOUSING ELEMENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, OUR [Captioner] 19:50:31 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS REALLY KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR AT THE BEGINNING [Captioner] 19:50:34 OF 2022, WHEN STAFF WENT ON A TOUR TO VISIT THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:50:40 VARIOUS ROADS AND CONDITIONS TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE UNIQUE [Captioner] 19:50:43 PERSPECTIVE IN THEIR MISSIONS. WE ALSO TOOK A MULTIPRONGED REACH EFFORT [Captioner] 19:50:46 WHERE WE CONDUCTED OFFICE HOURS, WHERE PEOPLE COULD [Captioner] 19:50:50 TALK WITH HOUSING ELEMENT TEAM. [Captioner] 19:50:53 WE ATTENDED COMMUNITY EVENTS, HELPED FOCUS [Captioner] 19:50:56 GROUPS AND VISITED AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEXES AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 19:50:59 SUNRISE VILLAGE SHELTER TO GET INPUT FROM A RANGE OF RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT [Captioner] 19:51:02 THE [Captioner] 19:51:07 COMMUNITY. STAFF TOOK IN ALL THIS INPUT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES [Captioner] 19:51:10 AND WE IDENTIFIED TWO THINGS OF ENGAGEMENT [Captioner] 19:51:13 WHICH WE USE AS A FOUNDATION IN PREPARING A DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 19:51:17 WHICH WAS RELEASED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. [Captioner] 19:51:20 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:51:28 THIS DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TOOK A HIGHLY [Captioner] 19:51:31 AMBITIOUS POLICY EFFORT CONSISTING OF [Captioner] 19:51:35 OVER 90 PROGRAMS AND SIX MAIN GOALS TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:51:38 RESIDENTS. THIS INCLUDED PRESERVING AND MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE [Captioner] 19:51:42 EXISTING HOUSING SUPPLY, HELPING CURRENT [Captioner] 19:51:45 RESIDENTS MAINTAIN STABLE AND [Captioner] 19:51:49 SAFE HOUSING, PROMOTING PRODUCTION OF NEW [Captioner] 19:51:52 HOUSING, MAXIMIZING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, [Captioner] 19:51:56 ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:52:00 AND DISPROPORTIONATE HOUSING NEEDS AND MAINTAINING A COMPLIANT [Captioner] 19:52:04 HOUSING ELEMENT AND ZONING. [Captioner] 19:52:09 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY LEGALLY REQUIRED PIECES TO A HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 19:52:12 LIKE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, REVIEW OF [Captioner] 19:52:16 A PREVIOUS HOUSING [Captioner] 19:52:19 ELEMENT, STAFF MADE IT A CORE PRINCIPLE OF THE [Captioner] 19:52:22 HOUSING ELEMENT THAT EACH OF THE SIX GOALS AND EACH OF THE [Captioner] 19:52:26 90-PLUS PROGRAMS IN THE DOCUMENT NEEDED [Captioner] 19:52:29 TO SPECIFICALLY TIE BACK TO A [Captioner] 19:52:32 KEY FINDING OR KEY THEME OF ENGAGEMENT FOUND IN THE [Captioner] 19:52:35 DOCUMENT, MEANING THAT IF YOU TAKE ANY ONE OF THE PROGRAMS [Captioner] 19:52:38 LISTED IN [Captioner] 19:52:41 THE DOCUMENT TELLS YOU HOW IT RELATES TO WHAT WE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:52:45 AND TELLS YOU WHATTISH YOU'LL OR PROBLEM WE IDENTIFIED [Captioner] 19:52:48 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR. I'LL ALSO NOTE THE DRAFT [Captioner] 19:52:51 HOUSING ELEMENT CONTAINS AN EQUITABLE SITES INVENTORY, [Captioner] 19:52:54 THE PLANS FOR HOUSING IN AREAS OF [Captioner] 19:52:58 HIGH OPPORTUNITY, WHICH ARE AREAS WHERE LOW INCOME [Captioner] 19:53:02 RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, [Captioner] 19:53:05 EMPLOYMENT, AND A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WHICH LEADS TO MORE POSITIVE [Captioner] 19:53:08 LIFE [Captioner] 19:53:13 OUTCOMES. ALSO OVER IS IT 5% OF INVENTORY SITES ARE LOCATED IN [Captioner] 19:53:16 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS, OR PDAs, WHICH [Captioner] 19:53:20 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN'S VISION [Captioner] 19:53:23 FOR MEETING HOUSING NEEDS TO A STRATEGIC [Captioner] 19:53:26 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. [Captioner] 19:53:35 THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE LONG ROAD WE TOOK [Captioner] 19:53:38 FROM THIS FIRST PUBLIC DRAFT IN JULY TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH [Captioner] 19:53:41 THE DRAFT CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION. [Captioner] 19:53:45 WHEN WE RELEASED THE DRAFT IN JULY, OUR OUTREACH [Captioner] 19:53:48 STRATEGY PIVOTED TO A SECOND PHASE WHERE [Captioner] 19:53:51 THE FOCUS SHIFTED TO FINDING WAYS TO REFINE [Captioner] 19:53:54 AND IMPROVE THE DRAFT. [Captioner] 19:53:57 AS A CORNER STOANT EVENT IN THE SECOND STAGE OF [Captioner] 19:54:01 ENGAGEMENT, STAFF HELD A DROP-IN OPEN HOUSE ON [Captioner] 19:54:06 AUGUST 3RD OF THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER. ABOUT 20 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:54:10 ATTENDED AND WE HAD A REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION. [Captioner] 19:54:13 AFTER 30 DAYS OF RECEIVING PUBLIC INPUT, [Captioner] 19:54:16 STAFF MADE EDITS BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD AND WE SUBMITTED A [Captioner] 19:54:19 REVISED DRAFT TO STATE HCD FOR [Captioner] 19:54:22 PRELIMINARY REVIEW. [Captioner] 19:54:28 OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, STATE HAD BACK TO [Captioner] 19:54:31 BACK CONVERSATIONS WITH HCD AS PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE DID [Captioner] 19:54:34 RECEIVE SOME VERY POSITIVE [Captioner] 19:54:38 FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE IN THAT THEY THOUGHT WE HAD SOME VERY HIGH QUALITY [Captioner] 19:54:41 PROGRAMS, SOME THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND VERY STRONG OUTREACH. [Captioner] 19:54:45 SOME OF THE BEST WE HAVE SEEN, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD TO REPORT BACK TO THE [Captioner] 19:54:54 COUNCIL. STAFF RESPONDED TO WRITTEN COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:54:57 FROM HCD IN EARLY NOVEMBER AND OVER THANKSGIVING THEY [Captioner] 19:55:01 PROVIDED US WITH A FORMAL WRITTEN COMMENT LETTER THAT HIGHLIGHTED [Captioner] 19:55:04 JUST FOUR MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN IN WHICH THE [Captioner] 19:55:07 STATE FELT THAT ADDITIONAL REVISIONS WERE NECESSARY [Captioner] 19:55:10 TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS. [Captioner] 19:55:17 IN GENERAL, STAFF FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE NUMBER AND THE [Captioner] 19:55:21 TYPES OF COMMENTS THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THE STATE. [Captioner] 19:55:25 AND WE FELT VERY CONFIDENT TO BE ABLE TO PRESPOND TO T [Captioner] 19:55:28 RESPOND TO [Captioner] 19:55:32 THEM. WE TOOK THE ITEM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR [Captioner] 19:55:35 A HOLIDAY BREAK OR THE COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND [Captioner] 19:55:39 ADOPTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL: NEXT [Captioner] 19:55:42 SLIDE, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:55:48 THE NEXT TWO SLIDES PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE [Captioner] 19:55:51 TO DRAFT. [Captioner] 19:56:05 STARVE ADDITIONALLY MODIFIED CERTAIN PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP CONCRETE [Captioner] 19:56:08 TIME LINES AND [Captioner] 19:56:12 COMMITMENTS [Captioner] 19:56:15 FOR EXAMPLE PROGRAM 33 TO A BONUS PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO SOME COMMENTS WE'D [Captioner] 19:56:18 HEARD, PROGRAMS 52, 53 AND 62 WHICH RELATE [Captioner] 19:56:22 TO FINDING FUNDING FOR [Captioner] 19:56:28 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WERE MODIFIED TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:56:31 MORE CONCRETE OBJECTIVES RELATED TO APPLYING FOR [Captioner] 19:56:34 STATE FINANCING RESOURCES. [Captioner] 19:56:39 STAFF ALSO STRENGTHENED THE CITY'S COMMITMENTS ON [Captioner] 19:56:42 PROGRAM 63 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND PUBLIC LANDS TO [Captioner] 19:56:46 SET MORE CONCRETE [Captioner] 19:56:52 TIME LINES, EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:56:55 WITH DISABILITIES, MULTIPLE INCREMENTAL [Captioner] 19:56:59 ZONING CLEAN-UP ITEMS THAT WILL REMOVE BARRIERS [Captioner] 19:57:02 TO ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. [Captioner] 19:57:05 CONSISTENT WITH THE FAIR HOUSING ACT. [Captioner] 19:57:16 STAFF ALSO CLARIFIED THAT THE CITY'S CURRENT PROCESS FOR [Captioner] 19:57:20 GRANTING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS [Captioner] 19:57:23 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. [Captioner] 19:57:27 IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM HCD, STAFF ALSO [Captioner] 19:57:29 EXPANDED THE ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS. [Captioner] 19:57:33 FOR EXAMPLE. STAFF ADDED [Captioner] 19:57:36 ANALYSIS OF THE COST THAT DEVELOPERS MAY UNDERTAKE IN [Captioner] 19:57:39 ORDER TO CONSTRUCT STREET IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS CURB [Captioner] 19:57:41 AND GUTTER. ADDITIONAL DETAIL WAS ADDED [Captioner] 19:57:44 REGARDING THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS [Captioner] 19:57:49 REPORTING IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY, AND ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 19:57:52 COMPONENTS WERE ADDED TO THE CITY'S FAIR HOUSING [Captioner] 19:57:56 ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. [Captioner] 19:57:59 AND THESE COMPONENTS INCLUDE A RANKING OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS [Captioner] 19:58:03 TO FAIR HOUSING, ISSUES OF REGIONAL ANALYSIS [Captioner] 19:58:06 OF DISPROPORTIONATE HOUSING NEEDS AMONG SPECIAL [Captioner] 19:58:09 POPULATIONS BUT WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE IT [Captioner] 19:58:12 VERY CLEAR BACK TO PROPOSED POLICIES IN CHAPTER [Captioner] 19:58:20 IT. [Captioner] 19:58:24 A MATRIX NOTING STAFF'S RESPONSES TO THE STATE'S [Captioner] 19:58:27 COMMENTS HAS BEEN INCLUDED. [Captioner] 19:58:31 SO RESULTANTLY, STAFF BELIEVES THE ADOPTION DRAFT IS [Captioner] 19:58:34 IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE OF STATEHOUSING ELEMENT LAW AND [Captioner] 19:58:37 STAFF IS NOW RECOMMENDING ADOPTION THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:58:39 [Captioner] 19:58:39 [Captioner] 19:58:45 IN SUMMARY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT [Captioner] 19:58:48 IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, FIND THAT THIS ACTION [Captioner] 19:58:52 IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS -- FROM [Captioner] 19:58:55 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER CEQA, FIND THAT THE [Captioner] 19:58:58 HOUSING ELEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN [Captioner] 19:59:01 AND FURTHERS THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND ADOPT A [Captioner] 19:59:04 RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE HOUSING ELEMENT. [Captioner] 19:59:08 AFTER ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, STAFF WILL SUBMIT THE [Captioner] 19:59:11 HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW [Captioner] 19:59:15 OF CERTIFICATION. [Captioner] 19:59:20 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES A FINDING THAT THE [Captioner] 19:59:24 HOUSING ELEMENT IS EXEMPT FROM [Captioner] 19:59:27 ENVIRONMENTAL REVEUL WITH RESPECT TO CEQA AND [Captioner] 19:59:29 A CHECKLIST IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT. [Captioner] 19:59:34 THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY [Captioner] 19:59:37 QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. [Captioner] 19:59:42 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:59:45 TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND I'LL [Captioner] 19:59:48 BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 19:59:52 >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED, [Captioner] 19:59:55 IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE [Captioner] 19:59:58 STATE WITH OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, AND JUST SO PROUD AND [Captioner] 20:00:02 INSTEAD OF KICKING AND SCREAMING, WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET DONE [Captioner] 20:00:05 SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. MY ONLY [Captioner] 20:00:09 QUESTIONS ARE THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS SUBMITTED [Captioner] 20:00:12 THAT I WONDERED IF THEY HAD BEEN ADDRESSED SO THERE [Captioner] 20:00:15 WERE SOME COMMENTS FROM FREMONT [Captioner] 20:00:18 FOR EVERYONE REGARDING PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 20:00:21 OF SUBSTANDARD HOUSING VIOLATIONS. I THOUGHT THAT [Captioner] 20:00:24 WAS A GOOD COMMENT ADD I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT [Captioner] 20:00:28 RESPONDED TO. THERE WERE ALSO SOME OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT [Captioner] 20:00:32 THE SITES' INVENTORY. I UNDERSTAND THOSE MAY NOT BE AS [Captioner] 20:00:36 IMPORTANT BECAUSE SINCE WE MET THE [Captioner] 20:00:39 REQUIRED SITES, IT MAY NOT BE SO IMPORTANT TO [Captioner] 20:00:42 WORRY ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSES TO [Captioner] 20:00:45 THE FREMONT FOR EVERYONE LETTER, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO [Captioner] 20:00:49 THAT, THE [Captioner] 20:00:53 COMMENT FROM -- REGARDING THE PROVISION [Captioner] 20:00:56 REGARDING LABOR FORCE READINESS, THERE [Captioner] 20:00:59 WAS A SUGGESTION ABOUT ADDING SOME [Captioner] 20:01:02 LANGUAGE ABOUT LABOR STANDARDS CONDUCIVE TO ENSURING THE [Captioner] 20:01:05 RELIABLE SUPPLY OF QUALITY CONSTRUCTION LABOR, AND I [Captioner] 20:01:09 THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED LIKE GOOD LANGUAGE TO ADD, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE [Captioner] 20:01:12 YOU PROPOSED AN ALTERNATIVE THAT [Captioner] 20:01:15 IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG IN TERMS OF EXPRESSING [Captioner] 20:01:20 SUPPORT FOR HIGH QUALITY LABOR STANDARDS, SO I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD GET [Captioner] 20:01:23 SOME RESPONSES TO THOSE. [Captioner] 20:01:27 >> SURE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THOSE. [Captioner] 20:01:32 WITH REGARDS TO THE RECENT COMMUNICATION [Captioner] 20:01:38 REGARDING -- THE COMMUNICATION RECENTLY RECEIVED [Captioner] 20:01:43 REGARDING -- LABOR, STAFF THOUGHT THEY WERE FAIR COMMENTS. [Captioner] 20:01:46 I THINK THEREAFTER, INCLUDING SOME LANGUAGE [Captioner] 20:01:49 WITHIN THE HOUSING ELEMENT RECOGNIZING THE KEY ROLE [Captioner] 20:01:53 THAT AN ADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION LABOR FORCE [Captioner] 20:01:56 PLAYS IN BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THE HOUSING PROVISION OF THE [Captioner] 20:02:00 HOUSING ELEMENT. SO I THINK THAT'S A FAIR -- STAFF [Captioner] 20:02:03 THOUGHT THAT WAS A [Captioner] 20:02:06 FAIR REQUEST, AND WE DID PREPARE SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE [Captioner] 20:02:11 THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 20:02:14 TO INCLUDE, NOT PREVIOUSLY [Captioner] 20:02:17 DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE COUNCIL BEFORE BUT BASICALLY SAYING RECOGNIZING THAT LABOR [Captioner] 20:02:21 IS IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE A [Captioner] 20:02:24 COMMITMENT THROUGH ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS TO CONSULT [Captioner] 20:02:27 WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON CHANGES TO THE HOUSING POLICY, WHICH [Captioner] 20:02:29 INCLUDES THOSE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. [Captioner] 20:02:36 >> Councilmember Kassan: CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT ONE, THEY DID PROPOSE SOME LANGUAGE AND [Captioner] 20:02:39 I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY YOU DIDN'T JUST GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT [Captioner] 20:02:42 THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAD [Captioner] 20:02:47 PROPOSED? THIS IS THE CARPENTER'S UNION. [Captioner] 20:02:55 >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE LANGUAGE THEY [Captioner] 20:02:58 HAD PROPOSED, THINK WE JUST HAD A PREFERENCE IN THE WAY WE PHRASE IT. [Captioner] 20:03:05 >> Councilmember Kassan: WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE [Captioner] 20:03:10 LANGUAGE PROPOSED REPLACING WHAT YOU HAD PUT WITH [Captioner] 20:03:12 WHAT THEY HAD [Captioner] 20:03:16 SUGGESTED? >> IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE, I THINK STAFF WOULD [Captioner] 20:03:19 BE FINE WITH THAT. >> Councilmember Kassan: AND THEN SORRY I INTERRUPTED YOU, [Captioner] 20:03:22 COULD MAYBE ANSWER THE PART ABOUT THE FREMONT FOR EVERYONE LETTER. [Captioner] 20:03:25 THANK [Captioner] 20:03:29 YOU. >> SURE. WITH REGARDS TO SITES INVENTORY, [Captioner] 20:03:32 I FORGET WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE, BUT I [Captioner] 20:03:36 THINK THAT PERHAPS IF JOEL CAN GIVE ME A HAND [Captioner] 20:03:39 WITH THE CODE [Captioner] 20:03:42 ENFORCEMENT, I CAN REFRESH MY MEMORY OF WHAT THE [Captioner] 20:03:45 SITES INVENTORY COMMENT -- IN A BIT. >> I SURE CAN. [Captioner] 20:03:48 THANK YOU, WAYLAND. AND SO DEALING WITH [Captioner] 20:03:52 THE CODE ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 20:03:55 ISSUE FIRST, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF DOES [Captioner] 20:03:59 HAVE [Captioner] 20:04:05 A [Captioner] 20:04:08 INTERNAL POLICY WHERE WHEN BE HAVE A [Captioner] 20:04:11 CERTAIN NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RAISED IN A HOUSING SWAIG, THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 20:04:15 LOOK WITHIN THOSE ADJACENT UNITS WHEN [Captioner] 20:04:18 THERE IS A PATTERN [Captioner] 20:04:22 CLEAR TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER [Captioner] 20:04:25 SIMILAR SITUATIONS. [Captioner] 20:04:29 HOWEVER, THAT'S CONSTRAINED BY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 20:04:32 STAFFING, AND SO TO [Captioner] 20:04:36 ENSHRINE SOMETHING MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THAT [Captioner] 20:04:39 CITYWIDE WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:04:43 RESPOND TO IN TERMS OF COMMITTING TO THE [Captioner] 20:04:46 STATE THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:04:49 GOING TO OPERATE AT THAT MUCH HIGHER LEVEL. SO [Captioner] 20:04:52 IF WE RESPOND TO A [Captioner] 20:04:56 SO IF WE RESPOND TO A L MULTIUNIT [Captioner] 20:05:00 CONDO OR APARTMENT, WE HAVE SEVERAL [Captioner] 20:05:03 THAT HAVE A SEWAGE OR WATER A [Captioner] 20:05:06 JILG ISSUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE A CASE-BY-CASE [Captioner] 20:05:12 BASIS ADDRESS THAT MORE GLOBALLY. WE [Captioner] 20:05:16 ARE TRYING TO HAVE A VERY HIGH [Captioner] 20:05:19 STANDARD WHERE WE WOULD HIRE MORE [Captioner] 20:05:22 COID ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DO THAT AND TO COMMIT TO THAT ON [Captioner] 20:05:25 GOING BASIS. [Captioner] 20:05:27 >> Councilmember Kassan: RIGHT, THAT IS PROBABLY A [Captioner] 20:05:31 PROBLEM FOR ALL CITIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL STAFF [Captioner] 20:05:34 TO PROACTIVELY INSPECT ALL ISSUES AND [Captioner] 20:05:37 WE HAVE TO BE COMPLAINT DRIVEN AND HOPEFULLY [Captioner] 20:05:41 WE CAN MAKE IT A GOAL TO WORK ON THAT BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE [Captioner] 20:05:44 SAYING. ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE FREMONT [Captioner] 20:05:47 FOR EVERYONE LETTER? [Captioner] 20:05:53 >> I SEE A COMMENT ON THE TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE LETTER [Captioner] 20:05:56 ASKING WHY SITES FROM THE PRIVACY HOUSING [Captioner] 20:05:59 SIGNING WILL BE -- WHY STAFF BELIEVES [Captioner] 20:06:03 THAT SITES USED FROM THE [Captioner] 20:06:06 PREVIOUS CYCLE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 20:06:09 DURING THE HOUSING CYCLE. I THINK STAFF [Captioner] 20:06:13 'S RESPONSE IS CHAPTER 2 OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS [Captioner] 20:06:16 OUR GOALS IS POLICIES AND PROGRAMS COMMITS A [Captioner] 20:06:19 SLATE OF IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES WITH THE STATED GOAL [Captioner] 20:06:22 OF PROMOTING PRODUCTION HOUSING DURING THIS PERIOD [Captioner] 20:06:26 . ALSO I THINK THE -- OUR ANALYSIS [Captioner] 20:06:29 OF INVENTORY SITES IDENTIFIED SOME REALLY [Captioner] 20:06:32 KEY CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DATA [Captioner] 20:06:36 SHOWS [Captioner] 20:06:42 AS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SITES [Captioner] 20:06:45 T TO BE DEVELOPED AS HOUSING. SO I THINK FOR [Captioner] 20:06:49 THOSE REASONS THAT [Captioner] 20:06:55 THERE IS A STRONGER LIKELIHOOD THAT THOSE SITES WILL [Captioner] 20:06:58 BE DEVELOPED WITH HOUSING. [Captioner] 20:07:01 >> Councilmember Kassan: WELL THAT MAKES SENSE AND I JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK [Captioner] 20:07:04 STAFF ALL THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK ON THIS. [Captioner] 20:07:08 I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT WE'VE DONE SUCH [Captioner] 20:07:11 A GREAT JOB ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:07:16 . [Captioner] 20:07:25 >> Mayor Mei: THERE ARE ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? [Captioner] 20:07:28 IF NOT I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 20:07:31 PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM MAY DO SO BY CLICK [Captioner] 20:07:34 ING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR BY CALLING [Captioner] 20:07:37 BY DIALING STAR 9 AND ALSO THERE MAY HAVE [Captioner] 20:07:41 BEEN SOME SPEAKER CARDS [Captioner] 20:07:44 RAISED, I'M NOT SURE. I'LL [Captioner] 20:07:47 TURN IT TO THE CITY CLERK TO SEE. >> The Clerk: [Captioner] 20:07:50 WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CARD FROM LISA [Captioner] 20:07:55 DANS. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME [Captioner] 20:07:59 MS. DANN IT WILL. >> IT IS WONDERFUL [Captioner] 20:08:02 TO BE BACK IN THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER [Captioner] 20:08:06 CHAMBER. WE ARE IN INCLUSIVE [Captioner] 20:08:09 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. FIRST OF ALL I [Captioner] 20:08:12 HOPE YOU WILL VOTE TO ADOPT THE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:08:15 ELEMENT TONIGHT. IT'S CIEM TIME WE'RE COMING UP [Captioner] 20:08:18 ON THE DEADLINE. I ALSO WANT TO I WOULD [Captioner] 20:08:21 LIKE TO VERY MUCH THANK CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK ON [Captioner] 20:08:25 IT. [Captioner] 20:08:28 BOTH WHO YOU HEARD FROM AS WELL AS COURTNEY [Captioner] 20:08:31 , AND JOEL AND MORE [Captioner] 20:08:34 WHOSE NAMES I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THEY WORKED INCREDIBLY [Captioner] 20:08:37 HARD AND JUST TO PILE ON TO WHAT [Captioner] 20:08:41 WAYLAND MENTIONED I HAVE PERSONS AS WELL [Captioner] 20:08:44 WHO LOOK AT MULTIPLE CITIES AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE [Captioner] 20:08:46 BETTER HOUSING ELEMENTS. AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HE [Captioner] 20:08:50 MENTIONED WAS UPDATED BASED ON [Captioner] 20:08:53 WHAT YOUR CD SAID, I LOOKED INTO THAT, [Captioner] 20:08:56 IT WAS NOT SOMETHING WITHIN THE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:08:59 ELEMENT BUT WITHIN THE COID [Captioner] 20:09:02 . SO BEING [Captioner] 20:09:06 DECENT ORIENTED AND THEY STILL HAVE VERY LITTLE TO [Captioner] 20:09:09 SAY, SO I WANT TO GIVE THAT (INAUDIBLE) [Captioner] 20:09:12 I THINK. [Captioner] 20:09:14 AS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT, I [Captioner] 20:09:18 DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. I WANTED TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE [Captioner] 20:09:21 ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS [Captioner] 20:09:24 A RESOURCE ISSUE. SO IF [Captioner] 20:09:27 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO WITH THE STATE IN THIS DOCUMENT, [Captioner] 20:09:30 I HOPE THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET COMING [Captioner] 20:09:33 UP IN I THINK JUNE, WE THINK THAT [Captioner] 20:09:37 WE OUGHT TO BE PUTTING MORE RESOURCES HERE. I UNDERSTAND WE [Captioner] 20:09:40 CAN'T GO OUT AND INSPECT EVERY SINGLE [Captioner] 20:09:43 APARTMENT IN THE CITY THAT WOULD BE UNTENABLE [Captioner] 20:09:46 . THE PROBLEM WITH [Captioner] 20:09:49 REQUIRING [Captioner] 20:09:52 COMPLAINTS, NEIGHBORS [Captioner] 20:09:56 , SOMEBODY COMPLAINED. A LANDLORD THAT IS [Captioner] 20:09:59 NOT ALREADY AMENABLE TO HAVING A [Captioner] 20:10:02 HABITABLE HOUSE, ANYONE WHO [Captioner] 20:10:05 COMPLAINS WITH HABITABILITY ISSUE IS A PROBLEM [Captioner] 20:10:09 TENANT AND THAT COULD BE AN UNTENABLE LIVING SITUATION [Captioner] 20:10:12 AND ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY IS RELYING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:10:15 THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE MOBILITY TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE [Captioner] 20:10:19 BECAUSE THEIR -- WHATEVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING SETUP THEY [Captioner] 20:10:22 HAVE MIGHT NOT GIVE THEM THAT. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF IT'S NOT [Captioner] 20:10:26 GOING TO BE IN THIS DOCUMENT I DO HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A PRIORITY [Captioner] 20:10:29 WITH THE CITY COUNCIL LATER. AND I ALSO FINALLY JUST WANT [Captioner] 20:10:32 TO SAY THAT HOUSING PRODUCTION IS THE BIGGEST [Captioner] 20:10:35 PART OF THE ANSWER TO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO [Captioner] 20:10:38 ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO [Captioner] 20:10:42 WITH WHAT THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED EARLIER, I [Captioner] 20:10:45 WANT TO THANK THEM FOR RAISING THE ISSUE. [Captioner] 20:10:48 THIS IS BIG ISSUE AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A [Captioner] 20:10:51 BIG DIFFERENCE SO THANK YOU ALL. [Captioner] 20:11:07 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR [Captioner] 20:11:10 SUBMITTING THIS WONDERFUL DOCUMENT. THERE WERE LIKE NINE OR TEN [Captioner] 20:11:13 BILLS THAT WERE PASSED BY THE STATE. WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT [Captioner] 20:11:16 ALL OF THOSE NINE OSH TEN BILLS INTO FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:11:21 AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS [Captioner] 20:11:24 . AND GIVE YOU A CASE IN POINT [Captioner] 20:11:28 , WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD [Captioner] 20:11:32 A COMPLEX [Captioner] 20:11:42 FOR GETTING CEQA OKAY. THE COST IS [Captioner] 20:11:45 ABOUT $125,000 PLUS CITY FEES [Captioner] 20:11:48 PLUS NINE MONTHS TO JUST GET THE [Captioner] 20:11:51 CEQA CERTIFICATION. SO IF THIS DOCUMENT IS [Captioner] 20:11:54 PASSED, WE SAVE THAT TIME, WE SAVE THAT [Captioner] 20:11:57 MONEY, AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY [Captioner] 20:12:00 OTHER PEOPLE WHO WITH [Captioner] 20:12:04 WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THE [Captioner] 20:12:08 SECOND OPINION THAT I'M LOOKING TO BUY A HOTEL [Captioner] 20:12:12 , BOLIVIA [Captioner] 20:12:15 HOTEL ON MISSION BOULEVARD FOR BATTERED WOMEN [Captioner] 20:12:18 HOMES. IT [Captioner] 20:12:21 COULD HOUSE 30 WOMEN WHO ARE BATTERED [Captioner] 20:12:25 AND LOW INCOME, I WOULD LIKE THE COOPERATION OF THE CITY. [Captioner] 20:12:28 THE OWNER WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO MAKE THE BATTERED [Captioner] 20:12:31 WOMEN HOME. IT IS A [Captioner] 20:12:35 35K LOT AND I WOULD COME INDIVIDUALLY TO DISCUSS IT SO [Captioner] 20:12:39 WE CAN HAVE A BETTER GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN [Captioner] 20:12:42 FREMONT. THE THIRD THING IS, [Captioner] 20:12:45 THE SKILL INDICATED THAT WAS [Captioner] 20:12:48 PASSED IN THE TIME OF MAYOR [Captioner] 20:12:53 GUS [Captioner] 20:12:57 MORRISON, THE ONE IS FACING [Captioner] 20:13:00 THE CITY, THE OTHER ONE IS THE BACK SIDE OF THE HILL WHICH [Captioner] 20:13:03 IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE CITY. THERE IS A LOT OF LAND [Captioner] 20:13:06 HERE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HILL WHICH SHOULD [Captioner] 20:13:10 BE CONSIDERED [Captioner] 20:13:15 TO PUT ROADS AND BUILD HOMES THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:13:18 NOT VISIBLE FROM THE CITY, THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE AT [Captioner] 20:13:21 LEAST TEN TO 20,000 MORE HOMES IN THE [Captioner] 20:13:25 AREA WHICH IS [Captioner] 20:13:28 JUST THERE [Captioner] 20:13:31 AND (INAUDIBLE) THINK OUT OF THE [Captioner] 20:13:35 BOX, [Captioner] 20:13:38 THINK CREATIVELY, GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT AND [Captioner] 20:13:41 THEY WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE [Captioner] 20:13:44 IT. >> The Clerk: THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER. [Captioner] 20:13:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. [Captioner] 20:13:51 AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION [Captioner] 20:13:54 . I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK REMINDER THAT WE [Captioner] 20:13:58 DO HAVE A BREAK THAT'S COMING UP FOR STENO [Captioner] 20:14:01 CAPTIONER IF WE SHOULD EXCEED THAT TIME PERIOD [Captioner] 20:14:05 BUT WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. I THINK IT'S [Captioner] 20:14:08 AT 8:30 COMING UP. [Captioner] 20:14:11 SO COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A [Captioner] 20:14:14 MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT ONE [Captioner] 20:14:18 CHANGE OF USING THE CARPENTERS [Captioner] 20:14:20 LANGUAGE UNION IN PLACE OF THE STAFF SUGGESTED LANGUAGE. [Captioner] 20:14:29 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: WELL I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME [Captioner] 20:14:32 CONVERSATION STILL I APOLOGIZE, I THINK THERE ARE SOME [Captioner] 20:14:36 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE SOME COMMENTS [Captioner] 20:14:39 STILL, I HAVE COMMENTS [Captioner] 20:14:42 . COUNCILMEMBER COX DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? [Captioner] 20:14:45 >> Councilmember Cox: I HAVE TWO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, I THANK [Captioner] 20:14:48 SO MUCH TO OUR CITY STAFF, TO [Captioner] 20:14:51 WAY WAYLAND [Captioner] 20:14:54 , AND JULY [Captioner] 20:15:00 JUL, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE [Captioner] 20:15:03 IN FREMONT FOR THEIR COMMENTS. AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING A [Captioner] 20:15:07 LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF SINCE OUR LAND HAS A LOT OF HIGH VALUE [Captioner] 20:15:10 , IS THERE -- HOW MUCH IS [Captioner] 20:15:13 THERE A LEAD WAY IN ADDING [Captioner] 20:15:16 ADDITIONAL UNITS PER A LOT, DOES THE CITY HAVE IN [Captioner] 20:15:21 ITS DISCRETION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I KNOW THERE'S [Captioner] 20:15:25 THE SB 10 THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT JUST TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:15:29 SEE, AND THE SB 9 I THINK IT IS, [Captioner] 20:15:32 FOR SOME SORT OF LOT-SPLITTING. BUT IS THERE [Captioner] 20:15:35 SOME OTHER LEAD WAY THAT COULD HELP OUT THOSE [Captioner] 20:15:38 THAT WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON [Captioner] 20:15:41 THE LOTS? [Captioner] 20:15:48 ADDITIONAL UNITS AND HOW MUCH LEAD WAY DO WE HAVE FOR THE [Captioner] 20:15:52 CITY IN OUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE [Captioner] 20:15:55 COULD ADD OR CHANGE IN THIS [Captioner] 20:15:58 HOUSING ELEMENT, THAT'S THE ONE QUESTION I HAD. AND I HAD [Captioner] 20:16:01 A FOLLOW-UP ON ANOTHER ONE. [Captioner] 20:16:07 >> Planner Pullen: COUNCILMEMBER COX I'LL TAKE THAT AND WAYLAND MAY ADD [Captioner] 20:16:11 ON. BUT IN WAYLAND [Captioner] 20:16:14 'S PRESENTATION HE PROVIDED THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO MEET [Captioner] 20:16:17 PER STATE LAW AS 12, [Captioner] 20:16:20 897. WE'VE PROVIDED THROUGH [Captioner] 20:16:23 OUR SITES INVENTORY SOMEWHAT NORTH OF THAT NUMBER TO [Captioner] 20:16:26 PROVIDE A BIT OF A BUFFER AND TO FURTHER [Captioner] 20:16:29 ENCOURAGE HOUSING. BUT ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU LOOK [Captioner] 20:16:34 WITHIN THE KIND OF THE NUMBERS THAT WAYLAND AND THE TEAM [Captioner] 20:16:38 HAVE PLACED ON THOSE PROPERTIES, THOSE ARE NOT [Captioner] 20:16:43 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE NUMBERS. THOSE [Captioner] 20:16:46 ARE CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED GIVEN [Captioner] 20:16:50 SITE CONSTRAINTS, GIVEN OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE [Captioner] 20:16:53 ON SIMILAR TYPE OF LOTS. AND [Captioner] 20:16:56 SO WE'VE BEEN RELATIVELY [Captioner] 20:16:59 CONSERVATIVE IN OUR NUMBER OF UNITS PER SITES [Captioner] 20:17:02 INVENTORY LOT, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE FACTS [Captioner] 20:17:05 ON THE GROUND AND NOT WANTING TO SORT OF [Captioner] 20:17:09 BE, YOU KNOW, TOO [Captioner] 20:17:12 OR WANT TO BE VERY REALISTIC. AND SO [Captioner] 20:17:15 THOSE SITES, MANY OF THEM COULD DEVELOP AT A HIRE [Captioner] 20:17:18 NUMBER. PEOPLE COULD DO A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:17:22 THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, DENSITIES AT [Captioner] 20:17:25 LOTS THAT MAY SHOW A MORE CONSERVATIVE NUMBER [Captioner] 20:17:28 , TO ACCELERATE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING [Captioner] 20:17:31 HOUSING. SO THAT IS SORT OF BUILT IN, IN [Captioner] 20:17:34 THAT WAY. WE DON'T NEED TO PER STATE LAW [Captioner] 20:17:37 REGULATIONS STILL PASSED THAT INVENTORY [Captioner] 20:17:41 OR THAT RHNA THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO [Captioner] 20:17:44 US AND WE HAVE PROVIDED ALREADY A BUFFER ABOUT THAT [Captioner] 20:17:47 . >> Councilmember Cox: SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BASICALLY JOEL IS [Captioner] 20:17:50 THE NUMBER THAT IS BEING REPRESENTED IS REALLY A [Captioner] 20:17:54 MINIMUM AMOUNT? AND THERE'S SOME [Captioner] 20:17:57 FLEXIBILITY TO KIND OF ADD MORE ABOVE THAT? BUT [Captioner] 20:18:00 OF COURSE WE WANT TO JUST STATE ON THE SLIDE THAT WE [Captioner] 20:18:03 KNOW WE COULD DEFINITELY MEET IN SUBMITTING [Captioner] 20:18:06 TO THE PROPER HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO APPROVE THIS, IS [Captioner] 20:18:09 THAT WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING [Captioner] 20:18:11 ? >> Planner Pullen: YES, THIS IS -- YES. [Captioner] 20:18:16 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I [Captioner] 20:18:19 THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION THERE ON THAT [Captioner] 20:18:22 . AND I APPRECIATE THE GREAT OUTREACH. [Captioner] 20:18:25 I MEAN I THINK I SAW ABOUT 25, 30 [Captioner] 20:18:28 DIFFERENT SESSIONS WERE HELD WITH THE OUTREACH. [Captioner] 20:18:31 ONE THING THAT IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WAS, DID WE CHECK [Captioner] 20:18:35 WITH THE MOBILITY COMMISSION ON THIS [Captioner] 20:18:38 HOUSING ELEMENT? I DIDN'T SEE THE NAME LISTED, [Captioner] 20:18:41 OR DID I MISS IT IN READING THE NOTES HERE [Captioner] 20:18:46 ? [Captioner] 20:18:53 >> WE DIDN'T DO A PRESENTATION TO THE [Captioner] 20:18:56 MOBILITY COMMISSION. ALTHOUGH WE DID [Captioner] 20:18:59 SUBMIT AN INFORMATION TO THE BOARD [Captioner] 20:19:02 WITH A CALL OR THE COMMENTS. BUT WE [Captioner] 20:19:06 DIDN'T SCHEDULE TIMING ON THAT PARTICULAR BOARD. [Captioner] 20:19:16 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I [Captioner] 20:19:19 CHECKED ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON [Captioner] 20:19:22 THAT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THERE ARE MANY HOUSING [Captioner] 20:19:26 UNITS COMING IN ESPECIALLY FOR THE IRVINGTON BART STATION [Captioner] 20:19:29 THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE TO HAVE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:19:33 CLOSE TO WHERE THEY COULD GET TO WORK OR BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:19:36 HAVE ACCESS TO GETTING OTO OTHER PARTS [Captioner] 20:19:39 THAT THEY NEED TO GET HERE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:19:42 . SO THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 20:19:45 THANK YOU, NEXT [Captioner] 20:19:49 IS [Captioner] 20:19:57 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:20:02 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU, I HAD A QUESTION FREMONT FOR EVERYONE AND THE [Captioner] 20:20:04 CODE ENFORCEMENT PIECE THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. [Captioner] 20:20:07 IS THERE -- I MEAN I KNOW THAT WE TALKED [Captioner] 20:20:11 ABOUT IT BEING MORE OF A [Captioner] 20:20:14 STAFFING CONCERN. IS THERE A [Captioner] 20:20:17 WAY THEY COULD SCHEDULE QUARTERLY OR [Captioner] 20:20:21 MONTHLY EXECS WITHOUT THEM BEING RANDOM? I THINK [Captioner] 20:20:24 I SAW SOMEWHERE THAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT HAVING [Captioner] 20:20:27 RANDOM NONSCHEDULED INSPECTIONS, [Captioner] 20:20:30 OF THE PROPERTY. IS THAT [Captioner] 20:20:34 SOMETHING THAT STAFF WOULD CONSIDER INCORPORATE [Captioner] 20:20:37 ING? [Captioner] 20:20:40 >> YEAH, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:20:47 DAN [Captioner] 20:20:52 SCHOENHOLZ. ESSENTIALLY [Captioner] 20:20:55 , RANDOM INSPECTIONS WOULD BE A NEW PROGRAM WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:20:58 NEED TO DEVELOP IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND IT WOULD [Captioner] 20:21:01 HAVE STAFFING IMPLICATIONS. AND WHAT WE [Captioner] 20:21:04 DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO OVER [Captioner] 20:21:06 PROMISE TO THE STATE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. [Captioner] 20:21:09 SO WE DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:21:12 THAT IN -- YOU KNOW, IN THE [Captioner] 20:21:15 HOUSING ELEMENT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT DURING [Captioner] 20:21:18 BUDGET TIME, IF THERE ARE [Captioner] 20:21:22 CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT [Captioner] 20:21:25 YOU THINK ARE LOWER PRIORITY THAN DOING SOME RANDOM [Captioner] 20:21:28 INSPECTIONS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS WE COULD DISCUSS THAT. [Captioner] 20:21:32 BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIMITED [Captioner] 20:21:35 RESOURCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF DEMANDS ON [Captioner] 20:21:38 OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO [Captioner] 20:21:42 ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, A NEW PROGRAM LIKE THIS [Captioner] 20:21:45 . >> Councilmember Campbell: I SEE. [Captioner] 20:21:48 OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS [Captioner] 20:21:53 , ON PROGRAM NUMBER 32, WHICH [Captioner] 20:21:56 WAS ALSO A PART OF THE FREMONT FOR [Captioner] 20:22:00 EVERYONE'S MEMORANDUM THAT THEY SENT IN [Captioner] 20:22:04 CONSIDERING LANGUAGES BE OUTSIDE OF JUST [Captioner] 20:22:07 REGULAR ADUS TO EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:22:10 OFFER DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING [Captioner] 20:22:14 ON PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE PROVISIONS [Captioner] 20:22:18 FOR SB 10 AND SB 9. IS THAT SOMETHING [Captioner] 20:22:21 THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE, [Captioner] 20:22:24 AND AGAIN THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I KNOW I'M [Captioner] 20:22:28 NEW AND I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP, ANY [Captioner] 20:22:31 LANGUAGE AROUND ANYTHING OTHER THAN SORT [Captioner] 20:22:34 OF THE ADUS. [Captioner] 20:22:48 SO PROGRAM 32, THE PURPOSE FOR [Captioner] 20:22:51 PROGRAM 32 WAS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND HOUSING WITHIN THE [Captioner] 20:22:54 HIGHEST [Captioner] 20:22:58 RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CITY WHICH ARE THOSE [Captioner] 20:23:02 WHERE TO HAVE ACCESS TO JOBS AND [Captioner] 20:23:05 -- >> Councilmember Campbell: WAYLAND I DON'T MEAN [Captioner] 20:23:08 TO INTERRUPT YOU. I WAS 33. [Captioner] 20:23:11 DID I SAY 32? >> I THOUGHT I HEARD 32 [Captioner] 20:23:13 . BUT -- >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M [Captioner] 20:23:16 SORRY, I MAY HAVE SAID 32 AND I HEARD [Captioner] 20:23:19 YOU GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW [Captioner] 20:23:22 , I APOLOGIZE, IT WAS 33. [Captioner] 20:23:37 >> AND THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER WE ARE CONSIDERING OTHER WAYS [Captioner] 20:23:40 TO INTENSIFY HIGH RESOURCE SINGLE [Captioner] 20:23:43 FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:23:46 OKAY. >> I THINK WE DID CONSIDER A FEW DIFFERENT APPROACHES [Captioner] 20:23:50 INCLUDING IN ADDITION TO THE -- IN ADDITION [Captioner] 20:23:53 TO THE ADU PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:23:57 INCLUDING WHICH ALLOWS, [Captioner] 20:24:00 GOING TO THE STATE LAW WHICH COULD POTENTIAL [Captioner] 20:24:03 LY ALLOW 10 UNITS ON A [Captioner] 20:24:06 SINGLE LOT. ULTIMATELY BASED ON OUR [Captioner] 20:24:09 ANALYSIS, FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON [Captioner] 20:24:13 THIS ADU PROGRAM WAS THE MOST REALISTIC AND THE [Captioner] 20:24:16 MOST PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INTENSIFYING [Captioner] 20:24:20 THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, GIVEN THE DIFFICULTY IN OUR [Captioner] 20:24:23 EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING [Captioner] 20:24:27 A MULTIFAMILY LIKE TEN [Captioner] 20:24:31 UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON A REALLY SMALL [Captioner] 20:24:35 SITE. THERE ARE [Captioner] 20:24:38 FEW EXAMPLES WHERE -- IN THE CITY WHERE WE'VE [Captioner] 20:24:41 PRODUCED HOUSING AT THAT INTENSITY [Captioner] 20:24:45 ON, YOU KNOW, ON SMALL LOT SIZES. SO WE [Captioner] 20:24:48 THOUGHT IT WAS MORE PRACTICE [Captioner] 20:24:52 AL IN PROBABLY A MORE [Captioner] 20:24:55 APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO CONCENTRATE ON [Captioner] 20:24:59 THE ADU APPROACH. >> Councilmember Campbell: I SEE, OKAY THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:25:03 . >> Planner Pullen: IF I CAN ADD ON TO THAT [Captioner] 20:25:06 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, YOU WERE I THINK ON THE CORRECT LINKING THOSE [Captioner] 20:25:09 TWO TOGETHER. WE DID AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM [Captioner] 20:25:13 3 IN OUR RESPONSE WHICH IS [Captioner] 20:25:16 30.3 TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 20:25:19 BOTH PROGRAM 33 AND 32 IN RESPONSE [Captioner] 20:25:22 TO FREMONT FOR EVERYONE'S LETTER TOGETHER. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:25:26 OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN MAYOR MEI I [Captioner] 20:25:29 KNOW WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET BUT I'D LIKE [Captioner] 20:25:32 TO CLARIFY THE MOTION WHEN WE GET THERE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:25:36 HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS THAT [Captioner] 20:25:39 WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED PLEASE VERBATIM [Captioner] 20:25:42 IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:25:46 I KNOW THAT AND EVEN WITH THE LANGUAGE IT TALKS ABOUT [Captioner] 20:25:49 AND I'LL CLARIFY AT THAT TIME, I MEAN IT'S MORE VAGUE [Captioner] 20:25:52 , IT SAYS LABOR STANDARDS AND WHO DEFINES [Captioner] 20:25:55 THE LABOR STANDARDS AROUND [Captioner] 20:25:58 WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO, JUST BECAUSE WE ADOPT [Captioner] 20:26:01 IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE [Captioner] 20:26:05 CLARIFICATION IT CAN BE [Captioner] 20:26:09 IDENTIFIED DIFFERENTLY. [Captioner] 20:26:12 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 20:26:15 YOU, MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:26:19 THESE RHNA NUMBERS ARE THEY MAXIMUMS [Captioner] 20:26:22 OR MINIMUMS? >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 20:26:26 SO COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, THE [Captioner] 20:26:29 RHNA NUMBER THAT GIVES US THE 12,897 THAT'S [Captioner] 20:26:32 THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR [Captioner] 20:26:35 OUR SITES INVENTORY WITHIN THE CITY. AND [Captioner] 20:26:40 SO AS DESCRIBED BEFORE, [Captioner] 20:26:43 WE'VE CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED THE GENERATION OF [Captioner] 20:26:46 UNITS POTENTIAL ON THOSE SITES PLUS PROVIDED A BUFFER. [Captioner] 20:26:53 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF. [Captioner] 20:26:56 YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY OUTDONE YOURSELF [Captioner] 20:27:00 . I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HOUSING ELEMENTS AND THIS IS A REALLY [Captioner] 20:27:03 FANTASTIC JOB BY EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE ALL THE OUTREACH [Captioner] 20:27:06 AND SEEING YOU GUYS AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS CENTER AND ALL THE [Captioner] 20:27:10 FAIRS AND EVERYTHING, SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY A GREAT HOME [Captioner] 20:27:13 RUN AND I LOOK TOWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND MOVING THIS FORWARD [Captioner] 20:27:15 . THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:27:18 NEXT IS EXPHOOS. [Captioner] 20:27:21 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO [Captioner] 20:27:25 . >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR [Captioner] 20:27:28 . REGARDING THE PROACTIVE CO-CODE [Captioner] 20:27:31 ENFORCEMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING [Captioner] 20:27:35 AUTHORITY AND UNDER THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE MANY [Captioner] 20:27:38 UNITS OF SECTION 8 [Captioner] 20:27:43 , APARTMENT UNITS IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, TO THE BEST [Captioner] 20:27:46 OF MY KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL THOSE SECTION 8 UNITS [Captioner] 20:27:49 , NOT ONLY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY [Captioner] 20:27:53 HAS ESTABLISHED [Captioner] 20:27:57 WELL RECOGNIZED SYSTEMS FOR INSPECTIONS [Captioner] 20:28:01 , REGULARLY OR EVEN DURING [Captioner] 20:28:06 THE LEASE, ALSO THERE'S [Captioner] 20:28:10 ALSO WRITTEN POLICY AGAINST ANY RETALIATION [Captioner] 20:28:14 FOR SUCH REPORTS OR [Captioner] 20:28:18 COMPLAINTS MADE BY THE TENANTS. SO IN OTHER WORDS [Captioner] 20:28:21 , THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE SECTION [Captioner] 20:28:25 8 APARTMENT BUILDING OR [Captioner] 20:28:28 UNIT PRACTICE BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE AGAIN [Captioner] 20:28:31 , AND I'LL [Captioner] 20:28:36 ACTUALLY YOU KNOW THE SECTION 8 APARTMENT [Captioner] 20:28:39 COMPLEXES CALL FOR QUITE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:28:43 HOUSING IN FREMONT. SO AT LEAST [Captioner] 20:28:46 BEFORE WE HAVE ENOUGH [Captioner] 20:28:50 STAFF AND PROGRAM TO BE ESTABLISHED, TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:28:54 THE PROACTIVE REGULAR OR [Captioner] 20:28:57 RANDOM INSPECTION, AT [Captioner] 20:29:00 LEAST FOR THOSE SECTION 8 UNITS, [Captioner] 20:29:03 THAT THEY ARE WELL COVERED. [Captioner] 20:29:07 SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION [Captioner] 20:29:10 . AGAIN FOR THE PROPOSED [Captioner] 20:29:14 LANGUAGE BY THE CARPENTER UNION, SO WITH THAT [Captioner] 20:29:17 LANGUAGE WOULD THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BINDING POWER TO FORCE [Captioner] 20:29:20 EITHER THE CITY OR FUTURE HOUSING DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 20:29:24 TO EXCLUSIVELY HIRE UNION [Captioner] 20:29:27 WORKERS FOR SUCH CONSTRUCTIONS? I JUST WANT [Captioner] 20:29:30 TO SEE, WHETHER IT IS UP TO THE CITY TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:29:34 THAT KIND OF POLICY, [Captioner] 20:29:37 OR WHETHER IT'S JUST A MERE RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 20:29:42 . [Captioner] 20:29:45 I HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE CLARIFIED BEFORE WE CAN VOTE ON [Captioner] 20:29:50 IT. >> Councilmember Kassan: MAYBE [Captioner] 20:29:53 YOU CAN GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT SINCE [Captioner] 20:29:56 NOT EVERYONE SAW IT AND IT WILL PROBABLY BECOME CLEAR THAT IT [Captioner] 20:30:00 HAS NO BINDING [Captioner] 20:30:03 AUTHORITY. SO I'LL -- IF IT'S OKAY I'M [Captioner] 20:30:06 JUST GO AHEAD AND READ IT AS PART OF THE MOTION I MADE [Captioner] 20:30:09 . SO IT SAYS THE ISSUE OF AVAILABILITY OF AN [Captioner] 20:30:12 ADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE HAS BEEN FOUND IN [Captioner] 20:30:15 AN ABAG SURVEY OF MEMBER JURISDICTIONS TO BE [Captioner] 20:30:18 A TOP TIER CONSTRAINT FOR BUILDING [Captioner] 20:30:22 ADDITIONAL HOUSING. AS SUCH, THE CITY [Captioner] 20:30:25 SUPPORTS LABOR STANDARDS CONDUCIVE [Captioner] 20:30:28 TO SUPPLYING THE LABOR SUPPLY [Captioner] 20:30:31 OF NECESSARY TO THE [Captioner] 20:30:35 GROWING TIMELY MANNER WITHOUT LABOR DISPUTES OR COST [Captioner] 20:30:38 LY DELAYS, THEREBY SUPPORTING THE CITY [Captioner] 20:30:41 'S HOUSING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. AND OBVIOUSLY STAFF [Captioner] 20:30:44 CAN ANSWER BUT IT SEEMS FEDERATE CLEAR TO ME IT DOESN'T [Captioner] 20:30:47 BIND US TO ANY TYPE OF COMMITMENTS TO REQUIRING [Captioner] 20:30:49 UNION LABOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [Captioner] 20:30:56 >> Mayor Mei: IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES ATTACHED IN THE GREEN SHEET [Captioner] 20:31:00 UNDER HOUSING ELEMENT LANGUAGE FOR APPROVAL. IT'S PAGE [Captioner] 20:31:03 3 OF 3. [Captioner] 20:31:07 BUT I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY CLARIFICATION I GUESS, IT [Captioner] 20:31:10 SAYS LABOR STANDARDS CONDUCIVE AND SO I'M [Captioner] 20:31:14 JUST CLARIFYING FOR THE ATTORNEY, WHAT [Captioner] 20:31:17 CLARIFIES EXACTLY WHAT THE LABOR STANDARDS. I [Captioner] 20:31:20 GUESS LABOR STANDARDS CONDUCIVE MEANING AWHAT [Captioner] 20:31:23 EXACTLY, THAT SPECIFICATION. [Captioner] 20:31:29 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'M GOING TO [Captioner] 20:31:33 RECOGNIZE HEATHER LEE SENIOR [Captioner] 20:31:37 DEPUTY ATTORNEY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:31:39 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME HEATHER. >> COULD YOU REPEAT THE [Captioner] 20:31:43 QUESTION, I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT STANDARDS WOULD APPLY HERE [Captioner] 20:31:47 . I'M NOT SURE WHAT STANDARDS THEY'RE [Captioner] 20:31:50 SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE. I SUSPECT [Captioner] 20:31:53 THAT THE IDEA IS THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME CONVERSATION [Captioner] 20:31:56 WITH THE UNIONS AN A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS [Captioner] 20:31:59 . BUT I WOULD ASK ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY WOULD NEED [Captioner] 20:32:03 TO CLARIFY WHAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO [Captioner] 20:32:06 . >> Mayor Mei: BECAUSE IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY AS SUCH THE [Captioner] 20:32:10 CITY SUPPORTS LABOR [Captioner] 20:32:13 STANDARDS CONDUCIVE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE GROWING NUMBER OF [Captioner] 20:32:16 RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS FOCUSED BY THIS CYCLE'S [Captioner] 20:32:19 RHNA AND IN A TIMELY MANNER WITHOUT LABOR AND THIS IS [Captioner] 20:32:22 WHERE THE PART, I'M WONDERING, WITHOUT [Captioner] 20:32:25 LABOR DEPUTIES OR COSTLY DELAYS. AND I'M NOT [Captioner] 20:32:28 SURE IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO [Captioner] 20:32:32 BIND OURSELVES TO IN THIS TYPE OF FORMAT. [Captioner] 20:32:35 THIS IS A HOUSING ELEMENT AND WE'RE BASICALLY COMMITTING, I'M [Captioner] 20:32:38 NOT SHUSH WHAT THE LABOR STANDARDS ARE EXACTLY [Captioner] 20:32:41 , WE MAY NOT AGREE WHAT LAIN STANDARDS ARE [Captioner] 20:32:44 . WITHOUT LABOR DISPUTES OR COSTLY DELAY. [Captioner] 20:32:47 SINCE WE ARE THE ONES PROVING THE [Captioner] 20:32:50 ENTITLEMENT OF SUCH PROPERTIES BUT NOT THE [Captioner] 20:32:53 ONES DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE [Captioner] 20:32:57 CONSTRUCTION PARTY INVOLVED, THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES ALONG WITH THE [Captioner] 20:33:00 LABOR NOT US AS A CITY. BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BIND [Captioner] 20:33:03 ANOTHER THIRD PARTY TO THIS TYPE OF AGREEMENT [Captioner] 20:33:06 . THAT'S WHY I THINK THE CITY PERHAPS CHOSE [Captioner] 20:33:10 THE ORIGINAL VERBIAGE. BUT I'LL [Captioner] 20:33:13 LEAVE THAT TO YOU HEATHER AND TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY [Captioner] 20:33:15 TO CLARIFY. >> I WOULD SAY AS WRITTEN THAT [Captioner] 20:33:19 THE SPECIFIC STANDARDS ARE NOT CLEAR. [Captioner] 20:33:22 AS THEY'VE BEEN PROPOSED. SO I THINK IT WOULD -- [Captioner] 20:33:25 IF YOU WANT FURTHER CLARIFICATION I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO [Captioner] 20:33:28 HAVE SOMETHING MORE SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT [Captioner] 20:33:31 . AND IF [Captioner] 20:33:34 THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING SOMETHING SPECIFIC BUT I AGREE THAT [Captioner] 20:33:38 IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THE [Captioner] 20:33:41 LANGUAGE THAT'S PROVIDED. [Captioner] 20:33:44 >> Mayor Mei: RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLARIFYING [Captioner] 20:33:47 DEFINITION FOR WHAT'S LABOR STANDARDS, THAT'S WHY FOR ME [Captioner] 20:33:50 . NEXT IS -- IS THAT THE ONLY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU [Captioner] 20:33:54 HAD COUNCILMEMBER SHAO? >> Councilmember Shao: YES. [Captioner] 20:33:57 >> Mayor Mei: YOUR MIC IS NOT ON I'M SORRY. >> Councilmember Shao: [Captioner] 20:34:00 THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THAT'S CORRECT, BUT BASED ON [Captioner] 20:34:04 THE AMBIGUITY OF THE LANGUAGE [Captioner] 20:34:07 , DIALOGUE AND CONTINUED CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE [Captioner] 20:34:11 CARPENTERS UNION AND THE CITY STAFF. BUT DUE TO THE [Captioner] 20:34:14 FACT THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS VAGUE AND ALSO, [Captioner] 20:34:17 THAT THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING, I WOULD MAKE AN [Captioner] 20:34:20 ALTERNATIVE MOTION TO ADOPT THE [Captioner] 20:34:23 HOUSING ELEMENT, AS [Captioner] 20:34:27 THE -- RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 20:34:30 OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. [Captioner] 20:34:34 >> Councilmember Campbell: MADAM MAYOR, [Captioner] 20:34:38 POINT OF ORDER. THE MOTION HAS TO DIE BEFORE MAKING [Captioner] 20:34:42 A NEW ONE. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MOVED AND [Captioner] 20:34:45 SECONDED. >> Councilmember Kassan: CAN I [Captioner] 20:34:49 ASK FOR CLARIFICATION? I HEARD [Captioner] 20:34:52 ONE MEMBER OF THE STAFF SAY THIS DOESN'T BIND US TO ANYTHING AND [Captioner] 20:34:55 ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE STAFF SAY IT'S VAGUE. [Captioner] 20:34:58 IT'S NATURAL IT WOULD BE VAGUE BECAUSE IT IS A STATEMENT [Captioner] 20:35:01 OF POLICY NOT A STATEMENT OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS [Captioner] 20:35:05 . SO I HEARD SOME STAFF SAY THAT THERE WAS NO CONCERN [Captioner] 20:35:08 WITH THIS LANGUAGE. SO IF I [Captioner] 20:35:11 COULD JUST MAYBE SEE IF WE COULD GET A [Captioner] 20:35:15 CONSENSUS FROM MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY [Captioner] 20:35:18 ON WHETHER THERE IS A CONCERN WITH THIS LANGUAGE. [Captioner] 20:35:21 BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS [Captioner] 20:35:25 . >> FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT I DON'T THINK THERE IS [Captioner] 20:35:28 ANY PROBLEM WITH US ACCEPTING THE LANGUAGE. BUT IT IS [Captioner] 20:35:32 NOT SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT STANDARDS WOULD APPLY. IT IS A STATEMENT [Captioner] 20:35:36 OF POLICY. AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE [Captioner] 20:35:39 BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S LEGALLY PROBLEMATIC [Captioner] 20:35:42 . >> Mayor Mei: FROM WHAT I CAN SEE I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY, [Captioner] 20:35:45 OUR PLANNING STAFF IS LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AND ANGLE [Captioner] 20:35:49 AND LENS AND THE LEGAL ATTORNEYS ARE LOOKING AT IT [Captioner] 20:35:52 SPECIFICALLY MORE ON THE VERBIAGE AND DEPENDING ON THAT I [Captioner] 20:35:56 GUESS THERE ARE AREAS OF SPECIALTY I JUST WANT TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:35:59 SURE THAT WE ARE NOT SPLITTING HAIRS OR PUTTING US [Captioner] 20:36:02 INTO A SITUATION BECAUSE THE AMBIGUITY AND LANGUAGE -- [Captioner] 20:36:05 >> Councilmember Kassan: I THINK WE JUST GOT AN ANSWER ON [Captioner] 20:36:08 THAT THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL PROBLEM, IT SEEMS [Captioner] 20:36:13 THERE IS UNANIMITY [Captioner] 20:36:18 . >> Mayor Mei: I WOULD [Captioner] 20:36:21 WANT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 20:36:24 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT IS IMPORTANT [Captioner] 20:36:28 TO WEIGH IN ON IT, THEY MAY WANT TO CLARIFY BUT [Captioner] 20:36:31 THE COUNCIL COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CARPENTERS [Captioner] 20:36:35 UNION LANGUAGE IF IT IS DESIRABLE TO DO SO. [Captioner] 20:36:37 >> Mayor Mei: THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, THERE ARE [Captioner] 20:36:41 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE STILL PENDING SO I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD [Captioner] 20:36:44 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. COUNCILMEMBER KENG [Captioner] 20:36:47 . >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I ALSO WANT TO [Captioner] 20:36:50 COMMENT THE STAFF DAN WAYLAND, JOE AND ALL THE STAFF WORKING [Captioner] 20:36:54 ON THIS HOUSING ELEMENT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE [Captioner] 20:36:57 AN OUTSTANDING JOB, ESPECIALLY REACHING OUT TO THE [Captioner] 20:37:00 VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS, SETTING UP [Captioner] 20:37:04 THE OUTREACH AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS, [Captioner] 20:37:07 AND I THINK THOSE ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY REACHING [Captioner] 20:37:10 OUT TO OUR LOWER INCOME [Captioner] 20:37:13 RESIDENTS. AND HOUSING IS ONE [Captioner] 20:37:17 OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING, AND HOUSING [Captioner] 20:37:20 WILL BE EVEN MORE UNAFFORDABLE FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION [Captioner] 20:37:23 . IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 20:37:27 WE HEAR ALL THE VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND [Captioner] 20:37:29 I'M READY TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:37:32 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT, COMN [Captioner] 20:37:40 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? OR IS THAT BEFORE [Captioner] 20:37:42 ? COUNCILMEMBER SHAO DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? [Captioner] 20:37:45 I HAVE COMMENTS WHEN EVERYONE'S DONE. [Captioner] 20:37:49 >> Councilmember Shao: NO. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:37:52 COX DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT BEFORE I MAKE MINE [Captioner] 20:37:55 ? >> Councilmember Cox: IS IT ON? [Captioner] 20:37:58 OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 20:38:01 LABOR STANDARDS, I THINK IT'S JUST MAKING SURE [Captioner] 20:38:04 THAT THE EMPLOYEES, THE WORKERS [Captioner] 20:38:08 THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE MINIMUM [Captioner] 20:38:11 WAGE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, IS THERE THINGS [Captioner] 20:38:14 THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THERE THAT HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:38:17 OTHER LEGAL TERMS THAT FALL IN WITH [Captioner] 20:38:21 FOLLOWING ALL IN COMPLIANCE OF ALL FEDERAL, [Captioner] 20:38:24 STATE AND LOCAL LAWS? WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:38:27 SUBMIT THIS HOUSING ELEMENT, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 20:38:30 THAT. BECAUSE THERE'S THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS [Captioner] 20:38:34 ACT, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS [Captioner] 20:38:37 THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WHOLE SUBMISSION, [Captioner] 20:38:40 WHAT ELSE IS INCLUDED. IS THERE OTHER TERMS OR [Captioner] 20:38:43 CONDITIONS AS WE SUBMIT THIS? [Captioner] 20:38:52 >> Planner Pullen: IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT FROM THE STAFF SIDE [Captioner] 20:38:55 FIRST. SO I DON'T THINK THERE IS A [Captioner] 20:38:59 DIFFERENCE IN WHICH OF THESE LANGUAGE CHOICE [Captioner] 20:39:02 S HERE, LET THE [Captioner] 20:39:05 COUNCIL DECIDE IN TERMS OF OUR LEGAL STANDING [Captioner] 20:39:08 WITH THE SUFFICIENCY OF OUR DOCUMENT GOING TO THE STATE. [Captioner] 20:39:12 YOU'LL NOTE IN THE ATTACHMENT THAT THE CARPENTERS [Captioner] 20:39:15 MENTION THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE LANGUAGE THAT [Captioner] 20:39:18 THEY PROPOSED TO SUBSTITUTE IN [Captioner] 20:39:22 WITH HCD AND HCD HAVE AN ISSUE [Captioner] 20:39:25 WITH IT. IF I CAN SORT OF REFRAME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE [Captioner] 20:39:28 HAVE AND WHAT THEY HAVE, OURS IS [Captioner] 20:39:32 FOCUSED MORE ON ENGAGEMENT OF STAFF WITH [Captioner] 20:39:35 ALL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING LABOR AND THIS IS A DOCUMENT [Captioner] 20:39:38 THAT WE ARE, IS A SORT OF A ROAD MAP FOR [Captioner] 20:39:41 THE CITY MOVING FORWARD AND SO WE FELT THAT WAS FRONT [Captioner] 20:39:44 . THE ALTERNATE LANGUAGE, [Captioner] 20:39:47 WHILE AGAIN NOT LEGALLY AN ISSUE, [Captioner] 20:39:51 DOES FOCUS MORE ON SORT OF [Captioner] 20:39:54 THE NUTS AND BOLTS [Captioner] 20:39:57 OF THE ISSUE ITSELF THOUGH IT DOESN'T DEFINE THE [Captioner] 20:40:01 TERMS. [Captioner] 20:40:06 >> Councilmember Cox: SO WHEN WE SUBMIT THE HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN [Captioner] 20:40:10 WHAT IS ENTAILED IN IT? YOU KNOW, I [Captioner] 20:40:13 SAW IT HAD THE INTRODUCTION DOWN TO THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, ALL OF [Captioner] 20:40:16 THEM LISTED, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, ANY [Captioner] 20:40:19 OTHER TYPE BESIDES THAT ONE STATEMENT THAT WOULD BE ANY [Captioner] 20:40:22 OTHER LEGAL BINDING TERMS OR CONDITIONS? [Captioner] 20:40:25 THAT'S THE PART THAT I -- >> Planner Pullen: YES [Captioner] 20:40:28 . >> Councilmember Cox: I DON'T SEE THE WHOLE PACKET RIGHT? [Captioner] 20:40:31 I'M NOT SEEING THE WHOLE PACKET SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND, TRYING TO PUT [Captioner] 20:40:34 THIS WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER AND WHAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED [Captioner] 20:40:37 BY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CARPENTERS [Captioner] 20:40:41 UNION VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AS [Captioner] 20:40:45 WE RESEMBLE [Captioner] 20:40:48 . >> THE [Captioner] 20:41:03 ASSEMBLE THE PACKET? >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 20:41:06 COMMENT 43, IT DOES TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH ALL THE [Captioner] 20:41:10 STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND PRODUCTION OF HOUSING [Captioner] 20:41:14 INVOLVES A MULTITOOUTD OF COST. LABOR IS ONE OF [Captioner] 20:41:18 THOSE COSTS, YOU KNOW THE SUPPLIES TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 20:41:21 . FEES, LAND, ALL THOSE [Captioner] 20:41:24 THINGS COME TOGETHER. AND IF ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS [Captioner] 20:41:27 IS TOO HIGH THE PROJECT HAS DIFFICULTY MOVING FORWARD, AND [Captioner] 20:41:30 SO STAFF RECOGNIZES THE MULTIFACET [Captioner] 20:41:35 ED, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGE THAT DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 20:41:38 OF BOTH MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS. [Captioner] 20:41:41 AND SO WE FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO INVOLVE [Captioner] 20:41:44 ALL STAKEHOLDERS WHICH DOES INCLUDE LABOR. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT [Captioner] 20:41:47 PART OF IT. PROGRAM 42 IS [Captioner] 20:41:51 THE MOST DIRECT REFLECTION OF THAT [Captioner] 20:41:55 DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. [Captioner] 20:42:03 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I GUESS I'M STILL MISSING A PIECE [Captioner] 20:42:06 THAT WE JUST ADD THAT LANGUAGE IN TO COVER THIS [Captioner] 20:42:09 SPECIFIC PART. BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER TERMS OR [Captioner] 20:42:12 CONDITIONS RELATING TO ANY OTHER FEDERAL STATE [Captioner] 20:42:15 OR LOCAL LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO STATE IN [Captioner] 20:42:19 THIS PROPOSAL? [Captioner] 20:42:29 >> Planner Pullen: THAT'S A BROAD AREA. [Captioner] 20:42:32 IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPER'S NEED TO COMPLY WITH THOSE OR [Captioner] 20:42:35 IN TERMS OF OUR NEED TO RESPOND TO STATE HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 20:42:38 LAW, WHICH IS, IF YOU LOOK [Captioner] 20:42:42 AT THE RESOLUTION, THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF [Captioner] 20:42:45 STATE LAWS THAT WE ARE CHECKING [Captioner] 20:42:48 BOXES ALONG THE WAY IN THIS DOCUMENT. MOST OF [Captioner] 20:42:51 THOSE ARE STATE LAWS. AND THEY ARE [Captioner] 20:42:55 VERY NOOUMENT RUSS AND WE'VE GONE TO GREAT PAINS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE. [Captioner] 20:42:58 IN TERMS OF FEDERAL AND OTHER LAWS, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:43:01 THIS IS REALLY A STATE AFFAIR DEFINITIVE [Captioner] 20:43:04 BY THEIR REQUIREMENTS ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT. [Captioner] 20:43:07 SO THAT IS [Captioner] 20:43:10 WHERE THE ISSUES ARE [Captioner] 20:43:14 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF I MAY [Captioner] 20:43:17 COUNCILMEMBER COX, THE REPORT ITSELF [Captioner] 20:43:21 SATISFIES LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, AND ON A PROJECT BY [Captioner] 20:43:24 PROJECT BASIS DEVELOPERS WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW [Captioner] 20:43:27 WITH RESPECT TO WHATEVER TYPE OF ISSUE THEY'RE REVIEWING [Captioner] 20:43:31 OAT THE MOMENT WHETHER IT'S FAIR LABOR STANDARDS [Captioner] 20:43:34 OR SPECIFIC LAWS OR A CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE BUT [Captioner] 20:43:37 THIS DOCUMENT ITSELF IS REALLY INTENDED TO MEET THE [Captioner] 20:43:41 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW WITH RESPECT TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 20:43:44 AND IT DOES THAT. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY AND THEN IT COVERS THAT OTHER PIECE [Captioner] 20:43:47 . OKAY, THANK YOU, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:43:50 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL DID YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:43:53 ANOTHER CLARIFYING QUESTION OR STATEMENT [Captioner] 20:43:56 ? >> Councilmember Campbell: I THINK I ANSWERED MY OWN [Captioner] 20:43:59 QUESTION, AS I LOOK THROUGH HERE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR [Captioner] 20:44:03 LANGUAGE VERSUS WHAT THE CARPENTERS UNION HAD PROPOSED [Captioner] 20:44:07 . THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THAT. [Captioner] 20:44:10 BUT THEN WHEN I LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:44:13 42, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY -- IT DIDN'T [Captioner] 20:44:16 SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT WE WOULD CONSULT WITH LABOR. [Captioner] 20:44:19 SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:44:23 -- >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT SAYS WE CONSULT WITH ALL PARTIES [Captioner] 20:44:26 WHICH INCLUDES LABOR BUT -- >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT [Captioner] 20:44:30 THAT'S THEORETICALLY IT COULD. ALL PARTIES DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT [Captioner] 20:44:33 IT'S GOING TO BE LABOR. SO IF YOU SAID IT SPECIFICALLY [Captioner] 20:44:36 THE WAY THEY'VE DRAWN IT OUT HERE, IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:44:39 -- IT WOULD BE MORE CONCRETE IN THAT WE [Captioner] 20:44:43 ARE -- WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE LABOR [Captioner] 20:44:46 AT THE TABLE. >> Mayor Mei: WELL, I'D WANT TO [Captioner] 20:44:49 HAVE EVERYTHING AT THE TABLE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:44:52 WITHOUT SOME OF THESE -- IT IS A MULTIPRONGED [Captioner] 20:44:56 , MULTILEG ID TABLE, IF WE DON'T GET IT [Captioner] 20:44:59 BALANCED IT WON'T BE BUILT ANYWAYS [Captioner] 20:45:02 . >> Councilmember Campbell: THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION BEFORE [Captioner] 20:45:05 US NOW. THE QUESTION IS IF WE ADD IN THE LANGUAGE THAT INCLUDES THE [Captioner] 20:45:07 PROVISIONS ABOUT LABOR IN THE CONVERSATION. [Captioner] 20:45:10 IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE THEN WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:45:13 LET THIS MOTION DIE, AND THEN BRING IN ANOTHER MOTION [Captioner] 20:45:15 . >> Mayor Mei: YES, THAT'S FINE. [Captioner] 20:45:18 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 20:45:21 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DID YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS? [Captioner] 20:45:24 >> Councilmember Salwan: JUST TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO RECAP SO WE'RE NOT SPLITTING [Captioner] 20:45:27 HAIRS. BASICALLY [Captioner] 20:45:32 BOTH STATEMENTS ARE STATEMENTS OF INTENTION WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:45:35 LABOR, MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE THEM AND HAVE THEM AS WILLING [Captioner] 20:45:38 STAKEHOLDERS. THERE IS NO LEGAL BINDING [Captioner] 20:45:41 ASPECT OF ANY OF THIS IS THAT CORRECT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: [Captioner] 20:45:44 IT ESSENTIALLY INDICATES THE CITY'S SUPPORT OF [Captioner] 20:45:47 INCLUDING LABOR IN THESE AND STAKEHOLDERS IN [Captioner] 20:45:50 THESE DISCUSSIONS. EITHER OF THEM MEET THE MINIMUM [Captioner] 20:45:54 STANDARD. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, EITHER WAY WE'RE GOING TO [Captioner] 20:45:56 GET APPROVED. OKAY. [Captioner] 20:45:59 ALL RIGHT. >> Mayor Mei: SO AT THIS TIME I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS. [Captioner] 20:46:02 SO FREMONT IS ONE OF THE FEW HANDFUL OF CITIES THAT [Captioner] 20:46:05 MET OUR RHNA NUMBERS FOR THE [Captioner] 20:46:08 2015 TO 2023 CYCLE. I WANTED TO LET [Captioner] 20:46:12 THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:46:15 ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE ABAG MTC DISCUSSIONS [Captioner] 20:46:18 THAT CAME ABOUT WITH THESE NUMBERS AND REPRESENT US ALONG [Captioner] 20:46:21 WITH COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN ON ABAG, AND HAVE [Captioner] 20:46:24 BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONVERSATION. BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:46:28 PLAN BAY AREA 2050 IS ONE THAT SPANNED [Captioner] 20:46:31 OVER MANY DIFFERENT YEARS. SO BUILDING HOUSING AND [Captioner] 20:46:34 DETERMINING LAND USE IS A FOUNDATIONAL ROLE FOR US AS COUNCIL AND TO [Captioner] 20:46:37 HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LOCAL [Captioner] 20:46:41 CITIES GOVERNANCE IN BUILDING FOR COMMUNITIES. AND IT IS IMPORTANT AND [Captioner] 20:46:44 THOUGHTFUL FOR US AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH [Captioner] 20:46:47 THIS DETAILED ANALYSIS IN GETTING THE PAIRING WHICH IS IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 20:46:50 I THINK MANY TIMES THIS IS ONE PIECE OF IT AND THE PUBLIC DOES [Captioner] 20:46:53 NOT ALWAYS SEE THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLED. AND WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:46:56 TALK ABOUT HOUSING, THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS [Captioner] 20:47:00 . I ALSO WANTED TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IT'S [Captioner] 20:47:03 ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US WHEN WE LOOKED ABOUT AND WE TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:47:06 PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT TALKING [Captioner] 20:47:09 TO THE CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME [Captioner] 20:47:12 OF THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:47:15 HOUSING, ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:47:18 IMPACT ON INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEANING [Captioner] 20:47:22 THE UTILITIES, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:47:25 OUR, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PIECES. WHILE THOSE ARE [Captioner] 20:47:28 NOT DETERMINATION FACTORS THEY ARE ONES THAT WE WANT TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:47:31 BALANCE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS. AND SO THE GENERAL PLAN WHICH WE REFERENCE [Captioner] 20:47:35 ED TONIGHT WAS APPROVED IN 2011 AND HAS [Captioner] 20:47:38 BEEN UPDATED THROUGH THESE HOUSING ELEMENTS. I ALSO [Captioner] 20:47:41 TOO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND THOSE WHO HAVE REVIEWED IT [Captioner] 20:47:44 . SO FAR IN THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, THE [Captioner] 20:47:48 ONLY HOUSING ELEMENT THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED HAS [Captioner] 20:47:51 BEEN ALAMEDA, THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. AND I'VE [Captioner] 20:47:54 REVIEWED THEIRS PLUS OURS TOO. SO I MEAN IT IS [Captioner] 20:47:58 A LENGTHY DOCUMENT AND I THANK ALL OF YOU, [Captioner] 20:48:01 IT'S ABOUT 530 SOME PAGES SO IT IS VERY DETAILED. [Captioner] 20:48:04 AND I THINK THAT WHIT COMES TO THIS CONVERSATION, [Captioner] 20:48:07 OF HOUSING AND APPROVALS I [Captioner] 20:48:10 DEFINITELY AM SUPPORTIVE OF LABOR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:48:14 THE CONDUCIVE PROGRAMS WHICH IS WHY WE [Captioner] 20:48:18 HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE MISSION [Captioner] 20:48:21 VALLEY ROP AND OTHER PROGRAMS, TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:48:24 SURE WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE PROGRAMS, NOT [Captioner] 20:48:27 IN JUST BUDGET ALONE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING [Captioner] 20:48:30 THAT WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING THAT BUT IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 20:48:33 ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND FIND THE STAFFING. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT [Captioner] 20:48:36 THE BAY AREA IT IS NOT JUST FREMONT BUT SAN JOSE AND [Captioner] 20:48:40 MANY OTHER CITIES. AND WHEN I TALK [Captioner] 20:48:43 WITH MY FELLOW MUNICIPALITIES MANY STRUGGLE IN FIND [Captioner] 20:48:46 ING THE WORKFORCE. AS OUR PLANNING STAFF HAS MENTIONED THIS [Captioner] 20:48:50 EVENING OOFN LABOR IS ONE PIECE OF IT [Captioner] 20:48:53 AS WELL AS MATERIALS AND SUPPLY. WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THE [Captioner] 20:48:57 HOUSING AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE LAST TIME TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:49:01 PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND PARTLY OF THE FACTORING IN [Captioner] 20:49:04 TERMS OF THE NUMBERS WE HAVE SET IS [Captioner] 20:49:07 OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND [Captioner] 20:49:10 OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VERY [Captioner] 20:49:13 CONDUCIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES WHICH SUPPORT [Captioner] 20:49:16 ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:49:19 THAT WHEN WE APPROVE THESE THINGS THAT WE DON'T [Captioner] 20:49:22 LIMIT OURSELVES IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO [Captioner] 20:49:26 ENSURE BALANCE. BECAUSE BY FAR [Captioner] 20:49:29 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:49:32 BUILD AND IT INCLUDES THE NEED FOR MARKET RATE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:49:35 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OUR [Captioner] 20:49:38 IN LIEU FEES TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME OF THE TARGETED AND [Captioner] 20:49:41 LARGER SCAILT PROPERTIES THAT ARE OR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I KNOW [Captioner] 20:49:44 PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST NOT JUST THE HOUSING UNITS BUT ABOUT [Captioner] 20:49:47 THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND THOSE ARE SOMETIMES EASY [Captioner] 20:49:51 IER APPLIED IN A MORE CONDUCIVE [Captioner] 20:49:54 AND LOGICAL OFFERING WHETHER [Captioner] 20:49:58 THAN ONESIES TWOSI [Captioner] 20:50:01 ES AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO [Captioner] 20:50:04 FOREWARN THE PEOPLE THAT WE AS A CITY CAN [Captioner] 20:50:08 APPROVE THESE HOUSING ELEMENTS, WE'RE GIVING OURSELVES [Captioner] 20:50:11 A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER. I LIKE THE [Captioner] 20:50:14 ADUS BEING INCLUDED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 20:50:18 LAST NUMBER OF RHNA NUMBERS [Captioner] 20:50:21 WE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THE NUMBERS. BUT WHEN YOU EXCEED THE [Captioner] 20:50:24 NUMBERS IT DOESN'T CARRY OVER TO THE NEXT ROUND [Captioner] 20:50:27 OF RHNA, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUILD THE BALANCE [Captioner] 20:50:31 , WE TALKED LIKE I SAID THIS EVENING ABOUT [Captioner] 20:50:34 INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS AND LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE UTILITIES AND [Captioner] 20:50:37 WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT EVEN RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 20:50:40 AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN ENERGY AND THE FACT HAD A WE WANT TO [Captioner] 20:50:43 HAVE ELECTRIFICATION, AND WE ARE LOOK [Captioner] 20:50:46 ING FORWARD AS A CITY TO BUILD THESE CLEAN AND GREEN [Captioner] 20:50:50 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES INTO [Captioner] 20:50:53 OUR HOUSING. BUT EACH OF THESE HAVE LIMITATIONS [Captioner] 20:50:56 ON LABOR AND COST. AT THIS TIME I JUST WANTED TO SEE, I [Captioner] 20:51:00 KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD, BUT I WANTED [Captioner] 20:51:03 TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE PROCESSES. [Captioner] 20:51:06 FOR MY AREA OF CONCERN IT'S NOT THAT [Captioner] 20:51:09 I DON'T SUPPORT LABOR BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT LABOR [Captioner] 20:51:11 STANDARDS. IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY WE WOULDN'T [Captioner] 20:51:15 IMPEDE IT BASED OFF OF COST AND LABOR DEPUTIES [Captioner] 20:51:18 DISPUTES. I WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH STAFF DOES THAT BIND [Captioner] 20:51:21 US TO ANYTHING? BECAUSE IN TERMS OF THE AMBIGUITY [Captioner] 20:51:24 AS TO WHAT IS A LABOR DISPUTE [Captioner] 20:51:28 ? [Captioner] 20:51:34 [Captioner] 20:51:37 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: , IT IS A STATEMENT OF POLICY, TO MOVE FORWARD [Captioner] 20:51:40 HOUSING IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER [Captioner] 20:51:44 , BUT IT DOESN'T SET FORTH A SPECIFIC DEADLINE THAT WE [Captioner] 20:51:48 WOULD COMPLY. >> Mayor Mei: IT DOESN'T HAVE A SHOT [Captioner] 20:51:51 CLOCK? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:51:54 >> Councilmember Cox: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE WERE [Captioner] 20:51:57 SUPPOSED TO [Captioner] 20:52:03 STOP AT 8:30. [Captioner] 20:52:05 >> Mayor Mei: WE WANTED TO FINISH THIS ITEM. [Captioner] 20:52:08 I WANTED TO SEE IF WE WOULD TAKE [Captioner] 20:52:10 A VOTE. >> Councilmember Cox: LET'S [Captioner] 20:52:13 REFRESH WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON, JUST TO BE SURE [Captioner] 20:52:15 IT'S ALL CLEAR WITH EVERYONE. PLEASE. [Captioner] 20:52:18 >> Councilmember Campbell: DOES THAT MOTION MEDIUM [Captioner] 20:52:21 WHINE WE'RE REFRESHING ON IT THAT WE WOULD REPLACE [Captioner] 20:52:25 THE LANGUAGE ALTOGETHER AT PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:52:28 42 AT THIS INTRODUCTORY CLAUSE? IS THAT WHAT [Captioner] 20:52:31 WE'RE SUGGESTING? >> Councilmember Kassan: WHAT I'M [Captioner] 20:52:35 PROPOSE -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 20:52:39 ITEM STAFF IS STATED STATED JANUARY [Captioner] 20:52:42 10th FROM DAN [Captioner] 20:52:46 SCHOENHOLZ, THEY HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING [Captioner] 20:52:49 AS A REPLACEMENT TO WHAT WHEREAS PROPOSED BY THE CARPENTERS UNION [Captioner] 20:52:52 AND I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT INSTEAD OF THE [Captioner] 20:52:56 REPLACEMENT PARAGRAPH THAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED ON PAGE 1 THAT WE [Captioner] 20:52:59 INSTEAD INCLUDE THE PARAGRAPH THAT WAS PROPOSED BY LABOR [Captioner] 20:53:02 . VERY FEW PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE ANY [Captioner] 20:53:05 COMMENTS ON THE PLAN, AND [Captioner] 20:53:09 THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY LEG RAMIFICATIONS. I THINK THERE'S [Captioner] 20:53:12 NO REASON NOT TO HONOR THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO [Captioner] 20:53:15 MAKE THIS SUGGESTION, AND STAFF IS FINE WITH IT [Captioner] 20:53:18 . SO I HOPE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST -- IT'S SUCH [Captioner] 20:53:22 A MINOR CHANGE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING [Captioner] 20:53:25 ABOUT .01% OF THE TOTAL DOCUMENT. [Captioner] 20:53:28 I THINK WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT [Captioner] 20:53:30 . >> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU REREAD IT AGAIN, THE WHOLE [Captioner] 20:53:34 MOTION. >> Councilmember Kassan: SO THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT STAFF [Captioner] 20:53:37 'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE ONE CHANGE THAT INSTEAD OF [Captioner] 20:53:40 THE PARAGRAPH THAT'S ON PAGE [Captioner] 20:53:43 1 OF THE MEMO FROM JANUARY 10th, FROM [Captioner] 20:53:46 DAN, THAT WE INCLUDE THE [Captioner] 20:53:50 PARAGRAPH AND IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT AGAIN I CAN [Captioner] 20:53:53 . BUT WE INCLUDE THE PARAGRAPH SUBMITTED BY [Captioner] 20:53:57 THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CARPENTERS UNION [Captioner] 20:54:00 . >> Mayor Mei: IT'S ON PAGE 3 OF THE GREEN SHEET [Captioner] 20:54:03 OR THE ATTACHMENT NUMBER -- >> Councilmember Kassan: IT IS [Captioner] 20:54:07 AN E-MAIL FROM HARVEY McKEON [Captioner] 20:54:11 . >> Councilmember Cox: I HAVE IT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE [Captioner] 20:54:14 READ IT IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE MOTION. >> Councilmember Kassan: TO [Captioner] 20:54:17 SAY IT ONE MORE TIME ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WITH [Captioner] 20:54:20 JUST THE ONE CHANGE TO ADD THE PARAGRAPH SUBMITTED BY [Captioner] 20:54:23 THE CARPENTERS UNION INSTEAD OF THE PARAGRAPH [Captioner] 20:54:27 PROPOSED ON PAGE 1 OF THE GREEN SHEET THAT [Captioner] 20:54:29 WAS PROPOSED BY STAFF. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:54:33 REPLACING WHAT'S IN THE DRAFT ELEMENT RIGHT NOW? >> Councilmember Kassan: NO [Captioner] 20:54:36 , REPLACING THE LANGUAGE ON PAGE 1 OF THE GREEN [Captioner] 20:54:39 SHEET. >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT THAT'S [Captioner] 20:54:42 STILL CONFUSING TO ME, I'M SORRY I'M NOT GETTING IT. [Captioner] 20:54:45 BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT ELEMENT [Captioner] 20:54:47 . >> Councilmember Kassan: SO THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE BY STAFF [Captioner] 20:54:50 SAYS THE AVAILABILITY OF AN ADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE IS [Captioner] 20:54:54 NECESSARY TO BUILD -- IF THAT'S THE [Captioner] 20:54:57 RIGHT ONE -- >> Mayor Mei: IT IS THE AVAILABILITY OF [Captioner] 20:55:00 AN ADEQUATE -- >> Councilmember Kassan: SORRY THAT WAS RIGHT OKAY. [Captioner] 20:55:02 STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS LANGUAGE. THE AVAILABILITY OF AN ADEQUATE [Captioner] 20:55:06 CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE IS NECESSARY TO BUILD THE NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL [Captioner] 20:55:09 DEVELOPMENTS NEEDED TO MEET THE REGION'S HOUSING GENOMES. [Captioner] 20:55:12 PROGRAM 42 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT COMMITS THE CITY [Captioner] 20:55:16 TO CONSULTING WITH STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES [Captioner] 20:55:19 FROM THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ON HOUSING POLICY [Captioner] 20:55:22 CHANGES. THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION [Captioner] 20:55:26 OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE SUPPLY OF [Captioner] 20:55:29 CONSTRUCTION LABOR WHEN ADOPTING HOUSING POLICY CHANGES. [Captioner] 20:55:32 I'M PROPOSING STRIKING OUT THAT LANGUAGE ONLY, [Captioner] 20:55:35 NO OTHER CHANGES, AND REPLACING IT [Captioner] 20:55:39 WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT I READ EARLIER THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE [Captioner] 20:55:41 -- >> Councilmember Campbell: I GET THAT, I HEAR THAT, I THINK I [Captioner] 20:55:45 HEARD THAT ABOUT TEN TIMES NOW. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. [Captioner] 20:55:48 THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. [Captioner] 20:55:51 I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 2.22 [Captioner] 20:55:54 , WHICH IS PROGRAM 42, [Captioner] 20:55:59 THAT IS -- THAT WAS MENTION [Captioner] 20:56:02 ED IN STAFF'S [Captioner] 20:56:05 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND [Captioner] 20:56:08 I'M ASKING YOU ARE YOU SUBSTITUTING, THE [Captioner] 20:56:11 CITY WILL CONSULT WITH MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 20:56:15 , HOUSING ADVOCATES, WAS IN [Captioner] 20:56:18 THIS DRAFT OR ARE YOU ADDING TO IT? WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING [Captioner] 20:56:21 ? >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 20:56:24 I'M NOT SUGGEST ANY CHANGES OTHER THAN THE ONE I JUST -- [Captioner] 20:56:27 I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. BUT I'M [Captioner] 20:56:30 JUST -- THERE'S ONE PARAGRAPH ON THE FIRST [Captioner] 20:56:34 PAGE OF THE GREEN SHEET. [Captioner] 20:56:36 >> Councilmember Campbell: NOT ASKING ABOUT THE GREEN SHEET [Captioner] 20:56:39 BECAUSE THE GREEN SHEET IS AN ADDITION TO THE -- BECAUSE THE MOTION IS [Captioner] 20:56:42 TO ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS THIS [Captioner] 20:56:44 ELEMENT, CORRECT? >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 20:56:48 UH-HUH WITH THIS ADDITION THAT WAS APPROACHED BY THE GREEN SHEET [Captioner] 20:56:50 . >> Councilmember Campbell: YOU WANT TO ADD THIS LANGUAGE TO [Captioner] 20:56:53 PROGRAM 42. >> Councilmember Kassan: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE [Captioner] 20:56:57 PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 1 OF THE GREEN SHEET WAS A [Captioner] 20:57:00 SUGGESTED ADDITION TO CHAPTER 5 [Captioner] 20:57:03 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT PAGE 5 TO 6. [Captioner] 20:57:06 AND I'M JUST SUGGESTING INSTEAD OF THAT PARAGRAPH, THAT [Captioner] 20:57:10 WE INSTEAD REPLACE IT WITH THE ORIGINALLY [Captioner] 20:57:13 REQUESTED PARAGRAPH, NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 20:57:18 . [Captioner] 20:57:21 >> Councilmember Cox: I THINK THAT -- WHAT IF -- [Captioner] 20:57:25 I'M JUST GOING TO OFTEN UP A SUGGESTION. IF WE KEEP THE [Captioner] 20:57:28 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE STAFF, LIST ALL THE GROUPS BUT THEN [Captioner] 20:57:31 ADD IN CARPENTERS UNION ADD LABOR GROUPS. [Captioner] 20:57:34 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. I THINK THAT WOULD SOLIDIFY [Captioner] 20:57:38 -- >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT TOO. [Captioner] 20:57:41 THAT MAKES IT EASIER. >> Councilmember Kassan: IT [Captioner] 20:57:44 SAYS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL [Captioner] 20:57:47 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. >> YOU CAN [Captioner] 20:57:51 ADD LABOR. >> Councilmember Kassan: THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE TALKS [Captioner] 20:57:54 ABOUT LABOR. SO I JUST -- WE COULD DO [Captioner] 20:57:57 BOTH, WE COULD HAVE BOTH. WHY DON'T WE DO [Captioner] 20:58:00 BOTH, CAN WE HAVE BOTH? >> Councilmember Cox: I THINK [Captioner] 20:58:03 IT SHOULD BE ONE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE STAFF [Captioner] 20:58:05 HAS. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT [Captioner] 20:58:08 SHOULD BE ONE. >> Councilmember Cox: WE ADD IN THE [Captioner] 20:58:11 ADDITIONAL LABOR, WE ACCEPT THE STAFF'S LANGUAGE AS IS [Captioner] 20:58:14 WITH THE ADDITION OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 20:58:17 . >> Mayor Mei: LABOR RESIDENTIAL. [Captioner] 20:58:20 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY AND THAT REPLACES WHAT IS ALREADY IN THE [Captioner] 20:58:23 ELEMENT. >> Councilmember Kassan: I DON'T ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT. [Captioner] 20:58:26 I DIDN'T THINK THIS WOULD BE SUCH A BIG DEAL. [Captioner] 20:58:29 THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM SOMEONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COMMENT ON THE [Captioner] 20:58:33 PLAN. WE WERE TOLD THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT LANGUAGE [Captioner] 20:58:35 . SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE. [Captioner] 20:58:38 IF WE WANT TO ADD IT IN ADDITION TO WHAT STAFF HAD [Captioner] 20:58:42 , I'DING TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT. I DON'T SEE ANY [Captioner] 20:58:45 REASON WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE BOTH. BUT MY MOTION IS TO ADOPT [Captioner] 20:58:48 THE LANGUAGE SUGGESTED BY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CARPENTERS [Captioner] 20:58:52 UNION AS-IS AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NO ISSUE [Captioner] 20:58:55 WITH THAT. IT'S NOT TAKING OUT ANYTHING [Captioner] 20:58:58 ABOUT OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED [Captioner] 20:59:03 IN THE PLAN. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT DOES [Captioner] 20:59:06 NOT REPLACE LANGUAGE. IT IS ADDITIVE SO IT WOULD [Captioner] 20:59:09 JUST ADD THAT PHOTOGRAPH TO CHAPTER [Captioner] 20:59:12 5 PAGES 5 THROUGH 6 AND WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 20:59:16 HAS DONE VIA HER MOTION IS SIMPLY TO SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 20:59:19 THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PROFFERED BY STAFF [Captioner] 20:59:22 IN RESPONSE [Captioner] 20:59:25 TO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT. [Captioner] 20:59:28 >> Mayor Mei: I ACTUALLY LIKE THE SUGGESTION [Captioner] 20:59:31 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX TO ADD THE [Captioner] 20:59:34 SECTION ON LABOR. >> Councilmember Cox: IF IT'S [Captioner] 20:59:38 NOT ADDED IT'S OVERSIGHT [Captioner] 20:59:42 . >> Councilmember Shao: MADAM MAYOR -- [Captioner] 20:59:44 >> Councilmember Kassan: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALREADY. [Captioner] 20:59:47 >> Councilmember Shao: I CAN PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION RIGHT THERE AND [Captioner] 20:59:50 THAT ALTERNATIVE MOTION GETS VOTED [Captioner] 20:59:53 ON IF SECONDED. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF [Captioner] 20:59:56 I MAY MAYOR JUST WANT TO MAKE A [Captioner] 20:59:59 PROCEDURAL CLARIFICATION. [Captioner] 21:00:03 FIRST I'LL ADDRESS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR [Captioner] 21:00:06 TO CHANGE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, THE MOVER WOULD [Captioner] 21:00:09 NEED TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT [Captioner] 21:00:12 . COUNCILMEMBER SHAO IS DISCUSSING A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE [Captioner] 21:00:16 ALTOGETHER THAT IS MEMORIALIZED IN THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK [Captioner] 21:00:19 . >> Mayor Mei: IT IS. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: ABOUT [Captioner] 21:00:22 THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, THAT IS [Captioner] 21:00:26 THE TRAYSING IN THE HANDBOOK. AND THE SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 21:00:29 MOTION IF SECONDED TAKES PRECEDENT OVER THE [Captioner] 21:00:33 ORIGINAL MOTION CAN BE VOTED ON FIRST AND IF IT FAILS WE [Captioner] 21:00:36 GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. >> Councilmember Cox: [Captioner] 21:00:39 MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION WAS TO ACCEPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT REPORT AND [Captioner] 21:00:42 WITH THAT ADDITIONAL STATEMENT, FOR [Captioner] 21:00:45 INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LABOR UNION [Captioner] 21:00:49 . I'M SORRY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 21:00:53 . >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND [Captioner] 21:00:56 . >> Mayor Mei: SO WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 21:00:59 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER COX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO [Captioner] 21:01:02 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION, I [Captioner] 21:01:07 WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 21:01:10 S WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. COUNCILMEMBER COX YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO [Captioner] 21:01:13 ACCEPT THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROFFERED BY CITY STAFF IN [Captioner] 21:01:16 ITS MEMO. >> Mayor Mei: YES WP. [Captioner] 21:01:19 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: DATED JANUARY 10th WITH THAT ONE NOTED CHANGE, IS [Captioner] 21:01:23 THAT ACCURATE? MEANING WE WOULD NOT BE MOVING FORWARD [Captioner] 21:01:26 THE CARPENTERS UNION LANGUAGE IT WOULD BE MOVING [Captioner] 21:01:29 FORWARD THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OFFERED BY STAFF [Captioner] 21:01:32 . >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT, THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OFFERED BY [Captioner] 21:01:35 STAFF WITH THE ADDITION OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LABOR [Captioner] 21:01:39 ORGANIZATIONS. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: UNDERSTOOD [Captioner] 21:01:43 . >> Councilmember Kassan: WHERE WOULD THAT BE PLACED? [Captioner] 21:01:46 >> Mayor Mei: IN THE SAME SECTION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY [Captioner] 21:01:49 -- >> Councilmember Kassan: MAYBE YOU COULD READ THE FULL THING OF [Captioner] 21:01:51 WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:01:55 WHERE IN THE ELEMENT WOULD THIS LANGUAGE GO? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T [Captioner] 21:01:58 UNDERSTAND. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, SO THE AVAILABILITY OF AN [Captioner] 21:02:01 ADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE -- [Captioner] 21:02:04 THE AVAILABILITY TO BUILD THE NUMEROUS [Captioner] 21:02:07 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS NEEDED TO MEET THE REGION'S HOUSING PROGRAMS. [Captioner] 21:02:11 I'M SORRY HOUSING GOALS PROGRAM 42 OF THE [Captioner] 21:02:14 HOUSING ELEMENT COMMITS THE CITY TO CONSULTING WITH STAKEHOLDERS [Captioner] 21:02:18 , INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES [Captioner] 21:02:21 FROM THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, [Captioner] 21:02:25 AND -- >> Mayor Mei: LABOR. >> Councilmember Cox: AND [Captioner] 21:02:28 REPRESENTATIVES FROM LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. [Captioner] 21:02:31 ON HOUSING POLICY CHANGES. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 21:02:35 THE RECOMMENDATION INCLUSION CAN IS ON THE FOLLOWING [Captioner] 21:02:38 LANGUAGE HOUSING ELEMENT BETWEEN 5 AND 6. [Captioner] 21:02:39 >> Councilmember Cox: THAT'S RIGHT. [Captioner] 21:02:42 AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION [Captioner] 21:02:45 AND CONSIDERATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE SUPPLY OF [Captioner] 21:02:49 CONSTRUCTION LABOR WHEN ADOPTING HOUSING POLICY [Captioner] 21:02:52 CHANGES. >> Mayor Mei: UH-HUH [Captioner] 21:02:55 SO AT THIS TIME WE'VE CLARIFIED THAT. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 21:03:01 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THAT? [Captioner] 21:03:03 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 21:03:06 MOTIONED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO [Captioner] 21:03:10 . [Captioner] 21:03:13 >> The Clerk: CAMPBELL WE NEED YOUR VOTE. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:03:15 I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT I'M VOTING FOR. [Captioner] 21:03:18 I'M JUST REALLY CONFUSED. >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> Councilmember Campbell: YOU [Captioner] 21:03:21 SAID YOU WERE GOING TO REPLACE, THIS LANGUAGE IS GOING TO [Captioner] 21:03:25 REPLACE SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY IN THE ELEMENT. [Captioner] 21:03:28 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: NO THIS LANGUAGE WILL BE ADDITIVE TO CHAPTER [Captioner] 21:03:31 5 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 21:03:34 CHANGES 5 THROUGH 6. THIS PARAGRAPH WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT LANGUAGE [Captioner] 21:03:37 . >> Councilmember Campbell: AND IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM [Captioner] 21:03:40 PROGRAM 42, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN PROGRAM 42? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: [Captioner] 21:03:43 DOES NOT REPLACE ANY EXISTING. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:03:45 DOES NOT REPLACE THAT, OKAY THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:03:56 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 21:03:59 AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A QUICK TEN [Captioner] 21:04:03 -MINUTE BREAK. SO WE'LL BE BACK [Captioner] 21:04:06 . THANK YOU. [ RECESS ] [Captioner] 21:17:29 CITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 21:18:20 >> Mayor Mei: I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO BRING THE MEETING BACK, [Captioner] 21:18:23 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:18:43 THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO RESUME [Captioner] 21:18:46 THE MEETING. AND AT THIS TIME, I ONLY HAD [Captioner] 21:18:50 ONE OTHER ITEM ON THIS COUNCIL AGENDA WHICH IS [Captioner] 21:18:53 ITEMSENA AND IT'S A REFERRAL FOR THE [Captioner] 21:18:56 FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:18:59 . AND THE REASON I ADDED THIS AGENDA, I KNOW WE'RE [Captioner] 21:19:02 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK AT THE TIME [Captioner] 21:19:05 OF THE RETREAT. BUT I OFTEN GET ASKED BY [Captioner] 21:19:09 MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC, IN THE PAST [Captioner] 21:19:12 , AND SO, ABOUT DATES TO BE ADDED [Captioner] 21:19:15 . AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE GROUPS SPECIFICALLY [Captioner] 21:19:20 THAT ARE OFTEN INQUIRED ABOUT, [Captioner] 21:19:23 AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT FREMONT IS REALLY FORTUNATE [Captioner] 21:19:26 TO HAVE ACCESS TO [Captioner] 21:19:30 THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WHICH [Captioner] 21:19:33 ARE LOCALLY BASED HERE. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE [Captioner] 21:19:37 INCLUDING -- IT IS INCLUDING BUT IN THE EXCLUSIVE TO THE [Captioner] 21:19:40 FOLLOWING LIST OF DATES. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ADDING [Captioner] 21:19:43 THIS BECAUSE I'VE OFTEN AND I THINK [Captioner] 21:19:46 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I [Captioner] 21:19:49 WANT PEOPLE JUST LIKE LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING [Captioner] 21:19:53 TO ENSURE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:19:56 OR DATES THAT WE ARE OFTEN ASKED TO INCLUDE AND [Captioner] 21:19:59 TO RECOGNIZE IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. SO [Captioner] 21:20:01 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 21:20:04 IS THAT FROM BEFORE? [Captioner] 21:20:09 SURE. [Captioner] 21:20:14 >> Councilmember Cox: NOW, OKAY HERE WE GO. I APPRECIATE THE LIST [Captioner] 21:20:17 THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. BUT I THINK [Captioner] 21:20:20 LET'S THINK A LITTLE BIT ON THE BIG PICTURE, OKAY [Captioner] 21:20:23 ? SO BACK ON DECEMBER 20th [Captioner] 21:20:27 , WE APPROVED TWO THINGS. ONE WAS, TO [Captioner] 21:20:30 DO THE FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:20:33 FOR AFRO AMERICAN HISTORY [Captioner] 21:20:36 MONTH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN FEBRUARY. SECOND WAS TO HAVE [Captioner] 21:20:40 THE CITY STAFF [Captioner] 21:20:43 DRAFT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON A FLAG [Captioner] 21:20:46 POLICY SINCE THERE IS NOT ONE THAT EXISTS HERE IN OUR CITY [Captioner] 21:20:51 . AND WHEN I LOOK, I'M FINE WITH THAT [Captioner] 21:20:54 BECAUSE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO, RIGHT? WE [Captioner] 21:20:58 TOOK THAT ACTION ON DECEMBER 20th. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 21:21:01 BIG PICTURE, AS WE'VE KIND [Captioner] 21:21:04 OF TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT DURING SAYING WE'RE GOING [Captioner] 21:21:07 TO TALK ABOUT OUR HANDBOOK, PROCLAMATIONS AND NOW LOOKS [Captioner] 21:21:10 LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE TAKING [Captioner] 21:21:14 TALKING ABOUT FLAG. WHEN I [Captioner] 21:21:17 LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE I WOULD [Captioner] 21:21:20 LIKE TO SEE WHICH MONTH WHICH CULTURAL INTEGRATIONS [Captioner] 21:21:24 CELEBRATIONS WE'RE DOING, WHETHER [Captioner] 21:21:28 IT'S BY CULTURE OR FLAG RAISING AND HAVING IT [Captioner] 21:21:31 IN AN ORGANIZED MANNER BECAUSE SOME THINGS MIGHT BE COMBINED TOGETHER [Captioner] 21:21:34 FOR EFFICIENCY. AND I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF AS [Captioner] 21:21:37 A CITY AND AS I LOOK AT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 21:21:40 ECONOMIC INDICATORS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST HALF, WE [Captioner] 21:21:44 MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME BUDGET THAT WE HAVE RIGHT [Captioner] 21:21:47 THOUSAND. THINGS COULD CHANGE. PROPERTY [Captioner] 21:21:50 TAXES NOT BEING PAID, SALES TAX [Captioner] 21:21:53 , DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, THE TOURIST [Captioner] 21:21:57 THAT WOULD STAY IN OUR HOTELS THAT WOULD BE OUR [Captioner] 21:22:00 OTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE COMING INTO THE CITY. [Captioner] 21:22:03 SO I'M LOOKING AT BUDGET RESOURCE AND IMPLEMENTATION. AND I [Captioner] 21:22:07 ANY AT THIS POINT WE ALL ARE SO DIVERSE [Captioner] 21:22:10 , WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE ALL OF US HERE ON CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:22:13 AND SO MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. BUT I THINK IT [Captioner] 21:22:16 WOULD BE GREAT IF WE KIND OF TOOK THIS [Captioner] 21:22:19 , HAVE IT KIND OF DRAFTED UP IN SOME SORT OF [Captioner] 21:22:23 ORGANIZED MANNER, WITH THE CITY STAFF TO [Captioner] 21:22:26 ADDRESS HOW WE'RE CELEBRATE [Captioner] 21:22:29 ING CULTURAL INTEGRATIONS, I'VE DONE THIS [Captioner] 21:22:32 IN ANOTHER COUNTY THAT WE ARE PUTTING [Captioner] 21:22:36 TOGETHER DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, IT GOES OUT [Captioner] 21:22:39 TO EVEN MORE, JUST FOR THE STARTERS [Captioner] 21:22:42 IT COULD BE DONE THIS AN ORGANIZED MANNER, BECAUSE MORE [Captioner] 21:22:46 EFFICIENT SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WHAT HAPPENS IN [Captioner] 21:22:49 FEBRUARY WHAT HAPPENS IN MARCH, DO WE HAVE THINGS COVERED [Captioner] 21:22:52 , BECAUSE FOR MARCH IT IS BIG AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH [Captioner] 21:22:55 RIGHT? AND LISTING [Captioner] 21:22:59 LISTING AFGHAN COMMUNITY, HERITAGE, [Captioner] 21:23:02 WE RAISED ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS [Captioner] 21:23:06 IN ARE FOR AFGHAN COMMUNITY THAT WAS LISTED [Captioner] 21:23:09 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. I DON'T WANT TO RUSH AHEAD, [Captioner] 21:23:11 UNTIL WE HAVE IT KIND OF ORGANIZED. [Captioner] 21:23:14 AND AS LEADERS I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A VISION, A [Captioner] 21:23:17 PLAN HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR AND [Captioner] 21:23:20 THAT WE'RE INCLUSIVE. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING AND [Captioner] 21:23:24 SOMEBODY QUICKLY READS THIS, THEY [Captioner] 21:23:27 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON JUNETEENTH [Captioner] 21:23:30 , AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, HOW COME OUR [Captioner] 21:23:33 COMMUNITY IS NOT LISTED ON THIS CULTURAL CELEBRATION. [Captioner] 21:23:36 AND ALSO, HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE IT IF WE HAVE FIVE [Captioner] 21:23:39 OR SIX IN ONE MONTH? AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE [Captioner] 21:23:43 COULD EVEN REFER, ONCE THE STAFF [Captioner] 21:23:46 DRAFTS, MAPS IT OUT MONTH BY MONTH ON [Captioner] 21:23:49 THE CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, SEE WHAT LINES UP THERE [Captioner] 21:23:53 , AND LET'S GIVE SOME HELP TO SOME OF OUR [Captioner] 21:23:56 MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THE HUMAN RELATION [Captioner] 21:23:59 S COMMISSION BECAUSE WE VFD UTILIZED THEM FOR SOME [Captioner] 21:24:02 OF THESE THINGS THAT COULD HELP US OUT AND SAYING HERE IS THE [Captioner] 21:24:06 INPUT OF LETTING US, THEY'RE APPOINTED ON OUR COMMISSION [Captioner] 21:24:09 REPRESENTING THE CITY THAT WE CAN UTILIZE SOME OTHER RESOURCES [Captioner] 21:24:12 TO HELP US ORGANIZE IT. BECAUSE I JUST FEEL THAT IT [Captioner] 21:24:15 NEEDS TO BE VETTED A LITTLE BIT. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF [Captioner] 21:24:18 GREAT SENSITIVITY THAT WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF WHERE OUR [Captioner] 21:24:22 HERITAGE IS BUT WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE [Captioner] 21:24:25 NESS OF WHAT OUR CITY OFFERS. AND [Captioner] 21:24:28 HAS AS OUR UNIQUE RESIDENTS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. [Captioner] 21:24:31 AND I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I [Captioner] 21:24:35 THINK WE COULD TAP INTO, SOME OTHER RESOURCE TO [Captioner] 21:24:38 HELP STAFF DRAFT IT [Captioner] 21:24:42 THEN HUMAN RELATIONS LOOKS AT IT AND THEN IT COMES BACK FOR [Captioner] 21:24:45 US AT CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT. I JUST FEEL THAT THIS [Captioner] 21:24:48 REFERRAL IS A LITTLE [Captioner] 21:24:52 -- A LIT NOT ORGANIZED AND KIND OF MAPPING OUT THE VISION [Captioner] 21:24:55 AND MAPPING OUT HOW WE CAN REALLY WORK WITH THE GROUPS [Captioner] 21:24:58 . AND EVEN LIKE THE SENIOR CITIZENS [Captioner] 21:25:01 MAY WANT SOME IN [Captioner] 21:25:05 PUT IN IT. I THINK THERE MIGHT [Captioner] 21:25:08 BE ANOTHER GROUP I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LIST OF [Captioner] 21:25:12 THE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT AFTER OUR CITY STAFF KIND OF DOES THE [Captioner] 21:25:15 MAP, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD KIND OF LIKE MAKE MY [Captioner] 21:25:18 STATEMENT AND JUST SEEING HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT VISION [Captioner] 21:25:21 HERE AND MAKING IT SO THAT ADMINISTER PEOPLE CAN HAVE [Captioner] 21:25:24 INPUT BUT ALSO HAVE IT DRAFTED MONTH [Captioner] 21:25:27 BY MONTH. CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS [Captioner] 21:25:30 , DO I [Captioner] 21:25:34 WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION? [Captioner] 21:25:37 BOUGHT WE DON'T HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR [Captioner] 21:25:40 SOME OF THESE THINGS. WE HAVE TO MATCH [Captioner] 21:25:43 IT, MAP IT OUT, DO WE HAVE STAFF, [Captioner] 21:25:47 DO WE HAVE A BUDGET, WHO'S BUYING THE [Captioner] 21:25:50 FLAGS AND WHICH ORGANIZATION, AND WHAT IF YOU HAVE TWO [Captioner] 21:25:53 ORGANIZATIONS THAT COMES FROM THE SAME COMMITTEE, HOW ARE WE [Captioner] 21:25:57 GOING TO HAVE TO SETTLE THAT OUT, THERE IS A LOT THERE THAT NEEDS [Captioner] 21:26:00 TO BE ADDED TO HOW WE IMPLEMENT PROCLAMATIONS [Captioner] 21:26:03 HOW WE IMPLEMENT FLAG RAISING BECAUSE IT ALL [Captioner] 21:26:06 KIND OF GOES TOGETHER. [Captioner] 21:26:10 IN DEFERRING IT, HAVE STAFF [Captioner] 21:26:13 DO, HAVE THEM REFER [Captioner] 21:26:16 TO HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, HAVE IT SENT [Captioner] 21:26:19 BACK TO STAFF, THEY SEND IT TO US. I THINK [Captioner] 21:26:23 I ADD MY COMMENTS TO THAT. I JUST DON'T WANT [Captioner] 21:26:26 TO OFFEND ANYONE. I THINK THAT BY RUSHING THINGS [Captioner] 21:26:29 WE NEED TO KNOW A PLAN, A PLACE [Captioner] 21:26:33 AN IMPLEMENTATION AND ESPECIALLY WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO [Captioner] 21:26:36 REALLY WORK ON RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL [Captioner] 21:26:40 EMERGENCY RESOLUTION THAT WE JUST PASSED THAT, YOU KNOW, I [Captioner] 21:26:43 WANT TO ALLOW SOME OTHER [Captioner] 21:26:46 DELEGATE SOME THINGS OUT SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN HELP US IN MAKING IT [Captioner] 21:26:50 -- GIVING US A MORE INCLUSIVE INPUT AND [Captioner] 21:26:53 PUBLIC SOME SORT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INPUT BY USING [Captioner] 21:26:56 OUR HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. [Captioner] 21:27:01 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO [Captioner] 21:27:03 . >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 21:27:07 FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THIS REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:27:10 IS [Captioner] 21:27:15 COMPLEMENTARY TO WHAT WE JUST PASSED REGARDING [Captioner] 21:27:18 THE FLAG RAISING EVENT FOR THE MONTH OF [Captioner] 21:27:21 FEBRUARY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS [Captioner] 21:27:25 , AND ALSO, THIS [Captioner] 21:27:28 WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE TO HELP [Captioner] 21:27:32 THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH [Captioner] 21:27:36 A DRAFT OF POLICY AS WELL AS [Captioner] 21:27:39 PROPOSE DATES, SO THEY'RE NOT IN [Captioner] 21:27:42 CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS ONE [Captioner] 21:27:46 AND THE REFERRAL MADE [Captioner] 21:27:50 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. I [Captioner] 21:27:54 WELCOME THE CAUTION ONE, THAT WE WANT TO [Captioner] 21:27:59 REALLY CARRY OUT THOSE EVENTS IN AN ORGANIZED [Captioner] 21:28:02 WAY, AND HAVE [Captioner] 21:28:06 -- HAVE TO BE COST CONSCIOUS AND [Captioner] 21:28:09 SO ON AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID WHEN WE [Captioner] 21:28:12 WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REFERRAL MADE [Captioner] 21:28:16 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. AND IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 21:28:19 FLAG, I STILL REMEMBER THAT THE [Captioner] 21:28:22 BEST FLAG THAT WE CAN RAISE AND [Captioner] 21:28:25 ALL THE PEOPLE IN FREMONT AND BEYOND [Captioner] 21:28:29 ARE PLOWED TO GATHER UNDER, IS THE FLAG [Captioner] 21:28:32 OF THE STAR [Captioner] 21:28:35 AND STRIP BANNER. AND SO LOOKING [Captioner] 21:28:39 AT ALL THOSE EVENTS A MONTH [Captioner] 21:28:42 , ACTUALLY, I WAS THINK, [Captioner] 21:28:45 YOU KNOW, INCLUDING ACTUALLY I STILL BELIEVE INCLUDING THE [Captioner] 21:28:53 FLAG EVENT RAISING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, THE BEST FLAG AND THE [Captioner] 21:28:56 ONLY FLAG WE ARE GOING THE RAISE FOR ALL [Captioner] 21:28:59 THE EVENTS, TO HONOR ALL THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:29:02 , IN FACT THEY ARE ALL INTEGRAL [Captioner] 21:29:05 PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS [Captioner] 21:29:08 THE NATIONAL FLAG AND THE NATIONAL FLAG ONLY. [Captioner] 21:29:11 AND IN THAT CASE THERE'S NO DISPUTE [Captioner] 21:29:14 REGARDING WHAT FLAG SHOULD BE RAISED, AND WHO [Captioner] 21:29:18 SHOULD BUY THE FLAG, AND EVEN TO THE SIZE. [Captioner] 21:29:21 OH, WAIT A MINUTE, LAST MONTH, YOU RAISED [Captioner] 21:29:25 A VERY BUSINESS FLAG. [Captioner] 21:29:28 I WANT TO RAISE AN EVEN BIGGER [Captioner] 21:29:31 FLAG. SURE, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A [Captioner] 21:29:34 COMPETITION. SO I AGREE. WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A [Captioner] 21:29:38 VERY ORGANIZED WAY, AN ECONOMIC WAY, NOT WASTE [Captioner] 21:29:41 ING THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY, [Captioner] 21:29:44 NOT DISTRACTING THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF [Captioner] 21:29:48 OUR CITY COUNCIL, ON THOSE [Captioner] 21:29:51 CEREMONIAL EVENTS. RATHER, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE PRESS [Captioner] 21:29:55 ING ISSUES, THE CITY OF FREMONT IS [Captioner] 21:29:58 FACING LIKE SAFETY ISSUES, [Captioner] 21:30:01 LIKE TRAFFIC, OR [Captioner] 21:30:03 LIKE THE EMERGENCY WE'RE GOING THROUGH. [Captioner] 21:30:06 SO WITH THAT, I THINK I [Captioner] 21:30:10 SUPPORT THIS REFERRAL AS [Captioner] 21:30:15 A COMPLEMENTARY REFERRAL TO THE ONE THAT WE JUST PASS [Captioner] 21:30:18 ED LAST TIME FOR ALL THE FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:30:26 EVENTS. AND ONCE AGAIN WITH THIS HOPEFULLY [Captioner] 21:30:29 BEING PASSED, I HOPE [Captioner] 21:30:32 THAT THE CITY STAFF WOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE ALL THE [Captioner] 21:30:36 SUGGESTIONS, AND THEN COME UP WITH A POLICY [Captioner] 21:30:41 . >> Mayor Mei: IT'S MEANT TO BE INCLUSIVE, NOT [Captioner] 21:30:44 EXCLUSIVE OF THE LIST SO THINGS COULD BE ADDED TOO. [Captioner] 21:30:46 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH, [Captioner] 21:30:49 I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK. BECAUSE HONESTLY [Captioner] 21:30:52 I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:30:55 . IF I READ IT, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHAT [Captioner] 21:30:58 IT'S SAYING. I'M GETTING THAT WHAT IT'S SAYING IS [Captioner] 21:31:03 GUESSING [Captioner] 21:31:07 THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE FLAG BE RAISED [Captioner] 21:31:10 FOR ALL 19 OF THESE THINGS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO THAT [Captioner] 21:31:13 WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO. IF THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING [Captioner] 21:31:17 THEN I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE IT [Captioner] 21:31:20 SEEMS THAT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING HAVING 19 OR IT [Captioner] 21:31:23 WOULD BE 21 DIFFERENT FLAG RAISINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR [Captioner] 21:31:26 WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY ONEROUS ON STAFF. [Captioner] 21:31:29 AND BUDGET AND RESOURCES. [Captioner] 21:31:32 AND THEN THE OTHER -- AND THEN OF COURSE [Captioner] 21:31:36 TIMING ISSUES COULD BE STRANGE. AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU MIGHT WANT [Captioner] 21:31:39 TO INCLUDE EVEN MORE SO IT JUST SEEMS INTERESTING [Captioner] 21:31:42 TO -- I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE PROPOSING 21 [Captioner] 21:31:45 DIFFERENT FLAG RAISINGS PER YEAR BUT SEEMS [Captioner] 21:31:49 LIKE A LOT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I'M -- AS FAR AS [Captioner] 21:31:52 I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OF THE THINGS LISTED HERE THAT DON'T [Captioner] 21:31:55 HAVE FLAGS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. FOR EXAMPLE I HAPPEN TO BE [Captioner] 21:31:58 A [Captioner] 21:32:01 JEWISH AMERICAN AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A JEWISH [Captioner] 21:32:04 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH FLAG. SO [Captioner] 21:32:08 I DON'T KNOW -- AND THAT MAY BE TRUE FOR A LOT OF THE OTHER ONES [Captioner] 21:32:11 . SO I GUESS MY QUESTIONS ARE NUMBER 1, ARE YOU PROPOSING TO [Captioner] 21:32:14 HAVE 21 DIFFERENT FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:32:18 CEREMONIES PER YEAR AT A MINIMUM AND [Captioner] 21:32:21 TWO, ARE YOU -- WHAT FLAG WOULD YOU RAISE [Captioner] 21:32:24 IF THERE IS NO FLAG FOR THE [Captioner] 21:32:27 ONES, SOME OF THE ONES ON THE LIST? [Captioner] 21:32:30 >> Mayor Mei: WELL WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT WE CONSIDER [Captioner] 21:32:34 THESE AS ADDITIONAL OPTIONS. BECAUSE RIGHT THOUSAND THESE ARE SOME OF THE DATES [Captioner] 21:32:37 THAT WE DO CELEBRATE SOME OF THOSE EXISTING [Captioner] 21:32:40 MONTHS AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I TREKS A [Captioner] 21:32:43 PI HERITAGE MONTH THERE IS A FLAG BUT THEN [Captioner] 21:32:46 IT'S WHICH ONE DO WE FLY? BUT I THINK [Captioner] 21:32:49 IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT NATIVE AMERICAN [Captioner] 21:32:52 HERITAGE MONTH WHICH WE HAVE CELEBRATED MANY TIMES [Captioner] 21:32:55 OVER THE YEARS AND I KNOW THAT THIS PAST YEAR [Captioner] 21:32:59 MILPITAS ALSO RAISED AING THAT FOR FILIPINO HERITAGE [Captioner] 21:33:02 MONTH. SO I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES, [Captioner] 21:33:05 I'M LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT I'VE HAD A [Captioner] 21:33:08 LOT OF INQUIRIES [Captioner] 21:33:12 S RECEIVED AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF THERE ARE DATES OR SOMETHING [Captioner] 21:33:15 YOU FELT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE, THAT WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION [Captioner] 21:33:18 IN PUBLIC SO THAT IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE [Captioner] 21:33:21 REMOVED I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT -- ENTERTAIN THAT CONVERSATION TOO [Captioner] 21:33:24 . >> Councilmember Kassan: SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:33:27 THEN IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE SAYING THE [Captioner] 21:33:30 REFERRAL IS TO HAVE A FURTHER [Captioner] 21:33:34 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ISSUE OR -- >> Mayor Mei: TO AGREE TO [Captioner] 21:33:37 LOOK AT ADDING FLAG RAISINGS FOR [Captioner] 21:33:39 CERTAIN DATES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 21:33:42 LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE WE HAVE AUXILIARY AWARENESS [Captioner] 21:33:45 TODAY AND THERE IS A LOGO FOR THAT AND SO I THINK THAT [Captioner] 21:33:48 , YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING FROM A LOT [Captioner] 21:33:52 OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCALLY RAISED, THE SCHOOL FOR [Captioner] 21:33:56 THE DEAF THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ARE UNIQUE FOR [Captioner] 21:33:58 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OR THE CITY OF FREMONT SO I THINK IT'S [Captioner] 21:34:02 IMPORTANT JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE [Captioner] 21:34:05 BOX ART AND OTHER AREAS TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 21:34:08 THEY FEEL INCLUDED. >> Councilmember Kassan: ONE MORE QUESTION [Captioner] 21:34:12 IF WE'RE VOTING ON A REFERRAL I WANT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY [Captioner] 21:34:15 WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE PROPOSING [Captioner] 21:34:18 THAT WE ADD THESE 19 THINGS THAT WE WOULD RAISE THE [Captioner] 21:34:21 FLAG FOR AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE [Captioner] 21:34:24 WERE SOME OF THESE WHERE THERE IS NO FLAG [Captioner] 21:34:28 ? WE JUST WOULDN'T DO IT OR WE COULD [Captioner] 21:34:31 COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT FLAG? >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 21:34:34 DIFFERENT FLAGS OR DIFFERENT THINGS THIS IS [Captioner] 21:34:37 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES [Captioner] 21:34:40 THAT I'VE SEEN FLAGS OR OTHER EVENTS HELD [Captioner] 21:34:43 FOR THAT SO I THINK IT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT [Captioner] 21:34:46 BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE. >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M [Captioner] 21:34:49 STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE REFERRAL IS SAYING BUT MAYBE WITH [Captioner] 21:34:52 MORE CONVERSATION I COULD UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:34:55 . >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 21:34:58 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:35:01 . I DID GO OUT AND LOOK [Captioner] 21:35:04 AT A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES. I LOOKED [Captioner] 21:35:08 AT MILPITAS AND SAN JOSE. AND WHAT I'M DISCOVERING [Captioner] 21:35:10 IS THAT THEY ARE DOING MORE [Captioner] 21:35:14 OF MONTH CELEBRATIONS, OR DAY CELEBRATIONS [Captioner] 21:35:18 , AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE. [Captioner] 21:35:21 AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE [Captioner] 21:35:24 WOULD CELEBRATE AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON [Captioner] 21:35:27 . FRED, I [Captioner] 21:35:31 CAN'T PRONOUNCE -- >> Mayor Mei: KA [Captioner] 21:35:34 RMATSU. [Captioner] 21:35:38 >> Councilmember Campbell: LARRY -- [Captioner] 21:35:41 >> Mayor Mei: ATUNG [Captioner] 21:35:45 . [Captioner] 21:35:49 ATUN [Captioner] 21:35:52 G. [Captioner] 21:35:56 MARCH FONG IS THE FIRST [Captioner] 21:35:58 -- >> Councilmember Campbell: WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT BECAUSE I [Captioner] 21:36:01 WOULD LIKE YOU TO RAISE THE FLAG FOR MY BIRTHDAY. I'M IMPORTANT, [Captioner] 21:36:04 I MEAN SO -- BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT IS THE KIND [Captioner] 21:36:07 OF THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT. [Captioner] 21:36:10 WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT AND SAY WELL WHY [Captioner] 21:36:13 AREN'T YOU RECOGNIZING SO-AND-SO WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE A [Captioner] 21:36:16 PERSON. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE IT MORE BROADER [Captioner] 21:36:19 AND WE SHOULD KEEP IT TO EITHER A DAY OR A [Captioner] 21:36:23 MONTH. SO [Captioner] 21:36:26 THE, FOR EXAMPLE, NATIVE AMERICAN [Captioner] 21:36:29 HERITAGE MONTH WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS, [Captioner] 21:36:32 VIETNAM HERITAGE MONTH. OH YEAH IT [Captioner] 21:36:35 WAS, OKAY. I THINK I'VE CROSS REFERENCE [Captioner] 21:36:39 ED WITH SOMETHING THAT SAN JOSE WAS DOING. [Captioner] 21:36:43 >> Mayor Mei: VIETNAMESE HERITAGE MONTH. [Captioner] 21:36:46 >> Councilmember Campbell: I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE LIST. MEXICAN [Captioner] 21:36:50 INDEPENDENCE DAY, ALTHOUGH WE HAD LATIN HERITAGE [Captioner] 21:36:53 MONTH. I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT [Captioner] 21:36:57 WITH EITHER A DAY OR A MONTH AND NOT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:37:01 . AND MILPITAS [Captioner] 21:37:04 , TREKS, THEY HAD IN ORDER TO NOT MAKE IT SO [Captioner] 21:37:07 TAXING ON STAFF AND HAVE WHAT I'VE HEARING HERE IS THAT [Captioner] 21:37:12 THEY HAD COMMUNITIES DO [Captioner] 21:37:15 THE CEREMONY THEMSELVES. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY [Captioner] 21:37:19 . >> Councilmember Campbell: SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE [Captioner] 21:37:22 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL, THEY WOULD BE THE ONES WHO [Captioner] 21:37:25 WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO US, THEY WOULD GET THEIR [Captioner] 21:37:29 OWN FLAGS, THE ONLY THING WE WOULD DO IS PROVIDE A [Captioner] 21:37:32 VENUE AND SOME TABLES AND SOME CHAIRS. [Captioner] 21:37:35 AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PLAN IT OUT THEMSELVES. THAT'S [Captioner] 21:37:38 ONE MODEL. AND THEN FOR SAN JOSE [Captioner] 21:37:41 , THEIR MODEL WAS, THEY PICKED THE DAYS, SIMILAR [Captioner] 21:37:44 TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN THE CITY HOST [Captioner] 21:37:48 ED IT THEMSELVES. SO THERE'S SOME VARIATIONS [Captioner] 21:37:51 OF WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD DO THIS BUT I DO THINK [Captioner] 21:37:56 THAT 21 MIGHT BE A BIT [Captioner] 21:37:59 MUCH BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE 21, YOU KNOW THAT'S MORE DAYS [Captioner] 21:38:02 -- MORE DAYS A YEAR [Captioner] 21:38:05 OR MONTH MONTHS IN A YEAR. SO WE MAY WANT [Captioner] 21:38:08 TO NARROW IT OR WE MAY WANT TO DO A COMBO [Captioner] 21:38:11 WHICH WE COULD DO THAT WHICH MEANS THAT WE COULD RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 21:38:15 SEVERAL IN A MONTH OR -- AND I [Captioner] 21:38:18 DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER COX [Captioner] 21:38:23 THAT WHEN ARE THESE? BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME [Captioner] 21:38:26 OVERLAPPING, THERE MIGHT BE TWO IN MARCH, IF THERE'S TWO IN [Captioner] 21:38:30 MARCH WE'LL DO TWO IN MARCH, IF THERE'S TWO [Captioner] 21:38:33 IN APRIL WE'LL DO TWO IN APRIL [Captioner] 21:38:36 . THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I LIKE THE LIST AS A FIRST [Captioner] 21:38:40 PASS BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO SCRUB [Captioner] 21:38:43 IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: I'M GLAD [Captioner] 21:38:46 THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK MANY GROUPS AS [Captioner] 21:38:49 YOU MENTIONED IN OTHER CITIES HAVE ACTED ON THIS AND THEY'VE [Captioner] 21:38:52 ASKED US BUT IF THERE'S DATES THAT YOU THINK [Captioner] 21:38:55 ARE, I MEAN PART OF WHY WE'RE DOING THESE DATES WHETHER [Captioner] 21:38:59 IT'S THE RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATION OR IN RAISING THE [Captioner] 21:39:02 FLAG IS THE FACT THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO BECOME [Captioner] 21:39:05 EDUCATED AND TO BE AWARE. BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:39:08 THAT WE MENTIONED, FRED KAR [Captioner] 21:39:11 MATZU FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT [Captioner] 21:39:14 HE STOOD UP AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE JAPANESE IN [Captioner] 21:39:18 OUR CITY AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS YOU MAY [Captioner] 21:39:21 NOT BE AWARE THAT EVEN IN OUR CITY AS PROGRESSIVE [Captioner] 21:39:24 AS WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY THAT UP UNTIL ABOUT FOUR [Captioner] 21:39:27 YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION SOMEBODY [Captioner] 21:39:31 HAD CALLED OUT THAT ONE OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION [Captioner] 21:39:34 ACTUALLY HAD IN THEIR HOAS UP UNTIL FIVE [Captioner] 21:39:37 YEARS AGO THEY COULDN'T SELL HOMES TO JAPANESE OR TO [Captioner] 21:39:40 ASIANS. THESE TYPE OF THINGS ARE CURRENT TODAY SO THAT'S WHY [Captioner] 21:39:43 THE EDUCATION AWARENESS OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, I APPRECIATE [Captioner] 21:39:47 YOUR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK BUT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 21:39:50 FOR US TO EDUCATE. [Captioner] 21:39:53 IN FACT MOST RECENT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN [Captioner] 21:39:56 DECIDED TO PRESERVE THE INTER [Captioner] 21:39:59 INTERMENT CAMPS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE TRAVESTY AND [Captioner] 21:40:04 THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD AND BAD SO PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE OF [Captioner] 21:40:07 THIS AND BE EDUCATED SO I APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT. [Captioner] 21:40:09 >> Councilmember Campbell: AND I AGREE WITH YOU. [Captioner] 21:40:12 I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT. WHAT I'M SAYING [Captioner] 21:40:15 IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT [Captioner] 21:40:18 HERE SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY IN THEIR [Captioner] 21:40:21 COMMUNITY, LIKE WHY DON'T WE DO A MARTIN LUTHER KING [Captioner] 21:40:24 DAY? >> Councilmember Cox: THAT'S RIGHT. [Captioner] 21:40:27 >> Councilmember Campbell: AROUND PUT THAT ONE DOWN. [Captioner] 21:40:30 OR HARRIET TUBMAN DAY OR SOME OTHER PERSON [Captioner] 21:40:34 TODAY. SO I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SET A [Captioner] 21:40:37 PRECEDENT WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO COME OUT AND SAY PLEASE [Captioner] 21:40:40 ADD THIS PERSON BECAUSE THEY WERE IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 21:40:43 THEY HAVE A [Captioner] 21:40:47 HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE TO MY HERITAGE AND [Captioner] 21:40:50 I WANT YOU TO ADD THEM, TOO. >> Mayor Mei: I AGREE ON [Captioner] 21:40:54 THAT IDEA BUT I THINK THAT ALSO SOME OF THE MONTHS THAT ARE LISTED [Captioner] 21:40:57 IF WE ARE GOING TO LIMIT OURSELVES TO MONTHS [Captioner] 21:41:00 THERE IS OVERLAP DENT. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 21:41:03 DATES THERE ARE OVERLAP. THEY DON'T [Captioner] 21:41:07 SPECIFICALLY FALL ON OCTOBER 1st OR WHATEVER THAT DATE [Captioner] 21:41:11 IS ITSELF. HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT, DOES [Captioner] 21:41:14 THAT MEAN IT WILL FLY FOR A IF YOU DAYS [Captioner] 21:41:17 AS OPPOSED TO A MONTH. WE CAN'T BALANCE THAT. [Captioner] 21:41:20 I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SHAO'S POINT EARLIER WHEN WE APPROVED [Captioner] 21:41:23 THE LAST DECISION AT THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE WERE ASKING [Captioner] 21:41:26 ABOUT DEFINITION AND CLARITY. BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:41:29 AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL [Captioner] 21:41:33 THE DIFFERENT RESSMENTSDZ AND [Captioner] 21:41:36 REPRESENTATIVES AND WE'RE PROUD [Captioner] 21:41:39 THAT WE HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY. BUT [Captioner] 21:41:42 TO BE ABLE TO SAY IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE IT THEN [Captioner] 21:41:44 WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY. [Captioner] 21:41:47 SO I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO [Captioner] 21:41:50 MONTHS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF ETHNIC [Captioner] 21:41:53 MONTHS VERSUS INDIVIDUAL BIRTHDAYS BUT [Captioner] 21:41:57 WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE A CONSISTENT POLICY FOR [Captioner] 21:41:59 THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO IT WOULDN'T BE ONE PERSON WOULD GET [Captioner] 21:42:03 RECOGNIZED AND THE OTHERS DON'T. SO I THINK [Captioner] 21:42:06 IT'S VERY VALID. >> Councilmember Campbell: CORRECT [Captioner] 21:42:09 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:42:12 >> MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? >> Mayor Mei: SURE. [Captioner] 21:42:15 >> STEPPING BACK TO OUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER, YOU [Captioner] 21:42:18 ALL APPROVED THE RAISING OF A FLAG FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY [Captioner] 21:42:21 . BUT YOU ALSO GAVE STAFF DIRECTION TO [Captioner] 21:42:25 COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH [Captioner] 21:42:28 SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND FLAG-RAISING [Captioner] 21:42:31 . WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE, HOW WOULD IT BE [Captioner] 21:42:34 FUNDED, WHEN WOULD WE DO IT, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS [Captioner] 21:42:39 . SO IT SEEMS THAT YOU [Captioner] 21:42:42 KNOW GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT [Captioner] 21:42:45 FIRST WOULD ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND [Captioner] 21:42:48 ADDRESS SOME OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS THAT I'M [Captioner] 21:42:52 HEARING AMONGST YOU ALL THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 21:42:55 SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS YOU CONTINUE [Captioner] 21:42:59 YOUR DELIBERATION. AND I DO HAVE TO SAY WE HAD [Captioner] 21:43:03 A HEARTY CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY ABOUT STAFFING AND ADD [Captioner] 21:43:07 ING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND JUST NEEDING MORE [Captioner] 21:43:10 STAFFING. WE'RE A VERY, VERY LEAN CITY. [Captioner] 21:43:13 WE HAVE 9 [Captioner] 21:43:16 60 FTES AND 240,000 [Captioner] 21:43:19 RESIDENTS. AND OF THOSE 9 [Captioner] 21:43:22 65 FTES WE PROBABLY HAVE 100 VACANCY [Captioner] 21:43:25 IES, BECAUSE ALSO AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER [Captioner] 21:43:28 , IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO FILL POSITIONS RIGHT [Captioner] 21:43:32 NOW. SO AGAIN [Captioner] 21:43:35 , JUST SOME THINGS FOR YOU TO-AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR [Captioner] 21:43:38 DELIBERATION [Captioner] 21:43:41 . >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO DID YOU -- [Captioner] 21:43:43 >> Councilmember Shao: YES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 21:43:46 I AGREE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE [Captioner] 21:43:50 DETAILS ARE IRONED OUT BEFORE WE APPROVE [Captioner] 21:43:54 THIS REFERRAL. LET'S LEAVE THAT TO THE CITY [Captioner] 21:43:57 STAFF TO FIGURE OUT A POLICY [Captioner] 21:44:00 . ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TO AGREE IN [Captioner] 21:44:04 GENERAL WHETHER TO AGREE [Captioner] 21:44:08 THAT THE PRECEDENT IS ALREADY SET. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS [Captioner] 21:44:11 TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ADD MORE DATES, [Captioner] 21:44:16 OR KILL THIS [Captioner] 21:44:19 REFERRAL BY SAYING NO. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TWO [Captioner] 21:44:23 . AND TO ME, [Captioner] 21:44:26 I DON'T THINK THAT IS INCLUSIVE AT ALL. [Captioner] 21:44:29 IN TERMS OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MONTH OR [Captioner] 21:44:32 THE DAY, I THINK STILL, THE STAFF CAN [Captioner] 21:44:35 COME WITH A POLICY [Captioner] 21:44:39 , AND AS THE REFERRAL SAYS, IT'S INCLUDING [Captioner] 21:44:42 BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO. [Captioner] 21:44:45 SO TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO DETAILS AND SAY [Captioner] 21:44:48 OH, I DON'T LIKE THIS DATE, LET'S CROSS IT OUT [Captioner] 21:44:52 FROM THE LIST, OR HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU MISSED [Captioner] 21:44:55 SOME MORE DATES. LET'S JUST EXHAUST ALL [Captioner] 21:44:59 THE LISTS BEFORE WE [Captioner] 21:45:03 APPROVE THE REFERRAL. I THINK THIS REFERRAL SAYS WE [Captioner] 21:45:06 NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE SO THAT MORE DATES ARE PROPOSED. [Captioner] 21:45:09 AS FOR HOW TO REALLY HONOR THOSE DATES [Captioner] 21:45:12 OR MONTH, THEN WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 21:45:15 REALLY RELY ON THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH [Captioner] 21:45:19 A PRACTICAL WAY AND ORGANIZE THE WAIM, ECONOMIC WAY [Captioner] 21:45:22 , TO DO SO. IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF [Captioner] 21:45:25 FLAG TO FLY AND AS I SAID BEFORE [Captioner] 21:45:28 , YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE DETAILS. TODAY [Captioner] 21:45:31 WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THIS IN PRINCIPLE OR NOT [Captioner] 21:45:34 , IT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE HERE. OTHERWISE [Captioner] 21:45:38 , I DON'T THINK TONIGHT IS LONG ENOUGH FOR US [Captioner] 21:45:41 TO EXHAUST ALL THE TOPICS ON THIS REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:45:44 . THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:45:47 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 21:45:50 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR [Captioner] 21:45:53 YOUR FEEDBACK. WHILE I THINK THIS IS A [Captioner] 21:45:57 GOOD SUGGESTION BY THE MAYOR TO LOOK AT THIS, LOOK [Captioner] 21:46:00 AT THE VARIOUS MONTHS, AND [Captioner] 21:46:03 FESTIVALS AND ALL OF THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A RETREAT [Captioner] 21:46:06 COMING UP IN FEBRUARY WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FLUSH [Captioner] 21:46:09 THESE THINGS OUT. WE DO HAVE A FLAG [Captioner] 21:46:12 POLICY COMING UP AND I THINK I WOULD BE OPEN [Captioner] 21:46:16 TO STUDYING THESE DAYS AND MAYBE MORE AT [Captioner] 21:46:19 THAT RETREAT WHERE WE CAN GO IN MORE DETAIL [Captioner] 21:46:22 , AFTER STAFF HAS PREPARED A POLICY. I [Captioner] 21:46:25 DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS. I THINK -- DEBATE [Captioner] 21:46:29 EACH DAY OR THINGS LIKE THAT. IF WE [Captioner] 21:46:32 CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION [Captioner] 21:46:35 DURING OUR RETREAT THEN WE CAN HAVE, YOU [Captioner] 21:46:38 KNOW FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WE DON'T [Captioner] 21:46:41 WANT, WHY WE DON'T WANT IT AND SO FORTH. [Captioner] 21:46:44 I WILL SAY CERTAIN CITIES DON'T [Captioner] 21:46:47 ALLOW CERTAIN RELIGIONS, CERTAIN DATES [Captioner] 21:46:50 AND CERTAIN TYPES OF THINGS. ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE [Captioner] 21:46:53 FLUSHED OUT AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE BANDWIDTH [Captioner] 21:46:57 TO DO THAT. I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD [Captioner] 21:47:00 AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION AT [Captioner] 21:47:03 OUR STAFF RETREAT. LIM I'M SUPPORTIVE OF [Captioner] 21:47:06 THAT BUT IF WE SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE COMMISSION [Captioner] 21:47:09 S IT WILL BE ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE WE HEAR BACK [Captioner] 21:47:12 . COUNCILMEMBER KENG, NEXT. >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO AS I [Captioner] 21:47:16 RECALL AND ALSO EARLIER, AS MENTIONED BY [Captioner] 21:47:20 OUR CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD, THAT [Captioner] 21:47:24 THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY JUST [Captioner] 21:47:27 VOTED TO HAVE THE STAFF PREPARE KIND OF A FLAGS POLICY [Captioner] 21:47:32 . AND YOU KNOW AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE ARE OPERATING [Captioner] 21:47:35 ON A VERY LEAN [Captioner] 21:47:38 STAFFING FOR OUR CITY AND IT'S, IF [Captioner] 21:47:41 WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE 21 FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:47:45 AND ALL THE LOGISTICS THAT GOES WITH IT AND ALL THE [Captioner] 21:47:48 PEOPLE TO INVITE, WHO TO INCLUDE AND ALL THE [Captioner] 21:47:51 PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING THAT TO MAKE A FLAG FOR [Captioner] 21:47:54 A CORRECT FLAG AND OTHER GROUPS THAT [Captioner] 21:47:58 MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT, I THINK IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 21:48:01 VERY TAXING ON THE STAFF [Captioner] 21:48:04 . AND EARLIER [Captioner] 21:48:08 HAD COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL MENTIONED IF WE ARE HONORING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE [Captioner] 21:48:13 NOT HONOR NATIONALLY LIKE [Captioner] 21:48:16 MARTIN LUTHER KING, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF [Captioner] 21:48:19 GOING TO BE INVITING OURSELVES TO [Captioner] 21:48:22 OTHER GROUPS THAT WOULD SAY HOW COME [Captioner] 21:48:25 , WE WANT TO HONOR OUR LEADER, WE WANT TO HONOR LIKE [Captioner] 21:48:28 I KNOW LIKE SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 21:48:32 , ALSO YOU KNOW DO HONORING LIKE [Captioner] 21:48:37 THESE ANNUAL HONORING OF THEIR LEADER SO WE'RE [Captioner] 21:48:40 KIND OF OPENING OURSELVES TO SOMETHING [Captioner] 21:48:43 THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A HUGE ISSUE IN THE FUTURE [Captioner] 21:48:47 . SO I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT FOR STAFF TO [Captioner] 21:48:50 COME UP WITH A FLAG FOLLOW AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE [Captioner] 21:48:53 ARE DOING IT MONTHLY, IF WE ARE DOING IT EVERY OTHER [Captioner] 21:48:56 MONTH BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 21:48:59 AFFORD THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO DO A [Captioner] 21:49:02 MONTHLY FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:49:06 . SO I THINK THAT IF WE ARE -- I APPRECIATE THE [Captioner] 21:49:09 MAYOR'S INTENTION COMING UP WITH [Captioner] 21:49:12 THIS LIST. BUT SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE REPETITIVE [Captioner] 21:49:16 AND MAYBE LIKE EARLIER, AS MENTIONED [Captioner] 21:49:19 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX, SOME GROUPS ARE NOT INCLUDED. [Captioner] 21:49:22 SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO [Captioner] 21:49:25 HONOR GROUPS INSTEAD OF KIND OF [Captioner] 21:49:29 INDIVIDUALS, AND THERE WOULD BE -- IF WE'RE LOOKING [Captioner] 21:49:32 AT KIND OF THE TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HONOR [Captioner] 21:49:36 ING ACCORDING TO THIS LIST THEN THERE WOULD BE DOZENS OF [Captioner] 21:49:39 OTHERS THAT WANT TO BE HONORED. SO I THINK WE SHOULD KIND [Captioner] 21:49:43 OF WAIT FOR THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH A FLAG [Captioner] 21:49:47 POLICY AND WHAT KIND [Captioner] 21:49:50 OF PROGRAM THAT THE STAFF [Captioner] 21:49:53 ARE CAPABLE OF DOING OR, YOU KNOW, HOW [Captioner] 21:49:57 OFTEN AND WHAT WE CAN GROUP TOGETHER, I THINK THAT [Captioner] 21:50:01 WOULD BE PROBABLY BE A MORE APPROPRIATE, THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:50:04 . >> Mayor Mei: I'M OPEN TO THE IDEA BUT I [Captioner] 21:50:11 WANTED TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF DATES [Captioner] 21:50:14 THAT ARE UPCOMING, SO WE DON'T SKIP OVER [Captioner] 21:50:16 MONTHS. I UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE [Captioner] 21:50:19 BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO OTHER GROUPS, [Captioner] 21:50:22 I DON'T KNOW, SOMETIMES COUNCIL REFERRALS GO FOR [Captioner] 21:50:25 30, 60, 90 DAYS OUT. OUR [Captioner] 21:50:29 RETREAT WILL BE TO THE END OF FEBRUARY AND WE'LL [Captioner] 21:50:32 BE PUSHING MARCH AT THAT TIME, WHETHER IT'S [Captioner] 21:50:35 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH OR OTHER DATES THAT ARE COMING, I WANT [Captioner] 21:50:38 ED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MISS JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT [Captioner] 21:50:41 THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT IT. JUST LIKE IN THE PAST WHEN [Captioner] 21:50:44 IT COMES FOR OUR BUDGET, AT ONE POINT [Captioner] 21:50:48 WE USED SOME OF OUR FUNDING TO HELP [Captioner] 21:50:51 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD EVENTS, TO RECOGNIZE IT, WE [Captioner] 21:50:54 WANTED PEOPLE TO [Captioner] 21:50:57 SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, WE LOOKED AT IT [Captioner] 21:51:01 COMPREHENSIVELY, NOT [Captioner] 21:51:04 ON ONESIES TWO [Captioner] 21:51:07 SIES AND SUCH, I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL HAVE [Captioner] 21:51:09 FEEDBACK ON THAT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 21:51:12 SOME OF THESE DATES LIKE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE [Captioner] 21:51:16 MONTH, ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH, HAVE [Captioner] 21:51:19 BEEN ONES SINCE ASIAN HERITAGE HAS BEEN SINCE [Captioner] 21:51:22 THE 1970s. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T OVERLOOK [Captioner] 21:51:25 THAT. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT DIVERSITY, [Captioner] 21:51:30 IT IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES BUT I [Captioner] 21:51:33 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE SOME OF THE UNIQUE SETS OF [Captioner] 21:51:36 AND OFFERINGS THAT MAKE FREMONT A WELCOMING [Captioner] 21:51:39 COMMUNITY SUCH AS TREKS THE DEAF AND BLIND AWARENESS [Captioner] 21:51:42 . SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT [Captioner] 21:51:46 . COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, YOU'RE NEXT AGAIN OR MAYBE [Captioner] 21:51:49 -- >> Councilmember Kassan: I'VE HAD MY HAND RAISED FOR A [Captioner] 21:51:53 LONG TIME. >> Mayor Mei: I'M GOING ON [Captioner] 21:51:56 ORDER OFF THE DAIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, I [Captioner] 21:51:59 SEE JENNY AFTER COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND THEN [Captioner] 21:52:02 RAJ AND TERESA. I'M LOOKING AT THE ORDER OF [Captioner] 21:52:05 THEM. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 21:52:08 I DID PRESS MY BUTTON LONG TIME AGO. I JUST WANT [Captioner] 21:52:11 TO SAY IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THIS LIST IS NOT NECESSARILY [Captioner] 21:52:14 THE FINAL LIST. SOME OF THE DAYS [Captioner] 21:52:18 COULD BE COMBINED WITH OTHER DATES OR MONTHS. [Captioner] 21:52:21 BUT THE IDEA IS [Captioner] 21:52:25 TO WHETHER ADD MORE DATES FOR THE FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:52:29 TO BE INCLUSIVE, OR KILL [Captioner] 21:52:32 THIS REFERRAL TO KEEP ONLY [Captioner] 21:52:36 TWO FLAG RAISING EVENTS FROM NOW ON [Captioner] 21:52:39 . REGARDLESS WHETHER [Captioner] 21:52:43 THE STAFF MAKES A POLICY OR [Captioner] 21:52:46 NOT. [Captioner] 21:52:49 BECAUSE WE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT AND THAT'S ALREADY IN THE RECORD [Captioner] 21:52:51 RECORD. REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE [Captioner] 21:52:55 LIST, HOW LONG OR SHORT, THE STAFF [Captioner] 21:52:59 IS INSTRUCTED TO COME UP WITH A POLICY [Captioner] 21:53:02 ANYWAY. SO TODAY [Captioner] 21:53:06 , AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY [Captioner] 21:53:09 , AS TO THE [Captioner] 21:53:13 NATURE OF THE LIST, WHETHER IT [Captioner] 21:53:16 BEING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY ADD ON THE LIST, WE [Captioner] 21:53:19 CANNOT TAKE DAYS OFF THE LIST OR COMBINE DAYS WITH OTHER [Captioner] 21:53:23 DAYS. AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY OF [Captioner] 21:53:26 DOING SO, I DON'T SEE WHY WE [Captioner] 21:53:31 CANNOT HAVE NOR DAYS FOR FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:53:35 , THAN THE CURRENT TWO [Captioner] 21:53:38 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE [Captioner] 21:53:41 TO SAY. [Captioner] 21:53:44 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 21:53:47 >> Councilmember Kassan: YES, I FEEL THE NEED TO SAY SOMETHING THAT IS [Captioner] 21:53:50 VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO ME TO SAY AND AWKWARD TO [Captioner] 21:53:53 SAY BUT I FEEL THE NEED TO SAY IT AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:53:56 SOMEONE POINTED OUT TO ME RECENTLY, JENNIE [Captioner] 21:54:00 YOU'RE THE ONLY WHITE PERSON ON THE [Captioner] 21:54:03 FREMONT CITY COUNCIL, OH MY GOSH YOU'RE RIGHT. I [Captioner] 21:54:06 COME FROM POSITION OF HUGE PRIVILEGE AS A WHITE [Captioner] 21:54:09 PERSON AND SO SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY CERTAIN THINGS [Captioner] 21:54:13 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T BE QUIET [Captioner] 21:54:16 ABOUT THINGS THAT DON'T AFFECT THEM [Captioner] 21:54:19 . YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO SPEAK UP TO ADVOCATE [Captioner] 21:54:22 FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PRIVILEGE AS [Captioner] 21:54:26 WE DO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT [Captioner] 21:54:29 I -- THERE IS AN ASPECT TO THIS THAT FEELS UN [Captioner] 21:54:32 COMFORTABLE TO ME. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD [Captioner] 21:54:35 INTENTIONS AND WANTING TO INCLUDE PEOPLE. BUT [Captioner] 21:54:38 THE FACT THAT [Captioner] 21:54:41 THIS IS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER WE HAD [Captioner] 21:54:45 THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:54:50 FROM COUNCILMEMBER COX TO RAISE THE FLAG FOR BLACK HISTORY [Captioner] 21:54:54 MONTH, IT HONESTLY MAKE MEES UNCOMFORTABLE [Captioner] 21:55:01 MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE. IT IS RARE [Captioner] 21:55:04 THAT ANYONE COMES FORWARD REQUESTING THAT WE DO [Captioner] 21:55:07 A FLAG RAISING. IT FEELS A [Captioner] 21:55:11 LITTLE BIT DIS [Captioner] 21:55:17 DISRESPECTIVE, ON THE EVERYDAY THAT [Captioner] 21:55:20 COUNCILMEMBER COX MADE TO BRING THAT REFERRAL. I'M SURE IT IS [Captioner] 21:55:23 NOT PROBABLY THE INTENTION BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM [Captioner] 21:55:27 SUPERCOMFORTABLE TO ME THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF THE BLUE [Captioner] 21:55:30 RIGHT AFTER A REFERRAL WAS MADE TO RAISE THE FLAG FOR BLACK [Captioner] 21:55:33 HISTORY MONTH ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS THIS LONG LIST OF [Captioner] 21:55:36 OTHERS THAT NOW WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE. [Captioner] 21:55:39 AND I JUST, I THINK IT COULD BE SEEN [Captioner] 21:55:42 BY SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 21:55:45 WHO ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN AS A BIT OF A DISRESPECTFUL ACT [Captioner] 21:55:49 TO ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY LIKE OH WELL WE HAD TWO [Captioner] 21:55:52 FLAG RAISINGS WELL NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 21 BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:55:55 NOW THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING BLACK HISTORY MONTH ALL OF A SUDDEN [Captioner] 21:55:58 WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE A LOT MORE. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT [Captioner] 21:56:01 WAS THE INTENTION. I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPUGN [Captioner] 21:56:04 ANYONE. I JUST FEEL THE NEED TO BRING THIS UP IN CASE THERE ARE [Captioner] 21:56:07 ANY MEMBERS OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY THAT FEEL THAT [Captioner] 21:56:10 THIS IS ISN'T THE BEST TIMING TO BE BRINGING THIS UP [Captioner] 21:56:15 . SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO MY CONCERN [Captioner] 21:56:18 THAT THIS ISN'T REALLY A PRACTICAL THING [Captioner] 21:56:21 TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW GIVEN THE FACT THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON [Captioner] 21:56:24 A POLICY. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 21:56:27 WELL I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT OVER THE YEARS AS MENTIONED [Captioner] 21:56:31 , AND YOU'VE SEEN IN THE SURROUNDINGS CITIES AND I'VE [Captioner] 21:56:34 GOTTEN MANY CORRESPONDENCE [Captioner] 21:56:39 S ASKING WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE IT FOR OTHER CITIES OR [Captioner] 21:56:42 OTHER MONTHS FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE I SEE MANY OF [Captioner] 21:56:45 OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDING IN OTHER CITIES AND THEY ASK [Captioner] 21:56:48 ME AT THAT POINT OFTEN WHY HAVE WE NOT [Captioner] 21:56:51 DONE IT IN OURS. SO IT IS NOT IN ISOLATION [Captioner] 21:56:55 ISOLATION BUT IN CONCERT BECAUSE WE SEE THE NEED TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 21:56:58 TO SUPPORT THIS. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST CREATING THAT [Captioner] 21:57:01 AWARENESS AND JUST TO CLARIFY THIS REFERRAL WAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED [Captioner] 21:57:04 PRIOR TO THAT APPROVAL. SO I HAD ACTUALLY SUBMITTED IT [Captioner] 21:57:07 PRIOR TO THAT. ALSO [Captioner] 21:57:10 , COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 21:57:15 >> Councilmember Salwan: MADAM MAYOR -- [Captioner] 21:57:18 >> Mayor Mei: YOU'RE ON MUTE. >> Councilmember Salwan: THERE WE GO. [Captioner] 21:57:21 YEAH WELL I THINK WE HAVE A COUNCIL POLICY OF NOT [Captioner] 21:57:24 QUESTIONING OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS MOTIVES, I THINK [Captioner] 21:57:28 THE INTENT BY BOTH MAYOR MEI [Captioner] 21:57:31 AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER COX IS GOOD. I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO -- [Captioner] 21:57:35 WE'RE A DIVERSE CITY. WE LOVE EVERYBODY, WE WANT [Captioner] 21:57:37 TO BE INCLUSIVE. SO I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT [Captioner] 21:57:40 DISCUSSION TO HAVE. I THINK WE'RE GETTING IN THE WEEDS AGAIN [Captioner] 21:57:43 . THIS IS SOMETHING COMING BEFORE US. [Captioner] 21:57:46 WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR EACH DAY RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 21:57:49 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RETREAT. WE CAN [Captioner] 21:57:52 DISCUSS THIS FURTHER. AT THIS POINT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A ROBUST [Captioner] 21:57:55 DISCUSSION IN LONGER SETTING WHERE IT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 21:57:59 PROPERLY AGENDIZED, STAFF SET REVIEW [Captioner] 21:58:02 , REVIEW THE OTHER POLICIES [Captioner] 21:58:05 FROM OTHER COUNTIES CITIES AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A [Captioner] 21:58:09 COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION. WE'RE NOT APPROVING 19 DAYS [Captioner] 21:58:11 OR 21 DAYS ALL WE'RE DOING IS THESE ARE SOME OF THE DAYS [Captioner] 21:58:14 THAT MAYOR MEI IS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT. WE MAY [Captioner] 21:58:18 HAVE OTHER DAYS, I MAY HAVE DAYS, YOU [Captioner] 21:58:21 GUYS MAY HAVE OTHER DAYS. WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION [Captioner] 21:58:24 IN A MORE INFORMAL SETTING. THIS IS A COUNCIL REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:58:27 , WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE POSITIONS AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN TO SAY [Captioner] 21:58:30 YES WE WOULD LIKE TO STUDY THE FLAG RAISING ISSUE AND WE [Captioner] 21:58:33 WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THE DEDICATES [Captioner] 21:58:37 , DAYS PROPOSED BY MAYOR MEI AND [Captioner] 21:58:40 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADD OTHER DAYS OR HAVE A [Captioner] 21:58:43 DISCUSSION BY REMOVING SOME OF THESE DAYS. I THINK THIS IS A [Captioner] 21:58:47 HEALTHY DISCUSSION AND BEGIN THIS COULD BE HELD AT A [Captioner] 21:58:50 COUNCIL RETREAT WHICH IS ONLY NEXT MONTH. SO I THINK [Captioner] 21:58:53 IN THE INTERESTS OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AGAIN I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A [Captioner] 21:58:56 MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND SEE IF I GET A SECOND SO WE [Captioner] 21:58:59 CAN PLUG THIS ALONG. >> Councilmember Shao: I [Captioner] 21:59:02 SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COX [Captioner] 21:59:05 DID YOU PRESS THE BUTTON AGAIN? [Captioner] 21:59:08 >> Councilmember Cox: I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME TO [Captioner] 21:59:11 SPEAK AND OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN QUITE A FEW [Captioner] 21:59:14 TIMES BETWEEN. BUT I JUST WANTED TO -- WE GOT TO TAKE A [Captioner] 21:59:17 STEP BACK HERE IN TERMS OF LISTENING TO WHAT [Captioner] 21:59:20 OUR CITY MANAGER IS SAYING WITH THE STAFFING. [Captioner] 21:59:23 AND WE TOOK ACTION LAST MONTH WHICH WE ALL AGREED [Captioner] 21:59:26 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A STAFFING POLICY. [Captioner] 21:59:29 I THINK WE HAVE THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG HERE THAT [Captioner] 21:59:33 HOW CAN YOU HAVE THIS LIST WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN [Captioner] 21:59:36 KNOW WHAT THE POLICY IS SAYING. AND [Captioner] 21:59:40 WHAT IS SETTING FORTH WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE [Captioner] 21:59:43 FLAG RAISING STANDARDS IN POLICY [Captioner] 21:59:46 AND PROCEDURE BEFORE WE START LOOKING AT [Captioner] 21:59:50 LIST OF FLAG RAISING. BUT THEN ON THE OTHER [Captioner] 21:59:53 SIDE, I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THE EXHAUST [Captioner] 21:59:56 IVE LIST OF LISTING PROBABLY 30 OR [Captioner] 21:59:59 40 CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS THAT WE DO IN A PROCLAMATION [Captioner] 22:00:02 AND THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED TOO BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST DO [Captioner] 22:00:06 FLAG RAISING. BECAUSE SOME OF THESE FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:00:08 DON'T EVEN HAVE PROCLAMATIONS. I MEAN THE ONE FOR [Captioner] 22:00:12 FRED KAMSUTO HE WAS JUST [Captioner] 22:00:15 RECOGNIZED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM BACK ON JANUARY 30th OF [Captioner] 22:00:19 2022 AND IT IS ONLY THREE OTHER STATES THAT [Captioner] 22:00:22 CELEBRATE HIM. SO WE GOT TO LOOK AT THINGS AS A [Captioner] 22:00:25 WHOLE OF HOW WE HAVE A VISION AND LOOKING AT [Captioner] 22:00:28 HOW THE PROCLAMATION AND HOW THE FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:00:32 MATCHING UP THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE STAFFING. DO [Captioner] 22:00:35 WE EVEN HAVE STAFFING. DO YOU WANT TO PULL STAFFING OFF [Captioner] 22:00:38 TO DO FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:00:41 VERSUS CODE ENFORCEMENT OR SOME OTHER [Captioner] 22:00:45 CORE SERVICES THAT WOULD BE SERVICING OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 22:00:48 SO I REALLY THINK THAT WE [Captioner] 22:00:51 SHOULD PUT THIS, ALONG WITH A DISCUSSION AT [Captioner] 22:00:54 OUR CITY COUNCIL RETREAT, BUT [Captioner] 22:00:57 ALSO, I THINK WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT [Captioner] 22:01:01 COMPLETE. WE GOT TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE. AND SO [Captioner] 22:01:04 I REALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE [Captioner] 22:01:07 IT'S MISSING INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE COMING FROM CITY [Captioner] 22:01:11 STAFF. TO DIRECT US ON SUGGESTIONS AND [Captioner] 22:01:14 RECOMMENDATIONS. AND MAYBE CIRCLING BACK TO GET [Captioner] 22:01:17 INPUT FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCE COMMISSION. [Captioner] 22:01:20 I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE JUMPING INTO SOMETHING AND WHEN [Captioner] 22:01:23 YOU ARE LOOKING AT 21 CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, YOU'RE [Captioner] 22:01:26 LOOKING AT MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, TWO A MONTH ALMOST [Captioner] 22:01:29 . ONE A MONTH, TWO A MONTH. [Captioner] 22:01:32 SO WE GOT TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THIS AND [Captioner] 22:01:35 NOT JUMPING IN WITHOUT HAVING A SET POLICY [Captioner] 22:01:39 FIRST HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION, MAPPING IT OUT WHERE DOES ALL [Captioner] 22:01:43 THESE CELEBRATIONS LINE UP. AND BEFORE WE CAN [Captioner] 22:01:46 MAKE ANY FINAL DECISIONS TONIGHT, THAT'S [Captioner] 22:01:49 MY RECOMMENDATION. I CAN'T OPERATE WITH HALF OF AN [Captioner] 22:01:52 INFORMATION WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION STILT [Captioner] 22:01:54 COMING. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 22:01:57 KENG. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU MAYOR. [Captioner] 22:02:01 SO I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING OF [Captioner] 22:02:04 WHAT WE VOTED ON PREVIOUSLY [Captioner] 22:02:07 ABOUT DIRECTING STAFF TO HAVE A FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:02:10 POLICY. I THINK THAT ALSO INCLUDED HAVING [Captioner] 22:02:14 STAFF RECOMMEND OTHER OCCASIONS THAT WE WANT THAT [Captioner] 22:02:17 WE COULD POTENTIALLY [Captioner] 22:02:21 . >> MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION WAS THAT STAFF WOULD [Captioner] 22:02:24 BE COMING BACK WITH A POLICY [Captioner] 22:02:27 FRAMEWORK BY WHICH YOU ALL [Captioner] 22:02:30 COULD DECIDE WHICH DAYS [Captioner] 22:02:34 , EVENTS OR WHATEVER, YOU'D BE INTERESTED [Captioner] 22:02:37 THIS RAISING A FLAG FOR. SO FOR EXAMPLE, [Captioner] 22:02:40 THE POLICY [Captioner] 22:02:43 MAY INFORM YOU TO RAISE A FLAG FOR ONE [Captioner] 22:02:46 OF THE DAYS THAT ARE LISTED [Captioner] 22:02:50 IN MAYOR MEI'S REFERRAL. BUT IT MAY NOT [Captioner] 22:02:53 . SO IF YOU WERE TO VOTE ON THIS LIST, RIGHT [Captioner] 22:02:56 NOW, THAT [Captioner] 22:03:00 WOULD -- THAT WOULD ADD SOME COMPLEXITIES [Captioner] 22:03:04 TO THE WORK THAT STAFF WOULD NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 22:03:07 DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY FOR YOU. BUT YES SO AT A WAS MY [Captioner] 22:03:10 UNDERSTANDING. WHAT'S ENTAILED IN FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:03:13 , WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT, [Captioner] 22:03:16 SOME PROGRAM TERSE THAT COULD BE PLACED AROUND IT. [Captioner] 22:03:19 SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE OTHER PEOPLE COMING [Captioner] 22:03:22 AND ASKING YOU TO RAISE A FLAG FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT [Captioner] 22:03:25 WANT TO OR YOU MAY FIND DISTASTE [Captioner] 22:03:28 FUL. SO THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION [Captioner] 22:03:32 . >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE [Captioner] 22:03:36 HAVE THAT FLAG POLICY OR STRUCTURE THEN WE CAN [Captioner] 22:03:40 HAVE AN -- ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE STAFFING ABILITY AND RESOURCES [Captioner] 22:03:44 , THEN WE ARE ABLE TO BETTER DETERMINE HOW MANY WE'RE [Captioner] 22:03:47 DOING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER. SO [Captioner] 22:03:50 I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE BECAUSE [Captioner] 22:03:55 IT -- WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON THESE [Captioner] 22:03:58 19 FLAG RAISINGS THAT WOULD REALLY [Captioner] 22:04:01 CONFUSE THE STRUCTURE [Captioner] 22:04:04 HOW TO I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY [Captioner] 22:04:08 TAXING FOR THE STAFF TO DID ALL OF THESE KIND OF BECAUSE [Captioner] 22:04:11 THEY ALREADY STARTED THAT [Captioner] 22:04:14 POLICY, PROCEDURE, SO NOW THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 22:04:19 THROWING THESE AT THEM AND SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO PICK [Captioner] 22:04:22 THEM ALL, I THINK IT'S VERY KIND [Captioner] 22:04:25 OF MISLEADING FOR THE STAFF. OF WHAT [Captioner] 22:04:29 WE VOTED ON EARLIER. >> Mayor Mei: WELL ONCE WE [Captioner] 22:04:32 STARTED WITH RAISING THE PRIDE FLAG I THINK WE COULD [Captioner] 22:04:35 HAVE AT THAT TIME PROBABLY STARTED CRAFTING A [Captioner] 22:04:38 POLICY BECAUSE THAT WAS PRECEDENT-SETTING BECAUSE IT [Captioner] 22:04:42 WAS SOMETHING WE WERE VERY PROUD OF BECAUSE PRIOR TO [Captioner] 22:04:45 THAT WE ONLY HAD THE FLAG FLYING AT THE [Captioner] 22:04:48 DAIS AND WE STARTED THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, THAT [Captioner] 22:04:51 WE RAISED THE FLAG OUT AT THE FLAG POLE AT [Captioner] 22:04:55 WHICH POINT WE STARTED THE PROCESS IN LOOKING AT THIS AND BY ADD [Captioner] 22:04:58 ING THIS AND ACTUALLY LIKE I SAID OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD [Captioner] 22:05:01 MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT GROUPS COMING TO ME, [Captioner] 22:05:04 ASKING ME WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE SO FOR THEM. AND SO I'M [Captioner] 22:05:07 TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM THE [Captioner] 22:05:10 PERSPECTIVE I AM AMIABLE [Captioner] 22:05:14 TO COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN'S PROPOSAL NOT NECESSARILY TO LIST [Captioner] 22:05:17 THE DATES BUT TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUSIVE [Captioner] 22:05:22 AND SET THE POLICY BECAUSE WHEN THE POLICY WAS [Captioner] 22:05:25 LAST TIME TO HAVE A FLAG RAISING POLICY BUT NOT [Captioner] 22:05:27 NECESSARILY WHICH DATES WE WERE TO INCLUDE. [Captioner] 22:05:30 SO I WANTED TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE. [Captioner] 22:05:34 SO COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 22:05:38 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 22:05:42 I THINK I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BUT I THINK I'M GETTING [Captioner] 22:05:45 IT. WHAT WE WOULD [Captioner] 22:05:48 REALLY LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A DRAFT POLICY COME BEFORE [Captioner] 22:05:51 US, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT ANYWAY [Captioner] 22:05:55 BECAUSE I'M NOT IN [Captioner] 22:05:57 TOTAL AGREEMENT OF ALL OF THESE DAYS ON HERE. [Captioner] 22:06:00 I MEAN PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES [Captioner] 22:06:03 TO INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND THE PRECEDENT THAT [Captioner] 22:06:06 THAT MIGHT SET FOR US. I THINK WE'LL BE GOING DOWN [Captioner] 22:06:09 A SLIPPERY SLOPE. SO I [Captioner] 22:06:13 THINK THAT THE STAFF WOULD REALITY [Captioner] 22:06:16 LIKE A CLEAR DIRECTION ON [Captioner] 22:06:20 WHERE THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO [Captioner] 22:06:23 GO WITH THIS. ARE YOU GIVEN [Captioner] 22:06:26 GIVING THEM THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE [Captioner] 22:06:29 IRRESPECTIVE OF THIS LIST WHAT A POLICY WOULD LOOK LIKE [Captioner] 22:06:32 ? OR ARE YOU SAYING, INCLUDE SOME OF THESE [Captioner] 22:06:36 DATES IN THE POLICY, AND BRING THAT [Captioner] 22:06:39 BACK TO US? I JUST DON'T -- I'M NOT [Captioner] 22:06:43 CLEAR ON -- >> Mayor Mei: SURE [Captioner] 22:06:46 . >> Councilmember Campbell: HOW THIS REFERRAL IMPACTS [Captioner] 22:06:49 THE -- THEIR ABILITY TO COME UP WITH [Captioner] 22:06:53 A CLEAN SLATE OF A POLICY [Captioner] 22:06:56 THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY DAYS, TIMES, WEEKS [Captioner] 22:06:59 OR MONTHS. >> Mayor Mei: WELL I THINK THAT WE HAD ASKED [Captioner] 22:07:02 AND DIRECTED STAFF THAT THEY COME UP WITH A FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:07:05 POLICY. I THINK THAT -- I APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT [Captioner] 22:07:09 IF IT'S TOO ONEROUS BASED OFF INDIVIDUALS [Captioner] 22:07:12 THAT WE LOOK AT MONTHS. BUT I THINK [Captioner] 22:07:15 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT POLICY THAT WE IMPLEMENT SO [Captioner] 22:07:18 THAT PEOPLE DO FEEL INCLUDED. SO IF WE'RE [Captioner] 22:07:21 GOING TO START WITH A POLICY OF FLAG RAISING BY MONTH, [Captioner] 22:07:25 I THINK NOT THAT WE ARE PUTTING ONEROUS ON THE [Captioner] 22:07:28 PEOPLE HONORING THIS, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR [Captioner] 22:07:31 BLACK HISTORY MONTH I BELIEVE WE SAID THAT IT WOULD [Captioner] 22:07:34 NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY WERE PUTTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCE [Captioner] 22:07:37 S TO. IT WOULD BE A CEREMONIAL EVENT BUT WE AS A [Captioner] 22:07:40 CITY WERE NOT PUTTING ADDITIONAL STAFFING OR [Captioner] 22:07:44 RESOURCES OR TENTS OR [Captioner] 22:07:47 ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY TO. SO THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, IT [Captioner] 22:07:50 WAS MEANT TO BE CEREMONIAL IN THAT SENSE AND THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO [Captioner] 22:07:53 SOMETHING WITH CITY FUNDING IN FAIRNESS WE WOULD KEEP IT CONSISTENT [Captioner] 22:07:56 WITH ALL THE OTHER DATES. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 22:08:01 EQUITABLE. [Captioner] 22:08:07 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AGAIN. [Captioner] 22:08:13 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 22:08:16 AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK WE ARE PROPOSING [Captioner] 22:08:19 ANY STAFFING OR EXPENSES TO BE MADE BY THE CITY ON [Captioner] 22:08:23 BEHALF ANYONE. I THINK MY MOTION IS WE DON'T HAVE TO [Captioner] 22:08:26 ACCEPT ALL 19 DAYS, ALL I'M SAYING IS [Captioner] 22:08:29 WE LOOK AT AN INCLUSIVE POLICY [Captioner] 22:08:33 THAT INCORPORATES SEVERAL DIFFERENT DATES THAT [Captioner] 22:08:36 MAY INCLUDE THIS LIST AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT WE [Captioner] 22:08:39 MAY HAVE. [Captioner] 22:08:44 BUT THIS MAY BE IN THE TRAIL WORK OF THE [Captioner] 22:08:47 FLAG POLICY. WE HAVE THE FLAG FOLLOW, WE HAVE [Captioner] 22:08:51 THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, BLACK HISTORY FLAG, [Captioner] 22:08:54 AND WE ALSO LOOK AT OTHER DAYS. I THINK THAT WOULD [Captioner] 22:08:58 PROBABLY SATISFACTORY EVERYBODY AND WE CAN MOVE [Captioner] 22:09:02 THIS FORWARD. WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO [Captioner] 22:09:05 ANY PARTICULAR -- MY MOTION IS NOT TO [Captioner] 22:09:08 MOVE 19 DAYS FORWARD. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M [Captioner] 22:09:11 SAYING. ALL I'M SAYING IS, THAT WE LOOK AT [Captioner] 22:09:14 THE SPIRIT OF THE REFERRAL WHICH IS TO [Captioner] 22:09:17 HAVE INCLUSIVENESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 22:09:20 SO GET ALL MARGINALIZED GROUPS ALL [Captioner] 22:09:24 VARIOUS FOLKS IN ALL CAPACITIES TO BE REPRESENTED. AND [Captioner] 22:09:27 , YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL WE ARE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUBLIC. [Captioner] 22:09:30 AND SO I THINK THAT DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE [Captioner] 22:09:34 HAD IN THAT FRAMEWORK AND ALSO AS FAR AS COST [Captioner] 22:09:37 I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO COMMIT ZERO DOLLARS. IF A [Captioner] 22:09:40 GROUP WANTS TO HAVE A FLAG RAISING, THEY SHOULD RAISE [Captioner] 22:09:43 THE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SHOULD ORGANIZE EVERYTHING AND THEY [Captioner] 22:09:46 SHOULD PAY FOR STAFF COST AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. [Captioner] 22:09:49 BUT AGAIN I THINK IT'S PREMATURE FOR US TO BE DISCUSS [Captioner] 22:09:52 ING STAFFING OR ANYTHING. THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL FROM [Captioner] 22:09:55 A COUNCILMEMBER. IT REQUIRES NO OTHER STAFF [Captioner] 22:09:59 TIME OTHER THAN INCLUDING THESE 19 [Captioner] 22:10:02 DAYS AND MAYBE THERE'S OTHERS THAT YOU GUYS CAN [Captioner] 22:10:06 MENTION OFFLINE AND WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AT THE [Captioner] 22:10:09 RETREAT. WE CAN HAVE -- BREAK UP [Captioner] 22:10:12 IN SMALL GROUPS, WE CAN DECIDE WHICH DAYS [Captioner] 22:10:15 WE LIKE, WHAT OUR THINKING IS COME BACK TOGETHER AND THEN WE [Captioner] 22:10:18 CAN DECIDE THAT THESE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO GO FORWARD. [Captioner] 22:10:21 SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, A WIN OR LOSS, IT [Captioner] 22:10:24 SAYS WE'RE ALL TRYING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. THIS IS A HEALTHY DISCUSSION [Captioner] 22:10:27 . I THINK WE NEED MORE PROPOSE TIME TO DID [Captioner] 22:10:31 THAT. WE ALSO NEED A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO WORK ON THIS [Captioner] 22:10:34 AND MAYBE STAFF MAY HAVE FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, WHY CERTAIN [Captioner] 22:10:37 DAYS MIGHT NOT BE GOOD. WHY SOME CITIES [Captioner] 22:10:42 AVOID RELIGIONS OR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. [Captioner] 22:10:45 AND SO [Captioner] 22:10:49 THAT'S, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE [Captioner] 22:10:53 CITY MANAGER IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS DOABLE OR WHAT IS [Captioner] 22:10:56 YOUR -- >> Karena Shackelford: [Captioner] 22:10:59 EXACTLY WHAT IS TOO MUCH TO DO, ADDING THE [Captioner] 22:11:02 19 DAYS HERE OR DRAFTING THE POLICY? >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 22:11:06 ONE IS DRAFTING THE POLICY. >> Karena Shackelford: [Captioner] 22:11:09 THAT IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS, WE'VE GOT SOME [Captioner] 22:11:12 GOOD EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK [Captioner] 22:11:15 TO YOU WITH THAT IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER. [Captioner] 22:11:18 AS FAR AS ADDING ANY DAYS RIGHT NOW OR ADDING ANY DAYS [Captioner] 22:11:21 PERIOD, THE STAFF TIME [Captioner] 22:11:24 THAT'S INVOLVED RIGHT NOW WITH ANY OF [Captioner] 22:11:27 THE SPECIALTY DAY FLAG RAISINGS, IT [Captioner] 22:11:30 DOES REQUIRE A STAFF PERSON TO COME OUT AND [Captioner] 22:11:34 LOWER THE FLAGS THAT ARE THERE, ADD THIS ONE. [Captioner] 22:11:37 SO SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING EVEN IF [Captioner] 22:11:40 WE DON'T DO ALL OF THE CEREMONIAL THINGS AN IT [Captioner] 22:11:44 . THAT MAYBE SOME OTHER CITIES DO. >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 22:11:47 SO IS STAFF WILLING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL [Captioner] 22:11:50 DATES OR MAYBE WE CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DATES OR IS THAT SOMETHING [Captioner] 22:11:53 THAT WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ON? [Captioner] 22:11:54 >> Karena Shackelford: ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 22:11:57 AND AS I ENVISIONED HOW WE WOULD [Captioner] 22:12:01 APPROACH [Captioner] 22:12:04 PRESENTING YOU WITH SOME OPTIONS THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD BE CLUB [Captioner] 22:12:07 . SO WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE RECOMMENDING ANY DATES [Captioner] 22:12:10 . WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'VE LEARNED WITH [Captioner] 22:12:13 OTHER CITIES, SOME OF WHICH YOU'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR DISCUSSION TODAY [Captioner] 22:12:17 WITH THE FOCUS ON DEI AND MAKING SURE [Captioner] 22:12:20 WE'RE INCLUSIVE AND LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT ARE SPECIAL TO [Captioner] 22:12:23 FREMONT. SO OUR INTENTION WAS [Captioner] 22:12:26 TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE FOR YOU TO [Captioner] 22:12:30 CONSIDER, AND TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU THE [Captioner] 22:12:33 WANTED ALLOW [Captioner] 22:12:36 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ASK FOR FLAG RAISE [Captioner] 22:12:39 INGS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE DISCUSSION TODAY [Captioner] 22:12:42 WAS HELPFUL AND IT'S ADDED TO THE WAY WE'RE [Captioner] 22:12:45 APPROACHING IT. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK THAT THE TIMING [Captioner] 22:12:49 IS APT, BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE [Captioner] 22:12:52 DEVELOPING A POLICY TO HAVE THIS HEARTY DISCUSSION [Captioner] 22:12:55 IN PUBLIC IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN HEAR THE [Captioner] 22:12:59 THOUGHTS OF THE COUNCIL AND SOMETIMES WITH THE [Captioner] 22:13:02 RETREAT NOT EVERYONE FOLLOWS THIS. THIS ALLOWS THE CLARITY FOR [Captioner] 22:13:05 PEOPLE WHO ASKED AND AGAIN PERHAPS NOT [Captioner] 22:13:08 EVERY INDIVIDUAL ON THE COUNCIL HAS HEARD THIS TYPE OF REQUEST AND [Captioner] 22:13:11 I MIGHT GET MORE SO BECAUSE I'M ATTENDING SOME [Captioner] 22:13:14 OF THESE EVENTS AND [Captioner] 22:13:18 THEY CORNER ME AND ASK ME. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS [Captioner] 22:13:21 TO APPLY AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN A MANNER [Captioner] 22:13:24 THAT ALLOWS US THEN AT THE RETREAT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:13:27 HERE'S WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE [Captioner] 22:13:30 LOOKED AT IN OTHER CITIES AND THAT IN [Captioner] 22:13:33 SINCERITY I THINK THAT TWO [Captioner] 22:13:36 WOULD BE RESTRICTIVE, 20 MAY BE TOO MUCH BUT THEN HOW DO [Captioner] 22:13:40 WE FIND THE BALANCE AND LOOKING AT THE POLICY? AND AGAIN [Captioner] 22:13:43 I APPRECIATE SPECIFICALLY IF THE CITY MANAGER DOES TALK ABOUT USE [Captioner] 22:13:46 JUST LIKE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT TODAY WE DID [Captioner] 22:13:49 AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THE COMMUNITY'S [Captioner] 22:13:53 NEEDS AND BASIS IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSITY [Captioner] 22:13:55 AND EQUITY. THEREFORE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD [Captioner] 22:13:59 FOUNDATIONAL DISCUSSION POINT. SORRY I SEE [Captioner] 22:14:02 AGAIN COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND COUNCILMEMBER COX. LOOKING THROUGH [Captioner] 22:14:05 THE LIST. YAS THANK YOU MAYOR, [Captioner] 22:14:09 AS A REMINDER ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW SPEAKERS TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE [Captioner] 22:14:12 ? >> Mayor Mei: NO HANDS UP. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 22:14:15 YOU. SO THANK YOU, [Captioner] 22:14:19 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN FOR THE CLARIFICATION [Captioner] 22:14:22 WHEN NOT VOTING ON THE 19 DAYS TO BE CLEAR. [Captioner] 22:14:25 WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE 19 DAYS, RATHER [Captioner] 22:14:28 WE WANT TO VOTE ON [Captioner] 22:14:32 BEING INCLUSIVE OR NOT. SO IF THE [Captioner] 22:14:36 LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:14:40 IS SLIGHT EXCHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, GIVING [Captioner] 22:14:44 THE FLEXIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE 19 [Captioner] 22:14:47 DAYS OR DATES ARE [Captioner] 22:14:51 GOING TO BE EXCLUDED IN THE FUTURE [Captioner] 22:14:54 , THEN I STILL THINK THAT IS [Captioner] 22:14:58 THE TECHNICALITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CLING ON [Captioner] 22:15:02 . WE'RE VOTING ON WHETHER WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE ON [Captioner] 22:15:05 OR NOT. THAT'S HOW I SEE THIS REFERRAL [Captioner] 22:15:10 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE MAYOR IF I MAY, JUST [Captioner] 22:15:14 A LEGAL OBSERVATION IF I MAY. [Captioner] 22:15:19 IF THE COUNCIL IS DESIROUS TO HEAD IN THE [Captioner] 22:15:23 DIRECTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN IS SUGGESTING, I WOULD OFFER [Captioner] 22:15:26 THAT NO ACTION IS REALLY NECESSARY. THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DIRECTED [Captioner] 22:15:29 STAFF TO DEVELOP A FOLLOW. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH [Captioner] 22:15:33 THAT. THE DIRECTION THAT YOU CAN GIVE IS THAT AS PART OF THAT [Captioner] 22:15:36 DISCUSSION WE'LL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDES POTENTIALLY [Captioner] 22:15:39 THESE DATES. THEREFORE, YOU WOULDN'T REALLY [Captioner] 22:15:42 NEED A MOTION NECESSARILY TO DO THAT. IF YOU [Captioner] 22:15:45 HAVE CONSENSUS, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT AND THEN WE'D BRING [Captioner] 22:15:49 BACK A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE DATE. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 22:15:52 I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME TIME TRAIL ON THE DATE THOUGH. [Captioner] 22:15:55 I THINK WITH THE REFERRALS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW [Captioner] 22:15:58 LIKE WHAT -- IS IT DURING THE RETREAT THAT WE WILL HAVE [Captioner] 22:16:01 THIS CONVERSATION ALONG WITH THE POLICY? BECAUSE I THINK IT [Captioner] 22:16:05 WOULD BE CENTRALIZED IN THE SENSE OF HAVING THE PROCLAMATION [Captioner] 22:16:08 AS WELL AS FLAG RAISING OR IT WOULD BE LIKE A FUTURE MEETING TWO [Captioner] 22:16:11 , THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS [Captioner] 22:16:14 OUT. [Captioner] 22:16:19 >> Karena Shackelford: PLEASE ALLOW ME TO RESPOND IN THIS WAY. [Captioner] 22:16:22 HEARING THE DISCUSSION TODAY AND THE DISCUSSION [Captioner] 22:16:25 BACK IN DECEMBER, STAFF HAS ALREADY BEGAN GATHER [Captioner] 22:16:29 GATHERING INFORMATION AND WORKING ON A [Captioner] 22:16:32 POLICY TO BRING BACK TO YOU. SO THE URGENCY [Captioner] 22:16:35 OF IT IS UNDERSTOOD. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T [Captioner] 22:16:38 GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE RIGHT NOW BUT I [Captioner] 22:16:41 DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL TO HAVE IT IN [Captioner] 22:16:45 FRONT OF YOU SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND TO [Captioner] 22:16:48 ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AT THE RETREAT IN [Captioner] 22:16:51 FEBRUARY. >> Mayor Mei: SO GREAT, FEBRUARY THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 22:16:54 GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 22:17:00 COUNCILMEMBER COX AGAIN. >> Councilmember Cox: YES. I APPRECIATE [Captioner] 22:17:03 YOUR COMMENTS [Captioner] 22:17:06 CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD. AND AS THE POLICY IS BEING [Captioner] 22:17:09 DEVELOPED IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD [Captioner] 22:17:13 , YOU KNOW, ARTICULATE THE MONTHS WHERE [Captioner] 22:17:17 THE PROCLAMATION AND WHERE FLAG RAISING IS KIND OF BEING [Captioner] 22:17:20 PREDICTED AND ESTIMATED. SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A FULL [Captioner] 22:17:23 PICTURE OF ALL OF THAT BUT ALSO BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH [Captioner] 22:17:26 TALKING WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, IT [Captioner] 22:17:29 WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE WHO OTHERS [Captioner] 22:17:33 CELEBRATE. AND ON SOME SORT OF [Captioner] 22:17:36 FASHION. BECAUSE SOME COULD BE MORE OR LESS OR DIFFERENT. [Captioner] 22:17:40 BUT IT'S ALSO DEPENDING ON THE POPULATION AND SOME [Captioner] 22:17:43 GO WITH THE TOP, YOU KNOW, TOP TEN, [Captioner] 22:17:46 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, OF WHAT REPRESENTS [Captioner] 22:17:50 THEIR PARTICULAR [Captioner] 22:17:53 , GRAPHICS OF THE CITY [Captioner] 22:17:56 POPULATION. BUT THAT TOO WOULD BE SOME HELPFUL [Captioner] 22:17:59 INFORMATION TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN THAT REGARD [Captioner] 22:18:02 . YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY LOOK [Captioner] 22:18:05 ING AT A GUIDELINE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO CARRY [Captioner] 22:18:08 SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE THINGS [Captioner] 22:18:12 THAT, YOU KNOW, PROHIBITED THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE [Captioner] 22:18:15 , EITHER YOU APPLY AS A NONPROFIT WITH THE GRANTS OR [Captioner] 22:18:18 YOU COME WITH YOUR OWN FUNDRAISING OR, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:18:21 OTHER WAYS THAT OTHERS [Captioner] 22:18:24 CANNOT MAKE IT SO BURDENSOME ON THE CITY [Captioner] 22:18:28 STAFF AND OUR CITY RESOURCES. AND LIKE THE BUDGET [Captioner] 22:18:30 . >> Karena Shackelford: RIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT. [Captioner] 22:18:33 SO JUST TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU WON'T SEE [Captioner] 22:18:36 ARE RECOMMENDED DATES THERE STAFF OR [Captioner] 22:18:41 RECOMMENDED, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:18:44 CULTURAL MONTHS OR INDIVIDUALS OR WHATEVER [Captioner] 22:18:48 . BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE [Captioner] 22:18:51 TO USE COUNCILMEMBER SHAO'S TRAYS, [Captioner] 22:18:54 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO'S PHRASE [Captioner] 22:18:57 , TREKS, OAKLAND DOES THIS. [Captioner] 22:19:01 FOR EXAMPLE, THIS OTHER CITY HAS DO. SO SOME OPTIONS [Captioner] 22:19:04 FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS OPPOSED TO STAFF SAYING, HERE'S [Captioner] 22:19:07 THE LAUNDRY LIST OF DATES OR MONTHS THAT [Captioner] 22:19:10 YOU SHOULD CONSIDER. THE POLICY WILL BE INTENDED [Captioner] 22:19:14 TO ALLOW YOU ALL TO MAKE DECISIONS [Captioner] 22:19:17 ABOUT WHO AND WHAT YOU WANT [Captioner] 22:19:21 TO CELEBRATE AND/OR RAISE A FLAG FOR. [Captioner] 22:19:24 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:19:27 >> Karena Shackelford: AND IT WILL INCLUDE ALL OF [Captioner] 22:19:31 S TO GENERALITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED. AND ONCE IT COMES [Captioner] 22:19:34 BEFORE YOU, IF IT IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE [Captioner] 22:19:36 ENOUGH, YOU CAN ASK US TO DO A LITTLE MORE WORK. [Captioner] 22:19:39 BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS [Captioner] 22:19:42 THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WE'RE PREPARED TO BRING THAT [Captioner] 22:19:45 BACK. >> Councilmember Cox: BECAUSE I REMEMBER BACK I THINK IT WAS [Captioner] 22:19:49 THIS PAST SEPTEMBER THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH THE EXHAUST [Captioner] 22:19:52 IVE LIST, I KNOW I WENT THROUGH LISTING EVERY [Captioner] 22:19:55 SINGLE THING THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE AS PROCLAMATIONS BUT THEN SIT [Captioner] 22:19:58 REALLY REALISTIC AND HOW DOES THAT MATCH UP WITH [Captioner] 22:20:01 FLAG RAISING. AND I GET AN IDEA, [Captioner] 22:20:05 I KNOW IT IS SUGGESTED AND FOR EXAMPLE, BUT IT JUST HELPS [Captioner] 22:20:08 US TO HAVE A PLAN OR VISION SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE [Captioner] 22:20:11 THINGS LINE UP AS WE TRY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS GOING INTO [Captioner] 22:20:14 THAT. AND WILL THERE BE ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 22:20:17 THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS PART [Captioner] 22:20:21 OF THE UPCOMING RETREAT. THAT'S THE OTHER PART BECAUSE I [Captioner] 22:20:24 KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PRIORITIES TO SET AND MOVE [Captioner] 22:20:28 FORWARD FOR 2023. SO THAT'S MY OTHER CONCERN TOO, [Captioner] 22:20:31 IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT CAN TAKE [Captioner] 22:20:34 TO KIND OF REACH THROUGH THAT AS WE'VE [Captioner] 22:20:37 BEEN DISCUSSING THAT FOR ALMOST A LONG TIME NOW. [Captioner] 22:20:41 SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BE REALISTIC HERE AS WE'RE TRYING [Captioner] 22:20:44 TO SET UP AND TRYING TO GET THE END RESULTS AND [Captioner] 22:20:47 BE PRODUCTIVE AT THE UPCOMING MEETING IN [Captioner] 22:20:51 FEBRUARY FOROUR RYE TREAT [Captioner] 22:20:54 FOR OUR RETREAT [Captioner] 22:20:57 . I'M A PERSON WOULD LIKES PLANNING, LIKES [Captioner] 22:21:00 TO SEE THINGS AS CLEAR AS WE CAN BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS [Captioner] 22:21:03 . AND I JUST DON'T FEEL I CAN [Captioner] 22:21:06 SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT THE POLICY THE FRAMEWORK [Captioner] 22:21:09 OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FIRST AND THEN SEEING HOW THAT [Captioner] 22:21:13 MATCHES INTO WHAT'S THE REALITY OF THE FRAMEWORK OF LOOKING [Captioner] 22:21:16 AT THE REALITY OF THE FRAMEWORK AND [Captioner] 22:21:20 HOW DOES IT IMPLEMENT INTO ROLLING OUT AND DOING [Captioner] 22:21:22 THE ACTUAL CULTURAL CELEBRATION. SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:21:28 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:21:31 MAYOR. AND I THINK EARLIER [Captioner] 22:21:34 , CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD MENTION [Captioner] 22:21:37 ED ABOUT TAKING COMMUNITY REQUESTS FOR FLAG RAISING. [Captioner] 22:21:40 AND I THINK THAT SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION [Captioner] 22:21:44 . BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST OPEN [Captioner] 22:21:48 THE -- YEAH, THE GATE TOO WIDE. AND I THINK [Captioner] 22:21:51 EARLIER MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 22:21:54 INVITING A COMMUNITY [Captioner] 22:21:57 GROUP TO BE PART OF [Captioner] 22:22:01 OUR ORGANIZED FLAG RAISING, ONE [Captioner] 22:22:04 , ONCE WE DECIDE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT TO HAVE, [Captioner] 22:22:07 SO INSTEAD OF LIKE [Captioner] 22:22:11 ONCE WE DECIDE ON THIS LIST AND OTHER PEOPLE CAN ALSO [Captioner] 22:22:14 REQUEST AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH AND [Captioner] 22:22:17 ALSO BE KIND OF -- DEFEAT [Captioner] 22:22:20 THE PURPOSE OF DECIDING A LIST [Captioner] 22:22:22 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE MAYOR TO THAT VERY [Captioner] 22:22:26 POINT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO [Captioner] 22:22:28 ALLOW STAFF TO FINISH A DRAFT OF A POLICY. [Captioner] 22:22:31 BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN RECENT SUPREME COURT [Captioner] 22:22:35 CASE LAW ON THIS ISSUE. >> Mayor Mei: I SEE [Captioner] 22:22:38 THAT. RFERLTD WOE WOO [Captioner] 22:22:41 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WE [Captioner] 22:22:45 WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE YOU THIS, [Captioner] 22:22:48 WHOSE SPEECH THIS IS GOING TO BE, GOVERNMENT SPEECH VIA [Captioner] 22:22:51 CITY COUNCIL OR WHETHER THIS IS A PUBLIC YOU ARE [Captioner] 22:22:54 FORUM THAT YOU WOULD ASK [Captioner] 22:22:58 ANY PERSON TO HAVE DISCUSSION. [Captioner] 22:23:01 WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AT A FUTURE DATE. [Captioner] 22:23:04 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK CURRENT POLICIES ARE [Captioner] 22:23:07 REFLECTIVE, TODAY WHILE IT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION IS [Captioner] 22:23:10 A HEARTY CONVERSATION JUST LIKE LAST TIME AND I THINK [Captioner] 22:23:13 THAT AS YOU'RE TRAILING HAD AND DOING THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 22:23:16 OF THE POLICY IT IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 22:23:19 EXPLORE ALL THESE AND FROM THE PUBLIC'S [Captioner] 22:23:21 PERSPECTIVE IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WAS HELD TODAY SO THAT [Captioner] 22:23:25 EVERYONE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 22:23:28 AND UNDERSTAND THEIR POSITIONING [Captioner] 22:23:30 . COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: I [Captioner] 22:23:33 WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY [Captioner] 22:23:37 THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM [Captioner] 22:23:41 . [Captioner] 22:23:47 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK THAT IF THE STAFF HAS [Captioner] 22:23:50 THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE POLICY IS OR WHAT THE REFERRAL THAT I WAS [Captioner] 22:23:54 ASKING FOR, NOT NECESSARILY THE DATES, AND THAT [Captioner] 22:23:57 WE WILL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE POLICY OR [Captioner] 22:24:00 THE STUDY THAT'S RETURNED, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF [Captioner] 22:24:03 THAT IDEA. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID [Captioner] 22:24:06 HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT [Captioner] 22:24:10 FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR. [Captioner] 22:24:15 SO IS THAT SOMETHING [Captioner] 22:24:18 -- >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I UNDERSTOOD THAT AS PART OF THE [Captioner] 22:24:21 POLICY DISCUSSION WE WILL BRING BACK THE SEDATES HERE FOR [Captioner] 22:24:25 FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 22:24:28 >> Mayor Mei: FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I JUST WANT TO MAKE [Captioner] 22:24:31 SURE WE ARE OPEN TO THAT IDEA, BECAUSE WHEN WE CRAFT [Captioner] 22:24:34 THE POLICY THAT ALLOWS US THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> Councilmember Cox: I GUESS [Captioner] 22:24:38 I'M GETTING CONFUSED. BECAUSE REALLY THE REFERRAL WAS [Captioner] 22:24:41 BACK ON DECEMBER 20th TO TAKE ACTION NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING. [Captioner] 22:24:44 BECAUSE IF WE ACCEPT WHAT IT IS TONIGHT I [Captioner] 22:24:47 WOULD ASSUME WE ARE ACCEPTING AS WRITTEN WHAT'S ADDED ON [Captioner] 22:24:50 TO WHAT WE DECIDE ON DECEMBER 20th. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING [Captioner] 22:24:53 . AND I SAY IF YOU HAVE THE REFERRAL IN FRONT OF HAVE [Captioner] 22:24:56 TO SAY NO. IF YOU DON'T AGREED WITH ADDING [Captioner] 22:25:00 ALL THESE DATES. AND LIST. [Captioner] 22:25:02 SO -- >> Mayor Mei: NO WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 22:25:06 MAKING A MOTION, THAT'S ALREADY NOT GOING FORWARD FOR THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 22:25:09 , IT IS THOUGHT GOING FORWARD AS-IS BUT WHAT [Captioner] 22:25:12 WE'RE SAYING FOR THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL OF THE FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 22:25:15 POLICY WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE COMMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'VE [Captioner] 22:25:18 MENTIONED TONIGHT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CRAFTING OF THE [Captioner] 22:25:21 POLICY. >> Councilmember Cox: BUT WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THIS [Captioner] 22:25:25 REFERRAL AS IS SO THAT'S -- IT IS [Captioner] 22:25:28 SAYING NO THAT WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING -- >> Mayor Mei: THERE IS NO [Captioner] 22:25:31 MOTION TAKEN SO -- >> Karena Shackelford: SO AS THE [Captioner] 22:25:35 CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED EARLIER THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS [Captioner] 22:25:38 ITEM TONIGHT. WE'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION. [Captioner] 22:25:41 IT'S ADDING ON TO, OR YOU'VE GIVEN US [Captioner] 22:25:44 MORE DIRECTION TO CONSIDER AS [Captioner] 22:25:48 THE POLICY IS BEING DRAFTED [Captioner] 22:25:51 . SO -- THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE [Captioner] 22:25:54 DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TONIGHT [Captioner] 22:25:57 . >> Councilmember Cox: SO THE CITY STAFF'S DIRECTION IS GOING [Captioner] 22:26:00 TO BE PART OF THE START OF WHAT WE DECIDED ON [Captioner] 22:26:04 DECEMBER 20th OF WE PASSED THAT AND MOVED THAT MOTION TO [Captioner] 22:26:07 DO A CITY FLAG RAISING. [Captioner] 22:26:10 RIGHT? POLICY AND THEN TONIGHT, IS [Captioner] 22:26:13 REALLY WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION [Captioner] 22:28:06 THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPLORE THE AVAILABILITY, THE TIMING AND [Captioner] 22:28:06 ALSO THIS TYPE MUCH SERVICE THAT'S IMPORTANTLY SO I WILL BE UPDATING THAT. [Captioner] 22:28:07 THE OTHER THING IS, IS THERE ANY REPORT OUT FROM ANY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS? [Captioner] 22:28:07 PROBABLY NOT FROM DECEMBER. VICE MAYOR KENG DO YOU HAVE A REPORT OUT? [Captioner] 22:28:07 >> Vice Mayor Keng: YES? SO I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT I WAS VISITING FAMILY IN TAIWAN OVER [Captioner] 22:28:08 THE HOLIDAYS, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO VISIT WITH MAYORS, TWO MAYORS IN TAIWAN, TWO MAYORS AND THE [Captioner] 22:28:09 COIBILITY OF THE CITY OF TOU YUN AND BOTH HAVE POPULATIONS OF MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE. [Captioner] 22:28:11 I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT MAYOR CHAN AND MAYOR CHEN ARE VERY DESIRABLE IN HAVING MORE [Captioner] 22:28:14 COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY AND INVITE US [Captioner] 22:28:17 AND POTENTIAL THEIR OFFICIAL VISIT [Captioner] 22:28:21 TO FREMONT TO SILICON VALLEY SO TA [Captioner] 22:28:24 O YEN IS A CITY WHERE IT HAS [Captioner] 22:28:27 INTERNATIONAL,. >> Councilmember Shao: EXCUSE [Captioner] 22:28:30 ME WHICH COMMITTEE IS THIS? >> Vice Mayor Keng: I'M [Captioner] 22:28:33 JUST REPORTING ON THE VISIT. >> Councilmember Shao: THAT IS [Captioner] 22:28:37 NOT THE AGENDA, COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, NO ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOU [Captioner] 22:28:40 TO VISIT THOSE CITIES. >> Vice Mayor Keng: IT IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT [Captioner] 22:28:44 BUT I WANTED TO REPORT ON THE VISIT TO A CITY THAT [Captioner] 22:28:47 HAVE PRESENTED TO US GIFTS FROM THEIR CITY AND SO IT [Captioner] 22:28:50 WAS THE CITY'S OF TAO Y [Captioner] 22:28:53 UN AND KAO [Captioner] 22:28:57 SHUN. CITY WAS REINFORCEMENT VISITED [Captioner] 22:29:00 BY SUPERVISOR HALBERG [Captioner] 22:29:03 FOR A COLLABORATION AND BOTH OF THEM WISH TO HAVE [Captioner] 22:29:07 A COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THE CITY KIND [Captioner] 22:29:10 OF LIKE TURN INTO THE CITY GIFTS FROM -- THIS IS [Captioner] 22:29:14 A GIFT FROM KAO SHUNG [Captioner] 22:29:17 AND IT IS A CHINESE [Captioner] 22:29:20 CHESS SET AND TEA AND [Captioner] 22:29:23 THEN FROM THE STICH TA [Captioner] 22:29:27 CITY OF OF T [Captioner] 22:29:31 AO YEN IS A [Captioner] 22:29:34 CERAMIC PIECE SO THESE WILL BE TURNED INTO THE CITY [Captioner] 22:29:37 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THE CITY OF -- THE COINED [Captioner] 22:29:40 OF TAO YEN HAPPENS TO BE THE [Captioner] 22:29:44 SISTER COUNTY FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM [Captioner] 22:29:47 BEFORE IN THE PAST AND THANKFULLY WE'VE HAD ONGOING [Captioner] 22:29:50 RELATIONSHIPS IN TERMS OF MANY DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND [Captioner] 22:29:53 MUNICIPALITIES VISITING OUR CITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US [Captioner] 22:29:56 TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS [Captioner] 22:30:00 , AND I KNOW THAT I WANTED TO REPORT OUT [Captioner] 22:30:03 OUT, I KNOW THAT LEAGUE OF [Captioner] 22:30:06 CALIFORNIA CITIES, I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN [Captioner] 22:30:09 AND REPRESENTING US AND I THINK SOME OF US WILL BE ABLE [Captioner] 22:30:13 TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THE MIXER THIS THURSDAY, IT'S A LITTLE [Captioner] 22:30:16 FURTHER, IT'S IN LAFAYETTE BUT WE HAVE A BIG DISTRICT [Captioner] 22:30:19 TO COVER FOR EAST BAY DIVISION, LEAGUE OF [Captioner] 22:30:22 CALIFORNIA CITIES. I ALSO MADE A [Captioner] 22:30:25 PRESENTATION BUT IT'S NOT ON BEHALF OF NECESSARILY A [Captioner] 22:30:28 COMMITTEE. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, [Captioner] 22:30:32 BECAUSE I RECENTLY PRESENTED ON SOME OF THE SMART [Captioner] 22:30:36 CITIES INITIATIVES IN PARTICULAR ON ENERGY POLICIES AND CLEAN [Captioner] 22:30:39 CITIES AND BROADBAND. AT CES [Captioner] 22:30:42 LAST WEEK. THIS PAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT SOME [Captioner] 22:30:45 OF THE EFFORTS. IT IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 22:30:48 FOR US WHEN WE TALK TO SOME OF THESE VENDORS, [Captioner] 22:30:52 AS WELL AS COMPANIES, LAST YEAR I WAS REALLY PROUD [Captioner] 22:30:55 TO SEE SOME OF OUR COMPANIES THERE REPRESENTED AND IT'S [Captioner] 22:30:58 A CONTINUING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. [Captioner] 22:31:01 SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT REAL QUICKLY. [Captioner] 22:31:04 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES. SO [Captioner] 22:31:07 WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WE [Captioner] 22:31:11 HAVE HAD A GOOD SIZED MEETING AND WELCOME TO [Captioner] 22:31:14 2023. I WANTED TO ALSO BEFORE CLOSING [Captioner] 22:31:18 REALLY THANK, I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF CRAZY [Captioner] 22:31:21 WITH THE WEATHER AND WE TALKED ABOUT LOCAL EMERGENCY, AND [Captioner] 22:31:24 THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD. I NEED TO PERSONALLY THANK [Captioner] 22:31:27 SO MANY OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT [Captioner] 22:31:30 , AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR CITY STAFF. [Captioner] 22:31:33 I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY TRYING. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 22:31:37 SAY ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL, I THINK [Captioner] 22:31:41 IT'S UNANIMOUSLY AGREED PHENOMENON THAT WE WANTED TO THANK ALL [Captioner] 22:31:44 OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SUPPORT. WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT [Captioner] 22:31:48 THE BEST IN HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THIS YEAR AND WE [Captioner] 22:31:51 THANK YOU ALSO TO YOUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE ALLOWED YOU [Captioner] 22:31:55 TO HEM BUT HAS [Captioner] 22:31:58 HAD THE TIME TO SERVE OURS. WITH THAT I'M GOING