[Captioner] 19:01:23 GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:01:27 IT'S STILL NOT ON. IT IS UNMUTED. I'M NOT SURE. [Captioner] 19:01:45 HELLO? [Captioner] 19:01:49 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE'LL GET [Captioner] 19:01:54 HIM ON IT. [Captioner] 19:02:33 >> Mayor Mei: GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 7TH CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:02:34 MEETING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO [Captioner] 19:02:38 ORDER. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN TO LEAD US IN THE [Captioner] 19:02:41 PLEDGE. [Captioner] 19:02:53 >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC [Captioner] 19:02:56 FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:03:08 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE [Captioner] 19:03:11 . [Captioner] 19:03:14 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:03:18 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:03:21 KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:25 VICE MAYOR KENG, MAYOR [Captioner] 19:03:28 MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THERE [Captioner] 19:03:31 ARE VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE CITY CLERK'S [Captioner] 19:03:34 OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS [Captioner] 19:03:37 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING, [Captioner] 19:03:40 PLEASE GO TO OUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES WEBPAGE ON THE [Captioner] 19:03:43 WEBSITE FREMONT.GOV OR PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY [Captioner] 19:03:46 CLERK'S OFFICE AT [Captioner] 19:03:49 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING IN [Captioner] 19:03:53 TONIGHT'S MEETING, ELECTRONIC MEETING WISHING TO SPEAK [Captioner] 19:03:56 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND [Captioner] 19:03:59 ICON IF YOU'RE DIALING IN BY ZOOM, OR IF YOU'RE CALLING IN [Captioner] 19:04:02 BY DIALING STAR NINE. IF [Captioner] 19:04:06 NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE NOTE YOUR NAME AND [Captioner] 19:04:08 ALSO IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, [Captioner] 19:04:12 STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU'RE REPRESENTING. AND I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE [Captioner] 19:04:15 EACH SECTION OF THE AGENDA. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE [Captioner] 19:04:19 CITY CLERK ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:04:22 AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S AGENDA CENTER ON [Captioner] 19:04:25 FREMONT.GOV. AND WILL BE [Captioner] 19:04:28 PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:04:31 ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO UNTIL 11:30 THIS EVENING IF [Captioner] 19:04:33 NEEDED, AND WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES [Captioner] 19:04:36 OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL [Captioner] 19:04:38 COMMUNICATIONS AFTER INITIAL 30 MINUTES, [Captioner] 19:04:41 WE WILL TAKE THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME [Captioner] 19:04:43 REMAINS. AND I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO [Captioner] 19:04:46 OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD, TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS [Captioner] 19:04:49 AND TO INTRODUCE HER STAFF. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:04:54 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK [Captioner] 19:04:57 YOU, GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR TO YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:05:00 I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:05:03 TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES, RAFAEL [Captioner] 19:05:07 ALVARADO, CITY ATTORNEY, SUSAN GAUTHIER, CITY [Captioner] 19:05:10 CLERK, AND ALBERTO [Captioner] 19:05:14 QUINTANILLA, CITY CLERK. [Captioner] 19:05:17 >> >> Ms. Gauthier: I JUST RECEIVED A [Captioner] 19:05:19 MESSAGE THAT THERE IS NO AUDIO ON ZOOM [Captioner] 19:05:22 SO IF STAFF CAN RESET THE SYSTEM AND WE'LL NEED TO VERIFY THAT [Captioner] 19:05:26 THE AUDIO IS GOING OUT TO ZOOM, PLEASE? [Captioner] 19:05:28 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW FOR THE COMFORT [Captioner] 19:05:31 AND SAFETY, WE ALSO HAVE AN OVERFLOW ROOM THAT'S OPEN RIGHT [Captioner] 19:05:34 NOW, THE ARDENWOOD ROOM, BECAUSE FOR FIRE CODE, [Captioner] 19:05:37 WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PEOPLE BLOCKING THE EXITS AND [Captioner] 19:05:40 ENTRANCES, SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ROOM ALSO OPEN, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:05:44 THE ARDENWOOD ROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED [Captioner] 19:05:47 TO DIRECT THEM TO THE OTHER OPTION? [Captioner] 19:05:51 OKAY, IT'S JUST OFF THE LOBBY, WHICH IS ANOTHER ROOM AVAILABLE [Captioner] 19:05:54 FOR SEATING. [Captioner] 19:05:58 AND WE'RE GOING TO REBOOT THE ZOOM RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 19:06:13 WE WILL CALL THE SPEAKERS SO DON'T WORRY IF THERE'S [Captioner] 19:06:16 SOMEBODY WITH A SPEAKER CARD, WE'LL MAKE SURE. [Captioner] 19:06:36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE REBOOT THE ZOOM. [Captioner] 19:06:39 MEETING. [Captioner] 19:09:17 MS. GAUTHIER, WERE THEY ABLE TO REBOOT? OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:08 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE'RE REBOOTING. I WANTED [Captioner] 19:11:11 TO SAY HOW NICE IT WAS TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND WISH YOU ALL [Captioner] 19:11:13 A HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SHARE [Captioner] 19:11:16 WITH US THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:16:31 [PLEASE STAND BY] [Captioner] 19:17:27 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:21:13 [Captioner] 19:21:30 [Captioner] 19:21:45 [Captioner] 19:22:00 [Captioner] 19:22:32 [Captioner] 19:22:53 [Captioner] 19:23:41 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, [Captioner] 19:23:44 ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:24:21 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE PATIENCE THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:24:27 I'M WAITING FOR THE VIDEO TO RETURN. [Captioner] 19:24:51 MS. GAUTHIER, ARE WE READY TO RESUME? [Captioner] 19:24:55 WONDERFUL. [Captioner] 19:24:58 SO AT THIS TIME, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:25:01 CALENDAR ITEMS, AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL BE [Captioner] 19:25:04 PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 19:25:07 WILL STAND. MEMBERS OF [Captioner] 19:25:11 THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON [Captioner] 19:25:13 A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BY RAISING THEIR [Captioner] 19:25:16 HAND BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON IF DIALING IN BY [Captioner] 19:25:19 ZOOM, OR IF DIALING IN BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE. [Captioner] 19:25:23 DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE [Captioner] 19:25:26 ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS [Captioner] 19:25:30 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AGENDIZED? >> Ms. Gauthier: IN PERSON [Captioner] 19:25:32 WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. LET ME CHECK [Captioner] 19:25:36 . ZOOM. JUST A MOMENT. [Captioner] 19:25:42 NARAN [Captioner] 19:25:46 IMMADI, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND TO SPEAK ON? [Captioner] 19:26:03 NAREN IMMADI? >> ZOOM [Captioner] 19:26:07 PARTICIPANTS DON'T HAVE AUDIO. >> Ms. Gauthier: ZOOM PARTICIPANTS APPARENTLY [Captioner] 19:26:10 DON'T HAVE AUDIO AT THIS TIME. >> Mayor Mei: THEY DON'T [Captioner] 19:26:13 HEAR US, STILL? [Captioner] 19:26:18 >> JUST NOW. OKAY. [Captioner] 19:26:21 >> Ms. Gauthier: NAREN, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND TO [Captioner] 19:26:24 SPEAK ON? [Captioner] 19:26:31 IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH. [Captioner] 19:26:35 JOEL PULLEN, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, CAN [Captioner] 19:26:38 YOU GIVE US A THUMBS UP AND TRY TO SPEAK [Captioner] 19:26:41 FOR US? SEE IF WE CAN HEAR YOU? [Captioner] 19:26:50 >> Mayor Mei: GOOD EVENING, JOEL. COULD YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR MIC ON [Captioner] 19:26:52 ZOOM TO TEST TO SEE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK? [Captioner] 19:26:59 I SEE NAREN'S HAND IS UP. [Captioner] 19:27:07 >> Ms. Gauthier: THERE'S NO AUDIO COMING THROUGH. [Captioner] 19:27:16 >> Mayor Mei: THEY CAN HEAR US BUT WE CAN'T HEAR THEM NOW? [Captioner] 19:27:19 >> Ms. Gauthier: CORRECT. [Captioner] 19:27:32 WE CAN'T HEAR ANY OF THE STAFF THAT HAVE UNMUTED. [Captioner] 19:27:36 OR THE ATTENDEES. THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. [Captioner] 19:27:46 >> Mayor Mei: THEY CAN HEAR US FOR NOW, RIGHT? [Captioner] 19:27:54 OTHERWISE WE COULD STILL GO WITH -- [Captioner] 19:28:31 >> Ms. Gauthier: THEY CAN HEAR EACH OTHER ON ZOOM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL [Captioner] 19:28:34 UNMUTED. >> Mayor Mei: YES, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR THEM AT ALL. [Captioner] 19:28:42 >> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, I'M GETTING ANOTHER UPDATE. [Captioner] 19:28:58 >> Mayor Mei: THEY CAN'T HEAR US WHEN [Captioner] 19:29:01 I TALK? [Captioner] 19:32:48 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:34:35 [PLEASE STAND BY] [Captioner] 19:36:20 >> Mayor Mei: SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A STATUS UPDATE TO THE PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 19:36:23 ARE HERE AND PRESENT. BECAUSE WE HAD [Captioner] 19:36:27 NOTICED THIS AS BOTH AN IN PERSON AND ZOOM MEETING, WE ARE IN THE [Captioner] 19:36:30 PROCESS OF REBOOTING ONE MORE TIME, SO WE'LL TAKE US ABOUT [Captioner] 19:36:31 ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [Captioner] 19:46:06 >> I CAN SEE THE CAPTIONS. I'M NOT SURE [Captioner] 19:46:09 IF -- >> Mayor Mei: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW [Captioner] 19:46:13 . THEY CAN'T HEAR US. [Captioner] 19:46:49 >> THE CAPTIONS STOPPED, RIGHT, TINA? [Captioner] 19:46:53 >> THEY DID, BUT I [Captioner] 19:46:56 HEARD FROM [Captioner] 19:47:00 -- [SPEAKER MUTED] [Captioner] 19:49:54 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:50:57 >> TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:51:12 >> Mayor Mei: TESTING, TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:51:16 HEAR ME NOW. [Captioner] 19:51:19 THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DELAY. [Captioner] 19:51:54 >> Mayor Mei: TRYING ONE MORE TIME. ONE, TWO, THREE. [Captioner] 19:52:04 >> Ms. Gauthier: IF ANY OF OUR CITY STAFF THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:52:07 PANELISTS ON ZOOM AND CAN HEAR US, IF YOU'LL PLEASE LET US [Captioner] 19:52:11 KNOW. [Captioner] 19:52:15 PLEASE UNMUTE AND LET US KNOW. [Captioner] 19:52:20 >> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. >> Ms. Gauthier: [Captioner] 19:52:23 NO, I'M ONLY ASKING IF YOU CAN HEAR US, NOT IF YOU'RE READING THE [Captioner] 19:52:25 STENOCAPTIONING. I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN HEAR [Captioner] 19:52:29 US. AND TO PLEASE RESPOND. [Captioner] 19:52:37 JOEL IS READING THE CAPTIONING, AND HE'S [Captioner] 19:52:38 SAYING WE'RE NOT COMING THROUGH ON AUDIO. [Captioner] 20:01:40 >> Ms. Gauthier: JOEL, TESTING. JOEL? [Captioner] 20:01:44 >> WE HEAR YOU. [Captioner] 20:01:50 >> OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS [Captioner] 20:01:53 IS KAHN [Captioner] 20:01:56 . >> Mayor Mei: GREAT. >> Ms. Gauthier: JOEL? [Captioner] 20:02:00 MY MICROPHONE IS NOT ON. >> I CAN HEAR YOU. [Captioner] 20:02:02 >> Mayor Mei: SO YOU CAN HEAR ME SPEAKING? >> I CAN HEAR YOU SPEAKING. [Captioner] 20:02:11 >> SO JOEL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GOING [Captioner] 20:02:14 THROUGH THE ANALOG PHONE SYSTEM. [Captioner] 20:02:19 >> IT'S WORKING SO FAR. >> OKAY. [Captioner] 20:02:23 >> Ms. Gauthier: JOEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? [Captioner] 20:02:29 >> YES. >> Mayor Mei: SO I HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:02:33 TURN -- [ECHO] >> Ms. Gauthier: GO [Captioner] 20:02:36 AHEAD. [Captioner] 20:02:47 JOEL, CAN YOU UNMUTE AND CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME? [Captioner] 20:02:54 >> I CAN HEAR YOU. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR MY VIDEO TOO. [Captioner] 20:02:57 I CAN HEAR EVERYBODY. >> Ms. Gauthier: I CAN SEE YOU NOW. THANK [Captioner] 20:03:01 YOU. >> I CAN HEAR AS WELL. >> Mayor Mei: IT PAYS TO BE A [Captioner] 20:03:04 NERD. >> IT DOES. [Captioner] 20:03:12 HI, LILY. >> Mayor Mei: HI, EVERYBODY. [Captioner] 20:03:18 WELL, WELCOME BACK. [ECHO] [Captioner] 20:03:29 IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT -- >> Ms. Gauthier: DO YOU WANT TO [Captioner] 20:03:33 START FROM THE TOP OF THE MEETING AGAIN OR [Captioner] 20:03:35 -- >> Mayor Mei: WE CAN START FROM THE TOP OF THE MEETING. [Captioner] 20:03:39 REAL QUICK, WE'LL JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAD A [Captioner] 20:03:43 ROLL CALL, [Captioner] 20:03:46 AND ALL OF OUR COUNCIL ARE NOW PRESENT. [Captioner] 20:03:55 I'LL REALLY QUICKLY SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. WHICH IS THE CITY [Captioner] 20:03:58 CLERK ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND [Captioner] 20:04:01 COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I'M GOING TO TRY [Captioner] 20:04:05 TO TURN DOWN THIS MIC. [Captioner] 20:04:35 SEE IF THIS WORKS BETTER. I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 20:04:38 OF ECHO. OKAY. [Captioner] 20:04:42 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE WERE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 20:04:46 IF ANYBODY -- IF ANY ATTENDEE ON ZOOM CAN RAISE THEIR HAND [Captioner] 20:04:49 IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE CONSENT [Captioner] 20:04:53 CALENDAR, IF YOU'LL PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN, AND [Captioner] 20:04:56 WE WILL CALL ON YOU TO FIND OUT WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:04:59 PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 20:05:07 SEEING NONE, WE HAVE JOHN HINDS WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:05:10 TO REMOVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM CONSENT. [Captioner] 20:05:14 2E AS IN EDWARD, 2F AS IN [Captioner] 20:05:17 FRANK. KELLY ABREU WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:05:21 REMOVE 2I, I AS IN IDA. [Captioner] 20:05:31 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:05:35 CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEMS EXCEPT [Captioner] 20:05:38 FOR 2E, F, AND [Captioner] 20:05:41 I, IF THAT'S CORRECT? >> Councilmember Shao: SO [Captioner] 20:05:45 MOVED. >> Councilmember [Captioner] 20:05:49 Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOTIONED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, SECONDED [Captioner] 20:05:52 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. PLEASE VOTE BY USING THE DAIS. [Captioner] 20:05:59 THE MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES [Captioner] 20:06:03 UNANIMOUSLY EXCLUDING ITEMS 2E, F, AND I. [Captioner] 20:06:07 AND AT THIS TIME, I'D [Captioner] 20:06:10 LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:06:14 BEGIN WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS. [Captioner] 20:06:18 AND SINCE WE ARE DOING IN PERSON, I AM GOING TO HEAD DOWN [Captioner] 20:06:21 TO THE DAIS DOWN THERE. [Captioner] 20:06:39 ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO DO IT OVER HERE BECAUSE OF THE PHONE SYSTEM. CAN THE DAIS [Captioner] 20:06:42 BE HEARD? IT [Captioner] 20:06:44 SHOULD? OKAY. LET ME TRY. [Captioner] 20:07:13 SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS WORKING AND THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM CAN HEAR ME. [Captioner] 20:07:16 I'D LIKE TO FIRST SHARE THE PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, [Captioner] 20:07:19 AND I'D LOVE TO INVITE [Captioner] 20:07:23 SOMEBODY ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS RITA [Captioner] 20:07:27 DUNCAN, IF SHE'D LIKE TO JOIN ME. [Captioner] 20:07:33 THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 20:07:40 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:07:44 THIS IS HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. [Captioner] 20:07:49 WHEREAS, MUCH OF THE CITY OF FREMONT’S HONOR, STRENGTH AND DISTINCTION CAN BE [Captioner] 20:07:50 ATTRIBUTED TO THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURES [Captioner] 20:07:54 AND TRADITIONS THAT ARE CELEBRATED BY OUR RESIDENTS; AND WHEREAS, AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT [Captioner] 20:07:59 ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION, CALIFORNIA, AND CITY OF [Captioner] 20:08:04 FREMONT'S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND POLITICAL [Captioner] 20:08:08 DEVELOPMENT WHILE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO PROMOTE [Captioner] 20:08:11 THEIR CULTURE AND HISTORY; AND WHEREAS, [Captioner] 20:08:17 AS A RESULT OF THEIR DETERMINATION, HARD WORK, AND PERSEVERANCE, AFRICAN [Captioner] 20:08:21 AMERICANS HAVE MADE VALUABLE AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR [Captioner] 20:08:23 COMMUNITY AND OUR STATE, AND TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES [Captioner] 20:08:27 AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, ACHIEVING EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS IN [Captioner] 20:08:30 ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY INCLUDING BUSINESS, EDUCATION, POLITICS, [Captioner] 20:08:35 SCIENCE, MEDICINE, THE ARTS, AND MORE; AND [Captioner] 20:08:36 WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS AMERICAN [Captioner] 20:08:40 HISTORY; AND IS A TIME WHERE ALL CITIZENS [Captioner] 20:08:43 ARE ENCOURAGED TO REFLECT ON PAST SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF BLACK [Captioner] 20:08:50 COMMUNITIES AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE TO IMPROVE SOCIETY SO THAT WE LIVE UP TO THE IDEALS OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, AND [Captioner] 20:08:55 JUSTICE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, [Captioner] 20:08:59 THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIMS FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE [Captioner] 20:09:04 CITY OF FREMONT, AND INVITES EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH [Captioner] 20:09:07 TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY AND CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 20:09:11 HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING OUR CULTURE, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS WITH [Captioner] 20:09:15 THOSE AROUND US. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:09:23 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:09:26 FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW [Captioner] 20:09:31 , -- POLITICAL [Captioner] 20:09:35 ACTION, IT WAS FOUNDED -- 55 YEARS AGO [Captioner] 20:09:38 THIS YEAR [Captioner] 20:09:42 , BLACK WOMEN WHO WANTED TO WORK TOWARD [Captioner] 20:09:46 HAVING EQUITY IN [Captioner] 20:09:49 EDUCATION, HEALTH, [INAUDIBLE] [Captioner] 20:09:53 AS WELL AS -- JUSTICE [Captioner] 20:09:56 FOR BLACK AMERICANS, [Captioner] 20:10:00 AND -- [Captioner] 20:10:03 HAYWARD, AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW [Captioner] 20:10:06 SOME OF THE MEMBER [Captioner] 20:10:09 S, VICE [Captioner] 20:10:12 PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, ALSO [Captioner] 20:10:16 CONGRESSWOMAN -- I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF HER NAME, THEY'RE [Captioner] 20:10:20 ALL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:10:25 -- [INAUDIBLE] [Captioner] 20:10:30 WHO'S OUR STATE SECRETARY, AND RECENTLY [Captioner] 20:10:34 WE HAVE I GUESS YOU COULD SAY ELECTED [Captioner] 20:10:40 -- [Captioner] 20:10:44 AS WELL AS -- I'M [Captioner] 20:10:47 MOSTLY PROUD OF THE WOMEN THAT -- EXCUSE [Captioner] 20:10:50 ME -- [Captioner] 20:10:56 OUR OWN TERESA COX, [Captioner] 20:11:00 AS WELL AS OUR [Captioner] 20:11:04 OWN -- PRICE [Captioner] 20:11:08 -- DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY, [Captioner] 20:11:11 AS WELL AS [INAUDIBLE] [Captioner] 20:11:15 DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR CONTRA [Captioner] 20:11:19 COSTA. I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT JUST [Captioner] 20:11:23 VERY PROUD -- [Captioner] 20:11:26 CHAPTER AND REALLY VERY HONORED FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. SO I THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:11:29 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:11:57 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR [Captioner] 20:12:02 CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT WEEK. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M WEARING [Captioner] 20:12:05 RED TODAY, IS FOR HEART AWARENESS. AND I'D [Captioner] 20:12:08 LIKE TO INVITE I [Captioner] 20:12:11 THINK KHLOE -- IS [Captioner] 20:12:15 KHLOE'S -- YOU'VE [Captioner] 20:12:18 GOTTEN A LOT BIGGER [Captioner] 20:12:21 OVER THE YEARS. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR COMING. [Captioner] 20:12:26 SO LET ME SHARE THE PROCLAMATION. [Captioner] 20:12:33 WHEREAS, THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL CHILDREN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ARE OF [Captioner] 20:12:37 PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO FREMONT’S FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES; AND [Captioner] 20:12:40 WHEREAS, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING [Captioner] 20:12:45 APPROXIMATELY 40,000 CHILDREN (1 IN 110) [Captioner] 20:12:51 IN THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE BORN WITH ONE OR [Captioner] 20:12:54 MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE IDENTIFIED FORMS OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; AND [Captioner] 20:12:58 WHEREAS, CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS ARE AMONG OUR CITY’S [Captioner] 20:13:03 MOST COMMON BIRTH DEFECTS AND THEY CAN BE FATAL DUE TO THEIR [Captioner] 20:13:07 SERIOUSNESS, INSUFFICIENT EFFECTIVE MEDICAL INTERVENTION [Captioner] 20:13:10 OPTIONS AND THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF INFANT DONOR [Captioner] 20:13:13 HEARTS; AND WHEREAS, THE ORIGINS AND SYMPTOMS OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS ARE [Captioner] 20:13:18 BECOMING MORE READILY IDENTIFIABLE AND THE RANGE OF SURGICAL OPTIONS ARE [Captioner] 20:13:25 EXPANDING CONTINUOUSLY THANKS TO DOCTORS’ AND SCIENTISTS’ [Captioner] 20:13:32 DILIGENT RESEARCH EFFORTS AND FIELD EXPERIENCES THAT EXTEND [Captioner] 20:13:36 OUR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE EVERY DAY; AND WHEREAS, THERE [Captioner] 20:13:38 IS MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THE CAUSES OF AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR CONGENITAL [Captioner] 20:13:44 HEART DEFECTS AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, PEDIATRICIANS AND [Captioner] 20:13:46 NURSES TO RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL HEART [Captioner] 20:13:50 DEFECTS AMONG NEWBORNS SO THEY MAY PROVIDE PROPER [Captioner] 20:13:54 TREATMENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE; AND WHEREAS, MANY OF OUR CITY’S FAMILIES AND [Captioner] 20:13:58 COMMUNITIES ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY [Captioner] 20:14:01 AFFECTED BY INFANT ILLNESS AND DEATH CAUSED BY CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS, [Captioner] 20:14:06 AND APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS [Captioner] 20:14:09 EVERYWHERE WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO SOLVE LIFE’S MEDICAL MYSTERIES AND TO [Captioner] 20:14:12 IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR US ALL. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, [Captioner] 20:14:16 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:14:22 FREMONT, RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY [Captioner] 20:14:29 7 THROUGH 14 7-14 AS CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT [Captioner] 20:14:30 AWARENESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND CALL THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION [Captioner] 20:14:36 OF ALL OUR CITIZENS. ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR WILL [Captioner] 20:14:39 BE KHLOE HALE. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:14:48 >> CSD STANDS [Captioner] 20:14:52 FOR CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT. FEBRUARY 7 TO [Captioner] 20:14:55 THE 14 IS WHEN PEOPLE SHARE AWARENESS LIKE I [Captioner] 20:14:59 AM. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, I HAVE BEEN INVITED [Captioner] 20:15:02 TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND MAYOR MEI HAS PRESENTED ME WITH [Captioner] 20:15:06 A PROCLAMATION. [Captioner] 20:15:10 THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND IMPORTANT BECAUSE A PROCLAMATION [Captioner] 20:15:13 IS AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A MATTER OF GREAT [Captioner] 20:15:16 IMPORTANCE. THIS ALSO [Captioner] 20:15:20 HELPS RAISE AWARENESS. 1 IN 110 PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:15:23 ARE BORN WITH A CHD. [Captioner] 20:15:27 WHEN A BABY IS BORN, THEIR HEART IS THE SIZE OF A [Captioner] 20:15:30 WALNUT. THAT MEANS HEART [Captioner] 20:15:34 SURGEONS -- I WAS ONLY 10 DAYS OLD WHEN THEY FIXED MY HEART. [Captioner] 20:15:40 ABOUT 25% OF BABIES BORN [Captioner] 20:15:43 WITH A CHD ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL AND REQUIRE A [Captioner] 20:15:46 LIFE-SAVING SURGERY BETWEEN BIRTH AND THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY. [Captioner] 20:15:50 FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS 10 DAYS OLD AND MY [Captioner] 20:15:53 FRIEND WAS 2 MONTHS OLD WHEN WE HAD OUR [Captioner] 20:15:56 SURGERY. THIS IS BECAUSE WE WERE BORN WITH [Captioner] 20:15:59 DIFFERENT HEART DEFECTS. [Captioner] 20:16:06 IT IS FAIR FOR -- AND THEIR FAMILIES TO [Captioner] 20:16:09 NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THEIR DEFECT. THIS IS ONE [Captioner] 20:16:12 REASON WHY CHD RESEARCH IS SO IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 20:16:15 I WANTED TO SHARE THIS SPECIAL WEEK WITH YOU. [Captioner] 20:16:18 I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY [Captioner] 20:16:22 PRESENTATION AND LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 20:16:25 SUPPORTING CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT AWARENESS WEEK WITH ME. [Captioner] 20:16:30 I AM [Captioner] 20:16:33 1 IN 110. I AM A HEART WARRIOR. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:17:07 [APPLAUSE] >> I FEEL [Captioner] 20:17:10 LIKE I'M GETTING SHORTER EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 20:17:13 COMING, KHLOE. [Captioner] 20:17:17 NEXT IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR HEALTH FOR [Captioner] 20:17:20 HUMANITY. AND ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION ARE [Captioner] 20:17:23 SEVERAL OF THE VOLUNTEERS. I'D LOVE [Captioner] 20:17:27 TO CALL KARAN, [Captioner] 20:17:33 ACHINTYA, BHALGUNI, POONAM, [Captioner] 20:17:37 AND SATYAJIT. WELCOME. [Captioner] 20:17:45 SO THIS IS [Captioner] 20:17:50 HINDU [Captioner] 20:17:54 HEALTH FOR HUMANITY YOGATHON, WHICH [Captioner] 20:17:57 IS THE SURYA NAMASKAR [Captioner] 20:18:00 YAJNA. SORRY, I'M HOPING I'M PRONOUNCING IT [Captioner] 20:18:02 AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. I APOLOGIZE. [Captioner] 20:18:08 WHEREAS, THE HSS IS CONDUCTING 16TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, [Captioner] 20:18:11 "HEALTH FOR HUMANITY [Captioner] 20:18:15 YOGATHON," ALSO KNOWN AS [Captioner] 20:18:18 THE SURYA NAMASKAR YAJNA [Captioner] 20:18:25 , RUNNING FROM [Captioner] 20:18:28 JANUARY 14TH TO JANUARY 29TH, [Captioner] 20:18:34 2023. WHEREAS, [Captioner] 20:18:37 THE 16-DAY EVENT AIMS TO CREATE AWARENESS [Captioner] 20:18:40 ABOUT YOGA AND ITS ADVANTAGES IN ACHIEVING A HEALTHY [Captioner] 20:18:43 BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT. [Captioner] 20:18:47 WHEREAS, SURYA NAMASKAR INTEGRATES SIMPLE YOGA POSTURES [Captioner] 20:18:51 IN 10 STEPS THAT, ALONG WITH [Captioner] 20:18:57 AN EASY BREATHING TECHNIQUE, CAN PROVIDE IMMENSE HEALTH BENEFITS [Captioner] 20:19:06 TO THE BODY AND THE MIND. [Captioner] 20:19:09 THE CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, [Captioner] 20:19:13 REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, FAITH, NATIONALITY, ETC., TO [Captioner] 20:19:18 PARTICIPATE AND ACHIEVE PERSONAL GOALS OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; [Captioner] 20:19:24 AND WHEREAS, THIS IS A CALL TO SCHOOLS, CORPORATIONS, [Captioner] 20:19:27 ORGANIZATIONS, LEADERS AND [Captioner] 20:19:30 INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN [Captioner] 20:19:36 THE HEALTH FOR HUMANITY [Captioner] 20:19:39 YOGATHON. [Captioner] 20:19:42 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:19:45 FREMONT HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND ALSO CELEBRATE THE SURYA [Captioner] 20:19:49 NAMASKAR YAJNA IN THE CITY OF FREMONT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. [Captioner] 20:19:52 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:19:57 >> NAMASTE AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 20:20:04 I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE HHS FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW. [Captioner] 20:20:10 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 20:20:15 THAT [INAUDIBLE] IN THE SPIRIT [Captioner] 20:20:18 OF SERVICE, REGULAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:20:22 S. HHS [Captioner] 20:20:25 PROMOTES A SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY AND VOLUNTEERISM. [Captioner] 20:20:36 SUN SALUTATION. TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING THROUGH [Captioner] 20:20:39 YOGA. THIS EVENT AIMS TO CREATE AWARENESS AND [Captioner] 20:20:42 BENEFITS ACHIEVING A HEALTHY BODY, MIND [Captioner] 20:20:45 AND SPIRIT. INTEGRATES SIMPLE YOGA [Captioner] 20:20:49 POSTURES, ALONG WITH [Captioner] 20:20:52 EASY BREATHING TECHNIQUES. TODAY ON [Captioner] 20:20:55 I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MAYOR LILY MEI [Captioner] 20:20:58 AND THE REST OF THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:21:02 FOR SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING [Captioner] 20:21:03 THROUGH YOGA, FOR THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:21:07 THIS IS OUR 17TH YEAR CELEBRATING [Captioner] 20:21:11 THE YOGATHON, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:21:15 THE SUPPORT YEAR AFTER YEAR. [Captioner] 20:21:25 -- HAVE COME TOGETHER AND ACTIVELY TAKEN PART IN THIS MOVEMENT. [Captioner] 20:21:28 REGARDLESS OF INDIVIDUAL FAITH AND BELIEFS [Captioner] 20:21:35 [INAUDIBLE] SACRAMENTO ALONE, WE [Captioner] 20:21:39 HAVE HAD ABOUT 3,000 PARTICIPANTS [Captioner] 20:21:43 FOR ALMOST -- WE REMAIN [Captioner] 20:21:46 HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO PROMOTE [Captioner] 20:21:49 HEALTHY LIVING. THANK YOU, AND [Captioner] 20:21:53 NAMASTE. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:21:58 >> HI. I'M AN [Captioner] 20:22:03 11TH GRADER AT IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. [Captioner] 20:22:08 RECENTLY MY FAMILY AND I MEET UP WITH OTHER FRIENDS AND [Captioner] 20:22:12 FAMILIES WHO ATTEND HHS AND TOGETHER WE DO YOGA, [Captioner] 20:22:15 PLAY GAMES TOGETHER AND BUILD DEEPER BONDS. [Captioner] 20:22:18 AFTER THE PLAY, WE COME TOGETHER FOR [Captioner] 20:22:21 AN INTELLECTUAL SEGMENT WHERE WE DISCUSS OUR CULTURE AND DEEPEN [Captioner] 20:22:24 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHILOSOPHY. [Captioner] 20:22:28 THROUGH THESE WEEKLY CLASSES WE [Captioner] 20:22:31 ALL BUILD SELF CONFIDENCE AND I MYSELF HAVE [Captioner] 20:22:34 SEEN MYSELF GAIN MORE RESPONSIBILITY [Captioner] 20:22:40 , AND SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY. ON BEHALF OF [Captioner] 20:22:43 HHS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MAYOR MEI AND THE FREMONT COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:22:47 FOR RECOGNIZING OUR EFFORTS. SO [Captioner] 20:22:50 APART FROM SURYA NAMASKAR YAJNA, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:22:54 BRING UP [Captioner] 20:22:57 -- [INAUDIBLE] WHICH USUALLY [Captioner] 20:23:01 HAPPENS EVERY OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IS AN EVENT WHERE [Captioner] 20:23:04 WE BRING OVER INTERNATIONALLY COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [Captioner] 20:23:07 AND ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER TO [Captioner] 20:23:10 ORGANIZE FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIALS [Captioner] 20:23:14 DURING THE FESTIVAL. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:23:18 COLLECTED OVER 1 MILLION -- NATIONWIDE [Captioner] 20:23:21 , WITH OVER 200 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. [Captioner] 20:23:24 THE ALAMEDA COUNTY -- HAVE [Captioner] 20:23:28 ALSO DONATED 5,000 POUNDS OF [Captioner] 20:23:31 FOOD THIS YEAR. MY FAMILY AND I ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE PART [Captioner] 20:23:34 OF HSS AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO [Captioner] 20:23:38 GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD [Captioner] 20:23:41 NOW LIKE TO END BY QUOTING A FEW [Captioner] 20:23:43 LINES FROM THE PRAYER AT THE END OF EACH [Captioner] 20:23:51 MEETING. [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] THIS [Captioner] 20:23:54 MEANS INSPIRED BY THE -- OF SACRIFICE AND [Captioner] 20:23:57 SERVICE. I OFFER MY LIFE TO HELPFUL FILL A GREATER CAUSE. [Captioner] 20:24:00 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND [Captioner] 20:24:01 NAMAS TE. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:24:48 >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 20:24:51 ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT [Captioner] 20:24:55 AGENDIZED THIS EVENING, ON THE SCHEDULED [Captioner] 20:24:58 AGENDA, MAY DO SO UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATION SECTION OF PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:25:01 COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA [Captioner] 20:25:04 EMAIL WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND [Captioner] 20:25:07 CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING [Captioner] 20:25:10 TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON THE [Captioner] 20:25:14 RAISE HAND [Captioner] 20:25:17 ICON OR CALLING IN BY DIALING STAR NINE. IF [Captioner] 20:25:20 NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE KINDLY STATE YOUR [Captioner] 20:25:23 NAME, AND WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN [Captioner] 20:25:28 ORGANIZATION, STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU'RE REPRESENTING. [Captioner] 20:25:31 AND SO I WILL CHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK AT THIS [Captioner] 20:25:34 TIME. >> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE 18 SPEAKERS THAT HAVE TURNED IN CARDS. [Captioner] 20:25:39 I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED [Captioner] 20:25:42 IN ZOOMLAND. [Captioner] 20:25:45 THE FIRST SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 20:25:49 DR. RAMESH JAPRA, FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:25:53 MAHESH WARI. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 20:25:56 >> THANK YOU. 2 MINUTES EACH. YES. [Captioner] 20:26:00 THANK YOU FOR -- 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:26:03 SO MUCH FOR BEING PATIENT THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 20:26:06 >> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE [Captioner] 20:26:08 MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF, AND FRIENDS. [Captioner] 20:26:13 YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A GREAT [Captioner] 20:26:17 DIVERSE GATHERING HERE, DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, [Captioner] 20:26:20 AND THE REASON WE ARE ALL HERE, BY THE WAY, [Captioner] 20:26:23 MY NAME IS [Captioner] 20:26:27 RAMESH JAP [Captioner] 20:26:32 A, HINDU AMERICANS, FREMONT -- [Captioner] 20:26:35 INDUE FOUNDATION, HSS, AND 40 OTHER SISTER NON-PROFIT [Captioner] 20:26:39 ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE ALSO, ON BEHALF OF [Captioner] 20:26:44 THE ASIAN AMERICANS, MANY OTHER [Captioner] 20:26:47 AAPI AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SO TODAY I WANT TO [Captioner] 20:26:50 THANK AND APPRECIATE THE CITY [Captioner] 20:26:54 COUNCIL FOR -- I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 44 YEARS LIVING IN [Captioner] 20:26:56 THIS COUNTRY, LIVING IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, WORKING [Captioner] 20:26:59 IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND MANY OF [Captioner] 20:27:03 MY FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES HAVE [Captioner] 20:27:06 GROWN IN A BIG WAY. WE'VE SEEN THE [Captioner] 20:27:09 GROWTH, ESPECIALLY THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, [Captioner] 20:27:14 AND INCLUSION. BUT [Captioner] 20:27:18 TODAY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A REQUEST IS TO GO A STEP [Captioner] 20:27:21 FURTHER, NOT JUST RECOGNIZING AND COMING TO FESTIVALS [Captioner] 20:27:25 AND LETTING US HAVE OUR FESTIVALS [Captioner] 20:27:28 HERE, BUT IN THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:27:32 FREMONT, -- [Captioner] 20:27:36 REPRESENTATION OF -- AMERICANS [Captioner] 20:27:41 , [Captioner] 20:27:45 -- ASIAN AMERICANS [Captioner] 20:27:48 OR -- INDIAN AMERICANS. THE REQUEST IS WE SHOULD HAVE [Captioner] 20:27:52 AT LEAST A FEW HOLIDAYS OR A [Captioner] 20:27:55 FEW OFFICIAL DAYS IN THE CITY OF FREMONT WHERE [Captioner] 20:27:58 OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE [Captioner] 20:28:02 CITY SHOULD HAVE A [Captioner] 20:28:06 HOLIDAY WITHOUT TAKING VACATION OR -- SO THIS IS THE [Captioner] 20:28:09 RECOMMENDATION WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:28:12 LIKE -- I'LL LET OTHER [Captioner] 20:28:13 SPEAKERS -- >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. [Captioner] 20:28:17 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:28:21 KP MAHESH [Captioner] 20:28:24 WARI IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:28:28 RAJESH VARMA. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 20:28:31 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO [Captioner] 20:28:34 SPEAK HERE, HONORABLE MAYOR MEI, VICE MAYOR AND [Captioner] 20:28:38 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS. I'M [Captioner] 20:28:41 REALLY HONORED AND EXCITED TO COME HERE AND SPEAK ON [Captioner] 20:28:45 BEHALF OF [Captioner] 20:28:49 GETTING THE FESTIVAL [Captioner] 20:28:53 RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL DAY IN CITY OF [Captioner] 20:28:56 FREMONT. -- HAS BEEN IMMENSELY [Captioner] 20:29:00 CONTRIBUTING TO CITY'S PROGRESS, [Captioner] 20:29:03 THE TECHNOLOGY WE BRING, FINANCIAL TAXES [Captioner] 20:29:06 WE PAY, OUR BUSINESS AND FELLOWSHIP THAT WE [Captioner] 20:29:09 BRING AND IN MANY OTHER WAYS OF LIKE, FOR [Captioner] 20:29:11 EXAMPLE, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP, ET CETERA. [Captioner] 20:29:15 AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO BE RESIDENTS [Captioner] 20:29:18 OF FREMONT, [Captioner] 20:29:22 WHICH -- REALLY CONTRIBUTING TO [Captioner] 20:29:25 THIS BEING A SAFE AND HAPPY CITY, [Captioner] 20:29:28 SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT, BUT ONE THING THAT [Captioner] 20:29:31 WE NOTICE, WE ARE SOMETIMES TOO HUMBLE AND TOO SHY [Captioner] 20:29:34 TO ASK FOR REPRESENTATION, SO WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:29:38 REALLY APPRECIATE IF CITY CAN RECOGNIZE OUR [Captioner] 20:29:41 COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZE DIWALI [Captioner] 20:29:44 AS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL DAYS HERE AND I SAID [Captioner] 20:29:48 DIWALI BECAUSE DIWALI IS THE MOST POPULAR FESTIVAL OF [Captioner] 20:29:51 INDIA AND RECOGNIZED IN THE U.S. SO THAT [Captioner] 20:29:55 WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND RECOGNITION [Captioner] 20:29:59 FOR US, RESIDENT OF [Captioner] 20:30:00 ARDENWOOD AREA IN FREMONT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:30:04 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 20:30:08 RAJESH VERMA FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:30:13 SATISH. >> HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND [Captioner] 20:30:16 COUNCILPERSONS AND STAFF [Captioner] 20:30:20 AND ALL THE PEOPLE HERE AND PEOPLE WATCHING. [Captioner] 20:30:24 I WOULD JUST CONTINUE WHAT THEY'VE SAID, [Captioner] 20:30:26 I'M ALSO REQUESTING THE SAME THING, THAT [Captioner] 20:30:29 FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, DIWALI, DIWALI IS A [Captioner] 20:30:32 FESTIVAL, IT'S [Captioner] 20:30:35 A VICTORY OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS OR WINTER [Captioner] 20:30:38 OR, YOU KNOW, ENDURANCE, [Captioner] 20:30:42 AND OF COURSE GOOD OVER EVIL. NOT ONLY THAT, [Captioner] 20:30:45 WE CELEBRATE DIWALI AND WE [Captioner] 20:30:49 WELCOME THE GODDESS [Captioner] 20:30:52 OF WIND, THIS IS FOR THE PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR [Captioner] 20:30:55 CITY, SO I THINK WITH THESE THINGS [Captioner] 20:30:58 IN COMMON FOR EVERYBODY, IT'S NOT ONLY FOR [Captioner] 20:31:01 HINDUS, IT'S A COMMON THING, IF THE CITY [Captioner] 20:31:04 WOULD CONSIDER HAVING ONE DAY, [Captioner] 20:31:08 FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, FESTIVAL OF DIWALI, THEY [Captioner] 20:31:11 SAID SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, YOU [Captioner] 20:31:14 KNOW, BECAUSE -- IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY TOO. [Captioner] 20:31:19 THE CITY WILL PROSPER TOO WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:31:22 [Captioner] 20:31:31 THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT IS THE FAITH YOU [Captioner] 20:31:34 KNOW BUT IT IS A GOOD HINGE. GOOD FEELING, GOOD [Captioner] 20:31:37 WISHES. I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE AND PROVIDE A [Captioner] 20:31:41 DAY OFF FOR [Captioner] 20:31:47 OUR CITY OF FREMONT AS IT RECOGNIZES FESTIVAL OF LIGHT [Captioner] 20:31:51 OR DIWALI AS WE COMMONLY CALL [Captioner] 20:31:54 . THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS AS A REQUEST NOT [Captioner] 20:31:57 ONLY FROM SOME OF US HERE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:32:01 WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, ONLINE AT [Captioner] 20:32:04 HOME AND OF COURSE AS DR. DUBR [Captioner] 20:32:07 O SAYS PRESIDENT OF FIA [Captioner] 20:32:11 AND THERE ARE 40 PLUS ON PETITION TO [Captioner] 20:32:14 REPRESENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. [Captioner] 20:32:17 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:32:20 IS SATIS [Captioner] 20:32:24 H CHANDRA FOLLOWED [Captioner] 20:32:28 BY SINGH. SATISH [Captioner] 20:32:31 IS NOT HERE. SIA SINGH. [Captioner] 20:32:43 >> HI, MY NAME IS SIA SINGH [Captioner] 20:32:46 AND I'M A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE LIVED [Captioner] 20:32:49 HERE ALL MY LIFE AND I'M HOPING [Captioner] 20:32:53 TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME TO GO [Captioner] 20:32:57 . DOING SO THE CITY OF FREMONT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE [Captioner] 20:33:00 DIVERSITY THAT MAKES THE CITY SO BEAUTIFUL [Captioner] 20:33:03 BEAUTIFUL. DIWALI IS A FESTIVAL OF LIGHT [Captioner] 20:33:06 AND SIGNIFIES THE [Captioner] 20:33:10 TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL. I HOPE [Captioner] 20:33:13 TO ENJOY THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:33:16 OF FREMONT AS IT IS DEFINITELY ONE [Captioner] 20:33:19 EVER REPLY FAVORED FESTIVALS. IT WOULD MEAN A [Captioner] 20:33:22 LOT TO KIDS LIKE ME AND [Captioner] 20:33:25 GO A LONG WAY TO STRENGTHENING THE BONDS [Captioner] 20:33:28 OF THE CITY. >> The Clerk: THE NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:33:32 IS GUR [Captioner] 20:33:35 U KRISHNAMURTH [Captioner] 20:33:38 I. THE NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:33:41 , CHAKRAPAN [Captioner] 20:33:45 I INAMUR [Captioner] 20:33:48 I. FOLLOWED BY IRU [Captioner] 20:33:51 SHI [Captioner] 20:33:55 JAIN OR JIAN [Captioner] 20:33:58 . I'M SORRY, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME UP LEASE [Captioner] 20:34:02 . >> ARUSH [Captioner] 20:34:05 I CHARADIA [Captioner] 20:34:09 . >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. >> HI, MY NAME [Captioner] 20:34:12 IS ARUSHI CHARA [Captioner] 20:34:15 CHARADIA, I GO [Captioner] 20:34:19 TO HORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHAT IS DIWALI [Captioner] 20:34:22 , FIX OF LIGHTS. IT [Captioner] 20:34:27 COMMEMORATES THE VICTORY OF A RIGHT [Captioner] 20:34:30 OVER OTHER OR WRONGDOING. THE FESTIVAL OF [Captioner] 20:34:34 RIGHTS IS AN INTEGRAL PART [Captioner] 20:34:38 OF INDIAN CULTURE. THIS [Captioner] 20:34:41 FESTIVAL IS FROM AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE THAT HAS GREAT IDEA [Captioner] 20:34:44 AND NOW WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO OUR CULTURE. [Captioner] 20:34:47 BACK TO OUR SOCIETY. DIWALI IS A [Captioner] 20:34:50 FESTIVAL THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY ALL BECAUSE IT BONDS ONE TO [Captioner] 20:34:53 ALL AN INDIVIDUAL TO A SOCIETY [Captioner] 20:34:57 . IF WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE PATH OF [Captioner] 20:35:00 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FOR THE HINDU [Captioner] 20:35:04 POPULATION. CONNECTS [Captioner] 20:35:07 STUDENTS WITH THEIR CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY. [Captioner] 20:35:10 STILL DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND STUDY FOR THEIR TESTS [Captioner] 20:35:14 . IT'S HARD TO LIVE WITH FAMILY LIVING IN [Captioner] 20:35:17 OTHER COUNTRIES, PRESSURE OF MISSING SCHOOL, THEREFORE [Captioner] 20:35:21 , INDIAN POPULATION SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 20:35:25 . THEREFORE, HOLIDAY DURING THE [Captioner] 20:35:28 MOST LONGED FOR DAY IN THE INDIAN CALENDAR WILL BENEFIT [Captioner] 20:35:31 THE CITY AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:35:34 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS A [Captioner] 20:35:37 NOS [Captioner] 20:35:41 OSHKA MODI FOLLOWED [Captioner] 20:35:45 BY SHACHINDRA [Captioner] 20:35:48 NOTH. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS [Captioner] 20:35:51 ANOS [Captioner] 20:35:55 OSHKA [Captioner] 20:35:59 MODI. [Captioner] 20:36:03 I URGE THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:36:07 MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE DIWALI AND GIVE THEM THE [Captioner] 20:36:10 OPPORTUNITY TO PROUDLY CELEBRATE THEIR MOST [Captioner] 20:36:13 IMPORTANT FESTIVAL ALONG FAMILY AND FRIENDS. [Captioner] 20:36:16 MANY CELEBRATE THIS FESTIVAL AND RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:36:20 ING DIWALI, GIVES THEM [Captioner] 20:36:23 A CHOICE. WE WILL BE SEMEDDING OUR SUPPORT [Captioner] 20:36:26 TO THE STUDENTS WHO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL OF [Captioner] 20:36:30 LIGHTS AND GOOD OVER EACH, MAKING THEM FEEL [Captioner] 20:36:33 COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING THEIR CULTURE IN THIS DIVERSE [Captioner] 20:36:36 COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:36:39 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. CH [Captioner] 20:36:43 ACHINDRA KNOT [Captioner] 20:36:47 R [Captioner] 20:36:51 DRA NOTH, CH [Captioner] 20:36:55 ANDRA NOTH. [Captioner] 20:37:00 >> THANK YOU RESPECTABLE [Captioner] 20:37:03 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR ABILITY TO [Captioner] 20:37:06 COME AND SPEAK TODAY. I'M PROUD HINDU [Captioner] 20:37:10 AMERICAN CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY HERE, [Captioner] 20:37:14 BEING AN IDEAL CITIZEN HERE CONTRIBUTING [Captioner] 20:37:17 TO THE ECONOMY AND ALSO [Captioner] 20:37:20 , THE PURPOSE OF ME COMING HERE IS TO REQUEST THE CITY [Captioner] 20:37:23 TO CONSIDER DIWALI AND RECOGNIZE IT [Captioner] 20:37:27 AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS GROWING HERE TO CELEBRATE THIS [Captioner] 20:37:30 AS A FESTIVAL THAT [Captioner] 20:37:33 OTHERS -- KIDS OF OTHER RELIGION CELEBRATE [Captioner] 20:37:37 WITH THE HOLIDAY AND WITH THEIR FAMILY [Captioner] 20:37:40 MEMBERS, AND THE KIDS [Captioner] 20:37:43 OF INDO FAMILIES TOO CELEBRATE THE [Captioner] 20:37:46 FESTIVAL WITHOUT -- WITH SIMILAR CELEBRATIONS. [Captioner] 20:37:49 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:37:54 IS ANITA FOLLOWED [Captioner] 20:37:57 BY PALG [Captioner] 20:38:00 ONA MOD IFG, SORRY I BUTCHERED [Captioner] 20:38:04 THAT SORRY. >> THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:38:07 LILY MEI AND [Captioner] 20:38:10 ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO EXPRESS [Captioner] 20:38:14 THE GRANDNESS OF DIWALI. FOR [Captioner] 20:38:17 INDIANS, ALSO I'M HAPPY TO SAY [Captioner] 20:38:20 THAT MOST OF MY AMERICAN FRIENDS ALSO COME TO CELEBRATE DIWALI [Captioner] 20:38:23 WITH ME AT MY HOME BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T [Captioner] 20:38:26 WANT ABUNDANCE AND PROSPERITY, RIGHT? [Captioner] 20:38:29 EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE ABUNDANCE IN THEIR LIFE [Captioner] 20:38:32 AS WELL AS IN THEIR HOMES. SO I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF [Captioner] 20:38:36 CELEBRATING IT AS WELL AS LOTS OF MY AMERICAN [Captioner] 20:38:40 FRIENDS AS WELL. IT IS THE FESTIVAL [Captioner] 20:38:43 OF THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL AND IN THIS SOCIETY [Captioner] 20:38:46 WHERE LOTS OF BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENING, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD [Captioner] 20:38:49 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR OTHER ANSWERS [Captioner] 20:38:52 AND OTHER GOOD THAT MAKES THE WORLD A BEAUTIFUL [Captioner] 20:38:56 PLACE AND THE LIFE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ALL [Captioner] 20:38:59 OF YOU TO CONSIDER DIWALI AS A [Captioner] 20:39:02 FESTIVAL NOT JUST FOR INDIANS BUT FOR THE VICTORY [Captioner] 20:39:05 OF GOOD OVER EVIL, WHICH [Captioner] 20:39:08 SETS AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE TO BE GOOD CITIZENS TO GIVE BACK [Captioner] 20:39:11 TO COMMUNITY AND AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS MENTIONED AND [Captioner] 20:39:15 DR. JAPR AVERAGE HAS MENTIONED, LOTS OF US [Captioner] 20:39:18 DO SO MANY THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO BELIEVE [Captioner] 20:39:21 IN IT EVEN MORE AND SPREAD MORE JOY AND HAPPINESS [Captioner] 20:39:25 AND EVEN IN MY CASE I [Captioner] 20:39:28 STARTED THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY SO [Captioner] 20:39:31 THEY DON'T HAVE SIDE EFFECTS AND WOULD I SAY LIKE IT'S DIWALI [Captioner] 20:39:34 IS A FESTIVAL CELEBRATED, AND MORE AND [Captioner] 20:39:37 MORE PEOPLE KNOW WHY IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO [Captioner] 20:39:40 DO GOOD AND WHY WE NEED THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL [Captioner] 20:39:43 . ALL OF OUR LIVES WILL BE [Captioner] 20:39:47 MORE ABUNDANT AND MORE [Captioner] 20:39:50 PROSPEROUS, MORE MENTAL WELLNESS AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:39:51 MORE HAPPINESS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:39:54 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PALG [Captioner] 20:39:58 UNI MODI FOLLOWED [Captioner] 20:40:01 BY HERBERT CHILE. [Captioner] 20:40:04 >> I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY OF A RESIDENT OF FREMONT AND [Captioner] 20:40:07 ALSO A PROUD HINDU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, [Captioner] 20:40:10 MADAM VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALL THE OTHER [Captioner] 20:40:14 STAFF FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. I URGE THE MEMBERS [Captioner] 20:40:16 OF THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL AND THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT [Captioner] 20:40:20 TO RECOGNIZE DIWALI AS AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY IN THE CITY AND SUPPORT [Captioner] 20:40:25 AND NOT JUST FOR HINDUS BUT [Captioner] 20:40:28 THE BUDDHIST POPULATION IN OUR AREA, TO PROUDLY [Captioner] 20:40:31 CELEBRATE OUR MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVAL BY ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE [Captioner] 20:40:34 OUR FESTIVAL WITH OUR FAMILY AND OUR FRIENDS WE WILL NOT ONLY [Captioner] 20:40:37 JUST ENCOURAGE US BUT ALSO NOT LET OUR CHILDREN [Captioner] 20:40:41 HAVE A FEAR OF MISSING CLASSES, OR MAYBE [Captioner] 20:40:44 MISSING LESSONS WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. [Captioner] 20:40:47 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT YOU ALSO BE SENDING TO [Captioner] 20:40:51 OUR VERY DIVERSE AND [Captioner] 20:40:55 VIBRANT COMMUNITY BY DESIGNATING IT NOT ONLY [Captioner] 20:40:58 AS AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY, YOU WILL SEND [Captioner] 20:41:01 A POSITIVE MESSAGE AND ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER [Captioner] 20:41:04 COMMUNITIES TO LEARN WHAT DWAIM IS ALL ABOUT. DIWALI [Captioner] 20:41:07 IS CELEBRATED NOT JUST AS A FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS HOPE [Captioner] 20:41:11 AND VICTORY BUT IT IS ALSO A [Captioner] 20:41:14 DISPELLER OF DARKNESS [Captioner] 20:41:17 IGNORANCE AND ALL EVIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE [Captioner] 20:41:21 OPPORTUNITY. >> The Clerk: THE FOLLOWING SPEAKER IS HERBERT [Captioner] 20:41:25 CHILE FOLLOWED BY ABOUT ROCKY NATARAJAN. [Captioner] 20:41:31 >> Mayor Mei: I LIKE YOUR RENAMING. >> I LIKE THIS [Captioner] 20:41:34 UNIQUE CLASSROOM OF MINE. MY NAME IS HERBERT [Captioner] 20:41:38 CHEW. >> Mayor Mei: SORRY. >> GOOD EVENING [Captioner] 20:41:43 AND HAPPY NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:41:46 TO CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. MY NAME IS [Captioner] 20:41:49 HERBERT CHEW, I'M A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR [Captioner] 20:41:53 FREMONT FOR OVER 35 YEARS. FREMONT IS ONE OF THE [Captioner] 20:41:56 MOST ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE IN THIS COUNTRY [Captioner] 20:42:00 . CHINESE AND INDIAN AMERICANS HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 20:42:03 STRONG CONTRIBUTORS AND SUPPORTERS AND LEADERS OF OUR [Captioner] 20:42:06 COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE ROTARY, [Captioner] 20:42:09 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND OHLONE COLLEGE FOUNDATION, [Captioner] 20:42:12 WASHINGTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, THE LIBRARY, AND SERVE [Captioner] 20:42:16 ING THE [Captioner] 20:42:19 UNDERPRIFERLGD RESIDENTS. THESE LEADERS ARE THE BEACON [Captioner] 20:42:23 FOR FUTURE AAPIVE GENERATIONS OF THIS GREAT [Captioner] 20:42:26 CITY. I RECENTLY [Captioner] 20:42:29 HAD PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH MAYOR, CHK [Captioner] 20:42:33 AND SHAO PRODUCING A MUSIC [Captioner] 20:42:37 VIDEO SAYING WE ALL BELONG [Captioner] 20:42:41 TO PRODUCE [Captioner] 20:42:44 DIVERSITY. IT WAS CHINESE [Captioner] 20:42:47 NEW YEAR PARADE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, [Captioner] 20:42:51 RECEIVING OVERWHELMING RESIDENCE AND SUPPORT. [Captioner] 20:42:54 OUR CITY HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST BEST CHINESE [Captioner] 20:42:58 NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN EVENT CENTER JUST RECENTLY AND [Captioner] 20:43:01 KUDOS TO THE VIBRANT [Captioner] 20:43:04 CREATIVE AND DEDICATED ORGANIZATION TEAM. GREAT JOB. [Captioner] 20:43:07 SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE AMERICANS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK [Captioner] 20:43:10 THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MAKING CHINESE LOOUNL [Captioner] 20:43:14 LUNAR [Captioner] 20:43:17 NEW YEAR A DAY OF CELEBRATION NOR THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:43:20 IT TAKES DEDICATION AND KINDNESS TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:43:23 POSITIVE AND LONG LASTING CHANGES OFTEN THE CITY AND [Captioner] 20:43:27 THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ALL SERVE. PLEASE LISTEN AND WORK WITH EACH [Captioner] 20:43:30 OTHER AND LEAVE [Captioner] 20:43:34 PERSONAL AGENDA AT THE DOOR. IN CONCLUSION, I [Captioner] 20:43:37 -- >> Mayor Mei: YOU CAN FINISH THE LAST SENTENCE. [Captioner] 20:43:41 OKAY. WELL, IF YOU COULD SEND IT TO US [Captioner] 20:43:46 US. [Captioner] 20:43:50 >> ONE LAST THING IN CONCLUSION I ASK ALL THE LEADERS [Captioner] 20:43:53 TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND BRING THE CITIZENS [Captioner] 20:43:57 OF FREMONT A [Captioner] 20:44:02 WHICH DESERVE THE DECISION [Captioner] 20:44:06 [Captioner] 20:44:12 DESIGNATION [Captioner] 20:44:15 OF [Captioner] 20:44:18 MOSS IMPORTANT CITY. >> ROCK [Captioner] 20:44:22 Y HOLLAND, A RESIDENT OF FREMONT FOR [Captioner] 20:44:26 OVER SEVEN YEARS. REPRESENTS MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:44:30 OF INDIAN ORIGIN, HAVING THE LANGUAGE AS [Captioner] 20:44:33 A MOTHER TONGUE. I'VE BEEN IN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:44:36 SINCE 2007. I'M HERE TO URGE THE OTHERS, [Captioner] 20:44:39 IN TERMS OF DECLARING DIWALI AS [Captioner] 20:44:42 AN OFFICIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:44:45 IN 2018 THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF [Captioner] 20:44:49 UNITED KINGDOM OR UK MADE AN EFFORT [Captioner] 20:44:53 TO HAVE DIWALI DECLARED AS A NATIONAL [Captioner] 20:44:56 HOLIDAY, COURT TURNED DOWN. I THINK WE IN THE [Captioner] 20:44:59 WEST COAST AND CALIFORNIA AND FREMONT OUGHT TO SHOW THE [Captioner] 20:45:02 LEAD TO THE WESTERN WORLD WHAT THE WESTERN [Captioner] 20:45:05 NATIONS ARE MISSING IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY [Captioner] 20:45:08 AND INCLUSION AS MAKING THIS FESTIVAL DECLARED AS A [Captioner] 20:45:12 PUBLIC HOLIDAY HERE IN FREMONT. THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:45:16 . [Captioner] 20:45:25 THANK YOU PRAHALA. >> MY NAME IS [Captioner] 20:45:28 PRAHALA, I GO TO THE [Captioner] 20:45:32 SCHOOL WARM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. SO DIWALI FESTIVAL [Captioner] 20:45:35 CELEBRATED BY THOSE PEOPLE IN [Captioner] 20:45:38 THIS WORLD, DIWALI [Captioner] 20:45:42 'S -- DIWALI [Captioner] 20:45:46 DIWALI'S BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL [Captioner] 20:45:50 , FOLLOW OF GOD AND MONSTERS. WHEN I GO [Captioner] 20:45:54 TO INDIA I SEE SO MANY [Captioner] 20:45:57 PEOPLE CELEBRATING DIWALI [Captioner] 20:46:00 , VERY BORING, I HAVE TO GO [Captioner] 20:46:04 TO SCHOOL WITH MY SISTER AND SO MANY CLASSES, [Captioner] 20:46:08 SO [Captioner] 20:46:18 FREMONT UNIFIED -- SO [Captioner] 20:46:22 CAN YOU MAKE DIWALI A HOLIDAY [Captioner] 20:46:26 TO CELEBRATE EVERY DAY AND THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:46:29 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:46:34 >> The Clerk: THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS ARE JO [Captioner] 20:46:38 ARN SCHWOB FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN HO [Captioner] 20:46:41 . [Captioner] 20:46:46 JOANN SCHWOB. NO [Captioner] 20:46:51 ? STEPHEN HO. [Captioner] 20:46:54 I HAVE A HAND RAISED ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 20:47:14 SUSIE SMITH. >> Mayor Mei: CAN WE [Captioner] 20:47:18 ASK SUSIE TO PLEASE UNMUTE ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 20:47:22 >> The Clerk: SUSIE SMITH. [Captioner] 20:47:29 PLEASE UNMUTE. [Captioner] 20:47:45 MS. SMITH ISN'T COMING THROUGH. SHE NEEDS TO [Captioner] 20:47:48 MUTE ON HER END. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY [Captioner] 20:47:52 . [Captioner] 20:48:09 WE CAN'T UNMUTE FOR HER. >> The Clerk: HAS [Captioner] 20:48:12 TO BE DONE AT HER END. [Captioner] 20:48:15 >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK [Captioner] 20:48:18 TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 20:48:22 . 2E AS IN EL [Captioner] 20:48:25 SPHANT. THE PROTECTED INTERSECTION AT FREMONT AND [Captioner] 20:48:29 WALNUT. AND I THINK THAT WAS JOHN HINES. [Captioner] 20:48:48 TWO IS 79. JOHN. [Captioner] 20:48:51 >> GREAT TO BE HERE AGAIN. >> Mayor Mei: NICE TO SEE YOU [Captioner] 20:48:54 TOGETHER. >> ITEMS E AND F TOGETHER ARE [Captioner] 20:48:57 $5 MILLION, THAT IS JUST SOMEONE ELSE'S MIND OF COURSE [Captioner] 20:49:01 BUT STILL THE AMOUNT GIVES US AN IDEA OF [Captioner] 20:49:05 HOW MUCH SHOULD BE APPLIED TO INTERSECTIONS. [Captioner] 20:49:10 AND WORTH ASKING IS THAT CHANGE GOING TO BE IMPROVEMENT [Captioner] 20:49:13 OR IS IT GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:49:17 (INAUDIBLE) SOME LESS SO [Captioner] 20:49:21 . (INAUDIBLE) I ASKED [Captioner] 20:49:24 THIS BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST TWO INTERSECTION [Captioner] 20:49:28 S OF FREMONT THAT HAVE NOT WORKED OUT, SO [Captioner] 20:49:31 FREMONT BOULEVARD AND MOWRY, WHERE TRAFFIC ON [Captioner] 20:49:34 TREATMENT BACKS UP SO BADLY SOMETIMES THAT SOME [Captioner] 20:49:38 OF THE DRIVEWAY (INAUDIBLE) AND THE SECOND ONE I'M THINKING OF [Captioner] 20:49:41 IS OSGOOD AND WASHINGTON. SO THESE ARE [Captioner] 20:49:46 NOT (INAUDIBLE) IF WE KEEP [Captioner] 20:49:50 PROPOSING THESE PEACE MEAL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 20:49:54 , (INAUDIBLE) BRAVO [Captioner] 20:49:58 APPROVING THE FUNDING, WE WILL [Captioner] 20:50:01 OVER TIME (INAUDIBLE) NO ONE REALLY ASKED FOR SO [Captioner] 20:50:04 IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME I THINK INSTEAD OF [Captioner] 20:50:08 CONSIDERING BY LOCATION, CONSIDER THEM [Captioner] 20:50:12 BY KIND (INAUDIBLE) IF WE COULD REQUEST OR [Captioner] 20:50:15 VIEW KINDS OF INTERSECTION CHANGES SO THE COUNCIL LOOK AT A [Captioner] 20:50:18 CHANGE TO [Captioner] 20:50:34 CATEGORIZE. [Captioner] 20:50:37 STAFF TO WELCOME (INAUDIBLE) THE ALTERNATIVE IS [Captioner] 20:50:42 JUST SET BACK AND WAIT FOR THE ANGRY [Captioner] 20:50:45 COMPLAINTS. SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST A REVIEW OF [Captioner] 20:50:48 CATEGORIES OF CHANGE. THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:50:53 . [Captioner] 20:51:01 >> Mayor Mei: ALSO ITEM 2F. YOU ALSO HAVE TWO [Captioner] 20:51:03 MINUTES FOR THAT. OKAY. [Captioner] 20:51:10 WE HAVE TO TAKE THESE SEPARATELY FOR A VOTE OR CAN WE [Captioner] 20:51:13 COMBINE THEM? IF THE CITY ATTORNEY [Captioner] 20:51:17 -- >> SINCE THEY ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE LARGE [Captioner] 20:51:21 ER CONSENT CALENDAR IT IS BETTER TO DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. [Captioner] 20:51:24 >> Mayor Mei: THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY SO WE'LL DO [Captioner] 20:51:27 THEM SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? [Captioner] 20:51:30 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:51:33 YOUR HANDLED RAISED. >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:51:36 MAYOR MEI. I WAS ABLE TO ASK SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH OF [Captioner] 20:51:40 THESE ITEMS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING THIS EVENING BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:51:43 SHARED SIMILAR CONCERNS OF HEARING [Captioner] 20:51:46 MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:51:50 THE CURRENT STATE OF SOME OF OUR INTERSECTIONS. AND I [Captioner] 20:51:53 JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:51:57 BE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE MAYBE A [Captioner] 20:52:00 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:52:02 FROM THE ONES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY DONE. [Captioner] 20:52:05 AND I DON'T KNOW IF MR. LARSON IS HERE RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 20:52:09 . >> Mayor Mei: HE IS, I WAS GOING TO ASK MR. LARSON [Captioner] 20:52:12 IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO EITHER [Captioner] 20:52:16 APPROACH THE -- HE IS HERE [Captioner] 20:52:20 . >> Councilmember Campbell: HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO ANSWER [Captioner] 20:52:23 SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONS. SO WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE [Captioner] 20:52:26 WITH US WHETHER THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE [Captioner] 20:52:30 ONES THAT JOHN, I [Captioner] 20:52:33 FORGOT HIS LAST NAME -- [Captioner] 20:52:37 >> Mayor Mei: HINES. [Captioner] 20:52:40 >> Councilmember Campbell: MR. HINES JUST SPOKE ABOUT. [Captioner] 20:52:43 >> Hans Larsen: YES, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL I'M [Captioner] 20:52:46 HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. I THINK WE -- SO [Captioner] 20:52:49 THESE TWO CONTRACTS THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA [Captioner] 20:52:53 WOULD CONTINUE CONSTRUCTING, A TYPE [Captioner] 20:52:56 OF INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT THAT'S CALLED A PROTECTED [Captioner] 20:52:59 INTERSECTION. THESE, [Captioner] 20:53:02 WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 OF THESE THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN [Captioner] 20:53:05 DIFFERENTLY PARTS OF THE CITY. GENERALLY [Captioner] 20:53:09 , THEY'RE LOCATED AROUND OUR MAJOR [Captioner] 20:53:12 TRANSIT CENTERS AND IN AREAS WHERE THE CITY IS [Captioner] 20:53:15 PLANNING INFILL URBAN DEVELOPMENT. [Captioner] 20:53:18 SO IT'S A [Captioner] 20:53:22 TRANSFORMATION OF WHAT'S [Captioner] 20:53:25 HISTORICALLY BEEN AN INTERSECTION DESIGN 50 [Captioner] 20:53:28 YEARS AGO, WAS ORIENTED AROUND MOVING [Captioner] 20:53:31 CARS FAST AND DIDN'T PROVIDE BALANCED ACCOMMODATIONS [Captioner] 20:53:35 FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE WALKING OR BIKING OR WHEELCHAIR. [Captioner] 20:53:38 THIS IS PART OF THE CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS POLICY TO BUILD [Captioner] 20:53:41 THEIR STREETS AND INTERSECTION IS THAT ARE SAFE AND CONVENIENT [Captioner] 20:53:44 FOR EVERYBODY. SO IN SOME WAYS IT'S SIMILAR TO THOSE [Captioner] 20:53:47 . WE DO HAVE MANY OF THEM, WE [Captioner] 20:53:50 HAVE FOUR OF THEM ALONG THE [Captioner] 20:53:55 WALNUT AVENUE CORRIDOR SO THESE WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:53:58 SIMILAR TO THOSE. ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES THERE THAT [Captioner] 20:54:01 ADMITTEDLY HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL IS THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:54:04 TIGHTENING THE INTERSECTION AND REMOVING [Captioner] 20:54:07 THE HIGH-SPEED RIGHT-TURN [Captioner] 20:54:10 LANES WHICH HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF UNFORTUNATELY [Captioner] 20:54:14 A TRAFFIC INJURIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO THIS [Captioner] 20:54:17 SLOWS DOWN THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND CREATES A BETTER [Captioner] 20:54:20 ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING, AND AGAIN, [Captioner] 20:54:23 THEY'RE TARGETED IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE MORE TRANSIT ACTIVITY [Captioner] 20:54:27 , INFILL DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WHERE [Captioner] 20:54:30 WE EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE [Captioner] 20:54:33 . LET ME KIND OF SPEAK TO MR. HINES [Captioner] 20:54:36 ' INTEREST AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENT [Captioner] 20:54:39 ING AND DOING A LOT OF THINGS IN FREMONT WITH PAINT AND PLASTIC [Captioner] 20:54:43 AND CONCRETE. WE [Captioner] 20:54:47 ARE -- THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN BASED ON [Captioner] 20:54:50 SORT OF PAST PLANS AND [Captioner] 20:54:54 POLICIES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED. EVERY FIVE YEARS [Captioner] 20:54:57 WE DO A NEW PEDESTRIAN PLAN, A [Captioner] 20:55:00 NEW BICYCLE PLAN AND WE ARE GOING [Captioner] 20:55:03 TO BE EMBARKING ON CREATING A NEW UPDATE [Captioner] 20:55:07 ED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN [Captioner] 20:55:09 . WE'LL COMBINE THEM TOGETHER IN WHAT WE CALL AN [Captioner] 20:55:12 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND WE ARE VERY INTERESTED [Captioner] 20:55:15 IN ENGAGING DEEPLY WITH THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:55:18 TO ASSESS WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. IS THIS THE [Captioner] 20:55:22 RIGHT DIRECTION TO TAKE, WHERE ARE THE RIGHT PLACES [Captioner] 20:55:25 AND PRIORITIES FOR THIS OR OTHER TYPES OF INVESTMENT [Captioner] 20:55:28 , AND SO WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THIS PROGRAM BEGINNING [Captioner] 20:55:31 THIS SPRING THROUGH THE SUMMER AND FALL. AND THEN COME BACK [Captioner] 20:55:35 TO COUNCIL ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, WITH SORT OF A [Captioner] 20:55:38 NEW, IMPROVED, UPDATED PLAN THAT [Captioner] 20:55:41 IS REFLECTIVE OF THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:55:44 AND SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS KIND OF WORK WE'LL HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:55:47 BENEFIT OF PAST EXPERIENCE AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT'S [Captioner] 20:55:51 WORKED, WHAT HASN'T AND THAT WILL GUIDE SORT OF THE NEXT [Captioner] 20:55:54 FIVE YEARS OF WORK THAT WE DO IN THIS [Captioner] 20:55:57 GENERAL DIRECTION OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO WALK AND BIKE. [Captioner] 20:56:00 SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPFUL. >> Councilmember Campbell: THAT'S VERY [Captioner] 20:56:03 HELPFUL. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, MR. [Captioner] 20:56:06 LARSON, WAS THE FUNDING FOR THIS [Captioner] 20:56:09 . I UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE MONEY, [Captioner] 20:56:12 THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY, IS COMING FROM A GRANT THAT WE [Captioner] 20:56:15 RECEIVED. AND THEN WE HAVE TO FILL IN THE GAP [Captioner] 20:56:18 WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND I WANTED TO ENSURE [Captioner] 20:56:21 THAT THE GAP FUNDING THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:56:25 IS TO DO THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT IMPACT ANY [Captioner] 20:56:28 FUTURE PROJECTS THAT SOMETHING HAS TO COME OFF [Captioner] 20:56:31 THE TABLE IF YOU'RE PUTTING MONEY ON THE TABLE [Captioner] 20:56:35 FOR THESE PROJECTS. >> Hans Larsen: YES, [Captioner] 20:56:37 SO THAT'S CORRECT. JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF [Captioner] 20:56:41 BACKGROUND ON IT, SO THESE PROJECTS ARE BOTH [Captioner] 20:56:44 FUNDED WITH FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:56:47 RECEIVING THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN ENDORSED BY [Captioner] 20:56:51 THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE [Captioner] 20:56:54 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND THE GRANT FUNDING [Captioner] 20:56:58 WAS ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL LAST I BELIEVE IT WAS IN MAY [Captioner] 20:57:01 . AND SO THESE GRANTS REQUIRE SOME LOCAL [Captioner] 20:57:04 FUNDING AS A MATCH. [Captioner] 20:57:07 UNFORTUNATELY [Captioner] 20:57:11 WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE COSTS HAVE GONE UP. [Captioner] 20:57:14 THE GRANT DOLLARS ARE FIXED [Captioner] 20:57:17 SO WE'VE HAD TO ADD SOME MORE CITY MONEY TO DO THESE. [Captioner] 20:57:20 BUT AS PART OF THE COMMITMENT IN THE FEDERAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE [Captioner] 20:57:24 FULLY FUND THESE PROJECTS AND DELIVER THEM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE [Captioner] 20:57:27 MONEY FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THAT HAVE EXTRA [Captioner] 20:57:30 MONEY. SO WE'VE MOVED IT INTO HERE AND IN ONE [Captioner] 20:57:33 CASE THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S ON [Captioner] 20:57:37 FREMONT AND COUNTRY [Captioner] 20:57:40 . WHICH IS ALSO A PROTECT [Captioner] 20:57:44 ED INTERSECTION AND WHICH COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED A FEDERAL [Captioner] 20:57:47 GRANT FOR. WE ARE TAKING SOME OF THE LOCAL [Captioner] 20:57:50 MATCHING FUNDS FROM THAT IN ORDER TO COVER THE HIGHER COSTS [Captioner] 20:57:53 ON THIS PROJECT BUT WE HAVE DISCUSSED [Captioner] 20:57:57 WITH ALAMEDA CTC [Captioner] 20:58:00 ABOUT THE ISSUE OF RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND WE'RE WORKING [Captioner] 20:58:03 WITH THEM THROUGH THEIR BUDGET PROCESS AND HAVE A COMMITMENT [Captioner] 20:58:06 FROM THEIR STAFF TO RESTORE MONEY TO THAT PROJECT SO THAT [Captioner] 20:58:09 EVERYTHING IS WHOLE. [Captioner] 20:58:24 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:58:27 >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YOU? NEXT [Captioner] 20:58:30 IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM [Captioner] 20:58:34 MAYOR. I'M VERY GLAD THAT [Captioner] 20:58:37 THE CHANGES WERE AN EXPERIMENT. AS [Captioner] 20:58:41 A SCIENTIST I LIKE TO DO AN EXPERIMENT AND LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:58:44 COLLECT DATA FROM THE EXPERIMENT. AND [Captioner] 20:58:47 I'M GLAD STARTING THIS YEAR WE WILL COLLECT DATA, OUT [Captioner] 20:58:50 REACH TO THE PEOPLE, TAKE FEEDBACKS AND I WANT [Captioner] 20:58:53 TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU APPROACH TO GIVE MY FEEDBACK [Captioner] 20:58:56 . I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO [Captioner] 20:59:00 THE OSGOOD AND [Captioner] 20:59:04 WASHINGTON INTERSECTION, AND I HEARD MANY NEGATIVE [Captioner] 20:59:08 FEEDBACKS FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND MY OWN [Captioner] 20:59:11 OBSERVATION, ALSO COME FROM THAT. [Captioner] 20:59:14 SO IF [Captioner] 20:59:18 THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT AND I THINK FIRST OF ALL, [Captioner] 20:59:21 IT DESERVES SOME PATIENCE, FOR US TO [Captioner] 20:59:25 GATHER SOME DATA, DO [Captioner] 20:59:28 ANALYSIS, ASSESSMENT BEFORE WE MAKE MORE COMMITMENT [Captioner] 20:59:31 TO MORE OF SUCH CHANGES. ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 20:59:35 ONE NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKET [Captioner] 20:59:38 . SO IF WE SPEND MONEY AND [Captioner] 20:59:41 STILL GET A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:59:46 THE UNEXPECTED [Captioner] 20:59:55 OR UNINTENDED ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES IT IS A LOOSE [Captioner] 20:59:58 SITUATION. SO MY COMMENT IS, [Captioner] 21:00:02 WHY HURRY, LET'S JUST SLOW DOWN, [Captioner] 21:00:05 COLLECT DATA, COMPARE DATA OF CASUALTY ON THOSE [Captioner] 21:00:08 SO-CALLED PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS, BEFORE AND [Captioner] 21:00:12 AFTER THE PROJECT, AND THEN, ALSO [Captioner] 21:00:15 , COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE [Captioner] 21:00:18 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA [Captioner] 21:00:21 WHETHER WE ARE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR WE ARE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION [Captioner] 21:00:26 . SO THAT'S ALL THE EXPERIMENTAL [Captioner] 21:00:31 PROCESS OF PHASE IS ABOUT. LET'S FINISH THE [Captioner] 21:00:35 EXPERIMENTAL PHASE BEFORE FURTHER COMMITMENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO [Captioner] 21:00:37 SAY. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 21:00:40 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX [Captioner] 21:00:43 . >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:00:47 . HANS LARSEN [Captioner] 21:00:51 FOR YOUR REPORT. I WANTED TO FIND OUT FOR [Captioner] 21:00:54 THE MATERIAL GRANTS IS IT SOMETHING THAT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A [Captioner] 21:00:57 TIME FRAME OF HOW LONG IT IS ACTIVE TO USE [Captioner] 21:01:00 THESE GRANTS, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S SOME OTHER [Captioner] 21:01:04 STUDIES OR THINGS OR DATA THAT WE NEED TO GATHER, SO [Captioner] 21:01:07 THE FUNDS WOULD NOT EXPIRE [Captioner] 21:01:11 ? [Captioner] 21:01:18 >> Hans Larsen: SO FOR THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT WE [Captioner] 21:01:22 HAVE, THESE WERE ACTUALLY -- SO THEY NEED TO BE USED NOW. [Captioner] 21:01:25 AND THERE'S A TIMELY USE OF FUNDS COMMITMENT [Captioner] 21:01:28 THAT WE MADE IN RECEIVING THESE FUNDS. AND THEY [Captioner] 21:01:31 WERE ACTUALLY, THE PROGRAM THAT MTC HAS WAS -- [Captioner] 21:01:34 IS CALLED SOMETHING LIKE PROJECT QUICK STRIKE [Captioner] 21:01:37 . AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, SO [Captioner] 21:01:40 THESE ARE KIND OF OLD FEDERAL MONEYS THAT I [Captioner] 21:01:43 THINK BECAME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SPENT FROM OTHER PROGRAMS [Captioner] 21:01:48 . AND MTC AND ALAMEDA [Captioner] 21:01:51 CTC WE PRIDE OURSELVES IF ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY OR [Captioner] 21:01:54 THE AREA HAS UNUSED FEDERAL FUNDS WE CAN USE [Captioner] 21:01:57 THEM WITHIN THE BAY AREA. SO THESE FUNDS THAT WE [Captioner] 21:02:00 RECEIVED WERE PART OF THAT. AND THEY REQUIRED A [Captioner] 21:02:04 COMMITMENT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THEM FAST, [Captioner] 21:02:07 FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE VALUABLE [Captioner] 21:02:10 IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BAY AREA AND THE COUNTY'S [Captioner] 21:02:14 TRANSPORTATION GOALS AS WELL AS OURS. [Captioner] 21:02:17 SO THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:02:20 LET'S WAIT A YEAR OR TWO [Captioner] 21:02:23 WITH THIS. SO THERE IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE USE [Captioner] 21:02:27 THESE NOW. AND WE'RE OBLIGATED TO GET THE [Captioner] 21:02:30 PROJECT INTO CONSTRUCTION LITERALLY LIKE THIS [Captioner] 21:02:33 MONTH. >> Councilmember Cox: WOW. [Captioner] 21:02:37 SO THEN WHEN IS THE END DATE OF THE FUNDS IF YOU DON'T [Captioner] 21:02:39 -- >> Hans Larsen: SO THE COMMITMENT IS TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 21:02:43 AWARD A CONTRACT TO GET IT INTO CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 21:02:46 . AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT IS UP TO US AND [Captioner] 21:02:49 THE CONTRACTOR IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COMPLETION DATE [Captioner] 21:02:52 IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, TO AWARD THE CONTRACT [Captioner] 21:02:55 IS BASICALLY THE MILESTONE THAT IS [Captioner] 21:02:58 LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF TIMELY USE OF FUNDS. [Captioner] 21:03:01 THERE ARE DIFFERENT KIND OF PROGRAMS OUT THERE, SOME OF THEM [Captioner] 21:03:04 HAVE MORE TIME THAN LESS BUT THIS PARTICULAR -- [Captioner] 21:03:07 FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, THE FUNDING FOR THIS [Captioner] 21:03:11 WAS SOMETHING THAT HAS KIND OF A VERY QUICK TURN AROUND [Captioner] 21:03:14 TIME. >> Councilmember Cox: SO [Captioner] 21:03:17 IT HAS TO BE COMMITTED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH [Captioner] 21:03:20 ? >> Hans Larsen: IT -- THAT IS COMMITMENT WE MADE IN RECEIVING [Captioner] 21:03:23 THESE FUNDS, YES. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:03:26 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG. [Captioner] 21:03:30 >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU, YES, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HANS [Captioner] 21:03:33 , FOR YOUR UPDATE AND [Captioner] 21:03:36 CLARIFICATION. AND I THINK PROBABLY THE NUMBER [Captioner] 21:03:39 1 QUESTION THAT I GET WHEN I'M AT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:03:43 COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE SUMMER CONCERTS OR OTHER EVENTS [Captioner] 21:03:46 , IS, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE MAKING [Captioner] 21:03:49 THIS STREETS SUCH AS FREMONT, MOWRY [Captioner] 21:03:53 , THOSE CHANGES THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY SEE [Captioner] 21:03:56 THE BENEFITS OF. AND THEY FEEL LIKE IT JUST [Captioner] 21:03:59 ADDS TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE IN [Captioner] 21:04:02 INCONVENIENCE THAN OTHER THINGS. [Captioner] 21:04:05 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE DATA [Captioner] 21:04:09 AND ANALYSIS FROM THE STREETS THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 21:04:12 DONE. AND I'M ALL FOR MAKING OUR [Captioner] 21:04:15 STREETS SAFER FOR ALL MODES, ALL USE [Captioner] 21:04:18 ERS BUT I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:04:22 THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED, AND [Captioner] 21:04:25 TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'VE REALLY [Captioner] 21:04:27 BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:04:32 >> Hans Larsen: YES, LET ME JUST COMMENT [Captioner] 21:04:36 QUICKLY ON THAT MANY I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE SEVERAL [Captioner] 21:04:39 OF THESE TYPES OF INTERSECTIONS ON FREMONT [Captioner] 21:04:42 BOULEVARD. WE ALSO HAVE IN CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 21:04:45 RIGHT NOW A TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM [Captioner] 21:04:48 ON FREMONT BOULEVARD THAT'S COVERING ALMOST 40 [Captioner] 21:04:52 INTERSECTION FROM ARDENWOOD TO SOUTH FREMONT. WE [Captioner] 21:04:55 ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE [Captioner] 21:04:58 ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO LOOK [Captioner] 21:05:02 AT INNOVATIVE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO [Captioner] 21:05:06 ENHANCE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SIGNALS. AND SO ONE [Captioner] 21:05:09 OF THE BENEFITS WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT AREN'T THERE YET, WE [Captioner] 21:05:13 RECOGNIZE WE'VE SLOWED DOWN TRAFFIC, TO MAKE [Captioner] 21:05:16 IT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS [Captioner] 21:05:20 , BUT WE ARE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR [Captioner] 21:05:23 SIGNAL SYSTEM MOVE TRAFFIC AT A SAFE [Captioner] 21:05:26 SPEED BUT EFFICIENTLY. SO WE'LL BE SEEING KIND OF [Captioner] 21:05:29 THE LAYERING EFFECT OF THE COMPLETE STREET IMPROVEMENTS [Captioner] 21:05:32 PLUS THE SIGNAL MODERNIZATION LATER THIS [Captioner] 21:05:36 YEAR. AND I AGREE WITH THE [Captioner] 21:05:39 POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY OF [Captioner] 21:05:42 BEING INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIMENTING, LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS AND [Captioner] 21:05:45 THEN WHEN WE DO OUR NEW PLAN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT [Captioner] 21:05:48 TO GO INTO THE FUTURE. SO APPRECIATE THAT, WE [Captioner] 21:05:52 RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE. [Captioner] 21:05:55 IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIMENT -- EXPERIENCE BUT [Captioner] 21:05:58 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT WILL HELP THEM [Captioner] 21:06:01 . >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:06:05 . COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 21:06:09 >> Councilmember Kassan: MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:06:12 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL [Captioner] 21:06:14 . >> Councilmember Campbell: MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED, TOO. [Captioner] 21:06:17 BUT I DID WANT TO ADD THAT I AM DEFINITELY [Captioner] 21:06:20 INTERESTED IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF [Captioner] 21:06:24 PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLE [Captioner] 21:06:27 ERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN VEHICLES [Captioner] 21:06:30 , MOTOR SIGNINGERS [Captioner] 21:06:35 , SCOOTERS THAT LOOK LIKE MOTOR SCAMS [Captioner] 21:06:38 NOWADAYS, I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THAT BUT I [Captioner] 21:06:41 WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE THAT WE [Captioner] 21:06:44 SHOULD RECALIBRATE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, [Captioner] 21:06:47 SEE WHAT'S WORKING AND SEE WHAT'S NOT WORKING. [Captioner] 21:06:50 THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND THE DETAILED EXPLANATION. [Captioner] 21:06:55 >> Mayor Mei: SO COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 21:06:58 >> Councilmember Salwan: SURE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES [Captioner] 21:07:02 , IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO KIND OF VISUALIZE SOME [Captioner] 21:07:05 OF THESE, DO WE HAVE ANY SKETCHES OR HOW IT'S GOING TO [Captioner] 21:07:08 LOOK AT THESE INTERSECTIONS AS FAR AS THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING [Captioner] 21:07:11 ? >> Hans Larsen: I WOULD SAY PROBABLY KIND OF THE BEST [Captioner] 21:07:14 EXAMPLE THAT IS SORT OF SIMILAR TO THE WALL NET AND [Captioner] 21:07:18 THE PASEO PADRE INTERSECTION, [Captioner] 21:07:21 SO TIGHTENED CORNERS, WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 21:07:24 TAKING AWAY ANY LANES, IN FACT AT THESE INTERSECTIONS, [Captioner] 21:07:27 THERE WILL BE A RIGHT-TURN [Captioner] 21:07:31 LANE. AS OPPOSED TO A SHARED THROUGH- [Captioner] 21:07:34 THROUGH-RIGHT. SO PARTICULARLY [Captioner] 21:07:37 AT GRIMMER AND FREMONT, SORT OF THE CAPACITY [Captioner] 21:07:40 OF THE INTERSECTION AND THE SAME THING AT FREMONT- [Captioner] 21:07:44 WALNUT. SO I THINK [Captioner] 21:07:47 PASEO WALL [Captioner] 21:07:50 NUT IS THE BEST EXAMPLE SIMILAR TO -- AND THESE ARE [Captioner] 21:07:54 NATIONALLY APPROVED STANDARD DESIGNS. THERE'S NOT [Captioner] 21:07:57 A LOT OF THEM AROUND. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A BIT MORE [Captioner] 21:08:00 ADVANCED THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES. BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY THESE TYPES [Captioner] 21:08:03 OF THINGS ARE BEING BUILT. BUT SO, AS [Captioner] 21:08:07 , YOU KNOW, FREMONT-WALNUT IS PROBABLY THE BEST [Captioner] 21:08:10 EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO EXPECT HERE. >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 21:08:13 SO ON WALNUT I THINK IT'S PASEO [Captioner] 21:08:16 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MISSION, ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED [Captioner] 21:08:19 OR WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED ON [Captioner] 21:08:22 WALNUT ALREADY? >> Hans Larsen: YES SO THE [Captioner] 21:08:25 FREMONT-WALNUT INTERSECTION ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS [Captioner] 21:08:28 IS, IT'S COMPLETING SORT OF A LONGER CORRIDOR [Captioner] 21:08:32 THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM MISSION BOULEVARD, TO [Captioner] 21:08:35 THE FREMONT BART STATION, AND THEN [Captioner] 21:08:39 OUT TO FREMONT BOULEVARD, THERE IS [Captioner] 21:08:42 A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BE STARTING [Captioner] 21:08:45 CONSTRUCTION SOON AT WALNUT [Captioner] 21:08:48 AND LIBERTY. AND SO THE WHOLE WALNUT CORRIDOR [Captioner] 21:08:52 FROM FREMONT TO MISSION HAS SEPARATE [Captioner] 21:08:55 ED BIKEWAYS AND WILL HAVE SIX OF THESE PROTECT [Captioner] 21:08:58 ED-STYLE INTERSECTIONS. >> Councilmember Salwan: THERE [Captioner] 21:09:02 IS ALSO MENTION OF A CONNECTION TO FREMONT HUB. HOW IS [Captioner] 21:09:05 THAT GOING TO WORK? >> Hans Larsen: SO THE FREMONT [Captioner] 21:09:08 FREMONT-WALNUT INTERSECTION, SO THIS WILL KIND [Captioner] 21:09:11 KIND OF CREATE THE -- CLOSE THE GAP [Captioner] 21:09:14 AND CREATE THE CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WALK OR BIKE [Captioner] 21:09:17 THERE. SO THIS WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF [Captioner] 21:09:21 THE SEPARATION, FOR BIKEWAYS IN THERE. THERE'S [Captioner] 21:09:24 A FEW LITTLE GAPS IN THERE THAT IN TERMS [Captioner] 21:09:27 OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM BUT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS WILL BE [Captioner] 21:09:30 COVERED WITH THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 21:09:34 . >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. AND THEN WHAT'S THE THINKING ON [Captioner] 21:09:37 THE EUGENE GRIMMER FREMONT [Captioner] 21:09:40 BOULEVARD, WHY THAT INTERSECTION, WHY -- WHAT'S [Captioner] 21:09:43 WRONG WITH THAT? UG. [Captioner] 21:09:46 YOU KNOW. >> Hans Larsen: THAT ONE IS [Captioner] 21:09:50 A VERY EXCITING PROJECT IN THAT IT [Captioner] 21:09:53 PIECES TOGETHER A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTIVE [Captioner] 21:09:56 . IF YOU HAVE BEEN DOWN GRIMMER BOULEVARD FROM [Captioner] 21:09:59 FREMONT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A PAINT [Captioner] 21:10:03 AND PLASTIC SEPARATED BIKEWAYS THERE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. [Captioner] 21:10:06 SO THAT'S A NICE CORRIDOR [Captioner] 21:10:08 THAT CONNECTS UP INTO THE IRVINGTON COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 21:10:11 SO THIS PROJECT, AT FREMONT [Captioner] 21:10:15 AND GRIMMER INCLUDING THE NEARBY [Captioner] 21:10:18 EUGENE INTERSECTION, WILL MAKE IT MUCH [Captioner] 21:10:21 FRIENDLIER TO WALK AND BIKE ACROSS THAT CORRIDOR. [Captioner] 21:10:24 AND THEN WE RECEIVED RECENTLY A STATE GRANT TO BUILD [Captioner] 21:10:28 THE GRIMMER GREEN WAY TRAIL. WHICH [Captioner] 21:10:31 WILL CREATE A SEPARATED LANDSCAPE [Captioner] 21:10:34 TRAIL ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF GRIMMER, FROM [Captioner] 21:10:38 FREMONT BOULEVARD [Captioner] 21:10:41 TO PASEO PADRE PARKWAY AND [Captioner] 21:10:44 CONNECT TO CENTRAL PARK. SO THIS IS A PIECE OF A IF YOU L OF [Captioner] 21:10:47 A REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTOR [Captioner] 21:10:51 TO THE IRVINGTON BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE CENTRAL [Captioner] 21:10:54 PARK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INTENDED TO ATTRACT PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:10:57 , YOU KNOW, FOR RECREATION, OR [Captioner] 21:11:00 BICYCLING OUT AND HAVE A [Captioner] 21:11:03 VERY SAFE EXPERIENCE AND A LONG CORRIDOR [Captioner] 21:11:06 OF STWREEMENT. AND SO THIS PLUS WE'RE IN DESIGN [Captioner] 21:11:10 WITH THE GRIMMER GREEN WAY TRAIL PROJECT. [Captioner] 21:11:13 SO THAT WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR TO SORT [Captioner] 21:11:16 OF COMPLETE THAT LAST GAP. [Captioner] 21:11:20 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE UJEENL [Captioner] 21:11:24 AND GRIMMER ARE [Captioner] 21:11:27 THE LIGHTS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. [Captioner] 21:11:30 SEEMS LIKE THAT CREATES A LOT OF BOTTLENECK [Captioner] 21:11:33 S. ARE WE GOING TO FIRM IN THE PROBLEMS [Captioner] 21:11:36 THERE? >> Hans Larsen: YES, AGAIN WHEN WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS [Captioner] 21:11:39 THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNIZE [Captioner] 21:11:43 AND INTERCONNECT AND CONNECT THE SIGNALS. SO THE FLOW [Captioner] 21:11:46 OF TRAFFIC WILL WORK BETTER WITH THESE INVESTMENTS AND IT WILL BE -- [Captioner] 21:11:50 WE THINK IT WILL LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE AND IT WILL BE [Captioner] 21:11:53 BETTER CONNECTED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING AND BIKING THROUGH THE AREA. [Captioner] 21:11:56 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. >> Hans Larsen: THOSE TWO [Captioner] 21:11:59 WERE COMBINED FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE [Captioner] 21:12:02 SO CLOSE TOGETHER AND REALLY NEED TO KIND OF FUNCTION AS A UNIT [Captioner] 21:12:06 . >> Councilmember Salwan: YOU MENTIONED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD [Captioner] 21:12:09 GIVEN DIRECTION AND THIS IS KIND OF THE LEFT OVER STUFF AS [Captioner] 21:12:13 PART OF THE PREVIOUS PLAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS [Captioner] 21:12:18 THAT ARE COMING OR IS THAT THE LAST OF THE STUFF THAT IS [Captioner] 21:12:21 LEFT OVER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGE [Captioner] 21:12:24 MENT GET THE FEEDBACK AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT BATCH [Captioner] 21:12:27 ? >> Hans Larsen: YES SO IN TERMS OF KIND OF WORK IN THE [Captioner] 21:12:30 PIPELINE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED GRANTS FOR THAT ARE SORT OF THIS TYPE [Captioner] 21:12:34 OF IMPROVEMENT, THERE'S THE PROJECT [Captioner] 21:12:37 AT FREMONT AND COUNTRY, AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, [Captioner] 21:12:40 SO THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT INTERSECTION. [Captioner] 21:12:43 AND THEN WE HAVE [Captioner] 21:12:46 PROJECTS IN THE [Captioner] 21:12:49 CENTERVILLE-MAIN STREET AREA AS PART [Captioner] 21:12:53 OF THE CENTERVILLE COMPLETE STREET CORRIDOR WHICH WENT THROUGH AN [Captioner] 21:12:56 EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS, FOUR LANES, TWO LANES, [Captioner] 21:12:59 THREE LANES, AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:13:02 SPECIFICALLY APPROVED KEEPING THAT AT TOWER LANES BUT [Captioner] 21:13:05 WITH SOME FEATURES TO MAKE IT FRIENDLY FOR WALKING AND BIKE [Captioner] 21:13:08 ING. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LAST [Captioner] 21:13:11 OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE. AND THEN I THINK NEW WORK [Captioner] 21:13:15 THAT WE DO WILL REALLY BE BASED ON THE [Captioner] 21:13:18 NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WILL BE UNDER [Captioner] 21:13:21 WAY LATER THIS YEAR. >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 21:13:24 GREATLY. AND I'VE SHARED IT PRIVATELY BUT [Captioner] 21:13:26 THE COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF CONCERNS. [Captioner] 21:13:29 SO DEFINITELY WE NEED TO DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GET [Captioner] 21:13:33 THE FEEDBACK AND TRY TO ADDRESS THIS THROUGH LIKE A [Captioner] 21:13:36 MINI CAMPAIGN SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:13:39 UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, WHAT THE OPTIONS [Captioner] 21:13:42 ARE, AND HOW WE CAN GET A WIN WIN OUT [Captioner] 21:13:45 OF THIS. THANK YOU. >> Hans Larsen: ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 21:13:48 WE REALLY LOOK TOWARD TO REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING [Captioner] 21:13:52 SOME UPDATED PLANNING. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX DID YOU HAVE [Captioner] 21:13:55 ANOTHER COMMENT BECAUSE I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE [Captioner] 21:13:58 STILT. >> Councilmember Cox: YES I DID, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:14:00 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> Councilmember Cox: I HAD [Captioner] 21:14:03 ANOTHER QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE GRIMMER BOULEVARD AS YOU KNOW [Captioner] 21:14:06 I GUESS THE IRVINGTON PART WILL BE [Captioner] 21:14:09 BUILT ON DOWN THE STREET FROM GRIMMER. AND WONDERING WITH [Captioner] 21:14:13 ALL THESE ADDITIONS, HOW IS [Captioner] 21:14:16 THAT -- HAS THAT BEEN VETTED AND TAKEN A LOOK [Captioner] 21:14:19 AT AND CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS DECISION FOR THE [Captioner] 21:14:22 CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW? AND ARE THESE LIKE [Captioner] 21:14:26 MORE WHITE CONES OR GREEN CONES? HOW CAN [Captioner] 21:14:29 WE EXPLAIN THIS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO SHOW [Captioner] 21:14:32 THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE PROTECT [Captioner] 21:14:36 ED THEN WHEN THEY'RE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET FOR THE [Captioner] 21:14:38 PEDESTRIANS ESPECIALLY? >> Hans Larsen: YES, I THINK [Captioner] 21:14:42 KIND OF THE -- WHAT I MENTIONED [Captioner] 21:14:45 BEFORE IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS IS SORT OF MORE LIKE, [Captioner] 21:14:48 IT IS MORE LIKE THE WALNUT BIKEWAY AS OPPOSED TO MORE [Captioner] 21:14:53 OF THE SORT OF PAINT AND PLASTIC TREATMENTS THAT ARE ALONG OTHER [Captioner] 21:14:56 PARTS OF GRIMMER. SO THE [Captioner] 21:14:59 INTERSECTION AT FREMONT, GRIMMER, WILL [Captioner] 21:15:03 LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT FREMONT [Captioner] 21:15:06 AND PASEO PADRE PARKWAY LOOK LIKE TODAY. [Captioner] 21:15:13 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. >> Hans Larsen: AND ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS [Captioner] 21:15:17 A STATION AREA PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED [Captioner] 21:15:21 . AS PART OF THE UPDATED PLAN FOR THE [Captioner] 21:15:25 IRVINGTON BART STATION. AND PART OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT [Captioner] 21:15:28 INCLUDED A COMMITMENT TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY [Captioner] 21:15:31 ACCESS INTO THE STATION AREA FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND [Captioner] 21:15:34 BIKING. AND ACTUALLY, THE [Captioner] 21:15:37 -- THE CONTROVERSIAL OSGOOD [Captioner] 21:15:41 WASHINGTON INTERSECTION WAS A SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS IN [Captioner] 21:15:44 THAT STATION AREA PLAN. [Captioner] 21:15:49 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. DID WE -- DID YOU GET A CHANCE [Captioner] 21:15:52 TO WEIGH IN WITH THEIR MOBILITY COMMISSION TO GET THEIR [Captioner] 21:15:55 FEEDBACK SINCE THIS WOULD BE RIGHT UP THEIR ANGLE [Captioner] 21:15:59 FOR BOTH OF THESE TWO PROJECTS. >> Hans Larsen: YES I [Captioner] 21:16:03 THINK THEY'RE -- I THINK WE KEEP THEM INFORMED IN TERMS [Captioner] 21:16:07 OF PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP. I THINK THE PROJECTS ARE [Captioner] 21:16:10 GENERALLY ROOTED IN THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 21:16:14 , SO THE PROTECTED INTERSECTION IDEA [Captioner] 21:16:17 AND SORT OF THE KEY PRIORITY CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO [Captioner] 21:16:20 DEVELOP WITH THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. AND THE [Captioner] 21:16:24 MOBILITY COMMISSION WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED [Captioner] 21:16:27 WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT BIKE PLAN THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 21:16:31 . AND THEY'LL BE ENGAGED WITH THE NEW ONE THAT WE DEVELOP. [Captioner] 21:16:33 >> Councilmember Cox: DID THEY SUBMIT IN WRITING THAT THEY [Captioner] 21:16:36 WOULD SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, DO YOU HAVE ANY [Captioner] 21:16:39 DOCUMENTS FROM THEM, FROM THEIR MEETINGS [Captioner] 21:16:43 TO INDICATE THAT? >> Hans Larsen: YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T [Captioner] 21:16:46 SAY -- THERE ISN'T SORT OF ANYTHING THAT FORMAL [Captioner] 21:16:50 . WE ACTUALLY, THE MOBILITY COMMISSION [Captioner] 21:16:53 HAS ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN WRITING LETTERS OF [Captioner] 21:16:56 SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE APPLY FOR [Captioner] 21:17:00 . I DON'T RECALL IF THIS WAS ONE IN [Captioner] 21:17:03 PARTICULAR. BUT I DO KNOW SORT [Captioner] 21:17:06 OF THAT THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:17:10 THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN BUILDING. AND [Captioner] 21:17:13 THEY'RE AWARE OF THESE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY. [Captioner] 21:17:17 >> Councilmember Cox: I WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN [Captioner] 21:17:20 WRITING AS WE DO SOME OTHER DUE DILIGENCE, THAT THEY [Captioner] 21:17:23 WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING PUT ON THEIR AGENDA FOR THEM [Captioner] 21:17:26 TO REVIEW BEFORE IT CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TO [Captioner] 21:17:29 SHOW THAT THEY HAD AT LEAST ADDRESSED [Captioner] 21:17:33 ANY CONCERNS, AND MAKE [Captioner] 21:17:36 SURE THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE THAT [Captioner] 21:17:39 THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN AWARE SINCE THEY'RE SOMEWHAT EXPERTS [Captioner] 21:17:42 IN SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT CHANNELS OF MOBILITY [Captioner] 21:17:46 . BUT I -- YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE LIKED [Captioner] 21:17:49 TO HAVE SEEN [Captioner] 21:17:52 A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> COUNCILMEMBER COX, UNLIKE SAY [Captioner] 21:17:54 THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE MOBILE COMMISSION DOES NOT [Captioner] 21:17:57 FUNCTION IN A SIMILAR -- IN THAT SAME MANNER IN [Captioner] 21:18:01 TERMS OF REVIEWING AND APPROVE [Captioner] 21:18:04 ING PROJECTS THAT WILL THEN BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:18:07 . THEY'RE SHARED WITH THEM, THEY'RE DISCUSSED AMONG [Captioner] 21:18:12 THE COMMISSION. BUT THEIR FUNCTION, [Captioner] 21:18:15 THEIR PURVIEW IS NOT TO APPROVE [Captioner] 21:18:18 PROJECTS FOR PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 21:18:21 SO WE HAVEN'T ENGAGED IN THAT [Captioner] 21:18:24 PRACTICE WITH THEM IN THE PAST. AND [Captioner] 21:18:28 SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE [Captioner] 21:18:31 WOULD DO MOVING FORWARD. BUT AS HANS [Captioner] 21:18:34 MENTIONED THEY DO OFTEN WRITE LETTERS OF [Captioner] 21:18:37 SUPPORT FOR THE VARIOUS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 21:18:40 THAT WE PURSUE FOR THESE VERY PROJECTS [Captioner] 21:18:44 . SO BY EXTENSION, YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES [Captioner] 21:18:47 , THAT IS A WRITTEN NORM [Captioner] 21:18:51 ENDORSEMENT [Captioner] 21:18:54 OF THE PROJECTS YOU OFTEN SEE BEFORE YOU. >> Councilmember Cox: ARE YOU [Captioner] 21:18:57 SAYING HANS THIS YOU DO HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTING THESE [Captioner] 21:19:01 TYPE OF GRANTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE USED INITIALLY? [Captioner] 21:19:03 >> Hans Larsen: I THINK WHERE THEY WOULD KIND OF WEIGH IN IS [Captioner] 21:19:07 MORE ON THE PLANNING LEVEL OF APPROVING THE SORT OF [Captioner] 21:19:10 BIKE PLAN, THEY BASICALLY TAKE AN ACTION ON THAT, [Captioner] 21:19:13 THE UPDATED VISION ZERO PLAN. THEY ENGAGE KIND [Captioner] 21:19:17 OF MORE ON THE PLANNING PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO [Captioner] 21:19:20 , YOU KNOW, THIS IS FINAL DESIGN ENGINEERING [Captioner] 21:19:23 , YOU KNOW, KIND OF MORE ENGINEERING DETAIL STUFF [Captioner] 21:19:26 . AND SO THAT'S NOT BEEN AN AREA THAT [Captioner] 21:19:29 THEY'VE GOTTEN INTO, I MEAN THEY'RE MORE AT [Captioner] 21:19:32 THE SORT OF BEGINNING WHERE ARE WE GOING AND FRANK [Captioner] 21:19:36 LY THEY'RE -- A BIG PART OF THEIR FOCUS [Captioner] 21:19:39 IS ENGAGEMENT. I THINK WE BUILT A LOT OF GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 21:19:42 , WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO USE IT AND THAT IS KIND OF A ROLE [Captioner] 21:19:45 THAT THEY'VE TAKEN ON THAT THEY CAN DO HOW DO WE [Captioner] 21:19:48 INFORM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGE THEM TO USE THIS AND [Captioner] 21:19:52 GET MORE PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:19:55 SO I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH UPDATED [Captioner] 21:19:58 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS, THERE MAY BE [Captioner] 21:20:01 BE -- YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE HOW THEY'RE -- [Captioner] 21:20:05 YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THEM MORE ENGAGED IN THAT EFFORT THAN SORT [Captioner] 21:20:08 OF DETAILED DESIGN WORK. WHICH LARGELY WE'RE [Captioner] 21:20:12 FOLLOWING ADOPTED TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 21:20:14 ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 21:20:17 THANK YOU. AND ALSO, TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HER CLARIFICATION ON [Captioner] 21:20:21 THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE EXPECTATIONS [Captioner] 21:20:24 THAT ARE THERE SO THANK YOU FOR REEMPHASIZING THAT. [Captioner] 21:20:26 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: SO I JUST WANT [Captioner] 21:20:29 TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS AND SHARE SOME BACKGROUND [Captioner] 21:20:32 . ORIGINALLY THIS WAS A TASK FORCE PRIOR TO BECOMING A COMMISSION [Captioner] 21:20:36 . AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE HOPING TO DEVELOP SOME [Captioner] 21:20:39 OF THE MOBILITY VISION FOR DIFFERENT [Captioner] 21:20:42 AREAS BOTH PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AS WELL AS DRIVERS [Captioner] 21:20:45 AND THERE DIFFERENT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. [Captioner] 21:20:48 AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY CAME UP WITH A MOBILITY PLAN [Captioner] 21:20:51 AFTER WHICH WE FORMED A COMMISSION. AND THERE WERE ORIGINAL [Captioner] 21:20:54 LY TEN ITEMS THAT THEY WERE TARGETING. WITHIN [Captioner] 21:20:58 THOSE ITEMS I KNOW THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE [Captioner] 21:21:02 THE BANK MASTER PLAN, PEDESTRIAN MARCHG AND [Captioner] 21:21:05 WE CERTAINLY HEARD MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS [Captioner] 21:21:08 ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM DRIVERS MAKING SURE [Captioner] 21:21:12 THE FLOW IS ACTIVE. HAVING THE SIGNALING [Captioner] 21:21:15 , WAS MENTIONED MANY YEARS AGO WE UPDATED [Captioner] 21:21:18 THE LED LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BUT WE WEREN'T ABILITY TO [Captioner] 21:21:22 UPDATE ALL THE SIGNALING. SOME OF THEM WERE PRE [Captioner] 21:21:24 DATING, QUITE A FEW OF THE SIGNALING WAS PROBABLY FROM THE [Captioner] 21:21:28 1990s I WOULD HOPE AT LEAST MAYBE [Captioner] 21:21:31 1980S EERVE. >> Mayor Mei: 20 [Captioner] 21:21:34 >> Hans Larsen: [Captioner] 21:21:37 20, 30-YEAR-OLD TECHNOLOGY. >> Mayor Mei: THAT IS [Captioner] 21:21:40 GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. I HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS BUT I [Captioner] 21:21:43 HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE CONCERNS AND THE IMPACT REGARDING THOSE INTERSECTION [Captioner] 21:21:46 S AND QUESTIONS WHETHER IT'S FREMONT AND WALNUT WHICH IS [Captioner] 21:21:50 CONTINUING THE WALNUT CORRIDOR BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I [Captioner] 21:21:53 THINK FREMONT GRIMMER AND THE ONE BY FREEMAN AND COUNTRY [Captioner] 21:21:57 AND EUGENE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THOSE AS BEING MAJOR [Captioner] 21:22:00 CORRIDORS ESPECIALLY FOR DROPOFF AND PICKUP IN THE DAY [Captioner] 21:22:03 . SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE FLOW FOR [Captioner] 21:22:06 THE SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT BUT [Captioner] 21:22:10 I'M ALSO CONCERNED GREATLY BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS [Captioner] 21:22:13 AS A PARENT IN THAT AREA PEOPLE USING THE LANES [Captioner] 21:22:16 . AND THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD YOU PUT SOME [Captioner] 21:22:19 OF THOSE PLASTIC BOLLARDS, [Captioner] 21:22:22 PEOPLE DRIVE TOO QUICKLY AND I SEE THEM DRIFT [Captioner] 21:22:25 ING INTO THOSE AREAS, AND PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:22:28 DON'T FLOW INTO THAT AREA AND I SEE [Captioner] 21:22:31 POOR BEHAVIOR AS PEOPLE USING THEM AS DROPOFF AND [Captioner] 21:22:35 PICKUP POINTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET LITERALLY [Captioner] 21:22:38 IN THE MEDIAN PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN WHICH I THOUGHT WAS [Captioner] 21:22:42 INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. SO I THINK HAVING WAYS TO NARROW SOME OF [Captioner] 21:22:45 THAT WALKWAY IS A CONCERN AND TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. [Captioner] 21:22:48 BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND I HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM BOTH [Captioner] 21:22:51 MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, [Captioner] 21:22:54 IN TEMPS OF EXPERIMENT [Captioner] 21:22:58 AL AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 21:23:01 ANALYZE TRUE DATA AS A RESULT OF WHAT IT [Captioner] 21:23:04 MEANS TO THE FLOW THERE, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WRITE [Captioner] 21:23:07 TO ME HOW DO I WAIT THREE LIGHTS VERSUS [Captioner] 21:23:10 TWO LIGHTS OR WHATNOT, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS [Captioner] 21:23:14 WHY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE WHY WE REMOVED [Captioner] 21:23:17 SOME OF THOSE DRIVE THROUGH LANES OR I GUESS ROLLING [Captioner] 21:23:20 LANES, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST [Captioner] 21:23:23 UNFORTUNATELY THOSE WERE SOME OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS WHEN WE [Captioner] 21:23:26 LACKED AT OUR FLOW OF TRAFFIC, 90% OF OUR [Captioner] 21:23:30 ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OCCURRED UPON 10% OF [Captioner] 21:23:33 OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS [Captioner] 21:23:36 THAT WE LOOKED AT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 21:23:40 REALLY QUICKLY THE POINT THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER UPON A [Captioner] 21:23:43 CLARIFICATION FROM ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS. IF THE FUNDING IS NOT APPROVED [Captioner] 21:23:46 OR PUT INTO PLACE, DO WE RISK LOSING THE FUNDING [Captioner] 21:23:49 ? AND IF WE PUT THE CONTRACT IN PLACE CAN WE STILL [Captioner] 21:23:52 LOOK AT THE DESIGNS AND STILL -- BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:23:55 I KNOW WE'RE APPROVING IT FOR THE CONTRACT BUT IS [Captioner] 21:23:58 THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL MODIFY IT [Captioner] 21:24:00 PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION? [Captioner] 21:24:03 WE'RE APPROVING THE CONTRACT BUT NOT DOING THE BUILD AT LEAST FOR [Captioner] 21:24:06 NOW DURING THE RAINY SEASON SO WHAT IS THE [Captioner] 21:24:09 TIME FRAME WE WOULD ACTUALLY ROLL OUT THE BUILD [Captioner] 21:24:11 ? >> Hans Larsen: SO THE MONEY IS SECURED. [Captioner] 21:24:14 SO THE MONEY HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO US FOR THESE PROJECTS AND [Captioner] 21:24:18 OUR COMMITMENT IS THAT WE GET A PROJECT INTO [Captioner] 21:24:21 CONSTRUCTION IN A TIMELY MANNER. YOU KNOW, I THINK [Captioner] 21:24:25 THE DESIGNS ARE [Captioner] 21:24:28 -- I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD -- [Captioner] 21:24:31 I MEAN IT'S ESSENTIAL -- YOU KNOW [Captioner] 21:24:34 THE DESIGN IS AROUND BUILDING A PROTECTED INTERSECTION [Captioner] 21:24:37 AND THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARD WAY THAT THOSE [Captioner] 21:24:40 ARE PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS [Captioner] 21:24:44 -- WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY ANY THROUGH-LANES OR CAPACITY [Captioner] 21:24:47 . AND SO -- AND THERE'S NOT A REALISTIC [Captioner] 21:24:52 OPPORTUNITY SORT OF TO CHANGE IT. SO THESE ARE THE PLANS WE [Captioner] 21:24:55 PUT TOGETHER. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:24:58 WHAT WE HAVE CONVEYED IN TERMS OF GETTING THE [Captioner] 21:25:01 GRANT SO I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. [Captioner] 21:25:05 IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, SO [Captioner] 21:25:08 , YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROPOSING TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TODAY [Captioner] 21:25:11 , WITH TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS, THERE'S A LONG LEAD [Captioner] 21:25:14 TIME. FOR PROCURING [Captioner] 21:25:17 KIND OF THE POLLS AND PIECES, SO THE [Captioner] 21:25:21 CONTRACTOR WON'T GET OUT THERE UNTIL THEY HAVE EVERYTHING PROCURED [Captioner] 21:25:24 . AND SO IT LIKELY [Captioner] 21:25:27 WILL BE MAYBE SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEE [Captioner] 21:25:30 THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING. SO IT IS NOT GOING [Captioner] 21:25:34 TO START, YOU KNOW, NOW IN THE RAINY SEASON [Captioner] 21:25:37 BUT MORE LIKELY WE'LL GET GOING WHERE MOST OF THE WORK IS [Captioner] 21:25:40 DURING THE SUMMER AND THE FALL. >> Mayor Mei: CAN WE ASK THAT [Captioner] 21:25:43 FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES [Captioner] 21:25:46 THIS EVENING THAT WE DO EXTENSIVE [Captioner] 21:25:49 OUTREACH PARTICULARLY TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE SCHOOLS THERE [Captioner] 21:25:52 AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT [Captioner] 21:25:55 UNDERGOING THAT'S HAPPENING AND THE REASONS WHY, AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 21:25:59 DATA RESULTS AFTER. ONE OF THE THINGS AFTER [Captioner] 21:26:02 WE COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE GREAT, SO SOME [Captioner] 21:26:05 PEOPLE WILL HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE RESULTS WERE THERE [Captioner] 21:26:08 . >> Hans Larsen: YES ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE [Captioner] 21:26:11 OUTREACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE UPDATED [Captioner] 21:26:14 PLANS, HOW THINGS WORKED, HOW ARE THEY [Captioner] 21:26:18 PERFORMED, WHAT KIND OF SAFETY [Captioner] 21:26:21 IMPROVEMENTS, THAT IS PART OF THE PROGRAM WE'RE ENVISION [Captioner] 21:26:24 ING AND IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS TO THE [Captioner] 21:26:27 COMMUNITY WHEN THE CONTRACTOR HAS EVERYTHING READY, WE WILL DO [Captioner] 21:26:31 OUTREACH LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE INTERSECTION [Captioner] 21:26:34 S ARE GOING TO BE OCCUPIED WITH SOME [Captioner] 21:26:37 CONSTRUCTION. AND IF THEY CAN AVOID THE AREAS, [Captioner] 21:26:40 WE CAN SET EXPECTATIONS ON WHEN THERE MAY BE SOME [Captioner] 21:26:43 IMPACTS DURING CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT'S A NORMAL PART OF THE [Captioner] 21:26:46 CONSTRUCTION OUTREACH THAT WE DO. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:26:50 . SO FOR ITEM 2E DO [Captioner] 21:26:53 I HAVE A MOTION OR IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS [Captioner] 21:26:57 ? [Captioner] 21:27:05 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? >> Councilmember Kassan: YES [Captioner] 21:27:09 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT STAFF [Captioner] 21:27:12 RECOMMENDATION. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND [Captioner] 21:27:16 ? >> Councilmember Campbell: I'LL SECOND [Captioner] 21:27:19 . >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, SECOND [Captioner] 21:27:21 BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 21:27:28 THE MOTION PASSES WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 21:27:31 SHAO VOTING NAY. NEXT IS FOR [Captioner] 21:27:34 ITEM 2F AS IN FRANK. [Captioner] 21:27:41 FOR THE PROTECTED INTERSECTION PROJECT [Captioner] 21:27:44 AT FREMONT AND UJEAN [Captioner] 21:27:48 EUGENE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 21:27:51 . CONDITION [Captioner] 21:27:55 >> Councilmember Kassan: SURE I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE [Captioner] 21:27:58 ADOPT THAT AS WELL. [Captioner] 21:28:01 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 21:28:04 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 21:28:08 PLEASE VOTE. OH, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 21:28:22 THE MOTION PASSES WITH [Captioner] 21:28:26 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN VOTING NAY. [Captioner] 21:28:30 THE NEXT ITEM PULLED [Captioner] 21:28:33 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS 2I, AGREEMENT OF THE DEDICATION [Captioner] 21:28:36 OF LAND FOR PUBLIC EASEMENT FOR [Captioner] 21:28:41 TRACT 8025. [Captioner] 21:28:44 >> The Clerk: MR. ABREW TURNED IN [Captioner] 21:28:47 A SPEAKER CARD. [Captioner] 21:29:00 >> DOES THIS MICROPHONE WORK? OH YEAH, IT [Captioner] 21:29:04 WORKS GREAT. >> Mayor Mei: THE OTHER ONE [Captioner] 21:29:09 IS ON ACTUALLY TOO. >> The Clerk: WE HAVE UN [Captioner] 21:29:12 MUTED IT. >> IT DIDN'T WORK FOR 20 PEOPLE. [Captioner] 21:29:15 DOES THIS THING WORK NOW, OH GREAT, IT DIDN'T WORK FOR THE [Captioner] 21:29:18 LAST 20 PEOPLE. YEAH [Captioner] 21:29:22 . THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT'S [Captioner] 21:29:25 A SITE MAP. BUT IT [Captioner] 21:29:28 DOESN'T CORRESPOND TO ANY OF THE WORDING HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FINAL [Captioner] 21:29:31 MAP. [Captioner] 21:29:38 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU ARE BEING ASKED [Captioner] 21:29:41 TO APPROVE AND NOT [Captioner] 21:29:46 WE DON'T SEE YOUR APPROVING A PIG [Captioner] 21:29:49 IN A POKE. THE FINAL IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT NONE OF THIS [Captioner] 21:29:52 IS HERE. WE'RE ALL IN -- THIS THING JUST [Captioner] 21:29:55 KEEPS SAYING IT'S BEEN FINAL, [Captioner] 21:29:58 IT'S AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. WHERE IS IT [Captioner] 21:30:02 ? WHERE IS THE REAL MAPS? WHERE IS THE REAL [Captioner] 21:30:05 AGREEMENTS? NONE OF THIS IS PRESENTED [Captioner] 21:30:08 IN THE PACKET TODAY. IT'S [Captioner] 21:30:11 ALL ON SOME ASSURANCE THAT [Captioner] 21:30:15 IT IS SOMEWHERE IN THE FILE. YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE [Captioner] 21:30:20 SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE NONE OF YOU HAS REVIEWED. [Captioner] 21:30:23 YOU CAN REVIEW IT, YOU COULD BUT NONE [Captioner] 21:30:26 OF YOU HAVE GONE OUT OF YOUR WAY TO REVIEW THIS STUFF. [Captioner] 21:30:30 MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A [Captioner] 21:30:33 BIKE PEDESTRIAN LANE ALONG THESE RAILROAD TRACKS AND IT'S [Captioner] 21:30:36 SUPPOSED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE ALAMEDA CREEK AND THEN WE [Captioner] 21:30:39 HEARD, IT GOT NARROWED. IT GOT NARROWED TO [Captioner] 21:30:42 A LITTLE TEN FEET THING, WASN'T FULL WIDTH [Captioner] 21:30:45 AT THE END. AND NOW ON THIS MAP IT RUNS INTO [Captioner] 21:30:48 A BLACK WALL. THERE ARE OPENINGS IN THE [Captioner] 21:30:52 WALL, ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CREEK. ALONG THESE [Captioner] 21:30:55 PRIVATE PROPERTIES, REMEMBER ALL THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY LETTERS [Captioner] 21:30:58 WHO CAME HERE AND DEMANDED THAT YOU BLOCK IT [Captioner] 21:31:01 OFF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THE PASSAGEWAYS [Captioner] 21:31:05 , WE HAVE ALL KINDS MUCH OPENINGS ALONG THE [Captioner] 21:31:08 PASSAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, VERY STRANGE [Captioner] 21:31:11 , YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO ENTRANCES [Captioner] 21:31:14 AND EXITS. I WONDER WHERE THIS [Captioner] 21:31:17 COMMENT, AND THE BIKE [Captioner] 21:31:21 -PEDESTRIAN, THESE ARE ON BIKE [Captioner] 21:31:24 GLASS WALL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:31:28 . [Captioner] 21:31:38 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON [Captioner] 21:31:41 THAT? >> Councilmember Salwan: YES, I WONDER IF STAFF [Captioner] 21:31:45 COULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS MR. ABREU [Captioner] 21:31:48 A [Captioner] 21:31:51 BREW RAISED. >> Hans Larsen: KIND OF STAFF [Captioner] 21:31:53 CERTIFICATION THAT THE PLANS AND AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 21:31:56 PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY THE [Captioner] 21:32:00 DEVELOPER ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVALS THAT COUNCIL AND [Captioner] 21:32:02 THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE GRANTED. [Captioner] 21:32:05 AND SO ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT'S BEEN APPROVED, THE [Captioner] 21:32:08 DETAILS OF IT BUT ALL THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND AGREEMENTS HAVE [Captioner] 21:32:11 BEEN SUBMITTED. AND SO EVERYTHING IS FINALIZE [Captioner] 21:32:14 ED AND READY FOR APPROVAL. WE'RE [Captioner] 21:32:17 CERTIFYING EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVALS THAT ARE GRANT [Captioner] 21:32:20 ED. THE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE [Captioner] 21:32:24 PUBLIC ON REQUEST. AND HAPPY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE [Captioner] 21:32:27 AVAILABLE. THE REFERENCE TO [Captioner] 21:32:32 THE KIND OF WALKWAY TRAIL CONNECTION THROUGH [Captioner] 21:32:35 THE SITE, IT IS A TEN FOOT PATH [Captioner] 21:32:38 . IT MAY APPEAR THAT IT RUNS TO A [Captioner] 21:32:41 A WALL ON THE PLAN BUT THAT DARK LINE IS JUST [Captioner] 21:32:44 THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. SO THAT IT DOES INDEED OPEN [Captioner] 21:32:48 UP TO THE ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL WHICH IS WHAT [Captioner] 21:32:51 ITS INTENDED PURPOSE IS. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY [Captioner] 21:32:54 . SO I MEAN SO IF COUNCIL IF WE WANT TO [Captioner] 21:32:58 VERIFY THESE HOW WOULD WE -- WOULD WE ASK [Captioner] 21:33:01 STAFF TO LOOK AT THESE DOCUMENTS? >> Hans Larsen: YES, [Captioner] 21:33:04 I THINK THESE ARE HUNDRED PAGE PLAN SETS OF [Captioner] 21:33:07 ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS AND A LOT OF LEGAL AGREEMENTS [Captioner] 21:33:10 . YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IF SOMEBODY WANTS [Captioner] 21:33:14 TO CHECK. AND FOR [Captioner] 21:33:17 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WANT TO LOOK THROUGH IT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS [Captioner] 21:33:20 A TYPICAL ACTION THAT WE DO, IS IT IS OUR [Captioner] 21:33:23 JOB TO BASICALLY APPROVE THE [Captioner] 21:33:26 WORK OF THE DEVELOPERS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S [Captioner] 21:33:29 CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVALS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED AND SO THIS IS [Captioner] 21:33:34 OUR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT THAT WORK IS DONE AND WE'RE [Captioner] 21:33:37 ASKING YOU TO SORT OF BLESS IT AS A COMPLETED [Captioner] 21:33:40 WORK PRODUCT. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:33:44 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 21:33:46 . >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:33:49 WAS THAT $300,000 [Captioner] 21:33:53 FOR SUPPORTING THE SAFE PARKING [Captioner] 21:33:56 EVER RECEIVED BY THE CITY? THAT [Captioner] 21:33:59 WAS PLEDGED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 21:34:02 ? >> Hans Larsen: IT MIGHT HAVE TO -- I DON'T KNOW [Captioner] 21:34:06 IF DAN IS HERE AND WANTS TO ADD [Captioner] 21:34:09 THAT. I EXPECT SO [Captioner] 21:34:13 . I MEAN I CAN'T SORT OF [Captioner] 21:34:16 -- IT DIDN'T SORT OF PASS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS SO [Captioner] 21:34:19 I CAN'T ASSURE THAT IT HAPPENED. BUT [Captioner] 21:34:23 , YOU KNOW, I'M ABOUT 99% SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS [Captioner] 21:34:26 PART OF THE COMMITMENT OF THE DEVELOPER [Captioner] 21:34:29 , AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN PROCESSED. BUT WE [Captioner] 21:34:33 CAN PROBABLY IF DAN DOESN'T KNOW -- YEAH [Captioner] 21:34:36 , WE CAN -- >> Mayor Mei: YOU WOULD HAVE [Captioner] 21:34:39 TO ASK DAVE PERSONALLY [Captioner] 21:34:42 . >> Hans Larsen: WE CAN PROVIDE A FOLLOW UP E-MAIL [Captioner] 21:34:44 FOR YOU AND THE COUNCIL JUST TO CONFIRM THAT. [Captioner] 21:34:50 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS [Captioner] 21:34:53 FROM THE COUNCIL? IF NOT, ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? [Captioner] 21:35:03 >> Councilmember Salwan: MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 21:35:06 . >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN [Captioner] 21:35:09 . >> SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, WE [Captioner] 21:35:12 HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND A SECOND BY [Captioner] 21:35:14 COUNCILMEMBER COX. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 21:35:21 THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES [Captioner] 21:35:24 WITH COUNCILMEMBER SHAO VOTING NAY AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 21:35:28 VOASING NAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOUGH THAT [Captioner] 21:35:32 WE GET THE FOLLOW UP AS PER REQUESTED TO CLARIFY ABOUT [Captioner] 21:35:35 THE 300,000 TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS. [Captioner] 21:35:38 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:35:43 MY APOLOGIES AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE A STENO CAPTION [Captioner] 21:35:45 CAPTIONER AND I KNOW THE MEETING STARTED LATE. [Captioner] 21:35:48 BUT WE ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERY HOUR AND A HALF SO WE NEED TO [Captioner] 21:35:51 TAKE A QUICK TEN MINUTE BREAK. [Captioner] 21:35:54 I APOLOGIZE, BEFORE WE RETURN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND [Captioner] 21:35:57 WE'LL RETURN IN TEN MINUTES. [Captioner] 21:36:01 [ RECESS ] [Captioner] 21:47:40 >> Mayor Mei: WITH WELCOME BACK. [Captioner] 21:47:43 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RESUME THE MEETING. IF WE COULD [Captioner] 21:47:46 ALL TAKE OUR SEATS. [Captioner] 21:48:12 SO WELCOME BACK. THE NEXT SCHEDULED ITEM [Captioner] 21:48:15 IS A PUBLIC HEARING. FOR [Captioner] 21:48:18 APPEAL OF THE [Captioner] 21:48:21 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT [Captioner] 21:48:24 FOR PAPE FREEWAY SIGN. [Captioner] 21:48:28 AND PRESENTING THIS [Captioner] 21:48:31 ITEM THIS EVENING JAMES WILLIS [Captioner] 21:48:35 HAS A PRESENTATION AS WELL AS OUR [Captioner] 21:48:38 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 21:48:41 DIRECTOR DONOVAN LAZARO [Captioner] 21:48:44 , AND I WAS WONDERING [Captioner] 21:48:48 , WE HAVE ALL THE LITTLE SIGNS COMING UP AND THEN ALSO [Captioner] 21:48:52 OUR CHAIR -- DIRECTOR FOR [Captioner] 21:48:55 PLANNING IS [Captioner] 21:48:59 DAN [Captioner] 21:49:04 SCHOENHOLZ, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:49:07 AND WE WILL FIRST LISTEN TO A PRESENTATION FROM THE ASSOCIATE [Captioner] 21:49:09 PLANNER JAMES WILLIS. WELCOME. [Captioner] 21:49:13 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. JOCKEY [Captioner] 21:49:17 ME THIS EVENING IS MY COLLEAGUE, DONOVAN L [Captioner] 21:49:20 AZ ARO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO [Captioner] 21:49:24 WILL BE ASSISTING ME WITH THIS PRESENTATION [Captioner] 21:49:27 . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PROJECT BEFORE THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:49:30 THIS EVENING IS A FIRST PARTY APPEAL OF THE PLANNING [Captioner] 21:49:34 COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF THE PAPE MACHINERY [Captioner] 21:49:37 PYLON SIGN CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. NEXT [Captioner] 21:49:40 SLIDE PLEASE, [Captioner] 21:49:44 THE APPELLANT IS PROPOSING [Captioner] 21:49:48 AND INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED PYLON [Captioner] 21:49:52 SIGN ORIENTED TO THE INTERSTATE 680 [Captioner] 21:49:55 FREEWAY. ON AN INDUSTRIALLY [Captioner] 21:49:58 DESIGNATED PROPERTY IS ALLOWED SUBJECT TO A CEUMS [Captioner] 21:50:01 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THE PROPOSED SIGN WOULD BE [Captioner] 21:50:05 LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE NEW PAPE MACHINERY [Captioner] 21:50:08 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DEALERSHIP. AND WOULD BE LIMITED TO [Captioner] 21:50:11 ADVERTISING FOR DEALERSHIP ITSELF. NO CHANGEABLE [Captioner] 21:50:14 COPY OR OFFSITE ADVERTISING IS PROPOSED AND [Captioner] 21:50:17 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WOULD PROHIBIT THESE TYPES OF SIGNS [Captioner] 21:50:22 . THE DEALERSHIP WAS APPROVED BY THE ZONING [Captioner] 21:50:25 ADMINISTRATOR ON JUNE 30th, 2020. THE [Captioner] 21:50:29 APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED A LARGER SIGN AT THE SITE WHICH WAS PRESENTED [Captioner] 21:50:32 AT THE FEBRUARY 10th, 2022, PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING [Captioner] 21:50:35 . THE ITEM WAS CONTINUED AT THAT HEARING [Captioner] 21:50:38 TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO CONSIDER CONCERNS RAISED BY [Captioner] 21:50:41 THE PLANNING COMMISSION. TO CONDUCT FURTHER OUTREACH TO [Captioner] 21:50:45 NEIGHBORS, AND TO PREPARE A [Captioner] 21:50:47 VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED SIGN. [Captioner] 21:50:53 THE APPLICANT USED THAT TIME TO MODIFY THE [Captioner] 21:50:56 PROPOSAL TO A SMALLER SIGN, AND TO PERFORM [Captioner] 21:50:59 OUTREACH TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE [Captioner] 21:51:02 CONCERNS RAISED BY THE COMMISSION AT THAT HEARING [Captioner] 21:51:06 . NEXT [Captioner] 21:51:09 SLIDE PLEASE. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS CONCERNS RAISED BY [Captioner] 21:51:12 THE COMMISSION DURING THE FEBRUARY, 2022 HEARING [Captioner] 21:51:16 , THE APPLICANT REVISED THEIR [Captioner] 21:51:19 PROPOSAL TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN FROM 40 FEET TO 35 [Captioner] 21:51:22 FEET. A 12.5% REDUCTION IN HEIGHT. [Captioner] 21:51:26 THE PROPOSED SIGN HAS BEEN REDUCED IN AREA FROM [Captioner] 21:51:30 152 SQUARE FEET TO 120 SQUARE [Captioner] 21:51:33 FEET, A REDUCTION OF 21% IN SIGN [Captioner] 21:51:36 AREA. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL CONFORMS [Captioner] 21:51:39 TO THE FREMONT SIGN ORDINANCE STANDARDS. [Captioner] 21:51:43 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 21:51:47 THE PAPE MACHINERY SITE IS ZONED SERVICE [Captioner] 21:51:50 INDUSTRIAL WITH INDUSTRIAL USES BOUND [Captioner] 21:51:53 ED THE SITE ON TWO SIDES. THE [Captioner] 21:51:57 JEHOVAHS WITNESSES ASSEMBLY [Captioner] 21:52:01 HAUL TO THE NORTH THE SPECULATED BY A LARGE PARKING LOT AND A [Captioner] 21:52:04 GROVE OF TREES. THE NEAREST [Captioner] 21:52:07 EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES ARE LOCATE [Captioner] 21:52:11 ED 500 FEET AWAY ACROSS THE INTERSTATE [Captioner] 21:52:14 680 FREEWAY AND SOUND WALLS [Captioner] 21:52:18 TO THE APPLICABLE SIGN. NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED [Captioner] 21:52:21 SIGN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES SUPPORTED THE SIGN [Captioner] 21:52:24 AND THE ONLY PUBLIC SPEAKER AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING [Captioner] 21:52:27 EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR PROJECT. [Captioner] 21:52:31 ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE IS CROSSED BY MULTIPLE [Captioner] 21:52:34 HIGH FOLLOW TAJ POWER LINES AND THE SEVEN [Captioner] 21:52:38 EXISTING LATTICE TOWERS GREATLY IMPACT [Captioner] 21:52:41 THE EXISTING VIEW OF THE SITE FROM THE INTERSTATE 6 [Captioner] 21:52:44 80 FREEWAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE [Captioner] 21:52:47 THAT THIS TYPE OF SIGN WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED ON A FEW [Captioner] 21:52:50 PARCELS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 680 CORRIDOR IN FREMONT [Captioner] 21:52:54 . FREEWAY ORIENTED PYLON SIGNS [Captioner] 21:52:57 ARE ONLY ALLOWED ON INDUSTRIAL SIGNS DIRECTLY ABUTTING [Captioner] 21:53:00 THE FREEWAY. APPROXIMATELY TEN PARCELS ALONG THE [Captioner] 21:53:03 I 680 FREEWAY WOULD MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. [Captioner] 21:53:08 THE INDUSTRIAL PARCELS NORTH OF THE SITE ARE BLOCKED FROM THE FREEWAY [Captioner] 21:53:11 BY A HILL, SO FREEWAY ORIENT [Captioner] 21:53:14 ED SIGNAGE IS UNLIKELY TO BE FEASIBLE. NEXT [Captioner] 21:53:17 SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 21:53:22 THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE SMALLER SIGN PROJECT AT THEIR [Captioner] 21:53:25 DECEMBER 8th, 2022 HEARING. [Captioner] 21:53:28 AFTER DELIBERATIONS THE PLANNING COMMISSION DENIED THE APPLICATION FOR [Captioner] 21:53:32 A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED REVISE [Captioner] 21:53:35 ED SIGN ALONG INTERSTATE 680 ON A SPLIT [Captioner] 21:53:38 VOTE OF 4 TO 3. NEXT [Captioner] 21:53:42 SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 21:53:45 THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS IN DK [Captioner] 21:53:49 DENYING THE SIGNAGE. SUFFICIENT [Captioner] 21:53:53 SIGNAGE EXISTING IN THE FORM OF BUILDING SIGNAGE [Captioner] 21:53:56 THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN [Captioner] 21:54:00 ON THE BUILDING, MORE PYLON SIGNS REQUESTED ALONG [Captioner] 21:54:04 THE I 680 CORRIDOR. THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF [Captioner] 21:54:07 THE SIGN AND ITS FROIMENT TO THE [Captioner] 21:54:10 INTERSTATE 680 CORRIDOR ARE INCOMPATIBLE [Captioner] 21:54:14 WITH THE AREA, AND IMHUMAN NAILINGS OF THE SIGN IS [Captioner] 21:54:17 AN INAPPROPRIATE DESIGN ELEMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE [Captioner] 21:54:20 . THE APPELLANT'S APPEAL LETTER MADE [Captioner] 21:54:24 THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO JUSTIFY THEIR REQUEST TO OVERTURN [Captioner] 21:54:27 THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DENIAL. REGARDING THE FINDING THAT [Captioner] 21:54:30 SUFFICIENT SIGNAGE ALREADY EXISTS, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SUCH [Captioner] 21:54:33 AS DENSE TREES ON THE ADJOINING LOT [Captioner] 21:54:36 AND EXISTING LAT ADVERTISE TOWERS ON THE [Captioner] 21:54:40 LATTICE TOWERS [Captioner] 21:54:45 , RESTRICT [Captioner] 21:54:48 AT THE PAPE BUILDING. [Captioner] 21:54:52 GROUNDS THAT THIS IS NOT A REASON TO DENY UNDER [Captioner] 21:54:55 THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE. REGARDING THE FINDING [Captioner] 21:54:59 THAT THE APPROVAL WOULD CREATE A PRECEDENT [Captioner] 21:55:02 , FEW LOTS ON THE I 680 CORRIDOR [Captioner] 21:55:06 WOULD QUALIFY FOR [Captioner] 21:55:09 SUCH A SIGN AND THESE LOTS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH [Captioner] 21:55:11 LONG STANDING USES. REGARDING THE FINDING THAT THE [Captioner] 21:55:15 LOCATION AND THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE [Captioner] 21:55:18 WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA THE APPELLANT STATES THAT THEY ADDRESSED [Captioner] 21:55:21 THE COMMISSIONERS CONCERNS AFTER THE INITIAL HEARING BY REDUCING [Captioner] 21:55:25 THE SIZE AND THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN. FURTHERMORE THE [Captioner] 21:55:28 APPELLANT POINTS OUT THAT THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL USES ARE [Captioner] 21:55:31 APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AWAY AND BEHIND A SOUND WALL, AND NO [Captioner] 21:55:34 PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO THE SIGN HAS BEEN RECEIVED. [Captioner] 21:55:38 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 21:55:43 STAFF'S ANALYSIS OF THE APPELLANT'S APPEAL IS AS [Captioner] 21:55:46 FOLLOWS: THE APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE [Captioner] 21:55:49 DO NOT HAVE A DISCRETIONARY STANDARD AS TO [Captioner] 21:55:52 WHAT CONSTITUTES SUFFICIENT SIGNAGE. THE [Captioner] 21:55:55 PROPOSED SIGN CONFORMS TO THE FREMONT SIGN ORDINANCE STANDARDS FOR THIS TYPE [Captioner] 21:55:58 OF SIGN. VERY FEW PARCELS [Captioner] 21:56:01 ON THE I 680 CORRIDOR QUALIFY [Captioner] 21:56:05 FOR THIS TYPE OF SIGN. ONLY THE PARCELS WITH DIRECT [Captioner] 21:56:08 FREEWAY FRONTAGE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FREEWAY ORIENTED PYLON [Captioner] 21:56:12 SIGN. THESE PARCELS ARE ON OSGOOD [Captioner] 21:56:15 ROAD CLUSTERED AROUND [Captioner] 21:56:19 THE AUTO MALL PARKWAY. FLOOD CONTROL [Captioner] 21:56:22 AND UTILITIES WHICH RESTRICTS WHAT CAN BE BUILT AND [Captioner] 21:56:25 WHERE AT THE REAR OF THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, [Captioner] 21:56:28 THE EXISTING UTILITY LATTICE TOWERS [Captioner] 21:56:31 CREATE A SIGNIFICANT VISUAL IMPACT ON THE REAR OF THE [Captioner] 21:56:35 SITE. FINALLY, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE OFF [Captioner] 21:56:38 SITE IMPACTS RELATED TO LIGHTING WOULD BE LESS THAN [Captioner] 21:56:41 SIGNIFICANT, AS THE PROPOSED INTERNAL ILLUMINATION IS LIMIT [Captioner] 21:56:44 ED TO THE LETTERS AND THE LOGO. THE REST OF THE SIGN WILL BE [Captioner] 21:56:48 OPAQUE BLACK AND THE COLUMNS WOULD HELP BLOCK VIEWS OF THE [Captioner] 21:56:51 ILLUMINATED PORTION OF THE SIGN CABINET FROM THE NEAREST [Captioner] 21:56:54 RESIDENTIAL USES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET ACROSS [Captioner] 21:56:57 THE FREEWAY AND BEHIND THE SOUND WALL [Captioner] 21:57:00 . NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [Captioner] 21:57:04 THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WOULD NOW LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE [Captioner] 21:57:07 ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PROJECT. DONOVAN. [Captioner] 21:57:11 >> THANK YOU JAMES. AS JAMES MENTIONED MY NAME IS [Captioner] 21:57:14 DONOVAN LAZARO AND I HAVE [Captioner] 21:57:17 THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE ECONOMIC DIRECTOR HERE IN [Captioner] 21:57:21 FREMONT. I'M HERE WITH YOU [Captioner] 21:57:25 THIS EVENING TO REINFORCE SUPPORT OF THE [Captioner] 21:57:29 PAPE SIGN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR [Captioner] 21:57:33 YOUR CONSIDERATION. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED [Captioner] 21:57:36 , PAPE HAS OPERATED HERE SINCE 1984 [Captioner] 21:57:39 . THEIR CUSTOMERS INCLUDE ALL OF OUR REGIONAL UTILITY [Captioner] 21:57:42 PROVIDERS, MOST CITIES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES. THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 21:57:45 IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY'S HISTORY [Captioner] 21:57:49 , CONSOLIDATING MULTIPLE REGIONAL LOCATIONS INTO [Captioner] 21:57:52 TREATMENT AND PROVIDING A THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED DEALERSHIP [Captioner] 21:57:55 AND CORPORATION YARD. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO THOAT [Captioner] 21:57:58 THAT EVEN BEFORE THIS NEW DEALERSHIP OPENS, PAPE [Captioner] 21:58:01 'S ALREADY ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST [Captioner] 21:58:05 TAX REVENUE GENERATORS AND REALLY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE [Captioner] 21:58:08 DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCE OF THE FREMONT'S TAX BASE [Captioner] 21:58:11 . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 21:58:14 HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. TAKING A VACANT SITE [Captioner] 21:58:18 THAT WAS LONG CONSIDERED UNDEVELOPABLE, DUE TO THE [Captioner] 21:58:21 MAJOR OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES THAT [Captioner] 21:58:24 TRAVERSE IT AND TURNING IT INTO A SOURCE OF JOB CREATION, [Captioner] 21:58:27 CITY TAX REVENUE AND A HUB FOR SUPPLYING [Captioner] 21:58:31 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR REGION. THE GOVERNOR'S [Captioner] 21:58:34 OFFICE RECOGNIZED PAPE'S SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND THE [Captioner] 21:58:38 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ROLE OF ITS SERVICES TO THE REGION [Captioner] 21:58:41 'S DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDED TAX OFFSET [Captioner] 21:58:44 TO HELP THE COMPANY'S SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR THIS SITE. [Captioner] 21:58:47 IT IS STAFF'S PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT THERE IS A [Captioner] 21:58:51 LEGITIMATE CASE FOR THE SIGN DUE TO THE SITE'S UNIQUE CONDITIONS [Captioner] 21:58:54 INCLUDING THE BUILDING'S SIGNIFICANT SET BACK FROM THE FREEWAY [Captioner] 21:58:57 AS A RESULT OF UNDERGROUND EASEMENTS, [Captioner] 21:59:00 MAJOR OVERHEAD POWER LINES AND LARGE EQUIPMENT THAT [Captioner] 21:59:04 WILL OCCUPY THE CORPORATION YARD AND PARTIALLY [Captioner] 21:59:07 OBSTRUCT THE BUILDING ONCE THE DEALERSHIP [Captioner] 21:59:10 IS OPERATIONAL. IN STAFF'S VIEW THE SIGN IS APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 21:59:13 LY DESIGNED AND APPROPRIATELY SCALED FOR THE SITE AND WE [Captioner] 21:59:15 RECOMMEND COUNCIL APPROVAL. JAMES. [Captioner] 21:59:19 >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 21:59:22 STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT [Captioner] 21:59:26 FROM CEQA FOR REASONS ENUMERATED IN THE STAFF [Captioner] 21:59:29 REPORT. DETERMINE THE PROJECT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE [Captioner] 21:59:32 WITH THE APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND IS CONSISTENT [Captioner] 21:59:35 WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. FTC SATISFY RECOMMENDS THE [Captioner] 21:59:38 CITY COUNCIL GRANT THE APPEAL, AND APPROVE THE PROJECT [Captioner] 21:59:41 AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A [Captioner] 21:59:45 AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT [Captioner] 21:59:48 B. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO [Captioner] 21:59:51 ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:59:56 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. WE BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE [Captioner] 21:59:58 COUNCIL. I'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 22:00:01 KENG. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:00:04 . SO CAN YOU SHARE AGAIN REAL QUICK ABOUT THE [Captioner] 22:00:07 CHANGE IN THE PROPOSED LIGHTING OF THE SIGN [Captioner] 22:00:11 , PLEASE? [Captioner] 22:00:14 >> THE PROPOSED LIGHTING OR THE SIZE OF THE SIGN? [Captioner] 22:00:16 >> Vice Mayor Keng: THE LIGHTING. [Captioner] 22:00:19 >> I THINK SHE'S REFERRING TO THE DIMMING. >> YES, I [Captioner] 22:00:22 UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO HAVE SOME [Captioner] 22:00:25 DIMMING ON THE SIGN IN THE LATE [Captioner] 22:00:28 NIGHT HOURS AS PART OF THEIR ENERGY SAVING WHICH WILL [Captioner] 22:00:32 HELP TO REDUCE THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SIGN ALONG THE FREEWAY [Captioner] 22:00:35 . [Captioner] 22:00:38 >> Vice Mayor Keng: GREAT, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:00:41 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 22:00:45 QUESTIONS? >> Councilmember Cox: YES. [Captioner] 22:00:48 >> Mayor Mei: YOU'RE UN-- THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:00:52 . [Captioner] 22:00:54 >> Councilmember Cox: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? [Captioner] 22:00:57 OKAY, THANK YOU. WITH THE [Captioner] 22:01:01 SIGN I WANTED TO DOUBLE-CHECK, IS -- [Captioner] 22:01:04 WHAT ARE THE COLORS OF THE SIGN? [Captioner] 22:01:05 >> Mayor Mei: BLACK AND YELLOW. [Captioner] 22:01:08 >> Councilmember Cox: I THOUGHT I SAW YELLOW OR BLACK [Captioner] 22:01:11 . >> THE SIGN CABINET IS BLACK, THE [Captioner] 22:01:14 TEXT ON THE SIGN IS YELLOW AS IS THEIR [Captioner] 22:01:17 LOGO AND I BELIEVE THERE IS WHITE WRITING AT THE [Captioner] 22:01:20 BOTTOM, THE MACHINERY PART OF IT. [Captioner] 22:01:23 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, AND WITH THIS SIGN, IS [Captioner] 22:01:26 IT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE SECURED [Captioner] 22:01:29 THE QUOTES AND THE PRICING TO LOCK DOWN [Captioner] 22:01:33 THIS PRICING AT THIS POINT? [Captioner] 22:01:37 >> THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A QUESTION THE APPLICANT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER [Captioner] 22:01:40 AT ANSWERING THAN I WOULD BE. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:01:43 COULD WE HAVE THE APPLICANT -- >> [Captioner] 22:01:46 THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION, A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION [Captioner] 22:01:49 , ONCE COUNCIL'S FINISHED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS HERE. [Captioner] 22:01:52 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I'LL HOLD OFF ON THAT UNTIL [Captioner] 22:01:55 THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:01:58 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY NEXT [Captioner] 22:02:00 IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 22:02:04 YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SIGN [Captioner] 22:02:06 ORDINANCE. SO WHAT COMPELS THIS TO COME [Captioner] 22:02:10 BEFORE PLANNING OR CITY COUNCIL? I KNOW WHY IT COMES TO US, BECAUSE THEY [Captioner] 22:02:13 APPEALED IT. BUT WHY DOES IT GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION? [Captioner] 22:02:17 >> INDUSTRIAL SITES WITH A FREEWAY ORIENTED PYLON SIGN, THE [Captioner] 22:02:20 PYLON SIGN REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. [Captioner] 22:02:22 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:02:26 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 22:02:30 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I [Captioner] 22:02:33 HEARD THAT BEFORE THE CASE WAS [Captioner] 22:02:37 HEARD OR APPLICATION WAS HEARD BY [Captioner] 22:02:40 THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS SOME SORT [Captioner] 22:02:44 OF A MOCK SIGN PUT UP. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 22:02:47 IT'S STILT THERE. >> Councilmember Shao: AND [Captioner] 22:02:50 SO I HAVEN'T SEEN A PICTURE OF THE MOCK [Captioner] 22:02:53 SIGN. SO IF THAT'S IN THE APPLICANT [Captioner] 22:02:56 'S PRESENTATION, THEN I CAN CERTAINLY HOLD [Captioner] 22:03:00 MY QUESTION. >> I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME [Captioner] 22:03:03 PHOTOS OF THE TOWER THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED TO [Captioner] 22:03:06 SIMULATE THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN. THE SIGN -- THE [Captioner] 22:03:09 TOWER IS ONSITE RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 22:03:10 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:03:15 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. >> Councilmember Campbell: I [Captioner] 22:03:18 JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I HEARD THAT [Captioner] 22:03:21 YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME OVERHEAD UTILITY [Captioner] 22:03:24 LINES. [Captioner] 22:03:28 OVER TOP OF THE SIGN ITSELF? DOES [Captioner] 22:03:31 THAT PRESENT [Captioner] 22:03:34 A HAZARD IN TERMS OF FIRE OR DANGER OR [Captioner] 22:03:37 ANY WAY THAT THE SIGN COULD HIT [Captioner] 22:03:41 THE UTILITY LINES, TO CAUSE ANY TIME OF [Captioner] 22:03:44 DANGER? >> THE PROPOSED SIGN IS LOCATED IN ONE [Captioner] 22:03:47 OF THE ONLY SPOTS ON THE REAR OF THE SITE THAT ACTUALLY IS NOT [Captioner] 22:03:50 CROSSED BY A UTILITY LINE. MOST OF THE UTILITY LINES ARE [Captioner] 22:03:54 TO THE SOUTH. THEY'RE LARGE HIGH [Captioner] 22:03:57 VOLTAGE POWER LINES THAT CROSS THE ENTIRE SITE AND TRAVEL ON [Captioner] 22:04:00 THROUGH FREMONT. PG&E WAS CONSULTED [Captioner] 22:04:03 EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT, AND THEY HAD SOME RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 22:04:07 S IN THE SIGN LOCATION, I BELIEVE WAS RELOCATED A [Captioner] 22:04:10 FEW FEET TO GET IT JUST FAR ENOUGH AWAY SO [Captioner] 22:04:13 THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGN WOULD NOT BE -- NOT [Captioner] 22:04:16 REQUIRE SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE POWER [Captioner] 22:04:19 LINES. >> Councilmember Campbell: AND [Captioner] 22:04:22 THAT WOULD BE BOTH -- GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. [Captioner] 22:04:25 >> COUNCILMEMBER IF I MAY PAPE PRESIDENT [Captioner] 22:04:29 MIKE PATI DOES HAVE [Captioner] 22:04:32 THAT FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION THAT I THINK WILL ADDRESS A LOT [Captioner] 22:04:35 OF THE VISUALIZATION QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED [Captioner] 22:04:38 HERE. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, I HAVE JUST [Captioner] 22:04:42 ANOTHER FOLLOW ON BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, [Captioner] 22:04:45 WAS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OR THE [Captioner] 22:04:48 PLACEMENT OF PUTTING IT UP, [Captioner] 22:04:51 THEY WON'T RUN INTO ANY CONCERNS ABOUT [Captioner] 22:04:54 THE OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES WHEN THEY'RE [Captioner] 22:04:57 CONSTRUCTING THE ACTUAL SIGN, BECAUSE I DID -- FOR SOME [Captioner] 22:05:00 REASON THAT STRUCK ME WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OVER [Captioner] 22:05:04 HEAD UTILITY LINES. >> AS I RECALL THE [Captioner] 22:05:07 ISSUE PG&E HAD WAS THAT SPECIAL BONDING [Captioner] 22:05:10 WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY ON THE CRANE AS IT WAS [Captioner] 22:05:14 BEING ASSEMBLED BUT MOVING IT AWAY, MADE IT [Captioner] 22:05:16 FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. [Captioner] 22:05:19 THE SIGN ITSELF WAS NEVER IN ANY ENVELOPE [Captioner] 22:05:23 OF DANGER FROM THE POWER LINES. THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT [Captioner] 22:05:26 THE ARM OF THE CRANE BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE POWER LINES AND THEY WOULD [Captioner] 22:05:29 HAVE TO USE SPECIAL GROUNDING TECHNIQUES [Captioner] 22:05:33 TO PROTECT THE CRANE OPERATOR AND [Captioner] 22:05:36 IT WAS DECIDED IT WAS BETTER TO [Captioner] 22:05:40 MOVE THE SIGN OVER [Captioner] 22:05:41 . >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:05:44 >> Mayor Mei: I HAD SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BUT I KNOW [Captioner] 22:05:48 THE APPLICANT WILL CLARIFY. I HAD A [Captioner] 22:05:51 QUESTION ASKED AHEAD OF TIME THE OPERATING HOURS AND THEN ALSO [Captioner] 22:05:54 THE SENSITIVITY AND I'M SURE THE PRESENTATION WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION ABOUT [Captioner] 22:05:58 THE NEIGHBORS AND WHETHER OR NOT, BECAUSE WE TRADITIONALLY [Captioner] 22:06:01 HAVEN'T HAD LIT SIGNS. WHAT WE'VE HAD ALONG THE [Captioner] 22:06:04 CORRIDOR ARE ONES THAT ARE MOUNTED ON THE BUILDING SO THAT [Captioner] 22:06:08 WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE [Captioner] 22:06:11 HAD. WE RECOGNIZE THE LOT [Captioner] 22:06:14 HAS LIMITATIONS. I'M MORE INTERESTED TO HAVE [Captioner] 22:06:17 DIMMABLE OPTION, ONE IT IS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY. [Captioner] 22:06:20 WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT OPERATING A [Captioner] 22:06:23 CERTAIN BRIGHTNESS AT CERTAIN HOURS ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS [Captioner] 22:06:27 AND THEN 2 JUST FOR THE ENERGY SAVINGS. I APPRECIATE AND [Captioner] 22:06:30 I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE QUESTION BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY [Captioner] 22:06:33 MAYBE IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I HAD EARLIER [Captioner] 22:06:36 . SO WITH THAT WE'VE ASKED [Captioner] 22:06:40 OUR QUESTIONS AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE [Captioner] 22:06:43 APPLICANT, APPELLANT UP TO PROVIDE THEIR TEN [Captioner] 22:06:46 MINUTE PRESENTATION. AND I THINK YOU HAVE [Captioner] 22:06:50 -- >> YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION [Captioner] 22:06:53 HERE FROM OUR ZOOM SCREENS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE [Captioner] 22:06:56 THE APPLICANT COME UP HERE. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME [Captioner] 22:06:59 FEED BACK THERE CITY STAFF THAT ARE ON ZOOM THAT WE'RE HAVING [Captioner] 22:07:02 SOME ISSUES WITH THE MICROPHONE UP HERE AT THE LECTERN [Captioner] 22:07:06 . SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THEM COME DOWN HERE [Captioner] 22:07:09 . IT'S NOT NORMAL PROTOCOL, WE'LL [Captioner] 22:07:12 HAVE THEM COME DOWN AND TAKE CARE OF THE ADVANCE [Captioner] 22:07:15 ING SLIDES. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WELCOME IF YOU WOULD [Captioner] 22:07:19 LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN ALSO I THINK [Captioner] 22:07:22 THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES ALSO JUST WHILE HE'S [Captioner] 22:07:26 , PRESIDENT PATI IS COMING, MIKE [Captioner] 22:07:29 PATI OF PAPE PROPERTIES [Captioner] 22:07:32 . THEY ALSO HAVE SEAN [Captioner] 22:07:35 DILLON SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER [Captioner] 22:07:38 FROM PAPE PROPERTIES, KELLY [Captioner] 22:07:42 REED FROM RAMSAY SIGNS AND BRIAN GRIFFITH [Captioner] 22:07:45 , CORPORATE [Captioner] 22:07:49 , AND MEGAN [Captioner] 22:07:53 GRIFFIN AND SHERRY [Captioner] 22:07:59 CHER [Captioner] 22:08:02 I FLETCHER POWELL [Captioner] 22:08:05 FROM RAMSAY SIGNS. >> GOOD EVENING, [Captioner] 22:08:09 MADAM MAYOR AND [Captioner] 22:08:12 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MIKE PATI, WE [Captioner] 22:08:17 ARE OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FLAGSHIP STORE [Captioner] 22:08:20 OVER ON OSGOOD ROAD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE [Captioner] 22:08:25 . AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, FIRST I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME [Captioner] 22:08:28 TO SHARE DETAILS ABOUT PAPE BE AND THE COMMUNITY AND THEN GO [Captioner] 22:08:31 OVER A QUICK HISTORY OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE PLANNING [Captioner] 22:08:35 COMMISSION. I WANTED TO SWITCH THEN TO TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF [Captioner] 22:08:38 OUTDOOR SIGNAGE FOR OUR BUSINESS, WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS [Captioner] 22:08:42 OF BUSINESS GENERATION. AND THEN WALK THROUGH [Captioner] 22:08:45 THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S CONCERNS WHICH WERE SIGN HEIGHT [Captioner] 22:08:48 AND SIZE, LIGHT POLLUTION OR POTENTIAL LIGHT [Captioner] 22:08:52 POLLUTION, PRECEDENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS. AND THEN [Captioner] 22:08:55 I'LL CONCLUDE WITH A SECTION ON OUR GENERAL PLAN COMPATIBILITY [Captioner] 22:08:58 . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 22:09:01 FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE VERY PROUD, WE'RE AN 85 [Captioner] 22:09:04 -YEAR-OLD COMPANY THIS YEAR, WE'RE FOURTH GENERATION FAMILY [Captioner] 22:09:08 BUSINESS AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR RECORD IN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT [Captioner] 22:09:11 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO FIRSTLY WE'RE [Captioner] 22:09:14 A SYSTEM WAGE EMPLOYER. WE EMPLOY A WIDE ARRAY [Captioner] 22:09:17 OF SKILLED WORKERS AND AT MEDIAN WAGE THAT IS TYPICALLY [Captioner] 22:09:21 HIGHER THAN THE COMMUNITIES THAT HOST US INCLUDING AND THAT WILL BE [Captioner] 22:09:24 TRUE OF OUR FREMONT OPERATION. WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 22:09:27 SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SKILLED WORKERS. [Captioner] 22:09:30 WE PARTNER WITH MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. INCLUDING [Captioner] 22:09:33 THE MISSION VALLEY ROC LOCALLY [Captioner] 22:09:36 , ORGANIZATIONS IN STOCKTON AND UT [Captioner] 22:09:39 I IN SACRAMENTO TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND MENTOR [Captioner] 22:09:41 MENTORSHIP FOR TRAINING TECHNICAL STAFF. [Captioner] 22:09:44 AS DONOVAN MENTIONED WE RECEIVED AN WATER [Captioner] 22:09:47 FROM GO BIS IN THE GROWN'S OFFICE WE'RE [Captioner] 22:09:50 VERY PLEASED AND PROUD OF THAT ACHIEVEMENT. [Captioner] 22:09:53 TO DATE WE'RE TWO YEARS IN AND WE'VE ACHIEVED OUR [Captioner] 22:09:56 FIVE YEAR GOAL IN EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT ADDITION [Captioner] 22:10:00 S AND WE'RE ABOUT 80% OF THE WAY THERE IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT [Captioner] 22:10:03 SO WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES IN TERMS OF MEETING THE GOALS SET FOR [Captioner] 22:10:06 US BY GO BIS. ON THE [Captioner] 22:10:09 LEGISLATIVE FRONT WE'RE VERY ACTIVE. IN 2018 WE DONATED [Captioner] 22:10:12 TO THE COALITION TO PROTECT LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT WHICH [Captioner] 22:10:15 WAS TOMORROW TO FIGHT PROPOSITION 6 WHICH WAS A [Captioner] 22:10:18 MEASURE THAT ATTEMPTED TO REPEAL [Captioner] 22:10:21 THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WHICH IS A [Captioner] 22:10:23 MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE FOR CALIFORNIA. [Captioner] 22:10:27 WE ALSO WORK WITH SERVICE MEMBER ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 22:10:30 S AND FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 22:10:33 , WE SUPPORT TROOPS [Captioner] 22:10:36 DIRECT, COPS DIRECT WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN [Captioner] 22:10:39 OUR CURRENT JURISDICTION OF NEWARK AND AS DONOVAN MENTION [Captioner] 22:10:42 ED WE'RE ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT TAX GENERATOR FOR [Captioner] 22:10:45 THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND THE NEW OPERATION [Captioner] 22:10:48 , ONCE IT OPENS, BRINGS A SIMILAR AMOUNT [Captioner] 22:10:52 OF TAX GENERATION AS OUR CURRENT OPERATION DOWN [Captioner] 22:10:55 ON CATO ROAD DOES, SO WE LOOK FORWARD [Captioner] 22:10:58 TO MOVING UP THAT LIST IN THE NEAR FUTURE. [Captioner] 22:11:01 AS ALSO MENTIONED BY JAMES AND DONOVAN WE'RE A [Captioner] 22:11:04 SERVICE PROVIDER AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDER FOR MOST IF NOT ALL [Captioner] 22:11:07 OF THE LOCAL UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS [Captioner] 22:11:10 -OS IN MANY CITIES. [Captioner] 22:11:13 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE QUICK [Captioner] 22:11:16 HISTORY OF OUR PROCESS JAMES WENT THROUGH [Captioner] 22:11:19 AND WE LISTENED TO THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK FROM OUR FIRST MEETING [Captioner] 22:11:23 , TOOK IT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND REVISED [Captioner] 22:11:26 THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND HEIGHT OF OUR SIGN. AND IN THE [Captioner] 22:11:29 SECOND PLANNING COMMISSION, AGAIN THEY DENIED IT CITE [Captioner] 22:11:33 ING PRECEDENT, PROXIMITY TO THE 680 CORRIDOR [Captioner] 22:11:35 AND THE POTENTIAL OR THE LIGHT POLLUTION. [Captioner] 22:11:38 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE OBJECTIVE OF OUR [Captioner] 22:11:41 SIGN. THE PAPE SIGN IS DESIGNED TO BLEND [Captioner] 22:11:45 INTO OUR SURROUNDINGS AND TO REPRESENT OUR BUSINESS. [Captioner] 22:11:48 WE DON'T WANT TO STAND OUT. WE WANT TO FIT INTO THE MOSAIC [Captioner] 22:11:51 OF THE CITY AROUND US. OBVIOUSLY WHAT APPEALS TO [Captioner] 22:11:54 US ABOUT HAVING A PYLON SIGN ON [Captioner] 22:11:57 I 680 IS NORTH [Captioner] 22:12:01 OF 150,000 VEHICLES A DAY PASS BY THE SITE THAT [Captioner] 22:12:04 WE OCCUPY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 22:12:06 THIS IS WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO US. [Captioner] 22:12:09 CONSUMERS MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESS BASED ON ITS [Captioner] 22:12:12 SIGNS. AND THE STUDY THAT WE USE [Captioner] 22:12:16 SHOWS THAT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL SIGN NOT JUST A PYLON SIGN BUT [Captioner] 22:12:19 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL BUILDING SIGN [Captioner] 22:12:22 SALES DOLLARS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY NEARLY 5% [Captioner] 22:12:26 . SO THEY CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS AND [Captioner] 22:12:29 OUR TAX GENERATION. FOR A STORE WITH 500,000 OF [Captioner] 22:12:32 SALES PER YEAR THAT'S $23,7 [Captioner] 22:12:36 50 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES PER SIGN. [Captioner] 22:12:39 OUR BUSINESS IS MANY TIMES THAT ANNUAL REVENUE [Captioner] 22:12:42 . SO IT'S MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR US. [Captioner] 22:12:45 ONE KEY FACTOR TO SIGN [Captioner] 22:12:49 IS IF THEY'RE TOO INSTALL OR [Captioner] 22:12:52 ILLEGIBLE IT CAN REPRESENT A MISS [Captioner] 22:12:55 ED OPPORTUNITY AS CONSUMERS [Captioner] 22:12:58 DRIVE PAST. NEXT SLIDE [Captioner] 22:13:01 PLEASE. EMOTIONAL HALF CONSUMERS DROVE [Captioner] 22:13:05 BY AND FAILED TO FIND A BUSINESS BECAUSE OF IN [Captioner] 22:13:08 ADEQUATE SIGNAGE THAT WAS TOO SMALL AND UN [Captioner] 22:13:11 CLEAR. THEY HAVE BEEN DRAWN INTO STORES BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY [Captioner] 22:13:15 OF THEIR SIGNS AND TWO OUT OF THREE [Captioner] 22:13:18 CUSTOMERS MADE QUALITY DECISIONS [Captioner] 22:13:21 AS TO WHETHER THAT COMPANY HAS CLEAR AND [Captioner] 22:13:24 ATTRACTIVE SIGNS. >> Planner Pullen: YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR OF THE SCHEME THAT WAS [Captioner] 22:13:26 ASKED ABOUT IN ONE OF COUNCILMEMBERS QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 22:13:30 LETTERS THAT ARE LARGE EVENLY SPACED EASILY READABLE [Captioner] 22:13:33 , HIGH CRAFT COLORS, THE YELLOW [Captioner] 22:13:36 FOR THE PAPE LOGO AND THE WHITE FOR [Captioner] 22:13:39 THE MACHINERY LABEL, THEY PROVIDE [Captioner] 22:13:42 RECOGNITION AND THOSE ARE THE CRITICAL FACTORS FOR CUSTOMERS [Captioner] 22:13:46 PASSING BY. WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY MAKES A [Captioner] 22:13:49 SIGN DIFFICULT TO READ AND THEREFORE NOT GOOD FOR [Captioner] 22:13:52 BUSINESS GENERATION ARE LETTERS THAT ARE TOO SMALL, POOR PLACEMENT [Captioner] 22:13:55 AND NOT SUFFICIENTLY LIT AT NIGHT, THOSE ARE THE KEY CRITERIA [Captioner] 22:13:59 . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 22:14:03 SIGN HEIGHT AND SIZE WE TALKED ABOUT. WE DID LISTEN TO PLANNING [Captioner] 22:14:06 COMMISSION'S CONCERNS. AND LOWERED OUR [Captioner] 22:14:10 SIGN HEIGHT AND SQUARE FOOTAGE. CAN YOU SEE IT [Captioner] 22:14:13 IN THE RENDERING IN THE RIGHT WITH THE CONCRETE WALL OF THE FREEWAY [Captioner] 22:14:16 BARRIER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE [Captioner] 22:14:19 . THESE ARE SOME PHOTO VIEWS OF WHAT THE SIGN [Captioner] 22:14:22 WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR PHOTO SURVEY SHOWED THAT [Captioner] 22:14:25 NONE OF THE HOMES ON THE HILL ACROSS FROM 680 IN THE [Captioner] 22:14:29 IMMEDIATE VICINITY HAVE A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY DUE TO TALL [Captioner] 22:14:32 CONCRETE NOISE BARRIERS HILLS TREES OR DISTANCE. [Captioner] 22:14:35 THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE CONCRETE WALL AS IT PROTECTS [Captioner] 22:14:37 THE RESIDENTS. IT IS ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE [Captioner] 22:14:40 PHOTO. SO VERY LITTLE VISIBILITY FROM THE SITE THAT IS LOOK [Captioner] 22:14:43 ING UP FROM THE SITE. IN THE MIDDLE FROM THE TOP OF [Captioner] 22:14:47 THE HILL BY THE ROW HOMES THAT SIT ATOP THE HILL AND YOU [Captioner] 22:14:50 CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE RENDERED IN WHERE THE SIGN POEM [Captioner] 22:14:53 WOULD BE A LITTLE CIRCLE IN RED AND WE'VE HAD [Captioner] 22:14:56 TO ZOOM IN WITH THE INSET SO CAN YOU SEE THE EDGE PROFILE [Captioner] 22:14:59 OF THE SIGN. SO VERY, VERY LIMITED VISIBILITY [Captioner] 22:15:02 VISIBILITY. AND IMPORTANTLY IN THE [Captioner] 22:15:05 RIGHT-HAND PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE EDGE PROFILE OF OUR SIGN [Captioner] 22:15:08 . THE LEGS ARE WHAT IS VISIBLE [Captioner] 22:15:11 FROM DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD, NOT THE SIGN [Captioner] 22:15:15 CABINET ITSELF. NEXT [Captioner] 22:15:18 SLIDE PLEASE. AS FAR AS LIGHT POLLUTION, I'M GOING TO [Captioner] 22:15:21 START FROM THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND TALK [Captioner] 22:15:24 ABOUT DIMMING. OUR SIGN IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE [Captioner] 22:15:27 AT 375 WATTS WHICH IS ONE FOURTH OF WHAT CODE [Captioner] 22:15:31 DESIGNS US TO DO. BY NATURE WE DESIGN OUR [Captioner] 22:15:34 SIGNS TO SUBMIT A SUBDUED GLOW, ALREADY [Captioner] 22:15:37 75% BELOW WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO. [Captioner] 22:15:40 WE DID TALK TO SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS IN ADVANCE AND THE SIGN IS DIM [Captioner] 22:15:43 MABLE. WE CAN DIM IT TO 65% AT CERTAIN [Captioner] 22:15:46 INTERVALS AFTER CLOSE OF BUSINESS AND BEFORE START OF [Captioner] 22:15:50 BUSINESS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT [Captioner] 22:15:53 , THAT'S OUR SIGN, AT 375 [Captioner] 22:15:56 WATTS AS COMPARED TO A NORMAL D.O.T. [Captioner] 22:15:59 FREEWAY SIGN. THEY ARE ABOUT ONE FOURTH THE LIGHT [Captioner] 22:16:03 THAT IS GIVEN OFF FROM FREEWAY SIGNS. SO WHILE WE [Captioner] 22:16:06 ARE DEFINITELY WILLING TO DIM TO 65%, WE WOULD [Captioner] 22:16:09 ASK FOR CONSIDERATION, GIVEN OUR LOW LIGHTING LEVEL [Captioner] 22:16:12 AS IS, TO RETAIN A SINGLE LIGHT LEVEL ALL NIGHT. [Captioner] 22:16:16 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [Captioner] 22:16:20 THE ZONING AS JAMES AND DONOVAN [Captioner] 22:16:24 MENTIONED, THERE'S ONLY ONE AREA OF I 6 [Captioner] 22:16:27 80 PROPERTIES THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND CAN FIT THIS KIND [Captioner] 22:16:30 OF SIGN. IT'S IN LIGHT BLUE AND THERE ARE [Captioner] 22:16:33 ABOUT TEN PARCELS THAT FRONT THE FREEWAY. [Captioner] 22:16:36 OURS IS THE ONLY UNDEVELOPED ONE [Captioner] 22:16:39 AND, AS MENTIONED, THE OARL PARCELS ARE MATURE [Captioner] 22:16:43 AND OF THE FEW REMAINING PROPERTIES [Captioner] 22:16:45 THAT ARE SIMILARLY ZONED IT IS UNLIKELY THAT OUR NEIGHBORS [Captioner] 22:16:49 WOULD WANT TO INVEST THE APPROXIMATELY $200,000 REQUIRED [Captioner] 22:16:53 TO ENTITLE AND CONSTRUCT A FREE STANDING SIGN. [Captioner] 22:16:56 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS MENTIONED OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE NO OBJECTION [Captioner] 22:16:59 TO OUR PROPOSAL FOR A PYLON SIGN [Captioner] 22:17:03 . CRISP COMPANY [Captioner] 22:17:07 WAS SUPPORTIVE AS WAS THE ASSEMBLY [Captioner] 22:17:10 OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES. AS [Captioner] 22:17:13 WAS PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE ARE SIX SLIDES [Captioner] 22:17:17 OR FIVE SLIDES THAT SHOW THE SIGN AS VIEWED FROM THE FREEWAY [Captioner] 22:17:19 . THIS IS SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY. [Captioner] 22:17:22 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. COMING UP ON THE PROPERTY. [Captioner] 22:17:25 NEXT SLIDE. [Captioner] 22:17:27 NEXT SLIDE SWITCHING TO SOUTHBOUND. [Captioner] 22:17:30 VISIBLE JUST AS YOU PASS THE TREES. NEXT SLIDE [Captioner] 22:17:34 . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND NEXT [Captioner] 22:17:37 SLIDE. [Captioner] 22:17:41 GENERAL PLAN COMPATIBLE, WE ARE [Captioner] 22:17:44 COMPLIANT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND PLICIAL ZONING. [Captioner] 22:17:47 THE SITE IS SUITABLE FOR THE TYPE AND [Captioner] 22:17:50 DENSITY OF OUR PROPOSED USE AND THE SIGN ITSELF HAS BEEN APPROVED [Captioner] 22:17:54 BY CALTRANS AS NOT [Captioner] 22:17:58 INTERFERING WITH THEIR [Captioner] 22:18:03 HIGHWAY DESIGNATION. [Captioner] 22:18:06 THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT DETRIMENT AM TO PUBLIC HEALTH [Captioner] 22:18:09 . >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 22:18:12 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:18:15 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS [Captioner] 22:18:19 FROM OUR COUNCILMEMBERS BUT I WILL ALSO LET YOU KNOW. [Captioner] 22:18:22 OOPS. OKAY [Captioner] 22:18:26 . THAT'S OKAY. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS [Captioner] 22:18:29 FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT [Captioner] 22:18:32 . WHY DON'T WE DO THAT FIRST. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY [Captioner] 22:18:35 , I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SPEAKERS [Captioner] 22:18:38 WILL EACH HAVE THREE [Captioner] 22:18:41 MINUTES [Captioner] 22:18:45 . >> The Clerk: FIRST SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 22:18:49 MATT SENICARINIA [Captioner] 22:18:51 N. >> Mayor Mei: UP TO THREE MINUTES. [Captioner] 22:18:54 YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. WELCOME. [Captioner] 22:19:00 >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS MATT SE [Captioner] 22:19:03 NICARINIAN [Captioner] 22:19:06 , DIRECTOR OF FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. [Captioner] 22:19:10 I'M HERE TO [Captioner] 22:19:13 PAPE IS AN 85-YEAR-OLD FAMILY OWNED [Captioner] 22:19:18 COMPANY PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT [Captioner] 22:19:22 , PLOIG OVER 4400 INDIVIDUALS. THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 22:19:25 AND CONSTRUCTION PAPE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH CITY AND STATE [Captioner] 22:19:28 STAKEHOLDERS AND ESTABLISHING THEIR PROJECT LOCATION. [Captioner] 22:19:31 THEY ARE A PROVEN AND TRUSTED PARTNER [Captioner] 22:19:34 . THE SIGNING QUESTION, A TOQUAL POINT FOR [Captioner] 22:19:38 THE BUSINESS PROVIDING VISIBILITY AND MORE VISIBILITY [Captioner] 22:19:41 DEMONSTRATES MORE SALES WITHOUT ANY IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING [Captioner] 22:19:45 ENVIRONMENT. WITH NO CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS BY NEIGHBORS OR [Captioner] 22:19:48 NEARBY RESIDENTS, CITY COUNCIL SHOULD APPROVE THE [Captioner] 22:19:51 PROJECT. THERE IS NO NEED TO FURTHER DELAY THIS PROJECT. [Captioner] 22:19:54 PUTTING ASIDE THE [Captioner] 22:19:57 REVENUE BENEFITS FOR THE CITY WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE FACT [Captioner] 22:20:01 THAT THIS BUSINESS WILL BE CRITICAL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY AND [Captioner] 22:20:04 REGION. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BEING A BUSINESS FRIENDLY [Captioner] 22:20:06 CITY AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT A BUSINESS. [Captioner] 22:20:09 I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:20:13 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY [Captioner] 22:20:16 BONIER. [Captioner] 22:20:25 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR [Captioner] 22:20:29 MEI AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CINDY BO THRVETIONI [Captioner] 22:20:32 ER AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE FREMONT [Captioner] 22:20:35 CHAMBER AND AS AN ORGANIZATION WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF BUSINESSES IN [Captioner] 22:20:38 OUR COMMUNITY. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF PAPE'S [Captioner] 22:20:41 APPEAL FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OF THE SIGNAGE AT ITS [Captioner] 22:20:45 FLAGSHIP FACILITY. YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN MANY DETAILS [Captioner] 22:20:48 AND REASONS WHY THIS SHOULD BE APPROVED AND I THINK ONE THING [Captioner] 22:20:51 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD IS HOW PAPE HAS RESPONDED [Captioner] 22:20:54 , CONDUCT ID ITSELF AND WHAT IT [Captioner] 22:20:58 BRINGS TO THE TABLE IN THIS WHOLE PACKAGE. IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK [Captioner] 22:21:01 FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY HAVE PROMPTLY MADE NECESSARY [Captioner] 22:21:04 CHANGES TO BE COMPLIANT WITH ORDINANCES AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO [Captioner] 22:21:07 THEIR NEIGHBORS TO GAIN THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. [Captioner] 22:21:10 WE HAVE HEARD THAT ACCORDING TO STAFF PAPE HAS BEEN [Captioner] 22:21:13 PATIENT AND COOPERATIVE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PLANNING AND [Captioner] 22:21:16 THE BUILDING OF THEIR FACILITY AND HAVE MADE ALL [Captioner] 22:21:19 THE ADAPTATIONS WHEN IT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATE. [Captioner] 22:21:23 PAPE IS EAGER TO EXPAND ITS BUSINESS IN [Captioner] 22:21:27 OUR CITY CREATE MORE JOBS AT FAIR WAINLS [Captioner] 22:21:30 AND BE AN ACTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER [Captioner] 22:21:33 . PAPE'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF BUSINESS WE WANT IN OUR [Captioner] 22:21:36 COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT ITS SUCCESS [Captioner] 22:21:40 . AS OUR OWN MAYOR HAS SAID AT A RECENT [Captioner] 22:21:43 ECONOMIC FORECAST MEETING, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS [Captioner] 22:21:47 MAKES FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY. LET'S HELP PAPE [Captioner] 22:21:50 BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I URGE YOU [Captioner] 22:21:54 TO APPROVE THE PERMIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [Captioner] 22:21:57 FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> The Clerk: THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:22:00 . THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY [Captioner] 22:22:03 ABREW. [Captioner] 22:22:08 >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THESE [Captioner] 22:22:11 MASSIVE [Captioner] 22:22:15 ELECTRONIC CHANGEABLE FREEWAY SIGNS ARE [Captioner] 22:22:19 BEING PROPOSED AND [Captioner] 22:22:23 APPROVED AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY LEVEL, [Captioner] 22:22:26 IT'S VERY LEGALISTIC. THERE'S A HUGE TRAIL WORK [Captioner] 22:22:30 OF LAWS THAT GOVERN THESE FREEWAY SIGNS [Captioner] 22:22:33 . AND IT'S [Captioner] 22:22:37 BEEN AROUND FOR LIKE 50 YEARS OR [Captioner] 22:22:40 NOR. AND YOU CAN'T DO THE SEAT OF THE FANTS. [Captioner] 22:22:46 OF THE PANTS. YOU CAN'T BRING [Captioner] 22:22:50 ESTHETIC JUDGMENTS TO YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION. [Captioner] 22:22:53 THE KEY WORDS HERE ARE THE SENIOR CORRIDORS [Captioner] 22:22:56 THAT THEY PUT IN AND THE LANDSCAPED FREEWAY DESIGNATION [Captioner] 22:23:00 S. AND IT'S [Captioner] 22:23:03 VERY LEGALISTIC AND DOESN'T APPLY HERE, YOU GO [Captioner] 22:23:06 DOWN THE FREEWAY AND WHEREVER IT'S [Captioner] 22:23:09 OUTLAWED YOU CAN'T PUT IN SIGNS. BUT THIS [Captioner] 22:23:13 SIGN MEETS THE CRITERIA. [Captioner] 22:23:17 BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, [Captioner] 22:23:20 YOU BRING THEIR SUBJECTIVE ESTHETIC [Captioner] 22:23:23 JUDGMENTS, THEY BRING THEIR POLITICAL PREFERENCES, THEY [Captioner] 22:23:26 BRING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AFFILIATIONS, AND THEY THROW [Captioner] 22:23:30 OUT THOSE THINGS ON THAT SLIDE ABOUT [Captioner] 22:23:33 KNOCKING DOWN THIS PROPOSAL, AND IT DOESN'T [Captioner] 22:23:36 MAKE ANY SENSE LEGALLY. AND IF YOU WANT [Captioner] 22:23:39 TO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BEAT YOUR [Captioner] 22:23:42 HEAD AGAINST THE WALL AND HAVE -- WASTE YOUR LAWYER'S TIME YOU [Captioner] 22:23:45 CAN GO AHEAD AND DENY THIS THING AND SEE HOW IT DOES IN COURT AND [Captioner] 22:23:49 IT WILL DO VERY WELL, THE SLIDE WILL SURVIVE AND [Captioner] 22:23:53 THE DENIALS WILL GET CHOPPED DOWN. [Captioner] 22:23:56 YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAVE EVERYBODY TROUBLE AND [Captioner] 22:23:59 GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS SIGN, APPROVE THE APPEAL OR DENY [Captioner] 22:24:03 -- YES, APPROVE THE APPEAL, WHATEVER, APPROVE [Captioner] 22:24:06 THIS SIGN BECAUSE THIS THING LEGAL [Captioner] 22:24:09 LY DOESN'T HOLD ANY WATER. IT IS A RIDICULOUS DECISION. [Captioner] 22:24:12 YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT JUST BRING IN [Captioner] 22:24:15 -- THEY'RE USED TO, YOU KNOW, APPLYING THE -- APPROVE [Captioner] 22:24:19 ING HOUSES OR APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR SOMETHING AND THEY KEEP BRINGING [Captioner] 22:24:22 THIS MINDSET OF OH YEAH THIS IS HOW [Captioner] 22:24:26 WE TREAT PROJECTS. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TREAT PROJECTS. [Captioner] 22:24:29 YOU TREAT PROJECTS ACCORDING TO DIFFERING SETS OF LAWS. [Captioner] 22:24:32 THIS SET OF LAWS IS VERY FAVORABLE TO THIS SIGN. [Captioner] 22:24:35 SO THIS SIGN IS, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:24:39 PRETTY BULLET PROOF AND HAVING THIS PLANNING COMMISSION TRY TO [Captioner] 22:24:42 SHOOT IT DOWN IS [Captioner] 22:24:46 A VAIN AND LOSING EFFORT. [Captioner] 22:24:49 IT REFLECTS BADLY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. [Captioner] 22:24:52 AND, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED. THANKS. [Captioner] 22:25:01 >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS? >> The Clerk: NO [Captioner] 22:25:04 MA'AM. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CLOSE [Captioner] 22:25:07 THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK [Captioner] 22:25:11 TO THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:25:14 FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR [Captioner] 22:25:18 COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. >> The Clerk: CONSUME, MADAM MAYOR, [Captioner] 22:25:21 THE APPLICANT HAS A FIVE MINUTE -- >> Mayor Mei: I'M SORRY YES [Captioner] 22:25:24 . >> The Clerk: THE APPLICANT HAS FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL IF [Captioner] 22:25:27 THEY SO USE. >> Mayor Mei: WOULD YOU LIKE TO UTILIZE THAT [Captioner] 22:25:30 ? >> NO COMMENTS, THANKS. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:25:33 THANK YOU. AND SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK TO THE [Captioner] 22:25:36 COUNCIL FOR A CONVERSATION, I FIRST SEE COUNCILMEMBER KENG. [Captioner] 22:25:44 >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL, I [Captioner] 22:25:47 WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION OF PAPE CHOOSING [Captioner] 22:25:50 TREATMENT TO INVEST IN. AND ALSO [Captioner] 22:25:53 , I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK A [Captioner] 22:25:56 SECOND TIME. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE RESOLVE [Captioner] 22:25:59 THE ISSUES EARLIER. SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:26:02 A LOT OF TIMES ALONG FREEWAYS, YOU SEE SIGNAGE [Captioner] 22:26:06 FOR SHOPPING CENTERS, IS WHERE PEOPLE CAN [Captioner] 22:26:09 IDENTIFY WHERE THE SHOPPING CENTERS ARE AT [Captioner] 22:26:13 . AND THEY CAN SHOP THERE. [Captioner] 22:26:16 AND THIS, I THINK THIS APPLY BY THE SAME MEANS [Captioner] 22:26:19 , AND YOU ALSO HAD PROVIDED A LOT OF DATA, HOW [Captioner] 22:26:22 SIGNAGE OR GOOD LOOKING SIGNAGE CAN [Captioner] 22:26:26 ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, NEW BUSINESS. AND SO [Captioner] 22:26:29 , YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS [Captioner] 22:26:33 CHOOSE FREMONT TO SET UP SHOP AND BRING [Captioner] 22:26:36 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO [Captioner] 22:26:39 MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN DO [Captioner] 22:26:43 WELL AND CONTINUE TO THRIVE INTO THE FUTURE. [Captioner] 22:26:46 AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROPOSED [Captioner] 22:26:50 USE SIGNAGE WITH THE REDUCED HEIGHT AND REDUCED [Captioner] 22:26:53 AREA, DIM LIGHTING, AND, YOU KNOW, A [Captioner] 22:26:56 LOT LOWER IN LIGHTING OF THE [Captioner] 22:26:59 REQUIREMENT. AND I THINK [Captioner] 22:27:03 IT'S CONSISTENT, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE [Captioner] 22:27:06 APPLICABLE ZONING. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 22:27:10 OF THE APPEAL. [Captioner] 22:27:15 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 22:27:19 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR [Captioner] 22:27:22 . THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE [Captioner] 22:27:26 TO APOLOGIZE THAT I, THAT DUE TO MY BUSY [Captioner] 22:27:30 SCHEDULE I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT IN ADVANCE [Captioner] 22:27:33 . SO I WAS EXPECTING TO [Captioner] 22:27:36 GET MORE INFORMATION TODAY TO ADDRESS [Captioner] 22:27:39 SOME OF MY CONCERNS. BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT [Captioner] 22:27:42 , I READ THE COMMENTS FROM THE [Captioner] 22:27:45 PLANNING COMMISSION. AND SINCE I [Captioner] 22:27:49 WAS LIVING NEARBY, EVEN THOUGH [Captioner] 22:27:52 YOUR COMPANY IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT 6, I BELIEVE [Captioner] 22:27:56 BELIEVE, I USE THAT PART OF THE 680 ALL THE TIME [Captioner] 22:27:59 . SO I DROVE BY SEVERAL TIMES [Captioner] 22:28:02 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. [Captioner] 22:28:06 AND IT TURNED OUT THAT AT [Captioner] 22:28:09 LEAST THE SUFFICIENT SIGNAGE [Captioner] 22:28:13 ARGUMENT IS [Captioner] 22:28:17 OUTSTANDING. I TRIED TO JUST LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 22:28:20 TOP OF YOUR BUILDING WHEN I'M [Captioner] 22:28:23 DRIVING SOUTHBOUND. AND IT WAS SO HARD [Captioner] 22:28:27 TO SEE THE TOP OF YOUR BUILDING, BECAUSE OF THE DENSE [Captioner] 22:28:30 TREES, IN THE NEARBY LOT [Captioner] 22:28:34 , AND ALSO [Captioner] 22:28:37 , I DON'T THINK THE [Captioner] 22:28:40 CONCERN FOR SETTING A [Captioner] 22:28:43 PRECEDENT IS VALID THERE. THE [Captioner] 22:28:46 ONLY CONCERN I HAD WAS THE LIGHT POLLUTION. BECAUSE THERE WAS [Captioner] 22:28:49 NO WAY FOR ME TO DO SUCH A STUDY. [Captioner] 22:28:52 AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT THE DATA YOU [Captioner] 22:28:56 PRESENTED CERTAINLY WOULD ADDRESS THAT CONCERN OF MINE [Captioner] 22:29:01 . AND CONSIDERING [Captioner] 22:29:04 THAT THE COMMUNITY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE [Captioner] 22:29:07 OF -- ACROSS THE 680 WAS [Captioner] 22:29:10 BEHIND THE WALL [Captioner] 22:29:14 , AND ALSO [Captioner] 22:29:19 THE LIGHT POLLUTION IS [Captioner] 22:29:22 ALREADY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR PRESENTATION TO BE [Captioner] 22:29:25 LOW, AFTER YOU HAVE ALREADY INTRODUCED [Captioner] 22:29:30 A DIMMING MECHANISM. I [Captioner] 22:29:33 THINK IT CERTAINLY SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED MY [Captioner] 22:29:36 CONCERN. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 22:29:40 TO YOUR BUSINESS AROUND ALSO [Captioner] 22:29:47 AND ALSO I HOPE THAT SETTING UP THE SIGN WOULD HELP [Captioner] 22:29:50 YOU BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR [Captioner] 22:29:54 BUSINESS HENCE [Captioner] 22:29:57 BOOSTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:30:00 AGAIN FOR CHOOSING FREMONT AS HOME TO HELP [Captioner] 22:30:04 CREATE LOCAL JOBS AND [Captioner] 22:30:06 GENERATE TAX REVENUES FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:30:12 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 22:30:18 >> Councilmember Cox: GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 22:30:23 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> Mayor Mei: YES. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, [Captioner] 22:30:26 GREAT. FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [Captioner] 22:30:30 YOUR MAINTAINING LONG STANDING BUSINESS IN FREMONT AND ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 22:30:33 IN DISTRICT 6, THE SENSATIONAL 6 THAT I REPRESENT [Captioner] 22:30:36 . BUT OF COURSE I REPRESENT ALL OF FREMONT [Captioner] 22:30:39 . I THINK THAT THE ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 22:30:43 YOU PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY IS BEEN [Captioner] 22:30:46 A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE [Captioner] 22:30:49 SPLICE TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OR HOSPITALS GOING, ALSO [Captioner] 22:30:52 TO HELP IN OUR BUDGET, TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS [Captioner] 22:30:56 BACK AND SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY BY [Captioner] 22:30:59 BEING A STRONG TAX [Captioner] 22:31:02 BASE FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT. ONE OF THE [Captioner] 22:31:06 THINGS THAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A [Captioner] 22:31:09 LITTLE BIT, COMING FROM AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND [Captioner] 22:31:13 , IS WITH THE -- AND MAYBE THIS [Captioner] 22:31:16 COULD BE A TWO-PART WITH CITY STAFF, AND AS WELL AS [Captioner] 22:31:20 THE APPLICANT -- TRYING TO [Captioner] 22:31:24 UNDERSTAND WITH THE SIGN AND I KNOW YOU WENT DOWN IN SIZE [Captioner] 22:31:27 . THE HEIGHT AND ALSO [Captioner] 22:31:30 IN THE DIMENSIONS, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THAT [Captioner] 22:31:34 THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOUR SIGN COULD BE [Captioner] 22:31:37 , OR WAS THAT ON THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOUR SIGN [Captioner] 22:31:40 WAS DESIGNED? AND THAT WAS THE HEIGHT WEBSITE [Captioner] 22:31:43 DOWN TO 35, AND THEN THE AREA [Captioner] 22:31:47 WENT DOWN TO 120 SQUARE FEET. AND SO [Captioner] 22:31:50 WITH THAT, [Captioner] 22:31:53 WAS THAT THE MAXIMUM [Captioner] 22:31:56 THAT THE SIGNS COULD BE OR WAS THAT THE MINIMUM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 22:31:59 A LITTLE BIT. >> UNDER THE CODE 120 SQUARE [Captioner] 22:32:03 FEET IS THE MAXIMUM. THEY WERE PROPOSING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER [Captioner] 22:32:06 WITH DISCRETION FROM THE COMMISSION BUT WHEN THE COMMISSION WASN'T SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 22:32:09 OF THAT THEY WENT DOWN TO WHAT THE CODE DOES ALLOW [Captioner] 22:32:12 WHICH WAS 120 SQUARE FEET. THERE IS NO HEIGHT [Captioner] 22:32:15 STANDARD IN THE CODE FOR THIS TYPE OF SIGN. >> Councilmember Cox: [Captioner] 22:32:18 OH, THERE ISN'T, OH, OKAY. AND [Captioner] 22:32:21 IS THERE ANY REASON WHY? [Captioner] 22:32:25 JUST -- >> PROBABLY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ISSUES LIKE AT [Captioner] 22:32:27 THIS SITE WHERE THE FREEWAY IS AT A DIFFERENT GRADE FROM THE [Captioner] 22:32:31 SITE. I BELIEVE IT'S A 13-FOOT DIFFERENCE IN [Captioner] 22:32:34 GRADE. SO IF WE WERE TO SAY LIMIT SIGNS [Captioner] 22:32:37 TO 20 FEET IN HEIGHT, SITES LIKE THIS WOULD [Captioner] 22:32:41 HAVE VERY LITTLE [Captioner] 22:32:43 SIGNAGE POSSIBLE. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT WAS [Captioner] 22:32:46 WRITTEN THAT WAY BUT I DIDN'T WRITE THE UNFORTUNATELY [Captioner] 22:32:50 . >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I DO APPRECIATE THE [Captioner] 22:32:53 FLEXIBILITY, MEETING -- THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE SIGN [Captioner] 22:32:56 MEETS THE CITY ORDINANCE FOR SIGNS. AND THERE'S BEEN [Captioner] 22:32:59 NO COMPLAINTS, NO THINGS RAISED OR SUBMITTED. [Captioner] 22:33:02 AND OBVIOUSLY, IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS [Captioner] 22:33:06 AND DOCUMENTATIONS THAT RECEIVED, [Captioner] 22:33:09 AND ADDITIONALLY I LIKE THE PART THAT IT IS SUSTAINABILITY [Captioner] 22:33:12 IS GREEN, AND YOU CAN CONTROL HOW [Captioner] 22:33:15 BRIGHT AND HOW LOW AND YOU HAVE OPERATING [Captioner] 22:33:18 HOURS THAT PROBABLY WE NEED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE [Captioner] 22:33:21 THERE IF YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT WHAT WOULD BE THE OPERATING [Captioner] 22:33:25 HOURS. THAT IF YOU HAD THE BRIGHT [Captioner] 22:33:28 EST LIGHT, HOW LONG WOULD THAT BE ON [Captioner] 22:33:31 AND FROM WHAT TIME PERIOD [Captioner] 22:33:35 ? [Captioner] 22:33:45 >> OUR CURRENT BUSINESS HOURS ARE 8 TO 5 [Captioner] 22:33:48 AND WE WOULD PROBABLY RUN AN EXTEND [Captioner] 22:33:51 ED SECOND SHIFT 7 TO 6. IF [Captioner] 22:33:54 DIMMING WERE TO COME INTO PLAY THE TYPICAL IS AN HOUR [Captioner] 22:33:57 AFTER CLOSE OF BUSINESS AND THEN REBRIGHTENING AN HOUR [Captioner] 22:34:01 AFTER START OF BUSINESS. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY [Captioner] 22:34:04 , AND THEN PART OF IT IS AS WE GET IN THE [Captioner] 22:34:07 SUMMER IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE SUN LIGHT SO [Captioner] 22:34:10 NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT IT WON'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE [Captioner] 22:34:14 UNTIL 9:30 OR 10:00 AT NIGHT AS [Captioner] 22:34:17 THE SEASONS CHANGE. SO BASICALLY THE LIGHTING [Captioner] 22:34:20 CAN BE ADJUSTED AT ANY TIME RIGHT? >> YES. [Captioner] 22:34:23 >> Councilmember Cox: AND SO THAT'S A GOOD BENEFIT AND I'M [Captioner] 22:34:26 SURE YOU COULD DO IT REMOTELY IF THERE WAS NEED [Captioner] 22:34:29 ED TO BE. BUT YOU WOULD HAVE IT ON FROM THE TIME YOUR OFFICE [Captioner] 22:34:32 WOULD CLOSE IN A BUSINESS DAY, OH UNTIL LIKE [Captioner] 22:34:36 IT WOULD GO OVER THE WEEKEND THAT YOU WOULD MAINTAIN IT THAT [Captioner] 22:34:40 SAME BRIGHTNESS. >> THE SIGNS [Captioner] 22:34:43 ARE TYPICALLY RESPONSIVE TO A PHOTO [Captioner] 22:34:46 CELL, SO WHEN THE LIGHT LEVEL, THE AMBIENT LIGHT [Captioner] 22:34:50 LEVEL REACHES A CERTAIN DARKNESS THAT [Captioner] 22:34:53 WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN ON AND THAT WILL [Captioner] 22:34:56 VARY WITH THE SEASONALS. [Captioner] 22:35:00 THE BRIGHTNESS CAN [Captioner] 22:35:04 VARY WITH BUSINESS HOURS OR ANY TIME. >> Councilmember Cox: [Captioner] 22:35:07 GOT IT. IS THE COMPANY [Captioner] 22:35:10 LOCATED IN FREMONT THAT YOU ARE [Captioner] 22:35:13 PURCHASING THE SIGNS FOR? I'M CURIOUS. [Captioner] 22:35:16 >> NO RAMSAY SIGNS DO ALL OF OUR [Captioner] 22:35:20 SIGNS BASED ON THE WEST COAST, THEY ARE IN OREGON. [Captioner] 22:35:23 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THAT WITH [Captioner] 22:35:26 THE CONNECTION. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND [Captioner] 22:35:29 I APPRECIATE ALSO THE FREMONT CHAMBER SPEAKING IN SUPPORT [Captioner] 22:35:32 AS WELL, AS THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU [Captioner] 22:35:35 AS WELL. I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT. I'M NOT GOING TO LET A [Captioner] 22:35:38 SIGN KEEP YOU OUT OF DOING BUSINESS HERE IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 22:35:41 I MEAN THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. SO THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:35:45 . >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT [Captioner] 22:35:48 IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 22:35:51 YES, WE DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK EITHER BUT THIS IS ONE OF [Captioner] 22:35:54 THOSE GUT CHECKS WILLIAM WITHIN TWO MINUTES [Captioner] 22:35:58 , [Captioner] 22:36:01 WITHIN TWO MINUTES I KNEW THE ANSWER [Captioner] 22:36:04 WHEN STAFF EXPLAINED IT TO ME. BRINGING [Captioner] 22:36:07 REVENUES THIS IS A PARCEL INDUSTRIAL LAND [Captioner] 22:36:10 NEAR A FREEWAY. IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BIG [Captioner] 22:36:13 SIGN WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IT? I THINK THIS IS THE [Captioner] 22:36:17 RIGHT SIGN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT [Captioner] 22:36:20 AND THERE IS NO COMMUNITY OPPOSITION SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON [Captioner] 22:36:23 TO DENY THIS. SO I WISH YOU WELL AND HOPE YOU [Captioner] 22:36:26 MAKE A LOT OF MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN PAY LOTS OF [Captioner] 22:36:29 TAXES AND HELP OUR LOCAL [Captioner] 22:36:32 ECONOMY. AND YOU ALSO GOT ME THINKING OF SIGNS AND THE POWER [Captioner] 22:36:35 OF THE MARKETING SO THAT WAS A GOOD POINT YOU MADE THERE SO [Captioner] 22:36:38 SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU AGAIN I WISH YOU WELL HAPPY TO [Captioner] 22:36:41 SUPPORT THIS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT [Captioner] 22:36:45 IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:36:48 WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION SO I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU [Captioner] 22:36:50 AND GET A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. [Captioner] 22:36:53 SO I APPRECIATE IT. I [Captioner] 22:36:56 ECHO MY FELLOW COUNCIL PERSONS AND [Captioner] 22:37:00 I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF [Captioner] 22:37:03 RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SIGNAGE, [Captioner] 22:37:06 THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. [Captioner] 22:37:09 >> Mayor Mei: WE ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER [Captioner] 22:37:12 PEOPLE TO SPEAK. >> Councilmember Campbell: I STILL [Captioner] 22:37:15 NEED TO [Captioner] 22:37:19 MAKE THE MOTION AND I NEED SOMEONE TO SECOND IT [Captioner] 22:37:22 . >> Councilmember Kassan: I DON'T NEED TO [Captioner] 22:37:25 SPEAK BUT I'D LIKE TO SECOND IT. [Captioner] 22:37:29 >> Mayor Mei: WE HAVE A MOTION, I THINK IT WAS SECONDED [Captioner] 22:37:32 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX, [Captioner] 22:37:35 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN IS GOING TO PASS BUT I'D LIKE [Captioner] 22:37:39 TO SPEAK. I THINK IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. [Captioner] 22:37:42 BUT I WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 22:37:45 TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE [Captioner] 22:37:48 MOCKUP. I HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR CONSTRUCTION OVER THE [Captioner] 22:37:51 PAST T [Captioner] 22:37:54 FEW MONTHS AND YEARS ACTUALLY OVER THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS [Captioner] 22:37:58 YOU HAVE BOTH ON KATO NEW WORK [Captioner] 22:38:01 AND HERE. BEING THE BASE CORE OF MANY [Captioner] 22:38:04 OF OUR INDUSTRY IS IN MANUFACTURING AND SO THEREFORE I AM VERY [Captioner] 22:38:07 SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALSO TAKING THE [Captioner] 22:38:11 TIME TO LISTEN TO MY CONCERN [Captioner] 22:38:14 SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING TO THE HEIGHT PERTAINING TO THE LIGHT [Captioner] 22:38:17 POLLUTION AND I THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THE FUN [Captioner] 22:38:21 NO PUN INTENDED THAT WE'LL BE ABLE [Captioner] 22:38:24 TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS I THINK I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 22:38:27 OF THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS, I'M [Captioner] 22:38:30 GLAD WE HAVE THE HEIGHT MOCK JULY [Captioner] 22:38:34 UP AND THE [Captioner] 22:38:38 DIMMABLE. FOR THE SEASONS. WE [Captioner] 22:38:42 HAVE THE MOTION AND SECOND AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE VOTE. AND SO I [Captioner] 22:38:45 JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW CONGRATULATIONS, [Captioner] 22:38:48 AND I THINK THAT WE HAD DESPITE THE LONGER [Captioner] 22:38:51 MEETING THIS EVENING WE HAD A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL [Captioner] 22:38:55 . SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:39:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING [Captioner] 22:39:09 IS ITEM 6A WHICH IS THE IMPACT [Captioner] 22:39:12 FEE DEFERRAL. AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS [Captioner] 22:39:16 DIRECTOR HANS LARSEN WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 22:39:26 AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR [Captioner] 22:39:31 DAN SCHOENHOLZ IS RETURNING TOO. [Captioner] 22:39:39 >> Hans Larsen: GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:39:42 . I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 22:39:45 BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO SKIP IT [Captioner] 22:39:48 , GIVEN THE LATE HOUR. SO [Captioner] 22:39:52 -- >> Mayor Mei: SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 22:39:55 HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAVE READ THE PACKET AND THE PRESENTATION [Captioner] 22:39:57 . ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? [Captioner] 22:40:00 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION? [Captioner] 22:40:04 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT PLEASE LET ME KNOW, OTHERWISE I [Captioner] 22:40:07 THINK WE'VE ALL READ THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. [Captioner] 22:40:10 SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO THEN TRANSFER [Captioner] 22:40:14 IT TO PLIBT. [Captioner] 22:40:17 PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT [Captioner] 22:40:20 PERIOD. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK MAY [Captioner] 22:40:24 DO SO ON ZOOM BY PRESSING THE RAISE HAND [Captioner] 22:40:27 ICON OR BY PRESSING STAR 9. DO WE [Captioner] 22:40:30 HAVE DESTINY SPEAKERS? >> The Clerk: NO MA'AM. >> Mayor Mei: DO WE [Captioner] 22:40:33 HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:40:37 AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD [Captioner] 22:40:41 . [ GAVEL STRIKE ] [Captioner] 22:40:44 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR [Captioner] 22:40:47 QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE MAKE THIS DECISION? AND I [Captioner] 22:40:50 BELIEVE IT'S -- LET ME LOOK AT THE ACTION ITEM [Captioner] 22:40:54 . SORRY. [Captioner] 22:40:58 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU [Captioner] 22:41:01 , MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO COMMENT THAT, YOU [Captioner] 22:41:05 KNOW, WITH THE FORECAST ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [Captioner] 22:41:09 POSSIBLY OR RECESSION, [Captioner] 22:41:12 IT -- PEOPLE WILL BE MORE [Captioner] 22:41:14 CONSERVATIVE IN INVESTING AND BUILDING. [Captioner] 22:41:17 AND WITH THE INCREASE OF THE 13. [Captioner] 22:41:21 13.65 OF IMPACT FEE, AND [Captioner] 22:41:25 WITH THE, YOU KNOW, HIGH NUMBER [Captioner] 22:41:28 OF RHNA NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO MEET [Captioner] 22:41:31 TO BUILD ALL THE UNITS AND HOUSING UNITS THAT WE [Captioner] 22:41:34 NEED TO BUILD, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 22:41:38 TO REINSTALL THE DEFERRAL [Captioner] 22:41:43 OF THE IMPACT FEES SO THAT [Captioner] 22:41:46 WE CAN ENCOURAGE MORE PROJECTS TO CONTINUE [Captioner] 22:41:49 TO COME THROUGH US. AND WE CAN BUILD THOSE UNITS [Captioner] 22:41:52 THAT WE NEED. [Captioner] 22:41:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 22:42:00 >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. AS FAR AS I KNOW, [Captioner] 22:42:04 WE HAVE NEVER FALLEN SHORT [Captioner] 22:42:07 OF OUR RHNA NUMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO MARKET [Captioner] 22:42:10 RATE HOUSING IN OUR LAST CYCLE WE EXCEEDED [Captioner] 22:42:14 THE RHNA NUMBERS BY HUNDREDS [Captioner] 22:42:17 OF PERCENTAGE POINTS. WE DID MORE THAN THREE [Captioner] 22:42:20 TIMES MORE THAN WHAT THE RHNA [Captioner] 22:42:22 NUMBERS REQUIRED. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN [Captioner] 22:42:27 TALK OF A POTENTIAL RECESSION BUT THAT IS NOT A CURRENT [Captioner] 22:42:29 SITUATION. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST A [Captioner] 22:42:32 LOT OF TALK RIGHT NOW GIVEN THE MOST RECENT JOBS REPORT [Captioner] 22:42:36 . SO I WOULD STRONGLY URGE THAT [Captioner] 22:42:39 WE NOT DO THIS RIGHT NOW. WE CAN ALWAYS DO IT LATER [Captioner] 22:42:42 , IF WE DO START TO NOTICE A SLOW DOWN. I KNOW THE [Captioner] 22:42:45 LAST TIME WE DID THIS IT [Captioner] 22:42:48 WAS THIS RESPONSE TO ACTUAL RECESSION WHERE DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 22:42:52 WAS SLOWING DOWN. SO I [Captioner] 22:42:55 WOULD OPPOSE REINSTATING THE [Captioner] 22:42:58 DEFERRAL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:43:01 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL [Captioner] 22:43:04 . >> Councilmember Campbell: OH I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION [Captioner] 22:43:08 . I WASN'T AROUND WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY CAME [Captioner] 22:43:11 OUT, SO MY QUESTION MAY BE A [Captioner] 22:43:15 LITTLE -- YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT BEFORE BUT I [Captioner] 22:43:19 JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT. PAGE 4 OF THE [Captioner] 22:43:22 STAFF REPORT, IT TALKED ABOUT THE [Captioner] 22:43:25 PHASED INCREASE PIECE. OKAY, AND IT [Captioner] 22:43:28 SAYS THAT SORT OF DOWN BY THE [Captioner] 22:43:31 LAST SENTENCE THAT TALKED [Captioner] 22:43:34 ABOUT [Captioner] 22:43:38 THAT STAFF THEREFORE DOES NOT RECOMMEND [Captioner] 22:43:41 THAT THE COUNCIL PURSUE THE PHASED PAYMENT OPTION [Captioner] 22:43:44 BECAUSE OF THE -- AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER [Captioner] 22:43:48 OF PROJECTS. SO HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE WE [Captioner] 22:43:51 TALKING ABOUT? IS THAT SIMILAR [Captioner] 22:43:54 TO THE [Captioner] 22:43:58 TWO TO 300 PROJECTS OR IS IT [Captioner] 22:44:02 LESS BASED ON THE AVERAGE THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL [Captioner] 22:44:05 YEARS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE STAFF REPORT [Captioner] 22:44:09 ? >> Hans Larsen: SO I KNOW THAT THE NUMBER OF [Captioner] 22:44:13 PROJECTS LAST YEAR THAT WERE SUBJECT TO IMPACT FEES WAS [Captioner] 22:44:16 ABOUT 135. [Captioner] 22:44:20 LAST YEAR, WAS PROBABLY [Captioner] 22:44:23 REPRESENTATIVE, I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA GOING ALL THE WAY BACK [Captioner] 22:44:27 TO 2016. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS [Captioner] 22:44:30 KIND OF IN THAT RANGE. AND THE ISSUE WITH THE PHASE [Captioner] 22:44:35 ED -- THE PHASE-IN OF IMPLEMENT [Captioner] 22:44:38 ING THE 13.65% [Captioner] 22:44:42 INCREASE, I MEAN IT MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FROM A [Captioner] 22:44:45 THEORETICAL STANDPOINT BUT JUST FROM AN [Captioner] 22:44:48 ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO [Captioner] 22:44:51 IMPLEMENT. WE ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE [Captioner] 22:44:54 THAT DEFERS FEES [Captioner] 22:44:58 FOR COMMERCIAL AND [Captioner] 22:45:04 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. AND THAT SYSTEM BASICALLY [Captioner] 22:45:09 REQUIRES THAT THE FEES BE PAID EITHER AT CERTIFICATE OF [Captioner] 22:45:12 OCCUPANCY OR 18 MONTHS AFTER THE BUILDING PERMIT [Captioner] 22:45:15 , WHICHEVER COMES FIRST [Captioner] 22:45:18 . IF WE INSTITUTED A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT AND A PHASED FEE [Captioner] 22:45:22 WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE KIND OF DOUBLE THE WORK BECAUSE WE'D [Captioner] 22:45:25 BE -- FIRST WE'D COLLECT THE MAIN PART OF THE FEES [Captioner] 22:45:28 AT BUILDING PERMIT BUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE [Captioner] 22:45:32 MACHINERY TO DO A DEFERRAL FOR THE [Captioner] 22:45:35 MARGINAL INCREASE. AND IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM [Captioner] 22:45:38 ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING. SO BECAUSE IT WOULD INCREASE THE [Captioner] 22:45:42 WORKLOAD AND IT WOULD BE SORT OF A ONE-OFF [Captioner] 22:45:45 SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT JUST FOR ONE SET OF PERMITS, FROM [Captioner] 22:45:48 A STAFF PERSPECTIVE IT'S VERY COMPLICATED TO [Captioner] 22:45:51 IMPLEMENT AND WE THINK THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA. [Captioner] 22:45:54 SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 22:45:57 . >> Councilmember Campbell: SO [Captioner] 22:46:01 I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 22:46:05 THE DEFERRAL PROCESS. [Captioner] 22:46:08 IT WOULD BE THE 18 MONTHS [Captioner] 22:46:12 CONDITIONAL ON BUILDING PERMITS OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY [Captioner] 22:46:16 . >> Dan Schoenholz: SO -- >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 22:46:20 THAT WOULD BE THE DEFERRAL PROCESS [Captioner] 22:46:22 ? >> Dan Schoenholz: THE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT OR THE PROJECTS [Captioner] 22:46:25 THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE IMPACT FEES, AT THE TIME [Captioner] 22:46:29 THAT THEY ARE READY TO GET THEIR BUILDING PERMIT [Captioner] 22:46:32 , WE'RE READY TO ISSUE IT, BEFORE WE ISSUE IT, THEY [Captioner] 22:46:36 ENTER INTO A DEFERRAL AGREEMENT THAT'S RECORDED [Captioner] 22:46:39 , AND THE -- BASICALLY [Captioner] 22:46:42 THEY DON'T PAY ANY FEES WHEN THEY GET THEIR [Captioner] 22:46:45 BUILDING PERMIT BUT THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR FEES EITHER TO [Captioner] 22:46:49 GET THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IF THEIR [Captioner] 22:46:52 PROJECT ONLY TAKES 12 MONTHS TO BUILD BUT IF THEIR PROJECT [Captioner] 22:46:55 TAKES TWO YEARS TO BUILD AT THE 18-MONTH [Captioner] 22:46:58 POINT WE CALL IN THE IMPACT FEES. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 22:47:00 THAT'S WHERE I WAS A BIT CONFUSED. [Captioner] 22:47:03 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 22:47:06 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 22:47:14 SORRY YOUR -- YOU'RE ON [Captioner] 22:47:17 MUTE, SORRY, THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, [Captioner] 22:47:20 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE DID [Captioner] 22:47:23 WHEN WE SPLIT AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE [Captioner] 22:47:26 13.65 AND KIND OF DIVIDING IT [Captioner] 22:47:30 OVER TWO PAYMENTS WITH THE JULY [Captioner] 22:47:34 AND DECEMBER, I THINK IT WAS, THAT WE WERE LOOKING [Captioner] 22:47:37 AT A FEW MONTHS BACK. I [Captioner] 22:47:40 SAW SOMETHING WITH THE MITIGATION [Captioner] 22:47:43 FEE ACT AND I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS SOMETHING [Captioner] 22:47:46 ABOUT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF DISCRETION. BUT [Captioner] 22:47:49 THERE WAS SOME SORT OF FIVE-YEAR ACCOUNTING OR [Captioner] 22:47:53 UNUSED AND COULD YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT FARTHER AND [Captioner] 22:47:56 PART AND HOW IT'S THAT [Captioner] 22:48:00 ROLE INTO THE DEFERRED PAYMENT [Captioner] 22:48:04 ? [Captioner] 22:48:07 >> Dan Schoenholz: DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT ONE [Captioner] 22:48:10 ? YES, THE MITIGATION ACT DOES HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR [Captioner] 22:48:14 THE CITY TO FULFILL. EACH YEAR WE DO AN ANNUAL REPORT [Captioner] 22:48:17 AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS WE DO SORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE [Captioner] 22:48:20 RELOOK AT OUR IMPACT FEES. SO [Captioner] 22:48:23 THE COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-YEAR UPDATE [Captioner] 22:48:27 WAS -- IT WAS LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE. [Captioner] 22:48:30 YEAH. AND SO THERE'S NO [Captioner] 22:48:33 PLAN TO DO THAT UNTIL THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:48:36 THE NEXT DUE DATE FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. [Captioner] 22:48:39 BUT EACH YEAR WE [Captioner] 22:48:44 REVIEW THE PROGRAM, THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE'VE COLLECTED. [Captioner] 22:48:48 WHAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE [Captioner] 22:48:51 AT THAT POINT IS ALSO ASK THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:48:55 THE IMPROVE AN INCREASE RELATED [Captioner] 22:48:58 TO INFLATION. THIS YEAR WE DID IT A [Captioner] 22:49:01 LITTLE EARLY BECAUSE IT WAS SO [Captioner] 22:49:04 LARGE WE WANTED TO GIVE THE, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:49:08 THE REGULATING COMMUNITY SORT OF TIME [Captioner] 22:49:11 TO ADJUST TO THE FACT THAT THE FEES WERE GOING TO GO UP [Captioner] 22:49:14 . YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY SIGNIFICANTLY. [Captioner] 22:49:19 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE UN [Captioner] 22:49:22 EMPLOYMENT IS AT 3.4% WHICH IS STILL [Captioner] 22:49:25 VERY TRADITIONALLY LOW. [Captioner] 22:49:29 I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAD DIVIDED OUT [Captioner] 22:49:31 , DID YOU RUN ANY SCENARIOS OF NUMBER [Captioner] 22:49:35 NUMBERS THAT SAY HOW, WHAT WE HAD ORIGINAL [Captioner] 22:49:38 LY PROPOSED, I'M HEARING THAT THERE WAS AN [Captioner] 22:49:41 INCREASE IN WORKLOAD, THERE WAS I GUESS TWICE THE [Captioner] 22:49:44 AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO ONE OFF TO TRY [Captioner] 22:49:47 THE KIND OF KEEP EACH DIFFERENT PROJECT AND KIND OF WHERE [Captioner] 22:49:50 IT FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF JULY OR DECEMBER, [Captioner] 22:49:54 RIGHT? AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS THAT THERE WAS [Captioner] 22:49:57 ANY OTHER SCENARIOS OF [Captioner] 22:50:01 WHAT WAS THE IMPACT THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 22:50:04 IN COLLECTING THE IMPACT FEES [Captioner] 22:50:07 OF HOW DRASTIC IT WOULD BE JUST SO [Captioner] 22:50:10 WE HAVE KIND OF SOME SORT OF COMPARISON [Captioner] 22:50:14 . >> Dan Schoenholz: AS WE NOTED [Captioner] 22:50:18 IN THE REPORT, IT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO GET [Captioner] 22:50:22 ANY QUANTITATIVE IMPACTS OF THE DEFERRAL. [Captioner] 22:50:25 THE SAME FOR A PHASEAPPROACH [Captioner] 22:50:28 . WE DIDN'T DO ANY ESTIMATES FOR EITHER OPTION REALLY [Captioner] 22:50:31 . WHAT WE DID SAY IN THE REPORT ABOUT THE PHASED [Captioner] 22:50:34 PROPER, IS THAT IT WOULD [Captioner] 22:50:38 PROBABLY SORT OF A MIDDLE GROUND. IT WOULD [Captioner] 22:50:41 PROVIDE LESS BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPERS, AND IT [Captioner] 22:50:44 WOULD REQUIRE A LITTLE LESS DEFERRAL OF [Captioner] 22:50:48 FEES. WE WOULDN'T COLLECT FEES AT BUILDING PERMIT BUT [Captioner] 22:50:51 WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT 18 MONTHS TO RECEIVE THEM. [Captioner] 22:50:54 SO IT WOULD LIKELY HAVE LESS IMPACT [Captioner] 22:50:57 ON INFRASTRUCTURE, TIMING, AND COST [Captioner] 22:51:01 . SO IT WAS REALLY A QUALITATIVE [Captioner] 22:51:04 ANALYSIS THAT WAS IN THE REPORT, AND THAT'S ABOUT [Captioner] 22:51:08 -- AGAIN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING [Captioner] 22:51:11 BEYOND THAT BECAUSE [Captioner] 22:51:14 CONSTRUCTION DECISIONS AND THEN YOU KNOW KIND OF THE CONSTRUCTION ECONOMY [Captioner] 22:51:17 IS SO MULTIFACETED, THERE IS [Captioner] 22:51:21 SO MANY VARIABLES [Captioner] 22:51:24 THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO [Captioner] 22:51:27 ISOLATE WHAT VARIABLE IMPACTS WHAT HAPPENED [Captioner] 22:51:30 . >> Councilmember Cox: WITH THE LABOR THE MATERIAL ALL THE OTHER [Captioner] 22:51:33 THINGS THAT HAVE THAT CHALLENGE, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ON [Captioner] 22:51:36 PAGE 3 RIGHT ABOVE YOUR [Captioner] 22:51:40 ANALYSIS SUBTITLE, THAT LITTLE PARAGRAPH THAT TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 22:51:43 THE REVENUES. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF LIKE [Captioner] 22:51:46 LIKE -- SUMS UP WHAT YOU ARE KIND OF REFERRING TO [Captioner] 22:51:50 IN THAT CASE WITH THE REVENUE, [Captioner] 22:51:54 SO DIMINISHED AS DEFERRED PAYMENTS FOR MARKET [Captioner] 22:51:57 RATE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ENDED AND A [Captioner] 22:52:00 NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SUBJECT TO IMPACT FEES [Captioner] 22:52:04 DECLINED, THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL, I WAS TRYING TO BREAK IT [Captioner] 22:52:07 DOWN AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT PARTS. BUT YOU'RE SAYING [Captioner] 22:52:10 THAT YOU HAVE 135 PROJECTS, [Captioner] 22:52:13 THAT WAS LAST YEAR, THAT ARE LOOK [Captioner] 22:52:16 ING AT THE IMPACT FEES WHICH [Captioner] 22:52:19 WOULD THEN BE CARRIED OVER WITH WHAT WE WERE LOOK [Captioner] 22:52:23 ING AT IN THE TIME PERIOD GOING FORWARD WHICH COULD ADD A [Captioner] 22:52:26 LOT MORE ACCOUNTING AND MORE WORK [Captioner] 22:52:29 . LESS PRODUCTIVITY THAN IT'S WORTH, RIGHT? [Captioner] 22:52:32 SO DEFERRAL, BENEFIT, [Captioner] 22:52:35 IS NOT AS HELPFUL AS I GUESS WE WERE TRYING [Captioner] 22:52:39 TO THINK TO KIND OF [Captioner] 22:52:42 ALLOW PROJECTS TO KEEP GOING AND [Captioner] 22:52:45 MOVING FORWARD. BUT -- AND [Captioner] 22:52:49 BEING CONSIDERATE [Captioner] 22:52:53 OF THE CHANGE OF TIMES. WE WERE DOING WELL, WE [Captioner] 22:52:56 WERE ONE OF THE COUNTIES OR THE CITIES I SHOULD [Captioner] 22:52:59 SAY THAT DID MEET THE RHNA NUMBERS THAT WAS ALSO [Captioner] 22:53:02 NOTED IN SACRAMENTO THAT I WAS THERE ATTENDING [Captioner] 22:53:06 THE CONFERENCE. SO BASICALLY YOU'RE [Captioner] 22:53:09 SAYING IT'S REALLY -- SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA [Captioner] 22:53:13 BUT A LOT MORE [Captioner] 22:53:17 ACCOUNTING AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPORT OUT THAT [Captioner] 22:53:21 WOULD NOT MAKE IT THE BENEFITS OF [Captioner] 22:53:24 DEFERRAL, IT'S BEING OUTWEIGHED BY [Captioner] 22:53:27 MORE WORK PAVEMENT. >> Dan Schoenholz: EXACT [Captioner] 22:53:30 LY. >> Councilmember Cox: THAT'S FAIR, OKAY I APPRECIATE [Captioner] 22:53:33 THAT, AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 22:53:37 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 22:53:40 YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 22:53:44 YOU KNOW ME I ALWAYS LOOK FOR DATA. [Captioner] 22:53:47 AND THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT PAGE 4, FOR THE [Captioner] 22:53:51 FISCAL ANALYSIS, I WAS JUST FEELING SO [Captioner] 22:53:54 UNCOMFORTABLE SEEING ANY DATA THERE. [Captioner] 22:53:57 IT'S ALL DESCRIPTION [Captioner] 22:54:00 , BUT WHEN I GO TO PAGE [Captioner] 22:54:04 3, WHERE I CAN FINALLY SEE SOME NUMBERS, [Captioner] 22:54:07 I NOTICE SOME PATTERNS. AND [Captioner] 22:54:11 SO AGREE THAT AT LEAST THAT PART WOULD [Captioner] 22:54:14 GIVE ME SOME BASIS FOR MY DECISION. [Captioner] 22:54:17 MY QUESTION IS THAT, OVER HERE [Captioner] 22:54:20 , THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS ARE LISTED OVER THE [Captioner] 22:54:23 YEARS. BUT AS YOU KNOW, PROJECTS CAN BE BIG OR [Captioner] 22:54:27 SMALL. AND WE CHARGE IMPACT [Captioner] 22:54:30 FEE NOT BY PROJECT BUT BY [Captioner] 22:54:33 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT? [Captioner] 22:54:36 SO IN THAT CASE [Captioner] 22:54:39 , IT WILL BE MORE HELPFUL IF I [Captioner] 22:54:43 CAN JUST NORMALIZE [Captioner] 22:54:46 THE COLLECTION OF IMPACT FEES [Captioner] 22:54:51 BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR EACH YEAR RATHER THAN THE NUMBER [Captioner] 22:54:54 OF PROJECTS. BUT OKAY. [Captioner] 22:54:58 MAYBE I CAN ALSO ARGUE TO MYSELF, [Captioner] 22:55:01 THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH PROJECTS CAN BE BIG OR [Captioner] 22:55:04 SMALL BUT OVER SO MANY YEARS, PROBABLY [Captioner] 22:55:07 , THAT WOULD REFLECT A [Captioner] 22:55:10 TYPICAL COMBINATION OF PROJECTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES. [Captioner] 22:55:13 SO USING THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS COULD [Captioner] 22:55:16 MAYBE MEAN SOMETHING. BUT WHAT I'M LOOK [Captioner] 22:55:20 ING AT DEFINITELY IS A PATTERN. AND I DO NOTICE THE [Captioner] 22:55:24 PATTERN. SO IN THAT CASE [Captioner] 22:55:27 , I DO SEE THE [Captioner] 22:55:32 -- THE TERMINATION OF THE DEFERRAL [Captioner] 22:55:36 WOULD CAUSE [Captioner] 22:55:40 THE PROJECTS TO BE FEWER AND FEWER [Captioner] 22:55:44 . [Captioner] 22:55:50 SO I WAS LEANING TO APPROVING THE INSTALLATION, THE [Captioner] 22:55:52 REINSTATEMENT OF THIS DEFERRAL PROGRAM. [Captioner] 22:55:55 BUT ONE LAST QUESTION. THE [Captioner] 22:55:59 COUNCIL APPROVED THE INCREASE OF THE [Captioner] 22:56:02 IMPACT FEES REASON [Captioner] 22:56:07 ABLY YOU KNOW OUT OF [Captioner] 22:56:10 SOLID REASON WHICH IS THE INCREASE OF CONSTRUCTION COST [Captioner] 22:56:13 . SO IF WE REIN [Captioner] 22:56:17 STATE THE DEEFERLT [Captioner] 22:56:20 , HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 22:56:25 IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT IS THE [Captioner] 22:56:28 FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT TYPE OF INCREASE? [Captioner] 22:56:32 THAT'S MY QUESTION. [Captioner] 22:56:43 >> Hans Larsen: SO TO RESTATE, SORT OF [Captioner] 22:56:47 THE UNDERSTANDING, THE ISSUE IS WHEN WE COLLECT DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 22:56:50 FEES, YOU KNOW, IT GOES TO PAY FOR PARK [Captioner] 22:56:52 IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, BUILDING FACILITIES. [Captioner] 22:56:55 SO THE EARLIER WE GET IT, THE BENEFITS ACCRUE TO [Captioner] 22:56:59 OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT [Captioner] 22:57:02 . [Captioner] 22:57:06 IF WE DEFER IT, THE MONEY COMES LATER. AND COST [Captioner] 22:57:09 S CAN INCREASE. AND SO [Captioner] 22:57:13 THAT'S RELATED SORT OF THE BALANCE HERE AND I THINK WHY [Captioner] 22:57:15 WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS IS REALLY A POLICY CHOICE NOR THE [Captioner] 22:57:22 FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE. AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A FEE [Captioner] 22:57:25 INCREASE AS HIGH AS 13.65. SO IT'S VERY [Captioner] 22:57:29 UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND IT'S KIND OF A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM FOR BUILDERS [Captioner] 22:57:32 AND DEVELOPERS TO ABSORB THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:57:35 WHEN COUNCIL DISCUSSED THIS IN DECEMBER, IT WAS [Captioner] 22:57:38 , YOU KNOW, ARE WE NOT GOING TO GET ANY DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE THE [Captioner] 22:57:42 COSTS ARE SO HIGH. AND THEN WE DON'T GET ANY [Captioner] 22:57:45 FEE MONEY TO DO PROJECTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 22:57:48 SHOULD WE DEFER IT? [Captioner] 22:57:51 AND IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY [Captioner] 22:57:54 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THE DIFFERENT MARKET FORCES. [Captioner] 22:57:57 AND SO I THINK IT REALLY SORT OF COMES TO YOU ALL [Captioner] 22:58:00 SORT OF WHAT DO YOU FEEL KIND OF IN YOUR GUT IN TERMS OF WHICH [Captioner] 22:58:04 WAY WE SHOULD GO ON THIS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE [Captioner] 22:58:07 MIDDLE GROUND IS TO DISCUSS WAS TO PHASE MAYBE PHASE THE [Captioner] 22:58:10 FEE. BUT THAT INTRODUCES A LOT [Captioner] 22:58:13 MORE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN. AND SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING [Captioner] 22:58:16 THAT. SO I THINK IT'S [Captioner] 22:58:20 , YOU KNOW, CONTINUE AS WE HAVE BEEN, AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS [Captioner] 22:58:23 FACING IN JULY, A BIG INCREASE, [Captioner] 22:58:27 OR, YOU KNOW, WE DEFER IT FOR MARKET RATE HOUSING, [Captioner] 22:58:30 AS WE DO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMERCIAL [Captioner] 22:58:33 DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S SOME BEAUTY [Captioner] 22:58:36 TO, WE'VE GOT A CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 22:58:39 TYPES. AND THEN THERE'S SOME [Captioner] 22:58:41 ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLICITY TO THAT AS WELL. [Captioner] 22:58:44 SO THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF PUSH AND [Captioner] 22:58:47 PULLS HERE. HOPE THAT SORT OF CAPTURES [Captioner] 22:58:51 THE BALANCING. IT'S [Captioner] 22:58:54 AS DAN SAID IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY [Captioner] 22:58:57 WHAT'S GOING TO [Captioner] 22:59:01 HAPPEN AND THE NUMBERS ON IT. I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST A [Captioner] 22:59:04 POLITICAL DECISION OF WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO. [Captioner] 22:59:05 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:59:08 NOT TO ARGUE WITH YOU OR TO [Captioner] 22:59:11 DEFEND OUR VERSION OR DECISION TO HAVE THIS 13 [Captioner] 22:59:15 .75 INCREASE AFTER AURAL, WE DID [Captioner] 22:59:19 EXPERIENCE UNPRECEDENTED [Captioner] 22:59:23 INFLATION, WHICH CERTAINLY, THE [Captioner] 22:59:27 NUMBER 13.5, DIDN'T FALL FROM THE SKY [Captioner] 22:59:30 . IT WAS BASED ON THE [Captioner] 22:59:33 CALCULATION USING FACTORS LIKE CPI AND ALL [Captioner] 22:59:36 THE OTHER FACTORS. SO I HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT [Captioner] 22:59:40 . >> Hans Larsen: AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE. [Captioner] 22:59:43 I MEAN OUR RECENT PROJECT BIDS HAVE COME THIS HIGHER [Captioner] 22:59:47 THAN ESTIMATE AND WE HAD SOME ITEMS [Captioner] 22:59:50 TON COUNCIL AGENDA EARLIER TONIGHT THAT REFLECTED THAT [Captioner] 22:59:53 . WE'VE HAD TO -- >> Councilmember Shao: YES, I [Captioner] 22:59:56 WANT TO SAY THAT DECISION WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION [Captioner] 22:59:58 . >> Hans Larsen: YES. >> Councilmember Shao: OKAY, [Captioner] 23:00:01 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, I WANT TO SHARE MY COMMENTS NOW. [Captioner] 23:00:05 LAST NIGHT WE HAD A MEETING JOINTLY WITH THE [Captioner] 23:00:08 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW THE [Captioner] 23:00:11 ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING. AND WHILE WE HAVE ALSO [Captioner] 23:00:14 JUST IN THE PROCESS UPDATED [Captioner] 23:00:17 OUR HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN WHICH IS I HAVE CRITICAL FOR US TO BE [Captioner] 23:00:20 ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR OBJECTIVES IN TERMS [Captioner] 23:00:23 OF MEETING OUR RHNA NUMBERS WE RECOGNIZE ONE [Captioner] 23:00:27 OF THE THINGS FROM FEEDBACK NUMBERS FROM DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 23:00:30 AND THE PUBLIC IS PRICE INCREASE WHICH FULLY IN [Captioner] 23:00:33 OUR ANALYSIS LOOKING AT THE RATES ADOPTED, [Captioner] 23:00:36 JUSTIFY THE 13.65% I THINK IN TERMS OF OUR [Captioner] 23:00:40 ADOPTION IN DECEMBER. HOWEVER, FROM THE [Captioner] 23:00:43 PERSPECTIVE OF LOOKING AT WHETHER WE [Captioner] 23:00:46 WANT TO DEFER THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL BECAUSE ONE [Captioner] 23:00:49 OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS [Captioner] 23:00:52 ON CONSTRUCTION BESIDES THE LABOR COST IS ALSO [Captioner] 23:00:56 THE MATERIAL COST LABOR IS THE CASH FLOW FOR THE DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 23:01:00 AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM SO MANY OF THEM HOW [Captioner] 23:01:03 THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. SO IT IS A FINE ACT AND TO [Captioner] 23:01:06 SPEAK TO A LOT OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS QUESTIONS BETWEEN SUPPORT [Captioner] 23:01:09 ING THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD HOUSING COLLECTING THE [Captioner] 23:01:12 FEES THAT WE NEED, IF WE MAKE IT SO ONEROUS [Captioner] 23:01:15 AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM SOME [Captioner] 23:01:18 OTHER PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T MENTIONED TONIGHT BUT [Captioner] 23:01:22 WE'VE LOOKED AT RECENTLY SOME PROJECTS [Captioner] 23:01:25 WERE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL WE CAN DO IS [Captioner] 23:01:28 ENTITLE PROJECTS BUT IF THEY CAN'T GET THE FINANCING NOTHING MOVES [Captioner] 23:01:32 FORWARD WHENCE THE TIME AND DELAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 23:01:36 . I SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE INCREASE BUT I DO ALSO SUPPORT [Captioner] 23:01:39 THE RESIDENTIAL FEE DEFERRAL. I ALSO DON'T AGREE [Captioner] 23:01:42 WITH THE PHASE-IN BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST BECAUSE IT [Captioner] 23:01:45 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I THINK THAT KEEPING IT SPLIS TICK FOR [Captioner] 23:01:49 THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT [Captioner] 23:01:52 OF THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT FOR STAFF AND FOR US TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 23:01:55 TO CONDUCT THIS IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE [Captioner] 23:01:58 CAN LOOK AT AGAIN. WE WILL LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 23:02:02 COST AGAIN. DAN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE [Captioner] 23:02:05 NEXT CYCLE WHERE WE WILL BE DOING THIS BUT IT IS [Captioner] 23:02:09 A TYPICAL THING WE [Captioner] 23:02:12 CAN REVIEW OVER TWO YEAR PROCESS I THINK, [Captioner] 23:02:15 BUT WE DO REVIEW THAT OVER TIME. AND WE'LL BE [Captioner] 23:02:18 LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND [Captioner] 23:02:22 THE DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IF PEOPLE ARE DELAYING. [Captioner] 23:02:25 WE WOULD LIKE TO IF PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST [Captioner] 23:02:28 WHEN IT COMES TO MARKET RATE AND PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS CONSIDER, [Captioner] 23:02:31 IS THAT MARKET RATE HOUSING WE TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 23:02:34 THAT LAST NIGHT AND THE FEES WE [Captioner] 23:02:37 HAVE COLLECTED, FOR THE DEDICATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS [Captioner] 23:02:41 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE IN THAT LAST CYCLE FOR [Captioner] 23:02:45 THE RHNA NUMBERS SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO [Captioner] 23:02:48 MEET THE HISTORICAL NUMBERS. SO I AM SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 23:02:51 OF THIS. DO I HAVE ANY MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 23:02:55 ? >> Councilmember Campbell: WAS THIS A MOTION OR JUST A [Captioner] 23:02:59 DIRECTION? >> Mayor Mei: NO, WE DO NEED [Captioner] 23:03:02 TO TAKE A MOTION ON THIS. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO GIVE THE DIRECTION [Captioner] 23:03:05 ? THE ORDINANCE, BRING THE ORDINANCE BACK. [Captioner] 23:03:08 >> Mayor Mei: SORRY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I'M NOT [Captioner] 23:03:11 CHANGING THE ORIGINAL. IS THERE ANY, [Captioner] 23:03:15 COUNCILMEMBER KENG DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT [Captioner] 23:03:18 ? >> THROUGH THE MAYOR, AS LONG AS IT IS [Captioner] 23:03:21 A REFLECTION OF THE -- >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING [Captioner] 23:03:24 TO CALL THE VOTE. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YOU [Captioner] 23:03:28 CAN GAIN CONSENSUS OR CAN YOU DO IT BY MOTION AND SECOND [Captioner] 23:03:31 , SOMEONE CAN MOVE IT BY MOTION IS [Captioner] 23:03:35 ACCEPTABLE AS WELL. [Captioner] 23:03:38 >> Councilmember Shao: SO MOVED. [Captioner] 23:03:41 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG [Captioner] 23:03:45 AND SHAO WERE FIRST AND SECOND [Captioner] 23:03:50 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: OFTEN THE DEFERRAL? [Captioner] 23:03:52 >> Councilmember Shao: THAT'S CORRECT. [Captioner] 23:03:55 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY KENG AND SECONDED BY [Captioner] 23:03:57 SHAO. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 23:03:59 THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR. >> Mayor Mei: WHAT IS THE [Captioner] 23:04:02 QUESTION? >> Councilmember Cox: ARE WE AGREEING TO DO A DEFERRAL AND [Captioner] 23:04:06 DIVIDE 13.65 OVER THE TWO PAYMENTS OR ARE WE [Captioner] 23:04:09 NOW -- WHAT IS THE DEFERRAL THAT WE'RE DOING, THE WHOLE AMOUNT FOR [Captioner] 23:04:12 A YEAR? OR I'M A LITTLE, I'M TRYING TO [Captioner] 23:04:15 UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE MOTION MADE. >> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION IS [Captioner] 23:04:18 TO DEFER IT BASED OFF OF KEEPING IN LINE INSTEAD OF HAVING [Captioner] 23:04:22 IT AT THE BUILDING PERMIT TIME AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATE [Captioner] 23:04:25 OF OCCUPANCY OR 18 MONTHS. IT'S NOT CHANGING THE [Captioner] 23:04:28 RATE. THE RATE WILL BE 13.65. IT WILL NOT BE [Captioner] 23:04:31 SPLIT OR PHASED IN BUT IT'S ONLY TO [Captioner] 23:04:34 , WE'LL HAVE TO CLARIFY WITH OUR [Captioner] 23:04:37 COUNCILMEMBER KENG JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE AGREES WITH ME [Captioner] 23:04:41 BUT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 23:04:44 ? >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO THE MOTION IS TO MAKE THE DEFERRAL [Captioner] 23:04:48 TO REINSTALL IT BACK TO WHEN WE HAD THE DEFERRAL BEFORE. SO [Captioner] 23:04:51 THE WHOLE DEFERRAL FEE WOULD BE AS [Captioner] 23:04:54 THE MAYOR STATED AT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR [Captioner] 23:04:57 18 MONTHS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF [Captioner] 23:04:59 PERMIT. >> Mayor Mei: AT THE HIGHER [Captioner] 23:05:03 RATE. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THE WHOLE AMOUNT NOT PHASING [Captioner] 23:05:07 . >> Dan Schoenholz: [Captioner] 23:05:11 IF I CAN CLARIFY, IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE HAVE TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 23:05:14 , IT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL ONE MORE TIME. [Captioner] 23:05:17 SO I THINK THE MOTION SHOULD DIRECT US TO DO [Captioner] 23:05:20 THAT. >> Mayor Mei: TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. [Captioner] 23:05:23 YES. [Captioner] 23:05:26 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE MOTION COULD BE TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE LEGISLATION [Captioner] 23:05:30 TO REFLECT THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO IMPLEMENT A FEE DEFERRAL [Captioner] 23:05:33 . THAT WOULD SUFFICE AS STAFF MENTIONED WE OHAVE TO GO [Captioner] 23:05:36 THROUGH THE GENERAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS [Captioner] 23:05:39 HERE, IT WOULD REQUIRE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW BEFORE IT COMES BACK [Captioner] 23:05:42 TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE ORDINANCE REVIEW IN THE FORM OF [Captioner] 23:05:45 A FIRST INTRODUCTION AND THEN ADOPTION. [Captioner] 23:05:50 >> Vice Mayor Keng: LET'S DO THAT [Captioner] 23:05:52 . >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND. [Captioner] 23:05:55 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION AND SECONDED. [Captioner] 23:05:59 CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? [Captioner] 23:06:04 [Captioner] 23:06:07 THE MOTION IS MOVED TOWARD [Captioner] 23:06:11 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN VOTING NAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 23:06:19 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE LOOKING AT TIME [Captioner] 23:06:23 . ALMOST FOR ANOTHER WEEK. [Captioner] 23:06:26 SO I HAVE REFERRAL FOR APPOINTMENTS [Captioner] 23:06:30 TO AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY BOARDS [Captioner] 23:06:33 . AND IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO SUPPORT THAT [Captioner] 23:06:37 . >> Councilmember Salwan: SO MOVED. [Captioner] 23:06:40 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> Councilmember Kassan: YES I [Captioner] 23:06:43 HAVE A REQUEST THAT WE SEPARATE OUT THE HUMAN RELATIONS AND [Captioner] 23:06:46 THE MOBILITY COMMISSION VOTES. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 23:06:50 OKAY. >> Councilmember Salwan: SO I'D MOVE [Captioner] 23:06:53 HUMAN RELATION COMMISSION FIRST [Captioner] 23:06:56 . >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. HUMAN RELATIONS. [Captioner] 23:06:59 >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND FOR THE THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION [Captioner] 23:07:03 APPOINTMENTS. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 23:07:06 WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION [Captioner] 23:07:09 . PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 23:07:31 THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND NEXT IS [Captioner] 23:07:35 -- >> Councilmember Salwan: NOW I MOVE THE MOBILITY COMMISSION. [Captioner] 23:07:38 >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOTIONED [Captioner] 23:07:39 AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 23:07:46 THE MOTION PASSES WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 23:07:49 VOTING NAY. NEXT WOULD BE THE [Captioner] 23:07:53 REAPPOINTMENTS OF -- >> Councilmember Salwan: I [Captioner] 23:07:57 MOVE NUMBER 2, MAYOR MEI [Captioner] 23:07:59 , MADE A REFERRAL. >> Councilmember Shao: I [Captioner] 23:08:03 SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY [Captioner] 23:08:06 . MOTIONED AND SECONDED. [Captioner] 23:08:12 >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M SORRY ARE WE VOTING ON THE REAPPOINTMENTS [Captioner] 23:08:15 OF LIBRARY AND YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION? >> Mayor Mei: BECAUSE [Captioner] 23:08:19 WE STILL NEED TO DO THE REAPPOINTMENTS. [Captioner] 23:08:21 >> Councilmember Salwan: OH YES, LET'S DO THE REAPPOINTMENTS [Captioner] 23:08:24 BACK TO NUMBER 1. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 23:08:33 >> Councilmember Salwan: AND COUNCILMEMBER SHAO YOU SECONDED RIGHT? [Captioner] 23:08:35 >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 23:08:38 I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE'S PRESSED THE -- [Captioner] 23:08:45 THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THE NEXT [Captioner] 23:08:48 ITEM. >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 23:08:51 MOVE RESOLUTION TO UPDATE COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS TO [Captioner] 23:08:54 OUTSIDE COMMITTEES. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 23:08:56 MOTION. >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND. [Captioner] 23:08:59 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 23:09:06 AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 23:09:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A [Captioner] 23:09:12 LONG MEETING. I'D LIKE TO ASK JUST BECAUSE [Captioner] 23:09:16 OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED LATELY IF WE COULD [Captioner] 23:09:19 CLOSE ALSO IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I KNOW WE HAD [Captioner] 23:09:23 SOME INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY WITH TURKEY [Captioner] 23:09:26 AND SYRIA AND THE IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND I [Captioner] 23:09:29 JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I KNOW SO MANY OF [Captioner] 23:09:32 US OUR HEARTS GO OUT [Captioner] 23:09:35 TO THEM AT THIS MOMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CLOSE [Captioner] 23:09:38 IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE. [Captioner] 23:09:42 [ MOMENT OF SILENCE.] [Captioner] 23:09:50 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AROUND I ASK THAT [Captioner] 23:09:53 WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, IN THE WORLD