[Captioner] 19:02:00 IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:02:06 >> Mr. Quintanilla: COUNCILMEMBER COX, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:02:11 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:02:14 KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:02:17 CAMPBELL, HERE. VICE MAYOR KENG, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:02:20 MAYOR MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AND I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:02:23 SHAO TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. [Captioner] 19:02:31 >> Councilmember Shao: READY, BEGIN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE [Captioner] 19:02:34 TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC [Captioner] 19:02:38 FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, [Captioner] 19:02:42 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:02:51 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:02:55 ROLL CALL, PLEASE, ALBERTO, OR [Captioner] 19:03:00 -- >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:03:01 COX -- >> Councilmember Cox: WE JUST DID THE ROLL CALL. [Captioner] 19:03:07 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE DID DO IT. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, I APOLOGIZE THEN. [Captioner] 19:03:11 I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT THEN. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE [Captioner] 19:03:13 THERE ARE VACANCIES ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. [Captioner] 19:03:17 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:03:20 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING, PLEASE GO [Captioner] 19:03:23 TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS [Captioner] 19:03:26 COMMITTEE PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AT FREMONT.GOV. PLEASE CONTACT THE [Captioner] 19:03:29 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT [Captioner] 19:03:33 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:03:37 PUBLIC PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTRONIC MEETING [Captioner] 19:03:40 WISHING TO DO SO TONIGHT MAY DO SO BY PRESSING ON THE RAISE [Captioner] 19:03:43 HAND ICON OR IF BY DEALING IN, BY PRESSING [Captioner] 19:03:46 STAR NINE AND I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF [Captioner] 19:03:50 THE AGENDA. AND SO AT THIS [Captioner] 19:03:53 TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER [Captioner] 19:03:57 TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST REMIND [Captioner] 19:04:00 PEOPLE THAT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO [Captioner] 19:04:04 WRITE US AND SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK VIA EMAIL. [Captioner] 19:04:07 EMAILS SUBMITTED ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE [Captioner] 19:04:10 CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S AGENDA [Captioner] 19:04:13 CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV AND WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF [Captioner] 19:04:16 THE PUBLIC RECORD. I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE IF NEEDED THIS [Captioner] 19:04:19 MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL 11:30 P.M. WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 [Captioner] 19:04:22 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 19:04:26 SPEAKERS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES WE WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 19:04:29 SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. [Captioner] 19:04:32 I'LL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CITY MANAGER KARENA. [Captioner] 19:04:36 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR, GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:04:40 I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT BUT [Captioner] 19:04:40 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES [Captioner] 19:04:44 WHO ARE HERE. WITH ME THIS EVENING, CITY ATTORNEY [Captioner] 19:04:47 RAFAEL ALVARADO [Captioner] 19:04:50 , JAMES NG FROM IT IS HELPING US THIS [Captioner] 19:04:54 EVENING AND ALBERTO QUINTANILLA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, [Captioner] 19:04:56 IS WITH US THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS A HOST OF EXECUTIVE STAFF AND OTHER [Captioner] 19:04:57 STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:05:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT TONIGHT, GIVEN [Captioner] 19:05:11 THAT WE HAVE LIKELY SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOR SOME OF THE COUNCIL REFERRAL [Captioner] 19:05:14 ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:05:19 MOVING THAT ITEM -- THOSE ITEMS EARLIER, BEFORE [Captioner] 19:05:22 OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED ITEM, THE UPDATE ON THE [Captioner] 19:05:25 FLOODS AND DAMAGES PREVENTION ORDINANCE. [Captioner] 19:05:33 MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX AND -- >> Councilmember Shao: [Captioner] 19:05:36 I SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO [Captioner] 19:05:40 . PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:05:49 THE MOTION PASSES. SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE AGENDA [Captioner] 19:05:52 THIS EVENING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME MORE [Captioner] 19:05:55 SPEAKERS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIRST BEGIN WITH THE [Captioner] 19:05:58 CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE WE MOVE THE OTHER ITEMS [Captioner] 19:06:00 AHEAD. SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 19:06:04 AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE, [Captioner] 19:06:07 AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING [Captioner] 19:06:10 TO COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR MAY DO [Captioner] 19:06:13 SO RIGHT NOW BY EITHER PRESSING THE RAISE HAND ICON [Captioner] 19:06:17 OR IF CALLING IN, BY DIALING [Captioner] 19:06:19 STAR NINE. DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:06:22 PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT OR MOVE ANY ITEM? >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE DO NOT HAVE [Captioner] 19:06:25 ANY COMMENT CARDS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:06:28 ON ZOOM WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I SEE [Captioner] 19:06:31 A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND ALSO BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:06:35 >> Councilmember Salwan: MOVE APPROVAL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:06:40 SO IF WE COULD PLEASE, THEN, VOTE. [Captioner] 19:06:46 THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLIMENT [Captioner] 19:06:51 NEXT IS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 19:06:54 ARE NOT ON THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA ITEM, [Captioner] 19:06:57 AND ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON THOSE MAY [Captioner] 19:07:00 DO SO NOW BY EITHER PRESSING THE RAISE HAND [Captioner] 19:07:03 ICON OR BY DIALING IN STAR NINE. IF [Captioner] 19:07:07 NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN SPEAKING ON [Captioner] 19:07:10 BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 19:07:12 YOU'RE REPRESENTING. AND AGAIN I REMIND YOU THIS IS FOR [Captioner] 19:07:15 ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:07:19 AND SO DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, WE [Captioner] 19:07:22 HAVE SEVEN SPEAKER CARDS. THE FIRST ONE [Captioner] 19:07:25 IS JOANN SCHWOB. [Captioner] 19:07:30 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:34 THESE ARE FOR NOT -- THE AGENDA [Captioner] 19:07:38 AGENDA -- >> Mr. Quintanilla: DONE SEE JOANN. [Captioner] 19:07:41 WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO JAN [Captioner] 19:07:45 LIMERT. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, JAN. [Captioner] 19:07:50 >> THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO SPEAK [Captioner] 19:07:54 BRIEFLY ABOUT URBAN FOREST FRIENDS, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:07:57 A TREE ADVOCACY GROUP, [Captioner] 19:08:00 NON-PROFIT, OF WHICH I'M A MEMBER. WE ALL WANT A BEAUTIFUL AND [Captioner] 19:08:04 SAFE CITY, AND [Captioner] 19:08:07 THAT IS A MAJOR PART OF THE PURPOSE OF OUR ORGANIZATION, [Captioner] 19:08:10 TO PLANT TREES AND TO MAKE THIS A HEALTHY PLACE. [Captioner] 19:08:13 WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE MEMBERS WHO ARE CERTIFIED [Captioner] 19:08:17 URBAN COMMUNITY FORESTERS TRAINED BY [Captioner] 19:08:20 THE CANOPY OF PALO ALTO. WHAT WE [Captioner] 19:08:23 DO. URBAN FOREST FRIENDS TEACHES THE MANY BENEFITS OF [Captioner] 19:08:26 TREES THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING [Captioner] 19:08:30 ENGAGEMENTS AND EVENT SUCH AS ERT DAY. WE SOLICIT NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 19:08:34 HOMEOWNERS TO STEWARD APPROVED STREET [Captioner] 19:08:38 TREES PLANTED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS. URBAN [Captioner] 19:08:41 FOREST FRIENDS HAS TEAMED UP WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 19:08:44 TO PLANT TREES AT [Captioner] 19:08:47 SABERCAT CREEK, STIVERS [Captioner] 19:08:50 LAGOON, OLD MISSION PARK AND FREMONT SCHOOLS AND [Captioner] 19:08:53 NEIGHBORHOODS. WE PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION, [Captioner] 19:08:57 SUPERVISION, AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREE PLANTING BY BUSINESS AND [Captioner] 19:09:01 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEERS. [Captioner] 19:09:04 URBAN FOREST FRIENDS DID THE PLANTING IN THE PARK MEADOW [Captioner] 19:09:07 AREA AS PART OF THE CITY'S CAL FIRE GRANT. [Captioner] 19:09:10 OUR TRAINED VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED HUNDREDS OF [Captioner] 19:09:14 HOURS, CANVASSING HOMES, ASSISTING HOMEOWNERS TO SELECT [Captioner] 19:09:17 APPROPRIATE TREES, AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR PLANTING [Captioner] 19:09:21 TREES AND THE FOLLOW-UP CARE. [Captioner] 19:09:24 URBAN FOREST FRIENDS HAS ALSO DONATED [Captioner] 19:09:27 75 CLIMATE RESILIENT OAKS, OAK [Captioner] 19:09:31 TREES, AND WILL PLANT THEM THIS MONTH WITH TRAINED [Captioner] 19:09:34 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. URBAN [Captioner] 19:09:37 FOREST FRIENDS HAS BEEN HAPPY TO HELP WITH THE CAL FIRE GRANT. [Captioner] 19:09:40 WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTRIBUTE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND [Captioner] 19:09:43 IDEAS. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE [Captioner] 19:09:47 THE PLANET GEO CONSULTANT FIRM INCLUDING A CITIZEN [Captioner] 19:09:49 URBAN FORESTER IN THE WORKING GROUP, THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED. [Captioner] 19:09:54 THE RESULT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS THAT WE [Captioner] 19:09:56 CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HUNDREDS OF [Captioner] 19:09:59 ADULTS AND STUDENTS WHO CONTACT US, EAGER TO [Captioner] 19:10:02 TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION THROUGH PLANTING TREES IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:10:07 WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT IN TAKING THE ACTION NECESSARY [Captioner] 19:10:10 TO MAKE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:10:13 AVAILABLE AND IMPROVE THE TREE CANOPY IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:10:17 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:10:22 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNIE [Captioner] 19:10:26 CARUDA. [Captioner] 19:10:33 >> HI. I'M ANNIE. AND I'M ALSO HERE TO [Captioner] 19:10:36 TALK ABOUT THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN. [Captioner] 19:10:40 SPECIFICALLY, THE CITY OF FREMONT RECEIVED [Captioner] 19:10:43 SEED MONEY FROM CAL FIRE IN 2019 TO JUMP START [Captioner] 19:10:46 OUR URBAN FOREST, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, [Captioner] 19:10:49 SOME OF THE ENSUING RESULTS HAVE BEEN A BIT [Captioner] 19:10:52 LESS THAN IDEAL. THE DATA IN THE NEWEST TREE [Captioner] 19:10:56 TECHNICAL REPORT SHOWS THAT FREMONT'S TREE EQUITY [Captioner] 19:10:58 SCORE IS EIGHTH OUT OF 8 WHEN COMPARED [Captioner] 19:11:01 TO OTHER BAY AREA CITIES, AND SOME OF OUR CENSUS BLOCKS [Captioner] 19:11:05 HAVE 5% TREE COVER WHILE OTHERS HAVE MORE THAN 20%. [Captioner] 19:11:09 ADDITIONALLY, TO ACHIEVE THE STATED [Captioner] 19:11:12 24% TREE COVER GOAL BY 2062 IN THE [Captioner] 19:11:16 REPORT, AROUND 3,000 TREES WOULD NEED TO BE PLANTED [Captioner] 19:11:19 PER YEAR AND OUR CITY ISN'T ON PACE RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 19:11:24 MULTIPLE CITIZEN GROUPS AND NON-PROFITS ARE INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:11:27 WORKING TO HELP PLANT TREES SUCH AS URBAN [Captioner] 19:11:31 FOREST FRIENDS. BUT SUFFICIENT COLLABORATION ON THIS FRONT HASN'T [Captioner] 19:11:34 YET OCCURRED. SOME CITED EXPLANATIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:11:37 THIS ARE CONCERNS THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE CAPACITY TO [Captioner] 19:11:40 CARE FOR MANY OF THE NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND [Captioner] 19:11:44 THE POTENTIAL THAT VOLUNTEERS MAY TAKE AWAY WORK FROM [Captioner] 19:11:47 UNIONIZED STAFF. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE REAL [Captioner] 19:11:51 CONCERNS. AND WE WANT TO EXTEND A HAND TO [Captioner] 19:11:55 PROBLEM SOLVE AND WORK IN COLLABORATION. [Captioner] 19:11:58 YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL WILL SOON BE VOTING TO ADOPT THE URBAN FOREST [Captioner] 19:12:02 MANAGEMENT PLAN LIKELY ON APRIL [Captioner] 19:12:05 18TH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THE HIRING [Captioner] 19:12:08 OF A DEDICATED ARBORIST AND ENSURING THAT THIS JOB [Captioner] 19:12:11 DESCRIPTION IS REASONABLE FOR ONE PERSON [Captioner] 19:12:15 TO DO OR HIRING MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE [Captioner] 19:12:17 ABOVE-CITED CONCERNS AND ENSURE THAT OUR [Captioner] 19:12:21 TREE CANOPY HERE IN FREMONT IS HEALTHY, IS EQUITABLE AND IS SUFFICIENT. [Captioner] 19:12:27 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:12:32 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GEORGE [Captioner] 19:12:35 HUANG. >> HELLO. I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ON [Captioner] 19:12:38 BEHALF OF URBAN FOREST FRIENDS. I [Captioner] 19:12:42 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST CAL FIRE GRANT THAT FREMONT OBTAINED [Captioner] 19:12:45 IN 2019 AND EXPIRING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH [Captioner] 19:12:48 . WE ACCOMPLISHED SOME IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES. [Captioner] 19:12:51 OUR FIRST CITYWIDE TREE INVENTORY AND [Captioner] 19:12:55 CANOPY ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED, [Captioner] 19:12:58 HELPED TO DEVELOP THE FIRST URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT [Captioner] 19:13:02 PLAN. HOWEVER VERY IMPORTANTLY, THIS CAL FIRE [Captioner] 19:13:05 GRANT SPECIFIES THAT THE CITY SHOULD AND I QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM [Captioner] 19:13:08 THE GRANT ESTABLISH A NEW URBAN FORESTER [Captioner] 19:13:12 PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION, [Captioner] 19:13:15 ADMINISTRATION, AND ADHERENCE OF THE GRANT PROJECT AND URBAN [Captioner] 19:13:19 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE GRANT GOES ON TO INCLUDE MANY [Captioner] 19:13:22 MORE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES DIRECTLY [Captioner] 19:13:26 CONCERNED WITH GRANT MANAGEMENT. AGAIN [Captioner] 19:13:30 , I'LL QUOTE THE GRANT, THE MANAGER WILL BE SOLELY [Captioner] 19:13:33 DEDICATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS GRANT PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:13:37 CAL FIRE COMMITTED $860,000 TO THE [Captioner] 19:13:40 GRANT AND FREMONT MATCHED $340,000 TO PAY FOR [Captioner] 19:13:43 THIS MANAGER POSITION. HOWEVER, IN [Captioner] 19:13:46 2020, THIS JOB DESIGNATION DISAPPEARED. THE STAFF [Captioner] 19:13:49 MEMBER WAS RENAMED AND GIVEN THE [Captioner] 19:13:52 DUTIES OF CITY ARBORIST IN ADDITION TO THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR. [Captioner] 19:13:57 HE RESIGNED IN PROTEST IN [Captioner] 19:13:59 SEPTEMBER 2022 SAYING IT WAS TOO MUCH WORK FOR A SINGLE [Captioner] 19:14:03 PERSON. THIS IMPORTANT JOB HAS SINCE REMAINED VACANT. [Captioner] 19:14:07 THE NEW JOB POSTING FOR THE ROLE PLANS TO HAVE A NEW [Captioner] 19:14:10 URBAN FORESTER TAKE ON THE CITY ARBORIST MANAGEMENT DUTIES [Captioner] 19:14:13 AGAIN IN ADDITION TO GRANT MANAGEMENT. THIS WILL TAKE MUCH [Captioner] 19:14:16 TIME AWAY FROM GRANT WORK AND THE WORK ON THE URBAN [Captioner] 19:14:19 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH ALSO DOES NOT SATISFY THE [Captioner] 19:14:22 TERMS OF THE GRANT. AS YOU WILL HEAR, THIS WILL NOT WORK GOING ON FORWARD. [Captioner] 19:14:25 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:30 >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 19:14:34 LYNN MILLER. [Captioner] 19:14:46 JARVIS LEONG. >> I'M A MEMBER OF [Captioner] 19:14:49 URBAN FOREST FRIENDS. I WILL BRIEFLY POINT OUT [Captioner] 19:14:52 SOME OF THE ITEMS NOT ACCOMPLISHED ON C [Captioner] 19:14:55 CAL FIRE GRANT NUMBER 1. ASIDE FROM [Captioner] 19:14:58 THE CONTRACTED COMPONENTS OF THE CAL FIRE GRANT [Captioner] 19:15:01 COMPLETED, THERE ARE DELIVERABLES FROM THE FIRST CAL FIRE GRANT THAT [Captioner] 19:15:04 WERE NOT DONE AND INSTEAD MOVED INTO THE TO BE DONE [Captioner] 19:15:07 CALENDAR OF THE UPCOMING URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL COME BEFORE [Captioner] 19:15:11 YOU. A WORKING TEAM FROM THE [Captioner] 19:15:15 DEPARTMENT -- THE TREES AND COMMUNITY URBAN FORESTERS [Captioner] 19:15:19 WAS CREATED TO REVIEW AND REVISE TREE ORDINANCES AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL [Captioner] 19:15:22 WORKFLOWS. BUT A TREE ADVISING WORKING GROUP WAS [Captioner] 19:15:25 ONLY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING. [Captioner] 19:15:29 NO REVIEWS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. A NEW STREET TREE LIST IS [Captioner] 19:15:32 STILL TO BE DEVELOPED, REVIEWED [Captioner] 19:15:35 AND IMPLEMENTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. NO MEDIA [Captioner] 19:15:38 PROMOTIONS OTHER THAN TWO ZOOM MEETINGS OCCURRED IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. [Captioner] 19:15:41 MEDIA WAS TO BRING AWARENESS TO RESIDENTS ABOUT [Captioner] 19:15:45 THE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND GROW OUR URBAN TREE [Captioner] 19:15:48 CANOPY SO THAT CITIZENS WOULD BE EDUCATED ABOUT [Captioner] 19:15:51 AND RECEPTIVE TO STREET TREE STEWARDSHIP. [Captioner] 19:15:55 A TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS NOT FORMED TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR [Captioner] 19:15:58 TREE DISPUTES AND APPEALS, THEN SUDDENLY LAST WEEK A [Captioner] 19:16:01 TREE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WAS ANNOUNCED [Captioner] 19:16:05 , COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF CITY STAFF. SO IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW THE [Captioner] 19:16:08 COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE [Captioner] 19:16:11 COMMITTEES. LASTLY INSTEAD OF HAVING AN UP AND [Captioner] 19:16:15 RUNNING [Captioner] 19:16:19 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR WHERE NEW TREES WILL BE [Captioner] 19:16:22 PLANTED, THE WHERE, WHEN AND HOW OF TREE PLANTING [Captioner] 19:16:25 IS STILL TO BE -- LEFT TO BE DETERMINED. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:16:31 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FINAL SPEAKER CARD IS KELLY ABREU. [Captioner] 19:16:39 >> GOOD EVENING. >> Mr. Quintanilla: IT WAS KELLY [Captioner] 19:16:43 ABREU. >> I'M LYNN [Captioner] 19:16:46 MILLER. I WAS TO COME PRIOR TO JARVIS. >> Mr. Quintanilla: [Captioner] 19:16:48 I'M SORRY, YOU CAN SPEAK AFTER KELLY ABREU. >> OKAY. [Captioner] 19:16:51 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:00 >> IN THE [Captioner] 19:17:04 LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND INCLUDING TODAY, WE'VE BEEN [Captioner] 19:17:07 SEEING MANY DIFFERENT REQUESTS FOR FLAG RAISING CEREMONY [Captioner] 19:17:11 IES, BROUGHT BY CULTURAL GROUPS AND REQUESTS FOR [Captioner] 19:17:14 HOLIDAYS. MOST OF THEM ARE [Captioner] 19:17:18 SPONSORED BY THE GROUP MEMBERS THEMSELVES [Captioner] 19:17:21 . SO I'D LIKE TO DEPART FROM THAT TRADITION, BREAK A NEW PATH [Captioner] 19:17:24 AND MAKE MY OWN REQUEST ON BEHALF OF A GROUP [Captioner] 19:17:28 THAT I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH. FREMONT HAS THE [Captioner] 19:17:32 LARGEST AFGHAN COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF [Captioner] 19:17:35 AFGHAN STAN. [Captioner] 19:17:40 THE MOST IMPORTANT SECULAR -- FOR ALL THE PEOPLES [Captioner] 19:17:44 OF CENTRAL ASIA. THIS IS CENTERVILLE, TO [Captioner] 19:17:47 USE THE -- CENTERVILLE'S HOLIDAY IS [Captioner] 19:17:50 NORUSE. IT'S COMING UP IN ABOUT, WHAT, TWO WEEKS? [Captioner] 19:17:56 AND EMBARRASSINGLY ENOUGH, THERE'S THIS TOWN [Captioner] 19:17:59 THAT'S NOT EVEN INCORPORATED, THEY [Captioner] 19:18:03 POPPED UP THOUSANDS [Captioner] 19:18:06 OF NEW [Captioner] 19:18:09 HOUSES IN MIDDLE OF FEELS, IT'S CALLED MOUNTAIN HOUSE [Captioner] 19:18:13 IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, AND THEY ARE RUNNING A MEETING RIGHT [Captioner] 19:18:17 NOW AT THIS VERY MOMENT AND ON THE AGENDA, IT [Captioner] 19:18:20 SAYS, OBSERVATION OF NORUSE OR [Captioner] 19:18:24 COMMEMORATION, [Captioner] 19:18:28 , IT SAYS PROCLAMATION FOR NORUSE. [Captioner] 19:18:33 AND THIS AGENDA DOESN'T HAVE THAT. FREMONT DIDN'T [Captioner] 19:18:35 DO IT LAST YEAR. FREMONT SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS. [Captioner] 19:18:39 WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE? IT -- [Captioner] 19:18:42 THIS IS EMBARRASSING. AND FOR ME TO HAVE TO COME HERE [Captioner] 19:18:44 AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT, YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF [Captioner] 19:18:48 IT YOURSELVES AND YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOUR STAFF A MONTH AGO OR TWO [Captioner] 19:18:51 MONTHS AGO TO GO FIGURE THIS [Captioner] 19:18:54 OUT AND PUT THIS ON THE LIST. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:19:00 >> Mr. Quintanilla: LYNN MILLER [Captioner] 19:19:03 . >> HI. [Captioner] 19:19:06 GOOD EVENING. I'M SPEAKING [Captioner] 19:19:10 LAST ABOUT [Captioner] 19:19:13 URBAN FOREST FRIENDS. WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 19:19:16 A FIRST GRANT, AND BACK IN APRIL [Captioner] 19:19:19 OF 2022, FREMONT SECURED A SECOND [Captioner] 19:19:24 CAL FIRE GRANT, CRAFTED BY THE RESIGNED URBAN [Captioner] 19:19:27 FORESTER GRANT MANAGER. NOW, [Captioner] 19:19:30 THE SECOND GRANT IS FOR [Captioner] 19:19:36 $850,000, AND IT INCLUDES PLANTING 1,000 TREE [Captioner] 19:19:39 S AND DOING TWO CYCLES OF TREE MAINTENANCE [Captioner] 19:19:42 ON THEM, A $5,000 CONTRACTUAL [Captioner] 19:19:46 CONSULTING PLAN TO [Captioner] 19:19:49 GUIDE TREE MAINTENANCE, AND THE CREATION MOST IMPORTANTLY OF [Captioner] 19:19:53 A CITIZEN URBAN FOREST ACADEMY, [Captioner] 19:19:56 OFFERED ANNUALLY TO CREATE CERTIFIED URBAN FOREST [Captioner] 19:20:00 VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN TREES, [Captioner] 19:20:01 EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT TREES, AND [Captioner] 19:20:05 TO BE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, DOING [Captioner] 19:20:07 CANVASSING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN [Captioner] 19:20:11 THE CITY AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. [Captioner] 19:20:14 ALSO IN GRANT TWO IS THE [Captioner] 19:20:18 HIRING AND SUPERVISION OF TWO URBAN FORESTRY INTERNS [Captioner] 19:20:21 TO LEAD ONGOING TREE PLANTING OPERATIONS [Captioner] 19:20:24 , AND WORK WITH CITIZEN URBAN FORESTERS. [Captioner] 19:20:27 THE URBAN FOREST MANAGER MUST OVERSEE [Captioner] 19:20:30 THIS PROGRAM AND BUDGET FOR CONTRACTUAL [Captioner] 19:20:36 SERVICES. URBAN FOREST FRIENDS IS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH [Captioner] 19:20:39 ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY NOW. [Captioner] 19:20:43 CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT DEPEND ON THE [Captioner] 19:20:46 CITY MANAGERS AND THE CITY STAFF TO [Captioner] 19:20:49 FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES. THESE [Captioner] 19:20:52 INCLUDE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. [Captioner] 19:20:57 WE HOPE YOU WILL VOTE TO ADOPT THE [Captioner] 19:21:00 URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, DIRECTING [Captioner] 19:21:04 CITY STAFF TO INCLUDE ONE OR [Captioner] 19:21:07 MORE CITIZEN URBAN FORESTERS IN IT. [Captioner] 19:21:11 IN THE WORKING GROUPS OR GROUP OR WHATEVER THAT THEY CALL [Captioner] 19:21:14 THEMSELVES. LAST WEEK, THE JOB [Captioner] 19:21:17 POSTING WENT UP, FINALLY, FOR THE URBAN [Captioner] 19:21:21 FORESTER MANAGER POSITION THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR THE [Captioner] 19:21:24 LAST EIGHT MONTHS. [Captioner] 19:21:28 PLEASE, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, TAKE A [Captioner] 19:21:32 LOOK AT THAT JOB POSTING. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS A [Captioner] 19:21:35 BROAD COMBINATION OF BEING [Captioner] 19:21:39 A MANAGERIAL CITY ARBORIST AND AN URBAN FOREST MANAGER. [Captioner] 19:21:42 SO MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ASK THAT YOU DESIGNATE THE [Captioner] 19:21:45 NEW URBAN FOREST MANAGER AS A FULL TIME [Captioner] 19:21:49 PERMANENT POSITION, SEPARATE FROM ALL OTHER CITY [Captioner] 19:21:53 ARBORIST WORK. THIS WAS THE INTENT OF THE FIRST [Captioner] 19:21:56 GRANT BUT NOT HONORED, LEAVING GREAT MANY [Captioner] 19:22:00 DELIVERABLES UNACCOMPLISHED. AS KERMIT THE FROG [Captioner] 19:22:04 SAYS, IT'S JUST NOT EASY BEING GREEN. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:22:11 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 19:22:17 KATHRYN RUBIE. >> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? [Captioner] 19:22:20 >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, [Captioner] 19:22:24 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS [Captioner] 19:22:28 KATHERINE RUBIE. I AM SPEAKING FOR [Captioner] 19:22:31 MYSELF. AND PERHAPS ANY OTHER [Captioner] 19:22:34 AT RISK PEOPLE FOR HOMELESSNESS AND, OF COURSE, THE [Captioner] 19:22:38 HOMELESS. NOT ANY ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS [Captioner] 19:22:41 TIME. [Captioner] 19:22:46 I AM A RESIDENT OF [Captioner] 19:22:49 THIS COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS, AND FREMONT SEEMS TO BE [Captioner] 19:22:52 WHERE I DO EVERYTHING. IT'S WHERE EVERYTHING [Captioner] 19:22:55 IS THAT I CARE ABOUT. AND I [Captioner] 19:22:59 AM CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR HOUSING YET AGAIN, [Captioner] 19:23:02 AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OVER A YEAR AND HAVE [Captioner] 19:23:05 NOT FOUND ANY ABILITY TO FIND [Captioner] 19:23:09 HOUSING, AND I AM SUPPOSED TO MOVE OUT BY [Captioner] 19:23:12 THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND I FEAR THAT [Captioner] 19:23:15 I MAY YET BECOME HOMELESS ONCE AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:23:20 AND I AM VERY FRUSTRATED BY THIS. AND I [Captioner] 19:23:24 FEEL LIKE OUR SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. [Captioner] 19:23:28 WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S NOT WORKING, AND WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED [Captioner] 19:23:31 TO TRY AND GET BETTER THINGS [Captioner] 19:23:34 GOING FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND FOR PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 19:23:38 ARE ALREADY HOMELESS. IT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION TO [Captioner] 19:23:41 GO THROUGH. I'VE BEEN [Captioner] 19:23:44 THERE, I DON'T LIKE IT, AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR ANY OF US TO BE [Captioner] 19:23:48 HOMELESS WHEN WE HAVE RESOURCES [Captioner] 19:23:51 OUT THE WAZOO. AND I AM IN [Captioner] 19:23:55 A DESPERATE SITUATION HERE. I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, AND I'M SUPPOSED [Captioner] 19:23:58 TO BE OUT OF MY PLACE IN THREE WEEKS. YOU [Captioner] 19:24:01 KNOW, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. [Captioner] 19:24:04 I APPLIED FOR THE GRANITE RIDGE. [Captioner] 19:24:08 I DIDN'T EVEN GET A WORD IN, YOU [Captioner] 19:24:11 KNOW, ON WHETHER OR NOT I WAS GOING TO QUALIFY, AND YET I [Captioner] 19:24:15 QUALIFIED UNDER TWO OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:19 THREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESERVED [Captioner] 19:24:22 APARTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE LOTTERY. AND I DIDN'T GET [Captioner] 19:24:25 A CALL, YOU KNOW, AND THE HOUSING BEING BUILT [Captioner] 19:24:29 IS SLOW IN COMING. THE PROGRAM [Captioner] 19:24:32 S WE'RE OFFERING FOR THE HOMELESS ARE MINIMAL AT BEST. [Captioner] 19:24:36 WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH. AND I JUST WANT [Captioner] 19:24:39 US TO REALLY BE AWARE OF THE FACT [Captioner] 19:24:42 THAT WE AREN'T DOING ENOUGH. AND THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:24:45 PEOPLE GETTING READY TO BECOME HOME [Captioner] 19:24:49 LESS ONCE THIS MORATORIUM [Captioner] 19:24:52 ENDS, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE [Captioner] 19:24:55 OF US OUT ON THE STREET. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I [Captioner] 19:24:57 DON'T EVEN HAVE A CAR TO LIVE IN RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 19:25:00 I JUST -- I'M FRUSTRATED [Captioner] 19:25:03 . I'M SCARED, AND I AM JUST -- [Captioner] 19:25:07 I'M UPSET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH ON [Captioner] 19:25:10 ISSUES. AND I JUST BEG YOU TO START [Captioner] 19:25:13 THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS [Captioner] 19:25:14 MORE CONSISTENTLY THAN WE DO. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:22 >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:28 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 19:25:31 SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE FUTURE AGENDA [Captioner] 19:25:34 ITEMS. [Captioner] 19:25:38 AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH [Captioner] 19:25:41 OUR STAFF IN PARTICULAR, AND THE CITY [Captioner] 19:25:44 MANAGER AND ALSO I THINK SUZANNE WOLF [Captioner] 19:25:48 WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS ITEM. SORRY -- WELL, SHENFIL [Captioner] 19:25:51 ON THIS ONE, BUT ON THE OTHER ITEM, ON THE TREES, YES. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:55 AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE VOTED AND [Captioner] 19:25:58 AGREED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 19:26:03 ITEMS. SO INSTEAD WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE REFERRAL ITEMS FIRST THIS [Captioner] 19:26:06 EVENING, BEFORE THE BUDGET UPDATE. SO WE'LL BEGIN [Captioner] 19:26:09 WITH ITEM 7A. WHICH IS THE [Captioner] 19:26:13 REFERRAL FOR CONSIDERATION OF [Captioner] 19:26:17 LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A CITY OF FREMONT PAID HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:26:20 COMMENCING IN 2024. AND SO [Captioner] 19:26:24 COUNCILMEMBER -- VICE MAYOR KENG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME [Captioner] 19:26:28 MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO TODAY I HAVE [Captioner] 19:26:31 BEFORE YOU A REFERRAL FOR THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:26:35 TO CONSIDER FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR TO BE CELEBRATED AS A CITY [Captioner] 19:26:38 HOLIDAY STARTING IN 2024. [Captioner] 19:26:41 SO LET ME ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, SO IN [Captioner] 19:26:46 SEPTEMBER 2022, [Captioner] 19:26:49 ASSEMBLYMEMBER EVAN LOWE INTRODUCED ASSEMBLY BILL [Captioner] 19:26:53 AB2596, WHICH DESIGNATES LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A STATE [Captioner] 19:26:57 HOLIDAY. AS WE [Captioner] 19:27:00 KNOW, ANTI-ASIAN RACISM HAS RISEN MORE THAN 300% IN THE LAST FEW [Captioner] 19:27:03 YEARS SINCE THE PANDEMIC. IN THE MOST RECENT CENSUS, WE [Captioner] 19:27:07 SEE THAT FREMONT HAS MORE THAN 50% OF ASIAN [Captioner] 19:27:10 AMERICANS IN POPULATION, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:27:13 HAVING MORE THAN 50% OF OUR RESIDENTS BEING BORN OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. [Captioner] 19:27:16 IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 19:27:18 LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A RECOGNITION OF THE [Captioner] 19:27:21 CONTRIBUTION OF OUR API COMMUNITY. ON [Captioner] 19:27:26 SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022, GOVERNOR NEWSOM [Captioner] 19:27:29 SIGNED THREE STATE HOLIDAY BILLS INTO LAW BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF [Captioner] 19:27:32 THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR. ONE OF THE THREE [Captioner] 19:27:35 NEW CALIFORNIA STATE HOLIDAYS STARTING IN 2023 IS THE [Captioner] 19:27:39 LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. THE GOVERNOR STATED, QUOTE, [Captioner] 19:27:42 THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATES A CHANCE TO LEAVE BEHIND THE [Captioner] 19:27:45 TROUBLES OF THE PAST YEAR AND INVITE PROSPERITY AND GOOD LUCK [Captioner] 19:27:49 MOVING FORWARD. RECOGNIZING THIS DAY AS A [Captioner] 19:27:52 STATE HOLIDAY ACKNOWLEDGES THE DIVERSITY AND [Captioner] 19:27:55 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE ASIAN AMERICANS BRING [Captioner] 19:27:58 TO CALIFORNIA, AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:28:01 FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE [Captioner] 19:28:05 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. [Captioner] 19:28:10 END QUOTE. THE GOVERNOR ADDED, QUOTE, I AM [Captioner] 19:28:13 IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE RICHNESS OF DIVERSITY AND [Captioner] 19:28:16 BACKGROUNDS REPRESENTED IN OUR STATE AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE [Captioner] 19:28:19 OF WANTING TO SEE ONE'S OWN EXPERIENCE REFLECTED IN STATE [Captioner] 19:28:23 HOLIDAYS. END QUOTE. SO I [Captioner] 19:28:26 WOULD BE -- OF COURSE WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO [Captioner] 19:28:29 CONSIDERATION OF THE FISCAL [Captioner] 19:28:33 IMPACT THE PAID HOLIDAY WILL BRING, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:28:36 WHY I'M BRINGING FORWARD [Captioner] 19:28:40 THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW THE CITY STAFF TO [Captioner] 19:28:43 RESEARCH THE FISCAL IMPACTS AND I WILL [Captioner] 19:28:46 BE OPEN FOR THE REFERRAL TO BE EITHER A PAID HOLIDAY OR [Captioner] 19:28:50 A FLEX HOLIDAY UNDERSTANDING [Captioner] 19:28:53 THE COSTS THAT THIS -- AN [Captioner] 19:28:57 ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY WILL BRING, [Captioner] 19:29:00 SO IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR ENACTED FOR [Captioner] 19:29:04 THE STATE FOR THE STATE HOLIDAY, WHICH AUTHORIZES ANY [Captioner] 19:29:07 STATE EMPLOYEE TO UTILIZE EIGHT HOURS OF [Captioner] 19:29:11 VACATION, ANNUAL LEAVE, OR COMPENSATING [Captioner] 19:29:15 TIME OFF IN LIEU OF RECEIVING EIGHT HOURS OF PERSONAL [Captioner] 19:29:18 HOLIDAY CREDIT TO OBSERVE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH GIVES [Captioner] 19:29:21 US THE FLEXIBILITY OF TAKING [Captioner] 19:29:25 LUNAR NEW YEAR THE DAY. SO [Captioner] 19:29:28 EVEN IF WE ARE IN THE FUTURE [Captioner] 19:29:32 DESIGNATING LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A NON-PAID [Captioner] 19:29:35 HOLIDAY, IT WILL STILL RECOGNIZE THE [Captioner] 19:29:39 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CULTURAL AND HERITAGE OF THE [Captioner] 19:29:43 ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. SO THIS CONCLUDES [Captioner] 19:29:46 MY PRESENTATION, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. [Captioner] 19:29:49 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:29:54 >> Mayor Mei: WOULD STAFF LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE ABILITY OF [Captioner] 19:29:57 THE HOLIDAY TO BE PAID OR UNPAID? I KNOW I'VE SEEN [Captioner] 19:30:01 MR. PERSSELIN IN THE AUDIENCE, BEFORE WE TAKE SOME OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:30:04 COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:30:09 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: OF COURSE AS A PAID HOLIDAY, THERE WOULD BE SOME COSTS [Captioner] 19:30:12 INVOLVED, AND AS WE SAW WITH THE RECENT HOLIDAY THAT WE ADDED [Captioner] 19:30:15 BACK IN [Captioner] 19:30:18 22-23, THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, THE COST [Captioner] 19:30:21 FOR THAT WAS ABOUT $240,000. [Captioner] 19:30:24 OF COURSE THAT WAS IN FISCAL YEAR [Captioner] 19:30:28 2022-23-DOLLARS, AND DID INCLUDE [Captioner] 19:30:31 THE COST OF ANY NEW POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:30:34 ADDED TO THE BUDGET SINCE THEN, NOR [Captioner] 19:30:38 DOES IT -- NOR IS IT REFLECTIVE OF SALARY [Captioner] 19:30:41 INCREASES DUE TO LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. SO I JUST SHARE [Captioner] 19:30:44 THAT WITH YOU AS A BENCHMARK [Captioner] 19:30:47 TO CONSIDER AS YOU THINK ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD [Captioner] 19:30:50 WITH THE REFERRAL. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND [Captioner] 19:30:53 I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY, I'LL ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:30:57 I BELIEVE WHEN WE ADDED THAT, THAT WAS IN PERPETUITY, AT LEAST FOR THE TERMS [Captioner] 19:31:00 OF THIS CURRENT CONTRACT? [Captioner] 19:31:04 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YES, YOUR APPROVAL OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:31:07 WAS FROM THE POINT APPROVED ON. [Captioner] 19:31:12 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:31:16 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR -- ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE [Captioner] 19:31:18 COUNCIL? >> City Mgr. Shackelford: ONE MORE THING. [Captioner] 19:31:22 AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT [Captioner] 19:31:25 THE IDEA OF -- [Captioner] 19:31:27 AS YOU CONSIDER THIS, I THINK VICE MAYOR [Captioner] 19:31:30 KENG MENTIONED THAT SHE'D BE OPEN TO THIS AS WELL, BUT THE [Captioner] 19:31:33 IDEA OF ANOTHER FLOATING HOLIDAY AS OPPOSED TO [Captioner] 19:31:36 A NAMED HOLIDAY IS SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:31:39 ELSE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S OPEN TO YOU ALL CONSIDERING [Captioner] 19:31:42 AS WELL. >> Mayor Mei: I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT, [Captioner] 19:31:45 BECAUSE I SUGGESTED THAT ORIGINALLY TOO, BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 19:31:48 OUR DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:31:54 SO DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, WE HAVE TWO [Captioner] 19:31:57 SPEAKER CARDS. FIRST SPEAKER, JOHN [Captioner] 19:32:00 HINDS. [Captioner] 19:32:11 >> WHEN I GOT MARRIED, ABOUT A HUNDRED [Captioner] 19:32:14 YEARS AGO, WE WERE SENDING OUT WEDDING [Captioner] 19:32:17 INVITATIONS, AND WE FOUND THAT IF WE INVITED THIS [Captioner] 19:32:22 FAMILY, OOO, THEN WE REALLY HAVE TO INVITE THIS OTHER FAMILY TOO BECAUSE IF [Captioner] 19:32:25 WE INVITE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WOULD THAT [Captioner] 19:32:29 SEND? BUT WITH THAT SECOND FAMILY, OH, NOW WE [Captioner] 19:32:32 REALLY HAVE TO BRING THIS OTHER ONE IN BECAUSE IF WE [Captioner] 19:32:35 EXCLUDE ANYBODY, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WOULD THAT SEND? [Captioner] 19:32:39 THIS WENT ON ALMOST TO INFINITY, [Captioner] 19:32:42 BECAUSE IF WE LEFT ANYONE OUT, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE [Captioner] 19:32:45 WOULD THAT SEND? I HOPE YOU [Captioner] 19:32:49 CAN SEE THE SIMILARITY TO THESE HOLIDAY DECLARATIONS. [Captioner] 19:32:52 IF WE DECLARE A FULL PAID [Captioner] 19:32:56 HOLIDAY IN A RECOGNITION OF A CULTURAL, ETHNIC [Captioner] 19:32:59 OR OTHER GROUP, THEN WE ESTABLISH A [Captioner] 19:33:02 PRINCIPLE THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED BY SOMEONE ELSE THE NEXT DAY [Captioner] 19:33:06 TO REQUEST SIMILAR RECOGNITION FOR THEIR GROUP. [Captioner] 19:33:09 AND AT THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE NO WAY TO TURN THEM DOWN [Captioner] 19:33:12 WITHOUT LOOKING UNFAIR OR HYPOCRITICAL, [Captioner] 19:33:15 AND WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WOULD THAT SEND? [Captioner] 19:33:19 NOW, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME FOLKS ARE TAKING [Captioner] 19:33:22 AN EXAMPLE FROM THE RECENT RECOGNITION [Captioner] 19:33:26 OF JUNETEENTH, WHICH I THINK IS BETTER CALLED [Captioner] 19:33:29 FREEDOM DAY, TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT IS NOT A RECOGNITION [Captioner] 19:33:32 OF ANY CULTURAL OR ETHNIC GROUP, IT IS [Captioner] 19:33:35 INSTEAD A MILESTONE IN U.S. HISTORY WHEN [Captioner] 19:33:39 A CORE FOUNDING PRINCIPLE BECAME [Captioner] 19:33:42 MUCH MORE FULLY REALIZED AT A GREAT COST OF [Captioner] 19:33:45 LIVES. THERE WAS A WAR. [Captioner] 19:33:49 SO JUNETEENTH, OR FREEDOM DAY, IS MORE [Captioner] 19:33:53 NATURALLY A GOVERNMENT HOLIDAY FOR REASONS THAT [Captioner] 19:33:56 ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE REASONS [Captioner] 19:33:59 WE HEAR IN FAVOR OF LUNAR NEW YEAR OR DIWALI, [Captioner] 19:34:02 TO TAKE ANOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE. NOW I LOVE [Captioner] 19:34:05 CELEBRATIONS, BUT CITY STAFF NEEDS SOME WORK DAYS TOO, AND [Captioner] 19:34:09 THEY COULD ALWAYS CELEBRATE THESE HAPPY OCCASIONS [Captioner] 19:34:11 WITH THE REST OF US ON THEIR OWN TIME. [Captioner] 19:34:14 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:20 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 19:34:23 HENRY LIANG. [Captioner] 19:34:33 >> IS THIS ON? [Captioner] 19:34:37 GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS HENRY LIANG. [Captioner] 19:34:40 I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CITIZEN FOR BETTER [Captioner] 19:34:43 COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN [Captioner] 19:34:48 SUPPORT OF VICE MAYOR KENG'S REFERRAL [Captioner] 19:34:51 TO RECOGNIZE LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A PAID CITY HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 19:34:55 BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE REMARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A [Captioner] 19:34:58 MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU, FOR [Captioner] 19:35:02 FREMONT BEING VOTED AS THE HAPPIEST CITY IN [Captioner] 19:35:04 THE UNITED STATES FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW. [Captioner] 19:35:08 THIS IS A TESTIMONY OF THE [Captioner] 19:35:11 INCREDIBLE WORK OF ALL OF YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR [Captioner] 19:35:15 A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND PLAY. [Captioner] 19:35:20 AS VICE MAYOR KENG POINTED OUT, [Captioner] 19:35:24 CALIFORNIA AB2596 RECOGNIZES LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 19:35:27 YEAR AS UNPAID HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 19:35:31 HOWEVER, CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND SEVERAL [Captioner] 19:35:34 CITIES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:35:39 ALAMEDA, BERKELEY [Captioner] 19:35:42 , -- OAKLAND, [Captioner] 19:35:45 SAN LEANDRO HAVE GONE A STEP [Captioner] 19:35:47 FURTHER AND RECOGNIZE LUNAR NEW YEAR AS [Captioner] 19:35:51 A PAID HOLIDAY. FREMONT IS [Captioner] 19:35:54 HOME OF A LARGE AND ELABORATE ASIAN COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 19:35:58 LUNAR NEW YEAR IS AN ESSENTIAL CULTURAL CELEBRATION FOR MANY [Captioner] 19:36:01 OF OUR RESIDENTS. BY ACKNOWLEDGING [Captioner] 19:36:05 THIS HOLIDAY AS A PAID CITY HOLIDAY, WE CAN [Captioner] 19:36:08 DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO [Captioner] 19:36:12 INCLUSIVITY AND RESPECT TOWARD [Captioner] 19:36:15 OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO [Captioner] 19:36:18 COMMEND [Captioner] 19:36:21 MS. [Captioner] 19:36:24 SUZANNE WOLF AND HER [Captioner] 19:36:28 TEAM. THE TURNOUT WAS FANTASTIC AND [Captioner] 19:36:31 THE ATMOSPHERE WAS REVERENT. IT WAS A [Captioner] 19:36:35 BEAUTIFUL EVENT OF [Captioner] 19:36:38 THAT BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO [Captioner] 19:36:41 CELEBRATE THIS SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY. AS THE CBC [Captioner] 19:36:44 IS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENT I WOULD [Captioner] 19:36:48 SAY TO MEET THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL HERE [Captioner] 19:36:49 AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SUPPORT. [Captioner] 19:36:54 IN CONCLUSION, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO [Captioner] 19:36:58 CONSIDER RECOGNIZING LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A [Captioner] 19:37:01 PAID CITY [Captioner] 19:37:04 HOLIDAY THAT WILL [Captioner] 19:37:08 PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:37:09 ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHEN THE [Captioner] 19:37:12 BONDS BETWEEN ALL OF US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:37:17 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:20 AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I SEE FIRST [Captioner] 19:37:24 IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:37:27 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. AND I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:37:30 TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER KENG FOR RAISING THIS ISSUE. [Captioner] 19:37:34 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 19:37:38 IS CELEBRATED BY A LARGE SWATH OF POPULATION ALL OVER [Captioner] 19:37:41 THE WORLD AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT HOLIDAY. WE [Captioner] 19:37:45 HAD A RECENT RETREAT AND WE HAD A PREVIOUS MEETING [Captioner] 19:37:49 AS WELL WHERE WE DISCUSSED HOW WE WOULD TRY TO [Captioner] 19:37:52 WORK ON THESE ITEMS ON A COMPREHENSIVE [Captioner] 19:37:55 GLOBAL APPROACH RATHER THAN AN [Captioner] 19:37:59 INDIVIDUAL HOLIDAY, BECAUSE AS [Captioner] 19:38:02 MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MANY SPEAKERS COMING IN RECENTLY [Captioner] 19:38:04 ASKING ABOUT THE DIWALI HOLIDAY, AND I'M SURE THERE'S [Captioner] 19:38:11 OTHERS LOOKING FOR CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY, I [Captioner] 19:38:14 KNOW A LOT OF OUR [Captioner] 19:38:18 EMPLOYEES ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. [Captioner] 19:38:21 PUBLIC WORKERS OFTEN GET BLAMED FOR TAKING TOO MANY HOLIDAYS [Captioner] 19:38:24 AND IF WE KEEP ADDING MORE HOLIDAYS THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE [Captioner] 19:38:27 THE EXPENSES, WHICH WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE RATE THAT [Captioner] 19:38:30 TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY TO PAY FOR THESE [Captioner] 19:38:35 HOLIDAYS. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT IT AS A [Captioner] 19:38:39 FLOATING HOLIDAY, SO THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO [Captioner] 19:38:42 CELEBRATE CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, THEY CAN DO THAT, OR [Captioner] 19:38:47 JUNETEENTH, OR DIWALI, OR [Captioner] 19:38:50 LUNAR NEW YEAR OR ANY OTHER HOLIDAY THAT WE DON'T KNOW [Captioner] 19:38:53 YET. [Captioner] 19:38:56 MAYBE NOWRUZ, MR. ABREU [Captioner] 19:38:59 MENTIONED. SO MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY, I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:39:02 TO HAVE A DEEPER DIVE AND FURTHER DISCUSSION TO DECIDE [Captioner] 19:39:06 ALL THE DAYS WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE SO THAT A WEEK [Captioner] 19:39:09 OR TWO FROM NOW, WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE BRINGING DIWALI OR [Captioner] 19:39:13 ANOTHER EVENT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS [Captioner] 19:39:16 COUNCIL DIRECTION TO LOOK AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY AND [Captioner] 19:39:19 HOLISTICALLY. IF THERE'S NO SUCH WILL, THEN I WOULD [Captioner] 19:39:23 LIKE TO SUBMIT OTHER HOLIDAYS RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR [Captioner] 19:39:26 FURTHER DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES [Captioner] 19:39:29 THAT ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED. BUT AGAIN, THE BIGGEST CONCERN [Captioner] 19:39:33 I HAVE IS ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT, ADDING MORE [Captioner] 19:39:36 HOLIDAYS, THAT'S $240,000 PER HOLIDAY, [Captioner] 19:39:40 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, PLUS THE PENSIONS [Captioner] 19:39:43 AND ALL OF THE OTHER BENEFITS. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:39:46 BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME WITH [Captioner] 19:39:49 THE ECONOMY AND ALL THE CONCERNS WE'RE [Captioner] 19:39:52 FACING. SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE EFFORT, I [Captioner] 19:39:54 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER KENG BRINGING [Captioner] 19:39:57 THIS UP. I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT OCCASION [Captioner] 19:40:00 AND WE DO NEED TO RECOGNIZE IT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT WITH EYES [Captioner] 19:40:04 WIDE OPEN. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK [Captioner] 19:40:07 YOU. NEXT [Captioner] 19:40:09 I HAVE ON THE DAIS IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:40:19 I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN FREMONT, [Captioner] 19:40:22 WE'RE SO DIVERSE. SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES [Captioner] 19:40:25 THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF [Captioner] 19:40:29 FREMONT. AND I THINK THAT IF [Captioner] 19:40:32 I DO FOR ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER, [Captioner] 19:40:35 WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE HAPPY. AND I THINK [Captioner] 19:40:39 THE PART OF IT IS TRYING TO LOOK AT IT FROM A GLOBAL [Captioner] 19:40:43 PERSPECTIVE, AND BEING [Captioner] 19:40:46 FAIR TO HAVE EITHER A [Captioner] 19:40:47 FLOATING HOLIDAY THAT COULD BE DEDICATED FOR ALL [Captioner] 19:40:51 OF THE ABOVE THAT ARE NOT LISTED IN THE CALENDAR [Captioner] 19:40:54 FOR FREMONT'S CITY EMPLOYEES. [Captioner] 19:40:58 AND ALSO, THAT IT WOULD [Captioner] 19:41:01 ALLOW WHOEVER NEEDS TO TAKE AN EXTRA DAY, THEY COULD [Captioner] 19:41:04 TAKE IT ON THAT TIME PERIOD WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS, AND [Captioner] 19:41:07 I THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE WAY OF [Captioner] 19:41:11 SUPPORTING WHETHER IT'S LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHETHER IT'S [Captioner] 19:41:15 DIWALI, WHETHER IT'S RAMADAN, YOU NAME [Captioner] 19:41:18 ALL THE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS THAT WOULD BE OPENED UP [Captioner] 19:41:21 FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE [Captioner] 19:41:25 THAT AND EVEN FOR EASTER OR FOR CHRISTIAN [Captioner] 19:41:29 HOLIDAYS, SO YOU HAVE A WIDE VARIETY. TO PINPOINT [Captioner] 19:41:32 TO A PARTICULAR DAY IS SO HARD, BECAUSE THE [Captioner] 19:41:35 DATES DO CHANGE OVER THE YEARS, AS WE [Captioner] 19:41:39 DO KNOW. THE OTHER PART IS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT [Captioner] 19:41:43 THE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET AND THE TIMING [Captioner] 19:41:46 OF TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT IF WE HAVE ONE [Captioner] 19:41:49 FLOATING HOLIDAY, THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR ALL OF THE [Captioner] 19:41:52 ABOVE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT AND COMBINE IT [Captioner] 19:41:56 AS ONE COMPLETE PACKAGE. [Captioner] 19:41:59 THE OTHER PART IS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE, AS WE LOOK AT IT AS [Captioner] 19:42:03 A TEAM FREMONT, THAT WE ARE [Captioner] 19:42:06 ALL TOGETHER. AND HOW WE CAN DO IT AND [Captioner] 19:42:09 NOT SEPARATE OUT DIFFERENT GROUPS. ONE QUESTION I [Captioner] 19:42:13 DID HAVE WAS, WHEN WAS [Captioner] 19:42:17 THIS REFERRAL SUBMITTED? DO WE HAVE A DATE ON THAT? [Captioner] 19:42:22 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE AT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT'S [Captioner] 19:42:25 BEEN IN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. >> Councilmember Cox: THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:42:29 BACK IN FEBRUARY? >> City Mgr. Shackelford: [Captioner] 19:42:32 IT PREDATED THE COUNCIL RETREAT, IF THAT'S YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:42:36 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT [Captioner] 19:42:39 . BECAUSE WE DID AGREE BACK ON [Captioner] 19:42:42 FEBRUARY THE 21ST, SO ABOUT 15 DAYS AGO, [Captioner] 19:42:45 HERE IN THIS SAME CHAMBER, WE DID AGREE ON [Captioner] 19:42:48 DOING FLAG RAISING. AND WE [Captioner] 19:42:51 ALL VOTED, THE MOTION WAS PASSED TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:42:55 DO FIVE CHOSEN [Captioner] 19:42:58 CELEBRATIONS ALSO THAT WE ALL APPROVED [Captioner] 19:43:01 AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, WE DID [Captioner] 19:43:04 HAVE STAFF, WE DID DIRECT STAFF THROUGH THE [Captioner] 19:43:08 MOTION THAT WAS PASSED BY CITY [Captioner] 19:43:11 COUNCIL MAJORITY, I SHOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF CITY [Captioner] 19:43:14 COUNCIL, THAT WE WOULD ALSO DEFINE WHAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:43:17 THE FLAG RAISING CRITERIA [Captioner] 19:43:20 , AND DEEP DIVE IN THAT. AND I KNOW SINCE [Captioner] 19:43:23 WE JUST PASSED ANOTHER MOTION TO HAVE WORK DONE WITH THE [Captioner] 19:43:26 CITY STAFF 15 DAYS AGO, [Captioner] 19:43:29 THAT'S ONE PART ALSO TO [Captioner] 19:43:32 PUT INTO PLACE AND CONSIDER THAT. THERE'S SO [Captioner] 19:43:36 MANY DIFFERENT VENUES OF HOW TO CELEBRATE [Captioner] 19:43:39 THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH DIFFERENT CULTURE HERE [Captioner] 19:43:42 IN FREMONT. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH [Captioner] 19:43:46 THE HOLIDAY LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 19:43:50 THAT VICE MAYOR KENG HAS BROUGHT FORTH, WHETHER [Captioner] 19:43:53 IT'S USED AS A FLOATING HOLIDAY, OR THE [Captioner] 19:43:57 OTHER PART IS ALSO WE DO HAVE A FLAG [Captioner] 19:44:00 RAISING POLICY THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND WE [Captioner] 19:44:03 JUST ARE FIGURING OUT [Captioner] 19:44:06 WHAT CEREMONIES WOULD BE ADOPTED [Captioner] 19:44:10 BASED ON THE TO BE DETERMINED CRITERIA. [Captioner] 19:44:13 SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT [Captioner] 19:44:17 I AM -- TO DISCLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I AM A LIFETIME MEMBER [Captioner] 19:44:20 OF CBC, AND ALSO A LIFETIME MEMBER OF [Captioner] 19:44:24 ABAPA, WHICH I HAVE WORKED MANY, MANY [Captioner] 19:44:27 YEARS IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT [Captioner] 19:44:30 WORKING WITH EVERYBODY'S COMMUNITY. I CAN GO THROUGH THE LONG LIST OF [Captioner] 19:44:33 WORKING WITH THE INDIAN COMMUNITY, WITH THE MUSLIM, WITH ALL THE [Captioner] 19:44:36 DIFFERENT GROUPS OVER THE YEARS [Captioner] 19:44:39 THAT IT HELPS MAKE [Captioner] 19:44:43 FREMONT THE UNIQUE PLACE THAT IT IS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CAREFULLY [Captioner] 19:44:45 LOOK AT THIS, VERY OPEN [Captioner] 19:44:49 MINDED, BUT EQUAL, THAT EVERYONE FEELS [Captioner] 19:44:52 WELCOMED, EVERYONE FEELS THAT THERE'S UNITY, [Captioner] 19:44:56 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS UNITY AND DIVERSITY HERE IN [Captioner] 19:44:59 FREMONT, AND WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE [Captioner] 19:45:03 ABLE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE AND ALSO MAKE [Captioner] 19:45:06 SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS WELCOMED HERE. WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE AS [Captioner] 19:45:09 WE ALL KNOW AS PART OF [Captioner] 19:45:12 OUR POLICIES HERE IN FREMONT AS WELL FOR [Captioner] 19:45:16 ANYTHING THAT WOULD BREAK APART THE COMMUNITY. SO I KNOW [Captioner] 19:45:19 THERE'S A LOT OF CAREFUL READING IN AND I [Captioner] 19:45:22 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF MY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, WHAT [Captioner] 19:45:23 SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AS WELL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:45:28 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT, WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER YANG SHAO. [Captioner] 19:45:34 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:45:40 I REALLY WELCOME THIS REFERRAL BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THIS IDEA [Captioner] 19:45:43 WAS FROM MAYOR MEI REFERRING TO A FLOATING HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:45:47 TO CELEBRATE MULTIPLE HOLIDAYS [Captioner] 19:45:50 COMMONLY CELEBRATED BY THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:45:53 IN FREMONT, AND I'M GLAD THAT FINAL [Captioner] 19:45:56 FINALLY VICE MAYOR KENG PUT IT IN WRITING. [Captioner] 19:46:00 I ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID REGARDING [Captioner] 19:46:03 BEING FAIR AND ALSO BEING COGNITIVE OF [Captioner] 19:46:06 THE FINANCIAL COST. TO ME, I THINK [Captioner] 19:46:09 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS [Captioner] 19:46:12 ALREADY SET A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:46:16 SOLVING THAT ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH [Captioner] 19:46:19 ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY WILL COST THE [Captioner] 19:46:23 CITY OVER [Captioner] 19:46:29 $240,000 A YEAR. I ALSO [Captioner] 19:46:32 RECOGNIZE THAT FIRST OF ALL, EVEN AFTER WE ADDED [Captioner] 19:46:37 JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY TO [Captioner] 19:46:40 ALL THE EMPLOYEES, STILL [Captioner] 19:46:44 SOME LABOR UNIONS MENTIONED [Captioner] 19:46:47 THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT A HOLIDAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE WORKING ON [Captioner] 19:46:51 THAT DAY ANYWAY. [Captioner] 19:46:54 SO I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY [Captioner] 19:46:58 ALLOWS THE CITY EMPLOYEES TO SELL [Captioner] 19:47:02 BACK ANY UNUSED [Captioner] 19:47:05 HOLIDAY OR PTO BACK TO THE CITY [Captioner] 19:47:09 PERIODICALLY. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT [Captioner] 19:47:13 FLEXIBILITY, AND SO I [Captioner] 19:47:17 AM SUPPORTIVE TO THIS REFERRAL FOR [Captioner] 19:47:20 STAFF TO DO RESEARCH IN A [Captioner] 19:47:23 GLOBAL AND COMPREHENSIVE WAY SO THAT [Captioner] 19:47:27 THIS RATHER THAN BEING [Captioner] 19:47:30 EXCLUSIVE TO LUNAR NEW YEAR CAN ACT AS A [Captioner] 19:47:34 PLACEHOLDER FOR HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:47:36 FOR CELEBRATION OF MANY HOLIDAYS THAT HAVE [Captioner] 19:47:40 BEEN MENTIONED IN ADDITION TO WHAT I CAN THINK [Captioner] 19:47:44 OF THE HOLIDAYS FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, [Captioner] 19:47:47 FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, AS WELL [Captioner] 19:47:50 AS SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO IN THAT [Captioner] 19:47:54 CASE, I THINK [Captioner] 19:47:57 BASED ON OUR CURRENT PRACTICE OF BEING ALLOWED [Captioner] 19:48:02 -- OF ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO [Captioner] 19:48:05 SELL BACK THE HOLIDAYS [Captioner] 19:48:09 THEY DON'T USE, THEN THIS [Captioner] 19:48:13 CAN BE DEALT WITH [Captioner] 19:48:16 AS MORE OF A [Captioner] 19:48:19 LABOR NEGOTIATION ISSUE TO BE CONSIDERED IN [Captioner] 19:48:22 FUTURE LABOR NEGOTIATION, [Captioner] 19:48:25 TO MINIMIZE THE COST ON THE CITY SIDE FOR [Captioner] 19:48:29 ADDING THIS PLACEHOLDER OR [Captioner] 19:48:32 FLEXIBILITY OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT [Captioner] 19:48:36 , TO ACTUALLY MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. [Captioner] 19:48:39 SO IN SUMMARY, I AM SUPPORTIVE TO THIS [Captioner] 19:48:42 REFERRAL. [Captioner] 19:48:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 19:48:49 >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. NUMBER ONE, [Captioner] 19:48:52 I JUST -- I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL [Captioner] 19:48:56 IN THIS CITY OF AMAZING DIVERSITY THAT WE DO THINGS TO [Captioner] 19:48:59 RECOGNIZE THAT DIVERSITY. BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT A CITY HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:49:02 IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:49:04 IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE EFFECT ON THE [Captioner] 19:49:07 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FREMONT. IT MIGHT BE NICE FOR OUR [Captioner] 19:49:12 EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S FOR THE TYPICAL FREMONT RESIDENT, [Captioner] 19:49:15 THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE THAT IT'S A CITY HOLIDAY UNLESS THEY GO [Captioner] 19:49:18 TO A CITY OFFICE TO TRY TO GET THINGS DONE. [Captioner] 19:49:21 SO I'M NOT SURE THAT ADDING MORE HOL [Captioner] 19:49:25 HOLIDAYS IS A GREAT WAY TO RECOGNIZE CULTURAL [Captioner] 19:49:28 DIVERSITY. THERE'S MANY, MANY OTHER WAYS WE CAN DO [Captioner] 19:49:32 THAT, LIKE HOSTING EVENT LIKE WE DID FOR THE LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 19:49:35 YEAR EVENT. [Captioner] 19:49:39 AND I DON'T SUPPORT ADDING ANOTHER FLOATING HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 19:49:42 I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A PRETTY DARN GENEROUS [Captioner] 19:49:45 COMPENSATION PACKAGE. AND YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:49:49 IF THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, THEN THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTING THIS [Captioner] 19:49:52 REFERRAL BECAUSE THIS REFERRAL IS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC DAY [Captioner] 19:49:55 FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR. SOP IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO BRING A [Captioner] 19:49:59 DIFFERENT REFERRAL TO ADD A FLOATING HOLIDAY FOR WHATEVER [Captioner] 19:50:01 ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE TIME OFF FOR, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT [Captioner] 19:50:04 WOULD NEED TO BE A DIFFERENT REFERRAL. [Captioner] 19:50:07 I DO WANT TO SAY [Captioner] 19:50:10 THAT -- I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME KIND [Captioner] 19:50:13 OF DOUBLE STANDARD. I DID SUPPORT THE JUNETEENTH PAID HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:50:16 FOR STAFF, AND THE REASON I THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 19:50:19 IS BECAUSE IT IS A FEDERAL AND STATE PAID HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 19:50:23 SO IN THOSE CASES, I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO THE [Captioner] 19:50:26 EXTENT THAT THERE ARE FEDERAL AND STATE PAID HOLIDAYS. [Captioner] 19:50:29 I THINK US CONFORMING OUR SCHEDULE FOR OUR [Captioner] 19:50:33 STAFF IS APPROPRIATE, BUT I DO NOT [Captioner] 19:50:36 SUPPORT ADDING ANOTHER STAFF HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 19:50:39 I DON'T THINK IT REALLY BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY AT ALL. IF ANYTHING, IT [Captioner] 19:50:43 ACTUALLY COULD CAUSE THEM MORE TROUBLE BECAUSE IT'S YET ANOTHER DAY THAT THEY [Captioner] 19:50:45 CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE IN THE CITY OFFICES. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:52 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:56 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS REFERRAL. I DO THINK [Captioner] 19:50:59 THAT IT DOES REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY [Captioner] 19:51:03 OF FREMONT. SO I KIND OF ECHO EVERYTHING EVERYONE [Captioner] 19:51:06 HAS ALREADY SAID. SO I DON'T WANT TO RUN THE [Captioner] 19:51:09 RISK OF REPEATING MYSELF. SO -- BUT I [Captioner] 19:51:12 DO HAVE A QUESTION. IT LOOKS [Captioner] 19:51:15 AS THOUGH RIGHT NOW, THE CITY [Captioner] 19:51:20 OFFERS 14 PAID HOLIDAYS [Captioner] 19:51:24 TO THE CITY STAFF ALREADY. AND OF [Captioner] 19:51:28 THOSE 14, ONE IS A FLOATING HOLIDAY. SO [Captioner] 19:51:31 MY QUESTION IS, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T [Captioner] 19:51:34 ASK IT BEFOREHAND, BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT OF IT AS WE WERE [Captioner] 19:51:38 TALKING, THE 14TH ONE IS THE FLOATING HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 19:51:43 COULD THIS ONE BE USED FOR WHAT [Captioner] 19:51:46 WE'VE JUST HEARD, FOR [Captioner] 19:51:49 SEVERAL DIFFERENT FLOATING HOLIDAYS INCLUDING LUNAR NEW YEAR? [Captioner] 19:51:57 >> Councilmember Cox: WHAT IS YOUR INTENT? >> Councilmember [Captioner] 19:51:59 Campbell: BECAUSE I'M HEARING SOMEONE SAY ADD ANOTHER FLOATING [Captioner] 19:52:03 HOLIDAY, BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T GET THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ADDING SO THAT [Captioner] 19:52:06 THEN MAKES IT 15? >> Vice Mayor Keng: IF IT'S A [Captioner] 19:52:08 FLOATING HOLIDAY, THEN IT'S ONE OF THE EXISTING [Captioner] 19:52:12 DAYS. SO IF YOU'RE ADDING -- IF WE'RE DECIDING [Captioner] 19:52:15 TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL PAID HOLIDAY. SO I THINK [Captioner] 19:52:19 EARLIER, I STATED THAT I'M OPEN TO EITHER [Captioner] 19:52:23 ADDING -- BECAUSE TODAY WE'RE ASKING THE STAFF [Captioner] 19:52:26 TO RESEARCH THE COST [Captioner] 19:52:30 , IT WOULD IMPLY IF WE'RE ADDING A PAID HOLIDAY, [Captioner] 19:52:33 OR I'M ALSO OPEN TO HAVING [Captioner] 19:52:36 IT AS A -- AS ONE OF THE FLOATING -- EXISTING [Captioner] 19:52:40 FLOATING HOLIDAY THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: SO [Captioner] 19:52:45 WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE FLOATING HOLIDAY, AS [Captioner] 19:52:48 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL JUST MENTIONED, AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT FLOATING HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:52:51 IS FOR THINGS JUST LIKE THIS, TO ALLOW [Captioner] 19:52:55 EMPLOYEES TO TAKE A DAY [Captioner] 19:52:58 OFF THAT ISN'T PRESCRIBED FOR ANYTHING IN [Captioner] 19:53:01 PARTICULAR, LIKE CHRISTMAS OR NEW YEAR'S OR ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:53:04 LIKE THAT, BUT TO USE IT IN A WAY THAT [Captioner] 19:53:07 THEY NEED TO AND THAT THEY WANT TO. SO THAT'S WHAT THE [Captioner] 19:53:10 PURPOSE OF THE FLOATING HOLIDAY IS. [Captioner] 19:53:14 AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO PIGGY BACK ON A [Captioner] 19:53:18 COMMENT MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:53:21 SHAO, WILL JUST OFFER A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE CITY [Captioner] 19:53:24 ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO SELL BACK [Captioner] 19:53:26 THEIR GENERAL LEAVE, A PORTION OF THEIR [Captioner] 19:53:30 GENERAL LEAVE, BUT HOLIDAYS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT [Captioner] 19:53:33 WE ALLOW THEM [Captioner] 19:53:36 TO GET PAYBACK FOR. YOU TAKE IT OR YOU DON'T. [Captioner] 19:53:41 THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO QI JUST [Captioner] 19:53:44 CAN I JUST FINISH UP WITH MY [Captioner] 19:53:47 THOUGHT, PLEASE? I DON'T THINK I GOT MY QUESTION [Captioner] 19:53:50 ANSWERED. NOW THERE IS A FLOATING HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:53:54 ALREADY ON THE -- AS A PART OF THE [Captioner] 19:53:58 BENEFITS. COULD WE OR [Captioner] 19:54:01 DO WE -- MAYBE I SHOULD SAY DO WE. DO WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:54:04 A LIST OF WHAT THOSE COULD [Captioner] 19:54:07 BE? I HEARD YOU SAY THEY COULD [Captioner] 19:54:11 TAKE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S ON HERE, SO IF [Captioner] 19:54:14 AN EMPLOYEE DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKE A DIWALI [Captioner] 19:54:17 DAY, COULD THEY USE THEIR FLOATING HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:54:20 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YES, THAT'S WHAT FLOATING HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:54:23 IS. THEY CAN CHOOSE ANY DAY, ANY WORK TAI THAT [Captioner] 19:54:27 DAY THAT THEY LIKE TO TAKE OFF [Captioner] 19:54:30 AND CELEBRATE WHATEVER OR TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER THEY'D LIKE TO TAKE [Captioner] 19:54:34 CARE. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO COULD THIS [Captioner] 19:54:37 REFERRAL ALREADY BEEN SOLVED BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE [Captioner] 19:54:41 A FLOATING HOLIDAY? SO WE'VE SOLVED OUR PROBLEM [Captioner] 19:54:43 BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO RESEARCH. [Captioner] 19:54:47 COULD WE? [Captioner] 19:54:51 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: WELL, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION [Captioner] 19:54:54 FOR YOU ALL. YES, I AGREE, PROBLEM [Captioner] 19:54:58 SOLVED, BECAUSE A FLOATING HOLIDAY ALREADY EXISTS. >> Councilmember [Captioner] 19:55:00 Campbell: ALREADY EXISTS. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: BUT, YOU [Captioner] 19:55:03 KNOW, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE INTENT OF VICE MAYOR KENG [Captioner] 19:55:07 'S REFERRAL IS WHAT YOU ALL -- >> Mayor Mei: I'LL TURN IT BACK [Captioner] 19:55:10 TO VICE MAYOR KENG BEFORE WE ANSWER THAT. [Captioner] 19:55:13 >> Vice Mayor Keng: SURE, THANK YOU. SO THE REASON WHY I KIND [Captioner] 19:55:16 OF STARTED THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 19:55:19 WAS AT THE END OF -- ACTUALLY ON THE DAY OF THE [Captioner] 19:55:23 LUNAR NEW YEAR THIS YEAR, I ACTUALLY MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME [Captioner] 19:55:26 IN AND GET MY iPAD AND THEN HI TO CONFIRM [Captioner] 19:55:29 THAT APPOINTMENT AND SAID ISN'T THIS A NEW [Captioner] 19:55:33 HOLIDAY? BECAUSE IT'S NOW A STATE HOLIDAY, THEN [Captioner] 19:55:36 I WAS TOLD, OH, IT'S NOT A CITY HOLIDAY, [Captioner] 19:55:39 SO WE'RE STILL ALL AT THE OFFICE. BUT I THINK [Captioner] 19:55:42 EARLIER, BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING, ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:55:46 ACTUALLY ASKED STAFF A QUESTION, WHAT'S [Captioner] 19:55:49 THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT [Captioner] 19:55:53 ARE OF ASIAN AMERICAN ETHNICITY? [Captioner] 19:55:56 AND I BELIEVE THE ANSWER WAS ABOUT [Captioner] 19:56:00 20%, RIGHT? SO IT IS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:56:04 PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THAT [Captioner] 19:56:07 WE HAVE 20% OF CITY EMPLOYEES [Captioner] 19:56:11 BEING ASIAN AMERICAN, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE [Captioner] 19:56:14 LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF [Captioner] 19:56:18 OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MUCH [Captioner] 19:56:21 BIGGER NUMBER. AND I THINK IN [Captioner] 19:56:25 RECOGNIZING THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A HOLIDAY, [Captioner] 19:56:28 IT DOESN'T DETER ASIAN AMERICANS TO APPLY [Captioner] 19:56:32 FOR CITY JOBS WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THIS [Captioner] 19:56:35 IS ALREADY A RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY AT THE CITY LEVEL. SO [Captioner] 19:56:38 THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO CELEBRATE IT WITH [Captioner] 19:56:42 THEIR FAMILY AND TAKE THAT DAY OFF WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING [Captioner] 19:56:45 THAT, OH, WHAT IF FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WANT [Captioner] 19:56:48 TO TAKE OFF THE SAME DAY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT DAY OFF. [Captioner] 19:56:52 SO THAT'S KIND OF MY INTENTION OF MAKING [Captioner] 19:56:56 THIS A CITY HOLIDAY, SO [Captioner] 19:56:59 TO SPEAK, BUT OF COURSE WE NEED TO TAKE [Captioner] 19:57:03 IN CONSIDERATION AS EARLIER SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS SPOKE [Captioner] 19:57:06 ABOUT, WELL, WE DON'T WANT -- WE CAN'T HAVE ANY OTHER [Captioner] 19:57:10 GROUP, BUT WE ALSO DID [Captioner] 19:57:14 DISCUSS ABOUT FLAG RAISING, AND I THINK [Captioner] 19:57:18 THIS BEING DIFFERENT FROM BEING A [Captioner] 19:57:21 FLAG RAISING IS BECAUSE IT HAD [Captioner] 19:57:24 JUST BEEN PASSED AS A STATE HOLIDAY, [Captioner] 19:57:28 AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT SIGNIFICANCE OF [Captioner] 19:57:31 HONORING IT IN THE CITY [Captioner] 19:57:35 CEREMONY, I BELIEVE. SO I ALSO WANT TO [Captioner] 19:57:38 SHARE, WHEN I WAS GOING TO [Captioner] 19:57:41 HIGH SCHOOL, THE ONLY DAY THAT MY [Captioner] 19:57:45 SISTER AND I MISSED SCHOOL WAS [Captioner] 19:57:48 DURING -- ON LUNAR NEW YEAR, WE ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:57:51 HAD -- WE ACTUALLY CALLED THE SCHOOL AND SAY, OH, WE'RE [Captioner] 19:57:54 STAYING HOME TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR. [Captioner] 19:57:57 SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE -- ONLY [Captioner] 19:58:00 DAY OF THE WHOLE YEAR THAT WE MISSED SCHOOL. SO I [Captioner] 19:58:04 THINK, YOU KNOW, EARLIER, IN THE PAST [Captioner] 19:58:07 FEW WEEKS, WE DID HEAR MANY [Captioner] 19:58:10 RESIDENT COMING [Captioner] 19:58:14 WANTING TO MAKE DIWALI A CITY HOLIDAY [Captioner] 19:58:17 OR HAVE A DAY OFF AT SCHOOL AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:58:19 DECISION THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO [Captioner] 19:58:23 MAKE. BUT I DO SHARE THAT SENTIMENT AS WELL [Captioner] 19:58:26 AS THE EARLIER COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:58:29 SALWAN. IF WE ALSO WANT [Captioner] 19:58:33 TO CONSIDER ADDING OTHER SIGNIFICANT [Captioner] 19:58:37 HOLIDAYS AT THE SAME TIME, AND I THINK THAT [Captioner] 19:58:40 I WILL WELCOME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN [Captioner] 19:58:43 WE DISCUSS FURTHER IF -- BECAUSE WE [Captioner] 19:58:47 WANT TO RECOGNIZE, WE DO ALSO HAVE A [Captioner] 19:58:50 LARGE INDIAN COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES DIWALI, [Captioner] 19:58:54 PROBABLY ONE OF THE -- YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS IN [Captioner] 19:58:57 OUR SCHOOLS, YOU SEE MANY OF OUR STUDENTS [Captioner] 19:59:00 ARE CELEBRATING DIWALI. [Captioner] 19:59:04 SO I WELCOME THAT, AND I WELCOME OTHER COMMENTS AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:59:08 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK STAFF HAS A CLARIFICATION THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE. [Captioner] 19:59:11 CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YES, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:14 I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME [Captioner] 19:59:18 CLARITY ON THE 20% OF OUR CITY STAFF [Captioner] 19:59:21 POPULATION THAT IDENTIFIES AS ASIAN [Captioner] 19:59:25 . [Captioner] 19:59:29 I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT DOESN'T DIFFERENTIATE [Captioner] 19:59:32 FROM ASIAN AND FAR EAST INDIAN. SO [Captioner] 19:59:35 IT'S ALL ONE GROUPING, [Captioner] 19:59:39 SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DIWALI HOLIDAY AND [Captioner] 19:59:42 LUNAR NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S INCLUDED [Captioner] 19:59:45 IN THAT 20%. [Captioner] 19:59:50 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE QUEUE, [Captioner] 19:59:53 I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 20:00:02 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. QUESTION FOR THE [Captioner] 20:00:05 STAFF. SO WHAT WOULD [Captioner] 20:00:09 HAPPEN, WOULD STAFF BE LOOKING AT OTHER DAYS OR SHOULD WE JUST [Captioner] 20:00:13 SUGGEST THEM NOW? WHAT'S THE EASIEST? [Captioner] 20:00:23 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: WELL, THE EASIEST WOULD BE TO FOCUS ON THE [Captioner] 20:00:26 FLOATING HOLIDAY AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW [Captioner] 20:00:29 OUR STAFF TO USE THAT IN A WAY IN WHICH [Captioner] 20:00:32 THEY THINK OR FEEL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR [Captioner] 20:00:35 FAMILIES. AS FAR AS ANY RESEARCH IS [Captioner] 20:00:39 CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, STAFF CAN COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW [Captioner] 20:00:43 WHAT THE COST OF AN [Captioner] 20:00:46 EIGHT-HOUR HOLIDAY WOULD BE. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU [Captioner] 20:00:49 ALL KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR OUR ESSENTIAL [Captioner] 20:00:53 SERVICES, AS PEOPLE TAKE THESE DAYS OFF, THAT MEANS [Captioner] 20:00:57 SOMEONE HAS TO BACKFILL THEIR POSITION, [Captioner] 20:01:00 VERY LIKELY ON OVERTIME, SO THERE'S SOME [Captioner] 20:01:04 HIDDEN COSTS THERE AS WELL. [Captioner] 20:01:07 SO AS FAR AS WHAT DAYS TO CONSIDER OR HOW MANY [Captioner] 20:01:10 DAYS TO CONSIDER, STAFF [Captioner] 20:01:14 DOESN'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION THERE, BUT WE CAN LET [Captioner] 20:01:17 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A COST FOR AN [Captioner] 20:01:20 EIGHT-HOUR HOLIDAY CITYWIDE. >> Councilmember Salwan: WELL, I DON'T [Captioner] 20:01:23 WANT TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH THINGS ARE GOING TO COST [Captioner] 20:01:27 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING MORE HOLIDAYS. SO I THINK [Captioner] 20:01:30 WE JUST KEEP THE FLOATING HOLIDAY. AND WHAT [Captioner] 20:01:33 I'M HEARING FROM COUNCILMEMBER KENG IS IT'S MORE THE [Captioner] 20:01:36 RECOGNITION OF THE COMMUNITY ARRIVING [Captioner] 20:01:41 AND FINALLY THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED. I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT [Captioner] 20:01:44 OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING FOR, IS A VALIDATION THAT, YES, WE [Captioner] 20:01:47 ARE HERE, WE ARE AMERICAN AND WE ARE ALSO BEING CELEBRATED, AND I [Captioner] 20:01:50 THINK LEUL NAR NEW YEAR IS A GOOD RECOGNITION OF THAT. SO I THINK [Captioner] 20:01:54 WE SHOULD DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THIS [Captioner] 20:01:58 AS A DAY THAT THE CITY CAN GET BEHIND, [Captioner] 20:02:01 BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE AT TAXPAYER [Captioner] 20:02:04 EXPENSE, IT SHOULD NOT BE A PAID HOLIDAY. IT COULD BE A [Captioner] 20:02:08 FLOATING HOLIDAY. ALSO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS [Captioner] 20:02:11 COME IN FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS FOR GALLEY, [Captioner] 20:02:13 AND I THINK FOR A LOT OF THEM, THAT'S A VERY [Captioner] 20:02:17 IMPORTANT RECOGNITION DAY FOR THEM AS WELL, AND AGAIN, IT SHOULD NOT BE A [Captioner] 20:02:21 PAID HOLIDAY. SO I WOULD -- I [Captioner] 20:02:24 COULD GET BEHIND A MOTION WHERE WE [Captioner] 20:02:28 HAVE STAFF RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:02:31 THESE DAYS AND ALLOW STAFF TO [Captioner] 20:02:34 USE THESE AS FLOATING HOLIDAYS WITHOUT [Captioner] 20:02:37 ANY FURTHER EXPENSE. AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER STUDIES. [Captioner] 20:02:41 I KNOW CITIES LOVE STUDIES, WHICH COST A LOT OF MONEY. [Captioner] 20:02:44 AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I CAN GET BEHIND. [Captioner] 20:02:47 I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE MORE, BUT I'M OPEN TO [Captioner] 20:02:51 MY COLLEAGUES AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK [Captioner] 20:02:54 . >> Mayor Mei: I KNOW WE'VE HAD MANY DIFFERENT SPEAKERS AND AS A CITY [Captioner] 20:02:57 THAT HAS INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY, THAT CELEBRATE [Captioner] 20:03:01 WHETHER IT'S THE DIFFERENT NEW YEARS AND [Captioner] 20:03:03 NOWRUZ BEING THE FESTIVAL FOR SPRING AS [Captioner] 20:03:07 WELL AS WITH US WITH DIWALI AND THESE OTHER [Captioner] 20:03:10 HOLIDAYS. WHAT I'VE HEARD THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE HAD MANY, MANY DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:03:13 SPEAKERS, IN PARTICULAR, OUR UTE WAS [Captioner] 20:03:17 THE IMPACT, AND SO WE [Captioner] 20:03:20 DO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE [Captioner] 20:03:24 -- I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST IMPACTS [Captioner] 20:03:26 AND OVER THE YEARS I KNOW EVEN FOR THE START [Captioner] 20:03:29 OF SCHOOL, THERE HAS BEEN SENSITIVITY FOR DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS, WHETHER [Captioner] 20:03:33 IT'S THE ROSH A SHANNA [Captioner] 20:03:36 OR OTHER ONES WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 20:03:40 SCHOOL IMPACTS AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE THE [Captioner] 20:03:42 BETTER PLACE. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE FLOATING [Captioner] 20:03:45 HOLIDAYS BUT I THINK -- PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT'S NOT JUST [Captioner] 20:03:49 THE ONE DAY, IT'S THE SCALABILITY AND THE [Captioner] 20:03:52 FACT THAT IT WILL BE IMPACTED AND NOT TO MENTION EVEN [Captioner] 20:03:55 WHEN WE APPROVED THE OTHER DATES, IT [Captioner] 20:03:57 ALWAYS HAS TO COME BACK TO NEGOTIATIONS [Captioner] 20:04:00 WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS, WHICH ACTUALLY TOOK A SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNT [Captioner] 20:04:04 OF TIME AND IT'S NOT ACCOUNTED INTO [Captioner] 20:04:07 THE [Captioner] 20:04:10 240,000. SO I DON'T NO IF THERE'S INTEREST FROM [Captioner] 20:04:14 THE MOTION MAKER [Captioner] 20:04:17 OF THE REFERRAL, VICE MAYOR KENG, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS [Captioner] 20:04:19 ON THIS? >> Vice Mayor Keng: YES, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:04:23 SO I AM HAPPY TO MODIFY THIS REFERRAL FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE [Captioner] 20:04:26 ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN HE HEARING FROM [Captioner] 20:04:28 MANY INDIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY REALLY WANT [Captioner] 20:04:31 DIWALI TO BE A CITY HOLIDAY, WHETHER [Captioner] 20:04:35 IT'S -- WELL, THEY WANTED AT LEAST A FLAG RAISING, BUT I THINK REALLY [Captioner] 20:04:38 IT'S AT THE LEVEL OF LUNAR NEW YEAR AS WELL, SO [Captioner] 20:04:42 I'M HAPPY TO MODIFY THIS REFERRAL [Captioner] 20:04:45 FOR THE CITY TO ALLOW THE EMPLOYEES TO TAKE [Captioner] 20:04:49 LUNAR NEW YEAR AND DIWALI AS PART [Captioner] 20:04:52 OF THEIR FLOATING HOLIDAYS, AND THAT WAY WE [Captioner] 20:04:55 RECOGNIZE BOTH OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT CULTURAL HOLIDAYS, BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:04:58 WAS ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE WITH [Captioner] 20:05:01 ONE OF THE LEADERS AND THEY WERE SAYING, YOU [Captioner] 20:05:04 KNOW, DIWALI IS LIKE THEIR CHRISTMAS, THEY GET [Captioner] 20:05:08 ONE OR TWO WEEKS OFF. SO IT IS THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY [Captioner] 20:05:11 FOR THE INDIAN COMMUNITY. SO I'M HAPPY TO MODIFY [Captioner] 20:05:15 THAT MOTION FOR THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:05:18 THESE TWO HOLIDAYS AS A FLOATING [Captioner] 20:05:21 HOLIDAY AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:05:25 FURTHER RESEARCH AS COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:05:28 SALWAN. >> JUST AGAIN I WAS GOING TO TURN TO [Captioner] 20:05:31 THE CITY MANAGER FOR A POINT OF [Captioner] 20:05:34 CLARIFICATION. RIGHT NOW THE FLOATING HOLIDAY IS TO [Captioner] 20:05:38 THEIR INDIVIDUAL SELF-DETERMINATION BUT IF YOU [Captioner] 20:05:41 CAN -- AS WE MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT FLAG RAISING AND THE [Captioner] 20:05:43 ADDITIONAL DATES AND POSSIBLY ROTATING [Captioner] 20:05:45 THROUGH THAT. THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION TO ENSURE THAT [Captioner] 20:05:48 WE HAVE REPRESENTATION THAT'S [Captioner] 20:05:52 NEEDED ACROSS ALL OF OUR FUNT -- IF WE START WITH ONE, [Captioner] 20:05:55 I THINK WE WELCOME SO MANY OTHERS TOO. [Captioner] 20:05:59 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YOU NAILED IT, MAYOR. YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY [Captioner] 20:06:03 MOUTH. >> Mayor Mei: SO COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL? [Captioner] 20:06:06 I SAW COUNCILMEMBER SHAO TOO. >> Councilmember Campbell: I DID HAVE MY HAND RAISED. [Captioner] 20:06:10 I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON A [Captioner] 20:06:13 STATEMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER KENG [Captioner] 20:06:16 MADE ABOUT BEING RECOGNIZED. [Captioner] 20:06:20 DID THE CITY, FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION THAT THE [Captioner] 20:06:23 CITY HOSTED AT THE EVENT [Captioner] 20:06:27 CENTER, WAS THAT A COST INCURRED BY THE CITY OR WAS THAT A COST [Captioner] 20:06:31 INCURRED BY A PARTNERSHIP? [Captioner] 20:06:36 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THAT WAS A COST INCURRED BY THE [Captioner] 20:06:39 CITY, PRE-FUNDED. >> Councilmember Campbell: I SEE. OKAY. [Captioner] 20:06:44 SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:06:48 CELEBRATION ALREADY HAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. [Captioner] 20:06:51 I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:06:54 AN ANNUAL THING OR WAS IT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DID ONE [Captioner] 20:06:57 TIME? >> Mayor Mei: I'LL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND TO THAT. [Captioner] 20:07:01 NORMALLY IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD AT THAT TIME PERIOD, WE USUALLY HAVE [Captioner] 20:07:04 A KITE VESTIVELY, AND THERE WERE SOME [Captioner] 20:07:08 IMPACTS ON THE COST OF KITES GETTING CAUGHT UP [Captioner] 20:07:11 INTO OUR TREES AND OTHER THINGS. SO THIS YEAR IT WAS [Captioner] 20:07:14 ROTATED TO A DIFFERENT HOLIDAY TO' LOW US SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS. [Captioner] 20:07:17 SO IT'S NOT A FIXED HOLIDAY [Captioner] 20:07:20 BUT I KNOW WE DID HAVE SOME SPONSORSHIPS, SO WHETHER IT'S FOR [Captioner] 20:07:24 THIS HOLIDAY AND OTHERS, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ENCOURAGING [Captioner] 20:07:27 OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTNER WITH [Captioner] 20:07:29 US, I THINK THAT MAKES IT RICHER TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:07:32 THE SUPPORT OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE HAVE SO MANY CIVIC, [Captioner] 20:07:35 ETHNIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:07:38 AS PARTNERS. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: PLEASE, JUST [Captioner] 20:07:41 A MOMENT, PLEASE, AND MY STAFF IS CORRECTING ME, SO I NEED TO [Captioner] 20:07:44 OFFER THIS CLARIFICATION. BUT SHE'S TELLING ME [Captioner] 20:07:47 THAT THE LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:07:51 EVENT WAS FOUNDED BY A SPONSORSHIP. [Captioner] 20:07:54 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. >> [Captioner] 20:07:57 NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS. >> THAT MAKES [Captioner] 20:08:00 IT BETTER. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE FLOATING [Captioner] 20:08:04 HOLIDAY BEING WHATEVER EMPLOYEES DECIDED [Captioner] 20:08:06 THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHETHER IT'S DIWALI, [Captioner] 20:08:09 LUNAR NEW YEAR OR ANY OF THE OTHER CELEBRATIONS THEY'D LIKE. [Captioner] 20:08:13 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:08:16 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO WAS NEXT, AND THEN [Captioner] 20:08:19 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, I THINK YOU JUMPED IN, THEN COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:08:23 COX. >> Councilmember Campbell: ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:08:26 MY BUTTON BLINKING. >> Mayor Mei: YOU ARE [Captioner] 20:08:29 AND NOW ACTUALLY -- >> [Captioner] 20:08:33 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE SO HOW DO I MAKE THIS GO [Captioner] 20:08:36 OFF? JUST PUSH OFF? >> Mayor Mei: YES, YOU [Captioner] 20:08:39 POPPED OFF A SECOND TIME TOO [Captioner] 20:08:43 . >> TAKE ME OFF, PLEASE [Captioner] 20:08:46 . I THINK WE'VE MADE A [Captioner] 20:08:49 DECISION. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE JOKED ABOUT THE PHRASE [Captioner] 20:08:52 WE USE ELMO ENOUGH, LET'S MOVE ON. >> Councilmember [Captioner] 20:08:55 Shao: I TRIED TO MAKE MYSELF CONCISE. I THINK RIGHT [Captioner] 20:08:59 NOW THE BOILING POINT IS WHETHER [Captioner] 20:09:02 IT'S THE EXISTING FLOATING HOLIDAY OR AN [Captioner] 20:09:05 ADDITIONAL FLOATING HOLIDAY. I DON'T THINK WE [Captioner] 20:09:08 HAVE TO JUST TRY TO COME TO THE SOLUTION TODAY. [Captioner] 20:09:11 THIS REFERRAL IS TO ASK THE STAFF TO DO RESEARCH. [Captioner] 20:09:15 WE HAVE SO MANY PRESIDENTS IN FRONT [Captioner] 20:09:18 OF US, TO [Captioner] 20:09:21 THE EX-ZESTING POLICY AT THE STATE [Captioner] 20:09:24 LEVEL THAT THE PRESIDENT OF CBC JUST READ US A [Captioner] 20:09:28 LONG LIST OF CITIES WHO ALREADY DID [Captioner] 20:09:31 THAT RECENTLY. AND IT [Captioner] 20:09:34 WILL BE INTERESTING AT LEAST TO ME TO FIND [Captioner] 20:09:37 OUT WHAT THE PRACTICE OF THE STATE [Captioner] 20:09:40 AND OTHER CITIES REGARDING THIS [Captioner] 20:09:44 ISSUE. [Captioner] 20:09:48 I'M SURE BEFORE THIS YEAR, EITHER AT THE CITY LEVELS OF [Captioner] 20:09:51 ALL THE CITIES OR THE STATE LEVEL, THEY ALREADY [Captioner] 20:09:55 ENJOY THE FLOATING HOLIDAY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW, IT'S [Captioner] 20:09:58 NOT A NEW CONCEPT. SO MY QUESTION STILL [Captioner] 20:10:03 REMAINS WHETHER WE'RE REFERRING TO AN ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 20:10:06 FLOATING HOLIDAY TO [Captioner] 20:10:10 RECOGNIZE LUNAR NEW YEAR, DIWALI, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:10:13 MANY OTHER IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS, OR ARE WE JUST [Captioner] 20:10:16 USING THE EXISTING ONE? SO [Captioner] 20:10:20 I SUPPORT THIS REFERRAL FOR STAFF TO DO SOME RESEARCH [Captioner] 20:10:23 TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PRACTICE OF THE STATE [Captioner] 20:10:25 AND OTHER CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:10:32 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:10:35 . [Captioner] 20:10:39 ONE CLARIFICATION IF I COULD ASK THE CITY MANAGER MAYBE A [Captioner] 20:10:43 OR DEFER TO. [Captioner] 20:10:46 DEFINED IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCE [Captioner] 20:10:49 HANDBOOK, THE FLOATING HOLIDAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS OR [Captioner] 20:10:52 IS IT JUST A FLAT OUT PAID OL HOLIDAY? [Captioner] 20:10:56 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR, BECAUSE I'M NOT CLEAR [Captioner] 20:10:59 ON -- WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE REFERRAL THAT'S SAYING [Captioner] 20:11:02 PAID HOLIDAY. BUT IT DOESN'T SAY FLOATING [Captioner] 20:11:06 HOLIDAY UNTIL VICE MAYOR [Captioner] 20:11:10 KENG KIND OF CLARIFIES THAT, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO [Captioner] 20:11:13 BE VOTING ON. BUT FROM THE [Captioner] 20:11:17 HANDBOOK, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FLOATING HOLIDAY WHEN [Captioner] 20:11:20 AN EMPLOYEE COMES TO CITY OF FREMONT, IF YOU COULD KIND OF JUST [Captioner] 20:11:23 SHARE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND FLOATING [Captioner] 20:11:26 HOLIDAYS THE SAME UNDERSTANDING [Captioner] 20:11:29 . >> City Mgr. Shackelford: IT EIGHT HOURS OF LEAVE [Captioner] 20:11:33 AVAILABLE TO EACH EMPLOYEE TO [Captioner] 20:11:36 USE HOWEVER AND WHENEVER THEY'D LIKE TO. [Captioner] 20:11:40 NO RESTRICTIONS. [Captioner] 20:11:43 >> Councilmember Cox: DO THEY HAVE TO USE IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR? >> City Mgr. Shackelford: [Captioner] 20:11:46 WELL, THAT WOULD BE ONE RESTRICTION. SO YEAH, THESE ARE CALENDAR [Captioner] 20:11:49 YEAR HOLIDAYS, SO THEY'D HAVE TO USE IT [Captioner] 20:11:53 WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR. KOCH [Captioner] 20:11:56 COX OKAY, SO THERE'S NO CARRYOVER IS THE ONLY EXCEPTION? [Captioner] 20:12:00 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. [Captioner] 20:12:03 >> Mayor Mei: I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE [Captioner] 20:12:05 HEARD ENOUGH GOING AROUND. >> Councilmember Campbell: SHE HAD [Captioner] 20:12:08 ALREADY MADE A MOTION? >> Mayor Mei: THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO [Captioner] 20:12:11 KEEP WITH THE OPTION OF USING THE FLEXIBLE DAY. TERESA [Captioner] 20:12:14 KENG, I THINK. VICE MAYOR. OKAY. [Captioner] 20:12:17 >> Councilmember Campbell: NOW WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S VOTE [Captioner] 20:12:21 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE CHAIR BEFORE WE VOTE, I THINK [Captioner] 20:12:24 THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A [Captioner] 20:12:28 FLOATING HOLIDAY VERSUS ESSENTIALLY MAINTAINING [Captioner] 20:12:31 THE STATUS QUO. MY UNDERSTANDING OF VICE MAYOR [Captioner] 20:12:34 KENG'S PROPOSAL IS TO ADD A FLOATING HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 20:12:37 INTO THAT [Captioner] 20:12:41 THAT CAN BE USED FOR LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 20:12:44 YEAR. >> Vice Mayor Keng: TO RESEARCH THE COST -- I'VE HEARD [Captioner] 20:12:47 THAT -- SORRY, MAY I SPEAK NOW? >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 20:12:50 YES. >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO I HAVE HEARD SOME COMMENTS OF CONCERNS OF COST. [Captioner] 20:12:54 SO IF WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER FLOATING [Captioner] 20:12:58 HOLIDAY, WHICH CAN [Captioner] 20:13:01 USED FOR EITHER LUNAR NEW YEAR OR DIWALI, [Captioner] 20:13:04 I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE WORKABLE. [Captioner] 20:13:08 BUT I AM OPEN TO HAVING STAFF [Captioner] 20:13:11 RESEARCH AS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO EARLIER [Captioner] 20:13:15 COMMENTED THAT -- AND THE COST [Captioner] 20:13:18 OF ADDITIONAL FLOATING HOLIDAY, SINCE WE DO [Captioner] 20:13:21 HAVE COSTS -- WELL, COST CONCERN BUT THEN WE [Captioner] 20:13:24 ALSO WANT TO MAKE -- WE ALSO WANT [Captioner] 20:13:28 TO COMBINE THE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS TO GIVE [Captioner] 20:13:31 PEOPLE THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP COMING BACK AND SAY [Captioner] 20:13:35 OKAY, I WANT TO ADD THIS DAY, THIS DAY AND NOT [Captioner] 20:13:38 BE FAIR TO OTHERS. [Captioner] 20:13:42 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS THE DIRECTION FOR [Captioner] 20:13:45 STAFF TO RESEARCH, THIS IS NOT ADDING ANY HOLIDAYS. [Captioner] 20:13:48 >> Mayor Mei: YES, TO RESEARCH. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: TO RESEARCH [Captioner] 20:13:51 WHAT EXACTLY? WE CURRENTLY HAVE [Captioner] 20:13:54 A FLOATING HOLIDAY THAT CAN BE USED FOR [Captioner] 20:13:58 LUNAR NEW YEAR, DIWALI, ANYTHING. [Captioner] 20:14:03 THAT CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT DAY FOR. IN ADDITION TO THE [Captioner] 20:14:06 VERY GENEROUS LEAVE BANK THAT -- LEAVE BANKS [Captioner] 20:14:10 THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:14:13 SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IT [Captioner] 20:14:16 IS THAT YOU WANT STAFF TO [Captioner] 20:14:20 RESEARCH, BECAUSE I'D HATE TO SEND STAFF OFF [Captioner] 20:14:23 ON AN UNNECESSARY RESEARCH MISSION WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:14:26 ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN EXISTENCE. [Captioner] 20:14:30 >> Vice Mayor Keng: UNDERSTOOD. SO I [Captioner] 20:14:33 ACTUALLY HAVE [Captioner] 20:14:36 HEARD MORE COMMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO [Captioner] 20:14:39 INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS, RIGHT? [Captioner] 20:14:43 SO -- BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO [Captioner] 20:14:46 RECOGNIZE NOT [Captioner] 20:14:49 JUST OUR CURRENT STATUS, WE CAN TAKE ANY [Captioner] 20:14:53 DAY -- ANY FLOATING HOLIDAY ANY DAY [Captioner] 20:14:57 AND NOT RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT HOLIDAY [Captioner] 20:15:00 AS OTHERWISE ASSEMBLYMEMBER LOWE DIDN'T HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:15:04 PROPOSE THIS NEW HOLIDAY AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM DIDN'T HAVE [Captioner] 20:15:07 TO SIGN INTO BILL TO RECOGNIZE LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 20:15:10 YEAR AS A HOLIDAY. TO RECOGNIZE THE [Captioner] 20:15:13 API COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT [Captioner] 20:15:16 WE SPECIFY [Captioner] 20:15:22 THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THESE TWO HOLIDAYS FOR THE CITY [Captioner] 20:15:25 STAFF. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: SO THAT, THEN, WOULD NOT BE A FLOATING [Captioner] 20:15:28 HOLIDAY. THAT WOULD [Captioner] 20:15:32 BE -- YOU KNOW, LABELING [Captioner] 20:15:36 IT AS EIGHT [Captioner] 20:15:39 HOURS TO CELEBRATE EITHER LUNAR NEW YEAR OR [Captioner] 20:15:43 DIWALI. SO THAT'S [Captioner] 20:15:46 NOT THE DEFINITION OF A FLOATING HOLIDAY. THAT'S PRESCRIBING [Captioner] 20:15:50 DAYS TO AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT HOURS OR PRESCRIBING [Captioner] 20:15:53 A HOLIDAY TO THOSE ADDITIONAL EIGHT HOURS. SO THAT'S [Captioner] 20:15:56 KIND OF BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL REFERRAL. [Captioner] 20:16:00 >> Vice Mayor Keng: RIGHT. SO MY ORIGINAL REFERRAL OF HAVING A [Captioner] 20:16:03 PAID HOLIDAY, [Captioner] 20:16:07 I DID WANT TO HAVE -- THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, BUT OF [Captioner] 20:16:11 COURSE CONSIDERING THE [Captioner] 20:16:14 COSTS TO ANOTHER ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY [Captioner] 20:16:18 , AS COMMENTED EARLIER, TO HAVE IT RECOGNIZED AS A [Captioner] 20:16:21 CITY HOLIDAY WHERE IT COULD BE PART OF -- AS [Captioner] 20:16:25 THE BILL [Captioner] 20:16:28 AB2596, THAT IT ALSO DIDN'T [Captioner] 20:16:32 INCUR ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY OR [Captioner] 20:16:35 ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES. [Captioner] 20:16:39 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: SO AN UNPAID DAY OFF. [Captioner] 20:16:42 >> Vice Mayor Keng: RIGHT. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: WHICH WOULD [Captioner] 20:16:44 STILL REQUIRE MEET AND CONFER WITH THE [Captioner] 20:16:47 LABOR GROUPS AND ALL OF THAT. OKAY. >> Mayor Mei: WELL, [Captioner] 20:16:51 I THINK PERHAPS ANOTHER COMPROMISE THAT WOULD SAVE US MONEY [Captioner] 20:16:54 AND TIME IS JUST -- I NOW COUNCILMEMBER SHAO WAS JUST ASKING TO [Captioner] 20:16:57 DO A QUICK STUDY IN TERM OF WHAT CITY [Captioner] 20:17:00 IES AROUND US IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT [Captioner] 20:17:03 HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND THAT WOULD BE SIMPLER THAN HAVING TO LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 20:17:06 COST. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DETERMINED THAT [Captioner] 20:17:09 EVERY TIME WE NEGOTIATE T DOES TAKE QUITE A BIT [Captioner] 20:17:12 OF STAFF TIME AND COST ON BOTH SIDES. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: IN ADDITION [Captioner] 20:17:16 TO WHEN NEW THINGS LIKE THIS ARE ADDED, [Captioner] 20:17:19 IT DOES TAKE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME AWAY [Captioner] 20:17:22 FROM THEIR CORE SERVICE WORK TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS, SO I [Captioner] 20:17:25 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DECIDE IF THIS IS INDEED [Captioner] 20:17:28 SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO. [Captioner] 20:17:32 OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW [Captioner] 20:17:35 THAT STAFF NEED TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. [Captioner] 20:17:38 >> Mayor Mei: I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST AN OPTION [Captioner] 20:17:41 WHICH IS ONE WE VOTED ON A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHICH IS TO LOOK [Captioner] 20:17:45 AT ADDITIONAL DATE. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR SPECIFICALLY [Captioner] 20:17:48 IS THE RECOGNITION, NOT JUST THE PAID [Captioner] 20:17:51 HOLIDAY BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE A FLOATING HOLIDAY THAT ANYONE CAN [Captioner] 20:17:53 USE. YOU'RE ASKING SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE IT [Captioner] 20:17:56 WHICH WOULD BE BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION INITIALLY [Captioner] 20:17:59 BE, ADDING THREE MORE DAYS TO THE EXISTING ONES, I [Captioner] 20:18:02 THINK. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT. [Captioner] 20:18:05 SO WOULD THAT BE AMIABLE TO [Captioner] 20:18:08 YOUR -- >> Vice Mayor Keng: THAT'S FINE. [Captioner] 20:18:13 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IT [Captioner] 20:18:16 SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE THE FLOATING HOLIDAY IN PLACE, [Captioner] 20:18:20 SO PERHAPS THE RECOGNITION COULD BE [Captioner] 20:18:23 THE FLAG RAISING. MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:18:26 AND, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE [Captioner] 20:18:30 HAVE THIS EVENT. SO THAT WE DON'T -- I DEFINITELY [Captioner] 20:18:33 WANT MORE RESEARCH. I THINK THAT'S [Captioner] 20:18:36 JUST -- I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT MORE RESEARCH, IN THE END IT [Captioner] 20:18:40 DOESN'T CHANGE THE DECISION-MAKING. [Captioner] 20:18:42 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: KEEP IN MIND YOU ALL JUST MADE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT [Captioner] 20:18:45 FLAG RAISING, HOW MANY AND ALL OF THAT, SO SOMETHING [Captioner] 20:18:49 FOR YOU TO CONSIDER OR MAYBE YOU CAN REACH CONSENSUS [Captioner] 20:18:52 ON THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS THE FLAG RAISINGS. [Captioner] 20:18:55 >> Mayor Mei: WONDERFUL. >> Councilmember Salwan: -- PART [Captioner] 20:18:58 OF THAT. >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHAT I WAS [Captioner] 20:19:00 THINKING. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, [Captioner] 20:19:03 BUT THE REASON WHY I MOVED THIS AGENDA [Captioner] 20:19:06 ORIGINALLY FROM THE REFERRALS WAS SO WE [Captioner] 20:19:09 COULD EAR THE PEOPLE. SO IF WE ARE IN AGREEMENT AND [Captioner] 20:19:12 CONSENSUS THAT WE HAVE A FLOATING HOLIDAY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:19:15 ADDRESSING, WE'VE ALREADY [Captioner] 20:19:20 APPROVED FLAG RAISINGS TO ADDRESS THIS AND WE [Captioner] 20:19:23 WOULD ROTATE THROUGH THOSE AND THAT'S COMING BACK -- [Captioner] 20:19:26 DO WE HAVE A TIME FRAME, I THINK YOU AND I TALKED [Captioner] 20:19:30 ABOUT THIS, BUT -- >> City Mgr. Shackelford: NO, I DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 20:19:33 A TIME FRAME AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WILL BE COMING BACK [Captioner] 20:19:36 WITH SOMETHING. >> Mayor Mei: IN THIS NEXT FEW MONTHS, [Captioner] 20:19:40 AT LEAST, FOR SURE, BECAUSE OTHER DATES WILL PASS AS WE'VE [Captioner] 20:19:43 TALKED ABOUT. >> IT'S COMING BACK. [Captioner] 20:19:47 . >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 20:19:51 YES, WE'VE ALREADY PINNED THE STAFF TO THE DATE. WE'RE GOING [Captioner] 20:19:54 TO RECOGNIZE EACH OF THE CULTURAL GROUPS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGH SOME [Captioner] 20:19:57 OF THESE DIFFERENT FLAG RAISINGS [Captioner] 20:20:01 AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THOSE AS A PRIORITY FROM [Captioner] 20:20:02 THE COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 20:20:06 >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO CAN WE -- >> Mayor Mei: I DON'T THINK [Captioner] 20:20:07 YOU NEED -- >> Councilmember Cox: THERE'S NO [Captioner] 20:20:12 ACTION. IT ALREADY EXISTS. >> Mayor Mei: I WOULD JUST LIKE [Captioner] 20:20:13 TO CLARIFY FROM THE STAFF, IS THAT THE CASE? [Captioner] 20:20:16 >> Councilmember Cox: IT ALREADY EXISTS. [Captioner] 20:20:19 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS IS VICE MAYOR KENG'S MOTION. THERE HASN'T BEEN [Captioner] 20:20:23 A SECOND THUS FAR AND IF THERE IS NO SECOND, IT DICE [Captioner] 20:20:26 DIES AND COUNCIL TAKES NO ACTION. [Captioner] 20:20:30 >> Mayor Mei: DID SOMEBODY SECOND? [Captioner] 20:20:35 >> Councilmember Kassan: I SECONDED THE MOTION WHEN I THOUGHT THE MOTION WAS [Captioner] 20:20:38 JUST TO HONOR THE EXISTING -- TO -- YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE [Captioner] 20:20:42 ON AS WE ARE WITH THE EXISTING FLOATING [Captioner] 20:20:45 HOLIDAY, THAT WAS THE MOTION THAT I SECONDED. >> Mayor Mei: BUT THAT [Captioner] 20:20:48 DOESN'T REQUIRE A MOTION [Captioner] 20:20:51 . >> Councilmember Kassan: CORRECT. I DEFINITELY AGREE WE SHOULD MOVE ON [Captioner] 20:20:54 AND NOT TAKE ACTION BECAUSE I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING. [Captioner] 20:21:00 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, SO THANK YOU. WE [Captioner] 20:21:02 DEFINITELY -- >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO CAN WE MAKE A [Captioner] 20:21:06 MOTION TO RECOGNIZE LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:21:09 AND DIWALI, I THINK AS WE DISCUSSED [Captioner] 20:21:12 EARLIER, YOU KNOW [Captioner] 20:21:16 , THE FLAG RAISING PROGRAM IS COMING BACK, BUT MAYBE TO [Captioner] 20:21:20 BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MAJOR FLAG RAISING THAT WE [Captioner] 20:21:23 WILL BE DISCUSSING. [Captioner] 20:21:26 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THAT WILL TOTALLY BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL WHEN YOU [Captioner] 20:21:29 HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. [Captioner] 20:21:33 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FOR PURPOSES OF [Captioner] 20:21:36 THIS EVENING I THINK IT WOULD EXCEED WHAT WAS AGENDIZED AND [Captioner] 20:21:39 IF THERE'S DESIRE BY THE COUNCIL TO DO THAT IT SHOULD HAPPEN AT [Captioner] 20:21:42 A FUTURE MEETING. >> Vice Mayor Keng: SOUNDS GOOD. BUT I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. [Captioner] 20:21:47 I THINK WE HAD A VARIETY OF [Captioner] 20:21:50 COMMENTS LOOKING AT -- FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, ALSO FISCAL [Captioner] 20:21:53 IMPACT, SO I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD TONIGHT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:21:58 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA [Captioner] 20:22:01 IS ITEM 7.2, WHICH WE'VE TALKED [Captioner] 20:22:04 ABOUT, WE'RE FLEX TO MOVING THE REFERRALS FORWARD. THIS [Captioner] 20:22:08 IS REGARDING RENTAL PROTECTIONS AND THIS IS [Captioner] 20:22:11 BEING MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:22:14 AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORTS OF [Captioner] 20:22:17 THE EAST BAY RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION AND THE [Captioner] 20:22:20 CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION WITH ITS EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE [Captioner] 20:22:23 A VERY BIG EMAIL CAMPAIGN OPPOSING THIS REFERRAL, [Captioner] 20:22:28 BUT THE FORM EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT [Captioner] 20:22:32 DID SEEM TO MISUNDERSTAND THIS REFERRAL, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:22:33 IT CLEAR THAT WHAT THIS REFERRAL IS ABOUT [Captioner] 20:22:37 IS THE RECOGNITION THAT WE'VE HAD EE [Captioner] 20:22:40 VIK MORATORIUM IN PLACE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THAT IS COMING TO [Captioner] 20:22:44 AN END IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, AND IN OTHER [Captioner] 20:22:47 CITIES WHERE IT'S COME TO AN END, THERE HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG [Captioner] 20:22:50 UPTICK IN EVICTIONS AND LEADING TO MORE [Captioner] 20:22:54 HOMELESSNESS. AND AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS AND WONDERING [Captioner] 20:22:57 WHAT WE SHOULD DO THIS ABOUT [Captioner] 20:22:59 THIS, IF ANYTHING, I REMEMBERED BACK IN [Captioner] 20:23:02 2019 THAT STAFF HAD COME TO US WITH SOME PROPOSED CHANGES [Captioner] 20:23:06 TO OUR RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE, AND WE [Captioner] 20:23:09 ADOPTED SOME OF THEM BUT NOT OTHERS SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:23:12 THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY, IT [Captioner] 20:23:15 WAS IN 2019 SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE NOW, FOUR YEARS SINCE WE'VE [Captioner] 20:23:18 LOOKED AT OUR RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE, AND A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:23:21 THOSE HAVE CHANGED AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A REALLY [Captioner] 20:23:25 -- THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE AND HOW IT'S WORKING IN [Captioner] 20:23:28 PRACTICE. SOME SAY IT'S WORKING WELL, THAT [Captioner] 20:23:31 THAT'S -- YOU WOULDN'T HEAR THAT FROM MANY RENTERS. MANY [Captioner] 20:23:35 RENTERS DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S WORKING WELL. SO THIS BE [Captioner] 20:23:39 REFERRAL, EVEN THOUGH IT MENTIONS SOME EXAMPLES [Captioner] 20:23:42 EXAMPLES STAFF COULD LOOK [Captioner] 20:23:45 AT, I'M ABSOLUTELY NOT MAKING ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. [Captioner] 20:23:49 I'M JUST ASKING FOR A REFERRAL FOR STAFF TO TAKE SOME TIME TO [Captioner] 20:23:53 LOOK AT THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE, HOW IT'S WORKING, [Captioner] 20:23:56 WHAT ARE THE CURRENT ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN FREMONT, WHAT ARE THE [Captioner] 20:23:59 CURRENT THREATS THAT COULD ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE END OF [Captioner] 20:24:02 THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND COULD [Captioner] 20:24:05 BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THINGS WE CAN DO TO [Captioner] 20:24:08 IMPROVE THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE. SO THAT'S ALL THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 20:24:11 IS. AND I HOPE WE CAN [Captioner] 20:24:14 ADOPT THAT. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:24:18 I THINK STAFF WAS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME [Captioner] 20:24:21 COMMENTS ON THE [Captioner] 20:24:25 RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE BEFORE WE PROCEED TO PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:24:28 COMMENTS, OR AM I INCORRECT IN THAT? [Captioner] 20:24:34 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: SUZANNE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFER ANYTHING ABOUT [Captioner] 20:24:37 WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE OR HOW STAFF [Captioner] 20:24:40 IS PREPARING TO DEAL WITH ANY POTENTIAL [Captioner] 20:24:44 FALLOUT FROM THE LIFTING OF THE [Captioner] 20:24:47 EVICTION MORATORIUM? [Captioner] 20:25:12 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I DON'T REALLY HAVE [Captioner] 20:25:15 A PREPARED PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE [Captioner] 20:25:18 COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:25:22 RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE. WHICH [Captioner] 20:25:25 WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BACK [Captioner] 20:25:29 IN OCTOBER [Captioner] 20:25:32 OF 2017. [Captioner] 20:25:36 AND I HAVE WITH ME ROBERT LOPEZ, WHO [Captioner] 20:25:39 OVERSEES THE RENT REVIEW BOARD, AND THE [Captioner] 20:25:43 RENT REVIEW PROCESS. ALSO I DO WANT [Captioner] 20:25:46 TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:25:49 WE HAVE PUSHED OUT A LOT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE [Captioner] 20:25:53 IN OUR KEEP FREMONT HOUSED PROGRAM. [Captioner] 20:25:56 WE'VE ASSISTED A LOT OF TENANTS [Captioner] 20:25:59 WITH MONEY THAT WENT PRIMARILY TO LANDLORDS [Captioner] 20:26:02 TO PAY RENT IN ARREARS, AND WE HAVE SOME [Captioner] 20:26:05 OF OUR E-RAP DOLLARS REMAINING AND [Captioner] 20:26:09 OUR INTENT IS TO BE [Captioner] 20:26:12 ABLE TO OFFER ONGOING TRAINING [Captioner] 20:26:16 , ASSISTANCE, GET INFORMATION UP ON OUR [Captioner] 20:26:19 WEBSITE, ET CETERA, WORK WITH SOME OF THE LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 20:26:23 SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE INFORMED IF [Captioner] 20:26:26 THEY ARE PRESENTED WITH [Captioner] 20:26:31 EVICTION NOTICES OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND WHAT THE TIMING IS [Captioner] 20:26:33 IN RELATION TO COURT HEARINGS, ET CETERA. [Captioner] 20:26:38 SO WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THAT, AND WE [Captioner] 20:26:40 HOPE TO HAVE OUR STAFF TRAINED UP TO BE [Captioner] 20:26:43 ABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND ALSO HAVE A [Captioner] 20:26:47 LOT OF INFORMATION. [Captioner] 20:26:50 SOME VIDEOS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING [Captioner] 20:26:53 RIGHT NOW ON WHAT THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES [Captioner] 20:26:56 WILL BE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK [Captioner] 20:27:00 YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE [Captioner] 20:27:02 COUNCIL? OTHERWISE WE HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 20:27:05 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, QUESTION? >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 20:27:08 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. MS. SHENFIL, WE HAD DIRECT [Captioner] 20:27:11 FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I FORGOT THE EXACT AMOUNT BUT IT WAS [Captioner] 20:27:14 SEVERAL MILLION. >> Mayor Mei: 17 MILLION. [Captioner] 20:27:17 >> Councilmember Salwan: 17 MILLION. WOW. COULD YOU [Captioner] 20:27:20 KIND OF PROVIDE SOME KIND OF REPORT ON [Captioner] 20:27:23 HOW THAT MONEY WAS USED, WHERE IT WENT AND [Captioner] 20:27:26 SO FORTH? BECAUSE THAT WAS CONSIDERABLE SUMS THAT [Captioner] 20:27:30 WE RECEIVED. >> IT WAS. SO WE HAVE PRODUCED AND WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:27:34 UP ON OUR WEBSITE AB KIND OF [Captioner] 20:27:37 INTERVIEW REPORT ON THE [Captioner] 20:27:40 KEEP FREMONT HOUSED PROGRAM. I THINK [Captioner] 20:27:43 COUNCIL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE REPORT, BUT JUST IN [Captioner] 20:27:47 A SENATE SHOT, WE [Captioner] 20:27:49 PROVIDED TOTAL ASSISTANCE TO LANDLORDS [Captioner] 20:27:55 OVER $16,500,000, AND THAT WAS FOR RENT [Captioner] 20:27:59 IN ARREARS FOR 1531 UNITS. [Captioner] 20:28:05 AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE -- I DID NOT FLAG [Captioner] 20:28:08 THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL TENANTS WHO WERE ASSISTED. [Captioner] 20:28:11 ROBERT, DO YOU HAVE A -- [Captioner] 20:28:15 DO YOU KNOW? >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT WAS ALSO UTILITY ASSISTANCE [Captioner] 20:28:18 TOO, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE TOTAL [Captioner] 20:28:22 OF 17.2 MILLION BETWEEN THE TWO. >> THAT WAS [Captioner] 20:28:25 APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED, [Captioner] 20:28:28 1540 APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED FOR RENTAL [Captioner] 20:28:32 ASSISTANCE, AND THEN WE [Captioner] 20:28:35 ALSO TOTALING OVER ALMOST [Captioner] 20:28:41 $14 MILLION, WE PROVIDED SOME PROSPECTIVE RENT FOR PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 20:28:44 WERE VERY, VERY LOW INCOME, [Captioner] 20:28:47 OVER $3 MILLION. OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN [Captioner] 20:28:51 UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE [Captioner] 20:28:54 IN ARREARS. THE [Captioner] 20:28:58 REPORT SHOWED A BALANCE OF HOW DID THE [Captioner] 20:29:02 TENANTS BENEFIT, IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY WERE ECONOMICALLY. [Captioner] 20:29:05 OUR PRIORITY AT FIRST WAS GIVEN TO VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES [Captioner] 20:29:08 AT 30% OF MEDIAN AND 50% [Captioner] 20:29:13 OF MEDIAN INCOME. THEY HAD TO [Captioner] 20:29:17 HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID, WHICH IS WHY THEY [Captioner] 20:29:20 WERE IN SOME AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 20:29:22 DOCUMENTATION SO THAT WE COULD SATISFY [Captioner] 20:29:26 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO GAVE US THE FUNDING. [Captioner] 20:29:35 BUT THE MONEY ACTUALLY WENT TO THE LANDLORDS [Captioner] 20:29:39 . >> Councilmember Salwan: FOR THE TENANTS, THE RENT [Captioner] 20:29:42 THAT THE TENANTS DID NOT PAY. [Captioner] 20:29:45 >> Mayor Mei: AND THE UTILITIES. [Captioner] 20:29:48 I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY THAT TOO. [Captioner] 20:29:52 >> Councilmember Salwan: ONCE THIS EXPIRES WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES [Captioner] 20:29:55 ARE WE PROVIDING TENANTS? [Captioner] 20:29:58 >> Suzanne Shenfil: PRIMARILY INFORMATION BUT WE'LL [Captioner] 20:30:01 BE PROVIDING CASE [Captioner] 20:30:05 MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR TENANTS THAT WILL BE IN PARTICULAR [Captioner] 20:30:08 DIFFICULTY. WE'LL BE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO [Captioner] 20:30:11 HELP PEOPLE RELOCATE IF THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THAT. [Captioner] 20:30:14 YOU KNOW IF THERE'S STILL LOOKING LIKE [Captioner] 20:30:17 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY RENT GOING FORWARD, [Captioner] 20:30:21 PEOPLE MAY BE TRYING TO DOWNSIZE. I MEAN [Captioner] 20:30:24 IT'S MUCH BETTER TO DOWNSIZE OR EVEN IF [Captioner] 20:30:28 -- UNFORTUNATELY IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE AREA THAN IT IS [Captioner] 20:30:31 TO GET AN EVICTION ON YOUR RECORD AS [Captioner] 20:30:34 A TENANT. SO YOU KNOW WE'RE [Captioner] 20:30:37 REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO THINK [Captioner] 20:30:41 ABOUT THEIR [Captioner] 20:30:44 NEXT STEPS. >> Councilmember Salwan: AND I KNOW IN 2019 WE HAD [Captioner] 20:30:47 THE RENT MEDIATION PROGRAM. [Captioner] 20:30:51 SO DID IT GO UNDER, WHEN THE COVID [Captioner] 20:30:54 MORATORIUM STARTED? DID THEY MEET AFTER THAT? OR WHEN WAS [Captioner] 20:30:57 THE LAST TIME THEY MET, DO YOU KNOW [Captioner] 20:31:01 ? >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBER. THE RENT REVIEW [Captioner] 20:31:04 BOARD HAS ACTUALLY NEVER MET DURING ITS [Captioner] 20:31:07 EXISTENCE. A LOT OF OUR CASES ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:31:12 GET SOLVED IN MEDIATION [Captioner] 20:31:16 OR CONSULTATION. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONSULT OR [Captioner] 20:31:19 MEDIATE A LOT OF THE CASE BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT STAGE. OR [Captioner] 20:31:22 A LOT OF TIMES THE TENANT AND THE [Captioner] 20:31:25 LANDLORD WILL SOLVE IT OUT OF THE PROCESS AS WELL WITHOUT OUR HELP. [Captioner] 20:31:27 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE ON A [Captioner] 20:31:30 LOT OF THOSE? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER. [Captioner] 20:31:34 BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY CLOSER TO ABOUT 40 [Captioner] 20:31:37 %. JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE [Captioner] 20:31:40 SOLVED OUTSIDE OF THE PROCESS. THOSE KIND OF FALL OUT AND [Captioner] 20:31:42 KIND OF WATER DOWN THE NUMBER. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, [Captioner] 20:31:46 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THIS IS CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:31:50 NEXT COUNCILMEMBER SHAO AND FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:31:53 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND [Captioner] 20:31:57 COUNCILMEMBER COX. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU MAYOR [Captioner] 20:32:01 . READING THE REFERRAL, STAFF IDENTIFIED A [Captioner] 20:32:04 THIRD AMENDMENT RECENTLY, I'M WONDERING [Captioner] 20:32:07 WHO IDENTIFIED WHAT? >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 20:32:10 I'LL JUST ANSWER THAT IT WAS IN THE STAFF [Captioner] 20:32:14 BRIEFING AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS AND SOME OF THE STAFF [Captioner] 20:32:17 MENTIONED THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN COMING UP LATELY [Captioner] 20:32:20 . THAT'S WHAT THAT CAME FROM FROM A [Captioner] 20:32:23 STAFF BRIEFING I WAS IN. >> Councilmember Shao: MY SECOND QUESTION IS [Captioner] 20:32:26 , THIS HERE, SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED SOMETHING [Captioner] 20:32:30 LIKE, A LIMITATION ON THE LANDLORD TO [Captioner] 20:32:33 CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK. [Captioner] 20:32:37 SO MY QUESTION IS: FIRST OF ALL, [Captioner] 20:32:40 IS STAFF AWAY OF [Captioner] 20:32:44 ANY VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 20:32:47 CONSTITUTION? U.S. CONSTITUTION? [Captioner] 20:32:50 IN TERMS OF TREATMENT, [Captioner] 20:32:53 PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, WITH REGARD TO [Captioner] 20:32:57 OUR CURRENT [Captioner] 20:33:01 RO, IF THERE ARE ANY VIOLATION, IF SO [Captioner] 20:33:04 , THEN IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE THEN WE HAVE TO FIX IT. [Captioner] 20:33:07 OTHERWISE I JUST WANT TO SEE [Captioner] 20:33:10 WHETHER OUR CURRENT RO IS STILL LEGAL. [Captioner] 20:33:14 IN FRONT OF U.S. CONSTITUTION, AND THE CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 20:33:18 CONSTITUTION. [Captioner] 20:33:24 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: OUR LOCAL YOU LAW IS STILL LEGAL [Captioner] 20:33:25 , YES. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 20:33:28 YOU. MY THIRD QUESTION IS SO FAR IN THE PAST, HAVE [Captioner] 20:33:31 THE RENT REVIEW BOARD RECEIVED ANY [Captioner] 20:33:35 COMPLAINTS, FROM TENANTS [Captioner] 20:33:38 OR POTENTIAL TENANTS, REGARDING [Captioner] 20:33:41 DISCRIMINATION, SOLELY BASED ON [Captioner] 20:33:44 THEIR PAST CRIMINAL RECORDS? [Captioner] 20:33:51 >> Suzanne Shenfil: WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRACKING THAT ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:33:55 . WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT ISSUES OF RACIAL [Captioner] 20:33:58 DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS. [Captioner] 20:34:01 SOURCES OF INCOME, THAT SORT OF THING. [Captioner] 20:34:05 SO NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT -- I DON'T BELIEVE [Captioner] 20:34:08 THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP. >> Councilmember Shao: SO [Captioner] 20:34:11 WOULD YOU AGREE THAT IN OTHER WORDS, [Captioner] 20:34:15 WITH REGARDING TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST [Captioner] 20:34:18 CRIMINALS, THE CURRENT RO IS STILL A SOUND [Captioner] 20:34:21 SYSTEM? >> Suzanne Shenfil: OUR CURRENT [Captioner] 20:34:24 RENT REVIEW DOESN'T REALLY DEAL WITH THAT AS AN ISSUE [Captioner] 20:34:27 . BUT I DO HAVE TO MENTION THAT THE [Captioner] 20:34:30 LEGISLATURE'S PASSED SB 731 WHICH IS [Captioner] 20:34:33 GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT IN JULY WHICH IS GOING TO BE LOOKING [Captioner] 20:34:37 AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR [Captioner] 20:34:40 TERMS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND WHO HAVE [Captioner] 20:34:43 , FOR FOUR YEARS, NOT HAVE ANY [Captioner] 20:34:47 ADDITIONAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE -- WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND [Captioner] 20:34:50 HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY'VE BEEN GOOD CITIZENS. THEN [Captioner] 20:34:54 THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR RECORDS IN [Captioner] 20:34:59 SOME SITUATIONS EITHER SEALED [Captioner] 20:35:02 OR EXPUNGED. SO THAT WILL BE FOR CERTAIN [Captioner] 20:35:05 KINDS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. [Captioner] 20:35:08 NONVIOLENT KINDS OF CRIMES AND OTHER KINDS OF CRIMES. BUT THAT'S [Captioner] 20:35:11 A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN [Captioner] 20:35:15 JULY. >> Councilmember Shao: SO FOLLOWING THAT, [Captioner] 20:35:18 IS IT TRUE THAT EVEN IF THE LANDLORD WANTS TO [Captioner] 20:35:21 DIG UP THAT PART OF THE CRIMINAL RECORDS OF THAT [Captioner] 20:35:24 POTENTIAL TENANT, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO? [Captioner] 20:35:27 BECAUSE THAT PART OF THE RECORD HAS BEEN EXPUNGED [Captioner] 20:35:32 ? >> Suzanne Shenfil: I THINK THERE'S A [Captioner] 20:35:36 LITTLE -- IDEALLY, YES, I WOULD SAY [Captioner] 20:35:38 IDEALLY YES. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:35:42 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. AGAIN [Captioner] 20:35:45 , CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:35:48 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 20:35:51 BRINGING THIS, [Captioner] 20:35:57 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, I HAVE A LOT, [Captioner] 20:36:00 WE'LL BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW IF I ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:36:03 DO WE GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY NEED [Captioner] 20:36:07 ASSISTANCE, ONCE THE MORATORIUM [Captioner] 20:36:10 IS LIFTED? [Captioner] 20:36:15 IN OTHER WORDS DO WE HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:36:18 STILL IN THE QUEUE TO HELP WITH [Captioner] 20:36:21 THEIR PAST DUE RENT? >> NO [Captioner] 20:36:24 . >> Councilmember Campbell: AND THEN DOES OUR [Captioner] 20:36:28 CURRENT RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:36:31 PROHIBIT EVICTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES? [Captioner] 20:36:36 NO. OKAY. >> NO [Captioner] 20:36:39 . >> Councilmember Campbell: AND IS THIS REFERRAL ASKING [Captioner] 20:36:43 US TO PROHIBIT, TO ADD INTO [Captioner] 20:36:47 THE ORDINANCE, TO PROHIBIT EVICTIONS AT ALL [Captioner] 20:36:52 ? >> NO. >> Councilmember Campbell: NO [Captioner] 20:36:55 , OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS JUST -- I WAS [Captioner] 20:36:58 JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:37:02 THE ATTACHMENT TO THE -- TO [Captioner] 20:37:05 THIS ITEM THAT TALKED SPECIFICALLY [Captioner] 20:37:09 ABOUT CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT [Captioner] 20:37:13 WOULD KEEP FOLKS FROM BEING EVICTED [Captioner] 20:37:15 . THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE TO ME. [Captioner] 20:37:18 THAT'S WHAT I READ INTO WHAT I SAW. AND I JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:37:22 MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR. THAT THE REFERRAL [Captioner] 20:37:25 IS NOT ASKING THE CITY TO [Captioner] 20:37:29 PROHIBIT EVICTIONS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES [Captioner] 20:37:33 . >> AND THAT'S A QUESTION [Captioner] 20:37:36 FOR COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN TO REFER TO [Captioner] 20:37:37 TO. >> Councilmember Kassan: THE [Captioner] 20:37:41 REFERRAL IS ASKING STAFF TO DO RESEARCH IF THERE ARE ANY AMENDMENTS [Captioner] 20:37:44 THAT SHOULD BE MADE TO THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE IN THEIR [Captioner] 20:37:47 BEST JUDGMENT BASED ON THEIR RESEARCH OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES [Captioner] 20:37:50 AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE. [Captioner] 20:37:53 NOW I KIND OF REGRET LISTING THOSE THREE [Captioner] 20:37:56 EXAMPLES BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY NOAND ON THOSE THREE [Captioner] 20:37:59 EXAMPLES BUT THEY'RE JUST EXAMPLES. I'M [Captioner] 20:38:02 NOT ASKING FOR THOSE THREE THINGS TO BE APPROVED TODAY [Captioner] 20:38:06 . THOSE WERE THREE EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT HAD COME UP THAT [Captioner] 20:38:09 STAFF MIGHT LOOK AT. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS JUST TO [Captioner] 20:38:12 ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO WHAT MIGHT BE DONE TO THE ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:38:15 TO AMEND IT TO MAKE THINGS MORE FAIR [Captioner] 20:38:18 , AND RESULT IN LESS UNJUST [Captioner] 20:38:21 EVICTIONS, THAT WERE OBSERVED, YOU KNOW THERE [Captioner] 20:38:25 WERE OBSERVATIONS OF SOME UNJUST [Captioner] 20:38:28 THINGS HAPPENING BACK IN 2019 WHICH LED TO [Captioner] 20:38:31 SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE [Captioner] 20:38:35 . >> Karena Shackelford: IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING SURE WE DISCUSS [Captioner] 20:38:38 THIS REFERRAL AS WE DISCUSS OTHER COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:38:42 REFERRALS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:38:45 TO, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THE Q&A OF THIS [Captioner] 20:38:49 DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER, WITH [Captioner] 20:38:50 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN WHO PUT IT FORWARD. [Captioner] 20:38:53 STAFF IS HERE AND AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME QUESTIONS [Captioner] 20:38:57 . BUT WE ARE NOT HERE OR PREPARED [Captioner] 20:39:00 TO MAKE A FULL FLEDGED REPORT OR PRESENTATION [Captioner] 20:39:05 . AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO OFFER THAT [Captioner] 20:39:07 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT. [Captioner] 20:39:10 WE TOO SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT THE LIFTING OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM [Captioner] 20:39:14 . AND WE'RE TRACKING WITH THE COUNTY [Captioner] 20:39:17 AND, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE [Captioner] 20:39:21 WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE COUNTY WHILE [Captioner] 20:39:25 ALSO TRACKING THIS NEW LEGISLATION THAT [Captioner] 20:39:28 SUZANNE MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO. >> Mayor Mei: RIGHT BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:39:31 THAT IS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ALSO AT THE COUNTY LEVEL FOR [Captioner] 20:39:34 SOME OF THESE. I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 20:39:38 , I AM LOOKING AT THE CLOCK. IN ALL FAIRNESS WE [Captioner] 20:39:41 HAVE 22 SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. I'M GO QUICKLY [Captioner] 20:39:44 THROUGH THE QUESTIONS. WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE [Captioner] 20:39:48 BREAK IN ALL FAIRNESS FOR THE STENO CAPTIONER. [Captioner] 20:39:51 WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KENG AND [Captioner] 20:39:54 COUNCILMEMBER COX. WE WILL [Captioner] 20:39:57 REFER IDEALLY TO THE MAKER, BUT THEY ARE [Captioner] 20:40:00 NOT MAKING A FULL PRESENTATION TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 20:40:05 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION [Captioner] 20:40:09 TO COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. BASICALLY, YOU'RE [Captioner] 20:40:12 ASKING TO DO THE RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE [Captioner] 20:40:15 COVERED, AND ADDITIONAL RENT [Captioner] 20:40:19 ERS' PROTECTION. IS THAT WHAT YOUR PLANNING TO ACHIEVE [Captioner] 20:40:22 ? BECAUSE YOU GAVE TWO EXAMPLES THAT WERE NOT ADOPTED [Captioner] 20:40:25 . THE RETALIATION AND THE REASON FOR RENT INCREASE [Captioner] 20:40:28 OVER 5%. AND I'M TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:40:33 UNDERSTAND THE [Captioner] 20:40:36 FULL SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASKING, LOOKING AT [Captioner] 20:40:39 THESE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS AND THINGS YOU'RE LISTING HERE [Captioner] 20:40:43 . >> Councilmember Kassan: AS PROBABLY HEARD A LOT [Captioner] 20:40:46 OF CITIES AND THE COUNTY ARE DOING A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT ADD [Captioner] 20:40:50 ING ADDITIONAL RENTER PROTECTIONS AS IT'S GOTTEN HARDER [Captioner] 20:40:53 AND HARDER FOR PEOPLE STAYING HOUSED, AS WE HEARD [Captioner] 20:40:57 FROM KATHERINE RUBY EARLIER, THERE ARE A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:41:00 PEOPLE FACING EVICTION [Captioner] 20:41:04 AND HAVING TROUBLE FINDING HOUSING. [Captioner] 20:41:07 OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A MARKETPLACE [Captioner] 20:41:09 WHERE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A LANDLORD BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY [Captioner] 20:41:13 MANY CITIES THAT HAVE BROUGHT SOME RENTER PROTECTIONS IN [Captioner] 20:41:16 TO HELP MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE BALANCED AND TO PREVENT MASSIVE [Captioner] 20:41:20 AMOUNTS OF HOMELESSNESS HAPPENING. [Captioner] 20:41:23 I THOUGHT NOW WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT THIS [Captioner] 20:41:26 NOW THAT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IS COMING THE AN END [Captioner] 20:41:29 AND MANY, MANY JURISDICTIONS ARE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO [Captioner] 20:41:32 TO TRY MEAT [Captioner] 20:41:36 AMELIORATE PART OF [Captioner] 20:41:39 THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING IN NEIGHBORING CITIES [Captioner] 20:41:43 . I GAVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT HAD BEEN [Captioner] 20:41:46 RECOMMENDED BY STAFF IN THE PAST BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION [Captioner] 20:41:50 IN 2019, STAFF CAME TO COUNCIL ASKING [Captioner] 20:41:54 FOR CHANGES IN THE RENT ORDINANCE, BASED [Captioner] 20:41:58 ON THINGS THEY WERE SEEING IN IT [Captioner] 20:42:01 , BUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED [Captioner] 20:42:04 AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR STAFF TO [Captioner] 20:42:07 TAKE ANOTHER GOOD LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WERE [Captioner] 20:42:10 ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. NOW IS AN EXCELLENT TIME DID [Captioner] 20:42:14 THIS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH ACTIVITY [Captioner] 20:42:18 ON THIS IN OUR COUNTY AND NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THE [Captioner] 20:42:21 EVICTION MORATORIUM IS ABOUT TO END. >> Councilmember Cox: THANK [Captioner] 20:42:24 YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I JUST WANTED [Captioner] 20:42:28 TO, WITH WHAT IT'S [Captioner] 20:42:31 BEEN WRITTEN I THOUGHT THERE WERE SOME LAWS THE THAT ARE IN [Captioner] 20:42:35 PROCESS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BOOKS THAT COVER RETALIATION THAT [Captioner] 20:42:38 COVER RENT INCREASE OVER 5% BECAUSE I THOUGHT [Captioner] 20:42:41 THOSE WERE ALREADY -- WHETHER IT [Captioner] 20:42:44 WAS THE COUNTY OR WHETHER IT'S RUN BY THE STATE, THOSE THINGS [Captioner] 20:42:47 ARE IMPLEMENTED WHEN YOU SIGN RENTAL AGREEMENTS THAT THESE THINGS ARE [Captioner] 20:42:49 STATED IN THERE AS PART OF THE LAW. [Captioner] 20:42:52 THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE [Captioner] 20:42:55 -- NOT NOTIFIED IF THERE WAS AN INCREASE BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT [Captioner] 20:42:58 OF DAYS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE AND THE [Captioner] 20:43:02 RETALIATION, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, YOU [Captioner] 20:43:06 KNOW, UNDER THE HOUSING LAWS TO [Captioner] 20:43:09 PROTECT THE TENANTS. SO [Captioner] 20:43:12 I DON'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE GAP BECAUSE I'M NOT AN [Captioner] 20:43:15 EXPERT IN IT BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THOSE [Captioner] 20:43:18 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WEREN'T ADOPTED, I'M JUST THINKING [Captioner] 20:43:21 OUT LOUD, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE READ IN THE [Captioner] 20:43:25 PAST THEY ARE IN AND ON THE BOOKS TO PROTECT [Captioner] 20:43:28 THE TENANTS. THAT'S PART OF THE TENANTS' RIGHTS ALREADY [Captioner] 20:43:31 . AND I'M JUST TRYING TO ADD WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 20:43:34 GETTING, EXCEPT IF YOU ARE ASKING [Captioner] 20:43:37 US DID YOU RESEARCH, I UNDERSTAND THAT PART. [Captioner] 20:43:40 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE OF USING OUR STAFF TO TAKE AWAY [Captioner] 20:43:44 FROM COURT SERVICES, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE [Captioner] 20:43:47 OUT, WHAT IS THE -- WHAT ARE WE MISSING HERE [Captioner] 20:43:51 ? AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD [Captioner] 20:43:54 A LOT OF STORM DAMAGE, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT [Captioner] 20:43:58 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR STAFF HELP OUT [Captioner] 20:44:01 OTHERS AT THIS POINT, INSTEAD OF SPENDING MORE TIME DOING [Captioner] 20:44:04 RESEARCH ON WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND [Captioner] 20:44:07 OUT WHERE'S THE GAP. >> Councilmember Kassan: THE [Captioner] 20:44:10 CITY OF FREMONT OF ALL THE CITIES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, WE ARE [Captioner] 20:44:13 ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RENT [Captioner] 20:44:17 ER PROTECTIONS, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF [Captioner] 20:44:20 RENTER PROTECTIONS, WE DO HAVE A RENT REVIEW BOARD [Captioner] 20:44:23 BUT IT IS 100% NONBINDING. SO THE REQUEST IS [Captioner] 20:44:26 TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING BECAUSE MANY [Captioner] 20:44:29 CITIES ARE DOING MORE THAN WE'RE DOING. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE [Captioner] 20:44:32 THE LOWEST OF ALL CITIES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY BUT WE ARE [Captioner] 20:44:35 CERTAINLY AMONG THEM IN TERMS OF RENTER PROTECTION. [Captioner] 20:44:38 SO THE IDEA IS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S NOT CURRENTLY [Captioner] 20:44:41 BEING DONE. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T LOOK AT THINGS THAT DON'T NEED [Captioner] 20:44:44 TO BE LOOKED AT. BUT THESE WERE SPECIFIC THINGS [Captioner] 20:44:47 THAT WERE FLAGGED AS -- BY THE STAFF AS NEEDING TO BE [Captioner] 20:44:51 IMPLEMENTED IN 2019 AND THEY WERE [Captioner] 20:44:54 NOT IMPLEMENTED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER WE [Captioner] 20:44:57 GOT FROM FREMONT FOR EVERYONE THEY DO TALK ABOUT THE RETALIATION [Captioner] 20:45:00 AS AN ISSUE. IF YOU TALK TO RENTERS [Captioner] 20:45:03 IN FREMONT YOU'LL HEAR MANY OF THEM COMPLAINING ABOUT [Captioner] 20:45:07 THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LANDLORD AND FEELING THAT THE CURRENT [Captioner] 20:45:09 ORDINANCE REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM. [Captioner] 20:45:12 YES, THERE IS A PROCESS. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT [Captioner] 20:45:15 DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE HELPING PEOPLE RESOLVE SOME [Captioner] 20:45:19 OF THEIR ISSUES. BUT IT'S 100% NONBINDING [Captioner] 20:45:22 . SO THERE IS REALLY NO RENTER PROTECTIONS IN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:45:25 RIGHT NOW. AND SO THIS IS TO LOOK AT WHAT [Captioner] 20:45:28 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT GIVEN THAT MANY CITIES ARE [Captioner] 20:45:31 WAY BEYOND US IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED [Captioner] 20:45:35 . >> Mayor Mei: SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN NOTE THE [Captioner] 20:45:39 TIME. COUNCILMEMBER KENG DO YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:45:43 OTHERWISE WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK FOR THE STENO CAPTIONER [Captioner] 20:45:46 AND WE HAVE 22 SPEAKERS BEFORE WE GO TO THE BUDGET [Captioner] 20:45:49 . >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU MAYOR, MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED [Captioner] 20:45:52 EARLIER SO I CAN PASS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK. [Captioner] 20:45:55 WE'LL TAKE A QUICK TEN [Captioner] 20:45:59 MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE IN FAIRNESS TO THE [Captioner] 20:46:02 STENO CAPTIONER WE HAVE 22 SPEAKERS THAT WILL [Captioner] 20:46:05 BE SPEAKING TO THIS ITEM. AND WE [Captioner] 20:46:09 HAVE TO RETURN TO THE BUDGET [Captioner] 20:46:12 . [ RECESS ] [Captioner] 20:56:07 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING [Captioner] 20:56:10 EVERYBODY BACK TO THE DAIS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:56:13 BECAUSE ASIDE FROM THIS REEFERLT WE ALSO HAVE TWO [Captioner] 20:56:16 OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING STILL. THE FLOOD [Captioner] 20:56:19 ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE BUDGET. [Captioner] 20:56:30 WHY DON'T WE BEGIN CALLING THE SPEAKERS. I'M GOING [Captioner] 20:56:33 TO ASK EVERYONE, WE ARE GOING TO DO [Captioner] 20:56:36 TWO MINUTES EACH, IF YOU ARE GOING TO REPEAT ANOTHER SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:56:40 , PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SAY YOU SUPPORT ANOTHER [Captioner] 20:56:43 SPEAKER'S COMMENTS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT [Captioner] 20:56:46 YOUR COMMENTS ENTIRELY. WE WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:56:49 TO START WITH CALL IN SPEAKERS. WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE BOTH [Captioner] 20:56:52 IN PERSON TONIGHT AS WELL AS THOSE ON THE ZOOM. [Captioner] 20:56:56 AND OF THOSE THAT ARE WISHING TO SPEAKER ON THIS AGENDA [Captioner] 20:56:59 ITEM REGARDING THIS REFERRAL MAY ALSO DO SO BY CLICKING [Captioner] 20:57:02 ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR CALLING IN BY [Captioner] 20:57:05 DIALING STAR 9. SO WHY DON'T WE BEGIN BY CALLING [Captioner] 20:57:08 THE SPEAKERS UP. [Captioner] 20:57:16 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MACK [Captioner] 20:57:19 . MACK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR [Captioner] 20:57:24 OPPORTUNITY. OKAY I HAVE A TWO POINTS TO MAKE. [Captioner] 20:57:27 VERY QUICKLY I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:57:30 THANK THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:57:33 JENNIE KASSAN [Captioner] 20:57:36 TO BEING OPEN MINDED FOR YOUR OWN REFERRAL, IT IS [Captioner] 20:57:40 A GREAT ATTRIBUTE TO BE A POLITICIAN [Captioner] 20:57:43 , THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OPENNESS, OKAY? [Captioner] 20:57:46 MY NAME IS MACK. LONG TIME RESIDENT [Captioner] 20:57:49 HERE IN FREMONT. AND THE [Captioner] 20:57:53 CURRENT MEDIATION PROGRAM IN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:57:56 HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CRAFT AND DEBATE [Captioner] 20:58:00 ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. MANY OF [Captioner] 20:58:03 THE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE TONIGHT CONTRIBUTE [Captioner] 20:58:06 GREAT DEAL THEN, AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS [Captioner] 20:58:10 WERE ALSO CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BACK [Captioner] 20:58:13 THEN. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN PROVEN [Captioner] 20:58:16 WORKING REMARKABLY WELL [Captioner] 20:58:19 TO IMPROVE THE UNITY [Captioner] 20:58:22 AND CREATE A WIN WIN SITUATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:58:25 OF FREMONT. I HAVEN'T SEEN [Captioner] 20:58:29 ANY REASON OR [Captioner] 20:58:33 NECESSITY TO REVISIT SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:58:37 AND NOT TO MENTION TO DISMANTLE AND FIX [Captioner] 20:58:40 IT, REPLACE IT BY SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN [Captioner] 20:58:43 REALLY KNOW WHETHER IT WORKS OR NOT. [Captioner] 20:58:46 SO I'M STRONGLY [Captioner] 20:58:49 OPPOSED TO NEWLY PROPOSED REFERRAL PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:58:54 . >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 20:58:57 YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS, [Captioner] 20:59:00 SORRY, THERE IS A WARNING THAT COMMENT UP [Captioner] 20:59:03 AUTOMATICALLY. 20 SECONDS SORRY [Captioner] 20:59:06 . >> OKAY, IN TERMS OF EVICTION MORATORIUM [Captioner] 20:59:09 BECAUSE BASICALLY, FUNDAMENTALLY, THE PANDEMIC IS [Captioner] 20:59:12 BEHIND US. UNITED STATES. [Captioner] 20:59:15 AND FREMONT IS ABSOLUTELY INCLUDED [Captioner] 20:59:19 . AND [Captioner] 20:59:22 -- OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 20:59:25 AGAIN. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:59:28 . >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE [Captioner] 20:59:32 SITO. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:59:35 NOTE JUST FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HERE, THERE ARE [Captioner] 20:59:38 MANY E-MAILS THAT WE RECEIVED, AND AS I STATED EARLIER THOSE [Captioner] 20:59:41 WERE GIVEN TO US AND CONSIDERED PART OF OUR PUBLIC RECORDS [Captioner] 20:59:43 AND SENT TO ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:59:46 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO TOOK THE TIME. NEXT [Captioner] 20:59:49 PLEASE. >> I THINK FROM THE REFERRAL THAT [Captioner] 20:59:53 MS. CAST ANN HAS BROUGHT [Captioner] 20:59:56 KASSAN HAS BROUGHT UP [Captioner] 20:59:59 , ONE OF THE THINGS SHE HASN'T MENTIONED IS BECAUSE OF THE [Captioner] 21:00:02 LIMITATION, LET ME READ IT OUT LOUD [Captioner] 21:00:05 , LIMITATION ON THE TYPE OF CRIMINAL [Captioner] 21:00:09 BACKGROUND CHECK THAT A LANDLORD MAY CONDUCT ON POTENTIAL TENANTS [Captioner] 21:00:12 . MR. SHAO HAS [Captioner] 21:00:16 BROUGHT UP, ANY DISCRIMINATION ON PEOPLE CURRENTLY [Captioner] 21:00:19 RENTING OR AFFECTING OUR -- BETWEEN THE [Captioner] 21:00:22 LANDLORD AND THE TENANT RELATIONSHIP, THIS IS ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 21:00:25 TO ASK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO -- [Captioner] 21:00:28 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO THE [Captioner] 21:00:31 WHOLE COUNCILMEMBERS, THE BOARD OF COUNCIL, [Captioner] 21:00:35 THIS IS CALLED FREMONT CAPITALISM. WE [Captioner] 21:00:38 HAVE TWO PERSON TRADING, [Captioner] 21:00:41 THE BUYER AND THE SELLER, OKAY? BOTH [Captioner] 21:00:44 SIDES WILL HAVE TO BE -- AGREED [Captioner] 21:00:48 UPON UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITION THAT THEY [Captioner] 21:00:51 AGREE UPON TO TRADE, OKAY? RENTING IS ALSO [Captioner] 21:00:54 ONE PART OF THE TRADING SYSTEM [Captioner] 21:00:58 HERE IN FREMONT IN ANY OF THE CIVILIZATION THAT YOU CAN [Captioner] 21:01:01 THINK OF, OKAY? SO THE LAST OF THE CITY [Captioner] 21:01:04 GET THEIR HANDS INTO THIS KIND OF A SITUATION THE [Captioner] 21:01:07 MORE COMPATIBLE THAT WE BECOME. THE MORE RESTRICTION THAT THE [Captioner] 21:01:11 CITY WANT TO IMPLEMENTED, THAT WILL AFFECT [Captioner] 21:01:14 THE FUTURE HOUSING SUPPLY, AND [Captioner] 21:01:17 ALSO, AFFECT THE [Captioner] 21:01:21 FUTURE PRICE [Captioner] 21:01:24 RENT -- PRICE ON RENTAL PROPERTY, AND WOULD I LIKE TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 21:01:29 THAT US, AS HOUSING PROVIDERS, [Captioner] 21:01:32 DID NOT GET DISCRIMINATED ON BECAUSE I HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:01:36 THAT WILLING TO RENT ON ANY OF THE [Captioner] 21:01:39 MARGINALIZED PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY SERVED [Captioner] 21:01:42 THEIR TERM IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. OKAY? [Captioner] 21:01:45 SO WE GET FAIR TREATMENT. WE SHOULD GET FAIR [Captioner] 21:01:48 TREATMENT AS HOUSING PROVIDER AS WELL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:01:52 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHUNG. [Captioner] 21:02:06 >> COUNCILMEMBER, JENNIE [Captioner] 21:02:09 KASSAN BACON [Captioner] 21:02:13 . WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I WANT TO ASK [Captioner] 21:02:17 , ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? DESPITE WHAT YOU [Captioner] 21:02:20 JUST COMMENTED, IN OFFERING THE SO-CALLED FAIR [Captioner] 21:02:24 CHANCE THEREBY FORCING HOUSING PROVIDERS TO NOT [Captioner] 21:02:27 CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS, [Captioner] 21:02:30 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS WHEN RENTING OTHER PROPERTIES [Captioner] 21:02:33 WHICH WILL INVITE OTHER CRIMINALS TO LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS [Captioner] 21:02:37 . THIS IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE IDEA [Captioner] 21:02:41 . MODEL RESEARCHERS HAVE SHOWN THAT MORE THAN 50% [Captioner] 21:02:45 OF INMATES ARE REARRESTED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF GET [Captioner] 21:02:48 TING OUT OF URANIUM. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AN ELECTED LEGISLATOR [Captioner] 21:02:51 WHO IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:02:54 OF THE CITY THE MOST BASIC THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS NOT PUT [Captioner] 21:02:57 OUR COMMUNITY IN DANGER. YET IN YOUR CRAZY PURSUIT OF [Captioner] 21:03:01 YOUR DOGMATIC IDEOLOGY, YOU [Captioner] 21:03:06 HAVE CHOSEN TO SET ASIDE [Captioner] 21:03:09 THE SAFETY OF OUR FREMONT [Captioner] 21:03:12 RESIDENTS. OUR RESIDENTS ARE ROCKED, OUR CARS [Captioner] 21:03:15 ARE STOLEN, OUR HOUSES ARE BROKEN INTO AND OUR PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:03:19 ARE PHYSICALLY BEATEN UP. HOW MUCH MORE [Captioner] 21:03:22 CHAOS DO WE NEED BEFORE YOU EVEN REALIZE THAT WE [Captioner] 21:03:25 HAVE A CRIME PROBLEM? AND THE LAST THING THAT WE NEED [Captioner] 21:03:28 IS TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY LESS SAFE [Captioner] 21:03:32 . TO THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE DO NOT [Captioner] 21:03:35 CONSIDER A REFERRAL. YOUR DAY IS NOT A [Captioner] 21:03:39 PROBLEM THAT IS TO BE FIXED. IT IS A PROBLEM THAT SHE JUST [Captioner] 21:03:40 MADE UP. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 21:03:44 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHUN C [Captioner] 21:03:47 HI MA. [Captioner] 21:03:55 >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHUN CHI [Captioner] 21:03:59 MA, A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF FREMONT AND A MEMBER [Captioner] 21:04:02 OF BHN. FIRST CALIFORNIA HAS THE [Captioner] 21:04:05 MOST EXTENSIVE RENTER PROTECTION LAW, SECOND ONLY [Captioner] 21:04:08 TO NEW YORK. BUT WHERE DID IT [Captioner] 21:04:12 GET US, BOTH OF US? MANY OF THE TENANT [Captioner] 21:04:15 EVICTION JUST CAUSE [Captioner] 21:04:18 EVICTION IN CALIFORNIA STATE LAW. NO NEED [Captioner] 21:04:22 FOR FREMONT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. SECOND, ANY [Captioner] 21:04:25 MORE RULES AND REGULATIONS WILL NOT ADD [Captioner] 21:04:28 A SINGLE UNIT OF SUPPLY, WHICH IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE [Captioner] 21:04:31 HOUSING CRISIS WHICH SADLY CAN LEAD TO REDUCTION IN INVENTORY [Captioner] 21:04:35 . WHICH SUCH AN INTENT CONSEQUENCES [Captioner] 21:04:38 WILL LEAD TO HIGHER RENT AND WILL HURT EVERY [Captioner] 21:04:41 -- THE VERY PERSON THAT YOU TRY TO PROTECT AND HELP. [Captioner] 21:04:47 AND ALSO, THE CITY COUNCIL MENTIONED ABOUT [Captioner] 21:04:50 LOOK AT THE OTHER CITIES. SERVE NEARBY [Captioner] 21:04:53 MENTIONED WITH A RENTAL [Captioner] 21:04:56 LAW FOR EXAMPLE, SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, BERKELEY THEY [Captioner] 21:04:59 HAVE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TENANT-OWNER RELATIONSHIP AND [Captioner] 21:05:02 THE HIGHEST REPRESENT. NONE OF THOSE CITIES ARE [Captioner] 21:05:06 A SHIENL EXAMPLE FOR FREMONT AND WE ARE RANKED NUMBER [Captioner] 21:05:09 1 IN THE U.S. I'M REALLY GLAD WE DON'T WANT [Captioner] 21:05:12 TO ADOPT TRYING TO LEARN FROM THOSE CITIES. [Captioner] 21:05:15 I HOPE WE STAY [Captioner] 21:05:19 IN WITH OUR OWN APPROACH. THE SIMILAR [Captioner] 21:05:22 TENANT PROTECTION PROPOSAL WAS SOUNDLY REJECTED BY [Captioner] 21:05:25 ALL FOUR ALAMEDA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS [Captioner] 21:05:28 LAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND PUSHED BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. [Captioner] 21:05:31 SO I JUST WONDER WHY FREMONT CITY COUNCIL WANTS [Captioner] 21:05:34 TO ADOPT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING REJECTED BY OUR [Captioner] 21:05:38 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. LASTLY, STATE LAW [Captioner] 21:05:41 REQUIRED SEX OFFENDER, THAT [Captioner] 21:05:45 SOMEBODY ALREADY MENTIONED CHUNG [Captioner] 21:05:48 ALREADY MENTIONED THAT. CONCLUSION OLD SAYING IN [Captioner] 21:05:50 AMERICA WE ARE ALREADY INDEED WHOLE AS IS. [Captioner] 21:05:53 THE SAME THING IS [Captioner] 21:05:56 TO STOP DIGGING . THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:06:00 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 21:06:04 IS GIN [Captioner] 21:06:07 ME YANG. [Captioner] 21:06:10 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 21:06:13 MY NAME IS GIN ME YANG. [Captioner] 21:06:16 I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:06:19 I URGE TO THE COUNCILS TO REJECT [Captioner] 21:06:22 THE PROPOSAL IN [Captioner] 21:06:25 AGENDA 7.82. SO I [Captioner] 21:06:28 DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THAT MUCH [Captioner] 21:06:32 ABOUT THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE COMMITTEE SAFETY [Captioner] 21:06:35 . BUT I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 21:06:38 STATE LAW REQUIRES [Captioner] 21:06:41 SAYS ATTENDANCE TO LEAVE MORE THAN 2,000 FEET FROM [Captioner] 21:06:45 A SCHOOL PARTS OR CHILDREN GATHER [Captioner] 21:06:48 PLACES. THE IF ONE LIMITS [Captioner] 21:06:51 THE PROPERTY OWNER'S CONDUCTING [Captioner] 21:06:54 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, HOW CAN SUCH STATE LAW FOLLOW [Captioner] 21:06:57 ? WE DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE STATE LAW. [Captioner] 21:07:00 WE JUST FOLLOW, WE STILL CAN REMEMBER [Captioner] 21:07:03 SOME CASES HAPPEN IN OUR [Captioner] 21:07:07 COMMUNITY. SO THIS KIND OF BACKGROUND ISSUE [Captioner] 21:07:10 ISSUE, THE CRIMINAL ISSUE, SO WE DON'T WANT [Captioner] 21:07:13 TO SEE IT HAPPEN AGAIN. AS [Captioner] 21:07:17 A CONCERNED PARENT, LIVE IN THIS GOOD COMMUNITY, [Captioner] 21:07:20 WE JUST HOPE FREMONT [Captioner] 21:07:23 STILL IS THE HAPPIEST CITY IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES [Captioner] 21:07:26 . THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 21:07:30 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS S [Captioner] 21:07:33 I EN. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO MAKE A [Captioner] 21:07:37 QUICK COMMENT. I APPRECIATE SOME PEOPLE ARE [Captioner] 21:07:40 HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. I WOULD APPRECIATE [Captioner] 21:07:43 YOU NOT CLAP, AND CALLING UP THE SPEAKER [Captioner] 21:07:47 , THE CALL UP THE NEXT ONE TOO [Captioner] 21:07:51 . >> Alberto Quintanilla: SI E [Captioner] 21:07:54 N AND FOLLOWED BY GEORGE. >> IT WAS INTEREST [Captioner] 21:07:58 ING THAT A [Captioner] 21:08:01 TYPICAL FREMONT RESIDENT, IPSO FACTO AS SOMEONE [Captioner] 21:08:04 WHO MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF [Captioner] 21:08:07 A LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 21:08:11 THEREFORE PERPETUATING THE FALSE DIVIDE. I [Captioner] 21:08:14 MIGHT NOT SOUND OR LOOK LIKE A [Captioner] 21:08:18 TYPICAL FREMONT CITIZEN, I WOULD LOVE [Captioner] 21:08:21 TO HAVE MY WIFE HEARD WITHOUT PREJUDICE TONIGHT. [Captioner] 21:08:24 I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE RISKING [Captioner] 21:08:28 THE LOSS OF LIFE LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF [Captioner] 21:08:31 HAPPINESS, DUE TO A POLICY PROPOSAL THAT WILL [Captioner] 21:08:34 DRASTICALLY REDUCE OUR ABILITY TO CONDUCT [Captioner] 21:08:37 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 21:08:41 OFFICER RUNS A LICENSE PLATE OR [Captioner] 21:08:44 A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, THAT DO SO NOT [Captioner] 21:08:47 TO INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS OF THOSE [Captioner] 21:08:50 WHO ARE BEING CHECKED BUT TO GET A FULL PROFILE [Captioner] 21:08:54 ON THE BACKGROUND OF THAT PERSON. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, I [Captioner] 21:08:57 HAVE MEMORIES DATING BACK TO 2019, WHEN [Captioner] 21:09:00 WE THE PEOPLE TRIED TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD, AND [Captioner] 21:09:04 WERE UNABLE TO GET YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RESPONSE AND [Captioner] 21:09:07 THEREFORE GATHERED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE OUR [Captioner] 21:09:11 VOICE HEARD AND WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU [Captioner] 21:09:14 WERE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE [Captioner] 21:09:17 INCIDENCE OF PEOPLE THAT GATHERED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. [Captioner] 21:09:20 YOUR HUSBAND WAS VERY KIND TO COME OUT AND MEET WITH US. TODAY [Captioner] 21:09:23 YOU SIT HERE TO PROPOSE MEASURES THAT WE SEVERELY LIMIT [Captioner] 21:09:27 OUR ABILITY TO RUN CRIMINAL ARE BACKGROUND [Captioner] 21:09:30 CHECKS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF LAW. [Captioner] 21:09:33 AND IT IS ALSO INTERESTING THAT [Captioner] 21:09:36 YOU WILL USE THE NH [Captioner] 21:09:39 LP, SHELTER TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 21:09:43 PASSIVE INCOME STREAM FOR LANDLORDS [Captioner] 21:09:46 UNQUOTE. IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY WERE REFERENCING THE [Captioner] 21:09:49 ARTICLE FROM THE ONION AND NOT A REAL POLICY PAPER. [Captioner] 21:09:52 SO LET'S NOT MAKE PUBLIC SAFETY A SAD GUY OR A [Captioner] 21:09:54 JOKE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [Captioner] 21:09:59 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS GEORGE FOLLOWED BY A [Captioner] 21:10:02 ADALIS. [Captioner] 21:10:07 >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GEORGE WU. I [Captioner] 21:10:10 AM THE SMALL PROPERTY OWNER WHO WENT ON HUNGER STRIKE [Captioner] 21:10:13 IN FRONT OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY [Captioner] 21:10:16 ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING LAST WEEK. [Captioner] 21:10:19 WITH THE SUPPORT FROM MANY HOUSING PROVIDERS [Captioner] 21:10:22 AND THE VOTES FROM THE [Captioner] 21:10:27 ALAMEDA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN END [Captioner] 21:10:29 ING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND REJECTING THE PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 21:10:33 RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS IN THE SUIT CALLED FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE [Captioner] 21:10:36 . I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 21:10:41 MY MOM AND POP PROPERTY OWNERS IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 21:10:44 I KNOW YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE TENANT. [Captioner] 21:10:47 IT IS GOOD. BUT PLEASE NOTE, THAT [Captioner] 21:10:50 NO MATTER HOW BIG YOUR LEGISLATIVE MOTIVE [Captioner] 21:10:54 IS, IT WILL CAUSE [Captioner] 21:10:57 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. FOR [Captioner] 21:11:00 EVICTION MORATORIUM, IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE [Captioner] 21:11:05 ALREADY APPEAL IS SYSTEM [Captioner] 21:11:08 FOR REFUSING TO PAY RENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WORKING [Captioner] 21:11:11 AND CAN AFFORD THE RENT. [Captioner] 21:11:16 FOR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK WE DON'T WANT FREMONT TO [Captioner] 21:11:19 BECOME A POORLY POLICED [Captioner] 21:11:23 UNSAFE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. [Captioner] 21:11:27 I BELIEVE YOU WOULD CAREFULLY [Captioner] 21:11:29 RECONSIDER THE POSSIBLE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS [Captioner] 21:11:33 ITEM. TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE [Captioner] 21:11:37 IN BUILD FOR FREMONT CITY, PEACEFULLY [Captioner] 21:11:42 AND SAFELY. THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:11:46 . >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS ADALIS [Captioner] 21:11:49 FOLLOWED BY FAY [Captioner] 21:11:52 IZINI. [Captioner] 21:11:55 >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS IDALIS [Captioner] 21:11:59 , A MEMBER OF BHN [Captioner] 21:12:02 . I'M HERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TO REJECT [Captioner] 21:12:07 7.82. CALIFORNIA ALREADY [Captioner] 21:12:10 HAVE STRAIGHT TENANT PROTECT LAW [Captioner] 21:12:13 , LIKE AB 1482. [Captioner] 21:12:16 RESTRICTION FOR RENTAL HOUSING. I AGREE [Captioner] 21:12:19 WITH CHUNG CHI COMMENT. WE ALL KNOW THE MORE [Captioner] 21:12:22 REGULATION, THE LESS RENTAL UNIT ON THE MARKET. [Captioner] 21:12:26 JUST LIKE BERKELEY. IT IS VERY HARD FOR THE COLLEGE [Captioner] 21:12:29 STUDENT AND THE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO FIND A UNIT [Captioner] 21:12:32 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RENTAL UNIT ON THE MARKET [Captioner] 21:12:36 . AND JUST LIKE THE HOUSING STAFF [Captioner] 21:12:40 COMMENT, FREMONT HAS A RUN [Captioner] 21:12:43 MEDIATION PROGRAM AND IT IS WORKING WELL AND [Captioner] 21:12:46 IT'S SUCCESSFUL. NO BAD FEEDBACK SO FAR. [Captioner] 21:12:49 IF THE SYSTEM IS WORKING, [Captioner] 21:12:52 WHY BOTHER TO MAKE CHANGE OF IT [Captioner] 21:12:57 ? JESSICA [Captioner] 21:13:00 'S LAW HAS SURPASSED [Captioner] 21:13:03 IN 2006 [Captioner] 21:13:07 . THIS LAW HAS OVER 70% [Captioner] 21:13:10 VOTERS VOTE YES. THIS LAW [Captioner] 21:13:13 PROHIBITS ANYONE ON [Captioner] 21:13:17 CALIFORNIA'S SEXUAL OFFEND [Captioner] 21:13:20 ER REGISTRATIONS FOR LEAVE WITHIN [Captioner] 21:13:24 2,000 FEET OF SCHOOL OR PARK. IF ONE LIMIT THE [Captioner] 21:13:27 LANDLORD CONDUCTING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, HOW CAN WE [Captioner] 21:13:30 PROTECT OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES [Captioner] 21:13:34 ? UNTIL THIS SUMMER [Captioner] 21:13:37 OUR FAMILY LIVE IN FREMONT FOR 14 YEARS. WE LIKE HERE AND [Captioner] 21:13:40 WE ENJOY TO BE AND ALSO BE PART [Captioner] 21:13:44 -- WE ENJOY TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY. SO [Captioner] 21:13:47 PLEASE REJECT THE PROMOTE AND DON'T TURN OUR [Captioner] 21:13:50 BEAUTIFUL FREMONT INTO OAKLAND. OR SAN FRANCISCO. [Captioner] 21:13:53 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:13:57 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS FAY I [Captioner] 21:14:00 ZINI FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINES. [Captioner] 21:14:03 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND [Captioner] 21:14:07 THE HONORABLE [Captioner] 21:14:10 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES. THE CAA IS A NONPROFIT TRADE [Captioner] 21:14:13 ASSOCIATION AND WE PROMOTE A STABLE AND HEALTHY [Captioner] 21:14:16 HOUSING MARKET FOR OUR MEMBERS SO THEY TOO CAN [Captioner] 21:14:20 PROVIDE HEALTHY AND STABLE HOUSING AND QUALITY RENTAL HOUSING [Captioner] 21:14:23 FOR FAMILIES. [Captioner] 21:14:27 [Captioner] 21:14:30 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING [Captioner] 21:14:33 OUR E-MAIL AND THE COULDN'T WAS BASED ON [Captioner] 21:14:36 THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED ON YOUR L REFERRAL IN THE [Captioner] 21:14:39 AGENDAS. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS BASED ON EXAMPLES. [Captioner] 21:14:42 BUT YOU DID PROVE OUR POINT AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT [Captioner] 21:14:45 THAT THE STATEMENTS THAT YOU MADE ARE MERELY SPECULATION. [Captioner] 21:14:48 NO VALID DATA IS [Captioner] 21:14:51 PROVIDED TO SHOW THAT THE LAWS ALREADY IN PLACE [Captioner] 21:14:54 SHOULD BE CHANGED. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN HAS ASKED THE CITY [Captioner] 21:14:58 STAFF TO [Captioner] 21:15:01 REVIEW THE CASES ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE [Captioner] 21:15:04 ORDINANCE. THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY SAYS [Captioner] 21:15:07 THAT LANDLORDS CANNOT TAKE ANY RETALIATORY ACTION AGAINST [Captioner] 21:15:10 THEIR TENANTS. IF THEY DO IT WILL BE VOID AND [Captioner] 21:15:14 REMEDIED BY A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $2,000. [Captioner] 21:15:17 THAT'S STATED IN YOUR RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE. [Captioner] 21:15:20 ON TOP OF THAT THE ORDINANCE CALIFORNIA CIVIL LAW [Captioner] 21:15:24 ALSO STATES THAT IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THE LANDLORD TO [Captioner] 21:15:27 RETALIATE AGAINST A TENANT [Captioner] 21:15:30 FOR EXERCISING HIS OR HER CIVIL RIGHTS, THAT IS [Captioner] 21:15:34 CIVIL LAW. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN ALSO STATES [Captioner] 21:15:37 SHE WANTS EVIDENCE TO EXPLAIN A RENT INCREASE OVER 75% [Captioner] 21:15:40 . AGAIN THAT IS MENTIONED IN YOUR RENT ORDINANCE, IT IS [Captioner] 21:15:43 IN THERE. IT'S PRESENTED THERE AND ALSO, STAFF MENTION [Captioner] 21:15:46 ED THAT THE DISPUTES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED [Captioner] 21:15:50 WITH THE RENT REVIEW BOARDS. THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS NO [Captioner] 21:15:53 VALID PROBLEM IN FREMONT. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 21:15:56 HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE ENDING OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY [Captioner] 21:15:59 EVICTION MORATORIUM COULD RESULT IN A CRISIS OF [Captioner] 21:16:04 EVICTION THAT IS -- MAY I CONTINUE? >> Mayor Mei: SORRY, [Captioner] 21:16:07 I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE SAME LIMIT FOR EVERY PERSON BUT THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:16:10 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:16:13 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HINES FOLLOW [Captioner] 21:16:16 ED BY TWAN EN. [Captioner] 21:16:19 >> HELLO EVERYONE. THIS IS ABOUT SOME ELEMENTS OF [Captioner] 21:16:22 THE REFERRAL. IN THE EITHER 70s THE U.S. [Captioner] 21:16:25 RAN INTO PETROLEUM SUPPLY SHOCKS [Captioner] 21:16:29 . UNFORTUNATELY THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION WAS IN [Captioner] 21:16:32 ITS THIRD YEAR OF SOME ILL ADVISED PRICE CONTROLS WHICH [Captioner] 21:16:35 ARTIFICIALLY HELD DOWN THE PRICE OF GAS SO THE MARKET [Captioner] 21:16:39 COULDN'T CLEAR THE SHOCKS. MANY GAS STATIONS [Captioner] 21:16:42 ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF GAS AND LINES OF CARS WRAPPED AROUND THE [Captioner] 21:16:46 BLOCK. NOW IN THE MOST RECENT THREE YEARS [Captioner] 21:16:49 ALAMEDA COUNTY HAS BEEN ARTIFICIALLY HOLDING THE [Captioner] 21:16:52 PRICE OF RENT TO ZERO FOR THOSE TENANTS WHO FIGURED OUT THAT [Captioner] 21:16:55 THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND PAY NOTHING [Captioner] 21:16:58 . THIS WAS UNFAIR TO LANDLORDS, AND TO [Captioner] 21:17:02 TENANTS WHO HAD DILIGENTLY PAID THEIR RENT. [Captioner] 21:17:05 THE MORATORIUM WILL EXPIRE SOON AND THERE WAS [Captioner] 21:17:08 MUCH TALK LAST WEEK ABOUT A COMING TSUNAMI OF EVICTION [Captioner] 21:17:11 S. IF THERE IS SUCH A WAVE WE'LL KNOW THE CAUSE [Captioner] 21:17:15 . IT'S THE HANGOVER AFTER A [Captioner] 21:17:19 LONG BINGE WITH [Captioner] 21:17:22 SOME BAD MEDICINE. WILL THERE BE SOME PRICE [Captioner] 21:17:25 INCREASES, PROBABLY, WILL THERE BE SOME EVICTIONS, [Captioner] 21:17:29 YES, WILL EVERYBODY GET KICKED OUT, NO [Captioner] 21:17:33 . TENANTS AND LANDLORDS EXIST IN A SYMBIOTIC [Captioner] 21:17:36 RELATIONSHIP, THEY WILL WORK IT [Captioner] 21:17:39 OUT BY [Captioner] 21:17:44 THEMSELVES WIDE NIXON PRICE CONTROLS [Captioner] 21:17:47 . THAT WOULD BE TRYING TO [Captioner] 21:17:53 OVERCOME THE HANGOVER BY OPENING [Captioner] 21:17:56 ANOTHER BOTTLE. PLEASE RESIST THE [Captioner] 21:18:00 TEMPTATION. >> Alberto Quintanilla: [Captioner] 21:18:03 (SAYING NAMES). >> HI I'M A DATA SCIENCE PERSON [Captioner] 21:18:06 AND I'D LIKE TO FACT CHECK THINGS WHEN THEY'RE NOT CORRECT. [Captioner] 21:18:10 I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN SAID THAT THERE'S [Captioner] 21:18:13 A SPIKE IN EVICTIONS. [Captioner] 21:18:16 WHEN THE EVICTION MORATORIUM WAS LIFTED [Captioner] 21:18:19 . ACTUALLY, PEOPLE LOOKED INTO THIS. [Captioner] 21:18:22 THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS REPORTER [Captioner] 21:18:25 WENT AROUND, DIFFERENT CITIES, AND LOOKED [Captioner] 21:18:29 AT EVICTION COURT FILINGS [Captioner] 21:18:32 . AND TRCT [Captioner] 21:18:36 TRACTED [Captioner] 21:18:39 LONGITUDINALLY, THERE WAS A SLIGHT UPTICK, I [Captioner] 21:18:42 THINK THE HIGHEST WAS 40% BUT IF YOU ANALYSIS [Captioner] 21:18:46 THE DATA APPROPRIATELY, AND YOU LOOK, AND YOU [Captioner] 21:18:49 THINK JUST COMMON SENSE, WE HAVE AN [Captioner] 21:18:53 EVICTION MORATORIUM FOR THREE YEARS. THAT [Captioner] 21:18:56 MEANS THERE'S A BACKLOG EVERY YEAR, THERE'S A BACKLOG. [Captioner] 21:18:59 SO AFTER THREE YEARS WHEN YOU LIFT IT THERE SHOULD BE A [Captioner] 21:19:03 300% INCREASE COMPARED TO [Captioner] 21:19:06 PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. WE SEE A 40% [Captioner] 21:19:09 INCREASE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, EVICTIONS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 21:19:12 WENT DOWN. THERE WAS RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT CAME OUT [Captioner] 21:19:16 . PEOPLE SETTLED THINGS AND WORKED THINGS OUT. [Captioner] 21:19:19 SO WHEN YOU QUOTE DATA, PLEASE [Captioner] 21:19:23 LOOK AT REPUTABLE JOURNALS [Captioner] 21:19:26 , AND NEWSPAPER SOURCES, ANALYZE THE DATA [Captioner] 21:19:29 , AND INTERPRET APPROPRIATELY TO COME TO CONCLUSIONS [Captioner] 21:19:32 BEFORE YOU PROPOSE POLICIES [Captioner] 21:19:36 THAT ACTUALLY IS -- WELL INTENDED [Captioner] 21:19:39 , BUT IT HAS CONSEQUENCES. SO PLEASE [Captioner] 21:19:42 . THINK THROUGH WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT [Captioner] 21:19:45 DATA YOU READ, AND ANALYZE IT SO [Captioner] 21:19:48 THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT HARMED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 21:19:52 [APPLAUSE] >> Alberto Quintanilla: [Captioner] 21:19:55 NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNIE HEE FOLLOWED [Captioner] 21:19:59 BY CHRIS HUNG. >> [Captioner] 21:20:02 GOOD EVENING MAYOR, AND ALL RESPECTED COUNCILS [Captioner] 21:20:05 . MY NAME IS ANNIE HEE [Captioner] 21:20:08 , I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I'M PROUD [Captioner] 21:20:11 TO LIVE IN THE HAPPIEST CITY IN THE NATION. HOWEVER [Captioner] 21:20:14 IN THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS [Captioner] 21:20:17 INCREASE IN THE CRIME RATE, CONSIDERABLY HIGHER [Captioner] 21:20:20 THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE ACROSS ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA FROM [Captioner] 21:20:23 THE LARGEST TO THE SMALLEST, AND DURING COVID [Captioner] 21:20:26 , AN OLD LADY WAS RAPED UNDER THE [Captioner] 21:20:29 SUN IN MY COMMUNITY. AND I PERSONALLY [Captioner] 21:20:34 EXPERIENCED SOME ATTACKS FROM HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS [Captioner] 21:20:38 . SO WHAT I HEARD, [Captioner] 21:20:41 THIS PROPOSAL HAS THE COMPONENTS THAT LIMIT [Captioner] 21:20:44 THE OWNER'S ABILITY TO CHECK THE BACKGROUND [Captioner] 21:20:48 TEEN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY [Captioner] 21:20:51 RIDICULOUS. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M NOT RICH [Captioner] 21:20:54 ENOUGH. I DON'T OWN A [Captioner] 21:20:57 RENTAL PROPERTY IN FREMONT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY KIDS [Captioner] 21:21:00 . I HAVE THREE KIDS AND ELDERS IN MY HOUSE. [Captioner] 21:21:03 AND MY ELDERS SHE HAD A NEW PROBLEM, SHE [Captioner] 21:21:06 COULD NOT RUN WHEN CRIMINAL CHASE HER. AND I'M [Captioner] 21:21:09 HERE REPRESENTING A LOT OF WORKING CLASS [Captioner] 21:21:13 PARENTS IN RESIDENCY IN FREMONT. WE WORK REALLY HARD TO [Captioner] 21:21:16 EARN TO LIVE IN FREMONT. PLEASE WHEN YOU ARE [Captioner] 21:21:19 ELECTED SIT ON THERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US. [Captioner] 21:21:22 PROTECT OUR FAMILIES AND INTEREST. NOT FOR [Captioner] 21:21:25 ANY OF OTHER [Captioner] 21:21:32 IDEOLOGICAL IDEA. THIS IS A [Captioner] 21:21:37 DISASTROUS PROPOSAL, I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS, [Captioner] 21:21:41 THIS IS DON'T GO ON THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU ARE SMARTER [Captioner] 21:21:44 THAN THIS. FREMONT RESIDENTS DESERVE A [Captioner] 21:21:48 SAFE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE EARN IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH [Captioner] 21:21:51 . >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS [Captioner] 21:21:54 HUNG FOLLOWED BY LYNN DENG. >> MY NAME [Captioner] 21:21:58 IS CHRISTOPHER HU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 21:22:01 . I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS, [Captioner] 21:22:05 I RUN A RENTAL UNIT, FOR THE LAST [Captioner] 21:22:08 THREE YEARS I LOST ABOUT $60,000 AND I ONLY [Captioner] 21:22:12 GOT COMPENSATED ABOUT $20,000. SOME [Captioner] 21:22:15 ARE COLLATERAL DAMAGE I'M RENTING [Captioner] 21:22:19 TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO SHARE. ONE OF THEM IS HARASSING [Captioner] 21:22:22 THE PEOPLE AND DON'T PAY THE RENT AND CAUSE ALL THESE ISSUES [Captioner] 21:22:25 . SO I DON'T THINK YOUR STATISTICS INCLUDE [Captioner] 21:22:28 THIS KIND OF SITUATIONS. I THINK IN FREMONT WE HAVE A [Captioner] 21:22:31 LOT OF LANDLORDS HAVE THIS KIND OF SITUATION. [Captioner] 21:22:34 SO SECOND OF ALL I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. ARE YOU GOING [Captioner] 21:22:37 TO HIRE SOMEBODY WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD AS [Captioner] 21:22:40 A CITY EMPLOYEE? IF YOU DO I THINK THAT'S [Captioner] 21:22:43 PRETTY CONVINCING THAT YOU COULD CONVINCE ALL [Captioner] 21:22:46 LANDLORDS NOT TO DO A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK. AND SO I [Captioner] 21:22:51 THINK, I MEAN YOU PROBABLY HAVE GOOD INTENTION TO HELP [Captioner] 21:22:54 THESE PEOPLE BUT I THINK IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO HELP THESE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:22:57 SHOULD YOU GIVE THEM A JOB. IF THEY GET A JOB THEY ARE [Captioner] 21:23:00 LESS LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES [Captioner] 21:23:03 . AND I THINK THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:23:11 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS LYNN DENG. [Captioner] 21:23:14 ZENG. [Captioner] 21:23:16 >> GOOD EVENING MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. [Captioner] 21:23:19 MY NAME IS LYNN ZENG. I'VE BEEN LIVING [Captioner] 21:23:22 IN FREMONT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I WAS SO PROUD TO BE [Captioner] 21:23:25 A FREMONT RESIDENT SINCE FREMONT IS RANKED AS [Captioner] 21:23:29 HAPPY CITY NATIONWIDE. I'M ALSO A HOUSING PROVIDER [Captioner] 21:23:32 IN FREMONT FOR MANY YEARS. I USED [Captioner] 21:23:35 TO LEASE MY TWO BEDROOMS FROM [Captioner] 21:23:39 MY HOME TO PEOPLE TO SHARE THE COST. I [Captioner] 21:23:42 HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE [Captioner] 21:23:45 AGENDA 7.8.2. IF WE [Captioner] 21:23:48 CANNOT PERFORM BACKGROUND CHECK AND [Captioner] 21:23:51 CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW [Captioner] 21:23:54 TO SHARE ROOMS WITH A COMPLETE [Captioner] 21:23:57 STRANGER IN OUR HOME. I CAN'T IMAGINE [Captioner] 21:24:00 WHAT IF MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR USED [Captioner] 21:24:03 TO BE CHARGED WITH FELONY? IT'S A BIG SAFETY CONCERN FOR [Captioner] 21:24:07 OUR COMMUNITY. HOUSING PROVIDER HAVE THE RIGHT [Captioner] 21:24:10 TO KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF THE [Captioner] 21:24:13 POTENTIAL TENANT. SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR [Captioner] 21:24:16 OWN DECISION. I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 21:24:20 ASK [Captioner] 21:24:24 COUNCIL JENNIE KASSAN, [Captioner] 21:24:27 THIS QUESTION: WOULD YOU INVITE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T [Captioner] 21:24:30 KNOW INTO YOUR HOME TO LIVE WITH YOU [Captioner] 21:24:33 ? WOULD YOU [Captioner] 21:24:37 ? >> Mayor Mei: TO CLARIFY, WE DON'T [Captioner] 21:24:40 ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE DAIS. >> OKAY, IF YES THAT'S [Captioner] 21:24:43 GREAT PLEASE OPEN YOUR HOME TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEKEND [Captioner] 21:24:46 . IF NOT, THEN WHY THE IN [Captioner] 21:24:49 INCONSISTENT STANDARD FOR OTHERS IN FREMONT? [Captioner] 21:24:52 PLEASE REJECT THE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [Captioner] 21:24:58 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ON ZOOM [Captioner] 21:25:01 . DAVID STARK. [Captioner] 21:25:05 >> DAVID STARK WITH THE BAY EAST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS [Captioner] 21:25:08 . MANY OF OUR [Captioner] 21:25:17 COUNCIL STARTED ENGAGING IN RENTAL HOUSING ISSUES WAY [Captioner] 21:25:20 BACK IN 2015. SINCE THEN AND [Captioner] 21:25:23 PARTICULARLY SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE [Captioner] 21:25:25 RENTAL HOUSING ENVIRONMENT IN FREMONT HAS CHANGED. [Captioner] 21:25:28 FOR TENANTS THEY ARE NOW ROBUST STATEWIDE PROTECTION [Captioner] 21:25:31 S ESTABLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF [Captioner] 21:25:34 2019, ALSO KNOWN AS AB 1482 AND YES [Captioner] 21:25:37 , THESE PROTECTIONS APPLY TO FREMONT TENANTS. [Captioner] 21:25:40 FOR HOUSING PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY THE LOW VOLUME [Captioner] 21:25:44 MOM AND POP HOUSING PROVIDERS, MANY OF WHOM YOU [Captioner] 21:25:47 HAVE HEARD FROM TONIGHT THEIR WORLD HAS CHANGED AS WELL. [Captioner] 21:25:50 MANY HAVEN'T RECEIVED RENT PAYMENTS SINCE 2020 [Captioner] 21:25:54 , MANY HAVE LEFT OR WILL BE LEAVING [Captioner] 21:25:57 THE RENTAL HOUSING MARKET BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CAN'T PAY [Captioner] 21:26:00 THE BILLS OR THEY SEE INCREASING LEVELS OF [Captioner] 21:26:03 STATE, REGIONAL AND [Captioner] 21:26:07 LOCAL REGULATIONS, WHEN A HOUSING [Captioner] 21:26:11 PROVIDER IS INTENDING TO SELL, THEIR [Captioner] 21:26:14 UNIT WILL MOST LIKELY BE [Captioner] 21:26:17 REPLACED BY A OWNER-OCCUPANT, REDUCING [Captioner] 21:26:21 THE NUMBER OF AVAILABILITY [Captioner] 21:26:24 , LEADING TO MORE HOMELESSNESS. IF [Captioner] 21:26:27 THE COUNCIL REVISITS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 2019, PLEASE [Captioner] 21:26:30 ASK THEM TO ASSESS HOW THE RENTAL [Captioner] 21:26:33 HOUSING ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED. WE'VE CERTAINLY LEARNED ABOUT [Captioner] 21:26:36 THE IMPACTS OF RENTAL HOUSING REGULATIONS, [Captioner] 21:26:41 ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISORS REJECTED A SUITE OF ORDINANCE [Captioner] 21:26:44 S, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TONIGHT [Captioner] 21:26:47 . PLEASE CONSIDER THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ANY POLICY [Captioner] 21:26:50 MAKING YOU MAY DO AS A RESULT OF THIS REFERRAL. THANKS. [Captioner] 21:26:57 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA DANS. [Captioner] 21:27:01 >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS [Captioner] 21:27:04 LISA DANS AND I LIVE IN THE [Captioner] 21:27:08 SUNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD IN FREMONT DISTRICT 4. I'M [Captioner] 21:27:11 A VOLUNTEER AND A LEADERSHIP MEMBER OF FREMONT FOR EVERYONE. [Captioner] 21:27:14 FREMONT FOR EVERYONE HAS OFFICIALLY ENDORSED THIS [Captioner] 21:27:17 REFERRAL. AND PERSONALLY, I ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT IT [Captioner] 21:27:20 . I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOSE [Captioner] 21:27:24 THEIR HOUSING, WILL BECOME HOMELESS, WHEN THE [Captioner] 21:27:28 EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRES IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS [Captioner] 21:27:32 . IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING. I'M REALLY GLAD [Captioner] 21:27:35 TO HEAR CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD SAY [Captioner] 21:27:38 EARLIER THAT STAFF IS ALREADY LOOKING INTO THIS. [Captioner] 21:27:41 AND ON TOP OF THIS I THINK THAT THIS REFERRAL IS A GREAT [Captioner] 21:27:44 IDEA. THIS REFERRAL AS NOTED SIMPLY DIRECTS STAFF TO [Captioner] 21:27:47 LOOK INTO THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE RENT REVIEW [Captioner] 21:27:51 ORDINANCE AND MAKE UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE [Captioner] 21:27:54 CURRENT SITUATION. AND IT WAS NOTED EARLIER THAT [Captioner] 21:27:57 STAFF HAS LIMITED TIME. HOWEVER, HOMELESSNESS IS ONE [Captioner] 21:28:00 OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES IN FREMONT, WHICH [Captioner] 21:28:04 WAS REITERATED AT THE RECENT COUNCIL RETREAT. [Captioner] 21:28:07 THIS IS A CORE SERVICE AND IT IS AN URGENT ISSUE [Captioner] 21:28:10 . THIS IS EXACTLY THE TIME TO REEVALUATE IF OUR TENANT [Captioner] 21:28:13 PROTECTIONS ARE STRONG ENOUGH AND GIVE TENANTS A FAIR [Captioner] 21:28:16 CHANCE TO STAY HOUSED GIVEN UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF THE [Captioner] 21:28:20 EVICTION MORATORIUM AND I DO WANT [Captioner] 21:28:23 TO NOTE THAT THE CURRENT STATUS WITH [Captioner] 21:28:26 RETALIATION PROTECTIONS BEING IN CIVIL [Captioner] 21:28:29 LAW PUTS THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON THE TENANT AND [Captioner] 21:28:33 IF YOU'RE A TENANT AND YOU'RE WORRIED THAT YOUR LANDLORD [Captioner] 21:28:36 IS ALREADY RETALIATING AGAINST YOU, AND [Captioner] 21:28:40 YOU'RE NOT 100% CONFIDENT YOU ARE GOING TO [Captioner] 21:28:43 WIN A LAWSUIT, DO YOU REALLY THINK YOUR LANDLORD IS GOING TO LIKE [Captioner] 21:28:46 YOU BETTER WHEN YOU SUE THEM? PROBABLY NOT. [Captioner] 21:28:49 SO THAT'S A DETERRENT. SO JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T [Captioner] 21:28:52 NECESSARILY SEEN PEOPLE ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS IN THIS WAY IT [Captioner] 21:28:55 MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE REALIZE IT IS AGAINST THEIR INTEREST. SO I URGE YOU [Captioner] 21:28:57 TO SUPPORT THIS REFERRAL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:29:02 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER [Captioner] 21:29:05 L. [Captioner] 21:29:08 >> HI. MY NAME IS JENNIFER [Captioner] 21:29:11 LU. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF B [Captioner] 21:29:15 BAHN, I HAVE [Captioner] 21:29:19 A FEW QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 21:29:22 FOR COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. WHAT'S THE [Captioner] 21:29:25 PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF YOUR [Captioner] 21:29:28 OWN PGN YOU BUILD THIS YEAR? DO YOU OWN [Captioner] 21:29:31 YOUR OWN HOME? IF SO DO YOU GO TO [Captioner] 21:29:34 HOME DEPOT AT ALL? HOW IS THE CURRENT [Captioner] 21:29:37 MATERIAL PRICING? COMPARED TO A COUPLE OF YEARS [Captioner] 21:29:41 AGO? HOW ABOUT THE LABOR COST [Captioner] 21:29:45 OF A PLUMBER, A PAINTER? WHAT'S THE [Captioner] 21:29:49 NATIONAL INFLATION RATE THIS YEAR [Captioner] 21:29:52 ? ARE ANY OF THE ABOVE NUMBERS [Captioner] 21:29:56 BELOW 5%? WHY DO YOU [Captioner] 21:29:59 THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO PROHIBIT THE HOUSING [Captioner] 21:30:02 PROVIDERS TO CATCH UP WITH THE INFLATION [Captioner] 21:30:07 ? REGARDING THE [Captioner] 21:30:11 CRIMINAL CHECKUP [Captioner] 21:30:14 , THE [Captioner] 21:30:17 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK [Captioner] 21:30:20 SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISES THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY OF THE [Captioner] 21:30:23 SAFETY OF OTHER TENANTS IN THE APARTMENTS AS WELL AS TO THE SAFETY OF [Captioner] 21:30:27 HOUSING PROVIDERS. [Captioner] 21:30:31 THE RENT [Captioner] 21:30:34 IS A MATTER OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. [Captioner] 21:30:37 MORE RESTRICTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, MANY HOUSING [Captioner] 21:30:40 PROVIDERS WILL BE FORCED OUT OF THE MARKET [Captioner] 21:30:44 AND BE [Captioner] 21:30:49 CRAZE THE HOUSING SUPPLIES. WITH THE [Captioner] 21:30:52 DECREASE OF THE HOUSING SUPPLY WHAT IS GOING TO [Captioner] 21:30:55 HAPPEN WITH THE RENTAL AMOUNT? YOU ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE [Captioner] 21:30:58 AFFORDABILITY BUT YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE [Captioner] 21:31:03 . PLEASE STOP ALL THESE PROPOSALS [Captioner] 21:31:06 . THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:31:09 >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDRA M. [Captioner] 21:31:18 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT [Captioner] 21:31:20 . I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT. I'LL AGREE WITH ALL OF THE [Captioner] 21:31:24 POINTS BY LISA DANS. [Captioner] 21:31:27 I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE AND I'D [Captioner] 21:31:30 LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME OTHER CONCERNS [Captioner] 21:31:34 . KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE PANDEMIC IS STILL A [Captioner] 21:31:37 MOVING TARGET. KEEP IN [Captioner] 21:31:40 MIND THAT THE U.S. AND CALIFORNIA WAS NUMBER 1 IN THE [Captioner] 21:31:42 WORLD, AND OFTEN TOP OF THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY. [Captioner] 21:31:47 -- AND ON TOP OF THAT, ALAMEDA COUNTY. WITH THE LIFTING [Captioner] 21:31:51 OF THE MORATORIUM, MANY LANDLORDS WILL BE CREATING [Captioner] 21:31:54 THE NEW HUNGER STRIKER. [Captioner] 21:31:57 BY EVICTIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE WOMEN, [Captioner] 21:32:00 MEN, AND CHILDREN. [Captioner] 21:32:04 I SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT [Captioner] 21:32:07 -- REVISIT WHAT [Captioner] 21:32:10 ALSO [Captioner] 21:32:14 SHENFIL HAS PRESENTED TO US, [Captioner] 21:32:18 THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ERA [Captioner] 21:32:21 P RECIPIENTS THAT HAVE AND COULD TELL THEIR STORIES OF [Captioner] 21:32:24 HARASSMENTS BY THEIR LANDLORDS, MANY WERE HARASS [Captioner] 21:32:28 ED TO THE POINT THAT THEY ACTUALLY LEFT [Captioner] 21:32:31 , AND WENT TO LIVE IN THEIR CAR. [Captioner] 21:32:34 MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ON [Captioner] 21:32:38 THAT FINANCE MANY WERE AFFECTED [Captioner] 21:32:42 . I SUGGEST THAT WITHIN THE [Captioner] 21:32:45 16,500,000 WHICH WAS ISSUED, [Captioner] 21:32:49 THAT'S 3 MILLION WAS [Captioner] 21:32:52 PAID OUT FOR 30% AND UNDER FOR A VERY [Captioner] 21:32:56 LOW INCOME PEOPLE. [Captioner] 21:33:00 THIS SEEMS TO BE AN UNEQUAL AMOUNT. [Captioner] 21:33:03 I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE SOME FURTHER FIGURES ON [Captioner] 21:33:07 THAT. THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:33:11 COUNCIL SALWAN FOR ASKING THE CORRECT INFORMATION. I SUGGEST [Captioner] 21:33:14 AND WISH FOR YOU TO MOVE VERY SWIFTLY [Captioner] 21:33:19 , PRESST [Captioner] 21:33:22 O CONMOTO ON THIS TOPIC [Captioner] 21:33:26 . >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN. [Captioner] 21:33:29 >> COVID-19 IS A VERY SCARY VIRUS. [Captioner] 21:33:32 PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE TO AMERICANS INCLUDING ME [Captioner] 21:33:35 AND YOU. BUT NOTHING'S MORE SCARY [Captioner] 21:33:38 OR CAUSING MORE DAMAGE THAN THE [Captioner] 21:33:42 SEVERE POLICY AGAINST THE HOUSING PROVIDERS. [Captioner] 21:33:45 ESPECIALLY ALAMEDA COUNTY. MY NAME IS DAN, HOUSING [Captioner] 21:33:48 PROVIDER IN FREMONT AND A BOARD MEMBER OF D [Captioner] 21:33:51 HN. EVICTION MORATORIUM HAS CAUSED TAKE [Captioner] 21:33:55 AWAY HOUSING PROVIDERS RIGHTS TO CONNECT RENT FOR [Captioner] 21:33:58 ALMOST THREE YEARS. NO MATTER [Captioner] 21:34:01 HOUSING PROVIDERS WERE STILL NEED TO PAY PROPERTY TAX [Captioner] 21:34:04 , UTILITY BILLS, REPAIR, ET CETERA. [Captioner] 21:34:07 NOW FREMONT CITY IS TRYING TO TAKE MORE RIGHTS [Captioner] 21:34:10 FROM HOUSING PROVIDERS. [Captioner] 21:34:14 FAIL CHANCE. WHO GAVE [Captioner] 21:34:17 HOUSING PROVIDER FAIRNESS. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HELD [Captioner] 21:34:20 EMPLOYEES THEY NEED TO DO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. [Captioner] 21:34:23 WHY NOT HOUSING PROVIDERS? ONLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 21:34:25 POWER? WE FULLY UNDERSTAND HOUSING [Captioner] 21:34:29 PROVIDERS NEEDS TO GIVE FAIR CHANCE TO EVERYONE. BUT WHO GAVE [Captioner] 21:34:32 THE FAIRNESS TO HOUSING PROVIDERS? ALSO, THIS [Captioner] 21:34:36 POLICY WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE CRIMINALS BECAUSE THERE IS [Captioner] 21:34:39 NO CONSEQUENCE FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR [Captioner] 21:34:42 . LAW IN CALIFORNIA ARE FAVORING CRIMINALS ALREADY [Captioner] 21:34:45 . A LOT OF FAMILY HAS [Captioner] 21:34:49 BECOME MISCONDUCT. THAT IS WHY CALIFORNIA HAS [Captioner] 21:34:52 BECOME MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS. HOW MANY SUSTAINING ROBBERY [Captioner] 21:34:55 ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW EVERY DAY IN CALIFORNIA. [Captioner] 21:34:58 I GOT A COMPLAINT ALMOST EVERY DAY ABOUT BROKEN CARS [Captioner] 21:35:01 . BROKEN DOORS, [Captioner] 21:35:04 STEALING IN FREMONT. HOW MANY MORE DO YOU WANT? [Captioner] 21:35:07 HOW MANY MORE DAMAGE YOU WANT TO CAUSE TO [Captioner] 21:35:10 BEAUTIFUL CITY OF FREMONT? AS I HEARD, THAT'S BEEN NO [Captioner] 21:35:14 COMPLAINT FROM TENANTS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION DUE TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK [Captioner] 21:35:17 . MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE IS NO COMPLAINT [Captioner] 21:35:21 , OUR COUNCILMEMBER HAS NOTHING TO DO, [Captioner] 21:35:24 OR COUNCILMEMBER HAS -- DON'T REALLY WANT TO [Captioner] 21:35:27 STOP THE REAL PROBLEM, SO [Captioner] 21:35:30 -- >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS MOORE. [Captioner] 21:35:38 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN SAID A LOT [Captioner] 21:35:41 OF PEOPLE ARE FACING EVICTION. REALLY [Captioner] 21:35:45 ? NO ONE, AND I'LL SAY THIS TO [Captioner] 21:35:48 ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS THERE, NO ONE CAN BE EVICTED [Captioner] 21:35:51 FOR NOT PAYING RENT FOR THE LAST 36 MONTHS [Captioner] 21:35:55 . AND IN FACT TWO MORE MONTHS UNTIL APRIL 29th [Captioner] 21:35:58 . THEY CANNOT BE EVICTED FOR NOT PAYING THAT RENT. [Captioner] 21:36:01 HOW ARE THEY FACING EVICTION? HAVE THEY NOT SAVED [Captioner] 21:36:04 ANY MONEY IN THE LAST 36 MONTHS [Captioner] 21:36:08 ? MR. T [Captioner] 21:36:11 WA SAID EARLIER, LOOK AT THE DATA. [Captioner] 21:36:14 THE DATA SAID, EVICTIONS ARE NOT HAPPENING. DON'T BELIEVE [Captioner] 21:36:18 THE SCARE TACTICS. HONESTLY IT SOUNDS LIKE [Captioner] 21:36:21 YOU'RE LISTENING TO AACE ACTION AND [Captioner] 21:36:26 THEIR DIRECTOR LIEG LAYA [Captioner] 21:36:30 . PROFITEER FROM MORE OPERATIONS, THEY [Captioner] 21:36:33 LOVE RENTAL REGULATIONS, BECAUSE THEN THE CITY GIVES THEM FUNDS [Captioner] 21:36:37 . AND GRANTS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING [Captioner] 21:36:40 ON UP IN BERKELEY AND OAKLAND AND [Captioner] 21:36:42 SAN LEANDRO AND ALL THESE OTHER CITIES. [Captioner] 21:36:45 THEY PROVIDE MORE SCARE TACTICS, THEY GET MORE MONEY. [Captioner] 21:36:48 THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE SAYING ON THEIR WEBSITES, FREE [Captioner] 21:36:51 RENT FOREVER. EVICT -- NO EVICTION [Captioner] 21:36:55 S FOREVER. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN LISTEN TO THEM? [Captioner] 21:36:58 ALSO MENTIONED IS THAT YOU WANT TO WASTE STAFF TIME IN LOOK [Captioner] 21:37:01 ING FOR RENT REGULATIONS IN OTHER CITIES. [Captioner] 21:37:04 LOOK AT BERKELEY, LOOK AT OAKLAND, LOOK AT [Captioner] 21:37:07 SAN FRANCISCO, THEY HAVE THE STRONG [Captioner] 21:37:10 EST RENT RESTRICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY, WHAT [Captioner] 21:37:13 DO THEY GET? THE STRONG [Captioner] 21:37:16 EST HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTRY. [Captioner] 21:37:20 FREMONT WANTS THAT? NO COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 21:37:23 . YOUR VOTERS DON'T WANT THAT. IT IS [Captioner] 21:37:26 THE ADVOCATES THAT ARE PROFITEER [Captioner] 21:37:29 ING THAT ARE THE ONLY ONES CALLING IN. LASTLY ON FAIR CHANCE [Captioner] 21:37:32 , FOLKS LOOK AT S [Captioner] 21:37:36 B 731, THE STATE IS ALREADY [Captioner] 21:37:39 GIVING EVERYBODY FAIR CHANCE. TAKE A LOOK BEFORE DO YOU [Captioner] 21:37:43 THIS. >> Alberto Quintanilla: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHERINE [Captioner] 21:37:46 RUBY. [Captioner] 21:37:49 >> HI. [Captioner] 21:37:53 I AM KATHERINE RUBY. I AM A MEMBER [Captioner] 21:37:57 OF AND LEADER OF FREMONT FOR EVERYONE. [Captioner] 21:38:01 I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS AGENDA [Captioner] 21:38:04 ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REFERRED [Captioner] 21:38:08 BY COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. AND I [Captioner] 21:38:11 FEEL THAT THIS [Captioner] 21:38:15 DEBATE HAS BECOME BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION IN [Captioner] 21:38:18 MANY WAYS. YES. SOME PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:38:21 ARE AT RISK OF BEING EVICTED. [Captioner] 21:38:24 AND YES, THAT'S LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY [Captioner] 21:38:28 . AND YES. SOME PEOPLE WASTED THEIR TIME [Captioner] 21:38:31 . BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYONE [Captioner] 21:38:34 DID. OR THAT EVERYONE IS AT RISK [Captioner] 21:38:38 . BUT WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE AT RISK WHO [Captioner] 21:38:41 HAVE LEGITIMATELY TRIED TO MAKE ENDS [Captioner] 21:38:45 MEET, AND HAVE LEGITIMATELY [Captioner] 21:38:48 TRIED TO APPLY FOR THE EXTRA [Captioner] 21:38:51 FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH COVID RELIEF, AND [Captioner] 21:38:54 STILL HAVE FALLEN BEHIND, I [Captioner] 21:38:58 FEEL LIKE IT IS STILL [Captioner] 21:39:02 FREMONT COUNCILMEMBERS' RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK INTO [Captioner] 21:39:06 THAT SITUATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:39:09 ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND WITH RESPECT [Captioner] 21:39:12 , AND NOT JUST TOSSED [Captioner] 21:39:15 OUT ON THE STREET. BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING [Captioner] 21:39:19 ABOUT NOT JUST MEN [Captioner] 21:39:22 AND WOMEN. BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN AS [Captioner] 21:39:25 WELL, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN PEOPLE GET TOSSED [Captioner] 21:39:28 OUT, CHILDREN GET TAKEN AWAY. AND YOU'RE BREAK [Captioner] 21:39:31 ING DOWN FAMILY AT THAT POINT. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO [Captioner] 21:39:34 FAMILY VALUES? WHAT HAPPENED TO KEEPING FAMILY [Captioner] 21:39:37 MEMBERS TOGETHER? WHAT HAPPENED TO [Captioner] 21:39:40 KEEPING OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS TOGETHER? BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:39:44 I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING: I'VE [Captioner] 21:39:47 ALREADY DISCOVERED THROUGH MY OWN HOMELESSNESS [Captioner] 21:39:51 THAT SHELTERS DO NOT SUPPORT -- >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT [Captioner] 21:39:54 SPEAKER IS SHERMAN. [Captioner] 21:39:58 >> HI, SHERMAN MOSS, SMALL LANDLORD [Captioner] 21:40:01 FOR TOWN HOUSE NEW FREMONT. AS A MINORITY BELONG [Captioner] 21:40:04 TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, I HAVE DEEP CONCERN ABOUT [Captioner] 21:40:08 THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT OF [Captioner] 21:40:11 THIS PROPOSAL ON OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 21:40:15 . I UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION BEHIND THE [Captioner] 21:40:18 PROPOSAL IS TO PROTECT THE TENANTS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY [Captioner] 21:40:21 ARE NECESSARY. WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED THE LAWS [Captioner] 21:40:24 THAT PROTECT THE BOTH TENANTS AND THE LANDLORDS. AND IT IS [Captioner] 21:40:28 MY BELIEF THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ONLY SERVE TO [Captioner] 21:40:31 CREATE MORE UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRACY [Captioner] 21:40:35 . FURTHERMORE, I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION [Captioner] 21:40:38 TO THE FACT THAT CALIFORNIA ALREADY HAS SOME OF THE [Captioner] 21:40:42 MOST RESTRICTIVE EVICTION MORATORIUM IN PLACE. [Captioner] 21:40:45 THIS PROPOSAL IN MY VIEW IS [Captioner] 21:40:48 JUST ANOTHER FORM OF MORATORIUM. THAT WOULD [Captioner] 21:40:52 MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO EVICT THOSE [Captioner] 21:40:55 WHO VIOLATE THE TERMS OF THEIR LEASE AGREEMENTS [Captioner] 21:40:59 . AS A CONCERNED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I URGE [Captioner] 21:41:05 ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND REJECT [Captioner] 21:41:09 THE UNREASONABLE PROPOSAL. WE NOTICED TO WORK TOGETHER [Captioner] 21:41:12 TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT BOTH TENANTS AND [Captioner] 21:41:15 LANDLORDS. WITHOUT PLACING UNDUE BURDEN ON [Captioner] 21:41:19 ONE GROUP AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER. [Captioner] 21:41:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. [Captioner] 21:41:26 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER ON ZOOM IS NEGE [Captioner] 21:41:29 SH NCHARLA. [Captioner] 21:41:32 >> HEY, I'M NEGESH [Captioner] 21:41:36 AND I'M 20 YEARS A RESIDENT OF FREMONT. AND I THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:41:39 ALL FOR DOING GREAT SERVICES [Captioner] 21:41:42 AND MAKING OUR CITY GREAT. WE [Captioner] 21:41:46 SHOULD ALLOW ABSOLUTELY TO DO [Captioner] 21:41:49 THE CRIMINAL CHECKS [Captioner] 21:41:53 AND ALLOW OWNERS TO DO HAVE [Captioner] 21:41:56 THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RENTERS. AND I [Captioner] 21:41:59 DON'T WANT MY FAMILY [Captioner] 21:42:03 TO BE RISKED OR YOUR FAMILY TO BE RISKED [Captioner] 21:42:06 . WE SHOULD NOT [Captioner] 21:42:10 BE ANY MORE [Captioner] 21:42:13 EVICTIONS FOR RENTERS OR [Captioner] 21:42:16 MAKE ANY HARDER FOR LANDLORDS [Captioner] 21:42:19 AND MAKE ALREADY UNFAIR [Captioner] 21:42:23 RENTAL STATE. ALLOW THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:42:26 WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE HOUSING. YOU [Captioner] 21:42:30 SHOULD HELP FOR THE PAYMENTS FOR THE RENDERS [Captioner] 21:42:33 RENDERS WHO CANNOT PAY. OUR CITY SHOULD PROVIDE [Captioner] 21:42:36 BETTER FACILITIES AND YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS [Captioner] 21:42:39 RATHER THAN ALL UNNECESSARY THINGS. YOU [Captioner] 21:42:42 SHOULD PROVIDE FACILITIES TO THE PARK, ADD [Captioner] 21:42:46 MORE TENNIS COURTS, BADLY NEEDED, ADD [Captioner] 21:42:49 MORE EXERCISE FACILITIES IN PARK, AND THAT SHOULD BE [Captioner] 21:42:52 YOUR FOCUS. NOT MAKING [Captioner] 21:42:56 CITY CRIMINAL-FRIENDLY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:43:02 >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS SYMON. [Captioner] 21:43:09 >> HELLO. MAYOR, DEAR MAYOR [Captioner] 21:43:13 AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I [Captioner] 21:43:16 AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT [Captioner] 21:43:19 AT THE FREMONT CITY. HERE I WANT TO [Captioner] 21:43:23 PRESENT MY [Captioner] 21:43:26 VIEW OF THE PROPOSAL [Captioner] 21:43:30 ABOUT THE [Captioner] 21:43:33 NEW EXTRA RENTAL REGULATION [Captioner] 21:43:36 ON FREMONT AREA. I [Captioner] 21:43:41 HAVE STRONG OBJECTION ON IT BECAUSE CALIFORNIA HAS A [Captioner] 21:43:45 VERY STRONG COMPREHENSIVE RENTER [Captioner] 21:43:48 PROTECTION LAW. I [Captioner] 21:43:52 THINK THAT IT'S -- AND THE [Captioner] 21:43:55 STATE ALSO LAW HAS PROTECTED THE RENT [Captioner] 21:43:59 ER PRETTY WELL. I DON'T THINK FREMONT NEED [Captioner] 21:44:04 EXTRA RESEARCH [Captioner] 21:44:07 , EXTRA WORK ON IT. ALSO WE SEE [Captioner] 21:44:10 OTHER CITIES SUCH AS OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO [Captioner] 21:44:13 , THEY HAVE EXTRA WORK BUT [Captioner] 21:44:16 IT DIDN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. EVEN MAKE [Captioner] 21:44:21 THE RENTING SITUATION WORSE. [Captioner] 21:44:27 AND I THINK THE BACKGROUND CHECKING [Captioner] 21:44:31 SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED. [Captioner] 21:44:34 BECAUSE THIS BACKGROUND CHECKING [Captioner] 21:44:38 ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BEHAVE [Captioner] 21:44:41 MOCIALLY, LEGAL, FOLLOW THE LAW. IF WE [Captioner] 21:44:44 GIVE UP THIS SYSTEM BACKGROUND CHECKING SYSTEM [Captioner] 21:44:47 , THAT WILL ON THE OTHER HAND ENCOURAGE [Captioner] 21:44:51 THE PEOPLE NOT TO [Captioner] 21:44:54 BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. IN ORDER [Captioner] 21:44:57 TO SOLVE THIS [Captioner] 21:45:02 UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM AND RENTER [Captioner] 21:45:05 PROBLEM, EVICTION PROBLEM, I [Captioner] 21:45:08 THINK THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:45:11 SHOULD. >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPIEKER IS MI [Captioner] 21:45:14 NA YOUNG. [Captioner] 21:45:26 >> MY UH HI I'M MINA YOUNG [Captioner] 21:45:29 , A MEMBER OF BON AND SINGLE [Captioner] 21:45:33 FAMILY HOMEOWNER. I THINK FREMONT SHOULD BE AN [Captioner] 21:45:36 EXAMPLE FOR A LOT OF THE BAY AREA CITIES BECAUSE YOU WILL [Captioner] 21:45:40 HAVE SPACE ON DATA BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S REPORT [Captioner] 21:45:43 . REALLY THERE IS NO PROOF, NO DATA TO SHOW THAT YOU [Captioner] 21:45:46 HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. AND ACTUALLY, [Captioner] 21:45:50 THE REGULATIONS IN OTHER [Captioner] 21:45:53 AREAS ARE ADDING TO PROBLEMS THAT YOU DON'T [Captioner] 21:45:56 HAVE. SO YOUR RENTAL REVIEW PROGRAM IS GREAT [Captioner] 21:46:00 . [Captioner] 21:46:07 YOU SHOULD NOT BE COPYING THINGS [Captioner] 21:46:10 THAT ARE NOT WORKING, BAY AREA OTHER CITIES LIKE BERKELEY [Captioner] 21:46:12 , SAN FRANCISCO, THEY'RE JUST MAKING THINGS WORSE. [Captioner] 21:46:33 BY LIMITING YOUR CONTROL YOU ARE MAKING [Captioner] 21:46:36 IT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEM TO RENT OUT. [Captioner] 21:46:40 LESS SUPPLY AND OWNERS WILL HAVE FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO [Captioner] 21:46:43 SHARE COSTS SO IT'S NOT GOOD FOR EITHER SIDE SO PLEASE [Captioner] 21:46:46 DO NOT DO THOSE PROPOSALS IN 7. [Captioner] 21:46:49 8.2. THANK YOU. >> Alberto Quintanilla: OUR [Captioner] 21:46:53 FINAL SPEAKER IS DEREK BARNES. [Captioner] 21:47:04 >> HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, [Captioner] 21:47:07 I'M DEREK BARNS, CEO [Captioner] 21:47:11 OF EAST BAY HOUSING ASSOCIATION AROUND OUR ASSOCIATION [Captioner] 21:47:14 IS SMALL OWNER-OPERATORS [Captioner] 21:47:17 AND SMALL RENTAL PROPERTIES ACROSS ALAMEDA COUNTY. [Captioner] 21:47:20 I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHAT WE'VE [Captioner] 21:47:24 HEARD TONIGHT FROM MANY OWNERS OF RENTAL PROPERTIES [Captioner] 21:47:28 THAT DO NOT [Captioner] 21:47:31 , DO NOT GO DOWN THIS PATH MAKING [Captioner] 21:47:34 A THREE YEAR SITUATION WORSE. [Captioner] 21:47:38 YOU'VE HEARD MANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT [Captioner] 21:47:40 OF AN EVICTION MORATORIUM FOR THREE YEARS. [Captioner] 21:47:49 THAT NEEDS TO BE, MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR BUSINESSES INCLUDING RENT [Captioner] 21:47:52 RENTERS WRITE THEM NOT HAVING THE ABILITY [Captioner] 21:47:56 TO EVICT, THEM NOT HAVING THE ABILITY [Captioner] 21:47:59 TO [Captioner] 21:48:04 CONTROL THE HOUSING WITHIN YOUR AREA AND YOU DO NOT WANT [Captioner] 21:48:07 FREMONT TO FOLLOW MODELS OF BERKELEY AND [Captioner] 21:48:10 OAKLAND, AND SAN FRANCISCO [Captioner] 21:48:14 . [Captioner] 21:48:27 INSTEAD LET'S FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS [Captioner] 21:48:31 , IF THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE BAY AREA THEN THE THING [Captioner] 21:48:34 THAT SOLVES THAT IS MORE HOUSING. MAKING [Captioner] 21:48:38 UNITS AVAILABLE, THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE MARKET, AND BUILDING [Captioner] 21:48:41 MORE HOUSING. SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE [Captioner] 21:48:44 IN THE BAY AREA. AND FINALLY FOR THOSE [Captioner] 21:48:47 HOUSEHOLDS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN TERMS OF INCOME [Captioner] 21:48:51 , DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT HELP CLOSE THE [Captioner] 21:48:54 GAP AND HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. [Captioner] 21:48:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. [Captioner] 21:49:09 >> Mayor Mei: ACTUALLY WE ALREADY CALLED ALL THE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM, THAT'S [Captioner] 21:49:12 WHY WE WANTED TO BE FAIR. MY APOLOGIES, [Captioner] 21:49:16 I STILL WANT TO GENETIC BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE CONVERSATION [Captioner] 21:49:18 TO ENSURE -- WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWING THIS TOO THIS [Captioner] 21:49:21 EVENING. SO I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER KENG [Captioner] 21:49:24 OR VICE MAYOR KENG I THINK YOU HAD YOUR BUTTON [Captioner] 21:49:27 UP FIRST. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 21:49:31 SO I WANT TO SHARE [Captioner] 21:49:34 MY APPRECIATION OF COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN BRINGING UP THIS REFERRAL [Captioner] 21:49:37 ITEM TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND HEAR THE [Captioner] 21:49:41 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND UPDATE [Captioner] 21:49:44 ON RESOURCES FOR RENT [Captioner] 21:49:47 RENTERS WHO MAY BE HAVING ISSUES [Captioner] 21:49:51 ISSUES. BUT MY SENTIMENT ON [Captioner] 21:49:54 EVICTION MORATORIUM AND EXTENDING IT, EVICTION [Captioner] 21:49:57 MORATORIUM WAS IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE [Captioner] 21:50:00 PANDEMIC. ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 21:50:04 DURING SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE MANY RESIDENTS IN FREMONT AND AROUND THE COUNTRY [Captioner] 21:50:07 WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR [Captioner] 21:50:10 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WAS SHUT DOWN OR THE NEEDS [Captioner] 21:50:13 OF PROVIDING CHILDCARE FOR THEIR KIDS, LEARNING [Captioner] 21:50:16 AT HOME OR HEALTH ISSUES. BUT [Captioner] 21:50:19 NOW, AFTER THREE YEARS [Captioner] 21:50:24 , IF WE ARE TO CONSIDER SENDING THE EVICTION [Captioner] 21:50:27 -- >> Councilmember Kassan: THAT'S NOT MY REFERRAL. [Captioner] 21:50:30 I HATE TO INTERRUPT BUT THAT'S NOT MY REFERRAL. [Captioner] 21:50:33 I'M NOT PROPOSING TO EXTEND THE [Captioner] 21:50:36 EVICTION MORATORIUM. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:50:39 >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO MY STAND FOR EVICTION MORATORIUM IS IT WOULD NOT [Captioner] 21:50:42 BE FAIR TO ADD THE BURDEN TO THE LANDLORDS AS [Captioner] 21:50:45 IF WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PROVIDE FREE SERVICE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS [Captioner] 21:50:50 . BUT ON BACKGROUND, [Captioner] 21:50:53 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS [Captioner] 21:50:56 , IF THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE [Captioner] 21:50:59 REQUIREMENT IS CURRENTLY LAW ABIDING BY [Captioner] 21:51:02 ALLOWING THE LANDLORDS TO CONDUCT [Captioner] 21:51:06 SUCH BACKGROUND CHECKS, I THINK [Captioner] 21:51:10 AS WELL AS EMPLOYERS HAVE THE RIGHTS TO, YOU KNOW, SCREEN [Captioner] 21:51:13 THEIR TENANTS, OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES [Captioner] 21:51:16 , I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 21:51:20 MOST LANDLORDS LOOKING AT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THEIR POTENTIAL TENANTS [Captioner] 21:51:23 IS THE PERSON'S ABILITY TO PAY RENT [Captioner] 21:51:26 , SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT [Captioner] 21:51:29 ,. >> Councilmember Kassan: I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO [Captioner] 21:51:33 INTERRUPT BECAUSE WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT AND THAT'S JUST NOT [Captioner] 21:51:36 MY REFERRAL. MY REFERRAL IS NOT TO STOP [Captioner] 21:51:39 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE COULD [Captioner] 21:51:42 MAYBE RESPOND TO THE REFERRAL AND GET [Captioner] 21:51:45 THIS ITEM OVER WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS. [Captioner] 21:51:49 IF EVERYONE SPEAKS TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND [Captioner] 21:51:52 CHECKS WE WILL BE HERE ALL NIGHT AND THAT WAS NOT MY [Captioner] 21:51:55 REFERRAL. >> Mayor Mei: CONSUME, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 21:51:58 , I HOPE THAT EACH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 21:52:02 WILL GET TO EXPRESS THEIR [Captioner] 21:52:07 COMMENTS. [Captioner] 21:52:10 >> Vice Mayor Keng: I'M JUST ABOUT DONE. I THINK CURRENT RENT [Captioner] 21:52:16 IS DOING ITS JOB. LOOKING AT [Captioner] 21:52:20 TENANTS EMPLOYMENT, IF WE ARE -- THE LANDLORDS HAVE THE RIGHT TO [Captioner] 21:52:23 LOOK AT THE -- ANY, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT BACKGROUND [Captioner] 21:52:26 CHECKS. BUT I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE [Captioner] 21:52:30 GOING TO LOOKING AT EACH CASE INDIVIDUALLY IF [Captioner] 21:52:33 THEY DID HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORY AND WHETHER IT'S BEEN A WHILE [Captioner] 21:52:37 OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY DO HAVE EMPLOYMENT CURRENTLY. [Captioner] 21:52:40 I THINK THE LANDLORDS [Captioner] 21:52:43 WOULD TAKE ALL INTO CONSIDERATION AND [Captioner] 21:52:46 HOPEFULLY BRING -- WE CAN BRING [Captioner] 21:52:49 THOSE -- ANY POTENTIAL DISCRIMINATION INTO THE [Captioner] 21:52:52 RENT REVIEW BOARD TO SHARE ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS. [Captioner] 21:52:58 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX [Captioner] 21:53:03 . >> Councilmember Cox: [Captioner] 21:53:06 THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE [Captioner] 21:53:10 COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH -- [Captioner] 21:53:13 TONIGHT AND I APPRECIATE [Captioner] 21:53:17 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN PUTTING FORTH THIS EFFORT OF LOOKING [Captioner] 21:53:21 AT OTHER AREAS. BUT I THINK AT THIS TIME, SOME [Captioner] 21:53:24 OF THESE LAWS ARE NOT KICKING IN [Captioner] 21:53:27 UNTIL JULY 1st OF 2023, TO KNOW THE [Captioner] 21:53:30 ASSESSMENT. BUT ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME [Captioner] 21:53:34 , I DO FEEL THAT THERE IS ENOUGH COVERAGE [Captioner] 21:53:37 FOR TENANT PROTECTION [Captioner] 21:53:40 THAT WAS INTRODUCED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER [Captioner] 21:53:43 DAVID CHEW FOR TENANT PROTECTION RIGHTS [Captioner] 21:53:47 THAT WOULD COVER EVERYONE UP TO THIS POINT [Captioner] 21:53:50 . AND I REALLY -- [Captioner] 21:53:53 I DON'T SEE HOW TO CLOSE THE GAP ON WHAT WAS THE [Captioner] 21:53:57 REFERRAL AND WHERE IT'S NOT BEING COVERED WHEN [Captioner] 21:54:00 -- IN DIFFERENT RULES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT [Captioner] 21:54:03 FORTH, THE LAWS SO FAR HAVE [Captioner] 21:54:06 PROVIDED ENOUGH PROTECTION. AND ALSO [Captioner] 21:54:10 , THE END-DATE IS APRIL THE 29th [Captioner] 21:54:13 , 2023. AND WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE [Captioner] 21:54:16 PREMATURE ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS TO HAPPEN [Captioner] 21:54:20 . AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE FROM [Captioner] 21:54:23 OUR COUNTY THAT INFLUENCES US FOR HOW THINGS HAPPEN [Captioner] 21:54:26 HERE IN THE CITY. AND [Captioner] 21:54:29 AT THIS TIME I REALLY THINK THAT [Captioner] 21:54:32 THIS REFERRAL IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF TIME [Captioner] 21:54:36 . IN TERMS OF IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE OR THE [Captioner] 21:54:39 RIGHT TIME TO ASSESS ALL THE INFORMATION JUST YET. [Captioner] 21:54:43 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS [Captioner] 21:54:46 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [Captioner] 21:54:49 I OPENLY [Captioner] 21:54:52 COMMENTED MANY TIMES THAT I CELEBRATE [Captioner] 21:54:56 THE SUNSET OF MORATORIUM IN [Captioner] 21:54:59 ALAMEDA COUNTY BECAUSE ALAMEDA COUNTY IS THE LAST COUNTY IN [Captioner] 21:55:03 CALIFORNIA THAT WOULD SUNSET [Captioner] 21:55:06 SUCH AN UNFAIR POLICY. [Captioner] 21:55:09 I ALSO [Captioner] 21:55:12 APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S RESPONSE BY PROVIDING FACTION [Captioner] 21:55:16 FACTS AND DATA. AS YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS [Captioner] 21:55:19 LOOKING AT THE FACTS AND DATA AND I'M RELIEVED [Captioner] 21:55:23 TO SEE SO FAR OUR CURRENT PRACTICE, [Captioner] 21:55:26 OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS WORKING. ALSO, [Captioner] 21:55:29 I WELCOME ALL THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE [Captioner] 21:55:32 PUBLIC SPEAKERS, INCLUDING [Captioner] 21:55:35 DATA ON CURRENT EVICTION [Captioner] 21:55:39 RATE, DATA ON [Captioner] 21:55:43 PRACTICES OF OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES [Captioner] 21:55:46 . I ALSO WOULD OFFER DATA THAT RIGHT [Captioner] 21:55:49 NOW, THE UNEMPLOYMENT [Captioner] 21:55:53 RATE IN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY IS 2.6% [Captioner] 21:55:57 . FREMONT MAYBE EVEN LOWER. [Captioner] 21:56:01 I CELEBRATE THAT BECAUSE NOW SEEMS [Captioner] 21:56:04 LIKE EVERYONE CAN WORK [Captioner] 21:56:08 TO EARN MONEY TO TAKE FOR RENT IF NECESSARY. [Captioner] 21:56:12 TO EARN A DECENT LIVING. [Captioner] 21:56:15 IN SUMMARY, I DON'T SEE [Captioner] 21:56:18 THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. SO [Captioner] 21:56:21 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PRESSING ISSUE [Captioner] 21:56:24 OR POTENTIAL PRESSING ISSUE ON THAT. [Captioner] 21:56:27 WE HAVE EMPHASIZED A LOT THAT WE TRY [Captioner] 21:56:31 TO MINIMIZE REFERRALS, SO THAT OUR [Captioner] 21:56:34 STAFF CAN CONCENTRATE ON PRIORITIES SET BY [Captioner] 21:56:38 OUR ANNUAL RETREAT [Captioner] 21:56:41 . IF, AS SOME SPEAKERS SAID, THIS IS [Captioner] 21:56:44 REMOTELY RELATED TO HOMELESS ISSUES, THEN [Captioner] 21:56:47 WE ALREADY SET THE PRIORITY. AND [Captioner] 21:56:51 STAFF DOESN'T NEED SUCH A REFERRAL TO THEN DO [Captioner] 21:56:54 ANY RESEARCH, IF THEY DEEM IT NECESSARY [Captioner] 21:56:57 . I'M ALSO [Captioner] 21:57:00 AMUSED OR EVEN CONFUSED BY THE [Captioner] 21:57:03 COMMENT THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED THIS [Captioner] 21:57:07 RESEARCH DURING THE BRIEFING. I'VE BEEN [Captioner] 21:57:10 TO THE BRIEFINGS MANY TIMES AND I UNDERSTAND THE BRIEFINGS ARE [Captioner] 21:57:13 RESTRICTED TO INFORMATION EXCHANGE ONLY. [Captioner] 21:57:17 THERE IS -- IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO USE THE BRIEFING TO [Captioner] 21:57:21 DIRECT STAFF TO DO SOMETHING EXTRA [Captioner] 21:57:24 WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE WHOLE [Captioner] 21:57:28 COUNCIL. LIKEWISE, THE STAFF CANNOT [Captioner] 21:57:32 JUST OFFER SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS INDIVIDUAL [Captioner] 21:57:37 LY WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE [Captioner] 21:57:41 WHOLE COUNCIL. SO I [Captioner] 21:57:45 WAS A LITTLE BIT OFFENDED BY THE WAY THIS [Captioner] 21:57:48 REFERRAL SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE LIKE [Captioner] 21:57:52 STAFF SELF-INVITED RESEARCH. AND FOR [Captioner] 21:57:55 THAT, I CERTAINLY [Captioner] 21:57:58 DON'T AGREE THAT WE SHOULD DISTRACT OUR [Captioner] 21:58:01 STAFF, AND GO ON FOR SUCH A WILD GOOSE [Captioner] 21:58:04 CHASE. [Captioner] 21:58:08 SO I AM NOT SUPPORTING THIS REFERRAL. [Captioner] 21:58:13 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 21:58:18 >> Councilmember Kassan: ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO POINT [Captioner] 21:58:21 OUT, I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SAY. I [Captioner] 21:58:25 WANT TO POINT OUT THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU GET A JOB [Captioner] 21:58:28 DOESN'T MEAN YOU CANNOT AFFORD RENT. [Captioner] 21:58:33 IT IS MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO GET JOCKS AND CAN'T AFFORD [Captioner] 21:58:36 RENT, IT IS VERY COMMON. THE CALIFORNIA RENTAL [Captioner] 21:58:39 ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LOBBYING GROUPS IN CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 21:58:42 . THEY HAVE A HUGE BUDGET TO HIRE STAFF [Captioner] 21:58:46 PAID LOBBYISTS, THEY CAME UP TO [Captioner] 21:58:49 OUR RETREAT AND CAME UP TO A COUNCILMEMBER AND SAID, WE SHOULD [Captioner] 21:58:52 HAVE A DRINK. I FIND IT VERY OFFENSIVE THEY [Captioner] 21:58:55 COME HERE ACTING LIKE THEY'RE ACTING IN THE INTEREST OF OUR [Captioner] 21:58:59 COMMUNITY WHEN THE MAJORITY OF LANDLORDS IN OUR [Captioner] 21:59:02 COUNTRY ARE GIANT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS [Captioner] 21:59:05 AND THAT'S WHO MOSTLY FUNDS THE CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 21:59:08 APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND BY THE WAY IF THIS REFERRAL PASSES WE [Captioner] 21:59:11 CAN EASILY IF WE DO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE, [Captioner] 21:59:14 WE CAN EASILY EXEMPT SMALL LANDLORDS. [Captioner] 21:59:18 WE COULD SAY, ANYTHING THAT WE DO [Captioner] 21:59:21 COULD ONLY APPLY TO LARGER LANDLORDS. SO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY [Captioner] 21:59:24 NOTHING INHERENT IN THIS REFERRAL TO SAY [Captioner] 21:59:28 THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HAS TO APPLY TO SOMEONE WHO JUST HAS [Captioner] 21:59:31 ONE UNIT OR GOD FORBID IS RENTING [Captioner] 21:59:36 OUT ROOMS IN THEIR HOME. SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT IS BEING [Captioner] 21:59:39 SUGGESTED TONIGHT. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION IF THIS REFERRAL DOES [Captioner] 21:59:44 PASS. YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THIS ORGANIZATION THAT'S ONE OF [Captioner] 21:59:47 THE MOST WELL FUNDED LOBBYING GROUPS IN THE STATE IS [Captioner] 21:59:50 ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS MEETING [Captioner] 21:59:53 TONIGHT. WE DON'T -- [Captioner] 21:59:56 TENANTS IN FREMONT ARE EXTREMELY BUSY, MANY OF THEM ARE [Captioner] 22:00:00 WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS [Captioner] 22:00:03 MEET SO IT'S NOT THAT SURPRISING THAT NOT MANY OF THEM WERE ABLE [Captioner] 22:00:06 TO SHOW UP TONIGHT. BUT WE ARE ELECTED TO [Captioner] 22:00:09 REPRESENT EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN FREMONT NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE [Captioner] 22:00:13 TO COME OUT AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF LANDLORDS [Captioner] 22:00:17 . ALSO, I THINK IT SHOULD, SOMETHING SHOULD [Captioner] 22:00:20 HAVE BEEN SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME [Captioner] 22:00:23 BASIC RULES OF DECENCY IN THEIR MEETINGS [Captioner] 22:00:26 . I DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING CALLED BY A NAME THAT IS NOT [Captioner] 22:00:29 MY NAME SO PLEASE LET'S MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T [Captioner] 22:00:32 HAPPEN AGAIN. ALSO I DID WANT TO SAY THAT I DID NOT [Captioner] 22:00:35 DIRECT STAFF TO DO SOMETHING EXTRA IN THE STAFF BRIEFING [Captioner] 22:00:39 AS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO SEEMS TO THINK I DID. I SIMPLY ASKED A [Captioner] 22:00:42 QUESTION ABOUT IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WERE COMING UP AND THAT [Captioner] 22:00:45 WAS ONE OF THE ANSWERS THAT CAME UP. FINALLY, THE SUGGESTION [Captioner] 22:00:48 THAT FREMONT FOR EVERYONE OR ANY OTHER NONPROFIT [Captioner] 22:00:51 IS PROFITEERING OFF OF THIS [Captioner] 22:00:54 IS LAUGHABLE AND OFFENSIVE. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO [Captioner] 22:00:57 NOT GET ANY FUNDING FROM ANYTHING THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 22:01:01 TENANTS. FREMONT FOR EVERYONE IS A COMPLETELY VOLUNTEER [Captioner] 22:01:04 ORGANIZATION. AND THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 22:01:07 ARE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE -- THOSE AMONG US WHO [Captioner] 22:01:10 CAN LEAST AFFORD BASIC LIVING ARE [Captioner] 22:01:14 SOMEHOW PROFITEERING IS [Captioner] 22:01:17 TRULY OFFENSIVE AND DISGUSTING, SO I WANTED TO [Captioner] 22:01:20 MAKE SURE AND CLEAR UP THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE. [Captioner] 22:01:23 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS [Captioner] 22:01:26 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 22:01:34 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. WE JUST HAD A RETREAT ABOUT A WEEK [Captioner] 22:01:36 AGO WHERE WE DECIDED ON THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 22:01:44 NOWHERE DID THE ISSUE OF RENT PROTECTIONS COME UP BY [Captioner] 22:01:47 ANY COUNCILMEMBER. WE HAD LOTS OF [Captioner] 22:01:50 ITEMS THERE, AND WE RANKED THE TOP THREE ISSUES THAT WE [Captioner] 22:01:53 WERE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND RENTAL ISSUES WAS [Captioner] 22:01:56 NOT ONE OF THEM. WE ALSO HAD A [Captioner] 22:01:59 DISCUSSION ABOUT REFERRALS IN [Captioner] 22:02:04 GENERAL TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THOSE [Captioner] 22:02:07 TO BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, POTHOLES, [Captioner] 22:02:11 HOMELESSNESS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO [Captioner] 22:02:14 SEE THIS REFERRAL THE FOLLOWING [Captioner] 22:02:19 WEEK SINCE WE JUST HAD THIS ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT [Captioner] 22:02:22 TRYING TO LIMIT TOO MANY REFERRALS WHICH CREATE MORE WORK FOR THE STAFF AND [Captioner] 22:02:25 GET IN THE WAY OF THE DAY TO DAY PROCESS. [Captioner] 22:02:30 BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE [Captioner] 22:02:33 THE CURRENT PROGRAM IS WORKING [Captioner] 22:02:36 BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF MS. SHENFIL AND WAS IT -- I FORGOT [Captioner] 22:02:37 YOUR NAME. ROBERT. [Captioner] 22:02:42 >> LOPEZ. >> Councilmember Salwan: YES. AND I WAS SURPRISED [Captioner] 22:02:45 THAT A LOT OF THEM GET SETTLED AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH [Captioner] 22:02:48 IS GOOD. SO PROGRAM IS [Captioner] 22:02:51 WORKING AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, AND THERE'S NO ILL THAT NEEDS [Captioner] 22:02:55 FIXING AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE. THERE WAS MENTION OF [Captioner] 22:02:58 OTHER CITIES. YOU KNOW, BERKELEY HAS A DIRECTLY [Captioner] 22:03:00 ELECTED RENT CONTROL BOARD, AND IS ONE [Captioner] 22:03:03 OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS MEETINGS [Captioner] 22:03:07 AND NO ONE IS HAPPY IN BERKELEY AS FAR AS [Captioner] 22:03:10 TENANTS OR LAND [Captioner] 22:03:14 LORDS AND THE RENTS CERTAINLY ARE NOT COMING DOWN SO THAT'S [Captioner] 22:03:17 DEFINITELY NOT THE WAY WE WANT TO DO THINGS HERE IN FREMONT. FREMONT IS [Captioner] 22:03:21 THE HAPPIEST CITY, AND THE BEST WAY [Captioner] 22:03:23 TO KEEP THEM HAPPY IS EVERYBODY WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE A LITTLE [Captioner] 22:03:26 TO HELP THE COMMON GOOD SO THAT HELPS EVERYONE. WE'VE ALSO JUST [Captioner] 22:03:30 RECENTLY PASSED THESE IN 2019, AND THEN WE HAD THIS [Captioner] 22:03:33 PANDEMIC, WHICH SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN, AND SO I THINK WE HAVEN'T [Captioner] 22:03:36 REALLY HAD THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS [Captioner] 22:03:39 OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED, AND SO [Captioner] 22:03:42 I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A NORMAL BASELINE YEAR [Captioner] 22:03:46 TO SEE HOW DOES IT [Captioner] 22:03:50 WORK, WHAT ARE THE TWEAKS THAT ARE NEEDED, GET MORE DATA AS [Captioner] 22:03:51 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO MENTIONED, AND THEN [Captioner] 22:03:54 WE CAN KIND OF DECIDE WHERE DO WE JUMP IN AND [Captioner] 22:03:58 HELP WHERE THE HELP IS NEEDED? [Captioner] 22:04:02 GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED A MUCH STRICTER [Captioner] 22:04:05 AB1482 BILL THAT HAS A LOT OF [Captioner] 22:04:08 PROTECTIONS ALREADY, AND ALSO I HEAR [Captioner] 22:04:11 SENATOR WOHABE IS ALSO WORKING ON A BILL [Captioner] 22:04:14 AS WELL TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE SO MANY PRESSING ISSUES RIGHT [Captioner] 22:04:18 NOW, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF [Captioner] 22:04:21 FOCUSES ON THE KEY ISSUES AFFECTING FREMONT [Captioner] 22:04:24 RESIDENT. OUR CURRENT RENT PROGRAM IS ALREADY [Captioner] 22:04:26 COVERING A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED. [Captioner] 22:04:30 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK. I THINK WE NEED MORE [Captioner] 22:04:33 DATA. THERE'S NO PROBLEM THAT I CAN SEE AT THIS POINT THAT [Captioner] 22:04:36 NEEDS FIXING. BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY SEE [Captioner] 22:04:38 ISSUES THAT CROP UP AND WE SHOULD ADDRESS THOSE. [Captioner] 22:04:42 SO I WOULD ASK STAFF TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THEY'RE [Captioner] 22:04:45 DOING AND TO LOOK AT AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND PROGRAM OPTIONS [Captioner] 22:04:49 TO SUPPORT TENANTS, AND LANDLORDS AFTER THE [Captioner] 22:04:52 EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDS, AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE [Captioner] 22:04:56 BETTER PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND SEE HOW WE CAN [Captioner] 22:04:57 CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK WE'RE DOING [Captioner] 22:05:01 AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK IN A FEW MONTHS TO SEE HOW THE [Captioner] 22:05:04 PROGRAM IS GOING AND WHAT [Captioner] 22:05:07 HARMS THERE ARE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, THEY [Captioner] 22:05:11 ALL SOUND GOOD BUT THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND WE HAVE [Captioner] 22:05:14 TO FLESH OUT ALL THE DETAILS BEFORE WE START INSTITUTING [Captioner] 22:05:17 POLICIES AT A WHOLE SCALE SO AGAIN [Captioner] 22:05:21 I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND I THINK WE NEED [Captioner] 22:05:23 TO WAIT ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THIS CURRENT REFERRAL. [Captioner] 22:05:26 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:05:30 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 22:05:35 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. WELL, THANK [Captioner] 22:05:38 YOU, AND I PROBABLY AM GOING TO BE [Captioner] 22:05:41 A DIFFERENT VOICE IN THIS CONVERSATION. I'M SORRY. [Captioner] 22:05:44 BECAUSE I AM A RENTER. I HAVE BEEN A [Captioner] 22:05:47 RENTER HERE IN FREMONT FOR QUITE A WHILE, SO I [Captioner] 22:05:50 DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE RENTAL [Captioner] 22:05:54 VOICE. MY CHILDREN ARE ALSO RENTERS. [Captioner] 22:06:01 AND I HAVE SOME STAFF IN MY OFFICE WHO ARE [Captioner] 22:06:04 RENTERS WHO HAVE HAD SOME VERY UNPLEASANT [Captioner] 22:06:08 EXPERIENCES. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW I MAKE [Captioner] 22:06:11 A DECISION ON WHAT'S [Captioner] 22:06:14 GOOD POLICY FOR THE CITY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT [Captioner] 22:06:18 THERE. [Captioner] 22:06:21 AND I ALSO HAVE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS, SO [Captioner] 22:06:24 I UNDERSTAND MY OWN SON WAS [Captioner] 22:06:27 HOMELESS, SO I UNDERSTAND THE [Captioner] 22:06:31 IMPLICATIONS OF BEING [Captioner] 22:06:34 WITHOUT A HOME, WITH BEING UNSHELTERED. I'VE [Captioner] 22:06:38 WORKED WITH ABODE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND [Captioner] 22:06:41 I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND [Captioner] 22:06:44 THE PAIN AND THE HARDSHIP THAT'S [Captioner] 22:06:48 CAUSED BY NOT HAVING PERMANENT HOUSING. SO I'M [Captioner] 22:06:51 VERY, VERY SENSITIVE TO BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES. [Captioner] 22:06:55 AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO [Captioner] 22:06:58 PAY YOUR RENT. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE [Captioner] 22:07:01 RENTERS, I'VE NEVER BEEN LATE ON MY RENT, I'VE NEVER [Captioner] 22:07:04 HAD TO TAKE ANY SUBSIDIES OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, [Captioner] 22:07:07 BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A [Captioner] 22:07:10 REALITY FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE. [Captioner] 22:07:14 FREMONT HAS A LOT OF WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 22:07:18 CAN AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME AND ALSO [Captioner] 22:07:21 BE ABLE TO RENT OUT UNITS AS WELL. [Captioner] 22:07:25 NOT EVERYBODY IN FREMONT CAN DO THAT. [Captioner] 22:07:28 HAVING BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR 10 YEARS, I'VE [Captioner] 22:07:32 SEEN CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS, AND [Captioner] 22:07:35 I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS NOT THE [Captioner] 22:07:39 REALITY OF EVERYBODY IN FREMONT. AND IT [Captioner] 22:07:42 SADDENS ME TO SIT HERE AND [Captioner] 22:07:45 HEAR FOLKS WHO ARE WEALTHY AND WHO HAVE [Captioner] 22:07:48 THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RENT OUT HOMES AND [Captioner] 22:07:51 HAVE THEIR OWN HOME [Captioner] 22:07:55 AND NOT BE SENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF THOSE FOLKS [Captioner] 22:07:58 WHO DON'T. SO I'M [Captioner] 22:08:01 JUST GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE LIKE THAT. SO I THINK [Captioner] 22:08:05 THAT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN IS [Captioner] 22:08:08 TRYING TO DO IS TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE. [Captioner] 22:08:11 WE DON'T KNOW -- YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE MORATORIUM [Captioner] 22:08:15 IS GOING TO CAUSE ANY [Captioner] 22:08:19 EVICTIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH SB [Captioner] 22:08:22 SB731 THAT'S COMING OUT, IT MAY NOT. WE DON'T KNOW. AND WE DON'T [Captioner] 22:08:25 KNOW THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. [Captioner] 22:08:29 I DO KNOW [Captioner] 22:08:32 THAT WHETHER I WAS RENTING, EVERY YEAR, MY [Captioner] 22:08:35 RENT WENT UP. EVERY YEAR, 5%, [Captioner] 22:08:38 WITHOUT FAIL. BUT I GOT NOTHING IN RETURN FOR THAT. I COULDN'T EVEN GET [Captioner] 22:08:42 A LONG TERM LEASE WHEN I WAS [Captioner] 22:08:45 LEASING. SO WE DON'T [Captioner] 22:08:48 KNOW WHAT WILL CHANGE OR WHAT WON'T CHANGE. [Captioner] 22:08:51 I CAN TELL FROM THE CONVERSATION HERE WE HAVE NO [Captioner] 22:08:55 SUPPORT ON MOVING FORWARD WITH EVEN TAKING A LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE TO [Captioner] 22:08:59 SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT [Captioner] 22:09:02 MIGHT -- THAT MIGHT BENEFIT TENANTS. [Captioner] 22:09:07 SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S A DOUBLE [Captioner] 22:09:10 EDGED SWORD. I MEAN, [Captioner] 22:09:15 BECAUSE THE LANDLORDS ARE BEING IMPACTED, [Captioner] 22:09:18 TENANT ARE BEING IMPACTED SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MIDDLE IS UNTIL WE [Captioner] 22:09:21 CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF THE RELEASE OF THE [Captioner] 22:09:24 MORATORIUM IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO [Captioner] 22:09:27 LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:09:32 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO I [Captioner] 22:09:35 WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SHARING THEIR COMMENTS, BOTH THE TENANTS [Captioner] 22:09:39 AS WELL AS THE LANDLORDS AND ALSO MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 22:09:42 I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS, AND IT IS CERTAINLY A VERY [Captioner] 22:09:45 DIFFICULT TOPIC TO ADDRESS. WE CAME UP WITH THE RENT [Captioner] 22:09:48 REVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE WE BELIEVED THAT AT THAT TIME, [Captioner] 22:09:51 WE HAD HEARD LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF SPEAKER [Captioner] 22:09:55 S COME TO US. I ALSO WILL SAY THAT WHEN THIS FIRST [Captioner] 22:09:57 CONVERSATION CAME INTO PLAY, I DID GO TO [Captioner] 22:10:01 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MYSELF AND SPEAK ON BEHALF [Captioner] 22:10:04 OF OUR CITY. FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT [Captioner] 22:10:07 KNOW IN THE PUBLIC AT THAT TIME, OUR CITY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO [Captioner] 22:10:10 PASS EVICTION MORATORIUM THROUGH OUR [Captioner] 22:10:13 COUNCIL DECISION, AND COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN MADE THAT MOTION AT [Captioner] 22:10:16 THAT TIME. >> [Captioner] 22:10:19 STAFF REFERRALS. WE HAVE NOT EVEN GOTTEN TO THE TWO AGENDA ITEMS. [Captioner] 22:10:23 >> Mayor Mei: EXCUSE ME? OH, SORRY. [Captioner] 22:10:27 SORRY, KIM. OKAY. [Captioner] 22:10:32 BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE PASSED IT [Captioner] 22:10:34 AND AT THAT TIME, I'D ALSO GONE TO THE [Captioner] 22:10:37 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAYING THAT IT WAS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION [Captioner] 22:10:41 WHERE THEY -- AS A COUNTY -- OVERROAD US AND A LOT [Captioner] 22:10:43 OF THESE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I [Captioner] 22:10:47 KNOW THAT CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD AND I ACTUALLY WILL BE AT THE [Captioner] 22:10:49 MAYOR'S CONFERENCE TOMORROW NIGHT TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 22:10:52 IT, AND DURING WHICH I DO APPRECIATE OUR STAFF HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY [Captioner] 22:10:55 WITH THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT THESE PROCESSES. [Captioner] 22:10:58 AND CERTAINLY IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL. BUT AT THE SAME [Captioner] 22:11:02 TIME, IT IS UNUSUAL FOR US TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND [Captioner] 22:11:05 WE DID HAVE REPORTS THAT CAME OUT ON THE CASES [Captioner] 22:11:08 THAT CAME BEFORE US, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 22:11:12 THE IMPACT. I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT [Captioner] 22:11:15 WHAT THE IMPACT IS ONCE WE [Captioner] 22:11:18 LIFT THIS EVICTION MORATORIUM. IT IS UNUSUAL THAT WE ARE THE [Captioner] 22:11:20 COUNTY THAT'S HELD IT THE LONGEST IN THE STATE [Captioner] 22:11:23 OF CALIFORNIA. I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE [Captioner] 22:11:26 SURE PEOPLE FEEL -- I KNOW THAT AT TIMES SOME PEOPLE [Captioner] 22:11:28 MAY FEEL LIKE THE RENTERS ARE NOT BEING HEARD. [Captioner] 22:11:31 I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE, BECAUSE IN ALL FAIRNESS, WHEN [Captioner] 22:11:35 WE HAD THE PROCESSES FOR [Captioner] 22:11:39 PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, IT WAS [Captioner] 22:11:42 ORIGINALLY ONLY FOR CITIES THAT WERE BIGGER [Captioner] 22:11:46 THAN 500,000 FOR DIRECT ALLOCATION, I THINK, AND NONE OF [Captioner] 22:11:49 US IN THE COUNTY. AND I KNOW MYSELF AND OUR FELLOW MAYORS [Captioner] 22:11:52 AND OTHERS DID GO FIGHT FOR THAT, SO THAT'S WHY IT CAME DOWN TO [Captioner] 22:11:55 CITIES THAT WERE BIGGER THAN 200,000 OR MORE, AND WE [Captioner] 22:11:57 WERE ABLE TO GET A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO [Captioner] 22:12:00 THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM [Captioner] 22:12:04 AND OUR STAFF WHO MADE A LOT OF EFFORTS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AT [Captioner] 22:12:06 THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND OTHER AREAS [Captioner] 22:12:10 AND OUR STAFF JUST REALLY WENT OUT REALLY HARD TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE [Captioner] 22:12:13 KNEW ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND GOT PEOPLE ENLISTED IN IT, AND EVEN IN [Captioner] 22:12:16 THIS PROCESS NOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE NOT DONE [Captioner] 22:12:20 IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO [Captioner] 22:12:23 CONTINUALLY DO IN [Captioner] 22:12:27 REPRESENTING ALL MEMBERS, [Captioner] 22:12:30 LANDLORDS OR TENANTS. I'VE EXPRESSED AT THAT TIME TOO THAT MY [Captioner] 22:12:33 PARENTS HAD ONE PROPERTY WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH SCHOOL AND JUST PAUSE WE [Captioner] 22:12:35 HAD ONE PROPERTY, IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY WERE WEALTHY. [Captioner] 22:12:38 MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS AND WHEN THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT [Captioner] 22:12:41 PROPERTY, THEY DID ALL THE WORK THEMSELVES. MY DAD FIXED THE [Captioner] 22:12:45 TOILETS, MY DAD PAINTED THE WALLS, DRY CLEANED -- WE WERE THERE [Captioner] 22:12:48 OURSELVES DOING IT. IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE BIG LANDLORDS OR [Captioner] 22:12:50 ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THAT PUT ME THROUGH [Captioner] 22:12:53 COLLEGE. AND SO I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT EVEN [Captioner] 22:12:56 IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A LUXURY. IT WAS [Captioner] 22:12:59 SOMETHING THAT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD AND ALSO TO [Captioner] 22:13:03 MAINTAIN. SO I'M [Captioner] 22:13:06 HOPEFUL THAT WHEN WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I KNOW [Captioner] 22:13:08 OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS [Captioner] 22:13:12 OUR STAFF AND OUR FELLOW MAYORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING [Captioner] 22:13:15 AT THIS, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT [Captioner] 22:13:18 HAPPENS A LITTLE BIT. IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE ONLY WAIT AND SEE, [Captioner] 22:13:21 BECAUSE THIS WHOLE TIME DURING THIS PANDEMIC, EVERY SINGLE [Captioner] 22:13:24 MONTH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND WE HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 22:13:27 CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT IT AND IT SOMETHING THAT [Captioner] 22:13:30 WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS AND IMPACTS, I THINK THAT [Captioner] 22:13:34 ALL OF US HAVE EXPRESSED UNANIMOUSLY ON THE [Captioner] 22:13:37 COUNCIL THAT WE CARE ABOUT, AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE [Captioner] 22:13:40 TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED SUCH AS BUILDING THE [Captioner] 22:13:44 HOUSING, CREATING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING THE WRAP-AROUND [Captioner] 22:13:45 SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR THIS. [Captioner] 22:13:50 AND SO I DO WANT [Captioner] 22:13:53 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM [Captioner] 22:13:55 TO OUR DISCUSSION BUT I THINK AT THIS TIME I'M [Captioner] 22:13:58 NOT SUPPORTING IT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I FEEL THAT I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE [Captioner] 22:14:01 COUNTY AND THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, WHEN IT TAKES EFFECT, WHAT [Captioner] 22:14:04 THE IMPACTS WILL BE AND HOW WE SEE MOVING FORWARD. [Captioner] 22:14:07 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? [Captioner] 22:14:11 ON THIS ITEM? [Captioner] 22:14:14 SEEING NONE, AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY ALMOST DUE FOR [Captioner] 22:14:16 ANOTHER BREAK BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH THE TWO ITEMS. [Captioner] 22:14:20 I APOLOGIZE. BUT SO I THINK THAT [Captioner] 22:14:25 -- >> ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? >> Mayor Mei: BUT YOU NEED [Captioner] 22:14:29 A SECOND [Captioner] 22:14:32 TO GET THE VOTE. IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 22:14:35 MAKE A SECOND ON THIS REFERRAL? [Captioner] 22:14:39 SEEING NONE, AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 22:14:43 -- OKAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, PLEASE? >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 22:14:46 SO IF PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO BE ON RECORD WITH THEIR POSITION, I THINK WE [Captioner] 22:14:49 SHOULD VOTE ON IT. [Captioner] 22:14:52 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE REFERRAL TO ASK STAFF [Captioner] 22:14:55 TO LOOK AT WHETHER THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY CHANGES TO [Captioner] 22:15:00 THE ORDINANCE. >> Mayor Mei: IS [Captioner] 22:15:03 THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SECOND IT? >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 22:15:04 I'LL SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:15:08 PLEASE VOTE. >> Councilmember Salwan: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 22:15:10 MOTION. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. >> Councilmember Salwan: I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 22:15:13 TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE ASK STAFF TO CONTINUE TO LOOK [Captioner] 22:15:17 AT AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND OTHER PROGRAM [Captioner] 22:15:19 OPTIONS TO SUPPORT TENANTS AND LANDLORDS [Captioner] 22:15:23 AFTER EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRES. [Captioner] 22:15:27 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: SO THIS [Captioner] 22:15:29 IS -- JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AS [Captioner] 22:15:33 WELL AS THE STAFF, THIS IS VOTING ON THE [Captioner] 22:15:34 SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT [Captioner] 22:15:38 OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT [Captioner] 22:15:41 TENANTS AFTER THE EVICTION MORATORIUM [Captioner] 22:15:42 EXPIRES. >> Councilmember Kassan: I DON'T THINK [Captioner] 22:15:45 WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT AND THAT'S -- [Captioner] 22:15:48 I THINK THAT'S A COP OUT. >> Councilmember Salwan: NO, THEY ARE NOT. [Captioner] 22:15:51 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK THAT THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND A SECOND SO WE NEED TO [Captioner] 22:15:54 VOTE, PLEASE. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:16:04 THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION PASSES WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 22:16:07 KASSAN VOTING NAY. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE [Captioner] 22:16:11 GOING TO TAKE A 10-MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE RESUME WITH THE OTHER TWO [Captioner] 22:16:14 AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:24:19 >> Mayor Mei: I'D LIKE TO CALL THE COUNCIL, TRY TO GET THEM BACK ON [Captioner] 22:24:22 TO THE DAIS. I THINK THE STAFF AND ALL OF [Captioner] 22:24:25 US -- SO I'D LIKE TO CALL EVERYONE BACK TO THE ORDER. [Captioner] 22:24:34 GOOD EVENING. WE DON'T WANT [Captioner] 22:24:37 TO BE GOOD MORNING. [Captioner] 22:25:03 THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 22:25:08 AND SHARED THEIR FEEDBACK AND ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THE [Captioner] 22:25:12 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE MAKING THE MOTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS [Captioner] 22:25:15 . I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AND WE'RE GOING TO [Captioner] 22:25:18 RESUME WITH ITEM 5A, WHICH IS [Captioner] 22:25:21 THE 2023 UPDATES TO THE FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION, [Captioner] 22:25:24 AND THERE IS NO [Captioner] 22:25:27 PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, BUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, [Captioner] 22:25:31 HANS LARSEN, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. AND I [Captioner] 22:25:34 BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I THINK IT ALSO WENT BEFORE [Captioner] 22:25:37 THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IF I SAW THAT, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS [Captioner] 22:25:41 UPDATING THE ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE VERBIAGE THAT [Captioner] 22:25:44 IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT WHICH IS PRESENTED AT THE STATE [Captioner] 22:25:47 LEVEL IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THERE ARE UPDATES RECENTLY, [Captioner] 22:25:51 I THINK. IF THAT'S INCORRECT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO [Captioner] 22:25:54 CORRECT ME, HANS, [Captioner] 22:25:57 BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE LONGER IN THE HOUR AT THIS POINT, [Captioner] 22:26:01 SO -- BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IN [Captioner] 22:26:06 TERMS OF IF IT A CONSISTENT UPDATE TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES THAT HAVE [Captioner] 22:26:09 BEEN MADE. [Captioner] 22:26:14 >> Mr. Larsen: MAYOR MEI [Captioner] 22:26:17 , ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS UPDATING [Captioner] 22:26:21 TO REPRESENT FEDERAL BEST PRACTICES SO FREMONT CONTINUES [Captioner] 22:26:24 TO QUALIFY FOR DISCOUNTS ON FLOOD INSURANCE FOR [Captioner] 22:26:26 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE WITHIN FLOODPLAINS. [Captioner] 22:26:30 AND AGAIN, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE [Captioner] 22:26:32 PLANNING COMMISSION AND APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 22:26:38 >> Mayor Mei: I SEE COUNCILMEMBER COX, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS OR COMMENTS ON [Captioner] 22:26:41 THIS ITEM? >> Councilmember Cox: [Captioner] 22:26:45 NO. I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [Captioner] 22:26:49 THE PRESENTATION AND THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE'RE CHANGING, HERE IT [Captioner] 22:26:52 IS, HERE'S THE CHANGE. IT WAS VERY CLEAR AND I [Captioner] 22:26:56 APPRECIATE THAT FOR EASY READING FOR SOME OF US GETTING [Captioner] 22:26:59 TO THE DETAILS THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE [Captioner] 22:27:02 A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY [Captioner] 22:27:06 STAFF. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT [Captioner] 22:27:07 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:27:10 >> Councilmember Cox: WELL, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. TECHNICALITY. [Captioner] 22:27:13 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO NOTE THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 22:27:17 OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ARE THERE [Captioner] 22:27:20 ANY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS [Captioner] 22:27:23 THIS ITEM, EITHER ON ZOOM OR VIA PHONE? AT THIS [Captioner] 22:27:26 TIME I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK [Captioner] 22:27:29 ON ITEM 5A, THE 2023 UPDATE, [Captioner] 22:27:32 THE FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE, IF THEY ARE [Captioner] 22:27:35 HERE, TO SUBMIT A CARD, IF NOT, IF THEY'RE ON ZOOM, TO DO SO BY [Captioner] 22:27:38 CLICKING THE RAISE HAND ICON OR PRESSING STAR NINE. [Captioner] 22:27:44 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS OR ANY HANDS [Captioner] 22:27:45 RAISED ON ZOOM. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 22:27:49 I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'D LIKE [Captioner] 22:27:52 TO RETURN THEN TO COUNCILMEMBER COX AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 22:27:55 SALWAN OR DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> Councilmember [Captioner] 22:27:58 Salwan: SECOND BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. I REMEMBER I [Captioner] 22:28:01 HAD SENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS AROUND GRIMMER, [Captioner] 22:28:04 IRVINGTON AREA. WOULD THIS APPLY TO THOSE PARCELS THAT [Captioner] 22:28:08 HAD -- THAT COULDN'T GET INSURANCE OR THEY HAD TO [Captioner] 22:28:11 GET EXTRA INSURANCE, IS THIS PART OF THAT? >> Mr. [Captioner] 22:28:15 Larsen: YES, SO ANY PROPERTY THAT'S IN A FEDERALLY [Captioner] 22:28:18 DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN IS REQUIRED TO PAY INSURANCE, [Captioner] 22:28:21 SO THIS ACTION ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS PROPERTY [Captioner] 22:28:24 OWNERS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A DISCOUNT ON THEIR [Captioner] 22:28:28 INSURANCE. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. >> Mr. Larsen: THE ISSUE, IF I RECALL [Captioner] 22:28:30 CORRECTLY, IS, THERE ARE MEMBERS IN THE [Captioner] 22:28:34 COMMUNITY THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR FLOOD CONTROL [Captioner] 22:28:37 IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY [Captioner] 22:28:41 FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE THEM OUT OF THE [Captioner] 22:28:43 FLOODPLAIN AND THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE [Captioner] 22:28:46 TO PAY INSURANCE. BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE [Captioner] 22:28:49 ITEM FROM WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA HERE TODAY. >> Councilmember Salwan: GOT IT. [Captioner] 22:28:51 THANK YOU. MY SECOND STANDS. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:28:55 MOTION AND SECONDED. [Captioner] 22:28:58 I SEE ALSO COUNCILMEMBER SHAO BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE -- I'M GOING TO CALL [Captioner] 22:28:58 THE VOTE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:29:03 SO PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 22:29:10 THANK YOU. THE MOTION FOR ITEM 5A PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 22:29:13 DO YOU NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE? [Captioner] 22:29:17 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE ORDINANCE TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE [Captioner] 22:29:20 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT AMENDING TITLE 18, [Captioner] 22:29:23 CHAPTER 18.200 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION OF THE FREMONT [Captioner] 22:29:26 MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND DEFINITIONS, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS [Captioner] 22:29:30 RELATED TO BOTH DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY [Captioner] 22:29:33 WITHIN THE CITY AND THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO REZONE CERTAIN [Captioner] 22:29:36 PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY TO PROVIDE CONFORMITY WITH THE [Captioner] 22:29:38 GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [Captioner] 22:29:41 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:29:44 THANK YOU, HANS. AND [Captioner] 22:29:48 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 22:29:52 INTRODUCE THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING, WHICH IS ITEM 6A, [Captioner] 22:29:55 WHICH IS THE FISCAL YEAR [Captioner] 22:30:00 2022-2023 MID YEAR BUDGET REPORT. AND I BELIEVE [Captioner] 22:30:03 OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR DAVE PERSSELIN HAS [Captioner] 22:30:06 A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:30:28 >> Mr. Persselin: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING [Captioner] 22:30:31 A BRIEF REVIEW OF RECENT ECONOMIC AND REVENUE [Captioner] 22:30:34 TRENDS, DISCUSS REVISED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS [Captioner] 22:30:37 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND [Captioner] 22:30:40 FORECAST FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [Captioner] 22:30:43 MID YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. [Captioner] 22:30:52 YOU MAY RECALL THAT AT THIS TIME A YEAR AGO, WE WERE [Captioner] 22:30:56 PROJECTING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, THE PRIMARY INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC [Captioner] 22:31:00 ACTIVITY, TO GROW AT A HEALTHY RATE DURING 2022. [Captioner] 22:31:04 WE CAUTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT PANDEMIC-RELATED [Captioner] 22:31:07 SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS COMBINED [Captioner] 22:31:10 WITH STRONG DEMAND M PROMPTED BY FISCAL STIMULUS PROGRAMS [Captioner] 22:31:13 HAD PRODUCED UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVELS OF INFLATION, AND THAT THE [Captioner] 22:31:17 IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION [Captioner] 22:31:20 OF UKRAINE WOULD LIKELY DISRUPT INTERNATIONAL [Captioner] 22:31:23 TRADE. WE'RE STILL LIVING WITH [Captioner] 22:31:27 RELATIVELY HIGH INFLATION AND OTHER ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF [Captioner] 22:31:30 THE ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE. BUT THE [Captioner] 22:31:33 U.S. ECONOMY HAS PROVED TO BE RESILIENT. [Captioner] 22:31:37 AFTER SMALL CONTRACTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF LAST [Captioner] 22:31:40 YEAR, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GREW AT [Captioner] 22:31:43 A 3% RATE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. [Captioner] 22:31:46 ADDITIONALLY, THE LABOR MARKET REMAINS UNUSUALLY [Captioner] 22:31:50 TIGHT, WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT [Captioner] 22:31:53 HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS. TO COMBAT INFLATION, [Captioner] 22:31:56 THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS RAISED INTEREST RATES REPEATEDLY OVER [Captioner] 22:32:00 THE LAST YEAR. AND MAY CONTINUE TO RAISE RATES [Captioner] 22:32:03 THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF 2023. [Captioner] 22:32:06 THE COMBINATION OF HIGHER PRICES AND HIGHER [Captioner] 22:32:09 INTEREST RATES HAS LED TO A DECLINE IN CONSUMER [Captioner] 22:32:12 CONFIDENCE, WHICH ULTIMATELY COULD RESULT IN AN ECONOMIC [Captioner] 22:32:15 SLOWDOWN OR A RECESSION LATER THIS YEAR. [Captioner] 22:32:21 OUR PRELIMINARY REVENUE FORECAST ASSUMES [Captioner] 22:32:23 SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT WE NEED [Captioner] 22:32:27 TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITY FACES SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY. [Captioner] 22:32:31 THIS YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION [Captioner] 22:32:35 THAT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND GENERAL FUND REVENUES WOULD [Captioner] 22:32:38 CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM THE [Captioner] 22:32:41 PANDEMIC-RELATED RECESSION. THAT HAS LARGELY BEEN THE CASE, [Captioner] 22:32:44 WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS. [Captioner] 22:32:48 FIRST, RISING INTEREST RATES HAVE COOLED WHAT HAD [Captioner] 22:32:52 BEEN A VERY STRONG HOUSING MARKET. SO WE [Captioner] 22:32:55 SHOULD EXPECT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GROWTH TO SLOW, [Captioner] 22:32:59 STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR. [Captioner] 22:33:02 SECOND, WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH IN SALES TAX [Captioner] 22:33:06 REVENUE FROM NEW AUTO SALES. THAT WAS [Captioner] 22:33:10 PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNBUDGETED REVENUE IN THE [Captioner] 22:33:13 CURRENT YEAR, AND WE'VE ASSUMED A [Captioner] 22:33:17 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ONGOING SALES TAX REVENUE IN THE PRELIMINARY FORECAST. [Captioner] 22:33:21 FINALLY, AS IT DID LAST YEAR, HOTEL TAX [Captioner] 22:33:23 REVENUE IS RECOVERING MORE RAPIDLY THAN [Captioner] 22:33:27 WE ASSUMED IT WOULD. [Captioner] 22:33:31 I'LL START BY POINTING OUT THAT FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS [Captioner] 22:33:35 OF $22.1 MILLION RECEIVED [Captioner] 22:33:38 IN FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 ARE INCLUDED [Captioner] 22:33:41 IN THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY. YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE [Captioner] 22:33:45 USE THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS TO BALANCE THE CURRENT YEAR [Captioner] 22:33:49 ADOPTED BUDGET. THE STRONG [Captioner] 22:33:52 LOCAL REAL ESTATE MARKET WE EXPERIENCED IN CALENDAR [Captioner] 22:33:56 YEAR 2021 IS DRIVING OUR [Captioner] 22:34:00 WERE AN ESTIMATED 8% YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, BUT [Captioner] 22:34:03 THIS YEAR'S HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES HAVE LED TO DECLINES IN BOTH THE [Captioner] 22:34:06 NUMBER OF SALES AND THEIR VALUE. WE'LL BE MEETING [Captioner] 22:34:09 WITH STAFF FROM THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S [Captioner] 22:34:12 OFFICE AT THE END OF MARCH TO HEAR THEIR INITIAL ESTIMATES FOR NEXT [Captioner] 22:34:16 YEAR'S ASSESSED VALUES. [Captioner] 22:34:19 AS IT WAS, WHEN I PRESENTED THE 2021-22 [Captioner] 22:34:23 YEAR-END REPORT LAST FALL, THE BIG STORY [Captioner] 22:34:27 CONTINUES TO BE SALES TAX. THROUGH THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF [Captioner] 22:34:31 THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE RECEIVED OVER $61 MILLION OF SALES TAX [Captioner] 22:34:34 REVENUE. THAT'S [Captioner] 22:34:37 ABOUT $27 MILLION MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED. MOST OF [Captioner] 22:34:40 THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO CONTINUING GROWTH IN NEW [Captioner] 22:34:43 AUTO SALES, ALONG WITH SOME ONE-TIME [Captioner] 22:34:46 PRIOR-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE STATE. BECAUSE OUR [Captioner] 22:34:50 SHARE OF COUNTY POOLED SALES IN [Captioner] 22:34:53 USE TAX REVENUES IS BASED ON OUR SHARE OF [Captioner] 22:34:56 COUNTYWIDE LOCAL SALES TAX REVENUES. WE'RE [Captioner] 22:35:00 SEEING UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVELS OF REVENUE IN THAT [Captioner] 22:35:03 POOL CATEGORY AS WELL. IN TOTAL, WE'RE PROJECTING [Captioner] 22:35:06 TO RECEIVE OVER $37 MILLION MORE IN [Captioner] 22:35:09 SALES TAX REVENUE THIS YEAR THAN WE BUDGETED. [Captioner] 22:35:15 REFLECTING THE DRAMATICALLY HIGHER LEVEL OF SALES [Captioner] 22:35:18 TACK WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE PRELIMINARY FORECAST [Captioner] 22:35:22 FOR ONGOING SALES TAX REVENUE HAS BEEN INCREASED [Captioner] 22:35:25 BY ABOUT 30%. [Captioner] 22:35:29 KNOWING THAT LAST YEAR'S BUSINESS TAX REVENUE WAS [Captioner] 22:35:32 ENHANCED BY THE PAYMENT OF PRIOR-YEAR TAXES DELAYED BY THE PANDEMIC, [Captioner] 22:35:35 WE BUDGETED FOR A DECLINE. ALTHOUGH IT [Captioner] 22:35:38 DOES APPEAR THAT THIS YEAR WE'LL [Captioner] 22:35:41 STILL FALL [Captioner] 22:35:45 BELOW, BUSINESS ACTIVITY, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES HAVE MADE [Captioner] 22:35:49 UP MOST OF THE DIFFERENCE. THE ADOPTED BUDGET ASSUMED THAT [Captioner] 22:35:51 HOTEL TAX WOULD RECOVER AT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS [Captioner] 22:35:55 A RELATIVELY AGGRESSIVE RATE OF 27%. [Captioner] 22:35:59 AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOW PROJECTED TO GROW BY [Captioner] 22:36:02 OVER 42%. IF IT CONTINUES ON ITS CURRENT [Captioner] 22:36:05 PACE, HOTEL TAX WILL EXCEED THE [Captioner] 22:36:09 BUDGET ESTIMATE BY ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. IMOWN [Captioner] 22:36:12 ALMOST ALL OF THE $700,000 OVERPERFORMANCE IN THE [Captioner] 22:36:15 OTHER CATEGORY IS DUE TO HIGHER INVESTMENT EARNINGS [Captioner] 22:36:18 ON THE CITY'S CASH PORTFOLIO AS A RESULT [Captioner] 22:36:21 OF INCREASING INTEREST RATES. [Captioner] 22:36:26 IN TOTAL, GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO FINISH THE [Captioner] 22:36:29 YEAR ALMOST $44 MILLION ABOVE [Captioner] 22:36:33 THE ADOPTED BUDGET ESTIMATE. [Captioner] 22:36:38 THE FIRST COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ACTUAL REVENUES [Captioner] 22:36:41 AND EXPENDITURES FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE [Captioner] 22:36:45 REVENUES ROW INCLUDES $22.1 MILLION [Captioner] 22:36:48 OF FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS THAT CONSTITUTES JUST OVER [Captioner] 22:36:51 HALF OF THE UNRESERVED FUND BALL ABC YOU SEE AS [Captioner] 22:36:55 BALANCE [Captioner] 22:36:59 YOU SEE FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET IN THE SECOND COLUMN. WE USE THOSE [Captioner] 22:37:02 FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO BALANCE THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH [Captioner] 22:37:06 WAS REVISED TO INCLUDE ABOUT [Captioner] 22:37:09 $3.9 MILLION OF COSTS RELATED TO THE LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT WERE FINALIZED [Captioner] 22:37:12 AFTER THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED. [Captioner] 22:37:15 BECAUSE WE FINISHED LAST FISCAL YEAR WITH SOME [Captioner] 22:37:18 UNANTICIPATED FUND BALANCE AS PART OF THE [Captioner] 22:37:22 YEAR-END REPORT, THE CITY COUNCIL INCREASED THE [Captioner] 22:37:25 BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE BY TWOP [Captioner] 22:37:28 $.5 MILLION TO $12.5 MILLION, WHICH CONSTITUTES ALMOST [Captioner] 22:37:31 HALF OF THE $5.6 MILLION ADDITION [Captioner] 22:37:35 TO RESERVE IN THE CURRENT YEAR [Captioner] 22:37:38 BUDGET COLUMN. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATED THE [Captioner] 22:37:41 REMAINING UNANTICIPATED ENDING FUND BALANCE AS A TRANSFER TO [Captioner] 22:37:44 THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. [Captioner] 22:37:48 THE $288 MILLION OF REVENUE SHOWN IN THE FAR [Captioner] 22:37:51 RIGHT ESTIMATE COLUMN CORRESPONDS TO THE TOTAL SHOWN ON [Captioner] 22:37:54 THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND [Captioner] 22:37:57 ALMOST $44 MILLION INCREASE FROM THE BUDGET AMOUNT. [Captioner] 22:38:01 YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE INCLUDE IN THE EXPENDITURE [Captioner] 22:38:04 BUDGET A SAVINGS ASSUMPTION TO REFLECT [Captioner] 22:38:08 THE CITY'S HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF UNDERSPENDING [Captioner] 22:38:11 TOTAL KATEED RESOURCES, PRIMARILY DUE TO SALARY [Captioner] 22:38:14 SAVINGS FROM VACANT POSITIONS. THIS YEAR'S [Captioner] 22:38:18 SAVINGS ASSUMPTION WAS $8 MILLION. BUT [Captioner] 22:38:21 AT MID YEAR, WE'RE ON TRACK TO SEE MORE THAN TWICE THAT [Captioner] 22:38:26 SAVINGS. DUE PRIME LY TO THE CONTINUING HIGH [Captioner] 22:38:30 AND CONSISTENT LEVEL OF VACANCIES. YOU CAN SEE THOSE PROJECTED [Captioner] 22:38:33 ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF $13 MILLION BY [Captioner] 22:38:36 COMPARING THE ADJUSTED BUDGET EXPENDITURES AND [Captioner] 22:38:40 TRANSFERS OUT AMOUNT WITH WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IN THE ESTIMATE COLUMN. [Captioner] 22:38:44 THE COMBINATION OF INCREASED REVENUES AND ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 22:38:48 SAVINGS TOTALS 56 [Captioner] 22:38:51 PONT $7 MILLION. THESE ESTIMATES WILL CHANGE AS [Captioner] 22:38:55 THE FISCAL YEAR PROGRESSES AND WE RECEIVE MORE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE [Captioner] 22:39:03 INFORMATION. AS A REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED TWO GENERAL FUND [Captioner] 22:39:07 RESERVES. THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE [Captioner] 22:39:10 FUNDED BY COUNCIL POLICY AT [Captioner] 22:39:14 16.7% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT IS [Captioner] 22:39:17 INTENDED TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS [Captioner] 22:39:20 AND OTHER SEVERE UNFORESEEN EVENT. [Captioner] 22:39:25 THE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE IS INTENDED [Captioner] 22:39:28 TO OFFSET REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND [Captioner] 22:39:31 UNANTICIPATED COST INCREASES WITH THE COAL OF [Captioner] 22:39:35 PROVIDING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS [Captioner] 22:39:37 WHILE GIVING THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO [Captioner] 22:39:40 RESPOND TO ITS BUDGETARY CHALLENGES. [Captioner] 22:39:45 WE MADE USE OF THIS RESERVE DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC TO [Captioner] 22:39:48 PREVENT SERVICE DISRUPTIONS. [Captioner] 22:39:51 AS I MENTIONED ON THE LAST SLIDE, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO INCREASE THE [Captioner] 22:39:54 BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE TO 12.5 MILL [Captioner] 22:39:57 YOP DOLLARS AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR [Captioner] 22:40:01 2021-22 YEAR-END REPORT. [Captioner] 22:40:07 THE PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND FORECAST SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE INCLUDES THE [Captioner] 22:40:10 CURRENT-YEAR ESTIMATE I'VE JUST DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH PROJECTIONS FOR [Captioner] 22:40:14 THE NEXT THREE FISCAL YEARS. THOSE [Captioner] 22:40:17 REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON THE MOST [Captioner] 22:40:21 CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT [Captioner] 22:40:24 HISTORICAL TRENDS, CURRENT YEAR PERFORMANCE THROUGH MID YEAR, [Captioner] 22:40:28 PROJECTED DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, AND SCHEDULED CHANGES IN [Captioner] 22:40:31 VARIOUS FEES AND RATES. THESE PRELIMINARY [Captioner] 22:40:34 PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON THE EXPECTATION [Captioner] 22:40:37 THAT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY WILL REMAIN HEALTHY. BUT THE [Captioner] 22:40:41 GROWTH IN PROPERTY TAX [Captioner] 22:40:45 WILL GROW AS THE STATE MARKET ADJUSTS TO A LESS [Captioner] 22:40:48 FAVORABLE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A SIGNIFICANT [Captioner] 22:40:51 PORTION OF THE SALES TAX GROWTH WE'VE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HAS BEEN [Captioner] 22:40:53 CARRIED FORWARD IN THE FORECAST AS ONGOING REVENUE. [Captioner] 22:40:58 AS PART OF THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET, [Captioner] 22:41:01 WE'LL LIKELY BE RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:41:04 INCREASE THE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE TO ACCOMMODATE [Captioner] 22:41:08 THAT ADDITIONAL RISK. [Captioner] 22:41:12 THE EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS ARE NET OF ESTIMATED [Captioner] 22:41:15 CITY-WIDE SAVINGS OF 6.5% OF [Captioner] 22:41:18 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES IN EACH YEAR, [Captioner] 22:41:22 THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE. AND INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS [Captioner] 22:41:25 TO REFLECT CALPERS' PENSION CONTRIBUTION [Captioner] 22:41:29 INCREASES, RETIREE HEALTHCARE CONTRIBUTIONS, [Captioner] 22:41:33 SCHEDULED DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, [Captioner] 22:41:36 INCLUDING LABOR AGREEMENTS. IN ACCORDANCE [Captioner] 22:41:39 WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S PENSION LIABILITY FUNDING [Captioner] 22:41:43 POLICY, AN ADDITIONAL HAS BEEN INCLUDED [Captioner] 22:41:46 IN EACH YEAR AS WELL. AS THIS FORECAST IS [Captioner] 22:41:50 PRELIMINARY, THE EXPENDITURES SHOWN REPRESENT [Captioner] 22:41:53 A BASE BUDGET THAT DELIVERS THE [Captioner] 22:41:56 EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICES WITH NO ASSUMED STAFFING INCREASES. [Captioner] 22:42:01 BECAUSE THE CITY'S LABOR AGREEMENTS EXPIRE ON [Captioner] 22:42:04 JUNE 30, 2025, NO COMPENSATION INCREASES HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 22:42:08 ASSUMED IN THE FISCAL YEAR [Captioner] 22:42:11 2025-26 EXPENDITURE PROJECTION. [Captioner] 22:42:15 THESE EXPENDITURE LEVELS MAY INCREASE AS [Captioner] 22:42:18 THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 [Captioner] 22:42:20 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET IS DEVELOPED WITH THE [Captioner] 22:42:24 BENEFIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. INCLUDING ANY [Captioner] 22:42:27 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPANDED [Captioner] 22:42:30 SERVICES OR SERVICE LEVEL ENHANCEMENTS. AS YOU CAN [Captioner] 22:42:33 SEE, REVENUES EXCEED [Captioner] 22:42:35 EXPENDITURES IN EACH OF THE FORECAST YEARS. [Captioner] 22:42:38 I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL, HOWEVER, [Captioner] 22:42:41 THAT THIS PRELIMINARY FORECAST DOES NOT [Captioner] 22:42:45 INCORPORATE SPENDING IN CREASES FOR NECESSARY PARKS AND [Captioner] 22:42:48 BUILDINGS MAINTENANCE, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING, [Captioner] 22:42:51 OR ENHANCED SERVICES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED [Captioner] 22:42:55 BUDGET. [Captioner] 22:43:01 AS I MENTIONED CURRENT REVENUE PROJECTIONS [Captioner] 22:43:06 ARE EXCEEDING THEIR BUDGETED ESTIMATES BY $41.6 MILLION. [Captioner] 22:43:10 AND EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO FALL BELOW THE BUDGETED [Captioner] 22:43:14 APPROPRIATIONS BY $13 MILLION. STAFF [Captioner] 22:43:17 RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INCREASE THE BUDGET ESTIMATES [Captioner] 22:43:20 FOR THOSE THREE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURE [Captioner] 22:43:23 SAVINGS ESTIMATE TO MATCH THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS. [Captioner] 22:43:28 AT THE SAME TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THREE [Captioner] 22:43:32 APPROPRIATION ACTIONS TO ADDRESS PRIORITY NEEDS. [Captioner] 22:43:36 A FOURTH SET OF ACTIONS TO PAY OFF A PORTION OF [Captioner] 22:43:39 THE CITY'S DEBT WILL BE PRESENTED [Captioner] 22:43:42 SEPARATELY FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION [Captioner] 22:43:45 LATER IN THE FISCAL YEAR. THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO [Captioner] 22:43:48 RESTORE THE UNRESERVED BALANCE IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT [Captioner] 22:43:51 FUND. THAT FUND IS USED TO MAINTAIN SELF-INSURANCE [Captioner] 22:43:55 RESERVES FOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIMS. [Captioner] 22:43:59 AND TO PAY INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR [Captioner] 22:44:02 EXCESS CLAIMS LIABILITY AND PROPERTY COVERAGE. [Captioner] 22:44:05 IN ADDITION TO THE SELF-INSURANCE RESERVES, THE [Captioner] 22:44:08 RISK MANAGEMENT FUND ALSO INCLUDES AN [Captioner] 22:44:11 UNRESERVED BALANCE, TARGETED AT $3 MILLION, THAT IS USED [Captioner] 22:44:15 TO MAKE ACTUARIALLY DETERMINED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RESERVE [Captioner] 22:44:18 LEVELS. AS PART OF THE BUDGET BALANCING [Captioner] 22:44:22 ACTIONS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR [Captioner] 22:44:25 2020-21 BUDGET, ANNUAL OPERATING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS [Captioner] 22:44:28 TO THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND WERE REDUCED TO [Captioner] 22:44:31 A LEVEL THAT APPEARED TO BE SUSTAINABLE. [Captioner] 22:44:35 HOWEVER, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, A COMBINATION [Captioner] 22:44:38 OF INCREASING CLAIMS COSTS AND RISING INSURANCE [Captioner] 22:44:42 PREMIUMS HAVE DEPLETED THE UNRESERVED [Captioner] 22:44:45 BALANCE. [Captioner] 22:44:48 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATE $3.5 MILLION [Captioner] 22:44:51 OF ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE TO RESTORE THE UNRESERVED [Captioner] 22:44:54 FUND BALANCE TO ITS TARGETED LEVEL. [Captioner] 22:45:00 THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO ESTABLISH A RESERVE FOR THE CITY'S UNFUNDED ACCRUED LEAVE [Captioner] 22:45:04 LIABILITY. EACH YEAR THE CITY'S [Captioner] 22:45:07 UNFUNDED LIABILITY FOR EARNED BUT [Captioner] 22:45:10 UNUSED VACATION LEAVE INCREASES [Captioner] 22:45:13 . THE MAXIMUM ACCRUAL FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IS [Captioner] 22:45:16 CAPPED. BUT THE VALUE INCREASES AT THE [Captioner] 22:45:19 SAME RATE AS THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION INCREASES. [Captioner] 22:45:24 FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, THE [Captioner] 22:45:26 UNFUNDED LIABILITY WAS APPROXIMATELY $13.5 MILLION. [Captioner] 22:45:32 WHILE A PORTION OF ACCRUED LEAVE CAN BE PAID OUT TO SOME [Captioner] 22:45:35 EMPLOYEES DURING THE YEAR, ALL ACCRUED LEAVE [Captioner] 22:45:39 IS PAYABLE ON TERMINATION OR RETIREMENT. [Captioner] 22:45:44 THE GENERAL FUND ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET CURRENTLY [Captioner] 22:45:47 INCLUDES $1.4 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE COST OF THESE PAYOUTS [Captioner] 22:45:50 ON A [Captioner] 22:45:54 PAY-AS-YOU-GO BASIS. BUT AS WITH OUR UNFUNDED PENSION AND [Captioner] 22:45:56 RETIREE HEALTHCARE LIABILITIES, IT WOULD [Captioner] 22:45:59 BE MORE PRUDENT TO ESTABLISH A RESERVE TO ENSURE THAT [Captioner] 22:46:03 SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET THE INCREASING [Captioner] 22:46:06 COST OF THESE OBLIGATIONS. [Captioner] 22:46:10 THE RESERVE WOULD BE USED INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER [Captioner] 22:46:13 OPERATING FUNDS TO MAKE ACCRUED LEAVE PAYMENTS. [Captioner] 22:46:17 AND EACH YEAR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER OPERATING [Captioner] 22:46:20 FUNDS WOULD MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESERVE, REFLECTING [Captioner] 22:46:23 THE VALUE OF THAT YEAR'S UNEARNED BUT UNUSED LEAVE. [Captioner] 22:46:28 TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL LEAVE HOURS EARNED [Captioner] 22:46:32 BUT UNUSED IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE [Captioner] 22:46:35 PRIOR YEAR UNFUNDED LEAVE LIABILITY IS INCREASING AT THE SAME RATE [Captioner] 22:46:39 AS SALARIES, BETWEEN 5% AND 6%, STAFF [Captioner] 22:46:43 IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:46:46 ALLOCATE $15 MILLION TO ESTABLISH AN ACCRUED LEAVE RESERVE. [Captioner] 22:46:52 THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR [Captioner] 22:46:55 PRIORITY MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL NEEDS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER [Captioner] 22:46:58 THE LAST YEAR, STAFF HAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:47:01 A LIST OF CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL [Captioner] 22:47:04 REPLACEMENT NEEDS, AS WELL AS UNFUNDED FUTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT. [Captioner] 22:47:09 THESE INCLUDE MAJOR CITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS [Captioner] 22:47:12 THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, BUT [Captioner] 22:47:15 ALSO TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODERNIZATION, REPLACEMENT [Captioner] 22:47:19 OF DETERIORATING FACILITIES IN CENTRAL PARK, [Captioner] 22:47:23 AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES. ALTHOUGH THE COST OF THESE [Captioner] 22:47:26 UNFUNDED NEEDS FAR EXCEEDS THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE [Captioner] 22:47:30 , THE UNANTICIPATED INCREASE IN CURRENT YEAR REVENUE CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 22:47:33 TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY [Captioner] 22:47:36 PROJECTS. TO CREATE THE CAPACITY [Captioner] 22:47:40 TO FUND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE NEXT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT [Captioner] 22:47:43 PLAN, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:47:46 APPROPRIATE $25 MILLION OF THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS A TRANSFER [Captioner] 22:47:50 TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. AS A [Captioner] 22:47:54 REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HOLDING [Captioner] 22:47:57 A WORK SESSION ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS PART OF NEXT WEEK'S [Captioner] 22:48:00 REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. IN [Captioner] 22:48:03 TOTAL, THESE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL ACCOUNT [Captioner] 22:48:07 FOR $43.5 MILLION OF THE [Captioner] 22:48:10 $74.5 MILLION PROJECTED UNRESERVED FUND [Captioner] 22:48:13 BALANCE. AS PART OF THE FISCAL [Captioner] 22:48:16 YEAR 2023-24 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET, [Captioner] 22:48:19 STAFF WILL LIKELY BE RECOMMENDING THAT A PORTION OF [Captioner] 22:48:23 THE REMAINING UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE BE USED TO INCREASE [Captioner] 22:48:26 THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE. [Captioner] 22:48:35 TO RECAP, THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IS EXPANDING AND MOST OF OUR GENERAL REVENUES ARE [Captioner] 22:48:38 GROWING AT A HEALTHY PACE. HOWEVER, THE COMBINATION OF [Captioner] 22:48:41 HIGH PRICES AND HIGH INTEREST RATES COULD LEAD TO AN [Captioner] 22:48:45 ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN OR RECESSION NEXT FISCAL YEAR. [Captioner] 22:48:49 THE CURRENT YEAR COMBINATION OF HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE [Captioner] 22:48:52 AND EXPENDITURE SAVINGS IS PROVIDING US WITH [Captioner] 22:48:55 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET ASIDE ONE-TIME FUNDING [Captioner] 22:48:59 TO ADDRESS INCREASING COSTS IN OUR RISK [Captioner] 22:49:02 MANAGEMENT FUND, ESTABLISH A RESERVE FOR OUR UNFUNDED [Captioner] 22:49:05 ACCRUED LEAVE LIABILITY, AND PAY FOR CRITICAL MAINTENANCE [Captioner] 22:49:08 AND CAPITAL REPLACEMENT NEEDS, AS WELL AS UNFUNDED [Captioner] 22:49:12 FUTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. [Captioner] 22:49:17 WE ANTICIPATE PRESENTING THE FISCAL YEAR [Captioner] 22:49:21 2023-24 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET TO THE [Captioner] 22:49:24 CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 16TH. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED [Captioner] 22:49:27 OPERATING BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 6TH WITH THE SECOND PUBLIC [Captioner] 22:49:30 HEARING AND BUDGET ADOPTION SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 13TH. [Captioner] 22:49:34 THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO [Captioner] 22:49:36 THE MAYOR AND I'M READY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 22:49:41 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PERSSELIN, FOR THE PRESENTATION [Captioner] 22:49:44 AND FOR STAYING WITH US THIS EVENING. I'LL BEGIN WITH OUR [Captioner] 22:49:47 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN FOR QUESTIONS, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AT [Captioner] 22:49:49 THIS TIME. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 22:49:52 MADAME MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MR. PERSSELIN, FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 22:49:54 A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING SO THAT'S GREAT. [Captioner] 22:49:59 SO REGARDING THE THREE ITEMS, I UNDERSTAND THE [Captioner] 22:50:03 RISK MANAGEMENT FUND. ACCRUED LEAVE, WE KIND [Captioner] 22:50:06 OF TALKED ABOUT, BUT DOES IT CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO [Captioner] 22:50:07 YEAR? >> Mr. Persselin: YES, IT DOES. [Captioner] 22:50:12 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. AND THEN IT COMPOUNDS OVER TIME? [Captioner] 22:50:14 >> Mr. Persselin: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Salwan: IS THERE A WAY TO LIMIT THAT YEAR TO YEAR? [Captioner] 22:50:17 >> Mr. Persselin: NO, THERE'S NOT. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. THAT'S NOT [Captioner] 22:50:20 GOOD. >> Mr. Persselin: IT IS CAPPED. FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. [Captioner] 22:50:24 BUT UP TO THE CAP, THAT AMOUNT CARRIES OVER [Captioner] 22:50:27 WITH THEM FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THEIR CAREER [Captioner] 22:50:31 WITH THE CITY, AND AT THE POINT WHERE THEY CASH OUT, [Captioner] 22:50:32 WHETHER THEY'RE TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE [Captioner] 22:50:36 CITY OR WHETHER THEY'RE RETIRING, IT GETS PAID OUT, ALL [Captioner] 22:50:39 OF THOSE HOURS GET PAID OUT AT WHATEVER THEY WERE [Captioner] 22:50:41 EARNING AT THE TIME OF TERMINATION OR RETIREMENT. [Captioner] 22:50:44 >> Councilmember Salwan: THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE EMPLOYEE [Captioner] 22:50:47 S. >> Mr. Persselin: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Salwan: THEY'RE [Captioner] 22:50:50 ALLOWED TO SAVE UP OVER TIME? >> Mr. Persselin: [Captioner] 22:50:53 CORRECT. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. AND THEN THE 25 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A [Captioner] 22:50:56 BIG CHUNK. YOU MENTIONED SOME BUT CAN WE [Captioner] 22:50:59 GET MORE SPECIFICS AS WE GET CLOSE INVENTORY SPECIFICALLY WHERE [Captioner] 22:51:02 THE $25 MILLION IS GOING TO GO? >> Mr. Persselin: YES, AND THAT WILL [Captioner] 22:51:05 BE A GOOD POINT TO TALK ABOUT AT NEXT WEEK'S STUDY SESSION ON THE [Captioner] 22:51:07 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. >> Councilmember Salwan: GREAT. [Captioner] 22:51:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 22:51:14 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. >> City Mgr. [Captioner] 22:51:16 Shackelford: MADAME MAYOR, MAY I SAY SOMETHING IN RESPONSE [Captioner] 22:51:20 TO THE LAST QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN [Captioner] 22:51:23 ASKED ABOUT THE $25 MILLION? >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: I JUST [Captioner] 22:51:27 WANT TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT TO SAY THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE A [Captioner] 22:51:31 BILLION DOLLAR CIP NEED. SO RELATIVE TO THAT, [Captioner] 22:51:35 THE 25 MILLION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT IS [Captioner] 22:51:37 JUST REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BASED [Captioner] 22:51:41 ON EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT YOU WILL HAVE [Captioner] 22:51:43 MORE DETAILS NEXT WEEK. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:51:47 YES, THAT'S OUR NEXT BIG TOPIC FOR THE NEXT [Captioner] 22:51:51 MEETING. WE CAN LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS ONES, [Captioner] 22:51:52 COUPLE HUNDRED PAGES TOO. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 22:51:56 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. THANK YOU AGAIN [Captioner] 22:52:00 FOR THE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC NEWS [Captioner] 22:52:03 . MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THE FIVE RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 22:52:07 ITEMS. I [Captioner] 22:52:10 CAN SEE IT TAKES THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE [Captioner] 22:52:16 THE MONEY TO DIFFERENT BUCKETS, BUT [Captioner] 22:52:19 I WONDER, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE [Captioner] 22:52:22 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE [Captioner] 22:52:25 INCREASE OF ESTIMATE? ESTIMATE IS [Captioner] 22:52:28 AN ESTIMATE, AND FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU [Captioner] 22:52:32 CAME UP WITH THE ESTIMATE WITH [Captioner] 22:52:35 SOLID DATA. AND I -- YOU [Captioner] 22:52:41 KNOW, REGARD THAT AS [Captioner] 22:52:43 A -- FACT, EVEN THOUGH YOU CALL IT AN ESTIMATE. [Captioner] 22:52:46 SO ONCE AGAIN THE QUESTION IS WHY DO WE HAVE [Captioner] 22:52:50 TO TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE [Captioner] 22:52:53 THE ESTIMATE? >> Mr. Persselin: SO [Captioner] 22:52:56 WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 22:52:59 APPROVES THE BUDGET, THE CITY COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 22:53:02 APPROVING BOTH A SET OF REVENUE ESTIMATES THAT WILL BE USED [Captioner] 22:53:06 TO FUND SERVICES, AND [Captioner] 22:53:09 THE APPROPRIATIONS, THE EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THOSE SERVICES. [Captioner] 22:53:13 YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADOPT [Captioner] 22:53:15 APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENDITURES IF YOU [Captioner] 22:53:18 DIDN'T HAVE REVENUES OR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 22:53:22 THOSE EXPENDITURES. SO BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING A [Captioner] 22:53:25 RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE EXPENDITURE [Captioner] 22:53:29 APPROPRIATIONS, AND WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY A [Captioner] 22:53:32 BALANCED BUDGET, [Captioner] 22:53:35 WE NEED COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE REVENUE ESTIMATES IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. [Captioner] 22:53:40 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 22:53:45 >> Mayor Mei: SORRY. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 22:53:50 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, [Captioner] 22:53:53 AND ALSO ANSWERING SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS [Captioner] 22:53:56 PRIOR TO THE MEETING. I [Captioner] 22:54:00 JUST HAD -- SINCE I JUST SAW A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. [Captioner] 22:54:03 YOU MENTIONED -- I THINK THERE WAS LIKE [Captioner] 22:54:07 A $21 MILLION THAT WAS GOING [Captioner] 22:54:10 TO -- THAT YOU HAD TO PUT [Captioner] 22:54:13 INTO THE BUDGET -- INTO [Captioner] 22:54:16 REVENUE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET FROM LAST [Captioner] 22:54:19 YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? >> Mr. Persselin: YES. [Captioner] 22:54:22 SO YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FISCAL [Captioner] 22:54:26 RECOVERY FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED [Captioner] 22:54:29 TO STATES AND COUNTIES AND CITIES. SO THE CITY [Captioner] 22:54:32 OF FREMONT RECEIVED FISCAL RECOVERY [Captioner] 22:54:35 FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BOTH LAST YEAR [Captioner] 22:54:38 AND THE YEAR BEFORE. THOSE [Captioner] 22:54:41 FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF [Captioner] 22:54:45 PURPOSES, BUT THE PURPOSE THAT THE MAJORITY OF GOVERNMENTS [Captioner] 22:54:48 LIKE OURS HAVE USED THEM FOR IS TO ESSENTIALLY [Captioner] 22:54:51 BACKFILL FOR REVENUES THAT WE DID NOT [Captioner] 22:54:55 RECEIVE AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC. SO [Captioner] 22:54:58 BASICALLY OUR REVENUES DROPPED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND [Captioner] 22:55:01 WE WERE ABLE TO USE THOSE FISCAL [Captioner] 22:55:05 RECOVERY FUNDS TO RESTORE OR -- REAL STORE SERVICES [Captioner] 22:55:08 THAT HAVE BEEN CUT AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE [Captioner] 22:55:11 CUT A NUMBER OF EXPENDITURE ITEMS IN THE 2021 BUDGET, [Captioner] 22:55:14 AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE AND THEN MAINTAIN [Captioner] 22:55:17 THOSE SERVICES IN THE CURRENT YEAR, USING THE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. [Captioner] 22:55:20 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S REALLY VERY HELPFUL. [Captioner] 22:55:25 AND THEN ON [Captioner] 22:55:29 PAGE [Captioner] 22:55:32 -- HOLD ON ONE SECOND. OKAY. I HATE ACRONYMS. [Captioner] 22:55:36 SO ON PAGE 6 AT THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE [Captioner] 22:55:39 A LITTLE STAR THERE THAT'S A [Captioner] 22:55:42 GFOA. [Captioner] 22:55:46 WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? [Captioner] 22:55:49 >> Mr. Persselin: ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACRONYMS, THE GOVERNMENT [Captioner] 22:55:51 FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 22:55:55 SO THEY RECOMMEND A 16.7%? [Captioner] 22:55:59 >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE MINIMUM BEST [Captioner] 22:56:02 PRACTICE. >> Councilmember Campbell: AND THAT'S [Captioner] 22:56:05 TWO MONTHS OF OPERATING ECK PEPS FOR EXPENSES, RIGHT? [Captioner] 22:56:08 >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S CORRECT. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION [Captioner] 22:56:11 THAT I DIDN'T SEE BEFORE WAS, OH, [Captioner] 22:56:15 THIS $15 MILLION TRANSFER FOR THIS [Captioner] 22:56:19 UNFUNDED LEAVE LIABILITY, THIS WOULD BE NEW, [Captioner] 22:56:22 RIGHT? >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S CORRECT. WE DON'T CURRENTLY [Captioner] 22:56:25 HAVE ANY FUNDS SET ASIDE TO ADDRESS THAT LIABILITY. >> Councilmember [Captioner] 22:56:28 Campbell: OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF [Captioner] 22:56:32 THAT? >> Mr. Persselin: SO WE REPORT EACH [Captioner] 22:56:34 YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WE [Captioner] 22:56:38 DO SOME ANALYSIS. BASICALLY [Captioner] 22:56:41 IT'S $13.5 MILLION AS OF THE END OF LAST YEAR. [Captioner] 22:56:45 WE'RE RECOMMENDING $15 MILLION BECAUSE WE KNOW [Captioner] 22:56:48 EACH YEAR EMPLOYEES USELESS [Captioner] 22:56:51 LEAVE THAN THEY'VE ACTUALLY EARNED, SO [Captioner] 22:56:54 THERE'S AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN THE HOURS, [Captioner] 22:56:58 AND THEN THE VALUE OF THOSE HOURS INCREASES [Captioner] 22:57:02 EACH YEAR BY THE COMPENSATION CHANGE. [Captioner] 22:57:06 SO FOR THE CURRENT YEAR [Captioner] 22:57:09 , THE COMPENSATION INCREASES [Captioner] 22:57:12 ARE EITHER 5% OR [Captioner] 22:57:15 6%, DEPENDING ON WHICH BARGAINING UNIT [Captioner] 22:57:18 YOU'RE IN. >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT THAT WOULD MEAN [Captioner] 22:57:22 THAT IF YOU PAY AS YOU GO, IT WOULD [Captioner] 22:57:25 BE DEPLETED IN A YEAR. [Captioner] 22:57:29 >> Mr. Persselin: SO THE $1.4 MILLION THAT I REFERRED TO IS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 22:57:32 WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN THE [Captioner] 22:57:34 GENERAL FUND ON A PAY AS YOU GO BASIS. [Captioner] 22:57:37 SO WE'RE BASICALLY CASHING PEOPLE [Captioner] 22:57:41 OUT IN THE CURRENT PRACTICE. AND WHAT WE [Captioner] 22:57:44 REALLY WANT TO BE DOING IS SETTING ASIDE FUNDS THAT WE [Captioner] 22:57:48 CAN THEN CASH PEOPLE OUT OF [Captioner] 22:57:51 AND THE SMALLER AMOUNT EACH YEAR THAT REPRESENTS [Captioner] 22:57:54 THE EARNED BUT UNUSED LEAVE WOULD THEN [Captioner] 22:57:57 GET TRANSFERRED. SO THE OPERATING FUNDS WOULD ACTUALLY [Captioner] 22:58:01 SAVE MONEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. [Captioner] 22:58:06 >> RIGHT. AND THEN THAT LEAVE IS CAPPED, THOUGH, [Captioner] 22:58:09 SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU COULD ONLY EARN 200 HOURS [Captioner] 22:58:12 AND YOU HAVE 200 HOURS ON THE BOOKS, [Captioner] 22:58:15 YOU CAN'T EARN ANY MORING? >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S [Captioner] 22:58:19 CORRECT, YOU CAN'T EARN [Captioner] 22:58:22 ANY MORE BUT AGAIN IF YOU -- [Captioner] 22:58:23 IN YOUR FIRST FEW YEARS OF SERVICE WITH [Captioner] 22:58:26 THE CITY, THEN YOU HAVE A 25-YEAR CAREER, WHEN YOU CASH OUT, [Captioner] 22:58:30 THOSE 200 HOURS WILL GET CASHED OUT AT WHATEVER [Captioner] 22:58:33 YOUR ENDING PAY WAS. SO THE VALUE [Captioner] 22:58:37 INCREASES ON A COMPOUNDED [Captioner] 22:58:41 BASIS. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. SO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF [Captioner] 22:58:44 THESE THREE THINGS, IT'S ABOUT [Captioner] 22:58:48 $43.2 MILLION OUT OF THE 75 -- [Captioner] 22:58:53 74.5, AND SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING A LITTLE OVER $30 MILLION [Captioner] 22:58:56 TO COME BACK TO US AS [Captioner] 22:58:59 PERHAPS GOING INTO THE UN [Captioner] 22:59:03 UNCERTAINTY? >> Mr. Persselin: WE'RE NOT MAKING A [Captioner] 22:59:07 RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY RESERVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE [Captioner] 22:59:08 GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. [Captioner] 22:59:12 AS I ALLUDED TO IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE WILL BE COMING BACK LATER IN [Captioner] 22:59:14 THE YEAR WITH THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WITHIN THE NEXT [Captioner] 22:59:18 FEW MONTHS, WITH A RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO [Captioner] 22:59:21 USING A PORTION TO PRE-PAY OR TO [Captioner] 22:59:24 ESSENTIALLY PAY OFF A PORTION OF THE CITY'S DEBT. THAT WILL [Captioner] 22:59:28 PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF $17 MILLION. [Captioner] 22:59:31 >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT YOU HAVE $30 MILLION TO PLAY WITH? >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S [Captioner] 22:59:33 CORRECT. AND I'M DEFINITELY NOT PLAYING WITH IT. [Captioner] 22:59:37 >> Councilmember Campbell: WELL, NOT LITERALLY. THAT WAS FIGURATIVELY. [Captioner] 22:59:42 >> Mr. Persselin: I UNDERSTAND. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO [Captioner] 22:59:46 ABOUT THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT, BECAUSE THAT [Captioner] 22:59:48 WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND, [Captioner] 22:59:51 DO WE NOT HAVE A SEPARATE [Captioner] 22:59:54 FUND THAT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH BOND DOLLARS? [Captioner] 22:59:58 >> Mr. Persselin: SO THE CITY [Captioner] 23:00:02 OF FREMONT, IN THE PAST, HAS ISSUED BONDS [Captioner] 23:00:05 TO PAY FOR PROJECTS. [Captioner] 23:00:09 WE HAVE PAID FOR ALL THOSE PROJECTS. WE HAVE [Captioner] 23:00:12 NO MORE BOND MONEY. WE [Captioner] 23:00:15 ARE PAYING DEBT SERVICE ON THOSE [Captioner] 23:00:18 BONDS, SO WE DO HAVE DEBT [Captioner] 23:00:20 SERVICE FUNDS THAT WE USE FOR PAYING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. [Captioner] 23:00:24 BUT WE HAVE NO MORE BOND MONEY TO SPEND. [Captioner] 23:00:29 >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT DIDN'T WE EARN INTEREST ON THOSE BONDS SO THAT [Captioner] 23:00:33 YOU HAVE AN INTEREST ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 23:00:36 TO PAY THAT DEBT [Captioner] 23:00:39 ON? >> Mr. Persselin: SO WHEN WE ISSUE [Captioner] 23:00:43 BONDS, WE RECEIVE THE MONEY AND PUT IT [Captioner] 23:00:45 IN A BOND PROJECT FUND THAT [Captioner] 23:00:47 IS SEGREGATED FROM ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS [Captioner] 23:00:51 BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY. [Captioner] 23:00:55 EARNINGS, INTEREST EARNINGS ON THOSE BOND [Captioner] 23:00:58 PROCEEDS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE BOND PROCEEDS [Captioner] 23:01:07 SO THEY HAVE TO BE [Captioner] 23:01:10 USED FOR THE PURPOSE. WE DID [Captioner] 23:01:13 EARN INTEREST, BUT THOSE INTEREST EARNINGS [Captioner] 23:01:16 WERE ALSO SPENT ON THOSE PROJECTS. SO ALL OF THAT MONEY IS [Captioner] 23:01:21 GONE IT MAY BE [Captioner] 23:01:26 THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S KNOWN AS A DEBT [Captioner] 23:01:29 SERVICE RESERVE FUND. SO FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF [Captioner] 23:01:32 BOND ISSUANCE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE [Captioner] 23:01:35 HAVE TWO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS, FOR WHICH [Captioner] 23:01:38 WE HAVE ISSUED BONDS [Captioner] 23:01:41 . [Captioner] 23:01:46 THOSE BONDS WERE ISSUED, OR THOSE BOND [Captioner] 23:01:49 PROCEEDS WERE USED NOT ONLY TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT, [Captioner] 23:01:52 PROJECTS, BUT ALSO TO FUND [Captioner] 23:01:56 WHAT IS CALLED THE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND AND THAT [Captioner] 23:01:59 DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND IS BASICALLY SECURITY FOR [Captioner] 23:02:02 BOND HOLDERS, IF IN FACT [Captioner] 23:02:05 THERE IS PROBLEM WITH REPAYMENT IN THE FUTURE THERE IS MONEYS SITTING [Captioner] 23:02:09 WITH A BOND TRUSTEE, A FISCAL AGENT, A BANK [Captioner] 23:02:12 IN THE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND THAT CAN BE USED [Captioner] 23:02:15 TO PAY DEBT SERVICE. SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE [Captioner] 23:02:18 WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO. WHEN WE ISSUE [Captioner] 23:02:21 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR WHEN WE ISSUE LEASE REVENUE [Captioner] 23:02:25 BONDS WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND SO [Captioner] 23:02:28 WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. >> Councilmember Campbell: AND [Captioner] 23:02:31 SO THEREFORE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE DEBT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND [Captioner] 23:02:35 FUND? [Captioner] 23:02:39 >> FOR OUR BONDS [Captioner] 23:02:42 WHERE THE VOTERS VOTED [Captioner] 23:02:45 TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY TAX, THOSE PROPERTY TAX [Captioner] 23:02:49 DOLLARS ARE USED TO PAY GENERAL [Captioner] 23:02:52 OBLIGATION BONDS BUT AS YOU SAID FOR THE LEASE REVENUE BONDS [Captioner] 23:02:55 THOSE ARE PAID FROM ULTIMATELY THE GENERAL FUND [Captioner] 23:02:58 . >> Councilmember Campbell: SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS. [Captioner] 23:03:03 >> David Persselin: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 23:03:06 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: NEXT QUESTIONS FROM [Captioner] 23:03:09 VICE MAYOR KENG. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR [Captioner] 23:03:12 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND UPDATE. [Captioner] 23:03:15 SO I JUST DID SOME QUICK MATH HERE. [Captioner] 23:03:18 SO OUR ESTIMATE OF -- [Captioner] 23:03:22 ESTIMATES OF INCREASE OF [Captioner] 23:03:25 ONE TWO THREE FOUR INCOME SOURCES TOTALED [Captioner] 23:03:29 ABOUT $54 MUCH 6 [Captioner] 23:03:32 MILLION IS THAT ALL OF THE INCREASE RIGHT [Captioner] 23:03:36 ? >> David Persselin: YES. >> Vice Mayor Keng: AND FROM [Captioner] 23:03:39 THAT WE'RE HOPING TO APPROVE A TRANSFER OF 43 [Captioner] 23:03:42 .5 MILLION OF THAT ESTIMATE? >> David Persselin: CORRECT [Captioner] 23:03:46 . >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO IT'S ABOUT AN [Captioner] 23:03:50 80%-ISH OF THAT ESTIMATE OF INCREASE THAT [Captioner] 23:03:53 WE'RE TRYING TO ALLOCATE RIGHT NOW? >> David Persselin: [Captioner] 23:03:56 THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. >> Vice Mayor Keng: SO IS [Captioner] 23:03:59 THERE -- ARE WE GOING TO DO LIKE A -- BECAUSE WE'RE DOING [Captioner] 23:04:02 LIKE A WHOLE TRANSFER RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 23:04:06 . AND SO IS THE TRANSFER HAPPENING RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 23:04:10 , BEFORE WE HAVE -- BEFORE [Captioner] 23:04:13 WE REALIZE ALL OF THESE TAXES, OR WHEN IS [Captioner] 23:04:16 THAT TAKING PLACE? >> David Persselin: SO AS I [Captioner] 23:04:19 ALLUDED TO EARLIER, [Captioner] 23:04:22 WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED $27 MILLION MORE THAN WE HAD [Captioner] 23:04:26 ANTICIPATED ALONE IN JUST THE SALES TAMP REVENUE [Captioner] 23:04:30 TAX REVENUE. THE $13 MILLION [Captioner] 23:04:33 IN EXPENDITURE SAVINGS THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING [Captioner] 23:04:36 WE'RE FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN THE FISCAL YEAR NOW [Captioner] 23:04:40 THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE SEE. [Captioner] 23:04:45 AND THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE [Captioner] 23:04:48 TALKED ABOUT, THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE [Captioner] 23:04:51 HOTEL TAX, THOSE WE'RE [Captioner] 23:04:54 FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT AS WELL. [Captioner] 23:04:57 SO, YOU KNOW, AND AS I ALLUDED TO [Captioner] 23:05:00 THAT STILL LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 30 SOMETHING [Captioner] 23:05:03 MILLION DOLLARS TODAY THAT WOULD STILL BE UNALLOCATED [Captioner] 23:05:07 . SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ABSORB [Captioner] 23:05:10 SOME RISK IF FOR SOME REASON EITHER WE WERE [Captioner] 23:05:13 VERY FORTUNATE AND WERE ABLE TO FILL A LOT OF VACANCY [Captioner] 23:05:16 IES REAL QUICKLY OR ALTERNATIVELILY [Captioner] 23:05:19 IF REVENUES DROPPED. >> Vice Mayor Keng: THANK YOU [Captioner] 23:05:23 FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I THINK THAT THE GET [Captioner] 23:05:26 TING MORE CLARITY WHEN WE'RE APPROVING THIS DECISION. [Captioner] 23:05:28 THANK YOU. >> David Persselin: YES, THE [Captioner] 23:05:31 OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT YOU MAY RECALL WHEN [Captioner] 23:05:34 WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET WE, BECAUSE OF ALL THE UNCERTAINTY [Captioner] 23:05:37 WE WERE FACING AT THAT TIME, INCLUDING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, [Captioner] 23:05:41 WE ACTUALLY KEPT ABOUT $21 [Captioner] 23:05:44 MILLION AS UNALLOCATED, UNRESERVED [Captioner] 23:05:47 FUND BALANCE, IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET [Captioner] 23:05:51 . THAT AMOUNT HAS DROPPED TO AROUND $17 [Captioner] 23:05:54 MILLION, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF [Captioner] 23:05:57 THE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE LABOR AGREEMENTS. [Captioner] 23:06:00 SO THAT $17 MILLION IS ALSO PART [Captioner] 23:06:03 OF THAT PROJECTED ENDING $74 [Captioner] 23:06:06 .5 MILLION THAT YOU SEE. SO WE KNOW WE HAVE [Captioner] 23:06:10 THAT IN THE BANK AS WELL. [Captioner] 23:06:13 >> Vice Mayor Keng: SOUNDS GOOD, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 23:06:16 THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 23:06:22 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 23:06:25 WELL, IT'S GETTING LATE AND I JUST HAD ONE SIMPLE QUESTION [Captioner] 23:06:28 . AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DETAIL, [Captioner] 23:06:31 YOU JUST ROLL IT AND DO IT SO WELL WITH THE [Captioner] 23:06:34 NUMBERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE [Captioner] 23:06:39 ARE FISCAL RESPONSIBLE AND [Captioner] 23:06:42 ALSO TRANSPARENT. IN LIGHT OF THE WEATHER, I KNOW [Captioner] 23:06:45 THAT WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE [Captioner] 23:06:49 CITY MANAGER TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ORDERS [Captioner] 23:06:52 FOR THE STORMS HAD A WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING [Captioner] 23:06:56 , IS THERE ANY WORD YET ON [Captioner] 23:06:59 FUNDING COMING TO US, TO REIMBURSE US FOR ANY OF [Captioner] 23:07:02 THE STORM DAMAGE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE [Captioner] 23:07:06 CITY? AND I KNOW WE'RE STILL GETTING E-MAILS ABOUT POTHOLES [Captioner] 23:07:09 AND THINGS IN THE ROAD THAT STILL NEED [Captioner] 23:07:12 TO BE REPAIRED AND TREES DOWN. IS THERE ANY [Captioner] 23:07:16 CONSIDERATION YOU HAD TO THAT [Captioner] 23:07:20 ? >> David Persselin: YES, SO WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS [Captioner] 23:07:23 AN EMERGENCY DECLARED BOTH AT THE FEDERAL [Captioner] 23:07:26 LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, THAT THERE ARE FEMA [Captioner] 23:07:30 FUNDS AVAILABLE TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR COSTS THAT [Captioner] 23:07:33 WE INCURRED FOR, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 23:07:37 BOTH REPAIRING DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WEATHER [Captioner] 23:07:42 AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER COSTS THAT WE HAD TO INCUR [Captioner] 23:07:45 TO ASSIST MEMBERS [Captioner] 23:07:48 OF THE COMMUNITY. OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER [Captioner] 23:07:51 IS WORKING WITH SOME OF MY STAFF AND THEN STAFF [Captioner] 23:07:54 FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RESPONDED AROUND THE CITY TO [Captioner] 23:07:59 COLLECT EXPENDITURE INFORMATION AND WE'LL BE PUTTING [Captioner] 23:08:02 TOGETHER A REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST TO [Captioner] 23:08:06 FEMA SIMILAR TO THE REQUESTS THAT WE PUT FORWARD AFTER COVID [Captioner] 23:08:09 . SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT AT LEAST SOME PORTION OF [Captioner] 23:08:12 WHAT WE'VE SPENT WILL BE REIMBURSED [Captioner] 23:08:16 . >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY A [Captioner] 23:08:19 TIME LINE JUST YET, SINCE IT'S JUST KIND OF GATHERING [Captioner] 23:08:22 THE INFORMATION NOW, AND WE KNOW THE BUDGET ALWAYS KIND OF [Captioner] 23:08:25 TAKES PLACE THAT LAST MONTH, IN JUNE. SO IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 23:08:29 SOMETIME PROBABLY AFTER JUNE I WOULD ANTICIPATE GETTING THE [Captioner] 23:08:33 REIMBURSEMENT. IS THAT [Captioner] 23:08:36 -- >> David Persselin: YES, I WOULD ANTICIPATE IT WOULD BE A [Captioner] 23:08:39 WHILE, GIVEN THAT FEMA IS WORKING THROUGH ITS [Captioner] 23:08:42 COVID BACKLOG. I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING [Captioner] 23:08:46 THE WAY FEMA WORKS IS YOU SUBMIT YOUR [Captioner] 23:08:49 REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST, AND THEN FEMA [Captioner] 23:08:52 STAFF START REVIEWING THE REQUEST AND THEY COME BACK AND ASK [Captioner] 23:08:55 FOR CLARIFICATION OR FOR MORE DETAIL OR MORE [Captioner] 23:08:58 DOCUMENTATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I'M STILL [Captioner] 23:09:01 RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, I JUST RESPONDED TO ONE [Captioner] 23:09:05 LAST WEEK, ON OUR COVID REIMBURSEMENT [Captioner] 23:09:08 . SO I SUSPECT IT WILL BE A FAIRLY LENGTHY PROCESS [Captioner] 23:09:11 . >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, AND I KNOW THAT [Captioner] 23:09:15 WITH THE RESERVES WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER US UNTIL THE [Captioner] 23:09:20 REIMBURSEMENT CHECKS COME BACK IN. [Captioner] 23:09:22 >> David Persselin: THAT'S CORRECT. [Captioner] 23:09:24 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. [Captioner] 23:09:27 I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE -- WHAT IS THIS, THE [Captioner] 23:09:30 PROPOSED, THE MID YEAR 2022-20 [Captioner] 23:09:34 23 [Captioner] 23:09:38 PHYSICAL YEAR BUDGET REPORT, ACCEPTED. [Captioner] 23:09:41 AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [Captioner] 23:09:45 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WE HAVE TO STILT SEE IF THERE ARE [Captioner] 23:09:48 ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT [Captioner] 23:09:52 . >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHAT I WAS [Captioner] 23:09:55 -- DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THAT'S OKAY [Captioner] 23:09:59 , I WANT SPEAKERS, WHO ARE IN THE ROOM [Captioner] 23:10:02 OR THOSE WHO ARE ON ZOOM TO WANT TO ADDRESS [Captioner] 23:10:05 THE MID YEAR BUDGET TO EITHER DO SO BY PRESSING THE [Captioner] 23:10:09 RAISE HAND ICON OR DIALING STAR 9 [Captioner] 23:10:13 . CNLT [Captioner] 23:10:17 >> Alberto Quintanilla: WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM [Captioner] 23:10:19 . H LEANG. >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 23:10:23 I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP [Captioner] 23:10:26 ONE ITEM. THIS CITY COUNCIL MAYBE RECALL [Captioner] 23:10:29 , YOU STARTED TWO [Captioner] 23:10:33 RED LIGHT CAMERA AT AUTO MALL INTERSECTION [Captioner] 23:10:36 , THE DECISION WAS CONTROVERSIAL AND AT THAT TIME [Captioner] 23:10:39 , THE MERCURY NEWS [Captioner] 23:10:42 , RIGHT WHEN YOU EXPAND FOR THAT [Captioner] 23:10:46 RED LIGHT CAMERA IS [Captioner] 23:10:49 $1.1 MILLION. AND [Captioner] 23:10:52 BASED ON MY SIMPLE LEAN YEAR EXPLANATION WE [Captioner] 23:10:56 HAVE 12 CAMERA, IS WORK OUT ROUGHLY ABOUT $5 [Captioner] 23:10:59 MILLION AND UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT [Captioner] 23:11:02 FIND THIS NUMBER FROM FISCAL YEAR 22- [Captioner] 23:11:06 23 BREAKDOWN. SO JUST FOR MY OWN KIND OF [Captioner] 23:11:09 CURIOSITY, IS HOW ACTUALLY [Captioner] 23:11:12 THE RED LIGHT CAMERA IMPACT THE [Captioner] 23:11:15 CITY REVENUE. YOU CAN SEE ON [Captioner] 23:11:19 THE ONE SPECK THRUM LIKE [Captioner] 23:11:22 HAYWARD, AND BECAUSE THIS IS [Captioner] 23:11:26 A PROGRAM THEY ACTUALLY REMOVE THE CAMERA BUT YOU [Captioner] 23:11:29 CAN ALSO SEE ACTUALLY SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. [Captioner] 23:11:32 THIS IS KIND OF A [Captioner] 23:11:36 WRAP AROUND PROGRAM SO I AM CURIOUS [Captioner] 23:11:39 TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT KIND OF REVENUE WE ARE TAKING FROM THE [Captioner] 23:11:41 RED LIGHT CAMERA. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 23:11:44 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. IS THAT THE ONLY SPEAKER WE HAVE [Captioner] 23:11:47 THIS EVENING? >> Alberto Quintanilla: NO [Captioner] 23:11:51 OTHER SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Mei: I'M NOT SURE THAT [Captioner] 23:11:55 DIRECTOR PERSSELIN HAS THAT [Captioner] 23:11:58 FIGURE. IT'S ALSO THE IMPACT AND [Captioner] 23:12:02 I DON'T THINK UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENING WE HAVE CHIEF WASHINGTON [Captioner] 23:12:05 ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT ARE ABLE TO [Captioner] 23:12:11 , I'M NOT SURE YOU DELVED [Captioner] 23:12:14 DOWN TO THAT LEVEL, I KNOW WHEN WE GO THROUGH [Captioner] 23:12:18 OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR OVERALL BUDGET NEXT COUPLE [Captioner] 23:12:20 OF MONTHS WE WILL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. [Captioner] 23:12:24 >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE DO GET DOWN [Captioner] 23:12:27 INTO THE DETAIL OF WHAT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS ARE [Captioner] 23:12:30 . BUT I WOS EMPHASIZE THAT THE RED [Captioner] 23:12:34 LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY [Captioner] 23:12:37 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES. IT IS NOT PRIMARILY FOR [Captioner] 23:12:39 REVENUE PURPOSES. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 23:12:43 I'LL REALLY QUICKLY GO THROUGH MY COMMENTS [Captioner] 23:12:45 . I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. [Captioner] 23:12:48 I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW PEOPLE WHEN WE DID [Captioner] 23:12:52 OUR BUDGET A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 23:12:55 SALES TAX THAT WE GOT FOR AUTO SALES, WE WERE [Captioner] 23:12:58 WORRIED ABOUT THE DECLINE AND SO THEREFORE WE HAD [Captioner] 23:13:01 PUT TOGETHER SOME MORE FUNDING INTO THE UNANTICIPATED [Captioner] 23:13:05 IMPACT. AND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE PRUDENT THOUGHT PROCESS [Captioner] 23:13:08 OF KEEPING TWO LINES OF BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR THIS [Captioner] 23:13:11 , IT HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY WHEN WE HIT THE COVID [Captioner] 23:13:14 AND DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT THE SERVICES NEARLY AS DEEP AS WE [Captioner] 23:13:17 THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE TO. I ALSO APPRECIATE [Captioner] 23:13:20 THE QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, REGARDING [Captioner] 23:13:24 THE ARPA FUNDS AND HOW WE'VE [Captioner] 23:13:27 BEEN UTILIZING THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO BACKFILL THE [Captioner] 23:13:30 CRITICAL SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO PUBLIC TO [Captioner] 23:13:33 KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT ASIDE AND WIED [Captioner] 23:13:36 MADE SOME TRUE [Captioner] 23:13:40 SERVICES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, FOR LIABILITY [Captioner] 23:13:43 , I BELIEVE IF I'M CORRECT FOR THE $10 MILLION [Captioner] 23:13:46 WE SET ASIDE WE'RE SAVING [Captioner] 23:13:50 $1 MILLION A YEAR IS THAT CORRECT [Captioner] 23:13:53 ? >> David Persselin: THAT'S CORRECT, THE $10 MILLION WE MADE [Captioner] 23:13:56 ADDITIONALLY FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE, [Captioner] 23:13:59 IS RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION A [Captioner] 23:14:02 YEAR SAVINGS GOING FORWARD. >> Mayor Mei: AND THAT'S KIND [Captioner] 23:14:05 OF WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS FROM THE DISCUSSION OF DOING THE [Captioner] 23:14:09 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE [Captioner] 23:14:12 BUDGET LAST TIME, WE DIDN'T PUT TOGETHER FULLY THE IMPACT [Captioner] 23:14:15 OF THE INCREASE OF THE SALARIES AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEAVE THAT'S [Captioner] 23:14:18 GOING TO HELP US OFFSET THAT. I THINK THAT [Captioner] 23:14:21 THE RISK MANAGEMENT OBVIOUSLY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS THAT [Captioner] 23:14:24 WE DO NEED TO BACKFILL [Captioner] 23:14:28 THAT JUST TO BE PRUDENT AND FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM [Captioner] 23:14:30 HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS [Captioner] 23:14:33 THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. AND I KNOW THAT WE DO GET AN UPDATE [Captioner] 23:14:37 EVERY YEAR FOR THE PCI WHICH IS THE [Captioner] 23:14:40 PAVEMENT INDEX AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE WHEN WE COMPARE TO SO MANY [Captioner] 23:14:43 OTHER CITIES, BEING THE SECOND LARGEST IN LAND [Captioner] 23:14:46 SIZE THE AMOUNT OF ROADS THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE AND THE [Captioner] 23:14:49 OTHER EFFORTS WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR SMART SIGNALING IN [Captioner] 23:14:52 OTHER AREAS FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE OUR SAFE [Captioner] 23:14:56 ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPLEMENTING 500 CHANGES IN THE [Captioner] 23:14:59 LAST TWO YEARS I THINK OR COUPLE OF YEARS HAS [Captioner] 23:15:02 BEEN INCREDIBLY NEEDED. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO [Captioner] 23:15:05 CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, I KNOW THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE OF CONVERSATION [Captioner] 23:15:08 S WHEN IT COMES TO CIP PROGRAM NEXT WEEK [Captioner] 23:15:12 . AND THEN FINALLY ALSO FOR THE [Captioner] 23:15:15 VACANCIES, I KNOW THAT WE'VE RUN VERY LEAN BUT [Captioner] 23:15:18 WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE [Captioner] 23:15:21 DEMONSTRATE RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOKED AT OUR POSTINGS [Captioner] 23:15:24 ON LINKED IN AND OTHER AREAS WE ARE TRYING [Captioner] 23:15:27 VERY ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW TO RECRUIT TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS [Captioner] 23:15:31 AND THAT IS MY GOAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE [Captioner] 23:15:34 ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT AND VACANCIES ARE THINGS WE SHOULD BE ABLE [Captioner] 23:15:37 TO TRY TO FILL, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE SERVICE [Captioner] 23:15:40 AREAS. SAFETY, PLANNING AND PERMITTING WE TALKED [Captioner] 23:15:43 THIS EVENING ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP PEOPLE AND ONE OF THE AREAS IS TO [Captioner] 23:15:46 BUILD THE HOMES AND BUILD THE HOUSING [Captioner] 23:15:49 THAT'S NEEDED ESPECIALLY I KNOW IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING AT TIMES, [Captioner] 23:15:53 WE ALSO HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WE LOOK AT FOR HOME [Captioner] 23:15:56 LESSNESS AND OTHER RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN PUT [Captioner] 23:15:59 ASIDE FOR THAT, I'D BE VERY [Captioner] 23:16:02 SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. IT'S NOT TO OPEN THE [Captioner] 23:16:05 PANDORA'S BOX ON THAT BUT WE [Captioner] 23:16:09 GET QUESTIONS ABOUT TREES AND SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE [Captioner] 23:16:12 THAT, AGING AND SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS [Captioner] 23:16:16 . I SAW THAT WE HAD A MOTION AND I THINK WE HAVE A [Captioner] 23:16:18 SECOND FROM -- >> Councilmember Campbell: SECOND. [Captioner] 23:16:23 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Campbell: OH. [Captioner] 23:16:26 >> Mayor Mei: [Captioner] 23:16:30 SHE WAS ALREADY ON THE DAIS. SHE WAS [Captioner] 23:16:32 TRYING TO SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. CAN WE PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 23:16:37 THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 23:16:41 AND WE THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR THEIR HELP IN THIS AREA [Captioner] 23:16:46 . [Captioner] 23:16:51 AND IT'S I THINK THAT WHILE WE NORMALLY HAVE [Captioner] 23:16:54 AN UPDATE UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING [Captioner] 23:16:57 CRITICAL THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE FROM A COMMITTEE, [Captioner] 23:17:01 I SAY AT THIS TIME, WE THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING [Captioner] 23:17:04 US THIS EVENING, [Captioner] 23:17:07 THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED