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OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY THE GREAT


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RESTAURANTS HERE IN THE CITY OF


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FREMONT.


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OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO


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TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY


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COLLEAGUES.


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RAFAEL ALVARADO, CITY ATTORNEY.


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SUSAN GAUTHIER, CITY CLERK.


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AND ALBERTO QUINTANILLA, ASSISTANT 

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CITY


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CLERK, WHO WILL BE ASSISTING US THIS


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EVENING.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE


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CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, AND THEY'RE


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TYPICALLY PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE


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AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON A


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CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BY RAISING THEIR


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HAND OR CLICKING ON THE "RAISE HAND


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ICON" OR IF CALLING IN, BY PRESSING


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STAR NINE.


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DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE ANY MEMBERS 

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OF


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THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM 

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ON


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THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND WHICH AGENDA


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ITEM DO THEY WISH TO COMMENT ON?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: ITEM 2D HAS A HAND


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RAISED IN ZOOM AND WE HAVE EIGHT 

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SPEAKER


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CARDS ON THE SAME ITEM.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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THANK YOU.


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AS A REMINDER, CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS


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PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL 

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BE


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HEARD AFTER THE AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC


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COMMUNICATIONS FOR


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NON-AGENDIZED ITEM SO AT THIS TIME,


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN


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OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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ON


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ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THE 

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ONES


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NOT BEING PULLED, WE'LL DO THEM


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AFTERWARDS.


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SO DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING YOU


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WANT TO PULL?


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THEN DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE


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CONSENT EXCLUDING 2D?


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>> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVED.


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>> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER


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COX AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER 

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SALWAN.


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THIS IS FOR ITEM -- THE ONLY ONE LEFT 

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WE


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HAVE IS 2C.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: 2A.


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>> Mayor Mei: NO, 2C IS THE ONE WE'RE


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VOTING ON RIGHT NOW.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: AND 2A, WAIVING THE


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READING OF THE ORDINANCE.


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>> Mayor Mei: YES.


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BECAUSE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WE HAVE


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NONE.


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SO THANK YOU.


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PLEASE VOTE.


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AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES


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UNANIMOUSLY.


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NEXT ON OUR --


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE


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MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: READ THE ORDINANCE?


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THANK YOU.


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK YOU.


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THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY


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THE COUNCIL.


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IT IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF


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FREMONT AMENDING TITLE 18 CHAPTER


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18.200, FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION OF THE


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FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE


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DEFINITIONS, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS


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RELATED TO BOTH DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF


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PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, AND A ZONING


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MAP AMENDMENT TO REZONE CERTAIN 

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PROPERTY


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WITHIN THE CITY TO PROVIDE CONFORMITY


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WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP.


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THANK YOU, MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING 

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IS


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 CEREMONIAL ITEMS, AND THE


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FIRST ONE IS ITEM 3A, A PROCLAMATION 

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OF


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ARTS, CULTURE & CREATIVITY MONTH.


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FOR APRIL 2023.


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AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY "FREMONT


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CREATES."


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DO WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION HERE?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE THEM ALL.


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>> Mayor Mei: PERFECT.


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I'LL MEET YOU DOWN THERE, THEN.


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SO GOOD EVENING.


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I'D LIKE TO SHARE A PROCLAMATION ON


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BEHALF OF ARTS, CULTURE & CREATIVITY


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MONTH FOR APRIL, 2023.


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AND I BELIEVE JOINING ME TODAY IS JUDY


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GILSON AND CONNIE CHEW OF THE FREMONT


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CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL.


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AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT 

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AND


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CONNIE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT.


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SO WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT 

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SUPPORTS


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AND CELEBRATES ARTS AND CREATIVITY IN


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FREMONT AS ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY 

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WITH 


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THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES FOR THE


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BETTER, HEAL, BUILD COMMUNITY ENGAGE


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YOUTH, ADVANCE JUSTICE AND CREATE JOBS; 

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AND 


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WHEREAS, THE ARTS POSITIVELY IMPACT


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SOCIETAL ISSUES INCLUDING HEALTH, 

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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL 


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WELLNESS, HOUSING, EDUCATION, 


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IMMIGRATION, VETERANS, TRANSPORTATION,


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AND SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND 

[Captioner] 19:09:35



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WHEREAS, IN 2019, CALIFORNIANS FOR THE


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ARTS SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED THE 

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CALIFORNIA

[Captioner] 19:09:45
 


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LEGISLATURE TO RECOGNIZE APRIL AS ARTS


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CULTURE AND CREATIVITY MONTH AND IN 2021


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AN ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES


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ARTISTS AS SECOND RESPONDERS; AND 


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WHEREAS, “FREMONT CREATES,” LED BY A


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CONSORTIUM OF FREMONT ART ASSOCIATIONS,


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ARTISTS AND GROUPS, IS PLANNING A MONTH-LONG 


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SPOTLIGHT ON ARTS AND CULTURE TO PROVIDE


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FOR COMMUNITY APPRECIATION OF AND INVOLVEMENT 


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IN THE ARTS, RAISE VISIBILITY AND


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AWARENESS, EMPOWER ARTS ADVOCATES TO


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TAKE ACTION, AND SPUR GREATER


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INVESTMENTS IN THE ARTS; AND WHEREAS,


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“FREMONT CREATES” IS EXCITED TO PARTNER


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WITH MANY MORE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND


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ARTISTS’ EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH


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THE PROGRAM. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 


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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT


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DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM ANNUALLY THE MONTH


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OF APRIL AS ARTS CULTURE & CREATIVITY MONTH 


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IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING


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ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE THE 


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COMMUNITY IN THE AREAS OF ARTS AND


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CULTURE AND ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO


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CELEBRATE THE POWER OF THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.


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SO CONGRATULATIONS, JULIE AND CONNIE.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND COUNCIL.


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I'M PLEASED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ALL ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 

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ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN FREMONT.


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I'M HAPPY TO SEE SEVERAL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED HERE AND ON 

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ZOOM TONIGHT.


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AND WE ARE CELEBRATING ARTS CULTURE AND CREATIVITY THIS MONTH IN AN EXPANDED 

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WAY HERE IN FREMONT.


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AS MENTIONED IN THE  PROCLAMATION, "FREMONT CREATES" IS A CONSORTIUM OF 

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THESE ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH MANY EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE MONTH 

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OF APRIL.


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IF YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, FREMONTCREATES.COM, THERE'S A CALENDAR 

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WITH ALL THESE EVENT, MORE ARE BEING ADDED.


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MANY ARE FOR CHILDREN, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO ATTEND SOMETHING NEW, 

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FIND OUT ABOUT OUR ARTISTS.


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ART CONNECTS US, IT MAKES US A COMMUNITY, PROVIDES HEALING, AND ALL 

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THE OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SO PROCLAIMED.


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THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU
AGAIN.


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I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE SOME TIME


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TO JOIN US.


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ALSO REGARDING THE ARTS, DURING


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THIS TIME PERIOD WE HAVE A LOT


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OF YOUTH AWARENESS AND ONE OF


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THE BEST ONES ALSO IS OUR YOUTH


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DO A MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS ART


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CONTEST AND I'M VERY PROUD TO


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SEE THAT EVERY YEAR WITH OUR
STUDENTS.


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NEXT IS OUR 21ST ANNUAL MARCH


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FOR MEALS MONTH, WHICH IS MARCH
OF 2023.


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AND I BELIEVE THAT DEEPA


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CHORDIYA IS THE OUTREACH MANAGER


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FOR LIFE ELDERCARE.


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YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND


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JOIN US.


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AND IT'S SOMETHING -- NICE TO


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SEE YOU TOO.


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IT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD THE


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PLEASURE OF JOINING WITH YOU


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MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.


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 WHEREAS, ON MARCH 22, 1972, 


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PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON SIGNED 


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INTO LAW A MEASURE THAT AMENDED


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THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965


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AND ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL


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NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR SENIORS 60


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YEARS AND OLDER; AND WHEREAS,


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MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA 


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ESTABLISHED THE MARCH FOR MEALS 


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CAMPAIGN IN MARCH 2002 TO 


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RECOGNIZE THE HISTORIC MONTH, 


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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OLDER 


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AMERICANS ACT NUTRITION 


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PROGRAMS, BOTH CONGREGATE AND 


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HOME-DELIVERED, AND RAISE 


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AWARENESS ABOUT THE ESCALATING 


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PROBLEM OF SENIOR HUNGER IN 


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AMERICA; AND WHEREAS, THE 2023


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OBSERVANCE OF MARCH FOR MEALS


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CELEBRATES 21 YEARS OF PROVIDING AN 


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OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT MEALS ON 


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WHEELS PROGRAMS THAT DELIVER 


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VITAL AND CRITICAL SERVICES BY 


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DONATING, VOLUNTEERING AND 


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RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SENIOR 


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HUNGER AND ISOLATION; AND 


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WHEREAS, LIFE ELDERCARE, A 


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PROGRAM PROVIDING HOME-DELIVERED 


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MEALS, HAVE SERVED OUR 


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COMMUNITIES ADMIRABLY FOR 48 


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YEARS IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA; 


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AND WHEREAS, VOLUNTEERS FOR LIFE 


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ELDERCARE, A PROGRAM SERVING 


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FREMONT, CALIFORNIA ARE THE 


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BACKBONE OF THE PROGRAM AND THEY 


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NOT ONLY DELIVER NUTRITIOUS 


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MEALS TO SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS 


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WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE AT 


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SIGNIFICANT RISK OF HUNGER AND 


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ISOLATION, BUT ALSO CARING 


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CONCERN AND ATTENTION TO THEIR 


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WELFARE; AND WHEREAS, LIFE 


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ELDERCARE, A PROGRAM SERVING 


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FREMONT, CALIFORNIA PROVIDES 


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NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO SENIORS THAT 


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HELP THEM MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH 


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AND INDEPENDENCE, THEREBY 


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PREVENTING UNNECESSARY FALLS, 


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HOSPITALIZATIONS AND/OR 


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PREMATURE INSTITUTIONALIZATION; 


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AND WHEREAS, LIFE ELDERCARE, A 


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PROGRAM SERVING FREMONT, 


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CALIFORNIA PROVIDE A POWERFUL 


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SOCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITY FOR 


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MILLIONS OF SENIORS TO HELP 


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COMBAT THE NEGATIVE HEALTH 


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EFFECTS AND ECONOMIC 


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CONSEQUENCES OF LONELINESS AND 


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ISOLATION; AND WHEREAS, LIFE 


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ELDERCARE, A PROGRAM SERVING 


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FREMONT, CALIFORNIA DESERVE 


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RECOGNITION FOR THE 


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CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE AND 


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WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TO LOCAL 


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COMMUNITIES, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. 


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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 


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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 


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2023 AS THE 21ST ANNUAL MARCH 


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FOR MEALS MONTH AND URGE EVERY 


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CITIZEN TO TAKE THIS MONTH TO 


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HONOR OUR MEALS ON WHEELS 


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PROGRAMS, THE SENIORS THEY SERVE 


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AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CARE FOR 


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THEM. OUR RECOGNITION OF, AND 


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INVOLVEMENT IN, THE NATIONAL 


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2023 MARCH FOR MEALS CAN ENRICH 


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OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND HELP 


[Captioner] 19:15:41
COMBAT SENIOR HUNGER AND 


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ISOLATION IN AMERICA.


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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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AND I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU


[Captioner] 19:15:43
HERE TODAY.


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AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE,


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I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER


[Captioner] 19:15:47
MEMBERS FROM OTHER CITIES IN THE


[Captioner] 19:15:48
AUDIENCE AND I WANTED TO THANK


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THAT OVER THE YEARS, THIS HAS


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BEEN A JOINT PROJECT, I THINK,


[Captioner] 19:15:52
BETWEEN MULTIPLE CITIES IN THE


[Captioner] 19:15:53
TRI-CITY AREA, SO THANK YOU FOR
THIS.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR
MEI.


[Captioner] 19:16:15
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.


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LIFE ELDERCARE HAS BEEN A VITAL


[Captioner] 19:16:19
PART OF THE FREMONT COMMUNITY
SINCE 1975.


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PROVIDING CRITICAL SUPPORT TO


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ENABLE HOMEBOUND SENIORS TO


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REMAIN CONNECTED TO HEALTH AND


[Captioner] 19:16:25
COMMUNITY, WHILE THEY AGE AT
HOME.


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LAST YEAR LIFE ELDERCARE SERVED


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NEARLY 300 -- 1300 ALAMEDA


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COUNTY SENIORS.


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57% OF THOSE WERE OVER THE AGE
OF 80.


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39% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE FROM


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FREMONT.


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WE SERVED MEALS OND WHEELS


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CLIENTS OVER 100,000, 103,000


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MEALS LAST YEAR.


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TO 570 ELDERS IN THE TRI-CITY


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AREA, OF WHOM 342 OR 60% WERE


[Captioner] 19:16:55
FREMONT RESIDENTS.


[Captioner] 19:16:58
THEY RECEIVED COLLECTIVELY OVER


[Captioner] 19:16:59
61,000 HOME DELIVERED MEAL.


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MEALS-ON-WHEELS MAKES SUCH A


[Captioner] 19:17:02
DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY


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BECAUSE FOR MANY OF OUR CLIENTS,


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THEIR MEALS-ON-WHEELS VOLUNTEER


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IS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THEY


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MAY SEE ALL DAY SO IN ADDITION


[Captioner] 19:17:13
TO DELIVER AGO MEAL WITH A SMILE


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AND A FEW KIND WORDS OUR


[Captioner] 19:17:16
VOLUNTEERS ALSO PROVIDE A


[Captioner] 19:17:17
WELLNESS CHECK FOR EVERY ONE OF


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THOSE VULNERABLE SENIORS WHO


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RECEIVE A MEAL.


[Captioner] 19:17:21
VOLUNTEERS HAVE DISCOVERED


[Captioner] 19:17:24
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND ALERTED


[Captioner] 19:17:25
THE MEALS-ON-WHEELS TEAM AND WE


[Captioner] 19:17:27
WERE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH


[Captioner] 19:17:28
THEIR EMERGENCY CONTACTS AND


[Captioner] 19:17:29
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET MUCH


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NEEDED HELP IN A TIMELY MANNER.


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IF THE VOLUNTEER HADN'T COME


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THAT DAY THERE'S NO TELLING HOW


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LONG THE SENIORS WOULD HAVE


[Captioner] 19:17:38
SUFFERED WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO


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COME AND REALIZE THAT THEY WERE


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IN NEED OF HELP.


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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR


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RECOGNIZING THE VITAL IMPORTANCE


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OF THIS PROGRAM.


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WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK THAT WE


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DO WITHOUT YOUR LONG-TIME
PARTNERSHIP.


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WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR


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SUPPORT OF LIFE ELDERCARE AND


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THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE.


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I DO ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY


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ONE OF YOU DURING THIS MONTH,


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IT'S CALLED MARCH FOR MEALS,


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IT'S A GREAT TIME TO RAISE


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AWARENESS OF MEALS-ON-WHEELS
PROGRAM.


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IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO


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 WHEREAS, FOOD IS A SUBSTANCE 


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WHERE LIFE IS SUSTAINED; AND 


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WHEREAS, THE TYPE, QUALITY, AND 


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AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT INDIVIDUALS 


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CONSUME EACH DAY PLAYS A VITAL 


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ROLE IN THEIR OVERALL HEALTH AND 


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PHYSICAL FITNESS; AND WHEREAS,


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THERE IS A NEED FOR CONTINUING


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NUTRITION EDUCATION AND A


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WIDE-SCALE EFFORT TO ENHANCE


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HEALTHY EATING PRACTICES.


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REGISTERED DIETITIAN 


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NUTRITIONISTS ARE THE FOOD AND 


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NUTRITION EXPERTS WHO CAN 


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TRANSLATE THE SCIENCE OF 


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NUTRITION INTO PRACTICAL 


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SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTHY LIVING; 


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AND WHEREAS, REGISTERED 


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DIETITIAN NUTRITIONISTS HAVE 


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DEGREES IN NUTRITION, DIETETICS, 


[Captioner] 19:19:47
PUBLIC HEALTH OR A RELATED FIELD 


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FROM WELL-RESPECTED, ACCREDITED 


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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 


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COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP AND 


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PASSED AN EXAMINATION; USE THEIR 


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NUTRITION EXPERTISE TO HELP 


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INDIVIDUALS MAKE UNIQUE, 


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POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGES; AND 


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WHEREAS, REGISTERED DIETITIAN 


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NUTRITIONISTS WORK THROUGHOUT 


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THE COMMUNITY IN HOSPITALS, 


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SCHOOLS, HEALTH CLINICS, NURSING 


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HOMES, FITNESS CENTERS, FOOD 


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MANAGEMENT, FOOD INDUSTRY 


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UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH AND 


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PRIVATE PRACTICE; ADVOCATE FOR 


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ADVANCING THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS 


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OF AMERICANS AND PEOPLE AROUND 


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THE WORLD. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 


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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT HEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL 


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CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE 


[Captioner] 19:20:34
CONTRIBUTIONS OF REGISTERED 


[Captioner] 19:20:34
DIETITIAN NUTRITIONISTS AND


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EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THEIR


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COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING 


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SCIENCE-BASED NUTRITION IN THE 


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HOPE OF ACHIEVING OPTIMUM HEALTH 


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FOR BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW.


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SO I WOULD LOVE TO PRESENT THIS


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TO YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.


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I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO


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MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THIS FOR TWO


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YEARS IN A ROW.


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THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT


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ANY ONE OF YOU.


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I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS.


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MARCH IS CELEBRATED AS A


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NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH, AND


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THIS YEAR IS THE 50TH YEAR.


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I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY BEING A


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REGISTERED DIETITIAN AND


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NUTRITIONIST AND VICE PRESIDENT


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FOR THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND


[Captioner] 19:21:30
DIE AT THE TICS, I'M HAPPY TO BE


[Captioner] 19:21:32
HERE TO SPREAD THE WORD AND DO


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THE RIGHT THING FOR CALIFORNIA


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AND THE NATION.


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I'M VERY PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF


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6500 MEMBERS FOR THE STATE OF


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CALIFORNIA WHO REPRESENT THE


[Captioner] 19:21:43
ACADEMY AND 120,000 MEMBERS


[Captioner] 19:21:44
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.


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I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN


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THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE ARE


[Captioner] 19:21:51
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN


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GET THE LICENSURE AND I WANT TO


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MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSUMERS ARE


[Captioner] 19:21:56
AWARE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE


[Captioner] 19:21:58
THAT ARE ACTING OR MIGHT THEY


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CALL THEMSELVES NUTRITIONISTS BY


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TAKING JUST ONE CLASS.


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I WOULD REQUEST YOU ALL


[Captioner] 19:22:04
CONSUMERS TO PLEASE BE AWARE OF


[Captioner] 19:22:05
THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE


[Captioner] 19:22:07
THAT YOU GET THE PROPER


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NUTRITION GUIDANCE AND THE


[Captioner] 19:22:10
DIETARY GUIDANCE THAT YOU
DESERVE.


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THE REASON BEING THAT IT TAKES A


[Captioner] 19:22:14
MASTER'S DEGREE ALONG WITH ONE


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YEAR OF INTERNSHIP AND THEN AN


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EXAM TO BECOME AN RDN.


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SO IT'S A GREAT CREDENTIAL THAT


[Captioner] 19:22:22
WE CARRY AND I WOULD REQUEST YOU


[Captioner] 19:22:23
ALL THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK


[Captioner] 19:22:25
FOR THE CREDENTIAL WHEN YOU GO


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AND ASK FOR ANY HELP IN THE AREA


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OF NUTRITION AND
DIETETICS.


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WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE 400,000


[Captioner] 19:22:39
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.


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THIS YEAR MY EDUCATIONAL


[Captioner] 19:22:41
CAMPAIGN IS GOING TOWARDS THE


[Captioner] 19:22:44
HIGH SCHOOLS AND LOTS OF MY


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STUDENTS, MY COUNTERPARTS ARE


[Captioner] 19:22:45
INVOLVED WITH THAT.


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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH RK CITY OF
FREMONT.


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, CITY OF FREMONT.


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I PROBABLY CANNOT EXPRESS IT


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ENOUGH, THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME


[Captioner] 19:22:57
AND TO OUR ACADEMY.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:22:58
HAVE A GREAT DAY.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THIS


[Captioner] 19:23:32
EVENING IS PUBLIC


[Captioner] 19:23:33
COMMUNICATIONS, ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS.


[Captioner] 19:23:37
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE


[Captioner] 19:23:38
FOR ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK


[Captioner] 19:23:40
ON AN ITEM WHICH IS NOT ON THIS


[Captioner] 19:23:42
AGENDA, MAY DO SO UNDER ORAL


[Captioner] 19:23:43
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION OF THE


[Captioner] 19:23:43
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.


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I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE


[Captioner] 19:23:47
WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE ITEM


[Captioner] 19:23:48
THAT WAS PULLED AND THAT WILL BE


[Captioner] 19:23:51
FOLLOWING THIS ITEM.


[Captioner] 19:23:53
SO COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA


[Captioner] 19:23:54
EMAIL WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND


[Captioner] 19:23:55
CONSIDERED PART OF PUBLIC
RECORD.


[Captioner] 19:23:58
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO


[Captioner] 19:23:59
SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT


[Captioner] 19:24:01
AGENDIZED THIS EVENING UNDER


[Captioner] 19:24:04
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC


[Captioner] 19:24:05
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION, MAY DO


[Captioner] 19:24:07
SO NOW BY PRESSING THE RAISE


[Captioner] 19:24:09
HAND ICON OR IF BY CALLING IN,


[Captioner] 19:24:10
BY DIALING STAR NINE.


[Captioner] 19:24:13
IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN,


[Captioner] 19:24:15
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHEN


[Captioner] 19:24:17
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN


[Captioner] 19:24:17
ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR


[Captioner] 19:24:20
NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE


[Captioner] 19:24:21
REPRESENTING.


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SO IF THE CITY CLERK COULD START


[Captioner] 19:24:24
THE TIME FOR EACH SPEAKER.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 19:24:28
WE HAVE SIX CARDS IN PERSON AND


[Captioner] 19:24:31
WE HAVE SEVEN HANDS RAISED IN
ZOOM.


[Captioner] 19:24:35
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE
AGENDA.


[Captioner] 19:24:37
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK


[Captioner] 19:24:44
REMINDER TOO BECAUSE I'M LOOKING


[Captioner] 19:24:44
AT THE TIME.


[Captioner] 19:24:46
2 MINUTES, I THINK, BECAUSE


[Captioner] 19:24:49
OTHERWISE WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER


[Captioner] 19:24:50
ITEMS, AND WE HAVE OUR MEETING.


[Captioner] 19:24:52
HOPEFULLY THE STORM WILL HOLD UP


[Captioner] 19:24:53
FOR US THIS EVENING.


[Captioner] 19:24:56
SO WE'LL DO 2 MINUTES EACH FOR


[Captioner] 19:24:57
THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT


[Captioner] 19:24:58
AGENDIZED THIS EVENING.


[Captioner] 19:24:59
>> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY.


[Captioner] 19:25:02
WE'LL START WITH J.


[Captioner] 19:25:03
THIS IS IN PERSON.


[Captioner] 19:25:05
THE LETTER J IS ON THE SPEAKER
CARD.


[Captioner] 19:25:07
PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM,
PLEASE.


[Captioner] 19:25:09
>> Mayor Mei: JUST TO CLARIFY,


[Captioner] 19:25:11
THIS IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT
AGENDIZED.


[Captioner] 19:25:11
THANK YOU.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.


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MY NAME IS JEFF.


[Captioner] 19:25:19
I'M A RESIDENT OF FREMONT.


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I'VE BEEN STALKED BURGLARIZED IN


[Captioner] 19:25:28
MY SWREEKS AND MY PETS AND CATS


[Captioner] 19:25:31
THAT I RESCUE HAVE BEEN STOLEN,


[Captioner] 19:25:34
HARMED, KILLED AND MANY ANIMALS


[Captioner] 19:25:36
OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN KILLED AND


[Captioner] 19:25:39
LEFT DEAD ON THE FRONT OF MY


[Captioner] 19:25:42
HOME AND I FIND THAT FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:25:44
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE


[Captioner] 19:25:47
ENFORCEMENT AND CITY AND OTHER


[Captioner] 19:25:49
FREMONT OFFICIALS ARE INVOLVED,


[Captioner] 19:25:51
I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING PUBLIC


[Captioner] 19:25:54
RECORDS IN REGARDS TO THESE


[Captioner] 19:25:55
MATTERS, AND REQUESTING POLICE


[Captioner] 19:25:57
AND CITY TO INVESTIGATE THESE


[Captioner] 19:25:59
MATTERS TO NO AVAIL FOR OVER A


[Captioner] 19:26:00
YEAR AND A HALF.


[Captioner] 19:26:03
IT'S BEEN 19 MONTHS OF TORMENT


[Captioner] 19:26:03
AND AGONY.


[Captioner] 19:26:05
THEY ARE TRYING TO HIDE ALL


[Captioner] 19:26:08
KINDS OF PUBLIC RECORD, DO NOT


[Captioner] 19:26:12
 TO NOT HAVE THE TRUTH COME


[Captioner] 19:26:12
OUT ABOUT THIS MATTER.


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I'VE BEEN IMPRISONED IN MY OWN


[Captioner] 19:26:19
HOME, BEING TERRORIZED TO


[Captioner] 19:26:20
NOT LEAVE HOME BECAUSE WHEN I


[Captioner] 19:26:22
LEAVE HOME THEY BURGLARIZE MY
HOME.


[Captioner] 19:26:24
WHEN I'M IN MY VEHICLE AND GO


[Captioner] 19:26:25
INTO THE STORE, THEY BURGLARIZE


[Captioner] 19:26:26
MY VEHICLE.


[Captioner] 19:26:27
AND I REACHED OUT TO ALL OF YOU


[Captioner] 19:26:29
IN EMAILS, PHONE CALLS AND IN


[Captioner] 19:26:31
PERSON TO NO AVAIL.


[Captioner] 19:26:34
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION, WE HAVE


[Captioner] 19:26:38
LAWS, BUT THESE PEOPLE BADGE


[Captioner] 19:26:41
WEARING CRIMINALS ARE ABUSING


[Captioner] 19:26:43
THE LAW AND THEIR POWER AND


[Captioner] 19:26:44
AUTHORITY TO JUST DESTROY US.


[Captioner] 19:26:49
MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SUFFERING,


[Captioner] 19:26:50
I'M SUFFERING, AND SOMETHING


[Captioner] 19:26:51
NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.


[Captioner] 19:26:54
THIS IS ALL MALICIOUS AND


[Captioner] 19:26:55
RETALIATORY BECAUSE ME AND MY


[Captioner] 19:26:57
FAMILY HAVE FILED LEGITIMATE


[Captioner] 19:26:58
CLAIM AND COMPLAINT AGAINST THE


[Captioner] 19:27:00
POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRI-CITY


[Captioner] 19:27:02
ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE CITY AND


[Captioner] 19:27:04
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR LONG,


[Captioner] 19:27:07
LONG TIME AND AS A NON-WHITE


[Captioner] 19:27:09
PERSON, I AM BEING JUST TREATED


[Captioner] 19:27:11
AS A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN, SO


[Captioner] 19:27:11
ARE MY PARENTS.


[Captioner] 19:27:15
THEY ARE DYING OF, YOU KNOW,


[Captioner] 19:27:16
AILMENTS AND NOBODY CARES.


[Captioner] 19:27:18
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR


[Captioner] 19:27:18
SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.


[Captioner] 19:27:20
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:27:22
>> Ms. Gauthier: I'M


[Captioner] 19:27:25
 GOING TO CALL THE


[Captioner] 19:27:26
NEXT SPEAKER AND THE SPEAKERS


[Captioner] 19:27:27
AFTER THIS SPEAKER, IF THEY CAN


[Captioner] 19:27:29
QUEUE YOU UP HERE CLOSER TO THE


[Captioner] 19:27:30
PODIUM, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 19:27:35
CAROL ZEILE IS THE NEXT SPEAKER,


[Captioner] 19:27:38
FOLLOWED BY KELLY ABREU AND


[Captioner] 19:27:39
CELINE MASS TON.


[Captioner] 19:27:43
>> I'M CAROL ZEILE WHICH HAS


[Captioner] 19:27:45
KEPT MUSIC IN CHILDREN'S


[Captioner] 19:27:45
CLASSROOMS FOR 35 YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:27:48
IN FREMONT, NEWARK, CASTRO


[Captioner] 19:27:50
VALLEY AND NOW WE HAVE A SCHOOL


[Captioner] 19:27:51
IN MILIPITAS.


[Captioner] 19:27:53
HOW DO WE DO THIS?


[Captioner] 19:27:55
THE RECRUITING, THE TRAINING AND


[Captioner] 19:27:56
THE SUPPORTING OF COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS.


[Captioner] 19:28:01
THEY BECOME DOCENTS AND GO INTO


[Captioner] 19:28:03
THE CLASSROOMS ONE HALF-HOUR


[Captioner] 19:28:03
EACH WEEK SHARING.


[Captioner] 19:28:05
WE SING, WE SIGN, WE DO


[Captioner] 19:28:06
MOVEMENT, WE GIVE THEM


[Captioner] 19:28:07
INSTRUMENT EXPOSURE AND


[Captioner] 19:28:08
LISTENING APPRECIATION.


[Captioner] 19:28:10
WELL, THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH,


[Captioner] 19:28:12
I'M HERE TO INVITE YOU


[Captioner] 19:28:14
PERSONALLY AT 3:00.


[Captioner] 19:28:17
WE WILL BE SPONSORING OUR 2023


[Captioner] 19:28:19
CHILDREN'S SHOWCASE INVOLVING


[Captioner] 19:28:20
OVER 200 CHILDREN PERFORMING AT


[Captioner] 19:28:22
THE JAMES LOGAN CENTER FOR THE


[Captioner] 19:28:22
PERFORMING ARTS.


[Captioner] 19:28:24
SO OUR BOARD AND STAFF AND


[Captioner] 19:28:26
VOLUNTEERS WOULD LIKE TO INVITE


[Captioner] 19:28:28
MAYOR MEI AND ALL THE CITY


[Captioner] 19:28:30
COUNCILMEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE


[Captioner] 19:28:34
AND EVERYONE LISTENING TO THIS


[Captioner] 19:28:36
EXCITING EVENT BECAUSE THIS IS


[Captioner] 19:28:37
OUR FIRST IN-PERSON SHOWCASE


[Captioner] 19:28:39
AFTER COVID WHICH REALLY HURT


[Captioner] 19:28:41
CHILDREN BECAUSE OF SCHOOL


[Captioner] 19:28:42
CLOSURES, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE


[Captioner] 19:28:43
MUSIC THAT THEY NEEDED SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:28:46
NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED MUSIC


[Captioner] 19:28:48
TO HEAL, TO UNIFY, TO HAVE HOPE


[Captioner] 19:28:50
FOR THE FUTURE.


[Captioner] 19:28:53
THIS IS OUR KICKOFF CONCERT


[Captioner] 19:28:54
BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO


[Captioner] 19:28:56
PARTICIPATE IN "FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:28:57
CREATES," AND CONGRATULATIONS,


[Captioner] 19:28:59
JULIE AND CONNIE, IN APRIL TO


[Captioner] 19:28:59
CELEBRATE THE ARTS.


[Captioner] 19:29:02
WE WILL HAVE FAMILY -- WE WILL


[Captioner] 19:29:03
HAVE PRESENTATIONS AT THE


[Captioner] 19:29:05
FREMONT MAIN LIBRARY JUST TO


[Captioner] 19:29:07
MENTION ONE HERE BECAUSE MUSIC


[Captioner] 19:29:08
IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH AND


[Captioner] 19:29:11
WELL-BEING OF A VIBRANT CREATIVE
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:29:12
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:29:16
OH, I HAVE 25.


[Captioner] 19:29:18
YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS ONLINE


[Captioner] 19:29:20
ON OUR WEBSITE, MUSIC FOR MINORS
2.


[Captioner] 19:29:23
THERE'S PREFERRED SEATING, AND


[Captioner] 19:29:24
BELLA, A LITTLE GIRL,


[Captioner] 19:29:26
9-YEAR-OLD, WHO IS A STUDENT AT


[Captioner] 19:29:28
BROOKVALE SCHOOL, HAS HER OWN


[Captioner] 19:29:29
YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SHE AND I


[Captioner] 19:29:30
ARE GOING TO BE THE EMCEES AND


[Captioner] 19:29:33
HAVE A LOT OF FUN, SO HELP US


[Captioner] 19:29:35
MAKE MUSIC MEMORIES BY BEING A


[Captioner] 19:29:37
WONDERFUL AUDIENCE BECAUSE


[Captioner] 19:29:38
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ENGAGED TOO,


[Captioner] 19:29:39
YOU'LL BE DOING SOME DANCING.


[Captioner] 19:29:41
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:29:42
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:29:49
KELLY ABREU FOLLOWED BY SALEEM.


[Captioner] 19:29:50
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:29:52
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY ON


[Captioner] 19:29:54
BEHALF OF THE SUPPORTERS OF


[Captioner] 19:29:56
PARKS AND TRAILS IN AND AROUND
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:29:58
WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT


[Captioner] 19:30:00
THE RECENT FACEBOOK POST FROM


[Captioner] 19:30:01
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.


[Captioner] 19:30:04
THESE COMMUNICATIONS HAVE OFTEN


[Captioner] 19:30:07
BEEN UNCLEAR, CONFUSING, OR EVEN


[Captioner] 19:30:08
MISLEADING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT


[Captioner] 19:30:09
COMES TO MISSION PEAK REGIONAL
PRESERVE.


[Captioner] 19:30:12
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LATEST


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FACEBOOK POST ABOUT THE PARK


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TALKS ABOUT PARKING


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RESTRICTIONS, BUT IT FAILS TO


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PROVIDE CLEAR INFORMATION.


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WHILE THIS POST MENTIONS THAT


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PARKING IS RESTRICTED, IT THEN


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GOES ON TO CLARIFY THAT A


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PARKING PERMIT IS ONLY REQUIRED


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ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.


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WHAT THEY NEGLECT TO MENTION IS


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THAT THE CITY HAS, QUOTE,


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GENEROUSLY, UNQUOTE, ALLOWED 150


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FREE PARKING SPACES ON VINEYARD


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AND ANTELOPE DRIVE.


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SUCH DETAILS ARE CRUCIAL FOR


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VISITORS TO PLAN THEIR VISIT AND


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HAVE A SMOOTH EXPERIENCE.


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ADDITIONALLY, THE FACEBOOK POST


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DATED MARCH 17TH IMPLIES THAT


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ANYONE CAN GET A PERMIT FOR


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PARKING BUT FAILS TO MENTION


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THAT THIS PRIVILEGE IS ONLY


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EXTENDED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, WHO


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ENJOY HOMES WITH A MEDIAN VALUE


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OF 2 1/2 MILLION THRARS.


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 DOLLARS.


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THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DETAIL


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THAT THE CITY IS CONVENIENTLY
HIDING.


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IN CONCLUSION, WE URGE THE CITY


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COUNCIL TO PROVIDE MORE


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TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR


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COMMUNICATIONS TO VISITORS OF


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MISSION PEAK REGIONAL PRESERVE


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AND ALL OF OUR PARKS.


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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION


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TO THIS MATTER, AND LOOK FORWARD


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TO SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE


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NEAR FUTURE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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SALEEM FOLLOWED BY NAZMA.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY


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COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALL THE


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PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.


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TODAY IS A VERY, VERY HISTORIC


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DAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TERESA COX


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TO COME HERE TO ACCEPT A T-SHIRT


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FOR THE BLACK HISTORIC MONTH, IF


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YOU WILL PLEASE COME HERE AND


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ACCEPT THIS, TERESA?


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I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.


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SINCE THE CITY WAS INCORPORATED


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IN 1956 --


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>> Mayor Mei: JUST TO CLARIFY,


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ARE YOU SPEAKING FOR THE ITEM


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THAT'S BEING PULLED?


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THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING


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EARLIER, I WASN'T SURE IF -- OFF


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OF PUBLIC COMMENT?


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OKAY.


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OKAY.


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SO THIS IS --


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>> I WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF


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FREMONT AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR


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COMMUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT


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THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN LADY


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IS GOING TO BECOME THE VICE


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MAYOR OF FREMONT.


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GIVE HER A BIG HAND.


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IT IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR


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PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRUGGLED, WHO


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HAVE WORKED, AND WHO HAVE DONE A


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LOT OF WORK.


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WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE APPRECIATE


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ALL OF YOU.


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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


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BYE-BYE.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO IF YOU COULD


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GIVE THAT TO OUR CITY CLERK,


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SHE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO TERESA
LATER.


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AGAIN JUST TO CLARIFY FOR OTHER


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ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, IF IT'S FOR


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THE ITEM REGARDING VICE MAYOR,


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THAT IS UNDER ITEM 2D, WHICH


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WILL BE SEPARATE AFTER THIS


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PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PIECE.


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SO IS THIS --


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


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SPEAKER FOR 4A IS NAZMA FOLLOWED


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BY RMENT ITU.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MISS MAYOR AND


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THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALL


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THE PRESENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.


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I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF CITY OF


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FREMONT AND THIS IS MY VERY


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FIRST TIME TO APPEAR IN THIS


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CITY HALL TO SPEAK ABOUT


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SOMETHING THAT RECENTLY THERE


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HAD BEEN A LOT OF RAIN, WIND


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CAUSING POWER OUTAGES FOR MANY


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OF THE CITY AND PLACES.


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I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A VERY


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BEAUTIFUL RESOLUTION FOR OUR


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COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR -- AND


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ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT


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THIS INVITING LATER TO OUR CITY


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MANAGER, MAYOR AND ALL THE


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COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WE WOULD


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LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CONSIDERATION


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INSTALLING A POWER BOOST THAT


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HELPS WITH THE ECOBATTERY


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GENERATORS TO ALL CITY


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BUILDINGS, ALL THE HOMES AND


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BUSINESSES, IF WE CAN HAVE
THAT.


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THIS WILL IMPROVE THE ENERGY


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INDEPENDENCE IN THE EVENT OF


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POWER OUTAGES AT LEAST YOU WILL


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HAVE ELECTRICITY AS A BACKUP


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POWER FOR THE FAMILIES,


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ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE


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WORKING IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND


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FOR SENIORS, THINKING OF 


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PROVIDING -- MEDICINE AND STUFF


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THAT YOU'D NEED THOSE TO BE INTO


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THE REFRIGERATOR THAT DOESN'T GO
BAD.


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ALSO THESE BACKUP POWER IS


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DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP YOU


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WHEN YOU GET HOME, YOUR GARAGE


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DOOR WILL OPEN, YOU'LL HAVE


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REFRIGERATOR WORKING.


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SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS


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ESSENTIALS -- THERE ARE MANY


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MORE ESSENTIALS THAT THEY HAVE


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IN ORDER FOR US TO LEAD OUR LIFE


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AS USUAL AND HAVE 16 TO 20 HOURS


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OF ELECTRICITY IN YOUR HOUSE.


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I WANT THAT WE BECOME ONE OF THE


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FIRST CITIES TO INSTALL THIS,


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AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE


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THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK


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MR. SALIM FOR THIS GREAT


[Captioner] 19:35:01
INITIATIVE HE WANTS TO BRING


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TOGETHER AND WORK WITH THE


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COMMUNITY AND HAVE US ALL BE


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PART OF THIS.


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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I


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WANTED TO HELP EVERYBODY AND I


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THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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RITU MAHESHWAR AND THEN WE WILL


[Captioner] 19:35:19
MOVE INTO THE FOLKS ON ZOOM WITH


[Captioner] 19:35:20
THEIR HAND RAISED FOR ITEM 4A.


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WE'RE ON ITEM 4A.


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>> Mayor Mei: 2D IS SEPARATE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: YOU PUT 4 ON
HERE.


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OKAY.


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WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THAT.


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SORRY.


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ALEX WOO.


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ON ZOOM.


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ALEX.


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>> HELLO.


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>> Mayor Mei: HELLO.


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>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?


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>> Mayor Mei: YES.


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>> HI.


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CAN YOU HEAR ME?


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HI.


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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.


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MAYOR AND COUNCILORS.


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I HAVE BEEN IN FREMONT AS A


[Captioner] 19:36:11
RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND


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MY BUSINESS IS STILL IN FREMONT
SINCE 1988.


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I HAVE WITNESSED THE GROWTH AND


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CHANGE IN FREMONT, AND I WANT TO


[Captioner] 19:36:23
REALLY THANK YOU TO THE


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CONTRIBUTION FROM THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.


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THIS MONTH IS THE WOMEN HISTORY


[Captioner] 19:36:31
MONTH, AND I PARTICULARLY WANT


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TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE


[Captioner] 19:36:38
COUNCIL -- ELECTED COUNCIL


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MEMBER WOMAN COUNCILMEMBER FOR


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THEIR CONTRIBUTION.


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AND FOR THAT REASON, I CANNOT


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LEAVE OUT WITH ALL OF THIS VICE


[Captioner] 19:36:58
MAYOR, INCLUDING ANU NATARAJAN,


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TERESA KENG, AND OF COURSE I


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CANNOT LEAVE OUT THE MAYOR AS
WELL.


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SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE WOMEN
CONTRIBUTORS.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TARANJIT.


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>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?


[Captioner] 19:37:25
HELLO?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


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>> HI THERE.


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YES.


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I HAVE LIVED IN FREMONT FOR


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MAYBE 22 YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:37:34
IN PATTERSON RANCH FOR ABOUT SIX


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YEARS, RIGHT, SO ALL IN ALL,


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THESE 15, 18 YEARS, THINGS


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HAVEN'T CHANGED, UNEVENTFUL,


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WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.


[Captioner] 19:37:46
BORING IS FINE.


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I WOULD RATHER LIVE A BORING


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LIFE THAN THE KIND OF ACTION WE


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ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.


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SO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS OR


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SO, 2020, 21, YOU KNOW, REALLY


[Captioner] 19:37:56
TWO, THREE YEARS, RIGHT, SINCE


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CORONA AND ALL, THINGS


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DRAMATICALLY CHANGED FOR THE
WORSE.


[Captioner] 19:38:02
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTION.


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SO HERE IN PATTERSON RANCH AND


[Captioner] 19:38:07
IN THIS TIME FRAME, WE ARE


[Captioner] 19:38:12
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE


[Captioner] 19:38:14
DOORSTEP STEALING, PEOPLE TAKING


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PACKAGES AWAY, TO BREAKING INTO


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CARS, TO JUST DRIVING DOWN IN


[Captioner] 19:38:22
THE BROAD DAYLIGHT, OVERNIGHT,


[Captioner] 19:38:27
LOOKING AT US, TO STEALING CARS
NOW.


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SO THINGS ARE GETTING


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INCREMENTALLY WORSE.


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AND THEN POLICE IS GETTING


[Captioner] 19:38:34
INCREMENTALLY WORSE TOO IN THEIR


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ACTION IN THEIR -- YOU KNOW,


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WHATEVER THEY CAN DO.


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THEY SEEM HELPLESS, YOU KNOW.


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I WOULD SAY THEY'RE MORE


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HELPLESS THAN -- IF THEY SHOW
UP.


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FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A BREAK


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LN IN I REPORTED, THEY SHOWED


[Captioner] 19:38:52
UP, THEY WERE FACE-TO-FACE, BUT


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THEY DIDN'T MAKE AN ARREST.


[Captioner] 19:38:57
THEY DECIDED THEIR POLICY IS NOT


[Captioner] 19:38:58
TO CHASE BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO
CHASE.


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SO THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, IT


[Captioner] 19:39:02
LOOKS LIKE POLICE IS NOT ABLE TO


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HELP MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:39:04
SO WHO IS GOING TO HELP US?


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ADMINISTRATORS, POLICY MAKERS,


[Captioner] 19:39:07
COURTS, JUDGES, D.A.s?


[Captioner] 19:39:09
WHO IS AT FAULT HERE?


[Captioner] 19:39:14
SO HERE OUR LIFE IS ALMOST HELL


[Captioner] 19:39:14
NOW, MAYBE.


[Captioner] 19:39:16
NEXT THING IS SOMEBODY WILL


[Captioner] 19:39:17
BREAK INTO OUR HOUSE.


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SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO, COUNT ON


[Captioner] 19:39:20
YOU, COUNT ON POLICE OR COUNT ON


[Captioner] 19:39:22
OURSELVES AND GO AND TAKE


[Captioner] 19:39:23
MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS?


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THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 19:39:28
SPEAKER IS ARUN.


[Captioner] 19:39:37
>> HELLO.


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HELLO, RESPECTED MAYOR, CITY


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COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF, I'M A


[Captioner] 19:39:46
RESIDENT OF FREMONT FOR OVER 20
YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:39:51
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF PATTERSON


[Captioner] 19:39:54
RANCH LIKE TAJINDER AHEAD OF
ME.


[Captioner] 19:39:57
THE LAST FEW YEARS FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:39:58
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING


[Captioner] 19:40:02
CRIME WHICH IS INCREMENTALLY
INCREASING.


[Captioner] 19:40:05
PROP 47 WHOSE INTENTIONS MIGHT


[Captioner] 19:40:08
BE NOBLE BULL PETTY CRIMES TO


[Captioner] 19:40:11
EARN A FAST BUCK AND WORKING


[Captioner] 19:40:14
HARD TO MAKE A SUSTAINED LIVING.


[Captioner] 19:40:17
 -- REMOVE THE CHECKS AND


[Captioner] 19:40:20
BALANCES AND A FOCUS ON


[Captioner] 19:40:21
WEAKENING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEM.


[Captioner] 19:40:26
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHAT IS


[Captioner] 19:40:27
PROPOSED FOR DISALLOWING


[Captioner] 19:40:28
BACKGROUND CHECK FOR RENTING.


[Captioner] 19:40:30
IN THE LAST MEETING.


[Captioner] 19:40:32
THIS IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT


[Captioner] 19:40:36
THAT REWARDS PETTY THEFT.


[Captioner] 19:40:39
IT HAS BECOME ROUTINE AND PEOPLE


[Captioner] 19:40:40
DON'T EVEN REPORT IT AS A
CRIME.


[Captioner] 19:40:44
AND THESE THIEVES LIKE HE SAID


[Captioner] 19:40:46
ARE BECOMING BORDERLINE


[Captioner] 19:40:49
ADVANCING IN THE CRIME -- IT


[Captioner] 19:40:51
MORE THAN THE DOLLAR LOSS, IT'S


[Captioner] 19:40:53
THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT'S FELT


[Captioner] 19:40:54
BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED.


[Captioner] 19:40:58
THEY FEEL VIOLATED, THEIR


[Captioner] 19:41:00
PRIVACY INFRINGED, AND THE KIDS


[Captioner] 19:41:03
ARE NOT SECURE AND THIS AFFECTS


[Captioner] 19:41:05
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS A


[Captioner] 19:41:05
BIG PROBLEM.


[Captioner] 19:41:13
SO LIKE THERE WAS THIS INCIDENT


[Captioner] 19:41:16
LIKE WHAT TAJINDER SAID, WHERE


[Captioner] 19:41:18
HE CALLED THE POLICE,


[Captioner] 19:41:19
UNFORTUNATELY THE POLICE WERE


[Captioner] 19:41:22
CALLED BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN,


[Captioner] 19:41:24
AND YOU SEE THE SAME CAR THE


[Captioner] 19:41:28
NEXT DAY LOOKING AT OTHER


[Captioner] 19:41:28
VEHICLES TO ROB.


[Captioner] 19:41:32
SO HOW DOES THIS -- THIS DOES


[Captioner] 19:41:33
NOT MAKE US FEEL SECURE.


[Captioner] 19:41:37
WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS, AND


[Captioner] 19:41:38
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE CITY


[Captioner] 19:41:43
COUNCIL AND THE POLICE TO 


[Captioner] 19:41:44
TAKE --


[Captioner] 19:41:45
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 19:41:48
SPEAKER IS SAI NAGARAJAN.


[Captioner] 19:41:50
>> GOOD EVENING, RESPECTED CITY
COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 19:41:53
LOOK, OVER THE LAST YEAR, I HAD


[Captioner] 19:41:54
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH


[Captioner] 19:41:57
FOUR OR FIVE OF THE FINEST


[Captioner] 19:41:58
OFFICERS OF THE FREMONT POLICE


[Captioner] 19:42:00
DEPARTMENT ON VARIOUS MATTERS,


[Captioner] 19:42:02
AND I ASKED THEM A VERY SIMPLE


[Captioner] 19:42:04
QUESTION, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT


[Captioner] 19:42:05
THEIR RANK WAS, SERGEANT,


[Captioner] 19:42:07
CAPTAIN, ET CETERA, OR BEAT


[Captioner] 19:42:08
OFFICER, I WOULD ASK THEM, WOULD


[Captioner] 19:42:11
YOU FEEL SAFE IF YOU HAD A


[Captioner] 19:42:12
TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND IF SHE


[Captioner] 19:42:15
COULD WALK ALONE ON A CITY


[Captioner] 19:42:16
STREET IN FREMONT AFTER SUNSET?


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I KID YOU NOT, PUT ALL YOUR


[Captioner] 19:42:20
STATISTICS ASIDE AND ALL OF


[Captioner] 19:42:23
YOUR, YOU KNOW, MATHEMATICAL


[Captioner] 19:42:28
SHALL WE SAY FIG LEAFS ASIDE


[Captioner] 19:42:29
FOR A MOMENT, EVERY SINGLE ONE


[Captioner] 19:42:31
OF THESE OFFICERS NODDED THEIR


[Captioner] 19:42:33
HEADS EAST TO WEST, EAST TO


[Captioner] 19:42:35
WEST, BASICALLY INDICATING


[Captioner] 19:42:36
INSTINCTIVELY THAT THEY WOULD


[Captioner] 19:42:38
NOT FEEL SAFE HAVING THEIR CHILD


[Captioner] 19:42:40
WALK ALONE IN THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 19:42:42
FREMONT AFTER SUNSET.


[Captioner] 19:42:43
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT


[Captioner] 19:42:44
MEANS FOR YOU, BUT I'LL TELL YOU


[Captioner] 19:42:47
FOR ME, AS AN INDIAN AMERICAN,


[Captioner] 19:42:49
AND A HINDU AMERICAN, WHEN I SIT


[Captioner] 19:42:51
HERE IN NORTH FREMONT, I FEEL
EXPOSED.


[Captioner] 19:42:55
I FEEL AFRAID BECAUSE WE KNOW


[Captioner] 19:42:57
THAT LAW AND ORDER HAS BROKEN
DOWN.


[Captioner] 19:42:59
EARLIER THIS WEEK THE CONSULATE


[Captioner] 19:43:00
GENERAL OF INDIA IN


[Captioner] 19:43:01
SAN FRANCISCO WAS ATTACKED BY


[Captioner] 19:43:03
PROTESTORS, I WOULD CALL THEM


[Captioner] 19:43:06
TERRORISTS, AND THE CAUSE THAT'S


[Captioner] 19:43:10
THESE TERRORISTS ARE SUPPORTING


[Captioner] 19:43:11
ARE KNOWN TO THE CITY OF
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:43:13
EVERY YEAR AT THE FESTIVAL OF


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THE GLOBE OF INDIA, THE FOG


[Captioner] 19:43:19
EVENT, WE SEE THESE SAME


[Captioner] 19:43:21
CHARACTERS ENGAGE IN HATEFUL


[Captioner] 19:43:23
BEHAVIOR, BORDERING ON
TERRORISM.


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THEY CREATE ABSOLUTE MAYHEM, AND


[Captioner] 19:43:29
CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE FINE LINE


[Captioner] 19:43:31
BETWEEN FREE SPEECH AND HATE


[Captioner] 19:43:32
SPEECH, AND YET THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 19:43:32
FREMONT DOES ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING.


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SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TONIGHT


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IS BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU


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KNOW, HUG YOUR KIDS A LITTLE


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TIGHTER, IF YOU'VE GOT


[Captioner] 19:43:42
GRANDKIDS, HUG THEM A LITTLE


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TIGHTER BECAUSE WE KNOW IT NOT


[Captioner] 19:43:44
SAFE FOR THEM TO WALK AROUND IN


[Captioner] 19:43:45
FREMONT AFTER SUNSET.


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HOPE YOU ALL DO -- YOU'LL ALL DO


[Captioner] 19:43:48
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


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SPEAKER IS SANJAY.


[Captioner] 19:43:56
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:43:57
GOOD EVENING.


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THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR


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THIS OPPORTUNITY.


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I'M A RESIDENT OF FREMONT SINCE


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THE 70s AND AM A RESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 19:44:06
NORTH FREMONT, AND I'M CONCERNED


[Captioner] 19:44:08
WITH THE INCREASE IN CAR THEFTS,


[Captioner] 19:44:10
ILLEGAL PARKING, AND OTHER


[Captioner] 19:44:12
CRIMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND


[Captioner] 19:44:13
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE POLICE


[Captioner] 19:44:16
DEPARTMENT PLANS TO DO TO HELP


[Captioner] 19:44:16
ALLEVIATE THESE CRIMES.


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JUST AS A FEW OTHER FOLKS HAVE


[Captioner] 19:44:24
NOTED IN PREVIOUS -- IN THE


[Captioner] 19:44:26
PREVIOUS COUPLE OF SPEECHES,


[Captioner] 19:44:29
CONCERNED WITH THE VEHICLE THEFT


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AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST


[Captioner] 19:44:32
WANTED TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE


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AND RAISE A VOICE OF CONCERN FOR


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THESE KIND OF CRIMES, AND TO SEE


[Captioner] 19:44:39
WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP IT ON A


[Captioner] 19:44:41
COMMUNITY LEVEL BUT ALSO HAVE


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THE POLICE INVOLVED AS WELL.


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THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HENRY
LIANG.


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HENRY.


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>> I'M HERE.


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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LILY MEI AND


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THE COUNCILMEMBERS.


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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS


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ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES


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IN 18 -- 1987 TO RECOGNIZE THE


[Captioner] 19:45:05
CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF


[Captioner] 19:45:07
WOMEN THROUGHOUT AMERICAN
HISTORY.


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AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY


[Captioner] 19:45:11
MONTH THIS MARCH, I WANT TO TAKE


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A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE


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INCREDIBLE STRIVES OUR CITY HAS


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MADE IN BREAKING DOWN GENDER AND


[Captioner] 19:45:21
RACIAL PARITY.


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FREMONT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE


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WHERE DIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED


[Captioner] 19:45:28
AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE


[Captioner] 19:45:30
MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:45:33
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY'S HISTORY


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HAS SEEN WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF


[Captioner] 19:45:36
COLOR BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS


[Captioner] 19:45:44
AND SHATTERS THE GLASS CEILING.


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MAYOR LILY MEI MADE HISTORY


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HERSELF AS THE FIRST ASIAN


[Captioner] 19:45:53
AMERICAN MAYOR OF THE CITY.


[Captioner] 19:45:56
I ALSO WANT TO -- TERESA KENG


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WHO HAS SERVED AS VICE MAYOR OF


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FREMONT WITH DISTINCTION.


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WE AS A FREMONT RESIDENT WERE


[Captioner] 19:46:04
GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE TO HER
CITY.


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BUT TODAY I WANT TO CELEBRATE A


[Captioner] 19:46:09
NEW MILESTONE IN THE CITY'S


[Captioner] 19:46:14
HISTORY, WHERE TERESA KENG IS


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THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN VICE


[Captioner] 19:46:17
MAYOR OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:46:21
HER UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE WILL HELP


[Captioner] 19:46:22
US TO BE A STRONGER AND MORE


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INCLUSIVE CITY AND WE'RE LOOKING


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FORWARD TO THE POSITIVE IMPACT


[Captioner] 19:46:29
SHE WILL BRING TO OUR
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:46:29
THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:46:38
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ABBASI
AHMED.


[Captioner] 19:46:43
>> HELLO.


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[INAUDIBLE] I AM THE PRESIDENT


[Captioner] 19:46:55
OF -- COMMUNITY CENTER.


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I WOULD -- VICE MAYOR TERESA
COX --


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE'RE NOT ON


[Captioner] 19:47:07
THAT ITEM RIGHT NOW.


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>> Mayor Mei: SORRY, THAT'S


[Captioner] 19:47:08
THE NEXT ITEM.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: CL, ZOOM


[Captioner] 19:47:15
SPEAKER C.L.


[Captioner] 19:47:17
>> HI.


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THIS IS -- I'M A RESIDENT, I'M


[Captioner] 19:47:23
GOING TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE
POINT.


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SO ABOUT THE CRIME RATES,
RIGHT?


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I KEEP A LOG OF THE CRIME AND


[Captioner] 19:47:32
SINCE JANUARY 2023, WE ALREADY


[Captioner] 19:47:35
HAVE MORE THAN 30 THEFTS, OKAY,


[Captioner] 19:47:37
30 INCIDENTS INCLUDING


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SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES.


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SO I'LL BREAK DOWN THE STATS FOR
YOU.


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JUST BY THEFT AND BURGLARY


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ALONE, THERE WERE AT LEAST 16


[Captioner] 19:47:47
CASES, AND IN A BREAK-IN HOME


[Captioner] 19:47:49
INVASION, THERE ARE THREE OF
THEM.


[Captioner] 19:47:51
ONE OF THEM INCLUDING
SQUATTING.


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I'M APPRECIATING ALL OF THE FPD


[Captioner] 19:47:56
QUICK RESPONSE THIS ARRESTING


[Captioner] 19:47:58
THE GUY WHO SQUATTED IN ONE OF


[Captioner] 19:47:59
THE UNITS, OKAY.


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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT I KNOW


[Captioner] 19:48:02
THAT FPD IS SHORT ON STAFF.


[Captioner] 19:48:05
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU GUYS


[Captioner] 19:48:07
CAN PROVIDE MORE BUDGET TO


[Captioner] 19:48:09
ENFORCE -- TO INCREASE THE


[Captioner] 19:48:11
POLICE FORCE, AS WELL AS RECOVER


[Captioner] 19:48:15
AND FIX YOUR DAMN LAWS TO REALLY


[Captioner] 19:48:16
ALLOW THE POLICE TO DO THEIR
JOB.


[Captioner] 19:48:17
THE REASON IS I KNOW THAT SOME


[Captioner] 19:48:19
OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, SOME OF


[Captioner] 19:48:20
THE SERGEANTS, THEY ARE RETIRING


[Captioner] 19:48:20
EARLY, OKAY?


[Captioner] 19:48:22
ALL RIGHT?


[Captioner] 19:48:24
AND THEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT


[Captioner] 19:48:27
TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SOMETHING


[Captioner] 19:48:27
STUPID, ALL RIGHT?


[Captioner] 19:48:29
WE WANT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE


[Captioner] 19:48:31
NEED THE BUDGET FOR THEM AND FIX


[Captioner] 19:48:34
THE DAMN LAW SO THAT PEOPLE IN


[Captioner] 19:48:35
FREMONT AS WELL AS THE BAY AREA


[Captioner] 19:48:36
ARE SAFE, OKAY?


[Captioner] 19:48:37
HERE'S MY STAT FOR YOU.


[Captioner] 19:48:40
EVERY DAY WE HAVE INTRUDERS.


[Captioner] 19:48:41
EVERY DAY WE HAVE THEFTS.


[Captioner] 19:48:45
I'M NOT EVEN MENTIONING


[Captioner] 19:48:47
ABOUT PETTY THEFTS, WE'RE


[Captioner] 19:48:48
TALKING ABOUT HOME INVASION, ALL
RIGHT?


[Captioner] 19:48:48
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:48:50
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 19:48:51
SPEAKER IS NAVI.


[Captioner] 19:48:59
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:49:00
CAN YOU HEAR ME?


[Captioner] 19:49:02
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 19:49:02
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:49:05
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK.


[Captioner] 19:49:08
I'M A HOMEOWNER AT THE PATTERSON


[Captioner] 19:49:09
RANCH COMMUNITY IN ARDENWOOD.


[Captioner] 19:49:11
I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT SOME OF MY


[Captioner] 19:49:12
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY
VOICED.


[Captioner] 19:49:15
REGARDING THE RAPIDLY GROWING


[Captioner] 19:49:21
ISSUE OF PROPERTY CRIME, AUTO


[Captioner] 19:49:24
BREAK-INS, AUTO THEFT, THIS IS A


[Captioner] 19:49:25
MAJOR ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING IN


[Captioner] 19:49:25
OUR COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:49:28
THERE'S A LOT OF MAJOR LONG TERM


[Captioner] 19:49:30
REPERCUSSION, NOT TO MENTION THE


[Captioner] 19:49:32
DETERIORATING SENSE OF


[Captioner] 19:49:33
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL


[Captioner] 19:49:33
SAFETY THAT I PERSONALLY FEEL.


[Captioner] 19:49:35
I PERSONALLY HAVE EXPERIENCED


[Captioner] 19:49:38
THREE OF THESE AUTO BREAK-INS


[Captioner] 19:49:40
FOR VEHICLES -- TWO OF THESE


[Captioner] 19:49:41
VEHICLES WERE PARKED DIRECTLY ON


[Captioner] 19:49:43
MY DRIVEWAY AND A THIRD WAS


[Captioner] 19:49:44
PARKED AT A PLACE OF WORSHIP IN
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:49:47
SIMILARLY MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN


[Captioner] 19:49:49
VICTIMS OF THESE KINDS OF


[Captioner] 19:49:51
SITUATIONS AND ONE CAN LOOK AT


[Captioner] 19:49:54
THE LATEST FREMONT POLICE REPORT


[Captioner] 19:49:55
TO SEE THIS IS A GROWING TREND.


[Captioner] 19:49:57
SO I DO COMMEND THE FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:49:59
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ARRIVING


[Captioner] 19:50:00
QUICKLY EACH TIME THAT THIS
HAPPENED.


[Captioner] 19:50:02
BUT I'M ALARMED TO HEAR THAT THE


[Captioner] 19:50:04
POLICE CLAIMS TO NOT HAVE THE


[Captioner] 19:50:06
AUTHORITY TO PURSUE THESE
PERPETRATORS.


[Captioner] 19:50:08
GIVEN THE APPARENT RECENT


[Captioner] 19:50:10
RELAXED LAWS WHICH HAVE


[Captioner] 19:50:12
CLASSIFIED SOME OF THESE CRIMES


[Captioner] 19:50:14
TO PETTY STATUS WITH NO REAL
PUNISHMENT.


[Captioner] 19:50:16
SO MY CONCERN IS THIS WILL LEAD


[Captioner] 19:50:18
TO EVEN MORE SERIOUS CRIMES THAT


[Captioner] 19:50:21
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE VOICE IN


[Captioner] 19:50:23
THIS CALL EARLIER GIVEN THERE'S


[Captioner] 19:50:27
NO ATABILITY FOR THESE BAD


[Captioner] 19:50:27
CHARACTERS TODAY.


[Captioner] 19:50:29
SO I URGE YOU TO START MAKING


[Captioner] 19:50:30
REFORMS AT THE CITY LEVEL TO


[Captioner] 19:50:32
START WITH SO THESE PERPETRATORS


[Captioner] 19:50:34
WILL FACE STRICTER CONSEQUENCES


[Captioner] 19:50:36
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN RESTORE A


[Captioner] 19:50:37
SENSE OF SAFETY TO THE CITY


[Captioner] 19:50:39
WHICH IS SEVERELY LACKING RIGHT
NOW.


[Captioner] 19:50:42
I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING


[Captioner] 19:50:43
WHAT ELSE THE CITY IS DOING TO


[Captioner] 19:50:44
PREVENT THIS.


[Captioner] 19:50:44
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:50:46
>> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S THE


[Captioner] 19:50:46
LAST SPEAKER.


[Captioner] 19:50:48
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:50:53
JUST TO CLARIFY, ITEMS THAT ARE


[Captioner] 19:50:55
NOT AGENDIZED, THE COUNCIL DOES


[Captioner] 19:50:56
NOT ADDRESS IT, BUT I WILL LET


[Captioner] 19:50:58
YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED


[Captioner] 19:51:00
SOME OF THESE COMMENTS AND I


[Captioner] 19:51:02
KNOW THAT WE'VE SHARED THEM WITH


[Captioner] 19:51:06
OUR POLICE CHIEF AND THE


[Captioner] 19:51:07
DEPARTMENT, SO THEY WILL BE
RESPONDING.


[Captioner] 19:51:14
NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM THIS


[Captioner] 19:51:15
EVENING IS CONSIDERATION FOR


[Captioner] 19:51:17
ITEMS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE


[Captioner] 19:51:17
CONSENT CALENDAR.


[Captioner] 19:51:21
AND WE'LL DO UP TO 2 MINUTES FOR


[Captioner] 19:51:22
EACH SPEAKER.


[Captioner] 19:51:23
A QUICK REMINDER THAT WE'LL NEED


[Captioner] 19:51:25
A BREAK AROUND 8:30.


[Captioner] 19:51:29
SO DO WE WANT TO CALL THE


[Captioner] 19:51:34
 SPEAKERS FOR
ITEM 2D.


[Captioner] 19:51:35
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES, I HAVE


[Captioner] 19:51:37
14 CARDS FOR IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 19:51:38
I WILL CALL UP THREE, IF YOU CAN


[Captioner] 19:51:40
COME TO THE PODIUM WHEN YOU'RE


[Captioner] 19:51:42
ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL, AND IF


[Captioner] 19:51:43
FOLKS CAN QUEUE YOU UP ALONG THE


[Captioner] 19:51:45
SIDE OVER HERE, AND FOR FOLKS IN


[Captioner] 19:51:47
ZOOM, IF YOU CAN START RAISING


[Captioner] 19:51:48
YOUR HAND, PLEASE, SO WE HAVE AN


[Captioner] 19:51:50
IDEA OF HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE


[Captioner] 19:51:50
HAVE, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 19:51:54
FIRST SPEAKER IN PERSON IS


[Captioner] 19:51:54
MARTHA KRUEGER.


[Captioner] 19:52:01
FOLLOWED BY JAZLEEN, FOLLOWED BY
MATTHEW.


[Captioner] 19:52:13
>> IT ACTUALLY -- WE SPLIT IT


[Captioner] 19:52:17
BETWEEN MYSELF AND ASTRA.


[Captioner] 19:52:20
BY THE WAY, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR 
US?


[Captioner] 19:52:22
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 19:52:27
MY NAME IS ASTRID SCOTT AND I AM


[Captioner] 19:52:30
FROM THE OFFICE OF ?ORL WAHOB


[Captioner] 19:52:32
AND WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE


[Captioner] 19:52:34
TERESA COX ON HER ROLL AS THE


[Captioner] 19:52:35
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN VICE


[Captioner] 19:52:36
MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT IN


[Captioner] 19:52:37
OVER 70 YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:52:39
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.


[Captioner] 19:52:42
YOUR TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP.


[Captioner] 19:52:45
YOUR COMMITMENT TO A UNIFIED


[Captioner] 19:52:47
COMMUNITY, THAT CENTERS IN


[Captioner] 19:52:48
PROSPERITY, STRENGTH AND


[Captioner] 19:52:49
INNOVATION FOR ALL ITS MEMBERS.


[Captioner] 19:52:51
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:52:54
>> WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE


[Captioner] 19:52:56
THAT AS THE FIRST AFRICAN


[Captioner] 19:52:58
AMERICAN TO HOLD THIS ROLE IN 70


[Captioner] 19:53:00
YEARS, THAT THIS MOMENT IN TIME


[Captioner] 19:53:01
IS LONG OVERDUE.


[Captioner] 19:53:04
IT IS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE


[Captioner] 19:53:07
THAT DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY


[Captioner] 19:53:08
MONTH OR AS THE CALIFORNIA


[Captioner] 19:53:10
SENATE REFERRED TO THIS


[Captioner] 19:53:13
YESTERDAY, WOMEN'S HER STORY


[Captioner] 19:53:14
MONTH, IT IS APPROPRIATE TODAY


[Captioner] 19:53:15
THAT YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND YOUR


[Captioner] 19:53:18
STORY CONTINUE TO LIGHT THE WAY


[Captioner] 19:53:18
FOR OTHERS.


[Captioner] 19:53:21
IT IS WITH RESPECT AND GRATITUDE


[Captioner] 19:53:23
THAT WE CON DWRAT LATE THE


[Captioner] 19:53:25
HONORABLE TERESA COX IN HER NEW


[Captioner] 19:53:26
ROLE AS VICE MAYOR OF THE GREAT


[Captioner] 19:53:27
CITY OF FREMONT, CALIFORNIA.


[Captioner] 19:53:28
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:53:34
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT
SPEAKER --


[Captioner] 19:53:35
>> WE HAVE ROSES FOR YOU.


[Captioner] 19:53:36
WE'LL GIVE THEM TO SUSAN.


[Captioner] 19:53:38
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 19:53:41
SPEAKER IS JAZLEEN.


[Captioner] 19:53:42
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 19:53:45
AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, I


[Captioner] 19:53:47
KNOW THEY ARE VERY DEAR TO ME


[Captioner] 19:53:48
AND PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME,


[Captioner] 19:53:51
MAYOR LILY MEI IS A VERY GOOD


[Captioner] 19:53:54
FRIEND, AND VERY DEAR TO THE


[Captioner] 19:53:55
ENTIRE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE


[Captioner] 19:53:56
INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FROM


[Captioner] 19:53:57
WHERE I COME FROM.


[Captioner] 19:54:00
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T


[Captioner] 19:54:04
KNOW, I HAVE MY OWN CHANNEL


[Captioner] 19:54:07
WHICH AIRS BOTH ON THE CABLE


[Captioner] 19:54:10
AND -- PLATFORMS LOCALLY AND 190
COUNTRIES.


[Captioner] 19:54:13
PLEASED TO ADDRESS AND THIS IS


[Captioner] 19:54:14
MY FIRST TIME AT THE FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:54:17
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND SAYING


[Captioner] 19:54:21
HI TO EVERYONE, RAJ, TERESA


[Captioner] 19:54:22
KENG, JENNY KASSAN AND
EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 19:54:27
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DEAR


[Captioner] 19:54:29
FRIEND AND FIRST AFRICAN


[Captioner] 19:54:33
AMERICAN VICE MAYOR TO BE IN


[Captioner] 19:54:36
FREMONT SINCE PAST 70 YEARS,


[Captioner] 19:54:36
TERESA COX.


[Captioner] 19:54:39
WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU


[Captioner] 19:54:41
STEP UP TO THIS POSITION.


[Captioner] 19:54:43
YOU TRULY DESERVE IT WILL.


[Captioner] 19:54:48
AND YOU'VE BEEN HELPFUL AND VERY


[Captioner] 19:54:49
ENGAGING WITH THE INDIAN


[Captioner] 19:54:52
AMERICAN COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY


[Captioner] 19:54:57
THE PUNJABI COMMUNITY, SO


[Captioner] 19:54:58
REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, FOR THE


[Captioner] 19:54:59
COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING


[Captioner] 19:55:03
FORWARD TO SOME OF THE BETTER


[Captioner] 19:55:05
WORK THAT WE ARE EXPECTING FROM


[Captioner] 19:55:07
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHEN YOU COME


[Captioner] 19:55:10
TO THIS POSITION AS WELL AND


[Captioner] 19:55:16
PERSONALLY FOR -- TV THE BLACK


[Captioner] 19:55:18
MONTH AS WELL IN THE MONTH OF
FEBRUARY.


[Captioner] 19:55:20
SO WE TRY TO COVER ALL THE


[Captioner] 19:55:22
COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT ALL THE


[Captioner] 19:55:24
COMMUNITIES AND LIKEWISE I SEE


[Captioner] 19:55:27
FROM ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND


[Captioner] 19:55:28
ESPECIALLY TERESA COX, SO


[Captioner] 19:55:29
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND THANK


[Captioner] 19:55:30
YOU, EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 19:55:30
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:55:33
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 19:55:36
SPEAKER IS MATTHEW JORGANS


[Captioner] 19:55:39
FOLLOWED BITTERY INMAN


[Captioner] 19:55:40
FOLLOWED BY BRANNIN DORSEY.


[Captioner] 19:55:42
>> GOOD EVENING.


[Captioner] 19:55:45
MY NAME IS MATTHEW HERE ON


[Captioner] 19:55:47
BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER ALEX


[Captioner] 19:55:48
LEE WHO REPRESENTS FREMONT IN


[Captioner] 19:55:48
THE STATE ASSEMBLY.


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ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER LEE,


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I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS


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CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, NOW VICE


[Captioner] 19:55:56
MAYOR TERESA COX.


[Captioner] 19:55:58
THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK


[Captioner] 19:55:59
YOU'VE DONE OVER MANY YEARS, FOR


[Captioner] 19:56:00
THE FREMONT COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:56:02
WE'RE JUST, I THINK, SO EXCITED


[Captioner] 19:56:03
FOR WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO


[Captioner] 19:56:05
FREMONT RESIDENTS IN THIS NEW


[Captioner] 19:56:06
ROLE, AND JUST I WOULD AGAIN


[Captioner] 19:56:08
LIKE TO EXPRESS THIS


[Captioner] 19:56:08
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: TERRY INMAN.


[Captioner] 19:56:18
>>  GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 19:56:22
PASTOR TERRY INMAN FROM HARBOR


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LIGHT CHURCH, ALSO PRESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 19:56:25
CITY SERVE, AN ORGANIZATION OF


[Captioner] 19:56:26
CHRISTIAN CLERGY IN OUR CITY


[Captioner] 19:56:28
THAT ALSO OPERATE COMPASSION
NETWORK.


[Captioner] 19:56:30
I'M HERE TO CONGRATULATE TERESA


[Captioner] 19:56:33
COX FOR THIS APPOINTMENT NOW AS


[Captioner] 19:56:34
OUR NEW VICE MAYOR.


[Captioner] 19:56:36
I ALSO WANT TO THANK TERESA KENG


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FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB AS


[Captioner] 19:56:39
OUR VICE MAYOR.


[Captioner] 19:56:41
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR


[Captioner] 19:56:41
LEADERSHIP ALSO.


[Captioner] 19:56:42
MAYOR LILY.


[Captioner] 19:56:46
AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT


[Captioner] 19:56:48
BOTH OF YOU HAVE THE NAME
TERESA.


[Captioner] 19:56:50
I HAVE THE NAME TERRY.


[Captioner] 19:56:53
TERRY IS THE MALE VERSION OF


[Captioner] 19:56:54
TERESA, SO THERE'S HOPE FOR ME


[Captioner] 19:56:55
TO BE VICE MAYOR SOME DAY.


[Captioner] 19:56:59
ANYWAY, LET ME JUST SAY, GOD


[Captioner] 19:57:00
BLESS ALL OF YOU, WE APPRECIATE


[Captioner] 19:57:01
EVERY ONE OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL


[Captioner] 19:57:03
AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.


[Captioner] 19:57:05
TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH INFLUENCE


[Captioner] 19:57:07
TERESA COX HAS, THIS IS THE


[Captioner] 19:57:09
FIRST TIME I'VE SPOKE HERE IN 27
YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:57:10
SO IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE
TONIGHT.


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GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:57:16
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:57:19
BRANNIN DORSEY FOLLOWED BY
NATIKA.


[Captioner] 19:57:23
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND


[Captioner] 19:57:23
CITY COUNCIL.


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MY NAME IS BRANNIN DORSEY.


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I AM HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT


[Captioner] 19:57:30
THE TRI-CITY DEMOCRATIC FORUM TO


[Captioner] 19:57:32
CONGRATULATE OUR NEW VICE MAYOR,


[Captioner] 19:57:32
TERESA COX.


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IN MY DAY JOB, I SERVE AS A


[Captioner] 19:57:40
VETERAN EDUCATOR OF PRIMARY


[Captioner] 19:57:42
STUDENTS IN FREMONT UNIFIED, AND


[Captioner] 19:57:44
ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU


[Captioner] 19:57:47
FROM BEING AN EDUCATOR IS THAT


[Captioner] 19:57:48
REPRESENTATION MATTERS.


[Captioner] 19:57:53
IT MATTERS FOR OUR BLACK AND


[Captioner] 19:57:55
BROWN STUDENTS TO SEE PEOPLE


[Captioner] 19:57:57
THAT LOOK LIKE THEM IN POSITIONS


[Captioner] 19:57:57
OF POWER.


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AND WHEN I LOOK AT OUR CITY


[Captioner] 19:58:06
COUNCIL, I SEE THE U.N.


[Captioner] 19:58:08
AND THAT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A


[Captioner] 19:58:08
FREMONT RESIDENT.


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SO I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT


[Captioner] 19:58:15
AND SWEET, BUT CONGRATULATIONS,


[Captioner] 19:58:18
AND THANK YOU TO ALL YOU'LL DO


[Captioner] 19:58:22
FOR REPRESENTING AND INSPIRING


[Captioner] 19:58:24
OUR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS TO


[Captioner] 19:58:28
BE IN POSITIONS OF POWER MUCH


[Captioner] 19:58:29
LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE


[Captioner] 19:58:29
UNITED STATES.


[Captioner] 19:58:30
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:58:30
[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:58:37
NATIKA.


[Captioner] 19:58:42
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:58:45
I AM A CO-YOUTH POET LAUREATE


[Captioner] 19:58:47
FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY THIS YEAR AND


[Captioner] 19:58:48
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TERESA


[Captioner] 19:58:50
KENG FOR ALL SHE'S DONE AND ALSO


[Captioner] 19:58:52
CONGRATULATE OUR NEW VICE MAYOR,


[Captioner] 19:58:53
TERESA COX, WITH A POEM.


[Captioner] 19:58:55
TIRED OF ALL THE COMMOTION AND


[Captioner] 19:58:56
DEBACLE SO YOU PUT IT IN A
BOTTLE.


[Captioner] 19:58:58
YOU CARRY THE BOTTLE IN YOUR


[Captioner] 19:58:59
FRONT POCKET AND EVERY DAY YOU


[Captioner] 19:59:00
MAKE A NEW DEPOSIT.


[Captioner] 19:59:02
WHEN DID PEOPLE DECIDE IT WAS


[Captioner] 19:59:03
OKAY TO BLAME YOU FOR SOMETHING


[Captioner] 19:59:05
YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE, YOUR BODY,


[Captioner] 19:59:05
FACE, GENDER, RACE.


[Captioner] 19:59:07
WE ARE NOT HERE TO BE COMPARED


[Captioner] 19:59:08
OR JUDGED.


[Captioner] 19:59:10
WHEN DID IT BECOME OKAY TO JUDGE


[Captioner] 19:59:11
SOMEONE'S APPEARANCE BEFORE


[Captioner] 19:59:12
BEING INTRODUCED TO THE


[Captioner] 19:59:13
EXISTENCE WITHIN THEM?


[Captioner] 19:59:15
WE ARE OUR OWN HOMES, BAGS OF


[Captioner] 19:59:16
SKIN AND BONE.


[Captioner] 19:59:18
WE CANNOT BE TREATED AS A LABEL


[Captioner] 19:59:20
OR A MET A PHOR.


[Captioner] 19:59:22
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHEW OUR


[Captioner] 19:59:23
WORDS SO THEY ARE SOFT, TREATED


[Captioner] 19:59:25
WITH DELICACY AND INCOMPETENCE,


[Captioner] 19:59:27
WE THINK OF A BOX LOCKED AWAY AS


[Captioner] 19:59:29
IF IT WOULD BRING US PEACE,


[Captioner] 19:59:29
PROSPERITY AND WEALTH.


[Captioner] 19:59:31
WE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO SPEAK UP


[Captioner] 19:59:32
FOR THE LIFE WE WANT TO LIVE FOR


[Captioner] 19:59:33
THE GENERATIONS TO COME OR TO


[Captioner] 19:59:34
MAKE RIGHT IN A WORLD OF WRONG.


[Captioner] 19:59:36
SIT IN YOUR SEAT AND LISTEN.


[Captioner] 19:59:38
NO ONE WANTS REBEL BECAUSE THEY


[Captioner] 19:59:39
KNOW WHO CAN START A REVOLUTION


[Captioner] 19:59:42
SO OUR MINDS SLOWLY WEAKEN


[Captioner] 19:59:44
BECAUSE OUR HOPE FADES, OUR


[Captioner] 19:59:45
VOICE BECOMES SHAKY BECAUSE OF


[Captioner] 19:59:46
HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD TO


[Captioner] 19:59:46
SPEAK UP.


[Captioner] 19:59:48
OUR PAIN AND WORTH IS NOT ENOUGH


[Captioner] 19:59:49
PROOF BECAUSE WHAT OTHERS


[Captioner] 19:59:50
PERCEIVE IS THAT WE ARE AN
EXCUSE.


[Captioner] 19:59:52
BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING,


[Captioner] 19:59:55
WHO HAVE OPINION THROUGH WHAT NO


[Captioner] 19:59:56
HUMAN SHOULD DON'T WANT THEIR


[Captioner] 19:59:57
CHILDREN TO WORRY ABOUT CULTURE


[Captioner] 19:59:59
AND I A PEERNS BEING MI STEA KEN


[Captioner] 20:00:01
FOR A THREAT BUT AS A GROUP WE


[Captioner] 20:00:01
ARE SPHRONGER.


[Captioner] 20:00:03
WE PICK OUR BATTLES AT ANY
COST.


[Captioner] 20:00:06
WE ARE PEOPLE.


[Captioner] 20:00:09
SOME BODIES, THEY PRAY THAT YOU
WON'T.


[Captioner] 20:00:12
THOUGH THEY ARE HIDDEN, WITH


[Captioner] 20:00:13
FEAR AND ANGER, CAN'T SEEM TO BE


[Captioner] 20:00:13
PUT OUT.


[Captioner] 20:00:15
AFTER ALL YOU CARRY IN YOUR


[Captioner] 20:00:17
FRONT POUCH CLOSE TO YOUR HEART


[Captioner] 20:00:18
BUT NOT YOUR BRAIN, WE'LL KEEP


[Captioner] 20:00:19
TRYING TO ABOLISH THIS PAIN.


[Captioner] 20:00:21
WE WILL NOT USE OUR PRIVILEGE IN


[Captioner] 20:00:23
VAIN SO LET'S TAKE ONE STEP AT A


[Captioner] 20:00:25
TIME AND TREK THIS TREACHEROUS
TRAIN.


[Captioner] 20:00:25
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:00:26
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:00:31
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RONA


[Captioner] 20:00:32
FOLLOWED BY HAZ.


[Captioner] 20:00:35
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LILY MEI


[Captioner] 20:00:36
AND ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 20:00:42
I AM FROM AFGHAN COMMUNITY AND


[Captioner] 20:00:43
AFGHAN COALITION.


[Captioner] 20:00:46
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE


[Captioner] 20:00:49
TERESA COX FOR HER NEW ROLE AS


[Captioner] 20:00:50
VICE MAYOR FOR CITY OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:00:58
I THINK TERESA COX FOR THE LAST


[Captioner] 20:01:01
FEW YEARS I THINK SHE DID A GOOD


[Captioner] 20:01:02
JOB IN BRINGING ALL OF THE


[Captioner] 20:01:02
COMMUNITIES IN FREMONT TOGETHER


[Captioner] 20:01:05
WITH HER LEADERSHIP, DIVERSITY,


[Captioner] 20:01:05
EQUALITY, AND INCLUSION.


[Captioner] 20:01:09
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO


[Captioner] 20:01:11
WORK WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.


[Captioner] 20:01:11
BEST WISHES.


[Captioner] 20:01:14
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:01:14
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 20:01:17
>> Ms. Gauthier: NAZ FOLLOWED


[Captioner] 20:01:20
BY DR. RINA JAHAR.


[Captioner] 20:01:20
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:01:22
IT'S A GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE


[Captioner] 20:01:26
TO BE HERE TO CONGRATULATE OUR


[Captioner] 20:01:30
SISTER AND OF COURSE A BEAUTIFUL


[Captioner] 20:01:32
FRIEND, MS. TERESA COX, ON A NEW


[Captioner] 20:01:33
ROLE AS VICE MAYOR OF CITY OF
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:01:36
I'M SO PROUD AND HAPPY TO KNOW


[Captioner] 20:01:38
THAT SHE IS PROGRESSING AND


[Captioner] 20:01:40
MOVING UP THE LADDER AND ONE DAY


[Captioner] 20:01:42
I WANT TO SEE HER SOMEWHERE EVEN


[Captioner] 20:01:43
BEYOND THIS.


[Captioner] 20:01:44
SO I'M ALWAYS BEHIND YOU.


[Captioner] 20:01:47
WHO WOULD EVER THINK OF SOMEBODY


[Captioner] 20:01:49
IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS 1%


[Captioner] 20:01:51
WOULD EVER THINK OF YOU?


[Captioner] 20:01:54
I AM THAT 1% OF THE PACIFIC


[Captioner] 20:01:56
ISLANDER AND HAWAIIAN, I WOULD


[Captioner] 20:01:59
SAY I'M FROM FIJI ISLAND, AND I


[Captioner] 20:02:00
REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY AND ALL


[Captioner] 20:02:02
THE MUSLIMS AROUND HERE, EVEN


[Captioner] 20:02:05
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE


[Captioner] 20:02:07
FIJI OR EVEN INDIA OR PAKISTAN.


[Captioner] 20:02:11
BEING 1%, I WOULD SAY THAT SHE


[Captioner] 20:02:12
IS ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO THINKS


[Captioner] 20:02:13
NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND.


[Captioner] 20:02:18
NO MATTER HOW HIGH YOU GO, SHE


[Captioner] 20:02:19
STILL LOOKS DOWN TO PEOPLE WHO


[Captioner] 20:02:20
ARE THE ROOTS AND THEN SHE


[Captioner] 20:02:20
REALLY REMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 20:02:22
SO THIS IS A GREAT THING AND I'M


[Captioner] 20:02:23
VERY PROUD AND HAPPY THAT YOU


[Captioner] 20:02:25
THINK OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF


[Captioner] 20:02:28
US TO MAKE A BETTER COMMUNITY TO


[Captioner] 20:02:30
UNITE EVERYONE TO EMBRACE


[Captioner] 20:02:34
DIVERSITY, TO ALSO CALL


[Captioner] 20:02:35
EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND AFTER 70


[Captioner] 20:02:38
YEARS, YOU HAVE STOOD UP FOR


[Captioner] 20:02:39
THIS POSITION, IT'S REALLY A


[Captioner] 20:02:41
GREAT HONOR AND SUCH A PRIDE FOR


[Captioner] 20:02:43
EVERY ONE OF US TO FEEL THAT


[Captioner] 20:02:45
SOMEONE LIKE YOU WHO REALLY


[Captioner] 20:02:47
THINKS PERSONS NOT ONLY FROM UP


[Captioner] 20:02:48
ABOVE BUT YOU LOOK DOWN OND


[Captioner] 20:02:51
EVERYBODY WHO IS REALLY LOOKING


[Captioner] 20:02:55
FORWARD TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO


[Captioner] 20:02:56
THANK ALSO ON THE SAME NOTE MISS


[Captioner] 20:02:56
LILY MEI.


[Captioner] 20:02:58
I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME


[Captioner] 20:02:59
WHEN SHE STARTED RUNNING AS


[Captioner] 20:03:00
MAYOR OF FREMONT AND I CALLED


[Captioner] 20:03:03
HER AND I SAID I NEEDED HER IN


[Captioner] 20:03:05
ONE OF MY EVENTS, I NEVER


[Captioner] 20:03:06
RECEIVED ANY MESSAGE AND LATER


[Captioner] 20:03:07
ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT, SHE


[Captioner] 20:03:08
SHOWED UP.


[Captioner] 20:03:12
AND THAT REALLY SHOWS HOW


[Captioner] 20:03:13
INTERESTINGLY PEOPLE REALLY


[Captioner] 20:03:14
THINK ABOUT THAT THEY ARE NOT


[Captioner] 20:03:15
PART OF THE EVENT BUT THEY


[Captioner] 20:03:18
ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND REALLY FEEL


[Captioner] 20:03:19
EVERYBODY BEING PART OF THIS.


[Captioner] 20:03:22
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I HOPE


[Captioner] 20:03:23
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DO GREAT.


[Captioner] 20:03:24
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:03:24
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 20:03:28
>> Ms. Gauthier: DR. RINA


[Captioner] 20:03:30
FOLLOW BID SNIT FOLLOWED BY


[Captioner] 20:03:30
WILLIE FRANKLIN.


[Captioner] 20:03:32
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 20:03:33
A VERY GOOD EVENING.


[Captioner] 20:03:35
I KNOW IT'S REALLY STORMY OUT


[Captioner] 20:03:37
THERE, BUT I HAD TO COME FOR MY


[Captioner] 20:03:39
DEAR FRIEND, HONORABLE TERESA
COX.


[Captioner] 20:03:41
I'VE KNOWN HER FOR 20 YEARS,


[Captioner] 20:03:43
SINCE I'VE LIVED IN FREMONT,


[Captioner] 20:03:44
SINCE I WAS A STUDENT AND WHEN


[Captioner] 20:03:48
SHE FIRST STARTED WITH OHLONE


[Captioner] 20:03:50
COLLEGE, DOING ALL HER STUFF


[Captioner] 20:03:53
WITH THE POLITICS AND SHE STOOD


[Captioner] 20:03:54
FOR EVERY SEAT AND I'VE BEEN


[Captioner] 20:03:56
WITH HER EVERY INCH OF THE WAY,


[Captioner] 20:03:58
AND I HAVE TO SAY, ON BEHALF OF


[Captioner] 20:04:01
MY ORGANIZATION, AND ALSO -- WE


[Captioner] 20:04:03
WANT TO GIVE BEST WISHES TO YOU,


[Captioner] 20:04:05
TERESA COX, AND OUR VICE MAYOR


[Captioner] 20:04:07
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE FIRST AFRICAN


[Captioner] 20:04:09
AMERICAN WOMAN IN 70 YEARS IN


[Captioner] 20:04:11
CITY OF FREMONT, AND THAT'S AN


[Captioner] 20:04:13
ACHIEVEMENT BY ITSELF, AND


[Captioner] 20:04:15
YOU'RE VERY, VERY WELL-KNOWN FOR


[Captioner] 20:04:17
YOUR LEADERSHIP, WHICH IS VERY


[Captioner] 20:04:19
TRANSFORMATIONAL, COMMUNITY


[Captioner] 20:04:21
SUPPORT, AND YOU UNITE ALL THE


[Captioner] 20:04:21
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.


[Captioner] 20:04:23
SO I GO TO ANY EVENT IN FREMONT


[Captioner] 20:04:24
AND TERESA IS RIGHT THERE.


[Captioner] 20:04:29
SHE WILL EVEN GET, I GUESS, ICE


[Captioner] 20:04:30
CREAM TRUCKS TO ENGAGE THE


[Captioner] 20:04:31
COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT I


[Captioner] 20:04:32
WOULD CALL A TRUE LEADER.


[Captioner] 20:04:33
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND BEST
WISHES.


[Captioner] 20:04:34
TERESA.


[Captioner] 20:04:35
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 20:04:43
SMITA FOLLOWED BY WILLIE


[Captioner] 20:04:46
FRANKLIN FOLLOWED BY VINCENT


[Captioner] 20:04:47
MACDOWELL.


[Captioner] 20:04:48
SMITA?


[Captioner] 20:04:50
WILLIE FRANKLIN?


[Captioner] 20:05:02
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:05:04
MY NAME IS WILLIE FRANKLIN.


[Captioner] 20:05:08
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALPHA PHAI


[Captioner] 20:05:10
ALPHA WHICH IS THE OLDEST BLACK


[Captioner] 20:05:11
FRATERNITY IN THE UNITED STATES


[Captioner] 20:05:15
FOUNDED IN 1906, AND I AM A


[Captioner] 20:05:18
PROUD MEMBER OF THAT, AND HAVE


[Captioner] 20:05:23
BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE


[Captioner] 20:05:24
DIVERSITY THAT I SEE AROUND THE


[Captioner] 20:05:26
BAY AREA THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.


[Captioner] 20:05:28
I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE KNOWN


[Captioner] 20:05:31
TERESA FOR OVER 17 YEARS, AND


[Captioner] 20:05:34
LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT SHE IS


[Captioner] 20:05:37
GOING TO BRING TO THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 20:05:40
FREMONT, IN TERMS OF INCLUDING


[Captioner] 20:05:43
EVERYONE AND REACHING OUT AND


[Captioner] 20:05:47
HAVING THE CITY OF FREMONT BE


[Captioner] 20:05:49
THE DIVERSITY -- OR BE THE


[Captioner] 20:05:51
DIVERSE CITY THAT IT IS TODAY.


[Captioner] 20:05:53
THANK YOU, GOOD LUCK, AND IF YOU


[Captioner] 20:05:55
NEED OUR SUPPORT, WE WILL BE
HERE.


[Captioner] 20:05:56
ALL RIGHT?


[Captioner] 20:05:56
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:05:58
BYE-BYE.


[Captioner] 20:05:58
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 20:06:06
>> Ms. Gauthier: VINCENT


[Captioner] 20:06:09
MACDOWELL FOLLOWED BY ALCA


[Captioner] 20:06:11
FOLLOWED BY RITU.


[Captioner] 20:06:12
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 20:06:13
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:06:16
MY NAME IS VINCENT MACDOWELL,


[Captioner] 20:06:18
CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE SILICON


[Captioner] 20:06:21
VALLEY CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHAI


[Captioner] 20:06:23
ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED,


[Captioner] 20:06:25
THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN


[Captioner] 20:06:27
INTERCOLLEGIATE GREEK FA TERNT


[Captioner] 20:06:31
FOUNDED DECEMBER 4TH, 1906 IN


[Captioner] 20:06:33
ITHACA, NEW YORK.


[Captioner] 20:06:36
THE FRATERNITY FOUNDERS ARE


[Captioner] 20:06:39
KNOWN AS THE SEVEN JEWELS,


[Captioner] 20:06:40
BROTHERS KNOWN AS ALPHAS.


[Captioner] 20:06:44
SOME NOTABLE ALPHAS INCLUDE


[Captioner] 20:06:45
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,


[Captioner] 20:06:47
THURGOOD MARSHALL, JESSE OWENS,


[Captioner] 20:06:49
ANDREW YOUNG AND A RECENT


[Captioner] 20:06:51
CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 20:06:52
SAN JOSÉ, CHARLES CHABY JONES.


[Captioner] 20:06:55
I'M HERE TO EXTEND OUR FULL


[Captioner] 20:06:59
SUPPORT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO


[Captioner] 20:07:00
COUNCILMEMBER SOON TO BE VICE


[Captioner] 20:07:00
MAYOR TERESA COX.


[Captioner] 20:07:03
FOR ALL THAT SHE'S DONE WITH THE


[Captioner] 20:07:03
COMMUNITY SO FAR.


[Captioner] 20:07:08
AND AS THE FIRST AFRICAN


[Captioner] 20:07:11
AMERICAN ELECTED IN 64 YEARS ON


[Captioner] 20:07:12
NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 IN FREMONT


[Captioner] 20:07:14
CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTING


[Captioner] 20:07:18
DISTRICT 6, COUNCILMEMBER COX


[Captioner] 20:07:20
WHO MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES AS


[Captioner] 20:07:21
THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN


[Captioner] 20:07:23
WITH A DEGREE IN NUCLEAR


[Captioner] 20:07:24
ENGINEERING.


[Captioner] 20:07:27
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND


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CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE CITY OF
FREMONT.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: ALCA?


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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.


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MY NAME IS ALCA.


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AND I'M MUSIC CHAIRPERSON OF
FOG.


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IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK


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ABOUT THAT YOU MENTIONED GREAT


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WORK OF TERESA COX.


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FIRST OF ALL I SHOULD


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CONGRATULATE YOU, TERESA.


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TERESA IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING


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SMALL BUSINESS RELATIONS,


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CREATING JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY,


[Captioner] 20:08:11
TERESA SERVED IN THE OBAMA


[Captioner] 20:08:13
ADMINISTRATION IN THE U.S.


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TRADE


[Captioner] 20:08:16
ADVISORY.


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TERESA HAS WORKED FOR SEVERAL


[Captioner] 20:08:21
FORTUNE 500 HIGH-TECH COMPANIES
IN SILICON VALLEY.


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INCLUDING LAM RESEARCH, 


[Captioner] 20:08:31
FACEBOOK, -- AND MANY MORE.


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WE ARE PROUD OF HER.


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SHE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN


[Captioner] 20:08:38
AMERICAN TO SERVE AS FREMONT


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VICE MAYOR IN ALMOST 70 YEARS.


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WE ARE PROUD THAT TERESA HAS


[Captioner] 20:08:48
BEEN DOING TREMENDOUS WORK TO


[Captioner] 20:08:49
UPLIFT ALL CROSS-SECTION OF


[Captioner] 20:08:53
PEOPLE OF ANY CREED, RICH OR
POOR.


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SHE'S SERVING ALL THE


[Captioner] 20:08:56
COMMUNITIES EQUALLY.


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SHE BELIEVES IN UNITY AND
DIVERSITY.


[Captioner] 20:09:05
MY BEST WISHES FOR TERESA.


[Captioner] 20:09:07
IN HER NEW ROLE, SHE WILL DO


[Captioner] 20:09:07
VERY GOOD.


[Captioner] 20:09:08
THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 20:09:14
SPEAKER IS RITU FOLLOWED BY
MUNIBA.


[Captioner] 20:09:17
RITU?


[Captioner] 20:09:22
RITU FOLLOW BID MUNEEBA.


[Captioner] 20:09:25





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>> HELLO.


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MY NAME IS MUNEEBA.


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I REPRESENT THE PAKISTANI


[Captioner] 20:09:39
AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS
PRESIDENT.


[Captioner] 20:09:44
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO


[Captioner] 20:09:46
CONGRATULATE VICE MAYOR TERESA


[Captioner] 20:09:49
COX ON THIS REMARKABLE


[Captioner] 20:09:52
ACHIEVEMENT OF BEING THE FIRST


[Captioner] 20:09:55
AFRICAN AMERICAN VICE MAYOR IN


[Captioner] 20:09:56
70 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF
FREMONT.


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I WOULD JUST -- I JUST HAVE


[Captioner] 20:10:01
GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
TERESA.


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SHE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS BROKEN


[Captioner] 20:10:06
BARRIERS.


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SHE IS A DOTING MOTHER TO HER


[Captioner] 20:10:12
WONDERFUL TWO CHILDREN, AND


[Captioner] 20:10:15
SHE'S ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THE


[Captioner] 20:10:18
COMMUNITY, AND I CAN JUST SAY


[Captioner] 20:10:20
THAT SHE JUST GIVES HER PERSONAL


[Captioner] 20:10:21
TOUCH AND SHE'S ALWAYS CARING


[Captioner] 20:10:23
AND VERY INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:10:27
AS BEING THE PAKISTANI AMERICAN


[Captioner] 20:10:29
COMMUNITY CENTER, WE CHERISH THE


[Captioner] 20:10:31
RELATIONSHIP WITH TERESA OVER


[Captioner] 20:10:34
THE YEARS, AND I WOULD ALSO SAY


[Captioner] 20:10:38
THAT I'M AN ARTIST AND CURRENTLY


[Captioner] 20:10:41
MY ARTWORKS ARE AT THE


[Captioner] 20:10:43
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM, SO


[Captioner] 20:10:46
I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT


[Captioner] 20:10:48
FREMONT IS DOING GREAT IN TERMS


[Captioner] 20:10:52
OF PROMOTING ART AND CREATIVES.


[Captioner] 20:10:54
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.


[Captioner] 20:10:55
SO GREAT TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE


[Captioner] 20:10:57
SO MANY WONDERFUL PROGRAMS BEING


[Captioner] 20:11:00
DONE IN THE CITY OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:11:06
AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT


[Captioner] 20:11:11
TO TERESA COX A PAINTING.


[Captioner] 20:11:19
AND CONGRATULATIONS, TERESA,


[Captioner] 20:11:21
AGAIN, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE


[Captioner] 20:11:24
GOOD LUCK, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU


[Captioner] 20:11:26
ARE GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN


[Captioner] 20:11:26
THIS ROLE.


[Captioner] 20:11:26
THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: IF THERE ARE


[Captioner] 20:11:36
NO MORE SPEAKERS IN PERSON, I'M


[Captioner] 20:11:37
GOING TO START ON THE SPEAKERS


[Captioner] 20:11:37
IN ZOOM.


[Captioner] 20:11:39
FIRST SPEAKER IS MOINA.


[Captioner] 20:11:49
>> YES.


[Captioner] 20:11:50
HELLO.


[Captioner] 20:11:51
MY NAME IS MOINA.


[Captioner] 20:11:54
I'M A 41-YEAR RESIDENT OF
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:11:57
AND I HAVE SEEN FREMONT GROW IN


[Captioner] 20:12:01
MY TIME IN THESE 40 YEARS AND


[Captioner] 20:12:03
I'M VERY PROUD OF BEING A
FREMONTER.


[Captioner] 20:12:06
TODAY I'M HERE TO CONGRATULATE


[Captioner] 20:12:08
TERESA COX FOR BEING SELECTED


[Captioner] 20:12:08
OUR VICE MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:12:12
I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH


[Captioner] 20:12:14
BRANNIN DORSEY WHEN SHE SAID


[Captioner] 20:12:14
REPRESENTATION MATTERS.


[Captioner] 20:12:18
IT DEFINITELY DOES MATTER, BIG


[Captioner] 20:12:20
TIME, FOR KIDS MORE THAN ADULTS,


[Captioner] 20:12:20
I WOULD SAY.


[Captioner] 20:12:23
BUT AS A WOMAN OF COLOR MYSELF,


[Captioner] 20:12:26
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT A


[Captioner] 20:12:27
WOMAN, A BLACK WOMAN WILL BE


[Captioner] 20:12:28
SERVING AS OUR VICE MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:12:33
OUR CITY COUNCIL IS VERY DIVERSE


[Captioner] 20:12:35
WHICH IN ITSELF IS SOMETHING TO


[Captioner] 20:12:37
BE VERY PROUD OF, AND I'M REALLY


[Captioner] 20:12:38
EXCITED FOR TERESA.


[Captioner] 20:12:41
CONGRATULATIONS, TERESA, AND


[Captioner] 20:12:43
HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE VICE


[Captioner] 20:12:44
MAYOR SEAT AND TO WORK WITH YOU


[Captioner] 20:12:45
IN THE FUTURE.


[Captioner] 20:12:46
THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER


[Captioner] 20:12:54
IS CHAPPIE JONES.


[Captioner] 20:12:58
>> YES, FIRST I WANT TO SAY IT


[Captioner] 20:13:01
GREAT SEEING YOU, MAYOR MEI, AND


[Captioner] 20:13:02
ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU IN THE
PAST.


[Captioner] 20:13:06
I WANT TO GIVE MY HEARTFELT


[Captioner] 20:13:09
CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMEMBER


[Captioner] 20:13:13
TERESA COX FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT


[Captioner] 20:13:13
TO VICE MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:13:15
I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT BEING A


[Captioner] 20:13:18
VICE MAYOR AND I KNOW THE


[Captioner] 20:13:19
CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS OF


[Captioner] 20:13:20
THAT POSITION, BUT YOU'RE GOING


[Captioner] 20:13:21
TO DO AN AMAZING JOB BECAUSE


[Captioner] 20:13:24
YOU'RE SMART, YOU'RE HARD


[Captioner] 20:13:25
WORKING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,


[Captioner] 20:13:26
YOU'RE EXTREMELY QUALIFIED.


[Captioner] 20:13:30
MAYOR MEI, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE


[Captioner] 20:13:32
A GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH IN


[Captioner] 20:13:33
TERMS OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
CITY.


[Captioner] 20:13:37
AND TO ALL THE OTHER


[Captioner] 20:13:40
COUNCILMEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF


[Captioner] 20:13:42
FREMONT, YOU ARE NOW GOING TO


[Captioner] 20:13:44
HAVE AN AMAZING PERSON WHO'S


[Captioner] 20:13:46
GOING TO BE A STRONG LEADER IN


[Captioner] 20:13:50
YOUR CITY AND IS GOING TO LEAD


[Captioner] 20:13:51
FREMONT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF


[Captioner] 20:13:53
THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO


[Captioner] 20:13:55
GREATER HEIGHTS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS.


[Captioner] 20:13:57
SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, AND


[Captioner] 20:14:00
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT


[Captioner] 20:14:00
YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED, TERESA.


[Captioner] 20:14:04
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:14:09
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELE
GOUDEAUX.


[Captioner] 20:14:13
>> GOOD EVENING.


[Captioner] 20:14:16
CAN YOU HEAR ME?


[Captioner] 20:14:19
HELLO?


[Captioner] 20:14:20
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 20:14:20
>> OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:14:21
GOOD EVENING.


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AS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT AND


[Captioner] 20:14:26
CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, IT IS


[Captioner] 20:14:29
MY GREAT PLEASURE TO CON


[Captioner] 20:14:31
LATE THE NEW VICE MAYOR ON HER
APPOINTMENT.


[Captioner] 20:14:33
HER DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF


[Captioner] 20:14:34
THE CITY IS TRULY COMMENDABLE


[Captioner] 20:14:36
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE


[Captioner] 20:14:38
POSITIVE CHANGES THAT SHE WILL


[Captioner] 20:14:38
UNDOUBTEDLY BRING.


[Captioner] 20:14:40
IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO EXPRESS


[Captioner] 20:14:41
MY SUPPORT FOR HER PLANS TO HOLD


[Captioner] 20:14:44
A CITY-WIDE MULTICULTURAL
CELEBRATION.


[Captioner] 20:14:45
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.


[Captioner] 20:14:51
THIS PROMISES TO BE A


[Captioner] 20:14:52
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO COME


[Captioner] 20:14:55
TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY


[Captioner] 20:14:55
AND CELEBRATION.


[Captioner] 20:14:58
IT IS A TESTAMENT -- AND THE


[Captioner] 20:15:00
IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING,


[Captioner] 20:15:01
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG


[Captioner] 20:15:02
ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.


[Captioner] 20:15:04
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED IN THIS


[Captioner] 20:15:06
COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS AND


[Captioner] 20:15:07
RAISED MY FAMILY HERE, I KNOW


[Captioner] 20:15:09
HOW MUCH THIS WOULD MEAN TO ALL


[Captioner] 20:15:10
OF US.


[Captioner] 20:15:12
IT IS A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE OUR


[Captioner] 20:15:13
DIFFERENCES AND EMBRACE OUR


[Captioner] 20:15:14
SHARED HUMANITY.


[Captioner] 20:15:17
I APPLAUD THE VICE MAYOR FOR HER


[Captioner] 20:15:18
FORESIGHT, COURAGE AND


[Captioner] 20:15:20
DEDICATION TO HELPING MAKE OUR


[Captioner] 20:15:21
COMMUNITY A BETTER AND MORE


[Captioner] 20:15:22
INCLUSIVE SPACE.


[Captioner] 20:15:24
CONGRATULATIONS, TERESA COX.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 20:15:29
SPEAKER IS LINDA ALEXANDER.


[Captioner] 20:15:36
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?


[Captioner] 20:15:37
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 20:15:38
>> O GREAT.


[Captioner] 20:15:45
CONGRATULATIONS TO VICE MAYOR


[Captioner] 20:15:45
TERESA COX.


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I AM LINDA ALEXANDER.


[Captioner] 20:15:54
I AM PRESIDENT OF DON, AND MY


[Captioner] 20:15:58
HUSBAND, TONY ALEXANDER, SITS ON


[Captioner] 20:16:03
THE SAUSE EVERGRADE -- WE ARE SO


[Captioner] 20:16:06
PROUD OF YOU AND VICE MAYOR


[Captioner] 20:16:09
TERESA, WE KNOW YOU WILL DO


[Captioner] 20:16:09
GREAT THINGS.


[Captioner] 20:16:14
TERESA IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF


[Captioner] 20:16:18
DON, AND MY SORORITY SISTER OF


[Captioner] 20:16:21
ALPHA CAPPA ALPHA SORORITY


[Captioner] 20:16:22
INCORPORATED, AND OUR FAMILY
FRIEND.


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SO CONGRATULATIONS.


[Captioner] 20:16:28
WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO GREAT


[Captioner] 20:16:29
THINGS IN THE CITY OF FREMONT.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 20:16:38
SPEAKER IS HENRY, HENRY LIANG.


[Captioner] 20:16:41
>> GOOD EVENING, CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 20:16:44
MY NAME IS HENRY LIANG.


[Captioner] 20:16:45
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CITIZENS


[Captioner] 20:16:46
FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:16:50
I'M HERE TO OBSERVE AND TO


[Captioner] 20:16:52
CELEBRATE A REMARKABLE MILESTONE


[Captioner] 20:16:53
IN HISTORY OF THE FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:16:57
TODAY WE RECOGNIZE TERESA KENG


[Captioner] 20:16:59
FOR HER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT


[Captioner] 20:17:04
AS THE FIRST AMERICAN VICE
MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:17:06
WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS


[Captioner] 20:17:07
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.


[Captioner] 20:17:09
YOU HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE


[Captioner] 20:17:11
BARRIERS AND SHATTERS OF
STEREOTYPES.


[Captioner] 20:17:13
YOUR SERVICE TO FREMONT IS


[Captioner] 20:17:16
DEEPLY APPRECIATED, AND WE ARE


[Captioner] 20:17:19
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE SOON YOU


[Captioner] 20:17:20
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:17:25
AND ALSO TO COUNCIL TERESA KENG,


[Captioner] 20:17:28
WHO HAS SERVED VICE MAYOR UNTIL


[Captioner] 20:17:29
TODAY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR


[Captioner] 20:17:30
SERVICE, AND DEDICATION TO
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:17:36
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND WHAT


[Captioner] 20:17:37
YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:17:37
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:17:39
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 20:17:44
SPEAKER IS JASMIN DAVE.


[Captioner] 20:17:47
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:17:51
HELLO, MY NAME IS JASMIN DAVE.


[Captioner] 20:17:53
I'M A TECH LEADER, ALSO A


[Captioner] 20:17:54
RESIDENT OF FREMONT FOR ABOUT 20
YEARS.


[Captioner] 20:17:58
I'M HERE REPRESENTING BAPS, A


[Captioner] 20:17:59
SOCIAL SPIRITUAL ORGANIZATION.


[Captioner] 20:18:01
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE


[Captioner] 20:18:03
VICE MAYOR TERESA COX ON THIS


[Captioner] 20:18:05
ACHIEVEMENT AND HER OUTSTANDING
SERVICE.


[Captioner] 20:18:07
SHE NOT ONLY DEVELOPED A GREAT


[Captioner] 20:18:09
RELATIONSHIP WITH ME BUT ALSO MY


[Captioner] 20:18:10
TEMPLE, WHICH SPILLS INTO
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:18:14
I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN HER BE


[Captioner] 20:18:15
INCLUSIVE OF ALL CULTURES.


[Captioner] 20:18:19
SHE'S A TRUE -- TRULY A TRAIL


[Captioner] 20:18:21
BLAZER THAT THE YOUNG GENERATION


[Captioner] 20:18:23
CAN INSPIRE TO FROM BEING A NEW


[Captioner] 20:18:31



[Captioner] 20:18:34
NUCLEAR ENGINEER TO THE FIRLS


[Captioner] 20:18:38
 FIRST VICE


[Captioner] 20:18:38
PRESIDENT OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:18:39
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:18:41
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 20:18:41
SPEAKER IS SANDRA EDWARDS.


[Captioner] 20:18:44
>> HELLO, THIS IS SANDRA EDWARDS


[Captioner] 20:18:45
SPEAKING AND I'M VERY PROUD TO


[Captioner] 20:18:47
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO


[Captioner] 20:18:47
CONGRATULATE TERESA COX.


[Captioner] 20:18:50
I AM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBER


[Captioner] 20:18:53
OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 52 YEARS.


[Captioner] 20:18:58
I STARTED OUT AND HAVE WORKED AS


[Captioner] 20:19:00
AN EDUCATOR AND AN ADMINISTRATOR


[Captioner] 20:19:03
FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I KNOW


[Captioner] 20:19:05
THE CHALLENGES ANY PUBLIC


[Captioner] 20:19:08
SERVANT WILL HAVE TO FACE AND I


[Captioner] 20:19:11
KNOW THAT TERESA, DUE TO HER


[Captioner] 20:19:13
DILIGENCE, HER DEDICATION, SHE


[Captioner] 20:19:15
IS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE, AND I


[Captioner] 20:19:18
JUST WANT TO LET TERESA AND WANT


[Captioner] 20:19:20
YOU TO KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY


[Captioner] 20:19:23
IS VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND I KNOW


[Captioner] 20:19:26
THAT YOU WILL DO FREMONT WELL


[Captioner] 20:19:29
AND WE'LL REPRESENT WELL ALL OF


[Captioner] 20:19:29
THE PEOPLE.


[Captioner] 20:19:32
CONGRATULATIONS TO TERESA,


[Captioner] 20:19:33
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY


[Captioner] 20:19:36
COUNCIL AND TO OUR MAYOR, AND


[Captioner] 20:19:38
CONGRATULATIONS TO FREMONT FOR


[Captioner] 20:19:41
BEING THE DIVERSE CITY, UNLIKE


[Captioner] 20:19:43
THE CITY THAT I FIRST FOUND WHEN


[Captioner] 20:19:46
I FIRST MOVED HERE, FREMONT IS A


[Captioner] 20:19:48
GOOD PLACE AND WE'RE GETTING


[Captioner] 20:19:49
BETTER EVERY YEAR, EVEN WITH ALL


[Captioner] 20:19:50
THE CHALLENGES.


[Captioner] 20:19:53
AGAIN, THANK YOU, AND I WISH YOU


[Captioner] 20:19:54
GOD'S SPEED.


[Captioner] 20:19:57
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:19:59
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PETRA
BRADY.


[Captioner] 20:20:08



[Captioner] 20:20:09
>> GOOD EVENING.


[Captioner] 20:20:14
I AM A MEMBER ALSO OF ALPHA


[Captioner] 20:20:15
CAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, AND I AM


[Captioner] 20:20:17
ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY


[Captioner] 20:20:18
ENGAGEMENT FOR THE OAKLAND


[Captioner] 20:20:20
AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF


[Captioner] 20:20:21
COMMERCE.


[Captioner] 20:20:25
AND I AM COMING TO CONGRATULATE


[Captioner] 20:20:28
MY SORORITY SISTER TERESA COX ON


[Captioner] 20:20:29
HER APPOINTMENT AS VICE MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:20:32
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO WELL.


[Captioner] 20:20:35
I HAVE SEEN YOU IN YOUR


[Captioner] 20:20:36
POLITICAL ACTION THROUGHOUT THE


[Captioner] 20:20:38
YEARS AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN


[Captioner] 20:20:41
PROUD OF YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT


[Captioner] 20:20:41
YOU DO.


[Captioner] 20:20:45
THIS IS JUST ONE MORE FTE IN


[Captioner] 20:20:45
YOUR CAP.


[Captioner] 20:20:46
THAT'S MY COMMENT.


[Captioner] 20:20:47
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:20:50
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:20:55
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEISHA
GARDENER.


[Captioner] 20:21:01
 DEISHAGARDNER.


[Captioner] 20:21:02
>> YES, HI.


[Captioner] 20:21:03
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.


[Captioner] 20:21:05
I'M THE FORMER HRC COMMISSIONER


[Captioner] 20:21:08
AND I WANTED TO PROUDLY


[Captioner] 20:21:09
CONGRATULATE TERESA COX.


[Captioner] 20:21:12
TERESA, YOU'VE HAD SUCH A HUGE


[Captioner] 20:21:14
INFLUENCE ON ME AND EVERYONE IN


[Captioner] 20:21:14
YOUR COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:21:17
YOU WORK ACROSS CITY LINES,


[Captioner] 20:21:19
BRIDGE GAPS AND UNITE EVERYONE


[Captioner] 20:21:19
YOU MEET.


[Captioner] 20:21:21
YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION


[Captioner] 20:21:22
IS UNMET.


[Captioner] 20:21:26
I HAVE NEVER MET ANYONE AS


[Captioner] 20:21:28
COMPASSIONATE, MORE LOVING,


[Captioner] 20:21:30
STRONG, AND VIBRANT, AND YOU


[Captioner] 20:21:31
HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY.


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OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE EVERYWHERE


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AND YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING AND


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I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU'LL


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DO NEXT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO


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HEARING MORE ABOUT YOUR NEW


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ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOUR NEW


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ACHIEVEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF


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FREMONT AND BEYOND.


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CONGRATULATIONS, TERESA COX.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


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SPEAKER IS PATRICK HARDY.


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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR


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MEI, COUNCILMEMBERS.


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MY NAME IS PATRICK HARDY.


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I'M A CRISIS EMERGENCY AND


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DISASTER SPECIALIST IN PRIVATE


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SERVICE, AND ON BEHALF OF THE


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EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNITY, WE


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WANTED TO CONGRATULATE TERESA


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COX IN HER APPOINTMENT AS THE


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VICE MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF
FREMONT.


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WHILE I'VE KNOWN TERESA A


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COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME, I MET


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HER IN A FEMA COURSE THAT SHE


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AND I WERE TAKING FOR A


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RE-CERTIFICATION AND SHE MADE AN


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INDELIBLE IMPRESSION ON ME.


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SHE WALKED UP TO ME, SHE PALMED


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HER BUSINESS CARD AND HANDED TO


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ME AND SAID I THINK WE CAN DO


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GREAT THINGS.


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SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT


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WE ARE FACED WITH IN THE


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CHALLENGES OF DISASTER


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MANAGEMENT AND I FEEL SHE'S


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GOING TO MAKE -- IN THE WAY WE


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CONSIDER THE RESILIENCE, THE


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RESPONSE AND THE RECOVERY IN


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CASE OF AN EMERGENCY ANYWHERE IN


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YOUR JURISDICTION.


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SO I HAVE AN HONOR AND A


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PLEASURE TO BE HERE, SO THANK


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YOU VERY MUCH.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE LAST


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SPEAKER IS VICKIE STEPHENS.


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>> GOOD EVENING.


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MY NAME IS VICKIE STEPHENS.


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I AM A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF


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FREMONT, AS WELL AS A RETIRED


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BUSINESS OWNER OF CENTRAL
FREMONT.


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I AM HONORED, PLEASED AND AS A


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RESIDENT OF THE HAPPIEST CITY IN


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THE WORLD, TERESA COX, MY SCRORT


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SISTER, MY PLAN IS THE VICE


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MAYOR OF FREMONT.


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CONGRATULATIONS, TERESA.


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I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO


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GREAT THINGS, AND REPRESENT ALL


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OF THE WOMEN.


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AND YOU CAN TELL YOUR STORY TO


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YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND THOSE TO
COME.


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THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS.


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>> Mayor Mei: IS THAT THE


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FINAL SPEAKER?


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THANK YOU.


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SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY TOO


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THAT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM,


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ITEM 2D, I WANTED TO THANK THE


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WISDOM OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE


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THAT CAME BEFORE ME AND I'M SO


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FORTUNATE TO STAND ON THEIR
SHOULDERS.


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MAYOR GUS MORRISON, I BELIEVE


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STARTED THIS PROCESS WHERE WE


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ROTATE, AND THE HANDBOOK


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DICTATES THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER


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THAT RECEIVES THE HIGHEST NUMBER


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OF VOTES DURING THE PREVIOUS


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MUNICIPAL ELECTION GETS TO BE


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APPOINTED VICE MAYOR, AND THEN


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FOLLOWING NEXT, THE GENERAL


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MUNICIPAL ELECTION, IT GOES IN


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THAT ORDER, THE COUNCILMEMBER


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WHO RECEIVES THE SECOND HIGHEST


[Captioner] 20:24:38
NUMBER OF VOTES, AND SO ON,


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UNTIL WHO RECEIVES THE THIRD


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HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES.


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BUT WHEN WE MADE A CHANGE A


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COUPLE YEARS AGO TO GO FROM AT


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LARGE TO DISTRICT ELECTIONS, WE


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DIDN'T WANT ANY OF OUR


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COUNCILMEMBERS TO FEEL NOT


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REPRESENTED, AND IT'S SOMETHING


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THAT WE STRIVE FOR AS A COUNCIL


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TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE DIVERSITY


[Captioner] 20:24:58
AND REPRESENTATION.


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SO I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE


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KNOW THAT WE MADE A CHANGE BACK


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THEN TO MODIFY TO 8 MONTHS SO


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THAT ALLOWS EVERY COUNCILMEMBER


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TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS THE VICE
MAYOR.


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IT VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE


[Captioner] 20:25:15
THAT REPRESENTATION.


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SO PER THE ORDER OF SELECTION OF


[Captioner] 20:25:20
THE VICE MAYOR DESCRIBED ABOVE,


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COUNCILMEMBER TERESA COX IS NEXT


[Captioner] 20:25:23
IN LINE FOR APPOINTMENT AS VICE


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MAYOR FOR THE PERIOD COVERING


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MARCH OF 2023 THROUGH NOVEMBER,


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AS SHE RECEIVED THE THIRD


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HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE


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2020 GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION.


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SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MOTION


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AND -- MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER


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COX AND SECONDED BY


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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SO IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE A


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VOTE, PLEASE.


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THANK YOU.


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SO CAN WE SEE --


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>> Ms. Gauthier: SALWAN?


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION


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PASSES FOR ITEM 2D UNANIMOUSLY.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE A


[Captioner] 20:26:08
BREAK SOON, SO DID YOU -- COX


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KOCH THANK YOU, MAYOR.


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>> Councilmember Cox: THANK


[Captioner] 20:26:11
YOU, MAYOR.


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I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE BRIEF
REMARKS.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LOOK


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FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND


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THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.


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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.


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TONIGHT MARKS AN HISTORIC MOMENT


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IN THE CITY OF FREMONT.


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IT AMERICAN HISTORY.


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IT IS INDEED AN HONOR TO BE ABLE


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TO SERVE AS THE FIRST


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AFRO-AMERICAN SERVING IN THE


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ROLE OF FREMONT VICE MAYOR.


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IT'S TAKEN 70 YEARS ALMOST TO


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MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN.


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BUT I GOTTA THANK EVERY ONE OF


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YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT TO


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MAKE THIS HAPPEN.


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I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN


[Captioner] 20:26:49
SEE, IN THE MIDDLE OF HAPPY


[Captioner] 20:26:50
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE HAVE


[Captioner] 20:26:52
THE MAJORITY OF OUR FREMONT CITY


[Captioner] 20:26:54
COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR CITY


[Captioner] 20:26:56
MANAGER, CITY CLERK, AS WELL AS


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OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS, AS


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WELL AS OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF, THAT


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WE ARE ALL WOMEN, SERVING IN THE


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HIGH LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HERE


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IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND I


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DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I


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THINK, FOR EVERYONE IN THAT --


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AND PART OF THAT BECAUSE WE


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CAN'T DO ALL THIS ALONE BY


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OURSELVES, IT TAKES EVERYONE.


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AND I JUST APPRECIATE WORKING


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ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS
CAPACITY.


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AND I WANTED TO JUST SHARE MY


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LOVING SUPPORT AND ENLIST THE


[Captioner] 20:27:32
HARD WORK OF ALL THE FAMILY, MY


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SON AND DAUGHTER, DAVID AND


[Captioner] 20:27:34
JACQUELINE ARE HERE TODAY,


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BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF


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INSPIRING THE FUTURE FOR THE


[Captioner] 20:27:41
NEXT GENERATION, AS WE ALL WORK
TOGETHER.


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AND IT'S ALSO TAKING A LOT OF


[Captioner] 20:27:45
YOU, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AS


[Captioner] 20:27:48
FAMILY, FRIENDS, BROTHERS,


[Captioner] 20:27:51
SISTERS, COUSINS, VOLUNTEERS,


[Captioner] 20:27:52
NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITY LEADERS,


[Captioner] 20:27:53
ALL OF YOU.


[Captioner] 20:27:54
IT TAKES EVERYONE.


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AND I'M SO GRATEFUL AND THANK


[Captioner] 20:27:58
YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.


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TODAY IS REALLY A TRANSITION
DAY.


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IT'S A HISTORICAL MESSAGE TO OUR


[Captioner] 20:28:06
LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE


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AMONG THE SAME VALUES THAT WE


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PROFESS, WE WORK TOGETHER.


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TODAY WE CAN BE PROUD OF ALL OF


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US COMING TOGETHER.


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WE KNOW THAT FREMONT HAS HAD


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CHALLENGES TODAY, AND THERE WILL


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ALWAYS BE MORE COMING.


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BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO


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BUILD A VIABLE FUTURE FOR
FREMONT.


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WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO


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GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST


[Captioner] 20:28:30
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.


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AND I STAND WILLING AND ABLE TO


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SERVE THE CITY OF FREMONT AND


[Captioner] 20:28:39
BEYOND FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE, A


[Captioner] 20:28:40
BETTER TOMORROW, BY CONTINUING


[Captioner] 20:28:43
TO BUILD A COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW


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AS WE CONTINUE TO SAY YES, WE


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CAN, YES, WE CAN ACHIEVE.


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WE ARE UNITED COMMUNITY OF


[Captioner] 20:28:55
PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE, ETHNIC,


[Captioner] 20:28:56
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
BACKGROUNDS.


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WE CALL FREMONT OUR HOME TO


[Captioner] 20:28:59
RAISE OUR FAMILIES.


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WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE


[Captioner] 20:29:05
BEST INTERESTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.


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UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH, UNITY IS


[Captioner] 20:29:09
VICTORY FOR ALL.


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I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR


[Captioner] 20:29:14
COMING OUT TODAY, WHETHER YOU


[Captioner] 20:29:18
WERE HERE IN PERSON, ON ZOOM, OR


[Captioner] 20:29:18
ON THE PHONE.


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GIVING FREMONT A STRENGTH THAT


[Captioner] 20:29:23
WE NEED AT THIS TIME OF
TRANSITION.


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I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE


[Captioner] 20:29:26
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.


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GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.


[Captioner] 20:29:28
THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:29:36
I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME, WE ARE


[Captioner] 20:29:38
DUE A BREAK FOR OUR
STENOCAPTIONER.


[Captioner] 20:29:42
AND SO WE WILL RETURN TO OUR


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REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS, WHICH


[Captioner] 20:29:47
WILL BE IN 10 MINUTES, WE'LL


[Captioner] 20:29:49
TAKE A BREAK, FOR THE --


[Captioner] 20:29:52
RETURNING TO THE 2022 HOUSING


[Captioner] 20:29:53
ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.


[Captioner] 20:29:54
THANK YOU.


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[ RECESS ]


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>> Mayor Mei:   WELCOME, 
WAYLAND.


[Captioner] 20:43:18
AND THANK YOU.


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AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RETURN 


[Captioner] 20:43:24
TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS 


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WHICH IS ITEM 5A WHICH IS THE 


[Captioner] 20:43:31
2022 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL 


[Captioner] 20:43:32
PROGRESS REPORT.


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AND I KNOW WE JUST SUBMITTED THE 


[Captioner] 20:43:36
OTHER 2023 ONE FOR HOUSING 


[Captioner] 20:43:38
ELEMENT PLAN AND SO THANK YOU TO 


[Captioner] 20:43:39
RETURNING AND THIS IS A PUBLIC 


[Captioner] 20:43:41
HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ANNUAL 


[Captioner] 20:43:43
REPORT OF THE STATUS OF THE 


[Captioner] 20:43:44
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.


[Captioner] 20:43:48
AND THE 2015-2023 HOUSING 


[Captioner] 20:43:50
ELEMENT UPDATE AND TO ALSO 


[Captioner] 20:43:51
CONSIDER AN EXEMPTION FROM THE 


[Captioner] 20:43:53
REQUIREMENTS OF CEQA PURSUANT TO 


[Captioner] 20:43:56
WITHOUT LIMITATION CEQA 


[Captioner] 20:44:02
GUIDELINES 15-378 AND/OR 1561 


[Captioner] 20:44:03
SECTION B 3.


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AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A 


[Captioner] 20:44:05
PRESENTATION.


[Captioner] 20:44:07
WELCOME.


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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI.


[Captioner] 20:44:12
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU FOR 


[Captioner] 20:44:15
STAYING.


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>> Hans Larsen:   GOOD EVENING, 


[Captioner] 20:44:19
VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:44:23
AS YOU KNOW COUNCIL RECENTLY 


[Captioner] 20:44:25
ADOPTED THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF 


[Captioner] 20:44:27
THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN THAT 


[Captioner] 20:44:28
LOOKS FORWARD AND COVERS THE 


[Captioner] 20:44:30
YEARS 2023 TO 2031.


[Captioner] 20:44:32
BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO DO A 


[Captioner] 20:44:34
REPORT-OUT LOOKING RETROACTIVELY 


[Captioner] 20:44:37
TO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 


[Captioner] 20:44:38
CALENDAR YEAR 2022.


[Captioner] 20:44:42
AND TO MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION 


[Captioner] 20:44:43
AND THEN WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS 


[Captioner] 20:44:45
TO MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION I'D 


[Captioner] 20:44:47
LIKE TO INTRODUCE PRINCIPAL 


[Captioner] 20:44:51
PLANNER WAYLAND LI.


[Captioner] 20:44:52
>> THANK YOU DAN.


[Captioner] 20:44:55
AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND 


[Captioner] 20:44:57
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 20:44:58
AGAIN THE ITEM BEFORE UFER IS A 


[Captioner] 20:45:00
PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S 2022 


[Captioner] 20:45:01
HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS 


[Captioner] 20:45:03
REPORT OR APR.


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WHICH SUMMARIZES THE CITY'S 


[Captioner] 20:45:07
PROGRESS MEETING ITS HOUSING 


[Captioner] 20:45:10
GOALS OVER THE PAST YEAR.


[Captioner] 20:45:13
THIS 2022 APR BEFORE YOU THIS 


[Captioner] 20:45:16
EVENING IS PARTICULARLY NOTABLE 


[Captioner] 20:45:17
BECAUSE IT IS THE FINAL YEAR OF 


[Captioner] 20:45:21
THE 2015 TO 2023 HOUSING ELEMENT 


[Captioner] 20:45:22
PLANNING PERIOD.


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THIS MEANS THAT WITH THIS AP 


[Captioner] 20:45:25
RATIFY WE ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSING 


[Captioner] 20:45:28
THE BOOKS ON THE LAST HOUSING 


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ELEMENT CYCLE AND TURNING THE 


[Captioner] 20:45:31
PAGE AND REFOCUSING OUR EFFORTS 


[Captioner] 20:45:33
ON THE NEXT EIGHT YEAR CYCLE IN 


[Captioner] 20:45:34
FRONT OF US.


[Captioner] 20:45:37
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:45:40
HERE'S JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THE 


[Captioner] 20:45:41
PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING.


[Captioner] 20:45:43
I'LL START WITH SOME BACKGROUND 


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ON THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND 


[Captioner] 20:45:47
HOUSING ELEMENT.


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I'LL REVIEW HOUSING PRODUCTION 


[Captioner] 20:45:50
DATA IN 2022 AND WHERE THE CITY 


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IS IN TERMS OF MEETING OUR 


[Captioner] 20:45:53
PRODUCTION GOALS.


[Captioner] 20:45:54
AND THEN I'LL JUST END WITH A 


[Captioner] 20:45:56
FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF HOUSING 


[Captioner] 20:45:57
ELEMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION 


[Captioner] 20:45:58
OVER THE PAST YEAR.


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SO LET'S START WITH SOME 


[Captioner] 20:46:01
BACKGROUND.


[Captioner] 20:46:02
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


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GENERAL LAW CITIES IN CALIFORNIA 


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LIKE THE CITY OF FREMONT ARE 


[Captioner] 20:46:11
REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ADOPTED 


[Captioner] 20:46:11
GENERAL PLAN.


[Captioner] 20:46:13
AND THE GENERAL PLAN IS OFTEN 


[Captioner] 20:46:15
CALLED THE CITY'S CONSTITUTION 


[Captioner] 20:46:17
FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.


[Captioner] 20:46:19
AND IT SERVES AS A POLICY 


[Captioner] 20:46:21
FOUNDATION UPON WHICH ALL LAND 


[Captioner] 20:46:22
USE DECISION ARE BASED.


[Captioner] 20:46:24
A GENERAL PLAN IS ORGANIZED INTO 


[Captioner] 20:46:26
VARIOUS CHAPTERS OR ELEMENTS.


[Captioner] 20:46:27
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE 


[Captioner] 20:46:30
ESTABLISHES A POLICY FRAMEWORK 


[Captioner] 20:46:32
AROUND OPARTICULAR TOPIC.


[Captioner] 20:46:33
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


[Captioner] 20:46:38
AND ONE OF THOSE AREAS IS THE 


[Captioner] 20:46:39
HOUSING ELEMENT.


[Captioner] 20:46:41
THE PURPOSE OF THE HOUSING 


[Captioner] 20:46:43
ELEMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT EACH 


[Captioner] 20:46:46
PERSON HAS ACCESS TO DECENT AND 


[Captioner] 20:46:47
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR 


[Captioner] 20:46:48
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:46:50
UNDER STATE LAW CITIES IN 


[Captioner] 20:46:51
CALIFORNIA ARE REQUIRED TO 


[Captioner] 20:46:52
UPDATE THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS 


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EVERY EIGHT YEARS AND ALSO UNDER 


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STATE LAW CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO 


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PREPARE AN ANNUAL PROGRESS 


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REPORT ON ITS HOUSING ELEMENT 


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EVERY YEAR.


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AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS APR IS 


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TO REFLECT ON HOW WELL THE 


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CITY'S MEETING ITS HOUSING GOALS 


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IN ORDER TO BETTER INFORM POLICY 


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DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.


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THE APRS THAT WE HAVE DONE EACH 


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OF THE PAST EIGHT YEARS PLAYED A 


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REALLY CRITICAL ROLE IN MAKING 


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SURE THAT WE WERE MAKING SMART 


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AND INFORMED DECISIONS, IN THE 


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NEW HOUSING ELEMENT THAT THE 


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COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED.


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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


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A KEY COMPONENT TO THE A PRMPLET 


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 APR IS 


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REACHING OUR RHNA TARGETS.


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RHNA IS A LONG STANDING PROCESS 


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IN CALIFORNIA WHICH IS INTENDED 


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TO ENSURE THAT ALL JURISDICTIONS 


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IN THE STATE ARE APPROPRIATELY 


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PLANNING TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR 


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FAIR SHARE OF THE STATE'S 


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HOUSING NEEDS.


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THE RHNA PROCESS STARTS AT THE 


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STATE LEVEL WHERE THE STATE 


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CLAIGHTS THE HOUSING NEEDS OF 


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WHAT THE REGION ARE AND THE 


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REGIONAL GOVERNMENT ASSIGNS THAT 


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RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN THE 


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RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON LOCAL 


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JURISDICTIONS TO ENSURE THAT 


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THEY HAVE THE ZONING AND THE 


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SITES IN PLACE TO BE ABLED TO 


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ACCOMMODATE THAT NEED.


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FOR THE PERIOD FREMONT'S RHNA 


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WAS SET AT 5,455 TOTAL UNITS 


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WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN FURTHER 


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INTO AFFORDABILITY LEVELS.


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AND THE CITY'S LOWER INCOME AND 


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MODERATE INCOME HOUSING NEEDS 


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ACTUALLY MAKE ARE UP A MAJORITY 


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OF THE CITY'S OVERALL HOUSING 


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NEEDS.


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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


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AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, 2022 IS 


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THE FINAL YEAR OF THE HOUSING 


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ELEMENT CYCLE.


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TO DATA ON THIS SLIDE -- SO THE 


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DATA ON THIS SLIDE REFLECTS 


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FREMONT'S TOTAL PRODUCTION 


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DURING THE 2022 PERIOD.


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FREMONT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN 


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MEETING ITS TOTAL RHNA TARGETS 


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BY PRODUCING CLOSE TO 8,000 


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TOTAL UNITS.


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ANOTHER TAKE AWAY LIKE MANY 


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CITIES IN THE STATE, FREMONT 


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FELL SHORT IN THE AFFORDABLE 


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CATEGORIES.


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IT IS NOTABLE THOUGH THAT IN 


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FREMONT WE PRODUCED OVER 1300 


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AFFORDABLE UNITS DURING THE PAST 


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CYCLE WHICH IS FAR AND AWAY -- 


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WHICH FAR AND AWAY EXCEEDS THE 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION 


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FROM PREVIOUS CYCLES.


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JUST FOR CONTEXT, IN THE CYCLE 


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PRECEDING THIS ONE, ONLY 492 


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AFFORDABLE UNITS WERE PRODUCED.


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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


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IN 2022, PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR 


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OVER 1100 UNITS, WHICH ACTUALLY 


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MAKES 2022 THE THIRD HIGHEST 


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YEAR FOR PRODUCTION IN THE 


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PLANNING PERIOD.


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SOME NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT 


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RECEIVED BUILDING PERMITS WERE 


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THE FREMONT BANK RESIDENCES 


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PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN, THE OSGOOD 


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AFFORDABLE UNITS IN IRVINGTON 


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AND THE ALLIED HOUSING FREMONT 


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FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT WHICH IS 


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ANOTHER AFFORDABLE PROJECT IN 


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FREMONT.


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THE PRODUCTION IN THE WARM 


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SPRINGS DISTRICT ALSO CONTINUED 


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TO BE VERY STRONG AND ANOTHER 


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KEY CONTRIBUTOR WAS ACCESSORY 


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DWELLING UNITS OR ADUS.


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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


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149 ADUS WERE PERMITTED IN 2022, 


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WHICH IS NEARLY TWICE AS MANY 


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ADUS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND 


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ABOUT FIVE TIMES AS MANY AS IN 


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2018.


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THIS TREND INDICATES THAT ADUS 


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ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR AND 


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MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND ALSO THAT 


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THE CITY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN 


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SUPPORTING THE GROWTH.


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WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT 


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ADUS PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH 


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HOUSING THAT'S NATURALLY 


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AFFORDABLE JUST BY DESIGN.


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BUT WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO 


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CREDIT ADUS TOWARD OUR 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS UNTIL 


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NOW.


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TAKING CREDIT FOR ADUS IN OUR 


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APR AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, 


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PREPARED BY ABAG WHICH BASICALLY 


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SHOWED THAT HAPPEN ON AVERAGE 


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ABOUT 90% OF ADUS IN THE ROOJ 


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ARE RENTED AT RATES AFFORDABLE 


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TO LOWER INCOME AND MODERATE 


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INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.


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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


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WITH RESPECT TO AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING, THE CITY PERMITTED TWO 


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MAJOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 


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PROJECTS IN 2022.


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ONE IS THE ALLIED HOUSING 


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FREMONT FAMILY APARTMENTS 


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PROJECT WHICH IS LOCATED IN 


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NORTH FREMONT NEAR THE 


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INTERSECTION OF FREMONT 


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BOULEVARD AND PASEO PADRE, THIS 


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PROJECT WILL INCLUDE 53 


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AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THE SECOND 


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PROJECT IS THE OSGOOD APARTMENTS 


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PROJECT WHICH IS LOCATED REALLY 


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CLOSE TO THE FUTURE IRVINGTON 


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BART STATION.


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AND THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE 


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111 AFFORDABLE UNITS WHEN IT'S 


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COMPLETE.


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AND THESE ARE JUST TWO OF MANY 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT 


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THE CITY PRODUCED DURING THE 


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LAST CYCLE.


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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.


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THE 2015 TO 2023 HOUSING ELEMENT 


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CONTAINS EIGHT POLLS?


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22 POLICIES AND 69 


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IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS.


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TABLE D IN THE APR INCLUDES AN 


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UPDATE ON ALL 69 PROGRAMS.


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AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS JUST A 


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FEW OF THEM.


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BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY REALLY TIME 


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TO TALK ABOUT A FEW PROGRAMS, WE 


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THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT REALLY STOOD 


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OUT TO US WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING -- WHEN WE WERE 


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REVIEWING THE LIST OF 


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ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE FAST 


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YEAR.


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AND ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO 


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ME IN PARTICULAR WAS 2022 WAS A 


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PRETTY NOTABLE YEAR IN TERMS OF 


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COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY 


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ABOUT HOUSING ISSUES.


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MANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE 


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PART OF OUTREACH FOR THE HOUSING 


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ELEMENT.


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AND ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY 


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PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS SUCH AS 


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AN ADU HOME OWNERS FAIR TO 


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EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT 


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ADUs, THE CITY'S HOUSING 


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DIVISION HELD AN AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING 101 WEBINAR ATTENDED BY 


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OWNERSHIP 100 PEOPLE AND A LARGE 


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TRAINING FOR LANDLORDS AROUND 


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PROPERTY MANAGERS AND THAT WAS 


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ATTENDED BY OVER 100 PEOPLE AND 


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ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER 


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HELPED US BETTER UNDERSTAND 


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ISSUES AROUND HOUSING AND THAT'S 


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GOING TO REALLY HELP OUR WORK 


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MOVING FORWARD IN ADVANCING OUR 


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HOUSING GOALS.


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AND AGAIN THESE ARE JUST A FEW 


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OF MANY PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY 


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ADVANCED DURING THE PAST YEAR.


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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


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IN CONCLUSION, THE 


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RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS 


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TO FIND THAT THE APR IS NOT 


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SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 


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UNDER CEQA AND ACCEPT THE APR 


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AND DIRECT STAFF TO FORWARD IT 


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ON TO THE STATE FOR THEIR 


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RECORDS.


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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.


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THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.


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I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY 


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QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY 


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HAVE.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU BOTH 


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TO WAYLAND AND TO YOUR ENTIRE 


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TEAM.


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AND I WANTED TO SEE AT THIS TIME 


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IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM 


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COUNCILMEMBERS.


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SO QUESTIONS.


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I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KENG FOR 


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CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.


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>> Vice Mayor Keng:   THANK YOU 


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MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU VERY 


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MUCH FOR THE REPORT.


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IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT WE 


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HAVE MET OUR OVERALL NUMBER.


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AND ALTHOUGH WE FELL SHORT IN 


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THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, 


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EVEN THOUGH WE DID BUILD MORE 


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THAN ANY OTHER CYCLES BEFORE.


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SO MY QUESTION IS, I'M WONDERING 


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IF THERE IS ANY INCENTIVES, YOU 


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KNOW, OTHER THAN THE IN LIEU 


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FEES?


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LIKE IS THERE ANY INCENTIVES 


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THAT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 


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PROJECTS IN PERMITTING PROCESS 


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CURRENTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE 


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GIVING THEM ANY LIKE FAST TRACK 


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OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN POSSIBLY 


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CONSIDER THAT IF THAT'S NOT 


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BEING DONE?


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AND THAT WAY, IT SAVES THEM 


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MONEY IN THIS PROCESS, AND 


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ENCOURAGE MORE BUILDING.


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>> David Persselin:   SO I'LL 


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TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.


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ONE INCENTIVE OR ONE ACTION 


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COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TO TRY TO 


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ASSIST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS 


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WHEN WE INSTITUTED THE IMPACT 


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FEES FOR DEVELOPMENT, COUNCIL 


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LOWERED THE FEES FOR AFFORDABLE 


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DEVELOPMENTS BY HALF AND THAT'S 


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SAVED CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF 


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MONEY ALREADY, THAT'S ONE BIG 


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ACTION COUNCIL HAS TAKEN.


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MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING 


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DEVELOPMENTS ARE UNDER VERY 


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TIGHT TIME LINES BECAUSE THEY'RE 


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GETTING FUNDING FROM THE STATE 


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THAT HAS DEADLINES THEY HAVE TO 


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MEET.


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AND WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY 


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WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 


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DEVELOPERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY 


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MAKE THOSE DEADLINES.


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AND QUALIFY FOR THAT STATE 


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FUNDING.


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SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF, 


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YOU KNOW, TURN AROUND TIME 


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THAT'S SET IN POLICY OR ANYTHING 


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LIKE THAT.


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BUT IT'S OUR PRACTICE TO WORK 


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VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR AFFORDABLE 


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DEVELOPERS TO MAKE SURE OUR 


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PROJECTS MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM 


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AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THEY 


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DON'T LOSE THIS IMPORTANT STATE 


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FUNDING THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR.


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>> Vice Mayor Keng:   THANK YOU 


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FOR THAT FEEDBACK.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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I WAS GOING TO NOTE THAT ONE 


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THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST 


[Captioner] 20:56:59
IS WE HAVE PULLED OUR FUNDING 


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TOO WHEN IT COMES TO MARKET RATE 


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HOUSING FEES.


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THEREFORE WHEN WE PROVIDED NO 


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NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY, 


[Captioner] 20:57:08
THE LAST TIME WAS 42 MILLION, 


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THAT ALLOWED US TO ADDRESS THREE 


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PROJECTS, IF I REMEMBER 


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CORRECTLY, ONE OF THE ONES WAS 


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ON OSGOOD, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S 


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THAT SPECIFIC ONE.


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DEPENDING ON THE FINANCE IF THE 


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STATE OR FEDERAL CAN GIVE US 


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MORE AFFORDABLE, ONE OF THE 


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PROJECTS DID GET AN AWARD 


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AFTERWARDS.


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>> Dan Schoenholz:  , WE HAVE 


[Captioner] 20:57:36
SECURED TWO GRANTS FROM THE 


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STATE, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING THRAWRCHED WE 


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SET OUT THAT WE FUND THROUGH 


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FEES ON BOTH COMMERCIAL AND 


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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.


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SO WE HAVE THIS REGULAR FUNDING 


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SOURCE AND THE STATE ENCOURAGES 


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THAT BY OFFERING GRANTS TO 


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CITIES THAT DO THAT.


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AND WE'VE QUALIFIED FOR THOSE, 


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SO WE'VE GENERATED LARGE AMOUNTS 


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NOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT'S 


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WHY OUR NUMBERS ARE SO MUCH 


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HIGHER IN THIS CYCLE IS WE HAVE 


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GENERATED MUCH MORE FUNDING.


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IN ADDITION THERE WAS ALAMEDA 


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COUNTY MEASURE A-1 WHICH WAS 


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ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS THAT 


[Captioner] 20:58:13
PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING 


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DURING THIS HOUSING ELEMENT 


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CYCLE, SO ALL OF THESE FUNDING 


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SOURCES ARE REALLY CRITICAL IN 


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TERMS OF PRODUCING AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THERE WAS A 


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DIRECT ALLOCATION ORIGINALLY FOR 


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THE SOUTH COUNTY AND THEN FOR 


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THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY AND 


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THEN WE ALSO TRIED COMPETING FOR 


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ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITHIN THAT.


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CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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THANK YOU.


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I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK 


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QUESTIONS.


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THE ABOVE-MARKET, I MEAN IT SAYS 


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ABOVE-MODERATE, THAT'S THE 


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MARKET RATE, OKAY.


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AND THEN I WAS JUST LOOKING AT 


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THE REPORT.


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AND I NOTICED THAT SOME PARTS OF 


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THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE 


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REPRESENTATION WHEN IT COMES TO 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING.


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IS IT JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN THIS 


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CYCLE?


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I'M NOT SEEING ARDENWOOD FOR 


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EXAMPLE ANY UNITS BEING BUILT IN 


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THE NORTHERN PART OF FREMONT.


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I DON'T SEE NILES ON HERE AND I 


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DON'T SEE WARM -- MISSION SAN 


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JOSE.


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SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW DO WE 


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DECIDE WHERE WE -- THESE UNITS 


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ARE BEING CREATED?


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AM I -- AM I STILL ON MUTE?


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>> Mayor Mei:   NO, WE CAN HEAR 


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YOU.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY.


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   SO 


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS 


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THEY HAVE TO SECURE FUNDING FROM 


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MULTIPLE SOURCES.


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THE CITY SUBSIDIZES BE 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT ALSO 


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THAT'S USUALLY JUST SEED MONEY 


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TO HELP THEM QUALIFY FOR OTHER 


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FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL.


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THOSE FUNDING SOURCES REALLY 


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GIVER PREFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENTS 


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THAT ARE CLOSE TO TRANSIT.


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AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS 


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THAT OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED AREAS 


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ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE BEST 


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SITUATED TO QUALIFY FOR FUNDING 


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FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.


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SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE MORE OF 


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THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 


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IRVINGTON AND CENTERVILLE AND IN 


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CENTRAL FREMONT AND NOW IN WARM 


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SPRINGS.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY, THANK YOU.


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WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 


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WHAT -- WHEN A DEVELOPER, WHAT 


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DO THEY CALL IT -- YOU SAID THEY -- I'M LOOKING AT -- HOLD 


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ON ONE SECOND.


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I'LL GET MY THOUGHT TOGETHER.


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BECAUSE BUILDING PERMITS, AND 


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ACTUALLY BUILDING THE 


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DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, OR THE UNITS 


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THEMSELVES, WHAT'S THE 


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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 


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BUILDING PERMITS AND THE 


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ACTUALLY HAVING SOMEONE IN THE 


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HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE 


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WHETHER OR NOT YOU MET YOUR 


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NUMBERS?


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>> ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS 


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MEANS THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN 


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START CONSTRUCTION AND START 


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BUILDING IT.


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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN 


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SOMEBODY'S ACTUALLY READY TO 


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MOVE IN, THAT MEANS AFTER THE 


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BUILDING HAS BEEN FINALLED, 


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ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF 


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OCCUPANCY, IT'S DONE AND MOVE IN 


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READY.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   SO 


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THE BUILDING PERMITS ARE WHAT 


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DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE 


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MET YOUR NUMBERS.


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>> THAT'S RIGHT.


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BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE IS 


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TYPICALLY THE METRICS THAT'S 


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USED TO -- IN TERMS OF COUNTING 


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YOUR NUMBERS AGAINST RHNA.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   OH.


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>> WE DO REPORT ON PERMITS 


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FINALLED AS WELL AS NEW 


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APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND 


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PROJECTS ENTITLED AS WELL BUT 


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THAT'S A KEY METRIC.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY, OKAY.


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AND SOME OF THESE THAT WOULD -- 


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ARE CARRYOVERS RIGHTS TO THE NEW 


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14 PLUS THOUSAND THAT WE HAVE TO 


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BUILD?


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I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT THE 


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LAST TIME.


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THEY ARE CARRYOVERS.


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>> THAT'S RIGHT.


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SOME ARE -- SOME PROJECTS THAT 


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WERE PERMITTED IN 2022 WILL 


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CARRY OVER AND BE COUNTED 


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TOWARDS OUR GOALS IN THE NEXT 


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CYCLE.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY, OKAY.


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YOU DID TELL ME THAT FROM THE 


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LAST TIME.


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I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 


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LAST HOUSING ELEMENT.


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THAT THAT WAS THE CASE, THAT 


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THERE WAS SOME OF THE UNITS THAT 


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WILL GO TOWARDS THE LOW INCOME 


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AND THE VERY LOW INCOME THAT 


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WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE 


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NEW -- BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 


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DEVELOPED YET.


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>> THAT'S RIGHT.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY.


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OKAY, OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE 


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FOR NOW.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANKS.


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NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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>> Councilmember Shao:   THANK 


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YOU, MADAM MAYOR.


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THIS QUESTION ACTUALLY IS FOR 


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THE PUBLIC.


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IF WE LOOK AT TABLE 2, THE 


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PERMITS ISSUED, UNDER ALL 


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CATEGORIES, AND THEN I CAN 


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NOTICE A TREND OF ALL THE OTHER 


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CATEGORIES OVER THE 


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ABOVE-MODERATE UNITS, I SEE THAT 


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IN 2016, IT'S ALMOST THE LOWEST 


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CLOSE TO ZERO.


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BUT THEN STARTING 2018, 


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ESPECIALLY AFTER 2020, WE SEE 


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THAT RATIO START TO INCREASE 


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DRAMATICALLY.


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NOW WELL ABOVE 20%, MEANING, IT 


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WAS 100 UNITS OF MODERATE OR 


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ABOVE-MODERATE UNITS, WE HAVE 


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OVER 20 UNITS UNDER OTHER 


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CATEGORIES.


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SO MY QUESTION IS:  FOLLOWING 


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THIS TREND, DO YOU THINK THE 


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COUNCIL'S INCREASE OF IN LIEU 


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FEES ACTUALLY HAD AN IMPACT ON 


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THE INCREASE OF SUCH RATIO, IN 


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OTHER WORDS, RAISING THE IN-LIEU 


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FEES DO YOU THINK IT HELPED THE 


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DEVELOPERS TO BE MORE MOTIVATED 


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TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING?


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   SO IT'S 


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DIFFICULT TO TEASE PART THESE 


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NUMBERS AND SORT OF DETERMINE 


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CAUSE AND EFFECT.


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THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 


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VARIABLES IN PLAY.


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MY THOUGHT IN PART IS THAT A LOT 


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OF MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT 


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HAPPENED IN 2015 AND 2016, WE 


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COLLECTED FEES.


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IT TAKES US TIME TO PUSH THAT 


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MONEY OUT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING 


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DEVELOPERS, AND SO THERE IS SORT 


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OF A LAG TIME.


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SO YOU SEE A LOT OF MARKET RATE 


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DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.


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AND UNLESS THEY BUILD UNITS 


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WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT 


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INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, THE 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING KIND OF 


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TRAILS.


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AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT 


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TO SEE SORT OF TWO PEAKS.


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ONE WOULD BE THE MARKET RATE 


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PEAK AND THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER 


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WOULD BE THE AFFORDABLE PEAK.


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BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF 


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THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS 


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BEEN DOING TO TRY TO PROMOTE 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING I THINK HAVE 


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CONTRIBUTED TO, YOU KNOW, US 


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PRODUCING MORE HOUSING THAN WE 


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HAVE IN THE PAST.


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OBVIOUSLY IT IS ONE OF THESE 


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GLASS IS HALF EMPTY GLASS IS 


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HALF FULL THING BECAUSE WE 


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HAVEN'T MET THE GOALS THAT WERE 


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SET FOR US.


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THAT IS DISAPPOINTING BUT ON THE 


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OTHER HAND, IT IS SOMETHING TO 


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BE PROUD OF THAT WE PRODUCED SO 


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MUCH MORE IN THIS EIGHT YEAR 


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PERIOD THAN WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS 


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EIGHT YEARS.


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>> Councilmember Shao:   THANK 


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YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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NEXT, FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, 


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COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.


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>> Councilmember Kassan:   SO 


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ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE BUILT ALMOST 


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FOUR TIMES AS MUCH, OR THE 


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DEVELOPERS HAVE BUILT ALMOST 


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FOUR TIMES AS MUCH MARKET RATE 


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HOUSING AS WAS CALLED FOR IN 


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RHNA BUT ONLY 36% OF THE AMOUNT 


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OF AFFORDABLE WAS BUILT THAT WAS 


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HOPED FOR BY RHNA.


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SO WE -- I KNOW WE'RE GETTING -- 


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THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC 


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BUT WE'RE GETTING READY TO 


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CONSIDER DEFERRING DEVELOPER 


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FEES, THAT HAS PASSED ON THE 


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FIRST READING AND IT IS COMING 


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BACK FOR A SECOND REELD READING.


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AND I'M JUST WONDERING, GIVEN 


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THAT EVERY SINGLE RHNA CYCLE WE 


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ARE COMPLETELY UNDERPERFORMING 


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WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS.


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DO YOU THINK DELAYING DEVELOPER 


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FEES WILL GIVE AN IMPACT ON OUR 


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ABILITY TO PRODUCE AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING?


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   SO I THINK 


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WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FEE 


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DEFERRAL, I THINK STAFF, OUR 


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VIEW IS THAT IT'S ALSO HARD TO 


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PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPACTS 


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OF THE FEE DEFERRAL ARE.


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ON THE ONE HAND, IT DELAYS THE 


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TIME WHEN WE COLLECT THE FUNDS, 


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SO THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL DELAY 


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WHEN WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO 


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BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.


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BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD 


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MAKE SOME MARKET RATE PROJECTS 


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PENCIL THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE.


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AND SO WE MAY COLLECT MORE FEES 


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THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE.


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AND WE CAN'T, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 


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REALLY SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT.


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SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE, YOU 


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KNOW, KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE 


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TWO COMPETING COMPONENTS OF 


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REINSTATING THE FEE DEFERRAL.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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NEXT FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   THANK 


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YOU MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU 


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FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.


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JUST A QUESTION.


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AS FAR AS THE ABOVE MODERATE 


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UNITS, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE 


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FROM THE WARM SPRINGS 


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DEVELOPMENT?


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>> PROBABLY 3500 I THINK.


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SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   3500 


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OKAY.


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SO IF WE TOOK THOSE OUT, THEN WE 


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WOULD BE WITHIN THE RHNA NUMBERS 


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THEN, WE TAKE OUT THAT ONE-TIME 


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TOD AREA?


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>> I'M SORRY COULD YOU REPEAT 


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THE QUESTION?


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   SO 


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TOTAL UNITS TO DATE ARE 8223.


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AND YOU SAID 3500 WERE, IF I CAN 


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DO SOME QUICK MATH MYSELF HERE.


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SO 8223, 3500, SO THAT WOULD 


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GIVE US IN A NORMAL YEAR OF 


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4723.


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WHICH WOULD BE BELOW THE RHNA 


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GOALS FOR THIS PERIOD UP TO 
2022.


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IF WE WERE TO --


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>> IF WE EXCLUDED WARM SPRINGS, 


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THAT'S CORRECT.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   THE 


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REASON I SAID THAT, THAT IS ONCE 


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IN A GENERATIONAL TYPE PROJECT, 


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I DON'T THINK WE WILL HAVE 


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ANOTHER WARM SPRINGS BECAUSE WE 


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DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF LAND.


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SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, 


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UNDERSTAND THAT.


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SECOND, THESE RHNA NUMBERS ARE 


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THEY MAXIMUMS OR MINIMUMS, CAN 


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YOU DO TOO MUCH OR ARE THESE THE 


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MINIMUM GUIDELINES THAT THE 


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STATE IS LOOKING FOR?


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>> THOSE ARE OUR TARGETS.


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SO IT WOULD BE -- THERE IS NO 


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MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS YOU 


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WOULD BUILD.


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THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS YOU'RE 


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STRIVING FOR IN ORDER TO MEET 


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YOUR HOUSING NEEDS.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   OKAY.


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AND DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IN LIEU 


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FEES WE COLLECTED FROM THESE 


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PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO 


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USE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING?


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   WE 


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PRESENTED THOSE NUMBERS WHEN WE 


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PRESENTED OUR DEFERRALS, IT'S 


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SIGNIFICANT SO WE PUSHED OUT 


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TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS I 


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THINK THAT THE MAYOR WAS STATING 


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THAT --


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>> Mayor Mei:   42 PLUS THE 


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PREVIOUS ROUNDS.


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THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF 


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NOFA FUDGED.


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THE LAST ONE, I AM TRYING TO 


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THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 


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IT'S 30 PERHAPS?


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I KNOW IT'S SIGNIFICANT.


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I KNOW WE HAVE DONE MULTIPLE 


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PROJECTS TO GET TO THAT POINT.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   THANK 


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YOU.


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LAST CURIOSITY QUESTION, OUR 


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HOUSING ELEMENT DID WE GET 


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APPROVED FOR THE 2023 CYCLE OR 


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IS THAT STILL IN THE APPLIANCE?


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>> WE EXPECT TO HEAR BACK 


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SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   


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EXCELLENT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   NEXT FOR 


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CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, 


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COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THANK 


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YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 


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PRESENTATION.


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AND ALL THIS INFORMATION.


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I WAS CURIOUS, I NOTICED THAT 


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YOU DID QUITE A FEW, A COUPLE OF 


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TRAININGS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.


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AND I WAS CURIOUS TO FIND OUT IN 


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TERMS OF THE APARTMENT OWNERS 


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AND PROPERTY MANAGERS.


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WHAT WERE SOME OF THE BARRIERS 


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THEY WERE SAYING, IN DOING 


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BUSINESS WITH FREMONT?


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AND EVEN WITH THE DEVELOPERS 


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AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOME 


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WAYS THAT WE COULD HELP 


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STREAMLINE THE PROCESS BETTER, 


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TO HELP SERVICE OUR RESIDENTS 


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AND SERVICE OUR FUTURE PROPERTY 


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OWNERS OR RENTERS?


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   SO THE 


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WORKSHOP FOR PROPERTY MANAGERS 


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WAS SPECIFIC TO FAIR HOUSING 


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ISSUES, I THINK -- I THINK WE'RE 


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TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ONE THAT 


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YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT.


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AND SO I THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 


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STAFF AND CONSULTANTS THAT ARE 


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KIND OF EXPERT IN THE AREA OF 


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FAIR HOUSING PROVIDING GUIDANCE 


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TO PROPERTY OWNERS.


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SO IT WAS KIND OF A WORKSHOP AND 


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A CLASS ALMOST.


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I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMMENTS CAME 


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BACK DURING THAT.


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BUT I THINK IT WAS REALLY MEANT 


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AS KIND OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 


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TO PROPERTY MANAGERS.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   OKAY SO 


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YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE GIVING THEM 


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THE RESOURCES AND WHAT THINGS 


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ARE REFERENCED AND OPERATIONS 


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AND THINGS LIKE THAT.


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   RIGHT.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   I WAS 


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JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANY 


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WAY WE COULD HELP IMPROVE OUR 


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PROCESS WITH EVERYONE.


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BECAUSE I KNOW -- I THINK FOR 


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THE WHOLE PERMIT PROCESS IT 


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COULD TAKE UP TO LIKE FIVE YEARS 


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UNTIL YOU GOT THE TIME OF 


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OCCUPANCY, IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT 


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ON AVERAGE NOW OR HAS THAT GONE 


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UP MORE?


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   YES.


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SO THE PERMITTING PROCESS YOU'RE 


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TALKING ABOUT FOR DEVELOPING?


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DEVELOPING HOUSING --


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>> Councilmember Cox:   AND 


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SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO BASICALLY 


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MOVE IN ONCE THEY GOT THE 


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OCCUPANCY ISSUED, THE 


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CERTIFICATE.


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   YES, SO I 


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MEAN WE'RE CONSTANTLY STRIVING 


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TO IMPROVE OUR PERMIT PROCESS.


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YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY DURING COVID 


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IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING WHEN WE 


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COULDN'T MEET IN PERSON AND 


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WE'VE DONE A MAJOR PIVOT TO 


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DOING PRIMARILY ONLINE 


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PERMITTING.


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AND THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE 


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POPULAR WITH OUR -- ESPECIALLY 


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WITH OUR LARGER DEVELOPERS WHO, 


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YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET FAMILIAR 


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WITH THE SYSTEM AND IT MAKES IT 


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MUCH EASIER FOR THEM.


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THEY CAN USE IT 24 HOURS A DAY 


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AND THEY CAN TRACK WHERE THEIR 


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PROJECT IS THROUGH THE SYSTEM 


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AND ALL THAT.


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SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SORT OF 


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A TECHNOLOGICALLY IMPROVEMENT WE 


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 TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT WE 


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PUT IN PLACE.


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I MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY ON 


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AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE PUT A LOT 


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OF EFFORT INTO ENSURING THAT THE 


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PROJECTS GET THROUGH QUICKLY AND 


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MEET THE DEADLINES THAT THE 


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STATE HAS SET.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   BECAUSE 


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THEY'LL LOSE THE FUNDING, IT'S A 


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TIGHT TIME LINE THERE.


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BUT IS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 


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HOW -- IT'S THE RANGE IS FIVE 


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YEARS BUT FOR AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING, IS IT -- HOW MUCH 


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SHORTER?


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   NO, IT -- 


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SO FOR AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT IT 


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COULD BE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO 


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GO FROM THEIR APPLICATION TO 


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THEIR PERMIT.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   OKAY, 


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GOT IT.


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   YES.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THAT 


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GIVES ME -- THAT'S FAST.


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>> Dan Schoenholz:   SORT OF A 


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MORE TYPICAL TIME IF WE'RE NOTE 


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THROWING KIND OF EXTRA RESOURCES 


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AT IT IS PROBABLY MORE AROUND A 


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YEAR FOR BIG MULTIFAMILY 


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PROJECT.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   SURE, 


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EASILY, YEAH, OKAY, THAT SOUNDS 


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ABOUT RIGHT FROM WHAT MY 


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EXPERIENCE.


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I WANTED TO ALSO FIND OUT, I WAS 


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REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE DID A 


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SEMINAR ON THE ADU AND PROBABLY 


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GENERATED A LOT OF INTEREST 


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THERE.


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AND I GUESS THAT ALSO HELPED 


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WHEN THE LAW PASSED THAT IT 


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INCREASED.


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BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PROJECTS 


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ON AVERAGE DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 


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FOR ADU UNITS?


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>> WE PERMITTED 149 LAST YEAR.


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WHICH IS A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE 


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FROM EVEN THE YEAR PRIOR.


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I THINK IT'S -- I THINK IT WAS 


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LIKE A FIVE TIMES INCREASE SINCE 


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2018.


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SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TREND 


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IS GOING TO BE BEYOND THIS YEAR.


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BUT IT'S -- THERE IS A LOT OF 


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ACTIVITY AROUND ADUs AT THE 


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MOMENT.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   AND SOME 


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ARE USED FOR ALSO THE AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING ASPECT OF IT, HOW SOME 


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OF THEM ARE BEING DESIGNED.


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>> I THINK ADUs IN GENERAL ARE 


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SMALL UNITS.


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AND I THINK FROM OUR EXPERIENCE 


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WE KNOW THAT BY VIRTUE OF BEING 


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A SMALLER UNIT THEY'RE GOING TO 


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BE MORE AFFORDABLE.


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AND ABAG DID A REGIONAL STUDY ON 


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RENTAL RATES FOR ADUs AND THEY 


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FOUND ABOUT 90% OF ADUs ON 


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AVERAGE WERE BEING RENTED AT 


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RATES AFFORDABLE TO LOWER INCOME 


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OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   OKAY, 


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THAT GIVES ME A GOOD METRIC 


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THERE.


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THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.


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AND GOOD JOB ESPECIALLY ON 


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OUTREACHING AND ALL THOSE 


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DIFFERENT TRAINING THAT HELPED 


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THINGS GO SMOOTHER AND PROVIDING 


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THE RESOURCES, SO THANK YOU VERY 


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MUCH.


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>> Mayor Mei:   NEXT, DO WE HAVE -- I WANT TO OPEN UP THE 


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PUBLIC HEARING.


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>> The Clerk:   WE CURRENTLY 


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HAVE ONE ON ZOOM.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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>> The Clerk:   NARIN IMADI.


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>> HELLO EVERYONE.


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THIS IS NARIN IMADI, I'M A 


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RESIDENT OF TREATMENT LIVING IN 


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CANYON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.


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SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY 


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MUCH.


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FOR PROVIDING THIS REPORT.


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IT'S PRETTY GOOD, AND VERY 


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DETAILED AND INFORMATIVE.


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SO -- BUT AT THE SAME TIME I 


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WOULD LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT 


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LIKE, YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS.


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WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IN 


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A DIFFERENT WAY.


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LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE -- 


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DEFINITELY HAVE OVERALL NUMBERS 


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THAT WERE THE PERMITS THAT WE 


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ISSUED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE 


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LIKE 8,000 PLUS FOR THE ENTIRE 


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EIGHT YEAR TENURE, ON THE LOW, 


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VERY LOW INCOME, AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING WE ONLY MET 40%.


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ON LOW INCOME IT'S 55% ON 


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MODERATE INCOME IT'S 9%.


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AND ON THE ABOVE NOT RAD INCOME 


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WE MET LIKE 400%.


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SO THERE IS EVEN THOUGH ALL THE 


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NUMBERS SEEMS GREAT THERE IS A 


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LOT THAT NEED TO BE DONE, 


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ESPECIALLY ON THE LOW INCOME, 


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VERY LOW INCOME AND MODERATE 


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INCOME.


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WE SHOULD TAKE THIS AS A 


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PROBABLY A LEARNING AND THEN 


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COULD DO BETTER IN THE NEXT 


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EIGHT-YEAR TENURE.


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AND ALSO, THERE ARE SOME OF THE 


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QUESTIONS LIKE FROM THE COUNCIL 


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ARE GREAT.


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ESPECIALLY GIVEN THIS LAST TWO, 


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THREE YEARS SPIKE IN THE OVERALL 


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NUMBERS.


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THEY MAY NOT BE SUSTAINED FOR 


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THE NEXT FEW YEARS.


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IN THAT CASE LIKE IT WILL BE 


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GREAT IF WE CONTINUED THE GOING, 


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AND THE NUMBERS WOULD CONTINUE 


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CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE SAME RAPID 


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RATE.


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AND THE OSGOOD HOUSING PROJECT 


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AND ALLEN HOUSING PROJECT 


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NUMBERS MAY YOU BE GREAT IF WE 


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COULD DISTINGUISH AND NOT 


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RECOUNT FOR THE NEXT 2023 YEAR 


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APR'S.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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WAS THAT THE ONLY SPEAKER?


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>> The Clerk:   NO WE HAVE 


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ANOTHER HAND RAISED.


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SONIA ISIDU.


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>> ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN WAITING 


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SINCE LIKE ONE HOUR OR SO.


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I WANTED TO GET -- TERESA, 


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CONGRATULATE HER.


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I GUESS IT IS TOO LATE.


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>> Mayor Mei:   YES, I 


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APOLOGIZE, THAT WAS A PREVIOUS 


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ITEM.


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WE HAD CALLED ALL THE SPEAKERS 


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AT THAT TIME.


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BUT THANK YOU.


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DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER FOR 


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THIS ITEM WHICH IS ON THE 


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HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS 


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REPORT?


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>> The Clerk:   NO, YOU CAN 


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CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.


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>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY, AT THIS 


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TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE 


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PUBLIC HEARING AND LIKE TO 


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TRANSFER IT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL 


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FOR COMMENTS.


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BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON 


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THIS.


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AND I CAN ALSO SEND, I HAVE THE 


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REPORT HERE FOR THE ADU SURVEY 


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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.


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I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   WELL, 


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I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO 


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MOVE FORWARD AND ACCEPT STAFF'S 


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RECOMMENDATION.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO SECONDS.


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COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


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DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?


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OKAY.


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IF WE COULD -- WE HAVE A MOTION 


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AND SECOND, IF WE COULD PLEASE 


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CALL THE VOTE.


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THE MOTION CARRIES.


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AND IT'S APPROVED.


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I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK 


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COMMENT TOO, JUST FOR SOME OF 


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THE PEOPLE THAT ASKED THE 


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QUESTION.


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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 


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STARTED OFF THE CONVERSATION WAS 


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ABOUT THE GENERAL PLAN.


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AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE 


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ARE SEEING CERTAIN TYPES OF 


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HOUSING BUILT IT ALIGNS WITH THE 


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GENERAL PLAN AND APPROVED LAND 


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USE.


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ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE 


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AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD 


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ALWAYS WORK ON COLLECTIVELY AS A 


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BODY IS LEGISLATIVE POLICIES OR 


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FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT 


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SPECIFICALLY TARGET SOME OF THE 


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DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT 


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TO ACHIEVE IN TERMS OF IN THE 


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PAST WE'VE HAD SOME SUPPORT AND 


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TARGETED FUNDING PROGRAMS 


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SPECIFICALLY TO AFFORDABLE 


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HOUSING LIKE MEASURE A.


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BUT WE'VE HAD A STRUGGLE WITH 


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SOME OF THE MODERATE WORKFORCE 


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HOUSING.


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THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE -- I 


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WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF IN 


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REFERENCE TO THE ADUS, PEOPLE 


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CAME BECAUSE IF IT IS A MORE 


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SIMPLIFIED PROCESS THAT HELPS 


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FACILITATE A SMOOTHER APPROVAL 


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AND LESS COMPLICATIONS IT HELPS 


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US TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THE ADU 


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HOUSING.


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THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO THANK 


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THE STAFF FOR.


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WITH REGARD TO THE TRAINING FOR 


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TENANTS AND LANDLORDS, ONE OF 


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THE THINGS WE UTILIZED IT FOR 


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REAL QUICKLY WAS ALSO FOR THE 


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RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SOME OF 


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THE OTHER PROGRAMS TO HELP 


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FACILITATE AND FAST-TRACK THAT.


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I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF BOTH 


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FROM THE PLANNING SIDE AS WELL 


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AS THE HUMAN SERVICES SIDE FOR 


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PARTNERING TO GET THAT DONE.


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SO THAT'S THE HOUSING ELEMENT.


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THANK YOU.


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NEXT ON THIS AGENDA IS ITEM 7A 


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WHICH IS THE COUNCIL REFERRAL 


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FROM CITY COUNCIL FOR, FROM 


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COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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SCR THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.


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WITH MUCH THOUGHT I'VE BEEN 


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THINKING ABOUT THIS 


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MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND 


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FESTIVAL FOR A LONG TIME.


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AND IN FACT, I HAD TALKED ABOUT 


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IT WITH MY PASTOR, PASTOR TERRY, 


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THAT YOU SAW EARLIER FROM HARBOR 


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LIGHT.


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AND JUST TRYING TO REACH HOW WE 


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CAN MAKE THINGS MORE EQUITABLE 


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FOR EVERYONE AND THE RESIDENTS 


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HERE IN FREMONT.


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BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT IT SOME 


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GROUPS ARE LARGER THAN OTHERS.


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AND WHEN YOU HAVE NUMBERS, 


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SOMETIMES YOU HAVE MORE MONEY, 


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MORE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.


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AND THAT RESTRICTS OTHER GROUPS 


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THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE 


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ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL 


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OF CELEBRATIONS.


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I KNOW THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE 


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IN SUPPORT OF OUR FLAG POLICY, 


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THAT IS COMING ABOUT.


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AND ALSO, THE PROCLAMATIONS TO 


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HONOR THE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS 


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THAT OCCUR WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, 


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WHICH SUPPORT THE WORK THAT OUR 


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RESIDENTS ARE DOING AND CITY 


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STAFF.


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AND I THINK WHAT THIS PURPOSE OF 


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THE MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, 


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IT WAS BASICALLY TO ALLOW THE 


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DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS HERE IN 


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FREMONT, THE ETHNIC GROUPS, THE 


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DIVERSITY THAT WE ALL HAVE AND 


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THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE 


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FRIENDSHIP, NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS 


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BUT ALSO A LEVEL OF 


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UNDERSTANDING OF COMMON 


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INTERESTS AND SOME THINGS THAT 


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MAKE US ALL DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE 


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TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THAT.


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AND IN ADDITION, WE KNOW THAT 


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WITH SOME OF THE PREVIOUS, IN 


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THE PAST, WE'D PASSED YOU KNOW 


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PROMOTING ZERO TOLERANCE OF ANY 


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KIND OF DISCRIMINATION, RACISM, 


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SEXISM OR HATRED IN THE 


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COMMUNITY.


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SO THE PURPOSE REALLY OF THE 


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MULTICULTURE CELEBRATION IS TO 


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ALLOW US TO COME TOGETHER AND 


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HAVE THE CITY OF FREMONT AS ALL 


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OF US ARE LEADERS HERE TO BE 


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ABLE TO PROVIDE A VENUE, A 


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PLATFORM THAT WOULD ALLOW THE 


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DIVERSITY OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT 


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GROUPS AND FAMILIES AND 


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COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE HERE IN 


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FREMONT, THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO 


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COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE.


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AND ALSO, THAT IN MARCH OF 2022, 


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I SEE OUR DIRECTOR SUZANNE WOLF 


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HAD PRESENTED BEFORE US AND WE 


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HAD A COUPLE OF READINGS BUT WE 


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ALL PREVIOUSLY ACCEPT ONE 


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COUNCILMEMBER, WE APPROVED THE 


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PARK RECREATION MASTER PLAN.


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AND IN IT, IT WAS EXTENSIVE, AND 


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WITH THE CONSULTING FIRMS THAT 


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WORKED WITH OUR CITY STAFF, THE 


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RESIDENTS, OVER 3,000 RESIDENTS 


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EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANTED TO 


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HAVE FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS, FREE 


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CULTURAL, AND SO THIS IS 


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SOMETHING THAT IS VERY POWERFUL, 


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THAT IT WAS COMING OUT OF THIS 


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PARTICULAR PLAN, THAT THE 


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RESEARCH WAS THERE.


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IT DOCUMENTED OVER 200 UNIQUE 


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COMMUNITY LEADERS, LOCAL 


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BUSINESSES, LOCAL SERVICE 


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ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF OUR, YOU 


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KNOW, DIFFERENT CITY 


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COMMISSIONERS THAT ALLOWED TO BE 


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ABLE TO SPEAK, EVEN OUR 


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SPIRITUAL AND FAITH BASED 


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LEADERS WERE EVEN TAPPED IN TO 


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GET THEIR INPUT.


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SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 


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DOCUMENTED IN THE SURVEYS WITH 


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WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF FREMONT 


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WOULD LIKE TO SEE.


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AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK, THERE IS 


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A LOT OF CITIES IN CALIFORNIA, 


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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 


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PARTICULAR, THAT HOLD THEIR 


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ANNUAL MULTICULTURE FESTIVAL.


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AND I KNOW IN TALKING WITH OTHER 


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MEMBERS OF OTHER CITY LEADERS, 


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I.T. WAS A WAY TO BRING THE 


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COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND NOT PUT 


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ONE COMMUNITY OVER ANOTHER.


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BUT TO HAVE EVERYONE BE ABLE TO 


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EXPRESS WHAT MAKES EACH THREAD 


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AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY SO UNIQUE.


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SO YOU LOOK AT CONCORD.


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THEY HAVE A MULTIFESTIVAL.


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SAN JOSE.


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, ANTIOCH, YOU 


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KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTESIA 


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DOWN IN ORANGE COUNTY AND YOU 


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KNOW OAK GROVE ALL IN THE STATE 


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OF CALIFORNIA, NOT TO MENTION 


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SAN DIEGO, AND EVEN WHEN I HAD 


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EVEN LIVED ON THE EAST COAST, 


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EVEN WITH THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN 


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NEW YORK CITY AT JACKIE ROBINSON 


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PARK WHICH I USED TO SUSTAINED 


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BACK IN THE DAY.


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BUT ALL THESE ARE RESONATING 


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THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE TREND 


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BUT ALSO THE LEVEL OF THE 


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RESIDENTS BEING ABLE TO 


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CELEBRATE THE MULTICULTURE 


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FESTIVALS, SO IT IS HELD IN A 


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WIDE VARIETY OF CITIES.


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I JUST NAMED A FEW AND NOT TO 


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SAY I DIDN'T LIST ALL OF THEM 


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BUT THEY'RE THERE IN THE REPORT.


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BUT THE GENERAL CONCEPT IS 


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SIMPLE.


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IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE EVENT, 


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AKA, AS KNOWN AS FREMONT 


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MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND WE 


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WOULD BE CELEBRATING IT AS A 


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COMMUNITY EVENT THIS WOULD ALLOW 


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THE DIFFERENT GROUPS TO PROVIDE 


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EITHER ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, YOU 


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HAVE RESOURCE FAIR, YOU COULD 


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ALSO HAVE AVENUES FOR FOOD 


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TRUCKS, INFORMATION TO THE 


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COMMUNITY, AND IT WOULD BE KIND 


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OF ON A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, 


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KIND OF TIME SCALE THAT THERE 


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WOULD BE DIFFERENT ALLOTTED 


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TIMES TO HAVE THESE DIFFERENT 


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ACTIVITIES OF THE CULTURAL 


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ENTERTAINMENT.


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BUT ALSO IT'S PROVIDING 


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INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, IN OUR 


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COMMUNITY WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH 


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THOSE LOOKING FOR KIDNEY AND 


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BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT AND THOSE 


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TYPE OF INFORMATION COULD ALSO 


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BE PART OF THE CULTURAL 


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CELEBRATION AND THE INFORMATION 


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RESOURCE BOOTH.


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AND WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL 


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HOSPITALS TO HELP REDUCE OUR 


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HEALTH INEQUALITIES.


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SO, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING OUT AND 


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THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING, NOT NOW 


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BECAUSE WE NEED TIME TO PLAN.


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AND HAVE OUR CITY STAFF TAKE A 


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LOOK AT IT.


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BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A TARGETED 


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DATE OF MAY 2024.


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AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE ALSO 


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KIND OF TOOK A LOOK AND KIND OF 


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SURVEYED LIKE WHAT WOULD BE THE 


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BEST MONTH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A 


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MULTICULTURAL EVENT?


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AND BASED ON THE RESEARCH IN THE 


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MONTH OF MAY WE HAVE SO MANY 


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WONDERFUL THINGS.


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WE HAVE THE AAPI HERITAGE MONTH, 


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ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, 


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YOU HAVE CINCO DE MAYO, YOU HAVE 


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JEWISH AMERICAN MONTH, YOU HAVE 


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JEWISH AMERICAN DAY, IT COVERS 


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HAWAII, INDIA, CHINA, AFGHAN, 


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PAKISTAN, WE HAVE NATIVE 


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AMERICAN DAY, WE HAVE SISTER 


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CITIZENS DAY, WORLD DAY FOR 


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CULTURAL DIVERSITY.


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NOT TO MENTION WE HAVE MOTHERS 


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DAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY.


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SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF 


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EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY.


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IT WOULD KIND OF RESONATE.


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AND EVEN THERE'S AN AFRICAN 


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LIBERATION DAY, MALL COME X 


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BIRTHDAY IS IN THE MONTH OF MAY.


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WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IT'S KIND OF 


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PIN POITED EVERYTHING LANDED 


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TOGETHER IN THE MONTH OF MAY.


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WE EVEN HAVE THE SIKH COMMUNITY, 


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INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST 


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AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, 


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MEMORIAL DAY, HONORING VETERANS, 


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AND OUR CITY MANAGER'S BIRTHDAY, 


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WHAT DAY WAS THAT DITTO THAT, 


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(LAUGHING).


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PAIFL IN SUMMARY I FEEL LIKE 


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BRINGING FORWARD THIS FESTIVAL 


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WOULD BRING TOGETHER IN THE 


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RICHNESS OF OUR CULTURE HAVE 


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UNITY AND DIVERSITY.


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WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE ARE DOING 


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PAPER BUT WE NEED TO DO SOME 


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ACTION AND TAKE ACTION TO MAKE 


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THINGS HAPPEN AND TO HELP OUR 


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COMMUNITY.


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AND I THINK THAT THIS WOULD 


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BRING OUR COMMUNITY MUCH MORE 


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TOGETHER AND THIS WOULD BE 


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RECOMMITTING SOME OF THE IDEALS.


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WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY.


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WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND 


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INCLUSION.


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NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION.


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AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE 


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SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CARRY 


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OUT THROUGH FREMONT TO MAKE IT A 


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BETTER, EVEN MORE BETTER 


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COMMUNITY, FOR EVERYONE.


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AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING, THIS IS 


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MY ASK:  IS TO ALLOW CITY STAFF 


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TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO HOST 


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THIS ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL 


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FESTIVAL, LOOKING AT IT AS THE 


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FREMONT DOWNTOWN CENTER WHICH IS 


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OUR HEART AND SOUL, OF OUR 


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CHOOUNT.


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AND WITH THE PLAN THEY CAN 


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PROVIDE STAFFING, RESOURCES, 


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WITH THE BUDGET SUGGEST 


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PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITIES, AND 


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REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT 


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COMMUNITIES TO GET INPUT ON 


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POSSIBILITIES OF THESE 


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PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITIES.


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AND ALSO KIND OF LOOKING AT IT 


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AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER 


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SPONSORSHIP, OUR PUBLIC-PRIVATE 


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PARTNERSHIP, AND THIS COULD BE 


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SOMETHING ENGAGING WITH OUR 


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FREMONT CHAMBER AND OUR 


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BUSINESSES AND KIND OF GO ACROSS 


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ALL OF -- ALL THE THINGS THAT 


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LINK US TOGETHER WITH THE CITY 


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OF FREMONT AND OUR RESIDENTS.


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AND ALSO THAT LOOKING AT IT IN 


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TERMS OF THE KIND OF THE LAYOUT 


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AND TRYING TO GET AN IDEA IN 


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TERMS OF THE CULTURAL, 


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INFORMATION, RESOURCE BOOTHS, 


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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EVENT 


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MANAGEMENT AND TIME LINE.


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SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT 


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THE STAFF COULD TAKE A LOOK AT.


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YOU KNOW WE DO THE -- EVERY YEAR 


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WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CONCERT 


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SERIES EVERY YEAR AND MAYBE THAT 


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COULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 


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COULD BE REPLACED IN DOING A 


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MULTICULTURAL.


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I MEAN I THINK WE HAVE FIVE OR 


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SIX, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY 


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CONCERTS, IT'S WONDERFUL FROM 


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JULY TO AUGUST.


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THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE 


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LIKE A SUBSTITUTE, YOU DO THIS 


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BUT MAYBE SUBSTITUTE IT WITH 


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DOING A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.


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AND GIVE STAFF TIME THAT WE'RE 


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NOT RUSHING, THEY HAVE TIME TO 


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PUT THINGS TOGETHER, AND KIND OF 


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BUILD OUT A PLAN.


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AND MAYBE TALK TO EACH ONE OF US 


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AS SOME INPUT ON THIS 


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MULTICULTURAL.


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AND THEN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A 


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DEVELOPED PLAN AT A FUTURE DATE 


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BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.


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AND SEIZE WHAT THOUGHTS AND 


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IDEAS -- AND SEE WHAT THOUGHTS 


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AND IDEAS THAT WE CAN DO YOU 


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KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOY OUR 


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CONCERT SERIES.


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THEY ENJOY THE -- YOU KNOW, 


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THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT 


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FAIRS AND, YOU KNOW, SUMMER 


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RECRUITING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT 


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THINGS.


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AND THIS COULD KIND OF HELP TIE 


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THE STRINGS OF FREMONT WITH OUR 


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DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.


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AND BE MORE UNITED AND MORE 


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AFFABLE THAT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE 


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A FAIR CHANCE AND BE ABLE TO 


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HAVE SHARING IN WHAT MAKES EACH 


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ONE OF OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES 


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AND THREADS DIFFERENT.


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AND I THINK IT'S ALSO 


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EDUCATIONAL, YOU KNOW AND 


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AWARENESS.


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AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTANDING AND 


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LOOKING AT EVEN THE DIFFERENT 


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FOOD TYPES AND ENJOYING THAT AND 


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HAVING THAT EXPLAINED.


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SO THERE IS JUST SO MANY 


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DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD COME 


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ABOUT IN THIS PART.


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BUT CALLING IT UNDER THE 


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UMBRELLA OF FREMONT'S 


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MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON 


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THIS ITEM?


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>> The Clerk:   YES, WE HAVE ONE 


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IN PERSON AND ONE ON ZOOM.


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SORRY.


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TWO ON ZOOM.


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THE ONE IN PERSON IS REVEREND 


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DR. GIDEON LEE.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WELCOME, 


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REVEREND.


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>> GOOD EVENING.


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MAYOR MEI AND COUNCILMEMBERS, MY 


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NAME IS GIDEON LEE, I SERVE AS 


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PASTOR OF CHURCH EVER SILICON 


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VALLEY, OUR LARGEST SHARE OF 


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RESIDENTS ARE IN FREMONT, 


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GATEWAY SEMINARY IN FREMONT.


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LIKE TO CONGRATULATE 


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COUNCILMEMBER TERESA COX AGAIN 


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FOR BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN 


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AMERICAN TO SERVE AS THE FREMONT 


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VICE MAYOR IN NEARLY 70 YEARS.


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I BELIEVE HER PROPOSAL OF THE 


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ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS 


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AN EXCELLENT IDEA.


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I CAN HELP DEMONSTRATE THE 


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DIVERSITY OF THIS CITY IN A VERY 


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TANGIBLE KIND OF WAY AND 


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CULTIVATE UNITED AMONG DIFFERENT 


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ETHNIC COMMUNITIES.


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LET ME RELAY ANALOGOUS 


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EXPERIENCE.


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CROSS POINT CHURCH HOSTED AN 


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EVENT AT THE HONG KONG CARNIVAL.


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IT FEATURED FOOD, MERCHANDISE, 


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BOOTHS, AS WELL AS TABLES FOR 


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ORGANIZATIONAL PROMOTIONS SUCH 


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AS CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL, 


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MARTIAL ARTS CENTER, ET CETERA.


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THE EVENT ATTRACTED NEARLY 6,000 


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VISITORS, NEARLY 40 


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ORGANIZATIONS WERE REPRESENTED.


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THE HONG KONG CARNIVAL SERVED 


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NOT ONLY AS A CONDUIT FOR PEOPLE 


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COMING ORIGINALLY FROM HONG KONG 


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TO CONNECT.


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IT ALSO DRAWS MILPITAS RESIDENT, 


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TO COME AND ENJOY AND LEARN.


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INDEED AMONG OUR GUESTS IN 


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OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE MAYOR 


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AND THE VICE MAYOR.


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SO I BELIEVE IF CULTURAL 


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FESTIVAL FOR A SINGLE CULTURE IN 


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MILPITAS CAN DRAW SUCH A BIG 


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CROWD, HOW MUCH MORE CAN A 


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MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN 


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FREMONT DO?


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SO I'M CONFIDENT ALL THE ETHNIC 


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COMMUNITIES WILL BE 


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ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF 


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SUCH AN EVENT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> The Clerk:   THANKS.


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WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ZOOM NOW.


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SONIA SIDU.


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SONIA.


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WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO SAIDA 


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RESHMA INUMDAR.


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>> HELLO, MAYOR MEI AND 


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COUNCILMEMBERS.


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I REALLY APPRECIATE TERESA COX'S 


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RECOMMENDATION TO HOLD A 


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MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.


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I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE 


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PRESIDENT OF THE TRICITY 


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INTERFAITH COUNCIL.


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AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE 


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RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING, 


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COOPERATION, AND APPRECIATION OR 


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THE THE MANY SPIRITUAL PATHS AND 


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FAITH TRADITIONS WITHIN OUR 


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COMMUNITY WHICH INSPIRE AND 


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TEACH US TO SUPPORT AND LOVE ONE 


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ANOTHER MORE FULLY AND ANY 


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EFFORTS BY THE CITY TO ALSO DO 


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SIMILAR -- BRINGING TOGETHER OF 


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COMMUNITY WOULD BE REALLY 


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APPRECIATED.


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THANK YOU.


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>> The Clerk:   THANK YOU.


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WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON SONIA 


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SIDU ONCE MORE.


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SONIA.


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>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY.


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I'LL RETURN IT TO OUR COUNCIL AT 


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THIS TIME.


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I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT 


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ON THIS ITEM.


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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>> Councilmember Shao: THANK 


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YOU, MADAM MAYOR.


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I APPRECIATE THE REFERRAL MADE 


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BY COUNCILMEMBER NOW VICE MAYOR 


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TERESA COX.


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I BELIEVE HER INTENTION IS VERY 


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GOOD.


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I JUST HAVE TO EXPRESS SOME OF 


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MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE 


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UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES, FOR 


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EXAMPLE, THE LIMITATION OF 


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FINANCIAL AND MANPOWER RESOURCES 


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THE CITY IS FACING RIGHT NOW.


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WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUDGET FOR 


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SUCH AN EVENT.


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AND ALSO, WITH THE STAFF.


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I BELIEVE WITH THE CURRENT RATIO 


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OF OUR STAFF OVER THE POPULATION 


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OF THE CITY, WE ARE ACTUALLY ONE 


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OF THE LOWEST CITIES IN THE BAY 


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AREA.


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AND THE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING 


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VERY HARD ON THE PRIORITIES SET 


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BY THE ANNUAL RETREAT OF THE 


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COUNCILMEMBERS.


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ALSO, I HAVE TO BRING TO -- 


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BRING, YOU KNOW, THE FACT TO THE 


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PUBLIC THAT ACTUALLY IF YOU ARE 


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LOOKING AT ALL THE EVENTS THAT 


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ARE HELD OVER THE YEARS, WE 


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ALREADY HAVE MAJOR EVENTS SUCH 


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AS, YOU KNOW, THE INDIAN DAY 


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PARADE, IN AUGUST, AND ALSO, THE 


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CITY SPONSORED ART FESTIVAL, 


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MORE LIKE A REGIONAL LIKE OLIVE 


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FESTIVAL IN MISSION AREA, AS 


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WELL AS MANY OTHER EVENTS 


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SPONSORED OR PARTIALLY SPONSORED 


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BY THE CITY.


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FOR EXAMPLE, THE NILES ANTIQUE 


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SHOW AND SO ON.


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AND WE ALSO HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE 


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COMPLETELY SPONSORED BY 


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DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS.


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FOR EXAMPLE, THE RECENT LUNAR 


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NEW YEAR CELEBRATION SPONSORED 


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BY DIFFERENT GROUPS.


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IN THE PAST WE HAVE THE ONE 


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WORLD CONCERT.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THAT WAS IN 


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AUGUST OF 2018.


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>> Councilmember Shao:   YES, 


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AUGUST OF 2018.


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AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS -- CAME 


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OUT OF THE IDEA OF MAYOR MEI AND 


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I BELIEVE MAYOR MEI ACTUALLY 


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SPONSORED IT.


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>> Mayor Mei:   I PAID FOR IT, 


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YEAH.


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>> Councilmember Shao:   SO SUCH 


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EVENTS IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE 


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THE CELEBRATION OF MULTICULTURE.


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AND IT IS INDEED OPEN TO 


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EVERYONE.


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AS I AM AWARE, THIS YEAR THERE'S 


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GOING TO BE THE SECOND ONE WORLD 


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CONCERT.


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AND THE ORGANIZERS HAVE ALREADY 


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SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION TO THE 


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CITY TWO MONTHS AGO.


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AND THE ORGANIZERS ALREADY SENT 


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OUT MESSAGES TO ALL ETHNIC, 


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CULTURAL GROUPS, CLAIMING THAT 


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THIS EVENT IS TO CELEBRATE THE 


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MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY, AND 


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OPEN TO EVERYONE.


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SO I BELIEVE AS THE CITY WE 


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ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE 


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ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY 


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RATHER THAN JUST DOING 


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EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO JUST 


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PAYING FOR EVERYTHING.


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ALSO, YOU KNOW, REPLACING ONE OF 


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THE EXISTING AND SUCCESSFUL 


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EVENTS SUCH AS THE SUMMER 


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CONCERTS, MIGHT NOT BE 


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PRODUCTIVE.


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BECAUSE AS FAR AS I FLO, A LOT 


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OF PEOPLE -- AS FAR AS I KNOW A 


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LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THE 


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SERIES OF SUMMER CONCERTS IN 


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CENTRAL PARK.


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I BELIEVE THAT WHILE WE PROUDLY 


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CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR 


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COMMUNITIES, WE CAN ENCOURAGE 


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ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO 


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CONTINUE TO BE MORE OPEN TO ALL 


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CULTURES AND ALL ETHNIC 


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BACKGROUNDS, WHEN THEY HOLD SUCH 


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EVENTS.


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AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT THEY ARE 


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NOT EXCLUSIVE, YOU KNOW, TO THIS 


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IDEA.


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FURTHERMORE, FOR THE EXISTING 


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PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ART 


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FESTIVAL, I BELIEVE IT'S 


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REFLECTING THE ARTS FROM ALL 


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CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.


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AND IT IS ALREADY VERY 


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SUCCESSFUL AND A POPULAR EVENT.


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NOT ONLY IN FREMONT BUT IT 


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ATTRACTS A LOT OF VISITORS FROM 


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RECALL OVER THE BAY AREA.


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SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK WE 


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DO NOT NEED THE CITY STAFF TO 


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SPEND EXTRA MONEY AND MANPOWER 


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SUCH AN ADDITIONAL SO-CALLED 


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MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.


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RATHER, WE CAN, AS I SAID, 


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ENCOURAGE ALL THE COMMUNITY 


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GROUPS TO FURTHER CELEBRATE THE 


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MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES IN 


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FREMONT IN THEIR OWN EVENTS.


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AND SO THAT WE CAN JUST AVOID 


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ADDITIONAL INCURRING OF EXPENSE 


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AND STAFF TIME.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


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>> Vice Mayor Keng:   THANK YOU, 


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MADAM MAYOR.


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I ACTUALLY -- I'M REALLY 


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APPRECIATIVE OF VICE MAYOR COX 


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BRINGING UP THIS REFERRAL.


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IN FACT I THINK PROBABLY WHEN I 


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WAS FIRST ELECTED, I ACTUALLY 


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HAD THIS IDEA AS WELL.


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I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE 


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WE HAVE THE INDIAN PARADE HAS 


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BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME 


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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT 


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CULTURAL GROUPS ALL HAVE THEIR 


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DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS ON THEIR 


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OWN.


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NOW RECENTLY WE HAVE OUR -- THE 


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CITY HOSTED OUR FIRST LUNAR NEW 


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YEAR CELEBRATION WHICH IS PAID 


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FOR BY SPONSORS, I BELIEVE WHEN 


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THE LAST REPORT.


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BUT WE DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW, 


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WHERE WE CAN KIND OF SHARE THE 


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CULTURES, LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.


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EVERYONE COME AND LEARN ABOUT 


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DIFFERENT CULTURES.


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BECAUSE LIKE THE INDIAN PARADE, 


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LIKE TO ENTER THE EXHIBIT AREA I 


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THINK YOU HAVE TO PAY $5.


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AND THEN -- BUT, YOU KNOW, I 


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TAKE THE POINT VERY WELL THAT, 


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YOU KNOW, SOME SMALLER GROUPS OR 


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GROUPS WITHOUT THE RESOURCES, 


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THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HOST THEIR 


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OWN FESTIVAL OR THEIR OWN 


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EVENTS.


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AND EVEN WITH THE PROGRAM THAT, 


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YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF STARTED 


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COUPLE YEARS AGO TO FUND TO KIND 


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OF HELP SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE 


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NONPROFIT EVENTS, LIKE THEY HAVE 


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TO OWN -- THEY HAVE TO LIKE 


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FIRST SET UP A NONPROFIT IN 


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ORDER TO APPLY FOR THESE, THE 


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CITY GRANTS I BELIEVE.


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BUT IT'S STILL DIFFERENT, 


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THEY'RE STILL DOING THEY'RE OWN 


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THINGS.


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SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, YOU 


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KNOW, SEE STAFF KIND OF EXPLORE 


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THE IDEA AND I THINK THE TIME 


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LINE IS TO HAVE IT SOMETIME NEXT 


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YEAR.


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AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS 


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AND WINE FESTIVAL IS KIND OF 


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SPREAD OUT.


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IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A CENTER 


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STAGE AND CELEBRATING THE 


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DIFFERENT CULTURES.


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AND YOU NEED TO PAY TO HAVE A 


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BOOTH THERE.


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AND I THINK TO VICE MAYOR COX 


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WAS PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER 


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TO HAVE IT IN MAY, OR TO HAVE, 


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YOU KNOW, NOT TO REPLACE THE 


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WHOLE, YOU KNOW, SUMMER CONCERTS 


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WHICH PEOPLE ENJOY, AND I 


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ACTUALLY, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE 


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MASTER PLAN, THE PARK PLAN 


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UPDATE, I WAS HOPING THAT, YOU 


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KNOW, WE COULD ADOPT TO HAVE 


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SOME OF THE CONCERTS LIKE 


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FEATURING BANDS FROM DIFFERENT 


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CULTURES INSTEAD OF ALWAYS LIKE, 


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LIKE YOU KNOW THE SAME KIND OF 


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NOT NECESSARY THE SAME GENERAL 


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BUT THEY'RE ALL LIKE ENGLISH 


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MUSIC.


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BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS SO DIVERSE, 


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WE HAVE SO MANY LANGUAGES AND 


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CULTURES BEING CELEBRATED HERE, 


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I THINK TO REPLACE JUST ONE OF 


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THE SUMMER CONCERTS AND THE 


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SETUP IS ALREADY THERE AND WISE 


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CAN FIND -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 


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SPONSORS THAT ARE SPONSORING 


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THESE CONCERTS, LIKE META, 


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WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, FREMONT 


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BANK, RIGHT, I WOULD THINK THAT 


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WE COULD EXPLORE AND JUST TO 


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HAVE STAFF KIND OF EXPLORE WHAT 


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THE COST, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 


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COST A LOT OF MONEY AND WE 


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ALREADY HAVE THE SETUP.


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SO IT COULD BE VERY DOABLE.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   THANK 


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YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU 


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VICE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS 


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REFERRAL.


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FREMONT'S STRENGTH IS OUR 


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DIVERSITY.


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AND IT'S GOOD TO GET THE 


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COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOR CULTURE 


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EXCHANGE.


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AND YOU KNOW, CONNECT THE NEWER 


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IMMIGRANTS WITH THE OLDER 


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IMMIGRANTS AND KIND OF CREATE A 


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RICH COMMUNITY WHICH WE CAN 


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BENEFIT FROM EACH OTHER'S 


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EXPERIENCES SO I THINK 


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DEFINITELY WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE 


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MORE OF THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT 


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WAYS HOWEVER WE CAN.


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THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS ABOUT 


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FUNDING.


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AND STAFF RESOURCES, I ALWAYS 


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WORRY ABOUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE 


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SOME VERY EXPENSIVE STAFF.


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ESPECIALLY AT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE 


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LEVEL.


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WITH PENSIONS, HEALTH CARE 


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BENEFITS, WHICH THEY RIGHTFULLY 


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DESERVE.


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I JUST DEFINITELY DON'T WANT 


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THEM IN THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING 


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EVENTS OR, YOU KNOW, 


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COORDINATING DIFFERENT DANCE 


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PROGRAMS.


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WHICH ARE GREAT, BUT I THINK 


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THOSE KIND OF THINGS SHOULD 


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PRIMARILY BE DRIVEN BY THE 


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COMMUNITY, SHOULD BE GRASS 


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ROOTS, AND SO I SUPPORT THE 


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CONCEPT OF HAVING SUCH A 


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FESTIVAL OF GETTING ALL THE 


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COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER FROM 


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ALL PARTS OF FREMONT, BOTH 


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ETHNICALLY, DIVERSITY, AND 


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GEOGRAPHICALLY.


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SO THE VENUE OR RATHER THE WAY 


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TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I THINK 


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WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, SO ONE 


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WOULD BE CITY OF UNION CITY HAS 


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A SISTER CITY COMMISSION, SO 


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THAT'S ONE WAY THEY COULD DO IT.


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WHERE IT'S A NONPROFIT THAT'S 


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OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT FUNDING, 


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DIFFERENT GROUPS COME TOGETHER 


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AND THEY SUPPORT THE EVENT.


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AND HOPEFULLY IT'S PAID FOR BY 


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THE COMMUNITY, NOT BY THE CITY.


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AND THE CITY COULD JUST BE, YOU 


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KNOW, CO-SPONSOR OR ONE OF THE 


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MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE IT 


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HAPPEN.


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ALSO, SOMETIMES WHEN THESE 


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EVENTS HAPPEN FROM TOP DOWN, 


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THEY LOSE MOMENTUM OVER THE 


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YEARS.


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THEY GET KIND OF TIRING AND 


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EXHAUSTING WHEN THE CITY'S DOING 


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EVERYTHING AND THERE'S NOT THAT 


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BUY-IN, THAT OWNERSHIP OF THE 


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EVENT.


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SO I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE AN 


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EVENT THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE 


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PEOPLE, BY THE COMMUNITY 


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MEMBERS, BY THE VARIOUS 


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NONPROFITS, THE VARIOUS ETHNIC 


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GROUPS AND WHOEVER HAS THAT FIRE 


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IN THE BELLY.


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SO I THINK IF, WHEN STAFF BRINGS 


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THIS BACK, IN WE CAN SEE HOW WE 


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CAN FACILITATE SUCH AN EVENT BUT 


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NOT BE THE OWNER OF SUCH AN 


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EVENT, WHERE WE'RE NOT 


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COORDINATING THE EVENT, WE'RE 


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NOT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, NOT 


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USING A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND 


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FACILITATE A WAY FOR THE 


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COMMUNITY TO HAVE THIS CULTURE 


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EXCHANGE.


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SO WHICH WE CAN ALL BENEFIT 


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THERE.


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SO I WOULD BE OPEN TO SUPPORTING 


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THIS JUST AS LONG AS WE LOOK AT 


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THE FUNDING AND THE RESOURCES 


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AND PERHAPS LOOK AT LIKE THE 


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SISTER CITY MODEL THAT IS THERE.


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AS FAR AS THE SISTER CITY MODEL, 


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I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT MUCH, THE 


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CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO DO MUCH, 


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OTHER THAN THEY WILL SIGN THE 


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APPLICATION TO MAKE THE SISTER 


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CITY APPLICATION POSSIBLE.


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ONCE DO YOU THAT, YOU CAN BRING 


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ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVERSE 


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ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY CAN RUN 


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IT FROM THERE.


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AND CITY STAFF WOULD JUST SHOW 


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UP AT THE EVENT.


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AND SO IT WOULD BE -- YES.


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SO, AND UNION CITY DOES IT AT 


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THEIR MARK GREEN SPORTS CENTER 


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SO WE HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT 


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CENTER WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE 


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HEART OF FREMONT.


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SO ANYWAYS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO 


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SUPPORT THAT AS LONG AS YOU GUYS 


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MAKE A PROMISE THAT WE DON'T 


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HAVE ANY NOR EVENTS OR 


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PROCLAMATIONS OR FLAG RAISINGS 


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OR ANY MORE REFERRALS FOR THE 


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REST OF THE YEAR.


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>> YOU'RE STEALING MY THURNLD, 


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COUNCILMEMBER.


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 THUNDER, 


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COUNCILMEMBER.


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>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 


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CAMPBELL.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   OH 


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HI, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR 


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BRINGING THIS REFERRAL.


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I DO SORT OF ECHO THE COMMENTS 


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I'VE HEARD IN TERMS OF REALLY 


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HAVING A CULTURAL EXCHANGE.


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I REMEMBER, WHEN WE HAD THIS ONE 


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WORLD EVENT, I WAS DISAPPOINTED 


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BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY 


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ENTERTAINMENT THAT LOOKED LIKE 


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ME THERE.


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THERE HAD BEEN NO REAL REACH OUT 


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TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN 


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COMMUNITY SO I FELT DISAPPOINTED 


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THAT OTHER CULTURES WERE 


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REPRESENTED IN THAT ONE WORLD 


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EVENT AND I SHARED IT WITH MAYOR 


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MEI.


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>> Mayor Mei:   I KNOW.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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IT'S NOT SOMETHING SHE HASN'T 


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HEARD BEFORE.


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IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WE 


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REALLY HAVE TO BE INCLUSIVE.


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AND IN ORDER TO HAVE A FESTIVAL, 


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WE HAVE TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE 


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ETHNICITIES WITHIN OUR 


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COMMUNITY.


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AND SOMEHOW IN THAT CASE WE 


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MISSED THE MARK.


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WE -- I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH, 


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DON'T WE HAVE A PERSON WHO WORKS 


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IN HUMAN SERVICES WHO'S A FUND 


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RAISER PERSON?


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WE DID?


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>> YES AND NO.


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I MEAN NOT FOR THESE TYPES OF 


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EVENTS, FCC, BUT YES, WE DO HAVE 


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A FUND RAISER, A GRANT WRITER IN 


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HUMAN SERVICES.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY.


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THE OTHER WAY, ANOTHER MODEL 


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THAT HAS WORKED FOR ME WHEN I 


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PUT TOGETHER BIG EVENTS, IS TO 


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HAVE A VOLUNTEER TEAM WHO WOULD 


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ACTUALLY HELP ME, NOT 


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NECESSARILY STAFF, I BROUGHT IN 


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COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT 


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BUSINESSES, FAITH BASED 


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ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF THEM CAME, 


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WE ALL CAME TOGETHER, AND WE 


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CREATED THE EVENT TOGETHER.


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ALTHOUGH I WAS, YOU KNOW, THE 


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PAID STAFF WHO ACTUALLY RAN THE 


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EVENTS.


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THEY HELPED ME WITH DONATIONS 


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AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS 


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THAT GO INTO PUTTING ON AN 


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EVENT.


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THEY DID ASKS, THEY HAD THEIR 


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OWN HUB OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS 


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THAT THEY WORK WITH, TO BRING 


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EVERYBODY TOGETHER.


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SO THAT WAS A MODEL THAT COULD 


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POSSIBLY WORK AS WELL.


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BECAUSE I AM LIKE COUNCILMEMBER 


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SALWAN SAID, CONCERNED ABOUT 


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STAFF TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS 


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YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.


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BECAUSE IT CAN FIZZLE OUT AFTER 


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A WHILE, AS YOU GET TURNOVER AND 


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THAT KIND OF STUFF.


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BUT YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER AN 


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ALL VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE WHO 


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WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING 


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LIKE THIS AS WELL.


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BUT IN REALITY, I'M VERY 


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SUPPORTIVE OF A CULTURAL 


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EXCHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE 


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WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT 


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CULTURES, MAYBE IT WILL BE TWO 


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HALF-DAYS, SORT OF LIKE WHAT 


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THEY DO FOR THE JAZZ FESTIVAL.


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DOWN IN SAN JOSE.


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THEY HAVE IT OVER, YOU KNOW A 


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COUPLE OF DAYS SO THAT EVERYBODY 


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CAN INCLUDED.


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 IN THE PROGRAMS 


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GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE CITY.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


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SO I WANT TO SHARE MY COMMENTS.


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A COUPLE OF THINGS.


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YES, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DID THE 


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ONE WORLD, ONE COMMUNITY, 


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UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE IT WAS PUT 


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TOGETHER DUE TO THERE WAS SOME 


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STRIFE IN SCHOOLS AT THAT TIME, 


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SO I HAD PUT IT TOGETHER AND 


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FUNDED IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO 


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INCLUDE AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS.


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AND WE DID HAVE DIFFERENT CHOIR 


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GROUPS THAT WERE TRYING TO BE 


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REFLECTIVE OF THE SONGS, WE 


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DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC GROUP, 


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THERE WASN'T ONE THAT WAS A 


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PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM, BECAUSE 


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I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED AT THAT 


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TIME, BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED 


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ABOUT THAT.


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WHEN IT COMES IN MAY, WE 


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NORMALLY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF 


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IT'S PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR, WE 


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NORMALLY DO HAVE A HEALTH FAIR, 


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PLANNED IN THE PARK, FOR 


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EVERYONE, FOR SENIOR HEALTH FAIR 


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BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE NORMALLY 


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HOLD AS A CITY WITH OUR HUMAN 


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SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHEN IT 


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COMES TO INTERFAITH BECAUSE IT'S 


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MORE OF A RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION, 


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WE USUALLY HAVE AN INTERFAITH 


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AWARENESS DAY AND ALSO 


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THANKSGIVING, A WONDERFUL ONE 


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THAT SHARES BOTH CULTURE AND 


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MUSIC AND DANCE AND THAT'S DONE 


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THROUGH THE INTERFAITH COUNCIL 


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EVERY YEAR THROUGH THANKSGIVING, 


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A GREAT WAY TO SHARE 


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APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO 


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EVERYONE.


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AS TO THE COMMUNITY FESTIVALS, 


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I'M INTERESTED IN THAT, 


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND I 


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HAVE BEEN TO AS WELL AS 


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO MANY OF THE 


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SCHOOLS FOR THE MULTICULTURAL 


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FESTIVALS, THE CHALLENGE IS TO 


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LIMIT WHICH GROUP PERFORMANCE, 


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EVEN IF IT'S A TWO DAY FESTIVAL 


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IT GETS VERY INTENSE AS TO WHO 


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CAN AND CAN'T PERFORM AND HOW WE 


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BALANCE IT.


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I JUST WANT TO RHYME EVERYONE 


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WHEN WE HAD OUR RETREAT WE 


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AGREED TO THREE PRIORITIES.


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IT IS NOT THAT I'M NOT 


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SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BUT OUR FIRST 


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FOCUS WAS TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS 


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HOMELESSNESS, TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 


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SAFETY AND TO INCREASE VITALITY 


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OF COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.


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ONE THING WE CAN DO PERHAPS WITH 


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SOME OF THE BUSINESS CHAMBERS WE 


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HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE 


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CONCERTS THEY'VE DONE, WHICH IS 


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OUR CONCERT SERIES WHICH IS SIX 


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CONCERT SERIES AND I KNOW THAT 


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THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT 


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USUALLY HELPS US SELECT THE 


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BANDS.


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BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS 


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THAT WOULD BE TOUCHY, IF WE 


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PICKED OUT -- SWAPPED OUT ONE OF 


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THEM AND WE DIDN'T INCLUDE OTHER 


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ETHNIC GROUPS I IMAGINE WE COULD 


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HAVE SOME FEEDBACK.


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BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, 


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WE'VE HAD ALSO IN THE PAST I 


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THINK AT THE YOUTH LEVEL WE'VE 


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HAD VOICE OF FREMONT CONTEST AND 


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WE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE SING TO 


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DO THE COMPETITION, I THINK 


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THAT'S WITH OUR TEENS.


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I ALSO THINK THAT, AGAIN I WANT 


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TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE 


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HAVE THE BUDGETS AND TIME.


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I'M NOT AGAINST THAT IDEA BUT 


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ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE 


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DIFFERENT HISTORIC BUSINESS 


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DISTRICTS, I KNOW NILES DOES 


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CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND OTHER 


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GROUPS.


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PERHAPS IT IS SOME OF THE THINGS 


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WE CAN TALK TO THE BUSINESS 


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DISTRICT ABOUT, TO HIGHLIGHT TO 


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MAKE SURE DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE 


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SPOTLIGHTED, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE 


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TO BE RESTRICTED.


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I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE 


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TOUGH.


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I KNOW IF IT WAS A TWO DAY 


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FESTIVAL, TO BE ABLE TO CAP AND 


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SAY WHO CAN AND CAN'T PERFORM.


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BECAUSE WE GENERALLY HAVE HAD 


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FEES.


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AND I KNOW THAT IS A RESTRICTIVE 


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PART IN TERMS OF HAVING PEOPLE 


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PARTICIPATE.


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BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M NOT 


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SURE THE CITY CAN FUND AND I 


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DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DECIDE 


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WHICH GROUP, ASIDE FROM WHEN WE 


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DO SOME OF OUR FUNDING THROUGH 


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THE NONPROFITS, WHICH GROUP WE 


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WOULD FUND WHICH BAND WE 


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WOULDN'T FUND.


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EARLIER TONIGHT WE TALK ABOUT 


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THE ARTS AND FREMONT CREATES AND 


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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE 


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DOING IT.


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I'M REALLY EXCITED.


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IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO 


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SHOWCASE MUSIC AND ARTWORK AND 


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CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THAT'S 


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EXACTLY WHAT THE MONTH OF APRIL 


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IS AT, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE AS 


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THE CITY OF FREMONT ARE HOLDING 


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FREMONT CREATES.


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PERHAPS THAT IS SOMETHING NEXT 


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YEAR IF WE CAN TALK TO THE 


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DIFFERENT ART ASSOCIATIONS AND 


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ETHNIC GROUPS TO BE ABILITY TO 


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SHARE THAT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE 


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SOMETHING THAT COULD BE 


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INTEGRATED INTO THAT.


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BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WE'RE 


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DOING IT IN THIS MONTH OF APRIL 


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AND BEING THAT WE JUST TALKED 


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ABOUT TONIGHT OUR HERITAGE 


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MONTH.


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SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPT 


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BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 


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BUDGET, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR 


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FOCUS AND WE JUST AGREED WHEN WE 


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TALKED ABOUT IT, WE HAD LITTLE 


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DOTS AND WE EACH VOTED OUR THREE 


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DOTS AND WE SAID THESE ARE OUR 


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PRIORITIES AND ANYTHING THAT 


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COMES ONTO THERE, PER THE CITY 


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 CITY 


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MANAGER'S INSTRUCTION, SOMETHING 


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THAT COMES ON, SOMETHING MIGHT 


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HAVE TO COME OFF.


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WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT 


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BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH WE HAVE 


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TO COVER.


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EVEN TONIGHT, THINGS WE ARE 


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DEALING WITH, HOPEFULLY BY THE 


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TIME WE LEAVE IT WON'T BE AS 


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MUCH OF AN ISSUE, BUT THE 


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STORMS.


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TO FOCUS ON THE LAND USE AND 


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ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND 


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PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH ARE KEY.


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AND SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT BUT 


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I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING 


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ANYTHING OFF OF THE TABLE.


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SO WITH THAT, I SEE 


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND 


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COUNCILMEMBER COX, COUNCILMEMBER 


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COX DID YOU WANT TO ADD 


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SOMETHING TO THIS?


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>> Councilmember Cox:   YES, I 


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DID WANT TO SAY THAT WE -- IT 


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WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT 


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WE ABOLISHED AND CLOSED OUT THE 


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SISTER COMMISSION IS THAT NOT 


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CORRECT?


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IT DOES NOT EXIST WITH THE CITY 


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OF FREMONT.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   I THINK 


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IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A COUPLE OF 


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YEARS BUT IT NO LONGER EXISTS.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WE HAD SIX 


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SISTER CITIES WHEN I STARTED.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   I GOT A 


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CALL FROM THE HUMAN RELATIONS 


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COMMISSIONER AND THEY HAD CALLED 


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ME TO SAY THAT THEY WERE IN 


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SUPPORT OF THIS IDEA BECAUSE 


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THEY WERE LOOKING AT SOME ARVES 


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OF HOW TO HAVE SOME 


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MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND 


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THAT'S BEEN ON THEIR TOPIC OF 


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SOME OF THEIR DISCUSSION FOR 


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THEIR MEETINGS OVER THE LAST I 


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GUESS COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   SO ONE 


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OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE 


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WITH YOU ALL IS THAT SEVERAL 


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YEARS AGO, IT PREDATED ME AND 


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I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE CITY FOR 


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MANY, MANY YEARS.


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BUT WE HAD A MULTICULTURAL TYPE 


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EVENT THAT CITY STAFF DID THE 


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HEAVY LIFT FOR.


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AND THAT EVENT FIZZLED OUT AND 


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MIGRATED TO WHAT WE CALL MAKE A 


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DIFFERENCE DAY.


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AND THE IDEA BETWEEN MAKE A 


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DIFFERENCE DAY, IT WAS LIKE A 


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NATIONAL VOLUNTEER TYPE EVENT.


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WHERE IT ATTRACTED PEOPLE FROM 


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DIFFERENT CULTURES, ETHNICITIES 


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AND ALL OF THAT TO CONTRIBUTE TO 


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A PROJECT.


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BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS EVENT WAS 


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COSTLY, FINANCIALLY, IN TERMS OF 


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STAFF TIME, AND RESOURCES AND 


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ALL OF THAT.


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BUT THIS ALLOWED FOR MORE 


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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM, YOU 


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KNOW, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.


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SO DIFFERENT CULTURES.


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AND ALL OF THAT.


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SO THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS 


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BEFORE.


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AND IT DID CHANGE.


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IT TURNED INTO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 


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DAY.


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I KNOW THAT THE PREVIOUS EVENT 


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THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THIS WAS 


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LAUNCHED BY THE HUMAN RELATIONS 


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COMMISSION, I BELIEVE, THE 


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MULTICULTURE EVENT.


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SO ANYWAY I JUST KIND OF SHARE 


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THAT AS A WAY OF BACKGROUND.


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THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO 


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SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THAT, YOU 


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KNOW, REFERRALS ARE TYPICALLY A 


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TWO-STEP PROCESS SO A 


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COUNCILMEMBER MAKES A REFERRAL 


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AND THEN IN THE EVENT THAT YOU 


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ALL DISAGREE TO MOVE THE 


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REFERRAL ALONG AND ASK STAFF TO 


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DO THE RESEARCH ON IT OR 


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WHATEVER, WE DO AND WE COME BACK 


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WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.


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THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.


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SO -- AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO 


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SHOULD THIS REFERRAL PASS.


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BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU 


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THAT BY WAY OF THE PARK MASTER 


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PLAN, AND SOME OF THE OTHER 


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THINGS THAT OTHER PLANS THAT WE 


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HAVE, THE CHARM OF THOSE IS THAT 


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SOME OF THESE IDEAS ARE ALREADY 


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MEMORIALIZED IN THOSE PLANS.


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THAT YOU ALL APPROVED.


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SO WE REALLY KIND OF HAVE OUR 


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MARCHING ORDERS ALREADY IN TERMS 


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OF TRYING TO MAKE SOME OF THESE 


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THINGS HAPPEN, SOME WAY SOMEHOW.


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SO IT MAY NOT COME ACROSS AS 


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PRESCRIPTIVE AS YOU KNOW MAYBE 


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WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE FLIT, BUT 


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PERHAPS YOU'LL SEE -- YOU MAY 


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SEE SOME ELEMENTS OF A 


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MULTICULTURAL EVENT OR A MORE 


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COMPREHENSIVE EVENT IN OUR MUSIC 


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IN THE PARK OR SOME OF THE OTHER 


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THINGS.


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>> Mayor Mei:   MUSIC IN THE 


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PARK AND SENIOR FESTIVAL.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   OR 


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OTHER THINGS.


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YOU ALL SET THE POLICY DIRECTION 


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AND IT'S UP TO US TO FIGURE OUT 


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HOUSE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE 


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THINGS COME TO FRUITION.


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SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I'M 


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HEARING IS THAT YOU WANT 


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SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF MORE 


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ENCOMPASSING LIKE IN ONE SETTING 


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OF, YOU KNOW, THE MANY CULTURES 


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THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF 


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TREATMENT.


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SO I'M HEARING THAT.


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STAFF IS HEARING THAT.


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I DON'T THINK IT REQUIRES A 


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PRESCRIPTION TO MAKE THAT 


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HAPPEN.


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I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 


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CAN WORK ON OVER TIME.


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MAYOR MEI RAISED A GOOD POINT 


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ABOUT THE RETREAT AND I KNOW I'M 


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GOING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN 


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RECORD AS WELL.


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CORE SERVICES.


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WE GOT TO PICK UP THESE DOWNED 


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TREES, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF 


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OUR PARKS.


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WE'VE GOT TO PAVE OUR ROADS OR 


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WHATEVER.


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SO THERE'S A LOT WE NEED TO DO.


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BUT AGAIN I'M HEARING WHAT 


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YOU'RE SAYING AND I AGREE WITH 


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THAT AND I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF 


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HAVING GROWN UP HERE IN FREMONT.


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SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO 


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EXPERIENCE A LOT OF THE 


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DIFFERENT CULTURES IN FREMONT, 


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WHICH HAS KIND OF SHAPED, YOU 


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KNOW, WHO I AM WHICH PREPARED ME 


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TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND GO 


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TO COLLEGE AND EXPERIENCE THINGS 


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THAT MAYBE I HADN'T EXPERIENCED 


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BEFORE BUT I WASN'T LIKE OH THIS 


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IS SO FOREIGN TO ME BECAUSE I 


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HAD THE BENEFIT OF, YOU KNOW, 


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EXPERIENCING SO MANY DIFFERENT 


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COWMENTS.


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SO I HEAR -- CULTURES SO I HEAR 


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WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THE FINAL 


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THING I HAVE TO SAY THIS MAY BE 


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A GOOD TOPIC FOR OUR JOINT 


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MEETING WITH THE FREMONT UNIFIED 


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SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE 


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EVERYTHING STARTS WITH THE 


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YOUTH.


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THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS.


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AGAIN THE REFERRALS ARE A TWO 


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STEP PROCESS.


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YOU MAKE THE REFERRALS, YOU ALL 


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DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE 


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FORWARD WITH THOSE REFERRALS AND 


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THEN YOU KNOW STAFF WILL COME 


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FORWARD WITH OUR BEST WORK.


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BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS 


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THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO 


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CONSIDER AS YOU DECIDE HOW TO 


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MOVE FORWARD THIS EVENING.


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>> Mayor Mei:   SURE, I HAVE 


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SOME COMMENTS BUT I'LL FOLLOW 


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YOU COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DO YOU 


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HAVE OTHER COMMENTS?


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   I 


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JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF 


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OTHER THINGS.


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I KNOW LIKE THE OLIVE FESTIVAL 


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FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY 


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IT'S DYING BUT THEY DEFINITELY 


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NEED MORE ATTENDANCE.


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AND THEY DEFINITELY HAD SOME OF 


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THESE KIND OF PERFORMANCES SO 


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THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE 


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CULTURAL TYPE PERFORMANCES.


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SO RATHER THAN REEVENT A NEW 


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EVENT WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON ONE 


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THAT ALREADY EXISTS.


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SO THAT COULD BE ONE PLACE WHERE 


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THE CITY COULD MAYBE HELP 


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FACILITATE OR BRING THE PARTIES 


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TOGETHER.


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ALSO, THE SCHOOLS WAS A GREAT 


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IDEA, I THINK SCHOOLS LIKE YOU 


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SAID THE YOUTH ARE FANTASTIC FOR 


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DOING THESE KIND OF EVENTS.


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THE SISTER CITY WAS ABANDONED 


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BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER 


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MEETING.


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WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO 


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BACK TO THE COMMISSION STRUCTURE 


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FOR THE THE SISTER CITY PROGRAM.


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YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NONPROFIT, IT 


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REQUIRES THE CITY TO SIGN OFF 


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THAT YES WE ARE THE SPONSORING 


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ORGANIZATION AND THEN THE 


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NONPROFIT CAN DO WHATEVER THEY 


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NEED TO DO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO 


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GO THROUGH THE FORMAL SISTER 


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CITY PROGRAM.


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I WAS A FORMER HUMAN RELATION 


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COMMISSION CHAIR.


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WE DID HAVE AN EVENT THAT WE 


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USED TO DO CALLED OUR COMMUNITY 


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WE ALL BELONG.


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>> Mayor Mei:   YES.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   AND 


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THAT'S AN EVENT THAT HRC CAN DO 


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NOW.


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THEY DON'T NEED THE CITY TO 


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SANCTION ANYTHING.


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THEY CAN ORGANIZE, THEY CAN HOST 


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IT, THEY CAN BRING ALL THE 


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DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TOABLG 


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AND THAT CAN BE DONE THAT WAY AS 


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WELL.


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REGARDING MUSIC IN THE PARK I 


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HAVE SO MANY FOLKS ESPECIALLY IN 


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BOLLYWOOD THAT WANT TO SPONSOR 


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AN EVENT, I'M SURE OTHER 


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COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL.


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SO YOU COULD HAVE I DON'T KNOW, 


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THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT 


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ORGANIZATIONS SPONSOR A PORTION 


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OF ONE OF THOSE INTERNATIONAL 


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MUSIC NIGHT WITH WHATEVER THEMES 


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YOU WANT.


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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, ANYWAYS, 


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LOTS OF EVENTS, I'M SURE STAFF 


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CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER IN A 


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FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 


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KENG.


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>> Vice Mayor Keng:   THANK YOU 


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MAYOR MEI.


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I HEARD THE COMMENT THAT WE HAVE 


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EVENTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE SOME 


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ELEMENTS OR TIDBITS OF 


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MULTICULTURAL.


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BUT AS WE SEE, I THINK SOMETIMES 


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ULG YOU JUST NEED TO GIVE IT A 


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PROPER NAME.


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IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DO A 


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MULTICULTURAL EVENT, CALL IT A 


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MULTICULTURAL EVENT THAN PEOPLE 


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WILL COME FOR THAT PURPOSE.


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IF YOU ARE TRYING TO I PIGGYBACK 


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ON OLIVE FESTIVAL IT'S ENTIRELY 


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DIFFERENT, IT'S VERY WHITE AND 


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LIKE EARLIER, I DIDN'T WANT TO 


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SAY LIKE OUR SUMMER CONCERT 


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EVENT IS VERY WHITE, RIGHT?


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WHICH IS -- IT'S NOTHING WRONG 


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WITH IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT VERY 


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INCLUSIVE, OF OUR DIVERSE 


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COMMUNITY.


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BUT I FEEL LIKE FOR EXAMPLE OUR 


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RESTAURANT WEEK THAT, YOU KNOW, 


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THAT WE JUST PUSHED OUT, COUPLE 


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OF YEARS AGO, AFTER I SUGGESTED 


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TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT 


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OH LET'S DO A RESTAURANT WEEK, 


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AND THEN BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO 


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CALL IT A RESTAURANT WEEK.


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THEY WANT TO CALL IT SUPPORT OUR 


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LOCAL RESTAURANTS WEEK.


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OR SOMETHING.


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AND -- BUT NOBODY -- YOU KNOW 


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IT'S LIKE IT JUST GIVE IT A 


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PROPER NAME THAT, YOU KNOW, 


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PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW, WHAT 


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RESTAURANT IS, OAKLAND, BY 


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CITIES, SAN FRANCISCO, THEY ALL 


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HAVE RESTAURANT WEEK AND THEN 


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JUST YOU KNOW IT'S STRAIGHT TO 


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THE POINT THAT IT'S RESTAURANT 


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WEEK TO CELEBRATE OUR 


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RESTAURANTS INSTEAD OF BEGGING 


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FOR PEOPLE TO COME SUPPORT OUR 


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RESTAURANTS.


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YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS 


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NOT ONE OF OUR TOP THREE 


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PRIORITIES, WE CAN, YOU KNOW -- 


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I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 


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PROVEN AND SHOWN IN THE LUNAR 


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NEW YEAR CELEBRATION THAT WE 


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JUST DID, IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT 


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OF RESOURCES TO -- I MEAN YOU 


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GUYS HAVE TO PLAN AND STUFF BUT, 


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YOU KNOW, LIKE MONEY WISE AND 


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THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE BECAUSE I 


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DID A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION 


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THERE EXACT SAME TIME LAST YEAR 


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AND IT COST ME LIKE $1,000 


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RIGHT?


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BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO SPEND A 


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LOT OF MONEY.


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WE COULD HAVE LIKE A 


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SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, 


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DISCUSSED EARLIER, HAVE 


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COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO 


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SPONSOR, AND I BELIEVE WE COULD 


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EASILY GET SPONSORS FOR THIS 


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VERY MEANINGFUL EVENT THAT HAS A 


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LOT, YEAH A LOT OF MEAT BEHIND 


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IT.


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SO I'M SHOWING SUPPORT, I WOULD 


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LOVE TO SECOND IF YOU WANT TO DO 


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A MOTION.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THANK 


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YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 


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SALWAN DID YOU WANT TO SECOND OR 


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YOU HAVE A --


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   YES 


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IN THE INTEREST OF TIME IF WE 


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CAN JUST MOVE THIS TO STAFF SO 


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STAFF CAN REVIEW THIS AND COME 


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BACK TO US?


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OTHERWISE WE'LL BE HERE ALL 


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NIGHT DISCUSSING THIS.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THAT'S 


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WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WOULD 


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LET THEM BE CREATIVE, WE KNOW 


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THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN, THERE 


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ARE ALSO UNTAPPED SPONSORSHIPS 


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SHALL WE SAY THAT MAY BE ABLE TO 


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COME FORTH TO HELP SUPPLEMENT 


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SOMETHING WITH WHATEVER THE IDEA 


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THAT WE'RE DOING.


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I PUT IT OUT THERE AS A GENERAL 


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IDEA.


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BUT AGAIN IT'S JUST A PLAN THAT 


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WE ALREADY APPROVED BACK IN 


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MARCH OF 2022.


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BEFORE THESE OTHER NEW 


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PRIORITIES.


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SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE 


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KIND OF LEAVING SOME THINGS 


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HANGING IF WE -- YOU KNOW, IT'S 


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JUST ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO 


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BE CREATIVE, IN THE ENVIRONMENT, 


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YES WE KNOW ABOUT THE RESOURCES, 


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YES WE KNOW ABOUT THE STOMPS AND 


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THE CORE SERVICES THAT NEED TO 


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TAKE PLACE.


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AND I JUST SAY, IT WAS JUST AN 


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IDEA.


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BUT ALSO, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY.


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NOTHING IS WRITTEN IN STONE 


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EXCEPT THE IDEA OF THE CONCEPT.


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BUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE WHAT WE 


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COULD COME BACK AND ALSO SOLICIT 


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VOLUNTEERS, OF COURSE IT WILL 


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THAT'S ONE OF OF OUR 


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PARTNERSHIP.


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>> Mayor Mei:   I WANT TO BE 


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RESPECTFUL, WE JUST HEARD OF 


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EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL, 


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COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN PUSH HER 


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BUTTON.


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WE HAD A MOTION AND SECOND, 


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GIVING GENERAL DIRECTION,.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   THAT 


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SOUNDS PRETTY SPECIFIC.


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>> Councilmember Kassan:   


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THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, 


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I DON'T THINK WE CAN GIVE 


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DIRECTION WITHOUT VOTING ON 


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THIS.


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IF THERE ISN'T MAJORITY SUPPORT 


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FOR THIS WE CAN'T GIVE THIS AS 


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DIRECTION, I PERSONALLY DON'T 


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SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 


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IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR US RIGHT 


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NOW SO WE CAN'T MAKE A REFERRAL 


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UNLESS WE VOTE ON IT.


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WE CAN'T JUST GIVE DIRECTION TO 


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STAFF TO DO WHAT THE REFERRAL 


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SAYS BECAUSE WE-


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>> Karena Shackelford:   AND 


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AGAIN YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE DONE 


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THAT DIRECTION BY WAY OF THE 


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PARK MASTER PLAN AND THE 


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INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY IN 


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HAVING MORE KIND OF 


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MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY EVENTS.


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SO THAT DIRECTION HAS ALREADY 


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BEEN GIVEN.


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SO IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT THIS IS 


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A POLICY DECISION.


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AND I THINK THE DISCUSSION HERE 


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THIS EVENING WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT 


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GIVES US MORE IDEAS ABOUT HOW 


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TO, YOU KNOW, MOLD IT AND, YOU 


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KNOW, MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, MORE 


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INTO A MORE SPECIFIC TYPE OF 


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MULTICULTURAL EENT.


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BUT I THINK THAT DIRECTION HAS 


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ALREADY BEEN GIVEN BY WAY OF THE 


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PARK MASTER PLAN.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   BUT IT'S 


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NOT CLEAR THAT RIGHT NOW THAT 


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WAS IN THE REPORT WE APPROVED 


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AND THE CONTENT BUT NOW THE 


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THOUGHT IS, IS THERE SOME SORT 


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OF WAY THAT WE COME BACK WITH 


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SOME SORT OF A PLAN OF ACTION.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   WELL 


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THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WOULD BE 


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VOTING ON TONIGHT.


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IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS ITEM 


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FORWARD WITH A MOTION AND 


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SECOND, AND ASK STAFF TO COME 


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BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT'S 


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MORE -- YOU KNOW, THAT IS AS 


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PRESCRIPTIVE AS YOU'VE LAID OUT 


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TODAY THEN THAT'S WHAT WOULD 


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NEED TO HAPPEN.


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BUT AGAIN --


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>> Mayor Mei:   WE'VE ALREADY 


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GIVEN.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   WHAT IS 


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HELPFUL TO US AS STAFF IS 


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UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR HIGH 


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LEVEL PRIORITY INTERESTS ARE.


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AND THEN ALLOWING US TO EXECUTE 


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THOSE THINGS.


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SO PLEASE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND 


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AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.


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>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY SO PLEASE 


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VOTE THEN.


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>> The Clerk:   I DIDN'T HEAR A 


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MOTION.


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I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THAT, I'M 


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SORRY.


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>> Mayor Mei:   ARE YOU MAKING A 


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MOTION?


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>> Councilmember Cox:   I WAS 


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GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.


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>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY.


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>> The Clerk:   SHAO AND 


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CAMPBELL ARE ON HERE TO REQUEST 


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TO SPEAK.


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BUT DID I NOT HEAR A MOTION.


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>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 


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SHAO.


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>> Councilmember Shao:   THANK 


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YOU MADAM MAYOR.


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I JUST WANTED TO SEE HERE SINCE 


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WE ALREADY HAVE THE DIRECTION OR 


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GENERAL GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, IN 


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ALL THE APPROVED MASTER PLANS.


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TO BE VERY SPECIFIC IN THIS 


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REFERRAL, YOU KNOW, THE NAME, 


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THE MONTH, AND SO ON, WOULD BE 


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TOO MUCH OF A MICROMANAGEMENT TO 


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THE STAFF.


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BECAUSE AFTER AURAL, WITH OR 


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WITHOUT THIS REFERRAL, THE STAFF 


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HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE DIRECTION 


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THROUGH THE APPROVED MASTER 


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PLANS.


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AND ALL THE DISCUSSIONS, AND 


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TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, I CANNOT HELP 


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BUT NOTICE THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE 


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CAME TO US COMPLAINING ABOUT THE 


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DETERIORATING SITUATION IN 


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NORTHERN FREMONT DISTRICT 1, 


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COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RISING 


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CRIMES, AND THE INABILITY FOR 


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THE LOCAL POLICE TO HELP THEM 


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FIGHT THE CRIMES.


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THAT ACTUALLY IS ONCE AGAIN A 


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REMINDER FOR US WHAT THE CITY IS 


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FACING RIGHT NOW.


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SURE, SHORT TERM, WE HAVE A LOT 


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OF NEEDS.


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YOU KNOW, STORM, FLOODS, AND SO 


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ON.


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LONG TERM, WE HAVE ALREADY SET 


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THE THREE STRAIGHT PRIORITIES.


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PUBLIC SAFETY BEING ONE OF THEM.


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SO BY ASKING THE STAFF TO, ONCE 


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AGAIN, DEVOTE ADDITIONAL TIME OR 


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MAYBE EVEN ADDITIONAL COST TO 


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WHATEVER IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN 


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THOSE PLANS, BUT, YOU KNOW, 


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DISTRACTING THEM FROM FOCUSING 


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ON THE CURRENT ISSUES AND 


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CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS THAT WE 


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FACE, I STILL THINK IT IS NOT 


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THE WAY THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL 


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SHOULD GOVERN.


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WE SHOULD, IN GENERAL, TELL 


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THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, AND THEN 


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LET THE STAFF FIGURE OUT HOW.


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AND THAT IS ALREADY DONE WHEN WE 


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ALREADY PROVED THE GENERAL 


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PLANS, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT 


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IT OUT.


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>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 


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CAMPBELL WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE 


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A MOTION OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 


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COMMENT?


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   NO, 


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I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.


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BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THE PLAN IS 


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ALREADY IN PLACE.


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SO IF THE PLAN IS ALREADY IN 


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PLACE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE 


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STAFF IS WORKING ON IT NOW?


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>> Karena Shackelford:   THE 


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PLAN BEING THE PARK MASTER PLAN 


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IN WHICH WE HEARD FROM THE 


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COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT MORE 


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CULTURAL AND ETHNIC EVENTS.


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AND SO THAT WAS INCORPORATED 


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INTO THE PARK MASTER PLAN.


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IT WAS NOT AS PRESCRIPTIVE AS 


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WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS 


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EVENING.


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BUT WE DID HEAR VERY LARGELY AND 


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LOUDLY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT 


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THEY WANT, EXCUSE ME, MORE OF 


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THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.


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SO THAT'S WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING 


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AT.


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AND AGAIN AS I SAID A MOMENT AGO 


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THIS CONVERSATION HERE THIS 


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EVENING HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL 


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AND VERY INSTRUCTIVE AS STAFF 


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MOVES FORWARD WITH TRYING TO 


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PLAN SUCH EVENTS, THAT MEETS THE 


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COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND THAT MEETS 


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THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS.


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BUT NO.


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WE WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY WORKING 


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ON WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE 


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TONIGHT.


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BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS 


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HAVING MORE CULTURAL TYPE 


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EVENTS.


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HENCE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENT 


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THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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OKAY, I SEE.


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SO THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT WOULD 


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HELP SET A FRAMEWORK FOR A MORE, 


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EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE DOING 


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CULTURAL EVENTS FOR MAYBE 


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RETHINKING THAT CULTURAL EVENTS 


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AND MAKING IT A MULTICULTURAL 


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IEFNT, THUS WE DON'T HAVE TO BE 


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THAT PRESCRIPTIVE.


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>> Karena Shackelford: EXACTLY.


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IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD 


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CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION THAT 


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I'VE HEARD, AS WE MOVE FORWARD 


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TO INCORPORATING MORE INTO THE 


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EVENTS THAT WE PLAN THESE ARE 


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SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE 


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LOOKING TOWARDS.


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QUS.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY DOING 


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IT.


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OKAY.


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>> Mayor Mei:   COUNCILMEMBER 


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COX.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   YES, I 


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WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT 


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WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE IN 


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INEQUALITIES IN THINGS THAT HAVE 


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BEEN BROUGHT OUT TO MAKE SURE IF -- THAT THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE 


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HAVING WHETHER YOU CALL THEM 


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MULTICULTURAL OR CELEBRATION, I 


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THINK WE'RE GETTING TOO DETAILED 


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IN THE NIEK ROW SCRIPT OF IT BUT 


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IT IS TO EMBRACE MORE COMMUNITY, 


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THAT ARE NOT WELL REPRESENTED 


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RIGHT NOW.


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AND AS INDICATED IN SOME OF THE 


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CONCERTS THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE 


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THAT LOOK LIKE MYSELF, OR OF 


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OTHERS.


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AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, 


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WHY I WROTE IT, BECAUSE OTHER 


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GROUPS ARE BEING LEFT OUT.


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AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT 


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DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, I'M 


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FLEXIBLE ON THE REFERRAL BUT 


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IT'S GOT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.


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AND INSTEAD OF EXCLUSIVE.


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THAT CERTAIN GROUPS THAT ARE 


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LARGER, HAVE THE MONEY, HAVE THE 


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FUNDING, HAVE THE SPONSORSHIPS.


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BUT I'M SAYING WE COULD STILL 


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WORK WITH EVERYBODY, WE COULD 


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STILL BUILD PARTNERSHIPS, 


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WHETHER IT'S SCHOOLS, 


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PUBLIC-PRIVATE, THERE ARE WAYS 


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TO DICE AND SLICE IT BUT I THINK 


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TO LEAVE THIS ON THE TABLE AND 


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NOT TAKE SOME FORM OF ACTION IT 


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DOESN'T HELP US HAVE THAT 


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GUIDELINES OF AT LEAST, I'M NOT 


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SAYING EVERYTHING IS WRITTEN IN 


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STONE BUT IT'S SOME GUIDELINES 


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TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD TO 


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BE MORE OF AN INCLUSIVE 


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COMMUNITY.


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AND ALLOW OPENNESS OF 


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DISCUSSIONS AND DIFFERENT 


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PARTNERSHIPS.


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AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST THAT 


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IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION, 


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NOT EVERYBODY WILL FEEL THAT 


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IT'S BEEN EMBRACED AND YOU COULD 


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CONTINUE TO DO SOME OF THE SAME 


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THINGS AND SOME ARE NOT FEELING 


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THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN PART OF 


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LIVING IN FREMONT AND CALLING IT 


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OUR HOME.


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SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS TO 


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KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION BUT 


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ALSO TO KIND OF SET SOME 


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GUIDELINES THAT ARE HELPFUL TO 


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BE MORE INCLUSIVE.


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:   


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COUNCILMEMBER COX JUST FOR 


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STAFF'S CLARITY, YOUR 


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OBSERVATIONS WERE MIXED IN WITH 


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A MOTION.


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SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 


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CAPTURE YOUR INTENT.


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YOU MADE AN EFFORT TO MAKE A 


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MOTION.


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ARE YOU MOVING YOUR REFERRAL 


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ESSENTIALLY FORWARD OR WAS IT 


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SOMETHING DIFFERENT?


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>> Councilmember Cox:   WHAT I 


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WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST DO A 


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SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT, OKAY?


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WOULD I LIKE TO MOVE WITH THE 


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REFERRAL -- I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 


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WITH THE REFERRAL WITH SOME 


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ADJUSTMENTS OF GETTING MORE 


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INPUT, IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING 


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OF SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES, SO 


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THAT THERE'S SOME WELL 


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REPRESENTATION OF OCCURRING WITH 


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OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 


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LEFT OUT.


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AND BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE 


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ABLE TO PLAN SOMETHING AND COME 


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BACK WITH THE THOUGHTS OF HOW TO 


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MAKE IT MORE OF A -- WHETHER WE 


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CALL IT MULTICULTURE OR WHERE WE 


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CALL IT A MORE INCLUSIVE EVENT.


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SO WE'RE KIND OF MAKING IT MORE 


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GENERAL BUT HAVING A TRAIL WORK 


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THAT IT COULD BRING MORE PEOPLE 


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TOGETHER AND NOT LEAVE PEOPLE 


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OUT.


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>> Mayor Mei:   I WANT TO 


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QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE 


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OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND 


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RECREATION NOW, AND WE JUST 


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ADOPTED THE MASTER PLAN AND WE 


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HAVEN'T HAD A CONCERT SERIES 


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SINCE THAT TIME AND SO HOPEFULLY 


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AS WE'RE PLANNING THIS YEAR'S, 


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IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY NOW, 


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THEY'RE IN THE MIDST OF 


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STARTING, I DON'T KNOW HER EXACT 


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ROLE IN THIS BUT I KNOW WE START 


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INTERVIEWING THE BANDS IN THE 


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APRIL-MAY TIME FRAME IF I'M 


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CORRECT, MAYBE EVEN LATER BUT WE 


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HAVEN'T PUT TOGETHER THE SIX 


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CONCERTS TOGETHER YET THIS YEAR 


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WE ADOPTED THAT PLAN FOR THE 


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MASTER PLAN PARK PLAN, I WANTED 


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TO GIVE DEFERENCE TO ALSO THE 


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FACT I WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE 


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I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 


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NOTE RIGHT NOW AND I WOULD WANT 


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EVERYONE TO FEEL THAT IF THEY 


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HAD A CONCERT OR THEY HAD A 


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FESTIVAL THAT THEY WANTED TO 


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HOLD WITH THE CITY, OUR STAFF IS 


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ALWAYS WELCOMING TO HAVING 


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PEOPLE PARTICIPATE.


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I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FROM 


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OUR CITY SIDE, THAT OUR STAFF IS 


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NOT WELCOMING.


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PERHAPS THEY HAVE NOT FELT THAT 


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THEY ARE REPRESENTED BUT I FEEL 


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THAT PEOPLE ALSO WOULD WANT TO 


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APPROACH OUR CITY IN TERMS OF IF 


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THERE'S BANDS.


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BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR 


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WHEN WE DO THE CONCERT SERIES, 


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I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THIS JUST TO 


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CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC BUT THERE 


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IS A TRYOUT AND THERE IS AN 


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APPLICATION PROCESS TO THEM SO 


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IT'S OPEN TO ALL WHEN PEOPLE PUT 


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TOGETHER THE CONCERT.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   YES, 


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IT'S A TYPICAL YOU KNOW RFP, 


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COMPETITIVE PROCESS.


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SO ANYONE WHO FEELS LIKE THEY 


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CAN ADDRESS THE NEED THEY'RE 


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WELCOME TO PUT FORWARD, YOU 


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KNOW, A RESPONSE TO THE 


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PROPOSALS YEAH.


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SO I KNEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING A 


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LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH INTO THE 


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WEEDS.


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AGAIN, YOU ALL JUST LET, YOU 


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KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT THE 


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POLICY DECISION IS.


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AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO 


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MAKE THAT HAPPEN.


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BUT THE DAY, THE MONTH, WHO 


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PARTICIPATES AND HOW WE GET THE 


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PARTICIPATION AND ALL, WE'LL 


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FIGURE THAT OUT.


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IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOVES 


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FORWARD.


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BUT AGAIN A REFERRAL IS A 


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TWO-STEP PROCESS.


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SO SHOULD YOU ALL DECIDE TO MOVE 


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THIS ITEM ALONG TODAY, WE'LL 


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COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN 


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ANALYSIS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT 


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MAY LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT MAY COST, 


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WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO SO IT'S 


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STILL NOT QUITE -- WON'T QUITE 


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BE A DONE DEAL TONIGHT IF YOU 


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DECIDE TO MOVE THIS ITEM ALONG.


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BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF 


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CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU ALL 


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MENTIONED ON THE DAIS IN TERMS 


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OF COST, RESOURCES, CAPACITY, 


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ONGOING CAPACITY AND ALL OF 


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THAT.


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SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE 


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WILL CONSIDER AS STAFF AND 


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PRESENT TO YOU AT A LATER DATE 


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IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE THIS 


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ALONG.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WE HAVE A MOTION 


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ON THE FLOOR.


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DO I HAVE A SECOND OR IS THAT 


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WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO 


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN?


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   I 


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HAVE A FLIGHT TO CATCH SO IF WE 


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CAN WRAP THIS UP IN FIVE 


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MINUTES, I NEED TO GO HOME.


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IF THOUGHT, I CAN LEAVE NOW.


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>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY.


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LET'S CALL.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   WE LIKE 


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TO MOVE.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WE HAVE A MOTION 


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BUT WHO SECONDED IT?


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COUNCILMEMBER -- CAN WE CLARIFY 


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THE MOTION AGAIN?


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I THOUGHT YOU WERE TRYING TO 


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MAKE THE MOTION.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   THE 


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MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 


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THE REFERRAL WITH ADJUSTMENTS 


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THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY STAFF ON 


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CREATIVITY AND PUTTING INTO A 


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PLAN.


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:   AND I 


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DON'T THINK THAT REQUIRES AN 


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ADJUSTMENT TO THE MOTION.


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IT REQUIRES AN ADJUSTMENT TO 


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YOUR REFERRAL.


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I THINK STAFF CAN DO THAT WITHIN 


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THE REFERRAL.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   IT IS A 


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PLAN.


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IT'S JUST A PLAN.


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:   SO IF 


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IT'S OKAY WITH YOU THE MOTION 


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WOULD BE TO SIMPLY MOVE FORWARD 


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YOUR REFERRAL.


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WE CAN EXPLORE WHETHER THERE IS 


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A SECOND THROUGH THE MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei:   I BELIEVE THERE 


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WAS A SECOND THROUGH COMEJ 


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EARLIER.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   CAN 


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YOU READ THE MOTION PLEASE?


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RFERLTD TO MOVE FORWARD THE 


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REFERRAL AND TO STAFF TO COME 


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BACK WITH A PLAN AND PRESENT THE 


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PLAN AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL 


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MEETING.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:   


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei:   WE HAVE A MOTION 


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FROM COUNCILMEMBER COX AND A 


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SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


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I THINK.


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>> Karena Shackelford:   SO WAIT 


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A SECOND, HOLD ON.


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THE MOTION WOULD BE TO COME BACK 


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WITH A PLAN SO THAT'S -- THAT IS 


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A DONE-DEAL.


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THAT'S SAYING COME BACK WITH A 


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PLAN TO MAKE THIS EVENT HAPPEN.


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AND WHAT I JUST TRIED TO CONVEY 


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TO YOU ALL IS THAT IT'S NOT 


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NECESSARILY A DONE-DEAL BECAUSE 


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THERE ARE A LOT OF 


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CONSIDERATIONS.


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THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ONGOING 


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FINANCING, THERE'S THE OUTREACH, 


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THERE'S THE ONGOING CAPACITY OF 


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STAFF.


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THERE'S THE RESOURCES.


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I MEAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 


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100 VACANCIES, SO IF I WERE TO 


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COME BACK WITH AN IDEA WITH, YOU 


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KNOW, RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT 


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I'D SAY THIS ISN'T SOMETHING 


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THAT WE COULD DO.


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SO PLEASE, JUST, YOU KNOW, 


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CONSIDER THAT WITH REGARD TO THE 


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MOTION AND RECOMMENDATION.


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BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH 


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INSTRUCTING US TO COME BACK WITH 


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A PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.


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>> Mayor Mei:   SO WE HAVE A 


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MOTION AND SECOND.


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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE VOTE.


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>> The Clerk:   SORRY WHO WAS 


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THE SECOND?


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>> Mayor Mei:   I THOUGHT 


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COUNCILMEMBER KENG, YES.


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>> The Clerk:   CAMPBELL, 
SALWAN.


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>> Councilmember Salwan:   I 


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JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VOTING NO 


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BECAUSE I WANT THIS PRESCRIPT 


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IIVE, I WOULD WANT TO ALLOW 


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STAFF FLEXIBILITY.


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>> Mayor Mei:   THE MOTION DOES 


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NOT PASS.