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IT IS 7:10 P.M.


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GOOD EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING TO

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 ORDER FOR
APRIL 18, 2023.
AND I WOULD

[Captioner] 19:11:33
 LIKE TO ASK


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COUNCILMEMBER KENG TO LEAD US IN
THE PLEDGE.
>> PLEASE RISE.


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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT


[Captioner] 19:11:49
STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[Captioner] 19:11:58

>> THANK YOU.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.


[Captioner] 19:12:06
[ROLL CALL]


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>> AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO
ANNOUNCE THERE ARE

[Captioner] 19:12:25
 VACANCIES ON
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THE
CITY CLERK'S

[Captioner] 19:12:28
 OFFICE ACCEPTS
APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND

[Captioner] 19:12:33

COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IF INTERESTED IN


[Captioner] 19:12:37
APPLYING, GO TO THE BOARDS,
COMMISSIONS, & COMMITTEES PAGE
ON THE WEBSITE

[Captioner] 19:12:41

FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE CONTACT
THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT

[Captioner] 19:12:44

510-284-4060.

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTRONIC

[Captioner] 19:12:52

MEETING WISHING TO SPEAK MAY
DO SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BY


[Captioner] 19:12:57
CLICKING ON THE “RAISE HAND”
ICON, OR IF CALLING IN

[Captioner] 19:13:00

BY DIALING “*9.”.
I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT


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BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE
AGENDA.
IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN,

[Captioner] 19:13:09

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

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AND YOUR
ORGANIZATION, IF IT IS NOT
SHOWN.


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CLICKING ON THE “RAISE HAND”
ICON, OR IF CALLING IN
BY DIALING “*9.”.

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EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
CLERK ARE COMPILED, DISTRIBUTED


[Captioner] 19:13:26
TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND
STAFF, AND PUBLISHED IN THE
CITY'S AGENDA CENTER ON


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FREMONT.GOV, AND WILL BE PLACED
ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF
THE PUBLIC RECORD.


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I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS
MEETING WILL GO UNTIL 11:30 PM
THIS EVENING.


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WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL


[Captioner] 19:13:41
SPEAKERS FOR ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS, AFTER THE
INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL TAKE

[Captioner] 19:13:43

THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE
END OF THE MEETING, IF TIME


[Captioner] 19:13:48
REMAINS.
I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER

[Captioner] 19:13:53

TO CITY MANAGER, OR THE


[Captioner] 19:13:57
REPRESENTATIVE FOR CITY MANAGER
THIS EVENING, BRIAN

[Captioner] 19:14:01
 STOTT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL.


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I'M JOINED REMOTELY

[Captioner] 19:14:07
 BY OUR CITY
ATTORNEY RAFAEL AIL

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 12, BY OUR
CITY

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 CLERK, ALBERTO

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 QUINTANILLA.
NO EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS
EVENING.


[Captioner] 19:14:21
>> THANK YOU.
SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE

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 THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.


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THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL
BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE
AND STAFF


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RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY
COMMENT ON A CONSENT CALENDAR


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ITEM BY RAISING THEIR
HAND, BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE
HAND ICON, OR IF CALLING IN, BY

[Captioner] 19:14:39

DIALING *9.
DOES THE


[Captioner] 19:14:43
CITY CLERK HAVE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WISH TO REMOVE ANY
ITEM ON THE CONSENT

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CALENDAR?

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I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS
RAISED TO REMOVE

[Captioner] 19:15:00
 A CONSENT ITEM.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:15:04
SO ARE S THERE A MOTION?
AS A REMINDER,

[Captioner] 19:15:10

CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PULLED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL

[Captioner] 19:15:13

BE HEARD AFTERWARDS.
>> MOVED.


[Captioner] 19:15:16
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 19:15:19
 SALWAN AND VICE
MAYOR COX.
>> AND BEFORE THE

[Captioner] 19:15:22
 COUNCIL VOTES,
I THINK WE HAVE HUMAN RESOURCES
DIRECT WE

[Captioner] 19:15:25
 ARE ONE BRIEF ORAL
REPORT ON ITEM 2 ABOUT 1.


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>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THANK YOU,

[Captioner] 19:15:32
 MADAM MAYOR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILMEMBER,
MEMBERS OF

[Captioner] 19:15:35
 THE PUBLIC.
AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT

[Captioner] 19:15:38
 CODE
SECTION 54953, I'LL PROVIDE A
REPORT

[Captioner] 19:15:42
 SUMMARIZING THE
RECOMMENDATION FOR A SECOND
AMENDMENT TO THE

[Captioner] 19:15:45
 CITY ATTORNEY'S
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY

[Captioner] 19:15:48
 OF FREMONT.
TONIGHT, FOR COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION ADOPTION

[Captioner] 19:15:52
 OF A
RESOLUTION THAT AMENDS THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT

[Captioner] 19:15:55
 AGREEMENT
TO PROVIDE A 5% MERIT-BASED


[Captioner] 19:15:58
SALARY INCREASE BASED ON
SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE DURING HIS


[Captioner] 19:16:01
FIRST EVALUATION PERIOD.
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE

[Captioner] 19:16:04
 CITY
ATTORNEY'S BASE SALARY

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 BY 15,007
RUN $97 ANNUALLY FOR A

[Captioner] 19:16:11
 TOTAL
ANNUAL SALARY

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 OF $385,592.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT BACK


[Captioner] 19:16:17
OVER TO MAYOR MEI.
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:16:20
SO WE HAVE A

[Captioner] 19:16:23
 MOTION AND SECOND.
MAY I PLEASE ASK FOR

[Captioner] 19:16:27
 A VOTE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:16:42
THE MOTION PASSES

[Captioner] 19:16:45
 UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE


[Captioner] 19:16:49
CEREMONIAL ITEMS.


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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE

[Captioner] 19:17:00
 VICTIM'S
ADVOCATE TO JOIN PLEA AT THE
DAIS.


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>> THANK YOU.


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HI, NATALIE.
>> HELLO.
>> HI, THANK

[Captioner] 19:17:14
 YOU.
SO THIS IS FOR A PROCLAMATION


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FOR NATIONAL VICTIM'S RIGHTS
WEEK, APRIL

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23-29, 2023.

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WHEREAS, MORE THAN 26 MILLION
PEOPLE BECOME VICTIMS OF CRIME


[Captioner] 19:17:28
EACH YEAR, AND THESE
CRIMES ALSO AFFECT FAMILY
MEMBERS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND


[Captioner] 19:17:33
CO-WORKERS; AND THE ALAMEDA
COUNTY VICTIM/WITNESS DIVISION
IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THE


[Captioner] 19:17:39
RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS AND
THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING
SERVICES TO AID IN THEIR

[Captioner] 19:17:43

RECOVERY FROM THE EMOTIONAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND


[Captioner] 19:17:47
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CRIME AS THEY
RECLAIM THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY,

[Captioner] 19:17:54

WELL – BEING AND DIGNITY.
THE VICTIM/WITNESS STAFF ASSISTS

[Captioner] 19:17:57

VICTIMS OF CRIME WITHOUT REGARD
TO A PERSON’S RACE, GENDER,

[Captioner] 19:18:01

RELIGION, NATIONALITY, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, AND GENDER IDENTITY


[Captioner] 19:18:04
OR IMMIGRATION STATUS; AND
WHEREAS, IN 2022, THE ALAMEDA
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S

[Captioner] 19:18:08

OFFICE VICTIM/WITNESS
ASSISTANCE DIVISION PROVIDED

[Captioner] 19:18:12

OVER 6,187 SERVICES TO MORE THAN
919 CRIME VICTIMS IN FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:18:16

INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
CHILD VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND

[Captioner] 19:18:25

SEXUAL ABUSE, STALKING VICTIMS,
SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS,


[Captioner] 19:18:29
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CRIMES
AGAINST ELDERS AND DEPENDENT

[Captioner] 19:18:31

ADULTS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, ROBBERY AND OTHER


[Captioner] 19:18:35
CRIMES; FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME
WITHOUT INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL
MEANS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S


[Captioner] 19:18:39
OFFICE FACILITATED FINANCIAL
SUPPORT THROUGH THE VICTIM
COMPENSATION PROGRAM; AND


[Captioner] 19:18:44
WHEREAS, THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS
BEEN A LEADER IN OUTREACH


[Captioner] 19:18:50
AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS INCLUDING COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN

[Captioner] 19:18:55

SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS FROM COLD
HIT/DNA CASES, IMMIGRANT

[Captioner] 19:18:58

VICTIMS, URBAN YOUTH, AND

[Captioner] 19:19:05

VICTIMS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY,
AS WELL AS VICTIMS WITH


[Captioner] 19:19:11
DISABILITIES SUCH AS DEAF AND
HARD OF HEARING.
THE ALAMEDA COUNTY DISTRICT


[Captioner] 19:19:15
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS BEEN
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LAW

[Captioner] 19:19:17

ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY
AND BUILDING THE COMMUNITY’S


[Captioner] 19:19:22
TRUST IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM; AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL
CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK,


[Captioner] 19:19:24
APRIL 23-29, 2023, PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE
ENERGY, CREATIVITY AND


[Captioner] 19:19:29
COMMITMENT THAT LAUNCHED THE
VICTIMS’ RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
INSPIRED ITS PROGRESS, AND


[Captioner] 19:19:33
CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE
OF JUSTICE FOR CRIME VICTIMS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,

[Captioner] 19:19:36

THIS CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF

[Captioner] 19:19:40

FREMONT, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HEREBY

[Captioner] 19:19:45

PROCLAIM APRIL 23-29, 2023, TO
BE ALAMEDA COUNTY


[Captioner] 19:19:49
VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK AND
REAFFIRMS THE COMMITMENT TO
RESPECT AND ENFORCE VICTIMS’

[Captioner] 19:19:50

RIGHTS AND ADDRESSING THEIR
NEEDS DURING VICTIMS’ RIGHTS


[Captioner] 19:19:53
WEEKS AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR;

[Captioner] 19:19:55

AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR
THOSE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF


[Captioner] 19:20:01
CRIME WHO HAVE TURNED PERSONAL
TRAGEDY INTO A MOTIVATING FORCE
TO IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TO


[Captioner] 19:20:06
VICTIMS OF CRIME AND BUILD A
MORE JUST COMMUNITY.

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I WOULD LIKE
TO WELCOME TO THE ZOOM OUR


[Captioner] 19:20:15
VICTIM ADVOCATE NATALIE


[Captioner] 19:20:18
HERNANDEZ.
WELCOME.
>> HI, HELLO.


[Captioner] 19:20:22
ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMEDA

[Captioner] 19:20:26
 COUNTY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 19:20:29
 FOR
PROCLAIMING VICTIM'SANCE RIGHT


[Captioner] 19:20:32
WEEKS AND RECOGNIZING THE
EFFORTS OF CRIME

[Captioner] 19:20:35
 VICTIMS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU, AND

[Captioner] 19:20:36
 AGAIN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:20:42
>> NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
DOWN TO

[Captioner] 19:20:45
 THE DAIS, I THINK

[Captioner] 19:20:49
 SAMIR
FROM THE HINDU-MARRIAGE

[Captioner] 19:20:53
AMERICAN
FOUNDATION AND JOINING

[Captioner] 19:20:56
 US FROM
THE HINDU TEMPLE AND THE
DIRECTOR OF

[Captioner] 19:20:59
 PUBLIC RELATIONS
FROM

[Captioner] 19:21:02
 SIWA INTERNATIONAL.


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SO THIS IS FOR
CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA

[Captioner] 19:21:41
AND
RECOGNITION OF THE HINDU


[Captioner] 19:21:44
FOUNDATION.
WHEREAS, FREMONT HAS WELCOMED
HINDUS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AND

[Captioner] 19:21:49

GIVEN THEM FREEDOM TO PRACTICE
HINDUISM; AND


[Captioner] 19:21:51
WHEREAS, FREMONT HAS GREATLY
BENEFITED FROM HINDU AMERICANS
THROUGH THE VEDANTA


[Captioner] 19:21:54
PHILOSOPHY, AYURVEDIC MEDICINE,
CLASSICAL INDIAN ART, DANCE,
MUSIC, MEDITATION, YOGA,


[Captioner] 19:21:58
LITERATURE;
AND WHEREAS, FREMONT HINDU
TEMPLES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND


[Captioner] 19:22:02
INDIVIDUALS ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN
SEVA (SELFLESS SERVICE), THROUGH

[Captioner] 19:22:06

CHARITY, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND
FREE SOCIAL SERVICES; AND


[Captioner] 19:22:10
WHEREAS, HINDU AMERICANS HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO FREMONT’S
ECONOMIC VITALITY, GROWTH

[Captioner] 19:22:13

AND WELL-BEING, IN BUSINESS,
LAW, POLITICS, INFORMATION


[Captioner] 19:22:18
TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE, AND
SCIENCE; AND
WHEREAS, DESPITE THEIR POSITIVE

[Captioner] 19:22:22

CONTRIBUTIONS, HINDU AMERICANS
HAVE BEEN THE TARGETS


[Captioner] 19:22:28
OF BULLYING, DISCRIMINATION,
HATE SPEECH, HARASSMENT, AND
BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIMES; AND

[Captioner] 19:22:34

WHEREAS, HINDUPHOBIA IS “A SET
OF ANTAGONISTIC, DESTRUCTIVE,


[Captioner] 19:22:43
AND DEROGATORY ATTITUDES
AND BEHAVIORS TOWARDS SANATANA
DHARMA (HINDUISM) AND HINDUS


[Captioner] 19:22:48
THAT MAY MANIFEST AS PREJUDICE
FEAR, OR HATRED”; AND

[Captioner] 19:22:52

WHEREAS, ONE OUT OF THREE HINDU
AMERICAN STUDENTS REPORTED THAT


[Captioner] 19:22:56
THEY HAVE BEEN
BULLIED IN SCHOOL FOR THEIR

[Captioner] 19:23:01

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; AND
WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO FBI


[Captioner] 19:23:03
STATISTICS, ANTI-HINDU HATE
CRIMES ARE ON THE RISE; AND
WHEREAS, THE PEOPLE OF FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:23:08
ACTIVELY DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO
THE PRINCIPLES OF
HUMAN RIGHTS, INDIVIDUAL

[Captioner] 19:23:13

FREEDOM, EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER
THE LAWS OF A JUST AND

[Captioner] 19:23:16

DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, AND TO
REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST HATRED

[Captioner] 19:23:21

AND PERSECUTION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,


[Captioner] 19:23:23
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FREMONT
DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE HINDU


[Captioner] 19:23:27
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THEIR
ADVOCACY IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 19:23:30

ABOUT HINDU AND HINDUISM, AND
THEIR SUPPORT FOR ENSURING THE


[Captioner] 19:23:35
WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE AND THE
PLANET.

[Captioner] 19:23:38
THANK YOU.


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NO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR MEI,
VICE

[Captioner] 19:24:21
 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WE REALLY

[Captioner] 19:24:25
 APPRECIATION THIS
HONOR.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR OUR


[Captioner] 19:24:29
COMMUNITY IN FREMONT.
AS A NATIVE OF FREMONT, I'M
PROUD OUR

[Captioner] 19:24:32
 CITY IS STANDING
TOGETHER TODAY TO CONDEMN HATE,


[Captioner] 19:24:35
WHETHER IT IS HINDU PHOBIA OR
ANY OTHER HATE,

[Captioner] 19:24:38
 I'M HERE ON BAG
OF THE ENTIRE HINDU AMERICAN


[Captioner] 19:24:42
COMMUNITY WHO IS GATHERED HERE
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING

[Captioner] 19:24:45
 AND
ALL THE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS,
SEVA INTERNATIONAL,

[Captioner] 19:24:49
 CONA, HSS,
FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:24:53
 HINDU TEMPLE, AMERICANS
FOR HINDUS

[Captioner] 19:24:56
 AND MANY OTHERS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THIS
COLD

[Captioner] 19:25:00
 EVENING AND BRAVING THE
COLD.
FREMONT, THANK

[Captioner] 19:25:03
 YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING IT WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED IN OUR

[Captioner] 19:25:06
 CITY AND WE
STAND TOGETHER TO COMBAT

[Captioner] 19:25:09
 HINDU
PHOBIA AND OTHER HATE.


[Captioner] 19:25:13
I WANT TO

[Captioner] 19:25:16
 RECOGNIZE
DR. ROMESH JAPRA FROM THE

[Captioner] 19:25:18

FREMONT HINDU TEMPLE AND RAKHI
ISRANI


[Captioner] 19:25:21
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS,
SEWA INTERNATIONAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF

[Captioner] 19:25:24
 YOU REMEMBER THE
TACK DOUGH BELL INCIDENT, HE WAS


[Captioner] 19:25:28
A VICTIM OF THAT HATE DREAM AND
WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM FOR


[Captioner] 19:25:31
STANDING UP AND BRAVING THROUGH
THAT.
HE'S BEEN A VOICE

[Captioner] 19:25:34
 FOR OUR
COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH,
CHRISTIAN, FOR

[Captioner] 19:25:38
 BEING HERE TO
REPRESENT ALL THE VICTIMS OF


[Captioner] 19:25:41
HATE RHYME AND HINDU PHOBIA.
THANK YOU VERY

[Captioner] 19:25:45
 MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE MORE

[Captioner] 19:25:49
 TIME, MAYOR MEI AND ALL
THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
RECOGNIZING THIS

[Captioner] 19:25:52
 PROBLEM, A
CRITICAL ISSUE, HINDU PHOBIA.
WE WOULD

[Captioner] 19:25:55
 URGE YOU TO NOT JUST BE
AWARE OF IT BUT ADDRESS IT


[Captioner] 19:26:00
FURTHER, SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE THE
SOLUTIONS.
YOU

[Captioner] 19:26:03
 KNOW BEES ARE THE HATE HAS
BEEN

[Captioner] 19:26:07
 AGAINST MANY, MANY
COMMUNITIES, IT IS NOT JUST THE


[Captioner] 19:26:10
HINDUS BUT UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT
NOW IT IS RAMPANT.


[Captioner] 19:26:13
AND ALSO I WOULD GO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT

[Captioner] 19:26:17
 BODIES TO GET


[Captioner] 19:26:21
TRAINING, BE AWARE OF IT AND
ADDRESS IT WHEN IT LAPS.
I

[Captioner] 19:26:24
 THINK WE SEE SOME LAX IN THERE
THERE ARE A LOT OF

[Captioner] 19:26:28
 ISSUES AND WE
WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU.
WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH

[Captioner] 19:26:31
 YOU
ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU FOLKS AND
MANY OTHER CIVIC AND

[Captioner] 19:26:35
 ELECTED
BODIES OUT THERE.
WE

[Captioner] 19:26:38
 WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, AS WELL, F.B.I. AND
MANY OTHER BODY

[Captioner] 19:26:41
 DECEMBER OUT
THERE AND WE WOULD URGE --


[Captioner] 19:26:44
BODIES OUT THERE AND WE WOULD
URGE YOU ONE MORE TIME

[Captioner] 19:26:48
 FOR
MAKING US AWARE OF THIS HINDU


[Captioner] 19:26:51
PHOBIA.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:27:03
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT I WOULD LIKE
POINT CITE UP THE MEMBERS
ACCEPTING FOR THE

[Captioner] 19:27:07
 ROTARY CLUB OF
MISSION SAN JOSE IN

[Captioner] 19:27:10
 RECOGNITION
OF THEIR 40th

[Captioner] 19:27:14
 ANNIVERSARY.


[Captioner] 19:27:19
THANKS FOR COMING.


[Captioner] 19:27:26
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.


[Captioner] 19:27:30
HI, LINDA.
HI,

[Captioner] 19:27:33
 LARRY.


[Captioner] 19:27:42
THIS IS A

[Captioner] 19:27:45
 PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING THE ROTARY CLUB OF
MISSION SAN JOSE ON

[Captioner] 19:27:49
 OCCASION OF
THEIR 40th ANNIVERSARY.


[Captioner] 19:27:53
WHEREAS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF
MISSION SAN JOSE HAS BEEN
SERVING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF


[Captioner] 19:27:57
MISSION SAN JOSE AND THE REST OF
FREMONT SINCE ITS CHARTERING
FROM ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ON

[Captioner] 19:28:02

APRIL 18TH OF 1983; AND

[Captioner] 19:28:06

WHEREAS, IN THE FOUR DECADES
SINCE, THE CLUB AND ITS

[Captioner] 19:28:09

ROTARIANS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO

[Captioner] 19:28:16

SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR
NATION, AND THE WORLD; AND


[Captioner] 19:28:19
WHEREAS, THE ROTARY MOTTO OF
‘SERVICE ABOVE SELF’ IS
EXEMPLIFIED BY THE TWENTY


[Captioner] 19:28:23
MEMBERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF
MISSION SAN JOSE WHO
CONTINUOUSLY WORK TO BETTER OUR


[Captioner] 19:28:27
COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE; AND
WHEREAS, THE CLUB AND ITS
FOUNDATION ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTE


[Captioner] 19:28:31
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING
THE HEALTH, HUMANITARIAN, AND

[Captioner] 19:28:34

EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITY; AND

[Captioner] 19:28:43

WHEREAS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF
MISSION SAN JOSE CONTINUALLY


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SUPPORTS OUR UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS AND PERSONS IN OUR
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING


[Captioner] 19:28:51
LOW-INCOME THROUGH THE
CENTERVILLE FREE
DINING ROOM; AND


[Captioner] 19:28:54
WHEREAS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF
MISSION SAN JOSE HAS SUPPORTED
IN RECENT YEARS THE LOCAL


[Captioner] 19:28:58
ARTS, HIGH SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS
CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY
THROUGH THE FREMONT POLICE

[Captioner] 19:29:01

DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL
SHOP-WITH-A-COP EVENT; AND


[Captioner] 19:29:06
WHEREAS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CITY OF FREMONT, THE HIGUERA
ADOBE HAS BEEN UNDER

[Captioner] 19:29:18

THE ROTARY CLUB OF MISSION SAN
JOSE’S CONTINUED LOVING CARE AND

[Captioner] 19:29:23

ATTENTION; AND
WHEREAS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF


[Captioner] 19:29:25
MISSION SAN JOSE IS ONE OF SEVEN
CLUBS IN THE CITY OF
FREMONT AND REGULARLY PARTNERS


[Captioner] 19:29:26
WITH NEIGHBORING CLUBS TO DO
GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,


[Captioner] 19:29:30
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND
HONORS THE ROTARY CLUB OF


[Captioner] 19:29:40
MISSION SAN JOSE FOR 40 YEARS OF
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.AND I


[Captioner] 19:29:43
HOPE AT LEAST 40 MORE.
MANY MORE YEARS TO

[Captioner] 19:29:46
 COME.


[Captioner] 19:29:52
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US
HERE TONIGHT

[Captioner] 19:29:55
 AND PRESENTING THIS
PROCLAMATION TO US.
TODAY TO THE DAY IS OUR 40th


[Captioner] 19:29:59
ANNIVERSARY.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL
PEOPLE HERE

[Captioner] 19:30:02
 TONIGHT, TO MY
RIGHT, LARRY AND

[Captioner] 19:30:06
 LINDA ANDERSON,
LONG MEMBERS AND FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:30:09
RESIDENTS.
HILDON

[Captioner] 19:30:12
 NORWALK BEHIND THEM, PAST
PRESIDENT.
WE ARE ALL

[Captioner] 19:30:16
 PAST PRESIDENTS
TONIGHT.
AND TOM

[Captioner] 19:30:19
 HANLEY.
BOB AND JURY HENNESSEY, MY


[Captioner] 19:30:24
FIANCE, MARTY, WHO IS NOT A
ROTARIAN BUT

[Captioner] 19:30:27
 WILL BE SOON.
JOINING US FROM THE MILES

[Captioner] 19:30:30
 CLUCK,
RUSHMA AND CINDY SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH

[Captioner] 19:30:33
 FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE

[Captioner] 19:30:38
 THE
COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 19:30:42
.
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 19:30:45
I LET'S WANTED TO
THANK THE CLUB FOR ALL OF THE
CLUB

[Captioner] 19:30:48
 PENS FOR COUNCILMEMBERS,
WHICH WE WILL

[Captioner] 19:30:52
 DISTRIBUTE.


[Captioner] 19:31:23
>> Mayor Mei: NEXT WE HAVE A
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL

[Captioner] 19:31:28

2023 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTHAND I


[Captioner] 19:31:32
BELIEVE WE HAVE WITH US THIS
EVENING STEVE

[Captioner] 19:31:35
 MADERAS, BAY EAST
PRESIDENT, WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING


[Captioner] 19:31:38
THIS PROCLAMATION.
I'M GOING

[Captioner] 19:31:41
 TO READ IT FIRST,
THOUGH.


[Captioner] 19:31:45
WHEREAS, THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR
HOUSING ACT IN 1968 ENSHRINED
INTO FEDERAL LAW THE

[Captioner] 19:31:50

GOAL OF ELIMINATING RACIAL
SEGREGATION AND ENDING HOUSING

[Captioner] 19:31:52

DISCRIMINATION IN THE UNITED
STATES; AND


[Captioner] 19:31:57
WHEREAS, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT
PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED

[Captioner] 19:32:01

ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX,
DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS AND


[Captioner] 19:32:05
NATIONAL ORIGIN; AND
WHEREAS, FAIR HOUSING IS A
POSITIVE COMMUNITY GOOD,

[Captioner] 19:32:10

BENEFITING THE ENVIRONMENT AND
OUR SOCIAL FABRIC; AND


[Captioner] 19:32:14
WHEREAS, ECONOMIC STABILITY,
COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND HUMAN
RELATIONS IN ALL


[Captioner] 19:32:19
COMMUNITIES ARE IMPROVED BY
DIVERSITY AND INTEGRATION; AND
WHEREAS, QUALITY AFFORDABLE

[Captioner] 19:32:23

HOUSING IN TRANSIT-ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENTS REDUCES TRAFFIC

[Captioner] 19:32:26

AND GREENHOUSE GASES, AND
“GREEN” AFFORDABLE HOUSING

[Captioner] 19:32:30

ENHANCES THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE,

[Captioner] 19:32:33

PROVIDING SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL
AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO

[Captioner] 19:32:39

FREMONT; AND
WHEREAS, FAIR HOUSING IS

[Captioner] 19:32:41

INTEGRAL TO THE ETHICAL
COMMITMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE


[Captioner] 19:32:45
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® AND THE BAY EAST
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® AND IS

[Captioner] 19:32:48

CRITICAL TO THE ABILITY OF ALL
REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS TO

[Captioner] 19:32:52

SERVE THEIR CLIENTS, CUSTOMERS
AND COMMUNITIES; AND

[Captioner] 19:32:56

WHEREAS, ACTS OF HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION AND BARRIERS TO

[Captioner] 19:33:00

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ARE
REPUGNANT TO A COMMON SENSE OF

[Captioner] 19:33:04

DECENCY AND FAIRNESS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,

[Captioner] 19:33:10

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

[Captioner] 19:33:12

FREMONT HEREBY PROCLAIM THE
MONTH OF APRIL, 2023 AS “FAIR


[Captioner] 19:33:16
HOUSING MONTH” IN FREMONT
CALIFORNIA, TO ESTABLISH FREMONT
AS AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 19:33:20

COMMITTED TO FAIR HOUSING AND TO
PROMOTE APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES

[Captioner] 19:33:24

BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES

[Captioner] 19:33:28

THAT PROVIDE OR ADVOCATE FOR
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR

[Captioner] 19:33:31

ALL RESIDENTS AND PROSPECTIVE
RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF


[Captioner] 19:33:36
CALIFORNIA.
ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 19:33:39

IN-PERSON IS STEVE MEDIEROS, BAY
EAST PRESIDENT.

[Captioner] 19:33:45
WELCOME, STEVE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU,

[Captioner] 19:33:48
 MAYOR.
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL,


[Captioner] 19:33:51
APPRECIATION THIS PROCLAMATION
THAT I PROBABLY ACCEPT ON BEHALF


[Captioner] 19:33:54
OF BAY EAST ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS.
YOU

[Captioner] 19:33:58
 KNOW, AS 60-YEAR RESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 19:34:01
FREMONT, I FOE YOU DON'T BELIEVE
THAT BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN

[Captioner] 19:34:05
 LOOK
60 YEARS OLD, I'M SO PROUD THAT
BEHAVE THIS

[Captioner] 19:34:08
 PROCLAMATION AND
THAT WE HAVE A LONG-TERM
RELATIONSHIP WITH

[Captioner] 19:34:11
 THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 19:34:15
FREMONT AND FREMONT HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A CHAMPION OF FAIR

[Captioner] 19:34:17
 HOUSING
FOR ALL.
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER AND


[Captioner] 19:34:20
PROUDER AND IT IS A DELIGHT TO
SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, BY

[Captioner] 19:34:23
 THE WAY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO NEXT I HAVE A
PROCLAMATION FOR ARBOR

[Captioner] 19:35:09
 DAY, AND
I BELIEVE ACCEPTING

[Captioner] 19:35:12
 WILL BE GLEN
LITTLER.
HI, YES.


[Captioner] 19:35:17
-- LYNN MILLER AND THE MEMBERS
OF HER

[Captioner] 19:35:20
 CLUB, I THINK.


[Captioner] 19:35:41
ARBOR DAY – APRIL 28, 2023
WHEREAS, ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST
OBSERVED IN 1872 WITH THE

[Captioner] 19:35:43

PLANTING OF MORE THAN ONE
MILLION TREES, AND ARBOR DAY IS


[Captioner] 19:35:46
NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE
NATION AND THE WORLD; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT'S


[Captioner] 19:35:48
ANNUAL ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION
PROMOTES PUBLIC
AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY PRIDE


[Captioner] 19:35:50
THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND
APPRECIATION OF TREES; AND
WHEREAS, TREES, WHEREVER THEY


[Captioner] 19:35:54
ARE PLANTED, ARE A SOURCE OF
EQUITY, JOY AND SPIRITUAL

[Captioner] 19:35:57

RENEWAL; AND
WHEREAS, FREMONT INCREASED ITS


[Captioner] 19:36:01
NUMBER OF PUBLIC TREES BY
PLANTING 2,061 TREES THROUGH
STAFF PLANTING PROJECTS,

[Captioner] 19:36:08

VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS, AND
DEVELOPMENT PLANTINGS, THEREBY

[Captioner] 19:36:10

INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE URBAN
TREE CANOPY; AND


[Captioner] 19:36:14
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT
ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS OF
FREMONT TO PLANT AND CARE FOR


[Captioner] 19:36:19
TREES, AS THEY PROMOTE THE
WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR
THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

[Captioner] 19:36:24

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

[Captioner] 19:36:27

FREMONT HEREBY PROCLAIMS APRIL
28, 2023 AS THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 19:36:34
FREMONT'S CELEBRATION OF ARBOR
DAY AND RECOGNIZES THE EFFORTS
OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WORKING

[Captioner] 19:36:37

HUNDREDS OF HOURS WITH THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN THE


[Captioner] 19:36:41
PLANTING OF TREES THROUGHOUT
FREMONT.

[Captioner] 19:36:54

>> THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR
THIS.


[Captioner] 19:36:58
FOR THIS HONOR.
AND I

[Captioner] 19:37:01
 WANT TO THANK URBAN FOREST
FRIENDS, SOME

[Captioner] 19:37:04
 OF WHICH ARE HERE
TONIGHT WITH US.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK

[Captioner] 19:37:09
 TRI-CITY
ECOLOGY CENTER WHO SPONSORS US


[Captioner] 19:37:12
AS A NONPROFIT AND I WOULD LIKE
TO

[Captioner] 19:37:15
 THANK THE OVER 365 COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE

[Captioner] 19:37:19
 PLANTED AND
CARED FOR TREES IN FREMONT.
I'M

[Captioner] 19:37:21
 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:38:29
>> Mayor Mei: SO NEXT THIS
EVENING WAS GOING TO BE OUR
PUBLIC

[Captioner] 19:38:32
 COMMENT AND ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE SPACE CONSTRAINTS


[Captioner] 19:38:35
THAT WE HAVE, AS EACH SPEAKER
FINISHES

[Captioner] 19:38:39
 SPEAKING, OUR POLICE
ARE GOING TO KINDLY ESCORT

[Captioner] 19:38:42
 YOU
TO THE OTHER DOOR SO WE CAN MAKE
ROOM FOR OTHER

[Captioner] 19:38:44
 SPEAKERS TO COME
IN.
THIS WILL BE FOR EVERYBODY


[Captioner] 19:38:48
THAT'S SPEAKING.
SO AT THIS TIME, IT

[Captioner] 19:38:51
 IS ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS.


[Captioner] 19:38:52
ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON
A MATTER WHICH IS NOT SCHEDULED
ON THIS AGENDA


[Captioner] 19:38:57
MAY DO SO UNDER THE ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION OF PUBLIC
COMMUNICATIONS.

[Captioner] 19:39:00

COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA
EMAIL WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND


[Captioner] 19:39:03
BE CONSIDERED PART
OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO

[Captioner] 19:39:07

SPEAK MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON

[Captioner] 19:39:16

THE
RAISE HAND ICON, OR IF CALLING


[Captioner] 19:39:17
IN BY DIALING *9. IF NOT NOTED
ON THE ZOOM SCREEN
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. WHEN


[Captioner] 19:39:19
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN
ORGANIZATION, STATE THE
NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE


[Captioner] 19:39:25
REPRESENTING.WE WILL HAVE ONE
MINUTE EACH BECAUSE OF THE
TIMING, WE HAVE QUITE

[Captioner] 19:39:28
 A FEW
SPEAKERS.
>> WE HAVE 38 SPEAKER CARDS AND


[Captioner] 19:39:31
ONE IN ZOOM, SO WE WILL

[Captioner] 19:39:35
 CALL ON


[Captioner] 19:39:39
MS. CASSELBERRY FIRST IN ZOOM.
>> YES, CAN YOU HEAR

[Captioner] 19:39:42
 ME OKAY?
WONDERFUL.


[Captioner] 19:39:49
I'M HERE WITH AC TRANSIT WITH A
PUBLIC SERVICE

[Captioner] 19:39:53
 ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED A PROJECT
REVIEW AND

[Captioner] 19:39:56
 UPDATE WHERE, HOW AND
WHEN BUSES

[Captioner] 19:39:59
 WILL MOVE THROUGHOUT
OUR SERVICE AREA, INCLUDING THE
CITY

[Captioner] 19:40:02
 OF FREMONT.
WE ARE LAUNCHING A TOP TO BOTTOM
ANALYSIS

[Captioner] 19:40:05
 OF OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE
TRAVEL PATTERNS HAVE CHANGES
WITH THE

[Captioner] 19:40:08
 PANDEMIC.
WE ALSO FACE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
CHALLENGES.


[Captioner] 19:40:12
THEREFORE WE ARE GATHERING DATA
AND COMMUNITY INPUT IN THE


[Captioner] 19:40:15
COMING MONTHS TO PLAN A NEW BUS
SERVICE

[Captioner] 19:40:18
 NETWORK WITH THE GOAL OF
BETTER SERVING OUR RIDERS.


[Captioner] 19:40:21
WE LAUNCHED

[Captioner] 19:40:25
 OUR WEBSITE, TO HELP
KEEP OUR

[Captioner] 19:40:28
 RIDERS AND COMMUNITY
INFORMED.
SO I

[Captioner] 19:40:31
 ENCOURAGE TO YOU PLEASE
TAKE OUR SURVEY.
I WILL BE PENDING

[Captioner] 19:40:35
 OUT AN E-MAIL
TONIGHT OR BY TOMORROW MORNING
WITH ALL OF

[Captioner] 19:40:38
 THIS INFORMATION.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARE

[Captioner] 19:40:41
 INFORMED.
AGAIN THAT IS ACDRAN

[Captioner] 19:40:43

SIT.ORG/REALIGN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:40:46
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:40:59
>> Ms. Gauthier: I WILL START
CALLING ON THE SPEAKER CARDS IN


[Captioner] 19:41:02
ORDER.
IF YOU WILL LINE UP TO THE LEFT


[Captioner] 19:41:07
[LISTING NAMES]


[Captioner] 19:41:12
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU,
MAYOR MEI

[Captioner] 19:41:15
 AND COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
PROCLAMATION ABOUT

[Captioner] 19:41:19
 HINDU PHOBIA.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT

[Captioner] 19:41:22
 STEP.
AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE,

[Captioner] 19:41:26
 HINDUS,
PEACEFULLY 11 YEARS, MOVED

[Captioner] 19:41:29
 INTO
OUR SOCIETY, FINANCIALLY,
MEDICALLY,

[Captioner] 19:41:34
 EDUCATIONALLY AND
TECHNOLOGICALLY AND WE FACE THIS


[Captioner] 19:41:37
HINDU HATE, HATE CRIMES RACIALLY


[Captioner] 19:41:40
MOTIVATED SLURS.
SO OFTEN I WITNESSED

[Captioner] 19:41:44
 IT
PERSONALLY FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND


[Captioner] 19:41:47
I STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER AN
EVENING WHERE MY

[Captioner] 19:41:50
 SON AND MY
DAUGHTER ABOUT JUST SPRAYED WITH
BABY BODY HE

[Captioner] 19:41:53
 WILL AND LUCKILY IT
WAS --

[Captioner] 19:41:56
 BOTTLE, AND LUCKILY IT
WAS NOT SOMEONE

[Captioner] 19:42:00
 SERIOUS SO I
REQUEST YOU TO CONTINUE TO

[Captioner] 19:42:04
 TAKE
STEPS TO REWARD THIS AND MAKE
OUR LIVES EASIER

[Captioner] 19:42:06
 TO LIVE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:42:10
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 19:42:17
 SAMRUDI.
>>

[Captioner] 19:42:20
 HELLO, TO EVERYBODY.
FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE

[Captioner] 19:42:23
 CITY OF FREMONT
FOR DECLARING THE PROCLAMATION


[Captioner] 19:42:26
AGAINST HINDU PHOBIA.
IT IS A HUGE ISSUE IN OUR


[Captioner] 19:42:30
STUDENTS TODAY.
AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MYSELF, I
HAVE

[Captioner] 19:42:33
 WITNESSES SO MANY FORMS OF
HINDU PHOBIA

[Captioner] 19:42:36
 FROM MICRO
AGGRESSIONS TO STRAIGHT UP
RACIAL

[Captioner] 19:42:40
 SLURS.
I, AS A PERSON WHO GREW UP HERE
IN SUCH

[Captioner] 19:42:44
 A STRONG HINDU
COMMUNITY, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
ALARMING

[Captioner] 19:42:47
 THAT IS COMING FROM MY
PEERS.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW

[Captioner] 19:42:50
 THAT
HINDUAPHOBE GRAY IS FUELED BY


[Captioner] 19:42:53
HATRED OR EVEN MISCONCEPTIONS SO
I HOPE, ANOTHER

[Captioner] 19:42:56
 THING I WANT TO
SAY SAY HOPE THAT

[Captioner] 19:43:00
 MEDIA, THE
FREMONT CITY CAN SOMEHOW

[Captioner] 19:43:04
 STOP
MISCONCESSIONS ABOUT HINDUISM
AND SPREAD

[Captioner] 19:43:07
 THE RIGHT WORD TO


[Captioner] 19:43:10
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH

[Captioner] 19:43:13
.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER

[Captioner] 19:43:16
 IS:
[LISTING NAMES]
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:43:19
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
ONCE AGAIN WE WANT TO RAISE

[Captioner] 19:43:23
 THE
VOICE AGAINST THIS CRITICAL
ISSUE OF

[Captioner] 19:43:26
 HINDU PHOBIA.
I'VE BEEN COMING HERE TO TALK
ABOUT

[Captioner] 19:43:29
 CELEBRATIONS OF THE
DEMOCRACY FESTIVALS, OUR

[Captioner] 19:43:33

CULTURE, PHILOSOPHIES, BUT TODAY
THIS

[Captioner] 19:43:37
 HATE, THE HATE SPEECH AND
THE HATE NOT ONLY JUST FOR

[Captioner] 19:43:41

HINDU, AGAINST HINDUS BUT ALSO
IN

[Captioner] 19:43:45
 GENERAL, AND MANY, MANY OTHER
COMMUNITIES ARE

[Captioner] 19:43:48
 BEING HATED, I
DON'T KNOW WHY.
SO THIS

[Captioner] 19:43:51
 HAS TOSTON.
I THINK ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE

[Captioner] 19:43:54
 IS
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU

[Captioner] 19:43:57
 KNOW, IN
THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE THIS
PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION

[Captioner] 19:44:01

BEFORE, NOW IT MOVED UP TO


[Captioner] 19:44:05
UNIVERSITIES, EVEN INTO THE
CORPORATE WORLD, TO

[Captioner] 19:44:09
 STREETS IN,


[Captioner] 19:44:12
TACO BELL, IT IS

[Captioner] 19:44:15
 UNACCEPTABLE
AND WE WOULD URGE THE
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS

[Captioner] 19:44:18
 THE
COUNCIL BODIES TO THE --
>>

[Captioner] 19:44:22
 THANK YOU


[Captioner] 19:44:25
[LISTING NAMES]
>>

[Captioner] 19:44:28
 HELLO, MY NAME IS

[Captioner] 19:44:32
 RITA NIRE
AND I'M CURRENTLY A JUNIOR IN


[Captioner] 19:44:36
HIGH SCHOOL WITH A HINDU MAN
WITH RACIAL SLURS IN

[Captioner] 19:44:39
 OUR OWN
CITY OF FREMONT AND ME HAVING


[Captioner] 19:44:44
ENCOUNTERS IN THE INDIAN DAY
PARADE AS WELL AT THE

[Captioner] 19:44:47
 VERY
PROTEST OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF
THIS

[Captioner] 19:44:50
 BUILDING ON THE ISSUE OF
THE CASS SYSTEM

[Captioner] 19:44:53
 IT IS AN ISSUE
AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE


[Captioner] 19:44:57
CITY COUNCIL TODAY FOR TAKING
ACTION TO

[Captioner] 19:45:00
 ACKNOWLEDGE HINDU
PHOBIA.
IT IS THE

[Captioner] 19:45:04
 ANTAGONISTIC AND


[Captioner] 19:45:07
DESTRUCTIVE -- IT IS BOUNDLESS
AND

[Captioner] 19:45:11
 IRREVERSIBLE AND CAUSES HATE
AND VIOLENCE.
I CAN SAY I AM

[Captioner] 19:45:14
 A FREMONT
RESIDENT TODAY AND I HOPE
FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:45:18
 CONTINUES TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST SUCH EFFORTS.
THANK YOU SO

[Captioner] 19:45:21
 MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
RATESH, FOLLOWED BY

[Captioner] 19:45:26
 ARUSHI AND


[Captioner] 19:45:31
PANSHELA.
>> MY NAME IS

[Captioner] 19:45:35
 ARUSHI DESI, A
HIGH SCHOOLER, PROUD AMERICAN
AND PROUD

[Captioner] 19:45:38
 HINDU.
I HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS OF


[Captioner] 19:45:41
PRACTICECLEY EVERY ETHNICITY

[Captioner] 19:45:45
 AND
RACE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M
PROUD TO HAVE

[Captioner] 19:45:48
 THEM AROUND ME AND
I CHERISH THEIR

[Captioner] 19:45:51
 PRESENCE.
HINDUS ARE HARDLY EXEMPT FROM
ATTACKS ON

[Captioner] 19:45:54
 THEIR RELIGION AND
CULTURE.
THE

[Captioner] 19:45:57
 STATUE OF GANDHI WAS
VANDALIZED IN

[Captioner] 19:46:01
 JANUARY, 2021 AND
14 OLDER HINDU WOMEN WERE


[Captioner] 19:46:05
ATTACKED AND NECKLACES STOLEN IN


[Captioner] 19:46:08
A TWO-MONTH HATE CRIME SPREE IN
JANUARY, 2022.
I CAN GO ON AND

[Captioner] 19:46:11
 ON BUT THE FACT
REMAINS THAT THE

[Captioner] 19:46:14
 EXISTENCE OF
HATRED IS DENIED

[Captioner] 19:46:18
 WHICH PERSPECTIVE

[Captioner] 19:46:22
 PET WAITS THE HIT A
--

[Captioner] 19:46:25
 PERPETUATES THE HATE.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO EACH AND


[Captioner] 19:46:28
EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:46:39
>> I'M PROUD HINDU.
I WANT

[Captioner] 19:46:42
 TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE
ON THE

[Captioner] 19:46:46
 PROCLAMATION FOR HINDU
FOLK

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PHOBIA TODAY.
IT

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 IS A RELIGION THAT PREACHES


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LOVE, COMPASSION AND

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 HARMONY,
TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR ALL
LIVING

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 THINGS THIS RISE OF HINDU
PHOBIA IN THE UNITED

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 STATES, IN
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS OFTEN
NEGATIVE

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 AND BIAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TODAY


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WHEN OUR CHILDREN WHY OUT THEY
WERE SO SCARED WHAT IS

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 HAPPENING
TODAY.
TO SEE THE POSITION OF

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 HINDUS IN
THE COUNTRIES LIKE AFGHANISTAN
AND

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 PAKISTAN AND NOBODY IS
SPEAKING ABOUT THEM.
WE MUST COME TO

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 TOGETHER TO COME
TO BAT HINDU PHOBIA, EDUCATE


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OURSELVES AND SHARE THE TRUE
ESSENCE OF

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 HINDUISM.
>>

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 THANK YOU.
>> PONASHELA

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 FOLLOWED BY

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 SHI AND
SY.
>> RESPECTED MAYOR AND


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COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M RESIDENT OF
FREMONT FOR THREE YEARS NOW.


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WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE
RECENT HATE

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 CRIMES AGAINST THE
HINDU COMMUNITY.
IN

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 FACT, HINDU PHOBIA IS ON THE
RIDES

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 FROM THE REPORT FROM THE
UNIVERSITY.
WE HAVE TO TACKLE THIS HEAD ON


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AND MAKE FREMONT A SAFE PLACE
FOR OUR KIDS AND

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 FAMILIES IN
THAT REGARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THE PROCLAMATION.


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OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATION
LET'S

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 FOREVERREN INDEBTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.


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>> I AM A RESIDENT OF

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 FREMONT
FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS AND ME AND
MY HUSBAND PROUDLY CALL

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 THIS
HOME.
THEY BOTH BECAME VERY GOOD


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CITIZENS, WENT TO MISSION
SCHOOLINGS,

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 GRADUATED AND BECAME


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DOCTORS.
WE AS A COMMUNITY

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 CALL FREMONT
HOME WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE A
SAFE PLAIT FOR OUR

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 KIDS.
WE LOVE THE CITY AND

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 WILL
CONTINUE TO ITS BETTERMENT BUT
UNFORTUNATELY HAVE SEEN THE

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 RISE
IN MINUTE DOUGH PHOBIA, AS WE


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HAVE SEEN IN

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 FREMONT

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, AND THANK
YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU.


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NEXT SPEAKER IS

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 SY, FOLLOWED BY
KARTHIC

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 FOLLOWED BY ARUMI.
>> THANK YOU,

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 RESPECTED CITY
COUNCIL.
TODAY BESTAND UNITED, TRULY


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UNITED AS WE TAKE A

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 MONUMENTAL
STEP FORWARD TOWARDS CREATING A
MORE

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 UNCLUESIVE AND RESPECTFUL
AND HEALTHY SETTLE.
AS I

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 STAND HERE I'M REMINDED
IING MARTIN LUTHER KING,

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 JR. WHO
SAYS INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A
THREAT TO

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 JUSTICE ANYWHERE.
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO

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 JUSTICE ANYWHERE.
THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY
OF

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 FREMONT CONDEMNING

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HINDUAPHOBEIA IS FOR COME TO


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BATTING INTOLERANCE AND


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PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING.
>> WE'VE BEEN SHAMED,

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 PROFILED
AND GAS LIGHTED AND IT HAS GONE
UNADDRESSED BUT

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 TODAY WE SAY NO
MORE.
IT

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 IS MORE THAN JUST

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 -- COLONIAL
STEREOTYPE WET MUST REJECT IN
ITS

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 ENTIRETY.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS
PROCLAMATION.


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GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS THE
CITY OF

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 FREMONT.


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>> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WHAT TOOK

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 PLACE IN THE CITY
COUNCIL ON APRIL

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 17, 2023 IS
UNFORTUNATE AND AGAINST THE
PRINCIPLE OF

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 OUR DEMOCRACY.


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THE AIM OF THIS PROCLAMATION IS
TO RECOGNIZE HINDU.


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ISM, I WILL
NOT BE ADDRESS.
THE

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 AIM OF THE PROCLAMATION IS
TO LEGITIMIZE THE

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 POLITICS OF
HATE AND HATE MONGERING

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 PROMOTED
WHICH IS

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 NAMED LIKE

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 --
THESE STAGED A DEMONSTRATION IN


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FREMONT WHICH EXPOSED THE
MOTIVES OF PEOPLE

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 OVERLOOKED IN
2002.
SOON YOUR COUNCIL WILL

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 REGRET
THIS PROCLAMATION AND CONDEMN
THIS VERY

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 ORGANIZATION WHO
PROPOSED THIS

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 PROCLAMATION WHOSE
HAND PRINTS IN

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 THE BLOOD OF
PLANE.
IT WILL HAPPEN SOON, I

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 PROMISE.
THANK YOU.


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[READING NAMES]


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>> HELLO, RESPECTED MAYOR AND


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COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M A PROUD HINDU.
I TRULY AM

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 RELIEVED AND HAPPY
THAT THE RIDING HINDU PHOBIA

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 IN
THIS COUNTRY IS FINALLY BEING
POINTED OUT

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 AT EVEN I HERE IN
SCHOOL IN FREMONT HAVE


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EXPERIENCED HINDU PHOBIA SO MANY
TIMES, AND

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 I STILL AM FACING
THAT PROBLEM.
I

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 WEAR A BINDI TO

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 SCHOOL EVERY
DAY AND IT REPRESENTS WHO I AM.


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I'M PROUD TO WEAR A BINDI, THIS
DOT

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 RIGHT HERE.
WHEN I WEAR IT TO SCHOOL,

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 PEOPLE
TREAT ME DIFFERENTLY, IT IS A
LANK OF

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 AWARENESS.
I FEEL LIKE I AM LESSER THAN MY


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PEERS, WHICH IS NOT OKAY.
SOMETIMES THEY IGNORE ME OR
LEAVE

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 ME OUT OF THEIR GROUPS AND
CONVERSATIONS AND TO ME THIS

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 IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE I AM
EQUAL TO EVERYONE.


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TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE TO FROM
FURTHER HAPPENING,

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 I'M SO GLAD
THIS ISSUE OF HINDU PHOBIA IS
BEING

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 ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CITY
AND ONCE AGAIN I WANT

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 TO THANK
EVERYONE HERE.
>> THANK YOU.


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>> NEXT SPEAKER IS

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 PADMA.
FOLLOWED BY

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 ARCHANAN.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL

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 MEMBERS.
I'M A 20-PLUS YEARS RESIDENT OF


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FREMONT.
I WORK IN

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 FREMONT AND I RAISED
TWO FANTASTIC CHILDREN IN
FREMONT AND I

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 AM AN ENGAGED
MEMBER OF THE

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 COMMUNITY.
I DON'T CALL MYSELF A DIVA, I
DON'T CALL

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 IT HINDUS RAPISTS.
I

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 DON'T TAKE BIASED

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 SURVEYS OR
HELP HELP SPEECH BUT SOME

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 ARE
INVITING HINDU PHOBIA AND


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ENDANGERING MY FAMILY FOR THE
PUBLICITY AND

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 PERSONAL GAIN.
THE TANG COBELL, WHO IS HERE


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TODAY, WAS SUBJECTED TO HATE


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SPEECH BECAUSE OF HINDU PHOBIA.
WORSE THINGS DO HAPPEN AND

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 DO
HAPPEN AT ANY ESTABLISHMENT AND
TO ANY OF SOUSE I THANK

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 YOU FOR
STANDING AGAINST HINDU

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 PHOBIA
AND PASSING THIS PROCLAMATION
TODAY.


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THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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 TIME.
>> THANK YOU
[LISTING NAMES]


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>> MY NAME IS

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 ACHINANAN.
MY SPEECH IS CITE

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 IMPROMPTU TO
PLEASE PARDON ANY GRAMMATICAL


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ERRORS THAT MIGHT FOLLOW.
I AM A NATIVE NEW YORKER WHO


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RELOCATED TO CALIFORNIA 13 YEARS
AGO.


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I'M NOT NEW TO HINDUAPHOBE YAM
I'VE

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 EXPERIENCED IT EVENING NOW.


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I'VE HAD

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 THINGS THROWN AT ME,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE
THINGS

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 CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS AND PEOPLE'S MIND SETS BUT


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UNFORTUNATELY THEY REMAIN THE
SAME.
I FACED DISKRIMM

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 NATION FROM
MOSTLY EUROPEAN AMERICANS

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 BUT NO
IT HAS SPREAD BEYOND

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 ANOTHER
RACE.
TRANSPLANTED HERE

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 FROM ANOTHER
SOIL BY SEPARATISTS AND
QUESTIONABLE

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 POLITICAL IDOL
JUSTS.
I DO NOT WANT MY CHILDREN

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 OR
THEIR CHILDREN TO GO THROUGH THE
SAME

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 TRAUMA I WENT THROUGH.


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I WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE
DREAM OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> THANK

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 YOU.
>>

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 SWARUT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR
GIVING ME THE

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 OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR

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 LILY MEI FOR
THE GROWING EPIDEMIC,

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HINDUAPHOBE YAM I'M HERE TO


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EXPRESS MY OPINIONS ON
HINDUAPHOBE.
I CAN'T HINDUISM

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 AS A SOCIETY
INCLUSIVE AND

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 BELIEVES AND
PRACTICES UNIVERSAL ACCEPT
TENSE.


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PLEASE SAY NO TO HINDU

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 PHOBIA.
THIS IS PURELY BASED ON
PREJUDICE

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 AND UNSCIENTIFIC
AGENDA AGAINST

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 HINDUISM.
SAY NO TO

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 SB 403 AND SAY NO TO
HINDU PHOBIA.
LET US

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 WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR
CITY SAFE.
THANK YOU.


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>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

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 DT, FOLLOWED
BY

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 RESHE NIRE, FOLLOWED BY


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ACHINTIA FY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CITY OF
FREMONT.


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MY NAME IS DITI, YOU APROUD THE


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PROCLAMATION BERECEIVED TODAY,
DONE DEMMING HINDU

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 PHOBIA AND IT
IS MUCH

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 APPRECIATED.
I HAVE 13458 SCHOOL GOING KIDS
AND AFTER WHAT WE

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 HAVE WITNESSED
IN THE LAST FEW YEAR WITH THE
RISE IN HUNDRED DUE

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 PHOBIA, HATE
AGAINST US, OUR GOD, OUR


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CUSTOMS, OUR CULTURE, OUR
RELIGION WHICH IS

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 THE BASIC
RIGHT FOR US AS CITIZENS

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 OF
AMERICA.
WE TEACH OUR

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 KIDS THIS WORLD IS
ONE BIG FAMILY.
WHAT

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 WE EXPERIENCED OUTSIDE CITY
HALL TODAY WHERE THE KIDS WERE
PUSHED

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 AROUND IT IS A SMALL
EXAMPLE WHATEVER I'M SCARED OF


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AND THAT MY KIDS WILL EXPERIENCE
GROWING UP

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 HERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>>

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THE NEXT SPEAKER

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 IS

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 RISHI.


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[LISTING

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 NAMES]
>> THANK YOU.
I AM A RESIDENT OF

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 NEWARK SO
THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION,
IT MEANS A LOT TO

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 US.
HINDUS ARE A PEACE-LOVING
COMMUNITY,

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 WE WORK HARD AND GIVE
BACK TO OUR COUNTRY,

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 USA, BUT
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS

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 LIKE, IN
PUBLIC LIFE IN BUSINESSES IN
UNIVERSITIES, WHAT WE SEE

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 IS
THERE IS A HATRED FROM EVERY


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DIRECTION.
MEDIA AND THEN FROM THE

[Captioner] 19:58:06

OPPOSITION GROUPS.
IT IS VERY

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 APPLAUD, THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS

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 THE COME TOGETHER TO
STOP THIS AND WE NEED

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 TOSTON
THIS AT EVERY LEVEL.
SB 403 IS ONE

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 THING WHICH WE CAN
SEE OUTSIDE, PEOPLE ARE PROTEST
AND

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 HOLLERING US SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE AGAIN AND I WISH IN
THE

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 DAYS TO COME CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORT

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 US.
THANK YOU.


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>> DID

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 RISHI NIRE COME TO UP
ALREADY?


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>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
TODAY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU


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ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
THAT IS AFFECTING THOUSANDS

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 OF
PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND THAT IS
THE ISSUE OF

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 HINDU PHOBIA.
IT IS THE IRRATIONAL

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 FEAR
ORAPHOBIA AGAINST HINDU OR

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 THEIR
FOLLOWERS.
IT IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL TO THE


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PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW IT BUT IT
THREATENS

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 THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY
AND THE VALUES

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 WE HOLD DEAR.
FIRST, IT GOES AGAINST THE


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DEMOCRATIC AND PLURALISTIC
SOCIETY

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 WHICH VALUES TOLERANCE
AND WE CANNOT AVOW ANY FORM OF


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DISCRIMINATION OR HATRED TOWARDS
A PARTICULAR GROUP.


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BY PROMOTING HINDUAPHOBEIA WE
ARE GOING AGAINST THE

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 GREAT
VALUES THAT MAKE OUR SOCIETY
GREAT.


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AS WE SEE IN THE INCIDENT IN
TACK DOUGH

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TACO BELL, IT SHOULD NOT BE SAID
AT

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 ALL.
HINDUAPHOBEIA IS

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 HARMFUL TO THE
MENTAL WELL, TO THOSE WHO
EXPERIENCE

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 IT.


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>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER


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[LISTING NAMES

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]


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>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS OF
FREMONT.
ONE

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 OF 9 MOST RECENT INCIDENTS
THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BACK

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 A
SERVICE ON TWITTER OF A MAN
SPEWING HATE AGAINST

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 A MINUTE
DOUGH.


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THERE TYPE OF HINDUAPHOBEIA IS
SPREADING ACROSS THE

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 GLOBE AND
IT CONCERNS ME CONTINUE PROMOTES
HARMFUL

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 STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE
HINDU COMMUNITY.
IT IS

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 UNACCEPTABLE AND MUST BE
CONDEMNED IN THE STRONGEST


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POSSIBLE TERMS

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.
THIS PROCLAMATION CONTINUES TO
UPHOLD THE

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 STANDARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANKS ALL OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR


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UPHOLDING THEIR MORAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND STANDING WITH
US AND

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 CONTINUING TO CONDEMN
HATE SPEECH

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 AND HALT HINDU
PHOBIA.
THANK YOU.


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>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN, FOLLOWED


[Captioner] 20:01:08
BY SIMRAN,

[Captioner] 20:01:12
 FOLLOWED BY

[Captioner] 20:01:16

REGINI KAUR.
>> I'M A

[Captioner] 20:01:19
 SOPHOMORE AT IRVINGTON
HIGH SCHOOL.
HINDU

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 PHOBIA IS REAL.
IT AFFECTS THE

[Captioner] 20:01:26
 HARD WORKING
HINDU COMMUNITY AND IS

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 AGAINST
THE CONSTITUTION IT DIRECTLY
VIOLATES THE PLEDGE OF


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ALLEGIANCE WHICH WE ALL TALK
EVERYWHERE WHERE GO WITH

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 PASSION
AND PURE OF HEART.
WE MUST UP A AS A NATION

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 STRIVE
TO DELIVER THE PLEDGE OF THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, CREATE

[Captioner] 20:01:42
 ONE
NATION,

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 INDIVISIBLE WITH

[Captioner] 20:01:51
  LINT
AND JUST

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 LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK

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 YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING,

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 ESTEEMED
MEMBERS OF THE CITY

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 COUNCIL.
I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND


[Captioner] 20:02:11
ORGANIZER FOR -- I WOULD LIKE TO
EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING
THE

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 WORDS OF THIS PROCLAMATION
THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
I

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 WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE WORD "HINDU


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PHOBIA" USED IN THIS
PROCLAMATION.
SCHOLARS HAVE QUESTIONED

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 THE USE
OF THIS TERM IT IS BEING PUSHED
BY THE

[Captioner] 20:02:28
 MOST EXTREME AND RIGHT
WING

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 HINDU GROUPS TO STIFLE THE
ATROCITIES

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 AGAINST ETHNIC AND
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES.


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WHILE WE SUPPORT THE INTENT OF
THE PROCLAMATION WE

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 BELIEVE THE
CURRENT WORDING DENIGRATES THE


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OTHERS AND IT EXCLUDES OTHER


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INDIANS FROM THE PROTECTION THE
PROCLAMATION SEEKS TO

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 PROVIDE.
THEREFORE, I URGE THE CITY
COUNCIL TO PASS THE PROCLAMATION


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BUT WITH THE REMOVAL OF

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 SB 403
AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON LANGUAGE
THAT IS

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 INCLUSIVE AND


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NON-DISCRIMINATORY.
>> LAST CALL FOR

[Captioner] 20:03:10
 SIMRON KAUR.


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DAKSHADA FOLLOWED BY DILOP
FOLLOWED

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 BY

[Captioner] 20:03:23
 RAGESH.
>> EDGE, MY NAME IS

[Captioner] 20:03:27
 DAKSHADA, I
AM A PROUD HINDU.
HINDU

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 PHONIA IS RAIL.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TODAY


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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THIS OFFICE
WHO HATE HINDU AND

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 HINDUISM.
DISMANTLING HINDUISM IS THEIR


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MAIN AGENDA

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.
DIRECTLY DESTRUCTIVE INFORMATION
ABOUT

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 HINDU AND HINDUISM IS
BEING SPREAD THROUGH SOCIAL


[Captioner] 20:03:52
MEDIA.
THROUGH UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEYS,


[Captioner] 20:03:56
COUNTLESS HATE-FILLED MESSAGES,
EVEN

[Captioner] 20:04:00
 A CONFERENCE TITLED
DISMANTLING

[Captioner] 20:04:03
 HINDUISM, THIS IS
THE EXTENT THE HATRED WE ARE


[Captioner] 20:04:06
SEEING HERE.
WE ALL MUST COME TOGETHER TOSTON


[Captioner] 20:04:10
THIS HINDU HATE.
I THANK YOU,

[Captioner] 20:04:13
 FREMONT, FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROBLEM AND


[Captioner] 20:04:17
STANDING AGAINST.
IT TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A SAFE


[Captioner] 20:04:20
PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY

[Captioner] 20:04:24
 MUCH.
>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS


[Captioner] 20:04:31
DR. DELIP HAMINE FROM HINDU
SPEAKERS BUREAU.
HINDU IS

[Captioner] 20:04:34
 A DIFFERENT RELIGION.
PEOPLE

[Captioner] 20:04:39
 CALL US --


[Captioner] 20:04:43
[INDISCERNIBLE]
WE LOOK DIFFERENT, PRAY A
DIFFERENT WAY, WE

[Captioner] 20:04:46
 MAY HAVE
DIFFERENT CLOTHES HOWEVER WE ARE
HIGHLY

[Captioner] 20:04:51
 EDUCATED AND -- OF
AMERICA.
BETTER

[Captioner] 20:04:55
 SEEING DISKRIMM NATION
AND HAD

[Captioner] 20:04:58
 HARASSMENT BECAUSE WE ARE


[Captioner] 20:05:01
DIFFERENT, INCLUDING FREMONT, SO
THERE

[Captioner] 20:05:04
 IS NO REASON FOR HATE UM
PATSING THE

[Captioner] 20:05:08
 RESOLUTION ON HINDU
PHOBIA WILL BE HIGHLY

[Captioner] 20:05:09

APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 20:05:14
NAMASTE.
>> HELLO, MAYOR

[Captioner] 20:05:17
 LILY AND ALL THE


[Captioner] 20:05:21
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM A 24-YEAR CITIZEN OF
FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:05:24
I COME FROM A CULTURE -- THIS


[Captioner] 20:05:27
WORLD IS ONE FAMILY, AND YET
WHEN I

[Captioner] 20:05:31
 CAME HERE, SAWRY MARKABLE


[Captioner] 20:05:34
PLACES, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
HINDUISM AND MANY BECAUSE OF

[Captioner] 20:05:36
 THE
MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE
REPRESENT.


[Captioner] 20:05:40
OUR BOOKS, MY KIDS COME FROM
SCHOOL AND SAY THIS IS

[Captioner] 20:05:43
 WHAT IS
BEING TAUGHT ABOUT HINDUISM IN
YOUR CLASSES

[Captioner] 20:05:46
 AND I HAVE TO TELL
THEM THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT
THING AND

[Captioner] 20:05:49
 GO AND TALK TO THE
TEACHERS TO FIX THIS.
TODAY WE

[Captioner] 20:05:52
 SAW A COUPLE OF -- WE
ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CITY


[Captioner] 20:05:55
OF FREMONT TO HAVE COME UP WITH
THIS PROCLAMATION ON HINDU


[Captioner] 20:05:59
PHOBIA, THE REASON FOR IT.
THE SPEECHES HERE

[Captioner] 20:06:03
 SHOW THE
AMOUNT OF HATE THAT IS HERE
AGAINST HINDUS HERE

[Captioner] 20:06:06
 AND WE HOPE
THIS PROCLAMATION WILL LEAD TO A
MUCH

[Captioner] 20:06:09
 BIER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ISSUES FACED BY

[Captioner] 20:06:13
 HINDUS HERE AND
WE CAN WORK TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITY AND

[Captioner] 20:06:16
 HAVE AN INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITY FOR ALL IN THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:06:17
 OF
FREMONT.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:06:27
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER:


[Captioner] 20:06:31
[LISTING NAMES]


[Captioner] 20:06:44
>> RESPECTED MAYOR AND

[Captioner] 20:06:47
 STILL
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM A LONG-TERM

[Captioner] 20:06:50
 RESIDENT OF
FREMONT.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY HEART


[Captioner] 20:06:53
FELT GRATITUDE TO YOU AND THE
ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:06:56
 FOR THE
RECENT PROCLAMATION BEGINS HINDU


[Captioner] 20:07:01
PHOBIA.
AS HINDU AMERICAN

[Captioner] 20:07:04
 IT MEANS A LOT
TO ME TO SEE OUR VOICES AND


[Captioner] 20:07:07
CONCERNS BEING RECOGNIZED.
THE RISE OF HINDU

[Captioner] 20:07:11
 PHOBIA IN
RECENT YEARS IS DEEPLY
CONCERNING AND IT IS HELPFUL

[Captioner] 20:07:15
 TO
SEE LOCAL LEADERS TAKING A STAND
AGAINST THIS FORM

[Captioner] 20:07:18
 OF
DISCRIMINATION.
YOUR PROCLAMATION SEND

[Captioner] 20:07:21
 AS
POWERFUL MESSAGE THE

[Captioner] 20:07:24
 CITY IS
COMMITTED TO

[Captioner] 20:07:27
 PROMOTE MUTUAL
RESPECT OF ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS
OF

[Captioner] 20:07:31
 THE CULTURE AND BACKGROUND.
I LOOK IN THE ROOM AND SEE

[Captioner] 20:07:34
 THE
POSSIBILITY WE WILL RISE ABOVE
OUR PERCEIVED

[Captioner] 20:07:38
 POSITIONSES

[Captioner] 20:07:41
 --
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT

[Captioner] 20:07:45
 SPEAKER IS ANOSHKA
FOLLOWED BY

[Captioner] 20:07:50
 ANUJ.
>>

[Captioner] 20:07:54
 HELLO, MY NAME IS ANASHKA.


[Captioner] 20:07:57
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR

[Captioner] 20:08:01
 IDENTIFYING HINDU
PHONE I CAN'T HERE.
IT IS A

[Captioner] 20:08:04
 PROBLEM IN THE U.S. AND
FREMONT AND

[Captioner] 20:08:08
 ALL THE WORLD

[Captioner] 20:08:13
.
PEOPLE COME TO FALSE NAMES AND I
HAVE SEEN IT IN MY SCHOOL

[Captioner] 20:08:15
 AND
RACIAL SLURS AND OTHER BAD
THINGS.


[Captioner] 20:08:19
AN EXAMPLE IS HOW WE WERE PUSHED
AND

[Captioner] 20:08:22
 LOUD VOICES OF HATE OUT
TARGETING US

[Captioner] 20:08:26
 BECAUSE OF BEING
HINDU.
I HAVE FACED HATE

[Captioner] 20:08:29
 AND A LOT OF
FOR

[Captioner] 20:08:32
 BEING HINDU.
THIS IS WHY

[Captioner] 20:08:35
 IT DOES EXIST AND
MORE ANGST SHOULD BE

[Captioner] 20:08:38
 TAKEN.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:08:52
>> HI, HINDU PHONE I CAN'T IS
REAL

[Captioner] 20:08:55
 AND IT -- PHOBIA IS REAL
AND IT IS RISING ACROSS

[Captioner] 20:08:58
 THE
NATION.
WE ARE

[Captioner] 20:09:01
 GETTING HARASSED AND
DESPITE ALL THESE THINGS AND


[Captioner] 20:09:05
ACTIONS BEING TAKEN AGAINST
HINDUS,

[Captioner] 20:09:09
 THEY'RE STILL
CONTRIBUTING TO THE

[Captioner] 20:09:13
 FULLEST.
THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THE


[Captioner] 20:09:16
ONGOING ACTIVITIES HAPPENING
AGAINST HINDUS AND

[Captioner] 20:09:20
 ISSUING THE
PROCLAMATION FOR HINDU

[Captioner] 20:09:24
 PHOBIA.
THANK YOU.
>>

[Captioner] 20:09:28
 NATESH SING.
>> THANK

[Captioner] 20:09:32
 YOU, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS

[Captioner] 20:09:35
 NATESH, I AM A
FREMONT RESIDENT.
I WANT TO

[Captioner] 20:09:38
 THANK THE CITY OF
FREMONT FOR RECOGNIZING

[Captioner] 20:09:41
 THE
PROBLEM OF HINDU PHOBIA.
THE LITANY

[Captioner] 20:09:44
 OF ATTACKS ON HINDU
PEOPLE HAS GONE ON THROUGH

[Captioner] 20:09:48
 EVERY
ERA OF LIST.
WE SHOULD NOT

[Captioner] 20:09:52
 BE SURPRISED THEN,
EVEN THOUGH IT SADDENS

[Captioner] 20:09:56
 US, IT IS
A PART OF OUR MODERN SOCIETY.


[Captioner] 20:09:59
HINDU PHOBIA REMAIN AS VERY
SERIOUS PROBLEM AND

[Captioner] 20:10:02
 IT SEEMS TO
THE HAVE WORSENED OVER THE LAST


[Captioner] 20:10:05
DECADE IN TERMS OF BOTH


[Captioner] 20:10:09
NONVIOLENT, MINOR PROBLEMS,
INCIDENTS AS WELL

[Captioner] 20:10:13
 AS ESCALATING
INTO

[Captioner] 20:10:16
 VIOLENT INCIDENTS.
IT

[Captioner] 20:10:19
 IS DISTURN THE AMOUNT OF


[Captioner] 20:10:22
ANTI-HINDU

[Captioner] 20:10:26
 RHETORIC HAS BEEN


[Captioner] 20:10:29
INCREASE PREVALENT ALL

[Captioner] 20:10:33
 SORTS OF
PUBLIC

[Captioner] 20:10:36
 DISCOURSE.
>> THANK

[Captioner] 20:10:39
 YOU.
>> MAYOR, WE HAVE 11

[Captioner] 20:10:42
 CARDS STILL
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE


[Captioner] 20:10:46
OUTSIDE THAT STILL WANT TO SPEAK
BUT YOU ARE AT

[Captioner] 20:10:49
 YOUR 30 MINUTES.
YOUR DESIGNATED 30 MINUTES.
>>

[Captioner] 20:10:52
 SO WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO
SOME OF OUR

[Captioner] 20:10:56
 REGULARLY-SCHEDULED
AGENDA

[Captioner] 20:11:00
 ITEMS.
11 CARDS?
>> WE HAVE 11

[Captioner] 20:11:05
 CARDS THUS FAR.
JUST A MINUTE.
IF THERE IS

[Captioner] 20:11:08
 11, MAYBE WE JUST
BEGINNISH THEM BECAUSE IT IS 11


[Captioner] 20:11:12
MINUTES.
>> THERE ARE ABOUT ANOTHER 60 TO
70

[Captioner] 20:11:15
 PEOPLE OUT WHO HAVEN'T COME
IN TO FILL OUT

[Captioner] 20:11:18
 A SPEAKER EDOUARD
YET.


[Captioner] 20:11:21
12345 OKAY

[Captioner] 20:11:27
.
>> OKAY.
>> BELL CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER


[Captioner] 20:11:31
REGULARLY-SCHEDULED ITEMS.
>> WE WILL DO THAT AND OTHER
PEOPLE CAN TURN

[Captioner] 20:11:35
 THE CARDS

[Captioner] 20:11:39
 IN.
>> Mayor Mei: WE ARE GOING TO
RETURN TO

[Captioner] 20:11:43
 THE REGULARLY
SCHEDULED ITEMS.
WE WILL

[Captioner] 20:11:46
 CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC
COMMENTS AFTER THE

[Captioner] 20:11:50
 AGENDA.
SO, ITEM

[Captioner] 20:11:53
 5-A IS THE FEE 

[Captioner] 20:11:59
 DEFERRAL
AMENDMENT.
I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 20:12:02
 DIRECTOR
IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THERE IS

[Captioner] 20:12:05
 NO PRESENTATION FOR
THIS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME

[Captioner] 20:12:09
 UP.


[Captioner] 20:12:15
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THAT'S CORRECT, I

[Captioner] 20:12:18
 DON'T HAVE A
PRESENTATION TONIGHT BUT I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

[Captioner] 20:12:22
 QUESTIONS
COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
>> I'M LOOKING TO

[Captioner] 20:12:25
 SEE IF THERE
IS ANY CLARIFYING ECONOMIES FROM
THE

[Captioner] 20:12:28
 COUNCIL.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE


[Captioner] 20:12:31
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND THE
MY

[Captioner] 20:12:35
 BELL CODE TO ALLOW --
MUNICIPAL

[Captioner] 20:12:38
 CODE TO ALLOW THE
CHANGES.
I HAVE TO ASK FOR ECONOMIES FROM


[Captioner] 20:12:42
THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> MADAM MAYOR, ONE

[Captioner] 20:12:45
 THING I
WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IS THE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION CALLS FOR THE


[Captioner] 20:12:48
ADOPTION OF THE OFFERED NANCE
AND THAT SHOULD READ IN THE


[Captioner] 20:12:52
INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND READING
FOR

[Captioner] 20:12:55
 ADOPTION.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS FOR
THE

[Captioner] 20:12:58
 INTRODUCTION.
SEE NOTHING QUESTIONS -- COUNT
COX, DO YOU HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:13:02
 QUESTION?
>> I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.
>> NEXT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC


[Captioner] 20:13:06
HEARING FOR THIS

[Captioner] 20:13:09
 ITEM, 5A

[Captioner] 20:13:14
 ARE
THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM,


[Captioner] 20:13:18
5A, THE FEE DEFERRAL PROGRAM.
SEEING NONE,

[Captioner] 20:13:21
 I'M GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC


[Captioner] 20:13:25
HEARING FOR THE FEE DEFERRAL
PROGRAM AMENDMENT

[Captioner] 20:13:28
 ARE THERE ANY
OTHER -- YOU JUST WANT IT'S TO


[Captioner] 20:13:31
MOVE IT.
>> I'M SORRY, MAYOR, WE DON'T
HAVE ANY

[Captioner] 20:13:34
 LANDS BUT CAN YOU CALL
THE PUBLIC HEARING

[Captioner] 20:13:38
 AGAIN.
ANYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY ON ZOOM
WHO WANTS TO SPEAK

[Captioner] 20:13:41
 ON ITEM 

[Captioner] 20:13:47
 5A,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> IN ZOOM.


[Captioner] 20:13:50
>> THERE ARE NO HANDS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>> THANK YOU SO

[Captioner] 20:13:53
 MUCH.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING AND

[Captioner] 20:13:57
 I SEE THE HAND
RAIDED FROM VICE

[Captioner] 20:14:01
 MAYOR COX.
>>

[Captioner] 20:14:04
 

[Captioner] 20:14:10

>> Councilmember Cox: I WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE


[Captioner] 20:14:13
FORWARD.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE


[Captioner] 20:14:17
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> DOES

[Captioner] 20:14:33
 RAFAEL, CITY ATTORNEY,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE
ORDINANCE.


[Captioner] 20:14:37
>> MA'AM, I'M SORRY, I DON'T
MEAN TO INTERRUPT BUT THERE IS

[Captioner] 20:14:41
 A
MOTION AND HASN'T BEEN A SECOND
SO I'LL SECOND FOR THE SAKE

[Captioner] 20:14:44
 OF
CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION,


[Captioner] 20:14:48
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
>>


[Captioner] 20:14:50
>> Councilmember Campbell: THANK
YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: SO ATTORNEY, CITY


[Captioner] 20:14:53
ATTORNEY, RAFAEL, WOULD YOU MAKE
THE

[Captioner] 20:14:56
 -- READ THE TITLE OF THE
ORDINANCE.
>>

[Captioner] 20:15:00

>> Mr. Alvarado: YES, OF COURSE.
THANK YOU

[Captioner] 20:15:03
 AMERICA I DON'T
REMEMBER AND COUNCIL.
THE TITLE EVERYTHING THE ORDER


[Captioner] 20:15:06
IS THE ORDINANCE FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:15:10
 CITY OF
FREMONT,

[Captioner] 20:15:26

[READING WORK.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:15:29
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND,
PLEASE

[Captioner] 20:15:32
 VOTE.


[Captioner] 20:15:38
AND THE MOTION CARRY WITH THE


[Captioner] 20:15:41
MAJORITY AND COUNT KASSAN VOTING
NAY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:15:45
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING
IS ITEM

[Captioner] 20:15:48
 6A WHICH IS THE
CONSIDERED ADOPTION OF THE

[Captioner] 20:15:51
 URBAN
FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND
COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 20:15:54
 SERVICES DIRECTOR
SUZANNE WOLF WILL INTRODUCE

[Captioner] 20:15:58
 THE
ITEM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE CHRIS

[Captioner] 20:16:01
 IFER OF
PLAN IGTO WILL PROVIDE A


[Captioner] 20:16:05
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:16:29
>> Ms. Wolf: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR
AND COUNCILMEMBERS,

[Captioner] 20:16:32
 MY NAME IS
SUZANNE WOLF.
FREMONT

[Captioner] 20:16:36
 TREES ARE RECOGNIZED AS
INTEGRAL TO THE QUALITY OF

[Captioner] 20:16:39
 LIFE
FOR ALL CITY RESIDENTS AS WELL
AT FOR THE CITY'S

[Captioner] 20:16:41
 URBAN
CHARACTER AND NATURAL
ENVIRONMENTS.


[Captioner] 20:16:44
A HEALTHY, THRIVING AND
SUSTAINABLE FOREST REMAIN

[Captioner] 20:16:47
 A LONG
STANDING COMMUNITY PRIORITY AND
WILL BE THOUGHTFULLY MANAGED

[Captioner] 20:16:50
 IN
A WAY TOO MAXIMIZE PUBLIC


[Captioner] 20:16:54
BENEFITS, INCLUDING A THRIVING


[Captioner] 20:16:58
ECOSYSTEM, VIE GRANT ECONOMY AND


[Captioner] 20:17:01
LIVEABLE COMMUNITY SHARED BY
ALL.
WE'RE GLAD

[Captioner] 20:17:04
 FREMONT IS RECOGNIZED
AT TREE

[Captioner] 20:17:07
 CITY USA.
TONIGHT OUR CONSULTANT, CHRIS

[Captioner] 20:17:11

FIFER,

[Captioner] 20:17:14
 WITH PLANIT GEO WILL BE
HERE,

[Captioner] 20:17:17
 A CERTIFIED ARBOR ITSELF
AND SPECIAL ITSELF

[Captioner] 20:17:21
 WITH 16 YEARS
EXPERIENCE AS A CLIMATE

[Captioner] 20:17:24
 ARBORIST
AND FORESTER.
HE HAS LID THE

[Captioner] 20:17:27
 DEVELOPMENT OF
OVER 30 URBAN

[Captioner] 20:17:30
 FORESTRY PLANS FOR
COMMUNITIES

[Captioner] 20:17:34
 DEDICATE 20th
GROWING SUSTAINABLE URBAN
FORESTS.


[Captioner] 20:17:37
THE SENIOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
AND THE PARKS

[Captioner] 20:17:41
 PLANNING AND
DESIGN MANAGER ARE ALSO
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY

[Captioner] 20:17:44

QUESTIONS AT THE END

[Captioner] 20:17:47
 OF THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING,


[Captioner] 20:17:51
EVERYONE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU
THE URBAN

[Captioner] 20:17:54
 FORESTRY EFFORTS THAT
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN IN

[Captioner] 20:17:57
 OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS WITH THE CITY.
AND,

[Captioner] 20:18:00
 MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WILL

[Captioner] 20:18:04
 COVER
THESE FIVE TOPIC ITEMS.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO

[Captioner] 20:18:07
 SHARE HERE
IS THAT THIS IS

[Captioner] 20:18:10
 A

[Captioner] 20:18:14
 PIVOTAL MOMENT
FOR FREMONT'S URBAN FORESTS.
CON

[Captioner] 20:18:17
 OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE
ANALYSIS OF URBAN

[Captioner] 20:18:21
 FORESTS BASED
ON SEEING WHAT IS DONE IN THE
INDUSTRY WITH THESE

[Captioner] 20:18:24
 TOPIC ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL GET INTO
THE

[Captioner] 20:18:27
 PRESS ENTATION ON THE NEXT
SLIDE.
SO THE

[Captioner] 20:18:30
 SLIDE THAT I WILL BE
PRESENTING ON BUILD UP TO THESE


[Captioner] 20:18:34
GOALS DEVELOPED FOR THE
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND

[Captioner] 20:18:37
 THESE GOALS
WERE DEVELOPED WITH ANALYSIS,


[Captioner] 20:18:41
BENCHMARKING, INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT AND

[Captioner] 20:18:44
 ALIGN
WITH THE HOLISTIC PLANNING
APPROACH.


[Captioner] 20:18:47
NEXT.
SO, BEFORE WESTERN ABLE TO DRAFT
THESE

[Captioner] 20:18:51
 GOALS FOR THE CANOPY, WE
HAD TO

[Captioner] 20:18:54
 GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE CURRENT EXTENT OF

[Captioner] 20:18:57
 THE URBAN
FOREST AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EXPANSION

[Captioner] 20:19:00
 IN 2020 A TOP-DOWN
LOOK AT THE

[Captioner] 20:19:03
 CANOPY COVER AGAINST
COVER AND PRIVATE BOUNDARIES WAS


[Captioner] 20:19:06
COMPLETED WHERE WE FOUND THAT
14% OF THE CITY IS SHADED BY THE


[Captioner] 20:19:10
CANOPY OF TREES WHEN VIEWS FROM
THE ABOVE.
ONE THING TO NOTE

[Captioner] 20:19:13
 ABOUT THIS IS
9 PRESIDENTS OF THE CANOPY IS


[Captioner] 20:19:17
NOTED ON PRIVATE LAND AND 4
PRESIDENTS SON PUBLIC LAND

[Captioner] 20:19:20
 SO
THIS EMPHASIZED A FEED NEED TORE


[Captioner] 20:19:23
A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE GOALS
IN THE URBAN FOREST

[Captioner] 20:19:24
 MANAGEMENT
PLAN.
NEXT.


[Captioner] 20:19:28
TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE CITY
NOW HAS

[Captioner] 20:19:31
 AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE
GIS TOOL TO VIEW THE

[Captioner] 20:19:35
 EXTENT THE
TREE CANOPY COVER ACROSS


[Captioner] 20:19:38
DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES AND IT IS
AVAILABLE ON 9

[Captioner] 20:19:41
 URBAN FORESTRY
WEB PAGE OF THE CITY WITH THIS
TOOL WE

[Captioner] 20:19:44
 ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT
AREAS WITH LOW TREE COVER AND
THIS

[Captioner] 20:19:49
 IS LOOKING AT TREE COVER,
AS AN EXAMPLE,

[Captioner] 20:19:52
 BUT THEN WE CAN
LOOK ACROSS THE CITY AS A
PRIORITY,

[Captioner] 20:19:56
 AREAS UNDER SERVED
WITH POPULATIONS AND URBAN

[Captioner] 20:19:59
 HEAT.
BECK TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT WILL
TAKE TO

[Captioner] 20:20:03
 INCREASE TREE CANOPY IN
THOSE PRIORITY AREAS.


[Captioner] 20:20:06
THIS EXAMPLE LOOKS AT, AT A
HYPOTHETICAL

[Captioner] 20:20:10
 SCENARIO, HOW MANY
TREES ARE REQUIRED TO BRING

[Captioner] 20:20:13
 THE
PRIORITY AREAS TO THE 20%

[Captioner] 20:20:16
 TREE
COVER WE FIND IT REQUIRES 6,000


[Captioner] 20:20:19
TREES AND FUTURE BENEFIT OF
THOSE TREES THERE IS ONE

[Captioner] 20:20:22
 EXAMPLE
BY PLANTING 6,000 TREES WILL
WILL

[Captioner] 20:20:26
 BE 8,000 POUNDS OF CARBON
SEQUESTERED.
YOU CAN

[Captioner] 20:20:29
 SEE HOW THIS SUPPORTS
UNDER SERVED

[Captioner] 20:20:33
 COMMUNITIES,
ADDRESSES URBAN HEAT AND LOOKS


[Captioner] 20:20:36
AT ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS OF
CLIE PLAT CHANGE USING

[Captioner] 20:20:38
 THIS
CANOPY DATA.
NEXT.


[Captioner] 20:20:41
THE CITY ALSO COMPLETED A
BOTTOM-UP APPROACH LOOKING AT
THE

[Captioner] 20:20:44
 URBAN FOREST BY CONDUCTING A
CITY WIDE

[Captioner] 20:20:48
 PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY
AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE

[Captioner] 20:20:51
 INVENTORIES OF
PUBLIC TREES.
THERE ARE OVER 77,000

[Captioner] 20:20:55
 TREES
INVENTORIED TREE BY TREE BY AN


[Captioner] 20:20:59
ARBORIST WHO COLLECTED
INFORMATION ON

[Captioner] 20:21:02
 THINGS LIKE AS
FECES, MAINTENANCE

[Captioner] 20:21:05
 NEEDS AND
SIZE.
ONE THING TO NOTE WITH THIS

[Captioner] 20:21:08
 GOOD
ARE BODY

[Captioner] 20:21:11
 ARE DATA,

[Captioner] 20:21:16
 BUT 70% OF
STREET TREES BASED ON THE
PROPERTY

[Captioner] 20:21:19
 OWNER TO MAINTAIN THIS
GOES BACK TO THE SHARED
COMMITMENT AND

[Captioner] 20:21:22
 GOALS ABOUT
COMMUNITY EDUCATION, OUTREACH
WITH AND

[Captioner] 20:21:25
 ENGAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE
SUSTAINABLE URBAN

[Captioner] 20:21:29
 FORESTRY.
NEXT.
NOW, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING


[Captioner] 20:21:32
THINGS TO COME OUT OF THIS
PROJECT IS THIS ONLINE TOOL

[Captioner] 20:21:35
 VIEW
THE 77,000 TREES ACROSS THE
CITY.


[Captioner] 20:21:38
AND THE CITY CAN USE THIS TO
MANAGE THE DATA AND LOOK

[Captioner] 20:21:42
 AT
TREES AND PRIORITIES AND
PROGRAMS, BUT NOW THIS

[Captioner] 20:21:45
 IS ALSO
AVAILABLE AT THE FINGERTIPS OF


[Captioner] 20:21:48
THE COMMUNITY.
FLYNN WITH A SMART PHONE, TABLET


[Captioner] 20:21:51
OR COMPUTER CAN TYPE IN AN
ADDRESS OR EXPLORE THE

[Captioner] 20:21:54
 MAN AND
SO THIS EXAMPLE LOOKS AT COUNCIL
CHAMBERS

[Captioner] 20:21:57
 AND WE START TO SEE
THAT BY CLICKING ON A TREE

[Captioner] 20:22:01
 POINT
WE GET A STREET VIEW OF THE TREE
THAT WAS

[Captioner] 20:22:05
 INVENTORIED ALONG WITH
THE INFORMATION COLLECTED SO THE
TREE OUT FRONT IS A

[Captioner] 20:22:10
 SYCAMORE, A
20-INCH DIAMETER AND

[Captioner] 20:22:13
 PROVIDING
NEARLY $17,000 IN ASSET VALUE


[Captioner] 20:22:16
THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON
THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND EVERY


[Captioner] 20:22:19
TREE HAS THE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS


[Captioner] 20:22:22
CALCULATED.
SO THE TREES THAT ARE ADJACENT
TO PROPERTY OWNERS

[Captioner] 20:22:25
 THEY
MAINTAIN, THEY CAN SEE THE
BENEFITS OF THE MAINTENANCE


[Captioner] 20:22:29
PRACTICES AND HOW IT SUPPORTS
OTHER GOALS IN THE CITY,

[Captioner] 20:22:32
 SUCH AS
CLIMATE CHANGE, AIR AND WATER


[Captioner] 20:22:37
QUALITY.
NEXT.
NOW, THESE PUBLIC

[Captioner] 20:22:40
 TREES AND THE
ENTIRE URBAN FOREST PROVIDE


[Captioner] 20:22:44
BENEFITS AND SERVICES SUCH AT
THE ONES LISTED ON THIS

[Captioner] 20:22:47
 SLIDE
AND THE OVER ARCHING GOAL OF THE
MANAGEMENT

[Captioner] 20:22:50
 PLAN IS TO MAXIMIZE
THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF

[Captioner] 20:22:53
 TREES
BOTH SUSTAINABLY AND EQUITABLY.
ON THE

[Captioner] 20:22:57
 NEXT SIDE, WE TALK ABOUT
HOW WE WANTIFIED THOSE SPECIFIC


[Captioner] 20:23:00
BENEFITS OF THE PUBLIC TREES.
THOSE 77,000 TRIES WHEN

[Captioner] 20:23:04
 WE APPLY
RESEARCH TO THE DATA PROVIDE


[Captioner] 20:23:08
NEARLY $7 MILLION IN ECOSYSTEM
BENEFITS ANNUALINGLY TO THE


[Captioner] 20:23:12
COMMUNITY AND ALSO WE LOOK AT
THE ASSET VALUE, THE

[Captioner] 20:23:15
 STRUCTURAL
VALUE OF THOSE TREES WHICH
EQUATES TO NEARLY

[Captioner] 20:23:19
 HALF A BILLION
DOLLARS.
NOW, ONE THING WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:23:22

RESEARCH, IT SHOWS THAT FOR
EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN A


[Captioner] 20:23:25
COMMUNITY TREE, THERE IS A $5
RETURN ON YOUR

[Captioner] 20:23:28
 INVESTMENT, AND
TREES ARE ONE OF THE FEW

[Captioner] 20:23:33



[Captioner] 20:23:36
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCREASE IN
VALUE OVER TIME.
SPECIFICALLY FOR

[Captioner] 20:23:39
 FREMONT, FOR
EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN A TREE
THERE IS OVER

[Captioner] 20:23:43
 A $7 RETURN IN
INVESTMENT SO BY

[Captioner] 20:23:46
 IMPLEMENTING
THIS MANAGEMENT PLAN WE CAN
SUSTAIN THESE

[Captioner] 20:23:50
 BENEFITS FOR THE
LONG-TERM.
NEXT SO IN ORDER TO

[Captioner] 20:23:53
 MAXIMIZE
THOSE BENEFITS THAT I SHARED, WE
DEVELOPED THIS

[Captioner] 20:23:56
 TIMELINE FOR THE
PROJECT BEGINNING WITH THE
RESEARCH AND

[Captioner] 20:23:59
 ANALYSIS PHASE IN
2021 AND THAT'S WHERE WE
CONDUCTED THE

[Captioner] 20:24:03
 ANALYSIS OF DATA
AND BENCHMARKING AND THEN OVER
THE COURSE OF A

[Captioner] 20:24:07
 YEAR WE
CONDUCTED INTERNAL AND EXTERN
ALLEGATION

[Captioner] 20:24:10
 ENGAGEMENT AND OUT
REACH.
AND THESE EFFORTS LED TO

[Captioner] 20:24:13
 A
SHARED VISION WITH STRATEGIES
THAT ADDRESS SHARED

[Captioner] 20:24:17
 PRIORITIES
ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT LED TO
THE DRAFTS

[Captioner] 20:24:20
 AND TO THE FINAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE URBAN FOREST


[Captioner] 20:24:24
MANAGEMENT PLAN.
NEXT.


[Captioner] 20:24:28
SO EXPANDING ON THE ENGAGEMENT


[Captioner] 20:24:31
COMPONENT, THAT WAS A HUGE PART
OF THIS PROJECT, INTERNALLY WE
HAD

[Captioner] 20:24:35
 A TEAM OF 10 FROM THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS

[Captioner] 20:24:38
 RENTING THREE
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, 25 STAFF


[Captioner] 20:24:42
INTERVIEWED.
WE PRESENTED TO RECREATION
COMMISSION AND AS FAR

[Captioner] 20:24:45
 AS EXTERN
ALLEGATION ENGAGEMENT, WE
STARTED OFF WITH

[Captioner] 20:24:49
 A MESSAGING
CAMPAIGN, HAD A PROJECT

[Captioner] 20:24:52
 WEBSITE,
MEETINGS AND MEET

[Captioner] 20:24:55
 AND GREATS

[Captioner] 20:24:58

AS WELL AS POLLS AND SURVEYS TO
GATHER

[Captioner] 20:25:02
 FEEDBACK.
ALL THESE EFFORTS WERE TO
DEVELOP

[Captioner] 20:25:05
 THE SHARED VISION AROUND
TRIES IN THE

[Captioner] 20:25:09
 COMMUNITY.
NEXT

[Captioner] 20:25:15
.
I WANTED TO EXPAND ON PUBLIC
COMMENT AS

[Captioner] 20:25:18
 BEMET WITH THE
WORKING GROUP.
WE HEARD A VARIETY OF

[Captioner] 20:25:21
 FEEDBACK
AND INPUT, SOME RELATED TO THE
STATUS

[Captioner] 20:25:24
 OF OTHER URBAN FORESTRY
PROJECTS THERE

[Captioner] 20:25:27
 BASS AN M SAYS TO
PLANT FOR

[Captioner] 20:25:31
 TREES AND TO STA -- AN


[Captioner] 20:25:34
EMPHASIS TO PLANT MORE TREES

[Captioner] 20:25:38
 AND
TO STAFF AND HAVING A STRONG
FOUNDATION OF

[Captioner] 20:25:41
 ORDINANCES AND
POLICIES AROUND TREES IN THE
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:25:45
LASTLY WE HEARD ABOUT THE RENTED
TREE LIST THAT BATS IN THE
MANAGEMENT

[Captioner] 20:25:48
 PLAN AND HOW TO MAKE
SOME UPDATES IN ORDER

[Captioner] 20:25:52
 TO ENSURE
TREES SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN
CHANGING

[Captioner] 20:25:57
 CLIMATES.
NEXT SO THERE ARE A LOT

[Captioner] 20:26:00
 OF
CHALLENGES FACING THE TREES IN
FREMONT INTO THE

[Captioner] 20:26:04
 FUTURE, BUT ONE
THING THIS PLANNING EFFORT
UNCOVERED WAS

[Captioner] 20:26:07
 THE NUMBER OF
STRENGTHS AROUND THE URBAN
FOREST IN

[Captioner] 20:26:10
 FREMONT.
WE SEE A WIDE DIVERSITY

[Captioner] 20:26:14
 OF TREE
SPECIES AND THE SUBSTANTIAL


[Captioner] 20:26:17
BENEFITS OF TREES YOU DISCUSSED


[Captioner] 20:26:20
EARLIER.
SPECIFIC TO THE PROGRAM THERE IS
AN URBAN

[Captioner] 20:26:23
 FORESTRY PROGRAM WHERE
NOT EVERY CITY IN CALIFORNIA HAS
THE A

[Captioner] 20:26:26
 PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY,
WE HEARD A LOT OF STRENGTHS
AROUND

[Captioner] 20:26:29
 THE SUPPORT, THEIR' VOCAL
AND ACTIVE AND

[Captioner] 20:26:33
 SUPPORTING THIS
EFFORT AND THE CITY HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED AT A

[Captioner] 20:26:36
 TREE CITY USA
FOR NOW 26

[Captioner] 20:26:42
 YEARS.
THIS IS THE FIRST

[Captioner] 20:26:45
 EVER PLAN FOR
THE CITY AROUND THE URBAN

[Captioner] 20:26:48
 FOREST
AND DEVELOPED THIS SHARED VISION
WITH STRATEGIES SUPPORTED BY


[Captioner] 20:26:51
STAFF, STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
COMMUNITY 78

[Captioner] 20:26:55
 NEXT.
SO

[Captioner] 20:26:58
 THIS URBAN FOREST VISION IN
THE MANAGEMENT PLAN, IT LOOKED


[Captioner] 20:27:01
 LOOKED


[Captioner] 20:27:05
 LOOKED
TO MAXIMIZE THE

[Captioner] 20:27:08
 BENEFITS
SUSTAINABLY AND A HEALTHY URBAN


[Captioner] 20:27:11
FOREST CREATE AS HEALTHY
COMMUNITY.
TO SUPPORT THIS VISION

[Captioner] 20:27:14
 FOR THE
URBAN FOREST, THERE IS THIS OVER


[Captioner] 20:27:17
ARCHING GOAL TO INCREASE TREE
COVER BY 10% OVER

[Captioner] 20:27:21
 A 40-YEAR TIME
FRAME.
NOW THIS 10 PRESIDENTS

[Captioner] 20:27:24
 INCREASE
WOULD --

[Captioner] 20:27:28
 10% INCREASE WOULD
OCCUR ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND
SO THIS IS GOING

[Captioner] 20:27:31
 BACK TO THE
SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE URBAN
FOREST AND YOU

[Captioner] 20:27:34
 WILL SEE IN THE
PLAN STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS


[Captioner] 20:27:37
RELATING TO COMMUNITY 

[Captioner] 20:27:42
 EDUCATION
AND ENGAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE THESE
LOFTY

[Captioner] 20:27:45
 BUT ATTAINABLE GOALS.
NEXT.
ALL OF THAT EFFORT

[Captioner] 20:27:48
 WENT
GAUGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND

[Captioner] 20:27:52
 CANOPY
GOALS LED TO THE DRAFTING OF THE


[Captioner] 20:27:55
GOALS IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN
ITSELF.
AS I MENTIONED,

[Captioner] 20:27:58
 THESE GOALS
APPLY A HOLISTIC PLANNING
APPROACH TO

[Captioner] 20:28:02
 URBAN FORESTRY
BEGINNING WITH MANAGING TREES AS
A CITY

[Captioner] 20:28:06
 ASSET.
BE WE THEN ALSO DEVELOP

[Captioner] 20:28:09
 GOALS
AROUND GROWING A SUSTAINABLE
URBAN FOREST AND STRENGTHENING


[Captioner] 20:28:12
THE PROGRAMS AROUND TREES IN THE
COMMUNITY AND ALSO

[Captioner] 20:28:15
 PRESERVING
THE EXISTING

[Captioner] 20:28:19
 14% OF CANOPY AND
BUILDING THOSE COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 20:28:23
 PILLS,
RELATIONSHIPS AND PROGRAMS TO
SUPPORT ALL

[Captioner] 20:28:26
 ASPECTS OF URBAN
FORESTRY IN

[Captioner] 20:28:29
 THE CITY 78

[Captioner] 20:28:33
 NEXT SO
WITH EACH GOAL THERE ARE
STRATEGIC ACTION THAT ARE SMART


[Captioner] 20:28:36
THAT SUPPORT THE GOALS AND THE
VISION OF THE URBAN

[Captioner] 20:28:39
 FOREST
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THEY'RE
ORGANIZED BY

[Captioner] 20:28:42
 SHORT, MIDTERM,
LONG-TERM AND ON GOING ACTIONS.
SOME

[Captioner] 20:28:45
 OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE
SHORT-TERM

[Captioner] 20:28:49
 ACTIONS INCLUDE
LAUNCHING THE PLANTING EFFORT TO
SUPPORT

[Captioner] 20:28:52
 THAT CITY WIDE CANOPY
GOAL.
IT

[Captioner] 20:28:55
 INCLUDES DEVELOPING A
COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING FOR THE
PUBLIC AND SOME

[Captioner] 20:28:59
 OF THE LONGER
TERM GOALS INCLUDE SCALING UP
THOSE

[Captioner] 20:29:02
 PLANTINGS OVER TIME,
LOOKING AT ADDRESSING STRATEGIES


[Captioner] 20:29:06
AND PROGRAMS AROUND STORM
PREPAREDNESS, GROWING

[Captioner] 20:29:09
 A
RESILIENT URBAN FOREST AND
REALLY STRENGTHENING THOSE


[Captioner] 20:29:12
PARTNERSHIPS TO THE ACHIEVE THAT
40-YEAR GOAL

[Captioner] 20:29:15
 OF 24% CANOPY.


[Captioner] 20:29:26
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I WILL TURN TAKEOVER TO

[Captioner] 20:29:29
 SUZANNE
BUT I SHARED WITH YOU THE SCOPE
AND

[Captioner] 20:29:33
 TIMELINE, ENGAGEMENT THAT
LED TO THE SHARED VISION OF
TREES IN FREMONT

[Captioner] 20:29:36
 AND DISCUSS HOW
WE INCORN RATED PUBLIC COMMENT
AND

[Captioner] 20:29:40
 FEEDBACK INTO THE FINALIZED
PLAN FOR THE URBAN FOREST.


[Captioner] 20:29:43
AND SO, WITH THAT SHARED, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO

[Captioner] 20:29:46
 SUZANNE TO TALK
ABOUT THE COMPLETED AND NEXT
STEPS.


[Captioner] 20:29:49
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
NEXT

[Captioner] 20:29:53
 SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO BEFORE YOU

[Captioner] 20:29:57
 A RECOMMENDATION
TO FIND

[Captioner] 20:30:00
 THE URBAN FOREST
MANAGEMENT PLAN COMMENT FROM THE


[Captioner] 20:30:04
REQUIREMENTS THE CEQA, PER
GUIDELINES

[Captioner] 20:30:07
 STATED IN THE STAFF
REPORT.
AND TWO, ADOPT

[Captioner] 20:30:11
 A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING THE URBAN FOREST


[Captioner] 20:30:13
MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE.


[Captioner] 20:30:16
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
AT THIS

[Captioner] 20:30:20
 TIME, WE WILL ASK FOR
CLARIFYING ECONOMIES FROM THE


[Captioner] 20:30:24
COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, DO YOU
HAVE CLARIFYING

[Captioner] 20:30:28
 QUESTIONS?
>> YES, I DO.
THREE

[Captioner] 20:30:31
 QUESTIONS SONG NUMBER

[Captioner] 20:30:34
 QUESTION

[Captioner] 20:30:38
S, SO NUMBER ONE,
OUR CURRENT TREE COVER

[Captioner] 20:30:41
 IS 14%
AND ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN WE
WILL ONLY

[Captioner] 20:30:44
 BE INCREASING THAT UP
TO 16S ABOUT

[Captioner] 20:30:48
 16% IN 20 YEARS.
IS THERE ANY

[Captioner] 20:30:51
 POSSIBLE WAY THAT
WE COULD FRONT

[Captioner] 20:30:55
 LOAD MORE FREE
PLANTING, BECAUSE 20 YEARS TO


[Captioner] 20:30:58
INCREASE BY 2% IS JUST SEEMS


[Captioner] 20:31:04
INSANELY BAD.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S QUESTION

[Captioner] 20:31:07
 NUMBER ONE.


[Captioner] 20:31:13
>> THAT FOR THE QUESTION.
WE ARE LOOKING TO

[Captioner] 20:31:17
 REALLY FOCUS
ON WHAT CHRIS TALKED ABOUT IN
TERMS OF OUR

[Captioner] 20:31:20
 PARTNERSHIP AND
STRENGTHENING OUR EDUCATION TO
THE COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 20:31:23
 AS PART OF OUR
INITIAL PROCESS WHICH IS

[Captioner] 20:31:26
 WHY WE
SEE GROWTH OVER THE YEARS.
SOME IS PUBLIC

[Captioner] 20:31:29
 LAND BUT SOME IS
PRIVATE LAND AND

[Captioner] 20:31:33
 THAT PRIVATE
LAND GROWTH WILL TAKE EDUCATION
AND THE

[Captioner] 20:31:36
 STRENGTH OF OUR
COMMUNITY WANT TO TO PLANT

[Captioner] 20:31:39
 TREES
TOGETHER AND THAT IS WHY WE

[Captioner] 20:31:43
 SEE
THE GROWTH MODEL THAT INCREASES
IN THE FUTURE.


[Captioner] 20:31:46
WE HAVE A GRANT THAT ALLOWS US
TO

[Captioner] 20:31:50
 PLANT 1,000 TREES NEXT YEAR,
OVER THE NEXT THREE

[Captioner] 20:31:53
 YEARS WE
WILL PLANT A THOUSAND TREES BUT
WE ARE LOOKING TO

[Captioner] 20:31:56
 GROW THAT IN A
WAY THE COMMUNITY BUYS IN

[Captioner] 20:31:59
 AND
HAS THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
WE CAN GROW WITH IT AND EDUCATE


[Captioner] 20:32:03
AND ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS
TOGETHER.
>> OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:32:06
I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE I
HEARD AN ANSWER TO THE

[Captioner] 20:32:09
 QUESTION
WHETHER IT COULD BE

[Captioner] 20:32:12
 EXP-E
INDICTED.
WHY CAN'T THE

[Captioner] 20:32:16
 --

[Captioner] 20:32:21
 EXPEDITED.
I UNDERSTAND DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN BUT DOING

[Captioner] 20:32:24
 A PLAN WITH SUCH
MAIN MALL IMPACT OVER 20 YEARS,
IT

[Captioner] 20:32:27
 IS HARD FOR ME TO BE EXCITED


[Captioner] 20:32:30
ABOUT THAT.


[Captioner] 20:32:35
>> YEAH, AS SUZANNE SAID, THIS
IS LOOKING

[Captioner] 20:32:38
 TO SCALE UP OVER TIME
AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS


[Captioner] 20:32:41
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE AVAILABLE
SPACE TO PLANT TREES

[Captioner] 20:32:45
 IS ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY, I ALSO


[Captioner] 20:32:48
MENTIONED HOW STREET TREES OF
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF 9

[Captioner] 20:32:51
 ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNER SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT INVESTMENTS

[Captioner] 20:32:55
 INTO
TREES ARE SUSTAINABLE AND FOR
THE

[Captioner] 20:32:58
 LONG-TERM.
AND, SOMETIMES WITH

[Captioner] 20:33:01
 ROBUST
PLANTING GOALS THEY'RE PUT IN
THE GROUND BOUT

[Captioner] 20:33:05
 THE POST
PLANTING CARE AND LONG-TERM
MAINTENANCE INVOLVED SO

[Captioner] 20:33:08
 THEN WE
WORRY ABOUT THE HEALTH AND
CONTINUE OF THOSE

[Captioner] 20:33:11
 TREES.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT TO START


[Captioner] 20:33:15
GRAD BALLY, WORKING WITH HOW THE


[Captioner] 20:33:18
PROGRAMS OPERATE TO GET THE


[Captioner] 20:33:21
PROJECT IN PLANTING LAUNCHED AND
THEN, FROM THAT PERIOD

[Captioner] 20:33:24
 ON, YOU
WILL SEE IT SCALES
UNDRAMATICALLY AFTER

[Captioner] 20:33:27
 A NUMBER OF
YEARS AND THAT'S WITH THE


[Captioner] 20:33:31
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THOSE
OTHER STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN.
WE

[Captioner] 20:33:34
 DID TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT


[Captioner] 20:33:37
WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR REACHING
HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF

[Captioner] 20:33:40
 CANOPY
GOALS OR SHORTENING THE TIME
FRAME AND

[Captioner] 20:33:44
 THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.


[Captioner] 20:33:47
WE'RE JUST FROM THE FEEDBACK WE
GOT FROM

[Captioner] 20:33:50
 STAKEHOLDERS, IT BASS
UNREALISTIC.
BUT OVER ALL WE

[Captioner] 20:33:53
 WANT TO INCREASE
CANOPY.
THE LAST COMMENT I

[Captioner] 20:33:57
 WANTED TO
MAKE IS WITH THE CALFIRE GRANT


[Captioner] 20:34:00
FUNDING WE ARE TO LOOK AT THERE
40-YEAR TOMB LINE SO THAT BASS


[Captioner] 20:34:03
PART OF THE EQUATION, AS WELL,
THIS IS FOR THE LONG-TERM SO


[Captioner] 20:34:07
LET'S SEE WHAT IS ATTAINABLE AND
SCALE THAT

[Captioner] 20:34:10
 OVER TIME.
I HONE THAT HELPS WITH

[Captioner] 20:34:14
 THE
QUESTION

[Captioner] 20:34:19
.
>> OKAY.
SECOND, I KNOW THERE

[Captioner] 20:34:22
 WAS A
LITTLE BIT DISCONNECT AT TIMES
DURING

[Captioner] 20:34:26
 THIS INITIAL GRANT WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

[Captioner] 20:34:29
 AND WHAT
THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE
PROCESS VERSUS WHAT

[Captioner] 20:34:32
 CITY STAFF
COULD DO.
SO I'M

[Captioner] 20:34:35
 WONDERING WHAT THE PLANS
ARE GOING FORWARD TO MAKE, YOU
KNOW, TO MAKE

[Captioner] 20:34:39
 SURE IT IS REALLY
CLEAR WHO IS ALLOWED TO DO IT
AND ALSO

[Captioner] 20:34:42
 TO MAKE SURE THERE
AREN'T ANY ISSUES WHERE


[Captioner] 20:34:46
VOLUNTEERS WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER
TO DO THIS WORK OF

[Captioner] 20:34:49
 GROWING
TREES, PLANTING TREES,
MAINTAINING

[Captioner] 20:34:53
 TREES, ARE NOT
PREVENTED FROM DOING THIS
BECAUSE OF SOME

[Captioner] 20:34:57
 BUREAUCRATIC
REASON OR CONTRACTUAL REASON.
SO I JUST

[Captioner] 20:35:00
 WANTED TO SEE IF THAT
ISSUE HAD BEEN

[Captioner] 20:35:04
 ADDRESSED.
>> WE HAVE THREE CONTRACTS FROM
THE SECOND DOCTOR

[Captioner] 20:35:07
 ALFIRE GRANT
AND WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH
THOSE CLOSELY WITH THOSE


[Captioner] 20:35:11
STAKEHOLDERS.
WE JUST HAD THAT

[Captioner] 20:35:16
 CONVERSATION
DURING THIS TIME BETWEEN THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THE

[Captioner] 20:35:20
 PROCLAMATION
AND NOW

[Captioner] 20:35:25
.
IT IS OUR INTENT TO REALLY WORK


[Captioner] 20:35:28
CLOSELY WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND
VOLUNTEERS AND

[Captioner] 20:35:32
 THINK ABOUT WAYS
WE CAN GROW THIS

[Captioner] 20:35:35
 INITIATIVE AND
OUR LOVE OF TREES

[Captioner] 20:35:38
 AND ARBOR IN
THIS CITY THAT WE ARE AND

[Captioner] 20:35:41
 THAT
TAKES GROWING PINS AND NOT ONLY
THE CITY BUT

[Captioner] 20:35:45
 OUR PARTNERS AND
THEY'VE

[Captioner] 20:35:48
 BAN GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE
WANT TO

[Captioner] 20:35:53
 GROW

[Captioner] 20:36:03
.
>> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY, I
DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER TO THE


[Captioner] 20:36:06
QUESTION, FOLKS WANTED TO
CONTRIBUTE AND WERE TOLD THEY


[Captioner] 20:36:09
COULDN'T SO IS ANYTHING GOING TO
CHANGE FROM WHAT HAPPENED

[Captioner] 20:36:12
 UNTIL
NOW GOING FORWARD TO PREVENT
THOSE KINDS

[Captioner] 20:36:16
 OF DISCONNECTS FROM


[Captioner] 20:36:19
HAPPENING.
>> I THINK JUST SAY WE ARE

[Captioner] 20:36:22

HIRING A NEW URBAN FOREST
MANAGER AND

[Captioner] 20:36:25
 IN THAT PROCESS WE
WILL HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION
FOR

[Captioner] 20:36:28
 INDIVIDUALS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF IT
SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR


[Captioner] 20:36:32
ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY'RE
TALKING TO THREE TO FOUR PEOPLE
AND THAT

[Captioner] 20:36:35
 MAY BE FRUSTRATING AND
I CAN

[Captioner] 20:36:38
 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR OUR
ORGANIZATION.
PEOPLE HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:36:42
 DIRECT CONNECTION
TO ME

[Captioner] 20:36:45
 TO CALL ME IF THERE IS AN
TISSUE DIRECT.
AS

[Captioner] 20:36:48
 THE NEW MANAGER COME TOES ON,
THERE WILL BE

[Captioner] 20:36:51
 SOMEONE FOCUSED

[Captioner] 20:36:55
 ON
THAT CONNECTION WITH

[Captioner] 20:36:58
 THE
COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 20:37:05
.
>> Councilmember Kassan: THEY
MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERAL


[Captioner] 20:37:09
FOREST AND URBAN DUTIES SO WHAT


[Captioner] 20:37:12
IS HAVING ONE PERSON WITH THE
SOLE JOB TO MANAGE THIS

[Captioner] 20:37:16
 URBAN
FORESTRY GRANT AND BE SOLELY


[Captioner] 20:37:19
FOCUSED ON THAT AND NOT BE
CALLED OUT FOR

[Captioner] 20:37:23
 GENERAL ARBORIST
DUTIES.


[Captioner] 20:37:27
>> THE GOAL

[Captioner] 20:37:30
 IS TO REALLY

[Captioner] 20:37:36
 FIND
WAYS TO BE CREATIVE WITH THE
STAFF WE

[Captioner] 20:37:38
 HAVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE STORM
PROCESS, WE HAVE MANY OF OUR


[Captioner] 20:37:42
STAFF, ALL OF OUR PARK STAFF,
MANY STAFF

[Captioner] 20:37:45
 WORKING ON TREE
ISSUES AT THAT TIME.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FOLKS

[Captioner] 20:37:49

WORKING ON URBAN FOREST ISSUES
AT ANY TIME IN

[Captioner] 20:37:52
 OUR ORGANIZATION,
SO THE GOAL IS TO REALLY MEET
THE OUTCOMES

[Captioner] 20:37:55
 AND OBJECTIVES OF
OUR PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE
THOSE ARE

[Captioner] 20:37:59
 ACHIEVED.
OUR COMMITMENT IS TO MAKING SURE
WE MEET THOSE

[Captioner] 20:38:02
 OUTCOMES AND
OBJECTIVES AND I THINK OUR
STAFFING PLAN WE

[Captioner] 20:38:06
 HAVE MOVING
FORWARD WILL MEET THOSE
OBJECTIVES

[Captioner] 20:38:11
 EFFECTIVELY.
>> Councilmember Kassan: SO DOES
THAT PLANE

[Captioner] 20:38:14
 THERE WILL NOT BE A
PERSON WHOSE FULL TIME DUTY WILL


[Captioner] 20:38:18
BE TO MANAGE THIS GRANT AND BE
IN CHARGE OF OUR

[Captioner] 20:38:21
 URBAN FORESTRY
MANAGEMENT PLAN.
>> IN THE GRANT THERE BASS

[Captioner] 20:38:24
 NEVER
-- WHEN WE PROPOSED THE GRANT
THERE WAS

[Captioner] 20:38:28
 NEVER AN INTENT TO
HAVE A

[Captioner] 20:38:31
 SEPARATE PERSON TO MANAGE
THE GRANT BUT THERE IS A CURRENT


[Captioner] 20:38:34
ARBORIST TO MANAGE THE 50/50
PROGRAM AND WE WILL HIRE AN


[Captioner] 20:38:38
URBAN FOREST MANAGER WITH THOSE
TWO POSITIONS WE

[Captioner] 20:38:41
 BELIEVE WE WILL
BE SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR STAFF,
THE

[Captioner] 20:38:44
 FOLKS I MENTIONED IN THE
AUDIENCE THIS EVENING AS WELL

[Captioner] 20:38:47
 AS
OTHERS PARK SYSTEM

[Captioner] 20:38:51
 HAVE ABOUT
THE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING
THROUGH

[Captioner] 20:38:55
 THE ISSUES AND WE ARE
COMMITTED TO

[Captioner] 20:38:59
 CONTINUING THAT.


[Captioner] 20:39:04
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
IS THAT THE LAST QUESTION,


[Captioner] 20:39:07
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN OKAY, THANK
YOU.
NEXT FOR CLARIFYING

[Captioner] 20:39:10
 QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER KENG.
>> Councilmember Keng: THANK


[Captioner] 20:39:14
YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

[Captioner] 20:39:17
 THAT
PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF

[Captioner] 20:39:20
 QUESTIONS.


[Captioner] 20:39:28
S WE WILL SEE THE IMPROVEMENT WE
HAVE BEEN MAKING AS

[Captioner] 20:39:31
 A COME TO
PARSON?


[Captioner] 20:39:35
GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, SO WE LOOKED AT THE
PAST

[Captioner] 20:39:38
 AND HISTORICAL RECORDS TO
WHAT WAS RECORDED TO

[Captioner] 20:39:42
 ARBOR DAY
FOUNDATION UNTIL TREE

[Captioner] 20:39:45
 CITY USA
ACCREDITATION AND I HAVE TO LOOK
BACK AT THE

[Captioner] 20:39:48
 NUMBERS AGAIN AND I
WILL SAY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF


[Captioner] 20:39:51
PLANTING TO REACH THE CANOPY
GOAL IT

[Captioner] 20:39:54
 IS 800 TREES PER YEAR
AND THAT IS SLIGHTLY

[Captioner] 20:39:57
 INCREASED
FROM WHAT WAS REPORTED FOR

[Captioner] 20:40:00
 TREE
CITY USA.
NOW THERE DIFFERENT WAYS HOW

[Captioner] 20:40:04
 YOU
REPORT TREE PLANTINGS.
THERE ARE THE STREET

[Captioner] 20:40:07
 PLANTING
PROJECTS.
PLANTINGS BY PARTNERS.


[Captioner] 20:40:11
PLANTINGS BY DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING

[Captioner] 20:40:15
 SOLELY AT THE
STREET FLINTINGS AND THAT WAS


[Captioner] 20:40:19
SOMEWHERE -- STREET PLANTING
PROJECTS AND THAT WAS SOMEWHERE


[Captioner] 20:40:23
OVER 500 TREES AND GO UP FROM
THAT.
GOING

[Captioner] 20:40:26
 BACK TO THE OTHER
QUESTION, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
OTHER REPORTING OF TREES

[Captioner] 20:40:30
 BEING
PLANTED, THERE ARE CASES WHERE
THE CITY IS

[Captioner] 20:40:33
 ALREADY PLANTING
MORE THAN WHAT IS OUTLINED IN
THOSE INITIAL

[Captioner] 20:40:36
 PHASES OF THE
PLANTING FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:40:40
 CANOPY GOAL.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THEN, SO

[Captioner] 20:40:43
 THE 800 TREES BEING
PLANNED

[Captioner] 20:40:46
 TO BE PLANTED ANNUALLY,
HOW

[Captioner] 20:40:49
 FAR INTO OUR INCOMING PLAN
IS THAT GOING TO BE

[Captioner] 20:40:53
 IMPLEMENTED?
>>

[Captioner] 20:40:56
 SO AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL
OF THE TREES BEING PLANTED AND


[Captioner] 20:41:00
THE CITY IS A PORTION OF THAT
PLANTING, LAST YEAR WE

[Captioner] 20:41:03
 PLANTED
OVER 1,000 TREES IN TOTAL AND SO
OUR

[Captioner] 20:41:06
 GOAL IS TO EXCEED OR MEET OR
EXCEED THE

[Captioner] 20:41:10
 GOALS WE SET.
AGAIN THAT REALLY DOES INCLUDE
OUR

[Captioner] 20:41:13
 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO GROW THAT
EDUCATION

[Captioner] 20:41:16
 ALLEGATION VALUE SO WE
CANNED A --

[Captioner] 20:41:20
 EDUCATIONAL VALUE SO
WE CAN ADD THAT OVER TIME.
THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:41:23
 IS A PORTION OF THAT
OVER ALL GOAL.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:41:26
MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT I KNOW
WE

[Captioner] 20:41:29
 OFTEN RECEIVE A LOT OF
REQUESTS OR, YOU

[Captioner] 20:41:32
 KNOW, QUESTIONS
REGARDING LIKE PEOPLE ARE STILL
NOT

[Captioner] 20:41:36
 FULLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
STREET TREES

[Captioner] 20:41:39
 ARE HALF OF -- ARE
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.


[Captioner] 20:41:42
IS THERE ANY FUNDING THAT

[Captioner] 20:41:45
 WE
HAVE ALLOTTED TO HEN

[Captioner] 20:41:49
 HELP THOSE WHO


[Captioner] 20:41:52
MAY HAVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
TO MAINTAINING THEIR TREES.
>>

[Captioner] 20:41:55
 WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 50/50
PROGRAM, WHICH WE

[Captioner] 20:41:58
 CURRENTLY HAVE
TODAY.
AGAIN, AS WE LOOK THROUGH OUR


[Captioner] 20:42:01
ORDINANCES IN MOVING FORWARD WE
CAN ALWAYS EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE


[Captioner] 20:42:05
FOR ADDITION ALLEGATION STRESS
ON INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES

[Captioner] 20:42:08
 BUT
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A 50/50
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT

[Captioner] 20:42:11
 FAMILIES THAT
WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE 50% CREDIT


[Captioner] 20:42:14
TOWARDS THEIR STREET

[Captioner] 20:42:17
 TREES.
>> GOT IT.
SO I BASS

[Captioner] 20:42:21
 WAS ASKING PEOPLE WHO NEED


[Captioner] 20:42:25
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL HELP.
EVEN WITH THE 50/50 IT IS STILL


[Captioner] 20:42:29
A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE THAT
PEOPLE HAVE TO,

[Captioner] 20:42:33
 YOU KNOW, SPEND.
SO IF WE HAVE

[Captioner] 20:42:36
 THOSE AVAILABLE
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU
KNOW,

[Captioner] 20:42:39
 LOWER INCOME OR HAVE A
HARD

[Captioner] 20:42:43
 TIME PAYING THAT FEE TO


[Captioner] 20:42:46
MAINTAIN THEIR TREE, I THINK IT
WOULD BE VERY

[Captioner] 20:42:50
 HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>>

[Captioner] 20:42:53
 THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS.
NEXT,

[Captioner] 20:42:56
 DOCUMENT COX, OR VICE
MAYOR COX.


[Captioner] 20:43:00
>> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU
FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I LIKE

[Captioner] 20:43:03
 SEEING ALL THAT GREEN.
GREENER WAY.


[Captioner] 20:43:06
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
ONE

[Captioner] 20:43:10
 IS, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT 
EX33rd INDICTING THE

[Captioner] 20:43:13
 HIRING OF
THE YOU ARE -- EXPEDITING

[Captioner] 20:43:16
 OF
HIRING THE URBAN

[Captioner] 20:43:19
 POSITION.
ARE YOU IN THE FINAL STAGES IS
WHAT I'M HEARING WITH

[Captioner] 20:43:23
 THE
CANDIDATES AND WILL THAT
POSITION BE

[Captioner] 20:43:26
 SUPPORTED OR
SUPPLEMENTED WITH THE GRANT OR
IS THAT FULL TIME ON

[Captioner] 20:43:29
 THE BUDGET
OF THE CITY OF FREMONT.
>> THE URBAN

[Captioner] 20:43:33
 FOREST MANAGES THE


[Captioner] 20:43:36
FULL TIME POSITION THAT IS
FUNDED AND WE ARE IN THE HIRE


[Captioner] 20:43:39
PROCESS NOW.
>> WHEN WILL THAT CLOSE OR

[Captioner] 20:43:42
 HOW
CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT TO GET


[Captioner] 20:43:46
CANDIDATES?
>> THE POSITION HAS CLOSED AND
WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING

[Captioner] 20:43:48
 OF THE
INTERVIEW PROCESS.
>> OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:43:50
JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK ON
THAT.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:43:53
THE OTHER PART, AS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE

[Captioner] 20:43:57
 HITTING THE MAGIC
NUMBER, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A
SCORE

[Captioner] 20:44:00
 OF 72 OUT OF 100 AND THE
RATING FOR OUR

[Captioner] 20:44:04
 TREE SCORE, AND
WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET INTO
THAT, MOVE INTO

[Captioner] 20:44:08
 A HIGHER RANGE.
AND THE NUMBER IS ONLY

[Captioner] 20:44:11
 BASED ON
PUBLIC TREES, BUT COULD

[Captioner] 20:44:14
 IT BE
POSSIBLE, AND I'M NOT

[Captioner] 20:44:18
 SURE WHAT
THE FORMULA IS, IS IT POSSIBLE


[Captioner] 20:44:21
THAT WE COULD HAVE AN EXTENSION


[Captioner] 20:44:24
OF THE WEBSITE THAT HAS PEOPLE
PLANT, IF THEY WERE ALLOWED

[Captioner] 20:44:27
 THE
PRIVATE OWNED TREE THAT PEOPLE
WOULD BE ABLE TO

[Captioner] 20:44:31
 INPUT THEY
PLANTED SOME TREES IN THE YARD
TO BE ABLE

[Captioner] 20:44:34
 TO INCREASE HOW MANY
MORE TREES AND COUNTING TOWARDS


[Captioner] 20:44:37
THE CANOPY.
IS THAT ANYTHING THAT COULD BE
THOUGHT ABOUT IN

[Captioner] 20:44:41
 ALLOWING US TO
IMPROVE OUR SCORE BUT ALSO


[Captioner] 20:44:44
ALLOWING EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW,
WHETHER IT IS STUDENTS, WHETHER


[Captioner] 20:44:47
IT'S FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS,


[Captioner] 20:44:50
GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, TO BE
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN

[Captioner] 20:44:54
 THAT.
I MEAN I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT
IT WITH

[Captioner] 20:44:57
 YOUR FORMULA.
SOUNDED LIKE IT

[Captioner] 20:45:00
 IS ONLY PUBLIC
STREET BUT DO WE INCLUDE MORE TO


[Captioner] 20:45:03
EXPAND THE OPTIONS THERE?
>>

[Captioner] 20:45:06
 SO, ONE THING TO NOTE IS
THERE IS A SCORE OF 72

[Captioner] 20:45:10
 OUT OF
100 FOR THE TREE EQUITY SCORE


[Captioner] 20:45:13
REPORT, AND THAT LOOKS AT CANOPY


[Captioner] 20:45:17
COVER AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA
AS WELL

[Captioner] 20:45:20
 AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES,
AND THESE PLANTING

[Captioner] 20:45:23
 EFFORTS ARE
SUPPORTING INCREASING TREE


[Captioner] 20:45:26
EQUITY BY DIFFERENT CENSUS BLOCK
GROUPS.
SO

[Captioner] 20:45:29
 THE IDEA IS THOSE PLANTING
NUMBERS OVER THE 40-YEAR PERIOD


[Captioner] 20:45:33
ALIGN WITH ADDRESSING TREE
EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY.


[Captioner] 20:45:37
AND, BY USING THAT CANOPY TOOL
THAT I

[Captioner] 20:45:40
 SHOWED WITH THE
PRESENTATION, YOU CAN LOOK AT
THOSE LOW TREE

[Captioner] 20:45:44
 EQUITY AREAS AND
THEN THAT'S WHERE PERHAPS, YOU
KNOW,

[Captioner] 20:45:48
 ADDITIONAL 

[Captioner] 20:45:54
 EDUCATION,
INCREASED PLANTING

[Captioner] 20:45:57
 TO INCREASE
TREE EQUITY.
THE ANSWER TO

[Captioner] 20:46:00
 THE SECOND PART OF


[Captioner] 20:46:03
YOUR QUESTION IS THE TREE
PLOTTER, A TON OF

[Captioner] 20:46:07
 FEATURES IN
THAT TOOL THAT ARE ALREADY SET
UP FOR THOSE

[Captioner] 20:46:10
 OPPORTUNITIES LIKE
YOU DESCRIBE.
THERE IS A TOOL FOR

[Captioner] 20:46:13
 REGISTERING
DOWN THE ROAD IF THE CITY HAS A
FREE TREE

[Captioner] 20:46:16
 GIVE AWAY PROGRAM
WHERE FOLK GO IN, SIGN UP, YOU


[Captioner] 20:46:20
KNOW, THESE ARE JUST FEATURES
THAT ARE IN THE TOOL FOR WHEN
THE

[Captioner] 20:46:23
 CITY IS READY TO LAUNCH
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.


[Captioner] 20:46:26
AND THEN THE IDEA IS THAT GOING
BACK TO THAT SHARED

[Captioner] 20:46:29
 COMMITMENT
IS THAT THAT PUBLIC-FACING TOOL


[Captioner] 20:46:33
FOR INVENTORY WOULD BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO


[Captioner] 20:46:36
SAY, I PLANTED MY TREE HERE AND
IT IS THIS SPECIES

[Captioner] 20:46:39
 AND I WATERED
IT AND BEING ABLE TO TRACK

[Captioner] 20:46:42
 MORE
OF THIS DATA TO SUPPORT THE CITY
WIDE CANOPY

[Captioner] 20:46:45
 GOAL AND THE TREE
EQUITY SCORE.
>> THANK YOU FOR

[Captioner] 20:46:49
 EXPANDING ON
THAT FEATURE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.


[Captioner] 20:46:52
AND MY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS
COMING ON NOW,

[Captioner] 20:46:55
 AND YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE ADOPT A HIGHWAY,

[Captioner] 20:46:58
 WHAT ABOUT
ADO NOT A TREE.
AND BE

[Captioner] 20:47:02
 ABLE TO HAVE THAT BEING
MAINTAINED BY SOME OF OUR


[Captioner] 20:47:05
COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR, YOU KNOW,


[Captioner] 20:47:08
COMPANIES, PRIVATE, PUBLIC,

[Captioner] 20:47:09
 YOU
KNOW THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
THAT.


[Captioner] 20:47:13
SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD START
ADOPT A TREE

[Captioner] 20:47:16
 CAMPAIGN, IF THAT
WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
BUT A PROGRAM

[Captioner] 20:47:19
 THAT BOO SUPPORT
US IN INCREASING MORE

[Captioner] 20:47:23
 TREES IF
OTHER PLACES THAT WOULD ALLOW US
TO TAKE THE

[Captioner] 20:47:26
 BURDEN OF THE TREE
MAINTENANCE OFF OF US.
SO IT IS

[Captioner] 20:47:29
 JUST A THOUGHT.
I'M JUST PLANTING IT

[Captioner] 20:47:32
 OUT THERE.
ALSO, I WANTED TO JUST

[Captioner] 20:47:36
 MENTION,
I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF YOUR

[Captioner] 20:47:39

PLAN, AND I WANTED TO MENTION
THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT

[Captioner] 20:47:42
 OF
STUDIES ALSO, I KNOW YOU
PROBABLY ALREADY

[Captioner] 20:47:45
 KNOW THIS, BUT
FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT, THE


[Captioner] 20:47:48
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION DID AN ARGUE ON


[Captioner] 20:47:51
GREEN IS GOOD FOR YOU -- ARTICLE
ON GREEN

[Captioner] 20:47:55
 IS GOOD FOR YOU AND
THEY TALK ABOUT THE RESULTINGS
OF BOTH CHILDREN AND

[Captioner] 20:47:58
 ADULTS THAT
HAVE SHOWN REDUCED STRESS

[Captioner] 20:48:02

LEVELS, MORE HEALTHY LIVING AND
THEY SAID IT IS

[Captioner] 20:48:05
 ATTAINED BY JUST
LOOKING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW WITH
MORE

[Captioner] 20:48:08
 GREEN THROUGH THE WINDOW
THAT HAS YIELDED A LOT OF

[Captioner] 20:48:11
 HEALTH
BENEFITS.
I KNOW YOU HAD SHOWN THE WHOLE


[Captioner] 20:48:14
CHART OF ALL OF YOUR OTHER, I
DON'T KNOW

[Captioner] 20:48:18
 ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT
BENEFITS WITH GREEN

[Captioner] 20:48:21
 AND TREES,
SO I

[Captioner] 20:48:24
 REALLY WOULD SUPPORT THIS.
AND I WILL HOLD OFF AND

[Captioner] 20:48:27
 BE
WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION ONCE


[Captioner] 20:48:30
EVERYONE HAS MADE THEIR
COMMENTINGS.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:48:33
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT FOR THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 20:48:36
 CLARIFYING


[Captioner] 20:48:40
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.
I WANT TO

[Captioner] 20:48:43
 NOTE, WE HAVE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WITH CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS STILL.


[Captioner] 20:48:46
WE ARE OVER DUE FOR A

[Captioner] 20:48:49
 STENO
CAPTIONER BREAK.
IT HAS BEEN OVER

[Captioner] 20:48:53
 AN HOWEVER AND
A HALF AND THEY NEED A BREAK.
IF WE CAN FINISH THE

[Captioner] 20:48:56
 CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE SEVERAL
SPEAKER CARDS FROM

[Captioner] 20:48:59
 THE PUBLIC
BEFORE WE PROCEED.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.


[Captioner] 20:49:04
>> Councilmember Campbell: ONE
QUICK QUESTION.
TWO ACTUALLILY.


[Captioner] 20:49:07
FOR THE 50/50 PLAN, I DIDN'T SEE
WHETHER OR NOT THAT

[Captioner] 20:49:10
 WAS FOR
PLANTING AND PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE OR IS

[Captioner] 20:49:14
 IT JUST FOR


[Captioner] 20:49:19
PLANTING?


[Captioner] 20:49:25
>> THE PROGRAM IS ONE WHERE WE
SUPPORT TREE

[Captioner] 20:49:29
 TRIMMING AND THE
MAINTENANCE OF THE TREE, AND
ALSO IF IT NEEDS TO

[Captioner] 20:49:32
 BE REMOVED
AND REPLACED, IT IS 50% OF

[Captioner] 20:49:35
 THAT,
AS WELL.
IT IS THE WHOLE PROGRAM


[Captioner] 20:49:38
DEPENDING ON THE TREE NEED AND
THAT

[Captioner] 20:49:41
 INDIVIDUAL HOUSE HOLD.
>> Councilmember Campbell: I
SEE.


[Captioner] 20:49:45
AND THEN, FOR THE TREE EQUITY
THAT

[Captioner] 20:49:48
 YOU MENTIONED ACROSS

[Captioner] 20:49:51
 THE
CITY, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHERE


[Captioner] 20:49:54
A TREE WOULD NEED TO BE PLACED


[Captioner] 20:49:58
IN SORT OF MORE

[Captioner] 20:50:01
 DENSE PROPERTY,
YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU HAVE LOTS

[Captioner] 20:50:04
 OF
APARTMENTS AND CONDOS AND THOSE
KINDINGS

[Captioner] 20:50:08
 OF THINGS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT

[Captioner] 20:50:11
 QUESTION.
I WILL LET CHRIS ANSWER

[Captioner] 20:50:16
 THAT.
>> THESE STUDIES ARE

[Captioner] 20:50:19
 TOP-DOWN
LOOK TO LOOK AT THE LOW-HANGING


[Captioner] 20:50:22
FRUIT, WHERE DID YOU ALIGN THE
PRIORITIES SO THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:50:25
 CAN
ADDRESS THE HUMAN HEALTH AND
WELL, OR AIR QUALITY

[Captioner] 20:50:28
 AND THEN
YOU NEED THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND
TO LOOK AT

[Captioner] 20:50:32
 NOT JUST WHAT IS
POSSIBLE BUT GOING TO THE NEXT
STEP OF WHAT

[Captioner] 20:50:35
 IS FEASIBLE AND
WHAT IS PREFERABLE.
SO YOU

[Captioner] 20:50:38
 HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
CONSTRAINTS OF A SITE AND

[Captioner] 20:50:41
 START
TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE TYPES
OF SPECIES AND THAT'S

[Captioner] 20:50:44
 WHERE
FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS, THERE
ARE RECOMMENDATIONS

[Captioner] 20:50:47
 IN THIS PLAN
TO HAVE THOSE

[Captioner] 20:50:51
 LOCALIZED TREE
PLANTING PLANS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
JUST MAKE

[Captioner] 20:50:55
 DECISIONS WITH DATA
AND AERIAL IMAGERY, YOU

[Captioner] 20:50:58
 HAVE TO
HAVE THESE STRATEGIC PLANS

[Captioner] 20:51:01
 ON
WHERE TREE CONDITION PLANTED AND
WHERE THE

[Captioner] 20:51:05
 ALIGN PRIORITIES AND
SURVIVE AND

[Captioner] 20:51:08
 THRIVE.


[Captioner] 20:51:18
>> Councilmember Campbell: THANK
YOU.
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 20:51:21
CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER

[Captioner] 20:51:23
 SALWAN.
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK
YOU.


[Captioner] 20:51:26
IT A GREAT PRESENTATION IT SEEMS
IT IS

[Captioner] 20:51:29
 A CHANCE TO INCREASE THE
TREE PLANTING LAM ARE

[Captioner] 20:51:32
 WE LOOK AT
FOR STREAMLINING THE PROCESS TO
HAVE MORE

[Captioner] 20:51:36
 HONES AND BUSINESS
OWNERS

[Captioner] 20:51:40
 PLANT TREES.
>>

[Captioner] 20:51:43
 IN THE FIRST, SHORT-TERM, WE
LOOK AT ORDINANCE

[Captioner] 20:51:46
 REVIEWS IN THE
INITIAL PERIOD.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON HE HAD

[Captioner] 20:51:50
 EDUCATION AND
OUT REACH IN THE INITIAL PERIOD


[Captioner] 20:51:54
SO WE BUILD THE STAKEHOLDERS
THAT WILL BUILD THAT UP

[Captioner] 20:51:57
 SWING
FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD

[Captioner] 20:52:01
 AN
EFFORT FOR TREES AND BUILD A
CANOPY THAT REALLY

[Captioner] 20:52:03
 IS STRONG IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:52:06
AND THEN THE OTHER I THINK THAT
COME TOES TO

[Captioner] 20:52:10
 MIND, FOR EXAMPLE,
CENTRAL PARK, IT IS A HUGE

[Captioner] 20:52:13
 PARK,
BUT I FEEL THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
TREES ESPECIALLY AT YOU

[Captioner] 20:52:16
 WALK
ACROSS THE LAKE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT


[Captioner] 20:52:19
OPPORTUNITY ADD MORE TREES THERE
AND MANY OTHER

[Captioner] 20:52:23
 PARKS WE WILL
PLANTED TREES AT OLD MISSION


[Captioner] 20:52:26
SAN JOSE PARK SO OUR SENIORS AND
FAMILIES CAN GET SOME SHADE

[Captioner] 20:52:29
 AND
BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE GREEN.
SO I

[Captioner] 20:52:32
 WAS WONDERING IF WE'RE
LOOKING AT STRATEGIC GREENING IN


[Captioner] 20:52:36
AREAS, ESPECIALLY OUR PARKS.
>> YEAH.


[Captioner] 20:52:39
SO WITH THE CANOPY ASSESSMENT,
WE LOOK

[Captioner] 20:52:42
 AT THE CANOPY COVER AS
WELL AS THE

[Captioner] 20:52:46
 OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PLANTING TREES AND WE HAVE
DIFFERENT

[Captioner] 20:52:49
 BOUNDARIES AND PARKS
ABOUT ONE OF THE BOUNDARIES SO
WE CAN START

[Captioner] 20:52:53
 TO SEE WHICH PARKS
HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY.
BUT THEN IT GOES

[Captioner] 20:52:56
 BACK TO THAT
STRATEGIC PLANTING PLAN BECAUSE
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF

[Captioner] 20:53:00
 USES FOR
PARKS BUT WE WANT TO

[Captioner] 20:53:02
 SEE WHERE
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO
PROVIDE THAT SHADE.


[Captioner] 20:53:05
AND SO PARKS OFTEN TIMES ARE THE


[Captioner] 20:53:08
GO-TO PLACE TO INCREASE CANOPY
BECAUSE OF THE SPACE, BUT

[Captioner] 20:53:11
 YOU
WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THE
MAINTENANCE

[Captioner] 20:53:15
 REQUIREMENTS, WHAT
THE STAFFING LEVELS ARE
CURRENTLY FOR

[Captioner] 20:53:18
 POST PLANNING DARE
AND

[Captioner] 20:53:21
 LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE SO IT
IS A DECISION PROCESS BUT PARKS
ARE

[Captioner] 20:53:25
 DEFINITELY PART OF THE
PRIORITIZATION FOR PLANTINGS.
>>

[Captioner] 20:53:28
 THANK YOU.
>> I ALSO

[Captioner] 20:53:31
 LIKE TO SHARE THE
ROTARY JUST

[Captioner] 20:53:34
 PLANTED 125 TREES
THIS PAST WEEKEND AT CENTRAL
PARK, AS BILLION.


[Captioner] 20:53:37
>> YOU COULD SAY THAT NUMBER
AGAIN?
>> I THINK IT

[Captioner] 20:53:40
 WAS 125 TREES, IF
I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
>> THE

[Captioner] 20:53:44
 MISSION?
>> IT WAS THE -- THOUGH,

[Captioner] 20:53:47
 IT WAS
THE NILES.
>> IT WAS

[Captioner] 20:53:51
 NILES ROTARY THAT
PLANTED IN CENTRAL PARK

[Captioner] 20:53:54
 THIS
WEEKEND.
I THINK IT WAS 25

[Captioner] 20:53:57
 TREES THEY
PLANTED.
>> 125 IS A LOT IN ONE

[Captioner] 20:54:00
 WEEKEND.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, THEY'RE REALLY


[Captioner] 20:54:04
BUSY.
NEXT IS DOCUMENT

[Captioner] 20:54:06
 SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK
YOU, MADAM MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:54:09
QUICK QUESTION.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT


[Captioner] 20:54:13
STREET TREES OR TREES IN A PARK.


[Captioner] 20:54:16
THE FRUIT TREES,

[Captioner] 20:54:19
 DO THEY COUNT
AS TREES?
FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY TIME

[Captioner] 20:54:23
 BY TO
COAST

[Captioner] 20:54:26
 COSTCO AT THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR, THEY HAVE ALL THESE

[Captioner] 20:54:29
 FRUIT
TREES FOR SALE AND I ASSUME

[Captioner] 20:54:32
 THE
LOCAL RESIDENTS WOULD BUY IN
PLANT IN

[Captioner] 20:54:35
 THEIR BACKYARD

[Captioner] 20:54:39
.
ARE THOSE TREES BEING COUNTED?
>> ALL

[Captioner] 20:54:43
 TREES DO COUNT.
A LOT OF NUMBERS AND FIGURES GO
INTO

[Captioner] 20:54:47
 FORECASTING THE CANOPY GOAL
THERE ARE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES


[Captioner] 20:54:50
APPLIED TO TREES THAT WILL BE
SMART STATURED AT

[Captioner] 20:54:54
 MATURITY,
MEDIUM AND LARGE STATURED AND
THOSE

[Captioner] 20:54:57
 SIZES ARE BASED ON U.S.
FOREST RESEARCH AND

[Captioner] 20:55:00
 WE APPLY
THOSE INPUT SO ALL TREES COUNT


[Captioner] 20:55:03
AND WE ENCOURAGE LARGE CANOPY,


[Captioner] 20:55:06
WHERE THERE IS A SPACE.
ALSO THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES


[Captioner] 20:55:12
HAVING COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS,
ORCHARDS AND FRUIT TREES

[Captioner] 20:55:15
 FOR
PRIVATE YARDS,

[Captioner] 20:55:17
 YUP.
>> Councilmember Shao: THANK
YOU.


[Captioner] 20:55:20
>> Mayor Mei: I THINK FOR THE
CLARIFYING QUESTION, I WILL ASK


[Captioner] 20:55:23
ONE QUICK ONE BEFORE WE GO ON
BREAK.
WE'VE BEEN

[Captioner] 20:55:26
 LOOKING AT HOUSES
ELEMENTS AND OTHER INITIATIVE IN
THE

[Captioner] 20:55:30
 OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO


[Captioner] 20:55:33
UTILIZE AND MANY PEOPLE HAD
TAKEN ADVANTAGE IN THE

[Captioner] 20:55:36
 LAST
COUPLE WEEKS OF SOLAR AND HAVE


[Captioner] 20:55:40
YOU TAKEN THAT INTO CONVERSATION
IN TERMS OF THE

[Captioner] 20:55:44
 INTERFERENCE OF
THAT, DEPENDING ON THE

[Captioner] 20:55:46

PLACEMENT.
MANY PEOPLE I'M SEEING THAT


[Captioner] 20:55:49
SPRING UP ALL OVER MY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER PLACES,


[Captioner] 20:55:52
PEOPLE ARE PUTTING SOLAR ON THE


[Captioner] 20:55:56
ROOFTOPS.
HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT?
OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY

[Captioner] 20:55:59
 COMMENTS
ABOUT THAT FROM PEOPLE?
>> SO THIS OFTEN TIMES

[Captioner] 20:56:02
 DOES COME
UP WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CANOPY


[Captioner] 20:56:05
GOALINGS AND ONE THING WE LOOK
TO ADDRESS IN THIS PLAN

[Captioner] 20:56:09
 IS TO
LAY OUT RECOMMENDATIONS AND
THESE ARE MORE OF THE

[Captioner] 20:56:12
 LONGER
TERM IS TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE
CHANGES TO

[Captioner] 20:56:16
 DESIGN STANDARDS
10678 THAT'S WHERE YOU GET INTO


[Captioner] 20:56:19
SPECIFICS ABOUT TREE PLACEMENT,
THE DIFFERENT SIZED TREES

[Captioner] 20:56:23
 SO YOU
DON'T CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER
GOALS OF

[Captioner] 20:56:26
 A PROPERTY, LIKE

[Captioner] 20:56:31
 SOLAR.
THERE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS
WHERE

[Captioner] 20:56:34
 IT LOOKS AT PROPER PRUNING
IN ORDER TO

[Captioner] 20:56:37
 HAVE BOTH, HAVE A
BALANCE OF BOTH CANOPY AND

[Captioner] 20:56:41

SOLAR.
SO WE DIDN'T DIVE INTO

[Captioner] 20:56:44
 SPECIFIC
GUIDANCE AROUND SOLAR AND CANOPY
BUT

[Captioner] 20:56:47
 THERE ARE GENERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS

[Captioner] 20:56:51
 SPECIFICALLY
AROUND LIKE DESIGN STANDARDS,


[Captioner] 20:56:53
EVALUATIONS.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:56:56
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST OF THE
CLARIFYING

[Captioner] 20:56:59
 QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW
SPEAKERS OF THIS ITEM AND

[Captioner] 20:57:02
 WE
STILL HAVE ONE MORE ITEM AND
RETURN TO THE OTHER PUBLIC


[Captioner] 20:57:05
COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO, BECAUSE THE STENO
KNOW

[Captioner] 20:57:09
 CAPTIONER HAS BEEN ON QUITE
SOME TIME, I WILL TAKE

[Captioner] 20:57:12
 A BREAK
AND WE WILL BE

[Captioner] 20:57:15
 BACK AT 9:05.


[Captioner] 20:57:33
[BREAK]


[Captioner] 20:58:14
[ RECESS ]

[Captioner] 21:04:19



[Captioner] 21:09:15
>> Mayor Mei:   GOOD EVENING, 
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO BACK IN 
SESSION FOR

[Captioner] 21:09:18
 THE COUNCIL MEETING 
AND WE'LL RESUME FOR

[Captioner] 21:09:22
 THE 
SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, WHICH IS 
THE ADOPTION

[Captioner] 21:09:25
 OF THE URBAN 
FORESTRY ADOPTION PLAN.

[Captioner] 21:09:28

WE'LL BEGIN CALLING THE SPEAKERS 
FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE.


[Captioner] 21:09:31
>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANNIE

[Captioner] 21:09:34
, 
FOLLOWED BY JARVIS LEUNG

[Captioner] 21:09:37
.


[Captioner] 21:09:41
>> BEFORE I BEGIN, HOW LONG DO I 
HAVE FOR THIS ITEM

[Captioner] 21:09:45
?
MS. MAYOR?
>> Mayor Mei:   I THINK THIS IS 


[Captioner] 21:09:48
AN AGENDA ITEM SO I'M GOING TO 
MAKE IT TWO MINUTES EACH.
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:09:52

>> HEALTH TREE CAN IF I IS VERY, 
VERY IMPORTANT

[Captioner] 21:09:55
 TO ME.
I HAVE A NICE BEAUTIFUL TREE IN 
FRONT

[Captioner] 21:09:58
 OF MY HOME AND EVERY 
SPRING IT BLOOMS.

[Captioner] 21:10:01

EVERY SUMMER I SEE PINK FLOWERS 
AND

[Captioner] 21:10:05
 EVERY FALL THEY FALL AWAY.
AND THAT TREE PROVIDES SHADE

[Captioner] 21:10:08
 FOR 
CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL, 
PROVIDES A PLACE FOR YOUNG

[Captioner] 21:10:11
 
CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO 
PLAY, AND UNDOUBTEDLY

[Captioner] 21:10:14
 PROVIDES A 
COMMUNITY BENEFIT.


[Captioner] 21:10:23
BLUT I KNOW EVERYONE, AS OUR

[Captioner] 21:10:26
 
URBAN FLEFTARY MANAGEMENT PLAN 
TELLS YOU, AND TO PLANT

[Captioner] 21:10:30
 THESE 
TREES EFFECTIVELY, TO PREVENT 
CLIMATE CHANGE

[Captioner] 21:10:33
, INCREASE EQUITY 
AND GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS THE

[Captioner] 21:10:36
 
OPPORTUNITY SIMILAR TO THE ONES 
I HAVE HAD, WE

[Captioner] 21:10:39
 NEED APPROPRIATE 
CITY STAFF DEDICATED TO THIS 
ENDEAVOR

[Captioner] 21:10:42
.
AND TO THAT END,

[Captioner] 21:10:46
 WHILE I URGE A 
YES VOTE ON THE

[Captioner] 21:10:49
 URBAN FORESTRY 
PLAN, I URGE

[Captioner] 21:10:53
 THE HIRING OF TWO

[Captioner] 21:10:58
 
MANAGERS, AS THESE TWO RULES ARE 
DISTINCT AND TOO MUCH

[Captioner] 21:11:01
 FOR ONE 
PERSON TO REASONABLY HANDLE 
THEMSELVES

[Captioner] 21:11:04
 ABOUT I ALSO URGE 
PRUDENT PLANNING, SUCH

[Captioner] 21:11:08
 THAT THE 
CITIZEN FOREST ACADEMY

[Captioner] 21:11:11
 CAN BEGIN 
THIS AUGUST, AND BE UNDERWAY TO

[Captioner] 21:11:13
 
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 2023 
PLANTING SEASON.


[Captioner] 21:11:17
OUR CITY IT LOOKS IS HEADED

[Captioner] 21:11:20
 IN 
THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THIS SO 
VOTE YES, AND CONTINUE

[Captioner] 21:11:24
 TO 
IMPROVE FREMONT'S TREE 
MANAGEMENT PLAN,

[Captioner] 21:11:27
 WITH 
APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF, WITH A 
PRUDENT AND

[Captioner] 21:11:32
 FAST CITIZEN FOREST 
ACADEMY

[Captioner] 21:11:35
.
AND WITH OTHER ASSOCIATED

[Captioner] 21:11:38
 
CHANGES THAT I'M SURE MORE 
PEOPLE WILL DESCRIBE.


[Captioner] 21:11:41
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:11:57
>> MY NAME IS JARVIS, I'D LIKE 
TO

[Captioner] 21:12:00
 CONGRATULATE EVERYONE, TO 
WHERE FREMONT HAS THE

[Captioner] 21:12:04
 FIRST 
URBAN FORESTRY PLAN TO GUIDE 
POLICY FOR THE NEXT 40

[Captioner] 21:12:07
 YEARS.
A LOT HAS BEEN DONE JUST

[Captioner] 21:12:10
 AT THE 
GROUNDWORK, TO INCREASE

[Captioner] 21:12:13
 CAP BY 
IN FREMONT AND THE PLANTING OF 
TREES IN THE

[Captioner] 21:12:16
 FUTURE.
AS PART OF THE URBAN FOREST 
MANAGEMENT

[Captioner] 21:12:19
 PLAN FRAMEWORK THAT 
YOU ARE APPROVING TODAY ONE OF 
THE FIVE

[Captioner] 21:12:22
 MAJOR GOALS IS TO, 
QUOTE, STRENGTHEN AND

[Captioner] 21:12:25
 ENHANCE 
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BY 
ENGAGING AND SUPPORT

[Captioner] 21:12:29
ING CITIZEN 
VOLUNTEERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND 
TREE WORKING GROUPS

[Captioner] 21:12:32
 THAT 
ADVOCATE FOR THE URBAN FOREST

[Captioner] 21:12:36
.

[Captioner] 21:12:53

TO ACCOMPLISH OTHER PARTS OF THE 
PLAN.


[Captioner] 21:12:56
THANK YOU.
>> I'M SORRY, JAN LEBERT HAD

[Captioner] 21:12:59
 TO 
LEAVE, I'M THE NEXT SPEAKER

[Captioner] 21:13:02
, 
KATHY STEEL SABO.
THANK YOU ALL

[Captioner] 21:13:05
 FOR SUPPORTING THE 
GROWING OF OUR FREMONT TREES AND

[Captioner] 21:13:08
 
SUPPORTING A LUSH AND GREEN 
URBAN FOREST FOR EVERY

[Captioner] 21:13:11
 FREMONT 
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WISH AN URBAN FOREST WERE FREE 


[Captioner] 21:13:14
BUT AS THE SAYING GOES.
MONEY DOES NOT GROW

[Captioner] 21:13:17
 ON TREES.
SO THE DRAFT SUBURBAN FOREST 
MANAGEMENT

[Captioner] 21:13:21
 PLAN INCLUDES 12 
POSSIBLE SOURCES OF FUNDING AND 
I

[Captioner] 21:13:24
 URGE YOU TO DO THE HARD JOB OF 
EXPLORING THESE SOURCES

[Captioner] 21:13:27
 OF 
FUNDING NOW AND KEEP IN MIND AS 
CHRIS REPORT

[Captioner] 21:13:31
ED TO YOU THAT FOR 
EVERY DOLLAR THE CITY SPENDS

[Captioner] 21:13:34
 WE 
REAP $7.44 IN BENEFITS TO THE 
CITY

[Captioner] 21:13:37
.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT

[Captioner] 21:13:40
 WHAT 
JENNY KASSAN SAID

[Captioner] 21:13:43
 THAT WHY ONLY 
PLANT 800 TREES

[Captioner] 21:13:47
 NOW AND RAMP UP 
OVER 40 YEARS?
WE NEED

[Captioner] 21:13:50
 TO PLANT MANY THOUSANDS 
OF TREES NOW AND KEEP DOING

[Captioner] 21:13:53
 IT 
OVER THE NEXT SEVEN AND A HALF 
YEARS.


[Captioner] 21:13:56
WHY NOW?
WE ARE FACING A CLIMATE

[Captioner] 21:13:59
 CRISIS 
AND WE WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM 
OF RISING EARTH

[Captioner] 21:14:02
 TEMPERATURES AND 
IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR US AND 
OUR CHILDREN

[Captioner] 21:14:04
 AND GRABBED 
CHILDREN.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:14:07
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS LEN MILLER 
FOLLOW

[Captioner] 21:14:11
ED BY CAROLYN HARRIS,

[Captioner] 21:14:15
 JOHN 
HINES AND LIZ

[Captioner] 21:14:18
 AAMES.
>> GOOD EVENING,

[Captioner] 21:14:21
 CITY COUNCIL, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING 
URBAN FORESTRY.

[Captioner] 21:14:24

YOU VOTED TO MATCH THE

[Captioner] 21:14:28
 FUNDS 
REQUIRED BY CAL FIRE,

[Captioner] 21:14:33
 AND

[Captioner] 21:14:54
 IN 
ORDER TO INCREASE OUR CANOPY 
BEYOND THIS SECOND GRANT

[Captioner] 21:14:57
 IN THE 
YEAR 2025.
WE AGAIN ASK THAT THE

[Captioner] 21:15:01
 CITY 
COUNCIL CONSIDER APPROVING AN 
URBAN FOREST

[Captioner] 21:15:04
ER POSITION THAT IS 
SEPARATE FROM THE CITY ARBOR

[Captioner] 21:15:07
IST 
POSITION THAT SUZANNE'S TALKING 
ABOUT.


[Captioner] 21:15:10
IT'S VERY CONFUSING, I KNOW.

[Captioner] 21:15:13

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MISSING A 
CITY ARBORIST

[Captioner] 21:15:16
, A CITY AR SIZE, 
ACCORDING

[Captioner] 21:15:20
 TO CHRIS'S WORK WE 
HAVE HAD FOUR OR

[Captioner] 21:15:23
 FIVE MINIMAL 
ARBORISTS FOR OUR CITY OUR SIZE

[Captioner] 21:15:27
.
WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A TEMPORARY, RIGHT, A

[Captioner] 21:15:30
 
TEMPORARY.
NOW THE HIRING OF

[Captioner] 21:15:33
 THIS NEW 
PERSON,

[Captioner] 21:15:36
 AS YOU PROBABLY 
REMEMBER, IS GOING TO BE A 
COMBINATION

[Captioner] 21:15:39
 OF BOTH THE CITY 
ARBORIST AND AN

[Captioner] 21:15:43
 URBAN FOREST 
MANAGER.
AND ONCE AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING

[Captioner] 21:15:46
 AT 
THE GRANT FUNDS, NOT BEING

[Captioner] 21:15:49
 
WISELY SPENT.
THERE'S SO MUCH

[Captioner] 21:15:52
 TO BE DONE.
AND THE FIRST GRANT OBJECTIVES 
ARE STILL

[Captioner] 21:15:56
 TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
THEY'VE BEEN MOVED INTO THE 
SECOND

[Captioner] 21:15:59
 GRANTS TO BE DONE OVER A 
PERIOD OF YEARS.


[Captioner] 21:16:03
IT IS BE

[Captioner] 21:16:06
 IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY 
UTILIZE THE GRANT FORCES

[Captioner] 21:16:09
 AND TO 
CONTINUE THE TIME SENSITIVE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANTING

[Captioner] 21:16:12
 
TREES, WHILE THIS POSITION, 
COMBINED POSITION

[Captioner] 21:16:16
 IS ALSO TRYING 
TO DO A FULL TIME ARBORIST

[Captioner] 21:16:19
 
POSITION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

[Captioner] 21:16:22
 --
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:16:30
I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY 
READING THIS

[Captioner] 21:16:33
 CARD, IS IT CAROLYN

[Captioner] 21:16:36
 
HARRIS.
>> YES, IT'S

[Captioner] 21:16:40
 CAROLINE HARRIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING 
TO ME ON THIS

[Captioner] 21:16:43
 POINT.
ALL I WANTED TO SAY, WHEN I 
FIRST CAME TO

[Captioner] 21:16:47
 CALIFORNIA SOMEONE 
TOLD ME THE BEST TIME TO

[Captioner] 21:16:50
 PLANT A 
TREE WAS 20 YEARS AGO, WE 
CLEARLY CAN'T DO

[Captioner] 21:16:53
 THAT BUT WE'VE 
GOT TO DO IT NOW.
WE'VE GOT

[Captioner] 21:16:56
 PLANS, THE OPEN FOREST

[Captioner] 21:17:00
 
PLANS, STOP PUTTING IT OFF

[Captioner] 21:17:04
, JUST 
DO IT, PLEASE, WHERE THERE'S A 
WILL

[Captioner] 21:17:07
 THERE'S A WAY.
WE CAN COME UP WITH EXECUTION

[Captioner] 21:17:10
 EXCUSES FOR 
NOT DOING IT BUT WE'VE GOT

[Captioner] 21:17:13
 TO 
PLANT THE TREES.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:17:16
>> JOHN HINES FOLLOWED BY LIZ

[Captioner] 21:17:19
 
AAMES.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.

[Captioner] 21:17:22

FIRST, I SUPPORT THE URBAN

[Captioner] 21:17:24
 
FOREST PROJECT.
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE A 


[Captioner] 21:17:28
NEIGHBORHOOD, A STREET A PARK A 
CITY THAT'S FILLED WITH LARGE

[Captioner] 21:17:31
 
MATURE TREES IT PRODUCES A 
REALLY GOOD TRACT OF PLEASING

[Captioner] 21:17:34
 
EFFECT THAT CANNOT BE PRODUCED 
ANY OTHER

[Captioner] 21:17:37
 WAY.
ON THE QUESTION OF GETTING ONLY 
2% INCREASE

[Captioner] 21:17:40
 IN CANOPY OVER 20 
YEARS, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT SOME

[Captioner] 21:17:44
 
OF THE REALLY NICEST LOOKING 
CANOPY PRODUCING TREES

[Captioner] 21:17:47
 CAN TAKE 
30, 50, 70 YEARS TO GET THERE.
SO

[Captioner] 21:17:50
 THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THAT 
IS TO START FAST, START

[Captioner] 21:17:53
 BIG, BE 
PATIENT, AND JUST UNDERSTAND 
THAT SOMEONE

[Captioner] 21:17:56
 ELSE IS GOING TO 
GET THE BENEFIT OF THE TREES WE 
PLANT

[Captioner] 21:18:00
.
I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO FOCUS ON 
PLANT

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INGS OPUBLIC LAND AND ALONG 
STREETS WHERE THE CITY

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 HAS MORE 
INFLUENCE AND IT'S BECAUSE OF 
THAT QUESTION OF WHO GETS THE

[Captioner] 21:18:09
 
BENEFIT.
FOR HOMEOWNERS ESPECIALLY IN 


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THEIR BACKYARDS, THERE'S A VERY 
A

[Captioner] 21:18:15
SYMMETRIC SET OF INCENTIVES.
THEY BENEFIT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS

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TREES ALMOST AS MUCH AS THEY DO 
FOR THEIR OWN.


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THEY BEAR THE COSTS AND HASSLES 
OF

[Captioner] 21:18:25
 THEIR OWN TREES, THEY DROP 
LEAVES IN

[Captioner] 21:18:28
 THE GUTTER, THEY DROP 
LIMBS,

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 THEY SHADE THEIR

[Captioner] 21:18:34
 SOLAR 
PANELS.
THERE IS A TEMPTATION

[Captioner] 21:18:38
 TO CUT 
THEIR TREES.
TO KEEP THAT CONTINUITY AND

[Captioner] 21:18:41
 MAKE 
SURE THEY DO GROW TO THAT SIZE I 
DO THINK IT WOULD BE BEST

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 TO 
FOCUS ON TREES THE CITY HAS MORE

[Captioner] 21:18:46
 
INFLUENCE OVER, STREETS AND ON 
PUBLIC LAND.


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HA, THAT'S --

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>> LIZ AAMES.


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>> GOOD EVENING, I'M LIZ AAMES.

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YOU I'M ON THE BOARD OF

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 TRICITY 
ECOLOGY CENTER

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, I'M HERE TO 
ADVOCATE FOR OUR URBAN FOREST.
AND

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 FOR MANY YEARS OUR CITY HAS 
ENJOYED ROBUST

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 HEALTHY TREE 
CANOPIES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY 
NEIGHBORS

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NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALONG OUR CITY 
STREETS.


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HOWEVER WE ARE SEEING THE LONG 
TERM EFFECTS OF HAVING A

[Captioner] 21:19:30
 LOW 
PRIORITY BY THE DECLINE OF OUR 
CITY'S TREES

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 AS REPORTED IN THE 
BAWNDERS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.

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AND WOULD I SAY THAT WE SHOULD 
BE LOOKING AT PLANT

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ING NATIVES, 
WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO SHADE OUR

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HEAT ISLANDS WHICH ARE OUR 
STREETS, OUR STREETS ARE REALLY

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HEAT ISLANDS WHERE THE HEAT OF 
THE SUN WARMS UP THE

[Captioner] 21:19:49
 CITY 
TEMPERATURE.
AND SO WE WANT TO CREATE THIS 


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CANOPY.
I WOULD BE FOCUSING A LOT ON 
REDUCING THE

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 HEAT ISLAND EFFECT 
WHICH IS OUR

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 IMPERVIOUS AREAS.
ALL CITIES ARE ENCOUNTER

[Captioner] 21:20:02
ING 
THESE SAME ISSUES.
AND MANY OTHER ISSUES INCLUDING

[Captioner] 21:20:05
 
POLICE, FIRE AND HOMELESSNESS 
AND BUSINESSES RECEIVE

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 THE 
LION'S SHARE OF RESOURCES.
SO IN THIS CASE

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 I'M HOPING WE 
CAN USE THE GRANT FUNDING TO 
SUPPLY FUNDS TO

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 NONPROFITS LIKE 
FOR URBAN FOREST FRIENDS.
OR YOU KNOW

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 THE ROTARY CLUB.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE 
IN OUR

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 NONPROFITS, AND WE CAN 
LEVERAGE

[Captioner] 21:20:25
 THOSE RESOURCES TO 
PLANT, YOU KNOW, ON

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 MAYBE CITY 
STREETS POTENTIALLY AND IN OUR 
PARKS.

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SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN USE THAT 
FUND FOR PLANTING

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 AS OPPOSED TO 
OTHER AREAS.
AND I THINK I HAVE 28 SECONDS

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, 
IS THAT CORRECT?
OKAY.


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SO WE APPLAUD YOU, OUR CURRENT 
CITY COUNCIL

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, FOR INITIATING A 
NEW ERA

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 OF CLIMATE ACTION, ARE 
PACK IMPROVEMENTS AND

[Captioner] 21:20:48
 A 
BIODIVERSE PLANS

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 TO SUPPORT 
URBAN FORESTRY SO THANK YOU,

[Captioner] 21:20:54
 I 
HOPE CAN YOU USE OUR NONPROFITS 
AND PLANT

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 MORE TREES.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S THE LAST

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 SPEAKER.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
>> THERE'S NO ONE

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 ON ZOOM WHO'S 
RAISED THEIR HANDS TO SPEAK ON

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THIS ITEM.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU SO ARE 


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THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM

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FROM THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE MAKE 
ADOPTIONS?


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>> I'M SORRY WE JUST HAD A HAND 
RAISED.

[Captioner] 21:21:18

CHRIS HAMPTON DID YOU RAISE YOUR 
HAND TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM

[Captioner] 21:21:21
, 
URBAN TREFTARY MANAGEMENT PLAN?

[Captioner] 21:21:25

>> YES.
>> Mayor Mei:   COULD WE CALL 


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THE SPEAKER PLEASE.
>> CHRIS HAMPTON YOUR TIME

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ER IS 
STARTING.
>> I'D LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL

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 TO 
THINK ABOUT THE ARBOR

[Captioner] 21:21:38
IST THEY 
DON'T HAVE.
THIS IS ALREADY COST THEM MONEY 


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BY NOT CUTTING TREES THAT HAVE 
LIMBS THAT FALL ON VEHICLES

[Captioner] 21:21:45
.
THAT CAUSE DAMAGE

[Captioner] 21:21:48
.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY RESTRICTS 
WHAT

[Captioner] 21:21:51
 TREES YOU CAN PLANT BY TREE 
LIGHT

[Captioner] 21:21:55
 OR CITY STREET LIGHT.
THE CITY DOESN'T FOLLOW

[Captioner] 21:21:58
 THE 
RULES AND BLOCK

[Captioner] 21:22:03
 LIGHTS IN THE 
STREET.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT

[Captioner] 21:22:06
 A 
TREE NEXT TO THEIR STREET LIGHT.
SO THE

[Captioner] 21:22:09
 CITY SHOULD LOOK AT THEIR 
REQUIREMENTS FOR NOT PUTTING 
TREES BY

[Captioner] 21:22:12
 STREET LIGHTS AS THEY 
CONTINUE IF THE CITY COUNCIL 
MEMBERS REALLY

[Captioner] 21:22:15
 WANT MORE TREES 
DONE QUICKLY, THEY SHOULD LOOK

[Captioner] 21:22:18
 
AT WHERE THEY DON'T ALLOW TREES 
TO BE PUT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> THAT IS LAST SPEAKER.
>> Mayor Mei:   I'LL CLOSE

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 THE 
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND 
TURN IT BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL

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FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER COX.


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>> Councilmember Cox:   YES, I 
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO 
ADOPT THE

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 RESOLUTION ADOPTING 
THE URBAN FOREST

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 MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.
>> Mayor Mei:  

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 OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[Captioner] 21:22:56

>> Councilmember Campbell:   
I'LL SECOND.


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>> Mayor Mei:   DO YOU HAVE ANY 
OTHER COMMENTS?
>> Councilmember Campbell:   NO

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, 
I WANT US TO GET STARTED.
I WANT US TO

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 HAVE FUN.
I WANT TO COME TO A TREE 
PLANTING PARTY.

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>> Mayor Mei:   YOU CAN JOIN US.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME

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 GOOD 
OPPORTUNITIES.
COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DO YOU HAVE 


[Captioner] 21:23:14
ANOTHER COMMENT?
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
BUTTER --

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>> Vice Mayor Keng:   I DID WANT 
TO SHARE, THE SECOND GRANT

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 WE 
GOT, $850, WE'RE TRYING TO 
ALLOCATE IT

[Captioner] 21:23:23
 FOR THE NEXT 40 
YEARS.

[Captioner] 21:23:26

>> NO, THE GRANT IS THROUGH NEXT 
THREE YEAR PERIOD AND

[Captioner] 21:23:29
 WE'RE 
WORKING WITH -- WE

[Captioner] 21:23:33
 WENT YOU 
THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS AND ARE 
NOW PUTTING

[Captioner] 21:23:36
 TOGETHER THE 
CONSULTANT GRANTS FOR THAT WHO 
ARE ALSO WORKING TO

[Captioner] 21:23:39
 STRENGTH BE 
THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH

[Captioner] 21:23:42
 
OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AS WELL.
>> Vice Mayor Keng:   GREAT

[Captioner] 21:23:46
, AS 
WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT 
THE NEED TO PLANT

[Captioner] 21:23:49
 SOON AND MORE 
SO I THINK IT TAKES TIME FOR 
THOSE TREES

[Captioner] 21:23:53
 TO GROW SO CERTAINLY 
IF WE CAN HAVE

[Captioner] 21:23:56
 MORE TREES, 
TOWARDS THE BEGINNING

[Captioner] 21:23:59
 THERE WILL 
BE MUCH MORE

[Captioner] 21:24:02
 FLAVOR, THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY.
I

[Captioner] 21:24:05
 WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAVE A 
MOTION AND SECOND.
BUT I WANTED TO

[Captioner] 21:24:08
 MAKE A QUICK 
COMMENT BEFORE, I DIDN'T ANSWER 
QUESTIONS

[Captioner] 21:24:11
 BESIDES THAT ONE OTHER 
GENERAL ONE.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE I GREW

[Captioner] 21:24:14
 UP 
IN PENNSYLVANIA WHICH IS PENN'S 
WOODS SO

[Captioner] 21:24:17
 I TRULY ENJOYED AS A 
CHILD HAVING THE TREES AND THE 
COVERAGE

[Captioner] 21:24:21
 AND PROBABLY WHY ONE OF 
THE REASONS

[Captioner] 21:24:24
 WHY GREEN IS ONE OF 
MY FAVORITE COLORS.
I THINK WHERE WE

[Captioner] 21:24:27
 CAN I'D LOVE TO 
PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT WE

[Captioner] 21:24:30
 HAVE SOME REALLY 
DEDICATED ORGANIZATIONS AND IN 
FACT WITH

[Captioner] 21:24:33
 EARTH DAY COMING UP 
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME EFFORTS 
IN THAT AREA.

[Captioner] 21:24:37

WHILE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A 
CALL TODAY YET IN TERMS OF

[Captioner] 21:24:40
 AT 
LEAST WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE 
COUNCIL OTHER THAN

[Captioner] 21:24:43
 ADOPTING THE 
PLAN TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL 
RESOURCES I'M NOT AGAINST SOME 


[Captioner] 21:24:46
OF THAT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE GO 
THROUGH OUR BUDGET PLANNING

[Captioner] 21:24:50
 TO 
LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE OPTION HE 
IN TERMS OF FOCUSING ON

[Captioner] 21:24:53
 THAT.
IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
I THINK WHEN WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:24:56
 A MORE 
BETTER VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE 
TREES, IN

[Captioner] 21:24:59
 TERMS OF HOW WE SEE 
OUR BUDGET AND WHERE

[Captioner] 21:25:02
 THAT'S 
FALLING WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA 
OF WHAT WE CAN

[Captioner] 21:25:05
 IMPLY TO THAT.
BUT I ENCOURAGE THAT

[Captioner] 21:25:09
 WE PARTNER, 
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THE 
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WE

[Captioner] 21:25:12
 MENTIONED 
TODAY, WHETHER IT'S ROTARY OR 
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS,

[Captioner] 21:25:15
 I THINK 
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS 
REALLY

[Captioner] 21:25:18
 MOVING DURING THE TIME OF 
COVID AND THE LIVES THAT WERE 
LOST,

[Captioner] 21:25:21
 WE HAD PEOPLE DEDICATE AND 
DONATE TREES TO

[Captioner] 21:25:24
 MAKE IT A LIVING 
MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WHOSE LIVES

[Captioner] 21:25:27
 
WERE LOST.
I ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO DO 


[Captioner] 21:25:31
SO AND I DEFINITELY THINK WE DO 
HAVE SOME CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

[Captioner] 21:25:33
 
AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS 
THEMSELVES.


[Captioner] 21:25:36
HOPEFULLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO 
WILL BE AROUND TO SEE SOME OF 
THOSE I

[Captioner] 21:25:39
 THINK THAT WOULD BE 
SOMETHING I'D BE 74thIVE OF.
WE

[Captioner] 21:25:42
 HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY 
OTHER SPEAKERS.

[Captioner] 21:25:44

CAN WE CALL THE VOTE PLEASE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:25:49
PLEASE VOTE.
DID EVERYONE

[Captioner] 21:25:53
?
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DID YOU 
VOTE?


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JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THANK YOU.
SO THE

[Captioner] 21:25:57
 MOTION PASSES 
UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU.


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SO THANK YOU FOR THE URBAN 
TREFTARY TREE PLAN.


[Captioner] 21:26:08
 
FORESTRY TREE PLAN.
[APPLAUSE]


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>> Mayor Mei:   NEXT ON OUR 
AGENDA ITEM IS FOR REFERRALS TO 
APPOINTMENTS

[Captioner] 21:26:18
 TO ADVISORY BODIES, 
APPOINTMENTS.
>> 

[Captioner] 21:26:21
I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD.
>> Mayor Mei:   DO WE HAVE A 
SPEAKER CARD

[Captioner] 21:26:24
 ON THAT?
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:26:29

>> YONGGAN

[Captioner] 21:26:32
G ZHANG.


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>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND 
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME

[Captioner] 21:26:40
 IS YANGGANG ZHANG

[Captioner] 21:26:43
.
I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS A

[Captioner] 21:26:46
 
PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.


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I'M HERE TO SUPPORT APPOINTMENT 
OF CECILIA

[Captioner] 21:26:53
 LING AS THE NEXT 
HUMAN RELATION

[Captioner] 21:26:57
S COMMISSIONER IN 
FREMONT.
CECILIA HAS BEEN

[Captioner] 21:27:02
 A MEMBER OF THE 
COMMUNITY FOR 50 YEARS

[Captioner] 21:27:05
, SHE'S 
CURRENTLY RETIRED BUT SERVING 
THE

[Captioner] 21:27:08
 PUBLIC AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR 
CITIZENS FOR A BETTER

[Captioner] 21:27:12
 COMMUNITY 
AND SOUTH BAY COMMUNITIES

[Captioner] 21:27:15
 CLUB.
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR IN 2018.
SO

[Captioner] 21:27:18
 AMONG THE FOUR CANDIDATES 
THAT IS BEING PUBLISHED

[Captioner] 21:27:22
 TODAY, I 
BELIEVE CECILIA HAS BEEN

[Captioner] 21:27:25
 -- IS 
THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND 
DEDICATE

[Captioner] 21:27:28
ED VOLUNTEER SERVING THE 
COMMUNITY.
SO I BELIEVE SHE WILL

[Captioner] 21:27:32
 BE A -- 
SHE WILL MAKE THE EXCELLENT

[Captioner] 21:27:35
 
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:27:38
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE

[Captioner] 21:27:41
 THE REFERRALS.
>> YOU HAVE A HAND RAISED ON 
ZOOM

[Captioner] 21:27:44
 FROM HENRY LIAN

[Captioner] 21:27:48
G.
>> YES.
GOOD EVENING,

[Captioner] 21:27:51
 MAYOR.
IS IT MY TIME

[Captioner] 21:27:54
?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> Mayor Mei:   YES.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND 
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS HENRY

[Captioner] 21:28:01
 LIANG, I'M THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE

[Captioner] 21:28:04
 CITIZENS FOR 
BETTER COMMUNITY.
ECHO

[Captioner] 21:28:07
 THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, I'M 
HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT

[Captioner] 21:28:11
 FOR 
THE REFERRAL TO CECILIA TO 
BECOME

[Captioner] 21:28:14
 THE NEXT HUMAN RELATIONS 
COMMISSIONER IN FREMONT.


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CECILIA IS A TRUE ASSET TO OUR 
COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 21:28:22
.
SHE MASS BEEN A RESIDENT

[Captioner] 21:28:25
 FOR -- 
OF FREMONT FOR ALMOST

[Captioner] 21:28:29
 50 YEARS 
AND HAD BEEN SERVING THE

[Captioner] 21:28:32
 PUBLIC 
SERVICE FOR 39 YEARS IN ALAMEDA 
COUNTY AS

[Captioner] 21:28:35
 AN INFORMATION 
MANAGER.
HER EXPERIENCE AS

[Captioner] 21:28:38
 PUBLIC SERVICE 
SECTOR HAVE GIVEN HER THE 
KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILL

[Captioner] 21:28:41
 TO WORK 
EFFECTIVELY, WITH WIDE RANGE OF 
PEOPLE

[Captioner] 21:28:45
 AND MANAGED COMPLEX 
PROJECT

[Captioner] 21:28:49
.
SHE ALSO IS FLUNT IN

[Captioner] 21:28:52
 SPANISH AND 
CHINESE WHICH IS A HUGE ASSET

[Captioner] 21:28:56
, 
ENGAGED FOR THE COMMUNITY, SHE 
HAS HELPED TO USE HER

[Captioner] 21:28:59
 LANGUAGE 
SKILL TO TEACH COMPUTER SKILLS 
AND

[Captioner] 21:29:03
 ESPECIALLY SPANISH TO 
SPANISH SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS IN 
THE PAST

[Captioner] 21:29:06
.
CECILIA HAS DEMONSTRATE

[Captioner] 21:29:09
ED STRONG 
LEADERSHIP AT QUALITIES 
THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.


[Captioner] 21:29:14
AS MANAGER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE 
SHE

[Captioner] 21:29:18
 LED TEAMS AND MANAGED BUDGET 
TO

[Captioner] 21:29:21
 ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
AFTER HER RETIREMENT

[Captioner] 21:29:24
 SHE 
CONTINUED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY 
AS A

[Captioner] 21:29:27
 PAST PRESIDENT AND CURRENT 
BOARD MEMBER

[Captioner] 21:29:31
 OF SOUTH BAY 
CHINESE CLUB AND CURRENTLY SHE'S 
A BOARD MEMBER

[Captioner] 21:29:34
 OF CPC FOR ALMOST 
30 YEARS

[Captioner] 21:29:37
.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS 
REFERRAL

[Captioner] 21:29:40
, REFERRAL CECILIA FOR

[Captioner] 21:29:43
 
THE HUMAN RELATIONS -- OH 
RELATION COMMISSION

[Captioner] 21:29:47
, SHE WILL BE 
A VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR CITY AND

[Captioner] 21:29:51
 
TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:29:54
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.
THE LAST SPEAKER WITH THE PHONE

[Captioner] 21:29:57
 
NUMBER ENDING IN 685.


[Captioner] 21:30:10
ON ZOOM THE SPEAKER WITH THE 
PHONE NUMBER ENDING

[Captioner] 21:30:14
 WITH 685 IF 
YOU WILL PLEASE UNMUTE.


[Captioner] 21:30:22
HELLO?
>> HELLO?
>> YES.


[Captioner] 21:30:26
ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THE 
APPOINTMENTS

[Captioner] 21:30:29
?
>> NO, I'M SPEAKING ON THE

[Captioner] 21:30:32
 
PROCLAMATION TODAY, AGAINST --
>> WE'RE NOT ON

[Captioner] 21:30:35
 THAT AGENDA ITEM 
RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ON A REFERRAL FOR THE 


[Captioner] 21:30:39
MAYOR.
TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS.
>> Mayor Mei:   AND

[Captioner] 21:30:40
 THEN WE'RE 
RETURNING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 
AFTER.


[Captioner] 21:30:44
>> OKAY, MAYOR.
THAT'S THE END OF THE SPEAKERS 
OR THE THIS ITEM

[Captioner] 21:30:46
.
>> Mayor Mei:   I SEE 
COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


[Captioner] 21:30:50
>> Vice Mayor Keng:   I'M HAPPY 
TO MOVE, THE MOTION

[Captioner] 21:30:53
.
>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:30:57
IS THERE A SECOND?
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO

[Captioner] 21:31:00
.
PLEASE VOTE.


[Captioner] 21:31:11
>> MAYOR, MAYOR, KENG

[Captioner] 21:31:15
, KASSAN --
>> Mayor Mei: 

[Captioner] 21:31:17
  I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:31:20
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU SO THE 
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:31:23
I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE I 
BELIEVE ONE OF OUR

[Captioner] 21:31:27
 COMMISSIONERS 
IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
MR. SI

[Captioner] 21:31:30
DU, ARMESH

[Captioner] 21:31:33
 I THINK.
CONGRATULATIONS ON JOINING THE 
LIBRARY COMMISSION SO THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:31:36
.
NEXT WE'LL

[Captioner] 21:31:39
 RETURN BACK TO THE 
ITEMS THAT WERE

[Captioner] 21:31:42
 PUBLIC COMMENTS, 
SPEAKERS.
>> ARE THERE ANY REPORTS

[Captioner] 21:31:45
 ON 
COMMITTEES?
ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS?

[Captioner] 21:31:48

BEFORE WE GO TO ORAL -- BACK TO

[Captioner] 21:31:52
 
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS?
>> Mayor Mei:   WELL

[Captioner] 21:31:55
 ARE 30 -- 
IS THERE ANY OTHER REPORTS ON 
COMMITTEE

[Captioner] 21:31:58
 ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOU 
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?

[Captioner] 21:32:01

COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.
>> Councilmember Shao:   THANK 


[Captioner] 21:32:04
YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SINCE THE CITY HAS HONORED THIS

[Captioner] 21:32:07
 
MONTH, RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH AS 
THE

[Captioner] 21:32:11
 FAIR HOUSING MONTH, I THINK

[Captioner] 21:32:14
 
IT IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR ME TO 
JUST REPORT

[Captioner] 21:32:17
 WHAT I RECEIVED FROM 
THE

[Captioner] 21:32:22
 LAST MONTHLY MEETING FROM 
THE ALAMEDA COUNTY

[Captioner] 21:32:25
 HOUSING 
AUTHORITY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE

[Captioner] 21:32:28
 HOUSING 
AUTHORITY IS PART OF

[Captioner] 21:32:33
 THE WELFARE 
PROGRAM

[Captioner] 21:32:36
 TO PROVIDE FAIR HOUSING 
TO ALL

[Captioner] 21:32:39
 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE 
SOCIAL ECONOMICALLY

[Captioner] 21:32:44
 CHALLENGED 
AND

[Captioner] 21:32:47
 UNDERADVANTAGED PEOPLE.
AND RIGHT NOW

[Captioner] 21:32:50
, EVERY YEAR, WE 
WOULD

[Captioner] 21:32:54
 RECEIVE FOR THE WHOLE 
COUNTY OF

[Captioner] 21:32:58
 ALAMEDA, ABOUT 7,000 
VOUCHERS

[Captioner] 21:33:01
 FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.
AMONG WHICH,

[Captioner] 21:33:05
 ABOUT 250 VOUCHERS 
ARE

[Captioner] 21:33:08
 FOR VETERANS.
AND WE ALSO

[Captioner] 21:33:12
 HAVE ABOUT 2

[Captioner] 21:33:15
30 
SO-CALLED PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS

[Captioner] 21:33:18

VOUCHERS.
TO HELP THE HOMELESS GROUP.


[Captioner] 21:33:23
SO IN FREMONT, WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:33:27
 ABOUT

[Captioner] 21:33:31
 
1240 VOUCHERS BEING USED.


[Captioner] 21:33:36
THE PROGRAM TYPICALLY WOULD 
RECRUIT

[Captioner] 21:33:40
 SECTION 8

[Captioner] 21:33:44
 APARTMENT 
OWNERS AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT

[Captioner] 21:33:47
 
WOULD SUBSIDIZE THE

[Captioner] 21:33:51
 RENT UP TO 
80% OF THE RENT

[Captioner] 21:33:54
 FOR THE TENANTS, 
AS LONG AS THEY

[Captioner] 21:33:57
 QUALIFY FOR THE 
PROGRAM.
AND THEN,

[Captioner] 21:34:00
 USE THOSE SECTION 8 
HOUSING RESOURCE

[Captioner] 21:34:03
S TO HOUSE THOSE 
PEOPLE

[Captioner] 21:34:07
 WHO ARE BASICALLY

[Captioner] 21:34:10
 IN DEEP 
NEED FOR SUCH HELP.

[Captioner] 21:34:14

AND AMONG ALL THE CITIES IN 
ALAMEDA COUNTY, YOU DO

[Captioner] 21:34:17
 THE MATH, 
WE ACTUALLY

[Captioner] 21:34:20
 COUNT FOR MORE THAN 
ONE

[Captioner] 21:34:24
-SIXTH OF ALL THE VOUCHERS 
USED.

[Captioner] 21:34:27

AND IN THE FUTURE WE WILL SEE 
MORE

[Captioner] 21:34:30
 VOUCHERS FOR THE PROJECT-

[Captioner] 21:34:33

PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS TO BE 
USED IN OUR CITY PROGRAMS LIKE

[Captioner] 21:34:37
 
THE OHLONE

[Captioner] 21:34:50
 HOMEKEY PROJECT.

[Captioner] 21:34:56

FREMONT CAN GET MORE RESOURCES 
FROM THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING

[Captioner] 21:34:59
 
AUTHORITY.
AS THE REPRESENTATIVE THERE THE 


[Captioner] 21:35:02
CITY OF FREMONT FROM THE HOUSING

[Captioner] 21:35:05
 
COMMISSION, I WILL CONTINUE TO 
SEE THAT NOT

[Captioner] 21:35:09
 ONLY OUR CITY OF 
FREMONT WILL GET OUR FAIR SHARE

[Captioner] 21:35:12
 
OF THE VOUCHERS BUT ALSO OTHER 
FEDERAL

[Captioner] 21:35:15
 OR STATE OR FEDERAL 
SPONSORED PROGRAMS TO HELP

[Captioner] 21:35:19
 US 
HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE 
HOUSING

[Captioner] 21:35:22
 NEEDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 21:35:29
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE TO 
REPORT OUT

[Captioner] 21:35:33
, VICE MAYOR COME TO 
REPORT OUTER ON YOUR

[Captioner] 21:35:36
 COMMITTEE 
ASSIGNMENTS?
>> Councilmember Cox:   THANK 


[Captioner] 21:35:39
YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR.
I SIT ON THE EAST BAY

[Captioner] 21:35:42
 COMMUNITY 
ENERGY BOARD AND THEY DO HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE

[Captioner] 21:35:45
 THAT 
LIVES IN THE EAST BAY, THAT THE

[Captioner] 21:35:48
 
EAST BAY COMMUNITY ENERGY HAS 
PARTNERED WITH A

[Captioner] 21:35:51
TERIA TO PROVIDE 
A CHANCE FOR YOU TO TRY

[Captioner] 21:35:55
 
INDUCTION COOKING.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS

[Captioner] 21:35:58
 INDUCTION 
IS THE MOST EFFICIENT COOKING 
TECHNOLOGY

[Captioner] 21:36:01
 THAT'S AVAILABLE 
TODAY.
IT COOKS FOOD

[Captioner] 21:36:04
 FASTER, THAN 
TRADITIONAL STOVES THAT ARE IN 
OUR

[Captioner] 21:36:07
 HOME.
AND IT DOES HAVE THE POWER TO 
MATCH IT

[Captioner] 21:36:10
.
SO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL OR A 
HOME CHEF, YOU

[Captioner] 21:36:14
 COULD APPRECIATE 
GETTING YOUR NEW

[Captioner] 21:36:17
 FREE INDUCTION 
COOKING KIT.

[Captioner] 21:36:20

AND IF YOU GO TO THE

[Captioner] 21:36:23
 EAST BAY 
COMMUNITY ENERGY.ORG

[Captioner] 21:36:28
, WEBSITE, 
YOU CAN SIGN UP AND GET A

[Captioner] 21:36:32
 FREE 
KIT, A LENDING KIT AND

[Captioner] 21:36:35
 IT'S GOOD 
FOR 21 DAYS TO TRY OUT IF YOU 
WOULD LIKE TO

[Captioner] 21:36:38
 DO INDUCTION 
COOKING.
SO I THOUGHT I'D PASS

[Captioner] 21:36:41
 THAT ALONG 
TO EVERYONE THAT MAY BE 
INTERESTED AND TRYING OUT A

[Captioner] 21:36:44
 NEW 
METHOD.
BUT BE ENERGY EFFICIENT

[Captioner] 21:36:46
.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:36:49
AND ALSO THEY HAVE, EVERY 
QUARTER THEY HAVE A RECIPE

[Captioner] 21:36:52
 
COOKING CONTEST.
SO IF YOU ACTUALLY ENTER THAT 


[Captioner] 21:36:55
YOU COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO WIN THE INDUCTION STOVE.
SO

[Captioner] 21:36:59
 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 
ENCOURAGE EVERY SEASON THEY HAVE 
A DIFFERENT ONE

[Captioner] 21:37:02
.
I'LL QUICKLY REPORT OUT ON 
ALAMEDA COUNTY

[Captioner] 21:37:05
 TRANSPORTATION 
COMMISSION.
WE HAD RAN UPDATE ON SAFE ROUTES

[Captioner] 21:37:08
 
TO SCHOOL.
AND IT'S A PROGRAM THAT THEY 


[Captioner] 21:37:11
VOTED TO CONTINUE.
IT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT IS 
REALLY EXPANDED

[Captioner] 21:37:14
 IN THE LAST 
COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT STARTED OFF IN 2018

[Captioner] 21:37:18
, AND THE 
FIRST ROUND WAS 62

[Captioner] 21:37:21
 SCHOOLS AND 
NOW IT'S OVER 132 SCHOOLS AND

[Captioner] 21:37:23
 WE 
PLAN TO ADD ANOTHER 30 NEXT 
YEAR.


[Captioner] 21:37:26
I'M VERY PROUD AND PLEASED TO 
SEE THAT FREMONT HAS THE SECOND

[Captioner] 21:37:29
 
MOST IN TERMS OF A CITY 
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN OUR

[Captioner] 21:37:32
 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE OVER 14 SCHOOLS 


[Captioner] 21:37:35
PARTICIPATING.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DID

[Captioner] 21:37:39
 IS 
PROVIDE EQUITY AND FOR THE 
STUDENTS WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT

[Captioner] 21:37:42
 
THIS, THIS IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT 
FOR THOSE WHO ARE

[Captioner] 21:37:45
 ON FREE AND 
REDUCED LUNCH TO GET FREE 
TRANSIT

[Captioner] 21:37:48
 PASSES SO THAT THEY CAN 
UTILIZE BUS PASSES

[Captioner] 21:37:52
 AS WELL AS 
BART.
AND OTHER THINGS

[Captioner] 21:37:55
 THAT WE'RE 
LOOKING AT IS ALSO PARATRANSIT 
WHICH IS

[Captioner] 21:37:58
 VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR 
COMMUNITY.
IN TERMS OF FUNDING.


[Captioner] 21:38:01
AND THAT WAS THE ALLOCATIONS 
THAT WE'VE UTILIZED FOR

[Captioner] 21:38:05
 EAST BAY 
PARATRANSIT AND CITY BASED 
PARATRANSIT PROGRAMS AND WE

[Captioner] 21:38:08
 HOPE 
TO CONTINUE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE 


[Captioner] 21:38:11
THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE ALWAYS 
IN SEARCH OF

[Captioner] 21:38:14
 ALSO IS COMMUNITY 
ADVISORY

[Captioner] 21:38:18
 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR 
OUR PARATRANSIT AS WELL AS OUR 
BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN

[Captioner] 21:38:21
 PLANS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS.
AND

[Captioner] 21:38:24
 I'LL POST ON THERE HAVE OUR 
CITY SHARE ABOUT THERE'S

[Captioner] 21:38:27
 ACCESS 
ALAMEDA WHICH IS A RESOURCE 
BOOKLET

[Captioner] 21:38:31
 WHICH CAN HELP ABOUT 211 
AND OTHER PUBLIC

[Captioner] 21:38:34
 TRANSPORTATION 
ESPECIALLY FOR ADA.
SO I THINK THAT'S IT.


[Captioner] 21:38:37
WE'LL GO BACK TO NOW OUR PUBLIC 
COMMENTS.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:38:43
>> MR. ABREW TURNED IN A SPEAKER 
CARD FOR 2K

[Captioner] 21:38:46
 BUT THE COUNCIL HAD

[Captioner] 21:38:49
 
ALREADY VOTED ON THE CONSENT 
CALENDAR.

[Captioner] 21:38:52

MR. ABREW DO YOU WANT TIME

[Captioner] 21:38:55
 UNDER 
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SINCE WE'VE 
ALREADY PASSED THAT

[Captioner] 21:38:59
 ITEM?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO

[Captioner] 21:39:02
 THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

[Captioner] 21:39:07

AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT IT'S 
BEEN BURY

[Captioner] 21:39:10
IED SO DEEP THAT NOBODY 
SPENDS ANY TIME LOOKING AT THE

[Captioner] 21:39:13
 
NUMBERS ANYMORE.
AND THERE'S NO SLIDES, THERE'S

[Captioner] 21:39:16
 
NO DISCUSSION OF THE NUMBERS.
AND WHEN YOU DO ASK ABOUT

[Captioner] 21:39:20
 THE 
NUMBERS WHICH DID I SEVERAL 
WEEKS AGO

[Captioner] 21:39:23
, I -- WHICH I DID 
SEVERAL WEEKS

[Captioner] 21:39:26
 AGO.
WHY IS IT THAT THIS REPORT HAS 
22

[Captioner] 21:39:29
,000 PARKING CITATIONS IN 
2021, PARKING AND

[Captioner] 21:39:32
 MOVING 
VIOLATIONS.
AND BY THE WAY ABOUT 60% OF 


[Captioner] 21:39:35
THOSE ARE THE AUTOMATED

[Captioner] 21:39:38
 RED 
LIGHT CAMERAS AT $

[Captioner] 21:39:42
500 APIECE.
THE POLICE REPORT FOR THE

[Captioner] 21:39:45
 SAME 
YEAR, 32,000, THAT'S A 50% IS 
DIFFERENCE

[Captioner] 21:39:48
.
SO WHEN I WRITE THAT TWO

[Captioner] 21:39:51
 YEARS 
ACCOUNTING STAFF, NO'S 

[Captioner] 21:39:54
.
WHY DO YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT 
REPORTS?


[Captioner] 21:39:57
IT MIGHT BE A, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE 
EXPLANATION

[Captioner] 21:40:00
 BUT ONE, YOU'RE NOT 
LOOKING AT THE BUDGET NUMBERS, 
YOU'RE NOT

[Captioner] 21:40:03
 LOOKING AT THE 
FINANCIAL REPORT, NOT LOOKING AT 
ANYTHING

[Captioner] 21:40:06
.
AND TWO YOU DON'T ANSWER ANY 
QUESTIONS.


[Captioner] 21:40:09
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:40:13

>> I'M GOING TO CALL UP SEVERAL 
SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 21:40:16
IF YOU CAN QUEUE YOU UP OVER ON 
THE LEFT HERE PLEASE, ADIT

[Captioner] 21:40:19
IA 
BALUSU IS THE NEXT

[Captioner] 21:40:22
 SPEAKER 
FOLLOWED BY BELA

[Captioner] 21:40:25
GI, FOLLOWED BY

[Captioner] 21:40:29
 
APARNA.


[Captioner] 21:40:34
EDITIA BUL

[Captioner] 21:40:37
USU.


[Captioner] 21:40:40
ARE YOU EDITIA?

[Captioner] 21:40:44

WHO IS EDITIA

[Captioner] 21:40:47
?


[Captioner] 21:40:53
NO EDITIA LEFT

[Captioner] 21:40:56
?
I ---I-T-Y-A B

[Captioner] 21:40:59
 BUL

[Captioner] 21:41:03
USU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO BA

[Captioner] 21:41:06
LAGI.


[Captioner] 21:41:10
APARNA.
OKAY, GO AHEAD PLEASE.


[Captioner] 21:41:15
>> TO START WITH I'D LIKE TO 
APPLAUD

[Captioner] 21:41:18
 THE COUNCIL FOR PASSING 
THIS PROCLAMATION.
AS YOU HAVE BEEN

[Captioner] 21:41:21
 HEARING MANY 
HINDUS INCLUDING CHILDREN 
EXPRESSED

[Captioner] 21:41:24
 THEY WERE TARGETS OF

[Captioner] 21:41:31
 
VIOLENCE AND REFRAIN FROM 
REPORTING THEM

[Captioner] 21:41:34
.
WITH THIS EFFORT OF JURIES I'M 
HOPING MORE HINDU

[Captioner] 21:41:37
S ARE ABLE TO 
COME FORWARD AND REPORT THE 
INSTANCES SO

[Captioner] 21:41:40
 THE IGNORANT ARE

[Captioner] 21:41:43
 
CHASTISING THE HATERS.
NORMALIZED

[Captioner] 21:41:46
 IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE 
WILL BE INSTITUTIONAL

[Captioner] 21:41:49
IZED IF 
PASSED.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:41:52
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 21:41:56
>> YOU ARE?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 
CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 21:42:00
 FOR ACTUALLY HAVING 
A PROCLAMATION ON

[Captioner] 21:42:03
 HINDUPHOBIA.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL 
OF US

[Captioner] 21:42:06
 THE HINDU PEACE LOVING 
COMMUNITY.

[Captioner] 21:42:10

I SIMPLY CAME TWO YEARS, I WAS 
SURPRISED

[Captioner] 21:42:14
 THAT HINDUPHOBIA 
EXISTS HERE AS WELL.
WE JUST

[Captioner] 21:42:17
 DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY, 
WE WANT TO

[Captioner] 21:42:20
 LIVE PEACEFULLY FOR 
EVERYONE.

[Captioner] 21:42:24

WE WOULD WISH EVERYONE

[Captioner] 21:42:27
 LIVE 
HAPPILY WITH PEACE.
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:42:30

>> NEXT IS SENFIL

[Captioner] 21:42:34
, FOLLOWED BY 
VIVEK

[Captioner] 21:42:37
 JANE.
FOLLOWED BY SHRI

[Captioner] 21:42:40
NOTH.
>> I WAS GOING TO

[Captioner] 21:42:43
 ASK ALSO JUST 
OUT OF RESPECT, BECAUSE WE WANT 
TO -- IT'S

[Captioner] 21:42:46
 NOT THAT WE KNOW 
PEOPLE SUPPORT PEOPLE BUT IF

[Captioner] 21:42:49
 WE 
CANNOT CLAP SO WE CAN HAVE THE 
SPEAKERS GO IN ORDER

[Captioner] 21:42:53
, WE HAVE 55 
SPEAKERS.
>> DID I CALL YOUR NAME?

[Captioner] 21:42:56

CAN YOU COME UP AND TELL US YOUR 
NAME PLEASE?


[Captioner] 21:42:59
GO AHEAD.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS VIV

[Captioner] 21:43:02
EK JEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M

[Captioner] 21:43:06
 HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF 
THE SYMPTOMS OF HINDUPHOBIA.

[Captioner] 21:43:09

WHICH WE ARE SEEING AS A BILL 
KNOWN

[Captioner] 21:43:12
 AS SB 403

[Captioner] 21:43:16
.
EVERYONE HERE HAS A RACE, 
NATIONAL ORIGIN,

[Captioner] 21:43:19
 COLOR.
ONLY ONE PERSON IN CALIFORNIA 
HAVE COST.

[Captioner] 21:43:22

AND THIS BILL IS GOING TO LEAD

[Captioner] 21:43:25
 
TO HINDU-PHONE

[Captioner] 21:43:29
PHOBIC FILING.


[Captioner] 21:43:33
VIVEK JEN IS A

[Captioner] 21:43:37
 DIFFERENT 
RELIGION, IT COEXISTED WITH 
HINDU

[Captioner] 21:43:40
ISM IN INDIA, AND

[Captioner] 21:43:44
 VERY SOME 
BOL CLI TRANSCRIBED.
IT IS VERY

[Captioner] 21:43:47
 SAD TO SAY WE HAVE TO 
FIGHT AGAINST HINDUPHOBIA

[Captioner] 21:43:50
.
INSTEAD WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
TALKING

[Captioner] 21:43:54
 ABOUT HINDUFELIA, A LOVE

[Captioner] 21:43:57
 
FOR HINDUISM.
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:44:00

>> THANK YOU, LAST CALL FOR B

[Captioner] 21:44:04

B-A-L-A-J-I

[Captioner] 21:44:08
?
SENTHIL.


[Captioner] 21:44:14
SRINATH.


[Captioner] 21:44:18
NO.


[Captioner] 21:44:21
MONISH MA

[Captioner] 21:44:25
S

[Captioner] 21:44:28
IS SHARMA, S

[Captioner] 21:44:31
HIV SINGH.


[Captioner] 21:44:37
>> Mayor Mei:   MONISH.
>> TREATMENT

[Captioner] 21:44:40
 MAYOR AND HONORABLE 
MEMBERS OF THE TREATMENT CITY 
COUNCIL.

[Captioner] 21:44:44

I'M MONISH SHARMA

[Captioner] 21:44:48
, LIVED IN THE 
BAY AREA FOR 27 YEARS, 13 YEARS

[Captioner] 21:44:50
 
IN FREMONT.
MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN IN THIS 


[Captioner] 21:44:53
GREAT CITY AND WE LOVE FREMONT 
FOR ITS SECURITY, DIVERSITY

[Captioner] 21:44:56
 AND 
COMMUNIONS.
MY GRANDPARENTS WERE

[Captioner] 21:45:00
 HINDU 
PUNJABIS,

[Captioner] 21:45:03
 WHO WERE PERSECUTED IN 
THEIR ANCESTRAL

[Captioner] 21:45:06
 LAND IN 1947.
I'M A STUDENT

[Captioner] 21:45:09
 OF HISTORY AND 
THOSE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THEM

[Captioner] 21:45:13
 ARE 
DOOMED TO REPEAT THEM IN THE 
BLOODY PAST

[Captioner] 21:45:18
.
TAUNT ABUSE, PUBLICATION AT

[Captioner] 21:45:21
 
FIRST TO CAUSE DISCOMFORT BUT 
WHEN LEFT UN

[Captioner] 21:45:24
CHECKED TURNED OMASS 
FEAR, TERROR AND VIOLENCE

[Captioner] 21:45:28
.
IF YOU UNVEIL THE MASK OF IR

[Captioner] 21:45:31

IRRATIONALITY HATE AND IGNORANCE 
YOU'VE

[Captioner] 21:45:34
 LEARNED THERE IS NOTHING 
TO FEAR.
HINDUISM HAS NO

[Captioner] 21:45:37
 FOUNDER.
NO CENTRAL BODY THAT IS 
INCENTIVIZED

[Captioner] 21:45:40
 FOR MEMBERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:45:43
.


[Captioner] 21:45:46
>> IF I CALLED YOUR NAME PLEASE 
COME UP AND SHARE YOUR NAME 
AGAIN SO WE

[Captioner] 21:45:50
 HAVE ON RECORD.
>> MY NAME IS ROHIT

[Captioner] 21:45:53
.
MA'AM MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M 
A CITIZEN IN

[Captioner] 21:45:56
 FREMONT LIVING HERE 
FOR LAST 13 YEARS.
HAITZ TOWARDS

[Captioner] 21:46:00
 HINDUS AND 
RELATING HINDU

[Captioner] 21:46:03
 WITH TAO CAST AND 
CURRY IS NOTHING

[Captioner] 21:46:06
.
WITNESSING WHAT HAPPENED IN TACO 
BHEL OR EXPERIENCE

[Captioner] 21:46:09
ING THE WORST 
BILL THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED 
LIKE

[Captioner] 21:46:12
 SB 403 WE ARE WITNESSING IT 
ALL.
I

[Captioner] 21:46:16
 ON BEHALF OF HINDU COMMUNITY 
AND THE INDIAN

[Captioner] 21:46:19
 COMMUNITY LIVING 
IN FREMONT WOULD LIKE TO THANK 
YOU

[Captioner] 21:46:23
 FOR THIS PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 21:46:26
 ON 
HINDUPHOBIA.
WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 


[Captioner] 21:46:29
CARE ABOUT US.
WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS 
BOLD DECISION

[Captioner] 21:46:32
 AND PROBLEM OFFING 
THAT YOU ARE A REALLY COMMUNITY, 
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 21:46:35

NAMASTE.

[Captioner] 21:46:38

>> THANK YOU.
SHIV SINGH

[Captioner] 21:46:42
.
S-H-I-V SINGH.


[Captioner] 21:46:45
THERE'S S

[Captioner] 21:46:49
YIA,

[Captioner] 21:46:53
 SINGH.


[Captioner] 21:47:05
S-H-A-I-L.
THANK YOU, SEVERAL

[Captioner] 21:47:08
 CARDS BACK.
GO AHEAD.


[Captioner] 21:47:15
NO, COME UP.
COME UP, NOBODY ELSE

[Captioner] 21:47:18
 IS COMING 
UP.


[Captioner] 21:47:25
>> HELLO EVERYBODY.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR PASSING

[Captioner] 21:47:28
 THE HINDUPHOBIA 
RESOLUTION.
IT IS A GRATE

[Captioner] 21:47:31
 GREAT STEP

[Captioner] 21:47:34
 TOWARDS 
ACKNOWLEDGING SOMETHING THAT HAS 
BEEN PRESENT FOR HUNDREDS OF 


[Captioner] 21:47:37
YEARS AND NEVER GETS 
ACKNOWLEDGED.

[Captioner] 21:47:40

AS ANTIHINDU RHETORIC

[Captioner] 21:47:46
 TAKEN ROOT 
THERE IS NO WAY TO TACKLE IT BUT 
TO STAND UP

[Captioner] 21:47:49
 AND COUNTER IT AND 
DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
HINDU

[Captioner] 21:47:52
ISM HAT LITERALLY BEEN MADE

[Captioner] 21:47:55
 
INTO CAST COWS AND CURRIES.
A DEEP

[Captioner] 21:47:59
LY PHILOSOPHICAL 
SCIENTIFIC AND VERY SCIENTIFIC

[Captioner] 21:48:02
 
CULTURE, OUR

[Captioner] 21:48:05
 CHILDREN FEEL 
ASHAMED OF THEIR IDENTITY.

[Captioner] 21:48:08

WE HAVE CONSTANTLY DEMONSTRATED 
THAT SO OUR DEMON

[Captioner] 21:48:12
IZATION FROM 
CERTAIN QUARTERS MUST STOP.
THEREFORE I WOULD URGE

[Captioner] 21:48:16
 THE 
COUNCILMEMBERS TO HELP START 
SOME COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO

[Captioner] 21:48:19
 HELP 
DISPEM MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
HINDU

[Captioner] 21:48:22
S AND HINDUISM, THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:48:25
.
>> THANK YOU.
SHI

[Captioner] 21:48:29
V S-H-I-V SINGH,

[Captioner] 21:48:32
 SIYA SINGH.


[Captioner] 21:48:38
KRISHNAN

[Captioner] 21:48:41
 JAYARAMAN.


[Captioner] 21:48:48
DEB

[Captioner] 21:48:51
.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS

[Captioner] 21:48:54
, 
MY NAME IS DEB AND I'M FROM 
FREMONT.

[Captioner] 21:48:57

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR 
PASSING

[Captioner] 21:49:01
 THE HINDUPHOBIA 
PROCLAMATION WHICH MEANS A LOT 
TO THE

[Captioner] 21:49:04
 COMMUNITY.
RECENTLY LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE 
SEEN THE RISE

[Captioner] 21:49:07
ING HATRED AND 
CRIMES AGAINST HINDU COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 21:49:10
.
ONE OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS SAY 
ABOUT

[Captioner] 21:49:14
 THE INCIDENT AND HOW THERE 
WAS A

[Captioner] 21:49:18
 DEHUMANNATION OF THAT 
PARTICULAR PERSON AND LIKE A 
TARGETING

[Captioner] 21:49:21
 OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO

[Captioner] 21:49:25
 SEE IN FREMONT, LIKE

[Captioner] 21:49:28
 
HINDUS ARE LIKE OUTCAST OR SOME

[Captioner] 21:49:31
 
PEOPLE TRY TO DEMONIZE THEM

[Captioner] 21:49:33
 AND 
TRY CREATE VIOLENCE AND ALL 
THIS.


[Captioner] 21:49:36
SO THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS A LOT 
TO US.

[Captioner] 21:49:40

AND I'M REALLY SURPRISED WHY 
THERE IS

[Captioner] 21:49:43
 OPPOSITION FOR SUCH A 
NOVEL THING.
THERE SHOULD NOT

[Captioner] 21:49:46
 BE ANY PHOBIA 
INCLUDING

[Captioner] 21:49:49
 NO HINDUPHOBIA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.


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DID I CALL ON YOU?
DID I CALL ON YOU

[Captioner] 21:49:58
?
>> NO YOU DID NOT.
>> GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT.


[Captioner] 21:50:01
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER

[Captioner] 21:50:04
 IS THEN MOSEY

[Captioner] 21:50:07
, 
SIMRON.
THENM OFFERINGS

[Captioner] 21:50:11
 OFFERINGS

[Captioner] 21:50:14
OSEY.
>> I'M HERE

[Captioner] 21:50:17
 WITH EQUALITY LABS, 
THE MANY

[Captioner] 21:50:21
 WHOSE RIGHTS WERE 
DENIED TODAY, WE WERE SENT

[Captioner] 21:50:23
 TO 
THE BACK OF THE BUS.
WE ASKED THE ENTIRE CITY OF 


[Captioner] 21:50:27
FREMONT TO HOLD ON THIS 

[Captioner] 21:50:30
 
RESOLUTION, THIS RESOLUTION 
STARTED AS A WAY TO

[Captioner] 21:50:34
 CONDEMN SB 
403 WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE 
BEEN

[Captioner] 21:50:38
 TRYING TO FIGHT FOR BECAUSE 
WE HAVE BEEN

[Captioner] 21:50:41
 FACING WAGE THEFT, 
GENDER BASED BUTTE

[Captioner] 21:50:44
 ABUSE.
TO EVEN COME HERE TONIGHT WE

[Captioner] 21:50:47
 
AGAIN FACE POLITICAL VIOLENCE

[Captioner] 21:50:50
.
DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US 
AND AT THIS POINT WE WANT TO

[Captioner] 21:50:53
 SEE 
A SIMILAR RESOLUTION FOR

[Captioner] 21:50:56
 DELIT 
PEOPLE, AGAINST DELI

[Captioner] 21:51:00
T PHOBIA, WE 
SHOULD HAVE OPEN HUMAN

[Captioner] 21:51:02
 RIGHTS 
HEARINGS FOR THE KINDS OF 
VIOLENCE WE ARE FACING.


[Captioner] 21:51:05
THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO FUNDED 
AND SUPPORTED YOU THAT WERE 
ATTACKED

[Captioner] 21:51:09
 BY PEOPLE HERE AND THEY 
ARE SITTING THERE CRYING, THEY 
ARE SITTING

[Captioner] 21:51:13
 HERE SHOCKED BY THE 
VIOLENCE THEY FACED AND WE ASKED 
FOR

[Captioner] 21:51:16
 SAFETY AND PROTECTION AND 
YOU DID NOT -- PEOPLE REMEMBER 
WHAT HAPPENED

[Captioner] 21:51:19
 IN FREMONT TODAY 
AND THEY WILL --
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU, THANK 


[Captioner] 21:51:22
YOU.
>> THEY WILL

[Captioner] 21:51:25
 REMEMBER WHEN THEY 
GO.
THINK ABOUT --


[Captioner] 21:51:28
>> Mayor Mei:   TIME'S UP.
THANK YOU.
>> THE

[Captioner] 21:51:31
 NEXT SPEAKER IS SIMRO

[Captioner] 21:51:35
N.
>> Mayor Mei:   DON'T BE RUDE, 
THERE IS NO RUDENESS PLEASE

[Captioner] 21:51:38
.
>> SIMRO

[Captioner] 21:51:42
N CORE.
SI

[Captioner] 21:51:45
MRON.


[Captioner] 21:51:49
CANAGA

[Captioner] 21:51:53
L LASHME.
DID I CALL YOUR NAME

[Captioner] 21:51:57
?
I'M SORRY?

[Captioner] 21:52:00

>> SIMRON.
UNIVERSITY OF 

[Captioner] 21:52:03
CALIFORNIA 
BERKELEY.
THE DICTION

[Captioner] 21:52:07
 AND VERNACULAR OF 
HINDUPHOBIA

[Captioner] 21:52:10
 IS ACTUALLY VERY 
CONCERNING.
WE CRITICALLY

[Captioner] 21:52:14
 RESEARCH THAT THE 
TERM IS BEING PUSHED BY RIGHT

[Captioner] 21:52:17
 
WING HINDU EXTREMIST GROUPS

[Captioner] 21:52:20
 IN 
INDIA.
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES,

[Captioner] 21:52:24
 OPPRESSION,

[Captioner] 21:52:28
 
SUBJUGATION, I WOULD LIKE TO

[Captioner] 21:52:31
 
TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO ANY 
PHRASE, ANY

[Captioner] 21:52:36
 THE USE OF 
HINDUPHOBIA IN THE PROCLAMATION 
HAS THE POTENTIAL

[Captioner] 21:52:38
 TO HARM 
COMMUNITIES THAT IT SEEKS TO 
PROTECT.


[Captioner] 21:52:42
SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO 40

[Captioner] 21:52:45
 A 
PROCLAMATION THAT TRULY REFLECTS 
THE VALUE

[Captioner] 21:52:49
 OF INCLUSIVITY FOR ALL 
OF ITS MEMBERS.
THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:52:52
.
>> KANA GARAS

[Captioner] 21:52:55
NE, FOLLOWED BY 
NARA

[Captioner] 21:52:59
SNE.
>> THE COMPLETE LIE

[Captioner] 21:53:03
 OF HINDU 
DWELL, AGAINST THE PRINCIPLE

[Captioner] 21:53:06
 OF 
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
THE PROCLAMATION IS PROTECTING

[Captioner] 21:53:09
 
HINDUISM THEN WOULD I HAVE BEEN 
SAID GOOD

[Captioner] 21:53:12
 BUT IT IS DEFINITELY 
NOT PROTECT

[Captioner] 21:53:16
ING HINDU

[Captioner] 21:53:21
ISM, BUT THE 
HINDUPHOBIA

[Captioner] 21:53:25
 IS TO PROMOTE HATE, 
PROMOTED BY THE

[Captioner] 21:53:28
 ORGANIZATIONS 
LIKE SEVA

[Captioner] 21:53:32
 AND ALL THOSE EXAMPLE 
I WANT TO GIVE

[Captioner] 21:53:35
 IS THE CONDEMNED

[Captioner] 21:53:38
 
PROTEST PROCESSION OF BULLDOZE

[Captioner] 21:53:41
ERS 
IN NEW JERSEY.
SO THIS

[Captioner] 21:53:44
 ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING 
TO SAY A LOT OF

[Captioner] 21:53:47
 LIES AS USUAL.
SANAGA

[Captioner] 21:53:51
 IS DISCRIMINATION.
IT IS JUST LEVEL OF

[Captioner] 21:53:54
 HIERARCHY 
AND PATRIARCHY

[Captioner] 21:53:57
 IS DESANAGANA.
TRYING

[Captioner] 21:54:00
 TO PROANGT SANAGA IS

[Captioner] 21:54:02
 
NOT --
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:54:08
>> THIS IS NARESH DESAI.


[Captioner] 21:54:11
AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING THE 
WORDS OF MANY OF US

[Captioner] 21:54:14
 AND OUR 
KIDS, WE REPRESENT MANY PEOPLE

[Captioner] 21:54:17
 
AROUND HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR APPROVING

[Captioner] 21:54:20
 THE 
PROCLAMATION AND YOU SEE THAT 
THERE ARE MANY

[Captioner] 21:54:24
 PEOPLE ARE 
ATTACKING ON MANY

[Captioner] 21:54:27
 ANGLES, WELL 
ORGANIZED ATTACK ON STREAMING

[Captioner] 21:54:31
 
MEDIAS

[Captioner] 21:54:34
 FUNDED BY BIG 
ORGANIZATION.

[Captioner] 21:54:38

COUNSELING SIDE IS ED FUND TO 
THE SCHOOL

[Captioner] 21:54:41
, MANY ANTI-GROUPS 
WANT US TO GO A

[Captioner] 21:54:45
 GENERATION AND 
RACIALLY PROFILING CERTAIN PART

[Captioner] 21:54:48
 
OF THE WORLD, AND THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO

[Captioner] 21:54:51
 HEAR OUR 
VOICE.
GOOD NIGHT.


[Captioner] 21:54:55
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS VIV

[Captioner] 21:54:58
EK 
WUVMENTALDECA

[Captioner] 21:55:01
R, FOLLOWED BY 
SERAM

[Captioner] 21:55:05
IA FOLLOWED BY PRENAR.

[Captioner] 21:55:07

>> GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEMBERS 
AND MAYOR.


[Captioner] 21:55:10
THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE 
PROCLAMATION FOR CONDEMNING

[Captioner] 21:55:13
 
HINDUPHOBIA.
GENERATIONS TO COME WILL THANK 


[Captioner] 21:55:16
YOU FOR THIS LANDMARK 
PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU FOR STANDING

[Captioner] 21:55:19
 UP FOR 
ONE OF THE MOST PEACE LOVING AND 
PROGRESSIVE

[Captioner] 21:55:22
 COMMUNITY IN THE 
UNITED STATES.
THERE ARE NORSES

[Captioner] 21:55:26
 FORCES TRYING

[Captioner] 21:55:29
 TO PUT 
THIS VERY COMMUNITY DOWN AND 
CREATE A

[Captioner] 21:55:32
 COMMUNITY DIVIDE USING 
A COLONIAL ERA

[Captioner] 21:55:36
 TOOL KIT.
WE STAND FOR COMMUNITY, PEACE

[Captioner] 21:55:38
 
AND PROSPERITY.
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 


[Captioner] 21:55:40
AMERICA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:55:45
SERAMIA.
>> HI, MY NAME

[Captioner] 21:55:48
 IS SERAMIA I'M A 
FREMONT RESIDENT

[Captioner] 21:55:51
 AND PROUD

[Captioner] 21:55:54
 HINDU 
AMERICAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 


[Captioner] 21:55:58
COUNCIL FOR PASSING THE 
RESOLUTION AGAINST HINDUPHOBIA.
IT IS REALLY

[Captioner] 21:56:01
 A BIG PROBLEM FOR 
US, BEING A HINDU

[Captioner] 21:56:04
 CITIZEN AND AN 
AMERICAN CITIZEN HERE FOR 22 
YEARS WE HAVE

[Captioner] 21:56:08
 SEEN RISE OF 
HINDUPHOBIA AND HATRED

[Captioner] 21:56:12
 AGAINST 
US, WHETHER IT IS MEDIA, 
TEXTBOOKS

[Captioner] 21:56:15
 AND NOW YOU JUST HEARD 
THE KIND OF WORD

[Captioner] 21:56:18
 BEING USED 
AGAINST US LIKE HINDU T

[Captioner] 21:56:21
WA AND 
CASTIST AND ALL KINDS

[Captioner] 21:56:24
 OF SLURS 
AND HATRED IS BEING

[Captioner] 21:56:27
 THROWN 
AGAINST US.
AND WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD 


[Captioner] 21:56:30
ALL THE NOISE FROM OUTSIDE BUT 
IF NOT YOU WILL SEE PROBABLY

[Captioner] 21:56:33
 
TOMORROW IN MEDIA, THE KIND OF 
FORCES

[Captioner] 21:56:36
 THAT WERE HERE TODAY, 
BASED ON

[Captioner] 21:56:39
 -- THEY HAVE A 
GEOPOLITICAL AGENDA

[Captioner] 21:56:43
 AGAINST 
INDIANS AND AMERICAN INDIANS AND 
THEY ARE EVEN STOPPING

[Captioner] 21:56:46
 A SIMPLE 
RESOLUTION AGAINST HINDUPHOBIA

[Captioner] 21:56:49
.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:56:55
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> PRENAR FOLLOWED

[Captioner] 21:56:59
 BY PREM 
PAREAR FOLLOW

[Captioner] 21:57:02
ED BY VRUSHA

[Captioner] 21:57:05
LI.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, MY

[Captioner] 21:57:09
 
NAME IS PRANAR PERMANENT

[Captioner] 21:57:12
NAR PARI

[Captioner] 21:57:15
K.
I THANK YOU CITY OF FREMONT AND 
THE MAYOR FOR

[Captioner] 21:57:19
 THE PROCLAMATION 
CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA.
THIS

[Captioner] 21:57:23
 WILL ALLOW THE HINDU

[Captioner] 21:57:27
 
AMERICANS TO PRACTICE THEIR RAJ

[Captioner] 21:57:30
 
RELIGION WITHOUT FEAR.
THE WORLD IS

[Captioner] 21:57:33
 OUR FAMILY.
THANKS EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:57:37
.
PREM.
>> HI, THIS IS B

[Captioner] 21:57:40
RUSHALI.

[Captioner] 21:57:42

FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS 


[Captioner] 21:57:46
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 
AND THANK YOU

[Captioner] 21:57:49
 VERY, VERY MUCH 
FOR PASSING THE HINDUPHOBIA 
PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 21:57:53
.
AS A PROUD MOM OF TWO AMERICAN 
KIDS

[Captioner] 21:57:56
 ATTENDING FREMONT UNIFIED 
SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS, I

[Captioner] 21:57:59
 LOVE 
FREMONT AND I LOVE THIS NATION.
MY

[Captioner] 21:58:03
 KIDS, LIKE MANY OF US HINDUS 
DO

[Captioner] 21:58:06
 NOT IDENTIFY WITH CAST.

[Captioner] 21:58:10
E.
OUR KIDS ARE

[Captioner] 21:58:14
 NOT EVEN AWARE OF 
CASTE.
THE

[Captioner] 21:58:17
 SB BILL IS VIOLATE

[Captioner] 21:58:20
ING OUR

[Captioner] 21:58:24
 
HINDUISM.
I STAND IN OPTION WITH SB

[Captioner] 21:58:27
 403 
AND ALL DISCRIMINATION.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:58:30
>> THANK YOU.
PREM PA

[Captioner] 21:58:33
REAR, TOLLED THERE'S 
ANOTHER VRU

[Captioner] 21:58:36
SHALI.


[Captioner] 21:58:39
YES, GO AHEAD.
>> RESPECTIVE MAYORS AND 
COUNCILMEMBERS

[Captioner] 21:58:42
, NAMASTE, I'M A

[Captioner] 21:58:46
 
HINDU FROM FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, 
I'M AN

[Captioner] 21:58:49
 ALAMEDA COUNTY HUMAN 
RELATIONS COMMISSIONER AND A 
MEMBER

[Captioner] 21:58:52
 OF HINDUS FOR CASTE

[Captioner] 21:58:55
 
EQUITY.
I'M VERY CONCERNED

[Captioner] 21:58:58
 THAT THE CITY 
OF FREMONT DISCRIMINATE

[Captioner] 21:59:02
ED, MY 
URGENT ASK IS THAT

[Captioner] 21:59:05
 YOU 
IMMEDIATELY ENTER INTO 
CONSULTATION WITH THE CAST

[Captioner] 21:59:09
E AND 
ORGANIZATIONS WHO YOU PILOTED 
TODAY

[Captioner] 21:59:13
.
RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE 
CITY OF FREMONT MUST

[Captioner] 21:59:17
 MAKE A 
PROCLAMATION TO ADDRESS CAST

[Captioner] 21:59:20
E 
DISCRIMINATION IN THE CITY.

[Captioner] 21:59:23

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, HOUSING 
DISCRIMINATION AND GENDER

[Captioner] 21:59:28
 RISK 
VIOLENCE.
WE

[Captioner] 21:59:32
 DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE 
WANT AMENDS NOW

[Captioner] 21:59:35
.
NEUTRALITY IN THE FACE OF 
INDUSTRY

[Captioner] 21:59:38
 
INDUSTRIES IS COMPLICITY.

[Captioner] 21:59:43

WE APPLY FOR CASTE EQUITY.

[Captioner] 21:59:45

>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU SIR.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 21:59:48
DID I CALL YOUR NAME?
I'M SORRY DID I CALL YOUR NAME?

[Captioner] 21:59:51

>> YES.
>> OKAY, PLEASE.

[Captioner] 21:59:54

IS.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.

[Captioner] 21:59:58

THIS IS I THANK YOU MAYOR AND 
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR PASSING

[Captioner] 22:00:01
 THIS 
PROCLAMATION TO STOP THE 
HINDUPHOBIA.


[Captioner] 22:00:04
AND CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT 
IN THE CITY FOR

[Captioner] 22:00:08
 OUR KIDS.
PLEASE HELP US ALSO STOP

[Captioner] 22:00:11
 THIS SB 
403 AS THIS BILL WILL CREATE A 
LOT

[Captioner] 22:00:14
 OF DISCRIMINATION AS WELL AS 
IT WILL DIVIDE THE HINDU 
COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:00:17
.
YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT LOT OF

[Captioner] 22:00:21
 
 
CLIENTS AND THE HATRED

[Captioner] 22:00:24
 HAS BEEN 
HAPPENING AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY 
AND WE ARE A PEACE

[Captioner] 22:00:28
 LOVING 
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE CONTRIBUTING A LOT TO THE 


[Captioner] 22:00:31
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THIS 
COUNTRY SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:00:34
THE NEXT SPEAKER'S ARUS

[Captioner] 22:00:37
HA SAN

[Captioner] 22:00:40
E 
OR ASSIGN FOLLOWED BY

[Captioner] 22:00:47
 SANE.
>> THANK YOU FOR

[Captioner] 22:00:51
 THIS BODY FOR 
FASTING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY 
AND

[Captioner] 22:00:54
 THANK YOU FOR STAYING SO 
LATE PATIENTLY LISTENING

[Captioner] 22:00:57
 TO ALL 
OF US.
THIS WAS AN HISTORIC DAY

[Captioner] 22:01:00
 FOR ALL 
OF US AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT

[Captioner] 22:01:03

SUPPORTING HINDUISM IS A VERY

[Captioner] 22:01:07
 
BOUND BY OUR BELIEF IN HINDUISM.
AND

[Captioner] 22:01:10
 ANYBODY WHO IS TRYING TO 
CREATE DIVERSION AROUND CREATE

[Captioner] 22:01:13
ING 
DIVISION IS ACTUALLY HINDU

[Captioner] 22:01:16
 
PHOBIC, THEY ARE TRYING TO 
PROMOTE DISCRIMINATION.


[Captioner] 22:01:19
ANYTHING THAT STARTS A SEED OF 
DISCRIMINATION ACTUALLY

[Captioner] 22:01:22
 PROMOTES 
HATE.
SO HINDUISM IS INCLUSIVE.


[Captioner] 22:01:25
WE ARE ALL UNITED.
PLEASE

[Captioner] 22:01:28
 CONDEMN ANY 
DISCRIMINATION YOU SEE 
HENCEFORTH.


[Captioner] 22:01:31
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING,

[Captioner] 22:01:34
 EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR APPROVING AND 
PASSING THE

[Captioner] 22:01:38
 PROCLAMATION AGAINST 
HINDUPHOBIA.
THANK YOU MAYOR, AND RESPECT

[Captioner] 22:01:40
ED 
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THIS 
OPPORTUNITY.


[Captioner] 22:01:43
UNITED STATES IS A LAND OF 
OPPORTUNITY WITH STRICT

[Captioner] 22:01:46
 LAWS 
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
THE SB 403 BILL

[Captioner] 22:01:49
 WILL INTRODUCE 
DISCRIMINATION AND HINDUPHOBIA 
WHICH IS AGAINST

[Captioner] 22:01:52
 THE FUNDAMENTAL 
VALUES.
AND RIGHTS FOR ALL OF US.


[Captioner] 22:01:56
OUR KIDS HAVE NOT HEARD THIS AND 
INTRODUCING IT NOW WILL BE

[Captioner] 22:01:59
 
DEVASTATING AND THREATENING FOR 
THEIR EXISTENCE

[Captioner] 22:02:02
 IN FUTURE.
I'M A U.S. CITIZEN FREMONT 
RESIDENT FOR 12

[Captioner] 22:02:05
 YEARS AND A 
PROUD MOM OF A CHILD IN FUSD

[Captioner] 22:02:08
 
SCHOOL.
PLEASE HELP KEEP EVERYONE IN THE 


[Captioner] 22:02:12
SAME LEVEL SAFE AND ROOT FOR 
DEMOCRACY

[Captioner] 22:02:15
, EQUALITY AND GOOD 
FUTURE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Captioner] 22:02:18

>> THANK YOU.
YOU ARE M

[Captioner] 22:02:21
ENGESH, THANK YOU.
FOLLOW

[Captioner] 22:02:24
ED MENGESH IS SASH

[Captioner] 22:02:28
INE 
FOLLOWED BY ABAC

[Captioner] 22:02:31
HIT FOLLOWED BY 
UJU.

[Captioner] 22:02:34

SORRY GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS MANG

[Captioner] 22:02:37
ESH, I'M HERE 
IN

[Captioner] 22:02:40
 MY PERSONAL CAPACITY AS A 
HINDU TO THANK

[Captioner] 22:02:44
 FREMONT MAYOR LIL

[Captioner] 22:02:47

LILI MEI AS WELL AS ALL 
COUNCILMEMBERS, ON A

[Captioner] 22:02:50
 RESOLUTION 
CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN

[Captioner] 22:02:53
 THIS 
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN 
25 YEARS AND NEVER THOUGHT

[Captioner] 22:02:57
 EVEN 
IN MY DREAMS THAT I WILL HAVE TO 
SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC IN

[Captioner] 22:02:59
 SUCH AN 
OPEN AND WELCOMING AMERICAN 
SOCIETY.


[Captioner] 22:03:04
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A 
REALITY OF TODAY

[Captioner] 22:03:09
.
BILL LIKE SB

[Captioner] 22:03:12
 403 IS

[Captioner] 22:03:16
 
CONTAMINATING THE LIFE WE KNOW,

[Captioner] 22:03:19
 
VERY OBVIOUS FROM THE GATHERING 
OUTSIDE WHICH WE FACE

[Captioner] 22:03:22
ED.
IT IS AN ATTACK ON MY FATE AND

[Captioner] 22:03:26
 
RELIGION WITH THE RELIGION AND 
CASTE AND

[Captioner] 22:03:29
 I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS 
BILL SB 403

[Captioner] 22:03:32
.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:03:35
ARE YOU SACH

[Captioner] 22:03:38
IN?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
I'M A FREMONT RESIDENT NOR THE

[Captioner] 22:03:42
 
LAST 20 PLUS YEARS.
I REALLY ADMIRE THE COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:03:45
 AND 
MADAM MAYOR FOR PASSING THE

[Captioner] 22:03:49
 
HINDUPHOBIA PROCLAMATION.
LOOK, I LOVE

[Captioner] 22:03:52
 FREMONT, I LOVE 
CALIFORNIA.
I'M GROWING TWO BEAUTIFUL KIDS

[Captioner] 22:03:55
 
HERE IN THIS CITY.
AND I DO NOT WANT THEM TO

[Captioner] 22:03:58
 GROW 
IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS 
PHONE AWAY

[Captioner] 22:04:01
 AND THEY HAVE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR 
ORIGINATION AND

[Captioner] 22:04:08
 ORIGINS, 
PLEASE DO EVERYTHING

[Captioner] 22:04:11
 TO STOP 
PHOBIA, PLEASE CONTINUE TO 
PROMOTE

[Captioner] 22:04:15
 THE ENVIRONMENT OF 
EQUALITY AND AVOID

[Captioner] 22:04:19
 FURTHER 

[Captioner] 22:04:22
 
SEGREGATION.
AS OTHERS HAVE SUGGESTED.


[Captioner] 22:04:26
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND 
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK

[Captioner] 22:04:29
.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 22:04:32
 ABAJIT DE

[Captioner] 22:04:35

DESHPONDI.
IS

[Captioner] 22:04:38
 IT UJU, LOOKS LIKE

[Captioner] 22:04:41
 UJU, I 
CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME.


[Captioner] 22:04:46
FOLLOWED BY GARESH.


[Captioner] 22:04:50
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE

[Captioner] 22:04:51
 
PROCLAMATION AGAINST 
HINDUPHOBIA.


[Captioner] 22:04:54
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF 
CALIFORNIA FOR PAST 25 PLUS

[Captioner] 22:04:58
 YEAR 
AND I OPPOSE SB 403

[Captioner] 22:05:01
 WHICH IS 
DISCRIMINATION AND RACIAL 
PROFILING

[Captioner] 22:05:03
 AGAINST HINDU 
AMERICANS.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:05:09
>> THANK YOU.
GARESH

[Captioner] 22:05:12
.
FOLLOWED BY

[Captioner] 22:05:16
 EDITIA, UNLESS THAT 
IS A LAST

[Captioner] 22:05:19
 NAME.
>> FIRST OF ALL I THANK FOR 
PASSING THE

[Captioner] 22:05:22
 PROCLAMATION AGAINST 
CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA.
I

[Captioner] 22:05:25
 OPPOSE THE SB 403 WHICH IS 
VIOLATION

[Captioner] 22:05:28
 OF CIVIL LIBERTY IN 
THIS

[Captioner] 22:05:31
 PARTICULAR COUNTRY.
AND RACIALLY PROFILING AND 
DISCRIMINATION

[Captioner] 22:05:34
 OF HINDU 
AMERICANS.
IT IS A HINDU PHOBIC

[Captioner] 22:05:38
 AND 
BRUTALLIC FOR THE HUMAN RACE.


[Captioner] 22:05:43
NO ONE HAS ASKED ME ABOUT MY 
CASTE, YOU ASK YOURSELF

[Captioner] 22:05:46
 HAS 
ANYONE ASKED YOU, NO, RIGHT

[Captioner] 22:05:49
.
SB 403, GOING FORWARD 
DISCRIMINATE

[Captioner] 22:05:52
ED, AGAIN I OPPOSE

[Captioner] 22:05:55
 
OPPOSE OPPOSE, SB 403.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:06:01
>> THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 22:06:05

EDITIA.
C

[Captioner] 22:06:08
ABAL SINGH.


[Captioner] 22:06:11
I'M SORRY YOU ARE?
>> HELLO,

[Captioner] 22:06:14
 I'M CABAL SINGH.

[Captioner] 22:06:17

FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO 
HINDUPHOBIA,

[Captioner] 22:06:21
 SB 403 WHICH I 
SUPPORT IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE

[Captioner] 22:06:24
.
IT IS

[Captioner] 22:06:27
 BASED ON THE COST, 
DISCRIMINATION, IT HATCHED TO MY 
DAUGHTER

[Captioner] 22:06:30
.
IT HAPPENED TO MY SON.
I

[Captioner] 22:06:34
 WAS WONDERING THAT HOW THIS 
PROCLAMATION IS PASSED

[Captioner] 22:06:37
.
IT WAS

[Captioner] 22:06:41
 EVEN NOT OUTSIDE PEOPLE 
YOU GUYS DIDN'T LISTEN.

[Captioner] 22:06:44

LISTEN, THE COUNCIL DIDN'T 
LISTEN TO THEY

[Captioner] 22:06:47
 SAID PARTIAL, 
THEY SAID IT'S A PARTIAL 
DECISION.


[Captioner] 22:06:50
I CONDEMN THIS DECISION OKAY?
SO

[Captioner] 22:06:53
 THIS -- THERE ARE -- WE ARE 
SUPPRESSED LONG

[Captioner] 22:06:56
 TIME AGO BY 
THESE HINDU PEOPLE, THEY ARE ALL 
LYING, THEY

[Captioner] 22:06:59
 ARE LYING.
I CAN PROVE IT.
I HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO

[Captioner] 22:07:02
 PROVE IT.
BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD MAKE A 
DECISION

[Captioner] 22:07:06
 BASED ON

[Captioner] 22:07:08
 PAC 10 
FIGURES.
THIS IS NOT IT.


[Captioner] 22:07:11
IF YOU HAVE ANY POLITICAL 
DIFFERENCE WITH THE

[Captioner] 22:07:14
 SENATOR 
PLEASE SET ASIDE AND DECIDE 
BASED ON THE MERITS

[Captioner] 22:07:17
.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:07:21
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 22:07:27
THE LAST NAME LOOKS LIKE SHAH

[Captioner] 22:07:30
, 
I'M NOT SURE OF THE FIRST NAME.
IS

[Captioner] 22:07:33
 IT T-I-G ---R

[Captioner] 22:07:41
-I-G DEE-R.


[Captioner] 22:07:47
>> HINDU HAS TAUGHT ME TO

[Captioner] 22:07:50
 FIND 
PEACE IN ME, TO

[Captioner] 22:07:55
 THE DIVINITY 
WHICH IS PRESENT THE IN EACH

[Captioner] 22:07:58
 ONE 
OF US.
I URGE THIS ENTIRE ROOM

[Captioner] 22:08:01
 TO USE 
THE REMAINING TIME, MY TIME TO

[Captioner] 22:08:04
 
MAINTAIN SILENCE, CLOSE YOUR 
EYES, AND

[Captioner] 22:08:07
 FIND THAT PIECE WITHIN 
YOU, AND LOOK

[Captioner] 22:08:10
 AT THE DIVINITY IN 
EACH ONE OF US .


[Captioner] 22:08:30
ISH

[Captioner] 22:08:43
>> UMSHANTI.
>> THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 22:08:46

NEXT SPEAKER IS SURINDER,

[Captioner] 22:08:50
 
FOLLOWED BY ARMIN

[Captioner] 22:08:53
E KUNDAR

[Captioner] 22:08:56
.
SURINDER.


[Captioner] 22:09:06
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> SURI

[Captioner] 22:09:09
NDER?
>> YES.
>> MY NAME IS S

[Captioner] 22:09:12
URINDER SOMEUR

[Captioner] 22:09:19
DER SURO

[Captioner] 22:09:22
Y.
I YOU LIVED IN FREMONT FOR 39 
YEARS.


[Captioner] 22:09:29
HERE.


[Captioner] 22:10:03
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 22:10:11
>> ARMINE, CORRECT?
NO

[Captioner] 22:10:16
?
CHANDER?
>> YES.

[Captioner] 22:10:19

>> HELLO.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR

[Captioner] 22:10:22
, THE 
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR HEARING US 
TODAY.


[Captioner] 22:10:26
AND PLEASE ACCEPT MY HEART FELT 
GRATITUDE FOR

[Captioner] 22:10:29
 RECOGNIZING 
HINDUPHOBIA.
IN THIS CITY

[Captioner] 22:10:33
, WE HAVE SEEN 
INCIDENTS LIKE IN

[Captioner] 22:10:36
 TACO BELL 
WHERE A HINDU WAS TRASHED FOR 
JUST CHOOSE

[Captioner] 22:10:40
ING VEGETARIAN FOOD.
WE ALSO HAVE SEEN

[Captioner] 22:10:43
 WHERE HINDU 
MEN BEING ATTACKED FOR WEARING

[Captioner] 22:10:46
 A 
BINDI WHICH IS A CULTURAL SYMBOL

[Captioner] 22:10:50
 
OF HIN DUST.
AS A POSITIVE MINORITY COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 22:10:53
 
WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO 6% OF

[Captioner] 22:10:56
 
AMERICAN GDP, WE ARE NOT A 
COMMUNITY THAT IS HIGH

[Captioner] 22:11:00
 ON CRIME, 
POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO EVERY 
ASPECT OF

[Captioner] 22:11:03
 THE ECONOMY,

[Captioner] 22:11:06
 AND WE 
ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING BUT 
WE

[Captioner] 22:11:10
 ARE ASKING FOR PRODUCTION AND 
WE APPRECIATE THE

[Captioner] 22:11:13
 FREMONT CITY 
PRODUCING THAT.
I WOULD LIKE

[Captioner] 22:11:16
 TO OPPOSE SB 403 
BILL BECAUSE

[Captioner] 22:11:20
 IT IS 
DISCRIMINATORY IN NATURE AND

[Captioner] 22:11:23
 
WILL LEAD TO PROFILING OF HINDU 
AMERICANS.

[Captioner] 22:11:27

>> ARMINE KUMA

[Captioner] 22:11:30
R FOLLOWED BY 
MANNY SING

[Captioner] 22:11:35
 ANDJI

[Captioner] 22:11:38
T CORE.
>> DID I CALL

[Captioner] 22:11:42
 YOUR NAME?
WILL YOU COME UP AND SAY YOUR 
NAME

[Captioner] 22:11:45
.
>> MY NAME IS MANNY SINGH,

[Captioner] 22:11:48
 THIS 
BILL IS WORDED OUTRIGHT WRONG 
FIRST OF ALL.


[Captioner] 22:11:51
AND I TOTALLY AM IN SUPPORT OF

[Captioner] 22:11:54
 
THIS BILL, REASON IS BECAUSE MY 
RELIGION, MY FAITH,

[Captioner] 22:11:57
 MY 
UPBRINGING, TEACHES

[Captioner] 22:12:01
 DEI.
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND

[Captioner] 22:12:02
 
INCLUSION.
PERIOD.


[Captioner] 22:12:06
HOWEVER, I AM STRONGLY 
RECOMMENDING

[Captioner] 22:12:09
 THAT THIS BILL 
SHOULD BE CALLED

[Captioner] 22:12:12
 BACK OR 
REWORDED AT LEAST.
SO

[Captioner] 22:12:15
 THAT THE MESSAGE IS GIVEN 
CLEAR.
IF YOU

[Captioner] 22:12:18
 ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, 
EMPHASIZE

[Captioner] 22:12:22
 A DOMINATION OF A 
CERTAIN ETHNIC GROUP

[Captioner] 22:12:25
 THERE ARE 
BETTER WAYS TO SAY THAT

[Captioner] 22:12:28
 OUTRIGHT 
CLEAR IN THE BILL, OKAY?
I AM FOR THIS

[Captioner] 22:12:31
 BILL.
HOWEVER, I WOULD STRONGLY URGE 
THAT YOU CALL

[Captioner] 22:12:34
 IT BACK PLEASE.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:12:39
>> THANK YOU.
DID I CALL YOUR NAME?
CAN YOU

[Captioner] 22:12:42
 ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME WHEN 
YOU COME UP PLEASE?
>> MY NAME

[Captioner] 22:12:46
 IS FANJIT CAR.
BILL

[Captioner] 22:12:49
 403 IS NOT ANTIHINDU

[Captioner] 22:12:52
ISM.
IT IS ANTIDISCRIMINATION.
I'M SUPPORT

[Captioner] 22:12:56
ING BILL 403.


[Captioner] 22:12:59
BECAUSE ANTICASTE IS NOT ANTI

[Captioner] 22:13:02

ANTIHINDU.
I DON'T KNOW LIKE LYING TOO

[Captioner] 22:13:05
 MUCH 
EVEN OUTSIDE, SOME GUY PUSHING 
ME

[Captioner] 22:13:08
 REALLY HARD WHEN I TOLD THE 
POLICE OFFICER, THEY'RE

[Captioner] 22:13:12
 SAYING 
THEY'RE SCARED BUT WE'RE SCARED 
FROM THEM, THEY ARE

[Captioner] 22:13:15
 LIKE ALWAYS 
HURTING US EVERYWHERE.
WE ARE

[Captioner] 22:13:19
 NOT SAINTS.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:13:23
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 22:13:28
>> SERGIT, I'M SORRY I CAN'T 
READ THIS

[Captioner] 22:13:31
 LAST NAME, K-H-A-I-T

[Captioner] 22:13:36

K-H-A-I-T-A, NO?


[Captioner] 22:13:43
POLVINDER

[Captioner] 22:13:48
.

[Captioner] 22:13:50

CAN YOU ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME 
PLEASE?


[Captioner] 22:13:53
>> MY NAME IS SAJIT KATA

[Captioner] 22:13:56
N.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
>> CAN YOU PULL

[Captioner] 22:14:00
 THE MICROPHONE 
DOWN IN FRONT OF YOU PLEASE?
>> MY NAME IS S

[Captioner] 22:14:03
AJIT KATAN,

[Captioner] 22:14:06
 I 
OPPOSE SB 403

[Captioner] 22:14:10
, EVERYBODY IS 
PUSHING US, THEY DON'T WANT TO

[Captioner] 22:14:14
 
ENTER INSIDE IN THAT ROOM.
EVERYBODY PUSHING US

[Captioner] 22:14:17
 TO BACK.
SO WE ARE

[Captioner] 22:14:20
 SUPPORT, THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:14:28
>> WAS THERE A PULVINDE

[Captioner] 22:14:32
R?


[Captioner] 22:14:41
IS THERE MANDE

[Captioner] 22:14:44
LLO?
I'M SORRY THESE ARE GETTING VERY 
DIFFICULT TO

[Captioner] 22:14:47
 READ.
BECAUSE OF THE HANDWRITING

[Captioner] 22:14:51
.
VIKAS,

[Captioner] 22:14:54
 V-I-K-A-S.


[Captioner] 22:15:02
I CAN'T MAKE ANY OF THAT OUT.


[Captioner] 22:15:06
OKAY.
>> HELLO EVERYONE,

[Captioner] 22:15:09
 MY NAME IS 
VIKAS AND I'M SUPPORTING

[Captioner] 22:15:12
 THIS SB 
403 BILL TO END CAST

[Captioner] 22:15:16
E 
DISCRIMINATION IN STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA

[Captioner] 22:15:20
.


[Captioner] 22:15:23
CASTE COMMISSION IS HAPPENING IN 
FREMONT

[Captioner] 22:15:26
, CASTE RECOGNITION ISSUE 
AND I

[Captioner] 22:15:30
V COMPANIES ALSO LIKE 
CISCO.


[Captioner] 22:15:32
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 
OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:15:39
>> OKAY.
R-A

[Captioner] 22:15:43
-N ---H-I-R S

[Captioner] 22:15:46
UMAM

[Captioner] 22:15:53
-A-N DERVETION

[Captioner] 22:15:56
-A-N

[Captioner] 22:15:59
-A

[Captioner] 22:16:04
-DIHO.
>> BEING

[Captioner] 22:16:08
 IN THE CITIZEN OF THIS 
COUNTRY FOR 32 YEARS, LIVING IN 
THIS AREA

[Captioner] 22:16:11
, BEING AN ENGINEER I 
KNOW WHAT CAST

[Captioner] 22:16:14
E MEANS.
I KNOW 5,000

[Captioner] 22:16:17
 YEARS THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN DISCRIMINATED AND BEEN

[Captioner] 22:16:21
 PUT 
DOWN TODAY.
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT SB 403

[Captioner] 22:16:24
.
THAT IS PUT TOGETHER BY

[Captioner] 22:16:29
 I DON'T 
KNOW WHAT ELSE I WILL SAY.
I KNOW WHAT

[Captioner] 22:16:33
 CASTE MEANS BECAUSE 
I FACE THAT OVER THERE AND OVER

[Captioner] 22:16:36
 
HERE AND THESE GUYS ARE BRINGING 
THEIR BEHAVIOR HERE WHICH WE 


[Captioner] 22:16:40
CANNOT TOLERATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ONCE AGAIN, GENTLEMEN

[Captioner] 22:16:43
 TO SB 403.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 22:16:47
>> THANK YOU.
DID I CALL YOUR NAME SIR?
>> YES

[Captioner] 22:16:50
.
>> CAN YOU ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME 
PLEASE?


[Captioner] 22:16:53
>> MY NAME IS VINOD KU

[Captioner] 22:16:56
MAR.
>> THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 22:17:00

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO TELL YOU

[Captioner] 22:17:03
 
GUYS STRONGLY THERE IS NO 
HINDUPHOBIA.


[Captioner] 22:17:06
THIS IS A DRAMATIC SCENE TODAY 
UNFORTUNATELY SUPPORT

[Captioner] 22:17:10
ED BY THE 
FREMONT CITY VERY BADLY AND 
WITHOUT OUR

[Captioner] 22:17:13
 CONSENT WITHOUT 
LISTENING TO US THEY ALREADY 
PASSED THE PROCLAMATION.

[Captioner] 22:17:16

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS THING.
WE ON.

[Captioner] 22:17:19



[Captioner] 22:17:23
 OBJECT.
LAST WEEKEND, THE DOORS

[Captioner] 22:17:26
 WERE 
BLOCKED WITH A PRESET UP, I'M 
SURPRISED

[Captioner] 22:17:29
.
I HAVEN'T SEEN SUCH A THING 
EVERYWHERE.

[Captioner] 22:17:33

BUT FREMONT CITY HALL FOR THE 
COUNCIL MEETING, WE

[Captioner] 22:17:37
 SUPPORT 101% 
SB 403 BECAUSE

[Captioner] 22:17:40
 WE KNOW HOW OUR 
COMMUNITIES

[Captioner] 22:17:43
 AND I'M SERVING FOR 
THE LAST 23 YEARS AND YOU GUYS

[Captioner] 22:17:47
 
HAVE -- YOU GUYS KNOW THE 
HISTORY OF

[Captioner] 22:17:50
 INDIA, WHO IS THE DOM 
PLANT CASTE, WHO IS

[Captioner] 22:17:53
 DOING THIS 
CASTE SYSTEM AND THE CREATURE

[Captioner] 22:17:56
 OF 
THE CASTE SYSTEM AND THE SCRIPT, 
HOW CAN

[Captioner] 22:17:59
 PEOPLE BE HINDU PHOBIC

[Captioner] 22:18:03
?
>> THANK YOU

[Captioner] 22:18:06
.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THE NEXT

[Captioner] 22:18:10
 SPEAKER IS IT MANDEL

[Captioner] 22:18:13

MANDELP, M-A

[Captioner] 22:18:16
-A-N

[Captioner] 22:18:20
-A-N DECORATION-E

[Captioner] 22:18:23
-A-N-D

[Captioner] 22:18:26
-N-D-E-L-P.
K

[Captioner] 22:18:30
ARAN, K-A-R-A-N.


[Captioner] 22:18:43
YES PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, RESPECTED 
MEMBERS

[Captioner] 22:18:46
.
I WANT TO REQUEST EVERYONE TO

[Captioner] 22:18:49
 
SUPPORT SB 403.
WE ARE NOT AGAINST

[Captioner] 22:18:52
 ANY REASON 
BUT WE ARE AGAINST THE CAST E 
SYSTEM

[Captioner] 22:18:56
 WHICH DIVIDE US INTO 
GROUPS.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:18:59
 TO JUDGE US 
BY CASTE IN THIS

[Captioner] 22:19:00
 BEAUTIFUL 
COUNTRY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:19:04
>> THANK YOU, DID I CALL ON YOU?
CAN YOU ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME 
PLEASE

[Captioner] 22:19:08
?
>> MY NAME IS KERN.
SO

[Captioner] 22:19:11
 I'M HERE FOR SUPPORTING SB 
403

[Captioner] 22:19:14
.
BECAUSE IN INDIA THERE IS A LOT 
OF

[Captioner] 22:19:17
 DISCRIMINATION.
AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING

[Captioner] 22:19:21
 HURT AND 
THEY'RE TRYING

[Captioner] 22:19:24
 TO CITE

[Captioner] 22:19:27
, THAT IS 
WHY WE ARE PROTESTING

[Captioner] 22:19:29
 HERE WE 
DON'T WANT TO BRING THE 
DISCRIMINATION.


[Captioner] 22:19:33
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE 
SUPPORTING SB 4

[Captioner] 22:19:36
03, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, GUYS, RESPECT

[Captioner] 22:19:39
.
>> THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 22:19:43

SPEAKER SANTOK SINGH SA

[Captioner] 22:19:46
ROYA, 
VIVE

[Captioner] 22:19:49
K JANE.

[Captioner] 22:19:53

VIVE

[Captioner] 22:19:56
K JANE.
GURU PRA

[Captioner] 22:20:00
SAF.


[Captioner] 22:20:06
CONAN S

[Captioner] 22:20:10
RINIVASAN.


[Captioner] 22:20:13
>> MY NAME IS CON ANN.
I THANK

[Captioner] 22:20:16
 OUR MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER 
AND

[Captioner] 22:20:20
 CITY FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN FREMONT FOR

[Captioner] 22:20:23
 
23 YEARS AND HAVEN'T SEEN ANY 
CASTE DISCRIMINATION

[Captioner] 22:20:26
.
CASTE

[Captioner] 22:20:29
EXIST IN ALL AREAS, NO 
HINDU PARENTS

[Captioner] 22:20:32
 TALK ABOUT CASTE 
WITH THEIR KIDS AND OUR FUTURE

[Captioner] 22:20:36
 
GENERATIONS, IDENTIFY THEMSELVES 
AS AMERICAN FIRST SO THEY

[Captioner] 22:20:39
 DON'T 
KNOW WHAT THE CASTES ARE

[Captioner] 22:20:42
.
TEENAGERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE 
TAUGHT ABOUT CAST

[Captioner] 22:20:45
E ONLY IN 
MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORD CASTE.

[Captioner] 22:20:48

THE SUPPORTERS OF SB 403 IS A 
PROOF

[Captioner] 22:20:52
 THAT HINDUPHOBIA EXISTS IN 
CALIFORNIA IN THIS CITY

[Captioner] 22:20:56
.
SUPPORT SB 403 WE ARE AGAINST 
THAT.

[Captioner] 22:21:00

OUR HINDU RELIGION, WHAT

[Captioner] 22:21:03
 IT 
MEANS IS LIKE EVERYBODY SHOULD 
LIVE PEACE

[Captioner] 22:21:06
FULLY AND HAPPILY, 
THANK YOU,

[Captioner] 22:21:09
 GOD BLESS AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 22:21:12
 SHILENDRA, 
FOLLOW

[Captioner] 22:21:16
ED BY JOSTEV SINGH.


[Captioner] 22:21:21
>> I'M SHILENDRA.

[Captioner] 22:21:23

>> THANK YOU.
>> I USED TO BE A CITIZEN OF 


[Captioner] 22:21:27
FREMONT FEW YEARS AGO.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK THE 
CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR

[Captioner] 22:21:30
 FOR 
PASSING THE PROCLAMATION ON 
CONDEMNING

[Captioner] 22:21:33
 HINDUPHOBIA.
SB 403 IS

[Captioner] 22:21:36
 BLATANTLY HINDU PHOBIC 
AND

[Captioner] 22:21:39
 MUST BE CONDEMNED TO THE 
TRASH BIN.
NOTHING SHORT OF

[Captioner] 22:21:42
 THAT WILL 
SUFFICE.
THE OTHER

[Captioner] 22:21:46
 SIDE WAS COMPLAINING 
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE 
MAYOR OF

[Captioner] 22:21:49
 FREMONT WERE NOT 
LETTING THEM IN, AND

[Captioner] 22:21:52
 BASICALLY 
WHY IS THERE AN OPINION

[Captioner] 22:21:55
 AGAINST 
THE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS 
PASSING

[Captioner] 22:21:59
 AGAINST HINDUPHOBIA.
SENATOR IS

[Captioner] 22:22:02
 DOING EXACTLY THE 
SAME THING.
SHE IS NOT LISTENING

[Captioner] 22:22:05
 TO THE 
PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE SB 403.

[Captioner] 22:22:09

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE COUNTRY 
I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEMOCRACY AND

[Captioner] 22:22:12
 
IT WAS RUN BY

[Captioner] 22:22:16
 A CONSTITUTION.
BASED ON FLAWED

[Captioner] 22:22:19
 DATA PASSED BY 
QUALITY LABS.
I HOPE

[Captioner] 22:22:22
 EVERYBODY REALLY GOES 
THROUGH SB 4

[Captioner] 22:22:25
03 AND --
>> THANK YOU.
JOSTE

[Captioner] 22:22:29
V SINGH FOLLOWED BY RAJN

[Captioner] 22:22:33
I 
BHA BERA.
>> MYSELF

[Captioner] 22:22:37
 JOSTEV SINGH.
THESE PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 22:22:41
S SHOULD BRING 
HARMONY AND PEACE BUT WHAT WE 
ARE

[Captioner] 22:22:44
 SEEING HERE IS THIS 
PROCLAMATION IS NOT DOING THAT.


[Captioner] 22:22:47
IT'S DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY, 
THIS PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 22:22:50
 SHOULD BE 
TAKEN BACK.


[Captioner] 22:22:54
REGARDING HINDUPHOBIA, THIS IS

[Captioner] 22:22:58
 A 
THUMB THAT IS BEING USED BY THE 
EXTREMIST RIGHT WING HINDU

[Captioner] 22:23:01
 
ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIA

[Captioner] 22:23:05
 TO DEFEND 
THE OTHER

[Captioner] 22:23:08
 CRISES THAT ARE BEING 
COMMITTED AGAINST THE ETHNIC AND 
MINORITIES

[Captioner] 22:23:11
.
SO THIS HINDUPHOBIA BEING AM

[Captioner] 22:23:14
LY 
FIED BY THE CITY OF FREMONT IS 
NOT A WISE

[Captioner] 22:23:17
 DECISION.
IT SHOULD BE LOOKED BACK AGAIN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE

[Captioner] 22:23:21
 THIS CASTE 
SYSTEM THIS IS VERY PREVALENT

[Captioner] 22:23:24
 IN 
INDIA AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT 
AS A BAGGAGE

[Captioner] 22:23:27
 HERE AND SB 403 IS 
ADDRESSING

[Captioner] 22:23:30
 IT.
THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE 
DISPERSE

[Captioner] 22:23:33
ED AND WE SHOULD ALL 
SUPPORT SB --
>> THANK YOU

[Captioner] 22:23:37
.
[APPLAUSE]
>> NEXT PEERK

[Captioner] 22:23:40
 IS RAJNI.
THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO

[Captioner] 22:23:44
 THINK CITY COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:23:47
 
FOR THE PLAPTION AGAINST 
HINDUPHOBIA.


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I HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE AT

[Captioner] 22:23:53
 
HINDUPHOBIA WHERE ALWAYS SHOWN 
AS VICTIM ANS

[Captioner] 22:23:58
 AND I'VE SEEN 
EXTREME HATE EVEN

[Captioner] 22:24:01
 FROM OUR OWN 
EXTENDED FAMILY WHO DIDN'T WANT

[Captioner] 22:24:05
 
TO BE ASSOCIATED AS HINDUS

[Captioner] 22:24:08
.
PEOPLE CALL OF US DIRTY HINDU

[Captioner] 22:24:11
S 
AND RECENTLY

[Captioner] 22:24:15
 HINDU TWATI.

[Captioner] 22:24:18

OUR FESTIVALS HAVE BEEN MA'AM 
IONED

[Captioner] 22:24:21
.
EVEN SOME OF THE SEX

[Captioner] 22:24:24
ES IS PRO 
FILED AS HINDU

[Captioner] 22:24:28
 MINORITY.
I REALLY HOPE PASSING

[Captioner] 22:24:31
 THIS 
PROCLAMATION WILL CURB THIS HATE 
AND KUDOS TO THIS

[Captioner] 22:24:34
 COUNCIL, LET 
THE LOVE IN.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:24:37
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHA

[Captioner] 22:24:40
NDRAM 
SHAN

[Captioner] 22:24:43
 NYAK FOLLOWED BY CH

[Captioner] 22:24:46
ONDRU

[Captioner] 22:24:49
M 
SAVOY.


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>> LAST NAME NYAK

[Captioner] 22:24:56
?
PAVA

[Captioner] 22:24:59
N SAVOY.
PAVA

[Captioner] 22:25:03
N SAVOY.

[Captioner] 22:25:06

RAMYA, R-A-M-Y

[Captioner] 22:25:09
-A.


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YOU'RE RAMYA?
>> YES I AM

[Captioner] 22:25:16
.
>> GO AHEAD.

[Captioner] 22:25:20

>> MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR 
ALL OF YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 22:25:23
 
ON HINDUPHOBIA.
HINDUPHOBIA IS A MULTITHOUSAND 


[Captioner] 22:25:27
YEAR OLD PROFILE

[Captioner] 22:25:30
 AGAINST HINDUS.
WE HINDU

[Captioner] 22:25:34
S GET PROFILED 
SYSTEMICALLY

[Captioner] 22:25:39
, UNFORTUNATELY 
AMPLIFIED BY A

[Captioner] 22:25:43
 SECTION OF MEDIA.
I NOW UNDERSTAND

[Captioner] 22:25:46
 THAT 
HINDUPHOBIA IS A COMBINATION OF

[Captioner] 22:25:50
 
UNCONSCIOUS

[Captioner] 22:25:54
 BIEFERS, WONDER IF

[Captioner] 22:25:57
 
HINDUPHOBIA IS BEING MONETIZED.


[Captioner] 22:26:06
AGGRESSION BEING PUT FORWARD 
TODAY.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:26:09
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER

[Captioner] 22:26:13
 IS SOMAYA

[Captioner] 22:26:16
 NARRYAN

[Captioner] 22:26:20
, 
N-A-R-R-Y-A-N.
FOLLOW

[Captioner] 22:26:23
ED BY

[Captioner] 22:26:26
 HARSH SINGH.


[Captioner] 22:26:29
GO AHEAD.
>> HI, MY NAME

[Captioner] 22:26:33
 IS SAMAYA NARR

[Captioner] 22:26:36

NARRAYAN.
RESPECTED

[Captioner] 22:26:39
 MAYOR AND 
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I HAVE BEEN A FREMONT

[Captioner] 22:26:42
 RESIDENT 
FOR TWO DECADES.

[Captioner] 22:26:46

RECENTLY, FREMONT MADE NEWS AS 
ONE OF THE HAPPY

[Captioner] 22:26:48
IEST CITIES IN 
AMERICA AND THAT SHOULD 
CONTINUE.


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I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL OR THE 
PASSING THE PROCLAMATION AND

[Captioner] 22:26:54
 
CONTINUING TO KEEP FREMONT A 
SAFE PLACE FOR ME AND

[Captioner] 22:26:57
 MY FAMILY.
I'M AGAINST DISCRIMINATION EVER 
ANY SORT

[Captioner] 22:27:01
.
UFLTD THERE IS A RISE IN 
HINDUPHOBIA AND ISSUING THE

[Captioner] 22:27:03
 
PROCLAMATION HAS BECOME THE 
REALITY TODAY.


[Captioner] 22:27:07
AS A COMMUNITY, I URGE YOU ALL 
TO

[Captioner] 22:27:10
 UNITE TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION 
TOGETHER

[Captioner] 22:27:13
.
WE WANT FREMONT TO CONTINUE TO 
BE A HAPPY CITY FOR GENERATIONS

[Captioner] 22:27:15
 
TO COME.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:27:19
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 22:27:23
HARSH SINGH.


[Captioner] 22:27:27
>> GOOD EVENING, RESPECTED MAYOR 
AND RESPECT

[Captioner] 22:27:31
ED COUNCILMEMBERS.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO START BY 
SAYING

[Captioner] 22:27:33
 THANK YOU THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION 
TODAY.


[Captioner] 22:27:38
MY HEART TRULY GOES OUT

[Captioner] 22:27:40
 ON 
HEARING THIS AND THE CITY 
RECOGNIZING THIS.


[Captioner] 22:27:46
HINDUISM PLUS SCRIPTURES IS

[Captioner] 22:27:49
 
EQUAL TO VIOLENCE.
HINDU I IS

[Captioner] 22:27:52
 EQUAL TO

[Captioner] 22:27:55
 THAT THE 
DISSISM, NOT MY WORDS BUT THE

[Captioner] 22:27:58
 
WORDS OF THE FOUNDER, OF 
EQUALITY LABS.


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IF THAT IS NOT

[Captioner] 22:28:05
 HINDUPHOBIA, I 
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
WE ARE TARGETED

[Captioner] 22:28:08
 BY ORGANIZATIONS 
AND PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
THE PLACE THAT I HAVE LIVED IN

[Captioner] 22:28:11
 
FOR 25 YEARS AND MY KIDS HAVE 
GROWN UP AT

[Captioner] 22:28:15
 WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, 
THEY WERE BORN RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS A MUCH SAFER

[Captioner] 22:28:18
 PLACE FOR 
US TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ONCE AGAIN, 


[Captioner] 22:28:21
AND MY HEART TRULY GOES OUT TO 
THIS COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.

[Captioner] 22:28:25

>> THANK YOU.
VIJAY

[Captioner] 22:28:30
.

[Captioner] 22:28:36

>> HI, MY 98 IS HAVE I

[Captioner] 22:28:42
 NAME IS VIE

[Captioner] 22:28:51
 VIJAY.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE

[Captioner] 22:28:55
 SINCE 
2005.
NEVER HAVE I HAD TO THINK ABOUT

[Captioner] 22:28:59
 
THE DISCRIMINATIONS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING NOW, BUT IT'S SAD

[Captioner] 22:29:02
 TO 
SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHILE YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT

[Captioner] 22:29:05
 
RECENT HATE CRIMES AGAINST HINDU 
COMMUNITY IN

[Captioner] 22:29:08
 FREMONT, AS 
INDICATED TO THE NCRA

[Captioner] 22:29:11
 REPORT 
FROM RUTGERS, WE HAVE TO TACKLE

[Captioner] 22:29:15
 
THIS HEAD ON AND ENSURE THAT 
FREMONT IS A SAFE PLACE

[Captioner] 22:29:18
.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY OUR

[Captioner] 22:29:20
 KIDS 
WILL BE FOREVER IN DEBTED TO 
YOU.


[Captioner] 22:29:23
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
RA

[Captioner] 22:29:27
AJ NANDO.


[Captioner] 22:29:32
>> THANK YOU, FREMONT CITY 
COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:29:35
, THANKS FOR THE PUNT AND 
THANK YOU THE CITY FOR PASSING

[Captioner] 22:29:38
 
THE OR ISSUING THE PROCLAMATION 
CONDEMNING

[Captioner] 22:29:43
 HINDUPHOBIA.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIVE 
EXAMPLE

[Captioner] 22:29:46
 OF HINDUPHOBIA RIGHT 
HERE.
TODAY WE PASSED A

[Captioner] 22:29:50
 PROCLAMATION 
CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA AND 
PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:29:53
 ARE OPPOSING THAT 
PROCLAMATION MEANING THEY WANT 
HINDUPHOBIA

[Captioner] 22:29:58
.
THAT'S THE NAME, IF YOU GO 
ONLINE, LOOK

[Captioner] 22:30:01
 AT COLLAPSE, THE 
COULDN'T, THAT'S THEIR OPEN

[Captioner] 22:30:04
 
STATED GOAL AND THEY'RE HERE 
PROAS

[Captioner] 22:30:08
 
PROTESTING A

[Captioner] 22:30:11
 PROCLAMATION, 
SAYING NO HINDUPHOBIA, MEANING 
THEY WANT

[Captioner] 22:30:15
 HINDUPHOBIA.
THAT'S A LIVE EXAMPLE.
THE

[Captioner] 22:30:18
 REASON THEY ARE HERE TODAY, 
I DON'T GET QUITE,

[Captioner] 22:30:21
 WHY ARE THEY 
HERE?

[Captioner] 22:30:26

>> WE HAVE THREE HANDS RAISED IN 
ZOOM.

[Captioner] 22:30:29

>> Mayor Mei:   OKAY.
>> THE LAST THREE NUMBERS OF THE 


[Captioner] 22:30:32
PHONE NUMBER 685.
IF YOU CAN UNMUTE

[Captioner] 22:30:36
 AND PROVIDE 
YOUR NAME PLEASE.

[Captioner] 22:30:40

>> HELLO.
HELLO.


[Captioner] 22:30:43
>> YES.
YOUR NAME IS?
>> MY

[Captioner] 22:30:46
 NAME IS PADMA AND I WANT

[Captioner] 22:30:49
 
TO THANK MARRY LILY MEI AND

[Captioner] 22:30:53
 THE 
FREMONT CITY COUNCIL FOR PASSING 
THE RESOLUTION TODAY.


[Captioner] 22:30:56
AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THE AMOUNT

[Captioner] 22:30:59
 
OF HINDUPHOBIA HAS ARISEN, HAS 
RISEN

[Captioner] 22:31:03
, MANY FOLD RECENTLY,

[Captioner] 22:31:06
 TO 
400% PER RUTGERS

[Captioner] 22:31:09
 UNIVERSITY 
RESEARCH.
AND CONTRARY TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:31:12
 
HAVE SAID, HIN DUST ARE MAINLY 
DEMOCRATS.


[Captioner] 22:31:15
80% OF HINDUS ARE DEMOCRATS,

[Captioner] 22:31:19
 NOT 
FAR RIGHT WING RADICAL, WHATEVER

[Captioner] 22:31:22

WHATEVER.
THEY ARE SPREADING FALSE 


[Captioner] 22:31:25
PROPAGANDA WHATEVER IS GOING ON, 
WHATEVER IS

[Captioner] 22:31:28
 GOING ON IS NOT 
APPLICABLE TO WHAT IS

[Captioner] 22:31:31
 GOING ON 
HERE.
WE ARE FAR REMOVED FROM THERE

[Captioner] 22:31:35
, 
OUR CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT UP IN A 
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

[Captioner] 22:31:38

WHY BRING UP ANYTHING THERE?
BY THE WAY IN

[Captioner] 22:31:41
 INDIA, 60% OF THE 
JOB OPPORTUNITY SPOTS

[Captioner] 22:31:45
 ARE 
RESERVED.
WHICH OF A

[Captioner] 22:31:48
 COUNTRY DOES THAT TO 
THOSE MARGINALIZED

[Captioner] 22:31:51
.
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 22:31:56
ASOK

[Captioner] 22:32:00
 CHATTERGEE?
>> CAN YOU HEAR

[Captioner] 22:32:03
 ME?
>> YES.
>> 

[Captioner] 22:32:06
GOOD EVENING.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
SPEAK

[Captioner] 22:32:09
.
I'M A RESIDENT OF TREATMENT FOR 
ABOUT

[Captioner] 22:32:13
 THREE DECADES.
I WANT TO BRING FORWARD A

[Captioner] 22:32:16
 FEW 
THINGS THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME

[Captioner] 22:32:20
.
THE RESOLUTION ABOUT WHICH 
PEOPLE

[Captioner] 22:32:24
 SPOKE WAS A CEREMONIAL 
RESOLUTION.

[Captioner] 22:32:27

THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS NOTHING.


[Captioner] 22:32:30
WE SAW THAT THERE ARE A

[Captioner] 22:32:33
 LOT OF 
PEOPLE SPEAKING FOR IT, LOT OF

[Captioner] 22:32:36
 
PEOPLE SPEAKING AGAINST IT.
IT WAS NOT PASSED.


[Captioner] 22:32:39
IT WAS JUST READ OUT.
SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT IT, AND

[Captioner] 22:32:42
 IT 
WAS A CEREMONIALLY PRESENTED.

[Captioner] 22:32:46

SO WHAT IS PASSING?
AND

[Captioner] 22:32:49
 PHOBIA, ANY PHOBIA IS BAD.
YES

[Captioner] 22:32:52
.
PHOBIA AGAINST HIN DUST IS BAD

[Captioner] 22:32:55
.
I'M A HINDU MYSELF.
BUT ANY PHONE YA IS

[Captioner] 22:33:01
 PHONE AWAY IS BAD.
THIS

[Captioner] 22:33:04
 PRESENTATION WHATEVER WAS 
PRESENTED HAD NOTHING TO DID 
WITH

[Captioner] 22:33:08
 SB 403.
LET'S

[Captioner] 22:33:11
 SAY DISSENT.


[Captioner] 22:33:16
>> Mayor Mei:   LAST SPEAKER?
>> LAST SPEAKER

[Captioner] 22:33:20
 IS YONGGAN

[Captioner] 22:33:24
G 
ZHANG.
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME

[Captioner] 22:33:27
 IS 
YONGGANG ZHANG LONG

[Captioner] 22:33:30
 TIME 
TREATMENT RESIDENT.
I'M HERE TO

[Captioner] 22:33:33
 SUPPORT THIS 
RESOLUTION, TO CONDEMN 
HINDUPHOBIA.


[Captioner] 22:33:36
ONE OF THE CITIES THAT HAS THE 
LARGEST ASIAN

[Captioner] 22:33:39
 POPULATION IT IS 
VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 
EXISTENCE OF

[Captioner] 22:33:43
 HINDUPHOBIA IN OUR 
COMMUNITY.
THIS

[Captioner] 22:33:46
 PROCLAIMANT DEMONSTRATES 
THE UNIT AND

[Captioner] 22:33:49
 INCLUSIVENESS OF 
OUR CITY AND SHOWED OUR 
RESOLUTION

[Captioner] 22:33:53
 AGAINST HINDUPHOBIA, 
AND AGAINST ANY SORT OF ASIAN

[Captioner] 22:33:56
 
HATE TO SOME EXTENT.
ONE AT A TIME.


[Captioner] 22:33:59
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 22:34:12
>> Mayor Mei:   THANK YOU MA'AM.
SO THAT WAS THE LAST OF OUR 
SPEAKERS.


[Captioner] 22:34:15
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AGAIN 
THAT THIS PROCLAMATION DOES

[Captioner] 22:34:18
 NOT 
MENTION AND WE AS A COUNCIL

[Captioner] 22:34:22
 DO 
NOT GET TO VOTE ON ANY OF THE 
SENATE BILLS, WE

[Captioner] 22:34:25
 HAVE HEARD OUR 
COMMUNITY AND WE ARE

[Captioner] 22:34:28
 ABLE TO 
ISSUE RESOLUTIONS OR 
PROCLAMATIONS THAT

[Captioner] 22:34:31
 FOCUS ONLY ON 
CEREMONIAL IN TERMS OF OUR 
STANCE,

[Captioner] 22:34:34
 AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST 
ALSO

[Captioner] 22:34:38
 BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL 
DIFFERENT FAITHS

[Captioner] 22:34:41
 AND IN 
PARTICULAR WE HAVE THE EFFORTS 
IN TERMS OF UNITED AGAINST HATE

[Captioner] 22:34:44
.
AND THAT'S ONE THAT WE BELIEVE 
IN.


[Captioner] 22:34:47
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 
FOR PEOPLE THAT

[Captioner] 22:34:50
 WE INDIVIDUALLY 
CAN REACH OUT TO ANY

[Captioner] 22:34:53
 LEGISLATORS 
AND WE SIT ON MANY DIFFERENT 
COMMITTEES

[Captioner] 22:34:57
 AND COMMISSIONS AND 
INDIVIDUALLY, I BELIEVE SOME 
PEOPLE HAVE

[Captioner] 22:35:00
 THEIR OWN POLITICAL 
INCLINATIONS AND REPRESENTATION

[Captioner] 22:35:03
.
BUT WE AS A COUNCIL CANNOT

[Captioner] 22:35:06
 VOTE 
SPECIFICALLY ON ANY OF THE 
LEGISLATIVE BILLS.

[Captioner] 22:35:09

THOSE COME BEFORE THE 
LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES.


[Captioner] 22:35:12
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 22:35:16
[APPLAUSE]
>> Councilmember Kassan:   COULD 
I MAKE

[Captioner] 22:35:19
 A QUICK CLARIFICATION 
COMMENT?
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I

[Captioner] 22:35:22
 THINK IT 
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE 
TO KNOW THAT OUR PROCLAMATION

[Captioner] 22:35:25
S 
ARE NOT VOTED ON BY THE COUNTY.
THE COUNCIL DECIDED

[Captioner] 22:35:29
 THAT ANY 
PROCLAMATION THAT WAS DONE WAS

[Captioner] 22:35:31
 
SOLELY AT THE PURVIEW OF THE 
MAYOR.


[Captioner] 22:35:34
THERE IS NO VOTE ON THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO

[Captioner] 22:35:37
 MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND I DO HOPE THAT THE

[Captioner] 22:35:40
 MAYOR 
CHOOSES TO CONTINUE TO

[Captioner] 22:35:43
 DO 
PROCLAMATIONS AGAINST HATE AND

[Captioner] 22:35:47
 
DISCRIMINATION FOR ALL GROUPS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T

[Captioner] 22:35:50
 WANT ANY 
GROUP TO BE DISCRIMINATED 
AGAINST AND

[Captioner] 22:35:53
 I'M VERY, VERY SORRY 
THAT CERTAIN

[Captioner] 22:35:56
 GROUPS FELT THAT 
THIS WAS NOT --

[Captioner] 22:35:59
 THAT THIS WAS A 
NEGATIVE FOR THEM

[Captioner] 22:36:02
.
SO I HOPE WE CAN DO A 
PROCLAMATION THAT

[Captioner] 22:36:05
 MAYBE 
ADDRESSES SOME OF THE OTHER 
ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP.


[Captioner] 22:36:08
THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Mei:   WE WILL

[Captioner] 22:36:12
 BE 
UPDATING OUR UNITED AGAINST HATE 
POLICY,

[Captioner] 22:36:15
 I'M LOOKING AT THAT AS A 
DISCUSSION ITEM

[Captioner] 22:36:18
.
I THINK WITH THAT THERE ARE NO 
OTHER COMMENTS, WE THANK

[Captioner] 22:36:20
 
EVERYONE FOR COMING THIS 
EVENING.


[Captioner] 22:36:23
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D 
HAVE TO SAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 
EARLIER

[Captioner] 22:36:26
 TODAY ABOUT PLANTING 
TREES AND ABOUT ROOTS.
AND WHILE

[Captioner] 22:36:29
 MANY PEOPLE HAVE ROOTS 
IN DIFFERENT CULTURES AND

[Captioner] 22:36:33
 
HERITAGES, SINCE OUR CITY IS ONE 
OF OVER 50

[Captioner] 22:36:36
% OF PEOPLE AS 
IMMIGRANTS THERE ALL OVER THE 
WORLD

[Captioner] 22:36:39
 AND WHY WE BRING OUR 
HERITAGES

[Captioner] 22:36:42
 AND OUR EXPERIENCES, I 
WOULD HOPE THAT HERE IN THE

[Captioner] 22:36:45
 
UNITED STATES AND ALSO HERE IN 
FREMONT, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 


[Captioner] 22:36:48
BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION OF 
WHATEVER WE'VE BROUGHT WITH US

[Captioner] 22:36:51
 
BUT BUILD FOR THE BETTER AND 
BUILD BETTER ESPECIALLY FOR

[Captioner] 22:36:54
 OUR 
CHILDREN AND SO WITH THAT I'D 
LIKE TO CLOSE THIS MEETING AND

[Captioner] 22:36:58
 
ASK EVERYONE TO BE HEALTHY, TO 
BE JUST, AND