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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN,

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 HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE.


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COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT.
VICE MAYOR COX,

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 PRESENT.
MAYOR MEI, HERE.


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AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO SHARE THERE ARE

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 VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE

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 ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.


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IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING

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 MORE, SEE OUR WEBSITE AT FREMONT.GOV OR

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 PLEASE CONTACT OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT

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 510-284-4060.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING IN 

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THE ELECTRONIC MEETING WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING MAY DO SO

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 UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT BY CLICKING THE RAISE HAND ICON OR

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 CALLING IN BY DIALING STAR NINE.
AND AT THIS TIME,

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 I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE

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 AGENDA AND IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE

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 KINDLY STATE YOUR NAME AND IF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION,

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 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE REPRESENTING.


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EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ARE COMPILED AND

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 DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE PLACED

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 ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS AND THEY'RE ALSO

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 PUBLISHED IN OUR CITY'S AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV.


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I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MEETING WILL GO UP

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 UNTIL 11:30 P.M. THIS EVENING IF NEEDED AND WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES

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 OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR

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 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL TAKE THE

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 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS.


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I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY

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 MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD, FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TO INTRODUCE

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 HER STAFF AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU.


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>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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I'D LIKE TO START WITH TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.


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THE FIRST BEING THAT THE KEEP FREMONT HOUSE

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ED STABILITY TEAM HAS SCHEDULED TWO EVICTION WORKSHOPS EACH DURING

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 THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
SO FOR MORE INFORMATION,

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 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE, FREMONT.GOV, AND THE

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 OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE FOR

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 MEMBERS OF THE

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 PUBLIC IS WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE FUTURE OF FREMONT EVENT, 

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WHICH WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE

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 27TH FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. AT THE DOWNTOWN

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 EVENT CENTER AND AGAIN PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL

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 INFORMATION.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE 

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OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING MY

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 COLLEAGUES, CITY ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO.


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ACROSS FROM ME, SUSAN GAUTHIER, OUR CITY CLERK, AND

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 ALSO ACROSS FROM ME, OUR ASSISTANT CITY

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 CLERK, ALBERTO QUINTANILLA.
THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY 

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HAVE A REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION FROM THIS

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 EVENING?
>> Cty. Attny.

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 Alvarado: THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.


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IN CLOSED SESSION THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED ONE ITEM, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL 

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COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, INITIATION OF LITIGATION ONE CASE

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 PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION

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 54956.9 SUBD4.
IN CLOSED SESSION THE COUNCIL 

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AUTHORIZED APPROVAL BY MAJORITY VOTE, A WAIVER OF CLOSED SESSION

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 PROTECTION PRIVILEGES THAT APPLY TO TWO MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE

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 IN 2021 AND TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH DESIGNATED THIRD PARTIES.


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THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU

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.
NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND

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 THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL BE PASSED

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 WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT OR PULL A

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 CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BY RAISING THEIR HAND OR BY

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 CLICKING ON THE -- BY DOING SO

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 ON ZOOM BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND

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 ICON OR IF DIALING IN BY DIALING STAR NINE.


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DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO REMOVE THE

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 ITEM?
>> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE SPEAKER CARDS 

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TURNED IN FOR ITEM 2C.
>> Mayor Mei:

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 OKAY.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THAT IS THE

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 SPECIAL --
>> Mayor Mei: SPONSORSHIP.


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DOES ANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEM THAT THEY WISH TO PULL

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 OR ADDRESS?


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VICE MAYOR TERESA COX.
>> Vice Mayor Cox: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A

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 MOTION THAT -- I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT

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 WE MOVE FORWARD ON

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 2D, 2E AND 2F.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: AND A?
>> Vice Mayor Cox: AND A.


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>> Councilmember Keng: I'LL SECOND.
>> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY VICE MAYOR COX 

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AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG.
PLEASE VOTE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR?
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, COUNCILMEMBER

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 CAMPBELL.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ITEM 2C

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 TO BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY.
THANK YOU.


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AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO

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 WELCOME MICHAEL LEMON, AND I'M GOING TO BE SHARING A PROCLAMATION, IF

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 YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET ME OVER BY THE DAIS.


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THANK YOU.


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I'D LIKE TO SHARE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING

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 JUNETEENTH.


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 WHEREAS, JUNE 19TH IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS JUNETEENTH, THE OLDEST 

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KNOWN AMERICAN CELEBRATION OF THE ENDING OF

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 SLAVERY; AND WHEREAS, ON JUNE 17, 2021, PRESIDENT

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 BIDEN SIGNED THE JUNETEENTH

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 NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT, INTO LAW, WHICH DESIGNATES

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 JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY AS A LEGAL FEDERAL HOLIDAY;

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 AND WHEREAS, THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL HOLIDAY COMMEMORATES

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 AND CELEBRATES THE HISTORICAL

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 SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNE 19, 1865,

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 NINE DECADES AFTER OUR NATION’S FOUNDING AND MORE THAN TWO YEARS

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 AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.

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 ENSLAVED AMERICANS IN GALVESTON TEXAS, FINALLY RECEIVED THE WORD

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 THAT THEY WERE FREE TO MARK THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED

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STATES, AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION 

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OF FREEDOM JUNETEENTH IS A DAY THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY ALL AMERICANS

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 AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF FREMONT AS OUR NEWEST CITY OF FREMONT 

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AND FEDERAL HOLIDAY AS JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY; AND 

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WHEREAS, FREMONT CITY COUNCIL TAKES PRIDE IN AND CELEBRATES OUR DIVERSITY 

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AND WORKS TO FOSTER THE COMMON VALUES AND COMMITMENTS THAT UNITE ALL PEOPLE, 

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REGARDLESS OF AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, 

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CULTURAL HERITAGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, CITIZENSHIP STATUS DISABILITY,

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 PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER,

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 RACE, OR PERSONAL VIEWS ON RELIGION; AND WHEREAS, FREMONT CITY

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 COUNCIL SUPPORTS A JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY BY SPEAKING

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 OUT WITH A PUBLIC AND UNIFIED VOICE AGAINST ALL FORMS OF RACISM, 

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DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, HATRED VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT RACIAL AND ETHNIC 

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MINORITIES; AND WHEREAS, FREMONT CITY COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE 

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DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, 

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POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIAL FACETS OF SOCIETY.

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 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, RECOGNIZES AND 

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HONORS JUNE 19TH AS NATIONAL JUNETEENTH

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 INDEPENDENCE DAY TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION 

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THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FREMONT.
SO THANK YOU SO

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 MUCH.
THANK YOU.


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>> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY.
IF WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CITY 

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COUNCILMEMBERS JOIN YOU IN THE PICTURE, PLEASE?


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>> Mayor Mei: ACTUALLY COULD THEY SHARE THEIR COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN I'LL

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 HAVE THEM JOIN.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.


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WELL, FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING.


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MY NAME IS MICHAEL LEMON.
I AM THE

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 CURRENT PRESIDENT OF PA LO ALTO ALUMNI

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 CHAPTER

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 AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND TO SHARE THIS

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 MOMENTOUS MOMENT WITH YOU.
I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE MY

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 DIVINE 9 SISTERS ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL, VICE

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 MAYOR COX

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 AND CITY MANAGER SHACKELFORD.


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AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TO

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 BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL AT THIS MOMENT.


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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE

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 GREEK, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO

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 SAY, THIS IS A VERY MOMENTOUS OCCASION AND I DO

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 REALLY APPRECIATE AND

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 WE ARE HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD

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 TO MOVING FORWARD,

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 BEING A PART OF YOUR CELEBRATION EACH AND EVERY YEAR.


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AND JUST A REAL QUICK THING

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, THE BIND, THE BINDING THAT

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 OCCURRED FROM 1619 ALL THE WAY

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 TO 1865 IS STILL SHADOWED

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 HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND I THANK YOU AND THE

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 REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO

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 ACTUALLY -- TO BEGIN TO BREAK THOSE

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 SHACKLES OF DISCRIMINATION AND

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 LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE INCLUSIVE

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 AND MORE COMPLETE

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 AND WHOLE COMMUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS

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 TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS AND ALSO INVITE MY COUNCIL TO

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 COME DOWN AND JOIN US.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS WELCOME 

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OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE OUR COMMUNITIES.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I'M 

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HONORED TO BE OUR CITY'S FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR AS MAYOR,

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 AND ALSO THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, AND

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 SO I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.


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I ALSO AM REALLY THRILLED THAT OVER THIS PAST COUPLE YEARS,

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 WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO SEE GREAT LEADERSHIP AND WE

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 HAVE OUR FIRST BLACK CITY

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 MANAGER, FIRE CHIEF, POLICE

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 CHIEF, AS WELL AS OUR COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE JOINED

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 US, AND I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED ALONGSIDE ONE OF OUR

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 COUNCILMEMBERS PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 

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OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AS WE BELIEVE THAT OUR

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 COMMUNITIES ARE STRONGER WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.


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AND SO I'D LIKE TOIN VITAL MY COUNCILMEMBERS DOWN TO JOIN US.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO

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 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND THAT'S

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 ITEM 4A, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS FOR

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 ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM WHICH IS NOT

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 SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
WE DO SO UNDER ORAL

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 COMMUNICATIONS SECTION OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.


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PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WILL BE

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 PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF OUR PUBLIC RECORD.


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AND AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING

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 TO SPEAK SO UNDER --
>> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS 

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CARDS.
I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD ACTUALLY

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 FOR 3A FOR CAROLYN JONES,

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 BUT YOU HAVE THAT UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS NOW.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
>> Ms. Gauthier: FOLLOWING MS. JONES

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 IS KELLY ABREU.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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AND THEN ARE THERE ANY ALSO ONLINE TOO?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: I DON'T SEE ANY AT THIS TIME.


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>> Mayor Mei: IF WE'D LIKE TO CALL THE SPEAKERS, WELCOME,

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 CAROLYN.
>> Ms. Gauthier: MS. JONES.


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>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME.


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>> GOOD EVENING.
I WANT TO FACE YOU AND

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 I WANT TO FACE YOU.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND,

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 I'M GOING TO STAND LIKE RIGHT HERE.
IS THAT

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 OKAY?


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♫ 

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♫ HOLD ON


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JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER
HOLD ON A

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 LITTLE WHILE LONGER ♫


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♫ HOLD ON
A LITTLE WHILE

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 LONGER ♫


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♫ EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE


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BE ALL RIGHT

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 ♫
♫ PRAY

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 ON
A LITTLE WHILE LONGER

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PRAY ON


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A LITTLE WHILE LONGER

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 ♫
♫ PRAY ON

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A LITTLE WHILE LONGER

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EVERYTHING IS GONNA

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 BE
BE ALL RIGHT ♫


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♫ 

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♫ 

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WOO WOOO


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HOLD ON
JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER

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 ♫
♫ EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE


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EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE


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EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE
EVERYTHING

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 IS GONNA BE

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EVERYTHING IS GONNA

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 BE
BE ALL

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 RIGHT ♫♫


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THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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WELCOME, KELLY.


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>> THAT WAS GREAT.
I WANT TO COMPARE

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 HOW VISION ZERO IS DONE IN FINLAND TO HOW IT'S

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 BEING DONE HERE IN FREMONT.
THIS

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 COMES FROM A CITY LAB IN BLOOMBERG

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 MAGAZINE STORY TO REDUCE

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 TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
IN 1968, THE CITY OF

[Captioner] 19:35:35
 HELSINKI, FINLAND BROUGHT IN U.S.

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 CONSULTANTS, EXPERTS, TO DEVELOP A TRANSPORTATION MASTER

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 PLAN.
THE CONSULTANTS PROPOSED 200 MILES OF 

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NEW HIGHWAY, PAVING A BIG CHUNK OF THE CITY DOWNTOWN TO BETTER

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 SERVE THE MEGA REGION.


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THIS IS

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 WHAT IT CAN LEAD TO BUT HELSINKI

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 DECIDED TO DO JUST THE OPPOSITE.
THEY EXPANDED TRANSIT AND DIDN'T

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 BUILD FREEWAYS.
FINLAND'S ROAD

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 FATALITY RATE IS ONE-THIRD THAT OF THE U.S.


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THEY INVESTIGATE WHY COLLISIONS HAPPEN UNLIKE IN THE U.S., THEIR

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 INVESTIGATIONS AREN'T PREDICATED ON BLAMING THE DRIVER, THEY UNCOVER THE 

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ROOT CAUSES OF SERIOUS CRASHES THROUGH

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 A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT

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 PANEL WITH EXPERTS IN TRAFFIC PLANNING, HUMAN

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 BEHAVIOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND HEALTHCARE.


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EACH PANEL RELEASES A PUBLIC REPORT WITH

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 RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WONDER WHAT THEIR EXPERTS WOULD

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 SAY ABOUT THE BOULDER MINEFIELD THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT

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 INSTALLED ON KATO ROAD.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT

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 WARM SPRINGS NEEDS MORE

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 VISION ZERO AND NOT MORE NEW

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 FREEWAYS.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier:

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 THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC

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 COMMUNICATIONS PORTION, AND

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 WE'LL RETURN TO CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

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 AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ITEM 2C AS IN CAT AND THAT'S

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 A SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE

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 A COUPLE PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: KATHY KIMBERLIN

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 FOLLOWED BY LINDA

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 DULANEY.
>> Mayor Mei: WELCOME.


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>> GOOD EVENING.
KATHY KIMBERLIN HERE.


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I AM PART OF THE FREMONT FOURTH OF JULY

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 NON-PROFIT COMMITTEE, AND BOY, HAS IT BEEN -- IT HAS BEEN A YEAR.


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I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU

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 FOR THE PROCESS OF THE SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP, BUT I HAVE A

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 LITTLE INPUT THAT I HOPE YOU CAN CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.


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A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY IS THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW,

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 THIS PROCESS HAS EVOLVED AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.


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THE FREMONT FOURTH OF JULY PARADE USED TO BE PUT ON BY THE CITY.


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THEN WHEN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES HIT, A NON-PROFIT TOOK OVER THE

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 EFFORT.
THAT NON-PROFIT CONTINUES TO TAKE OVER 

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THAT EFFORT.
AND WE WORK VERY HARD, CARRYING

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 THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN AND FUNDRAISE.
IN 2019, A

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 PROPOSAL WAS MADE TO SUPPORT THE FREMONT FOURTH OF JULY

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 PARADE ANNUALLY, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
BUT THEN I

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 THINK EQUITY CAME INTO THE PICTURE AND ANOTHER CHANGE WAS MADE TO NOW MAKE IT

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 A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION TO ALLOWL FOR ALL TYPES OF

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 NON-PROFIT EVENTS TO APPLY FOR THIS, AND IT BECAME A COMPETITIVE

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 PROCESS.
THE MAX

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 POT HAS STAYED AT 300K AND THE CITY COSTS RISE

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 EVERY YEAR, AS EXPECTED, AS MANY THINGS

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 HAVE PASSED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING HAS RISEN.


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I ASK THAT DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON INCREASING

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 THIS POT TO CONTINUE THE CITY'S SUPPORT OF MANY OF THE

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 LONG-TIME TRADITIONAL ALL CULTURES AND ALL INCLUSIVE EVENTS SO THAT

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 WE CAN STAY CURRENT, INNOVATIVE AND

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 INCLUSIVE IN SUPPORTING THESE NON-PROFITS.


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THANK YOU V

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 VERY MUCH.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK

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 YOU.
WELCOME.


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>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS LINDA DULANEY

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 AND I AM HERE TO THANK YOU FOR

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 MAKING THESE GRANTS TO THE RECIPIENTS WHO

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 HAVE APPLIED.
I THINK IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF 

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CITY TO SUPPORT SO WIDELY THE

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 ORGANIZATIONS, THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OTHER

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 ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRY TO BRING SOME KIND

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 OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS TO THE RESIDENTS.


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WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE THAT THERE

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 ARE GRANTS RANGING FROM $600 UP

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 TO 33,000, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE

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 OF HOW YOU DON'T DISMISS

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 THE LOWER PRICE REQUESTS, THAT YOU CONSIDER

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 EVERYBODY.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, 

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BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK TO DO AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT 

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AREN'T SO MUCH FUN AND I

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 HOPE THAT IT WAS A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR YOU TO SPEND SOME TIME AND LOOK

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 AT ALL THESE REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY WANT TO BRING TO 

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THE RESIDENTS, AND I APPRECIATE -- I MEAN, I'M KIND OF INVOLVED IN SOME OF

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 THEM, SO I DO SUPER APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT, BUT I ALSO

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 DO APPRECIATE JUST THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO MAKING THESE KIND OF

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 THINGS HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE A HAND RAISED 

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IN ZOOM.


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KRYSTEN LAINE.
>> HI THERE.


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MY NAME IS KRYSTE

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N

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LAINE AND I'D LIKE TO EX-PRECT MY

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 SUPPORT KATHY KIMBERLIN'S COMMENTS STATING HOW

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 APPRECIATIVE I AM OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.


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NILES HAS EXPLODED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH THE EVENTS THAT

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 WE DO TO BRING MORE COMMERCE TO NILES AND TO

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 FREMONT TO BRING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, HOWEVER,

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 COSTS HAVE RISEN, AND WE ARE AT NILES MAIN

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 STREET, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN

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 AWARDED AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND

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 OUR FOUR BIG EVENTS IS INDICATIVE OF THE WIDE RANGE IN COST IT

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 TAKES TO THROW EVENTS, AND THE TIME, THE

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 VOLUNTEERS AND THE COMMITMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE

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 BUSINESSES AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO MAKE ALL OF THESE EVENTS HAPPEN, AND

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 I DO WANT

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 TO EXPRESS MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE

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 HARD WORK YOU GUYS DO AND TAKE ALL THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND

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 AS WELL VOICE THE SAME AS LINDA JUST SPOKE ABOUT

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 ACKNOWLEDGING THE SMALLER EVENTS TO THE LARGER EVENTS AND ALLOWING

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 EVERYBODY A SMALL PIECE, TO HAVE EVERYTHING THAT GOES

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 FORWARD.
SO I WANT TO AGAIN EXPRESS MY

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 HUMBLEST OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND WE AT NILES MAIN

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 STREET ARE TRULY THANKFUL FOR THE GRANTS YOU'VE AWARDED

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 US.
THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THAT IS THE LAST SPEAKER.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
SO THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER FOR

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 ITEM 2C.
COUNCILMEMBER

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 SALWAN.
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, 

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MADAME MAYOR.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR 

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STAFF.
SO AS WE HAVE LIKE RISING

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 COSTS WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING, IS THERE A WAY TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE, 

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YOU KNOW, GRADUALLY INCREASE THE $300,000 LIMIT TO KIND

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 OF ADDRESS SMALL CHANGES IN COSTS?
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK

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 INTO?


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>> City Mgr. Shackelford: WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.


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WE'VE HAD SOME COST FLUCTUATIONS AND I'M GOING TO LET

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 EITHER AMY G. OR MATT SNELSON SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS

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 OF THAT.
IN SOME EVENT CASES THE

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 COSTS HAVE GONE UP AS WE'VE HEARD HERE AND IN SOME

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 CASES, THE COSTS HAVE GONE DOWN.


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SO I'LL SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD

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 IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION.


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AMY, MATT?
>> HI, THIS IS AMY GEE.


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 -- POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC 

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QUESTION.
EVERY YEAR WE GATHER INFORMATION

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 FROM DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF THE CITY

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 SERVICE COSTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THESE EVENTS.


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AND WE DO A VERY COMPREHENSIVE

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 STUDY IN TERMS OF STAFFING NEEDS AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL WORKING 

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HOURS FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENT, FOR A PARTICULAR

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 EVENT, TO COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE THAT WE USE TO CALCULATE

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 THE  SPONSORSHIP AWARD.
NOW IT IS ONLY

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 AN ESTIMATE SO AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE COULD BE

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 SOME DIFFERENCES SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR,

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 FOR A NUMBER OF EVENTS, OUR ESTIMATE WAS

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 A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL CITY SERVICE COST, SO

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 SOME OF THE EVENT ORGANIZERS ACTUALLY RECEIVED A

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 REIMBURSEMENT ON TOP OF WRITING OFF THE CITY SERVICE

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 COST, THEY RECEIVED A REIMBURSEMENT TO OFFSET SOME OF THE OTHER

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 EVENT-RELATED EXPENSES.
WHILE FOR A FEW

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 OTHER EVENTS UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY SERVICE COST

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 ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THEIR SPONSORSHIP AWARD SO THEY

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 HAD TO PAY A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCE, AND THE BALANCE THAT WAS PAID TO THE

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 CITY RANGED FROM $1,000 TO ABOUT $2,000.


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WHEREAS SOME OF THE OTHER EVENT ORGANIZERS HAD BEEN

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 RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENTS, AGAIN

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, ANYWHERE

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 FROM $100,000 TO ACTUALLY OVER $10,000 FOR SOME OF THE

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 LARGER EVENTS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE.


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AND AGAIN THESE ARE ESTIMATES, WE TRY OUR BEST

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 TO PROVIDE THE

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 ESTIMATES AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO WHAT WE

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 ANTICIPATE TO BE THE ACTUAL CITY

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 SERVICE THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AT THESE SPECIAL

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 EVENTS, BUT DURING THE DAY OF THE EVENTS, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT SOMETIMES, 

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FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO NEED TO HAVE

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 ADDITIONAL STAFF HOURS BECAUSE WE

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 MAY HAVE TO CHANGE SOME ROAD CLOSURES, BECAUSE

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 OF UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE, SO IT ADDS TO THE NUMBER OF

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 HOURS STAFF ARE PRESENT.
SO IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT OUR

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 ESTIMATE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY SERVICE COSTS

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 WILL BE.


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SO THAT'S THE ESTIMATING PROCESS.
AND WHEN

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 WE WORK ON THE SPECIAL EVENT BUDGETING PROCESS,

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 WE CONSULT WITH FINANCE CLOSELY, AND THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE

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 EARLIER IN THE YEAR SO WHEN

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 WE GET THE APPLICATIONS, WE TRY TO COME UP WITH THE ESTIMATES AND USUALLY 

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AT THE TIME, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC FIGURE THAT WE WORK WITH FINANCE AND FINANCE

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 WILL COME BACK AND SAY YES, THAT'S A DOABLE FIGURE

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 SO LET'S PROCEED WITH THAT.
SO IN YEARS PAST,

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 THE PROGRAM FIRST STARTED WITH

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 $250,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2020 --

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 AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND 22, IT WAS

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 INCREASED TO $300,000, AND THAT WAS AT THE TIME

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 SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL OF THE ESTIMATED

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 COSTS FOR ALL SPECIAL EVENTS THAT APPLY.


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THIS YEAR WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVED ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS, WE WENT THROUGH

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 THAT COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS AGAIN, AND

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 AT THAT TIME, WE WERE STILL LOOKING AT

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 ROUGHLY $300,000 BECAUSE

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 AS CITY MANAGER KARENA SHACKELFORD MENTIONED, SOME OF THE SERVICE

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 COST, THE ESTIMATES ACTUALLY WENT UP AND SOME ACTUALLY WENT DOWN, BECAUSE 

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WE'VE HAD SOME EXPENSES LAST YEAR WHERE WE'VE

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 EXECUTED THE EVENT A LITTLE

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 DIFFERENTLY, SO WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SOME OF

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 THESE EVENTS, THE COST IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN YEARS PAST VERSUS THE

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 COST BEING A LITTLE HIGHER.
SO THEN WHEN THE APPLICATIONS CAME

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 IN, WE HAD $300,000 AND THAT WAS

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 WHAT WE PROPOSED TO FINANCE, AND THAT'S THE FIGURE THAT

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 WE PROPOSED FOR THE SPONSORSHIP.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY FOR

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 SOME OF THE EVENTS, WE DID HAVE TO LOOK

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 AT SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES JUST

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 BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE MORE STAFF NEEDS FOR

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 SOME ROAD CLOSURE CHANGES, SO AT THE END OF

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 THIS SPONSORSHIP REVIEW PROCESS,

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 OUR ESTIMATES FOR ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT CAME TO A LITTLE HIGHER

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 THAN $300,000.
IT CAME TO

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 $314,000.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DELTA

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 OF 14,000.
HOWEVER

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, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 ELIGIBLE EVENTS.


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THE $300,000 THAT WE PROPOSED FOR

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 THIS PROGRAM IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER MORE THAN

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 95% OF ALL OF THE CITY SERVICE COSTS

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 FOR EVERY EVENT THAT HAS APPLIED, AND THAT IS FOUND TO

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 BE ELIGIBLE.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY

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 THAT THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED

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 INITIALLY TO

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 OFFSET CITY SERVICE COSTS.
I KNOW AT THE TIME A LOT OF THIS HAS 

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TO DO WITH THE BUDGET ALLOWANCE, WHAT WE CAN DO.


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IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO

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 COVER -- WE CAN NEVER GUARANTEE TO EVENT

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 ORGANIZERS THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO COVER 100% OF THEIR CITY SERVICE COST, SO

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 I'M VERY HAPPY AS A STAFF AND I'M VERY HAPPY FOR THE EVENT

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 ORGANIZERS THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COVER A 

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SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THEIR -- IF NOT ALL OF

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 THEIR SPECIAL EVENT CITY SERVICE COSTS.


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THIS YEAR AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE EVENT THAT APPLIED,

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 THE CALCULATIONS CAME

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 TO $314,000 FOR THE ESTIMATES, AND WORKING

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 WITH $300,000 BUDGET, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT AWARDS THAT

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 WILL COVER 95 -- MORE THAN

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 95%, 95.5 TO BE EXACT, OF ALL OF THE CITY SERVICE

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 COSTS FOR ALL OF THESE EVENT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER

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 THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED WHEN WE DO THE FINAL

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 BILLING AGAINST -- THE HOURS COULD FLUCTUATE A LITTLE

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 BIT, SO SOME OF THE EVENT

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, THEY ACTUALLY STILL MAY BE GIVEN A REIMBURSEMENT TO COVER THEIR

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 OTHER RELATED EXPENSES, AND FOR A FEW OF THE

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 EVENT, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY A

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 MINIMUM BALANCE.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW THAT EVENT 

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PLAYS OUT ON THE DAY.
AND

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 I WILL LET CAPTAIN SNELSON ADD

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 TO THE STAFFING FOR EVENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF, CAPTAIN, YOU

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 HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: I THINK THAT 

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PRETTY MUCH ANSWERS THE QUESTION, I BELIEVE.


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SO IN SHORT, THE BUDGET AMOUNT CAN BE ADJUSTED, AND IT HAS

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 BEEN ADJUSTED, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO CONSIDER

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 THAT, AND ALSO AS AMY SAID, THE GRANT FUNDING

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 WAS NOT INTENDED TO COVER

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 EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO

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 COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENT COSTS.


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>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT, AND THANK YOU, 

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AMY, FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER AND EXPLAINING

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 EVERYTHING.
SO GOING FORWARD, IF WE CAN JUST LOOK 

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AT THE INCREASING COSTS AND HOW WE CAN TRY TO HELP OUR

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 NON-PROFITS AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY.


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THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
I MEAN, THE CITY IS IN A GREAT 

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SITUATION TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR NON-PROFITS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO 

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THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS HERE 

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THAT ARE REALLY DOING GREAT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE 

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TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND 

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MOVE THIS FORWARD.
>> Mayor Mei: WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE 

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MORE SPEAKERS, SO COUNCILMEMBER -- OR VICE MAYOR COX, DID YOU WANT TO ADD

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 SOMETHING?
BUT I SEE THE MOTION.


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>> Vice Mayor Cox: I HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE

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 DETAIL AND ALL OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT

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 REVIEWED ALL OF THESE

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 SPECIAL EVENTS APPLICATIONS, AND SUMMARIZING IT FOR

[Captioner] 19:50:16
 US THIS EVENING.
ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE

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 WAS THAT FOR -- WHEN I SEE AMBULANCE

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S, EMERGENCY AMBULANCES BASED AT THESE EVENTS, IS THAT

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 SOMETHING THAT IS ROLLED UNDER THE CITY SERVICES OR IS THAT

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 SOMETHING THAT'S CONTRACTED OUT WITH

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 EACH INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION?


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>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THAT'S A MATTER OF STAGING FOR THE

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 AMBULANCE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY OF

[Captioner] 19:50:44
 FREMONT.
SO TO BE --

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 IT'S MORE OF A -- I WOULD CALL IT A SAFETY

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 PRECAUTION, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE LARGE

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 GATHERINGS, THEY WANT TO BE STAGED IN AREAS WHERE

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 THESE LARGE GATHERINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE

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 THINGS ARE -- EMERGENCIES ARE MORE PRONE

[Captioner] 19:51:03
 TO OCCUR, BUT THAT'S NOT A COST THAT'S PASSED ON TO THE EVENT

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 SPONSORS.
>> Vice Mayor Cox: OH, OKAY.


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I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT PIECE THERE.


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THANK YOU.
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: OF COURSE.


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>> Vice Mayor Cox: AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE ALL 13 AWARDED, 13

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 APPLICATIONS, 13 AWARDED.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.


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THANK YOU.
>> Mayor

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 Mei: YES, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.


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>> Councilmember Campbell: I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THE MOTION

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 BEFORE THERE WAS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I'LL SECOND.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF 

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THIS IDEA.
I KNOW THAT THIS CAME ABOUT SEVERAL

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 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE MENTIONED IN OUR COMMUNITY HOW PROUD

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 WE ARE TO HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY,

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 AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND BRINGING THE

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 COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND SO I THINK THAT I WANTED TO

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 ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MY COUNCILMEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE STAFF, 

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FOR THIS EFFORT, BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.


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WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER

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 THIS YEAR, ABOUT WANTING TO DO MORE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, SO I AM

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 SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA IN THE FUTURE OF LOOKING AT HOW WE

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 CAN ADDRESS THE BUDGET TO CONSIDER BOTH COSTS AS WELL AS

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 EXPANSION AND ENSURING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES

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 ARE ABLE TO SERVE AND PARTICIPATE.
BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE

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 IN PARTICULAR BOTH CAPTAIN SNELSON AS WELL AS

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 OUR -- ESPECIALLY AMY GEE FOR THAT EFFORT, IN

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 LOOKING AT ALL THESE APPLICATION.
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER,

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 WE LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING IN THE CELEBRATIONS AND THE

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 RICHNESS OF OUR HERITAGES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY

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 TO UNITE OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
AND SO I HAVE A MOTION

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 BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.


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PLEASE VOTE ON ITEM 2C.


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THANK YOU.
THIS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.


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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ITEM 5A, WHICH

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 IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND

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 WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING OUR PUBLIC WORKS

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 DIRECTOR, HANS LARSEN, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES

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 DIRECTOR, SUZANNE WOLF, AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, DAVID

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 PERSSELIN.
AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.


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AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE AUDIENCE, THERE HAVE BEEN PRESENTATIONS THAT

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 HAVE BEEN MADE, AND ALSO THIS IS OUR SECOND PUBLIC

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 HEARING.
AND SO I WANTED TO SEE FIRST IF 

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THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE

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 I PROCEED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.


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SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NO SPEAKERS.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, I'D LIKE

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 TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'D LIKE TO

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 BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSIONS.


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OR MOTIONS.


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.
>> Councilmember Campbell: I'D LIKE TO 

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MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLOAS.
>> Vice Mayor

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 Cox: SECOND.
>> Mayor Mei: SO THIS ITEM IS MOVED BY

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 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR COX.


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PLEASE VOTE.


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THANK YOU.
THIS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.


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I WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE

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 INTERESTED IN OUR CITY'S CIP

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 FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IT IS A

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 SEVERAL-HUNDRED-PAGE -- I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY

[Captioner] 19:54:36
 HEAD -- DOCUMENT BUT IT DOES DETAIL A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ASKED 

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US, WHETHER IT'S FROM PARKS, ROADS, EVEN DIFFERENT FACILITIES SUCH

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 AS OUR RESTROOM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE

[Captioner] 19:54:45
 REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FUND THESE.


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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING WILL BE

[Captioner] 19:54:55
 ITEM 5B AS IN BOY, AND THIS IS

[Captioner] 19:54:58
 THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND

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 ADOPTION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24

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 OPERATING BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS.
 LIMIT.


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AND THERE'S NO PRESENTATIONS AND I KNOW THAT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, DAVID

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 PERSSELIN, IS STILL HERE, AND HE'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.


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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS AT THIS TIME?


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.
>> Councilmember Campbell: I DO HAVE 

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ONE QUICK QUESTION I MEANT TO ASK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE.


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IF THIS BUDGET PASSES, DOES IT HAVE

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 TO GO TO THE COUNTY OR THE STATE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROVAL?


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>> Mr. Persselin: NO.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE

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 APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR OUR OPERATING BUDGET.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME,

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 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC 

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HEARING.
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKER

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 CARDS.
>> Mayor Mei: IS THERE

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 ANY SPEAKER CARDS FROM THE AUDIENCE?
>> Ms. Gauthier: SEVEN SPEAKER CARDS.


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>> Mayor Mei: PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKER, THEN.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: FIRST SPEAKER IS CYNDY BONYAR

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 FOLLOWED BY JASMINE BOSRAY.


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>> Mayor Mei: YOUR MIC IS NOT ON.
COULD YOU PRESS THE BUTTON?


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THANK YOU.
>> THE LIGHT -- IS THAT

[Captioner] 19:56:25
 BETTER?
>> Mayor Mei: YES.


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>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS CYNDY

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 BONYER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE FREMONT CHAMBER COMMERCE.


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I'M HERE WITH SEVERAL ADVOCATES TO EXPRESS THE CHAMBER'S INTEREST IN

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 BROADENING AND STRENG STRENG THENNING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.


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THE CHAMBER HAS SERVED THES BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS THE CITY HAS

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 BEEN INCORPORATED.
WE HAVE ASSISTED MANY BUSINESSES IN 

[Captioner] 19:56:48
ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ASSISTING MANY 

[Captioner] 19:56:52
BUSINESSES IN SUCCEEDING THROUGH BOTH PROSPEROUS AND CHALLENGING

[Captioner] 19:56:55
 TIMES.
THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE 

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TO HELP DEVELOP AND GROW A THRIVING COMMUNITY.


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SUPPORT IMPORTANT SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND

[Captioner] 19:57:03
 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE SUPPORTED OUR BUSINESS 

[Captioner] 19:57:07
COMMUNITY WITH STRONG AND IMPACTFUL ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND WE HAVE

[Captioner] 19:57:10
 BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ATTRACTING BUSINESSES TO CALL FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:57:13
 THEIR HOME.
TO CITE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF

[Captioner] 19:57:16
 OUR IMPACT, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY, WE

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 ESTABLISHED FREMONT STREET EATS AND THE FREMONT

[Captioner] 19:57:23
 BOO FEST WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE TO PROVIDE PLACE-MAKING ACTIVITIES FOR 

[Captioner] 19:57:26
THE GROWING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
THESE EVENT HAVE EXPOSED THOUSANDS OF 

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PEOPLE TO THE GROWING DOWNTOWN.
ALTHOUGH THE FREMONT

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 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IS A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THE

[Captioner] 19:57:34
 CHAMBER, IT IS A BOON TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.


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IT HAS RAISED NEARLY $10 MILLION FOR OUR LOCAL

[Captioner] 19:57:41
 NON-PROFITS AND COLLECTS SIGNIFICANT MONEY IN TAXES AND FEES.


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HOTELS ARE BOOKED OUT AND RESTAURANTS ARE FLOWING FOR THE WEEKEND.


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POSITIVE COVERAGE HAS BEEN FOUND ON BAY AREA NBC,

[Captioner] 19:57:51
 LIFETIME, THE FOOD CHANNEL, AND BRAVO.


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IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO REGARD THESE AS JUST

[Captioner] 19:57:58
 EVENTS AS THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT VEHICLES FOR BUSINESSES TO

[Captioner] 19:58:01
 PROMOTE THEMSELVES, GATHER POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND CREATE

[Captioner] 19:58:04
 AWARENESS FOR NON-PROFITS.
THIRD, WE HAVE HOSTED MULTIPLE 

[Captioner] 19:58:07
MEETINGS WITH STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED

[Captioner] 19:58:09
 TANGIBLE BENEFITS FROM THOSE MEETINGS.


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AND LAST, THE CHAMBER RECENTLY ATTENDED SELECT

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 USA AND REPRESENTED FREMONT AND THE BAY AREA AS PART OF THE

[Captioner] 19:58:18
 CALIFORNIA DELEGATION TO MEET WITH VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL

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 COMPANIES TO ESTABLISH THEIR

[Captioner] 19:58:25
 HEADQUARTERS IN FREMONT.
TIME PROHIBITS ME FROM CITING MORE

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 BUT THESE CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE HOW THE

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 CHAMBER HAS BEEN VIE TELL IN THIS CITY.


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THERE ARE MANY THINGS THE CHAMBER CANNOT DO WITHOUT THE CITY, AND THE 

[Captioner] 19:58:38
CITY CANNOT DO WITHOUT THE CHAMBER.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE COME TO A

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 PLACE WHERE WE MUST FURTHER OUR COMMITMENT TO ONE ANOTHER

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 FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY.
THE SPEAKERS THAT FOLLOW ME WILL

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 SHARE STORIES OF HOW THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN

[Captioner] 19:58:51
 THEIR SUCCESS.
WE EXPECT THAT AN EXPANDED COMMITMENT 

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WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CITY RESOURCES TO BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAMBER FOR

[Captioner] 19:58:58
 US TO PROPERLY ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT

[Captioner] 19:59:02
 FACE OUR COMMUNITY.


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>> Mayor Mei: 28 SECONDS.
>> I AM ASKING AND ENCOURAGING YOU TO

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 WORK WITH STAFF

[Captioner] 19:59:12
 FOR PROPOSALS -- I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.


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SUE NEXT SPEAKER IS JASMINE

[Captioner] 19:59:22
 BOSRAY FOLLOWED BY RHINE BHATTIE
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR

[Captioner] 19:59:24
 MEI AND CITY COUNCIL.
I COME TO YOU TODAY AS THE CHAIRPERSON 

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OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL AS THE CEO OF

[Captioner] 19:59:31
 HALLERS PHARMACY.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW,

[Captioner] 19:59:34
 HALLERS PHARMACY HELPED THE CITY PROVIDE COVID

[Captioner] 19:59:37
 VACCINATIONS, BUT WHAT MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW IS MARCH

[Captioner] 19:59:40
 MARCH 20 -- 2020, MY STORES WERE HIT WITH COVID.


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AND FOUR OUT OF MY SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS WERE COVID-POSITIVE,

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 AND I WAS AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS THAT NEEDED TO

[Captioner] 19:59:50
 PROVIDE LIFE SERVING MEDICATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.


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I COULD NOT CLOSE.
BUT MY

[Captioner] 19:59:57
 EMPLOYEES WERE SCARED TO COME BACK, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WERE

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, WHAT THE STATE MANDATES WERE AND MY FIRST CALL

[Captioner] 20:00:06
 WAS TO THE CHAMBER.
I SAID I CAN'T BE CLOSED, I NEED

[Captioner] 20:00:09
 TO BE OPEN BY TUESDAY AT THE LATEST.
AND THEY

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 PROVIDED ME RESOURCES TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT I COULD DO

[Captioner] 20:00:16
 TO RE-OPEN MY STORES, WHAT I COULD DO TO

[Captioner] 20:00:21
 KEEP MY STORES SAFE, HOW I COULD KEEP MY EMPLOYEES SAFE,

[Captioner] 20:00:24
 AND BASICALLY ALLOWED US THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE

[Captioner] 20:00:27
 PROVIDING MEDICATIONS AND CONTINUITY OF

[Captioner] 20:00:31
 CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS.
NOT ONLY DID THEY DO

[Captioner] 20:00:34
 THAT, THEN BECAME THE ALPHABET SOUP OF

[Captioner] 20:00:38
 PPP, EIDL, ALL OF THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS

[Captioner] 20:00:42
 THAT I NEEDED TO SURVIVE AS A

[Captioner] 20:00:45
 BUSINESS.
SO THE RESOURCES

[Captioner] 20:00:48
 THE CHAMBER PROVIDED US SO THAT WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE

[Captioner] 20:00:52
 PROGRAMS HELP IN TURN TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE

[Captioner] 20:00:55
 VACCINATION SERVICES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY.


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IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THESE

[Captioner] 20:01:02
 PROGRAMS, I'M NOT SURE IF HALLERS PHARMACY OR

[Captioner] 20:01:05
 ANY OF THE PHARMACIES THAT WE WORK AT WOULD BE

[Captioner] 20:01:08
 ABLE TO SURVIVE AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT WE DID.


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AND SO WE LOOK AT THE CHAMBER FOR ALL OF THE EVENTS

[Captioner] 20:01:14
 THAT THEY DO, BUT THIS IS

[Captioner] 20:01:18
 GAME-CHANGING IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES THEY OFFER FOR

[Captioner] 20:01:20
 NOT JUST BUSINESSES LIKE MINE, BUT EVEN LARGE BUSINESSES.


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SO IN ECHOING WHAT

[Captioner] 20:01:28
 CYNDY IS SAYING, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO MORE AS A CHAMBER

[Captioner] 20:01:31
 THAN JUST THROW PARTIES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE LIFELINE

[Captioner] 20:01:33
 FOR A LOT OF BUSINESSES HERE IN FREMONT.


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SO I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE CONSIDERATION

[Captioner] 20:01:38
 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CITY.


[Captioner] 20:01:41
THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 20:01:49
 BRIAN BOTTI WITH BBSI

[Captioner] 20:01:52
 FOLLOWED BY KEN MAXIE.
>> THANK YOU.


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HI, I'M BRIAN BOTTI, ONE OF THE ADVOCATES FOR

[Captioner] 20:01:59
 THE FREMONT CHAMBER.
AND I

[Captioner] 20:02:02
 WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I WORK WITH

[Captioner] 20:02:06
 NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND AS I WORK WITH THESE BUSINESS OWNER, THE COMMON

[Captioner] 20:02:09
 THREAD AMONGST THEM IS THAT THEY GET SUPPORT

[Captioner] 20:02:12
 FROM THE CHAMBERS TO HELP THEM.
AND I

[Captioner] 20:02:15
 THINK ABOUT WHAT

[Captioner] 20:02:18
 THE CHAMBER'S MAIN MISSION IS TO HELP WITH ECONOMIC

[Captioner] 20:02:23
 DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND

[Captioner] 20:02:26
 ALSO STRENGTHEN THE

[Captioner] 20:02:29
 COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO THE SAME CHARTER

[Captioner] 20:02:33
 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT.
THOSE

[Captioner] 20:02:36
 VALUES AND

[Captioner] 20:02:40
 YOUR NEEDS WANT TO GO IN THE SAME DIRECTS,

[Captioner] 20:02:44
 SO I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET TO HELP SUPPORT THE

[Captioner] 20:02:47
 FREMONT CHAMBER.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: KEN MAXIE FOLLOWED BY PAM

[Captioner] 20:02:53
 ISOM.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ESTEEMED 

[Captioner] 20:02:55
COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.


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BEFORE I SAY A FEW WORDS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHAMBER OF

[Captioner] 20:03:02
 COMMERCE, LET ME CONGRATULATE THE CITY FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:03:04
 COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND FOR MAKING THIS ONE OF 

[Captioner] 20:03:06
THE BEST CITIES TO RAISE A FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA.


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AS ONE OF THE 650 BUSINESSES REPRESENTED BY THE

[Captioner] 20:03:14
 FREMONT CHAMBER UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CYNDY

[Captioner] 20:03:17
 BONNARD, I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AND REMIND

[Captioner] 20:03:21
 THE CITY COUNCIL HOW CRITICAL THE CHAMBER IS AS A PARTNER TO

[Captioner] 20:03:24
 THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY.
AS THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY

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 WITH A THRIVING ENTREPRENEUR,

[Captioner] 20:03:31
 CORPORATE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL PROVIDE

[Captioner] 20:03:35
 THE CHAMBER TO ASSIST AND ENHANCE THOSE THAT ARE

[Captioner] 20:03:38
 INTERESTED IN GROWING THEIR BUSINESS.
SO WITH

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 THAT, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU ALL TAKE IN CONSIDERATION

[Captioner] 20:03:44
 THAT THE CHAMBER IS YOUR PARTNER AND IS YOUR

[Captioner] 20:03:47
 FRIEND, AND IS YOUR PARTNER IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU

[Captioner] 20:03:51
 DO IN REGARDS TO

[Captioner] 20:03:52
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.


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SO WITH THAT, PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO

[Captioner] 20:03:59
 ACCOUNT AND I YIELD BACK MY TIME.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS PAM

[Captioner] 20:04:10
 ISON.
>> GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF

[Captioner] 20:04:13
 THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR

[Captioner] 20:04:16
 AND FELLOW ATTENDEES.
MY NAME IS PAMELA

[Captioner] 20:04:20
 ISOM, PRESIDENT, CEO OF IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

[Captioner] 20:04:23
 OR ICE SAFETY SOLUTIONS AND WE'RE A

[Captioner] 20:04:25
 24-YEAR-OLD COMPANY STARTED RIGHT HERE IN FREMONT.


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AND WHAT WE DO IS WE MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T DIE.


[Captioner] 20:04:31
WE DO THAT SEVERAL WAYS.
WE DO IT THROUGH SAFETY TRAINING,

[Captioner] 20:04:34
 SAFETY EQUIPMENT, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,

[Captioner] 20:04:38
 PPE AND DEFIBRILLATORS.
I RISE TODAY TO

[Captioner] 20:04:41
 EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR

[Captioner] 20:04:44
 THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF MY BUSINESS, WHICH IS NOW A

[Captioner] 20:04:48
 NATIONALLY AWARDED AND RANKED SAFETY COMPANY IN THE

[Captioner] 20:04:51
 U.S.
INCLUDING

[Captioner] 20:04:54
 IN 2017, WE WERE RANKED A NUMBER ONE

[Captioner] 20:04:58
 WOMAN-OWNED COMPANY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IN 2018 RANKED

[Captioner] 20:05:01
 NUMBER ONE MINORITY-RUN COMPANY IN THE U.S. OF REVENUE OF

[Captioner] 20:05:04
 1 TO $10 MILLION.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN 

[Captioner] 20:05:07
INSTRUMENTAL IN FACILITATING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES,

[Captioner] 20:05:10
 HELPING GROW AND DEVELOP SAFETY

[Captioner] 20:05:13
 SOLUTIONS, CONNECTING US WITH BUSINESSES AND FORGING STRATEGIC 

[Captioner] 20:05:16
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE LARGEST NATIONAL BRANDS IN THE U.S.


[Captioner] 20:05:19
OUR CUSTOMERS INCLUDE SALES FORCE,

[Captioner] 20:05:23
 ORACLE, INTUIT,

[Captioner] 20:05:26
 MARRIOTT, COCA-COLA, PEPSI, UNION BANK, AND COUNTLESS OTHERS.


[Captioner] 20:05:30
THESE CONNECTIONS HAVE BROUGHT NEW CLIENTS AND FOSTERED

[Captioner] 20:05:34
 COLLABORATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN

[Captioner] 20:05:37
 A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN AND

[Captioner] 20:05:41
 MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS, CHAMPIONS POLICIES THAT PROMOTE

[Captioner] 20:05:42
 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND A FAVORABLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.


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THEIR EFFORTS HAVE MADE FREMONT A THRIVING HUB FOR

[Captioner] 20:05:50
 ENTERPRISES LIKE OURS.
ADDITIONALLY,

[Captioner] 20:05:54
 FURTHERMORE, THE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNITY

[Captioner] 20:05:57
 EVENTS THE CHAMBER HAS HELPED US RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE

[Captioner] 20:06:00
 OF CPR, ACTIVE SHOOTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.


[Captioner] 20:06:04
THIS HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES AND A

[Captioner] 20:06:07
 TANGIBLE IMPACT ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN CONCLUSION, THE FREMONT CHAMBER

[Captioner] 20:06:10
 OF COMMERCE HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF

[Captioner] 20:06:13
 OUR COMPANY, HELPING US GROW TO BE A NATIONAL SAFETY

[Captioner] 20:06:17
 SUPPLIER FOR COMPANIES ACROSS THE U.S.


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THEIR SUPPORT IS INVALUABLE.
THEY

[Captioner] 20:06:24
 ADVOCATE, PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE EVEN MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:06:27
 NOT JUST A COMPANY AND NOT JUST A BUSINESS BASED IN FREMONT,

[Captioner] 20:06:30
 BUT WE'RE A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED COMPANY WITH THE

[Captioner] 20:06:34
 LARGEST BRANDS IN THE U.S.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR

[Captioner] 20:06:38
 PARTNERSHIP, CREATING A SAFER

[Captioner] 20:06:40
 AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY TOGETHER.


[Captioner] 20:06:42
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR ATTENTION.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT FOLLOWED

[Captioner] 20:06:48
 BY KELLY ABREU.


[Captioner] 20:06:55
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND 

[Captioner] 20:06:56
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WITH THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


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TONIGHT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OUR CEO ABOUT THE WORK THAT

[Captioner] 20:07:04
 THE CHAMBER HAS DONE.
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OUR

[Captioner] 20:07:07
 MEMBERS ABOUT THE DIRECT IMPACT THE CHAMBER HAS HAD ON THE GROWTH

[Captioner] 20:07:11
 AND SUCCESS OF THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
THE CITY

[Captioner] 20:07:14
 AND CHAMBER HAVE A LONGSTANDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP AND WE

[Captioner] 20:07:17
 HAVE ALL WORKED TOGETHER IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES PROMOTING OUR

[Captioner] 20:07:20
 CITY.
OUR

[Captioner] 20:07:23
 REQUEST GOES BEYOND EVENT SPONSORSHIP THAT IS ALREADY DONE.


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WE'RE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO ASK STAFF TO

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 WORK WITH THE CHAMBER TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES AND

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 RESOURCES TO EXPAND THE PARTNERSHIP

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 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS

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.
THIS REQUEST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE 

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THE SUCCESS WE HAVE ACHIEVED TOGETHER TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.


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WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMING, OUR EVENTS,

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 SUPPORTING FREMONT BUSINESSES, AND EXPANDING OUR

[Captioner] 20:07:53
 ADVOCACY EFFORTS.
WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO PARTNER TOGETHER 

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ON NEW INITIATIVES FOCUSING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

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 INNOVATION AND OTHER PROGRAMS.


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THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS.
THE CHAMBER IS A PARTNER OF THE

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 CITY AND OUR WORK GOES HAND IN HAND.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO

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 WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF TO IDENTIFY WAYS

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 TO EXPAND OUR PARTNERSHIP AND THE RESOURCES NEEDED

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.
WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AND CAN 

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ACHIEVE SO MUCH MORE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, 

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT INITIATIVES WE BRING FORWARD.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.
KELLY ABREU, AND THEN

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 WE'LL GO TO THE ZOOM FOR THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.


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>> Vice Mayor Cox: TURN MIC ON.
>> QUICK DETOUR ON HOW

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 TO GET MONEY TO SUPPORT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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.
I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING WHAT

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 I DID, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTH OR A YEAR AGO.


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KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE, GO THROUGH THE COUNTY BUDGET AND

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 TRACK WHERE THEY'RE THROWING AROUND MONEY TO HELP CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.


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A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT GOING TO THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


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IT'S GOING TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

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 FOR ALL THESE LITTLE TEENY SMALLER

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 CITIES.
AND IF YOU ADD IT UP, IT ADDS UP TO 

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MORE THAN FREMONT IS GETTING, SO YEAH,

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 I REALLY THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT TO BE GAINED BY KEEPING A

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 VERY CLOSE EYE ON THE COUNTY BUDGET.
BUT

[Captioner] 20:09:22
 ON THIS BUDGET THAT WE JUST -- WE JUST HEAR

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 ABOUT  TODAY, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY SLIDES

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 HERE TODAY, YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY SLIDES AT THE LAST MEETING EITHER.


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NO SLIDES.
BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS

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 YEAR, THERE WAS 20 MINUTES OF BEAUTIFUL SLIDES FULL OF NUMBERS.


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AND AT THE FIRST PRESENTATION,

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 THERE WAS THIS YEAR IN MAY, THERE WAS 20 MINUTES

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 OF BUDGET SLIDES THAT CAUSED THE POLITICIANS EYES

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 TO GLAZE OVER.
BUT WHEN I SAW THOSE SLIDES,

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 I HEARD 12 MINUTES OF COUNCIL DISCUSSION FOLLOWING

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 THAT.
NOW, I COMPARE THAT TO MISSION PEAK.


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I HEARD HOURS OF MISSION PEAK.
I HEARD

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 THIS COUNCIL REALLY -- YOU

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 WERE WANTING TO SPEND ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD ON MISSION

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 PEAK, AND I JUST DON'T SEE THAT KIND OF DEDICATION, THAT

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 KIND OF COMMITMENT TO THE BUDGET.


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AND WHAT DOES THAT END UP

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 DOING?
WELL

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, THE BUDGET IS NOT ONLY WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING

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 YOUR MONEY BUT WHERE YOU'RE FORECASTING THE MONEY TO COME

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 IN FROM.
AND IN MARCH, THIS

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 BUDGET PLANNING PEOPLE CAME IN AND SAID OH, LOOK, WE

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 FOUND $40 MILLION, IT WAS ACTUALLY 37 MILLION.


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$40MILLION OF MONEY JUST SHOWED UP HERE FROM SOME KIND

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 OF SALES TAX REVENUE.
WHICH IS ACTUALLY, WHAT, OVER 10%

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 OF YOUR BUDGET.
JUST APPEARED NINE

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 MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL

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 YEAR.
THREE QUARTERS OF YOUR PLANNING PERIOD

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 HAD ALREADY ELAPSED, AND

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 ALL OF A SUDDEN THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY IN, WE ALL FIND

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 OUT ABOUT AN EXTRA $40 MILLION.
NOW

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 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL, BUT IT RAISES

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 QUESTIONS, WHY AREN'T ALL THE OTHER CITIES DECLARING

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 HUGE BUDGET SURPLUSES?
WAS THIS REALLY

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 JUST -- FREMONT HAD THIS EXPLOSION OF NEW CAR SALES?


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IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE?


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AN EXPLOSION OF NEW CAR SALES, ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU 10%

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 EXTRA IN THE BUDGET?


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THIS CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO BUCKLE DOWN

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 AND EXPRESS SOME DEVOTION TO THIS TOPIC JUST LIKE YOU DO FOR

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 MISSION PEAK.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE'RE GOING TO ZOOM.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 20:11:43
 DIRK LORENZ.


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>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> Ms. Gauthier:

[Captioner] 20:11:48
 YES.
>> THANK YOU.


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MAYOR MEI AND COUNCIL, I'M DIRK LORENZ,

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 OWNER OF THE -- CAFE IN

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 CENTERVILLE AND RECENTLY RETIRED OWNER CH FREMONT FLOWERS.


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AS ONE OF THE OLDEST MEMBERS OF THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF

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 COMMERCE AND CHAIR OF THE FREMONT FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS I WANTED

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 TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU'VE

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 ALREADY HEARD OTHER SPEAKERS REFER TO.


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WHEN I SERVED ON FREMONT'S PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE

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 WERE PLANNING ON DOWNTOWN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS ANXIOUS

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 AND ADVOCATED THAT WE PROGRAM OUR NEW

[Captioner] 20:12:21
 DOWNTOWN WITH EVENTS.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELIVERED ON

[Captioner] 20:12:24
 THAT GOAL, WHICH IN TURN GAVE ME,

[Captioner] 20:12:27
 A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MARKET MY BUSINESS

[Captioner] 20:12:31
 AT STREET EATS, THE -- AND BREW FEST AS WELL AS THE FREMONT

[Captioner] 20:12:35
 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS.
THIS OPPORTUNITY GREATLY ASSISTED IN 

[Captioner] 20:12:38
KEEPING MY BUSINESS RELEVANT, AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND

[Captioner] 20:12:42
 MARKETING MEDIA CHANGED OVER TIME.
NOW AS

[Captioner] 20:12:45
 A MEMBER, I MAINTAIN THE RECORD FOR HOSTING THE MOST

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 CHAMBER MIXERS, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR MEMBERS COME

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 TOGETHER AT MY BUSINESS AS I SHOWCASE MY GOODS AND

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 SERVICES.
FREMONT FLOWERS ALSO BENEFITED FROM 

[Captioner] 20:12:58
THE VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS

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 PUBLISHED OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES HIGHLIGHTING MY 

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BUSINESS AND SHARING SPECIAL EERCHTS

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 EVENTS VIA INSTAGRAM,

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 FACEBOOK, OTHER

[Captioner] 20:13:15
 SOCIAL MEDIA AND REFERRALS I GET

[Captioner] 20:13:18
 OR I USED TO GET PRIOR TO RETIREMENT.
TRULY THE

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 FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINE FOR MY 

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SMALL BUSINESS, REACHING MAIN STREET MOM AND POP BUSINESSES, WHICH

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 ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AS OUR OWN

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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS SUCCESSFULLY FOCUSED ON LARGER

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 BUSINESSES AND MANUFACTURING, THE

[Captioner] 20:13:37
 FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN A LIFE LINE IN PROVIDING

[Captioner] 20:13:41
 SMALLER MAIN STREET BUSINESSES WITH THE ABILITY TO MARKET THEMSELVES TO A

[Captioner] 20:13:44
 CHANGING COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE THAT AN EXPANDED 

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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD, IN

[Captioner] 20:13:50
 ESSENCE, EXTEND THE REACH OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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 DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING FINANCIAL STABILITY INTO THE

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 FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING

[Captioner] 20:14:00
 ME ON ZOOM TONIGHT.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

[Captioner] 20:14:04
 JOHN SCHINKEL.


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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND COUNCILMEMBERS.


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ONE OF THE NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES THAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE IS THAT FREMONT IS

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 A PLACE TO SLEEP AND NOT LIVE.
AND I DON'T AGREE WITH

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 THIS, BUT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONTINUE 

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TO DO GREAT WORK THAT HELPS DELETE THIS NARRATIVE.


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THESE EVENTS THAT THE CHAMBER PUTS ON

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 OUR VIBRANT AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND KEEP US ON THE MAP.


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THESE EVENTS BRING INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF FOOT TRAFFIC TO OUR AREA AND TAX

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 REVENUE BY THE DOLLARS SPENT BY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS WHO SPEND TIME 

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HERE.
THIS IS AN AMAZING INVESTMENT 

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OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY TO THOSE WHO

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 VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO

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 PUT THESE EVENTS ON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY 

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OFFSETTING THE COSTS BUT I WILL SAY

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 RESPECTFULLY THIS IS THE CITY FIXING THE FINANCIAL STRUGGLES

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 IT CREATES FOR THESE EVENTS.
EVEN STILL

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 THESE EVENTS SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING NEEDED TO CONTINUE.


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I'M HAPPY TO SEE EARLIER IN THE MEETING FUNDED

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 EVENTS AT 95%, NEW EVENTS IS SOMETHING THE

[Captioner] 20:15:08
 CITY SHOULD WELCOME MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.
ONE ORGANIZATION THAT

[Captioner] 20:15:11
 HAS TAKEN DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH IMPACT IS THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF

[Captioner] 20:15:14
 COMMERCE.
THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN VITAL TO BRINGING 

[Captioner] 20:15:16
PEOPLE TO SHOP IN FREMONT.
I DO HOPE THE CITY WILL CONSIDER 

[Captioner] 20:15:19
INCREASING THEIR ALLOCATION TO THE FREMONT CHAMBER AS LOSING EXISTING AND 

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THE LOSS OF POTENTIAL EVENTS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT

[Captioner] 20:15:25
 OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF SEVERAL 

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ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE

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 POSITIVE IMPACT THEIR EFFORTS HAVE FOR GIVING THE

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 BUSINESS COMMUNITY RESILIENCY AND VIBRANCY.


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I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER ALL THE STATEMENTS MADE THIS EVENING BEFORE

[Captioner] 20:15:42
 APPROVING THE BUDGET.
>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT

[Captioner] 20:15:46
 SPEAKER IS KRYS

[Captioner] 20:15:51
TEN LAINE.
>> I HAVE

[Captioner] 20:15:54
 TWO SEPARATE POINTS TO MAKE, FIRST THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER

[Captioner] 20:15:55
 AND THE CITY AND INCREASING THAT CAPACITY.


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WITHOUT THE FREMONT CHAMBER IN THIS PAST YEAR, I WOULD HAVE BEEN

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 UNABLE TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS THROUGH THE CITY OF FREMONT.


[Captioner] 20:16:05
EVEN THOUGH I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE NILES MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION AND

[Captioner] 20:16:08
 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED ON DOZENS OF EVENTS

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 THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FREMONT, ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS IS

[Captioner] 20:16:14
 A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL, BETWEEN ZONING, PLANNING AND

[Captioner] 20:16:17
 PERMITTING.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO 

[Captioner] 20:16:20
NAVIGATE THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AS COHESIVE AS YOU WOULD THINK.


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BECAUSE OF THE FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE

[Captioner] 20:16:27
 THEIR RESOURCES TO

[Captioner] 20:16:31
 HELP NE ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENTLY MAKE THAT PROCESS FEASIBLE AND

[Captioner] 20:16:34
 EASY TO GET THROUGH.
MY SECOND POINT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING

[Captioner] 20:16:37
 UP IS THAT I NOTICED IN THE

[Captioner] 20:16:42
 BUDGET HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY IS ONLY HIR

[Captioner] 20:16:45
ING ONE FULL TIME

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 PERSON TO HELP WITH UNHOUSED

[Captioner] 20:16:52
 INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER SENIOR OFFICE SPECIALIST TO

[Captioner] 20:16:55
 SUPPORT MEDI-CAL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.
I

[Captioner] 20:16:59
 AM NOT SEEING ANY INCREASE IN BUDGET OR FTEs ADDED

[Captioner] 20:17:02
 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE

[Captioner] 20:17:06
 MOBILE EVALUATION TEAM.
IN MY OPINION BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE 

[Captioner] 20:17:09
IN PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING WITH OUR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY GROWING, IT IS

[Captioner] 20:17:13
 SEVERELY UNDERSERVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE ARE NOT

[Captioner] 20:17:16
 GIVING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO IT AND WE'RE NOT SERVING WHAT IT NEEDS.


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ALL WE ARE SEEING IS THESE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS GET

[Captioner] 20:17:23
 PUSHED AROUND THE CITY INSTEAD OF RESOURCES

[Captioner] 20:17:27
 APPROPRIATED AS THEY SHOULD BE.
I YIELD MY

[Captioner] 20:17:30
 TIME.
>> Ms. Gauthier: THAT IS THE

[Captioner] 20:17:32
 LAST SPEAKER.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:17:35
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.


[Captioner] 20:17:38
AND I'LL TURN IT BACK AND BEGIN WITH OUR

[Captioner] 20:17:41
 COUNCILMEMBER RAJ SALWAN.
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


[Captioner] 20:17:43
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


[Captioner] 20:17:48
AND THANK YOU, MR. PERSSELIN, FOR GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING.


[Captioner] 20:17:52
JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS,

[Captioner] 20:17:55
 MR. ABREU MENTIONED THE $35 MILLION THAT SHOWED UP ALL OF A

[Captioner] 20:17:58
 SUDDEN, AS HE SAID, AND SO I

[Captioner] 20:18:02
 THINK EXPLANATION ON THAT, I THINK IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH STATE

[Captioner] 20:18:05
 TAXES AND HOW WE GET THE MONEY BACK, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT FOR THE

[Captioner] 20:18:09
 BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
>> Mr. Persselin:

[Captioner] 20:18:12
 SO AS I THINK YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVE ALLOCATIONS OF SALES

[Captioner] 20:18:16
 TAX FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE IS THE SALES TAX

[Captioner] 20:18:19
 COLLECTOR ON A QUARTERLY BASIS IN

[Captioner] 20:18:22
 ARREARS.
TYPICALLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS.


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SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET

[Captioner] 20:18:28
 WAS BASED ON

[Captioner] 20:18:32
 COLLECTIONS THROUGH DECEMBER,

[Captioner] 20:18:35
 LATEST PIECE OF INFORMATION WHICH WE HAD RECEIVED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.


[Captioner] 20:18:38
SO WHEN I PROVIDED THE MID YEAR

[Captioner] 20:18:41
 BUDGET REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, I

[Captioner] 20:18:44
 WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE

[Captioner] 20:18:46
 FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.


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SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T PREDICT WHAT'S

[Captioner] 20:18:53
 GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE SALES

[Captioner] 20:18:56
 TAX, AND WE'RE RECEIVING

[Captioner] 20:18:57
 INFORMATION SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THE FACT.


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SO IT'S A CHALLENGE TO TRY TO COME UP

[Captioner] 20:19:06
 WITH A GOOD FORECAST OF WHAT WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:19:09
 GOING TO RECEIVE.
AS I MENTIONED IN THE PATION, WHEN 

[Captioner] 20:19:12
 PAST WHEN I'VE TALKED

[Captioner] 20:19:15
 TO COUNCIL ABOUT SALES TAX, WE GENERALLY USE A

[Captioner] 20:19:19
 ROLLING AVERAGE OF THE

[Captioner] 20:19:22
 PRIOR EIGHT QUARTERS TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN

[Captioner] 20:19:26
 THE FUTURE.
I THINK I SHOWED A GRAPHIC AS

[Captioner] 20:19:29
 PART OF -- MAYBE IT WAS THE YEAR-END REPORT LAST YEAR THAT SHOWED THE

[Captioner] 20:19:32
 KIND OF VOLATILITY THAT WE SEE.


[Captioner] 20:19:35
SO WHAT WE GOT IN THE LAST QUARTER ISN'T

[Captioner] 20:19:38
 NECESSARILY A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE IN THE

[Captioner] 20:19:41
 NEXT QUARTER OR FUTURE QUARTERS.


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SO I'M HOPING THAT WE DO HAVE MORE SURPRISES TO

[Captioner] 20:19:48
 THE UPSIDE IN THE FUTURE, BUT NO

[Captioner] 20:19:52
 GUARANTEES.
>> Councilmember Salwan:

[Captioner] 20:19:55
 WE WANT SURPRISE ON THE UP SIDE, NOT THE DOWNSIDE,

[Captioner] 20:19:56
 RIGHT?
>> Mr. Persselin: EXACTLY.


[Captioner] 20:19:59
>> Councilmember Salwan: BASED ON THE MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, THE SALES 

[Captioner] 20:20:02
TAX IS THE ONE THAT VARIES A LOT WHEREAS THE OTHERS

[Captioner] 20:20:05
 ARE VERY STEADY.


[Captioner] 20:20:09
MS. LAINE MENTIONED ABOUT THE MED TEAM, I

[Captioner] 20:20:11
 THOUGHT WE DID HIRE SOME FOLKS ON THE MED PROGRAM.


[Captioner] 20:20:15
>> Mr. Persselin: JUST TO CLARIFY, IN THE

[Captioner] 20:20:18
 2023-24 BUDGET WE'RE INCLUDING A NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER TO ASSIST 

[Captioner] 20:20:21
WITH THE MOBILE EVALUATION TEAM AND IN ADDITION

[Captioner] 20:20:25
 IN HUMAN SERVICES, WE'RE

[Captioner] 20:20:29
 ADDING ONE CASE MANAGER TO SUPPORT HOUSING ASSISTANCE

[Captioner] 20:20:33
 PROGRAMS AND ONE HUMAN

[Captioner] 20:20:35
 SERVICES SPECIALIST TO SUPPORT HOMELESS CARE AND RESPONSE.


[Captioner] 20:20:38
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU.
AND THEN JUST SOME

[Captioner] 20:20:42
 COMMENTS, I APPRECIATE ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS COMING

[Captioner] 20:20:45
 AND CHAMBER OF

[Captioner] 20:20:49
 COMMERCE, CHAMBER DOES A LOT OF GOOD WORK

[Captioner] 20:20:51
 AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.


[Captioner] 20:20:55
COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR ALL NON-PROFITS INCLUDING CHAMBER

[Captioner] 20:20:58
 OF COMMERCE.
SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY A GOOD PARTNER, 

[Captioner] 20:21:01
THEY DO A LOT AS FAR AS ACTIVATING OUR DOWNTOWN SO I WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE 

[Captioner] 20:21:04
TO STRENGTHEN THAT PARTNERSHIP, MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, TRYING TO

[Captioner] 20:21:08
 SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO CREATE A

[Captioner] 20:21:10
 ROBUST BUSINESS CLIMATE, AS WELL AS DOING LOTS OF EVENTS.


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I THINK THAT'S WHAT KEEPS FREMONT EXCITING AND MAKES PEOPLE

[Captioner] 20:21:16
 COME TO FREMONT.
SO THAT HELPS EVERYONE.


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SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

[Captioner] 20:21:23
AND SEE HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE ON FUTURE PROJECTS AND

[Captioner] 20:21:25
 INITIATIVES.
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:21:32
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL

[Captioner] 20:21:35
.


[Captioner] 20:21:39
>> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU FOR THIS.


[Captioner] 20:21:42
I THINK YOU ANSWERED JUST ABOUT YOU A OF THE QUESTIONS I

[Captioner] 20:21:44
 HAD SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.


[Captioner] 20:21:48
I KNOW HOLDING THREE MEETINGS ABOUT THE BUDGET IS A LOT

[Captioner] 20:21:50
 OF WORK AND SO I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.


[Captioner] 20:21:55
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I

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 CONCUR WITH COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN ABOUT THE

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 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


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I THINK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A IMPORTANT

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 PARTNER FOR

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 FREMONT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.


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I WOULD CONCUR THAT I'D LIKE TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE

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 RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE

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 WITH THE CHAMBER.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD 

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LOOK LIKE BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH

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 OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT BE

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 ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A MORE STRENGTHENED AND ROBUST

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 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
NEXT IS VICE MAYOR COX.


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>> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


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I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE IN.


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I KNOW WE DID ASK A LOT MORE QUESTIONS SINCE THIS IS

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 THE THIRD HEARING, AND THERE WAS A LOT MORE

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 DETAILS, THERE WAS BOOKS DELIVERED TO ALL OF US TO REVIEW OF

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 THOUSANDS OF PAGES, MAYBE NOT THAT

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 MANY, BUT THERE WAS A LOT TO READ THROUGHOUT -- FOR

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 THE BOOK, AND I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING SOME OF THE PUBLIC

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 COMMENTS AS WELL.
ONE OTHER THING I DID

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 WANT TO NOTE WAS THAT WE JUST APPROVED AT OUR LAST

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 MEETING TO HAVE MATT FROM THE FREMONT CHAMBER BE

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 THE REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR CITY OF FREMONT ECONOMIC

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 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND SO HE'S ABLE TO PROVIDE

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 INPUT ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER FOR

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 CITY BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS, I BELIEVE

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 EVERY OTHER MONTH.
I WAS A MEMBER FOR EIGHT YEARS PRIOR

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 TO JOINING CITY COUNCIL.
AND

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 BEFORE -- DURING MY TIME BEING OHLONE

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 COLLEGE TRUSTEE.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SUPPORT 

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OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT ATTRACTS EVERYONE TO COME HERE

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 TO FREMONT, AND THE BUSINESSES

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 ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT

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 REPRESENTS THE DIVERSITY OF WHAT WE CAN

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 OFFER TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND ALSO IN

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 TIME OF NEED, IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL

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 THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT

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 BAND TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY HALLERS PHARMACY THAT

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 WORKED WITH OUR CITY OF FREMONT AND INCLUDING WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO

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 DO THE VACCINATIONS AND TO GET THE WORD

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 OUT, AND THEY EVEN WENT OUT

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 BEYOND THE -- OF FREMONT TO HELP OTHER COMMUNITIES.


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SO IT SHOWS EACH ONE OF THE

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 SUCCESSES AND ALSO WITH THE ICE SAFETY SOLUTION, I REMEMBER DOING WORK WITH

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 THEM PREVIOUSLY WHEN I WORKED AT SALES FORCE,

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 HAVING THEM BUY THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU OFFER FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.


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AND SO EVEN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND BEING

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 ABLE  TO -- THOSE

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 THINGS, SO EACH ONE OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE LED TO A LOT OF

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 SUCCESSES THAT HAVE HELPED FREMONT TO THRIVE, SO I THINK WITH THE CONTINUED

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 PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVOLVEMENT AND

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 OTHER MATTERS THAT

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 WE SEEK THEIR INPUT,

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 AND BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE.


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SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO

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 MENTION ALSO WORKING WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN ANY WAY THAT 

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WE CAN HELP THE BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A

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 REPRESENTATIVE IN ME, REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN

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 CALIFORNIA DISTRICT EXPORT COUNCIL TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE.


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SO THERE'S A LOT OF AVENUES FOR ALL OF US WORKING

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 IN THE

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 DIFFERENT REALMS WITH THE CHAMBER OF

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 COMMERCE AND ALL THE EFFORTS AND EVEN SUPPORTING SOME OF THE

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 OTHER NON-BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT

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 THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER COLLABORATIONS FOR

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 EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE MEN OF THE FRATERNITY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE

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 THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN BE DONE

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 TO HELP IN THEIR INITIATIVES AND CARRYING OUT THE

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 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I FEEL THAT AT

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 THIS POINT, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE

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 NEED TO SUSTAIN

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 THE BUDGET.
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO PREDICT HOW 

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THINGS ARE GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW

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 THAT CRYSTAL BALL

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 JUST YET, BUT WE DO HAVE RESERVES

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 AND CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO MEET

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 OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO KEEP FREMONT FROM MOVING FORWARD.


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AND ALSO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FROM THE STATE OF ADDRESS THAT WAS

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 PRESENTED A COUPLE DAYS AGO BY OUR MAYOR MEI, THAT

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 IT HIGHLIGHTED THAT

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 FREMONT'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAD WON A LOT OF AWARDS FOR THEIR

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 BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE AND IN CARRYING OUT AND MATCHING WHAT

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 IS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN

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 GOVERNMENT FINANCE.
THAT IS VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE IF YOU 

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WORKED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN ANY GOVERNMENT

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 ENTITY IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OF THINGS, YOU ALMOST NEED A PH.D.


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SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PERSSELIN, AND YOUR TEAM FOR GETTING

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 US THROUGH THAT TO HELP MAKE

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 THAT WORK WITH OUR BUDGET.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK AT

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 THIS POINT THAT WE'VE HAD, THROUGH

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 THREE

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 HEARINGS AND I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL

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 THE PUBLIC COMMENTS UP TO AND EVEN THROUGH THIS DAY SO I'M READY

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 TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET BUT

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 I'LL SEEK GUIDANCE FROM OUR MAYOR IF THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS TO BE MADE.


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>> Mayor Mei: THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS BUT I'LL NOTE THE MOTION.


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THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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>> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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LIKE THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME

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, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE

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 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER OF

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 COMMERCE.
WE ALL WITNESSED THE SUCCESSFUL

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 EVENT JUST LAST WEEK, WHERE

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 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEN THE CITY OF

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 FREMONT FACILITATED THE 2023 ANNUAL STATE OF

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 THE CITY ADDRESS BY OUR

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 MAYOR, LILY MEI, AND I KNOW

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 THAT I CAN EASILY THINK OF MANY

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 OTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ORGANIZED

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 BY CHAMBER OF  COMMERCE.
WE ARE THE

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 HAPPIEST CITY IN THE U.S., AND WITH THAT, WE NEED TO

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 HAVE THE HAPPIEST BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN

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 THE CITY, AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN PLAYING

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 A BIG ROLE IN SUPPORTING THAT COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE

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 THAT EVERY

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ONE -- ACTUALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS NOT ONLY

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 DEMONSTRATED WHEN EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL, THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING, BUT

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 MORE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DIFFICULT

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 TIMES OF A PANDEMIC, WHERE WE NEEDED

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 TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE NOT

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 ONLY SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC,

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 BUT COULD GROW TOGETHER.
SO WITH THAT, I

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 REALLY, ONCE AGAIN, WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKFULNESS TO

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 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I LOOK FORWARD

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 TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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 AND THE CITY OF FREMONT.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


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>> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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AND SO I THINK WE ARE VERY

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 THANKFUL AND VERY BLESSED THAT FREMONT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN A

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 HEALTHY BUDGET AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL

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 THE STAFF ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, HERE

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 WORKING AND CONTINUE TO HIRE, AND I DO

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 WANT TO SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO

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 WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER

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 OF COMMERCE AS A SMALL -- LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS

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 OWNER MYSELF, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ALL

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 THE OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFICULTY THROUGH

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 COVID, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STORM

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 EARLIER THIS YEAR, WITH INFLATION, WITH

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 HIGH INTEREST RATE, A LOT OF US ARE STILL HAVING A HARD

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 TIME, SO THAT SUPPORT FROM THE CHAMBER IS STILL VERY

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 IMPORTANT IN MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING ALL THE SUPPORT

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 THAT WE CAN.
AND I WANT TO SHARE REAL

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 QUICK THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK, I GOT AN

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 ARTICLE FROM DIRK LORENZ WHO SPOKE

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 EARLIER WHO HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME

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 BUSINESS OWNER HERE LOCALLY AND HE SHARED

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 THAT AN

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 ARTICLE FROM 1976 WHERE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS

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 ADVOCATING FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE TODAY, AND BY

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 NONE OTHER THAN MARK BERNADINE, WHO WAS THE ONE

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 THAT INVENTED ACTUALLY

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 THE -- HERE IN FREMONT SO WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF

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 THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER AND

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 THE ARTS AND WINE FESTIVAL IS STILL THE LARGEST IF

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 I'M NOT WRONG -- IS STILL THE