[Captioner] 19:06:41 COUNCIL AS WELL AS PLACED ON FILE IN THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:06:44 AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV AND [Captioner] 19:06:48 CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE [Captioner] 19:06:51 THE MEETING WILL GO UP TO 11:30 TONIGHT IF NEEDED. [Captioner] 19:06:54 IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES WE WILL [Captioner] 19:06:57 TAKE THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. [Captioner] 19:07:00 LY NOW TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA [Captioner] 19:07:03 SHACKELFORD, TO KINDLY INTRODUCE HER STAFF AND MAKE [Captioner] 19:07:06 ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:07:08 MADAME MAYOR. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND TO MEMBERS OF [Captioner] 19:07:11 THE COUNCIL. TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY [Captioner] 19:07:15 COLLEAGUES, ALBERTO [Captioner] 19:07:18 QUINTANILLA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, [Captioner] 19:07:23 KHAHN VO, HE'S ASSISTING THIS EVENING AS WELL WITH [Captioner] 19:07:26 CLERK DUTIES, AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:07:30 RAFAEL ALVARADO, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. I'D LIKE TO ALSO [Captioner] 19:07:33 TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT [Captioner] 19:07:36 ARE COMING UP HERE SOON. ONE OF COURSE IS OUR SUMMER CONCERT [Captioner] 19:07:39 SERIES ON THURSDAY, SO PLEASE JOIN US THERE [Captioner] 19:07:42 FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AT [Captioner] 19:07:46 THE CENTRAL PARK PERFORMANCE PAVILION, AND ALSO THIS WEEKEND IS THE [Captioner] 19:07:49 NILES DOG SHOW, WHICH WILL BE HELD FROM 10:00 A.M. [Captioner] 19:07:51 TO 3:00 P.M. AT NILES COMMUNITY PARK. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:54 BACK TO YOU, MADAME MAYOR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:58 DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE A REPORT OUT ON ANY OF THE CLOSED SESSION [Captioner] 19:08:00 FROM THIS EVENING? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:08:01 THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:08:05 IN CLOSED SESSION THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED ONE ITEM, CONFERENCE WITH RURAL [Captioner] 19:08:08 PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE [Captioner] 19:08:12 54956.8 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT [Captioner] 19:08:16 39180 LIBERTY STREET IN FREMONT. DISCUSSED PRICE AND [Captioner] 19:08:19 TERMS, PROVIDED STAFF DIRECTION BUT TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION. [Captioner] 19:08:22 THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:08:24 . AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO TO THE [Captioner] 19:08:28 CONSENT CALENDAR. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 19:08:31 WERE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. [Captioner] 19:08:34 THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON [Captioner] 19:08:37 A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BY RAISING THEIR HAND, OR BY [Captioner] 19:08:41 CLICKING THE RAISE HAND ICON IF THEY'RE ON ZOOM OR DIALING IN [Captioner] 19:08:44 BY PRESSING STAR NINE. DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:08:48 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE WHO HAVE TURNED IN SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:08:51 CARDS OR ON [Captioner] 19:08:53 ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO PULL A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM? [Captioner] 19:08:57 I ALSO WANTED TO QUICKLY NOTE THAT ITEMS [Captioner] 19:09:00 2N AND 2O THIS EVENING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WILL REQUIRE AN ORAL REPORT TO [Captioner] 19:09:03 COMPLY WITH SECTION [Captioner] 19:09:06 54953(C)(3) OF THE GOVERNMENT [Captioner] 19:09:10 -- CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE. I [Captioner] 19:09:12 THINK TINA WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE IF THERE IS. [Captioner] 19:09:16 ARE THERE ANY ITEMS BEING [Captioner] 19:09:19 PULLED? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, WE HAVE ITEMS [Captioner] 19:09:20 2E AND 2F. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:09:23 >> Mr. Quintanilla: AND WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED IN ZOOM. [Captioner] 19:09:30 >> Mayor Mei: COULD WE PLEASE -- >> Mr. Quintanilla: SHARON [Captioner] 19:09:33 VENTURA. >> HI, I'D LIKE TO PULL 2N AND [Captioner] 19:09:34 2O. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:09:42 COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO PULL? [Captioner] 19:09:44 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OH, THAT WAS FROM BEFORE. [Captioner] 19:09:48 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, [Captioner] 19:09:50 DID YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO PULL? [Captioner] 19:09:54 >> Councilmember Campbell: YES, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON 2F BUT [Captioner] 19:09:55 I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN PULLED BY THE PUBLIC ALREADY. [Captioner] 19:09:58 >> Mayor Mei: IT HAS. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, THANK [Captioner] 19:10:04 YOU. >> Mayor Mei: SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE FOUR [Captioner] 19:10:07 ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED. 2E, [Captioner] 19:10:10 2F, 2N AND 2O. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ALL [Captioner] 19:10:13 ITEMS EXCLUDING THOSE? >> Vice Mayor Cox: SO [Captioner] 19:10:17 MOVED. >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:10:18 SALWAN, SECOND? >> Councilmember Keng: SECONDED. [Captioner] 19:10:22 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG. IF WE COULD JUST PUSH OUR BUTTONS, [Captioner] 19:10:23 THAT WOULD BE EASIER. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:10:27 SO ANYWAYS, PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:10:32 OKAY. THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING ITEMS [Captioner] 19:10:36 2E AND 2F PASS UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:10:40 AND 2N AND 2O. AND THOSE WILL [Captioner] 19:10:43 CONTINUE ONCE WE'VE FINISHED OUR ORAL [Captioner] 19:10:46 COMMUNICATIONS. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A [Captioner] 19:10:49 CEREMONIAL ITEM. AND I THINK -- I'M NOT SURE IF [Captioner] 19:10:52 YOU'RE HERE TODAY, I'M LOOKING FOR OUR FORMER RECREATION [Captioner] 19:10:54 COMMISSIONER. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE [Captioner] 19:10:58 MAYOR, MY APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING. >> Mayor Mei: OH, YES, YOU [Captioner] 19:11:01 NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE STILL FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 19:11:03 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: ITEM 2C, I'LL [Captioner] 19:11:05 READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FREMONT TO [Captioner] 19:11:09 REPEAL AND REPLACE FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE [Captioner] 19:11:12 SECTION 18.190.005 ACCESSORY [Captioner] 19:11:15 DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH NEW STATE LAW AS WELL AS CARRY OUT [Captioner] 19:11:19 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE CITY'S 2023 [Captioner] 19:11:22 TO 2031 HOUSING ELEMENT. AND AMEND OTHER RELATED SECTIONS OF [Captioner] 19:11:25 THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE [Captioner] 19:11:29 9, PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE, AND 18, PLANNING AND ZONING, [Captioner] 19:11:32 FOR INTERNAL CONSISTENCY AND MAKING FINDINGS OF CEQA [Captioner] 19:11:34 EXEMPTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:11:37 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:40 AND AT THIS TIME AS I MENTIONED, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS [Captioner] 19:11:44 ACCEPTING PERSON, I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER PAVAN [Captioner] 19:11:53 VEDERE. WONDERFUL. [Captioner] 19:11:57 I'LL COME OVER THERE AND PRESENT THAT. [Captioner] 19:12:19 SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING FOR PARKS AND [Captioner] 19:12:20 RECREATION MONTH, WHICH IS JULY OF 2023. [Captioner] 19:12:26 WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES [Captioner] 19:12:28 THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF FREMONT; AND WHEREAS, PARKS [Captioner] 19:12:33 AND RECREATION ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL [Captioner] 19:12:37 WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTE [Captioner] 19:12:42 TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING [Captioner] 19:12:45 COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING, AND ALLEVIATING [Captioner] 19:12:50 ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND [Captioner] 19:12:53 ALZHEIMER’S; AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL [Captioner] 19:12:57 ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, [Captioner] 19:13:01 AQUATIC FACILITY AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE [Captioner] 19:13:04 ACTIVE LIFESTYLES; AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND [Captioner] 19:13:10 EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING, YOUTH SPORTS [Captioner] 19:13:14 AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT; AND [Captioner] 19:13:19 WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASE A COMMUNITY’S ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:13:24 PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX [Captioner] 19:13:28 BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES, AND [Captioner] 19:13:31 CRIME REDUCTION; AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ARE ESSENTIAL AND [Captioner] 19:13:34 ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF [Captioner] 19:13:38 NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE; AND WHEREAS, OUR PARKS AND NATURAL [Captioner] 19:13:41 RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE [Captioner] 19:13:45 ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE [Captioner] 19:13:49 FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL ABILITIES TO CONNECT WITH NATURE [Captioner] 19:13:54 AND RECREATE OUTDOORS; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY IS ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 19:13:59 THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER ADULT LEADERS THAT SUPPORT OUR YOUTH [Captioner] 19:14:03 SPORT LEAGUES THAT CREATE HEALTHY HABITS, TEAMWORK AND CAMARADERIE FOR [Captioner] 19:14:07 OUR YOUNGEST COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:14:09 AS WELL AS OUR YOUTH VOLUNTEERS. [Captioner] 19:14:13 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, DOES [Captioner] 19:14:16 HEREBY RECOGNIZE JULY 2023 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN [Captioner] 19:14:20 THE CITY OF FREMONT AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO [Captioner] 19:14:22 ENJOY AND PARTICIPATE IN PARKS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE [Captioner] 19:14:27 MONTH OF JULY AND ALL YEAR LONG. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:14:30 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:14:52 >> IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE [Captioner] 19:14:55 REPRESENTING MY FELLOW VOLUNTEERS [Captioner] 19:15:00 HERE, SAMI FROM THE CRICKET CLUB, [Captioner] 19:15:06 SOBRIA FROM CRICK BAY, WE HAVE SHERMAN FROM [Captioner] 19:15:08 VKCA, WE HAVE -- FROM ADAM FROM [Captioner] 19:15:12 FREMONT YOUTH SOCCER. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THEM, I WANT [Captioner] 19:15:16 TO THANK THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE [Captioner] 19:15:20 CITY LEADERSHIP, EVERYBODY HERE, AND THE [Captioner] 19:15:23 STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SUZANNE, WHO'S OUR [Captioner] 19:15:26 COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, WHO HAS BEEN EXCELLENT ALONG WITH [Captioner] 19:15:29 HER STAFF ALL THE WAY FROM MAINTENANCE, [Captioner] 19:15:32 SCHEDULING, TO HELP ALL OF US HERE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS [Captioner] 19:15:36 TO ALLOW US TO [Captioner] 19:15:39 PRO MOTOR SPORTS AND HEALTHY LIVING, AND WE ARE [Captioner] 19:15:42 HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE [Captioner] 19:15:45 CITY TO INCREASE THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:15:49 TO MAKE IT ONE OF THE [Captioner] 19:15:53 BEST -- THE BEST CITY TO LIVE IN [Captioner] 19:15:54 THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:15:57 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:17:08 >> Mayor Mei: I JUST ALSO WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY NOTE THAT THIS PAST [Captioner] 19:17:11 WEEK, THIS PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE'VE CELEBRATED A LOT [Captioner] 19:17:14 OF GREAT THINGS AND ONE OF THOSE IS OUR [Captioner] 19:17:16 DUSTERBERRY PARK OPENING. I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE EFFORTS FROM [Captioner] 19:17:19 OUR STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:17:21 FROM THE COUNCIL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD DELIVER THAT VISION. [Captioner] 19:17:24 AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A FAN DAY [Captioner] 19:17:29 FOR ONE OF THE NEW CRICKET CLUBS WITH [Captioner] 19:17:32 SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS, WHICH ALSO HAS A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:17:34 TURNOUT. SO FOR SOME SMALL FUN FACTS JUST TO [Captioner] 19:17:37 LET YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY OR [Captioner] 19:17:41 MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST REGISTERED BADMINTON [Captioner] 19:17:45 PLAYERS IN THE ENTIRE OF CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS CRICKET PLAYERS, SO TWO FUN [Captioner] 19:17:48 FACTS, BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PICKLEBALL [Captioner] 19:17:51 AND SO MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE LOOK [Captioner] 19:17:54 FORWARD TO YOU HELPING US KEEP ACTIVE. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:17:57 TO RETURN TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 19:18:00 WERE PULLED -- ACTUALLY THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 19:18:04 ARE NOT SPEAKING -- SCHEDULED [Captioner] 19:18:07 ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:18:09 SPEAKERS? >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE THREE [Captioner] 19:18:13 SPEAKER CARDS. >> Mayor Mei: THESE ARE ITEMS NOT [Captioner] 19:18:16 SCHEDULED TONIGHT JUST TO CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:18:20 >> Mr. Quintanilla: [Captioner] 19:18:24 KEN STEADMAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINDS. >> [Captioner] 19:18:25 WELCOME, KEN. >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:18:29 MY NAME IS KEN STEADMAN. TODAY AS I [Captioner] 19:18:31 WAS WORKING FROM HOME I NOTICED A BAD SOAPY TASTE IN MY MOUTH. [Captioner] 19:18:34 I WENT AND ASKED MY WIFE ABOUT IT AND SHE TASTED IT TOO. [Captioner] 19:18:38 THEN I NOTICED A TRUCK DRIVING BY WITH A BIG TANK ON THE BACK SPRAYING [Captioner] 19:18:41 A GREENISH BLUE LIQUID ON TO THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. [Captioner] 19:18:45 THERE WAS A LARGE VOLUME OF LIQUID BEING SPRAYED OUT OF BOTH THE DRIVER [Captioner] 19:18:49 AND PASSENGER SIDES OF THE TRUCK AT VERY HIGH PRESSURES, AND A [Captioner] 19:18:52 GREENISH MIST WAS VISIBLY WAFTING THROUGH THE AIR FROM THE [Captioner] 19:18:55 STREAM TOWARD MY HOUSE. I IMMEDIATELY SET TO SHUTTING THE [Captioner] 19:18:58 WINDOWS IN MY HOME. I WALKED OVER TO WHERE THE WORKERS HAD [Captioner] 19:19:00 PARKED AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE SPRAYING. [Captioner] 19:19:04 THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE SPRAYING [Captioner] 19:19:08 ROUNDUP ON THE STREET FOR PREPARATION OF RESURSING. [Captioner] 19:19:11 THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IS GLIE FOE SAY THE [Captioner] 19:19:14 KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE [Captioner] 19:19:18 CANCER OR REPRODUCTIVE HARM AND LISTED UNDER THE SAFE [Captioner] 19:19:21 DRINKING WATER AND TOXIC ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1986. [Captioner] 19:19:25 THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER AND [Captioner] 19:19:29 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT GLIE FOE SAY THE AS [Captioner] 19:19:33 LIKELY CAR SINOGENIC. SEVERAL COUNTRIES HAVE BANNED THE USE [Captioner] 19:19:36 OF GLIE FOE SAY THE. IT'S [Captioner] 19:19:39 AN SYNTHESIZED FROM THAT COMPOUND USING FORMALDEHYDE. [Captioner] 19:19:43 FORMALDEHYDE IS A KNOWN CON [Captioner] 19:19:47 CONTAMINANT OF [Captioner] 19:19:52 SURFACTANTS AND OTHER ADDITIVES AND ADJUVANTS IN PROPRIETARY BLENDS [Captioner] 19:19:55 ARE ALSO KNOWN TO INCREASE TOXICITY. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH [Captioner] 19:19:58 AT MIT, IT OFTEN REPLACES GLYCINE [Captioner] 19:20:02 IN PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN PROPORTION TO ITS AVAILABILITY, [Captioner] 19:20:05 CAUSING MALFORMATIONS WHICH ALTER THE FUNCTION OF PROTEINS. [Captioner] 19:20:08 IT ALSO DISRUPTS TRANSPORT OF ELEMENTS, MINERALS AND COMPOUNDS THROUGHOUT [Captioner] 19:20:12 THE BODY, DEGENERATES NEUROTRANSMITTERS, KILLS [Captioner] 19:20:15 HEALTHY GUT FLORA AND HAS BEEN CORRELATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK [Captioner] 19:20:19 IN NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA, CELIAC DISEASE AND [Captioner] 19:20:21 DOZENS OF OTHER SERIOUS IMMUNE ENDOCRINE AND OTHER DISORDERS. [Captioner] 19:20:27 CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE DIVISION 20 CHAPTER [Captioner] 19:20:30 CHAPTER 6.6 SECTION 2524 SAYS NO [Captioner] 19:20:33 PERSON IN THE COURSE OF DOING BUSINESS SHALL KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY [Captioner] 19:20:36 EXPOSE ANY INDIVIDUAL TO A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF [Captioner] 19:20:39 CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY [Captioner] 19:20:42 WITHOUT FIRST GIVING CLEAR AND REASONABLE WARNING TO SUCH AN [Captioner] 19:20:45 INDIVIDUAL. WE DID NOT RECEIVE A WARNING THAT A [Captioner] 19:20:48 CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER OR [Captioner] 19:20:51 REPRODUCTIVE HARM WOULD BE SPRAYED AT OUR HOUSE. [Captioner] 19:20:54 ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTER, PRODUCTS [Captioner] 19:20:59 CONTAINING GLYPHOSATE MAY CAUSE EYE OR [Captioner] 19:21:02 SKIN IRRITATION. PEOPLE WHO BREATHE IT -- I'LL [Captioner] 19:21:04 SKIP THIS. I EXPERIENCED IRRITATION IN MY NOSE [Captioner] 19:21:08 AND THROAT AND WAS MILDLY NAUSEOUS. MY WIFE BECAME VERY [Captioner] 19:21:11 NAUSEOUS AND VOMITED. THIS INDICATES THE AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 19:21:16 GLYPHOSATE BEING SPRAYED WAS [Captioner] 19:21:20 ABOVE ACCEPTABLE LEVELS. I'M [Captioner] 19:21:24 ALARMED THAT STIFF FREMONT IGNORES STATE LAWS AND UNNECESSARILY [Captioner] 19:21:28 SPRAYS COCKTAILS IN A MANNER THAT CAUSES [Captioner] 19:21:30 CITIZENS TO BECOME ILL. >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO ASK IF [Captioner] 19:21:33 YOU WANTED TO TURN IN YOUR COMMENTS, YOU CAN TURN THEM IN TO OUR CLERK AND [Captioner] 19:21:35 WE -- >> I'LL EMAIL IT. [Captioner] 19:21:37 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:21:40 IS JOHN HINDS FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 19:21:43 SALEM MASTON. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:21:47 BUCKLE UP NOW. YOU KNOW, I HAVE REALLY [Captioner] 19:21:50 GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC. AND LISTENING TO IT IS SO BENEFICIAL [Captioner] 19:21:53 TO ME THAT I JUST KNOW IT BENEFITS OTHER PEOPLE TOO. [Captioner] 19:21:56 THAT'S WHY I DRIVE AROUND WITH MY WINDOWS OPEN AND THE [Captioner] 19:21:59 STEREO GOING, AND WHENEVER I SEE SOMEBODY, I JUST CRANK IT UP [Captioner] 19:22:02 LOUDER UNTIL I SEE A REACTION FROM THEM AND THAT'S WHEN I [Captioner] 19:22:05 KNOW I'M MAKING THEIR LIVES BETTER. NOW, [Captioner] 19:22:08 LAST MONTH THERE WAS A STAFF PRESENTATION AND ONE SLIDE [Captioner] 19:22:11 MENTIONED THAT WE WANT TO MAKE FREMONT INTO [Captioner] 19:22:15 A MODERN 15-MINUTE CITY, [Captioner] 19:22:18 EMPHASIZING TRANSIT AND BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS. [Captioner] 19:22:21 SEEING THAT WORD MODERN MADE ME SMILE [Captioner] 19:22:25 BECAUSE DENSE 15-MINUTE CITIES BUILT ON TRANSIT AND [Captioner] 19:22:28 BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS WERE FEATURES OF THE 19TH [Captioner] 19:22:32 CORRECT RE. IN THE 20TH, PEOPLE FLED THOSE PLACES [Captioner] 19:22:35 IN LARGE NUMBERS AS SOON AS THEY COULD AFFORD TO BUT [Captioner] 19:22:38 LARGE NUMBERS ISN'T EVERYONE. SOME PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:22:41 ACTUALLY LIKE LIVING IN PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, BLESS THEIR HEARTS, OR [Captioner] 19:22:44 NEW YORK. BUT THAT WORD "MODERN" IS SIGNIFICANT [Captioner] 19:22:48 AND TELLING, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO SUBSCRIBE TO [Captioner] 19:22:51 THE SO CALLED NEW URBANISM SEE [Captioner] 19:22:54 THIS NOT AS A MATTER OF TASTE, LIKE THEY DON'T GET MY [Captioner] 19:22:58 AWESOME MUSIC MAN, THEY SEE IT INSTEAD AS A MATTER OF [Captioner] 19:23:01 IMPORTANT PROGRESS. THE CORRECT DIRECTION THAT PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:23:04 SHOULD DEVELOP IN, WHETHER THEY WANT THAT OR NOT. [Captioner] 19:23:07 WHICH TAKES US BACK TO SOME EVENT FROM THE 1970s, [Captioner] 19:23:10 WHEN CAMBODIA WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE KA MERE ROUGE. [Captioner] 19:23:15 NOW, THE K.R. WERE NOT NEW URBANISTS, THEY WERE MORE [Captioner] 19:23:18 NEW RURALISTS, THEY THOUGHT EVERYBODY SHOULD LEAVE THE CITY AND MOVE OUT TO [Captioner] 19:23:20 THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. AND ONCE THEY HAD EMPTIED THEIR CITIES [Captioner] 19:23:24 OF PEOPLE, THEY TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AND DECIDED, WELL, IT SEEMS THAT ABOUT [Captioner] 19:23:27 A THIRD OF OUR POPULATION IS NOW SURPLUS, SO THEY [Captioner] 19:23:29 DID THE LOGICAL THING AND MURDERED THEM. [Captioner] 19:23:33 AND IF WE LOOK BACK NOW AND ASK WHERE DID THE K.R. [Captioner] 19:23:36 GO WRONG, IF YOUR ANSWER IS JUST THAT THEY WENT TOO [Captioner] 19:23:39 FAR, YOU WORRY ME. IF YOU THINK THAT THE [Captioner] 19:23:43 BIG PROBLEM IS THEY PREFERRED COUNTRY LIVING OVER CITY [Captioner] 19:23:46 LIVING, YOU'VE MISSED THE PLOT. THE CORE ERROR WAS THEIR CONVICTION [Captioner] 19:23:49 THAT THEIR VISION OF PROGRESS WAS SO CORRECT AND [Captioner] 19:23:52 SO IMPORTANT, THAT IT SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON EVERYONE ELSE WHETHER THEY [Captioner] 19:23:55 WANTED IT OR NOT, BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:23:59 ONCE YOU'VE CONVINCED YOURSELF OF THAT MUCH, YOU CAN RATIONALIZE [Captioner] 19:24:01 ANYTHING. IN SHORT, THEY LACKED HUMILITY. [Captioner] 19:24:06 SPEAKING OF WHICH, YOU WONDER HOW OFTEN NEW URBANISTS ASK [Captioner] 19:24:09 THEMSELVES, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 200,000 REALLY SHARP [Captioner] 19:24:11 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:24:14 MIGHT THERE BE SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION IN THAT FACT? [Captioner] 19:24:17 COULD IT BE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T? [Captioner] 19:24:23 NAH, OF COURSE NOT. BY THE WAY, IF YOU ASK, I WILL ROLL [Captioner] 19:24:26 DOWN MY WINDOWS AND LET YOU HEAR MY AWESOME [Captioner] 19:24:29 MUSIC, AND, SINCE TASTE IS SOMETHING BEST LEFT TO [Captioner] 19:24:33 INDIVIDUAL, I WILL LET YOU DECIDE WHEN IT TIME FOR ME TO ROLL THEM BACK UP. [Captioner] 19:24:36 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:24:38 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:24:42 WELCOME, SALE [Captioner] 19:24:47 EM. >> [Captioner] 19:24:51 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, [Captioner] 19:24:54 THE STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:24:57 . I HAVE COME [Captioner] 19:25:01 HERE TODAY TO REVIVE A [Captioner] 19:25:04 2008 ISSUE THAT WAS BURIED BECAUSE OF LACK [Captioner] 19:25:09 OF MONEY AND KEPT [Captioner] 19:25:12 THE CITY, SOME AREAS, LIKE GHETTO. [Captioner] 19:25:16 I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CORNER OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:25:20 BOULEVARD AND IRVINGTON, WHERE THERE'S A MARKET AND THE STARBUCKS AND [Captioner] 19:25:23 THE CAR WASH, AND THAT [Captioner] 19:25:26 AREA IS PURE GHETTO. WE CAN TURN THAT AREA INTO [Captioner] 19:25:30 SOMETHING LIKE SANTANA ROW, AND ALL IT WILL TAKE [Captioner] 19:25:34 IS ONE THING THAT THE CITY BRINGS [Captioner] 19:25:38 IT BACK UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN, AND THEN I HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:25:42 FUNDING, I HAVE THE PEOPLE, I HAVE THE BANK [Captioner] 19:25:46 S, I HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONVERT THAT INTO A [Captioner] 19:25:49 VERY MODERN SANTANA [Captioner] 19:25:52 TYPE ROAD -- AREA. I'LL CALL IT [Captioner] 19:25:54 MASANA ROW BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, I WON'T. [Captioner] 19:25:58 SO THIS AREA, THE FIVE CORNERS [Captioner] 19:26:01 OF FREMONT BOULEVARD, WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, BAY [Captioner] 19:26:04 STREET, FREMONT BOULEVARD AND THE UNION STREET, IT IS [Captioner] 19:26:07 A CLASSIC EXAMPLE WHERE WE CAN CONVERT [Captioner] 19:26:11 FREMONT INTO SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:26:14 LIKE SQUARE IN ENGLAND WHERE ALL THE ROADS COME TOGETHER AND [Captioner] 19:26:18 IT'S A VERY MODERN SHOPPING AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK, [Captioner] 19:26:22 SHOP, EVERYTHING. ALL IT NEEDS [Captioner] 19:26:25 IS THE CITY'S COOPERATION AND BRINGING IT [Captioner] 19:26:28 UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN [Captioner] 19:26:33 SO A FAIR MARKET PRICE IS PAID TO -- THERE ARE TWO [Captioner] 19:26:36 OWNERS THERE. ONE OF THEM IS ON BOARD, THE [Captioner] 19:26:39 OTHER ONE HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO [Captioner] 19:26:44 SELL THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY, SO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS WHOLE PLACE [Captioner] 19:26:47 INTO SOMETHING WHICH WILL NOT [Captioner] 19:26:50 ONLY -- BECAUSE 680, WASHINGTON [Captioner] 19:26:54 BOULEVARD, IT COMES RIGHT THERE. WE HAD A PASS-THROUGH [Captioner] 19:26:55 SOCIETY. A PASS-THROUGH CITY. [Captioner] 19:26:59 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO -- ALL [Captioner] 19:27:02 THOSE AREAS, THEY USE MISSION BOULEVARD WHICH BECOMES A MESS. [Captioner] 19:27:06 WHY NOT CONVERT THAT INTO AN ECONOMIC ZONE WHICH BENEFITS THE CITY, WHICH [Captioner] 19:27:10 BENEFITS US, WHICH BENEFITS THE IMAGE OF FREMONT DOWN [Captioner] 19:27:13 THE ROAD? SO I'M REQUESTING THE [Captioner] 19:27:17 COUNCIL TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER TO [Captioner] 19:27:20 BRINGING OUR GHETTO AREAS OUT OF THE [Captioner] 19:27:24 GHETTO NO [Captioner] 19:27:27 SOMETHING, I'VE BEEN HERE 45 YEARS AND SEEN THE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING, WE [Captioner] 19:27:30 SHOULD BE NOW MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:27:33 SO MY REQUEST IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN [Captioner] 19:27:37 FOR THAT AREA, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:27:40 CALLED THE MONUMENT PLAZA WHERE 600 HOMES CAN BE [Captioner] 19:27:43 BUILT. IT IS A [Captioner] 19:27:46 6.5-ACRE LOT WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE BART STATION. [Captioner] 19:27:49 IT'S -- THE TRANSIT DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [Captioner] 19:27:52 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:27:56 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS. [Captioner] 19:28:00 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR [Captioner] 19:28:03 AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING ARE THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:28:06 CALENDAR. AND THOSE ARE ITEM [Captioner] 19:28:10 S -- I BELIEVE 2D AND E. [Captioner] 19:28:13 >> Mr. Quintanilla: 2E. >> Mayor Mei: 2E AND [Captioner] 19:28:15 2F AND ALSO N AND O. SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THOSE. [Captioner] 19:28:18 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR ITEM 2E, KELLY ABREU. [Captioner] 19:28:27 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:28:30 >> SO THIS ITEM IS ABOUT BUYING FORD [Captioner] 19:28:34 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. [Captioner] 19:28:38 SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW YOU [Captioner] 19:28:41 OPERATE, HOW THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AN THE EMPLOYEES [Captioner] 19:28:45 OF FREMONT OPERATE THOSE FORD VEHICLES [Captioner] 19:28:48 . I'M CONCERNED WHETHER THEY'RE BEING [Captioner] 19:28:51 OPERATED IN A LAW-ABIDING MANNER, WHETHER THEY'RE BEING OPERATED [Captioner] 19:28:54 WITH EQUITY AND [Captioner] 19:28:58 JUSTICE, OR WHETHER, ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'RE BEING OPERATED WITH A [Captioner] 19:29:01 SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AND THE EXPECTATION OF [Captioner] 19:29:05 FAVORITISM FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 19:29:09 AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT THERE HANDING OUT PARKING [Captioner] 19:29:11 TICKETS. SO WHY WOULD I SAY THIS? [Captioner] 19:29:15 WELL, IF YOU LOOK AROUND AT -- WHEN YOU OPENED THAT [Captioner] 19:29:18 NEW PARK LAST FRIDAY, IN [Captioner] 19:29:22 CENTERVILLE, NEXT TO THE DMV OVER THERE, THE [Captioner] 19:29:24 STREETS WERE FULL. AND AT MISSION PEAK, WHEN THE STREET [Captioner] 19:29:28 ARE FULL, PEOPLE WILL SOMETIMES PARK IN A CERTAIN DRIVEWAY NEXT TO AN EMPTY [Captioner] 19:29:31 DIRT LOT. AND THOSE PEOPLE GET PARKING TICKETS. [Captioner] 19:29:34 THEY PAY THOSE PARKING TICKETS. A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:29:38 PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THAT PARKING TICKET FOR BLOCKING THAT DRIVEWAY THAT LEADS [Captioner] 19:29:41 TO AN EMPTY LOT, IT'S NEVER BEEN [Captioner] 19:29:44 USED, THAT DRIVEWAY, BUT NONETHELESS, THE LAW IS ENFORCED. [Captioner] 19:29:48 BUT HERE, [Captioner] 19:29:52 RIGHT NEXT TO THAT PARK, ACROSS THE STREET, ONE OF YOUR FORD VEHICLES [Captioner] 19:29:55 THAT YOU ALREADY OWN WAS PARKED, [Captioner] 19:29:59 BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY TO A USED CAR DEALERSHIP THAT WOULD NEVER [Captioner] 19:30:02 BE OPERATED, IT WAS CLOSED AT THAT TIME, BUT IT WAS PLOKING THE [Captioner] 19:30:05 BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY, AND YOUR ELECTED [Captioner] 19:30:08 OFFICIAL, ONE OF THE ONLY SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY, HAD [Captioner] 19:30:11 THEIR BUSINESS CARD ON THE DASHBOARD, FACE [Captioner] 19:30:15 UP, FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO READ FOR THE [Captioner] 19:30:18 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS TO READ, SO THAT THEY COULD SEE CITY [Captioner] 19:30:21 OF FREMONT, THE NAME OF THE OFFICIAL, FIRST NAME, LAST [Captioner] 19:30:24 NAME, COMMA, AND THE POSITION OF THE [Captioner] 19:30:28 OFFICIAL. THEY EXPECT THAT [Captioner] 19:30:31 NOT -- NOT ONLY DO THEY EXPECT TO BE ENTITLED TO [Captioner] 19:30:34 FREE, PING EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, [Captioner] 19:30:38 THEY EXPECT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE READING THAT CARD AND [Captioner] 19:30:41 HOLDING THE TICKET BOOK, THEY EXPECT THOSE [Captioner] 19:30:44 PEOPLE TO EXERCISE FAVORITISM [Captioner] 19:30:48 , FAVORITISM. THEY EXPECT IT PROBABLY WORKS, [Captioner] 19:30:51 IT PROBABLY WORKS WHEN YOU WHIP OUT YOUR BUSINESS CARDS [Captioner] 19:30:54 AND SHOW PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE, EVEN THOUGH YOUR [Captioner] 19:30:57 VEHICLE DOESN'T SAY -- HAVE FLASHING RED LIGHTS ON TOP OF IT. [Captioner] 19:31:02 THIS KIND OF FAVORITISM, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO YOUR TREATMENT OF THE [Captioner] 19:31:06 VISITORS AT MISSION [Captioner] 19:31:07 PEAK, NEEDS TO STOP. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:15 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT ITEM? 2F. [Captioner] 19:31:19 >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR -- >> Mayor [Captioner] 19:31:22 Mei: WAS IT ALSO 2F? >> Mr. Quintanilla: [Captioner] 19:31:23 ALSO 2F. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:31:26 2F. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 19:31:29 THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. [Captioner] 19:31:36 >> Councilmember Campbell: DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE? [Captioner] 19:31:39 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE ALSO HAVE KELLY ABREU FOR 2F. [Captioner] 19:31:40 >> Councilmember Campbell: YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? [Captioner] 19:31:43 >> Mayor Mei: YES, PLEASE. HE SAID HE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEAK ON [Captioner] 19:31:43 THAT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:47 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO -- [Captioner] 19:31:50 ACTUALLY I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:31:53 TO PARTNER WITH THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE [Captioner] 19:31:55 SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. [Captioner] 19:31:59 I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. ARE THE PARENTS GOING [Captioner] 19:32:01 TO BE PART OF THE TRAINING OF THIS AS WELL? [Captioner] 19:32:05 I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION EARLIER. [Captioner] 19:32:09 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT I WOULD [Captioner] 19:32:11 HAVE -- >> Mayor Mei: HANS IS HERE. [Captioner] 19:32:15 HERE TO ANSWER IF WE'RE INCLUDING THE TRAINING [Captioner] 19:32:17 FOR THAT? >> Councilmember Campbell: I APOLOGIZE [Captioner] 19:32:20 FOR NOT ASKING THAT EARLIER. I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT [Captioner] 19:32:22 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MAYOR, AS WE [Captioner] 19:32:25 SET UP HERE, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO VOTE ON THE PRIOR ITEM WHEN YOU GET A [Captioner] 19:32:26 CHANCE. >> Mayor Mei: YES, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:32:29 I WASN'T SURE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE SPEAKER WAS SPEAKING ON BOTH. [Captioner] 19:32:32 THAT'S WHY. [Captioner] 19:32:34 >> Mr. Larsen: HI. HANS LARSEN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. [Captioner] 19:32:41 PRIMARILY THESE SERVICES ARE FOR ASSEMBLIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND [Captioner] 19:32:44 FOR STUDENTS, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF [Captioner] 19:32:49 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'S TEACHING [Captioner] 19:32:52 SAFETY FOR KID TO WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL, SO MANY OF THEM [Captioner] 19:32:53 ARE DONE WITHIN THE ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT. [Captioner] 19:32:57 THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:33:01 BASED ON THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM [Captioner] 19:33:04 SO THAT THERE'S SUPPORT SERVICES FOR P.E. [Captioner] 19:33:08 TEACHERS TO DO WALKING OR [Captioner] 19:33:11 BIKING RODEOS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:33:15 CAMPUS, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME SERVICES THAT TEACH [Captioner] 19:33:18 CHILDREN HOW TO FIX AND REPAIR BIKES. [Captioner] 19:33:20 SO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. [Captioner] 19:33:24 SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ORIENTED [Captioner] 19:33:28 TOWARDS SORT OF PARENTS OR FAMILIES, BUT THERE ARE SOME [Captioner] 19:33:32 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH BIKE EAST [Captioner] 19:33:35 BAY FOR FAMILIES TO DO RODEOS IN [Captioner] 19:33:39 ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM [Captioner] 19:33:42 AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:33:45 OPPORTUNITIES, BIKE FREMONT ALSO HOSTS TRAINING [Captioner] 19:33:47 OPPORTUNITIES TO FIX AND REPAIR BICYCLES. [Captioner] 19:33:51 SO AND THIS IS A COMPLEMENT TO [Captioner] 19:33:55 A PROGRAM THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY ALSO RUNS, SO [Captioner] 19:33:58 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK [Captioner] 19:34:01 OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE [Captioner] 19:34:04 THAN THE OTHER ONES OUT THERE TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF [Captioner] 19:34:08 THE SCHOOL. I THINK IT'S A GOOD [Captioner] 19:34:12 QUESTION THAT WE CAN ASK OUR PARTNERS AT FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:34:15 DISTRICT IF THERE ARE SOME PARTICULAR NEEDS FOR FAMILIES THAT [Captioner] 19:34:18 COULD BE DONE THROUGH THE [Captioner] 19:34:20 SCHOOLS. AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, WE'RE ENGAGING [Captioner] 19:34:23 IN A NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE [Captioner] 19:34:27 WALKING AND BIKING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH [Captioner] 19:34:30 THIS PLANNING PROCESS, IF THERE'S INPUT THAT [Captioner] 19:34:33 WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON SUPPLEMENTAL [Captioner] 19:34:35 SERVICES, WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT INTO OUR PLANNING PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:34:39 >> Councilmember Campbell: THAT'S WONDERFUL. [Captioner] 19:34:42 I THINK THAT MY MAJOR CONCERN, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 19:34:46 THIS IN OUR LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETINGS A NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 19:34:49 THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND THE ROCKING AND THE [Captioner] 19:34:53 ROLLING, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME [Captioner] 19:34:56 INCIDENCES THAT CHILDREN WERE NOT -- DIDN'T KNOW HOW [Captioner] 19:35:00 TO RIDE THEIR BIKES IN THE BEST [Captioner] 19:35:03 SAFETY POSSIBLE. AND PARTICULARLY, I SEE IT ALL THE [Captioner] 19:35:06 TIME TOO, TO GET OFF YOUR BIKE, WALK IT ACROSS [Captioner] 19:35:09 THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME MAJOR [Captioner] 19:35:13 INTERSECTIONS THAT CHILDREN GO OVER IN THEIR BIKES, FREMONT [Captioner] 19:35:17 BOULEVARD, PASEO PADRE, MOWRY, SOME OF THOSE OTHER [Captioner] 19:35:20 STREETS THAT I SEE CHILDREN RIDING THEIR BIKES ON THAT THEY HAVEN'T [Captioner] 19:35:23 BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED THAT THEY NEED TO GET OFF THE BIKE AND [Captioner] 19:35:27 WALK IT OVER AS OPPOSED TO RIDING [Captioner] 19:35:30 IT OVER. [Captioner] 19:35:33 SO -- AND I THINK THAT SHOULD ALSO BE A PART OF SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT [Captioner] 19:35:36 WE HELP THEIR PARENTS UNDERSTAND SO THAT THEIR PARENTS [Captioner] 19:35:39 CAN REINFORCE WHAT THE SCHOOL IS ALREADY DOING IN TERMS OF SAFETY. [Captioner] 19:35:43 SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THIS IS A [Captioner] 19:35:46 WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, BUT I REALLY WANT US TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW WE [Captioner] 19:35:49 COULD TREAT THE WHOLE FAMILY AND [Captioner] 19:35:53 HELPING THEIR CHILDREN BE SAFE ON THE BICYCLES AND [Captioner] 19:35:56 SKATING AND OTHER ROCKING AND ROLLING THINGS THAT KIDS MAY [Captioner] 19:35:59 DO, SKATEBOARDING, I THINK IT'S VERY [Captioner] 19:36:02 IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE SOME MORE SAFETY [Captioner] 19:36:05 LESSONS. >> Mr. Larsen: APPRECIATE THAT [Captioner] 19:36:08 COMMENT, AND I THINK THE CONTRACT HAS SORT OF A LEVEL OF [Captioner] 19:36:11 FLEXIBILITY TO IT, AND SO IF WE [Captioner] 19:36:15 CAN DESIGN SOME PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES, WE'D [Captioner] 19:36:18 BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH [Captioner] 19:36:21 OUR OVERALL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT [Captioner] 19:36:24 WE HAVE HERE IN FREMONT. >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:28 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 19:36:32 I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE WORKED ON MANY [Captioner] 19:36:35 YEARS AGO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PTAs, AS WELL [Captioner] 19:36:38 AS THE CITY AT THAT TIME, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME SINCE [Captioner] 19:36:41 THERE'S SO MANY CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED FOR US TO EVALUATE SOME [Captioner] 19:36:44 OF THOSE UPDATES ON THOSE ROUTES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AT THE SAME [Captioner] 19:36:47 TIME. [Captioner] 19:36:51 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: SORRY, I [Captioner] 19:36:53 DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT I PRESSED MY BUTTON. [Captioner] 19:36:56 I JUST FELT LIKE I REALLY NEEDED TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:36:59 A COMMENT. WE HAVE MANY IMMIGRANTS IN [Captioner] 19:37:03 THIS CITY, AS WELL AS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF [Captioner] 19:37:06 IMMIGRANTS, AND SADLY, SOME OF THE COUNTRIES THAT SOME OF [Captioner] 19:37:09 THESE FOLKS HAVE COME FROM HAVE [Captioner] 19:37:12 HAD HORRIBLE GENOCIDES, AND [Captioner] 19:37:16 IT'S A VERY TRAUMATIC THING, AND I THINK [Captioner] 19:37:20 TO COMPARE EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR STREET SAFER FOR [Captioner] 19:37:23 PEDESTRIANS TO A GENOCIDE IS REALLY [Captioner] 19:37:26 OFFENSIVE AND COULD CAUSE A LOT OF TRAUMA FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:37:29 COME FROM PLACES WHERE GENOCIDE HAS HAPPENED. [Captioner] 19:37:32 SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO ASK THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IN [Captioner] 19:37:36 YOUR -- OBVIOUSLY WE WELCOME FREE SPEECH IN [Captioner] 19:37:39 OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO [Captioner] 19:37:42 BE SENSITIVE WHEN MAKING COMMENTS AND BE [Captioner] 19:37:46 AWARE OF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BACKGROUNDS THAT [Captioner] 19:37:49 PEOPLE COME FROM AND TRAUMA THAT THEY MAY HAVE FACED. [Captioner] 19:37:51 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:37:53 KASSAN. I ALSO SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:37:58 >> Councilmember Salwan: I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD [Captioner] 19:38:00 . >> Mayor Mei: WE'RE GOING TO FIRST [Captioner] 19:38:03 MOVE ITEM 2E, RIGHT? YES, 2E. [Captioner] 19:38:07 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 19:38:10 THIS IS FOR ITEM 2E, WHICH WAS AGAIN TO [Captioner] 19:38:12 CLARIFY, WAS THE PURCHASE OF FLEET VEHICLES. [Captioner] 19:38:15 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:38:23 THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:38:27 EXCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, WHO'S ABSENT. [Captioner] 19:38:30 AND THEN WAS THERE ANYONE -- 2F, MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:38:34 SALWAN, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 19:38:40 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:38:48 AND THE MOTION PASSES EXCEPT FOR -- WELL, [Captioner] 19:38:51 ACTUALLY IT PASSES WITH THE MAJORITY, BUT COUNCILMEMBER COX VOTING NO. [Captioner] 19:38:55 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THAT SHOULD BE YES. I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. [Captioner] 19:38:58 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. COULD WE PLEASE CORRECT THAT [Captioner] 19:39:01 ? OR JUST TAKE A RE-VOTE. [Captioner] 19:39:03 >> Mr. Quintanilla: EVERYONE WILL NEED TO VOTE AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:39:07 >> Mayor Mei: PLEASE VOTE AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:39:12 SO ITEM 2F, WHICH IS TRAFFIC [Captioner] 19:39:15 SAFETY EDUCATION SERVICES, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, EXCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:39:16 SHAO, WHO'S ABSENT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:21 NEXT, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SPEAKER WHO HAD PULLED [Captioner] 19:39:25 ITEM 2N AND 2O. [Captioner] 19:39:30 I THINK THEY'RE ON ZOOM? SHARON? [Captioner] 19:39:32 >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, SHARON VENTURA. [Captioner] 19:39:37 >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS SHARON VENTURA [Captioner] 19:39:41 . I WAS HOP [Captioner] 19:39:44 ING ITEM N WAS A BELATED [Captioner] 19:39:47 APRIL FOOL'S DAY JOKE. IN OUR CURRENT SOCIAL AND FISCAL TIME, [Captioner] 19:39:51 LAYOFFS ABOUND, DEVELOPMENT ESCALATING IN SPITE OF [Captioner] 19:39:54 OUR NATURAL RESOURCE SHORTAGES, OUR STREETS [Captioner] 19:39:57 AND PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BECOMING A DISGRACE. [Captioner] 19:39:59 AND I'M NOT SURE -- DO WE STILL HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT? [Captioner] 19:40:07 THE HOMELESS ENCAM MMENTS [Captioner] 19:40:10 ARE GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND TRASH AND HEALTH HAZARDS [Captioner] 19:40:13 AND CRIME AND ENDANGERMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND [Captioner] 19:40:16 PARKS, AND YOU'RE PLANNING ON GIVING THE CITY ATTORNEY A [Captioner] 19:40:19 5% RAISE ON A [Captioner] 19:40:24 $326,000 SALARY FOR WHAT? [Captioner] 19:40:27 BATTLING THE LAST CRIMINAL CITY MANAGER HIRE OF MARK DANAJ [Captioner] 19:40:31 BY OUR COUNCIL, WHO LUCKILY HAS AMPLE FUNDS FROM [Captioner] 19:40:34 OUR POCKETS TO WASTE MORE OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES. [Captioner] 19:40:38 OBVIOUSLY, THIS MUST BE A TYPO. HOW ABOUT [Captioner] 19:40:41 WITHDRAWING THIS ITEM AND GETTING TO WORK? [Captioner] 19:40:44 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:40:46 >> Mayor Mei: ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS? [Captioner] 19:40:50 >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 19:40:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I'LL BRING [Captioner] 19:40:56 THE AGENDA ITEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL. >> Vice Mayor Cox: SO MOVE. [Captioner] 19:40:59 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY VICE MAYOR COX AND SECONDED [Captioner] 19:41:02 BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. THESE ARE ITEMS 2N AND [Captioner] 19:41:04 2O, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:41:08 PLEASE VOTE. OR DO WE NEED [Captioner] 19:41:10 TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WE NEED TO [Captioner] 19:41:12 TAKE EACH SEPARATELY SINCE THEY WERE YOU D. [Captioner] 19:41:15 I DIDN'T CATCH THE SECOND. >> DO WE NEED A REPORT [Captioner] 19:41:17 OUT FROM THE HR DIRECTOR? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CORRECT. [Captioner] 19:41:19 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: YES, 2N FIRST, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:41:24 >> GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:41:27 AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION [Captioner] 19:41:31 54953, I'LL PROVIDE A REPORT SUMMARIZING THE [Captioner] 19:41:34 RECOMMENDATION FOR A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT [Captioner] 19:41:37 AGREEMENT THAT IS ITEM 2N, AND A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE [Captioner] 19:41:41 CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ITEM 2O. [Captioner] 19:41:46 SO FIRST FOR ADOPTION IS A RESOLUTION THAT AMENDS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S [Captioner] 19:41:50 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE A 5% SALARY INCREASE [Captioner] 19:41:53 WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED TO [Captioner] 19:41:56 THE CITY'S MISCELLANEOUS REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. [Captioner] 19:42:00 THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BASE SALARY [Captioner] 19:42:03 BY $16,261 ANNUALLY FOR A [Captioner] 19:42:06 TOTAL ANNUAL SALARY OF [Captioner] 19:42:10 $341,499. ON ITEM 2O, AGAIN AS REQUIRED [Captioner] 19:42:13 BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION [Captioner] 19:42:17 54953, TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IS ALSO THE ADOPTION OF [Captioner] 19:42:20 A RESOLUTION THAT AMENDS THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT [Captioner] 19:42:24 TO ALSO PROVIDE A 5% SALARY INCREASE, WHICH IS EQUAL [Captioner] 19:42:27 TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT'S BEING INCREASED [Captioner] 19:42:29 FOR CITY'S MISCELLANEOUS REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. [Captioner] 19:42:33 THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CITY MANAGER'S BASE SALARY [Captioner] 19:42:37 BY $19,379 ANNUALLY, FOR A [Captioner] 19:42:40 TOTAL ANNUAL SALARY OF [Captioner] 19:42:44 $406,963. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO [Captioner] 19:42:45 YOU, MAYOR MEI. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:48 WE HAD A MOTION FOR THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH [Captioner] 19:42:51 IS 2N BY VICE MAYOR COX AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:42:55 >> Vice Mayor Cox: AND I MOVE ON [Captioner] 19:42:57 2O. >> Mayor Mei: THE FIRST ONE FIRST. [Captioner] 19:43:02 2N, I THINK. [Captioner] 19:43:06 WE NEED TO TAKE THIS ITEM SEPARATELY. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:43:19 SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ITEM 2N. [Captioner] 19:43:22 IS THERE A MOTION FOR 2O? MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, [Captioner] 19:43:25 SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR COX. PLEASE [Captioner] 19:43:29 VOTE. [Captioner] 19:43:36 AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:43:41 AND NOW WE'LL RETURN TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS THIS [Captioner] 19:43:45 EVENING. THE FIRST [Captioner] 19:43:49 BEING ITEM 5A, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:43:52 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, AND IT'S A STREET VACATION THERE. [Captioner] 19:43:55 AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HANS LARSEN, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:43:59 THERE'S NO PRESENTATION ON THIS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS [Captioner] 19:44:03 AT THIS TIME FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS ITEM BEFORE I OPEN THE [Captioner] 19:44:06 PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS? [Captioner] 19:44:13 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:44:16 MADAME MAYOR. JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT IS OUR PURVIEW [Captioner] 19:44:19 AND WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED ALREADY IN THIS DECISION [Captioner] 19:44:22 TONIGHT? IS THAT MR. LARSEN [Captioner] 19:44:26 OR SOMEONE ELSE? [Captioner] 19:44:30 MR. LARSEN? >> Mayor Mei: HE'S COMING, YES. [Captioner] 19:44:44 >> Mr. Larsen: MAYOR MEI, MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:44:48 COUNCIL, I'M HANS LARSEN AND JOINED BY OUR [Captioner] 19:44:49 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER IN PUBLIC WORKS. [Captioner] 19:44:54 SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR [Captioner] 19:44:57 APPROVAL IS THE [Captioner] 19:45:00 VACATION OF A SMALL SECTION OF [Captioner] 19:45:04 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD [Captioner] 19:45:08 THAT'S ADJOINING A APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:45:12 APPROVED KIND OF THROUGH THE REGULAR CITY PLANNING [Captioner] 19:45:15 PROCESS, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JULY [Captioner] 19:45:19 OF 2022. AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF THAT [Captioner] 19:45:23 DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE [Captioner] 19:45:26 RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD VARIES [Captioner] 19:45:30 KIND OF WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, AND THE PURPOSE OF [Captioner] 19:45:33 THIS ACTION IS TO [Captioner] 19:45:36 BRING THE CURB LINE, THE [Captioner] 19:45:39 SIDEWALK LINE WITHIN THE PUBLIC STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY INTO [Captioner] 19:45:43 A CONSISTENT WIDTH. AND SO [Captioner] 19:45:46 THERE'S 7 FEET BY 200 FEET OF ROADWAY THERE THAT'S [Captioner] 19:45:49 NO LONGER NEEDED. AND SO THERE'S [Captioner] 19:45:52 A PROCESS IN ORDER TO VACATE IT. SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT [Captioner] 19:45:55 APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OR ADDRESSING THAT. [Captioner] 19:45:58 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. THE CONDITION OF [Captioner] 19:46:01 APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS TO CLEAN UP THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HERE, AND [Captioner] 19:46:05 THAT'S THE ACTION THAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL HERE TODAY [Captioner] 19:46:08 . >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 19:46:10 THAT CLARIFICATION. HOW WILL THIS HELP WITH HEALTH OR [Captioner] 19:46:14 SAFETY AS FAR AS PEDESTRIAN OR CARS OR HOW WILL [Captioner] 19:46:17 THIS IMPROVE THAT AREA? >> Mr. Larsen: SO THIS [Captioner] 19:46:20 WILL PROVIDE JUST IMPROVED [Captioner] 19:46:23 ALIGNMENT OF THE ROADWAY SO THERE'S A CONSISTENT WIDTH, AND THAT WILL MAKE [Captioner] 19:46:26 IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING, WALKING AND BIKING IN THE [Captioner] 19:46:31 CORRIDOR, THAT THERE'S NOT AN OFFSET [Captioner] 19:46:34 OR A JOG IN THE ROADWAY, SO WE'LL HAVE A UNIFORM STREET ALIGNMENT. [Captioner] 19:46:37 THIS IS CONSISTENT [Captioner] 19:46:41 WITH THE WIDTHS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE [Captioner] 19:46:42 PROPOSED -- OR THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT. [Captioner] 19:46:47 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:46:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS [Captioner] 19:46:55 ITEM? >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE ONE HAND [Captioner] 19:46:57 RAISED IN ZOOM. SHARON VENTURA. [Captioner] 19:47:00 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. >> HI. [Captioner] 19:47:03 I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THIS UNBELIEVABLY, BUT I [Captioner] 19:47:06 HAD ASKED FOR 2N TO BE PULLED AND I GUESS YOU VOTED [Captioner] 19:47:09 ON IT BEFORE COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:47:15 CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> Mayor Mei: I THOUGHT WE HAD [Captioner] 19:47:18 ASKED, I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT YOU SPOKE ON BOTH OF THEM. [Captioner] 19:47:19 >> NO. >> Mayor Mei: MY APOLOGIES. [Captioner] 19:47:23 >> OKAY. GREAT. [Captioner] 19:47:26 NOT SURPRISING. >> Mayor Mei: WE CAN GO BACK AND [Captioner] 19:47:27 REVOTE ON THAT. YOU CAN SPEAK FIRST. [Captioner] 19:47:32 -- GOING TO UPSET ME. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. [Captioner] 19:47:35 >> Mayor Mei: GO AHEAD. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE [Captioner] 19:47:38 MAYOR, THERE'S NO NEED TO RE-VOTE BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY ACCEPT PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:47:38 COMMENT. >> Mayor Mei: SURE. [Captioner] 19:47:41 GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. [Captioner] 19:47:46 WELL, CRIME AND ACCIDENTS ARE ESCALATING [Captioner] 19:47:49 , POLICE PRESENCE IS UNDETECTABLE AND [Captioner] 19:47:52 INEFFECTIVE, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IS NECESSARILY THE DEPARTMENT'S DOING. [Captioner] 19:47:56 HOMELESSNESS ENCAMPMENTS IN OUR ONCE MAINTAINED NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:47:59 PARKS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH, HEALTH HAZARDS, AND [Captioner] 19:48:03 PRESENT EXTREME DANGER TO THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT. [Captioner] 19:48:06 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A -- [Captioner] 19:48:09 SET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF VALLEJO MILLS, GATEWAY [Captioner] 19:48:12 TO FREMONT, IN A DRIED OUT, STRASH-STREWN FIELD? [Captioner] 19:48:15 YET YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO INFORM YOUR EMPLOYERS, THAT'S [Captioner] 19:48:19 US, THE CITIZENS, THAT YOU INTEND TO GIVE A 5% RAISE [Captioner] 19:48:22 TO A POSITION [Captioner] 19:48:27 IN TITLE ONLY THAT CURRENTLY [Captioner] 19:48:29 PAYS $388,000 A YEAR. SO IN ORDER TO HELP THE CITY OUT, I [Captioner] 19:48:32 HAVE A PROPOSAL. I WILL GLADLY DO [Captioner] 19:48:35 THE JOB, NO EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW [Captioner] 19:48:38 OR RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE ARE [Captioner] 19:48:42 NEEDED, AND IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO ANY WORSE [Captioner] 19:48:44 THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. [Captioner] 19:48:47 AND I'LL DO IT FOR A MERE $200,000. [Captioner] 19:48:52 A $200,000 SAVINGS TO THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:48:55 FREMONT, WHICH YOU COULD SPEND ON FURTHER [Captioner] 19:48:59 OVERDEVELOPMENT IN A SHRINKING [Captioner] 19:49:02 ECONOMY, PUT TOWARDS GREEN PAINT, PLASTIC AND METAL, [Captioner] 19:49:04 OR MAKE MORE PARKING TO BRING IN MORE CARS. [Captioner] 19:49:08 OF COURSE I WILL NEED A COMMUTE [Captioner] 19:49:11 COMPENSATION FROM NILES TO CITY HALL, DUE TO THE NIGHTMARE COMMUTE [Captioner] 19:49:15 YOUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS CREATED, WHOSE [Captioner] 19:49:18 SALARY IS CLOSE TO $400,000, IF [Captioner] 19:49:21 MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. I DON'T WANT [Captioner] 19:49:25 MY FLIPPANCY TO UNDERMINE MY [Captioner] 19:49:29 GRAVE CONCERNS, BUT FRANKLY, I CAN'T ADDRESS THIS IN ANY OTHER WAY [Captioner] 19:49:29 WITHOUT STROKING OUT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:49:34 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:49:37 DO WE NEED [Captioner] 19:49:40 TO REVOTE ON THAT? UNLESS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE? [Captioner] 19:49:42 OKAY. CAN WE CONTINUE WITH OUR NEXT AGENDA [Captioner] 19:49:44 ITEM? I THINK WE HAVE -- COUNCILMEMBER COX, [Captioner] 19:49:46 DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? >> Vice Mayor Cox: I HAVE A QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:49:52 AND MY QUESTION WAS ON [Captioner] 19:49:55 5A. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A [Captioner] 19:49:59 LOT OF REROUTING AND [Captioner] 19:50:01 JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE-CHECK IN TERMS OF THE BEST ROUTE, BECAUSE WE KNOW [Captioner] 19:50:05 THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS NEAR OHLONE COLLEGE WOULD [Captioner] 19:50:09 ALSO -- THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THERE [Captioner] 19:50:11 WOULD ALSO BE IMPACTED WITH THAT CHANGE. [Captioner] 19:50:14 IS THERE ANY BUS REROUTING ON THAT STREET? [Captioner] 19:50:20 >> Mr. Larsen: THERE'S NOTHING AS PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT [Captioner] 19:50:23 WOULD CHANGE OR HAVE ANY IMPACT ON BUS SERVICE [Captioner] 19:50:27 OR STOP LOCATIONS OR ROUTING. [Captioner] 19:50:31 JUST AS A SEPARATE MATTER, AC TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:50:36 IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A STUDY AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH [Captioner] 19:50:40 PROCESS TO MODERNIZE AND ADDRESS BUS [Captioner] 19:50:43 TRANSIT SERVICE IN THE FREMONT AREA. AND [Captioner] 19:50:48 SO THROUGH THAT STUDY EFFORT WILL BE KIND OF [Captioner] 19:50:51 THE MECHANISM TO ADDRESS ANY CHANGES [Captioner] 19:50:54 IN BUS SERVICE. SO NOTHING RELATED TO [Captioner] 19:50:57 BUS SERVICE IS PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM. [Captioner] 19:51:00 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:51:03 WAS OHLONE COLLEGE NOTIFIED OF THESE CHANGES THAT [Captioner] 19:51:06 WOULD IMPACT THE COMMUNITY SINCE IT'S WITHIN A MILE OF THE CAMPUS? [Captioner] 19:51:09 >> Mr. Larsen: FOR THE -- KOCH COX WITH THIS [Captioner] 19:51:13 AGENDA ITEM. >> Mr. Larsen: THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:51:15 IMPACT TO BUS SERVICE OR OHLONE COLLEGE. [Captioner] 19:51:19 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. I JUST WANTED -- JUST MAKING SURE [Captioner] 19:51:22 WE'RE GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT [Captioner] 19:51:25 SINCE IT'S WITHIN A MILE OF THE CAMPUS THERE [Captioner] 19:51:29 . [Captioner] 19:51:35 >> Mr. Larsen: YEAH, THE MAIN PART OF THIS ITEM [Captioner] 19:51:38 IS REALLY A PRIOR APPROVED DEVELOPMENT, SO THE ACTION HERE IS [Captioner] 19:51:42 TO IMPLEMENT CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:51:48 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:51:52 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, I STILL NEED TO [Captioner] 19:51:54 OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? [Captioner] 19:51:59 >> Councilmember Salwan: YEAH, QUICK QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:52:02 I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED, BUT WE HAD THE [Captioner] 19:52:05 MISSION SAN JOSÉ STUDY, AND WE WERE IDENTIFYING ELLSWORTH AS [Captioner] 19:52:09 A REIMAGINING ELLSWORTH AND HOW THIS [Captioner] 19:52:11 COULD BE KIND OF A GATEWAY TO THAT AREA. [Captioner] 19:52:14 DOES THIS FIT IN WITH THAT VISION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THERE? [Captioner] 19:52:20 >> Mr. Larsen: IF DAN IS HERE OR SOMEBODY FROM COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:52:23 DEVELOPMENT. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:52:27 THAT -- KIND OF THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:52:30 FIT INTO THAT AREA WOULD BE PART OF THE [Captioner] 19:52:33 PLANNING PROCESS AND THE PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE [Captioner] 19:52:37 DEVELOPMENT, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU [Captioner] 19:52:40 KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:52:44 GENERAL PLAN AND VISION FOR THE [Captioner] 19:52:46 AREA. >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, I CAN ADD ON [Captioner] 19:52:49 TO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE. JUST -- THE [Captioner] 19:52:52 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROPOSED AT THAT SITE WAS ALREADY [Captioner] 19:52:55 CONTEMPLATED AT THE TIME THAT STUDY WAS COMPLETED, AND SO IT WAS SORT [Captioner] 19:52:59 OF INCORPORATED INTO THE STRATEGY [Captioner] 19:53:02 ABOUT WASHINGTON AND ELLSWORTH. >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 19:53:05 OKAY. >> I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:53:08 ALSO ADD BASED ON THE STUDY, ELLSWORTH WAS IDENTIFIED AS A [Captioner] 19:53:12 PEDESTRIAN PARKING-ORIENTED STREET, PARALLEL [Captioner] 19:53:14 TO MISSION BOULEVARD, BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS. [Captioner] 19:53:18 SO ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THERE WAS NO VACATION [Captioner] 19:53:22 ENVISIONED, OR GIVEN OR PROVIDED TO THE [Captioner] 19:53:24 APPLICANT OR THROUGH THE VACATION PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:53:28 SO ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF ELLSWORTH HAS [Captioner] 19:53:31 BEEN PROTECTED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALMOST 80 [Captioner] 19:53:35 TO 82 FEET WIDE, WE HAVEN'T VACATED ANYTHING ON [Captioner] 19:53:38 ELLSWORTH ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS. >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 19:53:39 OKAY, GOT IT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:42 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DO YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:53:45 A CLARIFYING QUESTION? >> Councilmember Keng: [Captioner] 19:53:48 I DO, YES. THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR, AND THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:53:51 FOR THIS ITEM. [Captioner] 19:53:58 THE -- HERE DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIDEWALK. IS THERE ANY SIDEWALK PLANNED [Captioner] 19:54:01 FOR THE -- >> YES, THE [Captioner] 19:54:06 STANDARD 11-FOOT WIDE PARKWAY WITH THE 5-FOOT SIDEWALK [Captioner] 19:54:09 AND PLANTER AREA IS ALSO PLANNED AFTER THE [Captioner] 19:54:13 VACATION. IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING BAY ALONG [Captioner] 19:54:15 THE STREET. >> Councilmember Keng: ON BOTH SIDES [Captioner] 19:54:17 OF THE CORNER? >> YES. [Captioner] 19:54:19 >> Councilmember Keng: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:54:25 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE [Captioner] 19:54:28 PUBLIC HEARING. [Captioner] 19:54:32 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS TURNED IN OR HANDS RAISED ON [Captioner] 19:54:34 ZOOM. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:54:36 THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME THEN, I'LL CLOSE THE [Captioner] 19:54:39 PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? [Captioner] 19:54:41 >> Councilmember Salwan: MOVE APPROVAL. [Captioner] 19:54:44 >> Vice Mayor Cox: SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:54:47 SALWAN AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 19:54:49 FOR ITEM 5A. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:55:01 THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WITH [Captioner] 19:55:04 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO BEING ABSENT. THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:55:08 . NEXT THIS EVENING [Captioner] 19:55:13 IS A ITEM FOR CEREMONIAL FLAG DISPLAY, AND [Captioner] 19:55:16 THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY [Captioner] 19:55:20 MANAGER, ALLEN DEMERS, AND OUR MANAGEMENT [Captioner] 19:55:24 ANLESS, AMANDA G [Captioner] 19:55:31 GALLO. [Captioner] 19:55:42 >> GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU, [Captioner] 19:55:45 JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE STAFF REPORT. AS YOU MAY [Captioner] 19:55:49 RECALL, BACK IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS PROVIDED DIRECTION BY THE COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 19:55:52 STAFF TO COME BACK AND SO WITH [Captioner] 19:55:55 THIS ITEM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE BRINGING [Captioner] 19:55:58 BACK A REPORT THAT [Captioner] 19:56:03 ALLOWS TO ADOPT FIVE CEREMONIAL ITEMS FOR [Captioner] 19:56:06 CEREMONIAL FLAG DISPLAYS, AS WELL AS A [Captioner] 19:56:09 PROCESS OR WAY TO SELECT THESE ITEMS, SO A [Captioner] 19:56:12 SELECTION CRITERIA THAT IS IN YOUR REPORT, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:56:16 A POTENTIAL PROCEDURE OR MECHANISM MODEL FOR A [Captioner] 19:56:18 ROTATION OF THESE FIVE ITEMS PER YEAR. [Captioner] 19:56:26 SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND. AS YOU MAY RECALL, [Captioner] 19:56:29 WE'VE COME BEFORE YOU A FEW TIMES REGARDING THIS [Captioner] 19:56:32 ITEM. WITH TONIGHT'S ITEM JUST RESTATING [Captioner] 19:56:35 THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING THE DIRECTION PROVIDED AT THE FEBRUARY 21ST [Captioner] 19:56:38 COUNCIL MEETING. WHICH YOU HAD [Captioner] 19:56:42 DIRECTED STAFF TO [Captioner] 19:56:45 BRING AN ITEM BACK FOR THE ADOPTION OF FIVE SAIR [Captioner] 19:56:49 CEREMONIAL FLAG [Captioner] 19:56:52 OBSERVANCES, A SELECTION CRITERIA, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:56:56 A MODEL TO ROTATE THESE ITEMS. [Captioner] 19:56:59 SO BASED ON OUR RESEARCH, OUR STAFF'S [Captioner] 19:57:02 RESEARCH, IN YOUR REPORT AS WELL, THIS SLIDE [Captioner] 19:57:06 DISPLAYS A POTENTIAL SELECTION CRITERIA [Captioner] 19:57:09 FOR CEREMONIAL FLAG OBSERVANCES, AND I'LL JUST READ SOME OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:57:10 OUT. I'LL READ THOSE OUT. [Captioner] 19:57:14 SO THE OBSERVANCE [Captioner] 19:57:17 OR HERITAGE MONTH IS A STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND/OR FEDERALLY [Captioner] 19:57:21 RECOGNIZED MONTH. THE OBSERVANCE IS NOT EXPLICITLY [Captioner] 19:57:24 RELATED TO A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY OR SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL. [Captioner] 19:57:27 THE OBSERVANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FLAG THAT CAN BE [Captioner] 19:57:30 ACQUIRED BY THE CITY TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE CITY'S STANDARD [Captioner] 19:57:34 FLAGPOLE. THE [Captioner] 19:57:37 OBSERVANCE [Captioner] 19:57:40 'S CEREMONIAL FLAG CAN BE DISPLAYED FOR NO LESS [Captioner] 19:57:42 THAN FIVE DAYS AND NO MORE THAN 31 DAYS. [Captioner] 19:57:45 THE OBSERVANCE IS ALIGN WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT'S [Captioner] 19:57:49 DESIGNATION AS A COMPASSIONATE CITY AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE [Captioner] 19:57:52 GOALS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND THE [Captioner] 19:57:59 OBSERVANCE PERIOD WILL NOT OVERLAP WITH CONFLICTING OBSERVANCES [Captioner] 19:58:02 IN A SINGLE CALENDAR YEAR. IF THERE IS AN [Captioner] 19:58:05 OVERLAP IN OBSERVANCE PERIODS, THE COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER WILL ORGANIZE [Captioner] 19:58:08 THE CALENDAR TO ALTERNATE OBSERVANCES IN [Captioner] 19:58:11 EACH RESPECTIVE YEAR. IT ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FLAG [Captioner] 19:58:14 DIRECTIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR LOCAL STATE GOVERNMENT [Captioner] 19:58:17 WILL ALWAYS TAKE PRECEDENT OVER CEREMONIAL FLAG DISPLAYS. [Captioner] 19:58:25 SO AS PRESENTED IN YOUR REPORT, WE ARE PRESENTING TWO [Captioner] 19:58:28 SCHEDULING OPTION MODELS FOR YOUR REVIEW [Captioner] 19:58:31 IN REGARDS TO FLAG [Captioner] 19:58:34 DISPLAY ROTATION FOR THESE FIVE OBSERVANCES. [Captioner] 19:58:38 FL THIS SLIDE DISPLAYS OPTION NUMB [Captioner] 19:58:42 ER ONE, A ROTATION. WITH THIS MODEL, THIS IS [Captioner] 19:58:45 TO ROTATE FIVE DIFFERENT FLAG OBSERVANCES [Captioner] 19:58:48 PER YEAR. [Captioner] 19:58:54 AND THEN THE SECOND OPTION AS PRESENTED IN YOUR REPORT IS A [Captioner] 19:58:58 PARTIAL ROTATION. BASED ON DIRECTION PROVIDED THIS [Captioner] 19:59:03 YEAR, AND PAST CITY PRACTICES WITH CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 19:59:06 FLAG DISPLAYS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND LGBTQ [Captioner] 19:59:09 PRIDE MONTH, THIS OPTION PRESENTS [Captioner] 19:59:12 TO HAVE THOSE TWO MONTHS BE [Captioner] 19:59:16 OBSERVED EVERY YEAR AND THEN THE ROTATION OF THE THREE [Captioner] 19:59:20 ADDITIONAL CEREMONIAL FLAG DISPLAY. SO [Captioner] 19:59:23 CONTINUING WITH THE FIVE OBSERVANCES PER YEAR, [Captioner] 19:59:26 BUT STANDARDIZING TWO OF THEM TO OCCUR [Captioner] 19:59:29 ANNUALLY. [Captioner] 19:59:34 SO JUST A REITERATION OF THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TODAY. [Captioner] 19:59:38 WE ARE PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU [Captioner] 19:59:42 TO ADOPT A WAY TO HAVE THE FIVE [Captioner] 19:59:45 CEREMONIAL FLAG DISPLAYS PER YEAR AS WELL AS A [Captioner] 19:59:48 SELECTION CRITERIA, AND ASKING YOU TO [Captioner] 19:59:51 GIVE DIRECTION ON WHAT IS THE PROCESS [Captioner] 19:59:55 OR MODEL BASED ON THESE TWO SCHEDULING OPTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:59:59 TO ROTATE FIVE DIFFERENT -- IN [Captioner] 20:00:02 OPTION ONE, FIVE DIFFERENT CEREMONIAL FLAG DISPLAYS PER [Captioner] 20:00:05 YEAR, OR WITH OPTION TWO, TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:00:09 THE TWO STANDARDIZED LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH AND [Captioner] 20:00:12 BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH THE ROTATING THE THREE [Captioner] 20:00:15 OTHER OBSERVANCES. OF COURSE OPEN TO YOUR [Captioner] 20:00:19 DIRECTION IF DIFFERENT MODELS ARE [Captioner] 20:00:22 PRESENTED. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN [Captioner] 20:00:25 TO ALLEN. >> BEFORE WE DIVE INTO YOUR QUESTIONS, [Captioner] 20:00:29 COUNCIL, STAFF'S INTENT IN [Captioner] 20:00:35 ASSEMBLING THIS SELECTION CRITERIA [Captioner] 20:00:37 AND SCHEDULING ROTATIONS IS [Captioner] 20:00:41 TO NARROW THE WORLD OF [Captioner] 20:00:46 POTENTIAL CEREMONIAL FLAG CONSIDERATIONS FOR [Captioner] 20:00:49 YOU, AND THAT'S [Captioner] 20:00:52 IN RESPONSE TO YOUR DIRECTION TO DEVELOP THAT CRITERIA, AND [Captioner] 20:00:56 IT ALSO A FUNCTION OF JUST HOW MANY [Captioner] 20:00:59 POTENTIAL CEREMONIAL RECOGNITIONS THERE COULD BE THAT EXIST IN [Captioner] 20:01:03 THE WORLD. WE WILL, OF COURSE, TAKE YOUR [Captioner] 20:01:06 DIRECTION WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THIS [Captioner] 20:01:09 PRESENTATION, BUT STAFF'S INTENT WAS TO [Captioner] 20:01:13 PROVIDE DIGESTIBLE DECISIONS FOR THE KOWB [Captioner] 20:01:16 COUNCIL TO MAKE WITH RESPECT TO, ONE, HOW [Captioner] 20:01:19 MANY HOLIDAYS OR CEREMONIAL OBSERVANCES YOU [Captioner] 20:01:21 CONSIDERED, AND THEN TWO, HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM. [Captioner] 20:01:23 SO WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:01:30 >> Mayor Mei: WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 20:01:34 YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? >> Councilmember Salwan: THAT WAS FROM [Captioner] 20:01:37 BEFORE, BUT I CAN, I GUESS, JUMP RIGHT [Captioner] 20:01:40 IN. SO HOW DOES STAFF ARRIVE AT [Captioner] 20:01:44 THESE PARTICULAR, I GUESS, FLAG [Captioner] 20:01:48 DAYS, HOLIDAYS OR [Captioner] 20:01:52 COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS? [Captioner] 20:01:56 >> Mr. DeMers: WE CONDUCTED RESEARCH INTO HOW OTHER [Captioner] 20:02:00 CITIES SELECT CEREMONIAL FLAGS [Captioner] 20:02:05 TO DISPLAY, BUT EFFECTIVELY, WE LEANED VERY [Captioner] 20:02:08 HEAVILY ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE OF [Captioner] 20:02:12 CALIFORNIA DESIGNATIONS OF CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 20:02:16 OR HERITAGE MONTHS. THAT'S WHAT WE SAW SOME OTHER CITIES [Captioner] 20:02:21 DO AS WELL. AND WHEN YOU APPLY THAT CRITERIA THAT [Captioner] 20:02:24 AMANDA TALKED THROUGH ON -- I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 2 OF [Captioner] 20:02:27 THE PRESENTATION, THOSE ARE [Captioner] 20:02:31 THE POTENTIAL OBSERVANCES THAT THE [Captioner] 20:02:34 CRITERIA ALLIANCE WITH. [Captioner] 20:02:37 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. SO PART OF THE EMAILS I WAS READING [Captioner] 20:02:40 AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE KIND OF GOTTEN [Captioner] 20:02:45 INFORMALLY HAS BEEN THAT SOME OF THE EVENTS DON'T ALIGN WITH [Captioner] 20:02:49 THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO I WAS [Captioner] 20:02:52 WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE [Captioner] 20:02:55 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN FREMONT, SO [Captioner] 20:02:58 THAT WAY WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT MATCH [Captioner] 20:03:01 THE DIVERSITY OF FREMONT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, [Captioner] 20:03:04 FACTOR INTO HOW WE CAN GET MORE GROUPS [Captioner] 20:03:08 INVOLVED? ESPECIALLY THE [Captioner] 20:03:11 ONES IN HIGHER PERCENTAGE HERE IN [Captioner] 20:03:12 FREMONT? >> Mr. DeMers: STAFF, OF COURSE, [Captioner] 20:03:16 STANDS READY TO IMPLEMENT THE DIRECTION THAT YOU PROVIDE [Captioner] 20:03:25 COUNCIL. THE INTENT OF OUR SELECTION CRITERIA [Captioner] 20:03:29 WAS TO NARROW -- AND I KNOW -- I WOULD [Captioner] 20:03:32 IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE SOME SPEAKERS TONIGHT ON THIS TOPIC, [Captioner] 20:03:35 AND CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT INPUT AS [Captioner] 20:03:38 WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:03:41 HOLIDAYS THAT I SAW PRESENTED FOR [Captioner] 20:03:45 CONSIDERATION WERE, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:03:49 JUST -- THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE STATE OR FEDERALLY [Captioner] 20:03:51 RECOGNIZED LIST THAT WE USE TO INITIALLY NARROW DOWN WHAT WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:03:54 PRESENT TO YOU. SO WE DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE FOR [Captioner] 20:03:57 CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:03:59 I'LL WAIT FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK. [Captioner] 20:04:01 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:04:03 NEXT IS VICE MAYOR COX. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:04:09 >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES. I WOULD FIRST LIKE [Captioner] 20:04:12 TO -- I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:04:16 TO FIRST HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN MAKE MY COMMENTS [Captioner] 20:04:19 AND CLARIFICATIONS. >> Mayor [Captioner] 20:04:22 Mei: OKAY. AT THIS TIME, [Captioner] 20:04:25 I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:04:28 WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM, WHICH IS THE CEREMONIAL [Captioner] 20:04:32 FLAG DISPLAY, MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE [Captioner] 20:04:35 HAND ICON IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM OR IF DIALING IN, BY [Captioner] 20:04:40 DIALING STAR NINE, AND IF THERE ARE SPEAKERS HERE, IF WE COULD CALL [Captioner] 20:04:43 THOSE SPEAKERS. >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, WE HAVE EIGHT [Captioner] 20:04:44 SPEAKER CARDS, CURRENTLY ONE HAND RAISED ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 20:04:48 OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALEX WU. THAT WILL BE [Captioner] 20:04:52 FOLLOWED BY DR. RAMESH [Captioner] 20:04:52 JOPRA. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:05:06 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI, [Captioner] 20:05:12 COUNCIL, STAFF, AND FREMONT PUBLIC. THIS IS ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:05:16 FLAG DISPLAY. WHEN I [Captioner] 20:05:19 READ THAT [Captioner] 20:05:25 ROTATION, I WAS SURPRISED THAT [Captioner] 20:05:28 DIWALI AND LUNAR NEW YEAR WERE NOT ON THE LIST TO BE [Captioner] 20:05:32 CONSIDERED. [Captioner] 20:05:36 SO JUST LIKE COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:05:39 SALWAN MENTIONED, CITY [Captioner] 20:05:42 OF FREMONT HAD OVER [Captioner] 20:05:46 70% POPULATION OF ASIAN. AND THIS SHOULD [Captioner] 20:05:49 NOT BE NEGLECTED. ON THE OTHER [Captioner] 20:05:53 HAND, [Captioner] 20:05:57 BOTH THE DIWALI AND LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 20:06:00 YEAR ARE WIDE [Captioner] 20:06:04 LY CELEBRATED WITHIN THE CITY. JUST AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:06:08 CONSIDERING [Captioner] 20:06:11 SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:06:14 HOLIDAY THAT STATE AND FEDERAL ARE [Captioner] 20:06:17 USING, I GUESS YOU [Captioner] 20:06:21 RECOGNIZE GOVERNOR NEWSOM [Captioner] 20:06:25 HAD ANNOUNCED [Captioner] 20:06:28 LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A HOLIDAY FOR CALIFORNIA. [Captioner] 20:06:32 FOR WHAT REASON? MAINLY HE HAD STATED TO ACKNOWLEDGE [Captioner] 20:06:36 THE DIVERSITY AND [Captioner] 20:06:39 THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE [Captioner] 20:06:42 THAT THE ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE BROUGHT TO CALIFORNIA. [Captioner] 20:06:47 SO PLEASE CONSIDER [Captioner] 20:06:51 THIS AS MAYOR -- I MEAN [Captioner] 20:06:54 GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAVE MENTIONED. [Captioner] 20:06:57 BY THE WAY, LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:07:01 IS CELEBRATED BY A HANDFUL [Captioner] 20:07:05 OF ASIAN COUNTRIES. IF WE [Captioner] 20:07:08 ULTIMATELY ELECT TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR, IT SHOULD [Captioner] 20:07:12 NOT BE A FLAG OF CERTAIN COUNTRY. IT [Captioner] 20:07:15 SHOULD BE [Captioner] 20:07:19 OF MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. THAT'S [Captioner] 20:07:23 MY SUGGESTION. [Captioner] 20:07:26 -- THAT'S MY LONE SUGGESTION. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 20:07:29 [APPLAUSE] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:07:33 IS DR. RAMESH JOPRA FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:07:37 RAJESH. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, [Captioner] 20:07:42 COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF AND CITIZENS OF [Captioner] 20:07:45 FREMONT. MY NAME IS RAMESH [Captioner] 20:07:49 JAPRA. AND I STAND HERE IN [Captioner] 20:07:52 FRONT OF YOU ALL TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:07:55 MY OBJECTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED [Captioner] 20:08:00 HERE, LIKE ALEX MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S BEEN A TOTAL [Captioner] 20:08:03 SURPRISE TO MANY OF US AFTER SEEING [Captioner] 20:08:06 THIS LIST, AND THE SELECTION CRITERIA [Captioner] 20:08:10 , WHICH HAS BEEN [Captioner] 20:08:14 PROPOSED, IT SHOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CITY OF [Captioner] 20:08:17 FREMONT, AND [Captioner] 20:08:21 DEMOGRAPHICS LIKE OUR COUNCILMEMBER DR. RAJ [Captioner] 20:08:24 SALWAN MENTIONED SHOULD BE CONSIDERED [Captioner] 20:08:27 HEAVILY [Captioner] 20:08:31 WHILE RESEARCHING VIRTUALLY AND TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THE NAMES WHICH DO [Captioner] 20:08:34 NOT REPRESENT THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:08:37 FREMONT AS HINDU AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH HAS [Captioner] 20:08:40 BEEN CELEBRATED, HAS BEEN [Captioner] 20:08:44 COMMEMORATED SINCE 2013 AT THE STATE [Captioner] 20:08:47 LEVEL, ANNUALLY, AND EVEN IN THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:08:50 FREMONT, HINDU HERITAGE MONTH HAS BEEN [Captioner] 20:08:54 COMMEMORATED MANY, MANY [Captioner] 20:08:57 TIMES. THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN [Captioner] 20:09:00 PROCLAMATIONS ON THIS, AND THE [Captioner] 20:09:04 CITY, EVEN AS OUR DIWALI [Captioner] 20:09:07 , GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY, OTHER [Captioner] 20:09:10 HOLIDAYS, MANY, MANY OTHER HOLIDAY THE FALL IN THE MONTH OF [Captioner] 20:09:14 OCTOBER AND HAS BEEN CELEBRATING THIS MONTH OF [Captioner] 20:09:17 OCTOBER [Captioner] 20:09:22 . IT'S BEEN CELEBRATED AT A [Captioner] 20:09:25 STATE LEVEL EVERY YEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A RELIGION, IF YOU WANT [Captioner] 20:09:29 TO CONSIDER THAT AS AN ETHNIC COMMUNITY OR AS A RACE [Captioner] 20:09:32 OR AS A COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WHEN THE JEWISH AMERICAN [Captioner] 20:09:35 HERITAGE MONTH CAN BE CELEBRATED, OR [Captioner] 20:09:37 ARAB-AMERICAN, NOTHING AGAINST ANY ONE OF THOSE. [Captioner] 20:09:40 WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THEY COULD FALL INTO THE SAME [Captioner] 20:09:43 CATEGORIES AS THE HINDU AMERICAN HERITAGE. [Captioner] 20:09:46 SO WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE, WE [Captioner] 20:09:49 HAVE CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE CITY OF FREMONT, TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, [Captioner] 20:09:53 AND TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND WE [Captioner] 20:09:56 WOULD CONTINUE DOING THAT. OUR VALUES [Captioner] 20:09:59 ARE ALIGNED WITH THE [Captioner] 20:10:03 CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:10:06 SOME OF THE THINGS MENTIONED HERE, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND [Captioner] 20:10:10 INCLUSION, AND WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THAT, SO WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:10:13 RECOMMEND THAT OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE REPRESENTED AND [Captioner] 20:10:16 HINDU HERITAGE, HINDU AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH SHOULD BE INCLUDED [Captioner] 20:10:19 IN THIS LIST OVER HERE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:10:24 [APPLAUSE] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:10:28 IS RAJES [Captioner] 20:10:31 H VERMA. >> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE [Captioner] 20:10:34 MAYOR, PERSONS, CITY STAFF AND ALL THE PUBLIC OVER HERE FROM THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:10:38 FREMONT. JUST [Captioner] 20:10:41 LIKE ALEX AND DR. JOB RAH SAID [Captioner] 20:10:44 AND ALSO -- SAID THAT I'M ALSO [Captioner] 20:10:48 TALKING ABOUT THE HINDU HERITAGE MONTH, AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 20:10:51 DIWALI, AS WELL AS THE LUNAR, YOU KNOW, NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:10:55 CELEBRATION, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE INDIANS, [Captioner] 20:10:58 THE CHINESE AND AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS [Captioner] 20:11:01 SAID, THERE'S 70% OF THE POPULATION IN FREMONT IS [Captioner] 20:11:04 FAR EAST ASIAN, YOU KNOW, SO THE CRITERIA [Captioner] 20:11:07 THAT THE STAFF USED BY [Captioner] 20:11:11 SAYING THAT STATE AND FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED [Captioner] 20:11:14 FLAGS AND MONTHS WILL BE USED IS NOT [Captioner] 20:11:18 REALLY APPLICABLE [Captioner] 20:11:21 CORRECTLY FOR [Captioner] 20:11:24 THIS SELECTION [Captioner] 20:11:28 IN FREMONT. SO BESIDES THE MAYOR AND [Captioner] 20:11:31 ALL YOU COUNCILPERSONS YOU HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 20:11:34 WITH US THROUGH FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, [Captioner] 20:11:37 COMING TO OUR TEMPLES AND ALL THE EVENTS, AND YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:11:40 SEEN THAT WE ENCOMPASS NOT ONLY ALL [Captioner] 20:11:43 THE HINDUS BUT WE INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:11:47 EVERYBODY, THE WHOLE WORLD IS ONE FAMILY AND [Captioner] 20:11:50 ALL PRAYERS, WE WISH TO THE [Captioner] 20:11:54 WHOLE OF WORLD IS HAPPY. SO I WOULD [Captioner] 20:11:57 ALSO REQUEST THAT [Captioner] 20:12:00 STAFF HAS GUIDANCE FROM ALL OF YOU HONORABLE MAYOR [Captioner] 20:12:03 AND COUNCILPERSONS TO THE STAFF, THAT THEY SHOULD GO BACK AND [Captioner] 20:12:07 INCLUDE THESE AS WELL AS ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY HAVE ADDED, [Captioner] 20:12:11 I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THAT, BUT I WANT THAT [Captioner] 20:12:15 SOMEHOW SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE THIS REPRESENTS A LARGE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:12:18 AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR [Captioner] 20:12:22 OUR -- TO SHOW TOO. OTHERWISE IT LOOKS SO BAD [Captioner] 20:12:26 WHEN THE KIDS -- POPULATION HERE AND [Captioner] 20:12:29 HOW COME WE DON'T -- WE TELL THEM [Captioner] 20:12:32 TO CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR AND TELL THEM [Captioner] 20:12:36 THE VICTORY OF [Captioner] 20:12:40 -- GOOD OVER [Captioner] 20:12:44 EVIL AND VALUES, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:12:47 VERY PRUDENT IF CITY STAFF COMES BACK WITH YOUR GUIDANCE TO INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:12:50 THESE ALSO IN THIS [Captioner] 20:12:51 EVEN CELEBRATION. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:12:55 [APPLAUSE] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:12:59 IS K.P. FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:13:03 SHONDRU. >> THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:13:08 MADAM -- VICE MAYOR COX, ALL CITY OFFICIALS. [Captioner] 20:13:12 I'M A RESIDENT OF ARDENWOOD OUT HERE IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:13:15 WHEN I CAME HERE TODAY, I HEARD ABOUT THIS [Captioner] 20:13:19 AGENDA ITEM, I WAS REMINDED OF EARLY [Captioner] 20:13:22 FEBRUARY, WHEN COMMUNITY IN LARGE NUMBERS CAME HERE [Captioner] 20:13:26 TO REPRESENT TO REQUEST THIS, AND I'M GLAD THAT COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:13:28 ACTUALLY TAKES ACTION AND WORKS ON THAT. [Captioner] 20:13:31 BUT WHEN I WENT -- I WAS [Captioner] 20:13:35 REALLY PUZZLED AND DISAPPOINTED. THIS IS NOT [Captioner] 20:13:38 SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS FREMONT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY [Captioner] 20:13:41 WHO KNOWS FREMONT WOULD BE OKAY WITH. [Captioner] 20:13:44 SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T [Captioner] 20:13:48 HAVE -- SOME EARLIER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID LIKE 60, 70% [Captioner] 20:13:51 OF OUR FREMONT COMMUNITY IS ASIAN COMMUNITY, [Captioner] 20:13:55 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE LIST REPRESENTING [Captioner] 20:13:58 THAT, WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. LAST YEAR ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:14:02 FREMONT CITY COUNCIL DECLARED OCTOBER [Captioner] 20:14:07 AS HINDU -- WE ARE GOING [Captioner] 20:14:11 BACK, WE ALREADY CELEBRATED [Captioner] 20:14:14 -- NOW WE ARE SAYING BECAUSE FEDERAL OR STATE DOESN'T SAY [Captioner] 20:14:17 SOMETHING, WE'LL NOT DO IT. SO WE COULD HAVE COME UP WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:14:20 KIND OF CRITERIA AND [Captioner] 20:14:23 THE LIST IN TWO MINUTES. WE DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE SIX MONTHS TO [Captioner] 20:14:25 GO THROUGH THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT [Captioner] 20:14:29 REALLY NICE. AND CRITERIA SELECTION DOES NOT TAKE [Captioner] 20:14:32 INTO ACCOUNT OUR UNIQUE CULTURE, HERITAGE, [Captioner] 20:14:36 DEMOGRAPHICS. ONE OF THOSE [Captioner] 20:14:39 ITEMS, QUICKLY [Captioner] 20:14:42 INCLUSION IS THERE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, [Captioner] 20:14:45 NONE OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE LIST [Captioner] 20:14:49 THAT HAS BEEN MADE UP, THE [Captioner] 20:14:52 CRITERIA LISTED OUT THERE. IF 60, [Captioner] 20:14:56 70% OF THE COMMUNITY IS INDIAN ASIAN AND YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THEM, [Captioner] 20:14:58 THEN THAT'S NOT REALLY A CEREMONIAL CELEBRATION OF ANYTHING. [Captioner] 20:15:02 SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO THAT AND [Captioner] 20:15:05 AS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN SAID, WE SHOULD HAVE [Captioner] 20:15:08 INPUT FROM COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD [Captioner] 20:15:13 HELP US SAY AS TO WHAT WE CELEBRATE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S [Captioner] 20:15:15 KIND OF ON THE FRINGE OR SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE. [Captioner] 20:15:19 UNIQUE WE ARE REQUESTING, SO [Captioner] 20:15:23 I WOULD [Captioner] 20:15:26 EVERYBODY -- INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:15:28 DIWALI AS WELL AS LUNAR DAYS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:15:32 [APPLAUSE] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:15:37 IS SHONDRU FOLLOWED BY GOVIN. [Captioner] 20:15:43 >> GOOD EVENING, MERRILL OF FREMONT [Captioner] 20:15:46 AND COUNCILMEMBERS FOR FREMONT AND PUBLIC OF FREMONT [Captioner] 20:15:49 PRESENT HERE. [Captioner] 20:15:53 I WAS JUST LISTENING TO [Captioner] 20:15:57 THOSE SYSTEM OF HOW THEY [Captioner] 20:16:00 HAVE DECIDED THE LIST, AND I WAS REALLY [Captioner] 20:16:04 SURPRISED THAT WHEN -- [Captioner] 20:16:08 WITH 70% -- MORE THAN [Captioner] 20:16:11 70% POPULATION OF FAR EAST [Captioner] 20:16:14 ASIANS AND INDIANS, YOU CANNOT [Captioner] 20:16:17 FIND THAT LIST, THAT [Captioner] 20:16:21 NAME IN THE LIST? I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:16:24 REQUEST THE PEOPLE WHO MADE LIST TO [Captioner] 20:16:27 PUBLICIZE THE METHOD IN WHICH THEY CALCULATED AND DECIDED [Captioner] 20:16:30 THIS LIST. THIS LIST SHOULD BE MATTER OF [Captioner] 20:16:32 PREPARING THE LIST SHOULD BE PUBLICIZE PUBLICLY. [Captioner] 20:16:36 THIS IS [Captioner] 20:16:39 NOT OFFENSIVE TO US AT ALL. SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE SOME [Captioner] 20:16:42 REASONING AND SOME CONSIDERATION TO THE [Captioner] 20:16:45 POPULATION ALSO. WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING [Captioner] 20:16:48 THESE FESTIVALS FOR SO MANY YEARS IN [Captioner] 20:16:52 LARGE NUMBERS. SO PLEASE, ALL THE [Captioner] 20:16:55 COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR, THEY [Captioner] 20:16:59 SHOULD REVISE THIS LIST AND ASK THESE PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 20:17:02 HAVE PREPARED THE LIST TO GIVE US ALL THE REASONS [Captioner] 20:17:05 AND LOGIC BEHIND THE LIST. THIS DOESN'T SEEM [Captioner] 20:17:06 LOGICAL. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:17:10 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:17:13 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 20:17:17 COVIN FOLLOWED BY MARTY. >> [Captioner] 20:17:21 GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC OF CITY [Captioner] 20:17:24 OF FREMONT. HINDU [Captioner] 20:17:27 AMERICANS, THE DENSITY OF POPULATION OF HINDU AMERICANS IS [Captioner] 20:17:30 THE MAXIMUM IN THE CITY OF FREMONT COMPARED TO [Captioner] 20:17:33 THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. [Captioner] 20:17:37 SO IT IS SAD THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING [Captioner] 20:17:40 REPRESENTED IN [Captioner] 20:17:43 THIS -- [Captioner] 20:17:46 EVEN -- SO HINDU AMERICANS COME FROM [Captioner] 20:17:50 CENTURIES-OLD TRADITIONS. SO THEY'RE BRING [Captioner] 20:17:54 ING AN ENRICHED CULTURE AND TRADITION TO THE [Captioner] 20:17:58 MAIN GLOBAL COMMUNITY, WHICH [Captioner] 20:18:01 PREACHES UNIVERSAL PEACE AND INTEGRATION. [Captioner] 20:18:04 SO THE EVENT SUCH AS DIWALI, [Captioner] 20:18:08 THEY REPRESENT [Captioner] 20:18:13 VICTORY, GOOD OVER EVIL, AND DISPELLING [Captioner] 20:18:15 DARKNESS FROM EVERYONE'S LIVES AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:18:19 SO IT ONLY PREACHES [Captioner] 20:18:23 INCLUSIVENESS AND EXTENSION OF THE SPIRITUAL WEALTH OF [Captioner] 20:18:26 THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION THAT EXISTS ON THIS PLANET [Captioner] 20:18:29 EARTH. AND SO IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 20:18:33 THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS INCLUDED IN THIS EVENING, AND IT [Captioner] 20:18:36 VERY WELL FALLS INTO THE CRITERIA THAT [Captioner] 20:18:39 STAFF MEMBERS HAVE COME UP WITH. IT'S NOT JUST A RELIGIOUS [Captioner] 20:18:40 HOLIDAY. IT IS BEYOND RELIGION. [Captioner] 20:18:44 SO [Captioner] 20:18:48 THEY PROMOTE FOR UNIVERSAL GOOD. PREACH HOW ONE CAN [Captioner] 20:18:51 BE A GOOD CITIZEN, AND HOPE [Captioner] 20:18:55 THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER, SO THERE'S VERY [Captioner] 20:18:58 MUCH A NEED, PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHO THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE, [Captioner] 20:19:01 SO THAT'S A BAD SITUATION WHICH WE ALL LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY [Captioner] 20:19:04 IN PARTICULAR. SO EVENTS LIKE [Captioner] 20:19:07 DIWALI AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OR [Captioner] 20:19:10 FESTIVITIES THAT THIS HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY WILL BRING FORTH TO THE [Captioner] 20:19:13 MAIN PLATFORM WILL BE VERY INCLUSIVE OF THE ENTIRE [Captioner] 20:19:17 COMMUNITY, WHERE WE EXCHANGE GIFTS [Captioner] 20:19:21 WITH THE ENTIRE -- YOU KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, [Captioner] 20:19:24 AND YOU GO BEYOND THESE COMMUNITIES TO GO OUT AND [Captioner] 20:19:27 HELP THE UNDER PRIVILEGED [Captioner] 20:19:30 PEOPLE DURING THESE TIMES, WHERE THE RELIGION [Captioner] 20:19:33 ASPECT OF IT IS TO [Captioner] 20:19:37 ENCOURAGE THE -- TO GIVE BACK TO THE LESS [Captioner] 20:19:39 PRIVILEGED. SO THAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS [Captioner] 20:19:43 EVENING, AND TO DISPEL PEOPLE AND [Captioner] 20:19:46 TO UNITE [Captioner] 20:19:48 -- TO BRING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. [Captioner] 20:19:52 IT SHOULD BE A BOTTOM APPROACH, NOT A [Captioner] 20:19:55 TOP-DOWN COMING FROM THE [Captioner] 20:19:58 FEDERAL -- IF YOU START ON THE CITY LEVEL AND GO [Captioner] 20:20:02 UPWARDS [Captioner] 20:20:06 -- SO HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY BEING A SUBSTANTIAL [Captioner] 20:20:10 POPULATION OF CITY OF FREMONT, I REQUEST YOU TO [Captioner] 20:20:12 PLEASE CONSIDER HINDU HERITAGE MONTH AS WELL AS DIWALI. [Captioner] 20:20:13 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:20:20 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTY [Captioner] 20:20:23 FOLLOWED BY BEN YEE. [Captioner] 20:20:29 >> GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, [Captioner] 20:20:33 COUNCILMEMBERS CAMPBELL, KASSAN, KENG AND COX -- EXCUSE [Captioner] 20:20:36 ME -- AND SALWAN. MY NAME [Captioner] 20:20:39 IS MARTY, I'M A RESIDENT OF NILES, A GRADUATE OF [Captioner] 20:20:44 IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, GO VIKINGS, [Captioner] 20:20:45 AND I'M ALSO THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THIS CITY'S HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. [Captioner] 20:20:48 I'M HERE TO MAKE A REQUEST OF THIS COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:20:52 PLEASE REFER THIS ITEM TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND ALLOW [Captioner] 20:20:55 THE HRC TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED US TO [Captioner] 20:20:58 DO. THIS WERE ITEM MORE THAN MANY OTHERS [Captioner] 20:21:01 THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SEEN ON A COUNCIL AGENDA [Captioner] 20:21:04 PLACE PERFECTLY INTO OUR ROLE WITHIN THE CITY'S [Captioner] 20:21:08 GOVERNMENT. MY ARGUMENT IS [Captioner] 20:21:11 EASILY SUMMARIZED THROUGH THE COMMISSION'S [Captioner] 20:21:15 COMMISSION STRIVES TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AND ENSURE THAT [Captioner] 20:21:19 THE RIGHTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN FREMONT ARE PROTECTED [Captioner] 20:21:22 UNDER THE LAW. THE HRC PROMOTES, [Captioner] 20:21:25 SUPPORTS, AND HELPS CREATE A COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:21:28 ENVIRONMENT. WHERE DIVERSITY IS HONORED AND [Captioner] 20:21:32 RESPECTED, NEIGHBORS REACH OUT AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND THE MOST [Captioner] 20:21:35 VULNERABLE RECEIVE SERVICES, TO ALLOW ALL A [Captioner] 20:21:39 HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE, [Captioner] 20:21:40 LEARN, WORK AND PLAY IN PEACE AND HARMONY. [Captioner] 20:21:44 SO I THINK I'VE MADE MY STATEMENT HERE. [Captioner] 20:21:47 I THINK THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US A JOB TO DO. [Captioner] 20:21:50 WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SLEPT [Captioner] 20:21:54 EXCELLENT SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM, SO THAT IS [Captioner] 20:21:57 MY ASK OF YOU. I HAVE ONE FINAL THING I'D LIKE TO ADD [Captioner] 20:22:00 ON TO MY COMMENT HERE. THE STATE OF LIVING ON HOUSED [Captioner] 20:22:04 COMMONLY BUT ENACT RATTILY REFERRED TO AS HOMELESS IS NOT A CRIME, LIVING [Captioner] 20:22:07 IN POVERTY IS NOT A CRIME. AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT ANYONE [Captioner] 20:22:10 WHO ENGAGES IN JUST COURSE ON THESE TOPICS PROVIDES [Captioner] 20:22:13 DIGNITY TO THOSE YEARNING FOR SURVIVAL RATHER THAN SHAMING THEM [Captioner] 20:22:15 THROUGH THEIR UNKIND CHOICE OF LANGUAGE. [Captioner] 20:22:19 BE KIND AND PLEASE TREAT YOUR NEIGHBORS, [Captioner] 20:22:23 BOTH NEAR AND FAR FROM YOU, WITH COMPASSION. [Captioner] 20:22:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:22:29 IS BEN YEE FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 20:22:36 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AS WELL. [Captioner] 20:22:39 I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHO I AM, BEN [Captioner] 20:22:42 YEE. I'M HERE AS YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF [Captioner] 20:22:46 YOUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO STATE-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL [Captioner] 20:22:50 THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IN NORTHERN CAL, BUT I COME HERE AS A [Captioner] 20:22:53 PRIVATE CITIZEN. I WAS ASKED BY THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:22:56 TO COME HERE AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF HAVING [Captioner] 20:22:59 BOTH DIWALI AND LUNAR NEW YEAR INCLUDED ON [Captioner] 20:23:03 TO THAT LIST. AS WE ALL KNOW, [Captioner] 20:23:07 LUNAR NEW YEAR ALREADY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE, [Captioner] 20:23:10 AND WE ALREADY KNOW HERE IN CITY COUNCIL THAT THE MEMBERS OF [Captioner] 20:23:13 THE INDIAN COMMUNITY HAVE COME HERE NUMEROUS TIMES [Captioner] 20:23:16 TO INCLUDE DIWALI. YOU'VE HEARD [Captioner] 20:23:19 THAT WORD SEVERAL TIMES, IF NOT MANY TIMES. [Captioner] 20:23:22 SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALSO [Captioner] 20:23:25 INCLUDE THOSE TWO DATE AS WELL. THE ONE THING [Captioner] 20:23:28 THAT I DO [Captioner] 20:23:32 KNOW, BEING AN APPOINTED PERSON [Captioner] 20:23:35 AND WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AS THE ELECTED [Captioner] 20:23:37 OFFICIALS, IS LOOKING AT A STAFF REPORT. [Captioner] 20:23:41 THAT'S WHERE YOU BEGIN. AND WE REACH [Captioner] 20:23:44 OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT [Captioner] 20:23:47 EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF THEM NEED, SO THAT'S WHAT I [Captioner] 20:23:51 DO, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING [Captioner] 20:23:53 AND MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:23:56 BECAUSE THE THING I'M REALLY MOST SURPRISED TO SEE IS THE LACK OF [Captioner] 20:23:59 THESE TWO ITEMS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH [Captioner] 20:24:02 ONE OF THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS IS THE LACK OF ASIAN REPRESENTATION [Captioner] 20:24:06 IN OUR 17 DEPARTMENTS, AND ALL OF OUR CITY [Captioner] 20:24:10 HERE, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 20:24:13 ANY ASIAN REPRESENTATION IN OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT, EVEN THE [Captioner] 20:24:17 FIRST TWO LEVELS, AND I JUST DON'T WANT [Captioner] 20:24:20 TO SEE THAT THESE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST [Captioner] 20:24:24 BECOMES SOMETHING THAT [Captioner] 20:24:27 'S -- WHAT I'M BEING TOLD BY THE COMMUNITY IS, IT'S ANTI-ASIAN. [Captioner] 20:24:31 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REALIZE, WE NEED TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:24:34 THOSE TWO ITEMS ON THERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO [Captioner] 20:24:37 PERPETUATE THIS PERCEPTION OF BEING ANTI-ASIAN. [Captioner] 20:24:38 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 20:24:44 >> Mr. Quintanilla: JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 20:24:51 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THERE [Captioner] 20:24:55 WERE PROPOSALS TO RECOGNIZE DIWALI AND [Captioner] 20:24:58 LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH FULL [Captioner] 20:25:01 PAID HOLIDAYS FOR CITY STAFF. AND I SPOKE [Captioner] 20:25:04 AGAINST THOSE TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR TWO REASONS. [Captioner] 20:25:08 THE FIRST WAS COST. THERE ARE ONLY [Captioner] 20:25:11 ABOUT 250 WORK DAYS IN A YEAR, AND WHEN YOU TAKE ONE OF THOSE [Captioner] 20:25:15 AWAY, YOU'VE GOT 249, 248, [Captioner] 20:25:17 AND PRETTY SOON YOU HAVE TO HIRE MORE STAFF TO GET THINGS DONE. [Captioner] 20:25:23 THE SECOND REGION WAS THAT WHEN YOU [Captioner] 20:25:26 RECOGNIZED ONE COMMUNITY, YOU SAY YES TO THEM, IT BECOMES MUCH [Captioner] 20:25:28 MORE AWKWARD TO SAY NO TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:25:32 BUT THAT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF PAID DAYS OFF FOR CITY [Captioner] 20:25:35 STAFF. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 20:25:38 TONIGHT IS BUYING SOME FLAGS WHICH [Captioner] 20:25:42 LAST FOR YEARS ONCE YOU BUY THEM, [Captioner] 20:25:45 TO RECOGNIZE SOME COMMUNITIES. IT A MUCH LOWER [Captioner] 20:25:49 COST, MUCH EASIER THING TO DO, AND [Captioner] 20:25:52 AS FOR DIWALI AND LUNAR NEW YEAR [Captioner] 20:25:55 , THOSE DO AFFECT A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN [Captioner] 20:25:56 SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE LIST. [Captioner] 20:26:00 SO I DON'T SEE THOSE AS REASONS TO LEAVE OUT [Captioner] 20:26:02 LUNAR NEW YEAR OR DIWALI. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:26:07 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED IN ZOOM. [Captioner] 20:26:11 YONGGANG. [Captioner] 20:26:15 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 20:26:18 SO I THINK THE PROPOSALS FROM THE CITY STAFF [Captioner] 20:26:22 SHOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO DON'T [Captioner] 20:26:26 DO IT AT ALL. MAINLY BECAUSE FIRST OF [Captioner] 20:26:29 ALL, A ROTATING [Captioner] 20:26:33 -- IT WILL BE [Captioner] 20:26:37 ADDED WORKLOAD FOR THE STAFF. SECOND, THIS IS HARD [Captioner] 20:26:40 TO GET A [Captioner] 20:26:44 CONSENSUS FROM ALL THE COMMUNITIES. THE LEAST OF HOLIDAYS OR [Captioner] 20:26:47 GOING TO BE LONGER AND LONGER [Captioner] 20:26:52 , I THINK THE CITY SHOULD FOCUS MORE ON A [Captioner] 20:26:56 COMMUNITY-BASED CELEBRATION, LIKE A DIWALI OR NEW [Captioner] 20:27:01 YEAR'S, WE CELEBRATED EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY, AND [Captioner] 20:27:04 THE COUNCILMEMBER GO [Captioner] 20:27:08 -- ALL THE TIME RAISING A [Captioner] 20:27:11 FLAG. IT REALLY DOESN'T ADD MUCH [Captioner] 20:27:14 VALUE, THE CITY ALLOCATED RESOURCES TO THE VENUES LIKE THE [Captioner] 20:27:18 CITY STAFF MEMBERS TO HELP COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:27:22 TO BUILD -- TO CELEBRATE THEIR [Captioner] 20:27:27 EVENT IN A COMMUNITY-BASED MANNER. YEAH, THANK [Captioner] 20:27:30 YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR [Captioner] 20:27:35 LAST SPEAKER. >> Mayor Mei: THANK [Captioner] 20:27:35 YOU. AND NOW I'LL RETURN TO THE COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 20:27:38 COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, IS THIS FROM [Captioner] 20:27:40 BEFORE OR THIS IS NOW? OKAY. [Captioner] 20:27:43 GO AHEAD. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 20:27:46 YOU, MADAME MAYOR, THANK YOU, CITY STAFF. [Captioner] 20:27:49 CAN YOU HEAR ME? AND OF COURSE ALL [Captioner] 20:27:53 THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT. THIS FLAG POLICY [Captioner] 20:27:56 IS NOT EASY, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO [Captioner] 20:27:59 GET EVERYBODY INCLUDED, BUT IT [Captioner] 20:28:02 SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE TESTIMONY WE RECEIVED, ONE WAS TO INCORPORATE [Captioner] 20:28:06 LUNAR NEW YEAR. AND [Captioner] 20:28:11 SECOND WAS EITHER DIWALI OR [Captioner] 20:28:14 HINDU HERITAGE [Captioner] 20:28:17 MONTH. SO I WAS WONDERING IF STAFF WANTS TO [Captioner] 20:28:20 CIRCLE BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SEE IF THEY CAN INCORPORATE THOSE [Captioner] 20:28:22 OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD TRY AND FINALIZE TONIGHT? [Captioner] 20:28:29 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: LET ME SEE. WHERE DO I WANT TO START HERE? [Captioner] 20:28:33 SO THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IN THE [Captioner] 20:28:37 STAFF REPORT IS REFLECTIVE [Captioner] 20:28:42 OF ALL OF THE HERITAGE MONTHS THAT ARE OBSERVED AT [Captioner] 20:28:45 THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. [Captioner] 20:28:51 AS STAFF REPORT SAYS BACK IN DECEMBER, WE HAD A [Captioner] 20:28:54 REFERRAL TO RAISE THE FLAG FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FOLLOWED [Captioner] 20:28:57 BY THAT IN JANUARY, THERE WAS A [Captioner] 20:29:00 REFERRAL TO DO FLAG RAISINGS [Captioner] 20:29:04 FOR A MULTITUDE OF EVENT, AND THE DIRECTION YOU ALL GAVE US THEN WAS [Captioner] 20:29:07 TO COME BACK WITH [Captioner] 20:29:11 SELECTION CRITERIA [Captioner] 20:29:13 TO DETERMINE WHICH FLAGS TO RAISE AND WHEN. [Captioner] 20:29:17 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IN THE STAFF REPORT. [Captioner] 20:29:21 THE LIST THAT'S THERE WAS IN NO WAY INTENDED TO [Captioner] 20:29:25 OFFEND ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT, [Captioner] 20:29:28 AGAIN, IT IS WHAT'S DONE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL [Captioner] 20:29:30 LEVEL, WHICH GAVE US A STARTING POINT. [Captioner] 20:29:33 THERE'S NOTHING IN THE SELECTION CRITERIA [Captioner] 20:29:37 TO PRECLUDE YOU ALL FROM ADDING A MONTH OR [Captioner] 20:29:41 TAKING SOMETHING OUT OR [Captioner] 20:29:44 ASKING, YOU KNOW, MODIFYING THE [Captioner] 20:29:47 SELECTION CRITERIA. ANY WAY YOU SEE [Captioner] 20:29:50 FIT. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S [Captioner] 20:29:53 KIND OF THE STARTING POINT, IS JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE [Captioner] 20:29:57 CRITERIA DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANYTHING FROM BEING ADDED [Captioner] 20:30:00 TO THE LIST OR SUBTRACTED FROM THE LIST. [Captioner] 20:30:06 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, SO IN THAT CASE, I THINK WE CAN ADD THOSE [Captioner] 20:30:09 TWO EVENTS, OR THOSE TWO FLAGS. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:30:14 I SEE NEXT ON THE -- IT'S ACTUALLY COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 20:30:18 . COX KOCH BUT ACTUALLY I [Captioner] 20:30:20 HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. [Captioner] 20:30:23 THAT'S WHAT MY FIRST -- WHEN YOU HAD CALLED UPON ME FIRST. [Captioner] 20:30:26 >> Mayor Mei: WE HAD ALREADY GONE BACK AND I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW [Captioner] 20:30:29 THE ORDER OF THE PEOPLE, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, BUT WE'LL ASK YOU NEXT. [Captioner] 20:30:33 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: I THINK IT'S [Captioner] 20:30:36 VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT IS TIED TO [Captioner] 20:30:38 ANY RELIGION. RELIGION IS A VERY PERSONAL THING. [Captioner] 20:30:42 AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY RELIGIONS IN OUR CITY. [Captioner] 20:30:45 I DO NOTE THAT JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE [Captioner] 20:30:48 IS INCLUD [Captioner] 20:30:52 ED, [Captioner] 20:30:55 JUDDAISM IS DEFINITELY A RELIGION, SO I WOULD NOT AT ALL AGREE WITH [Captioner] 20:30:57 ADDING ANYTHING THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION. [Captioner] 20:31:01 I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S NOT OUR ROLE AS A [Captioner] 20:31:04 GOVERNMENT, TO TRY TO UPHOLD ANY PARTICULAR RELIGION. [Captioner] 20:31:08 THERE'S MULTIPLE RELIGIONS IN OUR CITY, AND WE DON'T [Captioner] 20:31:10 HAVE ENOUGH DAYS IN THE YEAR TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THEM. [Captioner] 20:31:13 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:31:17 NEXT, VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 20:31:21 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:31:24 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE'RE LOOKING [Captioner] 20:31:28 AT THIS LIST, WE'RE ALSO NOT SHOWING WHAT [Captioner] 20:31:31 ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE DO [Captioner] 20:31:36 TO REFLECT ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:31:39 AND THAT'S ONE PIECE THAT I [Captioner] 20:31:42 THINK WE [Captioner] 20:31:46 SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING REGULAR FER THAT [Captioner] 20:31:49 WE DO HAVE PROCLAMATIONS FOR ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 20:31:52 WE DO ON A MONTHLY [Captioner] 20:31:56 BASIS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS THE COUNTY [Captioner] 20:31:58 HAS THE SAME AND ALSO AS THE [Captioner] 20:32:01 CITY. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER [Captioner] 20:32:05 PART THAT ADDINGS INTO THE PICTURE OF [Captioner] 20:32:09 DOING CEREMONIAL ITEMS. [Captioner] 20:32:13 THIS IS THE FLAG, WE HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:32:15 PROCLAMATION. THE OTHER PART IS THAT I WOULD [Captioner] 20:32:18 NOT WANT TO EXCLUDE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 20:32:22 DOING CELEBRATIONS ALREADY, SUCH AS [Captioner] 20:32:25 CELEBRATING DWALI AND LUNAR [Captioner] 20:32:28 NEW YEAR THAT WE JUST RECENTLY DID [Captioner] 20:32:30 THIS PAST YEAR. [Captioner] 20:32:33 I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING WRONG IN ADDING THOSE [Captioner] 20:32:35 TO THE LIST TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT TO BE INCLUSIVE BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:32:38 SOME OF THESE GROUPS HAVE BEEN DOING I.T. A LONG TIME. [Captioner] 20:32:41 I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:32:45 WE UNDERSTAND THE PICTURE WHETHER [Captioner] 20:32:50 IT'S 9, 12 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT [Captioner] 20:32:53 HERE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE TO DO FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 20:32:56 ? AND WHAT IS THE COST FOR [Captioner] 20:33:00 ESTIMATED WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HERE [Captioner] 20:33:03 ? AND DOING EACH ONE OF THESE FLAG [Captioner] 20:33:05 RAISINGS? SO WHAT WOULD BE A COST FOR [Captioner] 20:33:08 DOING EACH FLAG RAISING? [Captioner] 20:33:13 >> IN OUR PRIOR PRESENTATION TO [Captioner] 20:33:16 COUNCIL WE ESTIMATED WITH NO ATTACHED CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES [Captioner] 20:33:20 THAT EACH FLAG RAISING WOULD COST AROUND [Captioner] 20:33:24 $700. >> Vice Mayor Cox: IS THAT [Captioner] 20:33:26 INCLUDING FLAG REQUISITION? [Captioner] 20:33:28 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> Vice Mayor Cox: AND THEN [Captioner] 20:33:32 THE RESOURCE OF THE LABOR ATTACHED TO THAT? [Captioner] 20:33:32 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> Vice Mayor Cox: THAT'S THE [Captioner] 20:33:36 WHOLE THING, $700 PER FLAG? [Captioner] 20:33:37 >> PER DAY. [Captioner] 20:33:40 >> Vice Mayor Cox: PER DAY FOR DOING ONE FLAG RAISING FOR THAT [Captioner] 20:33:41 DAY? [Captioner] 20:33:44 >> CORRECT, YES. [Captioner] 20:33:48 >> Vice Mayor Cox: AND THAT IS COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL [Captioner] 20:33:50 OPERATING BUDGET? >> YES. [Captioner] 20:33:54 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:34:00 >> Mayor Mei: SO DO YOU HAVE ANY [Captioner] 20:34:03 OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? >> Vice Mayor Cox: I WAS GOING [Captioner] 20:34:06 TO FINISH, GIVE ME A SECOND. SO ROUGHLY IF WE'RE LOOK [Captioner] 20:34:10 ING AT TEN TO 12, WE'RE ONLY TALKING [Captioner] 20:34:13 ABOUT $7,000 AND LOOKING IN TERMS OF MAKING [Captioner] 20:34:16 SURE WE'RE NOT OFFENDING ANY OF OUR GROUPS THAT [Captioner] 20:34:19 HAVE BEEN LONG STANDING IN OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:34:22 SO WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN $15,000, $ [Captioner] 20:34:25 12,000, GIVE OR TAKE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF [Captioner] 20:34:27 FLAG-RAISING. [Captioner] 20:34:30 I THINK THAT AS WE KEEP [Captioner] 20:34:31 PRACTICING AND SAYING THAT WE [Captioner] 20:34:35 ARE ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, [Captioner] 20:34:37 INCLUSION I THINK IT'S REALLY [Captioner] 20:34:40 IMPORTANT THAT WE DEMONSTRATE BY THE ACTIONS AND INCLUDING TWO [Captioner] 20:34:43 ADDITIONAL ITEMS, THAT HAVE [Captioner] 20:34:46 BEEN EXPRESSED BY ABOUT 15 OR 20 [Captioner] 20:34:50 DIFFERENT PUBLIC COMMENTS WRITTEN TO THE CITY, [Captioner] 20:34:52 BUT ALSO THOSE THAT I'VE RECEIVED [Captioner] 20:34:55 COMMUNICATIONS FROM AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:35:00 CELEBRATING BLACK [Captioner] 20:35:03 HISTORY MONTH WHICH WAS ALREADY APPROVED BACK [Captioner] 20:35:06 IN DECEMBER BY THE COUNCIL ANNUAL [Captioner] 20:35:10 LY GOING FORWARD, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH [Captioner] 20:35:14 , ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, I'M NOT SURE [Captioner] 20:35:16 WHEN WE HAD DONE A LOT OF THOSE CELEBRATIONS ON THAT ONE BUT THE [Captioner] 20:35:20 REST OF THEM WE HAVE WITH AAPI, JEWISH [Captioner] 20:35:23 AMERICAN, LGBTQ [Captioner] 20:35:27 , HISPANIC, NATIVE AMERICAN [Captioner] 20:35:28 HERITAGE MONTH. [Captioner] 20:35:31 I THINK WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE LIST [Captioner] 20:35:35 WITH THE ADDITION OF ADDING DIWALI AND [Captioner] 20:35:38 ADDING THE LUNAR [Captioner] 20:35:41 NEW YEAR I DON'T REALLY THINK WE'RE [Captioner] 20:35:44 TALKING A LOT OF REALLY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:35:47 TO WORK AND BOND AND WORK WITH OUR [Captioner] 20:35:49 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES FOR [Captioner] 20:35:53 OVER 20, 30 YEARS. AND SO I REALLY THINK [Captioner] 20:35:56 WE SHOULD REALLY RETHINK THAT AND SINCE WE [Captioner] 20:36:00 ARE COUNCIL, WE DO SET POLICIES, [Captioner] 20:36:01 AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN AT THE STATE [Captioner] 20:36:05 OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE COULD ALSO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY [Captioner] 20:36:08 OF MAKING DECISIONS RIGHT HERE WITH [Captioner] 20:36:11 OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS [Captioner] 20:36:13 ' INPUT. [Captioner] 20:36:16 BUT I ALSO HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION: HOW COME WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:36:18 NOT UTILIZED AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS [Captioner] 20:36:21 IN FEBRUARY WHEN THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE THEN, HOW [Captioner] 20:36:24 HAVE WE NOT IN ECHOING OUR HRC [Captioner] 20:36:28 CHAIR MARTY CALUJA, [Captioner] 20:36:31 HOW COULD WE HAVE NEVER UTILIZED OUR HUMAN [Captioner] 20:36:34 RESOURCE COMMISSION FOR THESE TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS? [Captioner] 20:36:37 BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I BROUGHT IT UP. [Captioner] 20:36:40 AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 20:36:43 WHERE HAVE WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM? [Captioner] 20:36:46 BECAUSE AFTER ALL THEY ARE REPRESENTING OUR CITY ON THESE [Captioner] 20:36:50 COMMISSIONS. [Captioner] 20:36:53 >> THE COMMISSIONS WORK AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MAYOR AND THE [Captioner] 20:36:56 COUNCIL. AND YOU ALL ARE -- CAN YOU KNOW [Captioner] 20:36:59 SET THEIR WORK PLANS AND DIRECT [Captioner] 20:37:02 THESE TYPES OF ITEMS TO THEM. [Captioner] 20:37:05 SO IT'S NOT A STAFF- [Captioner] 20:37:06 DRIVEN PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:37:08 IT'S AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:37:12 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. BUT I KNOW I'VE SAID IT SEVERAL [Captioner] 20:37:15 TIMES, AND IN PUBLIC MEETINGS, THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE THEM AND [Captioner] 20:37:19 WEIGH IN ON THIS PART OF THE PROCESS BEFORE WE HAVE MADE SOME [Captioner] 20:37:22 DECISIONS HERE. [Captioner] 20:37:25 AND I KNOW ANOTHER PART IS THAT [Captioner] 20:37:28 HAVING THIS TYPE OF DISCUSSION [Captioner] 20:37:31 , ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BUT [Captioner] 20:37:34 IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TAKING US AWAY FROM OUR TOP THREE [Captioner] 20:37:37 PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE VOTED AS THE TOP PRIORITIES OR THE THE [Captioner] 20:37:38 COUNCIL ON PUBLIC SAFETY, [Captioner] 20:37:42 HOMELESSNESS, AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS [Captioner] 20:37:46 . BUT I JUST WANT TO LEAVE WITH [Captioner] 20:37:49 THE THOUGHT THAT HOW BEST CAN WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY? [Captioner] 20:37:51 AND WITH THE DOWNTOWN CENTER [Captioner] 20:37:54 HAVING THE BUILDING NAME PLATE WITH CORET [Captioner] 20:37:58 RVETIONA SCOTT CIJ'S QUOTE [Captioner] 20:38:01 , IT IS ALWAYS STATED THAT THE SEGREGATE [Captioner] 20:38:04 GREATNESS OF THE COMMUNITY IS IS [Captioner] 20:38:07 ALWAYS MEASURED WITH THE COMPASSION OF ITS MEMBERS TO [Captioner] 20:38:10 SERVE WITH LOVE AND GRACE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE [Captioner] 20:38:13 REALLY SHOULD THINK ABOUT TONIGHT AS WE'RE MAKING [Captioner] 20:38:16 DECISIONS ON THAT AND HOW WE CAN BE MORE OF AN [Captioner] 20:38:19 INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND BOND MORE WITH [Captioner] 20:38:22 OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:38:24 BECAUSE AFTER ALL, WE ARE ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY BUT WE [Captioner] 20:38:27 WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:38:30 . >> Mayor Mei: NEXT IS [Captioner] 20:38:32 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:38:35 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:38:37 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:38:40 I WANTED TO CLARIFY, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, WERE YOU [Captioner] 20:38:41 SAYING YOU WERE IN AGREEMENT [Captioner] 20:38:45 WITH LUNAR NEW YEAR AND DIWALI [Captioner] 20:38:46 ? >> Councilmember Salwan: THAT [Captioner] 20:38:48 IS CORRECT, MA'AM. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:38:50 OKAY. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, [Captioner] 20:38:53 DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD BE OWNED TO [Captioner] 20:38:57 JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH [Captioner] 20:39:01 ? [Captioner] 20:39:02 >> Councilmember Kassan: I [Captioner] 20:39:05 WOULD BE OPPOSED TO ANYTHING THAT IS RELIGIOUS AND THAT DOES [Captioner] 20:39:08 INCLUDE DIWALI. [Captioner] 20:39:11 >> Councilmember Campbell: AND IS DIWALI [Captioner] 20:39:14 CONSIDERED A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY, DID IT [Captioner] 20:39:17 HAVE A RELIGIOUS CONNOTATION? [Captioner] 20:39:20 I DIDN'T SEE THAT WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH [Captioner] 20:39:21 . NO. [Captioner] 20:39:23 OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I THINK [Captioner] 20:39:27 ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT [Captioner] 20:39:30 LENGTH WAS THE FACT IF WE COULD FIND A FLAG. [Captioner] 20:39:33 I MEAN WE CAN'T RAISE A FLAG IF THERE'S NO FLAG. [Captioner] 20:39:36 SO IS THERE A FLAG THAT [Captioner] 20:39:39 REPRESENTS DIWALI AND LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 20:39:42 YEAR OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE UP ONE? [Captioner] 20:39:44 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THEY'RE [Captioner] 20:39:46 BOTH EXIST. >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M [Captioner] 20:39:48 SORRY? >> WE HAVE IT. [Captioner] 20:39:50 >> Councilmember Campbell: THEY HAVE A FLAG THAT REPRESENTS [Captioner] 20:39:53 DIWALI AND LUNAR NEW YEAR? BECAUSE THAT [Captioner] 20:39:56 WAS ONE -- I SEE SMILES. [Captioner] 20:39:59 NOBODY'S GIVING ME AN ANSWER. I HEAR A [Captioner] 20:40:02 COUPLE BUT I WANT TO -- I DON'T NEED THEM TO SPEAK FOR [Captioner] 20:40:05 YOU. I NEED YOU TO SPEAK FOR YOURSELF [Captioner] 20:40:08 IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FIND IT OR TO BE ABLE TO DO IT [Captioner] 20:40:11 . [Captioner] 20:40:14 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK MUCH LIKE THE BLACK HISTORY FLAG [Captioner] 20:40:16 AND JUNETEENTH WE'VE HAD THEM [Captioner] 20:40:19 DONATED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:40:21 HERE AND THAT PERHAPS IS SOMETHING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 20:40:24 WITH THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION IF WE NEED TO WE CAN [Captioner] 20:40:27 GO TO THE PUBLIC TO FINALIZE DOWN TO WHICHEVER ONE THEY FEEL [Captioner] 20:40:31 IS BEST, THERE ARE MULTIPLE [Captioner] 20:40:33 ONES EVEN FOR JUNETEENTH. [Captioner] 20:40:37 THERE ARE MULTIPLE FLAGS. I'M SURE THAT IS ONE THAT THE [Captioner] 20:40:39 COMMUNITY IS WILLING TO WORK ON. [Captioner] 20:40:42 THE COST, THE OTHER THING THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THE [Captioner] 20:40:45 PAST IS IF WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY DONATE [Captioner] 20:40:47 THE FLAG AND THERE'S MORE THAN [Captioner] 20:40:50 SUFFICIENT INTEREST IN DONATING THE FLAGS. [Captioner] 20:40:52 >> Councilmember Campbell: RIGHT BUT WE SAID WE DIDN'T WANT [Captioner] 20:40:54 TO DO THAT. AND IN THE STAFF REPORT IT ALSO [Captioner] 20:40:57 SAYS THE SAME THING. >> Mayor Mei: WE'VE HAD THOSE [Captioner] 20:40:59 DONATED PREVIOUSLY. >> Councilmember Campbell: NO, [Captioner] 20:41:01 I'M JUST SPEAK GOING WHAT I READ. [Captioner] 20:41:03 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. >> Councilmember Campbell: AND [Captioner] 20:41:06 IT SAID THE STAFF WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROSE CURING IT [Captioner] 20:41:09 AND STORING IT AND RAISING IT [Captioner] 20:41:12 AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN TEMPS OF PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:41:15 BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT STANDARD SO EVERY FLAG WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:41:17 THE SAME SIZE, IT WOULD FIT ON [Captioner] 20:41:20 OUR POLE, WE DIDN'T WANT THEM DONATED FROM THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:41:22 . >> Mayor Mei: THE OTHER ONES [Captioner] 20:41:25 WERE DONATED THOUGH, SOME OF THEM SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:41:27 MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENT. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:41:30 OKAY. >> COUNCIL'S PRIOR ACTION DID [Captioner] 20:41:33 DICTATE THAT STAFF WILL ACQUIRE THE FLAG FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE [Captioner] 20:41:36 ON AN ONGOING BASIS. [Captioner] 20:41:38 >> Councilmember Campbell: YES, THAT'S WHAT MY [Captioner] 20:41:40 UNDERSTANDING. >> BUT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE [Captioner] 20:41:43 STAFF FROM CONSULTING WITH THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION OR [Captioner] 20:41:46 THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT WHICH FLAG [Captioner] 20:41:47 TO ACQUIRE. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:41:49 CORRECT, CORRECT. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT [Captioner] 20:41:53 I HAD WAS THE [Captioner] 20:41:56 FISCAL IMPACT. I HEARD [Captioner] 20:41:59 COUNCILMEMBER COX SAY IT WAS $17,000. [Captioner] 20:42:02 THIS REPORT SAYS IT WAS $35 [Captioner] 20:42:04 00 PER STAFF AND MATERIAL EXPENSE. [Captioner] 20:42:07 IS THAT PER [Captioner] 20:42:11 FLAG-RAISING OR WHAT'S THE 3500? [Captioner] 20:42:13 LET ME JUST ASK THE QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:42:16 >> 700 TIME 5, THE FIVE EVENTS [Captioner] 20:42:18 THAT COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY [Captioner] 20:42:19 AUTHORIZED. >> Councilmember Campbell: I [Captioner] 20:42:21 SEE. BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE YEAR OVER [Captioner] 20:42:24 YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THE FLAG SO THE COST WOULD [Captioner] 20:42:27 DECREASE SECOND YEAR BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY A FLAG. [Captioner] 20:42:30 TECHNICALLY. >> IT WOULD, A MAJORITY OF [Captioner] 20:42:32 THAT COST IS IN LABOR. [Captioner] 20:42:33 >> Councilmember Campbell: OH, OKAY. [Captioner] 20:42:35 OKAY. AND SO OKAY. [Captioner] 20:42:38 SO GIVEN THAT, AND HEARING WHAT [Captioner] 20:42:41 I HEARD, I WOULD [Captioner] 20:42:44 NOT BE OPPOSED TO THE DIWAL [Captioner] 20:42:48 I OR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR BUT I WOULD CAUTION US [Captioner] 20:42:51 , AND I -- I KNOW [Captioner] 20:42:54 I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, THAT WE -- [Captioner] 20:42:57 WE'RE NOT LIKE CONTINUOUSLY [Captioner] 20:43:00 DOING -- RECOGNIZING THE SAME THINGS OVER [Captioner] 20:43:03 AND OVER AGAIN, RIGHT? WE RAISE THE FLAG. [Captioner] 20:43:06 WE DO [Captioner] 20:43:11 A PROCLAMATION. WE DO A CELEBRATION. [Captioner] 20:43:14 WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STOP [Captioner] 20:43:17 . WHERE WE SAY, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH [Captioner] 20:43:20 IS ENOUGH. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND [Captioner] 20:43:23 WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO PROCLAMATIONS, WE'RE NOT GOING [Captioner] 20:43:27 TO DO FLAG RAISINGS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO CELEBRATION [Captioner] 20:43:29 S. WHAT ARE WE -- WE TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:43:32 DOING A MULTICULTURAL KIND OF EVENT. [Captioner] 20:43:35 WE HAD THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT LOOK AT [Captioner] 20:43:39 HOW WE COULD CREATE THIS MULTICULTURAL [Captioner] 20:43:43 CELEBRATION EVERY YEAR. SO I JUST DON'T KNOW [Captioner] 20:43:44 WHEN IT'S GOING TO STOP SO WE CAN GET ON [Captioner] 20:43:47 WITH THE OTHER BUSINESS AND ONE OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES WAS THE [Captioner] 20:43:50 UNSHELTERED POPULATION. THAT [Captioner] 20:43:52 COUNCILMEMBER COX DENT MEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:43:54 BUT WE HAVE THOSE OTHER PRIORITIES. [Captioner] 20:43:57 SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE -- WHAT THE PROCESS [Captioner] 20:44:00 WILL LOOK LIKE, HOW MANY [Captioner] 20:44:03 CELEBRATIONS, WHO WE'RE CELEBRATING, WHETHER [Captioner] 20:44:06 THERE'S FLAG RAISING, WHETHER THERE'S [Captioner] 20:44:09 PROCLAMATIONS, WHETHER THERE'S PROCLAMATIONS AND FLAG RAISINGS [Captioner] 20:44:12 AND CELEBRATIONS. [Captioner] 20:44:14 IT GETS TO BE A LOT OF STAFF TIME WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL [Captioner] 20:44:17 TOGETHER. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:44:20 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. DID YOU WANT TO [Captioner] 20:44:23 ADD SOMETHING? >> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH [Captioner] 20:44:27 . I'M NOT -- I'M [Captioner] 20:44:28 NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON. [Captioner] 20:44:31 BUT I THINK I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO SAY [Captioner] 20:44:35 THAT DIWALI IS NOT [Captioner] 20:44:36 A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 20:44:39 IF WE WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE IN [Captioner] 20:44:43 THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS MUSLIMS AND [Captioner] 20:44:46 ASK THEIR OPINION. SO I JUST -- THIS JUST TAKES US [Captioner] 20:44:48 DOWN SUCH A SLIBBARY SLOPE. [Captioner] 20:44:52 I MEAN -- SLIPPERY SLOPE. [Captioner] 20:44:54 THERE ARE SO MANY RELIGIOUS IN [Captioner] 20:44:58 RELIGIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I [Captioner] 20:45:00 THINK WE NEED TO LEAVE RELIGION [Captioner] 20:45:03 OUT OF THIS BECAUSE IT WILL OFFEND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:45:06 WHO DON'T EXPWREAT DIWALI. EVEN THOUGH [Captioner] 20:45:10 A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SHOUT THEY'D IT'S NOT [Captioner] 20:45:13 A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY, SOME PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:45:16 SEE IT AS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY AND WOULD NOT FEEL [Captioner] 20:45:19 COMFORTABLE WHEN WE CELEBRATED ONE [Captioner] 20:45:23 RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY WITH A FLAG RAISING AND [Captioner] 20:45:24 NOT OTHERS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:45:27 >> Mayor Mei: DID I SKIP YOU? I'M TRYING TO PUSH [Captioner] 20:45:30 THROUGH BUTTONS AND SCROLL THROUGH LIST [Captioner] 20:45:33 . >> I'LL GO NEXT. [Captioner] 20:45:36 >> Mayor Mei: I APOLOGIZE AND THEN I'LL GO AFTER YOU. [Captioner] 20:45:41 GO AHEAD. >> Councilmember Keng: I [Captioner] 20:45:44 REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GIVING [Captioner] 20:45:47 US INPUT ON THIS. [Captioner] 20:45:50 IN HINDSIGHT WE SHOULD [Captioner] 20:45:52 HAVE GONE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE [Captioner] 20:45:53 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE MEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:45:56 BUT I DO AGREE THAT WE -- [Captioner] 20:45:59 HAVING FAMILY FROM, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE [Captioner] 20:46:03 CHINESE AND ASIAN COMMUNITY AND FROM INDIAN, [Captioner] 20:46:06 INDIA I DO [Captioner] 20:46:09 GRAY CONSIDERING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF FREMONT AND [Captioner] 20:46:12 HEARING IN THE LAST I THINK MORE THAN HALF A YEAR OF THE [Captioner] 20:46:15 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE HEARD BOTH HERE [Captioner] 20:46:18 AND IN COMMUNICATIONS, I DO DISAGREE [Captioner] 20:46:21 THAT WE SHOULD ADD -- I DO AGREE THAT WE [Captioner] 20:46:24 SHOULD ADD DI WFERTIONALI [Captioner] 20:46:27 AND LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION AS THE TWO [Captioner] 20:46:31 ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 20:46:34 CONSIDERATIONS. I THINK WE [Captioner] 20:46:37 CAN IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS MORE IF WE WANTED [Captioner] 20:46:40 -- IF THIS IS TOO MANY EVENTS FOR THE [Captioner] 20:46:43 STAFF TO HOST EVERY YEAR, I THINK [Captioner] 20:46:47 IT'S PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE TO [Captioner] 20:46:50 RECOGNIZE EVERY GROUP AND [Captioner] 20:46:53 EVERY CULTURAL AND ETHNIC GROUP [Captioner] 20:46:56 CELEBRATION. BUT WE ALSO BESIDES THESE FLAG [Captioner] 20:46:59 RAISING WE ALSO GIVE PROCLAMATIONS EACH MONTH [Captioner] 20:47:03 OR, YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT WEEKS OF THE [Captioner] 20:47:05 COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHERE WE [Captioner] 20:47:08 RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT GROUPS OR DIFFERENT CAUSES [Captioner] 20:47:12 AND EVEN BRING THE GROUP TO THE CITY COUNCIL, [Captioner] 20:47:15 GIVE THEM CERTIFICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:47:19 THEM. SO JUST AS YOU KNOW OTHER CITIES [Captioner] 20:47:21 CAN POSSIBLY RECOGNIZE EVERY [Captioner] 20:47:25 GROUP AS A FLAG RAISING. AND IF [Captioner] 20:47:28 WE -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE ADDING THE [Captioner] 20:47:31 TWO, AND I THINK THAT MAKES TEN [Captioner] 20:47:35 EVENTS. AND I THINK DOING LIKE, YOU [Captioner] 20:47:38 KNOW, ROTATING YEARS AND THINGS LIKE [Captioner] 20:47:41 THAT WOULD BE CONFUSING. SO EITHER WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:47:44 THE CAPACITY AND, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:47:49 PHYSICALLY WITH STAFF RESOURCES TO [Captioner] 20:47:52 HOST THESE RECOMMENDED EVENTS OR WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:47:56 PICK FEWER ITEMS THAT REFLECT THE COMMUNITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 20:47:58 . THAT'S MY FEEDBACK. [Captioner] 20:47:59 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:48:01 SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS. [Captioner] 20:48:04 AND I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME [Captioner] 20:48:07 AND SPEAK ON THIS TOPICAL AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:48:09 THOSE WHO HAVE WRITTEN. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S [Captioner] 20:48:11 VERY IMPORTANT TO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:48:14 I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN ABILITY TO SHARE IN MANY OF [Captioner] 20:48:16 THESE GOING TO THE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:48:21 PLACES, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY CENTERS, OR SURROUND [Captioner] 20:48:22 ING NEIGHBORING CITIES. [Captioner] 20:48:25 AND THAT'S WHY ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS CAME UP I HAD MENTION THEY [Captioner] 20:48:28 HAD BECAUSE I'D SEEN IN OTHER CITIES LIKE [Captioner] 20:48:32 FOR EXAMPLE CUPERTINO, THEY ONLY HAVE TWO [Captioner] 20:48:39 DAYS TWO DAYS PRIDE DAY AND [Captioner] 20:48:42 THEY ONLY RAISE FLAGS IN CUPERTINO. [Captioner] 20:48:44 BY THE FACT THEY ARE WORRIED [Captioner] 20:48:47 ABOUT THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE AND ONCE YOU START YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:48:49 TO BRING EVERYONE ELSE. [Captioner] 20:48:52 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MINORITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES, I HAD [Captioner] 20:48:54 DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS [Captioner] 20:48:56 MONTH BECAUSE WE ARE HOME FOR THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AROUND [Captioner] 20:48:59 THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. AND SO I THINK THAT PERSONALLY [Captioner] 20:49:02 WAS SOMETHING I FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANTLY AS WELL AS THE FACT [Captioner] 20:49:05 THAT I KNOW ONE OF MY PREVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO IS NOT HERE [Captioner] 20:49:07 THIS EVENING HAD TALKED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:49:10 HOW WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO STAND [Captioner] 20:49:13 ON NATIVE AMERICAN LAND, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO [Captioner] 20:49:15 CAME BEFORE US. [Captioner] 20:49:18 AND TO HAVE THAT RECOGNITION OF THAT [Captioner] 20:49:20 . I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY [Captioner] 20:49:24 TOUCHY SUBJECT, BECAUSE I IRONICALLY [Captioner] 20:49:28 SAT THERE ALMOST 13 YEARS AGO NOW AND WE [Captioner] 20:49:30 HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER HOLIDAYS [Captioner] 20:49:33 AND AT THAT TIME, I'D ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD [Captioner] 20:49:37 CELEBRATED ASIAN HERITAGE DAY, NOT [Captioner] 20:49:40 BECAUSE I'M PERSONALLY ASIAN BUT BY CHANCE WE ARE [Captioner] 20:49:42 THE SIXTH LARGEST ASIAN CITY IN THE UNITED [Captioner] 20:49:45 STATES AND ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A DIVERSITY. [Captioner] 20:49:48 AND I THINK GROWING UP IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:49:49 THAT REPRESENTATION BECAUSE I'VE SEEN [Captioner] 20:49:53 IN THIS MOMENT AT TIMES THE VIRUS THAT I'M MOST [Captioner] 20:49:55 CONCERNED ABOUT AND I'VE EXPRESSED IS NOT [Captioner] 20:49:58 THE VIRUS OF COVID, IT'S THE VIRUS OF HATE [Captioner] 20:50:00 . AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:50:02 MOMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED. [Captioner] 20:50:05 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNITE THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:50:08 I'M SO GRATEFUL AND GLAD WHEN I'M [Captioner] 20:50:11 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND I SEE TODAY IN OUR AUDIENCE ALSO [Captioner] 20:50:14 MANY OF OUR SCOUTS WHO ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE [Captioner] 20:50:17 BEEN INVOLVED. AND I PERSONALLY AM A LIFETIME [Captioner] 20:50:20 GIRL SCOUT AND WAS A BOY SCOUT [Captioner] 20:50:23 TOO, IN EXPLORER. SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THAT [Captioner] 20:50:26 RESOURCE IF WE CAN TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT AND MANY YEARS AGO [Captioner] 20:50:29 WE HAVE HAD FLAG RAISINGS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES USING OUR [Captioner] 20:50:32 YOUTH. BUT I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE [Captioner] 20:50:35 THE COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE INCLUDED THE [Captioner] 20:50:37 HRC IN THE PAST. I THINK THAT PERHAPS THAT IS [Captioner] 20:50:41 SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP FACILITATE WITH US ON -- [Captioner] 20:50:42 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST WITH [Captioner] 20:50:45 THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY COMMISSIONS AND THAT IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:50:48 GREAT SOMETIMES IF THE COUNCIL MEETS WITH THE COMMISSIONS ON [Captioner] 20:50:51 ROTATING BASIS SO WE CAN DRIVE -- BECAUSE I KNOW THAT [Captioner] 20:50:55 WHEN I KNOW [Captioner] 20:50:58 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND I WERE ON SCHOOL [Captioner] 20:51:01 BOARD, IT WAS USUALLY IN THE PAST WHEN THE SITUATION THE [Captioner] 20:51:03 GOVERNING BODY MEETS WITH THEM [Captioner] 20:51:06 TO GIVE AN AGENDA OF ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON FOR THE [Captioner] 20:51:09 YEAR. SO IT'S NOT THAT WITH WITH THE [Captioner] 20:51:11 COMMISSION DRIVING IT ALONE IT'S [Captioner] 20:51:14 ACTUALLY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL WHICH HAS FORMED THE COMMISSION [Captioner] 20:51:16 THAT IS ASKING US TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE OF WHAT WE [Captioner] 20:51:20 THINK WOULD BE THE BEST TOPICS THAT WE CAN SERVE AND WORK ON. [Captioner] 20:51:22 BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. [Captioner] 20:51:25 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT [Captioner] 20:51:27 I KNOW LUNAR NEW YEAR IS [Captioner] 20:51:30 SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED THIS YEAR AS A STATE HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 20:51:31 IT CAME AFTER THIS CONVERSATION [Captioner] 20:51:35 AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION. AS FOR THE [Captioner] 20:51:38 FLAG, IT'S NOT JUST ONE THAT'S CELEBRATED BY [Captioner] 20:51:39 ONE ETHNIC GROUP. [Captioner] 20:51:42 IT'S MULTIPLE ETHNIC GROUPS IN MANY PARTS OF ASIA [Captioner] 20:51:45 . AND THEN ALSO, FOR DIWA [Captioner] 20:51:49 LI, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE PERCEIVE [Captioner] 20:51:52 IT AND RECOGNIZE AND MY COUNCILMEMBERS' COMMENTS AS [Captioner] 20:51:55 RELIGIOUS. BUT FOR ME I FEEL LIKE THE FOCUS [Captioner] 20:51:58 JUST LIKE MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING [Captioner] 20:52:01 LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS AT THAT TIME, [Captioner] 20:52:04 MANY PEOPLE PUSHED BACK AND SAID PAINFUL AND HORRIBLE THINGS [Captioner] 20:52:07 , THINGS RAISING FROM WHEN WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:52:10 THREE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS [Captioner] 20:52:14 AND MANDARIN, WHY DON'T PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:52:18 LEARN BEFORE THEY GET HERE? TO RECOGNIZE WORLDWIDE [Captioner] 20:52:20 WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO OVENS AND EMBRACE [Captioner] 20:52:24 THOSE DIFFERENT CULTURES. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING BOTH [Captioner] 20:52:26 THE CELEBRATION OF THE LUNAR NEW [Captioner] 20:52:29 YEAR AND ALSO DIWALI. IF IT COMES DOWN TO COST [Captioner] 20:52:31 I WILL STEP FORWARD AND I THINK OUR [Captioner] 20:52:35 COUNCIL WOULD BE HAPPY TO JOIN ME IF WE NEEDED TO, [Captioner] 20:52:37 I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT GREAT A COST [Captioner] 20:52:40 AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PLEDGE TO FUND-RAISE FOR IT [Captioner] 20:52:42 AND I THINK FROM THE COMMUNITY WE WOULD HAVE [Captioner] 20:52:46 THE SUPPORT IF THAT WAS NEEDED. BUT AT THIS POINT I'M SURE [Captioner] 20:52:48 THOSE COSTS DO NOT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE [Captioner] 20:52:50 FROIBTIVE. OTHER THAN -- [Captioner] 20:52:53 >> STAFF ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST. [Captioner] 20:52:55 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY. [Captioner] 20:52:57 >> UNLESS OF COURSE WE CONTINUE [Captioner] 20:52:59 TO ADD TO THE LIST. >> Mayor Mei: NO. [Captioner] 20:53:02 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES [Captioner] 20:53:03 AND UNDERSTAND TOO. [Captioner] 20:53:07 BECAUSE IT IS A BALANCE. WHEN YOU OPEN UP [Captioner] 20:53:10 AN OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF [Captioner] 20:53:13 -- AND NOT THIS TYPE OF EVIL [Captioner] 20:53:17 BUT PANDORA'S BOX, IT IS A GOOD [Captioner] 20:53:20 THING BUT I DO ECHO JUST TO LET [Captioner] 20:53:21 YOU KNOW COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, [Captioner] 20:53:25 I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING IN A LARGER SCALE [Captioner] 20:53:26 WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS ACROSS OUR [Captioner] 20:53:29 COMMUNITY AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHETHER IT IS THE FIRST OF ALL [Captioner] 20:53:33 FESTIVAL OF INDIA, IT [Captioner] 20:53:36 SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST A CELEBRATION, WE [Captioner] 20:53:39 WILL HAVE THE FESTIVAL OF [Captioner] 20:53:41 INDIA COMING UP SOON. [Captioner] 20:53:44 ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS TALKED ABOUT IT, WE ALL FLY UNDER ONE [Captioner] 20:53:45 FLAG WHICH IS THE UNITED STATES [Captioner] 20:53:49 OF AMERICA. AND WHY WE DO REPRESENT AND ARE [Captioner] 20:53:53 PROUD OF OUR OWN HERITAGE [Captioner] 20:53:54 S WE ARE PROUD OF OUR OWN COUNTRY [Captioner] 20:53:57 ITSELF AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. [Captioner] 20:53:59 LET YOU KNOW I'M SUPPORTIVE OF [Captioner] 20:54:03 THAT. VICE MAYOR COX DO YOU [Captioner] 20:54:04 HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? [Captioner] 20:54:08 >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES DO I. BACK ON MARCH 21st OF THIS [Captioner] 20:54:11 YEAR WE HAD A PROPOSAL FOR [Captioner] 20:54:14 MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION THAT WAS NOT VOTED AND SUPPORTED BY [Captioner] 20:54:17 THE COUNTY SO THERE WAS SOME ACTIONS BROUGHT FORTH IN [Captioner] 20:54:19 GREAT DETAIL TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:54:21 TOQUE UNDER ONE DAY OF CELEBRATION. [Captioner] 20:54:24 SO I JUST WANT FOR A MATTER OF RECORD THAT THAT WAS [Captioner] 20:54:26 WRITTEN INTO OUR MEETING MINUTES. [Captioner] 20:54:29 AND VOTED UPON. AND WHEN YOU [Captioner] 20:54:32 TALK ABOUT MULTICULTURALLY, IT WAS [Captioner] 20:54:36 ALREADY RENTED AND THE COUNCIL TURNED [Captioner] 20:54:39 THAT DOWN AS A MATTER OF RECORD. [Captioner] 20:54:42 THE OTHER PART THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION IS THAT BY [Captioner] 20:54:44 DOING ALL MUCH THESE, YOU'RE TALKING A [Captioner] 20:54:47 TOTAL OF MAYBE 11 IN TOTAL WITH THE ADDITION [Captioner] 20:54:51 OF DIWAL IFG AND ADDITION OF [Captioner] 20:54:54 LUNAR NEW YEAR, THAT'S A TOTAL OF 11. [Captioner] 20:54:57 EVEN WITH $700 IT'S GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:55:00 LESS OVER TIME AFTER WE ACQUIRE AND THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS WOULD [Captioner] 20:55:03 BE WILLING TO STEP UP I'M SURE AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY [Captioner] 20:55:04 TO PROVIDE THE FLAGS. [Captioner] 20:55:07 BUT I ALSO FEEL [Captioner] 20:55:11 AT THIS POINT THAT BY HAVING [Captioner] 20:55:13 I.T. ANNUALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL OF [Captioner] 20:55:17 11 WHICH IS LESS THAN A YEAR OF THIS TYPE [Captioner] 20:55:20 OF OBSERVANCES, BUT IT'S [Captioner] 20:55:24 IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS THAT [Captioner] 20:55:25 THEY'RE BEING INCLUSIVE. [Captioner] 20:55:28 I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:55:31 TO ACCOMMODATE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS [Captioner] 20:55:33 LIST. BUT ALSO, FOR DISABILITY [Captioner] 20:55:36 EMPLOYMENT, IT SHOULD BE DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH. [Captioner] 20:55:39 THAT'S THE POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM, NOT [Captioner] 20:55:43 DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT FOR [Captioner] 20:55:46 THAT MATTER. AND FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH IT [Captioner] 20:55:49 SHOULD BE OUT TO MARCH 31st, JUST TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:55:51 SOME LITTLE SLIGHT CORRECTIONS THERE. [Captioner] 20:55:55 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT DATES [Captioner] 20:55:58 LINED UP THERE. BUT I'M WILLING TO MAKE A [Captioner] 20:56:01 MOTION THAT WE CAN SUPPORT ALL OF THEM [Captioner] 20:56:06 THAT ARE PROPOSED, IN ADDITION TO DIWALI AND [Captioner] 20:56:09 LUNAR NEW YEAR TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST, [Captioner] 20:56:12 AS BEING ABLE TO CARRY THAT OUT ON AN [Captioner] 20:56:14 ANNUAL BASIS. [Captioner] 20:56:17 >> AS A MOTION IT'S CONSTRUCTED, CAN I JUST [Captioner] 20:56:20 POINT OUT, SO MY COUNT [Captioner] 20:56:24 IS, YOU'RE CONSIDERING 12 EVENTS [Captioner] 20:56:26 . SEVERAL OF WHICH CONFLICT IN [Captioner] 20:56:30 THEIR DATES. SO WOULD YOU INTEND [Captioner] 20:56:33 TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ROTATE THOSE [Captioner] 20:56:36 MONTHS ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS OR WOULD YOU [Captioner] 20:56:40 INTEND -- WELL, I [Captioner] 20:56:41 GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:56:44 AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE MOTION. [Captioner] 20:56:48 >> Vice Mayor Cox: HOW MANY FLAG POLES DO WE HAVE? [Captioner] 20:56:51 >> JUST THE ONE. SO FOR EXAMPLE LUNAR [Captioner] 20:56:53 NEW YEAR OCCURS IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY [Captioner] 20:56:56 SO YOU'VE GOT A CONFLICT WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH THERE. [Captioner] 20:57:01 DIWALI I BELIEVE [Captioner] 20:57:04 IS OCCURRING IN [Captioner] 20:57:05 NOVEMBER. [Captioner] 20:57:08 OCTOBER. >> Mayor Mei: OCTOBER, MID [Captioner] 20:57:11 OCTOBER TO MID NOVEMBER USUALLY, THIS YEAR IT'S [Captioner] 20:57:14 LATE BECAUSE OF SOLAR [Captioner] 20:57:17 IT FALLS ON LUNAR NEW YEAR. [Captioner] 20:57:21 >> YOU'RE GOING BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:57:24 DISABILITY AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE. [Captioner] 20:57:27 >> AND THE CALENDARING WAS ONE OF THE COMPLICATIONS [Captioner] 20:57:31 THAT DROVE, I BELIEVE THAT DROVE THE [Captioner] 20:57:35 COUNCIL TO DIRECTING STAFF TO TRY AND [Captioner] 20:57:38 DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR FIVE [Captioner] 20:57:41 EVENTS RATHER THAN MULTIPLE EVENTS. [Captioner] 20:57:42 MORE THAN ADVERTISE I GUESS I [Captioner] 20:57:45 SHOULD SAY. SO IF YOU WANT [Captioner] 20:57:49 TO ADD TO THE LIST WHICH [Captioner] 20:57:52 WE WOULDN'T BE OWNED TO, IT'S -- [Captioner] 20:57:54 WHATEVER YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHATEVER [Captioner] 20:57:58 POLICY YOU'D LIKE TO ESTABLISH PROVIDING IN YOUR MOTION SOME [Captioner] 20:58:01 DIRECTION ON ADDRESSING THE [Captioner] 20:58:03 OVERLAPS, WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE [Captioner] 20:58:06 MOVE FORWARD. [Captioner] 20:58:09 >> Vice Mayor Cox: AND WHAT WAS THE STAFF'S SUGGESTION ON [Captioner] 20:58:11 THAT PART? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT ON THIS [Captioner] 20:58:14 PART HERE. WHAT WAS IT PREVIOUSLY? [Captioner] 20:58:18 >> WHEN WE RECOMMENDED [Captioner] 20:58:21 SCHEDULING OPTIONS WITH EVENTS THAT CONFLICTED, WE [Captioner] 20:58:24 RECOMMENDED ALTERNATING YEARS OF OBSERVANCE. [Captioner] 20:58:29 >> Mayor Mei: SO THEY RECOMMENDED ODD AND EVEN. [Captioner] 20:58:32 IF YOU LOOK AT OPTION NUMBER 1. >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES, I SEE [Captioner] 20:58:33 THAT. [Captioner] 20:58:35 >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHY THEY HAD THAT. [Captioner] 20:58:42 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT [Captioner] 20:58:43 QUESTION? >> Councilmember Salwan: OH [Captioner] 20:58:47 YES, COULD YOU DO MAYBE 15 DAYS ONE, 15 [Captioner] 20:58:49 DAYS ANOTHER, IS THAT POSSIBLE? [Captioner] 20:58:52 >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING THE WORST CASE. [Captioner] 20:58:56 BUT HONORING -- THE QUESTION IS INCONSISTENCY. [Captioner] 20:58:59 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO BIG PICTURE, I THINK I SEE SIX [Captioner] 20:59:01 FOLKS THAT SUPPORT ADDING THOSE TWO EVENTS. [Captioner] 20:59:04 THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS -- FIVE [Captioner] 20:59:07 , I'M SORRY, YES. [Captioner] 20:59:09 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO IS OUT. SO FIVE. [Captioner] 20:59:12 THE ONLY QUESTION IS, HOW MANY, ARE WE [Captioner] 20:59:16 DOING ALTERNATE, ARE WE DOING IT THE TWO ANNUAL EVENTS [Captioner] 20:59:19 AND THE REST BIANNUAL OR ARE WE [Captioner] 20:59:21 DOING ALL OF THE EVENTS? >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M [Captioner] 20:59:24 SORRY I DO WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING INTO THE MIX. [Captioner] 20:59:27 IF YOU DO INSIST ON ADDING A [Captioner] 20:59:30 HOLIDAY THAT IS ARGUABLY RELIGIOUS I WOULD REALLY URGE [Captioner] 20:59:34 YOU TO CONSIDER ADDING RAMADAN AS [Captioner] 20:59:37 WELL. IT FEELS REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE TO [Captioner] 20:59:40 ME TO NOT INCLUDES MUSLIMS IN THIS. [Captioner] 20:59:43 I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SCHEDULING AND I JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:59:45 THROW THAT IN FOR SOMETHING FOR [Captioner] 20:59:48 YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IDEA IS [Captioner] 20:59:51 STILL TO KEEP THE ARAB HERITAGE [Captioner] 20:59:52 MONTH. [Captioner] 20:59:55 SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS SOMETHING IN LIEU OF, IS THAT [Captioner] 20:59:58 [Captioner] 21:00:01 YOUR PROPOSAL? [Captioner] 21:00:04 >> Councilmember Kassan: IT COULD BE IN LIEU OF BUT I [Captioner] 21:00:06 THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE [Captioner] 21:00:09 ONE RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY YOU NEED TO CONSIDER [Captioner] 21:00:13 ONE RELIGION THAT HAS A BIG PRESENCE [Captioner] 21:00:16 HERE IN FREMONT BECAUSE YOU COULD [Captioner] 21:00:18 OFFEND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN FREMONT [Captioner] 21:00:21 IF YOU DON'T. [Captioner] 21:00:24 IF YOU WANT TO ADD A RELIGIOUS [Captioner] 21:00:28 HOLIDAY I'M SUGGEST YOU SHOULD BE [Captioner] 21:00:30 A LITTLE BIT INCLUSIVE. >> Councilmember Salwan: AND [Captioner] 21:00:32 YOU WOULD VOTE FOR THIS? >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M [Captioner] 21:00:36 NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS NO. >> Mayor Mei: I CONSIDER IT A [Captioner] 21:00:37 MORE CULTURAL HOLIDAY FOR ME [Captioner] 21:00:40 THAN RELIGIOUS BUT EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION. [Captioner] 21:00:43 AND SO COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL [Captioner] 21:00:46 . >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:00:49 OKAY. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A [Captioner] 21:00:52 PROCESS QUESTION AGAIN. BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE ALL OVER THE [Captioner] 21:00:53 MAP. [Captioner] 21:00:55 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE SAYING. [Captioner] 21:00:59 I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE [Captioner] 21:01:00 STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY GAVE US [Captioner] 21:01:03 HERE. THEY GAVE US TWO OPTIONS ON WHAT [Captioner] 21:01:05 TO ROTATE. I'M HEARING THAT WE WANT TO ADD [Captioner] 21:01:08 TWO MORE. AND THEN I HEARD THAT WE WERE [Captioner] 21:01:12 HAVING 11 EVENTS. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FIVE [Captioner] 21:01:15 . WELL NOW IF WE ADD THESE TWO IT [Captioner] 21:01:18 WILL BE 12. >> Mayor Mei: WELL ACTUALLY [Captioner] 21:01:22 ONE OF THE ONES I'M NOT SURE, I'D HAVE TO ASK CLARIFICATION [Captioner] 21:01:25 . YOU HAVE [Captioner] 21:01:27 CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. [Captioner] 21:01:29 DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT'S CELEBRATED? [Captioner] 21:01:32 >> Councilmember Campbell: THAT IS NOT ON THIS LIST HERE [Captioner] 21:01:36 . [Captioner] 21:01:38 >> Karena Shackelford: AGAIN, [Captioner] 21:01:41 THE LIST BEFORE YOU ARE MONTHS [Captioner] 21:01:44 THAT ARE CELEBRATED ON THE [Captioner] 21:01:46 FEDERAL LEVEL. >> Mayor Mei: I'M NOT AWARE OF [Captioner] 21:01:50 US CELEBRATING HERE IN FREMONT NORMALLY, IF [Captioner] 21:01:53 WE ALREADY HAVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I'M NOT [Captioner] 21:01:53 SURE. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:01:57 THAT WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO 11. IF EVERYBODY WOULD [Captioner] 21:02:00 DISAGREE TO TAKE OUT THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN [Captioner] 21:02:04 HERITAGE MONTH. [Captioner] 21:02:05 . >> Vice Mayor Cox: THAT'S [Captioner] 21:02:08 OPTION 1 VERSUS OPTION 2. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:02:10 THERE WOULD BE 11 PERIOD. >> Vice Mayor Cox: THEY ARE [Captioner] 21:02:14 NOT SAME ON THE SECOND PAGE. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:02:16 OPTION OF 1 HAS CARIBBEAN. [Captioner] 21:02:20 THE ONE ON OPTION 2 DOES NOT HAVE CARIBBEAN. [Captioner] 21:02:23 IT REPLACED IT [Captioner] 21:02:26 WITH -- >> Mayor Mei: IT DIDN'T [Captioner] 21:02:27 REPLACE IT. [Captioner] 21:02:29 >> Councilmember Campbell: I THINK IT -- JUST TOOK IT OUT. [Captioner] 21:02:32 JUST TOOK IT OUT ALTOGETHER. IT DIDN'T APPEAR [Captioner] 21:02:35 ON OPTION 2. >> UNDERSTOOD. [Captioner] 21:02:37 APOLOGIES FOR THE ERROR, COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 21:02:40 SO WE'LL REMOVE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN [Captioner] 21:02:44 HERITAGE MONTH AS YOU'RE PROPOSING IT. [Captioner] 21:02:44 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:02:47 THEN THAT WOULD GET US DOWN TO 11 [Captioner] 21:02:48 IS THAT CORRECT? >> UH-HUH. [Captioner] 21:02:49 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 21:02:52 AND THEN FROM THE 11 THAT WE THINK THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH [Captioner] 21:02:55 , THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE [Captioner] 21:02:58 WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON A [Captioner] 21:03:02 ROTATION BASED ON OPTION 2, OR A ROTATION [Captioner] 21:03:05 BASED ON OPTION 1. CORRECT [Captioner] 21:03:09 ? >> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, [Captioner] 21:03:11 THE OPTION 2 ROTATION NO LONGER [Captioner] 21:03:14 WORKS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE ADDING IN A LUNAR YEAR RECOGNITION YOU [Captioner] 21:03:17 NEED OALTERNATE WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH. [Captioner] 21:03:18 >> Councilmember Campbell: I SEE. [Captioner] 21:03:21 >> Mayor Mei: IT VARIES DEPENDING ON EACH YEAR BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:03:24 OF THE TIMING BECAUSE IT'S LUNAR. [Captioner] 21:03:26 >> SOME IN JANUARY -- >> Councilmember Campbell: SO [Captioner] 21:03:29 THAT'S WHY I KIND OF I'M LEANING TOWARDS OPTION [Captioner] 21:03:32 1 BECAUSE IT DOES DO A YEARLY ROTATION. [Captioner] 21:03:35 WHICH IS MORE INCLUSIVE. SO THAT YOU GET [Captioner] 21:03:39 MORE FLAG RAISING. [Captioner] 21:03:42 BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO [Captioner] 21:03:43 IT WITHIN THE SAME MONTH. [Captioner] 21:03:49 IF YOU DO IT, IF FOR EXAMPLE YOU WERE TO [Captioner] 21:03:52 DO BLACK HISTORY IN YEAR 1, THEN YOU [Captioner] 21:03:55 DO LUNAR NEW YEAR IN YEAR 2. [Captioner] 21:03:58 AND THEN 3 AND 4, ET CETERA, [Captioner] 21:03:59 ET CETERA. CORRECT? [Captioner] 21:04:02 WAS THAT YOUR -- THAT WAS YOUR THINKING? [Captioner] 21:04:04 >> CORRECT. [Captioner] 21:04:07 AND PERHAPS IT WOULD BE EASY [Captioner] 21:04:10 IEST TO, IF IT'S COUNTY'S WILL TO [Captioner] 21:04:15 ADD DIWALI AND LUNAR [Captioner] 21:04:17 NEW YEAR AND TO MAINTAIN THE REST OF THE LIST [Captioner] 21:04:21 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE IF [Captioner] 21:04:25 COUNCIL SOUGHT TO [Captioner] 21:04:28 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO ROTATE THOSE EVENTS [Captioner] 21:04:30 TO THE EXTENT THEY CONFLICT AND [Captioner] 21:04:33 IF THEY DON'T CONFLICT, TO CONDUCT THEM [Captioner] 21:04:36 EACH YEAR AND WE COULD WORK THEM OUT BEHIND THE [Captioner] 21:04:39 SCENES. >> Councilmember Campbell: I [Captioner] 21:04:41 WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO THAT. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:04:44 COUNCILMEMBER KENG YOU HAD AND THEN KA [Captioner] 21:04:47 SSAN AFTER YOU. >> Councilmember Keng: [Captioner] 21:04:49 I WAS GOING TO SECOND THE MOTION. [Captioner] 21:04:52 MOTION HAD BEEN PLACED ANYWAY. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 21:04:55 WELL CAN I JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A FRINDLY AMENDMENT OR [Captioner] 21:04:57 RESTATE WHAT I JUST SAID? [Captioner] 21:04:59 >> Mayor Mei: YES RESTATE. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO [Captioner] 21:05:02 I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF [Captioner] 21:05:05 RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROPOSED CEREMONIAL FLAG RAISING [Captioner] 21:05:08 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARIBBEAN [Captioner] 21:05:11 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. IN ADDITION [Captioner] 21:05:14 TO ADDING DIWAL [Captioner] 21:05:17 I AND LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH THE [Captioner] 21:05:20 DISCRETION OF ALLOWING STAFF TO CHOOSE [Captioner] 21:05:22 WHEN THESE FLAGS WOULD BE RAISED. [Captioner] 21:05:26 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. [Captioner] 21:05:29 DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG [Captioner] 21:05:30 . OKAY. [Captioner] 21:05:34 SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND OSECOND. [Captioner] 21:05:36 A SECOND. [Captioner] 21:05:39 AND SO I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 21:05:42 -- >> Karena Shackelford: MAY I? [Captioner] 21:05:45 ALLOWING STAFF THE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE [Captioner] 21:05:49 WHICH FLAGS TO RAISE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S [Captioner] 21:05:50 A DISCREPANCIES OR A CONFLICT. [Captioner] 21:05:56 >> Mayor Mei: I WAS GOING TO NOTE IN SCHEDULE 1, [Captioner] 21:05:59 WHICH I THINK MAKES SENSE IT HAS EVEN [Captioner] 21:06:03 YEAR AND ODD YEAR. SO FOR EXAMPLE ASIAN AMERICAN [Captioner] 21:06:05 HERITAGE MONTH, RIGHT NOW IT SAYS EVEN. [Captioner] 21:06:08 IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD SPLIT BETWEEN EVEN AND ODD [Captioner] 21:06:10 YEAR? BECAUSE SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN [Captioner] 21:06:13 HONORED OR SOME HAVE NEVER BEEN HONORED OR HOW [Captioner] 21:06:15 WOULD YOU SPLIT THAT? [Captioner] 21:06:18 WOULD YOU PROPOSE -- >> The Clerk: I THINK [Captioner] 21:06:21 >> Karena Shackelford: I THINK [Captioner] 21:06:23 WE'RE LOOKING AT FURTHER DIRECTION ON THIS. [Captioner] 21:06:26 I'M NOT SURE IF COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL [Captioner] 21:06:29 IS FINISHED WITH STATING THE MOTION BUT I THINK [Captioner] 21:06:32 WE'RE LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF RAISING THE [Captioner] 21:06:33 FLAGS. [Captioner] 21:06:35 >> Councilmember Campbell: WOULD THAT BE ON -- SO THE [Captioner] 21:06:39 QUESTION IS THEN WHETHER OR NOT OPTION 1 OR OPTION OF [Captioner] 21:06:43 2 IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 21:06:46 AND ONCE WE DETERMINE THAT, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO IT [Captioner] 21:06:49 ON ANNAL ODD AND EVEN YEAR [Captioner] 21:06:53 -- ON AN ODD AND EVEN YEAR BASIS OR [Captioner] 21:06:55 ARE WE DOING ON IT THE TWO BEING [Captioner] 21:06:59 ANNUAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEING BIANNUAL IS [Captioner] 21:07:03 THE QUESTION. >> I THINK I HEARD ALLEN [Captioner] 21:07:05 SAY WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TWO [Captioner] 21:07:08 THAT YOU'VE ADDED OPTION NUMBER 2 NO LONGER IS FEASIBLE [Captioner] 21:07:11 . >> THAT'S CORRECT. [Captioner] 21:07:14 WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT HOW TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICTS IN [Captioner] 21:07:17 THAT LIST THAT COUNCIL HAS NOW [Captioner] 21:07:18 ESTABLISHED. >> Councilmember Campbell: AND [Captioner] 21:07:21 THAT'S WHEN YOU SAID OR AT LEAST I HEARD YOU SAY TO ALLOW [Captioner] 21:07:24 THE STAFF TO DETERMINE THE BEST [Captioner] 21:07:27 WAY IN ORDER TO DO -- TO RESOLVE [Captioner] 21:07:30 THAT CONFLICT. >> Mayor Mei: ACTUALLY I HAVE [Captioner] 21:07:34 A PROMOTE ON THAT. BECAUSE WHEN WE START [Captioner] 21:07:37 ED SOME OF THESE FLAG RAISINGS, I WANT [Captioner] 21:07:39 ED PEOPLE TO KNOW, WE DIDN'T RAISE [Captioner] 21:07:42 IT ON THE FLAG POLE BUT BEHIND ME ON THE [Captioner] 21:07:45 DAIS. WHAT WE WOULD DO WOULD BE TO [Captioner] 21:07:48 SHARE. I HATE TO SAY THAT IT DOESN'T [Captioner] 21:07:51 HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, WE COULD RAISE ONE [Captioner] 21:07:53 FOR 15 DAYS AND LEAVE THE OTHER [Captioner] 21:07:56 ONE HERE BEHIND THE DAIS AND THEREFORE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE [Captioner] 21:08:00 THIS FIGHT ABOUT THIS. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE [Captioner] 21:08:02 PAST AND THAT'S HOW WEAVER [Captioner] 21:08:04 HONORED OTHER PROCLAMATION DATES. [Captioner] 21:08:07 THAT WOULD BE A COMPROMISE THAT'S EASY [Captioner] 21:08:08 . >> Vice Mayor Cox: I HAVE [Captioner] 21:08:11 ANOTHER SUGGESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE [Captioner] 21:08:14 SHOULD JUST BUY AN ADDITIONAL FLAG POLE. [Captioner] 21:08:17 SO WHEN THERE IS CONFLICT YOU HAVE EVERYONE STILL CONCEPTUAL [Captioner] 21:08:20 REPRESENTED FOR THAT MONTH. SO THAT WAY NOBODY IS CUT SHORT [Captioner] 21:08:23 ON THE TIME TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 21:08:27 TO SHARE IN THE [Captioner] 21:08:30 CELEBRATION AND OBSERVANCE [Captioner] 21:08:31 OF THE SPECIAL HOLIDAY. [Captioner] 21:08:34 I THINK WE COULD BUY ONE PUT ANOTHER ONE UP THERE SO IF [Captioner] 21:08:37 WE HAVE CONFLICT YOU HAVE BOTH OF [Captioner] 21:08:40 THEM FOR THE SAME DAY FOR THE WHOLE MONTH AND NOT SPLIT THE [Captioner] 21:08:42 TIME. BECAUSE I WOULD PEOPLE THAT IN [Captioner] 21:08:45 SOME CARTS IF YOU DID HALF AND HALF AND [Captioner] 21:08:49 OTHERS YOU DID [Captioner] 21:08:55 YOU WOULDN'T BE TREATING [Captioner] 21:08:56 EVERYONE ACTUALLY. [Captioner] 21:08:59 THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE $700 AND THEN YOU ADD ON [Captioner] 21:09:01 THE REQUISITION FOR THE FLAG POLE. [Captioner] 21:09:04 >> Mayor Mei: I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE STAFF ON THAT [Captioner] 21:09:07 . IF WE START THAT, I'LL FOREWARN [Captioner] 21:09:10 YOU, WE'VE HAD THEM IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY [Captioner] 21:09:14 HAD MULTIPLE ADDED FLAGS. [Captioner] 21:09:15 I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CAUTION ON [Captioner] 21:09:17 THAT. >> Karena Shackelford: THAT IS [Captioner] 21:09:21 NOT SOMETHING I HAVE READILY AVAILABLE SO I COULDN'T RESPOND [Captioner] 21:09:24 FOR COST [Captioner] 21:09:26 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: AND [Captioner] 21:09:29 FOR THE MAYOR, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE [Captioner] 21:09:33 FLOOR. THE MOVING PARTY WOULD HAVE TO [Captioner] 21:09:35 ACCEPT THAT OTHERWISE THE MOTION [Captioner] 21:09:39 WOULD BE AS BY THE STATED PARTY [Captioner] 21:09:40 . >> Vice Mayor Cox: I WOULD [Captioner] 21:09:44 LIKE TO MAKE A ARE FRIENDLY SUBSTITUTE MOTION. [Captioner] 21:09:45 AND THAT IS TO -- [Captioner] 21:09:47 >> Mayor Mei: WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. [Captioner] 21:09:49 >> Vice Mayor Cox: WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PART OF HOW TO [Captioner] 21:09:52 HANDLE IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE FLAG RAISING. [Captioner] 21:09:55 AND YOU SAID YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TOUT STAFF [Captioner] 21:09:56 . WE'RE THE POLICY MAKERS. [Captioner] 21:09:59 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET THE POLICY AND PUT THAT IN THE [Captioner] 21:10:01 MOTION. >> Mayor Mei: THAT'S TRUE BUT [Captioner] 21:10:04 WE'RE NOT MICROMANAGING, THAT IS WHY WE ALREADY HAVE [Captioner] 21:10:07 A MOTION AND SECOND. [Captioner] 21:10:09 >> Vice Mayor Cox: BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS HOW THE STAFF IS [Captioner] 21:10:11 GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION WHEN THERE IS TWO FLAGS. [Captioner] 21:10:15 I WOULD LIKE IT TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE AND WOULD I LIKE TO [Captioner] 21:10:18 MAKE A MOTION TO BE ABLE TO PROPOSE THAT WE VAULT [Captioner] 21:10:20 THAT ARE LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 21:10:23 CELEBRATE ALL OF THEM PLUS THE ADDITION [Captioner] 21:10:26 OF DIWALI PLUS THE ADDITION OF [Captioner] 21:10:29 LUNAR NEW YEAR AND ALSO DIRECT THE STAFF TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 21:10:31 TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL FLAG [Captioner] 21:10:35 POLE THAT COULD BE REPRESENTED SO THAT EVERYONE HAS EQUAL [Captioner] 21:10:37 REPRESENTATION FOR EACH MONTH. [Captioner] 21:10:40 >> Mayor Mei: I WOULD LIKE TO THEN MAKE SURE THAT THE [Captioner] 21:10:43 COUNCILMEMBER WHO MADE THAT WHETHER OR NOT SHE ACCEPTANCE [Captioner] 21:10:46 ACCEPTS [Captioner] 21:10:49 IT OR HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON IT [Captioner] 21:10:50 . >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WE [Captioner] 21:10:53 NEED TO CLARIFY THE MOTION. ONE SECOND. [Captioner] 21:10:56 WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND I HEARD [Captioner] 21:10:59 VICE MAYOR COX USE THE PHRASE A FRIENDLY SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 21:11:01 MOTION. I BELIEVE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M [Captioner] 21:11:05 WRONG, VICE MAYOR, THAT YOU INTENDED TO SAY A SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 21:11:08 MOTION. IF THAT'S THE CASE, [Captioner] 21:11:11 THE SUBSTITUTED MOTION TAKES [Captioner] 21:11:15 PRECEDENT OVER THE ORIGINAL, SHOULD YOU GET A SECOND [Captioner] 21:11:17 . IF YOU DO NOT GET A SECOND IT [Captioner] 21:11:20 DIES AND WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION ON THE FLOOR [Captioner] 21:11:23 PUT FORT BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 21:11:26 FIRST WE SHOULD CLARIFY WHETHER YOU INTENDED TO PUT [Captioner] 21:11:29 FORTH A SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR A FRIEND [Captioner] 21:11:31 LY AMENDMENT. [Captioner] 21:11:34 >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES, I INTENDED TO PUT A SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 21:11:37 MOTION. [Captioner] 21:11:40 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MAYOR [Captioner] 21:11:44 YOU CAN ASK IF THERE'S A SECOND. >> Mayor Mei: IS THERE A [Captioner] 21:11:46 SECOND? >> Councilmember Salwan: I [Captioner] 21:11:49 FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE MOVING THIS FORWARD, WHETHER THERE IS A COST [Captioner] 21:11:52 TO THAT. [Captioner] 21:11:53 >> Karena Shackelford: THAT'S [Captioner] 21:11:56 CORRECT, WHEN I HEART YOU TALKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL FLAG [Captioner] 21:11:58 POLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FLAG [Captioner] 21:11:59 POLE IN THE TRONT OF THE BUILDING. [Captioner] 21:12:02 SO THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY SOME CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND ALL OF [Captioner] 21:12:05 THAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 21:12:08 THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ME AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 21:12:10 >> Mayor Mei: I ALSO THINK [Captioner] 21:12:14 THAT IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, I MEAN WE ARE POLICY [Captioner] 21:12:17 MAKERS. AND WE [Captioner] 21:12:20 HAVE TASKED YOU IN TERMS OF THE STAFF IN TERMS [Captioner] 21:12:22 OF THE OPERATIONAL AND I THINK YOU CAN [Captioner] 21:12:26 COME BACK, WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS AND WE CAN ASK [Captioner] 21:12:28 FOR ONE AS PART OF THIS AND THAT [Captioner] 21:12:31 WILL ALLOW US THE TIME. BUT IF THERE IS NOT A SECOND AT [Captioner] 21:12:33 THIS TIME, WE'LL RETURN TO THE ORM MOTION. [Captioner] 21:12:35 WHICH IS THAT MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 21:12:42 SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL THAT [Captioner] 21:12:44 STANDS AND A SECOND BY [Captioner] 21:12:45 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. COULD YOU PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 21:13:00 >> VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 21:13:11 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:13:14 VOTES -- WELL, THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:13:17 VOTES TO SUPPORT THE MOTION AND COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 21:13:21 V [Captioner] 21:13:24 VOTES NAY AND COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN [Captioner] 21:13:26 IS ABSENT. [Captioner] 21:13:27 THANK YOU FOR THIS SUPPORT AND EFFORT. [Captioner] 21:13:31 AND IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE [Captioner] 21:13:34 HAVE I'M SURE THAT STAPH CAN [Captioner] 21:13:38 GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF THE COST. [Captioner] 21:13:41 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 21:13:47 -- I'M SURE THAT STAFF CAN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK IN [Captioner] 21:13:49 TERMS OF THE COST. [Captioner] 21:13:52 SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM WHICH [Captioner] 21:13:55 IS COMMITTEE REPORTS, REPORTS [Captioner] 21:13:57 ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. [Captioner] 21:14:00 IF THERE'S ANY REPORTS OUT FROM ANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR [Captioner] 21:14:03 THEIR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. [Captioner] 21:14:10 I'LL DO A QUICK ONE WHICH IS [Captioner] 21:14:13 THE SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL RAIL [Captioner] 21:14:16 , WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUED UPDATE [Captioner] 21:14:19 AND OUTREACH IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR [Captioner] 21:14:22 BOTH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUTREACH [Captioner] 21:14:25 ON THE PASSES. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY IN [Captioner] 21:14:28 ACCESS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT [Captioner] 21:14:30 WAS SOME OF THE MULTIPASS RIDERS AND [Captioner] 21:14:33 THE OPTIONS FOR THAT AND TRYING TO PROMOTE SOME OF THE LOCAL [Captioner] 21:14:36 EVENTS. I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED EARLIER [Captioner] 21:14:39 TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE SOME EVENTS HERE LIKE OUR [Captioner] 21:14:42 FESTIVAL FOR ART AND WINE AS WELL AS OTHER ONES [Captioner] 21:14:45 WHERE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF POSSIBLE TO TAKE [Captioner] 21:14:47 PUBLIC TRANSIT. BECAUSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 21:14:51 FOR THAT. I ALSO HAD A MEETING [Captioner] 21:14:54 REALTY QUICKLY ON THE DLILT DIVIDE AND [Captioner] 21:14:57 TOURING THROUGH SOME OF THE WIRELESS [Captioner] 21:14:59 WIRELESS INITIATIVES AND [Captioner] 21:15:02 OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER FELLOW MUNICIPALITIES SUCH [Captioner] 21:15:06 AS CUPERTINO, SANTA CLARA, SAN JOSE