[Captioner] 19:02:53 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:02:56 ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:03:00 >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, [Captioner] 19:03:02 PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:06 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:03:09 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. VICE MAYOR COX, HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:15 MAYOR MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:03:18 SHARE THERE ARE VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY CLERK'S [Captioner] 19:03:21 OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:03:25 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS KINDLY GO TO OUR [Captioner] 19:03:28 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AT [Captioner] 19:03:31 FREMONT.GOV OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE [Captioner] 19:03:34 AT 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:03:38 WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S ELECTRONIC MEETING MAY [Captioner] 19:03:41 DO SO, WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BY CLICKING [Captioner] 19:03:44 ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR, IF CALLING IN, BY [Captioner] 19:03:47 DIALING STAR NINE. I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE [Captioner] 19:03:50 EACH SECTION, AND IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, [Captioner] 19:03:54 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN [Captioner] 19:03:57 ORGANIZATION, STATE THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU'RE REPRESENTING. [Captioner] 19:04:00 EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK ARE [Captioner] 19:04:04 COMPILED, DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND [Captioner] 19:04:07 PLACED IN THE CITY'S AGENDA CENTER [Captioner] 19:04:09 ON FREMONT.GOV AND CONSIDERED PART OF PUBLIC RECORD. [Captioner] 19:04:13 I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO UP TO [Captioner] 19:04:15 11:30 P.M. THIS EVENING IF NEEDED. WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF [Captioner] 19:04:19 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL [Captioner] 19:04:22 COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL TAKE [Captioner] 19:04:25 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. [Captioner] 19:04:28 I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, [Captioner] 19:04:32 KARENA SHACKELFORD, TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND [Captioner] 19:04:35 TO INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS TIME. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK [Captioner] 19:04:38 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. GOOD EVENING TO YOU, GOOD TO SEE YOU [Captioner] 19:04:40 THIS EVENING. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS [Captioner] 19:04:43 EVENING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY [Captioner] 19:04:46 COLLEAGUES. HERE TO MY LEFT THERE IS RAFAEL [Captioner] 19:04:50 ALVARADO, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. ACROSS FROM ME IS ALBERTO [Captioner] 19:04:53 QUINTANILLA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, AND KHANH [Captioner] 19:04:55 VO, WHO IS OUR I.T. SUPPORT FOR THE EVENING. [Captioner] 19:04:57 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:05:03 AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 19:05:06 PRESENTED, AND CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ITEMS PASSED [Captioner] 19:05:10 WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE, AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. [Captioner] 19:05:13 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BY [Captioner] 19:05:17 PRESSING -- RAISING THEIR HAND OR BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND [Captioner] 19:05:21 ICON, OR IF CALLING IN, BY DIALING [Captioner] 19:05:24 STAR NINE. OR IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, IF YOU [Captioner] 19:05:28 COULD TURN IN A SPEAKER CARD TOO. DOES THE CITY CLERK HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:05:31 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM ON [Captioner] 19:05:34 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:05:37 >> YES, WE HAVE ITEM 2K AND [Captioner] 19:05:40 ITEM 2N. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:05:43 DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY -- COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL? [Captioner] 19:05:45 >> Councilmember Campbell: YES, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED. [Captioner] 19:05:48 I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 2K, WHICH [Captioner] 19:05:51 IS THE SRO FUSD MEMORANDUM [Captioner] 19:05:53 OF UNDERSTANDING. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:05:56 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:06:00 SO AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 19:06:03 , MAY I GET A MOTION FOR ALL THE ITEMS EXCLUDING [Captioner] 19:06:07 ITEM 2K AS IN KICK AND 2N AS IN [Captioner] 19:06:11 NANCY? >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 19:06:14 MOVED. >> Vice Mayor Cox: SECOND. [Captioner] 19:06:17 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:06:18 COX. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:06:23 >> Mr. Quintanilla: COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:06:30 >> Mayor Mei: THE MOTION CARRIES FOR THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:06:33 CALENDAR UNANIMOUSLY, EXCLUDING ITEMS 2K AND 2N. [Captioner] 19:06:38 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:06:43 NEXT IS OUR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. AND THOSE ARE [Captioner] 19:06:45 ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:06:48 ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER NOT SCHEDULED MAY DO [Captioner] 19:06:52 SO UNDER THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SECTION OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:06:55 PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WILL BE [Captioner] 19:06:58 PLACED ON FILE AND BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. [Captioner] 19:07:02 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK MAY [Captioner] 19:07:05 DO SO BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR IF CALLING IN, BY [Captioner] 19:07:08 DIALING STAR NINE. OR IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, BY TURNING IN [Captioner] 19:07:11 A SPEAKER CARD. IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, [Captioner] 19:07:14 AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE [Captioner] 19:07:17 ORGANIZATION, STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE REPRESENTING. [Captioner] 19:07:21 I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY REAL QUICKLY THAT FOR [Captioner] 19:07:24 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WONDER IF IT'S NOT [Captioner] 19:07:27 AGENDIZED, WE NORMALLY ARE NOT ENGAGING PEOPLE IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S [Captioner] 19:07:30 NOT BEEN AGENDIZED AND TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC HAS EQUAL [Captioner] 19:07:33 ACCESS, BUT THANK YOU, AND WHEN YOU DO MAKE THESE COMMENTS AND [Captioner] 19:07:37 FEEDBACK, THE COUNCIL NOTES IT AND WE ALSO -- OUR STAFF IF APPROPRIATE [Captioner] 19:07:38 WILL FOLLOW UP. SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:43 >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE SIX SPEAKER CARDS. [Captioner] 19:07:47 OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALBERT SI [Captioner] 19:07:50 FOLLOWED BY PRIYA [Captioner] 19:07:53 CHUHAN. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:08:08 >> HI. MY NAME IS ALBERT, LAST NAME IS [Captioner] 19:08:12 TSUI. I WANT TO BRING -- WE ARE REPRESENTING [Captioner] 19:08:15 THE IRVINGTON COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR [Captioner] 19:08:19 ATTENTION THE ISSUE WE HAVE IN IRVINGTON PARK. [Captioner] 19:08:24 WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD THE [Captioner] 19:08:27 CONTINUING ISSUE WE'RE HAVING IN THE IRVINGTON [Captioner] 19:08:30 NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S TURNING INTO A NUISANCE AND IS A PRIVACY [Captioner] 19:08:34 ISSUE. A BUNCH OF US WANT TO [Captioner] 19:08:37 PROVIDE THE CITY THE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN WRITTEN [Captioner] 19:08:40 RECORD SO THAT WE CAN LEGALLY STOP THE RV AND [Captioner] 19:08:42 INCREASING THE HOMELESS PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. [Captioner] 19:08:45 WE WANT TO INCLUDE [Captioner] 19:08:48 SAFETY, VEHICLE INFRACTIONS, NUISANCE, PRIVACY AND LONG TERM. [Captioner] 19:08:52 PLEASE NOTE THOSE RVs HAVE BEEN PARKING [Captioner] 19:08:54 SINCE JUNE 12TH, THAT HAS BEEN A WHILE NOW. [Captioner] 19:08:58 IF YOU SEE THAT, RVs [Captioner] 19:09:01 ARE PARKING ON SIDEWALKS. THEY HAVE DOGS, [Captioner] 19:09:04 PEOPLE TRYING TO AVOID THEM, THEY HAVE RV [Captioner] 19:09:08 AWNINGS AND -- STICKING ON THE SIDEWALK, [Captioner] 19:09:11 THERE ARE BIKES, SHOULDERS, WAGONS, AND THEY LEAVE THE [Captioner] 19:09:15 CAR DOOR OPEN. THIS IS PUSHING SOME OF OUR [Captioner] 19:09:18 ELDERLY AND KIDS TO GO ON THE OTHER SIDE, [Captioner] 19:09:21 HAVING TO CROSS THE STREET. THAT IS VERY [Captioner] 19:09:24 DANGEROUS. YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT PICTURES OF [Captioner] 19:09:27 THE AWNINGS AND THE STUFF THEY LEAVE BEHIND, THE DOGS AND [Captioner] 19:09:30 STUFF LIKE THAT. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY [Captioner] 19:09:33 HAZARD, BECAUSE THOSE RVs ARE VERY BIG. [Captioner] 19:09:37 BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BIG, THEY'RE BLOCKING THE VIEW [Captioner] 19:09:40 IN PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET. ALSO WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE A [Captioner] 19:09:43 PARAMEDIC WAS TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS, IT WAS BLOCKING [Captioner] 19:09:46 THE ENTIRE STREET, MAKING IT A [Captioner] 19:09:49 ONE-LANE ROAD. THAT IS NOT VERY SAFE FOR THE [Captioner] 19:09:53 RESIDENTS. IT ALSO A HEALTH SAFETY [Captioner] 19:09:57 HAZARD, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SMOKING, THEY ARE EVEN SMOKING [Captioner] 19:10:00 MARIJUANA, SO THE PEOPLE CAN SMELL IT FROM THEIR HOME IN THE [Captioner] 19:10:03 BACKYARD. ALSO THEY HAVE -- THEY SOMETIMES TURN [Captioner] 19:10:06 ON THE ENGINE, THEY EVEN HAVE POWER [Captioner] 19:10:09 GENERATOR RUNNING, TO RUN AIR [Captioner] 19:10:11 CONDITIONING, TVs AND STUFF LIKE THAT. [Captioner] 19:10:14 THE EXHAUST FUME IS ACTUALLY VERY [Captioner] 19:10:17 HAZARDOUS AND IS AN ALLERGEN. ALSO REMIND YOU [Captioner] 19:10:21 GUYS, RIGHT, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, JULY, [Captioner] 19:10:24 I THINK -- [Captioner] 19:10:28 MAY 13TH, WE HAD A HOMELESS PERSON COMING TO PARK [Captioner] 19:10:31 GATE, THEY RAPED A 65, I THINK, [Captioner] 19:10:35 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN FRONT OF ONE OF OUR FRONT YARD. [Captioner] 19:10:40 YOU GUYS CAME TOGETHER, THE POLICE CAME TOGETHER [Captioner] 19:10:44 AND HELPED US RECOVER FROM THAT INCIDENT [Captioner] 19:10:46 . OKAY. [Captioner] 19:10:50 30 SECONDS. ALSO WHERE THE RV IS [Captioner] 19:10:53 PARKED RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE ROBERTSON [Captioner] 19:10:56 HIGH SCHOOL. BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE, IT'S AN [Captioner] 19:11:00 ALLEYWAY, THE KIDS DEFINITELY WALK IN THE ALLEY TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO GO [Captioner] 19:11:03 TO ROBERTSON, AND IRVINGTON. SO THAT [Captioner] 19:11:06 IS -- BECAUSE OF WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THOSE RVs, THAT [Captioner] 19:11:08 IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:14 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PRIYA. [Captioner] 19:11:17 GLL HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PRIYA. [Captioner] 19:11:18 I CAN POINT OUT THE VEHICLE INFRACTIONS. [Captioner] 19:11:22 SO THERE IS NO AUTHENTICITY OF THESE VEHICLES. [Captioner] 19:11:25 THE POSSESSION OF THESE CARS THAT IS A [Captioner] 19:11:28 VERY -- THAT RAISES A THEFT CONCERNS FOR THE [Captioner] 19:11:32 IRVINGTON RESIDENTS. THESE RV OWNER CARS, THEY DO [Captioner] 19:11:34 NOT HAVE ANY LICENSE PLATE IN THE FRONT OR BACK OF THE CAR. [Captioner] 19:11:38 THERE'S EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE, THEY NEED [Captioner] 19:11:41 TO ENFORCE -- THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:11:44 NOT -- THE CITY'S RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING ORDINANCE. [Captioner] 19:11:47 THE OTHER FACT WE POINT OUT IS THE NUISANCE THEY [Captioner] 19:11:51 ARE CAUSING. THE TRASH IN FRONT OF THE [Captioner] 19:11:53 RVs AND THE SIDEWALKS, UNDER THE RFP V. [Captioner] 19:11:56 WE HAVE NOTICED ONE BIG RV, NO ONE LIVES [Captioner] 19:11:58 INSIDE IT, THEY JUST TRASH >> All: OVER THE PLACE. [Captioner] 19:12:02 THIS IS RUINING THE'S [Captioner] 19:12:05 THE ESTHETICS OF THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:12:08 THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO POINT OUT IS THEY PLAY [Captioner] 19:12:12 LOUD MUSIC AT NIGHT. I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO WHERE ONE OF [Captioner] 19:12:15 THE RVs IS PARKED [Captioner] 19:12:18 AND LATE NIGHTS, THERE ARE INCIDENTS WHERE WE CANNOT SLEAP [Captioner] 19:12:22 SLEEP BECAUSE OF THIS REASON SO THAT IS A VERY BIG [Captioner] 19:12:25 NUISANCE FOR US, THE LATE NIGHT YELLING AND THE LOUD MUSIC, THERE'S NO [Captioner] 19:12:27 QUIET ENJOYMENT. IT AFFECTS THE PEACE AND THE QUIETNESS [Captioner] 19:12:30 OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SINCE IT IS JUST STANDING BEHIND SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:12:34 RESIDENTS BACKYARDS [Captioner] 19:12:37 -- THE OTHER POINT I CAN POINT OUT IS THE URINATION. [Captioner] 19:12:40 IT CREATES A SMELLY AREA AND IT'S VERY UNHYGIENIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:12:45 DEFINITELY THE FREQUENT BARKING OF THE DOGS, THERE [Captioner] 19:12:48 ARE LIKE THREE PIT BULLS IN THOSE RVs AND THE FREQUENT [Captioner] 19:12:52 BARKING LATE NIGHTS, THIS IS CAUSING A VERY [Captioner] 19:12:56 DISTURBED NATURE IN THERE. THERE WAS ALSO ONE INCIDENT [Captioner] 19:12:59 WHERE ONE RESIDENT REPORTED THAT A WOMAN WAS TAKING A SHOWER USING THE [Captioner] 19:13:03 LAWN SPRINKLER. SO THIS LACKS [Captioner] 19:13:06 THE MODESTY AND WE REALLY WANT TO [Captioner] 19:13:09 REPORT THIS THING. IF I TALK ON THE PRIVACY, THERE IS [Captioner] 19:13:12 DEFINITELY PRIVACY CONCERNS. THERE WAS ONE INCIDENT [Captioner] 19:13:16 WHERE ONE OF THE -- WAS STANDING ON [Captioner] 19:13:19 TOP OF THE RV PEEKING INTO THE BACKYARDS AND INSIDE THE HOUSES. [Captioner] 19:13:21 THIS IS A VERY CONCERNING MATTER FOR US. [Captioner] 19:13:26 WE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOUSES, AND WE FEEL FRIGHTENED ALL THE [Captioner] 19:13:29 TIME. SO THE [Captioner] 19:13:32 OTHER THING IS THEY EXTEND THEIR [Captioner] 19:13:35 AWNINGS WHICH MAKE THEM VERY EASY TO ENTER INTO DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:13:39 BACKYARDS. WE ARE CONCERNED, WE CANNOT LEAVE OUR [Captioner] 19:13:41 HOMES UNATTENDED AND WE ARE UNABLE TO USE OUR BACKYARDS. [Captioner] 19:13:47 WE ALSO [Captioner] 19:13:50 -- SOME POLICE OFFICERS ARE HELPFUL BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS RESPONSE [Captioner] 19:13:54 TO SHUT DOWN YOUR CURTAINS AND TO TURN OFF THE [Captioner] 19:13:57 LIGHTS AND YOU CAN JUST -- SO THIS WAS VERY SHOCKING FOR [Captioner] 19:13:59 US. WE CANNOT JUST -- I MEAN, WE BOUGHT [Captioner] 19:14:02 THE HOME, WE CANNOT JUST SHUT ON THE CURTAINS AND SIT [Captioner] 19:14:04 INSIDE. SO THAT WAS ONE THING. [Captioner] 19:14:07 THE OTHER ONE I CAN POINT OUT IS THE TRESPASSING. [Captioner] 19:14:10 MAYBE YOU CAN CONTINUE ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THIS. [Captioner] 19:14:17 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT [Captioner] 19:14:20 SPEAKER -- >> [Captioner] 19:14:24 I'LL CONTINUE WHAT PRIYA WAS SAYING [Captioner] 19:14:27 BASICALLY SO TRESPASSING [Captioner] 19:14:30 AS WELL, HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY ENTERING ON THE PRIVATE [Captioner] 19:14:32 PROPERTY. IT'S A COMMUNITY, RIGHT, AND WE SEE [Captioner] 19:14:36 THESE PEOPLE, LIKE, DRIVING THEIR VEHICLES IN THE [Captioner] 19:14:39 STREET JUST ROAMING AROUND, ROAMING IN [Captioner] 19:14:43 CIRCLE, AND WE SAW LIKE ONE RV [Captioner] 19:14:46 OWNER TRUCK, IT WAS BASICALLY CIRCLING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME. [Captioner] 19:14:49 AND NOBODY IS BASICALLY GOING TO STOP THEM. [Captioner] 19:14:52 SOMETIMES WE SEE THESE PEOPLE JUST WALKING WITH TRASH OR [Captioner] 19:14:56 OTHER STUFF, I CAN'T [Captioner] 19:14:59 REALLY DESCRIBE HERE. SO THESE ARE THE LIKE ALL [Captioner] 19:15:01 POINTS. NOW COMING BACK TO THE NEXT POINT, [Captioner] 19:15:05 WHICH IS LONG TERM DISADVANTAGE TO IRVINGTON [Captioner] 19:15:08 RESIDENTS, SO RIGHT NOW THE WAY [Captioner] 19:15:12 RVs PARK AND THESE PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY BEHAVING, THAT WE [Captioner] 19:15:15 CAN'T ACCESS THE YARD FROM OUTSIDE SO IF YOU [Captioner] 19:15:18 WANT TO DO FRUITS, WE HAVE OUR [Captioner] 19:15:22 HOA CLEANS UP THE TREES, TRIMMING AND ALL, WE CAN'T ACCESS [Captioner] 19:15:25 THAT, BECAUSE BASICALLY RVs ARE PARKED AND YOU CAN'T [Captioner] 19:15:28 POSSIBLY REACH OR DO ANY CLEANING OUTSIDE OUTLINE OF THE [Captioner] 19:15:32 STREET. [Captioner] 19:15:35 AND RESIDENTS HAVE TO AVOID THE RVs AND CROSS THE STREET TO WALK [Captioner] 19:15:37 AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BASICALLY IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET BUT [Captioner] 19:15:40 ONE OF THE SIDEWALK IS BASICALLY BECOME UNUSABLE. [Captioner] 19:15:44 YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING, RIGHT, SO [Captioner] 19:15:47 WHETHER IT'S EMERGENCY VEHICLE OR PEOPLE PASSING, [Captioner] 19:15:50 JUST LIKE NOW WHOLE TRAFFIC SHIFTED TO ONE WAY. [Captioner] 19:15:54 AND EVENTUALLY, PROPERTY VALUES WILL [Captioner] 19:15:57 GO DOWN. THAT'S I THINK OBVIOUS. [Captioner] 19:16:01 RENTERS [Captioner] 19:16:04 WILL MOVE OUT, WE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATION, [Captioner] 19:16:08 THEY DON'T WANT TO RENEW THEIR LEASES [Captioner] 19:16:11 ANYMORE. NOW, COMING BACK TO THE POLICE [Captioner] 19:16:14 RESPONSE, BASICALLY WE ARE [Captioner] 19:16:19 ANNOYED, SARCASTIC, THEIR RESPONSE [Captioner] 19:16:22 IS THERE NOTHING WE CAN DO, THERE IS NO POLICY. [Captioner] 19:16:26 TRASH IS NO LONGER [Captioner] 19:16:29 VISIBLE, SO SOMEBODY WILL BE THERE TO APPRECIATE THE POINT BUT IT WILL BE [Captioner] 19:16:32 AFTER THE FACT, LIKE THREE, FOUR HOURS AFTER WE REPORT IT. [Captioner] 19:16:36 AND THE [Captioner] 19:16:39 TIME -- THEY JUST MOVE INSIDE. SO IT'S [Captioner] 19:16:42 NOT REALLY HELPING THE CAUSE. WE ARE TAX-PAYING [Captioner] 19:16:46 CITIZENS YET HOMELESS HAS MORE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THAN WE [Captioner] 19:16:50 DO, AND IRVINGTON RESIDENTS WERE TOLD BY THE POLICE [Captioner] 19:16:53 TO SHUT OUR CURTAINS AND TURN ON OUR LIGHTS IN [Captioner] 19:16:56 IN THE DAY TIME. THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE. [Captioner] 19:17:00 WE EXPECT BETTER FROM THE CITY AND POLICE AND [Captioner] 19:17:04 BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THAT'S ALL FROM MY SIDE, AND I'LL [Captioner] 19:17:05 PASS ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:11 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 19:17:16 IANSIA LIN. >> THANK [Captioner] 19:17:18 YOU, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:17:21 I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MY OWN [Captioner] 19:17:25 CONCERNS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF OUR PRIVACY OF OUR [Captioner] 19:17:28 COMMUNITY IN IRVINGTON. THE IMPACT OF THIS [Captioner] 19:17:32 SITUATION IS SEVERE. MANY IRVINGTON [Captioner] 19:17:35 RESIDENT NOW, THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO LEAVE THEIR [Captioner] 19:17:38 HOMES UNATTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY ARE UNABLE [Captioner] 19:17:41 TO ENJOY THE USE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTIES' [Captioner] 19:17:45 BACKYARDS. [Captioner] 19:17:49 ALSO THE [Captioner] 19:17:54 INTRUSION INTO OUR PRIVATE SPACES AND SENSE OF INSECURITY CAUSED BY THIS, [Captioner] 19:17:57 IT'S REALLY VERY TROUBLING. I COULDN'T SLEEP ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:18:00 . AS RESIDENTS, WE DESERVE THE RIGHT TO [Captioner] 19:18:03 FEEL SAFE AND SECURE WITHIN OUR OWN HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. [Captioner] 19:18:09 REGARDING THE RVs [Captioner] 19:18:13 , NAVIGATE AROUND [Captioner] 19:18:16 THEM CROSS STREET -- COMMUNITY CONCERNS. [Captioner] 19:18:19 OF COURSE THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE AT STAKE AS WE ARE REQUIRED [Captioner] 19:18:22 TO DISCLOSE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD NOISE PROBLEMS AND OTHER [Captioner] 19:18:26 NUISANCES WHEN SELLING [Captioner] 19:18:29 WHICH CAN DETER POTENTIAL BUYERS AND OVERALL VALUES. [Captioner] 19:18:32 I KNOW I HAVE RENTERS AS MY NEIGHBORS, THEY ARE CONSIDERING MOVING OUT [Captioner] 19:18:34 JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING RECENTLY. [Captioner] 19:18:38 UNFORTUNATELY, THE POLICE RESPONSE HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:18:40 DISMISSIVE, OFFERING LITTLE ASSISTANCE. [Captioner] 19:18:44 THEIR SUGGESTION TO SHUT CURTAINS [Captioner] 19:18:47 AND TURN ON LIGHTS DURING THE DAY DOES NOT REALLY ADDRESS THE [Captioner] 19:18:50 INVASION OF PRIVACY WE ARE EXPERIENCING [Captioner] 19:18:54 . IN CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE SITES, WE [Captioner] 19:18:58 PROPOSE LEAST INTRUSIVE [Captioner] 19:19:01 OPTIONS. ONE IS THE BLACOW ROADSIDE OF [Captioner] 19:19:04 IRVINGTON COMMUNITY PARK, WHERE THE OTHER RVs AND THE CARS ARE ALREADY [Captioner] 19:19:07 PARKING THERE, WHICH WOULD NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT [Captioner] 19:19:11 ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREA. ANOTHER OPTION WILL BE [Captioner] 19:19:14 THE LAKE ELIZABETH PARKING AREA, WHERE MOST PARKING SPOTS [Captioner] 19:19:16 ARE NOT ADJACENT TO ANY RESIDENTIAL HOMES. [Captioner] 19:19:19 SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:19:26 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HU LI. [Captioner] 19:19:29 >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:19:32 TO RECAP THE MAIN POINTS. [Captioner] 19:19:37 OUR NEIGHBORED HAVE PRESENTED. [Captioner] 19:19:41 WE HAVE LEAST INTRUSIVE SITES FOR RV PARKING SUCH AS [Captioner] 19:19:44 BLACOW ROAD SITE OF IRVINGTON COMMUNITY PARK [Captioner] 19:19:48 AND ELIZABETH LAKE PARKING AREA. AND AS WE MENTIONED, OUR SAFETY [Captioner] 19:19:51 CONCERNS ARISE DUE TO THE BLOCKED SIDEWALKS [Captioner] 19:19:54 AND WHICH FORCE MORE PEOPLE TO WALK ON THE STREET. [Captioner] 19:19:58 AND IS PARTICULARLY UNSAFE FOR [Captioner] 19:20:01 ELDERLY AND THE CHILDREN. OBSTRUCTED [Captioner] 19:20:04 VIEW CAUSED BY RVs CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:20:08 OUR COMMUNITY IS ALREADY TROUBLED BY THE [Captioner] 19:20:13 SPEED IN THIS AREA AND RVs MAKE [Captioner] 19:20:16 THIS EVEN WORSE. PRIVACY IS BEING [Captioner] 19:20:19 COMPROMISED, CAUSING FEAR OF THEFT AND [Captioner] 19:20:22 REDUCING OUR SENSE OF SECURITY. [Captioner] 19:20:29 MOREOVER, IT RESTRICTS RESIDENTS' USAGE OF THEIR OWN [Captioner] 19:20:31 BACKYARDS INFRINGING ON THEIR PERSONAL SPACE. [Captioner] 19:20:35 AND THE NUISANCE OF LOUD NOISE GENERATED BY [Captioner] 19:20:38 RVs DISRUPTS THE PEACE AND QUIET OF OUR [Captioner] 19:20:41 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND FURTHER DETERIORATING THE QUALITY [Captioner] 19:20:44 OF OUR -- OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:20:49 AS MENTIONED, THE ESTHETICS OF OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:20:52 INCLUDING THE IRVINGTON COMMUNITY PARK AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS [Captioner] 19:20:56 ARE BEING NEGATIVELY [Captioner] 19:20:59 IMPACTED BY THE RVs. LASTLY, [Captioner] 19:21:03 THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF RVs AND [Captioner] 19:21:06 HOMELESS CAR PARKING CAN SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES [Captioner] 19:21:09 AND DISCOURAGING FUTURE RENTERS, LEADING [Captioner] 19:21:12 TO POTENTIAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:21:17 IN CONCLUSION, WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO [Captioner] 19:21:21 TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO RELOCATE THOSE [Captioner] 19:21:24 RVs AND HELP PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. [Captioner] 19:21:29 THE COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE [Captioner] 19:21:32 IN A WRITTEN RECORD, [Captioner] 19:21:36 AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING AND THE [Captioner] 19:21:39 PROSPERITY OF OUR BELOVED IRVINGTON COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:21:42 THANK YOU, AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO ASK [Captioner] 19:21:46 OUR COMMUNITY TO STAND UP TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:21:49 OUR ARGUMENT. [Captioner] 19:21:53 AND WE ALL APPRECIATE CITY COUNCIL'S HELP ON THIS [Captioner] 19:21:54 ISSUE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:21:58 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:22:02 IS JOHN NEI. [Captioner] 19:22:05 FOLLOWED BY S [Captioner] 19:22:09 ALIM MUSTON. [Captioner] 19:22:14 >> HI, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME [Captioner] 19:22:18 IS JOHN. I LIVE IN THE [Captioner] 19:22:20 PARK GATE COMMUNITY. SO I'VE TAKEN SOME PICTURES AND I HOPE [Captioner] 19:22:23 YOU CAN SEE IT. YOU KNOW, THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:22:25 THINGS THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING INSIDE PARK GATE ITSELF. [Captioner] 19:22:28 YOU KNOW, ALONG THE SURROUNDING AREA ON GREEN PARK. [Captioner] 19:22:33 SO I TOOK THAT, AND [Captioner] 19:22:37 ALSO -- I'M ALSO PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, PICTURES OF [Captioner] 19:22:40 IRVINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL, BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW [Captioner] 19:22:43 YOU JUST AN EXAMPLE OF IT. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE [Captioner] 19:22:46 IRVINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER IS THAT IT'S ATTRACTING A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:22:49 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN RVs. THAT HAS SPREAD, NOT [Captioner] 19:22:52 ONLY FROM THE IRVINGTON COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:22:55 CENTER, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING AREAS ON GREEN PARK. [Captioner] 19:23:01 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S [Captioner] 19:23:04 BEEN DONE FOR IT. THIS IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IN [Captioner] 19:23:09 TERMS OF GREEN PARK ITSELF. [Captioner] 19:23:12 IT STARTED OFF WITH ONE AND NOW THERE'S LIKE THREE, AND THEN [Captioner] 19:23:14 THERE'S FOUR. I CAN'T SEE HOW THIS IS GETTING [Captioner] 19:23:16 BETTER. I TALKED TO THE POLICE OFFICERS [Captioner] 19:23:19 MYSELF, AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT FREMONT IS A DESTINATION. [Captioner] 19:23:22 IT'S A DESTINATION FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:23:25 IT'S BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET THEM STAY THERE AND WE'RE [Captioner] 19:23:28 NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. [Captioner] 19:23:32 THESE PEOPLE HERE, THAT'S BEEN PARKED [Captioner] 19:23:36 ALONG THE GREEN PARK STREET, HAS BEEN THERE FOR [Captioner] 19:23:39 A LONG TIME, OVER A MONTH. THEY DON'T MOVE THE CAR, THEY [Captioner] 19:23:42 LEAVE TRASH EVERYWHERE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING [Captioner] 19:23:45 TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS. IT BEING POLLUTED, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T [Captioner] 19:23:49 DO ANY SWEEPING AT ALL. TELL ME, HOW [Captioner] 19:23:52 ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET BETTER? I'VE SEEN WHAT [Captioner] 19:23:53 HAPPENED IN THE IRVINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER. [Captioner] 19:23:56 IT'S JUST GOTTEN WORSE. IT DOESN'T GET BETTER. [Captioner] 19:24:01 YOU KNOW, IN THE [Captioner] 19:24:05 FLYERS THEMSELVES, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT, THESE RVs ARE [Captioner] 19:24:08 PARKED NEXT TO THE PARKS, WHERE OUR KIDS PLAY, [Captioner] 19:24:10 SOCCER FIELDS WHERE OUR KIDS GO TO PLAY. [Captioner] 19:24:13 YOU KNOW, THERE IS LIKE HOMELESS TENTS THAT'S [Captioner] 19:24:17 RIGHT BEHIND THE SOCCER GOALIE, THE GOAL OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:19 SOCCER. SO IF SOMEBODY KICKS THE BALL OVER [Captioner] 19:24:22 THERE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? THEY'RE GOING TO CONFRONT A HOMELESS [Captioner] 19:24:25 PERSON IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SOMEONE IS GOING TO PROBABLY GET [Captioner] 19:24:29 REALLY UPSET. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S [Captioner] 19:24:32 SEPARATE RULES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE VERSUS NORMAL [Captioner] 19:24:34 PEOPLE. I'M A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN AND SO IS [Captioner] 19:24:38 THE RESIDENTS HERE. WHEN OUR [Captioner] 19:24:40 VEHICLES ARE NOT REGISTERED, WHAT DO WE DO? [Captioner] 19:24:43 WE GO AND PAY THE REGISTRATION. OKAY? [Captioner] 19:24:46 AND THEN -- AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW. [Captioner] 19:24:49 THESE GUYS DON'T GET TO FOLLOW THE LAW, THEY GET TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. [Captioner] 19:24:53 THEY CAN PARK THERE FOR OVER 72 HOURS, THEY [Captioner] 19:24:55 DON'T GET TOWED, THEY DON'T GET ANYTHING. [Captioner] 19:24:58 WE WOULD GET A TICKET. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT -- WHY THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:25:00 A SEPARATE LAW AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW DIFFERENT TYPE OF LAW. [Captioner] 19:25:03 SO THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. [Captioner] 19:25:06 TELL ME HOW IS IT GOING TO GET BETTER? IT'S GETTING [Captioner] 19:25:09 WORSE. START WITH ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, IT'S [Captioner] 19:25:12 GOING TO ATTRACT MORE HOMELESS, OKAY? THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:16 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:25:20 IS S ALIM FOLLOWED BY KELLY ABREU. [Captioner] 19:25:28 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:25:32 I'M BACK AGAIN WITH A PROPOSAL THAT I [Captioner] 19:25:35 HAD PROPOSED TWO WEEKS AGO REGARDING THE [Captioner] 19:25:39 GHETTO AREA [Captioner] 19:25:42 OF FREMONT BOULEVARD AND IRVINGTON. SO I HAVE SUBMITTED [Captioner] 19:25:45 A LETTER TO THE DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:25:49 MANAGER DAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A DIRECTION [Captioner] 19:25:52 ON HOW TO DEVELOP THIS [Captioner] 19:25:56 GHETTO AREA, WHICH [Captioner] 19:26:00 IS -- THE PARKING LOT AND THE CAR WASH ON IRVINGTON [Captioner] 19:26:03 ROAD AND FREMONT BOULEVARD. [Captioner] 19:26:08 THIS CAN BE TURNED INTO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, [Captioner] 19:26:11 LIKE A SANTANA ROW DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:26:14 WHO HAVE THE FUNDS WHO WILL DO [Captioner] 19:26:17 IT. THEY DON'T WANT ANY MONEY FROM THE [Captioner] 19:26:20 CITY OR THE COUNTY OR THE STATE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET A DIRECTION [Captioner] 19:26:23 ON HOW TO MOVE THIS [Captioner] 19:26:27 PROJECT FORWARD, MAYBE THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:26:32 MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY [Captioner] 19:26:35 COUNCIL CAN GUIDE US ON A [Captioner] 19:26:38 STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO CONVERT THIS WHOLE [Captioner] 19:26:42 BAD GHETTO AREA INTO [Captioner] 19:26:45 SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY BENEFITS. THERE WILL BE 600 [Captioner] 19:26:49 HOMES, SHOPS, UNDERGROUND PARKING, THE WHOLE [Captioner] 19:26:51 9 YARDS. SO THAT IS ITEM NUMBER ONE. [Captioner] 19:26:54 ITEM NUMBER TWO -- I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO THINK, I'VE BEEN [Captioner] 19:26:57 TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE ROADS FOR 10 YEARS [Captioner] 19:27:01 NOW, FREMONT WILL NOT BE A PASS-THROUGH CITY ANYMORE, IT WILL [Captioner] 19:27:04 BE A DESTINATION CITY. THAT IS OUR GOAL, [Captioner] 19:27:07 WE SHOULD BEAUTIFY OUR CITY, [Captioner] 19:27:10 AND IT IS IMPORTANT [Captioner] 19:27:14 FOR THE GOVERNMENT, FOR YOU, CITY [Captioner] 19:27:17 COUNCILMEMBERS, THE STAFF, TO [Captioner] 19:27:20 UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL CONCEPT. SO IF [Captioner] 19:27:23 SOMEBODY WILL CALL ME OR GUIDE ME, I WILL APPRECIATE IT. [Captioner] 19:27:26 AND I WILL TAKE IT STEP BY STEP, [Captioner] 19:27:29 AND GET THIS THING GOING. THAT IS ITEM NUMBER ONE. [Captioner] 19:27:32 ITEM NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE FOUR PLACES ON [Captioner] 19:27:36 THIS AGENDA TODAY OF WORK THAT IS [Captioner] 19:27:40 BEING DONE WITH EXEMPTION OF [Captioner] 19:27:43 CEQA. THE PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON, [Captioner] 19:27:46 ON CHAPEL WAY, [Captioner] 19:27:49 IS STOPPED, YEARS ARE GOING BY BECAUSE OF THE [Captioner] 19:27:53 CEQA REQUIREMENT. WHY IS IT THAT THE CITY-OWNED [Captioner] 19:27:56 PROJECTS ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA? WHY IS [Captioner] 19:27:59 IT THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO SOMETHING CANNOT [Captioner] 19:28:03 DO IT BECAUSE ONE COMPANY DOES A CEQA [Captioner] 19:28:06 AND IT TAKES A YEAR JUST TO [Captioner] 19:28:09 GET THE APPROVAL? PEOPLE ARE [Captioner] 19:28:12 LOSING MONEY. THIS SHOULD BE A UNIFORM POLICY FOR [Captioner] 19:28:17 ALL PROJECTS UNDER THE NEW STATE LAW AND THE CEQA [Captioner] 19:28:20 LAW 1504, [Captioner] 19:28:24 1531, 1532, 1538. SO PLEASE MAKE A UNIFORM [Captioner] 19:28:25 POLICY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:28:29 >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU, [Captioner] 19:28:33 FOLLOWED BY LISA DANZ. [Captioner] 19:28:38 >> THANK YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE HAVE [Captioner] 19:28:41 A TUNNEL VISION, THEY ONLY LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR OWN [Captioner] 19:28:45 BACKYARDS, AND THEY OFTENTIMES DON'T REALIZE WHAT'S [Captioner] 19:28:48 HAPPENING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. [Captioner] 19:28:53 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GREEN PARK [Captioner] 19:28:56 DRIVE, THAT'S VERY SIMILAR, IT DIRECTLY [Captioner] 19:28:58 ANALOGOUS. IT ALMOST EQUAL TO WEIBEL DRIVE. [Captioner] 19:29:02 NOW, WEIBEL DRIVE, THAT IS NEAR MISSION [Captioner] 19:29:06 PEAK, AND THERE, THEY ALSO -- BY THE WAY, [Captioner] 19:29:09 GREEN PARK HAS NO HOUSING ON IT. THERE'S NOBODY THERE WITH A MAILBOX, [Captioner] 19:29:12 A DRIVEWAY -- WELL, THE DRIVEWAYS GO OFF INTO A [Captioner] 19:29:15 DIFFERENT STREET. THE GREEN PARK HAS [Captioner] 19:29:19 NO RESIDENCE DIRECTLY ON THERE, [Captioner] 19:29:20 NO FRONT DOORS. WEIBEL, SAME THING. [Captioner] 19:29:24 BUT WEIBEL IS FULLY PROTECTED. IT HAS THE MISSION [Captioner] 19:29:27 PEAK RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONE. WHY NOT DO THAT FOR [Captioner] 19:29:30 GREEN PARK DRIVE, HUH? BECAUSE IT WOULD [Captioner] 19:29:33 BE UNIMAGINABLE. POLICE WOULD NEVER SUGGEST THAT TO [Captioner] 19:29:36 YOU. BECAUSE THEY ONLY DO IT FOR ONE [Captioner] 19:29:38 NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WOULD NEVER DO IT FOR EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:29:44 HOW ABOUT KATO ROAD? KATO ROAD USED TO BE FULL OF [Captioner] 19:29:45 RVs. NOW IT'S FULL OF BOULDERS. [Captioner] 19:29:49 WHY NOT FILL YOUR ROAD, GREEN PARK DRIVE, [Captioner] 19:29:51 BUT BOULDERS EVERYWHERE. YOU REMEMBER? [Captioner] 19:29:54 THE BOULDER DIPLOMACY, WE CALL IT. AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE YOUR [Captioner] 19:29:57 RVs. IT'S ALREADY DONE -- GO TO KATO ROAD, [Captioner] 19:30:00 TAKE A LOOK, COUNT THE RVs THERE. YOU'LL COUNT ZERO. [Captioner] 19:30:04 SO IT'S NOT THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS THEIR OWN [Captioner] 19:30:07 LAWS THAT TRAVEL WITH THE HOMELESS. IT'S THAT THE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:30:10 NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE DIFFERENT LAWS THAT RESIDE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. [Captioner] 19:30:14 AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET NO PROTECTION. [Captioner] 19:30:19 AND THEN -- LET'S SEE. OH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF [Captioner] 19:30:22 IRVINGTON. IF YOU GO TO BAY STREET, BAY STREET [Captioner] 19:30:25 HAS A CITY-OWNED PARKING LOT THERE. A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:30:28 PARKING LOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE NEXT TO THE HAIR SALON, YOU [Captioner] 19:30:31 KNOW, AND THAT'S FULL OF RVs, BECAUSE IT'S IN IRVINGTON. [Captioner] 19:30:35 IF THERE WAS A CITY PARKING LOT IN MISSION [Captioner] 19:30:38 PEAK, THERE WOULD NEVER BE RVs ALL OVER THERE. [Captioner] 19:30:42 SO YOU KNOW, GO TO MISSION PEAK, GO [Captioner] 19:30:45 TO -- DRIVE AROUND, COUNT HOW MANY RVs YOU FIND OUT THERE. [Captioner] 19:30:48 AND YOU'LL FIND -- YOU WON'T FIND ANY, BECAUSE IT'S A [Captioner] 19:30:51 DIFFERENT SET OF LAWS. YOU KNOW, YOUR PROPERTY [Captioner] 19:30:54 VALUES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN, BUT MISSION PEAK IS GOING TO [Captioner] 19:30:58 STAY UP. THANKS TO THIS COUNCIL, [Captioner] 19:31:01 AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 19:31:04 RESIDENTIAL PARKING -- PERMIT PARKING ZONE. [Captioner] 19:31:08 THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PROTECTION IS VERY [Captioner] 19:31:10 LIMITED. DOESN'T INCLUDE IRVINGTON. [Captioner] 19:31:14 IRVINGTON -- I'M STARTING TO WORRY THAT IRVINGTON IS [Captioner] 19:31:17 GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IS IN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM WITH [Captioner] 19:31:21 VARIOUS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IRVINGTON MIGHT WIN IN GOING DOWN TO [Captioner] 19:31:22 THE BOTTOM. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:28 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA DANZ. [Captioner] 19:31:32 >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:36 THIS IS LISA DANZ FROM FREMONT FOR EVERYONE, [Captioner] 19:31:39 AND THOSE WHO REGULARLY ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS [Captioner] 19:31:42 HAVE PROBABLY HEARD [Captioner] 19:31:45 US MAKE COMMENTS HERE. I WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT [Captioner] 19:31:48 WHAT WE DO AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET [Captioner] 19:31:50 INVOLVED. OUR MISSION IS THE FOLLOWING. [Captioner] 19:31:53 FREMONT FOR EVERYONE ADVOCATE FOR INCLUSIVE [Captioner] 19:31:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ENSURES FREMONT IS IS WELCOMING [Captioner] 19:32:00 OF NEW NEIGHBORS WHILE REMAINING A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY FOR LIVING [Captioner] 19:32:03 CLOSER TO WORK, RAISING A FAMILY AND AGING IN PLACE, [Captioner] 19:32:06 A HOME FOR EVERYONE. IN KEEPING WITH THAT MISSION WE [Captioner] 19:32:10 SUPPORT LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:32:13 SUCH AS PROJECT HOMEKEY AND SUPPORT POLICIES TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:32:15 IT EASIER TO BUILD DENSE AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED HOUSING. [Captioner] 19:32:19 WE ALSO, AS COMPLEMENTARY TO THAT, [Captioner] 19:32:22 SUPPORT RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS [Captioner] 19:32:25 OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, [Captioner] 19:32:28 INCLUDING THE HOUSING NAVIGATION CENTER, AND SAFE PARKING. [Captioner] 19:32:32 AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN THIS MISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO [Captioner] 19:32:35 JOIN US AT OUR NEXT FREMONT FOR EVERYONE MEETING, WHICH IS GOING TO [Captioner] 19:32:38 BE THIS COMING THURSDAY, JULY 20TH, [Captioner] 19:32:42 AT 6:00 P.M. AT BRONCO BILLY'S PIZZA PALLAS IN [Captioner] 19:32:44 IRVINGTON. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR [Captioner] 19:32:48 WEBSITE, FREMONTFOREVERYONE.COM. AND IF YOU SUPPORT THESE THINGS THAT I [Captioner] 19:32:51 WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WANT TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN, PLEASE DO JOIN [Captioner] 19:32:53 US. WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON ZOOM FOR A [Captioner] 19:32:56 WHILE. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST [Captioner] 19:32:58 IN-PERSON MEETING FOR QUITE A WHILE, SO WE'RE QUITE EXCITED. [Captioner] 19:33:02 AND WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL AND EXCITED TO [Captioner] 19:33:05 SHARE THAT HUMAN SERVICES SUZANNE [Captioner] 19:33:08 SHENFIL WILL BE A GUEST SPEAKER, PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON SAFE PARKING [Captioner] 19:33:12 PROGRAM, WHICH AS I MENTIONED IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT WE [Captioner] 19:33:15 SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANKS [Captioner] 19:33:16 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SUPPORT OUR MISSION. [Captioner] 19:33:20 >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:33:25 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT [Captioner] 19:33:28 BACK TO THE COUNCIL, IF [Captioner] 19:33:31 THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T COMMENT -- I THINK THE CITY [Captioner] 19:33:34 MANAGER WANTED TO ADDRESS, THOUGH, SOME OF THE SPEAKERS BECAUSE THIS [Captioner] 19:33:36 IS -- SHE'S GOING TO SHARE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON THIS. [Captioner] 19:33:39 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YES, BECAUSE THE ITEM WASN'T AGENDIZED [Captioner] 19:33:43 AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED DURING HER OPENING OF PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:33:46 COMMENT, I WILL JUST MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT ABOUT THE GREEN [Captioner] 19:33:49 PARK DRIVE MATTER. AND THAT IS TO SAY THAT OUR [Captioner] 19:33:53 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE RESIDENT IN [Captioner] 19:33:56 THAT AREA, AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR PATROLLING IN THE [Captioner] 19:34:00 AREA, AND OUR MOBILE EVALUATION TEAM IS [Captioner] 19:34:03 DOING INCREASED MONITORING AS WELL [Captioner] 19:34:03 . THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:11 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:34:14 HAVE BEEN HEARD AND THEN I KNOW THAT ALL THE [Captioner] 19:34:16 COUNCIL WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS TOO. [Captioner] 19:34:21 SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THIS [Captioner] 19:34:26 EVENING IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEM, WHICH IS -- ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:34:29 IT'S THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST PULLED. WHICH [Captioner] 19:34:32 IS ITEM 2N [Captioner] 19:34:34 AND 2K. BUT 2K COMES FIRST. [Captioner] 19:34:37 SO I THINK THERE'S A SPEAKER ON 2K. [Captioner] 19:34:39 ALBERTO? >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, WE HAVE ONE [Captioner] 19:34:41 SPEAKER FOR ITEM 2K. >> Mayor Mei: ALSO THE COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 19:34:47 >> Vice Mayor Cox: AND ALSO MYSELF, 2K. [Captioner] 19:34:50 >> Mayor Mei: FIRST IT'S THE SPEAKER WHO PULLED THE [Captioner] 19:34:53 ITEM AND I [Captioner] 19:34:56 BELIEVE THE OTHER PERSON WHO PULLED IT IS COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:34:59 CAMPBELL. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR SPOK [Captioner] 19:35:03 SPEAKER IS LINDA [Captioner] 19:35:05 DULANEY. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, MADAME [Captioner] 19:35:08 MAYOR AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS LINDA DULANEY. [Captioner] 19:35:11 I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME INFORMATION THAT I'M NOT [Captioner] 19:35:15 SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF REGARDING [Captioner] 19:35:18 THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM. [Captioner] 19:35:21 WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH RECENTLY, BEFORE [Captioner] 19:35:25 OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AND [Captioner] 19:35:28 WE INVESTIGATED THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAMS AT [Captioner] 19:35:32 THE OTHER -- AT THE [Captioner] 19:35:34 OTHER 17 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. [Captioner] 19:35:38 OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS [Captioner] 19:35:42 IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, TWO OF THEM ARE ONLY ELEMENTARY SO THEY [Captioner] 19:35:45 DON'T HAVE SROs. THERE IS -- THERE [Captioner] 19:35:48 ARE NO STROAs IN [Captioner] 19:35:53 ALBANY, CASTRO VALLEY, HAYWARD, [Captioner] 19:35:56 OAKLAND, PIEDMONT, SAN LEANDRO OR SAN [Captioner] 19:36:00 LORENZO. IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF [Captioner] 19:36:03 ALAMEDA, BERKELEY, DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, [Captioner] 19:36:06 NEWARK, AND PLEASANTON, THEY HAVE SRO [Captioner] 19:36:09 PROGRAMS AND THEIR SRO PROGRAMS ARE PAID FOR [Captioner] 19:36:11 100% BY THE CITY, NOT BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:36:16 THERE IS -- THERE WAS ONE IN ALAMEDA ACTUALLY BUT IT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:36:19 DISCONTINUED BUT IT WAS ALSO PAID FOR 100% BY THE CITY. [Captioner] 19:36:23 OUTSIDE OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, THERE IS [Captioner] 19:36:26 A SRO PROGRAM AT SAN RAMON UNIFIED, AND [Captioner] 19:36:30 THEY PAY -- THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYS $1, AND THE CITY [Captioner] 19:36:33 PAYS THE REST. AND IN [Captioner] 19:36:36 DANVILLE, THEY HAVE TWO OFFICERS AND ONE SUPERVISOR, AND THE DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:36:39 PAYS 500 -- $50,000 AND THE CITY PAYS THE REST. [Captioner] 19:36:43 AND IN PALO ALTO, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:36:46 SROs. SO I'M WONDERING [Captioner] 19:36:49 WHY FREMONT PAYS 50%. WHY DOES [Captioner] 19:36:53 FREMONT UNIFIED PAY 50% AND THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:36:56 FREMONT ONLY PAYS 50%? WHY IS IT SPLIT IN HALF LIKE THAT? [Captioner] 19:36:59 WHY ISN'T THE CITY OF FREMONT PICKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THE COST? [Captioner] 19:37:06 AND THE COST IS FOR ONE YEAR OVER [Captioner] 19:37:10 $2 MILLION FOR 6 OFFICERS. [Captioner] 19:37:13 THAT IS [Captioner] 19:37:18 $342,187 PER OFFICER. THAT'S SALARY AND BENEFITS. [Captioner] 19:37:24 NOW, CONVENIENTLY, THERE WAS A LIST OF [Captioner] 19:37:28 SALARY RATES AS PART OF THIS INFORMATION ON [Captioner] 19:37:32 THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND IT INDICATES [Captioner] 19:37:36 THAT EVEN -- A REGULAR POLICE OFFICER, IF [Captioner] 19:37:39 YOU TAKE HIS REGULAR SALARY AT [Captioner] 19:37:43 STEP 5 AND DOUBLE IT, THAT'S ONLY $302,000. [Captioner] 19:37:48 $40,000 LESS THAN AN SRO. EVEN THE [Captioner] 19:37:52 HIGHEST PAID POLICE OFFICER, 29 YEARS OF [Captioner] 19:37:55 EXPERIENCE, ONLY GETS $343,000. [Captioner] 19:38:00 IF YOU DOUBLE HIS SALARY. [Captioner] 19:38:03 I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THE [Captioner] 19:38:07 FREMONT -- WHY IT'S COSTING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WHY THE CITY IS [Captioner] 19:38:09 NOT PICKING UP MORE OF THE COST. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:38:13 AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO HAD [Captioner] 19:38:15 THE QUESTION, ALSO A COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:38:25 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:38:29 I KNOW I WATCHED THE VIDEO OF THE [Captioner] 19:38:32 FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING AT THE TIME THAT [Captioner] 19:38:36 THEY WERE DELIBERATING ON THIS ITEM [Captioner] 19:38:39 . AND THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT [Captioner] 19:38:43 CAME UP THAT WERE -- THAT I THINK [Captioner] 19:38:46 THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DISCUSS. [Captioner] 19:38:49 ONE OF THEM IS THE COST. THE SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:38:53 DISTRICT DID AGREE TO PAY 50% OF [Captioner] 19:38:56 THE COST OF SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR THE SIX [Captioner] 19:39:00 OFFICERS. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A COMMENT [Captioner] 19:39:03 THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT WAS [Captioner] 19:39:08 BEING SUED FOR INAPPROPRIATELY [Captioner] 19:39:11 TAPING CHILDREN [Captioner] 19:39:13 AND THEIR ATTORNEYS DURING QUESTIONING. [Captioner] 19:39:18 AND I HAD ASKED OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO PLEASE [Captioner] 19:39:21 BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE ACCURACY [Captioner] 19:39:24 OF ANY PROPOSED LITIGATION ON THAT ISSUE. [Captioner] 19:39:33 >> Mayor Mei: IF OUR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER. [Captioner] 19:39:36 THANK YOU. >> YES, TO [Captioner] 19:39:39 ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL'S SECOND QUESTION, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE [Captioner] 19:39:42 CITY HAS NOT BEEN SUED BY ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY [Captioner] 19:39:45 MINORS ALLEGING THAT THE CITY RECORDED [Captioner] 19:39:50 IN-CUSTODY CONSULTATIONS [Captioner] 19:39:52 BETWEEN MINORS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS. >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:39:55 FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS [Captioner] 19:39:59 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR [Captioner] 19:40:03 THE SAFETY OF NOT ONLY OUR OFFICERS AND [Captioner] 19:40:06 OUR COMMUNITY, FOR INCIDENCES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE [Captioner] 19:40:10 PAST, AND ALSO FOR THE 35-PLUS [Captioner] 19:40:13 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT FREMONT UNIFIED. [Captioner] 19:40:16 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:40:18 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 19:40:25 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:40:28 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR [Captioner] 19:40:32 NUMBER ONE HERE FOR THE CITY AND MAKING SURE [Captioner] 19:40:35 THAT ALL OF THOSE THAT ATTEND OUR [Captioner] 19:40:39 SCHOOL, THAT THEY ARE WELL PROTECTED AND PROTECTING THE VOICE THAT CAN [Captioner] 19:40:40 BE HEARD AND THE VOICE THAT CANNOT BE HEARD. [Captioner] 19:40:45 AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:40:48 MORE EXPLAINING ON THE SRO PROGRAM IN [Captioner] 19:40:52 REGARDS TO DIVERSION, AND HOW THAT IT'S [Captioner] 19:40:55 ADDRESSED, IF IT'S GOING ON STUDENTS' [Captioner] 19:40:58 RECORDS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S 16 ARRESTS THAT [Captioner] 19:41:02 WERE MADE OVER THE LAST YEAR BASED ON SOME OF [Captioner] 19:41:06 THE DATA THAT CAME OUT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AND [Captioner] 19:41:09 I DO UNDERSTAND THAT [Captioner] 19:41:12 THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES DID APPROVE [Captioner] 19:41:15 THE AGREEMENT. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A [Captioner] 19:41:18 LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW DIVERSION [Captioner] 19:41:24 -- AND THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE APPEARED IN SOME [Captioner] 19:41:27 COMMENTS THAT HISPANIC AND [Captioner] 19:41:31 AFROAMERICAN STUDENTS TENDED TO BE MORE LIKELY TO BE [Captioner] 19:41:35 ARRESTED OR IN THE CASE OF COUNTING IN THE [Captioner] 19:41:38 NUMBERS OF 16 ARRESTS, SO I WOULD [Captioner] 19:41:41 LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ON THAT FROM OUR POLICE [Captioner] 19:41:45 CHIEF, SEAN WASHINGTON. [Captioner] 19:41:51 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, CHIEF. [Captioner] 19:42:07 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:42:11 MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND [Captioner] 19:42:14 THE REST OF CITY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME [Captioner] 19:42:18 TO COME AND ADDRESS SOME OF [Captioner] 19:42:22 THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED [Captioner] 19:42:26 REGARDING ARREST DATA AND THOSE TYPE OF [Captioner] 19:42:29 MATTERS. SO TO YOUR [Captioner] 19:42:33 POINT, VICE MAYOR, LAST YEAR, OUR [Captioner] 19:42:37 SROs ISSUED 16 NOTICES TO [Captioner] 19:42:40 APPEAR, AND IT'S LISTED IN OUR SRO [Captioner] 19:42:44 ANNUAL REPORT UNDER "ARRESTS." I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT [Captioner] 19:42:47 TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A [Captioner] 19:42:50 PHYSICAL ARREST AND WHAT WE ISSUE, WHICH IS A NOTICE TO APPEAR. [Captioner] 19:42:53 A PHYSICAL ARREST IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY TAKE SOMEONE INTO CUSTODY [Captioner] 19:42:57 AND TRANSPORT THAT INDIVIDUAL TO A [Captioner] 19:43:01 CUSTODY FACILITY. OF [Captioner] 19:43:04 THE 16 ARRESTS, I'M [Captioner] 19:43:08 NOT AWARE -- I THINK WE HAD ONE THAT WAS PHYSICALLY [Captioner] 19:43:11 TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE REST WERE ISSUED NOTICES TO [Captioner] 19:43:14 APPEAR. SO WE DIDN'T TAKE THE JUVENILES INTO [Captioner] 19:43:16 CUSTODY AND PHYSICALLY TAKE THEM DOWN TO A DETENTION FACILITY. [Captioner] 19:43:20 NOW, OF THOSE 16 ARRESTS [Captioner] 19:43:24 , 12 WERE ISSUE [Captioner] 19:43:27 ED OR REFERRED TO OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM. [Captioner] 19:43:30 AS A DEPARTMENT, IT IS OUR PRIORITY TO ENSURE [Captioner] 19:43:34 THAT, YES, THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER THE [Captioner] 19:43:37 LAW, HOWEVER, WE ARE DEALING WITH JUVENILES AND YOUTH, AND SO WE WANT [Captioner] 19:43:40 TO GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID THE [Captioner] 19:43:43 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND SO 12 OUT OF 16 [Captioner] 19:43:46 OF THOSE NOTICES TO APPEAR WERE [Captioner] 19:43:50 REFERRED TO OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND SO IN [Captioner] 19:43:54 LIEU OF HAVING A [Captioner] 19:43:57 RECORD OR BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE [Captioner] 19:44:00 SYSTEM, THEY'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT, [Captioner] 19:44:03 COUNSELING, COMMUNITY SERVICE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, AND [Captioner] 19:44:06 THEN THAT PARTICULAR OFFENSE DOES NOT GO ON THEIR RECORD. [Captioner] 19:44:11 I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINT ABOUT [Captioner] 19:44:15 MAYBE THE RACE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT [Captioner] 19:44:19 ARE BEING ARRESTED AS WELL. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT [Captioner] 19:44:22 TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE RESPOND, WE'RE VERY [Captioner] 19:44:26 RESPONSIVE AS SROs TO CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED [Captioner] 19:44:29 ON CAMPUSES. SO DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF [Captioner] 19:44:32 THE PATROL TACTICS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR OUR PATROL [Captioner] 19:44:34 OFFICERS, WE'RE REACTIVE IN THE SCHOOLS. [Captioner] 19:44:38 SO OFTENTIMES, OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE CALLING US TO AN INCIDENT, [Captioner] 19:44:42 OUR PRINCIPALS, TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:44:45 THAT IS AT A LEVEL THAT IT REQUIRES A SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:44:48 RESOURCE OFFICER TO HANDLE. SOMEONE WITH A KNIFE ON CAMPUS, OR [Captioner] 19:44:51 A SIGNIFICANT FIGHT WHERE THERE'S [Captioner] 19:44:55 INJURIES OR SOME OTHER MAJOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN WHICH A [Captioner] 19:44:57 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S PRESENCE IS APPROPRIATE. [Captioner] 19:45:01 AND SO WE CAN'T [Captioner] 19:45:02 CONTROL THE MAKEUP OR WHO THAT PERSON IS. [Captioner] 19:45:06 WE ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE. [Captioner] 19:45:09 AND SO YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ONE [Captioner] 19:45:12 ARREST, AND THAT PERSON HAPPENS TO BE AFRICAN AMERICAN, THEN [Captioner] 19:45:13 100% OF OUR ARRESTS ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN. [Captioner] 19:45:17 SO WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT DATA. WE'RE JUST BEING RESPONSIVE. [Captioner] 19:45:23 I'M SENSITIVE TO THE PERCEPTION, [Captioner] 19:45:26 HOWEVER, AND SO WE EVERY YEAR, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF [Captioner] 19:45:30 YEARS, HAVE HAD PARTNERSHIPS [Captioner] 19:45:34 WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NAACP AND [Captioner] 19:45:39 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 19:45:42 OF JUVENILE JUSTICE. AND IT IMPORTANT FOR ME AS THE [Captioner] 19:45:45 CHIEF TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP, AND PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:45:48 THIS DATA IN THIS REPORT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO [Captioner] 19:45:52 ENSURE THAT WE'RE TALKING THROUGH ANY [Captioner] 19:45:53 REAL OR PERCEIVED ISSUES THAT ARE THERE. [Captioner] 19:45:57 SO I'M VERY AWARE OF MAYBE THE PERCEPTION THAT'S OUT [Captioner] 19:46:00 THERE, THE NUMBERS AND THE STATISTICS AND THOSE TYPE OF [Captioner] 19:46:03 THINGS. BUT WE TAKE MEASURES AND WE TAKE IT [Captioner] 19:46:06 VERY SERIOUSLY THROUGH OUR POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:46:10 ADMINISTERING CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN A VERY FAIR AND EQUITABLE [Captioner] 19:46:14 WAY. [Captioner] 19:46:18 >> Vice Mayor Cox: ARE ANY OF THOSE -- YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT [Captioner] 19:46:21 ONE ARREST. WOULD THAT ONE ARREST BE REPORTED INTO [Captioner] 19:46:24 WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE WEEKLY REPORT THAT WE GET [Captioner] 19:46:27 EACH WEEK ON HOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN OUR [Captioner] 19:46:30 CITY? >> NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE JUVENILE [Captioner] 19:46:33 RECORDS ARE -- THEY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY FOR OBVIOUS [Captioner] 19:46:36 REASONS. AND SO IT MAY BE CAPTURED IN THE [Captioner] 19:46:41 GENERAL DATA, BUT YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THE ARREST AND THE [Captioner] 19:46:44 STATISTICS ON THE JUVENILES, WE TRY TO KEEP [Captioner] 19:46:46 THOSE SEPARATE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS. [Captioner] 19:46:49 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. SO BASICALLY [Captioner] 19:46:53 IF ONE IS -- SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT 16 -- THERE WERE [Captioner] 19:46:56 NOTICES TO APPEAR, THERE WERE 12 OF THEM, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE [Captioner] 19:46:59 WERE NO ARRESTS, NOT [Captioner] 19:47:03 ON ANY RECORD, IT WAS JUST A NOTICE THAT WAS ABLE -- [Captioner] 19:47:06 FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO [Captioner] 19:47:09 PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVERSION PROGRAM? >> YES, [Captioner] 19:47:12 SO HOW IT WORKS IS, WE WILL -- IF [Captioner] 19:47:15 WE'RE CALLED AND THERE IS A VIOLATION OF A [Captioner] 19:47:19 LAW, SIGNIFICANT VIOLATION OF THE LAW, THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER [Captioner] 19:47:22 WILL THEN HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARENTS, THE PARENTS HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:47:25 SIGN THE NOTICE TO APPEAR, COME DOWN TO THE SCHOOL, AND [Captioner] 19:47:29 THEY BASICALLY [Captioner] 19:47:32 -- THAT NOTICE IS THEN SENT TO THE DIVERSION PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY [Captioner] 19:47:35 ARE EVALUATED IF THEY'RE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR [Captioner] 19:47:37 DIVERSION. AND 90% OF THE TIME, THEY ARE. [Captioner] 19:47:41 IT DEPENDS ON THE OFFENSE, RIGHT? IF THERE'S [Captioner] 19:47:44 A MAJOR OFFENSE INVOLVING MAJOR VIOLENCE, THAT [Captioner] 19:47:47 PERSON IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO QUALIFY FOR THAT. [Captioner] 19:47:50 IF THERE'S A DEMAND TO ARREST A [Captioner] 19:47:54 PERSON AND FOR WHATEVER REASON WE NEED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE CAMPUS, [Captioner] 19:47:56 THEY MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:48:00 IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE [Captioner] 19:48:03 SAME TYPE OF BEHAVIOR, THAT MAY BE A [Captioner] 19:48:07 CRITERIA WHERE DIVERSION HASN'T WORKED IN THE PAST AND SO THEY ARE REFERRED [Captioner] 19:48:10 TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. BUT THE VAST [Captioner] 19:48:13 MAJORITY OF THE TIME, AND IT IS OUR POLICY [Captioner] 19:48:17 TO TRY DIVERSION FIRST, BECAUSE WE KNOW [Captioner] 19:48:20 THAT KIDS MAKE MISTAKES, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES, BUT OUR [Captioner] 19:48:23 YOUTH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THEM AS THEY DEVELOP IN THEIR [Captioner] 19:48:27 MATURITY AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE [Captioner] 19:48:29 BEHAVIOR. >> Councilmember Cox: AND YOU ALSO [Captioner] 19:48:31 MENTIONED THE NAACP HAS REVIEWED YOUR REPORT AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:48:34 DID THEY APPROVE THE REPORT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. [Captioner] 19:48:38 THEY DID APPROVE THE REPORT. LAST YEAR THEY [Captioner] 19:48:41 WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR PROGRAM, AND THE STEPS [Captioner] 19:48:44 THAT WE PROACTIVELY -- IN FACT, I THINK THE [Captioner] 19:48:47 NAACP PRESIDENT SAID WE WERE THE ONE AND ONLY [Captioner] 19:48:51 POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS EVER PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT [Captioner] 19:48:53 TO THE NAACP TO LOOK AT THEIR SRO PROGRAM. [Captioner] 19:48:56 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE [Captioner] 19:48:58 CLARIFICATIONS. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:49:01 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK [Captioner] 19:49:02 YOU, MAYOR. HELLO, CHIEF. [Captioner] 19:49:05 >> HI. >> Councilmember Keng: I'M WONDERING [Captioner] 19:49:08 IF WHETHER THE CHIEF OR OTHER STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE ANY HISTORY [Captioner] 19:49:12 OR CLARIFICATION ON ONE OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:49:16 COMMENTERS' QUESTION HOW IT CAME [Captioner] 19:49:19 TO -- FOR THE BUDGET, HOW IT CAME TO FOR THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:49:23 TO SHARE 50/50 WHEN MOST OTHER CITIES [Captioner] 19:49:26 ARE -- THE PROGRAM IS PAID MOSTLY BY THE [Captioner] 19:49:29 CITY? >> I COULD -- I COULD -- [Captioner] 19:49:30 WELL, LET'S SEE HERE. THERE WE GO. [Captioner] 19:49:33 I CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU MY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, BEING [Captioner] 19:49:37 HERE FOR 26 YEARS. THIS SRO PROGRAM GOES BACK [Captioner] 19:49:40 OVER I THINK THREE DECADES, SO IT DEFINITELY [Captioner] 19:49:43 GOES BACK BEYOND MY YEARS. BUT IT ALWAYS BEEN [Captioner] 19:49:46 A PARTNERSHIP. UNDERSTANDING THAT [Captioner] 19:49:50 RESOURCES, NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY BUT THROUGHOUT OTHER [Captioner] 19:49:53 JURISDICTIONS, ARE LIMITED. AND WE ALL HAVE A COLLECTIVE [Captioner] 19:49:56 DESIRE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF [Captioner] 19:49:59 OUR YOUTH AND OUR KIDS, RIGHT? AND [Captioner] 19:50:03 SO I THINK WE ALL SHARE THAT RESPONSIBILITY, AND OUR COMMITMENT [Captioner] 19:50:06 BECAUSE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE [Captioner] 19:50:10 TO PROVIDE ON A VERY CONSISTENT MANNER THIS RESOURCE TO [Captioner] 19:50:13 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE [Captioner] 19:50:17 HAVE 230, SOME SAY 250,000 [Captioner] 19:50:21 RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE TO SHARE THOSE [Captioner] 19:50:24 RESOURCES AND DISTRIBUTE THOSE RESOURCES IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE [Captioner] 19:50:28 MANNER. WHILE HAVING THE COST [Captioner] 19:50:31 SHARE AGREEMENT HAS ENABLED US TO DEVOTE RESOURCES [Captioner] 19:50:34 TO THE SCHOOLS IN A WAY THAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE OVER [Captioner] 19:50:37 THE DECADES. AND SO IT GOES BACK TO THE [Captioner] 19:50:40 PARTNERSHIP, THE INITIAL PARTNERSHIP PRIOR TO HAVING SRO [Captioner] 19:50:44 SROs, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS A PATROL OFFICER WOULD [Captioner] 19:50:47 COME IN AND HANDLE WHATEVER INCIDENT THAT IS OCCURRING ON CAMPUS. [Captioner] 19:50:51 BUT WHAT WE FOUND AND WHAT SRO PROGRAMS HAVE FOUND OVER [Captioner] 19:50:54 THE YEARS IS THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY [Captioner] 19:50:58 EFFECTIVE, BECAUSE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE SCHOOL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT [Captioner] 19:51:01 OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING, UNDERSTANDING, THEY UNDERSTAND THE MISSION [Captioner] 19:51:04 AND THE GOAL OF THE SRO [Captioner] 19:51:07 PROGRAM IS TO HELP GUIDE AND HELP CHILDREN, VERSUS, YOU [Captioner] 19:51:11 KNOW, PUNISH CHILDREN OR SEND KIDS INTO [Captioner] 19:51:14 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. [Captioner] 19:51:19 SO HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SRO PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS [Captioner] 19:51:22 AND STUDYING THE HISTORY BEHIND IT, I KNOW [Captioner] 19:51:25 THAT UNDER CHIEF STECKLER'S LEADERSHIP, THAT WAS SOME OF [Captioner] 19:51:28 THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY WE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:51:31 IN PLACE FOR MANY DECADES. >> Councilmember [Captioner] 19:51:34 Keng: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP [Captioner] 19:51:38 QUESTION. HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECENT TRAINING [Captioner] 19:51:41 DUE TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS [Captioner] 19:51:44 THAT OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FOR THE SRO [Captioner] 19:51:47 PROGRAM? >> YES, OUR TRAINING GOES ABOVE AND [Captioner] 19:51:49 BEYOND. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 19:51:51 TRAINING THAT THE SROs HAVE TO GO THROUGH. [Captioner] 19:51:56 DE-ESCALATION, CRITICAL INCIDENT TRAINING [Captioner] 19:51:59 OR CIT, WE EVEN [Captioner] 19:52:03 HAVE PROFESSIONALS COME IN AND TALK [Captioner] 19:52:06 ABOUT THE MINDSET OF CHILDREN AND THE DIVERSITY [Captioner] 19:52:08 OF CHILDREN AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER SORTS OF THINGS. [Captioner] 19:52:12 SO THAT'S ONGOING. WHENEVER WE HAVE A NEW SRO [Captioner] 19:52:15 THAT COMES ON BOARD, WE [Captioner] 19:52:18 ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT BASIC TRAINING, AND THEN IT'S [Captioner] 19:52:21 EVERY YEAR, WE REFRESH THAT TRAINING [Captioner] 19:52:24 AND I KNOW THAT OUR TRAINING PROGRAM GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY [Captioner] 19:52:28 OTHER SRO PROGRAM THAT'S OUT THERE, AND THAT PROBABLY BRINGS [Captioner] 19:52:31 ME TO YOUR OTHER POINT THAT I FAILED TO ADDRESS, IS [Captioner] 19:52:34 THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS [Captioner] 19:52:38 TALKED ABOUT, OTHER SRO PROGRAM, AND MAYBE THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [Captioner] 19:52:42 THERE. AND YES, THERE ARE OTHER MODELS [Captioner] 19:52:45 OUT THERE BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:52:48 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE FORCE THAT THEY FUND AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:52:51 SO IT'S BASED ON ENSURING THAT [Captioner] 19:52:54 THE QUALITY AND THE CONSISTENCY [Captioner] 19:52:58 OF SERVICE, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE AS [Captioner] 19:53:01 A MID SIZED POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE BAY [Captioner] 19:53:04 AREA. AND YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:53:07 I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER ARRANGEMENT THAT A [Captioner] 19:53:10 CITY HAS WITH THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL [Captioner] 19:53:13 WORK FOR THEM. BUT THIS HAS WORKED FOR US OVER MANY [Captioner] 19:53:17 DECADES, AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THIS IS [Captioner] 19:53:20 STILL A VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM FOR OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR [Captioner] 19:53:23 SCHOOLS. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU VERY [Captioner] 19:53:26 MUCH FOR YOUR SHARING. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:30 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:53:33 CHIEF. COULD YOU SHARE A BIT MORE ON WHY IT [Captioner] 19:53:36 WAS THAT FOUR OF THE STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:53:39 BE PUT INTO THE DIVERSION PROGRAM? >> YEAH, I WOULD [Captioner] 19:53:42 HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT SPECIFIC [Captioner] 19:53:46 CASE, AND LET ME SEE IF I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION [Captioner] 19:53:49 HERE WITHOUT [Captioner] 19:53:52 GIVING TOO MUCH DETAIL. LET'S SEE HERE. [Captioner] 19:53:59 I'M VERY AWARE THAT WE WANT TO BE PROTECTIVE OF [Captioner] 19:54:03 THE JUVENILE [Captioner] 19:54:06 S' CONFIDENTIALITY. I JUST HAD IT HERE. [Captioner] 19:54:10 LET'S SEE. [Captioner] 19:54:14 THERE WAS ONE SITUATION [Captioner] 19:54:19 WHERE [Captioner] 19:54:22 THERE WAS A -- THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT. [Captioner] 19:54:26 THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT BOMB THREAT, THERE WAS AN ACTUAL THREAT TO [Captioner] 19:54:30 THE SCHOOL. IT [Captioner] 19:54:32 WAS -- IT WAS SIGNIFICANT, IT WAS IN THE NEWS. [Captioner] 19:54:35 THAT DIDN'T REALLY MEET [Captioner] 19:54:37 THE CRITERIA FOR THAT SIGNIFICANT CASE. [Captioner] 19:54:40 THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. THAT [Captioner] 19:54:44 OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN [Captioner] 19:54:47 ANOTHER SITUATION, THERE WAS [Captioner] 19:54:50 A STUDENT THAT WAS ARRESTED, AND [Captioner] 19:54:53 THEY WERE ARRESTED ACTUALLY BY A PATROL OFFICER AND THE CRIME [Captioner] 19:54:57 WAS SIGNIFICANT, AND THE PATROL OFFICER REFERRED TO THE JUVENILE [Captioner] 19:55:00 JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. [Captioner] 19:55:04 BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I HAVE FOR [Captioner] 19:55:07 YOU THAT WOULD LIKELY NOT MAKE [Captioner] 19:55:10 SOMEONE ELIGIBLE. OBVIOUSLY IF THERE WAS LIKE A SERIOUS [Captioner] 19:55:13 INJURY OR A HOMICIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT [Captioner] 19:55:17 , DIVERSION, RIGHT, IS NOT GOING TO APPLY [Captioner] 19:55:20 IN THOSE CASES. [Captioner] 19:55:23 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:55:25 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:55:29 YEAH, I SUPPORT THE SRO PROGRAM. [Captioner] 19:55:32 I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE SRO PROGRAM [Captioner] 19:55:36 STARTED, AND I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT MORE [Captioner] 19:55:40 AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE, FIGHTING, AND A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:55:43 TIMES THE TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE [Captioner] 19:55:45 INTERVENING TO TRY TO SOLVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES. [Captioner] 19:55:50 AND DEFINITELY A LOT MORE BULLYING, JUST A LOT MORE STUFF GOING ON [Captioner] 19:55:53 THAT PROBABLY NEVER REALLY MADE TO THE ATTENTION OF [Captioner] 19:55:56 MOST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OF [Captioner] 19:55:59 THE FOLKS, AND SO [Captioner] 19:56:02 WHEN I SEE MY KIDS, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAD. [Captioner] 19:56:07 BACK THEN, YOU HAD TO BE TOUGH, BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS ALWAYS [Captioner] 19:56:10 MESSING WITH YOU FOR SOMETHING. BUT NOW, WITH [Captioner] 19:56:14 THE SRO, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS, THE STUDENTS CAN IMMEDIATELY TELL [Captioner] 19:56:18 THE SRO, THEY'LL GO TALK TO THE FOLKS, [Captioner] 19:56:21 DE-ESCALATE, GET THINGS WORKED OUT. SO WHAT BETTER SITUATION CAN WE [Captioner] 19:56:24 HAVE THAN SOMEBODY RIGHT THERE WHO CAN INTERVENE, [Captioner] 19:56:27 WHO CAN GUIDE THE STUDENTS, TELL THEM WHAT'S [Captioner] 19:56:30 RIGHT, WHAT'S WRONG, IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, [Captioner] 19:56:33 THEY CAN BE A POINT OF CONTACT TO, YOU KNOW, REACH [Captioner] 19:56:37 OUT TO THE POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY [Captioner] 19:56:40 RESPONSE. SO I THINK THAT [Captioner] 19:56:44 IT'S A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE, THEY CALL IT A RESOURCE OFFICER, THEY [Captioner] 19:56:47 PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE STUDENTS, TO THE TEACHERS, TO THE [Captioner] 19:56:49 ADMINISTRATORS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM [Captioner] 19:56:53 THAT'S WORKING WELL. IT ALSO IS A GREAT INTERFACE [Captioner] 19:56:56 BETWEEN THE POLICE AND STUDENTS. AND SO IT [Captioner] 19:56:59 KIND OF MAKES STUDENTS COMFORTABLE, TALKING TO THE POLICE OFFICERS. [Captioner] 19:57:04 SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM, AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:57:07 WHAT WE'RE DOING. FREMONT HAS OUR OWN WAY OF DOING [Captioner] 19:57:10 THINGS, AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE [Captioner] 19:57:12 THAT. SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. [Captioner] 19:57:15 >> THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:57:18 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 19:57:20 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:57:23 I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FROM 2014 TO 2018, [Captioner] 19:57:26 SO I HAD FOUR YEARS OF [Captioner] 19:57:30 TIME IN FRONT ROW WITNESSING HOW [Captioner] 19:57:33 USEFUL AND HOW EFFECTIVE THIS SRO [Captioner] 19:57:37 PROGRAM HAS BEEN. SMAIVET, [Captioner] 19:57:40 AS A MATTER OF FACT, I REALIZE THAT [Captioner] 19:57:43 ON PAPER, IT'S 50/50, THE CITY AND [Captioner] 19:57:47 THE SCHOOL BOARD SPLIT THE EXPENSE, BUT THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:57:50 SO MANY HIDDEN COST [Captioner] 19:57:54 S ON THE CITY SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, [Captioner] 19:57:57 THE OVERTIME, THE TRAINING, EQUIPMENT [Captioner] 19:58:00 , AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS. [Captioner] 19:58:03 SO THE PERCENTAGE [Captioner] 19:58:06 THAT THE CITY HAD BEEN PAYING FOR COULD [Captioner] 19:58:09 BE WELL ABOVE [Captioner] 19:58:12 50%, AND TO SOME POINT, IT'S MORE LIKE ONE-THIRD [Captioner] 19:58:16 TO TWO THIRDS IN THAT KIND OF RATIO. [Captioner] 19:58:19 I BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I'VE WITNESSED [Captioner] 19:58:23 ITS ACHIEVEMENT, AND OF COURSE INCLUDING THE AWARDS [Captioner] 19:58:26 THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS WON. AND I [Captioner] 19:58:29 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS MODEL. THIS MODEL MEANS THAT [Captioner] 19:58:32 BOTH SIDES ARE VESTED [Captioner] 19:58:36 IN THIS PROGRAM, SO WE ALL HAVE OUR [Captioner] 19:58:39 RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE ALL CAN [Captioner] 19:58:42 MAKE OUR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS. SO THIS [Captioner] 19:58:46 ACTUALLY IS THE BEAUTY OF THIS PROGRAM, THE ADVANTAGE AND STRENGTH OF [Captioner] 19:58:49 THIS PROGRAM, AND THIS MIGHT BE THE VERY [Captioner] 19:58:53 REASON WHY WE WON SO MANY [Captioner] 19:58:56 PRIZES IN THE PAST. SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE TO THIS [Captioner] 19:58:59 PROGRAM, AND SUPPORTIVE TO THIS MEMO. THANK [Captioner] 19:59:01 YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:03 I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:59:06 MAKING THE MOTION, BUT I WAS GOING TO -- DO YOU HAVE A [Captioner] 19:59:09 FOLLOW-UP QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO MAKE MY STATEMENTS TOO. [Captioner] 19:59:12 >> Councilmember Campbell: I HAVE ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTION AND [Captioner] 19:59:14 THEN I'D BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. [Captioner] 19:59:16 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:59:20 >> Councilmember Campbell: IS THE REPORT -- I HEARD ABOUT [Captioner] 19:59:23 AN ANNUAL REPORT, IT WASN'T INCLUDED ON THIS DOCUMENT. [Captioner] 19:59:26 IS IT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE ANYWHERE OR CAN YOU SEND IT OFF TO THE [Captioner] 19:59:28 COUNCIL SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ANNUAL REPORT? [Captioner] 19:59:31 >> CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. [Captioner] 19:59:35 WE RECENTLY PROVIDED THAT ANNUAL REPORT, I BELIEVE IT [Captioner] 19:59:38 WAS MAYBE A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF AGO TO THE SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:59:41 DISTRICT AS WELL. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE THAT [Captioner] 19:59:43 AVAILABLE TO THE -- >> Councilmember Campbell: TO THE [Captioner] 19:59:44 COUNCIL? >> TO THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:59:45 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:59:48 THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. SO I WOULD LIKE, MAYOR MEI, TO [Captioner] 19:59:51 GO AHEAD AND MAKE A TO APPROVE. >> Mayor Mei: I [Captioner] 19:59:54 WAS GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BUT I SEE [Captioner] 19:59:58 A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN BUT I [Captioner] 19:59:59 HAVE SOME COMMENTS TOO. >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M DONE, [Captioner] 20:00:01 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: I JUST WANT TO COMMENT [Captioner] 20:00:03 THAT I DO THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS VERY IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 20:00:06 I'VE SEEN IT FROM VERY DIFFERENT LENSES. [Captioner] 20:00:09 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO WORK [Captioner] 20:00:13 ALONGSIDE ONE OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN I [Captioner] 20:00:16 WAS A PARENT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND INVOLVED [Captioner] 20:00:19 IN PTA, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:00:22 THAT RESOURCE. DID ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE [Captioner] 20:00:26 ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY AND HAD SEEN A LOT OF THE [Captioner] 20:00:29 DISCUSSION ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD PARTNER [Captioner] 20:00:32 FOR DIVERSION AND I THINK THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:00:35 PROVIDE DIFFERENT RESOURCES [Captioner] 20:00:39 AND PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW THAT OUR YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES WORKS [Captioner] 20:00:42 VERY CLOSELY WITH EVERYTHING FROM THE ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH [Captioner] 20:00:44 SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO OUTREACH AND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES. [Captioner] 20:00:48 I ALSO APPRECIATE, I KNOW THAT SINCE YOU'VE COME IN [Captioner] 20:00:52 THAT YOU'VE ALSO ADDED AND ENHANCED AND ADDED A YOUTH [Captioner] 20:00:53 ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. [Captioner] 20:00:58 I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:01:01 QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAD IN TERMS OF JUST THE PERCEPTION, AND THE ADAPTIONS THAT [Captioner] 20:01:04 WE'VE MADE IN TERMS OF CHANGING FROM THE UNIFORM TO HAVING POLO [Captioner] 20:01:07 SHIRTS, HAVING THE CARS CLEARLY [Captioner] 20:01:11 MARKED AND ALSO JUST IN TERMS OF THE CONTINUED [Captioner] 20:01:15 OUTREACH AND IT'S A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP IN WORKING WITH [Captioner] 20:01:17 THE STUDENTS. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS [Captioner] 20:01:19 PROGRAM. I DO AGREE AND CONCUR WITH [Captioner] 20:01:22 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO THAT THERE'S COSTS THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS SEE BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:01:25 WE MAY ENCAPSULATE SOME OF THOSE INTO OTHER AREAS SUCH AS OUR [Captioner] 20:01:28 TRAINING. AND I ALSO [Captioner] 20:01:32 WANTED TO COMMEND -- I KNOW THAT WE WERE [Captioner] 20:01:35 RECOGNIZED ABOUT -- I THINK ABOUT A YEAR AGO [Captioner] 20:01:38 FOR NATIONALLY HAVING ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS, BECAUSE WE DID [Captioner] 20:01:42 MAKE THE ADOPTIONS AND CHANGES THAT WHEN WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:01:45 MEMBERS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I KNOW THAT IN THAT [Captioner] 20:01:48 RELATIONSHIP WITH NAACP, THAT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT, AS WELL [Captioner] 20:01:51 AS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S ONE THAT [Captioner] 20:01:54 WE CONTINUE TO CHAMPION AND WORK ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ENSURE [Captioner] 20:01:57 THAT EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROGRAMS AND THEN AT THE [Captioner] 20:02:01 CLARIFICATIONS AS TO WHAT MAY -- [Captioner] 20:02:04 PERHAPS HAVING A CLARIFICATION ON THE REPORT SAYING THAT WHILE IT'S LISTED [Captioner] 20:02:07 AS AN ARREST, THOSE WERE NOT ALL ARRESTS, AND TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:02:10 THAT CLARIFICATION OR ASTERISK OR SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED [Captioner] 20:02:12 WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND I THINK THAT'S MY ONLY OTHER [Captioner] 20:02:14 COMMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND [Captioner] 20:02:17 COUNCILMEMBER COX -- OR VICE MAYOR COX, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? [Captioner] 20:02:20 >> Vice Mayor Cox: I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY HOW POSITIVE, AS I [Captioner] 20:02:23 VISITED A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOLS AND JUST POP IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY [Captioner] 20:02:26 HAVE GAMES, AND I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A [Captioner] 20:02:30 POSITIVE -- VERY POSITIVE ATTRACTION [Captioner] 20:02:34 THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME UP TO THE RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THEY HANG OUT [Captioner] 20:02:37 AND JUST TALK. AND I SEE THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, I [Captioner] 20:02:40 SEE THE TEACHERS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW [Captioner] 20:02:44 POSITIVE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS THAT [Captioner] 20:02:47 THE EVOLUTION HAS CHANGED AND THERE'S [Captioner] 20:02:50 BEEN A LOT OF POSITIVE INTERACTIONS THAT I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT I [Captioner] 20:02:54 REALLY APPLAUD THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE PUT [Captioner] 20:02:57 AND PLACED AT THE SCHOOLS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A GREAT [Captioner] 20:03:01 FIT, AND CERTAINLY WHEN I SEE STUDENTS FLOCKING AROUND AND [Captioner] 20:03:04 ASKING THE POLICE OFFICERS TO SHOW SOME OF THEIR [Captioner] 20:03:07 MOVES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY POSITIVE, THAT [Captioner] 20:03:11 THEY HAVE MADE TO ANOTHER DEEPER LEVEL [Captioner] 20:03:14 OF RESPECT AND ALSO A SENSE THAT THEY KNOW THERE'S [Captioner] 20:03:17 SOMEBODY THERE THAT THEY CAN TALK TO. SO I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD THE [Captioner] 20:03:21 WHOLE PROGRAM, AND JUST MENTION FIRSTHAND THAT [Captioner] 20:03:23 I'VE SEEN IT FROM VISITING SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. [Captioner] 20:03:26 >> THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:03:29 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:03:30 SALWAN. PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:03:39 THE MOTION PASSES WITH THE MAJORITY AND [Captioner] 20:03:40 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN VOTING NAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:03:47 NEXT -- THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL [Captioner] 20:03:50 THE SPEAKERS. NEXT ON THIS ITEM I BELIEVE THERE WAS [Captioner] 20:03:52 AN ITEM 2N AS IN NANCY THAT WAS PULLED. [Captioner] 20:03:54 >> Mr. Quintanilla: YES, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS. [Captioner] 20:03:58 THE FIRST SPEAKER IS NARIN [Captioner] 20:04:02 AMADI FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 20:04:06 >> HELLO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 20:04:10 GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. [Captioner] 20:04:26 NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER THIS WILL WORK OR NOT, BUT YEAH. [Captioner] 20:04:29 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR [Captioner] 20:04:33 INCLUDING THIS VALLEJO [Captioner] 20:04:35 MILLS HISTORICAL PARK SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. [Captioner] 20:04:40 IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM [Captioner] 20:04:42 . SO JUST -- I HAVE SOME THINGS TO TALK [Captioner] 20:04:46 ABOUT THIS. IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE DOING [Captioner] 20:04:49 SOMETHING TO THIS PARTICULAR PARK, [Captioner] 20:04:53 BEING SEEN THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY. BUT WHEN I [Captioner] 20:04:56 LOOKED AT THE PLAN, THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, [Captioner] 20:04:59 I HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS, AND QUESTIONS [Captioner] 20:05:02 AS WELL. SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE [Captioner] 20:05:05 INCLUDING SOME DOG PARKS HERE. [Captioner] 20:05:08 AND PARKING LOT AND THEN THERE ARE [Captioner] 20:05:13 LIKE FOUR [Captioner] 20:05:16 PICKLEBALL COURTS. MY SUGGESTION WILL BE [Captioner] 20:05:19 TO BASICALLY INCREASE THE PARKING LOTS, [Captioner] 20:05:22 RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE 23 PARKING SPOTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING [Captioner] 20:05:25 INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN. SO WHY CAN'T WE INCREASE IT A [Captioner] 20:05:29 LOT MORE THAN THIS? [Captioner] 20:05:32 AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE PICKLEBALL COURTS LIKE [Captioner] 20:05:36 REDUCE THE DOG PARK WHICH IS CURRENTLY LIKE 41,000 SQUARE [Captioner] 20:05:39 FEET, TO MAYBE 20, 25,000, AND [Captioner] 20:05:42 THEN REMAINING ALLOCATED TO CHILDREN'S PARK, BECAUSE IT'S [Captioner] 20:05:45 A PARK. SO WHEN WE SEE PARK LIKE WHEN WE SAY [Captioner] 20:05:49 PARK, WE EXPECT KIDS TO BE PLAYING IN IT BUT THERE [Captioner] 20:05:52 IS NOTHING THERE FOR KIDS TO PLAY. ESPECIALLY WHEN PARENTS TAKE THE [Captioner] 20:05:55 DOGS, MAYBE THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THEY TAKE THEIR KIDS AS WELL AND THEN [Captioner] 20:05:58 ON A SIDELINE IF THERE IS A CHILDREN'S PARK WITH SWINGS, [Captioner] 20:06:02 ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN [Captioner] 20:06:05 ELIZABETH LAKE, CENTRAL PARK OR ANY OTHER PLACES IN GENERAL, IT [Captioner] 20:06:08 WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO THAT'S ONE SUGGESTION. [Captioner] 20:06:11 AND ALSO THERE IS A REASON WHY I AM ASKING TO INCREASE THE [Captioner] 20:06:15 PARKING SPACES. [Captioner] 20:06:18 WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONLY LIKE VERY LIMITED PARKING SPACES IN [Captioner] 20:06:22 ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL STAGING AREA. [Captioner] 20:06:26 WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN [Captioner] 20:06:30 ANYWAY TO DEVELOP THE NILES CANYON [Captioner] 20:06:33 ROAD INTO A TRAIL [Captioner] 20:06:36 FROM STAGING AREA TO SUNOL, WHETHER IT'S [Captioner] 20:06:39 RECOGNIZED OR NOT IS A DIFFERENT THING BECAUSE IT'S 200 TO 300 MILLION [Captioner] 20:06:42 PROJECT BASED ON SIX YEARS AGO BUDGET, BUT [Captioner] 20:06:46 FOR THAT -- [Captioner] 20:06:50 -- THE ALAMEDA [Captioner] 20:06:53 STAGING AREA PLACE BUT GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:06:57 SUFFICIENT FOR THAT AND FOR THIS AND IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO INCREASE THAT [Captioner] 20:07:00 PARKING AREA OVER THERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ON THE WEEKENDS IF WE SEE THERE [Captioner] 20:07:03 ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME THERE TO ENJOY IN THE CREEK, [Captioner] 20:07:07 AND THEN WHATEVER THAT WE HAVE FOR CREEK [Captioner] 20:07:10 STAGING AREA THAT PARKING AREA IS NOT EVEN SUFFICIENT AT THIS TIME AND [Captioner] 20:07:13 THEY ALWAYS PARK IN THE OLD CANYON ROAD, SO IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO [Captioner] 20:07:16 INCREASE THE PARKING INSTEAD OF [Captioner] 20:07:19 PICKLEBALL COURTS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:07:22 >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HINDS FOLLOWED [Captioner] 20:07:24 BY KELLY ABREU. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 20:07:30 TONIGHT'S COMMENT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER S [Captioner] 20:07:34 . I THINK SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO [Captioner] 20:07:37 ELABORATE. SO ENJOY THE BREAK. [Captioner] 20:07:40 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:07:46 >> Mr. Quintanilla: KELLY ABREU, FOLLOWED BY KEITH PARKER ON ZOOM. [Captioner] 20:08:01 >> SO [Captioner] 20:08:05 , THE PARK'S [Captioner] 20:08:08 NAME VALLEJO MILLS [Captioner] 20:08:12 , IN THE INTEREST OF CONSISTENCY, I THINK [Captioner] 20:08:15 THAT THE PARK NAME SHOULD BE CHANGED [Captioner] 20:08:18 TO VALLEJO MILL. THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH [Captioner] 20:08:22 VALLEJO MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OTHERWISE EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:08:25 CONFUSED AND THE LITTLE KIDDIES ARE GOING TO -- [Captioner] 20:08:28 OR WHATEVER. IT'S JUST INSANE TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:08:32 NAMING CONVENTIONS [Captioner] 20:08:35 IN BAJA, CALIFORNIA, THEY HAVE LA [Captioner] 20:08:39 MOLINA V EJA. [Captioner] 20:08:42 IF THEY WANTED TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THEY WOULD [Captioner] 20:08:45 CALL IT LES [Captioner] 20:08:49 MOLINOS VEJOS. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SPANISH. [Captioner] 20:08:52 ANYWAY, THERE'S NO NEED TO CONFUSE PEOPLE. [Captioner] 20:08:56 JUST -- BY THE WAY, THE RAILROAD HAD IT AS VALLEJO [Captioner] 20:08:58 MILL. BUILDING 23 PARKING SPACES. [Captioner] 20:09:00 ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE FOR THOSE PARKING SPACES? [Captioner] 20:09:04 I HEARD PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL, A COUNCILMEMBER SAID THAT WE [Captioner] 20:09:08 HAD TO HAVE -- THE [Captioner] 20:09:11 PARK DISTRICT SHOULD START CHARGING FOR PARKING AND THAT FREE PARKING [Captioner] 20:09:14 WAS BAD AT PARKS. HOW ABOUT AS FOR WHAT THE KIDDIES CAN [Captioner] 20:09:17 DO AT THE PARK, THEY CAN GO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THEY'RE BUILDING A [Captioner] 20:09:20 PLACE WHERE THEY'LL PROBABLY SELL THEM SLURPS OR [Captioner] 20:09:27 SLURPEE S AT THE GAS STATION. [Captioner] 20:09:29 HOW ABOUT THE RESTROOMS YOU'RE PUTTING IN HERE? [Captioner] 20:09:32 I HEARD ON [Captioner] 20:09:36 NOVEMBER OF 2022, THE DIRECTOR [Captioner] 20:09:39 OF PARKS AND RECREATION OF THIS CITY TOLD [Captioner] 20:09:42 YOUR COUNCIL THAT STAFF WOULD [Captioner] 20:09:46 OPPOSE ANY RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS AT MISSION PEAK, AND YOU'RE PUTTING IN [Captioner] 20:09:49 RESTROOMS HERE? WHY DON'T YOU PUT IN THE -- WHY DON'T [Captioner] 20:09:52 YOU JUST SIT BACK AND LET OTHER PEOPLE PAY FOR THE [Captioner] 20:09:55 RESTROOMS AT MISSION PEAK? LET THE PARK DISTRICT IMPROVE [Captioner] 20:09:58 THE RESTROOMS. WHY ARE YOU STANDING IN [Captioner] 20:10:01 THE WAY OF RESTROOMS AND WHAT IS THIS [Captioner] 20:10:05 HYPOCRISY? WE HEARD A MOMENT AGO [Captioner] 20:10:08 ABOUT THE SANITATION PROBLEMS ON THE STREETS OF GREEN PARK IN IRVINGTON. [Captioner] 20:10:12 I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF -- [Captioner] 20:10:15 THIS CITY WAS ACTUALLY HONORED TO RECEIVE A VISIT FROM [Captioner] 20:10:18 MODI OF INDIA, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA. [Captioner] 20:10:21 YOU KNOW WHY I'M SUCH A BIG FAN? [Captioner] 20:10:25 MODI INSTALLED TOILETS. [Captioner] 20:10:28 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN HIS POLITICAL POLICY BUT HE DID INSTALL [Captioner] 20:10:32 TOILETS. AND FOR THE STAFF, FOR [Captioner] 20:10:35 THE POLITICIANS, FOR [Captioner] 20:10:39 THE RESIDENTS OF FREMONT TO MAKE TOILETS INTO A [Captioner] 20:10:42 POLITICAL ISSUE AT MISSION PEAK AND THEN SAY OH, OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO [Captioner] 20:10:46 PUT THEM IN AT OUR OWN PARK HERE AT VALLEJO MILL, SUCH [Captioner] 20:10:49 I PO KRA SEE. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A [Captioner] 20:10:51 LESSON FROM MODI. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:10:55 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEITH PARKER ON ZOOM FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:10:58 SHARON VENTURA. [Captioner] 20:11:04 >> HI THERE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON THE [Captioner] 20:11:07 PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE VALLEJO MILLS PARK AND AS WE ALL [Captioner] 20:11:11 KNOW, VALEO MILLS OCCUPIES A [Captioner] 20:11:13 BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN FREMONT, RIGHT THERE IN THE ENTRANCE TO NILES CANYON. [Captioner] 20:11:16 IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SCENIC LOCATION [Captioner] 20:11:19 SHOWCASED BY THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:11:21 THAT TAKE PICTURES AMONG THE WILDFLOWERS. [Captioner] 20:11:24 IT REALLY IS A HIDDEN GEM, AND [Captioner] 20:11:28 UNFORTUNATELY THAT PARTICULAR GEM HAS LOST SOME OF ITS [Captioner] 20:11:31 LUSTER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HAVING BEEN LARGELY TAKEN OVER BY A [Captioner] 20:11:34 NUMBER OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE. IT'S QUITE A SIGHT, WELCOMING VISITORS [Captioner] 20:11:37 TO OUR CITY AS THEY EXIT THE CANYON, ROWS OF [Captioner] 20:11:41 DERELICT RVs, SPRAWLS OF TENTS, PILES OF [Captioner] 20:11:44 REFUSE STREWN ABOUT. LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:11:48 ALL TOO FREQUENT -- NOW IN FAIRNESS, THE CITY HAS [Captioner] 20:11:51 TAKEN PERIODIC STEPS TO REMEDIATE THE ISSUE, PUTTING IN DUMPSTERS FOR [Captioner] 20:11:55 WASTE DISPOSAL, OCCASIONALLY CLEANING THE PARK OUT AND [Captioner] 20:11:58 SO ON. ONLY TO SEE THE RESIDENTS RETURN [Captioner] 20:12:01 SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AND SO NOW HERE [Captioner] 20:12:04 WE ARE WITH A PLAN TO PUT IN A DOG PARK AND [Captioner] 20:12:07 PICKLEBALL COURTS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE [Captioner] 20:12:10 TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THIS PARK, MAKING IT BETTER [Captioner] 20:12:13 FOR ALL OF FREMONT. SO THE OBVIOUS QUESTION BECOMES, IS [Captioner] 20:12:17 THIS PART OF A COORDINATED PLAN TO TRANSITION THE PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 20:12:19 ARE RESIDING THERE TO SOME OTHER FACILITY OR LOCATION? [Captioner] 20:12:22 HAS THIS BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH AND IS THERE A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THIS [Captioner] 20:12:26 NATURALLY SCENIC SPOT ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A PLACE THAT RESIDENTS [Captioner] 20:12:29 CAN GO TO AND ENJOY, GET SOME EXERCISE, [Captioner] 20:12:32 BE OUTSIDE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILIES, DOING THE VERY THINGS PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:12:35 ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IN PARKS BECAUSE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CAN DO NONE OF [Captioner] 20:12:39 THAT THERE RIGHT NOW. A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY IS [Captioner] 20:12:41 THE HISTORIC NURSERY PARK. THIS WAS RECENTLY REDONE AND THE CITY [Captioner] 20:12:45 HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF -- THAT PARK WHICH BEFORE [Captioner] 20:12:48 ITS MAKEOVER WAS A HAVEN FOR DRUG DEALERS INTO A SAFE AND [Captioner] 20:12:51 SECURE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. IT IS A FREMONT SUCCESS STORY. [Captioner] 20:12:55 I HOPE THERE IS A THOUGHTFUL INTELLIGENT PLAN IN PLACE THAT WILL [Captioner] 20:12:58 ENSURE THE SAME SUCCESS FOR THIS PARK. I HOPE THERE IS A [Captioner] 20:13:01 PLAN THAT COMPASSIONATELY RELOCATES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE, [Captioner] 20:13:04 AND DOESN'T JUST SHUFFLE THEM TO SOME OTHER PART OF THE [Captioner] 20:13:07 CITY. NOW IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM THE AGENDA [Captioner] 20:13:10 MATERIALS IF THERE IS SUCH A PLAN. AND IF THERE ISN'T, [Captioner] 20:13:13 THEN DON'T TAKE ON THIS PROJECT UNTIL THERE IS SUCH A PLAN IN PLACE. [Captioner] 20:13:17 IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND TO BE CLEAR, I THINK YOU [Captioner] 20:13:21 SHOULD, DO IT WITH CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS IN [Captioner] 20:13:24 A WAY TO MEASURE AND ENSURE SUCCESS. BECAUSE WE ALL WANT THIS TO [Captioner] 20:13:25 BE A SUCCESS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:13:30 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON VENTURA. [Captioner] 20:13:37 >> HI. THANK YOU, KEITH, [Captioner] 20:13:40 FOR YOUR ELOQUENT WORDS. [Captioner] 20:13:44 I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:13:47 KNOWS WHERE [Captioner] 20:13:52 WHERE VALLEJO PARK IS. I'VE SEEN IT RECENTLY ON [Captioner] 20:13:55 ADS FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON [Captioner] 20:13:56 EARTH AND PICTURES ARE THREE YEARS OLD. [Captioner] 20:13:59 NOW IT IS A PLACE [Captioner] 20:14:03 WHERE WE CAN'T GO TO. IT'S [Captioner] 20:14:06 TRASHED, IT'S OVERRUN, IT'S NOT SAFE. [Captioner] 20:14:10 AND SO NOW, IF I HAVE THIS [Captioner] 20:14:14 CORRECT, YOU'RE GOING TO TURN THIS INTO A [Captioner] 20:14:18 PARK AGAIN, WHICH WAS ALREADY A PARK? [Captioner] 20:14:21 WHAT CHANGED? AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO [Captioner] 20:14:24 THAT? AND WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT TWO YEARS [Captioner] 20:14:30 AGO? AND SINCE THIS IS NOT PUBLIC SPEAKING, [Captioner] 20:14:33 I BELIEVE YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION [Captioner] 20:14:35 DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:14:43 >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR LAST SPEAKER IS WILLIAM YRAGUI. [Captioner] 20:14:49 >> YES, GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 20:14:56 GOOD EVENING. MISSION PEAK [Captioner] 20:14:59 CONSERVANCY. SPEAKING OUT IN REGARDS TO VALLEJO [Captioner] 20:15:02 MILLS. THE 23 PARKING SPACES [Captioner] 20:15:06 IS LIMITED, AS YOU CONSIDER THE USES OF THIS [Captioner] 20:15:09 PARK, 30,000 SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK [Captioner] 20:15:13 AND SEVERAL PICKLEBALL COURTS WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR [Captioner] 20:15:16 EXPANSION DOWNSTREAM, THAT IMPLIES THAT THIS [Captioner] 20:15:19 PARK WILL BE WELL USED. NOW, SEVERAL [Captioner] 20:15:22 SPEAKERS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL IS BUILDING [Captioner] 20:15:25 A TRAIL GOING UP NILES CANYON. THEY'RE [Captioner] 20:15:28 ALSO -- THEY'RE USING VALLEJO MILLS AS A TERMINUS FOR A [Captioner] 20:15:31 3 1/2 MILE EASEMENT THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY BUILT. [Captioner] 20:15:34 THEY HIRED THE CONTRACTORS FOR AN EASEMENT THAT GOES [Captioner] 20:15:38 FROM GUERIN PARK TO VALLEJO MILLS, AND THAT [Captioner] 20:15:41 WILL CONNECT GUERIN TO [Captioner] 20:15:45 VALLEJO MILLS TO THE NILES CANYON TRAIL AND POSSIBLY TO THE [Captioner] 20:15:49 GREENWAY TRAIL SO VALLEJO MILLS BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT TERMINUS [Captioner] 20:15:51 FOR MULTIPLE PARKS, MULTIPLE TRAILHEADS. [Captioner] 20:15:55 23 PARKING SPACES IS LIMITED, AND THE REASON THAT [Captioner] 20:15:58 THIS IS A PROBLEM IS THAT PARKING IS DEFINED [Captioner] 20:16:02 AND HAS BEEN DEFINED BY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS [Captioner] 20:16:05 THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR PEOPLE ACCESSING OUR LOCAL [Captioner] 20:16:09 PARKS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR [Captioner] 20:16:12 PARKS, PARKING HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF CONFLICT [Captioner] 20:16:15 ACROSS MOST OF THEM. SO FOR INSTANCE, [Captioner] 20:16:19 VARGAS MILLS HAS SIX SPACES, 25 SPACES [Captioner] 20:16:22 UP ON THE STAGING AREA, APPROXIMATELY SIX DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. [Captioner] 20:16:26 THE REST OF IT IS IN FRONT OF NEIGHBORHOODS [Captioner] 20:16:29 . COYOTE HILL IS THE [Captioner] 20:16:32 SECOND MOST CLOSED [Captioner] 20:16:35 PARKING SYSTEM OUT OF 73 PARKS. IT [Captioner] 20:16:39 IS CLOSED SEVERAL WEEKENDS EVERY MONTH DUE TO PARKING, [Captioner] 20:16:42 PARKING ON COMMERCE DRIVE IS LIMITED BY THE CITY. [Captioner] 20:16:45 WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE AND EXPAND PARKING ACCESS AT [Captioner] 20:16:48 OUR LOCAL PARKS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND [Captioner] 20:16:51 BE HEALTHY. SO BUILDING A PARK WITH LIMITED [Captioner] 20:16:54 PARKING BUILDS IN THE CONFLICT FROM DAY ONE. [Captioner] 20:16:57 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SHOULD [Captioner] 20:17:00 BE WORKING TO AVOID. NOT BUILDING INTO [Captioner] 20:17:03 THE SYSTEM. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:17:07 >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. [Captioner] 20:17:11 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AND [Captioner] 20:17:14 AT THIS TIME, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY [Captioner] 20:17:17 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:17:20 SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:17:22 MADAME MAYOR. I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. [Captioner] 20:17:46 HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 20:17:50 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD POINT BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:17:54 HAVE SEEN A PARK CALLED [Captioner] 20:17:57 VALLEJO MILL, VALLEJO MILLS, BUT IN GENERAL, I [Captioner] 20:18:01 THINK VALLEJO MILL IS PERHAPS THE BETTER TERM, OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S [Captioner] 20:18:04 A TYPO OR IF WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT THAT, SO JUST [Captioner] 20:18:08 WANTED TO KIND OF PASS THAT ALONG. >> WELL, THANK [Captioner] 20:18:10 YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:18:13 I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT [Captioner] 20:18:17 IS CURRENTLY ADOPTED [Captioner] 20:18:19 AS VALLEJO MILL IN THE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN. [Captioner] 20:18:22 WE DID IN OUR MASTER PLAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE [Captioner] 20:18:26 WERE TWO MILLS THAT WERE ON THE SITE. THERE WAS [Captioner] 20:18:29 A MILL IN 1841, AND [Captioner] 20:18:32 A MILL IN 1853. AND SO [Captioner] 20:18:35 IT MOST COMMONLY GETS REFERRED TO AS VALLEJO [Captioner] 20:18:38 MILLS, AND IT CERTAINLY IS A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK [Captioner] 20:18:41 TO COUNCIL WITH, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF OUR [Captioner] 20:18:45 PARKS THAT WE'LL NEED TO CLARIFY THE NAMES TO MAKE SURE THEY MATCH [Captioner] 20:18:48 BOTH THE COMBINATION OF WHAT THEY GET CALLED LOCALLY TO WHAT [Captioner] 20:18:52 THEY WERE OFFICIALLY NAMED INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM AND WE'LL NEED TO [Captioner] 20:18:54 DO A CLEAN-UP ACTION FOR SEVERAL PARKS AT THAT TIME. [Captioner] 20:18:58 WE DO RECOGNIZE THE ERROR, THOUGH, THIS [Captioner] 20:19:00 EVENING. >> Councilmember Salwan: BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:19:03 GOOGLED IT AND EVEN IN OUR CITY PARK, IT SAYS VALLEJO MILL. [Captioner] 20:19:07 GOOGLE KNOWS EVERYTHING, RIGHT? THE PARKING -- [Captioner] 20:19:10 I'M SORRY, I DO FEEL LIKE 23 PARKING [Captioner] 20:19:12 SEEMS KIND OF LIGHT. IS THERE ANY WAY OF ADDING MORE [Captioner] 20:19:14 PARKING OR IS THAT DIFFICULT AT THIS SITE? [Captioner] 20:19:19 >> SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDING FOR 23 SPACES, WHICH WE [Captioner] 20:19:22 FEEL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE NUMBER OF PICKLEBALL COURTS [Captioner] 20:19:26 AND THE DOG PARK AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE THE OPTION [Captioner] 20:19:29 TO EXPAND UP TO 25 SPACES AT A LATER [Captioner] 20:19:32 TIME, IF WE SEE AND WORK WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK [Captioner] 20:19:35 DISTRICT TO LOOK AT THE TRAIL SYSTEM WITH THEM AND SEE WE [Captioner] 20:19:38 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LARGER SYSTEM TOGETHER WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH [Captioner] 20:19:42 THEM TO IDENTIFY WHEN THAT WOULD ALL COME INTO PLACE AND [Captioner] 20:19:45 TO IDENTIFY WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS TO EXPAND PARKING AT [Captioner] 20:19:48 THAT TIME. >> Councilmember Salwan: SO DID YOU [Captioner] 20:19:51 SAY 25 ADDITIONAL OR UP TO -- LIKE TWO MORE? [Captioner] 20:19:54 >> IT'S CURRENTLY 23 PARKING SPACES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO [Captioner] 20:19:56 PUT IN CURRENTLY. >> Councilmember Salwan: RIGHT. [Captioner] 20:19:59 >> AND WE WOULD HAVE UP TO 25 ADDITIONAL SPACES THAT WE COULD [Captioner] 20:20:02 PUT IN AT A LATER DATE. AT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 20:20:04 PROJECTING TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:20:08 AND THEN JUST LIKE TIMELINE, LIKE WHAT DO [Captioner] 20:20:11 YOU FORESEE AS WHEN THIS WILL ALL GET GOING AND [Captioner] 20:20:14 CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT? >> SO AT THIS [Captioner] 20:20:17 TIME, WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU JUST THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:20:19 THAT IT MATCHES WITH WHAT WE INTEND TO DO. [Captioner] 20:20:22 WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:20:25 THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT WRAP-AROUND SERVICES AND [Captioner] 20:20:29 THE SERVICE TEAM TO ASSESS THE SERVICE NEEDS [Captioner] 20:20:32 THAT WILL BE HAPPENING FOR THE UNHOUSED IN THE VALLEJO MILLS [Captioner] 20:20:35 AND THIS WILL BE COORDINATED VERY EFFECTIVELY PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF [Captioner] 20:20:38 THE PARK PROJECT PROCEEDING. WE ANTICIPATE [Captioner] 20:20:40 THAT HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT YEAR. >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:20:41 GREAT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:20:46 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:20:47 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:20:50 THANK YOU. >> Councilmember Campbell: I BELIEVE [Captioner] 20:20:54 MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. I WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:20:57 ADDRESS -- BECAUSE I HAD A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT [Captioner] 20:21:00 THE VALLEJO MILL PARK, AND WANTED TO ADDRESS [Captioner] 20:21:03 THE PLAN OF HAVE [Captioner] 20:21:07 ING, FINDING, RELOCATING THE COMMUNITY THAT'S CURRENTLY [Captioner] 20:21:10 UNHOUSED IN THAT [Captioner] 20:21:14 PARK TO WHATEVER THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE FOR US TO BE [Captioner] 20:21:17 ABLE TO DO THAT, AND I THINK YOU ADDRESSED IT, THAT YOU [Captioner] 20:21:20 WOULD BE LOOKING AT RESOURCES THAT [Captioner] 20:21:23 COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PARK AT [Captioner] 20:21:25 THIS TIME? >> THAT IS CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:21:28 AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ONLY BRINGING TO YOU THE PROPOSED [Captioner] 20:21:33 PLAN TO CHANGE THE MASTER PLAN OF THE PARK [Captioner] 20:21:36 AND THE TOTAL PLAN AND PROJECT WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD AT A LATER TIME [Captioner] 20:21:38 TO COUNCIL. >> Councilmember Campbell: RIGHT, BUT [Captioner] 20:21:41 I THINK THAT I HEARD THE COMMUNITY SAY THEY WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:21:45 HEAR FROM US WHAT A PLAN [Captioner] 20:21:49 IS TO RELOCATE THE [Captioner] 20:21:52 UNHOUSED COMMUNITY IN VALLEJO [Captioner] 20:21:55 MILL PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION OR ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON. [Captioner] 20:21:58 IS THAT THE PLAN? [Captioner] 20:22:02 >> TO BUTTRESS SUZANNE'S [Captioner] 20:22:05 COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT [Captioner] 20:22:09 IF THE CITY COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:22:12 APPROVAL TONIGHT, HUMAN SERVICES AND [Captioner] 20:22:15 THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL BE [Captioner] 20:22:18 WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A [Captioner] 20:22:22 RELOCATION PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:22:25 SOME SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE [Captioner] 20:22:27 SERVICES. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:22:30 I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I HEARD BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT [Captioner] 20:22:33 THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GAME PLAN [Captioner] 20:22:34 IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 20:22:39 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:22:43 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 20:22:46 I'M READY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IF [Captioner] 20:22:49 THERE'S NO OTHER CONCERNS. >> Vice Mayor Cox: SECOND. [Captioner] 20:22:50 >> Mayor Mei: SECOND BY VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 20:22:54 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, DID YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:22:57 HAVE -- OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. [Captioner] 20:23:02 I'LL JUST MAKE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS SAYING THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A [Captioner] 20:23:05 LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS PARK. I'M [Captioner] 20:23:08 VERY FAMILIAR AND THE POINT IN TIME COUNTS THAT WE'VE BEEN [Captioner] 20:23:12 OUT THERE, I'VE WALKED THAT MANY, MANY TIMES [Captioner] 20:23:15 AND THROUGH DIFFERENT EVENTS. I RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:23:18 THAT IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE YEARS AND WE'VE SEEN THE [Captioner] 20:23:21 IMPACTS NOT JUST IN OUR CITY BUT IN MANY CITIES, [Captioner] 20:23:25 ESPECIALLY UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE PARKS THAT WE [Captioner] 20:23:28 HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES. I DON'T KNOW [Captioner] 20:23:32 IF DIRECTOR WOLF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER [Captioner] 20:23:35 THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE AND [Captioner] 20:23:39 CLEAN-UP. I KNOW THAT DURING [Captioner] 20:23:42 THE STATE OF THE CITY, WE ENSURED SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT [Captioner] 20:23:45 OF EFFORTS IN TERMS OF AS A CITY ON PICKING UP TRASH AND ALSO [Captioner] 20:23:49 PROVIDING DIFFERENT SERVICES, AND I KNOW I ALSO SEE DIRECTOR [Captioner] 20:23:53 SHENFIL IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER ONE OF YOU WANT [Captioner] 20:23:56 TO ADDRESS THAT [Captioner] 20:23:58 IN CONTEXT. I KNOW AS MENTIONED BY THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:24:02 BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF [Captioner] 20:24:05 IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU [Captioner] 20:24:08 HEARD EARLIER. >> WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:24:11 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTY [Captioner] 20:24:15 THAT IT HAS BEEN TO GET TO THE PARK. WE HEAR A LOT OF [Captioner] 20:24:19 OUR PARK PATRONS SHARING FRUSTRATION TO GET [Captioner] 20:24:22 TO THE PARK. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED [Captioner] 20:24:25 THAT COMPREHENSIVE PERSONALIZED SUPPORT AND [Captioner] 20:24:28 RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE VERY [Captioner] 20:24:32 COMPLEX ISSUES THERE, AND [Captioner] 20:24:35 THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES THAT FACE OUR [Captioner] 20:24:39 UNHOUSED, THAT REALLY IS COMPLEX IN GETTING LONG TERM [Captioner] 20:24:42 HOUSING, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS TO MOVE [Captioner] 20:24:45 FORWARD AND BE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN MOVING FORWARD [Captioner] 20:24:48 IN A WAY THAT PROCEEDS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF [Captioner] 20:24:50 THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR US. [Captioner] 20:24:53 >> Mayor Mei: AND I ALSO ECHO I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER [Captioner] 20:24:56 MADE FROM SOME OF MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS WHICH IS AT THIS TIME I [Captioner] 20:25:00 KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT 23 SPACES BUT ULTIMATELY I [Captioner] 20:25:03 HOPE WE EXPLORE THE OPTION BECAUSE I THINK IF ALL [Captioner] 20:25:06 THINGS WORK THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO THAT WE WILL HAVE GREATER USAGE OF [Captioner] 20:25:09 THE PARK AND THAT WILL BE AN OPTION THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE PARKING SPACES [Captioner] 20:25:12 THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND [Captioner] 20:25:15 A SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:25:19 SALWAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER -- VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 20:25:22 SO PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:25:23 [Captioner] 20:25:31 THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR [Captioner] 20:25:36 ITEM 2N. [Captioner] 20:25:41 NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING [Captioner] 20:25:44 IS ITEM [Captioner] 20:25:47 7B, WHICH IS A REFERRAL WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGNATION [Captioner] 20:25:50 OF LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MEETING IN THE FALL, AND [Captioner] 20:25:54 FOR A VOTING DELEGATE. [Captioner] 20:25:58 I AM USUALLY THE MAIN VOTING DELEGATE THERE, AND THEN [Captioner] 20:26:01 I THINK I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AS THE ALTERNATE [Captioner] 20:26:04 TO ATTEND. SO MAY I HAVE [Captioner] 20:26:08 A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:26:11 SHAO -- MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:26:14 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:26:17 [Captioner] 20:26:22 >> Mr. Quintanilla: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:26:30 KENG? >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, THE MOTION [Captioner] 20:26:34 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 20:26:38 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM IS ANY REPORT OUT ON COMMITTEE [Captioner] 20:26:42 ASSIGNMENTS. SO COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, REPORT OUT FROM [Captioner] 20:26:44 YOUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT? >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:26:48 MADAME MAYOR. I'M JUST GLAD TO REPORT THAT [Captioner] 20:26:51 RECENTLY I'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF [Captioner] 20:26:54 SUPERVISORS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY TO BE THE COMMISSIONER ON [Captioner] 20:26:58 THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND [Captioner] 20:27:02 I ALSO WAS NOMINATED AS [Captioner] 20:27:05 THE UPCOMING CHAIRPERSON OF THE [Captioner] 20:27:09 COMMISSION SO [Captioner] 20:27:14 AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, PRESUMABLY I WOULD BE TAKING [Captioner] 20:27:17 THAT POSITION AT THE COMMISSION OF ALAMEDA [Captioner] 20:27:21 COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, CONTINUING TO DO MY BEST TO [Captioner] 20:27:24 FIGHT FOR OUR [Captioner] 20:27:28 DESERVED SHARE OF RESOURCES FROM THE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:27:28 AUTHORITY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:27:32 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:27:35 CAMPBELL, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING OR JUST FROM BEFORE? [Captioner] 20:27:38 I APOLOGIZE, THIS MAY BE FROM BEFORE. THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:27:41 . OKAY. [Captioner] 20:27:45 I'LL REPORT OUT REAL QUICKLY. I [Captioner] 20:27:48 WENT LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO [Captioner] 20:27:52 FOCUS ON THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ENGAGE EVERY [Captioner] 20:27:55 STUDENT FOR A SUMMIT, AND ALSO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE [Captioner] 20:27:58 OUR LEGISLATORS WHEN I WAS OUT THERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:28:01 PROJECTS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 20:28:05 MONEY IN PARTICULAR FOR OUR BROADBAND AND WIRELESS, [Captioner] 20:28:08 AS ALSO IN THE PAST SUPPORT WITH SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:28:12 COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND REAL QUICKLY THIS MORNING, I HAD [Captioner] 20:28:15 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE [Captioner] 20:28:18 WORKED ON HERE IN THE CITY OF FREMONT ON [Captioner] 20:28:21 A PANEL -- POLICY PANEL THAT WAS FOR THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 20:28:25 HUB, AND DISCUSSING HOW THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR [Captioner] 20:28:29 USING IRA -- THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 20:28:33 REINVESTMENT ACT TAX CREDIT WITHIN OUR CITY AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT [Captioner] 20:28:36 WE'RE WORKING ON. IT [Captioner] 20:28:39 WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ALSO FROM JOHN PODESTA, [Captioner] 20:28:42 OUR SENIOR ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT ON [Captioner] 20:28:45 THE CLEAN ENERGY [Captioner] 20:28:50 INNOVATION AS WELL AS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURIES CHIEF [Captioner] 20:28:53 IMPLEMENTATION OFFICER. THERE'S SOME GREAT REPORTS THAT HAVE [Captioner] 20:28:56 COME OUT AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR ABOUT HOW [Captioner] 20:28:59 THE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS -- AND I KNOW MANY OF US, AND I WOULD [Captioner] 20:29:02 ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:29:05 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE UPDATE, BECAUSE IT IS [Captioner] 20:29:09 VERY IMPORTANT, AND TODAY THEY ALSO PUBLISHED A PAPER [Captioner] 20:29:12 WHICH IS SOMETHING I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE, IT'S THE ALLIANCE [Captioner] 20:29:16 FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AND CITIES ADVANCING CLIMATE [Captioner] 20:29:18 ACTION, AND THEY PROVIDED SOME GOOD CASE STUDIES AS WELL AS EXAMPLES. [Captioner] 20:29:22 AND SO JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:29:25 SAY APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO SHARE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY US [Captioner] 20:29:29 COMPETING FOR SOME OF THE FUNDING, WHICH I THINK IS SO CRITICAL. [Captioner] 20:29:33 AND WITH THAT -- [Captioner] 20:29:35 OH, COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DID YOU HAVE A REPORT OUT? [Captioner] 20:29:38 >> Councilmember Salwan: OH, YES. THAT REMINDED ME WHILE YOU WERE [Captioner] 20:29:41 IN YOUR CONFERENCE, I ATTENDED THE [Captioner] 20:29:45 ALAMEDA COUNTY MAYORS' CONFERENCE, AND WE WENT TO UNION CITY AT [Captioner] 20:29:49 THE MASONIC HOMES. WE GOT A WONDERFUL TOUR THERE, AND WE [Captioner] 20:29:51 HEARD ABOUT UNION CITY'S MULTIMODAL PLAN AROUND THEIR BART [Captioner] 20:29:55 STATION, AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE MTC CHAIR ABOUT FUTURE [Captioner] 20:29:58 PLANS AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING AND SO FORTH. [Captioner] 20:30:01 SO THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION, AND THE CITY [Captioner] 20:30:05 MANAGER WAS THERE AS WELL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:30:06 MINGLE WITH OUR FELLOW MAYORS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:30:10 >> Mayor Mei: NO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:30:13 A NEW MTC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I THINK [Captioner] 20:30:17 DIRECTOR -- IS GOING TO [Captioner] 20:30:20 BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH US ON SOME INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 20:30:23 PROJECTS. RELATED TO THAT, I DIDN'T GET TO JOIN [Captioner] 20:30:26 THAT BUT I DID HAVE A MEETING SEPARATELY WITH HANS AND WITH MY [Captioner] 20:30:29 FELLOW MAYOR TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE, [Captioner] 20:30:32 ESPECIALLY I THINK IT'S MORE APRAKTIVE WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS [Captioner] 20:30:36 TO NOT JUST DO IT INDIVIDUALLY IN OUR OWN CITIES BUT TO DO IT REGIONALLY, [Captioner] 20:30:39 AND CERTAINLY HAVING MULTIPLE CITIES IN THE TRI-CITY AREA AND NOT [Captioner] 20:30:42 JUST THAT WE'RE FUN, FREMONT, UNION [Captioner] 20:30:46 CITY AND NEWARK, BUT THAT WE'RE WORKING [Captioner] 20:30:48 TOGETHER GETTING THINGS DONE. VICE MAYOR COX? [Captioner] 20:30:52 >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY [Captioner] 20:30:55 STAFF, IT WAS REPORTED OUT HOW THE CITY STAFF HAD WORKED [Captioner] 20:30:58 VERY CLOSELY WITH ASSEMBLYMEMBER [Captioner] 20:31:02 ALEX LEE'S OFFICE, THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER AS WELL [Captioner] 20:31:06 AS WITH SENATOR WAHAB AND HER STAFF, THAT [Captioner] 20:31:08 IT RESULTED IN I THINK -- I CAN'T QUOTE THE NUMBER. [Captioner] 20:31:10 IS IT 5 MILLION OR IS IT MORE THAN THAT? [Captioner] 20:31:14 I APOLOGIZE. BUT IT WAS FOR THE COLLABORATION [Captioner] 20:31:17 THAT BROUGHT FORTH MORE MONEY HERE TO THE CITY OF [Captioner] 20:31:22 FREMONT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR EVERYONE HERE IN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:31:25 TO ENJOY THE MONEYS [Captioner] 20:31:28 THAT CAME OUT OF WORKING CLOSELY IN THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH [Captioner] 20:31:31 OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE, AND SO I [Captioner] 20:31:34 REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE CITY STAFF AND THE OFFICES OF [Captioner] 20:31:38 BOTH OF THEM. >> Mayor Mei: I CAN SEND LETTERS. [Captioner] 20:31:40 >> Vice Mayor Cox: I HAVE IT IN THE EMAIL, I JUST COULDN'T PULL IT UP [Captioner] 20:31:43 QUICKLY ENOUGH TO REPORT THE NUMBER, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT [Captioner] 20:31:46 WE RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION THAT IS HELPING US IN [Captioner] 20:31:49 FREMONT. WE WERE CHOSEN OUT OF OTHER CITIES TO [Captioner] 20:31:53 RECEIVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH [Captioner] 20:31:54 HELPS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYONE. [Captioner] 20:31:58 SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE [Captioner] 20:32:02 CITY TEAM STAFF, ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT [Captioner] 20:32:05 COLLABORATION WITH ASSEMBLYMEMBER ALEX [Captioner] 20:32:09 LEE AND SENATOR [Captioner] 20:32:11 WAHAB. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:32:13 FOR THAT. SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT, WE RECEIVED A [Captioner] 20:32:16 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTISERVICE [Captioner] 20:32:20 COMMUNITY CENTER AT CENTRAL PARK, [Captioner] 20:32:23 A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING NAVIGATION [Captioner] 20:32:26 CENTER, AND A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS FOR SUPPORT [Captioner] 20:32:29 OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WIFI ACCESS [Captioner] 20:32:33 EXPANSION PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:32:35 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE [Captioner] 20:32:38 THE LETTER, BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WHO WROTE IT, SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:32:43 SO ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 20:32:46 >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT [Captioner] 20:32:50 OUT THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS [Captioner] 20:32:53 PART OF THE AGENDA CAN OFTEN START TO GO INTO [Captioner] 20:32:56 SOME THINGS BEYOND PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, AND I JUST HOPE [Captioner] 20:32:59 WE CAN REMEMBER THAT WE DID AGREE AS A COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:33:03 THAT THIS TIME IS REALLY JUST FOR TALKING ABOUT OUR [Captioner] 20:33:06 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND NOT OTHER MEETINGS WE'VE ATTENDED [Captioner] 20:33:10 OR GENERAL COMMENTS, SO I HOPE WE [Captioner] 20:33:12 CAN GO BACK TO WHAT WE ALL AGREED ON. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:33:15 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:33:18 CAMPBELL. NO, I'M GLAD THAT MANY OF US SERVE ON [Captioner] 20:33:21 SO MANY COMMITTEES AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:33:25 CAMPBELL YOU MOST RECENTLY ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY [Captioner] 20:33:28 FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES TO THE TRAINING THAT WAS THERE FOR THE [Captioner] 20:33:31 POLICIES AND THE COMMITTEES THERE. SO WITH THAT, I JUST [Captioner] 20:33:34 WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR REPRESENTATION AND THEIR WORK ON [Captioner] 20:33:37 ALL THESE DIFFERENT EFFORTS, AND I [Captioner] 20:33:41 APPRECIATE YOU COVERING ME FOR THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE [Captioner] 20:33:42 TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I WISH YOU ALL