[Captioner] 19:01:05 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, [Captioner] 19:01:08 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:01:18 >> Mayor Mei: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:01:21 >> COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:01:25 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE. [Captioner] 19:01:29 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT. VICE MAYOR COX, [Captioner] 19:01:32 PRESENT. MAYOR MEI, HERE. [Captioner] 19:01:35 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT [Captioner] 19:01:39 THERE ARE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND HAVE VACANCIES, [Captioner] 19:01:42 AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. [Captioner] 19:01:45 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT BOARD AND COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:01:49 OPENINGS, PLEASE LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND [Captioner] 19:01:52 COMMITTEES PAGE AT FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE FEEL FREE TO [Captioner] 19:01:55 CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT [Captioner] 19:01:59 510-284-4060. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO [Captioner] 19:02:02 PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENING'S MEETING [Captioner] 19:02:06 VIA ELECTRONIC MAY DO SO AND COMMENT UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT BY [Captioner] 19:02:09 CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR IF DIALING IN, BY PRESSING [Captioner] 19:02:13 STAR NINE. AND I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE [Captioner] 19:02:16 EACH SECTION OF THE AGENDA, AND IF NOT NOTED ON THE [Captioner] 19:02:19 ZOOM SCREEN, IF YOU COULD KINDLY PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF [Captioner] 19:02:22 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME OF THE [Captioner] 19:02:25 ORGANIZATION YOU'RE REPRESENTING. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S [Captioner] 19:02:28 OFFICE ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ARE PLACED ON [Captioner] 19:02:30 FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF PUBLIC RECORDS. [Captioner] 19:02:35 AND ON FREMONT.GOV. AND [Captioner] 19:02:38 I WOULD ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL [Captioner] 19:02:41 11:30 THIS EVENING IF NEEDED, AND WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF GENERAL [Captioner] 19:02:44 PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL [Captioner] 19:02:47 COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, THEY WILL PROCEED [Captioner] 19:02:51 AFTER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS. [Captioner] 19:02:55 I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, [Captioner] 19:02:58 KARENA SHACKELFORD AND TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND KINDLY INTRODUCE [Captioner] 19:03:01 ANY OF HER STAFF MEMBERS. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:03:03 MAYOR MEI. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:03:05 COUNCIL. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, BUT I [Captioner] 19:03:08 WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES. TO MY [Captioner] 19:03:11 LEFT, WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, RAFAEL ALVARADO. [Captioner] 19:03:15 AND ACROSS FROM ME, WE HAVE OUR CITY CLERK, SUSAN GAUTHIER, [Captioner] 19:03:18 AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ALBERTO QUINTANILLA. [Captioner] 19:03:21 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:03:26 AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TURN [Captioner] 19:03:29 TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. THOSE ARE ITEMS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE [Captioner] 19:03:32 AGENDA THIS EVENING. ANY PERSON WISHING TO DO SO MAY DO SO [Captioner] 19:03:35 NOW BY EITHER CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON VIA ZOOM [Captioner] 19:03:38 OR IF THEY'VE TURNED IN A CARD [Captioner] 19:03:41 , COMMUNICATIONS AGAIN RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WILL BE POSTED AND CONSIDERED [Captioner] 19:03:44 PART OF PUBLIC RECORD. AND IF YOU'RE DIALING IN, [Captioner] 19:03:46 ALSO VIA PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE. [Captioner] 19:03:49 ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 19:03:53 ? >> Ms. Gauthier: WE CURRENTLY HAVE [Captioner] 19:03:55 THREE SPEAKERS ON ZOOM. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS VIRGINIA. [Captioner] 19:03:59 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, VIRGINIA. [Captioner] 19:04:02 >> HELLO. YES, AM [Captioner] 19:04:05 I READY TO GO? >> Mayor Mei: YES, MA'AM. [Captioner] 19:04:09 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. HELLO, MAYOR AND [Captioner] 19:04:12 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SLOW [Captioner] 19:04:15 PROGRESS FOR THE OPENING OF MORE FREE [Captioner] 19:04:18 PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE NEED FOR MORE FREE EVENING DROP-IN PLAY. [Captioner] 19:04:22 I'M VERY EMBARRASSED AS A FREMONT RESIDENT [Captioner] 19:04:25 BY THE COURTS OUR CITY PROVIDES. THE CURRENT FREE COURTS [Captioner] 19:04:28 HAVE NETS THAT AREN'T REGULATION SIZE. [Captioner] 19:04:32 THE NETS ARE TOO HIGH AND WIDE. THEY'RE STRAPPED [Captioner] 19:04:35 DOWN, TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER HEIGHT, BUT [Captioner] 19:04:38 ALREADY, ANCHOR BOLTS HAVE COME OUT, NOT KEEPING NETS IN PLACE. [Captioner] 19:04:42 I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER CITY'S [Captioner] 19:04:45 COURTS THAT AREN'T TO REGULATION. THE COURTS ARE EITHER [Captioner] 19:04:49 DEDICATED OR WITH PORTABLE NETS. I FEEL THE CITY [Captioner] 19:04:52 SHOWS DISRESPECT TO PICKLEBALL PLAYERS BY THE CONDITION OF [Captioner] 19:04:55 THE FREE COURTS THAT ARE OFFERED. I KNOW [Captioner] 19:04:59 COURT ARE PLANNED FOR [Captioner] 19:05:02 THE NEW LOCATION BUT IT SEEMS LITTLE HAS [Captioner] 19:05:05 BEEN DONE TO MOVE THAT PROJECT ALONG. MILIPITAS [Captioner] 19:05:10 -- STARTED PILOT PROGRAMS AROUND THE [Captioner] 19:05:13 SAME TIME LONG AGO. NOW THEY HAVE SIX PRIORITY [Captioner] 19:05:17 AND TWO DEDICATED COURTS RUNNING SEVEN DAYS A [Captioner] 19:05:20 WEEK FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M., AND ALL [Captioner] 19:05:23 FOR FREE. WHAT DID FREMONT GET IN THAT [Captioner] 19:05:26 TIME? FOUR COURTS THAT YOU HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:05:29 PAY TO PLAY ON. [Captioner] 19:05:32 THOSE FOUR COURTS -- [Captioner] 19:05:36 VERY QUICKLY, IN FACT SURPRISINGLY SO, BUT IN FACT, THERE WAS [Captioner] 19:05:39 REVENUE TO BE MADE SO IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS -- THAT WAS THE REASON FOR [Captioner] 19:05:41 SUCH SPEED IN BRINGING THEM TO EXISTENCE. [Captioner] 19:05:46 FREMONT RECREATION OFFERS PICKLEBALL LESSONS, GENERATING A [Captioner] 19:05:49 LOT OF NEW PLAYERS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH [Captioner] 19:05:51 COURT TIME TO ACCOMMODATE ALL PLAYERS. [Captioner] 19:05:55 WHAT WE NEED IS MORE ACCESS TO COURTS [Captioner] 19:05:58 NOW. THE SITUATION CAN BE HELPED BY [Captioner] 19:06:01 ALLOWING FOR FREE PLAY SEVEN DAYS AND EVENINGS [Captioner] 19:06:04 A WEEK, EXCEPT DURING LESSONS. [Captioner] 19:06:07 WE NEED MORE FREE COURT TIME NOW, AS [Captioner] 19:06:10 THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT THE TENNIS CENTER ARE THE [Captioner] 19:06:13 ONLY COURTS WE HAVE IN TOWN. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:06:20 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GUY MOY. [Captioner] 19:06:29 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. >> MY [Captioner] 19:06:32 NAME IS GUY MOY. I WANT TO LET THE CITY COUNCIL AND [Captioner] 19:06:35 MAYOR KNOW THAT FOR THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY, FREMONT IS THE [Captioner] 19:06:39 SLOWEST CITY IN THE BAY AREA TO MAKE PICKLE BALL A REALITY. [Captioner] 19:06:44 HAYWARD, MILIPITAS, SUNNYVALE AND THE LIST GOES ON, [Captioner] 19:06:47 HAVE ALL PROVIDED FREE OUTDOOR [Captioner] 19:06:49 PICKLEBALL COURTS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. [Captioner] 19:06:53 WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG FOR A SIMPLE VISION TO [Captioner] 19:06:56 BECOME A REALITY IN OUR CITY? THE CITY [Captioner] 19:06:59 USES MODIFIED JUNIOR TENNIS COURTS AT FTC [Captioner] 19:07:02 FOR PICKLEBALL. IN THE EVENINGS, THESE THREE COURTS [Captioner] 19:07:05 ARE WAY OVERCROWDED, WITH WAIT TIMES CLOSE TO AN HOUR [Captioner] 19:07:08 FOR A 12-MINUTE GAME. IT ISN'T ONLY [Captioner] 19:07:12 A SENIOR SPORT ANYMORE, AS WE ARE NOW SEEING FAMILIES AND ADULTS [Captioner] 19:07:15 COMING OUT IN THE EVENINGS. IN MAY, WE SUBMITTED [Captioner] 19:07:18 A REQUEST TO THE CITY TO EXPAND THE FREE [Captioner] 19:07:21 EVENING DROP-INS THAT ARE OFFERED ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS. [Captioner] 19:07:25 BY ADDING MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY [Captioner] 19:07:29 EVENINGS, THIS WOULD HELP EASE THE OVERCROWDING AND WAIT [Captioner] 19:07:32 TIMES. THIS WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL WE [Captioner] 19:07:35 ARE DIRECTED TO ANOTHER TEMPORARY LOCATION PLANNED FOR US. [Captioner] 19:07:39 THE CITY'S ANSWER TO OUR REQUEST WAS THAT PLAYERS [Captioner] 19:07:43 CAN PLAY ON THE NEW PAY COURT. [Captioner] 19:07:45 IF THERE ARE NO RESERVATIONS ALREADY BOOKED. [Captioner] 19:07:49 THE PROBLEM IS, ALL ARE BOOKED WELL IN [Captioner] 19:07:51 ADVANCE, AND PLAYERS REALLY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT. [Captioner] 19:07:55 WHY DO THEY NEED TO CHARGE US? FTC [Captioner] 19:07:58 WAS A TEMPORARY FIX BECAUSE THE CITY IS BEHIND IN ITS [Captioner] 19:08:01 SERVICE LEVEL FOR PICKLEBALL. THE PLAYERS HAVE WAITED [Captioner] 19:08:04 PATIENTLY FOR TWO MONTHS NOW TO HEAR THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:08:07 POSITION, AND ARE NOW VERY UPSET AND FRUSTRATED. [Captioner] 19:08:11 TO VOICE OUR FRUSTRATION, WE HAVE A [Captioner] 19:08:14 PETITION WITH 146 RESIDENT SUPPORTERS THAT [Captioner] 19:08:18 WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO REVERSE THEIR DECISION AND ALLOW [Captioner] 19:08:21 ADDITIONAL FREE EVENING DROP-IN PERIODS THAT WOULD HELP EASE [Captioner] 19:08:25 THE OVERCROWDING. IF YOU [Captioner] 19:08:28 LIKE MORE INFORMATION THAN TWO MINUTES OF INFORMATION HERE, KIM [Captioner] 19:08:30 AND SUZANNE HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION. [Captioner] 19:08:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. [Captioner] 19:08:38 >> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER IS PING CHIN. [Captioner] 19:08:48 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI, VICE MAYOR [Captioner] 19:08:51 COX AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PING CHIN. [Captioner] 19:08:54 I AM FREMONT'S PICKLEBALL AMBASSADOR ADVOCATING [Captioner] 19:08:57 THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE [Captioner] 19:09:00 U.S. INTEREST IN PICKLEBALL HAS GROWN [Captioner] 19:09:03 EXPONENTIALLY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:09:06 DESPITE SOME PROGRESS IN PROVIDING PICKLEBALL COURTS, THE [Captioner] 19:09:09 PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY STILL FACES MANY CHALLENGES. [Captioner] 19:09:13 COMPARED TO THE TENNIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS [Captioner] 19:09:16 21 COURT THAT HAVE FREE FULL-TIME ACCESS, THERE [Captioner] 19:09:19 IS ZERO PICKLEBALL COURT THAT IS FREE FULL TIME. [Captioner] 19:09:23 THIS IS A GREAT DISPARITY IN SERVICES OFFERED TO [Captioner] 19:09:25 THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COMMUNITIES. [Captioner] 19:09:30 WE HAVE THREE DUAL PURPOSE COURTS WITH PICKLEBALL LINES [Captioner] 19:09:33 OVERLAID ON JUNIOR TENNIS COURTS AT FREMONT TENNIS [Captioner] 19:09:36 CENTER. FREMONT ACCESS IS LIMIT TODAY WEEKDAY [Captioner] 19:09:39 MORNINGS AND EARLY AFTERNOONS, AND TWO WEEKNIGHTS ON TUESDAYS AND [Captioner] 19:09:43 THURSDAYS. AT TIMES THERE WILL BE [Captioner] 19:09:46 OVER 30 PLAYERS SHARING THE THREE COURTS. [Captioner] 19:09:49 PADDLES ARE STACKED FOUR TO EIGHT HIGH AT EVERY COURT [Captioner] 19:09:52 POST WAITING FOR TURNS. PLAYERS HAVE TO WAIT 20 TO 30 MINUTES [Captioner] 19:09:55 TO PLAY JUST ONE GAME. [Captioner] 19:09:59 WE HAVE ASKED COMMUNITY SERVICES TO EXTEND THE FREE HOURS [Captioner] 19:10:03 TO EVERY EVENING. [Captioner] 19:10:06 THE ADDITIONAL EVENINGS WOULD SPREAD THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS [Captioner] 19:10:09 ON THE COURT EACH NIGHT. THE HOPE WOULD BE LESS CROWDED [Captioner] 19:10:12 CONDITIONS AND LESS WAIT TIME. [Captioner] 19:10:16 COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS DENIED OUR REQUEST, STATING [Captioner] 19:10:19 RE-ASSESSMENT OF COURT USE IS REQUIRED [Captioner] 19:10:22 . OUR NEIGHBOR CITY, HAYWARD, [Captioner] 19:10:25 WITH 50% OF FREMONT'S POPULATION, HAS EIGHT [Captioner] 19:10:29 DEDICATED PICKLEBASKETBALL COURTS THAT ARE FREE AND HAVE PLANS [Captioner] 19:10:32 TO BUILD 10 ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS. [Captioner] 19:10:36 MILIPITAS HAS EIGHT PICKLEBALL DUAL PURPOSE COURTS AND ITS [Captioner] 19:10:38 MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO MORE FREE PICKLEBALL COURTS. [Captioner] 19:10:43 MEANWHILE, FREMONT PLAYERS ARE WAITING FOR [Captioner] 19:10:46 FREE FULL-TIME PICKLEBALL COURTS. WE NEED [Captioner] 19:10:49 IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THE OVERCROWDING SITUATIONS ON [Captioner] 19:10:52 TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS. TONIGHT, I [Captioner] 19:10:56 ASK THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:10:59 TO HELP THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:11:02 TO EXTEND FREE PLAY DURING EVENING HOURS ON [Captioner] 19:11:06 THE JUNIOR TENNIS COURTS. FREMONT TENNIS [Captioner] 19:11:09 CENTER IS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM CITY HALL. [Captioner] 19:11:12 I ENCOURAGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO [Captioner] 19:11:17 VISIT PICKLEBALL PLAYERS [Captioner] 19:11:20 ON FREMONT'S JUNIOR TENNIS COURTS TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS. [Captioner] 19:11:23 WE HAVE PEOPLE PLAY UNTIL 10:00 P.M., WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT. [Captioner] 19:11:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S THE LAST OF [Captioner] 19:11:29 THE ZOOM SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 19:11:33 WE HAVE KELLY ABREU IN-HOUSE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:47 >> SO ONE OF THE ITEMS LATER ON THE AGENDA IS A [Captioner] 19:11:50 PROPERTY ACQUISITION, [Captioner] 19:11:54 AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS ON [Captioner] 19:11:57 THE OTHER SIDE. AND [Captioner] 19:11:59 THE OPPOSITE OF A PROPERTY ACQUISITION IS A PROPERTY DISPOSITION. [Captioner] 19:12:04 AND THE OPPOSITE [Captioner] 19:12:08 OF DOING [Captioner] 19:12:12 IT -- OF, YOU KNOW [Captioner] 19:12:16 , PAYING MONEY FOR PROPERTY IS TO [Captioner] 19:12:19 RECEIVE MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR [Captioner] 19:12:22 A 99-YEAR LEASE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPEN [Captioner] 19:12:25 ED, JUST TO GIVE YOU A [Captioner] 19:12:29 LITTLE PEEK ON THE OTHER SIDE, [Captioner] 19:12:33 AT OHLONE COLLEGE, IN NEWARK, THEY OWN SEVERAL ACRES OF [Captioner] 19:12:36 LAND, THEY LEASED THEM OUT FOR 99 YEARS AND [Captioner] 19:12:39 THEY WERE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY, MAYBE A [Captioner] 19:12:42 RANGE, CERTAIN RANGE OF MONEY PER YEAR, IN EXCHANGE FOR [Captioner] 19:12:46 AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF UNITS, [Captioner] 19:12:49 UNKNOWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UNKNOWN [Captioner] 19:12:52 FINANCIAL TERMS. IN FACT, WHEN THEY [Captioner] 19:12:55 PRESENTED TO THEIR BOARD OF [Captioner] 19:12:59 TRUSTEES, THEIR PROPERTY DISPOSITION -- THE TERMS [Captioner] 19:13:02 AND CONDITIONS WERE COMPLETELY [Captioner] 19:13:05 IMPENETRABLE, FOGGY, NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. [Captioner] 19:13:07 EVENTUALLY I FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. [Captioner] 19:13:10 THEY HAD A CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE PUT IN BY THE [Captioner] 19:13:15 LAWYERS, AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE SAID THAT NONE OF THESE TERMS [Captioner] 19:13:19 CAN BE DISCLOSED UNTIL THE ENTIRE CONTRACT [Captioner] 19:13:23 TERMINATES OR FINISHES OR CLOSES OR WHATEVER, UNTIL [Captioner] 19:13:26 IT'S IRREVERSIBLE, WHICH MIGHT BE IN A FEW MONTHS OR A FEW WEEKS [Captioner] 19:13:29 OR GOD KNOWS WHEN. SO WHEN [Captioner] 19:13:32 YOU LOOK AT YOUR CONTRACTS AND [Captioner] 19:13:35 YOU LOOK AT [Captioner] 19:13:39 YOUR ACQUISITIONS, THINK ABOUT HOW NOT TO DO A DISPOSITION, [Captioner] 19:13:42 WHICH IS IN THE CLOSET, TRYING TO HIDE EVERYTHING, TRYING NOT TO DISCLOSE [Captioner] 19:13:45 ANYTHING AND NOT TO TELL ANYONE WHAT'S REALLY GOING [Captioner] 19:13:47 ON AND HIDE ALL THE NUMBERS. THANKS. [Captioner] 19:13:56 >> Mayor Mei: THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER? [Captioner] 19:14:01 THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM [Captioner] 19:14:05 IS ITEM 6A, AND WE HAVE ASSISTANT [Captioner] 19:14:08 CITY MANAGER CHRISTINA BRIGGS AND ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:14:12 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DONOVAN LAZARO WHO [Captioner] 19:14:15 WILL PRESENT [Captioner] 19:14:18 AN INTRODUCTION. [Captioner] 19:14:31 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:14:35 I'M CHRISTINA BRIGGS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JOINED BY OUR ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:14:39 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DONOVAN LAZARO. PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING [Captioner] 19:14:42 AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME DURING YOUR AUGUST RECESS FOR THIS [Captioner] 19:14:44 SPECIAL MEETING. THE ITEM WE HAVE FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:14:47 CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS TIME-SENSITIVE IN NATURE AND REPRESENTS A [Captioner] 19:14:50 STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ADVANCE SEVERAL [Captioner] 19:14:53 LONG-TERM GOALS WHILE ENHANCING THE VALUE OF ITS OWN REAL [Captioner] 19:14:56 PROPERTY ASSETS. ON [Captioner] 19:14:59 JULY 11TH, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, DIRECTED STAFF TO ENGAGE IN [Captioner] 19:15:03 NEGOTIATIONS TO ACQUIRE THE OFFICE PROPERTY LOCATED [Captioner] 19:15:06 AT 39180 LIBERTY STREET, AND WE ARE [Captioner] 19:15:09 PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON [Captioner] 19:15:12 TERMS OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THAT OWNERSHIP GROUP AND TONIGHT [Captioner] 19:15:14 SEEK YOUR APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. [Captioner] 19:15:19 AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE EXISTING [Captioner] 19:15:22 CITY HALL SITE FALL WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, [Captioner] 19:15:25 WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER [Captioner] 19:15:28 OF 2012. THIS PLAN ENVISIONS A WALKABLE AND [Captioner] 19:15:32 VIBRANT MIXED USE DESTINATION FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:15:35 WITH CAPITOL AVENUE SERVING AS THAT PRIMARY [Captioner] 19:15:38 RETAIL SPINE. SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN [Captioner] 19:15:42 COMMUNITY PLAN, DOWNTOWN HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE SECTOR [Captioner] 19:15:45 INVESTMENT IN THE CITY'S LONG TERM VISION IS REALLY BEGINNING TO TAKE [Captioner] 19:15:46 SHAPE. IT EXCITING. [Captioner] 19:15:50 TODAY SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ARE [Captioner] 19:15:53 UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR APPROVED, AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF [Captioner] 19:15:55 NEW SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ARE CALLING DOWNTOWN HOME. [Captioner] 19:16:00 THE CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY [Captioner] 19:16:03 THE COUNCIL IN JULY OF 2014, AND IS CONSIDERED A [Captioner] 19:16:06 KEY COMPONENT TO REALIZING THAT LONG TERM VISION [Captioner] 19:16:09 IN DOWNTOWN. IT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR STEERING [Captioner] 19:16:12 MULTIPLE PHASES OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTIES [Captioner] 19:16:15 DOWNTOWN -- OF THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES, ULTIMATELY [Captioner] 19:16:19 CONTEMPLATING A MULTI-STORY MODERNIZED CITY HALL WITH EXPANDED [Captioner] 19:16:22 COUNCIL CHAMBERS, A NEW HOME FOR THE FRC, [Captioner] 19:16:25 POTENTIALLY A PARKING GARAGE TO SUPPORT EXPANDED DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL [Captioner] 19:16:29 ACTIVITY, AND OF COURSE OUR DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER, WHICH HAS [Captioner] 19:16:33 ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED. THE CIVIC CENTER MASTER [Captioner] 19:16:36 PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR THE OPTIMIZED [Captioner] 19:16:39 CONSOLIDATION OF MUCH OF THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS INTO A [Captioner] 19:16:43 SINGLE FACILITY, ULTIMATELY FREEING UP THE CITY'S EXCESS [Captioner] 19:16:46 PROPERTIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORT THE DOWNTOWN VISION. [Captioner] 19:16:49 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE OFFICE BUILDING ON THIS PROPERTY THAT [Captioner] 19:16:52 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT WOULD ASSIST THE CITY IN ITS [Captioner] 19:16:56 ABILITY TO TEMPORARILY RELOCATE PART OF ITS OWN [Captioner] 19:17:00 OPERATIONS IF OR WHILE A NEW CIVIC CENTER IS DEVELOPED [Captioner] 19:17:02 ON SOME PORTION OF ONE OF THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES. [Captioner] 19:17:07 AND POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S EXCESS PROPERTIES, [Captioner] 19:17:10 BOTH INCREASE THE VALUE OF CITY ASSETS AND WOULD MAKE A [Captioner] 19:17:14 MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO FREMONT'S REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS [Captioner] 19:17:17 ASSESSMENT ALLOCATION WHILE ADDING ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 19:17:19 COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVING SPACE TO DOWNTOWN. [Captioner] 19:17:23 NOW I'LL TURN TO [Captioner] 19:17:26 DONOVAN, WHO'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN MORE DETAIL AND [Captioner] 19:17:29 THE HIGH LEVEL TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. >> THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. [Captioner] 19:17:32 GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, STAFF [Captioner] 19:17:36 HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS TO COME TO AGREED TERMS ON THE SUBJECT [Captioner] 19:17:38 PROPERTY. WITH INPUT FROM SEVERAL CITY [Captioner] 19:17:42 DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER [Captioner] 19:17:45 QUESTIONS AS NEEDED. WE ALSO [Captioner] 19:17:48 HAVE LANDIS GRADEN, THE CITY'S REAL [Captioner] 19:17:50 ESTATE BROKERAGE CONSULTANT, ON THIS TRANSACTION. [Captioner] 19:17:54 THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT [Captioner] 19:17:59 39180 LIBERTY WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO EXPAND ITS REAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS [Captioner] 19:18:00 IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY HALL. [Captioner] 19:18:04 THE PROPERTY IS ROUGHLY 1.23 ACRES WITH [Captioner] 19:18:07 AN APPROXIMATELY 23,000 SQUARE [Captioner] 19:18:10 FOOT TWO-STORY OFFICE. THE BUILDING REMAINS OCCUPIED [Captioner] 19:18:14 BY SEVERAL COMMERCIAL TENANTS FOR WHICH STAFF WILL REVIEW THE LEASES [Captioner] 19:18:17 AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXISTING TENANTS [Captioner] 19:18:20 DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:18:24 AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE ACQUISITION OF THE LIBERTY [Captioner] 19:18:27 PROPERTY IS OPPORTUNISTIC IN NATURE. PURCHASING THE [Captioner] 19:18:30 SITE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO EXTRA TEEJ [Captioner] 19:18:33 CLEE CONSOLIDATITY ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CURRENT [Captioner] 19:18:36 CITY HALL AREA WHILE ADDING A KEY PARCEL THAT WOULD ENHANCE [Captioner] 19:18:40 THE OVERALL REDEVELOPMENT VIABILITY OF THE CITY'S EXISTING [Captioner] 19:18:43 PROPERTIES. WITH THE POSSIBILITY [Captioner] 19:18:46 OF INCREASING OUR UNDERLYING LAND VALUES WITH THIS [Captioner] 19:18:49 ADDITION. POTENTIAL SHORT TERM AND [Captioner] 19:18:52 MEDIAN TERM USES FOR THE BUILDING WOULD BE BASED [Captioner] 19:18:55 ON THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL NEED AND COULD INCLUDE THE RELOCATION OF ONE [Captioner] 19:18:58 OR MORE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING AS [Captioner] 19:19:02 SPACES BECOME AVAILABLE. [Captioner] 19:19:05 HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE EXECUTION OF THE PURCHASE [Captioner] 19:19:08 AGREEMENT AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, WHICH ARE THE [Captioner] 19:19:11 SOLE ITEMS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, DO NOT NECESSITATE [Captioner] 19:19:14 ANY CHANGES TO THE BUILDING, THE CURRENT OFFICE USES OF THE [Captioner] 19:19:17 PROPERTY, OR THE LEASE TERMS OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL TENANTS. [Captioner] 19:19:23 THE AGREED UPON PURCHASE PRICE OF [Captioner] 19:19:26 6.54 MILLION REFLECTS UNDERLYING LAND VALUE FOR A FUTURE [Captioner] 19:19:30 HIGHER AND BETTER USE OF MULTIFAMILY REDEVELOPMENT OF THE [Captioner] 19:19:33 SITE. IT FALLS WITHIN A RANGE OF [Captioner] 19:19:36 PROPERTY VALUATION COMPARISONS PROVIDED BY DCG. [Captioner] 19:19:39 AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE RECOMMENDED [Captioner] 19:19:42 BUDGET ACTION WOULD REALLOCATE A TOTAL OF [Captioner] 19:19:46 $6.75 MILLION FROM THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES RESERVE, [Captioner] 19:19:49 WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COVER PURCHASE-RELATED COSTS [Captioner] 19:19:53 THAT MAY ARISE. [Captioner] 19:19:59 EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. [Captioner] 19:20:05 THE TERMS OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROVIDE THE CITY A [Captioner] 19:20:09 30-DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD UPON EXECUTION THAT MAY BE [Captioner] 19:20:12 EXTENDED BY 15 DAYS IF THERE IS AN IDENTIFIED [Captioner] 19:20:16 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION REQUIRING FURTHER INVESTIGATION OR A [Captioner] 19:20:17 MAJOR DEFECT DISCOVERED WITHIN THE BUILDING. [Captioner] 19:20:22 FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THE CITY [Captioner] 19:20:25 WOULD OBTAIN THIRD PARTY SERVICES TO INSPECT THE CONDITION OF [Captioner] 19:20:28 THE BUILDING AND PROPERTY AND PERFORM A PHASE ONE [Captioner] 19:20:32 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IN ADDITION TO INSPECTIONS PERFORMED BY THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:20:36 IN-HOUSE BUILDING AND FIRE INSPECTORS, AS WELL AS FACILITY STAFF. [Captioner] 19:20:39 AND NOW I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHRISTINA. [Captioner] 19:20:43 >> THANK YOU, DONOVAN. SO IN CLOSING, [Captioner] 19:20:46 I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS [Captioner] 19:20:49 EVENING STAFF DID POST WHAT WE CALL A GREEN SHEET TO [Captioner] 19:20:52 REFLECT EDITS TO THE ADDENDUM THAT DID NOT CHANGE THE [Captioner] 19:20:56 BUSINESS TERMS PRESENTED TO YOU. [Captioner] 19:20:59 I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT AT ALL. [Captioner] 19:21:04 >> THAT'S ACCURATE. WITHIN THE GREEN SHEET [Captioner] 19:21:08 ATTACHMENTS IS THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT HAS [Captioner] 19:21:11 THE ADDED RED LINES THAT REFLECT THE [Captioner] 19:21:14 CHANGES THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL ADOPT THIS [Captioner] 19:21:17 EVENING AS PART OF THE PACKAGE OF APPROVALS. [Captioner] 19:21:21 THIS DOES INCLUDE SOME TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS [Captioner] 19:21:24 TO THE ADDENDUM, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, [Captioner] 19:21:28 PROVIDING THE SELLER THE RIGHT TO APPROVE A SCOPE OF [Captioner] 19:21:31 WORK IF PHASE TWO TESTING IS REQUIRED ON THE SITE WOULD [Captioner] 19:21:35 BE ONE EXAMPLE. THE CITY ALSO REQUESTED [Captioner] 19:21:38 ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES WITH RESPECT TO [Captioner] 19:21:41 RENT ROLLS DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE [Captioner] 19:21:44 PERIOD. THE CITY AGREED TO DROP AN [Captioner] 19:21:47 INDEMNIFICATION REQUIREMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THE ORIGINAL ADDENDUM [Captioner] 19:21:51 SENT TO THE SELLER. SO THESE, AGAIN, AS MENTIONED [Captioner] 19:21:54 BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 19:21:57 REALLY REFLECT MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION AND [Captioner] 19:22:00 THE BUSINESS TERMS REMAIN LARGELY THE SAME. [Captioner] 19:22:03 THANK YOU. >> SO STAFF [Captioner] 19:22:05 HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [Captioner] 19:22:10 THE FIRST IS AS ALREADY WAS MENTIONED, IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION [Captioner] 19:22:13 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE REVISED [Captioner] 19:22:16 PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND ADDENDUM, INCLUDED WITH YOUR STAFF REPORT AND [Captioner] 19:22:19 UPDATED GREEN SHEET. AND FIND THAT THE PROPOSED PURCHASE IS [Captioner] 19:22:22 EXEMPT FROM CEQA. AND THE SECOND IS TO [Captioner] 19:22:26 REALLOCATE $6,750,000 FROM THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT [Captioner] 19:22:30 OPPORTUNITIES RESERVE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND TO FUND [Captioner] 19:22:32 THE ACQUISITION. AND WITH THAT, WE AND OTHER STAFF ARE [Captioner] 19:22:35 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:22:41 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANY [Captioner] 19:22:43 QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:22:48 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND [Captioner] 19:22:50 BRINGING US TOGETHER FOR THIS IMPORTANT ITEM. [Captioner] 19:22:54 I DO RECALL WE APPROVED THIS, I THINK IT [Captioner] 19:22:57 WAS 2014, OUR CIVIC MASTER PLAN. [Captioner] 19:23:00 SO I DON'T REMEMBER, THIS PROPERTY WAS NOT [Captioner] 19:23:04 CONTEMPLATED AT THAT TIME. [Captioner] 19:23:07 HOW WILL THIS TIE INTO OUR LARGER MASTER PLAN? [Captioner] 19:23:10 I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS, SOME OF [Captioner] 19:23:13 THEM GOT SHELVED, SO HOW CAN WE DIRECT SOME OF [Captioner] 19:23:15 THAT? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:23:18 FUNDAMENTALLY, WHAT THIS PROPERTY DOES, IN ADDITION TO EXPANDING THE CURRENT [Captioner] 19:23:21 CITY HALL SITE, THEREFORE MAKING IT A MORE VALUABLE PROPERTY [Captioner] 19:23:25 THAT THE CITY COULD CONVEY AT A FUTURE DATE FOR OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT TO [Captioner] 19:23:28 SUPPORT DOWNTOWN, THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING [Captioner] 19:23:31 ASSET ON THE PROPERTY DOES HELP SOLVE WHAT [Captioner] 19:23:35 WAS -- HAS PROVEN TO BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE IN PREVIOUS [Captioner] 19:23:38 MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS WITH RESPECT TO THE CIVIC CENTER, BECAUSE IT [Captioner] 19:23:41 PROVIDES ADDITIONAL OFFICE CAPACITY FOR US TO WHAT I CALL, YOU [Captioner] 19:23:45 KNOW, SHUFFLE THE PUZZLE PIECES OF THE CITY'S OPERATIONS, WHETHER [Captioner] 19:23:48 IT'S, YOU KNOW, ON THESE TWO BUILDINGS WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE [Captioner] 19:23:52 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER DOWN FURTHER ON LIBERTY OR, YOU KNOW, OUR [Captioner] 19:23:53 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ACROSS THE STREET. [Captioner] 19:23:58 AND FINDING WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE [Captioner] 19:24:01 USES WHILE A PROPERTY MAY BE TIED UP FOR OTHER TYPE OF [Captioner] 19:24:05 DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO THE CIVIC CENTER IS IMPORTANT IN ANY [Captioner] 19:24:08 EFFORT WE CONCEIVE OF GOING FORWARD. >> Councilmember [Captioner] 19:24:11 Salwan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:24:13 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 19:24:17 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:24:21 I UNDERSTAND THAT UPON [Captioner] 19:24:24 EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT, WE WILL EMBARK ON THE [Captioner] 19:24:27 DUE DILIGENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE [Captioner] 19:24:30 AREA OF THE CURRENT TENANTS [Captioner] 19:24:34 ' LEASES. SO [Captioner] 19:24:38 MY -- I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT LEASES [Captioner] 19:24:41 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE DON'T [Captioner] 19:24:44 HAVE A 99-YEAR-OLD LEASE FOR ANY OF THAT. [Captioner] 19:24:48 SO I JUST WONDER [Captioner] 19:24:51 IF, AFTER THIS 30-DAY OR EVEN [Captioner] 19:24:54 POTENTIALLY 45-DAY DUE DILIGENCE, THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:24:57 WILL GET SOME [Captioner] 19:25:01 REPORT FROM THE DUE DILIGENCE, ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 19:25:05 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE AVAILABILITY [Captioner] 19:25:09 OF THAT [Captioner] 19:25:12 SPACE UPON ACQUISITION, AS WELL [Captioner] 19:25:16 AS POTENTIAL RENTAL INCOME IF WE ARE STILL [Captioner] 19:25:19 GOING TO HONOR THE EXISTING LEASES [Captioner] 19:25:22 TO THE CURRENT TENANTS. I JUST WANT [Captioner] 19:25:25 TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE. THAT [Captioner] 19:25:28 IS FOR FUTURE, NEAR FUTURE. [Captioner] 19:25:32 MY QUESTION TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY, SINCE WE'RE [Captioner] 19:25:35 GOING TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS [Captioner] 19:25:38 FROM THIS INVESTMENT FUND IN [Captioner] 19:25:42 THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, I JUST [Captioner] 19:25:45 WONDER HOW LARGE IS OUR RESERVE [Captioner] 19:25:49 IN TOTAL, [Captioner] 19:25:52 AND SINCE WE'RE GOING TO ALSO ALLOCATE FUNDS [Captioner] 19:25:56 FOR RELATED EXPENSES, [Captioner] 19:25:59 DO WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THE RESERVE AND WHAT [Captioner] 19:26:02 IS THE MECHANISM FOR FILLING UP THE [Captioner] 19:26:05 RESERVE? >> YES, AND [Captioner] 19:26:09 I DO BELIEVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS ON THE CALL AND [Captioner] 19:26:11 CAN EXPLAIN HOW MUCH IS IN THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:26:16 FUND. >> Mr. Persselin: HI, COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:26:16 SHAO. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:26:20 WE HAVE ABOUT $8.8 MILLION CURRENTLY IN [Captioner] 19:26:23 THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPERATING -- [Captioner] 19:26:26 OPERATION -- STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:26:30 RESERVE, AND WE'RE PROPOSING [Captioner] 19:26:33 TO REALLOCATE ABOUT [Captioner] 19:26:35 $6.75 MILLION TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:26:38 SO THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH [Captioner] 19:26:42 ROUGHLY $2 MILLION REMAINING IN THAT [Captioner] 19:26:45 RESERVE. AS WE'VE [Captioner] 19:26:49 NOTED, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS AN [Captioner] 19:26:52 ESTIMATE. WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE DUE [Captioner] 19:26:55 DILIGENCE PERIOD SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:26:59 UP-FRONT ACQUISITION COSTS OTHER THAN WHAT THE PURCHASE PRICE MIGHT [Captioner] 19:27:01 BE, BUT WE HAVE $8.8 MILLION IN TOTAL. [Captioner] 19:27:08 >> Councilmember Shao: MY SECOND HALF OF THE QUESTION IS HOW [Captioner] 19:27:11 USUALLY DO WE FEEL UP [Captioner] 19:27:14 THE RESERVE? NOW IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, [Captioner] 19:27:17 AND WHAT'S THE MECHANISM FOR [Captioner] 19:27:21 US TO, IN THE FUTURE, PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS [Captioner] 19:27:24 RESERVE? >> SO [Captioner] 19:27:27 THIS PARTICULAR RESERVE WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE CITY WAS [Captioner] 19:27:30 COMING OUT OF THE LAST -- THE GREAT RECESSION. [Captioner] 19:27:35 THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2013, 2014, [Captioner] 19:27:39 AND 2016 MADE A DECISION TO SET [Captioner] 19:27:42 ASIDE MONEY THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY [Captioner] 19:27:45 UNANTICIPATED REVENUE, ONE-TIME [Captioner] 19:27:49 MONEY, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF [Captioner] 19:27:52 STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ONE. [Captioner] 19:27:55 THEY WERE PROBABLY THINKING NOT JUST ABOUT THE CIVIC CENTER [Captioner] 19:27:59 PROJECT, BUT AT THE TIME [Captioner] 19:28:02 , WE WERE WORKING ON THE [Captioner] 19:28:05 INNOVATION DISTRICT, AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:28:08 WAS THINKING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT. [Captioner] 19:28:11 S. SO THAT WAS THE IDEA. [Captioner] 19:28:15 WE STOPPED SETTING ASIDE MONEY [Captioner] 19:28:18 IN 2016, AND BEGAN USING [Captioner] 19:28:22 ONE-TIME MONEY TO ADDRESS OUR [Captioner] 19:28:25 CAPITAL NEEDS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, IF [Captioner] 19:28:28 IT CHOSE, COULD SET ASIDE NEW MONEY [Captioner] 19:28:31 FOR THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES RESERVE [Captioner] 19:28:34 , BUT WE DON'T HAVE A REGULAR [Captioner] 19:28:39 ALLOCATION TO THAT RESERVE. [Captioner] 19:28:42 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:28:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:28:50 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU FOR THAT. [Captioner] 19:28:54 THAT WAS SIMILAR TO MY QUESTION ABOUT REPLENISHING [Captioner] 19:28:58 THAT, AND HOW MUCH WAS THE BALANCE, SO THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:29:01 SIMILAR TO IT. BUT I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION [Captioner] 19:29:01 SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO FINANCE AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:29:06 I SEE ON THE [Captioner] 19:29:10 ACTUAL AGREEMENT, PURCHASE AGREEMENT, IT [Captioner] 19:29:13 SAYS IT IS [Captioner] 19:29:16 FOR 6.54, [Captioner] 19:29:20 BUT ON THE REQUEST, IT [Captioner] 19:29:23 IS 6.75. SO THAT'S [Captioner] 19:29:27 ABOUT $210,000. [Captioner] 19:29:30 DIFFERENCE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE ASK, MORE [Captioner] 19:29:34 OF WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING IT FOR [Captioner] 19:29:38 . IN ADDITION IS [Captioner] 19:29:42 $195,000 DEPOSIT, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT [Captioner] 19:29:46 $15,000 DANGLING. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE [Captioner] 19:29:47 FOR, PLEASE? >> YES. [Captioner] 19:29:50 I CAN START AND I'M HAPPY FOR DIRECTOR PERSSELIN TO WEIGH IN AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:29:54 SO THE $195,000 DEPOSIT IS [Captioner] 19:29:58 ACTUALLY PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, AND WILL BE CREDITED [Captioner] 19:30:01 TOWARD THAT [Captioner] 19:30:04 6.5 -- 54, EXCUSE ME. THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:30:09 REFERRING TO, THE 200 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, WE [Captioner] 19:30:12 DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE COULD BE COSTS THAT WE MIGHT NEED [Captioner] 19:30:15 TO ASSUME UPON OWNERSHIP OF THE BUILDING. [Captioner] 19:30:18 YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE ITEM THAT [Captioner] 19:30:21 JUST NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND SO [Captioner] 19:30:25 TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT, WE WANT [Captioner] 19:30:28 TO APPROPRIATE SOME MONEY TO ADDRESS ANY IMMEDIATE NEEDS [Captioner] 19:30:30 THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING. [Captioner] 19:30:34 AND AGAIN, [Captioner] 19:30:37 DAVE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO WEIGH IN. >> Mr. Persselin: THAT WAS A GOOD [Captioner] 19:30:39 ANSWER. >> Councilmember Campbell: YES, IT WAS [Captioner] 19:30:42 A GOOD ANSWER. BUT HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE [Captioner] 19:30:45 AMOUNT? WAS IT A PERCENTAGE [Captioner] 19:30:49 OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR WHAT [Captioner] 19:30:52 REPRESENTS $210,000? >> NO, IT'S REALLY AN ESTIMATE AT THIS [Captioner] 19:30:55 POINT. WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO GO [Captioner] 19:30:58 -- WE'RE NOT IN CONTRACT YET, SO WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:31:02 NOT DONE ANY DUE DILIGENCE AND TRYING TO, AGAIN, PLAN FOR [Captioner] 19:31:06 SOME UNFORESEEN EXPENSE, IT'S NOT BASED ON ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:31:09 PARTICULAR. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO IN [Captioner] 19:31:12 ESSENCE, YOU MAY NOT USE THE MONEY? >> THAT'S CORRECT, WE MAY NOT NEED [Captioner] 19:31:12 IT. THAT'S POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 19:31:16 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. AND THEN IT WOULD JUST STAY INTO THIS [Captioner] 19:31:18 STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY RESERVE? [Captioner] 19:31:23 >> YES, OR BE REVERTED BACK, YES. >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 19:31:23 OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:32 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS VICE MAYOR COX. [Captioner] 19:31:35 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:31:38 PRESENTATION. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I [Captioner] 19:31:41 WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION [Captioner] 19:31:44 FROM IS THAT YOU HAVE THE 30 DAYS TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, [Captioner] 19:31:48 PLUS AN EXTENSION OF 15 [Captioner] 19:31:51 DAYS. MY CONCERN BASED ON MY [Captioner] 19:31:54 RESEARCH AND THE MARKET, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:31:58 COMPETING CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT [Captioner] 19:32:02 AND ASSESS SOME OF THE WORK THAT MAY NEED [Captioner] 19:32:05 TO BE DONE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FIRE [Captioner] 19:32:08 SPRINKLERS AND MONITORING SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT EXISTING IN [Captioner] 19:32:11 THE BUILDING THAT'S NOTED IN [Captioner] 19:32:15 YOUR AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW. I WANTED TO FIND OUT, DO WE [Captioner] 19:32:18 HAVE CONTRACTS FOR A MAJORITY OF THE [Captioner] 19:32:23 WORK THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT THAT CAN BE [Captioner] 19:32:26 DISPATCHED TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THIS [Captioner] 19:32:30 NEW ACQUISITION IN THE [Captioner] 19:32:33 TIMELINE THAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED? >> YES, THROUGH THE [Captioner] 19:32:36 ASSISTANCE OF OUR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER, WE DO HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:39 THOSE CONTRACTS PREPARED TO BE ENTERED INTO, UPON [Captioner] 19:32:42 EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT. >> [Captioner] 19:32:46 NOW, IF WE NEED MORE TIME, MAYBE THIS WOULD BE DIRECTED [Captioner] 19:32:49 AT OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:32:52 ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL EXTENSION BEYOND [Captioner] 19:32:55 THE 15 DAYS THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED [Captioner] 19:32:58 IN CASE THERE IS [Captioner] 19:33:02 HIGH VOLUME AND HIGH WORKLOAD TO GET THROUGH THAT [Captioner] 19:33:05 MAY NOT BE RESPONSE BACK IN [Captioner] 19:33:08 TIME WITH THIS DEADLINE? [Captioner] 19:33:11 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TIME FRAME [Captioner] 19:33:14 SET FORTH IN THE PACKET ARE MATERIAL TERMS AND THAT THE SELLER INTENDS [Captioner] 19:33:17 TO STICK TO THOSE TERMS. THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS. [Captioner] 19:33:20 >> Vice Mayor Cox: SO 45 DAYS MAX? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: NOW THE [Captioner] 19:33:23 PARTIES -- IT'S POSSIBLE IN THEORY FOR THE PARTY TO AGREE TO [Captioner] 19:33:26 AN EXTENSION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE [Captioner] 19:33:29 SELLER BELIEVES THAT THOSE TERMS ARE MATERIAL [Captioner] 19:33:31 AND INTENDS TO MAINTAIN THOSE TIME PERIODS. [Captioner] 19:33:36 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. [Captioner] 19:33:41 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ALSO, [Captioner] 19:33:43 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? I SAW THAT YOU CAME BACK AGAIN BUT -- [Captioner] 19:33:47 >> Councilmember Salwan: OH, YES. [Captioner] 19:33:50 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK SHE'S ABOUT READY TO MAKE A MOTION. [Captioner] 19:33:54 WHY DON'T WE FINISH OUR MOTION FIRST AND WE'LL SEE IF SOMEONE SECONDS [Captioner] 19:33:55 IT. >> Councilmember Salwan: I JUST HAD [Captioner] 19:33:57 SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEASES -- [Captioner] 19:34:00 >> Mayor Mei: DO YOU WANT TO FINISH MAKING YOUR MOTION FIRST? [Captioner] 19:34:02 >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE [Captioner] 19:34:06 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADOPT THE [Captioner] 19:34:09 RESOLUTION AS NOTED, AS WELL AS REALLOCATE [Captioner] 19:34:13 THE $6.750000 FROM [Captioner] 19:34:15 THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY RESERVE. [Captioner] 19:34:18 >> Mayor Mei: I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ALSO [Captioner] 19:34:22 THAT AT THIS POINT WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL BUT WE [Captioner] 19:34:24 ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN [Captioner] 19:34:28 THAT TOO. DID YOU WANT A [Captioner] 19:34:29 SECOND? >> SECOND. [Captioner] 19:34:33 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: ONE JUST POINT OF [Captioner] 19:34:34 CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. [Captioner] 19:34:37 I WANT TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION THAT WE PUBLISHED [Captioner] 19:34:42 DOCUMENTS ON FRIDAY. WE'VE [Captioner] 19:34:44 RE-PUBLISHED EDITED DOCUMENTS THIS EVENING, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 19:34:47 THAT I CLARIFY WITH THE VICE MAYOR THAT THE VICE [Captioner] 19:34:50 MAYOR'S MOTION INCLUDED THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE GREEN SHEET -- [Captioner] 19:34:52 >> Vice Mayor Cox: IN THE GREEN SHEET AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:34:55 I STAND AMENDED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:34:59 NOTED PREVIOUSLY FROM FRIDAY, [Captioner] 19:35:03 WITH THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF [Captioner] 19:35:06 THE CITY OF FREMONT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 19:35:09 TO EXECUTE STANDARD OFFER AND AGREEMENT AND WITH THE [Captioner] 19:35:12 NOTED GREEN SHEET THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED, JUST AS [Captioner] 19:35:16 OF TODAY, TO BE INCLUDED IN [Captioner] 19:35:19 THE RECOMMENDATION -- THE MOTION, I'M SORRY, AND THE MOTION, AND [Captioner] 19:35:23 SECONDLY, TO REALLOCATE [Captioner] 19:35:34 $650 MILLION FROM THE -- I'M [Captioner] 19:35:38 SORRY, [Captioner] 19:35:44 6.75 MILLION. >> THAT'S A STEAL. [Captioner] 19:35:47 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: JUST FOR FURTHER CLARITY OF RECORD, THIS [Captioner] 19:35:51 EVENING'S PACKET INCLUDES EXHIBITS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:35:54 ADDITIONAL RECORDS, AS WELL AS THE REVISED [Captioner] 19:35:58 ADDENDUM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY [Captioner] 19:36:01 MANAGER TO EXECUTE THESE DOCUMENTS, SO SUBJECT TO THE REVISIONS THAT WE SEE [Captioner] 19:36:05 IN THIS EVENING'S GREEN SHEET. [Captioner] 19:36:08 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THE GREEN SHEET, THE ADDENDUM, ALL OF THE ABOVE. [Captioner] 19:36:12 >> Mayor Mei: I BELIEVE YOU MADE THE MOTION. [Captioner] 19:36:14 WHO MADE THE SECOND? OKAY. [Captioner] 19:36:16 AND YOU'RE AGREEABLE TO THAT, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN? [Captioner] 19:36:20 OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:22 SO -- >> Councilmember Salwan: I'LL SKIP THE [Captioner] 19:36:24 QUESTIONS. I'LL JUST MAKE COMMENTS -- [Captioner] 19:36:26 >> Mayor Mei: I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC FIRST. [Captioner] 19:36:29 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. [Captioner] 19:36:32 >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKER -- I'D [Captioner] 19:36:34 LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. [Captioner] 19:36:36 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE'LL START WITH KELLY ABREU. [Captioner] 19:36:46 >> WHILE HAVING BEEN THROUGH WHAT [Captioner] 19:36:49 OHLONE COLLEGE WAS PUSHING A WEEK OR SO AGO, I CERTAINLY [Captioner] 19:36:52 HAVE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE [Captioner] 19:36:55 DETAILED REPORTING HERE. THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF NUMBERS AND LOTS [Captioner] 19:36:58 OF DETAILS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION, SO IT SEEMS TO [Captioner] 19:37:02 BE ALL WRITTEN DOWN ON [Captioner] 19:37:05 THE PAPERS, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 19:37:09 NUMBERS THERE, IT'S 6 1/2 MILLION, [Captioner] 19:37:12 SO MANY SQUARE FEET, SO IT'S WHAT, $300 A SQUARE FOOT, [Captioner] 19:37:15 AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:37:19 PEOPLE LIKE THE CITY -- LIKE A PARK [Captioner] 19:37:23 DISTRICT, OPEN SPACE DISTRICT, AND [Captioner] 19:37:26 THE EAST BAY [Captioner] 19:37:29 REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, THEY'RE PAYING A THOUSAND OR $1,300 A SQUARE FOOT [Captioner] 19:37:32 TO RENOVATE OR BUILD NEW BUILDINGS. IT'S [Captioner] 19:37:36 LIKE 1200, WHATEVER, IT'S A LOT -- SO THAT'S A LOT MORE, SO 1200 [Captioner] 19:37:38 IS A LOT MORE THAN $300 A SQUARE FOOT. [Captioner] 19:37:41 AND SO THAT'S GOOD, BUT THAT ASSUMES DO YOU [Captioner] 19:37:45 NEED -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE STRATEGY HERE, DO [Captioner] 19:37:48 YOU NEED MORE OFFICE SPACE. THE OTHER COMPANIES IN THE WORLD [Captioner] 19:37:51 ARE GETTING RID OF OFFICE SPACE, 20 OR 30% OF THE [Captioner] 19:37:54 OFFICE SPACE IN NEW YORK IS EMPTY, AND MAYBE MORE [Captioner] 19:37:57 THAN THAT IN SAN FRANCISCO. [Captioner] 19:38:01 SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO USE OFFICE SPACE FOR CITY [Captioner] 19:38:04 WORKERS, THAT WOULD BE GOOD, I GUESS. IT'S RIGHT THERE, IF YOU NEED [Captioner] 19:38:08 IT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. ALSO ANOTHER POSSIBILITY THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:38:11 MENTIONED WAS A HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING, WHICH MIGHT BE A PROFITABLE [Captioner] 19:38:14 THING, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU CONTROL THE PERMITTING AND [Captioner] 19:38:18 YOU CONTROL -- IT'S [Captioner] 19:38:21 KIND OF NICE TO BE ABLE TO JUST DO WHATEVER [Captioner] 19:38:24 YOU WANT AND [Captioner] 19:38:28 NOT VM THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER TELL YOU WHAT TO [Captioner] 19:38:32 DO, YOU TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. BUT THEN THE MAIN THING WOULD [Captioner] 19:38:35 BE THIS IDEA [Captioner] 19:38:37 OF THE CITY HALL, A MULTISTORE CITY HALL. [Captioner] 19:38:41 CUPERTINO DID ONE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THEM, AND THAT'S [Captioner] 19:38:44 WHAT $100 MILLION OR MORE, BECAUSE IF YOU DO -- IF [Captioner] 19:38:48 YOU'RE NOT BUILD IT FOR LESS [Captioner] 19:38:51 THAN $1,000 A SQUARE FOOT, YOU NEED A LOT OF SCARE FEET AND IT'S GOING TO [Captioner] 19:38:55 ADD UCH TO $100 MILLION OR MORE, AND I CALL THAT, IN [Captioner] 19:38:58 LIGHT OF THE QUESTIONABLE NEED FOR MORE CITY OFFICE SPACE, [Captioner] 19:39:01 MAYBE A TAJ MAHAL CITY HALL. TAJ [Captioner] 19:39:02 MAHAL. VERY APPROPRIATE IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:39:06 AND IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO MADE A MODEST PROPOSAL, [Captioner] 19:39:09 LIKE JONATHAN SWIFT DID IN 1729. ONE OF [Captioner] 19:39:12 THE SELLERS HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SELL THEIR RANCHES OR [Captioner] 19:39:15 FARMS, THEY GET TO KEEP THEIR [Captioner] 19:39:18 NAME, IT'S STILL THE SMITH FARM OR WHATEVER, AFTER THEY SELL IT. [Captioner] 19:39:22 AND SINCE ONE OF THE SELLERS HERE IS THE [Captioner] 19:39:26 ABRIO TRUST, AND I PROPOSED NAMING -- PUT A [Captioner] 19:39:29 BIG SIGN ON THIS BUILDING, THE [Captioner] 19:39:31 ABRILLO CENTER FOR MUNICIPAL INNOVATION. [Captioner] 19:39:34 I REALLY THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD. [Captioner] 19:39:37 IN HONOR OF THE SELLER, THE [Captioner] 19:39:41 ABRILLO TRUST, I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY SALUTATIONS [Captioner] 19:39:43 TO MY COMPATRIOTS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:53 >> NEXT SPEAKER, IF THERE'S ANY. >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S [Captioner] 19:39:55 THE LAST OF THE SPEAKERS IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM. [Captioner] 19:39:58 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE [Captioner] 19:40:01 PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK TO [Captioner] 19:40:04 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. I'LL HAVE COMMENTS AFTER YOU'RE ALL [Captioner] 19:40:05 DONE, BUT GO AHEAD. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:40:08 MADAME MAYOR. WELL, I THINK THIS IS A NO-BRAINER. [Captioner] 19:40:11 I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT SITE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR EXISTING [Captioner] 19:40:15 PROPERTY. AND SO [Captioner] 19:40:18 AN AREA KIND OF LIKE THE HEART OF FREMONT WHICH IS DOWNTOWN WHICH BRINGS [Captioner] 19:40:21 ALL OF OUR FIVE DISTRICTS TOGETHER, AND THIS ACCESS [Captioner] 19:40:24 LAND WILL GIVE US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO CONSOLIDATE [Captioner] 19:40:28 OPERATIONS, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE [Captioner] 19:40:32 VARIOUS SITES. SO I THINK THIS [Captioner] 19:40:35 IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I THINK WE [Captioner] 19:40:38 CAN DEFINITELY REALIZE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN [Captioner] 19:40:42 THE PAST. AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN [Captioner] 19:40:45 ECONOMIC EFFECT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND [Captioner] 19:40:48 HOPEFULLY STIMULATE THEM TO INVEST MORE AS WELL [Captioner] 19:40:51 . SO I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN, I MEAN, [Captioner] 19:40:54 THING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT IS THE CIVIC MASTER PLAN. [Captioner] 19:40:57 WE DID HAVE THAT BEFORE. I DON'T [Captioner] 19:41:00 KNOW IF WE SHELVED IT OR WHAT HAPPENED BUT IT KIND OF DIED SOMEWHERE. [Captioner] 19:41:04 AND SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND SEE HOW THIS [Captioner] 19:41:08 PARCEL FITS INTO THE LARGER [Captioner] 19:41:11 DOWNTOWN VISION, AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND [Captioner] 19:41:14 HOW WE WOULD ACHIEVE SOME [Captioner] 19:41:18 THINGS, AND PERHAPS WE MAY NOT HAVE THE PLAN THAT WE HAD [Captioner] 19:41:21 BEFORE, MAYBE SCALED DOWN OR SIMPLIFIED IN SOME WAYS, [Captioner] 19:41:24 BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ACTIVELY SUPPORT THAT, [Captioner] 19:41:28 SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A FOLLOW-UP IN THE FUTURE TO LOOK AT [Captioner] 19:41:30 THAT DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT AGAIN, HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS AND [Captioner] 19:41:33 THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES WE SHOULD DEFINITELY [Captioner] 19:41:35 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. WE DON'T GET CHANCES LIKE THIS OFTEN. [Captioner] 19:41:39 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG [Captioner] 19:41:41 . >> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:41:45 MADAME MAYOR. SO I AGREE THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL [Captioner] 19:41:49 OPPORTUNITY AS THIS LOCATION IS KIND OF A MISSING PIECE IN OUR [Captioner] 19:41:52 DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RELOCATE SOME [Captioner] 19:41:55 OF OUR CITY SERVICES, SUCH AS [Captioner] 19:41:58 OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE [Captioner] 19:42:02 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT DOWN ON LIBERTY TO CLOSER [Captioner] 19:42:06 TO OTHER SERVICES AND IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:42:09 PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY AND COMPREHENSIVE [Captioner] 19:42:13 SERVICE, AS WELL AS GIVING US KIND OF LONG TERM PLANNING AND FLEXIBILITY [Captioner] 19:42:16 IN OUR USAGE, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE SELLER HAS AGREED ON [Captioner] 19:42:19 OUR PROPOSAL AND IT'S A VERY FAIR PRICE AS [Captioner] 19:42:22 I HAD [Captioner] 19:42:25 SOME PRIOR REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE IN BOTH COMMERCIAL AND [Captioner] 19:42:29 RESIDENTIAL, AND I THINK THIS IS ESPECIALLY I THINK GIVEN, YOU [Captioner] 19:42:32 KNOW, THEY HAD AGREED TO THE 30-DAY DUE [Captioner] 19:42:35 DILIGENCE, WHICH IS VERY GENEROUS. SO I'M GLAD [Captioner] 19:42:38 TO SEE THAT, AND THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:42:41 DO A VERY THOROUGH [Captioner] 19:42:44 INVESTIGATION ON MANY OF THE EXISTING LEASES AS WELL AS PROPERTY [Captioner] 19:42:45 CONDITIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:42:51 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO ADD SOME COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:42:54 I THINK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, DO MAKE [Captioner] 19:42:57 SENSE IN TERMS OF THE PROXIMITY TO OUR VISION AND TRYING TO DELIVER THAT [Captioner] 19:43:01 COHESIVENESS WITHIN OUR PROJECT, AND ALSO HAVING THIS [Captioner] 19:43:05 DOWN TOWN SPINE. ALSO HAVING SEEN SOME OF THE PAST [Captioner] 19:43:08 IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSALS AT ONE POINT IN TERMS OF CIVIC, [Captioner] 19:43:11 I THINK IN SOME WAYS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, TOO, FOR [Captioner] 19:43:14 US TO REVISIT THE ORIGINAL [Captioner] 19:43:16 CONSTRUCTION. AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A CHOICE WHEN WE [Captioner] 19:43:20 LOOKED AT DIFFERENT PROJECT, AND I THINK FOR THE COUNCIL FROM WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:43:22 SEEING NOW, THAT WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AT THAT TIME. [Captioner] 19:43:26 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE REFER TO BUILDINGS AS TAJ MAHALS AND [Captioner] 19:43:29 HAVING SAT IN MANY CORPORATE LOCATIONS AND BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR [Captioner] 19:43:32 SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, I THINK THAT THIS WAS THE [Captioner] 19:43:35 RIGHT DECISION FOR THE IMPETUS IN TERMS OF HAVING THE DOWNTOWN EVENT [Captioner] 19:43:39 CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY WELL UTILIZED IN BRINGING A PLACE [Captioner] 19:43:42 OF GATHERING, AND I THINK THAT WHEN I [Captioner] 19:43:45 LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE NEXT STEP, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO LOOK [Captioner] 19:43:48 AT HOW MATERIALS HAVE CHANGED, BUILDING STYLES HAVE CHANGED. [Captioner] 19:43:51 I'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF -- JUST IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND [Captioner] 19:43:55 GREEN CONSTRUCTION, AND MODULAR, THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. [Captioner] 19:44:00 I HOPE TO COME BACK AND JOIN YOU ALL FOR WHEN THAT DAY [Captioner] 19:44:03 COMES, AND WE DO OPEN IT. I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO A [Captioner] 19:44:06 CERTAIN DEGREE OF EFFICIENCY. RIGHT NOW WE HAD -- WHEN [Captioner] 19:44:09 WE SHUT DOWN THE PREVIOUS CITY HALL, MOVED TO THIS [Captioner] 19:44:12 LOCATION, AND IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION, IT WAS MEANT TO BE [Captioner] 19:44:15 AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE BRING PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER AND HAVING [Captioner] 19:44:18 BEEN TO VISIT SOME OF THE OTHER CITY HALLS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND [Captioner] 19:44:21 ALSO IN OTHER REGIONS, IT DOES GATHER TO HAVE SOME [Captioner] 19:44:25 OTHER COHESIVENESS IN TERMS OF HAVING THE DEPARTMENTS IN [Captioner] 19:44:28 CLOSER PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER, WHILE ZOOM IS GREAT, [Captioner] 19:44:31 AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TELEWORKING AND MANY OF US ARE TRYING [Captioner] 19:44:34 TO REIMAGINE WHAT THE FUTURE IS. I DO HEAR FROM [Captioner] 19:44:37 SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:44:41 GATHERING SPACE AND THE COFFEE TALKS AND OTHER THINGS TO BRING PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:44:44 TOGETHER, AND I FEEL THAT IT WOULD [Captioner] 19:44:47 BE A GOOD ICON FOR US IN TERMS OF IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 19:44:50 SUNNYVALE JUST OPENED UP THEIR LOCATION, AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE [Captioner] 19:44:53 ABLE TO UTILIZE A LOT OF THE BUILDING [Captioner] 19:44:57 AND ALSO THE GATHERING [Captioner] 19:45:00 SPACE IN ART AND CULTURE THAT I THINK WOULD HELP DEFINE OUR CITY AS WE [Captioner] 19:45:03 MOVE FORWARD. WE'VE GONE FROM BEING FIVE SMALL TOWNS [Captioner] 19:45:06 THAT CAME TOGETHER, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT PHASES OF [Captioner] 19:45:10 OUR CITY, I [Captioner] 19:45:12 THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER [Captioner] 19:45:15 WE USE IT FOR OUR CITY CIVIC CENTER OR WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALSO IN THE [Captioner] 19:45:19 PAST PERFORMING ARTS, OR ALSO JUST A [Captioner] 19:45:22 GATHERING SPACE IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:45:26 FULFILLMENTS WE NEED TO COMMIT TO ALREADY WITH OUR [Captioner] 19:45:30 HOUSING ELEMENT, SO THIS WILL ALLOW MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR [Captioner] 19:45:32 NEXT STEPS. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. [Captioner] 19:45:35 WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? [Captioner] 19:45:38 >> Vice Mayor Cox: I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:45:42 I THINK IN LIGHT OF [Captioner] 19:45:45 EVERYTHING, I THINK THIS IS NOT ONLY A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, IT'S [Captioner] 19:45:48 A CHANCE IN A LIFETIME, THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO BUY SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT [Captioner] 19:45:52 IS AS CLOSE [Captioner] 19:45:55 TO -- AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET. AND I ALSO THINK [Captioner] 19:45:58 THAT IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT [Captioner] 19:46:03 THAT, YES, IT WOULD BE OCCUPIED AND OWNED BY CITY OF FREMONT, BUT ALSO [Captioner] 19:46:06 PASSING IT ON TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:46:10 UTILIZE FROM YEARS GOING FORWARD, AND I [Captioner] 19:46:13 THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S SO [Captioner] 19:46:17 DESERVING OF OUR CITY OF FREMONT, OUR [Captioner] 19:46:20 BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, EVERYONE HERE IN FREMONT CAN BE ABLE TO TAKE PART AND [Captioner] 19:46:23 ENJOY IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER POSSIBLY BEING [Captioner] 19:46:26 ABLE TO USE THIS [Captioner] 19:46:30 BUILDING, AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE CITY STAFF, [Captioner] 19:46:33 I APPRECIATE DCG AND ALL [Captioner] 19:46:36 THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING FOR COMING TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE TO MAKE THIS [Captioner] 19:46:40 HAPPEN. [Captioner] 19:46:43 , AND IT TAKING TEAM WORK OF EVERYONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, SO I [Captioner] 19:46:47 APPLAUD ALL OF YOU, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO QUICKLY PUT THAT MOTION [Captioner] 19:46:50 OUT AND GET IT DONE, BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I [Captioner] 19:46:52 FELT COMPELLED THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:46:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A [Captioner] 19:46:58 SECOND AND I'LL WAIT TO SEE THE COUNCIL'S VOTE, BUT I THINK JUDGING [Captioner] 19:47:01 FROM ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD THUS FAR, THAT THERE IS SUPPORT. [Captioner] 19:47:04 SO PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:47:12 THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:47:16 SO CONGRATULATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS DECISION, AND WE [Captioner] 19:47:19 LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND HAVING THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS. [Captioner] 19:47:25 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS COMMITTEE REPORTS ON [Captioner] 19:47:27 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS OUT? [Captioner] 19:47:36 I'LL SHARE ONE REAL QUICKLY. I SIT ON THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF [Captioner] 19:47:40 MAYORS BOARD, AND I CURRENTLY CHAIR THE [Captioner] 19:47:43 AAPI ALLIANCE, AND TODAY WE ISSUED A [Captioner] 19:47:46 STATEMENT, AND REQUEST FOR DONATION AND [Captioner] 19:47:49 INFORMATION ON THE LAHAINA RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:47:54 SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY IF WE COULD END THE MEETING IN A MOMENT [Captioner] 19:47:57 OF SILENCE FOR SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT [Captioner] 19:48:00 WE'VE SEEN THIS PAST WEEK IN TERMS OF THE TRAGEDY OVER IN [Captioner] 19:48:03 MAUI, AND WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:48:07 TO LOOK AT THE CONNECTIONS WE HAVE AS [Captioner] 19:48:10 MAYORS, CERTAINLY OHANA, THE IDEA IS [Captioner] 19:48:14 FAMILY, SO IF WE COULD THINK ABOUT ALL THEIRS, THE TRAGEDIES AND [Captioner] 19:48:17 IMPACTS. THE RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE A VERY [Captioner] 19:48:21 LONG TIME COMING, AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:48:24 HELPING TO AID THOSE IN THE FIRE AND THE [Captioner] 19:48:28 DESTRUCTION THAT [Captioner] 19:48:31 HAVE HURT THEIR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY SINCE SMALL TOWNS ARE SUCH THE [Captioner] 19:48:34 HEARTBEAT OF OUR COUNTRY. SO IF I COULD ASK IF WE COULD JUST [Captioner] 19:48:37 CLOSE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:48:53 THANK YOU. AND WITH [Captioner] 19:48:56 THAT, I'D SAY WE'RE BACK ON TO OUR RECESS.