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>> Mayor Mei: MAY I ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO,

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 PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN.


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT.
VICE

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 MAYOR COX, PRESENT.
MAYOR MEI, HERE.
SO

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 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THERE ARE VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS

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 AND COMMISSIONS.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THOSE, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT THE 

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COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS WEBPAGE AT FREMONT.GOV OR FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE

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 AT 510-284-4060.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

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 WISHING TO PARTICIPATE THIS EVENING VIA ELECTRONIC MEETING MAY DO SO AND SPEAK UNDER

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 PUBLIC COMMENT BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON OR IF DIALING IN, BY DIALING STAR NINE.


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I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE AGENDA AND IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE

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 KINDLY STATE YOUR NAME OR IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE 

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REPRESENTING.
SO IN ADDITION, PLEASE NOTE THAT EMAILS SUBMITTED TO CITY CLERK'S 

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OFFICE ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S

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 AGENDA CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV AND ARE PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.


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I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL 11:30 THIS EVENING IF NEEDED AND WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES

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 OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 

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MINUTES WE WILL TAKE THOSE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS.


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I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD, TO INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS

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 TIME AND TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI.


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JOINING ME THIS EVENING IS CITY ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO, OUR

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 CITY CLERK, SUSAN GAUTHIER, AND OUR MANAGEMENT

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 ANALYST, ALBERTO QUINTANILLA.
AS FAR AS ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, I'D JUST LIKE TO

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 SHARE THAT ON AUGUST 11, THE CITY ANNOUNCED THE NOTICE OF

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 FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN FREMONT.
THERE IS

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 APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS OR

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 SUSTAINABLE REHABILITATION OF EXISTING MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING

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 NEW AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING FOR EXTREMELY LOW, VERY LOW OR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.


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TO LEARN MORE, VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT

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 PROPOSALS IS OCTOBER 31ST.
AND THAT'S IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


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

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 TO NOTE FOR THE CLERK, PLEASE, THAT OUR COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN HAS ARRIVED.
AND THEN

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 ALSO THAT THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS NEXT ON OUR AGENDA AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE

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 PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR MAY DO SO BY PRESSING THE RAISE HAND

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 ICON OR IF DIALING IN, BY DIALING STAR NINE.
DOES THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAVE ANY

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 SPEAKERS ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> IN

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 PERSON, WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR 2H.
AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S

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 RAISED THEIR HAND ON ZOOM SO LET'S CHECK THAT ONE.


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SURESH, WHICH ITEM DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON?
>> I COULD NOT GET THE AGENDA.


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I WAS TO SPEAK DURING THE OPEN SESSION.


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CITY AGENDA ON THE WEBSITE, BUT I'LL MAYBE FIGURE THAT OUT LATER, WHAT'S GOING

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 ON.
>> Ms. Gauthier: FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS?


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WE'LL NOTE THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> Mayor

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 Mei: OKAY.
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU WANT TO PULL AN ITEM OR DID YOU WANT 

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TO --
>> Vice Mayor Cox: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE MOVE EVERYTHING ON THE 

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CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR 2H.


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>> Councilmember Keng: SECOND.
>> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


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PLEASE VOTE.


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AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU.


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AND THEN THIS EVENING I'M ALSO -- NEXT WILL BE OUR

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 CEREMONIAL ITEMS.
AND --
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE PERSON IS NOT

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 HERE YET.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
SHALL WE SKIP THAT UNTIL IT'S 

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AVAILABLE, OR THEY'RE AVAILABLE?


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WE'LL CONTINUE WITH NEXT OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT

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 LEAST ONE SPEAKER FOR THAT.
AND THOSE ARE FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA THIS 

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EVENING.
AND ANY PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON THOSE MATTERS MAY DO SO UNDER

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 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
AND COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED AGAIN VIA 

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EMAIL WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO DO SO

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 AT THIS TIME MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON THE RAISE

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 HAND ICON IF YOU'RE USING ZOOM AS THE APP OR IF BY DIALING IN, BY DIALING STAR NINE.


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AND AGAIN IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN, PLEASE KINDLY STATE YOUR NAME AND WHEN SPEAKING ON

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 BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE REPRESENTING.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS FOR --
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE'RE

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 GOING TO CALL ON KELLY ABREU FIRST FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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WELCOME, KELLY.


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>> IN CASTRO VALLEY THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE HAYWARD AREA RECREATION

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 DISTRICT AND THEY DO PARKS AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A CITY

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 COUNCIL SO YESTERDAY OR -- THEY HAD A STATE OF THE PARKS PRESENTATION

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 AND UPDATE BY THE RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT.


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AND THE CITY OF FREMONT HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR.
IT HAS

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 THE EBRPB CITY LIAISON COMMITTEE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO MEET THREE TIMES A

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 YEAR.
THREE TIMES A YEAR.
NOW, IT MET TWICE

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 IN 2016 AND 2017, AND 2018, AND

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 2021, BUT IN 2019, IT MET JUST ONCE, JUST ONCE IN 2020, JUST

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 ONCE IN 2022, AND IT MET ON APRIL 27TH

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 OF 2023.
THAT'S ONCE.
SO

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 IT SOUNDS LIKE A COUPLE YEARS OF ONCE AND A COUPLE YEARS OF TWICE THAT AVERAGES OUT TO WHAT, 1 1/2?


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IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THREE.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK, WELL, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, WELL, MAYBE

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 YOU SHOULD LIKE TURN ON -- LOOK AT THE SACRAMENTO BEE.
THEY COVERED THE STORY,

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 THE BIG NEWS.


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THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POLE AT MISSION PEAK.
HOW ABOUT

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 CROWN 4 BAY AREA NEWS, HOW ABOUT "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE," HOW ABOUT THE SAN JOSÉ MERCURY?


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I COULD GIVE YOU A WHOLE LIST OF ARTICLES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK OVER

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 THERE, AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE POLITICIANS WOULD BE INTEREST

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ED, EVEN THE CITY POLITICIANS SEEM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN MISSION PEAK WHEN IT'S TIME TO

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 RESTRICT PARKING, WHEN IT'S TIME TO CUT PARK HOURS, WHEN IT'S TIME TO LIMIT HOW MANY

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 RESTROOMS WE BUILD.
THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SURESH.


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>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


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>> Mayor Mei: YES.
>> 10 DAYS AGO, THE MISSION

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  PEAK -- AT THE SUMMIT OF MISSION PEAK WAS SLICED IN HALF AND TOSSED 200 FEET DOWN

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 THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN EERILY SILENT ON THIS

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 ACT OF VANDALISM, WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS HAD MANY, MANY LONG

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 AND LIVELY DEBATES REGARDING ACCESS TO MISSION PEAK.
BACK IN NOVEMBER 2021,

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 A COUNCILMEMBER MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ABOUT THE POLE:  IMAGINE IF WE HAD THAT

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 RIGHT ON MISSION BOULEVARD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLIMB THE PEAK.
WELL, IT SEEMS

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 THAT PHASE ONE OF OPERATION MISSION PEAK HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED.


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WE ARE NOW WAITING TO FIND OUT WHEN AND WHERE THE POLE WILL BE

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 REINSTALLED ON MISSION BOULEVARD SO THAT AS THE COUNCILMEMBER SUGGESTED IN

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 2021, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLIMB THE PEAK.
YOU COULD JUST TAKE THE PHOTO RIGHT 

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THERE AND THEN INVITE THEM FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


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I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN AGENDIZED ITEM BUT I KNOW THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING

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 IN CONCERT WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS WHO OWNS MISSION PEAK, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE IT

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 AT THAT, AND THEY WILL BE SHARING AN UPDATE AS THEY WORK IN CONCERT.
CERTAINLY

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 ALL OF US AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAD WHENEVER THERE IS VANDALISM OF ANY FACILITIES IN

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 OUR CITY, BE IT PARK OR OTHER CITY FACILITIES.
AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT'S WELL 

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LOVED AND WELL RECOGNIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE

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 CARE FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPENT TIME RECREATING IN OUR CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE

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 CONTINUED INTEREST AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS.


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AT THIS TIME, I WILL ALSO THEN TURN IT BACK TO SEE IF THERE'S THE

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 RECIPIENT, I THINK, HAS ARRIVED FOR THIS EVENING'S

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 CEREMONIAL.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
THANK YOU.


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AND I'LL BE COMING DOWN BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS EVENING WE'RE SHARING A PROCLAMATION FOR

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 CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023.
THANK YOU.


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I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.


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AND THIS IS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, IN SEPTEMBER 2020 THREA.


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 WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CHILDHOOD CANCER ORGANIZATION, CHILDHOOD CANCER

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IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DISEASE FOR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES.


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 WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CHILDHOOD CANCER ORGANIZATION, APPROXIMATELY ONE OF EVERY SIX 

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CHILDREN IS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE PAST FIVE YEARS OF AGE; AND WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ESTIMATES THAT

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 APPROXIMATELY 9,910 CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH

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 CANCER IN 2023; AND WHEREAS, THE POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST TO CHILDHOOD CANCER AND THE POTENTIAL 

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YEARS OF LIFE SAVED BY TREATMENT EXCEED ALL OTHER CANCERS WITH THE

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 EXCEPTION OF BREAST CANCER; AND WHEREAS, MOST CHILDREN CANNOT BE TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND

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 FAMILIES MUST FACE THE DISRUPTION OF RELOCATING TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AT A REGIONAL CANCER CENTER; AND

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 WHEREAS, AS A RESULT OF MAJOR TREATMENT ADVANCES IN RECENT

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 DECADES, MORE THAN 85 PERCENT OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER NOW SURVIVE FIVE YEARS OR MORE; AND WHEREAS, THE 

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SURVIVAL RATE OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED SINCE

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 THE MID-1970'S, WHEN THE FIVE-YEAR SURVIVAL RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58 PERCENT; AND WHEREAS, SURVIVAL RATES 

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VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CANCER AND OTHER FACTORS; AND WHEREAS, DUE TO CHILDREN’S

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 BODIES STILL GROWING AND CANCER TREATMENTS LARGELY GEARED

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 TOWARD USE ON ADULTS, CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS FROM TREATMENT.

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 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY

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 PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 2023 AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS,

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 BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT PROMOTE 

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AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER AND SUPPORT FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THIS DEVASTATING DISEASE NOT

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 JUST DURING SEPTEMBER BUT

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 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE CITY OF FREMONT CELEBRATES THE PROGRESS OF ALL RELATED ORGANIZATIONS IN AIDING 

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CHILDREN BATTLING CHILDHOOD CANCER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY RENEWING ITS COMMITMENT TO THAT CAUSE.

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SO I HAVE HERE TONIGHT MISS MEHTA, IF YOU WOULD COME AND SHARE SOME

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 WORDS, AND ALSO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I THINK GOLD IS THE COLOR THAT REPRESENTS THE

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 CHILDREN -- CHILDHOOD CANCER, SO THAT'S WHY I'M WEARING IT THIS EVENING.


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BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE COME AND SHARE.


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>> HI, EVERYONE.
I'M

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 HIS MOM, HE PASSED AWAY FIVE YEARS BACK IN 2018 WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD.


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HE -- HE WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIPG.
IT'S A

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 PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR, AND IT'S

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 TERMINAL, IT'S VERY AGGRESSIVE, THERE IS NO CURE, THERE IS ZERO PERCENT SURVIVAL, THERE

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 IS NO --

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 NEIL ARMSTRONG'S DAUGHTER HAD THIS IN THE 1960s WHEN SHE WAS 2 YEARS OLD AND FROM THERE UNTIL NOW,

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 THERE HAS BEEN NO RESEARCH DONE, NO PROGRESS DONE IN THIS DISEASE, AND FOR

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 ANY OTHER OF THESE KIND OF BRAINSTEM TUMORS, AND THE REASON

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 BEING BECAUSE THERE IS NO AWARENESS, BECAUSE WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO OUR CHILD, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS AT

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 ALL, AND WE HAD TO EVEN GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO GET TREATMENTS IN MEXICO AND

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 ALL EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS, AND HE --

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 THE REASON AWARENESS IS VERY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE ONLY WITH AWARENESS WOULD THERE

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 BE SOME RESEARCH AND THAT COULD PROBABLY LEAD TO SOME CURE.
AND LIKE MY SON DONATED HIS TUMOR TO

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 STANFORD HOSPITAL FOR RESEARCH, AND AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, WE HAVE NOW FORMED A

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 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW,

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 HELP AND FUND RESEARCH AND, YOU KNOW, DO SOME, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVEN

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 ADVOCACY, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A BILL PASSED IN THE SENATE

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 FOR HAVING TEE CLAIREING SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER MONTH BECAUSE CALIFORNIA

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 IS ONE OF THE 20 STATES IN THE U.S. WHICH HAS STILL NOT DECLARED

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 SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER MONTH.
SO IT'S IN THE -- IT'S IN THE HOUSE

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 RIGHT NOW, AND THEN IT WILL 50 TO THE GOVERNOR, BUT THE

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 REASON THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE ONLY IF PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT CHILDREN ARE DYING OF CANCER AND

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 KIDS ALSO GET CANCER, THEN ONLY THERE WILL BE SOME FEDERAL FUNDING.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, LIKE LITERALLY

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 ONLY LIKE LESS THAN 4% OF FEDERAL FUNDING GOES TO CHILDHOOD CANCER.
SO ALL

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 OF THE 20, 25,000 KIDS ARE JUST ALLOWED TO DIE AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING DONE FOR THEM.


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SO THERE'S ONLY LIKE FAMILIES WHOSE KIDS HAVE PASSED AWAY, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO -- THEY

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 HAVE FOUNDATIONS, THEY TRY TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUR KIDS BACK

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 BUT WE DON'T WANT OTHER FAMILIES TO GO THROUGH WHAT HAS

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 HAPPENED, AND SO AWARENESS AND

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 DOING SOMETHING AND CARING FOR THIS CAUSE IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND THERE ARE SO MANY

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 THINGS ONE CAN DO LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE RIGHT NOW, LIKE BREAST CANCER, EVERYBODY

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 IS AWARE, THE PINK RIBBON, EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT SEPTEMBER, LIKE, NOBODY EVEN KNOWS THE GOLD

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 RIBBON MUCH.
BUT IF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT MORE DURING YOUR, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES,

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 WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND ALL, IF YOU JUST KIND OF PASS THAT MESSAGE ON, AND IF MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THAT

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 COULD HELP, OR AT LEAST HELP SOME FOUNDATIONS WHO ARE TRYING TO DO SOME WORK, IF YOU CAN

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 DONATE, OR YOU KNOW, TRY TO TALK TO YOUR OFFICIALS, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE

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 DONE BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE IT AND ONCE YOU GO THROUGH IT, DOING SOMETHING AT THAT POINT IS VERY LATE, AND

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 THE TIME IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO CARE NOW AND TO FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT IT

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 NOW, BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY AT ANY TIME, TO ANY OF YOUR LOVED

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 ONES, BECAUSE IF WE THINK THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO US, LIKE WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE A CANCER

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 FAMILY, LIKE -- BUT IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
SO

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 I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR HEARTS, IF YOU NEED TO DO

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 SOMETHING FOR THE CHILD BECAUSE WHETHER A CHILD'S LIFE IS LOST, LIKE MORE THAN 70 YEARS OF LIVES ARE LOST.


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SO WE'RE NOT SAYING DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR ADULT CANCER, BUT LESS THAN 3% IS LIKE

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 VERY LITTLE, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DON'T REALLY DO MUCH BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE NOT

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 THERE, SO THE KIDS ARE THEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOMEBODY

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 NEEDS TO STAND UP AND BE THERE FOR THEM AND FIGHT FOR THEM.
SO

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 THANKS FOR CITY OF FREMONT FOR DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS PROCLAIMING IT FOR

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 THIS YEAR FOR SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER MONTH.
SO THANKS AND WE HOPE

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 TO TAKE THIS FURTHER, WE'RE GOING TO D.C.  NEXT WEEK FOR THE

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 CUREFEST AND OUR FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO FOR THE MOONSHOT PROGRAM, SO WE'RE GOING

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 TO GO AND TALK ABOUT THIS MORE THERE TOO.
AND TRY AND PUSH THE NEEDLE FURTHER

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 AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN'S SAKE.
SO THANK YOU.


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THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR LISTENING.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO,

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 AGAIN, THANK MAYOR MEI AND

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 -- TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO OTHERS AND

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 IS AN EFFORT TO SHOW THE LOVE AND LEGACY THAT WE CAN CREATE OUT OF THIS.


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SO I KNOW ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL, OUR HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR

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 FAMILY, BUT WE WISH YOU ALL GOD'S SPEED IN WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP IN TERMS OF GETTING

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 AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE.
SO BLESSINGS.


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NEXT IS -- WE'LL GO ON TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS.
WHICH BEGINS

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 WITH THE APPOINTMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WAIT, ONE MORE.


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2H, SORRY.
2H, THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK.


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LET ME BRING THAT ITEM, WHICH  IS --

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 THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FOR -- STATE FUNDING GRANTS FOR SIX COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS,

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 WIFI ACCESS EXPANSION PROJECT.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON THAT?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: KELLY ABREU.


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>> SO I LOOKED AT THE -- READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS A LITTLE BIT, AND I

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 COULDN'T FIGURE IT ALL OUT, BUT IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT 100

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 MEGABITS PER SECOND DOWNLOAD SPEED MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, SO THAT SOUNDS

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  LIKE -- I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THAT'S WIFI OR IF THAT'S A --

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 IF THAT'S REALLY A BROADBAND KIND OF A THING, WIRED CONNECTION.


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BUT IF IT IS BROADBAND AND WIRED

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 CONNECTIONS, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO ANY REAL COMMITMENT

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, ANY LEGALLY BINDING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE WIFI IN

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 THESE HOT SPOT AREAS, IN THESE SIX AREAS.
YOU KNOW, AND IF SOME OF THE -- MAYBE 

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THEY HAVE SOME OTHER PROGRAM.
AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE RVs AND LIVING IN THE TENTS,

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 MAYBE THEY ALL GET LITTLE PHONES FROM THE -- FROM

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 SOMEBODY, FROM SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCY MAYBE, AND MAYBE THOSE PHONES CONNECT TO

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 CELL PHONE TOWERS.
MAYBE THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW -- THEY DO

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 HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE WIFI ACCESS FOR PEOPLE

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 WALKING BY, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF

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 ANYBODY -- THESE AREAS ARE PROBABLY DENSELY POPULATED.
SOME OF THEM

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 ARE.
CENTERVILLE IS, IRVINGTON IS, NILES IS, AND IF YOU HAD PEOPLE WALKING

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 BY WHO -- MAYBE THEY DIDN'T PAY THEIR WIFI BILL THAT MONTH,

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 THEIR INTERNET BILL, MAYBE THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WITH NO

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 CONNECTION, MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WALK OVER AND, YOU KNOW, HOOK UP TO THE

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 WIFI.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE HAVE A REAL COMMITMENT TO DO WIFI.


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AND EVEN SIX SPOTS, SIX CITY CENTERS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE.


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NOT JUST FEED BROADBAND WIRED FIBER

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 WHATEVER TO THE BUSINESSES, WHICH IS GREAT, THEY NEED

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 WIFI TOO, BUT THE COST OF PROVIDING WIFI, PUTTING A BOX ON A

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 CITY-OWNED TOWER AND PROVIDING 100 FEET OR 500 FEET OR WHATEVER IT IS OF

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 RADIUS, OF ACCESS, IS NOT THAT HIGH, AND COMPANIES

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 PUT UP THESE -- YOU KNOW, THEIR CELL PHONE TOWER POINTS EVERYWHERE AROUND

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 TOWN, BUT THE CITY COULD -- BUT THOSE ALL -- YOU HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY THERE.


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CITY COULD DO MORE.
THANKS.


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>> Mayor Mei: IS THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKER ON THAT ITEM?
OKAY.


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SEEING NONE, I WAS WONDERING, I DON'T KNOW -- IS OUR CTO

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 AVAILABLE?
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE ANSWER, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SANDY, IF HE COULD 

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RESPOND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
IS HE ON ZOOM?
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: SANDY,

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 CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT JUST A BIT?
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND CITY 

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COUNCILMEMBERS.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M SANDY TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.


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SO REGARDING THIS ITEM, ACTUALLY WE HAVE TWO, THERE'S ITEM

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 2I AND 2H.


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 --
>> Mayor Mei: I'M SORRY, COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC A 

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LITTLE BIT?
I'M HAVING SOME STRUGGLES HEARING YOU.


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THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.


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>> City Mgr. Shackelford: GIVE HIM JUST A MOMENT.


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>> HELLO, EVERYBODY.
I AM EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IN MY OFFICE.


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SO -- HERE WE GO.


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BUT YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO JUST REALLY SPEAK ON TWO ITEMS.
ITEMS 2H

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 AND 2I.
THEY BOTH ARE APPROXIMATELY

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 $3 MILLION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING NOT ONLY FROM THE STATE, BUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.


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AND WE'LL BE USING OUR EXISTING FIBER BACKBONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO CONNECT UP

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 THESE SIX BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH WIFI.
THERE ISN'T

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 MENTION OF MINIMUM OF

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 100MG UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN OUR STAFF REPORT, BUT HOWEVER, WE EXPECT TO ACHIEVE

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 THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS DEPLOYMENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS

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 OPPORTUNITY.
IT WILL BE PROLIFERATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT ONLY IN THOSE AREAS, BUT WE 

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PLAN TO EXTEND IT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER AS WELL.
BUT TODAY, WE'LL JUST

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 BEGIN BY TOUCHING THESE SIX AREAS IN THE CITY.
>> Mayor Mei: SO JUST

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 A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I KNOW THE SPEAKER ASKED THIS QUESTION, AND MY BELIEF IS THAT WE ARE 

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NOT JUST DOING THE HARD WIRING BUT WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING THE WIFI, AND THE QUESTION IS,

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 ARE WE PROVIDING FREE ACCESS WITHIN THOSE AREAS WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OR

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 CIRCUMFERENCE OF THIS DEPLOYMENT?
>> YES, WE ARE.
THE PLAN

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 IS, IS THAT WE WILL USE OUR EXISTING, YOU KNOW, I.T. BUDGET TO PAY

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 FOR THE INTERNET ACCESS FEES,

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 BUT WE'VE RECEIVED GREATLY REDUCED COST FROM A LOCAL ISP WITHIN THE CITY OF FREMONT.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO AGAIN TO CLARIFY FOR THE CONSUMER OR THE PERSONS WALKING THROUGH THOSE SIX

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 DISTRICTS, WILL THEY BE GIVEN FREE ACCESS AND IS IT SOMETHING THEY NEED TO PAY

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 FOR?
>> MAYOR MEI, THE ACCESS WILL BE

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 FREE.
THE SSID OR THE NAME THAT WE PLAN TO GIVE

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 THIS FREE ACCESS WILL BE CALLED ACCESS FREMONT.
SO FROM ANY

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 SMART DEVICE, WHETHER IT'S A CELL PHONE OR A TABLET, THEY WOULD JUST SIMPLY LOOK

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 FOR THAT I.D., THAT WIFI, HOT SPOT I.D., CONNECT AND

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 THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GAIN FREE ACCESS.
AND THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR JUST FOLKS THAT ARE WALKING THROUGH

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 BUT IT'S LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT THE SIGNAL WILL PROPAGATE

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 INTO THEIR STOREFRONTS.


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>> Mayor Mei: GREAT.
I KNOW THAT'S PART OF WHY WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT 

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WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS FOR THAT STRATEGIC ASPECT, BECAUSE TOO OFTEN

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 WE'VE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO GO

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  TO -- I'VE SEEN THE ADS AND OTHER THINGS WHERE THEY'VE HAD TO GO TO MCDONALD'S OR DIFFERENT DMEUNT

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 COMMUNITY CENTERS AND WE'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH COMCAST, THEY'VE SUPPORTED SOME OF THOSE IN OUR 

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COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK, BUT 

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BEING SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY SOCIOECONOMICALLY AND ETHNICALLY, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, I THINK

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 IT ALSO HELPS SUPPORT SO MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.


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COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU HAVE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> Vice Mayor Cox: I WOULD JUST LIKE 

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TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
>> Vice Mayor Cox: I WOULD LIKE TO 

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MOVE THAT WE MOVE 2H, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE STATE FUNDING GRANT FOR

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 THE SIX COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS WIFI ACCESS EXPANSION PROJECT.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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I HAVE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND?


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL?
EITHER WAY.
OKAY.


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WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.


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AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS US AS WE MOVE 

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FORWARD TO PROVIDE RESILIENCY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO EQUITY IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS.


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ESPECIALLY FOR SUPPORTING SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.


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AND TO OUR I.T. TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: HOPEFULLY FOR LESS TECHNOLOGY

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 CHALLENGES, IT SOMETIMES CAN BE A BLESSING AS WELL AS A CHALLENGE.
ITEM 7B, APPOINTMENTS

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 TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, AND THESE ARE TO THE RECREATION COMMISSION AND YOUTH ADVISORY 

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COMMISSION.
AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION.


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MAY I GET A MOTION TO SUPPORT THAT, PLEASE?
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO?


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>> Councilmember Shao: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
>> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.


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>> Councilmember Salwan: I SECOND.
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.
MOTIONED AND SECONDED.


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COULD I PLEASE ASK FOR A VOTE?


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THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

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 COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE APPOINTED AND REAPPOINTED.
THANK YOU.


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AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, FOR THE RECORD.


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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM 7D, WHICH ARE REPORT ON COMMITTEE

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 ASSIGNMENTS.
SO THESE ARE COMMITTEES THAT YOU SERVE ON OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT OUT ON 

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ANY OF THOSE COMMITTEES, THAT WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, IS THIS FROM BEFORE?
OKAY.


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>> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT IN JULY, 

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I BECAME THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION OF

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 HACA, NAMELY HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE

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 MIDDLE OF RECRUITING A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE CURRENT ONE IS GOING

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 TO RETIRE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE ARE

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 CARRYING OUT THE SUCCESSION PLAN, AND WE WANT TO MAKE

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 SURE THE AGENCY IS CONTINUING ITS RIGHT COURSE AND

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 CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN.
>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, 

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MADAME MAYOR.
JUST WANTED TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT ON OCTOBER 19TH

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, EAST BAY DIVISION OF LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL BE HOSTING THE EVENT HERE IN FREMONT, SO I'D LOVE FOR ALL

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 OF YOU GUYS TO ATTEND OCTOBER 19, AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOCK THE VENUE.
THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I'LL REPORT OUT REAL QUICKLY ALSO FOR 

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THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, IN PARTICULAR, I HAD A

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 MEETING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE FOCUS THIS YEAR AGAIN IS ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE IMPACTS

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 THAT WE'RE SEEING.
AS WELL AS DURING THAT MEETING I HAD A CHANCE

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 TO WALK THE BORDER BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND MEXICO, AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE

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 SEEING WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ALSO THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS

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 REGARDING FENTANYL, THE IMPACT OF

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 DRUGS, AND ALSO, WE'VE ALSO -- I'VE ASKED STAFF TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AS WE 

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LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES AND HOW SOME OF THOSE ARE BEING APPROACHED IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, AND THERE'S

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 SOME GREAT VENDORS.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS MORNING, I HAD A

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 CHANCE -- I AM FORTUNATE THAT I SERVE WITH MY VICE MAYOR ON EAST BAY COMMUNITY ENERGY, AND THERE WAS A

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 MEETING FOR SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL TO TALK ABOUT THE CLEANTECH

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 AND RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUE

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ED GROWTH AND A LOT OF COMPANIES WERE REPRESENTED THERE BY THE CITY OF FREMONT AS THEIR LOCATION, AND THERE'S 

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A COUPLE THAT ARE OPENING UP NEW FACILITIES HERE AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS FOR US.


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I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND WHILE HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, HE MAY BE WATCHING BECAUSE I 

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HEARD HE STILL WATCHES OUR MEETINGS, I WANTED TO WISH FORMER MAYOR GUS MORRISON A

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 VERY HAPPY 88TH BIRTHDAY, SO WISH HIM ALL THE BEST.


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AND I THINK IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANTED TO

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 SAY, IF WE COULD PAUSE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TRAGEDIES THIS

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 LAST COUPLE DAYS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, FROM NATURAL DISASTERS, AND

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 SO IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND WE CAN CLOSE WITH THAT.


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THANK YOU.


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THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ALSO JOINED YESTERDAY IN COMMEMORATION

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 OF THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.
IT'S A DAY

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 THAT WILL CERTAINLY MARK OUR HISTORY AND SO MANY TAKE PAUSE ON THAT.
AND I WANTED TO

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 ALSO EXPRESS MY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS, TODAY IS NATIONAL POLICE WOMEN DAY, FOR ALL THOSE WHO

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 SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHO'VE BEEN TRAILBLAZERS AND

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 CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY I WANTED TO COMMEND THE CHIEF ALSO FOR OUR CONTINUED STRIVING AND

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 ALSO THE COUNCIL FOR 30 BY 30 WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE WE FOCUS ON TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITY IN TERMS OF 

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REPRESENTATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING