[Captioner] 19:01:20 ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:01:27 THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:01:33 MISS GAUTHIER? THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:01:39 >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAO -- I'M SORRY, I MISSED COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:01:43 SALWAN. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO IS HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. [Captioner] 19:01:47 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. VICE MAYOR COX, [Captioner] 19:01:51 HERE. MAYOR MEI, HERE. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:01:55 AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THERE'S VACANCIES [Captioner] 19:02:00 ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:02:04 THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE [Captioner] 19:02:08 OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE SEE OUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES WEBPAGE [Captioner] 19:02:12 ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE [Captioner] 19:02:17 TO DIAL -- CALL THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT [Captioner] 19:02:22 510-284-4060. EMAILS SUBMITTED [Captioner] 19:02:26 TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ARE COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY [Captioner] 19:02:30 COUNCIL AND CONSIDERED PART OF OUR CITY'S PUBLIC RECORDS. [Captioner] 19:02:35 AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF YOU'RE COMING HERE TODAY TO JOIN US, I WOULD [Captioner] 19:02:39 LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL 11:30 P.M. AND WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 [Captioner] 19:02:43 MINUTES OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR [Captioner] 19:02:47 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE'LL TAKE THOSE AT THE END OF THE EVENING [Captioner] 19:02:51 IF TIME REMAINS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, [Captioner] 19:02:55 KARENA SHACKELFORD, TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTRODUCE HER STAFF AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 19:03:00 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. WITH US THIS [Captioner] 19:03:04 EVENING, THERE IS OUR CITY OTHER THAN, RAFAEL ALVARADO. [Captioner] 19:03:08 ACROSS FROM ME IS OUR CITY CLERK, SUSAN GAUTHIER, AND OUR [Captioner] 19:03:13 MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ALBERTO QUINTANILLA, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR [Captioner] 19:03:17 SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WHO'S ALWAYS HERE WITH US, SERGEANT [Captioner] 19:03:22 KENNETH KWAK. NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:03:26 AT THIS TIME I'D ALSO LIKE TO THEN MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 19:03:30 ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL [Captioner] 19:03:36 STAND. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:03:43 CALENDAR? ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS? [Captioner] 19:03:47 THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE [Captioner] 19:03:49 ITEMS? OH, THANK YOU. SORRY. [Captioner] 19:04:03 OKAY, THANK YOU. SO I SEE VICE MAYOR TERESA COX AND [Captioner] 19:04:07 ALSO COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. IS THAT A MOTION AND A SECOND? >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES, I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 19:04:11 TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE ENTIRE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 19:04:16 >> Mayor Mei: AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:04:20 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:04:26 THANK YOU, AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE [Captioner] 19:04:31 STAFF RECOMMENDATION STANDING. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS [Captioner] 19:04:35 EVENING WE HAVE TWO CEREMONIAL ITEMS. THERE IS A PROCLAMATION FOR [Captioner] 19:04:39 HISPANIC HERITAGE [Captioner] 19:04:43 MONTH, WHICH JUST ENDED A FEW DAYS AGO. IT'S [Captioner] 19:04:48 TRADITIONALLY SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, [Captioner] 19:04:53 SO I WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME PATRICIA TO JOIN ME, PATTI, [Captioner] 19:04:56 SORRY, MONTEJANO. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DOWN THERE. [Captioner] 19:05:39 I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. [Captioner] 19:05:45 WHEREAS, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH STARTED AS HISPANIC HERITAGE [Captioner] 19:05:51 WEEK UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON IN 1968 AND WAS EXPANDED BY FORMER PRESIDENT [Captioner] 19:05:55 RONALD REAGAN IN 1988 TO COVER A THIRTY DAY PERIOD STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 15 AND ENDING ON OCTOBER 15; [Captioner] 19:06:01 AND WHEREAS, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE HISTORIES, CULTURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF [Captioner] 19:06:06 AMERICAN CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN AND [Captioner] 19:06:15 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA; AND WHEREAS, THE DIVERSE HERITAGE OF [Captioner] 19:06:19 THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE [Captioner] 19:06:24 ECONOMY, CULTURE, EDUCATION, ALL FIELDS, AND IDENTITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND MADE [Captioner] 19:06:32 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF FREMONT’S SUCCESS; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT RECOGNIZES THE MANY [Captioner] 19:06:36 CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THEIR DEEP COMMITMENT TO FAMILY AND [Captioner] 19:06:43 COMMUNITY, ENDURING WORK ETHIC, AND A PERSEVERANCE TO SUCCEED AND CONTRIBUTE TO [Captioner] 19:06:47 SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT ENCOURAGES THE RECOGNITION OF [Captioner] 19:06:52 THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY WITHIN THE [Captioner] 19:06:56 GREATER TRI-CITIES AREA AS PART OF THE CITY OF FREMONT’S [Captioner] 19:07:00 COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND CULTURAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS; AND WHEREAS, THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:07:05 CITY COUNCIL ENCOURAGES ALL TO PROMOTE AND JOIN IN THE [Captioner] 19:07:08 APPROPRIATE CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FREMONT. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY [Captioner] 19:07:14 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY DECLARES SEPTEMBER 15 – OCTOBER 15 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE [Captioner] 19:07:20 MONTH IN APPRECIATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS [Captioner] 19:07:25 MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:07:28 SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, PATTI, FOR COMING. [Captioner] 19:07:35 >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:07:53 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR [Captioner] 19:07:57 HAVING SUCH A GREAT MOMENT FOR ME. IT'S MY LAST ONE -- WELL, MY LAST ONE IN PERSON [Captioner] 19:08:01 AS I'M TERMING OUT AS HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONER. BUT I'M SO GLAD TO [Captioner] 19:08:05 HAVE BEEN PART OF WONDERFUL EIGHT YEARS OF BEING PART OF SUCH [Captioner] 19:08:10 A GREAT COMMUNITY. I MAY BE OFF THE COMMISSION BUT I TEND TO DABBLE AND GET [Captioner] 19:08:14 MYSELF INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE HERE AND THERE SO I'M NOT [Captioner] 19:08:18 COMPLETELY GONE BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TONIGHT, THIS MEANS A GREAT DEAL FOR ME, [Captioner] 19:08:22 MY FAMILY AND EVERYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:08:26 >> Vice Mayor Cox: MADAME MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE THAT OUR [Captioner] 19:08:31 COMMISSIONER PATTI MONTEJANO WAS HONORED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER ALEX [Captioner] 19:08:35 LEE AS WELL AS ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR ALYSSA [Captioner] 19:08:39 MARQUEZ AT THE RECENT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AND [Captioner] 19:08:45 SHE WAS THE HONOREE FOR THIS LAST MONTH, SO I'D JUST LIKE [Captioner] 19:08:48 TO RECOGNIZE THAT BEFORE OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT FREMONT WAS IN THE HOUSE. [Captioner] 19:08:52 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:08:56 >> Mayor Mei: WE'RE SO MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT YOURSELF AND SO MANY [Captioner] 19:09:01 OTHERS HAVE REPRESENTED OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS, AND [Captioner] 19:09:05 I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL JOIN US. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD IN [Captioner] 19:09:09 OUR CITY, BESIDES THIS HONOREE, WE ALSO HAVE HAD THREE [Captioner] 19:09:13 SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THAT RESOURCE HERE IN [Captioner] 19:09:18 OUR CITY AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE OTHER HOLIDAY, SO [Captioner] 19:09:22 WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS AS WELL AS, I WOULD SAY SOCCER BUT MY SON [Captioner] 19:09:26 WOULD CORRECT ME AND TELL ME IT'S FOOTBALL, SO I KNOW THAT WITH THE WORLD CUP AND OTHER THINGS [Captioner] 19:09:30 COMING, THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. AND OF COURSE WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR [Captioner] 19:09:33 CONTINUED PARTICIPATION, AND THAT WE WELCOME THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:09:46 ALSO THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. [Captioner] 19:09:51 SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR [Captioner] 19:09:55 FORMER TRUSTEE -- CURRENT TRUSTEE [Captioner] 19:09:59 FOR NEW HAVEN -- SURE. I'M GOING TO READ THIS. [Captioner] 19:10:15 WHEREAS, CALIFORNIA IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO THE LARGEST FILIPINO AMERICAN POPULATION IN THE NATION THAT [Captioner] 19:10:20 CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TO SHAPING, ADVANCING, AND ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 19:10:24 NEARLY 100,000 FILIPINOS LIVE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, REPRESENTING 6% OF ITS TOTAL POPULATION; AND WHEREAS, [Captioner] 19:10:28 FILIPINO AMERICANS ARE THE THIRD LARGEST ASIAN AMERICAN GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES [Captioner] 19:10:32 AND THE SECOND LARGEST ASIAN AMERICAN GROUP IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; AND WHEREAS, THE FILIPINO AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:10:38 NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY [Captioner] 19:10:49 RECOGNIZES THE YEAR 1763 AS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PERMANENT FILIPINO SETTLEMENT IN USA IN [Captioner] 19:10:56 SAINT MALO, LOUISIANA; AND SORRY, MY EYES ARE NOT AS [Captioner] 19:11:01 GREAT AS THEY COULD BE. WHEREAS, IN NOVEMBER 2009, THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PASSED A [Captioner] 19:11:05 RESOLUTION TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS FILIPINO [Captioner] 19:11:09 AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH; AND WHEREAS, FILIPINO MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS [Captioner] 19:11:17 TO ALL AREAS OF LIFE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT, [Captioner] 19:11:22 BUSINESS, EDUCATION, ARTS AND SCIENCES, MEDICINE AND [Captioner] 19:11:28 HEALTHCARE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE MILITARY; AND [Captioner] 19:11:31 WHEREAS, FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF ENGAGING IN SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE NATION [Captioner] 19:11:36 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE UNITED [Captioner] 19:11:41 FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT AND THE HAWAII SUGAR PLANTATION; AND WHEREAS, THE FILIPINO AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:11:45 COMMUNITIES HAVE SHARED THEIR RICH CULTURE AND TRADITIONS [Captioner] 19:11:50 WITH NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WHILE SETTING EXAMPLES AS MODEL CITIZENS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. NOW, THEREFORE, THE [Captioner] 19:11:56 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2023 [Captioner] 19:12:01 AS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH AT THE CITY OF FREMONT AND ENCOURAGE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:12:08 COMMUNITY TO CONTINUALLY ENGAGE IN EFFORTS TO LEARN, RESPECT AND ENGAGE THE HISTORY OF THE [Captioner] 19:12:12 FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THAT WONDERFUL EVENT, [Captioner] 19:12:16 PERHAPS YOU CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, I THINK THIS IS [Captioner] 19:12:20 AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:12:43 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON [Captioner] 19:12:47 BEHALF OF THE FILIPINO NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN THE EAST BAY, WHICH [Captioner] 19:12:52 IS ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES, AND I WOULD [Captioner] 19:12:56 LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:13:00 INTRODUCE WHO'S WITH ME. THIS IS VICTORIA SANTOS, SHE [Captioner] 19:13:04 IS ONE OF THE NATIONAL BOARD TRUSTEES FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA. WE HAVE OVER 40 [Captioner] 19:13:09 CHAPTERS -- >> 43. >> 43 CHAPTERS ALL AROUND THE UNITED [Captioner] 19:13:13 STATES, AND EDITH, AND DENNIS BACK THERE. SO WE ARE HERE [Captioner] 19:13:17 AS MEMBERS TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. [Captioner] 19:13:22 AND WHAT MAYOR MEI, LILY MEI WAS SHARING WAS THAT ON [Captioner] 19:13:27 OCTOBER 7, WE HAD A FILIPINO HISTORICAL [Captioner] 19:13:31 HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION AT VERA CRUZ MIDDLE [Captioner] 19:13:35 SCHOOL. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY. WE HAD [Captioner] 19:13:39 THE TOPICS OF STANDING ON YOUR SHOULDERS, REPRESENTATION [Captioner] 19:13:44 MATTERS, AND LEGACY, AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT OF PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:13:48 WE HAD ALMOST 500 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT EVENT, SO [Captioner] 19:13:52 WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING US. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:13:56 I WILL NOT TAKE MORE TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, AND WE [Captioner] 19:14:02 WILL SHARE IT -- WE'LL SEE YOUR FACES ON FACEBOOK [Captioner] 19:14:04 TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:08 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:14:37 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT [Captioner] 19:14:41 WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT GREAT AUTHORS LOCALLY TOO, AND RESOURCES, [Captioner] 19:14:46 AND SO AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE IS BANTER BOOKSTORE AND THEY HAVE ONE OF THE BOOKS [Captioner] 19:14:50 FROM ONE OF THE AUTHORS WHO IS LOCAL HERE TO CELEBRATE FILIPINO HISTORY. SO [Captioner] 19:14:54 WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THE ACCESS TO THESE WONDERFUL [Captioner] 19:14:58 RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS. NEXT ON [Captioner] 19:15:02 OUR CALENDAR THIS EVENING IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA ITEM -- OR ACTUALLY IT'S [Captioner] 19:15:07 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. AND AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR [Captioner] 19:15:10 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS? >> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE FOUR. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:15:15 THIS IS FOR ANY PERSONS TO SPEAK ON MATTERS WHICH ARE NOT SCHEDULED THIS EVENING ON THE [Captioner] 19:15:19 AGENDA, MAY DO SO UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SECTION OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:15:23 AND THE COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED, AGAIN, VIA EMAIL ARE PLACED [Captioner] 19:15:27 ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF PUBLIC RECORD. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY [Captioner] 19:15:32 AGENDA ITEM THAT'S NOT SCHEDULED THIS EVENING, THE COUNCIL CANNOT [Captioner] 19:15:36 TAKE ACTION, NOR RESPOND TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE BROUGHT [Captioner] 19:15:40 UP UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL TAKE NOTE OF THESE. [Captioner] 19:15:44 AND HOWEVER THE ITEM COULD BE AGENDIZED FOR A FUTURE MEETING IF THE COUNCIL MAKES A [Captioner] 19:15:48 REFERRAL TO S STAFF FOR A REPORT BACK. WHEN [Captioner] 19:15:53 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE KIND LIE STATE YOUR NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU [Captioner] 19:15:57 ARE REPRESENTING AND A BELL WILL RING WHEN 30 SECONDS ARE REMAINING [Captioner] 19:16:01 FOR YOU TO SUM UP YOUR COMMENTS AND THE BELL WILL RING AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME [Captioner] 19:16:04 AS ENDED. SO IF YOU COULD CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:16:08 THREE MINUTES, THERE'S ONLY FOUR SPEAKERS. >> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:16:13 THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BENJAMIN YEE, FOLLOWED BY KELLY ROSE. [Captioner] 19:16:21 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. >> HI. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO I AM. [Captioner] 19:16:25 THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY [Captioner] 19:16:29 STAFF, THEY'RE ALL SMILING RIGHT NOW. I'M [Captioner] 19:16:33 EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU AND ANNOUNCE. [Captioner] 19:16:37 IT'S ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE JUST HAD THE PROCLAMATION FOR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, [Captioner] 19:16:42 SO THE MAYOR AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST COUPLE [Captioner] 19:16:47 WEEKS WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST PHILIPPIAN [Captioner] 19:16:51 CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND I HAD JUST GOT [Captioner] 19:16:55 OFF THE PHONE WITH THEM, AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH [Captioner] 19:17:00 PAPPE MACHINERY. THEY BOTH HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AND AGREED THAT ON [Captioner] 19:17:04 THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH, FROM 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M., THEY WILL BE GIVING [Captioner] 19:17:08 AWAY FOOD TO 100 NEEDY FAMILIES. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THEY [Captioner] 19:17:12 WILL BE DOING THAT ON THE 29TH FROM 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M. [Captioner] 19:17:17 SO THE NAME OF THE EVENT, THEY JUST SENT TO ME, SO BEAR WITH [Captioner] 19:17:21 ME, IT'S CALLED THE FELIX [Captioner] 19:17:25 E.MONOLO FOUNDATION CARE FOR HUMANITY IN HONOR OF THE [Captioner] 19:17:30 BIRTHDAY OF NICRISTO [Captioner] 19:17:34 EXECUTIVE -- EDWARD DOUGH NOLO. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SO I WON'T TAKE UP THREE MINUTES, [Captioner] 19:17:39 I THINK I'M DONE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:46 >> Ms. Gauthier: KELLY ROSE. >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, KELLY. >> Ms. Gauthier: [Captioner] 19:17:50 FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 19:17:55 >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I'M HERE TONIGHT AS [Captioner] 19:18:00 A PRIVATE CITIZEN CONCERNED ABOUT A [Captioner] 19:18:05 HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT IS ON THE RISE ON [Captioner] 19:18:10 CHAPELWAY IN FREMONT AT IRVINGTON AVENUE. [Captioner] 19:18:16 THIS ENCAMPMENT HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST WEEK. [Captioner] 19:18:20 THERE'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE RVs [Captioner] 19:18:24 AND THREE CARS ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF CHAPEL WAY, AND [Captioner] 19:18:30 THERE'S 3RVs AND ONE CAR ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE. ALL OF THESE [Captioner] 19:18:34 VEHICLES ARE WITHIN 166 YARDS OF [Captioner] 19:18:38 THE SCHOOL. THEY ALL FALL WAY [Captioner] 19:18:42 CLOSER THAN THAT. I SPOKE WITH THE PRINCIPAL [Captioner] 19:18:47 TODAY, CHRIS -- I CAN'T REMEMBER HER LAST NAME, WHO SAYS THAT [Captioner] 19:18:53 SHE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT [Captioner] 19:18:57 AND ALSO SUPERINTENDENT [Captioner] 19:19:02 CAMMACK WITH [Captioner] 19:19:07 NO AVAIL. I ALSO MET WITH -- [Captioner] 19:19:11 FLORES AND OFFICER MANDY SING AS THEY WERE COMING OUT TO SURVEY [Captioner] 19:19:15 THE SITUATION BASED ON THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. SO MY [Captioner] 19:19:19 CONCERN IS THAT IT'S A PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:19:23 SAFETY ISSUE, NOT ONLY TO THE CHILDREN BUT TO THE PUBLIC. YOU CANNOT [Captioner] 19:19:28 FREELY DRIVE DOWN THE NORTHBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND LANES [Captioner] 19:19:32 OF CHAPEL WAY BECAUSE THERE'S A PROPANE TANK ON THE [Captioner] 19:19:36 NORTHBOUND SIDE AND THERE'S A GENERATOR IN THE STREET ON THE [Captioner] 19:19:41 SOUTHBOUND. WE COMPLAIN, THEY MOVE THEM, BUT ALSO THE STREETS ARE [Captioner] 19:19:45 OBSTRUCTED -- OR EXCUSE ME -- THE SIDEWALKS ARE [Captioner] 19:19:49 OBSTRUCTED SO THE KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED NOW TO BE WALKING FREELY DOWN THE STREETS, AND PERSONALLY [Captioner] 19:19:53 I WOULDN'T WANT MY 11-YEAR-OLD WALKING TO HORNER SCHOOL ON THESE STREETS BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:19:57 THERE'S OFTENTIMES FECES, NEEDLES, BEER [Captioner] 19:20:02 BOTTLES, GLASSES OF URINE, DEBRIS, [Captioner] 19:20:07 GARBAGE, AND AS OF MONDAY, YESTERDAY, THERE WAS TWO PIT BULLS. [Captioner] 19:20:12 AND WHETHER THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW [Captioner] 19:20:16 THAT THERE'S OTHER CITIES [Captioner] 19:20:21 IN CALIFORNIA. IN L.A., THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:20:26 PUT A BAN ON -- THEY HAVE AN ORDINANCE, I GUESS I WANT TO KNOW WHAT [Captioner] 19:20:30 FREMONT IS GOING TO BE DOING ABOUT THIS. IT ALSO IS NEXT TO A CEMETERY, THERE'S [Captioner] 19:20:35 BEEN CONSIDERABLE VANDALISM. THEY HAVE SET VANS ON [Captioner] 19:20:39 FIRE, THEY HAVE DISRUPTED [Captioner] 19:20:43 PROCESSIONS, AND IT JUST CONTINUES AND I'M HOPING SOMETHING CAN BE DONE BY FREMONT TO BRING IN AN [Captioner] 19:20:48 ORDINANCE TO MAKE A [Captioner] 19:20:52 BAND FOR ENCAMPMENTS BY SCHOOLS. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF [Captioner] 19:20:56 IT'S CONTINUED TO BE ALLOWED. AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, BUT THE HOMELESS [Captioner] 19:21:00 TASK FORCE LADY SAID THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, BUT THEY'RE NOT. [Captioner] 19:21:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. >> Ms. Gauthier: JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 19:21:12 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH ONLINE [Captioner] 19:21:17 DISCOURSE THESE DAYS IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE CAN MAKE COMMENTS ANONYMOUSLY, [Captioner] 19:21:21 OR EVEN JUST REMOTELY, THEY CAN BE TEMPTED TO SAY THINGS THEY WOULD NOT [Captioner] 19:21:25 SAY WHEN FACING A REAL PERSON. AND FOR THAT REASON, I THINK [Captioner] 19:21:29 THESE RECENT CHANGES TO THE ZOOM COMMENTING POLICY ARE MOSTLY A GOOD THING. [Captioner] 19:21:33 THERE'S A DIFFERENT TEMPTATION THAT HAS CONCERNED ME FOR A FEW YEARS, THOUGH, AND [Captioner] 19:21:37 THAT'S THAT ZOOM OFFERS TOOLS TO MEETING ORGANIZERS WHICH THEY COULD [Captioner] 19:21:42 USE TO CURATE, CENSOR OR OTHERWISE LIMIT THE SPEECH OF [Captioner] 19:21:46 PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE UNFLATTERING OR INCONVENIENT. [Captioner] 19:21:52 DO I THINK THAT'S HAPPENED IN THESE MEETINGS HERE? I DON'T THINK SO, [Captioner] 19:21:56 BUT IF IT HAD HAPPENED, IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW AND THOSE OF US IN THE [Captioner] 19:22:00 AUDIENCE CAN'T REALLY KNOW, THAT NATURALLY LOWERS OUR CONFIDENCE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE ALL ON [Captioner] 19:22:05 THE UP AND UP COMPARED TO AN OPEN MEETING FORMAT LIKE THAT. THAT'S [Captioner] 19:22:08 JUST ONE OF THE COSTS OF USING ZOOM. THE PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO ZOOM, THOUGH. [Captioner] 19:22:13 LAST MONTH, I WAS AT A TALK BY AN ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:22:17 COUNTY OFFICIAL WHICH ALLOWED QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT THE QUESTIONS WERE ROUTED THROUGH [Captioner] 19:22:21 A MODERATOR, WHO AS IT TURNED OUT WAS A CLOSE ALLY OF THE SPEAKER. NOW [Captioner] 19:22:25 WAS THE MODERATOR DOING A GREAT, EVEN-HANDED [Captioner] 19:22:30 JOB OF -- OR WAS HE CAREFULLY CURATING [Captioner] 19:22:34 THEM TO BENEFIT THE SPEAKER? IN THE AUDIENCE, WE COULD NOT KNOW, THAT [Captioner] 19:22:39 NATURALLY REDUCED -- WHEN YOU EXPOSE YOUR THOUGHTS TO PUBLIC CRITICISM [Captioner] 19:22:43 OR EVEN RIDICULE, THAT IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH AND OVER TILE, IT COULD HELP MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS STRONGER [Captioner] 19:22:47 THROUGH THE TESTING AND CHALLENGING THEY GET. WHEN INSTEAD YOU [Captioner] 19:22:52 GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO CONTROL SPEECH, THAT IS A SIGN [Captioner] 19:22:56 OF WEAKNESS AND OVER TIME, IT MAKES YOUR THOUGHTS WEAKER. IN THESE MEETINGS HERE, [Captioner] 19:23:00 I HAVE THROWN SOME PRETTY ROUGH STUFF AT THE COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS. TO [Captioner] 19:23:04 YOUR CREDIT, YOU HAVE TAKEN IT. THERE WAS MAYBE ONE EXCEPTION, BUT NEVER [Captioner] 19:23:08 MIND THAT. SARCASM IS NOT NICE. [Captioner] 19:23:12 IT CAN BE VERY UNPLEASANT TO RECEIVE, BUT SARCASM IS A [Captioner] 19:23:16 PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE TOOL OF COMMUNICATION, AND WHEN YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME, IT CAN BE THE [Captioner] 19:23:21 ONLY WAY TO GET A POINT ACROSS. [Captioner] 19:23:26 NICENESS, POLITENESS ARE GOOD THINGS. THEY ARE NOT SUBSTITUTES FOR CONTENT OR CLARITY. [Captioner] 19:23:30 WHEN SOMEBODY YOU KNOW COMES BACK FROM THE HAIRDRESSER AND ASKS, HOW DOES IT LOOK AND [Captioner] 19:23:35 YOU'RE THINKING, UM, UH, YOU MIGHT FIND [Captioner] 19:23:39 A TEMPORARY WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS JAM TODAY, BUT IF YOU [Captioner] 19:23:44 CARE, YOU SHOULD SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT'S USEFUL INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S WHAT [Captioner] 19:23:48 THE PERSON WANTED TO HEAR AT THE MOMENT OR NOT. IN THESE MEETINGS HERE GOING FORWARD, [Captioner] 19:23:52 IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL THE GREATEST TEMPTATION TO LIMIT SOMEONE'S SPEECH BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:23:56 IT'S NOT NICE, THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU SHOULD EXERCISE THE GREATEST [Captioner] 19:24:00 RESTRAINT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE IN THE WRONG. [Captioner] 19:24:06 CRITTISMS, DISSENTING SPEECH ARE VIABLE INFORMATION EVEN WHEN PRESENTED RUDELY BY RUDE PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:24:14 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL [Captioner] 19:24:19 CARPELOVICH. [Captioner] 19:24:24 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR MEI. I LIVE IN THE [Captioner] 19:24:29 BROOKVALE NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT 2. I COME TO YOU TO BRING ATTENTION TO AN [Captioner] 19:24:33 ISSUE I THINK YOU'LL AGREE IS RELEVANT TO ALL RESIDENTS OF FREMONT. THAT [Captioner] 19:24:37 IS MY MORNING BIKE COMMUTE TO THE TRAIN STATION. I'M JOKING OF COURSE [Captioner] 19:24:41 BUT IT OPENS MY EYES TO A SAFETY ISSUE EVERY TIME I HAPPEN TO BE [Captioner] 19:24:45 RIDING BY AMERICAN HIGH AROUND 8:00 A.M. THE [Captioner] 19:24:49 BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PARENTS [Captioner] 19:24:53 DOUBLE PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE [Captioner] 19:24:58 DROPPING OF OH THEIR KIDS MAKE IT COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND UNUSABLE. WHEN PARENTS SEE THIS [Captioner] 19:25:02 THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE LETTING THEIR KIDS RIDING TO SCHOOL AND DRIVE THEM [Captioner] 19:25:05 INSTEAD. THIS MAKES MORE TRAFFIC, MAKING IT LESS SAFE TO BIKE OR WALK. [Captioner] 19:25:10 IF IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M TALKING IN CIRCLES IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS AN INSIDIOUS [Captioner] 19:25:14 CYCLE THAT MAKES ITSELF WORSE AND WORSE IF IT IS NOT STOPPED. PLEASE ASK THESE [Captioner] 19:25:18 QUESTIONS WHEN PLANS AND PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. ASK YOUR [Captioner] 19:25:22 STAFF, HOW WILL THIS DESIGN PREVENT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM BEING TAKEN OVER [Captioner] 19:25:26 BY CARS? SIGNS AND [Captioner] 19:25:31 PAINT DO NOT AGAINST THE OVERWHELMING FORCE [Captioner] 19:25:38 OF PARENTS, ABOVE ALL ELSE. DO NOT ALLOW FOR COMPROMISES IN THE DESIGNS WHEN [Captioner] 19:25:42 THEY WILL PUT KIDS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DANGER EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. [Captioner] 19:25:46 A ROAD DESIGN DOES NOT NEED TO BE WELL DESIGNED FOR NOON ON A [Captioner] 19:25:51 SATURDAY. DESIGNED FOR 8:00 A.M. ON A [Captioner] 19:25:55 WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU. >> Ms. [Captioner] 19:25:59 Gauthier: THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO JUST ADD [Captioner] 19:26:04 SOME UPCOMING EVENTS AND AK SE [Captioner] 19:26:08 ACCESS, WHILE I CAN'T ANSWER NON- AGENDIZED QUESTIONS THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS [Captioner] 19:26:12 I WANT TO SHARE. ONE IS OUR CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 19:26:16 MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND AS SUCH, WE ARE ROTATING THROUGH THE DISTRICTS WITH WALKS AND [Captioner] 19:26:20 RIDES, AS WELL AS THERE'S BEEN A SURVEY SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 19:26:24 PARTICIPATE IN THAT. IN FACT, THIS WEEKEND WE HAD TWO OF THOSE IN OUR CITY. [Captioner] 19:26:29 AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR THE COMMENTS IN GENERAL ABOUT [Captioner] 19:26:34 THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY, THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY HAS A JOINT MEETING [Captioner] 19:26:38 A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR, THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE COMING UP ON [Captioner] 19:26:44 OCTOBER 30TH, WHAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN OCTOBER 2ND BUT IT'S RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 30TH. [Captioner] 19:26:48 SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ADDRESS THINGS OF INTEREST TO [Captioner] 19:26:52 THE TWO PARTIES, THAT MIGHT BE A [Captioner] 19:26:56 A GOOD PLACE TO EXPRESS THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BOTH BE [Captioner] 19:27:01 THERE, SUPERINTENDENT CAMMACK, THE TRUSTEES AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL. SO I JUST WANT TO [Captioner] 19:27:05 THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. [Captioner] 19:27:09 AND ALSO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A [Captioner] 19:27:14 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE PLAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, SO I'D ASK THAT PEOPLE PROVIDE THOSE [Captioner] 19:27:18 FEEDBACKS, AND THEN ALSO AS WE AND THE COUNCIL, WHILE [Captioner] 19:27:23 WE MAY REPRESENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND DISTRICT, I BELIEVE WE ARE INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:27:27 ALL OF THE CITY AND ALL THE DISTRICTS, AND SO YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO SPEAK WITH [Captioner] 19:27:31 US, BECAUSE WE WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AS [Captioner] 19:27:36 WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR OUTREACH AND FOR ALL THE COMMENTS OF THE [Captioner] 19:27:40 PEOPLE WHO'VE COME THIS EVENING. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM IS [Captioner] 19:27:44 ACTUALLY OUR RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE ANNUAL REPORT. AND PROGRAM FEE. [Captioner] 19:27:49 DISCUSSION. OUR CDBG ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT [Captioner] 19:27:54 LOPEZ WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW, AND SO [Captioner] 19:27:58 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME [Captioner] 19:28:02 MR. LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING, [Captioner] 19:28:06 MAYOR MEI AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. [Captioner] 19:28:11 JUST QUICKLY, THE RENT REVIEW, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU [Captioner] 19:28:15 TONIGHT IS THE ANNUAL RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE REPORT [Captioner] 19:28:19 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 COVERING JULY 1ST, 2022 TO [Captioner] 19:28:24 JUNE 30TH, 2023. THE SECOND PART IS ALSO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 FEE [Captioner] 19:28:29 SETTING RECOMMENDATION OF $14 PER RENT REVIEW ELIGIBLE UNIT. BOTH [Captioner] 19:28:33 OF THESE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED BY THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:28:38 ANNUALLY FOR RECEIVING AND APPROVAL, AND I AM HERE IF YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:28:42 ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STAFF REPORT OR THE RECOMMENDATION. >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:28:46 THANK YOU. FIRST, I'LL TURN TO THE -- FOR THE QUESTIONS OF [Captioner] 19:28:50 THE STAFF. THIS IS CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AT [Captioner] 19:28:54 THIS TIME FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS. SEEING [Captioner] 19:28:59 NONE, I'M GOING TO NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO IF WE COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:29:02 HEARING. >> Councilmember Kassan: I'M SORRY, I DID HAVE ONE. [Captioner] 19:29:06 I DID HAVE A QUESTION. >> Mayor Mei: OH. OKAY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR BUTTON. [Captioner] 19:29:11 SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, DO YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:29:15 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? >> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH, I KNOW IT'S -- WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:29:19 I DID ASK, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING [Captioner] 19:29:23 WITH EE VIKS IN THE CITY OF FREMONT, JUST BASED ANECDOTALLY ON [Captioner] 19:29:28 WHAT YOU'VE BEEN OBSERVING IN THE LAST YEAR OR [Captioner] 19:29:32 SO? >> YEAH, BASELINE -- WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH [Captioner] 19:29:36 OUR HOUSING STABILIZATION PROGRAM, THE UNLAWFUL [Captioner] 19:29:39 DETAINERS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BRINGING TO US HAVE BEEN COMING IN WAVES. [Captioner] 19:29:43 SO FIRST WE'LL GET LIKE A GROUP OF MAYBE FIVE OR SIX, THEN IT WILL BE [Captioner] 19:29:47 QUIET FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN ANOTHER GROUP OF LIKE FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN WILL COME TO US. [Captioner] 19:29:52 AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE THE COURTS ARE ALSO [Captioner] 19:29:56 BACKED UP. THEY'RE SEEING -- THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF OR JUDGES TO GET ALL [Captioner] 19:30:00 THE UNLAWFUL DETAINER CASES THROUGH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 19:30:05 I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE. >> Councilmember Kassan: [Captioner] 19:30:09 I IMAGINE, I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS PROBABLY JUST A SUBSET OF [Captioner] 19:30:13 WHAT'S OUT THERE, BECAUSE NOT EVERY12 GETS [Captioner] 19:30:17 EVICTED WOULD NECESSARILY CONTACT THE CITY, IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT'S TRUE. [Captioner] 19:30:21 I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR THEIR SITUATION. [Captioner] 19:30:26 WE TRAY OUR BEST TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE HAVE THESE RESOURCES HERE. I [Captioner] 19:30:30 KNOW ALAMEDA COUNTY HAS ALSO DONE THEIR OWN OUTREACH. [Captioner] 19:30:35 SO YEAH, WE'RE PROBABLY ONLY SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THE ISSUE [Captioner] 19:30:39 HERE. >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. I READ THE REPORT AND IT WAS, YOU [Captioner] 19:30:43 KNOW, SOME GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE, BUT I JUST -- I REALLY JUST DIDN'T GET A [Captioner] 19:30:48 SENSE OF KIND OF THE BIGGER PICTURE OF SORT OF HOW ARE RENTERS DOING [Captioner] 19:30:53 IN FREMONT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DATA OR [Captioner] 19:30:56 JUST ANECDOTAL INFORMATION TO SHARE ON KIND OF THE STATE OF RENTERS RIGHT NOW IN FREMONT? [Captioner] 19:31:03 >> NOT AT THIS TIME. I THINK A LOT -- FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN JUST [Captioner] 19:31:07 THROUGH THE RENT REVIEW PROGRAM AS FAR AS CONSULTATIONS AND [Captioner] 19:31:11 MEDIATIONS, A LOT OF LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WANT TO [Captioner] 19:31:16 WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION [Captioner] 19:31:21 , SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD TO SEE. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FROM [Captioner] 19:31:24 THAT. >> Councilmember Kassan: OKAY. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:31 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:31:37 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. I'M [Captioner] 19:31:41 JUST WONDERING, SINCE [Captioner] 19:31:46 THE 5% WENT FOR -- THEY COULDN'T INCREASE IT MORE THAN 5%, BUT YET ON THE [Captioner] 19:31:51 REPORT, IT'S SHOWING, YOU KNOW, UPWARDS OF 10%. IS THAT [Captioner] 19:31:55 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC OR IS [Captioner] 19:32:00 THAT JUST LACK OF AWARENESS OF THE ORDINANCE? >> THAT'S [Captioner] 19:32:04 ACTUALLY DUE TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S [Captioner] 19:32:08 LAW ON INCREASING RENT. IF THEY HAVEN'T RAISED THE RENT OVER A NUMBER [Captioner] 19:32:12 OF YEARS, THEN THE LANDLORD IS ALLOWED TO RAISE [Captioner] 19:32:17 THE RENT, AS LONG AS [Captioner] 19:32:21 IT'S REASONABLE TO REACH MARKET RATE. THE 5% THRESHOLD [Captioner] 19:32:25 IS REALLY THE THRESHOLD FOR ANY RESIDENT [Captioner] 19:32:30 TO BRING A CASE TO THE RENT REVIEW BOARD, SO THAT'S [Captioner] 19:32:35 OUR FREMONT -- >> Councilmember Campbell: SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:39 THE FREEDOM OF DOLLING IT, BUT IT CAN BE PROTESTED BASED [Captioner] 19:32:44 ON WHAT FREMONT HAS SAID SHOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 19:32:46 RENTAL INCREASE? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:32:49 >> AND THEN WE ASSIST WITH ANY CONSULTATION OR MEDIATION THAT WE CAN. [Captioner] 19:32:54 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB [Captioner] 19:32:58 BASED OP AT LEAST WHAT WE SEE HERE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:33:02 MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF HIGH RENT ON RENTERS. SO THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 19:33:07 THAT. >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK [Captioner] 19:33:09 YOU. VICE MAYOR COX, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:33:13 >> Vice Mayor Cox: YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS REPORT. [Captioner] 19:33:20 AND IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE STATE AND [Captioner] 19:33:25 THE REQUIREMENTS SETTING THE RATE INCREASE, HELP [Captioner] 19:33:29 ME UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD ONE THAT WENT UP 31% OVER A TWO-YEAR [Captioner] 19:33:34 LEASE, AND IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT TO PROTECT PRIVACY AND ALL [Captioner] 19:33:38 THAT, BUT JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE YOU GOT THE OTHER ONES A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:33:43 BIT ON THE AVERAGE OF 5 TO 10%, [Captioner] 19:33:47 BUT THIS ONE WAS 31%, WHICH KIND OF STOOD OUT A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:33:51 BIT MORE. >> THAT ONE WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF [Captioner] 19:33:55 OUR ANOMALY CASES WHERE THE LANDLORD HASN'T RAISED RENTS IN A NUMBER OF [Captioner] 19:34:00 YEARS, SO I THINK -- I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK ON THAT CASE, [Captioner] 19:34:04 BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHAT THE CASE WAS. [Captioner] 19:34:09 >> Vice Mayor Cox: IT KIND OF STOOD OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT AS AN OUTLIER WITH SOME OF [Captioner] 19:34:14 THE OTHER DATA, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO HAVE LANDLORDS AND [Captioner] 19:34:18 TENANTS SIT AT THE TABLE AND WORK IT OUT AND NOT HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:34:22 GO THROUGH THE COSTLY COURT SYSTEMS TO APRIEF AT [Captioner] 19:34:26 A SETTLEMENT. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, YOU [Captioner] 19:34:31 KNOW, I -- RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:34:35 SAID WERE SET BY THE STATE. IS THERE ANY EXCEPTION [Captioner] 19:34:40 OR THINGS WRITTEN IN THE STATE LAW TO ALLOW THAT SOME OF THESE INCREASES COULD BE ALIGNED [Captioner] 19:34:44 WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THAT A LOT OF OTHER [Captioner] 19:34:50 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOLLOW, KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES, AND WHY IS THIS KIND [Captioner] 19:34:54 OF DIFFERENT KIND OF RULE COMPARED TO -- [Captioner] 19:34:58 YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOUSING VERSUS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE KIND OF FOLLOW [Captioner] 19:35:02 IN THOSE LINES, SO I'M JUST KIND OF SERIOUS. >> THAT'S A GREAT [Captioner] 19:35:06 QUESTION. I STATE -- I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CITIES. [Captioner] 19:35:11 DEFINITELY I'VE SEEN THE [Captioner] 19:35:15 CPI INDEX -- STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THERE'S NO EXCEPTION FOR THAT ONE. >> Vice Mayor Cox: IS THERE ANY [Captioner] 19:35:19 CONSIDERATION, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS IT IN YOUR REPORT THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT [Captioner] 19:35:23 THE 14%, WHICH KIND OF BETWEEN 5 -- [Captioner] 19:35:29 8 TO 10% THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:35:33 EVEN MAKE SOME OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO KEEP IT IN LINE WITH THE CONSUMER [Captioner] 19:35:37 PRICE INDEX WITH TONIGHT'S DECISION? BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO [Captioner] 19:35:41 ARRIVE AT HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON THE 14 AS OPPOSED TO KEEPING IT [Captioner] 19:35:46 THE SAME AT 13 OR 13.5? I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT FORMULA YOU [Captioner] 19:35:51 MENTIONED, BUT BASED ON INVENTORY, BASED ON THIS, BASED ON THAT, JUST KIND OF KEEPING [Captioner] 19:35:55 IT A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:35:59 SIMPLER, BUT JUST ENLIGHTEN ME MORE. >> ACTUALLY, [Captioner] 19:36:03 THE $14 PER UNIT IN FREMONT IS ONE OF THE LOWEST [Captioner] 19:36:08 RENT REVIEW FEES IN [Captioner] 19:36:13 THE -- SOLELY BASED ON COST RECOVERY. SO THAT INCLUDES STAFFING, [Captioner] 19:36:18 PROGRAM, OPERATIONS SUCH AS OUR MEDIATORS, OUR CONTRACT WITH PROJECT [Captioner] 19:36:22 SENTINEL TO DO A LOT OF OUR LANDLORD TENANT WORK, IT'S [Captioner] 19:36:26 COMPLETE COST RECOVERY. SO WE RUN A VERY [Captioner] 19:36:30 EFFICIENT PROGRAM SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE COSTS SO LOW. >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:36:33 THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:37 AND AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. [Captioner] 19:36:41 AND ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? >> Ms. Gauthier: JUST ONE. JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 19:36:47 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, MR. HINDS. [Captioner] 19:36:52 >> BEFORE THAT NEXT TRIP TO THE STYLIST, OR BEFORE NEXT YEAR WHEN THIS ISSUE COMES UP [Captioner] 19:36:57 AGAIN, I SUGGEST A COMPLETE BOTTOM-UP REVIEW OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM. I [Captioner] 19:37:01 THINK THERE'S ONE PART WORTH KEEPING AND THE REST PROBABLY SHOULD BE [Captioner] 19:37:05 SCRAP. TOO LATE THIS TIME AROUND. THE [Captioner] 19:37:08 PART WORTH KEEPING IS THE LONGER NOTIFICATION PERIOD FOR RENT INCREASES. [Captioner] 19:37:13 I THINK THE CITY STAFF REPORT SAID IT'S 60 DAYS FOR [Captioner] 19:37:17 US, CALIFORNIA HAD 30 AND 90, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG IT WAS. I DON'T [Captioner] 19:37:21 THINK THAT'S PARTICULARLY BURDENSOME ON [Captioner] 19:37:25 LANDLORDS, CERTAINLY IN COMPARISON TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:37:30 WRITTEN -- OR HAVING TO ATTEND MEDIATION, ESPECIALLY IF A TENANT HAS BEEN IN THE [Captioner] 19:37:34 SAME UNIT FOR SOME ARBITRARY -- LIKE THREE [Captioner] 19:37:38 OR FIVE YEARS, IT OBVIOUSLY A LONG TERM ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:37:44 RELATIONSHIP. ASIDE FROM THAT, THOUGH, THE REST COULD BE [Captioner] 19:37:48 BE SCRAPPED. IF YOU SEE THE MEASURES OF PROGRESS, SO [Captioner] 19:37:52 MUCH OF IT TAKES THE FORM, THIS PERCENT INCREASE WAS REDUCED TO THIS PERCENT. [Captioner] 19:37:56 THIS PERCENT WAS REDUCED TO THIS PERCENT. CLEARLY THE CITY [Captioner] 19:38:00 SEES IT ASITY MISSION TO STEP IN [Captioner] 19:38:04 IN A PRIVATE ECONOMIC TRANSACTION AND FAVOR ONE SIDE IN PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS. [Captioner] 19:38:08 I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT CAME APPROPRIATE. IT MIGHT [Captioner] 19:38:12 WELL MAKE THE CITY VULNERABLE IN THE FUTURE. [Captioner] 19:38:17 TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND, WHY DON'T WE PUT STAFF MEMBERS AT THE [Captioner] 19:38:20 EXITS OF WASHINGTON HOSPITAL TO HELP PATIENTS NEGOTIATE THEIR BILLS ON THE WAY OUT? [Captioner] 19:38:25 THOSE ARE HUGE, NOBODY KNOWS UNTIL A MONTH [Captioner] 19:38:29 OR TWO LATER WITH [Captioner] 19:38:34 OUR -- TO HELP SHOPPERS TALK THEIR GROCERY BILLS DOWN. [Captioner] 19:38:39 WHY SHOULDN'T SUPERMARKETS HAVE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN JUST [Captioner] 19:38:43 TICS FOR RAISING EGGS 5%. I HOPE NOBODY TAKES ME UP ON THAT. [Captioner] 19:38:47 GROCERY PRICES ARE KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN OF THE CITY. [Captioner] 19:38:52 THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY VALUE TO ADD THERE, JUST LIKE IT [Captioner] 19:38:57 DOESN'T HAVE ANY VALUE TO ADD ON HOSPITAL PRICING, JUST LIKE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VALUE TO ADD [Captioner] 19:39:00 ON RENTAL PRICING. THE MARKET MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY BETTER. [Captioner] 19:39:05 ALL WE'VE DONE HERE IS SAY WE TOOK IT DOWN SOME, LET'S CALL THAT A [Captioner] 19:39:09 VICTORY. IF WE WANTED TO REDUCE THE SUPPLY OF RENTAL [Captioner] 19:39:13 HOUSING IN FREMONT, IF THAT WAS OUR GOAL, THIS WOULD BE ONE WAY TO DO IT. BUT WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:39:18 OTHER POLICIES TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF RENTAL HOUSING IN FREMONT. SO WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:39:24 MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE GOALS BASICALLY. WE BURN UP ENERGY AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHING WITH [Captioner] 19:39:27 IT. SO PLEASE TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THIS WHOLE THING. [Captioner] 19:39:32 KEEP SOME SIMPLE PARTS THAT HAVE A REALISTIC CHANCE OF HELPING, [Captioner] 19:39:36 AND THE COMPETING POLICIES, LET'S [Captioner] 19:39:40 SIMPLIFY AND GET RID OF THAT STUFF. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:46 >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, MA'AM. [Captioner] 19:39:51 SO THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER AND AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:39:55 HEARING AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS. I'LL BEGIN [Captioner] 19:39:59 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 19:40:05 >> Councilmember Kassan: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE VERY, VERY [Captioner] 19:40:09 EXPENSIVE HOUSING IN FREMONT. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW [Captioner] 19:40:14 THE AVERAGE RENT OF $2,509 FOR A ONE-BEDROOM. [Captioner] 19:40:19 I DID SOME MATH AND THAT IS REALLY -- THAT'S AFFORDABLE TO [Captioner] 19:40:23 SOMEONE WHO MAKES $120,000 A YEAR, WHICH IS QUITE HIGH. [Captioner] 19:40:31 SO I REALLY WISH -- AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 19:40:35 EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 19:40:39 FORCING ANYONE TO LOWER THE RENT. IT A [Captioner] 19:40:43 MEDIATION PROCESS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME SUCCESS STORIES. BUT I [Captioner] 19:40:47 THINK WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM THAN WHAT IS BEING ADDRESSED [Captioner] 19:40:51 BY THIS MEDIATION PROCESS, WHICH IS THAT THE [Captioner] 19:40:56 RENT IS TOO [Captioner] 19:41:00 DAMN HIGH. SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON RENTERS [Captioner] 19:41:05 IN FREMONT. AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT [Captioner] 19:41:09 THE COUNCIL VOTED 6-1 AGAINST [Captioner] 19:41:13 EVEN LOOKING INTO EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES [Captioner] 19:41:18 OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS. [Captioner] 19:41:22 IF WE CARE ABOUT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS, IF WE CARE ABOUT HAVING [Captioner] 19:41:26 A CITY THAT'S LIVABLE FOR PEOPLE OF MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF [Captioner] 19:41:30 INCOME, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS BEST FOR ALL BECAUSE IT ALLOWS [Captioner] 19:41:34 US TO HAVE PEOPLE LIVING HERE THAT CAN DO A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT JOBS THAT WE NEED FILLED WITHOUT THEM [Captioner] 19:41:39 HAVING TO COMMUTE FROM REALLY FAR AWAY. SO [Captioner] 19:41:43 I JUST -- I REALLY WISH THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD RECONSIDER THE DECISION NOT [Captioner] 19:41:47 TO EVEN LET STAFF DO A LITTLE BIT OF ANALYSIS [Captioner] 19:41:52 OF POSSIBLE RENTER PROTECTIONS THAT COULD BE GOOD [Captioner] 19:41:56 THINGS TO CONSIDER IN OUR CITY, AND ALSO I JUST ALSO [Captioner] 19:42:00 REALLY WISH THAT WE COULD GET MORE DATA ON RENTERS [Captioner] 19:42:04 IN FREMONT, AND THEIR SITUATIONS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:12 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK [Captioner] 19:42:15 YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT. [Captioner] 19:42:21 SO WHILE CITY OF FREMONT DOESN'T HAVE A STRICT RENT CONTROL PROGRAM, [Captioner] 19:42:25 WE WANT TO SEE THE RIGHT OF BOTH LANDLORDS AND [Captioner] 19:42:29 TENANTS BEING PROTECTED, AND I THINK OUR RENT REVIEW BOARD [Captioner] 19:42:33 HAS, AGAIN, BEEN SHOWN THAT [Captioner] 19:42:37 WITH LAST YEAR'S REPORTING, IT HAS HELPED RESOLVE MORE THAN HALF OF THE REQUESTS FOR [Captioner] 19:42:43 MEDIATION AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE REPORT, [Captioner] 19:42:47 SOME WITH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCED RENT INCREASES, SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:42:51 THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM AND THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE. THANK [Captioner] 19:42:54 YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 19:43:01 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. FROM MY [Captioner] 19:43:06 EXPERIENCE AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, WE LOOK AT [Captioner] 19:43:11 THE RENTS IN ALL THE CITIES UNDER [Captioner] 19:43:16 OUR JURISDICTION, AND AT LEAST FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I DON'T [Captioner] 19:43:20 SEE THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE [Captioner] 19:43:24 OR DIFFERENCE OF RENTS IN FREMONT COMPARING WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES. [Captioner] 19:43:30 AS YOU ALL KNOW, [Captioner] 19:43:34 THE RENT IS PART OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET, LOCATION, LOCATION, [Captioner] 19:43:40 LOCATION IS A FACTOR, AND EVEN BY SAYING THAT, THERE'S [Captioner] 19:43:44 NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RENTS HERE AND THE NEIGHBORING CITIES, [Captioner] 19:43:49 BUT STILL CONSIDER OVER HERE, PEOPLE TEND TO ENJOY LOW PRIME [Captioner] 19:43:53 RATE, GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY THAT'S [Captioner] 19:43:57 SO DIVERSE THAT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO JUST CAME TO [Captioner] 19:44:02 THE COUNTRY FEEL VERY WELCOMED TO LIVE IN [Captioner] 19:44:06 SUCH A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT IN [Captioner] 19:44:10 TERMS OF OUR PARK FACILITIES AND ALL [Captioner] 19:44:14 THE OTHER FACILITIES, WE ARE PROUD TO [Captioner] 19:44:19 PROVIDE MUCH BETTER SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:44:23 SO I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT YEAR OF A YEAR, WE LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 19:44:28 PERFORMANCE OF THE RENT REVIEW BOARD AND [Captioner] 19:44:32 I FIND THE ACTIVE ROLE IT PLAYS IN KEEPING [Captioner] 19:44:36 THE HAPPY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RENTERS AND THE [Captioner] 19:44:41 LANDLORDS IS KEY TO THE RESULT THAT FREMONT IS STILL THE [Captioner] 19:44:45 HAPPIEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. [Captioner] 19:44:53 I DON'T SEE RENT CONTROL IS A WAY, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN [Captioner] 19:44:57 SO MANY CASES WHERE STATISTICAL DATA [Captioner] 19:45:01 SHOW THAT ONCE A CITY APPLIES SUCH A RENT [Captioner] 19:45:06 CONTROL RESTRICTION, THEN THE [Captioner] 19:45:11 LOCAL HOUSING INDUSTRY OR THE BUILDING -- AND [Captioner] 19:45:15 ALL THE OTHER WOULD SUFFER AND DROP, AND IT A HIT TO THE [Captioner] 19:45:19 LOCAL ECONOMY. ALSO, [Captioner] 19:45:23 CONSIDERING THAT IN FREMONT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 19:45:27 MAJORITY OF THE LANDLORDS BEING THE SUPER RICH AND [Captioner] 19:45:33 DIRTY, SO-CALLED, COMPANIES [Captioner] 19:45:37 THAT WOULD JUST SUCK ALL THE BLOOD OF THE [Captioner] 19:45:44 RENTERS. MORE CASES ARE THE MOM [Captioner] 19:45:48 AND POP LANDLORDS WHO RELY ON THE RENTAL [Captioner] 19:45:54 INCOME FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD, AND THAT NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT [Captioner] 19:45:58 THEIR LIVELIHOOD WAS HEAVILY AND ADVERSELY [Captioner] 19:46:02 IMPACTED DURING THE PANDEMIC OR THE [Captioner] 19:46:07 MORATORIUM, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CASES [Captioner] 19:46:11 WHERE RENTERS, SOME RENTERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE [Captioner] 19:46:15 OF THE MORATORIUM, AND SO THE LANDLORD IS STILL [Captioner] 19:46:20 STRUGGLING IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THOSE UNLAWFUL DETAINERS TO [Captioner] 19:46:25 TROY TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS. SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS [Captioner] 19:46:29 CURRENT SYSTEM WORKS, THIS CURRENT SYSTEM PAYS ATTENTION TO [Captioner] 19:46:33 BOTH SIDE, AND THIS CURRENT SYSTEM ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:46:38 CONTINUES TO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH [Captioner] 19:46:43 THAT, I KNOW I COMMENT ON THE HARD WORK OF THE STAFF, [Captioner] 19:46:48 AND ALSO SEE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO ONLY CHARGE THE [Captioner] 19:46:53 FEES TO LANDLORDS WHO HAVE FIVE OR MORE [Captioner] 19:46:57 UNITS, YOU KNOW, THOSE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, WHILE STILL [Captioner] 19:47:02 PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE -- I SAID A POP AND MOM -- YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:47:06 MOM AND POP LANDLORDS. [Captioner] 19:47:10 SO I BELIEVE IN THE DATA, AND THE DATA [Captioner] 19:47:14 SHOWS THAT THE SYSTEM WORKS. IF IT WORKS, WHY FIX IT? SO THAT [Captioner] 19:47:21 IS MY EVALUATION, AND I [Captioner] 19:47:25 SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE FEE [Captioner] 19:47:32 BY -- I [Captioner] 19:47:36 LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR HARD WORK IN THE FUTURE TO KEEP THE HAPPY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN [Captioner] 19:47:39 THE RENTERS AND THE LANDLORDS. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:44 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU, MADAME [Captioner] 19:47:48 MAYOR, AND [Captioner] 19:47:53 -- I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME. >> LOPEZ. >> Councilmember Salwan: LOPEZ. [Captioner] 19:47:57 I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND ALSO THE REPORT. SO WHAT IS THE ACTION BEFORE US? [Captioner] 19:48:03 WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO -- THE RECOMMENDATION? [Captioner] 19:48:08 >> SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE THE [Captioner] 19:48:12 RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE FEE FROM $13 TO $14 A UNIT. [Captioner] 19:48:17 AND THAT'S FOR A COMPLETE COST RECOVERY OF THE RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE [Captioner] 19:48:21 PROGRAM. >> Councilmember Salwan: AND THAT'S AN ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY YEAR? [Captioner] 19:48:25 >> THAT'S CORRECT. EVEN IF WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE FEE, WE WOULD HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:48:29 COME BACK AND SAY WE WANT TO KEEP THE FEE THE SAME FOR THAT SAME [Captioner] 19:48:34 YEAR. >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK YOU. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE [Captioner] 19:48:39 DOING A GOOD JOB AND FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING IS [Captioner] 19:48:43 WORKING WELL, SO I SUPPORT INCREASING THE FEE. >> Mayor Mei: SO YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:48:46 MAKING THE MOTION? >> Councilmember Salwan: SURE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. [Captioner] 19:48:50 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND SICCED BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:48:53 COX. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:48:57 JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THE ACTION INVOLVES NOT ONLY THE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE THE FEE [Captioner] 19:49:02 TO $14 PER UNIT, BUT ALSO ADOPT [Captioner] 19:49:07 THE RESOLUTION. >> Councilmember Salwan: I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [Captioner] 19:49:10 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:49:15 COULD YOU PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:49:16 [Captioner] 19:49:22 THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FROM THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:49:29 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:49:37 AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ANY REPORT OUTS ON [Captioner] 19:49:41 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FROM OUR COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:49:50 SEEING NONE, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND CLOSE IN A MOMENT OF [Captioner] 19:49:55 SILENCE, JUST FOR THE TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIVES THESE LAST WEEKS. [Captioner] 19:50:28 THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT AS A MOTHER [Captioner] 19:50:32 AND AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN [Captioner] 19:50:36 SOME OF THE HORRIFIC LOSS OF LIVES IN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND [Captioner] 19:50:40 THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS [Captioner] 19:50:45 CELEBRATED SUCH DIVERSITY OF HERITAGE AND ETHNIC [Captioner] 19:50:49 BACKGROUNDS SUCH AS SOCIOECONOMIC, WE THEN WOULD PRAY FOR PEACE. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:54 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.