[Captioner] 19:03:01 SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE A [Captioner] 19:03:02 SPEAKER CARD FROM THE PUBLIC? [Captioner] 19:03:04 >> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE A SPIKER [Captioner] 19:03:09 A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM 2D. [Captioner] 19:03:13 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:03:16 SO COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU [Captioner] 19:03:18 HAVE SOMETHING TO SPEAK ON [Captioner] 19:03:19 THIS? [Captioner] 19:03:20 >> Vice Mayor Cox: NO, MADAME [Captioner] 19:03:21 MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:03:23 I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A [Captioner] 19:03:23 MOTION. [Captioner] 19:03:25 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE [Captioner] 19:03:29 MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:03:30 CALENDAR WITHOUT 2D. [Captioner] 19:03:31 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:03:33 SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? [Captioner] 19:03:34 DO WE HAVE A SECOND? [Captioner] 19:03:37 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 19:03:38 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:03:50 THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH [Captioner] 19:03:53 THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEMBERS OUT [Captioner] 19:03:57 AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO [Captioner] 19:03:57 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:03:59 AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT [Captioner] 19:04:01 ON OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED [Captioner] 19:04:02 AGENDA THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:04:05 AND SO COMMUNICATIONS AGAIN WILL [Captioner] 19:04:09 BE PLACED ON FILE IF THEY WERE [Captioner] 19:04:11 SENT BY EMAIL. [Captioner] 19:04:21 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN [Captioner] 19:04:22 -- [Captioner] 19:04:22 >> Ms. Gauthier: FOUR CARDS. [Captioner] 19:04:23 >> Mayor Mei: FOUR CARDS? [Captioner] 19:04:24 OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:04:29 I'D ALSO ASK KINDLY THAT IF [Captioner] 19:04:32 YOU'RE SPEAKING AND ARE LOOKING [Captioner] 19:04:33 FOR A COMMENT, THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:04:34 CANNOT TAKE ACTION NOR RESPOND [Captioner] 19:04:36 TO ITEMS BROUGHT UP UNDER ORAL [Captioner] 19:04:37 COMMUNICATIONS COMMENT PERIOD. [Captioner] 19:04:38 HOWEVER, THE ITEM COULD BE [Captioner] 19:04:41 AGENDIZED FOR A FUTURE MEETING [Captioner] 19:04:42 AND IF THE COUNCIL MAKES A [Captioner] 19:04:43 REFERRAL TO STAFF FOR REPORT [Captioner] 19:04:43 BACK. [Captioner] 19:04:45 WHEN SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ON [Captioner] 19:04:46 BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, [Captioner] 19:04:50 PLEASE KINDLY STATE YOUR NAME OF [Captioner] 19:04:51 THE ORGANIZATION YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:04:51 REPRESENTING. [Captioner] 19:04:53 A BELL WILL RING WHEN 30 SECONDS [Captioner] 19:04:55 ARE REMAINING TO SUM UP YOUR [Captioner] 19:04:57 COMMENTS AND A BELL WILL RING [Captioner] 19:04:58 AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME AS ENDED. [Captioner] 19:05:00 >> Ms. Gauthier: AND YOUR TIME? [Captioner] 19:05:01 >> Mayor Mei: 3 MINUTES EACH. [Captioner] 19:05:07 >> Ms. Gauthier: FIRST SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:05:13 IS STEVE SCALA, FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 19:05:13 SARABI. [Captioner] 19:05:19 >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR AND [Captioner] 19:05:19 CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:05:21 SO FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, [Captioner] 19:05:25 MAYOR MEI HAS BEEN DUTIFULLY [Captioner] 19:05:27 ASKING CONSTITUENTS TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:05:29 INPUTS FOR THE ACTIVE [Captioner] 19:05:32 TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THE [Captioner] 19:05:33 PUBLIC PERIOD -- INPUT PERIOD [Captioner] 19:05:34 HAS RECENTLY CLOSED. [Captioner] 19:05:37 I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:05:39 HUNDREDS OF INPUTS FROM ALL OF [Captioner] 19:05:43 YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON THAT PLAN. [Captioner] 19:05:45 I'LL SAY STAFF DID A WONDERFUL [Captioner] 19:05:47 JOB OF ENABLING THAT TOOL, [Captioner] 19:05:50 REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, AND [Captioner] 19:05:52 ALLOWING THOSE INPUTS TO BE [Captioner] 19:05:53 ENTERED, SO I'M GOING TO TURN [Captioner] 19:05:57 THE REQUEST AROUND AND SAY CITY [Captioner] 19:05:58 COUNCIL, MADAME MAYOR, PLEASE [Captioner] 19:06:01 OPEN THE ATP MAP AND TAKE A LOOK [Captioner] 19:06:02 WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT AT THE [Captioner] 19:06:04 DOZENS OF COMMENTS THAT YOU WILL [Captioner] 19:06:06 FIND WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:06:08 THERE ARE MANY COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:06:10 I'VE LOOKED THROUGH -- BROWSED [Captioner] 19:06:10 THROUGH MANY OF THEM. [Captioner] 19:06:12 THEY ARE QUITE GOOD. [Captioner] 19:06:18 THESE ARE ALL OF OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:06:20 MEMBERS WHO ARE REVIEWING WITHIN [Captioner] 19:06:22 YOUR DISTRICT AREAS THAT CAN USE [Captioner] 19:06:24 IMPROVEMENT FOR A WIDE RANGE, [Captioner] 19:06:25 SOME FACILITIES THAT NEED [Captioner] 19:06:26 IMPROVEMENT, PEOPLE TRYING TO [Captioner] 19:06:27 GET TO SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:06:29 REMEMBER, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:06:31 ONLY LOOKED AROUND HALF A MILE [Captioner] 19:06:32 AROUND SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:06:35 SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY PARENTS [Captioner] 19:06:38 WHO ARE POINTING OUT AREAS THAT [Captioner] 19:06:41 COULD STILL USE IMPROVEMENTS, A [Captioner] 19:06:43 LOT OF AREAS OF LAND USE, ACCESS [Captioner] 19:06:44 TO PUBLIC SPACES, IT'S ALL [Captioner] 19:06:45 THERE. [Captioner] 19:06:47 IT COVERS A HUGE RANGE, AND VERY [Captioner] 19:06:48 POSITIVE COMMENTS, REALLY [Captioner] 19:06:51 ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE AN HOUR OR [Captioner] 19:06:52 TWO AND BROWSE THROUGH THE MAPS [Captioner] 19:06:55 IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU'LL, I [Captioner] 19:06:57 THINK, BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED [Captioner] 19:06:59 BY WHAT YOU'LL SEE AND THEN CAN [Captioner] 19:07:00 TRY TO MAKE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE [Captioner] 19:07:01 ACTIONS. [Captioner] 19:07:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:07:06 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:08 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SARABI [Captioner] 19:07:11 FOLLOWED BY DANIEL. [Captioner] 19:07:14 >> HI. [Captioner] 19:07:17 I'M SARABI, A SENIOR FROM [Captioner] 19:07:18 AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY [Captioner] 19:07:20 COMMENT IS ABOUT THE CROSSWALK [Captioner] 19:07:27 ON THE INTERSECTION OF SURI AND [Captioner] 19:07:27 PASEO PADRE BEHIND BROOKVALE. [Captioner] 19:07:29 IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS FOR [Captioner] 19:07:30 STUDENTS TO CROSS BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:07:31 ALTHOUGH THERE'S A SIGN AND [Captioner] 19:07:32 BLINKING LIGHTS, THERE'S A CURVE [Captioner] 19:07:34 AROUND THAT AREA AND IT'S 40 [Captioner] 19:07:36 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT, SO [Captioner] 19:07:36 IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS FOR [Captioner] 19:07:38 STUDENTS TO WALK THERE. [Captioner] 19:07:40 AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CASES [Captioner] 19:07:41 IN THE PAST WHERE CARS HAVE [Captioner] 19:07:43 STOPPED TO WAIT BUT THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:07:44 BEEN REAR-ENDED BY PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 19:07:45 COULD NOT SEE THE BLINKING [Captioner] 19:07:46 LIGHTS FROM FAR AWAY. [Captioner] 19:07:48 SO CAN YOU PLEASE CONSIDER [Captioner] 19:07:50 LOOKING INTO INSTALLING A [Captioner] 19:07:51 TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE [Captioner] 19:07:51 INTERSECTION? [Captioner] 19:07:51 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:58 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:08:00 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL [Captioner] 19:08:01 FOLLOWED BY KELLY. [Captioner] 19:08:07 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:08:07 AND MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:08:11 I WANTED TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT [Captioner] 19:08:11 STEVE SAID. [Captioner] 19:08:14 THERE ARE OVER 900 SUBMISSIONS [Captioner] 19:08:19 TO THE ATP PHASE TWO MAP. [Captioner] 19:08:23 IN MY OPINION, MOST OF THOSE ARE [Captioner] 19:08:24 REALLY GREAT SUBMISSIONS. [Captioner] 19:08:28 VERY, YOU KNOW -- THERE'S MANY [Captioner] 19:08:31 PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO HAVE A [Captioner] 19:08:35 LOT OF EXPERIENCE RIDING BIKES, [Captioner] 19:08:37 WALKING, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:08:39 EXPERTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR [Captioner] 19:08:41 ON THEIR COMMUTE OR, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:08:41 WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING. [Captioner] 19:08:46 MUCH MORE SO THAN ANY ONE PERSON [Captioner] 19:08:50 OR ANY ONE TEAM CAN REALLY DO. [Captioner] 19:08:52 SO I WOULD REALLY ECHO WHAT [Captioner] 19:08:53 STEVE WAS SAYING. [Captioner] 19:08:56 GO LOOK AT YOUR DISTRICT, GO [Captioner] 19:09:00 LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GO [Captioner] 19:09:02 LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT [Captioner] 19:09:04 HAVE HAD PROJECTS COMPLETED [Captioner] 19:09:05 RECENTLY FOR SAFETY [Captioner] 19:09:07 IMPROVEMENTS, FOR BIKE LANES, [Captioner] 19:09:10 FOR SAFER CROSSWALKS, SEE WHAT [Captioner] 19:09:11 THE COMMENTS ARE THERE. [Captioner] 19:09:13 GO LOOK AT PLACES THAT HAVE NOT [Captioner] 19:09:21 BEEN TOUCHED IN THE LAST DECADE, [Captioner] 19:09:24 MOWRY, PERALTA, GO LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 19:09:25 PLACES -- OH, THIS IS A GREAT [Captioner] 19:09:27 SAFE PLACE, SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE [Captioner] 19:09:27 SAYING. [Captioner] 19:09:29 I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT [Captioner] 19:09:32 PLACES ARE DANGEROUS AND THE [Captioner] 19:09:32 STAFF KNOW AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:09:37 JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, ON MY RIDE [Captioner] 19:09:41 HERE TODAY, COMING FROM DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:09:44 2, BROOKVALE, I HAVE TO GO [Captioner] 19:09:46 AROUND FOUR CARS PARKED IN THE [Captioner] 19:09:46 BIKE LANE. [Captioner] 19:09:51 THAT'S ACTUALLY LOW FOR THIS [Captioner] 19:09:53 RIDE FROM FREMONT BOULEVARD. [Captioner] 19:09:57 AVERAGE IS AROUND FIVE. [Captioner] 19:10:03 I HAD TO -- I GOT PAST TWICE AT [Captioner] 19:10:05 AN UNSAFE DISTANCE AND UNSAFE [Captioner] 19:10:05 SPEED. [Captioner] 19:10:08 HI TO MAKE A THREE-LANE MERGE TO [Captioner] 19:10:10 GET INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO [Captioner] 19:10:12 GET TO FREMONT'S DOWNTOWN, AND [Captioner] 19:10:14 THEN I SPENT ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN [Captioner] 19:10:16 MINUTES WAITING AT THE LEFT TURN [Captioner] 19:10:18 BECAUSE THAT LEFT TURN DOESN'T [Captioner] 19:10:19 DETECT BIKES YET, SO I HAD TO [Captioner] 19:10:24 WAIT FOR A SAVIOR OR A CAR TO [Captioner] 19:10:25 COME BY BEHIND ME AND TRIP THAT [Captioner] 19:10:26 LIGHT FOR ME. [Captioner] 19:10:30 SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT, WE'VE [Captioner] 19:10:32 COME A LONG WAY. [Captioner] 19:10:34 BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO [Captioner] 19:10:34 GO. [Captioner] 19:10:38 SO DON'T LET UP, DON'T SLOW [Captioner] 19:10:38 DOWN. [Captioner] 19:10:40 WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. [Captioner] 19:10:45 HOPEFULLY THE MAP, THE ATP MAP [Captioner] 19:10:46 SHOWS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. [Captioner] 19:10:46 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:02 >> A LOT OF THIS COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:11:06 SOMETIMES SUFFERS FROM A SHORT [Captioner] 19:11:07 MEMORY, AMNESIA. [Captioner] 19:11:09 WHEN A MILLION PEOPLE CAME IN [Captioner] 19:11:11 HERE AND ASKED ABOUT PARKING [Captioner] 19:11:12 ENFORCEMENT AS WE JUST HEARD ONE [Captioner] 19:11:14 MINUTE AGO, PARKING ENFORCEMENT, [Captioner] 19:11:20 AND THE ANSWER IS, WELL, WE [Captioner] 19:11:22 DON'T HAVE PARKING ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 19:11:22 RESOURCES, WHATEVER. [Captioner] 19:11:24 YOU PASSED -- A YEAR OR TWO AGO, [Captioner] 19:11:27 YOU APPROVED THE HIRING OF THREE [Captioner] 19:11:27 PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICERS. [Captioner] 19:11:29 REMEMBER THAT? [Captioner] 19:11:31 THEY COST $360,000 A YEAR. [Captioner] 19:11:33 WE LOOKED UP THE NUMBERS. [Captioner] 19:11:36 THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OF THESE [Captioner] 19:11:36 THREE INDIVIDUALS. [Captioner] 19:11:38 AND THEY'RE OUT THERE SUPPOSEDLY [Captioner] 19:11:40 DOING PARKING COMPLIANCE. [Captioner] 19:11:44 SO YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT KID EACH [Captioner] 19:11:44 OTHER. [Captioner] 19:11:46 WE'VE BEEN PUMPING IN THE [Captioner] 19:11:46 RESOURCES, RIGHT? [Captioner] 19:11:50 AND RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE, AND [Captioner] 19:11:52 IT'S SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT, [Captioner] 19:11:53 RIGHT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A [Captioner] 19:11:56 LOT OF IT'S BEEN -- THIS COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:11:57 SPENT HOURS TALKING ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:11:59 NEED TO GO ENFORCE PARKING AT [Captioner] 19:12:00 MISSION PEAK, RIGHT? [Captioner] 19:12:01 MISSION PEAK. [Captioner] 19:12:03 THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE GOING TO [Captioner] 19:12:04 BE -- BUT IT TURNS OUT THERE [Captioner] 19:12:06 MIGHT BE PARKING ENFORCEMENT [Captioner] 19:12:07 NEEDS ELSEWHERE. [Captioner] 19:12:09 AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:12:10 BUDGET RESERVES. [Captioner] 19:12:13 THE UNCERTAINTY RESERVE IS NOT [Captioner] 19:12:16 INTENDED TO COVER OR HIDE OR [Captioner] 19:12:18 SWEEP UNDER THE RUG ACCOUNTING [Captioner] 19:12:18 MISTAKES. [Captioner] 19:12:20 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:12:23 ACCOUNTING BOONDOGGLES IN THE [Captioner] 19:12:25 FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER, [Captioner] 19:12:27 YOUR ACCOUNTING MISTAKES IS NOT [Captioner] 19:12:28 JUST, OH, LOOK, WE HAVE MONEY IN [Captioner] 19:12:30 THE BANK, WE CAN JUST USE THAT [Captioner] 19:12:30 TO PAY. [Captioner] 19:12:30 RIGHT? [Captioner] 19:12:34 BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD [Captioner] 19:12:34 BE. [Captioner] 19:12:36 IN FACT, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS [Captioner] 19:12:38 YOU SHOULD BRING BACK THAT SALES [Captioner] 19:12:42 TAX REVENUE CONSULTANT AND HAVE [Captioner] 19:12:43 THEM -- THIS IS THEIR SPECIALTY. [Captioner] 19:12:44 THIS IS THEIR JOB. [Captioner] 19:12:46 LET THEM GO AND FIGURE OUT [Captioner] 19:12:46 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. [Captioner] 19:12:47 DON'T RELY ON THE STATE. [Captioner] 19:12:50 YOU HAD ONE, A SALES TAX REVENUE [Captioner] 19:12:50 CONSULTANT. [Captioner] 19:12:52 ALSO, YOU HAVE SOMETHING CALLED [Captioner] 19:12:52 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. [Captioner] 19:12:56 YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS SHOULD [Captioner] 19:12:59 REPORT DIRECTLY TO THIS COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:13:02 AND THEY SHOULD TELL YOU -- LOOK [Captioner] 19:13:03 INTO THIS PROBLEM AND FIGURE OUT [Captioner] 19:13:04 WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. [Captioner] 19:13:06 IN FACT, THEY SHOULD RESTATE THE [Captioner] 19:13:08 INCORRECT FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR [Captioner] 19:13:09 THE LAST MORE THAN A YEAR, IT'S [Captioner] 19:13:11 NOT JUST ONE YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY [Captioner] 19:13:12 SEVERAL YEARS OF INCORRECT [Captioner] 19:13:15 FINANCIAL REPORTS BASED ON, YOU [Captioner] 19:13:17 KNOW, OVERESTIMATES OF SALES TAX [Captioner] 19:13:17 REVENUES. [Captioner] 19:13:21 AND MAYBE REVISE THE FUTURE [Captioner] 19:13:23 REVENUE FORECAST WHICH YOU'VE [Captioner] 19:13:25 ALREADY REVISED UPWARDS BY 30% [Captioner] 19:13:28 AS OF LAST MARCH, WELL, THAT [Captioner] 19:13:29 REVISION WAS PERHAPS INCORRECT. [Captioner] 19:13:32 AND NEEDS TO BE RE-REVISED. [Captioner] 19:13:35 AND PERHAPS SET UP A BOARD [Captioner] 19:13:38 FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE MOST [Captioner] 19:13:41 DEDICATED AND, YOU KNOW, THE [Captioner] 19:13:45 MOST -- THE PEOPLE WITH THE [Captioner] 19:13:46 GREEN ON SHADES ON THIS BOARD, [Captioner] 19:13:48 ON THIS CITY COUNCIL, WHO CAN [Captioner] 19:13:50 LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND, YOU [Captioner] 19:13:51 KNOW, MONITOR EVERYTHING FROM [Captioner] 19:13:52 HERE ON OUT. [Captioner] 19:13:52 THANKS. [Captioner] 19:13:58 >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT WAS THE [Captioner] 19:14:00 LAST SPEAKER FOR ORAL [Captioner] 19:14:00 COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:14:02 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:04 AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:14:05 RETURN TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:14:07 >> Ms. Gauthier: CORRECT, 2D. [Captioner] 19:14:11 THE SPEAKER IS MALIA. [Captioner] 19:14:22 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MALAI CRUZ [Captioner] 19:14:23 AND I COME FROM AMERICAN HIGH [Captioner] 19:14:23 SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:14:29 I WAS LOOKING INTO THE 2D [Captioner] 19:14:30 ACTIVITY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT [Captioner] 19:14:33 THE CITY OF FREMONT IS TRYING TO [Captioner] 19:14:35 CONVERT THE CITY'S FLEET [Captioner] 19:14:36 VEHICLES TO ELECTRONIC VEHICLES [Captioner] 19:14:39 AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD [Captioner] 19:14:41 STEP FORWARD TO PROMOTING [Captioner] 19:14:42 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN [Captioner] 19:14:42 OUR CITY. [Captioner] 19:14:43 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:51 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:53 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR [Captioner] 19:14:54 QUESTIONS FROM THE -- I'LL JUST [Captioner] 19:14:56 MAKE A GENERAL ONE FIRST AND [Captioner] 19:14:57 THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:14:57 ON THAT. [Captioner] 19:15:00 I KNOW THAT OUR CITY HAS [Captioner] 19:15:02 RECENTLY UPDATED OUR CLIMATE [Captioner] 19:15:04 ACTION PLAN AND THE GOALS OF US [Captioner] 19:15:05 TRYING TO ELECTRIFY OUR FLEET [Captioner] 19:15:06 ARE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF [Captioner] 19:15:07 THOSE OBJECTIVES. [Captioner] 19:15:09 AND WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK [Captioner] 19:15:11 AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THE [Captioner] 19:15:12 THOUGHTFULNESS IN OUR [Captioner] 19:15:15 PROCUREMENT AND ALSO HOW WE MOVE [Captioner] 19:15:17 FORWARD IN TERMS OF BOTH LONG [Captioner] 19:15:18 TERM REPLACEMENT FLEET COSTS AS [Captioner] 19:15:20 WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, [Captioner] 19:15:21 SO THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS [Captioner] 19:15:22 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. [Captioner] 19:15:23 SO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:15:26 ACTUALLY NOW COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:15:27 SORRY. [Captioner] 19:15:33 >> Vice Mayor Cox: I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 19:15:35 TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND [Captioner] 19:15:37 MOVE FORWARD WITH 2D. [Captioner] 19:15:39 >> Mayor Mei: I ALSO SEE [Captioner] 19:15:41 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, [Captioner] 19:15:42 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL? [Captioner] 19:15:42 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:15:45 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:15:46 >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M [Captioner] 19:15:47 SORRY, I DID WANT TO MAKE A [Captioner] 19:15:47 COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:15:48 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:15:50 >> Councilmember Campbell: I WAS [Captioner] 19:15:52 JUST THANKING THE STUDENT FROM [Captioner] 19:15:53 AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:15:56 HOWEVER, FOR THESE PARTICULAR [Captioner] 19:15:59 VEHICLES THAT IS BEING [Captioner] 19:16:01 RECOMMENDED FOR US, THEY DO NOT [Captioner] 19:16:03 COME -- THESE MODELS DO NOT COME [Captioner] 19:16:06 WITH ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY [Captioner] 19:16:07 UNFORTUNATELY. [Captioner] 19:16:08 NOT FOR THESE PARTICULAR ONES. [Captioner] 19:16:11 BUT FOR OUR POLICE VEHICLES AND [Captioner] 19:16:13 SOME OTHER VEHICLES, THAT IS THE [Captioner] 19:16:14 GOAL FOR THE CITY. [Captioner] 19:16:16 SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT [Captioner] 19:16:17 SO YOU KNEW. [Captioner] 19:16:17 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:16:21 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:16:24 SO WITH THAT, I ALSO WANTED TO [Captioner] 19:16:25 NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 19:16:26 HAS JOINED US TOO. [Captioner] 19:16:27 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:16:27 WAS NOTED. [Captioner] 19:16:28 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:16:37 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:16:39 AND THE MOTION CARRIES [Captioner] 19:16:40 UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:16:42 KENG BEING ABSENT. [Captioner] 19:16:44 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:16:48 NEXT IS AC TRANSIT, WHO IS GOING [Captioner] 19:16:50 TO BE PRESENTING A REALIGNMENT [Captioner] 19:16:50 PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:16:55 AND I APPRECIATE THEM COMING. [Captioner] 19:16:59 I KNOW MANY OF THE STUDENTS IN [Captioner] 19:17:00 THE PAST IN THIS LAST COUPLE [Captioner] 19:17:02 WEEKS DURING THE MANAGEMENT PLAN [Captioner] 19:17:04 AS WELL AS JUST COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:17:05 MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE AS A CITY [Captioner] 19:17:08 HAVE JOINT MEETINGS WITH OUR [Captioner] 19:17:09 SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAVE HAD [Captioner] 19:17:10 PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS [Captioner] 19:17:13 ASK US ABOUT AC TRANSIT SERVICES [Captioner] 19:17:15 AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:17:17 SITES AS WELL AS IN GENERAL. [Captioner] 19:17:20 SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 19:17:21 TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO [Captioner] 19:17:23 CONNECT WITH AC TRANSIT AND HAVE [Captioner] 19:17:25 A PRESENTATION TO BETTER EXPLAIN [Captioner] 19:17:27 SOME OF THE PROCESSES BY WHICH [Captioner] 19:17:29 YOU ARE DETERMINING YOUR [Captioner] 19:17:29 REALIGNMENT OF YOUR SERVICES. [Captioner] 19:17:32 SO WELCOME, AND TONIGHT THIS IS [Captioner] 19:17:34 MICHAEL ESHELMAN WHO IS THE [Captioner] 19:17:35 SERVICE PLANNING MANAGER. [Captioner] 19:17:35 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:36 WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:17:40 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:42 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI, [Captioner] 19:17:43 COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 19:17:44 SHACKELFORD, STAFF AND THE [Captioner] 19:17:44 PUBLIC. [Captioner] 19:17:50 MY NAME IS MICHAEL ESHELMAN. [Captioner] 19:17:51 I NEED TO TURN ON THE MIC. [Captioner] 19:17:52 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:58 SO IF WE CAN BRING UP THE SLIDE [Captioner] 19:18:00 -- PERFECT. [Captioner] 19:18:01 I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE FAST [Captioner] 19:18:02 THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES AND [Captioner] 19:18:03 SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON SOME [Captioner] 19:18:05 OF THE OTHER SLIDES, JUST TO [Captioner] 19:18:06 MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THE MOST [Captioner] 19:18:09 OF OUR TIME. [Captioner] 19:18:11 SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE [Captioner] 19:18:13 REALLY PROUD OF IS AC TRANSIT IS [Captioner] 19:18:15 THE LARGEST BUS-ONLY AGENCY IN [Captioner] 19:18:15 CALIFORNIA. [Captioner] 19:18:18 ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED [Captioner] 19:18:18 STATES. [Captioner] 19:18:20 WE OPERATE BUS SERVICE ON THE [Captioner] 19:18:22 WESTERN SIDE OF THE HILLS IN [Captioner] 19:18:24 ALAMEDA AND CONTRACOSTA COUNTY, [Captioner] 19:18:28 SO WE'RE TALKING FROM FREMONT -- [Captioner] 19:18:30 FROM RICHMOND DOWN TO FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:18:33 ONE KEY FACT I WANT TO PULL OFF [Captioner] 19:18:35 THE SLIDE IS THAT 43% OF OUR [Captioner] 19:18:37 RIDERS ARE TRANSIT-DEPENDENT, [Captioner] 19:18:38 MEANING THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS [Captioner] 19:18:39 TO A CAR IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. [Captioner] 19:18:46 SO THIS MAP AND TABLE SHOW OUR [Captioner] 19:18:46 NETWORK AND LINES THAT OPERATE [Captioner] 19:18:48 IN THE FREMONT AREA. [Captioner] 19:18:50 THE LINES IN RED ARE MOST [Captioner] 19:18:51 FREQUENT SERVICE RUNNING 20 [Captioner] 19:18:54 MINUTES OR BETTER ALONG FREMONT [Captioner] 19:18:56 BOULEVARD, DECOTO, MOWRY. [Captioner] 19:18:59 FINALLY ROUTES SHOWN IN GRAY ARE [Captioner] 19:19:00 THOSE THAT VARY IN FREQUENCY. [Captioner] 19:19:03 THESE ARE TRANS BAY LINES, EARLY [Captioner] 19:19:03 BIRD SERVICE OR OVERNIGHT [Captioner] 19:19:03 SERVICE. [Captioner] 19:19:05 I DO WANT TO KNOW WHERE THERE [Captioner] 19:19:07 ARE OVERLAPPING LINES, WE MAY [Captioner] 19:19:09 HAVE BETTER FREQUENCY THAN THE [Captioner] 19:19:10 COLOR OF THE LINE MIGHT [Captioner] 19:19:10 INDICATE. [Captioner] 19:19:14 SO WHAT IS REALIGN? [Captioner] 19:19:16 WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING OUR [Captioner] 19:19:18 ENTIRE SERVICE NETWORK, SO WHERE [Captioner] 19:19:20 DO PEOPLE GO, WHERE ARE THEY [Captioner] 19:19:22 COMING FROM AND HOW CAN WE [Captioner] 19:19:23 REALIGN OUR NETWORK SO THAT [Captioner] 19:19:24 WE'RE BETTER MEETING MOBILITY [Captioner] 19:19:26 NEEDS PARTICULARLY COMING OUT OF [Captioner] 19:19:28 THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE ARE MOVING [Captioner] 19:19:28 A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND WHICH [Captioner] 19:19:31 WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR SERVICE [Captioner] 19:19:32 NETWORK IS RESPONSIVE TO HOW [Captioner] 19:19:35 PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND THE [Captioner] 19:19:35 SERVICE AREA. [Captioner] 19:19:37 SO OUR RIDERSHIP IS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:19:40 BACK UP TO 75% OF PREPANDEMIC. [Captioner] 19:19:43 THIS IS PRETTY GOOD RIDERSHIP [Captioner] 19:19:45 RECOVERY AMONG OTHER TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:19:46 AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION [Captioner] 19:19:48 AND THAT RECOVERY HAS HAPPENED [Captioner] 19:19:49 REALLY ON MAJOR ROUTES, AND [Captioner] 19:19:51 OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL WORK [Captioner] 19:19:52 HOURS, SO WE'RE TALKING [Captioner] 19:19:54 WEEKENDS, MIDDAY, NIGHTTIME, ET [Captioner] 19:19:54 CETERA. [Captioner] 19:19:56 WE'RE DOING THE WORK NOW BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:20:01 OF THE WAY PEOPLE MOVE HAS [Captioner] 19:20:01 SHIFTED. [Captioner] 19:20:03 HIRING AND RETENTION IS REALLY [Captioner] 19:20:04 HARD AND CHALLENGES WITH FUNDING [Captioner] 19:20:06 AND REVENUE TO SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:20:07 SUSTAINABLE SERVICE. [Captioner] 19:20:10 WE CAN ACTUALLY SKIP THIS ONE [Captioner] 19:20:11 AND MOVE INTO THE PHASE BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:20:13 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE [Captioner] 19:20:13 TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE. [Captioner] 19:20:15 SO WE'RE IN PHASE THREE RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 19:20:18 YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. [Captioner] 19:20:21 TO DATE WE'VE SOLICIT AND HEARD [Captioner] 19:20:22 COMMUNITY UPDATE ON TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:20:24 NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FOLLOWING [Captioner] 19:20:26 THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:20:26 ENGAGEMENT. [Captioner] 19:20:28 THE INPUT WAS KEY TO THE [Captioner] 19:20:30 DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT SERVICE [Captioner] 19:20:31 PLAN PROPOSALS AND WE'RE GOING [Captioner] 19:20:32 TO USE THAT INPUT GATHERED TODAY [Captioner] 19:20:34 AND THROUGHOUT THIS PHASE TO [Captioner] 19:20:36 REFINE THE DRAFT SERVICE PLAN, [Captioner] 19:20:38 SCENARIOS INTO ONE SINGLE [Captioner] 19:20:38 PREFERRED PLAN. [Captioner] 19:20:40 WE'LL RETURN IN JANUARY FOR [Captioner] 19:20:41 ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT. [Captioner] 19:20:44 HOWEVER, NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:20:46 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF IMPACT [Captioner] 19:20:47 ON WHAT THOSE PROPOSALS WILL [Captioner] 19:20:48 LOOK LIKE. [Captioner] 19:20:50 WE'RE AIMING FOR BOARD ADOPTION [Captioner] 19:20:52 OF THE FINAL PLAN IN SPRING [Captioner] 19:20:54 2024, AND WE'RE SHOOTING FOR [Captioner] 19:20:55 IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW NETWORK [Captioner] 19:20:55 IN AUGUST 2024. [Captioner] 19:21:01 SO THE BOARD APPROVED THREE [Captioner] 19:21:01 GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN SEPTEMBER [Captioner] 19:21:03 THAT WERE REFINED BASED ON WHAT [Captioner] 19:21:04 WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 19:21:06 ARE SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE AND [Captioner] 19:21:08 THOSE ARE EQUITY, RELIABILITY, [Captioner] 19:21:10 SO MAKING SURE THE BUS SHOWS UP [Captioner] 19:21:11 WHEN WE SAY IT'S GOING TO SHOW [Captioner] 19:21:12 UP AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:21:13 RIGHT NUMBER OF OPERATORS TO [Captioner] 19:21:14 ACTUALLY OPERATE THE SERVICE [Captioner] 19:21:16 THAT WE PUT OUT ON A SCHEDULE, [Captioner] 19:21:16 AND THEN FREQUENCY. [Captioner] 19:21:18 SO WE FOUND THAT THE PLACES [Captioner] 19:21:20 WHERE PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING THE [Captioner] 19:21:22 FASTEST, WHERE RIDERSHIP IS [Captioner] 19:21:23 RECOVERING FASTEST IS WHERE WE [Captioner] 19:21:25 RUN THE MOST -- THE BUSES COME [Captioner] 19:21:25 MOST OFTEN. [Captioner] 19:21:32 SO WE HAVE THESE SERVICE [Captioner] 19:21:32 SCENARIOS. [Captioner] 19:21:34 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE, TWO OF [Captioner] 19:21:36 WHICH ARE COST-NEUTRAL AND ONE [Captioner] 19:21:37 OF WHICH IS COST CON TRAINED. [Captioner] 19:21:39 THE TWO COST NEUTRAL ONES ARE [Captioner] 19:21:41 THE ONES WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON [Captioner] 19:21:43 TODAY AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:21:45 ABOUT THE NOT COST NEUTRAL, THE [Captioner] 19:21:46 UNCONSTRAINED A LITTLE LATER. [Captioner] 19:21:48 THESE TWO SCENARIOS ARE [Captioner] 19:21:49 DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE WAY [Captioner] 19:21:52 THAT THEY APPROACH ALLOCATING [Captioner] 19:21:53 THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE [Captioner] 19:21:53 HAVE. [Captioner] 19:21:55 BUT ACTUALLY FOR FREMONT, BOTH [Captioner] 19:21:57 SCENARIOS ARE THE SAME. [Captioner] 19:21:58 SO THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THE [Captioner] 19:21:59 PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:22:00 SIMPLER AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:22:01 EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:22:02 PROPOSING IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:22:08 AND BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH THE [Captioner] 19:22:09 SAME, I'M GOING TO KIND OF GIVE [Captioner] 19:22:10 THIS SLIDE AND THEN WE CAN MOVE [Captioner] 19:22:12 INTO SOME OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSED [Captioner] 19:22:12 LINES ON A MAP. [Captioner] 19:22:15 SO THE SCENARIO THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:22:19 PROPOSING IN FREMONT IS [Captioner] 19:22:20 BALANCING COVERAGE, MAKING SURE [Captioner] 19:22:21 WE HAVE SERVICE SPREAD AS MUCH [Captioner] 19:22:22 AS POSSIBLE AND FREQUENCY, WHICH [Captioner] 19:22:23 IS MAKING SURE THAT THE LINES [Captioner] 19:22:25 ARE COMING AS FREQUENTLY AS [Captioner] 19:22:25 POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 19:22:28 WE WANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO [Captioner] 19:22:30 MANY DESTINATIONS AND WE WANT TO [Captioner] 19:22:32 PROVIDE COVERAGE AND NEW [Captioner] 19:22:34 MOBILITY OPTIONS IN PLACES WHERE [Captioner] 19:22:35 WE HAVE TRANSIT DEMAND. [Captioner] 19:22:36 WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE ROUTES [Captioner] 19:22:38 A LITTLE SIMPLER TO UNDERSTAND. [Captioner] 19:22:39 SO THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA [Captioner] 19:22:41 WHERE THE BUS IS GOING WHEN YOU [Captioner] 19:22:41 GET ON IT. [Captioner] 19:22:43 AND WE REALLY WANT TO MATCH THE [Captioner] 19:22:45 RIGHT SERVICE LEVELS TO THE [Captioner] 19:22:47 RIGHT COMMUNITIES. [Captioner] 19:22:52 AND WE CAN ACTUALLY SKIP THIS [Captioner] 19:22:52 ONE. [Captioner] 19:22:56 SO TALKING ABOUT THIS [Captioner] 19:22:56 UNCONSTRAINED VISION. [Captioner] 19:22:57 SO THIS SCENARIO IS A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:23:00 DIFFERENT IN THAT IT DOES AIM TO [Captioner] 19:23:00 STAY WITHIN OUR MEANS. [Captioner] 19:23:02 THE GENERAL SUMMARY OF THIS [Captioner] 19:23:03 SCENARIO IS MORE OF EVERYTHING [Captioner] 19:23:03 EVERYWHERE. [Captioner] 19:23:05 IT RESTORES NEARLY ALL THE [Captioner] 19:23:06 SERVICE SUSPENDED DURING THE [Captioner] 19:23:06 PANDEMIC. [Captioner] 19:23:08 AND MAKES SIGNIFICANT INCREASES [Captioner] 19:23:11 IN FREQUENCY ACROSS THE BOARD ON [Captioner] 19:23:11 EXISTING LINES. [Captioner] 19:23:14 IT ALSO PROPOSES NEW LINES AND [Captioner] 19:23:15 SERVICE TO COMMUNITIES THAT [Captioner] 19:23:16 LACKED IT, EVEN BEFORE THE [Captioner] 19:23:16 PANDEMIC. [Captioner] 19:23:19 IT ALSO INCLUDES THREE FLEXIBLE [Captioner] 19:23:19 SERVICE ZONES. [Captioner] 19:23:22 WHILE AC TRANSIT DOESN'T HAVE [Captioner] 19:23:24 THE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF BUSES, [Captioner] 19:23:25 OPERATORS OR FUNDING TO ACHIEVE [Captioner] 19:23:26 THIS VISION TODAY, IT CAN BE [Captioner] 19:23:28 USED TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE [Captioner] 19:23:29 RESOURCES AND REPRESENTS OUR [Captioner] 19:23:33 VISION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR [Captioner] 19:23:35 FUNDING IF -- FUNDING FOR PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:23:38 TRANSIT IS A PRIORITY. [Captioner] 19:23:41 SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF [Captioner] 19:23:42 THE KEY LINES THAT SERVE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:23:43 IN THIS SECTION, BUT NOTE [Captioner] 19:23:45 THERE'S MUCH MORE DETAIL ON THE [Captioner] 19:23:48 WEBSITE AT [Captioner] 19:23:50 ACTRANSIT.ORG/REALIGN, INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:23:52 PROFILES OF EACH LINE, MAPS, AS [Captioner] 19:23:54 WELL AS AN INTERACTIVE TOOL THAT [Captioner] 19:23:56 ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE COMMENTS ON [Captioner] 19:23:56 SPECIFIC LINES. [Captioner] 19:23:59 SO LINE 200 IS ONE OF THE MAJOR [Captioner] 19:24:00 LINES SERVING FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:24:03 WE'RE PROPOSING TO ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:24:06 EXTEND IT IN NEWARK, OTHERWISE [Captioner] 19:24:07 IT'S UNCHANGED IN FREMONT BUT [Captioner] 19:24:09 THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT CLOSER [Captioner] 19:24:12 TO THE BAY IN NEWARK ALONG [Captioner] 19:24:14 CENTRAL AND ENTERPRISE, WHERE WE [Captioner] 19:24:16 DON'T HAVE SERVICE TODAY AND [Captioner] 19:24:18 WE'RE PROPOSING TO EXTEND THE [Captioner] 19:24:19 SERVICE TO SERVE THAT. [Captioner] 19:24:22 SO THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE [Captioner] 19:24:24 SOME SPAGHETTI, BUT ALL THESE [Captioner] 19:24:25 LINES ARE KIND OF INTERRELATED [Captioner] 19:24:27 AND ALL THE CHANGES KIND OF [Captioner] 19:24:27 AFFECT ONE ANOTHER. [Captioner] 19:24:28 MANY OF THE CHANGES IN FREMONT [Captioner] 19:24:30 ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING A [Captioner] 19:24:31 SIMPLER NETWORK THAT WORKS [Captioner] 19:24:32 BETTER FOR CUSTOMERS AND BUS [Captioner] 19:24:32 DRIVERS. [Captioner] 19:24:34 ALL LINES WILL COME EVERY 30 [Captioner] 19:24:35 MINUTES IN FREMONT SO RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 19:24:37 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LINES THAT [Captioner] 19:24:39 ONLY OPERATE EVERY HOUR, NO LINE [Captioner] 19:24:41 WILL COME LESS THAN EVERY 30 [Captioner] 19:24:43 MINUTES IN FREMONT UNDER EET [Captioner] 19:24:44 PROPOSAL THAT'S COST NEUTRAL. [Captioner] 19:24:47 HOWEVER, ONE OF THE TRADEOFFS IS [Captioner] 19:24:50 THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO [Captioner] 19:24:51 ELIMINATE LINE 215 WHICH WILL BE [Captioner] 19:24:54 COVERED IN PART BY CHANGES TO [Captioner] 19:24:55 LINES 212, 217 AND 239 AS WELL [Captioner] 19:24:57 AS A NEW ON DEMAND TRANSIT ZONE [Captioner] 19:24:58 IN THE WARM SPRINGS AREA. [Captioner] 19:25:01 AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT BLUE [Captioner] 19:25:01 AREA ON THE MAP. [Captioner] 19:25:05 HOWEVER, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT [Captioner] 19:25:07 TO NOTE THAT WITH THE LOSS OF [Captioner] 19:25:08 215, THE PART THAT IS NOT [Captioner] 19:25:10 COVERED BY OTHER LINES [Captioner] 19:25:12 EXTENSIONS IS THE AREA OF OSGOOD [Captioner] 19:25:14 BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND AUTOMALL [Captioner] 19:25:14 PARKWAY. [Captioner] 19:25:21 SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS LINES 216 [Captioner] 19:25:21 AND 232. [Captioner] 19:25:23 LINE 232 IS PROPOSED TO BE [Captioner] 19:25:26 SHORTENED AT UNION CITY BART AND [Captioner] 19:25:27 LINE 216 WILL BE SHIFTED TO [Captioner] 19:25:28 COVER MISSION BOULEVARD PORTION [Captioner] 19:25:31 OF THE 232, LEAVING NILES [Captioner] 19:25:33 WITHOUT AC TRANSIT SERVICE [Captioner] 19:25:33 BETWEEN UNION CITY BART AND [Captioner] 19:25:34 NURSERY AVENUE. [Captioner] 19:25:41 LINE 251 WILL KEEP THE SAME [Captioner] 19:25:43 ROUTING AS IT HAS TODAY BUT WILL [Captioner] 19:25:45 COME TWICE AS OFTEN AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:25:46 INCLUDE WEEKEND SERVICE AS WELL [Captioner] 19:25:47 AS RUN LATER IN THE DAY. [Captioner] 19:25:51 ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES IS WHERE [Captioner] 19:25:54 IN FREMONT, WE'RE MAKING -- [Captioner] 19:25:57 WE'RE ELIMINATING LINE 99 AND [Captioner] 19:25:58 REPLACING IT WITH 299. [Captioner] 19:26:00 LINE 10 WILL BE EXTENDED INTO [Captioner] 19:26:02 UNION CITY AND WILL CONNECT WITH [Captioner] 19:26:03 LINE 299 AT UNION CITY. [Captioner] 19:26:06 SO IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN THE [Captioner] 19:26:08 NUMBER OF THE LINE, IT WILL STAY [Captioner] 19:26:09 THE SAME IN OTHER RESPECTS. [Captioner] 19:26:14 SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:26:15 I'M CLEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:26:16 TRADEOFFS THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE [Captioner] 19:26:18 SO THAT WE CAN GET GOOD FEEDBACK [Captioner] 19:26:19 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING [Captioner] 19:26:21 THE RIGHT DECISIONS WHEN WE [Captioner] 19:26:22 ULTIMATELY PUT A PLAN BEFORE OUR [Captioner] 19:26:24 BOARD, BUT REALIGN IS PROPOSING [Captioner] 19:26:25 TO INCREASE ALL LINES SERVING [Captioner] 19:26:27 FREMONT TO EVERY 30 MINUTES OR [Captioner] 19:26:30 BETTER ON WEEKDAYS AND ADD A [Captioner] 19:26:31 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEEKEND [Captioner] 19:26:32 SERVICE. [Captioner] 19:26:33 IN ORDER TO FREE UP RESOURCES TO [Captioner] 19:26:36 DO THIS, SERVICE IS LOST IN SOME [Captioner] 19:26:37 PLACES SUCH AS OSGOOD AND [Captioner] 19:26:37 NILES. [Captioner] 19:26:39 FINALLY, A NEW ON DEMAND ZONE IS [Captioner] 19:26:41 PROPOSED IN WARM SPRINGS TO TRY [Captioner] 19:26:42 OUT A NEW WAY TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:26:42 MOBILITY. [Captioner] 19:26:46 SO HERE'S WHAT THOSE SCENARIOS [Captioner] 19:26:48 LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER [Captioner] 19:26:49 OF LINES IN EACH FREQUENCY [Captioner] 19:26:49 CATEGORY. [Captioner] 19:26:51 SO ALONG THE LEFT WE HAVE NUMBER [Captioner] 19:26:53 OF LINES RUNNING 10 MINUTES OR [Captioner] 19:26:55 BETTER, NEXT ONE, 10 TO 15, 15 [Captioner] 19:26:56 TO 30, ET CETERA. [Captioner] 19:26:58 IN THE FREQUENT SCENARIO, THERE [Captioner] 19:26:59 ARE MORE LINES OPERATING EVERY [Captioner] 19:27:01 10 MINUTES AND NO LINES COMING [Captioner] 19:27:02 LESS OFTEN THAN EVERY 30 MINUTES [Captioner] 19:27:05 AND THIS IS SYSTEM-WIDE. [Captioner] 19:27:09 THE BALANCED COVERAGE SCENARIO [Captioner] 19:27:12 EVERY 15 TO 30 MINUTES, THAN THE [Captioner] 19:27:12 CURRENT NETWORK. [Captioner] 19:27:14 THERE'S A DROP IN LINES AS A [Captioner] 19:27:16 PRODUCT OF CONSOLIDATING SOME [Captioner] 19:27:18 LINES LIKE THE 215 AND EXTENDING [Captioner] 19:27:18 OTHERS. [Captioner] 19:27:20 THESE NUMBERS ALSO ONLY REFLECT [Captioner] 19:27:22 INDIVIDUAL LINE HEADWAYS AND [Captioner] 19:27:23 FREQUENCIES AND NOT SITUATIONS [Captioner] 19:27:25 WHERE MULTIPLE LINES COMBINE FOR [Captioner] 19:27:29 A GREATER FREQUENCY. [Captioner] 19:27:31 SO LET'S BRIEFLY FINISH WITH OUR [Captioner] 19:27:32 ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. [Captioner] 19:27:35 WE'RE IN PHASE THREE, PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:27:36 ENGAGEMENT, TO SUPPORT THE [Captioner] 19:27:38 REVIEW AND UPDATE OF OUR SERVICE [Captioner] 19:27:40 NETWORK, WHICH CONCLUDES ON [Captioner] 19:27:40 DECEMBER 13TH. [Captioner] 19:27:42 WE'RE INTRODUCING BUS SERVICE [Captioner] 19:27:44 PROPOSALS AND ASKING PE PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:27:46 TO LEARN, REVIEW AND COMMENT ON [Captioner] 19:27:47 OUR BUS SERVICE PROPOSALS SO [Captioner] 19:27:48 THEIR VOICES CAN BE HEARD IN THE [Captioner] 19:27:48 PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:27:52 HERE'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT [Captioner] 19:27:54 WE'RE DOING IN THIS SIX-WEEK [Captioner] 19:27:54 PERIOD. [Captioner] 19:27:56 WE'RE GOING TO A LOT OF COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:27:58 MEETINGS, COMMISSION MEETINGS, [Captioner] 19:27:59 AND DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE [Captioner] 19:28:01 COMMUNITY ON POP-UPS AND [Captioner] 19:28:03 POP-INS, WE'RE DOING WORK WITH [Captioner] 19:28:04 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, [Captioner] 19:28:06 PARTNERING THEM WITH THEM TO [Captioner] 19:28:07 HOLD EVENTS AND TO GO TO EVENTS [Captioner] 19:28:10 THAT THEY'RE TAKING PART IN. [Captioner] 19:28:11 AND WE'RE ALSO DOING A COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:28:13 VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON DECEMBER 7TH [Captioner] 19:28:14 THAT EVERYONE IS INVITED TO. [Captioner] 19:28:17 IN THE EVENING. [Captioner] 19:28:22 THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:28:23 TACTICS THAT WE'RE USING TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:28:24 SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT. [Captioner] 19:28:25 ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS [Captioner] 19:28:28 WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY IS WE'VE [Captioner] 19:28:30 DISTRIBUTED HARD COPY BOOKLETS [Captioner] 19:28:33 OF ALL OF OUR MAPS IN EACH [Captioner] 19:28:34 SCENARIO TO LIBRARIES. [Captioner] 19:28:36 THEY'RE IN THREE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:28:36 LANGUAGES. [Captioner] 19:28:38 ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CHINESE. [Captioner] 19:28:40 AND WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTIONS [Captioner] 19:28:41 THERE IF THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:28:43 USE COMPUTERS AT THE LIBRARY TO [Captioner] 19:28:45 ACCESS OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:28:48 COMMENT ON OUR MATERIALS ON OUR [Captioner] 19:28:49 WEBSITE. [Captioner] 19:28:51 WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK, [Captioner] 19:28:53 SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL, WE'RE [Captioner] 19:28:55 DOING A LOT. [Captioner] 19:29:01 SO PLEASE VISIT [Captioner] 19:29:02 ACTRANSIT.ORG/REALIGN TO LEARN [Captioner] 19:29:03 MORE, FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING [Captioner] 19:29:06 TO BE AT AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT, [Captioner] 19:29:08 POP-UP NEAR BUS STOPS, ONLINE [Captioner] 19:29:08 COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, ET CETERA. [Captioner] 19:29:11 VISIT ONE OF THE 20 LIBRARIES [Captioner] 19:29:13 THAT'S HOSTING OUR SERVICE [Captioner] 19:29:15 PROPOSAL INFORMATION, AND PLEASE [Captioner] 19:29:17 TAKE ONE OF OUR HANDOUTS HANDED [Captioner] 19:29:17 TO THE CITY CLERK TODAY. [Captioner] 19:29:19 IT HAS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION [Captioner] 19:29:20 AND PLENTY OF INFORMATION ABOUT [Captioner] 19:29:21 HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE [Captioner] 19:29:21 PLAN. [Captioner] 19:29:24 ALSO, ONCE AGAIN JUST PLEASE [Captioner] 19:29:27 JOIN US AT OUR COMMUNITY VIRTUAL [Captioner] 19:29:29 WORKSHOP ON 12/7 AT 6:00 P.M., [Captioner] 19:29:30 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M [Captioner] 19:29:30 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:29:38 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU VERY [Captioner] 19:29:39 MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND [Captioner] 19:29:40 FOR THE DETAILS. [Captioner] 19:29:42 ALSO CONGRATULATIONS ON MANY OF [Captioner] 19:29:44 THE AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:29:46 BESTOWED UPON AC TRANSIT AND THE [Captioner] 19:29:46 EFFORTS. [Captioner] 19:29:49 I KNOW ONE OF THE STUDENTS SPOKE [Captioner] 19:29:50 ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION, I KNOW [Captioner] 19:29:52 YOU'VE ALSO BEEN AWARDED SOME OF [Captioner] 19:29:53 THOSE GRANTS SPECIFICALLY AT THE [Captioner] 19:29:54 FEDERAL LEVEL, SO THAT'S [Captioner] 19:29:55 ADMIRABLE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON [Captioner] 19:29:55 THAT. [Captioner] 19:29:58 WITH THAT, I WAS GOING TO SAY, [Captioner] 19:29:59 THIS TIME WE'LL ASK FOR [Captioner] 19:30:02 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM -- OR [Captioner] 19:30:02 COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:30:04 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:30:06 ALSO ARE THERE SPEAKER CARDS FOR [Captioner] 19:30:07 THIS, I THINK, TWO? [Captioner] 19:30:08 >> Ms. Gauthier: FOUR AT THE [Captioner] 19:30:08 MOMENT. [Captioner] 19:30:09 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:30:10 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, [Captioner] 19:30:10 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? [Captioner] 19:30:12 THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:30:12 CARDS AND THEN COME BACK. [Captioner] 19:30:14 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, [Captioner] 19:30:14 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:30:16 JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION -- WELL, [Captioner] 19:30:16 I'VE GOT TWO. [Captioner] 19:30:20 CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ON-DEMAND [Captioner] 19:30:22 RIDE MEANS? [Captioner] 19:30:23 >> ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 19:30:27 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD AC [Captioner] 19:30:29 TRANSIT FLEX, ONE IN NEWARK, ONE [Captioner] 19:30:29 IN CASTRO VALLEY. [Captioner] 19:30:33 IT WAS SET UP AS A STOP-TO-STOP [Captioner] 19:30:34 SERVICE THAT HAD A SCHEDULED [Captioner] 19:30:37 TIME POINT AT A BART STATION. [Captioner] 19:30:40 PEOPLE COULD RESERVE RIDES AND [Captioner] 19:30:41 INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING A ROUTE TO [Captioner] 19:30:42 GET A PRESCRIBED PUBLISHED ROUTE [Captioner] 19:30:44 TO GET TO THEM, WOULD GO THE [Captioner] 19:30:45 FASTEST WAY POSSIBLE TO GET TO [Captioner] 19:30:46 THOSE FOLKS AND THEN TAKE THEM [Captioner] 19:30:48 THE FASTEST WAY POSSIBLE TO GET [Captioner] 19:30:50 TO WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE [Captioner] 19:30:51 DROPPED OFF AND THEY COULD BE [Captioner] 19:30:52 DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP AT ANY [Captioner] 19:30:54 BUS STOP IN THAT ZONE. [Captioner] 19:30:55 THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE WAYS [Captioner] 19:30:57 THAT WE MIGHT PROVIDE SERVICE IN [Captioner] 19:31:01 THIS ZONE, AND THERE'S A [Captioner] 19:31:02 SPECTRUM FROM THAT ALL THE WAY [Captioner] 19:31:04 TO MAYBE IT'S JUST A SUBSIDY FOR [Captioner] 19:31:05 FOLKS TO USE SOME SORT OF [Captioner] 19:31:06 PRIVATE SERVICE. [Captioner] 19:31:08 SO WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT [Captioner] 19:31:09 DETAILS ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S [Captioner] 19:31:09 GOING TO LOOK LIKE. [Captioner] 19:31:10 >> Councilmember Campbell: BUT [Captioner] 19:31:12 WOULD IT HAVE TO BE RESERVED? [Captioner] 19:31:14 THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS [Captioner] 19:31:15 TO THE ON DEMAND SERVICE, IS IT [Captioner] 19:31:18 HAS TO BE RESERVED, OR IS IT A [Captioner] 19:31:19 SCHEDULED TIME? [Captioner] 19:31:23 >> I'M USING RESERVED IN KIND OF [Captioner] 19:31:23 A LIGHT WAY. [Captioner] 19:31:26 YOU HAVE TO GO ONLINE OR MAKE A [Captioner] 19:31:27 PHONE CALL AND YOU COULD RESERVE [Captioner] 19:31:28 IT UP TO 30 MINUTES IN ADVANCE. [Captioner] 19:31:30 IT'S NOT LIKE DAYS BEFORE OR [Captioner] 19:31:30 ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [Captioner] 19:31:32 OTHERWISE THE BUS WOULDN'T KNOW [Captioner] 19:31:33 THAT YOU'RE THERE, WOULDN'T KNOW [Captioner] 19:31:34 TO COME GET YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:38 KIND OF LIKE AN UBER OR LYFT. [Captioner] 19:31:39 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 19:31:39 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:31:44 AND ON SLIDE 16, YOU MENTIONED [Captioner] 19:31:49 LINE 216 WOULD BE MOVED UP TO [Captioner] 19:31:50 MISSION BOULEVARD. [Captioner] 19:31:53 HOW FAR UP -- BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN [Captioner] 19:31:55 AWAY FROM ANY COVERAGE IN THE [Captioner] 19:31:55 NILES AREA? [Captioner] 19:31:57 IS THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? [Captioner] 19:31:57 >> YES. [Captioner] 19:32:01 SO THE COVERAGE ON NILES THAT [Captioner] 19:32:02 THE 216 CURRENTLY PROVIDES, WE [Captioner] 19:32:04 FOUND THAT THE RIDERSHIP WAS [Captioner] 19:32:07 HIGHER WHERE THE 232 OPERATES ON [Captioner] 19:32:08 MISSION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS [Captioner] 19:32:10 30 MINUTE NETWORK, WE COULDN'T [Captioner] 19:32:11 SERVE BOTH STREETS SO WE PICKED [Captioner] 19:32:11 THAT ONE. [Captioner] 19:32:12 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE [Captioner] 19:32:13 TRYING TO GET INPUT ON. [Captioner] 19:32:15 SO IF THE THOUGHT IS THAT'S TOO [Captioner] 19:32:16 MUCH OF A TRADEOFF, WE CAN [Captioner] 19:32:17 FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:32:17 SOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:32:19 >> Councilmember Campbell: WELL, [Captioner] 19:32:21 I GUESS IT WOULD CONCERN ME THAT [Captioner] 19:32:22 THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY BUS [Captioner] 19:32:23 SERVICE IN THAT AREA, AND THAT [Captioner] 19:32:27 MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING [Captioner] 19:32:31 TO TRAVELERS WHO NEED THE TRANSIT. [Captioner] 19:32:34 WHAT WOULD BE A TRADEOFF FOR [Captioner] 19:32:36 THAT THEN? [Captioner] 19:32:38 >> THE TRADEOFF WOULD BE THAT [Captioner] 19:32:41 THE LINE OPERATING NEAR THEM, [Captioner] 19:32:42 THEY WOULD HAVE TO WALK FURTHER [Captioner] 19:32:44 BUT THE BUS WOULD BE COMING [Captioner] 19:32:45 TWICE AS OFTEN. [Captioner] 19:32:46 IF THAT MAKES SENSE. [Captioner] 19:32:50 >> Councilmember Campbell: SO IT [Captioner] 19:32:53 WOULD JUST BE A LONGER DISTANCE [Captioner] 19:32:54 TO GET TO THE STOP, BUT THERE [Captioner] 19:32:54 WOULD BE A STOP THERE? [Captioner] 19:32:56 >> IT WOULD BE ON MISSION. [Captioner] 19:32:58 >> Councilmember Campbell: ON [Captioner] 19:32:58 MISSION? [Captioner] 19:32:58 >> YEAH. [Captioner] 19:32:59 >> Councilmember Campbell: OH, [Captioner] 19:33:00 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:33:01 THAT MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC TOO. [Captioner] 19:33:03 I'LL REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:33:05 AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT [Captioner] 19:33:05 THAT. [Captioner] 19:33:06 >> AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO OUR [Captioner] 19:33:08 BUS OPERATORS ABOUT THAT ONE, [Captioner] 19:33:10 AND THEY SAID THAT TURN ON [Captioner] 19:33:11 NURSERY MIGHT BE A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:33:11 CHALLENGING WITH THE BUS. [Captioner] 19:33:14 SO THERE MIGHT ALSO BE LIKE HARD [Captioner] 19:33:16 CONCERNS ABOUT LIKE MAKING A BUS [Captioner] 19:33:17 MOVE THROUGH AN AREA THAT WE [Captioner] 19:33:19 NEED TO TEST OUT, AND WE'RE [Captioner] 19:33:20 GOING TO BE DOING THAT. [Captioner] 19:33:21 >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 19:33:21 YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:02 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.CLARIFYING QUESTIONS?COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:34:02 >> Vice Mayor Cox: I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SPEAK FIRST. [Captioner] 19:34:02 I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC SPOKE.>> Mayor Mei: SURE. [Captioner] 19:34:02 I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TOO.I WANTED TO ASK QUICKLY, WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:34:02 A COUPLE UNIQUE FACILITIES THAT ARE IN FREMONT AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM IN [Captioner] 19:34:02 THE PAST, SUCH AS THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. [Captioner] 19:34:02 AND ALSO FRIENDS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ON THAT CORRIDOR. [Captioner] 19:34:02 I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE IN LOOKING AT THE MAP, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT GOOD TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:34:03 SERVICE ON 215 BETWEEN OSGOOD [Captioner] 19:34:04 AND WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, THAT [Captioner] 19:34:06 AREA, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE [Captioner] 19:34:07 THEIR NEW CENTER IS GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:34:09 TOO, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS [Captioner] 19:34:10 THAT GOING TO BE A CONCERN? [Captioner] 19:34:11 HAVE WE LOOKED INTO HOW WE'RE [Captioner] 19:34:12 GOING TO PROVIDE ACCESS? [Captioner] 19:34:15 ESPECIALLY FOR US THAT'S A [Captioner] 19:34:16 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:34:17 AREA FOR OSGOOD, SO WE'RE [Captioner] 19:34:19 PUTTING IN A LOT OF NEW HOUSING [Captioner] 19:34:21 UNITS, IF YOU GO DOWN THAT [Captioner] 19:34:22 STREET YOU'LL SEE QUITE A FEW. [Captioner] 19:34:24 THAT WAS PART TO ADDRESS AT THAT [Captioner] 19:34:27 TIME THE IRVINGTON BART STATION [Captioner] 19:34:28 AND THAT HAS SINCE BEEN DELAYED [Captioner] 19:34:31 SO IT WOULD BE REALLY BAD IF WE [Captioner] 19:34:33 HAD TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:34:35 WITHOUT BART AND AC TRANSIT ON [Captioner] 19:34:37 THAT -- NO TRANSIT ON THE [Captioner] 19:34:38 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP M. [Captioner] 19:34:39 THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 19:34:40 POINT THAT OUT. [Captioner] 19:34:44 >> WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE [Captioner] 19:34:44 ORGANIZATIONS. [Captioner] 19:34:46 I'LL DOUBLE-CHECK AND WE'LL MAKE [Captioner] 19:34:47 SURE WE GET BACK TO YOU TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:34:48 SURE THAT THEY'RE COVERED. [Captioner] 19:34:49 MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE PLAN [Captioner] 19:34:51 WOULDN'T WORK IF WE DIDN'T [Captioner] 19:34:51 PROVIDE THEM WITH ACCESS. [Captioner] 19:34:54 SO THAT WAS A KEY THING WE [Captioner] 19:34:55 WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE [Captioner] 19:34:55 ACCOMPLISHED. [Captioner] 19:34:56 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:34:59 AND IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE [Captioner] 19:34:59 OSGOOD CORRIDOR. [Captioner] 19:35:01 ALSO WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 19:35:03 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ONE OF [Captioner] 19:35:05 THE OTHER REASONS I KNOW WHY 215 [Captioner] 19:35:06 WAS REALLY POPULAR BEFORE IS [Captioner] 19:35:08 ALSO AT ONE POINT, I THINK THERE [Captioner] 19:35:09 WAS QUITE A FEW STUDENTS COMING [Captioner] 19:35:10 FROM BART TO THE OHLONE COLLEGE, [Captioner] 19:35:13 AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:35:14 WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO THEM ABOUT [Captioner] 19:35:15 THEIR RIDERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT [Captioner] 19:35:18 WE ARE PROVIDING ACCESS. [Captioner] 19:35:21 WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A [Captioner] 19:35:22 HEALTHIER NEXT GENERATION AND IF [Captioner] 19:35:25 WE CAN DO MASS TRANSIT, THAT [Captioner] 19:35:26 WOULD BE REALLY POPULAR. [Captioner] 19:35:28 YOU'VE DONE AN ADMIRABLE JOB IN [Captioner] 19:35:30 TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:35:31 RETURNING FROM COVID BUT WE CAN [Captioner] 19:35:32 ALWAYS DO MORE. [Captioner] 19:35:34 FINALLY ALONG THAT SAME CORRIDOR [Captioner] 19:35:35 IS ALSO A LOT OF MANUFACTURERS. [Captioner] 19:35:37 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 19:35:38 PEOPLE ULTIMATELY -- I HEAR SO [Captioner] 19:35:40 OFTEN ABOUT -- JUST A GOOD [Captioner] 19:35:41 EXAMPLE IS UNFORTUNATELY TESLA'S [Captioner] 19:35:43 PARKING LOT IS SO FULL, ALONG [Captioner] 19:35:44 WITH SO MANY OF THE OTHER [Captioner] 19:35:45 MANUFACTURERS ON THAT CORRIDOR, [Captioner] 19:35:47 AND IF THEY CAN COME OFF OF [Captioner] 19:35:48 BART, THEY WOULD LOVE TO, SO AS [Captioner] 19:35:50 LONG AS THERE'S OPPORTUNITY -- I [Captioner] 19:35:52 SAW IT WAS REROUTED A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:35:53 AROUND KATO, BUT IF THERE'S [Captioner] 19:35:55 ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO IN THAT [Captioner] 19:35:56 AREA, I GUESS I WOULD LOVE TO [Captioner] 19:35:58 HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC TOO, BUT I [Captioner] 19:35:59 APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT PROCESS [Captioner] 19:36:01 AND ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:36:05 EXTENDING FLEX TO THAT MORE [Captioner] 19:36:06 DENSE INNOVATION DISTRICT, WARM [Captioner] 19:36:06 SPRINGS AREA. [Captioner] 19:36:08 SO IF YOU COULD CALL THE [Captioner] 19:36:09 SPEAKERS, MS. GAUTHIER, AND THEN [Captioner] 19:36:11 WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:36:11 FOR OTHER COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:36:18 >> Ms. Gauthier: LISA DANZ [Captioner] 19:36:18 FOLLOWED BY DANIEL. [Captioner] 19:36:21 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:36:22 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:36:23 MY NAME IS LISA DANZ AND I'M ONE [Captioner] 19:36:25 OF THE VOLUNTEER LEADERS WITH [Captioner] 19:36:26 FREMONT FOR EVERYONE AND I JUST [Captioner] 19:36:28 WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE [Captioner] 19:36:29 FREMONT FOR EVERYONE SIGNED ON [Captioner] 19:36:31 TO A LETTER THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED [Captioner] 19:36:35 TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT [Captioner] 19:36:37 I DID MANAGE TO SUBMIT IN [Captioner] 19:36:39 WRITING BUT I'LL READ SOME [Captioner] 19:36:40 HIGHLIGHTS SO YOU'RE AWARE OF [Captioner] 19:36:41 THE POSITION THAT ONE OF YOUR [Captioner] 19:36:42 LOCAL GROUPS HAS TAKEN, [Captioner] 19:36:44 SPECIFICALLY WE FEEL THAT [Captioner] 19:36:45 REALIGN MUST IMPROVE WORKING [Captioner] 19:36:46 CONDITIONS AND INCREASE OPERATOR [Captioner] 19:36:48 HIRING AND AVAILABILITY, WHICH [Captioner] 19:36:50 CAN IMPROVE CONDITIONS BOTH FOR [Captioner] 19:36:51 PASSENGERS AS WELL AS WORKING [Captioner] 19:36:54 CONDITIONS FOR OPERATORS. [Captioner] 19:36:56 BECAUSE SUFFICIENT RECOVERY TIME [Captioner] 19:36:57 MUST BE BUILT INTO THE SCHEDULES [Captioner] 19:36:58 TO ENSURE THE OPERATORS GET [Captioner] 19:36:59 THEIR BREAKS, WHICH WOULD ALSO [Captioner] 19:37:01 MAKE THE SCHEDULES MORE [Captioner] 19:37:01 RELIABLE. [Captioner] 19:37:03 I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN [Captioner] 19:37:05 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT ONE OF [Captioner] 19:37:07 THE REASONS WHY I OFTEN DON'T [Captioner] 19:37:08 TAKE THE BUS IS BECAUSE I CAN'T [Captioner] 19:37:09 COUNT ON THE SCHEDULE, AND I [Captioner] 19:37:11 HAVE TO BUILD IN LIKE A HALF AN [Captioner] 19:37:13 HOUR OF BUFFER, WHICH I MIGHT AS [Captioner] 19:37:15 WELL RIDE MY BICYCLE AT THAT POINT. [Captioner] 19:37:21 SECOND, THE VISIONARY NETWORK -- [Captioner] 19:37:21 HIGHER SERVICE LEVELS AND [Captioner] 19:37:23 WORKING CONDITIONS AND [Captioner] 19:37:25 RELIABILITY, SO AGAIN FOCUSED ON [Captioner] 19:37:25 WORKING CONDITIONS. [Captioner] 19:37:27 AND THIRD, THE SERVICE PROPOSALS [Captioner] 19:37:30 MUST HAVE CLEAR METRICS TO ALLOW [Captioner] 19:37:31 RIDERS, WORKERS AND THE BOARD TO [Captioner] 19:37:32 COMPARE THEM. [Captioner] 19:37:34 AND BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WITHOUT [Captioner] 19:37:36 THE DATA, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:37:37 ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. [Captioner] 19:37:40 SO I THINK I WON'T TRY TO READ [Captioner] 19:37:41 THE WHOLE THING BUT I JUST [Captioner] 19:37:43 WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:37:44 KNEW THAT THERE'S THAT POSITION [Captioner] 19:37:45 LETTER OUT THERE AND THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:37:45 ON IT. [Captioner] 19:37:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:37:48 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:54 DANIEL, FOLLOWED BY GERSARA. [Captioner] 19:38:00 >> HELLO AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:38:04 SO I'M NOT A FREQUENT BUS USER. [Captioner] 19:38:07 MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S [Captioner] 19:38:08 FASTER TO RIDE A BIKE. [Captioner] 19:38:13 EVEN IF THE BUS IS ON TIME, [Captioner] 19:38:14 BEING QUITE HONEST, AND THAT'S [Captioner] 19:38:17 JUST A SYMPTOM OF OUR [Captioner] 19:38:21 INFRASTRUCTURE, A SYMPTOM OF HOW [Captioner] 19:38:25 CAR-DEPENDENT OUR CITY IS, AND [Captioner] 19:38:31 JUST HOW OUR ROADS ARE BUILT AND [Captioner] 19:38:31 DESIGNED. [Captioner] 19:38:34 SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR THE [Captioner] 19:38:37 CITY COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT WHAT [Captioner] 19:38:39 KIND OF NETWORK DO YOU WANT? [Captioner] 19:38:41 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC [Captioner] 19:38:43 LINES, SPECIFIC ROUTES, ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:38:47 LIKE THAT, BUT JUST ON A BROAD [Captioner] 19:38:50 SCALE, IS THIS WHAT YOUR VISION [Captioner] 19:38:51 IS? [Captioner] 19:38:54 HOPEFULLY WE CAN DREAM A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:38:55 BIGGER, RIGHT? [Captioner] 19:38:59 WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT UNION CITY [Captioner] 19:38:59 HAS DONE. [Captioner] 19:39:01 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, THEY [Captioner] 19:39:02 CONTROL IT, THEY DECIDE THOSE [Captioner] 19:39:05 ROUTES, THEY DECIDE THOSE [Captioner] 19:39:07 FREQUENCIES, AND YES, THAT TAKES [Captioner] 19:39:11 MONEY, RIGHT, BUT IF WE WANT TO [Captioner] 19:39:13 HAVE MORE PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS, [Captioner] 19:39:16 30 MINUTE FREQUENCIES IS ONLY [Captioner] 19:39:18 GOING TO ATTRACT THOSE WHO HAVE [Captioner] 19:39:22 NO BETTER CHOICE. [Captioner] 19:39:27 JUST TO SHARE A QUOTE, A [Captioner] 19:39:28 DEVELOPED COUNTRY ISN'T ONE [Captioner] 19:39:31 WHERE THE POOR HAVE CARS, IT'S [Captioner] 19:39:33 WHERE THE RICH TAKE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:39:33 TRANSPORTATION. [Captioner] 19:39:36 WHEN WE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, X [Captioner] 19:39:38 HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 19:39:42 TAKE THE BUS ARE [Captioner] 19:39:43 TRANSIT-DEPENDENT, THAT'S NOT A [Captioner] 19:39:43 GOOD THING. [Captioner] 19:39:45 IF WE SAY, OKAY, THIS SERVICE IS [Captioner] 19:39:47 SO BAD THAT YOU WOULD LITERALLY [Captioner] 19:39:48 TAKE ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT TAKE [Captioner] 19:39:51 THE BUS, WELL, THEN YEAH, YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:39:52 GOING TO HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE [Captioner] 19:39:53 OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE BUS [Captioner] 19:39:55 BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER [Captioner] 19:39:55 CHOICE. [Captioner] 19:39:59 BUT I THINK WE CAN AIM HIGHER, [Captioner] 19:40:04 WE CAN AIM FOR A NETWORK, FOR A [Captioner] 19:40:06 SERVICE THAT IS ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:40:06 ATTRACTIVE. [Captioner] 19:40:08 WHEN I GET OFF AT THE BART [Captioner] 19:40:10 STATION, SAY I GO TO THE CITY, [Captioner] 19:40:13 COME BACK, I WANT TO GET FROM [Captioner] 19:40:15 THE BART STATION TO MY HOUSE. [Captioner] 19:40:19 I COULD TAKE THE BUS, BUT THAT'S [Captioner] 19:40:22 GOING TO ADD AT LEAST 10, 15 [Captioner] 19:40:25 MINUTES TO A 10 OR 15-MINUTE [Captioner] 19:40:26 JOURNEY WHEN I CAN RIDE A BIKE [Captioner] 19:40:28 OR I CAN DRIVE TO THE BART [Captioner] 19:40:28 STATION. [Captioner] 19:40:30 SO IF WE WANT TO INCREASE [Captioner] 19:40:31 RIDERSHIP, WHICH WOULD INCREASE [Captioner] 19:40:33 -- WHICH WOULD TAKE CARS OFF THE [Captioner] 19:40:34 ROAD, WHICH WOULD INCREASE [Captioner] 19:40:37 SAFETY, WHICH WOULD DECREASE OUR [Captioner] 19:40:39 MISSIONS, ALL OF WHICH ALIGNS [Captioner] 19:40:40 WITH THE CITY'S GOALS, WE REALLY [Captioner] 19:40:44 NEED TO THINK ABOUT A NETWORK [Captioner] 19:40:45 THAT ACTUALLY ATTRACTS PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:40:46 WHO DO HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE. [Captioner] 19:40:51 AND SERVE EVERYONE, NOT JUST [Captioner] 19:40:52 FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE WHO NEED [Captioner] 19:40:54 IT, WE CAN FOCUS ON EVERYONE, OR [Captioner] 19:40:55 AT LEAST WE SHOULD STRIVE TO. [Captioner] 19:40:55 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:41:04 >> Ms. Gauthier: GERSERAT. [Captioner] 19:41:09 FOLLOWED BY PROBLINE. [Captioner] 19:41:11 >> HI. [Captioner] 19:41:13 I'M A SENIOR AT AMERICAN HIGH [Captioner] 19:41:14 SCHOOL, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:41:16 GIVE A COMMENT ON THE AC TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:41:16 ITEM. [Captioner] 19:41:19 THE SLIDE SHOW CLAIMED THAT [Captioner] 19:41:20 THERE ARE 30,000 STUDENT TRIPS [Captioner] 19:41:23 TO AND FROM EVERY SCHOOL DAY AND [Captioner] 19:41:25 I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING TO [Captioner] 19:41:25 COMMEND. [Captioner] 19:41:27 I PERSONALLY DON'T USE THE AC [Captioner] 19:41:30 TRANSIT, BUT I SEE A LOT OF MY [Captioner] 19:41:32 PEERS USE IT AND I THINK IT HAS [Captioner] 19:41:33 MADE AFTER-SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 19:41:34 REALLY CONVENIENT FOR THEM. [Captioner] 19:41:36 AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTINUE [Captioner] 19:41:38 YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING THIS [Captioner] 19:41:39 POSSIBLE AND EVEN MORE [Captioner] 19:41:39 CONVENIENT. [Captioner] 19:41:40 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:41:44 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:41:46 THE LAST SPEAKER IS PROBLINE. [Captioner] 19:41:53 >> HI. [Captioner] 19:41:55 I'M ALSO A SENIOR AT AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:41:56 HIGH SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:42:00 AND I'VE OBSERVED SOME [Captioner] 19:42:02 CLEANLINESS ISSUES ON CERTAIN AC [Captioner] 19:42:03 TRANSIT BUSES THAT I'VE USED. [Captioner] 19:42:06 CLEANLINESS IS CRUCIAL FOR THE [Captioner] 19:42:07 COMFORT AND WELL-BEING OF [Captioner] 19:42:08 PASSENGERS AND A CLEANER [Captioner] 19:42:09 ENVIRONMENT WOULD FOR SURE [Captioner] 19:42:11 ENHANCE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE [Captioner] 19:42:13 FOR RIDERS SO I JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 19:42:13 SUGGEST THAT. [Captioner] 19:42:13 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:20 >> Mayor Mei: THAT WAS THE LAST [Captioner] 19:42:21 OF OUR SPEAKERS? [Captioner] 19:42:22 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:23 COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:42:27 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:42:28 MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:42:29 I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:42:33 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:42:33 PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:42:36 I WANTED TO ASK YOU, WITH THE [Captioner] 19:42:40 30,000 STUDENTS, WHICH IS OUR [Captioner] 19:42:42 PRECIOUS FUTURE, IS THERE -- ARE [Captioner] 19:42:43 YOU SAYING 30,000 JUST IN [Captioner] 19:42:46 GENERAL OF YOUR WHOLE SERVICE [Captioner] 19:42:47 AREA? [Captioner] 19:42:52 ALAMEDA COUNTY OR SANTA CLARA [Captioner] 19:42:52 COUNTY? [Captioner] 19:42:54 I JUST NEEDED TO HAVE A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:42:54 CLARIFICATION ON THAT. [Captioner] 19:42:56 >> IT'S THE WHOLE COUNTY AND [Captioner] 19:42:58 IT'S ANY AC TRANSIT BUS THAT [Captioner] 19:42:58 OPERATES IN THE COUNTY. [Captioner] 19:43:01 SOME OF THEM GO INTO MILIPITAS. [Captioner] 19:43:03 >> Vice Mayor Cox: AND IS [Captioner] 19:43:05 MILIPITAS THE MOST SOUTHERN PART [Captioner] 19:43:07 OF WHERE YOUR SERVICE AREA IS, [Captioner] 19:43:10 AND THEN THAT'S WHERE VTA WOULD [Captioner] 19:43:13 KICK IN AT THE EXCHANGE OF THE [Captioner] 19:43:15 MILIPITAS BART STATION; IS THAT [Captioner] 19:43:15 CORRECT? [Captioner] 19:43:16 >> THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH. [Captioner] 19:43:17 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY, [Captioner] 19:43:17 GOTCHA. [Captioner] 19:43:22 I WANTED TO FIND OUT ALSO WITH [Captioner] 19:43:23 THE -- GOING ALONG THE LIEPS OF [Captioner] 19:43:25 GRIMMER AND AUTOMALL INTO OUR [Captioner] 19:43:27 IRVINGTON AREA, LOOKING STRAIGHT [Captioner] 19:43:30 OUT, ARE THERE ANY MAJOR CHANGES [Captioner] 19:43:34 WITH THE ROUTES THERE ON THAT [Captioner] 19:43:34 PART? [Captioner] 19:43:38 >> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT -- THAT [Captioner] 19:43:39 INTERSECTION WILL STILL HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:43:41 SERVICE IT HAS TODAY AND IT WILL [Captioner] 19:43:41 COME FOR FREQUENTLY. [Captioner] 19:43:43 THE MAIN ISSUE THAT WE WERE [Captioner] 19:43:45 TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS, I [Captioner] 19:43:47 GUESS NORTHWEST OF AUTOMALL [Captioner] 19:43:48 BETWEEN -- ON OSGOOD BETWEEN [Captioner] 19:43:50 WASHINGTON AND AUTOMALL. [Captioner] 19:43:52 BUT THERE STILL WILL BE SERVICE [Captioner] 19:43:54 IN THE AREA WHERE YOU'RE TALKING [Captioner] 19:43:55 ABOUT, JUST NOT ON THE OSGOOD [Captioner] 19:43:55 PART OF IT. [Captioner] 19:43:57 >> Vice Mayor Cox: ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 19:43:58 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE [Captioner] 19:44:00 SPEAKERS AS WELL IN PROVIDING [Captioner] 19:44:00 THEIR INPUT. [Captioner] 19:44:02 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO [Captioner] 19:44:07 ASK WAS IN TERMS OF BESIDES [Captioner] 19:44:09 ELECTRIFICATION OF THE BUSES, [Captioner] 19:44:11 CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:44:13 MORE ABOUT THE AIR FILTER AND [Captioner] 19:44:17 THE BREATHING THAT FILTERS -- IS [Captioner] 19:44:18 THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD SHARE [Captioner] 19:44:21 ON THAT ASPECT OF IT? [Captioner] 19:44:24 >> AT A VERY -- [Captioner] 19:44:25 >> Vice Mayor Cox: [Captioner] 19:44:26 FILTERRIZATION, AIR FILTERS. [Captioner] 19:44:28 >> AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AT THE [Captioner] 19:44:30 BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, WE [Captioner] 19:44:31 UPGRADED OUR AIR FILTERS IN OUR [Captioner] 19:44:33 VEHICLES AND WE ALSO PERFORMED [Captioner] 19:44:38 TESTS TO SEE HOWL PARTICLES [Captioner] 19:44:43 WOULD FLOW THROUGH THE BUS AND [Captioner] 19:44:45 MADE DECISIONS ABOUT WINDOWS [Captioner] 19:44:46 DOWN, WINDOWS UP, HOW THE AIR [Captioner] 19:44:50 FILTERS ARE WORKING, HOW THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:44:50 OPERATING. [Captioner] 19:44:54 I CAN PUT THE QUESTION TO OUR [Captioner] 19:44:55 MAINTENANCE TEAM AND HAVE THEM [Captioner] 19:44:57 GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A RESPONSE [Captioner] 19:44:58 BACK TO THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:44:59 >> Vice Mayor Cox: IT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:45:02 GREAT, AND ALSO IF THEY COULD [Captioner] 19:45:03 SPELL OUT IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE [Captioner] 19:45:06 OF, I GUESS, THE TYPE OF [Captioner] 19:45:09 FILTERRIZATION AND WHAT THE [Captioner] 19:45:11 PERCENTAGE, WHETHER IT'S 80 OR [Captioner] 19:45:16 90, 95% OF REMOVING THE [Captioner] 19:45:17 CONTAMINANTS IN THE AIR, THAT [Captioner] 19:45:18 WOULD BE GREAT TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 19:45:20 THAT PIECE. [Captioner] 19:45:24 ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE EXPLAINING [Captioner] 19:45:25 TO OUR YOUTH AND FAMILY [Captioner] 19:45:26 MEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:45:32 ANOTHER PART I WAS GOING TO AS [Captioner] 19:45:35 WAS, IN TERMS OF -- WE'VE SEEN A [Captioner] 19:45:39 LOT WITH OUR AREAS OF THE UAW [Captioner] 19:45:42 AND OUR AUTOMOBILE WORKERS GOING [Captioner] 19:45:44 ON STRIKE. [Captioner] 19:45:48 WITH THE BUS SHORTAGES, BUS [Captioner] 19:45:54 DRIVER SHORTAGES, IS THERE -- [Captioner] 19:45:55 HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING MAKING [Captioner] 19:45:56 SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE [Captioner] 19:45:58 STEADY FLOW OF THOSE EMPLOYED, [Captioner] 19:46:00 BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IN THAT [Captioner] 19:46:05 INDUSTRY OF TRUCKING AND IN THE [Captioner] 19:46:06 TRANSPORTATION ARENA, THERE [Captioner] 19:46:10 SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE UNSTABLE [Captioner] 19:46:12 LINES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE [Captioner] 19:46:13 THAT CARRY THE MOST PRECIOUS OF [Captioner] 19:46:15 ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:46:19 >> YEAH, THE HIRING AND [Captioner] 19:46:20 RETENTION HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. [Captioner] 19:46:23 DRIVING A BUS IS A DIFFICULT [Captioner] 19:46:23 JOB. [Captioner] 19:46:25 WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN [Captioner] 19:46:25 OUR FAVOR. [Captioner] 19:46:27 FOR ONE, WE HAVE A PENSION. [Captioner] 19:46:28 IT'S OUTSTANDING. [Captioner] 19:46:31 I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE -- [Captioner] 19:46:33 IT'S DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN A [Captioner] 19:46:35 PENSION TO A WORLD THAT DOESN'T [Captioner] 19:46:37 HAVE A LOT OF PENSIONS AROUND [Captioner] 19:46:38 ANYMORE, SO THE SHEER VALUE OF A [Captioner] 19:46:39 PENSION IS A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:46:40 DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE. [Captioner] 19:46:46 WE ALSO HAVE HIRING BONUSES, [Captioner] 19:46:46 RETENTION BONUSES. [Captioner] 19:46:48 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY IN [Captioner] 19:46:50 THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO IDENTIFY [Captioner] 19:46:52 MARKETS WHERE WE CAN HIRE MORE [Captioner] 19:46:56 EFFECTIVELY AND WE'VE ALSO [Captioner] 19:46:57 ENGAGED THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 19:46:59 IN A SERVICE RELIABILITY TASK [Captioner] 19:47:01 FORCE WHERE WE'RE WORKING TO [Captioner] 19:47:02 IDENTIFY SOME OF THE WEAK SPOTS, [Captioner] 19:47:03 THINGS THAT ARE LEADING TO A [Captioner] 19:47:05 LACK OF RETENTION OR TO A HIGHER [Captioner] 19:47:07 TURNOVER AMONG OUR FRONT-LINE [Captioner] 19:47:10 OPERATORS AND TAKING STEPS, SOME [Captioner] 19:47:11 AS SIMPLE AS MAKING SURE WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:47:12 HIGH QUALITY RESTROOMS AT THE [Captioner] 19:47:14 END OF THE LINE, ALL THE WAY UP [Captioner] 19:47:16 TO OTHER WORKING CONDITIONS AT [Captioner] 19:47:17 THE DIVISION, UPGRADING OUR [Captioner] 19:47:19 DIVISION AND MAKING SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:47:22 FROM HARD THINGS LIKE THOSE AS [Captioner] 19:47:24 IN LITERAL TANGIBLE THINGS LIKE [Captioner] 19:47:25 THOSE TO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:47:27 LIKE WORKPLACE CULTURE AND [Captioner] 19:47:28 FEELING VALUED AND ALL THOSE [Captioner] 19:47:29 THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE YOU WANT [Captioner] 19:47:31 TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY, THOSE [Captioner] 19:47:33 ARE ALL THINGS WE'RE WORKING [Captioner] 19:47:34 HOLISTICALLY AS AN ORGANIZATION [Captioner] 19:47:35 TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE [Captioner] 19:47:36 IMPROVING RETENTION. [Captioner] 19:47:37 AS FAR AS MARKET CONDITIONS THAT [Captioner] 19:47:39 WOULD LEAD TO MORE OPERATOR [Captioner] 19:47:41 EMPLOYMENT, WHAT WE FOUND [Captioner] 19:47:42 HISTORICALLY IS THAT IN A [Captioner] 19:47:45 REALLY, REALLY TIGHT LABOR [Captioner] 19:47:48 MARKET, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO [Captioner] 19:47:49 HIRE BUS OPERATORS. [Captioner] 19:47:53 AND THAT IF THE JOB MARKET [Captioner] 19:47:54 SOFTENS A LITTLE BIT, THEN IT [Captioner] 19:47:56 BECOMES A LITTLE EASIER TO HIRE [Captioner] 19:47:57 BUS OPERATORS AND ONCE THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:47:58 IN THE DOOR FOR MORE THAN A [Captioner] 19:48:00 YEAR, THE RETENTION RATES [Captioner] 19:48:01 INCREASE DRAMATICALLY. [Captioner] 19:48:03 >> Vice Mayor Cox: THAT'S GOOD [Captioner] 19:48:04 TO KNOW. [Captioner] 19:48:06 I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION IN TERMS [Captioner] 19:48:09 OF HOW EARLY DOES YOUR SERVICE [Captioner] 19:48:11 START AND HOW LATE, JUST ON [Captioner] 19:48:13 AVERAGE, OF ALL THE ROUTES THAT [Captioner] 19:48:14 YOU'RE REALIGNING JUST TO KIND [Captioner] 19:48:18 OF GET A RANGE OF YOUR SERVICE [Captioner] 19:48:18 TIMES. [Captioner] 19:48:21 >> SO WE'RE A 24-HOUR SERVICE ON [Captioner] 19:48:22 A HANDFUL OF LINES. [Captioner] 19:48:23 I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, THE [Captioner] 19:48:26 AVERAGE IS ABOUT SIX TO 6:30 FOR [Captioner] 19:48:27 WHEN OUR LINES TURN ON IN THE [Captioner] 19:48:29 MORNING IN MOST PLACES. [Captioner] 19:48:32 IN 2016, WE STRIVE TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 19:48:34 THAT AS MANY LINES AS POSSIBLE [Captioner] 19:48:36 ON WEEKDAYS, WE'RE OPERATING [Captioner] 19:48:39 FROM 5:00 OR 6:00 A.M. UNTIL AT [Captioner] 19:48:39 LEAST 10:00 P.M. [Captioner] 19:48:40 IN FREMONT, I WOULD SAY THE [Captioner] 19:48:42 SERVICE SPAN IS A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 19:48:44 CLOSER TO 6:30 OR 7:00 A.M. IN [Captioner] 19:48:47 THE MORNING TO ABOUT 8:00 OR [Captioner] 19:48:47 9:00 P.M. AT NIGHT. [Captioner] 19:48:48 IT'S A LITTLE BIT -- THE SPAN IS [Captioner] 19:48:50 A LITTLE BIT SHORTER IN FREMONT [Captioner] 19:48:52 THAN IT IS IN PARTS OF THE REST [Captioner] 19:48:53 OF THE NETWORK. [Captioner] 19:48:53 >> Vice Mayor Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:48:55 THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. [Captioner] 19:48:59 AND ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW IT'S [Captioner] 19:49:01 BEEN TALKED, BUT I USED TO SERVE [Captioner] 19:49:03 ON THE OHLONE COLLEGE BOARD, AND [Captioner] 19:49:07 THEY HAVE A VERY ACTIVE PONY [Captioner] 19:49:08 SHUTTLE THAT GOES BETWEEN OUR [Captioner] 19:49:10 TWO CAMPUSES OF NEWARK AND [Captioner] 19:49:10 FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:49:14 AND PROBABLY BEING ABLE TO SIT [Captioner] 19:49:17 DOWN AND TALK WITH -- TO ANY ONE [Captioner] 19:49:19 OF THE BOARD MEETINGS BUT ALSO [Captioner] 19:49:23 THEY HAVE THE STUDENT SENATE [Captioner] 19:49:25 MEETINGS, AND GETTING THEIR [Captioner] 19:49:29 INPUT IN TERMS OF NOT TO [Captioner] 19:49:30 DUPLICATE SOME OF THE PONY [Captioner] 19:49:31 SHUTTLING SERVICES BETWEEN THE [Captioner] 19:49:35 TWO CAMPUSES, WHICH IS AN [Captioner] 19:49:36 ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AS WELL, BUT [Captioner] 19:49:37 ALSO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE [Captioner] 19:49:40 THERE CAN BE THE GAPS AS YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:49:43 REALIGNING IT, AND ALSO PLEASE [Captioner] 19:49:46 ALSO WORK WITH OUR PARTNER, [Captioner] 19:49:48 COMMUNITY PARTNER, THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:49:50 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL [Captioner] 19:49:55 TO GET THEIR INPUT IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:49:55 THESE PLANS AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:49:56 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING [Captioner] 19:49:59 OUT TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF US TO [Captioner] 19:50:01 MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE [Captioner] 19:50:01 BEING HEARD. [Captioner] 19:50:04 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:50:06 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:12 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT, CLARIFYING [Captioner] 19:50:14 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, VICE [Captioner] 19:50:14 MAYOR SHAO. [Captioner] 19:50:16 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 19:50:16 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:50:17 THIS IS JUST A COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:50:24 I LEARNED FROM YOUR RECENT TOWN [Captioner] 19:50:25 MEETING OF FREMONT RESIDENTS [Captioner] 19:50:29 THAT YOU HAVE DONE A SOLID STUDY [Captioner] 19:50:29 WITH STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND [Captioner] 19:50:32 LEARNED THAT INSTEAD OF USING [Captioner] 19:50:34 ELECTRICITY, YOU ARE GOING TO [Captioner] 19:50:38 USE HYDROGEN AS THE NEW CLEAN [Captioner] 19:50:42 ENERGY, WHICH OF COURSE HAS NO [Captioner] 19:50:45 CARBON EMISSION, JUST GENERATE [Captioner] 19:50:49 WATER FROM MY BACKGROUND OF [Captioner] 19:50:52 CHEMISTRY, SO I REALLY COMMEND [Captioner] 19:50:55 YOU ON THAT SOLID WORK. [Captioner] 19:50:59 BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICAL [Captioner] 19:51:03 CORRECTNESS OR JUST TREND, [Captioner] 19:51:06 RATHER YOU BUILD A SOLID [Captioner] 19:51:07 FOUNDATION ON SCIENTIFIC DATA [Captioner] 19:51:11 AND THEN TRY TO REALLY FIND OUT [Captioner] 19:51:14 IN TERMS OF CAUSE EFFECTIVENESS [Captioner] 19:51:15 USING HYDROGEN ACTUALLY PROVES [Captioner] 19:51:19 TO BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN [Captioner] 19:51:19 ELECTRICITY. [Captioner] 19:51:23 I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DATA FROM [Captioner] 19:51:24 YOUR CURRENT OPERATION AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:51:27 I WONDER IF YOU CAN SOMEHOW [Captioner] 19:51:31 PUBLISH OR SHARE YOUR FINDINGS [Captioner] 19:51:36 WITH AT LEAST NEIGHBORING [Captioner] 19:51:37 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BAY AREA OR [Captioner] 19:51:38 EVEN IN CALIFORNIA SINCE YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:51:46 THE BIGGEST ORGANIZATION OF SUCH [Captioner] 19:51:50 SO THAT NOT ONLY YOUR DATA, YOUR [Captioner] 19:51:54 STUDIES CAN BENEFIT CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:51:56 OR EVEN OTHER STATES OR OTHER [Captioner] 19:51:56 COUNTRIES. [Captioner] 19:51:59 >> WE PUBLISHED MOST OF [Captioner] 19:52:02 EVERYTHING THAT'S FINAL, SO ON [Captioner] 19:52:04 OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE A ZERO [Captioner] 19:52:06 EMISSION BUS PROGRAM SECTION AND [Captioner] 19:52:08 EVERY SIX MONTHS, WE PUBLISH [Captioner] 19:52:11 UPDATED STATISTICS ON HOW ALL OF [Captioner] 19:52:12 OUR ZERO EMISSION BUSES ARE [Captioner] 19:52:13 OPERATING AND HOW THEY COMPARE [Captioner] 19:52:13 TO EACH OTHER. [Captioner] 19:52:17 SO WE HAVE DIESELS, HYBRIDS, OLD [Captioner] 19:52:20 FUEL CELLS, NEW FUEL CELLS AND [Captioner] 19:52:21 ELECTRIC BUSES, AND JUST ONE OF [Captioner] 19:52:22 THE THINGS WE FOUND AND THE [Captioner] 19:52:24 REASON FOR MORE OF AN EMPHASIS [Captioner] 19:52:26 ON THE FUEL CELLS IS THAT THEY [Captioner] 19:52:27 MEET OUR RANGE REQUIREMENTS. [Captioner] 19:52:29 THE ZERO EMISSION ELECTRIC BUSES [Captioner] 19:52:30 THAT WE HAVE IN THE FLEET TODAY [Captioner] 19:52:34 ARE HAVING TROUBLE MEETING OUR [Captioner] 19:52:35 DAILY MILEAGE REQUIREMENTS THAT [Captioner] 19:52:36 THE HYDROGEN BUSES CAN EASILY [Captioner] 19:52:36 MEET. [Captioner] 19:52:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:52:48 AT THIS TIME, CLARIFYING [Captioner] 19:52:49 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, [Captioner] 19:52:50 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:52:51 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 19:52:55 YOU, MADAME MAYOR AND THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:52:56 MR. ESHLEMAN FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:52:56 PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:52:58 NET PERCENTAGE REDUCTION, WHAT [Captioner] 19:52:59 WOULD YOU ESTIMATE IN FREMONT? [Captioner] 19:53:01 >> SO FREMONT IS ACTUALLY RETURN [Captioner] 19:53:01 TO SOURCE. [Captioner] 19:53:03 SO THE SAME NUMBER OF SERVICE [Captioner] 19:53:05 HOURS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN [Captioner] 19:53:06 FREMONT TODAY WILL BE PROVIDING [Captioner] 19:53:08 UNDER THIS NEW PLAN, IT'S JUST [Captioner] 19:53:09 ALLOCATING THEM DIFFERENTLY [Captioner] 19:53:11 WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT WE [Captioner] 19:53:13 CALL SPECIAL DISTRICT 2, WHICH [Captioner] 19:53:14 IS A SUBSET OF OUR OVERALL [Captioner] 19:53:14 DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:53:18 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO HIGH [Captioner] 19:53:20 LEVEL, YOU'RE INCREASING [Captioner] 19:53:21 RIDERSHIP IN AREAS THAT ARE MORE [Captioner] 19:53:23 FREQUENTLY VISITED AND CUTTING [Captioner] 19:53:25 DOWN AREAS THAT ARE NOT -- [Captioner] 19:53:27 PEOPLE DON'T USE THE RIDERSHIP? [Captioner] 19:53:27 >> THAT'S THE GOAL. [Captioner] 19:53:29 WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 19:53:31 WE'RE CREATING A NETWORK WHERE [Captioner] 19:53:33 PEOPLE HAVE EVERY LINE COMES AT [Captioner] 19:53:34 LEAST EVERY 30 MINUTES AND WHERE [Captioner] 19:53:36 THEY OVERLAP, YOU HAVE A BUS [Captioner] 19:53:36 EVERY 15. [Captioner] 19:53:39 AND THEY MIGHT SPLIT OFF AT SOME [Captioner] 19:53:41 POINT, ONE GOES TO OHLONE, ONE [Captioner] 19:53:42 GOES TO BART, ET CETERA, ET [Captioner] 19:53:42 CETERA. [Captioner] 19:53:43 >> Councilmember Salwan: GREAT. [Captioner] 19:53:45 THANKS FOR COMING HERE AND GOING [Captioner] 19:53:45 OVER THIS. [Captioner] 19:53:47 TRANSIT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, [Captioner] 19:53:49 IT LIKE THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG, [Captioner] 19:53:50 YOU KNOW, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO [Captioner] 19:53:52 USE TRANSIT, THEN TRANSIT HAS [Captioner] 19:53:54 GOT TO BE AVAILABLE FREQUENTLY, [Captioner] 19:53:56 IT'S GOT TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE [Captioner] 19:53:58 AND RELATIVELY LOW FRICTION. [Captioner] 19:54:02 SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:54:04 CHALLENGES IN TRANSIT IN [Captioner] 19:54:05 GENERAL, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, [Captioner] 19:54:06 BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST [Captioner] 19:54:07 CHALLENGE IS JUST FOR ALL THE [Captioner] 19:54:07 SYSTEMS. [Captioner] 19:54:10 IT WOULD BE NICE JUST TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:54:10 ONE SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE ONE [Captioner] 19:54:12 PASS AND YOU CAN JUST GO [Captioner] 19:54:13 ANYWHERE AND ALL THE SYSTEMS [Captioner] 19:54:17 CONNECT, WHETHER IT'S VTA, BART, [Captioner] 19:54:19 AC TRANSIT, ALL OF THEM. [Captioner] 19:54:22 SO THAT'S ONE. [Captioner] 19:54:24 SECOND, HOPEFULLY WE CAN [Captioner] 19:54:25 CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE [Captioner] 19:54:26 FREQUENCY OF SERVICE, ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 19:54:29 ON OUR MAIN AREAS, ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 19:54:32 OUR FOUR TODs, WE'VE INVESTED A [Captioner] 19:54:34 LOT OF TIME, MONEY, RESOURCES, [Captioner] 19:54:36 SO IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 19:54:37 HAVE THOSE TOD CENTERS, WE'VE [Captioner] 19:54:39 GOT TO HAVE THE TRANSIT, CAN'T [Captioner] 19:54:41 MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE [Captioner] 19:54:42 TRANSIT, THE VISION THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:54:42 PROMISED. [Captioner] 19:54:46 SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TRY TO [Captioner] 19:54:48 INCREASE FREQUENCY IN THOSE FOUR [Captioner] 19:54:49 AREAS, THAT WOULD GEORGE BUSH A [Captioner] 19:54:49 LONG WAYS. [Captioner] 19:54:55 THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAYS. [Captioner] 19:54:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:55:00 A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS TOO, IF [Captioner] 19:55:02 IT'S OKAY, THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:55:03 TRIGGERED DURING THE [Captioner] 19:55:04 CONVERSATIONS AND LISTENING TO [Captioner] 19:55:04 THE STUDENTS TALK. [Captioner] 19:55:06 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FIRST FOR [Captioner] 19:55:07 STEPPING UP. [Captioner] 19:55:08 I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN I [Captioner] 19:55:10 WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE [Captioner] 19:55:12 SCHOOL DISTRICT DID CUT SOME OF [Captioner] 19:55:13 THE BUSING ROUTES BECAUSE OF [Captioner] 19:55:14 UNFORTUNATELY THE FUNDING THAT [Captioner] 19:55:15 CHANGED FROM THE STATE, AND I [Captioner] 19:55:16 KNOW THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT [Captioner] 19:55:18 THEN FOR US TO HAVE THAT [Captioner] 19:55:19 PARTNERSHIP AND I KNOW THAT ZIPS [Captioner] 19:55:20 THEN, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING [Captioner] 19:55:21 CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT [Captioner] 19:55:23 AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO OFTEN [Captioner] 19:55:24 GET STOPPED IN PUBLIC BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:55:26 THEY DON'T REALIZE WHO MANAGES [Captioner] 19:55:28 WHICH PIECE, BUT IN PARTICULAR, [Captioner] 19:55:30 HOPEFULLY ON EARLY DISMISSAL [Captioner] 19:55:31 DAYS, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A [Captioner] 19:55:32 CONCERN SOMETIMES. [Captioner] 19:55:34 IN THE PAST, I KNOW IN THE [Captioner] 19:55:35 PARTNERSHIP YOU'VE ALSO DONE [Captioner] 19:55:37 DOUBLE BUSES TO ENSURE THAT, AND [Captioner] 19:55:39 IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT, [Captioner] 19:55:40 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE [Captioner] 19:55:41 QUESTIONS SOME OF THE STUDENTS [Captioner] 19:55:43 HAVE SAID TO ME, I'VE BEEN LEFT [Captioner] 19:55:44 MIND, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE [Captioner] 19:55:46 ENOUGH SPACE FOR ME, AND SO [Captioner] 19:55:47 THEY'VE MADE SOME OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:55:47 GENERAL COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:55:50 I ALSO WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK [Captioner] 19:55:51 JUST TO AGAIN EMPHASIZE, I KNOW [Captioner] 19:55:52 WE TALKED ABOUT THE IRVINGTON [Captioner] 19:55:54 DISTRICT AND WHATNOT, BUT SINCE [Captioner] 19:55:56 WE'RE BUILDING SO MUCH HOUSING [Captioner] 19:55:57 AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED [Captioner] 19:55:58 DEVELOPMENT, IF THE BART STATION [Captioner] 19:56:00 IS NOT COMING AND THE AC TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:56:02 IS NOT THERE EITHER, THEN THAT [Captioner] 19:56:04 WOULD BE VERY BAD TO HAVE ALL [Captioner] 19:56:05 THIS TRANSIT-ORIENTED [Captioner] 19:56:06 DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ANY [Captioner] 19:56:06 TRANSIT. [Captioner] 19:56:10 AND THEN TO FOLLOW ON TO VICE [Captioner] 19:56:12 MAYOR SHAO'S COMMENTS, I [Captioner] 19:56:13 DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FACT [Captioner] 19:56:16 THAT YOU'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE [Captioner] 19:56:19 HYDROGEN FUEL BASED CELLS, IN [Captioner] 19:56:20 FACT I KNOW YOU WERE RECOGNIZED [Captioner] 19:56:22 AND HAD COVETED IN TERMS OF SOME [Captioner] 19:56:25 OF THE LOW EMISSION, NO EMISSION [Captioner] 19:56:26 GRANTS, AND I KNOW MOST RECENTLY [Captioner] 19:56:28 ALSO EVEN GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAD [Captioner] 19:56:30 TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:56:32 SPECIFIC EFFORTS FOR THAT IN [Captioner] 19:56:37 TERMS OF WORKING WITH GO BIZ AND [Captioner] 19:56:38 DEEDEE MYERS IN PARTICULAR IN [Captioner] 19:56:39 HELPING US TO GO CARBON [Captioner] 19:56:39 NEUTRAL. [Captioner] 19:56:41 I ALSO WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW [Captioner] 19:56:43 WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ARCHES [Captioner] 19:56:45 PROGRAM AND HAVING CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:56:47 DESIGNATED AS A HUB IS NOT JUST [Captioner] 19:56:49 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUT [Captioner] 19:56:50 ALSO THE FACT THAT IT HAS [Captioner] 19:56:52 POTENTIAL, WHEN I LOOK OUT AT [Captioner] 19:56:53 OUR STUDENTS AND OTHERS FOR THE [Captioner] 19:56:54 FUTURE OF JOBS THAT OUT THERE, [Captioner] 19:56:55 SO THE NEW TYPES OF JOBS THAT [Captioner] 19:56:57 ARE BEING CREATED AND ALSO THE [Captioner] 19:56:58 FACT THAT THIS GOES TO SOME OF [Captioner] 19:56:59 THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE [Captioner] 19:57:02 COMMENTED ABOUT AT HEALTH EQUITY [Captioner] 19:57:03 AND ACCESS FOR CERTAIN [Captioner] 19:57:04 COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE OF THE [Captioner] 19:57:05 COSTS AND IMPACTS OVER THE YEARS [Captioner] 19:57:06 OF THE EMISSIONS. [Captioner] 19:57:08 AND THE HOSPITALIZATIONS. [Captioner] 19:57:10 SO THIS IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO [Captioner] 19:57:11 HELP WITH SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:57:13 RESPIRATORY ISSUES AND [Captioner] 19:57:15 CHALLENGES AND ALSO TO BENEFIT [Captioner] 19:57:16 SPECIFICALLY I BELIEVE SOME OF [Captioner] 19:57:19 THE FOCUS OR ARCHES HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:57:20 FOCUSED ON DISADVANTAGED [Captioner] 19:57:22 COMMUNITIES, LIKE 40% OF THAT IS [Captioner] 19:57:23 FOCUSED ON DISADVANTAGED [Captioner] 19:57:23 COMMUNITIES. [Captioner] 19:57:24 SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND ALL [Captioner] 19:57:26 OF YOU FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP AND [Captioner] 19:57:27 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING. [Captioner] 19:57:29 I ALSO WANTED TO ENCOURAGE [Captioner] 19:57:31 STUDENTS, PARENTS, OR THOSE WHO [Captioner] 19:57:32 ARE ON DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, I [Captioner] 19:57:36 KNOW HERE IN OUR CITY, WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:57:37 PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU IN THE PAST [Captioner] 19:57:38 WITH THE SENIORS COMMISSIONS, [Captioner] 19:57:41 WITH OUR YOUTH, I APPRECIATE -- [Captioner] 19:57:43 YOU'VE WORKED WITH ACTC, AND I [Captioner] 19:57:44 KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN WORKS [Captioner] 19:57:46 ON THERE WITH ME FOR THE FREE [Captioner] 19:57:47 AND REDUCED BUS PASS RIDES, [Captioner] 19:57:51 WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR [Captioner] 19:57:52 THOSE WHOSE STUDENTS TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:57:54 TBREE AND REDUCED LUNCH TO GET [Captioner] 19:57:55 THOSE FREE PASSES BECAUSE IT'S [Captioner] 19:57:57 NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING TO AND [Captioner] 19:57:58 FROM SCHOOL, IT'S TO SPORTS [Captioner] 19:57:59 EVENTS, THEIR JOBS AND OTHER [Captioner] 19:57:59 ACTIVITIES. [Captioner] 19:58:01 AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:58:03 THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:58:03 HANDOUT, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED [Captioner] 19:58:06 THE HARD COPIES THAT ARE IN [Captioner] 19:58:07 LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS BUT IF [Captioner] 19:58:09 THERE'S ANY OTHER ACCESS TO [Captioner] 19:58:10 MATERIALS, I KNOW OUR FREMONT [Captioner] 19:58:13 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER WHICH HAS [Captioner] 19:58:14 HIT OUR 26TH YEAR -- 25TH YEAR [Captioner] 19:58:16 IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO THEN [Captioner] 19:58:17 PERHAPS ALSO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE [Captioner] 19:58:21 FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE DISTRIBUTED, [Captioner] 19:58:24 I THINK YOU MENTIONED ENGLISH, [Captioner] 19:58:24 SPANISH AND CHINESE. [Captioner] 19:58:28 WE ALSO HAVE THREE SPANISH [Captioner] 19:58:32 IMMERSION PROGRAMS, MANDARIN [Captioner] 19:58:34 IMMERSION -- WE DON'T HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:58:35 PHYSICALLY HAVE ACCESS, I THINK [Captioner] 19:58:37 THE LINKS WOULD BE VERY [Captioner] 19:58:37 HELPFUL. [Captioner] 19:58:38 AND THEN ALSO FINALLY AS I [Captioner] 19:58:40 MENTIONED BEFORE, THE SCHOOL FOR [Captioner] 19:58:41 THE DEAF AND THE SCHOOL FOR THE [Captioner] 19:58:44 BLIND, I KNOW THAT WHEN [Captioner] 19:58:44 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND I [Captioner] 19:58:47 WERE THERE, THEY HAD SOME REALLY [Captioner] 19:58:49 DETAILED MAPS THAT THEY CREATED [Captioner] 19:58:51 TOO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IN 3D [Captioner] 19:58:54 TO LOOK AT -- IN PARTICULAR FOR [Captioner] 19:58:55 WHITE CANE DAY, AND ONE OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:58:56 SKILLS THAT THEY WERE TEACHING [Captioner] 19:58:58 THE STUDENTS WERE LIFE SKILLS, [Captioner] 19:59:00 IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO [Captioner] 19:59:01 AND FROM THE BUSES AND SO ANY [Captioner] 19:59:03 SORT OF EFFORTS THAT YOU CAN DO [Captioner] 19:59:06 TO ENSURE THAT THEIR [Captioner] 19:59:08 COLLABORATION, IT WOULD BE VERY [Captioner] 19:59:08 BLESSED. [Captioner] 19:59:12 WE ARE VERY BLESSED THAT THE [Captioner] 19:59:13 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAFERL IN [Captioner] 19:59:14 CALIFORNIA HAVING TWO LOCATIONS, [Captioner] 19:59:15 WE'RE ONE OF THEM, AND THE [Captioner] 19:59:17 SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, IT'S THE [Captioner] 19:59:18 ONLY ONE IN CALIFORNIA FOR [Captioner] 19:59:19 PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO IF WE COULD [Captioner] 19:59:20 MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT, [Captioner] 19:59:21 WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:59:23 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN [Captioner] 19:59:25 WE PLAN THESE TRANSPORTATION [Captioner] 19:59:25 PLAN, IT'S SOMETHING FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:59:29 SO I THINK THAT'S MY ONLY OTHER [Captioner] 19:59:30 COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:59:31 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:59:33 FROM THE COUNCIL? [Captioner] 19:59:35 SEEING NONE, I JUST THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:59:36 AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. [Captioner] 19:59:38 THANK YOU FOR THE STUDENTS AND [Captioner] 19:59:39 FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, [Captioner] 19:59:40 AND APPRECIATE YOU SHARING [Captioner] 19:59:40 THAT. [Captioner] 19:59:43 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:46 >> Mayor Mei: AND HAVE A HAPPY [Captioner] 19:59:48 THANKSGIVING AND PLEASE GIVE OUR [Captioner] 19:59:49 BEST TO YOUR WORKERS AND ALL [Captioner] 19:59:49 YOUR TEAM. [Captioner] 19:59:54 NEXT ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM [Captioner] 19:59:55 THIS EVENING IS REFERRALS. [Captioner] 19:59:58 AND THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS AND [Captioner] 19:59:58 REAPPOINTMENTS. [Captioner] 20:00:00 I WILL NOTE THERE WAS A GREEN [Captioner] 20:00:02 SHEET THAT WAS ADDED FOR EAST [Captioner] 20:00:05 BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT [Captioner] 20:00:06 BECAUSE THERE WAS A REVERSAL, [Captioner] 20:00:09 ONE WAS THE PRIMARY VERSUS THE [Captioner] 20:00:11 ALTERNATE, AND THAT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 20:00:12 NOTED ON THE GREEN SHEET [Captioner] 20:00:12 CORRECTIONS. [Captioner] 20:00:17 AND SO IS THERE ANY -- [Captioner] 20:00:18 COUNCILMEMBER COX, DO YOU HAVE A [Captioner] 20:00:19 COMMENT? [Captioner] 20:00:20 >> Councilmember Cox: I WAS JUST [Captioner] 20:00:22 GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE [Captioner] 20:00:23 FORWARD WITH THE LIST THAT'S [Captioner] 20:00:26 BEEN NOTED, BOTH ON THE AGENDA [Captioner] 20:00:28 BUT ALSO ON THE GREEN SHEET AS [Captioner] 20:00:30 WELL TO BE ACCEPTED AND MOVE [Captioner] 20:00:30 FORWARD. [Captioner] 20:00:31 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:00:33 AND THAT'S FOR BOTH APPOINTMENTS [Captioner] 20:00:34 AND REAPPOINTMENTS? [Captioner] 20:00:35 OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE [Captioner] 20:00:35 CAPACITY ALL OF THEM. [Captioner] 20:00:40 >> Councilmember Cox: ALL OF IT [Captioner] 20:00:41 TOGETHER IN THEIR ENTIRETY. [Captioner] 20:00:44 >> Mayor Mei: DO WE HAVE TO DO [Captioner] 20:00:45 IT TOGETHER? [Captioner] 20:00:48 I WANT TO CHECK WITH THE CITY [Captioner] 20:00:48 ATTORNEY. [Captioner] 20:01:24 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE'S NO NEED TO SEPARATE THEM.>> Mayor Mei: PERFECT. [Captioner] 20:01:24 WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.PLEASE, VOTE. [Captioner] 20:01:24 THANK YOU.AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 20:01:24 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND THOSE WHO ARE REAPPOINTED, AND I ALSO [Captioner] 20:01:24 WANTED JUST TO NOTE, I THINK ONE OF OUR -- I THOUGHT ONE OF OUR MOBILITY COMMISSIONERS WAS IN [Captioner] 20:01:25 THE AUDIENCE, BUT I APOLOGIZE. [Captioner] 20:01:26 YES, DANIEL. [Captioner] 20:01:29 SO I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK [Captioner] 20:01:30 I'M PRETTY SURE -- I JUST WANTED [Captioner] 20:01:30 TO LOOK. [Captioner] 20:01:31 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:01:34 AND WITH THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:01:37 THANK ALL THOSE, YESTERDAY WE [Captioner] 20:01:38 HAD INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING. [Captioner] 20:01:42 I JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL THAT [Captioner] 20:01:43 DURING THIS SEASON OF ABUNDANCE [Captioner] 20:01:46 AND BLESSINGS THAT WE PAUSE TO [Captioner] 20:01:47 GIVE PEACE, AND I ALSO WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:01:52 THANK SO MANY OF YOU WHO [Captioner] 20:01:52 VOLUNTEERED. [Captioner] 20:01:54 I KNOW TODAY THERE WAS A FREE [Captioner] 20:01:59 THANKSGIVING TAIWANESE DINNER, [Captioner] 20:02:01 LEAGUE OF VOLUNTEERS, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:02:03 TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS, AND SO MANY [Captioner] 20:02:04 OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:02:05 DELIVERING FOOD AND SERVICE, SO [Captioner] 20:02:07 I'D JUST ASK IF YOU COULD BE SO [Captioner] 20:02:08 KIND AS TO THINK ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:02:10 BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE, AND TO [Captioner] 20:02:11 SHARE THOSE WITH OTHERS. [Captioner] 20:02:13 I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK US TO [Captioner] 20:02:14 ADJOURN IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT [Captioner] 20:02:16 WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, [Captioner] 20:02:18 PLEASE, FOR SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:02:19 UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDIES THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:02:20 STILL FACING. [Captioner] 20:02:23 SO PLEASE, IF WE COULD TAKE A [Captioner] 20:02:23 MOMENT OF SILENCE. [Captioner] 20:02:41 s THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:02:44 PEACE BE TO ALL, YOU ALL BE WELL [Captioner] 20:02:48 AND HAVE A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND [Captioner] 20:02:48 FOOD-FILLED THANKSGIVING.