[Captioner] 19:08:24 I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:08:25 KENG TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. [Captioner] 19:08:27 >> Councilmember Keng: SURE. [Captioner] 19:08:27 PLEASE RISE. [Captioner] 19:08:35 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG [Captioner] 19:08:36 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Captioner] 19:08:37 AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT [Captioner] 19:08:38 STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, [Captioner] 19:08:39 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND [Captioner] 19:08:48 JUSTICE FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:08:48 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:08:52 MAY I ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, [Captioner] 19:08:53 PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:08:56 >> COUNCILMEMBER COX, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:08:58 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:09:00 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. [Captioner] 19:09:03 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE. [Captioner] 19:09:05 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:09:07 VICE MAYOR SHAO IS ABSENT. [Captioner] 19:09:09 MAYOR MEI, HERE. [Captioner] 19:09:10 >> Mayor Mei: I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:09:11 ANNOUNCE AT THIS TIME THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:09:12 VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND [Captioner] 19:09:12 COMMISSIONS. [Captioner] 19:09:14 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS [Captioner] 19:09:15 APPLICATIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND [Captioner] 19:09:17 COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, [Captioner] 19:09:18 AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:09:20 KNOWING ABOUT THE VACANCIES, [Captioner] 19:09:22 PLEASE APPLY AND LEARN ABOUT [Captioner] 19:09:23 THEM AT THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS [Captioner] 19:09:26 AND COMMITTEES PAGE ON OUR [Captioner] 19:09:28 WEBSITE, FREMONT.GOV, OR PLEASE [Captioner] 19:09:31 CONTACT OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE [Captioner] 19:09:34 AT 510-284-4010. [Captioner] 19:09:37 EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY [Captioner] 19:09:38 CLERK'S OFFICE ARE COMPILED AND [Captioner] 19:09:39 DISTRIBUTED TO CITY STAFF AND [Captioner] 19:09:41 PUBLISHED IN THE CITY AGENDA [Captioner] 19:09:42 CENTER ON FREMONT.GOV AND PLACED [Captioner] 19:09:44 ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF [Captioner] 19:09:44 PUBLIC RECORD. [Captioner] 19:09:46 I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS [Captioner] 19:09:48 MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL 11:30 [Captioner] 19:09:50 P.M. IF NEEDED THIS EVENING, AND [Captioner] 19:09:52 WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF [Captioner] 19:09:52 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF [Captioner] 19:09:54 THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS [Captioner] 19:09:55 FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER [Captioner] 19:09:56 THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE WILL [Captioner] 19:09:57 TAKE THOSE SPEAKERS AT THE END [Captioner] 19:09:58 OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS. [Captioner] 19:10:00 I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER [Captioner] 19:10:02 TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA [Captioner] 19:10:03 SHACKELFORD, TO MAKE HER [Captioner] 19:10:05 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTRODUCE HER [Captioner] 19:10:06 STAFF AT THIS TIE. WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:10:07 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK [Captioner] 19:10:08 YOU, MAYOR MEI. [Captioner] 19:10:09 GOOD EVENING TO YOU, GOOD [Captioner] 19:10:10 EVENING TO MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:10:10 COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:10:15 WITH ME THIS EVENING IS OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:10:17 ATTORNEY, RAFAEL ALVARADO. [Captioner] 19:10:19 ACROSS FROM OUR IS OUR ASSISTANT [Captioner] 19:10:23 CITY CLERK, DINA LEWIS, AND NEXT [Captioner] 19:10:25 TO DINA IS KHANH VO, OUR [Captioner] 19:10:27 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE [Captioner] 19:10:27 EVENING. [Captioner] 19:10:29 I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO [Captioner] 19:10:31 JOIN US ON THURSDAY, JULY 11TH, [Captioner] 19:10:34 FOR OUR FREMONT SUMMER CONCERT [Captioner] 19:10:36 SERIES, AND THEN ALSO ON [Captioner] 19:10:38 SATURDAY, JULY 13TH, FOR THE [Captioner] 19:10:39 NILES CONCERT ON THE PLAZA. [Captioner] 19:10:40 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:10:43 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:10:45 AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK, [Captioner] 19:10:46 DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE A [Captioner] 19:10:47 REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION FROM [Captioner] 19:10:48 THIS EVENING? [Captioner] 19:10:49 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I DO, [Captioner] 19:10:51 THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD [Captioner] 19:10:51 EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:10:53 IN CLOSED SESSION THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:10:54 CONDUCTED A CONFERENCE WITH [Captioner] 19:10:56 LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO [Captioner] 19:11:00 GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 [Captioner] 19:11:01 REGARDING THE ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 19:11:03 LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S CLOSED [Captioner] 19:11:03 SESSION AGENDA. [Captioner] 19:11:04 THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE [Captioner] 19:11:06 MATTER AND TOOK NO REPORTABLE [Captioner] 19:11:07 ACTION. [Captioner] 19:11:08 THANK YOU, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:11:08 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:11 NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 19:11:13 THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ITEMS [Captioner] 19:11:15 THAT WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE [Captioner] 19:11:16 COUNCIL VOTE AND THE STAFF [Captioner] 19:11:16 RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. [Captioner] 19:11:19 DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:11:21 WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE [Captioner] 19:11:21 CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:11:28 SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY [Captioner] 19:11:30 SPEAKER CARDS FOR ITEMS ON THE [Captioner] 19:11:31 CONSENT CALENDAR THIS EVENING? [Captioner] 19:11:34 >> Ms. Lewis: YES, WE HAVE TWO [Captioner] 19:11:36 FOR ITEM 2C AND 1 FOR ITEM 2D. [Captioner] 19:11:40 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:45 SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE [Captioner] 19:11:48 CONSENT CALENDAR IN ABSENCE OF [Captioner] 19:11:49 ITEM 2C AND 2D? [Captioner] 19:11:49 COUNCILMEMBER COX? [Captioner] 19:11:50 >> Councilmember Cox: YES. [Captioner] 19:11:53 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION [Captioner] 19:11:57 THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF [Captioner] 19:12:01 THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT [Captioner] 19:12:02 EXCEPT FOR 2C AND 2D. [Captioner] 19:12:08 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY [Captioner] 19:12:09 COUNCILMEMBER COX AND SECONDED [Captioner] 19:12:09 BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:12:11 MAY I PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? [Captioner] 19:12:11 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MAYOR, [Captioner] 19:12:13 BEFORE CALLING THE VOTE, MAY WE [Captioner] 19:12:17 HAVE A REPORT OUT ON [Captioner] 19:12:22 ITEM [Captioner] 19:12:26 2H AND ITEM 2I, HUMAN [Captioner] 19:12:28 RESOURCES DIRECTOR TINA [Captioner] 19:12:31 GALLEGOS WILL ISSUE THE SHORT [Captioner] 19:12:32 ORAL REPORT PRIOR TO VOTE. [Captioner] 19:12:33 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:12:36 >> Councilmember Campbell: I'M [Captioner] 19:12:37 SORRY, MAYOR MEI, WE'RE HAVING A [Captioner] 19:12:40 HARD TIME HEARING OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:12:40 ATTORNEY, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:12:43 >> Mayor Mei: IF YOU COULD [Captioner] 19:12:44 REPEAT THAT AGAIN, SORRY. [Captioner] 19:12:45 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MY [Captioner] 19:12:45 APOLOGIES. [Captioner] 19:12:47 I'LL TRY TO BE CLOSER TO THE [Captioner] 19:12:47 MIC. [Captioner] 19:12:50 THIS EVENING THE COUNCIL IS [Captioner] 19:12:52 MOVING FORWARD ITEMS -- AS PART [Captioner] 19:12:56 OF THE REGULAR CONSENT CALENDAR [Captioner] 19:12:59 MOTION ON THE TABLE ITEMS 2H [Captioner] 19:13:00 AND 2I. [Captioner] 19:13:02 THERE IS A GOVERNMENT CODE [Captioner] 19:13:03 REQUIREMENT THAT WE MAKE AN ORAL [Captioner] 19:13:06 PRESENTATION ON THOSE ITEMS AND [Captioner] 19:13:09 HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR [Captioner] 19:13:12 GALLEGOS WILL MAKE THAT REQUIRED [Captioner] 19:13:13 REPORT PRIOR TO THE VOTE AND [Captioner] 19:13:15 THEN THE COUNCIL WILL PROCEED [Captioner] 19:13:15 WITH ITS VOTE. [Captioner] 19:13:17 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:13:20 >> Ms. Gallegos: GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:13:22 HI, MAYOR MEI AND MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:13:24 COUNCIL AND STAFF AND [Captioner] 19:13:24 COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:13:27 AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE [Captioner] 19:13:28 SECTION 54953, I'LL PROVIDE A [Captioner] 19:13:30 QUICK REPORT SUMMARIZING THE [Captioner] 19:13:31 RECOMMENDATION FOR A FOURTH [Captioner] 19:13:34 AMENDMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S [Captioner] 19:13:35 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE [Captioner] 19:13:35 CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:13:37 TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL'S [Captioner] 19:13:39 CONSIDERATION IS THE ADOPTION OF [Captioner] 19:13:40 A RESOLUTION THAT AMENDS THE [Captioner] 19:13:41 CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT [Captioner] 19:13:43 AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE HER WITH A [Captioner] 19:13:45 4% GENERAL WAGE INCREASE. [Captioner] 19:13:46 THIS INCREASE IS CONSISTENT WITH [Captioner] 19:13:47 THE GENERAL WAGE INCREASE THAT [Captioner] 19:13:50 IS BEING PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF [Captioner] 19:13:51 THE CITY'S MISCELLANEOUS [Captioner] 19:13:53 BARGAINING UNITS, IN ACCORDANCE [Captioner] 19:13:55 WITH THE CURRENT MOUs IN THIS [Captioner] 19:13:55 MONTH OF JULY. [Captioner] 19:13:59 THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CITY [Captioner] 19:14:03 MANAGER'S BASE SALARY BY $16,278 [Captioner] 19:14:05 ANNUALLY, FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL [Captioner] 19:14:09 SALARY OF $423,242. [Captioner] 19:14:12 ON ITEM 2I, WHICH IS THE FOURTH [Captioner] 19:14:14 AMENDMENT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S [Captioner] 19:14:16 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, ALSO AS [Captioner] 19:14:19 REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE [Captioner] 19:14:20 SECTION 54953, I'LL ALSO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:14:23 A QUICK REPORT SUMMARIZING THE [Captioner] 19:14:24 RECOMMENDATION FOR A FOURTH [Captioner] 19:14:26 AGREEMENT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S [Captioner] 19:14:27 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE [Captioner] 19:14:27 CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:14:33 BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION THAT [Captioner] 19:14:33 AMENDS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S [Captioner] 19:14:34 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:14:37 HIM WITH A 4% GENERAL WAGE [Captioner] 19:14:38 INCREASE, AND AGAIN THIS [Captioner] 19:14:39 INCREASE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE [Captioner] 19:14:40 GENERAL WAGE INCREASE THAT IS [Captioner] 19:14:43 BEING PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:14:44 CITY'S MISCELLANEOUS BARGAINING [Captioner] 19:14:44 UNITS. [Captioner] 19:14:46 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT [Captioner] 19:14:47 MOUs THAT ARE EFFECTIVE IN [Captioner] 19:14:47 JULY. [Captioner] 19:14:50 THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CITY [Captioner] 19:14:54 ATTORNEY'S BASE SALARY BY [Captioner] 19:14:55 $13,659 ANNUALLY FOR A TOTAL [Captioner] 19:15:00 ANNUAL SALARY OF $355,159. [Captioner] 19:15:02 AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT [Captioner] 19:15:03 OVER TO YOU, MAYOR MEI. [Captioner] 19:15:07 >> Mayor Mei: SO AT THIS TIME, [Captioner] 19:15:08 I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY [Captioner] 19:15:10 QUESTIONS OR A MOTION ON THE [Captioner] 19:15:12 CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? [Captioner] 19:15:14 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:15:16 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:15:16 SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:15:19 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR [Captioner] 19:15:19 COMMENTS? [Captioner] 19:15:20 SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:15:30 THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY [Captioner] 19:15:32 WITH NOTING THE ABSENCE OF VICE [Captioner] 19:15:32 MAYOR SHAO. [Captioner] 19:15:34 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:15:40 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING [Captioner] 19:15:41 ARE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:15:44 AND THIS IS THE TIME FOR ANY [Captioner] 19:15:45 PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK ON AN [Captioner] 19:15:47 ITEM WHICH IS NOT AGENDIZED FOR [Captioner] 19:15:52 THIS EVENING MAY DO SO UNDER [Captioner] 19:15:54 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. [Captioner] 19:15:56 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED VIA [Captioner] 19:15:58 EMAIL ARE PLACED ON FILE AND [Captioner] 19:15:59 CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:15:59 RECORD. [Captioner] 19:16:02 THE COUNCIL PLEASE NOTE ITEMS [Captioner] 19:16:04 NOT LISTED ON THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:16:06 AGENDA, THE COUNCIL MAY NOT BE [Captioner] 19:16:08 ABLE TO TAKE ACTION THIS EVENING [Captioner] 19:16:10 NOR RESPOND TO ITEMS BROUGHT UP [Captioner] 19:16:12 UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS [Captioner] 19:16:12 COMMENT PERIOD, HOWEVER THE ITEM [Captioner] 19:16:15 COULD BE AGENDIZED FOR A FUTURE [Captioner] 19:16:16 MEETING IF THE COUNCIL MAKES A [Captioner] 19:16:17 REFERRAL TO STAFF FOR A REPORT [Captioner] 19:16:17 BACK. [Captioner] 19:16:19 WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN [Captioner] 19:16:21 ORGANIZATION, KINDLY STATE YOUR [Captioner] 19:16:23 NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE [Captioner] 19:16:25 REPRESENTING, A BELL WILL RING [Captioner] 19:16:26 WHEN 30 SECONDS REMAIN FOR YOU [Captioner] 19:16:28 TO SUM UP YOUR COMMENTS, AND A [Captioner] 19:16:29 BELL WILL RING AGAIN WHEN THE [Captioner] 19:16:30 TIME HAS ENDED. [Captioner] 19:16:32 AND IF I COULD ASK OUR ASSISTANT [Captioner] 19:16:34 CITY CLERK TO BE SO KIND AS TO [Captioner] 19:16:35 CALL -- HOW MANY SPEAKER CARDS [Captioner] 19:16:36 DO WE HAVE THIS EVENING? [Captioner] 19:16:38 >> Ms. Lewis: WE HAVE TWO [Captioner] 19:16:40 SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 2C AND 1 [Captioner] 19:16:41 SPEAKER FOR ITEM 2D. [Captioner] 19:16:43 >> Mayor Mei: WELL, ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:16:46 THIS IS THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS [Captioner] 19:16:46 PORTION. [Captioner] 19:16:49 SO ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS [Captioner] 19:16:50 FOR ITEM 4A? [Captioner] 19:16:51 >> Ms. Lewis: WE HAVE EIGHT [Captioner] 19:16:52 SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 19:16:52 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:16:55 SO WE'LL DO 2 MINUTES EACH FOR [Captioner] 19:16:55 THAT, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:16:55 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:16:59 WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:17:02 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL THE FIRST [Captioner] 19:17:03 THREE SPEAKERS? THAT WAY WE CAN [Captioner] 19:17:04 GET THEM IN CUE. [Captioner] 19:17:06 >> THE FIRST SPEAKER IS NANETTE [Captioner] 19:17:08 ANY KOLSON, FOLLOWED BY FAITH [Captioner] 19:17:08 KELLY. [Captioner] 19:17:10 AND REBECCA ST. JAMES. [Captioner] 19:17:15 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:17:17 >> HELLO. [Captioner] 19:17:17 >> Mayor Mei: HI. [Captioner] 19:17:19 COW MAKE SURE TO PRESS THE [Captioner] 19:17:21 BUTTON THERE ON -- [Captioner] 19:17:22 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? [Captioner] 19:17:23 >> Mayor Mei: YES, PERFECT. [Captioner] 19:17:24 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:17:28 >> ARE WE READY TO START? [Captioner] 19:17:31 MY NAME IS NANETTE MICKELSON. [Captioner] 19:17:33 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:17:33 FOR 40 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:17:36 I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH UNITED [Captioner] 19:17:37 SOVEREIGN AMERICANS, NOT A [Captioner] 19:17:37 SPOKESPERSON. [Captioner] 19:17:41 UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS IS A [Captioner] 19:17:41 NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION WITH [Captioner] 19:17:43 THOUSANDS OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS [Captioner] 19:17:45 IN OVER 24 STATES. [Captioner] 19:17:47 TODAY I COME TO YOU AS A [Captioner] 19:17:48 CONCERNED CITIZEN, SHARING [Captioner] 19:17:50 ALARMING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR [Captioner] 19:17:52 STATE'S VOTER DATABASE, [Captioner] 19:17:53 UNCOVERED THROUGH THOUSANDS OF [Captioner] 19:17:55 HOURS OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY A [Captioner] 19:17:57 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND [Captioner] 19:17:58 CREDENTIALED DATA TEAM. [Captioner] 19:18:00 WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING [Captioner] 19:18:01 AND SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO [Captioner] 19:18:02 COMPREHEND, ONE THING IS CLEAR. [Captioner] 19:18:03 THEY DON'T ADD UP. [Captioner] 19:18:06 JUST LIKE YOUR CHECKBOOK MUST [Captioner] 19:18:07 BALANCE, SO MUST OUR VOTES. [Captioner] 19:18:10 IF YOU HAD 10,000 FEWER DOLLARS [Captioner] 19:18:12 IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THAN YOU [Captioner] 19:18:13 HAD DEPOSITED, YOU WOULD [Captioner] 19:18:14 CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT [Captioner] 19:18:14 HAPPENED. [Captioner] 19:18:16 AND IF A COMPANY HAD THAT [Captioner] 19:18:17 SIGNIFICANT A DISCREPANCY IN [Captioner] 19:18:19 THEIR BOOKS, THEY WOULD MOST [Captioner] 19:18:20 CERTAINLY CONDUCT AN AUDIT. [Captioner] 19:18:23 IN FACT, YEARLY AUDITS ARE [Captioner] 19:18:25 REQUIRED BY LAW FOR ALL PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:18:25 COMPANIES. [Captioner] 19:18:28 OUR AUDIT OF THE 2022 ELECTION [Captioner] 19:18:29 USING ONLY OFFICIAL DATA [Captioner] 19:18:31 PROVIDED BY STATE ELECTION [Captioner] 19:18:33 OFFICIALS SHOWS THAT 2022 [Captioner] 19:18:35 ELECTION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:18:36 ACCURATE OR LEGALLY COMPLIANT. [Captioner] 19:18:39 WE ARE NOT SAYING ONE CANDIDATE [Captioner] 19:18:41 WON OVER ANOTHER OR THAT ANY [Captioner] 19:18:42 ELECTION SHOULD BE OVERTURNED. [Captioner] 19:18:45 THE STATE'S OFFICIAL DATA FROM A [Captioner] 19:18:48 CERTIFIED ELECTION SHOWS THE [Captioner] 19:18:49 VOTES AS COUNTED WERE NOT ALL [Captioner] 19:18:51 VALID AND ACCURATE UNDER THE [Captioner] 19:18:51 LAW. [Captioner] 19:18:52 TONIGHT WE WILL PRESENT YOU WITH [Captioner] 19:18:55 A RESOLUTION DEMANDING AN END TO [Captioner] 19:18:57 THE INACCURACY AND UNCERTAINTY [Captioner] 19:18:58 PLAGUING OUR ELECTIONS ALONG [Captioner] 19:18:59 WITH A SUMMARY OUR FINDINGS AND [Captioner] 19:19:00 THE LAWS THAT APPLY. [Captioner] 19:19:02 WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU TO [Captioner] 19:19:03 GO OVER THIS INFORMATION, [Captioner] 19:19:05 INCLUDING MORE DETAIL ABOUT [Captioner] 19:19:05 SPECIFIC FINDINGS. [Captioner] 19:19:08 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I [Captioner] 19:19:09 CANNOT ANSWER NOW, I WILL COMMIT [Captioner] 19:19:11 TO GETTING YOU THE ANSWER IN [Captioner] 19:19:15 WRITING FROM UNITED SOVEREIGN [Captioner] 19:19:16 AMERICANS' EXECUTIVE TEAM AS [Captioner] 19:19:16 SOON AS POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 19:19:23 >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER, [Captioner] 19:19:23 FAITH KELLY. [Captioner] 19:19:30 >> [Captioner] 19:19:30 >> Councilmember Cox: WE CAN'T [Captioner] 19:19:31 HEAR YOU. [Captioner] 19:19:32 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:19:34 >> MY NAME IS FAITH KELLY AND [Captioner] 19:19:36 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:19:36 FOR 36 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:19:39 I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH UNITED [Captioner] 19:19:39 SOVEREIGN AMERICANS. [Captioner] 19:19:42 THIS DATA AND OUR REQUEST FOR AN [Captioner] 19:19:44 INVESTIGATION HAVE BEEN SHARED [Captioner] 19:19:45 WITH STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS [Captioner] 19:19:46 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. [Captioner] 19:19:48 IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT YOU AS OUR [Captioner] 19:19:49 REPRESENTATIVES MAKE IT CLEAR [Captioner] 19:19:51 THAT THESE MUST BE TAKEN [Captioner] 19:19:51 SERIOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:19:54 TONIGHT WE COME TO YOU, OUR [Captioner] 19:19:55 CLOSEST ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES [Captioner] 19:19:56 FOR SUPPORT AND ACTION. [Captioner] 19:19:58 WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU LISTEN TO [Captioner] 19:19:59 THE RESOLUTION, ASK QUESTIONS IF [Captioner] 19:20:01 YOU HAVE THEM, AND THEN VOTE [Captioner] 19:20:02 PROMPTLY FOR ITS PASSAGE. [Captioner] 19:20:04 YOUR ACTION ON THIS RESOLUTION [Captioner] 19:20:06 WILL ILLUSTRATE YOUR DEDICATION [Captioner] 19:20:08 AND SUPPORT TO THE CONCERNS OF [Captioner] 19:20:10 YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR [Captioner] 19:20:10 COUNTRY. [Captioner] 19:20:12 MYSELF AND OTHERS WILL NOW READ [Captioner] 19:20:13 THE RESOLUTION IN MULTIPLE [Captioner] 19:20:13 PARTS. [Captioner] 19:20:16 THE FOLLOWING IS A RESOLUTION [Captioner] 19:20:19 FOR A LEGALLY VALID 2024 GENERAL [Captioner] 19:20:19 ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:20:22 WHEREAS, IT IS A RECOGNIZED [Captioner] 19:20:23 CIVIL RIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES [Captioner] 19:20:25 FOR EVERY CITIZEN TO HAVE FREE [Captioner] 19:20:26 AND FAIR ELECTIONS. [Captioner] 19:20:29 QUOTE, AND THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE [Captioner] 19:20:32 CAN BE DENIED BY A DEBASE IT OR [Captioner] 19:20:33 DELUSION OF A CITIZEN'S VOTE [Captioner] 19:20:36 JUST AS EFFECTIVELY AS BY WHOLLY [Captioner] 19:20:38 PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE OF [Captioner] 19:20:39 THE FRANCHISE. [Captioner] 19:20:41 U.S. SUPREME COURT REYNOLDS [Captioner] 19:20:42 VERSUS SIMS, 1964. [Captioner] 19:20:45 WHEREAS, IT IS THE DUTY OF OUR [Captioner] 19:20:47 ELECTION OFFICIALS TO GUARANTEE [Captioner] 19:20:49 OUR ELECTIONS ARE ACCURATE AND [Captioner] 19:20:50 FREE FROM DISTORTION OR [Captioner] 19:20:50 MANIPULATION. [Captioner] 19:20:53 QUOTE, CONGRESS SEEKS TO GUARD [Captioner] 19:20:55 THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF [Captioner] 19:20:58 CONGRESS AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE [Captioner] 19:20:59 UNFAIRNESS BY COMPELLING [Captioner] 19:21:01 EVERYONE CONCERNED AND HOLDING [Captioner] 19:21:04 THE ELECTION TO A SCRICT AND [Captioner] 19:21:06 SCRUPULOUS OBSERVANCE OF EVERY [Captioner] 19:21:07 DUTY DEVOLVED UPON HIM WHILE SO [Captioner] 19:21:07 ENGAGED. [Captioner] 19:21:11 THE EVIL INTENT CONSISTS OF [Captioner] 19:21:13 DISOBEDIENCE TO THE LAW. [Captioner] 19:21:16 U.S. SUPREME COURT 1888. [Captioner] 19:21:16 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:21:26 >> Ms. Lewis: REBECCA ST. [Captioner] 19:21:26 JAMES. [Captioner] 19:21:34 >> [Captioner] 19:21:36 >> Mayor Mei: PLEASE KINDLY [Captioner] 19:21:37 PRESS THE BUTTON. [Captioner] 19:21:37 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:21:41 >> MY NAME IS REBECCA ST. [Captioner] 19:21:41 JAMES. [Captioner] 19:21:44 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:21:45 COUNTY FOR 16 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:21:47 AND I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH [Captioner] 19:21:48 UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS. [Captioner] 19:21:49 I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE [Captioner] 19:21:49 RESOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:21:52 WHEREAS, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL [Captioner] 19:21:54 SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE [Captioner] 19:21:55 GOVERNMENT ONLY WORKS WHEN THE [Captioner] 19:21:57 FOLLOWING FOUR TENETS OF AN [Captioner] 19:21:57 ELECTION ARE UPHELD. [Captioner] 19:22:03 ONE, THE VOTER ROLLS MUST BE [Captioner] 19:22:03 ACCURATE. [Captioner] 19:22:05 NATIONAL REGISTRATION ACT 1993. [Captioner] 19:22:07 TWO, COUNTS VOTED MUST BE FROM [Captioner] 19:22:08 ELIGIBLE VOTERS. [Captioner] 19:22:11 U.S. CONSTITUTION 14TH AMENDMENT [Captioner] 19:22:11 SECTION 2. [Captioner] 19:22:13 THREE, THE NUMBER OF VOTES [Captioner] 19:22:15 COUNTED MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF [Captioner] 19:22:16 VOTERS WHO VOTED. [Captioner] 19:22:18 FOUR, THERE CAN BE NO MORE THAN [Captioner] 19:22:21 ONE IN 125,000 BALLOTS IN ERROR [Captioner] 19:22:22 BY THE VOTING SYSTEM. [Captioner] 19:22:24 HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT 2002. [Captioner] 19:22:27 WHEREAS, OPEN SOURCE AUDIT OF [Captioner] 19:22:29 THE CALIFORNIA 2022 GENERAL [Captioner] 19:22:31 ELECTION CONDUCTED BY CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:22:32 CITIZENS HAS UNCOVERED EVIDENCE [Captioner] 19:22:34 OF MASSIVE INACCURACIES THAT [Captioner] 19:22:36 APPEAR TO VIOLATE BOTH FEDERAL [Captioner] 19:22:40 AND STATE LAWS, INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:22:43 5,886,198 INELIGIBLE OR [Captioner] 19:22:44 UNCERTAIN REGISTRATION [Captioner] 19:22:45 VIOLATIONS FOUND WITHIN THE [Captioner] 19:22:47 CALIFORNIA STATE VOTER ROLL [Captioner] 19:22:47 DATABASE. [Captioner] 19:22:52 2,776,939 VOTES CAST BY [Captioner] 19:22:54 INELIGIBLE OR UNCERTAIN [Captioner] 19:22:54 REGISTRATIONS. [Captioner] 19:22:57 123,708' FIVE MORE VOTE COUNTED [Captioner] 19:22:59 THAN VOTERS WHO VOTED. [Captioner] 19:23:02 NO ONE KNOWS WHO PASSED THEM. [Captioner] 19:23:07 2,776,849 APPARENT VOTING [Captioner] 19:23:08 VIOLATIONS ARE IN EXCESS OF THE [Captioner] 19:23:11 LEGAL STANDARD OF SYSTEM [Captioner] 19:23:12 ACCURACY FOR A VALID FEDERAL [Captioner] 19:23:12 ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:23:14 THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SYSTEM [Captioner] 19:23:16 ERRORS FOR THE 2022 GENERAL [Captioner] 19:23:17 ELECTION IN CALIFORNIA WAS 90. [Captioner] 19:23:20 CERTIFICATION IS DEFINED BY LAW [Captioner] 19:23:22 AND ATTESTATION OF ACCURACY AND [Captioner] 19:23:23 COMPLIANCE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:23:24 FRAUDULENT AND ILLEGAL. [Captioner] 19:23:24 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:23:31 >> Ms. Lewis: RANDOLPH ST. [Captioner] 19:23:31 JAMES. [Captioner] 19:23:35 FOLLOWED BY WAYNE HAN KI NS AND [Captioner] 19:23:37 CAROL KRISS. [Captioner] 19:23:39 >> HELLO. [Captioner] 19:23:42 MY NAME IS RANDOLPH ST. JAMES. [Captioner] 19:23:43 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:23:44 COUNTY FOR 16 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:23:46 AND I AM ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH [Captioner] 19:23:47 UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS AND I [Captioner] 19:23:48 CONTINUE WITH THE RESOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:23:51 WHEREAS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL [Captioner] 19:23:53 SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVES [Captioner] 19:23:54 GOVERNMENT ONLY WORKS WHEN THE [Captioner] 19:23:56 FOLLOWING FOUR TENETS OF AN [Captioner] 19:23:57 ELECTION -- WAIT, THAT'S THE [Captioner] 19:23:57 WRONG ONE. [Captioner] 19:23:58 SORRY, MY BAD. [Captioner] 19:24:03 WHEREAS THESE FINDINGS -- LEGAL [Captioner] 19:24:05 ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:07 VOTING SYSTEM -- ACCURACY IS [Captioner] 19:24:08 DEFINED OF THE ABILITY OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:09 SYSTEM TO CAPTURE AND REPORT THE [Captioner] 19:24:11 SPECIFIC SELECTIONS AND ABSENCE [Captioner] 19:24:13 OF SELECTIONS MADE BY A VOTER [Captioner] 19:24:13 WITHOUT ERROR. [Captioner] 19:24:15 WHEREAS THE INTENT OF THE VOTERS [Captioner] 19:24:17 MUST BE KNOWN FACTUALLY BEFORE [Captioner] 19:24:19 CERTIFICATION CAN BE LAWFULLY [Captioner] 19:24:19 CONDUCTED. [Captioner] 19:24:20 CERTIFICATION OF AN ELECTION [Captioner] 19:24:22 THAT VARIES FROM THE LAW IS AN [Captioner] 19:24:23 ABRIDGEMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS [Captioner] 19:24:25 OF THE CITIZEN. [Captioner] 19:24:31 UNITED STATES -- 1878, QUOTE, [Captioner] 19:24:33 FROM TIME IN MEMORIAL, ELECTION [Captioner] 19:24:35 TO PUBLIC OFFICE HAS BEEN END [Captioner] 19:24:36 POINT OF SUBSTANCE NO MORE AND [Captioner] 19:24:38 NO LESS THAN THE EXPRESSION BY [Captioner] 19:24:39 QUALIFIED ELECTIONS OF THEIR [Captioner] 19:24:40 CHOICE OF CANDIDATES. [Captioner] 19:24:43 U.S. SUPREME COURT UNITED STATES [Captioner] 19:24:43 -- 1941. [Captioner] 19:24:45 WHEREAS THE 2022 GENERAL [Captioner] 19:24:47 ELECTION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:24:49 INVALID DEPRIVING US OF OUR [Captioner] 19:24:51 GUARANTEED PROTECTION OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:52 NATURAL RIGHTS UNDER THE [Captioner] 19:24:55 GOVERNMENT DULY CHOSEN BY US, [Captioner] 19:24:59 AMERICAN PEOPLE, CAUSING [Captioner] 19:24:59 INCALCULABLE DAMAGE. [Captioner] 19:25:01 THEREFORE WE CALL UPON OUR [Captioner] 19:25:02 REPRESENTATIVES TO PROVIDE [Captioner] 19:25:04 RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE AND THE [Captioner] 19:25:05 ASSURANCE OF DOMESTIC [Captioner] 19:25:07 TRANQUILITY BY JOINING US AND [Captioner] 19:25:08 DEMANDING A VALID 2024 GENERAL [Captioner] 19:25:10 ELECTION THAT UPHOLDS THESE [Captioner] 19:25:12 EXISTING LAWS AND EQUITABLE [Captioner] 19:25:12 PRINCIPLES OF LAW. [Captioner] 19:25:15 ONE, PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, [Captioner] 19:25:20 IDENTITY AND ELIGIBLE, [Captioner] 19:25:21 NOT A MISATTENTION. [Captioner] 19:25:21 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:32 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:25:33 COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:25:38 MY NAME IS WAYNE HANKINS, AND [Captioner] 19:25:40 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:25:41 COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS AND I ALSO [Captioner] 19:25:45 AM A VOLUNTEER OF UNITED [Captioner] 19:25:46 CITIZENS OF AMERICA. [Captioner] 19:25:49 SOVEREIGN OF AMERICA. [Captioner] 19:25:51 I'M GOING TO CONTINUE READING [Captioner] 19:25:51 THE RESOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:25:55 NUMBER TWO, VOTER ROLLS [Captioner] 19:25:56 CERTIFIED ACCURATE AND AVAILABLE [Captioner] 19:25:58 FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND CHALLENGE [Captioner] 19:26:00 30 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF [Captioner] 19:26:01 EARLY VOTING. [Captioner] 19:26:04 VOTERS ADDED AFTER THAT DATE [Captioner] 19:26:06 MUST BRING PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, [Captioner] 19:26:08 IDENTITY AND ADDRESS IN PERSON [Captioner] 19:26:10 TO A QUALIFIED OFFICIAL AT EACH [Captioner] 19:26:11 POLLING PLACE. [Captioner] 19:26:16 THREE, HANDMARKED SECURE BALLOTS [Captioner] 19:26:18 SIMILAR TO CURRENCY WHERE [Captioner] 19:26:20 IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IS USED FOR [Captioner] 19:26:22 TABULATION AND SECURITY FEATURES [Captioner] 19:26:24 MUST BE VERIFIABLE IN THE BALLOT [Captioner] 19:26:24 IMAGE. [Captioner] 19:26:29 FOUR, SYSTEMS, MACHINES, [Captioner] 19:26:30 SECURITY MEASURES, [Captioner] 19:26:31 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONDUCT ARE [Captioner] 19:26:33 REQUIRED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH [Captioner] 19:26:33 FEDERAL LAW. [Captioner] 19:26:37 FOR FRAUD PREVENTION REGARDING [Captioner] 19:26:39 RISK ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION, [Captioner] 19:26:41 TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION. [Captioner] 19:26:47 NUMBER FIVE, ADJUDICATION MUST [Captioner] 19:26:49 BE SIGNED OFF BY PARTY, [Captioner] 19:26:51 CANDIDATE AND TRAINED CITIZEN [Captioner] 19:26:52 WITNESS AFTER BEING GIVEN FULL [Captioner] 19:26:54 AND EFFECTIVE RIGHTS. [Captioner] 19:26:56 CANDIDATES AND UNTRAINED [Captioner] 19:26:58 CITIZENS MUST BE ALLOWED [Captioner] 19:26:59 IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO BALLOTS, [Captioner] 19:27:01 BALLOT IMAGES AND CVRs. [Captioner] 19:27:03 SIX, BALLOTS REGARDLESS OF ENTRY [Captioner] 19:27:05 SOURCE, ELECTION OPERATIONS AND [Captioner] 19:27:07 SYSTEMS MUST MAINTAIN END OF [Captioner] 19:27:09 CHAIN CUSTODY FROM VOTER TO VOTE [Captioner] 19:27:13 COUNT TO FINAL CANVAS INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:27:14 AUDITTABILITY AND WITNESS [Captioner] 19:27:15 TRANSFER WITH PAPER RECORDS. [Captioner] 19:27:19 SEVEN, A NIST-COMPLIANT [Captioner] 19:27:20 RANDOMIZED STATISTICALLY VALID [Captioner] 19:27:23 END TO END AUDIT WITH A 95% [Captioner] 19:27:24 CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF ALL [Captioner] 19:27:26 ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO THE 14TH [Captioner] 19:27:30 AMENDMENT SECTION 2 MUST BE [Captioner] 19:27:32 PERFORMED CONDUCTED BY [Captioner] 19:27:36 QUALIFIED, INSURED AND BONDED [Captioner] 19:27:37 SECURITY -- [Captioner] 19:27:39 >> Mayor Mei: MY APOLOGIES, [Captioner] 19:27:40 YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TIME. [Captioner] 19:27:41 DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER? [Captioner] 19:27:43 >> Ms. Lewis: YES. [Captioner] 19:27:48 NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROL KRI [Captioner] 19:27:50 SS. [Captioner] 19:27:54 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:27:56 CAN YOU HEAR ME? [Captioner] 19:27:56 >> Mayor Mei: YES. [Captioner] 19:27:58 >> MY NAME IS CAROL KRISS. [Captioner] 19:28:01 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:28:02 COUNTY FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I'M [Captioner] 19:28:05 ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH UNITED [Captioner] 19:28:05 SOVEREIGN AMERICANS. [Captioner] 19:28:06 I CONTINUE WITH THE RESOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:28:14 STARTING WITH [Captioner] 19:28:14 -- [Captioner] 19:28:16 >> Mayor Mei: ITEM 8, I BELIEVE [Captioner] 19:28:17 IS WHERE YOU LEFT -- [Captioner] 19:28:18 >> OH, YES. [Captioner] 19:28:23 ITEM 8. [Captioner] 19:28:30 WELL, I'M GOING TO REREAD [Captioner] 19:28:31 ITEM 7 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO [Captioner] 19:28:31 COMPLETE IT. [Captioner] 19:28:35 A NIST COMPLIANT RANDOMIZED [Captioner] 19:28:36 STATISTICALLY VALID END TO END [Captioner] 19:28:40 OUGHT ID WITH A 95% CONFIDENCE [Captioner] 19:28:41 LEVEL OF ALL ELECTIONS PURSUANT [Captioner] 19:28:44 TO THE 14TH AMENDMENT SECTION 2 [Captioner] 19:28:44 MUST BE PERFORMED. [Captioner] 19:28:47 THESE AUDITS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED [Captioner] 19:28:50 BY QUALIFIED INSURED AND BONDED [Captioner] 19:28:53 SECURITY FORENSICS OR FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:28:54 AUDITORS, NOT PERSONNEL FROM [Captioner] 19:28:56 WITHIN THE ELECTION SYSTEM. [Captioner] 19:28:59 RECONCILIATION WILL INCLUDE THE [Captioner] 19:29:02 VOTE COUNT, REAL PHYSICAL [Captioner] 19:29:05 BALLOTS, ADJUDICATION, CVRs, [Captioner] 19:29:07 BALLOT COUNT, QUALIFIED VOTER [Captioner] 19:29:10 COUNT, CUSTODY TRANSFER, AND ALL [Captioner] 19:29:11 OTHER PAPER AND ELECTRONIC [Captioner] 19:29:14 ELECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:29:15 LOGS. [Captioner] 19:29:18 NUMBER EIGHT, IF THE TOTAL OF [Captioner] 19:29:22 UNIQUE [Captioner] 19:29:25 VARIANCES ABOVE -- A NEW [Captioner] 19:29:26 ELECTION MUST BE HELD IN THE [Captioner] 19:29:28 STATE FOR THOSE KABD DATES [Captioner] 19:29:28 AFFECTED. [Captioner] 19:29:32 ISSUES CAN -- BY MANUAL HAND [Captioner] 19:29:33 RECOUNT AND A FULL REVIEW OF [Captioner] 19:29:33 RECORDS. [Captioner] 19:29:35 NINE, WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS IS [Captioner] 19:29:36 NOT ALLOWED. [Captioner] 19:29:39 ONLY END TO END SYSTEM [Captioner] 19:29:39 COMPLIANCE. [Captioner] 19:29:42 FROM REGISTRATION THROUGH [Captioner] 19:29:43 CERTIFICATION CAN GUARANTEE THE [Captioner] 19:29:46 INTENT OF THE PEOPLE AS [Captioner] 19:29:47 ACCURATELY RECORDED. [Captioner] 19:29:49 BE IT REA SOLVED THAT THE [Captioner] 19:29:52 FREMONT CITY COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:29:54 STAND IN -- WE IMPLORE THE [Captioner] 19:29:55 ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF [Captioner] 19:29:56 SUPERVISORS -- THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:30:02 >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER MARK [Captioner] 19:30:03 ZILLEN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINDS. [Captioner] 19:30:08 >> IN CONCLUSION, WHAT YOU HEARD [Captioner] 19:30:09 TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF [Captioner] 19:30:11 THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK BY [Captioner] 19:30:14 OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED CREDENTIAL [Captioner] 19:30:14 VOLUNTEERED TEAMS. [Captioner] 19:30:17 I'M THE LEAD FOR THE GROUP HERE, [Captioner] 19:30:17 UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS. [Captioner] 19:30:21 I'M A 65-YEAR ALAMEDA COUNTY [Captioner] 19:30:21 RESIDENT. [Captioner] 19:30:25 IT'S A POWERFULLY WRITTEN [Captioner] 19:30:26 RESOLUTION OUTLINING MASSIVE [Captioner] 19:30:28 INACCURACIES IN OUR 2022 [Captioner] 19:30:30 ELECTION FROM REGISTRATION [Captioner] 19:30:30 THROUGH CERTIFICATION IN IT. [Captioner] 19:30:34 YOU HEARD US ASK FOR MEANINGFUL [Captioner] 19:30:35 REMEDIES THAT WILL PROACTIVELY [Captioner] 19:30:38 PROTECT THE VALIDITY OF THE 2024 [Captioner] 19:30:38 GENERAL ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:30:40 FOR ALL AMERICANS. [Captioner] 19:30:42 IN FACT, THE RESOLUTION CITED [Captioner] 19:30:44 MANY U.S. SUPREME COURT [Captioner] 19:30:45 PRECEDENTS THAT SUPPORT THE NEED [Captioner] 19:30:48 FOR ACTIONS, LAWS ARE BEING [Captioner] 19:30:48 IGNORED. [Captioner] 19:30:49 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE CHECKBOOK [Captioner] 19:30:50 IS NOT BALANCING. [Captioner] 19:30:52 WE NEED CERTAINTY. [Captioner] 19:30:55 WE NEED A VOTING SYSTEM WHICH [Captioner] 19:30:56 CONTROLS OUR MOST VITALLY [Captioner] 19:30:58 IMPORTANT RIGHT, THE RIGHT TO [Captioner] 19:30:59 CHOOSE OUR REPRESENTATIVES. [Captioner] 19:31:01 IT IS NOT PRODUCING AN ACCURATE, [Captioner] 19:31:01 TRUSTWORTHY RESULT. [Captioner] 19:31:03 DO YOU THINK THAT THESE [Captioner] 19:31:05 ANOMALIES WITHIN OUR ELECTION [Captioner] 19:31:07 SYSTEM, A SYSTEM WHICH IS PART [Captioner] 19:31:08 OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, SHOULD [Captioner] 19:31:10 CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED? [Captioner] 19:31:12 LET'S STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND [Captioner] 19:31:13 LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. [Captioner] 19:31:15 LARGE NUMBERS OF AMERICANS [Captioner] 19:31:17 INCLUDING MANY RIGHT HERE IN [Captioner] 19:31:19 CALIFORNIA AND FREMONT HAVE [Captioner] 19:31:20 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:31:20 TRUSTWORTHINESS OF OUR [Captioner] 19:31:20 ELECTIONS. [Captioner] 19:31:22 I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE [Captioner] 19:31:24 WISH THIS WAS NOT THE CASE BUT [Captioner] 19:31:25 OFFICIAL DATA SHOWS THESE [Captioner] 19:31:27 CONCERNS ARE VALID AND THE LAW [Captioner] 19:31:30 SAYS RESOLVING THEM IS ESSENTIAL [Captioner] 19:31:30 TO SECURING OUR LIBERTY. [Captioner] 19:31:32 HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING US NOT TO [Captioner] 19:31:32 FIX THE PROBLEM? [Captioner] 19:31:35 HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING OUR GDP, [Captioner] 19:31:37 OUR MILITARY, OUR FOREIGN [Captioner] 19:31:38 POLICY, OUR HEALTH AND OUR [Captioner] 19:31:39 SELF-ESTEEM OF OUR CHILDREN, [Captioner] 19:31:40 YOUNG PEOPLE? [Captioner] 19:31:41 HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING OUR [Captioner] 19:31:43 DIGNITY TO KEEP FIGHTING EACH [Captioner] 19:31:43 OTHER? [Captioner] 19:31:45 COST IS IMMEASURABLE SO WE URGE [Captioner] 19:31:47 YOU TO AGREE BY PUTTING THIS [Captioner] 19:31:49 RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR THE [Captioner] 19:31:50 NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND [Captioner] 19:31:52 VOTING IN SUPPORT OF FAIR HONEST [Captioner] 19:31:53 AND VALID ELECTIONS. [Captioner] 19:31:58 OUR WEBSITE SHOWCASES OUR [Captioner] 19:32:00 INITIATIVES NATIONWIDE AS HAS [Captioner] 19:32:02 SOME EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE [Captioner] 19:32:03 VIDEOS AND YOU COULD VISIT OUR [Captioner] 19:32:08 WEBSITE, UNITEDFORFREEDOM.COM. [Captioner] 19:32:12 >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER, JOHN [Captioner] 19:32:13 HINDS. [Captioner] 19:32:18 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:32:22 SOUTH BAY CONNECT PLANS TO SPEND [Captioner] 19:32:24 700 TO $900 MILLION OF [Captioner] 19:32:26 SOMEBODY'S MONEY TO EXPAND [Captioner] 19:32:26 SERVICE? [Captioner] 19:32:27 NO. [Captioner] 19:32:27 TO RUN MORE TRAINS? [Captioner] 19:32:28 NO. [Captioner] 19:32:32 TO SHAVE 11 TO 13 MINUTES OFF A [Captioner] 19:32:35 TRIP BETWEEN SAN JOSÉ AND [Captioner] 19:32:35 OAKLAND. [Captioner] 19:32:38 AND NOTE THAT RIDERS WHO LIVE IN [Captioner] 19:32:41 FREMONT, UNION CITY, HAYWARD AND [Captioner] 19:32:43 ELSEWHERE MAY HAVE TO DRIVE TO A [Captioner] 19:32:44 DIFFERENT STATION TO CATCH THE [Captioner] 19:32:46 TRAIN WHICH CAN EASILY BURN UP [Captioner] 19:32:47 THE ENTIRE 13 MINUTES FOR THEM. [Captioner] 19:32:50 SO THE ONLY RIDERS WHO [Captioner] 19:32:51 PREDICTABLY BENEFIT ARE THOSE [Captioner] 19:32:53 WHO LIVE IN SAN JOSÉ AND WANT TO [Captioner] 19:32:53 WORK IN POINTS NORTH. [Captioner] 19:32:55 THE PROJECT IS PINNED ON THE [Captioner] 19:32:56 HOPE THAT BY SHAVING THIS LITTLE [Captioner] 19:32:59 BIT OF TIME OFF EACH TRIP, IT [Captioner] 19:33:01 WILL CAUSE THIS MINUSCULE [Captioner] 19:33:03 RIDERSHIP TO EXPLODE TO THE [Captioner] 19:33:04 POINT WHERE THE SYSTEM BECOMES [Captioner] 19:33:04 PROFITABLE. [Captioner] 19:33:07 IT'S BEYOND DELUSIONAL. [Captioner] 19:33:09 THE ONLY PLAUSIBLE REASON THEY [Captioner] 19:33:12 HAVEN'T SHUT THIS DOWN YEARS AGO [Captioner] 19:33:14 IS TO PRESERVE THEIR PHONY [Captioner] 19:33:16 BALONEY JOBS UNTIL THE MONEY [Captioner] 19:33:17 RUNS OUT. [Captioner] 19:33:19 THEY HAVE NO REASON TO LISTEN TO [Captioner] 19:33:20 INDIVIDUALS BUT THEY DO NEED A [Captioner] 19:33:23 LITTLE BIT OF COOPERATION FROM [Captioner] 19:33:23 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. [Captioner] 19:33:25 THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME FOR [Captioner] 19:33:27 FREMONT TO REAFFIRM ITS POSITION [Captioner] 19:33:29 FROM FOUR YEARS AGO AND REMIND [Captioner] 19:33:33 SOUTH BAY CONNECT THAT THEIR [Captioner] 19:33:35 PLAN LEAVES ONE OF OUR T.O.D.s [Captioner] 19:33:37 WITHOUT ITS TRANSIT, AND WE CAN [Captioner] 19:33:39 REASONABLY ASK HOW MUCH TIME WE [Captioner] 19:33:42 SHOULD WASTE IN PLANNING A NEW [Captioner] 19:33:44 T.O.D. WITH A PARTNER AGENCY [Captioner] 19:33:49 WHICH IS ADMINISTRATED SUCH [Captioner] 19:33:49 UNRELIABILITY. [Captioner] 19:33:49 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:33:51 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:33:53 >> Ms. Lewis: THAT WAS THE LAST [Captioner] 19:33:54 SPEAKER FOR THAT ITEM. [Captioner] 19:33:54 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:33:58 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:33:58 COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:34:01 AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE [Captioner] 19:34:02 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION [Captioner] 19:34:04 AND WE'LL RETURN TO THE ITEMS [Captioner] 19:34:06 THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE [Captioner] 19:34:08 CONSENT CALENDAR EARLIER. [Captioner] 19:34:10 AND THAT WAS ITEM 2C AND I [Captioner] 19:34:14 BELIEVE YOU HAVE ONE SPEAKER -- [Captioner] 19:34:15 2D. [Captioner] 19:34:18 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:20 LET ME CALL THE SPEAKER FOR 2C. [Captioner] 19:34:31 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:34:34 I'M ACTUALLY PILING ON TO SOME [Captioner] 19:34:35 VERY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS MADE BY [Captioner] 19:34:37 KELLY OR WILL BE ABOUT TO BE [Captioner] 19:34:37 MADE BY KELLY. [Captioner] 19:34:42 IT'S A PERFECTLY NORMAL, NATURAL [Captioner] 19:34:44 THING WHEN THE SAME PEOPLE SEE [Captioner] 19:34:46 THE SAME LANDSCAPE YEAR AFTER [Captioner] 19:34:49 YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY GET [Captioner] 19:34:51 HABITUATED TO IT, THEY STOP [Captioner] 19:34:52 NOTICING THINGS AND THEY BEGIN [Captioner] 19:34:54 TO RUN ON AUTOPILOT, WHEREAS [Captioner] 19:34:55 WHEN YOU BRING IN PEOPLE WITH [Captioner] 19:34:57 FRESH EYES, THEY WILL BEGIN [Captioner] 19:34:59 ASKING QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:35:02 HADN'T ASKED RECENTLY, THEY WILL [Captioner] 19:35:03 PROPOSE SUGGESTIONS THAT PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:35:03 HADN'T BEEN MAKING BEFORE. [Captioner] 19:35:07 BRINGING IN FRESH EYES IS A GOOD [Captioner] 19:35:07 IDEA. [Captioner] 19:35:10 HAVING TERM LIMITS ON AUDIT [Captioner] 19:35:11 FIRMS IS A GOOD IDEA. [Captioner] 19:35:13 10 YEARS SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY [Captioner] 19:35:13 GOOD TERM. [Captioner] 19:35:16 NOW, WE'RE A LITTLE LATE BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:35:19 THE BIDDING PROCESS HAD ALREADY [Captioner] 19:35:20 HAPPENED. [Captioner] 19:35:21 THAT WOULD ALSO BE AN EXCELLENT [Captioner] 19:35:23 TIME FOR US TO MAKE SOME [Captioner] 19:35:25 LEMONADE OUT OF THE EMBEZZLEMENT [Captioner] 19:35:28 LEMONS WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO, [Captioner] 19:35:29 BECAUSE IN THE REQUEST FOR THE [Captioner] 19:35:31 PROCESS, WE COULD HAVE ASKED [Captioner] 19:35:33 FIRMS TO PROPOSE SOME ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 19:35:34 CONTROLS WE COULD PUT IN TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:35:36 SOME KINDS OF FRAUD EASIER TO [Captioner] 19:35:38 DETECT AND, THEREFORE, EASIER TO [Captioner] 19:35:39 DISCOURAGE. [Captioner] 19:35:42 WE KIND OF MISSED THAT [Captioner] 19:35:44 OPPORTUNITY THIS TIME, BUT WE [Captioner] 19:35:47 SHOULD AT LEAST, SOON, SET A [Captioner] 19:35:49 TERM LIMIT ON HOW LONG THE SAME [Captioner] 19:35:50 AUDIT FIRM CAN STAY WITH US. [Captioner] 19:35:52 IT'S GOOD TO GET FRESH EYES IN [Captioner] 19:35:52 THERE. [Captioner] 19:35:55 WE COULD EVEN MAYBE SHORTEN THIS [Captioner] 19:35:59 TERM TO TWO OR THREE YEARS SO [Captioner] 19:36:00 OUR CHANCE COMES UP AGAIN [Captioner] 19:36:00 SOONER. [Captioner] 19:36:02 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:04 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:06 WELCOME, KELLY. [Captioner] 19:36:11 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:36:11 NUMBERS. [Captioner] 19:36:13 I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF [Captioner] 19:36:15 MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY [Captioner] 19:36:17 REGARDING THE PROPOSED RENEWAL [Captioner] 19:36:19 OF -- WALNUT CREEK AS FREMONT'S [Captioner] 19:36:19 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. [Captioner] 19:36:21 IN RECENT YEARS FREMONT HAS [Captioner] 19:36:23 FACED FINANCIAL REPORTING ISSUES [Captioner] 19:36:25 INCLUDING TWO SEPARATE SALES TAX [Captioner] 19:36:26 MISALLOCATION AND A CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 19:36:27 SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR FRAUD. [Captioner] 19:36:30 DESPITE THESE PROBLEMS, MGO HAS [Captioner] 19:36:33 BEEN AUDITOR FOR 12 YEARS, SINCE [Captioner] 19:36:35 2012, AND IS UP FOR ANOTHER [Captioner] 19:36:36 FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION. [Captioner] 19:36:38 WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT [Captioner] 19:36:39 THIS EXTENSION AND INSTEAD [Captioner] 19:36:42 ROTATE TO A NEW AUDITOR, AND THE [Captioner] 19:36:43 NEW AUDITORS ARE LINED UP IN [Captioner] 19:36:44 THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:36:44 TODAY. [Captioner] 19:36:46 THEY'RE LINED UP RIGHT THERE. [Captioner] 19:36:48 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIGURE OUT [Captioner] 19:36:48 WHO'S NUMBER TWO. [Captioner] 19:36:51 OR WHO'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST [Captioner] 19:36:53 WHO'S NOT NAMED MGO. [Captioner] 19:36:56 THIS PRACTICE IS COMMON AMONG [Captioner] 19:36:57 CALIFORNIA CITIES CRUCIAL FOR [Captioner] 19:36:59 INDEPENDENCE BRINGING FRESH [Captioner] 19:37:00 PERSPECTIVES TO OUR FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:37:00 OVERSIGHT. [Captioner] 19:37:02 THE SAN DIEGO PENSION SCANDAL OF [Captioner] 19:37:04 20 YEARS AGO SERVES AS A STARK [Captioner] 19:37:05 REMINDER OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN [Captioner] 19:37:07 WITHOUT PROPER CHECKS AND [Captioner] 19:37:07 BALANCES. [Captioner] 19:37:08 THEIR OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION [Captioner] 19:37:11 RECOMMENDED A 10-YEAR CAP ON [Captioner] 19:37:11 AUDITOR TENURE AS A RESULT. [Captioner] 19:37:13 WE BELIEVE FREMONT SHOULD FOLLOW [Captioner] 19:37:13 SUIT. [Captioner] 19:37:16 ROTATING AUDITORS EVERY 10 YEARS [Captioner] 19:37:17 WOULD DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT [Captioner] 19:37:20 TO TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENT [Captioner] 19:37:20 OVERSIGHT. [Captioner] 19:37:23 IN LIGHT OF FREMONT'S RECENT $34 [Captioner] 19:37:27 MILLION A YEAR SALES TAX [Captioner] 19:37:28 OVERESTIMATION, IT'S CRITICAL [Captioner] 19:37:32 THAT WE TAKE STEPS TO RESTORE [Captioner] 19:37:33 PUBLIC TRUST. [Captioner] 19:37:37 THERE'S TOO MUCH COMPLACENCY, [Captioner] 19:37:38 TOO MUCH COMFORT, TOO MUCH [Captioner] 19:37:39 CONFIDENCE ON THIS COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:37:43 WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY [Captioner] 19:37:44 ENGAGE A NEW INDEPENDENT AUDITOR [Captioner] 19:37:46 RATHER THAN EXTENDING MGO'S [Captioner] 19:37:46 CONTRACT. [Captioner] 19:37:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:37:47 CONSIDERATION. [Captioner] 19:37:50 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:38:00 WHY DON'T WE TAKE THEM [Captioner] 19:38:00 SEPARATELY. [Captioner] 19:38:02 WE NEED TO TAKE THE ITEMS [Captioner] 19:38:02 SEPARATELY, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:38:03 ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:38:05 OR QUESTIONS OR A MOTION ON THIS [Captioner] 19:38:09 ITEM, WHICH IS 2C. [Captioner] 19:38:11 THIS IS ON THE FINANCIAL AUDIT [Captioner] 19:38:12 SERVICES AUTHORIZATION TO [Captioner] 19:38:14 EXECUTE AGREEMENT FOR FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:38:16 AUDIT SERVICES WITH MGC. [Captioner] 19:38:24 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN? [Captioner] 19:38:25 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 19:38:25 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:38:27 IS ANYBODY FROM STAFF PREPARED [Captioner] 19:38:31 TO SPEAK ON THIS [Captioner] 19:38:34 OR -- [Captioner] 19:38:35 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: WE [Captioner] 19:38:36 HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR DAVE [Captioner] 19:38:37 PERSSELIN ON. [Captioner] 19:38:40 >> Councilmember Salwan: HELLO, [Captioner] 19:38:40 MR. PERSSELIN. [Captioner] 19:38:40 >> Mr. Persselin: HELLO. [Captioner] 19:38:41 GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:38:43 >> Councilmember Salwan: GOOD [Captioner] 19:38:46 EVENING. [Captioner] 19:38:48 I DIDN'T SEE ALL THE OTHER BIDS, [Captioner] 19:38:49 BUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE [Captioner] 19:38:50 CRITERIA THAT YOU FELT THAT -- [Captioner] 19:38:53 WAS IT MGO WAS THE CHOSEN BID? [Captioner] 19:38:56 WHAT DID THEY HAVE THAT THE [Captioner] 19:38:57 OTHERS DIDN'T HAVE, AND IF YOU [Captioner] 19:38:59 COULD GIVE YOU A HIGH-LEVEL [Captioner] 19:38:59 SUMMARY? [Captioner] 19:39:00 >> Mr. Persselin: SURE. [Captioner] 19:39:04 SO AS WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER, [Captioner] 19:39:06 WE CIRCULATED A REQUEST FOR [Captioner] 19:39:06 PROPOSALS. [Captioner] 19:39:11 WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS [Captioner] 19:39:13 FROM CPA FIRMS AND WE EVALUATED [Captioner] 19:39:17 THOSE PROPOSALS BASED ON THE [Captioner] 19:39:19 CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE RFPs. [Captioner] 19:39:24 THE ITEMS I THINK THAT PLAYED [Captioner] 19:39:29 MOST IN FAVOR OF MGO ARE THAT [Captioner] 19:39:32 THEY ARE THE LARGEST FIRM IN [Captioner] 19:39:35 TERMS OF STAFFING BREADTH AND [Captioner] 19:39:35 DEPTH. [Captioner] 19:39:40 SECONDLY, THEY SERVE THE [Captioner] 19:39:44 AGENCIES THAT ARE OF THE SIZE [Captioner] 19:39:45 AND COMPLEXITY OF OUR CITY. [Captioner] 19:39:50 SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTORS [Captioner] 19:39:52 IN CONSIDERING WHO'S AN [Captioner] 19:39:53 APPROPRIATE AUDITOR FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:39:56 AGENCY IS THAT THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:39:58 EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT [Captioner] 19:40:00 EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH [Captioner] 19:40:02 AGENCIES THAT ARE SIMILAR. [Captioner] 19:40:07 SO MGO IS AUDITOR FOR CITIES [Captioner] 19:40:11 LIKE SAN JOSÉ, PALO ALTO, [Captioner] 19:40:13 OAKLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, [Captioner] 19:40:15 SUNNYVALE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, AND [Captioner] 19:40:18 THE OTHER FIRMS DIDN'T [Captioner] 19:40:21 NECESSARILY HAVE THAT TYPE OF [Captioner] 19:40:21 EXPERIENCE. [Captioner] 19:40:24 MOST OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE EITHER [Captioner] 19:40:26 SMALLER AGENCIES OR AGENCIES [Captioner] 19:40:28 THAT ARE NOT MUNICIPALITIES LIKE [Captioner] 19:40:28 THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:40:33 SO THAT WAS PROBABLY -- THOSE [Captioner] 19:40:35 TWO FACTORS ARE PROBABLY THE [Captioner] 19:40:38 DOMINANT FACTORS IN MGO BEING [Captioner] 19:40:38 SELECTED. [Captioner] 19:40:43 THE OTHER ASPECT IS STAFFING [Captioner] 19:40:43 LEVELS. [Captioner] 19:40:46 SO BECAUSE MGO HAS BREADTH AND [Captioner] 19:40:49 DEPTH IN THEIR FIRM, THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:40:51 ABLE TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 19:40:55 STAFF THAT ARE NECESSARY TO [Captioner] 19:40:57 EFFICIENTLY AUDIT OUR VARIOUS [Captioner] 19:40:59 PROGRAMS AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER [Captioner] 19:41:02 OF PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE [Captioner] 19:41:02 AUDITED. [Captioner] 19:41:04 I WOULD ALSO NOTE, I KNOW IT WAS [Captioner] 19:41:09 MENTIONED EARLIER THAT AUDITOR [Captioner] 19:41:12 ROTATION IS A CONCEPT THAT [Captioner] 19:41:16 PEOPLE FEEL CAN BE -- CAN HELP [Captioner] 19:41:17 WITH AUDIT INDEPENDENCE. [Captioner] 19:41:23 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF [Captioner] 19:41:24 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS IS [Captioner] 19:41:28 ON RECORD PUBLICLY AS NOT [Captioner] 19:41:31 SUPPORTIVE OF AUDITOR ROTATION. [Captioner] 19:41:34 THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:41:38 THE FEDERAL LAW GOVERNING THIS, [Captioner] 19:41:41 REQUIRES NOT ROTATION OF AUDIT [Captioner] 19:41:44 FIRMS, BUT ROTATION OF AUDIT [Captioner] 19:41:45 PARTNERS EVERY FIVE YEARS. [Captioner] 19:41:49 THE IDEA BEING THAT BY ROTATING [Captioner] 19:41:51 THE AUDIT PARTNER, YOU'RE REALLY [Captioner] 19:41:53 GETTING THE BENEFIT OF A FRESH [Captioner] 19:41:56 SET OF EYES, AS WAS MENTIONED, [Captioner] 19:41:59 AND YOU'RE NOT CREATING THAT [Captioner] 19:42:01 LONG-STANDING CLOSE [Captioner] 19:42:01 RELATIONSHIP. [Captioner] 19:42:05 SO AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING THE [Captioner] 19:42:07 BENEFIT OF ROTATION. [Captioner] 19:42:10 OUR SENIOR PARTNER IS GOING TO [Captioner] 19:42:13 BE ROTATING OFF AFTER THIS NEXT [Captioner] 19:42:14 YEAR AND A NEW PARTNER WILL BE [Captioner] 19:42:15 COMING ON AFTER THAT. [Captioner] 19:42:19 SO THOSE ARE THE -- THOSE WERE [Captioner] 19:42:20 THE COUPLE MAIN FACTORS. [Captioner] 19:42:24 AGAIN, THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF [Captioner] 19:42:26 STAFFING, THE TYPE OF AGENCIES [Captioner] 19:42:30 AND SIZE OF AGENCIES THAT MGO IS [Captioner] 19:42:32 CURRENTLY SERVING, AND THEN [Captioner] 19:42:33 FINALLY, THE FACT THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:42:36 GETTING THE BENEFIT OF ROTATION [Captioner] 19:42:39 DUE TO FIVE-YEAR AUDIT PARTNER [Captioner] 19:42:39 ROTATION. [Captioner] 19:42:41 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 19:42:41 YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:43 I THINK THE SALES TAX CONSULTANT [Captioner] 19:42:44 IS A DIFFERENT ONE. [Captioner] 19:42:45 IS THAT CORRECT? [Captioner] 19:42:46 >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S [Captioner] 19:42:46 CORRECT. [Captioner] 19:42:48 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:42:49 GOOD. [Captioner] 19:42:51 IS IT A GOOD TIME FOR COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:42:52 OR QUESTIONS ONLY? [Captioner] 19:42:53 >> Mayor Mei: YOU CAN DO BOTH. [Captioner] 19:42:55 WE HAVE TWO OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:42:57 BUT GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR [Captioner] 19:42:57 COMMENTS ALSO AT THE SAME TIME. [Captioner] 19:42:58 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO I [Captioner] 19:43:00 WOULD LIKE TO STUDY THIS ITEM A [Captioner] 19:43:00 LITTLE MORE AND I PERSONALLY [Captioner] 19:43:03 WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL [Captioner] 19:43:05 IT AND BRING IT BACK WITH [Captioner] 19:43:06 LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS AUDIT [Captioner] 19:43:06 FIRMS. [Captioner] 19:43:09 >> Mayor Mei: I'LL ASK A QUICK [Captioner] 19:43:10 QUESTION ON TOP OF THAT. [Captioner] 19:43:12 WE HAVE SOME SCHEDULED MEETINGS [Captioner] 19:43:16 ALREADY WITH OUR AUDITORS AND I [Captioner] 19:43:17 WAS JUST WONDERING IF PULLING [Captioner] 19:43:19 THIS ITEM, DIRECTOR PERSSELIN, [Captioner] 19:43:22 WOULD THAT AFFECT ANY OF THAT [Captioner] 19:43:22 TIMELINESS? [Captioner] 19:43:23 >> Mr. Persselin: ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 19:43:25 SO THE AUDIT WORK FOR CLOSING [Captioner] 19:43:29 AND REPORTING ON THE 23-24 [Captioner] 19:43:30 FISCAL YEAR WHICH JUST ENDED IS [Captioner] 19:43:30 NOW BEGINNING. [Captioner] 19:43:34 SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WERE TO [Captioner] 19:43:36 DELAY THAT, WE WOULD ULTIMATELY [Captioner] 19:43:39 BE DELAYING THE ISSUANCE OF THE [Captioner] 19:43:41 CITY'S AUDITED FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:43:42 STATEMENTS, WHICH COULD HAVE [Captioner] 19:43:45 SOME SORT OF ADVERSE IMPACT ON [Captioner] 19:43:45 THE CITY. [Captioner] 19:43:51 SO YES, IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY [Captioner] 19:43:55 IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO [Captioner] 19:43:56 EFFICIENTLY ISSUE FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:43:57 STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR THAT [Captioner] 19:43:57 JUST ENDED. [Captioner] 19:44:00 >> Mayor Mei: WOULD IT POSSIBLY [Captioner] 19:44:01 BE A COMPROMISE, BECAUSE WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:44:03 A MEETING -- WE HAVE ONE MORE [Captioner] 19:44:05 MEETING PRIOR TO THE BREAK THAT [Captioner] 19:44:09 WE HAVE IN THE COUNCIL IN [Captioner] 19:44:11 AUGUST, COULD A POSSIBLE [Captioner] 19:44:12 COMPROMISE, IF WE WAITED A WEEK [Captioner] 19:44:13 WOULD IT GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR [Captioner] 19:44:14 THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:44:15 THE EXPLORATION OR THE DETAILS [Captioner] 19:44:16 THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PRIOR [Captioner] 19:44:18 TO MAKING A DECISION, AND [Captioner] 19:44:20 ALLOWING US TO STILL BE [Captioner] 19:44:21 EFFICIENT ENOUGH IN TIME TO BE [Captioner] 19:44:23 ABLE TO ADDRESS THE TIMELINESS [Captioner] 19:44:27 OF BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE OUR [Captioner] 19:44:30 23-24 FISCAL YEAR, BUT WITHOUT [Captioner] 19:44:32 IMPACTING THE DELAY OF FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:44:33 STATEMENTS REPORTED OUT? [Captioner] 19:44:36 DIRECTOR PERSSELIN? [Captioner] 19:44:41 >> Mr. Persselin: I'M NOT REALLY [Captioner] 19:44:45 SURE WHAT -- AS I MENTIONED, MGO [Captioner] 19:44:49 IS CLEARLY THE TOP FIRM OF [Captioner] 19:44:50 THE FOUR THAT PROPOSED. [Captioner] 19:44:52 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:44:54 >> Mr. Persselin: AND I DON'T [Captioner] 19:44:56 KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [Captioner] 19:44:59 WE WOULD BE PROVIDING WITHIN THE [Captioner] 19:45:01 NEXT WEEK TO -- I'M NOT REALLY [Captioner] 19:45:04 SURE WHAT CONCERN WE WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:45:04 ADDRESSING HERE. [Captioner] 19:45:06 I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD A [Captioner] 19:45:08 COUPLE OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT [Captioner] 19:45:11 RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT AUDITOR [Captioner] 19:45:11 ROTATION. [Captioner] 19:45:14 AS I MENTIONED, FEDERAL LAW [Captioner] 19:45:16 REQUIRES THE ROTATION OF THE [Captioner] 19:45:18 AUDIT PARTNER EVERY FIVE YEARS. [Captioner] 19:45:21 SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT CONCERN [Captioner] 19:45:22 WE'D BE ADDRESSING. [Captioner] 19:45:26 >> Councilmember Salwan: I CAN [Captioner] 19:45:27 SPEAK TO THAT IF THAT'S OKAY. [Captioner] 19:45:30 YEAH, I THINK -- [Captioner] 19:45:30 >> Councilmember Kassan: I'VE [Captioner] 19:45:32 HAD MY HAND RAISED FOR A WHILE. [Captioner] 19:45:33 DID YOU NOT SEE IT? [Captioner] 19:45:35 >> Mayor Mei: I KNOW BUT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:45:36 FINISHING THROUGH WITH EACH OF [Captioner] 19:45:37 -- BESIDES COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, [Captioner] 19:45:39 I ALSO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:45:41 CAMPBELL, THEN YOU AND THEN [Captioner] 19:45:41 COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:45:41 SORRY. [Captioner] 19:45:42 >> Councilmember Kassan: OH, [Captioner] 19:45:43 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:45:44 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:45:45 >> Councilmember Salwan: I GUESS [Captioner] 19:45:47 AS COUNCIL WE'RE HERE TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:45:49 DECISIONS AND TO PICK THE [Captioner] 19:45:50 AUDITOR, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE [Captioner] 19:45:53 TO SEE, FOR COMPARISON, DO SOME [Captioner] 19:45:55 DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 19:45:58 OTHER COMPANIES AS WELL, SEE [Captioner] 19:46:00 WHAT THEIR PROPOSALS ARE AND [Captioner] 19:46:02 MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION FURTHER [Captioner] 19:46:04 WITH STAFF TO FURTHER STUDY THE [Captioner] 19:46:05 AUDITORS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, [Captioner] 19:46:07 AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:46:08 MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. [Captioner] 19:46:10 SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:46:10 DO. [Captioner] 19:46:11 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:46:11 COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:46:13 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:46:16 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS [Captioner] 19:46:16 TIME? [Captioner] 19:46:18 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 19:46:19 ACTUALLY I THINK ONE OF MY [Captioner] 19:46:21 QUESTIONS WAS ALREADY ANSWERED [Captioner] 19:46:24 ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE [Captioner] 19:46:27 SALES TAX AUDITOR AND THIS [Captioner] 19:46:28 PROPOSED AUDITOR THAT'S IN FRONT [Captioner] 19:46:28 OF US NOW. [Captioner] 19:46:33 DIRECTOR PERSSELIN, HOW WOULD [Captioner] 19:46:37 THIS IMPACT OUR REQUEST FOR [Captioner] 19:46:40 PROPOSAL, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY [Captioner] 19:46:43 SUBMITTED AND CHOSEN, WOULD WE [Captioner] 19:46:46 THEN HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO A [Captioner] 19:46:49 WHOLE NEW REQUEST FOR [Captioner] 19:46:49 PROPOSALS? [Captioner] 19:46:51 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY [Captioner] 19:46:54 WHO CHALLENGED THE DECISION THAT [Captioner] 19:46:56 WAS MADE FOR THIS PARTICULAR [Captioner] 19:46:56 AUDITOR. [Captioner] 19:47:03 >> Mr. Persselin: I BELIEVE THAT [Captioner] 19:47:06 WE WOULD NEED TO DO ANOTHER [Captioner] 19:47:07 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. [Captioner] 19:47:12 >> Councilmember Campbell: I [Captioner] 19:47:13 TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU THAT THAT [Captioner] 19:47:14 WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP AND I [Captioner] 19:47:15 DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE TIME [Captioner] 19:47:16 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. [Captioner] 19:47:19 I THINK THE TIME FOR US TO BE [Captioner] 19:47:22 ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:47:24 LOOKING FOR IN A AUDITOR WOULD [Captioner] 19:47:27 BE AT THE TIME THAT THE [Captioner] 19:47:29 PROPOSALS WERE OUT FOR BID. [Captioner] 19:47:31 WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, SO I'M NOT [Captioner] 19:47:34 IN FAVOR OF DETAINING THIS. [Captioner] 19:47:35 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:38 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:39 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 19:47:41 >> Councilmember Kassan: YEAH, I [Captioner] 19:47:43 ALSO AM NOT IN FAVOR OF DELAYING [Captioner] 19:47:43 THIS. [Captioner] 19:47:45 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST [Captioner] 19:47:46 REPUTABLE ACCOUNTING FIRMS IN [Captioner] 19:47:49 THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE [Captioner] 19:47:50 MANY CLIENTS AND COLLEAGUES THAT [Captioner] 19:47:50 USE THEM. [Captioner] 19:47:52 I DON'T SEE ANY REASON [Captioner] 19:47:53 WHATSOEVER TO DELAY THIS. [Captioner] 19:47:53 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:59 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:48:03 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK [Captioner] 19:48:03 YOU. [Captioner] 19:48:05 I THINK ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS [Captioner] 19:48:07 THAT THE STAFF WENT OUT ON AN [Captioner] 19:48:07 RFP. [Captioner] 19:48:09 IT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED. [Captioner] 19:48:12 BY DIFFERENT FIRMS AS WRITTEN IN [Captioner] 19:48:13 THE REPORT. [Captioner] 19:48:17 PART OF IT IS THAT THERE'S A SET [Captioner] 19:48:18 CRITERIA THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING [Captioner] 19:48:20 FOR MORE INFORMATION, IT WOULD [Captioner] 19:48:22 BE WHAT WOULD BE THE [Captioner] 19:48:24 RECOMMENDATION REPORT THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:48:27 MADE TO SELECT MGO, BUT LIKE MY [Captioner] 19:48:29 OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THIS [Captioner] 19:48:31 IS VERY REPUTABLE, IT'S USED BY [Captioner] 19:48:34 QUITE A FEW OF OUR CITY [Captioner] 19:48:37 GOVERNMENT, AND COUNTY, AND I [Captioner] 19:48:39 FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:48:41 SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:48:45 DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY AND -- [Captioner] 19:48:47 ITS TIMELY FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR [Captioner] 19:48:48 THIS COMING YEAR. [Captioner] 19:48:50 SO I REALLY THINK THAT, YES, WE [Captioner] 19:48:52 HEAR THE CONCERN AND IT'S VERY [Captioner] 19:48:55 TYPICAL TO HAVE CONTRACTS THREE [Captioner] 19:48:57 TO FIVE YEARS WITH ONE VENDOR, [Captioner] 19:48:59 AND EVEN WITH THE OPTION TO [Captioner] 19:49:01 RENEW IF THEIR PERFORMANCE IS [Captioner] 19:49:01 SUCCESSFUL. [Captioner] 19:49:05 THIS IS VERY STANDARD [Captioner] 19:49:07 COMPETITIVE GOVERNMENT [Captioner] 19:49:09 PROCUREMENT, AND SO WE ARE [Captioner] 19:49:10 DEALING WITH ONE OF THE BEST OF [Captioner] 19:49:13 THE BEST IN THE CLASS FOR [Captioner] 19:49:13 AUDITING OUR RECORDS. [Captioner] 19:49:18 SO I REALLY FEEL THAT [Captioner] 19:49:19 IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST [Captioner] 19:49:23 FOR US TO UPHOLD THIS AGREEMENT [Captioner] 19:49:24 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SOLICITED [Captioner] 19:49:28 AND OUT THERE IN PUBLIC, AND NO [Captioner] 19:49:31 PROTESTS HAVE COME THROUGH, [Captioner] 19:49:33 CORRECT; IS THAT CORRECT, [Captioner] 19:49:33 DIRECTOR? [Captioner] 19:49:34 >> Mr. Persselin: THAT'S [Captioner] 19:49:36 CORRECT, THERE'S BEEN NO [Captioner] 19:49:36 PROTESTS. [Captioner] 19:49:37 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:49:41 SO EVERYTHING IS OUTLINED IN THE [Captioner] 19:49:42 SOLICITATION IN TIME OF ANY [Captioner] 19:49:43 PROTEST, HOW THE AWARD WAS GOING [Captioner] 19:49:45 TO BE AWARDED, ALL THOSE THINGS [Captioner] 19:49:48 ARE PUBLICLY LISTED IN THE [Captioner] 19:49:50 INFORMATION FOR DOING [Captioner] 19:49:51 COMPETITIVE RFP, SO LET MOVE [Captioner] 19:49:52 FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:49:56 A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH [Captioner] 19:49:57 THIS 2C. [Captioner] 19:50:00 >> Mayor Mei: I HAVE A HAND [Captioner] 19:50:01 PUSHED FOR COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:50:01 SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:50:03 DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A SECOND OR [Captioner] 19:50:04 DO YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE [Captioner] 19:50:04 MOTION? [Captioner] 19:50:05 >> Councilmember Salwan: I JUST [Captioner] 19:50:06 HAD A QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:50:10 SO TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENTS, WE [Captioner] 19:50:12 NEED TO SEND OUT FOR BID AGAIN, [Captioner] 19:50:14 WE CAN'T JUST REVIEW THE FOUR [Captioner] 19:50:17 AGREEMENTS AND DECIDE FROM THERE [Captioner] 19:50:17 OR -- [Captioner] 19:50:18 >> Councilmember Cox: FOUR [Captioner] 19:50:19 PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED. [Captioner] 19:50:23 EXPWHRNCHTS IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT [Captioner] 19:50:25 WAS PART OF THE PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:50:26 >> Councilmember Salwan: I JUST [Captioner] 19:50:28 WANT TO HEAR STAFF ANSWER THAT. [Captioner] 19:50:29 >> Councilmember Cox: IT'S IN [Captioner] 19:50:30 THE REPORT. [Captioner] 19:50:32 % STAFF HAS ALREADY REVIEWED, [Captioner] 19:50:34 ASSESSED AND SCORED THE FOUR [Captioner] 19:50:34 PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED. [Captioner] 19:50:39 >> Mayor Mei: I'LL HAVE A [Captioner] 19:50:39 CLARIFYING QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:50:41 I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE [Captioner] 19:50:42 BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER, [Captioner] 19:50:43 AND I DON'T WANT TO DELAY IT AND [Captioner] 19:50:45 I DEFINITELY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY [Captioner] 19:50:50 AND I KNOW THAT FROM THE [Captioner] 19:50:51 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:50:52 SARBANES-OXLEY IS TO CONTINUE -- [Captioner] 19:50:53 NOT NECESSARILY ROTATE THE FIRM [Captioner] 19:50:55 BUT ROTATE THE AUDITOR. [Captioner] 19:50:57 BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED [Captioner] 19:50:59 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD [Captioner] 19:50:59 RE-EVALUATE IT. [Captioner] 19:51:02 MAY I ASK OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW [Captioner] 19:51:04 MANY YEARS IN TOTALITY HAVE WE [Captioner] 19:51:05 USED MGO? [Captioner] 19:51:10 >> Mr. Persselin: MGO STARTED [Captioner] 19:51:12 WITH THE CITY IN 1220. [Captioner] 19:51:16 SO THAT WOULD BE CURRENTLY A [Captioner] 19:51:19 TOTAL OF 12 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:51:20 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:51:23 I KNOW ONE OF THE SPEAKERS HAD [Captioner] 19:51:23 ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS [Captioner] 19:51:24 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHORTEN THE [Captioner] 19:51:24 TIME FRAME. [Captioner] 19:51:27 I KNOW THAT IDEALLY WE LOVE [Captioner] 19:51:29 CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY, BUT [Captioner] 19:51:30 WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT IF [Captioner] 19:51:32 IT'S OF A GREAT CONCERN FOR [Captioner] 19:51:34 OTHERS OR THAT YOU THINK THAT IN [Captioner] 19:51:35 TERMS OF THE IMPACT, THERE'S [Captioner] 19:51:36 BEEN QUESTIONS, I KNOW, ABOUT [Captioner] 19:51:38 SALES TAX, BUT AGAIN TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 19:51:40 WHICH FOR THE AUDIENCE, FOR [Captioner] 19:51:42 PEOPLE WHO WERE LISTENING [Captioner] 19:51:43 EARLIER, THAT IS A SEPARATE [Captioner] 19:51:44 AUDITOR THAN THE ONE THAT'S [Captioner] 19:51:44 UNDER QUESTION HERE. [Captioner] 19:51:45 AND A DIFFERENT CONTRACT. [Captioner] 19:51:48 I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE [Captioner] 19:51:50 RELATIONSHIPS IN WORKING WITH [Captioner] 19:51:51 THEM, AND JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:51:55 KNOW, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN [Captioner] 19:51:57 RECOGNIZED BY THE FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:51:59 INSTITUTIONS AS BEING VERY SOUND [Captioner] 19:52:02 FISCALLY FOR 27 YEARS AND 40 [Captioner] 19:52:02 YEARS RESPECTIVELY. [Captioner] 19:52:05 I APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR PERSSELIN [Captioner] 19:52:07 YOU REMEMBER THE TITLES OF THE [Captioner] 19:52:09 AWARDS WE GET, THEY HAVE LONG [Captioner] 19:52:10 NAMES, BUT WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED [Captioner] 19:52:12 FOR OUR FISCAL STEWARDSHIP, [Captioner] 19:52:12 WHICH IS IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 19:52:15 SO SEEING THAT WE HAVE A MOTION, [Captioner] 19:52:16 DO I HAVE A SECOND? [Captioner] 19:52:19 SECOND BY -- I HAVE A MOTION [Captioner] 19:52:21 RIGHT NOW BUT COUNCILMEMBER COX [Captioner] 19:52:22 AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:52:23 CAMPBELL WHO HAS HER HAND [Captioner] 19:52:24 RAISED. [Captioner] 19:52:27 SO SEEING NO OTHERS, CAN I HAVE [Captioner] 19:52:27 A VOTE THEN, PLEASE? [Captioner] 19:52:32 WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FIRST AND [Captioner] 19:52:33 THEN YOU CAN ASK. [Captioner] 19:52:34 SURE, AFTERWARDS. [Captioner] 19:52:35 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:52:42 >> Ms. Lewis: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:52:42 SALWAN? [Captioner] 19:52:43 >> Mayor Mei: DID YOU VOTE? [Captioner] 19:52:44 SORRY. [Captioner] 19:52:47 SO THE MOTION CARRIES [Captioner] 19:52:47 UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:52:49 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DID YOU [Captioner] 19:52:49 HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? [Captioner] 19:52:51 I APOLOGIZE. [Captioner] 19:52:51 >> Councilmember Salwan: YES. [Captioner] 19:52:54 YES, I'M VOTING AYE TO CONTINUE [Captioner] 19:52:57 THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY [Captioner] 19:52:58 DELAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK [Captioner] 19:52:59 OFFLINE WITH STAFF AND DISCUSS [Captioner] 19:52:59 THIS FURTHER. [Captioner] 19:53:00 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:01 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK IT'S [Captioner] 19:53:03 ALWAYS GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO [Captioner] 19:53:06 FEEL COMFORTABLE IN WHO WE'RE [Captioner] 19:53:06 WORKING WITH. [Captioner] 19:53:08 I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS THE [Captioner] 19:53:09 MAYOR TO SIT DOWN WITH THE [Captioner] 19:53:10 AUDITORS AND I BELIEVE ALL OF [Captioner] 19:53:13 YOU ALSO HAVE SOME TIME TOO, SO [Captioner] 19:53:15 THAT WOULD BE A GOOD POINT OF [Captioner] 19:53:15 CLARIFICATION. [Captioner] 19:53:15 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:20 NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM -- IT [Captioner] 19:53:22 WAS VOTED UNANIMOUS WITH THE [Captioner] 19:53:24 ABSENTEE OF VICE MAYOR SOMEHOW. [Captioner] 19:53:27 NEXT IS ITEM 2D, AND I THINK WE [Captioner] 19:53:28 HAVE A SPEAKER FOR THAT. [Captioner] 19:53:29 IS THAT KELLY? [Captioner] 19:53:30 ? [Captioner] 19:53:32 >> Ms. Lewis: YES, MR. KELLY [Captioner] 19:53:32 ABRAW. [Captioner] 19:53:35 ABREU. [Captioner] 19:53:39 >> Mayor Mei: JUST TO CLARIFY, [Captioner] 19:53:41 2D IS THE PURCHASE OF FIRE [Captioner] 19:53:41 APPARATUS. [Captioner] 19:53:43 >> SO THEY'RE USING THIS FANCY [Captioner] 19:53:46 NAME FIRE APPARATUS BUT LIKE ALL [Captioner] 19:53:48 KIDS, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:53:51 FIRE TRUCKS AND TRAINS AND [Captioner] 19:53:52 AIRPLANES AND JUST A FEW THINGS [Captioner] 19:53:55 I'VE LEARNED ABOUT -- FROM [Captioner] 19:53:59 LOOKING AT THE FIRE TRUCKS ON [Captioner] 19:54:00 THE INTERNET. [Captioner] 19:54:02 THEY HAVE A 10-YEAR LIFE [Captioner] 19:54:02 EXPECTANCY. [Captioner] 19:54:07 AND THEY COST $1.2 MILLION A [Captioner] 19:54:08 PIECE, AND I'M WONDERING WHETHER [Captioner] 19:54:11 WE GET FULL VALUE FROM THIS [Captioner] 19:54:11 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. [Captioner] 19:54:14 YOU BUY THREE FIRE TRUCKS, THE [Captioner] 19:54:15 LAST THREE FIRE TRUCKS THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:54:18 TOOK OUT OF YOUR FLEET, HOW OLD [Captioner] 19:54:21 WERE THEY WHEN THEY LEFT SERVICE [Captioner] 19:54:21 IN FREMONT? [Captioner] 19:54:26 WERE THEY 10 YEARS OLD? [Captioner] 19:54:27 I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT. [Captioner] 19:54:30 ON ONE OF THEM THE ANSWER IS [Captioner] 19:54:30 NO. [Captioner] 19:54:32 NO, THE FIRE TRUCK WAS KIND OF [Captioner] 19:54:35 MAYBE NOT -- NOT REALLY 10 YEARS [Captioner] 19:54:37 OLD BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS HABIT [Captioner] 19:54:39 OF PUTTING THE FIRE TRUCKS OUT [Captioner] 19:54:41 ON FREEWAYS. [Captioner] 19:54:43 I DRIVE ON THEM BUT THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:54:44 DANGEROUS IF YOU PARK A FIRE [Captioner] 19:54:45 TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A [Captioner] 19:54:48 FREEWAY, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO, [Captioner] 19:54:51 AND THEN THE FIRE TRUCK GETS [Captioner] 19:54:51 DAMAGED. [Captioner] 19:54:54 IT'S JUST LIKE CALTRANS, HAVE [Captioner] 19:54:56 YOU NOTICED CALTRANS, THEY HAVE [Captioner] 19:54:57 THE GIANT BARRIERS ON THE BACK [Captioner] 19:54:59 OF THEIR TRUCKS, THEY HAVE SAND [Captioner] 19:54:59 TRUCKS. [Captioner] 19:55:01 THEY HAVE ALL THIS LIKE ADVANCED [Captioner] 19:55:04 CIVIL ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT, [Captioner] 19:55:06 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO [Captioner] 19:55:08 PROTECT THEIR WHATEVER, OTHER [Captioner] 19:55:09 EQUIPMENT, FROM -- SO PEOPLE CAN [Captioner] 19:55:12 HIT THEIR SAND TRUCKS INSTEAD OF [Captioner] 19:55:13 HITTING THEIR, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:55:14 EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT. [Captioner] 19:55:17 SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:55:18 ARE WE GETTING THE 10 YEARS OUT [Captioner] 19:55:19 OF OUR TRUCKS? [Captioner] 19:55:22 AND ARE THERE BEST PRACTICES? [Captioner] 19:55:24 SHOULD WE BE SENDING OUT SAND [Captioner] 19:55:25 TRUCKS? [Captioner] 19:55:26 DO WE NEED A FIRE TRUCK OUT ON [Captioner] 19:55:27 THE FREEWAY? [Captioner] 19:55:31 MAYBE IT'S JUST AN -- WHEN YOU [Captioner] 19:55:33 HAVE A FIRE TRUCK SITTING THERE [Captioner] 19:55:36 AND IT GETS SMASHED AND IT'S [Captioner] 19:55:37 GETTING DESTROYED, THAT'S AN [Captioner] 19:55:39 EXPENSIVE BARRIER WE PUT OUT [Captioner] 19:55:39 THERE. [Captioner] 19:55:43 THAT'S BEING USED AS A BARRIER, [Captioner] 19:55:43 A $1 MILLION BARRIER. [Captioner] 19:55:49 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT, [Captioner] 19:55:50 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DID YOU [Captioner] 19:55:50 HAVE SOMETHING? [Captioner] 19:55:53 >> Councilmember Salwan: MOVE [Captioner] 19:55:53 STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [Captioner] 19:55:54 >> Councilmember Cox: SECOND. [Captioner] 19:55:55 >> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY [Captioner] 19:55:57 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:55:58 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:56:02 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:56:02 A QUESTION? [Captioner] 19:56:03 SORRY. [Captioner] 19:56:04 >> Councilmember Campbell: I [Captioner] 19:56:07 JUST WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY. [Captioner] 19:56:10 THIS AGENDA ITEM SAYS THAT THE [Captioner] 19:56:13 LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR THOSE FIRE [Captioner] 19:56:14 APPARATUS ARE 15 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:56:17 AND SO THAT MEANS THE CURRENT [Captioner] 19:56:19 ONE WE HAVE IS 15 YEARS OLD? [Captioner] 19:56:20 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:56:23 AND THEN IT TAKES FOUR YEARS [Captioner] 19:56:27 BEFORE WE CAN GET THE -- IT [Captioner] 19:56:28 TAKES THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO [Captioner] 19:56:29 BUILD THESE THINGS OUT. [Captioner] 19:56:32 SO IN THEORY, IF WE DO THE MATH, [Captioner] 19:56:34 WHEN WE GET THE NEW ONE, WE [Captioner] 19:56:37 WOULD HAVE PUT 19 YEARS ON THE [Captioner] 19:56:38 OLD ONES. [Captioner] 19:56:41 I SEE THE FIRE CHIEF BACK THERE [Captioner] 19:56:41 SHAKING HER HEAD. [Captioner] 19:56:43 SO -- [Captioner] 19:56:45 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, CHIEF [Captioner] 19:56:45 DIAZ. [Captioner] 19:56:48 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND [Captioner] 19:56:48 CLARIFY THAT? [Captioner] 19:56:49 >> Councilmember Campbell: JUST [Captioner] 19:56:51 SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WE'RE NOT [Captioner] 19:56:52 TAKING STUFF OUT OF SERVICE THAT [Captioner] 19:56:54 IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE COULD [Captioner] 19:56:54 ACTUALLY BE USING. [Captioner] 19:56:56 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:56:57 >> TEST. [Captioner] 19:56:59 YES, MA'AM, IT'S TAKING ROUGHLY [Captioner] 19:57:01 THREE TO FOUR YEARS FOR US TO [Captioner] 19:57:03 ACTUALLY TAKE DELIVERY OF AN [Captioner] 19:57:03 APPARATUS. [Captioner] 19:57:06 SO THE ONES WE'RE LOOKING TO [Captioner] 19:57:09 REPLACE ARE FROM OUR 2009 [Captioner] 19:57:09 FLEET. [Captioner] 19:57:10 THEY'RE 15 YEARS OLD CURRENTLY. [Captioner] 19:57:15 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:57:16 SO WE HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION. [Captioner] 19:57:19 WE HAVE IT MOTIONED BY [Captioner] 19:57:22 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN AND [Captioner] 19:57:25 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:57:27 SO AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:57:27 CALL THE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:57:37 THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES [Captioner] 19:57:42 UNANIMOUSLY FOR ITEM 2D AS IN -- [Captioner] 19:57:44 I WAS GOING TO SAY 2F ORIGINALLY [Captioner] 19:57:46 BECAUSE I WAS THINKING FIRE, BUT [Captioner] 19:57:46 2D. [Captioner] 19:57:48 IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST THREE TO [Captioner] 19:57:49 FOUR YEARS, I'LL HAVE TO COME [Captioner] 19:57:51 OUT THE NEW ENGINES WHEN WE GET [Captioner] 19:57:53 DELIVERY BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES [Captioner] 19:57:53 A WHILE. [Captioner] 19:57:55 ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION, I HOPE [Captioner] 19:57:57 WE ARE THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH, WE'RE [Captioner] 19:57:58 A BIG CITY WITH SUSTAINABILITY [Captioner] 19:57:59 SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE THINKING [Captioner] 19:58:00 ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN TERMS [Captioner] 19:58:01 OF HOW WE ARE TAKING CARE OF [Captioner] 19:58:01 THOSE. [Captioner] 19:58:03 AND I KNOW WE ALL LOOK FOR THE [Captioner] 19:58:05 TOP OF THE LINE, SO I HOPE THAT [Captioner] 19:58:05 THAT'S THE CASE. [Captioner] 19:58:08 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:58:12 NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM, WE'VE [Captioner] 19:58:13 NOW RETURNED TO OUR REGULARLY [Captioner] 19:58:18 SCHEDULED ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM [Captioner] 19:58:22 6A, WHICH IS OUR CENTRAL PARK [Captioner] 19:58:22 COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:58:25 THERE'S GOING TO BE AN [Captioner] 19:58:25 OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:58:27 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR [Captioner] 19:58:31 COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, KIM [Captioner] 19:58:32 BERANEK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR [Captioner] 19:58:34 HANS LARSEN AND ALSO SORRY -- I [Captioner] 19:58:37 DON'T SEE THE SPEAKER -- THE [Captioner] 19:58:37 NAME PLATES. [Captioner] 19:58:38 I'M SORRY. [Captioner] 19:58:38 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:58:46 WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:58:51 THERE SHOULD BE TWO OTHER NAME [Captioner] 19:58:51 PLATES. [Captioner] 19:58:55 COULD YOU KINDLY INTRODUCE OUR [Captioner] 19:58:55 OTHER SPEAKER? [Captioner] 19:59:01 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:59:08 DAWN MARKUS WITH GROUP 4 [Captioner] 19:59:08 ARCHITECTURE. [Captioner] 19:59:12 >> Mayor Mei: DO WE NEED TO LOAD [Captioner] 19:59:12 THE PRESENTATION? [Captioner] 19:59:20 WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:59:20 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:22 GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR [Captioner] 19:59:23 AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY [Captioner] 19:59:23 COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:59:27 MY NAME IS KIM BERANEK, I'M THE [Captioner] 19:59:28 DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. [Captioner] 19:59:30 WITH ME HERE THIS EVENING IS [Captioner] 19:59:32 HANS LARSEN, PUBLIC WORKS [Captioner] 19:59:35 DIRECTOR AND DAWN MERKAZ. [Captioner] 19:59:36 OUR TEAM IS VERY EXCITED TO BE [Captioner] 19:59:38 WITH YOU HERE THIS EVENING, AND [Captioner] 19:59:41 PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE [Captioner] 19:59:42 STATUS OF THE NEW COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:59:46 CENTER IN CENTRAL PARK AS WE [Captioner] 19:59:47 MOVE ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING [Captioner] 19:59:48 THIS FACILITY A REALITY. [Captioner] 19:59:53 AS YOU RECALL, THE 2022 CITY [Captioner] 19:59:55 COUNCIL ADOPTED PARK AND REC. [Captioner] 19:59:57 MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED THE NEED [Captioner] 20:00:00 FOR A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER TO [Captioner] 20:00:02 REPLACE THE CURRENT OUTDATED AND [Captioner] 20:00:03 FAILING BUILDINGS. [Captioner] 20:00:05 THERE ARE TWO COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:00:07 CENTER-TYPE FACILITIES LOCATED [Captioner] 20:00:09 IN CENTRAL PARK, THE FREMONT [Captioner] 20:00:11 COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH IS A [Captioner] 20:00:13 5,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY BUILT [Captioner] 20:00:15 IN 1960 AND RECENTLY PERMANENTLY [Captioner] 20:00:15 CLOSED. [Captioner] 20:00:18 AND SECOND, THE TEEN CENTER, A [Captioner] 20:00:19 12,000 SQUARE FOOT TEMPORARY [Captioner] 20:00:21 BUILDING THAT IS STILL IN USED [Captioner] 20:00:23 TO THAT WAS BUILT IN 1970. [Captioner] 20:00:25 IT HAS RECEIVED SOME RENOVATIONS [Captioner] 20:00:27 AND REPAIRS OVER THE YEARS, BUT [Captioner] 20:00:28 IT HAS REACHED THE POINT THAT [Captioner] 20:00:32 IT'S NEEDED UPDATES TO THE [Captioner] 20:00:34 BUILDING NO LONGER MAKE [Captioner] 20:00:34 FINANCIAL SENSE. [Captioner] 20:00:37 THE NEW CENTRAL PARK COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:00:38 CENTER LOCATION IS NEAR THE [Captioner] 20:00:40 EXISTING TEEN CENTER, ADJACENT [Captioner] 20:00:44 TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN A PRIME [Captioner] 20:00:45 LOCATION ON THE CORNER OF [Captioner] 20:00:46 STEVENSON BOULEVARD AND PASEO [Captioner] 20:00:47 PADRE PARKWAY. [Captioner] 20:00:54 IN THE SPRING OF 2023, AN [Captioner] 20:00:55 INITIAL CONCEPT PLAN WAS [Captioner] 20:00:55 DEVELOPED. [Captioner] 20:00:57 THIS PLAN WAS BASED ON THE INPUT [Captioner] 20:00:59 FROM THE PARK AND REC. MASTER [Captioner] 20:01:01 PLAN AND THE CURRENT USES OF THE [Captioner] 20:01:02 TEEN CENTER AND THE FREMONT [Captioner] 20:01:02 COMMUNITY CENTER. [Captioner] 20:01:07 IT INCLUDED AN EXERCISE/DANCE [Captioner] 20:01:08 ROOM, EVENT HALL WITH COMMERCIAL [Captioner] 20:01:10 KITCHEN AND DINING CAPACITY OF [Captioner] 20:01:10 320. [Captioner] 20:01:12 PROGRAMMING CLASSES FOR ART, [Captioner] 20:01:15 TECH AND OTHER REC. PROGRAMS, [Captioner] 20:01:16 GYMNASIUM, AND STAFF OFFICE [Captioner] 20:01:19 SPACES AND STORAGE. [Captioner] 20:01:25 IN JULY 2023, THE CITY ENTERED [Captioner] 20:01:28 INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE [Captioner] 20:01:30 CONSULTANT GROUP 4 ARCHITECTURE [Captioner] 20:01:32 FOR PLANNING, OUTREACH AND [Captioner] 20:01:32 DESIGN. [Captioner] 20:01:35 THE PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT [Captioner] 20:01:37 BEGAN THIS LAST FEBRUARY AND [Captioner] 20:01:37 CONTINUED THROUGH APRIL. [Captioner] 20:01:40 THE GOAL OF THE OUTREACH WAS TO [Captioner] 20:01:42 SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE HEARD FROM [Captioner] 20:01:44 OUR PARK AND REC. MASTER PLAN [Captioner] 20:01:45 OUTREACH AND DIVE A BIT MORE [Captioner] 20:01:47 INTO THE PROGRAMMING, SITE [Captioner] 20:01:49 AMENITIES AND BUILDING DESIGN [Captioner] 20:01:49 ELEMENTS. [Captioner] 20:01:53 BETWEEN THE STAFF AND COWL SUL [Captioner] 20:01:56 TANTS EFFORTS THERE WERE 11 [Captioner] 20:02:00 IN-PERSON EVENTS AND THE [Captioner] 20:02:05 FREMONT PAGE, IN ALL OVER [Captioner] 20:02:07 2600 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:02:08 THE HIGH PRIORITY SPACES WERE [Captioner] 20:02:10 CONSISTENT WITH THE PARK AND [Captioner] 20:02:11 REC. MASTER PLAN AND INCLUDED [Captioner] 20:02:13 HEALTH AND FITNESS, EVENT SPACE [Captioner] 20:02:13 AND ARTS AND CRAFTS. [Captioner] 20:02:18 THE SITE AMENITIES FOCUSED ON [Captioner] 20:02:20 EVENTS, MARKETS AND FAIRS, AND [Captioner] 20:02:22 CONNECTION TO THE PARK AND OTHER [Captioner] 20:02:23 FACILITIES THROUGH WALKING PATHS [Captioner] 20:02:24 AND OUTDOOR SPACES. [Captioner] 20:02:28 THE INCLUSION OF SOCIAL SPACES [Captioner] 20:02:30 AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER [Captioner] 20:02:32 AND INTERACT BOTH INSIDE AND [Captioner] 20:02:33 OUTSIDE WERE VERY POPULAR. [Captioner] 20:02:39 THE BUILDING CHARACTER AND INPUT [Captioner] 20:02:39 WAS CONSISTENT. [Captioner] 20:02:44 THEY WANTED IT DESIGNED TO FIT [Captioner] 20:02:47 INTO THE PARK SPACE WITH NATURE, [Captioner] 20:02:49 THE USE OF WOOD, STONE AND [Captioner] 20:02:50 NATURAL EARTHY ELEMENTS TO [Captioner] 20:02:52 CREATE A TIMELESS AND ENDURING [Captioner] 20:02:52 FACILITY. [Captioner] 20:02:54 AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT [Captioner] 20:02:54 OVER TO DAWN. [Captioner] 20:03:00 >> THANK YOU, KIM. [Captioner] 20:03:02 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF [Captioner] 20:03:02 THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:03:06 THE EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR THIS [Captioner] 20:03:07 SITE INCLUDE KIND OF THE MAIN [Captioner] 20:03:08 MEADOW AT THE CORNER OF THE [Captioner] 20:03:11 PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED AT PASEO [Captioner] 20:03:12 PADRE AND STEVENSON BOULEVARD. [Captioner] 20:03:14 THE MAIN LIBRARY IS LOCATED HERE [Captioner] 20:03:17 ON THE LEFT, THE EXISTING TEEN [Captioner] 20:03:22 CENTER AND -- EXISTING PARKING, [Captioner] 20:03:24 CORP YARD AND THE NEW PICKLEBALL [Captioner] 20:03:27 COURTS ARE LOCATED UP HERE WITH [Captioner] 20:03:28 LAKE ELIZABETH, ONE OF THE MAIN [Captioner] 20:03:31 FEATURES OF THE PARK, OVER HERE [Captioner] 20:03:31 ON THE RIGHT SIDE. [Captioner] 20:03:33 AS WE HAD THE GOAL AND WORKED [Captioner] 20:03:34 WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO [Captioner] 20:03:36 TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS [Captioner] 20:03:38 CENTER SHOULD BE, IT BECAME [Captioner] 20:03:40 CLEAR IMMEDIATELY TO THE DESIGN [Captioner] 20:03:42 TEAM THAT IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE [Captioner] 20:03:43 THAN JUST A DESTINATION IN TERMS [Captioner] 20:03:44 OF A FACILITY. [Captioner] 20:03:47 IT NEEDED TO BE SOMETHING THAT [Captioner] 20:03:48 REALLY ENHANCED AND COMPLEMENTED [Captioner] 20:03:48 THE PARK. [Captioner] 20:03:52 AND SO WORKING WITH OUR [Captioner] 20:03:55 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, SWA AND [Captioner] 20:03:56 GROUP FOUR, REALLY DEVELOPED [Captioner] 20:03:58 VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT WE REVIEWED [Captioner] 20:04:00 WITH THE PROJECT TEAM AND LANDED [Captioner] 20:04:01 ON THE OPTION THAT YOU SEE HERE [Captioner] 20:04:06 WHICH IS LABELED "FULL [Captioner] 20:04:07 BUILDOUT" FOR THE SITE PLAN. [Captioner] 20:04:11 AND IT INCLUDES OUR GYM, [Captioner] 20:04:12 RECREATION FACILITY, AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:04:13 THE PARKING, WHICH REALLY BUILDS [Captioner] 20:04:15 ON THE EXISTING PARKING. [Captioner] 20:04:17 IT IMPROVES THE CURRENT PARKING [Captioner] 20:04:19 THAT IS THERE FOR THE TEEN [Captioner] 20:04:22 CENTER AND IT EXPANDS IT, IT [Captioner] 20:04:24 CONNECTS TO A NEW DROPOFF FOR [Captioner] 20:04:26 THE NEW FACILITY AND HAS A NEW [Captioner] 20:04:27 CONNECTION OUT TO PASEO PADRE. [Captioner] 20:04:30 AS WE LOOKED AT THE FACILITY [Captioner] 20:04:32 INTO THE PARK, IT WAS IMPORTANT [Captioner] 20:04:34 TO REALLY KIND OF ACTIVATE THIS [Captioner] 20:04:34 CORNER OF THE PARK. [Captioner] 20:04:36 IT'S SOMEWHAT UNDERUTILIZED. [Captioner] 20:04:40 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MEADOW AND HAS [Captioner] 20:04:40 CONNECTIONS TO THE LAKE AS WELL [Captioner] 20:04:42 AS TO THE NOLLS. [Captioner] 20:04:44 WE DIDN'T WANT TO BLOCK THAT BUT [Captioner] 20:04:46 WE WANTED TO ENHANCE IT, AND [Captioner] 20:04:47 THAT'S WHAT EATION REALLY [Captioner] 20:04:50 DRIVING THE ORIENTATION OF THESE [Captioner] 20:04:54 BUILDINGS, CREATING THIS [Captioner] 20:04:57 LOOP PATH THAT CONNECTS THE [Captioner] 20:04:59 CENTER, THE OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:05:00 AMPHITHEATER, REALLY ENHANCED BY [Captioner] 20:05:02 THE EXISTING MEADOW, CONNECTS [Captioner] 20:05:04 THE NEW PATHWAY UP TO THE NEW [Captioner] 20:05:05 PICKLEBALL COURTS AND REALLY [Captioner] 20:05:07 KIND OF PULLS TOGETHER ALL OF [Captioner] 20:05:09 THESE LOVELY ELEMENTS AND [Captioner] 20:05:11 COMPONENTS OF THE PARK IN A NICE [Captioner] 20:05:14 WAY THAT IS MORE COMPLEMENTARY [Captioner] 20:05:15 THAN NECESSARILY CHANGING. [Captioner] 20:05:18 FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE [Captioner] 20:05:19 BUILDING, THERE IS MANY SPACES [Captioner] 20:05:22 THAT I'LL GO OVER IN THE FLOOR [Captioner] 20:05:25 PLAN THAT REALLY ENHANCE THE [Captioner] 20:05:27 ABILITY TO PROGRAM BOTH FORMALLY [Captioner] 20:05:29 AND INFORMALLY THE SPACES IN THE [Captioner] 20:05:29 BUILDING. [Captioner] 20:05:35 SO IN ADDITION, LOOKING AND [Captioner] 20:05:37 WORKING WITH SWA FOR THE [Captioner] 20:05:40 LANDSCAPE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME [Captioner] 20:05:40 OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. [Captioner] 20:05:43 THE EXISTING TREES TO REMAIN. [Captioner] 20:05:45 REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE USED [Captioner] 20:05:47 THOSE TO CREATE PRESENCE, THE [Captioner] 20:05:48 AMBIANCE OF THE NEW CENTER AND [Captioner] 20:05:49 THOSE ARE SHOWN IN THIS OLIVE [Captioner] 20:05:49 COLOR. [Captioner] 20:05:52 ADDING MANY MORE NEW TREES, [Captioner] 20:05:54 WHICH ARE THESE LIGHTER COLORS, [Captioner] 20:05:55 REALLY KIND OF PROVIDE [Captioner] 20:05:57 DEFINITION, SCREENING TO THE [Captioner] 20:06:00 PARKING, KIND OF EXTENDS THAT [Captioner] 20:06:01 PARK-LIKE FEELING ALL THE WAY [Captioner] 20:06:05 AROUND THE CENTER AND REALLY [Captioner] 20:06:06 TIED IN TO THE REST OF THE [Captioner] 20:06:06 PARK. [Captioner] 20:06:09 FEATURED PLANTING IS SHOWN [Captioner] 20:06:09 MAINLY AT PEOPLE SPACES. [Captioner] 20:06:12 THAT MEADOW IS GORGEOUS, IT [Captioner] 20:06:13 ENHANCES VIEWS AROUND THE PARK, [Captioner] 20:06:16 BUT WE DO WANT TO COMPLEMENT THE [Captioner] 20:06:19 BUILDING AND PEOPLE SPACES, [Captioner] 20:06:20 PEDESTRIAN SPACES, WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:06:22 CALLING FEATURE PLANTING, AND [Captioner] 20:06:24 THEN AGAIN USING SH RUBS AND [Captioner] 20:06:25 GROUND COVER TO KIND OF DEFINE [Captioner] 20:06:26 THOSE ACTIVE SPACES. [Captioner] 20:06:29 THE LAWN IS LOCATED IN SPACES [Captioner] 20:06:31 THAT REALLY SHOULD BE ACTIVATED [Captioner] 20:06:33 LIKE OUTSIDE THE EVENT HALL, WE [Captioner] 20:06:35 HAVE AN EVENT TERRACE, AND THEN [Captioner] 20:06:37 THERE'S AN EVENT LAWN. [Captioner] 20:06:41 ADDING PROGRAM CAPACITY USE AS [Captioner] 20:06:42 WELL AS DROP IN COMMUNITY USE. [Captioner] 20:06:45 THE NATIVE MEADOW IS REALLY KIND [Captioner] 20:06:47 OF RETAINED AROUND THE EDGES AND [Captioner] 20:06:50 IS USED TO COMPLEMENT THESE NEW ENHANCEMENTS. [Captioner] 20:06:54 THERE ARE A FEW TREES WE NEED TO [Captioner] 20:06:54 REMOVE. [Captioner] 20:06:57 THE ONE HERE IS THIS LINE IN [Captioner] 20:07:00 RED, THAT ROW OF ITALIAN CYPRESS [Captioner] 20:07:00 THERE. [Captioner] 20:07:01 THEY'RE REALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 20:07:03 OUT OF PLACE AND WERE PUT THERE [Captioner] 20:07:04 INTENTIONALLY FOR A WIND BREAK, [Captioner] 20:07:09 AND JUST NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT [Captioner] 20:07:09 FOR THIS PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:07:12 THERE'S A FEW OTHER TREES THAT [Captioner] 20:07:14 ARE IN PORE HEALTH, JUST BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:07:18 OF THE SITE LAYOUT, BUT MANY [Captioner] 20:07:21 MORE TREES ARE BEING ADDED IN [Captioner] 20:07:23 ADDITION TO THE EXISTING TREES [Captioner] 20:07:23 WE HAVE. [Captioner] 20:07:27 SITE AMENITIES THAT WERE REALLY [Captioner] 20:07:29 IDENTIFIED AND BROUGHT OUT WITH [Captioner] 20:07:30 COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE DID [Captioner] 20:07:32 WAS THOSE OUTDOOR SPACES FOR [Captioner] 20:07:34 PEOPLE TO SIT, TO USE, IF THE [Captioner] 20:07:35 PROGRAMS ARE GOING, IF IT'S [Captioner] 20:07:37 CLOSED, THE CENTER, THEY CAN [Captioner] 20:07:39 STILL USE THESE OUTDOOR SPACES [Captioner] 20:07:40 AND THEY'RE GREAT PLACES FOR [Captioner] 20:07:42 PEOPLE TO PAUSE AS THEY'RE [Captioner] 20:07:46 WALKING THROUGH THE PARK, [Captioner] 20:07:48 PROVIDING SHADE OSH EVENT [Captioner] 20:07:52 LIGHTING FOR EVENING EVENTS AND [Captioner] 20:07:53 INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC ART IS AN [Captioner] 20:07:54 EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY AS WE'RE [Captioner] 20:07:55 LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THE SLIGHT [Captioner] 20:07:55 PLAN. [Captioner] 20:07:57 PARKING. [Captioner] 20:08:00 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FACILITIES [Captioner] 20:08:06 THAT WE HAVE -- ACCESSIBLE [Captioner] 20:08:08 PARKING AND REALLY STRATEGICALLY [Captioner] 20:08:09 LOOKING AT IMPROVING THAT [Captioner] 20:08:11 EXISTING PARKING LOT TO MAKE IT [Captioner] 20:08:11 MORE EFFICIENT. [Captioner] 20:08:14 SO CURRENTLY BEING ABLE TO GET [Captioner] 20:08:15 OUT 125 SPACES OUT OF THE [Captioner] 20:08:15 EXISTING LOT. [Captioner] 20:08:18 SO JUST BY WIDENING IT A LITTLE [Captioner] 20:08:19 BIT, RESTRIPING IT, WE'RE [Captioner] 20:08:21 ACTUALLY MAKING IT MORE [Captioner] 20:08:24 EFFICIENT, PROVIDING MORE -- [Captioner] 20:08:25 EXTENDING THAT OVER WITH ANOTHER [Captioner] 20:08:27 HUNDRED SPACES TO CONTINUE THOSE [Captioner] 20:08:31 ARCHES TO OUR NEW DROPOFF [Captioner] 20:08:33 DRIVEWAY, PROVIDES THAT 225 [Captioner] 20:08:33 SPACES. [Captioner] 20:08:35 AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THE CORE [Captioner] 20:08:37 SPACES FOR THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:08:37 CENTER. [Captioner] 20:08:40 AS WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 20:08:41 OPPORTUNITIES WITH FURTHER [Captioner] 20:08:43 BUILDOUT FOR THE FULL BUILDOUT [Captioner] 20:08:47 PLAN SUCH AS GYMNASIUM, WE ARE [Captioner] 20:08:49 ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER ARCH FOR [Captioner] 20:08:51 ANOTHER 70 SPACES, BUT AGAIN THE [Captioner] 20:08:53 IDEA ABOUT USING YOUR EXISTING [Captioner] 20:08:55 RESOURCES AND PLANNING TO USE [Captioner] 20:08:57 THOSE, WE HAVE THE LIBRARY OVER [Captioner] 20:08:59 HERE, WHICH REALLY HAS [Captioner] 20:09:01 COMPLEMENTARY PEAK USE TIMES FOR [Captioner] 20:09:02 NEW COMMUNITY CENTER NOT BEING [Captioner] 20:09:03 USED IN THE EVENINGS, ON FRIDAY [Captioner] 20:09:05 OR SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, AS MUCH [Captioner] 20:09:09 AS THE EVENT CENTER, WE HAVE 85 [Captioner] 20:09:12 SPACES HERE, 140 SPACES UP ON [Captioner] 20:09:17 THE NNOLL BY THE PICKLE BALL [Captioner] 20:09:18 COURTS, SO JUST WORKING WITH [Captioner] 20:09:19 PLANNING STAFF, WORKING WITH OUR [Captioner] 20:09:21 PROJECT TEAM, REALLY COMING UP [Captioner] 20:09:23 WITH, I THINK, A VERY STRATEGIC [Captioner] 20:09:28 WAY TO PROVIDE AMPLE PARKING [Captioner] 20:09:30 AND NOT NECESSARILY PAVING [Captioner] 20:09:30 PARADISE AS WE DO IT. [Captioner] 20:09:35 THE BUILDING PROGRAM, AGAIN, [Captioner] 20:09:37 VERY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE HEARD [Captioner] 20:09:38 FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THIS ROUND [Captioner] 20:09:40 OF OUTREACH AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 20:09:41 MASTER PLAN OUTREACH. [Captioner] 20:09:43 THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH [Captioner] 20:09:45 INCLUDES THE EVENT HALL IS [Captioner] 20:09:48 19,500 SQUARE FEET, AND THEN WE [Captioner] 20:09:50 HAVE THE GYMNASIUM OR RECREATION [Captioner] 20:09:53 BUILDING WHICH IS 13,500 SQUARE [Captioner] 20:09:53 FEET. [Captioner] 20:09:56 THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH I'LL [Captioner] 20:09:58 WALK THROUGH IN A PLAN IN JUST A [Captioner] 20:09:59 MINUTE INCLUDES THE LOBBY, THE [Captioner] 20:10:05 RECEPTION AREA, THE [Captioner] 20:10:06 EVENT -- IT HAS THE CONFERENCE [Captioner] 20:10:09 ROOM ADJACENT TO IT, A BREAKOUT [Captioner] 20:10:09 PREFUNCTION SPACE AS WELL AS AS [Captioner] 20:10:11 I MENTIONED THE COMMERCIAL [Captioner] 20:10:11 KITCHEN. [Captioner] 20:10:15 TWO ENRICHMENT CLASSROOMS, [Captioner] 20:10:19 AN ARTS AND SOFT CLASSROOM, MAY [Captioner] 20:10:21 HAVE CARPET ON IT AND BE USED [Captioner] 20:10:22 FOR MORE TECHNOLOGY TYPE OF [Captioner] 20:10:24 CLASSROOM ACTIVITY, AND THEN A [Captioner] 20:10:30 DANCE AND EXERCISE ROOM ALSO TO [Captioner] 20:10:31 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY. [Captioner] 20:10:35 THE GYMNASIUM HAS ONE MAIN COURT [Captioner] 20:10:37 AND INCLUDES CHANGING ROOMS AS [Captioner] 20:10:39 WELL AS OTHER SUPPORTS SPACES. [Captioner] 20:10:43 AS WE LOOK AT THE FLOOR PLAN, WE [Captioner] 20:10:45 HAVE OUR NEW DROPOFF HERE, YOU [Captioner] 20:10:46 COME IN TO THE FACILITY. [Captioner] 20:10:49 IF WE HAVE OWN -- WE HAVE OUR [Captioner] 20:10:54 ENTRY PLAZA, REALLY TAKING -- [Captioner] 20:10:56 PIECES OF THE PARK TOGETHER TO [Captioner] 20:10:58 REALLY HAVE OUR OUTDOOR LIVING [Captioner] 20:11:00 ROOM BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE [Captioner] 20:11:01 FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO THE [Captioner] 20:11:04 LOOP TRAIL TO THE POTENTIAL [Captioner] 20:11:06 FUTURE AMPHITHEATER OUT IN THE [Captioner] 20:11:09 PARK AS WE COME IN THE LOBBY, [Captioner] 20:11:13 EASY SURVEILLANCE WITHIN THE [Captioner] 20:11:15 BUILDING -- THE COMMUNITY LIVING [Captioner] 20:11:18 ROOM IN THE LOBBY, WE HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:11:20 EXERCISE AND DANCE ROOM WHICH IS [Captioner] 20:11:22 DIVISIBLE AS WELL, CAN EXPAND [Captioner] 20:11:24 CAPACITY OUT TO THE EXERCISE [Captioner] 20:11:28 PATIO, WE THEN HAVE SUPPORT, [Captioner] 20:11:33 MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL, OUR EVENT [Captioner] 20:11:34 HALL, THAT IS DIVISIBLE INTO [Captioner] 20:11:36 THREE SO INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE [Captioner] 20:11:37 SPACE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE [Captioner] 20:11:38 IT CONFIGURED IN MULTIPLE [Captioner] 20:11:39 DIFFERENT WAYS. [Captioner] 20:11:42 IT'S ADJACENT TO THE KITCHEN [Captioner] 20:11:43 WHICH ALSO HAS INDEPENDENT [Captioner] 20:11:44 ACCESS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE [Captioner] 20:11:45 BUILDING SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:11:46 BE JUST USED WITH THE EVENT [Captioner] 20:11:46 HALL. [Captioner] 20:11:49 AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN AFTER -- [Captioner] 20:11:53 WHAT WE'RE CALLING AN -- IT [Captioner] 20:11:54 SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE ATM OR [Captioner] 20:11:55 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. [Captioner] 20:11:56 THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS. [Captioner] 20:11:59 IT'S IF YOU'RE COMING TO [Captioner] 20:12:00 SOMEBODY'S WEDDING, TO SOME [Captioner] 20:12:02 SPECIAL EVENT, YOU COME IN THIS [Captioner] 20:12:02 ENTRY. [Captioner] 20:12:04 YOU'RE NOT COMING THROUGH THAT [Captioner] 20:12:07 WINDOW, AND WHAT IT ALLOWS FOR [Captioner] 20:12:08 MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION SO [Captioner] 20:12:09 WE CAN SECURE OFF THE REST OF [Captioner] 20:12:11 THE FACILITY WITH DOORS HERE, [Captioner] 20:12:13 HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESTROOMS, [Captioner] 20:12:16 ALL THE EVENT SPACES, AND NOT [Captioner] 20:12:17 NECESSARILY HEAT, COOL OR STAFF [Captioner] 20:12:17 THE REST OF THE BUILDING. [Captioner] 20:12:21 SO THAT MULTIPLE MODES OF [Captioner] 20:12:22 OPERATIONS ARE REALLY KEY. [Captioner] 20:12:25 THEN AS WE LOOK GYMNASIUM, [Captioner] 20:12:27 AGAIN, POTENTIALLY A FUTURE [Captioner] 20:12:29 PHASE, HAVING THE LOBBY, [Captioner] 20:12:31 ACTIVATE THIS OUTDOOR COMMUNITY, [Captioner] 20:12:34 LIVING ROOM SPACE, TRAN SPAIRN [Captioner] 20:12:36 SEE AND CONNECTIVITY TO WHAT'S [Captioner] 20:12:38 HAPPENING FROM THE INSIDE TO THE [Captioner] 20:12:38 OUTSIDE. [Captioner] 20:12:39 SORRY IF I'M GOING ON. [Captioner] 20:12:41 WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS [Captioner] 20:12:41 PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:12:46 LOOKING AT THIS RENDERING, WE'RE [Captioner] 20:12:49 RIGHT AT THE DROPOFF FOR THE [Captioner] 20:12:50 PARKING, LOOKING AT THE [Captioner] 20:12:51 COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU CAN SEE [Captioner] 20:12:53 THE TRANSPARENCY I TALKED ABOUT, [Captioner] 20:12:55 THE ACTIVATION WITH THE OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:12:58 SOCIAL SPACES, THE GYMNASIUM [Captioner] 20:12:59 ENTRY HERE ON THE LEFT, AND I [Captioner] 20:13:01 BELIEVE I HAVE TO ESCAPE FROM [Captioner] 20:13:02 THIS TO GET TO THE FLY-THROUGH. [Captioner] 20:13:05 SO JUST BEAR WITH ME ONE MINUTE [Captioner] 20:13:05 HERE. [Captioner] 20:13:10 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE [Captioner] 20:13:13 YOU ON A FLYOVER AS WE'RE [Captioner] 20:13:15 COMING THROUGH THE DROPOFF, YOU [Captioner] 20:13:16 CAN SEE WE'RE GOING TO DROP DOWN [Captioner] 20:13:19 INTO THE ENTRY PLAZA. [Captioner] 20:13:21 I MENTIONED YOU CAN SEE ON THE [Captioner] 20:13:26 RIGHT BY THE EVENT HALL, THE [Captioner] 20:13:27 TRANSPARENCY CLASSROOMS ON THE [Captioner] 20:13:27 RIGHT. [Captioner] 20:13:29 TRANSPARENCY INTO THE LOBBY IS [Captioner] 20:13:30 REALLY THAT MAGNET THAT PULLS [Captioner] 20:13:31 PEOPLE IN TO THE ACTIVITIES. [Captioner] 20:13:33 HAVING A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO [Captioner] 20:13:35 COME IN AND SOCIALIZE, WAIT FOR [Captioner] 20:13:38 THEIR CHILDREN, WAIT FOR THEIR [Captioner] 20:13:39 FRIENDS AS THEY'RE FINISHING UP [Captioner] 20:13:42 PROGRAMS IS REALLY KEY TO THIS [Captioner] 20:13:45 HOSPITALITY TREND THAT IS BEING [Captioner] 20:13:47 DONE IN RECREATION AND COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:13:49 CENTERS AND REALLY KEY TO [Captioner] 20:13:50 CREATING A COMMUNITY SPACE, [Captioner] 20:13:53 PULLING OUT TOWARDS THE [Captioner] 20:13:56 AMPHITHEATER, YOU CAN SEE ON THE [Captioner] 20:13:57 RIGHT, THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON [Captioner] 20:13:57 THE LEFT. [Captioner] 20:14:02 THE -- INTO THE FISNESS PATIO IS [Captioner] 20:14:04 RIGHT HERE, SO IT IS KIND OF [Captioner] 20:14:06 SEMI PUBLIC SPACE BUT YOU CAN [Captioner] 20:14:07 ACTUALLY SEE HOW ACTIVITIES [Captioner] 20:14:09 INSIDE WOULD JUST FLOW RIGHT [Captioner] 20:14:12 OUTSIDE FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, [Captioner] 20:14:13 ADDITIONAL SPACE TO DO THE [Captioner] 20:14:15 PROGRAMMING OR BE USED [Captioner] 20:14:18 INFORMALLY BEFORE OR AFTER HOURS [Captioner] 20:14:19 BY JUST DROP-IN GROUPS. [Captioner] 20:14:21 AS WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE LOOP [Captioner] 20:14:23 TRAIL ALONG THE BACK OF THE [Captioner] 20:14:24 BUILDING, ONE OF THE [Captioner] 20:14:26 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE TOOK, WE [Captioner] 20:14:29 ACTUALLY HAVE A MOVIE GOING [Captioner] 20:14:30 DURING THE DAY HERE AS WE LOOK [Captioner] 20:14:32 AT THE SCREEN WHICH IS REALLY [Captioner] 20:14:34 JUST A WHITE PLASTER WALL WHERE [Captioner] 20:14:37 WE COULD DO PROJECTIONS AND HAVE [Captioner] 20:14:39 KIND OF THE MOVIE LAWN FOR THOSE [Captioner] 20:14:40 SUM ARE NIGHTS WHEN THERE'S [Captioner] 20:14:40 PROGRAMS GOING. [Captioner] 20:14:43 OUR EVENT HALL, AGAIN AS I [Captioner] 20:14:47 MENTIONED, DIVISIBLE BY 3, SO [Captioner] 20:14:50 MULTIPLE WAYS THAT CAN FLOW OUT [Captioner] 20:14:52 RIGHT ON TO THE EVENTS TERRACE [Captioner] 20:14:56 AND BEYOND THAT IS THE [Captioner] 20:14:58 EVENTS LAWN WHICH REALLY MAKES [Captioner] 20:14:59 THAT CONNECTION TO THE LINK, TO [Captioner] 20:15:01 MISSION PEAK, AND REALLY [Captioner] 20:15:01 CELEBRATES ITS LOCATION. [Captioner] 20:15:05 SWINGING AROUND HERE, YOU CAN [Captioner] 20:15:07 SEE THE BEAUTY OF THE EXISTING [Captioner] 20:15:09 MATURE TREES REALLY INTEGRATE [Captioner] 20:15:11 THE BUILDING DIRECTLY INTO THE [Captioner] 20:15:16 PARK, AND WE'RE TO PULL OUT. [Captioner] 20:15:20 I THINK HANS IS GOING TO TALK A [Captioner] 20:15:21 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 20:15:22 FOR PHASING THE COMMUNITY CENTER [Captioner] 20:15:24 WITH THE EVENT HALL AND THE [Captioner] 20:15:26 COMMUNITY CENTER AND JUST THE [Captioner] 20:15:27 FLEXIBILITY OF THE DESIGN TO [Captioner] 20:15:28 ACCOMMODATE THAT IN JUST ONE [Captioner] 20:15:28 MINUTE. [Captioner] 20:15:34 >> GREAT. [Captioner] 20:15:36 THANK YOU, DAWN. [Captioner] 20:15:38 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI, MEMBERS [Captioner] 20:15:38 OF THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 20:15:42 SO THE LAST PART OF THE [Captioner] 20:15:43 PRESENTATION HERE SORT OF TAKES [Captioner] 20:15:45 IT FROM KIND OF THE BIG VISION [Captioner] 20:15:46 THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE AND WE'RE [Captioner] 20:15:50 REALLY EXCITED ON THE [Captioner] 20:15:51 PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH THE [Captioner] 20:15:52 COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THIS. [Captioner] 20:15:54 BUT NOW WE NEED TO BRING IT DOWN [Captioner] 20:15:56 TO THE PRACTICAL REALITY OF WHAT [Captioner] 20:15:59 IT IS THAT WE CAN BUILD WITH THE [Captioner] 20:15:59 AVAILABLE MONEY THAT WE HAVE. [Captioner] 20:16:03 AND SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:16:07 ACCUMULATED SO FAR $35.5 [Captioner] 20:16:07 MILLION. [Captioner] 20:16:10 THAT INCLUDES A HEALTHY CHUNK OF [Captioner] 20:16:12 LOCAL FUNDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE [Captioner] 20:16:14 APPROVED, BUT WE'VE ALSO [Captioner] 20:16:17 RECEIVED STATE GRANTS AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:16:20 A FEDERAL GRANT, WE CURRENTLY [Captioner] 20:16:22 ARE IN APPLICATION FOR [Captioner] 20:16:22 ADDITIONAL FEDERAL GRANT. [Captioner] 20:16:25 SO CURRENTLY WE'VE SECURED $35.5 [Captioner] 20:16:27 MILLION AND WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:16:29 RECOMMENDING TO YOU IS HOW WE [Captioner] 20:16:31 CAN BEST USE THAT MONEY AND [Captioner] 20:16:33 DELIVER A PROJECT AND GET IT [Captioner] 20:16:35 INTO CONSTRUCTION HERE VERY [Captioner] 20:16:35 SOON. [Captioner] 20:16:38 SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE [Captioner] 20:16:38 SLADE YOU SAW HERE. [Captioner] 20:16:41 THIS IS THE BUILDOUT PLAN, WHAT [Captioner] 20:16:43 WE'RE CALLING THE MASTER PLAN, [Captioner] 20:16:45 AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 20:16:48 A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, [Captioner] 20:16:49 THE VISION HAS GROWN. [Captioner] 20:16:51 WE THINK IT'S A BETTER SITION, [Captioner] 20:16:55 VISION, WE THINK IT'S AN [Captioner] 20:16:56 APPROPRIATE VISION FOR THE [Captioner] 20:16:57 COMMUNITY, BUT IT HAS A LOT MORE [Captioner] 20:16:59 TO IT THAN WHAT WE HAD REALLY [Captioner] 20:16:59 STARTED WITH. [Captioner] 20:17:01 THE EVENT HALL HAS EXPANDED. [Captioner] 20:17:02 WE'VE LEARNED THAT THERE'S [Captioner] 20:17:04 REALLY A LOT OF NEED AND [Captioner] 20:17:07 INTEREST IN HAVING BIG [Captioner] 20:17:07 CELEBRATION SPACES. [Captioner] 20:17:10 THE COMMUNITY REALLY LIKES THE [Captioner] 20:17:11 BLENDING OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:17:13 SO THERE'S MORE PATIOS AND [Captioner] 20:17:13 TERRACES HERE. [Captioner] 20:17:17 THE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER IS A [Captioner] 20:17:18 NEW IDEA THAT CAME THROUGH THE [Captioner] 20:17:20 COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:17:25 AND THEN WITH MORE FACILITIES [Captioner] 20:17:27 THERE, THERE WAS AN IDENTIFIED [Captioner] 20:17:27 NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING. [Captioner] 20:17:29 SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT [Captioner] 20:17:31 ARE IN THE PLAN NOW THAT WEREN'T [Captioner] 20:17:34 THERE WHEN WE STARTED THIS [Captioner] 20:17:34 EFFORT. [Captioner] 20:17:37 SO THE KEY CHALLENGES ARE WHERE [Captioner] 20:17:41 DO WE START ON THIS PROJECT, AND [Captioner] 20:17:43 REALLY THE CORE OF WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:17:45 TRYING TO DO IS, AS KIM POINTED [Captioner] 20:17:49 OUT IN HER INTRODUCTION, IS [Captioner] 20:17:51 REPLACE FAILING CLOSED BUILDINGS [Captioner] 20:17:53 THAT WE HAVE THERE, THE FREMONT [Captioner] 20:17:55 COMMUNITY CENTER, THE TEEN [Captioner] 20:17:57 CENTER, THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE [Captioner] 20:18:03 THAT CAPACITY AS A BASIC [Captioner] 20:18:04 BUILDING -- THE $8 MILLION [Captioner] 20:18:05 GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE [Captioner] 20:18:06 STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS [Captioner] 20:18:08 SPECIFICALLY SCOPED TO [Captioner] 20:18:10 ESSENTIALLY REPLACE THE [Captioner] 20:18:11 FUNCTIONALITY OF THE TEEN [Captioner] 20:18:11 CENTER. [Captioner] 20:18:13 SO WE HAVE TO, WITH THE MONEYS [Captioner] 20:18:15 WE HAVE, START AT THAT [Captioner] 20:18:15 LOCATION. [Captioner] 20:18:20 IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO [Captioner] 20:18:23 WE DID -- SO THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:18:24 CENTER BUILD SOMETHING WHAT [Captioner] 20:18:26 WE'RE CONSIDERING THE FIRST [Captioner] 20:18:27 THING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT, [Captioner] 20:18:29 AND THAT BUILDING IN ITSELF IS [Captioner] 20:18:32 MORE THAN THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:18:32 AVAILABLE. [Captioner] 20:18:35 AND SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD [Captioner] 20:18:38 DISCUSSION WITH THE RECREATION [Captioner] 20:18:41 COMMISSION AROUND VALUE [Captioner] 20:18:42 ENGINEERING THAT BUILDING AND [Captioner] 20:18:44 WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE IT [Captioner] 20:18:46 AND I'LL ALSO GO THROUGH SOME OF [Captioner] 20:18:50 THE FEED PACK THAT WE RECEIVED [Captioner] 20:18:54 AND IT'S -- ONE QUESTION WE HAD [Captioner] 20:18:55 WAS THE SIZE OF THE EVENT HALL. [Captioner] 20:18:59 WE STARTED WITH 320 SPACES, WE [Captioner] 20:19:00 HEARD THERE'S A DEMAND OR A NEED [Captioner] 20:19:02 FOR SOMETHING LARGER THAN THAT, [Captioner] 20:19:04 WE WENT UP TO 400. [Captioner] 20:19:06 THERE WAS INTEREST IN MORE AND [Captioner] 20:19:10 THERE WAS SOME RE -- IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:19:12 WHAT WE THINK IS THE MARKET IN [Captioner] 20:19:12 THE FREMONT COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:19:14 SO WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS PLAN, [Captioner] 20:19:16 AND THIS WAS HIGHLY SUPPORTED BY [Captioner] 20:19:18 THE REC. COMMISSION, THEY FEEL [Captioner] 20:19:19 LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE [Captioner] 20:19:23 REALLY WANT TO PROVIDE TO THE [Captioner] 20:19:25 COMMUNITY, IS A INDOOR SPACE [Captioner] 20:19:29 THAT ACCOMMODATES 400 SEATED, [Captioner] 20:19:31 BUT WE CAN EXPAND IT BY ANOTHER [Captioner] 20:19:35 200 WITH A COVERED OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:19:38 SPACE, SO THERE'S 600 CAPACITY, [Captioner] 20:19:40 AND AS DAWN MENTIONED, WE CAN [Captioner] 20:19:42 DIVIDE THAT UP INTO SMALLER [Captioner] 20:19:44 THINGS SO YOU IT'S NOT JUST [Captioner] 20:19:47 WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE BIG [Captioner] 20:19:47 EVENT. [Captioner] 20:19:50 THE REC. COMMISSION MEMOD [Captioner] 20:19:52 STRONGLY THAT WE BUILD THAT [Captioner] 20:19:52 CAPACITY. [Captioner] 20:19:54 SO WE WERE LOOKING AT SHOULD WE [Captioner] 20:19:57 GO SMALLER, THEIR GUIDANCE WAS, [Captioner] 20:19:59 NO, THIS IS THE RIGHT SIZE. [Captioner] 20:20:04 ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP [Captioner] 20:20:07 WAS, THERE WAS AN IDEA, THERE [Captioner] 20:20:09 WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT INTEREST [Captioner] 20:20:12 TO HAVE THIS BE A SOCIAL [Captioner] 20:20:12 GATHERING PLACE. [Captioner] 20:20:17 AND TO HAVE FOOD SERVICE, CAFE, [Captioner] 20:20:21 SOMETHING LAKE THAT THAT WOULD [Captioner] 20:20:23 CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [Captioner] 20:20:23 HANGOUT. [Captioner] 20:20:25 WE DID CONSIDER HAVING A [Captioner] 20:20:27 BUILT-IN CAFE WITHIN THE LOBBY AREA. [Captioner] 20:20:33 AS WE ESTIMATED IT OUT, IT [Captioner] 20:20:35 HAS SORT OF A HIGH COST AND IT [Captioner] 20:20:37 RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT -- [Captioner] 20:20:40 THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY CENTERS [Captioner] 20:20:42 WHERE THESE INDOOR SPACES [Captioner] 20:20:45 HAVEN'T EXACTLY WORKED AND BEEN [Captioner] 20:20:47 FULLY USED OR OCCUPIED OR YOU [Captioner] 20:20:49 GET A VENDOR FOR IT, AND SO [Captioner] 20:20:51 WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:20:54 OPTIONS TO THAT, AND WE'RE [Captioner] 20:21:00 RECOMMENDING THAT THIS [Captioner] 20:21:01 SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD [Captioner] 20:21:01 APPROACH. [Captioner] 20:21:03 HAVING A FIXED UNDOOR CAFE IS [Captioner] 20:21:05 SOMETHING WE WERE KIND OF [Captioner] 20:21:05 NEUTRAL ON. [Captioner] 20:21:08 SO WE BELIEVE THAT -- WE KNOW [Captioner] 20:21:10 THERE'S ABILITY TO BRING IN [Captioner] 20:21:11 MOBILE VENDORS THAT HAVE A [Captioner] 20:21:13 COFFEE OR SNACK CARD, THEY CAN [Captioner] 20:21:15 BE SUPPORTED TO SOME DEGREE FROM [Captioner] 20:21:16 THE KITCHEN. [Captioner] 20:21:20 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN [Captioner] 20:21:23 HAVING FOOD TRUCK ACTIVITIES [Captioner] 20:21:25 HERE TOO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING [Captioner] 20:21:27 BIG GOING ON AT THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:21:27 CENTER. [Captioner] 20:21:30 NOT INVESTING IN A PERMANENT [Captioner] 20:21:32 INDOOR SPACE BUT ACCOMMODATING [Captioner] 20:21:36 FLEXIBLE USE OF CREATING SORT OF [Captioner] 20:21:38 FOOD AND SNACK SERVICES THERE [Captioner] 20:21:38 THROUGH MOBILE VENDORS THAT [Captioner] 20:21:40 COULD BE EITHER INSIDE THE LOBBY [Captioner] 20:21:42 OR OUTSIDE, DEPENDING ON THE [Captioner] 20:21:44 WEATHER AND SUPPLEMENT IT WITH [Captioner] 20:21:50 FOOD TRUCKS, FROI A [Captioner] 20:21:53 MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN AN [Captioner] 20:21:55 INDOOR KITCHENETTE AND CAFE WAS [Captioner] 20:21:57 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:21:58 RECOMMENDING, NOT INCLUDING FOR [Captioner] 20:21:59 THOSE REASONS. [Captioner] 20:22:01 THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED [Captioner] 20:22:03 AT WAS SHOULD WE TRY TO WORK [Captioner] 20:22:04 WITH WITHIN THE BUDGET, THERE [Captioner] 20:22:07 WAS A PROPOSAL TO JUST SQUEEZE [Captioner] 20:22:08 EVERYTHING DOWN BY ABOUT 10%, [Captioner] 20:22:12 AND SO THERE WOULD BE LESS [Captioner] 20:22:13 SPACES, A SMALLER EVENT HALL AND [Captioner] 20:22:15 THE REC. COMMISSION DID NOT LIKE [Captioner] 20:22:15 THAT. [Captioner] 20:22:16 THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD [Captioner] 20:22:18 DO THIS RIGHT, BUILD TO WHAT THE [Captioner] 20:22:21 COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND NOT JUST [Captioner] 20:22:23 KIND OF GO ON THE CHEAP. [Captioner] 20:22:25 AND SO IT WAS -- WELL, IF WE [Captioner] 20:22:27 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE [Captioner] 20:22:29 WHOLE BUILDING, LET'S WAIT UNTIL [Captioner] 20:22:30 WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND TO DO [Captioner] 20:22:30 IT RIGHT. [Captioner] 20:22:32 SO THAT WAS THE SENTIMENT OF THE [Captioner] 20:22:33 REC. COMMISSION. [Captioner] 20:22:38 SO WHERE WE'VE LANDED, THOUGH, [Captioner] 20:22:40 IS, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO [Captioner] 20:22:41 SOMETHING WITH THE FUNDS THAT [Captioner] 20:22:45 WE'VE HAD, AND WORKING WITH OUR [Captioner] 20:22:47 ARCHITECTURAL TEAM, IF WE GO TO [Captioner] 20:22:48 THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAME UP WITH [Captioner] 20:22:50 THE IDEA OF IS THERE A WAY THAT [Captioner] 20:22:52 WE CAN PHASE THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:22:52 CENTER BUILDING? [Captioner] 20:22:54 AND IF YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THE [Captioner] 20:22:58 ROOF LINES ARE SET BETWEEN THE [Captioner] 20:22:59 COMMUNITY CENTER AND EVENT HALL, [Captioner] 20:23:02 THEY VERY MUCH CAN BE [Captioner] 20:23:04 IMPLEMENTED WITH THE MAIN [Captioner] 20:23:05 COMMUNITY CENTER DONE AS THE [Captioner] 20:23:09 FIRST PHASE, AND THEN HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:23:10 EVENT HALL, WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH [Captioner] 20:23:12 MONEY TO DO THAT, IT CAN BE [Captioner] 20:23:15 ADDED ON TO THE BUILDING AS AN [Captioner] 20:23:15 ADDITION. [Captioner] 20:23:18 AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:23:19 RECOMMENDING AS AN AAPPROPRIATE [Captioner] 20:23:20 OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE FUNDS [Captioner] 20:23:21 THAT WE HAVE. [Captioner] 20:23:23 SO WE CAN BUILD THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:23:24 CENTER, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR [Captioner] 20:23:27 THE EVENT HALL AND I'LL SORT OF [Captioner] 20:23:28 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE STRIKE [Captioner] 20:23:34 STRATEGIES. [Captioner] 20:23:37 THE OTHER THING THAT IS [Captioner] 20:23:41 IMPORTANT IS WE NOT BUILD SORT [Captioner] 20:23:43 OF A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT LOOKS [Captioner] 20:23:46 LIKE IT'S HALF COMPLETE OR IT'S [Captioner] 20:23:49 NOT AN ATTRACTIVE SPACE WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:23:54 HE CUT THE RIBBON, SO WE DO [Captioner] 20:23:55 HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE THE [Captioner] 20:23:57 NICE GRAND ENTRANCE AND IMPROVE [Captioner] 20:24:00 THE PARKING SO THAT THE WHOLE [Captioner] 20:24:02 EXPERIENCE IN COMING TO THE [Captioner] 20:24:03 FIRST PHASE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE [Captioner] 20:24:06 AN ATTRACTIVE ONE. [Captioner] 20:24:10 SO THIS LAYS OUT THE [Captioner] 20:24:11 PHASING PLAN THAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:24:13 RECOMMENDING, BUT IN THE DASHED [Captioner] 20:24:15 BLUE, IT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:24:19 CENTER, IT [Captioner] 20:24:20 INCLUDES OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM [Captioner] 20:24:22 AND THEN IT HAS THE CIRCULAR [Captioner] 20:24:25 DRIVEWAY ACCESS AND THE IMPROVED [Captioner] 20:24:25 PARKING LOT. [Captioner] 20:24:27 SO THIS WILL, FROM DAY ONE, BE A [Captioner] 20:24:29 PLACE THAT'S ATTRACTIVE, [Captioner] 20:24:31 INVITING FOR PEOPLE TO BE THERE [Captioner] 20:24:33 AND ENJOY THE NEW COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:24:34 CENTER SPACE. [Captioner] 20:24:37 SO THAT'S $33 MILLION TO DO THAT [Captioner] 20:24:37 PART OF THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:24:40 AS I SAID, WE HAVE 35.5. [Captioner] 20:24:43 SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT AS A [Captioner] 20:24:45 DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT PHASE, [Captioner] 20:24:48 WHICH WE'RE RECOMMENDING AS THE [Captioner] 20:24:49 COMPLETE EVENT HALL WITH THE [Captioner] 20:24:51 OUTDOOR TERRACE AND THE [Captioner] 20:24:51 CEREMONIAL LAWN. [Captioner] 20:24:56 AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE [Captioner] 20:24:57 NEXT PHASE, THAT WOULD BE $14 [Captioner] 20:24:57 MILLION. [Captioner] 20:25:00 LET'S GO TO THE FINAL SLIDE WITH [Captioner] 20:25:01 KIND OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. [Captioner] 20:25:05 SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU [Captioner] 20:25:08 ADOPT SORT OF THIS AS THE [Captioner] 20:25:09 INITIAL CONSTRUCTION PHASE, IS [Captioner] 20:25:13 THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A [Captioner] 20:25:14 PROJECT THAT WE CAN PUT INTO [Captioner] 20:25:17 CONSTRUCTION BY NEXT YEAR, SO [Captioner] 20:25:19 THAT'S THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE [Captioner] 20:25:20 CAN FUND THAT. [Captioner] 20:25:25 WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE -- THIS IS [Captioner] 20:25:25 EXEMPT FROM CEQA. [Captioner] 20:25:30 BUT WE WANT TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL [Captioner] 20:25:32 CLEARANCE FOR THE ENTIRE SORT OF [Captioner] 20:25:32 MASTER PLAN. [Captioner] 20:25:35 SO PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, THE [Captioner] 20:25:37 GYM, THE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER, [Captioner] 20:25:40 SO THE WHOLE KIND OF SITE AND [Captioner] 20:25:41 MASTER PLAN IS ENVIRONMENTALLY [Captioner] 20:25:44 CLEARED SO WE HAVE THAT BHOIND [Captioner] 20:25:44 US AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE [Captioner] 20:25:47 WORKING ON WHEN WE COME BACK TO [Captioner] 20:25:49 COUNCIL IN THE FALL, FOR [Captioner] 20:25:50 ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL. [Captioner] 20:25:53 WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE [Captioner] 20:25:57 INVEST IN DOING FINAL DESIGN NOT [Captioner] 20:25:59 JUST FOR PHASE ONE BUT TO SET [Captioner] 20:26:01 US UP SO THAT WE HAVE REALLY A [Captioner] 20:26:03 SHOVEL-READY PROJECT FOR THE [Captioner] 20:26:06 EVENT HALL FOR PHASE TWO IF WE [Captioner] 20:26:07 CAN CLOSE SORT OF THAT REMAINING [Captioner] 20:26:10 FUNDING GAP WHICH IS 11.5 MILL [Captioner] 20:26:14 MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THAT NEXT [Captioner] 20:26:14 PHASE. [Captioner] 20:26:16 WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS [Captioner] 20:26:18 GETTING ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM [Captioner] 20:26:18 GRANT SOURCES. [Captioner] 20:26:20 WE THINK THAT WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:26:22 COMPELLING PLAN, THERE MAY BE A [Captioner] 20:26:27 RENEWED OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO [Captioner] 20:26:30 OUR COMMUNITY, PRIVATE PARTNERS [Captioner] 20:26:34 TO GIVE PRAIFT [Captioner] 20:26:37 -- THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE [Captioner] 20:26:38 TO DO OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS [Captioner] 20:26:38 WELL. [Captioner] 20:26:40 SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE [Captioner] 20:26:41 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE NEXT [Captioner] 20:26:43 STEPS, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO [Captioner] 20:26:47 FOLLOW AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE. [Captioner] 20:26:48 WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE FOR [Captioner] 20:26:50 THE DETAILED PRESENTATION ON AN [Captioner] 20:26:51 IMPORTANT PROJECT, AND OUR TEAM [Captioner] 20:26:52 HERE IS READY TO ANSWER ANY [Captioner] 20:26:53 QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. [Captioner] 20:26:54 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:26:59 FIRST I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S [Captioner] 20:27:00 ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND I [Captioner] 20:27:01 SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN FIRST. [Captioner] 20:27:03 THEN COUNCILMEMBER KERNG. [Captioner] 20:27:07 KENG. [Captioner] 20:27:08 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 20:27:08 YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 20:27:15 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE GOOD [Captioner] 20:27:17 WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO PUT [Captioner] 20:27:17 THIS TOGETHER. [Captioner] 20:27:19 I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:27:21 ENGAGEMENT AND PUTTING ALL THE [Captioner] 20:27:22 PUZZLE TOGETHER AND I THINK [Captioner] 20:27:25 YOU'VE GOT A GREAT WINNING [Captioner] 20:27:25 COMBINATION HERE. [Captioner] 20:27:27 I GUESS SINCE WE'RE ASKING [Captioner] 20:27:29 QUESTIONS ONLY RIGHT NOW, I HAD [Captioner] 20:27:30 A QUESTION, CAN WE USE PARK [Captioner] 20:27:32 FUNDS OR DO WE COLLECT IMPACT [Captioner] 20:27:36 FEES THAT CAN BE USED TO [Captioner] 20:27:39 IMPROVE THESE COMMUNITY CENTER, [Captioner] 20:27:40 ONE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND [Captioner] 20:27:41 OTHER THINGS. [Captioner] 20:27:43 >> RIGHT NOW THE ALLOCATION OF [Captioner] 20:27:44 FUNDING WE HAVE DOES INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:27:47 PARK FUNDS, SO WE HAVE EITHER $5 [Captioner] 20:27:49 MILLION AS PART OF THAT OVERALL [Captioner] 20:27:49 BUDGET. [Captioner] 20:27:54 THOSE MONEYS ARE DESIGNED TO BE [Captioner] 20:27:57 USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN [Captioner] 20:27:58 THE PARK. [Captioner] 20:28:00 MAYBE KIM CAN SPEAK TO THIS [Captioner] 20:28:01 BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT SO [Captioner] 20:28:03 GENERALLY LOOKING AT THE [Captioner] 20:28:05 EXTERIOR ELEMENTS OF THE [Captioner] 20:28:06 PROJECT, THINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:28:09 ELIGIBLE FOR THE PARK FEES, [Captioner] 20:28:10 WHEREAS THE ACTUAL BUILDING [Captioner] 20:28:13 FACILITY ITSELF, WE'RE LOOKING [Captioner] 20:28:14 FOR OTHER FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:28:15 COVER THE BUILDING. [Captioner] 20:28:18 >> Councilmember Salwan: I SEE. [Captioner] 20:28:20 >> JUST TO ADD ON THAT, PARK [Captioner] 20:28:21 FUNDS IMPACT FEES ARE [Captioner] 20:28:21 RESTRICTED. [Captioner] 20:28:23 YOU CAN'T USE THEM FOR SPECIAL [Captioner] 20:28:25 FACILITIES SUCH AS LARGER [Captioner] 20:28:27 BUILDING, JUST LIKE WE COULDN'T [Captioner] 20:28:29 -- BECAUSE I WOULD END UP EATING [Captioner] 20:28:31 A LOT OF YOUR PARK FUNDS. [Captioner] 20:28:34 SO THE INTED IS TO -- THOSE ARE [Captioner] 20:28:36 WHAT THE PARK FUNDS COULD BE [Captioner] 20:28:37 USED FOR. [Captioner] 20:28:40 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO LIKE [Captioner] 20:28:42 THE TREES AND THE SHRUBS -- [Captioner] 20:28:45 >> PATIO SPACES, ACCESSORY [Captioner] 20:28:46 SPACES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. [Captioner] 20:28:49 >> Councilmember Salwan: I HAVE [Captioner] 20:28:51 A CONCERN ABOUT PARKING, [Captioner] 20:28:52 ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER [Captioner] 20:28:52 MONTHS. [Captioner] 20:28:54 WE DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING. [Captioner] 20:28:56 SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE [Captioner] 20:28:58 ADDING MORE PARKING, BUT I FEEL [Captioner] 20:29:01 LIKE WITH ALL THESE PROGRAMMING [Captioner] 20:29:02 AND EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, [Captioner] 20:29:03 WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF [Captioner] 20:29:04 PARKING SPACE VERY SOON. [Captioner] 20:29:06 IS THERE SOME PLAN TO ADD MORE [Captioner] 20:29:07 PARKING OR HOW DO WE GET EVEN [Captioner] 20:29:11 MORE PARKING IN THAT AREA? [Captioner] 20:29:14 >> SO PARKING AS YOU KNOW IS [Captioner] 20:29:16 ALWAYS A CONCERN IN CENTRAL [Captioner] 20:29:16 PARK. [Captioner] 20:29:18 AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY MADE AN [Captioner] 20:29:19 EFFORT TO CONNECT THE LIBRARY [Captioner] 20:29:23 SPACE ALONG WITH THE NOLL [Captioner] 20:29:23 SPACES. [Captioner] 20:29:25 THAT WILL ALLOW US WHEN WE'RE [Captioner] 20:29:28 DOING THE LARGER EERCHTS, LATER [Captioner] 20:29:33 AFTERNOONS OR EVENINGS, OR MAYBE [Captioner] 20:29:36 PICKLE BALL HOURS, SO UTILIZING [Captioner] 20:29:38 -- THERE IS A I LOT OF PARKING [Captioner] 20:29:40 UP THERE THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY [Captioner] 20:29:40 UTILIZED. [Captioner] 20:29:42 SO BY UTILIZING THOSE SPACES AND [Captioner] 20:29:44 MAKING SURE WE REALLY DO A GOOD [Captioner] 20:29:46 JOB AT DIRECTIONAL WHEN WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:29:47 EVENTS OR WE HAVE RENTALS THAT [Captioner] 20:29:48 ARE LARGER, MAKING SURE THEY [Captioner] 20:29:50 KNOW THOSE SPACES ARE AVAILABLE [Captioner] 20:29:52 TO PARK AND THEN ULTIMATELY [Captioner] 20:29:53 BETWEEN THE RESTRIPING THAT [Captioner] 20:29:55 WE'LL DO OUT OF THE PHASE ONE [Captioner] 20:29:57 AND THEN THAT SECOND EDITION, [Captioner] 20:29:58 THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP AND [Captioner] 20:30:00 THAT'S WHY WE PUT THAT ON AS [Captioner] 20:30:02 PART OF ATTACH TO THE GYM [Captioner] 20:30:03 BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO [Captioner] 20:30:04 EXPAND THE USE AND ATTENDANCE OF [Captioner] 20:30:10 THE SPACE, AND [Captioner] 20:30:10 . [Captioner] 20:30:11 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO [Captioner] 20:30:12 COMMENTS LATER? [Captioner] 20:30:13 >> Mayor Mei: COMMENTS AFTER WE [Captioner] 20:30:13 HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? [Captioner] 20:30:15 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE SPEAKER [Captioner] 20:30:15 CARDS. [Captioner] 20:30:17 I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE COMING [Captioner] 20:30:17 IN. [Captioner] 20:30:18 YES. [Captioner] 20:30:20 BUT WE'LL HAVE CLARIFYING [Captioner] 20:30:20 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 20:30:21 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. [Captioner] 20:30:23 THANKS. [Captioner] 20:30:25 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK [Captioner] 20:30:25 YOU, MADAME MAYOR AND THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:30:30 TO THE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION [Captioner] 20:30:33 AND THE DESIGN IS BEAUTIFUL, [Captioner] 20:30:34 AGAIN, WAIT TO SEE WHEN IT COMES [Captioner] 20:30:34 TO FRUITION. [Captioner] 20:30:37 I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT [Captioner] 20:30:37 PARKING. [Captioner] 20:30:40 RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S [Captioner] 20:30:41 JUST ONE EXIT IN FRONT OF THAT [Captioner] 20:30:44 PARKING LOT WITH THE 225 SPACES? [Captioner] 20:30:54 >> SO ACTUALLY, THE SPACES, THE [Captioner] 20:30:56 ARCH PARKING, IT GOES BACK. [Captioner] 20:30:59 THERE IS THE NEW ACCESS TO PASEO [Captioner] 20:31:01 PADRE, BUT THERE IS THE SECOND [Captioner] 20:31:03 ACCESS WHICH IS THE EXISTING [Captioner] 20:31:03 ENTRANCE. [Captioner] 20:31:05 AND SO THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED. [Captioner] 20:31:12 DOES THAT MAKE CENTS? [Captioner] 20:31:14 >> Councilmember Keng: I SEE, [Captioner] 20:31:16 THE PEOPLE CAN ALSO EXIT FROM [Captioner] 20:31:17 THERE? [Captioner] 20:31:18 THE ROUND ABOUT? [Captioner] 20:31:19 >> YES. [Captioner] 20:31:23 >> THAT WOULD THEMATICALLY [Captioner] 20:31:25 IMPROVE THE FLOW. [Captioner] 20:31:29 WE CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT FROM THE [Captioner] 20:31:30 OTHER ACCESS POINT. [Captioner] 20:31:33 >> WHICH IS RIGHT ONLY ACCESS [Captioner] 20:31:35 BECAUSE OF THE MEDIAN THERE. [Captioner] 20:31:36 >> Councilmember Keng: WITH [Captioner] 20:31:37 THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LIBRARY [Captioner] 20:31:39 PARKING THAT IS HELPFUL AS WELL, [Captioner] 20:31:39 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:31:43 SO I'LL LEAVE COMMENTS FOR [Captioner] 20:31:43 LATER. [Captioner] 20:31:47 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:31:49 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:31:51 CAMPBELL, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:31:52 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:31:53 THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS REALLY [Captioner] 20:31:53 BEAUTIFUL. [Captioner] 20:31:55 I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, [Captioner] 20:31:58 I'M SORRY, I HOPE THEY'RE QUICK [Captioner] 20:31:59 BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK OF THEM [Captioner] 20:32:01 UNTIL YOU STARTED TALKING. [Captioner] 20:32:02 TREES. [Captioner] 20:32:06 I HEARD YOU SAY YOU WERE [Captioner] 20:32:08 GOING TO BE REMOVING SOME [Captioner] 20:32:08 TREES. [Captioner] 20:32:11 CAN THEY BE REPLANTED? [Captioner] 20:32:12 >> SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:32:14 GOING TO BE REMOVED ARE ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:32:15 DEAD SO NO THEY CANNOT BE [Captioner] 20:32:17 REPLANTED. [Captioner] 20:32:20 THE ITALIAN CYPRESS ARE PROBABLY [Captioner] 20:32:23 OF SOME SIZE THAT IT DON'T MAKE [Captioner] 20:32:25 SENSE TO REPLANT THEM, THEY [Captioner] 20:32:28 ACTUALLY GROW QUITE QUICKLY. [Captioner] 20:32:30 THOSE WEREN'T PLANTED THAT LONG [Captioner] 20:32:31 AS, THEY ARE QUITE LARGE. [Captioner] 20:32:32 THERE ARE THREE ORE FOUR OTHER [Captioner] 20:32:34 TREES AND THOUGH ARE PROBABLY [Captioner] 20:32:35 TOO LARGE TO REPLANT. [Captioner] 20:32:37 THEY WOULD NOT SURVIVE THE [Captioner] 20:32:38 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:32:38 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:32:39 OKAY, THEN THE ONES YOU ARE [Captioner] 20:32:42 GOING TO PLANT BECAUSE I SEIZE [Captioner] 20:32:43 YOU GOT A LOT OF THEM AND IT [Captioner] 20:32:45 LOOKS REALLY NICE, THE SHADE IS [Captioner] 20:32:47 GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL, HOW FAST [Captioner] 20:32:48 ARE THEY GOING TO GROW? [Captioner] 20:32:50 >> THAT WILL BE DETERMINED, THIS [Captioner] 20:32:52 NEXT PHASE OF THE PROMPT, [Captioner] 20:32:54 EXACTLY HOW BIG THE TREES ARE [Captioner] 20:32:56 THAT WE ARE ABLE TO AFFORD TO [Captioner] 20:33:00 PLANT AND WHAT SPECIES [Captioner] 20:33:01 WE'RE CHOOSING BECAUSE THE [Captioner] 20:33:04 SPEESHEDZ HAVEN'T BONE CHOSEN [Captioner] 20:33:08 YET WHICH WILL HELP [Captioner] 20:33:13 MAKE THAT DECISION, [Captioner] 20:33:15 THERE ARE SEVERAL SPECIES. [Captioner] 20:33:15 >> Councilmember Campbell: THE [Captioner] 20:33:18 PARKING ARE YOU REQUIRED TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:33:20 HANDICAPPED SPACES? [Captioner] 20:33:21 >> ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 20:33:21 >> Councilmember Campbell: I [Captioner] 20:33:23 DID NOTICE NOW DURING [Captioner] 20:33:25 CONSTRUCTION, THE PARKING AT THE [Captioner] 20:33:28 SENIOR CENTER ON PASEO PADRE, IT [Captioner] 20:33:30 LOOKS LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION [Captioner] 20:33:32 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OVER PROBABLY [Captioner] 20:33:34 TAKEN PARKING SPACES. [Captioner] 20:33:37 SO IN THE FRONT, ON THE PASEO [Captioner] 20:33:39 PADRE SIDE NOT ON THE BACK [Captioner] 20:33:39 SIDE. [Captioner] 20:33:42 SO WHEN SENIORS COME TO THE [Captioner] 20:33:44 SENIOR CENTER THEY HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:33:49 PARKWAY, ALMOST DOWN TO THE AQUA [Captioner] 20:33:50 TO GET OVER. [Captioner] 20:33:52 IS THERE A REASON WHY THEY HAVE [Captioner] 20:33:54 TO HAVE THEIR -- TAKE UP THOSE [Captioner] 20:33:55 PARTICULAR PARKING SPACES [Captioner] 20:33:58 CLOSEST TO THE CENTER? [Captioner] 20:34:00 AND DURING CONSTRUCTION, ARE WE [Captioner] 20:34:01 ALSO GOING TO BE SENSITIVE TO [Captioner] 20:34:04 THE FOLKS THAT WILL NEED TO WALK [Captioner] 20:34:08 TO THE SENIOR CENTER? [Captioner] 20:34:09 >> I THINK THE SPACES THAT [Captioner] 20:34:10 YOU'RE REFERRING TO [Captioner] 20:34:11 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL ARE THE [Captioner] 20:34:13 ONES THAT OCCURRED WITH THE [Captioner] 20:34:14 SIDEWALK AND PATHWAY PROJECTS [Captioner] 20:34:15 THAT WE DID. [Captioner] 20:34:16 AND THEY DID HAVE TO BLOCK OFF [Captioner] 20:34:18 SOME OF THOSE SPACES. [Captioner] 20:34:20 THAT IS NOW BONE COMPLETED AND [Captioner] 20:34:21 REMOVED. [Captioner] 20:34:24 SO THOSE ARE BACK IN [Captioner] 20:34:24 CIRCULATION. [Captioner] 20:34:25 >> Councilmember Campbell: OH, [Captioner] 20:34:26 OKAY. [Captioner] 20:34:28 >> YOU SHOULD FIND THOSE ARE [Captioner] 20:34:28 ACCESSIBLE. [Captioner] 20:34:30 WE ALWAYS TRY TO MINIMIZE THE [Captioner] 20:34:32 IMPACT WE HAVE WHENEVER WE DO [Captioner] 20:34:33 PROJECTS AND OF COURSE WE WILL [Captioner] 20:34:34 TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS [Captioner] 20:34:35 WE LOOK. [Captioner] 20:34:37 BUT MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO [Captioner] 20:34:39 OCCUR DOWN TOWARDS THE TEEN [Captioner] 20:34:40 CENTER SIDE WHICH SHOULDN'T [Captioner] 20:34:43 IMPACT THE SENIOR CENTER. [Captioner] 20:34:43 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:34:44 OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:34:46 YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE SPACES [Captioner] 20:34:48 WERE DIVISIBLE BY TWO, DIVISIBLE [Captioner] 20:34:49 BY THREE. [Captioner] 20:34:51 WHAT IS THE SOUND IMPLICATIONS? [Captioner] 20:34:54 I MEAN, THE EVENT CENTER, IT HAS [Captioner] 20:34:55 A REALLY GOOD SOUND. [Captioner] 20:34:57 SO THAT IF THERE'S TWO EVENTS [Captioner] 20:35:00 GOING ON, I MEAN AT ONE TIME WE [Captioner] 20:35:03 WENT TO AN EVENT AND THERE WAS [Captioner] 20:35:04 TWO EVENTS GOING ON. [Captioner] 20:35:05 AND THE MUSIC FROM THE OTHER [Captioner] 20:35:09 EVENT WAS SO LOUD, YOU COULD [Captioner] 20:35:11 BARELY HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON IN [Captioner] 20:35:11 YOUR ROOM. [Captioner] 20:35:13 SO WHAT IS THE SOUND GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:35:14 LIKE? [Captioner] 20:35:17 >> SO THE SOUND FOR THE [Captioner] 20:35:19 PARTITIONS WHERE WE'RE USING [Captioner] 20:35:21 CALLING THEM DIVISIBLE ROOMS AND [Captioner] 20:35:23 WE HAVE THE DANCE AND FITNESS AS [Captioner] 20:35:25 WELL AS THE TWO LARGE PARTITIONS [Captioner] 20:35:27 IN THE EVENT HALL ARE SUCH THAT [Captioner] 20:35:31 THEY HAVE -- IT'S CALLED SOUND [Captioner] 20:35:35 TRANSMISSION CO-OFFICIANT OF 45 [Captioner] 20:35:36 TO 50. [Captioner] 20:35:37 AND THAT'S THE EXACT SAME [Captioner] 20:35:40 PARTITION THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR [Captioner] 20:35:43 CONFERENCE CENTER,S CONVENTION [Captioner] 20:35:45 CENTERS, WHERE YOU HAVE A TOP [Captioner] 20:35:46 SEAL AND BOTTOM SEAL. [Captioner] 20:35:48 WHEN THEY PUSH TOGETHER AND LOCK [Captioner] 20:35:50 DOWN THEY ARE ACTUALLY CREATING [Captioner] 20:35:51 A SOUND BEAR CRER. [Captioner] 20:35:52 HAVING SAID THAT ONE OF THE [Captioner] 20:35:54 REASONS TO HAVE IT DIVISIBLE BY [Captioner] 20:35:56 THREE IS IF YOU ARE HAVING [Captioner] 20:35:58 ONE-THIRD OF THE ROOM DOING [Captioner] 20:36:00 MUSIC OR KIDS MUSIC OR SOMETHING [Captioner] 20:36:01 LIKE THAT, YOU CAN USE THE [Captioner] 20:36:03 CENTER ONE EMPTY. [Captioner] 20:36:05 AND SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER [Captioner] 20:36:06 ACOUSTICAL BARRIER. [Captioner] 20:36:09 IT'S LIKE AN OFFICE PARTITION [Captioner] 20:36:11 WALL SO SOMEBODY IS REALLY [Captioner] 20:36:12 TALKING LOUD ON THE OTHER SIDE [Captioner] 20:36:17 OF THE PARTITION OR LOUD [Captioner] 20:36:19 , YOU WILL HEAR IT. [Captioner] 20:36:20 APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:36:21 COMPATIBLE TOGETHER. [Captioner] 20:36:22 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:36:23 OKAY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE EVEN [Captioner] 20:36:25 IN THE HOTELS THEY HAVE GAPS ON [Captioner] 20:36:27 THE TOP AND GAPS AT THE BOTTOM. [Captioner] 20:36:29 >> NO, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT [Captioner] 20:36:31 YOU PUSH THEM TOGETHER THE TOP [Captioner] 20:36:33 SEAL AND BOTTOM SEAL DROP UP AND [Captioner] 20:36:38 DOWN MORE LIKE M [Captioner] 20:36:42 OSCONE WHERE THEY NEED THE [Captioner] 20:36:44 ACOUSTICAL SEPARATION BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:36:45 PROGRAMS. [Captioner] 20:36:45 >> Councilmember Campbell: ONE [Captioner] 20:36:50 MORE QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:36:54 RESTROOMS, GENDER-NEUTRAL? [Captioner] 20:36:56 >> STILL BEING DISCUSSED WITH [Captioner] 20:36:58 YOUR BUILDING OFFICIALS. [Captioner] 20:37:00 THE BUILDING CODE HASN'T QUITE [Captioner] 20:37:01 CAUGHT UP SO THAT IS UNDER [Captioner] 20:37:04 DISCUSSION AND IS DEFINITELY AN [Captioner] 20:37:06 OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT IT. [Captioner] 20:37:06 >> Councilmember Campbell: IT [Captioner] 20:37:08 WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AT LEAST [Captioner] 20:37:10 ONE OR TWO IN SUCH A LARGE [Captioner] 20:37:12 FACILITY TO HAVE GENDER-NEUTRAL [Captioner] 20:37:13 RESTROOMS. [Captioner] 20:37:16 >> YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING [Captioner] 20:37:19 ABOUT DOING THE WHOLE SPACE AS [Captioner] 20:37:20 GENDER NEUTRAL. [Captioner] 20:37:23 ANOTHER SPACE THAT WILL [Captioner] 20:37:25 DEFINITELY IMPLEMENTED IS FAMILY [Captioner] 20:37:29 RESTROOMS OR ASSISTED RESTROOMS, [Captioner] 20:37:32 SINGLE USE NONGENDER. [Captioner] 20:37:33 >> Councilmember Campbell: MY [Captioner] 20:37:35 LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE, [Captioner] 20:37:37 COLORS, THESE WILL HAVE GREAT [Captioner] 20:37:39 COLORS, ORANGES AND BROWNS AND [Captioner] 20:37:39 GREENS. [Captioner] 20:37:41 ARE THOSE JUST FOR DEMONSTRATION [Captioner] 20:37:45 OR HAVE YOU SELECTED COLORS? [Captioner] 20:37:47 >> THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS HAVE [Captioner] 20:37:51 ACTUALLY BEEN PART OF THE [Captioner] 20:37:52 COMMUNITY GEEJMENT PROCESS SO [Captioner] 20:37:54 THE STONE AND THE COLORS OF THE [Captioner] 20:37:56 EXTERNAL MATERIALS, WE ARE NOT [Captioner] 20:37:58 FINALIZED BUT WE ARE LANDING ON [Captioner] 20:38:01 THAT AND THE NEXT PHASE, DESIGN [Captioner] 20:38:03 DEVELOPMENT IS WHEN INTERIOR [Captioner] 20:38:05 COLORS WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD [Captioner] 20:38:08 AND CHOSEN AND INTERIOR [Captioner] 20:38:09 MATERIALS. [Captioner] 20:38:10 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:38:11 OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [Captioner] 20:38:11 ANSWERING. [Captioner] 20:38:14 I JUST THOUGHT OF THESE WHEN YOU [Captioner] 20:38:16 STARTED TALKING, I PROMISE. [Captioner] 20:38:16 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 20:38:18 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:38:20 NEXT CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, [Captioner] 20:38:25 COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 20:38:25 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK [Captioner] 20:38:27 YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GREAT [Captioner] 20:38:27 PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 20:38:30 I'M EXCITED AND I'M SURE OTHER [Captioner] 20:38:31 PEOPLE ARE TOO. [Captioner] 20:38:32 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED [Captioner] 20:38:34 TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE VISUAL IS [Captioner] 20:38:36 THE COMMUNITY CENTER AN ACTUAL [Captioner] 20:38:39 TWO-STORY BUILDING? [Captioner] 20:38:44 I SAW SOME STEPS BUT THEN I [Captioner] 20:38:44 WASN'T SURE. [Captioner] 20:38:47 >> SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER [Captioner] 20:38:50 ITSELF IS NOT A TWO-STORY [Captioner] 20:38:50 BUILDING. [Captioner] 20:38:52 BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE, I DON'T [Captioner] 20:38:54 KNOW IF WE CAN SHARE THE IMAGE [Captioner] 20:38:57 HERE, IT IS THE COMMUNITY HALL [Captioner] 20:38:59 BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF IT, THE [Captioner] 20:39:03 CAPACITY OF IT, IN ORDER TO GET [Captioner] 20:39:05 THE VISUAL VIEW ACROSS THE ROOM, [Captioner] 20:39:08 IF YOU HAVE IT ALL OPEN UP AND [Captioner] 20:39:10 YOU HAVE A SCREEN DROP DOWN YOU [Captioner] 20:39:13 DO NEED THE HIGHER CEILING [Captioner] 20:39:13 HEIGHTS. [Captioner] 20:39:17 SO THE CEILING HEIGHTS IN THE [Captioner] 20:39:20 EVENT SPACE ARE PROBABLY GOING [Captioner] 20:39:22 TO BE 18 TO 22 FEET CLEAR. [Captioner] 20:39:23 THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF [Captioner] 20:39:24 THAT ROOM. [Captioner] 20:39:28 IF WE HAD NINE FOOT CEILINGS IN [Captioner] 20:39:31 A SPACE THAT SIZE, YOU COULDN'T [Captioner] 20:39:33 SEE THE PROJECTION IN THE [Captioner] 20:39:35 FURTHER OWNED OF THE ROOM. [Captioner] 20:39:37 THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SHED [Captioner] 20:39:42 ROOF WE'RE ANGLING IT FOR [Captioner] 20:39:47 PHOTO VOLTAIC, AND THE ROOF [Captioner] 20:39:51 DOES RAISE UP TO BE LESS THAN [Captioner] 20:39:52 THE ONE AND A HALF STORIES THAT [Captioner] 20:39:55 WE HAVE AT THE EVENT HALL SO IT [Captioner] 20:39:57 IS PROBABLY ONE AND A QUARTER [Captioner] 20:39:58 STORIES. [Captioner] 20:40:00 SO IT IS USING THE VOLUMES WHEN [Captioner] 20:40:01 WE NEED THE VOLUME TO CREATE [Captioner] 20:40:03 EITHER THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE [Captioner] 20:40:05 ENTRY OR THE FUNCTIONALITY AT [Captioner] 20:40:07 THE EVENT SPACE BUT IT IS NOT [Captioner] 20:40:09 TWO STORIES. [Captioner] 20:40:10 >> Councilmember Cox: GOT IT, [Captioner] 20:40:11 OKAY, IT IS THE AIR AND THE [Captioner] 20:40:13 SPACE AND IT JUST LOOKS [Captioner] 20:40:15 BEAUTIFUL, GOT IT, OKAY, I JUST [Captioner] 20:40:17 THOUGHT I'D ASK THAT. [Captioner] 20:40:18 ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, WHEN [Captioner] 20:40:20 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE INPUT [Captioner] 20:40:22 FROM THE AGE WELLNESS CENTER IS [Captioner] 20:40:24 THAT BOTH ON THE NORTH AND THE [Captioner] 20:40:28 SOUTH OF BOTH CENTERS YOU GOT [Captioner] 20:40:29 INPUT? [Captioner] 20:40:31 AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE SENIOR [Captioner] 20:40:34 COMMISSION? [Captioner] 20:40:37 >> WE WENT AND DID A POP-UP AT [Captioner] 20:40:39 THE SENIOR CENTER, THE AGE WELL [Captioner] 20:40:41 CENTER LOCATED AT CENTRAL PARK. [Captioner] 20:40:45 WE DID NOT GO TO THE FAR [Captioner] 20:40:46 LOCATION BUT WE DID ADVERTISE [Captioner] 20:40:48 THAT WE WERE HAVING THIS EVENT [Captioner] 20:40:49 LIKE THROUGH STAFF AND SO I [Captioner] 20:40:50 THINK THEY COMMUNICATED IT. [Captioner] 20:40:52 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY AND [Captioner] 20:40:55 WHAT ABOUT THE SENIOR [Captioner] 20:40:55 COMMISSION? [Captioner] 20:40:57 >> WE DID NOT GO SEE THE SENIOR [Captioner] 20:40:58 COMMISSION. [Captioner] 20:40:59 WE WON'T TO SOME OF THE OTHER [Captioner] 20:41:03 COMMISSIONS BUT WE DID NOT SEE [Captioner] 20:41:04 THEM. [Captioner] 20:41:06 WE DID ADVERTISE MY FREMONT [Captioner] 20:41:09 SURVEY SO EVERYONE HAD [Captioner] 20:41:10 OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT [Captioner] 20:41:12 INFORMATION THROUGH THAT AS [Captioner] 20:41:12 WELL. [Captioner] 20:41:13 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, AS [Captioner] 20:41:16 FAR AS LIKE WHEN YOU SHOW THE [Captioner] 20:41:18 DROPOFF IS THAT WHERE BUSES COME [Captioner] 20:41:20 IN FROM PEOPLE TAKING THE BART [Captioner] 20:41:23 AND PUBLIC ACCESS, COULD YOU [Captioner] 20:41:26 HOPE ME KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW [Captioner] 20:41:27 THAT WILL LOOK? [Captioner] 20:41:31 >> YES, SO IN TERMS OF, LET'S [Captioner] 20:41:37 SEE, SO IN TERMS OF COMING IN [Captioner] 20:41:39 AT THE INTERSECTION, BUSES [Captioner] 20:41:42 WOULD COME IN, IF THEY'RE COMING [Captioner] 20:41:44 FROM NORTH, WOULD COME IN AND [Captioner] 20:41:46 MAKE A LEFT AT THE INTERSECTION, [Captioner] 20:41:48 COME IN AND DRIVE OVER, COME [Captioner] 20:41:50 OVER, DO THE DROPOFF THIS WAY, [Captioner] 20:41:54 BE ABLE TO EXIT OUT BACK ON TO [Captioner] 20:41:56 PASEO PADRE HERE OR CIRCULATE [Captioner] 20:41:58 OUT TO YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE NOW. [Captioner] 20:42:00 IF THEY ARE COMING FROM WHAT IS [Captioner] 20:42:02 CALLED PLAN SOUTH, THEY WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:42:04 ABLE TO COME DIRECTLY INTO THE [Captioner] 20:42:07 NEW ENTRANCE, COME AROUND THE [Captioner] 20:42:09 CIRCLE COME BACK AROUND TO PASEO [Captioner] 20:42:11 PADRE IF THEY ARE CONTINUING ON [Captioner] 20:42:12 TOWARDS THE NORTH OR IF THEY ARE [Captioner] 20:42:14 GOING BACK TOWARDS THE SOUTH [Captioner] 20:42:16 THEY WOULD CIRCULATE BACK [Captioner] 20:42:18 TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT AT THE [Captioner] 20:42:19 INTERSECTION MAKE THAT LEFT. [Captioner] 20:42:21 SO JUST THE DROPOFF AND THE [Captioner] 20:42:22 SPACE FOR VEHICLES TO BE DROPPED [Captioner] 20:42:27 OFF, EITHER FROM [Captioner] 20:42:29 UBER DRIVERS OR THINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:42:32 CURRENT TRENDS, THAT IS ONE OF [Captioner] 20:42:34 THE REASONS FOR THE RATHER [Captioner] 20:42:36 GENEROUS TRAFFIC CIRCLE, NOT [Captioner] 20:42:38 TRAFFIC CIRCLE, DROPOFF CIRCLE [Captioner] 20:42:40 THAT YOU SEE HERE. [Captioner] 20:42:42 >> Councilmember Cox: GREAT. [Captioner] 20:42:43 >> REALLY THINKING ABOUT LIKE [Captioner] 20:42:45 HAVING PROTECTION WITH BOLLARDS [Captioner] 20:42:46 AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND [Captioner] 20:42:48 MINIMAL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:42:50 CURBS, AND SIDEWALKS, SO EASE OF [Captioner] 20:42:54 PEOPLE WITH WALKERS, [Captioner] 20:42:55 WHEELCHAIRS, YOU KNOW, REALLY [Captioner] 20:42:57 MAKING IT VERY [Captioner] 20:42:58 PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:43:01 THE DROPOFF AND MORE PEDESTRIAN [Captioner] 20:43:04 FOCUSED IS THE IDEA WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:43:06 ENTRY DROPOFF CIRCLE. [Captioner] 20:43:08 >> Councilmember Cox: AND IT [Captioner] 20:43:09 SEEMS QUITE SPACIOUS. [Captioner] 20:43:10 >> IT IS. [Captioner] 20:43:10 >> Councilmember Cox: AS YOU [Captioner] 20:43:12 HAVE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT TO [Captioner] 20:43:14 TAKE PUSS THROUGH AND BIKE [Captioner] 20:43:15 ROUTES AND ALL OF THAT SO [Captioner] 20:43:17 THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR [Captioner] 20:43:18 EVERYONE BASED ON THE DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:43:19 MODES. [Captioner] 20:43:20 YOU HAD ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:43:21 CHANGING ROOMS. [Captioner] 20:43:23 DID YOUR CHANGING ROOMS INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:43:24 SHOWERS? [Captioner] 20:43:25 >> RIGHT NOW IN THE GYM THE [Captioner] 20:43:27 CHANGING ROOMS DO NOT INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:43:28 SHOWERS IN THE PROGRAM. [Captioner] 20:43:31 THAT IS GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY [Captioner] 20:43:32 A FUTURE PHASE AND COULD BE [Captioner] 20:43:33 RETIEND. [Captioner] 20:43:37 REFINED BUT TO RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 20:43:39 THE THOUGHT IS TO NOT DEAL WITH [Captioner] 20:43:41 THAT ADDITIONAL SURVEILLANCE [Captioner] 20:43:42 CHALLENGE AND THAT THEY'RE JUST [Captioner] 20:43:44 CHANGING ROOMS WITH RESTROOMS. [Captioner] 20:43:46 >> Councilmember Cox: OH, I [Captioner] 20:43:47 SEIZE, OKAY. [Captioner] 20:43:49 AND I HAD A QUESTION ON ONE OF [Captioner] 20:43:50 YOUR DRAWINGS YOU IN AN OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:43:51 PROGRAM AREA. [Captioner] 20:43:53 AND I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND [Captioner] 20:43:57 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? [Captioner] 20:44:01 >> SO AS WE LOOK AT YOU'LL OF [Captioner] 20:44:03 THE SPACES, WE ACTUALLY ARE [Captioner] 20:44:06 USING THAT STRATEGY TO LEVERAGE [Captioner] 20:44:10 CAPACITY FOR BOTH FORMAL AND [Captioner] 20:44:11 INFORMAL PROGRAMS. [Captioner] 20:44:14 SO OUTDOOR PROGRAM SPACE IS [Captioner] 20:44:16 ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO EXPAND [Captioner] 20:44:18 OUT FROM THE INSIDE TO OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:44:18 SPACES. [Captioner] 20:44:20 YOU SEE ALL OF OUR ACTIVITY [Captioner] 20:44:22 ROOMS HAVE THAT FROM THE EVENT [Captioner] 20:44:23 HALL TERRACE. [Captioner] 20:44:25 >> Councilmember Cox: LACKING [Captioner] 20:44:27 TO THE FAR LEFT YOU SEIZE WHERE [Captioner] 20:44:29 IT SAYS OUTDOOR PROGRAM AREA, I [Captioner] 20:44:32 KNOW THAT IS THE PART OF THE GYM [Captioner] 20:44:33 -- [Captioner] 20:44:34 >> SAME CONCEPT. [Captioner] 20:44:37 YOU HAVE SEEN OUTDOOR FITNESS [Captioner] 20:44:39 AREAS, THAT MAY BE A PERFECT [Captioner] 20:44:40 SPACE FOR THAT. [Captioner] 20:44:42 WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR COURT ON THE [Captioner] 20:44:43 OTHER SIDE OF THE GYM. [Captioner] 20:44:45 AGAIN IT IS TRYING TO LEVERAGE [Captioner] 20:44:46 THOSE OUTDOOR SPACES AS MUCH AS [Captioner] 20:44:48 WE CAN FOR ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 20:44:48 ACTIVITIES. [Captioner] 20:44:49 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, [Captioner] 20:44:50 GOTCHA. [Captioner] 20:44:53 AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS, THERE [Captioner] 20:44:56 IS I SAW SOME FUNDING, THAT'S [Captioner] 20:44:58 TIED WITH THE GOVERNMENT, BUT [Captioner] 20:45:02 IT'S FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE [Captioner] 20:45:02 INFRASTRUCTURE. [Captioner] 20:45:06 AND WITH THIS $33 MILLION, DOES [Captioner] 20:45:07 THAT INCLUDE AS WE'RE TALKING [Captioner] 20:45:08 ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 20:45:12 CENTER AND THE PARKING LOT [Captioner] 20:45:13 THERE, DOES THAT INCLUDE [Captioner] 20:45:14 ELECTRICAL VEHICLE [Captioner] 20:45:16 INFRASTRUCTURE BEING PUT IN AND [Captioner] 20:45:17 WITH THE PORTS AND CHARGING [Captioner] 20:45:19 STATIONS? [Captioner] 20:45:21 IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE $33 [Captioner] 20:45:21 MILLION? [Captioner] 20:45:25 I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT. [Captioner] 20:45:26 >> Hans Larsen: SO WE HAVE -- [Captioner] 20:45:28 I THINK WE HAVE A NOTE IN THE [Captioner] 20:45:29 STAFF REPORT ON THIS. [Captioner] 20:45:31 THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF WHAT [Captioner] 20:45:32 WE'RE CALLING GREEN [Captioner] 20:45:33 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES INTO [Captioner] 20:45:36 THE PROJECT, CONSISTENT WITH THE [Captioner] 20:45:39 CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND [Captioner] 20:45:41 STANDARDS. [Captioner] 20:45:43 SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS AROUND [Captioner] 20:45:45 HAVING SOLAR ENERGY PANELS IN [Captioner] 20:45:47 THE BUILDING SO THAT IS ONE [Captioner] 20:45:48 COMPONENT TO IT. [Captioner] 20:45:51 IT ALSO HAS ELECTRIC VEHICLE [Captioner] 20:45:53 CHARGING AND THE PARKING SPACES [Captioner] 20:45:57 AND KNOWN ALSO BACKUP POWER [Captioner] 20:46:03 USING BATTERIES AS OPPOSED TO [Captioner] 20:46:05 DIESEL BACKUP. [Captioner] 20:46:07 SO THERE, WE ARE AS PART OF OUR [Captioner] 20:46:10 FUNDING STRATEGY, ARE GOING TO [Captioner] 20:46:13 LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO FUND THOSE [Captioner] 20:46:16 COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:46:19 WE'RE ACTUALLY IN PARTNERSHIP [Captioner] 20:46:22 WITH AVA COMMUNITY ENERGY TO DO [Captioner] 20:46:24 SOLAR PANELS ON CITY BUILDINGS. [Captioner] 20:46:25 >> Councilmember Cox: I SAW [Captioner] 20:46:27 THAT IN THE REPORT TOO. [Captioner] 20:46:30 >> Hans Larsen: DOING POWER [Captioner] 20:46:31 PURCHASE AGREEMENT PARTNERSHIPS [Captioner] 20:46:32 SO ESSENTIALLY WE PROVIDE THE [Captioner] 20:46:34 SPACE OR THE ROOFTOPS AND THEN [Captioner] 20:46:35 SOMEONE ELSE IS PROVIDING THE [Captioner] 20:46:37 PANELS AND GOATS THE -- YOU [Captioner] 20:46:39 KNOW, THE -- GETS THE BENEFIT OF [Captioner] 20:46:42 SOME OF THE ENERGY GENERATION. [Captioner] 20:46:44 SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO [Captioner] 20:46:45 STRETCH OUR DOLLARS AS FAR AS WE [Captioner] 20:46:46 CAN GO. [Captioner] 20:46:48 AND IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE [Captioner] 20:46:51 FUNDED BY OTHER SOURCES, YOU [Captioner] 20:46:52 KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO [Captioner] 20:46:54 PURSUE THAT STRATEGY. [Captioner] 20:46:55 >> Councilmember Cox: SO THIS [Captioner] 20:46:57 IS REALLY THE $33 MILLION OR 35 [Captioner] 20:46:59 MILLION IS REALLY FOR THE [Captioner] 20:47:02 BUILDING ITSELF, IS WHAT WE'RE [Captioner] 20:47:03 REALLY SAYING? [Captioner] 20:47:04 >> Hans Larsen: THAT'S [Captioner] 20:47:04 CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:47:05 >> Councilmember Cox: AND THE [Captioner] 20:47:06 REST OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING [Captioner] 20:47:08 AFTER BUT I THINK IT EXPIRES, [Captioner] 20:47:10 THE APPLICATION PROCESS EXPIRES [Captioner] 20:47:11 THE END OF AUGUST. [Captioner] 20:47:13 IF I FIND IT I'LL BE SURE TO [Captioner] 20:47:15 FORWARD IT TO OUR CITY MANAGER [Captioner] 20:47:19 TO FORWARD IT TO THE TEAM. [Captioner] 20:47:22 >> Hans Larsen: YES, IN TERMS [Captioner] 20:47:25 OF PUTTING SOLAR PANELS ON CITY [Captioner] 20:47:27 BUILDINGS AND DOING MICROGRIDS [Captioner] 20:47:30 WITH BATTERY BACKUP, THERE IS AN [Captioner] 20:47:32 ONGOING EFFORT WITH AVA [Captioner] 20:47:38 COMMUNITY ENERGY AND SO THIS -- [Captioner] 20:47:40 THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:47:42 SORT OF AMEND THIS BUILDING, NEW [Captioner] 20:47:43 BUILDING SORT OF INTO THAT [Captioner] 20:47:44 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:47:46 AND SO THAT'S AN EXISTING [Captioner] 20:47:47 RELATIONSHIP THAT WE ALREADY [Captioner] 20:47:49 HAVE IN DOING THIS KIND OF [Captioner] 20:47:50 WORK. [Captioner] 20:47:50 >> Councilmember Cox: RIGHT, [Captioner] 20:47:52 THIS WAS SEPARATE, I THINK IT [Captioner] 20:47:53 WAS A FEDERAL FUNDING THAT I SAW [Captioner] 20:47:56 THAT CAME ACROSS MY DESK BUT [Captioner] 20:47:58 I'LL FORWARD IT AS SOON AS I [Captioner] 20:47:59 LOCATE IT BUT I FLO THE DEADLINE [Captioner] 20:48:02 IS COMING UP NEXT MONTH. [Captioner] 20:48:03 >> Hans Larsen: GREAT. [Captioner] 20:48:04 >> Councilmember Cox: BUTTER [Captioner] 20:48:07 IT IS OUTSIDE THE AVA AND THAT, [Captioner] 20:48:08 IT WAS SEPARATE. [Captioner] 20:48:09 >> Hans Larsen: GREAT, WE'LL [Captioner] 20:48:11 TAKE ANY LEADS THAT WE CAN [Captioner] 20:48:11 FIND. [Captioner] 20:48:12 >> Councilmember Cox: [Captioner] 20:48:12 ABSOLUTELY. [Captioner] 20:48:13 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING [Captioner] 20:48:14 THIS GOOD NEWS. [Captioner] 20:48:15 I'M GETTING EXCITED. [Captioner] 20:48:18 THE ONLY THING I WISH IS YOU HAD [Captioner] 20:48:21 YOUR GYM COMING IN A LITTLE BIT [Captioner] 20:48:24 SOONER, AS A TEEN MOM AND DANCE [Captioner] 20:48:26 AND FITNESS AND ALL OF THAT, I [Captioner] 20:48:28 UNDERSTAND WE GOT TO SET OUR [Captioner] 20:48:29 PRIORITIES FIRST AND LINE UP [Captioner] 20:48:33 PHASE 1, 2 AND 3. [Captioner] 20:48:34 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:48:36 I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF [Captioner] 20:48:39 SPEAKER CARDS, I HAD SOME [Captioner] 20:48:41 CLARIFYING SPEAKERS TOO. [Captioner] 20:48:45 I KNOW WE'VE HAD TWO IN QUEUE AS [Captioner] 20:48:46 LEASE. [Captioner] 20:48:49 >> The Clerk: YES, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:48:54 GOLDEN CHAO AND KELLY ABREU. [Captioner] 20:48:56 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:49:03 ARE YOU COMING TO GOLDEN DID YOU [Captioner] 20:49:07 WANT TO GO SPEAK? [Captioner] 20:49:12 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ORDER. [Captioner] 20:49:19 WE'RE DUE FOR A BREAK SOON. [Captioner] 20:49:21 >> HE WANTS ME TO GO FIRST, I [Captioner] 20:49:22 DON'T KNOW WHY. [Captioner] 20:49:24 THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS HERE. [Captioner] 20:49:26 FIRST IDEA I HAVE LIKE AN [Captioner] 20:49:27 INNOVATIVE IDEA. [Captioner] 20:49:30 PUBLIC ART, AND I -- YOU NOE [Captioner] 20:49:32 THOSE BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAINS AND [Captioner] 20:49:36 LAKES IN EUROPE, I THINK THE [Captioner] 20:49:39 TOWN TAN SHOULD BE LINED UP WITH [Captioner] 20:49:40 MISSION PEAK, SO YOU ARE AT THE [Captioner] 20:49:42 BUILDING AND YOU CAN SEE MISSION [Captioner] 20:49:44 PEAK AND YOU SEE THE FOUNTAIN [Captioner] 20:49:46 RIGHT THERE AND IT IS ALSO A [Captioner] 20:49:49 FISH OXYGEN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DOES [Captioner] 20:49:51 ANYBODY KNOW WHY WE NEED A FISH [Captioner] 20:49:53 OXYGEN SUPPORT SYSTEM IN LAKE [Captioner] 20:49:54 ELIZABETH? [Captioner] 20:49:55 I HOPE SOMEBODY KNOWS WHY WE [Captioner] 20:49:57 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. [Captioner] 20:49:58 TIMING. [Captioner] 20:50:00 IT'S INTERESTING HOW THESE [Captioner] 20:50:03 THINGS HAPPEN, AND THE COUNCIL, [Captioner] 20:50:05 THE TIMING AND ALL THE THINGS, [Captioner] 20:50:09 TORSES, FORCES THESE THINGS, [Captioner] 20:50:10 THESE THINGS COME ON THE AGENDA [Captioner] 20:50:12 AT THE LAST MINUTE WITH AN [Captioner] 20:50:14 ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE LOOMING, YOU [Captioner] 20:50:16 KNOW JUST LIKE CHOOSING AN [Captioner] 20:50:20 AUDITOR, MAKE IT A FAIT ACCOMPLI [Captioner] 20:50:22 TO FORCE THE HAND OF THE CITY [Captioner] 20:50:23 COUNCIL AND CHOOSE THE BIGGEST [Captioner] 20:50:24 AND THE BEST CONTRACTOR. [Captioner] 20:50:26 WHOEVER THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST [Captioner] 20:50:28 THAT IS THE ONE YOU HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:50:29 CHOOSE AS WE JUST HEARD. [Captioner] 20:50:31 AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THIS IDEA [Captioner] 20:50:32 OF COST IS NO OBJECT. [Captioner] 20:50:35 YOU KNOW IF CONTRACTING [Captioner] 20:50:37 SPECIALISTS ON THE COUNCIL, THEY [Captioner] 20:50:39 DON'T LOOK AT INDICES OR [Captioner] 20:50:40 COMPARATIVE BENCHMARKS. [Captioner] 20:50:42 NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO DIVIDE, [Captioner] 20:50:44 NOBODY HAS A COMPUTER [Captioner] 20:50:44 PHENOMENON. [Captioner] 20:50:47 FOR EXAMPLE THIS BUDGET COSTS 33 [Captioner] 20:50:49 MILLION FOR 12,000 SQUARE FEET. [Captioner] 20:50:53 WHICH IS $28 PER SQUARE FOOT, [Captioner] 20:50:56 DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THE [Captioner] 20:50:57 COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS THE [Captioner] 20:50:59 FIRST TIME YOU HEARD THE [Captioner] 20:50:59 NUMBER. [Captioner] 20:51:00 THE STAFF DIDN'T GET THE [Captioner] 20:51:05 DIVISION. [Captioner] 20:51:08 SUNNYVALE CITY CENTER, A NEW [Captioner] 20:51:10 HOSPITAL IN LOS ANGELES OR SAN [Captioner] 20:51:13 DIEGO COST $14 A SQUARE FOOT. [Captioner] 20:51:14 THIS IS 2800. [Captioner] 20:51:16 I'M VERY IMPRESSED. [Captioner] 20:51:16 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:51:23 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, [Captioner] 20:51:24 HONORABLE MAYOR AND [Captioner] 20:51:25 COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:51:28 I'M WANTING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:51:31 COMMENTS FOR NEW PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:51:32 CENTRAL PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. [Captioner] 20:51:34 I THINK IT IS NECESSARY TO BUILD [Captioner] 20:51:36 A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE [Captioner] 20:51:38 CENTRAL PARK AND FREMONT [Captioner] 20:51:39 SPENDING THE MONEY ON THIS [Captioner] 20:51:41 PROJECT IS NECESSARY AS IT WILL [Captioner] 20:51:43 BENEFIT ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE [Captioner] 20:51:44 CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:51:47 AND THE CENTRAL PARK COMMISSION [Captioner] 20:51:50 WILL HELP EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND [Captioner] 20:51:52 EVERY GROUP AS MORE SPACES AND [Captioner] 20:51:54 FACILITIES TO BE USED TO PLAN [Captioner] 20:51:56 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TAN [Captioner] 20:51:57 LOCATION. [Captioner] 20:51:59 AND THE OPENING OF CENTRAL PARK [Captioner] 20:52:00 COMMUNITY CENTER IS IMPORTANT AS [Captioner] 20:52:03 IT KEEPS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES [Captioner] 20:52:04 IN THE CITY OF FREMONT WELL [Captioner] 20:52:04 ORGANIZED SO THERE IS NO [Captioner] 20:52:07 CONFLICTS ABOUT SCHEDULING OR [Captioner] 20:52:08 EVEN FACILITIES. [Captioner] 20:52:12 AND THIS SOMEHOW IS TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:52:14 SURE WHERE YOU SPENT THE MONEY [Captioner] 20:52:17 BUT SO FAR AS I REPRESENT AS AN [Captioner] 20:52:20 INTERN, SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS [Captioner] 20:52:24 GROUP AND I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 20:52:27 AND I'M VERY WILLFULLY WANTING [Captioner] 20:52:29 TO ENDORSE THIS PROJECT BEING [Captioner] 20:52:30 PLANNED. [Captioner] 20:52:33 SO I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL OPEN [Captioner] 20:52:35 SOON, IT WILL OPEN EITHER NEXT [Captioner] 20:52:36 YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER AS MUCH [Captioner] 20:52:37 AS POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 20:52:40 SO IT CAN OPEN ANY TIME WHEN [Captioner] 20:52:43 IT'S CONSTRUCTED WELL. [Captioner] 20:52:45 SO THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY [Captioner] 20:52:48 BUT YES I WILL SUPPORT ON HAVING [Captioner] 20:52:49 THIS PROJECT BEING BUILT AND [Captioner] 20:52:52 PLEASE DO AS MUCH AS YOU COULD [Captioner] 20:52:54 AND TO FIND THAT, THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:52:56 HAVE A NICE DAY. [Captioner] 20:52:56 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:52:59 >> The Clerk: NO MORE [Captioner] 20:52:59 SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 20:53:00 >> Mayor Mei: NO MORE SPEAKERS [Captioner] 20:53:01 AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 20:53:03 I KNOW WE'RE DUE ACTUALLY FOR A [Captioner] 20:53:05 BREAK, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE [Captioner] 20:53:08 ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP AT 8:30 [Captioner] 20:53:10 BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING OVER. [Captioner] 20:53:13 I WILL ASK SOME CLARIFYING [Captioner] 20:53:16 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A [Captioner] 20:53:18 BREAK, UNLESS WE CAN PASS [Captioner] 20:53:18 SOMETHING QUICKLY. [Captioner] 20:53:20 I'D LOVE TO SAY THAT. [Captioner] 20:53:23 I'LL ASK SOME QUICK CLARIFYING [Captioner] 20:53:26 QUESTIONS, SO WE CAN COME BACK [Captioner] 20:53:28 AFTER A TEN MINUTE BREAK. [Captioner] 20:53:30 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE TREES, [Captioner] 20:53:31 I THINK IT'S OPPORTUNEY, [Captioner] 20:53:32 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND I HAD [Captioner] 20:53:34 THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT TREES. [Captioner] 20:53:36 IT CAN BE DONE, IT IS VERY, VERY [Captioner] 20:53:39 COSTLY AND IT'S GOOD TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:53:40 THAT CLARIFYING COMMENT THAT [Captioner] 20:53:44 SOME OF THEM [Captioner] 20:53:46 UNFORTUNATELY HAVE PER ISHEDZ. [Captioner] 20:53:49 THEY DUG UP 200 YEAR TREES BY [Captioner] 20:53:52 THE ROOT AND BULB, THE CEO HAD A [Captioner] 20:53:55 PASSION FOR THAT, HE REPLANTED [Captioner] 20:53:58 THAT, I LIKED THE ITEM, IF THE [Captioner] 20:54:00 EVENT HALL IS DIVISIBLE, I HAVE [Captioner] 20:54:03 HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL FOR [Captioner] 20:54:05 DIFFERENT MEETINGS IN MY FORMER [Captioner] 20:54:06 LIFE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 20:54:07 CONVENTION CENTERS AND I HAVE [Captioner] 20:54:09 HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF [Captioner] 20:54:12 THOSE, HAVING THE TRADITIONAL [Captioner] 20:54:14 OLD SPACES HAVEN'T ALWAYS WORKED [Captioner] 20:54:17 OUT WELL BUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF [Captioner] 20:54:21 THE TRANSITIONED ROOMS, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:54:24 BREAKOUT GATHERINGS AND IF YOU [Captioner] 20:54:26 CAN UNFOLD THAT IT ALSO ALLOWS [Captioner] 20:54:28 FOR BETTER UTILIZATION. [Captioner] 20:54:31 ONE OF THE STRUGGLES IS TO BEING [Captioner] 20:54:34 ABLE TO MAKE IT FUNCTION. [Captioner] 20:54:35 WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT UTILITIES [Captioner] 20:54:36 AS NOT HAVING TO COOL OR HEAT [Captioner] 20:54:37 ALL THE SPACES. [Captioner] 20:54:39 I DO SUPPORT STRONGLY THE IDEA [Captioner] 20:54:42 OF HAVING IT INDOOR, OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:54:42 SPACE. [Captioner] 20:54:44 THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT [Captioner] 20:54:45 UNFORTUNATELY EVEN THOUGH I [Captioner] 20:54:48 REALLY WANTED IT FOR THIS LAST [Captioner] 20:54:49 DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER I WOULD [Captioner] 20:54:51 HAVE REALLY, REALLY WANTED IT, [Captioner] 20:54:53 WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, ONE OF [Captioner] 20:54:55 THE THINGS WE HAD IN [Captioner] 20:54:58 PENNSYLVANIA IS INDOOR OUTDOOR [Captioner] 20:55:00 THEATER, YOU COULD UTILIZE THAT [Captioner] 20:55:01 SPACE BRING THE OUTDOORS IN [Captioner] 20:55:03 WHICH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. [Captioner] 20:55:05 I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT AND THINK [Captioner] 20:55:06 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GO BIGGER [Captioner] 20:55:08 NOT SMALLER BECAUSE WE ARE A [Captioner] 20:55:09 LARGE CITY AND WE DON'T HAVE A [Captioner] 20:55:10 CONVENTION CENTER BUT HAVING [Captioner] 20:55:11 THIS FLEXIBILITY OF HAVING A [Captioner] 20:55:12 SPACE IS SOMETHING THAT IS [Captioner] 20:55:13 IMPORTANT. [Captioner] 20:55:15 I ALSO THINK WHEN IT COMES TO [Captioner] 20:55:17 FOOD SERVICES, THAT WHEN YOU [Captioner] 20:55:18 LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS, I KNOW [Captioner] 20:55:20 THERE IS A LOT OF COST FOR [Captioner] 20:55:22 HAVING PERMANENT FIXTURES SUCH [Captioner] 20:55:24 AS GREASE TRAPS AND OTHER THINGS [Captioner] 20:55:25 SO HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY I HOPE [Captioner] 20:55:27 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT [Captioner] 20:55:28 MOBILE OPTIONS. [Captioner] 20:55:30 WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL IDEAS [Captioner] 20:55:31 THAT ARE HERE IN FACT SOME OF [Captioner] 20:55:33 OUR MANUFACTURES UTILIZE SOME OF [Captioner] 20:55:38 THEM LIKE YOKI RAMEN, YOU CAN [Captioner] 20:55:40 ACTUALLY PUSH, IT'S BEEN GREAT [Captioner] 20:55:44 TO SEE SOME OF THE UTILIZATION [Captioner] 20:55:48 OF SERVICES, BEING A TECHNICAL [Captioner] 20:55:51 WEANIE, I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S [Captioner] 20:55:55 ALSO LIKE AN EPCOT CENTER OR [Captioner] 20:55:56 DISNEYLAND OF SERVICES. [Captioner] 20:55:58 I'D ALSO LIKE TOO SAY FOR SOME [Captioner] 20:56:02 OF OUR TECHNOLOGY, I SAW THE [Captioner] 20:56:04 OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATERS, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:56:08 SOME VENDORS, I WON'T LIST THEM, [Captioner] 20:56:12 THAT HAVE SPACES, MUSEUM WALLS, [Captioner] 20:56:16 INDOOR OUTDOOR, SIGNAGE, HOME [Captioner] 20:56:18 HAVING INCREDIBLY DIVERSE [Captioner] 20:56:20 CULTURE AND FACILITIES, IT IS [Captioner] 20:56:22 IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE [Captioner] 20:56:23 FLEXIBILITY. [Captioner] 20:56:24 SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 20:56:26 TALKED ABOUT THE DROPOFF SO WE [Captioner] 20:56:27 ARE ALSO SO BLESSED TO HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:56:29 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND SCHOOL [Captioner] 20:56:30 FOR THE BLIND AND ALSO JUST [Captioner] 20:56:33 FRANKLY I KNOW THAT ONE OF MY [Captioner] 20:56:35 FELLOW MAYORS JOKED WITH ME, WE [Captioner] 20:56:36 CAN BOTH RULE THE SENIOR [Captioner] 20:56:38 COMMISSION ONE DAY TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:56:41 AS WE'RE AGING THAT IT IS [Captioner] 20:56:43 HANDY-CAPABLE, FOE HAVE ACCESS [Captioner] 20:56:45 AND HAVE THE MATERIALS THAT WE [Captioner] 20:56:47 ARE LOOKING AT, PENNY WISE AND [Captioner] 20:56:50 POUND FOOLISH, A BALANCE BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:56:51 THE TWO. [Captioner] 20:56:53 I'D LIKE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT [Captioner] 20:56:55 ALLERGY TRENDILY, NOISE [Captioner] 20:56:57 BUFFERING, THERE ARE WAYS, EVEN [Captioner] 20:56:59 WHEN WE DID OUR SCHOOL SITES, [Captioner] 20:57:01 WHEN WE LOOKED AT OTHER [Captioner] 20:57:02 CLASSROOMS, IN THE TRADITIONAL [Captioner] 20:57:04 WAYS YOU WOULD HAVE OLD CARPET, [Captioner] 20:57:06 BUT HAVING THINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:57:07 PIECED SO YOU COULD REPLACE THEM [Captioner] 20:57:09 IF THEY ARE DAMAGED. [Captioner] 20:57:13 NOT ONLY THE BEAUTY AND [Captioner] 20:57:15 ESTHETICS, BUT THE DOS [Captioner] 20:57:17 REDUCTION, I WOULD PLAWD AND [Captioner] 20:57:19 SUPPORT US GOING FOR ANY GRANT [Captioner] 20:57:19 POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 20:57:21 I KNOW WE HAVE WORKED OON [Captioner] 20:57:24 SECURING FUNDING FROM STATE, [Captioner] 20:57:26 FEDERAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, [Captioner] 20:57:29 TRANSPORTATION, LOOPS FOR SEEF [Captioner] 20:57:30 ROUTES AND ANY OF THOSE THINGS. [Captioner] 20:57:32 I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE [Captioner] 20:57:33 THAT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE [Captioner] 20:57:35 CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND THE [Captioner] 20:57:37 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS [Captioner] 20:57:40 LIKE MCD, DESIGN GRANTS SO I'D [Captioner] 20:57:41 LOVE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY [Captioner] 20:57:43 OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE ARE AN [Captioner] 20:57:45 INNOVATION CITY AND TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:57:46 TO UTILIZE THAT WHETHER IT IS -- [Captioner] 20:57:48 I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT [Captioner] 20:57:49 CHARGING STATIONS AND THAT IS [Captioner] 20:57:50 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:57:52 TRADITIONAL BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT [Captioner] 20:57:53 HAVING SEEN SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:57:55 EVOLUTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY [Captioner] 20:57:58 HERE, SOMEONE WOULD SAY COMPUTER [Captioner] 20:58:00 LAB, AND THESE PORTABLE [Captioner] 20:58:02 COMPUTERS THAT ARE EASY TO USE [Captioner] 20:58:05 BUT SAME THINGS FOR SOLAR, [Captioner] 20:58:06 DIFFERENT MOBILITIES, MOBILE [Captioner] 20:58:08 STATIONS THAT CAN DRIVE WITH [Captioner] 20:58:09 YOUR VEHICLE WITH AN APP THAT [Captioner] 20:58:11 YOU CAN CHARGE YOUR VEHICLES AS [Captioner] 20:58:12 IT GOES TO IT. [Captioner] 20:58:13 I'D LOVE TO EXPLORE THOSE [Captioner] 20:58:15 OPTIONS TO CREATE THE [Captioner] 20:58:15 FLEXIBILITY AND ANY [Captioner] 20:58:16 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN [Captioner] 20:58:18 PIONEER AND PILOT OUR OWN [Captioner] 20:58:19 TECHNOLOGY AND BE ABLE TO GET [Captioner] 20:58:20 THE GRANT. [Captioner] 20:58:24 AND ALSO TO PROOF OF CONCEPT TO [Captioner] 20:58:25 GET VENDORS THAT ARE ALREADY [Captioner] 20:58:27 HERE IN OUR OWN CITY TO [Captioner] 20:58:27 DEMONSTRATE THAT. [Captioner] 20:58:30 AND WITH THAT I SEE I'M UP ON [Captioner] 20:58:31 TIME FOR QUESTIONS BUT I WOULD [Captioner] 20:58:33 LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK TEN MINUTE [Captioner] 20:58:35 BREAK AND FINALIZE UNLESS YOU [Captioner] 20:58:39 GUYS FEEL WE CAN FINALIZE IT BY [Captioner] 20:58:41 9:TOAN. [Captioner] 20:58:41 >> Councilmember Cox: I'M [Captioner] 20:58:45 READY TO MAKE A MOTION. [Captioner] 20:58:46 >> I'M READY TO SECOND. [Captioner] 20:58:47 >> Mayor Mei: GREAT. [Captioner] 20:58:49 I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN ALSO [Captioner] 20:58:51 ON -- SO YOU'RE MAKING A [Captioner] 20:58:51 MOTION? [Captioner] 20:58:52 >> Councilmember Cox: YES. [Captioner] 20:58:53 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY [Captioner] 20:58:55 COUNCILMEMBER COX, CEKD L [Captioner] 20:58:56 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:58:56 CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:59:00 OKAY, LET'S PLEASE TAKE A VOTE. [Captioner] 20:59:06 AND THE MOTION PASSES [Captioner] 20:59:06 UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 20:59:08 SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD [Captioner] 20:59:08 WITH THIS. [Captioner] 20:59:10 I WOULD LOVE TO JUST COMMENT ON [Captioner] 20:59:11 THE ONE QUESTION FROM THE [Captioner] 20:59:11 SPEAKER. [Captioner] 20:59:13 I WISH THAT WE COULD BE DONE IN [Captioner] 20:59:15 A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. [Captioner] 20:59:17 I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH FOR [Captioner] 20:59:19 16 YEARS UNFORTUNATELY TO SEE [Captioner] 20:59:21 ALL THE STUFF FROM THE SCHOOLS [Captioner] 20:59:24 TO COME IN AND I'D LOVE TO SEE [Captioner] 20:59:26 IT SOONER THAN LATER, I MIGHT [Captioner] 20:59:28 NOT BE ON THE COUNCIL BUT I'M [Captioner] 20:59:31 SURE I WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU [Captioner] 20:59:32 WITH THE OPENING. [Captioner] 20:59:33 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 20:59:34 >> Councilmember Salwan: YES, [Captioner] 20:59:36 IT WAS EXCITING, I LOVED THE [Captioner] 20:59:38 EXPANDED CAPACITY, SOMETHING I [Captioner] 20:59:40 WAS BIG ON. [Captioner] 20:59:42 AND NOWRND INSIDE AND 200 [Captioner] 20:59:43 OUTSIDE, I THINK THAT'S HUGE AND [Captioner] 20:59:45 THE AMPHITHEATER IDEA IS [Captioner] 20:59:46 FANTASTIC. [Captioner] 20:59:47 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. [Captioner] 20:59:49 REGARDING THE NATURE ASPECT, I [Captioner] 20:59:52 JUST HOPE THAT WE STILL HAVE A [Captioner] 20:59:54 MODERN LOOK BECAUSE WE HAVE A [Captioner] 20:59:55 NATURAL LOOKING BUILDING BUT [Captioner] 20:59:56 DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD THE WAY [Captioner] 20:59:59 IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW. [Captioner] 21:00:00 YOUR GRAPHICS DID LOOK GOOD. [Captioner] 21:00:02 I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL [Captioner] 21:00:03 GET AND THAT IS SOMETHING OLD [Captioner] 21:00:06 AND STONE-LOOKING, YOU KNOW. [Captioner] 21:00:07 >> Mayor Mei: I HAVE ONE OTHER [Captioner] 21:00:07 COMMENT. [Captioner] 21:00:10 I KNOW WE ARE GOING WITH THE [Captioner] 21:00:11 HIGHER CEILINGS AND JUST BECAUSE [Captioner] 21:00:13 WE ARE KNOWN FOR BEING FLEXIBLE [Captioner] 21:00:14 AND THAT'S SOME OF THE REASONS [Captioner] 21:00:17 WE HAVE GREATER SPACES AND [Captioner] 21:00:18 PEOPLE CHOOSE OUR BUILDINGS FOR [Captioner] 21:00:21 SPACES, I'D LIKE TO GO FOR [Captioner] 21:00:23 GREATER HEIGHT, IF POSSIBLE, [Captioner] 21:00:26 FORWARD THINKING IN WE GO FOR [Captioner] 21:00:28 GREATER HEIGHT IF WE HAVE THE [Captioner] 21:00:31 NEED, WE WOULD MOVE TO A SECOND [Captioner] 21:00:32 FLOOR. [Captioner] 21:00:33 >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 21:00:36 HEIGHT AND GLASS AND [Captioner] 21:00:36 MODERNNESS. [Captioner] 21:00:38 MODERN NATURAL LOOK. [Captioner] 21:00:39 >> Mayor Mei: SINCE WE HAVE [Captioner] 21:00:41 SUCH A RARE OPPORTUNITY I WOULD [Captioner] 21:00:43 LIKE IT TO LAST FOR ABOUT 20 AND [Captioner] 21:00:46 30 YEARS, BIGGER BETTER AND [Captioner] 21:00:46 AFFORDABLE. [Captioner] 21:00:46 THAT'S ALL. [Captioner] 21:00:47 IT'S REAL SIMPLE. [Captioner] 21:00:51 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [Captioner] 21:00:52 EVERYONE WHO CAME THIS EVENING [Captioner] 21:00:54 FOR ALL THOSE -- WE'RE VERY [Captioner] 21:00:56 EXCITED AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU [Captioner] 21:00:58 ALL FOR THE HARD WORK OF YOU AND [Captioner] 21:01:00 YOUR TEAMS TO PUT THIS [Captioner] 21:01:00 TOGETHER. [Captioner] 21:01:02 WE ALSO HAVE TO GET TO WORK [Captioner] 21:01:04 BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO RAISE [Captioner] 21:01:05 THE MONEY FOR THE REST OF THIS [Captioner] 21:01:06 SO WE CAN HAVE THAT START. [Captioner] 21:01:09 WITH THAT LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE [Captioner] 21:01:10 ANY REPORTS OUT OR ANY AGENDAS [Captioner] 21:01:12 OUT I THINK FOR -- DOES ANYONE [Captioner] 21:01:14 HAVE ANY REPORT ON COMMITTEE [Captioner] 21:01:16 ASSIGNMENTS OR ANYTHING? [Captioner] 21:01:19 >> Councilmember Cox: NOT FOR [Captioner] 21:01:20 ANOTHER WEEK. [Captioner] 21:01:21 >> Mayor Mei: I KNOW THAT WE [Captioner] 21:01:23 HAVE SOME NEW BUILDINGS AND NEW [Captioner] 21:01:25 BUSINESSES THAT ARE HAPPENING SO [Captioner] 21:01:28 SPEAKING OF EVs WE HAVE NEW [Captioner] 21:01:30 BUILDINGS THAT ARE CHARGING [Captioner] 21:01:32 SPECIFICALLY FOR BUS AND SOLAR, [Captioner] 21:01:36 A 3.3 MEGAWATT FACILITIES THAT [Captioner] 21:01:39 MOVED IN AND PICKLEBALL AND MAKE [Captioner] 21:01:41 SURE OUR YOUTH HAVE SOMETHING TO