[Captioner] 19:01:37 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Captioner] 19:01:37 AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT [Captioner] 19:01:38 STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, [Captioner] 19:01:40 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND [Captioner] 19:01:49 JUSTICE FOR ALL. [Captioner] 19:01:51 >> Mayor Mei: MAY I ASK FOR THE [Captioner] 19:01:52 ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:01:54 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:01:54 COX, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:01:56 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:01:58 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:02:00 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE. [Captioner] 19:02:03 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:02:04 VICE MAYOR CAMPBELL, HERE. [Captioner] 19:02:06 MAYOR MEI, HERE. [Captioner] 19:02:08 >> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME, I'D [Captioner] 19:02:09 LIKE TO SHARE THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:02:10 VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND [Captioner] 19:02:12 COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY CLERK'S [Captioner] 19:02:14 OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:02:15 ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS [Captioner] 19:02:15 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. [Captioner] 19:02:17 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN [Captioner] 19:02:19 APPLYING, PLEASE GO SEE OUR [Captioner] 19:02:22 WEBSITE AT WWW.FREMONT.GOV OR [Captioner] 19:02:23 PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S [Captioner] 19:02:28 OFFICE AT 510-284-4060. [Captioner] 19:02:31 PLEASE NOTE EMAILS SUBMITTED TO [Captioner] 19:02:32 CITY CLERK ARE COMPILED AND [Captioner] 19:02:33 DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:02:34 AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE [Captioner] 19:02:36 CITY'S AGENDA CENTER ON [Captioner] 19:02:37 FREMONT.GOV AND WILL BE PLACED [Captioner] 19:02:39 ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF [Captioner] 19:02:39 THE PUBLIC RECORD. [Captioner] 19:02:40 I WILL ANNOUNCE THAT ALSO THE [Captioner] 19:02:42 MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL 11:30 [Captioner] 19:02:43 P.M. IF NEEDED. [Captioner] 19:02:46 WE'LL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF [Captioner] 19:02:46 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF [Captioner] 19:02:48 THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS [Captioner] 19:02:49 FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER [Captioner] 19:02:50 THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE'LL [Captioner] 19:02:51 CONTINUE WITH THOSE SPEAKERS AT [Captioner] 19:02:52 THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME [Captioner] 19:02:52 REMAINS. [Captioner] 19:02:55 AND I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING [Captioner] 19:02:57 OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA [Captioner] 19:02:59 SHACKELFORD, TO MAKE ANY [Captioner] 19:03:01 INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS [Captioner] 19:03:01 AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 19:03:02 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:03:05 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK [Captioner] 19:03:05 YOU, MAYOR MEI. [Captioner] 19:03:08 GOOD EVENING TO YOU, GOOD [Captioner] 19:03:10 EVENING TO MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:03:10 COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:03:11 WELCOME BACK FROM THE AUGUST [Captioner] 19:03:11 RECESS. [Captioner] 19:03:13 I'LL START WITH INTRODUCTIONS [Captioner] 19:03:14 AND THEN GO TO A FEW [Captioner] 19:03:14 ANNOUNCEMENTS. [Captioner] 19:03:17 WITH US THIS EVENING IS CITY [Captioner] 19:03:18 ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO. [Captioner] 19:03:22 ALSO OUR CITY CLERK STAFF, DINA [Captioner] 19:03:24 LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, AND [Captioner] 19:03:25 SUSAN GAUTHIER, CITY CLERK. [Captioner] 19:03:28 BY WAY OF ANNOUNCEMENT, I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:03:32 TO SHARE THAT THE TRI-CITY [Captioner] 19:03:33 ANIMAL SHELTER IS TEAMING UP [Captioner] 19:03:36 WITH NBC AND TELEMUNDO TO CLEAR [Captioner] 19:03:36 THE SHELTERS. [Captioner] 19:03:39 SO WE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT AND [Captioner] 19:03:40 ADOPT A NEW PET. [Captioner] 19:03:42 ALL ADOPTION FEES ARE WAIVED [Captioner] 19:03:44 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND YOU [Captioner] 19:03:45 CAN VISIT THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL [Captioner] 19:03:48 SHELTER WEBSITE TO MEET THE [Captioner] 19:03:50 WONDERFUL NEW ANIMALS VIRTUALLY [Captioner] 19:03:52 WHO ARE EAGERLY AWAITING A [Captioner] 19:03:53 SECOND CHANCE OR YOU CAN STOP BY [Captioner] 19:03:55 THE SHELTER ON FRIDAYS AND [Captioner] 19:03:57 SATURDAYS FROM 11:00 A.M. TO [Captioner] 19:03:57 4:00 P.M. [Captioner] 19:04:00 I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE [Captioner] 19:04:02 HAVE A NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:04:05 PROPERTY IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:04:06 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING [Captioner] 19:04:08 ACCEPTED FOR THE LOTTERY WAIT [Captioner] 19:04:10 LIST FOR BELL STREET GARDENS, A [Captioner] 19:04:12 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROCESS [Captioner] 19:04:14 FOR INCOME-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS [Captioner] 19:04:15 AND FAMILIES. [Captioner] 19:04:19 THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 38889 [Captioner] 19:04:20 BELL STREET IN CENTRAL FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:04:23 AND APPLICATIONS ARE BEING [Captioner] 19:04:25 ACCEPTED FOR 78 RENTAL UNITS, [Captioner] 19:04:28 AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS [Captioner] 19:04:29 SEPTEMBER 9TH BY 5:00 P.M. [Captioner] 19:04:31 AND YOU CAN VISIT THE BELL [Captioner] 19:04:33 STREET GARDENS WEBSITE FOR MORE [Captioner] 19:04:33 INFORMATION. [Captioner] 19:04:36 AND FINALLY, WE'RE EXCITED TO [Captioner] 19:04:38 ANNOUNCE THAT THE ECONOMIC [Captioner] 19:04:39 DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS [Captioner] 19:04:41 LAUNCHED A NEW INSTAGRAM [Captioner] 19:04:41 ACCOUNT. [Captioner] 19:04:45 SO FOLLOW THEM AT CHOOSEFREMONT [Captioner] 19:04:47 TO STAY CONNECTED WITH UPDATES [Captioner] 19:04:49 ON EVENTS, INITIATIVES, NEW [Captioner] 19:04:51 BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPMENTS, AND [Captioner] 19:04:52 ALSO WAYS TO SUPPORT AND CONNECT [Captioner] 19:04:53 WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. [Captioner] 19:04:53 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:04:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:04:59 I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT [Captioner] 19:05:00 ESPECIALLY ON TRYING TO HELP US [Captioner] 19:05:01 CLEAR THE SHELTERS. [Captioner] 19:05:02 WE WANT TO MAKE IT A HAPPY PLACE [Captioner] 19:05:04 NOT JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ALL [Captioner] 19:05:05 RESIDENTS INCLUDING OUR FUR [Captioner] 19:05:05 FAMILY MEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:05:09 SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL MOVE TO [Captioner] 19:05:09 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Captioner] 19:05:12 THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ITEMS [Captioner] 19:05:13 THAT WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE [Captioner] 19:05:16 COUNCIL VOTE AND THE STAFF [Captioner] 19:05:16 RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND. [Captioner] 19:05:18 DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:05:19 FIRST WISH TO REMOVE ANY ITEM [Captioner] 19:05:22 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [Captioner] 19:05:23 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:05:25 SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:05:27 SPEAKER CARDS FOR ANY ITEMS ON [Captioner] 19:05:29 THE CONSENT CALENDAR THIS [Captioner] 19:05:29 EVENING? [Captioner] 19:05:30 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:05:31 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:05:32 AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU COULD [Captioner] 19:05:34 PUSH THE BUTTONS TO LET ME KNOW [Captioner] 19:05:36 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING A [Captioner] 19:05:37 MOTION TO SUPPORT? [Captioner] 19:05:39 I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:05:41 COX AND ALSO A SECOND BY [Captioner] 19:05:42 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:05:43 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:05:45 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:05:56 SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES [Captioner] 19:05:56 UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:05:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:05:58 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING [Captioner] 19:06:00 IS CEREMONIAL ITEMS. [Captioner] 19:06:04 AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO [Captioner] 19:06:05 JOIN US IN SHARING A [Captioner] 19:06:11 PROCLAMATION FOR AMERICAN MUSLIM [Captioner] 19:06:15 APPRECIATION MONTH, ACTUALLY I [Captioner] 19:06:18 THINK IT'S MUSLIM-AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:06:19 APPRECIATION MONTH BUT IT'S [Captioner] 19:06:19 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:06:53 SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE [Captioner] 19:06:58 THE PRINCIPAL FROM [Captioner] 19:07:00 ILM ACADEMY, PRINCIPAL HUMA. [Captioner] 19:07:05 SO FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE [Captioner] 19:07:08 TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. [Captioner] 19:07:16 WHEREAS, ENRICHED BY THE [Captioner] 19:07:17 UNPARALLELED DIVERSITY OF ITS [Captioner] 19:07:18 RESIDENTS, THE CITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:07:18 TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN SUPPORTING [Captioner] 19:07:19 INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS [Captioner] 19:07:20 AND IS STRENGTHENED BY THE MANY [Captioner] 19:07:23 VARIED RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, AND [Captioner] 19:07:25 CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND [Captioner] 19:07:26 CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS DIVERSE [Captioner] 19:07:27 POPULATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE [Captioner] 19:07:30 THAT PRACTICE ISLAM; AND [Captioner] 19:07:32 WHEREAS, OVER 90,000 MUSLIMS [Captioner] 19:07:32 LIVE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, AND MADE [Captioner] 19:07:34 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [Captioner] 19:07:35 CULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND [Captioner] 19:07:36 ECONOMIC FABRIC AND WELL-BEING [Captioner] 19:07:39 OF CITY OF FREMONT, STATE OF [Captioner] 19:07:40 CALIFORNIA, AND THE UNITED [Captioner] 19:07:42 STATES; AND WHEREAS, THE ISLAMIC [Captioner] 19:07:43 SOCIETY OF EAST BAY HAS [Captioner] 19:07:45 ESTABLISHED THEIR COVID-19 CARE [Captioner] 19:07:46 PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FINANCIAL [Captioner] 19:07:47 AID, GROCERIES AND SUPPLIES, [Captioner] 19:07:51 SERVES DINNERS AT ABODE HOMELESS [Captioner] 19:07:53 SHELTER AND DELIVERS FOOD TO ALL [Captioner] 19:07:54 VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS; [Captioner] 19:07:55 AND WHEREAS, THE ISLAMIC CENTER [Captioner] 19:07:57 OF FREMONT AND ITS VOLUNTEERS [Captioner] 19:07:59 HAVE SERVED 100 MEALS A DAY [Captioner] 19:08:00 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE [Captioner] 19:08:03 PANDEMIC AND CONTINUED ITS [Captioner] 19:08:04 MONTHLY GROCERY BAG DELIVERY [Captioner] 19:08:07 PROGRAM FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED [Captioner] 19:08:09 OF THE TRI-VALLEY AREA IN [Captioner] 19:08:10 PARTNERSHIP WITH SALAAM FOOD [Captioner] 19:08:14 PANTRY TO SERVE THE [Captioner] 19:08:16 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED [Captioner] 19:08:17 COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, THE [Captioner] 19:08:18 SALAAM FOOD PANTRY WAS [Captioner] 19:08:18 ESTABLISHED IN 2016 TO SERVE [Captioner] 19:08:20 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED [Captioner] 19:08:20 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THEIR [Captioner] 19:08:22 MONTHLY GROCERY BAG DELIVERY, [Captioner] 19:08:23 HOT MEAL PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP [Captioner] 19:08:25 WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND [Captioner] 19:08:31 PARTIAL RENTAL AND UTILITY [Captioner] 19:08:33 PAYMENTS FOR DOZENS OF FAMILIES [Captioner] 19:08:52 WITH HELP OF THE YOUTH; AND [Captioner] 19:08:54 -- THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY [Captioner] 19:08:57 SUPPORTED OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS [Captioner] 19:08:59 INCLUDING ASSISTING THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:09:01 FIRE DEPARTMENT TO AID OUR FIRE [Captioner] 19:09:01 VICTIMS. [Captioner] 19:09:05 THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS [Captioner] 19:09:06 SHOWCASE THEIR COMPASSION AND [Captioner] 19:09:09 DEDICATION TO HELPING THOSE IN [Captioner] 19:09:09 NEED. [Captioner] 19:09:11 AND WHEREAS THE FREMONT-BASED [Captioner] 19:09:12 AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:09:17 FOUNDATION IS AN INNOVATIVE AND [Captioner] 19:09:18 AWARD-WINNING NATIONAL [Captioner] 19:09:19 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION COMMITTED [Captioner] 19:09:21 TO SOCIAL BASIC NEEDS, RACIAL [Captioner] 19:09:23 JUSTICE, AND HEALTH EQUITY [Captioner] 19:09:28 INITIATIVES IN DISTRIBUTING MORE [Captioner] 19:09:31 THAN $8 MILLION TO OVER 400 [Captioner] 19:09:32 NON-PROFITS THROUGH CREATING [Captioner] 19:09:36 THEIR DONOR ADVISORY [Captioner] 19:09:42 FUNDS, GIVING CIRCLES, [Captioner] 19:09:46 DISTRIBUTING GRANTS, PARTNERING [Captioner] 19:09:47 ON SPONSORSHIPS & BUILDING [Captioner] 19:09:47 ENDOWMENTS FOR THE AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:09:48 MUSLIM COMMUNITY. NOW, [Captioner] 19:09:48 THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF [Captioner] 19:09:48 THE CITY OF FREMONT, HEREBY [Captioner] 19:09:49 HONORS AND RECOGNIZES THE MONTH [Captioner] 19:09:49 OF AUGUST 2024 AS AMERICAN [Captioner] 19:09:50 MUSLIM APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE [Captioner] 19:09:54 CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:09:56 AND ACCEPTING TODAY, AGAIN AS I [Captioner] 19:10:00 MENTIONED, IS PRINCIPAL HUMA [Captioner] 19:10:02 BOKHAREY OF THE I.L.M. ACADEMY [Captioner] 19:10:05 ACCOMPANIED ALSO BY MS. RESHMA [Captioner] 19:10:06 FAROOQI, DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND [Captioner] 19:10:11 HIGH SCHOOLS, AND MS. SHEHNILA [Captioner] 19:10:12 VAID, DIRECTOR OF THEIR [Captioner] 19:10:12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. [Captioner] 19:10:14 SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU COME AND [Captioner] 19:10:14 JOIN ME. [Captioner] 19:12:00 >> Mayor Mei: WE ARE ON BREAK IN [Captioner] 19:12:01 THE MONTH OF AUGUST BUT WE'RE [Captioner] 19:12:05 GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. [Captioner] 19:12:34 [Captioner] 19:12:47 MY APOLOGIES, WE HAVE SO MANY [Captioner] 19:12:49 WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WE [Captioner] 19:12:50 ARE BLESSED TO HAVE IN OUR [Captioner] 19:12:52 COMMUNITY, AND SO MANY ALWAYS [Captioner] 19:12:54 JOIN US IN SUPPORT OF THESE [Captioner] 19:12:55 EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:12:55 BETTER. [Captioner] 19:13:00 AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN [Captioner] 19:13:00 TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:13:02 SO THOSE ARE FOR ANY PERSONS [Captioner] 19:13:03 WISHING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER [Captioner] 19:13:05 WHICH IS NOT SCHEDULED INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:13:06 THE LAST ITEM IF THERE'S [Captioner] 19:13:07 SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 19:13:09 TO SPEAK ON MAY DO SO UNDER THE [Captioner] 19:13:10 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SECTION OF [Captioner] 19:13:12 THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. [Captioner] 19:13:14 PLEASE NOTE COMMUNICATIONS [Captioner] 19:13:16 RECEIVED VIA EMAIL ARE PLACED ON [Captioner] 19:13:17 FILE AGAIN AND CONSIDERED PART [Captioner] 19:13:20 OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. [Captioner] 19:13:28 DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS AT THIS [Captioner] 19:13:28 TIME? [Captioner] 19:13:28 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:13:29 SEVERAL. [Captioner] 19:13:33 WE HAVE FOUR UNDER -- [Captioner] 19:13:34 UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND [Captioner] 19:13:36 THEN WE DID HAVE SOMEONE TURN IN [Captioner] 19:13:39 A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM 2F, BUT [Captioner] 19:13:40 WE ARE ALREADY PASSED THAT ITEM [Captioner] 19:13:43 SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE [Captioner] 19:13:45 RECEIVED THE SPEAKER CARD AFTER [Captioner] 19:13:48 THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM WAS [Captioner] 19:13:49 ALREADY APPROVED. [Captioner] 19:13:49 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:13:55 IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK, THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:13:56 ALLOWED TO SPEAK UNDER ORAL [Captioner] 19:13:57 COMMUNICATIONS BUT THE ITEM IS [Captioner] 19:13:58 PASSED ALREADY. [Captioner] 19:13:59 >> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE A [Captioner] 19:14:00 SEPARATE SPEAKER CARD UNDER ORAL [Captioner] 19:14:01 COMMUNICATION FOR THAT PERSON. [Captioner] 19:14:02 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:11 >> Ms. Gauthier: ZAMIL FOLLOWED [Captioner] 19:14:16 BY LEE STILLWELL, AND DIANNE [Captioner] 19:14:18 CASTLEBURY. [Captioner] 19:14:27 HOW MANY MINUTES, MAYOR? [Captioner] 19:14:32 >> Mayor Mei: I THINK WE'LL GO [Captioner] 19:14:34 WITH 2 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MANY [Captioner] 19:14:35 OTHER ITEMS THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:14:37 I THINK WE'LL GO LONGER ON THE [Captioner] 19:14:37 OTHER ONES. [Captioner] 19:14:41 >> Ms. Gauthier: ZAMIL. [Captioner] 19:14:43 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, ZAMIL. [Captioner] 19:14:44 IF YOU PRESS THE BUTTON. [Captioner] 19:14:46 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:14:59 >> HELLO, HOW IS EVERYONE [Captioner] 19:15:00 DOING? [Captioner] 19:15:02 MY NAME IS ZAMIL, CURRENT [Captioner] 19:15:04 FREMONT RESIDENT AND GROWING UP [Captioner] 19:15:06 AS A MUSLIM, I REALLY FELT LIKE [Captioner] 19:15:07 I HAD TO PROVE MYSELF. [Captioner] 19:15:09 I HAVE TO PROVE ESPECIALLY IN [Captioner] 19:15:13 THE POST 9/11ERA THAT I'M NOT A [Captioner] 19:15:14 TERRORIST AND I REALLY THINK [Captioner] 19:15:16 FREMONT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB [Captioner] 19:15:17 WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS [Captioner] 19:15:18 CURRENTLY OF BRIDGING THAT GAP [Captioner] 19:15:20 AND I THINK IF WE CAN SWITCH OUR [Captioner] 19:15:23 NARRATIVES TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:15:25 TO A MORE POSITIVE REALM WE CAN [Captioner] 19:15:28 REALLY CREATE IMPACT AND WITH [Captioner] 19:15:29 THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY, WE [Captioner] 19:15:30 REALLY CREATE CHANGE. [Captioner] 19:15:33 WE'VE SHOWN THAT WE CAN TURN A [Captioner] 19:15:35 HATED GROUP INTO A LOVED GROUP. [Captioner] 19:15:36 WHICH IS MAGICAL. [Captioner] 19:15:38 AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME, [Captioner] 19:15:39 GUYS, THAT YOU COULD SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:15:39 THIS. [Captioner] 19:15:39 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:15:42 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:15:50 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:15:51 >> Ms. Gauthier: MR. STILLWELL? [Captioner] 19:15:52 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. [Captioner] 19:15:54 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [Captioner] 19:15:56 MY NAME IS LEE STILLWELL, AND I [Captioner] 19:16:01 LIVE IN BROOKVALE COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 19:16:01 CENTERVILLE. [Captioner] 19:16:08 THERE'S A STRIP OF MEDIUM [Captioner] 19:16:11 PARKING OR MEDIAN STRIP IN PASEO [Captioner] 19:16:15 PADRE PARKWAY THAT GOES FROM [Captioner] 19:16:18 ISHERWOOD WAY DOWN TO DECOTO. [Captioner] 19:16:21 IT'S ABOUT EXACTLY A MILE. [Captioner] 19:16:25 IT'S NEVER BEEN COMPLETED IN 55 [Captioner] 19:16:25 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:16:27 I LIVED HERE WHEN PASEO PADRE [Captioner] 19:16:31 WAS A GRAVEL ROAD, AND THE [Captioner] 19:16:35 WHOLE STREET GOT MEDIA STRIP [Captioner] 19:16:36 EXCEPT THAT ONE AREA, AND IT WAS [Captioner] 19:16:37 BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO PUT [Captioner] 19:16:39 -- THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO [Captioner] 19:16:42 PUT A FREEWAY THROUGH THERE. [Captioner] 19:16:44 FOR UNION CITY TO ACCESS THE [Captioner] 19:16:44 FREEWAY. [Captioner] 19:16:45 THAT NEVER HAPPENED. [Captioner] 19:16:48 THEN THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO [Captioner] 19:16:50 THE PASEO PADRE TURNOFF THERE. [Captioner] 19:16:50 THAT NEVER HAPPENED. [Captioner] 19:16:52 THEY SOLD THE PROPERTY TO THE [Captioner] 19:16:55 SCHOOL SYSTEM AS I READ BACK [Captioner] 19:16:55 THEN. [Captioner] 19:16:57 SO IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE DONE. [Captioner] 19:17:01 SO CAN WE GET OUR MEDIAN STRIP [Captioner] 19:17:03 DONE NOW? [Captioner] 19:17:09 THE PASEO PADRE IS A GATEWAY TO [Captioner] 19:17:10 FREMONT FROM THE NORTH END. [Captioner] 19:17:12 A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN TO [Captioner] 19:17:14 FREMONT THAT WAY WHEN THEY FIRST [Captioner] 19:17:16 INTRODUCED TO BROOKVALE, AND [Captioner] 19:17:18 THAT WHOLE STRIP RIGHT THERE IS [Captioner] 19:17:18 JUST DIRT. [Captioner] 19:17:22 NOT VERY INVITING. [Captioner] 19:17:29 I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:17:29 DONE THERE. [Captioner] 19:17:33 55 YEARS IS RONG ENOUGH. [Captioner] 19:17:35 LONG ENOUGH. [Captioner] 19:17:36 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR YOUR [Captioner] 19:17:36 COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:17:38 I KNOW MEMBERS OF OUR PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:17:39 WORKS TEAM AND THEY'LL NOTE THAT [Captioner] 19:17:39 TOO. [Captioner] 19:17:41 JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN [Captioner] 19:17:42 IT COMES TO PROJECTS ON [Captioner] 19:17:43 INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO HAVE OUR [Captioner] 19:17:44 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT [Captioner] 19:17:46 COMES THROUGH EVERY TWO YEARS, [Captioner] 19:17:48 AND SO WE WILL ADD THAT TO OUR [Captioner] 19:17:51 DISCUSSION AND ALSO ONE OTHER [Captioner] 19:17:53 THING HAPPENS, WHEN PROJECTS [Captioner] 19:17:54 COME UP FOR DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S [Captioner] 19:17:55 ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO [Captioner] 19:17:56 PARTNER WITH THE DEVELOPERS ON [Captioner] 19:17:57 IF THERE'S INITIATIVES ON [Captioner] 19:17:57 THERE. [Captioner] 19:17:58 BUT THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT. [Captioner] 19:17:59 I APPRECIATE IT. [Captioner] 19:18:01 WE CAN'T RESPOND TO ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 19:18:02 ARE NOT AGENDIZED, JUST TO [Captioner] 19:18:02 CLARIFY. [Captioner] 19:18:02 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:18:10 >> Ms. Gauthier: AFTER DIANNE [Captioner] 19:18:13 CASTLEBURY, FOLLOWED BY HIU NG, [Captioner] 19:18:17 FOLLOWED BY SAI. [Captioner] 19:18:18 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:18:20 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND [Captioner] 19:18:21 FREMONT CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, [Captioner] 19:18:21 STAFF AND PUBLIC. [Captioner] 19:18:25 MY NAME IS DIANNE CASTLEBURY, [Captioner] 19:18:27 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS REP FOR AC [Captioner] 19:18:27 TRANSIT. [Captioner] 19:18:29 I'M HERE TODAY AS A FRIENDLY [Captioner] 19:18:31 REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT [Captioner] 19:18:32 AC TRANSIT'S REALIGN PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:18:34 THE REALIGN PROJECT IS A [Captioner] 19:18:36 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF [Captioner] 19:18:38 EVERY BUS LINE IN RESPONSE TO [Captioner] 19:18:39 THE SUBSTANTIAL SHIFTS IN [Captioner] 19:18:41 RIDERSHIP AND COMMUTE PATTERNS [Captioner] 19:18:42 SINCE THE PANDEMIC. [Captioner] 19:18:47 THE AC TRANSIT BOARD HAS OPENED [Captioner] 19:18:49 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:18:50 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS [Captioner] 19:18:51 ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. [Captioner] 19:18:56 WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT [Captioner] 19:18:56 ACTRANSIT.ORG/REALIGN FOR MORE [Captioner] 19:18:58 INFORMATION INCLUDING WAYS TO [Captioner] 19:18:58 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:19:00 I AM ALSO GOING TO LEAVE WITH [Captioner] 19:19:03 THE CITY CLERK SOME TAKE ONE [Captioner] 19:19:04 CARD SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS [Captioner] 19:19:05 INFORMATION ON WHERE TO GO, [Captioner] 19:19:06 YOU'LL HAVE THAT. [Captioner] 19:19:09 WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:19:10 AND COMMUNITY TO REVIEW AND [Captioner] 19:19:13 COMMENT ON THE REALIGN FINAL [Captioner] 19:19:14 PLAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 19:19:16 ALL COMMENTS RECEIVED IN WRITING [Captioner] 19:19:18 OR AT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE [Captioner] 19:19:20 MADE PART OF THE REALIGN PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:19:21 HEARING RECORD, AND ONCE THE [Captioner] 19:19:25 PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES ON [Captioner] 19:19:26 SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE DRAFT FINAL [Captioner] 19:19:28 PLAN WILL MOVE TO THE AC TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:19:30 BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN OCTOBER AS [Captioner] 19:19:32 EARLY AS OCTOBER 9TH FOR BOARD [Captioner] 19:19:33 DECISION ON THE REALIGN PLAN. [Captioner] 19:19:38 SO STAFF WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS [Captioner] 19:19:40 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW BUS [Captioner] 19:19:42 NETWORK, SHOULD THE BOARD [Captioner] 19:19:44 APPROVE IT AS EARLY AS MARCH [Captioner] 19:19:44 2025. [Captioner] 19:19:45 SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY [Captioner] 19:19:47 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. [Captioner] 19:19:50 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:19:52 I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE [Captioner] 19:19:55 WHO HAS COMMENTS ON REALIGNMENT, [Captioner] 19:19:56 ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE [Captioner] 19:19:59 PARENTS OR EMPLOYERS OR WORKERS, [Captioner] 19:20:00 TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW [Captioner] 19:20:00 THOSE. [Captioner] 19:20:04 I OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THESE AFTER [Captioner] 19:20:05 THE ALIGNMENTS HAPPEN BUT WE [Captioner] 19:20:07 NEED FOR THE PUBLIC THEMSELVES [Captioner] 19:20:08 TO PLEASE REVIEW THE MAPPING [Captioner] 19:20:11 BECAUSE WE HAVE TRANSIT-ORIENTED [Captioner] 19:20:12 DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE ALSO IMPACT [Captioner] 19:20:13 TO EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 19:20:14 HEAVY BUS ROUTES THAT HAPPEN [Captioner] 19:20:16 WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SO [Captioner] 19:20:17 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:20:19 PROVIDE YOUR INPUT AND TAKE [Captioner] 19:20:20 ADVANTAGE OF THIS PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:20:20 COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:20:21 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:20:27 WELCOME, HUGH. [Captioner] 19:20:27 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:20:29 MY NAME IS HIU NG. [Captioner] 19:20:31 I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY [Captioner] 19:20:33 TO LOOK AT THE HOMELESS [Captioner] 19:20:35 SITUATION SERIOUSLY. [Captioner] 19:20:39 AND START TAKING CARE OF THE [Captioner] 19:20:39 PEOPLE THERE. [Captioner] 19:20:42 THE SITUATION OUT THERE IS [Captioner] 19:20:42 DIRE. [Captioner] 19:20:47 YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN YEARS AND [Captioner] 19:20:48 YEARS AND YEARS. [Captioner] 19:20:51 THE FIRST TIME I CAME TO HERE, I [Captioner] 19:20:54 BELIEVE, WAS OVER THE HOMELESS [Captioner] 19:20:56 NAVIGATION CENTER, AND THAT IS [Captioner] 19:20:57 LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO. [Captioner] 19:20:59 SINCE THEN, THE CITY HAS NOT [Captioner] 19:21:01 DONE ANYTHING THAT IS [Captioner] 19:21:02 SIGNIFICANT THAT TRULY GETS THE [Captioner] 19:21:03 HELP TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED [Captioner] 19:21:04 IT THE MOST. [Captioner] 19:21:08 SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE [Captioner] 19:21:12 CITY TO START TAKING CARE OF THE [Captioner] 19:21:13 HOMELESS PEOPLE AND AT THE SAME [Captioner] 19:21:16 TIME, TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF [Captioner] 19:21:17 THE REGULAR RESIDENTS AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:21:21 I BELIEVE IT'S SINCE THE SUPREME [Captioner] 19:21:24 COURT PASSED ITS LAW, I THINK [Captioner] 19:21:28 IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO [Captioner] 19:21:30 START PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS, [Captioner] 19:21:34 OUR PARKS, OUR PLACES OF [Captioner] 19:21:36 WORSHIP, ANY AND ALL PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:21:36 PLACES. [Captioner] 19:21:40 YOU NEED TO GO AND CLEAR THEM, [Captioner] 19:21:40 OKAY? [Captioner] 19:21:43 YOU NEED TO ASK THE HOMELESS [Captioner] 19:21:45 PEOPLE THERE TO SEE IF THEY NEED [Captioner] 19:21:45 SOME HELP. [Captioner] 19:21:47 IF THEY SAY YES, YOU HELP THEM. [Captioner] 19:21:50 IF THEY SAY NO, THEN YOU NEED TO [Captioner] 19:21:58 ASK THEM TO [Captioner] 19:21:58 LEAVE. [Captioner] 19:22:00 IF THEY DON'T, YOU FOLLOW IT [Captioner] 19:22:01 WITH FINES, WITH CODE [Captioner] 19:22:01 ENFORCEMENT. [Captioner] 19:22:04 WE NEED TO START TAKING ACTIONS [Captioner] 19:22:06 ON THE HOMELESS PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:22:09 GET THE HELP TO THE PEOPLE THAT [Captioner] 19:22:12 WANT IT, OUR HELP, AND ASK THE [Captioner] 19:22:13 REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T [Captioner] 19:22:15 WANT OUR HELP, WHERE THERE'S [Captioner] 19:22:19 NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR THEM, TO [Captioner] 19:22:21 PLEASE LEAVE OUR SENSITIVE [Captioner] 19:22:22 AREAS, LIKE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, [Captioner] 19:22:23 SCHOOLS, AND PARKS. [Captioner] 19:22:25 IT'S TIME TO GET SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:22:25 DONE. [Captioner] 19:22:27 IT'S TIME TO GET SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:22:27 DONE. [Captioner] 19:22:28 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:22:37 >> Ms. Gauthier: SAI FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 19:22:38 SALEEM. [Captioner] 19:22:45 >> Ms. Gauthier: CAN YOU PUSH [Captioner] 19:22:46 YOUR BUTTON? [Captioner] 19:22:48 >> Mayor Mei: SORRY -- [Captioner] 19:22:49 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:22:51 IT'S BEEN A WHILE SO I'M GETTING [Captioner] 19:22:52 USED TO IT AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:22:53 MY OPENING REMARKS THIS EVENING [Captioner] 19:22:56 ARE JUST A REMINDER TO OURSELF [Captioner] 19:22:57 AS A COMMUNITY THAT ANY TIME WE [Captioner] 19:23:00 ENTER INTO A ROOM WE HAVE A [Captioner] 19:23:02 CHOICE, DO WE BRING POSITIVE [Captioner] 19:23:03 ENERGY TO THAT ROOM OR DO WE [Captioner] 19:23:04 DRAW ENERGY OUT OF THAT SPACE. [Captioner] 19:23:07 WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO LIVE [Captioner] 19:23:09 IN AN AMAZING CITY WITH SO MANY [Captioner] 19:23:11 DIFFERENT CULTURES, COMMUNITIES, [Captioner] 19:23:12 AND FOLKS WITH DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:23:13 BACKGROUNDS LIVING TOGETHER, [Captioner] 19:23:13 WORKING TOGETHER. [Captioner] 19:23:16 AND I'M HOPING THAT AS WE HEAD [Captioner] 19:23:20 INTO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION [Captioner] 19:23:23 SEASON, OR -- SEE HE SON FOR [Captioner] 19:23:25 SOME FOLKS THAT WE CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 19:23:28 CHERISH THE VALUES THAT UNITE US [Captioner] 19:23:31 AS AMERICANS, VALUES SUCH AS [Captioner] 19:23:32 DIGNITY, EMPATHY, EXCELLENCE, [Captioner] 19:23:34 VALUES THAT GROUND US IN WHO WE [Captioner] 19:23:34 ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS. [Captioner] 19:23:37 LOOK, WE COULD AGREE TO DISAGREE [Captioner] 19:23:39 ON CERTAIN THINGS AND CERTAINLY [Captioner] 19:23:40 BETWEEN THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT [Captioner] 19:23:42 AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, [Captioner] 19:23:45 THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL SPECTRUM OF [Captioner] 19:23:45 POSSIBILITIES. [Captioner] 19:23:50 BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN HEAD INTO [Captioner] 19:23:54 NOVEMBER BY DISAGREEING WITHOUT [Captioner] 19:23:55 BEING DISAGREEABLE, BY LEADING [Captioner] 19:23:56 BY EXAMPLE. [Captioner] 19:23:58 AND LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT WORKS. [Captioner] 19:24:00 LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET THAT [Captioner] 19:24:03 ELECTIONS COME AND GO BUT WE [Captioner] 19:24:05 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND [Captioner] 19:24:07 OURSELVES THAT WHAT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:24:09 WORKING WELL, SO LET'S CELEBRATE [Captioner] 19:24:10 THAT, LET'S REINFORCE THAT, [Captioner] 19:24:12 LET'S CREATE SOME POSITIVE [Captioner] 19:24:13 ENERGY IN THE CITY BECAUSE I [Captioner] 19:24:14 THINK WE COULD ALL USE A LITTLE [Captioner] 19:24:14 BIT OF THAT. [Captioner] 19:24:19 WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE WAYS FOR [Captioner] 19:24:21 US TO DO THINGS BETTER, I'M SURE [Captioner] 19:24:22 WE CAN WORK WITH EACH OTHER SO [Captioner] 19:24:24 I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS MESSAGE [Captioner] 19:24:26 OF HOPE GOING INTO NOVEMBER, [Captioner] 19:24:27 THAT LET'S CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE [Captioner] 19:24:29 OF EACH OTHER AND COME OUT ON [Captioner] 19:24:31 THE OTHER SIDE AS ONE CITY [Captioner] 19:24:32 UNITED THAT TAKES CARE OF [Captioner] 19:24:35 EVERYBODY AND TAKES CARE OF [Captioner] 19:24:36 ISSUES AND INTERESTS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:24:37 GREATER THAN OURSELVES. [Captioner] 19:24:38 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:24:39 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:24:48 >> Ms. Gauthier: SALEEM [Captioner] 19:24:52 MASTIN FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 19:24:53 SURABDEEP. [Captioner] 19:24:55 >> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND [Captioner] 19:24:57 GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING TO THE [Captioner] 19:24:58 MAYOR AND TO ALL THE [Captioner] 19:24:59 COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE REST OF [Captioner] 19:24:59 THE STAFF. [Captioner] 19:25:02 APPRECIATE THE GESTURE. [Captioner] 19:25:05 REALLY -- GIVE A BIG HAND FOR [Captioner] 19:25:06 THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. [Captioner] 19:25:06 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:25:08 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:09 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [Captioner] 19:25:11 THREE THINGS. [Captioner] 19:25:15 FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:25:17 THANK JENNY FOR HER EXCELLENT [Captioner] 19:25:19 SERVICE TO THE CITY. [Captioner] 19:25:19 WE APPRECIATE IT. [Captioner] 19:25:22 AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN [Captioner] 19:25:23 YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. [Captioner] 19:25:23 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:25:27 THE THIRD THING IS THAT WHAT IS [Captioner] 19:25:29 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT [Captioner] 19:25:30 LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID ABOUT [Captioner] 19:25:32 THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, THE LOW [Captioner] 19:25:33 INCOME, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES [Captioner] 19:25:37 THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO LOW [Captioner] 19:25:41 COST AND MEDIUM HOUSING, LIKE [Captioner] 19:25:43 THE ONE ON FREMONT AND GRIMMER, [Captioner] 19:25:48 THAT SHOPPING LOT IS FOR SALE, [Captioner] 19:25:51 THEN -- THAT WHOLE AREA CAN BE [Captioner] 19:25:52 BROADENED -- REDEVELOPMENT, AND [Captioner] 19:25:53 THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER [Captioner] 19:25:56 SHOPPING CENTERS ON BLACOW AND [Captioner] 19:25:57 GRIMMER AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:26:00 THE WAL-MART, WALGREEN SHOPPING [Captioner] 19:26:00 CENTER. [Captioner] 19:26:03 SO EITHER WE CAN JUST KEEP ON [Captioner] 19:26:05 WAITING, HOPING, PRAYING, OR WE [Captioner] 19:26:08 CAN TAKE SOME POSITIVE ACTION. [Captioner] 19:26:11 THERE'S A VERY BIG SHORTAGE OF [Captioner] 19:26:12 HOUSING IN THE STATE AND IN THE [Captioner] 19:26:12 CITY. [Captioner] 19:26:17 SO TO MAINTAIN THE [Captioner] 19:26:19 HAPPY CITY, IF COMPLAINTS ARE [Captioner] 19:26:21 MADE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:26:25 AND WE WILL LOSE THAT STATUS AND [Captioner] 19:26:28 THE TRUCKS, THE BUSES, THE RVs [Captioner] 19:26:31 STANDING IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS AND [Captioner] 19:26:31 CHURCHES, THEY HAVE TO BE [Captioner] 19:26:33 REMOVED IN THE PROPER MANNER SO [Captioner] 19:26:34 THAT KIDS AND FAMILIES ARE [Captioner] 19:26:34 SAFE. [Captioner] 19:26:39 DOES IT NOT AFFECT YOU PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:26:40 THAT PEOPLE COME HERE AND CRY [Captioner] 19:26:42 ALL THE TIME, HOMELESS PEOPLE IN [Captioner] 19:26:43 FRONT OF OUR HOMES. [Captioner] 19:26:45 I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING [Captioner] 19:26:46 ABOUT IT. [Captioner] 19:26:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:26:49 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:27:01 >> Mayor Mei: DO WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:27:02 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? [Captioner] 19:27:06 >> Ms. Gauthier: [Captioner] 19:27:08 SARABDEEP GILL. [Captioner] 19:27:14 IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTON, THE [Captioner] 19:27:15 LIGHT WILL TURN GREEN. [Captioner] 19:27:22 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. [Captioner] 19:27:26 NIGH NAME IS [Captioner] 19:27:27 SARABDEEP GILL. [Captioner] 19:27:29 I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAD AN [Captioner] 19:27:32 INCIDENT AT HOME IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:27:35 I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 30 [Captioner] 19:27:35 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:27:37 I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT [Captioner] 19:27:38 AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS AFTER TWO [Captioner] 19:27:38 HOURS. [Captioner] 19:27:42 WHETHER THE OFFICER CAME ONLINE, [Captioner] 19:27:47 HE SAID, SORRY, THE [Captioner] 19:27:51 CITY HAS -- THE DEPARTMENT AND [Captioner] 19:27:52 THIS IS ALL WE CAN DO. [Captioner] 19:27:54 HE SAID PLEASE GO RAISE YOUR [Captioner] 19:27:55 VOICE BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT [Captioner] 19:27:55 CARE. [Captioner] 19:28:01 I HAD ONE INCIDENT [Captioner] 19:28:03 BEFORE THAT AT COSTCO WHERE [Captioner] 19:28:05 RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COSTCO [Captioner] 19:28:10 PARKING LOT, SOMEBODY ON SUNDAY [Captioner] 19:28:13 MORNING, THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN, [Captioner] 19:28:16 SOMEBODY PICKED UP MY STUFF. [Captioner] 19:28:19 POLICE OFFICER CAME AFTER MAYBE [Captioner] 19:28:22 HALF AN HOUR, JUST GAVE ME AN [Captioner] 19:28:23 INCIDENT NUMBER, THAT IS IT. [Captioner] 19:28:27 NOW, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS FOR [Captioner] 19:28:30 WHICH I HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME [Captioner] 19:28:33 EMAILED MANY OF YOU SITTING [Captioner] 19:28:37 OVER THERE, BUT USUALLY THERE IS [Captioner] 19:28:39 NO REPLY AND SOMETIMES I SEE [Captioner] 19:28:43 THAT SIX MONTHS LATER, A PROMPT [Captioner] 19:28:44 COMES THAT YOUR EMAIL WAS [Captioner] 19:28:44 DELETED WITHOUT READING. [Captioner] 19:28:51 ONE PERSON, I DON'T REMEMBER THE [Captioner] 19:28:55 NAME, GIVES AN ANSWER AND THAT [Captioner] 19:28:59 IS NON-CONCLUSIVE, DOES NOT [Captioner] 19:29:01 ANSWER SPECIFICALLY TO THE [Captioner] 19:29:02 QUESTIONS I ASK. [Captioner] 19:29:06 FOR INSTANCE, ON THE CURTIS ROAD [Captioner] 19:29:10 WHERE THE OLD STRATFORD SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:29:15 WAS, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THOSE [Captioner] 19:29:18 WIDE MARKERS OR THE -- YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:29:19 THE BREAKERS OR WHATEVER. [Captioner] 19:29:22 THEY ARE STILL THERE, THE SCHOOL [Captioner] 19:29:25 IS LONG GONE, BUT THOSE ARE JUST [Captioner] 19:29:26 A ROAD HAZARD. [Captioner] 19:29:29 CITY DOESN'T CARE, I SAID REMOVE [Captioner] 19:29:30 THEM, THERE'S NO SCHOOL HERE NO [Captioner] 19:29:30 MORE. [Captioner] 19:29:31 THEY DON'T DO IT. [Captioner] 19:29:33 AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS [Captioner] 19:29:38 WHICH I WOULD LIKE THAT -- [Captioner] 19:29:39 [SPEAKER OFF MIC] [Captioner] 19:29:42 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:29:45 >> Ms. Gauthier: THE LAST [Captioner] 19:29:48 SPEAKER IS NASSIR ERFAN. [Captioner] 19:29:56 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:29:58 AND STAFF. [Captioner] 19:30:04 I'M HERE TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT [Captioner] 19:30:07 THE RECENT DEATH OF DILLON [Captioner] 19:30:08 REAGAN ON OSGOOD STREET. [Captioner] 19:30:13 HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK [Captioner] 19:30:14 ON WEDNESDAY, ABOUT 6:00. [Captioner] 19:30:17 MOST OF YOU SAW IT IN THE NEWS. [Captioner] 19:30:17 IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. [Captioner] 19:30:21 HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MY SON, [Captioner] 19:30:24 AND IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE A [Captioner] 19:30:27 JUNIOR HIGH STUDENT PASS AWAY [Captioner] 19:30:29 WITH A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. [Captioner] 19:30:30 AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT [Captioner] 19:30:32 UP, I DID PROMISE HIS DAD THAT [Captioner] 19:30:35 I'LL DO SOMETHING. [Captioner] 19:30:39 AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:30:42 TO ADDRESS, AND AS ON OSGOOD [Captioner] 19:30:44 STREET, LOTS OF APARTMENTS HAVE [Captioner] 19:30:45 BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY [Captioner] 19:30:45 COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:30:49 IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND [Captioner] 19:30:50 THERE'S MORE COMING AND MORE [Captioner] 19:30:50 COMING. [Captioner] 19:30:55 BUT THE SIGNAL LIGHTS NEED TO BE [Captioner] 19:30:55 FINE-TUNED. [Captioner] 19:31:00 THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC [Captioner] 19:31:00 FLOW. [Captioner] 19:31:03 CLEARLY, THERE WAS A FLAW, AND I [Captioner] 19:31:06 THINK THE INVESTIGATION WILL [Captioner] 19:31:08 FIND OUT, BUT THERE IS NO [Captioner] 19:31:12 PRESENCE OF POLICE PATROLLING [Captioner] 19:31:14 THE AREA, BARELY, SO WE NEED TO [Captioner] 19:31:16 DO SOMETHING ON THE OSGOOD [Captioner] 19:31:16 STREET. [Captioner] 19:31:19 IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE, MORE [Captioner] 19:31:22 TRAFFIC IS FLOWING FROM THE 680 [Captioner] 19:31:24 AND 880, A LOT OF TRAFFIC IS [Captioner] 19:31:27 COMING IN THAT WAY, SO I WOULD [Captioner] 19:31:28 REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGE CITY [Captioner] 19:31:30 COUNCIL TO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT [Captioner] 19:31:33 AREA, GET SOME STUDY DONE, GET [Captioner] 19:31:35 MORE STOP SIGNS, GET MORE [Captioner] 19:31:37 TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO PREVENT THIS [Captioner] 19:31:39 TYPE OF DEATH OR FATALITY IN THE [Captioner] 19:31:39 FUTURE. [Captioner] 19:31:39 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:31:43 [APPLAUSE] [Captioner] 19:31:49 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:31:55 WE AS A COUNCIL OFFER OUR [Captioner] 19:31:56 SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY. [Captioner] 19:31:59 AND I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ACTIVE [Captioner] 19:32:01 INVESTIGATION, BUT CERTAINLY IT [Captioner] 19:32:03 IS VERY SAD FOR ALL OF US TO SEE [Captioner] 19:32:05 ANY FATALITY IN OUR CITY. [Captioner] 19:32:09 SO WITH THAT, WE'LL ALSO MOVE ON [Captioner] 19:32:12 TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS [Captioner] 19:32:15 THIS EVENING. [Captioner] 19:32:16 OUR FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED [Captioner] 19:32:17 ITEM IS UNDER OTHER BUSINESS, [Captioner] 19:32:22 WHICH IS ITEM 6A, WHICH IS A [Captioner] 19:32:22 COUNCIL VACANCY AND [Captioner] 19:32:24 CONSIDERATION OF OPTIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:32:27 FILLING A VACANT COUNCIL SEAT. [Captioner] 19:32:29 OUR STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR [Captioner] 19:32:31 QUESTIONS, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:33 SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THAT. [Captioner] 19:32:34 >> Ms. Gauthier: SEVERAL. [Captioner] 19:32:35 >> Mayor Mei: DOES STAFF WANT TO [Captioner] 19:32:36 MAKE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE [Captioner] 19:32:37 BEGIN THIS? [Captioner] 19:32:43 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: SURE, [Captioner] 19:32:44 THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI. [Captioner] 19:32:47 I'LL JUST SHARE THAT WE WILL BE [Captioner] 19:32:49 LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S [Captioner] 19:32:51 DIRECTION TONIGHT IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:32:52 HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FILLING [Captioner] 19:32:53 THE VACANCY. [Captioner] 19:32:57 WE'VE PRESENTED SEVERAL [Captioner] 19:32:57 OPTIONS. [Captioner] 19:32:59 OF COURSE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER [Captioner] 19:33:01 IDEAS, YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER [Captioner] 19:33:01 THOSE AS WELL. [Captioner] 19:33:04 SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE [Captioner] 19:33:09 LAID OUT ARE TO HOLD A SPECIAL [Captioner] 19:33:12 ELECTION, OR TO DO APPOINTMENTS [Captioner] 19:33:16 IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, A CALL FOR [Captioner] 19:33:19 APPLICATIONS OR GO BACK TO THE [Captioner] 19:33:21 2022 ELECTION AND MAKE A [Captioner] 19:33:23 DECISION FROM THERE OR INVITE [Captioner] 19:33:25 ANY OTHER CANDIDATES WHO RAN FOR [Captioner] 19:33:30 OFFICE IN 2022 TO COME AND [Captioner] 19:33:31 INTERVIEW IN AN OPEN SESSION. [Captioner] 19:33:33 SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR [Captioner] 19:33:35 DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, [Captioner] 19:33:37 AND WE'LL BE HERE AND HAPPY TO [Captioner] 19:33:38 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:33:38 MAY HAVE. [Captioner] 19:33:42 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:33:44 AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO [Captioner] 19:33:45 OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD [Captioner] 19:33:46 ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. [Captioner] 19:33:49 AND IF THE CITY CLERK WOULD CALL [Captioner] 19:33:51 THE SPEAKERS AND WE'LL START THE [Captioner] 19:33:53 TIMER FOR EACH SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:33:54 >> Ms. Gauthier: THERE ARE NINE [Captioner] 19:33:54 SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 19:33:56 >> Mayor Mei: SURE. [Captioner] 19:33:58 >> Ms. Gauthier: ARE WE LEAVING [Captioner] 19:33:59 IT AT 2? [Captioner] 19:34:00 >> Mayor Mei: WE'LL LEAVE IT AT [Captioner] 19:34:01 2. [Captioner] 19:34:01 >> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:34:03 I'LL CALL SEVERAL SPEAKERS AND [Captioner] 19:34:05 IF YOU CAN QUEUE UP ON THE SIDE [Captioner] 19:34:07 NEXT TO THE LECTERN. [Captioner] 19:34:11 THE FIRST SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 19:34:16 YOGANG XIANG FOLLOWED BY LINDA [Captioner] 19:34:19 DULANEY FOLLOWED BY CINDY [Captioner] 19:34:19 MOSETTI. [Captioner] 19:34:24 >> CAN I START? [Captioner] 19:34:24 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:28 I'M A PLANNING COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 19:34:29 SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. [Captioner] 19:34:32 WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS TO FILL [Captioner] 19:34:33 THE VACANCY. [Captioner] 19:34:36 THERE'S ONLY ONE OPTION THAT [Captioner] 19:34:38 UPHOLDS THE PRINCIPLE OF [Captioner] 19:34:39 FAIRNESS, EFFICIENCY AND [Captioner] 19:34:39 INTEGRITY. [Captioner] 19:34:42 THAT IS TO POINT THE SECOND [Captioner] 19:34:44 HIGHEST VOTE GETTER FROM THE [Captioner] 19:34:46 LAST ELECTION AS THE NEW [Captioner] 19:34:46 COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 19:34:51 BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST OBJECTIVE [Captioner] 19:34:52 AND TRANSPARENT METHOD. [Captioner] 19:34:54 BY OBJECTIVE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 19:34:56 RESULT OF THE LAST ELECTION, THE [Captioner] 19:34:59 SECOND VOTE GETTER GOT ALMOST [Captioner] 19:34:59 40% OF THE CASTED VOTE. [Captioner] 19:35:04 THAT RESULT SERVES AS UNDENIABLE [Captioner] 19:35:07 EVIDENCE OF THE WILL OF THE [Captioner] 19:35:09 PEOPLE, AND THAT RESULT SPEAKS [Captioner] 19:35:10 LOUDER THAN ANY OF YOUR [Captioner] 19:35:10 INTERVIEW PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:35:13 BY APPOINTING THE CANDIDATE, WE [Captioner] 19:35:15 ARE RESPECTING THE CHOICE MADE [Captioner] 19:35:17 BY THE RESIDENTS AND ENSURING [Captioner] 19:35:18 THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. [Captioner] 19:35:23 BY TRANSPARENCY, THE [Captioner] 19:35:26 POINT -- THAT -- THE INTEGRITY [Captioner] 19:35:28 OF THE COUNCIL BY ELIMINATING [Captioner] 19:35:30 ANY BIAS THAT POTENTIALLY IS [Captioner] 19:35:31 INTRODUCED IN THE SELECTION [Captioner] 19:35:31 PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:35:36 THE DECISION IS BASED SOLELY ON [Captioner] 19:35:39 THE FAIR AND DEMOCRATIC [Captioner] 19:35:39 PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:35:42 THAT ENSURES THAT APPOINTED [Captioner] 19:35:43 COUNCILMEMBER HAD EARNED THE [Captioner] 19:35:47 TRUST AND SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE [Captioner] 19:35:47 COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:35:48 WITH THOSE REASONS, I URGE YOU [Captioner] 19:35:51 TO DO IT TODAY, TO APPOINT THE [Captioner] 19:35:52 SECOND HIGHEST VOTE GETTER FROM [Captioner] 19:35:55 LAST ELECTION OF THE NEWEST [Captioner] 19:35:55 COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 19:35:55 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:35:58 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:35:59 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:00 NEXT SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:36:07 >> GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR [Captioner] 19:36:07 AND COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:36:10 FLIESH MY NAME IS LINDA [Captioner] 19:36:10 DULANEY. [Captioner] 19:36:12 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE PART [Captioner] 19:36:13 OF FREMONT NOW REPRESENT BID [Captioner] 19:36:16 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 SINCE [Captioner] 19:36:16 1999. [Captioner] 19:36:17 DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:36:19 INVOLVED WITH A NUMBER OF STATE [Captioner] 19:36:21 SENATOR, MAYORAL, CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:36:22 AND SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGNS, AS [Captioner] 19:36:24 WELL AS WITH VARIOUS OTHER [Captioner] 19:36:26 COMMUNITY FOCUSED NON-PROFIT [Captioner] 19:36:26 ORGANIZATIONS. [Captioner] 19:36:28 NOW THAT THE ELECTED CITY [Captioner] 19:36:30 COUNCILMEMBER OF OUR DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:36:32 HAS ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION, [Captioner] 19:36:33 RESIDENTS OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 [Captioner] 19:36:36 ARE FACING POSSIBLY A MANY WEEKS [Captioner] 19:36:38 LONG SELECTION PROCESS TO FILL [Captioner] 19:36:39 THE SEAT THROUGH A CALL FOR [Captioner] 19:36:40 APPLICATIONS OR NOMINATIONS FROM [Captioner] 19:36:41 OTHER CITY COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:36:44 FOLLOWED BY INTERVIEWS AND AN [Captioner] 19:36:45 EVENTUAL VOTE BY THE [Captioner] 19:36:45 COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:36:50 MY PREFERENCE AS A RESIDENT OF [Captioner] 19:36:51 DISTRICT 3 AND A VOTER IN THAT [Captioner] 19:36:53 ELECTION IS FOR THE VOICE OF THE [Captioner] 19:36:57 VOTERS TO BE HEARD AND RESPECTED [Captioner] 19:36:58 WHEN IDENTIFYING A REPLACEMENT [Captioner] 19:36:59 FOR THE RESIGNING [Captioner] 19:36:59 COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 19:37:02 IN THE 2022 ELECTION, A [Captioner] 19:37:03 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VOTERS IN [Captioner] 19:37:04 DISTRICT 3 CAST THEIR BALLOTS [Captioner] 19:37:06 FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE [Captioner] 19:37:07 GETTER AND APPOINTING THAT [Captioner] 19:37:09 CANDIDATE TO FILL THE SEAT IS A [Captioner] 19:37:11 CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THE DEMOCRATIC [Captioner] 19:37:11 PROCESS IN ACTION. [Captioner] 19:37:14 THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:37:17 CAST OVER 7,200 VOTES, WITH A [Captioner] 19:37:19 LESS THAN 5 PERCENTAGE POINT [Captioner] 19:37:21 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND [Captioner] 19:37:22 SECOND PLACE CANDIDATE. [Captioner] 19:37:25 THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT 3 SPOKE [Captioner] 19:37:26 CLEARLY IN THIS REGARD. [Captioner] 19:37:30 ADDITIONALLY, THE SWIFTEST, MOST [Captioner] 19:37:32 COST-EFFECTIVE AND HIGHEST BEST [Captioner] 19:37:34 USE OF STAFF AND COUNCILMEMBERS' [Captioner] 19:37:35 TIME IS TO APPOINT THE NEXT [Captioner] 19:37:38 CANDIDATE IN LINE AFTER THE 2022 [Captioner] 19:37:38 VOTES WERE CAST. [Captioner] 19:37:41 PLEASE HEAR THE VOICES OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:37:43 VOTERS, THE RESIDENTS OF [Captioner] 19:37:43 DISTRICT 3, WHEN CONSIDERING [Captioner] 19:37:45 THESE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU AND [Captioner] 19:37:47 APPOINT THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE [Captioner] 19:37:48 GETTER TO FILL THE SEAT FOR [Captioner] 19:37:48 DISTRICT 3. [Captioner] 19:37:48 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:50 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:52 AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANTED TO [Captioner] 19:37:54 ASK FOR EFFICIENCY PURPOSES, IF [Captioner] 19:37:55 WE COULD MINIMIZE THE CLAPPING [Captioner] 19:37:57 BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S [Captioner] 19:37:58 VOICE AND JUST IN CASE SOMEONE [Captioner] 19:37:59 HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, I [Captioner] 19:38:03 DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL [Captioner] 19:38:06 AS -- A STANDARD, I DON'T CLAP [Captioner] 19:38:07 AND HAVE ANY BOOING. [Captioner] 19:38:08 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE [Captioner] 19:38:08 EFFICIENTLY TOO. [Captioner] 19:38:10 IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED [Captioner] 19:38:11 COULD ALSO LINE UP, THAT WOULD [Captioner] 19:38:14 BE GREAT, FOR THE OTHER -- [Captioner] 19:38:17 >> Ms. Gauthier: AS MS. MOSETTI [Captioner] 19:38:21 IS NARDONETTO FOLLOWED BY JOHN [Captioner] 19:38:21 HINDS. [Captioner] 19:38:24 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, MS. [Captioner] 19:38:24 MOSETTI. [Captioner] 19:38:25 >> HELLO. [Captioner] 19:38:28 I'M CINDY MOSETTI, I'M A [Captioner] 19:38:30 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3, BUT I [Captioner] 19:38:33 WANT TO START OUT WITH SOME [Captioner] 19:38:34 HISTORY FIRST. [Captioner] 19:38:35 I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN [Captioner] 19:38:39 FREMONT, LIVED HERE FOR 70 [Captioner] 19:38:40 YEARS, WENT TO FREMONT SCHOOLS, [Captioner] 19:38:43 A BUSINESS IN FREMONT AND A [Captioner] 19:38:44 PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR 17 [Captioner] 19:38:44 YEARS. [Captioner] 19:38:45 I ALSO LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. [Captioner] 19:38:50 THE POINT OF MY INTRODUCING THAT [Captioner] 19:38:54 PART IS THIS IS NOT MY FIRST [Captioner] 19:38:54 RODEO. [Captioner] 19:38:58 I ALSO WAS -- [Captioner] 19:39:01 APPLIED FOR AN APPOINTMENT MANY [Captioner] 19:39:03 YEARS AGO, LOST BY ONE VOTE. [Captioner] 19:39:03 BITTER? [Captioner] 19:39:05 NO, I'M NOT. [Captioner] 19:39:06 BUT IN THE LIGHT OF THIS [Captioner] 19:39:08 VACANCY, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING [Captioner] 19:39:12 BACK TO THE LAST 22 ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:39:15 AT THAT ELECTION, KATHY [Captioner] 19:39:17 KIMBERLIN WAS MY CHOICE, AND SHE [Captioner] 19:39:19 WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE [Captioner] 19:39:19 GETTER. [Captioner] 19:39:26 KATHY HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD [Captioner] 19:39:28 OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WORKED [Captioner] 19:39:31 IN FREMONT SCHOOLS, CENTERVILLE [Captioner] 19:39:32 BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, ROTARY, [Captioner] 19:39:34 AND THE FREMONT EDUCATION [Captioner] 19:39:34 FOUNDATION. [Captioner] 19:39:40 I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD [Captioner] 19:39:43 BE AS MISS DULANEY SPOKE [Captioner] 19:39:45 BEFORE, VERY EFFICIENT, AND I [Captioner] 19:39:48 WOULD PREFER THAT WE GET BACK TO [Captioner] 19:39:50 THE 2022 RESULTS. [Captioner] 19:39:51 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:54 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:57 WELCOME, NADU. [Captioner] 19:39:59 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:40:02 MY NAME IS NARDA, AND I'M HERE [Captioner] 19:40:06 TO TALK ABOUT THE COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:40:07 APPOINTMENT OR RE-ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:40:12 I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT [Captioner] 19:40:15 YES, SO PREVIOUS PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 19:40:17 HAVE RUN FOR THIS OFFICE GOT A [Captioner] 19:40:21 NUMBER OF VOTES, HOWEVER, THE [Captioner] 19:40:23 LARGER NUMBER OF VOTES FROM OUR [Captioner] 19:40:28 DISTRICT WAS FOR OBVIOUSLY [Captioner] 19:40:31 MS. JANICA SON, SO I WOULD JUST [Captioner] 19:40:31 POINT THAT OUT. [Captioner] 19:40:33 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL [Captioner] 19:40:34 FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR [Captioner] 19:40:35 FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:40:39 SO YOU ALL HAVE A VERY, VERY [Captioner] 19:40:41 SPECIAL DISTINCT OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:40:43 RIGHT NOW TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT [Captioner] 19:40:44 OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:40:48 WHO ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND [Captioner] 19:40:49 MIGHT BRING SOMETHING TO THE [Captioner] 19:40:50 COMMISSION THAT YOU DON'T [Captioner] 19:40:50 CURRENTLY HAVE. [Captioner] 19:40:54 SO FOR MY PART, I HAVE BEEN A [Captioner] 19:40:55 RESIDENT OF FREMONT FOR 30 [Captioner] 19:40:59 YEARS, I RAISED MY KIDS HERE, [Captioner] 19:41:03 ALL OF MY CONTRIBUTION, [Captioner] 19:41:04 PROFESSION NAND AND OTHERWISE, [Captioner] 19:41:06 HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR FREMONT [Captioner] 19:41:06 RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:41:08 FIRST AT OHLONE COLLEGE, WHERE [Captioner] 19:41:12 IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I [Captioner] 19:41:14 SERVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS [Captioner] 19:41:16 COMMISSIONS FOR CSEA, WHERE I [Captioner] 19:41:17 LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE GREATER [Captioner] 19:41:19 GOOD AND WORKING TOGETHER, [Captioner] 19:41:22 HAVING BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE [Captioner] 19:41:24 COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A [Captioner] 19:41:26 SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION THAT THE [Captioner] 19:41:28 COMMUNITY AT LARGE SUPPORTS. [Captioner] 19:41:31 ALSO UPON MY RETIREMENT FROM [Captioner] 19:41:33 OHLONE COLLEGE, I STARTED A [Captioner] 19:41:35 NON-PROFIT, AND THAT SERVES THE [Captioner] 19:41:38 DISABLED COMMUNITY, AND WE OFFER [Captioner] 19:41:40 DISABILITY INCLUSION AND EQUITY [Captioner] 19:41:40 TRAINING TO BUSINESSES. [Captioner] 19:41:44 AND ALSO CURRENTLY SIT ON THE [Captioner] 19:41:45 FREMONT PARKS AND WRECK REAIGS [Captioner] 19:41:45 COMMISSION. [Captioner] 19:41:47 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. [Captioner] 19:41:49 SO I'M ALL ABOUT FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:41:52 DOES THAT MAKE ME THE BEST [Captioner] 19:41:52 CANDIDATE FOR THIS SEAT? [Captioner] 19:41:52 I DON'T KNOW. [Captioner] 19:41:54 THAT IS YOUR BURDEN TO [Captioner] 19:41:54 EVALUATE. [Captioner] 19:41:57 ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU APPRECIATE [Captioner] 19:41:58 THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:42:02 HAVE RIGHT NOW AND LOOK AT OUR [Captioner] 19:42:02 -- [Captioner] 19:42:02 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:08 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, NARDA. [Captioner] 19:42:12 >> Ms. Gauthier: MR. [Captioner] 19:42:12 HINDS. [Captioner] 19:42:15 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:42:18 DISTRICT 3 -- FIRST, I WANT TO [Captioner] 19:42:19 THANK JENNY KASSAN FOR HER YEARS [Captioner] 19:42:20 OF SERVICE TO THE CITY. [Captioner] 19:42:22 SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTFUL [Captioner] 19:42:24 AND POLITE WITH ME, NO MATTER [Captioner] 19:42:24 WHAT I SAID. [Captioner] 19:42:26 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:42:27 DISTRICT 3 COMES UP IN THE [Captioner] 19:42:30 NORMAL ELECTION CYCLE JUST YEAR [Captioner] 19:42:31 AFTER NEXT ANYWAY, AND SO I [Captioner] 19:42:33 SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL DO AS [Captioner] 19:42:34 IT HAS IN THE PAST AND FINDITY [Captioner] 19:42:37 OWN WAY TO APPLY AN INTERIM [Captioner] 19:42:38 COUNCILMEMBER UNTIL 2026, [Captioner] 19:42:40 INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HOLD A [Captioner] 19:42:41 SPECIAL ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:42:43 AND I FURTHER SUGGEST THAT THE [Captioner] 19:42:45 METHOD BE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE [Captioner] 19:42:46 GETTER FROM LAST ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:42:49 SEVERAL PRACTICAL PROBLEMS [Captioner] 19:42:50 WITHHOLDING A NEW SPECIAL [Captioner] 19:42:50 ELECTION. [Captioner] 19:42:51 ONE IS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING IT [Captioner] 19:42:53 AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL [Captioner] 19:42:54 ELECTION, FOR WHICH PEOPLE ARE [Captioner] 19:42:56 GETTING LOTS OF MATERIAL IN THE [Captioner] 19:42:57 MAIL AS IT IS. [Captioner] 19:42:59 HOW MANY OF THEM WILL NOTICE [Captioner] 19:43:01 THAT THIS IS A SEPARATE AND [Captioner] 19:43:02 INDEPENDENT BALLOT, NOT [Captioner] 19:43:03 SOMETHING SUPPLEMENTAL THAT THEY [Captioner] 19:43:03 THROW AWAY? [Captioner] 19:43:06 IT'S GOING TO BE A SMALLER [Captioner] 19:43:08 TURNOUT ANYHOW, AND WITHIN AN [Captioner] 19:43:09 ABBREVIATED CAMPAIGN SEASON, [Captioner] 19:43:10 THERE'S FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR [Captioner] 19:43:12 ANYBODY ELSE TO GET GOING, SO [Captioner] 19:43:14 THE USUAL ADVANTAGE THAT GOES TO [Captioner] 19:43:16 WHOEVER HAS THE BROADEST NAME [Captioner] 19:43:18 RECOGNITION ALREADY WOULD BE AN [Captioner] 19:43:20 EVEN STRONGER ADVANTAGE, WHICH [Captioner] 19:43:21 WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SECOND [Captioner] 19:43:22 HIGHEST VOTE GETTER FROM THE [Captioner] 19:43:23 LAST GO-AROUND. [Captioner] 19:43:28 THERE'S ALSO -- IF WE PUSH THIS [Captioner] 19:43:31 OUT TO MARCH OR MAY TO SOLVE [Captioner] 19:43:33 SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS, THEN THE [Captioner] 19:43:35 REMAINING PERIOD IN THE TERM [Captioner] 19:43:36 BECOMES SHORTER AND SHORTER, AND [Captioner] 19:43:39 SO THE VALUE OF HAVING A FULL [Captioner] 19:43:40 ELECTION PROCESS GETS SMALLER [Captioner] 19:43:41 AND SMALLER. [Captioner] 19:43:45 SO FIND A WAY TO APPOINT SOMEONE [Captioner] 19:43:47 AND I THINK THE SIMPLEST [Captioner] 19:43:48 STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY WOULD BE TO [Captioner] 19:43:49 GO AT THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE [Captioner] 19:43:50 GETTER FROM LAST TIME. [Captioner] 19:43:50 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:43:52 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:43:55 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:43:57 >> Ms. Gauthier: HERBERT CHU [Captioner] 19:43:59 FOLLOWED BY VERNITA VERMA AND [Captioner] 19:43:59 HENRY. [Captioner] 19:44:01 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEI AND [Captioner] 19:44:02 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:44:04 MY NAME IS HERBERT CHU. [Captioner] 19:44:07 A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY IS BASED ON [Captioner] 19:44:11 FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS WITH ALL [Captioner] 19:44:12 ELIGIBLE VOTERS ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:44:12 PARTICIPATE. [Captioner] 19:44:16 FREMONT HAD AN ELECTION IN [Captioner] 19:44:16 2022. [Captioner] 19:44:19 AND TONIGHT AS THE MAYOR AND THE [Captioner] 19:44:20 COUNCIL DISCUSS THE OPTION TO [Captioner] 19:44:24 FILL THE CURRENT VACANCY IN D3, [Captioner] 19:44:26 I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT [Captioner] 19:44:30 THE RESULT OF THE 2022 ELECTION [Captioner] 19:44:34 WAS 17,105 VOTES, ELIGIBLE [Captioner] 19:44:34 VOTES. [Captioner] 19:44:41 8,177 EXERCISED IN THEIR [Captioner] 19:44:41 DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:44:46 IN FIRST PLACE HAD 3,162 VOTES, [Captioner] 19:44:50 THE SECOND PLACE HAD 2,088, [Captioner] 19:44:52 AND THREE VOTES, AND THIRD [Captioner] 19:44:54 PLACE HAD 1,186 VOTES. [Captioner] 19:44:57 SO THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT LESS [Captioner] 19:44:58 THAN 200 VOTES BETWEEN THE FIRST [Captioner] 19:44:58 AND SECOND. [Captioner] 19:45:02 THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS [Captioner] 19:45:03 PRINCIPLE OF VOTING ENSURES THAT [Captioner] 19:45:05 THE DECISION REFLECTS THE WILL [Captioner] 19:45:06 OF THE ELECTORATE. [Captioner] 19:45:10 IF THE PROCESS OF APPOINTING THE [Captioner] 19:45:12 NEXT VOTE GETTER IS CARRIED OUT [Captioner] 19:45:15 WITH TRANSPARENCY HERE TONIGHT, [Captioner] 19:45:18 WE ARE RESPECTING AND REFLECTING [Captioner] 19:45:19 THE VOTERS' CHOICE. [Captioner] 19:45:21 THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:45:22 APPOINTING THE SECOND HIGHEST [Captioner] 19:45:23 VOTE GETTER. [Captioner] 19:45:27 THIS PROCESS IS DEMOCRATIC [Captioner] 19:45:29 AND OVER THE OTHER PROCESSES [Captioner] 19:45:31 SAVES TIME AND PRECIOUS CITY [Captioner] 19:45:31 FUNDS. [Captioner] 19:45:34 I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE PROCESS [Captioner] 19:45:35 OF APPOINTING THE SECOND HIGHEST [Captioner] 19:45:36 VOTE GETTER. [Captioner] 19:45:38 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [Captioner] 19:45:47 >> Mayor Mei: WELCOME, VERNITA. [Captioner] 19:45:49 >> GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR [Captioner] 19:45:52 AND COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:45:54 I HAVE SUBMITTED A WRITTEN [Captioner] 19:45:58 COMMENT BUT I WOULD READ IT [Captioner] 19:45:58 AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:46:02 AS A LONG TIME FREMONT RESIDENT [Captioner] 19:46:05 OF DISTRICT 3, I REQUEST THAT [Captioner] 19:46:08 YOU FILL THE MEMBER SEAT IN OUR [Captioner] 19:46:08 DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:46:09 I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND [Captioner] 19:46:10 DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:46:16 AND ESPECIALLY MISS SANS BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:46:18 SHE HAS BEEN A STRONG [Captioner] 19:46:18 REPRESENTATION OF OUR [Captioner] 19:46:19 COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:46:21 AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH MANY [Captioner] 19:46:23 OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND [Captioner] 19:46:25 NEIGHBORS, I REQUEST THAT YOU'D [Captioner] 19:46:26 INVITE APPLICATIONS FROM THE [Captioner] 19:46:27 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR [Captioner] 19:46:27 DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:46:30 WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN [Captioner] 19:46:32 IMPORTANT -- IT IS IMPORTANT TO [Captioner] 19:46:33 UPHOLD DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND [Captioner] 19:46:35 ENSURE A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT [Captioner] 19:46:35 SELECTION PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:46:39 IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO [Captioner] 19:46:40 WALK BACK IN TIME AND APPOINT [Captioner] 19:46:42 SOMEONE FROM THE LAST ELECTION [Captioner] 19:46:42 RESULT. [Captioner] 19:46:45 NOT THAT THAT CANDIDATE OR THOSE [Captioner] 19:46:49 CANDIDATES WERE NOT QUALIFIED, [Captioner] 19:46:51 BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE [Captioner] 19:46:51 FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS. [Captioner] 19:46:58 NOW I LOST IT. [Captioner] 19:47:00 MS. KASSAN HAD DECIDED TO STEP [Captioner] 19:47:04 DOWN AND WE NEED TO FIND [Captioner] 19:47:06 A GENUINE PERSON WHO [Captioner] 19:47:07 UNDERSTANDS THE COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 19:47:09 CAN SPEAK FOR OUR DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:47:12 SELECTING A RUNNER UP OR ANYONE [Captioner] 19:47:15 WHO RAN FOR ELECTION IS CLEARLY [Captioner] 19:47:15 NOT DEMOCRATIC. [Captioner] 19:47:17 HOW HOPEFULLY YOU WILL CONSIDER [Captioner] 19:47:19 THE VOICE OF CITIZENS OF OUR [Captioner] 19:47:23 DISTRICT AND NOT BE SWAYED. [Captioner] 19:47:27 WHAT YOU DECIDE TODAY IN THIS [Captioner] 19:47:30 ROOM WILL DETERMINE IN OUR [Captioner] 19:47:31 DISTRICT -- IF OUR DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:47:32 FEELS RESPECTED AND REPRESENTED [Captioner] 19:47:32 OR NOT. [Captioner] 19:47:34 KINDLY HONOR THE VOICE OF THE [Captioner] 19:47:34 PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:47:34 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:38 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:47:39 NEXT SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:47:43 >> Ms. Gauthier: HENRY LIAN [Captioner] 19:47:46 G FOLLOWED BY HIU NG. [Captioner] 19:47:48 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:47:50 I'M AN ENGINEER BY PROFESSION. [Captioner] 19:47:52 I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF [Captioner] 19:47:55 MAKING A DECISION BASED ON THE [Captioner] 19:47:55 CAREFUL TRADEOFFS. [Captioner] 19:47:59 WHEN CONSIDERING THE BEST [Captioner] 19:48:02 APPROACH OF FILLING D3 VACANCY, [Captioner] 19:48:07 THERE IS THREE -- COMES TO MY [Captioner] 19:48:07 MIND. [Captioner] 19:48:08 NUMBER ONE, FAIRNESS. [Captioner] 19:48:10 NUMBER TWO, TIME. [Captioner] 19:48:12 NUMBER THREE, FINANCIAL IMPACT. [Captioner] 19:48:15 FIRST, FAIRNESS IS PARAMOUNT. [Captioner] 19:48:21 IN 2020 DISTRICT 3 ELECTION, [Captioner] 19:48:23 7,231 VOTERS MADE THEIR VOICE [Captioner] 19:48:23 HEARD. [Captioner] 19:48:28 I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE [Captioner] 19:48:32 HERE, IT'S 7,231 VOTERS [Captioner] 19:48:34 PARTICIPATED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:48:38 SO FIRST AND SECOND PLACE [Captioner] 19:48:43 CANDIDATE WAS SEPARATE BY A MERE [Captioner] 19:48:43 3.8%. [Captioner] 19:48:48 A CLOSE MARGIN [Captioner] 19:48:49 REFLECTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT [Captioner] 19:48:49 FOR BOTH. [Captioner] 19:48:52 THE SECOND PLACE FINISHER WOULD [Captioner] 19:48:54 BE HONORING THE WILL OF THE [Captioner] 19:48:56 VOTERS AND UPHOLD THE DEMOCRATIC [Captioner] 19:48:56 PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:48:59 SECOND PART IS TIME IS OF [Captioner] 19:48:59 ESSENCE. [Captioner] 19:49:03 JUST LIKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, [Captioner] 19:49:06 ALL CITY FACE CHALLENGES LIKE [Captioner] 19:49:08 PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELESS, WE NEED [Captioner] 19:49:11 A COUNCILMEMBER WHO CAN STEP IN [Captioner] 19:49:15 IMMEDIATELY WITH 100% FOCUS AND [Captioner] 19:49:15 EFFORT. [Captioner] 19:49:17 A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD DELAY [Captioner] 19:49:17 THE PROCESS. [Captioner] 19:49:20 LASTLY, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT [Captioner] 19:49:24 CANNOT BE IGNORED, A SPECIAL [Captioner] 19:49:28 ELECTION COSTS APPROXIMATELY [Captioner] 19:49:29 ONE-THIRD A MILLION DOLLARS, CAN [Captioner] 19:49:31 BE USED ON HOMELESS AND OTHER [Captioner] 19:49:31 MATTERS. [Captioner] 19:49:33 GIVING THIS CONSIDERATION, [Captioner] 19:49:34 APPOINTING THE SECOND PLACE [Captioner] 19:49:38 CANDIDATE FROM 2020 ELECTION IS [Captioner] 19:49:41 MOST BALANCED AND RESPONSIBLE [Captioner] 19:49:42 CHOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 19:49:42 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:49:49 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:49:50 THE LAST SPEAKER IS HIU NG. [Captioner] 19:49:58 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:50:03 I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT MS. [Captioner] 19:50:04 KASSAN, YOU AND I ARE [Captioner] 19:50:04 DIFFERENT. [Captioner] 19:50:08 OUR POSITIONS ARE DIFFERENT. [Captioner] 19:50:13 BUT I HAVE NEVER FOUND YOU TO DO [Captioner] 19:50:13 ANYTHING THAT SAYS I WILL [Captioner] 19:50:17 PROMISE THE PEOPLE A, WHEN [Captioner] 19:50:17 YOU'RE ELECTED, YOU DO B. [Captioner] 19:50:19 YOU HAVE NEVER DONE B. [Captioner] 19:50:21 YOU HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN [Captioner] 19:50:24 TERMS OF WHERE YOU STAND, AND [Captioner] 19:50:25 YOU VOTE ACCORDINGLY. [Captioner] 19:50:27 FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK [Captioner] 19:50:27 YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:30 BECAUSE YOUR ACTION ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:50:31 REFLECTS THE PEOPLE WHO [Captioner] 19:50:32 SUPPORTED YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:35 THAT'S DEMOCRACY. [Captioner] 19:50:37 I WANT TO SAY THAT EVERY [Captioner] 19:50:38 ELECTION IS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT. [Captioner] 19:50:47 THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE MIGHT [Captioner] 19:50:48 DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE, AND, [Captioner] 19:50:52 THEREFORE, ANY ASSUMPTION ABOUT [Captioner] 19:50:54 THE SECOND PLACE VOTE GETTER IS [Captioner] 19:50:55 THE MOST VALID PERSON THAT YOU [Captioner] 19:50:57 SHOULD APPOINT, I BELIEVE THAT [Captioner] 19:50:57 IS NOT TRUE. [Captioner] 19:51:03 I WAS AT ONE POINT THE SECOND [Captioner] 19:51:05 PLACE WINNER, OKAY? [Captioner] 19:51:08 WHEN MS. CAMPBELL LEFT THE [Captioner] 19:51:10 SCHOOL DISTRICT, I DIDN'T GET [Captioner] 19:51:10 APPOINTED. [Captioner] 19:51:12 AND I AM NOT ANGRY. [Captioner] 19:51:15 NOT DISAPPOINTED EITHER, BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:51:17 I BELIEVE THAT THE APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 19:51:17 PROCESS WAS FAIR. [Captioner] 19:51:21 YES, WE TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD [Captioner] 19:51:23 THAT, YOU KNOW, HIU NG GOT THE [Captioner] 19:51:24 SECOND MOST VOTE. [Captioner] 19:51:27 THAT WAS ONE OF THE [Captioner] 19:51:28 CONSIDERATIONS BUT IT WAS NOT [Captioner] 19:51:29 THE ONLY CONSIDERATION. [Captioner] 19:51:33 I BELIEVE THAT A FAIR PROCESS [Captioner] 19:51:35 MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD APPOINT -- [Captioner] 19:51:37 I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD GO FOR [Captioner] 19:51:37 AN ELECTION, OKAY? [Captioner] 19:51:39 YOU SHOULD APPOINT. [Captioner] 19:51:42 BUT OPEN TO EVERYBODY AND LOOK [Captioner] 19:51:44 AT EVERYONE'S QUALIFICATIONS AND [Captioner] 19:51:44 DECIDE. [Captioner] 19:51:46 DO IT IN A SPEEDY MANNER. [Captioner] 19:51:48 I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO DO [Captioner] 19:51:48 IT. [Captioner] 19:51:48 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:51:56 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:51:58 THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER FOR [Captioner] 19:51:59 OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. [Captioner] 19:52:01 AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO [Captioner] 19:52:04 CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD [Captioner] 19:52:05 AND I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK [Captioner] 19:52:07 FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM [Captioner] 19:52:07 THE COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:52:11 WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:52:11 SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:52:15 >> Councilmember Salwan: I JUST [Captioner] 19:52:17 HAD A QUESTION, IN REVIEWING THE [Captioner] 19:52:18 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS, I THINK [Captioner] 19:52:20 WE MISSED ONE, THERE WAS ONE IN [Captioner] 19:52:23 2013 AS WELL, WE HAD -- THE [Captioner] 19:52:25 PROCEDURE WAS THAT THE [Captioner] 19:52:26 COUNCILMEMBER WOULD RESIGN, WE [Captioner] 19:52:27 WOULD DECLARE A VACANCY, AND [Captioner] 19:52:29 THEN WE WOULD BRING THE [Captioner] 19:52:29 APPOINTMENT. [Captioner] 19:52:31 IN THIS CASE, THIS IS NOT [Captioner] 19:52:32 FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS [Captioner] 19:52:34 PRECEDENT, SO I WANTED TO GET [Captioner] 19:52:34 COMMENTS ON THAT. [Captioner] 19:52:37 WE'VE NEVER DONE IT THIS WAY, [Captioner] 19:52:39 AND WHY ARE WE DOING IT THIS WAY [Captioner] 19:52:39 NOW. [Captioner] 19:52:39 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:52:45 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:52:48 CITY ATTORNEY? [Captioner] 19:52:54 >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:52:56 THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE [Captioner] 19:52:57 ALLOWS THE VACANCY TO BE FILLED [Captioner] 19:53:00 EITHER BY SPECIAL ELECTION OR BY [Captioner] 19:53:05 THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS THAT [Captioner] 19:53:09 ALLOWS THE CITY MEMBER TO CAST A [Captioner] 19:53:10 VOTE FOR THE FILLING OF THE [Captioner] 19:53:11 VACANCY SO LONG AS THE [Captioner] 19:53:14 RESIGNATION IS EFFECTIVE UPON [Captioner] 19:53:18 THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBER [Captioner] 19:53:19 THAT IS CHOSEN BY THE COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:53:22 I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THAT [Captioner] 19:53:25 PROCESS WAS NOT USED ON PRIOR [Captioner] 19:53:25 OCCASIONS. [Captioner] 19:53:27 TONIGHT'S REPORT SIMPLY REFLECTS [Captioner] 19:53:30 THE FACT THAT THIS PROCEDURE IS [Captioner] 19:53:31 ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW AND IT'S [Captioner] 19:53:32 THE COUNCIL'S DECISION AS TO [Captioner] 19:53:34 WHETHER YOU WANT TO CHOOSE THE [Captioner] 19:53:36 SPECIAL ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 19:53:37 PROCESS, BUT FOR THE APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 19:53:38 PROCESS SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE [Captioner] 19:53:40 SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE [Captioner] 19:53:42 SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:53:42 GOVERNMENT CODE. [Captioner] 19:53:44 >> Councilmember Salwan: THANK [Captioner] 19:53:44 YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:46 THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD [Captioner] 19:53:46 FOR NOW. [Captioner] 19:53:49 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:51 I WILL JUST ASK A FOLLOW-UP [Captioner] 19:53:52 QUESTION TO THAT REAL QUICKLY, [Captioner] 19:53:55 IS THAT -- DID THE LAW CHANGE [Captioner] 19:53:56 SINCE 2013 OR HAS IT BEEN THE [Captioner] 19:53:56 SAME? [Captioner] 19:54:01 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I WILL [Captioner] 19:54:03 HAVE TO TAKE THAT QUESTION UNDER SUBMISSION. [Captioner] 19:54:05 I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THAT LAW [Captioner] 19:54:06 EXISTED BEFORE 2013. [Captioner] 19:54:09 IT IS THE LAW THAT'S ALLOWED [Captioner] 19:54:11 NOW, BUT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND [Captioner] 19:54:11 REVIEW THE RECORD. [Captioner] 19:54:15 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: I JUST [Captioner] 19:54:18 WANTED TO OFFER A FOLLOW-UP [Captioner] 19:54:19 RESPONSE TO COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:54:19 SALWAN'S QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:54:23 ABOUT WHY WE'RE USING -- OR WHY [Captioner] 19:54:24 THE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT NOW. [Captioner] 19:54:30 TO MY RECOLLECTION IN THOSE [Captioner] 19:54:34 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT PROCESSES, [Captioner] 19:54:37 WE HAD DATE-CERTAIN FROM THE [Captioner] 19:54:40 THEN SITTING COUNCILMEMBER, SO [Captioner] 19:54:43 MAYBE SOMEONE WAS TAKING A [Captioner] 19:54:43 POSITION -- AN ASSEMBLY [Captioner] 19:54:45 POSITION, SO WE KNEW THAT THEY [Captioner] 19:54:47 WOULD BE SEATED ON A DATE [Captioner] 19:54:49 CERTAIN AND WE WERE PROVIDED [Captioner] 19:54:53 WITH A DATE CERTAIN UPON THEIR [Captioner] 19:54:53 RESIGNATION. [Captioner] 19:54:55 IN ONE CASE UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS [Captioner] 19:54:58 DUE TO A DEATH, AND SO WE [Captioner] 19:54:59 PROCEEDED THE WAY WE DID, YOU [Captioner] 19:55:01 KNOW, BASED ON THOSE [Captioner] 19:55:02 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE [Captioner] 19:55:02 PRESENTED TO US AT THE TIME. [Captioner] 19:55:07 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH [Captioner] 19:55:09 THE MAYOR, ONE ADDITIONAL [Captioner] 19:55:09 OBSERVATION. [Captioner] 19:55:13 THIS PROVISION THAT IS FOUND IN [Captioner] 19:55:14 THE GOVERNMENT CODE REGARDING [Captioner] 19:55:16 THE FILLING OF THE SEAT IS ALSO [Captioner] 19:55:17 REFLECTED IN THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:55:18 MUNICIPAL CODE, MEANING THE [Captioner] 19:55:19 COUNCIL ADOPTED A LOCAL [Captioner] 19:55:21 ORDINANCE THAT IMPLEMENTS STATE [Captioner] 19:55:23 LAW AND ALLOWS THE APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 19:55:26 TO TAKE PLACE AS SET FORTH THIS [Captioner] 19:55:26 EVENING. [Captioner] 19:55:29 THERE ARE SPECIFIC ORDINANCES [Captioner] 19:55:31 CITED IN THAT SECTION THAT SEEM [Captioner] 19:55:33 TO INDICATE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:55:33 CHANGES OVER THE YEARS. [Captioner] 19:55:37 I SIMPLY CAN'T STATE WHICH OF [Captioner] 19:55:38 THOSE CHANGES MAY HAVE PROVIDED [Captioner] 19:55:38 THAT PROCEDURE. [Captioner] 19:55:39 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:55:40 THANK YOU FOR THAT [Captioner] 19:55:41 CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I DO [Captioner] 19:55:42 REMEMBER THAT WAS THE MUNICIPAL [Captioner] 19:55:43 CODE, I JUST WASN'T SURE WHEN WE [Captioner] 19:55:45 MADE THE AMENDMENTS. [Captioner] 19:55:47 NEXT FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, [Captioner] 19:55:47 COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 19:55:51 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:55:51 VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:55:55 I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S [Captioner] 19:55:58 COMMENTS AND THIS IS VERY MUCH [Captioner] 19:55:59 BEING LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY [Captioner] 19:56:02 TO MAKE SURE IT'S FAIR, IT'S [Captioner] 19:56:03 OPEN, IT'S TRANSPARENT. [Captioner] 19:56:08 ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IN [Captioner] 19:56:09 REGARDS TO WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN [Captioner] 19:56:12 THE REPORT, THERE IS A SAMPLE [Captioner] 19:56:16 TIMELINE, AND WITH THAT SAMPLE [Captioner] 19:56:19 TIMELINE, IS THERE ANY WIGGLE [Captioner] 19:56:20 ROOM TO MOVE AROUND THE DATES? [Captioner] 19:56:26 OR ARE WE COMPLIENING WITH A [Captioner] 19:56:30 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME [Captioner] 19:56:33 FOR SOLICITING APPLICATIONS, [Captioner] 19:56:35 DOES THAT SPECIFY IN DETAIL HOW [Captioner] 19:56:36 MANY WEEKS, HOW MANY DAYS THINGS [Captioner] 19:56:38 HAVE TO HAPPEN OR IS THIS THE [Captioner] 19:56:41 MINIMUM AMOUNT OF DATES STATED [Captioner] 19:56:43 IN THIS SAMPLE TIMELINE, OR IS [Captioner] 19:56:46 THERE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE [Captioner] 19:56:46 THOSE? [Captioner] 19:56:51 >> COUNCILMEMBER, THE SAMPLE [Captioner] 19:56:54 TIMELINE WAS DEVELOPED JUST IN [Captioner] 19:56:56 AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE [Captioner] 19:57:00 COUNCIL WITH SOME PICTURE OF HOW [Captioner] 19:57:01 LONG WE WOULD RECOMMEND THINGS [Captioner] 19:57:01 TAKE. [Captioner] 19:57:04 WE RELIED ON THE TIMELINE THAT [Captioner] 19:57:08 WAS USED IN 2016 AS WELL, BUT [Captioner] 19:57:11 ADDED SOME ADDITION MALL TIME TO [Captioner] 19:57:14 ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL [Captioner] 19:57:15 NOMINATIONS IF THAT'S THE [Captioner] 19:57:16 DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:57:16 MAKES. [Captioner] 19:57:20 BUT IN SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR [Captioner] 19:57:24 QUESTION, THE HARD CAP, AND [Captioner] 19:57:27 RAFAEL CAN CERTAINLY CORRECT ME, [Captioner] 19:57:29 BUT THE HARD CAP IS WITHIN 60 [Captioner] 19:57:30 DAYS, BUT WITHIN THAT 60 DAYS, [Captioner] 19:57:31 THE COUNCIL COULD MOVE THOSE [Captioner] 19:57:32 DATES AROUND IF THEY SOUGHT TO. [Captioner] 19:57:37 >> Councilmember Cox: SO YOU'RE [Captioner] 19:57:39 SAYING BASICALLY IT'S UP TO 60 [Captioner] 19:57:40 DAYS, BUT WHERE IS THE MEMO? [Captioner] 19:57:44 CAN IT BE 20 DAYS, 15 DAYS? [Captioner] 19:57:46 BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:57:48 SOLICITATIONS, THEY ALLOW AT [Captioner] 19:57:49 LEAST 12 DAYS TO GO OUT FOR [Captioner] 19:57:49 BIDS. [Captioner] 19:57:54 AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO LINE [Captioner] 19:57:55 UP THAT WHAT'S THE MINIMUM [Captioner] 19:57:56 AMOUNT OF TIME PERIOD? [Captioner] 19:57:59 IF YOU WERE TO COMPRESS THIS. [Captioner] 19:58:01 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE [Captioner] 19:58:02 IS NO MINIMUM PERIOD. [Captioner] 19:58:05 IT'S SIMPLY -- STATE LAW SIMPLY [Captioner] 19:58:07 SAYS THAT VACANCY SHALL BE [Captioner] 19:58:08 FILLED WITHIN THE 60-DAY PERIOD [Captioner] 19:58:10 AND THEN THE COUNCIL HAS [Captioner] 19:58:13 FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF HOW IT [Captioner] 19:58:15 ALIGNS ITS DATES FOR THE [Captioner] 19:58:16 APPOINTMENT DEPENDING ON THE [Captioner] 19:58:17 PROCESS IT CHOOSES. [Captioner] 19:58:17 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:58:18 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE [Captioner] 19:58:19 IS NO MINIMUM. [Captioner] 19:58:21 >> Councilmember Cox: THERE'S NO [Captioner] 19:58:21 MINIMUM, OKAY. [Captioner] 19:58:23 THAT KIND OF GIVES ME A POINT OF [Captioner] 19:58:24 REFERENCE THERE, ACCORDING TO [Captioner] 19:58:24 THE CODE. [Captioner] 19:58:27 MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DO YOU [Captioner] 19:58:31 HAPPEN TO HAVE INFORMATION [Captioner] 19:58:33 REGARDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF [Captioner] 19:58:33 DISTRICT 3? [Captioner] 19:58:43 >> WE DON'T HAVE THE [Captioner] 19:58:43 DEMOGRAPHICS AVAILABLE TO READ [Captioner] 19:58:45 AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER WE CAN [Captioner] 19:58:45 CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH THE [Captioner] 19:58:48 COUNCIL AND PROVIDE THAT [Captioner] 19:58:48 INFORMATION. [Captioner] 19:58:51 SHORTLY. [Captioner] 19:58:52 >> Councilmember Cox: THAT WOULD [Captioner] 19:58:52 BE GREAT. [Captioner] 19:58:53 I APPRECIATE THAT. [Captioner] 19:58:54 THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:58:54 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:58:58 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 19:58:58 KENG. [Captioner] 19:59:02 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK [Captioner] 19:59:02 YOU, MAYOR MEI. [Captioner] 19:59:04 I ALSO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S [Captioner] 19:59:08 FEEDBACK AND INPUTS ON THIS [Captioner] 19:59:09 ISSUE, AND MY QUESTION WAS ALSO [Captioner] 19:59:13 ON THE TIMELINE OF THE PROPOSED [Captioner] 19:59:17 DATES, IF WE WERE TO OPEN UP FOR [Captioner] 19:59:20 INTERESTED PARTIES FOR [Captioner] 19:59:22 APPLICATIONS, AND SO I THINK WE [Captioner] 19:59:26 CAN MAYBE DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE I [Captioner] 19:59:27 THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE [Captioner] 19:59:30 WE WANT TO APPOINT SOMEONE -- [Captioner] 19:59:34 WELL, I WOULD BE LEANING TOWARDS [Captioner] 19:59:37 APPOINTMENT AND AS OPPOSED TO [Captioner] 19:59:39 SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY TO HOLD A [Captioner] 19:59:42 SPECIAL ELECTION, BUT IF WE ARE [Captioner] 19:59:43 TO APPOINT SOMEONE, I WOULD [Captioner] 19:59:46 THINK THAT TO HAVE IT IN THE [Captioner] 19:59:50 SPEEDIER TIMELINE THAN [Captioner] 19:59:51 APPOINTING IN ANOTHER MONTH. [Captioner] 19:59:51 SO THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:54 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:56 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:00:03 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 20:00:05 YOU, MAYOR MEI AND EVERYONE [Captioner] 20:00:05 WHO'S ALSO COME OUT. [Captioner] 20:00:10 MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE [Captioner] 20:00:11 RESIGNATION AS A WHOLE. [Captioner] 20:00:14 DOES THAT MEAN THAT [Captioner] 20:00:15 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN WILL BE [Captioner] 20:00:18 ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN NOT ONLY [Captioner] 20:00:22 THE SELECTION PROCESS OF HER [Captioner] 20:00:24 PREDECESSOR, BUT CLOSED SESSION, [Captioner] 20:00:27 OPEN SESSION, VOTING, ALL OF THE [Captioner] 20:00:30 DELIBERATIONS THAT GO INTO IT [Captioner] 20:00:32 UNTIL -- IF WE DO IT BASED ON [Captioner] 20:00:33 THIS TIMELINE UNTIL OCTOBER [Captioner] 20:00:33 15TH? [Captioner] 20:00:35 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS [Captioner] 20:00:37 PROCESS DOES NOT OCCUR IN CLOSED [Captioner] 20:00:37 SESSION. [Captioner] 20:00:41 THESE WOULD ALL BE OPEN SESSION [Captioner] 20:00:41 DELIBERATIONS. [Captioner] 20:00:42 STATE LAW -- [Captioner] 20:00:43 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: NO, [Captioner] 20:00:46 THAT'S NOT WHAT -- I'M SORRY, I [Captioner] 20:00:49 DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU BUT [Captioner] 20:00:50 THAT'S NOT THE MY QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:00:53 MY QUESTION IS, WILL SHE BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:00:55 TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE [Captioner] 20:00:57 ONGOING DELIBERATIONS WHICH [Captioner] 20:01:00 INCLUDE CLOSED SESSION, OPEN [Captioner] 20:01:01 SESSION, VOTING RIGHTS AND ALL [Captioner] 20:01:03 OF THOSE OTHER THINGS UNTIL IN [Captioner] 20:01:07 THIS CASE OCTOBER 15TH? [Captioner] 20:01:10 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: [Captioner] 20:01:11 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL WILL TERN [Captioner] 20:01:12 TO SERVE -- [Captioner] 20:01:13 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: KA SN. [Captioner] 20:01:14 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: EXCUSE [Captioner] 20:01:15 ME, COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN WILL [Captioner] 20:01:17 CONTINUE TO SERVE AND A MEMBER [Captioner] 20:01:20 OF THE BODY UNTIL THE SUCCESSOR [Captioner] 20:01:21 IS APPOINTED AND SHE IS ALLOWED [Captioner] 20:01:23 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTION [Captioner] 20:01:25 AND APPOINTMENT OF THE [Captioner] 20:01:25 SUCCESSOR. [Captioner] 20:01:26 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:01:29 THAT'S WHAT I JUST NEEDED TO [Captioner] 20:01:32 UNDERSTAND WHAT HER ROLE WOULD [Captioner] 20:01:34 CONTINUE TO BE, ALTHOUGH SHE HAS [Captioner] 20:01:34 RESIGNED. [Captioner] 20:01:35 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: [Captioner] 20:01:36 CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:01:38 THE RESIGNATION IS EFFECTIVE [Captioner] 20:01:40 UPON APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR, [Captioner] 20:01:42 SO SHE CONTINUES TO SIT IN HER [Captioner] 20:01:44 SEAT UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT IS [Captioner] 20:01:44 EFFECTIVE. [Captioner] 20:01:48 SO ONCE THE COUNCIL MAKES A [Captioner] 20:01:49 SELECTION AND A PERSON IS [Captioner] 20:01:51 APPOINTED, THEN THE RESIGNATION [Captioner] 20:01:52 BECOMES EFFECTIVE AND SHE WILL [Captioner] 20:01:53 NO LONGER SERVE AS A [Captioner] 20:01:53 COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 20:01:54 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: RIGHT, [Captioner] 20:01:57 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS [Captioner] 20:01:58 BASED ON THE STATE LAW. [Captioner] 20:02:00 BUT WHAT ABOUT BEST PRACTICES? [Captioner] 20:02:04 THAT HASN'T TYPICALLY BEEN BEST [Captioner] 20:02:06 PRACTICES, AND WE CAN LOOK [Captioner] 20:02:08 ACROSS JUST THE TRI-CITY AREA, [Captioner] 20:02:11 FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPOINTMENT OF [Captioner] 20:02:13 THE SUPERVISOR IN DISTRICT 1. [Captioner] 20:02:17 MY APPOINTMENT AS MR. NG HAS [Captioner] 20:02:18 JUST ACTUALLY MENTIONED. [Captioner] 20:02:22 WOULD THIS BE SETTING SOME SORT [Captioner] 20:02:24 OF PRECEDENT THAT WE MAY NOT [Captioner] 20:02:27 WANT TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IN THE [Captioner] 20:02:27 FUTURE? [Captioner] 20:02:30 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: STATE [Captioner] 20:02:33 LAW AND THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL [Captioner] 20:02:35 CODE PROVIDES YOUR PARAMETERS, [Captioner] 20:02:37 AND THOSE PARAMETERS ARE THAT [Captioner] 20:02:40 TONIGHT YOU ARE TO SELECT EITHER [Captioner] 20:02:41 A SPECIAL ELECTION PROCESS TO [Captioner] 20:02:44 FILL THE SEAT OR AN APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 20:02:44 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:02:45 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE [Captioner] 20:02:47 APPOINTMENT PROCESS, YOU MUST [Captioner] 20:02:48 APPOINT WITHIN 60 DAYS, AND YOU [Captioner] 20:02:50 GET TO CHOOSE HOW TO APPOINT. [Captioner] 20:02:53 SO THERE IS NO BEST PRACTICE. [Captioner] 20:02:55 STATE LAW BASICALLY ALLOWS THE [Captioner] 20:02:57 COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT ITS [Captioner] 20:02:58 PREFERRED PRACTICE IS. [Captioner] 20:03:00 IT COULD CHANGE FROM CYCLE TO [Captioner] 20:03:00 CYCLE. [Captioner] 20:03:03 YOU MAY HAVE -- PRIOR COUNCILS [Captioner] 20:03:04 MAY HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY [Captioner] 20:03:06 THAN THIS COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DO [Captioner] 20:03:08 HERE NOW AND THAT WOULD STILL BE [Captioner] 20:03:08 ACCEPTABLE. [Captioner] 20:03:09 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:03:09 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:03:13 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:03:14 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 20:03:15 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 20:03:16 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:03:18 JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT LINE [Captioner] 20:03:22 OF QUESTIONS, IN TERMS OF MAKING [Captioner] 20:03:27 A PRECEDENT AND ALSO THE [Captioner] 20:03:31 TIMELINE, OF COURSE I [Captioner] 20:03:32 EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR SITUATION [Captioner] 20:03:34 WHEN MAYOR MEI WAS ELECTED TO [Captioner] 20:03:35 CITY COUNCIL AND THERE WAS A [Captioner] 20:03:38 VACANCY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO [Captioner] 20:03:39 THEN THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 20:03:40 PROCESS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN. [Captioner] 20:03:44 IN 2014. [Captioner] 20:03:48 AND ALSO THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE [Captioner] 20:03:50 THAT VICE MAYOR DESRIE CAMPBELL [Captioner] 20:03:53 WAS INVOLVED -- NOT WAS [Captioner] 20:03:54 INVOLVED, ACTUALLY WAS THE CAUSE [Captioner] 20:03:54 OF IT. [Captioner] 20:03:58 IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. [Captioner] 20:04:03 SO IF, LET'S SAY, THE MAJORITY [Captioner] 20:04:08 OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO [Captioner] 20:04:11 APPOINT THE SECOND PLACE VOTE [Captioner] 20:04:17 GETTER AS THE APPOINTEE TONIGHT, [Captioner] 20:04:21 A, WOULD THAT OBLIGATE THE [Captioner] 20:04:22 FUTURE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS OF [Captioner] 20:04:27 THE CITY TO ADOPT THE SAME ROUTE [Captioner] 20:04:30 IF THEY ENCOUNTER A SIMILAR [Captioner] 20:04:30 SITUATION? [Captioner] 20:04:32 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: NO, A [Captioner] 20:04:33 FUTURE COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE [Captioner] 20:04:34 BOUND BY TONIGHT'S PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:04:36 >> Councilmember Shao: [Captioner] 20:04:36 UNDERSTOOD. [Captioner] 20:04:40 THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS THE [Captioner] 20:04:40 TIMELINE. [Captioner] 20:04:43 EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 20:04:44 GETTING A FAIR AND SPEEDY [Captioner] 20:04:44 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:04:48 AND I WANT TO MAKE A HYPOTHESIS [Captioner] 20:04:51 FOR THE SPEEDIEST TIMELINE. [Captioner] 20:04:54 LET'S SAY IF TONIGHT THE [Captioner] 20:04:56 MAJORITY OF THE CITY [Captioner] 20:04:59 COUNCILMEMBERS APPOINT THE [Captioner] 20:05:03 SECOND PLACE VOTE GETTERS, [Captioner] 20:05:09 NAMELY, KATHY KIMBERLIN [Captioner] 20:05:12 FROM 2022, THEN DOES THAT MEAN [Captioner] 20:05:15 THAT WE WILL IMMEDIATELY SWEAR [Captioner] 20:05:18 HER IN AND THEN REPLACE [Captioner] 20:05:20 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN FOR THE [Captioner] 20:05:20 REST OF THE MEETING TONIGHT? [Captioner] 20:05:22 HOW SPEEDY WOULD THAT BE? [Captioner] 20:05:28 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YOU [Captioner] 20:05:29 RAISE GOOD PROCEDURAL [Captioner] 20:05:29 QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:05:33 THE FIRST QUESTION THAT IS NOT [Captioner] 20:05:36 APPARENT YET, I THINK, IS [Captioner] 20:05:39 WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THIS [Captioner] 20:05:40 BODY CHOOSES TO APPOINT WOULD [Captioner] 20:05:41 ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT. [Captioner] 20:05:42 SO THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:05:45 THE SECOND QUESTION IS I'M SURE [Captioner] 20:05:48 THAT THE APPOINTMENT WOULD [Captioner] 20:05:51 REQUIRE WHOEVER'S APPOINTMENT TO [Captioner] 20:05:52 HAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE [Captioner] 20:05:53 ADMINISTERED BEFORE THEY CAN [Captioner] 20:05:55 TAKE THE SEAT IN ORDER TO COMPLY [Captioner] 20:05:59 WITH ARTICLE 3 SECTION 20 OF THE [Captioner] 20:05:59 CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION. [Captioner] 20:06:01 SO SUBJECT TO THOSE [Captioner] 20:06:03 REQUIREMENTS, THEN THE [Captioner] 20:06:03 APPOINTMENT CAN BECOME [Captioner] 20:06:04 EFFECTIVE. [Captioner] 20:06:05 >> Councilmember Shao: [Captioner] 20:06:05 UNDERSTOOD. [Captioner] 20:06:12 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:06:12 SALWAN. [Captioner] 20:06:17 >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:06:19 JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT IS THE [Captioner] 20:06:20 EFFECTIVE RESIGNATION DATE? [Captioner] 20:06:23 IS THAT THE DATE THAT THE [Captioner] 20:06:23 RESIGNATION WAS GIVEN? [Captioner] 20:06:25 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE [Captioner] 20:06:26 EFFECTIVE RESIGNATION DATE IS [Captioner] 20:06:27 UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE [Captioner] 20:06:27 SUCCESSOR. [Captioner] 20:06:30 >> Councilmember Salwan: SO AS [Captioner] 20:06:33 OF NOW IT'S NOT A FULL [Captioner] 20:06:35 RESIGNATION, IT'S A INTENT TO [Captioner] 20:06:35 RESIGN? [Captioner] 20:06:36 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE [Captioner] 20:06:38 NOTICE OF RESIGNATION WAS ISSUED [Captioner] 20:06:41 WITH EFFECTIVELY A STATEMENT [Captioner] 20:06:42 THAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE [Captioner] 20:06:45 PROVISION THAT APPLIES TO THIS [Captioner] 20:06:46 APPOINTMENT PROCESS WILL APPLY [Captioner] 20:06:47 HERE. [Captioner] 20:06:50 SO BASICALLY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:06:52 KASSAN, IN HER RESIGNATION [Captioner] 20:06:53 NOTICE, SAID THAT SHE WOULD [Captioner] 20:06:55 CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL HER [Captioner] 20:06:55 SUCCESSOR WAS APPOINTED. [Captioner] 20:06:57 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:07:07 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FOR [Captioner] 20:07:08 PURPOSES OF TIMELINE, WE'RE [Captioner] 20:07:09 USING THE DATE THAT THE NOTICE [Captioner] 20:07:13 WAS ISSUED, AUGUST 22ND, AS THE [Captioner] 20:07:13 COMMENCEMENT OF THE CLOCK. [Captioner] 20:07:16 >> Councilmember Salwan: GOT [Captioner] 20:07:16 IT. [Captioner] 20:07:18 WE HAVE 60 DAYS FROM THAT, [Captioner] 20:07:18 CORRECT? [Captioner] 20:07:20 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: 60 DAYS [Captioner] 20:07:21 FROM AUGUST 22ND. [Captioner] 20:07:22 >> Councilmember Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:07:24 MOVING ON TO COMMENTS, I [Captioner] 20:07:25 DEFINITELY DON'T THINK WE NEED [Captioner] 20:07:26 TO SPEND MONEY ON A SPECIAL [Captioner] 20:07:27 ELECTION. [Captioner] 20:07:29 THAT'S VERY COST-PROHIBITIVE. [Captioner] 20:07:31 SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT [Captioner] 20:07:31 APPOINTMENT PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:07:35 I AM CONCERNED, SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:07:36 PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE [Captioner] 20:07:39 BY COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN IN HER [Captioner] 20:07:40 RESIGNATION THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE [Captioner] 20:07:43 ENOUGH TIME TO DEDICATE TO CITY [Captioner] 20:07:45 MATTERS, AND SO WE REALLY NEED A [Captioner] 20:07:46 FULL-TIME COUNCILMEMBER READY TO [Captioner] 20:07:49 HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND IF [Captioner] 20:07:51 SHE DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE TIME, [Captioner] 20:07:52 I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD [Captioner] 20:07:53 EXPEDITE THIS APPOINTMENT [Captioner] 20:07:53 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:07:58 SO I PERSONALLY AM OKAY WITH, [Captioner] 20:08:00 YOU KNOW, ASKING THE SECOND [Captioner] 20:08:03 HIGHEST VOTE GETTER TO COME IN [Captioner] 20:08:05 FOR AN INTERVIEW AT A FOLLOW-UP [Captioner] 20:08:07 MEETING, AND THEN SEE IF SHE HAS [Captioner] 20:08:07 INTEREST. [Captioner] 20:08:09 WE CAN ASK HER SOME QUESTIONS [Captioner] 20:08:10 AND KIND OF DECIDE FROM THERE. [Captioner] 20:08:11 SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:08:11 SEE. [Captioner] 20:08:12 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:08:15 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:08:15 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:08:20 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: CITY [Captioner] 20:08:22 ATTORNEY, I HAD A FOLLOW-UP [Captioner] 20:08:22 QUESTION. [Captioner] 20:08:27 IF THE RESIGNATION IS [Captioner] 20:08:31 EFFECTIVE UPON APPOINTMENT AND [Captioner] 20:08:32 THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY [Captioner] 20:08:36 WANT TO APPOINT TONIGHT, AND WE [Captioner] 20:08:38 HAVE THE CITY CLERK HERE, CAN [Captioner] 20:08:40 THE OATH OF OFFICE BE GIVEN [Captioner] 20:08:40 TONIGHT? [Captioner] 20:08:42 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: VICE [Captioner] 20:08:43 MAYOR CAMPBELL, THAT'S A [Captioner] 20:08:44 QUESTION THAT I WILL HAVE TO [Captioner] 20:08:46 DEFER TO THE CITY CLERK [Captioner] 20:08:46 GAUTHIER. [Captioner] 20:08:48 I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE IN A [Captioner] 20:08:49 POSITION TO DO THAT THIS [Captioner] 20:08:51 EVENING, SO I'LL TURN TO HER TO [Captioner] 20:08:51 RESPOND. [Captioner] 20:08:56 >> Ms. Gauthier: I COULD GO [Captioner] 20:08:57 PREPARE AN OATH OF OFFICE AND [Captioner] 20:09:00 SWEAR HER IN AT YOUR DIRECTION. [Captioner] 20:09:02 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY, [Captioner] 20:09:02 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:09:07 MAY I DO COMMENTS NOW, MAYOR [Captioner] 20:09:07 MEI? [Captioner] 20:09:09 >> Mayor Mei: YES, PLEASE. [Captioner] 20:09:09 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:09:11 I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THAT WE [Captioner] 20:09:13 SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON A SPECIAL [Captioner] 20:09:13 ELECTION. [Captioner] 20:09:17 AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT WILL TAKE [Captioner] 20:09:21 MUCH LONGER, AND COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:09:25 KASSAN HAS INDICATED THAT SHE [Captioner] 20:09:28 WOULD RATHER BE ABLE TO MOVE [Captioner] 20:09:31 QUICKER BECAUSE SHE IS UNABLE TO [Captioner] 20:09:34 -- SHE'S BUSY WITH HER BUSINESS [Captioner] 20:09:35 AND OTHER MATTERS. [Captioner] 20:09:40 SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF AN [Captioner] 20:09:41 APPOINTMENT PROCESS AS WELL. [Captioner] 20:09:46 I WOULD ALSO BE IN FAVOR -- I [Captioner] 20:09:47 HEARD SOMEONE SAY EARLIER IN [Captioner] 20:09:51 THEIR STATEMENT THAT THERE IS [Captioner] 20:09:53 CLEARLY COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR [Captioner] 20:09:55 THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE GETTER. [Captioner] 20:09:58 I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:10:01 SALWAN THAT WE COULD BRING HER [Captioner] 20:10:03 IN AND ASK HER IF SHE'S [Captioner] 20:10:05 INTERESTED, ASK HER SOME [Captioner] 20:10:07 QUESTIONS AND THEN PERHAPS AT [Captioner] 20:10:09 THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, WE [Captioner] 20:10:12 WON'T PUT OUR CLERK ON BLAST BY [Captioner] 20:10:14 TRYING TO RUN OUT AND MAKE AN [Captioner] 20:10:15 OATH OF OFFICE, BUT AT THAT [Captioner] 20:10:17 PARTICULAR TIME, IF SHE'S [Captioner] 20:10:20 INTERESTED, WE COULD SWEAR HER [Captioner] 20:10:20 IN AT THAT TIME. [Captioner] 20:10:21 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:10:23 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:10:25 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 20:10:27 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 20:10:27 YOU. [Captioner] 20:10:30 , MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:10:34 LIKEWISE, I WOULD VOTE AGAINST A [Captioner] 20:10:37 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE [Captioner] 20:10:39 CONCERNS OF THE COST, AND TIME. [Captioner] 20:10:44 ALSO, I WOULD SUPPORT THE [Captioner] 20:10:47 PROPOSAL TO INVITE THE SECOND [Captioner] 20:10:50 HIGHEST VOTE GETTER FOR AN [Captioner] 20:10:52 INTERVIEW IN THE NEXT MEETING, [Captioner] 20:10:55 BECAUSE, A, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:10:59 THAT PERSON IS INTERESTED, AND [Captioner] 20:11:02 WILLING TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION [Captioner] 20:11:02 IF GIVEN. [Captioner] 20:11:07 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT [Captioner] 20:11:11 WHETHER HER VIEW AND HER [Captioner] 20:11:15 PLATFORM FOR CAMPAIGN IN 2022 [Captioner] 20:11:16 STILL REMAINS THE SAME. [Captioner] 20:11:19 BECAUSE TIME CHANGES. [Captioner] 20:11:21 REMEMBER, TWO YEARS AGO, A LOT [Captioner] 20:11:24 OF PEOPLE WENT FOR DEFUNDING THE [Captioner] 20:11:24 POLICE. [Captioner] 20:11:25 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? [Captioner] 20:11:31 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 20:11:35 WE'RE STILL FACING THE SAME [Captioner] 20:11:37 CANDIDATE, AND, THEREFORE, THE [Captioner] 20:11:40 SUPPORT FOR THAT SPECIFIC [Captioner] 20:11:44 CANDIDATE BACK IN 2022 WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:11:45 LEGITIMIZED TODAY. [Captioner] 20:11:50 THIRD ONE IS A QUESTION ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:11:53 FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. [Captioner] 20:11:56 SINCE THE RESIGNATION WOULD NOT [Captioner] 20:12:00 BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE [Captioner] 20:12:03 SUCCESSOR IS FINALIZED THROUGH [Captioner] 20:12:05 WHATEVER THE PROCESS, EITHER [Captioner] 20:12:08 BEING THE APPOINTMENT OR BY [Captioner] 20:12:12 SPECIAL ELECTION, IS THIS [Captioner] 20:12:17 RESIGNATION [Captioner] 20:12:20 IRRETRACTIBLE? [Captioner] 20:12:22 IF THE UPCOMING APPOINTEE IS NOT [Captioner] 20:12:24 IN HER FAVOR, THEN SHE SAYS, OH, [Captioner] 20:12:27 I REGRET, I WILL TAKE BACK MY [Captioner] 20:12:28 RESIGNATION. [Captioner] 20:12:29 THEN WHAT HAPPENS? [Captioner] 20:12:33 SO IS THAT RESIGNATION [Captioner] 20:12:36 IRRETRACTABLE? [Captioner] 20:12:37 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE'S [Captioner] 20:12:38 NO CLEAR STATUTE THAT PROVIDES [Captioner] 20:12:39 AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT [Captioner] 20:12:42 I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD CONTINUE [Captioner] 20:12:44 TO TREAT THE RESIGNATION AS [Captioner] 20:12:46 BEING EFFECTIVE AND CONTINUE [Captioner] 20:12:47 YOUR PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:12:49 IT MIGHT BE A HYPOTHETICAL THAT [Captioner] 20:12:50 DOESN'T PLAY OUT IN REAL WORLD [Captioner] 20:12:51 TERMS AND YOU COMPLETE YOUR [Captioner] 20:12:54 PROCESS, SO I WOULD SAY THAT [Captioner] 20:12:55 THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO FOCUS [Captioner] 20:12:57 THIS EVENING AND DECIDING WHAT [Captioner] 20:13:00 YOUR APPOINTMENT PROCESS IS, OF [Captioner] 20:13:01 COURSE, OF MOST IMPORTANCE [Captioner] 20:13:01 BECAUSE OF THE DEADLINES THAT [Captioner] 20:13:03 ARE ATTACHED TO THIS PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:13:04 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:13:04 VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 20:13:06 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [Captioner] 20:13:07 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:13:08 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG. [Captioner] 20:13:13 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK [Captioner] 20:13:13 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:13:18 I AM ALSO SUPPORTING DOING [Captioner] 20:13:19 AN APPOINTMENT AS OPPOSED TO A [Captioner] 20:13:22 SPECIAL ELECTION. [Captioner] 20:13:25 I DO SUPPORT THAT BRINGING IN OR [Captioner] 20:13:27 INVITING THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE [Captioner] 20:13:29 GETTER FROM THE LAST ELECTION, [Captioner] 20:13:34 BUT I DO ALSO FEEL [Captioner] 20:13:37 THAT -- I'M ALSO OPEN TO [Captioner] 20:13:40 ACCEPTING OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR [Captioner] 20:13:42 THIS POSITION FOR THOSE [Captioner] 20:13:44 INTERESTED APPLICANTS TO BE [Captioner] 20:13:46 GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [Captioner] 20:13:49 INTERVIEW AT THAT SAME TIME, [Captioner] 20:13:50 MAYBE OUR NEXT MEETING, SO THAT [Captioner] 20:13:54 WE CAN STILL HAVE A SPEEDY [Captioner] 20:13:58 PROCESS BUT OPEN THAT TO OTHER [Captioner] 20:14:00 INTERESTED PARTIES AND THEN [Captioner] 20:14:01 DECIDE WHO WOULD BE THE BEST [Captioner] 20:14:01 CANDIDATE. [Captioner] 20:14:03 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:14:04 NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER COX. [Captioner] 20:14:09 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:14:11 SO MUCH. [Captioner] 20:14:14 I WANTED TO FIND OUT, I'M GOING [Captioner] 20:14:15 TO ASK A QUESTION, THIS IS MY [Captioner] 20:14:15 OTHER HAT. [Captioner] 20:14:16 WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT CODE. [Captioner] 20:14:25 THERE IS -- IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE [Captioner] 20:14:25 SOMEONE, SAY FOR EXAMPLE THAT [Captioner] 20:14:27 WAS THE SECOND VOTE GETTER, IN [Captioner] 20:14:28 THE GOVERNMENT CODE, DO IT CALL [Captioner] 20:14:33 OUT FOR A PROTEST, AND WOULD [Captioner] 20:14:34 THAT PROTEST UPHOLD OUR DECISION [Captioner] 20:14:36 UNTIL IT'S VETTED AND SETTLED? [Captioner] 20:14:39 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE [Captioner] 20:14:41 GOVERNMENT CODE HAS BUT I JUST [Captioner] 20:14:41 THOUGHT I'D ASK THAT. [Captioner] 20:14:42 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE [Captioner] 20:14:44 IS NO PROTEST PROCESS SET FORTH [Captioner] 20:14:45 IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE. [Captioner] 20:14:47 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, [Captioner] 20:14:48 REGARDING TO THIS, OKAY. [Captioner] 20:14:49 THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. [Captioner] 20:14:54 I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY TYPE OF [Captioner] 20:14:54 SPECIAL ELECTION. [Captioner] 20:14:56 I THINK WE COULD USE OUR MONEY [Captioner] 20:14:59 VERY WISELY BACK IN OUR BUDGET [Captioner] 20:15:01 TO SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS [Captioner] 20:15:03 NEED MORE AND SERVICES MORE. [Captioner] 20:15:09 I AM OPEN FOR AN [Captioner] 20:15:13 APPOINTMENT, AND I WOULD ALSO [Captioner] 20:15:14 CONSIDER LOOKING AT OTHER [Captioner] 20:15:16 APPLICANTS BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE [Captioner] 20:15:19 IF I KNOW EVERYONE'S BACKGROUND, [Captioner] 20:15:22 THEIR INFORMATION, THEIR SKILLS, [Captioner] 20:15:24 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE FOR FREMONT, [Captioner] 20:15:25 WHAT OTHER BOARDS AND [Captioner] 20:15:26 COMMISSIONS PEOPLE MAY SIT ON. [Captioner] 20:15:28 I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:15:32 IT THAT WE COULD TIGHTEN UP THE [Captioner] 20:15:33 TIMELINE THAT HAVE ALL [Captioner] 20:15:35 APPLICATIONS DUE IN ONE WEEK, WE [Captioner] 20:15:37 REVIEW IN A WEEK AND THEN THE [Captioner] 20:15:39 FOLLOWING WEEK, WE COULD [Captioner] 20:15:42 CERTAINLY HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING [Captioner] 20:15:44 AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE [Captioner] 20:15:45 THAT HAVE APPLIED. [Captioner] 20:15:49 I JUST FEEL THAT TRYING TO BE [Captioner] 20:15:53 FAIR, IT LOOKS LIKE FROM [Captioner] 20:15:54 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS THAT THE [Captioner] 20:15:56 CITY HAS DONE FOR CITY COUNCIL, [Captioner] 20:15:59 THAT THEY GENERALLY HAVE ALWAYS [Captioner] 20:16:00 OPENED THE APPLICATION PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:16:02 IS THAT CORRECT? [Captioner] 20:16:04 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I'M [Captioner] 20:16:07 NOT SURE IF THAT WAS CLEARLY [Captioner] 20:16:08 STATED, BUT JUST FOLLOWING SOME [Captioner] 20:16:11 HISTORY AND SOME PATTERNS OF HOW [Captioner] 20:16:12 WE HAD HANDLED THIS BEFORE. [Captioner] 20:16:15 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THAT [Captioner] 20:16:17 IS CORRECT, THAT IS THE [Captioner] 20:16:20 SELECTION PROCESS THAT PREVIOUS [Captioner] 20:16:21 COUNCILS FACED WITH THIS [Captioner] 20:16:22 SITUATION HAVE ELECTED TO MOVE [Captioner] 20:16:23 FORWARD WITH. [Captioner] 20:16:27 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:16:29 AND WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING? [Captioner] 20:16:31 COULD YOU DEFINE THAT, THE NEXT [Captioner] 20:16:35 COUPLE WEEKS THEN INTO OCTOBER, [Captioner] 20:16:35 IF YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE? [Captioner] 20:16:37 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: OUR [Captioner] 20:16:39 NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR [Captioner] 20:16:40 THE 17TH, BUT THAT DOES NOT [Captioner] 20:16:44 PRECLUDE US FROM SCHEDULING A [Captioner] 20:16:46 MEETING BEFORE THEN. [Captioner] 20:16:49 >> Councilmember Cox: OKAY, [Captioner] 20:16:49 GOTCHA. [Captioner] 20:16:51 I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT IT WOULD [Captioner] 20:16:54 BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:16:57 EVERYONE APPLY, TAKE A LOOK AT [Captioner] 20:17:01 EVERYBODY'S APPLICATION FAIRLY, [Captioner] 20:17:02 BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN [Captioner] 20:17:03 SHORTEN THIS TO BASICALLY BY THE [Captioner] 20:17:05 END OF THE MONTH, WE COULD HAVE [Captioner] 20:17:09 A NEW SUCCESSOR IN PLACE AND NOT [Captioner] 20:17:11 WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER 15TH. [Captioner] 20:17:14 I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD GIVE US [Captioner] 20:17:14 JUSTICE. [Captioner] 20:17:16 . [Captioner] 20:17:18 I THINK WE COULD KIND OF [Captioner] 20:17:20 SCHEDULE IT AND WITHIN A WEEK, [Captioner] 20:17:20 APPLICATIONS DUE. [Captioner] 20:17:22 I'M JUST TALKING OUT LOUD, [Captioner] 20:17:22 COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:17:24 I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS [Captioner] 20:17:26 BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE WEEK FROM [Captioner] 20:17:27 TOMORROW, YOU SUBMIT THE [Captioner] 20:17:30 APPLICATION, A WEEK LATER, WE [Captioner] 20:17:31 GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, LOOK [Captioner] 20:17:34 AT IT, CALL IN INTERVIEWS, YOU [Captioner] 20:17:36 KNOW, THOSE COULD ALL BE DONE [Captioner] 20:17:37 WITHIN TWO TO THREE WEEKS OR [Captioner] 20:17:37 LESS. [Captioner] 20:17:43 >> Mayor Mei: NEXT SPEAKER IS [Captioner] 20:17:43 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN. [Captioner] 20:17:45 >> Councilmember Kassan: THANK [Captioner] 20:17:45 YOU. [Captioner] 20:17:49 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE [Captioner] 20:17:51 DIFFICULTIES THAT THIS CAUSES [Captioner] 20:17:53 THE COUNCIL AND I HOPE THAT THE [Captioner] 20:17:54 OUTCOME IS BENEFICIAL FOR [Captioner] 20:17:54 EVERYBODY. [Captioner] 20:17:57 AND I JUST IN RESPONSE TO SOME [Captioner] 20:17:58 COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, I JUST [Captioner] 20:18:00 WANT TO SAY THAT I ABSOLUTELY [Captioner] 20:18:02 HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ATTEND [Captioner] 20:18:06 MEETINGS UNTIL MY SUCCESSOR IS [Captioner] 20:18:07 CHOSEN, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT [Captioner] 20:18:07 THAT. [Captioner] 20:18:10 I WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY DUTY AS [Captioner] 20:18:12 A COUNCILMEMBER UNTIL MY [Captioner] 20:18:14 RESIGNATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE, [Captioner] 20:18:17 AND ALSO I WILL NOT RESCIND MY [Captioner] 20:18:19 RESIGNATION AS SOON AS THE [Captioner] 20:18:20 SUCCESSOR IS CHOSEN, I WILL BE [Captioner] 20:18:21 LEAVING. [Captioner] 20:18:21 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:18:27 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:18:28 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, AND IF [Captioner] 20:18:30 YOU'RE DONE, I'LL ALSO HAVE SOME [Captioner] 20:18:31 COMMENTS TOO, BUT -- SO I'LL [Captioner] 20:18:33 MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND I'M IN A [Captioner] 20:18:35 UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE, ONE, [Captioner] 20:18:39 WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT SOLEI [Captioner] 20:18:41 SEASON, I'VE ALSO BEEN THE [Captioner] 20:18:42 IMPACTING RESULT ON WHY WE'VE [Captioner] 20:18:44 HAD TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS IN THE [Captioner] 20:18:48 PAST AND I'M ALSO STANDING IN [Captioner] 20:18:49 THE SEAT WHERE I'VE SEEN THE [Captioner] 20:18:50 DIFFERENT APPOINTMENTS BEING [Captioner] 20:18:50 MADE. [Captioner] 20:18:53 I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I [Captioner] 20:18:55 WOULD DEFINITELY FAVOR THE [Captioner] 20:18:57 APPOINTMENT PROCESS AS OPPOSED [Captioner] 20:18:58 TO A SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE OF [Captioner] 20:18:58 THE COST. [Captioner] 20:19:01 I ALSO THINK THAT WE'VE DONE IN [Captioner] 20:19:02 THE PAST TO HAVE AN INTERIM [Captioner] 20:19:05 PERSON IN THIS SEAT. [Captioner] 20:19:08 FOR THE EXPEDIENCY ASPECT, I DO [Captioner] 20:19:09 THINK THAT THE SECOND PLACE [Captioner] 20:19:12 WINNER OR VOTE GETTER WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:19:14 SOMEONE IRREGARDLESS OF HE OR [Captioner] 20:19:16 SHE, IN THIS CASE WOULD BE [Captioner] 20:19:17 INVITED BACK TO HAVE THE [Captioner] 20:19:18 CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:19:21 BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S FAIR TO [Captioner] 20:19:22 HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND [Captioner] 20:19:22 CONVERSATION. [Captioner] 20:19:25 I'LL MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT [Captioner] 20:19:28 ALSO JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN [Captioner] 20:19:30 THROUGH SEVEN ELECTIONS, IS THAT [Captioner] 20:19:34 RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A -- SEASON [Captioner] 20:19:36 PERIOD AND SO IF WE GO WITH A [Captioner] 20:19:38 BROADER CASTING NET, I DO THINK [Captioner] 20:19:40 THAT IT COULD BECOME VERY [Captioner] 20:19:43 POLITICAL IN TERMS OF THE [Captioner] 20:19:44 DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATIONS, AS [Captioner] 20:19:46 MANY OF US ARE POTENTIALLY UP [Captioner] 20:19:50 FOR ELECTIONS AND THERE'S MANY [Captioner] 20:19:51 DIFFERENT DECISIONS TO BE MADE. [Captioner] 20:19:53 I THINK FOR FAIRNESS IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:19:55 EXPEDIENCY AND THE PROCESSES, I [Captioner] 20:19:56 WOULD SUPPORT THE IDEA OF GOING [Captioner] 20:19:58 WITH AN APPOINTMENT AND WITH [Captioner] 20:19:59 GOING WITH THE SECOND PLACE VOTE [Captioner] 20:20:00 GETTER FOR THE INTERVIEW AND [Captioner] 20:20:02 THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL DECIDE [Captioner] 20:20:05 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. [Captioner] 20:20:08 IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME AS MUCH [Captioner] 20:20:10 BECAUSE I MAY NOT BE HERE AT THE [Captioner] 20:20:12 END OF THIS YEAR AND THAT IS THE [Captioner] 20:20:12 PLAN. [Captioner] 20:20:15 BUT I THINK ALSO HAVING SEEN [Captioner] 20:20:16 THESE PROCESSES THROUGH MANY [Captioner] 20:20:21 DIFFERENT LENSES BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:20:22 COLLEAGUES, PLANNING FOR THE [Captioner] 20:20:23 FUTURE AND THE STABILITY OF THE [Captioner] 20:20:23 COUNCIL, I THINK THAT THAT'S [Captioner] 20:20:24 SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SUPPORT. [Captioner] 20:20:28 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, DO YOU [Captioner] 20:20:29 HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE OR DO YOU [Captioner] 20:20:31 HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? [Captioner] 20:20:33 >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 20:20:34 ULTIMATELY THE PROCESS IS A [Captioner] 20:20:35 MOTION, A SECOND AND A VOTE, [Captioner] 20:20:37 REGARDLESS OF WHAT PROCESS WE [Captioner] 20:20:37 USE, IS THAT CORRECT? [Captioner] 20:20:41 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THAT IS [Captioner] 20:20:41 CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:20:42 >> Councilmember Salwan: GREAT, [Captioner] 20:20:42 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:20:43 >> Mayor Mei: ARE YOU MAKING ONE [Captioner] 20:20:44 OR NO? [Captioner] 20:20:46 >> Councilmember Salwan: UM, [Captioner] 20:20:47 SURE, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION [Captioner] 20:20:48 TO INVITE THE SECOND HIGHEST [Captioner] 20:20:50 VOTE GETTER FOR INTERVIEW AT OUR [Captioner] 20:20:51 NEXT MEETING. [Captioner] 20:20:55 >> Mayor Mei: FOR AN [Captioner] 20:20:55 APPOINTMENT. [Captioner] 20:20:56 >> Councilmember Salwan: YES, I [Captioner] 20:20:58 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO [Captioner] 20:20:59 WITH APPOINTMENT AND WE INVITE [Captioner] 20:21:00 THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE GETTER [Captioner] 20:21:02 IN THE 2022 ELECTION TO COME [Captioner] 20:21:03 BEFORE US FOR AN INTERVIEW. [Captioner] 20:21:04 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: I'LL SECOND. [Captioner] 20:21:06 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:21:06 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:21:08 SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND [Captioner] 20:21:09 FOR THIS ITEM. [Captioner] 20:21:11 I'D LIKE TO CALL THE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:21:23 >> Ms. Gauthier: OUR SCREEN IS BLANK. [Captioner] 20:21:24 CAN YOU PLEASE VOTE? [Captioner] 20:21:31 >> Mayor Mei: SO THE MOTION [Captioner] 20:21:32 CARRIES WITH COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:21:33 KASSAN VOTING NAY. [Captioner] 20:21:36 SO THE PROCESS IS THAT WE WILL [Captioner] 20:21:38 BE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN [Captioner] 20:21:39 APPOINTMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 20:21:41 TO INTERVIEW THE SECOND PLACE [Captioner] 20:21:43 VOTE GETTER. [Captioner] 20:21:44 AND SO THAT WILL BE THE [Captioner] 20:21:44 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:21:50 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: MAYOR [Captioner] 20:21:51 MEI, CLARIFYING QUESTION, [Captioner] 20:21:53 PLEASE, WILL THAT BE AT OUR NEXT [Captioner] 20:21:53 MEETING, THE TENTH? [Captioner] 20:21:55 I THOUGHT I HEARD 17. [Captioner] 20:21:56 I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TENTH. [Captioner] 20:21:58 IS IT 17 OR 10? [Captioner] 20:22:00 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: OUR [Captioner] 20:22:02 NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS THE [Captioner] 20:22:02 17TH. [Captioner] 20:22:04 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS [Captioner] 20:22:05 FOR THE TENTH. [Captioner] 20:22:07 >> Mayor Mei: WE DO HAVE ONE [Captioner] 20:22:07 NOW. [Captioner] 20:22:08 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: BUT WE [Captioner] 20:22:10 CAN CERTAINLY SCHEDULE A MEETING [Captioner] 20:22:10 FOR THE TENTH. [Captioner] 20:22:12 >> Mayor Mei: I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:22:13 SCHEDULE A MEETING FOR THE [Captioner] 20:22:15 TENTH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION [Captioner] 20:22:15 TOO. [Captioner] 20:22:17 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, DO YOU [Captioner] 20:22:17 SECOND? [Captioner] 20:22:18 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: I'LL [Captioner] 20:22:18 SECOND. [Captioner] 20:22:19 >> Mayor Mei: DO WE NEED TO VOTE [Captioner] 20:22:20 AGAIN OR IS IT DONE? [Captioner] 20:22:21 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I THINK [Captioner] 20:22:22 THAT'S JUST A SCHEDULING [Captioner] 20:22:22 MATTER. [Captioner] 20:22:24 WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHOUT [Captioner] 20:22:24 FURTHER -- [Captioner] 20:22:26 >> Councilmember Cox: WOULD THAT [Captioner] 20:22:28 BE THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM? [Captioner] 20:22:29 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: [Captioner] 20:22:30 THERE'S TWO ITEMS,, AT LEAST. [Captioner] 20:22:32 AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS BETWEEN [Captioner] 20:22:32 NOW AND THEN. [Captioner] 20:22:33 WE'LL SEE. [Captioner] 20:22:33 >> Councilmember Cox: THANK [Captioner] 20:22:33 YOU. [Captioner] 20:22:36 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:22:37 OKAY. [Captioner] 20:22:41 SO THAT ITEM IS NOW PASSED, [Captioner] 20:22:44 WHICH IS ITEM 6A, AND SO FOR [Captioner] 20:22:45 THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, SEE [Captioner] 20:22:46 YOU SEPTEMBER 10TH. [Captioner] 20:22:52 NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 7A, WHICH IS A [Captioner] 20:22:56 REFERRAL FROM ME FOR THE [Captioner] 20:22:59 DESIGNATION OF THE LEAGUE OF [Captioner] 20:23:01 CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL VOTING [Captioner] 20:23:01 DELEGATE. [Captioner] 20:23:04 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE 7A1. [Captioner] 20:23:06 >> Mayor Mei: SORRY, 7A1, JUST [Captioner] 20:23:07 TO CLARIFY THAT. [Captioner] 20:23:09 >> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:23:10 SALWAN, REFERRAL? [Captioner] 20:23:12 >> Councilmember Salwan: NO, [Captioner] 20:23:14 MAYOR MEI REFERRAL. [Captioner] 20:23:15 >> Ms. Gauthier: I'M SORRY? [Captioner] 20:23:16 >> City Mgr. Shackelford: [Captioner] 20:23:17 DESIGNATION OF LEAGUE OF [Captioner] 20:23:21 CALIFORNIA CITIES DELEGATE. [Captioner] 20:23:22 THAT'S 7A1. [Captioner] 20:23:25 >> Mayor Mei: AM I CORRECT? [Captioner] 20:23:35 I THINK I'M CORRECT IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:23:37 LOOKING AT THE AGENDA. [Captioner] 20:23:39 >> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, I MUST [Captioner] 20:23:40 NOT HAVE THE CORRECT [Captioner] 20:23:40 INFORMATION. [Captioner] 20:23:42 APOLOGIZE. [Captioner] 20:23:43 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:23:47 SO THAT'S TO DESIGNATE FOR THE [Captioner] 20:23:50 UPCOMING ANNUAL MEETING, AND I [Captioner] 20:23:51 HAVE DESIGNATED TWO PEOPLE TO BE [Captioner] 20:23:52 MY ALTERNATES. [Captioner] 20:23:57 AND THAT WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:23:58 -- VICE MAYOR CAMPBELL AND [Captioner] 20:23:59 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN. [Captioner] 20:24:00 AS THEY'LL BE AT THE CONFERENCE [Captioner] 20:24:00 WITH ME. [Captioner] 20:24:05 AND WE NEED TO SUBMIT THOSE. [Captioner] 20:24:10 OKAY. [Captioner] 20:24:11 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN SHOULD BE [Captioner] 20:24:12 THE DELEGATE, SO I WANT TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:24:13 SURE HE'S THERE. [Captioner] 20:24:14 OKAY. [Captioner] 20:24:16 YES. [Captioner] 20:24:18 VICE MAYOR CAMPBELL AND I ARE [Captioner] 20:24:19 ALTERNATES IF NEEDED. [Captioner] 20:24:21 BUT COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN IS [Captioner] 20:24:23 BEING DESIGNATED BECAUSE I'LL BE [Captioner] 20:24:23 AT ANOTHER MEETING. [Captioner] 20:24:25 >> Councilmember Shao: I SECOND. [Captioner] 20:24:25 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:24:28 SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. [Captioner] 20:24:28 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:24:35 PLEASE VOTE AGAIN. [Captioner] 20:24:36 MY SCREEN CLEARED. [Captioner] 20:24:40 I DON'T KNOW WHY. [Captioner] 20:24:41 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:24:43 THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [Captioner] 20:24:46 NEXT IS ITEM 72A BUT I'M LOOKING [Captioner] 20:24:48 AT THE TIME, AND I THINK IT WILL [Captioner] 20:24:49 TAKE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES AND [Captioner] 20:24:51 WE'RE DUE FOR A BREAK FOR OUR [Captioner] 20:24:53 STENOCAPTIONER, SO I'M GOING TO [Captioner] 20:24:57 TAKE A QUICK 5-MINUTE -- OR [Captioner] 20:24:58 10-MINUTE -- 5 OR 10, WHAT DO [Captioner] 20:24:59 YOU THINK? [Captioner] 20:25:01 OKAY, WE'LL SAY 10 MINUTES TO BE [Captioner] 20:25:03 SAFE BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE -- SO [Captioner] 20:25:04 WE'LL TAKE A 10-MINUTE BREAK, [Captioner] 20:25:08 SEE YOU ALL HERE BACK IN 10 [Captioner] 20:25:08 MINUTES. [Captioner] 20:25:11 THANK YOU, PLEASE MUTE YOUR MICS [Captioner] 20:25:11 AS WELL. [Captioner] 20:25:14 [BREAK] [Captioner] 20:25:39 [ RECESS ] [Captioner] 20:37:38 >> Mayor Mei: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:37:41 THANK YOU SO MUCH, WELCOME BACK [Captioner] 20:37:43 TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. [Captioner] 20:37:45 WHICH IS ITEM 7A 2. [Captioner] 20:37:49 AND THAT'S COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:37:50 SALWAN'S REFERRAL FOR A PROPOSED [Captioner] 20:37:52 FOR ADDRESSING RETENTION AND [Captioner] 20:37:54 STAFFING CHALLENGES IN THE [Captioner] 20:37:54 FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT. [Captioner] 20:38:00 WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE [Captioner] 20:38:02 ITEM? [Captioner] 20:38:02 >> Councilmember Salwan: [Captioner] 20:38:04 ABSOLUTELY, MADAM MAYOR, THANK [Captioner] 20:38:05 YOU. [Captioner] 20:38:06 COUNCILMEMBERS, TONIGHT I BRING [Captioner] 20:38:09 BEFORE YOU AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL [Captioner] 20:38:13 ADDRESSING THE ONGOING STAFFING [Captioner] 20:38:15 CHALLENGES WITHIN THE FREMONT [Captioner] 20:38:16 POLICE DEPARTMENT. [Captioner] 20:38:18 I'M HEARING MOST PEOPLE DON'T [Captioner] 20:38:21 FEEL SAFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS A [Captioner] 20:38:22 TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, [Captioner] 20:38:24 I SHARE THEIR CONCERNS AND I'M [Captioner] 20:38:28 DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR [Captioner] 20:38:29 SAFETY. [Captioner] 20:38:30 STAFFING CHALLENGES, SOME LOCAL [Captioner] 20:38:32 AND SOME REGIONAL, THIS IS [Captioner] 20:38:34 RESULTING IN SHORTAGE OF POLICE [Captioner] 20:38:35 OFFICERS ESPECIALLY AT PATROL [Captioner] 20:38:37 WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT [Captioner] 20:38:37 POSITION. [Captioner] 20:38:39 AND THIS SHORTAGE HAS NEGATIVELY [Captioner] 20:38:42 AFFECTED PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES [Captioner] 20:38:45 AS WELL AS THE LARGER DYNAMIC OF [Captioner] 20:38:50 CHARGING CRIMES AND JUST [Captioner] 20:38:54 OVERALL LAWLESSNESS THAT HAS [Captioner] 20:38:56 HAPPENED IN THE STATE. [Captioner] 20:39:00 THIS IS CREATING UN [Captioner] 20:39:02 REASONABLE DEMANDS ON OUR POLICE [Captioner] 20:39:03 OFFICERS. [Captioner] 20:39:05 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS IS A TOP [Captioner] 20:39:07 CONCERN FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AS [Captioner] 20:39:08 WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 20:39:09 THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT [Captioner] 20:39:10 OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. [Captioner] 20:39:12 AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT [Captioner] 20:39:14 WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR [Captioner] 20:39:15 LARGE CITY AND SO IT IS [Captioner] 20:39:17 ESSENTIAL TO MAKE SURE WE FUND [Captioner] 20:39:19 OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE [Captioner] 20:39:21 RECRUIT NEW OFFICERS, SO THAT'S [Captioner] 20:39:23 SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO [Captioner] 20:39:25 THIS DISCUSSION, AND ALSO, WE [Captioner] 20:39:26 RETAIN THE OFFICERS WE HAVE NOW [Captioner] 20:39:29 TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HIGH [Captioner] 20:39:31 MORALE, WE MAINTAIN THEM HERE SO [Captioner] 20:39:34 THEY DON'T GO FOR OTHER [Captioner] 20:39:36 AGENCIES, AND SO GIVEN THE [Captioner] 20:39:38 IMPORTANCE OF ALL OF THIS, AND [Captioner] 20:39:40 IN THE SPIRIT OF NEGOTIATIONS, [Captioner] 20:39:44 UNDER THE LEGAL PROCESS, I [Captioner] 20:39:47 WOULD LIKE TO MEDIUM MY CURRENT [Captioner] 20:39:52 AMEND MY CURRENT [Captioner] 20:39:54 REFERRAL TO RECOMMEND THE [Captioner] 20:39:55 FOLLOWING. [Captioner] 20:39:56 BY MOTION, DIRECT STAFF TO [Captioner] 20:39:58 SCHEDULE AND BRING THIS PROPOSAL [Captioner] 20:40:00 TO A FUTURE CLOSED SESSION FOR [Captioner] 20:40:02 FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE [Captioner] 20:40:04 ITEMS OUTLINED IN THIS [Captioner] 20:40:04 REFERRAL. [Captioner] 20:40:08 WITH ALL THE ACOMPANY [Captioner] 20:40:12 ING DETAIL AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:40:12 REFERRALS. [Captioner] 20:40:15 I WOULD ALSO LIKE STAFF TO LOOK [Captioner] 20:40:17 AT ENHANCEMENTS AT RECRUITMENT [Captioner] 20:40:19 OAFORTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING [Captioner] 20:40:21 NEW OFFICERS HERE AS WELL AS [Captioner] 20:40:23 RECRUITING AND RETAINING THE [Captioner] 20:40:24 ONES WE HAVE HERE. [Captioner] 20:40:25 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS [Captioner] 20:40:26 FORWARD. [Captioner] 20:40:27 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE [Captioner] 20:40:30 CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. [Captioner] 20:40:34 >> Councilmember Campbell: [Captioner] 20:40:34 I'LL SOAK. [Captioner] 20:40:37 >> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:40:43 COX -- MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:40:47 SALWAN, SOAKED BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:40:48 CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 20:40:49 DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? [Captioner] 20:40:52 >> The Clerk: THREE. [Captioner] 20:40:53 >> Mayor Mei: CAN WE LISTEN TO [Captioner] 20:40:54 THEM. [Captioner] 20:40:55 >> The Clerk: ACTUALLY FOUR [Captioner] 20:40:55 SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 20:40:57 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:40:59 >> The Clerk: FOUR SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 20:41:05 ALEXANDER GREGORY, FOLLOWED BY [Captioner] 20:41:10 HIU NG [Captioner] 20:41:11 . [Captioner] 20:41:15 FOLLOWED BY SI NAGAR [Captioner] 20:41:19 AJIAN AND THEN GOLDEN CHOU. [Captioner] 20:41:24 >> GOOD EVENING, I'M ALEXANDER [Captioner] 20:41:27 GREGORY. [Captioner] 20:41:29 >> City Attorney Levine: MY [Captioner] 20:41:31 APOLOGIES, COULD YOU PLEASE PUSH [Captioner] 20:41:32 THE BUTTON. [Captioner] 20:41:35 >> GOOD EVENING, I'M ALEXANDER [Captioner] 20:41:37 GREGORY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE [Captioner] 20:41:39 FREMONT POLICE ASSOCIATION. [Captioner] 20:41:43 I'D LIKE TO THANK RAJ SALWAN AND [Captioner] 20:41:45 HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:41:46 SAFETY INITIATIVES. [Captioner] 20:41:47 THANK YOU TO ALL THE [Captioner] 20:41:48 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SUPPORT THIS [Captioner] 20:41:50 REFERRAL AND THANK YOU TO YOUR [Captioner] 20:41:52 SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND [Captioner] 20:41:54 YOUR CONTINUED PRIORITIZATION OF [Captioner] 20:41:54 PUBLIC SAFETY. [Captioner] 20:41:57 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY [Captioner] 20:41:59 APPRECIATION TO CITY STAFF FOR [Captioner] 20:42:01 THEIR CONTINUED DESIRE TO WORK [Captioner] 20:42:03 TOGETHER WITH THE FREMONT POLICE [Captioner] 20:42:07 ASSOCIATION, TO ENSURE THAT THE [Captioner] 20:42:08 FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT [Captioner] 20:42:09 CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE [Captioner] 20:42:10 COMMUNITY WITH EXCEPTIONAL [Captioner] 20:42:11 SERVICE. [Captioner] 20:42:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR [Captioner] 20:42:12 TIME. [Captioner] 20:42:17 >> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:42:17 NEXT SPEAKER. [Captioner] 20:42:27 >> The Clerk: PRESS THE [Captioner] 20:42:29 BUTTON, LIGHT WILL TURN GREEN, [Captioner] 20:42:32 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:42:54 >> I THINK THIS IS AN OLD [Captioner] 20:42:55 PROBLEM. [Captioner] 20:42:59 I REMEMBER TALKING WITH MR. RICK [Captioner] 20:43:02 JONES, FORMER CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:43:06 MEMBER, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. [Captioner] 20:43:10 I THINK 2% RAISE IS BETTER THAN [Captioner] 20:43:11 NOTHING. [Captioner] 20:43:13 I THINK PAYING FOR THE EDUCATION [Captioner] 20:43:15 BENEFITS IS BETTER THAN [Captioner] 20:43:15 NOTHING. [Captioner] 20:43:20 I THINK PAYING FOR [Captioner] 20:43:22 OVERTIME IS BETTER THAN NOTHING [Captioner] 20:43:24 BUT I THINK ALL OF THE ABOVE IS [Captioner] 20:43:26 NOT ENOUGH. [Captioner] 20:43:27 OKAY? [Captioner] 20:43:29 IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO KEEP [Captioner] 20:43:30 THESE POLICE OFFICERS, THERE'S [Captioner] 20:43:34 ONLY ONE WAY WE NEED TO DISCUSS [Captioner] 20:43:37 HOW CAN WE HELP THESE OFFICERS [Captioner] 20:43:39 SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN [Captioner] 20:43:43 AFFORDABLE PLACE THAT THEY CAN [Captioner] 20:43:43 LIVE. [Captioner] 20:43:44 THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE NEED [Captioner] 20:43:45 TO HAVE. [Captioner] 20:43:49 WE NEED TO FIND THEM AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:43:51 HOUSING FOR POLICE OFFICERS. [Captioner] 20:43:54 JUST LIKE WE ACTUALLY NEED TO [Captioner] 20:43:55 FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR [Captioner] 20:43:56 TEACHERS. [Captioner] 20:43:58 SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:44:00 WORKING FOR OUR CITY, WORKING [Captioner] 20:44:02 FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEY [Captioner] 20:44:03 CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE IN [Captioner] 20:44:04 FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:44:07 THEY HAD A LONG COMMUTE. [Captioner] 20:44:11 OKAY, SO 2% IS NOT CUTTING, NOT [Captioner] 20:44:11 REALLY. [Captioner] 20:44:13 I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU. [Captioner] 20:44:13 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:44:24 >> MR. NAGARAJIAN. [Captioner] 20:44:26 >> FOR RAISING THIS IMPORTANT [Captioner] 20:44:29 ISSUE, ON AUGUST 14th I SENT AND [Captioner] 20:44:32 E-MAIL TO MY RESPECTIVE [Captioner] 20:44:32 COUNCILMEMBER KENG AFTER [Captioner] 20:44:34 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, REQUESTING [Captioner] 20:44:35 THAT FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT [Captioner] 20:44:37 RECEIVE ALL NECESSARY FINANCIAL [Captioner] 20:44:40 AND OPERATIONAL RESOURCES TO [Captioner] 20:44:42 EFFECTIVELY ACHIEVE THE MISSION [Captioner] 20:44:43 OBJECTIVES. [Captioner] 20:44:45 SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT THE CITY [Captioner] 20:44:47 CONSIDER DRAFTING AND CARRYING [Captioner] 20:44:49 LOCAL LEGISLATION IF IT SHOULD [Captioner] 20:44:51 BE ALLOWED, FOR INCREASED [Captioner] 20:44:53 STAFFING AND HIGHER RETENTION. [Captioner] 20:44:56 I ALSO ASKED THAT THE CITY [Captioner] 20:45:00 ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR CERTAIN [Captioner] 20:45:02 GENERATIVE AI FOR REPORT WRITING [Captioner] 20:45:05 OATS THAT WOULD INCREASE [Captioner] 20:45:10 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY WHILE [Captioner] 20:45:12 POLICENNING STAFF BURDEN. [Captioner] 20:45:14 LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT [Captioner] 20:45:16 THEY WORK IN AND SERVE. [Captioner] 20:45:18 I THINK THE IDEA OF LAW [Captioner] 20:45:20 ENFORCEMENT BEING PART OF THE [Captioner] 20:45:23 FABRIC OF A COMMUNITY IS NOT AN [Captioner] 20:45:26 ANCIENT IDEA IT IS SOMETHING WE [Captioner] 20:45:28 MUST READ NOTWITHSTANDING ALL [Captioner] 20:45:29 THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE ABOUT [Captioner] 20:45:31 TWO YEARS AGO BY SOME FOLKS [Captioner] 20:45:32 SITTING ON CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT [Captioner] 20:45:35 ASKING THAT THEY BE DEFUNDED. [Captioner] 20:45:37 THANKFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL [Captioner] 20:45:40 BE REFRESHED AND WE HOPEFULLY [Captioner] 20:45:43 WILL NOT RECEIVE THAT TYPE OF [Captioner] 20:45:44 IDEA AGAIN. [Captioner] 20:45:45 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND [Captioner] 20:45:46 CORPORATIONS, I WOULD ASK THE [Captioner] 20:45:48 CITY TO CONSIDER A SMALL [Captioner] 20:45:49 POTENTIALLY DEDICATED INCREASE [Captioner] 20:45:52 IN LOCAL SALES TAX EARMARKED FOR [Captioner] 20:45:52 THESE GOALS. [Captioner] 20:45:55 ADDITIONALLY, A PUBLIC SAFETY [Captioner] 20:45:57 BOND MEASURE FOR VOTERS MIGHT BE [Captioner] 20:45:59 SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING TO [Captioner] 20:46:04 CREATE A EXAT FORCE TO INVEST IN [Captioner] 20:46:06 HUMAN CAPITAL INVOCATION AND [Captioner] 20:46:06 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. [Captioner] 20:46:08 FREMONT IS A WONDERFUL CITY, IT [Captioner] 20:46:11 IS GEOGRAPHICALLY A CHALLENGING [Captioner] 20:46:12 CITY TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN [Captioner] 20:46:13 SAFETY. [Captioner] 20:46:14 SO HOPEFULLY THE CITY WILL [Captioner] 20:46:17 CONSIDER ANY AND ALL CREATIVE [Captioner] 20:46:19 OPTIONS TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:46:22 COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN'S [Captioner] 20:46:24 RECOMMENDATIONS HERE TODAY TO [Captioner] 20:46:25 PROTECT OUR CITY AND TAKE CARE [Captioner] 20:46:26 OF -- [Captioner] 20:46:27 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:46:29 MR. GOLDEN CHOU FOLLOWED BY JOHN [Captioner] 20:46:30 HINES. [Captioner] 20:46:33 >> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR [Captioner] 20:46:34 AND COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 20:46:38 I AM HERE TO SPEAK FOR [Captioner] 20:46:40 COUNCILMEMBER RAJ SALWAN'S [Captioner] 20:46:43 RECOMMENDATION FOR POLICE [Captioner] 20:46:44 STAFFING CRISIS AND BUDGET [Captioner] 20:46:44 ISSUE. [Captioner] 20:46:46 SO I WILL SPEAK THAT OUR SAFETY [Captioner] 20:46:48 IS VERY IMPORTANT, AS THE SAFETY [Captioner] 20:46:53 OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, OUR [Captioner] 20:46:54 FELLOW IMPORTANT PEOPLE, EVEN [Captioner] 20:46:55 THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL [Captioner] 20:46:57 IS VERY CRUCIAL. [Captioner] 20:47:00 AND WE MUST DO SOMETHING, WE [Captioner] 20:47:02 COULD AN ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH [Captioner] 20:47:03 OFFICERS TO PATROL AROUND THE [Captioner] 20:47:07 AREA TO REDUCE CRIME, DEFER [Captioner] 20:47:08 FUTURE CRIME IN ORDER TO PROTECT [Captioner] 20:47:11 THE SAFETY OF EVERY RESIDENT IN [Captioner] 20:47:11 THE CITY OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 20:47:14 SO I HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE [Captioner] 20:47:16 INTERVIEWING WITH A COUPLE OF [Captioner] 20:47:18 POLICE OFFICERS ABOUT THE [Captioner] 20:47:19 CURRENT CRISIS, WHAT THEY TELL [Captioner] 20:47:20 US IS THE FREMONT POLICE [Captioner] 20:47:23 DEPARTMENT HAS ONLY 210 STAFF [Captioner] 20:47:27 WITH 90 SQUARE MILES TO COVER [Captioner] 20:47:28 AND A SHORTAGE OF POLICE [Captioner] 20:47:28 OFFICERS. [Captioner] 20:47:29 THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH [Captioner] 20:47:33 SUPERVISORS TO SUPERVISE THE [Captioner] 20:47:34 OFFICER IN THE UNITS. [Captioner] 20:47:36 WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE COULD [Captioner] 20:47:38 TO CREATE ENOUGH STAFFING TO [Captioner] 20:47:40 HAVE ENOUGH SUPERVISORS PER EACH [Captioner] 20:47:43 UNIT SO WE CAN HOLD ALL THE [Captioner] 20:47:46 TOTAL STAFF THAT'S NEEDED AND [Captioner] 20:47:47 THE DESIRED AND REQUIRED AMOUNT [Captioner] 20:47:49 OF STAFF FOR THE FREMONT POLICE [Captioner] 20:47:49 DEPARTMENT. [Captioner] 20:47:53 SO WE DO WANT TO HIRE MORE [Captioner] 20:47:54 POLICE OFFICERS AND WE MAY WANT [Captioner] 20:47:56 TO HIRE MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE [Captioner] 20:47:58 OFFICERS OR DISPATCHERS OR ANY [Captioner] 20:48:00 SUPPORT STAFF THAT CAN BENEFIT [Captioner] 20:48:00 OUR COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:48:03 SO WE WANT TO LOOK RIGHT INTO [Captioner] 20:48:05 THE BUDGET AND WE MUST DO [Captioner] 20:48:06 WHATEVER WE COULD TO RAISE [Captioner] 20:48:08 ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE PROPER [Captioner] 20:48:10 AMOUNT OF MONEY BENEFITED AND [Captioner] 20:48:12 STABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY [Captioner] 20:48:14 THE SALARY OF EVERY OFFICER SO [Captioner] 20:48:16 THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO STAY IN [Captioner] 20:48:17 THE DEPARTMENT TO WORK TO SERVE [Captioner] 20:48:18 OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. [Captioner] 20:48:19 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:48:23 >> The Clerk: MR. HINES. [Captioner] 20:48:25 >> HELLO. [Captioner] 20:48:28 FOR ANY JOB, WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE [Captioner] 20:48:30 SOME CHALLENGES WITH EMPLOYEE [Captioner] 20:48:33 RETENTION OR RECRUITING, THE [Captioner] 20:48:35 MOST OBVIOUS LEVERAGE YOU REACH [Captioner] 20:48:37 FOR ARE PAY AND BENEFITS AND [Captioner] 20:48:38 WORKING CONDITIONS. [Captioner] 20:48:41 AND THAT THIRD ONE IS, HAS A [Captioner] 20:48:43 LITTLE MORE MYSTERY IN IT. [Captioner] 20:48:44 BECAUSE WHEN OFFICERS LEAVE, YOU [Captioner] 20:48:46 CAN INTERVIEW THEM CAREFULLY AND [Captioner] 20:48:48 FIND OUT WHY. [Captioner] 20:48:49 BUT THE PEOPLE YOU CANNOT [Captioner] 20:48:51 INTERVIEW ARE THE ONES WHO CHOSE [Captioner] 20:48:54 NOT TO APPLY, THE NEW RECRUITS [Captioner] 20:48:56 YOU DIDN'T GET. [Captioner] 20:48:59 ONE APPROACH TO THAT IS TO HIRE [Captioner] 20:49:01 SOME CONSULTANTS, AND NO, I'M [Captioner] 20:49:02 NOT SUGGESTING ME. [Captioner] 20:49:04 BUT TO INTERVIEW EXISTING [Captioner] 20:49:07 OFFICERS AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY [Captioner] 20:49:09 MOST DISLIKE ABOUT THE WORK, SEE [Captioner] 20:49:11 IF THERE ARE THINGS WE COULD DO [Captioner] 20:49:13 TO ADDRESS THAT WITHOUT JUST [Captioner] 20:49:14 NECESSARILY OFFERING HIGHER PAY [Captioner] 20:49:16 WHICH I'M SURE NOBODY WOULD [Captioner] 20:49:16 REJECT. [Captioner] 20:49:19 BUT IT'S GOOD TO CHECK EVERY FEW [Captioner] 20:49:21 YEARS AND SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER [Captioner] 20:49:22 REASONS PEOPLE ARE NOT APPLYING [Captioner] 20:49:23 HERE. [Captioner] 20:49:23 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:49:32 >> Mayor Mei: I BELIEVE THAT [Captioner] 20:49:34 WAS THE LAST OF OUR PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:49:35 SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 20:49:36 >> The Clerk: CORRECT. [Captioner] 20:49:37 >> Mayor Mei: I TURN IT BACK [Captioner] 20:49:40 TO OUR COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION [Captioner] 20:49:41 AND SECOND ALREADY. [Captioner] 20:49:43 I'D LIKE TO CALL A VOTE UNLESS [Captioner] 20:49:50 -- PLEASE VOTE AGAIN. [Captioner] 20:49:51 SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE [Captioner] 20:49:52 SYSTEM TONIGHT. [Captioner] 20:50:04 THE MOTION PASSES WITH [Captioner] 20:50:11 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN VOTING [Captioner] 20:50:11 NAY. [Captioner] 20:50:12 WE'LL SEE THIS REFERRAL COME [Captioner] 20:50:14 BACK IN CLOSED SESSION. [Captioner] 20:50:21 SO AGAIN, THIS CASE PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:50:26 DIDN'T HEAR, ITEM 7 [Captioner] 20:50:30 2A 2 IS PASSED. [Captioner] 20:50:32 NEXT IS ITEM 7B. [Captioner] 20:50:34 WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE [Captioner] 20:50:36 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND [Captioner] 20:50:37 COMMITTEES. [Captioner] 20:50:39 AND -- [Captioner] 20:50:40 >> Councilmember Cox: I MAKE A [Captioner] 20:50:42 MOTION. [Captioner] 20:50:44 >> Mayor Mei: MOTION BY [Captioner] 20:50:45 COUNCILMEMBER COX AND SECOND BY [Captioner] 20:50:46 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. [Captioner] 20:50:47 NO SPEAKERS ON THIS. [Captioner] 20:50:50 JUST TO CHECK. [Captioner] 20:50:51 OKAY. [Captioner] 20:50:51 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:50:52 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:51:03 SOME OF THE SCREENS KEEP [Captioner] 20:51:03 CLEARING. [Captioner] 20:51:04 I DON'T KNOW WHY. [Captioner] 20:51:07 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:51:11 AND THE POSITIONS PASSES [Captioner] 20:51:13 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN [Captioner] 20:51:14 ABSTAINING. [Captioner] 20:51:15 SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE [Captioner] 20:51:15 COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE [Captioner] 20:51:17 APPOINTED. [Captioner] 20:51:26 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM, I GUESS [Captioner] 20:51:28 IS ANY REPORTS ON COMMITTEE [Captioner] 20:51:29 ASSIGNMENTS OR LEGISLATIVE [Captioner] 20:51:30 ACTIONS. [Captioner] 20:51:30 ANY REPORTS? [Captioner] 20:51:32 I THINK WE'VE BEEN OUT ON BREAK [Captioner] 20:51:33 FOR THIS PAST MONTH. [Captioner] 20:51:37 AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THOSE [Captioner] 20:51:39 WHO ARE LISTENING, EARLIER TODAY [Captioner] 20:51:41 OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON [Captioner] 20:51:43 SEPTEMBER 10th NOT SEPTEMBER [Captioner] 20:51:43 17th. [Captioner] 20:51:45 SO WITH THAT, I ALSO WANTED TO [Captioner] 20:51:49 GIVE, AGAINST MY -- WELCOME BACK [Captioner] 20:51:52 TO SCHOOL TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS [Captioner] 20:51:54 AND FAMILIES AND MY CONDOLE ANTS [Captioner] 20:51:56 TO THE LOSS OF DYLAN AND HIS [Captioner] 20:51:56 FAMILY. [Captioner] 20:52:00 SO MAY I ASK FOR JUST A KINDNESS [Captioner] 20:52:01 MOMENT IF WE COULD PAUSE IN A [Captioner] 20:52:06 MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE [Captioner] 20:52:07 . [Captioner] 20:52:11 [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ] [Captioner] 20:52:20 AND THANK YOU FOR ALL, AND AS [Captioner] 20:52:22 WE COME BACK AS ONE OF THE [Captioner] 20:52:23 SPEAKERS, AND I WAS REALLY [Captioner] 20:52:25 PLEASED TO HEAR EARLIER THIS [Captioner] 20:52:27 EVENING IS THAT WE COULD BRING [Captioner] 20:52:28 PEOPLE TOGETHER MORE IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 20:52:30 PEACE AND KINDNESS. [Captioner] 20:52:32 WE COULD BE A MUCH BETTER [Captioner] 20:52:34 COMMUNITY AND WE'D BE HAPPIER. [Captioner] 20:52:36 AND SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO, [Captioner] 20:52:38 AND ALSO AS A FINAL PLUG, PLEASE [Captioner] 20:52:40 HELP US CLEAR OUR SHELTERS. [Captioner] 20:52:43 PLEASE HELP US ADOPT A FURRY [Captioner] 20:52:44 SYSTEM MEMBER. [Captioner] 20:52:45 BECAUSE I THINK WE'D ALL BE [Captioner] 20:52:47 HAPPIER AND MORE RELAXED IF YOU [Captioner] 20:52:49 HAD A CHANCE TO WALK A DOG OR [Captioner] 20:52:50 PET A CAT. [Captioner] 20:52:52 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:52:53 MEETING IS ADJOURNED.