[0:00] >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD EVENING.

[0:02] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[0:03] WELCOME.

[0:06] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JULY 14,

[0:08] 2026 MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00

[0:09] P.M.

[0:12] I WOULD LIKE TO ASK

[0:13] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL TO LEAD

[0:14] US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[0:15] PLEASE RISE IF YOU'RE ABLE.

[0:27] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

[0:28] OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[0:29] AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

[0:30] STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

[0:31] INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

[0:35] JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[0:36] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU,

[0:37] COUNCILMEMBER.

[0:38] NEXT WE HAVE ROLL CALL.

[0:40] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THANK YOU,

[0:41] MAYOR.

[0:43] COUNCILMEMBER LIU, HERE.

[0:45] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.

[0:48] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, HERE.

[0:50] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE.

[0:51] COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE.

[0:52] VICE MAYOR ZHANG, PRESENT.

[0:53] MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT.

[0:58] I HAVE A FEW BRIEF

[0:59] ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[1:00] THERE ARE CURRENT VACANCIES ON

[1:01] CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[1:03] THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS

[1:05] APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND TO

[1:07] APPLY, VISIT THE BOARDS,

[1:09] COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE

[1:10] AT FREMONT.GOV.

[1:11] OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S

[1:12] OFFICE.

[1:15] FOR MEMBERS OF PUBLIC

[1:16] PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY

[1:18] THIS EVENING, YOU MAY PROVIDE

[1:20] PUBLIC COMMENT BY SELECTING THE

[1:23] "RAISE HAND" FEATURE IN ZOOM OR

[1:25] BY DIALING STAR NINE IF YOU'RE

[1:26] CALLING IN.

[1:27] I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN PUBLIC

[1:31] COMMENT IS OPEN FOR EACH AGENDA

[1:32] SECTION.

[1:35] PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF

[1:36] REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION,

[1:37] IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION YOU

[1:38] REPRESENT.

[1:39] EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY

[1:40] CLERK ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE

[1:42] CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

[1:44] PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA CENTER

[1:46] AT FREMONT.GOV, AND RETAINED AS

[1:47] PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

[1:51] THIS MEETING MAY GO ON UNTIL

[1:52] 11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED.

[1:56] WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF

[1:58] ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEN

[1:59] AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES, WE

[2:00] WILL HEAR THE REST AT THE END OF

[2:02] THE MEETING IF TIME ALLOWS.

[2:06] I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER

[2:08] TO CITY MANAGER KARENA

[2:09] SHACKELFORD FOR HER

[2:10] INTRODUCTIONS AND

[2:11] ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[2:12] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK

[2:13] YOU, MAYOR.

[2:14] GOOD EVENING.

[2:15] GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[2:16] BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, TO MY

[2:18] LEFT IS OUR CITY ATTORNEY,

[2:19] RAFAEL ALVARADO.

[2:22] ACROSS FROM RAFAEL AND I IS OUR

[2:25] CITY CLERK, ALBERTO QUINTANILLA,

[2:27] AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK,

[2:28] DINA LEWIS.

[2:30] NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING SO

[2:32] I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU,

[2:33] MAYOR.

[2:34] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[2:35] MR. ALVARADO, DO YOU HAVE ANY

[2:36] ANNOUNCEMENTS?

[2:37] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK

[2:38] YOU, MAYOR.

[2:39] AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[2:40] COUNCIL.

[2:43] I'LL HAVE A BRIEF REPORT OUT OF

[2:44] CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE

[2:47] WITH LEGAL COUNCIL, COUNCIL

[2:50] DISCUSSED TWO ITEMS UNDER THAT

[2:53] SUBHEADING, EXISTING LITIGATION

[2:55] AND INITIATION OF LITIGATION ONE

[2:56] CASE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA

[3:00] GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION

[3:01] 54946.9.

[3:02] ON BOTH ITEMS THE COUNCIL

[3:04] DISCUSSED THE ITEMS BUT TOOK NO

[3:05] REPORTABLE ACTION.

[3:06] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[3:07] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, MR.

[3:08] ALVARADO.

[3:09] NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT

[3:10] CALENDAR ITEMS.

[3:12] THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL

[3:14] BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE

[3:15] AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL

[3:16] STAND.

[3:18] DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

[3:20] WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE

[3:21] CONSENT CALENDAR?

[3:23] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[3:24] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: YES,

[3:25] THANK YOU.

[3:26] I'D LIKE TO REMOVE 2E, SRO

[3:27] PROGRAM AGREEMENT.

[3:31] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, ANYBODY

[3:32] ELSE?

[3:33] SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY

[3:34] SPEAKERS ON ANY OF THE ITEMS?

[3:36] MR. CITY CLERK?

[3:38] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO, MAYOR,

[3:39] WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, NO

[3:40] HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM.

[3:41] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[3:47] I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR HR

[3:49] DIRECTOR TINA TO INTRODUCE THE

[3:53] ITEM ABOUT THE COMPENSATION FOR

[3:54] OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

[4:08] >> THANK YOU.

[4:09] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[4:10] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[4:13] AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE

[4:16] SECTION 54953, I WILL PROVIDE A

[4:18] SHORT SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION OF

[4:20] FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE CITY

[4:21] ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

[4:22] WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT.

[4:23] TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL'S

[4:25] CONSIDERATION IS THE ADOPTION OF

[4:27] A RESOLUTION THAT AMENDS THE

[4:28] CITY ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT

[4:31] AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE A 5% MERIT

[4:32] INCREASE.

[4:34] THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CITY

[4:38] ATTORNEY'S BASE SALARY BY

[4:41] $17,758 ANNUALLY, BRINGING THE

[4:46] TOTAL TO $372,917.32.

[4:48] IN ADDITION THE CITY ATTORNEY

[4:50] WILL ALSO RECEIVE A ONE-TIME

[4:54] PAYMENT OF $24,929 FOR

[4:56] LIQUIDATING 40 HOURS OF HIS

[4:57] GENERAL LEAVE BANK.

[4:58] AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK

[4:59] OVER TO YOU, MAYOR.

[5:00] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[5:02] WITH THAT, COULD I GET A

[5:03] MOTION?

[5:04] I SEE VICE MAYOR ZHANG.

[5:09] >> Vice Mayor Zhang: MOTION TO

[5:12] APPROVE WITH ALL ITEMS -- ONLY

[5:14] THIS ITEM OR -- ALL ITEMS EXCEPT

[5:15] 2E.

[5:16] >> Mayor Salwan: YES.

[5:17] OKAY.

[5:18] THEN I SEE SECONDED BY

[5:19] COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[5:20] PLEASE VOTE.

[5:30] THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES

[5:31] UNANIMOUSLY.

[5:33] NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC

[5:34] COMMUNICATIONS.

[5:37] THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

[5:39] PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THAT

[5:40] IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[5:43] THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION

[5:45] OR RESPOND DURING THIS COMMENT

[5:46] PERIOD.

[5:49] THOUGH ITEMS MAY BE REFERRED TO

[5:50] STAFF FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON

[5:51] A FUTURE AGENDA.

[5:55] WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN

[5:56] ORGANIZATION, PLEASE IDENTIFY

[5:58] THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE

[5:59] PART.

[6:01] A BELL WILL SOUND WHEN 30

[6:02] SECONDS REMAIN, AND AGAIN WHEN

[6:03] YOUR TIME HAS ENDED.

[6:05] THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL THE

[6:09] NAMES OF ALL THE SPEAKERS, AND

[6:10] ALSO LET YOU KNOW THE TIMING.

[6:11] HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE?

[6:13] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE TWO

[6:15] SPEAKER CARDS SUBMITTED,

[6:16] CURRENTLY NO HANDS RAISED IN

[6:17] ZOOM.

[6:18] >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S DO 2

[6:19] MINUTES EACH.

[6:20] >> Mr. Quintanilla: 2 MINUTES.

[6:22] OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOE ROSE

[6:23] FOLLOWED BY KELLY ABREU.

[6:31] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SALWAN,

[6:32] CITY COUNCIL, AND STAFF.

[6:34] MY NAME AGAIN IS JOE ROSE.

[6:37] I AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NAMI

[6:38] ALAMEDA COUNTY SOUTH.

[6:40] THAT'S THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON

[6:41] MENTAL ILLNESS, AND I'M ALSO A

[6:44] MEMBER OF THE FREMONT PD'S

[6:47] COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

[6:51] I WANT TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF

[6:52] THE 988 NUMBER.

[6:53] A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT

[6:55] THAT NUMBER, AND THE REASON I

[6:57] KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE THE LAST

[6:59] TWO YEARS ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT

[7:01] OUT, I ASKED RESIDENTS IF THEY

[7:04] WERE AWARE OF THE NUMBER, AND

[7:05] MOST EVERYBODY SAID NO.

[7:07] SO I AM GOING TO BE GOING ON

[7:08] NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAIN IN

[7:10] AUGUST AND I HAVE THE CARDS THAT

[7:12] I'M GOING TO BE HANDING OUT TO

[7:13] RESIDENTS AS I GO AROUND, WHICH

[7:16] I'VE PASSED OUT TO EACH OF YOU,

[7:17] AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE

[7:20] TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE ONE IS IF

[7:22] THEY CALL THAT NUMBER BEFORE A

[7:23] CRISIS HAPPENS, THEN WE WON'T

[7:26] HAVE TO HAVE A 911 NUMBER

[7:27] CALLED.

[7:31] AND IF AS A RESULT OF THAT

[7:32] 988 NUMBER AND THAT DISCUSSION,

[7:34] THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE

[7:36] REALIZES THAT IT REALLY IS AN

[7:38] EMERGENCY AND 911 TYPE OF CALL,

[7:39] THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND PLACE THE

[7:40] CALL.

[7:42] SO THIS IS ONE WAY TO AVERT 911

[7:48] NUMBER CALLS, AND ALSO IT WOULD

[7:52] HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT

[7:54] OF MET CALLS AND WHATNOT.

[7:56] SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO

[7:57] UNDERSTAND THAT THE 988 NUMBER

[8:00] IS A NATIONAL NUMBER, CAN BE

[8:01] CALLED ANYWHERE FROM THE UNITED

[8:04] STATES, AND RESPONSE TO THE CALL

[8:05] WILL BE TAKEN THERE.

[8:07] SO I APPRECIATE YOUR

[8:09] UNDERSTANDING, AND HOPEFULLY YOU

[8:11] WILL MAKE YOUR CONSTITUENTS

[8:13] AWARE OF THE 988 NUMBER ON THE

[8:14] CARD THAT I JUST PASSED OUT.

[8:16] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL

[8:17] YOU DO FOR THE CITY.

[8:19] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, MR.

[8:20] ROSE.

[8:21] WE'VE GOT OUR CARDS HERE SO

[8:22] THANKS FOR THAT.

[8:23] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FINAL

[8:25] SPEAKER CARD IS SUBMITTED BY

[8:26] KELLY ABREU.

[8:28] >> Mayor Salwan: WELCOME, MR.

[8:29] ABREU.

[8:30] >> WELL, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE

[8:36] HEARD OF THIS DATA CENTER IN EL

[8:37] VISO THAT TURNS OUT THE CITY

[8:39] SAID IT'S NOT A DATA CENTER BUT

[8:40] SEEMS LIKE IT IS A DATA CENTER.

[8:48] TO ANY MANY OBSERVERS IT LOOKS

[8:51] LIKE A DAY TAI CENTER IN FACT AT

[8:52] THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

[8:53] RIVERSIDE WHO SPECIALIZES IN

[8:54] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HE'S

[8:56] A PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL

[8:57] ENGINEERING, HE SAID -- MADE A

[8:59] WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT -- HE

[9:01] SAID OH, IT SEEMS TO MEET ALL --

[9:02] HAVE ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS

[9:03] OF A DATA CENTER.

[9:06] SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT

[9:11] CITIES OFTEN GET CONFUSED ABOUT,

[9:14] LIKE THIS POWER LINE THAT -- THE

[9:15] POWER OF SOUTH BAY PROJECT

[9:16] THROUGH FREMONT.

[9:17] WE DON'T KNOW, AS I'VE SAID

[9:19] SEVERAL TIMES, LET'S GO BACK AND

[9:21] REVIEW, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY

[9:23] WHAT IS THE CARRYING CAPACITY

[9:24] BECAUSE IT'S NOT DEFINED IN THE

[9:25] CONTRACTS THAT THE CITY SIGNED

[9:26] AND THAT YOUR COUNCIL APPROVED.

[9:28] WE DON'T KNOW THE CARRYING

[9:29] CAPACITY REALLY.

[9:33] WE DON'T KNOW -- THAT'S

[9:34] MEGAWATTS OR GIGAWATTS OR

[9:36] WHATEVER IT IS, AND WE DON'T

[9:40] KNOW WHAT THE -- BASED ON THAT,

[9:41] WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S

[9:43] SHARE OF REVENUE IS EXPECTED TO

[9:45] BE BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON A

[9:46] FORMULA THAT'S SO COMPLICATED

[9:48] THAT IT'S NOT REALLY DEFINED IN

[9:49] THE CONTRACT EITHER.

[9:50] SO YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SAY OH,

[9:51] YOU'RE GOING TO GET PAID THIS

[9:52] MUCH FOR MEGAWATT HOUR.

[9:53] THAT WOULD BE TOO SIMPLE.

[9:55] IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

[9:59] THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT

[10:01] POLITICIANS AND CITIES GET

[10:03] CONFUSED ABOUT, WHERE, YOU KNOW,

[10:04] PEOPLE JUST THINK THAT THINGS

[10:05] ARE AS THEY ARE.

[10:07] THAT'S WHY IN THIS COUNTRY, WE

[10:08] HAVE SO MANY LAWYERS.

[10:12] AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHARE

[10:14] WITH YOU A PHOTO RIGHT HERE.

[10:17] THAT IS A PORTA-POTTY, BUT IN

[10:19] THE BAY AREA, RIGHT NEXT TO A

[10:20] WALKING TRAIL.

[10:21] AND THAT WALKING TRAIL IS

[10:22] SURROUNDED BY TREES AND IT'S

[10:25] PAVED AND DID YOU SEE THE

[10:26] QUALITY OF THAT PORTA-POTTY?

[10:28] AND DO YOU SEE HOW IT'S NOT OUT

[10:29] THERE OPEN, NAKED?

[10:31] IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

[10:36] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, THANK

[10:37] YOU.

[10:38] THAT CONCLUDES OUR ORAL

[10:39] COMMUNICATION COMMENT PERIOD.

[10:41] NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEMS THAT

[10:42] WERE REMOVED FROM CONSENT.

[10:44] WE HAVE ITEM 2E.

[10:47] WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN

[10:48] FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

[10:51] IF STAFF WANTS TO COME FORWARD,

[10:52] THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

[10:53] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: THAT

[10:54] WOULD BE GREAT.

[10:55] I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I DID

[10:56] WATCH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

[10:59] WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED IN JUNE,

[11:01] AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE

[11:03] REALLY NICE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL

[11:04] AND THE MAYOR TO HEAR SOME OF

[11:06] WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT SO THAT

[11:07] WE'RE SURE THAT WE BETTER

[11:09] UNDERSTAND, WE KNOW WE HAVE AN

[11:10] AWARD WINNING SRO PROGRAM BUT

[11:11] KIND OF WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE

[11:12] BIT MORE, SO THANK YOU.

[11:18] >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

[11:19] CHIEF FLOYD MITCHELL, FREMONT

[11:20] POLICE DEPARTMENT.

[11:24] I HAVE WITH ME CAPTAIN NELSON

[11:27] AND LIEUTENANT CALVIN TANG WHO

[11:28] OVERSEE THE SRO PROGRAM.

[11:31] ON JUNE 24TH DURING A REGULAR

[11:33] SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE FREMONT

[11:34] UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF

[11:37] EDUCATION, THEY VOTED 4-1 TO

[11:38] CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE

[11:39] CITY OF FREMONT AND THE FREMONT

[11:42] POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CALL

[11:43] SHARING MEMORANDUM OF

[11:44] UNDERSTANDING TO CONTINUE TO

[11:45] PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS

[11:46] TO THE DISTRICT.

[11:48] THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT

[11:49] SEEKS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY

[11:51] MANAGER TO FORMALLY ENTER INTO A

[11:52] MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH

[11:54] THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL

[11:55] DISTRICT, AND THE FREMONT POLICE

[11:57] DEPARTMENT, FOR THE FREMONT

[11:58] POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO

[11:59] PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

[12:03] I'M GOING TO HAVE

[12:06] CAPTAIN NELSON AND LIEUTENANT

[12:07] TANG TO GO OVER THE GENERAL

[12:08] OVERSIGHT AND HISTORY OF OUR

[12:09] PROGRAM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

[12:10] THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

[12:16] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL,

[12:17] THANK YOU FOR HAVING US

[12:18] TONIGHT.

[12:19] AND ASKING FOR AN OVERVIEW OF

[12:20] THE PROGRAM.

[12:22] SO THE SRO PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN

[12:24] PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

[12:26] IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL

[12:27] PROGRAM WITH THE FREMONT UNIFIED

[12:30] SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A

[12:31] PARTNERSHIP.

[12:32] WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO

[12:33] HAVE AN OFFICER AT EACH ONE OF

[12:35] OUR SIX HIGH SCHOOLS, A SERGEANT

[12:36] THAT OVERSEES AND IS DEDICATED

[12:39] TO THE PROGRAM FULL TIME, AND

[12:41] THEN THE SROs ARE RESPONSIBLE

[12:42] FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS THAT

[12:44] FALL WITHIN THE ATTENDANCE AREA

[12:45] OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

[12:47] SO IT GIVES US, THE SROs, A

[12:48] FULL-TIME DEDICATION TO BUILD

[12:50] THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE

[12:51] PRINCIPALS, WITH THE STAFF, AND

[12:53] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNIFIED

[12:54] ON THOSE CAMPUSES TO BRING AND

[12:56] MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC

[12:58] SAFETY AT EACH OF OUR SCHOOL

[12:59] CAMPUSES.

[13:00] AND SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE

[13:02] LIEUTENANT TANG WITH US THAT IS

[13:03] OVERSEEING, BEEN A PART OF THE

[13:04] PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME, AND

[13:05] I'LL PASS IT OFF TO HIM IF

[13:06] THERE'S ANYTHING HE WANTS TO

[13:08] SHARE AS AN OPENING BEFORE WE

[13:09] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

[13:10] HAVE.

[13:14] >> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN SNELSON.

[13:16] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[13:17] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[13:18] THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS NEAR

[13:20] AND DEAR TO I BELIEVE THE ENTIRE

[13:22] CITY OF FREMONT, THE STUDENTS

[13:24] THAT WE SERVE AND THE FAMILIES

[13:25] THAT WE SERVE.

[13:27] I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF NOT

[13:28] ONLY SERVING AS A SCHOOL

[13:30] RESOURCE OFFICER IN THE PAST AT

[13:32] AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT

[13:33] ULTIMATELY AS THE SERGEANT OF

[13:36] THE UNIT AND NOW THE LIEUTENANT

[13:37] OVER SPECIAL OPERATIONS WHICH

[13:38] INCLUDES THE SCHOOL RESOURCE

[13:39] OFFICER UNIT.

[13:40] IT'S A UNIT THAT WE'RE VERY,

[13:42] VERY PROUD OF BECAUSE IT IS A

[13:43] COLLABORATION AND A PARTNERSHIP

[13:47] WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR

[13:48] COMMUNITY ON SPECIFICALLY OUR

[13:49] FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS TOO.

[13:53] IN PREPARATION FOR THESE MOUs

[13:55] AND THESE AGREEMENTS, WE WORK

[13:58] COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE

[14:01] DISTRICT AND THINGS ARE WORKED

[14:02] COOPERATIVELY AND IN

[14:03] PARTNERSHIP.

[14:04] SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE

[14:06] SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR

[14:07] ACADEMICALLY.

[14:09] WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR HISTORY

[14:10] WITH THE PROGRAM.

[14:12] AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY TYPE

[14:14] OF QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK THAT

[14:15] YOU MAY HAVE.

[14:17] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, WE

[14:18] APPRECIATE ALL THE GOOD WORK

[14:19] THAT YOU'RE DOING.

[14:21] I THINK AT LEAST TWO OF YOU ARE

[14:22] FUSD GRADUATES TOO, RIGHT?

[14:23] >> YES, SIR.

[14:24] GO HUSKIES.

[14:25] >> Mayor Salwan: THERE YOU GO!

[14:27] LIEUTENANT TANG TOO, RIGHT?

[14:30] >> I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF

[14:31] SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IN OAKLAND.

[14:33] >> Mayor Salwan: OH, SKYLINE,

[14:34] OKAY.

[14:35] WE WON'T BOO.

[14:37] WE SHOULD.

[14:39] SO COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, DO

[14:40] YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP?

[14:43] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I

[14:44] GUESS AS WE SEE FROM OUR STAFF

[14:45] REPORT HERE, WE CAN SEE SOME OF

[14:47] THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.

[14:49] ARE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DO THAT

[14:51] MAY NOT BE IN THIS REPORT THAT

[14:53] YOU WANTED TO FOCUS ON OR TALK

[14:54] ABOUT AT ALL?

[14:55] AND ALSO I'VE NOTICED OVER THE

[14:59] YEARS THE PROGRAM SEEMS TO HAVE

[15:00] GOTTEN STRONGER AND BETTER WITH

[15:01] COMMUNICATION.

[15:02] I THINK MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOL

[15:03] DISTRICT AND THE CITY COUNCIL, I

[15:05] THINK THAT IT'S BEEN -- IT'S

[15:07] REALLY COME A LONG WAY IN

[15:08] COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT AND

[15:10] REALLY STRONG COLLABORATION WITH

[15:12] SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[15:14] BUT OTHER THINGS YOU DO THAT

[15:18] MIGHT NOT BE ON HERE THAT

[15:19] HIGHLIGHT?

[15:20] >> YES.

[15:23] THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTS

[15:24] THERE, COUNCILMEMBER.

[15:26] IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO

[15:27] OPERATIONALLY, OBVIOUSLY IT IS

[15:30] TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE

[15:32] SIX HIGH SCHOOL SITES THAT WE

[15:33] HAVE, BUT ALSO TO OUR FEEDER

[15:34] MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY

[15:37] SCHOOLS TO WHICH WE PROVIDE

[15:38] EVERY DAY, AND SPECIFICALLY

[15:39] HAVING THAT DEDICATED OFFICER AT

[15:41] EACH OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE

[15:42] RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT IS KEY.

[15:45] ALONG WITH PROVIDING THE SAFETY

[15:49] OF THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES EACH DAY,

[15:51] THERE HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY 576

[15:53] ADDITIONAL HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN

[15:54] PROVIDED IN TERMS OF SERVICES

[15:57] THAT THE SRO TEAM PROVIDES TO

[15:58] THE DISTRICT.

[16:00] THIS IS WITH FOOTBALL GAMES,

[16:01] THIS IS WITH BASKETBALL GAMES,

[16:05] THIS IS WITH THEIR DANCES,

[16:06] GRADUATIONS.

[16:08] GRADUATIONS ARE EVEN MORE

[16:10] DETAILED WITH THE AMOUNT OF

[16:11] THREAT ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DO,

[16:13] WORKING WITH OUR ADDITIONAL

[16:14] SPECIALIZED UNITS WITHIN THE

[16:15] POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT

[16:18] IT IS A SAFE EVENT FOR THE MANY

[16:19] FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE TO

[16:21] CELEBRATE THEIR LOVED ONES WHO

[16:22] GRADUATE AND HAVE THESE

[16:23] MILESTONES.

[16:27] BUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR TEAM,

[16:29] IT IS A TAILORED AND CAREFULLY

[16:31] CURATED TEAM THAT WE HAVE WITH

[16:33] SIX INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS, ALL

[16:35] WITH SPECIALIZED SKILLS

[16:36] THEMSELVES.

[16:37] WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE

[16:41] DIVERSITY WITHIN THE SRO TEAM

[16:43] ITSELF, WITH OVER 80% OF OUR

[16:45] TEAM BEING BILINGUAL, 100% OF

[16:47] OUR TEAM HAVING CRISIS

[16:49] INTERVENTION TRAINING, AND

[16:51] HAVING SPECIALIZED SKILLS SUCH

[16:53] AS BEING SPECIAL RESPONSE CROWD

[16:55] MANAGEMENT TEAM OFFICERS AND

[16:57] BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT

[16:58] PERSPECTIVE TO OUR SCHOOLS.

[17:01] SO THAT'S THINGS WE DON'T

[17:02] NECESSARILY SEE IN THE MOU OR

[17:04] THE HANDBOOK, BUT EACH OF THE

[17:07] INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE

[17:09] REPRESENT A TREMENDOUS PART OF

[17:11] THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE

[17:13] WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW

[17:14] WE SERVE EVERY DAY.

[17:22] >> Mayor Salwan: THE ONE THING

[17:24] THAT WASN'T CAPTURED IS HOW MUCH

[17:28] IS THAT COST THE EXTRA WORK, THE

[17:29] SERGEANT THAT OVERSEES, IS THERE

[17:30] A WAY TO QUANTIFY THAT AMOUNT?

[17:36] >> I'LL JUST JUMP IN REAL

[17:37] QUICK.

[17:38] WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF

[17:41] HOURS, I BELIEVE IT'S 576

[17:42] HOURS?

[17:48] FOR SCHOOLS AND DANCES, AND THE

[17:49] CURRENT OVERTIME RATE IS JUST

[17:51] OVER $150,000, SO YOU'RE LOOKING

[17:55] ANYWHERE FROM AROUND 85 TO

[17:57] $95,000 IN EXTRACURRICULAR

[17:58] ACTIVITIES THAT WE PROVIDE SROs

[18:01] FOR THAT WE DO NOT -- THAT THE

[18:02] DEPARTMENT BASICALLY CONSUMES.

[18:03] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[18:04] THANK YOU.

[18:05] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[18:12] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[18:13] YOU.

[18:14] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

[18:15] REPORT.

[18:16] IT BRINGS BACK MEMORY FROM WHEN

[18:19] I WAS SITTING ON THE SCHOOL

[18:23] BOARD, FUSD SCHOOL BOARD, AND I

[18:25] WAS ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF ENSURING

[18:27] THAT WE TOOK THE SAFETY OF OUR

[18:28] STUDENTS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

[18:30] AND BY HAVING A POLICE PRESENCE

[18:34] ON THE CAMPUS, SORT OF

[18:36] SOLIDIFIED AND GAVE FAMILIES

[18:38] COMFORT OF KNOWING THAT THEY HAD

[18:41] THE PROTECTION, IT WAS REALLY

[18:42] DURING THIS TIME WHEN THERE WAS

[18:44] A LOT OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND IT

[18:46] WAS JUST A VERY, VERY ROUGH TIME

[18:48] IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

[18:50] I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS

[18:52] THAT CAME UP DURING THIS IS --

[18:54] AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, MAYBE YOU

[18:58] DID GIVE TO ME AND I APOLOGIZE

[19:00] IF I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT WHAT IS

[19:01] THE ARREST RATE IN THE SCHOOLS

[19:02] NOW?

[19:03] ARE YOU SEEING A DECLINE OR ARE

[19:07] YOU SEEING AN INCREASE IN ARREST

[19:08] RATES AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES?

[19:10] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,

[19:11] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[19:13] THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, WE ACTUALLY

[19:15] SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE

[19:18] NUMBER OF ARRESTS THAT WE HAD

[19:19] DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

[19:22] WE ALSO NOTICED A MARKED

[19:23] INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL

[19:25] FIGHTS THAT WERE OCCURRING

[19:26] WITHIN THE SCHOOLS.

[19:28] AND THAT WAS FROM FEBRUARY ON IS

[19:30] WHERE WE SAW THE SIGNIFICANT

[19:31] INCREASE.

[19:34] WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE

[19:35] PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH

[19:41] THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW WE

[19:43] ADDRESS IT, OBVIOUSLY FIRST

[19:44] MAKING SURE THE SCENE IS SAFE

[19:46] AND THE KIDS ARE OKAY, BUT WAYS

[19:47] IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE THE

[19:48] DISTRICT WORK WITH THE STUDENTS

[19:49] AND THE FAMILIES TO AVOID ENTRY

[19:51] INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

[19:52] IS KEY.

[19:53] SO WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES

[19:56] FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REFER A

[19:57] STUDENT OR A FAMILY TO

[20:00] DIVERSION, THAT IS ALWAYS OUR

[20:02] PRIMARY GOAL AND OUR REQUEST IN

[20:04] TERMS OF WORKING AND GIVING

[20:06] FAMILIES AND STUDENTS A SECOND

[20:07] CHANCE.

[20:08] BUT THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, WE DID

[20:11] NOTICE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER

[20:13] OF SCHOOL FIGHTS WITHIN

[20:14] CAMPUSES.

[20:15] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[20:16] OKAY.

[20:17] THANK YOU.

[20:18] THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

[20:19] WHEN YOU SAY ARRESTS, DOES THAT

[20:21] MEAN THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GOING

[20:24] TO THE -- DOWN TO SAN LEANDRO?

[20:26] >> ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION,

[20:27] COUNCILMEMBER.

[20:29] SO ARREST IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT

[20:30] MEANS IS WE HAVE THE OPTION.

[20:33] SO ONE OPTION IS APPREHENSION IN

[20:34] TERMS OF TRANSPORTING THAT MINOR

[20:37] TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER

[20:38] IN SAN LEANDRO.

[20:40] SECOND OPTION IS TO ISSUE WHAT'S

[20:42] CALLED A NOTICE TO APPEAR, WHICH

[20:44] IS ALSO -- CONSTITUTES AN ARREST

[20:45] BECAUSE WE'VE DETAINED THAT

[20:47] STUDENT AND WE BASICALLY SAID,

[20:48] HEY, WE ARE NOW RELEASING YOU TO

[20:50] THE CUSTODY OF A PARENT, AND THE

[20:51] THIRD WHAT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO

[20:53] DO IS JUST AN ADMONISHMENT.

[20:55] NOTICE TO APPEAR, WHICH IS

[20:57] ESSENTIALLY A TICKET THAT WE

[21:00] ISSUE A MINOR, BASED ON THE TYPE

[21:03] OF OFFENSE, WE CAN REFER THAT

[21:04] NOTICE TO APPEAR TO DIVERSION.

[21:07] SO DIVERSION IS THE OPPORTUNITY

[21:09] FOR THE YOUNG PERSON TO WORK

[21:12] WITH OUR CITY'S YOUTH AND FAMILY

[21:14] SERVICES TO RECEIVE EITHER

[21:16] COUNSELING OR GET ADDITIONAL

[21:18] TRAINING OR RESOURCES, AND IF

[21:20] THAT STUDENT ACCOMPLISHES THE

[21:22] GOALS OF DIVERSION, THAT NOTICE

[21:24] TO APPEAR, THAT NTA ESSENTIALLY

[21:25] DISAPPEARS.

[21:28] AND THOSE ARE -- THAT IS A VERY,

[21:30] VERY UNIQUE THING THAT WE DO

[21:33] HERE AT THE CITY OF FREMONT

[21:34] WHICH WE'RE ONCE AGAIN VERY,

[21:35] VERY PROUD OF BECAUSE IT IS THAT

[21:36] PARTNERSHIP NOT ONLY WITH THE

[21:37] POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WITH

[21:39] YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, BUT

[21:41] THE CITY OF FREMONT AND THEN

[21:44] ALSO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY JUVENILE

[21:45] PROBATION DEPARTMENT.

[21:46] >> Councilmember Campbell: YOU

[21:50] ALSO MENTIONED THAT -- SO ALL OF

[21:51] THOSE PARTICULAR -- THREE THINGS

[21:52] THAT YOU MENTIONED CONSTITUTES

[21:53] AN ARREST?

[21:57] >> BEING TRANSPORTED TO JUVENILE

[21:58] HALL CAN COUNT AS AN ARREST.

[22:01] BEING ISSUED AN NTA OR NOTICE TO

[22:02] APPEAR CAN CONSTITUTE AS AN

[22:03] ARREST AS WELL.

[22:04] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[22:05] OKAY.

[22:07] SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHY

[22:11] THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS OR

[22:13] ARRESTS HAVE INCREASED OVER LAST

[22:14] YEAR?

[22:18] IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OR DATA

[22:20] TO SUPPORT ANY CONCLUSIONS AS

[22:21] TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING?

[22:23] >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A

[22:25] SINGULAR FUNDAMENTAL REASON

[22:26] WHY.

[22:27] I THINK IN SCHOOLS IN GENERAL

[22:28] ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WE'VE

[22:31] SEEN AN INCREASE IN TYPES OF

[22:32] VIOLENCE WITHIN SCHOOL

[22:33] CAMPUSES.

[22:38] IT WOULD

[22:39] BE -- ME BEING A POLICE

[22:41] OFFICER, I CAN'T ATTRIBUTE IT

[22:45] SOLELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ON

[22:46] SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT

[22:47] WE'VE SEEN AND DEALT WITH THIS

[22:49] YEAR, A LOT OF IT DOES STEM FROM

[22:51] SOCIAL MEDIA HERE IN THE CITY OF

[22:55] FREMONT IN TERMS OF BAD BLOOD

[22:57] THAT OCCURS, COMMENTS THAT WERE

[22:59] MADE OR A REBUFF THAT WAS MADE

[23:02] WHICH ESSENTIALLY EVOLVES OR

[23:04] DEVOLVES AND CONTINUES TO CREATE

[23:05] SIDES AND THEN ULTIMATELY

[23:06] VIOLENCE.

[23:07] THAT'S ONE FACTOR.

[23:11] BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO ALSO

[23:12] UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIGHTS THAT

[23:15] DO OCCUR INVOLVE OUR YOUNG

[23:17] PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN THEIR

[23:19] OWN DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE AND SO

[23:20] OFTENTIMES WHEN THEY DEAL WITH

[23:23] THINGS LIKE CRISIS OR ANGRY

[23:25] SITUATIONS, THEY MAY RESORT TO

[23:26] SITUATIONS LIKE VIOLENCE TO DEAL

[23:30] WITH IT, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL OR

[23:31] EDUCATIONAL.

[23:32] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[23:33] OKAY.THANK YOU FOR THAT.

[23:34] I COULD HAVE A LOT MORE

[23:37] QUESTIONS BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE,

[23:40] MAYOR, IF I CAN, I KNOW WE'RE

[23:41] ASKING QUESTIONS, CAN I MAKE A

[23:42] STATEMENT?

[23:43] OKAY.

[23:44] IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU GUYS TO

[23:47] COME AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION

[23:49] SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DID WITH

[23:52] FUSD SO THAT WE CAN ASK YOU

[23:53] QUESTIONS DIRECTLY?

[23:55] BECAUSE THIS COST SHARING, IT'S

[23:57] A LOT OF MONEY, SO IT WOULD BE

[23:59] NICE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE

[24:02] THE SAME LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING

[24:04] HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS, JUST

[24:05] SINCE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

[24:06] THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[24:08] IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN

[24:09] --

[24:10] >> Mayor Salwan: I'M SORRY, WHAT

[24:11] ARE YOU ASKING FOR AGAIN?

[24:12] I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT IT.

[24:13] >> Councilmember Campbell: SO MY

[24:15] UNDERSTANDING IS THEY GAVE A

[24:16] PRESENTATION TO FUSD.

[24:17] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[24:18] >> Councilmember Campbell: I

[24:19] WANT TO KNOW, CAN THEY DO THE

[24:20] SAME THING FOR US.

[24:23] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: SO AS

[24:26] PART OF THE MOU IN THE HANDBOOK,

[24:27] ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT

[24:30] WE PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO FUSD ON

[24:31] AN ANNUAL BASIS.

[24:34] AND WE OFTENTIMES ALSO DO A

[24:35] SIMILAR PRESENTATION AT OUR

[24:38] JOINT MEETINGS WITH FUSD, BUT WE

[24:40] CAN CERTAINLY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS

[24:43] FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE PRESENTED

[24:44] WITH THIS INFORMATION IN SOME

[24:45] FORM.

[24:47] >> Councilmember Campbell: THAT

[24:48] WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THEN WE

[24:50] COULD ASK MORE QUESTIONS AND

[24:51] MAYBE YOU CAN BRING SOME MORE

[24:53] DATA TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT'S

[24:55] REALLY GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL

[24:56] ENVIRONMENT SINCE WE ARE

[24:57] PARTNERS WITH THE SCHOOL

[24:58] DISTRICT.

[24:59] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[25:02] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: IT MAY

[25:03] BE A GOOD BRIEFING TOPIC AS WELL

[25:04] BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE

[25:06] MORE TIME AND FLEXIBILITY AND

[25:07] ONE-ON-ONE Q & A.

[25:08] SO WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

[25:10] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[25:11] YOU.

[25:12] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[25:13] KIMBERLIN.

[25:14] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: AND

[25:15] IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER

[25:16] MEETING OR SOME KIND OF

[25:18] PRESENTATION ELSEWHERE, WE CAN

[25:19] LEAVE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY NEXT

[25:21] IS, I HAVE HEARD FROM THE

[25:22] COMMUNITY HERE AND THERE ABOUT

[25:24] THEY WONDER ABOUT THE COST AND

[25:25] SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S

[25:27] SOMETHING WE WANT TO -- I KNOW

[25:28] YOU'RE NOT THE FINANCIAL

[25:30] DEPARTMENT OVER HERE, BUT YOU

[25:32] KNOW IT REALLY WELL BY NOW, AND

[25:34] I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE, FROM

[25:35] WHAT I'VE HEARD, THERE ARE

[25:37] REASONS THAT IT IS SPLIT AND

[25:38] THERE ARE BENEFITS TO THAT.

[25:40] COULD YOU MAYBE JUST QUICKLY

[25:41] ADDRESS THAT TONIGHT SO THE

[25:42] PUBLIC WHO ARE LISTENING AND

[25:44] WATCHING UNDERSTAND BETTER WHY

[25:45] THIS STRUCTURE IS LIKE IT IS?

[25:50] >> YES, I'LL JUMP IN REAL

[25:51] QUICK.

[25:54] YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 205 POSITIONS

[25:56] THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE

[25:58] DEPARTMENT, AND WITHIN THOSE

[26:00] POSITIONS, WE DEPLOY THEM IN A

[26:01] CERTAIN FORMAT.

[26:04] FOR THE -- AS LARGE A SCHOOL

[26:05] DISTRICT AS WE HAVE HERE IN

[26:07] FREMONT WITH JUST UNDER -- OR

[26:10] JUST OVER 30,000, TO BE ABLE TO

[26:11] STAFF THAT ON A FULL-TIME BASIS

[26:13] THE WAY THAT WE DO VERSUS SOME

[26:14] OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN

[26:18] THE AREA, REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE

[26:19] SIX POLICE OFFICERS.

[26:22] THAT IS A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN

[26:26] FOR THE CITY TO BEAR ON ITS OWN,

[26:28] AS WELL AS DEPLOY OUR OFFICERS

[26:29] IN OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE

[26:30] CITY.

[26:34] SO THIS COST SHARING STRUCTURE

[26:38] THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW HELPS

[26:41] US IDENTIFY AND STAFF THOSE SIX

[26:43] POSITIONS ON A FULL-TIME BASIS

[26:45] WHILE WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE

[26:46] REST OF THE CITY.

[26:48] SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM THAT

[26:50] STANDPOINT, IF WE WERE TO LOOK

[26:52] AT ANOTHER COST SHARING MEASURE,

[26:54] I WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT WITH THE

[26:56] CITY MANAGER AND DECIDE HOW WE

[26:57] WOULD FUND THOSE OTHER

[26:58] POSITIONS.

[27:03] >> Mayor Salwan: WITH THAT,

[27:05] WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKER.

[27:06] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE NOW HAVE

[27:07] TWO PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS.

[27:10] FIRST SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU,

[27:13] THE SECOND IS MANITIA PATHOK.

[27:14] 2 MINUTES, MAYOR?

[27:15] >> Mayor Salwan: YES, SIR.

[27:20] >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY

[27:21] COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN IS OPERATING

[27:22] IN THE DARK.

[27:25] WITH THE CRIME RATE IN THE

[27:27] SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY FLAT

[27:28] OR GOING UP SLIGHTLY OR WHATEVER

[27:29] IT IS.

[27:31] THE OVERALL CRIME RATE IN THE

[27:32] STATE AND THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING

[27:35] TO NATIONAL STATISTICS, IS DOWN

[27:36] ON MANY -- ALL THE MAJOR

[27:38] CATEGORIES OF CRIME HAVE DROPPED

[27:39] 20% LAST YEAR.

[27:40] 20% DROP.

[27:41] WHO'S GOING TO BE PROUD OF

[27:42] THAT?

[27:43] WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR

[27:44] THAT?

[27:45] SOMEBODY'S GOT TO TAKE -- THAT'S

[27:46] GREAT RESULTS.

[27:47] 20% DROP IN CRIME IN AMERICA.

[27:50] AND ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

[27:55] BUT EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO

[27:57] USED TO WORK ON THE SCHOOL

[27:59] BOARD, THE REST OF US DON'T

[28:00] UNDERSTAND THIS DISPUTE ABOUT

[28:01] FUNDING.

[28:02] FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE STUCK IN

[28:04] THE OLD WAYS OF THINKING,

[28:05] THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF

[28:06] PHYSICAL LOCATIONS, THEN WE'RE

[28:09] GOING TO ASSIGN STAFF TO EACH

[28:12] LOCATION IN UNIFORM QUANTITIES

[28:13] OF STAFF AT UNIFORM COST.

[28:16] NOW IF THIS WERE, LET'S SAY,

[28:19] COMPARING SWITZERLAND AND SOME

[28:21] CRIME RIDDEN IMPOVERISHED STATE

[28:24] IN SOME COUNTRY, I GUESS I CAN'T

[28:26] NAME ONE, THEY'D GET MAD, THEN

[28:28] YOU KNOW, WE'D ASSIGN THE SAME

[28:31] NUMBER OF POLICE PER CAPITA TO

[28:32] SWITZERLAND AND THAT

[28:33] IMPOVERISHED STATE.

[28:38] SHOULDN'T THE PEOPLE BE

[28:40] EMPOWERED TO SHIFT THEIR

[28:41] RESOURCES AND FIGURE OUT WHERE

[28:43] THEY NEED TO ASSIGN THEIR

[28:44] RESOURCES?

[28:45] AND MAYBE IT'S NOT EVENLY

[28:46] DISTRIBUTED.

[28:47] WHAT A THOUGHT.

[28:49] AND WHY WAS THIS SCHOOL BOARD --

[28:52] WHY ARE WE ONLY TALKING ABOUT

[28:53] THE CITY'S VIEW OF PAYING A

[28:55] MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR OR $2

[28:56] MILLION A YEAR FOR THIS

[28:57] SERVICE?

[28:58] CITY HAS A POSITION, WHAT WAS

[29:00] THE SCHOOL BOARD'S POSITION?

[29:02] SCHOOL BOARD, I REMEMBER BEING

[29:03] QUITE UPSET, I THOUGHT THEY FELT

[29:06] LIKE THEY WERE BEING OVERCHARGED

[29:07] OR THAT OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS --

[29:09] WHAT IS -- HAS ANYBODY DONE A

[29:10] SURVEY OF ALL THE SCHOOL

[29:11] DISTRICTS AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY

[29:12] ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS

[29:14] HAVE TO PAIL FOR THIS KIND OF

[29:15] SERVICES?

[29:16] HAS ANYBODY DONE THAT SURVEY?

[29:19] YOU KNOW, IT'S -- NONE OF THESE

[29:20] ITEMS HAS THE FISCAL IMPACT.

[29:23] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[29:26] SPEAKER IS MINITIA PATHOK.

[29:35] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[29:36] COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALL THE

[29:37] GUESTS.

[29:42] I'M A LONG TIME FREMONT

[29:43] RESIDENT.

[29:46] STUDENT SAFETY IS EXTREMELY

[29:47] SENSITIVE, AND IMPORTANT, AND I

[29:48] APPRECIATE THE WORK OF OUR

[29:51] SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND PUBLIC

[29:52] SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.

[29:54] AS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE

[29:57] SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER

[29:58] AGREEMENT, I ENCOURAGE A

[30:00] BALANCED APPROACH THAT COMBINES

[30:03] CAMPUS SAFETY WITH PREVENTION,

[30:06] TRUST BUILDING, MENTAL HEALTH

[30:08] SUPPORT, CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY,

[30:09] AND STRONG COMMUNICATION WITH

[30:11] THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS.

[30:13] I HOPE THE CITY AND FREMONT

[30:16] UNIFIED WILL CONTINUE EVALUATING

[30:19] OUTCOMES LISTENING TO AFFECTED

[30:20] COMMUNITIES AND ENSURING THAT

[30:22] EVERY STUDENT FEELS BOTH SAFE

[30:23] AND SUPPORTED AT SCHOOL.

[30:24] THANK YOU.

[30:27] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR

[30:28] FINAL SPEAKER.

[30:29] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[30:30] THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENT

[30:31] PERIOD.

[30:33] WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL

[30:34] FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS

[30:35] OR A MOTION.

[30:37] SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR

[30:38] COMMENTS, COULD I GET A MOTION?

[30:40] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[30:43] >> Councilmember Campbell: SO

[30:44] SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A

[30:45] -- I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

[30:49] WHEN YOU SAID THE MOU ONLY

[30:52] SPECIFIED THAT THE POLICE

[30:54] DEPARTMENT WOULD MAKE A

[30:55] PRESENTATION TO FUSD, CAN THAT

[30:56] BE AMENDED?

[31:00] >> City Mgr. Shackelford:

[31:02] AMENDED HOW?

[31:05] >> Councilmember Campbell: TO

[31:06] ADD FREMONT UNIFIED AND CITY OF

[31:07] FREMONT SINCE THIS IS A JOINT

[31:08] AGREEMENT.

[31:09] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: WE CAN

[31:10] CERTAINLY -- I DON'T KNOW IF

[31:12] THAT AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY.

[31:13] YOU BEGGED THE QUESTION SO WE'LL

[31:15] MAKE SURE YOU ALL GET THE

[31:16] INFORMATION AS WELL.

[31:17] >> Councilmember Campbell: FOR

[31:20] FUTURE CITY MANAGERS WHO MIGHT

[31:22] NOT SEE THE MOU, I JUST WANT TO

[31:23] MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOLIDIFIED

[31:24] IN WRITING.

[31:27] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: OKAY.

[31:28] >> Councilmember Campbell: I'LL

[31:30] MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

[31:32] >> Mayor Salwan: MOVED BY

[31:33] CAMPBELL, SECONDED BY LIU.

[31:34] PLEASE VOTE.

[31:41] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[31:42] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[31:48] NEXT WE HAVE A SCHEDULED ITEM

[31:49] WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[31:51] THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND

[31:52] ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE

[31:54] CITY OF FREMONT AUTHORIZING AN

[31:55] AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT

[31:56] BETWEEN THE CITY OF FREMONT AND

[32:00] THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF

[32:01] PERS.

[32:02] STAFF WANT TO COME FORWARD?

[32:06] WE HAVE MISS GALLEGOS AVAILABLE

[32:08] FOR QUESTIONS, I'LL CLEAR THE

[32:09] REQUEST TO SPEAK, IF ANYBODY HAS

[32:10] ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US

[32:11] KNOW.

[32:14] SEEING NONE, DO YOU HAVE

[32:15] ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD OR

[32:16] SAY?

[32:17] >> NO.

[32:21] WE DID THIS PRESENTATION ON JUNE

[32:24] 9TH, 2026, AND IT IS TO COMPLY

[32:25] WITH OUR CURRENT MOUs WITH OUR

[32:29] SAFETY EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF

[32:31] CALPERS INCREASING THE EMPLOYEE

[32:32] COSTS.

[32:34] THEY ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING IN

[32:35] EXCESS OF WHAT THE MOU STATES

[32:38] THAT THEY SHOULD BE CONTRIBUTING

[32:40] WHICH IS 12%, SO WE ARE DOING

[32:41] THIS AMENDMENT TO COMPLY WITH

[32:45] OUR CURRENT MOUs AND COMPLY WITH

[32:46] CALPERS EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION

[32:47] REQUIREMENTS.

[32:48] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[32:49] WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC

[32:50] HEARING.

[32:51] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO

[32:52] PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS IN PERSON,

[32:53] NO HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM.

[32:54] >> Mayor Salwan: I WILL CLOSE

[32:55] THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT

[32:57] BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR

[32:58] QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR A

[32:59] MOTION.

[33:04] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[33:06] >> Councilmember Shao: THANK

[33:07] YOU, MAYOR.

[33:10] I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION

[33:12] TO ACCEPT THE STAFF'S

[33:13] RECOMMENDATION.

[33:14] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[33:16] MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO,

[33:17] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

[33:18] PLEASE VOTE.

[33:27] OKAY, MOTION PASSES

[33:28] UNANIMOUSLY.

[33:29] THANK YOU.

[33:32] NEXT WE HAVE REPORT ON COMMITTEE

[33:33] ASSIGNMENTS.

[33:34] DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS

[33:36] THAT HAVE REPORT ON COMMITTEE

[33:37] ASSIGNMENTS?

[33:38] NO?

[33:39] OKAY.

[33:43] BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO

[33:45] RECOGNIZE THE PASSING OF ALAMEDA

[33:47] COUNTY SUPERVISOR SCOTT

[33:49] HAGGERTY, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL

[33:51] IN MANY INITIATIVES IN THE

[33:53] COUNTY, INCLUDING

[33:54] TRANSPORTATION, AND ALSO WAS A

[33:55] FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER,

[33:59] CITY OF FREMONT, AS WELL AS I

[34:01] THINK IT WAS RECREATION

[34:02] COMMISSIONER, GREW UP IN

[34:03] FREMONT.

[34:04] SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF

[34:06] FREMONT, I WANT TO OFFER OUR

[34:07] DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS

[34:08] FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALL THOSE

[34:10] LOVED ONES THAT CARED FOR HIM.

[34:13] I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF

[34:15] SILENCE TO REMEMBER SUPERVISOR

[34:16] HAGGERTY.

[34:26] THANK YOU.

[34:29] A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE

[34:33] HELD ON SATURDAY, JULY 25TH AT

[34:35] 4:00 P.M. AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY

[34:36] FAIRGROUNDS.

[34:37] FOR ALL THOSE WHO WANT TO WISH

[34:39] AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

[34:40] WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN

[34:42] THIS MEETING IN MEMORY OF

[34:43] SUPERVISOR HAGGERTY.

[34:44] THANK YOU, AND HAVE A GOOD

[34:45] EVENING, EVERYONE.

July 14, 2026 City Council Meeting

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