[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.