[0:04] >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD EVENING

[0:05] AND WELCOME, I'M CALLING THE

[0:07] MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.

[0:08] FOR SEPTEMBER 1, 2026.

[0:10] COUNCILMEMBER KENG, WOULD YOU

[0:11] PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF

[0:12] ALLEGIANCE.

[0:13] >> Councilmember Keng: OF

[0:14] COURSE.

[0:15] PLEASE RISE.

[0:18] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

[0:19] OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[0:20] AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

[0:21] STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

[0:22] INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

[0:32] JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[0:34] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU,

[0:35] COUNCILMEMBER.

[0:36] MR. CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL.

[0:38] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THANK YOU,

[0:39] MAYOR.

[0:40] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG?

[0:42] >> Vice Mayor Zhang: HERE.

[0:44] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO IS ABSENT.

[0:46] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, HERE.

[0:48] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE.

[0:50] COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE.

[0:53] VICE MAYOR LIU, HERE.

[0:54] MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT.

[0:58] A FEW BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[1:02] THERE ARE CURRENT VACANCIES ON

[1:03] CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[1:06] THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS

[1:07] APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

[1:11] TO APPLY, VISIT THE BOARDS,

[1:12] COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE

[1:14] ON FREMONT.GOV OR CONTACT THE

[1:15] CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

[1:17] FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[1:18] PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY

[1:21] THIS EVENING, YOU MAY PROVIDE

[1:23] PUBLIC COMMENT BY SELECTING THE

[1:24] "RAISE HAND" FEATURE IN ZOOM.

[1:25] OR BY DIALING STAR NINE.

[1:29] I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN PUBLIC

[1:31] COMMENT IS OPEN FOR EACH AGENDA

[1:32] ITEM.

[1:33] PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF

[1:36] REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION,

[1:37] IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION.

[1:42] EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY

[1:44] CLERK ARE DISTRIBUTED AND

[1:46] PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA CENTER

[1:48] AT FREMONT.GOV AND RETAINED AS

[1:49] PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

[1:52] THIS MEETING MAY GO ON UNTIL

[1:53] 11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED.

[1:55] WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF

[1:57] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

[1:59] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WISHING TO

[2:01] SPEAK DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

[2:02] PERIOD AFTER THE INITIAL 30

[2:03] MINUTES WILL BE HEARD AT THE END

[2:07] OF THE MEETING IF TIME REMAINS.

[2:09] I WILL NOW TURN OUR MEETING OVER

[2:11] TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA

[2:13] SHACKELFORD, FOR HER

[2:14] INTRODUCTIONS AND

[2:15] ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[2:16] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK

[2:17] YOU, MAYOR SALWAN, AND GOOD

[2:18] EVEN.

[2:19] GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE

[2:20] COUNCIL.

[2:21] NICE TO SEE EVERYONE BACK IN

[2:22] SESSION.

[2:23] HOPE YOU GUYS HAD A GOOD TIME

[2:24] OFF.

[2:25] FOR WHAT IT WAS WORTH, RIGHT?

[2:29] ANYWAY, WITH US THIS EVENING WE

[2:32] HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, RAFAEL

[2:33] ALVARADO TO MY LEFT.

[2:35] ACROSS IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY

[2:36] CLERK.

[2:37] DID I SAY CITY CLERK?

[2:38] I SAID CITY ATTORNEY.

[2:39] OKAY, GOOD.

[2:40] I'M OUT OF PRACTICE.

[2:41] SORRY.

[2:43] >> Mayor Salwan: ESPECIALLY

[2:44] AFTER THE HOLIDAY.

[2:45] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YES.

[2:46] ACROSS FROM US IS OUR ASSISTANT

[2:48] CITY CLERK, DINA LEWIS, AND OUR

[2:50] CITY CLERK, ALBERTO

[2:51] QUINTANILLA.

[2:52] I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS I'D

[2:53] LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY

[2:54] IF YOU'D INDULGE ME FOR A

[2:55] MOMENT.

[2:59] THE FIRST ONE IS, PLANNING

[3:01] EFFORTS FOR THE FREMONT DECOTO

[3:05] LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN ARE

[3:06] CONTINUING TO PROGRESS.

[3:07] THIS INITIATIVE HELPS TO

[3:10] IMPLIMENT THE CITY'S 2023

[3:11] THROUGH 2031 HOUSING ELEMENT AND

[3:12] REQUIRES THE REDEVELOPMENT OF

[3:17] THE CITY-OWNED SITE AT 4178

[3:19] THROUGH 4268 DECOTO ROAD INTO A

[3:20] RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT

[3:21] WOULD INCLUDE AFFORDABLE

[3:22] HOUSING.

[3:24] SO ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD,

[3:28] WE WILL HOST A SECOND

[3:30] INFORMATIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING,

[3:31] JUST SHARING INFORMATION THAT'S

[3:32] RELATED TO THE PLAN.

[3:35] SO PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR

[3:36] MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

[3:39] AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO

[3:40] SHARE THAT WE ARE ONCE AGAIN

[3:43] PARTNERING WITH BAY AREA SUN

[3:45] SHARES TO HELP RESIDENTS INSTALL

[3:46] SOLAR AND BATTERY STORAGE.

[3:50] SO THIS FALL'S

[3:55] PROGRAM

[3:56] OFFERS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST

[3:58] THROUGH NOVEMBER 15TH AND

[3:59] THERE'S MORE INFORMATION

[4:00] AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

[4:01] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[4:02] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[4:04] NEXT WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT

[4:05] CALENDAR ITEMS.

[4:06] THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL

[4:10] BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE

[4:11] AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL

[4:12] STAND.

[4:13] DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY

[4:14] COUNCIL WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM

[4:15] FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR?

[4:18] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[4:19] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[4:20] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[4:23] I WOULD LIKE TO

[4:26] PULL THE 2E, SO THAT WE CAN

[4:27] DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT

[4:28] FURTHER.

[4:29] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[4:33] SEEING NO ONE ELSE, IS THERE ANY

[4:34] SPEAKERS EITHER HERE OR REMOTELY

[4:35] THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON THE

[4:36] CONSENT CALENDAR?

[4:37] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO

[4:39] HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM, NO SPEAKER

[4:40] CARDS SUBMITTED FOR THE CONSENT

[4:41] CALENDAR.

[4:42] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[4:43] WITH THAT, COULD I GET A MOTION

[4:47] TO MOVE CONSENT MINUS

[4:49] ITEM 2E, AND ALSO WE HAVE TWO

[4:50] GREEN SHEETS THAT NEED TO BE

[4:51] INCORPORATED IN THE MOTION.

[4:52] COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[4:56] >> Councilmember Keng: SO MOTION

[5:01] TO MOVE FORWARD CONSENT CALENDAR

[5:03] EXCEPT ITEM E.

[5:05] >> Mayor Salwan: 2E PLUS THE

[5:06] GREEN SHEETS.

[5:07] >> Councilmember Keng: YES.

[5:08] >> Mayor Salwan: GREAT.

[5:09] IS THERE A SECOND?

[5:10] SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

[5:11] PLEASE VOTE.

[5:15] >> Mr. Quintanilla: MAYOR, WE'LL

[5:19] HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE WITH

[5:20] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO --

[5:22] >> Mayor Salwan: YES, PLEASE.

[5:23] >> Mr. Quintanilla:

[5:26] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, AYE.

[5:35] >> Mayor Salwan: KIND OF LIKE

[5:36] THE ROLL CALL.

[5:43] DO IT AGAIN?

[5:59] WE CAN JUST DO THE ROLL CALL.

[6:00] IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

[6:06] >> Mr. Quintanilla: IT'S READY

[6:07] NOW.

[6:08] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[6:09] LET VOTE.

[6:17] MOTION PASSES, 6 AYES, 1 ABSENT,

[6:18] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[6:21] SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE

[6:22] CEREMONIAL ITEM FOR UKRAINIAN

[6:23] INDEPENDENCE DAY.

[6:29] I WILL MEET YOU AT THE PODIUM.

[6:58] OKAY.

[7:00] SO UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

[7:03] WAS ON AUGUST 24TH, 2020 SICK,

[7:04] BUT WE WERE ON RECESS.

[7:06] SO AS A RESULT, WE'RE DOING IT

[7:07] IN THE FIRST MEETING TODAY,

[7:08] SEPTEMBER 1ST.

[7:12] SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR

[7:13] UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.

[7:16] WHEREAS UKRAINE HAS A RICH

[7:18] HISTORY, VIBRANT CULTURAL

[7:20] HERITAGE, AND ENDURING NATIONAL

[7:21] IDENTITY THAT HAVE BEEN

[7:23] PRESERVED THROUGHOUT

[7:24] GENERATIONS.

[7:27] AND WHEREAS, ON AUGUST 24, 1991,

[7:29] UKRAINE DECLARED ITS

[7:31] INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SOVIET

[7:33] UNION, MARKING A HISTORIC

[7:35] MILESTONE IN ITS JOURNEY AS A

[7:38] SOVEREIGN AND DEMOCRATIC

[7:39] NATION.

[7:41] AND WHEREAS, THE

[7:42] UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN

[7:45] FREMONT HAS ENRICHED OUR CITY

[7:47] THROUGH ITS CULTURAL TRADITIONS,

[7:49] CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND

[7:52] CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE PROUDLY

[7:54] CELEBRATING UKRAINE'S

[7:55] INDEPENDENCE DAY AND HONORING

[7:57] THE RESILIENCE OF THE UKRAINIAN

[7:58] PEOPLE.

[8:00] AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT

[8:02] VALUES CULTURAL DIVERSITY,

[8:04] PROMOTES MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

[8:06] AMONG ALL PEOPLE, AND RECOGNIZES

[8:08] THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM,

[8:11] DEMOCRACY, PEACE, SOVEREIGNTY,

[8:13] AND SELF-DETERMINATION.

[8:16] AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT

[8:17] EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH THE

[8:18] PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.

[8:21] NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL

[8:23] OF THE CITY OF THE FREMONT DOES

[8:27] HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 24, 2026

[8:29] AS UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN

[8:32] THE CITY OF FREMONT, AND

[8:34] ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN

[8:37] IN RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT

[8:39] OCCASION, HONORING THE

[8:40] UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,

[8:42] AND CELEBRATING THE ENDURING

[8:44] SPIRIT, CULTURE, AND ASPIRATIONS

[8:45] OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.

[8:51] THANK YOU.

[8:55] SO I'D INVITE OLGA TO SAY A FEW

[8:56] WORDS.

[9:02] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

[9:05] YOUR SUPPORT IS SUPER, SUPER

[9:06] IMPORTANT FOR THE UKRAINIAN

[9:07] COMMUNITY.

[9:10] UKRAINE IS FIGHTING THIS UNJUST

[9:14] WAR WITH RUSSIA, AND SUPPORT OF

[9:18] ALL OF AMERICAN PEOPLE IS

[9:20] REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US

[9:22] AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO LIVE

[9:23] IN THE GREAT CITY OF FREMONT,

[9:27] WHO ALSO RECOGNIZES THE

[9:30] UKRAINIAN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND

[9:31] DEMOCRACY.

[9:32] THANK YOU.

[9:52] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU SO

[9:53] MUCH.

[10:16] THANK YOU FOR THAT.

[10:18] NEXT WE HAVE ORAL

[10:19] COMMUNICATIONS.

[10:23] ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON

[10:24] AN ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON

[10:26] THE AGENDA MAY DO SO DURING ORAL

[10:27] COMMUNICATIONS.

[10:28] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[10:29] PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM MAY RAISE

[10:32] THEIR HAND USING THE ZOOM "RAISE

[10:33] HAND" FEATURE.

[10:38] OR BY DIALING STAR NINE -- STAR

[10:39] NINE WHEN CALLING IN.

[10:40] THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR

[10:41] THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE

[10:42] COUNCIL ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT

[10:43] ON THE AGENDA.

[10:45] THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION,

[10:47] NOR RESPOND DURING THIS COMMENT

[10:48] PERIOD.

[10:50] THOUGH ITEMS MAY BE REFERRED TO

[10:55] STAFF AS POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON A

[10:56] FUTURE AGENDA.

[10:57] WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN

[10:59] ORGANIZATION, PLEASE IDENTIFY

[11:00] THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE

[11:01] SPEAKING ON BEHALF.

[11:04] A BELL WILL RING WHEN 30 SECONDS

[11:05] REMAIN, AND AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME

[11:06] HAS ENDED.

[11:09] THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL THE

[11:12] SPEAKERS AND YOU WILL SEE THE

[11:13] TIME INDICATING HOW LONG YOU

[11:14] HAVE LEFT TO SPEAK.

[11:15] WITH THAT, MR. CITY CLERK, HOW

[11:17] MANY SPEAKERS DO WE SH?

[11:19] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE FOUR

[11:20] SPEAKER CARDS AND NO HANDS

[11:21] RAISED IN ZOOM.

[11:23] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, I WILL

[11:24] ALLOW 2 MINUTES EACH.

[11:25] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FIRST

[11:27] SPEAKER IS DELILAH NAVA FOLLOWED

[11:30] BY PEDRO DESA.

[11:45] >> GOOD EVENING.

[11:51] I'M COMING

[11:52] FROM THE PLACE WE'RE WORKING

[11:56] RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE HERE AS --

[11:58] ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE HERE

[12:01] SEEKING FOR HELP FROM THE CITY

[12:02] BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO -- WE

[12:05] ARE IN THE PROCESS ACTUALLY ON

[12:07] NEGOTIATION OF A NEW CONTRACT,

[12:11] AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE

[12:12] COMPANY FOR 20 YEARS ALREADY,

[12:17] AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY UPDATES

[12:21] OR NEW BENEFITS THAT WE HAD

[12:22] SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE

[12:24] COMPANY, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE

[12:29] TRYING TO GET SOME NEW BENEFITS

[12:31] FOR EVERYBODY, SINCE THE ECONOMY

[12:35] HAS BEEN CHANGING A LOT, AND

[12:37] THE PLACE -- THE DEPARTMENT

[12:39] THAT I WORK, IT'S ACTUALLY THE

[12:43] HAZARDOUS WASTE, IT'S THE

[12:45] DEPARTMENT THAT ACTUALLY --

[12:47] FREMONT IS THE ONLY CITY WHO HAS

[12:49] THE HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION,

[12:52] SO WE THINK THAT IT'S -- THAT

[12:54] IT'S A VERY DELICATE PLACE THAT

[12:56] NEEDS A LOT OF IMPLEMENTS FOR

[12:59] THE WAY THAT THE CITIZENS CAN

[13:03] COME OVER AND DO THE DROPOFF BY

[13:05] WEIGHT AND NOT BE DROPPING IT

[13:06] OFF AT THE GARBAGE.

[13:08] SO ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT

[13:12] NOW IS THAT WE ARE

[13:14] BEING -- THAT'S IT?

[13:15] THAT'S MY TIME?

[13:17] >> Mayor Salwan: 30 SECONDS.

[13:18] >> SO THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE WE

[13:22] HAVE RIGHT NOW, THAT WE'RE BEING

[13:23] IN NEGOTIATION FOR MORE THAN 8

[13:27] MONTHS AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY

[13:30] NEWS OR NEW UPGRADES ON WHAT

[13:31] WE'RE ASKING FOR.

[13:34] SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE,

[13:35] SEEKING FOR HELP.

[13:36] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[13:37] >> THANK YOU.

[13:38] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[13:42] SPEAKER IS

[13:43] PEDRO.

[13:44] >> Mayor Salwan: EXCUSE ME,

[13:46] THANK YOU, BUT NO CLAPPING OR

[13:48] CHEERING OR BOOING OR ANY NOISES

[13:49] BUT THANK YOU FOR THE

[13:50] ENTHUSIASM.

[13:52] YES, SIR.

[13:56] >> MY NAME IS PEDRO DESA, I AM

[13:58] THE BUSINESS AGENT WITH ILW

[13:59] LOCAL 6.

[14:01] WE REPRESENT THE WORKERS AT

[14:02] FREMONT RECYCLING BLT

[14:03] ENTERPRISES.

[14:04] YES, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH

[14:07] THIS COMPANY SINCE JANUARY.

[14:08] THINGS THAT THE MEMBERS HAVE

[14:12] BEEN ASKING ABOUT IS MORE SAFETY

[14:14] ON THE JOB, MORE SICK DAYS,

[14:17] THEY'VE HAD FIVE SICK DAYS

[14:18] BASICALLY SINCE THE COMPANY HAS

[14:19] OPENED, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO

[14:21] GET MORE, AND THE COMPANY IS

[14:25] REALLY TRYING TO GET A

[14:27] 6-YEAR CART, WE NEED TO MAKE

[14:28] SURE WE STAY IN A SITUATION

[14:30] WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE

[14:34] BEHIND INFLATION AND BEHIND

[14:36] AFTER THE NEXT -- AFTER THIS

[14:38] CONTRACT CONSIDERING THE AREA

[14:42] STANDARD, MY MEMBERS OVER THERE

[14:44] ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE

[14:45] AREA STANDARD FROM OTHER

[14:46] RECYCLING COMPANIES AND WHAT

[14:48] THEY WANT IS A FAIR CONTRACT SO

[14:49] THEY ARE HERE TO LET THE COUNCIL

[14:51] KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND ASK FOR

[14:52] HELP AND SUPPORT IN THIS FIGHT.

[14:56] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[14:58] >> NEXT IS MARIA FOLLOWED BY

[14:59] LETICIA RAMOS.

[15:02] >> GOOD EVENING.

[15:05] MY NAME IS MARIA, I LIVE IN

[15:06] FREMONT.

[15:09] AND I'M WORKING AT BLT FREMONT

[15:10] RECYCLING AND I'M HERE TO ASK

[15:15] FOR YOUR HELP, YOUR

[15:18] SUPPORT, WITH ALL MY

[15:20] CO-WORKERS, WE ARE HERE TO ASK

[15:24] FOR HELP BECAUSE WE DON'T

[15:27] HAVE A CONTRACT SINCE JANUARY

[15:29] AND THAT'S IT, I JUST WANT YOUR

[15:30] SUPPORT.

[15:31] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[15:33] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FINAL

[15:35] SPEAKER CARD IS SUBMITTED BY

[15:36] LETICIA RAMOS.

[15:41] >> HI, GOOD EVENING.

[15:43] MY NAME IS LETICIA RAMOS AND I

[15:45] AM HERE BASICALLY THE SAME

[15:46] THING.

[15:47] WE'RE HERE LIKE I'VE BEEN

[15:49] WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY FOR 18

[15:50] YEARS.

[15:52] SO WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING ME

[15:55] AND MY CO-WORKERS, WE'RE SEEKING

[15:57] THE CITY'S COUNCIL HELP TO GET A

[15:59] GOOD AND FAIR CONTRACT FOR ALL

[16:00] OF US.

[16:02] BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN

[16:04] THE COMPANY FOR MORE THAN 20

[16:07] YEARS AFTER THEY OPENED, SO AND

[16:10] WE WANT TO GET THIS CONTRACT

[16:11] SETTLED.

[16:12] IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 8 MONTHS

[16:14] ALREADY AND WE HAVEN'T GOT

[16:15] ANYTHING FAIR FOR US.

[16:17] SO THAT WAS IT.

[16:18] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[16:19] >> MM-HMM.

[16:21] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO

[16:22] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

[16:23] >> Mayor Salwan: THAT CONCLUDES

[16:24] THE ORAL COMMUNICATION COMMENT

[16:25] PERIOD.

[16:26] THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

[16:29] AS MENTIONED WE CAN'T TAKE

[16:31] ACTION ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON

[16:32] THE AGENDA.

[16:34] NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS THAT WERE

[16:35] REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT

[16:36] CALENDAR.

[16:39] WE HAVE ITEM 2E.

[16:40] BY COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[16:49] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[17:16] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: KIM

[17:17] SO THANK YOU FOR A MOMENT.

[17:20] I JUST SAW THAT ON THE AGENDA

[17:21] AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY

[17:23] GREAT PROJECT, OF COURSE, BUT I

[17:24] THOUGHT SOME OF US MAY NOT KNOW

[17:27] THE BACKGROUND AND SOME OF THE

[17:28] COMMUNITY WHO ARE WATCHING

[17:29] TONIGHT MIGHT NOT KNOW SOME OF

[17:30] THE BACKGROUND ON THIS

[17:33] EXTENSION, AND THOUGHT WE COULD

[17:34] SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THAT, A

[17:35] LITTLE TRANSPARENCY SO THAT

[17:36] EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.

[17:37] SO THANK YOU.

[17:39] >> OKAY, SURE.

[17:42] CITY CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE PULL

[17:45] UP THE SLIDES I PUT TOGETHER?

[17:50] SO HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR,

[17:51] COUNCILMEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE

[17:52] PUBLIC.

[17:53] MY NAME IS KIM BERANEK.

[17:54] I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY

[17:55] SERVICES HERE AT THE CITY OF

[17:56] FREMONT.

[18:00] AND WITH ME HERE THIS EVENING IS

[18:03] TARA, PARKS PLANNING AND DESIGN

[18:04] MANAGER.

[18:05] I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE

[18:07] WITH YOU TO GO OVER AT A HIGH

[18:08] LEVEL THE CENTERVILLE COMMUNITY

[18:09] PARK EXPANSION PROJECT.

[18:11] THIS IMAGE HERE HIGHLIGHTS THE

[18:12] PROJECT SITE.

[18:14] YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING 10-ACRE

[18:17] CENTERVILLE COMMUNITY PARK SITE,

[18:19] ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT 10-ACRE

[18:20] UNDEVELOPED SITE.

[18:23] THIS SITE IS BOUNDED BY COUNTRY

[18:25] DRIVE, EGGERS DRIVE, HASTINGS

[18:26] STREET AND WASHINGTON HOSPITAL.

[18:34] THIS LAND WAS ACIN TWO SEPARATE

[18:36] TRANSACTIONS, 10 ACRES IN 1965

[18:38] AND 10 ACRES IN 1991 AS YOU CAN

[18:39] SEE ON THE CHART.

[18:41] IN 2002, THE CENTERVILLE

[18:42] EXPANSION PROJECT WAS MOVING

[18:43] FORWARD.

[18:44] COMMUNITY MEETINGS, DESIGN

[18:48] WORKSHOPS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

[18:49] AND ADOPTION OF THE INITIAL SITE

[18:51] PLAN AND THEN STAFF WORK BEGAN

[18:52] ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND

[18:55] PREPPING FOR THE BIDDING

[18:56] PROCESS.

[18:57] IN 2007, THE PROJECT WAS PUT ON

[18:59] HOLD DUE TO REVENUE REDUCTIONS.

[19:05] IN 2017 THROUGH 2023, THE CITY

[19:08] WAS APPROACHED BY FUSD TO

[19:10] TRANSFER 4.6 ACRES OF THE SITE

[19:11] TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

[19:15] WITH THE REMAINING 5.28 ACRES

[19:16] BEING DEVELOPED AS A JOINT USE

[19:17] PARK.

[19:19] FUSD WAS REQUIRED TO BUILD THE

[19:20] SCHOOL FACILITIES PER STATE

[19:22] LEGISLATION AND THE CONVEYANCE

[19:24] AGREEMENT BY JUNE 30TH OF 2023.

[19:27] FUSD DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH

[19:28] THE PROJECT, ALLOWING THE

[19:32] ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE 9.88 ACRES

[19:33] TO RECOMMENCE.

[19:35] A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS ONCE

[19:37] AGAIN HELD TO REVISE THE SITE

[19:39] PLAN BASED ON SOME CHANGES AND

[19:41] UNMET NEEDS AND THE ADOPTED PARK

[19:42] AND REC. MASTER PLAN FROM 2022.

[19:46] THE REVISED PLAN WAS ULTIMATELY

[19:48] ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN

[19:49] OCTOBER OF 2023.

[19:52] OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, STAFF

[19:54] HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON

[19:55] CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS,

[19:57] COMPLETING THE PUBLIC ART

[19:58] PROCESS, AND THE BID.

[20:00] PENDING APPROVAL HERE TONIGHT.

[20:04] IF APPROVED, THE ANTICIPATED

[20:06] PARK WOULD OPEN IN FALL OF

[20:07] 2027.

[20:11] THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE

[20:12] PROPOSED EXPANSION PROJECT

[20:13] ADOPTED SITE PLAN.

[20:16] AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S

[20:18] PLAYGROUNDS, A GROUP PICNIC

[20:20] AREA, NUMEROUS WALKING PATHS, A

[20:24] NATURE PLAY AREA, TWO BOCCE BALL

[20:25] COURTS WHICH WAS FROM THE

[20:27] ORIGINAL PLAN BACK IN 2002 A

[20:28] VERY -- THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY

[20:29] EXCITED TO SEE BOCCE BALL.

[20:32] ADDITIONAL PARKING, AND THEN WE

[20:34] ADDED THE FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS

[20:35] AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLAN,

[20:37] ALONG WITH A BASKETBALL COURT

[20:38] BASED ON OUR PARK AND REC.

[20:39] MASTER PLAN.

[20:45] I KNOW THIS IS A COMPLICATED

[20:46] REQUEST.

[20:47] IT WAS A COMPLICATED REPORT.

[20:49] I EVEN HAD TO GO BACK AND MAKE A

[20:51] GREEN SHEET, SO I ENDED UP KIND

[20:52] OF SUMMARIZING THE

[20:53] RECOMMENDATIONS HERE THAT ARE

[20:54] INCLUDED.

[20:55] WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL

[20:57] OF THOSE, BUT THERE ARE SEVEN

[20:58] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE

[20:59] LOOKING AT.

[21:01] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED ME TO

[21:05] GO OVER THE ART, BUT THOSE WERE

[21:07] INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, THE ART

[21:08] POSSIBILITIES.

[21:09] DO YOU WANT ME TO GO QUICKLY

[21:10] OVER THOSE?

[21:11] OKAY.

[21:13] AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART

[21:14] PROCESS, IT IS THE ART REVIEW

[21:19] BOARD WHO WORKS WITH AND TARA

[21:20] OVERSEES THAT BOARD, WHO WORKS

[21:21] TO DETERMINE WHAT ART WILL GO

[21:22] INTO OUR SPACES.

[21:25] SO THEY DID A CALL FOR ARTISTS

[21:27] AND ENDED UP PICKING THE

[21:28] FOLLOWING.

[21:31] THEIR FIRST CHOICE IS COLIN

[21:33] SELIG, A COMBINATION OF COLIN

[21:35] SELIG WHO WILL DO THE LARGE

[21:37] SPIDER AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AND

[21:42] RITA SOYFERTIS, A MOSAIC TILE

[21:45] THAT WOULD FACE THE TOPS OF A

[21:48] WING WALL ON THE SITE, FOR A

[21:50] TOTAL ART OF ABOUT $88,000

[21:51] MEETING OUR PROJECTED BUDGET.

[21:53] THEN QUICKLY AS FAR AS THE

[21:55] PUBLIC ART POLICY, BECAUSE

[21:56] SOMETIMES THESE ART PROJECTS CAN

[21:57] BE DIFFICULT AS YOU GO THROUGH

[21:59] THE CONTRACT PROCESS, WE ALWAYS

[22:01] MAKE SURE WE PICK A SECOND, AND

[22:04] IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE COLIN WAS

[22:06] A PART OF THE FIRST, WE ENDED UP

[22:07] ACTUALLY PICKING A THIRD OPTION

[22:09] AS WELL JUST IN CASE THAT CAN'T

[22:10] MOVE FORWARD.

[22:15] SO THE SECOND CHOICE IS, AGAIN,

[22:17] COLIN SELIG, THEY REALLY LOVED

[22:20] THE LARGE SPIDER, AND THEN KALA

[22:22] STEIN, WHO IS A DIFFERENT -- A

[22:23] WING WALL WITH A DIFFERENT

[22:24] MOSAIC TITLE.

[22:25] TILE, EXCUSE ME.

[22:30] AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION, IF

[22:31] THOSE CAN'T BE MET, WOULD BE

[22:34] GOING DIRECTLY WITH RITA

[22:36] SOYFERTIS FOR THE ORIGINAL ART

[22:38] OF A MOSAIC TITLE EXPANDING

[22:39] ADDITIONAL WING WALLS IN THE

[22:40] AREA.

[22:43] AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR SLIDE

[22:44] PRESENTATION.

[22:47] I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

[22:48] QUESTIONS.

[22:49] >> Mayor Salwan: ANY QUESTIONS?

[22:50] I DON'T SEE ANY.

[22:54] COUNCILMEMBER KENG?

[22:56] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[22:57] YOU.

[23:00] SO WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHER ONES,

[23:02] WERE THEY NOT SELECTED OR ONLY

[23:04] -- WE'RE DOING ONLY THE SPIDER

[23:05] AND THE MOSAIC?

[23:08] >> CORRECT, WITH FUNDING THEY

[23:10] COULD PICK JUST ONE -- THEY

[23:11] PICKED ONE, AND THEY ENDED UP

[23:12] PICKING THE LARGE SPIDER.

[23:16] IT MY UNDERSTANDING, ONE OF OUR

[23:17] STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE'VE HIRED

[23:18] THIS LAST YEAR IS FROM DUBLIN,

[23:20] AND THIS ARTIST HAS SOME ART

[23:21] PIECES IN DUBLIN AND PEOPLE

[23:22] REALLY LOVE THEM AND THEY'RE

[23:24] VERY BEAUTIFUL AND CHILDREN IN

[23:26] PARTICULAR ARE REALLY ATTRACTED

[23:29] TO THEM, SO WE THINK IT'S AN

[23:30] EXCITING OPTION FOR THE PARK.

[23:31] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[23:32] YOU.

[23:33] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[23:34] CAMPBELL.

[23:38] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[23:39] YOU.

[23:42] I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE

[23:43] SPIDER.

[23:45] BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT

[23:47] IT, IT MADE OUT OF CERAMIC,

[23:48] RIGHT?

[23:51] OR IS IT --

[23:54] >> I WILL INVITE TARA WHO IS

[23:55] VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS

[23:56] DISCUSS THOSE DETAILS WITH YOU.

[23:58] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

[23:59] CAMPBELL.

[24:01] IT'S MADE OF STEEL WITH POWDER

[24:02] COATED FINISH.

[24:03] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[24:04] OKAY.

[24:06] SO I SAW SOME KIDS PLAYING ON IT

[24:07] IN ONE OF THE RENDITIONS.

[24:09] WHAT IF SOMEBODY WAS TO FALL?

[24:13] IS THIS SAFE FOR KIDS TO BE

[24:14] CLIMBING ALL OVER?

[24:16] BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IF IT WAS

[24:17] MADE OUT OF THAT KIND OF A

[24:18] MATERIAL, IT MIGHT BE

[24:19] DANGEROUS.

[24:20] >> RIGHT.

[24:24] SO WE ARE PUTTING IT IN --

[24:26] THE SURFACING AT THE BOTTOM IS

[24:27] A PLAYGROUND SURFACING.

[24:31] AND THAT'S JUST A PROTECTIVE

[24:32] MEASURE.

[24:34] WE'VE ALSO MET WITH OUR RISK

[24:36] MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND TALKED

[24:38] THROUGH WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE

[24:42] HERE, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE

[24:43] SCULPTURE OVER IN DUBLIN,

[24:47] THEY'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS, NO

[24:48] COMPLAINTS, AND ONLY POSITIVE

[24:49] FEEDBACK.

[24:51] >> Councilmember Campbell: SO IS

[24:52] IT SLIPPERY?

[24:53] IS IT -- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SIT

[24:56] ON IT, IS IT SLIPPERY OR IS IT

[24:58] -- ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE IT SO

[24:59] IT WON'T SLIP AND SLIDE?

[25:01] >> IT WILL BE THE SAME SORT OF

[25:04] FINISH THAT WOULD BE ON A POWDER

[25:05] -- POWDER COATED ON A BENCH.

[25:06] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[25:07] OKAY.

[25:08] THANK YOU.

[25:10] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[25:11] KIMBERLIN.

[25:14] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: IT

[25:15] LOOKS GREAT.

[25:16] IT LOOKS LIKE REALLY SUPER FUN.

[25:18] DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF LIKE

[25:21] LIFESPAN FOR THAT ARTWORK?

[25:22] >> SURE.

[25:26] FOR ALL OF OUR ARTWORK, WE

[25:27] EXPECT TO BE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS

[25:28] INDEFINITELY.

[25:33] SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES,

[25:35] AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF

[25:37] THE -- ANY OF THE ART THAT WE

[25:40] STAFF WOULD BE RECOMMENDING

[25:42] WOULD BE ARTWORK THAT'S GOING TO

[25:43] BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE

[25:44] ELEMENTS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF

[25:45] TIME, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT

[25:47] WE INCLUDE WHEN WE DO THE CALL

[25:49] FOR ARTISTS, WE MAKE IT VERY

[25:52] CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE TO SELECT

[25:53] MATERIALS AND PROVIDE A

[25:54] MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR US.

[25:56] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: VERY

[25:57] GOOD.

[25:58] I REALLY LIKE THE BACK STORY

[26:00] BEHIND THAT ARTIST WHO REALLY IS

[26:02] VERY GREEN AND ECOLOGICALLY

[26:03] FRIENDLY AND REPURPOSING METALS

[26:04] INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

[26:05] SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO

[26:06] SEE.

[26:09] ONE MORE THING, I THINK THAT --

[26:13] IT DOES SAY IN THE STAFF REPORT

[26:14] TALKING ABOUT THE BIG PROTEST

[26:16] FROM ANOTHER CONTRACTOR.

[26:17] IF YOU COULD GO OVER THAT

[26:18] BRIEFLY BECAUSE IT DOES SAY THEY

[26:19] REALLY DID CAPTURE THE

[26:20] INFORMATION I THINK LATER IN

[26:21] THEIR BID.

[26:22] SO COULD YOU COVER THAT?

[26:23] >> SURE.

[26:25] SO IN ANY OF OUR BID

[26:30] SPREADSHEETS, THERE WILL BE THE

[26:31] COST OF SOMETHING, SO IF

[26:33] SOMETHING IS $1,000, THEN YOU

[26:35] MARK FOR THE FIRST COLUMN IT'S

[26:38] $1,000, THEN YOU HAVE A

[26:39] QUANTITY, AND THEN THE LAST

[26:41] COLUMN IS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS

[26:42] EXTENDED.

[26:43] SO IF SOMETHING COSTS $1,000,

[26:45] FIVE OF THEM, THE LAST NUMBER IS

[26:46] $5,000.

[26:51] IN THIS CASE, THE LOW BID

[26:54] CONTRACTOR PUT LUMP SUM, SO

[26:58] INSTEAD OF THE UNIT BEING A

[27:00] LINEAR FOOT OR SQUARE FOOTAGE OR

[27:02] CUBIC YARD, IT WAS A LUMP SUM,

[27:04] AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN A

[27:07] QUANTITY OF 1, THEY JUST PUT LS,

[27:08] LUMP SUM.

[27:12] SO FOR EACH EXTENDED NUMBER,

[27:15] THEY JUST PUT THE NUMBER.

[27:17] SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE

[27:19] QUANTITY OF 1, THEY JUST PUT

[27:20] LS.

[27:23] SO THERE WAS NO ADVANTAGE OF THE

[27:24] WAY THEY INCLUDED THEIR

[27:25] INFORMATION ON THE SPREADSHEET.

[27:30] SO WE WORKED WITH THE CITY

[27:31] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THEY

[27:33] FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO

[27:34] COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND THAT

[27:35] THE BID PROTEST WOULD NOT

[27:36] STAND.

[27:37] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[27:38] OKAY.

[27:39] GOOD TO KNOW.

[27:40] IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID GIVE US

[27:41] ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED AT

[27:43] SOME POINT IN THE BID BUT MAYBE

[27:45] NOT IN THE SAME PLACE THAT THE

[27:47] COMPETITOR WAS POINTING OUT,

[27:48] RIGHT?

[27:50] >> I THINK THE COMPETITOR SAW

[27:53] THE LETTERS LS FOR LUMP SUM

[27:54] INSTEAD OF SEEING THE NUMBER 1.

[27:57] BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WAS THE SAME

[27:58] THING.

[27:59] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[28:00] OKAY.

[28:01] THANK YOU.

[28:02] >> Mayor Salwan: JUST A QUICK

[28:03] QUESTION.

[28:05] I NOTICED HALF A MILLION IS

[28:07] COMING FROM PAC COMMONS PARK SO

[28:09] WHAT'S THE PLAN TO REPLENISH

[28:10] THAT?

[28:11] >> SO WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE

[28:13] UPCOMING CIP PROCESS, SO AS WE

[28:15] KNOW, WE RECENTLY DID AN

[28:18] AGREEMENT, A THREE-YEAR

[28:19] AGREEMENT WITH THE ENERGY

[28:20] PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON IN THE

[28:21] STAGING AREA OUT THERE SO

[28:22] BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE

[28:23] USING THAT FUNDING RIGHT AWAY

[28:24] AND WE NEED THIS FUNDING WITH

[28:27] THE BID COMING IN JUST A LITTLE

[28:28] BIT HIGHER, WE'RE GOING TO

[28:29] TRANSFER THAT OVER TO THIS

[28:31] PROJECT AND THEN WE'LL REFUND

[28:33] THE MONEY AS WE GO THROUGH THE

[28:34] NEXT CIP TO THE PAC COMMONS

[28:35] PROJECT.

[28:36] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[28:39] WITH THAT LET'S OPEN UP FOR ANY

[28:40] QUESTION, COMMENTS FROM THE

[28:41] COMMUNITY.

[28:42] DO WE HAVE ANYBODY?

[28:43] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO SPEAKER

[28:44] CARDS, NO HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM.

[28:45] >> Mayor Salwan: WITH THAT LET'S

[28:47] BRING IT BACK AND CAN I GET A

[28:48] MOTION?

[28:49] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN MOVES.

[28:50] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[28:51] PLEASE VOTE.

[29:02] MOTION PASSES, SIX AYE, ONE

[29:03] ABSENT, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[29:04] THANK YOU.

[29:05] >> THANK YOU.

[29:10] >> Mayor Salwan: SO NOW WE'LL GO

[29:11] TO THE SCHEDULED ITEMS.

[29:15] WE HAVE ITEM 5A, BOND ISSUANCE

[29:16] FOR PACIFIC WEST COMMUNITIES.

[29:17] THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

[29:21] WE HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR DAVID

[29:25] PERSSELIN, HOUSING MANAGER

[29:29] LUCIA HUGHES, FINANCIAL ADVISOR

[29:37] JAROD SUZUKI, BRAD DICKASON,

[29:39] PRINCIPAL OF MARACOR DEVELOPMENT

[29:40] AND MANY OTHER FOLKS ATTENDING

[29:41] VIRTUALLY.

[29:45] SO IS STAFF COMING UP OR --

[30:06] THANK YOU.

[30:08] THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO

[30:11] CONSIDER THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO

[30:13] $70 MILLION IN TAX EXEMPT BONDS

[30:17] FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A

[30:19] MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING

[30:20] PROJECT KNOWN AS WARM SPRINGS

[30:21] APARTMENTS LOCATED IN THE CITY

[30:22] OF FREMONT.

[30:24] THE BORROWER, THE PACIFIC WEST

[30:26] COMMUNITIES, HAS REQUESTED THAT

[30:29] THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE

[30:31] AUTHORITY, SERVE AS ISSUER OF

[30:32] THESE BONDS.

[30:34] THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE

[30:36] FINANCING IS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL

[30:37] TAX LAW.

[30:40] THE DEBT TO BE ISSUED BY THE

[30:42] CMFA WILL BE THE SOLE

[30:44] RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BORROWER

[30:45] AND THE CITY WILL HAVE NO

[30:48] FINANCIAL OR PLEEL OBLIGATIONS

[30:49] OR RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING

[30:51] THE REPAYMENT OF THE DEBT.

[30:56] THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

[30:58] WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM ANY PERSON

[31:00] WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE

[31:01] PROPOSED FINANCING.

[31:03] DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT

[31:04] THIS MATTER?

[31:05] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO

[31:07] HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM, NO SPEAKER

[31:08] CARDS.

[31:09] >> Mayor Salwan: WERE ANY

[31:11] WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED

[31:15] TAX EXEMPT BONDS OR THE PROJECT

[31:16] RECEIVED BY THE CLERK PRIOR TO

[31:17] THIS HEARING?

[31:19] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NONE

[31:20] SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S

[31:21] OFFICE.

[31:22] >> Mayor Salwan: SEEING NONE, I

[31:23] WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING

[31:27] AND NOW WE CAN TAKE UP A MOTION

[31:28] IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR

[31:29] COMMENTS.

[31:30] SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?

[31:35] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN MOVES

[31:36] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[31:37] YOU GUYS ARE ON A ROLL TODAY.

[31:38] PLEASE VOTE.

[31:49] MOTION PASSES, SIX AYES, ONE

[31:50] ABSENT, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[31:51] THANK YOU.

[31:57] NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 5B.

[32:02] WHICH IS AMENDMENT TO THE

[32:04] FEDERAL ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OF

[32:05] THE FRC.

[32:08] THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION,

[32:11] BUT WE HAVE CDBG ADMINISTRATOR

[32:14] ROBERT LOPEZ AND FACILITIES

[32:15] MANAGER JIMMY CHEN WHO ARE

[32:16] AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

[32:17] WE ALSO HAVE A GREEN SHEET THAT

[32:18] WAS INCLUDED.

[32:22] WITH THAT, IF THERE'S -- SINCE

[32:26] THERE'S NO PRESENTATION, IF

[32:27] THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE

[32:28] INDICATE.

[32:29] NO?

[32:30] OKAY.

[32:31] ALL RIGHT.

[32:32] NO QUESTIONS FROM

[32:33] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[32:34] I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC

[32:35] HEARING.

[32:36] DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS HERE OR

[32:37] ONLINE?

[32:38] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE ONE

[32:40] SPEAKER CARD SUBMITTED, NO HANDS

[32:41] RAISED IN ZOOM.

[32:44] THE ONE SPEAKER IS VIPIN.

[32:45] >> Mayor Salwan: I WILL ALLOW 2

[32:46] MINUTES.

[32:57] >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND

[32:58] MAYOR AND CITY STAFF.

[32:59] WELCOME BACK.

[33:01] I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT

[33:02] VACATION.

[33:06] SO THIS IS REGARDING THIS FAMILY

[33:07] RESOURCE CENTER DIVISION

[33:08] PROJECT.

[33:10] FIRST I AGREE THIS PROBLEM NEEDS

[33:11] TO BE SOLVED.

[33:13] I VISITED RECENTLY AND IT IS

[33:14] CONFUSING.

[33:16] SIGNAGE IS OLD, IT'S NEVER BEEN

[33:19] REPLACED, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD

[33:20] TIME AND WE NEED TO RESOLVE IT.

[33:24] SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE ITEMS,

[33:27] IT SEEMED LIKE WE OPENED BID FOR

[33:29] 130K SOMETIME BACK BUT DIDN'T

[33:32] GET ANY BIDS FOR IT, SO WE

[33:33] INCREASED TO 200K.

[33:34] THAT'S FAIR.

[33:36] I'M NOT QUESTIONING ON THAT PART

[33:37] SINCE WE FOUND THE FUNDING.

[33:40] BUT IS THERE ANY BETTER WAY TO

[33:41] SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

[33:42] LIKE DID WE LOOK INTO THE HYBRID

[33:43] SOLUTION?

[33:45] BECAUSE THIS SIGNAGE IS GOING TO

[33:50] BE THERE FOR 20, 25 YEARS SO

[33:52] HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING

[33:54] SOME SIGNAGE PHYSICAL AND SOME

[33:56] COULD BE DIGITAL WHICH COULD

[33:57] HELP MULTILINGUAL AND YOU CAN

[34:00] CHANGE THE SIGNAGE BASED ON

[34:01] OFFICE MOVES FROM ONE LOCATION

[34:04] TO ANOTHER LOCATION TO A

[34:05] DIFFERENT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

[34:08] SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO

[34:09] THOSE, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

[34:10] THANK YOU.

[34:11] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[34:12] SO THERE'S NO FURTHER SPEAKERS,

[34:13] RIGHT?

[34:14] WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING

[34:15] AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

[34:17] DOES STAFF WANT TO ADDRESS

[34:18] THAT?

[34:19] AND ALSO I JUST HAD A LARGER

[34:20] THEME QUESTION TOO.

[34:24] YOU KNOW, AS WE ENVISION THE NEW

[34:27] DOWNTOWN, DOES THIS PLAN

[34:28] INCORPORATE CHANGES TO THE FRC

[34:31] OR IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE THOUGHT

[34:32] ABOUT MOVING THINGS AROUND,

[34:34] WOULD THIS BE A GOOD USE OF

[34:35] FUNDS AT THIS POINT?

[34:40] >> SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES WERE

[34:43] BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE FIVE-YEAR

[34:44] PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE WENT

[34:48] THROUGH WITH ALL OF OUR TENANT

[34:49] STAKEHOLDERS AT THE FAMILY

[34:50] RESOURCE CENTER AS WELL AS THE

[34:51] COMMUNITY SO WE DID TAKE A LOT

[34:52] OF THOUGHT INTO THAT, AND THEN

[34:54] WE RAN THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT

[34:56] DESIGN PROCESS WITH THE DESIGNER

[34:57] AS WELL.

[35:00] SO THERE WAS EXTENSIVE PLANNING

[35:03] THAT WENT INTO IT, AND IT WAS

[35:04] REALLY THE HIGHEST PRIORITY THAT

[35:06] CAME OUT OF THE FIVE-YEAR

[35:07] STRATEGIC PLAN, TO REALLY FIGURE

[35:10] OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE AND SIMPLIFY

[35:11] THE SIGNAGE AT THE FAMILY

[35:12] RESOURCE CENTER TO MAKE IT

[35:14] AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN A

[35:15] WAY THAT'S AS EFFICIENT AS

[35:16] POSSIBLE.

[35:19] AND TO SOMEWHAT ANSWER THE

[35:24] QUESTION OF THE SPEAKER, WE ALSO

[35:26] REALLY LOOKED AT -- TO MAKE

[35:30] SURE THAT WE HAD A FINANCIALLY

[35:32] EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT DIDN'T

[35:33] REQUIRE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES

[35:35] OR WIRING CHANGES, SO THOSE ARE

[35:37] TWO FACTORS THAT WE DID TAKE

[35:38] INTO ACCOUNT TO KEEP THE COST AS

[35:39] LOW AS POSSIBLE.

[35:41] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[35:43] ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR A

[35:44] MOTION?

[35:46] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN?

[35:47] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[35:48] THANK YOU.

[35:51] SO I HAVE WORKED OVER THE YEARS

[35:53] AS COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL HAS

[35:55] ALSO IN AN ADVISORY POSITION

[35:56] WITH THE FREMONT RESOURCE

[35:58] CENTER, AND IT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT

[36:00] THE SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE

[36:02] BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG, LONG

[36:03] TIME, AND I'M JUST SO GLAD TO

[36:05] SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY,

[36:07] AND I KNOW THE DUE DILIGENCE

[36:10] THAT YOU'VE TAKEN TO BE SURE

[36:13] THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING ALL

[36:14] ETHNICITIES AND ALL LANGUAGES,

[36:15] AND YOU DO REALLY GOOD WORK

[36:17] THERE TO ADDRESS THAT IN OTHER

[36:18] WAYS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

[36:19] THE SIGNAGE AND PEOPLE BEING

[36:21] ABLE TO FIND THEIR WAY A LITTLE

[36:22] BIT EASIER, AND THAT'S ABOUT

[36:23] IT.

[36:24] GOOD STUFF.

[36:25] THANK YOU.

[36:26] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[36:27] CAMPBELL.

[36:28] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[36:29] YOU FOR THIS.

[36:32] I ACTUALLY SAT ON THE PLANNING

[36:34] OF THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN,

[36:36] THAT WAS MY SECOND TIME GOING

[36:37] THROUGH THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC

[36:39] PLAN WITH THEM, BUT THIS

[36:43] PARTICULAR TIME, THIS TOPIC WAS

[36:44] -- EVERY MEETING THAT WE WENT TO

[36:46] WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THIS, THIS

[36:47] TOPIC CAME UP.

[36:51] BECAUSE THE PUBLIC FELT LIKE

[36:54] THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY -- WHERE

[36:55] THEY WANTED TO GO WITH THE

[36:56] CURRENT SIGNAGE.

[36:58] SO I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT WE

[36:59] ACTUALLY ARE DOING SOMETHING

[37:01] ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY,

[37:03] VERY HOT TOPIC DURING THE

[37:04] STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

[37:05] SO THANK YOU.

[37:08] >> Mayor Salwan: SOUNDS LIKE YOU

[37:10] WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.

[37:11] >> Councilmember Campbell: MOVE

[37:12] TO APPROVE.

[37:13] >> Mayor Salwan: BY CAMPBELL,

[37:14] SECONDED BY KENG.

[37:15] PLEASE VOTE.

[37:22] MOTION PASSES, SIX AYES, ONE

[37:23] ABSENT, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[37:24] THANK YOU.

[37:28] NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 5C, WHICH IS

[37:30] THE WARM SPRINGS COURT STREET

[37:31] VACATION.

[37:32] THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING.

[37:35] THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION

[37:37] ALTHOUGH WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS

[37:41] DIRECTOR MATT KANO AND ASSOCIATE

[37:42] CIVIL ENGINEER AVAILABLE FOR

[37:43] QUESTIONS.

[37:46] DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM

[37:47] COUNCILMEMBERS?

[37:48] I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[37:49] THAT WAS FROM BEFORE?

[37:50] OKAY.

[37:54] NO QUESTIONS?

[37:55] OKAY.

[37:56] I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[38:00] DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS?

[38:01] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO HANDS

[38:02] RAISED, NO SPEAKER CARDS.

[38:03] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[38:05] I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING,

[38:07] AND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR A

[38:09] MOTION FROM CONGRESSMEN -- NOT

[38:10] -- I'M PROMOTING OURSELVES

[38:11] HERE.

[38:13] CONGRESS, THEY DON'T GET

[38:14] ANYTHING DONE.

[38:15] WE ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE,

[38:16] RIGHT?

[38:17] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I'LL

[38:18] MAKE A MOTION.

[38:20] >> Mayor Salwan: MOVED BY

[38:22] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, SECONDED BY

[38:23] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[38:24] PLEASE VOTE.

[38:32] MOTION PASSES, SIX AYES, ONE NEW

[38:41] 1NAY, SORRY, ONE ABSENT,

[38:42] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[38:43] NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 5D, WHICH IS

[38:47] GOVERNANCE AND

[38:50] ORGANIZATIONAL MODIFICATIONS.

[39:01] QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS?

[39:04] >> IS THERE A PRESENTATION

[39:05] FIRST?

[39:06] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, LET'S DO

[39:07] A PRESENTATION.

[39:08] LET'S DO IT.

[39:09] MY NOTES SAY THERE'S NO

[39:10] PRESENTATION.

[39:13] >> ALL RIGHT.

[39:14] WE'LL GO QUICKLY HERE.

[39:16] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY

[39:17] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[39:18] YES, WELCOME BACK.

[39:19] WE ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING

[39:20] AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE DIRECTION

[39:21] THAT YOU PROVIDED AT YOUR

[39:23] SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY 28TH

[39:26] WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ITS

[39:27] FINAL DISCUSSION REGARDING A

[39:28] PROPOSED CITY CHARTER.

[39:30] AT THAT MEETING, THE COUNCIL

[39:32] OPTED NOT TO PROCEED WITH A

[39:33] CHARTER AT THIS TIME BUT

[39:35] DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK

[39:36] ITEMS FROM THE DRAFT CHARTER

[39:38] THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS A

[39:40] GENERAL LAW CITY UNDER EXISTING

[39:41] ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.

[39:46] SO THIS SLIDE JUST BRIEFLY

[39:47] OUTLINES THE CHARTER INITIATIVE

[39:49] AND THE PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE

[39:51] THIS YEAR, INCLUDING THE CHARTER

[39:52] COMMITTEE PROCESS AND THE CITY

[39:53] COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[39:59] FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE

[40:00] CHARTER PROCESS, STAFF EVALUATED

[40:02] THE ELEMENTS OF THE CHARTER TO

[40:05] DETERMINE WHICH COULD STILL BE

[40:06] IMPLEMENTED UNDER GENERAL LAW.

[40:08] THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE ITEMS

[40:09] AND A PROPOSED TIMELINE

[40:10] ESTABLISHING OUR WORK PLAN.

[40:13] ASSUMING WE RECEIVE COUNCIL

[40:14] DIRECTION TONIGHT, EACH OF THESE

[40:16] ITEMS WILL COME BACK TO THE

[40:17] COUNCIL FOR AN INDEPENDENT

[40:18] DISCUSSION AND DECISION.

[40:20] I'LL WALK THROUGH THEM QUICKLY

[40:21] RIGHT HERE, THOUGH.

[40:26] SO THIS MONTH STAFF WOULD RETURN

[40:27] WITH A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN

[40:29] INCREASE TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S

[40:30] HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE.

[40:31]

[40:33] BACK AS A COMPANION TO THE

[40:34] REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SALARY

[40:35] INCREASES CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED

[40:39] UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH

[40:40] BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON

[40:41] COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW COUNCIL

[40:42] TERM OF OFFICE EVERY TWO YEARS.

[40:45] NEXT IN OCTOBER, STAFF WOULD

[40:46] PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY

[40:47] COUNCIL HANDBOOK TO ACCOUNT FOR

[40:50] TWO ITEMS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR

[40:51] TO INDEPENDENTLY PLACE ITEMS ON

[40:53] THE COUNCIL AGENDA, AND AMENDING

[40:54] THE COUNCIL VACANCY PROCEDURE.

[40:58] REGARDING THE ISSUE OF TERM

[41:00] LIMITS, WHILE THIS ACTION IS

[41:01] POSSIBLE AS A GENERAL LAW CITY,

[41:03] IT WOULD REQUIRE A BALLOT

[41:04] MEASURE TO DO SO.

[41:06] STAFF IS PREPARED TO BRING THE

[41:08] ISSUE BACK AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER,

[41:10] BUT IT COULD ALSO BE DEFERRED

[41:12] UNTIL ANY TIME BEFORE THE SUMMER

[41:13] OF 2028 IF COUNCIL STILL WISHES

[41:14] TO PURSUE THIS.

[41:17] ALSO IN NOVEMBER AS PART OF THE

[41:19] MID YEAR BUDGET UPDATE, STAFF

[41:20] WILL PROPOSE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT

[41:22] TO REFLECT THE COMPENSATION FOR

[41:23] AN ADDITIONAL HALF STAFF

[41:24] POSITION TO SUPPORT THE CITY

[41:25] COUNCIL.

[41:27] AS YOU KNOW, ONE FULL TIME

[41:29] POSITION WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN

[41:31] THE CURRENT YEAR OPERATING

[41:32] BUDGET AND RECRUITMENT WILL

[41:33] BEGIN SOON.

[41:35] AND AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY,

[41:37] STAFF WILL FACILITATE A PROCESS

[41:38] FOR THE COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE

[41:39] IN HIRING THESE POSITIONS.

[41:44] FINALLY, IN LATE 2026 OR EARLY

[41:45] 2027, STAFF WILL DRAFT AN

[41:46] ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE

[41:47] THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THE

[41:49] CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENTS OF

[41:50] DEPARTMENT HEADS.

[41:55] AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR THE STAFF

[41:57] COSTS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS

[41:59] YEAR'S BUDGET, THE REMAINING

[42:01] FISCAL IMPACT OF THESE ITEMS IS

[42:02] APPROXIMATELY $162,000 OF

[42:05] ONGOING ANNUAL EXPENSE.

[42:07] I'LL NOTE THERE WOULD ALSO BE A

[42:08] ONE-TIME COST FOR PLACEMENT OF A

[42:09] BALLOT MEASURE RELATED TO TERM

[42:10] LIMITS.

[42:15] AGAIN I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT

[42:16] EACH OF THESE ITEMS DESCRIBED

[42:18] WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE

[42:19] CITY COUNCIL FOR INDEPENDENT

[42:20] DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION.

[42:22] TONIGHT WE'RE SIMPLY CONFIRMING

[42:23] THE WORK PLAN AND RECOMMENDING A

[42:25] GENERAL TIMELINE FOR ITS

[42:26] COMPLETION AND REQUEST YOUR

[42:28] APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD

[42:29] ACCORDINGLY.

[42:30] AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR

[42:31] PRESENTATION.

[42:32] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU FOR

[42:33] THAT PRESENTATION.

[42:37] WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG FOR

[42:38] QUESTIONS.

[42:40] >> Councilmember Zhang: OKAY,

[42:41] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[42:43] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

[42:46] BRINGING THIS ITEM AT THE FIRST

[42:47] MEETING, AND I'M SO GLAD WE'RE

[42:49] TAKING THE ACTIONS AS WE

[42:50] AGREED.

[42:56] AND I LIKE THE PROPOSAL MOST OF

[42:58] THE PROPOSAL, BUT I THINK THAT

[42:59] IN GENERAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

[43:03] THE MOST CRITICAL AND

[43:05] TIME-SENSITIVE ITEMS TO BE

[43:06] ADDRESSED EARLY ON.

[43:16] ONE QUESTION OF WINTER 2026-27

[43:20] AFFIRMATION OF THE CITY

[43:24] MANAGER'S JOB APPOINTMENTS AND I

[43:25] KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO CURRENT, I

[43:30] THINK, PENDING OR IMPORTANT

[43:31] POSITIONS.

[43:33] AND WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

[43:37] I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ITEM TO

[43:38] MOVE EARLIER.

[43:39] AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

[43:43] BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAVE AN

[43:48] IMPACT IN -- YOU KNOW, IN OUR

[43:51] OPERATION AND THAT'S ALSO THE

[43:54] REAP WE STARTED THE CHARTER

[43:55] DISCUSSION.

[43:57] SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

[43:58] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[43:59] LIU.

[44:04] >> Councilmember Liu:

[44:05] >> Councilmember Liu: ACTUALLY

[44:08] THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF WANTED TO

[44:09] ADDRESS AS WELL.

[44:10] MY OPINION FOR THAT, THERE'S TWO

[44:11] MAIN REASONS.

[44:12] THE FIRST REASON, AS MENTIONED,

[44:13] THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST

[44:15] REASONS WHY I THINK THIS WHOLE

[44:16] CHARTER PROCESS MOVED FORWARD IN

[44:17] THE FIRST PLACE.

[44:18] IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THE WHOLE

[44:19] COUNCIL EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN

[44:21] AND SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF THE

[44:23] PEOPLE OUT THERE, THE RESIDENTS,

[44:24] EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SO I

[44:28] THINK IF WE PUSHED THAT UP

[44:31] ASAP, THAT WOULD BE AS FAST AS

[44:32] POSSIBLE.

[44:33] THE SECOND REASON WHY I THINK IT

[44:35] WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT THAT SOONER

[44:37] RATHER THAN IN WINTER 2026 OR

[44:41] NEXT YEAR, 2027, IS THAT THIS

[44:43] ITEM ITSELF DOESN'T REQUIRE

[44:45] ANYTHING EXTRA BECAUSE FROM WHAT

[44:49] I SEE, IF WE WERE TO ADJUST THE

[44:52] BUDGET TO INCREASE -- TO HIRE

[44:54] ANOTHER PERSON TO SUPPORT US

[44:56] FULL TIME, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US

[44:57] AMENDING THE BUDGET AS WELL,

[44:58] WHILE THIS IS JUST

[44:59] ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF SO I THINK

[45:01] THIS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE EASIER,

[45:04] RIGHT, IF WE PUT IT THE FIRST

[45:05] THING TO -- ON THIS LIST.

[45:07] AND JUST GET IT DONE ASAP.

[45:15] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[45:16] YOU, MAYOR.

[45:17] MY QUESTION IS ALSO ON THE CITY

[45:19] COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THE

[45:21] APPOINTMENTS OF CITY DEPARTMENT

[45:25] HEADS, AND I THINK

[45:26] WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF

[45:27] VACANCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY

[45:29] SEEKING TO BE FILLED, SO IT

[45:30] WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN ALSO

[45:34] HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH

[45:35] THIS.

[45:36] THANK YOU.

[45:38] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[45:39] KIMBERLIN.

[45:40] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[45:41] THANK YOU.

[45:42] SO I WILL ALSO AGREE WITH MY

[45:43] COLLEAGUES HERE THAT I THINK WE

[45:45] NEED TO MOVE UP THE CONFIRMATION

[45:46] PROCESS, AND WANT TO BE CLEAR

[45:47] ABOUT THIS.

[45:49] THIS ISN'T A HIRING/FIRING

[45:51] POSITION WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S

[45:52] JUST A CONFIRMATION PIECE, AND

[45:53] IF WE CAN MOVE THAT UP, I THINK

[45:54] IT WILL BE VERY TIMELY SINCE

[45:57] WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT

[45:58] FILLING SOME EMPTY SEATS HERE

[45:59] FAIRLY SOON.

[46:00] SO IF WE CAN MOVE THAT UP, I

[46:01] WOULD LOVE THAT.

[46:04] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND

[46:06] THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE BALLOT

[46:08] MEASURE AND INCREASING TERMS AND

[46:09] SAVE THAT FOR OUR JANUARY

[46:10] RETREAT SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO

[46:12] TALK ABOUT IT AND HOW IT IMPACTS

[46:14] US AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE CITY,

[46:15] AND RESIDENTS, SO IF WE COULD

[46:17] HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION, I'D

[46:18] RECOMMEND THAT.

[46:21] NUMBER THREE, TALKING ABOUT THE

[46:24] MAYOR BEING ABLE TO PLACE ITEMS

[46:25] ON THE AGENDA, I THOUGHT MAYBE

[46:27] WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT JUST

[46:29] BRIEFLY AS A COUNCIL.

[46:32] I'M HEARING SOMETIMES FROM THE

[46:34] COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO

[46:35] PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA THROUGH

[46:36] A REFERRAL PROCESS.

[46:41] AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT OUR

[46:42] SURROUNDING CITIES DO.

[46:43] I THINK THEY ALSO FOLLOW A

[46:45] REFERRAL PROCESS IF I'M NOT

[46:46] MISTAKEN.

[46:47] BUT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE

[46:49] THIS IS A WAY TO STREAMLINE SOME

[46:50] THINGS FOR US.

[46:52] I THINK MAYBE TALKING ABOUT THAT

[46:53] A LITTLE BIT MORE.

[46:56] AND MAYBE EVEN FOR US AS

[46:57] COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING A TEMPLATE

[46:59] FOR REFERRAL PROCESS THAT HAS

[47:01] WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO, WHY DO

[47:02] YOU WANT TO DO IT, WHAT'S YOUR

[47:03] GOAL, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE.

[47:05] THAT REALLY STREAMLINES THE

[47:06] REFERRAL PROCESS FOR US.

[47:08] BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY

[47:10] ELSE HAD ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO

[47:11] ASK ABOUT THE MAYOR PUTTING

[47:12] ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

[47:14] I THINK WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IN

[47:16] MIND THAT IT MIGHT COME ON THE

[47:17] AGENDA, SOMETHING MIGHT COME ON

[47:19] THE AGENDA BUT WE ALL END UP

[47:20] VOTING ON IT.

[47:22] SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT

[47:23] REALLY HARD ALL DAY, AND IT

[47:26] SEEMS LIKE NOT SUCH A BAD IDEA,

[47:27] BUT THINKING ABOUT THE REFERRAL

[47:28] PROCESS AND HAVING SOME KIND OF

[47:29] A TEMPLATE, I THINK WOULD BE A

[47:30] GOOD IDEA.

[47:32] SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR THE

[47:34] STAFF TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING,

[47:36] AND EASIER FOR US TO TELL THE

[47:37] STAFF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

[47:40] THEN NUMBER FOUR WAS WITH THE

[47:41] NEW POSITIONS, AND I'M SURE WITH

[47:43] ANY JOB THAT WE HAVE COMING ON

[47:46] BOARD, WE WOULD CLEARLY STATE

[47:48] WHO'S THE SUPERVISOR, WHAT ARE

[47:49] THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND

[47:50] DUTIES OF THIS PERSON, AND I

[47:52] WOULD HOPE THEY'RE NOT REPORTING

[47:54] TO US, THEY'RE WORKING WITH AND

[47:55] FOR US BUT THEY'RE NOT REPORTING

[47:56] TO US BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD

[47:57] BE VERY AWKWARD.

[48:01] AND MAYBE NOT A BEST PRACTICE.

[48:03] SO I HIT MY FOUR.

[48:04] THANK YOU.

[48:06] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[48:07] CAMPBELL.

[48:08] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[48:09] YOU.

[48:11] IN ORDER NOT TO ADD ANYTHING

[48:12] MORE TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN

[48:14] SAID, I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD

[48:17] MOVE UP THE APPOINTMENT OF THE

[48:21] STAFF AND THE CONFIRMATION

[48:24] PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT

[48:25] SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

[48:28] AND THEN REGARDING THE ABILITY

[48:33] FOR THE MAYOR TO PUT ITEMS

[48:34] ON THE AGENDA, I'D JUST LIKE TO

[48:35] UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PROCESS

[48:36] WOULD LOOK LIKE.

[48:38] I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT BEING

[48:40] OUTSIDE OF THE REFERRAL

[48:41] PROCESS.

[48:42] I THINK THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY

[48:45] DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE AN OPEN

[48:46] REQUEST.

[48:47] SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAYOR WOULD

[48:50] SAY I'D LIKE TO PUT XY AND Z --

[48:52] HE WOULD SAY IT HERE IN THIS

[48:54] MEETING, I'D LIKE TO PUT X, Y

[48:56] AND Z ON THE AGENDA, AND THEN IF

[49:00] HE GOT ENOUGH VOTES FROM

[49:02] THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT

[49:04] ON THERE, THEN WE COULD HAVE

[49:06] STAFF GO BACK AND DO IT.

[49:09] BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME THING AS A

[49:10] REFERRAL.

[49:11] YOU'VE GOT TO GET ENOUGH VOTES

[49:13] TO DO IT ANYWAY, SO YOU COULD

[49:16] ELIMINATE A PROCESS, A STEP, BY

[49:18] ALLOWING HIM TO DO IT WITHOUT

[49:22] HAVING IT BE SOMETHING THAT'S

[49:24] LIKE -- BECAUSE THE REFERRAL

[49:28] PROCESS IS SORT OF

[49:29] LIKE NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC

[49:31] BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT

[49:34] UNTIL IT HITS THE AGENDA ON THAT

[49:35] FRIDAY OR WHENEVER IT COMES OUT,

[49:38] WE KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE PUTTING IN

[49:40] A REFERRAL, BUT IF IT WAS AN

[49:42] OPEN PROCESS THAT HE DID DURING

[49:44] THE MEETING AND THEN WE COULD

[49:45] ALL AGREE AT THAT TIME THAT THIS

[49:48] WOULD BE AN ITEM WE'D LIKE THIS

[49:51] TO -- STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK

[49:53] AT SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE DO THE

[49:55] REFERRALS BUT IT WOULDN'T BE --

[49:56] IT WOULDN'T TAKE QUITE THAT

[49:57] LONG.

[49:58] FOR THE PROCESS TO GO.

[50:00] SO THAT WOULD BE MY

[50:02] RECOMMENDATION FOR ALLOWING

[50:04] MAYOR TO PUT ITEMS ON THE

[50:05] AGENDA.

[50:11] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[50:12] ZHANG.

[50:13] >> Councilmember Zhang: SO MY

[50:18] QUESTION IS, WE HAVE AGREED

[50:21] DURING OUR DISCUSSION THAT THE

[50:26] MAYOR CAN DECIDE WITH THE CITY

[50:27] MANAGER ON THE CON AT THE

[50:32] -- ON THE CONTENT OF THE

[50:33] AGENDA.

[50:34] THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

[50:35] AND I JUST WANT TO BRING BACK MY

[50:38] EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL BOARD, AND

[50:42] USUALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND

[50:45] THE TRUSTEE PRESIDENT, THEY

[50:47] WOULD DISCUSS ABOUT THE CONTENT

[50:50] AND THEN THEY WOULD AGREE ON

[50:51] WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, WHAT

[50:52] NEEDS TO BE ADDED.

[50:55] SO I LOOK AT THAT MODEL, I THINK

[50:58] IT'S A GOOD MODEL, AND WHEN WE

[50:59] DISCUSSED THE CHARTER, THAT'S

[51:01] WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

[51:07] SO I THINK IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU AS

[51:08] THE MAYOR WOULD SINGLE HANDED

[51:10] PUT SOMETHING THERE AND YOU CAN

[51:12] DECIDE -- BECAUSE I MEAN, THE

[51:15] REASON IS IF MAYOR CANNOT BE

[51:17] PART OF THE AGENDA, THAT YOU

[51:20] CANNOT ALSO DRIVE THE PRIORITY.

[51:23] WE ALREADY HAVE A REFERRAL, AND

[51:27] -- BUT I THINK IF WE ONLY --

[51:28] GOING BACK TO THE REFERRAL, THAT

[51:29] MEANS THAT'S THE SAME.

[51:33] SO I'M SIMPLY UNDERSTAND THAT

[51:35] BOTH YOU AND THE MANAGER CAN

[51:37] HAVE A DISCUSSION BEFORE THE

[51:39] AGENDA BEING PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY

[51:41] AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE ON

[51:43] WHAT'S NEED TO BE ADDED AS

[51:46] PRIORITY AND WHAT CAN BE REMOVED

[51:47] AS LESS A PRIORITY.

[51:48] THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

[51:53] IF DIFFERENT, COULD YOU PLEASE

[51:54] CLARIFY OR STAFF.

[51:56] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[51:57] KENG.

[51:58] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[51:59] YOU, MAYOR.

[52:00] I DO ALSO SUPPORT FOR THE MAYOR

[52:04] TO BE ABLE

[52:06] TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE COUNCIL

[52:07] AGENDA.

[52:10] I THINK THE MAYOR SITS ON A

[52:14] NUMBER OF REGIONAL BOARDS AND

[52:16] HE TALKS TO PROBABLY MORE

[52:19] PEOPLE THAN ALL OF US DO HERE,

[52:22] TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND WE

[52:23] PROBABLY ATTEND -- WE ATTEND A

[52:25] LOT OF EVENTS BUT PROBABLY ONLY

[52:27] A FRACTION OF THE EVENTS THAT HE

[52:30] GETS INVITED TO, SO I THINK IT'S

[52:33] -- LIKE HE'S NOT GOING TO --

[52:35] THIS ASK IS NOT FOR HIM TO

[52:37] DECIDE THE AGENDA ALONE BUT TO

[52:41] WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER TEAM

[52:42] SO THAT KIND OF LIKE A LOT OF

[52:44] THE TIMELINES CAN -- HE CAN WORK

[52:47] WITH THE TEAM TO MOVE IT UP OR

[52:48] DOWN, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE

[52:50] NICE FOR THE MAYOR TO BE ABLE TO

[52:51] DO THAT.

[52:52] THANK YOU.

[52:53] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[52:54] LIU.

[52:55] >> Councilmember Liu: SO I HAVE

[52:56] ONE QUESTION.

[52:58] WELL, ACTUALLY ONE QUESTION AND

[52:59] THEN A COMMENT BASED ON THAT

[53:00] QUESTION.

[53:02] SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS

[53:04] THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR PLACING

[53:05] THINGS ON THE AGENDA?

[53:08] BECAUSE LIKE MENTIONED WE

[53:11] DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, RIGHT, WE

[53:13] ALL AGREE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

[53:14] MAKES SENSE.

[53:16] IT MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IN

[53:18] MY OPINION THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW

[53:19] ROLES OF THE MAYOR.

[53:22] YOU SHOW UP FOR CEREMONIAL

[53:23] EVENTS AND YOU DRIVE THE AGENDA

[53:24] PROCESS.

[53:26] AND I THINK FORGIVE ME IF I'M

[53:27] WRONG BUT WAY BACK WHEN, THIS

[53:28] WAS DECIDED UPON WHEN THE MAYOR

[53:31] WAS VOTED INDEPENDENTLY, INSTEAD

[53:33] OF BEING A ROTATIONAL SYSTEM OF

[53:34] ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBER OR HOW

[53:36] THE COUNCILMEMBERS PICK A MAYOR

[53:37] AMONGST THEMSELVES LIKE HOW SOME

[53:39] OTHER PLACES IN CALIFORNIA DOES

[53:40] IT.

[53:41] AND SO YEAH, SO MY QUESTION IS,

[53:42] YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE

[53:44] CURRENT PROCESS BECAUSE TO ME,

[53:46] THIS DOESN'T SEEM TOO RADICAL OF

[53:47] A CHANGE.

[53:51] >> Ms. Briggs: I CAN ANSWER THAT

[53:52] QUICKLY.

[53:53] THE CURRENT PROCESS IS THAT ANY

[53:54] OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS

[53:57] INCLUDING THE MAYOR RIGHT NOW

[53:59] CAN MAKE A REFERRAL TO ADD AN

[54:01] ITEM ON TO THE AGENDA WHICH

[54:02] COMES AS JUST THAT, A REFERRAL

[54:05] THAT YOU ALL AGREE DO WANT STAFF

[54:08] TO PROCEED WITH WORK OR ANALYSIS

[54:11] ON, AND SO IT'S A BIT OF A

[54:12] TWO-STEP PROCESS.

[54:13] OF COURSE I'LL DEFER TO THE

[54:15] MAYOR TOO, IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND

[54:17] ON WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE, YOU

[54:18] KNOW, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING --

[54:20] AND THERE IS A DISCUSSION THAT

[54:22] TYPICALLY DOES HAPPEN WITH THE

[54:23] CITY MANAGER ON ANY COUNCIL

[54:25] REFERRAL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT

[54:27] IT'S, YOU KNOW -- WE'RE THINKING

[54:28] IT THROUGH CAREFULLY FOR

[54:29] EVERYONE'S SAKE.

[54:33] AND IN THIS CASE, THE MAYOR, MY

[54:34] UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAYOR

[54:36] COULD, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY ADD AN

[54:39] AGENDA TO THE CITY CLERK TO BE

[54:41] PLACED ON A COUNCIL MEETING

[54:42] AGENDA.

[54:44] ALL AGENDAS GO THROUGH A VARIETY

[54:45] OF STAFF REVIEW INCLUDING

[54:46] FINANCIAL, LEGAL, ET CETERA, SO

[54:48] THAT WOULD STILL HAPPEN, BUT --

[54:51] OR YOU KNOW, ANALYSIS WOULD NOT

[54:53] NECESSARILY BE DONE AT THIS

[54:54] POINT WITH MAYOR'S PRELIMINARY

[54:56] ADDITION OF AN ITEM TO AN

[54:57] AGENDA, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR,

[54:59] IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY MORE ON

[55:01] YOUR THINKING, WHAT YOUR

[55:02] INTENTION IS WITH THIS ITEM.

[55:03] >> Mayor Salwan: BEFORE WE DO

[55:04] THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS?

[55:06] I KNOW WE HAVE A --

[55:07] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE DO.

[55:09] WE HAVE TWO SPEAK ARE CARDS.

[55:10] THEY ARE HERE.

[55:11] >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S GO TO THE

[55:12] SPEAKERS REAL QUICK AND WE'LL

[55:13] COME BACK FOR MORE QUESTIONS,

[55:15] COMMENTS AND -- BERT PERT TWO

[55:17] SPEAKERS ARE JACK RODGERS AND

[55:19] STEVE SCALA.

[55:21] >> Mayor Salwan: I'M GOING TO

[55:22] OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING

[55:23] ACTUALLY.

[55:24] >> Mr. Quintanilla: 2 MINUTES,

[55:25] MAYOR?

[55:26] >> Mayor Salwan: YES, SIR.

[55:29] >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND

[55:30] MAYOR.

[55:34] I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.

[55:36] TONIGHT I THINK THE REAL

[55:38] DISCUSSION IS AROUND A WORK

[55:39] PROGRAM, NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL

[55:40] ITEMS.

[55:42] AND SO I WANT TO LIFT MYSELF

[55:43] BACK UP AND LIFT YOU BACK UP TO

[55:44] THAT LEVEL.

[55:49] AS WE WENT THROUGH THE CHARTER

[55:51] PROCESS, THE COUNCIL WAS VERY

[55:53] CLEAR THAT THE PRIORITIES THAT

[55:54] WERE BROUGHT FORTH BY THEIR

[55:56] COMMITTEE WERE NOT THE COUNCIL'S

[55:57] PRIMARY PRIORITIES.

[56:00] THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AS THEY

[56:02] EXPRESSED WERE BETTER GOVERNANCE

[56:03] AND ITEMS THAT WOULD LEAD TO

[56:04] BETTER GOVERNANCE.

[56:07] AND THE WORK PROGRAM WHICH IS

[56:09] PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS REALLY

[56:11] AN ASSIGNMENT OF ONE OF YOUR

[56:15] PRIMARY RESOURCES, STAFF WORK,

[56:16] THEIR TIME, THEIR EFFORTS.

[56:18] AND SO MY QUESTION TO STAFF --

[56:20] TO THE COUNCIL IS, IS THIS

[56:21] REALLY YOUR PRIORITY?

[56:24] ARE THESE THE THINGS THAT YOU

[56:26] WERE MOST INTERESTED IN, OR ARE

[56:27] THERE ITEMS THAT YOU THINK THAT

[56:29] WOULD MAKE BETTER GOVERNANCE AS

[56:33] YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD NOT

[56:36] CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO THE

[56:37] COMMITTEE THAT BROUGHT FORTH THE

[56:38] CHARTER ISSUES?

[56:40] IF THAT IS, IN FACT, THE CASE

[56:42] AND THESE ARE NOT YOUR PRIMARY

[56:43] ONES AND YOU HAVE OTHER ONES,

[56:45] THEN I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO BACK

[56:48] AND HAVE A WORK SESSION, WORK

[56:50] OUT THAT WORKLOAD AND COME BACK

[56:51] TO STAFF WITH THAT WORKLOAD IF

[56:55] THAT'S YOUR PRIORITY RATHER THAN

[56:57] ESTABLISHING THESE WHAT SEEM TO

[56:59] BE A REPEAT OF SELF-SERVING

[57:00] ITEMS.

[57:01] SO THANK YOU.

[57:05] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THE NEXT

[57:06] SPEAKER IS STEVE SCALA.

[57:10] >> ONE QUICK COMMENT.

[57:14] I JUST HAPPENED TO DO A QUICK AI

[57:17] SEARCH ABOUT BOARD MEETINGS, AND

[57:18] THE AI THING SAID THAT PUBLIC

[57:20] COMMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO COME

[57:22] BEFORE OR DURING BODY

[57:23] DELIBERATIONS.

[57:24] SO WATCH YOUR CHECKLIST.

[57:27] THAT SAID, YOU'RE ASKING HERE

[57:30] FOR AN ADDITIONAL .5 FTE TO

[57:32] SUPPORT ALL OF YOU COMING UP

[57:33] NEXT YEAR.

[57:37] EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP, AND I'M

[57:38] NOT UP IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY

[57:39] OPERATIONS SO I CAN'T REALLY

[57:41] COMMENT HOW MUCH YOU NEED HALF

[57:46] AN FTE, BUT I DO REPRESENT A

[57:48] TRI-CITY ECOLOGY HERE TODAY KNOW

[57:50] THAT YOUR DEPARTMENTS WORK WITH

[57:52] QUITE A FEW VOLUNTEER GROUPS,

[57:56] NON-PROFIT GROUPS, AND WE ARE

[57:58] LACKING SUPPORT TO COORDINATE

[57:59] THOSE EFFORTS.

[58:00] WE DO A COAST CLEAN-UP.

[58:03] IF YOU PLANT TREES, IF YOU --

[58:04] ANY EVENTS THAT NEED, SAY, 10,

[58:07] 20 PEOPLE, IT TAKES HOURS TO

[58:08] COORDINATE THAT EVENT.

[58:11] RIGHT NOW MANY OF THOSE EVENT,

[58:12] WE RELY ON THE NON-PROFIT TO DO

[58:13] IT THEMSELVES.

[58:17] SO SOME PERSON, WHO

[58:18] KNOWS, SITTING IN THEIR HOUSE

[58:20] IS SPENDING DOZENS OF HOURS

[58:21] COORDINATING EVENTS.

[58:22] THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

[58:25] SO I'D LIKE YOU TO REALLY KIND

[58:27] OF DIG DEEP HERE IN THE NEXT

[58:29] COUPLE WEEKS, MONTHS BEFORE

[58:31] NOVEMBER ROLLS AROUND, AND IF

[58:33] YOU DETERMINE YOU REALLY NEED

[58:35] HALF AN FTE TO SUPPORT YOU, I

[58:38] HOPE WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO

[58:41] ALLOCATE HALF AN FTE TO THE

[58:43] DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN DO

[58:45] SOME OF THESE COORDINATION

[58:47] EFFORTS WITH THE NON-PROFITS TO

[58:48] SUPPORT THEM AND WE CAN HAVE A

[58:50] ROBUST NON-PROFIT EFFORT BECAUSE

[58:52] THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TOO.

[58:53] THANK YOU.

[58:56] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[58:57] WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE

[59:00] PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT BACK TO

[59:01] COUNCIL FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS,

[59:02] COMMENTS AND DELIBERATIONS.

[59:06] SO I GUESS DURING THE

[59:08] INTERMISSION WE WERE JUST

[59:09] TALKING ABOUT HOW THE AGENDA IS

[59:10] SET.

[59:12] I THINK MOST PEOPLE ASSUME THAT

[59:14] THE MAYOR IS INVOLVED IN THE

[59:15] AGENDA, MAKING THE AGENDA,

[59:17] DRAFTING THE AGENDA, REVIEWING

[59:18] THE AGENDA.

[59:20] BUT THE TRUTH IS, THE MAYOR AT

[59:22] LEAST IN OUR CITY IS NOT

[59:23] INVOLVED IN THAT AT ALL.

[59:26] AND MAYOR IS PERHAPS THE ONLY

[59:28] POSITION THAT REPRESENTS THE

[59:31] ENTIRE CITY, YOU KNOW, IS THE

[59:35] REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE,

[59:38] AND ALSO THE PRIMARY FACE FOR

[59:39] MOST REGIONAL BODIES, WHETHER

[59:42] IT'S THE LEAGUE OF CITIES OR

[59:45] ACTC OR THOSE SORT OF THINGS,

[59:47] AND SO IN SPEAKING WITH OTHER

[59:49] MAYORS, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE

[59:53] MORE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MAYORS

[59:55] AGREEING TO THE AGENDA, WHAT'S

[59:56] HAPPENING, WALKING THROUGH

[59:57] THIS.

[59:58] SO FOR EXAMPLE LIKE THE CAMPING

[59:59] ORDINANCE, I THINK THE FIRST

[1:00:01] TIME I SAW IT WAS WHEN THE

[1:00:02] PUBLIC SAW IT.

[1:00:03] YOU KNOW, IF I HAD SOME HEADS

[1:00:05] UP, I'D BE LIKE OKAY, CAN I LOOK

[1:00:06] AT THE DETAILS, WHAT THIS IS

[1:00:09] ABOUT SO WE COULD FLESH SOME OF

[1:00:10] THESE THINGS OUT.

[1:00:14] AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, SO WE'RE THE

[1:00:16] FOURTH LARGEST CITY, THE ONLY

[1:00:18] ONE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY THAT'S NOT

[1:00:19] CHARTER.

[1:00:21] WE DO HAVE SUNNYVALE ON THE

[1:00:23] OTHER SIDE, THE MAYOR IS ABLE TO

[1:00:24] ADD ITEMS TO THE AGENDA.

[1:00:26] I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD

[1:00:30] BE ADDING ITEMS RANDOMLY ON THE

[1:00:32] AGENDA, I THINK THE GOAL WOULD

[1:00:33] BE TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER

[1:00:35] TO PUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IF HE

[1:00:36] OR SHE FEELS THAT THAT WOULD BE

[1:00:37] APPROPRIATE.

[1:00:39] BUT THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE THE

[1:00:41] MAYOR MEI NEED TO PUT SOMETHING

[1:00:42] ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THAT MAY

[1:00:46] BE A COUNCIL PRIORITY BUT IT

[1:00:47] JUST HASN'T MADE IT ON THE

[1:00:48] AGENDA.

[1:00:49] SO PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA IS

[1:00:52] NOT MAKING IT DE FACTO THAT WE

[1:00:53] HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.

[1:00:55] IT'S JUST PUTTING IT UP AND

[1:00:57] THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE, THE

[1:00:58] COUNCIL MAJORITY RULES, THE

[1:00:59] MAYOR DOES NOT.

[1:01:00] MAYOR HAS THE SAME VOTE AS

[1:01:01] EVERYONE ELSE.

[1:01:04] AND COUNCIL COULD VOTE IT DOWN.

[1:01:06] IF THE MAYOR IS OUT OF CONTROL,

[1:01:09] YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN AGAIN AND

[1:01:10] AGAIN.

[1:01:11] AND IF YOU'RE STILL NOT

[1:01:13] SATISFIED, THIS PROCESS IS NOT

[1:01:14] PERMANENT.

[1:01:15] LIKE A CHARTER.

[1:01:16] YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE

[1:01:17] ORDINANCE.

[1:01:18] THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE THE

[1:01:20] POLICY BECAUSE IT'S -- FOR

[1:01:21] WHATEVER.

[1:01:22] YOU KNOW.

[1:01:25] SO I THINK IT'S IN KEEPING WITH

[1:01:27] WHAT WE INTENDED AS PART OF THE

[1:01:28] CHARTER DISCUSSIONS.

[1:01:33] BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THERE IS

[1:01:36] ISSUES THAT COUNCIL HAS THAT

[1:01:38] COULD BE REFLECTED ON THE

[1:01:39] AGENDA.

[1:01:41] AND SO -- AND I KNOW AT LEAST IN

[1:01:42] OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE PRETTY

[1:01:44] MUCH BY THE BOOK.

[1:01:47] SO IF THERE'S DEPARTMENT HEADS,

[1:01:49] WE DON'T INTERFERE, WE DON'T

[1:01:50] DIRECT.

[1:01:51] EVERYTHING GOES TO THE CITY

[1:01:52] MANAGER.

[1:01:53] SO BY HAVING THIS, IT ALLOWS US

[1:01:54] TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF THE

[1:01:55] AGENDA ITEM.

[1:01:57] AND SO THEN AT LEAST THE CITY

[1:02:01] MANAGER KNOWS THAT, HEY, HE CAN

[1:02:02] PUT ON THE ITEM OR I CAN PUT IT

[1:02:04] ON, SO LET'S SEE HOW DO WE

[1:02:05] FIGURE THIS OUT?

[1:02:06] AND SO THE HOPE IS THAT THE CITY

[1:02:08] MANAGER IS DRIVING THE AGENDA,

[1:02:10] BUT THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE THE

[1:02:14] MAYOR MAY WANT

[1:02:15] TO PUT IT ON BECAUSE IT'S

[1:02:17] URGENT AND NEEDS TO BE

[1:02:18] ADDRESSED.

[1:02:19] CITY OF HAYWARD, THE MAYOR HAS

[1:02:20] THE POWER TO CALL A SPECIAL

[1:02:21] MEETING WHENEVER HE WANTS.

[1:02:23] SO IF THERE'S AN ISSUE OR

[1:02:25] CONCERN THAT -- AND I'M NOT

[1:02:26] ASKING FOR THAT.

[1:02:27] THAT'S MUCH -- I WOULD WANT TO

[1:02:28] WORK THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER.

[1:02:30] BUT I DO FEEL THAT THE MAYOR

[1:02:34] SHOULD HAVE SOME ROLE IN BEING

[1:02:36] ABLE TO PUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA,

[1:02:37] SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACE

[1:02:41] FACING OUR COMMUNITY AND AGAIN,

[1:02:42] IT'S AN OPEN DISCUSSION.

[1:02:43] IN FACT, IT'S MORE TRANSPARENT.

[1:02:46] BECAUSE YOU KNOW, TALKING BEHIND

[1:02:47] DOORS IS BEHIND DOORS.

[1:02:49] IF SOMETHING IS ON THE AGENDA,

[1:02:51] EVERYBODY KNOWS WE ALL TALK IN

[1:02:53] PUBLIC, WE CAN ALL HAVE A

[1:02:54] DISCUSSION, WE CAN ALL

[1:02:55] UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY IS

[1:02:57] COMING FROM, AND IT WOULD BE A

[1:02:58] TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

[1:03:01] NOW SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T MAKE

[1:03:02] EFFICIENT MEETINGS SO MY GOAL IS

[1:03:03] ALWAYS TO RUN EFFICIENT MEETINGS

[1:03:05] SO THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION BUT I

[1:03:06] JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE

[1:03:07] THOUGHT PROCESS.

[1:03:12] AND SO I THINK JUST THE PUBLIC

[1:03:15] KIND OF ASSUMES THAT THE LEADER

[1:03:17] OF AN ORGANIZATION HAS SOME ROLE

[1:03:18] IN THE AGENDA SETTING.

[1:03:20] THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES, MOST CITY

[1:03:21] COUNCILS DO.

[1:03:22] I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE

[1:03:23] THAT THE MAYOR SHOULD HAVE SOME

[1:03:25] ROLE IN THAT, AND SO I DON'T

[1:03:26] THINK IT'S ASKING FOR TOO MUCH.

[1:03:28] AND I THINK IF YOU ASK THE

[1:03:29] PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC WOULD ALSO

[1:03:31] SAY THE SAME, THAT THE MAYOR

[1:03:33] SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT COMMUNITY

[1:03:34] PRIORITIES ON THE AGENDA.

[1:03:36] SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL

[1:03:37] ABOUT IT.

[1:03:40] AND I GUESS THERE'S MORE

[1:03:41] COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

[1:03:42] WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[1:03:47] >> Councilmember Campbell:ITE

[1:03:50] >> Councilmember Campbell: I WAS

[1:03:51] JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT A

[1:03:52] LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL BECAUSE

[1:03:55] I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S

[1:03:57] SOME ITEMS THAT MAY COME ON THE

[1:03:59] AGENDA THAT YOU MAY WANT TO NOT

[1:04:02] HAVE ON THE AGENDA, OR AT LEAST

[1:04:04] LIKE YOU EXPRESSED A MINUTE AGO,

[1:04:06] HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[1:04:08] UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND

[1:04:09] WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING

[1:04:10] AND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE

[1:04:13] DOING RIGHT NOW.

[1:04:15] MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO

[1:04:16] LATER.

[1:04:19] MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING TA IS NOT

[1:04:20] PART OF OUR PRIORITY THAT WE

[1:04:21] WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE,

[1:04:24] AND I THINK WITH THE CURRENT

[1:04:25] PROCESS, NONE OF US HAVE THE

[1:04:26] ABILITY TO DO THAT.

[1:04:27] WE JUST SEE IT ON THE SAME TIME

[1:04:29] THAT THE PUBLIC SEES IT.

[1:04:32] SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME EYES ON

[1:04:36] IT BEFORE IT ACTUALLY BECOMES

[1:04:37] PUBLIC, I WOULD FEEL BETTER

[1:04:41] ABOUT IF I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY

[1:04:43] BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON THE SCHOOL

[1:04:44] BOARD, WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

[1:04:47] WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE AGENDA

[1:04:49] BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAW THE

[1:04:50] AGENDA.

[1:04:52] WE WERE ABLE TO NOT NECESSARILY

[1:04:55] TAKE THINGS OFF, BUT HAVE SOME

[1:04:56] FRAME OF REFERENCE AS TO WHY

[1:05:00] WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND

[1:05:02] WHY WE'RE DOING IT NOW.

[1:05:05] SO -- BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT

[1:05:07] SAME LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT

[1:05:09] WE HAD ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND

[1:05:10] THEN THIS QUESTION IS GOING TO

[1:05:12] GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IS

[1:05:16] THERE ANY LEGAL REASON WHY WE DO

[1:05:20] WHAT WE DO THE WAY WE DO IT NOW

[1:05:21] AS A GENERAL LAW CITY, AND WOULD

[1:05:25] IT BE ILLEGAL FOR SOME REASON OR

[1:05:27] AGAINST AN ORDINANCE OR STATE

[1:05:28] STATUTE THAT WE COULD CHANGE

[1:05:30] THAT SO THAT THE MAYOR WOULD

[1:05:32] HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE

[1:05:33] AGENDA PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC?

[1:05:41] >> Mayor Salwan: WHILE HE'S

[1:05:42] CONFERRING, I JUST WANT TO

[1:05:43] CLARIFY.

[1:05:44] SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT

[1:05:45] REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA.

[1:05:47] SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR THAT.

[1:05:49] ALL I'M ASKING IS THE ABILITY TO

[1:05:50] ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA.

[1:05:52] >> Councilmember Campbell: I

[1:05:53] THINK IT SHOULD BE AND BOTH,

[1:05:56] BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN YOU

[1:05:58] TALKED ABOUT THE CAMPING BAN AND

[1:05:59] YOU GOT MORE INFORMATION, YOU

[1:06:00] MAY HAVE SAID, WELL, LET'S TABLE

[1:06:01] THIS FOR ANOTHER TIME BECAUSE

[1:06:02] THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME

[1:06:03] TO DO IT.

[1:06:05] SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN AND

[1:06:06] BOTH.

[1:06:07] I THINK THAT THE MAYOR SHOULD

[1:06:09] HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TABLE

[1:06:12] SOMETHING IF IT'S NOT THE

[1:06:15] APPROPRIATE TIME AND YOU WOULD

[1:06:17] KNOW BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU TALK TO

[1:06:19] A LOT OF OTHER MAYORS AROUND THE

[1:06:20] CITIES WHETHER THEY ARE ABLE TO

[1:06:22] SAY, YOU KNOW, CAN WE TABLE THIS

[1:06:24] FOR ANOTHER TIME OR YOU NEED

[1:06:26] MORE RESEARCH ON IT, THOSE KINDS

[1:06:27] OF THINGS.

[1:06:28] >> Mayor Salwan: COLLECT MORE

[1:06:29] INFORMATION.

[1:06:30] >> Councilmember Campbell: YEAH,

[1:06:32] MORE OUTREACH WITH THE

[1:06:33] COMMUNITY, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

[1:06:34] YES.

[1:06:36] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:06:37] MR. ALVARADO.

[1:06:38] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: MY

[1:06:39] UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAYOR

[1:06:41] DOES AND THE COUNCIL DOES

[1:06:43] RECEIVE TENTATIVE AGENDAS

[1:06:44] DEMONSTRATING FUTURE ITEMS THAT

[1:06:46] ARE IN THE PIPELINE.

[1:06:49] THOSE ARE LISTED BY TITLE AND

[1:06:51] THEY ARE NOT FULL STAFF REPORTS,

[1:06:52] OF COURSE.

[1:06:55] BUT THERE IS TRANSPARENCY IN

[1:06:58] REGARD TO PROVIDING THE COUNCIL

[1:07:00] INFORMATION REGARDING FUTURE

[1:07:01] AGENDA ITEMS.

[1:07:04] THE COUNCIL HANDBOOK RIGHT NOW

[1:07:05] ALLOWS ANY COUNCILMEMBER

[1:07:07] INCLUDING THE MAYOR TO MAKE A

[1:07:08] REFERRAL.

[1:07:09] MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT'S BEING

[1:07:12] REQUESTED IS THAT INDEPENDENT

[1:07:13] AND IN ADDITION TO THAT

[1:07:14] AUTHORITY THAT THE MAYOR WOULD

[1:07:16] HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLACE ITEMS

[1:07:20] ON THE AGENDA DIRECTLY.

[1:07:21] IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF THERE'S

[1:07:22] ANY FURTHER DIRECTION, WE'RE

[1:07:24] HERE TO RECEIVE IT, BUT THAT'S

[1:07:25] THE SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE

[1:07:26] HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE

[1:07:27] LANGUAGE WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A

[1:07:29] MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING

[1:07:31] HANDBOOK THAT WOULD SIMPLY ALLOW

[1:07:33] THE MAYOR TO ADD ITEMS TO THE

[1:07:34] AGENDA.

[1:07:35] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCIL

[1:07:36] POLICY.

[1:07:37] IS THAT WHAT --

[1:07:38] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT

[1:07:39] WOULD BE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE

[1:07:40] COUNCIL HANDBOOK WHICH IS

[1:07:41] COUNCIL POLICY.

[1:07:42] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:07:43] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: MAY

[1:07:44] I?

[1:07:45] >> Mayor Salwan: SURE.

[1:07:46] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: I'D

[1:07:47] JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF

[1:07:48] CLARIFICATIONS, SINCE YOU ALL

[1:07:50] ARE HAVING SUCH A ROBUST

[1:07:51] DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR

[1:07:52] ITEM.

[1:07:55] SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WITH

[1:07:56] THE REFERRAL PROCESS, AGAIN,

[1:07:57] IT'S BEEN STATED MULTIPLE TIMES,

[1:08:00] THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS USE

[1:08:02] THAT PROCESS TO PLACE ITEMS ON

[1:08:06] THE AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL TO

[1:08:08] CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, MOVING

[1:08:09] FORWARD WITH.

[1:08:14] OFTENTIMES, THOSE REFERRAL

[1:08:15] ITEMS, THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE A

[1:08:18] REFERRAL ITEM THAT CAN BE

[1:08:19] CONTROVERSIAL IN NATURE.

[1:08:21] AND SO OUR PRACTICE HERE IN THE

[1:08:26] CITY OF FREMONT IS TO ALLOW THAT

[1:08:27] COUNCILMEMBER TO HAVE THAT

[1:08:30] DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY

[1:08:33] MANAGER, AND THAT CONVERSATION

[1:08:34] REMAINS BETWEEN THE

[1:08:36] COUNCILMEMBER AND THE CITY

[1:08:38] MANAGER, UNLESS, OF COURSE, THE

[1:08:39] COUNCILMEMBER SHARES IT WITH

[1:08:40] SOMEONE ELSE, BUT THAT

[1:08:41] PARTICULAR ITEM REMAINS BETWEEN

[1:08:44] THE TWO OF US UNTIL THE AGENDA

[1:08:46] IS PUBLISHED BECAUSE WITH

[1:08:50] PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND I THINK

[1:08:51] THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, THEY'VE

[1:08:53] WANTED THOSE ITEMS TO REMAIN TO

[1:08:54] THEMSELVES SO AS TO NOT

[1:08:56] POLITICIZE THE ITEM BEFORE IT

[1:08:57] ACTUALLY COMES FORTH TO THE

[1:08:58] PUBLIC.

[1:08:59] SO AS YOU ALL ARE THINKING

[1:09:01] THROUGH THIS, I JUST WANTED TO

[1:09:03] REITERATE WHAT THAT PROCESS IS

[1:09:05] SO YOU HAVE THAT IN MIND AS YOU

[1:09:06] THINK THROUGH ANY CHANGES TO THE

[1:09:07] COUNCIL HANDBOOK.

[1:09:09] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:09:14] AND MR. ALVARADO, THERE'S SOME

[1:09:15] QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

[1:09:17] HEAD CONFIRMATION.

[1:09:21] I THINK I HEARD ALMOST

[1:09:22] UNIVERSALLY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS

[1:09:23] TO HAVE THAT ADDRESSED FIRST AND

[1:09:24] FOREMOST.

[1:09:26] IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE THE

[1:09:29] ORDINANCE DRAFTED SOONER?

[1:09:30] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES.

[1:09:31] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:09:33] SO AS EARLY AS LATER THIS MONTH

[1:09:35] AND BRING IT BACK FOR FOLLOW UP

[1:09:36] NEXT MONTH?

[1:09:37] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I THINK

[1:09:38] OCTOBER WOULD BE THE NEW

[1:09:39] TARGETED DATE, BECAUSE WE'RE

[1:09:40] ALREADY AT THE BEGINNING OF

[1:09:42] SEPTEMBER AND AGENDAS ARE

[1:09:43] ALREADY ACTIVELY BEING WORKED OP

[1:09:45] THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER BUT

[1:09:47] I THINK THE FIRST MEETING OF

[1:09:48] SEPTEMBER WE COULD HAVE AN

[1:09:49] ORDINANCE THAT WOULD INTRODUCE

[1:09:50] THE MATTER.

[1:09:51] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:09:53] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN?

[1:09:55] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[1:09:56] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[1:09:58] I KIND OF WANT TO REITERATE THAT

[1:10:02] THIS MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE MODGE

[1:10:03] POJ BUT IT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF

[1:10:04] OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT CHARTER

[1:10:05] CITY AND IT IS SOME OF THE

[1:10:06] THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING

[1:10:08] TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE AUTONOMY

[1:10:11] ON, A LITTLE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY

[1:10:12] TO OUR PUBLIC WHO THINK WE DO

[1:10:14] EVERYTHING AND WE DON'T GET TO

[1:10:16] DO EVERYTHING, SO IF IT DOES

[1:10:19] SEEM A LITTLE DISJOINTED IT

[1:10:20] REALLY IS, WE'RE TAKING THIS

[1:10:21] OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST SOME

[1:10:22] THINGS THAT WE CAN ADJUST

[1:10:24] WITHOUT THE CHARTER BECAUSE THAT

[1:10:25] WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO US TOO,

[1:10:27] THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO A

[1:10:29] LOT OF THE STUFF WITHOUT A

[1:10:30] CHARTER CITY.

[1:10:32] SO I WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC

[1:10:34] THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHY

[1:10:37] WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE

[1:10:38] TOPICS.

[1:10:39] I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND US THAT

[1:10:42] AS WE THINK ABOUT THE MAYOR

[1:10:43] HAVING THE RIGHT TO PLACE THINGS

[1:10:46] ON THE AGENDA, THAT WE ALSO

[1:10:48] THINK ABOUT FUTURE MAYORS AND

[1:10:49] KEEP IN MIND THAT IF ONE DAY

[1:10:50] WHEN MAYOR SALWAN IS NOT THE

[1:10:51] MAYOR AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO

[1:10:54] WE THINK IS GOING ROGUE, THAT WE

[1:10:56] REALIZE THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT

[1:10:57] AND WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO

[1:10:58] CHANGE THAT IF WE NEEDED TO.

[1:11:01] >> Mayor Salwan: OR VOTE THEM

[1:11:02] DOWN.

[1:11:03] FOUR VOTES.

[1:11:04] MAJORITY CONTROLS THE VOTES.

[1:11:05] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[1:11:06] RIGHT.

[1:11:07] AND THEN THE OTHER THING I

[1:11:08] WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IS

[1:11:09] THAT I HAVE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC

[1:11:10] ALL THE TIME TELL ME, OH, THAT'S

[1:11:12] COMING TO AN AGENDA BEFORE YOU

[1:11:14] NEXT MONTH AND IEMED LIKE, IT

[1:11:15] IS?

[1:11:16] SO THAT'S KIND OF SURPRISING.

[1:11:19] THAT SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC ARE

[1:11:20] SPEAKING WITH, YOU KNOW, STAFF

[1:11:22] AND THEY KNOW IT'S COMING BEFORE

[1:11:23] US.

[1:11:24] AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE KIND

[1:11:25] OF THING THAT SURPRISES US

[1:11:26] SOMETIMES AND THAT'S WHY THE

[1:11:27] FRIDAY BEFORE SOMETIMES WE'RE

[1:11:29] GOING, WOW, THEY TOLD ME --

[1:11:30] SOMEBODY TOLD ME THIS WEEKS

[1:11:31] AGO.

[1:11:32] SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED

[1:11:33] PEOPLE TO BE AWARE.

[1:11:37] AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THING THAT

[1:11:38] WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED HERE WHICH

[1:11:40] IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN

[1:11:41] TALKED ABOUT SINCE 2016.

[1:11:45] THE COUNCIL AGENDA AMENDING THE

[1:11:47] COUNCIL VACANCY PROCEDURE, AND I

[1:11:51] WAS, YOU KNOW -- PARTICIPATED IN

[1:11:52] THAT, SO WE REALLY WERE HOPING

[1:11:53] THAT IF A SEAT OPENS UP THAT WE

[1:11:55] HAVE A PROTOCOL IN PLACE THAT WE

[1:11:57] CAN JUST GO FORWARD AND NOT HAVE

[1:12:00] TO BE SPENDING TIME ARE WE GOING

[1:12:01] TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION, ARE

[1:12:02] WE GOING TO HAVE APPLICATIONS,

[1:12:04] WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, THAT WE

[1:12:05] HAVE A PROCEDURE IN PLACE.

[1:12:07] I WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT'S

[1:12:08] WHY THAT'S ON THERE SO WE COULD

[1:12:09] BE EFFICIENT.

[1:12:10] >> City Mgr. Shackelford:

[1:12:11] MAYOR?

[1:12:12] I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE OTHER

[1:12:13] CLARIFICATION.

[1:12:17] SO YES, THE COUNCIL DOES RECEIVE

[1:12:19] THE TENTATIVE AGENDA WITH A

[1:12:22] SIX-WEEK OUTLOOK OR AT LEAST

[1:12:23] SIX-WEEK OUTLOOK.

[1:12:25] TO THE POINT ABOUT THE PUBLIC

[1:12:26] MAYBE KNOWING ABOUT ITEMS THAT

[1:12:30] ARE GOING TO BE PLACED ON AGENDA

[1:12:31] BEYOND THAT, THAT COULD HAPPEN

[1:12:34] IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IF

[1:12:36] THAT'S HAPPENING THE COUNCIL

[1:12:37] SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THATS A WELL

[1:12:40] BECAUSE IT'S LIKELY RELATED TO A

[1:12:43] LARGER PROJECT SO FOR EXAMPLE

[1:12:44] THE DECOTO ROAD PROJECT.

[1:12:46] IN THOSE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

[1:12:48] IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT WE WOULD,

[1:12:49] YOU KNOW, LAY OUT SOME FUTURE

[1:12:51] DATES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO

[1:12:52] CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED.

[1:12:54] SO VERY MUCH LIKE THE TIMELINE

[1:12:57] THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS

[1:12:58] ITEM.

[1:13:01] SO THAT'S WHERE THAT INFORMATION

[1:13:02] WOULD COME FROM AND I JUST WANT

[1:13:03] TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

[1:13:05] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:13:06] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[1:13:11] OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

[1:13:14] >> Councilmember Zhang: SO AFTER

[1:13:16] ALL THIS DISCUSSION AND BASED ON

[1:13:20] EVERYONE'S COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE

[1:13:21] TO -- I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT

[1:13:25] WE MAKE THE WINTER

[1:13:29] 26-27 TO SEPTEMBER AND IF IT

[1:13:32] CANNOT BE DONE TO EARLY OCTOBER,

[1:13:33] BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT

[1:13:36] BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO IMPORTANT

[1:13:41] POSITIONS, AND IF OCTOBER AND WE

[1:13:43] CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE

[1:13:44] DECISION JUST CONFIRM, I THINK

[1:13:45] THAT WOULD SERVE THE WHOLE

[1:13:46] PURPOSE OF OUR CHARTER

[1:13:47] DISCUSSION.

[1:13:49] >> Mayor Salwan: JUST TO

[1:13:51] INTERJECT, I THINK YOU'RE

[1:13:53] REFERRING TO THE DEPARTMENT

[1:13:54] CONFIRMATION?

[1:13:55] >> Councilmember Zhang:

[1:13:56] ABSOLUTELY.

[1:13:57] AND I THINK THE OCTOBER -- FOR

[1:13:58] THE MAYOR, YOU WANT TO ADD

[1:14:03] SOMETHING TO THE

[1:14:07] ITEM, IF EVERYONE AGREES, IS

[1:14:09] THAT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO

[1:14:11] INDICATE THAT'S MAYOR'S ADDED

[1:14:15] ITEM SO WE CAN KEEP YOU ON THE

[1:14:17] TRACK TO SEE WHETHER, YOU KNOW,

[1:14:18] WE CAN DO THAT.

[1:14:21] RIGHT?

[1:14:22] >> Mayor Salwan: YOU'RE TALKING

[1:14:23] ABOUT THE AGENDA SETTING?

[1:14:25] >> Councilmember Zhang: YEAH, IF

[1:14:27] I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING AND WE

[1:14:29] MAY INDICATE MAYOR ADDED THIS

[1:14:31] ITEM SO SEE WHETHER YOU'RE DOING

[1:14:32] A GREAT JOB FOR THE CITY AND

[1:14:33] DRIVE THE PRIORITY.

[1:14:34] YOU KNOW.

[1:14:36] >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK IT

[1:14:37] WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS THAT BUT

[1:14:39] I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING

[1:14:40] SPECIAL.

[1:14:41] >> Councilmember Zhang: RIGHT,

[1:14:43] BUT WE MAY ALSO TALK TO YOU,

[1:14:44] WHATEVER THE DETAILS, MAYBE

[1:14:46] SOMETIME WE CAN TALK TO YOU TO

[1:14:48] SEE WHETHER THERE ARE SOME

[1:14:49] ISSUES, URGENCY.

[1:14:52] THAT'S MY PROPOSAL.

[1:14:58] AND THEN THE PUBLIC SAID 0.5

[1:15:02] FTE, I THINK THAT CURRENTLY, WE

[1:15:05] ARE SHARING ONE STAFF WITH THE

[1:15:06] CITY MANAGER.

[1:15:09] SO IS THAT COUNTED AS 0.5 FTE?

[1:15:12] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THE

[1:15:13] 0.5 -- NO, IT'S NO THE.

[1:15:16] THE 0.5 WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL

[1:15:17] FTE TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND

[1:15:18] COUNCIL.

[1:15:21] THERE'S ALREADY ONE FTE THAT WAS

[1:15:23] INCLUDED IN THE RECENTLY

[1:15:25] APPROVED BUDGET THAT REMAINS TO

[1:15:26] BE RECRUITED FOR.

[1:15:28] AND THAT POSITION WOULD ALSO

[1:15:29] SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[1:15:31] >> Councilmember Zhang: THANK

[1:15:32] YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

[1:15:37] BUT I ACTUALLY THINK THAT

[1:15:41] OUR ASSISTANT TERESA MAYOR SHE

[1:15:42] HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, I'M REALLY

[1:15:44] SORRY TO ASK FOR MORE BECAUSE I

[1:15:45] KNOW THAT SHE'S WORKING SO

[1:15:46] HARD.

[1:15:50] I DEFINITELY THINK 0.5 IS

[1:15:51] NEEDED, OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO

[1:15:52] KEEP THAT.

[1:15:56] AND THAT IS MY COMMENT.

[1:15:58] >> Mayor Salwan: I WAS JUST

[1:15:59] GOING TO SAY, I THINK WE DIDN'T

[1:16:00] TALK ABOUT THE 0.5.

[1:16:02] ME PERSONALLY, I'M OKAY WAITING,

[1:16:04] LETTING THE FIRST ONE KIND OF

[1:16:06] GET HIRED AND SEE HOW THINGS GO

[1:16:08] AND KIND OF PLAY BY EAR DO WE

[1:16:09] NEED ANOTHER HALF A PERSON OR DO

[1:16:11] WE JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE

[1:16:12] WE'RE AT.

[1:16:14] SO I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE IT IN THE

[1:16:16] BUDGET BUT FOR NOW, I THINK WE

[1:16:17] JUST NEED TO HIRE THE FIRST ONE

[1:16:19] AND KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS GO

[1:16:21] AND THEN KIND OF ADD AS WE BUILD

[1:16:24] UP CAPACITY BECAUSE WE DON'T

[1:16:25] WANT PEOPLE SITTING AROUND, WE

[1:16:27] WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH

[1:16:28] WORK FOR THEM SO THEY CAN BE

[1:16:29] EFFICIENT.

[1:16:31] SO I MEAN, PART OF OUR

[1:16:32] OBLIGATION AND THE BURDEN IS TO

[1:16:34] MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH

[1:16:35] WORK SO THAT THEY'RE USING UP

[1:16:37] THOSE 40 HOURS OR WHATEVER THAT

[1:16:38] WE EXPECT FROM THEM.

[1:16:40] YES, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER

[1:16:41] ZHANG.

[1:16:43] >> Councilmember Zhang: AGREED,

[1:16:47] BUT I THOUGHT THAT THE OTHER

[1:16:49] POSITION ONE FULL TIME IS FOR

[1:16:50] ANALYST, SO IF THIS PERSON CAN

[1:16:51] TAKE ON DIFFERENT ROLES, OF

[1:16:52] COURSE I WOULD DEFINITELY

[1:16:54] SUPPORT IT BECAUSE FOR THE

[1:16:56] BUDGET'S POINT OF VIEW --

[1:16:57] >> Mayor Salwan: SO I THINK JUST

[1:16:59] TO CLARIFY, I THINK THIS PERSON

[1:17:00] -- ACTUALLY DO YOU WANT TO

[1:17:01] COMMENT ON THIS?

[1:17:03] I WAS THINKING MORE IT WAS

[1:17:04] CONSTITUENT SERVICES COORDINATOR

[1:17:06] KIND OF ALL THE CALLS, THE

[1:17:07] EMAILS, THE BACK AND FORTH WITH

[1:17:10] ALL THE -- BUT I'LL LET THE CITY

[1:17:11] MANAGER COMMENT ON IT.

[1:17:12] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: YES.

[1:17:15] SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU ALL

[1:17:16] IS JUST THAT.

[1:17:18] YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO

[1:17:19] HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THE

[1:17:22] CONSTITUENT REQUESTS AND PHONE

[1:17:23] CALLS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME

[1:17:26] OTHER THINGS THAT YOU RECEIVE

[1:17:29] AND YOU KNOW, TRAVEL

[1:17:30] REIMBURSEMENTS, THINGS THAT

[1:17:31] TERESA IS DOING FOR YOU RIGHT

[1:17:33] NOW, MAKING TRAVEL PLANS AND

[1:17:34] THAT TYPE OF THING.

[1:17:38] THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE FTE THAT

[1:17:40] WAS APPROVED OR INCLUDED IN THE

[1:17:43] RECENTLY ADOPTED BUDGET IS

[1:17:44] DESIGNED TO DO.

[1:17:46] YES, IT'S TITLED -- WE HAD TO

[1:17:48] FIND A TITLE THAT -- A

[1:17:50] CLASSIFICATION THAT COULD

[1:17:52] ACCOMMODATE THE TYPE AND LEVEL

[1:17:53] OF WORK THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED

[1:17:55] YOU WANTED THE PERSON TO DO.

[1:17:59] AND WE'VE HAD A SIMILAR POSITION

[1:18:01] IN THE PAST AND IT WAS CALLED AN

[1:18:02] ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST.

[1:18:03] THAT'S THE CLASSIFICATION.

[1:18:06] BUT A WORKING TITLE COULD BE OR

[1:18:09] WOULD BE COUNCIL AIDE,

[1:18:10] CONSTITUENT SERVICES LIAISON,

[1:18:11] SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

[1:18:12] AS A WORKING TITLE.

[1:18:15] BUT THE CLASSIFICATION ITSELF IS

[1:18:18] ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TO ALLOW

[1:18:19] FOR THE PROPER CAPACITY FOR THE

[1:18:21] THINGS THAT YOU'VE INDICATED YOU

[1:18:22] DESIRE.

[1:18:29] >> Mayor Salwan: SO WE COULD

[1:18:30] BUILD CAPACITY WITH TIME.

[1:18:31] >> Councilmember Zhang: RIGHT.

[1:18:32] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:18:33] COUNCILMEMBER LIU?

[1:18:34] >> Councilmember Liu: SO I

[1:18:35] ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT

[1:18:40] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG JUST MADE A

[1:18:41] MOTION, RIGHT?

[1:18:45] OR WAS I MISTAKEN ABOUT THAT?

[1:18:46] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS

[1:18:48] EVENING WE DO NOT NEED A

[1:18:49] MOTION.

[1:18:50] DIRECTION IS SUFFICIENT.

[1:18:51] SO AS LONG AS THERE'S MAJORITY

[1:18:52] CONSENSUS THAT SHOULD BE

[1:18:53] SUFFICIENT FOR US TO BRING THE

[1:18:54] ITEM BACK.

[1:18:55] >> Councilmember Liu: OKAY.

[1:18:57] SO I GUESS I'VE ALREADY SAID MY

[1:18:58] PIECE ON MY IDEAS ABOUT THIS.

[1:19:00] I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE ABOUT

[1:19:01] SOMETHING.

[1:19:02] I WAS MENTIONING THROUGHOUT THE

[1:19:05] WHOLE CHARTER PROCESS, THAT THE

[1:19:06] COUP WASN'T TRANSPARENT ENOUGH

[1:19:08] OR WE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH OUTREACH

[1:19:10] TO THE COMMUNITY, SO I HOPE

[1:19:12] TONIGHT SHOWS THAT WE ARE BEING

[1:19:13] TRANSPARENT.

[1:19:17] HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS SAW A LOOK

[1:19:19] BACK THE CURTAIN OF THE COUNCIL

[1:19:20] HOW WE DO THINGS HERE, HOW THE

[1:19:22] MAYOR SOMETIMES DOESN'T EVEN

[1:19:23] KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA UNTIL

[1:19:24] THE WHOLE PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT

[1:19:25] IT.

[1:19:29] SO I HOPE THIS TODAY WAS A GOOD

[1:19:30] INFORMATIVE SESSION TO EVERYBODY

[1:19:31] IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW THEM,

[1:19:35] YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO, THE

[1:19:37] REASONS WHY WE'RE PUSHING FOR

[1:19:39] STUFF LIKE THIS, AND YEAH, SO --

[1:19:40] AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

[1:19:42] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:19:43] ZINC.

[1:19:45] ZINC.

[1:19:47] ZHANG.

[1:19:49] WAS THAT FROM BEFORE?

[1:19:50] >> Ms. Briggs: ONE CLARIFICATION

[1:19:51] QUESTION.

[1:19:52] I DID HEAR A COMMENT ABOUT THE

[1:19:54] TERM LIMIT ITEM BEING DEFERRED

[1:19:55] TO THE COUNCIL RETREAT.

[1:19:58] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE --

[1:19:59] >> Mayor Salwan: THERE NEEDS TO

[1:20:00] BE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT

[1:20:02] CHARTER TERM LIMITS ALL THE

[1:20:03] OTHER STUFF THAT --

[1:20:05] >> Ms. Briggs: SO JUST IN

[1:20:06] WHATEVER --

[1:20:07] >> Mayor Salwan: IN THE RETREAT

[1:20:08] WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE WHERE

[1:20:09] WE'RE GOING.

[1:20:10] >> Ms. Briggs: JUST WANTED TO

[1:20:11] MAKE SURE THERE WAS CONSENSUS.

[1:20:13] >> Mayor Salwan: EVERYBODY' GRIE

[1:20:15] WITH THAT PART IN I SEE

[1:20:16] EVERYBODY NODDING YES

[1:20:17] AFFIRMATIVELY.

[1:20:18] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: JUST

[1:20:19] ONE MORE THING.

[1:20:20] SO JUST SO THAT WE'RE REALLY

[1:20:25] CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THIS TIMELINE,

[1:20:26] I HEAR FROM YOU ALL THAT YOU ARE

[1:20:30] INTERESTED IN MOVING THIS

[1:20:33] CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTIVE LEVEL

[1:20:37] APPOINTMENTS UP FROM THE WINTER

[1:20:38] OR WHATEVER THE DATE IS THAT'S

[1:20:39] ON THE TIMELINE.

[1:20:42] YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER

[1:20:43] WORKLOAD CONSIDERATIONS AND

[1:20:48] CAPACITY ISSUES, NOT ONLY

[1:20:51] IS OUR HR DIRECTOR MOVING TO

[1:20:52] ANOTHER AGENCY BUT SERVE OTHER

[1:20:54] STAFF IN THE HR DEPARTMENT WHO

[1:20:55] WOULD HELP FACILITATE THIS,

[1:20:57] THEY'RE LEAVING SOON AS WELL, SO

[1:20:59] THERE ARE SOME CAPACITY ISSUES

[1:21:01] THAT WERE TAKEN INTO

[1:21:02] CONSIDERATION WHEN THESE DATES

[1:21:03] WERE BEING PROPOSED.

[1:21:07] I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG

[1:21:08] EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN MOVING

[1:21:09] THAT ITEM UP TO SEPTEMBER.

[1:21:11] THAT'S TOO SOON.

[1:21:14] THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT HE

[1:21:18] COULD GET IT DONE IN OCTOBER.

[1:21:22] SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST

[1:21:23] ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER

[1:21:26] THAT AS YOUR GIVING US DIRECTION

[1:21:27] TONIGHT.

[1:21:30] AND TO PUT AN EVEN FINER POINT

[1:21:31] ON IT IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING

[1:21:34] YOUR INTERESTS, YES, THERE ARE

[1:21:39] TWO EXECUTIVE LEVEL VACANCIES

[1:21:40] PENDING, AND WE WILL BE

[1:21:43] RECRUITING FOR THOSE, BUT

[1:21:44] RECRUITMENTS AT THAT LEVEL TAKE

[1:21:45] MONTHS.

[1:21:47] I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT

[1:21:48] LEAST THREE MONTHS.

[1:21:51] SO I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT THE

[1:21:52] ORDINANCE CHANGE, WHETHER IT'S

[1:21:54] OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, IT WILL BE

[1:21:58] -- IT WILL BE DONE IN PLENTY OF

[1:22:00] TIME FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE

[1:22:01] ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

[1:22:04] AND FURTHERMORE, WHETHER IT'S

[1:22:08] DONE OR IT'S NOT DONE BECAUSE OF

[1:22:09] WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL STILL

[1:22:11] HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE

[1:22:14] ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, IN THE HIRING

[1:22:16] OR IN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS,

[1:22:18] UNDERSTANDING WHO THE FINALIST

[1:22:19] IS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

[1:22:21] SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COMMITMENT

[1:22:23] THAT I'VE MADE BEFORE, AND I'M

[1:22:24] SAYING IT AGAIN.

[1:22:28] BUT AS FAR AS THIS TIMELINE IS

[1:22:29] CONCERNED, SEPTEMBER IS MUCH TOO

[1:22:32] SOON BASED ON, YOU KNOW, JUST

[1:22:35] THE CAPACITY ISSUES I EXPRESSED

[1:22:36] A MOMENT AGO.

[1:22:38] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU FOR

[1:22:39] THAT CLARIFICATION.

[1:22:41] I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU CAN ALSO

[1:22:42] BIFURCATE TOO, PASS THE

[1:22:43] ORDINANCE, FIGURE OUT THE

[1:22:44] PROCESS SO THERE CAN BE SOME IF

[1:22:45] NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE STAFF.

[1:22:46] OKAY.

[1:22:48] I SEE COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, DID

[1:22:49] YOU HAVE SOMETHING --

[1:22:50] >> Councilmember Zhang: I DID

[1:22:51] NOT HAVE ANYTHING.

[1:22:52] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:22:53] KIMBERLIN?

[1:22:56] I THOUGHT I SAW ANOTHER NAME ON

[1:22:57] THERE TOO.

[1:22:58] ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK?

[1:23:00] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: KIND

[1:23:01] OF ONE FINAL RECAP ON JUST

[1:23:02] TAKING AWAY WITH DIRECTION.

[1:23:04] IF WE COULD PERHAPS IT WOULD BE

[1:23:06] AS SIMPLE AS TAKING THAT LAST

[1:23:09] ITEM ON THE LIST, MOVING TO THE

[1:23:10] FIRST PLACE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE

[1:23:11] COMES AFTER.

[1:23:13] AND I UNDERSTAND OCTOBER 1ST

[1:23:15] WOULD BE PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO

[1:23:18] HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THE

[1:23:20] PARTICIPATION OF US CONFIRMING A

[1:23:22] CITY MANAGER APPOINTMENTS,

[1:23:24] CONFIRMING NOT INTERVIEWING, NOT

[1:23:25] HIRING, NOT FIRING, BUT

[1:23:27] CONFIRMING SO THAT'S A WAY OF

[1:23:29] NOTIFYING US WHAT'S GOING ON IN

[1:23:31] A GREAT TIMELY MANNER, SO IF WE

[1:23:32] WERE TO MOVE THAT FIRST,

[1:23:35] EVERYTHING DOWN AND THEN MOVE

[1:23:37] THE TERM LIMITS TO OUR RETREAT,

[1:23:39] DOES THAT KIND OF --

[1:23:41] >> Ms. Briggs: I WILL JUST -- GO

[1:23:42] AHEAD, CITY ATTORNEY WILL

[1:23:43] CLARIFY THAT.

[1:23:44] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF I

[1:23:46] MAY, I'M GOING TO PROFFER A

[1:23:48] SUGGESTION IN ORDER TO MEET

[1:23:51] LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND ALSO

[1:23:52] COUNCIL'S STATED PREFERENCES.

[1:23:54] THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN

[1:23:57] SEPTEMBER MUST OCCUR IN

[1:23:58] SEPTEMBER IF THE INCREASES ARE

[1:24:02] TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS CYCLE.

[1:24:04] IF WE DO NOT PROCEED WITH THE

[1:24:07] SEPTEMBER ITEMS, THE NEXT

[1:24:08] OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASES WILL

[1:24:09] BE IN 2028.

[1:24:13] WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING

[1:24:14] THAT FOR SEPTEMBER ACTION AND

[1:24:15] WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON

[1:24:17] GETTING THAT ON TO THE AGENDA

[1:24:20] FOR THE NEXT MEETING WITH A

[1:24:22] SECOND READING AT THE LAST

[1:24:23] MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS

[1:24:24] THE THIRD WEEK.

[1:24:28] STAFF REPORT FOR NEXT WEEK ARE

[1:24:29] ALREADY UNDERGOING FINAL

[1:24:30] REVIEW.

[1:24:31] THE WEEK AFTER IT, THEY'VE BEEN

[1:24:32] CRAFTED AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO

[1:24:33] THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

[1:24:35] WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SAYING

[1:24:36] REALISTICALLY SPEAKING THE FIRST

[1:24:37] MEETING IN OCTOBER IS THE FIRST

[1:24:38] TIME WE CAN HAVE AN ORDINANCE

[1:24:40] FOR YOU ON CONFIRMATION BUT WE

[1:24:42] CAN MAKE THAT COMMITMENT AND

[1:24:43] MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT AT THE

[1:24:44] FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER.

[1:24:47] AND THEN WE CAN JUST PUSH THE

[1:24:48] REST OF THE ITEMS BACK A LITTLE

[1:24:50] BIT TO ADJUST FOR WORKFLOW

[1:24:51] BECAUSE NONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS

[1:24:53] ARE AS TIME-SENSITIVE, BUT OF

[1:24:54] COURSE YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT

[1:24:55] THAT WE'LL BRING THEM BACK

[1:24:56] CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL

[1:24:57] DIRECTION.

[1:24:59] SO IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE

[1:25:00] COUNCIL, WE COULD PROCEED IN

[1:25:02] THAT FASHION AND IF NOT, OF

[1:25:04] COURSE WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO

[1:25:05] THE COUNCIL DIRECTION.

[1:25:08] >> Mayor Salwan: I'M SEEING

[1:25:09] EVERYONE NODDING YES.

[1:25:10] MS. BRIGGS, DID YOU WANT TO ADD

[1:25:11] ANYTHING OR WAS THAT IT?

[1:25:12] OKAY.

[1:25:14] SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ENOUGH

[1:25:15] FEEDBACK HERE.

[1:25:16] DOES EVERYBODY FEEL

[1:25:17] COMFORTABLE?

[1:25:18] >> Councilmember Campbell: I

[1:25:20] JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE FTE,

[1:25:21] THE .5 FTE.

[1:25:23] DID WE JUST WANT TO SCRAP THAT

[1:25:25] ALL TOGETHER SINCE WE'RE GOING

[1:25:26] TO GET A 1 ANYWAY?

[1:25:28] >> Mayor Salwan: I DON'T KNOW

[1:25:30] ABOUT SCRAPPING BECAUSE ONCE YOU

[1:25:31] SCRAP, IT NEVER COMES BACK.

[1:25:32] >> Councilmember Campbell: WELL,

[1:25:33] I MEAN IF YOU TAKE IT OFF, IT'S

[1:25:34] HARD TO COME BACK, RIGHT?

[1:25:36] BUT DID YOU JUST WANT TO MOVE

[1:25:38] THAT DOWN TO THE WINTER?

[1:25:40] >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK WE WANT

[1:25:41] TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO BUILD UP

[1:25:42] THE CAPACITY AND SEE IF THERE'S

[1:25:43] A NEED.

[1:25:45] IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT AND BE

[1:25:47] ABLE TO ADD AT THE RIGHT TIME

[1:25:49] THAN TO START OFF FROM SCRATCH

[1:25:50] ALL OVER AGAIN.

[1:25:51] >> Councilmember Campbell: SO

[1:25:54] WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE US TO

[1:25:55] REVISIT IT?

[1:25:56] >> Mayor Salwan: WE CAN TALK

[1:25:57] ABOUT IT AGAIN AT THE RETREAT.

[1:25:58] >> Councilmember Campbell: LET

[1:25:59] PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE

[1:26:01] RETREAT THEN IN JANUARY,

[1:26:02] FEBRUARY.

[1:26:03] >> Mayor Salwan: WE WANT TO BE

[1:26:04] CONSERVATIVE, WE DON'T WANT TO

[1:26:06] HIRE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE JUST TO

[1:26:08] HIRE PEOPLE BUT IF THERE'S

[1:26:09] ENOUGH WORK --

[1:26:10] >> Councilmember Campbell: SINCE

[1:26:11] WE'RE DOING A TIMELINE AND WE'RE

[1:26:13] MOVING STUFF UP AND DOWN THE

[1:26:15] SHEET HERE, THAT WE ARE

[1:26:16] COGNIZANT OF WHEN WE MIGHT WANT

[1:26:18] TO REVISIT THIS PARTICULAR

[1:26:19] ITEM.

[1:26:20] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:26:21] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[1:26:22] YOU.

[1:26:23] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:26:24] ZHANG DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING

[1:26:25] MORE OR IS THAT FROM BEFORE?

[1:26:26] >> Councilmember Zhang: NO, I

[1:26:27] JUST THINK I LOVED TODAY'S

[1:26:28] DISCUSSION.

[1:26:29] YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT POINTS --

[1:26:32] THE POINT OF VIEW FROM DIFFERENT

[1:26:35] COUNCILMEMBER AND ALSO THE STAFF

[1:26:38] AND WE FIND A -- YOU KNOW, A

[1:26:39] GOOD SOLUTION.

[1:26:40] SO I REALLY ENJOYED TODAY'S

[1:26:41] DISCUSSION.

[1:26:42] >> Mayor Salwan: GIVE AND TAKE.

[1:26:43] >> Councilmember Zhang: YES.

[1:26:45] >> Mayor Salwan: SOUNDS LIKE WE

[1:26:46] GOT PRETTY GOOD DIRECTION.

[1:26:47] IS THAT ENOUGH FOR STAFF AND

[1:26:48] CITY ATTORNEY?

[1:26:49] OKAY.

[1:26:50] VERY GOOD.

[1:26:51] GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY.

[1:26:52] YOU GUYS DID GREAT.

[1:26:53] NEXT WE -- THANK YOU, MS. BRIGGS

[1:26:55] AND THANK YOU, MR. ALVARADO AND,

[1:26:56] OF COURSE, CITY MANAGER.

[1:26:58] IT'S BEEN A BIG WORKLOAD.

[1:27:03] NEXT WE

[1:27:04] HAVE COUNCIL REFERRALS.

[1:27:05] LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES

[1:27:07] COMING UP AND WE'VE NOMINATED

[1:27:09] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO WHO'S MY

[1:27:10] ALTERNATE FOR THE PRESENT MOMENT

[1:27:11] TO BE THE VOTING MEMBER.

[1:27:13] AND COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL WILL

[1:27:14] BE THE ALTERNATE.

[1:27:17] SO IF THERE'S NO DEBATE, COULD I

[1:27:18] GET A MOTION ON THAT?

[1:27:21] COUNCILMEMBER LIU?

[1:27:23] MOVES.

[1:27:25] >> Councilmember Zhang: I

[1:27:26] SECOND.

[1:27:27] >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK

[1:27:28] COUNCILMEMBER KENG HIT IT

[1:27:29] FIRST.

[1:27:30] SO MOVED BY LIU, SECOND BY

[1:27:31] KENG.

[1:27:32] PLEASE VOTE.

[1:27:34] OKAY.

[1:27:35] SIX AYES, ONE ABSENT,

[1:27:36] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[1:27:41] LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE

[1:27:43] HAVE COUNCIL COMMITTEE

[1:27:44] APPOINTMENTS.

[1:27:46] WE HAVE FOR CITIZENS ADVISORY

[1:27:49] COMMITTEE, WE HAVE CHINMOY ROY,

[1:27:51] FOR HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION

[1:27:52] BRANDON SASS.

[1:27:53] I SEE BRANDON IN THE AUDIENCE.

[1:27:55] LOOK AT THAT.

[1:27:57] SO IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS,

[1:27:58] FEEDBACK, LET ME KNOW.

[1:27:59] IF NOT, LET'S GET A MOTION.

[1:28:06] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN MOVES,

[1:28:07] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[1:28:08] PLEASE VOTE.

[1:28:17] OKAY, LET'S TRY -- MOTION

[1:28:18] PASSES, SIX AYES, ONE ABSENT.

[1:28:20] CONGRATULATIONS.

[1:28:25] NEXT WE HAVE REPORT ON COMMITTEE

[1:28:26] ASSIGNMENTS.

[1:28:28] DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT ON

[1:28:29] COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS?

[1:28:30] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[1:28:31] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[1:28:32] YOU, MAYOR.

[1:28:36] I HAD THE PLEASURE ACTUALLY OF

[1:28:39] JOINING THE LIAISON COMMITTEE

[1:28:42] WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK

[1:28:43] DISTRICT.

[1:28:46] WE HAD A EMERGENCY MEETING AT

[1:28:49] THE HISTORICAL ARDENWOOD

[1:28:51] HISTORIC FARM ON AUGUST 26.

[1:28:56] WE HAD A APPROVAL OF

[1:28:58] SOME UPGRADES THAT THEY WANT TO

[1:29:00] DO TO THE ARDENWOOD FARM

[1:29:02] MAINTENANCE PROJECT, AND SO THEY

[1:29:07] CALLED US IN TO APPROVE THE

[1:29:08] FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE

[1:29:10] CHANGES WHICH WAS REALLY

[1:29:12] WONDERFUL, AND THEN WE HAD A

[1:29:15] GREAT DISCUSSION ON THE VARGAS

[1:29:19] PLATEAU TRAILS, AND THEY GAVE US

[1:29:20] A OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE TRAILS

[1:29:22] ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND SO IT

[1:29:26] WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH

[1:29:27] THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK

[1:29:28] DISTRICT.

[1:29:33] ANY QUESTIONS?

[1:29:34] NO?

[1:29:35] THANK YOU.

[1:29:36] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:29:37] ANYONE ELSE?

[1:29:38] SEEING NONE, THAT'S IT FOR

[1:29:39] TONIGHT.

[1:29:40] HAVE A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[1:29:41] THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

September 1, 2026 City Council Meeting

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