[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.