[0:02] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER

[0:03] 8, 2026 MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00

[0:04] P.M.

[0:07] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, WOULD

[0:08] YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE

[0:09] OF ALLEGIANCE.

[0:16] [RECORDING IN PROGRESS]

[0:19] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

[0:20] OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[0:21] AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

[0:22] STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

[0:23] INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

[0:32] JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[0:33] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU,

[0:34] COUNCILMEMBER.

[0:35] NEXT WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL.

[0:36] MR. CITY CLERK.

[0:37] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THANK YOU,

[0:38] MAYOR.

[0:39] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, HERE.

[0:43] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.

[0:46] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, HERE.

[0:47] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE.

[0:49] COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT.

[0:50] VICE MAYOR LIU, HERE.

[0:51] MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT.

[0:55] I HAVE A FEW BRIEF

[0:56] ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[0:57] THERE ARE CURRENT VACANCIES ON

[0:58] CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[1:01] THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS

[1:02] APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

[1:05] TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT THE

[1:06] BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND

[1:09] COMMITTEES PAGE AT FREMONT.GOV.

[1:11] FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[1:12] PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY

[1:13] THIS EVENING, YOU MAY PROVIDE

[1:15] PUBLIC COMMENT BY SELECTING THE

[1:17] "RAISE HAND" FEATURE IN ZOOM, OR

[1:19] BY DIALING STAR NINE IF YOU'RE

[1:20] CALLING IN.

[1:21] I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN PUBLIC

[1:23] COMMENT IS OPEN FOR EACH AGENDA

[1:24] SECTION.

[1:26] PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF

[1:28] REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION,

[1:29] IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION.

[1:34] EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY

[1:35] CLERK ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE

[1:36] CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF,

[1:37] PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA CENTER

[1:39] AT FREMONT.GOV AND RETAINED AS

[1:40] PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

[1:44] THIS MEETING WILL GO ON UNTIL

[1:45] 11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED.

[1:47] WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES FOR

[1:49] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

[1:52] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WISHING TO

[1:53] SPEAK DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

[1:55] AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTE WILL

[1:56] BE HEARD AT THE MEETING -- AT

[1:57] THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME

[1:58] ALLOWS.

[2:01] I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER

[2:03] TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA

[2:04] SHACKELFORD, FOR HER

[2:05] ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTRODUCTIONS

[2:06] OF STAFF.

[2:07] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK

[2:08] YOU, MAYOR SALWAN, GOOD

[2:09] EVENING.

[2:10] GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[2:11] WITH US THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR

[2:14] CITY ATTORNEY, RAFAEL ALVARADO

[2:15] TO MY LEFT.

[2:16] ACROSS FROM RAFAEL AND I WE HAVE

[2:18] OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK DINA

[2:22] LEWIS, AND OUR CITY CLERK,

[2:23] ALBERTO QUINTANILLA.

[2:24] I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

[2:25] THIS EVENING SO I'LL TURN IT

[2:26] BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

[2:27] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU,

[2:28] MA'AM.

[2:29] NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT

[2:30] CALENDAR.

[2:31] THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL

[2:32] BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE

[2:35] AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL

[2:36] STAND.

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

[2:38] THE MAYOR, MAY I REPORT OUT OF

[2:39] CLOSED SESSION?

[2:40] >> Mayor Salwan: OH, YES.

[2:43] >> THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED TWO

[2:44] ITEMS.

[2:45] THE FIRST WAS CONFERENCE WITH

[2:46] REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

[2:49] PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE

[2:50] SECTION 54956.8 REGARDING THE

[2:53] PROPERTY LOCATED AT 501

[2:57] CRYSTALLINE DRIVE,

[2:58] APN510-141-00-1100.

[2:59] THE COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION

[3:01] BUT TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

[3:02] THE COUNCIL ALSO HAD A

[3:04] CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL

[3:06] REGARDING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

[3:07] REGARDING -- EXCUSE ME --

[3:11] PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE

[3:13] SECTION 54956.9 SUBD4, AGAIN THE

[3:15] COUNCIL TOOK NO REPORTABLE

[3:16] ACTION.

[3:17] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[3:18] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[3:19] NOW MOVING ON TO CONSENT

[3:20] CALENDAR ITEMS DOES ANY MEMBER

[3:23] OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO REMOVE AN

[3:24] ITEM FROM CONSENT?

[3:25] NO?

[3:26] OKAY.

[3:27] IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE

[3:31] PUBLIC OR ONLINE THAT WISHES TO

[3:33] REMOVE AN ITEM FROM CONSENT?

[3:36] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO SPEAKER

[3:37] CARDS, NO HANDS RAISED.

[3:38] >> Mayor Salwan: WITH THAT I

[3:41] WILL CLOSE THE COMMENT PERIOD

[3:42] AND ASK FOR A MOTION.

[3:46] WE HAVE A GREEN SHEET

[3:47] ITEM, ITEM 2C.

[3:48] COUNCILMEMBER KENG?

[3:52] >> Councilmember Keng: I WAS

[3:55] MOTIONING TO MOVE FORWARD THE

[3:57] CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING THE

[3:58] GREEN SHEET.

[3:59] THANK YOU.

[4:00] INCLUDING THE GREEN SHEET.

[4:01] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[4:02] IS THERE A SECOND?

[4:05] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

[4:06] PLEASE VOTE.

[4:12] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[4:16] NEXT WE HAVE TWO CEREMONIAL

[4:17] ITEMS.

[4:19] THIS IS FOR NATIONAL HUNGER

[4:21] ACTION MONTH AND WE HAVE LINDA

[4:23] LEU FROM TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS

[4:29] FOOD BANK, PADDY IYER FROM DAILY

[4:34] BOWL, NASEER IRFAN FROM FOOD

[4:39] PANTRY,

[4:46] KAMAL ANANDPURI FROM 5

[4:53] SIKHSEVA AND SHERRY HSU FROM

[4:56] TRI-CITY FREE BREAKFAST

[4:57] PROGRAM.

[4:58] I'LL MEET YOU BY THE PODIUM OVER

[4:59] THERE.

[5:11] THE FIRST ITEM IS NATIONAL

[5:12] HUNGER ACTION MONTH.

[5:16] WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 2026.

[5:24] WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT

[5:25] RECOGNIZES SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL

[5:26] “HUNGER ACTION MONTH,” A

[5:27] NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO RAISE

[5:28] AWARENESS AND INSPIRE ACTION TO

[5:30] ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND

[5:31] HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITIES; AND

[5:32] WHEREAS, EXTERNAL FACTOR SUCH AS

[5:33] FEDERAL LEGISLATION, IN

[5:34] CONJUNCTION WITH THE HIGH COST

[5:36] OF LIVING, ESPECIALLY OF FOOD IN

[5:37] THE BAY AREA, HAS EXACERBATED

[5:42] FOOD INSECURITY. INDIVIDUALS

[5:43] EXPERIENCING POVERTY MUST OFTEN

[5:45] CHOOSE BETWEEN VITAL EXPENSES

[5:48] INCLUDING RENT, HEALTH CARE, AND

[5:51] FOOD; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF

[5:54] FREMONT ACKNOWLEDGES THE

[5:57] STRUGGLE OF INDIVIDUALS AND

[5:58] FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY

[5:59] EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY AND

[6:01] HUNGER, WE ENCOURAGE OUR

[6:03] RESIDENTS ARE TO LEND A HELPING

[6:05] HAND BY SUPPORTING ONE OF THE

[6:10] COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR

[6:12] CITY WORKING TO ADDRESS THIS

[6:13] ISSUE BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME

[6:14] AND TREASURE; AND WHEREAS, THE

[6:15] WORK OF GROUPS SUCH AS 5 SIKH

[6:18] SEVA, DAILY BOWL, SALAAM FOOD

[6:21] PANTRY, TRI-CITY FREE BREAKFAST

[6:26] PROGRAM, AND TRI CITY

[6:28] VOLUNTEERS, AS WELL AS ALL THEIR

[6:32] VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS IS

[6:33] CRITICAL TO THE ABILITY OF

[6:34] EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO

[6:35] THRIVE. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY

[6:37] COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT

[6:40] HEREBY PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 2026

[6:43] AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH.

[6:45] WITH THAT, I'LL ASK LINDA TO SAY

[6:46] A FEW WORDS.

[6:50] >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[6:52] I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE IN OUR

[6:53] GROUP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES

[6:54] BUT LINDA LEU, EXECUTIVE

[6:56] DIRECTOR OF TCV FOOT R. FOOD

[6:57] BANK.

[6:59] REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT

[7:02] OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND

[7:03] ALL OF THE CITY STAFF THAT

[7:06] SUPPORT ALL OF OUR WORK HERE

[7:08] BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY A REALLY

[7:09] SPECIAL COMMUNITY TO BE WORKING

[7:11] IN THIS INDUSTRY BECAUSE

[7:12] EVERYONE SHOWS UP WHEN WE NEED

[7:13] THEM.

[7:15] SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO COME

[7:17] AND VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF OUR

[7:18] ORGANIZATIONS IF YOU HAVE BEEN

[7:19] CURIOUS, NOW IS A GREAT TIME.

[7:24] >> GOOD EVENING.

[7:27] I'M DENISE BOLAND, BOARD CHAIR

[7:28] FOR TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS.

[7:33] YOU KNOW, MOST MAY NOT

[7:35] REALIZE 4 OF 10 OF US ARE FOOD

[7:36] INSECURE SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT

[7:38] TIMES FOR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBOR,

[7:40] SO DON'T HESITATE TO DONATE FOOD

[7:41] TO ANY ONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS

[7:42] TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS.

[7:50] >> GOOD EVENING, ALL.

[7:54] I'M THE OPERATIONS MAP JER

[7:56] MANAGER FROM DAILY BOWL.

[7:57] I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY

[7:58] COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITY

[8:00] STAFF FOR ALL THEIR

[8:01] ENCOURAGEMENT AND AS OF TODAY,

[8:04] I'M PROUDLY SAYING THAT WE HAVE

[8:07] REACHED ALMOST RECOVERING AND

[8:08] RESCUING 7 MILLION POUNDS, WHICH

[8:10] IS -- IT'S OUR TENTH YEAR

[8:13] ANNIVERSARY COMING UP IN

[8:14] SEPTEMBER.

[8:17] I INVITE TO ALL OF YOU, BUT IT'S

[8:18] 7 MILLION POUNDS AND COUNTING.

[8:19] THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

[8:20] ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

[8:26] >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SHERRY

[8:27] HSU.

[8:29] I AM THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

[8:30] AT TRI-CITY FREE BREAKFAST

[8:31] PROGRAM.

[8:34] A TOTALLY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION

[8:36] THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30-PLUS

[8:37] YEARS.

[8:39] BUT I THANK THE FREMONT CITY

[8:43] COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR

[8:44] OUR ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME,

[8:47] AND WE JUST RECENTLY KNOW THAT

[8:49] AT LEAST THIS MONTH, WE HAVE

[8:52] RECOVERED AT LEAST 62,000 POUNDS

[8:54] OF FOOD, AND TO BE USED FOR OUR

[8:55] PROGRAM.

[8:57] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND

[9:01] HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE YOU AT ONE

[9:03] OF OUR BREAKFAST PROGRAMS TO

[9:04] HELP VOLUNTEER.

[9:05] THANK YOU.

[9:34] >> Mayor Salwan: NEXT WE HAVE

[9:36] MISSION PEAK HERITAGE

[9:40] FOUNDATION, AND I'LL INVITE AL

[9:42] MINARD, MPHF PRESIDENT, MAGGIE

[9:48] BULK, VICE PRESIDENT, LAURA

[9:50] CAVILLO, BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE,

[9:52] AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO

[9:53] STAND BEHIND THEM, THAT'S OKAY

[9:54] TOO.

[9:55] COME ON IN.

[9:56] MS. BARTON AND ALL THE OTHER

[9:57] FOLKS.

[9:58] OKAY.

[9:59] EXCELLENT.

[10:00] SO RECOGNIZING MISSION PEAK

[10:01] HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

[10:05] WHEREAS, JAMES AND LUCY SHINN

[10:07] ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA IN 1856,

[10:10] FROM TEXAS, AND SEVERAL

[10:11] GENERATIONS OF THEIR FAMILY

[10:13] LIVED AT SHINN RANCH AND WORKED

[10:14] IN WHAT IS NOW FREMONT, UNTIL

[10:17] THE SHINN FAMILY DONATED THE

[10:18] REMAINING 4-1/2 ACRES OF SHINN

[10:22] RANCH AND ALL REMAINING

[10:24] BUILDINGS TO THE CITY OF FREMONT

[10:29] IN 1962; AND WHEREAS, THE VISUAL

[10:30] INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC SHINN

[10:32] RANCH CREATES THE AMBIANCE OF A

[10:33] 19TH CENTURY FAMILY FARM,

[10:39] INCLUDING THE SANTOS BARN (MOVED

[10:40] FROM MOWRY AVENUE), TANK HOUSE,

[10:42] FLOWER GARDENS, LARGE TREES,

[10:45] OTHER OUT BUILDINGS, AND THE

[10:46] 150-YEAR-OLD JAMES AND LUCY

[10:51] SHINN HOUSE; AND WHEREAS, A

[10:52] FARMWORKERS BUNK HOUSE, WHICH IS

[10:54] OVER 100 YEARS OLD, IS ON THE

[10:55] PROPERTY THAT WAS USED BY SHINN

[10:58] RANCH FARMWORKERS, MOSTLY

[11:01] CHINESE; AND WHEREAS, MISSION

[11:03] PEAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION

[11:06] SUBMITTED A NOMINATION TO THE

[11:08] NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC

[11:12] PLACES WHICH NOW LISTS THE SHINN

[11:14] RANCH FARMSTEAD AS THE SIXTH

[11:16] NATIONAL REGISTER PLACE IN

[11:18] FREMONT. NOW, THEREFORE, THE

[11:20] CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

[11:22] FREMONT HEREBY RECOGNIZES

[11:23] MISSION PEAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION

[11:25] FOR GETTING THE SHINN RANCH ON

[11:27] THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

[11:30] HISTORIC PLACES, AND WE

[11:31] ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT

[11:33] SHINN PARK AND ARBORETUM, AND

[11:35] TOUR THE 150-YEAR-OLD JAMES AND

[11:38] LUCY SHINN HOUSE.

[11:40] WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO

[11:41] AL, IF HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW

[11:42] WORDS?

[11:50] >> MAYOR SALWAN AND MEMBERS OF

[11:52] THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL,

[11:53] MISSION PEAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION

[11:57] IS HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS

[11:58] PROCLAMATION.

[12:00] JAMES AND LUCY SHINN CAME TO

[12:04] THIS FARM IN 1856, THEY LIVED IN

[12:06] A LESS THAN 500 SQUARE FOOT

[12:08] COTTAGE FOR 20 YEARS WITH UP TO

[12:09] FIVE CHILDREN.

[12:10] WHEN THEY BUILT THEIR NEARLY

[12:13] 7,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE IN 1876,

[12:15] THEY CALLED IT THE BIG HOUSE.

[12:17] THEY HAD MOSTLY IMMIGRANT

[12:20] CHINESE FARMWORKERS AND PROVIDED

[12:21] HOUSING FOR THEM ON ALAMEDA

[12:22] CREEK.

[12:23] THEIR OLDEST WENT TO U.C. FOR

[12:25] TWO YEARS, GOT HIS TEACHING

[12:28] CREDENTIAL, THEN AT AGE 30, WENT

[12:30] TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

[12:32] SETTING HISTORY AND POLITICS AT

[12:33] HIS SECOND YEAR, CHARLES AND

[12:35] WOODROW WILSON BECAME ROOMMATES

[12:36] AND LIFELONG FRIENDS.

[12:40] CHARLES' YOUNGER SISTER AFTER

[12:41] GRADUATING FROM U.C., SHE SERVED

[12:43] AS CHIEF EDITOR OF THE SAN

[12:46] FRANCISCO LITERARY MAGAZINE, THE

[12:47] OVERLAND MONTHLY.

[12:49] SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO

[12:52] RECEIVE A PH.D. FROM UC BERKELEY

[12:56] BASED ON HER OBSERVATIONS OF

[12:58] HER DEVELOPMENT.

[13:00] SHE PRESENTED HER RESEARCH TO

[13:01] THE WOMEN'S EXPOSITION AT THE

[13:03] CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN 1893.

[13:06] THE BOOK SHE WRITES BIOGRAPHY OF

[13:08] A BABY IS REQUIRED READING FOR

[13:10] CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASSES AROUND

[13:12] THE WORLD FOR THE NEXT 100

[13:13] YEARS.

[13:17] JAMES AND LUCY SHINN'S YOUNGEST

[13:19] SON ATTENDS U.C. FOR ONLY ONE

[13:20] YEAR AND NEVER GETS HIS DEGREE.

[13:23] HIS FATHER'S HEALTH IS FAILING,

[13:25] SO JOSEPH MUST RUN THEIR

[13:26] 300-ACRE RANCH.

[13:27] HE BECOMES A TRUSTEE OF WHAT IS

[13:30] NOW CALLED WASHINGTON HIGH

[13:31] SCHOOL, JOINS WITH OTHER

[13:33] RANCHERS IN THE AREA AND FORMS

[13:34] THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER

[13:36] DISTRICT AND SERVES AS THE FIRST

[13:37] PRESIDENT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS.

[13:43] JOSEPH MARRIES FLORENCE IN 1905

[13:44] AND BUILDS A 1 1/2 STORY

[13:47] BUNGALOW, ALL THREE OF THESE

[13:49] BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE

[13:51] CHINESE WORKERS' CABINS ARE ON

[13:52] THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

[13:53] HISTORIC PLACES.

[13:55] THIS PARK AND THESE BUILDINGS

[13:57] ARE LESS THAN 1-MILE FROM WHERE

[14:00] WE STAND AND CELEBRATE THE

[14:01] INCREDIBLE HISTORIC HERITAGE OF

[14:02] FREMONT.

[14:05] WE INVITE EVERYONE TO VISIT THE

[14:07] SHINN HOUSE ON THE THIRST

[14:09] WEDNESDAY OR THIRD SUNDAY OF

[14:11] EACH MONTH FROM 1:00 TO 4:00

[14:12] P.M.

[14:13] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK

[14:14] YOU.

[15:19] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU FOR

[15:20] THAT.

[15:21] NEXT WE HAVE ORAL

[15:22] COMMUNICATIONS.

[15:26] ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON

[15:27] AN ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON

[15:29] THE AGENDA MAY DO SO DURING ORAL

[15:30] COMMUNICATIONS.

[15:31] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[15:32] PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM MAY RAISE

[15:34] THEIR HAND USING THE ZOOM "RAISE

[15:36] HAND" FEATURE, OR BY DIALING

[15:37] STAR NINE WHEN CALLING IN.

[15:41] IF YOUR NAME IS NOT DISPLAYED,

[15:42] PLEASE STATE IT BEFORE

[15:43] SPEAKING.

[15:46] AGAIN THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE

[15:47] ACTION OR RESPOND DURING THIS

[15:48] COMMENT PERIOD.

[15:50] THOUGH ITEMS MAY BE REFERRED TO

[15:51] STAFF FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON

[15:52] A FUTURE AGENDA.

[15:56] A BELL WILL SOUND WHEN 30

[15:58] SECONDS REMAIN AND AGAIN WHEN

[15:59] YOUR TIME HAS ENDED.

[16:00] THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL THE

[16:02] NAME OF THE SPEAKERS ATTENDING

[16:05] IN PERSON FIRST, FOLLOWED BY

[16:06] FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE.

[16:07] WITH THAT, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO

[16:09] WE HAVE FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION?

[16:11] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO

[16:13] HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM, WE HAVE

[16:14] SIX SPEAKER CARDS.

[16:16] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, LET'S DO

[16:17] 2 MINUTES EACH.

[16:18] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FIRST

[16:20] SPEAKER IS RUTH GENTRY FOLLOWED

[16:22] BY JOE ROSE FOLLOWED BY KRISTIN

[16:23] LANE.

[16:36] >> HI, MAYOR SALWAN AND

[16:37] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[16:39] MY NAME IS RUTH GENTRY, AND I

[16:40] LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE SHINN

[16:41] HOUSE.

[16:42] IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

[16:44] AND WE'VE LIVED THERE, MY

[16:46] HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED THERE

[16:48] FOR OVER 45 YEARS, AND OUR

[16:50] NEIGHBOR STEVE, WHO'S HERE ALSO

[16:52] WITH ME, HE'S BEEN THERE FOR

[16:55] PROBABLY OVER 30 YEARS.

[16:56] AND I WANTED TO BRING TO THE

[16:58] COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S

[17:02] ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE A HUGE

[17:03] HOMELESS PROBLEM STARTING FIRES

[17:07] BEHIND OUR HOUSE ALONG THE SHINN

[17:08] SIDING NEAR THE RAILROAD

[17:09] TRACKS.

[17:10] AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE

[17:13] LIVING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY,

[17:14] WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR

[17:15] HOMES.

[17:18] AND THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS ONCE

[17:21] THE FLINT COAT SHEETROCK PLANT.

[17:26] AND THAT PLANT WAS TORE DOWN AND

[17:28] CLEARED OUT AND NOW THE HOMELESS

[17:30] PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN, AND THEY

[17:32] HAVE CUT HOLES IN THE FENCE

[17:34] ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

[17:36] THEY ENTER THE RAILROAD SIDE,

[17:39] THEY HAVE HORSESHOE PITS SET

[17:40] UP.

[17:41] THEY'RE VERY CREATIVE.

[17:44] THEY HAVE HORSESHOE PITS SET UP

[17:45] AND THEY -- IN THE EVENING WHEN

[17:47] THEY CAN'T SEE THE HORSESHOE

[17:48] PITS, THEY START BONFIRES.

[17:52] WE'VE HAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO 10

[17:56] FIRES BEHIND OUR HOMES IN THE

[17:59] LAST FIVE YEARS, AND MOST

[18:04] RECENTLY ON THE 6TH, THIS PAST

[18:05] WEEK.

[18:06] OH, THAT'S FAST.

[18:10] ANYWAY, AND I'VE TALKED WITH THE

[18:12] PROPERTY MANAGER THAT IS IN

[18:15] CHARGE OF THAT PROPERTY, AND HE

[18:16] SAID HE WILL SPEAK TO THE OWNER

[18:18] AND THE RAILROAD TO SEE IF

[18:19] SOMEBODY COULD BE DONE, BUT I

[18:21] WANTED TO BRING TO THE MAYOR'S

[18:22] ATTENTION AND THE COUNCIL, THAT

[18:23] THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING

[18:24] WITH.

[18:25] WE HAVE JEOPARDIZED OUR HOMES

[18:27] BECAUSE THE BONFIRES HAVE CAUGHT

[18:30] THE TREES ON FIRE, WHICH HAVE

[18:31] SPREAD OVER OUR HOMES AT TIMES.

[18:37] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER

[18:40] IS JOE ROSE FOLLOWED BY KRISTIN

[18:42] LANE FOLLOWED BY MARGARET BULK.

[18:44] >> GOD EVENING, MAYOR SALWAN,

[18:45] CITY COUNCIL, STAFF.

[18:48] AGAIN MY NAME IS JOE ROSE.

[18:51] I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NAMI

[18:52] ALAMEDA COUNTY SOUTH.

[18:54] THAT'S THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON

[18:55] MENTAL ILLNESS, AND WE'RE HAVING

[18:59] OUR ANNUAL WALK AT FREMONT

[19:03] CENTRAL PARK NEXT TO THE LIONS 1

[19:05] AND LIONS 2 PICNIC AREAS.

[19:07] WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT JEFF

[19:10] BELL, WHO'S A RETIRED CBS

[19:12] ANCHOR, WILL BE OUR KEYNOTE

[19:13] SPEAKER THERE.

[19:17] HE FOUNDED THE ADVERSITY

[19:23] TO ADVOCACY COMMUNITY-BASED

[19:24] ORGANIZATION.

[19:25] SO HE'S A VERY INTERESTING

[19:27] SPEAKER, AND IF YOU GET ON OUR

[19:28] WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE

[19:33] HIS BIO, ALONG WITH MAYOR

[19:34] SALWAN, HE'LL BE OUR SPEAKER AS

[19:36] WELL, SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING

[19:39] OUT AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF

[19:40] MENTAL HEALTH, AND ALL THE OTHER

[19:42] COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

[19:43] THAT WILL HAVE TABLES THERE TO

[19:45] LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT IS

[19:47] AVAILABLE TO THEM IN FREMONT.

[19:50] SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK THE

[19:52] COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND STAFF FOR

[19:54] THE SUPPORT OF THIS WALK.

[19:56] WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE FUNDING

[19:59] FOR THE WALK IS GENERALLY DONE

[20:00] ONLINE.

[20:01] THERE'S VERY LITTLE DONE AT THE

[20:02] WALK ITSELF.

[20:04] THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR THE WALK

[20:05] IS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW

[20:07] WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE

[20:08] AVAILABLE TO THEM.

[20:11] SO I WOULD APPRECIATE PEOPLE

[20:12] COMING OUT TO THE WALK AND

[20:14] SEEING WHAT WE DO AND WHAT

[20:16] OTHERS DO AS WELL, SO THANK YOU,

[20:17] CITY COUNCIL.

[20:18] HOPE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE AS

[20:19] WELL.

[20:20] SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR

[20:21] HELP AND SUPPORT.

[20:22] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[20:23] SPEAKER IS KRISTIN LANE,

[20:25] FOLLOWED BY MARGARET BULK,

[20:26] FOLLOWED BY JANNET BARTON.

[20:33] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[20:37] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SALWAN AND

[20:38] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[20:39] I AM HERE TO ENTER COMMENTS

[20:40] REGARDING THE CAR GATHERING

[20:43] TAKEOVER ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN

[20:44] NILES INTO RECORD.

[20:46] PARK CULTURE IS ALIVE AND WELL

[20:47] IN THE BAY AREA.

[20:50] ANY GIVEN WEEKEND THERE ARE 15

[20:52] TO 30, YES, 30 PERMITTED

[20:53] SANCTIONED EVENTS ACROSS THE BAY

[20:54] AREA.

[20:56] IN NILES, WE HAVE TWO PERMANENT

[20:58] CAR SHOWS AND A MONTHLY SUNDAY

[20:59] MORNING GATHERING BY THE NILES

[21:00] MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION.

[21:02] WE WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP THESE

[21:04] EVENTS SAFE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND

[21:05] DRAMA-FREE.

[21:07] WITH EVERY GROUP THERE ARE A FEW

[21:09] BAD SEEDS AND WE SAW THAT THIS

[21:10] LAST SATURDAY EVENING.

[21:11] WHAT BEGAN AS A NICE FAMILY

[21:13] FRIENDLY EVENT DEVOLVED INTO

[21:17] CHAOS AND

[21:18] AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS.

[21:20] AGAIN THIS WAS NOT SANCTIONED OR

[21:22] SUPPORTED IN ANY WAY BY NILES

[21:23] MAIN STREET OR THE NILES FLYING

[21:24] A.

[21:26] BEGINNING AT ABOUT 8:00 WE SAW

[21:27] AN INCREASE IN CHIRPS, LOUD

[21:28] MUSIC, CUTTING OFF FLOW OF

[21:30] TRAFFIC, LAYING RUBBER AND

[21:32] CLOSING OFF ACCESS TO NILES

[21:33] BOULEVARD.

[21:36] MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO KEEP

[21:40] THE FLYING A

[21:41] OPEN.

[21:43] AS SUCH THE BAD BEHAVIOR AND

[21:45] DAMAGES STAYED IN THE LARGE

[21:46] PARKING LOTS I AND NILES

[21:48] BOULEVARD UPWARDS OF 400 EXTRA

[21:49] DOLLARS WE SPENT ON SUNDAY

[21:50] CLEANING UP NILES.

[21:52] I MADE MY CALLS TO DISPATCH

[21:53] UNDERSTANDING RESOURCES WERE NOT

[21:54] AVAILABLE.

[21:56] WE WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO

[21:57] AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS IN THE

[21:59] SMALLER SECTIONS OF FREMONT AND

[22:00] OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE SEEING AN

[22:01] INCREASE IN THIS TYPE OF

[22:02] ACTIVITY.

[22:05] SEVERAL OF US ARE PROVERRING A

[22:06] FEW SUGGESTIONS TO BRING TO THE

[22:07] CITY FOR CONSIDERATION.

[22:08] OVERALL MEMBERS OF THE CAR

[22:09] CULTURE ARE RESPECTFUL AND WE

[22:11] SPEND A LOT OF TIME TEACHING

[22:12] OTHERS HOW THEY SHOULD BE ACTING

[22:13] AT CAR SHOWS AND CAR MEETS

[22:14] NIGHT, MORNING, DAY OR

[22:15] OTHERWISE.

[22:18] I PREPARED AND SENT AN EMAIL TO

[22:19] PD AND COUNCIL THIS PAST SUNDAY

[22:20] SUMMARIZING ACTIVITIES.

[22:21] THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

[22:22] CAMPBELL, FOR REACHING OUT.

[22:25] I HAVE ALSO EXTENDED AN INVITE

[22:27] TO JOIN US AT OUR MONTHLY

[22:28] MEMBERSHIP MEETING THIS THURSDAY

[22:29] TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY

[22:30] CONCERNS.

[22:31] AGAIN, AS PRESIDENT OF NILES

[22:33] MAIN STREET, AND EXECUTIVE

[22:34] DIRECTOR, I'M INTERESTED IN

[22:35] FOSTERING COLLABORATION.

[22:37] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[22:39] SPEAKER IS MARGARET BULK

[22:41] FOLLOWED BY JANNET BARTON.

[22:45] >> HELLO.

[22:48] THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, MAYOR,

[22:49] VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

[22:54] I JUST HAVE TWO KIND OF FUN

[22:55] THINGS.

[22:57] SO THIS COMING WEEKEND, TWO OF

[22:58] OUR DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE

[23:00] PARTICIPATING IN DOORS OPEN,

[23:04] WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE

[23:05] HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS OPEN

[23:08] THEIR DOORS AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE

[23:09] SPECIAL TOURS.

[23:12] SO THE SHINN HOUSE IS

[23:14] PARTICIPATING AS WELL AS THE

[23:16] NILES SILENT FILM MUSEUM, THE

[23:18] CALIFORNIA NURSERY COMPANY AND

[23:20] ALSO ON SUNDAY, MISSION SAN

[23:22] JOSÉ, SEVERAL SITES WILL BE

[23:23] OPEN.

[23:25] I WILL LEAVE THIS, I GUESS, HERE

[23:31] AND THEN ALSO AT THE END OF THIS

[23:35] MONTH, A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING

[23:36] AUTHOR, MERE YM POWELL, IS

[23:38] PUBLISHING A BOOK CALLED

[23:39] CALIFORNIA DREAMS AND KIND OF

[23:42] RELATED TO THE SHINN HOUSE,

[23:44] MILLICENT SHINN WHO, AS AL

[23:45] MINARD STATED, WAS THE FIRST

[23:48] WOMAN TO GET A PH.D. FROM UC

[23:49] BERKELEY.

[23:50] SHE FEATURES HEAVILY IN THE

[23:52] BOOK, SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU

[23:53] KNOW.

[23:54] THANK YOU.

[23:57] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER

[24:00] IS JANNET BARTON.

[24:08] >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND

[24:10] VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

[24:12] MY NAME IS JANNET BARTON, AND

[24:16] I'M A VOLUNTEER AT SHINN PARK.

[24:18] AND AS MAGGIE MENTIONED, WE'RE

[24:23] HAVING DOORS OPEN TO CELEBRATE

[24:24] AMONGST MANY THINGS.

[24:28] THE 150TH OF THE BUILDING OF THE

[24:32] SHINN HOUSE, THE 170TH YEAR OF

[24:35] THE SHINNS ARRIVING IN

[24:38] CALIFORNIA, AND WE ALSO, AS

[24:39] MAGGIE OR MAYBE AL MENTIONED,

[24:42] WE'RE NOW ON THE NATIONAL

[24:43] REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES,

[24:46] WHICH PUT US IN AN EXCELLENT

[24:50] SPOT TO APPLY FOR A

[24:53] GRANT FROM THE ASIAN AND

[24:56] PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS AND

[24:59] HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THE PLACE

[25:00] KEEPER'S GRANT.

[25:03] WE WERE 1 OUT OF 14 APPLICANTS

[25:05] NATIONWIDE, AND THERE WERE 60

[25:06] APPLICANTS WHO APPLIED.

[25:07] SO THIS IS REALLY A GREAT HONOR

[25:08] FOR US.

[25:10] WE'LL BE SIGNING OUR CONTRACT

[25:11] THIS WEEK.

[25:17] AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

[25:20] CAMPBELL AND KIMBERLIN AND ZHANG

[25:23] FOR HELPING US AT VERY SHORT

[25:24] NOTICE TO WRITE A LETTER OF

[25:25] SUPPORT FOR OUR GRANT.

[25:32] AND SO I WANTED TO ALSO

[25:36] INTRODUCE MIKE AND -- PART OF

[25:37] THE TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US

[25:39] FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

[25:42] THEY HAPPEN TO BE MY NEIGHBORS.

[25:47] AND WE HAVE -- OUR TEAM WILL BE

[25:51] THERE AT DOORS

[25:53] OPEN AT THE BUNK HOUSE AND ALSO

[25:55] WE'LL BE GIVING TOURS INSIDE OF

[25:56] THE HOUSE.

[25:57] SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND

[25:58] LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROJECT,

[26:00] PLEASE COME AND VISIT US.

[26:03] WE'LL HAVE THE BACK GATE OPEN SO

[26:04] IF PARKING IS HARD, YOU CAN JUST

[26:07] PARK IN THE BACK AND COME ON IN

[26:09] AND VISIT WITH THE BUNK HOUSE

[26:10] PEOPLE.

[26:11] THANK YOU.

[26:15] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FINAL

[26:20] SPEAKER CARD IS SUBMITTED BY

[26:21] SAJEF NAT RAH JAJ.

[26:23] >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE

[26:24] BEEN HERE, I THINK THERE'S SOME

[26:25] CHANGES, WE DON'T HAVE THAT

[26:29] PLEXIGLASS HERE WHICH I GUESS AT

[26:31] SOME POINT IN TIME WAS MEANT TO

[26:32] KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE FROM WHICH

[26:33] SIDE TO WHICH SIDE BUT THE IDEA

[26:34] WAS ABOUT SAFETY.

[26:36] I'M REALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT

[26:37] SAFETY PARTICULARLY IN THE

[26:38] CONTEXT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

[26:40] MY SON GOES TO THORNTON MIDDLE

[26:41] SCHOOL, I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR

[26:42] AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP'S

[26:44] RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL ON AUGUST

[26:49] 21ST HIGHLIGHTING SOME FAIRLY

[26:50] SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC SAFETY

[26:52] CONSIDERATIONS THERE THAT PUT

[26:53] THE LIVES OF OUR 2,000 CHILDREN

[26:54] AND STAFF AT RISK EVERY SINGLE

[26:55] DAY.

[26:56] THE SCHOOL HAS NO CHOICE IN

[26:57] TERMS OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED BUT

[27:01] I WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME

[27:02] THE SUPPORT FROM OUR

[27:03] HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN

[27:05] BLUE TO SHOW UP THERE AND START

[27:06] TICKETING THE DRIVERS THAT

[27:07] CHOOSE TO CONVENIENTLY IGNORE

[27:09] THE TRAFFIC LAWS IN OUR CITY THE

[27:10] MOMENT THEIR PRECIOUS PANCAKES

[27:11] ARE OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE.

[27:15] AND YOU KNOW, IT GOT SO BAD LAST

[27:19] YEAR I ENDED UP SPENDING 4 OR

[27:22] $500 OUT OF MY POCKET TO GET THE

[27:25] STAFF SOME HIGH VISIBILITY CAPS

[27:26] AND VESTS BECAUSE LAST THING I

[27:29] WANTED TO SEE WAS A STAFF MEMBER

[27:30] DIRECTING TRAFFIC GETTING HIT.

[27:32] SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY

[27:34] CREDIT FOR TRAFFIC TRYING TO

[27:35] BEHAVE A LITTLE BETTER AFTER

[27:39] THEY CAN SEE THESE FOLKS BUT MY

[27:40] UNDERSTANDING IS THE EMAIL CAME

[27:42] OUT ON AUGUST 21ST AS I REACHED

[27:43] OUT TO YOU ALL AND ON MONDAY,

[27:45] THERE WAS AL COP CAR OR CRUISER

[27:47] THAT WAS STATIONED RIGHT OUTSIDE

[27:50] THE SCHOOL AND I'M TOLD THAT

[27:51] DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF A

[27:52] UNIFORMED OFFICER THERE WERE

[27:53] VEHICLES VIOLATING THE LAW.

[27:56] SO IT JUST SPEAKS TO THIS IDEA

[27:58] THAT OUR DRIVERS HERE IN FREMONT

[27:59] HAVE STARTED TO DISREGARD THE

[28:00] LAWS OF THE LAND.

[28:02] WE ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH

[28:04] TRANSIENTS THERE, MOST RECENTLY

[28:05] THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRETTY

[28:07] UNHINGED IN A STATE OF, YOU

[28:09] KNOW, GETTING QUITE A BIT OF

[28:12] CHAOS PUTTING THE KIDS AT QUITE

[28:13] A BIT OF RISK THERE.

[28:16] SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE THEIR

[28:19] VERSION OF FLEX GLASS WHICH IS

[28:22] MORE COPS, MORE ENFORCEMENT.

[28:23] THANK YOU.

[28:24] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO

[28:25] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

[28:26] >> Mayor Salwan: THAT CONCLUDES

[28:27] THE ORAL COMMUNICATION COMMENT

[28:28] PERIOD.

[28:29] I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR

[28:32] VOICING YOUR OPINION.

[28:33] AS MENTIONED WE CANNOT DIRECTLY

[28:35] ACT ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S NO THE

[28:37] AGENDIZED BUT PLEASE DO CONTACT

[28:39] OUR STAFF AND IF THEY'RE AROUND,

[28:40] YOU CAN CONNECT WITH THEM AS

[28:41] WELL.

[28:42] THANK YOU.

[28:46] WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON TO OUR

[28:47] SCHEDULED ITEMS.

[28:53] I'D LIKE TO SEE IF

[28:54] COUNCILMEMBERS -- I'D LIKE TO

[28:55] CHANGE THE ORDER AND GO 5B,

[28:57] WHICH IS THE HEALTH BENEFIT

[28:58] ALLOWANCE PRIOR TO 5A.

[28:59] DOES ANYBODY OPPOSE THAT?

[29:05] >> Councilmember Campbell: CAN

[29:07] YOU DO THAT AFTER IT'S ALREADY

[29:08] BEEN APPROVED?

[29:10] SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE

[29:13] AGENDA AS IT STANDS, CAN WE MAKE

[29:14] CHANGES NOW OR DO WE HAVE TO

[29:15] MAKE ANOTHER MOTION?

[29:19] >> Mayor Salwan: IF THERE'S NO

[29:20] OBJECTION.

[29:21] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF

[29:22] THERE'S CONSENSUS, THAT SHOULD

[29:23] BE SUFFICIENT BUT IF IT'S

[29:24] UNCLEAR WHETHER THERE'S

[29:25] AGREEMENT, A MOTION IS THE SAFER

[29:26] ROUTE TO TAKE.

[29:27] >> Councilmember Campbell: I

[29:28] HAVE NO OBJECTION, I JUST WANTED

[29:29] TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

[29:30] THANK YOU.

[29:31] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[29:35] SO THE FIRST ITEM IS 5P, CITY OF

[29:36] FREMONT HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE

[29:37] FOR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

[29:39] DO WE HAVE STAFF TO PRESENT

[29:40] THAT?

[29:48] STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR

[29:49] QUESTIONS.

[29:50] NO PRESENTATION.

[29:51] SO IF STAFF COULD COME ON UP,

[29:52] I'M SURE THERE WILL BE

[29:53] QUESTIONS.

[29:57] COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[29:58] >> Councilmember Keng: ALL

[29:59] RIGHT.

[30:03] MY QUESTION IS, IS IT TRUE

[30:06] THAT OTHER -- I'LL WAIT FOR YOU

[30:07] TO GET TO YOUR SEAT.

[30:18] SO I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

[30:22] IS IT TRUE THAT PART-TIME

[30:25] EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY ARE

[30:29] OFFERED HEALTH BENEFITS THAT ARE

[30:30] RECOMMENDED -- THAT ARE BEING

[30:32] RECOMMENDED HERE FOR THE

[30:33] COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO

[30:35] CONSIDERED PART-TIME?

[30:37] AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT WASN'T

[30:39] OFFERED TO THE CITY

[30:40] COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE?

[30:43] >> GENERALLY OUR PART-TIME

[30:45] EMPLOYEES ARE NON-BENEFITED.

[30:48] THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT

[30:51] ARE NOT QUITE 100% IN TERMS OF

[30:53] THE HOURS WORKED IN A YEAR, AND

[30:55] THEN BENEFITS ARE PRO-RATED FOR

[30:57] THOSE POSITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN

[30:59] HUMAN SERVICES, WE HAVE SOME

[31:04] COUNSELORS THAT WORK AN 80%

[31:07] SCHEDULE AND THEIR BENEFITS ARE

[31:08] PRO-RATED COMMENSURATE WITH THAT

[31:09] BUT GENERALLY OUR PART-TIME

[31:10] EMPLOYEES ARE NOT BENEFITED.

[31:12] >> Councilmember Keng: I SEE.

[31:13] THANK YOU.

[31:15] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[31:16] CAMPBELL.

[31:17] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[31:18] YOU, MAYOR.

[31:22] I JUST -- TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT

[31:24] QUESTION THAT SHE JUST ASKED, I

[31:25] WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION BASED

[31:27] ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT

[31:31] BENEFITS WERE OFFERED TO THE

[31:33] CITY COUNCIL BEFORE AND THEN

[31:35] TAKEN BACK AND NOW REINSTATING

[31:36] THEM?

[31:39] >> AS FAR AS THE HEALTH BENEFIT,

[31:41] THERE HAS BEEN A STANDING HEALTH

[31:45] BENEFIT WHICH WAS A LITTLE BELOW

[31:46] THE MEDIAN OF OUR COMPARABLE

[31:48] CITIES, AND SO THE PROPOSAL FOR

[31:51] THIS ORDINANCE IS TO INCREASE IT

[31:54] COMMENSURATE WITH THE 50%

[31:56] PART-TIME STATUS OF THE

[31:59] COUNCILMEMBERS TO 50% OF THE

[32:00] BENEFIT THAT OUR REGULAR

[32:01] EMPLOYEES RECEIVE FOR HEALTH.

[32:02] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[32:03] OKAY.

[32:04] IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

[32:08] TO TAKE UP AT THIS MEETING IF

[32:09] WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT OR IS

[32:12] THIS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD

[32:13] PERHAPS LOOK AT AT ANOTHER

[32:14] TIME?

[32:15] IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY

[32:16] WE'RE DOING IT NOW?

[32:18] >> I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY

[32:19] ATTORNEY ON THAT.

[32:22] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS IS

[32:25] A CONTINUING DISCUSSION THAT

[32:26] ORIGINATED FROM THE CHARTER

[32:29] ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S

[32:30] RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

[32:31] SUBSEQUENTLY THE COUNCIL

[32:32] CONSIDERED AND GAVE STAFF

[32:35] DIRECTION TO BRING BACK A

[32:38] VARIETY OF POST-CHARTER

[32:39] DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT COULD BE

[32:40] ADDRESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY, SO

[32:43] THIS IS ONE AMONGST A VARIETY OF

[32:44] ITEMS THAT IS COMING BACK TO THE

[32:45] COUNCIL AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT

[32:46] CONVERSATION.

[32:53] THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT

[32:54] THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE ACTION.

[32:57] THIS IS A DECISION THAT THE

[33:00] COUNCIL CAN TAKE AT THIS TIME,

[33:02] AND THE STAFF REPORT AND THE

[33:06] RESOLUTION THAT'S ATTACHED WOULD

[33:07] EFFECTUATE THIS RECOMMENDATION

[33:08] THAT ORIGINATED AS PART OF THE

[33:09] CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

[33:10] PROCESS.

[33:11] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[33:12] OKAY.

[33:13] CAN YOU THEN -- IF THAT'S THE

[33:16] CASE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT

[33:19] THE -- THE COUNCIL ALREADY

[33:21] RECEIVES A HEALTH BENEFIT

[33:22] ALLOWANCE.

[33:24] WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF

[33:25] INCREASING THAT HEALTH BENEFIT

[33:26] ALLOWANCE AT THIS PARTICULAR

[33:27] TIME?

[33:34] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WELL,

[33:35] FOR THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT

[33:37] MAY NOT HAVE COVERAGE, THIS

[33:41] WOULD OFFER A HEALTH BENEFIT

[33:42] ALLOWANCE COVERAGE COMMENSURATE

[33:44] WITH PART-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THE

[33:45] UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT GROUP.

[33:49] >> Councilmember Campbell: IS

[33:51] THAT JUST OFFERED FOR JUST THE

[33:55] COUNCILPERSON OR DOES THAT MEAN

[33:57] FAMILY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN

[33:58] THAT?

[33:59] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT'S

[34:00] THE SAME PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED

[34:01] TO UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT

[34:02] EMPLOYEES.

[34:03] >> Councilmember Campbell: WHICH

[34:04] MEANS YOU COULD INCLUDE YOUR

[34:08] FAMILY, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO PAY

[34:13] ANY AMOUNT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE

[34:14] PROPOSED 1450?

[34:15] >> THAT'S CORRECT, QUALIFYING

[34:17] FAMILY MEMBERS COULD POTENTIALLY

[34:20] GO UNDER A CITY COUNCILMEMBER'S

[34:22] PLAN, AND IF IT EXCEEDS THE

[34:24] 1450, THEN THAT WOULD BE AN OUT

[34:25] OF POCKET EXPENSE.

[34:26] >> Councilmember Campbell: AND

[34:28] WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST OF A

[34:33] BENEFIT PLAN FOR -- SAY IN THIS

[34:36] -- FOR THE SAKE OF THE

[34:39] DISCUSSION, FOR JUST THE CITY

[34:40] COUNCILPERSON AND THEN WHAT

[34:41] WOULD IT COST FOR A FAMILY?

[34:43] >> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT RATES

[34:46] IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY

[34:49] FOR ONE PARTY, KAISER, ABOUT

[34:51] $1,000, AND THEN FOR A FAMILY,

[34:52] IT'S OVER $3,000.

[34:55] >> Councilmember Campbell: SO

[34:57] SUBSEQUENTLY THAT MEANT THAT THE

[34:58] COUNCILPERSONS WOULD HAVE TO PAY

[35:01] ANY OF THE BALANCE FOR EITHER OF

[35:03] THOSE PLANS IF THEY WERE TO TAKE

[35:04] THEM?

[35:05] >> TYPICALLY THE CITY WILL

[35:07] DEDUCT IT FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S

[35:08] PAYCHECK.

[35:09] >> Councilmember Campbell: IT

[35:10] WOULD BE A PAYROLL DEDUCTION.

[35:11] OKAY.

[35:12] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[35:13] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[35:14] ZHANG.

[35:15] >> Councilmember Zhang: THANK

[35:16] YOU, MAYOR.

[35:20] SO MY QUESTION IS WE

[35:21] AGREED LAST TIME TO PUT THIS

[35:23] ONE ON THE AGENDA, SO WHY WE ARE

[35:24] TALKING ABOUT WHY THIS IS ON THE

[35:25] AGENDA, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[35:28] AND SECOND OF ALL, I THINK THAT

[35:31] BASED ON CHARTER AND WE REACHED

[35:32] SOME CONCLUSIONS AND, THEREFORE,

[35:36] WE ARE TAKING ACTIONS OUT OF

[35:37] THIS LENGTHY DISCUSSION.

[35:42] I THINK WHETHER THIS IS FOR THE

[35:43] COUNCILMEMBERS' BENEFIT,

[35:44] APPARENTLY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S

[35:45] FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS BENEFIT

[35:47] FOR CURRENT COUNCILMEMBER BUT

[35:49] IT'S REALLY FOR THE LONG TERM

[35:50] FREMONT CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER

[35:54] THEY ARE BEING, WHAT SHALL I

[35:57] SAY, THEY ARE -- THEIR BENEFIT

[36:00] OR -- I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SABIN

[36:04] FIT, THEIR NUMBERS, THE BENEFITS

[36:05] ISN'T COMPARABLE WITH OTHER

[36:08] CITIES WHICH WE HAVE DONE A

[36:12] LENGTHY ANALYSIS DURING THIS

[36:13] COMMITTEE'S SEVERAL MONTHS OF

[36:14] STUDY.

[36:17] AND I JUST SIMPLY DON'T

[36:19] UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE ASKING THE

[36:20] SAME QUESTION AGAIN.

[36:22] AND ALSO ONE QUESTION I WANT TO

[36:27] ASK IS, GIVE ME THE REASON WHY

[36:30] THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING

[36:35] COMPENSATED FOR ONLY $450 PER

[36:36] MONTH, AND HOW DOES THAT NUMBER

[36:37] COME FROM?

[36:43] >> Mayor Salwan: I GUESS I'LL

[36:44] JUST FOLLOW UP.

[36:45] I GUESS THE LARGER QUESTION,

[36:48] WHAT IS THE GENESIS OF -- I KNOW

[36:50] IN THE HEARING, I HEARD IT LIVE

[36:53] WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MISS

[36:54] BRIGGS ABOUT THEM FINDING OUT

[36:55] THAT THEY WERE UNDERPAID.

[36:57] COULD STAFF COMMENT TO THAT,

[36:59] LIKE HOW -- YOU KNOW, HOW YOU

[37:01] FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS LOW OR

[37:03] WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY IF YOU'D

[37:04] JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT.

[37:07] >> SO WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF

[37:09] GENERAL LAW AND CHARTER CITIES

[37:11] TO ASSESS WHAT THEIR

[37:13] COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYORS WERE

[37:16] RECEIVING IN TERMS OF HEALTH

[37:18] BENEFIT ALLOWANCE OR EQUIVALENT

[37:19] THEREOF, AND WE DID FIND THAT

[37:21] THE CITY OF FREMONT WAS QUITE

[37:23] BELOW THE MEDIAN OF WHAT THE

[37:24] COMPARABLE CITIES WERE

[37:25] OFFERING.

[37:28] AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS WHAT

[37:31] WE WERE OFFERING OUR OTHER

[37:33] REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.

[37:36] AS YOU MAY KNOW, COUNCILMEMBERS

[37:39] AND MAYOR CANNOT RECEIVE A

[37:40] BETTER BENEFIT THAN REPRESENTED

[37:42] UNION EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF OUR

[37:43] UNIONS DO OFFER PRO-RATED

[37:45] BENEFITS FOR THOSE THAT ARE

[37:47] UNDER 100% IN TERMS OF THEIR

[37:48] EMPLOYMENT STATUS.

[37:50] SO COMMENSURATE WITH THAT, THAT

[37:52] WAS THE DISCUSSION AT THE

[37:54] CHARTER CITY COMMISSION MEETING,

[37:55] WHERE THEY LOOKED AT WHAT THE

[37:58] OTHER CITIES WERE OFFERING, AND

[38:00] WHAT WE WERE DOING INTERNALLY

[38:02] WITH OUR OWN UNIONS, AND KAIMG

[38:07] CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT

[38:09] BASED ON ABOUT A 50% EQUIVALENCY

[38:10] OF EMPLOYMENT FOR COUNCILMEMBERS

[38:13] AND THE MAYOR, THAT THE BENEFIT

[38:14] SHOULD BE PRO-RATED.

[38:16] SO CURRENTLY OUR REPRESENTED

[38:19] EMPLOYEES RECEIVE $2,900 PER

[38:20] MONTH FOR HEALTH BENEFIT

[38:23] ALLOWANCE, SO THE 1,450

[38:25] REPRESENTS 50% OF THAT

[38:27] COMMENSURATE WITH HOURS WORKED.

[38:28] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[38:29] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[38:32] >> Councilmember Campbell: I

[38:34] JUST HAVE ONE QUICK MORE

[38:35] CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

[38:41] SO IF YOU DON'T USE IT, WE

[38:43] TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WHAT

[38:46] IT WOULD COST FOR A KAISER PLAN,

[38:48] AND IF ANY OF THE COUNCILPERSONS

[38:50] DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO

[38:53] TAKE THE BENEFIT, IT DOESN'T GO

[38:55] BACK INTO THEIR CHECK OR

[38:56] ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S NOT

[39:01] PART OF AN INCOME-DRIVEN PROCESS

[39:02] HERE, RIGHT?

[39:04] IT JUST -- IF YOU DON'T USE IT,

[39:05] YOU JUST LOSE IT, CORRECT?

[39:08] >> YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY

[39:09] IT'S BEEN FRAMED FOR THIS

[39:10] CONVERSATION.

[39:11] FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

[39:16] >> Mayor Salwan: NO CASH PAYOUT

[39:18] I THINK IS WHAT I HAD READ.

[39:19] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[39:21] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[39:22] QUESTION.

[39:24] I WAS WONDERING IF WE MIGHT

[39:25] CONSIDER, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD

[39:27] FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE

[39:28] CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE

[39:30] WE ARE FINANCIALLY.

[39:31] WE'VE HAD TO MAKE CUTS TO MEET

[39:33] SOME OF OUR NEEDS AND TO HAVE A

[39:34] BALANCED BUDGET.

[39:37] WOULD IT BEHOOVE US TO WAIT

[39:38] UNTIL WE GET A REPORT LIKE AT

[39:39] THE -- AFTER THE BEGINNING OF

[39:41] THE YEAR AND SEE HOW WE'VE DONE

[39:42] FIRST QUARTER OR SEE WHERE WE

[39:44] ARE FINANCIAL LITTLE AND REVIEW

[39:45] IT AGAIN, NOT HAVING TO BRING IT

[39:47] WITH ANOTHER REFERRAL FOR AN

[39:49] ORDINANCE BUT TABLE IT UNTIL A

[39:51] CERTAIN DATE, AND I WOULD THINK

[39:52] MR. PERSSELIN MIGHT TELL US WHAT

[39:53] THAT DATE WOULD BE?

[39:55] IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER SOMETHING

[39:56] LIKE THAT?

[39:57] >> Mayor Salwan: I GUESS WE CAN

[39:58] COME BACK FOR DELIBERATION.

[40:00] MAYBE WE CAN HEAR FROM THE

[40:01] PUBLIC.

[40:02] THAT CAN PROBABLY HELP INFORM

[40:03] THE DISCUSSION.

[40:04] OKAY.

[40:06] HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE ON

[40:07] THIS ONE?

[40:08] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE TWO

[40:09] SPEAKER CARDS.

[40:10] >> Mayor Salwan: TWO MINUTES

[40:11] EACH.

[40:12] >> Mr. Quintanilla: FIRST

[40:15] SPEAKER IS JOANN SCHWOB.

[40:21] FOLLOWED BY

[40:22] IZIZA.

[40:23] JOANN?

[40:28] WE'LL MOVE AHEAD TO IZIZA

[40:29] AKBARY.

[40:33] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[40:34] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[40:36] I'M A LONG-TIME FREMONT

[40:37] RESIDENT.

[40:38] I'M GOING TO BE COMBINING MY

[40:40] COMMENTS ON BOTH 5A AND 5B

[40:41] TONIGHT.

[40:44] AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE,

[40:47] TONIGHT'S ITEM ON 5A IS A CPI

[40:49] TRIGGERED ADJUSTMENT UNDER AN

[40:50] EXISTING ORDINANCE, NOT AN ITEM

[40:51] THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE

[40:52] COUNCIL TO ASK FOR A RAISE.

[40:55] 5B DID ORIGINATE FROM SOME

[40:56] CONVERSATIONS HAD AROUND MOVING

[40:57] TO A CHARTER CITY.

[41:01] REGARDING 5A, THE ORDINANCE SETS

[41:02] A CEILING BUT NOT AN

[41:03] OBLIGATION.

[41:04] AS COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE

[41:07] CHOICE TO DECLINE OR DEFER THIS

[41:08] INCREASE AND THAT'S SQUARELY

[41:09] WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY.

[41:10] THIS PAST YEAR, THE CITY WENT

[41:12] INTO A NEW FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT A

[41:15] SINGLE SIGNED LABOR CONTRACT,

[41:16] THE FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED

[41:17] IN FREMONT'S HISTORY.

[41:19] IT TOOK UNTIL DECEMBER FOR MOST

[41:21] CITY EMPLOYEES TO SETTLE ON A

[41:22] 1.3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE.

[41:25] THE COUNCIL ALSO PULLED A SALES

[41:27] TAX MEASURE OFF THE NOVEMBER

[41:28] BALLOT BECAUSE A SURVEY SHOWED

[41:29] THAT RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING

[41:31] WITH THE COST OF GAS, GROCERIES

[41:32] AND HOUSING.

[41:34] AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS ONLY

[41:37] BALANCED BY CUTTING $3 MILLION

[41:38] IN INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING.

[41:40] I KNOW THIS RAISE IS SMALL IN

[41:42] THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY'S

[41:44] OVERALL BUDGET, BUT THAT'S

[41:46] EXACTLY WHY DECLINING BOTH 5A,

[41:49] THE INCREASE TO SALARY, AND 5B,

[41:50] THE HEALTH BENEFIT INCREASE,

[41:51] REALLY MATTERS.

[41:53] IT WON'T FIX FREMONT'S FINANCES

[41:56] EITHER WAY, BUT WHAT IT CAN DO

[41:57] IS SHOW RESIDENTS THAT PEOPLE

[41:59] MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR TAX

[42:00] DOLLARS ARE FACING THE SAME

[42:01] PRESSURES THAT WE ALL ARE.

[42:03] IF IT ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME TO

[42:05] ASK RESIDENTS FOR MORE, IT ISN'T

[42:07] THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE COUNCIL

[42:08] TO TAKE MORE EITHER.

[42:10] SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE DECLINE

[42:12] BOTH ITEMS 5A AND 5B.

[42:13] THANK YOU.

[42:17] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[42:19] SPEAKER IS JACK RODGERS.

[42:21] >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND

[42:22] CITY COUNCIL.

[42:26] I WAS HOPING NOT TO SPEAK

[42:28] TONIGHT, BUT AFTER HEARING THE

[42:31] PRESENTATION, PARTICULARLY ON

[42:33] 5B, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED

[42:35] BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE REPORT,

[42:38] THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT

[42:40] OF -- YOU TALK ABOUT FACTS THAT

[42:41] WERE DELIVERED TO YOU PERHAPS BY

[42:42] YOUR COMMITTEE.

[42:43] BUT FROM THE PUBLIC'S POINT OF

[42:45] VIEW, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN

[42:47] WRITING THERE THAT HELPS US

[42:48] UNDERSTAND WHO THE COMPARABLE

[42:51] CITIES WERE THAT WERE USED, WHAT

[42:52] THE COMPARABLE WORKLOADS ARE, OR

[42:56] WHAT THE ANALYSIS WAS THAT

[42:57] GENERATED THE JUSTIFICATION TO

[42:59] MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INCREASE IN

[43:00] THE HEALTH BENEFIT.

[43:02] IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THOUGHT

[43:03] THAT LAST WEEK, YOU WERE

[43:07] DELIVERED A CALENDAR OF WORK,

[43:09] AND I DON'T REMEMBER -- THAT

[43:10] DEALT WITH THE CHARTER WORK, AND

[43:13] I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT ON

[43:14] -- THAT THAT CALENDAR SAID THAT

[43:15] THIS WAS COMING UP THIS WEEK.

[43:19] AND SO THOSE TWO PROCESS ISSUES,

[43:21] I THINK ARE REALLY QUESTIONABLE

[43:22] TO ME.

[43:25] AND THE LAST ONE IS DEALING WITH

[43:26] A, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT

[43:29] THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, BUT I

[43:31] DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN

[43:32] INOPPORTUNE TIME FOR THE COUNCIL

[43:35] TO TAKE THIS ACTION, AND IT IS

[43:38] NOT A BIG DOLLAR CENTS, I

[43:41] UNDERSTAND THIS IS REALLY JUST A

[43:42] ENFORCEMENT, A RECOMMENDATION

[43:45] THAT HAS TO COME FROM THE STAFF

[43:46] ANNUALLY OR BIANNUALLY AS THE

[43:48] CASE MAY BE FOR REVIEW OF THE

[43:49] COUNCIL SALARIES.

[43:52] BUT IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S ECONOMIC

[43:54] PROBLEMS, I THINK IT'S UP TO

[43:56] EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCILPERSON TO

[43:57] WEIGH WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT

[43:59] TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE WHERE IT

[44:01] GOOD TO RAISE YOUR SALARY AND

[44:06] NOT TO RAISE THE OTHERS' AT A

[44:07] COMPARABLE RATE.

[44:08] THANK YOU.

[44:10] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO

[44:11] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

[44:12] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, WE WILL

[44:13] CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT,

[44:14] BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

[44:17] I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[44:21] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[44:22] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[44:24] EXACTLY WHAT MISTER ROGERS HAS

[44:25] JUST BROUGHT UP IS MORE

[44:26] INFORMATION COMING TO THE PUBLIC

[44:27] I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

[44:29] SO THEREFORE, IF WE WERE TO BE

[44:31] ABLE TO EXTEND IT AFTER WE GET

[44:32] ANOTHER FINANCIAL REPORT AT THE

[44:34] BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, IF WE

[44:37] CAN THEN BRING FORTH REALLY

[44:38] COMPARABLE INFORMATION FOR THE

[44:40] PUBLIC TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WE GOT

[44:42] FROM ONE NUMBER TO ANOTHER

[44:43] NUMBER AND WHAT'S GOING ON

[44:44] AROUND US.

[44:49] >> Mayor Salwan: I DON'T SEE

[44:50] ANYBODY ELSE RAISING THEIR

[44:51] HANDS.

[44:53] I DID WANT TO CLARIFY, SO ON THE

[44:55] FIRST SPEAKER, THE 1.3% WAS FOR

[44:56] LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

[44:59] FOR THIS CYCLE, WE'VE GIVEN 3%

[45:01] RAISES FOR THREE YEARS.

[45:03] FOR THE COUNCIL.

[45:05] SO THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT.

[45:10] AND SO -- AND THEN AS FAR AS

[45:11] MISTER ROGERS, I THINK IT WAS

[45:12] PRESENTED AT THE MEETING, BUT

[45:15] CAN STAFF SPEAK MORE ABOUT WHAT

[45:19] EXACTLY TRANSPIRED AND AS FAR AS

[45:20] WHERE DOES THIS AMOUNT RANK IN

[45:22] THE MEDIAN AND HOW YOU GUYS CAME

[45:23] TO THIS NUMBER?

[45:30] >> THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED

[45:31] IN PUBLIC MEETINGS RELATED TO

[45:34] THE CHARTER CITY COMMISSION IN

[45:35] TERMS OF THE DETAIL.

[45:37] WE DO HAVE THE DETAIL OF THOSE

[45:40] POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS THAT

[45:42] ARE AVAILABLE, IF SOMEONE CAN

[45:43] PUT THEM UP ON THE SCREEN.

[45:46] IT GENERALLY GIVES THE

[45:47] COMPARISON OF FREMONT TO SOME OF

[45:49] THE CITIES THAT ARE AROUND US.

[45:50] HERE IT IS.

[45:55] SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT

[45:56] COUNCILMEMBERS' TOTAL

[45:57] COMPENSATION, WHICH IS THE THIRD

[45:59] COLUMN THERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT

[46:02] THE MARKET MEDIAN IS BETWEEN SAN

[46:03] MATEO AND PALO ALTO, THEY'RE AT

[46:07] THE BOTTOM AT ABOUT $52,000 PER

[46:08] YEAR IN TOTAL COMPENSATION.

[46:09] THAT MEANS BENEFITS AND SALARY.

[46:13] AND FREMONT RANKED MUCH BELOW

[46:15] THAT, WITH 36,000.

[46:17] AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

[46:27] WE ALSO DID A STUDY OF

[46:28] THE MAYOR AND THE MARKET MEDIAN

[46:33] WAS CITY OF ALAMEDA WITH 68,000

[46:34] APPROXIMATELY IN TOTAL

[46:35] COMPENSATION, AND AS YOU CAN

[46:37] SEE, FREMONT WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW

[46:38] THAT AT 60.

[46:39] 60,000.

[46:40] NEXT SLIDE.

[46:44] SO WE DID A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS

[46:47] FOR PART-TIME POSITIONS KNOWING

[46:48] THAT SOME OF OUR REPRESENTED

[46:52] UNION EMPLOYEES DO RECEIVE

[46:54] BENEFITS COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR

[46:57] TIME WORKED, AND WE LOOKED AT

[47:00] GIVING THE MAYOR AND THE

[47:01] COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO A PART-TIME

[47:04] STATUS AT ABOUT 50% AND 50% OF

[47:06] THE BENEFIT, AND THAT INCREASED

[47:08] THE ANNUAL TOTAL COMPENSATION TO

[47:10] A POINT WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT

[47:11] MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE

[47:12] SURROUNDING MARKET.

[47:13] NEXT SLIDE.

[47:17] SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE

[47:19] MAYOR, ONCE YOU'VE ADJUSTED THE

[47:21] HBA, SO THAT THE MAYOR IS

[47:25] RECEIVING 50% OF THE HBA,

[47:26] THEN FREMONT ENDS UP A LITTLE

[47:29] BIT ABOVE THE MEDIAN AT 72,000

[47:30] IN TOTAL COMPENSATION.

[47:32] NEXT SLIDE.

[47:35] AND THEN FOR COUNCILMEMBERS,

[47:38] STILL BELOW THE MEDIAN, BUT MUCH

[47:43] CLOSER TO THE $52,000 MEDIAN,

[47:46] INCREASING THE HBA TO 50% OF

[47:49] WHAT OUR REGULAR EMPLOYEES

[47:50] RECEIVED GETS THE COUNCILMEMBERS

[47:51] TO ABOUT 48,000.

[47:54] MUCH CLOSER TO THE 52,000 THAT'S

[47:55] THE MEDIAN.

[48:00] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU,

[48:01] THAT'S HELPFUL.

[48:02] SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WANTING

[48:03] TO SPEAK.

[48:05] SO -- OKAY.

[48:06] EVERYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK NOW.

[48:14] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL?

[48:15] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

[48:18] I THINK WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON

[48:20] THE SURFACE IS SOMEWHAT

[48:22] MISLEADING BECAUSE WE DON'T

[48:25] ACTUALLY RECEIVE THAT CASH SINCE

[48:27] THERE'S NO PAYOUT, SO WE TONIGHT

[48:31] DON'T REALLY RECEIVE IT ON A

[48:33] CHECK SO I DON'T SEE AN

[48:34] ADDITIONAL $1,400 ON THE MONTHLY

[48:35] CHECK THAT WE GET FROM THE

[48:36] CITY.

[48:38] AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IF I LOOK

[48:40] AT -- YOU DID PROVIDE THAT ON

[48:41] THE HANDOUT.

[48:43] IF I LOOK AT THE COST OF THE

[48:46] BENEFITS THEMSELVES, IT'S MORE

[48:48] THAN WE MAKE IN A MONTH, SO THAT

[48:51] MEANS THAT WE WOULD BASICALLY

[48:53] NET -- WE WOULD NET ZERO AND WE

[48:56] WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY GIVE BACK

[48:58] TO THE CITY IF WE WERE TO

[49:00] ACTUALLY TAKE THE HEALTH

[49:03] INSURANCE BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY

[49:05] EXPENSIVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD

[49:06] HEALTH INSURANCE.

[49:11] SO THE HBA THAT WE'RE GETTING

[49:12] REALLY WASHES TO ZERO.

[49:14] I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

[49:18] SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE

[49:19] BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH IT

[49:21] BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, I DON'T

[49:22] SEE IT.

[49:23] IT DOESN'T PENCIL OUT.

[49:30] >> Mayor Salwan: I LOOK AT

[49:32] KAISER, THE LOWEST FOR

[49:34] INDIVIDUAL, IT'S $1,168.86.

[49:36] SO THAT'S FOR ONE PERSON.

[49:37] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[49:38] RIGHT.

[49:39] >> Mayor Salwan: SO I GUESS THE

[49:41] LARGER CONCERN IS IT MIGHT NOT

[49:42] MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO FOLKS

[49:46] THAT ARE DOING WELL OR HAVE

[49:48] BUSINESSES OR ARE EMPLOYED.

[49:50] I JUST WORRY ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE

[49:51] OR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STEP UP

[49:53] OR PEOPLE THAT ARE

[49:54] UNDERPRIVILEGED IN SOME WAYS

[49:57] THAT IT CAN BE A MAJOR SACRIFICE

[49:58] FOR THEM.

[49:59] SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE

[50:03] HAVE TO FACTOR IN.

[50:05] AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, IF

[50:07] SOMEBODY'S INSURANCE IS LESS, SO

[50:09] IF IT'S 1169, THEN THAT PERSON

[50:11] WOULD ONLY GET 1169 PAID FOR THE

[50:12] INSURANCE, CORRECT?

[50:14] THEY WON'T GET THE 1450 OR

[50:15] WHATEVER.>> THAT'S CORRECT.

[50:18] WE WOULD PAY THAT OUT AS PART OF

[50:19] OUR MONTHLY PREMIUM PAYS FOR ALL

[50:20] OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

[50:21] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[50:23] COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

[50:29] >> Councilmember Liu: SO I JUST

[50:30] HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO SAY.

[50:32] I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER

[50:35] THAT I THINK MR. ROGERS WAS

[50:36] SURPRISED THAT THIS WAS ON THE

[50:37] AGENDA.

[50:38] I DO WANT TO POINT OUT

[50:41] RESPECTFULLY THAT THIS WAS

[50:44] LISTED ON LAST WEEK'S AGENDA,

[50:46] THE POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR

[50:47] SEPTEMBER 2026, IT INCLUDES A

[50:50] DRAFT ORDINANCE TO INCREASE CITY

[50:51] COUNCIL SALARY AS AUTHORIZED IN

[50:52] THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE.

[50:54] SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT

[50:55] OUT.

[50:56] AND I GUESS SECOND OF ALL, I

[50:58] GUESS I WANTED TO TALK MORE

[51:01] ABOUT LIKE -- AND THIS MIGHT BE

[51:02] COMBINING THE 5A TOGETHER WITH

[51:03] 5B.

[51:06] BUT THEY ARE PRETTY RELATED SO I

[51:07] GUESS I JUST WANT TO TALK MORE

[51:11] ABOUT THE GENERAL IMPRESSION OF

[51:12] LIKE OUR SALARY AND THINGS LIKE

[51:13] THAT.

[51:15] SO OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THE

[51:17] SALARY, I THINK IF YOU DON'T

[51:18] TAKE HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE

[51:19] THIS IS A PART-TIME JOB, I'M

[51:21] ASSUMING A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT

[51:22] ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN INSURANCE

[51:24] EITHER FROM THEIR SPOUSE OR

[51:25] MAYBE THEY PURCHASED IT

[51:26] THEMSELVES, SO IF YOU DON'T

[51:30] INCLUDE THE HVA, THE ANNUAL

[51:32] SALARY WORKS ITSELF OUT TO

[51:35] $31,000 WHICH WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT

[51:36] HOURLY IS AROUND $15 AN HOUR.

[51:40] SO $15 AN HOUR, THAT'S ACTUALLY

[51:42] LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE WE

[51:43] HAVE HERE IN FREMONT, AND $15 AN

[51:45] HOUR, THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN

[51:46] THE WAGE I HAD IN MY FIRST JOB

[51:49] EVER IN 2016, WHEN I FIRST

[51:50] GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

[51:52] I WORKED AS AN AFTER-SCHOOL

[51:54] TEACHER RIGHT HERE IN THE -- IN

[51:56] FREMONT AS WELL, AND EVEN BACK

[51:57] THEN, 10 YEARS AGO, BEFORE ALL

[51:58] THIS CRAZY INFLATION, I WAS

[52:03] STILL MAKING $17 AN HOUR AT

[52:05] MY JOB WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE A

[52:06] COLLEGE DIPLOMA OR ANYTHING LIKE

[52:07] THAT.

[52:10] SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN

[52:12] CONTEXT SO THAT ANY RAISE IS

[52:13] JUST PURELY LIKE WE'RE NOT

[52:15] ASKING FOR SIX FIGURE BONUSES OR

[52:16] ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NOBODY IS

[52:17] GETTING RICH OFF THIS, NOBODY IS

[52:19] GOING TO BE A BILLIONAIRE OR

[52:20] MILLIONAIRE OFF THIS.

[52:22] IT'S JUST REALLY CONSISTENT WITH

[52:24] INFLATION, AND CONSISTENT TO

[52:26] MOVE OURSELVES UP TO THE MARKET

[52:27] MEDIAN.

[52:28] AND OVERALL, I THINK SOMETHING

[52:32] LIKE THIS, I REALLY EN -- IT

[52:34] REALLY ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS

[52:36] LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED,

[52:37] SUPPORTS REGULAR PEOPLE BEING

[52:38] ABLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

[52:41] I THINK THIS JOB DOESN'T PAY

[52:42] ANYTHING, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT,

[52:45] HOW DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON,

[52:47] MAYBE WHO IS ACTUALLY WORKING

[52:48] MINIMUM WAGE JOB, HOW ARE THEY

[52:50] ABLE TO REPRESENT THE WORKING

[52:52] CLASS PEOPLE AND HAVE A SEAT,

[52:55] YOU KNOW, ON THIS COUNCIL OR

[52:56] ANYWHERE IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO

[52:57] SACRIFICE THEIR TIME WITHOUT

[52:58] BEING COMPENSATED FOR THAT?

[53:01] SO I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS

[53:03] TO ENSURE AND FUTUREPROOF THIS

[53:05] TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RAISES

[53:08] THAT -- I MEAN THE SALARY THAT

[53:09] WAS SET HOWEVER LONG AGO IS ABLE

[53:12] TO RISE WITH INFLATION AND STAY

[53:14] CONSISTENT, IT DOESN'T GET EATEN

[53:15] AWAY BY INFLATION AND ENSURES

[53:16] THAT ANYBODY ELSE COMING AFTER

[53:18] US WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,

[53:21] TAKE THIS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY

[53:22] UNDUE BURDEN ON ONE THEMSELVES.

[53:23] THAT'S MY OPINION ON IT.

[53:27] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, NEXT

[53:28] IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[53:33] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[53:35] I KIND OF LOOKED AT IT AS KIND

[53:38] OF A SIMILAR REASONING BEHIND

[53:39] MOVING TO DISTRICT ELECTION.

[53:42] SO IT KIND OF GIVES MORE ACCESS

[53:44] FOR THE REGULAR FOLKS WHO RUN

[53:47] FOR OFFICE, AND I THINK IT'S

[53:52] PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHERE THE

[53:55] COUNCILMEMBERS IN FREMONT ARE

[53:56] BEING PAID PRETTY ON THE LOW END

[53:59] OF THIS CHART, AND I WILL KIND

[54:03] OF SHARE THAT IF -- FOR THOSE OF

[54:06] YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE THAT FOR

[54:08] EXAMPLE LIKE SAN LEANDRO, THEY

[54:12] ARE BEING PAID AT AROUND 61,000,

[54:15] BUT KINE OF NOBODY WANT TO RUN

[54:19] FOR OFFICE OVER THERE IN SAN

[54:21] LEANDRO BECAUSE IT'S NOT A EASY

[54:22] JOB TO DO, IT TAKES A LOT OF

[54:27] TIME AND A LOT OF TIMES

[54:29] THEIR ELECTED OFFICES ARE BEING

[54:31] RUN IN THE POLLS, WHICH IS NOT

[54:32] GOOD FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.

[54:35] SO I THINK IT'S HAVING THIS WILL

[54:39] KIND OF SET UP A BETTER

[54:42] COMPENSATION FOR -- NOT JUST FOR

[54:44] THE CURRENT ELECTS BUT ALSO FOR

[54:45] PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.

[54:46] THANK YOU.

[54:52] >> Mayor Salwan: I DID QUICK

[54:56] MATH, IT WAS LIKE .02% OF OUR

[54:58] TOTAL WOULD BE THE SALARY

[54:59] INCREASE, ASSUMING EVERYBODY

[55:03] GETS THE MAX,

[55:05] 1450, SOME MAY NOT LEAD IT,

[55:06] SOME MAY HAVE LESS.

[55:07] IT'S TRIVIAL, REALLY.

[55:09] IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE OR BREAK

[55:10] THE BUDGET.

[55:12] SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF

[55:13] OTHER CONCERNS.

[55:17] AND THEN THE 450 ONLY COVERS 38%

[55:18] OF THE INSURANCE.

[55:20] AND THAT'S THE LOWEST RATE WHICH

[55:21] IS KAISER.

[55:22] AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY

[55:24] WE'RE BEING PROGRESSIVE OR WE

[55:25] HAVE PROGRESSIVE VALUES, THEN

[55:27] YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR

[55:29] YOUNG PEOPLE TO RUN, PEOPLE THAT

[55:31] ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED, PEOPLE THAT

[55:32] DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.

[55:34] YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO

[55:35] SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

[55:36] IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST PEOPLE LIKE

[55:40] ME OR PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING VERY

[55:41] WELL.

[55:42] SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO

[55:43] CONSIDER AS WELL.

[55:44] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

[55:46] >> Councilmember Zhang: YES,

[55:47] THANK YOU.

[55:50] I HEAR EVERYONE'S COMMENT, AND I

[55:51] ECHO THAT, AND ANOTHER THING I

[55:56] THINK WE RESPECT AS A CITY, WE

[55:59] RESPECT THE FIREMEN'S WORK, WE

[56:01] RESPECT POLICEMEN'S WORK, WE

[56:02] RESPECT THE CITY STAFF'S WORK.

[56:06] AND EVERY YEAR, WE GO INTO

[56:09] CAREFUL DELIBERATION AND TALK

[56:12] ABOUT SALARY NEGOTIATION AND

[56:13] TALK ABOUT THEIR BENEFIT AND WE

[56:16] DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO

[56:20] GIVE OUR STAFF WHAT THEY -- WHAT

[56:21] THEY DESERVE.

[56:23] BUT THEN THAT ALSO REFLECTS OUR

[56:25] CULTURE, HOW WE LOOK AT ELECTED

[56:26] OFFICIALS.

[56:30] AND DO WE RESPECT OUR WORK, DO

[56:32] WE -- ARE WE PROUD OF, YOU KNOW,

[56:33] SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

[56:36] DO WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, DO YOU

[56:37] RESPECT YOUR WORK?

[56:40] AND I THINK THIS IS NOT ABOUT

[56:41] US.

[56:42] I'M TALKING ABOUT -- I'M TALKING

[56:44] ABOUT THE PAST AND ALSO

[56:45] ESPECIALLY THE FUTURE.

[56:47] AND DO THE COMMUNITY RESPECT OUR

[56:48] WORK.

[56:49] AND ALSO DO WE RESPECT OUR

[56:50] WORK.

[56:54] SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY MINOR

[56:57] THINGS, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT

[56:59] THE BIG PICTURE AND ALSO I

[57:03] RESPECT MY WORK, AND I HOPE THE

[57:07] CITY COMMUNITY WOULD SEE OUR

[57:09] ACTION AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE,

[57:11] BUT AT THE SAME TIME, DO

[57:12] APPRECIATE HOW MUCH TIME WE PUT

[57:13] INTO THAT.

[57:14] IT'S NOT A PART-TIME JOB.

[57:18] BECAUSE I THINK IN ORDER TO DO A

[57:19] GREAT -- MAKE A POLICY AND MAKE

[57:21] A RIGHT DECISION, WE KEEP ON

[57:23] LOOKING AT THE POLICIES NOT ONLY

[57:28] THE STATE, NOT ONLY THE CITY,

[57:29] THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, IT'S

[57:31] NOT IT'S A 7 -- WHAT'S IT

[57:32] CALLED, A 5 HOUR A DAY JOB.

[57:37] IT'S LIKE YOU'RE -- YOURSELF

[57:38] INTO THIS.

[57:40] I MEAN, I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYONE

[57:42] COMING HERE JUST TO THINK ABOUT

[57:44] WHETHER WE ARE PAID FAIRLY FOR

[57:49] $17 AN HOUR, BUT I LOOK AT SOME

[57:50] COMMENT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I

[57:53] THINK IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP,

[57:55] OKAY, LET'S JUST IMAGINE IN TWO

[57:58] YEARS, I'M GOING TO RUN, THEY

[57:59] SAY OKAY, SUCH AND SUCH PERSON

[58:00] GAVE THEMSELF A RAISE.

[58:05] AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE LOOKING

[58:08] BAD WHILE YOU RAN -- SEEKING

[58:09] FOR RE-ELECTION.

[58:10] AND I HAVE TO SPEAK UP.

[58:12] SO I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT

[58:13] THAT.

[58:14] AND I THINK THAT IF YOU RESPECT

[58:15] YOUR JOB, YOU PUT YOUR HEART

[58:20] INTO THAT, YOU NEED TO BE HONEST

[58:23] ABOUT EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE

[58:25] BEING -- EVEN BEING TREATED WITH

[58:26] RESPECT ABOUT YOUR JOB.

[58:28] SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

[58:32] >> Mayor Salwan: SO I HEARD A

[58:33] COUPLE OF THINGS.

[58:35] SOME FOLKS WANTED TO POSTPONE

[58:37] IT, SOME WANTED TO GO AHEAD WITH

[58:38] IT.

[58:40] SOME WANTED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT

[58:41] NUMBERS.

[58:42] SO IF I COULD GET SOME FEEDBACK

[58:43] OR A MOTION.

[58:44] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[58:46] >> Councilmember Campbell: WELL,

[58:49] I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ANOTHER

[58:50] COMMENT, I WAS SITTING HERE

[58:53] LISTENING TO US AS WE TALK, AND

[58:56] I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE HEALTHCARE

[58:58] CAN BE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS

[59:01] TO HAVE HEALTHCARE, AND YOU

[59:04] KNOW, I'M FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE

[59:07] A GREAT PLAN FROM MY REGULAR

[59:09] WORK AND SO -- AND I'VE ALWAYS

[59:11] HAD GREAT HEALTH INSURANCE AND

[59:14] SO -- AND I DO THINK THAT IT IS

[59:17] IMPORTANT THAT THAT BENEFIT BE

[59:18] OFFERED TO THE CITY

[59:19] COUNCILMEMBERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE

[59:20] IT.

[59:24] MAYBE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO COME ON

[59:26] BOARD, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO

[59:28] HAVE A REALLY GOOD HEALTH

[59:29] INSURANCE PLAN.

[59:32] I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTH

[59:33] INSURANCE.

[59:36] I'M PUTTING ON MY -- MY DIRECTOR

[59:39] HAT NOW, AND REALLY THINKING

[59:42] ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT

[59:44] HAVING AN ADEQUATE HEALTH

[59:45] INSURANCE PLAN AND WHAT THAT

[59:46] MIGHT MEAN.

[59:50] AND I DON'T THINK $1,400 A

[59:55] MONTH IS SOMETHING THAT'S

[59:56] UNREASONABLE TO GIVE TO SOMEONE

[59:59] TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE

[1:00:01] HEALTH PLAN, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES

[1:00:04] DENTAL AND VISION, SO IT'S A

[1:00:07] FULL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT

[1:00:10] WOULD HELP THEM, BUT I DO THINK

[1:00:14] IT'S A LITTLE PRICEY, BUT YOU

[1:00:16] KNOW, MY IDEA IS THAT IF WE'RE

[1:00:18] THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE

[1:00:19] COUNCILPERSONS, IT WOULD BE

[1:00:21] IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO

[1:00:23] AFFORD TO HAVE ADEQUATE HEALTH

[1:00:24] INSURANCE.

[1:00:29] >> Mayor Salwan: I'M NOT SEEING

[1:00:30] ANYBODY ELSE SO I GUESS CAN WE

[1:00:32] GET A MOTION OR SOME MORE

[1:00:33] FEEDBACK?

[1:00:34] >> Councilmember Zhang: I'LL

[1:00:35] MAKE A MOTION.

[1:00:36] >> Mayor Salwan: WHAT IS YOUR

[1:00:37] MOTION?

[1:00:38] >> Councilmember Zhang: MOTION

[1:00:39] TO APPROVE FOR THIS HEALTH

[1:00:40] INSURANCE.

[1:00:42] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:00:43] KENG.

[1:00:44] SECOND?

[1:00:45] OKAY.

[1:00:47] MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG,

[1:00:50] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[1:00:51] BLESS VOTE.

[1:00:54] PLEASE VOTE.

[1:01:02] MOTION PASSES, 6 AYES, 1 NAY.

[1:01:03] THANK YOU.

[1:01:05] NEXT ITEM IS 5A.

[1:01:17] THIS IS ADJUSTMENT TO THE

[1:01:18] SALARIES OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[1:01:19] AGAIN, THERE'S NO FORMAL

[1:01:22] PRESENTATION, JUST QUESTIONS

[1:01:23] FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.

[1:01:27] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[1:01:30] >> Councilmember Campbell: IS

[1:01:32] THIS QUESTION TIME OR IS IT

[1:01:33] COMMENTS?

[1:01:34] >> Mayor Salwan: I WAS THINKING

[1:01:35] MAYBE QUESTIONS, OPEN UP FOR THE

[1:01:37] PUBLIC, AND THEN COMMENTS IF

[1:01:38] THAT'S OKAY.

[1:01:39] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[1:01:40] OKAY.

[1:01:41] I ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY

[1:01:42] QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

[1:01:43] BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

[1:01:44] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:01:45] ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY

[1:01:46] ELSE?

[1:01:50] SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY

[1:01:51] SPEAKERS ON THIS?

[1:01:52] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE ONE

[1:01:53] SPEAKER CARD.

[1:01:54] >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S HEAR FROM

[1:01:55] THE SPEAKER.

[1:01:56] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR SPEAKER

[1:01:57] IS VERNITA VERMA.

[1:02:09] >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR

[1:02:11] BRINGING -- WORK ON THE

[1:02:12] AGENDA.

[1:02:15] I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED

[1:02:16] ADJUSTMENT FOR A VERY SIMPLE

[1:02:17] REASON.

[1:02:18] ALL CITY EMPLOYEES OF CITY AND

[1:02:21] CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE HERE FOR

[1:02:22] ONLY ONE REASON.

[1:02:23] THAT IS TO SERVE THE CITY OF

[1:02:24] FREMONT.

[1:02:28] IF THE CITIZENS OF FREMONT ARE

[1:02:29] NOT GETTING SERVED PROPERLY,

[1:02:32] THEN THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON

[1:02:33] FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OR

[1:02:36] COUNCILMEMBER OR MAYOR TO GET A

[1:02:37] RAISE.

[1:02:42] AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE VISITED

[1:02:43] THE STREET I LIVE ON AND BOTH OF

[1:02:44] YOU HAVE SAID TO ME THAT YOU

[1:02:48] HAVE NOT SEEN ANY STREET AS BAD

[1:02:49] AS MINE.

[1:02:51] EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE WORST

[1:02:53] STREET IN THE CITY, THERE SHOULD

[1:02:55] BE NO STREET AS BAD AS MINE.

[1:03:00] AS PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS ARE

[1:03:02] TERRIBLE AND RAISED OVER 6 TO 8

[1:03:03] INCHES.

[1:03:05] WE GET FLOODED EVERY -- EVEN IF

[1:03:06] WE GET HALF INCH OF RAIN.

[1:03:11] IT IS AN ADA NIGHTMARE TO WALK

[1:03:12] ON OUR STREET.

[1:03:14] AND I'M SAYING IT AGAIN, IT'S AN

[1:03:17] ADA NIGHTMARE, WHICH MEANS

[1:03:19] ANYBODY WHO IS AN ADA SUPPORTER

[1:03:21] OR ANY ORGANIZATION CAN SUE THE

[1:03:22] CITY AND WIN.

[1:03:26] THAT BEING SAID, IF OUR CITY IS

[1:03:28] NOT MANAGED WELL WITH OUR

[1:03:30] PROPERTY TAX, I DO NOT THINK

[1:03:31] ANYONE SHOULD GET ANY RAISE.

[1:03:35] I WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO VISIT MY

[1:03:36] STREET BEFORE GIVING ANYONE A

[1:03:37] RAISE IN THE CITY.

[1:03:38] INCLUDING YOURSELF.

[1:03:42] I UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT CALL IT A

[1:03:44] TRIVIAL THING, YOU MIGHT SAY OH,

[1:03:46] IT'S A SMALL NUMBER.

[1:03:50] BUT IF -- I'M OPPOSING ANY

[1:03:51] NUMBER FOR A SIMPLE REASON.

[1:03:54] PLEASE SERVE YOUR CITY

[1:03:55] CITIZENS.

[1:03:56] THANK YOU.

[1:03:57] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:04:01] ANY -- COMMENT TIME, FEEDBACK.

[1:04:05] SINCE NOBODY IS SPEAKING, I HAVE

[1:04:07] BEEN TO YOUR STREET, AND WE'VE

[1:04:08] HAD SEVERAL TIMES FOLKS COME OUT

[1:04:10] TO YOUR STREET TO CHECK IT OUT,

[1:04:13] AND FIX IT ON THE ONE SIDE, AND

[1:04:15] CONTINUE TO EVALUATE IT, BUT WE

[1:04:16] HAVE MANY SUCH STREETS.

[1:04:18] YOUR STREET IS NOT THE ONLY

[1:04:19] ONE.

[1:04:21] SO IT'S 92 SQUARE MILES.

[1:04:23] WE HAVE TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE

[1:04:25] STREET AND WE DID GET THE WORST

[1:04:27] 100 SIDEWALKS DONE AND HOPEFULLY

[1:04:29] IF WE HAVE MORE FUNDING IN THE

[1:04:30] FUTURE, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT

[1:04:31] AGAIN.

[1:04:33] WE STILL OFFER THE 50/50

[1:04:34] PROGRAM.

[1:04:35] SIDEWALK AND TREE.

[1:04:38] SO IF YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS WANT

[1:04:40] TO REPLACE YOUR SIDEWALK OR THE

[1:04:41] TREES, THE CITIES WILL WORK WITH

[1:04:42] YOU ON THAT.

[1:04:45] BUT TO SAY THAT FOR THAT ONE

[1:04:47] SINGLISH YOU'LL, YOU KNOW,

[1:04:48] YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM

[1:04:49] EVERYTHING OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

[1:04:50] I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE TOO

[1:04:51] FAR.

[1:04:52] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[1:04:54] >> Councilmember Campbell: WE

[1:04:56] DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS?

[1:04:57] >> Mayor Salwan: THAT WAS IT.

[1:04:58] >> Councilmember Campbell: THAT

[1:04:59] WAS IT?

[1:05:00] OKAY.

[1:05:01] FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I

[1:05:02] REALLY JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

[1:05:05] THAT THIS PROCESS IS A

[1:05:06] PROCEDURAL PROCESS TO INCREASE

[1:05:10] THE SALARIES AND THAT IT'S NOT

[1:05:11] SELF-DEALING.

[1:05:13] THIS PROCESS FLOWS FROM EXISTING

[1:05:16] MUNICIPAL CODE FORMULA, NOT A

[1:05:18] DISCRETIONARY VOTE TO PASS CITY

[1:05:19] COUNCIL PAY.

[1:05:23] THE ORDINANCE SETS A CEILING,

[1:05:24] NOT A MANDATE.

[1:05:26] COUNCIL RETAINS AUTHORITY TO

[1:05:28] DECLINE, DEFER OR MODIFY THE

[1:05:29] ORDINANCE.

[1:05:30] THE CODE ALSO GIVES THE COUNCIL

[1:05:33] THE DISCRETION TO ADJUST THE

[1:05:34] CPI.

[1:05:35] THE FORMULA ASSUMES NORMAL

[1:05:38] ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS

[1:05:39] LOCAL WAGE GROWTH, WHICH IS NOT

[1:05:41] KEEPING PACE, OF COURSE, WITH

[1:05:43] HOUSING, GROCERIES, INSURANCE

[1:05:44] AND CHILD CARE.

[1:05:46] APPROVING AN AUTOMATIC RAISE FOR

[1:05:50] COUNCIL WHILE RESIDENTS ARE ALL

[1:05:52] BEHIND ON RENT, STRUGGLING TO

[1:05:54] KEEP PACE WITH RISING GAS COSTS,

[1:05:57] FOOD COSTS, BREAKS THE BASIC

[1:05:58] ALIGNMENT BETWEEN ELECTED

[1:06:01] OFFICIALS AND THE VERY PEOPLE WE

[1:06:02] SERVE, AND THAT GAP IS

[1:06:03] CORROSIVE.

[1:06:05] REGARDLESS OF THE COUNCIL'S

[1:06:07] ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE

[1:06:08] ORDINANCE.

[1:06:11] I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO

[1:06:13] DECLINE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS

[1:06:15] WAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE COUNCIL

[1:06:18] AND DEFER IT UNTIL AFTER THE

[1:06:20] NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND TO ASK

[1:06:23] STAFF TO REVIEW AND RETURN WITH

[1:06:26] OPTIONS FOR SUSPENDING OR

[1:06:28] RESTRUCTURING THE CPI FORMULA SO

[1:06:31] THAT IT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS

[1:06:35] WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY

[1:06:36] EXPERIENCES.

[1:06:37] EVERY CANDIDATE WHO IS RUNNING

[1:06:41] FOR OFFICE IS WALKING INTO AN

[1:06:43] ELECTION SEASON WHERE

[1:06:44] AFFORDABILITY IS A REAL

[1:06:45] CONCERN.

[1:06:50] A YES VOTE IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR

[1:06:53] LIVED EXPERIENCES, AND I WILL BE

[1:06:54] VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM.

[1:06:57] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[1:07:01] >> Mayor Salwan: MAYBE I'LL HAVE

[1:07:02] THE CITY ATTORNEY KIND OF

[1:07:03] EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS AND HOW

[1:07:05] THIS APPLIES.

[1:07:07] AND WHEN DOES IT APPLY.

[1:07:08] JUST FOR CONTEXT.

[1:07:12] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: A

[1:07:13] COUPLE POINTS.

[1:07:16] THE FIRST IS THAT THE PROPOSAL

[1:07:18] THIS EVENING IS TO CHANGE -- IS

[1:07:20] TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT

[1:07:23] CURRENTLY SETS FORTH THE

[1:07:24] METHODOLOGY FOR INCREASING

[1:07:25] COUNCIL SALARIES.

[1:07:28] IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T CHANGE THE

[1:07:29] METHODOLOGY.

[1:07:31] IT IMPLEMENTS THE METHODOLOGY.

[1:07:32] WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT

[1:07:33] THE ORDINANCE ALREADY SAYS AND

[1:07:35] IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO MOVE

[1:07:37] THIS ITEM FORWARD, IT WILL

[1:07:38] INCREASE COUNCIL SALARY

[1:07:40] CONSISTENT WITH THE FORMULA THAT

[1:07:42] ALREADY EXISTS IN THE FREMONT

[1:07:43] MUNICIPAL CODE.

[1:07:45] THIS IS PART OF A PROCESS THAT

[1:07:47] HAPPENS EVERY OTHER YEAR, SO THE

[1:07:49] TIMING IS NOT UNIQUE OR

[1:07:50] SPECIAL.

[1:07:51] IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS IS

[1:07:52] THE CURRENT YEAR AND AT THIS

[1:07:55] TIME, IT'S PART OF THE CITY'S

[1:07:59] OVERALL PROCESS TO CONSIDER THIS

[1:08:00] POTENTIAL INCREASE SHOULD THE

[1:08:03] COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE IT

[1:08:04] FORWARD.

[1:08:06] FURTHERMORE, THE CITY'S LOCAL

[1:08:08] PROCESS IS MORE CONSERVATIVE

[1:08:09] THAN STATE LAW.

[1:08:11] THE CAP THAT EXISTS IN OUR

[1:08:12] FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE IS

[1:08:13] ACTUALLY LOWER THAN WHAT STATE

[1:08:16] LAW ALLOWS, SO THE COUNCIL HAS

[1:08:18] BEEN MINDFUL OF ITS CONCERNS

[1:08:20] REGARDING BUDGETARY IMPACTS AND

[1:08:22] IMPACTS REGARDING THE PUBLIC.

[1:08:24] AND THE PUBLIC'S BUDGET.

[1:08:27] SO AGAIN, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE

[1:08:28] FORMULA.

[1:08:30] IT SIMPLY USES THE FORMULA TO

[1:08:33] EFFECTUATE WHAT WOULD BE A

[1:08:34] SALARY INCREASE SHOULD THE

[1:08:35] COUNCIL CHOOSE TO TAKE IT AT

[1:08:36] THIS TIME.

[1:08:37] TIMING WISE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO

[1:08:38]

[1:08:42] THIS DISCUSSION, YOU EFFECTIVELY

[1:08:46] HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS TO

[1:08:48] INCREASE THE SALARY BECAUSE

[1:08:52] YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO DO THIS

[1:08:53] INCREASE WHEN THERE'S GOING TO

[1:08:54] BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW

[1:08:55] COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE SEATED.

[1:08:57] SO REALLY THIS EVENING IS THE

[1:08:58] LAST OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE

[1:09:00] THIS ITEM IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES

[1:09:03] TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD SO THE

[1:09:06] NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS AND

[1:09:07] SITTING COUNCILMEMBERS THAT

[1:09:08] REMAIN ON THE COUNCIL WILL BE

[1:09:10] ABLE TO TAKE THIS INCREASE THIS

[1:09:11] UPCOMING YEAR.

[1:09:13] SO TIMING WISE, AGAIN, THIS IS

[1:09:15] PART OF THE CITY'S EXISTING

[1:09:18] PROCESSES AND IT'S CONSISTENT

[1:09:19] WITH STATE LAW.

[1:09:20] >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK WHAT

[1:09:21] I'M HEARING IS WE HAVE TO ACT

[1:09:23] NOW FOR THE COUNCIL THAT'S

[1:09:26] ELECTED IN NOVEMBER TO RECEIVE

[1:09:27] THIS SALARY INCREASE.

[1:09:28] IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE, CORRECT?

[1:09:29] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

[1:09:30] CORRECT.

[1:09:31] >> Mayor Salwan: AND IF IT'S NOT

[1:09:36] DONE NOW, YOU CAN'T COME BACK IN

[1:09:37] JANUARY AND SAY WE NEED TO DO

[1:09:38] THIS, CORRECT?

[1:09:40] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: CORRECT

[1:09:41] WITH ONE EBBS EPTION.

[1:09:43] EXCEPTION.

[1:09:45] THIS APPLIES TO COUNCILMEMBERS.

[1:09:47] THERE'S A SEPARATE STATUTE THAT

[1:09:49] DISCUSSES COMPENSATION FOR THE

[1:09:50] MAYOR, BUT CITIES TYPICALLY DO

[1:09:52] WHAT FREMONT DOES HERE WHICH IS

[1:09:53] THEY CONSIDER ALL INCREASES AT THE SAME TIME.

[1:09:56] OTHERWISE THE MAYOR'S SUMMARY IS

[1:09:57] ACCURATE.

[1:09:59] >> Mayor Salwan: SO IF IT'S NOT

[1:10:01] PASSED, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO

[1:10:02] WAIT UNTIL 2028?

[1:10:04] OKAY.

[1:10:05] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

[1:10:06] CORRECT.

[1:10:07] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:10:08] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[1:10:09] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[1:10:10] THANK YOU.

[1:10:14] FOR ALL THE REASONS STATED BY

[1:10:15] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, I WOULD

[1:10:16] LIKE TO SECOND THIS MOTION, AND

[1:10:18] I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK KIND OF

[1:10:20] A -- PROBABLY A SILLY QUESTION

[1:10:21] BUT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE

[1:10:22] CHANGE THE MUNICIPAL CODE SO

[1:10:24] THAT IT MATCHES UP WITH WHEN WE

[1:10:25] DO OUR BUDGET?

[1:10:26] INSTEAD OF ELECTION TIME?

[1:10:33] ANYBODY KNOW?

[1:10:34] >> Mayor Salwan: YES, SIR.

[1:10:37] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: LEGALLY

[1:10:38] SPEAKING, YOU CAN UPDATE YOUR

[1:10:39] ORDINANCE AT ANY TIME.

[1:10:40] THE LIMIT IS UPON WHEN THE

[1:10:42] INCREASE CAN BE EFFECTUATED.

[1:10:45] SO IF YOU DO IT NEXT YEAR, IF

[1:10:47] YOU UPDATE THE ORDINANCE NEXT

[1:10:48] YEAR DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE, IT

[1:10:50] WILL BE AN UPDATED ORDINANCE,

[1:10:52] BUT SALARY INCREASES COULD NOT

[1:10:53] BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER

[1:10:54] 2028.

[1:10:57] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: WHY

[1:10:58] IS THAT?

[1:10:59] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: STATE

[1:11:02] LAW DOESN'T ALLOW INCREASES TO

[1:11:04] OCCUR UNTIL NEWLY ELECTED

[1:11:05] COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SEATED.

[1:11:09] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: SO

[1:11:10] COULD WE POSSIBLY REVIEW IT

[1:11:12] DURING BUDGET TIME AND APPROVE

[1:11:13] THAT WITH OUR BUDGET AT THAT

[1:11:14] TIME SO THAT IT'S NOT IN THE

[1:11:18] FACE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO

[1:11:20] BE ELECTED OR TRYING --

[1:11:21] CAMPAIGNING OR TRYING TO SERVE

[1:11:22] AND HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION

[1:11:26] LIKE THAT IS VERY -- YEAH, IT

[1:11:28] LOOKS VERY SELF-SERVING.

[1:11:29] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YOU

[1:11:31] COULD DEFER THIS CONVERSATION

[1:11:32] UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.

[1:11:34] THAT'S NOT PRESCRIBED IN ANY WAY

[1:11:35] BY STATE LAW.

[1:11:36] YOU COULD DO THAT.

[1:11:37] AND IF YOU DECIDE TO UPDATE THE

[1:11:40] ORDINANCE AT THAT TIME TO

[1:11:42] INCREASE COUNCIL SALARY, THAT

[1:11:46] CAN OCCUR NEXT SUMMER, BUT THE

[1:11:48] INCREASES WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE

[1:11:50] UNTIL THE NEXT CYCLE OF NEWLY

[1:11:51] ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS ARE

[1:11:54] SEATED, WHICH IS NOVEMBER --

[1:11:55] WELL -- NOVEMBER 2028.

[1:11:58] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:12:00] SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD

[1:12:01] UNDERSTANDING.

[1:12:03] SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY

[1:12:06] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL TO REJECT

[1:12:08] OR DENY THE SALARY INCREASE.

[1:12:12] WE HAVE A SECOND BY

[1:12:13] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[1:12:14] IF THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE MOTION,

[1:12:15] I CAN -- WE CAN -- YES?

[1:12:24] >> Councilmember Shao: I WOULD

[1:12:28] MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO

[1:12:30] ACCEPT THE STAFF'S

[1:12:31] RECOMMENDATION AND GO FORWARD

[1:12:33] WITH THIS YEAR'S CYCLE WITHOUT

[1:12:34] ANY DELAY.

[1:12:35] >> Mayor Salwan: SO MOVED BY

[1:12:36] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[1:12:37] IS THERE A SECOND?

[1:12:39] >> Councilmember Zhang: I

[1:12:40] SECOND.

[1:12:41] >> Mayor Salwan: SECONDED BY

[1:12:42] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

[1:12:43] SO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS

[1:12:46] ACTED ON PRIOR TO THE OTHER

[1:12:47] MOTION.

[1:12:48] SO AGAIN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER

[1:12:50] SHAO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER

[1:12:51] ZHANG.

[1:12:53] THIS IS TO SUPPORT STAFF

[1:12:54] RECOMMENDATION.

[1:12:55] OKAY?

[1:12:56] ALL RIGHT.

[1:12:57] PLEASE VOTE.

[1:12:58] >> Councilmember Zhang: HOW DO

[1:12:59] WE DO THAT?

[1:13:00] >> Mayor Salwan: SO IF YOU --

[1:13:01] OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENED IS

[1:13:02] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO MADE A

[1:13:03] SUBSTITUTE MOTION WHICH MEANS HE

[1:13:06] WANTS TO SUPPORT THE STAFF

[1:13:08] RECOMMENDATION --

[1:13:09] >> Councilmember Zhang: SO WE'RE

[1:13:10] GOING VOTE ON SHAO'S SUBSTITUTE

[1:13:11] MOTION?

[1:13:12] >> Mayor Salwan: YEAH.

[1:13:13] AND I WAS GOING TO JUST SUGGEST,

[1:13:16] IF IT'S OKAY, INSTEAD OF 4%,

[1:13:18] COULD YOU DO 3% SO IT'S IN

[1:13:19] PARITY WITH THE STAFF RAISES?

[1:13:21] IS THAT SOMETHING YOU --

[1:13:22] >> Councilmember Shao: YES, I

[1:13:24] CERTAINLY CAN MODIFY MY ORIGINAL

[1:13:26] MOTION TO CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE

[1:13:30] OF INCREASE FROM 4% TO 3%, AND

[1:13:32] STILL GO WITH THE CYCLE AND

[1:13:35] WITHOUT ANY DELAY OR ANY IMPACT

[1:13:38] ON THE INCOMING CITY

[1:13:39] COUNCILMEMBERS' SALARY.

[1:13:40] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:13:42] AND THAT'S VERY GENEROUS OF YOU

[1:13:44] BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE HERE.

[1:13:46] >> Councilmember Shao: RIGHT,

[1:13:47] FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

[1:13:48] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:13:49] ZHANG, DOES YOUR SECOND STILL

[1:13:50] STAND?

[1:13:51] >> Councilmember Zhang:

[1:13:52] RELUCTANTLY BECAUSE I WANTED THE

[1:13:55] PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IS

[1:13:58] EVERY TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE

[1:14:01] ARE GETTING THE CITY COUNCIL

[1:14:03] EVALUATION, AND TO COME OUT WITH

[1:14:04] INFLATION, ET CETERA.

[1:14:05] SO IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS, IT'S

[1:14:06] NOT EVERY YEAR.

[1:14:08] SO IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU

[1:14:10] AVERAGED OUT, EVERY ONE YEAR,

[1:14:11] YOU WILL GET 2%.

[1:14:13] I MEAN, I DON'T DO THE MATH BUT

[1:14:15] I REALLY THINK -- I MEAN, I

[1:14:17] WOULD LIKE IN THE FUTURE FOR ALL

[1:14:23] CITY COUNCILS TO USE THIS

[1:14:26] CAREFULNESS AND STUDY TO FOCUS

[1:14:28] ON MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES,

[1:14:31] BECAUSE TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING

[1:14:33] WHICH REQUIRES A LARGE AMOUNT OF

[1:14:36] MONEY FOR CITIES'

[1:14:38] INFRASTRUCTURE, BIG DECISION,

[1:14:40] AND I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT

[1:14:41] ELSE TO SAY.

[1:14:43] I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A

[1:14:45] BIG PICTURE AND BIG VISION FOR

[1:14:46] OUR CITY.

[1:14:50] AND IF WE DON'T EVALUATE OUR

[1:14:52] OWN WORK, NOBODY IS GOING TO DO

[1:14:53] THAT.

[1:14:55] AND I ALSO THINK MAYBE IN THE

[1:14:57] FUTURE, IF SOMEBODY THINKS WE

[1:15:00] ARE OVERLY PAID AND THEY CAN

[1:15:03] VOTE TO GET THEIR SALARY

[1:15:04] INCREASE AWAY.

[1:15:05] ALL RIGHT.

[1:15:06] SO --

[1:15:07] >> Mayor Salwan: JUST TO

[1:15:08] CONFIRM, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE

[1:15:09] 3%?

[1:15:10] >> Councilmember Zhang:

[1:15:11] RELUCTANTLY.

[1:15:12] I WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER --

[1:15:13] >> Mayor Salwan: BUT YOU STILL

[1:15:14] SECOND, THOUGH?

[1:15:15] >> Councilmember Zhang: SECOND,

[1:15:16] YES.

[1:15:17] >> Mayor Salwan: PLEASE VOTE.

[1:15:18] OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER

[1:15:19] KIMBERLIN.

[1:15:20] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: SO I

[1:15:21] THINK TIMING IS EVERYTHING AND I

[1:15:22] THINK THAT'S WHAT MY PROBLEM

[1:15:24] WITH THIS IS, ALIGNING WITH

[1:15:25] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, THAT YOU

[1:15:30] KNOW, WE HAD JUST MADE ALL

[1:15:32] THESE CUTS THAT WE CAN'T BRING

[1:15:34] BACK, WE'VE HAD TO REALLY

[1:15:35] NEGOTIATE -- IT TOOK A LONG

[1:15:36] TIME, A LOT OF NEGOTIATION WITH

[1:15:39] OUR UNIONS, AND WE STILL HAVE

[1:15:41] ONE THAT'S OPEN AND NOT

[1:15:43] FINISHED, AND IT JUST DOESN'T

[1:15:44] FEEL -- IT FEELS LIKE THE TIMING

[1:15:46] IS WRONG, IT FEELS LIKE IT SENDS

[1:15:48] THE WRONG MESSAGE.

[1:15:51] I THINK THAT YES, WE DO VALUE

[1:15:53] WHAT WE DO, BUT THE TIMING IS

[1:15:55] EVERYTHING AND WE REALLY NEED TO

[1:15:57] SHOW OUR PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITY,

[1:15:59] WE'RE WITH THEM.

[1:16:01] I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON

[1:16:03] SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GOING TO

[1:16:04] SAY ABOUT THAT.

[1:16:05] >> Mayor Salwan: WHILE YOU THINK

[1:16:07] OF THAT, IT WILL ONLY AFFECT THE

[1:16:10] PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED AT THAT

[1:16:11] TIME.

[1:16:12] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: AND

[1:16:13] IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY SO I DO

[1:16:14] HOPE PEOPLE -- WE KNOW IT'S NOT

[1:16:17] A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S THE

[1:16:19] ACTION THAT -- FOR ME, ACTION

[1:16:21] SPEAKS LOUDER FOR WORDS SO FOR

[1:16:23] ME, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH

[1:16:25] THAT AND I WILL VERY STRONGLY

[1:16:26] CONSIDER DONATING MY PORTION TO

[1:16:27] TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS.

[1:16:29] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:16:30] WITH THAT, LET'S VOTE.

[1:16:38] MOTION PASSES, FOUR AYES, THREE

[1:16:39] NAYS.

[1:16:40] ALL RIGHT.

[1:16:41] THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF.

[1:16:48] NEXT WE HAVE A COUNCIL REFERRAL

[1:16:49] FROM COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[1:16:51] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[1:16:52] YOU, MAYOR.

[1:16:56] COULD I HAVE OUR

[1:16:57] DIRECTOR UP HERE?

[1:16:59] I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL BE

[1:17:02] ALLOWING QUESTIONS.

[1:17:15] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: STAFF

[1:17:18] CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT LIMITED

[1:17:19] QUESTIONS.

[1:17:21] WE HAVEN'T DONE ANALYSIS OR

[1:17:23] ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT --

[1:17:24] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:17:26] KENG, I THINK YOU SHOULD PRESENT

[1:17:27] YOUR REFERRAL AND THEN IF NEEDED

[1:17:28] STAFF CAN CHIME IN.

[1:17:29] >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY.

[1:17:30] ALL RIGHT.

[1:17:32] SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND

[1:17:33] COLLEAGUES.

[1:17:35] I'M BRINGING THIS REFERRAL

[1:17:37] FORWARD BECAUSE FOR MANY YEARS I

[1:17:38] HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN

[1:17:40] NORTH FREMONT ABOUT THE NEED FOR

[1:17:41] A COMMUNITY SPACE CLOSER TO

[1:17:42] HOME.

[1:17:44] DISTRICT 1 IS A LARGE AND

[1:17:46] GROWING PART OF OUR CITY, YET

[1:17:48] RESIDENTS IN NORTH FREMONT HAVE

[1:17:50] LIMITED ACCESS TO CITY COMMUNITY

[1:17:54] FACILITIES IN THEIR IMMEDIATE

[1:17:55] AREA.

[1:17:56] FOR MANY FAMILIES AND ESPECIALLY

[1:17:57] FOR OUR SENIORS, PARTICIPATING

[1:17:59] IN PROGRAMS OFTEN MEANS

[1:18:02] TRAVELING TO CENTRAL OR SOUTH

[1:18:03] FREMONT.

[1:18:04] THAT DISTANCE CAN BECOME A REAL

[1:18:05] BARRIER TO PARTICIPATION.

[1:18:08] OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WE

[1:18:10] HAVE RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT

[1:18:12] AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM

[1:18:13] RESIDENTS SUPPORTING THIS

[1:18:14] REFERRAL.

[1:18:17] WHAT I'VE FOUND ESPECIALLY

[1:18:18] MEANINGFUL IS THE RANGE OF NEEDS

[1:18:20] PEOPLE HAVE IDENTIFIED.

[1:18:21] PARENTS TALKED ABOUT

[1:18:22] AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER

[1:18:25] CAMPS AND YOUTH RECREATION,

[1:18:27] SENIORS ASK FOR ACTIVITIES,

[1:18:30] WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND PLACES TO

[1:18:31] SOCIALIZE.

[1:18:32] OTHERS TALKED ABOUT CLASSES,

[1:18:33] CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY

[1:18:35] MEETINGS AND SIMPLY HAVING A

[1:18:37] PLACE WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN GATHER

[1:18:39] AND CONNECT.

[1:18:43] ONE RESIDENT EVEN SHARED A

[1:18:44] CHILDHOOD MEMORY OF GOING TO THE

[1:18:45] SMALL COMMUNITY ROOM AT

[1:18:48] NORTHGATE PARK FOR ACTIVITIES

[1:18:49] AND ARTS AND CRAFTS DESCRIBING

[1:18:51] THOSE EXPERIENCES AS THE

[1:18:52] HIGHLIGHT OF HER WEEK AND SAYING

[1:18:55] THAT SHE WOULD LOVE FOR TODAY'S

[1:18:56] GENERATION OF CHILDREN AND TEAMS

[1:18:59] TO HAVE THOSE SAME

[1:19:00] OPPORTUNITIES.

[1:19:02] I THINK THAT REALLY CAPTURES

[1:19:07] WHAT THIS REFERRAL IS ABOUT.

[1:19:10] A COMMUNITY CENTER IS MORNING A

[1:19:12] BUILDING, IT IS A INFRASTRUCTURE

[1:19:13] FOR COMMUNITY.

[1:19:14] CHILDREN GROW UP, SENIORS STAY

[1:19:16] ACTIVE AND CONNECTED, FAMILIES

[1:19:17] PARTICIPATE TOGETHER AND

[1:19:18] NEIGHBORS FROM DIFFERENT

[1:19:20] BACKGROUNDS GET TO KNOW ONE

[1:19:21] ANOTHER.

[1:19:22] I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR

[1:19:23] ABOUT THE REFERRAL, IT'S ASKING

[1:19:25] FOR COUNCIL TO DO TONIGHT.

[1:19:27] IT IS NOT ASKING FOR US TO

[1:19:29] APPROVE CONSTRUCTION OF A

[1:19:30] COMMUNITY CENTER OR COMMIT THE

[1:19:33] CITY TO A PARTICULAR SITE OR

[1:19:34] EXPENDITURE.

[1:19:37] IT IS ASKING FOR US TO TAKE THE

[1:19:39] FIRST RESPONSIBLE STEP TO DIRECT

[1:19:41] STAFF TO ANALYZE WHAT IS

[1:19:42] POSSIBLE.

[1:19:44] THAT ANALYSIS SHOULD LOOK AT

[1:19:46] POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, THE TYPES

[1:19:49] OF PROGRAM AND SERVICES OUR

[1:19:50] RESIDENTS NEED, PRELIMINARY

[1:19:51] CONSTRUCTION COSTS, POSSIBLE

[1:19:54] FUNDING SOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS

[1:19:56] AND HOW THE FACILITY COULD BE

[1:19:59] OPERATED SUSTAINABLY OVER THE

[1:20:00] LONG RUN.

[1:20:03] WE HAVE ALSO HEARD SOME

[1:20:05] INTERESTING IDEAS FROM THE

[1:20:07] COMMUNITY ABOUT POTENTIAL

[1:20:11] LOCATIONS AND USES BUT I THINK

[1:20:12] ULTIMATELY THIS REFERRAL IS

[1:20:15] ABOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CITY

[1:20:17] SERVICES AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE

[1:20:19] OF NORTH FREMONT.

[1:20:21] I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL

[1:20:23] SUPPORT TAKING THIS FIRST STEP

[1:20:26] SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE

[1:20:28] FEASIBILITY, COST AND

[1:20:30] OPPORTUNITIES ENGAGING THE

[1:20:32] COMMUNITY AND BRING BACK

[1:20:33] REALISTIC OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO

[1:20:34] CONSIDER.

[1:20:35] THANK YOU.

[1:20:40] ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER

[1:20:41] KENG?

[1:20:45] GO AHEAD.

[1:20:46] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK

[1:20:47] YOU.

[1:20:48] SO THANK YOU FOR THE REFERRAL,

[1:20:51] AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS

[1:20:52] OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE

[1:20:53] COUNCIL AND SHARE WITH COMMUNITY

[1:20:57] MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF

[1:20:59] THIS BUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME

[1:21:04] NOW, OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY

[1:21:05] SERVICES HAS BEEN WORKING ON

[1:21:07] ACQUIRING MORE PARKLAND, SO WE

[1:21:08] WORK WITH A REAL ESTATE

[1:21:11] CONSULTANT WHO HELPS US IDENTIFY

[1:21:12] THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

[1:21:13] ALL THROUGHOUT FREMONT,

[1:21:15] INCLUDING NORTH FREMONT.

[1:21:18] AND WE HAVE HEARD THIS COMMENT

[1:21:20] ABOUT NORTH FREMONT MANY TIMES

[1:21:21] BEFORE.

[1:21:23] I THINK IT'S NORTHGATE PARK,

[1:21:27] KIM, WHERE WE HAVE THE

[1:21:29] ROOF, KIND OF LIKE THE ARBOR

[1:21:31] AREA, SO THAT AREA, THAT

[1:21:35] LOCATION WILL BE PROGRAMMED, YOU

[1:21:37] KNOW, FOR THE YOUTH COMING UP.

[1:21:40] SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT AND

[1:21:43] REMIND FOLKS THAT THAT WORK IS

[1:21:46] HAPPENING, IT'S ONGOING, WE HAVE

[1:21:51] A LOT OF OTHER HIGH PRIORITY

[1:21:53] PARK ACQUISITIONS THAT WE'RE

[1:21:55] WORKING ON, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION

[1:21:56] OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT

[1:21:59] CENTRAL PARK, AND SO STAFF

[1:22:02] RESOURCES ARE DEDICATED TO THOSE

[1:22:05] PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AMONG MANY

[1:22:06] OTHERS.

[1:22:09] SO I JUST WANT TO SET THAT STAGE

[1:22:11] BEFORE THE COUNCIL MAKES A

[1:22:15] DECISION ON HOW TO DIRECT

[1:22:17] STAFF RESOURCES BECAUSE, YOU

[1:22:19] KNOW, FOR EVERYTHING WE ADD,

[1:22:21] SOMETHING HAS TO GO.

[1:22:24] AND AGAIN, MY MAIN POINT IS TO

[1:22:26] ASSURE THE COUNCIL THAT THIS

[1:22:28] WORK IS HAPPENING ON A

[1:22:29] CONTINUOUS BASIS.

[1:22:33] >> Mayor Salwan: SO YOU MAKE TWO

[1:22:34] POINTS.

[1:22:35] ONE PART IS THE SERVICES, THE

[1:22:36] OTHER PART IS THE FACILITY, SO

[1:22:37] YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK ON BOTH.

[1:22:40] SEEING NO QUESTIONS, MAYBE LET'S

[1:22:41] GO TO COMMENTS THEN.

[1:22:42] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[1:22:44] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[1:22:45] THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[1:22:46] AND --

[1:22:47] >> Mayor Salwan: IF EVERYBODY

[1:22:48] COULD JUST HIT THE BUTTON JUST

[1:22:50] SO WE CAN KEEP THIS GOING?

[1:22:51] YEAH.

[1:22:52] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: SO I

[1:22:53] JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M HAPPY TO

[1:22:54] SEE THIS BROUGHT FORWARD.

[1:22:55] I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR AT LEAST

[1:22:58] THE LAST 10 YEARS HOW PEOPLE IN

[1:23:00] NORTH FREMONT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE

[1:23:01] ON AN ISLAND, THEY'RE NOT

[1:23:02] CONNECTED WITH THE REST OF

[1:23:03] FREMONT.

[1:23:06] AND I DO REALIZE THAT NOW MAY

[1:23:09] NOT BE TIME TO ASK FOR THIS BUT

[1:23:11] IF WE DON'T ASK FOR IT AT SOME

[1:23:12] TIME AND DON'T START WORKING ON

[1:23:14] IT SO MAYBE THIS REFERRAL CAN BE

[1:23:15] ON A SLOWER TRACK OR SOMETHING

[1:23:17] BUT TO JUST GET IT ON THE RADAR

[1:23:19] AND GET IT WORKING, EVEN IF IT

[1:23:21] WORKS SLOWLY, SO THAT IT STAYS

[1:23:24] ON THE RADAR, SO THAT WOULD BE

[1:23:25] MY FEEDBACK.

[1:23:28] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:23:31] ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN?

[1:23:32] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO?

[1:23:35] >> Councilmember Shao: THOUSAND,

[1:23:36] MR. MAYOR.

[1:23:38] THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[1:23:42] IDEALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

[1:23:46] COMMUNITY CENTER SET UP IN VERY

[1:23:47] STRATEGICALLY PLACED LOCATIONS

[1:23:48] WHERE JUST LIKE OUR PARKS, WE

[1:23:50] HAVE A SLOGAN LIKE WITHIN 10

[1:23:51] MINUTES WALK, YOU CAN WALK TO A

[1:23:53] PARK, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE,

[1:23:55] YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE

[1:24:00] COMMUNITY CENTERS SPREAD OUT

[1:24:03] THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT THE

[1:24:04] CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTING

[1:24:09] DISTRICT 4, I -- MISSION SAN

[1:24:10] JOSÉ DOESN'T HAVE A COMMUNITY

[1:24:13] CENTER, AND RIGHT NOW AS WE

[1:24:17] KNOW, THE CITY IS FOCUSING ON

[1:24:20] THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER IN

[1:24:21] CENTRAL PARK, AND BECAUSE OF THE

[1:24:25] LACK OF FUNDING, WE HAVE CHANGED

[1:24:28] THE WHOLE PROJECT INTO TWO

[1:24:29] PHASES, PENDING FUTURE FUNDING

[1:24:30] FOR THE SECOND PHASE.

[1:24:34] THAT NOT ONLY SHOWED FLEXIBILITY

[1:24:37] IN OUR PLANNING, BUT ALSO SHOWS

[1:24:38] THE REALITY THAT WE JUST DON'T

[1:24:39] HAVE FUNDING.

[1:24:42] TALKING ABOUT WHICH WE HAVE A

[1:24:43] PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

[1:24:47] AND THEN THE NEW CITY HALL AND

[1:24:50] ALL THOSE -- THEY ONLY EXIST ON

[1:24:51] PAPER.

[1:24:52] AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED?

[1:24:56] NOT EVEN A PENNY HAS BEEN PUT

[1:24:58] INTO THAT DIRECTION.

[1:25:04] SO I AGREE, YOU KNOW, IT IS

[1:25:05] IMPORTANT TO DO SOME STUDY AND

[1:25:07] SOME RESEARCH AND EVENTUALLY PUT

[1:25:08] SOMETHING ON PAPER.

[1:25:12] BUT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE FACING

[1:25:13] AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW,

[1:25:16] IN THE PAST, EVEN IF LET'S JUST

[1:25:20] SAY THE STAFF COMES UP WITH A

[1:25:21] PLAN, THAT'S JUST A PLAN.

[1:25:25] AND THAT'S STILL FAR FROM

[1:25:26] REALITY.

[1:25:29] GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT

[1:25:34] THE STAFF HAS ON HAND, I

[1:25:36] JUST WANT TO SEE, I HAVE A

[1:25:37] QUESTION WHETHER IT IS URGENT

[1:25:39] FOR THIS REFERRAL OR NOT.

[1:25:42] THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

[1:25:46] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:25:48] I THINK YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A

[1:25:49] QUESTION IN YOUR MIND, CORRECT?

[1:25:51] >> Councilmember Shao: WHETHER

[1:25:53] WE HAVE TO DO IT IN LIKE SAY

[1:25:55] WITHIN HALF AN HOUR -- A YEAR TO

[1:25:58] COME UP WITH SOMETHING, OR WE

[1:26:02] CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT ON

[1:26:06] EVERYONE'S MIND AND THEN WHEN

[1:26:09] WE SEE A RAY OF LIGHT FURTHER IN

[1:26:13] THE HORIZON, YOU KNOW, AND OUR

[1:26:17] FISCAL CONDITION GETS IMPROVED,

[1:26:19] MORE CERTAINTY IN OUR FUTURE

[1:26:21] FINANCE, MAYBE THAT'S A TIME

[1:26:23] WHEN WE REVISIT THIS TOPIC.

[1:26:29] BUT I THINK

[1:26:32] COUNCILMEMBER -- I THANK

[1:26:33] COUNCILMEMBER KIM FOR REMINING

[1:26:38] KENG FOR REMINDING US,

[1:26:42] THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE ELECTED

[1:26:44] WHEN THIS REFERRAL WAS MADE SO

[1:26:46] IT JUST SHOWS HOW SLOW IT IS FOR

[1:26:47] THE WHOLE PROCESS TO GET MONEY

[1:26:50] AND REALLY GET THINGS DONE IN

[1:26:53] TERMS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

[1:26:54] CONSTRUCTION.

[1:27:00] SO I JUST WANT TO POSTPONE THIS

[1:27:01] REFERRAL.

[1:27:03] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:27:05] I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST WEIGH

[1:27:06] IN.

[1:27:09] I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A COMMUNITY

[1:27:11] PLACE PLUS PROGRAMMING IN

[1:27:12] DISTRICT 1.

[1:27:13] I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN

[1:27:16] ELEVATE TO ANOTHER LEVEL, IS I

[1:27:17] FEEL LIKE IN THE SCHOOL

[1:27:18] DISTRICT, WE HAVE LIKE THE

[1:27:19] FACILITIES PLAN, AND THAT'S

[1:27:22] ALWAYS LIKE A GUIDING FORCE LIKE

[1:27:23] THESE ARE ALL THE NEEDS WE

[1:27:24] HAVE.

[1:27:25] IN THE CITY, SO WE HAVE SOME

[1:27:27] THINGS THAT ARE POORLY

[1:27:30] MAINTAINED, SOME THAT WE NEED TO

[1:27:32] BUILD BRAND NEW.

[1:27:33] IF YOU LOOK AT THIS COMMUNITY

[1:27:34] CENTER, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO CLOSE

[1:27:36] THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE

[1:27:37] CENTRAL PARK BEFORE WE GOT THE

[1:27:38] NEW ONE BUILT.

[1:27:40] SO IT WAS ON ITS LAST LEG, AND

[1:27:43] THAT KIND OF SHOWS THAT WE HAVE

[1:27:45] DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THINGS

[1:27:50] ARE NOT COMING ALONG AS

[1:27:51] WE'D LIKE.

[1:27:52] WE ALSO HAVE IRVINGTON LIBRARY

[1:27:54] THAT HAS SOME ISSUES WHERE IT'S

[1:27:56] NOT VIABLE FOR A LIBRARY.

[1:28:00] SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN

[1:28:01] MAYBE HAVE LIKE A FACILITIES

[1:28:04] CONDITION PLAN, LIKE ITEMIZE ALL

[1:28:05] THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WE HAVE,

[1:28:08] THE COMMUNITY PLACES, AND SEE

[1:28:11] HOW WE CAN, ONE, ANALYZE LIKE

[1:28:14] THEIR HVAC, THEIR ROOFING, THE

[1:28:15] INTERNAL COMPONENTS, AND SO

[1:28:16] FORTH.

[1:28:18] AND HAVE A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

[1:28:20] TO SEE WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE

[1:28:21] IN.

[1:28:23] AND ALSO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY

[1:28:24] WORTHWHILE TO KIND OF LOOK AT

[1:28:26] THE SERVICE COVERAGE GAP BECAUSE

[1:28:28] THERE MAY BE -- YOU KNOW,

[1:28:29] SOMETIMES EMOTIONALLY WE'LL SAY

[1:28:31] YEAH, DISTRICT 1 DOESN'T HAVE

[1:28:33] IT, BUT SOMETIMES, HOLD ON,

[1:28:34] MAYBE IT'S THAT AREA THAT'S

[1:28:35] MISSING OUT AND WE HADN'T EVEN

[1:28:36] THOUGHT OF THAT.

[1:28:38] SO I THINK THAT WOULD NOT BE A

[1:28:39] BAD IDEA TO LOOK AT.

[1:28:41] AND JUST FROM A HIGHER LEVEL, IT

[1:28:43] COMES DOWN TO FUNDING, SO IF

[1:28:45] LET'S SAY IN THE FUTURE WE

[1:28:46] DECIDE TO DO SOME BOND OR

[1:28:49] SOMETHING TO FUND THE DISTRICT 1

[1:28:51] COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, WE

[1:28:53] NEED EVERYBODY IN FREMONT TO

[1:28:55] HAVE BUY-IN IN THAT.

[1:28:57] SO YOU WANT PEOPLE IN DISTRICT

[1:28:59] 5, IN DISTRICT 4, IN DISTRICT 3,

[1:29:00] SO THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN IT

[1:29:01] FOR THEM AS WELL.

[1:29:05] SO LOS CERRITOS, I THINK IT'S

[1:29:07] CALLED, I WENT THERE, IT LOOKED

[1:29:08] LIKE IT WAS THE 1970s WITH THE

[1:29:09] WOOD PANELS.

[1:29:11] AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR

[1:29:12] FACILITIES ARE REALLY IN BAD

[1:29:13] SHAPE.

[1:29:17] SO I DO THINK WE SHOULD LOOK

[1:29:18] AT THAT AND A HAVE SOME DATA

[1:29:19] POINTS.

[1:29:20] I THINK PART OF THE STRUGGLE

[1:29:21] ALSO WITH THIS REVENUE MEASURE

[1:29:22] WAS WE COULDN'T REALLY DEFINE

[1:29:24] WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, YOU KNOW?

[1:29:27] I REMEMBER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

[1:29:29] SAID WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS

[1:29:30] IN WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, NEGLECTED

[1:29:31] NEEDS.

[1:29:32] WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER, YOU

[1:29:33] KNOW?

[1:29:35] AND SO IF WE KNOW THAT, YOU

[1:29:40] KNOW, CERRITOS NEEDS THIS, THE

[1:29:42] OTHER IRVINGTON LIBRARY NEEDS A

[1:29:46] NEW ROOF OR WHATEVER, I THINK AT

[1:29:48] LEAST WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT, SO

[1:29:51] THAT WAY IT'S NOT LIKE A ONE OFF

[1:29:52] LIKE TOMORROW COUNCILMEMBER

[1:29:53] ZHANG DOESN'T SAY I NEED A

[1:29:54] MISSION SAN JOSÉ COMMUNITY

[1:29:55] CENTER.

[1:29:56] OR -- SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I

[1:29:58] WOULD TRY TO LOOK AT, IS HOW DO

[1:30:02] WE NOT ONLY LOOK AT

[1:30:03] DISTRICT 1, OVERALL

[1:30:04] COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK AT THAT.

[1:30:05] I THINK THAT WOULD BE RATHER

[1:30:07] HELPFUL, WHETHER WE DO A REVENUE

[1:30:08] MEASURE THROUGH SALES TAX OR A

[1:30:10] BOND OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THEN

[1:30:11] IT'S TANGIBLE FOR PEOPLE.

[1:30:13] I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3, AND I'M

[1:30:15] GOING TO -- MY COMMUNITY CENTER

[1:30:18] IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED.

[1:30:19] I'M IN DISTRICT 1, I'M GOING TO

[1:30:20] GET A ROBUST COMMUNITY CENTER.

[1:30:22] AND THEN IT'S REAL, IT'S NOT

[1:30:24] JUST SOMETHING ON PAPER THAT WE

[1:30:25] LIKE TO SEE SOMEDAY, IT'S

[1:30:27] SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, WE CAN GO

[1:30:29] OUT AND SAY THESE ARE THE NEEDS

[1:30:30] WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

[1:30:31] SO SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE ALL OF

[1:30:32] US TO THINK ABOUT AND I FEEL

[1:30:33] LIKE SOMETHING -- MAYBE ONE

[1:30:37] THING WE HAVE

[1:30:40] THAT IS MORE THAN THE CITY

[1:30:41] MANAGER WANTS TO HEAR.

[1:30:44] I'LL HAVE HER WEIGH IN ANY FEET

[1:30:46] BACK OR CONCERNS.

[1:30:49] WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP, YEAH,

[1:30:51] YES, SIR.

[1:30:52] >> Karena Shackelford: THANK

[1:30:56] YOU, MAYOR SALWAN.

[1:30:58] SO THE FACILITIES PLAN THAT YOU

[1:31:01] SPEAK OF, SO YES, WE DO HAVE

[1:31:02] ONE.

[1:31:03] AND WE WILL BE UPDATING IT.

[1:31:06] I THINK IT WAS LAST UPDATED

[1:31:07] SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

[1:31:09] SO YOUR POINT ON THAT IS WELL

[1:31:10] TAKEN.

[1:31:11] AND THEN AS FAR AS PARKS AND

[1:31:14] COMMUNITIES CENTERS, I THINK THE

[1:31:17] PARKS MASTER PLAN IT DOES

[1:31:18] EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE

[1:31:19] SUGGESTING IN TERMS OF

[1:31:22] IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE WE NEED

[1:31:25] MORE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY

[1:31:26] AREAS.

[1:31:27] SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS

[1:31:28] ALREADY IN PLACE.

[1:31:30] BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO, YOU

[1:31:31] KNOW, TO UPDATE THINGS.

[1:31:35] SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

[1:31:37] AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD

[1:31:38] POINTS.

[1:31:41] AND SOME WORK IS ALREADY DONE

[1:31:43] AND SOME WORK IS UNDERWAY.

[1:31:44] >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD.

[1:31:45] I TRIED TO LOOK UP THE FACILITY

[1:31:47] PLAN, I COULDN'T FIND ONE.

[1:31:49] AND THE PARK MASTER PLAN, IT IS

[1:31:51] JUST A HIGH LEVEL NEEDS BUT I

[1:31:52] DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN FLUSHED

[1:31:54] IDENTITY, LOOKING AT THE

[1:31:58] ROOFING, THE HVAC, THE

[1:31:59] STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS.

[1:32:01] IF WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT

[1:32:04] DEEPER, WE HAVE 100,000 NEEDED

[1:32:07] HERE, WE HAVE 50 NEEDED HERE,

[1:32:09] THAT CAN BE MORE TANGIBLE.

[1:32:11] I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS MORE

[1:32:14] WILLING TO SPEND MONEY WHEN THEY

[1:32:15] KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO

[1:32:17] GO, RATHER THAN OKAY, THEY ARE

[1:32:19] GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR

[1:32:21] SALARIES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

[1:32:23] THIS IS ME TALKING OUTLOUD.

[1:32:27] I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE LONG

[1:32:28] TERM VISION, RATHER THAN THE

[1:32:31] ONE OFF REFERRAL.

[1:32:33] TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE.

[1:32:35] IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS

[1:32:39] AND COME BACK OR SPEAK NOW?

[1:32:41] >> Councilmember Zhang: YES,

[1:32:43] FROM WHAT YOU SAID, REMIND ME

[1:32:45] WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE SCHOOL

[1:32:47] DISTRIBUTE AND WE PASSED MEASURE

[1:32:48] M.

[1:32:49] WE HAVE TO COME WITH A VERY

[1:32:52] DETAILED PLAN OF WHY WE NEED TO

[1:32:55] HAVE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED

[1:32:59] TO THE MEASURE M BECAUSE WE HAVE

[1:33:01] SO MANY PROGRAMS IN THE PLAN,

[1:33:04] AND EACH SCHOOL AND THE

[1:33:07] FACILITIES AND WHAT'S THE DOLLAR

[1:33:08] AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THAT.

[1:33:10] AND THAT WOULD CONVINCE THE

[1:33:14] CITIZEN TO PASS THE MEASURE.

[1:33:17] IRTHINK IF WE WANT TO MOVE

[1:33:19] FORWARD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE

[1:33:21] THING WE HAVE TO START THERE.

[1:33:23] I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT THAT TO

[1:33:27] WORK ON THE FACILITIES PLAN AND

[1:33:28] THE PARK RECREATION UPDATE.

[1:33:30] AND THEN WE CAN LOOK OVERALL

[1:33:32] WHICH PLACE WE CAN PUT, OF

[1:33:34] COURSE I KNOW DISTRICT 1 IS IN

[1:33:35] NEED.

[1:33:37] BUT ALSO MY SECOND THOUGHT IS

[1:33:39] WITH THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN

[1:33:40] CENTER, IS IN USE AND WE'RE

[1:33:42] GOING TO BUILD A NEW ONE AND

[1:33:44] THEN THAT'S GOING TO IN TWO

[1:33:45] YEARS RIGHT?

[1:33:47] WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP MORE

[1:33:48] CAPACITIES.

[1:33:49] SO WHETHER THAT WOULD ALSO SOLVE

[1:33:50] SOME OF THE ISSUES.

[1:33:51] YES.

[1:33:52] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, SO I

[1:33:54] SEE TWO MORE COUNCILMEMBERS WANT

[1:33:55] TO SPEAK.

[1:33:57] DO YOU WANT TO TO OPEN IT UP

[1:33:58] STORE THE PUBLIC?

[1:34:00] OKAY, LET'S GIVE IT TO THE

[1:34:03] PUBLIC.

[1:34:04] >> Alberto Quintanilla: WE

[1:34:06] HAVE THREE SPEAKERS CARDS.

[1:34:09] >> Mayor Salwan: THREE MINUTES

[1:34:10] EACH.

[1:34:14] >> Alberto Quintanilla:

[1:34:17] (SAYING NAMES).

[1:34:20] >> GOOD EVENING, I'M JAMES, I

[1:34:24] LIVE ON DISTRICT 1 ON LAKE

[1:34:25] READ.

[1:34:28] I'VE LID THERE SINCE 1999.

[1:34:31] I'VE RAISED MY KIDS THERE, I'M

[1:34:32] NOW RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER

[1:34:33] THERE.

[1:34:34] THE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE THERE

[1:34:37] WOULD MAKE GREAT FACILITIES AND

[1:34:38] HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS

[1:34:40] WELL.

[1:34:42] AND IT COULD BE A GREAT CULTURAL

[1:34:44] CENTER.

[1:34:46] THE REASON I CAME TONIGHT IS

[1:34:49] BECAUSE I JUST RECENTLY FOUND

[1:34:50] OUT THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE

[1:34:54] THERE HAVE BEEN EVICTED, AND

[1:34:57] THAT THE CURRENT PLAN AT LEAST

[1:34:59] FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS TO

[1:35:02] MOTH BALL THEM UNTIL FURTHER

[1:35:03] NOTICE.

[1:35:05] THAT CONCERNS ME, FROM A

[1:35:10] TRANSIENT PERSPECTIVE.

[1:35:13] ADDITIONALLY I THINK, FROM WHAT

[1:35:15] I HAVE READ, THE ONLY NUMBERS

[1:35:17] THAT WERE PRESENTED WERE FOR

[1:35:20] DEMOLITION, AND NOT FOR OTHER

[1:35:24] OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

[1:35:27] IF THOSE WERE RESTORED.

[1:35:31] I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU

[1:35:33] LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE

[1:35:34] POINT.

[1:35:36] YES, I KNOW MONEY'S TIGHT, TIGHT

[1:35:37] EVERYWHERE.

[1:35:41] THIS DOES NOTE HAVE TO BE A SLAM

[1:35:43] DUNK RIGHT TODAY SORT OF THING,

[1:35:45] IT COULD BE AN INCREMENTAL

[1:35:46] APPROACH.

[1:35:47] BUT I ALSO THINK IT COULD ALSO

[1:35:50] BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

[1:35:54] BECAUSE THE CERT TEAM, COMMUNITY

[1:35:55] EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM IS ALSO

[1:35:56] LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PUT

[1:35:58] RESOURCES ON THAT SIDE OF THE

[1:36:00] COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE CLOSEST

[1:36:04] ONE IS ARDENWOOD AND AN

[1:36:05] EARTHQUAKE ISN'T GOING TO DO US

[1:36:07] ANY GOOD IN THAT AREA.

[1:36:08] SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS

[1:36:10] THAT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE A

[1:36:13] WHAT IF APPROACH AND

[1:36:17] PERSPECTIVE, ASK AND I

[1:36:22] APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER KENG

[1:36:23] --

[1:36:24] >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT

[1:36:27] SPEAKER, (SAYING NAMES) FOLLOWED

[1:36:28] BY SPHAIMS NAPLES.

[1:36:29] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[1:36:30] COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M HERE TO

[1:36:32] STRONGLY SUPPORT 7 A BUT 20

[1:36:36] YEARS AGO I LIVED AT WATERTOWN

[1:36:39] MASSACHUSETTS, MET THIS SWEET

[1:36:43] OLD LADY WHO TOLD ME ABOUT

[1:36:48] HER DECEASED HUSBAND WHO SERVED

[1:36:51] IN WORLD WAR TWO.

[1:36:53] A COMMUNITY CENTER IS REALLY A

[1:36:54] PLACE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY BUILD A

[1:36:56] COMMUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS AND

[1:37:00] THE REALITIES WE INCREASING

[1:37:02] PLACES THAT BRING GENERATION,

[1:37:03] JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT A

[1:37:04] COMMUNITY CENTER COULD AND MIGHT

[1:37:05] BECOME.

[1:37:07] THIS IS NOT A MY STREET MY

[1:37:10] BACKYARD MY ISSUE THERE ARE I'M

[1:37:15] GOING TO INDICT YOU PUBLICLY,

[1:37:17] THIS IS ABOUT A WE, IT IS

[1:37:18] THOUGHT A ME QUESTION, RIGHT?

[1:37:21] SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO OWN VISION,

[1:37:22] IMAGINE A COMMUNITY CENTER OF

[1:37:24] THE FUTURE THAT CAN SERVE THIS

[1:37:25] COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT 250

[1:37:26] CAREERS?

[1:37:27] WHAT KIND OF LEGACY WOULD YOU

[1:37:28] LIKE TO LEAVE BEHIND, RIGHT?

[1:37:32] SO I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL AND

[1:37:33] ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO ASK

[1:37:35] STAFF TO THINK BIGGER, THINK

[1:37:37] BROADER, THINK BEYOND THE

[1:37:39] LIMITATIONS OF WHAT CONSTRAIN US

[1:37:40] TODAY AND THINK ABOUT THE KIND

[1:37:41] OF LEGACY AND THE KIND OF

[1:37:43] HISTORY THAT YOU WISH TO CREATE,

[1:37:44] RIGHT?

[1:37:46] AND SO THAT 100 YEARS THERE

[1:37:53] FROM NOW, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO

[1:37:55] LOOK BACK AND SAY IT IS THOUGHT

[1:37:56] AN INFRASTRUCTURE.

[1:37:57] INCREASINGLY, GOING BACK TO THE

[1:37:59] SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMENT RIGHT?

[1:38:00] SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE MORE

[1:38:04] EXTENSIVE TO RENT OUT, A LOCAL

[1:38:08] PTA THAT I HEARD FROM THEY SAID

[1:38:12] THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO HOST.

[1:38:14] HERE IS AN CROANL IMPROVEMENT TO

[1:38:17] HERE IS IS A SLIGHTLY BIGGER

[1:38:20] BOARD VISION TO A TRULY BIGGER

[1:38:25] MOON VISION, INCREASES

[1:38:29] INCREASES TAX REVENUE AND

[1:38:32] INCREASES A FREMONT FOR ALL.

[1:38:35] >> Alberto Quintanilla: FINAL

[1:38:37] SPEAKER IS PATRICIA.

[1:38:40] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND

[1:38:41] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[1:38:42] ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC

[1:38:47] RESOURCES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

[1:38:48] WITH THE MUSEUM OF LOCAL

[1:38:50] HISTORY, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE

[1:38:51] IDEA OF A COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT

[1:38:55] 1.

[1:38:59] SYLVESTER P. MARY COMMUNITY

[1:39:03] HARVEY COMMUNITY PARK

[1:39:07] IS SUITED FOR A NEW CENTER.

[1:39:09] THE HISTORIC HARVEY HOUSE AND

[1:39:12] THE SOCCER ANCESTRAL HOME

[1:39:14] REPRESENTING THE CONTINUOUS

[1:39:16] FARMING LEGACY PASSED DOWN FROM

[1:39:20] SON TO SON THERE 1856 TO 1975

[1:39:22] .

[1:39:24] THIS PROVIDES FREMONT WITH AN

[1:39:27] EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO

[1:39:29] ADAPTIVE REUSE.

[1:39:31] BY INTEGRATING BOTH THE

[1:39:33] STRUCTURES IN THE CENTER'S

[1:39:35] DESIGN AND SURROUNDING THEM WITH

[1:39:38] BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, WE PRESERVE

[1:39:41] THIS DEEP GENERATIONAL HISTORY

[1:39:44] WHILE CREATING AN INVALUABLE

[1:39:45] EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND SPACE

[1:39:48] FOR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND

[1:39:49] EXHIBITS.

[1:39:50] ON PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS THAT

[1:39:52] ARE ALREADY THERE.

[1:39:53] YOU'RE NOT STARTING THERE THE

[1:39:56] BEGINNING.

[1:39:59] OUR MODEL FOR SUCCESS THIS THE

[1:40:01] CALIFORNIA NURSERY HISTORIC PARK

[1:40:04] IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE HISTORIC

[1:40:06] STRUCTURES THRIVE ALONGSIDE

[1:40:07] ACTUAL COMMUNITY SPACE OWES.

[1:40:09] WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS

[1:40:11] UNIQUE PRESERVATION OPTION OF

[1:40:13] DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS AND I

[1:40:14] THANK YOU.

[1:40:18] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:40:19] NOBODY ONLINE, OKAY.

[1:40:21] GREAT.

[1:40:22] AND I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF CAN

[1:40:23] ANSWER.

[1:40:25] BUT THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, WHICH

[1:40:28] LOCATION WAS HE REFERRING TO?

[1:40:30] THE SAME ONE.

[1:40:31] OH, OKAY.

[1:40:32] GOT IT.

[1:40:35] OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[1:40:36] >> Councilmember Campbell: I

[1:40:38] WAS SORT OF THINKING ALONG THE

[1:40:40] SAME LINES BUT I HADN'T THOUGHT

[1:40:43] ABOUT THE HARVEY HOUSE OR THE

[1:40:46] SIL VEST TEFER PARK, IF WE COULD

[1:40:47] DOUGH SORT OF A PHASED IN

[1:40:48] APPROACH.

[1:40:50] I WAS THINKING BASED ON AT LEAST

[1:40:53] THE REFERRAL THEY WERE LOOKING

[1:40:54] AT PROGRAMS AS WELL, IF YOU

[1:40:56] ALREADY HAVE A STRUCTURE THERE,

[1:41:00] WHY COULDN'T YOU USE THE

[1:41:02] STRUCTURE TO DO SOME OF THE

[1:41:03] PROGRAMMATIC REQUESTS THAT ARE

[1:41:05] HERE, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IF

[1:41:06] THE FACILITY STILL EXISTS WHILE

[1:41:09] WE DO THE OTHER THINGS YOUR LONG

[1:41:10] RANGE PLAN, I LOVE THE IDEA

[1:41:12] ABOUT THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES

[1:41:15] PLAN, I WAS PART OF THE SCHOOL

[1:41:16] BOARD WHEN WE DID IT.

[1:41:17] >> Mayor Salwan: HEARD THERE

[1:41:18] YOU GUYS.

[1:41:19] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[1:41:20] THANK YOU.

[1:41:21] IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS, VERY

[1:41:23] COMMUNITY DRIVEN AS WELL FOR

[1:41:24] EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

[1:41:25] THAT WERE THERE.

[1:41:26] WE DID COME UP WITH THE BILLION

[1:41:29] DOLLARS OF UNMET NEEDS BASED ON

[1:41:31] ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE

[1:41:32] HAVE.

[1:41:34] BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE SCHOOLS,

[1:41:36] AND SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A

[1:41:38] LESS OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN.

[1:41:40] BUT MY POINT IS THAT WHILE WE'RE

[1:41:42] DOING WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO DO,

[1:41:44] IF WE COULD USE WHAT WE ALREADY

[1:41:47] HAVE, REPURPOSE IT, TORE SOME OF

[1:41:49] THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THIS

[1:41:54] REFERRAL, WE MAY BE ABLE

[1:41:56] TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE

[1:41:58] STONE FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD

[1:42:00] AND OFFER THAT COMMUNITY SOME

[1:42:02] SERVICES OR SOME PROGRAMS SOME

[1:42:05] RECREATION PROGRAMS IN OUR

[1:42:09] RAILROAD-EXISTING FACILITIES.

[1:42:10] >> Mayor Salwan: DOES THE CITY

[1:42:11] OWN THOSE FACILITIES?

[1:42:12] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[1:42:13] YES, THE PARK?

[1:42:14] >> Mayor Salwan: THE PARK I DO

[1:42:17] KNOW, THE HARVEY HOUSE.

[1:42:18] >> Councilmember Campbell: THE

[1:42:20] HARVEY HOUSE, I'M SEEING KIM,

[1:42:22] SHAKING HER HEAD YES.

[1:42:23] SO THE CITY OWNS THOSE

[1:42:24] PROPERTIES.

[1:42:25] SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT

[1:42:27] THAT AS A PHASE-IN.

[1:42:30] THANK YOU.

[1:42:31] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:42:32] KIMBERLIN.

[1:42:33] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I

[1:42:34] DOUGH LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED

[1:42:35] EARLIER MR. MAYOR, TALKING

[1:42:36] ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE

[1:42:38] THAT ARE IN DRASTIC NEED OF

[1:42:41] REPAIRS AND I HAPPENED TO FIND A

[1:42:42] FACILITIES REPORT, THE

[1:42:43] SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND

[1:42:44] SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE

[1:42:45] REPORTING OUT A YEAR AGO ON

[1:42:46] PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN

[1:42:48] COMPLETED BUT THEY ALSO HAVE

[1:42:49] SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ON

[1:42:51] THIS REPORT ABOUT WHAT FUTURE

[1:42:53] PROJECTS, CONVERSIONS WITH

[1:42:55] OUTDATED HEATING SYSTEMS,

[1:42:57] ROOFING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON

[1:42:58] CITY BUILDINGS.

[1:43:00] SO I THINK REALLY HAVING A

[1:43:01] COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT SOME OF

[1:43:03] THAT STUFF LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

[1:43:06] AND THEN I THINK SUSTAINABILITY

[1:43:07] COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS

[1:43:09] FACILITIES, PROBABLY HAS A LOT

[1:43:10] OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN

[1:43:11] JUST COMPILE.

[1:43:13] THANK YOU.

[1:43:14] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:43:23] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

[1:43:24] >> Councilmember Zhang: I DID

[1:43:25] NOT RAISE MY HAND BUT SINCE YOU

[1:43:26] CALLED ME.

[1:43:28] THE CITY OWNS HARVEY COMMUNITY

[1:43:32] AND SO WHAT'S THE USE OF IT

[1:43:33] NOW?

[1:43:34] >> The Clerk: COULD STAFF JUST

[1:43:37] COME AND ANSWER?

[1:43:40] NO, WE HAVE TO GO TO STAFF.

[1:43:42] YEAH, I WISH YOU COULD BUT

[1:43:44] THAT'S THE WAY THESE THINGS

[1:43:45] WORK.

[1:43:46] >> Karena Shackelford: WHILE

[1:43:47] KIM IS APPROACHING TO ANSWER

[1:43:48] THAT QUESTION, I DO WANT TO

[1:43:50] SHARE THAT, OR JUST REITERATE

[1:43:52] THAT THERE IS PROGRAMMING THAT

[1:43:55] OCCURS IN ARDENWOOD CURRENTLY AT

[1:43:57] A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOLS THERE.

[1:44:00] SO TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT

[1:44:04] DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY.

[1:44:05] >> Mayor Salwan: AND I JUST

[1:44:07] WANTED TO INTERJOACT HERE JUST A

[1:44:08] LITTLE BIT.

[1:44:09] WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINALIZE

[1:44:11] EVERYTHING HERE TONIGHT.

[1:44:12] THIS IS JUST DIRECTION.

[1:44:14] WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE

[1:44:15] WEEDS NOW BUT SINCE THERE ARE

[1:44:17] HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS WE CAN

[1:44:18] EXPLORE THOSE.

[1:44:20] JUST SO STAFF HAS SOME IDEA WHAT

[1:44:24] WE ARE THINKING.

[1:44:28] MS. BRANACK

[1:44:29] .

[1:44:32] >> I'M KIM BRANACK.

[1:44:34] CURRENTLY YOUR QUESTION ABOUT

[1:44:37] THE SYLVESTER HARVEY, THERE ARE

[1:44:39] TWO PARTICULAR HOUSES, THEY WERE

[1:44:41] USED AS RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR A

[1:44:42] VERY LONG TIME.

[1:44:44] WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF

[1:44:45] REVIEWING THOSE SITES AND IF YOU

[1:44:48] HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS MATT

[1:44:51] CANO, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR

[1:44:52] CO-ANSWER THOSE.

[1:44:53] BUT AT THIS TIME THOSE SITES ARE

[1:44:55] NOT IN A CONDITION THAT WE COULD

[1:44:56] OFFER PUBLIC PROGRAMMING THERE.

[1:44:58] THEY BOTH HAVE AN EXPENSIVE

[1:45:03] EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT

[1:45:06] NEEDS TO GO INTO THEM, ADA

[1:45:07] ACCESSIBLE AS WELL AS DAMAGE

[1:45:09] OVERTIME.

[1:45:12] COULD IT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE,

[1:45:13] CURRENTLY YES, THERE WOULD BE

[1:45:15] MONEY AND TIME AND A PROJECT

[1:45:16] THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED

[1:45:17] FOR THAT.

[1:45:18] AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING THAT GOES

[1:45:22] ON IN NORTH FREMONT AS THE CITY

[1:45:26] MANAGER SHACKELFORD SHARES

[1:45:31] , OR PROJECTS AT NORTH GHAIT

[1:45:36] NORTHGATE COMMUNITY PARK,

[1:45:38] IT HAS A PROGRAMMING ROOM,

[1:45:40] SMALL ROOM, WE COULD DOUGH THAT

[1:45:42] IN THE SPRING AND SUMMERTIME TO

[1:45:44] BE OFFERING SOME PROGRAMS OUT

[1:45:45] THERE.

[1:45:47] WE ALSO PARTNER WITH FUSD AND

[1:45:49] HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WHERE WE HAVE

[1:45:51] PROGRAMMING BOTH AT ARDENWOOD

[1:45:52] ELEMENTARY AND FOREST PARK

[1:45:53] ELEMENTARY.

[1:45:54] I WOULD SAY WITH THEM DOING ALL

[1:45:56] OF THEIR PROJECTS THIS LAST YEAR

[1:45:58] WE HAD LIMITED PROGRAM SPACES

[1:46:00] BUT WE HOPE TO MEET WITH THEM

[1:46:02] AGAIN AND BE ABLE TO EXPAND

[1:46:03] THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AS POSSIBLE

[1:46:05] PROGRAMMING SITES.

[1:46:06] >> Mayor Salwan: I WAS GOING

[1:46:10] TO SAY, ARDENWOOD

[1:46:14] HISTORIC FARM AN COYOTE HILLS,

[1:46:18] IS THERE A WAY TO

[1:46:21] PARTNER WITH THE PARKS

[1:46:22] DISTRICT?

[1:46:24] >> WITH THE HOUSE WE MANAGE ON

[1:46:26] SITE AND ARDENWOOD, THEY OFFER

[1:46:28] CAMPS AND PROGRAMS IDENTITY

[1:46:29] THERE AS WELL.

[1:46:30] SO THERE IS SOME PROGRAMMING

[1:46:31] GOING OWN.

[1:46:33] WE'RE VERY AWARE AND IT IS

[1:46:35] LISTED IN THE PARK AND REC

[1:46:36] MASTER PLAN AND THE NEED FOR A

[1:46:37] COMMUNITY SPACE AT SOME POINT IN

[1:46:40] THE FUTURE IN NORTH FREMONT.

[1:46:42] AND WE HAVE THREE COMMUNITY

[1:46:44] PARKS REALLY OF.

[1:46:46] >> Commissioner He: YOU HAVE

[1:46:50] NORTHGATE, SYLVESTER HARVEY AND

[1:46:54] CARL NORDVICK, UN

[1:46:56] DEVELOPED LAND AT THOSE SITES.

[1:47:00] AND AS CITY MANAGER

[1:47:01] SHACKELFORD.

[1:47:04] ALSO MNGSED,

[1:47:06] WE KNOW THERE IS SOME PRIORITY

[1:47:08] SPACE, PRIORITY TO IDENTIFY

[1:47:11] SPACE AND PARK LAND BOTH IN WARM

[1:47:14] SPRINGS AND CABRILLO AND NORTH

[1:47:15] FREMONT AS WELL AS SOUTH FREMONT

[1:47:17] AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE SITES

[1:47:19] WE'VE ALSO INSTRUCTED OR REAL

[1:47:20] ESTATE CONSULTANTS TO

[1:47:22] POTENTIALLY LOOK AT SITES THAT

[1:47:23] HAVE BUILDINGS AVAILABLE AT

[1:47:24] THOSE SITES AS WELL.

[1:47:26] THIS IS AN EFFORT WE ARE VERY

[1:47:27] WELL AWARE OF AND WORKING

[1:47:28] TOWARDS.

[1:47:29] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[1:47:31] SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK

[1:47:35] OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[1:47:36] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[1:47:38] YOU MAYOR.

[1:47:40] CAN YOU HELP -- KIM, SORRY, CAN

[1:47:43] YOU HELP US -- I DID HEAR THAT

[1:47:46] YOU SAID IT IS KIND OF ON THE

[1:47:48] ROAD MAP IN THE FUTURE PLANS TO

[1:47:51] HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER TYPE

[1:47:54] FACILITY IN NORTH FREMONT.

[1:47:56] SO, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU SHARE WITH

[1:48:00] US THE COMMUNITY -- WE HAVE THIS

[1:48:01] COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

[1:48:04] THAT'S FOR -- THAT, YOU KNOW,

[1:48:06] KIND OF LONG TERM, I'M NOT

[1:48:09] ASKING FOR A O WE NEED TO HAVE A

[1:48:10] COMMUNITY CENTER IN TWO YEARS,

[1:48:13] FIVE YEARS, OR TEN YEARS,

[1:48:15] BECAUSE IF WE NEVER PLAN FOR IT,

[1:48:17] JUST LAST WEEK WE HAD TO APPROVE

[1:48:20] A $50 MILLION IMPROVEMENT FOR

[1:48:23] EXISTING PARK, RIGHT, IN CENTRAL

[1:48:24] FREMONT.

[1:48:25] BUT, YOU KNOW, WE -- YOU CAN'T,

[1:48:28] YOU KNOW, TELL ME THAT WE CAN'T

[1:48:30] PUT AWAY A MILLION OR TWO

[1:48:31] MILLION A YEAR AND OTHERWISE IN

[1:48:33] 30 YEARS WE STILL DON'T HAVE

[1:48:36] ANYTHING RIGHT IN NORTH

[1:48:37] FREMONT.

[1:48:38] I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE

[1:48:39] AN EQUITABLE INVESTMENT

[1:48:41] STANDPOINT, THAT'S ASKING TOO

[1:48:42] MUCH.

[1:48:43] BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, MR.

[1:48:45] MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO DISAGREE

[1:48:47] WITH YOU BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY

[1:48:49]

[1:48:51] KIND OF A PROPOSITION.

[1:48:52] BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO,

[1:48:57] IT WAS ACTUALLY OWN THE AGENDA

[1:48:58] TO MOVE FORWARD A COMMUNITY

[1:49:00] CENTER.

[1:49:04] BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE

[1:49:06] WE -- IT'S NOTE LIKE OH

[1:49:07] DISTRICT 1 DOESN'T HAVE -- I

[1:49:09] WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY

[1:49:11] DISTRICT.

[1:49:13] BUT I ACTUALLY IN MISSION SAN

[1:49:18] JOSE WE HAVE LAKE ELIZABETH

[1:49:20] THAT IS BORDERING, PEOPLE WALK

[1:49:22] FROM MISSION SAN JOSE THEY COME

[1:49:24] TO THE DRONE SHOW, BY WALKING,

[1:49:25] RIGHT?

[1:49:26] SO LIKE WE HAVE A NEW CENTER

[1:49:30] THERE, WE HAVE BOTH SENIOR

[1:49:31] CENTERS IN SOUTH FREMONT.

[1:49:34] AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN

[1:49:36] SAY THAT OKAY, I OF COURSE EACH

[1:49:38] OF US REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT

[1:49:39] AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST

[1:49:40] REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT.

[1:49:42] BEE ALSO REPRESENT THE CITY.

[1:49:45] SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE

[1:49:47] OTHER POINT OF VIEW, YOU'RE NOT

[1:49:48] JUST REPRESENTING YOUR DISTRICT,

[1:49:49] YOU'RE ALSO REPRESENTING MY

[1:49:50] DISTRICT.

[1:49:51] RIGHT?

[1:49:52] SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE DENYING

[1:49:56] US, YOU ARE DENYING HAVING --

[1:49:58] GIVING US A COMMUNITY CENTER

[1:50:00] YOU'RE DENYING OTHER MEMBERS OF

[1:50:03] THE CITY AS WELL, RIGHT?

[1:50:05] SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT

[1:50:08] TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR A STUDY, SO

[1:50:10] WE COULD AT LEAST PUT IT ON THE

[1:50:11] MAP.

[1:50:12] OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED

[1:50:14] AT IT 30 YEARS AGO, BUT WE NEVER

[1:50:16] HAVE LIKE A PLAN, WE PUT AWAY A

[1:50:18] LITTLE BIT OF MONEY EACH YEAR.

[1:50:19] BECAUSE BASICALLY IN OUR

[1:50:21] DISTRICT LIKE WE HAVE SIX

[1:50:22] DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY LIKE WE

[1:50:25] ALL HAVE SIMILAR POPULATION IN

[1:50:26] EACH DISTRICT.

[1:50:27] BUT BECAUSE THE OTHER FIVE

[1:50:31] DISTRICTS WERE ALL -- THEY'RE --

[1:50:33] YOU KNOW, FREMONT WAS TOMORROW

[1:50:34] FROM FIVE LITTLE TOWNS.

[1:50:37] WE'RE LOOT THE SIXTH ONE WHICH

[1:50:41] WASN'T A TOWN BEFORE, WAS PART

[1:50:42] OF UNION CITY BEFORE.

[1:50:46] SO WE ARE LIKE AN OVERLOOKED OR

[1:50:47] AFTERTHOUGHT.

[1:50:48] WE HAVE 75 HIGH SCHOOLS IN

[1:50:49] FREMONT.

[1:50:50] WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT WITH

[1:50:51] THE SAME POPULATION THAT DOESN'T

[1:50:52] HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR

[1:50:53] DISTRICT.

[1:50:57] SO WE HAVE TO TRAVEL REALLY

[1:50:58] FAR.

[1:50:59] EVEN THOUGH WE CAN USE LIKE THE

[1:51:01] SCHOOL SITES IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE

[1:51:03] TO REGULAR PEOPLE TO OH I WANT

[1:51:05] TO BOOK A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE

[1:51:06] SCHOOL.

[1:51:07] IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE, RIGHT?

[1:51:09] SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS

[1:51:11] DEFINITELY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

[1:51:14] BECAUSE LIKE EACH OF THESE --

[1:51:15] BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THE

[1:51:17] OTHER FIVE DISTRICTS THEY HAVE A

[1:51:18] COMMUNITY CENTER PRETTY CLOSE TO

[1:51:20] THE HIGH SCHOOL.

[1:51:22] AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE

[1:51:24] CENTER POINT OF THEIR

[1:51:25] COMMUNITY.

[1:51:28] BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.

[1:51:30] SO I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW,

[1:51:34] I KNOW THAT

[1:51:37] IN RECENT YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO

[1:51:38] FIND FUNDING TO BUILD A

[1:51:40] BRAND-NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BY

[1:51:41] THE LAKE.

[1:51:43] BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST LIKE

[1:51:46] THE REGULAR ACTIVITIES THAT LIKE

[1:51:48] COUNCIL IN THE PARK EVERY SUMMER

[1:51:52] OR ALL THESE EVENTS IN --

[1:51:55] BY CENTRAL PARK, IT'S LIKE

[1:51:56] PROBABLY MOST ATTENDED BY PEOPLE

[1:51:59] THAT LIVE IN NORTH -- I MEAN

[1:52:00] LEVEL IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH

[1:52:01] FREMONT.

[1:52:03] BUT FOR US TO TRAVEL, YOU KNOW,

[1:52:05] DOWN ON THE THURSDAY NIGHT TO GO

[1:52:07] TO THE CONCERT, YOU PROBABLY

[1:52:10] FIND THE LEAST OF THE ATTENDEES

[1:52:12] THERE ARE FROM DISTRICT 1.

[1:52:15] SO I JUST WOULD URGE FOR MY

[1:52:16] COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THAT.

[1:52:18] AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US A SHOT

[1:52:20] SO WE COULD AT LEAST BE PUT ON

[1:52:22] THE MAP AND LOOK AT -- HAVE AN

[1:52:24] IDEA WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND,

[1:52:25] YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET IT AT LEAST

[1:52:26] ON THE MAP.

[1:52:29] AND OTHERWISE IN 20 YEARS WE'RE

[1:52:33] STILL HERE, OH IT'S NOT URGENT,

[1:52:35] YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT URGENT, I'M

[1:52:37] NOT ASKED FOR IT TO BE BUILT

[1:52:41] NEXT YEAR BUT I WAS ASKING FOR A

[1:52:44] COMMUNITY CENTER EIGHT YEARS

[1:52:46] AGO.

[1:52:47] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO SAID, EVERY

[1:52:49] YEAR WE NEVER DO A STUDY.

[1:52:50] SO.

[1:52:51] >> Mayor Salwan: JUST TO

[1:52:52] CLARIFY, SO WHAT I SAID WAS I

[1:52:54] SUPPORT A COMMUNITY CENTER BUT I

[1:52:56] WANT TO ELEVATE THE DISCUSSION

[1:52:58] TO JUST NOT JUST LOOKING AT ONE

[1:53:00] COMMUNITY CENTER BUT THE ENTIRE

[1:53:01] CITY.

[1:53:03] AND WITH A FACILITIES PLAN.

[1:53:05] AND MY HOPE IS THAT WITH

[1:53:07] SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN IT

[1:53:08] BECOMES MORE CONCRETE, MORE

[1:53:09] REAL.

[1:53:11] AND THEN NOTE ONLY CAN WE GET A

[1:53:13] COMMUNITY CENTER IN DISTRICT 1

[1:53:14] BUT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF

[1:53:16] THE OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.

[1:53:18] AND BEING MAYOR I REPRESENT ALL

[1:53:19] OF FREMONT.

[1:53:21] IT IS ALWAYS FUNNY WHEN I GO TO

[1:53:25] WARM SPRINGS OR, YOU GUYS ONLY

[1:53:27] CARE ABOUT CENTRAL FREMONT AND

[1:53:30] WHEN YOU GO TO CENTRAL FREMONT

[1:53:34] YOU SAY YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT

[1:53:37] MISSION SAN JOSE.

[1:53:39] I DOUGH WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR

[1:53:40] EFFORTS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO

[1:53:42] JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT

[1:53:46] ALL THE NEEDS IN OUR CITY.

[1:53:47] SO WITH THAT I THINK WE HAVE A

[1:53:48] GENERAL DIRECTION.

[1:53:50] IF THERE'S ANY MORE SOMETHING

[1:53:51] FURTHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE

[1:53:55] OR CLARIFY?

[1:53:56] >> Councilmember Keng: SO IS

[1:53:57] THE SCROANL DIRECTION FOR THE

[1:54:00] STAFF TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING

[1:54:02] OPTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT

[1:54:03] THE PROGRAMS?

[1:54:04] >> Mayor Salwan: LET ME TURN

[1:54:08] IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.

[1:54:09] >> Karena Shackelford: YEAH, I

[1:54:10] THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M

[1:54:14] HERRING IN YOUR DISCOURSE IS

[1:54:16] THAT -- WELL, SORRY.

[1:54:17] IS THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS

[1:54:20] ON A LOANING TERM BASIS.

[1:54:21] >> Councilmember Keng: RIGHT.

[1:54:22] >> Karena Shackelford: OKAY,

[1:54:23] AND I THINK THAT'S FINE AND I

[1:54:25] THINK WE HAVE THOSE TOOLS

[1:54:26] ALREADY AVAILABLE TO US.

[1:54:29] AND AS I MENTIONED, EARLIER IN

[1:54:33] THIS CONVERSATION, THROUGH OUR

[1:54:38] PARK LAND

[1:54:41] ACQUISITION EFFORTS, OUR REAL

[1:54:43] ESTATE CONSULTANT IS LOOKING FOR

[1:54:44] PROPERTIES OWNERSHIP IN FREMONT

[1:54:45] INCLUDING NORTH FREMONT.

[1:54:49] AND AS KIM MENTIONED EARLIER,

[1:54:50] PARTICULARLY PROPERTIES THAT

[1:54:52] ALREADY HAVE STRUCTURES ON THEM

[1:54:54] THAT COULD BE USED FOR A

[1:54:56] PARTICULAR COMMUNITY CENTER.

[1:54:59] SO WHAT I'M READING IN THE

[1:55:01] REFERRAL IS, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR

[1:55:05] IF NOT EXACTLY WHAT'S ALREADY

[1:55:07] OCCURRING.

[1:55:08] >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY,

[1:55:10] THANK YOU FOR THAT

[1:55:11] CLARIFICATION.

[1:55:12] BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE

[1:55:15] LAND -- YOU KNOW, THE

[1:55:17] ACQUISITION FUNDING THE PARK

[1:55:18] DEVELOPMENT, ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT

[1:55:21] OF A PARK IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF

[1:55:22] A POCKETS OF MONEY.

[1:55:26] SO WE CAN'T REALLY

[1:55:30] USE THAT REQUISITION FUNDING TO

[1:55:34] REALLY BUILD A CENTER.

[1:55:35] >> Karena Shackelford: ONE OF

[1:55:37] THE POINTS I MADE IS MANY OF THE

[1:55:42] PROPERTIES WE LOOK AT,

[1:55:43] ARE PARTICULARLY ATTRACTED TO

[1:55:44] PROCESS THAT HAVE STRUCTURES

[1:55:45] ALREADY ON SITE.

[1:55:48] WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL

[1:55:49] OF PARTICULAR PROPERTY WASN'T IN

[1:55:52] NORTH FREMONT BUT JUST TO GIVE

[1:55:53] YOU AS AN EXAMPLE WE WERE

[1:55:56] LOOKING TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY

[1:55:57] THAT HAD SEVERAL STRUCTURES ON

[1:55:58] IT ALREADY.

[1:56:00] AND ONE OF THE STRUCTURES

[1:56:01] ALREADY INCLUDED A BASKETBALL

[1:56:02] COURT.

[1:56:06] SO THAT -- SITES LIKE THAT ARE

[1:56:08] PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE TO US

[1:56:09] AND PARK LAND FUNDS WOULD BE

[1:56:10] AVAILABLE FOR THAT.

[1:56:12] NOT TO BUILD A STRUCTURE BUT TO

[1:56:16] PURCHASE A SITE LIKE THAT.

[1:56:18] >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY,

[1:56:21] THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS,

[1:56:23] WHATEVER WOULD TAKE IT FASTER TO

[1:56:28] OUR GOAL WOULD BE FEASIBLE

[1:56:29] .

[1:56:30] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, SO WE

[1:56:32] HAVE GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO

[1:56:35] SO STAFF COULD LOOK AT THE LONG

[1:56:36] TERM PERSPECTIVE.

[1:56:37] >> Councilmember Keng: DO WE

[1:56:39] NEED TO MAKE A MOTION?

[1:56:40] >> Mayor Salwan: NO I THINK

[1:56:41] STAFF HAS DIRECTION.

[1:56:42] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[1:56:43] YOU.

[1:56:44] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU

[1:56:45] STAFF.

[1:56:47] I KNOW THERE IS MORE -- THOUGHT

[1:56:49] YOU WOULD GET INVOLVED BUT

[1:56:51] APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW.

[1:56:52] NEXT WE HAVE REPORT ON COMMITTEE

[1:56:53] ASSIGNMENTS.

[1:56:57] DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT ON

[1:56:58] COMMUNITY SITES?

[1:56:59] DID YOU WANT TO HIT THE BUTTON?

[1:57:00] ALL RIGHT, WELL SEEING NO

[1:57:02] REPORTS, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

[1:57:04] THANK YOU EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT

September 8, 2026 City Council Meeting

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