[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