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>>> are we okay?
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good evening, everyone, and
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welcome to our santa clara
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city council stadium authority city
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council meeting. And
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we are going to start with a
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study session before our regular meeting. So
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let me have a confirmation of a
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quorum, city clerk?
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>> thank you,
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madame
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mayor, yes, confirming quorum.
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>>
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thank you. So seeing that, we have
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one
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item on our study session this evening,
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which is city
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council study session update
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on the city's anti-displacement work
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plan. City manager?
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>>
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sure, thank you, mayor, thank
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you, council. Jovan grogan, city manager. Tonight's
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presentation will be provided by
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our director of community development. Quick note,
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staff is presenting
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a study session and requesting feedback
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from you on adopted policies
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in our housing element
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for anti-displacement. The council
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adopted these policies in may 2024
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and
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cities are required to implement the
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policies with
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meaningful programs and actions. There
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are, and I count,
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21 housing element actions
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related to anti-displacement and how
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displacement can
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be prevented in santa clara. Compliance
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with these
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policies and implementation ensures eligibility for
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future funding under
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programs such as the one bay area
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grant or what we commonly
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refer to as obag. The city has committed
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to explore a
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variety of new policies to prevent
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displacement in
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santa clara and must follow through
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to ensure
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the housing element and
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our transit-oriented development policy
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are in compliance. With
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that, I will turn the presentation
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over to the director
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of community development.
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>> thank you.
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>> welcome. >>
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thank you, good evening,
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mayor, councilmembers. Let's begin
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the
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presentation. So first I'll do introductions. Okay. We
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have a number
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of staff that
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have been working
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on this. Leslie xavier, the planning
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manager, adam
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marcus, housing and
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community services manager. John
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baty a critical staff to us. He also
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worked on the
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housing element itself. And then tonight we
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will
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also hear
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from
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the community planning collaborative. They
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provide technical assistance
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across multiple jurisdictions, and
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they are
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funded by abag, mtc abag. They're
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independent, but they've
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been helping multiple jurisdictions
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with housing
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elements as well as this
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phase,
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which is the implementation phase. So
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the agenda for tonight is we will
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go over the
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purpose of this study session, housing
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element recap, what
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is displacement, the impacts
[11:25]
of displacement, santa clara's work
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plan,
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update on the community planning collaborative,
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next
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steps,
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and then, as the city manager said, we
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are seeking
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council discussion and feedback on
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this item before
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we come back to you in the spring. So the purpose
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is to provide an overview of residential
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displacement, its forms, drivers,
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and potential impacts, highlight existing
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state
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laws and actions that the city
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is already implementing to reduce
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displacement,
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identify potential new
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and expanded programs for evaluation,
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and of course,
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obtain early
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input
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and feedback from city council. So this
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is a graphic, and it really describes
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what
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we are working with
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and where homelessness and displacement
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work. A few
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weeks ago, staff presented a session
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on homelessness. It is important to
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think about
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the larger housing crisis
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and instability that it causes. At
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the
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base is the supply of housing. And
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when supply
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does not meet demand, more and
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more people experience cost burden. So we
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are working, and you have been
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directing us to do more building of units. And
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we are in
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the
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process of getting
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those units completed. But for every
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14 jobs in the bay area,
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there is one unit of housing. That
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unit
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of housing could be an rv. It could
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be an adu. It could be a single-family
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home. It could be a duplex,
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townhome, any one of those. So that
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should
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give you the importance
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of this. Anti-displacement programs
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and
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homelessness prevention programs are
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deeply interconnected. Although
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our focus tonight is displacement,
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it's important to
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understand
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that our efforts are frontline defense
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against homelessness. At the very,
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very top
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of the pyramid are programs to help
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people
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experiencing homelessness. And this
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can be shelter,
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supportive housing, rapid rehousing,
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and interim
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housing. And then our goal is always
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to get people to the bottom of
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the pyramid into
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stable housing
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with affordable housing production and
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preservation. This is called the
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three ps, and we will get into that
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as well. So this was
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just shared with us
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recently. The point in time count
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from 2019 to 2025. And
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this is a high level. We're still
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analyzing
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the numbers. We still have a lot of
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data
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to go through. But the overall message
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is more people are entering homelessness
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and then exiting homelessness in
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the region. And I don't want to dwell
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too much on the
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numbers, because like I said, we're
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still analyzing these
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numbers and kind of going through
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them. I do want
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to focus a little bit
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on the primary causes of homelessness. So
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this is from the county of santa
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clara, and it's
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for january 2025. The fourth leading
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cause
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of homelessness reinforces the
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connection between homelessness and
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displacement. So it's eviction and
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rent
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increases. It's almost like above
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11%. So I want to give you a recap
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of
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the housing element over
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the next two slides and why. The next
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two slides are a
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recap because anti-displacement is
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embedded throughout this
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document. In fact, 21 actions throughout
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the housing element are
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embedded
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--are embedded with anti-displacement. And while we
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often hear about all
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the projects that we are bringing
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for construction
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and for approval or tentative map
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or for, you know, units, what
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is also important is the actions and
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that
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we follow
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through on the actions. The city of
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santa
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clara's
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regional housing needs is 11,632 units. However, the
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housing
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element also includes actions and
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objectives
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and certain timelines to address anti-displacement. So
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each year,
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the city must
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report on its progress towards the
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--and this
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also includes those actions that we're
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talking about tonight. So if hcd determines
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that the city
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is not making progress on these actions as
[16:24]
well as the units, we could
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risk loss of local zoning
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control as well as eligibility for
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grant funding such as the
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obag grant. And then in our housing
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element,
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this is already adopted, we have
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goals. And in chapter two it includes the
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city's
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program for goals, policies, actions
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that promote affirmatively furthering
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fair housing for all
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persons in the city. The
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goals, policies, and action number
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13
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provide the direction to implement anti-displacement.
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another
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critical component of why we would
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want to implement the goals
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and actions is tied
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to funding. The bay area jurisdictions
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must meet
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specific requirements under mtc,
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transit-oriented community policies,
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with regional goals for equitable
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and sustainable
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development as well
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production, preservation, and protection. And
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then just to give you an
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idea for obag too, which was
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from 2017 to
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2022,
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the city received $5.8 million. So over the
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next portion of
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this presentation, we'll go over what
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is displacement, including its forms,
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factors, and impacts. What is the
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city's anti-displacement work
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plan as well as the proposed
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next
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steps on this work plan. So
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when residents must relocate from their
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homes
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or neighborhoods due to factors beyond
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their control, these
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could include rising rents, inability
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to pay, lease
[18:14]
terminations, hazardous buildings,
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and
[18:17]
demolitions. The forms of displacement
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are three, but
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there's a lot
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more to this. There's three buckets
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here. Direct displacement, indirect,
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and cultural displacement. With direct
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displacement is when a family or person
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is forced to move
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because they're evicted or their building
[18:33]
is being torn down. When
[18:37]
this happens, they have to move
[18:40]
out, sometimes away. And
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it may not be replaced. The city
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--majority of our housing development
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is developing on
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marginal commercial and industrial
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properties, so
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that's important to note. The city
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has not
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yet experienced that direct
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displacement for
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lower income households. And indirect
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displacement is when
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a person or family can
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no longer stay in their
[19:12]
homes because of rising costs. Cost
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burden equals that
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30% or more of gross income is spent
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on housing,
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which is rent and utilities. Cultural
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displacement
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is when a new development and new residents
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change the character
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of the area,
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and this is often called gentrification. So
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there are many factors to
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displacement. Incomes not keeping
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up with the rising cost
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of housing, lack of
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tenant
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protections, loss of existing affordable
[19:46]
housing,
[19:48]
regional population and job growth
[19:49]
without
[19:51]
enough housing. So the impacts of
[19:52]
displacement are when
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this happens
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it could be wide ranging. Family members
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of our community
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are forced to leave their neighborhoods,
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and it can
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have a longtime impact on livelihoods,
[20:04]
businesses,
[20:05]
social networks. And with limited
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resources and ability to
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relocate to other housing within their
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communities,
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many move to affordable locations
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far from their
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jobs, friends, and
[20:18]
communities, which means longer commutes,
[20:19]
increased traffic,
[20:22]
lost time, and increased
[20:25]
stress. I will now turn the
[20:26]
presentation over to adam marcus,
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our
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housing and division
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services manager. And then I will,
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towards
[20:38]
the end, also talk about a survey
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we are doing on displacement. Thank
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you.
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>> welcome. >> thank you, afshan,
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city mayor, city council. So when
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we talk about displacement and we
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talk
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about the solutions, we wanted to
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talk a little
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bit about how we frame those solutions. So
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one of the ways
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that we frame this discussion at
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the regional level is, as afshan mentioned,
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the three ps, what is
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protection, preservation, and production? Protection
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is primarily protection
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of tenants. So what are some ways
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to
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stabilize people where they already
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are. Preservation is ensuring that
[21:16]
existing buildings are habitable
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and don't come out of the rental
[21:21]
market because they're in bad shape
[21:22]
but also when they are
[21:25]
up for sale that there's a chance
[21:26]
for
[21:27]
them to be converted potentially into
[21:31]
affordable housing. So ways to preserve
[21:32]
the
[21:34]
housing stock as affordable, whether
[21:37]
it's
[21:38]
deed restricted or naturally occurring
[21:39]
affordable housing. And then there's
[21:40]
production, how
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do we create --how do we build that
[21:45]
lowest level of and the pyramid and
[21:46]
increase supply. We
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also want to frame these solutions
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in
[21:50]
context with state law, because over
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the last five years, quite a
[21:55]
few new state
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laws have come into
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play. For example, the tenant protection
[22:04]
act 2020 relates to limiting rent
[22:05]
increases,
[22:07]
eliminates no cause evictions in
[22:09]
certain cases, and requires relocation
[22:10]
assistance in
[22:13]
some instances. The housing
[22:16]
crisis act of
[22:17]
2020 requires noticing when units
[22:19]
are demolish, there's requirements
[22:22]
on replacing them
[22:24]
in an equivalent way. There's also
[22:25]
provisions for a right
[22:28]
of return. So if you live in
[22:31]
a unit and it's converted
[22:33]
or demolished and rebuilt as a larger
[22:34]
building with
[22:37]
new units, there
[22:39]
are provisions there as well. More
[22:40]
recently, there's been legislation
[22:43]
that has reduced the number of months
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that --in terms of a deposit that
[22:49]
can be required. It's now one month. So
[22:50]
there
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are some changes at the state level
[22:55]
that are happening, but some of them
[22:57]
are vague. Some of them provide minimal
[22:58]
protections, and
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some
[23:03]
of them require local enforcement. So
[23:07]
as we step into the solutions chapter
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of our presentation, we wanted to
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break
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our work plan into three
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parts. The full work plan is included
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as attachment
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number one in your staff report, and
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I will take
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a few minutes to summarize
[23:25]
it here. So the first bucket, actions
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underway, means programs we're already
[23:31]
carrying out. The second bucket, actions
[23:32]
committed to doing,
[23:34]
is programs and actions that
[23:37]
we have committed to actually implement.
[23:40]
and the third bucket, actions committed
[23:41]
to evaluating, means
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we will conduct outreach
[23:46]
with stakeholders, we'll review best
[23:47]
practices,
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we'll investigate these programs and
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determine what it
[23:52]
would really take to implement
[23:55]
them. So let's jump into the first
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bucket, which is actions underway. As
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you
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already know, we do
[24:02]
concurrently fund tenant/landlord
[24:05]
dispute resolution services. We
[24:07]
fund the county's homelessness prevention
[24:08]
system. We
[24:11]
continue to
[24:13]
work with affordable housing providers
[24:14]
through capital improvement projects. We
[24:16]
have several of those in process right
[24:20]
now. And we continue to
[24:22]
monitor the city's inventory for at-risk
[24:23]
units
[24:26]
that may be approaching the end
[24:28]
of their term. In the second bucket,
[24:29]
actions committed to doing. These
[24:32]
are things that are in our
[24:33]
housing element that we've said we
[24:35]
would do. They don't require a
[24:38]
lot of extra study. They're
[24:39]
just pretty straight forward. Included in
[24:41]
that bucket is working with
[24:44]
the housing authority
[24:46]
to help promote incentives and education
[24:47]
for
[24:48]
landlords to accept housing vouchers. It's
[24:50]
really hard to get
[24:51]
a housing voucher. It's also hard
[24:53]
to use one. So
[24:54]
it's important to do that ongoing
[24:56]
outreach and to address
[24:59]
some of the concerns and
[25:02]
stigmas related to
[25:04]
renting to someone with a voucher. We
[25:07]
are also --we are also, according
[25:08]
to
[25:10]
the housing element, planning to propose
[25:11]
a new ordinance that
[25:14]
requires landlords to
[25:17]
provide a
[25:18]
city-approved brochure in many languages
[25:20]
to all
[25:21]
tenants at lease signing that. Summarizes
[25:23]
landlord
[25:24]
and tenant rights under state law. We're
[25:26]
also looking
[25:28]
at creating a database so that we
[25:29]
can track
[25:32]
naturally occurring affordable housing,
[25:34]
which is older housing that's less
[25:35]
expensive
[25:37]
because of its age and condition. It's
[25:38]
important
[25:41]
to track this, number one,
[25:43]
because they can be redeveloped, but
[25:44]
also they
[25:45]
can come up for sale and sometimes
[25:47]
those are great opportunities
[25:48]
for acquisition and rehab. And also
[25:50]
we'll
[25:53]
be continuing to monitor our deed-restricted
[25:56]
portfolios. Looking for ways to extend
[25:58]
affordability, especially for extremely
[25:59]
low and
[26:02]
very low-income units
[26:05]
that already
[26:07]
exist. Two more in this bucket. We are,
[26:08]
later this year
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and early next
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year,
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we'll be bringing back the feasibility
[26:17]
study
[26:19]
for the city's ordinance and look to
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see if there are
[26:22]
ways to strengthen that in terms of
[26:23]
affordability
[26:25]
and also both for rental and homeownership. And
[26:26]
lastly,
[26:28]
we'll be assessing the feasibility
[26:29]
of updating the
[26:30]
definition of moderate income, because
[26:32]
as
[26:35]
we've heard in our outreach, affordable
[26:36]
isn't affordable anymore. And so if
[26:38]
moderate income is above market, it
[26:41]
doesn't make sense to do --to
[26:44]
require
[26:46]
that. It should be below market. So
[26:47]
our last bucket,
[26:50]
our last work plan bucket, is
[26:52]
measures we're going to evaluate. So
[26:53]
we need to understand them better
[26:54]
and understand
[26:55]
what it would really take before we can
[26:59]
actually implement them and commit
[27:01]
to implementing them. Those include -- and
[27:02]
we already talked about the
[27:04]
rent deposit, which has been addressed
[27:05]
by
[27:08]
state law --but those do include
[27:11]
requiring no net loss
[27:13]
of income-restricted units. So if something
[27:14]
is demolished,
[27:17]
we need to make sure somehow that
[27:19]
those units are replaced. Requiring
[27:20]
the replacement
[27:23]
of affordable units at the same
[27:26]
or a lower affordability level, requiring
[27:27]
landlords to notify tenants at least
[27:29]
one year
[27:32]
in advance
[27:34]
of redevelopment or conversion, requiring
[27:35]
relocation benefits that may go
[27:38]
beyond what the state requires,
[27:41]
enhancing code enforcement to ensure
[27:44]
that we're proactive
[27:47]
with our
[27:50]
multifamily housing stock, and
[27:54]
exploring a community opportunity to
[27:59]
purchase program, with the idea that
[28:00]
it
[28:02]
may increase
[28:05]
the opportunity for acquisition
[28:08]
and rehab. Many of our neighbor cities
[28:10]
are working on similar policies. This
[28:11]
chart that we have
[28:14]
here shows
[28:17]
cities that are continuing, updating,
[28:18]
or evaluating new policies, and
[28:20]
staff will be collaborating on this
[28:23]
work with the santa
[28:25]
clara county planning collaborative,
[28:28]
which has organized an anti-displacement
[28:29]
regional working group. Here to
[28:32]
talk about
[28:35]
this is david
[28:36]
driskell, project lead. David joins
[28:38]
us tonight on zoom, and with that,
[28:41]
I'll pass it to
[28:44]
david.
[28:45]
>> thank you. >> thanks, adam. I'm
[28:46]
going to look
[28:47]
to you to advance slides. Oh,
[28:50]
perfect. On it. Okay, so
[28:53]
I'm just briefly going to talk about
[28:55]
the santa clara planning collaborative
[28:57]
and the
[28:58]
work we're doing on anti-displacement. I'm
[29:00]
with a firm
[29:01]
called community planning collaborative. We
[29:03]
support the santa clara
[29:04]
county planning collaborative. And
[29:06]
this is a joint effort
[29:07]
across all 16 jurisdictions in santa
[29:09]
clara county. So that's 15
[29:12]
cities and towns
[29:14]
plus the county. It started in 2019,
[29:15]
initiated by
[29:16]
staff across multiple jurisdictions
[29:17]
who wanted a way to work together
[29:18]
as
[29:21]
the housing element process
[29:22]
was getting underway. Super fortunate the
[29:24]
last four
[29:26]
years, five years to have funding
[29:27]
through
[29:30]
abag mtc to support the
[29:31]
work. Starting next year, we're being
[29:32]
supported through jurisdiction contributions
[29:33]
again,
[29:35]
as it was initially in 2019, and thankful
[29:36]
for
[29:37]
the continued commitment across all
[29:39]
the cities
[29:42]
and towns to
[29:43]
this collaborative model. We're under
[29:44]
the umbrella of the city's association
[29:45]
of
[29:46]
santa clara county. We have regular
[29:48]
meetings. A lot of those we
[29:51]
cover new state laws that are
[29:52]
coming through and helping people understand them
[29:53]
and what needs to be done to meet
[29:54]
those
[29:56]
laws and we do other trainings. But
[29:57]
this
[30:00]
year a big focus has been
[30:01]
on anti-displacement. The previous
[30:03]
year we
[30:05]
focused a lot on adus and built some
[30:06]
tools for folks,
[30:08]
many of which are used by the city
[30:11]
of santa clara. This year it's focused
[30:12]
on anti-displacement,
[30:14]
because it is a topic across multiple
[30:15]
jurisdictions in
[30:16]
the county. People are in different
[30:18]
places in terms of where they're at
[30:19]
working on it. Some have been doing
[30:21]
this for a while, some are new
[30:23]
to it. And as you've seen, it's quite
[30:24]
a long
[30:26]
list of specific policies or programs,
[30:30]
practices in this sort
[30:31]
of big umbrella of anti-displacement. So
[30:33]
people are working on different
[30:34]
things, but we're looking for ways
[30:36]
to collaborate. If we go to the
[30:39]
next slide, one of the areas we've
[30:40]
been
[30:42]
working on is
[30:44]
creating a shared platform for community
[30:48]
education and
[30:52]
engagement. So you can go to santaclara.
[30:59]
santaclara.letstalkhousing.org. What
[31:03]
are the kinds of things that
[31:06]
a community can do related
[31:08]
to encountering the forces of displacement. I'm not going to
[31:09]
go through
[31:11]
detail on the site, but there's a number
[31:12]
of resources
[31:15]
there. And then there's a link to
[31:16]
a
[31:18]
community survey, which is up
[31:20]
and active and will be through october. And a big
[31:21]
shout-out to your
[31:22]
staff team, because they've done a
[31:24]
great job getting the word out about
[31:27]
it, and we've had over
[31:30]
400 responses from santa clara
[31:32]
city residents. Out of just over 500
[31:33]
countywide. So
[31:35]
we're trying to get the other jurisdictions to
[31:36]
follow the lead of your
[31:38]
staff helping to get the word out
[31:39]
about the
[31:40]
survey. And we'll have results later this
[31:42]
fall on what we heard
[31:44]
from folks. We're also going to do
[31:45]
some focus groups
[31:48]
with different service providers to
[31:50]
help understand what's going on, some
[31:51]
of the current challenges facing
[31:54]
people who are working already on countering
[31:55]
displacement, people
[31:56]
who are working with tenants and kind
[31:57]
of the issues
[31:59]
and resources that are needed to have effective
[32:00]
programs. And if we
[32:03]
go to the next slide, there's also
[32:06]
a staff-facing set of
[32:09]
resources on the staff websites
[32:11]
to help them access data, help them
[32:12]
understand
[32:15]
the different tools and
[32:19]
resources that already exist. There's
[32:21]
what's
[32:24]
called the housing precarety
[32:27]
risk model, a very wonky term for data
[32:28]
model
[32:30]
that's been developed by the urban displacement
[32:32]
project at berkeley that maps where
[32:33]
displacement risk is highest
[32:36]
and how it's playing out. So it just
[32:37]
gives
[32:39]
some way to be able to
[32:42]
focus efforts looking at data indicators
[32:43]
where data
[32:44]
is --displacement is already happening
[32:45]
or is
[32:47]
likely to happen given underlying
[32:48]
market and land
[32:50]
conditions. And then there's a policy
[32:51]
toolkit. And I
[32:54]
know some of the existing policy
[32:57]
guidance that was created
[33:00]
through abag/mtc
[33:03]
--we're going to be developing additional
[33:05]
ones to support work across the jurisdictions
[33:06]
and in
[33:09]
the county, a pretty exhaustive resource
[33:10]
library. If
[33:12]
you want to know what is an example
[33:13]
of a
[33:14]
no-net loss, ordinance that was passed
[33:15]
in other jurisdictions across the bay
[33:16]
area, you'll
[33:18]
be able to go there and search
[33:21]
for that. And
[33:23]
I'll just underscore also we work
[33:24]
with
[33:26]
santa clara county collaborative. There's
[33:27]
a
[33:29]
similar group in san mateo county. We're
[33:30]
doing this in
[33:32]
collaboration with them so we can
[33:33]
pool resources and
[33:35]
get more done working together than
[33:36]
working on our own. And that's
[33:38]
my quick overview, and I'm happy to answer any
[33:39]
questions
[33:42]
when you get to the q&a part. I'm
[33:45]
going to pass it
[33:48]
back to
[33:50]
adam or afshan, I'm not sure.
[33:51]
>> thank
[33:52]
you, david. The next slide, we
[33:54]
have our next steps, as we said, as
[33:55]
david explained,
[33:57]
we are currently doing a
[33:58]
community stakeholder outreach. And
[34:00]
it began in august and it will go
[34:01]
through
[34:03]
january. So up here this
[34:06]
was our recent art
[34:09]
and wine festival. And our staff had
[34:10]
fliers
[34:11]
on at the art and wine festival, and
[34:13]
I would say
[34:14]
it was pretty successful. We got a
[34:15]
lot of people the take that. This
[34:18]
is what our flier looks like. It's
[34:19]
english on
[34:21]
one side. It's spanish on the other
[34:24]
side. It has a qr code so you can
[34:25]
go
[34:28]
directly to that qr code
[34:30]
and take the survey. And we are continuing
[34:34]
to
[34:36]
look at the analysis through november
[34:37]
through april
[34:38]
2026. We want to come back to, once
[34:40]
we have all that
[34:43]
data and the
[34:44]
analysis and the outreach, in spring
[34:46]
2026 because that will
[34:47]
also help inform our work plan. And
[34:49]
then we will go
[34:52]
to a
[34:55]
public hearing in
[34:57]
may 2026. So staff is here to take
[35:00]
questions or feed back or direction.
[35:01]
>>
[35:04]
all right. Let
[35:07]
us start with the
[35:09]
questions. Councilmember hardy.
[35:10]
>>
[35:13]
thank you. I noticed you said
[35:16]
something about a pamphlet that we would
[35:19]
present and that an owner would need
[35:22]
to give a renter. I will say that
[35:24]
is very important, especially in english
[35:25]
and spanish. That is
[35:27]
the question I get the most from renters
[35:31]
is they do not know
[35:34]
their rights. There's
[35:37]
been such things
[35:40]
as
[35:43]
asking for rent in cash, and --
[35:46]
or your rent will
[35:49]
go up. There's been things such as we're
[35:52]
going to sell this, so you have to
[35:55]
move out. And I
[35:58]
saw a bill for $28,000 given
[36:01]
to a renter saying that they
[36:04]
needed to pay for all
[36:07]
the repairs
[36:10]
which was
[36:11]
not right. My concern was -- I hesitate
[36:13]
to mention the name,
[36:16]
but we
[36:18]
have a facility that we service that
[36:19]
we use and I sent
[36:22]
them first to that
[36:25]
service. I can tell you offline. But
[36:26]
they
[36:27]
got no help whatsoever and were not told
[36:28]
that these things
[36:31]
that they were being told were illegal. So
[36:32]
to
[36:34]
me it's very important
[36:36]
that our renters understand their
[36:37]
rights. Also
[36:40]
I've been asked over and
[36:43]
over again how to apply for housing
[36:44]
assistance. And
[36:46]
that has been very
[36:48]
difficult to find. So I would like
[36:49]
to know
[36:51]
how we would do that. And when we
[36:52]
talk about
[36:55]
a deposit limit, what I hear put on
[36:58]
top
[37:01]
of this
[37:04]
is a cleaning of --the first and last month's
[37:05]
rent,
[37:06]
and then they'll put a cleaning deposit
[37:07]
on there. And I want to
[37:10]
know if there's anything that is
[37:13]
illegal about that now. And this one-year
[37:14]
advance for
[37:16]
conversion, I wasn't clear what
[37:19]
the conversion you
[37:22]
meant. Conversion to for sale? Or
[37:24]
conversion to something else? I'm
[37:25]
happy I wrote
[37:28]
down the website and will
[37:31]
be passing this on, but
[37:33]
I'm concerned that there's residents
[37:34]
here now
[37:37]
who do not understand what their options are and
[37:38]
what
[37:40]
are we
[37:42]
going to do to help them. Because we
[37:43]
don't want them to
[37:46]
go up in the pyramid that you
[37:49]
showed. And that has been my concern. I've
[37:50]
handled some
[37:51]
of these privately and have even gotten
[37:54]
ahold of an attorney for them. But
[37:55]
I feel like
[37:58]
we should do a better
[38:03]
job. Thank you.
[38:04]
>> thank you. Councilmember jain
[38:07]
.
[38:08]
>> thank
[38:09]
you for the presentation. On page 20
[38:10]
you're going to
[38:13]
create a database
[38:15]
of naturally occurring affordable
[38:16]
housing. Can
[38:18]
you explain what that means, because I've
[38:19]
been asking for a
[38:22]
long time for a central
[38:25]
database of --you know, we
[38:28]
have a list of complexes
[38:30]
with affordable housing units, but
[38:31]
we don't have
[38:34]
any central
[38:36]
database of where it's available. Like
[38:37]
so what happens
[38:39]
is somebody looking for affordable
[38:40]
housing has to
[38:42]
call every housing complex to try to find
[38:43]
affordable housing,
[38:46]
and they have to do that regularly
[38:48]
to find the housing. And I just didn't
[38:50]
understand what you're
[38:53]
going to do with
[38:56]
the database of
[38:59]
naturally occurring affordable
[39:02]
housing. My next question was
[39:05]
what is proactive
[39:06]
enhanced code enforcement? Currently
[39:08]
our code
[39:09]
enforcement works by complaints and
[39:11]
often tenants don't want to
[39:12]
complain because they might get kicked
[39:14]
out of their --they
[39:17]
think they might get
[39:20]
kicked out of their
[39:21]
apartment unit. And then I agree with
[39:23]
the report
[39:25]
that one month of relocation, which
[39:26]
is the
[39:29]
state requirement, is not
[39:32]
sufficient. It says
[39:33]
there that you just cannot relocate
[39:35]
for one month of
[39:38]
assistance. So we
[39:41]
should do better
[39:43]
than that. The --on page 22, I know
[39:44]
state
[39:46]
law says if you do displacement, then
[39:47]
you have to
[39:50]
replace units at
[39:53]
the same or
[39:54]
lower income level. That seems --
[39:56]
I don't quite
[40:00]
understand how that really works, because
[40:05]
if you're upgrading an
[40:07]
apartment building, the cost of construction
[40:08]
is more
[40:09]
than the older units. So where are
[40:11]
you going to
[40:14]
move those
[40:17]
people at that same rent
[40:18]
level? And then finally, it seems
[40:23]
to me that there
[40:26]
is a need for
[40:28]
micro units, which are inherently affordable,
[40:29]
that would
[40:32]
allow us to prevent some of
[40:35]
this displacement. Thank
[40:37]
you.
[40:38]
>> thank you, councilmember chahal. >>
[40:41]
thank you, mayor. Thanks for
[40:44]
the presentation. Quick
[40:47]
question
[40:49]
on slide number 22. Requiring landlords
[40:50]
to notify tenants and
[40:53]
city at least one year in advance
[40:54]
of redevelopment or conversion. But
[40:56]
on slide 17
[40:57]
as per the 2020 housing crisis act
[40:59]
it said requires
[41:02]
up to three years notice
[41:05]
of units at risk of using
[41:06]
--and demolish. I want a clarification
[41:08]
whether it is
[41:11]
a three-year period or one-year period
[41:14]
basically. The other one is you
[41:16]
mentioned that the brochures will
[41:17]
be in
[41:20]
spanish as well as english. You
[41:22]
know, language translation is so easy
[41:23]
right now with
[41:25]
all the a.I., all the apps available,
[41:29]
why can't we put
[41:32]
qr code on
[41:35]
these brochures
[41:38]
for, say, punjabi or other
[41:39]
languages like filipino, tagalog,
[41:41]
those languages. And we can put
[41:44]
on our website, this is the brochure. If
[41:45]
we cannot put
[41:46]
all of those on the paper, at least
[41:50]
we can put a qr code and our
[41:51]
website should show those. That could
[41:56]
be an easy
[41:59]
solution for that. And other thing
[42:01]
is central database for affordable
[42:02]
units. I know each
[42:04]
affordable unit comes up, oh, you apply
[42:05]
for this, then
[42:07]
six months later you apply for this. I
[42:08]
think
[42:11]
we should have a mechanism where
[42:13]
anybody who applies should be enrolled in
[42:14]
an automatic --
[42:17]
I'm not sure we have that. If we don't,
[42:19]
we should have anybody who applies
[42:20]
for
[42:22]
a particular affordable unit, unless
[42:23]
they don't
[42:26]
get affordable unit at
[42:29]
that particular document, they should
[42:31]
automatically be transferred to the next. Or they
[42:32]
should be informed,
[42:34]
this is the next one coming, you want
[42:37]
to apply for that. And other thing
[42:38]
is, I'm
[42:41]
not sure
[42:45]
whether the forms for applying are
[42:49]
standard. Everybody who's trying to
[42:50]
apply it
[42:53]
is much more easier for them to
[42:55]
apply here. They don't need to --
[42:56]
find out different
[42:58]
information, make easy for them to
[42:59]
apply for that. So
[43:02]
what can we do
[43:05]
for that
[43:09]
basically. Thank you.
[43:10]
>> thank you. Vice mayor cox. >>
[43:13]
thanks. I know you mentioned a little
[43:17]
bit of a change of
[43:20]
incentives for section eight potentially. The incentives
[43:22]
weren't listed, and that is one that
[43:23]
is not
[43:25]
yet started but underway. So I wanted to
[43:26]
know a little
[43:28]
bit more about what incentives were
[43:29]
being considered and
[43:32]
how that would be communicated to landlords
[43:33]
to
[43:34]
incentivize participation in section
[43:35]
eight. The other thing I think was mentioned but
[43:38]
I didn't see in the document itself
[43:39]
was
[43:41]
changing, perhaps, santa clara's definition
[43:44]
of moderate income. I want to know
[43:47]
because, you know, federal support
[43:48]
relies
[43:50]
on hud definitions of below
[43:53]
and moderate income. How those two
[43:54]
would
[43:55]
align. And I think more so what projected
[43:56]
impact
[43:59]
does that have on very low-income
[44:00]
families? You
[44:02]
know, I think essentially if moderate
[44:03]
income changes
[44:05]
but both don't, you run the
[44:08]
risk of potentially people who make
[44:09]
150k then qualifying
[44:11]
for housing that would have once been
[44:13]
affordable to low-income housing families. And finally,
[44:14]
the thing I think
[44:16]
I want a little bit more explanation
[44:17]
on, I
[44:20]
believe at least nine of these incentives are
[44:21]
hinged
[44:23]
on the
[44:26]
hiring of this new analyst 2 staff
[44:27]
position. So I don't know what the
[44:29]
timeframe is for that. I believe that
[44:30]
that's a
[44:31]
structural imbalance there where we're
[44:32]
putting a lot of hope in a position that
[44:34]
doesn't exist yet to see these things
[44:36]
come to fruition. So I
[44:37]
want to know about that timeline,
[44:39]
how that's budgeted,
[44:42]
and
[44:45]
when we see
[44:46]
that happening.
[44:47]
>> councilmember gonzalez.
[44:48]
>> thank you, madame mayor, and thank
[44:49]
you,
[44:50]
staff, for the report. Just a few
[44:51]
questions. As
[44:53]
far as the biggest issue, what is
[44:57]
the biggest issue that staff
[44:59]
feels that can be limiting for --
[45:03]
can
[45:05]
be resulting in the displacement? Also,
[45:09]
do we have --or have we worked with
[45:11]
the school districts in our jurisdiction
[45:12]
to
[45:15]
see what they're doing with --
[45:18]
or the numbers are
[45:21]
seeing with --and possibly
[45:23]
helping to find resources for those
[45:24]
students
[45:26]
and subsequent families. And are we
[45:27]
looking at
[45:29]
the programs that other jurisdictions
[45:30]
have implemented to
[45:32]
see what's worked and what hasn't. And
[45:33]
I
[45:36]
just make a comment right now to say
[45:38]
I think all the stakeholders, be it
[45:39]
landlords, developers, and
[45:41]
the city, are part of the solution,
[45:43]
right? So how do we work and collaborate
[45:45]
with them to make sure
[45:46]
that everybody does the right thing,
[45:48]
I would
[45:51]
say, to make sure
[45:54]
that we don't lose
[45:56]
any housing and increase that affordability.
[45:57]
>>
[45:58]
thank you. Councilmember park?
[45:59]
>> yes,
[46:00]
thank you very much
[46:02]
for the presentation. I did have some
[46:04]
questions about the foster youth members. I
[46:06]
mean, I
[46:09]
think the report says 2.3%,
[46:11]
which if I do the calculation, is
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around 19 out of
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the almost 800 people that we had
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in the point in
[46:17]
time count. I looked up a couple things
[46:18]
online
[46:21]
as well, but my guess is that that
[46:22]
number
[46:23]
would be a little bit higher. Want
[46:24]
to look at the numbers
[46:26]
in the foster care system. Again,
[46:28]
thises the point-in-time count. That's
[46:29]
the numbers that we got, but again,
[46:30]
I don't know
[46:32]
how we look into that, because I'm
[46:33]
talking to a number of individuals
[46:34]
who
[46:35]
are a part of the system or were part of the
[46:36]
system, and as a
[46:38]
result for the last two years, I've been
[46:39]
looking into this
[46:40]
a little bit more closely. And I would
[46:42]
think that the numbers could
[46:44]
be higher there, I just want to know
[46:45]
how we vet those numbers
[46:47]
against what we see from the county. Also
[46:48]
looking
[46:49]
at the county numbers for the point
[46:51]
in time, I
[46:52]
couldn't find the santa clara. It
[46:54]
does suggest perhaps they will
[46:57]
be
[46:59]
a little bit higher as well, but again,
[47:00]
we're
[47:02]
looking at this point, this data point
[47:03]
that
[47:06]
says for every 14th job there is one
[47:07]
unit of
[47:08]
housing. Is that jobs where people
[47:09]
are working? Or is
[47:12]
that job positions that
[47:13]
are being advertised? I mean, what
[47:15]
does it
[47:18]
mean --what does a one job mean compared
[47:20]
to one unit of housing? And is that one
[47:21]
unit
[47:23]
of housing one unit of housing filled
[47:24]
and available or
[47:26]
is that --I don't know. Like I just
[47:27]
want a little bit
[47:29]
of clarification on the definitions
[47:30]
there. I look
[47:32]
at the people entering homelessness
[47:33]
versus exiting homelessness,
[47:36]
and I realize that people are entering homelessness
[47:37]
in the
[47:38]
hundreds, by the hundreds, and exiting
[47:39]
by the tens. I think
[47:40]
this is a very big problem. I'm looking at
[47:42]
the reasons
[47:44]
that people are doing this. I see
[47:45]
that
[47:46]
the family dissolution is one. Loss
[47:48]
of job is
[47:49]
one we expect, but family dissolution
[47:51]
is actually much higher
[47:54]
than even the loss of
[47:56]
jobs. I heard vice mayor cox's question
[47:58]
about moderate income and how that,
[48:00]
you know, what the definitions are, but
[48:01]
I
[48:03]
think regardless, people need to
[48:05]
understand that the ami, the area
[48:06]
median income, which we
[48:09]
use to define as the index for
[48:10]
affordability, is $180,000 in the county,
[48:12]
not just in the city
[48:14]
but in the county, right? It is arguably
[48:15]
higher -- I think it
[48:18]
is higher in the city. But when
[48:20]
you've got $180,000 as, you know,
[48:21]
that means
[48:24]
that people making
[48:27]
less than $220,000 a family or
[48:30]
up to $215,000 are
[48:33]
considered needy. That is like
[48:34]
a crazy number, right? And the other
[48:36]
thing that doesn't
[48:39]
--the full story is that that
[48:40]
kind of salary often requires that
[48:42]
two people are working. It's more
[48:44]
than just one person working. A lot
[48:45]
of people think that,
[48:48]
you know, everyone has really high
[48:50]
salaries. Well, the salaries are higher
[48:51]
than maybe
[48:54]
other places, but I mean, still $180,000
[48:56]
is a pretty good salary. But that
[48:57]
means that multiple
[48:59]
people are working and then other
[49:00]
things come into play such
[49:03]
as child care and schooling, right? We
[49:06]
know that child care has now entered
[49:07]
top
[49:09]
three concerns that families have. But
[49:12]
I almost guarantee
[49:15]
if we made being able to support your
[49:18]
household
[49:21]
capable by one person, if it were possible
[49:22]
for one
[49:24]
person to do that, I think child care
[49:25]
would
[49:27]
drastically go down. I think all the factors
[49:28]
together are
[49:29]
contributing to this problem. When
[49:30]
you've got family issues you've got
[49:31]
potentially not
[49:33]
just one but two people in
[49:36]
a family being displaced. So question, comments, thank
[49:38]
you very much.
[49:39]
>> all right. I know
[49:40]
there's a lot of questions here,
[49:42]
I'm going to go to the public, because
[49:45]
I'm thinking that --
[49:47]
then I'll ask you city manager will
[49:48]
not be able to answer
[49:51]
these questions and start our meeting
[49:52]
at
[49:54]
7:00. So would there be another
[49:57]
opportunity to get these questions
[49:58]
answered maybe another -- either back
[50:00]
in writing available to
[50:04]
the public or
[50:05]
another follow-up session to this?
[50:06]
>>
[50:07]
yes, mayor.
[50:08]
>> I will go
[50:09]
to the public, though.
[50:10]
>> yes, mayor,
[50:11]
we
[50:12]
can discuss internally whether we
[50:13]
send council a memorandum responding
[50:15]
to your questions or schedule another
[50:16]
meeting. There may be a
[50:19]
few questions if we have time after public
[50:21]
comment, that staff can respond to
[50:23]
briefly.
[50:24]
>> it's only 6:51, so we've
[50:25]
got plenty of time. I'm going to ask
[50:26]
if there's any member of the public
[50:27]
that would like to speak, have a question,
[50:30]
or make a comment about this issue.
[50:34]
anyone here in
[50:35]
the audience, please come forward. If
[50:37]
you do, and do we have
[50:38]
anyone online? I don't see anyone
[50:40]
online. Okay, so we
[50:42]
went to the public, there's no other questions. If
[50:43]
you
[50:44]
want to --you want to try to answer
[50:46]
a few of those while we have
[50:49]
a little bit
[50:52]
of time,
[50:53]
that would be great. Or if you want
[50:55]
to come back for
[50:57]
all of them, that's great too.
[50:58]
>>
[50:59]
we'll come
[51:00]
back.
[51:01]
>> okay. >> either in writing or
[51:03]
in person.
[51:04]
>> okay. Thank you very
[51:06]
much. Thank you for the presentation. We
[51:11]
will resume at 7:00 p.m. Thank you.
[1:02:24]
>> are
[1:02:27]
we ready? All right. Where's the city manager?
[1:02:42]
I guess this is one
[1:02:45]
everyone.
[1:02:46]
>> for what? >> I
[1:02:47]
don't know.
[1:02:48]
>> oh, special order. >>
[1:02:51]
oh,
[1:02:53]
the county one.
[1:02:54]
>> the election issue.
[1:02:57]
>> could I
[1:03:01]
ask everyone take their seats, please?
[1:03:06]
good evening,
[1:03:08]
everyone, I'd like to call this meeting
[1:03:09]
to order of the santa
[1:03:10]
clara city council stadium authority board. Could
[1:03:12]
you please stand for
[1:03:14]
the pledge of allegiance and remain
[1:03:19]
standing for our statement of values.
[1:03:20]
>>
[1:03:21]
I pledge allegiance to
[1:03:23]
the flag of the united states of america
[1:03:24]
and to
[1:03:27]
the republic for which
[1:03:29]
it stands, one nation, under god,
[1:03:30]
indivisible,
[1:03:33]
with liberty
[1:03:36]
and justice for all. As we gather
[1:03:38]
we humbly seek blessings upon this
[1:03:39]
meeting. May with act
[1:03:41]
with strength, courage, and will to
[1:03:42]
perform our
[1:03:45]
obligations and duties to our
[1:03:47]
people with justice to all. Let us
[1:03:48]
--
[1:03:49]
so we may act in the best interest
[1:03:51]
of our people,
[1:03:52]
our neighbors, and our country. All
[1:03:54]
this we ask so we
[1:03:57]
may serve our community with fairness
[1:04:00]
and respect, putting their needs
[1:04:03]
before all.
[1:04:04]
>>
[1:04:06]
thank you, please
[1:04:09]
be seated. Roll call, city clerk. Assistant
[1:04:11]
city clerk.
[1:04:12]
>> councilmember board
[1:04:13]
member
[1:04:14]
gonzalez?
[1:04:15]
>> present. >> councilmember
[1:04:16]
board member chahal?
[1:04:17]
>>
[1:04:18]
present.
[1:04:19]
>> councilmember board member
[1:04:20]
hardy?
[1:04:21]
>>
[1:04:22]
present.
[1:04:23]
>> councilmember board member
[1:04:24]
park?
[1:04:25]
>> here. >>
[1:04:26]
councilmember board member jain?
[1:04:27]
>>
[1:04:28]
here.
[1:04:29]
>> vice chair vice
[1:04:30]
mayor cox?
[1:04:31]
>> here. >> and mayor and
[1:04:32]
vice mayor gilmore --I mean, mayor
[1:04:33]
and chair.
[1:04:34]
>> I
[1:04:36]
got
[1:04:41]
it.
[1:04:42]
>> sorry. >> here. >> okay. --
[1:04:43]
entitled
[1:04:45]
to receive $30 for each attended meeting. Statement of
[1:04:46]
behavioral
[1:04:47]
standards. The city of santa clara
[1:04:48]
has adopted a code of ethics
[1:04:49]
and values in behavioral standards
[1:04:51]
for public meetings to promote
[1:04:54]
and maintain the highest levels of
[1:04:55]
conduct. This
[1:04:56]
includes mutual respect, robust discussion, and
[1:04:57]
allowing
[1:04:59]
city business to be done in an efficient
[1:05:00]
and consistent
[1:05:02]
manner. Please note that as the presiding
[1:05:03]
officer,
[1:05:05]
the mayor's and chair's direction
[1:05:06]
in matters
[1:05:08]
of process and decorum should be followed
[1:05:09]
and that
[1:05:12]
use of the gavel indicates all conversations must
[1:05:13]
conclude
[1:05:15]
and everyone in
[1:05:18]
attendance
[1:05:21]
should
[1:05:23]
come to order and attention. --disclose the clients
[1:05:24]
and or
[1:05:25]
organizations that you represent. This
[1:05:27]
is
[1:05:30]
pursuant
[1:05:33]
to city code section
[1:05:35]
2.155.110. Thank you, mayor.
[1:05:36]
>> for
[1:05:37]
today's meeting, the
[1:05:38]
council's back in person and is conducting
[1:05:39]
its meeting in a
[1:05:40]
hybrid manner. The public is welcome to
[1:05:42]
attend, and the city continues
[1:05:45]
to use
[1:05:48]
a zoom
[1:05:49]
feature. Members of the public can
[1:05:51]
join via the link and/or
[1:05:53]
call into the zoom meeting phone number
[1:05:54]
shown on the screen now. If you
[1:05:57]
would like to speak on an
[1:05:58]
agenda item or during public presentations,
[1:06:00]
please raise your hand on
[1:06:01]
the zoom application or press star
[1:06:03]
nine on your mean. Please only
[1:06:05]
raise your hand while the item you're
[1:06:06]
seeking
[1:06:07]
to speak on is presented. Staff will
[1:06:09]
enter your name or the last
[1:06:10]
four digits of your phone number,
[1:06:12]
and I will call
[1:06:15]
on you to speak. As a friendly reminder, members
[1:06:17]
of the public have two minutes to
[1:06:18]
speak on an
[1:06:21]
agenda item and three minutes on public
[1:06:22]
presentations. And
[1:06:24]
those are reserved for topics not
[1:06:26]
on the agenda. Prior to each agenda
[1:06:27]
item, staff will lower your hand
[1:06:30]
to ensure that members of the public
[1:06:31]
are
[1:06:33]
seeking to speak
[1:06:36]
on the appropriate agenda
[1:06:39]
item. So before we move
[1:06:42]
on to our
[1:06:45]
city council agenda, I'm
[1:06:48]
going
[1:06:51]
to ask that
[1:06:54]
the city council pause and
[1:06:57]
the audience pause for a moment of
[1:07:00]
silence for an 11th grader, isaiah mendoza, who
[1:07:01]
was killed
[1:07:02]
over the weekend from wilcox high
[1:07:03]
school. And because
[1:07:06]
of vice mayor cox
[1:07:09]
and her family was very familiar with
[1:07:10]
this
[1:07:12]
young gentleman and his family, she's
[1:07:13]
written
[1:07:15]
up
[1:07:17]
something very nice to say, so --
[1:07:18]
about him for a
[1:07:20]
moment of silence so. Vice mayor cox,
[1:07:21]
will you
[1:07:24]
please
[1:07:26]
do the honors.
[1:07:27]
>> thank you. Thanks,
[1:07:28]
everyone, give me
[1:07:30]
a minute here. Tonight we take a moment
[1:07:34]
to remember the short but
[1:07:35]
deeply impactful life of isaiah mendoza,
[1:07:37]
known by his
[1:07:39]
friends as zay, his family as pops,
[1:07:42]
his coaches as iam, he was a young
[1:07:45]
man whose spirit left a far bigger
[1:07:48]
imprint than his years. At just 16, isaiah
[1:07:49]
carried
[1:07:51]
himself with a mix of talent, kindness,
[1:07:53]
drive, and humility that inspired
[1:07:55]
everyone around him. His sudden
[1:07:56]
passing on saturday night has left
[1:07:58]
a wound in our
[1:08:00]
community that words can barely touch. Isaiah
[1:08:03]
was more than a student, more than
[1:08:04]
an athlete,
[1:08:07]
more than a competitor. He was
[1:08:10]
a son, a grandson, a brother, an apple
[1:08:12]
of his family's eye, his mom's baby. He
[1:08:13]
was a
[1:08:15]
loyal friend who showed up for people,
[1:08:16]
a teammate
[1:08:18]
who lifted others higher, and a strong
[1:08:19]
believer
[1:08:22]
whose faith shone through
[1:08:25]
how he treated
[1:08:26]
other people. In isaiah's simplicity, he's
[1:08:28]
what we all
[1:08:29]
aspire to be, a loving human. Last
[1:08:31]
night hundreds filled the field
[1:08:33]
at wilcox high school to honor him. They
[1:08:34]
came to
[1:08:36]
hug his family, to grieve together,
[1:08:37]
and to share stories, to
[1:08:40]
cling to each other in
[1:08:42]
the face of this unimaginable grief. That
[1:08:43]
gathering was not
[1:08:44]
just a farewell but a reflection on
[1:08:46]
the light that isaiah
[1:08:49]
gave and his
[1:08:50]
capacity to bring people together. Isaiah's
[1:08:52]
16 years carried a
[1:08:53]
fullness of joy and accomplishment
[1:08:55]
that some never reach
[1:08:57]
in a century. He lived with intention,
[1:08:58]
he poured himself into his
[1:09:01]
family and his friends and his
[1:09:03]
passions and his faith, and in giving so freely,
[1:09:04]
he
[1:09:05]
taught us how to live loudly, with
[1:09:07]
love, with courage, and with
[1:09:08]
purpose. And now in his absence, and
[1:09:10]
I thought about
[1:09:12]
this a lot yesterday when I watched
[1:09:16]
people, I was
[1:09:18]
reminded of the power of grief. And
[1:09:19]
I looked around this
[1:09:22]
room and this field
[1:09:25]
of people at their very best
[1:09:27]
because, man, we were raw, and hands
[1:09:28]
had nothing to hold
[1:09:30]
and our hearts were cracked open. And
[1:09:31]
in
[1:09:32]
that moment with no walls up to push
[1:09:34]
others out and
[1:09:36]
no one to hide behind, we only had the
[1:09:37]
simple urgent need
[1:09:40]
to hold on and reach out
[1:09:42]
to each other. And I just am reminded
[1:09:43]
that moments of grief
[1:09:46]
are powerful and rare and not to
[1:09:49]
be wasted. And as painful as it is,
[1:09:52]
it allows us space to love. More
[1:09:55]
freely than before
[1:09:58]
to forgive, to reflect, to
[1:10:00]
reconcile, and to pull people closer. Isaiah gave us
[1:10:01]
love
[1:10:03]
and laughter and life, and in his
[1:10:04]
passing he gives
[1:10:07]
us a chance to be kinder
[1:10:08]
people. And I hope that we honor him
[1:10:10]
not just with our tears and
[1:10:13]
prayers but the way we move forward
[1:10:15]
and that we extend our hands and we
[1:10:16]
leave our hearts unguarded
[1:10:19]
and we
[1:10:22]
love like
[1:10:23]
a 16-year-old kid, unburdened, unafraid,
[1:10:25]
reckless, and a love that
[1:10:28]
will not wait for tomorrow. Thank
[1:10:31]
you.
[1:10:32]
>> thank you for those beautiful
[1:10:33]
words. I'm going to
[1:10:34]
ask that we pause now for a moment
[1:10:35]
of
[1:10:37]
silence
[1:10:40]
for the passing of isaiah mendoza.
[1:11:03]
thank you for that. During this difficult
[1:11:04]
time,
[1:11:06]
we offer our heartfelt condolences
[1:11:07]
to isaiah's parents and
[1:11:09]
his extended family. We will also
[1:11:10]
be adjourning
[1:11:13]
tonight's meeting
[1:11:16]
in
[1:11:19]
his memory as well. All right. Moving
[1:11:20]
on. Reports
[1:11:22]
of action taken
[1:11:23]
in closed session, city attorney?
[1:11:24]
>>
[1:11:25]
thank you, madame mayor. City council did
[1:11:28]
meet in closed session on the
[1:11:30]
existing litigation item as listed
[1:11:31]
on the agenda. However, there
[1:11:34]
was
[1:11:37]
no reportable
[1:11:40]
action.
[1:11:41]
>>
[1:11:44]
thank you. Exceptions, reconsiderations, city council? Continuances? Oh. It
[1:11:46]
ended up
[1:11:49]
on a
[1:11:52]
different line.continuances, exceptions, reconsiderations
[1:11:55]
. City manager are
[1:11:58]
you continuing
[1:12:01]
an item?
[1:12:02]
>> yes, ma'am, item 4c, which
[1:12:03]
is
[1:12:04]
a report from -- our destination marketing
[1:12:07]
and --one slight change to
[1:12:09]
that. Emailed city council earlier
[1:12:10]
today. Not requesting a continuance
[1:12:11]
but would
[1:12:12]
like council to act on the consent
[1:12:13]
item, which
[1:12:16]
is the annual report for 2024/25,
[1:12:17]
and then
[1:12:19]
we will bring back the presentation
[1:12:22]
from christine lawson --
[1:12:23]
>>
[1:12:24]
at a later date.
[1:12:25]
>> -- at a later
[1:12:26]
date.
[1:12:27]
>> all right, so
[1:12:28]
we'll leave that alone for now. So
[1:12:31]
any other continuances, exceptions,
[1:12:34]
or reconsiderations from the
[1:12:37]
council or anybody in
[1:12:40]
the public? Do we have anyone online?
[1:12:42]
all right, seeing none, we are going
[1:12:43]
to move now
[1:12:46]
to our special
[1:12:48]
orders of business. For our first
[1:12:49]
special order of
[1:12:52]
business, the city recognizes hispanic
[1:12:53]
heritage
[1:12:55]
month from september
[1:12:57]
15th through october 15th. Hispanic
[1:12:58]
and latinx residents make
[1:13:01]
up nearly 16% of santa clara's
[1:13:04]
population and are a vital part
[1:13:07]
of our community's history, economy,
[1:13:10]
and culture. This evening we are honored
[1:13:11]
to
[1:13:14]
have three
[1:13:17]
santa clara university student
[1:13:18]
organizations, latin a student union
[1:13:20]
--and the society
[1:13:22]
of hispanic professional engineers
[1:13:26]
with us to help accept the
[1:13:27]
hispanic heritage month proclamation. The
[1:13:29]
latin a
[1:13:32]
student union aims to unify and
[1:13:34]
amplify the voices of the latin a community
[1:13:35]
and
[1:13:37]
allies by creating a safe, inclusive,
[1:13:40]
and respectful space where individuals
[1:13:41]
can
[1:13:43]
organize together and empower one
[1:13:44]
another by
[1:13:46]
fostering a supportive community of
[1:13:49]
current students, alumni, faculty,
[1:13:50]
and
[1:13:52]
staff, creating a maintaining open
[1:13:55]
channels of communication to facilitate
[1:13:57]
awareness, discussion, and activism
[1:13:59]
within our community
[1:14:02]
and celebrate the diverse
[1:14:05]
cultures and
[1:14:09]
experiences from across latin america.
[1:14:14]
. --and resources
[1:14:20]
to latina chicana students
[1:14:22]
--social events, workshops, and workshops,
[1:14:25]
while raising awareness and educating
[1:14:26]
the campus and
[1:14:29]
the community
[1:14:32]
at large about chicana
[1:14:33]
latina issues. The society of hispanic
[1:14:35]
professional engineers promotes the
[1:14:37]
enrollment and retention of minorities
[1:14:38]
to
[1:14:40]
diversify technical fields and empower
[1:14:41]
the
[1:14:43]
latin community to realize its fullest
[1:14:44]
potential
[1:14:47]
and impact the world through
[1:14:49]
s.t.e.m. Awareness, access, support,
[1:14:50]
and
[1:14:52]
development. We are honored to have
[1:14:53]
donna
[1:14:56]
garcia-ramirez from latin a
[1:14:59]
student union,
[1:15:02]
carla martinez
[1:15:04]
and anixia devia, and yasidro magano
[1:15:07]
from the society of professional hispanic
[1:15:08]
engineers
[1:15:10]
with us here today. I invite you all
[1:15:11]
to the podium here for those who
[1:15:14]
may
[1:15:17]
like to say a few words.
[1:15:25]
welcome.
[1:15:26]
>> thank you. Thank you very much,
[1:15:27]
mayor
[1:15:29]
lisa gillmor. As mayor
[1:15:32]
lisa gillmor stated, hi, I'm
[1:15:35]
a senior -- I'm the co-president
[1:15:36]
for ship, the society for professional
[1:15:38]
hispanic engineers, dedicated to
[1:15:40]
changing lives by empowering the hispanic
[1:15:41]
community to realize
[1:15:43]
its full potential and its impact through
[1:15:44]
s.t.e.m.
[1:15:46]
awareness across support and development. We
[1:15:47]
have
[1:15:48]
three main pillars. Academic, this
[1:15:50]
is important
[1:15:52]
to support any student's academic
[1:15:53]
needs. One of our
[1:15:55]
key initiatives is mentorship. Our
[1:15:56]
second is professional. This
[1:15:59]
pillar is important to prepare and
[1:16:00]
grow
[1:16:01]
students' opportunities by building
[1:16:02]
confidence and ultimately boosting job
[1:16:04]
satisfaction. And then our last is
[1:16:05]
social. This pillar
[1:16:08]
is important to grow community and
[1:16:10]
create a sense of belonging. Thank
[1:16:11]
you and feel
[1:16:14]
free to connect. We are open
[1:16:17]
to any
[1:16:18]
collaborations. Thank you.
[1:16:19]
>> thank
[1:16:20]
you.
[1:16:21]
>> hello, I
[1:16:22]
am a public health major at santa clara university,
[1:16:23]
and
[1:16:26]
I am one of the
[1:16:28]
co-chairs.
[1:16:29]
>> hi, excuse me, hi, my name
[1:16:30]
is carla martinez, and
[1:16:32]
I am also one of the co-chairs, and
[1:16:34]
I am a third-year finance major. And it
[1:16:35]
is
[1:16:38]
an honor to be
[1:16:41]
here today.
[1:16:42]
>> so we're an
[1:16:44]
organization dedicated to supporting predominantly
[1:16:45]
latinx
[1:16:46]
or chicana students through leadership
[1:16:47]
development
[1:16:49]
and academic resources. We offer undergraduate,
[1:16:51]
graduate, and professional opportunities
[1:16:53]
that promote academic
[1:16:55]
excellence, community service, and
[1:16:56]
networking.
[1:16:57]
>> founded to create
[1:16:59]
a sense of belonging for chicana students,
[1:17:02]
we foster a supportive
[1:17:03]
environment where students can access
[1:17:05]
essential resources and build a strong network. Our
[1:17:08]
mission is grounded in three key
[1:17:10]
pillars, academics, community service,
[1:17:11]
and collegiate
[1:17:14]
networking.
[1:17:15]
>> at the core
[1:17:17]
of it is the model --
[1:17:19]
the power of women, which represents
[1:17:20]
the strength, determination, and
[1:17:23]
resilience of every one of
[1:17:25]
our members. This embodies our commitment
[1:17:26]
to higher education, the
[1:17:28]
empowerment of our families and communities,
[1:17:29]
and the
[1:17:30]
pursuit of equality and education
[1:17:32]
and beyond.
[1:17:33]
>> we
[1:17:34]
would like to express our sincere
[1:17:35]
gratitude to the
[1:17:37]
board for recognizing the significance
[1:17:38]
of his pan tick heritage
[1:17:40]
month and for issuing the proclamation. Your
[1:17:41]
support helps
[1:17:44]
us to implement the
[1:17:47]
voices
[1:17:49]
and contributions of the latinx community.
[1:17:50]
>>
[1:17:51]
thank you so
[1:17:53]
much for having us.
[1:17:54]
>> thank you. >>
[1:17:55]
welcome.
[1:17:56]
>> thank you. Good evening,
[1:17:57]
everyone, my name is
[1:17:58]
donna garcia-ramirez, and I'm a sophomore
[1:17:59]
attending santa clara university, where
[1:18:02]
I am one of the chairs of
[1:18:03]
the latina student union. It is an
[1:18:05]
honor to be here with you all, and
[1:18:06]
I would like
[1:18:08]
to thank mayor lisa gillmor and everyone
[1:18:09]
on
[1:18:10]
santa clara city council for inviting
[1:18:11]
me here today. More importantly, I
[1:18:14]
thank you for taking time to
[1:18:15]
celebrate hispanic heritage month,
[1:18:16]
a month that means so much to me and
[1:18:17]
to the
[1:18:18]
thousands of people in santa clara
[1:18:20]
who are proud of their
[1:18:22]
latino heritage. At santa clara, I
[1:18:23]
had the
[1:18:25]
privilege of joining our latina student
[1:18:26]
union, where I felt an
[1:18:29]
immediate connection to the students
[1:18:31]
around me. Hearing everyone's stories
[1:18:32]
and upbringings was so inspiring. What
[1:18:35]
touched me the most was hearing the
[1:18:36]
struggles
[1:18:37]
many of my peers faced growing up,
[1:18:38]
yet the way
[1:18:40]
they were able to persevere, grow, and
[1:18:41]
end up at
[1:18:43]
an institution like santa clara. Lsu became like
[1:18:44]
a home to
[1:18:47]
me, and I learned how my voice, story,
[1:18:49]
and upbringing was valued, heard,
[1:18:50]
and celebrated. I
[1:18:51]
come from a low-income family where my
[1:18:53]
mexican mother came here
[1:18:56]
seeking a better life and
[1:18:59]
my salvadorian father came
[1:19:01]
here fleeing from the war. They were able
[1:19:02]
to provide me with everything
[1:19:04]
I needed in order to succeed. They
[1:19:05]
gave me a sense of
[1:19:08]
pride and taught me that no matter
[1:19:09]
what we may
[1:19:10]
go through, I have potential to have
[1:19:12]
a life they didn't have the
[1:19:13]
opportunity to have. My story is one
[1:19:15]
of many stories that students
[1:19:16]
carry with them at santa clara. At
[1:19:18]
the latina student
[1:19:20]
union at santa clara, we aim to unify
[1:19:22]
and amplify the voices of latina community
[1:19:24]
and our
[1:19:25]
allies, creating a safe, inclusive,
[1:19:27]
and respectful space where
[1:19:28]
we can organize together and empower
[1:19:30]
one another. We strive
[1:19:33]
to achieve this by fostering
[1:19:35]
a supportive community of current students,
[1:19:37]
alumni, faculty, and staff, creating
[1:19:39]
and maintaining
[1:19:41]
open channels of communication to
[1:19:42]
facilitate
[1:19:43]
awareness, discussion, and activism. On
[1:19:45]
behalf of the latina student
[1:19:46]
union, I say thank you for taking
[1:19:47]
the time to recognize this important
[1:19:48]
month
[1:19:50]
and for continuing the work of building
[1:19:54]
city where diversity's not just
[1:19:55]
acknowledged but celebrated as a strength.
[1:19:56]
>>
[1:19:57]
thank you so much for all
[1:19:59]
of you for being here today and telling
[1:20:00]
us about
[1:20:02]
the incredible work that all your
[1:20:03]
organizations
[1:20:04]
are doing and how you're enriching the
[1:20:06]
lives of the hispanic community
[1:20:07]
here in santa clara. So I would like
[1:20:09]
you all to please join us up
[1:20:11]
here so I can present you with these
[1:20:12]
proclamations. We
[1:20:15]
have one for each of the groups,
[1:20:18]
and we
[1:20:21]
can take a photo. Please, join us.
[1:21:51]
>> [ applause ]
[1:22:24]
>> all right, that's our
[1:22:25]
first one. We typically don't take
[1:22:27]
public comment after our
[1:22:28]
special orders of business, but I
[1:22:29]
would invite anyone who would like
[1:22:30]
to make
[1:22:32]
a public comment on any of our special
[1:22:33]
orders of business
[1:22:36]
to do it
[1:22:39]
under public presentation, which is
[1:22:41]
shortly after our special orders of business. Our
[1:22:42]
next special
[1:22:45]
order of business
[1:22:48]
is item 3b, and that is
[1:22:51]
we are declaring
[1:22:53]
september as childhood cancer awareness
[1:22:54]
month. This month is a time
[1:22:57]
to honor the courage of the hundreds
[1:23:00]
of thousands of
[1:23:02]
children who are facing cancer, survived
[1:23:03]
cancer, or
[1:23:06]
were taken too soon. It's also a time
[1:23:07]
to
[1:23:09]
acknowledge the strength of all the
[1:23:11]
pediatric patients, their families,
[1:23:12]
and their
[1:23:15]
caretakers and to pay tribute to their
[1:23:16]
commitment
[1:23:18]
to continuing the fight
[1:23:21]
and never giving up. The lucile
[1:23:22]
packard children's hospital at stanford
[1:23:24]
has worked closely with
[1:23:27]
jacob's heart for the past 27
[1:23:30]
years as a
[1:23:32]
trusted community partner in providing
[1:23:33]
family-centered
[1:23:36]
care that addresses the emotional,
[1:23:37]
practical, and financial struggles
[1:23:39]
of families of children with cancers
[1:23:42]
in the city of santa clara. At
[1:23:45]
this time, I'd like
[1:23:48]
to invite outreach coordinator alyssa
[1:23:51]
gill-ojeda from jacob's
[1:23:53]
heart, children's counselor support
[1:23:54]
services, up to
[1:23:57]
the podium to say a few words. Alyssa,
[1:23:59]
thank you for joining us today.
[1:24:00]
>>
[1:24:01]
hi, everyone, my
[1:24:03]
name is alyssa, and I'm here on behalf
[1:24:04]
of
[1:24:06]
jacob's heart. Thank you so
[1:24:09]
much, mayor and city council, for
[1:24:12]
proclaiming september as childhood
[1:24:13]
cancer awareness
[1:24:14]
month. Jacob's heart expanded into
[1:24:15]
all of santa clara county, so we are
[1:24:16]
here to wrap
[1:24:17]
your families in love and support. If
[1:24:18]
you come across someone
[1:24:20]
in the community who is facing pediatric cancer,
[1:24:21]
anyone under
[1:24:24]
the age of 21, please send them
[1:24:27]
our way. We're here to
[1:24:28]
help them financially, practically,
[1:24:29]
socially, emotionally, really giving
[1:24:30]
them that peer-to-peer
[1:24:32]
support that they need. We're here
[1:24:33]
to make sure that families
[1:24:34]
aren't facing this journey alone. So
[1:24:36]
if you would like to
[1:24:39]
ever get involved, just look up jacobsheart.org,
[1:24:42]
and we would be happy to work with
[1:24:43]
you. Thank
[1:24:45]
you so much again for proclaiming
[1:24:46]
september
[1:24:47]
as childhood cancer awareness month. We
[1:24:48]
can't do
[1:24:51]
the work we
[1:24:54]
do without you guys. Our families
[1:24:56]
can't thank you enough for standing with them
[1:24:58]
through
[1:24:59]
this journey.
[1:25:00]
>> thank you for being
[1:25:01]
here for the tremendous work your
[1:25:03]
organization does to support the children
[1:25:04]
with cancer and their
[1:25:06]
families. It's --we have so much gratitude
[1:25:07]
for that. I'd like to
[1:25:09]
invite you and any of your colleagues
[1:25:10]
that you
[1:25:13]
have with us.
[1:25:14]
>> just me. I came
[1:25:15]
from watsonville.
[1:25:16]
>> I'd like to invite
[1:25:17]
just you up here. And we'd
[1:25:19]
like
[1:25:20]
to present you with this proclamation.
[1:27:19]
>> no, that's okay.
[1:27:31]
all right. So our
[1:27:33]
next special order of business is
[1:27:36]
item 3c, which is sister city izumo
[1:27:37]
japan trip
[1:27:39]
student presentation and acceptance
[1:27:40]
of
[1:27:45]
gift from friendship city icheon,
[1:27:46]
republic of korea. I'd
[1:27:47]
like to invite the president of the
[1:27:49]
santa clara sister cities
[1:27:50]
association to the podium to narrate
[1:27:52]
a presentation
[1:27:55]
on the trip
[1:27:58]
to santa clara's
[1:27:59]
friendship city, icheon, republic
[1:28:01]
of -- it's not
[1:28:04]
china on my thing here, it's south korea. Councilmember
[1:28:07]
park will also be presenting a gift
[1:28:10]
on behalf of icheon
[1:28:11]
to sister city's association president
[1:28:13]
margaret.
[1:28:14]
>> yeah, and I think
[1:28:15]
that we're going to --
[1:28:16]
>> is margaret here? >>
[1:28:17]
--
[1:28:18]
a little bit later to receive, but I'm
[1:28:22]
going to bring up
[1:28:25]
dr. Uni ku to
[1:28:27]
present with me on icheon. We thought
[1:28:28]
we'd present on
[1:28:31]
icheon first so we can leave the
[1:28:33]
balance for the japan trip, which
[1:28:34]
I want
[1:28:37]
to sit comfortably
[1:28:39]
to hear. Thank you have much. Santa
[1:28:40]
clara signed a --
[1:28:43]
a lot of people think of icheon
[1:28:45]
because of the airport, but it's icheon,
[1:28:46]
korea, and what
[1:28:47]
a lot of people don't know is -- I
[1:28:49]
think this
[1:28:52]
is where we are, icheon, it's the
[1:28:54]
province, the county that icheon is
[1:28:55]
in
[1:28:58]
is actually a very large county. And the
[1:29:00]
idea is it used to be very much agricultural,
[1:29:01]
so
[1:29:04]
there's a lot of rice. In fact, if you're
[1:29:05]
in
[1:29:06]
korea, you know about icheon rice. It's
[1:29:07]
very famous for its rice. And
[1:29:10]
it's got -- and the city
[1:29:11]
itself is actually pretty large. Almost about
[1:29:13]
twice as large as the city
[1:29:16]
of santa clara. And it's
[1:29:19]
known for its ceramics. This is something
[1:29:20]
I learned in talking with icheon,
[1:29:22]
but it's something we got to experience
[1:29:25]
when we went to the
[1:29:31]
ceramics festival. It's a u
[1:29:34]
--
[1:29:37]
and we were able to join the
[1:29:40]
festival, and it is an
[1:29:41]
international ceramics festival. It's
[1:29:42]
actually very famous. If you look
[1:29:43]
it
[1:29:46]
up, you can see it. The
[1:29:49]
delegation
[1:29:52]
members
[1:29:55]
were myself, dr. Eun koo,
[1:29:57]
and shiv dagar. He's not able to be here tonight,
[1:29:58]
but he helped
[1:30:00]
with the presentation, so he knows
[1:30:01]
what's being presented. And
[1:30:02]
in icheon, we will go through each
[1:30:04]
of the people, but we met with
[1:30:07]
the mayor, with the chief staff, and
[1:30:10]
also with the supervisor of education. Because
[1:30:11]
what
[1:30:13]
we'd like to do with the city of icheon
[1:30:14]
as
[1:30:15]
a sister city relationship, we'd real lie
[1:30:16]
like to do the school exchanges, the
[1:30:18]
middle school, the high school exchanges
[1:30:19]
that we do with
[1:30:21]
all of our other sister cities. And
[1:30:22]
hopefully we'll hear
[1:30:25]
some great stories from japan. I'd
[1:30:26]
love to hear
[1:30:27]
maybe next year, maybe the year after some
[1:30:28]
great stories
[1:30:30]
from korea as well. They actually
[1:30:31]
gave us a
[1:30:33]
full schedule. It was a pretty big
[1:30:34]
vip
[1:30:37]
tour. And I'm going to leave
[1:30:39]
the cultural explanations to dr. Koo,
[1:30:40]
who knows
[1:30:43]
more than I do.
[1:30:44]
>> okay, we
[1:30:46]
visited
[1:30:49]
the tomb of king sejong
[1:30:52]
-- and the creator of the
[1:30:55]
korean alphabet. And then
[1:30:57]
we visited shinleuk temple, shinleuk
[1:30:58]
sa, and after
[1:31:01]
the temple tour, the sister
[1:31:03]
city's welcome dinner began our exchange.
[1:31:04]
>>
[1:31:05]
and we have
[1:31:06]
to remember that these tours happened
[1:31:07]
even before the exchange started,
[1:31:10]
even before we met any of the
[1:31:14]
other cities, even before
[1:31:16]
we met the mayor of icheon. This was
[1:31:18]
the sister city's welcome dinner. We
[1:31:20]
found there
[1:31:22]
were a number of cities. There are
[1:31:24]
seven cities from four different countries,
[1:31:26]
I believe, I don't
[1:31:29]
know if I've --
[1:31:30]
well, maybe I'll go back, but you
[1:31:32]
know, we had
[1:31:33]
--actually, it's a later slide --
[1:31:35]
but you'll
[1:31:37]
see the delegation here. Many of these
[1:31:38]
cities also
[1:31:41]
have a long history or
[1:31:42]
a storied history of ceramics. So it
[1:31:43]
was very interesting to see the gifts
[1:31:44]
that
[1:31:47]
were brought to the city. It was
[1:31:50]
very interesting to
[1:31:52]
see how the exchanges started and
[1:31:53]
santa
[1:31:54]
clara isn't really known for ceramics, but
[1:31:56]
we could be. We could be if we
[1:31:57]
have a good attitude. But as they
[1:31:59]
go, as the city of icheon
[1:32:02]
goes into a little bit
[1:32:05]
of more technical with --as one of
[1:32:06]
their biggest companies in technology,
[1:32:08]
we see a lot of
[1:32:11]
things we could do together. The mayor
[1:32:12]
meeting and mutual gift exchange was,
[1:32:14]
again, for sister cities, you
[1:32:16]
know, so all the same people from
[1:32:19]
the previous --the previous slide. And
[1:32:20]
it was
[1:32:23]
very interesting to
[1:32:25]
hear how the sister cities started,
[1:32:26]
the
[1:32:27]
ceramics relationships that started
[1:32:29]
almost 30 years
[1:32:33]
ago. Almost every single one. We've
[1:32:35]
had france, two cities
[1:32:37]
in japan, santa fe, and two cities
[1:32:38]
in china. All
[1:32:41]
known for their
[1:32:44]
ceramics. There were quite a few
[1:32:45]
ceramics-related gifts. We almost
[1:32:46]
felt as the odd one out here. But
[1:32:50]
it was very beautiful to
[1:32:52]
see. We exchanged our gift, which
[1:32:53]
was
[1:32:54]
very nice. It was accepted very nicely. I
[1:32:56]
think staff did
[1:32:58]
a great job at helping select the
[1:32:59]
gift. And
[1:33:02]
we have the
[1:33:05]
gift for the --our sister
[1:33:08]
city association a little
[1:33:11]
bit later.
[1:33:12]
>> and we
[1:33:14]
met with the --of education
[1:33:17]
to explore student
[1:33:20]
and teacher exchanges. --classes
[1:33:24]
and project-based language and culture program.
[1:33:32]
and the festival
[1:33:35]
drew over 1,000 attendees
[1:33:37]
and featured international guests,
[1:33:38]
the
[1:33:41]
mayor and the
[1:33:47]
councilmembers and the special operatic
[1:33:50]
performances. And we toured
[1:33:52]
the ceramic exhibitions and joined
[1:33:56]
the pottery session led
[1:33:59]
by master artisan
[1:34:02]
kim chang seb. And also our
[1:34:04]
delegation enjoyed a traditional turtle
[1:34:05]
folk
[1:34:08]
play a lively performance
[1:34:11]
preserved by the local cultural
[1:34:14]
society. And then we
[1:34:17]
visited the world class
[1:34:20]
icheon cerapia ceramic museum and
[1:34:21]
the
[1:34:22]
democracy movement exhibition hall
[1:34:23]
to
[1:34:26]
learn about both
[1:34:27]
art and modern korean history.
[1:34:28]
>> and
[1:34:29]
it was a very short trip, but it
[1:34:32]
was a very full trip. I think if we
[1:34:34]
spend four days there and every single
[1:34:35]
hour of
[1:34:37]
those --of that trip was meaningful,
[1:34:38]
had something that they
[1:34:40]
presented that they were able to prepare for
[1:34:41]
us. And we're very
[1:34:44]
happy to do that. I also want
[1:34:49]
to now bring up the gift. I'd like
[1:34:50]
to
[1:34:53]
call up the president of the
[1:34:56]
santa clara sister cities
[1:34:58]
association to receive the gift. Again,
[1:34:59]
this
[1:35:02]
visit was for the sister city
[1:35:04]
-- the international sister cities
[1:35:08]
that icheon had. And
[1:35:09]
they presented this handmade vase. We
[1:35:11]
actually got to learn how
[1:35:13]
to make the shape, but we learned
[1:35:14]
nothing
[1:35:16]
about how to make this vase. And this is
[1:35:17]
something
[1:35:20]
that I hope will stay in the
[1:35:23]
sister
[1:35:26]
city's archives for a long time.
[1:35:44]
>> so
[1:35:47]
I want to
[1:35:50]
introduce that too, right? This is
[1:35:53]
izumo, correct? So this is a special
[1:35:54]
presentation from
[1:35:56]
the clara and wilcox high
[1:35:58]
school students and the santa clara
[1:35:59]
sister
[1:36:01]
cities association on their recent
[1:36:02]
exchange visit to our
[1:36:05]
sister city of izumo, japan. The santa
[1:36:06]
clara sister
[1:36:07]
cities association enriches the lives
[1:36:08]
of
[1:36:11]
our community members by encouraging
[1:36:13]
opportunities such as student exchanges
[1:36:14]
between santa
[1:36:15]
clara sister cities. These exchanges
[1:36:17]
allow our young
[1:36:19]
people in our community to explore
[1:36:20]
cultures from
[1:36:23]
around the world. At
[1:36:26]
this time, I'd like
[1:36:27]
to invite the sister city's association
[1:36:29]
board member and director
[1:36:32]
of international programs and
[1:36:35]
services at mission college to speak
[1:36:36]
and introduce,
[1:36:38]
to say a few words and introduce
[1:36:41]
the
[1:36:44]
students who attended
[1:36:46]
this exchange. Welcome.
[1:36:47]
>> good evening,
[1:36:48]
councilmembers
[1:36:50]
and community
[1:36:52]
members. Thank you, mayor gillmor. I'm
[1:36:53]
here tonight representing
[1:36:56]
the santa clara sister cities association. I'm
[1:36:57]
honored to share
[1:36:59]
a few words about our recent
[1:37:02]
youth exchange trip to
[1:37:05]
izumo, japan. From june 16th to 26th,
[1:37:06]
I had
[1:37:08]
the privilege of traveling with
[1:37:10]
six remarkable high school students from
[1:37:12]
santa
[1:37:15]
clara and wilcox high schools
[1:37:17]
as part of our sister cities program. Four
[1:37:18]
of them
[1:37:21]
are here with me tonight to
[1:37:24]
share their reflections and
[1:37:27]
experiences. Our student
[1:37:30]
ambassadors who traveled
[1:37:33]
to izumo
[1:37:36]
were pham, kim,
[1:37:39]
ethan woo, toby
[1:37:42]
sang, and lena
[1:37:43]
and priscilla lei. During our time in
[1:37:45]
izumo, we were
[1:37:47]
warmly welcomed by local community,
[1:37:50]
including city hall officials and
[1:37:54]
members of the
[1:37:57]
international
[1:37:58]
exchange association of izumo. Their
[1:37:59]
kindness, hospitality, generosity
[1:38:00]
made a lasting
[1:38:03]
impression on all of us,
[1:38:06]
truly embody the spirit of
[1:38:07]
international friendship. Now I would
[1:38:09]
like to invite our youth
[1:38:11]
ambassadors to share their stories
[1:38:17]
and reflections from their trip. Okay.
[1:38:18]
>>
[1:38:19]
welcome.
[1:38:20]
>> hi, thank you. Hi, my
[1:38:21]
name is sora, and
[1:38:22]
this is a brief photo presentation
[1:38:24]
that I put together
[1:38:27]
to
[1:38:30]
recap our trip to izumo, japan.
[1:38:36]
to start off,
[1:38:37]
we have the welcome party. For me
[1:38:39]
personally, the welcome party in izumo
[1:38:41]
was one of the most memorable parts
[1:38:42]
of
[1:38:43]
my trip. The warmth and excitement
[1:38:45]
of the community
[1:38:48]
made me feel
[1:38:49]
truly at home. Sharing food, traditions,
[1:38:51]
and
[1:38:53]
laughter with the students and families
[1:38:54]
showed me how powerful
[1:38:57]
cultural exchange can be in
[1:38:59]
turning strangers into friends. Overall,
[1:39:00]
this
[1:39:03]
was an unforgettable --sorry
[1:39:05]
--unforgettable experience, and words
[1:39:06]
cannot express how truly
[1:39:09]
grateful I am
[1:39:12]
to have had the privilege. Thank you.
[1:39:13]
>>
[1:39:20]
hi. My name is priscilla, and I'm a
[1:39:21]
senior from
[1:39:24]
santa clara high school. So the trip
[1:39:25]
to
[1:39:26]
izumo was probably one of the best
[1:39:27]
trips I've ever
[1:39:28]
been on. The organization and planning
[1:39:30]
of it was, like, top tier. And
[1:39:32]
even when I was going on vacation
[1:39:33]
with my family
[1:39:35]
or personally, it had never been this thought
[1:39:36]
out and organized. So here
[1:39:39]
are some of the things
[1:39:42]
we did
[1:39:45]
on
[1:39:48]
our trip. The
[1:39:51]
ink dyeing workshop --
[1:39:53]
[ inaudible ] closer, okay. So one
[1:39:54]
of the most
[1:39:57]
memorable parts of my trip
[1:40:00]
was me personally going to izumo
[1:40:01]
and visiting all the schools. Like
[1:40:03]
I was a little bit nervous at first,
[1:40:04]
but
[1:40:06]
they were all just so incredibly kind
[1:40:09]
and, like, welcoming despite the language
[1:40:10]
barrier. They
[1:40:12]
included me, asking me questions,
[1:40:13]
and
[1:40:15]
you know, were always willing to
[1:40:16]
help. Their respect and care was unlike
[1:40:18]
anything I ever experienced in
[1:40:19]
the u.s. It was so luscious. There
[1:40:21]
was so much greenery, and
[1:40:22]
I appreciated learning, you know,
[1:40:24]
a little bit about the culture. And
[1:40:25]
I loved all the shrines and temples,
[1:40:27]
which is something I don't
[1:40:30]
get to see here. And I'm truly grateful
[1:40:31]
for
[1:40:32]
this unforgettable experience. It's
[1:40:33]
had such a huge impact on me, and
[1:40:34]
I've
[1:40:35]
shared it with everyone I know. And
[1:40:36]
because of
[1:40:38]
that now, students at santa clara
[1:40:39]
high school are now
[1:40:41]
more committed than ever to spread
[1:40:42]
the word
[1:40:45]
and get others involved. And
[1:40:48]
we're so excited for
[1:40:51]
what's ahead.
[1:40:52]
>> you
[1:40:54]
had fun.
[1:40:55]
>> hello, my name's
[1:40:56]
kim, I'm currently a sophomore at
[1:40:57]
wilcox, although
[1:41:00]
I traveled to izumo in my
[1:41:01]
freshman year. Some highlights from
[1:41:03]
my trip were just having free
[1:41:06]
time with my family, as I don't have
[1:41:07]
siblings
[1:41:09]
so it was basically like having a
[1:41:11]
sibling. And it truly felt --I truly
[1:41:12]
felt a strong
[1:41:15]
bond from them, considering they opened
[1:41:16]
their
[1:41:18]
homes to me
[1:41:21]
with welcoming and warm arms. My
[1:41:23]
most memorable memory from the trip
[1:41:24]
wasn't something insane
[1:41:26]
or crazy, but it was going to the
[1:41:27]
mall and
[1:41:29]
hanging out with my host family. And
[1:41:30]
we played a
[1:41:33]
crane game. And it felt like being
[1:41:36]
part of their family themselves and
[1:41:38]
being just a sibling there. And it
[1:41:39]
was truly incredible, and
[1:41:42]
I can't put words to it. So
[1:41:44]
for the lion dance that we saw while
[1:41:45]
we
[1:41:48]
were in izumo,
[1:41:50]
it was incredibly fun. For me I felt
[1:41:51]
that it was incredibly
[1:41:54]
interesting to see --to learn
[1:41:56]
about this longtime tradition and
[1:42:00]
the preservation of this tradition
[1:42:01]
now. And
[1:42:03]
some notable parts of it was, obviously,
[1:42:04]
trying
[1:42:05]
on the costumes. As you can see, many
[1:42:06]
of the
[1:42:09]
students are trying on
[1:42:10]
the costumes. I remember laughing
[1:42:12]
and joking with the other
[1:42:17]
students about the costumes as they
[1:42:18]
were heavy. And we've
[1:42:21]
never experienced anything
[1:42:24]
like that. We all enjoyed
[1:42:27]
it thoroughly. Next I semi, visiting
[1:42:30]
the schools. We visited both an
[1:42:33]
elementary school and a high
[1:42:36]
school, and
[1:42:38]
both were incredibly fun experiences.
[1:42:39]
notably my favorite takeaway from
[1:42:42]
it was seeing
[1:42:45]
the difference in how the schools were
[1:42:46]
structured
[1:42:47]
and it felt more community based and
[1:42:48]
everyone
[1:42:51]
felt like a tight knit pack. And it
[1:42:52]
was just something I
[1:42:54]
came back to america wanting
[1:42:57]
to recreate. And that felt very
[1:43:00]
valuable to
[1:43:02]
me. And also just cultural exchanges,
[1:43:03]
since those kids are from our
[1:43:05]
age group, one of the most notable
[1:43:06]
experiences I
[1:43:09]
had was teaching slang to
[1:43:12]
them and being brought up to the
[1:43:15]
front of an english class and seeing
[1:43:16]
all
[1:43:19]
the students attempt
[1:43:20]
to put into sentences certain slang
[1:43:22]
words. And
[1:43:25]
it was a
[1:43:28]
very fun experience. And I felt welcomed,
[1:43:30]
and it was an incredible bond. And I
[1:43:31]
still am in
[1:43:33]
contact with some of the students
[1:43:34]
today. So
[1:43:36]
it was amazing, and I'm truly grateful
[1:43:40]
to have such
[1:43:43]
an amazing
[1:43:44]
experience.
[1:43:45]
>> thank you. Welcome. >>
[1:43:46]
hi, my name is
[1:43:47]
ethan, I'm a senior at wilcox high school. So
[1:43:49]
during our free
[1:43:51]
time, which was outside of, like,
[1:43:52]
the scheduled
[1:43:53]
planning times, our host families would
[1:43:55]
take us around izumo
[1:43:56]
and even the surrounding area. And
[1:43:58]
then we
[1:44:00]
would also spend time with the students
[1:44:04]
and even
[1:44:06]
other students from america. So we
[1:44:07]
visited
[1:44:10]
karaoke there. We went to
[1:44:12]
local restaurants. We went to gardens. And
[1:44:13]
we
[1:44:16]
even saw a
[1:44:17]
japanese national treasure, which
[1:44:19]
is matsui castle at the bottom there. And
[1:44:20]
I thought it was really cool experience
[1:44:22]
just for
[1:44:25]
us to see just the local
[1:44:26]
area. Because it's a more rural city,
[1:44:28]
there's a lot of greenery. So
[1:44:30]
just going around the area was really
[1:44:31]
beautiful. There's
[1:44:32]
mountains right next to the ocean. There's
[1:44:34]
a lot of trees. There's
[1:44:35]
rice fields. So it's things like that,
[1:44:36]
it's very different scenery from what
[1:44:37]
we
[1:44:39]
have here in santa clara. I just thought
[1:44:40]
it was a
[1:44:43]
really unique,
[1:44:46]
cool experience for us to
[1:44:49]
have. Thank you so
[1:44:52]
much for your time.
[1:44:53]
>> love it. Thank
[1:44:58]
you. Thank you.
[1:44:59]
>> [ applause ]
[1:45:01]
>> I'd like all of you to join us up
[1:45:03]
here for a photo, and also you as
[1:45:04]
well if
[1:45:05]
you'd like to come forward. Many of
[1:45:07]
us here have
[1:45:10]
been to izumo,
[1:45:13]
and what a
[1:45:15]
wonderful, wonderful city. The people,
[1:45:16]
they're
[1:45:18]
so gracious and kind. I'm glad you
[1:45:19]
are
[1:45:25]
all able to experience that, so.
[1:46:52]
>> [ applause ]
[1:47:28]
>>
[1:47:31]
raj, you wanted to say
[1:47:34]
something quickly?
[1:47:35]
>> thank you, mayor. Thank
[1:47:36]
you
[1:47:37]
to santa clara sister cities for
[1:47:39]
arranging this thing. The team is wonderful,
[1:47:40]
and thank
[1:47:43]
you to kevin park for
[1:47:46]
reenergizing the icheon friendship
[1:47:49]
city relationship. And I've been to
[1:47:51]
izumo three times. When you all come
[1:47:52]
here, it reminds
[1:47:55]
me of my time over
[1:47:57]
there, hospitality, and what a wonderful
[1:47:58]
time. Like one
[1:48:01]
of the students said, stranger to
[1:48:02]
friend. I was
[1:48:06]
stranger to lifetime friend. That's
[1:48:07]
what izumo stands
[1:48:09]
for basically. And hospitality has
[1:48:10]
no language barriers. We may not
[1:48:13]
know anything
[1:48:16]
about
[1:48:18]
japanese, but it's so nice that people
[1:48:20]
are nice and
[1:48:21]
hospitable. And one thing I want to
[1:48:23]
say
[1:48:26]
to people
[1:48:29]
who are watching in izumo --
[1:48:31]
just celebrated his birthday, so happy
[1:48:32]
birthday.
[1:48:33]
>> thank you. We're
[1:48:34]
going to go on to our next special
[1:48:35]
order of business, which
[1:48:38]
is the impact of federal
[1:48:41]
budget cuts and the county's
[1:48:43]
response. So this is our final item. It's
[1:48:44]
a presentation from the
[1:48:45]
county of santa clara on the impact
[1:48:47]
of federal
[1:48:49]
budget cuts and the county's response. Brian,
[1:48:52]
you're brian?
[1:48:53]
>> I am brian. >> brian
[1:48:54]
derek,
[1:48:55]
good, we have the right person, special
[1:48:56]
assistant
[1:48:59]
to the county
[1:49:02]
executive, county
[1:49:04]
of santa clara, whenever you're ready.
[1:49:05]
>>
[1:49:08]
first just good
[1:49:11]
evening, mayor gillmor
[1:49:12]
and city council, a lot of gratitude
[1:49:13]
for allowing us to come in. I just
[1:49:15]
wanted to thank the city manager and
[1:49:17]
his team
[1:49:20]
as
[1:49:22]
well for inviting us in. Supervisor
[1:49:23]
ellenburg
[1:49:25]
wanted to be here tonight, but she's
[1:49:26]
celebrating
[1:49:28]
the jewish high holiday, so she sends
[1:49:29]
her regards. I wanted to pass that along. I
[1:49:31]
am here to talk about the impact of the
[1:49:33]
recent federal budget cuts from hr1,
[1:49:35]
what they mean for our
[1:49:38]
community, and also what they
[1:49:39]
mean for our county-operated healthcare
[1:49:41]
delivery system and how
[1:49:44]
the county is trying
[1:49:47]
to respond to those cuts. So I'm sure
[1:49:50]
the council is
[1:49:51]
aware but in july, hr1, the big beautiful bill act,
[1:49:53]
was signed into law
[1:49:55]
by the president on july 4th. The
[1:49:56]
law enacts
[1:49:59]
the largest cuts in the 60-year history
[1:50:02]
of the medicaid program known
[1:50:03]
as medi-cal in california, and the largest
[1:50:05]
ever cuts to snap,
[1:50:08]
which is
[1:50:10]
known as calfresh in california. And
[1:50:11]
medicaid, for folks who
[1:50:14]
don't know, that is
[1:50:17]
a vital safety
[1:50:18]
net program that provides programs
[1:50:20]
for foster youth,
[1:50:22]
pregnant women, and many seniors as
[1:50:23]
well. So it's a
[1:50:25]
program for our vulnerable communities. One
[1:50:26]
in five americans --
[1:50:29]
so these are national numbers
[1:50:32]
--rely on medicaid for
[1:50:34]
their health insurance. It's about
[1:50:37]
1 in 2 children. As far as food assistance, the
[1:50:38]
snap program, it's
[1:50:39]
1 in 4 children in the united states
[1:50:41]
who rely on
[1:50:43]
that program. So hr1 does hit those
[1:50:44]
residents locally
[1:50:46]
who rely on medi-cal and calfresh the hardest,
[1:50:47]
but I want
[1:50:50]
to be really clear that it affects
[1:50:51]
all residents
[1:50:52]
in our community, since any of us
[1:50:53]
may need
[1:50:55]
emergency care or trauma services
[1:50:56]
or other
[1:50:59]
critical care from a county hospital. I'll
[1:51:01]
explain why this law really affects
[1:51:02]
our county health system
[1:51:04]
in the slides to come. So I wanted
[1:51:05]
to provide
[1:51:08]
a little
[1:51:11]
bit of local data. In santa clara
[1:51:12]
county, 465,000
[1:51:14]
of our neighbors rely on medi-cal
[1:51:15]
for their
[1:51:16]
insurance. It's about 133,000 who
[1:51:17]
rely on calfresh. There's local numbers
[1:51:20]
for the city of santa
[1:51:22]
clara, it's about 1 in 6 residents
[1:51:23]
rely
[1:51:26]
on medi-cal. I believe it's
[1:51:29]
about 22,000 folks and about
[1:51:30]
5,500 folks rely on calfresh. I won't
[1:51:32]
go into all
[1:51:35]
the chains associated with hr1, although
[1:51:36]
I'm
[1:51:37]
happy to if folks want to talk about that, but
[1:51:38]
the key things the
[1:51:41]
new law does, particularly from the county's
[1:51:42]
perspective is very
[1:51:44]
deep cuts to medi-cal in two
[1:51:47]
ways. The first way is it enacts
[1:51:49]
major eligibility changes that will
[1:51:50]
have the effect of pushing
[1:51:53]
many
[1:51:54]
medi-cal recipients off of coverage. You
[1:51:56]
may have heard of the
[1:51:57]
new work reporting requirements that adults
[1:51:59]
will be required to meet,
[1:52:01]
and there's also an increase with
[1:52:02]
the frequency you have
[1:52:05]
to prove you're eligible. Every six months
[1:52:07]
folks will have to prove they're still
[1:52:08]
eligible for the
[1:52:10]
program. It's been an annual renewal
[1:52:11]
process in the past. The second way
[1:52:13]
directs are coming down on us is direct
[1:52:14]
cuts to payments
[1:52:16]
that come to medicaid providers so. Providers
[1:52:17]
like
[1:52:20]
the public hospital system that
[1:52:23]
disproportionately provide care
[1:52:25]
to medi-cal recipients. The base medi-cal
[1:52:26]
program doesn't fully
[1:52:29]
cover the cost of care. So
[1:52:31]
the county has relied on supplemental
[1:52:32]
payments. Those are usually
[1:52:33]
tied to quality. We've aggressively
[1:52:35]
gone after those payments, which have
[1:52:38]
helped cover some
[1:52:41]
of that cost. Those programs are being
[1:52:44]
frozen and smacked down
[1:52:46]
aggressively. That's becoming our
[1:52:47]
weakness now and vulnerability. Just to
[1:52:50]
sum up in terms of the way this is hitting
[1:52:53]
the public hospital systems, it's twofold. As
[1:52:54]
thousands
[1:52:55]
of our residents lose their coverage,
[1:52:57]
those individuals will continue
[1:52:59]
to need care. They just won't receive
[1:53:00]
the
[1:53:02]
care through preventive care and points. They will
[1:53:03]
come
[1:53:04]
in with deep end services. So more
[1:53:06]
points, you know, more
[1:53:07]
showing up at the emergency department
[1:53:09]
and other forms of
[1:53:10]
care, and they won't have a revenue
[1:53:12]
stream tied to them. There'll
[1:53:13]
be no compensation for folks who provide
[1:53:15]
the care. And then
[1:53:16]
again, on top of that, there's these
[1:53:18]
cuts to the
[1:53:20]
direct payments that go to medicaid
[1:53:23]
providers, including the hospital
[1:53:25]
system. The calfresh cuts, just quickly,
[1:53:26]
there is additional administrative
[1:53:27]
costs
[1:53:28]
that are being passed along to states
[1:53:30]
and also in a couple of, I think it's
[1:53:33]
a year and a half or
[1:53:35]
so, for the first time ever the actual
[1:53:36]
cost of
[1:53:38]
food assistance benefits will now
[1:53:39]
be shifted
[1:53:41]
partially to states. Because of the
[1:53:42]
state's fiscal situation,
[1:53:43]
we are concerned that those costs
[1:53:45]
will be passed
[1:53:46]
along to counties. That seems like a
[1:53:48]
very likely outcome. Or benefits
[1:53:51]
could be cut. So the state has
[1:53:54]
a real significant role in determining what
[1:53:55]
happens here. Just quickly wanted
[1:53:57]
to talk about the
[1:53:59]
magnitude of cuts. So medi-cal is
[1:54:00]
the county's
[1:54:01]
largest federal revenue source, and
[1:54:03]
it accounts for more than
[1:54:05]
half of our health system's revenue. And we expect --
[1:54:06]
I'll
[1:54:08]
show you the math in a minute -- but
[1:54:09]
more than a
[1:54:10]
billion dollars in lost revenue per
[1:54:12]
year. And to
[1:54:14]
put that in perspective, the county's
[1:54:15]
healthcare delivery
[1:54:17]
system, the entire annual budget is
[1:54:18]
$4.6
[1:54:21]
billion. So you can get a
[1:54:24]
sense, if you withdraw a billion dollars,
[1:54:27]
there are devastating cuts if we can't find
[1:54:28]
other solutions. These are --this
[1:54:30]
is the math,
[1:54:33]
the analysis that our
[1:54:34]
folks, our budget team did. The --
[1:54:36]
just to explain it a little
[1:54:38]
bit, this was based on the congressional
[1:54:39]
budget
[1:54:40]
office's projections as well as our
[1:54:42]
own internal knowledge
[1:54:44]
of how many folks are on medi-cal
[1:54:45]
currently and the people we
[1:54:47]
serve. You can see in the blue bars
[1:54:48]
there, those
[1:54:51]
are the cuts to calfresh, which
[1:54:54]
we anticipate could come to the
[1:54:57]
county. And then the
[1:54:59]
salmon-colored bars, those are all
[1:55:00]
hr1
[1:55:01]
related --hr1 and related cuts. Including
[1:55:03]
some cuts from the state
[1:55:05]
that you see actually accelerate all
[1:55:06]
the way to $1.3
[1:55:09]
billion in the
[1:55:15]
out years if nothing is done.
[1:55:18]
I did want to talk
[1:55:20]
a little bit about why our health
[1:55:21]
system
[1:55:24]
is an important resource
[1:55:27]
for the community. Santa clara county
[1:55:28]
healthcare operates four --so it's
[1:55:30]
the backbone of the
[1:55:32]
safety system but it's a critical
[1:55:33]
healthcare
[1:55:34]
service provider to all residents. I
[1:55:36]
think that's less well
[1:55:39]
known, but 1 in 4 residents are regular
[1:55:41]
utilizers of our system. We operate 2
[1:55:42]
of 3
[1:55:44]
trauma centers, with stanford being the
[1:55:45]
third. Serving a
[1:55:47]
lot of santa clara county residents
[1:55:48]
but also
[1:55:50]
san mateo residents. We handle about
[1:55:51]
80% of
[1:55:53]
all trauma cases originating within
[1:55:54]
this county. Half of
[1:55:55]
all 911 transports are taken to a
[1:55:57]
county hospital. So when an ambulance
[1:55:59]
is called from a 911 call and someone's taken
[1:56:00]
to a hospital, half the
[1:56:02]
time it's a county hospital. And that
[1:56:03]
is
[1:56:06]
every 11 minutes that that
[1:56:09]
happens. We are also the largest provider
[1:56:12]
now of medicare hospital services. So
[1:56:13]
again,
[1:56:14]
folks think of us as a system that serves a
[1:56:15]
lot
[1:56:16]
of medi-cal patients and uninsured
[1:56:18]
patients, we also serve the majority
[1:56:19]
--
[1:56:21]
or not a majority but a
[1:56:24]
plurality of medicare patients
[1:56:25]
through hospital services. We have
[1:56:27]
the top-ranked rehabilitation center
[1:56:29]
on the entire west coast. Seventh
[1:56:30]
ranked in
[1:56:33]
the country. And the only burn center slash trauma center
[1:56:34]
between here
[1:56:36]
--between los angeles and the oregon border. And
[1:56:39]
the only one in santa clara
[1:56:41]
county. We've received a number of
[1:56:42]
questions. The reason this slide
[1:56:45]
is here is because one question
[1:56:47]
we've received is why the county operates
[1:56:48]
four
[1:56:51]
hospitals and is that sustainable. So
[1:56:52]
you
[1:56:54]
may remember in 2019 the county was
[1:56:55]
the
[1:56:56]
only bidder when o'connor hospital
[1:56:57]
in saint louise went into bankruptcy. So
[1:56:59]
those two hospitals would have closed
[1:57:00]
if not for the county
[1:57:02]
purchasing them. And it was very fortunate we did. The
[1:57:03]
pandemic hit
[1:57:05]
the very next year. And you may recall
[1:57:06]
that we were stretched with
[1:57:08]
icu beds, and there were many days
[1:57:09]
where we
[1:57:12]
were really at capacity or even over capacity
[1:57:15]
at beds. So those beds have been critical. Then
[1:57:17]
in 2025, the county purchased regional
[1:57:18]
medical center,
[1:57:21]
so this year. And that occurred
[1:57:24]
because the former operator eliminated
[1:57:25]
their
[1:57:26]
level two trauma center. They eliminated
[1:57:27]
their care, which
[1:57:29]
is specialized heart attack services,
[1:57:30]
and they downgraded their stroke
[1:57:32]
services so. The reason that the county
[1:57:33]
owns
[1:57:35]
those three additional hospitals in each
[1:57:36]
case is --was to avoid
[1:57:39]
the closure of a hospital or to
[1:57:41]
reverse the termination of critical
[1:57:42]
lines of service. And in the
[1:57:45]
case of regional, we did restore
[1:57:48]
those services, the trauma
[1:57:50]
centers back online, stemi care's
[1:57:51]
back
[1:57:53]
online, and we're hoping to open maternity
[1:57:54]
care in october, which was cut
[1:57:56]
in 2020. That's the reason we own
[1:57:57]
those hospitals. It has been
[1:57:59]
sustainable under the prior business model
[1:58:00]
to operate these
[1:58:02]
hospitals, and it's really just due
[1:58:03]
to
[1:58:06]
hr1 that the sustainability of those systems are under threat.
[1:58:31]
>> I
[1:58:34]
did want to highlight that the
[1:58:37]
county actually
[1:58:40]
has very limited
[1:58:43]
resources. 20% is discretionary
[1:58:46]
funding. A lot of that provides
[1:58:49]
mandated safety
[1:58:52]
services. The limited things
[1:58:55]
we spend both medical revenue,
[1:58:57]
health care, public safety. Those
[1:58:58]
are the services that are most at risk.
[1:59:04]
it is
[1:59:07]
the city of santa clara.
[1:59:13]
mentioned
[1:59:16]
some
[1:59:19]
of the
[1:59:22]
medical
[1:59:25]
numbers. 20,000 residents receive
[1:59:26]
care. Those are annual numbers
[1:59:28]
in terms of use
[1:59:30]
of our system. But the emergency care
[1:59:31]
section
[1:59:34]
is really
[1:59:37]
the most
[1:59:38]
important section. 90% of trauma cases
[1:59:40]
are
[1:59:43]
taken
[1:59:49]
to a county hospital. Any time you
[1:59:50]
call
[1:59:51]
and someone needs an ambulance, 41%
[1:59:52]
of the time taken
[1:59:54]
to a county hospital. What is not
[1:59:55]
is well known is the extent
[1:59:58]
to which this community relies on
[1:59:59]
o'connor for those
[2:00:01]
calls so there is no hospital that
[2:00:02]
is
[2:00:05]
more commonly utilized when
[2:00:06]
a 911 call happens and someone needs
[2:00:08]
to be taken to a hospital. In
[2:00:11]
fact, it is between four and
[2:00:14]
five individuals
[2:00:16]
every day who are transported. I talked
[2:00:17]
to a lot
[2:00:19]
of different people and folks have
[2:00:20]
many,
[2:00:21]
many questions and one of the things
[2:00:23]
I haven be asked
[2:00:25]
several times, why can't you just
[2:00:26]
close
[2:00:27]
o'connor. It is only a mile-and-a-half
[2:00:29]
away. Why not close
[2:00:32]
that
[2:00:35]
hospital and people can go. I think what
[2:00:38]
a lot of people don't realize
[2:00:41]
is o'connor is
[2:00:44]
busy. 170,
[2:00:47]
the
[2:00:48]
day lay census. 170 folks every day. It
[2:00:50]
is down the street. That is a
[2:00:52]
small emergency department. It is
[2:00:53]
a very busy
[2:00:56]
emergency department. And if
[2:00:57]
o'connor were to close, they could
[2:00:59]
not absorb the impact. There would
[2:01:01]
be much lodger wait times. Other hospitals
[2:01:03]
would be significantly impacted so,
[2:01:05]
the county
[2:01:08]
does not
[2:01:11]
want
[2:01:17]
o'connor hospital to close.
[2:01:26]
with the scale of the crisis we are
[2:01:28]
facing we cannot rely on one, two,
[2:01:30]
or even three solutions. We need a
[2:01:32]
multitude
[2:01:33]
of things happening in parallel. We
[2:01:35]
have three big
[2:01:36]
pillars of different strategies we
[2:01:38]
are working on, the
[2:01:40]
first is reducing costs. And, increasing
[2:01:43]
efficiency within our own organization. The
[2:01:44]
second is seeking state support
[2:01:47]
and the third is
[2:01:49]
pursuing local options. I want to
[2:01:50]
talk about
[2:01:53]
each
[2:01:55]
of the three quickly. We have had
[2:01:56]
our
[2:01:57]
own local budget deficits. Not massive but
[2:01:59]
we have had
[2:02:01]
to deal with different budget deficits. So,
[2:02:02]
we have implemented
[2:02:08]
number of operational efficiencies. We had
[2:02:09]
a soft
[2:02:11]
hiring freeze expanded
[2:02:14]
to a harder
[2:02:17]
hiring freeze. We
[2:02:20]
had to eliminate 800 positions. Through
[2:02:23]
cost recovery and fees. We are really
[2:02:26]
doing a lot in terms of
[2:02:29]
trying
[2:02:32]
to
[2:02:34]
align our managed care. There are
[2:02:35]
some opportunities for efficiencies
[2:02:36]
there. So
[2:02:38]
we dived into that
[2:02:41]
work. There are many
[2:02:44]
initiatives trying to act on. Whether
[2:02:46]
measure a passes or if there is state
[2:02:47]
health or not, no
[2:02:48]
matter what, the size of the deficit
[2:02:50]
we are facing we are absolutely
[2:02:52]
going to have to make very significant
[2:02:53]
changes within
[2:02:54]
our county organization. And probably
[2:02:56]
pretty significant cuts as well. It
[2:02:57]
is
[2:02:59]
just a matter of how deep we
[2:03:02]
are going to have to cut. Just
[2:03:03]
a couple more slides. Our second main
[2:03:05]
strategy, the state will play a
[2:03:07]
critical role in determining what
[2:03:08]
happens with mitigating
[2:03:11]
these cuts coming from the federal
[2:03:12]
government. I
[2:03:14]
mentioned how cal fresh
[2:03:17]
cuts could come
[2:03:20]
our way. But it is important
[2:03:23]
to note the state has vested interest
[2:03:24]
in these
[2:03:26]
hospitals. It is only 6% of hospitals
[2:03:27]
across the state. Public hospitals
[2:03:29]
make
[2:03:32]
50%
[2:03:35]
of all trauma centers.
[2:03:47]
we are trying to figure
[2:03:48]
out some mitigations. Asking our local
[2:03:50]
community to consider
[2:03:52]
a local revenue option. That is the
[2:03:53]
action our board
[2:03:56]
of supervisors took placing
[2:03:57]
an emergency temporary 58-cent sales
[2:03:59]
tax on
[2:04:02]
the november ballot. You may know
[2:04:05]
this, but the county has limited
[2:04:07]
options for revenue measures they
[2:04:08]
can bring forward. Charter
[2:04:10]
cities can bring forward anything
[2:04:11]
that the city has prohibited
[2:04:13]
them from asking voters to vote on
[2:04:14]
in terms of revenue. The county
[2:04:17]
is the reverse. If the state
[2:04:19]
hasn't affirmatively granted the county
[2:04:20]
the ability, the authority to do
[2:04:22]
a certain revenue measure, we are
[2:04:23]
not allowed to
[2:04:26]
do that. We are
[2:04:29]
essentially subdivisions
[2:04:31]
of the state. We have authority, special authority
[2:04:32]
related to sales tax which
[2:04:35]
is why this was proposed
[2:04:38]
as a 58
[2:04:40]
cents sales tax. It is carved out
[2:04:42]
from the local
[2:04:44]
2% cap that this measure does not
[2:04:45]
affect local jurisdictions ability
[2:04:47]
to place anything on the ballot for
[2:04:49]
themselves. I think folks know there
[2:04:50]
is a 2% cap for local sales taxes. This
[2:04:54]
is carved out from that. We have
[2:04:57]
gotten
[2:05:00]
that question a little. A
[2:05:03]
common question question received
[2:05:06]
is
[2:05:12]
aren't sales taxes regressive.
[2:05:15]
I did want to
[2:05:16]
highlight the essential expenditures
[2:05:18]
that a low income family
[2:05:20]
and all families need to spend money
[2:05:23]
on. Rent, child care, groceries. Utilities. They are
[2:05:24]
all not
[2:05:26]
taxed in terms of sales tax. And of
[2:05:28]
course, lower income community members
[2:05:30]
are the hardest hit in most
[2:05:31]
in need of county services so most
[2:05:36]
at risk from the
[2:05:38]
hr1. This is my last slide. The I
[2:05:39]
won't
[2:05:41]
read through it. I just want to say
[2:05:42]
we are
[2:05:44]
facing a true health care emergency. And
[2:05:45]
the question
[2:05:47]
of if this is an emergency or not
[2:05:48]
is litigated in
[2:05:51]
court
[2:05:53]
recently. There was a petition. There
[2:05:55]
was a petitioner who challenged measure 8
[2:05:57]
being
[2:06:03]
put on the ballot.
[2:06:08]
they agreed this is a crisis situation. This
[2:06:09]
is
[2:06:10]
where we are at. I really wanted to
[2:06:12]
leave folks kind of one of
[2:06:14]
the most important things I think
[2:06:15]
can be a misnomer
[2:06:16]
the kinds of cuts that came down. I
[2:06:18]
want to leave folks with
[2:06:21]
one fact which is
[2:06:23]
everyone's care is at risk. A point
[2:06:25]
I was making earlier, regardless of
[2:06:27]
what insurance you have if
[2:06:28]
emergency departments are closing,
[2:06:33]
if trauma
[2:06:36]
centers are closing, that impacts
[2:06:38]
your timelyless to care and those
[2:06:39]
minutes really
[2:06:41]
matter. The perspective we have here
[2:06:42]
is that
[2:06:45]
once hr1 passed we really were
[2:06:46]
especially at the senate amendments. The
[2:06:48]
senate really made it worse. We knew
[2:06:51]
we had a storm. Cooing. It's not coming
[2:06:53]
tomorrow. But it's coming very soon. And
[2:06:54]
the extent
[2:06:57]
to which we can
[2:07:00]
weather that storm is
[2:07:02]
how well we plan. So thank you so much for providing
[2:07:03]
the time today for us to
[2:07:06]
update
[2:07:09]
you
[2:07:11]
on where things are.
[2:07:12]
>> we appreciate
[2:07:13]
it. Anybody who
[2:07:15]
wants to
[2:07:17]
speak on this item will be able to
[2:07:21]
do
[2:07:27]
so under public presentations. All
[2:07:29]
items are approved with one motion
[2:07:32]
unless an item is pulled for discussion
[2:07:36]
on the consent items. Do we
[2:07:37]
have any items pulled? Councilmember gonzalez?
[2:07:38]
>>
[2:07:39]
I was going to make
[2:07:41]
a motion to approve the consent calendar.
[2:07:42]
>>
[2:07:43]
I second that.
[2:07:44]
>> so
[2:07:45]
we have a
[2:07:48]
motion
[2:07:51]
and
[2:07:56]
second. Vice mayor cox?
[2:07:57]
>> I move
[2:07:58]
to pull
[2:08:00]
the city building permitting process. And
[2:08:01]
I need
[2:08:03]
to mention under our council of the
[2:08:06]
attorney, I did ask about my
[2:08:09]
potential recusal
[2:08:12]
from items 4j and 4k. He
[2:08:14]
said that would be fine for me to
[2:08:18]
participate
[2:08:21]
in.
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>>
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thank you councilmember jane.
[2:08:33]
>> we have a
[2:08:36]
motion on the floor by
[2:08:37]
councilmember gonzalez. City clerk, I
[2:08:39]
think you are
[2:08:40]
supposed to read that. Right? Have
[2:08:42]
to get back in
[2:08:45]
the
[2:08:47]
swing of things now. Right? In and
[2:08:54]
second. Noting 4b is pulled.
[2:09:03]
>> so we are noting 4b is being pulled and
[2:09:04]
approving
[2:09:06]
the
[2:09:09]
balance of the consent items
[2:09:12]
includeing the stadium items as well.
[2:09:13]
>> okay.
[2:09:18]
>> please register your vote.
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and that's unanimously approved. Thank
[2:09:24]
you
[2:09:27]
very much. Now, we are going onto
[2:09:28]
public presentations. I think
[2:09:30]
we have a
[2:09:32]
few public presentations this evening. We
[2:09:33]
will start with the cards
[2:09:35]
of those who have submitted cards
[2:09:36]
and then I will ask openly if anyone
[2:09:39]
else would like to speak. And
[2:09:42]
then we
[2:09:45]
will go online. So okay. We
[2:09:48]
will start with peter
[2:09:51]
frederick
[2:09:54]
followed
[2:10:00]
by brian
[2:10:01]
darby. Welcome.
[2:10:02]
>> question. Would
[2:10:03]
the city of santa clara bring a chapter
[2:10:04]
of
[2:10:05]
the proud boys into its police department
[2:10:07]
to stage a photo op
[2:10:09]
with the officers? That would be disturbing
[2:10:11]
enough. But for all its faults at
[2:10:13]
least they are an american
[2:10:15]
outfit. So, would the city of santa
[2:10:16]
clara
[2:10:18]
recognize and legitimize a local cell
[2:10:19]
of the chinese
[2:10:20]
communist party by bringing them into
[2:10:22]
these chambers awarding
[2:10:25]
them with resolution
[2:10:26]
and platforming them here? No doubt
[2:10:28]
city official would
[2:10:30]
not do that. Why? Because you know
[2:10:33]
what the proud boys stand for and
[2:10:34]
you
[2:10:36]
know whose interests the ccp represents. So
[2:10:37]
why has
[2:10:38]
the city of santa clara repeatedly
[2:10:40]
engaged with the local
[2:10:43]
cell of an organization called the
[2:10:45]
hss? And, did you know that the hss
[2:10:46]
is the
[2:10:49]
american wing of
[2:10:50]
india's rss? The rss according to
[2:10:51]
the civil rights group justice for
[2:10:53]
all is the largest para military organization
[2:10:55]
in
[2:10:58]
the world and follows
[2:11:01]
an ideology, a fascist
[2:11:04]
nazi inspired ideology that
[2:11:08]
the hss also embraces. Congressman
[2:11:10]
rokanna says it
[2:11:13]
is a
[2:11:15]
duty to reject them. They recently
[2:11:16]
applauded them
[2:11:19]
here in these very
[2:11:21]
chambers. The hss is not forthcoming
[2:11:22]
about
[2:11:25]
its
[2:11:28]
rss ties. It is the
[2:11:29]
rss operated under a different name
[2:11:31]
but it will strive to mask the links
[2:11:34]
they have with the rss
[2:11:36]
to avoid being overtly stigmatized. Since
[2:11:37]
the
[2:11:39]
rss in india is rapidly implements
[2:11:40]
its agenda
[2:11:43]
to make it hell on earth
[2:11:44]
for minorities like christian, muslims
[2:11:46]
and sikhs with
[2:11:47]
the goal of exterminating them. And
[2:11:49]
yet it is not just a problem
[2:11:51]
for indians in india. It impacts us
[2:11:52]
here in america,
[2:11:55]
in california, in
[2:11:56]
santa clara. The hss and associated
[2:11:58]
groups host tours of hate speakers
[2:12:01]
from
[2:12:04]
india who spew islamophobia,
[2:12:07]
work to teach
[2:12:09]
a supremacist version of history and
[2:12:10]
push to
[2:12:12]
label critics as bigots. One of the
[2:12:13]
associates
[2:12:16]
is the hindu american foundation
[2:12:17]
which harbors magazine explains is
[2:12:19]
closely connected in word and
[2:12:22]
spirit to the rss and lobbies
[2:12:24]
against efforts to squash criticism
[2:12:25]
and
[2:12:28]
critics. No wonder that groups like
[2:12:31]
haf are opposing california's sb509
[2:12:34]
which would curb transnational
[2:12:35]
oppression. They don't care that californians
[2:12:37]
like
[2:12:38]
me are targeted by indian's spy agency
[2:12:40]
or some
[2:12:46]
american critics
[2:12:51]
are targeted for assassinations. When
[2:12:52]
the
[2:12:55]
city of santa clara praises them,
[2:12:56]
they
[2:12:58]
are unwittingly be
[2:13:00]
playing into the agenda. You ought
[2:13:03]
to think thrice before doing it for
[2:13:04]
the hss. It is
[2:13:07]
the international wing of that
[2:13:10]
murderous hindu nationalist para military. I
[2:13:11]
have
[2:13:12]
for ever member an information packet.
[2:13:13]
>> please
[2:13:14]
give it to our
[2:13:16]
city
[2:13:19]
clerk. Thank you peter. Thank
[2:13:22]
you. Brian,
[2:13:24]
you're next, followed by howard.
[2:13:25]
>>
[2:13:26]
welcome.
[2:13:27]
>> hi, I got suspendered on today.
[2:13:31]
I was going
[2:13:34]
to come up here with a
[2:13:37]
49er rant because they spent
[2:13:43]
$15 million on elections.
[2:13:46]
I hope
[2:13:49]
you don't read comments about you
[2:13:52]
folks. I am a fairly naive person
[2:13:55]
in a lot of ways. Mr. Gonzalez
[2:13:56]
knows me from many meetings were we
[2:13:58]
were speaking and the
[2:14:00]
timers on the lights went out because
[2:14:01]
it was late into the evening because
[2:14:04]
we
[2:14:06]
cared about people. One thing that
[2:14:07]
is
[2:14:10]
true and I always considered
[2:14:12]
this one of the biggest sins I have
[2:14:13]
committed is I
[2:14:16]
don't have a lot of
[2:14:18]
money. My mom would have died at home. But
[2:14:19]
I didn't have the money to
[2:14:21]
take care of it. I personally will
[2:14:25]
never forgive myself
[2:14:28]
for that. I say that
[2:14:31]
pubicly because she is gone. If she
[2:14:32]
was here, she would
[2:14:33]
drag me out by the ear. I wish I could
[2:14:34]
write a check
[2:14:35]
to take care of the hospitals because
[2:14:37]
I have been in a few of them. I
[2:14:40]
said this last time. I'm
[2:14:43]
not sure if I used but
[2:14:45]
we are all mortal. Jack kennedy said that
[2:14:49]
and died way before his
[2:14:52]
time. We had a young man,
[2:14:58]
mr. Kirk just assassinated. I watch
[2:15:00]
president reagan. God forgive me. I
[2:15:01]
watch
[2:15:04]
president trump's speech to the u.n.
[2:15:05]
today and
[2:15:07]
I watched how
[2:15:10]
tylenol causes autism. If it is
[2:15:13]
linked. We are in a
[2:15:17]
different world. And, it is no
[2:15:18]
fault because mr. Trump won and he
[2:15:22]
is the president and I respect that
[2:15:23]
and I agree with some
[2:15:25]
of the things he says. I will never let myself
[2:15:27]
believe that the people who voted
[2:15:29]
for him are fascists. That
[2:15:32]
is half of
[2:15:34]
america. I just wish the other half
[2:15:35]
would believe that we are
[2:15:37]
not all evil. We are all trying to
[2:15:38]
get
[2:15:41]
by the best way we can. We
[2:15:43]
have to learn that. Because if we
[2:15:44]
don't, like
[2:15:45]
I said, everything we do here is moot. If
[2:15:47]
we don't
[2:15:49]
learn that. Especially in a nuclear
[2:15:50]
age. We really
[2:15:51]
do need to think about it. That is
[2:15:52]
probably the most important thing
[2:15:53]
you
[2:15:56]
can do with
[2:15:59]
those sister cities is
[2:16:02]
break down the walls. Sorry I
[2:16:03]
was so disjointed tonight. Thank you.
[2:16:04]
>>
[2:16:05]
thank
[2:16:07]
you brian. And your suspenders look
[2:16:08]
nice. All
[2:16:10]
right, howard? Howie, please come
[2:16:13]
forward. Followed by dan.
[2:16:14]
>> hello everybody. It's that time of
[2:16:15]
the year
[2:16:17]
that I come
[2:16:20]
in. I thank everybody in the
[2:16:22]
city for all the work they sent my
[2:16:23]
way putting
[2:16:26]
on them concert
[2:16:29]
ins the
[2:16:30]
downtown street dance. And having
[2:16:32]
certain mayor
[2:16:34]
and city council person coming out
[2:16:35]
and
[2:16:38]
having fun and
[2:16:41]
buying hot dogs and loading up
[2:16:44]
my
[2:16:47]
jar pretty
[2:16:49]
good. But anyway, the parks and rec,
[2:16:50]
the hard
[2:16:52]
work they put in to help me out. We
[2:16:53]
put in a park
[2:16:56]
opening here that
[2:16:58]
was fun. The city gave away 100 hot
[2:16:59]
dogs. You
[2:17:02]
should
[2:17:05]
have
[2:17:08]
been there. But
[2:17:11]
anyway, another thing
[2:17:14]
is the chief of police
[2:17:17]
came out. The
[2:17:20]
mayor. And kelly cox, district 6, stopped
[2:17:21]
by and said
[2:17:23]
hi and ran away. They did
[2:17:26]
not get
[2:17:28]
no hot dogs. No tip jar.
[2:17:29]
>> we didn't
[2:17:32]
have any cash, all right?
[2:17:33]
>>
[2:17:35]
that's okay. I
[2:17:37]
take cards. But anyway, it was cool
[2:17:38]
because the
[2:17:41]
chief of
[2:17:44]
police stopped by. See how I'm
[2:17:47]
doing. How things are going out
[2:17:50]
there. And in conversation,
[2:17:52]
we were talking and he presented me
[2:17:53]
with this challenge coin
[2:17:55]
which is pretty good. If you don't know what
[2:17:59]
challenge
[2:18:02]
coin is, look it up. But then
[2:18:05]
I look
[2:18:07]
at the web page later and right off
[2:18:08]
the
[2:18:11]
bat, somebody's talking
[2:18:14]
about a 30-year-old murder
[2:18:17]
in new mexico? Another
[2:18:20]
guy is mad because
[2:18:22]
the nfl referees are cheaters. But
[2:18:23]
you know that was
[2:18:26]
my day,
[2:18:29]
having a chief
[2:18:32]
come by, checking on a small business
[2:18:35]
and here these
[2:18:37]
guys post something like negative. They
[2:18:38]
come
[2:18:40]
and crap on my day. It's my parade
[2:18:41]
and they crap all
[2:18:44]
over it. So all I got to say,
[2:18:47]
may
[2:18:50]
the bluebird of
[2:18:53]
happiness
[2:18:55]
in their cheerios. Sorry. You guys
[2:18:56]
know I normally don't say bad
[2:18:59]
words but that was really
[2:19:02]
irritating to
[2:19:05]
me. And if anybody sees me. The
[2:19:08]
city attorney and city manager, we
[2:19:11]
are just having fun. We spoke
[2:19:12]
at each other. No big deal.
[2:19:13]
>> that's all. Thank you.
[2:19:14]
>>
[2:19:17]
thank you howard.
[2:19:18]
>> I ran that
[2:19:22]
perfect.
[2:19:23]
>> perfect. It was perfect. Thank
[2:19:24]
you. Next we
[2:19:26]
have dan followed by
[2:19:29]
kirk. Thank you.
[2:19:30]
>>
[2:19:32]
thank you madame mayor. Council. City
[2:19:33]
management. City
[2:19:35]
attorney. I will keep
[2:19:38]
this pg. I am here to dispel one
[2:19:40]
incorrect argument in the latest effort
[2:19:41]
to
[2:19:44]
unseat a sitting
[2:19:45]
council member. The author blames
[2:19:47]
councilmember jain for empty
[2:19:50]
promises quote
[2:19:53]
unquote of downtown revitalization
[2:19:55]
that have delivered nothing but expense, unquote. The
[2:19:56]
author of this
[2:19:59]
sentence does not know or even participated
[2:20:00]
in
[2:20:02]
the six years of planning
[2:20:05]
to bring back this downtown. Councilmember
[2:20:06]
jain was
[2:20:08]
there every time we
[2:20:11]
asked him as were you all. He was
[2:20:14]
instrumental in forming his code. Potential transit
[2:20:17]
connections to the santa clara
[2:20:20]
train station, pushing for the rfp
[2:20:23]
to be released on blocks a and b. I
[2:20:25]
want to say that I would be up here
[2:20:26]
for any of you before me because each
[2:20:29]
one of you have helped
[2:20:31]
us in our return to create an amazing
[2:20:35]
downtown the last ten years. To blame
[2:20:36]
one
[2:20:37]
member for the reason the downtown
[2:20:39]
has not been
[2:20:42]
built is like blaming him for
[2:20:45]
why the related project has not
[2:20:47]
been built. To blame james carvel,
[2:20:48]
it's
[2:20:51]
the
[2:20:53]
economy, stupid. The plan is done. Suds. Many
[2:20:54]
of
[2:20:57]
you, city management and staff
[2:21:00]
are pushing for the rfp
[2:21:01]
and we appreciate, and thank you all
[2:21:03]
and thank suds for
[2:21:05]
this. Recall is based on integrity,
[2:21:09]
accountability, and putting
[2:21:10]
the community first. Councilmember
[2:21:12]
jain has shown this volunteer
[2:21:14]
group and everyone who wants this
[2:21:15]
downtown
[2:21:18]
returned all of
[2:21:21]
these
[2:21:24]
strengths. Thank you.
[2:21:25]
>>
[2:21:26]
thank you. Kurt followed by kathy. Welcome
[2:21:27]
and you have
[2:21:30]
a power point and it's up.
[2:21:31]
>>
[2:21:33]
good evening, mayor and
[2:21:34]
council. I put up for you here the
[2:21:42]
air corral shot, a aerial shot
[2:21:45]
that the
[2:21:48]
core companies utilized
[2:21:51]
for their project. I do this for reference and
[2:21:54]
I will go to
[2:21:57]
another
[2:22:03]
thing on their page. If I can.
[2:22:06]
thank you. This is
[2:22:09]
also on the architect's
[2:22:12]
website which
[2:22:14]
shows the dynamic spaces. Four different
[2:22:15]
areas, the
[2:22:18]
community
[2:22:19]
building, farm, et cetera and then
[2:22:21]
it goes in and shows
[2:22:22]
live pictures. These are actual pictures
[2:22:24]
from the site where people
[2:22:27]
are enjoying
[2:22:30]
the space. The open
[2:22:31]
space. The shed. Et cetera. This next shot is
[2:22:33]
a google view of showing what the
[2:22:36]
space actually is that
[2:22:39]
is not developed. So this is that green
[2:22:41]
space, about 1.77 acres of the 5.8. It is
[2:22:42]
not quite a third, but it
[2:22:45]
is more than a quarter. So it is
[2:22:48]
the single largest
[2:22:50]
space on the current site that has
[2:22:51]
been
[2:22:52]
developed right now. And what's being
[2:22:54]
proposed and the reason
[2:22:56]
I have been speaking the last few
[2:22:57]
meetings
[2:23:00]
is the developer wants
[2:23:03]
to change that original design
[2:23:05]
that they talked about to something
[2:23:06]
that is
[2:23:09]
not that. And so, this is
[2:23:12]
not what they are proposing. This
[2:23:14]
is some ideas on what could be done
[2:23:15]
if you
[2:23:17]
want to reimagine and lean into the
[2:23:18]
vitality of the space. This looks at
[2:23:19]
how do
[2:23:21]
you lean in a housing
[2:23:23]
development with place making, community
[2:23:24]
ground floor,
[2:23:27]
and a community built
[2:23:28]
around ground floor experiences. And
[2:23:30]
I think that
[2:23:33]
is the spirit of what
[2:23:36]
brought agrihood to the city. Whether
[2:23:38]
you like tall buildings, short builtings,
[2:23:39]
lots of people. Not
[2:23:42]
a lot of people. The project
[2:23:45]
was supposed to put another 160
[2:23:47]
apartments in this site. And this
[2:23:48]
view
[2:23:54]
here that I'm showing
[2:23:57]
you is 180. Maybe 220. And this is
[2:23:58]
what was already
[2:24:00]
proposed and
[2:24:02]
approved by this council. Three of
[2:24:03]
the members
[2:24:05]
on this council supported this. Quotes
[2:24:06]
from our mayor
[2:24:08]
which I truly appreciate. They spelled
[2:24:09]
your name wrong. But
[2:24:12]
it is how does the
[2:24:15]
community benefit from projects
[2:24:17]
like this? It's ability community
[2:24:18]
engagement and engaging
[2:24:19]
the community in vital community experiences
[2:24:21]
and something like this if we imagine
[2:24:24]
and take the spirit of what it
[2:24:27]
is and let our minds go
[2:24:29]
a little deeper and honestly, if court
[2:24:30]
can't do that, ask them to sell
[2:24:33]
it to somebody else and let's try
[2:24:35]
to mark something like this, thank
[2:24:36]
you very
[2:24:39]
much.
[2:24:40]
>> thank
[2:24:42]
you kurt. Kathy followed by mary.
[2:24:48]
welcome.
[2:24:49]
>> I'm kathy. I am
[2:24:51]
here to say I don't
[2:24:54]
believe we should
[2:25:00]
have the recall of
[2:25:03]
sed. I believe a recall is
[2:25:06]
not a
[2:25:08]
good use of city money so I'm just
[2:25:09]
here to say I
[2:25:11]
think it is very unnecessary. He is
[2:25:15]
very hard working man. Thank
[2:25:18]
you.
[2:25:19]
>>
[2:25:21]
thank
[2:25:24]
you kathy. Mary? Followed by domanic.
[2:25:30]
welcome
[2:25:39]
>> good evening mayor
[2:25:43]
and council members. My
[2:25:45]
name is mary grizzle. Cochair of reclaiming
[2:25:46]
our downtown. I'm here
[2:25:49]
to speak in
[2:25:52]
strong support of
[2:25:53]
councilmember suds jain. Suds has
[2:25:55]
played a key role
[2:25:57]
in making our downtown project shovel
[2:25:58]
ready. He
[2:26:00]
pushed for adoption of the downtown
[2:26:01]
precise plan
[2:26:03]
and the form base code. Essential
[2:26:07]
tools for attracting
[2:26:08]
quality developers. He has insisted
[2:26:10]
on transparent rfps for blocks
[2:26:12]
a and b ensuring that the public not
[2:26:13]
just
[2:26:16]
back room deals will shape the
[2:26:19]
heart of our city. He has worked
[2:26:20]
to keep attention on critical steps. Geting
[2:26:22]
the
[2:26:24]
city's land use policies aligned,
[2:26:28]
removing legal and
[2:26:31]
procedural obstacles. And
[2:26:34]
making sure infrastructure
[2:26:36]
planning keeps space with development. These
[2:26:39]
may not be flashy headlines but without
[2:26:40]
them, no downtown
[2:26:43]
can ever be built. Some
[2:26:44]
cities say he has done nothing but
[2:26:46]
some
[2:26:48]
critics say he has done nothing. But
[2:26:52]
those critics have not participated
[2:26:55]
in this hard detailed work. They have
[2:26:57]
shown very little beyond self-promotion. Suds
[2:26:58]
has
[2:27:01]
done the opposite. He has
[2:27:02]
done the unglamorous. But essentially,
[2:27:04]
essential ground work that moves
[2:27:07]
us
[2:27:09]
from vision to reality. Thanks to
[2:27:10]
his
[2:27:11]
leadership. Santa clara is closer
[2:27:13]
than it has been in
[2:27:16]
decades to rebuilding a vibrant downtown
[2:27:17]
that
[2:27:19]
honors our history and
[2:27:20]
serves our future. In conclusion,
[2:27:22]
I want to
[2:27:25]
point out that nearly every
[2:27:27]
item listed in the recall against councilmember
[2:27:28]
suds jain
[2:27:31]
was not
[2:27:33]
his decision alone. These actions
[2:27:34]
require a majority
[2:27:37]
of four or five
[2:27:38]
members of the council. It is misleading
[2:27:40]
to single him
[2:27:43]
out for decisions
[2:27:45]
that were made collectively. Thank
[2:27:46]
you.
[2:27:47]
>> thank
[2:27:49]
you. We have domanic followed
[2:27:52]
by
[2:27:55]
wendy. Is
[2:27:58]
domanic
[2:28:00]
here? Please come forward.
[2:28:01]
>> welcome. Thank you. Good evening.
[2:28:04]
earlier,
[2:28:06]
we heard some remarks about the impact
[2:28:07]
that hr1
[2:28:10]
and its cuts are going to have on
[2:28:11]
the
[2:28:13]
state and our entire county in
[2:28:14]
particular. But also, those impacts will
[2:28:16]
be felt here in the city of santa
[2:28:17]
clara
[2:28:19]
and I wanted to speak
[2:28:20]
to that briefly. As well as an opportunity
[2:28:25]
that residents will have to
[2:28:27]
push back against that budget removal
[2:28:28]
in particular. So measure a which
[2:28:31]
will come before the voters this november
[2:28:34]
aim to restore funding for county
[2:28:35]
hospitals
[2:28:36]
that has mentioned would otherwise
[2:28:37]
close. I
[2:28:38]
want to draw attention to some of
[2:28:40]
the important reasons that the
[2:28:43]
community and
[2:28:46]
council should support this measure. Among
[2:28:47]
them,
[2:28:48]
in addition to the fact that thousand
[2:28:49]
of santa
[2:28:52]
clara
[2:28:55]
residents rely on scps service haves
[2:28:56]
for trauma care, 5,000
[2:28:58]
city of santa clara residents
[2:29:00]
were transported to an scvh emergency
[2:29:01]
room
[2:29:04]
ins the last
[2:29:07]
two years. It
[2:29:10]
provides
[2:29:13]
60
[2:29:14]
adults and pediatric specialties. They
[2:29:16]
operate a u.s.
[2:29:19]
up ins top ranked rehabilitation center
[2:29:22]
for patients recovering from serious
[2:29:23]
injuries. Among
[2:29:25]
them stroke, spinal cord trauma. Traumatic
[2:29:28]
brain injuries. Without measure a,
[2:29:30]
the center would likely close. 22,000
[2:29:34]
santa clara residents are enrolled
[2:29:36]
in medical. At risk of losing their coverage
[2:29:37]
as a result of these cuts. And
[2:29:40]
this is also a
[2:29:42]
major employer for our community. The
[2:29:43]
county employs
[2:29:46]
22,000 individuals and many of
[2:29:49]
them call
[2:29:50]
santa clara home. Finally, I'll say
[2:29:52]
we
[2:29:55]
want our public safety infrastructure
[2:29:56]
to
[2:29:58]
be strong and crisis response times
[2:30:00]
are part of that. We want a measure
[2:30:01]
with an oversight board
[2:30:03]
that will protect our tax boards from
[2:30:04]
capture by the state or
[2:30:06]
federal government. And I hope that
[2:30:07]
the council will consider
[2:30:10]
supporting yes on measure
[2:30:13]
a. Thank you.
[2:30:14]
>> thank
[2:30:16]
you. Domanic. Next we have wendy followed
[2:30:19]
by
[2:30:22]
christina. Welcome.
[2:30:23]
>> good
[2:30:25]
evening everyone. My name is dr. Wendy
[2:30:26]
hui. I'm
[2:30:28]
here to ask you my city leader
[2:30:31]
to support measure a. I'm a
[2:30:33]
pediatrician at valley health center. Some
[2:30:34]
of
[2:30:37]
my patients are city residents. But the
[2:30:38]
two closer clinic
[2:30:41]
that's serve our city
[2:30:43]
residents are in sunnyvale across
[2:30:46]
from the main medical center. I helped
[2:30:48]
train the next generation of doctor
[2:30:50]
ins our clinic by
[2:30:52]
working with trainees from stanford. Santa
[2:30:54]
clara valley health care trained many
[2:30:56]
of the practicing doctors in our
[2:30:59]
community. There is a very
[2:31:01]
good chance one of your own doctors
[2:31:03]
was trained in our system. The expected
[2:31:05]
cut you heard
[2:31:06]
already affects our city residents
[2:31:08]
of all
[2:31:10]
incomes and insurance. County runs
[2:31:12]
clinics like mine. Keep our residents
[2:31:13]
healthy and productive. This hospital
[2:31:14]
are
[2:31:17]
there for our
[2:31:20]
worst
[2:31:23]
days. Pmc is our closest trauma
[2:31:25]
center and you heard about the burn
[2:31:26]
center. Those
[2:31:29]
of
[2:31:30]
with commercial based good insurance
[2:31:31]
o'connor hospital you heard about
[2:31:34]
is also the closest to my home and
[2:31:38]
was recently treated there when I
[2:31:39]
fell
[2:31:41]
ill. Especially said I went
[2:31:44]
there because I saw
[2:31:46]
the wait. My father who passed away
[2:31:47]
from covid in
[2:31:49]
2020 received his specialized care
[2:31:52]
at valley medical center. The cut you
[2:31:53]
felt
[2:31:54]
already, everyone in all the hospital
[2:31:56]
ins the area will be
[2:31:57]
affected. Measure a is something we
[2:31:59]
can do locally
[2:32:01]
to mitigate these deep cuts. I worry
[2:32:08]
lot about access to
[2:32:10]
care. This may lead to longer wait
[2:32:11]
time for
[2:32:13]
everyone. In emergency room due to
[2:32:14]
preventable issues
[2:32:16]
that could have been taken care of
[2:32:20]
by
[2:32:23]
me in the
[2:32:26]
clinic. I worry about our
[2:32:29]
neighbors
[2:32:32]
not getting
[2:32:33]
timely care. I'm here again to urge
[2:32:35]
you
[2:32:38]
to join me. My colleagues
[2:32:41]
and many of our collaborators to maintain
[2:32:44]
these vital services for
[2:32:47]
our
[2:32:50]
community. Thank
[2:32:53]
you for your time.
[2:33:05]
>> that's what you
[2:33:08]
want to
[2:33:11]
do, you can ask. Go ahead.
[2:33:17]
>> we are in
[2:33:18]
the middle of public presentation. You can bring
[2:33:20]
it up at
[2:33:23]
the end of
[2:33:29]
the meeting. We have kristina.
[2:33:47]
>> I am an
[2:33:52]
anesthesiologist. I support measure
[2:33:59]
a.
[2:34:09]
respond to critical situations. Emergency
[2:34:14]
ies.
[2:34:17]
>> I have
[2:34:20]
witnessed times over the
[2:34:23]
accidents and unexpected events
[2:34:26]
do not make distinctions between the
[2:34:29]
unensured from the ensured. A
[2:34:31]
democrat from the republican. In 2019,
[2:34:34]
our county hospital and providers
[2:34:35]
served as first responders
[2:34:38]
to the victims of
[2:34:41]
the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting. And again,
[2:34:44]
in
[2:34:46]
2021, the same provider worked together
[2:34:47]
to mobilize to prepare to care
[2:34:50]
for
[2:34:53]
the mass
[2:34:57]
shooting victims. Last year alone
[2:35:02]
. We provide
[2:35:05]
the service because it is the right
[2:35:06]
thing to
[2:35:07]
do for our county. It is what I would
[2:35:08]
want for each and every
[2:35:11]
one of you in this
[2:35:13]
room. Without measure a, we will see
[2:35:14]
limited
[2:35:16]
access to emergency care, trauma care,
[2:35:17]
mental health care, along with
[2:35:20]
first class rehab and
[2:35:23]
burn care. Measure a is
[2:35:26]
pivotal
[2:35:29]
to our public safety.
[2:35:50]
>> I am lisa hughes. I'm a resident
[2:35:51]
here in
[2:35:53]
santa clara for the last
[2:35:55]
15 years. And, like my colleagues
[2:35:56]
before me, I'm on
[2:35:59]
here tonight to support
[2:36:02]
measure a. And
[2:36:05]
ask for your support. And endorsing
[2:36:06]
it. The federal like
[2:36:08]
we heard, the federal cuts are
[2:36:10]
coming. The federal health care cuts,
[2:36:11]
left a billion
[2:36:14]
dollar hole in our county's budget
[2:36:15]
without measure
[2:36:17]
as, hospitals will close,
[2:36:21]
the ers
[2:36:23]
will shut their doors. Mental health care
[2:36:24]
will
[2:36:25]
vanish which is pretty scary given
[2:36:27]
the santa clara
[2:36:30]
county is declared
[2:36:34]
a mental health crisis. Santa clara
[2:36:36]
valley health
[2:36:39]
is also a major player
[2:36:40]
in our community. The county employs
[2:36:41]
over 22,000 individuals like myself. Some
[2:36:45]
of us do live in santa
[2:36:48]
clara. The city of
[2:36:51]
santa
[2:36:54]
clara. This
[2:37:00]
affects all of us.
[2:37:03]
they crowd into other
[2:37:04]
hospitals. Like kaiser, stanford. El
[2:37:06]
camino. This leaves us skyrocketing
[2:37:07]
wait times. Decline in the quality
[2:37:09]
of care. Those with private insurance
[2:37:11]
will experience longer wait times
[2:37:18]
and higher costs even. Greater
[2:37:21]
distances. Please
[2:37:24]
ask
[2:37:27]
for your endorsement.
[2:37:28]
>> thank
[2:37:33]
you. Edward.
[2:37:36]
unmute yourself please. Edward?
[2:37:39]
>> I want
[2:37:42]
to say I'm glad I don't eat cheerios. One
[2:37:45]
thing I want to mention is
[2:37:48]
that I would not want them to crap
[2:37:51]
on howard's hot dogs. But I will delete
[2:37:53]
that message. He is right. I shouldn't
[2:37:54]
have
[2:37:57]
put that message
[2:38:00]
there. About the nfl. Of course
[2:38:03]
my
[2:38:09]
opinion. About it being faked.
[2:38:15]
there is
[2:38:18]
a reason people
[2:38:19]
are angry. But look at how politicians
[2:38:21]
have wasted so much
[2:38:24]
money in our country. And put us
[2:38:27]
in dire straits. The
[2:38:29]
crops, it's just unbelievable. They
[2:38:32]
really have to stop. There's a lot
[2:38:35]
of politicians that are corrupt. And
[2:38:36]
have tried
[2:38:39]
to
[2:38:42]
help destroy this country.
[2:38:43]
>>
[2:38:44]
thank you. So next is iphone. I'm
[2:38:48]
going to say it. Maybe,
[2:38:51]
is
[2:38:53]
it linda? Is that iphone? Unmute yourself.
[2:38:57]
is
[2:39:00]
that you linda?
[2:39:01]
>>
[2:39:03]
am I linda?
[2:39:04]
>> are you?
[2:39:06]
are you iphone
[2:39:12]
linda? Okay. Iphone?
[2:39:18]
hello?
[2:39:19]
>> hello ? >>
[2:39:21]
it's your turn.
[2:39:22]
>> sorry. Many
[2:39:24]
of our council
[2:39:26]
members including council member suds
[2:39:27]
jain
[2:39:30]
and candidates running
[2:39:33]
for governor are also city elected
[2:39:36]
positions have been active participants
[2:39:39]
in the thursday morning coffee
[2:39:42]
chats at sarah's kitchen for
[2:39:45]
a long
[2:39:46]
many years. Residents regularly bring
[2:39:48]
concerns and
[2:39:51]
discussion to the
[2:39:54]
coffee chats. Meetings
[2:39:57]
especially
[2:40:00]
those affecting
[2:40:03]
district 5. Those
[2:40:05]
behind the recall of councilmember
[2:40:09]
jain
[2:40:12]
have never once
[2:40:14]
attended these open forums to listen
[2:40:15]
or
[2:40:18]
engage. Up until a
[2:40:21]
few months ago, councilmember jain
[2:40:23]
also had monthly zoom meetings specifically
[2:40:24]
to hear
[2:40:27]
and discuss
[2:40:29]
district 5 matters. To suggest he
[2:40:30]
does
[2:40:33]
not care
[2:40:36]
about his constituents
[2:40:39]
is simply not
[2:40:42]
accurate. Moreover, several of the
[2:40:45]
criticisms raised such
[2:40:48]
as votes on salaries,
[2:40:51]
contracts. Overlook the
[2:40:54]
fact that
[2:40:57]
he
[2:41:00]
is not one vote
[2:41:07]
>> thank you. Sorry, I
[2:41:09]
thought it was linda. Linda
[2:41:12]
is
[2:41:13]
usually iphone. I apologize. All right. Louisiana. Oh. Here. You're here. Yes.
[2:41:21]
>> thank
[2:41:24]
you very much.
[2:41:25]
>> members of the city
[2:41:26]
council, I'm a
[2:41:27]
little bit nervous.
[2:41:28]
>>
[2:41:29]
you are fine. You're fine. Good.
[2:41:30]
>>
[2:41:31]
I'm here
[2:41:33]
as
[2:41:36]
a concerned nail artist.
[2:41:41]
we service everybody in this community,
[2:41:42]
we have grown up
[2:41:45]
to become mothers and fathers themselves
[2:41:48]
to grandparents
[2:41:50]
who have passed away. I'm here to
[2:41:51]
raise attention and
[2:41:54]
concern
[2:41:57]
to the illegal activities community
[2:41:58]
harms
[2:42:00]
associated with a
[2:42:03]
specific
[2:42:05]
smoke shop located at 2336 el camino
[2:42:06]
real santa
[2:42:09]
clara california
[2:42:12]
owned
[2:42:14]
by the fiji corporation. Called broncos
[2:42:15]
den. This smoke shop
[2:42:18]
has engaged in illegal sales
[2:42:21]
and activities including the
[2:42:24]
sales of mushrooms, marijuana,
[2:42:27]
flavored vapes, flavored tobacco products,
[2:42:28]
and
[2:42:30]
flavored tobacco wrappers
[2:42:33]
which are prohibited. And include
[2:42:36]
federally banned products such as
[2:42:37]
things
[2:42:40]
called flume geek bars
[2:42:41]
foggers. These items have been smuggled
[2:42:43]
into this country
[2:42:44]
from china and contain toxic chemicals
[2:42:49]
that
[2:42:52]
are not fda approved. The
[2:42:55]
owner of broncos den are so
[2:42:57]
brazen that they use their public
[2:42:59]
page on google, the google business
[2:43:01]
page to argue
[2:43:04]
with customers about pricings,
[2:43:07]
about these illegal items. Most
[2:43:09]
troubling is that we notice there's
[2:43:13]
a number of
[2:43:15]
teenagers coming to the establishment
[2:43:16]
and that
[2:43:21]
also endangers the health and safety
[2:43:22]
of our
[2:43:23]
children. There is question about
[2:43:25]
the proximity of the schools
[2:43:28]
and the zoning. You know, in santa
[2:43:31]
clara, you guys had
[2:43:32]
proposed a smoke-free santa clara
[2:43:34]
plan and in
[2:43:36]
that plan, you were going to buffer
[2:43:37]
these kinds
[2:43:40]
of
[2:43:43]
businesses
[2:43:44]
away from schools. This establishment
[2:43:46]
is 600 feet
[2:43:49]
away from another
[2:43:52]
smoke shop. It is only 600
[2:43:53]
feet away from two preschools. So
[2:43:55]
I wanted
[2:43:56]
to ask that you please impose hard
[2:43:58]
fines and penalties if they
[2:44:01]
are found to
[2:44:03]
be engaging in illegal activities. Revoke
[2:44:04]
the
[2:44:05]
business license for repeat offenders
[2:44:07]
and remove businesses that fall
[2:44:08]
been these buffers of your plan and
[2:44:10]
I would like to
[2:44:13]
ask
[2:44:16]
if you
[2:44:19]
have
[2:44:21]
approved the plan yet.
[2:44:22]
>> we don't
[2:44:23]
engage with public presentations
[2:44:24]
but what I can tell you, louisiana,
[2:44:25]
is our city
[2:44:27]
manager is taking down the information
[2:44:28]
and I
[2:44:29]
see online our assistant police chief
[2:44:34]
is
[2:44:37]
listening
[2:44:40]
to this right now.
[2:45:04]
>> okay, thank
[2:45:06]
you for bringing that to our attention. Do
[2:45:07]
we
[2:45:10]
have any other public
[2:45:13]
presentations? We are
[2:45:15]
one more? Who is that? Who?
[2:45:16]
>> she
[2:45:17]
lowered her hand.
[2:45:18]
>> who
[2:45:19]
is that?
[2:45:20]
>> it was shelly but she
[2:45:21]
lowered
[2:45:22]
her hand.
[2:45:23]
>> okay, so do we have anybody
[2:45:24]
else? All right. We are going to
[2:45:25]
move on with
[2:45:27]
the agenda. And I'm going to ask vice
[2:45:28]
mayor cox, you pulled
[2:45:31]
an item. I will move it to the bottom
[2:45:32]
of the
[2:45:33]
agenda if that is okay. We have public
[2:45:34]
hearings and things
[2:45:37]
that we have to
[2:45:43]
get done this evening. And
[2:45:45]
we have to do everything before midnight. We
[2:45:46]
will move onto
[2:45:49]
number 6. Report on community
[2:45:51]
engagement. Major events, 2026 and
[2:45:52]
request for city council
[2:45:55]
action on logo and slogan.
[2:45:56]
>> I'll
[2:45:57]
take it mayor.
[2:45:58]
>> all right, city
[2:45:59]
manager.
[2:46:00]
>> sure, thank you. The city
[2:46:01]
of santa clara as we all know is
[2:46:04]
preparing for an unprecedented
[2:46:07]
moment in its history to be the only city to
[2:46:08]
host both
[2:46:10]
the super bowl and the fifa men's
[2:46:11]
world
[2:46:13]
cup in 2026. These major global
[2:46:16]
events
[2:46:19]
will
[2:46:20]
bring unparalleled excitement, international attraction.
[2:46:40]
I would like to turn
[2:46:43]
the
[2:46:46]
presentation over to paulin
[2:46:48]
amorce. She will set our conversation
[2:46:49]
today and
[2:46:51]
she will also introduce a number of
[2:46:52]
the members of the city team
[2:46:54]
that will present to you tonight about
[2:46:55]
the entire effort
[2:46:57]
that has been undertaken. Thank you.
[2:47:04]
>> welcome. >> thank you
[2:47:07]
mayor
[2:47:10]
and council members. Thank you city
[2:47:11]
manager. Staff
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is excite
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today share with you tonight the recommended
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slogan and
[2:47:18]
logo for our community engagement
[2:47:19]
campaign for 2026. As
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we prepare for this
[2:47:25]
unprecedented moment as a city manager,
[2:47:26]
hosting the
[2:47:28]
super bowl and the fifa world cup. This
[2:47:29]
evening
[2:47:31]
staff will walk you through
[2:47:34]
the process of
[2:47:38]
community gathering community
[2:47:39]
input. And the development with our
[2:47:41]
advertising and
[2:47:42]
digital marketing partners agency
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and
[2:47:46]
the development of combining that
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information and
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creating what we are
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recommending for you tonight. Next
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slide? Oh, sorry
[2:48:05]
. Here
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we go. Before we begin, I want to
[2:48:07]
take the moment to recognize the incredible
[2:48:08]
work of
[2:48:11]
the staff team that has started
[2:48:13]
this effort before I joined. Their
[2:48:15]
dedication, creativity and collaboration
[2:48:17]
laid the foundation
[2:48:18]
for the presentation tonight. The
[2:48:20]
project has been driven
[2:48:21]
by their commitment to showcasing
[2:48:23]
santa clara at its very
[2:48:25]
best and I want to sincerely thank
[2:48:27]
them for their effort. And thoughtfulness
[2:48:29]
in bringing us
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to this exciting
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point. I wanted
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to introduce
[2:48:41]
alicia knight, janine desla vega
[2:48:42]
and david knight. And we had a bit
[2:48:44]
of a
[2:48:46]
change on the representation. It will
[2:48:50]
be sonja anderson and
[2:48:53]
justin bronson
[2:48:56]
from zo agency. So, before
[2:48:58]
we get into this slogan and logo,
[2:48:59]
we wanted to brief on what
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was done
[2:49:05]
the last time santa
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clara hosted the super bowl. In
[2:49:09]
2016, santa clara launched the slogan,
[2:49:11]
the
[2:49:13]
center of what's possible. With supporting
[2:49:14]
some tag
[2:49:16]
lines to highlight local pride and showcase
[2:49:17]
the community
[2:49:19]
during super bowl 50. The event demonstrated
[2:49:20]
how brandy
[2:49:23]
can engage residents and welcome visitors
[2:49:25]
while telling santa clara's story. As
[2:49:26]
we look ahead
[2:49:29]
for 2026, we build on
[2:49:30]
that foundation. With an even greater
[2:49:32]
opportunity since we
[2:49:33]
are hosting both events. Ensuring
[2:49:35]
that santa clara
[2:49:38]
meets a moment as we host
[2:49:40]
super bowl and fifa. The slogan and
[2:49:41]
logo campaign
[2:49:43]
being presented tonight are being developed
[2:49:46]
specifically to derive community engagement
[2:49:48]
around the upcoming major events. However,
[2:49:50]
just
[2:49:51]
as the last slogan carried forward
[2:49:53]
beyond super bowl
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50, there is opportunity for this
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new slogan
[2:49:59]
to continue serving santa clara beyond,
[2:50:02]
or well into the future. While
[2:50:03]
its primary focus is rallying pride and
[2:50:05]
presentation for
[2:50:08]
the super bowl and fifa world
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cup, it would be a
[2:50:14]
lasting
[2:50:17]
partner
[2:50:20]
of the city's idea. The economic
[2:50:21]
development and communications committee into
[2:50:23]
the economic development and
[2:50:24]
marketing ad hoc committee. This was
[2:50:29]
established for the duration of
[2:50:32]
2025. Focused on the
[2:50:35]
city's developmenting marketing
[2:50:38]
initiatives. The committed formed
[2:50:41]
the major events
[2:50:44]
task force. For upcoming major
[2:50:47]
events. The task force aims to ensure
[2:50:48]
coordinated
[2:50:49]
community experiences to reflect the city's
[2:50:52]
values while enhancing santa clara's
[2:50:53]
visibility on the
[2:50:55]
global stage. The committee has been
[2:50:56]
actively hosting meetings
[2:50:58]
to gather input on potential events
[2:50:59]
and ton branding
[2:51:00]
campaign including the development
[2:51:02]
of the
[2:51:05]
slogan and logo. I would
[2:51:07]
like to have knight present the process
[2:51:11]
taken
[2:51:14]
for
[2:51:20]
community and committee input.
[2:51:25]
>> good evening. I have had the pleasure
[2:51:26]
of conducting the
[2:51:29]
workshops with the economic development
[2:51:32]
and ad hoc committee. Over the
[2:51:35]
past few months the economic
[2:51:37]
development and the community stake
[2:51:38]
holders have
[2:51:40]
worked to identify shared goals and
[2:51:41]
interests
[2:51:44]
on
[2:51:47]
the community engagement major event campaign
[2:51:50]
which includes identification
[2:51:52]
of branding, logo, slogan. You may
[2:51:53]
hear me say
[2:51:56]
slogo
[2:51:59]
tonight. That is not
[2:52:02]
intentional. So just bear with me. The
[2:52:03]
activations that will uplift
[2:52:05]
the community for the major events
[2:52:08]
of 2026. So, the
[2:52:10]
first few meetings were used to establish
[2:52:11]
the
[2:52:14]
role of stake holder
[2:52:17]
engagened and discuss the
[2:52:20]
shared goal on how the community can
[2:52:21]
engage
[2:52:23]
and provide true benefit to the
[2:52:26]
community in santa clara residents. This
[2:52:27]
slide outlines
[2:52:29]
the tools used to guide the
[2:52:31]
community engagement process. But,
[2:52:35]
specific to the
[2:52:37]
logo and slogan. First, we conducted
[2:52:44]
core values generated survey.
[2:52:50]
after one value that captures
[2:52:53]
the
[2:52:56]
spirit of santa clara. The second
[2:52:57]
conducted multiple workshops
[2:52:59]
with
[2:53:03]
the community
[2:53:06]
on branding. Theme and
[2:53:09]
slogo. See?
[2:53:10]
>>
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how many times? That's one. Yep. So,
[2:53:12]
essentially,
[2:53:14]
we were taking those values identified
[2:53:15]
in the community
[2:53:18]
survey and to really help
[2:53:21]
generate a unifying
[2:53:22]
theme. And message. And then, third,
[2:53:24]
we, staff
[2:53:26]
worked with a marketing consultant
[2:53:30]
to aggregate and compile
[2:53:31]
their collective thoughts and transform
[2:53:33]
them
[2:53:37]
into a brand campaign. That would
[2:53:39]
showcase santa clara
[2:53:42]
in its community pride
[2:53:45]
later in the
[2:53:46]
presentation. The first engagement
[2:53:48]
strategy that was
[2:53:49]
pursued was a community survey. Staff
[2:53:53]
asked the community to share one word
[2:53:57]
or
[2:54:03]
value that have captured. Posted
[2:54:06]
on social media. And
[2:54:09]
to the city's website. The
[2:54:11]
survey was opened between june 30th
[2:54:15]
to july
[2:54:18]
10th. And the
[2:54:21]
survey
[2:54:27]
results yielded 335 results.
[2:54:30]
diversity receiving 34 votes. Community
[2:54:34]
receiving 29 votes. Inclusive or inclusivity
[2:54:36]
receiving 16 votes
[2:54:39]
and family receiving 12 votes.
[2:54:45]
this inspired the spirit of
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the upcoming community events. So,
[2:54:48]
staff then
[2:54:49]
generated the following base statements
[2:54:51]
that were intended to pair
[2:54:54]
with the community values that
[2:54:57]
were identified via
[2:55:00]
the
[2:55:02]
survey. And the committee members.
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number three. Our city,
[2:55:12]
our blank, our game. Or the
[2:55:14]
last where blank meets the blank. The
[2:55:15]
goal of
[2:55:17]
this workshop was to generate the
[2:55:18]
top three
[2:55:20]
value statements that will inform the
[2:55:21]
theme
[2:55:24]
and the
[2:55:26]
slogan and logo. For 2026 events. The group
[2:55:27]
was
[2:55:30]
provided a full
[2:55:32]
list of values with the highest frequencies. They
[2:55:33]
then identified
[2:55:36]
their top values and coupled them
[2:55:37]
with
[2:55:38]
the top three base statements which
[2:55:39]
were the statements that
[2:55:42]
you see on the screen. Based on this
[2:55:43]
feedback, the
[2:55:44]
group generated their top three value
[2:55:45]
statements and then voted
[2:55:48]
on the top three statements that
[2:55:51]
aligned with those values. So, what
[2:55:53]
you see here are the following base
[2:55:54]
statements and
[2:55:57]
values that
[2:55:59]
were generated by the group. These value statements
[2:56:00]
are rooted in
[2:56:03]
the heart of santa
[2:56:05]
clara. Each one reflects what our
[2:56:06]
community
[2:56:09]
members, partners
[2:56:12]
and stake holders
[2:56:15]
just defines us. Passion
[2:56:18]
just
[2:56:21]
exists for our city. With so
[2:56:22]
many voices and priorities represented
[2:56:24]
it
[2:56:26]
is difficult to capture everything
[2:56:27]
in one phrase. So every statement
[2:56:30]
that you see on
[2:56:33]
the screen is powerful
[2:56:36]
but each emphasizes a
[2:56:38]
different aspect of santa clara's
[2:56:39]
identity. This is a
[2:56:42]
natural outcome of
[2:56:44]
a multistake holder process. Where
[2:56:48]
diversity and
[2:56:51]
ideas are valued. And
[2:56:54]
because the community's
[2:56:57]
input,
[2:57:00]
excuse
[2:57:03]
me. Where am I going? How do I
[2:57:06]
get back?
[2:57:07]
>> the little one.
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>>
[2:57:12]
sorry. We
[2:57:15]
are going
[2:57:17]
to keep going. Because the community's
[2:57:18]
input
[2:57:20]
was so rich, staff needed help distilling
[2:57:21]
it
[2:57:24]
into a unitied
[2:57:27]
message. Staff engaged
[2:57:28]
a professional marking agency that
[2:57:30]
has
[2:57:33]
the
[2:57:36]
tools and the expertise to translate
[2:57:37]
these
[2:57:39]
into a slogan and logo that is clear
[2:57:42]
and concise. Flexible across the
[2:57:45]
campaigns,
[2:57:47]
events and different audiences. So
[2:57:48]
what's on the screen are the base
[2:57:50]
statements the committee worked with
[2:57:51]
along with new ones they created themselves
[2:57:52]
so
[2:57:53]
as you can see here, we started with
[2:57:54]
seven and
[2:57:57]
we ended with
[2:58:00]
11. So
[2:58:03]
there was additional
[2:58:06]
input. Their
[2:58:08]
votes are within. They show the priorities
[2:58:09]
that rose
[2:58:12]
to the top. And this work gave
[2:58:15]
the marting agency a foundation. It's
[2:58:18]
community's voice
[2:58:21]
that shaped the direction. The final
[2:58:22]
logo and slogan
[2:58:24]
will not erase these
[2:58:25]
values but amplify them. The goal
[2:58:27]
was to craft a unifying identity that
[2:58:28]
speaks
[2:58:30]
to the world while staying true to
[2:58:33]
santa clara. This
[2:58:36]
ensures
[2:58:39]
that
[2:58:41]
the community's voices are center. And
[2:58:42]
without further ado, I
[2:58:45]
will pass it
[2:58:48]
to janine, our public information
[2:58:51]
officer who has been working
[2:58:53]
on the slogan and logo strategy and
[2:58:54]
journey
[2:58:57]
that
[2:58:59]
the staff wept through to synthesize the
[2:59:05]
data. Thank you all.
[2:59:06]
>> thank you. >> I
[2:59:07]
don't want to
[2:59:09]
make that same mistake. Good evening
[2:59:12]
mayor and
[2:59:15]
council. Let's get to it. So. All
[2:59:16]
of
[2:59:18]
that community input that we received,
[2:59:22]
the feedback
[2:59:23]
from the community values survey,
[2:59:25]
we wanted to make sure that was
[2:59:27]
all synthesized and make sure that
[2:59:28]
it blended
[2:59:30]
along with our brand eco system so
[2:59:32]
that is why we brought on a marketing
[2:59:34]
agency to help
[2:59:37]
us with that. One of the
[2:59:40]
first exercises they did is
[2:59:42]
what archetype is santa clara. Think
[2:59:43]
of a
[2:59:45]
character. Do we want to be known
[2:59:46]
as the host? Do we
[2:59:49]
want to be known as
[2:59:52]
the
[2:59:53]
neighbor? The underdog? A catalyst? A
[2:59:55]
bridge? We as staff went through
[2:59:58]
that exercise and
[3:00:00]
that workshop with the agency and
[3:00:03]
all of us independently ended upcoming
[3:00:04]
up with
[3:00:05]
those. We wanted to be known as the
[3:00:07]
host. A city that doesn't just
[3:00:10]
hold events but make you feel at
[3:00:13]
home the second you arrive. The bridge.
[3:00:15]
the link between tradition and future. Between
[3:00:16]
local pride
[3:00:17]
and a global connection. We also want
[3:00:19]
today be known as the
[3:00:22]
catalyst that spark
[3:00:25]
that turns possibility into
[3:00:27]
progress. And makes the future feel
[3:00:31]
personal. Questions that
[3:00:32]
we also talked about, should santa
[3:00:34]
clara
[3:00:37]
be in the slogan or depicted in
[3:00:38]
the imagery? How do we show the community
[3:00:40]
we are a leader and not
[3:00:43]
a participant? How does the city
[3:00:46]
and community take ownership of
[3:00:48]
a moment? How can we instill a sense
[3:00:49]
of
[3:00:50]
pride and community togetherness and
[3:00:52]
should
[3:00:55]
sport be
[3:00:58]
referenced in
[3:01:01]
the slogan? We have
[3:01:04]
been at this since july. Here
[3:01:07]
are
[3:01:10]
slogans
[3:01:13]
that
[3:01:19]
miss the mark. Gather here. Go
[3:01:25]
far.
[3:01:34]
with the marketing
[3:01:36]
agency. Then. Slogans that really
[3:01:37]
came
[3:01:40]
close. This
[3:01:43]
one
[3:01:46]
is an action one.
[3:01:55]
global stage
[3:01:57]
evokes the prestige of international
[3:01:58]
tension. While
[3:02:01]
we
[3:02:07]
shine really affirms readiness.
[3:02:33]
mission and moment. Versatile. Double mean
[3:02:37]
ing. It connects the past
[3:02:40]
and
[3:02:43]
the future. Local and global. Providing that participation.
[3:02:52]
so, is slogan we wanted
[3:02:55]
to make sure, it pairs with the
[3:02:58]
actual logo. There's two things here. They
[3:03:01]
were
[3:03:04]
meant
[3:03:10]
to complement each other.
[3:03:16]
should
[3:03:22]
we go classic? Or simple?
[3:03:28]
this is the recommended logo
[3:03:31]
and we will show you the mark
[3:03:34]
where
[3:03:37]
the
[3:03:40]
mission meets the moment.
[3:03:52]
the major
[3:03:58]
sporting
[3:04:01]
events. And we did notice.
[3:04:04]
there's photographs
[3:04:07]
used. We chose landmarks
[3:04:09]
throughout the city. The pavilion. You
[3:04:10]
can
[3:04:13]
see that
[3:04:16]
central
[3:04:19]
park. In
[3:04:25]
the eye. For the mission.
[3:04:28]
levi stadium. That's the city
[3:04:30]
rose. The peace rose. That we wanted to
[3:04:31]
kind of throw in there. Many
[3:04:33]
people might not know that. But we
[3:04:38]
have seen it before. Throughout
[3:04:41]
the city. It is a picture of
[3:04:47]
boy
[3:04:53]
kicking a soccer ball.
[3:04:59]
it is
[3:05:02]
a companion. Shorthand. It
[3:05:04]
gives us options for swag. Possibilities. To
[3:05:05]
give
[3:05:06]
you a little more background on the
[3:05:08]
development of this. We are going
[3:05:11]
to go to our marketing
[3:05:14]
agency. We do have a
[3:05:15]
consultant. Our consultant team on
[3:05:17]
the line. I do want
[3:05:20]
to
[3:05:23]
toss it to justin. Justin?
[3:05:26]
>>
[3:05:29]
do
[3:05:32]
we
[3:05:38]
see justin? Where is he? Justin? Just unmute yourself, justin.
[3:05:44]
there you go.
[3:05:47]
>> thank
[3:05:50]
you madame
[3:05:53]
mayor. Vice
[3:05:59]
mayor. City attorney and staff.
[3:06:11]
we are ensuring the slogan
[3:06:14]
does
[3:06:17]
more than just
[3:06:19]
sound good. Rhythm, repetition that
[3:06:20]
helps words stick. Familiar
[3:06:23]
sounds that echo in memory. And using
[3:06:24]
words that can mean more than one
[3:06:26]
thing at once. This gives us
[3:06:27]
confidence we are not just choosing
[3:06:29]
language we liked. We are
[3:06:32]
choosing something santa
[3:06:35]
clara
[3:06:41]
could own with pride.
[3:06:47]
works because people hear
[3:06:50]
more than one meaning in
[3:06:53]
it. Mission connects to santa
[3:06:56]
clara's identity. As the
[3:06:57]
commission city. It suggests purpose. Drive. And
[3:06:58]
ambition which are markers of the
[3:06:59]
business
[3:07:02]
and the
[3:07:04]
industries in our community. That's
[3:07:05]
why
[3:07:07]
the slogan feels layered. It reaches
[3:07:08]
back to heritage and
[3:07:10]
forward to possibility. All in just
[3:07:11]
six words. It
[3:07:14]
feels both timeless and timely. Grounded in
[3:07:15]
santa
[3:07:17]
clara's identity
[3:07:19]
and prepared for the moments ahead. The
[3:07:20]
logo takes the slogan and
[3:07:23]
turns it
[3:07:25]
into something you can see. It keeps
[3:07:26]
mission at the
[3:07:28]
center so civic pride comes first. While
[3:07:29]
the rest of the phrase
[3:07:32]
is built
[3:07:35]
around it. The images are familiar
[3:07:37]
landmarks. A pavilion, the stadium. The
[3:07:40]
peace rose. Even the circuitry of
[3:07:41]
the microchip. Each one ties
[3:07:42]
the campaign to recognizable city
[3:07:44]
landmarks in
[3:07:46]
a way people can instantly recognize. While
[3:07:47]
the colors and lay
[3:07:50]
out give it a fresh modern feel. These
[3:07:51]
bold
[3:07:52]
right colors in the foreground really
[3:07:53]
stand out
[3:07:56]
against a clean white space
[3:07:58]
in the background. And that balance
[3:07:59]
makes the logo easier
[3:08:02]
to read in a glance. The variety
[3:08:04]
of colors reflects santa clara's energy
[3:08:05]
and diversity. Still
[3:08:08]
coming together as one
[3:08:10]
unified symbol. This mark is built
[3:08:11]
to work anywhere. Whether
[3:08:13]
stretched across a stadium banner
[3:08:14]
or
[3:08:17]
scaled down
[3:08:19]
to a phone screen. The strong slogan
[3:08:20]
and logo
[3:08:21]
do more than identify campaign. They
[3:08:23]
give people the
[3:08:25]
reason to feel connected. The colors,
[3:08:26]
the rhythm
[3:08:28]
of the words. The familiar landmarks,
[3:08:29]
all of these
[3:08:31]
anchor the campaign of what santa
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clara knows
[3:08:34]
about itself. What makes them powerful
[3:08:35]
is they leave room
[3:08:37]
for everyone to see themselves in
[3:08:38]
the story. A single phrase,
[3:08:41]
a single graphic can carry history,
[3:08:42]
ambition,
[3:08:43]
belonging all at once. And because
[3:08:44]
it doesn't force one meaning,
[3:08:46]
people can bring their own experience
[3:08:47]
and interpretation
[3:08:50]
to it. The lack of resolution is what
[3:08:51]
gives
[3:08:52]
it reach. A city isn't defined by
[3:08:56]
a single logo or
[3:08:58]
a line. But when the pieces come together, they
[3:08:59]
form a language
[3:09:01]
of their own. People who live here
[3:09:02]
see something that feels
[3:09:05]
familiar and makes them think of
[3:09:07]
home. People visiting take something
[3:09:08]
with them they won't forget. That's
[3:09:09]
the
[3:09:10]
moment design becomes a bridge. Carrying the pride
[3:09:11]
of
[3:09:14]
the city out into the world. And then
[3:09:17]
I'm happy to introduce sonya anderson. Our
[3:09:20]
ceo and agency director who will
[3:09:23]
show us examples of activations. Ways
[3:09:26]
that this design system and
[3:09:29]
slogan can
[3:09:32]
be put to use.
[3:09:33]
>>
[3:09:35]
I just unmuted myself. Thank you
[3:09:37]
justin. Good evening, madame mayor,
[3:09:38]
vice mayor,
[3:09:41]
council members and city staff. I'm
[3:09:43]
sonya anderson and the agency director
[3:09:44]
here and I really thank
[3:09:47]
you for allowing
[3:09:50]
me on behalf
[3:09:53]
of our incredible team. In
[3:09:56]
collaboration with
[3:09:59]
your incredible team. That will elevate
[3:10:02]
santa clara
[3:10:05]
at the host. All in
[3:10:08]
one year. These are
[3:10:10]
some mock-ups. Some initial designs
[3:10:11]
that we are
[3:10:14]
contemplating
[3:10:17]
putting into
[3:10:20]
action right away. Allow our
[3:10:23]
community to
[3:10:26]
experience
[3:10:29]
and engage with us with
[3:10:33]
things like swag. Mugs,
[3:10:34]
soccer balls, tee shirt. Just to feel
[3:10:36]
that everywhere we go. The
[3:10:39]
first activation
[3:10:42]
we are looking at. Is really to
[3:10:44]
pose santa clara where meaningful
[3:10:45]
things
[3:10:46]
happen. We really want to make sure
[3:10:50]
that the mission meets the moment. And
[3:10:51]
when the
[3:10:53]
word looks at santa clara, they see
[3:10:58]
city where innovation thrives. Community
[3:11:00]
matters and extraordinary
[3:11:01]
things happen. This is really about
[3:11:02]
elevating santa clara. But of course,
[3:11:06]
we are the hosts of
[3:11:09]
some really big events. This
[3:11:10]
right here is the backdrop behind
[3:11:12]
the tent so just
[3:11:15]
to get you a
[3:11:18]
little bit more
[3:11:20]
focused into some of the design elements. In
[3:11:21]
some of
[3:11:22]
the smaller pieces like a magnet or
[3:11:24]
a sticker you might just
[3:11:26]
get a couple of elements whereas one
[3:11:27]
showing
[3:11:28]
up in the community space, we can
[3:11:30]
introduce
[3:11:35]
lot of the elements. What we would
[3:11:36]
really
[3:11:39]
like to do
[3:11:40]
is engage the community. This is more about
[3:11:42]
community pride. We love
[3:11:45]
santa clara. I
[3:11:48]
love santa
[3:11:49]
clara. But we also have the football
[3:11:51]
version and the soccer session. Some
[3:11:54]
would say that is the same
[3:11:55]
thing because football is soccer. We
[3:11:57]
create
[3:12:00]
these signs so when
[3:12:01]
we are in community experiences, someone can
[3:12:03]
say oh can I have
[3:12:06]
one of those? And
[3:12:09]
they
[3:12:15]
can enjoy and resonate we
[3:12:18]
also want
[3:12:20]
to create ways for people to participate
[3:12:21]
in commercial
[3:12:22]
environments. What are all the events
[3:12:27]
coming up? What are the types of things
[3:12:30]
I can
[3:12:32]
get involved in? There will be some teasers
[3:12:35]
and unveiling of things that can only be
[3:12:36]
found
[3:12:38]
this way. So we want people to experience
[3:12:40]
it wherever they go. We certainly
[3:12:41]
want our local businesses to get on
[3:12:42]
board
[3:12:45]
and
[3:12:46]
get really excited about it. This
[3:12:48]
is an example of an
[3:12:50]
array of the types of things that
[3:12:51]
we can
[3:12:54]
use in a
[3:12:56]
suite. So this is where we have as
[3:12:57]
janine said
[3:12:59]
the full logo where the mission meets
[3:13:00]
the moment. The
[3:13:01]
mark. Sometimes you need something
[3:13:05]
a little more concise. Smaller. One
[3:13:09]
color. Easy to
[3:13:11]
use. These are ways we can influence
[3:13:12]
where
[3:13:15]
people recognize the
[3:13:18]
colors and the specific type
[3:13:19]
font wherever they go. And I think
[3:13:21]
that's it. I think that's our
[3:13:23]
last slide. These are just samples. We
[3:13:24]
have a
[3:13:27]
lot more dehind the
[3:13:28]
scenes we have been working on.
[3:13:29]
>>
[3:13:30]
and
[3:13:33]
we just want to make
[3:13:36]
sure that it is
[3:13:38]
clear that changes or requests, our
[3:13:42]
team
[3:13:45]
is ready
[3:13:47]
to move forward. Many requested changes
[3:13:48]
would impact
[3:13:54]
delay in
[3:13:56]
the campaign.
[3:13:57]
>> back to paulina I
[3:13:58]
think.
[3:13:59]
>>
[3:14:00]
yes. Thank you very much, justin
[3:14:03]
and
[3:14:05]
sonya with the presentation.
[3:14:06]
>> of
[3:14:07]
course.
[3:14:08]
>> so we hope you
[3:14:09]
guys are excited about the slogan
[3:14:10]
and
[3:14:11]
the logo. We are very excited as staff
[3:14:12]
and all the journey that
[3:14:15]
we went through to present
[3:14:18]
it to you tonight. Before we go
[3:14:20]
to the recommendation, there are a
[3:14:21]
couple of considerations we
[3:14:24]
need to share with
[3:14:27]
you. As justin, or staff
[3:14:29]
and finalizeing the logo and slogan,
[3:14:30]
we needed
[3:14:32]
a council approval. There are a couple
[3:14:33]
of approvals in
[3:14:36]
licensing requirements that
[3:14:38]
we will have to secure before we can
[3:14:39]
finalize use of
[3:14:42]
the logo and the images
[3:14:45]
in the logo. We are requesting council
[3:14:46]
approves
[3:14:47]
it. So we move forward as you saw
[3:14:48]
all the collateral and all of
[3:14:50]
the activation we could go with the
[3:14:51]
slogan
[3:14:54]
and logo. We can move forward with
[3:14:56]
finalizing that branding campaign. As
[3:14:57]
justin mentioned
[3:15:00]
at the end, timing is credit all-star. We
[3:15:01]
are
[3:15:03]
hoping to launch the slogan and logo
[3:15:04]
at
[3:15:05]
the upcoming events and the next event
[3:15:06]
is october 4. We are
[3:15:09]
hoping that we can get
[3:15:11]
your approval tonight to move forward
[3:15:12]
and with that, the
[3:15:13]
recommendation for the city council
[3:15:15]
that we are
[3:15:17]
asking is approve the recommended
[3:15:18]
slogan and
[3:15:20]
logo subject to minor modifications
[3:15:21]
and
[3:15:23]
third party approval requirements
[3:15:24]
including
[3:15:26]
approval for required licensing rights
[3:15:27]
for
[3:15:29]
intended use of the logo. And staff
[3:15:30]
along with the consultant
[3:15:33]
are here to
[3:15:35]
answer questions.
[3:15:36]
>> I want to say
[3:15:37]
something about the committee. And
[3:15:38]
I first
[3:15:39]
want to say thank
[3:15:42]
you
[3:15:45]
so
[3:15:48]
much even to
[3:15:49]
z, the branding organization. Seeing
[3:15:51]
the
[3:15:53]
soccer ball and the football. Those
[3:15:54]
were feedbacks from the community
[3:15:57]
group yesterday so they worked
[3:16:00]
fast but I liked them. They are really
[3:16:03]
nice. Our committee which
[3:16:06]
gets bigger and bigger each time,
[3:16:07]
they are
[3:16:09]
really excited about this
[3:16:12]
and the committee is very diverse. They
[3:16:13]
come
[3:16:15]
from all
[3:16:18]
different
[3:16:21]
walks
[3:16:25]
of life. Businesses, residents. Just
[3:16:27]
non-profits. I think
[3:16:30]
what people liked about this,
[3:16:33]
where the mission meets the moment
[3:16:35]
atected people differently. And, people
[3:16:36]
like
[3:16:39]
the fact that you can
[3:16:42]
interchange some of those images in
[3:16:43]
there
[3:16:44]
to meet the moment. Whatever if it
[3:16:45]
is football, there might
[3:16:48]
be more football images in there. They
[3:16:49]
tell us it
[3:16:51]
shouldn't be so literal. But I kind
[3:16:52]
of like
[3:16:55]
the literal
[3:16:56]
stuff. When it comes to soccer, you
[3:16:58]
can put the soccer images in and
[3:17:00]
create it for whatever we are going
[3:17:01]
to use it
[3:17:04]
for but what I
[3:17:07]
really like about this, it will
[3:17:09]
last past these events in 2026. They
[3:17:11]
will last past that. So I think people
[3:17:13]
said, well I want this photo
[3:17:16]
or
[3:17:19]
I want that photo. We
[3:17:21]
spent a lot of time talking about
[3:17:24]
that. How the colors are not as bright
[3:17:25]
and vibrant,
[3:17:27]
the jewel tones, as they are in reality. They
[3:17:30]
are even more vibrant. During the
[3:17:31]
meeting david was
[3:17:34]
showing
[3:17:35]
his computer and bringing it around
[3:17:37]
to the community members to
[3:17:38]
say the colors are better than what
[3:17:40]
you see on the screen. I
[3:17:43]
think the committee was excited
[3:17:44]
about it. They all had different ideas
[3:17:46]
on how we can use it
[3:17:49]
and change it
[3:17:52]
and
[3:17:53]
amend it being interchangeable. This
[3:17:54]
is something that was absolutely community
[3:17:55]
driven. This
[3:17:58]
was a
[3:18:00]
community driven process and I know
[3:18:01]
with all
[3:18:02]
the different opinions, and representations,
[3:18:04]
our
[3:18:07]
staff has done a good job
[3:18:10]
in getting the slab ration together
[3:18:11]
with everyone. We will still move
[3:18:12]
ahead because we have events to plan,
[3:18:13]
but in terms of
[3:18:16]
this, I think it is something to
[3:18:19]
be excited about. And it
[3:18:21]
needs to be out there for the sprayed
[3:18:22]
of
[3:18:23]
champions. We are only four-and-a-half
[3:18:25]
months for super
[3:18:26]
bowl. It's coming. It's coloring. We
[3:18:28]
don't have time to waste
[3:18:31]
on this and I like it because I
[3:18:34]
like the little
[3:18:40]
santa clara 2026. It really memorializes
[3:18:41]
next
[3:18:42]
year. I don't know if it will happen
[3:18:46]
again in my lifetime. So, great job. Great
[3:18:49]
job. So we will start with
[3:18:52]
questions from the council. Councilmember
[3:18:58]
jain?
[3:18:59]
>> thank
[3:19:00]
you for the presentation. I see in
[3:19:01]
our
[3:19:04]
pact. The city council and
[3:19:06]
stadium authority adopted guiding
[3:19:10]
principles for fifa
[3:19:13]
world cup 26. Number two is
[3:19:15]
attain reimbursement for all event
[3:19:16]
costs. Preand post
[3:19:19]
event costs so
[3:19:22]
when I go down to the fiscal
[3:19:25]
impact of this, there are no
[3:19:28]
financial impacts relate today preparing
[3:19:31]
this
[3:19:34]
report' side from administrative time
[3:19:35]
so
[3:19:36]
we hired an external agency. A branding
[3:19:37]
consultant and we
[3:19:40]
also
[3:19:43]
eventually will have an event production
[3:19:44]
and
[3:19:45]
producer. So I'm wondering how are
[3:19:46]
those
[3:19:52]
costs going to
[3:19:54]
be covered and when we do all this
[3:19:55]
swag, who is
[3:19:58]
takeing the risk if
[3:20:00]
there is excess inventory? You print
[3:20:01]
out all the cups and
[3:20:04]
tee shirts and hats. Who is
[3:20:06]
selling that and when there is leftovers,
[3:20:07]
who will be left
[3:20:10]
with the cost of
[3:20:13]
that inventory? So with that guiding
[3:20:16]
principle of all costs will
[3:20:19]
be reimbursed, I'm
[3:20:22]
trying to understand how
[3:20:24]
this is going to work.
[3:20:25]
>> I had the
[3:20:26]
same thought about
[3:20:28]
who takes the risk. I be say I
[3:20:31]
was also up
[3:20:34]
here
[3:20:37]
making a shopping list. And
[3:20:40]
I can see my grand kids
[3:20:42]
loving that. I love the layer ins
[3:20:46]
the logo
[3:20:47]
and the slogan. You can definitely
[3:20:49]
call it a slogo at
[3:20:50]
this point. Will make the point that
[3:20:52]
when a few of us went
[3:20:55]
up to san
[3:20:58]
francisco when we did the pitch to
[3:20:59]
fifa,
[3:21:00]
I kept asking them what's the dress
[3:21:01]
code and they
[3:21:04]
thought that was a strange question. I
[3:21:07]
had a
[3:21:10]
tee shirt from girls, wilcox girls
[3:21:11]
soccer and
[3:21:12]
it had a big soccer ball. On the back,
[3:21:13]
I wore my sweater
[3:21:16]
and I took it off and showed
[3:21:19]
them. On the back it
[3:21:22]
says let's kick some grass. So,
[3:21:25]
it was interesting that the vice president
[3:21:26]
of the
[3:21:28]
49ers told me after that that
[3:21:31]
they remembered that. They mentioned
[3:21:32]
it, the
[3:21:34]
teacher that wore that crazy tee shirt
[3:21:35]
to this
[3:21:37]
event. So,
[3:21:46]
logo makes a difference.
[3:21:52]
it makes an impact. I have
[3:21:54]
a shopping list. But I do have the
[3:21:55]
same concern of
[3:21:58]
who takes the risk. Who will be doing
[3:21:59]
this.
[3:22:00]
>>
[3:22:01]
that's it for the council city manager.
[3:22:02]
>>
[3:22:03]
councilmember
[3:22:04]
park
[3:22:07]
now
[3:22:10]
put up
[3:22:13]
his hand.
[3:22:14]
>> are we going
[3:22:15]
to the public?
[3:22:16]
>> are you going to
[3:22:19]
ask a question?
[3:22:20]
>>
[3:22:21]
understood. So, I'll be honest. I kind of
[3:22:25]
liked
[3:22:28]
all
[3:22:31]
the word our stage. I
[3:22:34]
do
[3:22:38]
feel
[3:22:41]
that meets the moment.
[3:22:44]
where
[3:22:46]
we said the moment meets the mission
[3:22:47]
would be
[3:22:50]
better. Where the
[3:22:51]
moment is the mission. It implies the
[3:22:53]
mission is
[3:22:54]
the thing that remains. When I look
[3:22:56]
at the colors,
[3:22:59]
I think the colors are nice. I
[3:23:01]
think that the logo, the font that
[3:23:02]
is
[3:23:04]
being used. I kind of wonder why it
[3:23:05]
has
[3:23:08]
shifted. I know
[3:23:14]
the s has shifted.
[3:23:28]
when we see alternatives I would like
[3:23:29]
to see different alternatives
[3:23:32]
on even the
[3:23:35]
logo and the imagery. I
[3:23:38]
note the ssi is all one color. We
[3:23:40]
are combining not just the two ss
[3:23:41]
but the I
[3:23:42]
with it as well. That doesn't feel as
[3:23:44]
good to me when
[3:23:46]
we have the two ss together. I think
[3:23:47]
the s's together
[3:23:50]
because they are the
[3:23:52]
same let feels okay. I have an ssi. I
[3:23:53]
don't
[3:23:55]
know what that means. But I just don't
[3:23:56]
know
[3:23:59]
if it is hard to make the eye
[3:24:02]
another color with
[3:24:05]
another image. I actually
[3:24:07]
like seeing the soccer and football,
[3:24:08]
the
[3:24:09]
soccer ball and football motifs. I
[3:24:11]
feel that if we
[3:24:13]
could have done that in the logo or
[3:24:14]
in the mark,
[3:24:17]
but now we are talking. Now we
[3:24:20]
are all messing up. Well I'm
[3:24:21]
messing up those things. But I haven't
[3:24:23]
said
[3:24:26]
slogo yet.
[3:24:27]
>> you just did.
[3:24:44]
figuratively or a football. I
[3:24:47]
kind of like the idea of we
[3:24:50]
are focusing on
[3:24:53]
these events. We have
[3:24:56]
two separate logos or
[3:24:59]
two separate, is that
[3:25:02]
four? Two separate images for
[3:25:05]
this. Like
[3:25:08]
it would be really nice. Called
[3:25:11]
up the imagery of
[3:25:14]
football. And, super bowl. As well
[3:25:17]
as
[3:25:20]
soccer and world
[3:25:23]
cup. That's
[3:25:26]
what
[3:25:32]
we pay firms for.
[3:25:41]
if we are called more to
[3:25:43]
do our attention a little bit more
[3:25:44]
about football and soccer or
[3:25:45]
santa clara or something. But I feel
[3:25:47]
that it is
[3:25:49]
just an abstract logo for 26. Like
[3:25:50]
I know
[3:25:53]
we tried to keep the font
[3:25:56]
similar to
[3:25:58]
the font formation. I don't think
[3:25:59]
that
[3:26:02]
was
[3:26:05]
held
[3:26:08]
too closely as well. I don't know
[3:26:11]
what
[3:26:14]
that
[3:26:17]
the
[3:26:23]
imagery is for two.
[3:26:41]
>>
[3:26:44]
thank
[3:26:45]
you mayor. Thank you council. Let
[3:26:47]
me first go to
[3:26:50]
the set of questions asked by
[3:26:53]
councilmember suds jain which
[3:26:56]
really involved money. And, the councilmember
[3:26:59]
pointed
[3:27:05]
out your guiding principles. As
[3:27:08]
we embarked
[3:27:09]
on planning, world cup. The councilmember
[3:27:11]
brought up the
[3:27:14]
one that
[3:27:15]
is essentially secret impursement. That
[3:27:17]
is important to
[3:27:20]
know. It is all about event
[3:27:22]
cost. We talk about the effort to
[3:27:23]
engage the
[3:27:24]
santa clara community. And, I look
[3:27:26]
at
[3:27:28]
guiding principle one. That says professionally
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oversee these events
[3:27:32]
in a manner that highlights santa
[3:27:33]
clara
[3:27:35]
and celebrates our rich diversity. Right? And,
[3:27:36]
that
[3:27:38]
in addition to
[3:27:44]
the other guiding principle.
[3:27:50]
the phrase santa clara is not mentioned
[3:27:53]
lot around these games
[3:27:59]
though we are hosts.
[3:28:20]
at the very top
[3:28:22]
of the stadium is our city flag and
[3:28:23]
you really can't see
[3:28:26]
it. So having
[3:28:29]
our own branding effort. Is a way
[3:28:32]
to inject santa clara into what's
[3:28:38]
happening in the region. In
[3:28:44]
here.
[3:29:02]
the committee
[3:29:05]
has also met and discussed events. Some
[3:29:06]
would
[3:29:08]
be planned by partners. That work
[3:29:09]
is ongoing. And
[3:29:11]
will come to the council at
[3:29:13]
a later date for discussion. Allocation
[3:29:14]
and resources for that. What
[3:29:18]
you have
[3:29:21]
before you tonight
[3:29:24]
is
[3:29:26]
really the marketing campaign. I think
[3:29:27]
councilmember kevin park
[3:29:30]
mentioned a number of comments
[3:29:32]
that I will say are sort of personal
[3:29:36]
thoughts around the logo. I will say
[3:29:37]
committee member, staff, myself, we
[3:29:39]
all had a little
[3:29:42]
bit of what you articulated. I
[3:29:45]
like this and that. One of
[3:29:48]
the things we realized. You
[3:29:50]
really need professional expertise
[3:29:51]
hints. The
[3:29:54]
bringing on of the
[3:29:57]
marketing firm to help engage
[3:29:59]
and define the effort. And there was
[3:30:00]
a comment
[3:30:03]
around where the mission
[3:30:05]
meets the moment is too specific. I
[3:30:07]
will highlight a few discussions that
[3:30:09]
were had and I
[3:30:12]
will say that many
[3:30:13]
people thought that it actually transcends
[3:30:15]
this moment and it harkens back to
[3:30:17]
the past and the future. When we think
[3:30:18]
of santa clara
[3:30:21]
when we were a
[3:30:24]
farming
[3:30:27]
community. The
[3:30:33]
advancements that went in.
[3:30:39]
when you
[3:30:45]
think of data centers.
[3:31:08]
we all like this and like that and
[3:31:09]
like
[3:31:10]
to change that. Where the committee and
[3:31:11]
staff landed in the agency landed
[3:31:15]
is
[3:31:17]
very much a compromise. It meets the
[3:31:18]
moment of
[3:31:21]
today. But connects to the
[3:31:22]
past. And the future. So, I know I
[3:31:24]
didn't hit all the
[3:31:27]
questions that were raised. I
[3:31:29]
think that is the majority.
[3:31:30]
>> that was
[3:31:32]
a pretty good representation of our
[3:31:33]
discussion
[3:31:36]
at the economic development committee
[3:31:39]
meeting yesterday. Was exactly
[3:31:42]
all those things. And
[3:31:45]
I think it was our director of
[3:31:48]
the museum who said it is great
[3:31:51]
because what do you
[3:31:54]
see, you know, what coming
[3:31:57]
to mind when you look at a piece
[3:31:59]
of art. It has different interpretations
[3:32:00]
of it
[3:32:03]
and I think this
[3:32:05]
invokes the same thing. It really
[3:32:06]
does. When you
[3:32:08]
think we created the center of what's
[3:32:09]
possible for super bowl 50,
[3:32:11]
you may say what does that have to
[3:32:12]
do for
[3:32:13]
football? The center of what's possible? That
[3:32:15]
is what we really
[3:32:18]
felt at the time. And
[3:32:21]
I think that this and
[3:32:22]
that has really done well over the
[3:32:24]
past decade and this one will
[3:32:27]
do the same. I think it will
[3:32:30]
do the same as it evolves on us. And it
[3:32:33]
works well with
[3:32:36]
the
[3:32:42]
center of what's possible.
[3:32:48]
is
[3:32:50]
there anybody who said I hate it,
[3:32:51]
I don't want it? I don't
[3:32:54]
think I heard that
[3:32:57]
yesterday. It was all tweak this,
[3:33:00]
tweak
[3:33:03]
that,
[3:33:06]
change that picture. Change that. Count
[3:33:12]
jain.
[3:33:21]
is there a
[3:33:24]
budget for this
[3:33:25]
whole event. In 2016, we budgeted
[3:33:27]
$2 million out of the
[3:33:29]
general fund that was never reimbursed. I
[3:33:30]
understand
[3:33:33]
if we want to have budgets
[3:33:36]
and who is going to be doing the inventory for
[3:33:39]
all the
[3:33:41]
swag and everything.
[3:33:42]
>> perfect. Thank
[3:33:43]
you councilmember
[3:33:45]
jain for reminding us
[3:33:48]
of that. A couple of pieces there. You
[3:33:50]
are absolutely right. Back in 2016, the city
[3:33:51]
spent roughly $2 million
[3:33:54]
on its community engagement efforts. Right? In
[3:33:55]
launching
[3:33:56]
a number of community events that
[3:33:57]
the
[3:34:00]
city still holds today on an annual
[3:34:01]
basis. To, there
[3:34:02]
is a list of events the committee
[3:34:03]
is still working
[3:34:05]
on the total cost. There will be sponsorship. That
[3:34:06]
information
[3:34:09]
for the event costs. And essentially
[3:34:10]
the entire community
[3:34:12]
activation is still being developed
[3:34:15]
and
[3:34:18]
will come to you. I will also say
[3:34:21]
in your consent calendar, you approved
[3:34:24]
a contract
[3:34:30]
for out front media.
[3:34:33]
the amount in
[3:34:36]
the
[3:34:39]
staff report was anticipated $500,000. So,
[3:34:40]
as
[3:34:42]
we go through that
[3:34:45]
process, there will be revenue to
[3:34:48]
subsidize
[3:34:51]
campaign and the events. Certainly
[3:34:52]
the city
[3:34:54]
will need to front
[3:34:57]
funds and develop a
[3:34:59]
full budget. Specific to give aways
[3:35:00]
or marketing materials. What
[3:35:02]
we are laser focused on right now
[3:35:03]
is what we need for
[3:35:06]
the parade of
[3:35:09]
champions. We have the funds for that. What
[3:35:10]
is envisioned
[3:35:12]
for that
[3:35:15]
to be produced for
[3:35:17]
that. A few signs, and potentially
[3:35:18]
some give aways. You may recall
[3:35:20]
at the art and wine festival, a week
[3:35:21]
or two weeks ago, with
[3:35:24]
e had little soccer balls with the
[3:35:27]
city logo on it. We would look to
[3:35:30]
produce what sorts of stickers are
[3:35:31]
little tiny things
[3:35:33]
we could start to infuse. The campaign
[3:35:34]
with. Again,
[3:35:36]
out of existing funds that we already
[3:35:39]
have within the city. Not asking for
[3:35:43]
new allocation for that. And so,
[3:35:45]
the full budget is still a tbd, the
[3:35:49]
community is still working on
[3:35:50]
both their sponsorship as well as
[3:35:52]
the events
[3:35:55]
that will come
[3:35:58]
forward. And lastly, important
[3:36:01]
to note that someone asks
[3:36:04]
what we would be stuck with
[3:36:05]
unsold merchandise. I will say that
[3:36:07]
I know conversations
[3:36:10]
are still happening on if
[3:36:12]
we will produce merchandise for sale
[3:36:13]
or
[3:36:15]
small ticket items as give aways like
[3:36:16]
we nordean allowedly
[3:36:19]
do for city
[3:36:20]
community engagement events. But certainly,
[3:36:22]
there could be things
[3:36:24]
that are purchased and we could look
[3:36:27]
to have anything we produce for purchase
[3:36:28]
in
[3:36:29]
small quantities or we can do orders
[3:36:31]
when
[3:36:33]
we run out. Or to be very specific
[3:36:35]
on buying items that have the mark
[3:36:37]
which have the 26 and limit
[3:36:40]
that and have that logo that has
[3:36:41]
staying power, be the material that
[3:36:43]
we may
[3:36:44]
have additional leftover after 2026. And
[3:36:46]
so, I know the committee and
[3:36:48]
the team will work on that here.
[3:36:49]
>>
[3:36:50]
we
[3:36:52]
wanted to make
[3:36:55]
sure
[3:36:58]
the 26
[3:36:59]
was on there. I didn't see anything
[3:37:01]
with the
[3:37:04]
26
[3:37:07]
on
[3:37:10]
there. Okay, public
[3:37:13]
members? We
[3:37:16]
will start
[3:37:19]
with wanda.
[3:37:20]
>> mayor and council? This
[3:37:22]
is beautifully brilliant. I
[3:37:23]
am just so impressed. And everything
[3:37:25]
that every one of you
[3:37:26]
said were things that I had written
[3:37:28]
down
[3:37:30]
to say before I heard you. And if
[3:37:31]
I were going
[3:37:33]
to tweak anything and if it isn't
[3:37:34]
tweaked as it
[3:37:37]
is,
[3:37:40]
I think it's great. I would make
[3:37:43]
santa clara more prominent. I
[3:37:46]
think that
[3:37:48]
we are branding our city and whether
[3:37:49]
it is bigger
[3:37:51]
or bolder and we will probably be
[3:37:52]
able to use
[3:37:55]
this veriuation
[3:37:58]
of it
[3:38:01]
in the future. Where we
[3:38:03]
could put different years on. Whatever. The
[3:38:05]
coloring seems a little pastel. I'm
[3:38:07]
glad to hear
[3:38:09]
that in person, it looks brighter. We
[3:38:10]
seem to have some
[3:38:13]
city colors that
[3:38:16]
have been chosen that are
[3:38:18]
like a terra cotta orangey red and
[3:38:19]
pale green. I
[3:38:22]
don't remember
[3:38:25]
all of them. But
[3:38:27]
I do think brighter the better, it
[3:38:28]
is proven
[3:38:31]
that red catches people's
[3:38:34]
attention more. However, thank you
[3:38:37]
very, very much. It's beautiful. That's
[3:38:39]
it.
[3:38:40]
>> thank you wanda. Iphone. Go
[3:38:41]
ahead
[3:38:43]
iphone. I don't even want to say
[3:38:44]
is this linda. Iphone?
[3:38:45]
>> yes, it is linda. >> all right!
[3:38:55]
>> I am resistant
[3:38:57]
to advertisements of any kind. I automatically
[3:38:58]
say no before I
[3:39:01]
think I
[3:39:02]
should have said yes. Given that,
[3:39:04]
however, I listen
[3:39:07]
to
[3:39:10]
a lot of radio. And any time
[3:39:13]
the super bowl is mentioned
[3:39:15]
or fifa is mentioned or anything else,
[3:39:16]
it is
[3:39:19]
always
[3:39:22]
like a bay area thing. I never ever
[3:39:25]
ever hear santa clara. So I
[3:39:28]
would as soon as possible push a
[3:39:31]
lot of santa clara stuff out so
[3:39:34]
the santa
[3:39:37]
clara name is
[3:39:40]
in there because right
[3:39:43]
now
[3:39:46]
it's like san
[3:39:49]
francisco,
[3:39:51]
oakland san jose? Wherever. Who knows. It
[3:39:52]
could be held? Sunnyvale for
[3:39:55]
all I can tell from the new. That's
[3:39:56]
all. Bye.
[3:39:57]
>> thank you linda. I think
[3:39:58]
that represents a lot of what I
[3:40:01]
hear in the community
[3:40:03]
as well. Santa clara has a lot of
[3:40:04]
pride. And we
[3:40:07]
are not hearing our name
[3:40:10]
anywhere. Okay. Any other public
[3:40:13]
members want
[3:40:15]
to say something? Please come forward. Don't
[3:40:16]
be
[3:40:19]
scared you can come forward.
[3:40:20]
>>
[3:40:22]
you know I'm not
[3:40:24]
scared.
[3:40:25]
>> that's why I said it facetiously. >>
[3:40:26]
good evening. I just wanted to
[3:40:28]
say myself I represent. The ceo
[3:40:30]
of discover santa clara. The dmo. And
[3:40:31]
myself and our director
[3:40:34]
of marketing have had
[3:40:37]
the honor of
[3:40:40]
being part of
[3:40:41]
these marketing meetings. We were
[3:40:43]
talking about this logo all morning. I
[3:40:46]
think it is fresh and intriguing and
[3:40:49]
I think it just
[3:40:51]
showcases everything that is amazing
[3:40:52]
about the city. The
[3:40:54]
movement, the white space. I think
[3:40:55]
that
[3:40:58]
where the mission meets the moment
[3:41:01]
has legs that will last forever and
[3:41:04]
I agree
[3:41:07]
with our city manager in that everyone
[3:41:10]
has an opinion and there is that
[3:41:13]
desire to have some
[3:41:16]
things that are very literal. I
[3:41:19]
think the real
[3:41:22]
beauty of the slogo. See? I think
[3:41:23]
the
[3:41:25]
beauty of it is that we need to
[3:41:27]
trust that everyone will interpret
[3:41:28]
this in their own
[3:41:31]
way and that
[3:41:34]
is really
[3:41:37]
the power of this and I was
[3:41:40]
recently
[3:41:42]
at a very high profile event and santa
[3:41:43]
clara was not mentioned one
[3:41:46]
single time and I think this will
[3:41:47]
change that. So from the dmo's perspective
[3:41:49]
we are here to
[3:41:51]
support this. We would support it
[3:41:52]
no
[3:41:55]
matter what. But we are tremendously
[3:41:58]
excited at what kind of a cool
[3:42:00]
innovative logo and slogan that we have.
[3:42:01]
>>
[3:42:02]
thank you. Any
[3:42:04]
other member of
[3:42:06]
the public? All right. Seeing none,
[3:42:07]
council, we
[3:42:10]
need a motion from
[3:42:13]
us correct? To
[3:42:16]
approve this logo? Councilmember hardy?
[3:42:17]
>>
[3:42:18]
I am
[3:42:19]
very happy to make a motion to
[3:42:22]
approve the slogan
[3:42:25]
and logo. I said it very carefully. And,
[3:42:27]
am excited about this because I want
[3:42:28]
to market santa
[3:42:31]
clara and we need to brand ourselves
[3:42:32]
and we
[3:42:35]
need to do it ourselves. So
[3:42:36]
I will make that motion.
[3:42:37]
>> second. >>
[3:42:38]
okay. We have
[3:42:44]
motion by councilmember hardy. And
[3:42:47]
a second by councilmember
[3:42:50]
gonzalez.
[3:42:51]
>> thank you. Thank
[3:42:53]
you for the
[3:42:56]
presentation. I like what
[3:42:59]
I'm seeing. But being
[3:43:04]
little bit critic doesn't hurt. If
[3:43:06]
see this mission over there, because,
[3:43:08]
26 is
[3:43:11]
important for us as
[3:43:14]
a ports year basically. And,
[3:43:17]
I know
[3:43:19]
it mentions mission or moment it depicts
[3:43:20]
a moment of sports
[3:43:23]
or a mission we are
[3:43:25]
trying to accomplish. But I would
[3:43:26]
say
[3:43:29]
if we, if at
[3:43:32]
least, if
[3:43:34]
you can turn into football. For college. That
[3:43:35]
will bring
[3:43:38]
the super bowl part of
[3:43:40]
that sport thing into it. And, as
[3:43:41]
you know, you
[3:43:43]
mentioned that you can change the
[3:43:44]
images
[3:43:47]
one over the other. So it doesn't
[3:43:53]
have
[3:43:55]
to be consistent football. It shows
[3:43:59]
sports. It
[3:44:02]
shows 26 right? And
[3:44:05]
similarly, the o, it
[3:44:07]
can convert into soccer ball. Something
[3:44:10]
like whether we are allowed to write
[3:44:14]
down fifa or
[3:44:16]
not. But something like that. And
[3:44:17]
that will represent
[3:44:20]
the two main events of 2026. And,
[3:44:23]
ideally, I want it to be something
[3:44:26]
because we are dedicating
[3:44:29]
this thing to 2026 for
[3:44:31]
santa clara. Something like sports. Like,
[3:44:32]
but I'm
[3:44:35]
oak with what I
[3:44:38]
am
[3:44:41]
presented. Like tech innovation meets
[3:44:44]
sports hub. Because, those
[3:44:47]
are the two things we
[3:44:48]
are very famous for. We are the capital
[3:44:50]
of ai in the world
[3:44:52]
and people should know that. This is tech,
[3:44:53]
but at
[3:44:56]
the same time, we are
[3:45:02]
such a big sports hub
[3:45:05]
and concert hub because of
[3:45:11]
levi stadium. Let's blend
[3:45:14]
some sports into
[3:45:16]
this mission. That is my suggestion. I
[3:45:17]
know your agency is listening to
[3:45:23]
that. Probably they
[3:45:25]
are listening to it. I like the rose. One
[3:45:26]
of the
[3:45:28]
roses can still be there after we are
[3:45:29]
done
[3:45:32]
with super bowl or
[3:45:35]
fifa. Those are
[3:45:36]
my only comments.
[3:45:37]
>> councilmember
[3:45:38]
gonzalez?
[3:45:39]
>>
[3:45:40]
thank you madame mayor. I want to
[3:45:41]
say thanks
[3:45:44]
to the
[3:45:47]
staff and the community there. A lot
[3:45:49]
of great input. Much of the imput
[3:45:50]
we are
[3:45:53]
hearing today
[3:45:56]
was brought forward yesterday. But
[3:45:57]
I think
[3:45:59]
staff and our agency did
[3:46:02]
a great job for
[3:46:03]
this. Countless times people said
[3:46:05]
you are on
[3:46:06]
the county board. No, unified. Santa
[3:46:08]
clara is also
[3:46:10]
a county. I think the addition of
[3:46:11]
city of really
[3:46:14]
kind of
[3:46:16]
makes sure that people understand
[3:46:17]
where this is happening. And a
[3:46:20]
lot of
[3:46:23]
the things as far
[3:46:26]
as happening at levi
[3:46:27]
stadium are sporting events. There's
[3:46:28]
concerts and other things that happen. But
[3:46:29]
I think
[3:46:32]
a lot of the input. Some of the suggestions
[3:46:33]
we hear are probably things we will
[3:46:35]
see as far as
[3:46:38]
pictures or
[3:46:41]
things like
[3:46:44]
that. But
[3:46:47]
definitely, I'm
[3:46:50]
good with the logo and slogan. Thank
[3:46:53]
you
[3:46:56]
for the staff and
[3:46:58]
the community that were well represented
[3:46:59]
at the meeting.
[3:47:00]
>> thank you
[3:47:02]
very much for the input. I actually
[3:47:03]
like councilmember chahal's thoughts
[3:47:05]
about putting the imagery of
[3:47:07]
football and soccer ball. I mean,
[3:47:08]
the only difference I
[3:47:11]
would
[3:47:14]
say, is understand the mission. And I
[3:47:16]
like the mission having pictures of
[3:47:17]
the mission. If I saw a football or
[3:47:18]
a soccer ball, I would rather see
[3:47:20]
that and the two
[3:47:23]
and the
[3:47:25]
six for that mark. Maybe santa clara should
[3:47:29]
be a little
[3:47:32]
more prominent. Again, when
[3:47:35]
we look at
[3:47:37]
advertising. Intel did an interesting
[3:47:38]
thing. You knew. You didn't
[3:47:40]
have to hear anything. You never had
[3:47:41]
to
[3:47:44]
hear. It
[3:47:47]
was a sound trademark. You
[3:47:50]
knew that is intel. And they
[3:47:53]
could have
[3:47:56]
a scene about something else
[3:47:59]
completely. I
[3:48:02]
kind
[3:48:05]
of like this thought. Something
[3:48:08]
that is part of. You know. Just something
[3:48:09]
that invokes
[3:48:11]
oh, that is santa clara. That is their
[3:48:12]
little sound
[3:48:13]
thing. Or something like that. It doesn't
[3:48:14]
have to be a sound. It could be an
[3:48:15]
image. It
[3:48:17]
could be a shape. Whatever it
[3:48:20]
is. In fact, and he seeded this
[3:48:22]
also with a 3d indentation in their
[3:48:23]
monitor. So if
[3:48:25]
you saw this indentation, they put
[3:48:26]
it on almost every
[3:48:28]
corner on one corner of every single
[3:48:29]
piece of
[3:48:32]
equipment that
[3:48:33]
they had. You knew. Than wasn't any
[3:48:35]
piece of equipment. Even if you couldn't
[3:48:36]
see the
[3:48:37]
front or the name. Because you saw
[3:48:39]
the shape and
[3:48:40]
you saw that little indentation. And
[3:48:48]
kind of like logos.
[3:48:54]
logos that are 3d.
[3:48:57]
you know what they
[3:49:00]
are
[3:49:03]
without
[3:49:06]
having to see it. I appreciate
[3:49:07]
the city manager's comments about
[3:49:09]
we don't know if we will give
[3:49:12]
those away. But we need
[3:49:15]
a budget for
[3:49:18]
gifts. Can think of
[3:49:19]
sister cities. If japan, ireland,
[3:49:21]
korea or any
[3:49:23]
of our sister cities makes it into
[3:49:25]
a world cup game. If that world cup
[3:49:27]
game is here,
[3:49:28]
it will be pandemonium. I'm saying
[3:49:30]
even if they don't make it here,
[3:49:33]
it would be nice to have something
[3:49:34]
that we should share with our sister
[3:49:39]
cities and everyone that
[3:49:42]
comes. Everyone on the exchange
[3:49:45]
will have a special year. I think
[3:49:48]
26 is memorable. It is what makes
[3:49:51]
this
[3:49:53]
special even if we have, even if we
[3:49:54]
use this
[3:49:56]
slogan for other years. Anything with the
[3:49:57]
two six in
[3:50:00]
it
[3:50:03]
will
[3:50:05]
be very meaningful. This is so much
[3:50:06]
more. But
[3:50:11]
will leave it at that. Again I would
[3:50:12]
like to find
[3:50:18]
way to make
[3:50:20]
soccer and football into the logos
[3:50:21]
without
[3:50:24]
being explicit in your face. And understand
[3:50:27]
this is what this is
[3:50:28]
about. Again, the 2 doesn't do it
[3:50:30]
and the 6 doesn't do it
[3:50:32]
but I will trust the wisdom of the
[3:50:36]
masses. But again, if we could do
[3:50:39]
something to bring
[3:50:42]
up the events
[3:50:44]
in particular, I think that would
[3:50:45]
be
[3:50:47]
very good. Do things about 3d logos
[3:50:48]
or sound trademarks
[3:50:50]
and that would be a nice thing for
[3:50:54]
the
[3:50:57]
city in general. Even outside of 2026.
[3:50:58]
>>
[3:50:59]
councilmember
[3:51:00]
chahal. Your hand is still up. Did
[3:51:01]
you have more
[3:51:03]
to say quickly?
[3:51:04]
>> just
[3:51:05]
a quick comment. I know wanda mentioned
[3:51:06]
and a couple
[3:51:09]
of you mentioned santa
[3:51:11]
clara should be prominent. Can we
[3:51:12]
move
[3:51:15]
city of
[3:51:18]
santa
[3:51:20]
clara to the left? Where mission meets
[3:51:24]
the moment?
[3:51:25]
>> no. >>
[3:51:27]
no?
[3:51:28]
>> it wrecks it. The city of
[3:51:30]
santa clara. No.
[3:51:31]
>> the
[3:51:32]
city of santa clara where the mission
[3:51:33]
meets the moment.
[3:51:34]
>>
[3:51:35]
it's balanced. Anyway, in my opinion,
[3:51:36]
it's balanced. We are
[3:51:39]
not moving things
[3:51:42]
around
[3:51:44]
now. No. I'm just suggesting not asking.
[3:51:45]
>> I
[3:51:46]
thought you said can we
[3:51:48]
do that.
[3:51:49]
>>
[3:51:50]
can we is a suggestion.
[3:51:51]
>> all right,
[3:51:52]
councilmember park?
[3:51:53]
>> there are
[3:51:54]
a lot of things that are kind of up
[3:51:55]
in the
[3:51:56]
air. We have been told we can change
[3:51:57]
the pictures and we have
[3:51:58]
been told different things. There
[3:52:00]
is a little
[3:52:03]
bit of input
[3:52:05]
that is here. The reason we have this
[3:52:06]
discussion is to make
[3:52:09]
suggestions
[3:52:12]
and do
[3:52:15]
different things. My question is with
[3:52:16]
the
[3:52:18]
motion to approve this
[3:52:21]
slogan and logo
[3:52:26]
makes it sound very final and a lot
[3:52:27]
of work
[3:52:30]
needs to be done. We have tight deadlines. October
[3:52:33]
is a date we would
[3:52:36]
like to get in front
[3:52:39]
of when we approve with this motion,
[3:52:40]
do
[3:52:41]
we allow the design teams lee way
[3:52:42]
to make
[3:52:43]
changes to act on things? To maybe
[3:52:45]
they
[3:52:48]
don't even need council approve
[3:52:51]
to do things. Maybe they want
[3:52:54]
it. But, does this motion or
[3:52:57]
can we make a motion
[3:52:59]
that allows a little leeway. I don't
[3:53:00]
know how
[3:53:03]
much is given.
[3:53:04]
>>
[3:53:06]
city manager?
[3:53:07]
>>
[3:53:08]
sure. Thank you mayor. Know that staff
[3:53:09]
and our
[3:53:11]
consultants have been noting the conversation
[3:53:12]
and
[3:53:15]
we are certainly taking it in. In
[3:53:16]
the recommendation, there is a key
[3:53:18]
phrase that says
[3:53:19]
subject to minor modifications. What
[3:53:21]
the
[3:53:24]
city council is really doing is
[3:53:26]
accepting the slogan and the basic
[3:53:27]
framework of
[3:53:30]
the logo
[3:53:33]
and nothing I have heard tonight
[3:53:36]
is really in contrast
[3:53:39]
to those basic foundational
[3:53:42]
points and
[3:53:47]
like the councilmember chahal's suggestion
[3:53:48]
that we
[3:53:51]
may adapt
[3:53:54]
it to fit the moment and
[3:53:57]
as the campaign unfolds itself
[3:54:00]
and I
[3:54:03]
think there can be
[3:54:05]
very important moments where a slight
[3:54:09]
change can elevate us. We
[3:54:11]
can accomplish those.
[3:54:12]
>> the reason
[3:54:13]
I bring
[3:54:15]
this up, councilmember chahal said
[3:54:18]
what if
[3:54:21]
we switched. I think it reads
[3:54:23]
just fine. But then I heard that is
[3:54:24]
too big of
[3:54:27]
a change. We cannot do
[3:54:30]
that. And I don't know that, you say
[3:54:33]
subject to minor
[3:54:36]
modification. What is a minor modification?
[3:54:37]
>>
[3:54:38]
excuse me councilmember park. Please. Just
[3:54:39]
one second.
[3:54:40]
>> I just want
[3:54:42]
to clarify. The motion
[3:54:45]
is to approve this logo. This
[3:54:47]
logo. We said the pictures can change
[3:54:48]
and other things
[3:54:51]
but it is specifically this logo.
[3:54:52]
>>
[3:54:53]
that is
[3:54:54]
why I'm asking the question. That
[3:54:55]
is literally
[3:54:57]
why
[3:55:00]
I'm asking this question. Right. I
[3:55:01]
will state
[3:55:03]
if we
[3:55:06]
change the imagery
[3:55:09]
closer to super bowl,
[3:55:12]
if we are able
[3:55:15]
to make something that illicits the
[3:55:16]
feel
[3:55:18]
of super bowl and
[3:55:21]
football
[3:55:24]
and
[3:55:27]
fifa and world cup.
[3:55:33]
>> mayor, if I can. >> this is where you
[3:55:37]
are to go to get rid of that.
[3:55:38]
>>
[3:55:39]
this is where policy setting, body
[3:55:40]
goes
[3:55:43]
off the rails. It
[3:55:46]
is why you defer
[3:55:49]
matters like this to staff. It
[3:55:52]
is really
[3:55:54]
a policy level threshold. Decision
[3:55:55]
on
[3:55:58]
the slogan and the real
[3:56:00]
structure. If there are minor tweaks
[3:56:01]
to the
[3:56:04]
logo, we can accomplish that. We
[3:56:07]
do that normally with
[3:56:08]
delegated discretion. Nothing will
[3:56:10]
change that. It is hard to
[3:56:13]
do
[3:56:14]
this stuff by committee. Your committee
[3:56:16]
of the
[3:56:18]
whole right now. At the staff level. We
[3:56:19]
really
[3:56:22]
relied heavily on the
[3:56:24]
expertise of our marketing agency. Because,
[3:56:28]
there are people that
[3:56:31]
dedicate their lives
[3:56:32]
to this. And expertise we wanted to
[3:56:34]
rely on. We know it
[3:56:37]
is not a perfect science. We
[3:56:40]
walked up here today. With the
[3:56:41]
input from the committee realizing
[3:56:43]
that
[3:56:46]
minor
[3:56:48]
shifts in the imagery. The colors
[3:56:52]
may
[3:56:54]
change. What we wanted to present. The
[3:56:55]
basic
[3:56:58]
structure of the slogan and
[3:56:59]
the logo. And, really delegate minor
[3:57:01]
changes in details
[3:57:03]
to staff. And it would be wildly inefficient
[3:57:04]
for us
[3:57:07]
to come
[3:57:10]
back
[3:57:12]
to the body. With such minor changes.
[3:57:13]
>>
[3:57:14]
city clerk?
[3:57:15]
>> I would like to respond
[3:57:16]
to that. I understand that which is
[3:57:19]
why
[3:57:20]
think concept of minor changes, we
[3:57:22]
heard we
[3:57:25]
are
[3:57:28]
approving this logo. This slogan. And,
[3:57:31]
again, if
[3:57:34]
things change, if we flip where the,
[3:57:37]
I don't know
[3:57:40]
if
[3:57:46]
that's a big thing.
[3:57:49]
some committee.
[3:57:50]
>> you are
[3:57:52]
becoming out
[3:57:55]
of
[3:58:04]
yes by council mechanic gonzalez.
[3:58:05]
all right. Please register your vote.
[3:58:08]
and
[3:58:10]
that passes 6-0 with one abstention.
[3:58:11]
thank
[3:58:14]
you. We're going to take a ten-
[3:58:15]
minute break, comfort break. We've been at this for a while.
[3:58:17]
thank you.
[4:08:48]
>>> could everyone take their seats, please.
[4:08:59]
could everyone take their seats, please.
[4:09:18]
the next
[4:09:20]
item on the agenda is item number
[4:09:21]
7, action on a proposed league agreement
[4:09:24]
with the bay area host committee,
[4:09:25]
49ers
[4:09:28]
sc stadium company, llc
[4:09:29]
and 49ers stadium management company,
[4:09:31]
llc to
[4:09:32]
host super bowl lx at levi's stadium.
[4:09:34]
city manager.
[4:09:40]
>> good evening, afternoon,
[4:09:41]
night, council. Happy to be here.
[4:09:43]
as you know,
[4:09:45]
we were last here on august 26th.
[4:09:52]
we're here
[4:09:55]
today to present a
[4:09:56]
proposed league event agreement with
[4:09:58]
the bay area host
[4:10:00]
committee, the 49ers stadium company,
[4:10:03]
llc, and the 49ers management company
[4:10:04]
to host super bowl lx at levi's stadium.
[4:10:10]
our agenda is as follows.
[4:10:13]
we'll have a brief
[4:10:14]
introduction, background. Council
[4:10:15]
will know that we have been before
[4:10:16]
you numerous
[4:10:18]
times before, and on august 26th,
[4:10:20]
we had a pretty detailed background.
[4:10:22]
we've lightened that up for
[4:10:23]
you tonight. I have a number of slides that
[4:10:25]
I will go through at
[4:10:27]
probably a fast clip because it's
[4:10:28]
background and
[4:10:29]
we want to get to the meat of the
[4:10:31]
presentation, which will be
[4:10:33]
our city attorney going through the
[4:10:34]
key deal points. So
[4:10:36]
we will do that, and then we have
[4:10:37]
a staff
[4:10:38]
recommendation. So a little bit of the
[4:10:40]
introduction.
[4:10:42]
as you know, we presented the prior
[4:10:43]
draft on
[4:10:46]
the 26th. We heard from
[4:10:49]
the city council, took feedback, and
[4:10:52]
are returning
[4:10:54]
tonight. We're presenting the updated
[4:10:55]
league
[4:10:58]
event agreement. And the league
[4:10:59]
event agreement importantly provides
[4:11:01]
for a number of
[4:11:03]
things. Really, we are the lead local
[4:11:04]
agency providing
[4:11:06]
for safety and security at levi's
[4:11:07]
stadium for the
[4:11:09]
game and all those related events
[4:11:12]
that will occur in santa clara. We
[4:11:13]
need to ensure that
[4:11:15]
there's reimbursement for all event
[4:11:16]
costs as well
[4:11:18]
as we need to safeguard and mitigate
[4:11:19]
any potential
[4:11:22]
risk and liability. We had a
[4:11:25]
long discussion last time
[4:11:26]
around the bid process and how that
[4:11:31]
unfolded. And so as we all
[4:11:33]
know, this coming february, february
[4:11:37]
8th, levi's stadium will
[4:11:40]
host super bowl lx. Shortly
[4:11:42]
thereafter, we will host six fifa world
[4:11:45]
cup gamesgames june 13th and july
[4:11:46]
1. We have
[4:11:48]
been working proactively with a number
[4:11:49]
of our
[4:11:50]
stakeholders. There was a list in
[4:11:51]
the prior slide deck that had the
[4:11:52]
list of all of
[4:11:54]
our partners. But just as a quick
[4:11:55]
reminder, there's what we
[4:11:58]
call the host
[4:12:01]
committee, the bay area
[4:12:04]
host committee, bahc, which is
[4:12:06]
really the regional sports and entertainment
[4:12:07]
commission for the bay area. You
[4:12:09]
are sitting as both the city and the
[4:12:10]
stadium authority for this
[4:12:13]
item. There are various 49er entities,
[4:12:16]
namely the management company, teamco, which is
[4:12:17]
the
[4:12:19]
team, and statco, which is the
[4:12:20]
entity that has the lease with the
[4:12:22]
stadium authority. And we will talk
[4:12:23]
about
[4:12:24]
that through the agreement. And then
[4:12:25]
all of our various regional stakeholders.
[4:12:28]
I'll go through
[4:12:30]
this at a real high level, but as
[4:12:31]
we all know,
[4:12:34]
and we've talked about the 2016 bid
[4:12:36]
process was totally different. The
[4:12:37]
nfl has
[4:12:40]
totally changed their process ten
[4:12:41]
years later.
[4:12:43]
and so it is no
[4:12:46]
longer a process where
[4:12:48]
everything gets put out --a package
[4:12:49]
is put out
[4:12:52]
asking various cities to bid. As you
[4:12:55]
all know, there was agreements
[4:12:58]
that were negotiated between the
[4:13:01]
city and the nfl well in
[4:13:03]
advance of the super bowl. Important
[4:13:04]
to note, and we'll talk about
[4:13:06]
that, we mentioned that in detail
[4:13:07]
on
[4:13:10]
august 26th. That prior agreement
[4:13:12]
included no rental fee for the stadium.
[4:13:13]
no rental
[4:13:15]
fee for the convention center. And
[4:13:16]
no senior and
[4:13:19]
youth fee. As we talked about, we
[4:13:22]
really look to improve upon that through
[4:13:23]
these negotiations.
[4:13:25]
and I will say that you sent
[4:13:28]
the mission, and we met the moment.
[4:13:29]
and
[4:13:30]
so with --that didn't go over well, no one laughed at
[4:13:31]
that.
[4:13:37]
with the super bowl bid process, I'll talk
[4:13:40]
about reimbursement agreements.
[4:13:43]
so as you know, as we were
[4:13:46]
negotiating the agreements, the city entered into
[4:13:48]
number of reimbursement agreements
[4:13:49]
with the bay area
[4:13:51]
host committee to ensure all our planning costs
[4:13:52]
were covered.
[4:13:54]
it's up there, we've talked about
[4:13:55]
that. You can find
[4:13:58]
all of that information on a website.
[4:14:01]
and so
[4:14:04]
with that, let me
[4:14:06]
give you a quick overview of the negotiation
[4:14:07]
process. As the council
[4:14:09]
knows, it really began in earnest
[4:14:10]
in 2024
[4:14:11]
with preliminary negotiations with
[4:14:13]
the host committee and the
[4:14:16]
49ers. It's also important to note that
[4:14:19]
we were concurrently negotiating
[4:14:21]
the fifa assignment and assumption
[4:14:22]
agreement.
[4:14:25]
that agreement took precedence over
[4:14:26]
the
[4:14:28]
league event
[4:14:31]
agreement for various reasons.
[4:14:33]
namely, we needed to acquire documents,
[4:14:34]
and we went through a very
[4:14:36]
in-depth public process to acquire
[4:14:37]
those documents to
[4:14:40]
fully understand and comprehend
[4:14:42]
what hosting the fifa world cup meant.
[4:14:43]
and so we did
[4:14:45]
that, and then we pressed forward
[4:14:46]
with those negotiations, and
[4:14:49]
that landed with you
[4:14:52]
adopting a assignment and substance
[4:14:53]
agreement
[4:14:55]
on february 11th,
[4:14:58]
2026, for fifa world cub.
[4:15:01]
next, it's important to note that
[4:15:02]
business and legal
[4:15:04]
staff participated in numerous negotiations
[4:15:08]
over the last year-plus. We
[4:15:11]
reviewed the framework.
[4:15:14]
for the league event agreement.
[4:15:16]
I'm sorry, the assignment and assumption
[4:15:17]
agreement. A number of
[4:15:19]
the terms that the city attorney went
[4:15:20]
through the last
[4:15:22]
time mirrored terms in the fifa assignment
[4:15:23]
and
[4:15:24]
assumption agreement. Because you've
[4:15:26]
heard
[4:15:27]
them multiple times, we're not going
[4:15:29]
to go through those in detail
[4:15:31]
today. We also wanted to look at lessons
[4:15:32]
learned from
[4:15:34]
the prior agreement. As you know,
[4:15:37]
key staff attended the prior two super
[4:15:40]
bowls in las vegas and new orleans,
[4:15:41]
really to
[4:15:42]
comprehend what hosting a super bowl
[4:15:44]
means. While we still have some
[4:15:47]
staff here in santa clara that
[4:15:50]
were here for super bowl xvi, the
[4:15:53]
reality is pretty much
[4:15:54]
80% of senior leadership has changed
[4:15:56]
over. So it
[4:15:57]
was very important for leadership at our
[4:16:01]
public safety level, as well as other
[4:16:02]
executive
[4:16:05]
positions to fully understand that.
[4:16:08]
and so with that, I will turn it over to
[4:16:10]
the city attorney. He will go through
[4:16:11]
the key provisions
[4:16:14]
of the agreement. I am here
[4:16:15]
to support with questions. And we
[4:16:16]
have other staff here that can support as well.
[4:16:23]
>> thank
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you.
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>>
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thank you, city manager, madam
[4:16:32]
mayor, councilmembers.
[4:16:35]
general counsel presenting
[4:16:36]
to you again tonight the key terms
[4:16:38]
in the league event agreement.
[4:16:40]
I'm intending to give you and the
[4:16:41]
interested public
[4:16:44]
a good run-through of the terms.
[4:16:47]
in detail, but not
[4:16:50]
the same, some might say, excruciating
[4:16:51]
detail of
[4:16:52]
the last time I presented these. We'll see how I do with that.
[4:16:56]
there are a few
[4:16:59]
changes, refinements, to these
[4:17:02]
terms that I
[4:17:03]
will highlight, and they're set forth --
[4:17:05]
they're described in the
[4:17:07]
rtc, and you also got attached to
[4:17:09]
your packet an actually underlined
[4:17:11]
strikeout of the
[4:17:13]
agreement that shows specifically the
[4:17:14]
wording changes
[4:17:15]
to the draft compared to the version that you got.
[4:17:19]
and as you'll see, it's substantially similar to
[4:17:20]
the version
[4:17:21]
you saw with some changes we'll highlight.
[4:17:29]
this slide really boils down
[4:17:31]
the essential terms, a summary of
[4:17:32]
terms of this agreement.
[4:17:35]
the first
[4:17:38]
point I think is important. This agreement
[4:17:39]
implements
[4:17:40]
article 21 of the stadium lease. Unlike
[4:17:41]
fifa, which
[4:17:44]
really had this unbridled kind of
[4:17:46]
arrangement that was new and novel
[4:17:47]
to us,
[4:17:49]
the stadium lease actually contemplates
[4:17:50]
this
[4:17:53]
kind
[4:17:56]
of agreement. It don't
[4:17:58]
it contemplates the stadium hosting super
[4:17:59]
bowls.
[4:18:01]
it contemplates this being done through
[4:18:02]
this negotiated
[4:18:05]
league event agreement concept.
[4:18:07]
it contemplatescontemplates party
[4:18:08]
like the
[4:18:10]
bay area host committee taking on some of
[4:18:11]
the responsibilities
[4:18:13]
and implementation of the event. Including
[4:18:14]
potential revisions to
[4:18:17]
what the stadium lease
[4:18:19]
provisions say generally with respect to
[4:18:20]
nfl events and
[4:18:22]
the super bowl is an nfl event are
[4:18:23]
and this was
[4:18:26]
done, as some of you will
[4:18:29]
remember, back in 2015 with
[4:18:32]
respect to super bowl 50 in
[4:18:35]
a slightly different form.
[4:18:36]
not as detailed or comprehensive as this
[4:18:37]
agreement. So implements article 21.
[4:18:41]
it also, and this is
[4:18:43]
important, affirms the city of santa
[4:18:44]
clara will be the
[4:18:47]
lead local agency providing security at
[4:18:48]
and
[4:18:50]
around the stadium for super bowl
[4:18:51]
lx and the
[4:18:53]
related events. This absolutely is a
[4:18:55]
burden. It's a challenging thing to
[4:18:56]
do.
[4:18:59]
it's a heavy lift for public
[4:19:02]
safety, for
[4:19:04]
transportation, for other departments
[4:19:05]
and
[4:19:08]
logistics. My office. My
[4:19:11]
it is
[4:19:13]
absolutely something that your public
[4:19:14]
safety officers
[4:19:17]
and salary pd wants to do, and they're
[4:19:18]
really
[4:19:20]
good at it. It is an elite group.
[4:19:21]
they
[4:19:23]
take pride in this.
[4:19:25]
they take pride in protecting the
[4:19:26]
community and protecting the
[4:19:28]
people that attend these events. And
[4:19:29]
just recently, I was
[4:19:32]
told, as part of the nfl
[4:19:35]
commissioner's visit to the first
[4:19:36]
home
[4:19:37]
game of our season, he came and spoke
[4:19:38]
to hem
[4:19:41]
and acknowledged this venue as
[4:19:44]
being one of the safe, you know, venues
[4:19:45]
and complimented them on
[4:19:46]
the quality of the service that they
[4:19:47]
do. So
[4:19:50]
we are out front
[4:19:53]
again. Burdensome but it's where your
[4:19:54]
public
[4:19:55]
safety folks and others want to be
[4:19:56]
with this. It also
[4:19:57]
importantly provides safe guards for
[4:19:59]
the city and stadium authority to
[4:20:01]
mitigate the potential risks and liabilities
[4:20:02]
of this event are this is a big
[4:20:05]
and costly event. And so
[4:20:07]
part of the ways to get at that is
[4:20:08]
a detailed
[4:20:11]
description and
[4:20:13]
reimbursement process for city super
[4:20:14]
bowl services costs.
[4:20:16]
a clear and efficient dispute resolution
[4:20:17]
framework to handle
[4:20:19]
any disagreements there might be.
[4:20:20]
with respect to those expenses.
[4:20:26]
an advance payment of 50% of the projected
[4:20:27]
actual event
[4:20:29]
expenses. This was a very good provision
[4:20:30]
from
[4:20:31]
the super bowl 50 agreement. We've
[4:20:32]
carried that
[4:20:35]
forward again here.
[4:20:38]
significantly in advance
[4:20:41]
of when the event will
[4:20:43]
actually occur. And most importantly
[4:20:44]
probably for all of our
[4:20:47]
interests, a financial backstop, still
[4:20:48]
from
[4:20:50]
stadco, for any
[4:20:52]
qualified event expense shortfall.
[4:20:53]
we'll talk about that a little bit
[4:20:55]
more. There's opportunities for city
[4:20:56]
benefits and revenues.
[4:20:59]
that weren't the focus
[4:21:03]
of this agreement but
[4:21:05]
are meaningful in that host committee
[4:21:06]
is agreeing
[4:21:07]
to cooperate with us and a number of
[4:21:09]
the
[4:21:10]
different enterprises that city manager
[4:21:12]
has described
[4:21:15]
and will describe and
[4:21:16]
some other payments that we'll describe later on in the
[4:21:18]
agreement.
[4:21:26]
this slide presents the definitions
[4:21:30]
for what constitutes super bowl
[4:21:31]
activities and the super bowl services
[4:21:32]
that will be provided to support them.
[4:21:36]
it's
[4:21:37]
important, I think, a lot of time
[4:21:39]
was spent to
[4:21:41]
this to avoid misunderstandings about
[4:21:42]
what
[4:21:43]
we're providing services for and what
[4:21:45]
those services are. There
[4:21:47]
are a lot of details, both in the
[4:21:48]
sections the agreement and
[4:21:50]
the attached exhibit "a" that really go
[4:21:51]
into that.
[4:21:52]
and a very similar structure to what
[4:21:54]
you all approved with respect to
[4:21:55]
the fifa assignment and assumption agreement.
[4:22:03]
to even further
[4:22:06]
elaborate onon what those services will
[4:22:07]
be and to make sure that the city
[4:22:09]
is in control
[4:22:10]
of describing what those services
[4:22:11]
are going to be and how they're going
[4:22:12]
to be
[4:22:15]
deployed, the city
[4:22:17]
again will prepare a master plan of
[4:22:18]
what the super bowl services
[4:22:21]
are going to be in consultation with
[4:22:22]
the various stakeholders and specific
[4:22:24]
subplans to
[4:22:26]
that. Particularly a public safety
[4:22:30]
plan that will include
[4:22:32]
input from all various law enforcement
[4:22:33]
agencies that will
[4:22:34]
be coordinating. The nfl, who will
[4:22:36]
have an important role in
[4:22:38]
this and have their own security interests.
[4:22:39]
the important thing
[4:22:42]
being, the city obtains ultimate approval
[4:22:43]
authority over what that plan is.
[4:22:54]
next slide.
[4:23:00]
outlines the
[4:23:02]
terms that also should look familiar
[4:23:03]
to you,
[4:23:06]
both from the august 26th
[4:23:09]
presentation and from the fifa
[4:23:12]
agreement. It really is
[4:23:15]
at the core
[4:23:17]
of bearing a host committee's obligation
[4:23:18]
to reimburse a city
[4:23:20]
for all of its qualified event expenses.
[4:23:21]
qualified
[4:23:23]
event expenses include actual and
[4:23:24]
reasonable costs for event planning
[4:23:26]
and training expenses. Those are the
[4:23:27]
costs that
[4:23:30]
we're incurring now. Actual
[4:23:33]
event expenses starting february
[4:23:36]
5th and through the end of the super
[4:23:39]
bowl event. Our actual event expenses will
[4:23:41]
be incurred. Required event equipment.
[4:23:42]
we'll talk about that
[4:23:44]
later. Miscellaneous or unexpected
[4:23:45]
expenses, because
[4:23:47]
as good a job as we're doing in describing
[4:23:48]
the
[4:23:49]
various things that we're expecting
[4:23:51]
to do and to incur
[4:23:53]
costs for and to expect reimbursement
[4:23:54]
for, other things may
[4:23:55]
come up. And that's contemplated as well.
[4:24:03]
working with host committee, the
[4:24:05]
city is responsible for preparing
[4:24:06]
a cost estimate for
[4:24:08]
all of what we're expecting this to
[4:24:09]
cost.
[4:24:11]
the current estimate for super bowl
[4:24:12]
support services
[4:24:15]
is
[4:24:17]
$6,428,064. A very specific number.
[4:24:18]
I think
[4:24:20]
it illustrates the care that went
[4:24:21]
into
[4:24:22]
evaluating what these costs are going
[4:24:24]
to be.
[4:24:27]
again, input from the folks
[4:24:28]
that are providing those services
[4:24:30]
on our side of the equation. You'll notice
[4:24:31]
this
[4:24:32]
went up a little bit from the previous
[4:24:33]
number.
[4:24:36]
I think about
[4:24:39]
$125,000, chuck, which I think was primarily
[4:24:40]
equipment expense costs, increase.
[4:24:42]
that's now
[4:24:44]
been identified and included in now
[4:24:45]
a more detailed exhibit b.
[4:24:48]
again, also attached to the
[4:24:50]
draft that was circulated with you.
[4:24:51]
we're going to update
[4:24:52]
this cost estimate throughout the
[4:24:54]
process, because we're going to potentially
[4:24:55]
get other information. Costs may go
[4:24:57]
up, costs may go down.
[4:24:59]
depending upon what we found out,
[4:25:00]
what we find out along the way.
[4:25:03]
put in the end,
[4:25:06]
the real important thing is that
[4:25:08]
bay area host committee's reimbursement
[4:25:09]
obligation
[4:25:11]
applies even if the qualified event expenses
[4:25:12]
that
[4:25:15]
their invoices exceed the final updated
[4:25:16]
cost estimate.
[4:25:18]
doesn't matter if
[4:25:21]
our estimate is off. It matters if
[4:25:23]
we're incurring these costs and the
[4:25:24]
kinds of costs that
[4:25:27]
are contemplated, they are
[4:25:30]
only obligated to reimburse them.
[4:25:33]
invoicing and reimbursement of the
[4:25:34]
pre-
[4:25:36]
event expenses. This is the mode we're in now.
[4:25:37]
these costs
[4:25:39]
are currently being invoiced and reimbursed
[4:25:42]
under an existing interim funding
[4:25:45]
agreement that covers these costs.
[4:25:46]
planning
[4:25:48]
costs, training costs. We're
[4:25:51]
deep into it. We've got the current
[4:25:52]
version
[4:25:53]
of that agreement I think still has
[4:25:57]
$250,000 maximum
[4:26:00]
reimbursement obligation with the
[4:26:01]
commitment to
[4:26:02]
meet and confer if in fact we get
[4:26:03]
close to that
[4:26:05]
number, to increase that number. I think
[4:26:06]
we're getting close to
[4:26:08]
that number, and we probably need
[4:26:09]
to meet and confer on that.
[4:26:11]
the time period for this extends through
[4:26:12]
october 31st.
[4:26:15]
if, in fact, we approve, you approve
[4:26:16]
and
[4:26:17]
we're able to finalize this agreement prior
[4:26:18]
to that date
[4:26:20]
this agreement will take that over.
[4:26:21]
the interim funding
[4:26:24]
agreemen would go away and this
[4:26:26]
agreement takes place of that agreement
[4:26:27]
for
[4:26:29]
purposes of us invoicing and obtaining
[4:26:30]
reimbursement.
[4:26:33]
again, all very similar to the
[4:26:34]
arrangement and the fifa agreement that you've already
[4:26:36]
approved.
[4:26:39]
monthly billing. An
[4:26:41]
opportunity for bay area host committee
[4:26:42]
to reasonably
[4:26:45]
dispute or request additional
[4:26:47]
information. They're obligated then to
[4:26:48]
pay undisputed
[4:26:50]
items, and if there's items that are
[4:26:51]
disputed, they
[4:26:54]
have to set those amounts
[4:26:57]
aside. If disputed amounts exceed
[4:27:00]
$50,000, they have to deposit the
[4:27:01]
amount that
[4:27:02]
they're disputing into an escrow.
[4:27:04]
and if, in fact,
[4:27:07]
that amount exceeds $200,000,
[4:27:09]
either party can call for arbitration
[4:27:10]
to
[4:27:11]
resolve the dispute and get those monies paid right away.
[4:27:16]
there's a pretty
[4:27:17]
good flow that's been developed already as
[4:27:19]
a result of a
[4:27:22]
lot of invoicing with that
[4:27:24]
and with how close we are to this
[4:27:25]
actual
[4:27:26]
event. I'm not expecting we're going
[4:27:28]
to
[4:27:30]
be in this dispute resolution mode
[4:27:31]
with
[4:27:32]
these expenses, but if we do end up
[4:27:34]
there, there's
[4:27:36]
a mechanism to resolve that and an
[4:27:37]
expedited
[4:27:38]
one with each party kind of sharing their own costs.
[4:27:43]
planning
[4:27:44]
and training expenses are important
[4:27:46]
and is a
[4:27:48]
significant expense. I think all told,
[4:27:49]
it's
[4:27:51]
approximately $1 million, right, chuck, of
[4:27:52]
the
[4:27:54]
smited expenses for this. But really,
[4:27:55]
the lion's
[4:27:57]
share of those expenses are these
[4:27:58]
actual event
[4:28:01]
cost expenses.
[4:28:02]
the deployment in and around the event itself.
[4:28:07]
and again, these
[4:28:09]
provisions will look familiar because
[4:28:10]
they're very similar to the ones that
[4:28:13]
were used for fifa.
[4:28:18]
because we know bay area host committee
[4:28:19]
is a
[4:28:20]
nonprofit agency and they're chasing
[4:28:22]
a lot of money from a
[4:28:23]
lot of different places to fund a
[4:28:24]
lot of their different obligations
[4:28:28]
to support this event, we've included an
[4:28:29]
important provision in there which
[4:28:31]
imposes on them
[4:28:34]
an obligation to make an advance
[4:28:37]
payment to the city by, on, or
[4:28:40]
before december 25th, 2025, of
[4:28:42]
50% of the, at that time, current
[4:28:43]
cost estimate for
[4:28:45]
what the actual event expenses would
[4:28:48]
be. This is approximately $2. 5 million.
[4:28:51]
and that obligation, again, is triggered on christmas.
[4:28:58]
bay area host committee reserves
[4:29:00]
the right to require additional information,
[4:29:01]
similar to
[4:29:03]
the other provisions. But there's
[4:29:06]
right to dispute. There's time periods
[4:29:07]
for
[4:29:09]
which they have to pay. But in the
[4:29:10]
end, binding
[4:29:13]
arbitration applies to
[4:29:15]
resolve any disputes in the same way
[4:29:16]
that there's a
[4:29:17]
version of arbitration along the way
[4:29:19]
if a dispute
[4:29:21]
arises. There is some new language.
[4:29:22]
I think
[4:29:25]
we identified this issue last
[4:29:28]
time. That hadn't
[4:29:31]
been wrestled to the ground yet.
[4:29:34]
clarifying off-site parking fees received
[4:29:37]
by the city will offset bay area host
[4:29:39]
committee's reimbursement obligations for
[4:29:40]
super bowl events.
[4:29:43]
this is how it works for other
[4:29:45]
nfl events under the existing stadium
[4:29:49]
lease. And so that
[4:29:51]
will, in effect, be reimbursing us
[4:29:52]
for
[4:29:54]
those costs that otherwise they would have
[4:29:55]
to
[4:29:58]
reimburse us for. But
[4:30:00]
importantly, unlike under the existing
[4:30:01]
stadium lease, those
[4:30:04]
offsets will not trigger any credits
[4:30:07]
against stadco's general
[4:30:10]
alks to reimburse us for costs and pay rent
[4:30:11]
under
[4:30:12]
the stadium lease. You may remember
[4:30:13]
from the settlement
[4:30:15]
we reached with them, not only are
[4:30:16]
those costs offset,
[4:30:19]
but they're potentially offset against
[4:30:22]
the city's performance rent
[4:30:24]
payments. That will not happen there.
[4:30:25]
this event has
[4:30:27]
been pulled that structure and has
[4:30:28]
its own
[4:30:29]
integrity as compared to its standard nfl event.
[4:30:34]
there's
[4:30:36]
special rules for equipment and miscellaneous
[4:30:37]
expenses. As you
[4:30:39]
recall, this is also similar to the
[4:30:40]
arrangement
[4:30:42]
under the terms of the fifa agreement.
[4:30:43]
I went through this in
[4:30:46]
some detail. We talked about
[4:30:48]
it in some detail. I won't torture
[4:30:49]
you with that
[4:30:51]
again. The sains of this is the bay
[4:30:52]
area host committee is
[4:30:54]
responsible for the cost of what we
[4:30:55]
identify as
[4:30:58]
required event equipment. The rules
[4:30:59]
differ
[4:31:00]
depending upon whether we're buying
[4:31:01]
the equipment or leasing the equipment
[4:31:02]
or keeping the
[4:31:04]
equipment ourselves.
[4:31:07]
there is a coordination
[4:31:09]
provision because we're going to be
[4:31:10]
buying equipment both for
[4:31:13]
the super bowl and for fifa.
[4:31:16]
and so if we can --to
[4:31:18]
avoid redundancies, you know, and
[4:31:19]
coordinate those
[4:31:22]
efforts, that is something that we're
[4:31:23]
exploring and
[4:31:25]
working on as we develop these
[4:31:28]
lists. And then a revision
[4:31:31]
to this, there was an initial thought
[4:31:33]
that the detailed equipment list would be attached
[4:31:34]
to
[4:31:37]
this agreement. After internal discussions,
[4:31:38]
including
[4:31:40]
with pd, we'd just as soon not
[4:31:41]
have detailed information about the
[4:31:43]
kind of special equipment we're going to
[4:31:44]
be
[4:31:45]
requiring to support this event. Because
[4:31:46]
it may reveal things about
[4:31:49]
how we're going about providing security.
[4:31:50]
and
[4:31:51]
so while there still will be a list,
[4:31:52]
a detailed
[4:31:55]
one, agreed to by the parties outside
[4:31:58]
the terms of this agreement and kept
[4:31:59]
confidential in
[4:32:01]
order to
[4:32:04]
avoid any type of divulgence of sensitive security information.
[4:32:07]
there is
[4:32:09]
a summary of what the equipment costs will be, though.
[4:32:12]
and that is attached to the agreement.
[4:32:31]
it's essentially this.
[4:32:37]
if bay area host committee fails to
[4:32:38]
fulfill, to
[4:32:40]
pay its obligations, to fully reimburse
[4:32:41]
the city
[4:32:42]
for city's qualified event expenses,
[4:32:43]
stadco
[4:32:45]
is obligated to reimburse the city
[4:32:49]
for the qualified event shortfall.
[4:32:52]
we've got new language that makes
[4:32:53]
it I'm more
[4:32:55]
clear that stadco's obligation extends to
[4:32:57]
the bay area host committee's advance
[4:32:59]
payment obligation.
[4:33:02]
and similar to the terms of
[4:33:05]
the guarantee that we got from
[4:33:08]
teamco in the fifa
[4:33:11]
context, if stadco fails
[4:33:14]
to pay when their payment is due,
[4:33:15]
their obligation will accrue interest at
[4:33:17]
the rate of 6% per annum.
[4:33:20]
so we
[4:33:21]
think bay area host committee is obligated
[4:33:23]
to
[4:33:26]
pay. We know stadium --
[4:33:27]
stadco is motivated to pay. And there will be a
[4:33:32]
6%
[4:33:34]
per annum accrual on any amounts that they
[4:33:35]
don't pay when they're due.
[4:33:41]
the other important term for this
[4:33:43]
is as it relates back to the stadium
[4:33:44]
lease. As
[4:33:45]
you all know, one of the challenging
[4:33:47]
provisions of
[4:33:50]
that is if there are
[4:33:52]
qualified event expenses in that case
[4:33:53]
called public
[4:33:54]
safety costs, that exceed a threshold
[4:33:56]
amount that the stadium
[4:33:59]
authority is then obligated
[4:34:00]
to make payments to reimburse stadco
[4:34:05]
for the costs that they've
[4:34:06]
incurred above that threshold, and
[4:34:11]
it results in potentially
[4:34:12]
reducing the performance based rent
[4:34:14]
the city gets, none of that has
[4:34:15]
the effect of doing that here. There's
[4:34:17]
no threshold. The amounts must
[4:34:20]
be
[4:34:22]
reimbursed 100% with no negative impact
[4:34:24]
on stadium authority or ultimately
[4:34:26]
city revenues.
[4:34:29]
we
[4:34:32]
did circle back with stadco
[4:34:34]
regarding the consideration for converting
[4:34:37]
the stadco's direct obligation to
[4:34:38]
make
[4:34:41]
this payment to a teamco guarantee.
[4:34:44]
and they did not agree to this.
[4:34:46]
but your business and legal staff
[4:34:47]
really
[4:34:49]
remained satisfied with stadco as
[4:34:51]
direct obligor to make this payment.
[4:35:02]
stadco has been a
[4:35:04]
reliable obligor to the city since
[4:35:06]
the opening of the stadium, since
[4:35:08]
2014. Public safety
[4:35:11]
costs now averaging in the
[4:35:14]
$6 million plus range per year.
[4:35:16]
a facility rent payment in the amount
[4:35:17]
of
[4:35:19]
$25 million per year. Other obligations
[4:35:20]
that they
[4:35:23]
have to pay lenders and vendors and
[4:35:26]
their responsibility as the
[4:35:29]
tenant. And the landlord for
[4:35:32]
teamco. That they sublease the
[4:35:34]
property to. And significant assets that
[4:35:35]
they own. Not just
[4:35:37]
the lease itself, but actually the
[4:35:38]
significant amount of the
[4:35:40]
improvements within the stadium also are very valuable.
[4:35:46]
so the relationship, their ability
[4:35:47]
to make these
[4:35:49]
payments, our experience with them
[4:35:50]
as
[4:35:53]
a payor over time, ultimately
[4:35:55]
led us to conclude that it was an
[4:35:56]
appropriate and reasonable --
[4:35:59]
more than reasonable backstop
[4:36:02]
to fulfill this
[4:36:05]
obligation. I think the general counsel
[4:36:08]
and executive vice president
[4:36:11]
for 49ers, jihad beechman,
[4:36:13]
is available on the line. If there's
[4:36:14]
questions for him about that
[4:36:17]
for some specifics to maybe add some
[4:36:18]
additional color
[4:36:19]
to that. Convention center use. Terms
[4:36:20]
for convention
[4:36:21]
center use really haven't changed.
[4:36:23]
there's
[4:36:25]
a use term thatthat agreed that they
[4:36:26]
want in
[4:36:29]
order to be able to use the the
[4:36:32]
center. There's a facility rent payment.
[4:36:35]
there's some
[4:36:37]
credits against that, some of which
[4:36:38]
are guaranteed,
[4:36:41]
and others are
[4:36:42]
contingent upon performance. One nice
[4:36:44]
note I will make is that the time
[4:36:45]
we presented this you the last time,
[4:36:47]
the
[4:36:49]
$200,000 business development funds
[4:36:50]
credit from the
[4:36:53]
dmo was pending. The dmo met
[4:36:56]
on september
[4:36:59]
18th and unanimously approved
[4:37:01]
that business development funds credit.
[4:37:02]
so we now have
[4:37:04]
that $200,000 available. And there
[4:37:08]
is a performance rent based
[4:37:11]
upon the formula here that
[4:37:12]
I described before that will potentially reduce if
[4:37:14]
they
[4:37:20]
spend between food and beverage and
[4:37:22]
audio/visual/information technology
[4:37:23]
money, $900,000
[4:37:25]
or more, could reduce their rent down
[4:37:29]
to zero. And chuck baker is here to talk
[4:37:30]
about
[4:37:32]
that and how that aligns
[4:37:35]
with how the convention center
[4:37:37]
typically does business for events
[4:37:38]
like this.
[4:37:41]
there's a security deposit thatthat
[4:37:44]
must paid, $320,000 in two
[4:37:45]
installments. There's a chance sell
[4:37:47]
lation fee if they
[4:37:49]
cancel their booking, which is the
[4:37:50]
entire amount of the rent
[4:37:53]
of $650,000. There's some other details
[4:37:56]
and nuances to that, that if you have questions about, we can
[4:37:57]
answer.
[4:38:02]
access to city facilities and youth
[4:38:03]
sports park
[4:38:04]
really is largely taken out of this
[4:38:05]
agreement. The city
[4:38:08]
manager and others have
[4:38:11]
been discussingdiscussing use with
[4:38:13]
the nfl. The only thing this agreement
[4:38:14]
says is that
[4:38:17]
those things will be negotiated
[4:38:19]
separately at reasonable rates. I'm
[4:38:20]
oom sorry, on
[4:38:22]
reasonable terms to be negotiated.
[4:38:23]
and all of
[4:38:26]
that is ongoing now with a variety
[4:38:28]
of different city-owned properties
[4:38:29]
potentially dedicated.
[4:38:32]
and the city manager
[4:38:34]
can talk in further detail about that
[4:38:35]
if you have
[4:38:37]
additional questions. There is a senior
[4:38:38]
and youth program
[4:38:41]
fee. Not exactly the fee
[4:38:44]
that's contemplated in
[4:38:47]
the stadium lease. In fact, in the
[4:38:48]
stadium lease this
[4:38:50]
event is exempt from that fee.
[4:38:53]
but we thought it was important at
[4:38:54]
a minimum to
[4:38:56]
get them to pay the equivalent of
[4:38:57]
that. The
[4:38:58]
nfl is not expected to accept that
[4:39:00]
fee because it's a
[4:39:01]
pass-through on tickets and they don't
[4:39:03]
allow that. But stadco
[4:39:05]
has agreed to pay whatever that fee would
[4:39:08]
be had it been charged through, which
[4:39:09]
I think is
[4:39:12]
right now 40 cents a ticket.
[4:39:14]
assuming there's 65,000 sold tickets for
[4:39:15]
the
[4:39:17]
event, that would be approximately
[4:39:18]
$26,000. Not
[4:39:21]
a ton of money. But the
[4:39:22]
equivalent of what this game would generate
[4:39:24]
anyway.
[4:39:27]
and on a negotiated term, even
[4:39:30]
if the senior youth fees for
[4:39:31]
earlier in the year exceed the cap,
[4:39:33]
because you remember there's a cap
[4:39:35]
on what we can get --this amount wouldn't
[4:39:37]
be limited by the cap. We get this amount no matter
[4:39:39]
what.
[4:39:42]
super bowl
[4:39:43]
50 agreement had a provision like
[4:39:45]
this but we actually have
[4:39:46]
no record that that payment ever was made
[4:39:48]
back then. And so
[4:39:50]
we think we've improved on the specificity
[4:39:51]
of this
[4:39:52]
obligation and one that we can follow through on.
[4:39:58]
special event zone is something, again,
[4:40:00]
we already spent a fair
[4:40:03]
amount of time talking about.
[4:40:04]
similar to super bowl 50, this agreement
[4:40:09]
contemplates city staff
[4:40:10]
developing and presenting the city
[4:40:12]
council for city
[4:40:14]
council approval a special event zone.
[4:40:15]
in
[4:40:16]
effect, it's an ordinance designed
[4:40:18]
to protect the public
[4:40:20]
health, safety, and welfare, enhance
[4:40:22]
local aesthetics by temporarily regulating
[4:40:24]
or
[4:40:27]
restricting certain advertising and
[4:40:29]
commercial activities within the vicinity of
[4:40:30]
the
[4:40:31]
stadium leading up to and during super
[4:40:33]
bowl lx.
[4:40:35]
the ordinance is also intended to
[4:40:36]
address
[4:40:38]
nfl concerns and standards for such
[4:40:39]
activities.
[4:40:41]
the idea is there is so much going on
[4:40:45]
in and around the stadium.
[4:40:46]
having activities that can potentially
[4:40:48]
disrupt our ability to
[4:40:51]
provide appropriate security
[4:40:53]
can block the rights-of-way-that can
[4:40:57]
unfairly pop up and compete with ing
[4:40:59]
and sponsorships in a way that is
[4:41:03]
unregulated, is
[4:41:05]
something that is done really at every super
[4:41:07]
bowl, in different versions of this.
[4:41:09]
we did it back for super bowl
[4:41:12]
50. We're working on a draft
[4:41:14]
right now that we hope to get in front
[4:41:15]
of you
[4:41:17]
within the next couple months, and
[4:41:18]
you'll be seeing that coming forward soon.
[4:41:24]
up like super bowl 50,
[4:41:26]
we have specific provisions here that
[4:41:27]
obligates bay area host
[4:41:28]
committee to reimburse staff for all
[4:41:30]
related costs in the
[4:41:31]
preparation of that ordinance. They
[4:41:33]
also need to defend the city from any
[4:41:35]
legal challenges there might be to
[4:41:36]
that
[4:41:37]
ordinance. And you, because you have
[4:41:39]
to, will
[4:41:41]
retain the discretion to approve or
[4:41:42]
disapprove that
[4:41:43]
ordinance in your sole discretion.
[4:41:45]
has to be that way.
[4:41:48]
that is
[4:41:51]
good, but it also creates
[4:41:54]
a challenge. Because stadco
[4:41:57]
has described the nfl's need and
[4:41:59]
the expectation for having this special
[4:42:00]
event zone as
[4:42:02]
an absolute necessity. And so if you
[4:42:03]
remember,
[4:42:05]
we identified last time that --what
[4:42:06]
the consequence would be
[4:42:09]
if you didn't approve
[4:42:10]
this. We're still under discussion.
[4:42:12]
there's now new language
[4:42:14]
that provides that each party can
[4:42:15]
have a termination right
[4:42:18]
to the agreement in the event
[4:42:19]
that the special event zone isn't
[4:42:21]
approved or if the parties aren't
[4:42:24]
able to come up with some
[4:42:27]
alternative measures to implement
[4:42:29]
kind of equivalent regulations in
[4:42:30]
the area. We have a lot of regulations
[4:42:31]
on the books already that regulate
[4:42:33]
these things.
[4:42:36]
our peddlers ordinance, our sign ordinance are
[4:42:38]
significant ones. It might not require
[4:42:39]
too much
[4:42:41]
enhancement of our existing ordinances to
[4:42:42]
get there.
[4:42:45]
but this is now a potential
[4:42:48]
terminating event. If, in
[4:42:50]
fact, stadco proceeds to do that,
[4:42:51]
we would also have the
[4:42:54]
right to terminate
[4:42:56]
the convention center agreement and
[4:42:57]
other terms that
[4:42:59]
they're relying on. So we think it's highly
[4:43:02]
unlikely that, "a," you're not going to
[4:43:03]
be comfortable and
[4:43:05]
approve the special event zone, because
[4:43:06]
it's something that makes
[4:43:09]
sense, frankly, for all parties. We think
[4:43:11]
it's highly unlikely that they will
[4:43:12]
exercise a
[4:43:14]
termination right if, for some reason,
[4:43:15]
that you don't. But they
[4:43:17]
are insisting upon this termination
[4:43:18]
right. And I don't like
[4:43:21]
it, I'll tell you that. I don't like
[4:43:22]
that being a downstream thing. Even
[4:43:24]
if the likelihood of
[4:43:26]
it occurring is low, I don't like
[4:43:27]
having that provision in there.
[4:43:30]
but it
[4:43:32]
is something that they're saying is
[4:43:36]
necessary, and so we're going to manage and
[4:43:37]
mitigate the risks as much as we can.
[4:43:42]
again, there's a similar
[4:43:45]
provision in the super bowl 50 agreement
[4:43:46]
that
[4:43:47]
contemplated a special event zone that
[4:43:48]
the
[4:43:50]
council put into place in october
[4:43:51]
before the
[4:43:54]
february super bowl.
[4:43:57]
so we're a little bit
[4:43:58]
behind with that but hoping to get
[4:43:59]
that in front of you as soon as late
[4:44:00]
october, early november.
[4:44:02]
we already have a substantial draft
[4:44:03]
that's
[4:44:05]
being circulated and reviewed we believe
[4:44:06]
is consistent
[4:44:07]
with what the nfl requirements will
[4:44:09]
be. There's a bunch of
[4:44:10]
additional agreements. I went through
[4:44:12]
these in detail the last time.
[4:44:15]
there's a third-party funding agreement
[4:44:16]
that says
[4:44:17]
if they get money from a third party
[4:44:18]
that
[4:44:21]
gets paid to us, that offsets
[4:44:23]
our expenses. Of course, that reduces
[4:44:24]
the amount they
[4:44:26]
would need to pay us. We're told there's
[4:44:27]
not that kind of money for this
[4:44:29]
event, so we're not expecting that
[4:44:30]
from providing to
[4:44:32]
be triggered, but it's there. We're
[4:44:33]
not expecting there to be
[4:44:35]
capital improvements that are required
[4:44:36]
by the nfl
[4:44:39]
in significant contrast
[4:44:41]
to what fifa is requiring. But but
[4:44:42]
if there are
[4:44:43]
required improvements they're responsible
[4:44:45]
for overseeing and implementing those
[4:44:46]
entirely at
[4:44:48]
their cost, not at our cost.
[4:44:51]
we've agreed to expedite
[4:44:52]
permitting if we can, but they have
[4:44:54]
to pay us all of our permitting
[4:44:55]
fees in accordance with our standard applicable
[4:44:57]
rates.
[4:45:00]
they do
[4:45:02]
get to have access to the stadium, of
[4:45:03]
course, if
[4:45:05]
there's a separate agreement that
[4:45:06]
the nfl requires
[4:45:08]
it needs to be consistent with the
[4:45:09]
terms of this agreement.
[4:45:12]
bay area host committee and manco
[4:45:14]
and stadco are agreeing to assist
[4:45:15]
us with the joint
[4:45:18]
marketing of city assets. The city
[4:45:19]
manager
[4:45:20]
described that agreent to you that you approved
[4:45:21]
earlier on concert.
[4:45:28]
we'll endeavor
[4:45:29]
to monetize city assets in and around
[4:45:30]
the stadium in partnership with the nfl and
[4:45:34]
nfl sponsors.
[4:45:36]
there's a conflict of interest provision
[4:45:37]
similar to
[4:45:40]
what's contained in fifa,
[4:45:42]
consisting with the guiding principles,
[4:45:43]
madam mayor,
[4:45:46]
that applies to both
[4:45:49]
manco, stadco, bay
[4:45:50]
area host committee, and both of us
[4:45:51]
consistent with applicable laws and
[4:45:52]
existing
[4:45:53]
policies. There's no city waiver of
[4:45:55]
local taxes or fees.
[4:45:58]
we did not agree
[4:46:00]
to that. And there's some agreement from
[4:46:01]
the bay area
[4:46:02]
host committee to assist it is with marketing
[4:46:04]
and promotions of the city,
[4:46:06]
including trying to secure, for example,
[4:46:07]
for
[4:46:09]
the parade of champions some local
[4:46:10]
sports figures in order
[4:46:13]
to help, you
[4:46:15]
know, add enthusiasm and some interest
[4:46:16]
to that event.
[4:46:19]
legal provisions. There's indemnity nights
[4:46:21]
that are good. There's insurance that
[4:46:22]
is
[4:46:23]
already in place. But an agreement
[4:46:25]
that
[4:46:28]
will identify and obtain
[4:46:29]
specialty insurance if necessary with
[4:46:31]
them, bay area
[4:46:32]
host and/or stadco, bearing the cost
[4:46:34]
of that if it's, in
[4:46:35]
fact, reasonably necessary in connection
[4:46:37]
with this event and we're
[4:46:40]
expecting there couldcould
[4:46:43]
some additional insurance
[4:46:46]
required. In fact, manco,
[4:46:47]
stadco, risk manager themselves have
[4:46:49]
identified things that they want to get
[4:46:52]
that they think is
[4:46:53]
appropriate to purchase in light of
[4:46:55]
the elevated
[4:46:58]
risks that a super bowl might present.
[4:47:00]
there's legal provisions in the event
[4:47:01]
of failure
[4:47:04]
to pay. The actual rate for bay
[4:47:05]
area host committee that they have
[4:47:07]
to pay is 12% --looks like 15%.
[4:47:10]
I did better than 12. 15% per
[4:47:11]
year until paid if they fail to pay on time.
[4:47:16]
and there is provisions as
[4:47:18]
we've talked about for dispute resolution
[4:47:19]
that
[4:47:22]
are designed to,
[4:47:23]
even though these things can take time, to
[4:47:25]
actually have
[4:47:27]
expedited outcomes in the event of
[4:47:28]
a dispute
[4:47:29]
over any of the obligations under
[4:47:31]
the agreement, but particularly disputes
[4:47:32]
that there might be over amounts that
[4:47:34]
were owed.
[4:47:37]
so that, I
[4:47:39]
think, is where I get to turn it back
[4:47:41]
over to the city manager to discuss with his
[4:47:46]
fancy tricks to
[4:47:48]
have things come up one at a time.
[4:47:49]
the financial impacts and
[4:47:51]
then closing remarks and obviously
[4:47:52]
I'm here to answer any
[4:47:54]
questions.
[4:47:55]
>> thank you. Thank you, city attorney.
[4:47:56]
>> thank you, madam mayor.
[4:48:03]
>> we will close this out pretty quickly.
[4:48:04]
as we discussed
[4:48:07]
before, the total estimated cost
[4:48:10]
to the city for the
[4:48:11]
full complement of what we call public
[4:48:13]
safety services, which we know is
[4:48:15]
not just police and fire. That also
[4:48:16]
includes our
[4:48:18]
public works staff that set up barricades and
[4:48:22]
other people that support --
[4:48:25]
is $6. 4 million, just under
[4:48:27]
$6. 5 million of what we call qualified
[4:48:28]
event
[4:48:30]
expenses. There's revenue associated
[4:48:33]
with the convention center. That minimum
[4:48:34]
there is showed as
[4:48:36]
the rent. That does not include other
[4:48:37]
food and
[4:48:40]
beverage, I.t. ,
[4:48:43]
audio/visual expenses.
[4:48:45]
city attorney mentioned the senior youth and programming
[4:48:46]
fee.
[4:48:51]
also, as the city attorney mentioned,
[4:48:52]
the league event agreement
[4:48:55]
does not include a waiver of any
[4:48:57]
local taxes, and the host committee
[4:48:58]
is to support the city
[4:49:01]
in our marketing efforts for city
[4:49:02]
assets as
[4:49:04]
we seek to recover revenue
[4:49:05]
or generate revenue from city assets.
[4:49:10]
and in
[4:49:13]
conclusion, in general, the
[4:49:16]
agreement before you improved on the
[4:49:17]
terms that
[4:49:19]
the city adopted for super bowl 50.
[4:49:22]
it covers reimbursement of our costs as well
[4:49:24]
as provides a financial backstop.
[4:49:25]
it
[4:49:28]
includes very detailed and transparent
[4:49:31]
process for reimbursement and advancement.
[4:49:34]
that process we're doing now.
[4:49:37]
we talked about, gosh, at least a year
[4:49:40]
ago, how we made
[4:49:43]
enhance manies to that process.
[4:49:45]
and assistant city manager baker,
[4:49:46]
our finance staff, working with
[4:49:49]
all the departments that have
[4:49:51]
been supporting efforts, are going
[4:49:52]
through that process
[4:49:55]
with the interim funding agreemen.
[4:49:58]
it modifies the stadium lease to
[4:50:01]
ensure that the provisions do
[4:50:03]
not trigger caps. For example, the
[4:50:04]
caps on
[4:50:07]
public safety costs or the senior
[4:50:10]
and youth program fee. It generates
[4:50:11]
revenue
[4:50:12]
for the city through the convention
[4:50:13]
center and other provisions. So
[4:50:16]
with that, staff is
[4:50:18]
recommending that you discuss and
[4:50:19]
approve the league event
[4:50:22]
agreement with all the parties in
[4:50:23]
the state
[4:50:25]
fair. And again, thank
[4:50:28]
you for your feedback and the discussions
[4:50:29]
last
[4:50:31]
time. We're here to answer any questions.
[4:50:33]
we certainly understand that this
[4:50:34]
is
[4:50:37]
a very important, very detailed agreement.
[4:50:38]
and
[4:50:40]
so we're here to facilitate
[4:50:43]
discussion. And then the
[4:50:45]
last action is direct --authorize
[4:50:47]
and direct the
[4:50:48]
city manager/executive director to
[4:50:50]
take the
[4:50:51]
necessary actions to implement the
[4:50:53]
terms, and there are
[4:50:54]
several. Thank you.
[4:50:55]
>> all right, thank
[4:50:56]
you. We're going to
[4:50:57]
start with questions from city council.
[4:50:59]
vice mayor cox.
[4:51:05]
>> thanks. Let's get it started.
[4:51:07]
so a few questions. And thank you
[4:51:08]
for the presentation.
[4:51:10]
I wanted to know, the agreement specifies that
[4:51:12]
police services are at time and a
[4:51:14]
half. But that fire
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remained under negotiation. So I want
[4:51:17]
to
[4:51:18]
know without that certainty if this
[4:51:20]
could become another area of
[4:51:21]
dispute afterwards. So do you intend
[4:51:23]
to restore that
[4:51:25]
or resolve that before final execution?
[4:51:26]
and would it
[4:51:28]
be wise to put "not to exceed" rates
[4:51:31]
for police and fire --fire services paid by
[4:51:32]
the city now?
[4:51:35]
I want to know a
[4:51:37]
little bit about the pre-event expenses
[4:51:38]
that
[4:51:41]
we accrued before july of 2024.
[4:51:44]
there was a ticket item for
[4:51:46]
$124,000 that was only going to be
[4:51:47]
reimbursable if
[4:51:48]
government funding came through. So
[4:51:50]
I want to know if
[4:51:52]
there has been an update on that.
[4:51:53]
again, this
[4:51:54]
is going to be something that the
[4:51:56]
city
[4:51:58]
is on the hook for if it doesn't come
[4:51:59]
through. Does that immediately go to the
[4:52:02]
stadium authority?
[4:52:04]
parking offset fees were put in but
[4:52:05]
the term
[4:52:06]
is parking fees attributable to the game.
[4:52:08]
so I
[4:52:10]
think that lacks precise definition
[4:52:11]
and could
[4:52:13]
be scrutinized later. So I want to
[4:52:14]
know
[4:52:15]
how will parking offsets be calculated
[4:52:17]
and audited to
[4:52:20]
ensure that accuracy? For
[4:52:21]
the 4,000th time I'm going to ask
[4:52:23]
if you feel recovered
[4:52:25]
enough on what we're considering allowable
[4:52:26]
and
[4:52:27]
reimbursable expenses in our exhibits.
[4:52:29]
for example, something like
[4:52:30]
our determination the beautification
[4:52:32]
near the
[4:52:34]
stadium was to happen. Is that something
[4:52:35]
that would
[4:52:37]
be covered? The special event zone
[4:52:41]
ordinance
[4:52:42]
and the termination rights I also
[4:52:44]
think is concerning. I think
[4:52:45]
what is concerning about that, as
[4:52:47]
you mentioned,
[4:52:49]
is that this doesn't feel much like
[4:52:51]
choice, more like a condition. So
[4:52:53]
I want to know what
[4:52:54]
those negotiations are going to look
[4:52:56]
like.
[4:52:59]
I think the public already
[4:53:01]
feels squeezed in terms what was they're going to
[4:53:04]
be howed to do around the stadium.
[4:53:07]
we have tremendous leverage here, so
[4:53:08]
we shouldn't enter into
[4:53:11]
that trepidatiously. The advance payment
[4:53:12]
options are
[4:53:14]
a thing --I just wanted to run
[4:53:16]
this by. It sounds like the current
[4:53:17]
draft,
[4:53:19]
50% to the host committee on november
[4:53:20]
15th. But
[4:53:22]
the contract itself acknowledges that
[4:53:23]
the costs are
[4:53:24]
going to be updated on january 15th.
[4:53:25]
we are supposed to be paid on december 25th.
[4:53:29]
so
[4:53:31]
two weeks after we get a more accurate
[4:53:32]
representation what was
[4:53:34]
we're actually going to be looking at
[4:53:35]
for a
[4:53:37]
50% cost. Now that delay between november
[4:53:38]
and january
[4:53:39]
could mean that there's substantial --
[4:53:40]
I know there's a flagging mechanism
[4:53:41]
in
[4:53:42]
that, but we would be on the hook
[4:53:44]
for that balance in between.
[4:53:46]
so I I'm wondering if we could true
[4:53:47]
up closer
[4:53:50]
to january 15th,
[4:53:52]
then, and you know, if the 50% was
[4:53:53]
substantially
[4:53:54]
different, we would look like that
[4:53:56]
reserve and then I think,
[4:53:58]
again, the backstop is still a concern to
[4:53:59]
me.
[4:54:02]
you know,
[4:54:05]
on paper, we have a guarantee that
[4:54:07]
the host committee, if they fail to
[4:54:08]
reimburse, will go to
[4:54:11]
the stadium, stadco.
[4:54:14]
but again, that is a
[4:54:15]
tenant lessee or landlord situation
[4:54:17]
where the primary asset is already
[4:54:19]
city-owned. So it kind of becomes
[4:54:20]
a circular
[4:54:22]
guarantee. And I know it sounds like there
[4:54:23]
was not appetite to
[4:54:26]
put teamco as a backstop,
[4:54:27]
but you know, we got a letter from
[4:54:29]
the public this
[4:54:31]
week that said, I want to thank you
[4:54:32]
for securing funding for this.
[4:54:34]
I want it to be known, we have secured
[4:54:35]
no funding for this.
[4:54:37]
we have only paid out for this. And
[4:54:38]
again, it seems
[4:54:39]
like we're entering into a lending
[4:54:41]
agreement with an entity,
[4:54:42]
the bay area host committee, that
[4:54:44]
is not an asset-rich community
[4:54:46]
and has not yet disclosed its financial standing to us.
[4:54:52]
it was said in yahoo! Sports this
[4:54:55]
week, al guido said, we're already
[4:54:56]
signed up hundreds of
[4:54:58]
millions of dollars support this.
[4:54:59]
if that is true,
[4:55:01]
and I'd love to know if that is accurate, I
[4:55:02]
don't know why we're
[4:55:04]
not asking for a letter of credit
[4:55:05]
for this. This
[4:55:08]
is a massive risk. And I
[4:55:10]
just think circularly using our own
[4:55:11]
assets as a
[4:55:14]
backstop is a really foolish thing
[4:55:15]
to
[4:55:17]
do. So I want to make this
[4:55:19]
protection meaningful. And I think
[4:55:20]
that --yeah,
[4:55:23]
that's good, thanks, that's all.
[4:55:26]
>> councilmember jain?
[4:55:32]
>> yeah,
[4:55:35]
I'm reading from section
[4:55:37]
3.b. And this is from the staff report.
[4:55:41]
says, the city
[4:55:44]
is responsible
[4:55:45]
for preparing preliminary cost estimate
[4:55:47]
for its projected
[4:55:49]
necessary super bowl support services.
[4:55:50]
event planning and
[4:55:53]
training expenses are currently estimated
[4:55:54]
at
[4:55:56]
$906,000, required event equipment
[4:55:59]
costs are estimated
[4:56:02]
at $494,000. The actual
[4:56:05]
event expenses are estimated
[4:56:08]
to be $5. 027 million.
[4:56:11]
for a total of $6.4 million.
[4:56:14]
and
[4:56:17]
then section 5. A says that,
[4:56:20]
to assure payment of actual event
[4:56:22]
expenses, bay area host committee agrees
[4:56:23]
to make an
[4:56:26]
advance payment to the city
[4:56:29]
of 50% of the estimated actual event expenses.
[4:56:32]
based on current
[4:56:34]
deployment costs this payment could
[4:56:36]
be
[4:56:39]
approximately $2.
[4:56:42]
5 million.
[4:56:45]
so in section
[4:56:47]
3. B, there was some estimation of
[4:56:48]
costs. Those
[4:56:49]
were the city's estimations of cost.
[4:56:54]
but
[4:56:56]
apparently, am I understanding that
[4:56:57]
the
[4:56:59]
host committee is accepting those
[4:57:00]
numbers and then going
[4:57:03]
to give us half of the
[4:57:05]
$5 million --I don't know why it's
[4:57:06]
not half of the
[4:57:08]
$6. 4 million. I know they've given
[4:57:09]
us an advance
[4:57:12]
of $250,000 for advance planning
[4:57:14]
and such. But I'm kind of trying to
[4:57:18]
figure out why it's not half of
[4:57:20]
$6. 4 million rather than half of
[4:57:21]
$5.027 million.
[4:57:27]
I really like
[4:57:30]
the transit occupancy tax
[4:57:33]
change. So from
[4:57:36]
2013 , let me read here.
[4:57:45]
from
[4:57:48]
2016, the agreement was --2013,
[4:57:51]
the
[4:57:54]
agreement was, the nfl requires that
[4:57:56]
the nfl and its affiliates be exempted
[4:57:57]
from the
[4:58:00]
payment of any transit occupancy
[4:58:03]
taxes associated with hotel
[4:58:05]
rooms, occupied by representatives of
[4:58:06]
the nfl and its affiliates.
[4:58:13]
at that time we said, hostky recognizes adoption
[4:58:15]
of an ordinance where the city would
[4:58:18]
say that we're not going to waive
[4:58:19]
this. Is subject to discretionary
[4:58:21]
approval of the city council.
[4:58:24]
I guess my question
[4:58:27]
is, did the city
[4:58:30]
council ever
[4:58:31]
approve denying that waiver that the nfl
[4:58:33]
required?
[4:58:36]
and why is
[4:58:38]
the nfl not requiring that waiver
[4:58:39]
now? I'm
[4:58:42]
very pleased that we're going to charge
[4:58:43]
the
[4:58:44]
full transit occupancy tax, but was that a
[4:58:45]
change in policy?
[4:59:00]
what I'm trying to
[4:59:01]
understand, there's a dispute about
[4:59:03]
what's reasonable cost, but sounds
[4:59:04]
like
[4:59:06]
the bay area host committee is accepting our estimate of the
[4:59:09]
costs. Which is why
[4:59:12]
they're giving us half of something.
[4:59:13]
so
[4:59:15]
I'd like
[4:59:16]
to understand whether we think there's
[4:59:17]
going to be a dispute later. Thank you.
[4:59:21]
>>
[4:59:24]
councilmember hardy?
[4:59:26]
>> thank you. First off, I will say,
[4:59:27]
reading the
[4:59:29]
redline version of this really helped
[4:59:30]
to
[4:59:33]
show the changes. Because you
[4:59:35]
had gone through it in great detail.
[4:59:36]
and
[4:59:39]
just to see those
[4:59:42]
changes were a lot of what we were
[4:59:43]
concerned about.
[4:59:44]
I did have the question about the
[4:59:45]
50% now
[4:59:46]
that we have a higher estimation.
[4:59:51]
I think it was
[4:59:54]
$6. 4 million. The
[4:59:57]
other we would be, if we
[5:00:00]
approve this
[5:00:03]
tonight, where is the --I guess it would
[5:00:06]
be stadco or manco --where are they
[5:00:08]
at on this? Have they approved this?
[5:00:09]
is
[5:00:12]
this a done deal with
[5:00:14]
everything that we've been asking
[5:00:15]
for, except for the
[5:00:17]
concern you had about the safety perimeter?
[5:00:18]
>> thank you.
[5:00:24]
councilmember chahal.
[5:00:25]
>> thank you, mayor.
[5:00:26]
thanks for the presentation. City attorney, city manager.
[5:00:30]
one question is
[5:00:33]
on the financial impact. Is there
[5:00:36]
a way we can find out what would
[5:00:39]
the impact of sales tax during the super
[5:00:41]
bowl at the stadium? If we can we
[5:00:42]
can find out that,
[5:00:45]
that would be
[5:00:48]
good. Regarding question
[5:00:50]
which councilmember jain raised on
[5:00:51]
5. 8,
[5:00:54]
50% of 6. 4 is not
[5:00:57]
$2. 5 million. Am I assuming $2. 5
[5:00:58]
million
[5:00:59]
is after all other expenses has been
[5:01:00]
paid? If you add
[5:01:03]
that, that would be
[5:01:06]
$3. 2 million, something like? I
[5:01:09]
might assume that? There are
[5:01:11]
some expenses that have been paid,
[5:01:12]
some in
[5:01:15]
the pipeline to be paid. I'm
[5:01:18]
assuming around $800,000,
[5:01:21]
$700,000 of that is what we already
[5:01:23]
got paid. I want to confirm that.
[5:01:24]
thank you.
[5:01:25]
>>
[5:01:27]
any other questions from councilmembers?
[5:01:30]
councilmember gonzalez.
[5:01:31]
>> thank you, mayor. As far as one of
[5:01:33]
the things that our
[5:01:36]
attorney mentioned is this is an improvement on
[5:01:37]
sb
[5:01:38]
50 agreement. So I want to make sure that's
[5:01:39]
the case.
[5:01:51]
similar question to --I've forgotten
[5:01:52]
which councilmember
[5:01:53]
mentioned, as far as this is an agreement
[5:01:54]
that we've drafted
[5:01:57]
here. What if the bay area host committee
[5:02:00]
does not agree with
[5:02:03]
the terms in this agreement?
[5:02:06]
I'd like to expedite arbitration.
[5:02:09]
it seems like each side would
[5:02:12]
pay forfor as
[5:02:14]
well are ifif that's correct. And
[5:02:15]
deflect I understand
[5:02:18]
that the 50% may not be a --the numbers
[5:02:21]
that we have here might
[5:02:23]
not be accurate, but definitely having
[5:02:25]
50% of it
[5:02:28]
up front would be
[5:02:30]
beneficial as those numbers may change.
[5:02:31]
but having some money up front would be beneficial.
[5:02:37]
>> thank you. I had a couple
[5:02:38]
of questions. One, I didn't see in
[5:02:43]
the league agreement --it didn't
[5:02:44]
recognize the team hotel costs. If
[5:02:46]
we have a
[5:02:49]
team
[5:02:50]
staying in santa clara? I think we
[5:02:52]
do? Yes. Does that $6.4
[5:02:55]
million
[5:02:57]
include the 24/7 security for the team
[5:02:58]
hotel?
[5:03:03]
because the city attorney mentioned
[5:03:04]
that
[5:03:07]
the annual event --actual
[5:03:10]
event expenses begin february
[5:03:11]
5th. And the game is february 8th.
[5:03:15]
but I remember last time the team was here for like a week.
[5:03:19]
and
[5:03:22]
our expenses were $1 million to $1.
[5:03:23]
5 million. So is that included in the $6.4
[5:03:25]
million?
[5:03:28]
my second
[5:03:31]
question
[5:03:32]
is, what would be the approximate cost
[5:03:33]
of litigation if disputes arise? I wanted to know that.
[5:03:37]
I'm still having an issue with
[5:03:40]
the
[5:03:45]
qualified costs, because it looks
[5:03:46]
like
[5:03:47]
the 49ers will judge what is approved for to us
[5:03:49]
pay back.
[5:03:52]
and I'm struggling with
[5:03:53]
that, because I don't think it's very
[5:03:54]
specific in this agreement what is a qualified expense.
[5:04:00]
want to know specifically what that is.
[5:04:01]
because it doesn't
[5:04:02]
look like we have any control over
[5:04:04]
that.
[5:04:06]
and I don't know many people that
[5:04:09]
would sign a contract and have the people
[5:04:10]
that
[5:04:11]
are paying them getting to decide how much
[5:04:13]
they
[5:04:16]
pay back. That fundamentally doesn't sit
[5:04:19]
with me at all. The backstop.
[5:04:25]
so the bay area host
[5:04:26]
committee is an organization that has no
[5:04:28]
assets.
[5:04:31]
stadco
[5:04:34]
also doesn't have any
[5:04:36]
meaningful, unencumberedunencumbered assets.
[5:04:40]
they're an llc and they have no tangible
[5:04:42]
assets. Their assets are in the stadium
[5:04:43]
of
[5:04:45]
the city attorney mentioned that they
[5:04:46]
have --
[5:04:49]
their assets on
[5:04:50]
tenant improvements but the ownership
[5:04:52]
of improvements is
[5:04:53]
operational, not financial security.
[5:04:55]
so they have no free and clear liquid assets.
[5:04:58]
so to have
[5:05:01]
them --to have the main
[5:05:03]
organization having no assets to pay
[5:05:04]
us back,
[5:05:07]
the backstop
[5:05:09]
organization having no clear financial security or
[5:05:13]
assets --I don't
[5:05:16]
know why we don't -- I mentioned
[5:05:17]
this last time. In fact, I think the
[5:05:19]
eight things I
[5:05:20]
mentioned, I didn't see any changes
[5:05:22]
in the contract. But if we had
[5:05:25]
a letter of credit or we tad
[5:05:27]
teamco, which we had on at least we
[5:05:28]
had
[5:05:31]
teamco, the parent company, on
[5:05:34]
the world cup agreement, they
[5:05:37]
have assets. But stadco does not and
[5:05:39]
the bay host committee does not. So
[5:05:40]
either we
[5:05:43]
need to add teamco there and lacking
[5:05:46]
teamco, I can see why
[5:05:49]
they don't want
[5:05:50]
to backstop this. They don't want to
[5:05:51]
backstop this for a reason. At least
[5:05:55]
get a fully, you know --a
[5:05:57]
letter of credit. And if everybody
[5:05:58]
says for the full
[5:06:01]
amount of the expenses. If all these
[5:06:03]
groups say, yes, we're going to pay
[5:06:04]
you
[5:06:07]
back because city attorney
[5:06:08]
said they've always paid their bills,
[5:06:10]
that's fine. We don't
[5:06:12]
want to be the first time they don't.
[5:06:13]
if everybody gus what
[5:06:16]
they're doing, then letter of credit
[5:06:19]
will never be touched. So why didn't
[5:06:21]
we put that in there to protect the
[5:06:24]
city of santa clara? Because the way
[5:06:28]
it's written
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now, there's --an assetless, that's not a word --
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organizations.
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I think those are my questions for now.
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councilmember jain, you have
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more questions?
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>> I believe that recently there were
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$200 million of stadium
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improvements. Was that stadco? Or
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teamco that paid the $200 million?
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thank you.
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>> that's it for the questions, city manager.
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>> thank you, mayor.
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and as a
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reminder, you're sitting as both the
[5:07:11]
stadium authority
[5:07:12]
board and the city council for this
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item. So a number of questions here.
[5:07:16]
I think the city attorney and I
[5:07:18]
will tag team them. I do think that
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we also have a
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representative from the 49ers back
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in
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support with some of your specific
[5:07:25]
questions around
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teamco as well. Let's start with
[5:07:30]
councilmember kelly cox's question
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around references
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in the agreement to
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overtime
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costs for police officers and contrast
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that to
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how
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it mention s firefighter overtime costs.
[5:07:49]
let
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me first say that
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no
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matter what city employee is utilized,
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if they
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are providing direct services to the
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event, they have to pay our costs
[5:08:02]
for
[5:08:03]
that employee, right? We know there
[5:08:05]
was a change to the
[5:08:08]
poamlu to represent
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that going down to 1.5. We are
[5:08:12]
still actively in negotiations with
[5:08:14]
the fire union.
[5:08:15]
and so that is still double time.
[5:08:18]
if that changes, it will be reflected
[5:08:20]
on the invoice. So
[5:08:22]
we charge our approximateliy burdened rate based
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on the
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mlu in our
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cost. And so
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that is what will go on the invoice.
[5:08:35]
I think
[5:08:36]
specific to why there was a callout for
[5:08:38]
poa, it's
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because during the process of these
[5:08:41]
negotiations, that
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changed in the
[5:08:45]
poamlu happened, and there was a desire
[5:08:47]
to capture that within
[5:08:48]
the agreement. And I'm looking at
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the city attorney --
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>>
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yeah, and I'll even read
[5:08:55]
the section. It talks about actual
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event costs,
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right, as a qualified event expense.
[5:09:00]
and this is in exhibit "a." and it
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says, such expenses
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shall include, without limitations,
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city stadium authority --city/stadium
[5:09:11]
authority staff costs billed
[5:09:13]
at city standard cowl last recovery
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rate for
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nfl events. Then it just describes
[5:09:19]
that as currently 1. 5 times city
[5:09:20]
standard full
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cost recovery rates for police officers
[5:09:24]
and under assess with fire personnel.
[5:09:26]
how that will work is,
[5:09:29]
whatever it ends up being in the final
[5:09:31]
negotiations with fire personnel will be what
[5:09:32]
the cost is.
[5:09:34]
because that will be whatever the
[5:09:35]
city's
[5:09:36]
standard cost is at the time. And
[5:09:38]
so I'm comfortable that
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that's covered in the language as it's drafted.
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>> okay.
[5:09:44]
the next
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committee was around pre-event expenses.
[5:09:47]
for
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the super bowl there's roughly $124,000
[5:09:50]
in the
[5:09:52]
agreement. Here and similar to the
[5:09:53]
clauseclause
[5:09:55]
the fifa assignment and assumption
[5:09:56]
called for what
[5:09:58]
we referred to as pre-event expenses
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to
[5:10:02]
be paid for if there are
[5:10:04]
third party funds. Let me further
[5:10:05]
articulate
[5:10:07]
there are really three buckets of
[5:10:08]
city
[5:10:09]
costs that we talk about, so there
[5:10:14]
are pre-event or
[5:10:17]
premapping
[5:10:20]
--
[5:10:21]
preplanning extensions. Those are
[5:10:23]
meant to represent expenses that were
[5:10:25]
incurred before the city had an interim
[5:10:26]
funding agreemen.
[5:10:27]
then there are costs that are captured
[5:10:29]
in the interim funding
[5:10:31]
agreement, then there will be costs
[5:10:32]
captured
[5:10:34]
under the permanent agreement called the
[5:10:35]
league event agreement.
[5:10:41]
the precosts, very, very
[5:10:44]
similar to what happened in 2016.
[5:10:56]
when it was first
[5:10:59]
announce d, hooray, staff set
[5:11:01]
about immediately looking at documents,
[5:11:04]
preparing for negotiations, doing a
[5:11:05]
look-back
[5:11:07]
to locate super bowl 50 documents.
[5:11:08]
I remember stacks
[5:11:09]
of binders that we sent staff out
[5:11:11]
to gather to say, okay,
[5:11:13]
we're going to sit down, start negotiating
[5:11:14]
costs to get
[5:11:17]
our costs
[5:11:19]
covered. What happened back then?
[5:11:23]
we looked
[5:11:26]
up
[5:11:28]
old staff charts. How people were
[5:11:29]
organized. And that
[5:11:31]
was before we had an interim funding
[5:11:32]
agreement. And I
[5:11:34]
think it was a little over a year
[5:11:36]
ago when the bay area host committee
[5:11:38]
came. They said, really,
[5:11:41]
we are unable to reimburse or rewent
[5:11:42]
agree to reimburse any costs before
[5:11:44]
you sat down and talked to
[5:11:46]
us, right? So in order to prepare
[5:11:47]
for
[5:11:50]
those initial negotiations, we --
[5:11:53]
there was a series of meetings.
[5:11:55]
and so that cost will be be I think
[5:11:56]
a lot of
[5:11:58]
it has already been billed to the
[5:11:59]
stadium authority. But
[5:12:02]
if, in fact, there is federal,
[5:12:05]
date, or other funds that can reimburse
[5:12:06]
tad,
[5:12:08]
we want it to include the ability
[5:12:09]
to
[5:12:11]
reimburse that. Exactly as this city
[5:12:13]
did when you prepared for 2016. You
[5:12:16]
didn't receive ream fwursment to negotiate
[5:12:17]
those agreements and
[5:12:19]
all costs the city occurred when you
[5:12:20]
had the bid and
[5:12:22]
sit down and had meetings to talk
[5:12:23]
about do we
[5:12:25]
want to host the super bowl? You negotiated
[5:12:26]
all of those
[5:12:28]
agreements in advance. Those costs
[5:12:29]
weren't reimbursed,
[5:12:32]
right? And so oftentimes, you --you're
[5:12:34]
not successful in getting a party
[5:12:35]
to pay you for the
[5:12:37]
cost to prepare to negotiate with
[5:12:38]
them. And so that's
[5:12:41]
essentially where we are here. Knowing
[5:12:42]
that
[5:12:44]
those costs will have to be borne
[5:12:45]
by
[5:12:47]
the stadium. There are significant
[5:12:48]
thunds in the stadium authority to
[5:12:50]
cover those
[5:12:52]
preagreement expenses. But that's
[5:12:53]
really what those costs
[5:12:56]
are. The next question was
[5:12:58]
in regard to parking fees and the
[5:12:59]
language attributable to the games.
[5:13:01]
I know that that is a legally term
[5:13:02]
of art, so I'll
[5:13:04]
toss that to our attorney.
[5:13:05]
>> yeah,
[5:13:06]
legal term of art in
[5:13:08]
some sense. But practical
[5:13:09]
reality in another. Me understanding
[5:13:11]
of how that works and others here who
[5:13:14]
have dealt with that more,
[5:13:17]
maybe even christine
[5:13:19]
jeung can perhaps explain it better.
[5:13:20]
but there
[5:13:23]
are arrangements with off-site parking
[5:13:26]
providers
[5:13:29]
, really only get triggered
[5:13:31]
when there is the mass infusion of
[5:13:32]
people coming to the game.
[5:13:35]
and so the expectation is that there
[5:13:38]
only would be parking permit fees
[5:13:39]
in
[5:13:41]
connection with the game. And so that
[5:13:44]
narrow definition I think described
[5:13:47]
when, in fact, those fees are likely
[5:13:51]
to be received.
[5:13:52]
>> okay.
[5:13:56]
councilmember cox also mentioned allowable
[5:13:59]
expenses and how areare those defined?
[5:14:02]
I think you used the example of beauty
[5:14:03]
case.
[5:14:06]
this is a great example, that is
[5:14:09]
not an event
[5:14:11]
cost, decided to undertaika knowing throngs
[5:14:13]
people would be here and we wanted to
[5:14:15]
beautify
[5:14:18]
certain
[5:14:19]
corridors, similar to the great america
[5:14:21]
mission boulevard
[5:14:22]
signal light improvements. That's not
[5:14:24]
able to this event.
[5:14:25]
certainly the event will benefit from
[5:14:27]
it. There are a number
[5:14:30]
of things that the city has ton
[5:14:33]
that's not event-related expenses
[5:14:35]
and so one of the things that the
[5:14:36]
council approved
[5:14:39]
is
[5:14:42]
improvements in the convention
[5:14:44]
center, knowing we wanted to put our
[5:14:45]
best foot
[5:14:46]
forward, knowing that we had improvements
[5:14:48]
that we needed to do. So some
[5:14:50]
of those we advanced. You do that
[5:14:51]
approximately two years ago
[5:14:54]
with the stadium, right?
[5:14:57]
we had a space that the
[5:15:00]
stadium
[5:15:02]
authority is responsible for upkeep
[5:15:03]
on.
[5:15:06]
furniture was ten years old,
[5:15:07]
let's improve the furniture. What
[5:15:08]
we sat down no negotiate and what
[5:15:11]
the agreement to reimburse is for,
[5:15:12]
event-specific
[5:15:15]
expenses including planning event
[5:15:17]
and post-event expenses. City attorney,
[5:15:18]
anything that you would
[5:15:20]
like to add? We'll take it, okay.
[5:15:21]
and
[5:15:23]
then the next question was around
[5:15:24]
the special event zone.
[5:15:27]
and the language there.
[5:15:28]
I'll toss that to the city attorney.
[5:15:30]
>> thank you.
[5:15:38]
ideally, we would have presented the
[5:15:39]
current draft so you could
[5:15:41]
get a better feel for what that looked like.
[5:15:42]
really, I think only
[5:15:45]
the mayor at this
[5:15:46]
point was on the council at the time
[5:15:47]
that original special event zone was approved.
[5:15:57]
maybe prumt business, oh, you
[5:15:58]
know the special event zone, with
[5:16:00]
six of you not having acted on
[5:16:03]
that before. It was not far
[5:16:04]
enough long for me really to daylight
[5:16:06]
it. We didn't want a
[5:16:07]
premature provision. And in fact,
[5:16:09]
you're not approving the special
[5:16:10]
event zone tonight. That does have
[5:16:12]
to go through a process, and it's going
[5:16:15]
to come back to
[5:16:18]
you.
[5:16:21]
but it is designed to get at public
[5:16:24]
safety and welfare, aesthetic
[5:16:25]
issues in and around the stadium.
[5:16:27]
it's
[5:16:30]
going to define
[5:16:33]
the special event zone time period.
[5:16:35]
that will be different for the special
[5:16:36]
event. Super bowl, seven or
[5:16:38]
eight days when there's super bowl
[5:16:39]
activities.
[5:16:40]
february 1 through probably a couple
[5:16:42]
days
[5:16:45]
after the super bowl.
[5:16:46]
for fifa, it's going to be a longer period of
[5:16:48]
time. That's over the course of
[5:16:50]
almost three weeks. You know, a month.
[5:16:51]
so it's
[5:16:53]
going to be the time period identified
[5:16:54]
there,
[5:16:57]
maybe a week before to a
[5:17:00]
few days after. It's going to
[5:17:01]
define what the special event zone
[5:17:03]
area is. It's intended to get
[5:17:05]
at the sensitive areas immediately
[5:17:09]
around and
[5:17:12]
potentially with some --beyond the
[5:17:13]
stadium where there's expected to
[5:17:14]
be a lot of activity. There would
[5:17:15]
be concerns with
[5:17:18]
too much activity of a variety of
[5:17:19]
different
[5:17:21]
kinds without that being heavily regulated
[5:17:24]
or permitted. For example, peddle
[5:17:27]
peddlers. There may be
[5:17:29]
pauses, there may be prohibitions
[5:17:30]
on certain types
[5:17:33]
of activities during that time
[5:17:35]
period within that particular event
[5:17:36]
zone in order to avoid
[5:17:39]
there being activity that could be
[5:17:41]
dangerous and negatively impactful
[5:17:42]
to the kinds of operations
[5:17:45]
that are going on there that we
[5:17:47]
want to have going on there that are
[5:17:48]
fully regulated and
[5:17:50]
authorized. And so we'll try to get
[5:17:51]
that back to all of you sooner rather
[5:17:52]
than later.
[5:17:57]
there's certain kind of
[5:18:00]
standards that the nfl is looking
[5:18:01]
for, you
[5:18:02]
know in that. Because they have an
[5:18:03]
interest in that as
[5:18:06]
well. There's certain legal limitations on our
[5:18:07]
ability to
[5:18:08]
do that, both under state law, as
[5:18:09]
you know, with respect
[5:18:11]
to peddlers, because we had to be
[5:18:12]
very careful with how
[5:18:14]
we drafted that ordinance. There's first
[5:18:15]
amendment provisions that
[5:18:18]
event us from limiting content of
[5:18:21]
the kinds
[5:18:23]
of advertising that is done within
[5:18:24]
a particular area. But we're
[5:18:27]
working on that and are going to try to
[5:18:28]
get that in
[5:18:29]
front of you as soon as possible.
[5:18:30]
there may be unique
[5:18:33]
carve-outs for circumstances of
[5:18:34]
thupgs that we want to encourage and
[5:18:36]
allow. There could
[5:18:38]
be a back and forth process before
[5:18:39]
it's finally approved.
[5:18:42]
I'm looking at you but try to talk
[5:18:43]
into my
[5:18:44]
microphone at the same time.
[5:18:45]
>> I'll just
[5:18:46]
say it.
[5:18:47]
the city and on our public safety
[5:18:48]
departments are very much
[5:18:50]
interested in a special event zone.
[5:18:51]
and there's mutual interest
[5:18:53]
with all parties to have a special
[5:18:54]
event zone.
[5:18:58]
the next question was
[5:18:59]
related to the provisions around advance of
[5:19:01]
50% of
[5:19:04]
the then
[5:19:05]
due cost to be paid by december 25th.
[5:19:09]
there were a number of questions related
[5:19:10]
to
[5:19:12]
that. So we'll just combine a few
[5:19:13]
of them.
[5:19:16]
one, I know there was a question
[5:19:19]
from
[5:19:22]
councilmember suds.
[5:19:23]
councilmember chahal, you were spot on.
[5:19:28]
the 50% of 5. X million
[5:19:29]
is the amount that would be due at that
[5:19:31]
point because we will already
[5:19:33]
have been paid the planning costs, and those are
[5:19:35]
being paid on a per-invoice basis.
[5:19:37]
it's 50% of the
[5:19:40]
remaining amount which is 5. X, I'm
[5:19:43]
blanking on the number, but
[5:19:46]
that's --5.2.
[5:19:49]
so that's why it's half of that.
[5:19:50]
>>
[5:19:51]
yeah, that was designed to give an
[5:19:52]
estimate, right? It is going to be what it is at
[5:19:53]
the time.
[5:19:58]
I mean, to get to
[5:20:01]
member cox's question, using the
[5:20:04]
november, there are two specific
[5:20:07]
time periods by which we're
[5:20:08]
providing updated cost estimates.
[5:20:10]
one is november 15th,
[5:20:12]
and I think the other was january
[5:20:13]
15th.
[5:20:15]
and you're right, the january 15th would
[5:20:16]
be
[5:20:19]
ideal. There potentially is a shift
[5:20:20]
in
[5:20:21]
costs between those time periods.
[5:20:22]
that was
[5:20:24]
a negotiated time period, because that
[5:20:25]
was the
[5:20:27]
the one before when that payment was due.
[5:20:33]
if, in fact, there are changes, either
[5:20:34]
up
[5:20:35]
or down between that period of time,
[5:20:37]
you're right, the
[5:20:39]
50% wouldn't perfectly capture that.
[5:20:42]
so that's how the term was negotiated,
[5:20:43]
to use
[5:20:46]
the actual most recent updated
[5:20:47]
event costs that need to be submitted.
[5:20:49]
in this case, it's the november
[5:20:51]
15th one.
[5:20:52]
>> I will add that there's
[5:20:53]
another
[5:20:54]
provision in the agreement where we
[5:20:55]
need to notify bay area host
[5:20:56]
committee any time there's a potential
[5:20:58]
increase in costs more than
[5:21:00]
5%. And so that is a trigger. If we
[5:21:01]
hit
[5:21:03]
that trigger before the december 25th,
[5:21:04]
irrespective
[5:21:06]
of that november 15th and january
[5:21:07]
15th date, we will do
[5:21:09]
that. We've actually been living by
[5:21:10]
that provision even though
[5:21:12]
the agreement hasn't been in effect.
[5:21:13]
so for example,
[5:21:16]
as you have approved labor
[5:21:17]
agreement changes and compensation
[5:21:18]
changes for our employees, we've had
[5:21:20]
those discussions with the parties
[5:21:22]
and have updated costs on
[5:21:23]
a more regular basis, and that process
[5:21:25]
will continue.
[5:21:31]
there was a question
[5:21:32]
from councilmember cox around the
[5:21:34]
backstop and stadco, and that
[5:21:37]
was repeated by
[5:21:40]
other councilmembers. So I think the
[5:21:43]
best way to start that response
[5:21:46]
is to go to jihad
[5:21:49]
beechman, who's on from the
[5:21:52]
49ers executive vice president and
[5:21:54]
general counsel. City clerk, is mr.
[5:21:55]
beechman
[5:21:57]
on line? So mr. Beechman, will you --
[5:21:58]
I know
[5:22:01]
you've been listening did the conversation.
[5:22:03]
will you expound upon that point and then we will take from it
[5:22:04]
there?
[5:22:07]
>>
[5:22:09]
yep, thanks, everyone. I appreciate
[5:22:10]
you guys allowing
[5:22:12]
me to speak today. Thank you, board,
[5:22:13]
for
[5:22:15]
considering this one. You know, we
[5:22:18]
certainly as an organization appreciate
[5:22:19]
that the city
[5:22:22]
absolutely needs to have its costs
[5:22:23]
reimbursed.
[5:22:25]
that's something that we've understood
[5:22:27]
have appreciated since the opening
[5:22:28]
of the
[5:22:30]
building. And that's something that
[5:22:31]
it's not just the
[5:22:34]
city, but it's also the
[5:22:36]
lenders who put up the significant
[5:22:37]
dollars to actually
[5:22:40]
build the building. And so
[5:22:43]
as part of building levi's
[5:22:45]
stadium, there was a very concrete
[5:22:46]
system that was put in
[5:22:48]
place to handle these types of expenses.
[5:22:49]
these
[5:22:52]
operating expenses, as well as
[5:22:54]
all of the other obligations of stadco, who
[5:22:55]
is the
[5:22:58]
tenant of the building. 49ers sc stadium
[5:22:59]
company,
[5:23:01]
llc. And that system was
[5:23:03]
put together by the lenders along with
[5:23:04]
the scsa and
[5:23:06]
along with the 49ers to ensure that
[5:23:07]
all
[5:23:09]
of these types of costs get reimbursed.
[5:23:12]
what you see through the first 11
[5:23:13]
years of the stadium, now
[5:23:16]
in our 12th year at the stadium,
[5:23:19]
this is system has absolutely worked.
[5:23:20]
it has led
[5:23:22]
to the payment of hundreds of
[5:23:24]
millions of dollars of obligations,
[5:23:25]
tens of millions of dollars to the
[5:23:26]
city
[5:23:27]
for public safety costs, hundreds
[5:23:30]
of millions of dollars to the santa
[5:23:31]
clara stadium authority in
[5:23:33]
rent, hundreds of millions of dollars
[5:23:34]
to lenders.
[5:23:37]
all through the financial plumbing that
[5:23:40]
was created in coordination with those
[5:23:41]
lenders.
[5:23:43]
so what that does is it has certain
[5:23:44]
revenues that
[5:23:46]
are coming from the stadium that
[5:23:49]
are better derived
[5:23:51]
from whether it's sweet revenues that
[5:23:52]
flow to stadco,
[5:23:54]
flow towards these expenses to ensure
[5:23:55]
that the people
[5:23:57]
who have, you know, helped make this
[5:23:58]
stadium possible, which includes
[5:24:01]
the lenders, the city, and the santa clara
[5:24:03]
authority, receive the amounts that are
[5:24:04]
owed by them.
[5:24:07]
and so this idea that
[5:24:08]
stadco possibly would not be able
[5:24:10]
to pay these
[5:24:13]
amounts, I think we have a fairly
[5:24:14]
strong
[5:24:15]
record of 11 years of performing and
[5:24:16]
paying those amounts.
[5:24:19]
and also a significant record to the tune of
[5:24:20]
hundreds
[5:24:21]
of millions of dollars in paying those
[5:24:22]
amounts. I did want
[5:24:25]
to addressaddress comment that
[5:24:28]
was mentioned about the primary asset
[5:24:29]
is already
[5:24:31]
city owned. Stadco
[5:24:33]
has invested hundreds of millions of
[5:24:34]
dollars back
[5:24:36]
into the stadium. It owns property
[5:24:37]
at
[5:24:39]
the stadium that is completely separate from
[5:24:40]
the property that is owned by the
[5:24:43]
city. And so this is the financial
[5:24:46]
structure that has been put in
[5:24:48]
place to exactly deal with this issue, with
[5:24:50]
these obligations that come
[5:24:52]
from public safety costs, obligations
[5:24:53]
that come from
[5:24:54]
the santa clara stadium authority
[5:24:56]
in the city.
[5:24:57]
they've been put in place for a reason,
[5:24:59]
and they've
[5:25:00]
been extremely successful in the time
[5:25:02]
we've been at the stadium.
[5:25:03]
while we certainly appreciate the
[5:25:05]
desire for the
[5:25:07]
city to have as many protections as
[5:25:09]
possible, you know, we believe that
[5:25:10]
the protections that were put in place
[5:25:13]
by the lenders and were agreed to
[5:25:14]
by
[5:25:15]
the santa clara stadium authority,
[5:25:17]
that those
[5:25:18]
have worked in all this particular
[5:25:20]
deal does
[5:25:21]
is actually add additional guardrails
[5:25:23]
to the protections that
[5:25:24]
have worked. By having that up-front
[5:25:26]
payment, which isn't something
[5:25:28]
that's required under the lease or
[5:25:29]
that has been put
[5:25:31]
in place for previous events other than
[5:25:34]
the super bowl that occurred for super bowl
[5:25:37]
50, but these additional guardrails,
[5:25:38]
these
[5:25:39]
additional timetables and interest
[5:25:42]
charges provide even more protection to
[5:25:44]
the city
[5:25:45]
and stadium authority that has ever
[5:25:47]
existed before.
[5:25:49]
so that's why we feel confident that this
[5:25:52]
is a deal that ensures that the city
[5:25:53]
will get its
[5:25:54]
amounts that it puts forward for this event refunded.
[5:25:59]
>> mr.
[5:26:00]
beechman, I know we've talked about
[5:26:02]
it before. Can you articulate
[5:26:05]
just for the board why
[5:26:07]
the 49ers were comfortable having
[5:26:08]
teamco
[5:26:11]
as the backstop for fifa and how that's
[5:26:12]
distinctly different for the super
[5:26:14]
bowl vis-a-vis
[5:26:16]
stadco?
[5:26:17]
>> yeah, so this is structured
[5:26:18]
in a
[5:26:19]
way where this is still remains an
[5:26:20]
nfl event, right? So
[5:26:23]
the fifa event is a
[5:26:25]
nonnfl event, and thus stadco did
[5:26:26]
not have
[5:26:27]
that contractual obligation under
[5:26:29]
the lease to reimburse for those
[5:26:31]
amounts. It wasn't in a position for
[5:26:32]
stadco
[5:26:35]
to be the one to
[5:26:37]
guarantee under that agreement. That's
[5:26:38]
where team
[5:26:40]
company did make that assertion. This, on the
[5:26:41]
record,
[5:26:44]
because it's an nfl event, is specifically
[5:26:46]
structure under the lease in our financial
[5:26:47]
documents with lenders
[5:26:49]
to pay these amounts unless stadco
[5:26:50]
can make
[5:26:51]
that commitment under this agreement.
[5:26:53]
so that's why in this case
[5:26:55]
it really is the appropriate party
[5:26:56]
to
[5:26:58]
be making that commitment to reimburse those
[5:26:59]
public safety
[5:27:01]
costs, because that's what was agreed
[5:27:02]
to by the lenders,
[5:27:04]
by the stadium authority, and by us
[5:27:05]
when the
[5:27:06]
financial plumbing for this entire system was created.
[5:27:11]
>> I have a question.
[5:27:17]
so the money that flows through
[5:27:20]
the stadium authorityauthority
[5:27:23]
through stadco, that --
[5:27:26]
that's all created by the
[5:27:28]
stadium authority. And the tenant
[5:27:29]
improvements
[5:27:31]
that you're talking about, the hundreds
[5:27:32]
of millions of dollars that you
[5:27:35]
put in there, they're
[5:27:37]
not real estate assets and they cannot
[5:27:38]
be easily
[5:27:40]
liquidated or pledged as general collateral.
[5:27:44]
so what
[5:27:46]
assets besides personal property assets
[5:27:47]
on the
[5:27:50]
stadium does stadco have to
[5:27:53]
backstop this in the event the bay
[5:27:54]
area
[5:27:55]
host committee is not able to pay the bills?
[5:27:59]
>> it would be an obligation
[5:28:02]
of stadco under our trust documents.
[5:28:05]
so, as I'm sure you're aware, there is
[5:28:06]
an
[5:28:08]
entire system that sits above stadco in
[5:28:11]
the stadium authority with trustings
[5:28:12]
and
[5:28:13]
subaccounts, trust accounts that hold
[5:28:14]
revenue. And
[5:28:17]
those dollars areare flows
[5:28:19]
through in order to pay down these
[5:28:20]
amounts. So while there are
[5:28:23]
additional assets that are owned
[5:28:25]
by stadco, separate property that's
[5:28:26]
at the
[5:28:28]
stadium, some of which is attached
[5:28:29]
to the stadium, some
[5:28:32]
of which is not attached to the
[5:28:34]
stadium. That's a secondary level
[5:28:35]
that
[5:28:36]
we don't believe that's even really
[5:28:38]
being contemplated here because of the
[5:28:39]
trust
[5:28:40]
account system that's been set up
[5:28:41]
where these
[5:28:43]
funds flow into these operating expense
[5:28:46]
accounts and are held specifically for
[5:28:47]
these purposes.
[5:28:48]
>> so
[5:28:49]
knowing that you say you have no issue or no problem
[5:28:53]
backstopping the potentially
[5:28:56]
millions of dollars for thethe super
[5:28:59]
bowl, is there any problem, then,
[5:29:00]
you putting
[5:29:02]
up some kind of security interest,
[5:29:03]
security document,
[5:29:05]
or a letter
[5:29:08]
of credit, to make sure that we can
[5:29:10]
show our public that this is a truly
[5:29:14]
backstopped
[5:29:16]
proposal and that if you don't need
[5:29:17]
it, you
[5:29:19]
just don't touch the letter of credit.
[5:29:20]
it's just not touched.
[5:29:21]
if you truly pay your bills. Do you have a problem with that?
[5:29:26]
>> what I would say is that's
[5:29:28]
not contemplated under the agreements
[5:29:29]
that we have. That
[5:29:31]
we've all, you know, reviewed and
[5:29:32]
agreed to as part
[5:29:35]
of this system of financial --of
[5:29:37]
financial plumbing is that the system
[5:29:38]
is set up
[5:29:40]
for this specific purpose, to pay
[5:29:41]
these expenses.
[5:29:43]
and having some separate guarantee --
[5:29:44]
it would be no different
[5:29:47]
than requiring that stadco put forward
[5:29:50]
separate guarantee for its own public
[5:29:51]
safety costs
[5:29:53]
for the events to
[5:29:55]
reason burse for those events. The
[5:29:56]
system is set up to
[5:29:58]
already pay those amounts directly
[5:29:59]
from these
[5:30:01]
subaccounts that get transferred over.
[5:30:02]
so the idea that
[5:30:05]
there would be a separate letter of
[5:30:07]
guarantee, stadco itself can't take
[5:30:08]
out additional --is not
[5:30:10]
intended to take out additional letters
[5:30:11]
of credit for this dollar
[5:30:13]
purpose, or just general debt outside
[5:30:14]
of the system that's been created
[5:30:16]
by the lenders. And that's a requirement of
[5:30:17]
the lenders.
[5:30:19]
they've created this system to be
[5:30:20]
a closed system
[5:30:23]
and only allow additional debt and
[5:30:24]
only
[5:30:27]
allow letters of credit and only
[5:30:29]
allow dollars to go out as they've
[5:30:30]
been prescribed
[5:30:32]
in the financial documents, the credit
[5:30:33]
agreements
[5:30:34]
and the trust agreements. So I get, you
[5:30:36]
know, the
[5:30:39]
desire to have this second
[5:30:40]
layer beyond what's already been created.
[5:30:41]
but what I'm trying to explain, and
[5:30:43]
it's possible that I'm not doing a
[5:30:45]
great job of explaining
[5:30:46]
that, this system was really created
[5:30:48]
for this express purpose.
[5:30:51]
and so
[5:30:53]
the protections are already --already
[5:30:54]
exist for the
[5:30:55]
city, already exist for the stadium
[5:30:57]
authority, and already exist for
[5:30:59]
the lenders to have all of these amounts
[5:31:02]
reimbursed. So it doesn't really contemplate
[5:31:03]
some additional
[5:31:05]
layer outside of what's already been created
[5:31:06]
for
[5:31:09]
there too be a letter
[5:31:10]
of credit outside of that. That's
[5:31:12]
not something
[5:31:13]
that's contemplated and nothing something
[5:31:15]
we're prepared to do and it's
[5:31:16]
not clear the lenders would allow
[5:31:18]
us to do that. What I'm trying
[5:31:21]
to impress upon both the council and
[5:31:23]
the public, there really is a system
[5:31:24]
that's already been
[5:31:27]
created for this express pump and
[5:31:28]
has worked to the tune of hundreds
[5:31:29]
of millions of dollars in the past.
[5:31:32]
>> we're negotiating a new agreement
[5:31:33]
now. The
[5:31:35]
system that's in place is for the
[5:31:36]
operations of the stadium. This is a
[5:31:38]
new agreement for super bowl. Are you
[5:31:39]
saying you can't get
[5:31:40]
a letter of credit because you don't have any assets?
[5:31:45]
>> we certainly have
[5:31:47]
assets. And so that's not the issue
[5:31:49]
here. There are simply restrictions
[5:31:51]
that are put in place
[5:31:53]
by the lenders and by the agreements
[5:31:54]
that we've
[5:31:56]
all signed that don't contemplate
[5:31:57]
what
[5:31:59]
is being suggested here today because
[5:32:00]
that protection
[5:32:02]
already exists within the system.
[5:32:03]
and
[5:32:05]
so if there was some other obligation that
[5:32:06]
was
[5:32:08]
being created outside of what's contemplated
[5:32:09]
in our lease
[5:32:11]
documents and our funding documents,
[5:32:12]
that would be something separate.
[5:32:14]
but this is something that actually
[5:32:15]
falls into
[5:32:17]
the fold of what already exists in
[5:32:20]
specifically condemn mated by those documents
[5:32:21]
themselves.
[5:32:23]
there are certainly assets that we
[5:32:24]
have. That's not a
[5:32:27]
concern that we have. There are certain
[5:32:28]
revenue streams that we have that
[5:32:30]
are specifically going to subaccounts
[5:32:32]
that are intended to pay the operating
[5:32:34]
expenses of stadco, of which this would
[5:32:36]
be one. And so
[5:32:39]
those are what we are saying have
[5:32:40]
existed and have not had any question
[5:32:42]
of them for
[5:32:43]
the first 11 years that we've been
[5:32:45]
at the stadium and have paid
[5:32:47]
all of the debts, even in times where
[5:32:48]
we've had
[5:32:50]
disagreements over what amounts should
[5:32:51]
have been owed.
[5:32:53]
we have made those payments in full.
[5:32:56]
I think we have a pretty good record
[5:32:57]
of doing that in past.
[5:33:00]
>> okay, so without a
[5:33:02]
letter of credit, there is no guarantee
[5:33:03]
for us that we will get
[5:33:06]
our
[5:33:09]
expenses
[5:33:10]
paid back if the bay area host committee
[5:33:12]
cannot pay them. And you're
[5:33:13]
saying based on what you've done in
[5:33:15]
the past for the
[5:33:16]
operations of the stadium, not for
[5:33:18]
a sub. This is different. That's
[5:33:19]
why it's called out differently in the stadium
[5:33:21]
agreement.
[5:33:24]
because it's a separate --it's a separate
[5:33:25]
event. It's not under the provisions of
[5:33:27]
the other agreement.
[5:33:32]
it's separate. That's what we're negotiating
[5:33:33]
right now. So --
[5:33:34]
>> I think --
[5:33:36]
well, I'll just note again that
[5:33:38]
the agreements contemplate stadco's
[5:33:39]
obligations for
[5:33:41]
all nfl games. It doesn't specifically
[5:33:45]
call out a separate --that there
[5:33:46]
wouldn't be the obligation for a super bowl.
[5:33:48]
and in fact,
[5:33:51]
the way that that lending documents
[5:33:52]
are
[5:33:53]
structured generally, nfl games fall
[5:33:54]
under
[5:33:57]
one umbrella and nonnfl events fall
[5:33:58]
under
[5:33:59]
a separate umbrella. Because this
[5:34:00]
event falls
[5:34:03]
under that nfl game umbrella, it is
[5:34:04]
covered
[5:34:05]
by that stadco obligation to reimburse for
[5:34:06]
those expenses.
[5:34:12]
>> we're going in circles. Thank you.
[5:34:15]
>> madam mayor, I'll point one thing
[5:34:18]
out about the super bowl 50
[5:34:21]
agreement. Doesn't answer your question
[5:34:22]
any
[5:34:23]
differently, but just for context.
[5:34:24]
the super bowl 50
[5:34:27]
agreement contemplated the parties
[5:34:30]
exploring obtain agler of
[5:34:33]
credit. But no one has any evidence that
[5:34:34]
was
[5:34:35]
ever done.
[5:34:36]
>> that's because we said,
[5:34:37]
you pay whatever
[5:34:39]
the costs are. And they paid whatever
[5:34:40]
we billed
[5:34:41]
them for the costs. This is different.
[5:34:45]
this is saying, they'll
[5:34:46]
pay approved, qualified costs --
[5:34:47]
>>
[5:34:48]
it's actually no the madam mayor.
[5:34:50]
this language is better than what
[5:34:51]
it said in super bowl 50. It's not --
[5:34:54]
it's not
[5:34:57]
the way your describe it.
[5:34:58]
>> and we
[5:34:59]
had issues with super bowl 50.
[5:35:00]
>>
[5:35:01]
I'm with you.
[5:35:02]
>>
[5:35:03]
we had huge issues. That's why our
[5:35:04]
mayor left, our
[5:35:05]
city manager left after, our city attorney
[5:35:06]
left after,
[5:35:08]
and our finance director left after.
[5:35:09]
>> I'm not trying to -->> there
[5:35:11]
was monkey business going on because
[5:35:12]
of this. That's
[5:35:15]
why I'm extra careful this time
[5:35:17]
around that our public is protected.
[5:35:18]
>> I appreciate
[5:35:20]
that, mayor.
[5:35:21]
>> 100%. >> I'm not trying
[5:35:22]
to --
[5:35:23]
>> that's what
[5:35:24]
I'm hoping that you would all support.
[5:35:26]
making sure the public is protected
[5:35:29]
and backstopped.
[5:35:30]
>> I appreciate that,
[5:35:31]
madam mayor, and I'm
[5:35:33]
not trying to hold up super bowl
[5:35:36]
50, either for derace
[5:35:39]
or exultation. I'm just giving
[5:35:41]
context there was additional security
[5:35:42]
contemplated back then. All the
[5:35:45]
amounts were reimbursed back then,
[5:35:46]
although I don't think
[5:35:47]
they were as carefully accounted for
[5:35:48]
as they are being accounted for now.
[5:35:49]
>>
[5:35:50]
exactly, they weren't.
[5:35:51]
>> there was at
[5:35:52]
least even recorded
[5:35:53]
a few hundred thousand dollars not
[5:35:54]
reimbursed,
[5:35:57]
mayor. But all
[5:36:00]
of that had conditions on it and
[5:36:03]
approval rights of the party that
[5:36:06]
those costs were being submitted to.
[5:36:09]
would offer to you that this is a
[5:36:10]
much
[5:36:12]
more thought out, much more
[5:36:16]
detailed mechanism for
[5:36:18]
us obtaining those costs. And the
[5:36:19]
actual
[5:36:22]
and reasonable
[5:36:23]
cost costs concept is built into the
[5:36:25]
stadium lease itself.
[5:36:26]
it was built into the super bowl 50 agreement.
[5:36:28]
and really, it's built
[5:36:30]
into this agreement, I think, but
[5:36:31]
with better
[5:36:32]
language and better protections and
[5:36:33]
dispute resolution mechanisms.
[5:36:34]
>>
[5:36:35]
the onerous system that you have to go through to get
[5:36:38]
reimbursed is unlike anything I've ever seen.
[5:36:42]
there is no streamlining anything
[5:36:43]
there.
[5:36:44]
and the fact that they get to approve
[5:36:46]
what they want to pay
[5:36:48]
us is not something anybody signing
[5:36:49]
any agreement in the world would ever agree to that.
[5:36:55]
>> I disdisagree. >>
[5:36:56]
because you're recommending it. So
[5:36:58]
I'm going to stop.
[5:37:00]
I know where this is going. Vice mayor
[5:37:01]
cox.
[5:37:02]
>>
[5:37:03]
I had two follow-up questions. One
[5:37:04]
in response,
[5:37:06]
city manager, to, again, the question
[5:37:10]
about beautification, which, you
[5:37:11]
know, allows to conversation to open
[5:37:13]
up about the things we're
[5:37:15]
potentially paying for that we necessarily
[5:37:17]
wouldn't if the super bowl was here.
[5:37:19]
do we have a way
[5:37:22]
to track and categorize
[5:37:23]
those expenses specifically? These
[5:37:25]
are
[5:37:27]
uniquely city costs, then that, we
[5:37:28]
will pay because the super
[5:37:30]
bowl is coming, but not reimbursable.
[5:37:31]
are those being tracked independently?
[5:37:34]
and
[5:37:36]
then my follow-up question, again --
[5:37:37]
thank you, mr.
[5:37:39]
beechman, I know this is frustrating --
[5:37:41]
but I do like that you doubled down
[5:37:43]
or tripled
[5:37:45]
down or maybe four times said $100
[5:37:46]
million. And I
[5:37:49]
misquoted it. It was not yahoo!
[5:37:52]
sports.
[5:37:54]
it was "the san francisco chronicle" saying
[5:37:55]
there have been hundreds of millions
[5:37:57]
of dollars supported --of support
[5:37:58]
in putting
[5:38:00]
this on, specifically this. And so I think
[5:38:01]
so
[5:38:02]
much of this hinges on the bay area host
[5:38:04]
committee having funds.
[5:38:07]
and I think my
[5:38:09]
hesitation is I routinely hear, those
[5:38:10]
not funding coming
[5:38:12]
in. I would be so much more comfortable
[5:38:13]
with this if somebody
[5:38:14]
was willing to say that that is accurate.
[5:38:16]
and I don't know that anybody
[5:38:19]
would be willing to right now say --
[5:38:21]
is there any accuracy in hundreds
[5:38:23]
of millions of dollars being generated
[5:38:25]
from the bay area host
[5:38:26]
committee? What I want is just --
[5:38:28]
I don't care to know about
[5:38:30]
your donors. I know there's confidentiality.
[5:38:31]
but can I
[5:38:33]
get the little thermometer that shows the
[5:38:34]
red line going up?
[5:38:37]
how close are we to our goal? I know
[5:38:39]
in our development plans, any major
[5:38:40]
project, we have to
[5:38:42]
see --we have to be accountable to
[5:38:43]
what we've
[5:38:45]
raised towards our goal. And so far,
[5:38:46]
there has been
[5:38:47]
no transparency on that. And that is concerning.
[5:38:52]
you know, we're being asked to prefund
[5:38:53]
this
[5:38:54]
for a company to come in --or a nonprofit
[5:38:55]
to come in and
[5:38:57]
pay us back. But there's not a disclosure of
[5:38:58]
how much money they've made.
[5:39:01]
so anybody want to
[5:39:02]
double down and say, yeah, we've got
[5:39:03]
hundreds of millions of dollars for this thing?
[5:39:10]
this on, putting this on?
[5:39:11]
>> just
[5:39:12]
following
[5:39:13]
up, that's why the backstop matters.
[5:39:14]
it really matters.
[5:39:15]
and that backstop has to be solid.
[5:39:19]
for our
[5:39:22]
public.
[5:39:24]
councilmember gonzalez?
[5:39:25]
>> thank you, madam mayor.
[5:39:28]
so my time on
[5:39:30]
the school board, there was different things
[5:39:34]
that I saw as far as myus with the
[5:39:35]
city
[5:39:37]
and such. We've learned from ten years
[5:39:38]
ago.
[5:39:40]
our staff which we entrust to help
[5:39:43]
us make
[5:39:46]
recommendations that we can live with
[5:39:48]
is something that we entrust our staff
[5:39:49]
to do. I think
[5:39:52]
that from what I've seen from this
[5:39:54]
agreement and the super bowl 50 agreement, this
[5:39:55]
is an improvement
[5:39:58]
on that agreement. As far as the
[5:40:01]
costs, obviously this is
[5:40:03]
10x costs. If you accumulate the 10
[5:40:04]
games that happened in the
[5:40:06]
regular season, this is --this one
[5:40:07]
game is going to cost
[5:40:09]
10 times that, as far as the public
[5:40:10]
safety
[5:40:13]
costs and the other costs
[5:40:16]
that are into that
[5:40:18]
as well. So we have many partners in
[5:40:19]
the city.
[5:40:21]
this is one of our partners. They
[5:40:24]
have stepped up as far as getting their obligation that
[5:40:25]
stadco
[5:40:28]
is the entity
[5:40:30]
we're dealing with. This is something
[5:40:31]
we've been dealing
[5:40:34]
with the last 12 years. It's not
[5:40:37]
that we have to have manco --I think
[5:40:39]
rightly stated as far as the fifa
[5:40:40]
event is
[5:40:43]
notnot nfl event. Either we look at the glass half
[5:40:44]
full or half empty.
[5:40:46]
I could tell you
[5:40:49]
that from the way that I --that
[5:40:51]
my life has evolved, right? If you
[5:40:52]
look at it
[5:40:53]
half empty, that's the way you're going to
[5:40:55]
look at it.
[5:40:58]
so as far as the recommendation
[5:41:00]
that the staff has --I'm not sure
[5:41:01]
if you're done answering all the questions.
[5:41:04]
>> no, we have a number of additional
[5:41:05]
questions that
[5:41:07]
we would like to go to.
[5:41:10]
the mayor asked a question, does
[5:41:13]
the current amount of $6. 4 million
[5:41:14]
include hotel costs? The answer is yes.
[5:41:17]
so
[5:41:19]
we've estimated hotel costs. There
[5:41:20]
are
[5:41:22]
team hotels as well as friends and
[5:41:25]
family hotels and nfl operations hotels
[5:41:27]
that will be in santa clara. And so
[5:41:29]
all of those security costs
[5:41:31]
have been estimated. As you know, with
[5:41:34]
all these costs, they may change.
[5:41:35]
and an important
[5:41:37]
note that I think we've said in our
[5:41:38]
prior
[5:41:39]
meetings. It's not a budget. Right?
[5:41:41]
it is an
[5:41:44]
estimate based on known
[5:41:45]
information. When that changes, I
[5:41:47]
update the estimate and
[5:41:49]
that will adjust the payment amounts as well as
[5:41:53]
the 50% deposit.
[5:41:59]
there were questions around
[5:42:01]
the dispute resolution process. We've
[5:42:02]
talked
[5:42:04]
a little bit about that with regard
[5:42:05]
to
[5:42:07]
qualified event expenses. I will say
[5:42:08]
that qualified
[5:42:10]
event expenses and the dispute resolution
[5:42:11]
process,
[5:42:13]
as we looked at this, is really a
[5:42:16]
very structured way that we do business
[5:42:17]
on a normal day-to-
[5:42:20]
day basis, right? If we have an
[5:42:23]
agreement with a vendor or even, let's
[5:42:26]
say, a developer, common.
[5:42:27]
very, very common. A developer submits
[5:42:29]
an application.
[5:42:31]
we then bill them for costs. We can't
[5:42:32]
bill them for
[5:42:33]
anything under the sun. And in fact,
[5:42:34]
when we give them the invoice, they have
[5:42:35]
the
[5:42:36]
ability to dispute that and say, we
[5:42:38]
don't think
[5:42:39]
that this was an eligible cost associated with
[5:42:41]
our development application.
[5:42:44]
because of the
[5:42:45]
heightened sensitivities, because of
[5:42:47]
the concerns, because
[5:42:50]
frankly I think this city has
[5:42:53]
a history of tensions with
[5:42:55]
the stadium and 49er entities. There
[5:42:56]
was a significant
[5:42:58]
amount of time that was dedicated to
[5:42:59]
define
[5:43:02]
what would be qualified event
[5:43:03]
expenses. There was frankly concern on
[5:43:05]
the other side that the city would
[5:43:07]
attempt to put costs that weren't
[5:43:08]
really
[5:43:10]
related to the event on the invoice.
[5:43:13]
we saud about that and created language
[5:43:17]
around that such that there's a process,
[5:43:20]
right?
[5:43:21]
with anyone that we bill, they take a look at the
[5:43:23]
invoice. If they feel that's not appropriate,
[5:43:25]
they certainly dispute it. And because of
[5:43:26]
the
[5:43:29]
timeline also, we embedded
[5:43:32]
in a process
[5:43:34]
where if something was disputed, they have
[5:43:35]
to pay that invoice.
[5:43:37]
because we wanted to keep going. Let's
[5:43:38]
say that there is a
[5:43:39]
dispute on a cost. We didn't want
[5:43:41]
that to stop our planning
[5:43:43]
process, right? And so I'll turn it
[5:43:44]
over to the city
[5:43:47]
attorney now to talk about
[5:43:48]
that language in the agreement. Because it
[5:43:50]
was very,
[5:43:52]
very purposeful on how we structured
[5:43:53]
that.
[5:43:56]
I can do it too.
[5:43:57]
>> looking at something
[5:43:58]
else, which language?
[5:43:59]
>> my question
[5:44:00]
was about the
[5:44:01]
estimated costs for disputes. Not
[5:44:02]
about the dispute
[5:44:05]
process.
[5:44:06]
>> oh, yeah, yeah. >> if there
[5:44:07]
is disputes, which there will be,
[5:44:08]
what did you estimate the cost
[5:44:11]
to be? That was my question.
[5:44:13]
>> and I've actually made an inquiry
[5:44:14]
with mohammad
[5:44:17]
wali
[5:44:20]
sada, madam, who has represented us
[5:44:21]
in litigation
[5:44:23]
with the 49ers over this.
[5:44:26]
and he doesn't
[5:44:28]
have just just --a single purpose
[5:44:29]
estimate of what the
[5:44:32]
cost would be, right? It would vary
[5:44:33]
dramatically
[5:44:35]
on exactly what the dispute was, how
[5:44:36]
much money
[5:44:38]
was in dispute, you know in
[5:44:39]
the complexity of the issues, you
[5:44:41]
know, involved. We did, however,
[5:44:43]
design this purposefully in order
[5:44:47]
to, again, be a process that
[5:44:50]
is likely to be less expensive than
[5:44:51]
full-
[5:44:52]
blown litigation. Using arbitration
[5:44:53]
and expedited
[5:44:55]
arbitration. So sorry, I'm going to
[5:44:56]
give you a lawyer's
[5:44:58]
answer. It depends on the nature of
[5:44:59]
the dispute. But
[5:45:01]
we've tried to design the process
[5:45:02]
in a
[5:45:04]
way that manages costs on all sides in order to
[5:45:05]
resolve things effectively.
[5:45:17]
>> there was a
[5:45:19]
question by councilmember chahal about
[5:45:20]
the impact of
[5:45:21]
the sales tax during the super bowl.
[5:45:23]
we do not
[5:45:25]
have those numbers. There has been
[5:45:26]
an economic
[5:45:28]
impact study that the bay area --
[5:45:29]
the host committee
[5:45:32]
produced that provided estimates
[5:45:34]
county-wide. They are working to get
[5:45:35]
estimates specific
[5:45:37]
to cities as well as, you know, we
[5:45:41]
committed
[5:45:43]
to hire a economic consultant to do a
[5:45:44]
review of what
[5:45:47]
the impact is to santa clara and do
[5:45:49]
a comparative analysis pre-super bowl
[5:45:50]
and post-super bowl. We'll be conducting that
[5:45:51]
analysis.
[5:45:56]
next, there was a question by
[5:45:59]
councilmember hardy and
[5:46:02]
councilmember
[5:46:04]
gonzalez, really talking about if
[5:46:05]
we approve
[5:46:08]
this tonight, is it a done deal?
[5:46:10]
or what happens if the host committee
[5:46:11]
does not agree? I'll
[5:46:13]
say, similar to the process with the
[5:46:14]
assignment and assumption agreement,
[5:46:17]
you remember the city council
[5:46:20]
adopted the terms of the assignment
[5:46:21]
and assumption
[5:46:23]
agreement, and then it went through
[5:46:24]
an approval
[5:46:25]
process and the bay area host committee
[5:46:26]
took that to
[5:46:29]
their board, and only after that did
[5:46:30]
staff
[5:46:32]
sign.
[5:46:33]
>> just to add to that, there
[5:46:35]
are a couple of nuances to this agreement
[5:46:36]
that are
[5:46:38]
still under discussion to refine the
[5:46:39]
terms.
[5:46:41]
it is still, even
[5:46:44]
show the draft is substantially
[5:46:45]
final, something that we're asking
[5:46:47]
the council to approve with
[5:46:49]
some delegation of authority on our
[5:46:50]
part to finalize those terms. One of
[5:46:53]
the things that's still outstanding
[5:46:54]
is --are some of
[5:46:55]
the details of that termination provision
[5:46:56]
that I told you I don't
[5:46:59]
like so much.
[5:47:02]
to determine the extent to which we
[5:47:03]
might
[5:47:06]
also receive the
[5:47:08]
cancelation fee, if in fact we elect
[5:47:09]
to terminate
[5:47:12]
the convention
[5:47:14]
center agreement and the extent to
[5:47:15]
which
[5:47:17]
amounts that are on deposit with us would
[5:47:18]
be returned.
[5:47:21]
so there are
[5:47:23]
some, again, kind of lawyers issues
[5:47:24]
in the
[5:47:26]
unholy circumstance if, in fact, we're
[5:47:27]
in termination discussions with them so close to the event.
[5:47:33]
so there
[5:47:36]
are things like that still
[5:47:38]
being discussed and will be finalized
[5:47:39]
by
[5:47:41]
staff if you approve this agreement.
[5:47:42]
the other thing that of course is
[5:47:45]
not final yet,
[5:47:47]
that we talked about a little earlier
[5:47:48]
as
[5:47:50]
the special event zone itself. That will
[5:47:51]
be coming
[5:47:53]
back to you and the council will be
[5:47:54]
given
[5:47:57]
an opportunity to consider,
[5:47:58]
comment, approve that, send it back
[5:48:00]
to us for additional work
[5:48:01]
depending what you think about it at the
[5:48:03]
time. This doesn't
[5:48:05]
bind you to approve that but it clearly
[5:48:07]
creates the expectation that --an
[5:48:09]
obligation on staff to bring something
[5:48:12]
to you that meets the
[5:48:14]
criteria of the event.the and then you'll have the
[5:48:15]
discretion to approve it or not.
[5:48:21]
I'm sorry, on
[5:48:22]
where bay area host committee is at
[5:48:24]
with their approval, one of
[5:48:27]
the things
[5:48:29]
that exasperated me, that's the right
[5:48:30]
word about
[5:48:33]
the fifa
[5:48:36]
agreement was it tooktook
[5:48:37]
longer than any of us thought to get
[5:48:39]
to their board
[5:48:41]
for approval. They don't have a specific board
[5:48:42]
meeting now scheduled for this.
[5:48:45]
but have assured me
[5:48:47]
that it is a short-term exercise,
[5:48:48]
not the
[5:48:50]
couple of months exercise that it was to
[5:48:51]
have
[5:48:52]
the fifa agreement hanging out there
[5:48:54]
for much longer
[5:48:56]
than anyone was comfortable. And obviously
[5:48:57]
we're
[5:48:58]
that much closer to the super bowl
[5:49:00]
agreement as well. And so they
[5:49:03]
want this pinned down I think as eagerly as we
[5:49:06]
do.
[5:49:08]
and so our expectation is that would
[5:49:09]
go to
[5:49:12]
them in relatively short order,
[5:49:13]
and we of course report that out to
[5:49:15]
you with a final version of the
[5:49:18]
agreement, like we provided you for fifa
[5:49:21]
suns once it was final, 29al. Then
[5:49:24]
a schedule for their board
[5:49:27]
approval. I do believe
[5:49:30]
that the 49ers approval
[5:49:32]
is something that is not --does not
[5:49:33]
require board
[5:49:35]
approval, and that would be a very
[5:49:36]
expa
[5:49:37]
tighted internal process with their
[5:49:39]
leadership group.
[5:49:40]
>> and I'll just
[5:49:42]
add to that. So this
[5:49:45]
agreement's before you with --
[5:49:46]
in substantial completion form with
[5:49:48]
a few remain items
[5:49:51]
you typically delegate to staff. I
[5:49:52]
will say
[5:49:54]
while we know that oftentimes venue
[5:49:57]
agreements are signed late, because of
[5:50:00]
the complicated nature of these
[5:50:02]
negotiations, we've sort of been dual
[5:50:03]
tracking negotiating
[5:50:06]
and preparing. And we're really looking
[5:50:09]
forward to only focusing
[5:50:10]
on preparing and all the work that
[5:50:12]
is ahead.
[5:50:14]
so we're certainly before you tonight
[5:50:15]
comfortable
[5:50:18]
quit the terms that have been
[5:50:21]
presented to you about able
[5:50:22]
to respond to any additional questions
[5:50:24]
you have. I think the last question
[5:50:25]
that we
[5:50:27]
have not
[5:50:30]
responded to
[5:50:33]
is a question from councilmember jain,
[5:50:35]
the tlt occupancy tax waived in 2016.
[5:50:36]
we have
[5:50:38]
not found a record of that actually
[5:50:39]
being waived.
[5:50:42]
we know it was talked about and envisioned,
[5:50:43]
but
[5:50:44]
we do not believe that was actually
[5:50:45]
waived, or at least we
[5:50:47]
have not been able to find a record of
[5:50:48]
it.
[5:50:49]
>> I have one question.
[5:50:54]
when did the last interim funding agreemen expire?
[5:50:59]
>> it has not expired. >> is there
[5:51:00]
any
[5:51:01]
money in it? Is there any money left?
[5:51:03]
>> yes.
[5:51:06]
we actually I guess had a
[5:51:09]
summary of that. I
[5:51:11]
think when we send the next invoice,
[5:51:12]
we will
[5:51:15]
cross that $250,000
[5:51:17]
trigger. And we'll come right up next to
[5:51:18]
it. And
[5:51:20]
we will be executing if this agreement
[5:51:24]
is not passed a extension.
[5:51:25]
>> an extension
[5:51:26]
with money?
[5:51:27]
>> with additional funds.
[5:51:28]
>> I've seen some of your
[5:51:29]
extensions, they have no money in
[5:51:30]
them.
[5:51:31]
>> that's because we had
[5:51:32]
additional money left, we hadn't reached
[5:51:33]
the financial
[5:51:35]
threshold. The way the amendments
[5:51:36]
have
[5:51:38]
occurred, they have either ben an
[5:51:39]
amendment of time and dollars
[5:51:41]
or simply an amendment of time when we had additional dollars
[5:51:42]
left.
[5:51:45]
>>
[5:51:47]
okay. I won't organize that. But I
[5:51:48]
disagree with that.
[5:51:50]
>> I'm sorry, mayor, so this -->>
[5:51:51]
no, no,
[5:51:54]
stop, stop. I'm tired, I'll
[5:51:57]
forget my thought.
[5:51:58]
>> madam mayor, go.
[5:51:59]
>> see, now I forgot my thought. What was it?
[5:52:03]
oh, my god, I can't remember.
[5:52:06]
okay, go ahead. Then I'll think about
[5:52:08]
the.
[5:52:09]
>> I'm sorry, mayor. I'll buy you
[5:52:10]
some time. I
[5:52:11]
was going to say the current interim
[5:52:12]
funding agreement now
[5:52:15]
goes through the end of october. So
[5:52:16]
through
[5:52:17]
october 31st. But the city manager's right.
[5:52:20]
I think the most recent information,
[5:52:21]
we're about to submit an
[5:52:23]
invoice that brings us right up to
[5:52:24]
the
[5:52:26]
$250,000 amount. That will require
[5:52:27]
the additional funds.
[5:52:30]
>> well, and --okay, I remembered.
[5:52:31]
because when
[5:52:33]
we approved the fifa agreement, it
[5:52:34]
was
[5:52:35]
a long time before it was signed.
[5:52:36]
and there was no money in the
[5:52:38]
interim funding agreement. So we were working for free.
[5:52:42]
so I want to make sure
[5:52:45]
that --because
[5:52:47]
fifa hadn't signed it.
[5:52:48]
>> yeah. >>
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it took a long time.
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>> yeah,
[5:52:51]
the --
[5:52:52]
>> I remember contacting your
[5:52:53]
office, where's
[5:52:54]
our agreements?
[5:52:55]
>> yeah, it took a long
[5:52:56]
time, you're
[5:52:57]
right, mayor, for bay area host committee
[5:52:58]
board
[5:53:00]
to approve and to get the final fifa
[5:53:02]
approval. But we were actually collecting
[5:53:03]
money under
[5:53:06]
that agreement all along. It was not --
[5:53:07]
>> you didn't
[5:53:08]
put it on the website, that you were
[5:53:09]
collecting money.
[5:53:12]
>> that could be true, adam
[5:53:14]
mayor.
[5:53:15]
>> I want to make sure we're not
[5:53:16]
working for free when this
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takes forever to get signed andand
[5:53:21]
they --and we've run out of money
[5:53:24]
in the interim funding agreemen.
[5:53:25]
>>
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we'll
[5:53:27]
ensure there's one or the other.
[5:53:28]
>> the way
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I see
[5:53:30]
our city working right now, there's
[5:53:31]
a lot of work going on for super bowl.
[5:53:33]
a lot in all the departments. I want
[5:53:34]
to make sure we're getting reimbursed for that.
[5:53:40]
okay. Public, steve,
[5:53:41]
you've been waiting all night. Come on up.
[5:53:51]
we did get your letter too.
[5:53:52]
>> I'd
[5:53:53]
like to thank staff.
[5:53:55]
I've been through these
[5:53:58]
late-night ruling
[5:54:00]
meetings, it takes a toll. Okay, and --
[5:54:03]
also, for the comprehensive breakdown,
[5:54:04]
it's much
[5:54:05]
better than reading what's going on in our local paper.
[5:54:12]
mayor gillmor, councilmembers, like
[5:54:13]
you, I have concerns.
[5:54:16]
but I'm
[5:54:18]
glad to see that there were safeguards
[5:54:21]
and interim funding to prepare our
[5:54:22]
city for the upcoming super bowl.
[5:54:28]
the proposed agreement between
[5:54:31]
the city and the stadium
[5:54:33]
management company, in my mind, ensures santa clara will be
[5:54:34]
ready for this big event.
[5:54:37]
furthermore, it
[5:54:40]
demonstrates that
[5:54:41]
our city can handle world-class events.
[5:54:46]
these big
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events attract future
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business, and of course,
[5:54:54]
they're a boost to small and large
[5:54:55]
businesses that do business in santa clara.
[5:55:01]
and of course, it should be a
[5:55:04]
boon to our general fund.
[5:55:07]
thus, I urge
[5:55:10]
the council to support approving
[5:55:12]
this agreement. Thank you.
[5:55:13]
>> thank
[5:55:14]
you. Edward, go ahead, edward.
[5:55:19]
>> yeah, just
[5:55:22]
wanted to say that I believe if
[5:55:25]
this related project, that
[5:55:26]
their first few phases would have
[5:55:28]
gone through, especially with the
[5:55:30]
retail restaurants, hotels --that
[5:55:31]
we wouldn't have
[5:55:32]
this much stress going on with the city right now
[5:55:34]
as far as funding.
[5:55:37]
I think we'd be pretty
[5:55:39]
confident about how businesses would
[5:55:42]
be making a lot of money and some
[5:55:43]
of that
[5:55:44]
money, of course, would be going to
[5:55:46]
the city of santa clara. I remember
[5:55:48]
when joe montana wanted that hotel
[5:55:49]
and there was a sign right
[5:55:52]
across the street from levi's stadium,
[5:55:55]
north side there. I
[5:55:57]
think it was montana --maybe it said
[5:55:58]
future hotel for montana
[5:56:00]
or something. I remember it said montana
[5:56:01]
on that. Unfortunately, I don't
[5:56:03]
know what happened with that. I don't
[5:56:04]
know if it's
[5:56:06]
the york family put a stop to the
[5:56:07]
joe
[5:56:08]
montana family hotel. Can you imagine
[5:56:10]
all the people that would have wanted
[5:56:11]
to stay in that hotel for super bowl lx?
[5:56:16]
it's
[5:56:19]
unbelievable, the
[5:56:20]
lost opportunity this related -- I
[5:56:22]
know they talk about
[5:56:24]
how the pandemic was one of the reasons
[5:56:25]
why there was
[5:56:27]
a delay for the project. But there was three or four dlis
[5:56:28]
after that.
[5:56:33]
it's really frustrating to know we could
[5:56:34]
have made a lot
[5:56:37]
of money for the city if
[5:56:40]
we would have had them, you
[5:56:42]
know, at least in part complete the
[5:56:43]
retail restaurant,
[5:56:44]
hotel part of that portion of that project.
[5:56:49]
and it is really
[5:56:50]
frustrating, because I could see the
[5:56:52]
infighting going on because of the
[5:56:53]
money and
[5:56:54]
the funding. I don't think there would
[5:56:55]
be that much
[5:56:58]
infighting right now if related would
[5:57:00]
have done what they should have done
[5:57:01]
and proceeded with the
[5:57:03]
project and finalized that project
[5:57:04]
before fifa and
[5:57:06]
the super bowl. Like you said, we're
[5:57:07]
going to be dead and
[5:57:10]
gone by the time --if it will happen
[5:57:11]
again
[5:57:12]
where we'll have international soccer
[5:57:13]
matches and a super bowl in the same
[5:57:14]
year.
[5:57:15]
I know we'll probably get the super bowl
[5:57:16]
every ten years.
[5:57:19]
but it is very frustrating to
[5:57:21]
know that this lost opportunity happened
[5:57:22]
here. Thank you.
[5:57:25]
>> thank you, albert. All
[5:57:26]
right, I'm going to go to council.
[5:57:28]
councilmember gonzalez.
[5:57:34]
are you awake over there?
[5:57:35]
>>
[5:57:36]
I will make a motion for staff recommendation
[5:57:37]
to approve
[5:57:39]
the league event agreements with the bay
[5:57:40]
area host
[5:57:43]
committee, 49ers ssc and company
[5:57:46]
llc, stadium management company hlc
[5:57:47]
on
[5:57:49]
the terms, and substantially in the
[5:57:50]
form presented
[5:57:51]
and authorize the city manager and
[5:57:52]
executive director to finalize all terms
[5:57:54]
and cut the agreement in final form,
[5:57:58]
approve the stadium council, to authorize
[5:58:01]
and direct the city manager and city
[5:58:04]
director to take such other actions
[5:58:05]
as
[5:58:07]
are deemed necessary
[5:58:09]
and appropriate to termsterms of the
[5:58:10]
league agreement.
[5:58:11]
>> I'll second that.
[5:58:13]
all right.
[5:58:16]
we have a motion by councilmember
[5:58:17]
gonzalez,
[5:58:18]
seconded by councilmember hardy. No
[5:58:19]
surprise, I'm
[5:58:20]
not going to be supporting the motion.
[5:58:22]
I think the super
[5:58:24]
bowl's a great opportunity, but it
[5:58:25]
should never come at
[5:58:27]
the expense or the risk of the santa clara taxpayers.
[5:58:31]
I think that by requiring a
[5:58:34]
letter of credit or some kind of guarantee,
[5:58:37]
we ensure that every dollar we spend
[5:58:38]
on
[5:58:40]
public safety and city services is
[5:58:43]
reimbursed. This for me is about protecting
[5:58:46]
our residents, our
[5:58:49]
taxpayers, our city finances,
[5:58:51]
and most of all, our stadium authority.
[5:58:52]
so I will not
[5:58:53]
be supporting because I don't think
[5:58:55]
that this agreement does that.
[5:58:58]
councilmember park?
[5:59:01]
>> yeah, I hear this narrative quite a
[5:59:04]
bit about protecting
[5:59:07]
the taxpayers. And I can't help but
[5:59:08]
think this
[5:59:10]
is a very one-dimensional way of thinking.
[5:59:11]
if you're only looking the super bowl
[5:59:13]
or any event as an opportunity
[5:59:16]
and the costs drill related with the super
[5:59:17]
bowl or
[5:59:18]
the event are the only costs and the
[5:59:22]
only expenses and we're only
[5:59:25]
going to keep track of
[5:59:28]
monies with what we spend
[5:59:31]
and what we get back --I think that's
[5:59:33]
very one-dimensional way to look at events.
[5:59:34]
I think that we need to
[5:59:37]
look at
[5:59:40]
events as the color edward shrine
[5:59:41]
mentioned, that there
[5:59:43]
are a lot of ways that the city should
[5:59:45]
and could make money. There are a
[5:59:47]
lot of ways that we
[5:59:49]
should be able to make, you know,
[5:59:53]
money for the city that go
[5:59:55]
far beyond just our expenses and getting
[5:59:57]
reimbursements. I don't think we ever talk
[5:59:58]
about this. I don't think we talk
[5:59:59]
about this
[6:00:00]
because every single time it comes
[6:00:02]
up, we come up
[6:00:05]
against, well, we wish we had
[6:00:07]
done this. We wish that the entertainment
[6:00:08]
district near
[6:00:11]
the stadium had been activated.
[6:00:14]
or would be in play by the
[6:00:17]
time that we have super bowl lx
[6:00:20]
or fifa or any other
[6:00:21]
event. It would be great if we had
[6:00:23]
it now. We had literally
[6:00:26]
shut down restaurants and the
[6:00:28]
fire station, other things, so that
[6:00:29]
we could make way
[6:00:31]
for related project. Now we've got
[6:00:32]
even less than we did ten years ago.
[6:00:36]
again, I think that there --it is true,
[6:00:38]
we
[6:00:41]
need to look at what the costs and
[6:00:42]
what the reimbursements could and
[6:00:46]
should be. But if we're going to look
[6:00:47]
at events as
[6:00:49]
money-making opportunities, we can't
[6:00:50]
just look at breaking even.
[6:00:52]
we've got to look at how we create events, how we
[6:00:56]
create
[6:00:59]
--I mean, mega events
[6:01:02]
that benefit
[6:01:05]
the
[6:01:07]
city reimbursed for expenses. I'm
[6:01:08]
sure that we will get
[6:01:10]
there. We're not quite as far along
[6:01:11]
as we'd like to
[6:01:13]
be. But just looking at getting paid
[6:01:14]
back
[6:01:17]
for what we spend is not the way
[6:01:18]
to look at the benefits to the city.
[6:01:20]
I think
[6:01:22]
that , you know, regardless of who
[6:01:23]
goes to the super bowl,
[6:01:25]
who wins the super bowl, you know,
[6:01:26]
the fact that
[6:01:29]
we're in the super bowl again, the fact
[6:01:30]
that
[6:01:31]
we're hosting the super bowl again, I
[6:01:32]
think
[6:01:34]
we've already gotten some, some additional monies
[6:01:35]
that we never
[6:01:38]
would have expected. And at this
[6:01:40]
point, rather than look at this one-
[6:01:41]
dimensional
[6:01:43]
expenses and reimbursements, we need
[6:01:44]
to start looking at the
[6:01:46]
total picture on how we can make santa
[6:01:47]
clara a destination
[6:01:49]
that everybody wants to go to and
[6:01:50]
have
[6:01:52]
retail and have shops hotels that
[6:01:53]
people want
[6:01:56]
to stay in so that we make
[6:01:58]
money in a lot more ways than just
[6:01:59]
getting reimbursed
[6:02:00]
for expenses. Thank you.
[6:02:01]
>> councilmember jain?
[6:02:08]
>> I'm a little
[6:02:10]
confused about how this is risky in
[6:02:11]
that if stadco
[6:02:13]
is unable to pay the $6. 4 million,
[6:02:14]
how are they going
[6:02:17]
to pay the $24 million
[6:02:20]
of stadium lease
[6:02:22]
or stadium rent annually? It just
[6:02:23]
doesn't make any
[6:02:25]
sense to me. And then I think that
[6:02:26]
something that I
[6:02:29]
brought up in the last
[6:02:31]
item was, base risky. All this money
[6:02:32]
we're shelling out
[6:02:35]
for all of this community engagement.
[6:02:37]
there's no backstop to that. The city
[6:02:38]
manager said
[6:02:40]
that's going to come from stadium
[6:02:41]
authority
[6:02:44]
money. So --emotionally.
[6:02:46]
and so on I don't see there's any
[6:02:47]
backstop for that.
[6:02:50]
so that's risky. So I don't see
[6:02:53]
any risk here. I'm going to be voting for this.
[6:02:54]
>> thank you.
[6:03:01]
councilmember suds.
[6:03:02]
>> thank you.
[6:03:03]
we learned
[6:03:04]
from the history. We conducted super bowl
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50. And I'm
[6:03:07]
thankful to the staff, city manager
[6:03:10]
office, city attorney's office, who
[6:03:11]
looked at --
[6:03:14]
deeply looked at the super bowl
[6:03:17]
50 contracts and what went
[6:03:19]
wrong, and they have improved this
[6:03:20]
contractand
[6:03:21]
that's what it makes sense when they're
[6:03:23]
assuring that these are the
[6:03:25]
improvements we already made from the contract of super bowl
[6:03:26]
50.
[6:03:32]
we have to believe in them. We have
[6:03:33]
to accept their expertise.
[6:03:38]
and on top of
[6:03:39]
that, there was no backstop guarantee in super bowl
[6:03:41]
50 at all. Nothing.
[6:03:44]
and here we
[6:03:47]
have a guarantee from an organization
[6:03:49]
which pays all the ground rent and
[6:03:50]
everything,
[6:03:52]
basically all the lending agreements
[6:03:53]
are being honored by them.
[6:03:56]
like, we had a debt of $683
[6:03:59]
million, which is only 200 some
[6:04:02]
million debt. $400 million debt came
[6:04:03]
from
[6:04:05]
stadco, basically. They paid that
[6:04:06]
debt.
[6:04:08]
so I'm not sure why we
[6:04:11]
are stuck on --what's the worst-case
[6:04:12]
scenario?
[6:04:14]
let's say the total cost is 6.4.
[6:04:16]
they already will be paying 3.2 by december.
[6:04:17]
christmas.
[6:04:20]
and
[6:04:23]
3. 2 is left.
[6:04:26]
and there's a further mechanism
[6:04:29]
we are going to do generally
[6:04:32]
on that, so
[6:04:35]
the expenses.
[6:04:37]
so I think there's a reason we sign
[6:04:38]
contracts. There's a
[6:04:40]
reason the city attorney puts in their
[6:04:41]
labor. There's a
[6:04:43]
reason city manager and his staff
[6:04:44]
negotiate these
[6:04:47]
things. So I'm confident about
[6:04:49]
this, this will go smooth, and we
[6:04:50]
will get paid for this thing.
[6:04:51]
thank you. I'll support the motion.
[6:04:53]
>> councilmember gonzalez? >> I'll be
[6:04:56]
quick.
[6:04:58]
I think everyone really is here to
[6:04:59]
support the city and protect
[6:05:02]
the city. Both the mayor and I are
[6:05:04]
distinctly representatives of district
[6:05:05]
1.
[6:05:08]
and I think, you know,
[6:05:11]
the issues that come out from
[6:05:14]
events and the different concerns
[6:05:17]
that our residents havehave
[6:05:20]
devilish
[6:05:21]
ewes and concerns that the mayor and I
[6:05:23]
distinctly have. I think as we
[6:05:25]
move forward with not only super bowl
[6:05:26]
and fifa and just the
[6:05:29]
normal aspect of events, that's something
[6:05:30]
that --
[6:05:32]
I know that we both take that really
[6:05:33]
at
[6:05:35]
heart to how we can make sure our
[6:05:36]
residents there
[6:05:38]
are really not only part of
[6:05:41]
that area, but are also entrusted
[6:05:44]
and also have some benefit from that
[6:05:47]
well. Because I think I mentioned
[6:05:50]
in some previous meeting, six fifa
[6:05:51]
games, it would
[6:05:52]
be great to have each one of those games in
[6:05:54]
each one of the districts so
[6:05:55]
different councilmembers can see what
[6:05:57]
that entails.
[6:05:58]
the reality, definitely I know that
[6:06:00]
every one of us cares
[6:06:01]
about the city and making sure that
[6:06:05]
the city is secure in its endeavors.
[6:06:06]
>> thank you.
[6:06:07]
city clerk, when you're ready.
[6:06:08]
>>
[6:06:09]
actually, I
[6:06:10]
believe I have a comment.
[6:06:11]
>> you've spoken
[6:06:12]
already --
[6:06:13]
>> I think this is about --
[6:06:14]
>> it's midnight. >> understood. City clerk, are you ready?
[6:06:21]
>> so I
[6:06:22]
will repeat the motion on the floor.
[6:06:27]
it is staff recommendation
[6:06:29]
number one --
[6:06:30]
>> I would like to call
[6:06:31]
personal privilege to complete my
[6:06:33]
comment. This is supposed to be
[6:06:34]
about robust discussion.
[6:06:35]
>> okay, do you
[6:06:36]
have something new to
[6:06:38]
say?
[6:06:39]
>> I do. >> I'm trying to be
[6:06:40]
respectful
[6:06:41]
of the time, and we still have two
[6:06:43]
more applicants in the audience.
[6:06:44]
>> I
[6:06:45]
think that's an agenda --
[6:06:46]
>> there
[6:06:47]
is something new?
[6:06:48]
>> agenda management --
[6:06:49]
it is something new.
[6:06:50]
>> all right. >> I think councilmember jain
[6:06:51]
did bring up a
[6:06:54]
good point which I somewhat
[6:06:55]
rhetorically want to ask, which is
[6:06:57]
it's true.
[6:07:00]
if stadco cannot pay the $6. 4 million
[6:07:03]
for this event, how are they going
[6:07:05]
to pay the tens of millions of dollars
[6:07:09]
for the standard rent?
[6:07:12]
>> so you're just repeating what
[6:07:13]
councilmember chahal said.
[6:07:14]
>> no,
[6:07:15]
but now it was a question. And at
[6:07:16]
some point we could try to answer
[6:07:18]
this question.
[6:07:19]
>> it's rhetorical.
[6:07:20]
city clerk, please. Move ahead. I'm moving
[6:07:23]
ahead.
[6:07:24]
>> staff recommendation number
[6:07:25]
1.
[6:07:26]
approve the proposed league event
[6:07:27]
agreement
[6:07:28]
with the bay area host committee.
[6:07:32]
49ers, santa clara stadium company
[6:07:36]
llc on the terms did and
[6:07:37]
substantially in the form presented
[6:07:39]
and authorized' city
[6:07:40]
manager executive director to finalize
[6:07:41]
all terms and execute the agreement
[6:07:42]
in
[6:07:44]
final form approved by city attorney
[6:07:46]
stadium authority council, and number
[6:07:48]
2, thos and direct
[6:07:50]
the city manager, executive director,
[6:07:51]
to take
[6:07:54]
such other actions necessary appropriate
[6:07:55]
to implement the terms of the league event agreement.
[6:08:09]
>> thank you. Please register your vote.
[6:08:24]
please
[6:08:25]
register your votes. Councilmember park?
[6:08:27]
>> oh, yes.
[6:08:30]
>> please register your vote.
[6:08:33]
>> yes.
[6:08:37]
>> and that passes 5-2. Thank you.
[6:08:41]
all right, it's past midnight but
[6:08:42]
we have our applicants
[6:08:45]
here. I'm willing to stay till 1:00
[6:08:46]
if
[6:08:47]
we can get these two done right away
[6:08:48]
because we need to get them done.
[6:08:49]
thank you, and thank you for
[6:08:51]
your patience.
[6:08:54]
item 8,
[6:08:56]
public hearing action on investing
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tenttive
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subdivision map for a one-lot subdivision
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for
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condominium purposes for 11 town homes
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located at
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1530 and
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1540 palm
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roy avenue.
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palmer roy avenue.
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>>
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>> do we have to vote if
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we're continuing past midnight?
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>> I
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think the mayor is continuing it
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with the understanding there's consensus
[6:09:51]
of the council in order to do
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that to address these items.
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>> these
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people have been waiting. We
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are going to hear their items. Please move ahead, thank you.
[6:10:03]
>> thank you.
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so this is for 1530 and
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1540 pomeroy.
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it's the only decision tonight is
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a vesting tentative map. And so this
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will
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allow the merger of two adjacent
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lots on . 48 acres and result in one
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subdivision and allow 11 town homes as well as improvements.
[6:10:30]
the site is in the general plan
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in the zoning --
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>> excuse me. Councilmember
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park, if
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you're having a problem, please be
[6:10:39]
quiet. Because we are trying to listen
[6:10:40]
to the presentation.
[6:10:41]
>> there was no call for
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consensus.
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>> what do I do, city attorney, please?
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>> madam mayor, I think you are acting
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as presiding officer
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with the understanding there was support
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for continuing from the item, then
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proceeding informally. If
[6:11:03]
a council --I may be speculating.
[6:11:04]
if
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a councilperson wants to require a
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vote in
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order to continue under our
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pending protocols, a councilmember
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could do that.
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but you also, I believe mayor,
[6:11:18]
have the authority as
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presiding officer
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to assess the consensus or support of
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the
[6:11:27]
council to proceed. So I think it's
[6:11:28]
a matter
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of if a councilmember wants to
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require a specific vote, they could.
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>> all right,
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councilmember hardy?
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>> I'll make
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a motion to continue
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the meeting for the two items that we have.
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>> is there a second? >> I'll second.
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>> we have
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a motion and a second to continue
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the item records councilmember park,
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gone zeal lez? Okay. Park? Jain?
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councilmember jain? Okay.
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please continue. Oh -- we have to vote.
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it's not to continue the
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items. It's to continue the council
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meeting.
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>> yes, I'll fix it. >> because that's
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not what it says.
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>> continue with. >> okay, to continue with this
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item.
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and that passes 5-2.
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thank you. All right.
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please continue.
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>> okay, thank you.
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so, both of these lots are
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on pomeroy. 1540 is a mixed-
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use community commercial, and 1530
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is
[6:12:54]
medium-density residential. I will not go into all of the
[6:12:55]
details here.
[6:13:01]
so on may 14th, it
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went before development review hearing,
[6:13:06]
and it was approved for 11 town homes.
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the town homes are three stories in height.
[6:13:13]
1540 will have six town homes,
[6:13:14]
and 1530 will have five town homes.
[6:13:19]
there is a chart here that
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explains
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number of bedrooms is three bedrooms.
[6:13:27]
they will have a bedroom on the ground
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floor as well.
[6:13:31]
1530 pomeroy is 1970 square
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feet. 1540 pomeroy, the town
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hopes will be 2370 square feet. They
[6:13:37]
are
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within the density
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range, between 20 to 36 dua.
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this is the
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vesting tenttive map on which you
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will be considering an action
[6:13:54]
for tonight. Staff put up a site plan
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just because the site plan shows a
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cleaner
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version. There's a
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off --off pomeroy, there's
[6:14:07]
a private access
[6:14:10]
road for the development. There are
[6:14:13]
six town homes for
[6:14:14]
1540 and five town homes for 1530.
[6:14:21]
there's a common open space which
[6:14:22]
is going
[6:14:25]
to be private. It's in the back. It's
[6:14:28]
set
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back as well from pomeroy.
[6:14:34]
the considerations
[6:14:35]
for tonight are consistency with the
[6:14:37]
general plan and the zoning
[6:14:40]
code and the subdivision map
[6:14:43]
act. It requires consistency on
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june 3rd, 2025. The
[6:14:48]
subdivision clearance committee reviewed
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the
[6:14:52]
vtn and proposed --the proposed
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vtm is consistent, including the site
[6:14:55]
plan and the
[6:14:57]
improvements, which include the surface
[6:14:58]
parking
[6:15:01]
lot, landscape, associated utilities.
[6:15:02]
on
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may 14th, it went before development
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review
[6:15:07]
hearing for
[6:15:08]
architectural review. And the project
[6:15:10]
is consistent with the general
[6:15:13]
plan and zoning. And the scale of
[6:15:14]
the
[6:15:16]
development as conditioned is also
[6:15:18]
consistent. The project is also consistent
[6:15:19]
with
[6:15:22]
the density range of 20 to
[6:15:23]
30 units per acre as in the zoning code.
[6:15:28]
public outreach. On march
[6:15:31]
13th,
[6:15:34]
2024, the applicant
[6:15:36]
conducted a hybrid community meeting.
[6:15:37]
six members of the public
[6:15:40]
appeared in person, and four members
[6:15:42]
attended virtually. There was some
[6:15:46]
discussion about
[6:15:49]
architecture, allowable
[6:15:50]
density, parking, zoning conditions
[6:15:52]
are in general it was a
[6:15:54]
discussion, there wasn't any kind
[6:15:55]
of pushback on the
[6:15:58]
project itself. The applicant has
[6:15:59]
revised
[6:16:01]
the elevations as a result of those
[6:16:02]
comments
[6:16:03]
with some vertical distinction between
[6:16:04]
the units,
[6:16:06]
aligning the windows, and simplifying the
[6:16:07]
form.
[6:16:09]
again, it was approved through a development
[6:16:10]
review hearing on may 14th.
[6:16:13]
the
[6:16:14]
ceqa analysis. This is an addendum.
[6:16:19]
to
[6:16:22]
1530/1540 pomeroy.
[6:16:25]
project is a
[6:16:28]
is/mnd. The addendum
[6:16:31]
concluded pursuant to
[6:16:34]
ceqa guidelines 15164, no
[6:16:35]
subsequent declaration is necessary.
[6:16:37]
the project did go to planning
[6:16:39]
commission on august 13, and there
[6:16:40]
was
[6:16:42]
discussion about the conformance of the
[6:16:46]
setbacks counting toward
[6:16:49]
rhna numbers. Parking meeting
[6:16:52]
code, and the parking does meet code,
[6:16:53]
our
[6:16:54]
zoning code requirements. Re vuft
[6:16:55]
cc and rs.
[6:16:58]
and it was really just how are they
[6:17:01]
reviewed? And it was explained the city
[6:17:02]
attorney's office
[6:17:04]
reviews the cc and rs. It was
[6:17:06]
a process question. Previous proposal
[6:17:07]
and modifications.
[6:17:09]
and then providing afor the recordable
[6:17:10]
units. They are providing
[6:17:13]
one affordable unit, which is a
[6:17:16]
moderate unit. And then the remaining will
[6:17:17]
be
[6:17:18]
an in lieu fee. One public speaker
[6:17:22]
spoke about the impact to a
[6:17:25]
multi-family house at 1360
[6:17:27]
calabazas, but it's determined that's
[6:17:28]
a different site, it wasn't this particular site.
[6:17:31]
so based
[6:17:34]
on conformance with thethe plan, zoning
[6:17:35]
code, housing
[6:17:37]
element, the planning commission recommendation,
[6:17:38]
staff is
[6:17:39]
also recommending that city council
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find
[6:17:42]
the proposed subdivision falls within
[6:17:43]
the scope of the adopted
[6:17:46]
ceqa addendum prepared for
[6:17:48]
the project, and no further analysis
[6:17:49]
is required.
[6:17:52]
and a resolution approving the vesting
[6:17:55]
tentative map to merge two parcels
[6:17:56]
and create
[6:17:57]
one-lot subdivision for the purposes
[6:17:58]
of 11
[6:18:02]
town homes and common area
[6:18:04]
at 1530/1540 pomeroy subject to the
[6:18:05]
findings
[6:18:08]
and conditions of approval. The
[6:18:11]
applicant for the
[6:18:14]
project omid is here
[6:18:15]
tonight and available for any questions,
[6:18:17]
thank you.
[6:18:18]
>> first I'm going to
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ask if there's any questions of our
[6:18:20]
staff. Our community development director.
[6:18:23]
councilmember jain?
[6:18:38]
>> 1530
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pomeroy has one-car garage but then five
[6:18:42]
unbundled surface parking spots which
[6:18:43]
would actually make it two cars per unit.
[6:18:50]
how does the unbundled parking
[6:18:51]
work? Typically somebody pays for it,
[6:18:53]
right? If
[6:18:54]
you're in an apartment complex and
[6:18:56]
you unbundle
[6:18:57]
the parking, somebody has to pay for
[6:18:59]
that. So
[6:19:00]
I'm trying to understand that concept of unbundled.
[6:19:06]
>> so, I do know that it's meeting
[6:19:08]
the code, and our code
[6:19:10]
actually encourages unbundled parking.
[6:19:11]
I also
[6:19:14]
know that the parking isis the
[6:19:17]
requirements for
[6:19:20]
the number of 1. 5 spaces for
[6:19:21]
the units. Would you like to talk
[6:19:22]
about how you're doing the unbundled
[6:19:23]
parking?
[6:19:32]
>> are you the applicant? >> yes,
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good evening madam mayor, members of
[6:19:35]
the council.
[6:19:36]
>> this
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doesn't count toward
[6:19:40]
your time.
[6:19:41]
>> shakeri, and I'm the
[6:19:42]
applicant.
[6:19:47]
we provided the parking --
[6:19:48]
unbundled parking based on the development requirement of the
[6:19:50]
city.
[6:19:56]
the city requires 1. 5
[6:19:58]
parking spaces per unit. Half of that
[6:19:59]
has to be
[6:20:02]
unbundled. So that
[6:20:03]
is why actually see exceed the number of
[6:20:05]
parking spaces. That is required.
[6:20:07]
>> thank you. So that was our only
[6:20:08]
council question.
[6:20:10]
you're the applicant. This is a public
[6:20:11]
hearing.
[6:20:12]
>> yes. >> I want to
[6:20:13]
make sure you get your time as well
[6:20:14]
to make your presentation.
[6:20:15]
>> I appreciate it.
[6:20:19]
>> councilmember jain? >> my question
[6:20:20]
was
[6:20:23]
not answered.
[6:20:25]
typically in an apartment complex, when you
[6:20:26]
have
[6:20:27]
unbundled, the parking spot doesn't
[6:20:29]
come with the unit.
[6:20:32]
so are these parking spots, are
[6:20:35]
they guest spots?
[6:20:36]
>> yes, guest
[6:20:37]
parkings, and they're not for rent
[6:20:38]
or --it is just for
[6:20:40]
all the guests.
[6:20:41]
>> guest parking,
[6:20:42]
okay.
[6:20:44]
>> yes. >> and
[6:20:45]
the homeowners' association can decide
[6:20:46]
if they want to allocate that to the
[6:20:47]
residents?
[6:20:48]
>> that is correct.
[6:20:50]
>> I understand.
[6:20:52]
>> allocation by the --would be kept
[6:20:53]
mostly for
[6:20:54]
guest parking.
[6:20:55]
>> thank you. That's
[6:20:56]
all I wanted to know, thank you.
[6:20:57]
>> thank
[6:20:58]
you.
[6:20:59]
>> again, thank you. This is
[6:21:00]
a public hearing. You have a
[6:21:01]
chance now, if you'd like to make
[6:21:02]
a presentation. This is your time.
[6:21:04]
>> I know you had a very long evening.
[6:21:05]
>> that's okay.
[6:21:07]
no, we appreciate it. If you would
[6:21:08]
like to say
[6:21:10]
something.
[6:21:11]
>> just that --answer any
[6:21:12]
questions you
[6:21:14]
have. I think planning
[6:21:16]
director actually did a fantastic
[6:21:17]
job in presenting our proposal.
[6:21:20]
so if there is a question,
[6:21:22]
I'd be more than glad.
[6:21:23]
>> does anyone have any
[6:21:24]
questions for the applicant?
[6:21:26]
if not, we're going to go to
[6:21:29]
the public. Thank you very much.
[6:21:31]
stay close in case you have a chance
[6:21:32]
to come back. This is a public hearing.
[6:21:34]
is there any member of the public that
[6:21:35]
would like to make any comments about this
[6:21:36]
application?
[6:21:41]
do we have anyone online? No? Is there
[6:21:42]
a motion to close public hearing?
[6:21:47]
councilmember gonzalez.
[6:21:48]
>> so
[6:21:49]
moved.
[6:21:50]
>> second. >> we have a motion
[6:21:52]
by councilmember gonzalez, second
[6:21:53]
by
[6:21:56]
councilmember chahal. Close public hearing.
[6:21:59]
city clerk, when you're ready.
[6:22:07]
councilmember park, your light's on
[6:22:08]
for closing
[6:22:10]
the public hearing?
[6:22:11]
>> no. >> all right.
[6:22:14]
please register your vote.
[6:22:23]
that passes unanimously.
[6:22:26]
so councilmember park?
[6:22:29]
>>
[6:22:32]
yes. So I understand that this
[6:22:33]
meeting's going very quickly, but I
[6:22:35]
do have some questions, comments.
[6:22:38]
do know this place very well. I know
[6:22:39]
that we previously
[6:22:41]
had a number of
[6:22:44]
higher-density projects proposed for
[6:22:46]
this area. I mean, there's one across
[6:22:47]
the way that had only
[6:22:50]
five units. And one of the reasons
[6:22:52]
that we had traditionally pushed back
[6:22:53]
on this area
[6:22:56]
is, this is where the road narrows quite a
[6:22:59]
bit. As you get past the
[6:23:02]
creek, it goes down to two lanes.
[6:23:05]
and those are two very narrow lanes
[6:23:06]
without additional --
[6:23:07]
and that's, I believe, where this
[6:23:08]
project is. I mean,
[6:23:11]
the concerns at the time were
[6:23:14]
ingress/egress for the amount of traffic
[6:23:17]
that this would be generating. You
[6:23:18]
know, in
[6:23:19]
a place where it was pretty much bottlenecked
[6:23:20]
along pomeroy.
[6:23:23]
I do know
[6:23:26]
that if some of the people who live
[6:23:27]
there, you
[6:23:29]
know, hadn't left or gone away in
[6:23:30]
some way
[6:23:31]
or another that this would be the
[6:23:32]
biggest issue that they brought up for this project as
[6:23:33]
well.
[6:23:35]
I looked a
[6:23:38]
little bit at the
[6:23:40]
planning commission meeting. I think
[6:23:41]
that there was
[6:23:44]
some discussion
[6:23:47]
about transit. But
[6:23:51]
again, I think --
[6:23:54]
trying to fit in --trying to fit
[6:23:56]
in these units for density, trying
[6:23:57]
to
[6:23:58]
simply go by numbers and meet the
[6:24:00]
code, I think that's --you
[6:24:01]
know, that's certainly a way to do
[6:24:03]
it, that's
[6:24:04]
certainly allowed. But there were
[6:24:06]
many projects that were
[6:24:07]
proposed for this area. I mean, through
[6:24:09]
the years. And if I look at
[6:24:11]
those and I remember what the concerns
[6:24:13]
were, all of the concerns were the
[6:24:15]
amount of
[6:24:17]
traffic, the density for that particular place on
[6:24:18]
pomeroy.
[6:24:21]
did we
[6:24:23]
get any comments about this? Did we
[6:24:24]
get
[6:24:25]
any feedback on this beyond what I can see here?
[6:24:30]
>> I
[6:24:31]
did take a look at the public comments.
[6:24:33]
no, there
[6:24:35]
weren't such comments. And councilmember
[6:24:39]
park, if I may, I know that there
[6:24:40]
were other projects probably prior
[6:24:42]
to this. But what's
[6:24:44]
really changed is the housing element
[6:24:45]
and our
[6:24:47]
obligations for rhna. Then the other
[6:24:48]
thing
[6:24:51]
that's changed is in 2017, we
[6:24:54]
were required to meet bmt.
[6:24:56]
which is how traffic is now analyzed.
[6:25:00]
>> okay, but --all
[6:25:03]
right, for rhna and to
[6:25:06]
meet vmt don't outweigh
[6:25:08]
the safety and other concerns. I mean,
[6:25:09]
at some point
[6:25:11]
we would still do things from a safety
[6:25:12]
perspective and
[6:25:14]
from a meets the standards perspective
[6:25:15]
above
[6:25:17]
and beyond just it meets the numbers.
[6:25:18]
at some point
[6:25:19]
we were looking at what would be safe
[6:25:21]
for that area. Is that
[6:25:24]
true? I believe that when we
[6:25:26]
denied the project across the way,
[6:25:27]
we denied
[6:25:30]
that project based on
[6:25:33]
a number of --how much
[6:25:34]
traffic there would be in a place
[6:25:35]
that's down from a school where a
[6:25:38]
lot of people do use that as a transit.
[6:25:39]
I'm not saying this is going
[6:25:42]
to be a reason that I deny the
[6:25:43]
project. I just want to make sure
[6:25:44]
that we've had the full discussions.
[6:25:48]
>> to my knowledge, we have.
[6:25:50]
I mean, the project is very close
[6:25:54]
to el camino real. It's also very
[6:25:57]
close to commercial projects. Right
[6:26:00]
on el camino real. It's within walking
[6:26:03]
distance of transit. And
[6:26:05]
many amenities. So --
[6:26:06]
>> it's not the
[6:26:07]
amenities.
[6:26:09]
it's that that area is a very, you
[6:26:10]
know --
[6:26:12]
very narrow place. And adding
[6:26:15]
more traffic along that
[6:26:16]
stretch, that particularparticular
[6:26:17]
was seen as not a good thing to do.
[6:26:23]
I understand that it's close to amenities.
[6:26:24]
you're trying
[6:26:26]
to justify the density. But you know,
[6:26:27]
at some point --
[6:26:30]
my question was,
[6:26:32]
is the number of --is it safe for
[6:26:36]
the area?
[6:26:37]
>> let me take
[6:26:38]
that, councilmember. I totally understand
[6:26:39]
that you're
[6:26:42]
raising a density question.
[6:26:45]
what staff articulated
[6:26:48]
is that didn't come up in this round
[6:26:51]
of public engagement around this project.
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I'll also add, because
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you've referenced safety. In no part
[6:26:57]
of
[6:26:59]
staff's analysis did they determine
[6:27:00]
that adding
[6:27:03]
these additional
[6:27:06]
units would I can't tell acreate an
[6:27:09]
unsafe condition in this area. Understanding
[6:27:10]
you're articulating that, you've heard
[6:27:12]
that or may think that, but for
[6:27:13]
the record staff does not believe
[6:27:15]
that adding these units will create
[6:27:16]
an
[6:27:17]
unsafe condition.
[6:27:18]
>> yeah, I mean,
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I'm just bringing it up because
[6:27:21]
I happen to know --I happen to
[6:27:23]
have spoken at many --
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>> may I respond?
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>> well -->> through the chair? >>
[6:27:32]
yes, go ahead.
[6:27:33]
>> our planning manager
[6:27:34]
just looked up the
[6:27:35]
traffic study. And with the traffic
[6:27:36]
study with this proposed
[6:27:38]
project, it would still maintain a level of
[6:27:39]
service of "c.
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>> okay, well --a level of service, which
[6:27:45]
is kind of a different thing. I just
[6:27:46]
know that
[6:27:48]
when we had projects prior to
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this, you know, I've spoken on some of
[6:27:51]
these projects. We've had projects
[6:27:54]
that had a fraction of the density
[6:27:55]
of
[6:27:57]
this project, and the issue
[6:28:00]
of safety and, you know,
[6:28:03]
noting that it was a narrower
[6:28:05]
street, that came up and just kind
[6:28:06]
of
[6:28:08]
surprised that this was not part of --
[6:28:09]
did not even come up in staff consideration of this.
[6:28:14]
it's just surprising. I'm not saying
[6:28:15]
it's.
[6:28:16]
>> okay, thank
[6:28:17]
you. I'm going to ask the applicant,
[6:28:18]
would you like to make any closing statements?
[6:28:24]
>> thank you. Actually, there was
[6:28:26]
an environmental review done making
[6:28:27]
a declaration what it
[6:28:30]
found, that there is no significant
[6:28:33]
impact on the traffic. And they did
[6:28:34]
evaluate
[6:28:35]
the traffics and all other issues.
[6:28:39]
so as far as concerns from councilmember park.
[6:28:48]
also keep in mind we
[6:28:50]
are the very low end of the density.
[6:28:51]
we're not --we're at
[6:28:54]
20 units per acre. We could have
[6:28:56]
done significantly more units there,
[6:28:57]
but
[6:29:00]
we did keep it where it is to make
[6:29:01]
sure
[6:29:02]
to have that in mind also.
[6:29:03]
>> thank
[6:29:04]
you very much.
[6:29:05]
councilmember conzal ges?
[6:29:06]
>> thank
[6:29:07]
you, madam mayor. Just for the
[6:29:09]
record,
[6:29:12]
I lived there --. 226 miles
[6:29:14]
away from that development for 15
[6:29:15]
years.
[6:29:18]
so definitely --and
[6:29:21]
with the decrease in speed in school
[6:29:22]
zones
[6:29:23]
that we've passed on consent, gosh,
[6:29:24]
a few months
[6:29:26]
ago, I don't see any problem with
[6:29:27]
this. I'll move for the staff
[6:29:29]
recommendation, which is item 1, item
[6:29:30]
2.
[6:29:31]
>> thank you.
[6:29:33]
is there a second?
[6:29:34]
>> second. >> we
[6:29:35]
have a motion
[6:29:36]
by down sill member gonzalez, second
[6:29:39]
by
[6:29:40]
council chahal. City clark?
[6:29:41]
>> motion on
[6:29:42]
the floor, staff
[6:29:45]
recommendation.
[6:29:46]
>> madam mayor? Staff
[6:29:47]
here just can't recall
[6:29:48]
if you closed the public hearing.
[6:29:49]
>> yes. >> you did, perfect.
[6:29:54]
>> okay. Please register your vote.
[6:30:01]
and
[6:30:02]
that passes unanimously. Thank you
[6:30:04]
very
[6:30:05]
much.
[6:30:06]
>> thank you. >> thank you for your
[6:30:07]
patience.
[6:30:08]
>> thank
[6:30:10]
you for hearinghearing
[6:30:11]
item. I appreciate it.
[6:30:12]
>> thank you
[6:30:13]
for hanging in there with us. Last but
[6:30:14]
not
[6:30:15]
least, we have one more. Thank you.
[6:30:16]
a public
[6:30:18]
hearing action on item number 9, public
[6:30:19]
hearing action on
[6:30:22]
the initial study and
[6:30:25]
mitigated
[6:30:26]
negative declaration, general plan
[6:30:28]
amendment, rezone investing
[6:30:29]
tentative subdivision map, then the
[6:30:31]
numbers for the
[6:30:32]
property located at 1400 coleman avenue
[6:30:34]
to allow the
[6:30:37]
development of 142 townhouse
[6:30:38]
units and associated on and offsite
[6:30:40]
improvements.
[6:30:43]
community development director.
[6:30:48]
>> thank you. Again, thank you for your
[6:30:49]
patience.
[6:30:51]
I know it's a long evening. And I
[6:30:52]
want to
[6:30:54]
again recognize staff that's been
[6:30:55]
working so
[6:30:58]
hard on this. Leslie
[6:31:01]
xavier, planning manager,
[6:31:04]
misha and alexander abby.
[6:31:07]
with our city attorney's office.
[6:31:13]
so this is --
[6:31:15]
I'll just go into the first slide.
[6:31:16]
it's
[6:31:18]
a request for 142 town home units
[6:31:21]
with associated on and offsite improvements at 1400
[6:31:22]
coleman avenue.
[6:31:27]
there are four requests tonight before
[6:31:28]
you. The
[6:31:31]
first one is an initial study
[6:31:34]
and mitigated negative --
[6:31:36]
mitigation monitoring reporting program,
[6:31:38]
general plan amendment from regional
[6:31:40]
commercial to
[6:31:41]
high-density residential, a rezone
[6:31:43]
for the project from
[6:31:45]
commercial region to high-density
[6:31:46]
residential,
[6:31:49]
and a vesting tentative map
[6:31:50]
subdivision for condominium purposes along with conditions
[6:31:52]
of approval.
[6:31:55]
these are discretionary approvals for tonight.
[6:32:01]
the project
[6:32:04]
site is in the
[6:32:07]
red rectangle. It is
[6:32:10]
3. 8 acres. The general plan
[6:32:11]
is regional commercial, zoning is commercial
[6:32:13]
regional.
[6:32:19]
and on
[6:32:22]
the existing site is
[6:32:24]
two-story office building with one-story
[6:32:25]
light
[6:32:26]
industrial building and a surface parking
[6:32:28]
lot.
[6:32:29]
this is what the current site looks like.
[6:32:33]
it is considered an underutilized site.
[6:32:40]
these are the current
[6:32:41]
general plan and zoning for the project.
[6:32:46]
commercial regional zone. The purpose
[6:32:48]
of commercial region zone is to provide
[6:32:49]
land areas for
[6:32:51]
a broad range of commercial uses,
[6:32:52]
from regional serving
[6:32:54]
to large-scale commercial. And it's
[6:32:55]
the
[6:32:58]
intent of the zone to encourage
[6:32:59]
the development of unique commercial
[6:33:01]
shopping environments. And the zone
[6:33:02]
implements
[6:33:03]
the regional commercial land use designation for the general
[6:33:04]
plan.
[6:33:09]
so the background on this project.
[6:33:10]
it is
[6:33:12]
within the station area focus area, which is currently
[6:33:13]
under way.
[6:33:16]
it is not
[6:33:19]
yet adopted. The airport, san jose
[6:33:21]
international airport, is about 500
[6:33:22]
feet away to the northeast.
[6:33:28]
santa clara transit center
[6:33:31]
is about .3 miles away.
[6:33:34]
it is a transit-rich area,
[6:33:37]
and it's served by cal train,
[6:33:40]
a.c.e., and vta. In october
[6:33:43]
2024, council approved a two-
[6:33:45]
way class 4 protected bikeway along
[6:33:46]
the east side
[6:33:49]
of coleman between brokawbrokaw reed.
[6:33:50]
and the
[6:33:51]
project was also approved by the airport
[6:33:55]
land use commission
[6:33:56]
on allaugust ugust 27th action 2025.
[6:34:01]
so the details of the
[6:34:04]
project . It's 142
[6:34:07]
forsale town homes, and the density
[6:34:08]
that they
[6:34:09]
are proposing is 37. 4 dwelling units
[6:34:10]
per acre.
[6:34:13]
there will be 12
[6:34:16]
four-story townhouse-style buildings.
[6:34:19]
the maximum height will be 50
[6:34:22]
feet. It will have a
[6:34:25]
. 45 area of common recreational
[6:34:28]
space. This is all private to the
[6:34:31]
development. There is no
[6:34:34]
publicly owned park space here.
[6:34:37]
they are proposing a new
[6:34:40]
26-foot-wide, two-way private street.
[6:34:43]
the street is off coleman.
[6:34:46]
20% of the units or 29
[6:34:49]
units will be affordable units at very
[6:34:50]
low, low, or moderate.
[6:34:55]
they're proposing, even though this is
[6:34:57]
a transit-rich area, they are not
[6:34:58]
required by state law
[6:35:01]
to provide any parking. But they are
[6:35:04]
proposing 234
[6:35:06]
parking spaces, 1 norv those will be in
[6:35:07]
the garage, and
[6:35:08]
40 of those will be on the surface.
[6:35:13]
they're also proposing class I and
[6:35:15]
seven class ii bike parking, which is short-term parking.
[6:35:22]
so this is the site plan.
[6:35:25]
they have taken care to cluster the
[6:35:28]
units together in order
[6:35:31]
to get some recreational spaces for
[6:35:32]
the residents there.
[6:35:37]
the one nice feature
[6:35:40]
is that their site plan along coleman
[6:35:41]
avenue does
[6:35:43]
have the
[6:35:46]
residential units' fronts facing coleman
[6:35:47]
avenue, so
[6:35:48]
it creates a nice dialogue with the
[6:35:49]
street. They are
[6:35:51]
also proposing additional amenities,
[6:35:52]
like a
[6:35:54]
barbecue area, which is circle number
[6:35:55]
1. There's proposing a dog
[6:35:56]
park, which is towards the back, which
[6:35:58]
is circle number 2.
[6:36:01]
there will also be a community
[6:36:04]
garden, and there will be places
[6:36:07]
for a barbecue and other
[6:36:08]
places like a trellis area for residents.
[6:36:16]
general plan conformance. The
[6:36:19]
project includes a general plan amendment
[6:36:20]
from santa
[6:36:23]
clara station
[6:36:26]
regional commercial to
[6:36:28]
high-density residential. On balance,
[6:36:29]
the project
[6:36:30]
is consistent with the general plan,
[6:36:32]
and we've
[6:36:35]
listed the policies with
[6:36:38]
the proposed density
[6:36:41]
adding market rate in 29 deed
[6:36:44]
restricted affordable housing units.
[6:36:46]
early community outreach was conducted with
[6:36:48]
two community meetings consistent with the
[6:36:53]
station area focus area.
[6:36:54]
the residential development is within walking
[6:36:56]
distance of a transit station.
[6:36:57]
and there will be interconnected pedestrian paths.
[6:37:02]
the zoning
[6:37:03]
conformance. It requires a rezone for
[6:37:04]
the property from commercial regional
[6:37:07]
to high-density residential. It meets
[6:37:08]
the
[6:37:11]
intent of the r4
[6:37:13]
zone. They have clustered the units
[6:37:14]
and
[6:37:17]
done innovative site
[6:37:18]
planning. They've provided on-site
[6:37:20]
recreational amenities and
[6:37:21]
located the near neighborhood commercial centers.
[6:37:24]
it meets most of the regulations of
[6:37:26]
high-
[6:37:28]
density residential. They're also
[6:37:29]
seeking state
[6:37:32]
density bonus
[6:37:34]
waivers to the side saidbacks as well
[6:37:37]
as the rear setbacks. They're seeking
[6:37:38]
a waiver
[6:37:40]
for the private open space and also for
[6:37:41]
the common open space.
[6:37:47]
the project
[6:37:50]
is also proposing a
[6:37:51]
tentative subdivision map for a two-lot
[6:37:53]
subdivision.
[6:37:56]
and in accordance with chapter
[6:37:58]
17.05, the project requires a tentative
[6:37:59]
subdivision
[6:38:02]
map approval. On july 1st,
[6:38:04]
2025, the subdivision committee reviewed
[6:38:07]
and deemed the application cleared,
[6:38:08]
satisfying
[6:38:09]
code requirements, and included conditions of approval.
[6:38:14]
public outreach.
[6:38:17]
public outreach
[6:38:19]
was done by the developer on october
[6:38:20]
20th in person,
[6:38:21]
and six members of the community attended.
[6:38:23]
and on
[6:38:25]
march 31st, it was virtual with 13 members of the
[6:38:26]
community attending.
[6:38:32]
the
[6:38:34]
y topics atat meetings was the site
[6:38:35]
plan consistency
[6:38:38]
with the station area-specific plan,
[6:38:40]
deliveries, affordability, relocation
[6:38:41]
of commercial
[6:38:43]
tenants, and project timeline. Six
[6:38:44]
letters of support were
[6:38:46]
received. One letter was in opposition.
[6:38:49]
the opposition was a preference for
[6:38:51]
single-level house instead of multi-level town homes.
[6:38:59]
ceqa analysis was
[6:39:02]
done, and it was a mitigated
[6:39:05]
neg dec.
[6:39:08]
most of the topics covered by ceqa
[6:39:09]
were
[6:39:10]
found to be less than significant
[6:39:11]
impact or no impact.
[6:39:13]
there are mitigations included in
[6:39:14]
the
[6:39:17]
mmrp, which is attached. The
[6:39:19]
project will be 100% electric, so it
[6:39:22]
will be supporting the greenhouse
[6:39:23]
gas emission reductions.
[6:39:26]
and
[6:39:29]
then there were five public
[6:39:31]
comments received during the circulation
[6:39:32]
of the ceqa document.
[6:39:35]
and
[6:39:38]
these comments were addressed
[6:39:41]
and prepared and posted on the ceqa --
[6:39:44]
project ceqa page. The
[6:39:45]
planning commission action. It went
[6:39:47]
to planning commission
[6:39:50]
on august 13th. And the
[6:39:53]
planning commission recommended an approval of
[6:39:56]
6-0-1. The
[6:39:57]
discussion topics were visibility
[6:39:59]
and safety
[6:40:01]
concerns, silicon valley power's ability
[6:40:02]
to supply power, and it
[6:40:03]
was confirmed that they will be able
[6:40:05]
to supply power.
[6:40:11]
coordination or
[6:40:13]
outreach to santa clara station area
[6:40:14]
plan task force.
[6:40:17]
and that was done. It was communicated
[6:40:20]
to them, and there weren't any comments.
[6:40:23]
whether it would
[6:40:25]
need the rhna numbers or contribute to
[6:40:26]
the
[6:40:28]
rhna numbers, and it was confirmed
[6:40:29]
that all
[6:40:32]
142 town home
[6:40:34]
units would contribute. The nearest
[6:40:35]
bus stops, union
[6:40:37]
design for all ages. In other words,
[6:40:38]
could there
[6:40:41]
be a possibility for a
[6:40:44]
bedroom on the first floor? The applicant has
[6:40:47]
redesigned five of the units
[6:40:48]
to include one bedroom on the first floor.
[6:40:56]
a fence height on the south. The planning
[6:40:57]
commission
[6:40:58]
wanted to see a taller height, but
[6:40:59]
after discussion it was determined
[6:41:02]
the six-foot height would be compliant.
[6:41:05]
the applicant is
[6:41:08]
providing
[6:41:11]
a certain window type --I forgot what
[6:41:14]
it's called. Stc, right? Stc.
[6:41:17]
and that will help mitigate any noise concerns.
[6:41:20]
and then
[6:41:23]
the architecture.
[6:41:25]
there were no public speakers at the planning commission hearing.
[6:41:32]
the recommendation is the
[6:41:35]
following. Adoption of the mitigated
[6:41:38]
negdec, approving the mnd
[6:41:41]
and the mitigation monitoring or reporting
[6:41:42]
program.
[6:41:43]
general plan, approving the amendment
[6:41:44]
to change the land use designation
[6:41:46]
from regional commercial to high density.
[6:41:51]
rezoning, approving a rezoning
[6:41:54]
of the project from commercial
[6:41:55]
regional to high-density residential.
[6:41:57]
and a vesting tentative map
[6:41:58]
approval. The applicant is also here
[6:42:00]
tonight, and they
[6:42:02]
do have a powerpoint presentation.
[6:42:03]
and then staff is here to take
[6:42:05]
any questions. Thank you.
[6:42:06]
>> we'll
[6:42:07]
start with the staff questions. Councilmember hardy?
[6:42:12]
>> thank
[6:42:14]
you. You did brief us on this before,
[6:42:15]
and that's going to
[6:42:18]
help us all tonight a lot.
[6:42:20]
you went through something very quick,
[6:42:23]
and I didn't catch it. I do not see
[6:42:24]
anything about
[6:42:27]
a waiver.
[6:42:28]
you mentioned two waivers that I wanted to make certain I
[6:42:30]
understood those.
[6:42:33]
would you like me --
[6:42:34]
>> further questions, yeah. Yeah, go
[6:42:39]
ahead, respond.
[6:42:41]
>> so yes, they are requesting waivers.
[6:42:45]
what is required is aa
[6:42:47]
setback of ten feet, and five feet
[6:42:51]
is provided. A rear setback of
[6:42:52]
ten feet is required and nine feet
[6:42:54]
is provided.
[6:42:55]
a private open space of 60 square feet
[6:42:57]
is required and 52 is provided.
[6:43:00]
and I can
[6:43:02]
get into more details on that. For
[6:43:06]
the common open space,
[6:43:09]
28,400 square feet is
[6:43:12]
required and 17,600 is proposed.
[6:43:19]
those are the waivers that they have requested.
[6:43:39]
let me just explain the private
[6:43:45]
so the private open space that
[6:43:47]
is required is 60 square feet per
[6:43:48]
unit for 50%
[6:43:51]
of the units. The project provides
[6:43:53]
balconies for 50% of the units. However,
[6:43:54]
for 31
[6:43:57]
of those units, the square footage
[6:44:00]
is only 52 square feet.
[6:44:01]
eight square feet less than the requirement.
[6:44:06]
>> looks like I have
[6:44:09]
other council questions as well.
[6:44:12]
councilmember jain?
[6:44:13]
>> yeah, I spoke
[6:44:14]
with the applicant, and I listened
[6:44:15]
to
[6:44:18]
the briefing. My question was
[6:44:21]
that it seems like every parking space
[6:44:22]
is
[6:44:24]
allocated to a resident unit.
[6:44:30]
so where would any guest parking
[6:44:33]
be? And I know that there's
[6:44:36]
a little bit of parking on
[6:44:39]
brokaw, I think. But
[6:44:41]
if you're going to have, like, an
[6:44:42]
event, is there
[6:44:45]
an agreement with one of the businesses
[6:44:46]
nearby
[6:44:47]
or anything? This may be more for the
[6:44:48]
applicant.
[6:44:51]
but
[6:44:53]
has the city been working on --I know this
[6:44:54]
is not
[6:44:56]
part of the station area plan. It's
[6:44:57]
before
[6:44:59]
the station area plan is finalized.
[6:45:00]
but you know, we've
[6:45:03]
had issues where you're not required
[6:45:06]
to provide parking, and they're providing
[6:45:07]
parking.
[6:45:09]
but there's no guest parking. So if
[6:45:11]
you have a dinner party or something, where are your guests
[6:45:12]
going to park?
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>> thank you. I will
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let the applicant respond to that.
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>> wait,
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wait.
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>> and then -->> do you have
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other questions?
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>> are these the only elevations with the color palette and
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the material types?
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I didn't see those.
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I know when I met with pam
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lish, the colors were very preliminary.
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>> I believe it still
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needs an architect --
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>> I want to
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get all the questions out
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before, sorry.
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>> that's it, thank you.
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>> vice mayor cox? >> I want to
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quickly understand if --I saw in
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public comment the only kind of negative
[6:45:54]
need back was
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again about the single unit or
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the accessibility. I'm wondering if
[6:46:00]
the five
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units now having bedrooms on the first
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floor addresses that specifically
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or if there was a
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tie-in. Again, just want
[6:46:10]
to vocalize support as somebody who
[6:46:12]
works at the university closely
[6:46:13]
with housing. This meets huge needs.
[6:46:18]
>> thank you, that's it now. >> okay.
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so there
[6:46:22]
was a question about where is the guest parking?
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the applicant is here, and I will
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let them respond to that.
[6:46:30]
on the elevations, this still has
[6:46:33]
to go to the development
[6:46:36]
review committee for the architectural
[6:46:37]
approval. So
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what we have is this. And then I think
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the applicant also has a presentation, and
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they can elaborate on that.
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as far as councilmember cox, your
[6:46:51]
question, what they did is since
[6:46:54]
the planning commission hearing
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and the comment about
[6:47:02]
providing units on the first floor,
[6:47:03]
they modified their floor plan so
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that there are
[6:47:09]
now --
[6:47:11]
within five of the units, there is
[6:47:12]
a bedroom on the first floor.
[6:47:14]
>> thank you. All right, it is a public
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hearing. I'm going to go
[6:47:18]
now to the applicant. The applicant
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has time, I think
[6:47:21]
ten minutes. Yes.
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welcome. Thank you
[6:47:25]
for your patience.
[6:47:26]
>> thank you so
[6:47:27]
much. I feel very privileged to be
[6:47:28]
here when
[6:47:30]
you guys did the latino heritage month,
[6:47:31]
because I
[6:47:33]
myself was born in lima, peru, and
[6:47:34]
I went to engineering school at santa clara university.
[6:47:37]
felt very emotional when I saw the
[6:47:40]
students
[6:47:43]
come up here. I timed this at
[6:47:45]
eight minutes. I'm going to try to
[6:47:46]
be shy
[6:47:47]
of that. Thank you so much for everybody
[6:47:49]
for being here.
[6:47:52]
it's now tomorrow. And just,
[6:47:55]
leslie, afshan, I
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can't express to everybody.
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I swipe. My name is pamela
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selas needing, vice president city
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ventures.
[6:48:07]
aisles also planning
[6:48:08]
commissioner in my hometown, so I know
[6:48:09]
the love of your home and the dedication
[6:48:10]
it takes to be here
[6:48:11]
even when it's this late. We're excited
[6:48:13]
to be back here before you
[6:48:16]
today. As we were the city's
[6:48:18]
first solar all-electric project.
[6:48:22]
in the city of santa clara,
[6:48:25]
actually on ovsu street.
[6:48:28]
city ventures we're a sa
[6:48:30]
steinable bay area builder that focuses on
[6:48:31]
infill
[6:48:32]
developments. The company came to
[6:48:34]
life as a core belief
[6:48:35]
with creating partnerships with municipalities
[6:48:37]
and sustainability is a big part
[6:48:40]
of that.
[6:48:43]
as mentioned the 3. 7 acre
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site is located at 1400 coleman street kitty-
[6:48:48]
corner to costco and the gateway crossings
[6:48:49]
project. We know
[6:48:51]
we aren't the first, but we're glad to
[6:48:52]
be pioneering the housing in this area.
[6:48:58]
the exciting part of this
[6:49:00]
project, besides it being very close to
[6:49:03]
my alma mater, that is it's within
[6:49:04]
a half
[6:49:05]
of santa clara university, cal train, and
[6:49:07]
the new
[6:49:08]
brokaw underpass which was a great
[6:49:10]
investment by
[6:49:12]
the city to really transform this
[6:49:13]
area.
[6:49:16]
the underpass and future transit plans of
[6:49:17]
the cal train station unlocks the
[6:49:19]
exact type of
[6:49:20]
urban housing development that is
[6:49:22]
needed here. I,
[6:49:24]
like I mentioned before, was a student
[6:49:25]
at santa clara
[6:49:26]
university, proudly obtaining any
[6:49:28]
civil engineering degree and due
[6:49:30]
in part to the high cost of housing,
[6:49:31]
I myself had to commute
[6:49:33]
to school until I was blessed with
[6:49:34]
a scholarship that allowed
[6:49:36]
me to live on and off campus. Now
[6:49:37]
as an adult
[6:49:40]
that sits at the university's
[6:49:41]
engineering advisory board, I can
[6:49:43]
tell you firsthand as
[6:49:45]
councilmember cox mentioned that retaining
[6:49:46]
talent,
[6:49:48]
even at the university level, can
[6:49:49]
be difficult due to the high cost of housing.
[6:49:52]
the site is
[6:49:53]
being used for commercial development.
[6:49:55]
here's a few photos.
[6:49:56]
you can see there's a lot of asphalt.
[6:50:01]
really quick, if we can
[6:50:03]
go back in time in 2010 the city of
[6:50:04]
santa clara
[6:50:06]
celebrated its past, its present, and its
[6:50:09]
future. And part of why we're here
[6:50:10]
so late
[6:50:12]
is because the city is already looking
[6:50:13]
forward to
[6:50:16]
its future. And all three phases
[6:50:19]
of its future,
[6:50:21]
contemplating urban development dream
[6:50:22]
by
[6:50:24]
connectivity, sustainability, place-making
[6:50:25]
and called it the station area plan.
[6:50:31]
since then, the city has not stopped
[6:50:33]
in its pursuit of pursuing its future.
[6:50:34]
it's
[6:50:37]
been a long time coming, but in 2022,
[6:50:39]
council appointed the station area
[6:50:40]
task force. Since
[6:50:42]
then, the city and the task force
[6:50:43]
having worked hard
[6:50:45]
to implement the vision started long
[6:50:46]
ago with
[6:50:48]
community meetings, property owner
[6:50:49]
meetings, and
[6:50:52]
regular task force
[6:50:54]
hearings. We're proud to say our project
[6:50:55]
was
[6:50:57]
integrated as the city's preferred
[6:50:58]
development and incorporated into
[6:50:59]
the station area plan which you can see
[6:51:01]
right here.
[6:51:07]
but the work didn't stop there.
[6:51:08]
on our end, we've had the pleasure
[6:51:10]
of working on this project
[6:51:13]
for over four years. From community
[6:51:14]
meetings, university outreach, and
[6:51:16]
work done with
[6:51:17]
city leadership and staff, I'm not
[6:51:19]
going to go through all of this here because
[6:51:20]
of the time, but you can see the effort.
[6:51:24]
staff was tough but fair. And it's
[6:51:25]
really what made
[6:51:28]
the product worthy of first allowing
[6:51:29]
us to go before planning commission and now before you.
[6:51:37]
now, they say it's the details
[6:51:39]
that really make a project, and in
[6:51:40]
this instance
[6:51:43]
I had the privilege of receiving feedback
[6:51:44]
from
[6:51:46]
afshan and others from those
[6:51:47]
that know and love this community.
[6:51:49]
those details to others may
[6:51:51]
seem small, but it's what can create
[6:51:52]
the fabric of a community. At
[6:51:54]
the planning commission hearing, the
[6:51:55]
item that stood out to me was
[6:51:57]
the ability to have a few units that allow the
[6:51:58]
community to grow older.
[6:52:01]
again, a comment with the intention
[6:52:04]
of creating a fabric of both young
[6:52:05]
and
[6:52:07]
old. While we are working with a higher-
[6:52:08]
density
[6:52:09]
product that typically precludes the
[6:52:12]
single-family product that most would
[6:52:13]
associate with an aging in place,
[6:52:14]
we
[6:52:16]
were able to identify
[6:52:18]
units as said that with careful crafting could
[6:52:19]
have a ground-
[6:52:20]
floor bedroom and bathroom, which you see over on
[6:52:22]
the right.
[6:52:25]
some additional examples of feedback
[6:52:26]
include
[6:52:28]
water taps for the community garden,
[6:52:30]
alternate modes of transportation
[6:52:31]
with
[6:52:33]
scooters and rideshare parking, and locks for the scooters.
[6:52:37]
a sink at the
[6:52:40]
community barbecue area to really
[6:52:41]
create
[6:52:43]
that place. And guidance on good neighbor
[6:52:44]
practices.
[6:52:46]
again, all comments to grow the values
[6:52:49]
and fabric of this community.
[6:52:52]
we also worked onon iterations
[6:52:55]
of affordable housing
[6:52:57]
program with elaine from your housing
[6:52:58]
department which results in the
[6:53:00]
29 units that are spread throughout
[6:53:01]
all of our plan types,
[6:53:04]
from studios to three bedrooms, upon
[6:53:05]
an average
[6:53:07]
ami of 83%. The idea is to
[6:53:10]
provide housing that is more affordable
[6:53:11]
primarily through
[6:53:13]
design.
[6:53:15]
regulatory practices and construction rather
[6:53:16]
than subsidies and grants
[6:53:19]
and the like. Key aspects include
[6:53:22]
efficient
[6:53:25]
units, fewer parking requirements,
[6:53:26]
innovative
[6:53:27]
construction techniques that don't
[6:53:28]
just
[6:53:30]
survive during the buildout but extend to
[6:53:31]
the buyers for the
[6:53:34]
long-term. Such as energy
[6:53:37]
efficiency, low maintenance durability, et
[6:53:38]
cetera.
[6:53:40]
there's an emphasis here for walkable
[6:53:42]
locations and having a design that
[6:53:44]
matches the needs
[6:53:47]
of the missing middle and
[6:53:48]
first-time home buyer. The goal is
[6:53:50]
to be able to have everyone be able to participate