[8:20] >>> are we okay?
[8:23] good evening, everyone, and
[8:26] welcome to our santa clara
[8:27] city council stadium authority city
[8:29] council meeting. And
[8:32] we are going to start with a
[8:35] study session before our regular meeting. So
[8:38] let me have a confirmation of a
[8:40] quorum, city clerk?
[8:41] >> thank you,
[8:42] madame
[8:43] mayor, yes, confirming quorum.
[8:44] >>
[8:45] thank you. So seeing that, we have
[8:46] one
[8:47] item on our study session this evening,
[8:48] which is city
[8:50] council study session update
[8:52] on the city's anti-displacement work
[8:53] plan. City manager?
[8:54] >>
[8:56] sure, thank you, mayor, thank
[8:58] you, council. Jovan grogan, city manager. Tonight's
[9:02] presentation will be provided by
[9:04] our director of community development. Quick note,
[9:05] staff is presenting
[9:07] a study session and requesting feedback
[9:11] from you on adopted policies
[9:14] in our housing element
[9:15] for anti-displacement. The council
[9:16] adopted these policies in may 2024
[9:17] and
[9:19] cities are required to implement the
[9:20] policies with
[9:22] meaningful programs and actions. There
[9:23] are, and I count,
[9:26] 21 housing element actions
[9:27] related to anti-displacement and how
[9:29] displacement can
[9:31] be prevented in santa clara. Compliance
[9:32] with these
[9:34] policies and implementation ensures eligibility for
[9:35] future funding under
[9:37] programs such as the one bay area
[9:41] grant or what we commonly
[9:42] refer to as obag. The city has committed
[9:44] to explore a
[9:46] variety of new policies to prevent
[9:47] displacement in
[9:49] santa clara and must follow through
[9:50] to ensure
[9:53] the housing element and
[9:54] our transit-oriented development policy
[9:56] are in compliance. With
[9:59] that, I will turn the presentation
[10:02] over to the director
[10:06] of community development.
[10:07] >> thank you.
[10:11] >> welcome. >>
[10:14] thank you, good evening,
[10:16] mayor, councilmembers. Let's begin
[10:20] the
[10:22] presentation. So first I'll do introductions. Okay. We
[10:23] have a number
[10:26] of staff that
[10:29] have been working
[10:31] on this. Leslie xavier, the planning
[10:32] manager, adam
[10:35] marcus, housing and
[10:38] community services manager. John
[10:40] baty a critical staff to us. He also
[10:41] worked on the
[10:43] housing element itself. And then tonight we
[10:44] will
[10:47] also hear
[10:50] from
[10:52] the community planning collaborative. They
[10:53] provide technical assistance
[10:56] across multiple jurisdictions, and
[10:59] they are
[11:01] funded by abag, mtc abag. They're
[11:02] independent, but they've
[11:03] been helping multiple jurisdictions
[11:05] with housing
[11:08] elements as well as this
[11:11] phase,
[11:14] which is the implementation phase. So
[11:15] the agenda for tonight is we will
[11:17] go over the
[11:19] purpose of this study session, housing
[11:20] element recap, what
[11:23] is displacement, the impacts
[11:25] of displacement, santa clara's work
[11:26] plan,
[11:28] update on the community planning collaborative,
[11:29] next
[11:32] steps,
[11:35] and then, as the city manager said, we
[11:36] are seeking
[11:37] council discussion and feedback on
[11:38] this item before
[11:41] we come back to you in the spring. So the purpose
[11:44] is to provide an overview of residential
[11:47] displacement, its forms, drivers,
[11:50] and potential impacts, highlight existing
[11:51] state
[11:53] laws and actions that the city
[11:55] is already implementing to reduce
[11:56] displacement,
[11:59] identify potential new
[12:00] and expanded programs for evaluation,
[12:02] and of course,
[12:05] obtain early
[12:08] input
[12:11] and feedback from city council. So this
[12:14] is a graphic, and it really describes
[12:15] what
[12:17] we are working with
[12:20] and where homelessness and displacement
[12:21] work. A few
[12:23] weeks ago, staff presented a session
[12:25] on homelessness. It is important to
[12:26] think about
[12:29] the larger housing crisis
[12:31] and instability that it causes. At
[12:32] the
[12:35] base is the supply of housing. And
[12:36] when supply
[12:38] does not meet demand, more and
[12:41] more people experience cost burden. So we
[12:44] are working, and you have been
[12:46] directing us to do more building of units. And
[12:48] we are in
[12:51] the
[12:54] process of getting
[12:55] those units completed. But for every
[12:57] 14 jobs in the bay area,
[12:59] there is one unit of housing. That
[13:00] unit
[13:03] of housing could be an rv. It could
[13:05] be an adu. It could be a single-family
[13:09] home. It could be a duplex,
[13:10] townhome, any one of those. So that
[13:12] should
[13:15] give you the importance
[13:16] of this. Anti-displacement programs
[13:18] and
[13:19] homelessness prevention programs are
[13:21] deeply interconnected. Although
[13:23] our focus tonight is displacement,
[13:27] it's important to
[13:30] understand
[13:31] that our efforts are frontline defense
[13:32] against homelessness. At the very,
[13:33] very top
[13:35] of the pyramid are programs to help
[13:36] people
[13:37] experiencing homelessness. And this
[13:39] can be shelter,
[13:41] supportive housing, rapid rehousing,
[13:42] and interim
[13:44] housing. And then our goal is always
[13:48] to get people to the bottom of
[13:51] the pyramid into
[13:54] stable housing
[13:55] with affordable housing production and
[13:57] preservation. This is called the
[14:00] three ps, and we will get into that
[14:03] as well. So this was
[14:06] just shared with us
[14:09] recently. The point in time count
[14:12] from 2019 to 2025. And
[14:13] this is a high level. We're still
[14:15] analyzing
[14:17] the numbers. We still have a lot of
[14:18] data
[14:21] to go through. But the overall message
[14:23] is more people are entering homelessness
[14:27] and then exiting homelessness in
[14:29] the region. And I don't want to dwell
[14:30] too much on the
[14:32] numbers, because like I said, we're
[14:33] still analyzing these
[14:36] numbers and kind of going through
[14:39] them. I do want
[14:42] to focus a little bit
[14:44] on the primary causes of homelessness. So
[14:48] this is from the county of santa
[14:51] clara, and it's
[14:53] for january 2025. The fourth leading
[14:54] cause
[14:57] of homelessness reinforces the
[14:59] connection between homelessness and
[15:01] displacement. So it's eviction and
[15:06] rent
[15:07] increases. It's almost like above
[15:08] 11%. So I want to give you a recap
[15:09] of
[15:12] the housing element over
[15:15] the next two slides and why. The next
[15:18] two slides are a
[15:20] recap because anti-displacement is
[15:21] embedded throughout this
[15:23] document. In fact, 21 actions throughout
[15:27] the housing element are
[15:30] embedded
[15:32] --are embedded with anti-displacement. And while we
[15:33] often hear about all
[15:35] the projects that we are bringing
[15:36] for construction
[15:39] and for approval or tentative map
[15:42] or for, you know, units, what
[15:44] is also important is the actions and
[15:45] that
[15:48] we follow
[15:51] through on the actions. The city of
[15:54] santa
[15:57] clara's
[15:59] regional housing needs is 11,632 units. However, the
[16:00] housing
[16:01] element also includes actions and
[16:03] objectives
[16:05] and certain timelines to address anti-displacement. So
[16:06] each year,
[16:09] the city must
[16:11] report on its progress towards the
[16:12] --and this
[16:15] also includes those actions that we're
[16:17] talking about tonight. So if hcd determines
[16:18] that the city
[16:21] is not making progress on these actions as
[16:24] well as the units, we could
[16:27] risk loss of local zoning
[16:30] control as well as eligibility for
[16:36] grant funding such as the
[16:38] obag grant. And then in our housing
[16:39] element,
[16:42] this is already adopted, we have
[16:45] goals. And in chapter two it includes the
[16:46] city's
[16:48] program for goals, policies, actions
[16:51] that promote affirmatively furthering
[16:54] fair housing for all
[16:57] persons in the city. The
[16:59] goals, policies, and action number
[17:00] 13
[17:05] provide the direction to implement anti-displacement.
[17:06] another
[17:08] critical component of why we would
[17:09] want to implement the goals
[17:12] and actions is tied
[17:14] to funding. The bay area jurisdictions
[17:18] must meet
[17:21] specific requirements under mtc,
[17:22] transit-oriented community policies,
[17:24] with regional goals for equitable
[17:25] and sustainable
[17:27] development as well
[17:28] production, preservation, and protection. And
[17:30] then just to give you an
[17:33] idea for obag too, which was
[17:36] from 2017 to
[17:39] 2022,
[17:42] the city received $5.8 million. So over the
[17:43] next portion of
[17:45] this presentation, we'll go over what
[17:48] is displacement, including its forms,
[17:51] factors, and impacts. What is the
[17:52] city's anti-displacement work
[17:54] plan as well as the proposed
[17:57] next
[18:00] steps on this work plan. So
[18:02] when residents must relocate from their
[18:03] homes
[18:05] or neighborhoods due to factors beyond
[18:06] their control, these
[18:09] could include rising rents, inability
[18:12] to pay, lease
[18:14] terminations, hazardous buildings,
[18:15] and
[18:17] demolitions. The forms of displacement
[18:18] are three, but
[18:21] there's a lot
[18:24] more to this. There's three buckets
[18:26] here. Direct displacement, indirect,
[18:27] and cultural displacement. With direct
[18:29] displacement is when a family or person
[18:30] is forced to move
[18:32] 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
[18:46] it may not be replaced. The city
[18:48] --majority of our housing development
[18:49] is developing on
[18:50] marginal commercial and industrial
[18:52] properties, so
[18:53] that's important to note. The city
[18:55] has not
[18:58] yet experienced that direct
[19:01] displacement for
[19:03] lower income households. And indirect
[19:04] displacement is when
[19:07] a person or family can
[19:10] no longer stay in their
[19:12] homes because of rising costs. Cost
[19:13] burden equals that
[19:15] 30% or more of gross income is spent
[19:19] on housing,
[19:21] which is rent and utilities. Cultural
[19:22] displacement
[19:24] is when a new development and new residents
[19:25] change the character
[19:28] of the area,
[19:30] and this is often called gentrification. So
[19:34] there are many factors to
[19:35] displacement. Incomes not keeping
[19:37] up with the rising cost
[19:40] of housing, lack of
[19:43] tenant
[19:45] 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
[19:55] this happens
[19:57] it could be wide ranging. Family members
[19:58] of our community
[19:59] are forced to leave their neighborhoods,
[20:01] and it can
[20:03] have a longtime impact on livelihoods,
[20:04] businesses,
[20:05] social networks. And with limited
[20:07] resources and ability to
[20:09] relocate to other housing within their
[20:10] communities,
[20:11] many move to affordable locations
[20:13] far from their
[20:16] 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,
[20:28] our
[20:31] housing and division
[20:33] services manager. And then I will,
[20:34] towards
[20:38] the end, also talk about a survey
[20:42] we are doing on displacement. Thank
[20:46] you.
[20:47] >> welcome. >> thank you, afshan,
[20:48] city mayor, city council. So when
[20:49] we talk about displacement and we
[20:50] talk
[20:51] about the solutions, we wanted to
[20:52] talk a little
[20:54] bit about how we frame those solutions. So
[20:55] one of the ways
[20:58] that we frame this discussion at
[21:01] the regional level is, as afshan mentioned,
[21:04] the three ps, what is
[21:06] protection, preservation, and production? Protection
[21:07] is primarily protection
[21:09] of tenants. So what are some ways
[21:10] to
[21:13] stabilize people where they already
[21:15] are. Preservation is ensuring that
[21:16] existing buildings are habitable
[21:19] 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
[21:43] do we create --how do we build that
[21:45] lowest level of and the pyramid and
[21:46] increase supply. We
[21:48] also want to frame these solutions
[21:49] in
[21:50] context with state law, because over
[21:52] the last five years, quite a
[21:55] few new state
[21:58] laws have come into
[22:01] 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
[22:46] that --in terms of a deposit that
[22:49] can be required. It's now one month. So
[22:50] there
[22:52] 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
[23:01] some
[23:03] of them require local enforcement. So
[23:07] as we step into the solutions chapter
[23:09] of our presentation, we wanted to
[23:10] break
[23:13] our work plan into three
[23:15] parts. The full work plan is included
[23:16] as attachment
[23:18] number one in your staff report, and
[23:19] I will take
[23:22] a few minutes to summarize
[23:25] it here. So the first bucket, actions
[23:28] 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
[23:43] we will conduct outreach
[23:46] with stakeholders, we'll review best
[23:47] practices,
[23:48] we'll investigate these programs and
[23:49] determine what it
[23:52] would really take to implement
[23:55] them. So let's jump into the first
[23:58] bucket, which is actions underway. As
[23:59] you
[24:01] 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
[26:11] and early next
[26:14] year,
[26:16] we'll be bringing back the feasibility
[26:17] study
[26:19] for the city's ordinance and look to
[26:20] 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
[46:12] around 19 out of
[46:13] the almost 800 people that we had
[46:15] 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
[1:19:51] a
[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
[1:27:43] a
[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
[1:48:04] a
[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.
[1:59:10] I
[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
[2:02:05] a
[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
[2:07:54] a
[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.
[2:08:22] >>
[2:08:27] 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
[2:08:51] a
[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.
[2:09:23] 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
[2:17:56] a
[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
[2:25:12] a
[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
[2:25:36] .
[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
[2:31:35] I
[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
[2:32:05] a
[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.
[2:34:05] I
[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
[2:41:06] .
[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
[2:47:13] is excite
[2:47:16] today share with you tonight the recommended
[2:47:17] slogan and
[2:47:18] logo for our community engagement
[2:47:19] campaign for 2026. As
[2:47:22] 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
[2:47:44] and
[2:47:46] the development of combining that
[2:47:47] information and
[2:47:50] creating what we are
[2:47:54] recommending for you tonight. Next
[2:48:02] slide? Oh, sorry
[2:48:05] . Here
[2:48:06] 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
[2:48:32] to this exciting
[2:48:35] point. I wanted
[2:48:38] 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
[2:49:02] was done
[2:49:05] the last time santa
[2:49:08] 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
[2:49:55] 50, there is opportunity for this
[2:49:56] 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
[2:50:11] 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
[2:52:41] a
[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] >>
[2:53:11] 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
[2:54:46] 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.
[2:55:09] 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.
[2:57:09] >>
[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
[3:04:44] a
[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
[3:08:32] 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
[3:10:57] a
[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
[3:11:33] a
[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
[3:13:51] a
[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,
[3:21:40] a
[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
[3:27:29] 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
[3:27:51] a
[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,
[3:42:26] I
[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
[3:42:41] a
[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
[3:43:02] a
[3:43:04] little bit critic doesn't hurt. If
[3:43:05] I
[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
[3:48:45] I
[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
[3:50:09] I
[3:50:11] will leave it at that. Again I would
[3:50:12] like to find
[3:50:15] a
[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
[3:52:31] 4
[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
[3:53:45] I
[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
[4:13:47] a
[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
[4:16:26] you.
[4:16:27] >>
[4:16:29] 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
[4:25:54] a
[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
[4:29:04] a
[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
[4:34:50] a
[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
[4:51:16] 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
[4:52:50] a
[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.
[5:03:58] I
[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
[5:06:31] now, there's --an assetless, that's not a word --
[5:06:32] organizations.
[5:06:35] I think those are my questions for now.
[5:06:43] councilmember jain, you have
[5:06:46] more questions?
[5:06:48] >> I believe that recently there were
[5:06:52] $200 million of stadium
[5:06:54] improvements. Was that stadco? Or
[5:06:55] teamco that paid the $200 million?
[5:06:58] thank you.
[5:07:01] >> that's it for the questions, city manager.
[5:07:04] >> thank you, mayor.
[5:07:07] and as a
[5:07:10] reminder, you're sitting as both the
[5:07:11] stadium authority
[5:07:12] board and the city council for this
[5:07:13] 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
[5:07:19] we also have a
[5:07:22] representative from the 49ers back
[5:07:23] in
[5:07:24] support with some of your specific
[5:07:25] questions around
[5:07:28] teamco as well. Let's start with
[5:07:30] councilmember kelly cox's question
[5:07:31] around references
[5:07:34] in the agreement to
[5:07:37] overtime
[5:07:40] costs for police officers and contrast
[5:07:41] that to
[5:07:43] how
[5:07:44] it mention s firefighter overtime costs.
[5:07:49] let
[5:07:53] me first say that
[5:07:56] no
[5:07:58] matter what city employee is utilized,
[5:07:59] if they
[5:08:00] are providing direct services to the
[5:08:01] 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
[5:08:11] 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
[5:08:26] on the
[5:08:29] mlu in our
[5:08:32] cost. And so
[5:08:33] 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
[5:08:40] because during the process of these
[5:08:41] negotiations, that
[5:08:44] 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
[5:08:50] the city attorney --
[5:08:51] >>
[5:08:53] yeah, and I'll even read
[5:08:55] the section. It talks about actual
[5:08:56] event costs,
[5:08:57] right, as a qualified event expense.
[5:09:00] and this is in exhibit "a." and it
[5:09:02] says, such expenses
[5:09:04] shall include, without limitations,
[5:09:07] city stadium authority --city/stadium
[5:09:11] authority staff costs billed
[5:09:13] at city standard cowl last recovery
[5:09:14] rate for
[5:09:17] nfl events. Then it just describes
[5:09:19] that as currently 1. 5 times city
[5:09:20] standard full
[5:09:22] 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
[5:09:39] that's covered in the language as it's drafted.
[5:09:41] >> okay.
[5:09:44] the next
[5:09:46] committee was around pre-event expenses.
[5:09:47] for
[5:09:48] 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
[5:09:59] 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
[5:29:48] a
[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
[5:32:18] a
[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.
[5:36:07] I
[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. >>
[5:52:49] it took a long time.
[5:52:50] >> 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
[5:53:18] 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] >>
[5:53:26] we'll
[5:53:27] ensure there's one or the other.
[5:53:28] >> the way
[5:53:29] 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
[5:54:49] events attract future
[5:54:52] 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
[5:59:32] a
[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
[6:03:05] 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
[6:08:57] tenttive
[6:08:59] subdivision map for a one-lot subdivision
[6:09:00] for
[6:09:01] condominium purposes for 11 town homes
[6:09:03] located at
[6:09:06] 1530 and
[6:09:09] 1540 palm
[6:09:12] roy avenue.
[6:09:15] palmer roy avenue.
[6:09:16] >>
[6:09:45] .
[6:09:46] >> do we have to vote if
[6:09:47] we're continuing past midnight?
[6:09:48] >> I
[6:09:49] think the mayor is continuing it
[6:09:50] with the understanding there's consensus
[6:09:51] of the council in order to do
[6:09:53] that to address these items.
[6:09:54] >> these
[6:09:55] people have been waiting. We
[6:09:56] are going to hear their items. Please move ahead, thank you.
[6:10:03] >> thank you.
[6:10:06] so this is for 1530 and
[6:10:09] 1540 pomeroy.
[6:10:12] it's the only decision tonight is
[6:10:15] a vesting tentative map. And so this
[6:10:16] will
[6:10:18] allow the merger of two adjacent
[6:10:21] lots on . 48 acres and result in one
[6:10:23] subdivision and allow 11 town homes as well as improvements.
[6:10:30] the site is in the general plan
[6:10:33] in the zoning --
[6:10:34] >> excuse me. Councilmember
[6:10:35] park, if
[6:10:36] 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
[6:10:42] consensus.
[6:10:46] >> what do I do, city attorney, please?
[6:10:53] >> madam mayor, I think you are acting
[6:10:54] as presiding officer
[6:10:56] with the understanding there was support
[6:10:57] for continuing from the item, then
[6:11:00] proceeding informally. If
[6:11:03] a council --I may be speculating.
[6:11:04] if
[6:11:06] a councilperson wants to require a
[6:11:07] vote in
[6:11:09] order to continue under our
[6:11:11] pending protocols, a councilmember
[6:11:12] could do that.
[6:11:15] but you also, I believe mayor,
[6:11:18] have the authority as
[6:11:21] presiding officer
[6:11:23] to assess the consensus or support of
[6:11:24] the
[6:11:27] council to proceed. So I think it's
[6:11:28] a matter
[6:11:30] of if a councilmember wants to
[6:11:32] require a specific vote, they could.
[6:11:33] >> all right,
[6:11:35] councilmember hardy?
[6:11:36] >> I'll make
[6:11:37] a motion to continue
[6:11:38] the meeting for the two items that we have.
[6:11:42] >> is there a second? >> I'll second.
[6:11:43] >> we have
[6:11:44] a motion and a second to continue
[6:11:47] the item records councilmember park,
[6:11:49] gone zeal lez? Okay. Park? Jain?
[6:11:52] councilmember jain? Okay.
[6:11:54] please continue. Oh -- we have to vote.
[6:12:25] it's not to continue the
[6:12:27] items. It's to continue the council
[6:12:28] meeting.
[6:12:30] >> yes, I'll fix it. >> because that's
[6:12:31] not what it says.
[6:12:32] >> continue with. >> okay, to continue with this
[6:12:34] item.
[6:12:37] and that passes 5-2.
[6:12:40] thank you. All right.
[6:12:41] please continue.
[6:12:42] >> okay, thank you.
[6:12:46] so, both of these lots are
[6:12:49] on pomeroy. 1540 is a mixed-
[6:12:51] use community commercial, and 1530
[6:12:52] 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
[6:13:03] went before development review hearing,
[6:13:06] and it was approved for 11 town homes.
[6:13:07] 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
[6:13:22] explains
[6:13:25] number of bedrooms is three bedrooms.
[6:13:27] they will have a bedroom on the ground
[6:13:28] floor as well.
[6:13:31] 1530 pomeroy is 1970 square
[6:13:34] feet. 1540 pomeroy, the town
[6:13:36] hopes will be 2370 square feet. They
[6:13:37] are
[6:13:40] within the density
[6:13:43] range, between 20 to 36 dua.
[6:13:49] this is the
[6:13:50] vesting tenttive map on which you
[6:13:52] will be considering an action
[6:13:54] for tonight. Staff put up a site plan
[6:13:57] just because the site plan shows a
[6:13:58] cleaner
[6:14:01] version. There's a
[6:14:04] 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
[6:14:31] 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
[6:14:46] june 3rd, 2025. The
[6:14:48] subdivision clearance committee reviewed
[6:14:49] the
[6:14:52] vtn and proposed --the proposed
[6:14:54] 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
[6:15:03] may 14th, it went before development
[6:15:04] 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
[6:17:40] 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
[6:18:19] 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
[6:18:40] 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,
[6:19:33] good evening madam mayor, members of
[6:19:35] the council.
[6:19:36] >> this
[6:19:38] 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.
[6:22:36] I
[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.
[6:26:54] I'll also add, because
[6:26:56] 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,
[6:27:19] I'm just bringing it up because
[6:27:21] I happen to know --I happen to
[6:27:23] have spoken at many --
[6:27:24] >> may I respond?
[6:27:30] >> 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.
[6:27:42] "
[6:27:43] >> 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
[6:27:49] 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.
[6:38:56] a
[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?
[6:45:15] >> thank you. I will
[6:45:17] let the applicant respond to that.
[6:45:18] >> wait,
[6:45:20] wait.
[6:45:21] >> and then -->> do you have
[6:45:22] other questions?
[6:45:24] >> are these the only elevations with the color palette and
[6:45:27] the material types?
[6:45:33] I didn't see those.
[6:45:36] I know when I met with pam
[6:45:38] lish, the colors were very preliminary.
[6:45:39] >> I believe it still
[6:45:41] needs an architect --
[6:45:42] >> I want to
[6:45:43] get all the questions out
[6:45:45] before, sorry.
[6:45:46] >> that's it, thank you.
[6:45:48] >> vice mayor cox? >> I want to
[6:45:51] quickly understand if --I saw in
[6:45:53] public comment the only kind of negative
[6:45:54] need back was
[6:45:57] again about the single unit or
[6:45:59] the accessibility. I'm wondering if
[6:46:00] the five
[6:46:03] units now having bedrooms on the first
[6:46:04] floor addresses that specifically
[6:46:06] or if there was a
[6:46:09] 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.
[6:46:21] so there
[6:46:22] was a question about where is the guest parking?
[6:46:26] the applicant is here, and I will
[6:46:27] 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
[6:46:39] what we have is this. And then I think
[6:46:40] the applicant also has a presentation, and
[6:46:42] they can elaborate on that.
[6:46:48] as far as councilmember cox, your
[6:46:51] question, what they did is since
[6:46:54] the planning commission hearing
[6:46:57] and the comment about
[6:47:02] providing units on the first floor,
[6:47:03] they modified their floor plan so
[6:47:06] 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
[6:47:15] hearing. I'm going to go
[6:47:18] now to the applicant. The applicant
[6:47:19] has time, I think
[6:47:21] ten minutes. Yes.
[6:47:24] 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.
[6:47:36] I
[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
[6:47:58] can't express to everybody.
[6:48:01] I swipe. My name is pamela
[6:48:03] selas needing, vice president city
[6:48:04] 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
[6:48:46] 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