1 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:34,334 >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:34,334 --> 00:00:36,466 WELCOME. WELCOME TO CITY HALL. 3 00:00:36,466 --> 00:00:38,966 PLEASE, IF EVERYBODY COULD GRAB A SEAT, I'D LIKE TO GET 4 00:00:38,966 --> 00:00:41,700 STARTED. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SPECIAL 5 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:44,666 MEETING OF JULY 28, 2026 TO ORDER. 6 00:00:44,666 --> 00:00:47,933 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER SHAO TO LEAD US IN 7 00:00:47,933 --> 00:00:52,733 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. 8 00:01:12,666 --> 00:01:17,466 NEXT WE HAVE ROLL CALL. >> COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, HERE. 9 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:30,199 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, HERE. 10 00:01:31,266 --> 00:01:33,933 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE. 11 00:01:33,933 --> 00:01:38,133 VICE MAYOR LIU, HERE. MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT. 12 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:44,399 THERE ARE CURRENT VACANCIES ON CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 13 00:01:44,399 --> 00:01:48,599 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND. 14 00:01:49,199 --> 00:01:52,566 TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND 15 00:01:52,566 --> 00:01:55,000 COMMITTEES PAGE AT FREMONT.GOV OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S 16 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,600 OFFICE. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 17 00:01:59,133 --> 00:02:02,466 PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY THIS EVENING, YOU MAY PROVIDE 18 00:02:02,466 --> 00:02:06,933 PUBLIC COMMENT BY SELECTING THE "RAISE HAND" FEATURE IN ZOOM. 19 00:02:06,933 --> 00:02:10,000 OR BY DIALING STAR NINE IF CALLING IN. 20 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,800 I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN FOR EACH AGENDA 21 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,333 SECTION. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF 22 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:20,933 REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION, IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION. 23 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:24,266 EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE 24 00:02:24,266 --> 00:02:29,666 CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA CENTER 25 00:02:29,999 --> 00:02:32,532 AT FREMONT.GOV AND RETAINED AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. 26 00:02:32,532 --> 00:02:37,800 THIS MEETING MAY GO ON UNTIL 11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED. 27 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,999 WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. 28 00:02:40,999 --> 00:02:45,799 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THE ORAL 29 00:02:47,466 --> 00:02:49,333 COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD CAN BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT THE END OF 30 00:02:49,333 --> 00:02:52,153 THE MEETING IF THERE'S MORE SPEAKERS. 31 00:02:52,153 --> 00:02:55,487 I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CITY MANAGER KARENA 32 00:02:55,487 --> 00:02:57,820 SHACKELFORD TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TO INTRODUCE 33 00:02:57,820 --> 00:02:59,555 HER STAFF. >> City Mgr. Shackelford: 34 00:02:59,555 --> 00:03:01,353 THANK YOU, MAYOR SALWAN. GOOD EVENING. 35 00:03:01,353 --> 00:03:04,554 GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. TO THE LEFT OF ME IS OUR CITY 36 00:03:04,554 --> 00:03:09,687 ATTORNEY, RAFAEL ALVARADO. AND NEXT TO RAFAEL IS ASSISTANT 37 00:03:09,687 --> 00:03:13,786 CITY MANAGER CHRISTINA BRIGGS. ACROSS FROM THE THREE OF US, WE 38 00:03:13,786 --> 00:03:18,420 HAVE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK DINA LEWIS, AND FORMER CITY CLERK 39 00:03:18,420 --> 00:03:21,754 MAKING A SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE THIS EVENING, SUSAN 40 00:03:21,754 --> 00:03:25,354 GAUTHIER. AND THEN JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. 41 00:03:25,886 --> 00:03:29,620 I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REMIND FOLKS AND INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO 42 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:34,554 THE FREMONT FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS THIS WEEKEND, AUGUST 1ST AND 43 00:03:34,554 --> 00:03:35,954 AUGUST 2ND, 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. 44 00:03:35,954 --> 00:03:40,687 SO PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME GOOD MUSIC, GOOD FOOD, GOOD 45 00:03:40,687 --> 00:03:42,953 THINGS TO BUY, EVERYTHING, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE YOU ALL 46 00:03:42,953 --> 00:03:43,887 OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 47 00:03:43,887 --> 00:03:47,486 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE A FAMILIAR 48 00:03:47,486 --> 00:03:50,486 FACE. WELCOME BACK, MS. GAUTHIER! 49 00:03:50,554 --> 00:03:54,553 SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. 50 00:03:54,553 --> 00:03:58,220 THIS IS A TIME FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE 51 00:03:58,220 --> 00:04:04,154 THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY DO SO DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. 52 00:04:04,154 --> 00:04:08,153 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM MAY RAISE 53 00:04:08,153 --> 00:04:12,820 THEIR HAND USING THE ZOOM "RAISE HAND" FEATURE OR BY DIALING 54 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:16,220 STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IN. IF YOUR NAME IS NOT DISPLAYED, 55 00:04:16,220 --> 00:04:19,220 PLEASE STATE IT BEFORE SPEAKING. 56 00:04:19,621 --> 00:04:22,870 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON 57 00:04:22,870 --> 00:04:24,154 MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. 58 00:04:24,154 --> 00:04:29,420 THE COUNCIL CAN NOT TAKE ACTION NOR RESPOND TO ITEMS DURING THIS 59 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:31,886 COMMENT PERIOD. THOUGH ITEMS MAY BE REFERRED TO 60 00:04:31,886 --> 00:04:35,454 STAFF FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. 61 00:04:35,454 --> 00:04:37,887 WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE IDENTIFY 62 00:04:37,887 --> 00:04:42,287 THE ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT. A BELL WILL RING WHEN 30 SECONDS 63 00:04:42,287 --> 00:04:44,687 REMAIN, AND AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED. 64 00:04:44,687 --> 00:04:50,687 SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR ORAL 65 00:04:50,953 --> 00:04:53,200 COMMUNICATIONS? >> Ms. Lewis: CURRENTLY WE 66 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,553 HAVE FOUR SPEAKER CARDS AND ONE HAND RAISED ON ZOOM. 67 00:04:55,553 --> 00:04:58,953 >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. SO THIS IS -- WE CAN ALLOW 68 00:04:58,953 --> 00:05:05,553 2 MINUTES FOR THIS PERIOD. AND AGAIN THIS IS FOR ITEMS NOT 69 00:05:05,687 --> 00:05:11,870 ON THE AGENDA TODAY. >> Ms. Lewis: FIRST SPEAKER ON 70 00:05:15,420 --> 00:05:19,200 ZOOM IS CAMERON LEE. >> HI, HELLO? 71 00:05:34,753 --> 00:05:37,687 >> Ms. Lewis: YOU MAY GO AHEAD. 72 00:05:37,687 --> 00:05:43,870 >> YES, HI. MY NAME IS CAMERON LEE AND I'M 73 00:05:44,766 --> 00:05:47,432 SPEAKING TONIGHT ON THIS AGENDA FOR FREMONT BECOME AGO CHARTER 74 00:05:47,432 --> 00:05:49,900 CITY, IS WHAT I'M CALLING IN FOR -- 75 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:53,766 >> Mayor Salwan: SIR, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 76 00:05:53,766 --> 00:05:55,233 RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. 77 00:05:55,233 --> 00:05:59,330 SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 78 00:05:59,330 --> 00:06:01,233 >> I SEE, MY APOLOGIES. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 79 00:06:01,233 --> 00:06:05,433 >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA TANION. 80 00:06:15,499 --> 00:06:19,990 FOLLOWED BY JACK RODGERS. TERESA DEANDA. 81 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:27,433 AND PAT MAPOLI. >> Mayor Salwan: YOU'RE DOING 82 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,832 GOOD, JUST MAKE SURE THAT BUTTON IS PRESSED. 83 00:06:40,299 --> 00:06:41,766 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Salwan: YES. 84 00:06:41,766 --> 00:06:46,233 >> I JUST HAVE A BRIEF QUESTION AND MY CONCERN, IT'S AN ONGOING 85 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:51,566 CONCERN AND I'LL PROBABLY BE SHOWING UP HERE AND THERE IS 86 00:06:51,566 --> 00:06:57,432 ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS AND FUTURE OF DATA CENTERS AND 87 00:06:57,432 --> 00:07:00,699 FREMONT, AND DATA CENTERS IN THE WHOLE TRI-CITY AREA. 88 00:07:00,699 --> 00:07:05,966 MY QUESTION IS BRIEF AND IT'S DIRECTED JUST TO THE MAYOR, IS 89 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:11,966 HAVE YOU EVER SIGNED AN NDA, A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WITH 90 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:17,632 ANY TECH DEVELOPERS? AND I CAN -- THAT'S MY ONLY 91 00:07:17,632 --> 00:07:20,166 QUESTION. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, 92 00:07:20,166 --> 00:07:22,165 MA'AM. JUST THE WAY THIS ORAL 93 00:07:22,165 --> 00:07:24,832 COMMUNICATION WORKS, I CAN'T RESPOND TO YOU ON THIS ITEM 94 00:07:24,832 --> 00:07:28,990 BECAUSE IT'S NOT AGENDIZED BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO EMAIL ME AND 95 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:33,499 I'M WILLING TO GIVE YOU AN EMAIL BACK RESPONSE. 96 00:07:34,499 --> 00:07:37,499 RSALWAN@FREMONT.GOV. YES, SIR. 97 00:07:37,999 --> 00:07:43,399 >> MY NAME IS JACK RODGERS, A 78-YEAR, 79-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT 98 00:07:43,933 --> 00:07:48,699 HERE IN FREMONT. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC 99 00:07:48,699 --> 00:07:52,233 HEARINGS IN GENERAL. AND ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL AND 100 00:07:52,233 --> 00:07:58,330 THE MAYOR TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE YOU, AND YOU 101 00:07:58,330 --> 00:08:00,999 LIMIT THEIR INPUT ON A PUBLIC HEARING TO 1 MINUTE. 102 00:08:00,999 --> 00:08:04,766 AFTER GIVING YOUR NAME AND LOCATION, YOU GET DOWN TO ABOUT 103 00:08:04,766 --> 00:08:06,965 45 SECONDS WORTH OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW 104 00:08:06,965 --> 00:08:10,633 THAT THAT REALLY MEETS THE TEST OF A PUBLIC HEARING. 105 00:08:10,633 --> 00:08:15,320 SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT GIVING MORE TIME TO 106 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,433 PEOPLE, EVEN IF THERE'S A LARGE CROWD, HAVING BEEN AN EMPLOYEE 107 00:08:18,433 --> 00:08:23,990 OF THE CITY FOR MORE THAN 33 YEARS, I SAT THROUGH MEETINGS 108 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:26,990 THAT WENT UNTIL 2:30 IN THE MORNING, BUT IN THE END, THE 109 00:08:26,990 --> 00:08:29,990 PUBLIC WAS HEARD. THANK YOU. 110 00:08:32,990 --> 00:08:35,966 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. SORRY, NO CLAPPING, BOOING, 111 00:08:35,966 --> 00:08:37,103 HISSING, CHEERING. THANK YOU. 112 00:08:37,103 --> 00:08:42,503 COME ON UP, MA'AM. >> MY NAME IS TERESA DEANDA, 113 00:08:45,104 --> 00:08:47,737 I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME FREMONT RESIDENT, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT 114 00:08:47,737 --> 00:08:51,704 TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME HERE ON COUNCIL AND 115 00:08:51,704 --> 00:08:57,170 MAYOR BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME. 116 00:08:57,170 --> 00:09:01,970 I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I RESPECT THE FACT THAT I GOT RESPONSE 117 00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:05,837 FROM MANY PEOPLE ON EMAILS, AND I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THAT 118 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:09,170 YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO DO THAT, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE AND 119 00:09:09,170 --> 00:09:13,770 RESPECT THAT I TAKE MY TIME, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET 120 00:09:13,770 --> 00:09:16,437 RESPONSES FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHICH I'LL TALK 121 00:09:16,437 --> 00:09:19,903 ABOUT IN THE AGENDA ITEM. BUT ONE THING I'M HERE FOR 122 00:09:19,903 --> 00:09:22,503 TONIGHT IS I WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. 123 00:09:22,503 --> 00:09:29,237 I LIVE IN NILES, AND IN NILES, WE HAVE A NILES E GROUP THAT 124 00:09:29,237 --> 00:09:32,903 SPANS MANY, MANY FAMILIES, AND WE GET PUSHED OUT EMAILS TO US 125 00:09:32,903 --> 00:09:38,570 TO KEEP US ENGAGED IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN NILES AND WHY WE 126 00:09:38,570 --> 00:09:44,670 COME TOGETHER AND WE WILL SHOW UP IN GROUPS HERE AT CITY 127 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:46,570 COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT 128 00:09:46,570 --> 00:09:49,903 EACH COUNCILMEMBER, IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, COME UP 129 00:09:49,903 --> 00:09:54,570 WITH THEIR OWN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THAT, AND ASK PEOPLE TO SIGN UP 130 00:09:54,570 --> 00:09:59,700 SO THAT YOU CAN THEN PUSH INFORMATION OUT TO THEM VERSUS 131 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:01,703 THEM GOING ON TO YOUR EMAIL AND LOOKING FOR IT. 132 00:10:01,703 --> 00:10:05,837 PUSH IT OUT. THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND 133 00:10:05,837 --> 00:10:08,571 TAXPAYER MONEY MAILING, AND WE ARE INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING 134 00:10:08,571 --> 00:10:10,237 ON. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT 135 00:10:10,237 --> 00:10:12,360 SUGGESTION. I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO 136 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,436 CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU. 137 00:10:15,103 --> 00:10:18,703 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. 138 00:10:22,770 --> 00:10:26,970 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, PAT MIPELLI, 139 00:10:28,570 --> 00:10:31,837 LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF THE FREMONT AND 20 YEAR RESIDENT 140 00:10:31,837 --> 00:10:35,637 IN MISSION LAKES NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT ACROSS FROM QUARRY LAKES. 141 00:10:35,637 --> 00:10:39,904 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NEW CITY SIGNS POSTED ON NUTMAN LANE THE 142 00:10:39,904 --> 00:10:44,103 STREET I LIVE ON AND DOMINICI DRIVE STATING NO STOPPING ANY 143 00:10:44,103 --> 00:10:45,704 TIME. LAST WEEK THESE SIGNS JUST 144 00:10:45,704 --> 00:10:48,104 SHOWED UP. THERE WAS NO NOTICE, NOTHING 145 00:10:48,104 --> 00:10:51,504 SENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NO WARNING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 146 00:10:51,504 --> 00:10:56,104 NO REASON WHY. THESE SIGNS ARE POSTED ALONG THE 147 00:10:56,104 --> 00:10:59,704 CURB THAT IS ADJACENT TO WHAT IS CALLED ISHERWOOD PARK. 148 00:10:59,704 --> 00:11:02,937 IT'S A LINEAR STRIP THAT'S ESSENTIALLY AN ASPHALT PATH WITH 149 00:11:02,937 --> 00:11:06,637 DIRT AROUND IT, PARALLEL TO ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL. 150 00:11:06,637 --> 00:11:11,636 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM OUTSIDE 151 00:11:11,636 --> 00:11:15,570 PARK ALONG THIS SIDE TO ACCESS THE CREEK TRAIL AND QUARRY LAKES 152 00:11:15,570 --> 00:11:17,703 EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. THEY'RE PARKING ALONG THIS CURB 153 00:11:17,703 --> 00:11:19,970 HAS NEVER POSED A PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 154 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:23,904 AT LEAST IN THE 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. 155 00:11:23,904 --> 00:11:27,536 IF THESE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO ABIDE BY THE SIGNS, THEY WILL BE 156 00:11:27,536 --> 00:11:32,288 FORCED TO PARK THEIR CARS IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES. 157 00:11:32,288 --> 00:11:35,540 THEREBY LEAVING NO PARKING FOR US AS HOMEOWNERS OR GUESTS OR 158 00:11:35,540 --> 00:11:36,854 VISITORS THAT WE HAVE TO OUR HOME. 159 00:11:36,854 --> 00:11:40,454 AND WE WILL BE FORCED TO THEN GO DOWNSIDE STREETS AND PARK IN 160 00:11:40,454 --> 00:11:43,521 FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES, WHICH IS JUST A TRICKLE DOWN 161 00:11:43,521 --> 00:11:46,788 EFFECT AND VERY DISTURBING TO THOSE HOMEOWNERS. 162 00:11:46,788 --> 00:11:49,721 BUT MOST DISTURBING COMPONENT OF THIS CHANGE IS THE LACK OF 163 00:11:49,721 --> 00:11:52,521 COMMUNICATION AND THE RESPECT TO THE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THESE TWO 164 00:11:52,521 --> 00:11:55,254 STREETS. A COMPONENT OF WHY WE BOUGHT THE 165 00:11:55,254 --> 00:12:00,654 HOME IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE ABUNDANCE OF PARKING. 166 00:12:01,188 --> 00:12:03,721 AND THIS CHANGE NOW AFFECTS THE VALUE OF WHY WE BOUGHT THERE, 167 00:12:03,721 --> 00:12:06,655 AND WITH NO JUST CAUSE EXPLANATION OR COMMUNICATION TO 168 00:12:06,655 --> 00:12:12,655 US AS HOMEOWNERS. SO LASTLY I JUST WANT TO BRING 169 00:12:12,688 --> 00:12:14,987 UP ENFORCEMENT, WHO IS GOING TO ENFORCE THIS? 170 00:12:14,987 --> 00:12:19,688 IF SOMEBODY CALLS FREMONT PD FOR A NON-EMERGENCY CALL OR PARKING 171 00:12:19,688 --> 00:12:24,321 IN FRONT OF A NO STOPPING ANY TIME SIGN, NOBODY IS GOING TO 172 00:12:24,321 --> 00:12:28,121 RESPOND BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST STRETCHED THIN WITH RESOURCES, 173 00:12:28,121 --> 00:12:30,454 AND IT'S A NON-EMERGENCY ACTION. 174 00:12:30,454 --> 00:12:34,654 SO HOPEFULLY AT A MINIMUM, SOMEONE -- 175 00:12:37,550 --> 00:12:41,855 >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DAVID BONACCORSI. 176 00:12:41,988 --> 00:12:42,954 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, SIR. 177 00:12:42,954 --> 00:12:45,388 YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS TO GO OVER THAT 178 00:12:45,388 --> 00:12:48,988 WITH YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND 179 00:12:51,454 --> 00:12:55,988 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID BONACCORSI. 180 00:12:55,988 --> 00:13:01,521 I WANT TO -- I GUESS IN SADNESS BUT IN REALITY RECOGNIZE YOU 181 00:13:01,521 --> 00:13:05,854 ONLY HAD ONE DECISION LAST WEEK NOT TO PUT THE HALF CENT SALES 182 00:13:05,854 --> 00:13:11,854 TAX MEASURE ON THE BALLOT. I WAS A CO-CHAIR BACK IN 2002 OF 183 00:13:11,854 --> 00:13:16,621 MEASURE B, WHICH WAS A SCHOOL BOND MEASURE, AND FOUR OF YOU 184 00:13:16,621 --> 00:13:20,121 HAVE HAD VERY CLOSE TIES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND KNOW HOW 185 00:13:20,121 --> 00:13:24,255 DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET A BOND MEASURE PASSED OR A PARCEL TAX 186 00:13:24,255 --> 00:13:28,921 MEASURE PASSED, AND I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT NOT 187 00:13:28,921 --> 00:13:35,121 HAVING THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER IS NOT SIMPLY A 188 00:13:35,121 --> 00:13:37,688 QUESTION OF POLL NUMBERS THAT MAY SHIFT OVER TIME. 189 00:13:37,688 --> 00:13:41,254 THIS IS REALLY A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT I THINK 190 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:45,121 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DONE SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE YEARS, 191 00:13:45,121 --> 00:13:49,388 WHICH IS TO HAVE A LOT OF LEAD TIME TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. 192 00:13:49,388 --> 00:13:52,854 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR REMOVING THE 193 00:13:52,854 --> 00:13:56,587 BARRIER HERE. I WANT TO JOIN THE COMMENTS OF 194 00:13:56,587 --> 00:14:00,721 JACK IN TERMS OF HAVING MORE TIME TO ENGAGE, BUT WE NEED MORE 195 00:14:00,721 --> 00:14:03,854 TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE SCHOOL 196 00:14:03,854 --> 00:14:06,388 BOARD MEMBERS AND THE STAFF AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SELLING THE 197 00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:08,321 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 198 00:14:08,321 --> 00:14:10,955 I THINK THAT THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY OF DOING IT. 199 00:14:10,955 --> 00:14:15,521 YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL. WE'VE BEEN VERY FISCALLY 200 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:17,787 CONSERVATIVE, AND WE WANT TO SUSTAIN THAT IN THE FUTURE. 201 00:14:17,787 --> 00:14:21,998 SO IF THERE'S A LESSON, YES, BE SAD THAT WE CAN'T GET IT ON THE 202 00:14:21,998 --> 00:14:27,640 BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD IN LOOKING AT MORE 203 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:32,464 WAYS OF ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY. >> Mayor Salwan: SO THAT 204 00:14:35,131 --> 00:14:36,664 CONCLUDES OUR ORAL COMMENT PERIOD. 205 00:14:36,664 --> 00:14:42,598 NOW WE'LL GO TO THE MAIN ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 3A, WHICH IS THE 206 00:14:42,598 --> 00:14:45,198 CITY CHARTER CONSIDERATION. TODAY IS THE DECISION REGARDING 207 00:14:45,198 --> 00:14:50,598 THE PLACEMENT OF THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER ON THIS 208 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:54,598 NOVEMBER 2026 ELECTION, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. 209 00:14:54,598 --> 00:14:55,598 >> Ms. Briggs: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 210 00:14:55,598 --> 00:14:58,331 IF I CAN ASK THE CITY CLERK TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, 211 00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:01,331 PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 212 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,265 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 213 00:15:15,265 --> 00:15:19,198 WE ARE PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL 214 00:15:19,198 --> 00:15:22,798 MEETING FOR FREMONT'S CHARTER CITY INITIATIVE. 215 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:24,864 FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION AT THE 216 00:15:24,864 --> 00:15:27,731 TWO PRIOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, STAFF HAS MADE REVISIONS BASED ON YOUR 217 00:15:27,731 --> 00:15:29,931 FEEDBACK AND ARE PRESENTING THE ITEM FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION 218 00:15:29,931 --> 00:15:34,131 TONIGHT. JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, THIS 219 00:15:36,264 --> 00:15:38,664 INITIATIVE HAS CARRIED OUT THE DIRECTIONS SET FORTH IN THE CITY 220 00:15:38,664 --> 00:15:41,264 COUNCIL'S CHARTER WORK PLAN WHICH WAS APPROVED ON 221 00:15:41,264 --> 00:15:42,531 MARCH 3RD. THE TOPICS ARE INCLUDED HERE ON 222 00:15:42,531 --> 00:15:47,331 THE SLIDE. ALSO AS A QUICK RECAP, THE 223 00:15:56,531 --> 00:15:59,597 PROCESS THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ON MARCH 3RD, THE CITY COUNCIL 224 00:15:59,597 --> 00:16:03,198 APPROVED THE CHARTER WORK PLAN AND ESTABLISHED A CHARTER 225 00:16:03,198 --> 00:16:06,264 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. DURING THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND 226 00:16:06,264 --> 00:16:09,198 APRIL, THE COMMITTEE CONVENED AND DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS 227 00:16:09,198 --> 00:16:14,598 RESPONSIVE TO THAT WORK PLAN. THEN ON JUNE 2ND AND JUNE 7TH, 228 00:16:14,598 --> 00:16:17,298 THE CITY HELD TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER THE 229 00:16:17,298 --> 00:16:19,264 COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE DRAFT CITY 230 00:16:19,264 --> 00:16:22,864 CHARTER. YOU'VE SEEN THESE SLIDES BEFORE, 231 00:16:25,231 --> 00:16:27,664 THIS IS JUST A QUICK REMINDER OF THE TIMELINE THAT WAS DEVELOPED 232 00:16:27,664 --> 00:16:32,664 IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WORK IN TIME FOR THE BALLOT PLACEMENT 233 00:16:32,664 --> 00:16:37,464 DEADLINE OF AUGUST 7TH. AFTER CONDUCTING THE FIRST 234 00:16:40,531 --> 00:16:43,664 PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 2ND, THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE 235 00:16:43,664 --> 00:16:46,331 CHARTER COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTED 236 00:16:46,331 --> 00:16:49,732 STAFF TO REVISE THE DRAFT CHARTER TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL 237 00:16:49,732 --> 00:16:53,664 LANGUAGE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS, ADDING THE ABILITY FOR 238 00:16:53,664 --> 00:16:55,797 THE MAYOR TO INDEPENDENTLY PLACE ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL 239 00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:59,597 MEETING AGENDAS, CLARIFICATION THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 240 00:16:59,597 --> 00:17:03,398 CAN PARTICIPATE IN HIRING OR TERMINATING ANY ALLOCATED DIRECT 241 00:17:03,398 --> 00:17:07,599 STAFF, DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS FOR FULFILLING FUTURE VACANT 242 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:10,598 COUNCIL SEATS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED THE NEXT 243 00:17:10,598 --> 00:17:13,531 HIGHEST VOTES OR NUMBER OF VOTES, AND THE AUTHORITY FOR THE 244 00:17:13,531 --> 00:17:16,399 CITY ATTORNEY TO APPOINT AND REMOVE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY 245 00:17:16,399 --> 00:17:21,199 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON 246 00:17:24,665 --> 00:17:28,365 JULY 7TH, STAFF PRESENTED A REVISED DRAFT CHARTER WHICH 247 00:17:28,365 --> 00:17:30,731 INCLUDED THOSE AMENDMENTS JUST MENTIONED. 248 00:17:30,731 --> 00:17:33,866 THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED THOSE AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTED ONE 249 00:17:33,866 --> 00:17:35,999 ADDITION WHICH WAS TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT CITY 250 00:17:35,999 --> 00:17:38,865 CHARTER THAT EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CITY 251 00:17:38,865 --> 00:17:42,199 CHARTER DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE AN INCREASE TO THE REAL PROPERTY 252 00:17:42,199 --> 00:17:47,599 TRANSFER TAX. LAST WEEK AT THE JULY 21ST CITY 253 00:17:47,899 --> 00:17:50,798 COUNCIL MEETING, RESEARCH FIRM FM3 PRESENTED POLLING RESULTS TO 254 00:17:50,798 --> 00:17:53,865 THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH INCLUDED A QUESTION REGARDING THE 255 00:17:53,865 --> 00:17:58,665 VIABILITY OF THE CHARTER MEASURE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION. 256 00:17:58,732 --> 00:18:01,732 25% OF LIKELY VOTERS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THIS MEASURE, 257 00:18:01,732 --> 00:18:06,332 SUGGESTING THAT IT MAY NOT BE VIABLE AT THIS TIME. 258 00:18:06,332 --> 00:18:10,598 A REVISED DRAFT CITY CHARTER IS INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACT 259 00:18:10,598 --> 00:18:13,265 THIS EVENING AND REFLECTS ALL RECOMMENDATIONS AND AMENDMENTS 260 00:18:13,265 --> 00:18:18,650 REQUESTED TO DATE. THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THESE 261 00:18:18,650 --> 00:18:21,799 RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDES A ONE-TIME COST OF UP TO ABOUT 262 00:18:21,799 --> 00:18:26,465 $850,000 FOR BALLOT PLACEMENT, AND WOULD REQUIRE AN ONGOING 263 00:18:26,465 --> 00:18:31,265 INCREASE OF ABOUT $162,000 TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 264 00:18:35,650 --> 00:18:39,532 THAT CONCLUDES OUR VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, AND TONIGHT WE ARE 265 00:18:39,532 --> 00:18:43,531 ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO EITHER DEFER CONSIDERATION OF A 266 00:18:43,531 --> 00:18:47,531 CHARTER DUE TO A FUTURE ELECTION AND CONTINUE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE, 267 00:18:47,531 --> 00:18:50,799 OR APPROVE THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER MEASURE AND ADOPT A 268 00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:54,399 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE ELECTION AND APPROVING SUBMITTAL 269 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:58,265 OF A CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE 270 00:18:58,265 --> 00:19:01,265 NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 ELECTION. THANK YOU. 271 00:19:03,332 --> 00:19:05,531 >> Mayor Salwan: GREAT. THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, AND CITY 272 00:19:05,531 --> 00:19:08,598 MANAGER AND MR. ALVARADO, I KNOW YOU GUYS WORKED VERY HARD ON 273 00:19:08,598 --> 00:19:10,650 THIS. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW 274 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:16,000 MINUTES TO JUST KIND OF FRAME WHERE WE ARE,HOW WE GOT HERE, 275 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,732 AND WHERE I THINK I HEARD THE COUNCIL LEANING IN OUR PAST 276 00:19:18,732 --> 00:19:21,132 MEETING. BECAUSE WHATEVER WE DECIDE, THIS 277 00:19:21,132 --> 00:19:25,198 PROCESS DESERVES TO BE NAMED FOR WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS DEMOCRACY 278 00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:29,398 IN ACTION. THIS CONVERSATION BEGAN WITH A 279 00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:34,265 REFERRAL FROM VICE MAYOR ZHANG AND I THANK HER FOR THAT 280 00:19:34,265 --> 00:19:37,265 LEADERSHIP. BUT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT 281 00:19:37,265 --> 00:19:39,932 BELONGS TO ANY ONE OF US, NOT HER, NOT ME. 282 00:19:39,932 --> 00:19:42,599 IT BELONGS TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. 283 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:46,865 A MAJORITY OF THIS BODY VOTED TO STUDY IT AND MOVE IT FORWARD FOR 284 00:19:46,865 --> 00:19:50,731 VERY GOOD REASONS. AND THIS ENTIRE BODY MADE IT A 285 00:19:50,731 --> 00:19:56,465 COUNCIL PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR. WE HAD SEVEN RESIDENTS WHO 286 00:19:56,465 --> 00:19:59,865 STEPPED UP AND SERVED ON OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACROSS SIX 287 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:04,665 PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS EVERY 288 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,800 SESSION NOTICED, TELEVISED, AND OPEN. 289 00:20:09,812 --> 00:20:13,480 THE BROWN ACT IN FULL DISPLAY. AND IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT 290 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:18,946 FREMONT HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE. A CHARTER WAS STUDIED BACK IN 291 00:20:18,946 --> 00:20:23,946 THE 90s AND SET ASIDE BY A PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND THE SHORT 292 00:20:23,946 --> 00:20:27,746 STORY I HEARD WAS THE COUNCIL WAS FOR IT AND I THINK ONE 293 00:20:27,746 --> 00:20:29,746 COUNCILMEMBER HAD A CHANGE IN HEART. 294 00:20:29,746 --> 00:20:34,130 SO THIS IS NOT A NEW QUESTION. WHAT'S NEW IS THAT THIS COUNCIL 295 00:20:34,130 --> 00:20:37,679 HAD THE DISCIPLINE TO STUDY THIS IN THE OPEN, TOGETHER, FROM 296 00:20:37,679 --> 00:20:41,346 START TO FINISH. AND HERE'S A RESULT THAT NO ONE 297 00:20:41,346 --> 00:20:43,913 SHOULD OVERLOOK. MORE FREMONT RESIDENTS 298 00:20:43,913 --> 00:20:47,947 UNDERSTAND WHAT A CHARTER IS TODAY THAN AT MANY PREVIOUS 299 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:51,120 POINTS IN OUR HISTORY. AND THAT ALONE IS AN 300 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:55,130 ACHIEVEMENT. AND LET ME SAY WHY THIS WORK 301 00:20:55,130 --> 00:20:58,546 MATTERS. A CITY SHOULD LOOK HARD AT ITS 302 00:20:58,546 --> 00:21:01,746 OWN GOVERNANCE EVERY FEW YEARS. NOT OUT OF DISSATISFACTION, BUT 303 00:21:01,746 --> 00:21:05,946 OUT OF DISCIPLINE. BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS 304 00:21:05,946 --> 00:21:10,413 CHANGE OVER THE YEARS. AND THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATIONS OF 305 00:21:10,413 --> 00:21:14,413 US ARE HIGHER TODAY THAN ANY TIME IN OUR HISTORY. 306 00:21:14,413 --> 00:21:19,790 THE RESIDENTS DON'T GRADE US ON OUR STRUCTURE, THEY GRADE US ON 307 00:21:19,790 --> 00:21:23,279 WHETHER WE DELIVER. AND NOTHING, NOTHING MATTERS 308 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,346 MORE TO ME AND TO THIS COUNCIL THAN OUR ABILITY TO GET THINGS 309 00:21:26,346 --> 00:21:29,746 DONE. SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK EACH 310 00:21:29,746 --> 00:21:34,880 AND EVERY MEMBER OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT TOOK A VERY 311 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,680 DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENT, AND THEY GAVE IT REA REAL TIME AND 312 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,546 REAL CARE. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH THIS 313 00:21:41,546 --> 00:21:43,412 COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THE WORK UNFOLDED. 314 00:21:43,412 --> 00:21:47,746 WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS PROCESS, THE GOAL WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT 315 00:21:47,746 --> 00:21:52,413 GOFF GOVERNANCE ITSELF, NOT ON PERIPHERAL ISSUES LIKE TERM 316 00:21:52,413 --> 00:21:55,120 LIMITS OR COMPENSATION OR OTHER THINGS. 317 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:59,746 BUT ON THE BIGGEST STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE 318 00:21:59,746 --> 00:22:01,746 ENCOUNTERED GENERALLY DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS. 319 00:22:01,746 --> 00:22:06,346 FOR EXAMPLE, SOME WANTED STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 320 00:22:06,346 --> 00:22:09,146 SOME WANTED HYBRID FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 321 00:22:09,146 --> 00:22:14,379 AND SOME WANTED TO CONTINUE AS IS, THE COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM OF 322 00:22:14,379 --> 00:22:16,546 GOVERNMENT. AND UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY MOVED 323 00:22:16,546 --> 00:22:21,790 FORWARD ON THE ITEMS THAT THEY COULD FIND MOST AGREEMENT OR 324 00:22:21,790 --> 00:22:23,746 UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, AND LEFT THOSE DIFFICULT ITEMS WHERE 325 00:22:23,746 --> 00:22:27,946 THERE WAS MORE DISAGREEMENT. SO THE RESULT IS A SET OF 326 00:22:27,946 --> 00:22:32,746 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE THOUGHTFUL BUT VERY MODEST, AND 327 00:22:33,146 --> 00:22:35,146 FRANKLY, I MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE WATERED DOWN, SO IT 328 00:22:35,146 --> 00:22:37,813 DOESN'T ADDRESS THE MAIN CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING 329 00:22:37,813 --> 00:22:39,213 TODAY. SO THIS WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 330 00:22:39,213 --> 00:22:42,146 THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY INTENDED TO DO. 331 00:22:42,146 --> 00:22:45,147 AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM OF SEVEN VOLUNTEERS. 332 00:22:45,147 --> 00:22:48,413 IT IS A RECOGNITION THAT THE DEEPEST GOVERNANCE QUESTIONS 333 00:22:48,413 --> 00:22:50,814 NEED MORE TIME. AND A BROADER COMMUNITY 334 00:22:50,814 --> 00:22:53,814 CONVERSATION. BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT THAT 335 00:22:56,319 --> 00:22:58,860 HOMEWORK REVEALED. THIS WAS NEVER JUST A CHARTER 336 00:22:58,860 --> 00:23:01,860 DISCUSSION, IT WAS A GOVERNANCE DISCUSSION. 337 00:23:01,860 --> 00:23:05,486 WE ASKED A BIGGER QUESTION: HOW DOES FREMONT GOVERN BETTER, AND 338 00:23:05,486 --> 00:23:09,952 HOW DO RESIDENTS HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE DO? 339 00:23:09,952 --> 00:23:13,219 AND HERE'S WHAT CAME BACK. SEVERAL OF THE REFORMS THAT 340 00:23:13,219 --> 00:23:16,886 WE'VE BEEN SEEKING DO NOT REQUIRE A CHARTER. 341 00:23:16,886 --> 00:23:20,860 WE CAN ADOPT THEM RIGHT NOW, BY ORDINANCE, AS A GENERAL LAW 342 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:24,286 CITY. NOW THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A 343 00:23:24,753 --> 00:23:26,286 MOMENT. THESE OPTIONS HAVE BEEN 344 00:23:26,286 --> 00:23:28,819 AVAILABLE TO FREMONT FOR DECADES, AND NO PREVIOUS COUNCIL 345 00:23:28,819 --> 00:23:32,553 HAS MOVED ON THEM. NOT BECAUSE ANYONE WAS HIDING 346 00:23:32,553 --> 00:23:36,619 THE BALL OR HAD BAD INTENTIONS, BUT BECAUSE THE QUESTION HAD 347 00:23:36,619 --> 00:23:40,686 NEVER BEEN ASKED THIS DIRECTLY IN THIS MUCH DEPTH AND WITH THIS 348 00:23:40,686 --> 00:23:44,686 MUCH PUBLIC SCRUTINY. AND THAT'S HOW GOVERNANCE 349 00:23:44,686 --> 00:23:46,819 WORKS. ANSWERS SURFACE WHEN SOMEONE 350 00:23:46,819 --> 00:23:52,819 DOES THE WORK OF ASKING. SO THIS PROCESS HAS ALREADY 351 00:23:53,819 --> 00:23:56,885 DELIVERED SOMETHING REAL BEFORE A SINGLE VOTE IS TAKEN TONIGHT. 352 00:23:56,885 --> 00:24:01,685 IT SURFACED REFORMS THAT WERE SITTING THERE, AVAILABLE, 353 00:24:02,190 --> 00:24:04,190 UNUSED, AND PUT THEM WITHIN REACH OF THIS COUNCIL, AND THAT 354 00:24:04,190 --> 00:24:08,819 IS A PROCESS WORKING EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD. 355 00:24:11,252 --> 00:24:13,353 LAST MEETING I LISTENED CAREFULLY TO ALL OF MY 356 00:24:13,353 --> 00:24:15,553 COLLEAGUES AND WHAT I HEARD WAS STRIKING. 357 00:24:15,553 --> 00:24:18,819 NEARLY EVERY COUNCILMEMBER SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF A CHARTER, 358 00:24:18,819 --> 00:24:24,219 AND NEARLY EVERY MEMBER WANTS THE SAME THING FIRST. 359 00:24:24,486 --> 00:24:26,953 MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE IT GOES TO THE BALLOT. 360 00:24:26,953 --> 00:24:31,285 EVERY COUNCILMEMBER WANTED MORE ENGAGEMENT, EVERY ONE OF THEM 361 00:24:31,285 --> 00:24:33,486 WELCOMED IT. AND LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I 362 00:24:33,486 --> 00:24:36,486 DID NOT HEAR. NOT ONE COUNCILMEMBER SAID NO. 363 00:24:36,486 --> 00:24:39,190 NOT ONE COUNCILMEMBER SAID WE'VE HAD ENOUGH. 364 00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:43,190 TOWN HALLS, WORK SESSIONS, OPEN-ENDED DIALOGUES WITH 365 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:45,860 RESIDENTS. EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BODY SAID 366 00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:50,552 YES TO MORE OF IT. AND THAT'S NOT DIVISION, THAT IS 367 00:24:50,552 --> 00:24:52,419 ALIGNMENT, AND TONIGHT WE SHOULD ACT ON THAT. 368 00:24:52,419 --> 00:24:55,190 SO LET ME KIND OF SHARE WHERE I AM AND WHAT I HOPE THAT WE WILL 369 00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:58,953 CONSIDER TONIGHT. FIRST, LET'S TAKE THE WORK 370 00:24:58,953 --> 00:25:01,619 PRODUCT OF THIS PROCESS, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED 371 00:25:01,619 --> 00:25:07,486 THAT WE CAN LAWFULLY DO TODAY AND ADOPT IT BY ORDINANCE AS A 372 00:25:07,486 --> 00:25:10,786 GENERAL LAW CITY. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE LONGER 373 00:25:10,786 --> 00:25:13,870 CHARTER CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE. 374 00:25:13,870 --> 00:25:17,619 TONIGHT, WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH ORDINANCES FOR EVERY 375 00:25:17,619 --> 00:25:21,352 REFORM THIS PROCESS REVEALED THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT WITHOUT 376 00:25:21,352 --> 00:25:24,820 BEING A CHARTER CITY. PRACTICAL GOVERNANCE 377 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:27,953 IMPROVEMENTS. THAT ARE LAWFUL TODAY UNDER THE 378 00:25:27,953 --> 00:25:33,352 AUTHORITY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THE ORDINANCES COME BACK FOR 379 00:25:33,352 --> 00:25:35,619 FORMAL ADOPTION IN FUTURE MEETINGS AND EACH ONE HAPPENS 380 00:25:35,619 --> 00:25:37,860 WITHIN THE LAWS WE ALREADY HAVE. 381 00:25:37,860 --> 00:25:41,860 THE SAME OPEN MEETINGS, THE SAME PUBLIC RECORDS, THE SAME 382 00:25:41,860 --> 00:25:44,219 GUARDRAILS THAT HAVE ALWAYS APPLIED TO THESE COUNCIL 383 00:25:44,219 --> 00:25:47,219 MEETINGS. SO SMALL CHANGES, REAL 384 00:25:48,739 --> 00:25:51,739 DIFFERENCES, DELIVERABLES, TONIGHT WITHOUT WAITING. 385 00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:54,905 SECOND, ON THE CHARTER MEASURE ITSELF. 386 00:25:54,905 --> 00:25:58,639 I WOULD PROPOSE LET'S DEFER IT FOR A FUTURE ELECTION. 387 00:25:58,639 --> 00:26:02,839 AND DIRECT STAFF TO DESIGN THE DEEPER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THIS 388 00:26:02,839 --> 00:26:06,572 COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR. PERIPHERAL QUESTIONS LIKE 389 00:26:06,572 --> 00:26:09,839 SALARIES AND TERM LIMITS BELONG IN THAT CONVERSATION. 390 00:26:09,839 --> 00:26:12,838 AND THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE 391 00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:15,238 CHARTER. NOT DECIDED TONIGHT. 392 00:26:15,772 --> 00:26:17,972 A CHARTER IS OUR CITY'S CONSTITUTION. 393 00:26:17,972 --> 00:26:21,372 IT SHOULD REACH THE BALLOT WHEN RESIDENTS FULLY OWN IT. 394 00:26:21,372 --> 00:26:25,305 AND WHEN IT'S READY TO SUCCEED. NOT BEFORE IT'S READY. 395 00:26:25,305 --> 00:26:32,505 AND NOT A DOLLAR SPENT PUTTING TO VOTERS UNTIL THAT DAY COMES. 396 00:26:32,972 --> 00:26:35,372 SO LET ME BE PLAIN ABOUT WHAT I HOPE WE ADOPT TONIGHT. 397 00:26:35,372 --> 00:26:39,772 I'D LIKE TO SEE A MOTION IN TWO PARTS, FIRST, THAT THIS COUNCIL 398 00:26:39,772 --> 00:26:42,772 DEFER CONSIDERATION OF A CITY CHARTER TO A FUTURE ELECTION, 399 00:26:42,772 --> 00:26:45,772 AND CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE. 400 00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:49,772 AND SECOND, THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN AT A FUTURE REGULAR 401 00:26:49,772 --> 00:26:54,505 MEETING WITH THE ORDINANCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS NECESSARY 402 00:26:54,505 --> 00:26:58,172 TO IMPLEMENT UNDER THE CITY'S EXISTING GENERAL LAW AUTHORITY. 403 00:26:58,172 --> 00:27:01,171 THE REFORMS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORTS THAT DO NOT 404 00:27:01,171 --> 00:27:05,105 REQUIRE A CHARTER. SO AGAIN, TWO PARTS, DEFER THE 405 00:27:05,105 --> 00:27:07,106 CHARTER AND DELIVER THE REFORMS. 406 00:27:07,106 --> 00:27:11,505 SO TONIGHT LET'S DO THINGS THAT WE CAN DELIVER TODAY, WHAT WE 407 00:27:11,505 --> 00:27:14,572 CAN BANK ON. LET'S KEEP BUILDING TOWARD THE 408 00:27:14,572 --> 00:27:18,439 CHARTER AT THE PACE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND DESERVES. 409 00:27:18,439 --> 00:27:20,839 EVERYTHING THAT WE ADOPT TONIGHT, WE ADOPT FOR THE 410 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:24,572 RESIDENTS WHO SENT US HERE, AND THIS ALL BEGAN WITH A GOOD 411 00:27:24,572 --> 00:27:29,805 QUESTION ASKED BY THE COUNCIL, IT RAN IN FULL PUBLIC VIEW AND 412 00:27:29,805 --> 00:27:33,772 IT WILL END TONIGHT WITH REAL RESULTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 413 00:27:33,772 --> 00:27:37,705 AND NOW I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES SO THAT THEY CAN 414 00:27:37,705 --> 00:27:42,239 WEIGH IN AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 415 00:27:42,239 --> 00:27:44,639 YES. >> Ms. Lewis: COUNCILMEMBER 416 00:27:45,439 --> 00:27:47,571 ZHANG HAS HER HAND RAISED. >> Mayor Salwan: YES, I'LL 417 00:27:47,571 --> 00:27:50,505 TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG. 418 00:27:50,505 --> 00:27:52,638 >> Councilmember Zhang: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 419 00:27:52,638 --> 00:27:58,638 AND HELLO, EVERYONE FROM CHINA, MY HOMETOWN, I'M VISITING MY 420 00:28:00,539 --> 00:28:05,339 ELDERLY MOTHER, AND SAY HELLO. AND I AGREE. 421 00:28:05,438 --> 00:28:11,500 SO WHEN I STARTED THE CHARTER, MY INTENTION IS HAVING A 422 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:15,905 PERFORMANCE CHARTER, HAVE A PERFORMANCE FREMONT, AND NOT A 423 00:28:15,905 --> 00:28:19,505 CITY COUNCILMEMBER BENEFIT CHARTER, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 424 00:28:20,572 --> 00:28:24,838 AND I THANK THE STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DURING THE 425 00:28:24,838 --> 00:28:28,739 SHORT TIME, AND WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, AND WE HAVE 426 00:28:28,739 --> 00:28:34,139 DISCOVERED PROBLEMS, AND I THINK THAT WHAT NEEDS TO 427 00:28:42,716 --> 00:28:48,116 BE DONE IS FOCUS MORE GOING FORWARD IN OPERATIONAL 428 00:28:49,170 --> 00:28:54,417 IMPROVEMENT, SO THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE CITY OF FREMONT 429 00:28:54,717 --> 00:29:01,500 PEOPLE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE BENEFIT OF BEING A CHARTER AND 430 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:05,983 WHAT THE FUTURE CAN ADDRESS, THE BENEFITS, THE IMPROVEMENT 431 00:29:05,983 --> 00:29:10,383 CLEARLY, WHICH IS CLEARLY TRANSPARENTLY AND PEOPLE WHEN 432 00:29:10,383 --> 00:29:15,783 THEY SEE THAT, THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND, AND NOW THAT BECAUSE 433 00:29:15,783 --> 00:29:19,983 IN A PREVIOUS MEETING I HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT MODERN 434 00:29:19,983 --> 00:29:23,116 PROCUREMENT, AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, AND AUDITING, AND 435 00:29:23,116 --> 00:29:28,516 THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT FEATURES WHICH BELONG TO CHARTER 436 00:29:29,650 --> 00:29:34,650 ALONE, AND THOSE GOING FORWARD, WHEN WE STUDY FURTHER, SHOULD BE 437 00:29:34,650 --> 00:29:39,317 FOCUSED AND BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT 438 00:29:39,317 --> 00:29:43,983 SECTION, WHICH I THINK IS LARGELY MISSING IN THIS CURRENT 439 00:29:43,983 --> 00:29:46,850 ONE. BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S NO 440 00:29:46,850 --> 00:29:51,384 POINTING FINGERS, I THINK WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE 441 00:29:51,384 --> 00:29:54,249 WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE, AND WE DID. 442 00:29:54,249 --> 00:29:59,517 AND I FEEL ACTUALLY PROUD OF ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE ACHIEVED 443 00:29:59,517 --> 00:30:04,317 TOGETHER. SO WE HAD OUR WORK PRODUCT AND 444 00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:08,750 LET'S MOVE FORWARD, I AGREE WITH RAJ SALWAN. 445 00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:11,150 >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. 446 00:30:11,383 --> 00:30:12,850 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 447 00:30:12,850 --> 00:30:19,250 I ECHO WHAT MAYOR JUST SAID, AND ALSO HEARD A MOTION AND I DON'T 448 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:23,583 KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO SECOND IT, BUT EVEN IF THE 449 00:30:23,583 --> 00:30:28,783 MAYOR IS NOT LOOKING FOR A SECOND TO THE MOTION, I JUST 450 00:30:28,783 --> 00:30:34,183 WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR JUST SAID. 451 00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:39,583 AND IF IT'S COUNTED AS A SECOND, THEN I'LL BE GLAD TO SECOND IT. 452 00:30:39,583 --> 00:30:43,251 BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'M SITTING HERE TODAY WITH 453 00:30:43,251 --> 00:30:46,851 A HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE. WHY? 454 00:30:47,918 --> 00:30:52,383 BECAUSE AT THE END OF MY EIGHT-YEAR TENURE AS A CITY 455 00:30:52,383 --> 00:30:57,783 COUNCILMEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER WAS EXPOSED TO THIS 456 00:30:57,783 --> 00:31:01,183 TOPIC. I HEARD THAT THERE WERE TWO 457 00:31:01,183 --> 00:31:05,450 TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT CITY WHERE THE CITY 458 00:31:05,450 --> 00:31:10,850 COUNCIL WAS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVERTING INTO A 459 00:31:11,483 --> 00:31:18,683 CHARTER CITY, BUT IN BOTH THOSE TIMES IT DIDN'T SUCCEED, AND I 460 00:31:19,683 --> 00:31:25,683 ALSO FEEL GRATEFUL THAT FINALLY THIS COUNCIL WAS OUT OF 461 00:31:26,117 --> 00:31:31,183 SELF-DISCIPLINE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING OUR CITY 462 00:31:31,183 --> 00:31:35,320 GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT AND PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE TO YOU, 463 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:41,319 SO IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE HOW FAR 464 00:31:41,319 --> 00:31:47,919 THIS EFFORT COULD GO. BUT AS OF NOW, I'M STILL FILLED 465 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,320 WITH GRATITUDE, WHY? BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 466 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:56,720 PROCESS, I WITNESSED THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. 467 00:31:57,186 --> 00:32:01,520 SUPPORT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU AGREE WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS 468 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:06,320 PROPOSED OR DRAFTED, RATHER, YOUR PRESENCE TODAY, YOUR 469 00:32:06,386 --> 00:32:11,786 ENGAGEMENT SHOWS THE SUPPORT BECAUSE SINCE LAST MEETING, I 470 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,720 HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE WHO OPENLY OPPOSED THE CONVERSION. 471 00:32:19,987 --> 00:32:23,487 RATHER WE'RE ALL WORKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, THE ONLY 472 00:32:23,487 --> 00:32:26,586 DIFFERENCE IS AS OF -- YOU KNOW, IS THE TIMING. 473 00:32:26,586 --> 00:32:32,186 SO TODAY, I'M SURE LATER ON, WHEN YOU COME AND SPEAK, AND YOU 474 00:32:32,186 --> 00:32:36,919 WILL, ONCE AGAIN, POINT OUT THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND 475 00:32:36,919 --> 00:32:42,919 ALSO THE TIMING OF THIS EFFORT, WHICH I FULLY UNDERSTAND. 476 00:32:47,530 --> 00:32:50,553 I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL THAT AS THE MAYOR PUT IT WE HAVE ALREADY 477 00:32:50,553 --> 00:32:52,854 FOUND OUT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE, WITHOUT CONVERTING INTO 478 00:32:52,854 --> 00:32:58,453 THE CHARTER CITY, WE CAN RESORT TO ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MAKE THIS 479 00:32:58,453 --> 00:33:03,853 GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT. I WAS ALWAYS CHALLENGED WITH THE 480 00:33:04,853 --> 00:33:10,530 QUESTION, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT FREMONT CANNOT DO BUT A CHARTER 481 00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:15,530 CITY CAN DO? THANKS TO OUR CITY MANAGER, I 482 00:33:15,530 --> 00:33:19,320 FOUND OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR STARTERS, A LOT OF RESTAURANT 483 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:24,753 OWNERS AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE 484 00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:30,753 COME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RAMPANT 485 00:33:31,787 --> 00:33:37,787 ILLEGAL FOOD STANDS THAT NOT ONLY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A 486 00:33:38,987 --> 00:33:43,287 HEALTH HAZARD, FOOD SAFETY HAZARD, BUT ALSO WOULD 487 00:33:43,287 --> 00:33:48,687 COMPROMISE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THOSE LEGAL BUSINESSES IN 488 00:33:48,753 --> 00:33:52,953 FREMONT. BUT WITHOUT BEING A CHARTER CITY 489 00:33:54,987 --> 00:33:58,253 RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT STATE 490 00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:04,253 LAW, THERE'S NOT MUCH THE CITY CAN DO ABOUT IT. 491 00:34:04,653 --> 00:34:08,787 THE POLICE CANNOT JUST GET RID OF THOSE, I MEAN, THAT'S AFTER 492 00:34:08,787 --> 00:34:13,520 SOME LEGAL STUDIES. THAT IS WHERE THE LIMIT IS. 493 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:19,387 BELIEVE IT OR NOT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. 494 00:34:19,387 --> 00:34:25,387 WE MAY FACE FURTHER CHALLENGES, AND THAT MAKES EVERYTHING THAT 495 00:34:26,604 --> 00:34:31,603 WE HAVE DONE SO FAR ON THIS TOPIC WORTHWHILE. 496 00:34:31,603 --> 00:34:37,603 I HOPE TO SEE THIS EFFORT ONGOING DIALOGUE ONGOING AND 497 00:34:38,803 --> 00:34:44,700 ENGAGEMENT ONGOING SO THAT WE ARE WORKING AS A TEAM, MAKING 498 00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:49,870 JOINT EFFORTS TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL WHICH IS SIMPLY TO TURN THE 499 00:34:49,870 --> 00:34:55,270 CITY GOVERNMENT, A BETTER ONE, TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS. 500 00:34:56,403 --> 00:35:00,300 AND AND WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S TOO EARLY TO 501 00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:00,871 SECOND -- >> Mayor Salwan: WE STILL HAVE 502 00:35:00,871 --> 00:35:07,471 TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, SO COMMENTS ARE GOOD, THEN WE'LL 503 00:35:08,403 --> 00:35:10,403 HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK. 504 00:35:10,403 --> 00:35:11,203 >> Councilmember Shao: CERTAINLY. 505 00:35:11,203 --> 00:35:14,203 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER 506 00:35:14,669 --> 00:35:16,936 LIU. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL 507 00:35:16,936 --> 00:35:21,136 AFTER THAT. >> Vice Mayor Liu: THANK YOU, 508 00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:23,203 MAYOR. FIRST I WANT TO GIVE MY OPINION 509 00:35:23,203 --> 00:35:25,203 ON THIS. I ALSO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BEST 510 00:35:25,203 --> 00:35:27,300 AND PRUDENT TO TABLE THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 511 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:30,937 MY REASONING DRAWS MAINLY -- IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME REASONING 512 00:35:30,937 --> 00:35:35,337 AS WE USED LAST WEEK FOR THE POTENTIAL HALF CENT SALES TAX 513 00:35:35,337 --> 00:35:38,903 MEASURE. I THINK IN BOTH CASES, FREMONT 514 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:41,690 IS FACING REAL BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS AND I THINK WE 515 00:35:41,690 --> 00:35:45,869 SHOULD HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO CAREFULLY PRIORITIZE WHERE WE 516 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:54,300 DEVOTE OUR RESOURCES. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH THE FACT 517 00:35:54,404 --> 00:35:57,137 THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE, THAT THERE WERE 518 00:35:57,137 --> 00:36:01,337 MANY SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THROUGHOUT THIS 519 00:36:01,337 --> 00:36:04,936 WHOLE PROCESS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY, AND I 520 00:36:04,936 --> 00:36:09,300 WOULD HOPE OUR STAFF WOULD ALSO BEGIN EVALUATING AND PURSUING 521 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:12,269 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IMMEDIATELY RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE NEXT 522 00:36:12,269 --> 00:36:15,737 TIME WE BRING UP THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING A CITY CHARTER OR 523 00:36:15,737 --> 00:36:17,869 NOT. BECAUSE TO ME, THAT REALLY SEEMS 524 00:36:17,869 --> 00:36:21,270 LIKE THE MOST PRACTICAL PATH FORWARD. 525 00:36:21,270 --> 00:36:24,470 IF THERE'S ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TODAY, RIGHT NOW, 526 00:36:24,470 --> 00:36:28,770 WITHOUT INCURRING THE COSTS OR COMPLEXITIES OF HAVING A WHOLE 527 00:36:28,770 --> 00:36:32,400 CITY CHARTER PROCESS, OF HAVING A WHOLE BALLOT ELECTION, THEN TO 528 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,337 ME IT'S A NO-BRAINER THAT WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT THEM 529 00:36:35,337 --> 00:36:37,136 IMMEDIATELY. AND LASTLY, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO 530 00:36:37,136 --> 00:36:40,136 THE THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW I'M SO GLADDENED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A 531 00:36:40,136 --> 00:36:43,803 FULL HOUSE TODAY, AND I REALLY HOPE WE CAN SEE THIS IN OUR 532 00:36:43,803 --> 00:36:46,403 FUTURE MEETINGS AS WELL. THERE ARE TOO MANY TIMES WHEN WE 533 00:36:46,403 --> 00:36:50,403 HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE'S NOBODY WHO COMES UP AND 534 00:36:50,403 --> 00:36:53,403 SAYS ANYTHING OR GIVE THEIR OPINIONS AT ALL, AND TODAY, 535 00:36:53,403 --> 00:36:57,869 HAVING A FULL HOUSE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE, AND I REALLY 536 00:36:57,869 --> 00:37:01,570 WANT TO SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW WE CAN 537 00:37:01,570 --> 00:37:03,803 PARTICIPATE REMOTELY THROUGH ZOOM USING TECHNOLOGY AND 538 00:37:03,803 --> 00:37:05,137 EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. 539 00:37:05,137 --> 00:37:08,470 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 540 00:37:08,470 --> 00:37:09,803 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. >> Councilmember Campbell: 541 00:37:09,803 --> 00:37:12,536 THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT IS NICE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE 542 00:37:12,536 --> 00:37:16,412 OUT THIS EVENING. TO SUPPORT THIS CHARTER. 543 00:37:16,412 --> 00:37:20,478 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE INITIALLY WANTED TO DO 544 00:37:20,478 --> 00:37:25,278 FROM THE BEGINNING, WAS TO HAVE MORE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE, TO HAVE 545 00:37:25,278 --> 00:37:28,345 MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I'VE BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF 546 00:37:28,345 --> 00:37:33,145 THAT SINCE WE STARTED THIS BACK IN FEBRUARY. 547 00:37:34,712 --> 00:37:39,545 THAT WE HAVE A MORE ROBUST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE 548 00:37:39,545 --> 00:37:41,780 ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THE WORK PLAN. 549 00:37:41,780 --> 00:37:43,278 WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? 550 00:37:43,278 --> 00:37:45,478 I KNOW I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT ALL THE TIME, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM 551 00:37:45,478 --> 00:37:50,345 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO VO SOLVE, AND HOW DO WE GET THE 552 00:37:50,345 --> 00:37:52,611 COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN HELPING US SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. 553 00:37:52,611 --> 00:37:57,145 BUT AS EVERYONE HAS ALREADY SAID, AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT 554 00:37:57,145 --> 00:38:00,679 MYSELF, WE DID DISCOVER QUITE A BIT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO 555 00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:06,411 AS A GENERAL LAW CITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A CHARTER 556 00:38:06,411 --> 00:38:08,811 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THERE IS SOME GOOD THAT CAME 557 00:38:08,811 --> 00:38:11,978 OUT OF THIS PROCESS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CONVERSATION 558 00:38:11,978 --> 00:38:15,345 CONTINUE. I'D LIKE TO SEE US BE MORE 559 00:38:15,345 --> 00:38:19,120 ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC AROUND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR 560 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:23,945 THEIR CITY. AND HOW WE MIGHT BE A VESSEL TO 561 00:38:23,945 --> 00:38:28,812 IMPLEMENT THOSE CHANGES THAT THE CITIZENS WANT US TO HAVE. 562 00:38:28,812 --> 00:38:34,812 I'M EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF PUTTING A BALLOT 563 00:38:35,745 --> 00:38:41,745 MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, AND OF COURSE IT WIN. 564 00:38:41,811 --> 00:38:44,944 IF WE DO IT, WE WANT TO WIN, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT SOMETHING 565 00:38:44,944 --> 00:38:49,145 BEFORE THE VOTERS THAT WILL NOT WIN, AND WITH A 24% APPROVAL 566 00:38:49,145 --> 00:38:55,112 RATE, IT DOESN'T LOOK PROMISING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 567 00:38:55,112 --> 00:39:00,110 AND I ALSO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID THAT WE WOULD DEFER THIS 568 00:39:00,110 --> 00:39:03,744 PARTICULAR ITEM FOR MORE PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND ENGAGEMENT. 569 00:39:03,744 --> 00:39:08,945 I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS WELL TO SEE WHAT ORDINANCES 570 00:39:08,945 --> 00:39:13,120 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN IMMEDIATELY 571 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:17,811 IMPLEMENT, AND I'D LIKE TO HOPEFULLY HEAR FROM THE 572 00:39:17,811 --> 00:39:21,478 COMMUNITY AS WELL, AS WE LOOK AT THESE ORDINANCES AND 573 00:39:21,478 --> 00:39:25,112 ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, GET YOUR INPUT INTO WHAT THAT MIGHT 574 00:39:25,112 --> 00:39:30,745 LOOK LIKE AND WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS OF 575 00:39:30,745 --> 00:39:35,545 FREMONT ARE EQUALLY FEEL IMPORTANT FOR THIS GOVERNING 576 00:39:35,812 --> 00:39:38,120 BODY. SO MAYOR, I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T 577 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:45,812 REALLY WANT A -- MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL DEFER 578 00:39:48,212 --> 00:39:50,211 THAT -- >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK IT'S 579 00:39:50,211 --> 00:39:53,812 GREAT THAT EVERYBODY IS SHARING THEIR FEEDBACK, BUT MAYBE WAIT 580 00:39:53,812 --> 00:39:55,812 FROM THE PUBLIC, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT COMES OUT AND 581 00:39:55,812 --> 00:39:59,345 THEN WE CAN DECIDE COLLECTIVELY WHICH WAY TO GO IF THAT'S OKAY. 582 00:39:59,345 --> 00:40:00,345 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY, THANK YOU. 583 00:40:00,345 --> 00:40:03,945 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN. 584 00:40:04,478 --> 00:40:06,110 >> Councilmember Kimberlin: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 585 00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:08,812 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND I'M NOT GOING TO 586 00:40:08,812 --> 00:40:11,812 PONTIFICATE ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD. 587 00:40:11,812 --> 00:40:15,478 LY MENTION A COUPLE THINGS. I THINK YOUR BEING HERE IS VERY 588 00:40:15,478 --> 00:40:18,345 IMPORTANT. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN VERY 589 00:40:18,345 --> 00:40:21,679 RESPECTFUL, AND VERY ALIGNED IN WHAT YOU SEE AS A COMMUNITY, AND 590 00:40:21,679 --> 00:40:24,479 TO ME, THIS IS MY SURVEY RIGHT HERE. 591 00:40:24,479 --> 00:40:27,945 I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE EMAILS, LISTENING TO YOU, SEEING 592 00:40:27,945 --> 00:40:32,746 YOU COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND SPEAK, AND TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 593 00:40:32,746 --> 00:40:35,412 I MUST SAY THE TEAM WORK UP HERE, I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT. 594 00:40:35,412 --> 00:40:39,879 IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. HE WITH ALL THO WE 595 00:40:39,879 --> 00:40:43,812 ALL THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO THE HOMEWORK BUT WHERE WE KIND OF 596 00:40:43,812 --> 00:40:45,279 SEPARATED WAS WITH THE TIMELINE. 597 00:40:45,279 --> 00:40:48,546 THE TEAM WORK WAS STRONG UP HERE BUT WE NEED MORE TIME AND IT 598 00:40:48,546 --> 00:40:49,746 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TIME. 599 00:40:49,746 --> 00:40:54,379 SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO SAY WHY DO WE NEED MORE TIME IS WE 600 00:40:54,379 --> 00:40:56,945 DIDN'T REALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE 601 00:40:56,945 --> 00:40:59,279 ADVISORY COMMITTEE UP FRONT. THEY REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND 602 00:40:59,279 --> 00:41:00,612 WHAT THEIR FULL SCOPE WAS TO BE. 603 00:41:00,612 --> 00:41:04,120 WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT TIME TO MEET WITH THEM, WORK WITH THEM, 604 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,612 WE ALSO SHOULD HAVE HAD TIME IN MY OPINION TO MEET WITH ALL OF 605 00:41:06,612 --> 00:41:09,212 YOU IN LIKE A STUDY SESSION. AND I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, 606 00:41:09,212 --> 00:41:14,612 THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS THAT HAD BEEN VERY VOLATILE AND VERY 607 00:41:14,612 --> 00:41:17,613 HOT AND PASSIONATE AND VERY UPSETTING. 608 00:41:17,613 --> 00:41:20,612 I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THEM AND I'M NOT AFRAID FOR 609 00:41:20,612 --> 00:41:24,278 US TO HAVE STUDY SESSIONS AND MEET WITH EVERYONE WHO WILL HAVE 610 00:41:24,278 --> 00:41:30,120 IDEAS THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE OR MY COLLEAGUES MAY NOT HAVE. 611 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,747 SO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH FOR THAT, AND THEN ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW 612 00:41:32,747 --> 00:41:36,212 THAT I'M GOING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MY TEAM AND THE 613 00:41:36,212 --> 00:41:38,612 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES. 614 00:41:38,612 --> 00:41:41,613 THIS IS THE REASON A LOT OF THIS CAME UP IS WE FELT WE NEEDED 615 00:41:41,613 --> 00:41:44,245 SOME CHANGES. WE NEEDED TO BE SURE THAT WE 616 00:41:44,245 --> 00:41:49,746 WERE NOT RUBBER STAMPS, THAT WE CAN REPRESENT AS PEOPLE THINK 617 00:41:49,746 --> 00:41:52,812 WE'RE REPRESENTING AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE AND A 618 00:41:52,812 --> 00:41:54,745 LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMING. THAT'S REALLY WHAT KIND OF 619 00:41:54,745 --> 00:41:57,712 STARTED THIS WHOLE THING. SO IF WE CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH 620 00:41:57,712 --> 00:42:00,412 OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE CHANGES 621 00:42:00,412 --> 00:42:04,545 THAT HAVE SURFACED AND THEY KNOW WE WANT AND WE KNOW WE WANT, SO 622 00:42:04,545 --> 00:42:08,545 THAT WE CAN SERVE YOU BETTER AND THEN WORK ON A CHARTER PLAN 623 00:42:08,545 --> 00:42:11,679 LATER, THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE, NOT LOOK LIKE IT'S 624 00:42:11,679 --> 00:42:14,879 JUST BENEFITING US, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WERE 625 00:42:14,879 --> 00:42:18,146 COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT KIND OF CHANGE. 626 00:42:18,146 --> 00:42:21,212 AND I THINK THAT'S IT. I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH 627 00:42:21,212 --> 00:42:24,678 EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. AND HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE SAYING 628 00:42:24,678 --> 00:42:27,812 PAUSE, PLEASE PAUSE, PLEASE PAUSE, LET'S WORK SOME MORE. 629 00:42:27,812 --> 00:42:30,212 SO THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER 630 00:42:30,212 --> 00:42:31,945 KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK 631 00:42:31,945 --> 00:42:34,790 YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. 632 00:42:34,790 --> 00:42:38,379 I THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD A LOT OF YOU GUYS ALREADY ON HOW 633 00:42:38,379 --> 00:42:44,379 THIS PROCESS WAS RUSHED AND NOT RECEIVING OR ENGAGING THE 634 00:42:45,112 --> 00:42:51,112 PUBLIC'S OPINION OR EDUCATING EVERYONE ON WHY, THE REASONS WHY 635 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:57,790 WE NEED CHARTER CITY, AND I THINK EVEN SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, 636 00:42:57,790 --> 00:43:00,292 DIDN'T REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY BIG 637 00:43:00,292 --> 00:43:05,559 TOPIC, AND WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CONVINCE THE 638 00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:12,759 CITIZENS WHY WE'RE CHANGING IF WE ARE, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO 639 00:43:12,793 --> 00:43:15,260 THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST BENEFITS TO THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. 640 00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:18,359 AND I THINK ACTUALLY AFTER SOME STUDIES MYSELF, I THINK ONE OF 641 00:43:18,359 --> 00:43:22,250 THE AREAS WE REALLY NEED TO -- IF WE ARE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN AT 642 00:43:22,250 --> 00:43:26,492 A CLOSER LOOK WITH A LONGER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH THE 643 00:43:26,492 --> 00:43:29,426 COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY SHOULD LOOK AT IS A 644 00:43:29,426 --> 00:43:33,626 MODERN PROCUREMENT CONTRACTING PROCESS, MODERNIZE OUR PUBLIC 645 00:43:37,159 --> 00:43:40,293 CONTRACTING PROCESS BECAUSE SOME OF THE LEGALLY -- THERE'S A LOT 646 00:43:40,293 --> 00:43:43,959 OF THINGS THAT WE CANNOT DO UNDER THE CALIFORNIA LAWS, BUT 647 00:43:43,959 --> 00:43:50,559 SOME OF THESE CHANGING -- SOME OF THE PROCUREMENT METHODS THAT 648 00:43:53,893 --> 00:43:59,293 WILL SAVE COSTS AND ALSO SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT MORE 649 00:43:59,293 --> 00:44:01,260 CLEAR, MORE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS. 650 00:44:01,260 --> 00:44:05,359 AND THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WILL REALLY BRING BENEFITS TO THE 651 00:44:05,359 --> 00:44:10,293 CITIZENS AND I THINK SOME OF -- WHEN WE DO MAKE ANOTHER GO AT 652 00:44:10,293 --> 00:44:16,159 THIS PROCESS, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED A THIRD PARTY FACILITATOR 653 00:44:16,159 --> 00:44:22,920 THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WITH CHARTER CITY THAT CAN KIND OF GUIDE THE 654 00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,493 COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC THINGS 655 00:44:25,493 --> 00:44:29,759 THAT FREMONT CAN LOOK AT TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER CITY TO SERVE 656 00:44:29,759 --> 00:44:32,159 OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU. 657 00:44:34,959 --> 00:44:37,920 >> Ms. Lewis: COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG HAS HER HAND RAISED. 658 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,930 >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG. 659 00:44:39,930 --> 00:44:44,930 >> Councilmember Zhang: SO I JUST WANT TO -- SO THEN AFTER 660 00:44:44,930 --> 00:44:46,426 THIS DISCUSSION, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE WILL 661 00:44:46,426 --> 00:44:51,826 MAKE A MOTION. AND THEN I'LL COME BACK LATER. 662 00:44:54,559 --> 00:44:57,226 BUT I DO WANT TO -- YES, THANK YOU. 663 00:44:57,226 --> 00:45:00,226 >> Mayor Salwan: SORRY, GO AHEAD. 664 00:45:02,693 --> 00:45:06,659 >> Councilmember Zhang: I DO WANT TO ADD BECAUSE I KEEP ON 665 00:45:06,659 --> 00:45:08,959 HEARING FROM COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL LIKE WHAT PROBLEM ARE 666 00:45:08,959 --> 00:45:14,359 WE TRYING TO SOLVE. I WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC, WE 667 00:45:14,359 --> 00:45:18,426 WANT TO SOLVE PERFORMANCE, WE WANT TO FOLLOW -- WE WANT TO -- 668 00:45:18,426 --> 00:45:24,426 HAVING A MODERN STRUCTURE, WHICH CAN CATER TO OUR GROWING 669 00:45:25,226 --> 00:45:29,426 POPULATION, WHICH IS AS I MENTIONED PROCUREMENT. 670 00:45:31,226 --> 00:45:33,826 BECAUSE WHEN WE CHANGED THE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE, WHICH CAN 671 00:45:33,826 --> 00:45:40,426 ONLY BE ADOPTED WITHIN THE CHARTER, AND THEN WE CAN DELIVER 672 00:45:40,892 --> 00:45:45,360 THE RENOVATION, THE WORK, AND SAVE MONEY, AND YOU KNOW, WITH 673 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:52,831 THE PARKS AND RECREATION, WE CAN GET IT DONE MUCH FASTER AND SAVE 674 00:45:52,831 --> 00:45:56,165 MONEY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FEATURES, AND ALSO 675 00:45:56,165 --> 00:46:00,232 PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, AND WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR WHICH 676 00:46:00,232 --> 00:46:03,298 AUDIT THE CITY'S DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, SO WE WILL NOT HAVE 677 00:46:03,298 --> 00:46:05,965 SOME CORRUPTED CITY MANAGER IN THE PAST. 678 00:46:05,965 --> 00:46:08,633 AND SOMETIME I WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC -- 679 00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:12,980 >> Mayor Salwan: EXCUSE ME, PLEASE LET THE COUNCILMEMBER 680 00:46:12,980 --> 00:46:14,310 FINISH. >> Councilmember Zhang: OKAY. 681 00:46:14,310 --> 00:46:18,232 SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. 682 00:46:18,232 --> 00:46:20,964 BUT CHARTER IS A VERY POWERFUL VEHICLE. 683 00:46:20,964 --> 00:46:24,398 IT'S A PRODUCT. AND WE NEED TO CAREFULLY DECIDE 684 00:46:24,398 --> 00:46:29,965 WHAT FEATURE WE NEED TO PUT INTO THIS VEHICLE, THESE TOOLS SO 685 00:46:29,965 --> 00:46:31,698 THAT IT WILL TRULY BENEFIT FREMONT. 686 00:46:31,698 --> 00:46:33,698 OKAY. I'M DONE. 687 00:46:34,698 --> 00:46:39,465 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TOSS IT OVER TO 688 00:46:39,465 --> 00:46:43,980 THE ATTORNEY, MR. ALVARADO. A FEW COUNCILMEMBERS MENTIONED 689 00:46:43,980 --> 00:46:45,965 ABOUT A MOTION, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, WOULD YOU AGREE 690 00:46:45,965 --> 00:46:48,898 WITH THAT ASSESSMENT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES, 691 00:46:48,898 --> 00:46:53,232 I THINK, MAYOR, YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT IREY WAS THE BEST 692 00:46:53,232 --> 00:46:54,165 APPROACH. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 693 00:46:54,165 --> 00:46:55,898 SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. 694 00:46:55,898 --> 00:46:58,699 I'LL ASK ONE MORE PROCEDURAL QUESTION TO MR. ALVARADO. 695 00:46:58,699 --> 00:47:02,831 THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT THE TIME. 696 00:47:02,831 --> 00:47:08,365 COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT WHAT MY AUTHORITY IS IN THIS REGARD? 697 00:47:08,365 --> 00:47:11,565 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE CHAIR MAY SET REASONABLE 698 00:47:11,565 --> 00:47:15,765 REGULATIONS REGARDING PROCEDURAL MATTERS, INCLUDING TIME LIMITS, 699 00:47:16,365 --> 00:47:22,365 SO LONG AS EACH SPEAKER IS AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY 700 00:47:23,980 --> 00:47:25,565 TIME WISE, THAT SATISFIES APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 701 00:47:25,565 --> 00:47:28,164 >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, THANK YOU. 702 00:47:28,164 --> 00:47:29,765 ANY -- HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? 703 00:47:29,765 --> 00:47:35,764 >> Ms. Lewis: WE HAVE ONE VIA ZOOM AND 33 IN PERSON. 704 00:47:35,764 --> 00:47:38,164 >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. OKAY. 705 00:47:39,432 --> 00:47:44,698 LET'S HEAR FROM THE ZOOM SPEAKER FIRST SINCE I KNOW HE WAS THERE, 706 00:47:44,698 --> 00:47:46,898 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC. 707 00:47:46,898 --> 00:47:52,765 SO I'LL DO THE SAME AS LAST TIME, 1 MINUTE 30 SECONDS. 708 00:47:52,765 --> 00:47:55,320 AND ONE WELCOME CHANGE YOU SEE THERE'S NO WALL, WE'VE TAKEN 709 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,498 DOWN THE WALLS, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS APPRECIATE THAT. 710 00:47:57,498 --> 00:47:59,698 EMERGING FROM THE POST COVID ERA. 711 00:47:59,698 --> 00:48:02,898 WE USED TO HAVE A LITTLE PARTITION HERE TOO SO WE'D HAVE 712 00:48:02,898 --> 00:48:06,165 TO LOOK THROUGH THE GLASS. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT 713 00:48:06,165 --> 00:48:08,898 CHANGE. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 714 00:48:08,898 --> 00:48:11,980 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK TO CALL THE SPEAKERS. 715 00:48:11,980 --> 00:48:14,298 >> Ms. Lewis: WE NOW HAVE THREE ONLINE SPEAKERS. 716 00:48:14,298 --> 00:48:20,298 THE FIRST IS BEN. >> I REALIZED I WAS ON MUTE. 717 00:48:41,698 --> 00:48:45,298 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HELLO? 718 00:48:46,917 --> 00:48:48,500 >> Mayor Salwan: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 719 00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:49,650 PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YES. 720 00:48:49,650 --> 00:48:53,850 SO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE TOPIC OF 721 00:48:53,850 --> 00:48:57,717 VOTING ON A CITY CHARTER, AS A CITIZEN, I'D REALLY VALUE LIVING 722 00:48:57,717 --> 00:49:03,150 IN A CITY WHERE I FEEL LIKE MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS MORE AGENCY 723 00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:05,850 TO JUST WORK WITHIN THINGS TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER 724 00:49:05,850 --> 00:49:09,850 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, THE REALITY 725 00:49:09,850 --> 00:49:13,450 WE'D HAVE IS WE'D BE LIVING IN A CITY WHERE IT WOULD BE MOSTLY 726 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:16,850 SUBJECT TO STATE LAWS WHERE IT DOESN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE 727 00:49:16,850 --> 00:49:20,917 DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO ANY OTHER CITY, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU 728 00:49:20,917 --> 00:49:25,250 ALL OBVIOUSLY SEEM TO CARE ABOUT LISTENING TO YOUR CITIZENS AND 729 00:49:25,250 --> 00:49:27,984 ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS, AND JUST THE GREATER FLEXIBILITY 730 00:49:27,984 --> 00:49:31,583 THAT WE'D HAVE UNDER A CITY CHARTER, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD 731 00:49:31,583 --> 00:49:35,583 MEAN A LOT TO ME AS A CITIZEN KNOWING THAT OUR GOVERNMENTAL 732 00:49:35,583 --> 00:49:39,250 OFFICIALS ARE EMPOWERED TO REALLY NOT JUST LISTEN TO US BUT 733 00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:42,983 DO EVERYTHING WITHIN REASON TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK INTO 734 00:49:42,983 --> 00:49:46,817 CONSIDERATION, AND JUST CONTINUE ALLOWING FREMONT TO BE A PLACE 735 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:50,117 THAT GROWS FOR THE BETTER AND CONTINUES TO BE THAT GREAT 736 00:49:50,117 --> 00:49:52,983 ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S CLEARLY A SENSE OF COLLABORATION 737 00:49:52,983 --> 00:49:57,384 AND COMMUNITY BETWEEN CITIZENS, BETWEEN THE POLICYMAKERS AND 738 00:49:57,384 --> 00:50:02,583 THOSE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN. 739 00:50:02,583 --> 00:50:06,650 AND YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR 740 00:50:06,650 --> 00:50:13,850 THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY OPINION ON THE MATTER. 741 00:50:14,917 --> 00:50:19,684 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER IS 742 00:50:19,684 --> 00:50:22,383 RIO COLLETT. >> I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY 743 00:50:22,383 --> 00:50:24,650 SAYING THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ZOOM SPEAKING. 744 00:50:24,650 --> 00:50:27,717 IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH A BUSY 745 00:50:27,717 --> 00:50:30,784 SCHEDULE. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. 746 00:50:30,784 --> 00:50:33,450 BUT I'M CALLING TODAY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE CITY 747 00:50:33,450 --> 00:50:35,517 CHARTER. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE 748 00:50:35,517 --> 00:50:38,716 THAT WE VOTE FOR AS CITIZENS OF FREMONT SHOULD BE THE ONES WITH 749 00:50:38,716 --> 00:50:42,150 THE POWER. AND IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE 750 00:50:42,150 --> 00:50:45,183 THOSE PEOPLE TO DO IT FULL TIME AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 751 00:50:45,183 --> 00:50:49,383 OTHER JOBS AND CAREERS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON THE CITY 752 00:50:49,383 --> 00:50:52,450 AS THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO SO. I WANT THE PEOPLE THAT I VOTE 753 00:50:52,450 --> 00:50:56,500 FOR TO HAVE THE POWER SO THAT WE KNOW WHO TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE IF 754 00:50:56,500 --> 00:50:59,584 THINGS DO NOT GO OUR WAY. AND WHO TO PRAISE AND WHO TO 755 00:50:59,584 --> 00:51:01,916 WRITE LETTERS TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A 756 00:51:01,916 --> 00:51:06,716 DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL. 757 00:51:07,117 --> 00:51:12,517 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. >> Ms. Lewis: NEXT SPEAKER IS 758 00:51:13,950 --> 00:51:17,550 JUSTIN WON. >> Mayor Salwan: WASN'T THERE 759 00:51:19,317 --> 00:51:22,250 AN ERIK EARLIER THAT WE -- HE WAS SPEAKING UNDER ORAL 760 00:51:22,250 --> 00:51:25,116 COMMUNICATION? IS HE STILL ON? 761 00:51:25,116 --> 00:51:29,650 OH, CAMERON, SORRY, YES. OH, HAND'S NOT RAISED, OKAY. 762 00:51:29,650 --> 00:51:33,384 I KNOW HE WANTED TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME EARLIER. 763 00:51:33,384 --> 00:51:36,527 >> Ms. Lewis: NOW THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN WON. 764 00:51:36,527 --> 00:51:40,727 >> HI, HELLO. AS SOMEONE WHO GRADUATED FROM 765 00:51:42,460 --> 00:51:45,928 FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY, THORNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IRVINGTON HIGH 766 00:51:45,928 --> 00:51:48,727 SCHOOL, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH OUR CITY HAS GROWN AND 767 00:51:48,727 --> 00:51:51,128 EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. FREMONT IS NO LONGER JUST A 768 00:51:51,128 --> 00:51:53,794 COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S A DIVERSE AND THRIVING 769 00:51:53,794 --> 00:51:56,127 COMMUNITY WITH UNIQUE NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. 770 00:51:56,127 --> 00:51:58,661 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I SUPPORT EXPLORING A CITY 771 00:51:58,661 --> 00:52:00,894 CHARTER. CHARTER GIVES LOCAL RESIDENTS A 772 00:52:00,894 --> 00:52:04,127 GREATER VOICE IN DETERMINING HOW THEIR CITY IS GOVERNED AND 773 00:52:04,127 --> 00:52:07,527 RATHER THAN RELYING ENTIRELY ON RULES WRITTEN IN SACRAMENTO FOR 774 00:52:07,527 --> 00:52:12,327 HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT CITIES, A CHARTER ALLOWS FREMONT 775 00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:20,194 -- THAT REFLECTS PRIORITIES AND VALUES OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY, IT 776 00:52:20,194 --> 00:52:23,328 GIVES RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW LOCAL 777 00:52:23,328 --> 00:52:26,460 GOVERNMENTS WORK, PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS AND 778 00:52:26,460 --> 00:52:28,794 ULTIMATELY DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT KIND OF CITY THEY WANT 779 00:52:28,794 --> 00:52:32,494 FREMONT TO BECOME. AND AS A GRADUATE OF FREMONT'S 780 00:52:32,494 --> 00:52:34,728 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I WAS TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC 781 00:52:34,728 --> 00:52:36,860 PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL INVOLVEMENT. 782 00:52:36,860 --> 00:52:39,728 THE CHARTER PROCESS EMBODIES THESE VALUES BY PUTTING 783 00:52:39,728 --> 00:52:41,861 IMPORTANT DECISIONS DIRECTLY BEFORE THE VOTERS. 784 00:52:41,861 --> 00:52:48,461 SO THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THE CHARTER -- THE CHARTER 785 00:52:48,727 --> 00:52:51,610 INITIATIVE AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR 786 00:52:51,610 --> 00:52:54,610 LISTENING. >> Ms. Lewis: ZOOM SPEAKER, 787 00:52:57,795 --> 00:53:02,595 THE NEXT SET OF SPEAKERS ARE IN PERSON. 788 00:53:06,194 --> 00:53:10,994 >> MS. GAUTHIER: CAMERON LEE HAS HIS HAND RAISED. 789 00:53:15,610 --> 00:53:19,395 >> Ms. Lewis: CAMERON LEE. >> HELLO, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? 790 00:53:19,395 --> 00:53:22,127 >> YES. >> I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK 791 00:53:22,127 --> 00:53:24,594 TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF FREMONT BECOMING A CHARTER CITY AND I 792 00:53:24,594 --> 00:53:27,994 JUST WANTED TO SAY AT ITS CORE, CITY CHARTER IS ABOUT LOCAL 793 00:53:27,994 --> 00:53:31,261 CONTROL AND I FEEL LIKE FREMONT IS NO LONGER A SMALL CITY, WE 794 00:53:31,261 --> 00:53:34,128 ARE, IN FACT, ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE BAY AREA WITH OUR 795 00:53:34,128 --> 00:53:35,794 OWN UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. 796 00:53:35,794 --> 00:53:38,661 AND THAT CAN DIFFER FROM THOSE FACED BY OTHER COMMUNITIES 797 00:53:38,661 --> 00:53:42,861 ACROSS CALIFORNIA. A CHARTER ALLOWS LOCAL RESIDENTS 798 00:53:44,610 --> 00:53:46,861 TO HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY JUST IN DECIDING HOW MUNICIPAL 799 00:53:46,861 --> 00:53:50,661 AFFAIRS SHOULD BE GOVERNED. AND ALSO TO THE POINT MANY OF 800 00:53:50,661 --> 00:53:54,610 CALIFORNIA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CITIES WHICH INCLUDE SAN JOSÉ, 801 00:53:54,610 --> 00:53:57,161 SUNNYVALE, SACRAMENTO, SANTA CLARA, THEY OPERATE AS CHARTER 802 00:53:57,161 --> 00:53:59,727 CITIES SO, IN FACT, WHILE CHARTER CITIES MAKE UP A 803 00:53:59,727 --> 00:54:02,928 MINORITY OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, THEY REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF THE 804 00:54:02,928 --> 00:54:06,528 STATE'S POPULATION. THEY CHOSE THESE CHARTER 805 00:54:08,294 --> 00:54:13,127 STATUSES BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM TO T AI, LOR CERTAIN POLICIES TO 806 00:54:13,127 --> 00:54:16,261 MEET LOCAL NEEDS RATHER THAN STATE LAWS. SO WITH THAT IN 807 00:54:16,261 --> 00:54:19,394 MIND, COLLAR TER IS NOT A BLANK CHECK, ANY CHARTER MUST 808 00:54:19,394 --> 00:54:23,194 ULTIMATELY BE APPROVED BY VOTERS AND ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS WOULD 809 00:54:23,194 --> 00:54:26,195 REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL SO RESIDENTS REMAIN CONTROL IN THE 810 00:54:26,195 --> 00:54:29,463 PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE A CITY 811 00:54:29,463 --> 00:54:32,996 CHARTER CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND FLEXIBILITY TO HELP 812 00:54:32,996 --> 00:54:36,930 OUR CITY JUST RESPOND TO FUTURE CHALLENGES WHILE REMAINING 813 00:54:36,930 --> 00:54:37,997 ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. 814 00:54:37,997 --> 00:54:40,663 SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE 815 00:54:40,663 --> 00:54:46,630 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 816 00:54:54,630 --> 00:55:00,663 >> Mayor Salwan: COULD WE TURN UP THE VOLUME A LITTLE BIT? 817 00:55:03,864 --> 00:55:07,464 OH, THAT'S IN THE BACK? OKAY. 818 00:55:09,564 --> 00:55:12,564 THEY CAN HEAR US? OKAY. 819 00:55:21,864 --> 00:55:26,640 T.J., CAN YOU UNMUTE? YOU'RE READY. 820 00:55:27,650 --> 00:55:29,730 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS 821 00:55:29,730 --> 00:55:34,263 AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS T.J. DHAMI, AND I'M A 822 00:55:34,263 --> 00:55:37,863 FREMONT RESIDENT. I SUPPORT A COLLAR 823 00:55:38,996 --> 00:55:45,630 CHARTER CITY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE FREMONT SHOULD BE MADE BY 824 00:55:45,630 --> 00:55:47,130 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, NOT ALWAYS BY SACRAMENTO. 825 00:55:47,130 --> 00:55:50,970 A CHARTER DOES NOT CHANGE WHO IS IN CHARGE. 826 00:55:50,970 --> 00:55:56,398 WE STILL ELECT OUR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS AND IF WE DON'T 827 00:55:56,398 --> 00:56:00,797 LIKE THE DIRECTION THEY ARE TAKING, WE CAN VOTE THEM OUT. 828 00:56:00,797 --> 00:56:07,264 WHAT IT DOES -- IS GIVE OUR CITY MORE FLEXIBILITY TO SOLVE LOCAL 829 00:56:07,264 --> 00:56:10,397 PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT FITS FREMONT'S UNIQUE NEEDS. 830 00:56:10,397 --> 00:56:16,997 I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT ANY CHARTER IS VOTED ON BY THE 831 00:56:17,730 --> 00:56:22,530 PEOPLE, NOTHING HAPPENS UNLESS FREMONT RESIDENTS APPROVE IT. 832 00:56:22,597 --> 00:56:26,197 AND ENCOURAGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD SO THE 833 00:56:26,197 --> 00:56:28,630 VOTERS OF THE FREMONT CAN MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. 834 00:56:28,630 --> 00:56:34,300 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Ms. Lewis: THAT WAS THE 835 00:56:37,797 --> 00:56:42,597 LAST ZOOM SPEAKER. THE NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, WE 836 00:56:44,630 --> 00:56:48,263 HAVE STEVE MADEROS. FOLLOWED BY DAVID STARK. 837 00:56:51,997 --> 00:56:56,797 ANNIE CORUGA, KIM MARSHALL, TERESA DEANDA, JACK RODGERS. 838 00:57:05,663 --> 00:57:10,463 HERBERT CHU. FRANK GUAN, JR., AND ROBERT P. 839 00:57:18,630 --> 00:57:19,397 TOYARES. >> Mayor Salwan: PLEASE COME 840 00:57:19,397 --> 00:57:22,140 UP IF YOUR NAME WAS CALLED AND IF YOU CAN JUST LINE UP SO WE 841 00:57:22,140 --> 00:57:25,614 CAN BE EFFICIENT. WELCOME, MR. MADERAS. 842 00:57:27,412 --> 00:57:31,813 >> THAT'S MY DAD. I'M STEVE MADERES, LONG TIME 843 00:57:31,813 --> 00:57:33,946 RESIDENT HERE IN FREMONT. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS 844 00:57:33,946 --> 00:57:37,279 GOING THE WAY I HOPED IT WOULD WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME WHEN I 845 00:57:37,279 --> 00:57:39,280 SUGGESTED THAT WE PUMP THE BRAKES. 846 00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:44,413 I THINK THAT THE REAL REASON WE'RE ALL HERE IS BECAUSE IT'S 847 00:57:44,413 --> 00:57:48,146 MAYOR SALWAN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 848 00:57:48,146 --> 00:57:50,140 THAT. SO I KNOW YOU SAID NO HISSING, 849 00:57:50,140 --> 00:57:52,413 NO BOOING, NO CLAPPING, BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT 850 00:57:52,413 --> 00:57:55,413 SINGING. ? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 851 00:57:57,413 --> 00:58:02,213 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ? ? HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR SALWAN ? 852 00:58:04,413 --> 00:58:08,130 ? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ? ALL RIGHT! 853 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:12,213 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAD THIS 854 00:58:12,213 --> 00:58:14,879 MEETING SO WE CAN CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY, RIGHT? 855 00:58:14,879 --> 00:58:16,879 NO. MR. STARK. 856 00:58:18,213 --> 00:58:19,546 THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 857 00:58:19,546 --> 00:58:24,880 >> MR. STARK IS ALSO MY FATHER. I CANNOT FOLLOW THAT, BUT HAPPY 858 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,280 BIRTHDAY, MAYOR SALWAN. I'M DAVID STARK, REPRESENTING 859 00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:30,813 THE BAY EAST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, AND I DO WANT TO 860 00:58:30,813 --> 00:58:35,279 ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES WERE 861 00:58:35,279 --> 00:58:38,130 INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND INCLUDED IN SOME OF THE BALLOT 862 00:58:38,130 --> 00:58:42,546 LANGUAGE, AND APPRECIATE THAT. HOWEVER, REAL ESTATE TRANSFER 863 00:58:42,546 --> 00:58:44,813 TAXES ARE NOT THE ONLY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF 864 00:58:44,813 --> 00:58:47,280 FREMONT. YOU'VE CREATED AN INCREDIBLE 865 00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,213 PLACE TO LIVE HERE. INCREDIBLE PLACE TO WORK. 866 00:58:50,213 --> 00:58:53,680 AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY 867 00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:56,946 FROM THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE CITY OF FREMONT. 868 00:58:56,946 --> 00:59:00,279 I GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOU'RE ALL GOING WITH THIS TONIGHT, AND 869 00:59:00,279 --> 00:59:04,800 WE GENERALLY SUPPORT THAT. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE PRIORITIZING 870 00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:08,279 WHERE TO ALLOCATE STAFF RESOURCES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU 871 00:59:08,279 --> 00:59:12,346 TO FOCUS ON YOUR PRIORITIES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL 872 00:59:12,346 --> 00:59:15,946 FEASIBILITY, ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, AND ENSURING A 873 00:59:16,212 --> 00:59:20,681 SAFE COMMUNITY BEFORE YOU CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH TOWARDS 874 00:59:20,681 --> 00:59:24,546 A CHARTER CITY. WORK ON THOSE THINGS FIRST. 875 00:59:24,546 --> 00:59:28,212 MAKE THOSE THINGS YOUR PRIORITY, AND ONCE YOU FIGURE ALL THOSE 876 00:59:28,212 --> 00:59:31,313 THINGS OUT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEN CIRCLE BACK TO 877 00:59:31,313 --> 00:59:34,130 THE CHARTER CITY. AGAIN, WE SUPPORT THE DIRECTION 878 00:59:34,130 --> 00:59:37,146 THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED, MAYOR SALWAN, AND WE'D JUST ASK THAT 879 00:59:37,146 --> 00:59:41,946 YOU PRIORITIZE CITY RESOURCES CORRECTLY TO ENSURE THIS 880 00:59:42,746 --> 00:59:44,346 CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. 881 00:59:44,346 --> 00:59:46,813 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: THANKS. 882 00:59:46,813 --> 00:59:51,613 COME ON UP, MA'AM. >> Ms. Lewis: ANNIE CAROGA. 883 00:59:56,946 --> 01:00:00,130 >> Mayor Salwan: THEN KIM MAR SHELL, THEN TERESA. 884 01:00:00,130 --> 01:00:03,480 >> HI, THANK YOU. I'M ANNIE CARUGA. 885 01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,880 I'M SAYING A MESSAGE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF YOU AGREE 886 01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:07,946 WITH. PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE CHARTER ON 887 01:00:07,946 --> 01:00:11,130 THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER. RESPECTFULLY THE PROCESS WAS 888 01:00:11,130 --> 01:00:13,888 RUSHED AND JUST DIDN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO CONSIDER ALL OF 889 01:00:13,888 --> 01:00:17,354 THE VIEWS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE POTENTIAL 890 01:00:17,354 --> 01:00:20,421 IMPLICATIONS BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IN BECOMING A CHARTER 891 01:00:20,421 --> 01:00:22,954 CITY. A CHARTER IS NOT INHERENTLY BAD 892 01:00:22,954 --> 01:00:25,954 AS MANY OF YOU HAVE STATED BUT WE NEED A REALLY CLEAR REASON AS 893 01:00:25,954 --> 01:00:29,420 TO WHY WE ARE DOING THIS. IF YOU DO THIS AGAIN, IF YOU 894 01:00:29,420 --> 01:00:32,421 RECONSIDER THIS, PLEASE LET ONE OF THOSE REASONS BE THE 895 01:00:32,421 --> 01:00:35,688 EXPANSION OF DEMOCRACY. CHARTER CITIES BUT NOT GENERAL 896 01:00:35,688 --> 01:00:41,200 LAW CITIES CAN, ONE, EXPAND THE FRANCHISE TO 16 AND 897 01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:44,888 17-YEAR-OLDS, 2, IMPLEMENT RANK CHOICE VOTING, AND THREE, DO 898 01:00:44,888 --> 01:00:46,687 PUBLIC FUND MATCHING IN ELECTIONS. 899 01:00:46,687 --> 01:00:49,621 PLEASE INCLUDE THESE EXPANSIONS OF DEMOCRACY IF YOU ATTEMPT TO 900 01:00:49,621 --> 01:00:53,354 PUT A CHARTER ON THE BALLOT IN ANY FUTURE ELECTION, AND PLEASE 901 01:00:53,354 --> 01:00:55,621 DO NOT PUT A CHARTER ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER. 902 01:00:55,621 --> 01:00:59,221 THANK YOU. >> Ms. Lewis: KIM MARSHALL. 903 01:01:02,687 --> 01:01:06,754 >> MY NAME IS KIM MARSHALL. I'M A RETIRED CITY OF FREMONT 904 01:01:06,754 --> 01:01:10,288 EMPLOYEE, HAVE LIVED IN FREMONT FOR OVER 35 YEARS, AND I 905 01:01:10,288 --> 01:01:13,354 RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE FREMONT 906 01:01:13,354 --> 01:01:18,870 CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND I COULDN'T COME HERE EARLIER 907 01:01:18,870 --> 01:01:20,621 BECAUSE I WAS ON VACATION CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY SO I 908 01:01:20,621 --> 01:01:22,954 WANTED TO JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. 909 01:01:22,954 --> 01:01:26,210 WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I 910 01:01:26,210 --> 01:01:29,688 WAS VERY NEUTRAL ABOUT FREMONT BECOMING A CHARTER CITY, BUT IT 911 01:01:29,688 --> 01:01:32,554 DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF A 912 01:01:32,554 --> 01:01:34,754 CHARTER VERSUS A GENERAL LAW CITY. 913 01:01:34,754 --> 01:01:41,354 I QUICKLY DETERMINED A CHARTER CITY GIVES MORE CONTROL TO THE 914 01:01:41,521 --> 01:01:42,954 RESIDENTS THROUGH THE OFFICIALS THAT THEY ELECT. 915 01:01:42,954 --> 01:01:47,487 IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE MODIFIED BY THE VOTERS AS THE 916 01:01:47,487 --> 01:01:49,288 NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AND CITY CHANGED. 917 01:01:49,288 --> 01:01:52,220 I ALSO LEARNED THERE ARE OTHER THAN 120 CHARTER CITIES IN 918 01:01:52,220 --> 01:01:57,487 CALIFORNIA AND IN THE BAY AREA, OF THE TOP FIVE CITIES BY 919 01:01:57,487 --> 01:02:00,880 POPULATION, FOUR ARE CHARTER CITIES, BUT FREMONT IS NOT. 920 01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:03,487 SO THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAME TO CONSENSUS AND 921 01:02:03,487 --> 01:02:06,621 BROUGHT THE CITY COUNCIL THE FRAMEWORK FOR A FREMONT CITY 922 01:02:06,621 --> 01:02:09,287 CHARTER. AND WHILE I PERSONALLY WANTED A 923 01:02:09,287 --> 01:02:14,870 STRONG MAYOR CHARTER, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE OTHERS 924 01:02:15,187 --> 01:02:19,554 DIDN'T AND WE CAME TO CONSENSUS ON THIS, AND I RESPECT THE 925 01:02:19,554 --> 01:02:23,210 COUNCIL'S TAKING A STEP BACK, GETTING MORE PUBLIC INPUT AND 926 01:02:23,210 --> 01:02:25,621 WAITING FOR IT. SO I THINK CHARTER IS THE WAY TO 927 01:02:25,621 --> 01:02:28,154 GO, AND I'D LOVE TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS IN THE FUTURE. 928 01:02:28,154 --> 01:02:31,754 THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 929 01:02:35,355 --> 01:02:39,200 >> YES, I'M TERESA DEANDA AGAIN HERE TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO SAY 930 01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:41,870 THAT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A CHARTER CITY. 931 01:02:41,870 --> 01:02:45,821 HOWEVER, WHAT I AM ASKING FOR RESPECTFULLY FROM ALL 932 01:02:45,821 --> 01:02:50,621 COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR IS TO -- COMMUNICATION. 933 01:02:51,154 --> 01:02:52,621 COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY. 934 01:02:52,621 --> 01:02:56,154 I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY IN FREMONT, AND I FEEL VERY BLESSED 935 01:02:56,154 --> 01:03:00,821 TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND I KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS 936 01:03:00,821 --> 01:03:04,575 GROWING, BUT THAT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM US BEING COMMUNITY. 937 01:03:04,575 --> 01:03:11,375 SO I MEAN, I HEARD MANY PEOPLE ON ZOOM, CHARTER CITY, LET'S 938 01:03:11,375 --> 01:03:15,641 MOVE. WHAT I ASK AGAIN IS THAT WE HAVE 939 01:03:15,641 --> 01:03:19,241 COMMUNICATION. CREATE THESE GROUPS ON GOOGLE 940 01:03:19,442 --> 01:03:23,574 MAPS, SEND INFORMATION TO YOUR DISTRICT PEOPLE, GET THEM 941 01:03:23,574 --> 01:03:25,241 ENGAGED. WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED. 942 01:03:25,241 --> 01:03:31,841 I WAS REALLY PERPLEXED AT GETTING A MESSAGE AT 4:00 IN THE 943 01:03:32,742 --> 01:03:36,774 EVENING THAT THERE WAS A MEETING IN MY TOWN THAT WAS ON A CHARTER 944 01:03:36,774 --> 01:03:39,708 CITY. AND I HAD THINGS GOING ON THAT 945 01:03:39,708 --> 01:03:42,175 NIGHT, I COULDN'T MAKE IT. AND I SAID WHY IS THIS NOT 946 01:03:42,175 --> 01:03:46,108 COMING TO ME SOONER? SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK ALL 947 01:03:46,108 --> 01:03:51,108 OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COMMUNICATE, AND THERE ARE WAYS 948 01:03:51,108 --> 01:03:54,908 TO DO THAT WITHOUT SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY DOING MAILINGS. 949 01:03:54,908 --> 01:03:59,375 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD 950 01:03:59,375 --> 01:04:03,308 TO SPEAKING TO MY DISTRICT, AND THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY 951 01:04:03,308 --> 01:04:06,442 EMAILS, ALL WHO DID, BECAUSE THAT MEANS SOMETHING. 952 01:04:06,442 --> 01:04:11,842 SO THANK YOU. >> MAY I ASK ALL OF THE 953 01:04:16,241 --> 01:04:17,708 PARTICIPANTS ONLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MUTED? 954 01:04:17,708 --> 01:04:21,308 THANK YOU. >> Ms. Lewis: JACK RODGERS. 955 01:04:22,775 --> 01:04:24,508 >> Mayor Salwan: COME ON UP, MISTER ROGERS. 956 01:04:24,508 --> 01:04:28,708 YOU'RE NEXT. >> AGAIN MY NAME IS JACK 957 01:04:28,908 --> 01:04:31,776 RODGERS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 958 01:04:31,776 --> 01:04:36,508 WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. I HEARD SEVERAL COMMENTS FROM 959 01:04:36,508 --> 01:04:39,708 COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT LEANING TOWARDS A DECISION THAT'S 960 01:04:39,708 --> 01:04:43,708 ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD COME BACK IN THE 961 01:04:43,708 --> 01:04:50,808 FUTURE TO APPROVE A CHARTER. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 962 01:04:50,808 --> 01:04:53,375 MOST OF YOU, I HOPE, ARE THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO 963 01:04:53,375 --> 01:04:56,775 LOOK AT A CHARTER BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER IT'S GOOD 964 01:04:56,775 --> 01:05:00,441 OR BAD. THIS IS A RISK/REWARD DECISION. 965 01:05:00,441 --> 01:05:04,775 WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RISKS AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE REWARDS 966 01:05:04,775 --> 01:05:08,274 BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT CLEARLY 967 01:05:08,274 --> 01:05:10,542 INCLUDING YOU AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU OWE THE PEOPLE HERE 968 01:05:10,542 --> 01:05:12,908 THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING. THE SECOND THING THAT I'M A 969 01:05:12,908 --> 01:05:16,708 LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT 970 01:05:16,708 --> 01:05:19,708 INTRODUCING ORDINANCES. TO FIX THINGS. 971 01:05:20,108 --> 01:05:23,841 AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BROKEN YET. 972 01:05:23,841 --> 01:05:25,708 NO ONE HAS TOLD ME WHAT'S BROKEN. 973 01:05:25,708 --> 01:05:29,708 AND SO AS YOU INTRODUCE THESE ORDINANCES, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 974 01:05:29,708 --> 01:05:33,242 ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, TELL THEM WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO 975 01:05:33,242 --> 01:05:36,308 CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE 976 01:05:36,308 --> 01:05:38,175 RIGHT BACK HERE DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. 977 01:05:38,175 --> 01:05:41,775 SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I KNOW IT'S 978 01:05:41,775 --> 01:05:45,175 DIFFICULT UP THERE WHERE YOU RL, MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND 979 01:05:45,175 --> 01:05:49,908 GIVING YOUR TIME FREELY HERE. BUT YOU ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES 980 01:05:49,908 --> 01:05:54,175 AND YOU OWE IT -- WE OWE TO YOU TO COMMUNICATE AND YOU OWE TO US 981 01:05:54,175 --> 01:05:56,575 TO COMMUNICATE. THANK YOU. 982 01:05:59,888 --> 01:06:03,789 >> Ms. Lewis: HERBERT CHU? >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS 983 01:06:03,789 --> 01:06:06,655 AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN, MAYOR. 984 01:06:06,655 --> 01:06:09,654 MY NAME IS AND MB AGAIN MAYOR. 985 01:06:09,654 --> 01:06:16,254 MY NAME IS HERB CHU. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY 986 01:06:16,854 --> 01:06:20,988 APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG AND MAYOR SALWAN AND THE 987 01:06:20,988 --> 01:06:24,121 ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY THE CHARTER ADVISORY 988 01:06:24,121 --> 01:06:30,721 COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DEDICATED TIMES AND WORK OVER THE PAST FEW 989 01:06:31,921 --> 01:06:34,855 MOST. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF FREMONT 990 01:06:34,855 --> 01:06:40,788 BECOMING A CHARTER CITY AND GENERAL LAW CITY TRAIL WORK, 991 01:06:40,788 --> 01:06:44,454 PROVIDED OUR COMMUNITY HAS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW TO DISCUSS 992 01:06:44,454 --> 01:06:48,654 AND OFFER INPUT ON THE KEY ELEMENTS OF BOTH. 993 01:06:48,654 --> 01:06:51,721 WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IS TRULY READY TO BUILD IT TOGETHER. 994 01:06:51,721 --> 01:06:55,321 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: FRANK QUAN. 995 01:07:04,388 --> 01:07:06,488 >> HELLO, MAYOR SALWAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 996 01:07:06,488 --> 01:07:13,688 MY NAME IS TRARNG QUAN JUNIOR. I'M A RESIDENT OF FREMONT, GREW 997 01:07:13,854 --> 01:07:18,654 UP HERE, CLASS OF 2000 IN MISSION SAN JOSE. 998 01:07:22,421 --> 01:07:28,540 AND I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF YOUR VALEDICTORIANS FROM ONE OF THOSE 999 01:07:28,540 --> 01:07:29,688 TIMES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HASN'T 1000 01:07:29,688 --> 01:07:33,188 BONE TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH WHETHER OR NOT REGARDING 1001 01:07:33,188 --> 01:07:38,588 CHARTER, THOUGHT A CHARTER, IS ALSO ABOUT THE TIMING. 1002 01:07:40,921 --> 01:07:43,921 AND I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOOU THAT ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT IT 1003 01:07:43,921 --> 01:07:46,521 SHOULD BE DONE THIS YEAR OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1004 01:07:46,521 --> 01:07:50,521 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR CLOSE TO 1005 01:07:50,521 --> 01:07:55,321 FIVE YEARS. AND I RECOGNIZE WHEN I WAS 1006 01:07:57,588 --> 01:08:00,855 LEAVING SACRAMENTO COMING BACK TO FREMONT, THE THING THAT STUCK 1007 01:08:00,855 --> 01:08:08,588 OUT IN MY MIND WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE LI LIVID IF THEY KNEW T 1008 01:08:08,588 --> 01:08:13,321 WAS GOING ON AT AT THE STATE LE. AND IN MY OPINION THIS CHARTER 1009 01:08:13,321 --> 01:08:16,721 IS OUR ABILITY TO DEFINE OUR OWN FUTURE. 1010 01:08:16,721 --> 01:08:21,321 WE ARE MOVING INTO A TIME THAT IS GREATLY UNCERTAIN. 1011 01:08:21,321 --> 01:08:25,388 AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR US, WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT 1012 01:08:25,388 --> 01:08:27,954 OR NOT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS 1013 01:08:27,954 --> 01:08:33,954 FOR US TO RETAIN OUR TIME. >> Mayor Salwan: ALL RIGHT. 1014 01:08:35,654 --> 01:08:39,821 >> The Clerk: ROBERT TOVARES. >> Mayor Salwan: CAN WE CALL 1015 01:08:39,821 --> 01:08:44,540 THE NEXT BATCH OF SPEAKERS WHEN I IS COMING UP. 1016 01:08:44,540 --> 01:08:49,992 >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS ROBERT TOVARES A LONG TIME 1017 01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:55,927 RESIDENT OF MISSION SAN JOSE. THE CHARTER IS A PANDORA'S BOX. 1018 01:08:55,927 --> 01:08:58,859 A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. TO ENGAGE IN. 1019 01:08:58,859 --> 01:09:02,626 IF IT WERE SO GREAT, I THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE CITIES IN 1020 01:09:02,626 --> 01:09:06,126 THE STATE HAVING CHARTERS. SO PLEASE GIVE IT A LOT OF 1021 01:09:06,126 --> 01:09:08,193 ATTENTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FOR IT OR 1022 01:09:08,193 --> 01:09:09,726 AGAINST IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE DONE 1023 01:09:09,726 --> 01:09:13,626 ENOUGH STUDY ON IT. AND LASTLY, I COULD BE WRONG BUT 1024 01:09:13,626 --> 01:09:16,926 PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT IF WE 1025 01:09:16,926 --> 01:09:20,460 HAVE A CHARTER CITY. A LOT OF MONEY COMES FROM 1026 01:09:20,460 --> 01:09:23,892 SACRAMENTO INTO THIS TOWN, IN ORDER TO MAKE IT EXIST. 1027 01:09:23,892 --> 01:09:28,926 SO THE STATE IS STILL INVOLVED. HEAVILY ON WHAT HAPPENS HERE. 1028 01:09:28,926 --> 01:09:32,127 SO YOU DON'T BECOME THAT INDEPENDENT, I DON'T THINK. 1029 01:09:32,127 --> 01:09:36,327 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: THE NEXT GROUP 1030 01:09:37,590 --> 01:09:43,659 OF PEOPLE TO LINE UP, SRIYA NETA VERMA, DOMINIC, ANU NATARAJAN, 1031 01:09:56,126 --> 01:10:00,326 SU CHAN, RICHARD KELLER, VEPIN, FELIX VEKNEER. 1032 01:10:18,926 --> 01:10:23,126 VENIT RARVETION PLEASE COME TO THE LECTERN. 1033 01:10:24,359 --> 01:10:26,559 >> Mayor Salwan: SORRY, ONE AT A TIME PLEASE. 1034 01:10:26,559 --> 01:10:32,559 WE HAVE VENITA. >> THIS IS THE MEMBERS OF THE -- 1035 01:10:33,393 --> 01:10:36,493 >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS 1036 01:10:36,493 --> 01:10:40,693 AND MAYOR. THIS IS VENETA VERMA, SPEAKING 1037 01:10:43,660 --> 01:10:48,593 FOR LEGAL VOTERS OFF FREMONT NEWARK AND UNION CITY. 1038 01:10:48,593 --> 01:10:53,926 YOU HAVE THE HARD COPY COMING TO YOU OF OUR LETTER. 1039 01:10:53,926 --> 01:10:59,926 THE LEGAL VOTERS OF FREMONT UNION CITY AND FREMONT, LEAGUE 1040 01:11:03,393 --> 01:11:06,126 BELIEVES THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES SHOULD GUIDE THE 1041 01:11:06,126 --> 01:11:12,126 DECISION AS A CONSEQUENTIAL AS CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE 1042 01:11:16,926 --> 01:11:19,926 CITY. IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE 1043 01:11:20,126 --> 01:11:23,126 EFFECTIVELY. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS NOT 1044 01:11:23,726 --> 01:11:27,326 OPTIONAL. IT IS FOUNDATIONAL TO DEMOCRATIC 1045 01:11:29,590 --> 01:11:31,459 GOVERNMENTS. CONSENSUS BUILDING, STRENGTHENS, 1046 01:11:32,226 --> 01:11:36,600 PUBLIC TRUST AND LEADS TO BETTER DECISION. 1047 01:11:36,600 --> 01:11:38,393 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO AN INFORMED AND 1048 01:11:38,393 --> 01:11:43,193 ENGAGED COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD REQUEST 1049 01:11:44,944 --> 01:11:48,943 YOU AND AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM YOU GUYS, I'M HOPING THAT YOU 1050 01:11:48,943 --> 01:11:52,844 WILL STICK WITH YOUR WORDS AND NOT PUT IT ON THE BALLOT FOR 1051 01:11:52,844 --> 01:11:57,440 2026. AND WAIT FOR THE MORE -- CR 1052 01:12:02,411 --> 01:12:05,411 DAVID BONACCORSI. >> The Clerk: DAVID 1053 01:12:10,344 --> 01:12:13,770 BONACCORSI. >> ON JUNE 2nd, 2026, AT THE 1054 01:12:13,770 --> 01:12:17,544 FIR PUBLIC HEARING THIS COUNCIL HAD A PROBLEM. 1055 01:12:17,544 --> 01:12:21,770 THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD COME IN WITH FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1056 01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:23,611 ALL FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS COULD BE THEN AND COULD ARE NOW 1057 01:12:23,611 --> 01:12:27,744 SUBJECT TO A GENERAL LAW CITY. YOU DID NOT NEED A CHARTER. 1058 01:12:27,744 --> 01:12:32,944 IF THIS WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT DISCUSSING IN THE ABSTRACT A 1059 01:12:32,944 --> 01:12:36,770 GOVERNING STRUCTURE WHERE THE CHARTER AS A SUBSIRDARY ISSUE 1060 01:12:36,770 --> 01:12:40,877 ABOUT IT AS WE WERE HEARING THIS EVENING YOU WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A 1061 01:12:40,877 --> 01:12:45,210 NOVEMBER THIRD BALLOT DEADLINE WITH TONIGHT BEING THE LAST 1062 01:12:45,210 --> 01:12:47,377 PUBLIC HEARING. YOU WOULD HAVE SHUT DOWN THE 1063 01:12:47,377 --> 01:12:51,277 PROCESS ON JUNE 2nd AND SAID LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, 1064 01:12:51,277 --> 01:12:55,100 LET'S HAVE THAT DIALOGUE, WE ARE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC. 1065 01:12:55,100 --> 01:12:58,944 YOU WERE NOT LISTENING. YOU WENT ON ON JULY 2nd AND 1066 01:12:58,944 --> 01:13:04,811 HAD THAT SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. FOR THIS VERY TIME ACTUALLY 1067 01:13:04,811 --> 01:13:08,744 REQUIRED A CHARTER. WHEN YOU THROW AWAY ALL THE 1068 01:13:08,744 --> 01:13:13,477 MATERIAL, WHAT WAS IT, HOW WE COULD RAISE OUR OWN SALARIES, 1069 01:13:13,477 --> 01:13:16,877 WITHOUT A STATE CAP. WE CAN HAVE WHATEVER SALARY WE 1070 01:13:16,877 --> 01:13:19,744 WANT, THAT IS NOTE A FAIR PROCESS TO ALL OF US THAT DID 1071 01:13:19,744 --> 01:13:22,477 NOT RESPECT THE PUBLIC. MANY OF US HERE ARE NOT JUST FOR 1072 01:13:22,477 --> 01:13:27,244 A CHARTER, WE'RE FOR A PROCESS THAT RESPECTS US AS CITIZENS OF 1073 01:13:27,244 --> 01:13:30,770 THIS CITY. SO PLEASE DO IT RIGHT THE NEXT 1074 01:13:30,770 --> 01:13:32,770 TIME. THANK YOU. 1075 01:13:36,943 --> 01:13:40,211 >> The Clerk: (SAYING NAMES). >> GOOD EVENING, FOR THE RECORD, 1076 01:13:40,211 --> 01:13:44,477 I OPPOSE THE CHARTER. I SPOKE EARLIER, TWO WEEKS AGO, 1077 01:13:44,477 --> 01:13:47,544 AND SAID I THINK YOU SHOULD STUDY IT BUT TODAY I WANT TO 1078 01:13:47,544 --> 01:13:51,444 COME BEFORE YOU AND SAY I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. 1079 01:13:51,444 --> 01:13:55,877 I THINK SOME LESSONS WE CAN LEARN IS AFTER YOU HAD YOUR 1080 01:13:55,877 --> 01:13:58,510 RETREAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND YOU ALL VOTED THAT YOU 1081 01:13:58,510 --> 01:14:03,344 WANTED TO HAVE A CHARTER PUT ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR, THERE WAS 1082 01:14:03,344 --> 01:14:05,877 A FATAL FLAW IN THAT. BECAUSE CHANGING THE 1083 01:14:05,877 --> 01:14:10,577 CONSTITUTION AND NOT HAVING THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU OF WHAT IS 1084 01:14:10,577 --> 01:14:13,544 THE DIFFERENCE AND NOT HAVE DONE THE HARD STUDY OF THE DIFFERENCE 1085 01:14:13,544 --> 01:14:16,344 BETWEEN THE GENERAL LAW CITY WAS A FATAL FLAW. 1086 01:14:16,344 --> 01:14:21,544 SO THE MOTION THAT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, IN EARNESTNESS AND THE 1087 01:14:21,544 --> 01:14:26,544 COMMITTEE THAT WAS SET UP IN EARNESTNESS WAS FLAWED FROM THE 1088 01:14:26,544 --> 01:14:30,744 BEGINNING BECAUSE IT WAS RUSHED. AND IT TOOK THE SPOT, OF WE WANT 1089 01:14:30,744 --> 01:14:33,487 TO BE A CHARTER CITY, HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY THAT? 1090 01:14:33,487 --> 01:14:37,554 AND THIS NONSENSE OF SACRAMENTO TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, 1091 01:14:37,554 --> 01:14:40,887 GOVERNANCE COMES FROM COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU WITH 1092 01:14:40,887 --> 01:14:44,553 STAFF AND WITH THE PUBLIC. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ANGRY HERE 1093 01:14:44,553 --> 01:14:46,887 TONIGHT. THEY'RE ANGRY HERE NOT BECAUSE 1094 01:14:46,887 --> 01:14:50,421 THEY DON'T FEEL THAT YOU'VE BEEN DILIGENT IN YOUR STUDY. 1095 01:14:50,421 --> 01:14:53,687 YOU'VE SAID STAFF COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND WE'RE GOING 1096 01:14:53,687 --> 01:14:56,687 TO DO IT. WE WANT TO BE A CHARTER CITY. 1097 01:14:56,687 --> 01:14:59,154 LIKE WE'RE GROWN UP BEING A CHARTER CITY. 1098 01:14:59,154 --> 01:15:02,221 THAT'S NONSENSE. 365 CITIES IN CALIFORNIA ARE 1099 01:15:02,221 --> 01:15:05,421 GENERAL LAW CITIES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM YOU. 1100 01:15:05,421 --> 01:15:11,421 I SAT ON THAT DAIS SO I CAN SAY IT. 1101 01:15:12,287 --> 01:15:17,687 >> Mayor Salwan: AND YOU WORK FOR THE STATE TOO. 1102 01:15:18,210 --> 01:15:21,621 >> The Clerk: DOMINIC DUTRA. MR. DUTRA. 1103 01:15:22,553 --> 01:15:26,200 >> DOMINIC DUTRA RESIDENT OF FREMONT, BEAUTIFUL NILES. 1104 01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:29,887 LET ME JUST SPEAK TO THIS. I CAME ON JULY 7th WITH THE 1105 01:15:29,887 --> 01:15:32,287 FULL CHAMBER HERE, THIS WAS FULL. 1106 01:15:32,287 --> 01:15:37,287 AND WE ASKED FOR ONE SIMPLE THING: PLEASE LISTEN TO US. 1107 01:15:37,287 --> 01:15:39,687 PLEASE. TAKE THE TIME. 1108 01:15:39,821 --> 01:15:43,888 TO COME OUT AND LISTEN TO US. THERE WERE THREE COUNCILMEMBERS, 1109 01:15:43,888 --> 01:15:49,288 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, IMHERL AND CAMPBELL WHO LISTENED TO US, 1110 01:15:49,487 --> 01:15:52,287 THEY WANTED TO PUT A MOTION, THEY WERE HUT DOWN BY THE MAYOR 1111 01:15:52,287 --> 01:15:55,870 AND THE OTHER FOUR COUNCILMEMBERS, WHY? 1112 01:15:55,870 --> 01:15:58,354 THE MAYOR TOLD US WHY. BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HEAR A POLL 1113 01:15:58,354 --> 01:16:00,354 FIRST. THEY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO US. 1114 01:16:00,354 --> 01:16:03,554 THE COMMUNITY. THEY SAY PLEASE TALK TO US. 1115 01:16:03,554 --> 01:16:05,488 THEY WANTED TO HEAR A POLL FIRST. 1116 01:16:05,488 --> 01:16:08,953 YOU'VE HEARD THE POLL. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY THE 1117 01:16:08,953 --> 01:16:11,821 FOUR MAJORITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE APOLOGY IT. 1118 01:16:11,821 --> 01:16:14,854 YOU DON'T LISTEN TO US. WE ASKED YOU TO PLEASE COME 1119 01:16:14,854 --> 01:16:17,487 LISTEN TO US. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IT AGAIN 1120 01:16:17,487 --> 01:16:20,554 AND WHAT DID WE HEAR TONIGHT? AN IMMEDIATE MOTION TO MOVE 1121 01:16:20,554 --> 01:16:24,221 FORWARD WITH THE ORDINANCE, THAT NOBODY HERE KNOWS ANYTHING 1122 01:16:24,221 --> 01:16:26,887 ABOUT. SO THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL 1123 01:16:26,887 --> 01:16:29,420 DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS LEADERSHIP. 1124 01:16:29,420 --> 01:16:31,620 SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS WHAT COUNCILMEMBERS DO. 1125 01:16:31,620 --> 01:16:35,954 YOU LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED AND 1126 01:16:35,954 --> 01:16:37,753 WANT. YOU DON'T COME UP WITH GREAT 1127 01:16:37,753 --> 01:16:41,200 IDEAS LIKE EXTENDING YOUR TERMS FROM TWO TO THREE YEARS, 1128 01:16:41,200 --> 01:16:43,621 EXTENDING YOUR COMPENSATION AND THEN WE TELL YOU WE NEED YOU TO 1129 01:16:43,621 --> 01:16:47,870 TALK TO US MORE. YOU TELL US NO, WE'VE TALKED TO 1130 01:16:47,870 --> 01:16:50,287 YOU JUST ABOUT ENOUGH AND WE HAVE FOUR VOTES AND WE'RE GOING 1131 01:16:50,287 --> 01:16:55,870 TO DO WHAT WE WANT. THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. 1132 01:17:00,220 --> 01:17:04,620 >> The Clerk: ANU NATARAJAN. >> ANU NATARAJAN, RESIDENT OF 1133 01:17:04,620 --> 01:17:07,221 NILES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMOVING 1134 01:17:07,221 --> 01:17:11,954 THIS HORRENDOUS BARRIER. I REALLY WAND TO APPLAUD YOU FOR 1135 01:17:11,954 --> 01:17:15,870 THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT FIVE 1136 01:17:15,870 --> 01:17:18,453 TOMORROWER COUNCILMEMBERS HAS COME HERE FOR THE SECOND TIME TO 1137 01:17:18,453 --> 01:17:20,421 ADDRESS YOU ON THAT ISSUE. THAT SHOWS YOU HOW IMPORTANT 1138 01:17:20,421 --> 01:17:22,687 THAT WAS. BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING 1139 01:17:22,687 --> 01:17:24,756 THAT HAPPENED AT THE PREVIOUS HEARING. 1140 01:17:24,756 --> 01:17:29,389 ONE COUNCILMEMBER, DISMISSED OLDER RESIDENTS AS THOUGH THEIR 1141 01:17:29,389 --> 01:17:32,289 VOICES MATTERED LESS. I HOPE WE NEVER REACH A POINT 1142 01:17:32,289 --> 01:17:37,880 WHERE EXPERIENCE IS TREATED AS A WEAKNESS, INSTEAD OF STRENGTH. 1143 01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:40,389 THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR DECADES DIDN'T 1144 01:17:40,389 --> 01:17:45,722 RESIST CHANGE, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE SMILING, COUNCILMEMBER 1145 01:17:45,722 --> 01:17:48,355 LIU. THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COMMUNITY 1146 01:17:48,355 --> 01:17:49,822 FOR DECADES DIDN'T RESIST CHANGE. 1147 01:17:49,822 --> 01:17:54,220 THEY LED IT. WE MADE TOUGH DECISIONS, 1148 01:17:54,220 --> 01:17:58,822 EMBRACED INNOVATION AND ADDRESSED FREMONT THE WAY WE 1149 01:17:59,888 --> 01:18:03,488 KNOW IT TODAY. EXPERIENCE RESPECTS HUMILITY. 1150 01:18:03,956 --> 01:18:09,355 THE STRONGEST COMMUNITIES DON'T CHANGE, THEY BRING THEM BOTH 1151 01:18:09,355 --> 01:18:10,822 TOGETHER. LET'S SLOW DOWN GEARNLG THE 1152 01:18:10,822 --> 01:18:15,220 COMMUNITY AND DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY. 1153 01:18:17,890 --> 01:18:20,890 >> The Clerk: SU -- >> Mayor Salwan: CONSUME, NO 1154 01:18:20,890 --> 01:18:24,889 CLAPPING, BOOING HISSING, PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE. 1155 01:18:25,289 --> 01:18:31,289 >> MY NAME IS SU CHAN. IN JUNE, THE CITY SPENT $300,000 1156 01:18:33,556 --> 01:18:37,889 ON A COMMUNITY SURVEY TO ENGAGE QUALITY OF LIFE AND FEEDBACK ON 1157 01:18:37,889 --> 01:18:40,156 KEY PROPOSALS. THE FINDINGS WORE CLEAR. 1158 01:18:40,156 --> 01:18:45,222 RESIDENTS DID NOT EITHER SUPPORT THE SALES TAX, REVENUE TAX 1159 01:18:45,222 --> 01:18:48,822 MEASURE OR THE CHARTER CITY INITIATIVE. 1160 01:18:49,922 --> 01:18:54,220 CITING THESE RESULTS LAST TUESDAY, THE COUNCIL WISELY 1161 01:18:54,220 --> 01:18:59,956 VOTED TO DROP THE SALES TAX REVENUE MEASURE FROM THE 1162 01:18:59,956 --> 01:19:03,422 NOVEMBER BALLOT. INSTANTLY WE SAVED, YOU SAVED 1163 01:19:03,422 --> 01:19:08,222 THE TAXPAYERS $800,000. THE MAYOR SAID, I THINK THE 1164 01:19:09,255 --> 01:19:11,889 RESPONSIBLE CALL AT THIS TIME IS TO POSTPONE THIS MEASURE. 1165 01:19:11,889 --> 01:19:16,688 NOT TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. WHEN WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO FAIL 1166 01:19:16,688 --> 01:19:20,555 AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. 1167 01:19:20,555 --> 01:19:24,289 TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS -- IS CONSIDERING THE 1168 01:19:24,289 --> 01:19:28,489 CHARTER CITY PROPOSAL. LOGICALLY, THIS DICTATES THAT 1169 01:19:30,755 --> 01:19:34,422 THEY SHOULD COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION, THAT IT IS A PUSHING 1170 01:19:34,422 --> 01:19:37,856 AN UNPOPULAR MEASURE IS ILL ADVISED. 1171 01:19:37,856 --> 01:19:41,889 REJECTING THE CHARTER CITY PROPOSAL WILL SAVE ANOTHER 1172 01:19:41,889 --> 01:19:44,389 $80,000. BRINGING A TOTAL OF $1.6 MILLION 1173 01:19:44,389 --> 01:19:47,555 THAT WE JUST SAVED. THIS IS REAL MONEY THAT SHOULD 1174 01:19:47,555 --> 01:19:52,422 BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE SERVICES AND NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND 1175 01:19:52,422 --> 01:19:55,422 WHAT THEY WANT. THANK YOU. 1176 01:20:02,556 --> 01:20:04,956 >> Mayor Salwan: RICHARD KELLER. 1177 01:20:05,888 --> 01:20:12,488 >> DINA, GO AHEAD AND CALL MORE NAMES WHILE HE'S COMING UP. 1178 01:20:15,220 --> 01:20:19,370 >> The Clerk: MR. VIPIN. >> I GOT OUT OF THE AIR FORCE. 1179 01:20:19,370 --> 01:20:21,103 I PRACTICED LAW HERE FOR 24 YEARS. 1180 01:20:21,103 --> 01:20:26,504 I'VE SAT OPEN YOUR MIPT BENCH, I'M RETIRED FROM THE SUPREME 1181 01:20:26,504 --> 01:20:28,804 COURT BENCH. THE ONE THING I HAVE NOT HEARD 1182 01:20:28,804 --> 01:20:33,503 IN ANY OF THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CHARTER IS A 1183 01:20:33,503 --> 01:20:38,104 CHARTER CAN THOUGHT ONLY GIVE YOU POWERS, IT CAN RESTRICT YOU 1184 01:20:38,104 --> 01:20:39,837 POWERS. NO ONE HAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT 1185 01:20:39,837 --> 01:20:42,303 RESTRICTIONS YOU WOULD PLACE ON YOUR ABILITY UNDER THE CHARTER. 1186 01:20:42,303 --> 01:20:46,303 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE OPENLY DISCUSSED. 1187 01:20:46,303 --> 01:20:50,371 IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAYS WELL WE 1188 01:20:50,371 --> 01:20:53,103 HAVE A CHARTER, IT LETS US DO THIS. 1189 01:20:53,103 --> 01:20:58,504 WHAT DOES IT NOT LET YOU DO? I WOULD JUST SIMPLY SUGGEST, IF 1190 01:20:58,504 --> 01:21:02,704 YOU STUDY THIS MATTER THAT YOU CONSIDER THINGS THAT YOU WOULD 1191 01:21:02,704 --> 01:21:07,770 WANT TO -- RESTRICTIONS YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT ON YOURSELVES 1192 01:21:07,770 --> 01:21:10,638 WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT YOU. 1193 01:21:10,638 --> 01:21:12,971 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> The Clerk: THE NEXT SET OF 1194 01:21:12,971 --> 01:21:17,771 SPEAKERS FOLLOWING THE CURRENT GROUP, AZI AKBARI, RAMESH 1195 01:21:28,837 --> 01:21:34,837 SAMAMURTHI, DONNA MANDAN, VIN KANTU, SORRY I'M MESSING UP YOUR 1196 01:21:42,437 --> 01:21:46,637 NAMES, JINGMAN YANG, KEITH PARKER, ADELIS FAUN. 1197 01:22:01,571 --> 01:22:03,971 RAMESH SATHIAMURTHI. DIA NANDAN. 1198 01:22:24,370 --> 01:22:28,570 VIJAYA, JINGMAN YANG, KEITH PARKER, ADELA SPAWN. 1199 01:22:30,771 --> 01:22:34,904 >> Mayor Salwan: GO AHEAD SIR. >> HI, MY NAME IS VIPIN AND 1200 01:22:34,904 --> 01:22:39,104 THANKS FOR COUNCILMEMBER, STAFF AND CHARTER COMMITTEE. 1201 01:22:41,437 --> 01:22:46,370 I WAS FROM DAY 1 AND THIS WHOLE CHARTER CITY CONCEPT WAS VERY 1202 01:22:46,370 --> 01:22:51,104 CLOSE TO MY HEART, THAT IS WHY I'VE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE DAY 1, 1203 01:22:51,104 --> 01:22:54,904 WE SPENT FIVE MONTHS ALMOST. AND WE KNOW LIKE ALL WHAT 1204 01:22:54,904 --> 01:23:02,704 CHARTER CITY CAN DO AND WHAT IT CANNOT DO UNTIL LAST FRIDAY I 1205 01:23:04,237 --> 01:23:08,577 WAS VERY HIGH ON IT, THAT WE COULD BECOME A CHARTER CITY. 1206 01:23:08,577 --> 01:23:14,311 ALSO APPRECIATE THE FINAL DRAFT, ONE OF THE FINAL COUNCIL TEXT 1207 01:23:14,311 --> 01:23:16,711 THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE BUT REGARDLESS. 1208 01:23:16,711 --> 01:23:21,177 BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THE CURRENT DRAFT PROPOSAL, MANY OF THE 1209 01:23:21,177 --> 01:23:24,977 IMPROVEMENT IS DISCUSSED, CAN BE DONE WITH THE ORDINANCE CHANGE, 1210 01:23:24,977 --> 01:23:29,777 WE ALREADY KNOW. ESTIMATION OF COST PLACING THIS 1211 01:23:31,577 --> 01:23:36,344 MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, THAT'S NOT THE REASON I'M OPPOSING IT, 1212 01:23:36,344 --> 01:23:40,944 BUT THAT COST IS WHENEVER WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 1213 01:23:40,944 --> 01:23:45,510 BUT MY MAIN OPPOSITION FOR THIS CHARTER IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT 1214 01:23:45,510 --> 01:23:49,440 DELIVERING WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO DELIVER. 1215 01:23:49,440 --> 01:23:53,244 LIKE MODERNIZATION AN TRANSPARENCY, THOSE THINGS ARE 1216 01:23:54,577 --> 01:24:00,577 MISSING IN THE CHARTER AND THAT'S THE REASON I'M OPPOSING 1217 01:24:02,211 --> 01:24:05,211 IT. >> The Clerk: FELIX LECHNER. 1218 01:24:09,444 --> 01:24:14,844 >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAYOR. THE SURVEY FROM FM 3, I ONLY 1219 01:24:16,244 --> 01:24:20,577 CAME HERE TONIGHT TO SHOW MY FELLOW RESIDENTS AND YOUR 1220 01:24:20,577 --> 01:24:24,177 CONSTITUENTS THAT SLIDE FROM LAST WEEK. 1221 01:24:24,644 --> 01:24:30,644 OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL MEETING LAWS WERE FOLLOWED 1222 01:24:31,111 --> 01:24:34,444 BUT I FELT THAT THE SLIDE BELONGED HERE TONIGHT. 1223 01:24:34,444 --> 01:24:38,577 I'LL LEAVE IT UP HERE SO YOU AND OTHERS CAN REFER TO IT IF YOU 1224 01:24:38,577 --> 01:24:40,111 LIKE. PERSONALLY, I THINK YOU'RE DOING 1225 01:24:40,111 --> 01:24:44,810 A GREAT JOB AND PEOPLE SIMPLY WANT THINGS TO DAY THE SAME. 1226 01:24:44,810 --> 01:24:50,810 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR FAITHFUL SERVICE AND GOOD NIGHT. 1227 01:24:51,244 --> 01:24:57,177 >> The Clerk: JOE ANN SCHWOB. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF CITY 1228 01:24:57,177 --> 01:25:00,777 COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND RESIDENTS AND GUESTS. 1229 01:25:02,843 --> 01:25:09,443 I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT IN REGARD TO THE CITY CHARTER INITIATIVE. 1230 01:25:09,777 --> 01:25:13,444 I -- THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT CITY COUNCIL 1231 01:25:13,444 --> 01:25:19,444 MEMBERS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE CHARTER. 1232 01:25:19,511 --> 01:25:25,511 COMPLZ MENCOUNCILMEMBER ZHANG MD SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 1233 01:25:28,644 --> 01:25:29,911 PRACTICAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT. 1234 01:25:29,911 --> 01:25:34,344 THE MAYOR SAID THAT HE SEES DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. 1235 01:25:34,344 --> 01:25:37,911 LET ME BE CLEAR. IT IS VITAL FOR ALL FREMONT 1236 01:25:37,911 --> 01:25:42,611 RESIDENTS AND COUNCILMEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE THE STRICT LEGAL AND 1237 01:25:42,611 --> 01:25:46,377 STRUCTURAL STANDARDS AND LIMITS OF CITY GOVERNANCE. 1238 01:25:46,377 --> 01:25:52,977 WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED 1239 01:25:56,977 --> 01:25:59,177 UPON THEMSELVES TO HAVE AN ELECTED MAYOR. 1240 01:25:59,177 --> 01:26:01,997 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS. 1241 01:26:01,997 --> 01:26:03,397 ALSO ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL SEATS. 1242 01:26:03,397 --> 01:26:09,397 SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN ACTUAL RECOGNIZED CITY COUNCIL. 1243 01:26:10,132 --> 01:26:14,630 IF YOU WANT TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT, GO BACK AND FOLLOW 1244 01:26:14,630 --> 01:26:19,197 THE LAWS UNDER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND LET'S GO BACK TO 1245 01:26:19,197 --> 01:26:25,263 HAVING A FIVE-MEMBER COUNCIL, AN APPOINTED MAYOR AND GET RID OF 1246 01:26:25,263 --> 01:26:28,863 DISTRICT VOTING. BECAUSE UNITED WE STAND. 1247 01:26:31,897 --> 01:26:35,497 >> The Clerk: NEXT SPEAKER, AZI AKBARI. 1248 01:26:40,497 --> 01:26:44,970 >> I'M A LONG TIME FREMONT RESIDENT. 1249 01:26:44,897 --> 01:26:45,931 FIRSTLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR SALWAN. 1250 01:26:45,931 --> 01:26:48,597 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING IN THE EFFORT ON THIS 1251 01:26:48,597 --> 01:26:52,640 ISSUE SO FAR. THE LAST TIME FREMONT SERIOUSLY 1252 01:26:52,640 --> 01:26:54,864 CONSIDERED A CHARTER WAS BACK IN 1998. 1253 01:26:54,864 --> 01:26:57,530 NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. AND MOST RESIDENTS TODAY HAVE 1254 01:26:57,530 --> 01:26:59,397 NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAY. 1255 01:26:59,397 --> 01:27:03,297 SO I RESPECT THE DESIRE TO FINALLY GIVE THEM THAT VOICE. 1256 01:27:03,297 --> 01:27:07,730 BUT A CHARTER RESHAPES THE BASIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 1257 01:27:07,730 --> 01:27:10,531 RESIDENTS AND THEIR GOVERNMENT. A DECISION THIS FOUNDATIONAL 1258 01:27:10,531 --> 01:27:12,864 SHOULDN'T BE MADE ON A RUSH TIME LINE. 1259 01:27:12,864 --> 01:27:17,664 I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK EITHER PROOR ANTICHARTER. 1260 01:27:18,531 --> 01:27:22,130 BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION, FOR INSTANCE, 1261 01:27:22,130 --> 01:27:26,930 I AGREE WITH ANNIE CARUGA'S COMMENTS ABOUT RESPECTING 1262 01:27:27,864 --> 01:27:31,797 DEMOCRACY BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO DEBATE THESE ISSUES. 1263 01:27:31,797 --> 01:27:38,664 I WANT TO PUSH YOU TO DELAY THIS FROM THE 2020 BALLOT AND GIVE US 1264 01:27:38,664 --> 01:27:42,131 THE TIME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THIS PROPOSAL. 1265 01:27:42,131 --> 01:27:44,997 BASED ON THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE 1266 01:27:44,997 --> 01:27:49,130 MOVING IN AND HOPE YOU'LL STICK WITH THAT. 1267 01:27:49,130 --> 01:27:52,130 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: RAMESH 1268 01:27:55,564 --> 01:27:59,164 SATHIAMEMURTI. >> I'M A 27 YEAR RESIDENT OF 1269 01:27:59,563 --> 01:28:03,464 FREMONT, WANTED TO THANK THE CITY OF FREMONT AND THE ELECTED 1270 01:28:03,464 --> 01:28:06,997 OFFICIALS AND MAYOR SALWAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY AGAIN FOR 1271 01:28:06,997 --> 01:28:10,164 CELEBRATING IT. BUT GIVEN THIS IS SUCH A NICE 1272 01:28:10,164 --> 01:28:15,163 STUNT TO RAISE A FAMILY IN THE HAPPIEST CITY IN AMERICA, 1273 01:28:15,163 --> 01:28:18,464 FREMONT NUMBER 1, THANKS FOR MAINTAINING THAT TREND HERE. 1274 01:28:18,464 --> 01:28:22,431 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE CHARTER INITIATIVE BUT AFTER FEELING 1275 01:28:22,431 --> 01:28:26,297 TODAY I STILL WANTED TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE, HOWEVER, THE 1276 01:28:26,297 --> 01:28:29,731 THINGS THAT MISSING TODAY, I LISTENING TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO 1277 01:28:29,731 --> 01:28:35,130 SPOKE BEFORE ME, EVERYBODY HAVE A MIXED FEELING OF WHAT CHARTER. 1278 01:28:35,130 --> 01:28:39,330 CHARTER IS NEEDED SOMEONE MENTIONED, 122 CITIES IN 1279 01:28:39,997 --> 01:28:44,597 CALIFORNIA ARE CHARTER CITY. IN ALAMEDA COUNTY ALONE WE ARE 1280 01:28:44,597 --> 01:28:48,797 THREE CITIES ALREADY CHARTER, ALAMEDA, BERKELEY, OAKLAND. 1281 01:28:49,597 --> 01:28:53,142 IN BAY AREA, 14 CITIES ARE CHARTER CITIES. 1282 01:28:53,142 --> 01:28:57,760 THERE ARE EXAMPLES WE CAN LEARN THERE THOSE CITIES WHAT IS GOOD 1283 01:28:57,760 --> 01:29:00,342 OR BAD. GASTON BENEFIT, THE CITY CAN 1284 01:29:00,342 --> 01:29:03,276 MAKE THE DECISION IN SUPPORTING THE LOCAL PRIORITIES AND TAKING 1285 01:29:03,276 --> 01:29:06,277 CARE OF THE PUBLIC CONTRACTING PROCEDURE, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED 1286 01:29:06,277 --> 01:29:09,342 THERE IS A COST BENEFIT COMES WITH IT. 1287 01:29:09,342 --> 01:29:11,543 SO IT IS A MATTER OF THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND IN 1288 01:29:11,543 --> 01:29:13,975 COMMUNICATION. SO WHAT I RECOMMEND WHEN YOU 1289 01:29:13,975 --> 01:29:19,975 HAVE A WORK STUDY WORKSHOP AS KATHY KIMBERLIN MENTIONED, SO 1290 01:29:21,976 --> 01:29:26,209 PEOPLE CAN ATTEND ONE, ALSO FREELY ASK QUESTIONS -- 1291 01:29:26,209 --> 01:29:32,209 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT SPEAKER, DIA NANDE. 1292 01:29:39,542 --> 01:29:41,542 BELAGI. VAJIA AZURI. 1293 01:29:57,743 --> 01:30:01,877 >> Mayor Salwan: TRY AGAIN. >> HI, HONORABLE MAYOR, HAPPY 1294 01:30:01,877 --> 01:30:07,877 BIRTHDAY AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M VAJAYI AM I'M A LONG TIME 1295 01:30:09,409 --> 01:30:12,343 FREMONT DRERNT. PROPOSED CITY CHARTER IN THE 1296 01:30:12,343 --> 01:30:15,943 NOVEMBER 2026 BALLOT. THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1297 01:30:17,343 --> 01:30:21,609 WE FEEL IT'S SIGNIFICANT TIME REVIEWING ISSUES, GATHERING 1298 01:30:21,609 --> 01:30:25,809 PUBLIC INPUT AND HOPEFULLY ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, REGARDLESS 1299 01:30:29,900 --> 01:30:32,742 WHERE EVERYONE STANDS ON THE PROPOSAL, OPEN ELECTION AND I 1300 01:30:32,742 --> 01:30:36,342 RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A CHOICE BY PLACING 1301 01:30:36,342 --> 01:30:39,760 THE CHARTER ON THE BALLOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 1302 01:30:39,760 --> 01:30:42,760 CONSIDERATION. >> The Clerk: JEAN MENIARY. 1303 01:30:47,900 --> 01:30:53,900 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, GUEST AND ALSO, ALL THE 1304 01:30:54,475 --> 01:30:57,475 GUESTS, ESPECIALLY THE PRIOR COUNCILMEMBERS. 1305 01:30:58,709 --> 01:31:04,410 MY NAME IS JEAN MING YANG, I'M A LONG TIME FREMONT CITY CITIZEN. 1306 01:31:04,410 --> 01:31:09,543 SO HERE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VERY MUCH FOR THE CHARTER 1307 01:31:09,543 --> 01:31:14,943 COMMUNITY'S HARD WORK, THEY HAVE STARTED THE CHARTER CITY 1308 01:31:15,575 --> 01:31:22,609 INITIATE TO START AND I FULL NEED SUPPORT THIS IS UNDER GOOD 1309 01:31:22,609 --> 01:31:27,442 WAY GOOD PATH TO START. YES, NOW AS RESIDENTS, WE GET A 1310 01:31:27,442 --> 01:31:31,420 LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE LEADERS. 1311 01:31:31,760 --> 01:31:36,476 THINK ABOUT THAT. IF WE DOUBT THIS DISCUSSION, HOW 1312 01:31:36,976 --> 01:31:42,176 CAN ATTRACT SO MANY RESIDENTS COME TO THIS ROOM FULL HOUSE, 1313 01:31:42,176 --> 01:31:46,679 AND DISCUSS THIS THING? BUT HOWEVER, I THINK MAYBE THE 1314 01:31:46,679 --> 01:31:52,746 TIME IS A LITTLE BIT IN RUSH. WE NEED MUCH MORE TIME TO MAKE 1315 01:31:52,746 --> 01:31:56,612 ALL THE DETAILS AND MORE DISCUSSIONS, OF COURSE IT IS NOT 1316 01:31:56,612 --> 01:32:02,279 ONLY THE COMMUNITY'S WORK. IT IS THE WHOLE -- NOT THE 1317 01:32:02,279 --> 01:32:07,790 COMMITTEE'S WORK, IT IS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY'S WORK. 1318 01:32:09,790 --> 01:32:14,479 THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT'S CRITICAL, IT IS 1319 01:32:15,346 --> 01:32:18,946 IMPORTANT. WE HOPE TO PUSH YET. 1320 01:32:23,146 --> 01:32:27,346 >> The Clerk: THANK YOU. FOLLOWING KEITH PARKER, WE HAVE 1321 01:32:27,346 --> 01:32:32,746 SANDRA M. CHUNG, MANISKA PATAK, RACAJ, AND AUDREY FAMBORO. 1322 01:32:39,613 --> 01:32:45,130 >> Mayor Salwan: HOW MANY MORE SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? 1323 01:32:46,212 --> 01:32:48,612 TEN, OKAY. ON ZOOM. 1324 01:32:54,612 --> 01:32:55,879 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 1325 01:32:55,879 --> 01:33:00,279 >> FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. MAYOR, AND SO I ACTUALLY WAS 1326 01:33:00,279 --> 01:33:03,680 ABLE TO ATTEND THE MAJORITY OF THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1327 01:33:03,680 --> 01:33:08,180 MEETINGS SO I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THE PROCESS, SEE WHAT 1328 01:33:08,180 --> 01:33:12,146 WENT THROUGH, UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND IT, SO I HAVE A 1329 01:33:12,146 --> 01:33:14,813 PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHARTER CITY. 1330 01:33:14,813 --> 01:33:18,946 IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE 1331 01:33:18,946 --> 01:33:23,946 WHO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR. THAT MAKES SENSE BUT CLEARLY THE 1332 01:33:23,946 --> 01:33:26,813 COMMUNITY ISN'T THERE YET AND I DO THINK THE CHARTER NEEDS A 1333 01:33:26,813 --> 01:33:29,946 LITTLE BIT MORE WORK AND SO DOING WHAT YOU PROPOSED, 1334 01:33:29,946 --> 01:33:36,246 SHELVING IT FOR NOW, GOING AHEAD AND WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS 1335 01:33:36,246 --> 01:33:41,130 THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PASSED SO YOU CAN DO THE WAY TO GO IS THE 1336 01:33:41,130 --> 01:33:45,146 RIGHT THING TO DO SO I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT SO SO 1337 01:33:45,146 --> 01:33:48,746 THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND 1338 01:33:50,946 --> 01:33:56,346 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS DELLA SPAN AND I'M A 1339 01:33:57,613 --> 01:34:01,120 FREMONT RESIDENT, I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF BECOMING A CHARTER CITY 1340 01:34:01,120 --> 01:34:04,612 BECAUSE IT CAN IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY, 1341 01:34:05,613 --> 01:34:08,680 FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AS OUR LOCATED OFFICIALS, THE 1342 01:34:08,680 --> 01:34:14,800 LOELECTED OFFICIALS, THEMAYOR AS SHOULD MAKE THE FINAL DECISION 1343 01:34:21,790 --> 01:34:23,120 MAKING. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSAL IS 1344 01:34:23,120 --> 01:34:25,946 INCOMPLETE, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO RUSH THIS 1345 01:34:25,946 --> 01:34:29,280 PROCESS. PLEASE TABLE THIS PROPOSAL AND 1346 01:34:29,280 --> 01:34:34,280 BRING BACK A COMPLETED OR BETTER VERSION IN THE FUTURE. 1347 01:34:34,280 --> 01:34:40,763 IN THE MEANTIME, THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND REFORM 1348 01:34:40,763 --> 01:34:43,563 ITS OBLIGATION UNDER THE CURRENT GENERAL LAW CITY SYSTEM. 1349 01:34:43,563 --> 01:34:48,797 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING AND AGAIN HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR 1350 01:34:48,797 --> 01:34:50,230 SALWAN. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 1351 01:34:50,230 --> 01:34:55,630 >> The Clerk: SANDRA N. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS 1352 01:34:59,960 --> 01:35:01,300 SANDRA MOORE THERE MISSION SAN JOSE. 1353 01:35:01,300 --> 01:35:07,630 I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED MY LETTERS AND HAVE READ THEM. 1354 01:35:08,970 --> 01:35:13,497 AND THANK YOU KATHY FOR REPLYING TO THAT LETTER. 1355 01:35:14,630 --> 01:35:18,229 I'M HERE TO POINT OUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 1356 01:35:18,229 --> 01:35:23,960 WOULD BE WASTED OBVIOUSLY. AND SO I'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THAT 1357 01:35:23,960 --> 01:35:29,960 MONEY CAN BE USED. IF YOU CAN PLEASE ALLOW COME 1358 01:35:30,496 --> 01:35:33,230 CAMPBELL TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THERE MOTION AND SOMEBODY SECOND 1359 01:35:33,230 --> 01:35:37,763 THIS, AND WE CAN PUT IT TO REST. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE COMMUNITY 1360 01:35:37,763 --> 01:35:43,163 HAS A GREAT DEAL OF DISTRUST AT THIS TIME. 1361 01:35:43,897 --> 01:35:50,960 SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT $1.6 MILLION THAT WE 1362 01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:53,230 COULD SAVE AT THIS TIME. CAN WE PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT 1363 01:35:53,230 --> 01:35:55,696 COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT WE CAN APPLY THAT TOWARDS. 1364 01:35:55,696 --> 01:35:58,696 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: CHUNG. 1365 01:36:05,497 --> 01:36:09,697 TOLLED BY MENISKA. >> IS THE DOCUMENT CAMERA 1366 01:36:13,163 --> 01:36:17,963 AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE? >> HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE 1367 01:36:30,897 --> 01:36:33,430 WEBSITE OF OUR CHARTER CITY INITIATIVE. 1368 01:36:33,430 --> 01:36:38,363 AND LET ME READ SOMETHING OUT. IT SAYS THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL 1369 01:36:38,363 --> 01:36:43,163 CONSIDER TOPICS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES BY THE 1370 01:36:43,163 --> 01:36:47,963 CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING SEVEN 1371 01:36:47,963 --> 01:36:51,960 TOPICS. INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO. 1372 01:36:51,960 --> 01:36:58,563 SO FOR THE RECORD, IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT DURING THE 1373 01:36:58,563 --> 01:37:02,896 SIX CHARTER CITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, FREMONT CITY STAFF DID 1374 01:37:02,896 --> 01:37:07,960 NOT FOLLOW CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION CORRECTLY AND 1375 01:37:08,970 --> 01:37:11,697 SEVERALLY RESTRICTED THE COMMITTEE FROM DISCUSSING 1376 01:37:13,300 --> 01:37:17,300 IMPORTANT TOPICS. QUOAFNLT WE ENDED UP WITH AN 1377 01:37:17,300 --> 01:37:21,463 INADEQUATE CITY CHARTER. ADVOCATING IN PRINCIPLE A DID 1378 01:37:21,463 --> 01:37:27,463 IDEA, AND WE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY YAJING FOR 1379 01:37:27,630 --> 01:37:32,972 THE BOARD ACTIONS PEPS PLEASE DELAY THE FULL CITY CHARTER VOTE 1380 01:37:32,972 --> 01:37:35,838 BY FREMONT PEOPLE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE TIME TO DEVELOP A 1381 01:37:35,838 --> 01:37:38,772 PROPER CITY CHARTER. AND ALSO PLEASE CARRY OUT AN 1382 01:37:38,772 --> 01:37:43,572 INVESTIGATION ON WHY THIS HAPPENED, DURING THE SIX CHARTER 1383 01:37:43,572 --> 01:37:47,506 CITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HOLD THE CITY STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR 1384 01:37:47,506 --> 01:37:49,906 THEIR MISTAKE. THANK YOU. 1385 01:37:54,105 --> 01:37:56,505 >> MANISKA PATAK. >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1386 01:37:58,572 --> 01:38:00,106 AND MAYOR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAYOR. 1387 01:38:00,106 --> 01:38:07,906 MY NAME IS MANISKA PATAK AND I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF FREMONT. 1388 01:38:09,172 --> 01:38:12,638 I HEARD THAT THE CHARTER CITY PROPOSAL IS FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE 1389 01:38:12,638 --> 01:38:15,872 FOR FREMONT BUT AS I WAS TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS, THE RESIDENTS 1390 01:38:15,872 --> 01:38:19,305 OF FREMONT, I FELT LIKE THEY ARE NOT REALLY READY TO TAKE IT ON 1391 01:38:19,305 --> 01:38:22,772 AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK 1392 01:38:22,772 --> 01:38:27,439 THE MAYOR FOR LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS AND SENTIMENTS OF 1393 01:38:27,439 --> 01:38:31,639 FREMONT RESIDENTS. TAKING TIME TO HEAR COMMUNITY 1394 01:38:31,906 --> 01:38:36,372 VOICES AND HEARTFULLY CONSIDER THEIR FEEDBACK FLEBLGZS THE 1395 01:38:36,372 --> 01:38:38,806 SPREAD OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DECISION 1396 01:38:38,806 --> 01:38:42,106 TO DEFER THE CHARTER CITY PROPOSAL TO A FUTURE ELECTION. 1397 01:38:42,106 --> 01:38:46,506 THIS GIVES RESIDENTS MORE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUE, ENGAGE 1398 01:38:46,506 --> 01:38:51,239 IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION, AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AT THE 1399 01:38:51,239 --> 01:38:54,305 BALLOT BOX. THANK YOU FOR DEMONSTRATING 1400 01:38:54,305 --> 01:38:57,639 RESPONSIVENESS TRANSPARENCY AND THE RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY 1401 01:38:57,639 --> 01:38:59,372 INPUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1402 01:38:59,372 --> 01:39:04,172 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: TOLLED REJASH 1403 01:39:06,339 --> 01:39:12,939 AND AUDREY WE HAD DAVID EPPS, NADIA AJI, KATE AMAN, KELLY 1404 01:39:18,105 --> 01:39:22,905 ABREU, JOHN HINES AND RECALLING BELAJI AND DIAM. 1405 01:39:27,572 --> 01:39:32,972 >> Mayor Salwan: WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE YOU SAID? 1406 01:39:37,600 --> 01:39:39,600 OKAY. RAJESH. 1407 01:39:41,905 --> 01:39:45,505 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, AND RESIDENTS 1408 01:39:47,172 --> 01:39:49,720 AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MAYOR SALWAN. 1409 01:39:49,720 --> 01:39:54,238 SO I KNOW FREMONT HAS GROWN TO LIKE ONE OF THE LEADING CITIES 1410 01:39:54,238 --> 01:39:58,438 IN CALIFORNIA, KNOWN FOR INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC 1411 01:39:58,772 --> 01:40:00,705 VIABILITY. LAST WE CHECKED IT WAS THE 1412 01:40:00,705 --> 01:40:06,705 FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN BAY AREA. SO COMMUNITY VOTE EXPLORING 1413 01:40:09,390 --> 01:40:13,772 CHARTER CITY, AND STARS I KNOW ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT 1414 01:40:13,772 --> 01:40:18,500 MEAN LEAVING CALIFORNIA LAWS BEHIND OR STATE LAWS CONTINUE TO 1415 01:40:18,500 --> 01:40:19,973 APPLY TO MANY OF OUR IMPORTANT AREAS. 1416 01:40:19,973 --> 01:40:27,730 AND IT IS I THINK THE DUTY OF GIVE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE 1417 01:40:27,730 --> 01:40:29,840 VOTERS OF FREMONT AND HAVE THIS COME TO BALLOT. 1418 01:40:29,840 --> 01:40:35,240 FOR OUR CITY, STRONG TECHNOLOGY SECTOR, A DIVERSE POPULATION 1419 01:40:37,700 --> 01:40:41,807 LIKE FREMONT, CRAZY INNOVATION, RESPONSIVENESS AND HELP BY 1420 01:40:44,906 --> 01:40:48,506 RESPECTING THE VALUES THE COMMUNITY CHAIRS. 1421 01:40:49,106 --> 01:40:55,106 I REQUEST YOU MOVE TOWARD WITH THE CHARTER CITY, TAKING TEED 1422 01:40:55,106 --> 01:40:59,840 BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND TOP CITIES ARE ALL CHARTER CITIES. 1423 01:40:59,840 --> 01:41:03,440 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: (SAYING NAMES). 1424 01:41:09,307 --> 01:41:12,307 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 1425 01:41:13,307 --> 01:41:19,640 I'M AUDREY FALBRO, AND FIRST I WANTED TO SAY, WHERE WAS I WHEN 1426 01:41:19,640 --> 01:41:23,307 THIS WAS HAPPENING, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ALONG, SEEING 1427 01:41:23,307 --> 01:41:26,773 THE FLIER THAT CAME ACROSS, THE CONVERSATION JUST STARTED THIS 1428 01:41:26,773 --> 01:41:28,973 YEAR. WHICH MAKES ME SAY OH MY 1429 01:41:28,973 --> 01:41:31,206 GOODNESS, THIS TIME LINE IS TOO FAST. 1430 01:41:31,206 --> 01:41:36,400 I OPPOSE A CHARTER CITY. I OPPOSE ALL THIS COMING 1431 01:41:36,400 --> 01:41:39,573 TOGETHER KNOWING THAT IT WASN'T DONE RIGHT. 1432 01:41:39,573 --> 01:41:44,873 AND THAT OUR TIME AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I'VE BEEN IN FREMONT 1433 01:41:44,873 --> 01:41:49,540 OVER 35 YEARS, IS NOT BEING RESPECTED BY HAVING US HERE TO 1434 01:41:49,540 --> 01:41:52,373 OPPOSE SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 1435 01:41:52,373 --> 01:41:55,507 WE ALL SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS A LONG TIME AGO. 1436 01:41:55,507 --> 01:42:00,640 AND IT SEEMS REALLY UNCLEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT REALLY CLEAR ABOUT 1437 01:42:00,640 --> 01:42:03,573 HOW WE WILL BE AS A CHARTER CITY. 1438 01:42:03,573 --> 01:42:06,907 SO FIRST, YOU HAVE TO GET TOGETHER WHAT YOU WANT TO 1439 01:42:06,907 --> 01:42:11,440 PRESENT TO US. AND THEN PRESENT IT TO US. 1440 01:42:11,440 --> 01:42:14,873 BECAUSE THAT DID THOUGHT HAPPEN AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED AND I 1441 01:42:14,873 --> 01:42:17,573 TRY TO FOLLOW THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THIS CITY. 1442 01:42:17,573 --> 01:42:22,373 THERE'S A LOT OF UNCLEARNESS. THERE IS A LOT OF VISIONS THAT I 1443 01:42:22,373 --> 01:42:25,700 DON'T SEIZE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VISION FOR 1444 01:42:25,700 --> 01:42:29,107 THE CITY IS FIVE CAREERS, TEN YEARS, FOR THIS CHARTER CITY. 1445 01:42:29,107 --> 01:42:34,107 I DON'T KNOW. BUT I AGREE, IT IS A WASTE OF 1446 01:42:34,107 --> 01:42:35,640 TIME. IT'S DEFINITELY A WASTE OF MONEY 1447 01:42:35,640 --> 01:42:44,400 THAT CAN BE USED IN OTHER WAYS. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE TRIPS WITH 1448 01:42:44,707 --> 01:42:48,907 TRANSPARENCY IS ME. >> The Clerk: DAVID EPPS. 1449 01:42:59,373 --> 01:43:01,773 >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1450 01:43:01,773 --> 01:43:06,640 MY NAME IS DAVID EPPS, I'M A RETIRED SERVANT LEADER FOR SANTA 1451 01:43:06,640 --> 01:43:10,107 CLARA COUNTY AND A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF FREMONT. 1452 01:43:10,107 --> 01:43:16,520 I'M ASKING THAT YOU NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHARTER CITY 1453 01:43:16,520 --> 01:43:20,854 PROPOSAL WITHOUT MORE SCRUTINY. FIRST, CHARTER STATUS WILL NOT 1454 01:43:20,854 --> 01:43:24,387 GUARANTEE THE LOCAL CONTROL WE'VE BEEN PROMISED, CALIFORNIA 1455 01:43:24,387 --> 01:43:29,587 COURTS HAVE REPEATEDLY LET STATE HOUSING AND LAND USE LAWS 1456 01:43:29,587 --> 01:43:33,587 OVERRIDE CHARTER CITIES, WHEN THE STATE SHOWS A STATEWIDE 1457 01:43:33,587 --> 01:43:36,454 INTEREST. CITIES HAVE SPENT YEARS AND REAL 1458 01:43:36,454 --> 01:43:41,187 MONEY IN COURT FINDING THAT OUT THE HARD WAY. 1459 01:43:41,187 --> 01:43:47,187 SECOND, A CHARTER TRADES OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TORE A 1460 01:43:49,187 --> 01:43:54,587 LOCAL COLLECTION CONTRACTING COUNCIL PAY BECOMES A FIGHT THE 1461 01:43:54,721 --> 01:43:57,753 CITY HAS TO LIT DONATE ON ITS OWN DIME. 1462 01:43:57,753 --> 01:44:04,353 THIRD, THE CHARTER STATUS LETS US -- LETS FUTURE COUNCIL EXEMPT 1463 01:44:05,187 --> 01:44:09,254 ITSELF FROM REPETITIVE BIDDINGS AND PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS 1464 01:44:09,254 --> 01:44:12,540 ON CITY CONTRACTS. THAT IS LESS OVERSIGHT AND NOT 1465 01:44:12,540 --> 01:44:15,254 MORE. BEFORE WE REWRITE OUR ENTIRE 1466 01:44:15,254 --> 01:44:18,487 GOVERNING STRUCTURE I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO COMMISSION AN 1467 01:44:18,487 --> 01:44:21,187 INDEPENDENT COST AND LEGAL ANALYSIS SEPARATE FROM THE 1468 01:44:21,187 --> 01:44:25,210 DRAFTING PROCESS, BEFORE THIS GOES TO A VOTE. 1469 01:44:25,210 --> 01:44:28,210 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: NADIA. 1470 01:44:36,520 --> 01:44:39,453 >> I SECOND SOME OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS THAT THE CHARTER CITY 1471 01:44:39,453 --> 01:44:42,187 SHOULD NOT BE ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER. 1472 01:44:42,187 --> 01:44:45,587 I HAVE REPEATEDLY HEARD RIGHT NOW THAT A CHARTER CITY WOULD 1473 01:44:45,587 --> 01:44:49,210 PROVIDE FULL CONTROL, LOCAL CONTROL AND EFFICIENCY, 1474 01:44:49,210 --> 01:44:52,621 EFFICIENCY DEPENDS ON SOUND LEADERSHIP, FISCAL 1475 01:44:53,453 --> 01:44:54,987 RESPONSIBILITY NOT ADOPTING A CHARTER. 1476 01:44:54,987 --> 01:44:57,320 THE REAL QUESTION IS WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS. 1477 01:44:57,320 --> 01:45:01,921 IF THE CURRENT SYSTEM ALREADY ALLOWS THE CITY TO DELIVER 1478 01:45:01,921 --> 01:45:06,540 ESSENTIAL SERVICES THEN CHANGING OUR STRUCTURE REQUIRES A 1479 01:45:06,540 --> 01:45:10,187 COMPELLING PUBLIC NEED AND A CHARTER IS NOT REALLY UNMOVED BY 1480 01:45:10,187 --> 01:45:14,387 THEM. WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE BECOMING A 1481 01:45:14,854 --> 01:45:20,187 CHARTER CITY IS NOTE A GUARANTEE FOR BETTER FINANCIAL OUTCOMES OR 1482 01:45:20,187 --> 01:45:22,254 RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF CORRUPTION. 1483 01:45:22,254 --> 01:45:27,521 CHARTER CITIES ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM ETHICS CONSIDERATION, IN 1484 01:45:27,521 --> 01:45:30,421 FACT THAT IS THE CONCERNS I HAVE WHEN I READ ABOUT THE CHARTER 1485 01:45:30,421 --> 01:45:32,820 CITY PROPOSAL. WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE REGARDING 1486 01:45:32,820 --> 01:45:36,420 CORRUPTION. SO THE QUESTION IS ABOUT 1487 01:45:37,120 --> 01:45:39,587 IMPLEMENTATION. THE UNUSUAL FAST TRACKING OF 1488 01:45:39,587 --> 01:45:43,654 SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND USING CONFUSING LEGAL LANGUAGE 1489 01:45:43,654 --> 01:45:48,321 MAKES ME QUESTION THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY'S 1490 01:45:48,321 --> 01:45:51,520 OPINION AND OUR INTEREST. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL 1491 01:45:51,520 --> 01:45:57,120 TO LET THIS ISSUE REMAIN SETTLED AND I HOPE THAT IT IS NOT 1492 01:45:57,120 --> 01:46:03,254 APPRPROPOSED IN ANY FUTURE ELEC, CHARTER CITY IS NOT BE NEED BUT 1493 01:46:03,254 --> 01:46:07,526 A FANCY IDEA TO JUST BE DIFFERENT, THANK YOU PZ. 1494 01:46:07,526 --> 01:46:11,160 >> Commissioner He: . >> The Clerk: THANK YOU, NEXT 1495 01:46:11,160 --> 01:46:17,760 SPEAKER IS KATE AMAN, KELLY ABREU, AND NEXT CALL FOR BELAGI 1496 01:46:20,593 --> 01:46:22,259 AND DIANE. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 1497 01:46:22,259 --> 01:46:28,793 IT IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING, WE CAN SEEN MAINLY HOW THE TIMING 1498 01:46:28,793 --> 01:46:34,726 OF THIS WOULD BENEFIT WITH THE CHANGED TERM LIMITS AND BENEFITS 1499 01:46:34,726 --> 01:46:39,927 FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL BUT NOW HOW THIS 1500 01:46:39,927 --> 01:46:43,193 BENEFITS ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITY TO FAST TRACK THIS TO NOVEMBER 1501 01:46:43,193 --> 01:46:46,127 BALLOT. SO IT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY PUT OFF 1502 01:46:46,127 --> 01:46:49,327 UNTIL LATER TIME TO BE DONE RIGHT FOR REAL BENEFITS. 1503 01:46:49,327 --> 01:46:56,259 AND LET'S DO THE SMART THING AND NOT JUST DO THIS TO BENEFIT 1504 01:46:56,259 --> 01:46:59,859 CERTAIN LAME DUCK POLITICIANS, THANK YOU. 1505 01:47:08,527 --> 01:47:13,600 >> SO THIS POLLING MEASURE THAT WAS -- THIS POLLING THAT WAS 1506 01:47:13,600 --> 01:47:16,460 JUST DONE, ALAMEDA COUNTY, OUR SUPERVISOR WHO REPRESENTS MOST 1507 01:47:16,460 --> 01:47:21,600 OF FREMONT JUST SPENT $150,000 OF HIS DISCRETIONARY MONEY TO 1508 01:47:21,600 --> 01:47:25,270 SPONSOR HIS OWN POLL COUNTY WIDE AND THE RESULTS CAME BACK AT 1509 01:47:25,270 --> 01:47:29,593 LIKE 47, 49%, THOUGHT VERY GOOD AND THEY DECIDED TO NOT GO AHEAD 1510 01:47:29,593 --> 01:47:31,827 WITH WHATEVER IT WAS. THEN THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, BUT 1511 01:47:31,827 --> 01:47:35,193 THAT WAS A COUNTY WIDE POLL OF ALL THE VOTERS. 1512 01:47:35,193 --> 01:47:38,593 MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ASKING JUST THE FARMERS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE 1513 01:47:38,593 --> 01:47:42,594 ONES WHO WE REALLY CARE ABOUT, OR YOU KNOW AND HERE IN FREMONT, 1514 01:47:42,594 --> 01:47:45,260 WE'VE GOT THE SAME KIND OF THING. 1515 01:47:45,260 --> 01:47:48,593 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RUN POLLS, THEIR POLL WAS VERY DETAILED. 1516 01:47:48,593 --> 01:47:52,727 THEY CAME BACK WITH SLICING AND DICING EVERY KIND OF THING. 1517 01:47:52,727 --> 01:47:55,526 THEY ASKED PEOPLE WELL WHO DO YOU TRUST MORE, THE BOARD OF 1518 01:47:55,526 --> 01:47:59,660 SUPERVISORS OR THE SIERRA CLUB? AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE ANSWER. 1519 01:47:59,660 --> 01:48:05,593 IT WAS THE SIERRA CLUB I GUESS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST RAN THIS 1520 01:48:05,593 --> 01:48:10,927 POLL, 24%, THAT IS NOT A POLLING RESULT, THAT IS A DISASTER. 1521 01:48:10,927 --> 01:48:14,793 THAT'S A DISASTER. AND FOR YOU TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE 1522 01:48:14,793 --> 01:48:19,727 JUST KIND OF SKIP OVER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF, 1523 01:48:19,727 --> 01:48:24,600 THE PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THESE POLITICIANS I GUESS, HERE. 1524 01:48:24,600 --> 01:48:27,993 AND ANOTHER THING WE HEARD ABOUT POPULATION GROWTH INCREASE IN 1525 01:48:27,993 --> 01:48:30,193 FREMONT. SINCE THE LAST CENSUS IT'S 1526 01:48:30,193 --> 01:48:35,593 DROPPED ONE OR TWO%, SO WHERE IS THE INCREASE? 1527 01:48:36,393 --> 01:48:40,393 >> The Clerk: FOLLOWING MR. HINES THE LAST SPEAKER WILL 1528 01:48:40,393 --> 01:48:42,793 BE ONLINE. >> HELLO EVERYONE. 1529 01:48:45,193 --> 01:48:48,327 ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN A PLACE WITH A 1530 01:48:48,327 --> 01:48:51,327 DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS THAT WE GET A SAY IN GOVERNMENT WHICH WE 1531 01:48:51,327 --> 01:48:55,527 EXERCISE BY VOTING FOR COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR. 1532 01:48:55,727 --> 01:49:01,127 OUR THROUGH IS MAXIMIZED WHEN THEIR INFLUENCE IS MAXIMIZED. 1533 01:49:01,145 --> 01:49:05,945 HAVING ATTENDED SOMETHING LIKE 200 OF THESE MEETINGS, SOME 1534 01:49:07,780 --> 01:49:14,278 THINGS I'VE OF OBSERVED IS YEARS AGO, CITY STAFF FELL INTO BAD 1535 01:49:15,478 --> 01:49:20,746 HABITS OF MINIMIZING THE COUNCIL BY HERDING THEM INTO A NARROWER 1536 01:49:20,746 --> 01:49:26,146 OR MORE CONSTRAINED DECISION SPACE, I'D GIVE SOME EXAMPLES 1537 01:49:26,279 --> 01:49:28,946 BUT THERE'S NOT TIME AND IT'S ALREADY. 1538 01:49:28,946 --> 01:49:32,346 COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG'S REFERRAL KICKED OFF SOME REALLY IMPORTANT 1539 01:49:32,346 --> 01:49:37,746 DISCUSSIONS THIS YEAR WHICH I THINK HAVE ALREADY BORNE SOME 1540 01:49:37,746 --> 01:49:41,790 FRUIT AND I APPLAUD ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT. 1541 01:49:41,790 --> 01:49:46,479 >> The Clerk: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BAPARTHY ON ZOOM. 1542 01:49:55,212 --> 01:49:58,812 FAPARTHY. >> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? 1543 01:50:00,545 --> 01:50:04,745 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY. 1544 01:50:06,120 --> 01:50:09,612 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RAJ. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ALL THE 1545 01:50:09,612 --> 01:50:12,679 COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE A DECISION TO MAKE THIS AS A 1546 01:50:12,679 --> 01:50:16,745 CHARTER CITY. BECAUSE WE ALL VOTED TO THE 1547 01:50:16,745 --> 01:50:21,479 COUNCILMEMBERS AND WE VOTED FOR THE CITY OF FREMONT SO WHEN THEY 1548 01:50:21,479 --> 01:50:27,346 DOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING, THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT 1549 01:50:27,346 --> 01:50:30,345 IT. SO ALL THE -- ALL THESE 1550 01:50:30,345 --> 01:50:33,412 COUNCILMEMBERS WERE ALREADY SUPPORTING THAT, REALLY SUPPORT 1551 01:50:33,412 --> 01:50:38,479 THAT AND AT THE SAME TIME, I ACTUALLY CAN PEOPLE WHO MAKE 1552 01:50:38,479 --> 01:50:44,379 THIS A CHEERT CITY AND WE NEED TO EMPOWER THEM AND THAT REQUEST 1553 01:50:44,379 --> 01:50:46,347 ALL THE DECISIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 1554 01:50:46,347 --> 01:50:49,780 THANK YOU. >> The Clerk: THAT WAS OUR 1555 01:50:49,780 --> 01:50:51,345 FINAL SPEAKER. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 1556 01:50:51,345 --> 01:50:53,120 WELL, THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENT PERIOD. 1557 01:50:53,120 --> 01:50:56,612 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING YOUR 1558 01:50:56,612 --> 01:50:59,412 MIND. WE APPRECIATE IT GREATLY. 1559 01:50:59,412 --> 01:51:05,790 I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY CAME FROM 1560 01:51:05,790 --> 01:51:09,612 THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS 1561 01:51:09,612 --> 01:51:13,812 HIGHLIGHTING EARLIER. WAS THAT THE MOST CHALLENGING 1562 01:51:15,679 --> 01:51:19,945 ISSUE REGARDING GOVERNANCE WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE MOST 1563 01:51:19,945 --> 01:51:21,679 DISAGREEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE AS FAR AS PAY OR 1564 01:51:21,679 --> 01:51:25,212 TERM LIMITS WERE NOT DECISIONS MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL BUT 1565 01:51:25,212 --> 01:51:28,479 THESE WERE THE ADVISORY BOARD SEVEN FOLKS WHO ALL AGREED THAT 1566 01:51:28,479 --> 01:51:31,279 THIS WAS WHAT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD. 1567 01:51:31,279 --> 01:51:36,120 SO WE DO FEEL THAT THIS DOESN'T ADDRESS THE CORNER -- SOME OF 1568 01:51:36,120 --> 01:51:39,579 THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD SO I DO WANT TO ANSWER THAT. 1569 01:51:39,579 --> 01:51:43,346 SECOND, THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS ON THIS 1570 01:51:43,346 --> 01:51:45,212 TOPIC. WHICH I THINK IS GOOD. 1571 01:51:45,212 --> 01:51:49,223 WE HAD THREE MEETINGS. SO THERE'S MORE PEOPLE, 1572 01:51:49,223 --> 01:51:52,956 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD 1573 01:51:52,956 --> 01:51:55,956 THING. SHORTCUTTING THE PROCESS, NOT 1574 01:51:56,230 --> 01:51:57,690 NECESSARILY, IS NECESSARILY HELPFUL. 1575 01:51:57,690 --> 01:52:00,357 I THINK FOLKS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAJ AND WE'RE 1576 01:52:00,357 --> 01:52:04,557 GETTING A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT ON THIS ISSUE SO WE HAD THE FIRST 1577 01:52:04,557 --> 01:52:07,623 HEARING, THE SECOND HEARING AND THEN WE WERE SCHEDULED FOR THIS 1578 01:52:07,623 --> 01:52:09,690 FINAL HEARING DATE TO MAKE A DECISION. 1579 01:52:09,690 --> 01:52:15,557 AND I THINK ALL THAT INPUT IN EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS WAS 1580 01:52:15,557 --> 01:52:17,757 INVALUABLE. AND SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK 1581 01:52:17,757 --> 01:52:21,690 WE'VE HAD SOME GENERAL COMMENTS ON WHERE WE ALL ARE. 1582 01:52:21,690 --> 01:52:24,823 AND I THINK HOPEFULLY WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET A MOTION SOON. 1583 01:52:24,823 --> 01:52:29,900 I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE 1584 01:52:29,900 --> 01:52:33,890 SECOND HEARING. THERE WAS A MOTION MADE BY 1585 01:52:35,756 --> 01:52:39,560 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, BUT IT WAS NOT SECONDED. 1586 01:52:39,560 --> 01:52:42,560 AND FURTHERMORE, IT WAS WITHDRAWN. 1587 01:52:42,723 --> 01:52:46,157 BECAUSE SEE, I ASSUME THAT SHE THOUGHT THAT THE VOTES WERE NOT 1588 01:52:46,157 --> 01:52:48,556 THERE. SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THE CITY 1589 01:52:48,556 --> 01:52:52,623 ATTORNEY COULD PROCEDURALLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE THAT WAS 1590 01:52:52,623 --> 01:52:54,890 RAISED. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THE 1591 01:52:54,890 --> 01:52:59,223 RECORD WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF, BUT I THINK IT'S ACCURATE TO 1592 01:52:59,223 --> 01:53:01,756 STATE THAT THE MOTION WAS WITHDRAWN AND THE COUNCIL 1593 01:53:01,756 --> 01:53:05,890 DIRECTLIED US TO COME BACK THIS EVENING FOR FURTHER PUBLICth 1594 01:53:05,890 --> 01:53:07,157 PUT. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. 1595 01:53:07,157 --> 01:53:11,357 COUNCILMEMBER KENG, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? 1596 01:53:11,357 --> 01:53:13,290 >> Councilmember Keng: THAT IS ACCURATE. 1597 01:53:13,290 --> 01:53:17,757 >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, GOOD. SO I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG 1598 01:53:17,757 --> 01:53:20,923 WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, 1599 01:53:20,923 --> 01:53:24,423 COMMENTS BEFORE THAT? OR -- OKAY. 1600 01:53:24,423 --> 01:53:28,623 WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL THEN COUNCILMEMBER 1601 01:53:33,223 --> 01:53:34,240 KIMBERLIN. >> Councilmember Campbell: 1602 01:53:34,240 --> 01:53:36,756 ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION SO WE COULD 1603 01:53:36,756 --> 01:53:39,623 MOVE THIS ON. BUT IF YOU HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED 1604 01:53:39,623 --> 01:53:42,623 A MOTIONING FROM COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG? 1605 01:53:43,823 --> 01:53:46,223 >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK SHOW WANTED TO MAKE THE MOTION, 1606 01:53:46,223 --> 01:53:50,723 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, SINCE IT WAS KIND OF HER REFERRAL, NOBODY 1607 01:53:50,723 --> 01:53:54,223 HAS A DIFFICULTY WITH IT THAT'S JUST ACCEPTABLE WE'VE DONE THAT 1608 01:53:54,223 --> 01:53:58,723 IN THE PAST. CARLA OKAY, I'LL SECOND IT AS 1609 01:53:58,723 --> 01:54:01,900 THE MOTION COMES FORWARD. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. 1610 01:54:01,900 --> 01:54:03,623 IT'S OKAY. SO YEAH YOU CAN SECOND IT, IS 1611 01:54:03,623 --> 01:54:06,890 THAT OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO SHE CAN IS SECOND IT? 1612 01:54:06,890 --> 01:54:09,900 >> Councilmember Shao: OH YES. >> Mayor Salwan: ALL RIGHT SO 1613 01:54:09,900 --> 01:54:12,230 WE'LL JUST -- >> Councilmember Keng: WE HAVE 1614 01:54:12,230 --> 01:54:16,989 HEARD WHAT HER MOTION IS? >> Mayor Salwan: WE'LL HAVE 1615 01:54:16,989 --> 01:54:19,230 THAT. WE'LL JUST PUT THAT AS A PLACE 1616 01:54:19,230 --> 01:54:23,230 HOLDER AND THEN WHEN WE HEAR THE MOTION WE WILL CONFIRM WHAT 1617 01:54:23,230 --> 01:54:26,890 MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED, MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND 1618 01:54:26,890 --> 01:54:30,230 WE'LL HAVE A SECOND. AND ONCE THAT IS CLARIFIED THEN 1619 01:54:30,230 --> 01:54:32,957 WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A 1620 01:54:32,957 --> 01:54:35,889 WHILE SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. 1621 01:54:35,889 --> 01:54:39,489 SO I'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN. 1622 01:54:43,160 --> 01:54:44,960 >> Councilmember Kimberlin: JUST KIND OF WANTED TO WRAP UP A 1623 01:54:44,960 --> 01:54:47,359 COUPLE THINGS. I DID TALK ABOUT THE CITY 1624 01:54:47,359 --> 01:54:50,560 MANAGER OFFICE EARLIER AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. 1625 01:54:50,560 --> 01:54:54,693 WE ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER. WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE. 1626 01:54:54,693 --> 01:54:59,226 NOBODY YOU WORK WITH WILL SEE EYE TO EYE, SOMETIMES I WANT TO 1627 01:54:59,226 --> 01:55:03,160 DO SOMETHING YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO I THINK THE COMMITMENT TO 1628 01:55:03,160 --> 01:55:05,926 WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS A GOOD 1629 01:55:05,926 --> 01:55:07,293 INTENTION. IT'S DESTINY TIME YOU HAVE A 1630 01:55:07,293 --> 01:55:09,359 WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ANYBODY, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO 1631 01:55:09,359 --> 01:55:13,760 GROW AND LEARN. AND SO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE 1632 01:55:13,760 --> 01:55:17,426 TAKEN ANYTHING DEROGATORY WHAT I SAID EARLIER, I WANTED TO 1633 01:55:17,426 --> 01:55:20,226 CLARIFY THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, 1634 01:55:20,226 --> 01:55:23,893 ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR US TO DO HERE IS GET FEEDBACK 1635 01:55:23,893 --> 01:55:27,426 BEFORE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY. SO IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT 1636 01:55:27,426 --> 01:55:29,626 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. FOR INSTANCE THE SURVEY THAT WE 1637 01:55:29,626 --> 01:55:35,260 PUT OUT TO 230 RESIDENTS WE GOT JUST OVER 600 RESPONSES BECAUSE 1638 01:55:35,260 --> 01:55:39,294 THOSE WERE MAYBE THE ANGRY ONES. AND WE GET PEOPLE TO MEETINGS 1639 01:55:39,294 --> 01:55:43,626 WHEN PEOPLE ARE UPSET AND WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE MORE 1640 01:55:43,626 --> 01:55:48,159 ENGAGEMENT BEFORE THAT SO IF YOU CAN HELP US, I MEAN WE'VE DONE 1641 01:55:48,159 --> 01:55:53,227 THINGS, WE TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE, ALL THE WAYS WE PUT THINGS OUT, 1642 01:55:53,227 --> 01:55:57,226 SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, FLIERS AT EVENTS AND SO ANY IDEAS YOU 1643 01:55:57,226 --> 01:56:01,260 HAVE ON HOW WE CAN REALLY BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGE PEOPLE 1644 01:56:01,260 --> 01:56:04,826 BEFORE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CHARTER, IT'S GT A WHOLE 1645 01:56:04,826 --> 01:56:07,693 PAGE ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT THE CHARTER AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S 1646 01:56:07,693 --> 01:56:10,826 BEEN DONE. SO I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GO TO THE 1647 01:56:10,826 --> 01:56:13,926 WEBSITE AND FIND WHAT YOU WAND TO FIND. 1648 01:56:13,926 --> 01:56:17,159 JUST SAYING IT'S THERE BUT IF YOU CAN HELP US BE MORE 1649 01:56:17,159 --> 01:56:22,426 TRANSPARENT, HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, WE HAVE IDEAS, I'M ALL 1650 01:56:22,426 --> 01:56:25,160 EARS, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU 1651 01:56:25,160 --> 01:56:28,426 COMMISSIONER BASRAI. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KENG. 1652 01:56:28,426 --> 01:56:29,161 >> Councilmember Keng: ALL RIGHT. 1653 01:56:29,161 --> 01:56:33,693 I THINK WHEN WE FIRST VOTED TO KIND OF START THIS CHARTER CITY 1654 01:56:33,693 --> 01:56:37,959 PROCESS WE REALLY GAVE THE STAFF A PRETTY DIFFICULT JOB OF 1655 01:56:37,959 --> 01:56:42,759 GUIDING THE CHARTER COMMITTEE IN THE SHORT TIME. 1656 01:56:43,759 --> 01:56:48,893 SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN EASY JOB, THEY WON'T EXPERTS ON STUDYING 1657 01:56:48,893 --> 01:56:51,926 OR FORMING OR GUIDING THIS PROCESS AND WE REALLY DID HAVE A 1658 01:56:51,926 --> 01:56:57,159 VERY SHORT TIME. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A 1659 01:56:57,159 --> 01:57:02,960 KIND OF A TRIAL, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO SEE SOME OF THE BENEFITS, 1660 01:57:02,960 --> 01:57:08,692 AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOUR OF THE FIVE 1661 01:57:08,692 --> 01:57:11,293 LARGEST CITIES IN THE BAY AREA ARE CHARTER CITIES. 1662 01:57:11,293 --> 01:57:15,626 AND I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE MORE TIME TO STUDY WHY SOME 1663 01:57:15,626 --> 01:57:22,226 OF THESE CITIES OR WHY THE OTHER 125 CITIES ARE ADOPTING CHARTER 1664 01:57:22,393 --> 01:57:28,893 CITY AS THEIR CITY FORMAT. BUT THEN IN THE PROCESS, THAT 1665 01:57:28,893 --> 01:57:35,443 ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, HEAR EVERYONE BUT REALLY LOOK AT HOW THE 1666 01:57:35,443 --> 01:57:40,843 CHARTER CITY SYSTEM WILL BENEFIT FREMONT AS A CITY, SUCH AS 1667 01:57:40,843 --> 01:57:45,760 MODERNIZING PUBLIC CONTRACTING, ALLOWING MORE TIME FOR FLEXIBLE 1668 01:57:45,760 --> 01:57:49,876 PROCUREMENT METHODS, MORE KIND OF CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR 1669 01:57:51,709 --> 01:57:56,509 EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE, AND UNDER THE 1670 01:57:56,576 --> 01:58:01,242 CHARTER CITY FREMONT CAN CREATE AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION 1671 01:58:01,242 --> 01:58:09,420 AND CITY AUDITOR, THAT CAN AVOID SOMETHING LIKE KIND OF A -- WHAT 1672 01:58:10,109 --> 01:58:13,109 HAPPENED WITH OUR TOMORROWER CITY MANAGER BEFORE. 1673 01:58:13,109 --> 01:58:19,342 SO WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE FASTER DELIVERY OF ECONOMIC 1674 01:58:19,342 --> 01:58:24,430 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THAT COULD HAVE -- COULD STREAMLINE THE 1675 01:58:24,430 --> 01:58:27,909 BUSINESS PERMITTING PROCESS, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF 1676 01:58:27,909 --> 01:58:30,843 THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING AND NEW HOUSING. 1677 01:58:30,843 --> 01:58:37,109 SO I DO SUPPORT JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN 1678 01:58:37,109 --> 01:58:41,430 STUDYING HOW THE CHARTER WOULD BENEFIT FREMONT, AND I DO 1679 01:58:41,430 --> 01:58:45,242 SUPPORT HAVING A LONGER PROCESS THAT ENGAGE THE PUBLIC HAVING 1680 01:58:45,242 --> 01:58:50,642 MORE WORKSHOPS, AND SEE WHETHER FREMONT DO NEED A CHARTER CITY 1681 01:58:50,642 --> 01:58:54,842 OR NOT. AND HOPEFULLY, WHEN THE NEXT 1682 01:58:55,176 --> 01:58:59,576 HOLDING COMES WE WILL HAVE A VERY SUPPORTIVE POLLING BEFORE 1683 01:58:59,576 --> 01:59:04,843 WE GIVE ANOTHER TRY OWN THE BALLOT THANK YOU. 1684 01:59:04,843 --> 01:59:05,709 >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER LIU. 1685 01:59:05,709 --> 01:59:08,243 >> Vice Mayor Liu: RIGHT, SO I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED MY 1686 01:59:08,243 --> 01:59:11,109 THOUGHTS ON THE CHARTER, SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 1687 01:59:11,109 --> 01:59:15,642 BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING I HEARD OTHER PEOPLE 1688 01:59:15,642 --> 01:59:19,643 BRING UP TODAY, SAYING THEY DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AN ONGOING 1689 01:59:19,643 --> 01:59:22,443 PROCESS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HEARD ABOUT IT OR MAYBE 1690 01:59:22,443 --> 01:59:24,509 THEY ONLY HEARD ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. 1691 01:59:24,509 --> 01:59:30,309 I DO WANT TO SAY WE DO HAVE A TREES WEEKLY E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION 1692 01:59:30,309 --> 01:59:33,309 THE FREMONT CONNECTION. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO 1693 01:59:33,309 --> 01:59:36,242 SUBSCRIBE TO IT. THAT GIVES YOU UPDATES ON WHAT 1694 01:59:36,242 --> 01:59:40,642 IS OCCURRING AROUND THE CITY, WHETHER IN A CHARTER CITY, 1695 01:59:40,642 --> 01:59:45,242 EVENTS GOING ON IN FREMONT. PEOPLE COME UP TO ME, SAY THEY 1696 01:59:45,242 --> 01:59:49,176 HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. I TELL THEM TO SUBSCRIBE TO IT. 1697 01:59:49,176 --> 01:59:51,109 I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUBSCRIBE TO IT. 1698 01:59:51,109 --> 01:59:55,430 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Salwan: AND DOWNLOAD 1699 01:59:55,430 --> 01:59:57,842 THE FREMONT APP. THAT'S ANOTHER, I'LL MAKE THAT 1700 01:59:57,842 --> 02:00:00,842 PITCH AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. 1701 02:00:14,430 --> 02:00:18,176 >> Councilmember Campbell: I TRIED THOUGHT TO HIT THAT 1702 02:00:18,176 --> 02:00:21,176 BUTTON. I HIT THAT EARLIER. 1703 02:00:21,309 --> 02:00:23,576 >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, TRYING TO GET A MOTION 1704 02:00:23,576 --> 02:00:28,500 AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A SECOND. >> Councilmember Zhang: THANK 1705 02:00:28,500 --> 02:00:35,850 YOU, MAYOR, MY MOTION, BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION I WANT TO COMMENT, 1706 02:00:39,651 --> 02:00:43,917 A RESIDENT, SHE SAID SHE WOULD LIKE US TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND 1707 02:00:43,917 --> 02:00:50,183 TO SEND OUT OUR MAILING LIST TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR DISTRICT 1708 02:00:50,183 --> 02:00:52,583 CITIZENS DIRECTLY. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT, I 1709 02:00:52,583 --> 02:00:57,651 THINK I ASKED, OUR FELLOW COUNCIL TO SEIZE WHETHER WE HAVE 1710 02:00:57,651 --> 02:00:59,917 A BUDGET TO DO THAT. AND THE ANSWER IS NO. 1711 02:00:59,917 --> 02:01:07,951 IF I WANT TO DO A MAIL CHIP I HAVE TO GO FROM MY OWN POCKET, 1712 02:01:07,951 --> 02:01:12,451 SO YOU HAVE A GREAT FEEDBACK. SO GOING FORWARD WITH THE 1713 02:01:12,451 --> 02:01:17,184 DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT, SO THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME BUDGET, YOU KNOW, 1714 02:01:17,184 --> 02:01:21,584 WITHIN OUR CITY COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY, TO DO THAT, TO DO THE 1715 02:01:21,584 --> 02:01:27,584 FURTHER WIDER ENGAGEMENT. AND ALSO I MEAN THE POINT IS 1716 02:01:29,184 --> 02:01:32,384 THAT YOU PREVIOUS PEOPLE'S RESPONDENTS TO YOU BUT WE HAVE 1717 02:01:32,384 --> 02:01:36,650 NO SUPPORT. WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON WHO 1718 02:01:36,650 --> 02:01:40,651 WOULD SHARE WITH CITY MANAGER, AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THE 1719 02:01:40,651 --> 02:01:43,184 FACTS. SO WITH THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE 1720 02:01:43,184 --> 02:01:46,784 ALL GREAT INPUTS AND I HEAR YOU AND WE HEAR YOU. 1721 02:01:46,784 --> 02:01:51,917 AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH A MOTION TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF 1722 02:01:51,917 --> 02:01:58,517 A CHARTER TO A FUTURE ELECTION AND CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN OUR 1723 02:01:59,317 --> 02:02:03,517 COMMUNICATE ENGAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE AND IN A FORMAT OF 1724 02:02:03,517 --> 02:02:07,650 WORKSHOP, STUDY STUDY SESSION AND TOWN HALL, AND, YOU KNOW, 1725 02:02:07,650 --> 02:02:10,851 PERSONAL MEETINGS AT COFFEE SHOP AND I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT 1726 02:02:10,851 --> 02:02:15,517 NOT ONLY TO CHARTER BUT TO FUTURE BALLOT, YOU KNOW, 1727 02:02:15,517 --> 02:02:19,317 ET CETERA, MEASURES. AND ALSO, AND THAT'S MY FIRST 1728 02:02:19,317 --> 02:02:22,917 MOTION. SECOND MOTION IS TO, WITH 1729 02:02:25,117 --> 02:02:31,117 ORDINANCE, TO IMPLEMENT THE SEVERAL ITEMS, WHICH CAN BE DONE 1730 02:02:32,984 --> 02:02:37,250 AND IMPLEMENTED TO HELP THE CITY WITHOUT A CHARTER. 1731 02:02:37,250 --> 02:02:43,250 SUCH AS COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVE WHICH HAS ALREADY PUT AS FULL 1732 02:02:45,250 --> 02:02:51,484 TIME MEMBER, AND AGREED WITH THE CITY, AND SECOND IS TECHNICAL, I 1733 02:02:51,484 --> 02:02:58,784 THINK TH THIS IS A GIVEN BUT I T TO CLARIFY THAT MAYOR CAN BE 1734 02:02:58,784 --> 02:03:02,183 DIRECTING THE CITY MEETING, THE CONTENT OF THE MEETING. 1735 02:03:02,183 --> 02:03:08,783 AND THE THIRD IS ALREADY APPROVED, I MEAN A CONSENT, THAT 1736 02:03:11,417 --> 02:03:15,651 THE CITY WILL CONFIRM THE FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF A MAJOR 1737 02:03:15,651 --> 02:03:19,851 DEPARTMENT HEAD. I THINK THAT'S MY MOTION. 1738 02:03:22,483 --> 02:03:25,584 >> Mayor Salwan: SO EXCUSE ME. PLEASE. 1739 02:03:25,584 --> 02:03:27,684 COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. 1740 02:03:27,684 --> 02:03:31,917 I WANT TO SIMPLIFY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU COULD LISTEN AND 1741 02:03:31,917 --> 02:03:34,784 SEE WHAT YOU THINK. SO I THINK FIRST PART IS YOU 1742 02:03:34,784 --> 02:03:38,417 SAID YOU WANT TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF A CITY CHARTER 1743 02:03:38,417 --> 02:03:43,500 TO A FUTURE ELECTION AND CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE, 1744 02:03:43,500 --> 02:03:44,917 IS THAT CORRECT? >> Councilmember Zhang: YES. 1745 02:03:44,917 --> 02:03:50,917 >> Mayor Salwan: SECOND PART I THINK THE SPECIFICATION, I THINK 1746 02:03:51,384 --> 02:03:54,251 IT'S BASICALLY TO DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN TO A FUTURE MEETING 1747 02:03:54,251 --> 02:03:57,451 WITH THE ORDINANCES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE GENERAL 1748 02:03:57,451 --> 02:04:00,451 LAW FRAMEWORK. >> Councilmember Zhang: YES. 1749 02:04:01,117 --> 02:04:04,500 >> Mayor Salwan: THAT'S I THINK A SIMPLIFIED WAY. 1750 02:04:04,500 --> 02:04:08,351 I THINK AS FAR AS THE SPECIFICS, STAFF WILL HAVE TO COME BACK 1751 02:04:08,351 --> 02:04:13,450 LATER TO TELL US WHERE THEY WANT TO DOUGH A TOWN LAL OR COMMUNITY 1752 02:04:13,450 --> 02:04:16,117 FORUM OR CONSULTANT, THAT HAS TO BE FLESHED OUT. 1753 02:04:16,117 --> 02:04:19,651 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE COMMITMENT FROM STAFF THAT THEY'LL DO 1754 02:04:19,651 --> 02:04:22,317 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUT THE FORMAT NEEDS TO BE FLESHED OUT, 1755 02:04:22,317 --> 02:04:26,517 IS THAT OKAY COUNCILMEMBER? >> Councilmember Zhang: YES, 1756 02:04:26,784 --> 02:04:28,550 SIR, ABSOLUTELY. FOR THE FUTURE I WOULD LIKE TO 1757 02:04:28,550 --> 02:04:31,850 CONTINUE DIALOGUE AND FOR THE FUTURE ELECTION. 1758 02:04:31,850 --> 02:04:33,184 >> Mayor Salwan: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Councilmember Zhang: BUT 1759 02:04:33,184 --> 02:04:36,183 ALSO THE CONTENT OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH IS ALREADY 1760 02:04:36,183 --> 02:04:39,684 INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT CHARTER AND 1761 02:04:39,684 --> 02:04:43,784 I THINK THAT USE THE FRUIT OF THIS FOUR MONTH OR FIVE MONTH 1762 02:04:43,784 --> 02:04:48,451 LABOR AND MAKE THE CITY BETTER. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, SO WE 1763 02:04:48,451 --> 02:04:52,510 HAVE THAT SIMPLIFIED MOTION, TWO PARTS, DEFER THE CHARTER, 1764 02:04:52,510 --> 02:04:56,250 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ADOPT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ADOPT IN 1765 02:04:56,250 --> 02:05:01,884 THE GENERAL LAW FRAMEWORK THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE STAFF 1766 02:05:01,884 --> 02:05:03,783 REPORT. >> Councilmember Zhang: 1767 02:05:03,783 --> 02:05:05,917 CORRECT. >> Mayor Salwan: I'M SORRY, 1768 02:05:05,917 --> 02:05:10,717 ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER DUTRA? 1769 02:05:12,217 --> 02:05:17,617 OKAY, I WILL ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO SPECIFY. 1770 02:05:22,117 --> 02:05:23,584 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FOR PURPOSES OF THIS EVENING, I 1771 02:05:23,584 --> 02:05:26,251 THINK WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION. 1772 02:05:26,251 --> 02:05:30,784 WHEN WE COME BACK WE'RE NOT COMING BACK WITH READY TO MOVE 1773 02:05:30,784 --> 02:05:33,783 ORDINANCES, WE'RE COMING BACK WITH A FUTURE DISCUSSION ABOUT 1774 02:05:33,783 --> 02:05:37,851 SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN A 1775 02:05:37,851 --> 02:05:40,850 GENERAL LAW CITY. AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL CAN 1776 02:05:40,850 --> 02:05:45,984 THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY 1777 02:05:45,984 --> 02:05:49,117 MANAGER'S OFFICE ABOUT THE SCHEDULING OF THOSE ITEMS AT A 1778 02:05:49,117 --> 02:05:52,217 FUTURE TIME. FOR THIS EVENING I THINK WE HAVE 1779 02:05:52,217 --> 02:05:55,417 DIRECTION AND IT IS SUFFICIENT. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, WE HAVE 1780 02:05:55,417 --> 02:05:57,384 A MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL DO YOU WANT TO SECOND, DO YOU 1781 02:05:57,384 --> 02:05:59,918 AGREE WITH THAT? >> Councilmember Campbell: 1782 02:05:59,918 --> 02:06:03,783 WELL, I DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE TO THE 1783 02:06:03,783 --> 02:06:04,850 MOTION. >> Mayor Salwan: SURE. 1784 02:06:04,850 --> 02:06:06,317 >> Councilmember Campbell: I THINK I WOULD FOR THE SECOND 1785 02:06:06,317 --> 02:06:09,931 PART OF THAT I WOULD SAY TO REVISIT THE AREAS OF THE WORK 1786 02:06:09,931 --> 02:06:15,331 PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BY ORDINANCE OR 1787 02:06:17,130 --> 02:06:19,597 ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, WITH COMMUNITYth PUT AS A GENERAL 1788 02:06:19,597 --> 02:06:22,864 LAW CITY. >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK CITY 1789 02:06:22,864 --> 02:06:25,464 ATTORNEY HAS CONFIRMED THAT, CORRECT? 1790 02:06:25,464 --> 02:06:28,597 IT'S GOING TO COME BACK. >> Councilmember Campbell: AS 1791 02:06:28,597 --> 02:06:31,398 LONG AS THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FOR 1792 02:06:31,398 --> 02:06:34,897 PURPOSES OF DIRECTION OF STAFF THE MOTION IS SUFFICIENT AS IS. 1793 02:06:34,897 --> 02:06:39,631 ANY -- WHEN WE COME BACK AS STAFF TO LET'S SAY IDENTIFY THE 1794 02:06:39,631 --> 02:06:43,130 AREAS FOR COUNCIL INPUT THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY 1795 02:06:43,130 --> 02:06:46,797 ORDINANCE, IN A GENERAL LAW CITY, THAT WILL BE THE 1796 02:06:46,797 --> 02:06:48,863 OPPORTUNITY, THE COUNSEL CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND HAVE 1797 02:06:48,863 --> 02:06:52,463 NOT ONLY ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT WHICH ITEMS IT WANTS TO ADVANCE 1798 02:06:52,463 --> 02:06:55,131 BUT THE SCHEDULING OF THOSE ITEMS. 1799 02:06:55,131 --> 02:07:00,330 THIS EVENING, THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM IS WHETHER WE'RE CONTINUING 1800 02:07:00,330 --> 02:07:04,864 WITH THIS CHARTER, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOTION IS TO 1801 02:07:04,864 --> 02:07:09,964 CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION UNDER OPTION A, WITH THE ADDITIONAL 1802 02:07:09,964 --> 02:07:14,864 DIRECTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN EXPLOARG 1803 02:07:14,864 --> 02:07:18,197 FURTHER POTENTIAL UPDATES BY ORDINANCE THAT ARE AVAILABLE BY 1804 02:07:18,197 --> 02:07:20,997 GENERAL LAW CITIES AND WILL CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AT 1805 02:07:20,997 --> 02:07:23,640 PUBLIC MEETINGS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. 1806 02:07:23,640 --> 02:07:24,132 >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY. 1807 02:07:24,132 --> 02:07:27,197 I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY SO THAT 1808 02:07:27,197 --> 02:07:30,797 SOUNDS LIKE A SECOND. >> Councilmember Campbell: 1809 02:07:31,464 --> 02:07:32,264 YES. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: AND 1810 02:07:32,264 --> 02:07:35,931 PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT MY RECITATION OF THAT MOTION THAT 1811 02:07:35,931 --> 02:07:37,531 COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG CONFORMS TO THAT. 1812 02:07:37,531 --> 02:07:42,464 I DON'T WANT TO MISREPRESENT WHAT SHE'S MOVING FORWARD THIS 1813 02:07:42,464 --> 02:07:43,931 EVENING. THAT IS STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING OF 1814 02:07:43,931 --> 02:07:46,664 WHAT TOOK PLACE. >> Mayor Salwan: THAT'S A GOOD 1815 02:07:46,664 --> 02:07:47,664 POINT. COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG IS THAT 1816 02:07:47,664 --> 02:07:51,264 ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? >> Councilmember Zhang: OKAY, 1817 02:07:55,830 --> 02:07:57,664 YES. OKAY, DEFER CONSIDERATION OF A 1818 02:07:57,664 --> 02:08:02,464 CHARTER TO THE FUTURE AND CONTINUE DIALOGUE OF THE 1819 02:08:02,464 --> 02:08:03,331 CHARTER. BECAUSE -- AND WITH THE 1820 02:08:03,331 --> 02:08:08,797 ORDINANCE WE WILL COME BACK AT A LATER SESSION TO DECIDE WHAT 1821 02:08:08,797 --> 02:08:13,663 ITEMS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION OF AN ORDINANCE WHICH 1822 02:08:13,663 --> 02:08:17,263 IS CURRENTLY DISCUSSED ON THE CHARTER. 1823 02:08:17,264 --> 02:08:18,932 >> Mayor Salwan: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Zhang: BUT 1824 02:08:18,932 --> 02:08:21,931 THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE GENERAL LAW CITY. 1825 02:08:21,931 --> 02:08:24,797 >> Mayor Salwan: CORRECT BUT THEY WILL COME BACK FOR FUTURE 1826 02:08:24,797 --> 02:08:30,197 MEETINGS WHERE WE WILL HAVE FURTHER DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION. 1827 02:08:30,264 --> 02:08:35,650 I SEE STAFF THOUGHTING, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, SO SINGS 1828 02:08:35,650 --> 02:08:39,731 COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG IS THOUGHT HERE, LET'S DO A VOICE VOTE. 1829 02:08:39,731 --> 02:08:41,964 >> The Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, AYE. 1830 02:08:41,964 --> 02:08:45,564 COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, AYE. 1831 02:08:45,864 --> 02:08:49,464 COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, AYE. COUNCILMEMBER KENG, AYE. 1832 02:08:51,332 --> 02:08:54,932 VICE MAYOR LIU, AYE. MAYOR SALWAN. 1833 02:08:55,930 --> 02:08:58,197 >> Mayor Salwan: AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 1834 02:08:58,197 --> 02:09:01,202 THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR YOUR 1835 02:09:01,202 --> 02:09:06,135 HARD WORK, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR MR. ALVARADO FOR DOING THE LEGAL 1836 02:09:06,135 --> 02:09:10,802 WORK AND THANKS TO CHRISTINA YOU CONDUCTED A LOT OF THE MEETINGS. 1837 02:09:10,802 --> 02:09:14,502 I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMING 1838 02:09:14,502 --> 02:09:18,200 OUT, LET'S KEEP THE DISCUSSION AND THE DIALOGUE GOING, WE 1839 02:09:18,200 --> 02:09:21,602 APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1840 02:09:21,602 --> 02:09:25,335 WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT OUTCOME. 1841 02:09:25,335 --> 02:09:31,200 HAVE A GREAT EVENING EVERYBODY, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AFTER 1842 02:09:31,200 --> 02:09:33,200 THE RECESS.