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>> Mayor Salwan: GOOD EVENING.

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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 MEETING TO

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ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, WOULD

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YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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[RECORDING IN PROGRESS] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLA

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OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH I

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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIB WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

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>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.

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NEXT WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL. MR. CITY CLERK.

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>> Mr. Quintanilla: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.

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COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, HERE.

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COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT. VICE MAYOR LIU, HERE.

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MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT. I HAVE A FEW BRIEF

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ANNOUNCEMENTS. THERE ARE CURRENT VACANCIES ON

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CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS

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APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND. TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT THE

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BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE AT FREMONT.GOV.

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FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY

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THIS EVENING, YOU MAY PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT BY SELECTING THE

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"RAISE HAND" FEATURE IN ZOOM, OR BY DIALING STAR NINE IF YOU'RE

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CALLING IN. I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN PUBLIC

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COMMENT IS OPEN FOR EACH AGENDA SECTION.

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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION,

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IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION. EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY

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CLERK ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF,

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PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA CENTER AT FREMONT.GOV AND RETAINED AS

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PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. THIS MEETING WILL GO ON UNTIL

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11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED. WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES FOR

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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WISHING TO

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SPEAK DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTE WILL

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BE HEARD AT THE MEETING -- AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME

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ALLOWS. I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER

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TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD, FOR HER

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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTRODUCTIONS OF STAFF.

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>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU, MAYOR SALWAN, GOOD

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EVENING. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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WITH US THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, RAFAEL ALVARADO

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TO MY LEFT. ACROSS FROM RAFAEL AND I WE HAVE

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OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK DINA LEWIS, AND OUR CITY CLERK,

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ALBERTO QUINTANILLA. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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THIS EVENING SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

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>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

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NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

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THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE

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AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.

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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH THE MAYOR, MAY I REPORT

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OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? >> Mayor Salwan: OH, YES.

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>> THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED TWO ITEMS.

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THE FIRST WAS CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

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PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8 REGARDING THE

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PROPERTY LOCATED AT 501 CRYSTALLINE DRIVE,

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APN510-141-00-1100. THE COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION

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BUT TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THE COUNCIL ALSO HAD A

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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

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REGARDING -- EXCUSE ME -- PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE

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SECTION 54956.9 SUBD4, AGAIN THE COUNCIL TOOK NO REPORTABLE

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ACTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO CONSENT

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CALENDAR ITEMS DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO REMOVE

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AN ITEM FROM CONSENT? NO?

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OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE

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PUBLIC OR ONLINE THAT WISHES TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM CONSENT?

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>> Mr. Quintanilla: NO SPEAKER CARDS, NO HANDS RAISED.

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>> Mayor Salwan: WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE COMMENT PERIOD

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AND ASK FOR A MOTION. WE HAVE A GREEN SHEET ITEM,

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ITEM 2C. COUNCILMEMBER KENG?

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>> Councilmember Keng: I WAS MOTIONING TO MOVE FORWARD THE

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CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING THE GREEN SHEET.

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THANK YOU. INCLUDING THE GREEN SHEET.

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>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND?

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SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIU. PLEASE VOTE.

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MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE TWO CEREMONIAL

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ITEMS. THIS IS FOR NATIONAL HUNGER

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ACTION MONTH AND WE HAVE LINDA LEU FROM TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS

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FOOD BANK, PADDY IYER FROM DAILY BOWL, NASEER IRFAN FROM FOOD

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PANTRY, KAMAL ANANDPURI FROM 5 SIKHSEVA AND SHERRY HSU FROM

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TRI-CITY FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

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I'LL MEET YOU BY THE PODIUM OVER THERE.

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THE FIRST ITEM IS NATIONAL HUNGER ACTION MONTH.

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WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 2026. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FREMONT

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RECOGNIZES SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL “HUNGER ACTION MONTH,” A

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NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND INSPIRE ACTION TO

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ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITIES; AND

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WHEREAS, EXTERNAL FACTOR SUCH A FEDERAL LEGISLATION, IN

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CONJUNCTION WITH THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, ESPECIALLY OF FOOD I

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BAY AREA, HAS EXACERBATED FOOD INSECURITY. INDIVIDUALS

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EXPERIENCING POVERTY MUST OFTEN CHOOSE BETWEEN VITAL EXPENSES

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INCLUDING RENT, HEALTH CARE, AN FOOD; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF

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ACKNOWLEDGES THE STRUGGLE OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN OUR

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COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER, WE

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ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS ARE TO LEND A HELPING HAND BY

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SUPPORTING ONE OF THE COMMUNITY OUR CITY WORKING TO ADDRESS THI

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ISSUE BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIM AND TREASURE; AND WHEREAS, THE

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WORK OF GROUPS SUCH AS 5 SIKH SEVA, DAILY BOWL, SALAAM FOOD P

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TRI-CITY FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM TRI CITY VOLUNTEERS, AS WELL AS

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ALL THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPOR IS CRITICAL TO THE ABILITY OF

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EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TH NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCI

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OF THE CITY OF FREMONT HEREBY PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 2026 AS

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HUNGER ACTION MONTH. WITH THAT, I'LL ASK LINDA TO SAY

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A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE IN OUR GROUP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES

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BUT LINDA LEU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TCV FOOT R. FOOD

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BANK. REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT

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OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE CITY STAFF THAT

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SUPPORT ALL OF OUR WORK HERE BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY A REALLY

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SPECIAL COMMUNITY TO BE WORKING IN THIS INDUSTRY BECAUSE

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EVERYONE SHOWS UP WHEN WE NEED THEM.

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SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO COME AND VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF OUR

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ORGANIZATIONS IF YOU HAVE BEEN CURIOUS, NOW IS A GREAT TIME.

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>> GOOD EVENING. I'M DENISE BOLAND, BOARD CHAIR

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FOR TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS. YOU KNOW, MOST MAY NOT REALIZE

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4 OF 10 OF US ARE FOOD INSECURE SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TIMES FOR

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SOME OF OUR NEIGHBOR, SO DON'T HESITATE TO DONATE FOOD TO ANY

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ONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS.

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>> GOOD EVENING, ALL. I'M THE OPERATIONS MAP J

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MANAGER FROM DAILY BOWL. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY

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COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF FOR ALL THEIR

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ENCOURAGEMENT AND AS OF TODAY, I'M PROUDLY SAYING THAT WE HAVE

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REACHED ALMOST RECOVERING AND RESCUING 7 MILLION POUNDS, WHICH

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IS -- IT'S OUR TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMING UP IN

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SEPTEMBER. I INVITE TO ALL OF YOU, BUT IT'S

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7 MILLION POUNDS AND COUNTING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SHERRY

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HSU. I AM THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

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AT TRI-CITY FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

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A TOTALLY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30-PLUS

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YEARS. BUT I THANK THE FREMONT CITY

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COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME,

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AND WE JUST RECENTLY KNOW THAT AT LEAST THIS MONTH, WE HAVE

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RECOVERED AT LEAST 62,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, AND TO BE USED FOR OUR

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PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND

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HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE YOU AT ONE OF OUR BREAKFAST PROGRAMS TO

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HELP VOLUNTEER. THANK YOU.

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>> Mayor Salwan: NEXT WE HAVE MISSION PEAK HERITAGE

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FOUNDATION, AND I'LL INVITE AL MINARD, MPHF PRESIDENT, MAGGIE

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BULK, VICE PRESIDENT, LAURA CAVILLO, BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE,

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AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO STAND BEHIND THEM, THAT'S OKAY

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TOO. COME ON IN.

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MS. BARTON AND ALL THE OTHER FOLKS.

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OKAY. EXCELLENT.

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SO RECOGNIZING MISSION PEAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

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WHEREAS, JAMES AND LUCY SHINN ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA IN 1856,

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FROM TEXAS, AND SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF THEIR FAMILY

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LIVED AT SHINN RANCH AND WORKED IN WHAT IS NOW FREMONT, UNTIL

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THE SHINN FAMILY DONATED THE RE 4-1/2 ACRES OF SHINN RANCH AND

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REMAINING BUILDINGS TO THE CITY OF FREMONT IN 1962; AND WHEREAS,

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THE VISUAL INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC SHINN RANCH CREATES THE

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AMBIANCE OF A 19TH CENTURY FAMILY FARM, INCLUDING THE

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SANTOS BARN (MOVED FROM MOWRY AVENUE), TANK HOUSE, FLOWER

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GARDENS, LARGE TREES, OTHER OUT BUILDINGS, AND THE 150-YEAR-OLD

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JAMES AND LUCY SHINN HOUSE; AND WHEREAS, A FARMWORKERS BUNK

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HOUSE, WHICH IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD, IS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAS

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USED BY SHINN RANCH FARMWORKERS, MOSTLY CHINESE; AND WHEREAS,

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MISSION PEAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION SUBMITTED A NOMINATION TO THE N

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REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES WHICH NOW LISTS THE SHINN RANCH

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AS THE SIXTH NATIONAL REGISTER IN FREMONT. NOW, THEREFORE, THE

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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRE HEREBY RECOGNIZES MISSION PEAK

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HERITAGE FOUNDATION FOR GETTING SHINN RANCH ON THE NATIONAL

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REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AN ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT

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SHINN PARK AND ARBORETUM, AND TOUR THE 150-YEAR-OLD JAMES AND

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SHINN HOUSE. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO

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AL, IF HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

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>> MAYOR SALWAN AND MEMBERS OF THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL,

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MISSION PEAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION IS HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS

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PROCLAMATION. JAMES AND LUCY SHINN CAME TO

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THIS FARM IN 1856, THEY LIVED IN A LESS THAN 500 SQUARE FOOT

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COTTAGE FOR 20 YEARS WITH UP TO FIVE CHILDREN.

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WHEN THEY BUILT THEIR NEARLY 7,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE IN 1876,

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THEY CALLED IT THE BIG HOUSE. THEY HAD MOSTLY IMMIGRANT

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CHINESE FARMWORKERS AND PROVIDED HOUSING FOR THEM ON ALAMEDA

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CREEK. THEIR OLDEST WENT TO U.C. FOR

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TWO YEARS, GOT HIS TEACHING CREDENTIAL, THEN AT AGE 30, WENT

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TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SETTING HISTORY AND POLITICS AT

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HIS SECOND YEAR, CHARLES AND WOODROW WILSON BECAME ROOMMATES

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AND LIFELONG FRIENDS. CHARLES' YOUNGER SISTER AFTER

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GRADUATING FROM U.C., SHE SERVED AS CHIEF EDITOR OF THE

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SAN FRANCISCO LITERARY MAGAZINE, THE OVERLAND MONTHLY.

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SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A PH.D. FROM UC BERKELEY

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BASED ON HER OBSERVATIONS OF HER DEVELOPMENT.

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SHE PRESENTED HER RESEARCH TO THE WOMEN'S EXPOSITION AT THE

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CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN 1893. THE BOOK SHE WRITES BIOGRAPHY OF

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A BABY IS REQUIRED READING FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASSES AROUND

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THE WORLD FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.

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JAMES AND LUCY SHINN'S YOUNGEST SON ATTENDS U.C. FOR ONLY ONE

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YEAR AND NEVER GETS HIS DEGREE. HIS FATHER'S HEALTH IS FAILING,

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SO JOSEPH MUST RUN THEIR 300-ACRE RANCH.

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HE BECOMES A TRUSTEE OF WHAT IS NOW CALLED WASHINGTON HIGH

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SCHOOL, JOINS WITH OTHER RANCHERS IN THE AREA AND FORMS

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THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND SERVES AS THE FIRST

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PRESIDENT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. JOSEPH MARRIES FLORENCE IN 1905

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AND BUILDS A 1 1/2 STORY BUNGALOW, ALL THREE OF THESE

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BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE CHINESE WORKERS' CABINS ARE ON

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

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THIS PARK AND THESE BUILDINGS ARE LESS THAN 1-MILE FROM WHERE

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WE STAND AND CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE HISTORIC HERITAGE OF

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FREMONT. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO VISIT THE

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SHINN HOUSE ON THE THIRST WEDNESDAY OR THIRD SUNDAY OF

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EACH MONTH FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 P.M.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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NEXT WE HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

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ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON

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THE AGENDA MAY DO SO DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM MAY RAISE

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THEIR HAND USING THE ZOOM "RAISE HAND" FEATURE, OR BY DIALING

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STAR NINE WHEN CALLING IN. IF YOUR NAME IS NOT DISPLAYED,

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PLEASE STATE IT BEFORE SPEAKING.

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AGAIN THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION OR RESPOND DURING THIS

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COMMENT PERIOD. THOUGH ITEMS MAY BE REFERRED TO

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STAFF FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

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A BELL WILL SOUND WHEN 30 SECONDS REMAIN AND AGAIN WHEN

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YOUR TIME HAS ENDED. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL THE

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NAME OF THE SPEAKERS ATTENDING IN PERSON FIRST, FOLLOWED BY

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FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE. WITH THAT, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO

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WE HAVE FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION? >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE NO

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HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM, WE HAVE SIX SPEAKER CARDS.

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>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, LET'S DO 2 MINUTES EACH.

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>> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RUTH GENTRY FOLLOWED

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BY JOE ROSE FOLLOWED BY KRISTIN LANE.

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>> HI, MAYOR SALWAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

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MY NAME IS RUTH GENTRY, AND I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE SHINN

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HOUSE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AND WE'VE LIVED THERE, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED THERE

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FOR OVER 45 YEARS, AND OUR NEIGHBOR STEVE, WHO'S HERE ALSO

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WITH ME, HE'S BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY OVER 30 YEARS.

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AND I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S

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ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE A HUGE HOMELESS PROBLEM STARTING FIRES

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BEHIND OUR HOUSE ALONG THE SHINN SIDING NEAR THE RAILROAD

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TRACKS. AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE

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LIVING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR

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HOMES. AND THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS ONCE

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THE FLINT COAT SHEETROCK PLANT. AND THAT PLANT WAS TORE DOWN AND

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CLEARED OUT AND NOW THE HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN, AND THEY

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HAVE CUT HOLES IN THE FENCE ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

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THEY ENTER THE RAILROAD SIDE, THEY HAVE HORSESHOE PITS SET

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UP. THEY'RE VERY CREATIVE.

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THEY HAVE HORSESHOE PITS SET UP AND THEY -- IN THE EVENING WHEN

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THEY CAN'T SEE THE HORSESHOE PITS, THEY START BONFIRES.

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WE'VE HAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO 10 FIRES BEHIND OUR HOMES IN THE

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LAST FIVE YEARS, AND MOST RECENTLY ON THE 6TH, THIS PAST

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WEEK. OH, THAT'S FAST.

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ANYWAY, AND I'VE TALKED WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER THAT IS IN

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CHARGE OF THAT PROPERTY, AND HE SAID HE WILL SPEAK TO THE OWNER

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AND THE RAILROAD TO SEE IF SOMEBODY COULD BE DONE, BUT I

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WANTED TO BRING TO THE MAYOR'S ATTENTION AND THE COUNCIL, THAT

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THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

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WE HAVE JEOPARDIZED OUR HOMES BECAUSE THE BONFIRES HAVE CAUGHT

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THE TREES ON FIRE, WHICH HAVE SPREAD OVER OUR HOMES AT TIMES.

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>> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE ROSE FOLLOWED BY

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KRISTIN LANE FOLLOWED BY MARGARET BULK.

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>> GOD EVENING, MAYOR SALWAN, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF.

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AGAIN MY NAME IS JOE ROSE. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NAMI

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ALAMEDA COUNTY SOUTH. THAT'S THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON

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MENTAL ILLNESS, AND WE'RE HAVING OUR ANNUAL WALK AT FREMONT

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CENTRAL PARK NEXT TO THE LIONS 1 AND LIONS 2 PICNIC AREAS.

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WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT JEFF BELL, WHO'S A RETIRED CBS

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ANCHOR, WILL BE OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER THERE.

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HE FOUNDED THE ADVERSITY TO ADVOCACY COMMUNITY-BASED

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ORGANIZATION. SO HE'S A VERY INTERESTING

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SPEAKER, AND IF YOU GET ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE

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HIS BIO, ALONG WITH MAYOR SALWAN, HE'LL BE OUR SPEAKER AS

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WELL, SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF

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MENTAL HEALTH, AND ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

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THAT WILL HAVE TABLES THERE TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT IS

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AVAILABLE TO THEM IN FREMONT. SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK THE

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COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND STAFF FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS WALK.

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WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE FUNDING FOR THE WALK IS GENERALLY DONE

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ONLINE. THERE'S VERY LITTLE DONE AT THE

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WALK ITSELF. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR THE WALK

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IS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE

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AVAILABLE TO THEM. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE PEOPLE

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COMING OUT TO THE WALK AND SEEING WHAT WE DO AND WHAT

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OTHERS DO AS WELL, SO THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.

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HOPE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE AS WELL.

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SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT.

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>> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTIN LANE,

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FOLLOWED BY MARGARET BULK, FOLLOWED BY JANNET BARTON.

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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SALWAN AND

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COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM HERE TO ENTER COMMENTS

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REGARDING THE CAR GATHERING TAKEOVER ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN

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NILES INTO RECORD. PARK CULTURE IS ALIVE AND WELL

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IN THE BAY AREA. ANY GIVEN WEEKEND THERE ARE 15

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TO 30, YES, 30 PERMITTED SANCTIONED EVENTS ACROSS THE BAY

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AREA. IN NILES, WE HAVE TWO PERMANENT

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CAR SHOWS AND A MONTHLY SUNDAY MORNING GATHERING BY THE NILES

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MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION. WE WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP THESE

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EVENTS SAFE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND DRAMA-FREE.

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WITH EVERY GROUP THERE ARE A FEW BAD SEEDS AND WE SAW THAT THIS

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LAST SATURDAY EVENING. WHAT BEGAN AS A NICE FAMILY

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FRIENDLY EVENT DEVOLVED INTO CHAOS AND AGGRESS

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AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS. AGAIN THIS WAS NOT SANCTIONED OR

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SUPPORTED IN ANY WAY BY NILES MAIN STREET OR THE NILES FLYING

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A. BEGINNING AT ABOUT 8:00 WE SAW

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AN INCREASE IN CHIRPS, LOUD MUSIC, CUTTING OFF FLOW OF

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TRAFFIC, LAYING RUBBER AND CLOSING OFF ACCESS TO NILES

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BOULEVARD. MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO KEEP

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THE FLYING A OPEN. AS SUCH THE BAD BEHAVIOR AND

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DAMAGES STAYED IN THE LARGE PARKING LOTS I AND NILES

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BOULEVARD UPWARDS OF 400 EXTRA DOLLARS WE SPENT ON SUNDAY

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CLEANING UP NILES. I MADE MY CALLS TO DISPATCH

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UNDERSTANDING RESOURCES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

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WE WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS IN THE

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SMALLER SECTIONS OF FREMONT AND OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE SEEING AN

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INCREASE IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

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SEVERAL OF US ARE PROVERRING A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO BRING TO THE

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CITY FOR CONSIDERATION. OVERALL MEMBERS OF THE CAR

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CULTURE ARE RESPECTFUL AND WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TEACHING

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OTHERS HOW THEY SHOULD BE ACTING AT CAR SHOWS AND CAR MEETS

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NIGHT, MORNING, DAY OR OTHERWISE.

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I PREPARED AND SENT AN EMAIL TO PD AND COUNCIL THIS PAST SUNDAY

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SUMMARIZING ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

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CAMPBELL, FOR REACHING OUT. I HAVE ALSO EXTENDED AN INVITE

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TO JOIN US AT OUR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING THIS THURSDAY

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TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

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AGAIN, AS PRESIDENT OF NILES MAIN STREET, AND EXECUTIVE

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DIRECTOR, I'M INTERESTED IN FOSTERING COLLABORATION.

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>> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARGARET BULK

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FOLLOWED BY JANNET BARTON. >> HELLO.

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THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

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I JUST HAVE TWO KIND OF FUN THINGS.

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SO THIS COMING WEEKEND, TWO OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE

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PARTICIPATING IN DOORS OPEN, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE

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HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS OPEN THEIR DOORS AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE

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SPECIAL TOURS. SO THE SHINN HOUSE IS

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PARTICIPATING AS WELL AS THE NILES SILENT FILM MUSEUM, THE

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CALIFORNIA NURSERY COMPANY AND ALSO ON SUNDAY, MISSION

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SAN JOSÉ, SEVERAL SITES WILL BE OPEN.

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I WILL LEAVE THIS, I GUESS, HERE AND THEN ALSO AT THE END OF THIS

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MONTH, A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR, MERE YM POWELL, IS

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PUBLISHING A BOOK CALLED CALIFORNIA DREAMS AND KIND OF

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RELATED TO THE SHINN HOUSE, MILLICENT SHINN WHO, AS AL

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MINARD STATED, WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO GET A PH.D. FROM UC

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BERKELEY. SHE FEATURES HEAVILY IN THE

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BOOK, SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

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THANK YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT

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SPEAKER IS JANNET BARTON. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND

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VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JANNET BARTON, AND

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I'M A VOLUNTEER AT SHINN PARK. AND AS MAGGIE MENTIONED, WE'RE

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HAVING DOORS OPEN TO CELEBRATE AMONGST MANY THINGS.

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THE 150TH OF THE BUILDING OF THE SHINN HOUSE, THE 170TH YEAR OF

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THE SHINNS ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA, AND WE ALSO, AS

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MAGGIE OR MAYBE AL MENTIONED, WE'RE NOW ON THE NATIONAL

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REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, WHICH PUT US IN AN EXCELLENT

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SPOT TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER

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AMERICANS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THE PLACE KEEPER'S

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GRANT. WE WERE 1 OUT OF 14 APPLICANTS

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NATIONWIDE, AND THERE WERE 60 APPLICANTS WHO APPLIED.

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SO THIS IS REALLY A GREAT HONOR FOR US.

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WE'LL BE SIGNING OUR CONTRACT THIS WEEK.

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AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND KIMBERLIN AND ZHANG

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FOR HELPING US AT VERY SHORT NOTICE TO WRITE A LETTER OF

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SUPPORT FOR OUR GRANT. AND SO I WANTED TO ALSO

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INTRODUCE MIKE AND -- PART OF THE TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US

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FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THEY HAPPEN TO BE MY NEIGHBORS.

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AND WE HAVE -- OUR TEAM WILL BE THERE AT DOORS OPEN AT THE BUNK

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HOUSE AND ALSO WE'LL BE GIVING TOURS INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

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SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROJECT,

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PLEASE COME AND VISIT US. WE'LL HAVE THE BACK GATE OPEN SO

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IF PARKING IS HARD, YOU CAN JUST PARK IN THE BACK AND COME ON IN

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AND VISIT WITH THE BUNK HOUSE PEOPLE.

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THANK YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FINAL

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SPEAKER CARD IS SUBMITTED BY SAJEF NAT RAH JAJ.

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>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I THINK THERE'S SOME

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CHANGES, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLEXIGLASS HERE WHICH I GUESS AT

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SOME POINT IN TIME WAS MEANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE FROM WHICH

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SIDE TO WHICH SIDE BUT THE IDEA WAS ABOUT SAFETY.

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I'M REALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY PARTICULARLY IN THE

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CONTEXT OF OUR SCHOOLS. MY SON GOES TO THORNTON MIDDLE

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SCHOOL, I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP'S

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RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL ON AUGUST 21ST HIGHLIGHTING SOME

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FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS THERE THAT

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PUT THE LIVES OF OUR 2,000 CHILDREN AND STAFF AT RISK EVERY

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SINGLE DAY. THE SCHOOL HAS NO CHOICE IN

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TERMS OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME THE

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SUPPORT FROM OUR HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE TO SHOW UP

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THERE AND START TICKETING THE DRIVERS THAT CHOOSE TO

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CONVENIENTLY IGNORE THE TRAFFIC LAWS IN OUR CITY THE MOMENT

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THEIR PRECIOUS PANCAKES ARE OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE.

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AND YOU KNOW, IT GOT SO BAD LAST YEAR I ENDED UP SPENDING 4 OR

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$500 OUT OF MY POCKET TO GET THE STAFF SOME HIGH VISIBILITY CAPS

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AND VESTS BECAUSE LAST THING I WANTED TO SEE WAS A STAFF MEMBER

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DIRECTING TRAFFIC GETTING HIT. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY

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TCREDIT FOR TRAFFIC TRYING TO BEHAVE A LITTLE BETTER AFTER

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THEY CAN SEE THESE FOLKS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE EMAIL CAME

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OUT ON AUGUST 21ST AS I REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL AND ON MONDAY,

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THERE WAS AL COP CAR OR CRUISER THAT WAS STATIONED RIGHT OUTSIDE

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THE SCHOOL AND I'M TOLD THAT DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF A

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UNIFORMED OFFICER THERE WERE VEHICLES VIOLATING THE LAW.

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SO IT JUST SPEAKS TO THIS IDEA THAT OUR DRIVERS HERE IN FREMONT

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HAVE STARTED TO DISREGARD THE LAWS OF THE LAND.

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WE ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH TRANSIENTS THERE, MOST RECENTLY

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THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRETTY UNHINGED IN A STATE OF, YOU

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KNOW, GETTING QUITE A BIT OF CHAOS PUTTING THE KIDS AT QUITE

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A BIT OF RISK THERE. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE THEIR

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VERSION OF FLEX GLASS WHICH IS MORE COPS, MORE ENFORCEMENT.

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THANK YOU. >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO

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ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Salwan: THAT

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CONCLUDES THE ORAL COMMUNICATION COMMENT PERIOD.

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I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR VOICING YOUR OPINION.

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AS MENTIONED WE CANNOT DIRECTLY ACT ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S NO THE

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AGENDIZED BUT PLEASE DO CONTACT OUR STAFF AND IF THEY'RE AROUND,

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YOU CAN CONNECT WITH THEM AS WELL.

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THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON TO OUR

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SCHEDULED ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF

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COUNCILMEMBERS -- I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE ORDER AND GO 5B,

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WHICH IS THE HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE PRIOR TO 5A.

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DOES ANYBODY OPPOSE THAT? URBAN INTO I TH

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>> Councilmember Campbell: CAN YOU DO THAT AFTER IT'S ALREADY

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BEEN APPROVED? SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE

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AGENDA AS IT STANDS, CAN WE MAKE CHANGES NOW OR DO WE HAVE TO

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MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? >> Mayor Salwan: IF THERE'S NO

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OBJECTION. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF

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THERE'S CONSENSUS, THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT BUT IF IT'S

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UNCLEAR WHETHER THERE'S AGREEMENT, A MOTION IS THE SAFER

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ROUTE TO TAKE. >> Councilmember Campbell: I

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HAVE NO OBJECTION, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

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THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

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SO THE FIRST ITEM IS 5P, CITY OF FREMONT HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE

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FOR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. DO WE HAVE STAFF TO PRESENT

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THAT? STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR

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QUESTIONS. NO PRESENTATION.

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SO IF STAFF COULD COME ON UP, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE

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QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

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>> Councilmember Keng: ALL RIGHT.

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MY QUESTION IS, IS IT TRUE THAT OTHER -- I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO

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GET TO YOUR SEAT. SO I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

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IS IT TRUE THAT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY ARE

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OFFERED HEALTH BENEFITS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED -- THAT ARE BEING

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RECOMMENDED HERE FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO

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CONSIDERED PART-TIME? AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT WASN'T

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OFFERED TO THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE?

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>> GENERALLY OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES ARE NON-BENEFITED.

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THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT QUITE 100% IN TERMS OF

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THE HOURS WORKED IN A YEAR, AND THEN BENEFITS ARE PRO-RATED FOR

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THOSE POSITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN HUMAN SERVICES, WE HAVE SOME

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COUNSELORS THAT WORK AN 80% SCHEDULE AND THEIR BENEFITS ARE

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PRO-RATED COMMENSURATE WITH THAT BUT GENERALLY OUR PART-TIME

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EMPLOYEES ARE NOT BENEFITED. >> Councilmember Keng: I SEE.

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THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

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CAMPBELL. >> Councilmember Campbell:

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST -- TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT

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QUESTION THAT SHE JUST ASKED, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION BASED

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ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT BENEFITS WERE OFFERED TO THE

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CITY COUNCIL BEFORE AND THEN TAKEN BACK AND NOW REINSTATING

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00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:45,319
THEM? >> AS FAR AS THE HEALTH BENEFIT,

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THERE HAS BEEN A STANDING HEALTH BENEFIT WHICH WAS A LITTLE BELOW

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THE MEDIAN OF OUR COMPARABLE CITIES, AND SO THE PROPOSAL FOR

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THIS ORDINANCE IS TO INCREASE IT COMMENSURATE WITH THE 50%

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00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:04,918
PART-TIME STATUS OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO 50% OF THE

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BENEFIT THAT OUR REGULAR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE FOR HEALTH.

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00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:08,252
>> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY.

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IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE UP AT THIS MEETING IF

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WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD

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00:32:18,319 --> 00:32:19,585
PERHAPS LOOK AT AT ANOTHER TIME?

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IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT NOW?

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>> I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT.

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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS IS A CONTINUING DISCUSSION THAT

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ORIGINATED FROM THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S

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RECOMMENDATIONS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COUNCIL

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CONSIDERED AND GAVE STAFF DIRECTION TO BRING BACK A

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VARIETY OF POST-CHARTER DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT COULD BE

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ADDRESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY, SO THIS IS ONE AMONGST A VARIETY OF

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ITEMS THAT IS COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT

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CONVERSATION. THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT

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THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE ACTION. THIS IS A DECISION THAT THE

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COUNCIL CAN TAKE AT THIS TIME, AND THE STAFF REPORT AND THE

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RESOLUTION THAT'S ATTACHED WOULD EFFECTUATE THIS RECOMMENDATION

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THAT ORIGINATED AS PART OF THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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PROCESS. >> Councilmember Campbell:

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OKAY. CAN YOU THEN -- IF THAT'S THE

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CASE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE -- THE COUNCIL ALREADY

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RECEIVES A HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE.

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WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF INCREASING THAT HEALTH BENEFIT

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ALLOWANCE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME?

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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WELL, FOR THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT

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MAY NOT HAVE COVERAGE, THIS WOULD OFFER A HEALTH BENEFIT

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ALLOWANCE COVERAGE COMMENSURATE WITH PART-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THE

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UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT GROUP. >> Councilmember Campbell: IS

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THAT JUST OFFERED FOR JUST THE COUNCILPERSON OR DOES THAT MEAN

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FAMILY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT?

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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED

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TO UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.

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>> Councilmember Campbell: WHICH MEANS YOU COULD INCLUDE

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YOUR FAMILY, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO PAY ANY AMOUNT ABOVE AND BEYOND

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THE PROPOSED 1450? >> THAT'S CORRECT, QUALIFYING

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FAMILY MEMBERS COULD POTENTIALLY GO UNDER A CITY COUNCILMEMBER'S

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PLAN, AND IF IT EXCEEDS THE 1450, THEN THAT WOULD BE AN OUT

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OF POCKET EXPENSE. >> Councilmember Campbell: AND

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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST OF A BENEFIT PLAN FOR -- SAY IN

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THIS -- FOR THE SAKE OF THE DISCUSSION, FOR JUST THE CITY

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COUNCILPERSON AND THEN WHAT WOULD IT COST FOR A FAMILY?

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>> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT RATES IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY

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FOR ONE PARTY, KAISER, ABOUT $1,000, AND THEN FOR A FAMILY,

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IT'S OVER $3,000. >> Councilmember Campbell: SO

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SUBSEQUENTLY THAT MEANT THAT THE COUNCILPERSONS WOULD HAVE TO PAY

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ANY OF THE BALANCE FOR EITHER OF THOSE PLANS IF THEY WERE TO TAKE

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THEM? >> TYPICALLY THE CITY WILL

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DEDUCT IT FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S PAYCHECK.

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>> Councilmember Campbell: IT WOULD BE A PAYROLL DEDUCTION.

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OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

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>> Councilmember Zhang: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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SO MY QUESTION IS WE AGREED LAST TIME TO PUT THIS ONE ON THE

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AGENDA, SO WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA,

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I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND SECOND OF ALL, I THINK THAT

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BASED ON CHARTER AND WE REACHED SOME CONCLUSIONS AND, THEREFORE,

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WE ARE TAKING ACTIONS OUT OF THIS LENGTHY DISCUSSION.

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I THINK WHETHER THIS IS FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS' BENEFIT,

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APPARENTLY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS BENEFIT

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FOR CURRENT COUNCILMEMBER BUT IT'S REALLY FOR THE LONG TERM

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FREMONT CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER THEY ARE BEING, WHAT SHALL I

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SAY, THEY ARE -- THEIR BENEFIT OR -- I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SABIN

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FIT, THEIR NUMBERS, THE BENEFITS ISN'T COMPARABLE WITH OTHER

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CITIES WHICH WE HAVE DONE A LENGTHY ANALYSIS DURING THIS

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COMMITTEE'S SEVERAL MONTHS OF STUDY.

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AND I JUST SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE ASKING THE

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SAME QUESTION AGAIN. AND ALSO ONE QUESTION I WANT TO

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ASK IS, GIVE ME THE REASON WHY THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING

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COMPENSATED FOR ONLY $450 PER MONTH, AND HOW DOES THAT NUMBER

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COME FROM? >> Mayor Salwan: I GUESS I'LL

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JUST FOLLOW UP. I GUESS THE LARGER QUESTION,

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00:36:51,137 --> 00:36:56,203
WHAT IS THE GENESIS OF -- I KNOW IN THE HEARING, I HEARD IT LIVE

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00:36:56,203 --> 00:37:00,202
WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MISS BRIGGS ABOUT THEM FINDING OUT

525
00:37:00,202 --> 00:37:03,536
THAT THEY WERE UNDERPAID. COULD STAFF COMMENT TO THAT,

526
00:37:03,536 --> 00:37:07,400
LIKE HOW -- YOU KNOW, HOW YOU FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS LOW OR

527
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,269
WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY IF YOU'D JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT.

528
00:37:10,269 --> 00:37:15,200
>> SO WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF GENERAL LAW AND CHARTER CITIES

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TO ASSESS WHAT THEIR COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYORS WERE

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00:37:18,811 --> 00:37:23,877
RECEIVING IN TERMS OF HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE OR EQUIVALENT

531
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THEREOF, AND WE DID FIND THAT THE CITY OF FREMONT WAS QUITE

532
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BELOW THE MEDIAN OF WHAT THE COMPARABLE CITIES WERE

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OFFERING. AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS WHAT

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WE WERE OFFERING OUR OTHER REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.

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AS YOU MAY KNOW, COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR CANNOT RECEIVE A

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BETTER BENEFIT THAN REPRESENTED UNION EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF OUR

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00:37:48,278 --> 00:37:50,945
UNIONS DO OFFER PRO-RATED BENEFITS FOR THOSE THAT ARE

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UNDER 100% IN TERMS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS.

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SO COMMENSURATE WITH THAT, THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION AT THE

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CHARTER CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE THEY LOOKED AT WHAT THE

541
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OTHER CITIES WERE OFFERING, AND WHAT WE WERE DOING INTERNALLY

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00:38:05,612 --> 00:38:12,212
WITH OUR OWN UNIONS, AND KAIMG CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT

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BASED ON ABOUT A 50% EQUIVALENCY OF EMPLOYMENT FOR COUNCILMEMBERS

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AND THE MAYOR, THAT THE BENEFIT SHOULD BE PRO-RATED.

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SO CURRENTLY OUR REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES RECEIVE $2,900 PER

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MONTH FOR HEALTH BENEFIT ALLOWANCE, SO THE 1,450

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REPRESENTS 50% OF THAT COMMENSURATE WITH HOURS WORKED.

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>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

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>> Councilmember Campbell: I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK MORE

550
00:38:40,278 --> 00:38:45,678
CLARIFICATION QUESTION. SO IF YOU DON'T USE IT, WE

551
00:38:46,945 --> 00:38:51,678
TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR A KAISER PLAN,

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AND IF ANY OF THE COUNCILPERSONS DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO

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00:38:56,145 --> 00:39:00,677
TAKE THE BENEFIT, IT DOESN'T GO BACK INTO THEIR CHECK OR

554
00:39:00,677 --> 00:39:06,545
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S NOT PART OF AN INCOME-DRIVEN PROCESS

555
00:39:06,545 --> 00:39:09,811
HERE, RIGHT? IT JUST -- IF YOU DON'T USE IT,

556
00:39:09,811 --> 00:39:14,544
YOU JUST LOSE IT, CORRECT? >> YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY

557
00:39:14,544 --> 00:39:16,110
IT'S BEEN FRAMED FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

558
00:39:16,110 --> 00:39:20,211
FOR THIS RESOLUTION. >> Mayor Salwan: NO CASH

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PAYOUT I THINK IS WHAT I HAD READ.

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00:39:24,311 --> 00:39:26,711
COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN. >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

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QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING IF WE MIGHT

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CONSIDER, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE

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00:39:33,145 --> 00:39:35,344
CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY.

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WE'VE HAD TO MAKE CUTS TO MEET SOME OF OUR NEEDS AND TO HAVE A

565
00:39:38,878 --> 00:39:43,110
BALANCED BUDGET. WOULD IT BEHOOVE US TO WAIT

566
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UNTIL WE GET A REPORT LIKE AT THE -- AFTER THE BEGINNING OF

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THE YEAR AND SEE HOW WE'VE DONE FIRST QUARTER OR SEE WHERE WE

568
00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:51,145
ARE FINANCIAL LITTLE AND REVIEW IT AGAIN, NOT HAVING TO BRING IT

569
00:39:51,145 --> 00:39:54,678
WITH ANOTHER REFERRAL FOR AN ORDINANCE BUT TABLE IT UNTIL A

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CERTAIN DATE, AND I WOULD THINK MR. PERSSELIN MIGHT TELL US WHAT

571
00:39:57,611 --> 00:40:01,445
THAT DATE WOULD BE? IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER SOMETHING

572
00:40:01,445 --> 00:40:03,110
LIKE THAT? >> Mayor Salwan: I GUESS WE

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CAN COME BACK FOR DELIBERATION. MAYBE WE CAN HEAR FROM THE

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PUBLIC. THAT CAN PROBABLY HELP INFORM

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THE DISCUSSION. OKAY.

576
00:40:09,877 --> 00:40:12,145
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE ON THIS ONE?

577
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>> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.

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>> Mayor Salwan: TWO MINUTES EACH.

579
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>> Mr. Quintanilla: FIRST SPEAKER IS JOANN SCHWOB.

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FOLLOWED BY IZIZA. JOANN?

581
00:40:29,812 --> 00:40:33,412
WE'LL MOVE AHEAD TO IZIZA AKBARY.

582
00:40:36,945 --> 00:40:39,945
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

583
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I'M A LONG-TIME FREMONT RESIDENT.

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I'M GOING TO BE COMBINING MY COMMENTS ON BOTH 5A AND 5B

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TONIGHT. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE,

586
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TONIGHT'S ITEM ON 5A IS A CPI TRIGGERED ADJUSTMENT UNDER AN

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EXISTING ORDINANCE, NOT AN ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE

588
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COUNCIL TO ASK FOR A RAISE. 5B DID ORIGINATE FROM SOME

589
00:41:01,679 --> 00:41:04,412
CONVERSATIONS HAD AROUND MOVING TO A CHARTER CITY.

590
00:41:04,412 --> 00:41:08,545
REGARDING 5A, THE ORDINANCE SETS A CEILING BUT NOT AN

591
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OBLIGATION. AS COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE

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CHOICE TO DECLINE OR DEFER THIS INCREASE AND THAT'S SQUARELY

593
00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:16,411
WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY. THIS PAST YEAR, THE CITY WENT

594
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INTO A NEW FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT A SINGLE SIGNED LABOR CONTRACT,

595
00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:22,812
THE FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED IN FREMONT'S HISTORY.

596
00:41:22,812 --> 00:41:27,545
IT TOOK UNTIL DECEMBER FOR MOST CITY EMPLOYEES TO SETTLE ON A

597
00:41:27,545 --> 00:41:31,145
1.3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE. THE COUNCIL ALSO PULLED A SALES

598
00:41:31,145 --> 00:41:33,879
TAX MEASURE OFF THE NOVEMBER BALLOT BECAUSE A SURVEY SHOWED

599
00:41:33,879 --> 00:41:37,279
THAT RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF GAS, GROCERIES

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00:41:37,279 --> 00:41:40,545
AND HOUSING. AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS ONLY

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00:41:40,545 --> 00:41:44,745
BALANCED BY CUTTING $3 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING.

602
00:41:44,878 --> 00:41:48,800
I KNOW THIS RAISE IS SMALL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY'S

603
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,278
OVERALL BUDGET, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY DECLINING BOTH 5A,

604
00:41:52,278 --> 00:41:56,145
THE INCREASE TO SALARY, AND 5B, THE HEALTH BENEFIT INCREASE,

605
00:41:56,145 --> 00:41:59,145
REALLY MATTERS. IT WON'T FIX FREMONT'S FINANCES

606
00:41:59,145 --> 00:42:03,512
EITHER WAY, BUT WHAT IT CAN DO IS SHOW RESIDENTS THAT PEOPLE

607
00:42:03,512 --> 00:42:06,545
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE FACING THE SAME

608
00:42:06,545 --> 00:42:09,212
PRESSURES THAT WE ALL ARE. IF IT ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME TO

609
00:42:09,212 --> 00:42:12,412
ASK RESIDENTS FOR MORE, IT ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE COUNCIL

610
00:42:12,412 --> 00:42:16,879
TO TAKE MORE EITHER. SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE DECLINE

611
00:42:16,879 --> 00:42:20,612
BOTH ITEMS 5A AND 5B. THANK YOU.

612
00:42:20,612 --> 00:42:23,120
BERT >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

613
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,945
SPEAKER IS JACK RODGERS. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND

614
00:42:26,945 --> 00:42:31,711
CITY COUNCIL. I WAS HOPING NOT TO SPEAK

615
00:42:31,711 --> 00:42:36,511
TONIGHT, BUT AFTER HEARING THE PRESENTATION, PARTICULARLY ON

616
00:42:37,279 --> 00:42:40,945
5B, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE REPORT,

617
00:42:40,945 --> 00:42:45,745
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF -- YOU TALK ABOUT FACTS THAT

618
00:42:45,745 --> 00:42:48,120
WERE DELIVERED TO YOU PERHAPS BY YOUR COMMITTEE.

619
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,145
BUT FROM THE PUBLIC'S POINT OF VIEW, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN

620
00:42:51,145 --> 00:42:54,479
WRITING THERE THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHO THE COMPARABLE

621
00:42:54,479 --> 00:42:58,212
CITIES WERE THAT WERE USED, WHAT THE COMPARABLE WORKLOADS ARE, OR

622
00:42:58,212 --> 00:43:03,426
WHAT THE ANALYSIS WAS THAT GENERATED THE JUSTIFICATION TO

623
00:43:03,426 --> 00:43:06,292
MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INCREASE IN THE HEALTH BENEFIT.

624
00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:09,792
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THOUGHT THAT LAST WEEK, YOU WERE

625
00:43:09,792 --> 00:43:14,360
DELIVERED A CALENDAR OF WORK, AND I DON'T REMEMBER -- THAT

626
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,692
DEALT WITH THE CHARTER WORK, AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT

627
00:43:18,692 --> 00:43:20,760
ON -- THAT THAT CALENDAR SAID THAT THIS WAS COMING UP THIS

628
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:24,960
WEEK. AND SO THOSE TWO PROCESS ISSUES,

629
00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:28,493
I THINK ARE REALLY QUESTIONABLE TO ME.

630
00:43:28,493 --> 00:43:32,292
AND THE LAST ONE IS DEALING WITH A, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT

631
00:43:32,292 --> 00:43:37,292
THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN

632
00:43:37,292 --> 00:43:41,426
INOPPORTUNE TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS ACTION, AND IT IS

633
00:43:41,426 --> 00:43:46,826
NOT A BIG DOLLAR CENTS, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS REALLY JUST A

634
00:43:46,826 --> 00:43:50,759
ENFORCEMENT, A RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS TO COME FROM THE STAFF

635
00:43:50,759 --> 00:43:53,959
ANNUALLY OR BIANNUALLY AS THE CASE MAY BE FOR REVIEW OF THE

636
00:43:53,959 --> 00:43:57,893
COUNCIL SALARIES. BUT IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S ECONOMIC

637
00:43:57,893 --> 00:44:02,250
PROBLEMS, I THINK IT'S UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCILPERSON TO

638
00:44:02,250 --> 00:44:05,326
WEIGH WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE WHERE IT

639
00:44:05,326 --> 00:44:11,959
GOOD TO RAISE YOUR SALARY AND NOT TO RAISE THE OTHERS' AT A

640
00:44:11,959 --> 00:44:14,359
COMPARABLE RATE. THANK YOU.

641
00:44:14,959 --> 00:44:16,759
>> Mr. Quintanilla: NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

642
00:44:16,759 --> 00:44:19,359
>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, WE WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT,

643
00:44:19,359 --> 00:44:24,759
BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

644
00:44:27,226 --> 00:44:28,425
>> Councilmember Kimberlin: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

645
00:44:28,425 --> 00:44:30,559
EXACTLY WHAT MISTER ROGERS HAS JUST BROUGHT UP IS MORE

646
00:44:30,559 --> 00:44:34,425
INFORMATION COMING TO THE PUBLIC I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

647
00:44:34,425 --> 00:44:37,159
SO THEREFORE, IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND IT AFTER WE GET

648
00:44:37,159 --> 00:44:39,826
ANOTHER FINANCIAL REPORT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, IF WE

649
00:44:39,826 --> 00:44:43,759
CAN THEN BRING FORTH REALLY COMPARABLE INFORMATION FOR THE

650
00:44:43,759 --> 00:44:48,292
PUBLIC TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WE GOT FROM ONE NUMBER TO ANOTHER

651
00:44:48,292 --> 00:44:52,492
NUMBER AND WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.

652
00:44:54,226 --> 00:44:56,260
>> Mayor Salwan: I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE RAISING THEIR

653
00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:59,159
HANDS. I DID WANT TO CLARIFY, SO ON THE

654
00:44:59,159 --> 00:45:03,260
FIRST SPEAKER, THE 1.3% WAS FOR LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

655
00:45:03,260 --> 00:45:08,226
FOR THIS CYCLE, WE'VE GIVEN 3% RAISES FOR THREE YEARS.

656
00:45:08,226 --> 00:45:12,692
FOR THE COUNCIL. SO THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT.

657
00:45:12,692 --> 00:45:17,226
AND SO -- AND THEN AS FAR AS MISTER ROGERS, I THINK IT WAS

658
00:45:17,226 --> 00:45:21,292
PRESENTED AT THE MEETING, BUT CAN STAFF SPEAK MORE ABOUT WHAT

659
00:45:21,292 --> 00:45:26,360
EXACTLY TRANSPIRED AND AS FAR AS WHERE DOES THIS AMOUNT RANK IN

660
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:32,360
THE MEDIAN AND HOW YOU GUYS CAME TO THIS NUMBER?

661
00:45:33,759 --> 00:45:37,559
>> THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED IN PUBLIC MEETINGS RELATED TO

662
00:45:37,559 --> 00:45:40,825
THE CHARTER CITY COMMISSION IN TERMS OF THE DETAIL.

663
00:45:40,825 --> 00:45:46,359
WE DO HAVE THE DETAIL OF THOSE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS THAT

664
00:45:46,359 --> 00:45:50,159
ARE AVAILABLE, IF SOMEONE CAN PUT THEM UP ON THE SCREEN.

665
00:45:50,159 --> 00:45:53,360
IT GENERALLY GIVES THE COMPARISON OF FREMONT TO SOME OF

666
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:57,665
THE CITIES THAT ARE AROUND US. HERE IT IS.

667
00:45:57,665 --> 00:46:01,865
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT COUNCILMEMBERS' TOTAL

668
00:46:02,233 --> 00:46:05,499
COMPENSATION, WHICH IS THE THIRD COLUMN THERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT

669
00:46:05,499 --> 00:46:09,498
THE MARKET MEDIAN IS BETWEEN SAN MATEO AND PALO ALTO, THEY'RE

670
00:46:09,498 --> 00:46:14,165
AT THE BOTTOM AT ABOUT $52,000 PER YEAR IN TOTAL COMPENSATION.

671
00:46:14,165 --> 00:46:20,165
THAT MEANS BENEFITS AND SALARY. AND FREMONT RANKED MUCH BELOW

672
00:46:20,698 --> 00:46:24,898
THAT, WITH 36,000. AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

673
00:46:28,698 --> 00:46:34,365
COMEWE ALSO DID A STUDY OF THE MAYOR AND THE MARKET MEDIAN

674
00:46:34,365 --> 00:46:39,165
WAS CITY OF ALAMEDA WITH 68,000 APPROXIMATELY IN TOTAL

675
00:46:39,899 --> 00:46:42,765
COMPENSATION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, FREMONT WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW

676
00:46:42,765 --> 00:46:44,765
THAT AT 60. 60,000.

677
00:46:45,632 --> 00:46:50,365
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE DID A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS

678
00:46:50,365 --> 00:46:54,565
FOR PART-TIME POSITIONS KNOWING THAT SOME OF OUR REPRESENTED

679
00:46:54,565 --> 00:46:59,365
UNION EMPLOYEES DO RECEIVE BENEFITS COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR

680
00:47:00,366 --> 00:47:05,632
TIME WORKED, AND WE LOOKED AT GIVING THE MAYOR AND THE

681
00:47:05,632 --> 00:47:10,990
COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO A PART-TIME STATUS AT ABOUT 50% AND 50% OF

682
00:47:10,990 --> 00:47:14,299
THE BENEFIT, AND THAT INCREASED THE ANNUAL TOTAL COMPENSATION TO

683
00:47:14,299 --> 00:47:17,165
A POINT WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE

684
00:47:17,165 --> 00:47:19,565
SURROUNDING MARKET. NEXT SLIDE.

685
00:47:20,565 --> 00:47:25,320
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE MAYOR, ONCE YOU'VE ADJUSTED THE

686
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:31,432
HBA, SO THAT THE MAYOR IS RECEIVING 50% OF THE HBA, THEN

687
00:47:31,432 --> 00:47:35,965
FREMONT ENDS UP A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE MEDIAN AT 72,000 IN

688
00:47:35,965 --> 00:47:38,365
TOTAL COMPENSATION. NEXT SLIDE.

689
00:47:38,965 --> 00:47:44,990
AND THEN FOR COUNCILMEMBERS, STILL BELOW THE MEDIAN, BUT MUCH

690
00:47:44,990 --> 00:47:49,499
CLOSER TO THE $52,000 MEDIAN, INCREASING THE HBA TO 50% OF

691
00:47:51,698 --> 00:47:56,498
WHAT OUR REGULAR EMPLOYEES RECEIVED GETS THE COUNCILMEMBERS

692
00:47:56,565 --> 00:48:00,498
TO ABOUT 48,000. MUCH CLOSER TO THE 52,000 THAT'S

693
00:48:00,498 --> 00:48:04,980
THE MEDIAN. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU,

694
00:48:06,165 --> 00:48:08,632
THAT'S HELPFUL. SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WANTING

695
00:48:08,632 --> 00:48:11,632
TO SPEAK. SO -- OKAY.

696
00:48:11,765 --> 00:48:15,965
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK NOW. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL?

697
00:48:20,431 --> 00:48:23,632
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON

698
00:48:23,632 --> 00:48:27,832
THE SURFACE IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING BECAUSE WE DON'T

699
00:48:27,832 --> 00:48:33,365
ACTUALLY RECEIVE THAT CASH SINCE THERE'S NO PAYOUT, SO WE TONIGHT

700
00:48:33,365 --> 00:48:39,232
DON'T REALLY RECEIVE IT ON A CHECK SO I DON'T SEE AN

701
00:48:39,232 --> 00:48:40,965
ADDITIONAL $1,400 ON THE MONTHLY CHECK THAT WE GET FROM THE

702
00:48:40,965 --> 00:48:44,299
CITY. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IF I LOOK

703
00:48:44,299 --> 00:48:47,250
AT -- YOU DID PROVIDE THAT ON THE HANDOUT.

704
00:48:47,250 --> 00:48:52,318
IF I LOOK AT THE COST OF THE BENEFITS THEMSELVES, IT'S MORE

705
00:48:52,318 --> 00:48:57,384
THAN WE MAKE IN A MONTH, SO THAT MEANS THAT WE WOULD BASICALLY

706
00:48:57,384 --> 00:49:02,584
NET -- WE WOULD NET ZERO AND WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY GIVE BACK

707
00:49:02,584 --> 00:49:06,784
TO THE CITY IF WE WERE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE HEALTH

708
00:49:06,784 --> 00:49:11,451
INSURANCE BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD

709
00:49:11,451 --> 00:49:16,251
HEALTH INSURANCE. SO THE HBA THAT WE'RE GETTING

710
00:49:17,584 --> 00:49:21,118
REALLY WASHES TO ZERO. I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

711
00:49:21,118 --> 00:49:25,385
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH IT

712
00:49:25,385 --> 00:49:27,718
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, I DON'T SEE IT.

713
00:49:27,718 --> 00:49:33,118
IT DOESN'T PENCIL OUT. >> Mayor Salwan: I LOOK AT

714
00:49:36,651 --> 00:49:40,251
KAISER, THE LOWEST FOR INDIVIDUAL, IT'S $1,168.86.

715
00:49:41,184 --> 00:49:43,184
SO THAT'S FOR ONE PERSON. >> Councilmember Campbell:

716
00:49:43,184 --> 00:49:45,184
RIGHT. >> Mayor Salwan: SO I GUESS

717
00:49:45,184 --> 00:49:48,118
THE LARGER CONCERN IS IT MIGHT NOT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO

718
00:49:48,118 --> 00:49:53,851
FOLKS THAT ARE DOING WELL OR HAVE BUSINESSES OR ARE

719
00:49:53,851 --> 00:49:56,510
EMPLOYED. I JUST WORRY ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE

720
00:49:56,510 --> 00:49:58,850
OR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STEP UP OR PEOPLE THAT ARE

721
00:49:58,850 --> 00:50:03,785
UNDERPRIVILEGED IN SOME WAYS THAT IT CAN BE A MAJOR SACRIFICE

722
00:50:03,785 --> 00:50:05,250
FOR THEM. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE

723
00:50:05,250 --> 00:50:11,518
HAVE TO FACTOR IN. AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, IF

724
00:50:11,518 --> 00:50:14,851
SOMEBODY'S INSURANCE IS LESS, SO IF IT'S 1169, THEN THAT PERSON

725
00:50:14,851 --> 00:50:17,918
WOULD ONLY GET 1169 PAID FOR THE INSURANCE, CORRECT?

726
00:50:17,918 --> 00:50:20,718
THEY WON'T GET THE 1450 OR WHATEVER.

727
00:50:20,718 --> 00:50:24,500
>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE WOULD PAY THAT OUT AS PART OF

728
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:26,850
OUR MONTHLY PREMIUM PAYS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

729
00:50:26,850 --> 00:50:29,850
>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

730
00:50:33,184 --> 00:50:35,585
>> Councilmember Liu: SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO

731
00:50:35,585 --> 00:50:38,651
SAY. I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER

732
00:50:38,651 --> 00:50:42,651
THAT I THINK MR. ROGERS WAS SURPRISED THAT THIS WAS ON THE

733
00:50:42,651 --> 00:50:44,584
AGENDA. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT

734
00:50:44,584 --> 00:50:49,984
RESPECTFULLY THAT THIS WAS LISTED ON LAST WEEK'S AGENDA,

735
00:50:50,651 --> 00:50:53,317
THE POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR SEPTEMBER 2026, IT INCLUDES A

736
00:50:53,317 --> 00:50:57,384
DRAFT ORDINANCE TO INCREASE CITY COUNCIL SALARY AS AUTHORIZED IN

737
00:50:57,384 --> 00:51:00,117
THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT

738
00:51:00,117 --> 00:51:02,217
OUT. AND I GUESS SECOND OF ALL, I

739
00:51:02,217 --> 00:51:06,517
GUESS I WANTED TO TALK MORE ABOUT LIKE -- AND THIS MIGHT BE

740
00:51:06,517 --> 00:51:08,984
COMBINING THE 5A TOGETHER WITH 5B.

741
00:51:08,984 --> 00:51:13,584
BUT THEY ARE PRETTY RELATED SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO TALK MORE

742
00:51:13,584 --> 00:51:18,317
ABOUT THE GENERAL IMPRESSION OF LIKE OUR SALARY AND THINGS LIKE

743
00:51:18,317 --> 00:51:20,784
THAT. SO OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THE

744
00:51:20,784 --> 00:51:23,718
SALARY, I THINK IF YOU DON'T TAKE HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE

745
00:51:23,718 --> 00:51:27,510
THIS IS A PART-TIME JOB, I'M ASSUMING A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT

746
00:51:27,510 --> 00:51:29,851
ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN INSURANCE EITHER FROM THEIR SPOUSE OR

747
00:51:29,851 --> 00:51:33,384
MAYBE THEY PURCHASED IT THEMSELVES, SO IF YOU DON'T

748
00:51:33,384 --> 00:51:38,463
INCLUDE THE HVA, THE ANNUAL SALARY WORKS ITSELF OUT TO

749
00:51:38,463 --> 00:51:44,395
$31,000 WHICH WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT HOURLY IS AROUND $15 AN HOUR.

750
00:51:44,395 --> 00:51:47,662
SO $15 AN HOUR, THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE WE

751
00:51:47,662 --> 00:51:51,196
HAVE HERE IN FREMONT, AND $15 AN HOUR, THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN

752
00:51:51,196 --> 00:51:55,229
THE WAGE I HAD IN MY FIRST JOB EVER IN 2016, WHEN I FIRST

753
00:51:55,229 --> 00:51:57,996
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. I WORKED AS AN AFTER-SCHOOL

754
00:51:57,996 --> 00:52:01,529
TEACHER RIGHT HERE IN THE -- IN FREMONT AS WELL, AND EVEN BACK

755
00:52:01,529 --> 00:52:04,620
THEN, 10 YEARS AGO, BEFORE ALL THIS CRAZY INFLATION, I WAS

756
00:52:04,620 --> 00:52:11,262
STILL MAKING $17 AN HOUR AT MY JOB WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE A

757
00:52:11,462 --> 00:52:14,995
COLLEGE DIPLOMA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

758
00:52:14,995 --> 00:52:17,796
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT SO THAT ANY RAISE IS

759
00:52:17,796 --> 00:52:20,996
JUST PURELY LIKE WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SIX FIGURE BONUSES OR

760
00:52:20,996 --> 00:52:23,729
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NOBODY IS GETTING RICH OFF THIS, NOBODY IS

761
00:52:23,729 --> 00:52:26,620
GOING TO BE A BILLIONAIRE OR MILLIONAIRE OFF THIS.

762
00:52:26,620 --> 00:52:29,929
IT'S JUST REALLY CONSISTENT WITH INFLATION, AND CONSISTENT TO

763
00:52:29,929 --> 00:52:32,795
MOVE OURSELVES UP TO THE MARKET MEDIAN.

764
00:52:32,795 --> 00:52:39,262
AND OVERALL, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I REALLY EN -- IT

765
00:52:39,262 --> 00:52:42,329
REALLY ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED,

766
00:52:42,329 --> 00:52:44,929
SUPPORTS REGULAR PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

767
00:52:44,929 --> 00:52:48,663
I THINK THIS JOB DOESN'T PAY ANYTHING, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT,

768
00:52:48,663 --> 00:52:52,796
HOW DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON, MAYBE WHO IS ACTUALLY WORKING

769
00:52:52,796 --> 00:52:56,462
MINIMUM WAGE JOB, HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO REPRESENT THE WORKING

770
00:52:56,462 --> 00:53:01,528
CLASS PEOPLE AND HAVE A SEAT, YOU KNOW, ON THIS COUNCIL OR

771
00:53:01,528 --> 00:53:03,595
ANYWHERE IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SACRIFICE THEIR TIME WITHOUT

772
00:53:03,595 --> 00:53:07,128
BEING COMPENSATED FOR THAT? SO I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS

773
00:53:07,128 --> 00:53:11,462
TO ENSURE AND FUTUREPROOF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RAISES

774
00:53:11,462 --> 00:53:15,662
THAT -- I MEAN THE SALARY THAT WAS SET HOWEVER LONG AGO IS ABLE

775
00:53:15,662 --> 00:53:19,796
TO RISE WITH INFLATION AND STAY CONSISTENT, IT DOESN'T GET EATEN

776
00:53:19,796 --> 00:53:22,596
AWAY BY INFLATION AND ENSURES THAT ANYBODY ELSE COMING AFTER

777
00:53:22,596 --> 00:53:27,329
US WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY

778
00:53:27,329 --> 00:53:31,796
UNDUE BURDEN ON ONE THEMSELVES. THAT'S MY OPINION ON IT.

779
00:53:31,796 --> 00:53:36,596
>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU, NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

780
00:53:38,262 --> 00:53:40,862
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KIND OF LOOKED AT IT AS KIND

781
00:53:40,862 --> 00:53:45,696
OF A SIMILAR REASONING BEHIND MOVING TO DISTRICT ELECTION.

782
00:53:45,696 --> 00:53:50,529
SO IT KIND OF GIVES MORE ACCESS FOR THE REGULAR FOLKS WHO RUN

783
00:53:50,529 --> 00:53:57,129
FOR OFFICE, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHERE THE

784
00:53:58,595 --> 00:54:02,662
COUNCILMEMBERS IN FREMONT ARE BEING PAID PRETTY ON THE LOW END

785
00:54:02,662 --> 00:54:09,129
OF THIS CHART, AND I WILL KIND OF SHARE THAT IF -- FOR THOSE OF

786
00:54:09,129 --> 00:54:13,929
YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE THAT FOR EXAMPLE LIKE SAN LEANDRO, THEY

787
00:54:13,929 --> 00:54:20,862
ARE BEING PAID AT AROUND 61,000, BUT KINE OF NOBODY WANT TO RUN

788
00:54:20,862 --> 00:54:26,995
FOR OFFICE OVER THERE IN SAN LEANDRO BECAUSE IT'S NOT A EASY

789
00:54:26,995 --> 00:54:33,264
JOB TO DO, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF TIMES THEIR

790
00:54:33,264 --> 00:54:38,232
ELECTED OFFICES ARE BEING RUN IN THE POLLS, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR

791
00:54:38,232 --> 00:54:41,732
OUR DEMOCRACY. SO I THINK IT'S HAVING THIS WILL

792
00:54:41,732 --> 00:54:48,131
KIND OF SET UP A BETTER COMPENSATION FOR -- NOT JUST FOR

793
00:54:48,131 --> 00:54:51,398
THE CURRENT ELECTS BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.

794
00:54:51,398 --> 00:54:55,598
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: I DID QUICK

795
00:54:58,131 --> 00:55:03,865
MATH, IT WAS LIKE .02% OF OUR TOTAL WOULD BE THE SALARY

796
00:55:03,865 --> 00:55:09,265
INCREASE, ASSUMING EVERYBODY GETS THE MAX, 1450, SOME MAY NOT

797
00:55:10,265 --> 00:55:13,132
LEAD IT, SOME MAY HAVE LESS. IT'S TRIVIAL, REALLY.

798
00:55:13,132 --> 00:55:16,650
IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE OR BREAK THE BUDGET.

799
00:55:16,650 --> 00:55:19,598
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CONCERNS.

800
00:55:19,598 --> 00:55:24,198
AND THEN THE 450 ONLY COVERS 38% OF THE INSURANCE.

801
00:55:24,198 --> 00:55:27,332
AND THAT'S THE LOWEST RATE WHICH IS KAISER.

802
00:55:27,332 --> 00:55:29,931
AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE BEING PROGRESSIVE OR WE

803
00:55:29,931 --> 00:55:33,598
HAVE PROGRESSIVE VALUES, THEN YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR

804
00:55:33,598 --> 00:55:36,798
YOUNG PEOPLE TO RUN, PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED, PEOPLE THAT

805
00:55:36,798 --> 00:55:39,998
DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO

806
00:55:39,998 --> 00:55:42,265
SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST PEOPLE LIKE

807
00:55:42,265 --> 00:55:46,332
ME OR PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL.

808
00:55:46,332 --> 00:55:49,331
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

809
00:55:49,331 --> 00:55:52,165
COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG. >> Councilmember Zhang: YES,

810
00:55:52,165 --> 00:55:56,640
THANK YOU. I HEAR EVERYONE'S COMMENT, AND I

811
00:55:56,640 --> 00:56:02,531
ECHO THAT, AND ANOTHER THING I THINK WE RESPECT AS A CITY, WE

812
00:56:02,531 --> 00:56:06,798
RESPECT THE FIREMEN'S WORK, WE RESPECT POLICEMEN'S WORK, WE

813
00:56:06,798 --> 00:56:12,310
RESPECT THE CITY STAFF'S WORK. AND EVERY YEAR, WE GO INTO

814
00:56:12,310 --> 00:56:16,831
CAREFUL DELIBERATION AND TALK ABOUT SALARY NEGOTIATION AND

815
00:56:17,731 --> 00:56:22,464
TALK ABOUT THEIR BENEFIT AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO

816
00:56:22,464 --> 00:56:27,731
GIVE OUR STAFF WHAT THEY -- WHAT THEY DESERVE.

817
00:56:27,731 --> 00:56:31,465
BUT THEN THAT ALSO REFLECTS OUR CULTURE, HOW WE LOOK AT ELECTED

818
00:56:31,465 --> 00:56:35,998
OFFICIALS. AND DO WE RESPECT OUR WORK, DO

819
00:56:35,998 --> 00:56:39,998
WE -- ARE WE PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

820
00:56:39,998 --> 00:56:43,931
DO WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, DO YOU RESPECT YOUR WORK?

821
00:56:43,931 --> 00:56:46,650
AND I THINK THIS IS NOT ABOUT US.

822
00:56:46,650 --> 00:56:49,731
I'M TALKING ABOUT -- I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PAST AND ALSO

823
00:56:49,731 --> 00:56:53,131
ESPECIALLY THE FUTURE. AND DO THE COMMUNITY RESPECT OUR

824
00:56:53,131 --> 00:56:55,132
WORK. AND ALSO DO WE RESPECT OUR

825
00:56:55,132 --> 00:57:00,532
WORK. SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY MINOR

826
00:57:00,798 --> 00:57:04,864
THINGS, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND ALSO I

827
00:57:04,864 --> 00:57:12,640
RESPECT MY WORK, AND I HOPE THE CITY COMMUNITY WOULD SEE OUR

828
00:57:12,731 --> 00:57:17,332
ACTION AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, DO

829
00:57:17,332 --> 00:57:19,465
APPRECIATE HOW MUCH TIME WE PUT INTO THAT.

830
00:57:19,465 --> 00:57:23,881
IT'S NOT A PART-TIME JOB. BECAUSE I THINK IN ORDER TO DO A

831
00:57:23,881 --> 00:57:27,481
GREAT -- MAKE A POLICY AND MAKE A RIGHT DECISION, WE KEEP ON

832
00:57:27,481 --> 00:57:33,815
LOOKING AT THE POLICIES NOT ONLY THE STATE, NOT ONLY THE CITY,

833
00:57:33,815 --> 00:57:37,481
THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, IT'S NOT IT'S A 7 -- WHAT'S IT

834
00:57:37,481 --> 00:57:43,349
CALLED, A 5 HOUR A DAY JOB. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE -- YOURSELF

835
00:57:43,349 --> 00:57:46,810
INTO THIS. I MEAN, I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYONE

836
00:57:46,810 --> 00:57:50,748
COMING HERE JUST TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE PAID FAIRLY FOR

837
00:57:50,748 --> 00:57:56,481
$17 AN HOUR, BUT I LOOK AT SOME COMMENT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I

838
00:57:56,481 --> 00:58:01,581
THINK IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP, OKAY, LET'S JUST IMAGINE IN TWO

839
00:58:01,581 --> 00:58:05,414
YEARS, I'M GOING TO RUN, THEY SAY OKAY, SUCH AND SUCH PERSON

840
00:58:05,414 --> 00:58:11,414
GAVE THEMSELF A RAISE. AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE LOOKING

841
00:58:12,681 --> 00:58:15,810
BAD WHILE YOU RAN -- SEEKING FOR RE-ELECTION.

842
00:58:15,810 --> 00:58:18,810
AND I HAVE TO SPEAK UP. SO I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT

843
00:58:18,810 --> 00:58:20,548
THAT. AND I THINK THAT IF YOU RESPECT

844
00:58:20,548 --> 00:58:26,281
YOUR JOB, YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO THAT, YOU NEED TO BE HONEST

845
00:58:26,281 --> 00:58:30,814
ABOUT EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE BEING -- EVEN BEING TREATED WITH

846
00:58:30,814 --> 00:58:36,748
RESPECT ABOUT YOUR JOB. SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

847
00:58:36,748 --> 00:58:38,615
>> Mayor Salwan: SO I HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS.

848
00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:44,481
SOME FOLKS WANTED TO POSTPONE IT, SOME WANTED TO GO AHEAD WITH

849
00:58:44,481 --> 00:58:45,814
IT. SOME WANTED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT

850
00:58:45,814 --> 00:58:48,648
NUMBERS. SO IF I COULD GET SOME FEEDBACK

851
00:58:48,648 --> 00:58:51,415
OR A MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

852
00:58:51,415 --> 00:58:54,347
>> Councilmember Campbell: WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE

853
00:58:54,347 --> 00:58:58,747
ANOTHER COMMENT, I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING TO US AS WE TALK,

854
00:58:58,747 --> 00:59:03,748
AND I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE HEALTHCARE CAN BE AND HOW

855
00:59:03,748 --> 00:59:07,681
IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE HEALTHCARE, AND YOU KNOW, I'M

856
00:59:07,681 --> 00:59:14,140
FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE A GREAT PLAN FROM MY REGULAR WORK AND

857
00:59:14,140 --> 00:59:18,150
SO -- AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD GREAT HEALTH INSURANCE AND SO -- AND I

858
00:59:18,150 --> 00:59:24,810
DO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT BENEFIT BE OFFERED TO

859
00:59:24,810 --> 00:59:27,810
THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE IT.

860
00:59:27,810 --> 00:59:31,815
MAYBE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO COME ON BOARD, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO

861
00:59:31,815 --> 00:59:34,814
HAVE A REALLY GOOD HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.

862
00:59:34,814 --> 00:59:38,215
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE.

863
00:59:38,215 --> 00:59:45,415
I'M PUTTING ON MY -- MY DIRECTOR HAT NOW, AND REALLY THINKING

864
00:59:45,681 --> 00:59:50,114
ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING AN ADEQUATE HEALTH

865
00:59:50,114 --> 00:59:52,414
INSURANCE PLAN AND WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN.

866
00:59:52,414 --> 00:59:58,414
AND I DON'T THINK $1,400 A MONTH IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNREASONABLE

867
01:00:01,349 --> 01:00:05,947
TO GIVE TO SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE HEALTH PLAN,

868
01:00:05,947 --> 01:00:11,947
WHICH ALSO INCLUDES DENTAL AND VISION, SO IT'S A FULL

869
01:00:11,981 --> 01:00:16,956
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WOULD HELP THEM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A

870
01:00:16,956 --> 01:00:22,157
LITTLE PRICEY, BUT YOU KNOW, MY IDEA IS THAT IF WE'RE THINKING

871
01:00:22,157 --> 01:00:26,890
ABOUT THE FUTURE COUNCILPERSONS, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM

872
01:00:26,890 --> 01:00:32,890
TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE ADEQUATE HEALTH INSURANCE.

873
01:00:33,822 --> 01:00:35,889
>> Mayor Salwan: I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE SO I GUESS

874
01:00:35,889 --> 01:00:39,220
CAN WE GET A MOTION OR SOME MORE FEEDBACK?

875
01:00:39,220 --> 01:00:40,356
>> Councilmember Zhang: I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

876
01:00:40,356 --> 01:00:42,555
>> Mayor Salwan: WHAT IS YOUR MOTION?

877
01:00:42,555 --> 01:00:45,889
>> Councilmember Zhang: MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THIS HEALTH

878
01:00:45,889 --> 01:00:48,289
INSURANCE. >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

879
01:00:48,756 --> 01:00:50,222
KENG. SECOND?

880
01:00:50,222 --> 01:00:53,222
OKAY. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG,

881
01:00:53,422 --> 01:00:57,220
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KENG. BLESS VOTE.

882
01:01:00,220 --> 01:01:03,622
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES, 6 AYES, 1 NAY.

883
01:01:07,823 --> 01:01:11,423
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS 5A.

884
01:01:20,955 --> 01:01:24,560
THIS IS ADJUSTMENT TO THE SALARIES OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

885
01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:26,890
AGAIN, THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION, JUST QUESTIONS

886
01:01:26,890 --> 01:01:28,489
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

887
01:01:35,289 --> 01:01:38,356
>> Councilmember Campbell: IS THIS QUESTION TIME OR IS IT

888
01:01:38,356 --> 01:01:39,622
COMMENTS? >> Mayor Salwan: I WAS

889
01:01:39,622 --> 01:01:42,822
THINKING MAYBE QUESTIONS, OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC, AND THEN

890
01:01:42,822 --> 01:01:44,756
COMMENTS IF THAT'S OKAY. >> Councilmember Campbell:

891
01:01:44,756 --> 01:01:46,556
OKAY. I ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY

892
01:01:46,556 --> 01:01:49,890
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

893
01:01:49,890 --> 01:01:51,556
>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY

894
01:01:51,556 --> 01:01:55,756
ELSE? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY

895
01:01:56,220 --> 01:01:58,156
SPEAKERS ON THIS? >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE

896
01:01:58,156 --> 01:01:59,689
ONE SPEAKER CARD. >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S HEAR

897
01:01:59,689 --> 01:02:02,222
FROM THE SPEAKER. >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR

898
01:02:02,222 --> 01:02:07,622
SPEAKER IS VERNITA VERMA. >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR

899
01:02:15,289 --> 01:02:17,889
BRINGING -- WORK ON T THE AGENDA.

900
01:02:17,889 --> 01:02:22,489
I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT FOR A VERY SIMPLE

901
01:02:22,489 --> 01:02:24,622
REASON. ALL CITY EMPLOYEES OF CITY AND

902
01:02:24,622 --> 01:02:27,155
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE HERE FOR ONLY ONE REASON.

903
01:02:27,155 --> 01:02:31,955
THAT IS TO SERVE THE CITY OF FREMONT.

904
01:02:32,556 --> 01:02:35,556
IF THE CITIZENS OF FREMONT ARE NOT GETTING SERVED PROPERLY,

905
01:02:35,556 --> 01:02:39,556
THEN THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OR

906
01:02:39,556 --> 01:02:43,756
COUNCILMEMBER OR MAYOR TO GET A RAISE.

907
01:02:43,822 --> 01:02:49,890
AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE VISITED THE STREET I LIVE ON AND BOTH OF

908
01:02:49,890 --> 01:02:53,789
YOU HAVE SAID TO ME THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ANY STREET AS BAD

909
01:02:53,789 --> 01:02:57,220
AS MINE. EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE WORST

910
01:02:57,220 --> 01:03:04,822
STREET IN THE CITY, THERE SHOULD BE NO STREET AS BAD AS MINE.

911
01:03:04,889 --> 01:03:08,110
AS PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS ARE TERRIBLE AND RAISED OVER 6 TO

912
01:03:08,110 --> 01:03:10,777
8 INCHES. WE GET FLOODED EVERY -- EVEN IF

913
01:03:10,777 --> 01:03:16,443
WE GET HALF INCH OF RAIN. IT IS AN DEVEL ADA

914
01:03:16,443 --> 01:03:18,450
NIGHTMARE TO WALK ON OUR STREET.

915
01:03:18,450 --> 01:03:22,910
AND I'M SAYING IT AGAIN, IT'S AN ADA NIGHTMARE, WHICH MEANS

916
01:03:22,910 --> 01:03:27,576
ANYBODY WHO IS AN ADA SUPPORTER OR ANY ORGANIZATION CAN SUE THE

917
01:03:27,576 --> 01:03:32,443
CITY AND WIN. THAT BEING SAID, IF OUR CITY IS

918
01:03:32,443 --> 01:03:35,943
NOT MANAGED WELL WITH OUR PROPERTY TAX, I DO NOT THINK

919
01:03:35,943 --> 01:03:39,977
ANYONE SHOULD GET ANY RAISE. I WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO VISIT MY

920
01:03:39,977 --> 01:03:44,244
STREET BEFORE GIVING ANYONE A RAISE IN THE CITY.

921
01:03:44,244 --> 01:03:48,443
INCLUDING YOURSELF. I UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT CALL IT A

922
01:03:48,443 --> 01:03:54,443
TRIVIAL THING, YOU MIGHT SAY OH, IT'S A SMALL NUMBER.

923
01:03:54,510 --> 01:03:57,777
BUT IF -- I'M OPPOSING ANY NUMBER FOR A SIMPLE REASON.

924
01:03:57,777 --> 01:04:00,577
PLEASE SERVE YOUR CITY CITIZENS.

925
01:04:00,577 --> 01:04:03,577
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

926
01:04:06,110 --> 01:04:11,377
ANY -- COMMENT TIME, FEEDBACK. SINCE NOBODY IS SPEAKING, I HAVE

927
01:04:11,377 --> 01:04:14,443
BEEN TO YOUR STREET, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TIMES FOLKS COME OUT

928
01:04:14,443 --> 01:04:19,176
TO YOUR STREET TO CHECK IT OUT, AND FIX IT ON THE ONE SIDE, AND

929
01:04:19,176 --> 01:04:22,643
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE IT, BUT WE HAVE MANY SUCH STREETS.

930
01:04:22,643 --> 01:04:25,710
YOUR STREET IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.

931
01:04:25,710 --> 01:04:29,245
SO IT'S 92 SQUARE MILES. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE

932
01:04:29,245 --> 01:04:33,777
STREET AND WE DID GET THE WORST 100 SIDEWALKS DONE AND HOPEFULLY

933
01:04:33,777 --> 01:04:36,310
IF WE HAVE MORE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT

934
01:04:36,310 --> 01:04:39,310
AGAIN. WE STILL OFFER THE 50/50

935
01:04:39,576 --> 01:04:41,976
PROGRAM. SIDEWALK AND TREE.

936
01:04:42,430 --> 01:04:45,976
SO IF YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS WANT TO REPLACE YOUR SIDEWALK OR THE

937
01:04:45,976 --> 01:04:47,843
TREES, THE CITIES WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

938
01:04:47,843 --> 01:04:53,430
BUT TO SAY THAT FOR THAT ONE SINGLISH YOU'LL, YOU KNOW,

939
01:04:53,430 --> 01:04:54,844
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM EVERYTHING OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

940
01:04:54,844 --> 01:04:57,443
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE TOO FAR.

941
01:04:57,443 --> 01:05:00,310
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL. >> Councilmember Campbell: WE

942
01:05:00,310 --> 01:05:03,510
DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? >> Mayor Salwan: THAT WAS IT.

943
01:05:03,510 --> 01:05:04,510
>> Councilmember Campbell: THAT WAS IT?

944
01:05:04,510 --> 01:05:06,776
OKAY. FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I

945
01:05:06,776 --> 01:05:11,244
REALLY JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PROCESS IS A

946
01:05:11,244 --> 01:05:15,977
PROCEDURAL PROCESS TO INCREASE THE SALARIES AND THAT IT'S NOT

947
01:05:15,977 --> 01:05:19,444
SELF-DEALING. THIS PROCESS FLOWS FROM EXISTING

948
01:05:19,444 --> 01:05:24,110
MUNICIPAL CODE FORMULA, NOT A DISCRETIONARY VOTE TO PASS CITY

949
01:05:24,110 --> 01:05:28,310
COUNCIL PAY. THE ORDINANCE SETS A CR

950
01:05:28,711 --> 01:05:31,843
CEILING, NOT A MANDATE. COUNCIL RETAINS AUTHORITY TO

951
01:05:31,843 --> 01:05:34,577
DECLINE, DEFER OR MODIFY THE ORDINANCE.

952
01:05:34,577 --> 01:05:38,977
THE CODE ALSO GIVES THE COUNCIL THE DISCRETION TO ADJUST THE

953
01:05:38,977 --> 01:05:41,577
CPI. THE FORMULA ASSUMES NORMAL

954
01:05:41,577 --> 01:05:45,577
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS LOCAL WAGE GROWTH, WHICH IS NOT

955
01:05:45,577 --> 01:05:49,576
KEEPING PACE, OF COURSE, WITH HOUSING, GROCERIES, INSURANCE

956
01:05:49,576 --> 01:05:53,510
AND CHILD CARE. APPROVING AN AUTOMATIC RAISE FOR

957
01:05:53,510 --> 01:05:57,843
COUNCIL WHILE RESIDENTS ARE ALL BEHIND ON RENT, STRUGGLING TO

958
01:05:57,843 --> 01:06:02,990
KEEP PACE WITH RISING GAS COSTS, FOOD COSTS, BREAKS THE BASIC

959
01:06:02,990 --> 01:06:06,723
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE VERY PEOPLE WE

960
01:06:06,723 --> 01:06:09,990
SERVE, AND THAT GAP IS CORROSIVE.

961
01:06:09,990 --> 01:06:13,456
REGARDLESS OF THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE

962
01:06:13,456 --> 01:06:17,689
ORDINANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO

963
01:06:17,689 --> 01:06:21,323
DECLINE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE COUNCIL

964
01:06:21,323 --> 01:06:25,923
AND DEFER IT UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND TO ASK

965
01:06:25,923 --> 01:06:31,923
STAFF TO REVIEW AND RETURN WITH OPTIONS FOR SUSPENDING OR

966
01:06:32,523 --> 01:06:37,722
RESTRUCTURING THE CPI FORMULA SO THAT IT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS

967
01:06:37,722 --> 01:06:40,722
WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCES.

968
01:06:41,889 --> 01:06:47,456
EVERY CANDIDATE WHO IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS WALKING INTO AN

969
01:06:47,456 --> 01:06:50,723
ELECTION SEASON WHERE AFFORDABILITY IS A REAL

970
01:06:50,723 --> 01:06:55,789
CONCERN. A YES VOTE IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR

971
01:06:55,789 --> 01:07:00,856
LIVED EXPERIENCES, AND I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM.

972
01:07:00,856 --> 01:07:05,560
THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Salwan: MAYBE I'LL

973
01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:09,390
HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS AND HOW

974
01:07:09,390 --> 01:07:13,490
THIS APPLIES. AND WHEN DOES IT APPLY.

975
01:07:13,490 --> 01:07:17,690
JUST FOR CONTEXT. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: A

976
01:07:18,856 --> 01:07:22,590
COUPLE POINTS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE PROPOSAL

977
01:07:22,590 --> 01:07:26,723
THIS EVENING IS TO CHANGE -- IS TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT

978
01:07:26,723 --> 01:07:30,256
CURRENTLY SETS FORTH THE METHODOLOGY FOR INCREASING

979
01:07:30,256 --> 01:07:33,856
COUNCIL SALARIES. IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T CHANGE THE

980
01:07:33,856 --> 01:07:36,856
METHODOLOGY. IT IMPLEMENTS THE METHODOLOGY.

981
01:07:37,189 --> 01:07:39,323
WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALREADY SAYS AND

982
01:07:39,323 --> 01:07:43,656
IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD, IT WILL

983
01:07:43,656 --> 01:07:46,623
INCREASE COUNCIL SALARY CONSISTENT WITH THE FORMULA THAT

984
01:07:46,623 --> 01:07:49,256
ALREADY EXISTS IN THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE.

985
01:07:49,256 --> 01:07:53,256
THIS IS PART OF A PROCESS THAT HAPPENS EVERY OTHER YEAR, SO THE

986
01:07:53,256 --> 01:07:55,656
TIMING IS NOT UNIQUE OR SPECIAL.

987
01:07:55,656 --> 01:07:58,790
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS IS THE CURRENT YEAR AND AT THIS

988
01:07:58,790 --> 01:08:04,989
TIME, IT'S PART OF THE CITY'S OVERALL PROCESS TO CONSIDER THIS

989
01:08:04,989 --> 01:08:08,990
POTENTIAL INCREASE SHOULD THE COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE IT

990
01:08:08,990 --> 01:08:11,990
FORWARD. FURTHERMORE, THE CITY'S LOCAL

991
01:08:12,522 --> 01:08:15,390
PROCESS IS MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN STATE LAW.

992
01:08:15,390 --> 01:08:18,523
THE CAP THAT EXISTS IN OUR FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE IS

993
01:08:18,523 --> 01:08:22,256
ACTUALLY LOWER THAN WHAT STATE LAW ALLOWS, SO THE COUNCIL HAS

994
01:08:22,256 --> 01:08:26,956
BEEN MINDFUL OF ITS CONCERNS REGARDING BUDGETARY IMPACTS AND

995
01:08:26,956 --> 01:08:30,523
IMPACTS REGARDING THE PUBLIC. AND THE PUBLIC'S BUDGET.

996
01:08:30,523 --> 01:08:34,190
SO AGAIN, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FORMULA.

997
01:08:34,190 --> 01:08:39,256
IT SIMPLY USES THE FORMULA TO EFFECTUATE WHAT WOULD BE A

998
01:08:39,256 --> 01:08:40,990
SALARY INCREASE SHOULD THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO TAKE IT AT

999
01:08:40,990 --> 01:08:42,989
THIS TIME. TIMING WISE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO

1000
01:08:42,989 --> 01:08:48,390


1001
01:08:48,390 --> 01:08:53,861
HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS TO INCREASE THE SALARY BECAUSE

1002
01:08:53,861 --> 01:08:58,728
YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO DO THIS INCREASE WHEN THERE'S GOING TO

1003
01:08:58,728 --> 01:09:01,610
BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE SEATED.

1004
01:09:01,610 --> 01:09:04,327
SO REALLY THIS EVENING IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE

1005
01:09:04,327 --> 01:09:09,127
THIS ITEM IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD SO THE

1006
01:09:09,127 --> 01:09:13,128
NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS AND SITTING COUNCILMEMBERS THAT

1007
01:09:13,128 --> 01:09:15,861
REMAIN ON THE COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS INCREASE THIS

1008
01:09:15,861 --> 01:09:18,794
UPCOMING YEAR. SO TIMING WISE, AGAIN, THIS IS

1009
01:09:18,794 --> 01:09:23,728
PART OF THE CITY'S EXISTING PROCESSES AND IT'S CONSISTENT

1010
01:09:23,728 --> 01:09:25,728
WITH STATE LAW. >> Mayor Salwan: I THINK WHAT

1011
01:09:25,728 --> 01:09:28,861
I'M HEARING IS WE HAVE TO ACT NOW FOR THE COUNCIL THAT'S

1012
01:09:28,861 --> 01:09:32,861
ELECTED IN NOVEMBER TO RECEIVE THIS SALARY INCREASE.

1013
01:09:32,861 --> 01:09:36,610
IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE, CORRECT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

1014
01:09:36,610 --> 01:09:37,127
CORRECT. >> Mayor Salwan: AND IF IT'S

1015
01:09:37,127 --> 01:09:43,194
NOT DONE NOW, YOU CAN'T COME BACK IN JANUARY AND SAY WE NEED

1016
01:09:43,194 --> 01:09:45,828
TO DO THIS, CORRECT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

1017
01:09:45,828 --> 01:09:49,261
CORRECT WITH ONE EBBS EPTION. EXCEPTION.

1018
01:09:49,261 --> 01:09:53,610
THIS APPLIES TO COUNCILMEMBERS. THERE'S A SEPARATE STATUTE THAT

1019
01:09:53,610 --> 01:09:56,694
DISCUSSES COMPENSATION FOR THE MAYOR, BUT CITIES TYPICALLY DO

1020
01:09:56,694 --> 01:09:58,862
WHAT FREMONT DOES HERE WHICH IS THEY CONSIDER ALL INCREASES AT

1021
01:09:58,862 --> 01:10:01,461
THE SAME TIME. OTHERWISE THE MAYOR'S SUMMARY IS

1022
01:10:01,461 --> 01:10:04,961
ACCURATE. >> Mayor Salwan: SO IF IT'S

1023
01:10:04,961 --> 01:10:09,728
NOT PASSED, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2028?

1024
01:10:09,728 --> 01:10:11,594
OKAY. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

1025
01:10:11,594 --> 01:10:13,528
CORRECT. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

1026
01:10:13,528 --> 01:10:15,727
COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN. >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

1027
01:10:15,727 --> 01:10:20,128
THANK YOU. FOR ALL THE REASONS STATED BY

1028
01:10:20,128 --> 01:10:22,327
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THIS MOTION, AND

1029
01:10:22,327 --> 01:10:26,127
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK KIND OF A -- PROBABLY A SILLY QUESTION

1030
01:10:26,127 --> 01:10:28,327
BUT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CHANGE THE MUNICIPAL CODE SO

1031
01:10:28,327 --> 01:10:31,794
THAT IT MATCHES UP WITH WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET?

1032
01:10:31,794 --> 01:10:35,394
INSTEAD OF ELECTION TIME? ANYBODY KNOW?

1033
01:10:39,860 --> 01:10:41,728
>> Mayor Salwan: YES, SIR. >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

1034
01:10:41,728 --> 01:10:44,610
LEGALLY SPEAKING, YOU CAN UPDATE YOUR ORDINANCE AT ANY TIME.

1035
01:10:44,610 --> 01:10:48,394
THE LIMIT IS UPON WHEN THE INCREASE CAN BE EFFECTUATED.

1036
01:10:48,394 --> 01:10:53,128
SO IF YOU DO IT NEXT YEAR, IF YOU UPDATE THE ORDINANCE NEXT

1037
01:10:53,128 --> 01:10:56,528
YEAR DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE, IT WILL BE AN UPDATED ORDINANCE,

1038
01:10:56,528 --> 01:11:00,761
BUT SALARY INCREASES COULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL

1039
01:11:00,761 --> 01:11:02,761
NOVEMBER 2028. >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

1040
01:11:03,928 --> 01:11:05,528
WHY IS THAT? >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: STATE

1041
01:11:05,528 --> 01:11:10,128
LAW DOESN'T ALLOW INCREASES TO OCCUR UNTIL NEWLY ELECTED

1042
01:11:10,128 --> 01:11:13,728
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SEATED. >> Councilmember Kimberlin: SO

1043
01:11:14,594 --> 01:11:17,994
COULD WE POSSIBLY REVIEW IT DURING BUDGET TIME AND APPROVE

1044
01:11:17,994 --> 01:11:20,794
THAT WITH OUR BUDGET AT THAT TIME SO THAT IT'S NOT IN THE

1045
01:11:20,794 --> 01:11:26,610
FACE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BE ELECTED OR TRYING --

1046
01:11:26,610 --> 01:11:28,660
CAMPAIGNING OR TRYING TO SERVE AND HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION

1047
01:11:28,660 --> 01:11:34,660
LIKE THAT IS VERY -- YEAH, IT LOOKS VERY SELF-SERVING.

1048
01:11:34,861 --> 01:11:36,994
>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YOU COULD DEFER THIS CONVERSATION

1049
01:11:36,994 --> 01:11:40,328
UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. THAT'S NOT PRESCRIBED IN ANY WAY

1050
01:11:40,328 --> 01:11:42,260
BY STATE LAW. YOU COULD DO THAT.

1051
01:11:42,260 --> 01:11:45,812
AND IF YOU DECIDE TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE AT THAT TIME TO

1052
01:11:45,812 --> 01:11:51,812
INCREASE COUNCIL SALARY, THAT CAN OCCUR NEXT SUMMER, BUT THE

1053
01:11:52,145 --> 01:11:56,345
INCREASES WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE NEXT CYCLE OF NEWLY

1054
01:11:56,345 --> 01:12:00,779
ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SEATED, WHICH IS NOVEMBER --

1055
01:12:00,779 --> 01:12:04,379
WELL -- NOVEMBER 2028. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

1056
01:12:04,811 --> 01:12:06,479
SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING.

1057
01:12:06,479 --> 01:12:12,110
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL TO REJECT

1058
01:12:12,110 --> 01:12:17,946
OR DENY THE SALARY INCREASE. WE HAVE A SECOND BY

1059
01:12:17,946 --> 01:12:19,878
COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN. IF THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE MOTION,

1060
01:12:19,878 --> 01:12:26,478
I CAN -- WE CAN -- YES? >> Councilmember Shao: I WOULD

1061
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:35,680
MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF'S

1062
01:12:36,278 --> 01:12:39,278
RECOMMENDATION AND GO FORWARD WITH THIS YEAR'S CYCLE WITHOUT

1063
01:12:39,278 --> 01:12:41,678
ANY DELAY. >> Mayor Salwan: SO MOVED BY

1064
01:12:41,678 --> 01:12:43,545
COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. IS THERE A SECOND?

1065
01:12:43,545 --> 01:12:45,812
>> Councilmember Zhang: I SECOND.

1066
01:12:45,812 --> 01:12:48,412
>> Mayor Salwan: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

1067
01:12:48,412 --> 01:12:51,945
SO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS ACTED ON PRIOR TO THE OTHER

1068
01:12:51,945 --> 01:12:54,212
MOTION. SO AGAIN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER

1069
01:12:54,212 --> 01:12:56,479
SHAO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

1070
01:12:56,479 --> 01:12:59,678
THIS IS TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

1071
01:12:59,678 --> 01:13:00,345
OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

1072
01:13:00,345 --> 01:13:02,812
PLEASE VOTE. >> Councilmember Zhang: HOW DO

1073
01:13:02,812 --> 01:13:05,412
WE DO THAT? >> Mayor Salwan: SO IF YOU --

1074
01:13:05,412 --> 01:13:08,678
OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENED IS COUNCILMEMBER SHAO MADE A

1075
01:13:08,678 --> 01:13:11,945
SUBSTITUTE MOTION WHICH MEANS HE WANTS TO SUPPORT THE STAFF

1076
01:13:11,945 --> 01:13:15,120
RECOMMENDATION -- SAPG Z >> Councilmember Zhang: SO

1077
01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:16,878
WE'RE GOING VOTE ON SHAO'S SUBSTITUTE MOTION?

1078
01:13:16,878 --> 01:13:18,812
>> Mayor Salwan: YEAH. AND I WAS GOING TO JUST SUGGEST,

1079
01:13:18,812 --> 01:13:24,678
IF IT'S OKAY, INSTEAD OF 4%, COULD YOU DO 3% SO IT'S IN

1080
01:13:24,678 --> 01:13:27,780
PARITY WITH THE STAFF RAISES? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU --

1081
01:13:27,780 --> 01:13:30,279
>> Councilmember Shao: YES, I CERTAINLY CAN MODIFY MY ORIGINAL

1082
01:13:30,279 --> 01:13:36,145
MOTION TO CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE FROM 4% TO 3%, AND

1083
01:13:36,145 --> 01:13:40,811
STILL GO WITH THE CYCLE AND WITHOUT ANY DELAY OR ANY IMPACT

1084
01:13:40,811 --> 01:13:44,411
ON THE INCOMING CITY COUNCILMEMBERS' SALARY.

1085
01:13:45,145 --> 01:13:48,345
>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. AND THAT'S VERY GENEROUS OF YOU

1086
01:13:48,345 --> 01:13:52,212
BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE HERE. >> Councilmember Shao: RIGHT,

1087
01:13:52,212 --> 01:13:54,279
FOR SOMEONE ELSE. >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

1088
01:13:54,279 --> 01:13:55,879
ZHANG, DOES YOUR SECOND STILL STAND?

1089
01:13:55,879 --> 01:13:57,745
>> Councilmember Zhang: RELUCTANTLY BECAUSE I WANTED THE

1090
01:13:57,745 --> 01:14:04,212
PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IS EVERY TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE

1091
01:14:04,212 --> 01:14:09,112
ARE GETTING THE CITY COUNCIL EVALUATION, AND TO COME OUT WITH

1092
01:14:09,112 --> 01:14:10,812
INFLATION, ET CETERA. SO IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS, IT'S

1093
01:14:10,812 --> 01:14:14,879
NOT EVERY YEAR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU

1094
01:14:14,879 --> 01:14:16,878
AVERAGED OUT, EVERY ONE YEAR, YOU WILL GET 2%.

1095
01:14:16,878 --> 01:14:21,345
I MEAN, I DON'T DO THE MATH BUT I REALLY THINK -- I MEAN, I

1096
01:14:21,345 --> 01:14:28,545
WOULD LIKE IN THE FUTURE FOR ALL CITY COUNCILS TO USE THIS

1097
01:14:29,212 --> 01:14:33,745
CAREFULNESS AND STUDY TO FOCUS ON MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES,

1098
01:14:33,745 --> 01:14:39,689
BECAUSE TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING WHICH REQUIRES A LARGE AMOUNT OF

1099
01:14:39,689 --> 01:14:43,289
MONEY FOR CITIES' INFRASTRUCTURE, BIG DECISION,

1100
01:14:44,210 --> 01:14:47,222
AND I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.

1101
01:14:47,222 --> 01:14:51,221
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BIG PICTURE AND BIG VISION FOR

1102
01:14:51,221 --> 01:14:56,621
OUR CITY. AND IF WE DON'T EVALUATE OUR OWN

1103
01:14:56,888 --> 01:14:58,922
WORK, NOBODY IS GOING TO DO THAT.

1104
01:14:58,922 --> 01:15:03,550
AND I ALSO THINK MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, IF SOMEBODY THINKS WE

1105
01:15:03,550 --> 01:15:09,555
ARE OVERLY PAID AND THEY CAN VOTE TO GET THEIR SALARY

1106
01:15:09,555 --> 01:15:11,289
INCREASE AWAY. ALL RIGHT.

1107
01:15:11,289 --> 01:15:12,555
SO -- >> Mayor Salwan: JUST TO

1108
01:15:12,555 --> 01:15:14,623
CONFIRM, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE 3%?

1109
01:15:14,623 --> 01:15:15,822
>> Councilmember Zhang: RELUCTANTLY.

1110
01:15:15,822 --> 01:15:18,955
I WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER -- >> Mayor Salwan: BUT YOU STILL

1111
01:15:18,955 --> 01:15:21,155
SECOND, THOUGH? >> Councilmember Zhang:

1112
01:15:21,155 --> 01:15:22,488
SECOND, YES. >> Mayor Salwan: PLEASE VOTE.

1113
01:15:22,488 --> 01:15:24,421
OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

1114
01:15:24,421 --> 01:15:26,222
>> Councilmember Kimberlin: SO I THINK TIMING IS EVERYTHING AND

1115
01:15:26,222 --> 01:15:30,421
I THINK THAT'S WHAT MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS, ALIGNING WITH

1116
01:15:30,421 --> 01:15:36,389
COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST MADE ALL THESE

1117
01:15:36,389 --> 01:15:40,455
CUTS THAT WE CAN'T BRING BACK, WE'VE HAD TO REALLY NEGOTIATE --

1118
01:15:40,455 --> 01:15:45,220
IT TOOK A LONG TIME, A LOT OF NEGOTIATION WITH OUR UNIONS, AND

1119
01:15:45,220 --> 01:15:48,555
WE STILL HAVE ONE THAT'S OPEN AND NOT FINISHED, AND IT JUST

1120
01:15:48,555 --> 01:15:51,621
DOESN'T FEEL -- IT FEELS LIKE THE TIMING IS WRONG, IT FEELS

1121
01:15:51,621 --> 01:15:54,422
LIKE IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.

1122
01:15:54,422 --> 01:15:59,755
I THINK THAT YES, WE DO VALUE WHAT WE DO, BUT THE TIMING IS

1123
01:15:59,755 --> 01:16:03,355
EVERYTHING AND WE REALLY NEED TO SHOW OUR PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITY,

1124
01:16:03,355 --> 01:16:07,220
WE'RE WITH THEM. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON

1125
01:16:07,220 --> 01:16:10,222
SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

1126
01:16:10,222 --> 01:16:12,555
>> Mayor Salwan: WHILE YOU THINK OF THAT, IT WILL ONLY

1127
01:16:12,555 --> 01:16:16,955
AFFECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED AT THAT TIME.

1128
01:16:16,955 --> 01:16:19,220
>> Councilmember Kimberlin: AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY SO I

1129
01:16:19,220 --> 01:16:23,489
DO HOPE PEOPLE -- WE KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S THE

1130
01:16:23,489 --> 01:16:27,422
ACTION THAT -- FOR ME, ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER FOR WORDS SO FOR

1131
01:16:27,422 --> 01:16:30,955
ME, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT AND I WILL VERY STRONGLY

1132
01:16:30,955 --> 01:16:34,421
CONSIDER DONATING MY PORTION TO TRI-CITY VOLUNTEERS.

1133
01:16:34,421 --> 01:16:38,621
>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. WITH THAT, LET'S VOTE.

1134
01:16:42,288 --> 01:16:45,488
MOTION PASSES, FOUR AYES, THREE NAYS.

1135
01:16:45,488 --> 01:16:49,688
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF.

1136
01:16:51,622 --> 01:16:57,220
NEXT WE HAVE A COUNCIL REFERRAL FROM COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

1137
01:16:57,220 --> 01:16:58,220
>> Councilmember Keng: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

1138
01:16:58,220 --> 01:17:02,222
COULD I HAVE OUR DIRECTOR UP HERE?

1139
01:17:03,955 --> 01:17:09,355
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL BE ALLOWING QUESTIONS.

1140
01:17:21,155 --> 01:17:24,155
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: STAFF CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT

1141
01:17:24,155 --> 01:17:27,157
LIMITED QUESTIONS. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANALYSIS OR

1142
01:17:27,157 --> 01:17:29,624
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT -- >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

1143
01:17:29,624 --> 01:17:33,157
KENG, I THINK YOU SHOULD PRESENT YOUR REFERRAL AND THEN IF NEEDED

1144
01:17:33,157 --> 01:17:34,556
STAFF CAN CHIME IN. >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY.

1145
01:17:34,556 --> 01:17:38,900
ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND

1146
01:17:38,900 --> 01:17:41,900
COLLEAGUES. I'M BRINGING THIS REFERRAL

1147
01:17:41,423 --> 01:17:44,490
FORWARD BECAUSE FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN

1148
01:17:44,490 --> 01:17:47,423
NORTH FREMONT ABOUT THE NEED FOR A COMMUNITY SPACE CLOSER TO

1149
01:17:47,423 --> 01:17:50,223
HOME. DISTRICT 1 IS A LARGE AND

1150
01:17:50,223 --> 01:17:54,689
GROWING PART OF OUR CITY, YET RESIDENTS IN NORTH FREMONT HAVE

1151
01:17:54,689 --> 01:18:00,230
LIMITED ACCESS TO CITY COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THEIR IMMEDIATE

1152
01:18:00,230 --> 01:18:01,957
AREA. FOR MANY FAMILIES AND ESPECIALLY

1153
01:18:01,957 --> 01:18:04,890
FOR OUR SENIORS, PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS OFTEN MEANS

1154
01:18:04,890 --> 01:18:08,490
TRAVELING TO CENTRAL OR SOUTH FREMONT.

1155
01:18:08,890 --> 01:18:12,490
THAT DISTANCE CAN BECOME A REAL BARRIER TO PARTICIPATION.

1156
01:18:12,490 --> 01:18:16,557
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WE HAVE RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT

1157
01:18:16,557 --> 01:18:19,423
AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM RESIDENTS SUPPORTING THIS

1158
01:18:19,423 --> 01:18:22,423
REFERRAL. WHAT I'VE FOUND ESPECIALLY

1159
01:18:22,823 --> 01:18:26,356
MEANINGFUL IS THE RANGE OF NEEDS PEOPLE HAVE IDENTIFIED.

1160
01:18:26,356 --> 01:18:28,757
PARENTS TALKED ABOUT AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER

1161
01:18:28,757 --> 01:18:32,956
CAMPS AND YOUTH RECREATION, SENIORS ASK FOR ACTIVITIES,

1162
01:18:32,956 --> 01:18:36,556
WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND PLACES TO SOCIALIZE.

1163
01:18:36,956 --> 01:18:39,557
OTHERS TALKED ABOUT CLASSES, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY

1164
01:18:39,557 --> 01:18:43,290
MEETINGS AND SIMPLY HAVING A PLACE WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN GATHER

1165
01:18:43,290 --> 01:18:47,490
AND CONNECT. ONE RESIDENT EVEN SHARED A

1166
01:18:49,570 --> 01:18:51,690
CHILDHOOD MEMORY OF GOING TO THE SMALL COMMUNITY ROOM AT

1167
01:18:51,690 --> 01:18:55,489
NORTHGATE PARK FOR ACTIVITIES AND ARTS AND CRAFTS DESCRIBING

1168
01:18:55,489 --> 01:18:58,157
THOSE EXPERIENCES AS THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER WEEK AND SAYING

1169
01:18:58,157 --> 01:19:02,900
THAT SHE WOULD LOVE FOR TODAY'S GENERATION OF CHILDREN AND TEAMS

1170
01:19:02,900 --> 01:19:05,900
TO HAVE THOSE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.

1171
01:19:05,290 --> 01:19:11,290
I THINK THAT REALLY CAPTURES WHAT THIS REFERRAL IS ABOUT.

1172
01:19:13,756 --> 01:19:18,156
A COMMUNITY CENTER IS MORNING A BUILDING, IT IS A INFRASTRUCTURE

1173
01:19:18,156 --> 01:19:20,557
FOR COMMUNITY. CHILDREN GROW UP, SENIORS STAY

1174
01:19:20,557 --> 01:19:23,556
ACTIVE AND CONNECTED, FAMILIES PARTICIPATE TOGETHER AND

1175
01:19:23,556 --> 01:19:26,356
NEIGHBORS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS GET TO KNOW ONE

1176
01:19:26,356 --> 01:19:28,490
ANOTHER. I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR

1177
01:19:28,490 --> 01:19:31,823
ABOUT THE REFERRAL, IT'S ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO DO TONIGHT.

1178
01:19:31,823 --> 01:19:34,956
IT IS NOT ASKING FOR US TO APPROVE CONSTRUCTION OF A

1179
01:19:34,956 --> 01:19:39,290
COMMUNITY CENTER OR COMMIT THE CITY TO A PARTICULAR SITE OR

1180
01:19:39,290 --> 01:19:42,824
EXPENDITURE. IT IS ASKING FOR US TO TAKE THE

1181
01:19:42,824 --> 01:19:47,690
FIRST RESPONSIBLE STEP TO DIRECT STAFF TO ANALYZE WHAT IS

1182
01:19:47,690 --> 01:19:50,623
POSSIBLE. THAT ANALYSIS SHOULD LOOK AT

1183
01:19:50,623 --> 01:19:55,230
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, THE TYPES OF PROGRAM AND SERVICES OUR

1184
01:19:55,230 --> 01:19:57,690
RESIDENTS NEED, PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION COSTS, POSSIBLE

1185
01:19:57,690 --> 01:20:02,756
FUNDING SOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW THE FACILITY COULD BE

1186
01:20:02,756 --> 01:20:06,356
OPERATED SUSTAINABLY OVER THE LONG RUN.

1187
01:20:07,489 --> 01:20:11,957
WE HAVE ALSO HEARD SOME INTERESTING IDEAS FROM THE

1188
01:20:11,957 --> 01:20:17,357
COMMUNITY ABOUT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS AND USES BUT I THINK

1189
01:20:17,889 --> 01:20:21,571
ULTIMATELY THIS REFERRAL IS ABOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CITY

1190
01:20:21,571 --> 01:20:25,705
SERVICES AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE OF NORTH FREMONT.

1191
01:20:25,705 --> 01:20:29,306
I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT TAKING THIS FIRST STEP

1192
01:20:29,306 --> 01:20:34,106
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE FEASIBILITY, COST AND

1193
01:20:34,437 --> 01:20:37,771
OPPORTUNITIES ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND BRING BACK

1194
01:20:37,771 --> 01:20:38,705
REALISTIC OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

1195
01:20:38,705 --> 01:20:42,305
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER

1196
01:20:46,305 --> 01:20:48,305
KENG? GO AHEAD.

1197
01:20:51,504 --> 01:20:52,371
>> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK YOU.

1198
01:20:52,371 --> 01:20:57,771
SO THANK YOU FOR THE REFERRAL, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS

1199
01:20:57,771 --> 01:20:59,571
OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND SHARE WITH COMMUNITY

1200
01:20:59,571 --> 01:21:05,238
MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS BUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME

1201
01:21:05,238 --> 01:21:11,238
NOW, OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS BEEN WORKING ON

1202
01:21:11,238 --> 01:21:14,704
ACQUIRING MORE PARKLAND, SO WE WORK WITH A REAL ESTATE

1203
01:21:14,704 --> 01:21:18,106
CONSULTANT WHO HELPS US IDENTIFY THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

1204
01:21:18,106 --> 01:21:21,571
ALL THROUGHOUT FREMONT, INCLUDING NORTH FREMONT.

1205
01:21:21,571 --> 01:21:26,705
AND WE HAVE HEARD THIS COMMENT ABOUT NORTH FREMONT MANY TIMES

1206
01:21:26,705 --> 01:21:29,637
BEFORE. I THINK IT'S NORTHGATE PARK,

1207
01:21:29,637 --> 01:21:36,304
KIM, WHERE WE HAVE THE ROOF, KIND OF LIKE THE ARBOR AREA, SO

1208
01:21:36,304 --> 01:21:42,904
THAT AREA, THAT LOCATION WILL BE PROGRAMMED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE

1209
01:21:43,238 --> 01:21:47,838
YOUTH COMING UP. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT AND

1210
01:21:47,838 --> 01:21:52,372
REMIND FOLKS THAT THAT WORK IS HAPPENING, IT'S ONGOING, WE HAVE

1211
01:21:52,372 --> 01:21:58,372
A LOT OF OTHER HIGH PRIORITY PARK ACQUISITIONS THAT WE'RE

1212
01:21:58,971 --> 01:22:02,838
WORKING ON, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT

1213
01:22:02,838 --> 01:22:08,304
CENTRAL PARK, AND SO STAFF RESOURCES ARE DEDICATED TO THOSE

1214
01:22:08,304 --> 01:22:11,371
PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AMONG MANY OTHERS.

1215
01:22:11,371 --> 01:22:17,105
SO I JUST WANT TO SET THAT STAGE BEFORE THE COUNCIL MAKES A

1216
01:22:17,105 --> 01:22:23,705
DECISION ON HOW TO DIRECT STAFF RESOURCES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR

1217
01:22:25,305 --> 01:22:27,971
EVERYTHING WE ADD, SOMETHING HAS TO GO.

1218
01:22:27,971 --> 01:22:32,105
AND AGAIN, MY MAIN POINT IS TO ASSURE THE COUNCIL THAT THIS

1219
01:22:32,105 --> 01:22:36,305
WORK IS HAPPENING ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.

1220
01:22:37,171 --> 01:22:39,305
>> Mayor Salwan: SO YOU MAKE TWO POINTS.

1221
01:22:39,305 --> 01:22:41,638
ONE PART IS THE SERVICES, THE OTHER PART IS THE FACILITY, SO

1222
01:22:41,638 --> 01:22:46,304
YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK ON BOTH. SEEING NO QUESTIONS, MAYBE LET'S

1223
01:22:46,304 --> 01:22:49,105
GO TO COMMENTS THEN. COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

1224
01:22:49,105 --> 01:22:51,705
>> Councilmember Kimberlin: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

1225
01:22:51,705 --> 01:22:52,505
AND -- >> Mayor Salwan: IF EVERYBODY

1226
01:22:52,505 --> 01:22:56,438
COULD JUST HIT THE BUTTON JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THIS GOING?

1227
01:22:56,438 --> 01:22:57,306
YEAH. >> Councilmember Kimberlin: SO

1228
01:22:57,306 --> 01:22:59,771
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS BROUGHT FORWARD.

1229
01:22:59,771 --> 01:23:04,505
I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 10 YEARS HOW PEOPLE IN

1230
01:23:04,505 --> 01:23:07,371
NORTH FREMONT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON AN ISLAND, THEY'RE NOT

1231
01:23:07,371 --> 01:23:09,237
CONNECTED WITH THE REST OF FREMONT.

1232
01:23:09,237 --> 01:23:15,377
AND I DO REALIZE THAT NOW MAY NOT BE TIME TO ASK FOR THIS BUT

1233
01:23:15,377 --> 01:23:18,511
IF WE DON'T ASK FOR IT AT SOME TIME AND DON'T START WORKING ON

1234
01:23:18,511 --> 01:23:21,944
IT SO MAYBE THIS REFERRAL CAN BE ON A SLOWER TRACK OR SOMETHING

1235
01:23:21,944 --> 01:23:25,944
BUT TO JUST GET IT ON THE RADAR AND GET IT WORKING, EVEN IF IT

1236
01:23:25,944 --> 01:23:29,844
WORKS SLOWLY, SO THAT IT STAYS ON THE RADAR, SO THAT WOULD BE

1237
01:23:29,844 --> 01:23:33,444
MY FEEDBACK. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

1238
01:23:34,710 --> 01:23:39,510
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN? COUNCILMEMBER SHAO?

1239
01:23:40,710 --> 01:23:43,710
>> Councilmember Shao: THOUSAND, MR. MAYOR.

1240
01:23:43,977 --> 01:23:47,644
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IDEALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

1241
01:23:47,644 --> 01:23:53,440
COMMUNITY CENTER SET UP IN VERY STRATEGICALLY PLACED LOCATIONS

1242
01:23:53,177 --> 01:23:56,444
WHERE JUST LIKE OUR PARKS, WE HAVE A SLOGAN LIKE WITHIN 10

1243
01:23:56,444 --> 01:23:59,777
MINUTES WALK, YOU CAN WALK TO A PARK, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE,

1244
01:23:59,777 --> 01:24:05,177
YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE COMMUNITY CENTERS SPREAD OUT

1245
01:24:05,977 --> 01:24:10,711
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTING

1246
01:24:10,711 --> 01:24:16,111
DISTRICT 4, I -- MISSION SAN JOSÉ DOESN'T HAVE A

1247
01:24:16,311 --> 01:24:22,577
COMMUNITY CENTER, AND RIGHT NOW AS WE KNOW, THE CITY IS FOCUSING

1248
01:24:22,577 --> 01:24:27,577
ON THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER IN CENTRAL PARK, AND BECAUSE OF THE

1249
01:24:27,577 --> 01:24:33,910
LACK OF FUNDING, WE HAVE CHANGED THE WHOLE PROJECT INTO TWO

1250
01:24:33,910 --> 01:24:38,378
PHASES, PENDING FUTURE FUNDING FOR THE SECOND PHASE.

1251
01:24:38,378 --> 01:24:42,511
THAT NOT ONLY SHOWED FLEXIBILITY IN OUR PLANNING, BUT ALSO SHOWS

1252
01:24:42,511 --> 01:24:46,977
THE REALITY THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE FUNDING.

1253
01:24:46,977 --> 01:24:49,645
TALKING ABOUT WHICH WE HAVE A PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

1254
01:24:49,645 --> 01:24:55,911
AND THEN THE NEW CITY HALL AND ALL THOSE -- THEY ONLY EXIST ON

1255
01:24:55,911 --> 01:24:58,577
PAPER. AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED?

1256
01:24:58,577 --> 01:25:04,577
NOT EVEN A PENNY HAS BEEN PUT INTO THAT DIRECTION.

1257
01:25:05,444 --> 01:25:10,710
SO I AGREE, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO SOME STUDY AND

1258
01:25:10,710 --> 01:25:15,510
SOME RESEARCH AND EVENTUALLY PUT SOMETHING ON PAPER.

1259
01:25:15,644 --> 01:25:19,511
BUT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE FACING AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW,

1260
01:25:19,511 --> 01:25:26,178
IN THE PAST, EVEN IF LET'S JUST SAY THE STAFF COMES UP WITH A

1261
01:25:26,178 --> 01:25:30,977
PLAN, THAT'S JUST A PLAN. AND THAT'S STILL FAR FROM

1262
01:25:30,977 --> 01:25:35,177
REALITY. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT

1263
01:25:35,377 --> 01:25:42,511
THE STAFF HAS ON HAND, I JUST WANT TO SEE, I HAVE A QUESTION

1264
01:25:42,511 --> 01:25:47,177
WHETHER IT IS URGENT FOR THIS REFERRAL OR NOT.

1265
01:25:47,177 --> 01:25:52,577
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

1266
01:25:52,711 --> 01:25:56,377
I THINK YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A QUESTION IN YOUR MIND, CORRECT?

1267
01:25:56,377 --> 01:25:59,178
>> Councilmember Shao: WHETHER WE HAVE TO DO IT IN LIKE SAY

1268
01:25:59,178 --> 01:26:04,430
WITHIN HALF AN HOUR -- A YEAR TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING, OR WE

1269
01:26:04,430 --> 01:26:12,230
CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT ON EVERYONE'S MIND AND THEN WHEN WE

1270
01:26:12,330 --> 01:26:19,597
SEE A RAY OF LIGHT FURTHER IN THE HORIZON, YOU KNOW, AND OUR

1271
01:26:19,597 --> 01:26:24,997
FISCAL CONDITION GETS IMPROVED, MORE CERTAINTY IN OUR FUTURE

1272
01:26:25,397 --> 01:26:31,397
FINANCE, MAYBE THAT'S A TIME WHEN WE REVISIT THIS TOPIC.

1273
01:26:33,300 --> 01:26:39,300
BUT I THINK COUNCILMEMBER -- I THANK COUNCILMEMBER KIM FOR

1274
01:26:39,129 --> 01:26:44,529
RKENG FOR REMINDING US, THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE

1275
01:26:48,130 --> 01:26:51,997
ELECTED WHEN THIS REFERRAL WAS MADE SO IT JUST SHOWS HOW SLOW

1276
01:26:51,997 --> 01:26:55,263
IT IS FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS TO GET MONEY AND REALLY GET THINGS

1277
01:26:55,263 --> 01:26:59,463
DONE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION.

1278
01:27:04,596 --> 01:27:08,797
SO I JUST WANT TO POSTPONE THIS REFERRAL.

1279
01:27:08,797 --> 01:27:11,129
>> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST WEIGH

1280
01:27:11,129 --> 01:27:14,729
IN. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A COMMUNITY

1281
01:27:15,863 --> 01:27:17,198
PLACE PLUS PROGRAMMING IN DISTRICT 1.

1282
01:27:17,198 --> 01:27:21,529
I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN ELEVATE TO ANOTHER LEVEL, IS I

1283
01:27:21,529 --> 01:27:24,530
FEEL LIKE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE LIKE THE

1284
01:27:24,530 --> 01:27:27,863
FACILITIES PLAN, AND THAT'S ALWAYS LIKE A GUIDING FORCE LIKE

1285
01:27:27,863 --> 01:27:30,196
THESE ARE ALL THE NEEDS WE HAVE.

1286
01:27:30,196 --> 01:27:33,730
IN THE CITY, SO WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE POORLY

1287
01:27:33,730 --> 01:27:38,663
MAINTAINED, SOME THAT WE NEED TO BUILD BRAND NEW.

1288
01:27:38,663 --> 01:27:40,796
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO CLOSE

1289
01:27:40,796 --> 01:27:43,597
THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE CENTRAL PARK BEFORE WE GOT THE

1290
01:27:43,597 --> 01:27:46,263
NEW ONE BUILT. SO IT WAS ON ITS LAST LEG, AND

1291
01:27:46,263 --> 01:27:50,930
THAT KIND OF SHOWS THAT WE HAVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THINGS

1292
01:27:50,930 --> 01:27:55,130
ARE NOT COMING ALONG AS WE'D LIKE.

1293
01:27:55,998 --> 01:28:00,263
WE ALSO HAVE IRVINGTON LIBRARY THAT HAS SOME ISSUES WHERE IT'S

1294
01:28:00,263 --> 01:28:05,330
NOT VIABLE FOR A LIBRARY. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN

1295
01:28:05,330 --> 01:28:10,263
MAYBE HAVE LIKE A FACILITIES CONDITION PLAN, LIKE ITEMIZE ALL

1296
01:28:10,263 --> 01:28:13,796
THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WE HAVE, THE COMMUNITY PLACES, AND SEE

1297
01:28:13,796 --> 01:28:20,330
HOW WE CAN, ONE, ANALYZE LIKE THEIR HVAC, THEIR ROOFING, THE

1298
01:28:20,330 --> 01:28:22,930
INTERNAL COMPONENTS, AND SO FORTH.

1299
01:28:22,930 --> 01:28:25,930
AND HAVE A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE

1300
01:28:25,930 --> 01:28:28,863
IN. AND ALSO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY

1301
01:28:28,863 --> 01:28:32,329
WORTHWHILE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE SERVICE COVERAGE GAP BECAUSE

1302
01:28:32,329 --> 01:28:35,596
THERE MAY BE -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES EMOTIONALLY WE'LL SAY

1303
01:28:35,596 --> 01:28:39,630
YEAH, DISTRICT 1 DOESN'T HAVE IT, BUT SOMETIMES, HOLD ON,

1304
01:28:39,630 --> 01:28:41,597
MAYBE IT'S THAT AREA THAT'S MISSING OUT AND WE HADN'T EVEN

1305
01:28:41,597 --> 01:28:43,263
THOUGHT OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD NOT BE A

1306
01:28:43,263 --> 01:28:47,197
BAD IDEA TO LOOK AT. AND JUST FROM A HIGHER LEVEL, IT

1307
01:28:47,197 --> 01:28:51,297
COMES DOWN TO FUNDING, SO IF LET'S SAY IN THE FUTURE WE

1308
01:28:51,297 --> 01:28:55,406
DECIDE TO DO SOME BOND OR SOMETHING TO FUND THE

1309
01:28:55,406 --> 01:28:58,473
DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, WE NEED EVERYBODY IN

1310
01:28:58,473 --> 01:29:03,400
FREMONT TO HAVE BUY-IN IN THAT. SO YOU WANT PEOPLE IN

1311
01:29:03,400 --> 01:29:06,730
DISTRICT 5, IN DISTRICT 4, IN DISTRICT 3, SO THAT THERE'S

1312
01:29:06,730 --> 01:29:10,273
SOMETHING IN IT FOR THEM AS WELL.

1313
01:29:10,473 --> 01:29:13,274
SO LOS CERRITOS, I THINK IT'S CALLED, I WENT THERE, IT LOOKED

1314
01:29:13,274 --> 01:29:16,140
LIKE IT WAS THE 1970s WITH THE WOOD PANELS.

1315
01:29:16,140 --> 01:29:18,607
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR FACILITIES ARE REALLY IN BAD

1316
01:29:18,607 --> 01:29:23,600
SHAPE. SO I TO THI DO THINK WE

1317
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:24,940
SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND A HAVE SOME DATA POINTS.

1318
01:29:24,940 --> 01:29:27,474
I THINK PART OF THE STRUGGLE ALSO WITH THIS REVENUE MEASURE

1319
01:29:27,474 --> 01:29:31,473
WAS WE COULDN'T REALLY DEFINE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, YOU KNOW?

1320
01:29:31,473 --> 01:29:35,600
I REMEMBER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS

1321
01:29:35,600 --> 01:29:37,273
IN WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, NEGLECTED NEEDS.

1322
01:29:37,273 --> 01:29:39,273
WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER, YOU KNOW?

1323
01:29:39,273 --> 01:29:46,473
AND SO IF WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, CERRITOS NEEDS THIS, THE

1324
01:29:47,207 --> 01:29:52,407
OTHER IRVINGTON LIBRARY NEEDS A NEW ROOF OR WHATEVER, I THINK AT

1325
01:29:52,407 --> 01:29:57,600
LEAST WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT, SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT LIKE A ONE OFF

1326
01:29:57,600 --> 01:29:58,940
LIKE TOMORROW COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG DOESN'T SAY I NEED A

1327
01:29:58,940 --> 01:30:01,207
MISSION SAN JOSÉ COMMUNITY CENTER.

1328
01:30:01,207 --> 01:30:03,875
OR -- SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TRY TO LOOK AT, IS HOW DO

1329
01:30:03,875 --> 01:30:08,675
WE NOT ONLY LUK LOOK AT DISTRICT 1, OVERALL

1330
01:30:09,407 --> 01:30:11,874
COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK AT THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE RATHER

1331
01:30:11,874 --> 01:30:14,740
HELPFUL, WHETHER WE DO A REVENUE MEASURE THROUGH SALES TAX OR A

1332
01:30:14,740 --> 01:30:18,140
BOND OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THEN IT'S TANGIBLE FOR PEOPLE.

1333
01:30:18,140 --> 01:30:21,750
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3, AND I'M GOING TO -- MY COMMUNITY CENTER

1334
01:30:21,750 --> 01:30:25,407
IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED. I'M IN DISTRICT 1, I'M GOING TO

1335
01:30:25,407 --> 01:30:28,274
GET A ROBUST COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THEN IT'S REAL, IT'S NOT

1336
01:30:28,274 --> 01:30:31,840
JUST SOMETHING ON PAPER THAT WE LIKE TO SEE SOMEDAY, IT'S

1337
01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:34,807
SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, WE CAN GO OUT AND SAY THESE ARE THE NEEDS

1338
01:30:34,807 --> 01:30:37,740
WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE ALL OF

1339
01:30:37,740 --> 01:30:39,607
US TO THINK ABOUT AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING -- MAYBE ONE

1340
01:30:39,607 --> 01:30:43,807
THING WE HAVE NOT DONE. I KNOW

1341
01:30:45,406 --> 01:30:47,807
THAT IS MORE THAN THE CITY MANAGER WANTS TO HEAR.

1342
01:30:47,807 --> 01:30:52,675
I'LL HAVE HER WEIGH IN ANY FEET BACK OR CONCERNS.

1343
01:30:52,675 --> 01:30:58,730
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP, YEAH, YES, SIR.

1344
01:30:58,730 --> 01:31:01,673
>> Karena Shackelford: THANK YOU, MAYOR SALWAN.

1345
01:31:03,700 --> 01:31:07,306
SO THE FACILITIES PLAN THAT YOU SPEAK OF, SO YES, WE DO HAVE

1346
01:31:07,306 --> 01:31:09,540
ONE. AND WE WILL BE UPDATING IT.

1347
01:31:09,540 --> 01:31:13,207
I THINK IT WAS LAST UPDATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

1348
01:31:13,207 --> 01:31:16,474
SO YOUR POINT ON THAT IS WELL TAKEN.

1349
01:31:16,474 --> 01:31:21,207
AND THEN AS FAR AS PARKS AND COMMUNITIES CENTERS, I THINK THE

1350
01:31:21,207 --> 01:31:24,740
PARKS MASTER PLAN IT DOES EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE

1351
01:31:24,740 --> 01:31:30,700
SUGGESTING IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE WE NEED

1352
01:31:30,700 --> 01:31:32,407
MORE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY AREAS.

1353
01:31:32,407 --> 01:31:34,340
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE.

1354
01:31:34,340 --> 01:31:37,940
BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO, YOU KNOW, TO UPDATE THINGS.

1355
01:31:37,940 --> 01:31:44,540
SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD

1356
01:31:44,540 --> 01:31:46,407
POINTS. AND SOME WORK IS ALREADY DONE

1357
01:31:46,407 --> 01:31:50,275
AND SOME WORK IS UNDERWAY. >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD.

1358
01:31:50,275 --> 01:31:53,941
I TRIED TO LOOK UP THE FACILITY PLAN, I COULDN'T FIND ONE.

1359
01:31:53,941 --> 01:31:57,609
AND THE PARK MASTER PLAN, IT IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL NEEDS BUT I

1360
01:31:57,609 --> 01:32:00,141
DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN FLUSHED IDENTITY, LOOKING AT THE

1361
01:32:00,141 --> 01:32:03,741
ROOFING, THE HVAC, THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS.

1362
01:32:05,142 --> 01:32:11,541
IF WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, WE HAVE 100,000 NEEDED

1363
01:32:11,541 --> 01:32:15,760
HERE, WE HAVE 50 NEEDED HERE, THAT CAN BE MORE TANGIBLE.

1364
01:32:15,760 --> 01:32:20,740
I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS MORE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY WHEN THEY

1365
01:32:20,740 --> 01:32:23,742
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, RATHER THAN OKAY, THEY ARE

1366
01:32:23,742 --> 01:32:27,675
GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR SALARIES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

1367
01:32:27,675 --> 01:32:32,875
THIS IS ME TALKING OUTLOUD. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE LONG

1368
01:32:32,875 --> 01:32:37,675
TERM VISION, RATHER THAN THE ONE OFF REFERRAL.

1369
01:32:37,675 --> 01:32:41,275
TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS

1370
01:32:41,275 --> 01:32:46,675
AND COME BACK OR SPEAK NOW? >> Councilmember Zhang: YES,

1371
01:32:47,141 --> 01:32:51,408
FROM WHAT YOU SAID, REMIND ME WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE SCHOOL

1372
01:32:51,408 --> 01:32:53,941
DISTRIBUTE AND WE PASSED MEASURE M.

1373
01:32:53,941 --> 01:32:59,342
WE HAVE TO COME WITH A VERY DETAILED PLAN OF WHY WE NEED TO

1374
01:32:59,342 --> 01:33:05,475
HAVE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THE MEASURE M BECAUSE WE HAVE

1375
01:33:05,475 --> 01:33:10,675
SO MANY PROGRAMS IN THE PLAN, AND EACH SCHOOL AND THE

1376
01:33:10,675 --> 01:33:13,908
FACILITIES AND WHAT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THAT.

1377
01:33:13,908 --> 01:33:19,908
AND THAT WOULD CONVINCE THE CITIZEN TO PASS THE MEASURE.

1378
01:33:21,775 --> 01:33:25,808
IRTHINK IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE

1379
01:33:25,808 --> 01:33:29,275
THING WE HAVE TO START THERE. I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT THAT TO

1380
01:33:29,275 --> 01:33:34,408
WORK ON THE FACILITIES PLAN AND THE PARK RECREATION UPDATE.

1381
01:33:34,408 --> 01:33:39,208
AND THEN WE CAN LOOK OVERALL WHICH PLACE WE CAN PUT, OF

1382
01:33:39,208 --> 01:33:41,209
COURSE I KNOW DISTRICT 1 IS IN NEED.

1383
01:33:41,209 --> 01:33:45,750
BUT ALSO MY SECOND THOUGHT IS WITH THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN

1384
01:33:45,750 --> 01:33:48,742
CENTER, IS IN USE AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW ONE AND

1385
01:33:48,742 --> 01:33:51,608
THEN THAT'S GOING TO IN TWO YEARS RIGHT?

1386
01:33:51,608 --> 01:33:53,476
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP MORE CAPACITIES.

1387
01:33:53,476 --> 01:33:56,474
SO WHETHER THAT WOULD ALSO SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES.

1388
01:33:56,474 --> 01:33:58,608
YES. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, SO I

1389
01:33:58,608 --> 01:34:01,760
SEE TWO MORE COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO SPEAK.

1390
01:34:01,760 --> 01:34:05,408
DO YOU WANT TO TO OPEN IT UP STORE THE PUBLIC?

1391
01:34:05,408 --> 01:34:09,608
OKAY, LET'S GIVE IT TO THE PUBLIC.

1392
01:34:09,942 --> 01:34:13,750
>> Alberto Quintanilla: WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS CARDS.

1393
01:34:13,750 --> 01:34:16,750
>> Mayor Salwan: THREE MINUTES EACH.

1394
01:34:20,275 --> 01:34:22,675
>> Alberto Quintanilla: (SAYING NAMES).

1395
01:34:23,875 --> 01:34:30,475
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M JAMES, I LIVE ON DISTRICT 1 ON LAKE READ.

1396
01:34:31,908 --> 01:34:36,341
I'VE LID THERE SINCE 1999. I'VE RAISED MY KIDS THERE, I'M

1397
01:34:36,341 --> 01:34:38,890
NOW RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER THERE.

1398
01:34:38,890 --> 01:34:43,956
THE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE THERE WOULD MAKE GREAT FACILITIES AND

1399
01:34:43,956 --> 01:34:46,490
HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS WELL.

1400
01:34:46,490 --> 01:34:50,956
AND IT COULD BE A GREAT CULTURAL CENTER.

1401
01:34:50,956 --> 01:34:55,220
THE REASON I CAME TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I JUST RECENTLY FOUND

1402
01:34:55,220 --> 01:35:00,923
OUT THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE THERE HAVE BEEN EVICTED, AND

1403
01:35:00,923 --> 01:35:05,900
THAT THE CURRENT PLAN AT LEAST FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS TO

1404
01:35:05,900 --> 01:35:08,690
MOTH BALL THEM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

1405
01:35:09,890 --> 01:35:14,900
THAT CONCERNS ME, FROM A TRANSIENT PERSPECTIVE.

1406
01:35:18,156 --> 01:35:21,756
ADDITIONALLY I THINK, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THE ONLY NUMBERS

1407
01:35:21,756 --> 01:35:27,756
THAT WERE PRESENTED WERE FOR DEMOLITION, AND NOT FOR OTHER

1408
01:35:28,556 --> 01:35:33,956
OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. IF THOSE WERE RESTORED.

1409
01:35:34,230 --> 01:35:39,556
I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE POINT.

1410
01:35:39,556 --> 01:35:43,422
YES, I KNOW MONEY'S TIGHT, TIGHT EVERYWHERE.

1411
01:35:43,422 --> 01:35:49,689
THIS DOES NOTE HAVE TO BE A SLAM DUNK RIGHT TODAY SORT OF THING,

1412
01:35:49,689 --> 01:35:51,490
IT COULD BE AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH.

1413
01:35:51,490 --> 01:35:56,823
BUT I ALSO THINK IT COULD ALSO BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

1414
01:35:56,823 --> 01:36:01,756
BECAUSE THE CERT TEAM, COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM IS ALSO

1415
01:36:01,756 --> 01:36:04,889
LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PUT RESOURCES ON THAT SIDE OF THE

1416
01:36:04,889 --> 01:36:10,289
COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE CLOSEST ONE IS ARDENWOOD AND AN

1417
01:36:10,423 --> 01:36:13,156
EARTHQUAKE ISN'T GOING TO DO US ANY GOOD IN THAT AREA.

1418
01:36:13,156 --> 01:36:16,423
SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE A

1419
01:36:16,423 --> 01:36:21,223
WHAT IF APPROACH AND PERSPECTIVE, ASK AND I

1420
01:36:24,890 --> 01:36:29,900
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER KENG -- >> Alberto Quintanilla: NEXT

1421
01:36:32,230 --> 01:36:34,156
SPEAKER, (SAYING NAMES) FOLLOWED BY SPHAIMS NAPLES.

1422
01:36:34,156 --> 01:36:37,356
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M HERE TO

1423
01:36:37,356 --> 01:36:43,356
STRONGLY SUPPORT 7 A BUT 20 YEARS AGO I LIVED AT WATERTOWN

1424
01:36:44,290 --> 01:36:50,890
MASSACHUSETTS, MET THIS SWEET OLD LADY WHO TOLD ME ABOUT HER

1425
01:36:52,989 --> 01:36:57,689
DECEASED HUSBAND WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO.

1426
01:36:57,689 --> 01:37:01,556
A COMMUNITY CENTER IS REALLY A PLACE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY BUILD A

1427
01:37:01,556 --> 01:37:06,356
COMMUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS AND THE REALITIES WE INCREASING

1428
01:37:06,956 --> 01:37:09,756
PLACES THAT BRING GENERATION, JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT A

1429
01:37:09,756 --> 01:37:11,357
COMMUNITY CENTER COULD AND MIGHT BECOME.

1430
01:37:11,357 --> 01:37:17,423
THIS IS NOT A MY STREET MY BACKYARD MY ISSUE THERE ARE I'M

1431
01:37:17,423 --> 01:37:23,289
GOING TO INDICT YOU PUBLICLY, THIS IS ABOUT A WE, IT IS

1432
01:37:23,289 --> 01:37:27,223
THOUGHT A ME QUESTION, RIGHT? SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO OWN VISION,

1433
01:37:27,223 --> 01:37:30,890
IMAGINE A COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE FUTURE THAT CAN SERVE THIS

1434
01:37:30,890 --> 01:37:32,429
COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT 250 CAREERS?

1435
01:37:32,429 --> 01:37:34,962
WHAT KIND OF LEGACY WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE BEHIND, RIGHT?

1436
01:37:34,962 --> 01:37:39,629
SO I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL AND ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO ASK

1437
01:37:39,629 --> 01:37:43,829
STAFF TO THINK BIGGER, THINK BROADER, THINK BEYOND THE

1438
01:37:43,829 --> 01:37:46,629
LIMITATIONS OF WHAT CONSTRAIN US TODAY AND THINK ABOUT THE KIND

1439
01:37:46,629 --> 01:37:49,762
OF LEGACY AND THE KIND OF HISTORY THAT YOU WISH TO CREATE,

1440
01:37:49,762 --> 01:37:52,295
RIGHT? AND SO THAT 100 YEARS THERE

1441
01:37:52,295 --> 01:37:59,495
THOUFROM NOW,SOMEBODY IS GOING K AND SAY IT IS THOUGHT AN

1442
01:38:01,495 --> 01:38:03,695
INFRASTRUCTURE. INCREASINGLY, GOING BACK TO THE

1443
01:38:03,695 --> 01:38:07,695
SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMENT RIGHT? SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE MORE

1444
01:38:07,695 --> 01:38:15,495
EXTENSIVE TO RENT OUT, A LOCAL PTA THAT I HEARD FROM THEY SAID

1445
01:38:16,295 --> 01:38:20,761
THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO HOST. HERE IS AN CROANL IMPROVEMENT TO

1446
01:38:20,761 --> 01:38:27,829
HERE IS IS A SLIGHTLY BIGGER BOARD VISION TO A TRULY BIGGER

1447
01:38:27,829 --> 01:38:33,229
MOON VISION, INCREASES INCREASES TAX REVENUE AND INCREASES A

1448
01:38:38,495 --> 01:38:42,950
FREMONT FOR ALL. >> Alberto Quintanilla: FINAL

1449
01:38:42,761 --> 01:38:46,961
SPEAKER IS PATRICIA. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND

1450
01:38:47,362 --> 01:38:50,962
COUNCILMEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC

1451
01:38:52,962 --> 01:38:54,895
RESOURCES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH THE MUSEUM OF LOCAL

1452
01:38:54,895 --> 01:39:01,229
HISTORY, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT

1453
01:39:01,229 --> 01:39:04,229
1. SYLVESTER P. M HARVEY COMMUNITY

1454
01:39:10,762 --> 01:39:15,628
PARK IS SUITED FOR A NEW CENTER. THE HISTORIC HARVEY HOUSE AND

1455
01:39:15,628 --> 01:39:19,828
THE SOCCER ANCESTRAL HOME REPRESENTING THE CONTINUOUS

1456
01:39:20,762 --> 01:39:26,762
FARMING LEGACY PASSED DOWN FROM SON TO SON THERE 1856 TO 1975.

1457
01:39:28,495 --> 01:39:33,295
THIS PROVIDES FREMONT WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO

1458
01:39:33,962 --> 01:39:37,562
ADAPTIVE REUSE. BY INTEGRATING BOTH THE

1459
01:39:37,829 --> 01:39:41,762
STRUCTURES IN THE CENTER'S DESIGN AND SURROUNDING THEM WITH

1460
01:39:41,762 --> 01:39:46,562
BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, WE PRESERVE THIS DEEP GENERATIONAL HISTORY

1461
01:39:48,950 --> 01:39:52,628
WHILE CREATING AN INVALUABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND SPACE

1462
01:39:52,628 --> 01:39:55,628
FOR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND EXHIBITS.

1463
01:39:55,662 --> 01:39:58,362
ON PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.

1464
01:39:58,362 --> 01:40:01,962
YOU'RE NOT STARTING THERE THE BEGINNING.

1465
01:40:02,428 --> 01:40:07,695
OUR MODEL FOR SUCCESS THIS THE CALIFORNIA NURSERY HISTORIC PARK

1466
01:40:07,695 --> 01:40:12,162
IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE HISTORIC STRUCTURES THRIVE ALONGSIDE

1467
01:40:12,162 --> 01:40:16,429
ACTUAL COMMUNITY SPACE OWES. WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS

1468
01:40:16,429 --> 01:40:19,228
UNIQUE PRESERVATION OPTION OF DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS AND I

1469
01:40:19,228 --> 01:40:22,828
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

1470
01:40:24,581 --> 01:40:26,981
NOBODY ONLINE, OKAY. GREAT.

1471
01:40:27,916 --> 01:40:29,648
AND I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF CAN ANSWER.

1472
01:40:29,648 --> 01:40:34,714
BUT THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, WHICH LOCATION WAS HE REFERRING TO?

1473
01:40:34,714 --> 01:40:37,114
THE SAME ONE. OH, OKAY.

1474
01:40:37,114 --> 01:40:40,114
GOT IT. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

1475
01:40:41,915 --> 01:40:44,914
>> Councilmember Campbell: I WAS SORT OF THINKING ALONG THE

1476
01:40:44,914 --> 01:40:49,381
SAME LINES BUT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE HARVEY HOUSE OR THE

1477
01:40:49,381 --> 01:40:54,480
SIL VEST TEFER PARK, IF WE COULD DOUGH SORT OF A PHASED IN

1478
01:40:54,480 --> 01:40:57,315
APPROACH. I WAS THINKING BASED ON AT LEAST

1479
01:40:57,315 --> 01:41:00,515
THE REFERRAL THEY WERE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS AS WELL, IF YOU

1480
01:41:00,515 --> 01:41:06,247
ALREADY HAVE A STRUCTURE THERE, WHY COULDN'T YOU USE THE

1481
01:41:06,247 --> 01:41:10,181
STRUCTURE TO DO SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC REQUESTS THAT ARE

1482
01:41:10,181 --> 01:41:12,981
HERE, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IF THE FACILITY STILL EXISTS WHILE

1483
01:41:12,981 --> 01:41:17,248
WE DO THE OTHER THINGS YOUR LONG RANGE PLAN, I LOVE THE IDEA

1484
01:41:17,248 --> 01:41:21,470
ABOUT THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLAN, I WAS PART OF THE SCHOOL

1485
01:41:21,470 --> 01:41:24,214
BOARD WHEN WE DID IT. >> Mayor Salwan: HEARD THERE

1486
01:41:24,214 --> 01:41:25,381
YOU GUYS. >> Councilmember Campbell:

1487
01:41:25,381 --> 01:41:27,781
THANK YOU. IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS, VERY

1488
01:41:27,781 --> 01:41:30,115
COMMUNITY DRIVEN AS WELL FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

1489
01:41:30,115 --> 01:41:32,848
THAT WERE THERE. WE DID COME UP WITH THE BILLION

1490
01:41:32,848 --> 01:41:37,981
DOLLARS OF UNMET NEEDS BASED ON ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE.

1491
01:41:37,981 --> 01:41:42,448
BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE SCHOOLS, AND SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A

1492
01:41:42,448 --> 01:41:47,181
LESS OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN. BUT MY POINT IS THAT WHILE WE'RE

1493
01:41:47,181 --> 01:41:51,447
DOING WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO DO, IF WE COULD USE WHAT WE ALREADY

1494
01:41:51,447 --> 01:41:56,181
HAVE, REPURPOSE IT, TORE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THIS

1495
01:41:56,181 --> 01:42:02,781
REEFEREFERRAL, WE MAY BE ABLE TL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE FOR

1496
01:42:02,781 --> 01:42:07,480
LACK OF A BETTER WORD AND OFFER THAT COMMUNITY SOME SERVICES OR

1497
01:42:07,480 --> 01:42:11,248
SOME PROGRAMS SOME RECREATION PROGRAMS IN OUR

1498
01:42:13,314 --> 01:42:16,448
RAILROAD-EXISTING FACILITIES. >> Mayor Salwan: DOES THE CITY

1499
01:42:16,448 --> 01:42:18,448
OWN THOSE FACILITIES? >> Councilmember Campbell:

1500
01:42:18,448 --> 01:42:21,114
YES, THE PARK? >> Mayor Salwan: THE PARK I DO

1501
01:42:21,114 --> 01:42:24,248
KNOW, THE HARVEY HOUSE. >> Councilmember Campbell: THE

1502
01:42:24,248 --> 01:42:28,247
HARVEY HOUSE, I'M SEEING KIM, SHAKING HER HEAD YES.

1503
01:42:28,247 --> 01:42:30,115
SO THE CITY OWNS THOSE PROPERTIES.

1504
01:42:30,115 --> 01:42:33,382
SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A PHASE-IN.

1505
01:42:33,382 --> 01:42:36,382
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

1506
01:42:37,781 --> 01:42:38,781
KIMBERLIN. >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I

1507
01:42:38,781 --> 01:42:41,447
DOUGH LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER MR. MAYOR, TALKING

1508
01:42:41,447 --> 01:42:44,581
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT ARE IN DRASTIC NEED OF

1509
01:42:44,581 --> 01:42:48,448
REPAIRS AND I HAPPENED TO FIND A FACILITIES REPORT, THE

1510
01:42:48,448 --> 01:42:50,515
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE

1511
01:42:50,515 --> 01:42:53,115
REPORTING OUT A YEAR AGO ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN

1512
01:42:53,115 --> 01:42:55,781
COMPLETED BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ON

1513
01:42:55,781 --> 01:43:00,448
THIS REPORT ABOUT WHAT FUTURE PROJECTS, CONVERSIONS WITH

1514
01:43:00,448 --> 01:43:03,581
OUTDATED HEATING SYSTEMS, ROOFING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON

1515
01:43:03,581 --> 01:43:06,248
CITY BUILDINGS. SO I THINK REALLY HAVING A

1516
01:43:06,248 --> 01:43:09,781
COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT SOME OF THAT STUFF LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

1517
01:43:09,781 --> 01:43:14,448
AND THEN I THINK SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS

1518
01:43:14,448 --> 01:43:16,925
FACILITIES, PROBABLY HAS A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN

1519
01:43:16,925 --> 01:43:19,325
JUST COMPILE. THANK YOU.

1520
01:43:19,926 --> 01:43:22,326
>> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER

1521
01:43:28,459 --> 01:43:29,393
ZHANG. >> Councilmember Zhang: I DID

1522
01:43:29,393 --> 01:43:32,793
NOT RAISE MY HAND BUT SINCE YOU CALLED ME.

1523
01:43:32,793 --> 01:43:38,593
THE CITY OWNS HARVEY COMMUNITY AND SO WHAT'S THE USE OF IT NOW?

1524
01:43:38,593 --> 01:43:43,393
>> The Clerk: COULD STAFF JUST COME AND ANSWER?

1525
01:43:43,992 --> 01:43:48,659
NO, WE HAVE TO GO TO STAFF. YEAH, I WISH YOU COULD BUT

1526
01:43:48,659 --> 01:43:51,259
THAT'S THE WAY THESE THINGS WORK.

1527
01:43:51,259 --> 01:43:52,792
>> Karena Shackelford: WHILE KIM IS APPROACHING TO ANSWER

1528
01:43:52,792 --> 01:43:56,993
THAT QUESTION, I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT, OR JUST REITERATE

1529
01:43:56,993 --> 01:44:01,259
THAT THERE IS PROGRAMMING THAT OCCURS IN ARDENWOOD CURRENTLY AT

1530
01:44:01,259 --> 01:44:06,492
A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOLS THERE. SO TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT

1531
01:44:06,492 --> 01:44:11,126
DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY. >> Mayor Salwan: AND I JUST

1532
01:44:11,126 --> 01:44:13,859
WANTED TO INTERJOACT HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

1533
01:44:13,859 --> 01:44:17,127
WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINALIZE EVERYTHING HERE TONIGHT.

1534
01:44:17,127 --> 01:44:20,192
THIS IS JUST DIRECTION. WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE

1535
01:44:20,192 --> 01:44:23,259
WEEDS NOW BUT SINCE THERE ARE HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS WE CAN

1536
01:44:23,259 --> 01:44:26,260
EXPLORE THOSE. JUST SO STAFF HAS SOME IDEA WHAT

1537
01:44:26,260 --> 01:44:29,260
WE ARE THINKING. MS. BRANACK.

1538
01:44:35,659 --> 01:44:39,859
>> I'M KIM BRANACK. CURRENTLY YOUR QUESTION ABOUT

1539
01:44:41,926 --> 01:44:45,993
THE SYLVESTER HARVEY, THERE ARE TWO PARTICULAR HOUSES, THEY WERE

1540
01:44:45,993 --> 01:44:48,793
USED AS RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

1541
01:44:48,793 --> 01:44:53,325
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE SITES AND IF YOU

1542
01:44:53,325 --> 01:44:57,126
HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS MATT CANO, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR

1543
01:44:57,126 --> 01:44:59,259
CO-ANSWER THOSE. BUT AT THIS TIME THOSE SITES ARE

1544
01:44:59,259 --> 01:45:03,590
NOT IN A CONDITION THAT WE COULD OFFER PUBLIC PROGRAMMING THERE.

1545
01:45:03,590 --> 01:45:10,859
THEY BOTH HAVE AN EXPENSIVE EXTE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO

1546
01:45:11,693 --> 01:45:15,859
INTO THEM, ADA ACCESSIBLE AS WELL AS DAMAGE OVERTIME.

1547
01:45:15,859 --> 01:45:19,593
COULD IT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, CURRENTLY YES, THERE WOULD BE

1548
01:45:19,593 --> 01:45:22,326
MONEY AND TIME AND A PROJECT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED

1549
01:45:22,326 --> 01:45:24,759
FOR THAT. AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING THAT GOES

1550
01:45:24,759 --> 01:45:31,959
ON IN NORTH FREMONT AS THE CITY MANAGER SMA SHACKELFORD SHARES,R

1551
01:45:34,993 --> 01:45:41,593
PROJECTS AT NORTH GHAIT NORTHGAY PARK, IT HAS A PROGRAMMING ROOM,

1552
01:45:44,326 --> 01:45:48,859
SMALL ROOM, WE COULD DOUGH THAT IN THE SPRING AND SUMMERTIME TO

1553
01:45:48,859 --> 01:45:50,859
BE OFFERING SOME PROGRAMS OUT THERE.

1554
01:45:50,859 --> 01:45:55,659
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH FUSD AND HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WHERE WE HAVE

1555
01:45:55,659 --> 01:45:58,859
PROGRAMMING BOTH AT ARDENWOOD ELEMENTARY AND FOREST PARK

1556
01:45:58,859 --> 01:46:00,959
ELEMENTARY. I WOULD SAY WITH THEM DOING ALL

1557
01:46:00,959 --> 01:46:04,326
OF THEIR PROJECTS THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD LIMITED PROGRAM SPACES

1558
01:46:04,326 --> 01:46:08,362
BUT WE HOPE TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN AND BE ABLE TO EXPAND

1559
01:46:08,362 --> 01:46:11,462
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AS POSSIBLE PROGRAMMING SITES.

1560
01:46:11,462 --> 01:46:17,462
>> Mayor Salwan: I WAS GOING TO SAY, ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM

1561
01:46:19,129 --> 01:46:26,329
AN COYOTE HILLS, IS THERE A WAY TO PARTNER WITH THE PARKS

1562
01:46:28,596 --> 01:46:30,329
DISTRICT? >> WITH THE HOUSE WE MANAGE ON

1563
01:46:30,329 --> 01:46:33,930
SITE AND ARDENWOOD, THEY OFFER CAMPS AND PROGRAMS IDENTITY

1564
01:46:33,930 --> 01:46:36,330
THERE AS WELL. SO THERE IS SOME PROGRAMMING

1565
01:46:36,330 --> 01:46:39,620
GOING OWN. WE'RE VERY AWARE AND IT IS

1566
01:46:39,620 --> 01:46:42,729
LISTED IN THE PARK AND REC MASTER PLAN AND THE NEED FOR A

1567
01:46:42,729 --> 01:46:46,620
COMMUNITY SPACE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IN NORTH FREMONT.

1568
01:46:46,620 --> 01:46:50,729
AND WE HAVE THREE COMMUNITY PARKS REALLY OF.

1569
01:46:50,729 --> 01:46:55,529
>> Commissioner He: YOU HAVE NORTHGATE, SYLVESTER HARVEY AND

1570
01:46:57,996 --> 01:47:02,196
CARL NORDVICK, UNDEVELOPED LAND AT THOSE SITES.

1571
01:47:03,529 --> 01:47:10,129
AND AS CITY MANAGER S ALSO MNGSED, WE KNOW THERE IS

1572
01:47:11,862 --> 01:47:17,196
SOME PRIORITY SPACE, PRIORITY TO IDENTIFY SPACE AND PARK LAND

1573
01:47:17,196 --> 01:47:20,828
BOTH IN WARM SPRINGS AND CABRILLO AND NORTH FREMONT AS

1574
01:47:20,828 --> 01:47:24,529
WELL AS SOUTH FREMONT AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE SITES WE'VE

1575
01:47:24,529 --> 01:47:27,362
ALSO INSTRUCTED OR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS TO POTENTIALLY LOOK

1576
01:47:27,362 --> 01:47:30,129
AT SITES THAT HAVE BUILDINGS AVAILABLE AT THOSE SITES AS

1577
01:47:30,129 --> 01:47:32,262
WELL. THIS IS AN EFFORT WE ARE VERY

1578
01:47:32,262 --> 01:47:34,795
WELL AWARE OF AND WORKING TOWARDS.

1579
01:47:34,795 --> 01:47:37,262
>> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK

1580
01:47:37,262 --> 01:47:41,462
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER KENG. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

1581
01:47:42,630 --> 01:47:47,463
YOU MAYOR. CAN YOU HELP -- KIM, SORRY, CAN

1582
01:47:47,562 --> 01:47:52,996
YOU HELP US -- I DID HEAR THAT YOU SAID IT IS KIND OF ON THE

1583
01:47:52,996 --> 01:47:58,620
ROAD MAP IN THE FUTURE PLANS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER TYPE

1584
01:47:58,620 --> 01:48:02,995
FACILITY IN NORTH FREMONT. SO, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU SHARE WITH

1585
01:48:02,995 --> 01:48:09,620
US THE COMMUNITY -- WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

1586
01:48:09,620 --> 01:48:12,962
THAT'S FOR -- THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LONG TERM, I'M NOT

1587
01:48:12,962 --> 01:48:17,620
ASKING FOR A O WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER IN TWO YEARS,

1588
01:48:17,620 --> 01:48:21,462
FIVE YEARS, OR TEN YEARS, BECAUSE IF WE NEVER PLAN FOR IT,

1589
01:48:21,462 --> 01:48:27,620
JUST LAST WEEK WE HAD TO APPROVE A $50 MILLION IMPROVEMENT FOR

1590
01:48:27,620 --> 01:48:30,630
EXISTING PARK, RIGHT, IN CENTRAL FREMONT.

1591
01:48:30,630 --> 01:48:34,662
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE -- YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, TELL ME THAT WE CAN'T

1592
01:48:34,662 --> 01:48:37,996
PUT AWAY A MILLION OR TWO MILLION A YEAR AND OTHERWISE IN

1593
01:48:37,996 --> 01:48:42,329
30 YEARS WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT IN NORTH FREMONT.

1594
01:48:42,329 --> 01:48:46,262
I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE AN EQUITABLE INVESTMENT

1595
01:48:46,262 --> 01:48:48,795
STANDPOINT, THAT'S ASKING TOO MUCH.

1596
01:48:48,795 --> 01:48:51,729
BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO DISAGREE

1597
01:48:51,729 --> 01:48:55,996
WITH YOU BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOTE A FEEL GOOD OR EMOTIONAL

1598
01:48:55,996 --> 01:49:00,679
KIND OF A PROPOSITION. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO,

1599
01:49:00,679 --> 01:49:06,780
IT WAS ACTUALLY OWN THE AGENDA TO MOVE FORWARD A COMMUNITY

1600
01:49:06,780 --> 01:49:10,278
CENTER. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

1601
01:49:10,679 --> 01:49:14,812
WE -- IT'S NOTE LIKE OH DISTRICT 1 DOESN'T HAVE -- I WANT TO DO

1602
01:49:14,812 --> 01:49:20,110
SOMETHING FOR MY DISTRICT. BUT I ACTUALLY IN MISSION SAN

1603
01:49:20,110 --> 01:49:26,611
JOSE WE HAVE LAKE ELIZABETH THAT IS BORDERING, PEOPLE WALK FROM

1604
01:49:27,130 --> 01:49:30,745
MISSION SAN JOSE THEY COME TO THE DRONE SHOW, BY WALKING,

1605
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RIGHT? SO LIKE WE HAVE A NEW CENTER

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THERE, WE HAVE BOTH SENIOR CENTERS IN SOUTH FREMONT.

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AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY THAT OKAY, I OF COURSE EACH

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OF US REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST

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REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT. BEE ALSO REPRESENT THE CITY.

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SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW, YOU'RE NOT

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01:49:52,945 --> 01:49:56,878
JUST REPRESENTING YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'RE ALSO REPRESENTING MY

1612
01:49:56,878 --> 01:49:57,412
DISTRICT. RIGHT?

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01:49:57,412 --> 01:50:02,379
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE DENYING US, YOU ARE DENYING HAVING --

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01:50:02,379 --> 01:50:06,412
GIVING US A COMMUNITY CENTER YOU'RE DENYING OTHER MEMBERS OF

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01:50:06,412 --> 01:50:11,479
THE CITY AS WELL, RIGHT? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT

1616
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TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR A STUDY, SO WE COULD AT LEAST PUT IT ON THE

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01:50:16,479 --> 01:50:18,120
MAP. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED

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01:50:18,120 --> 01:50:22,545
AT IT 30 YEARS AGO, BUT WE NEVER HAVE LIKE A PLAN, WE PUT AWAY A

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01:50:22,545 --> 01:50:25,779
LITTLE BIT OF MONEY EACH YEAR. BECAUSE BASICALLY IN OUR

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01:50:25,779 --> 01:50:28,945
DISTRICT LIKE WE HAVE SIX DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY LIKE WE

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01:50:28,945 --> 01:50:32,479
ALL HAVE SIMILAR POPULATION IN EACH DISTRICT.

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BUT BECAUSE THE OTHER FIVE DISTRICTS WERE ALL -- THEY'RE --

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01:50:37,745 --> 01:50:41,120
YOU KNOW, FREMONT WAS TOMORROW FROM FIVE LITTLE TOWNS.

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01:50:41,120 --> 01:50:47,680
WE'RE LOOT THE SIXTH ONE WHICH WASN'T A TOWN BEFORE, WAS PART

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01:50:47,680 --> 01:50:52,479
OF UNION CITY BEFORE. SO WE ARE LIKE AN OVERLOOKED OR

1626
01:50:52,479 --> 01:50:54,278
AFTERTHOUGHT. WE HAVE 75 HIGH SCHOOLS IN

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FREMONT. WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT WITH

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01:50:56,790 --> 01:50:58,945
THE SAME POPULATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR

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01:50:58,945 --> 01:51:03,745
DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE TO TW TRAVEL REALLY .

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EVEN THOUGH WE CAN USE LIKE THE SCHOOL SITES IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE

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01:51:07,478 --> 01:51:11,945
TO REGULAR PEOPLE TO OH I WANT TO BOOK A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE

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01:51:11,945 --> 01:51:14,110
SCHOOL. IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE, RIGHT?

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01:51:14,110 --> 01:51:17,611
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS DEFINITELY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

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BECAUSE LIKE EACH OF THESE -- BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THE

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01:51:22,212 --> 01:51:25,780
OTHER FIVE DISTRICTS THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER PRETTY CLOSE TO

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01:51:25,780 --> 01:51:28,812
THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE

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01:51:28,812 --> 01:51:34,411
CENTER POINT OF THEIR COMMUNITY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.

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01:51:34,411 --> 01:51:42,145
SO I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, I N KNOW THAT IN RECENT YEARS WE

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01:51:42,145 --> 01:51:45,812
WERE ABLE TO FIND FUNDING TO BUILD A BRAND-NEW COMMUNITY

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CENTER BY THE LAKE. BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST LIKE

1641
01:51:50,279 --> 01:51:54,487
THE REGULAR ACTIVITIES THAT LIKE COUNCIL IN THE PARK EVERY SUMMER

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OR ALL THESE EVENTS IN -- BY CENTRAL PARK, IT'S LIKE PROBABLY

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MOST ATTENDED BY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN NORTH -- I MEAN LEVEL IN

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01:52:05,954 --> 01:52:09,420
CENTRAL AND SOUTH FREMONT. BUT FOR US TO TRAVEL, YOU KNOW,

1645
01:52:09,420 --> 01:52:13,953
DOWN ON THE THURSDAY NIGHT TO GO TO THE CONCERT, YOU PROBABLY

1646
01:52:13,953 --> 01:52:18,987
FIND THE LEAST OF THE ATTENDEES THERE ARE FROM DISTRICT 1.

1647
01:52:18,987 --> 01:52:22,487
SO I JUST WOULD URGE FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THAT.

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AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US A SHOT SO WE COULD AT LEAST BE PUT ON

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THE MAP AND LOOK AT -- HAVE AN IDEA WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND,

1650
01:52:30,870 --> 01:52:32,887
YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET IT AT LEAST ON THE MAP.

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01:52:32,887 --> 01:52:39,487
AND OTHERWISE IN 20 YEARS WE'RE STILL HERE, OH IT'S NOT URGENT,

1652
01:52:39,554 --> 01:52:44,200
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT URGENT, I'M NOT ASKED FOR IT TO BE BUILT

1653
01:52:44,200 --> 01:52:51,220
NEXT YEAR BUT I WAS ASKING FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER EIGHT YEARS

1654
01:52:52,200 --> 01:52:53,687
AGO. COUNCILMEMBER SHAO SAID, EVERY

1655
01:52:53,687 --> 01:52:55,820
YEAR WE NEVER DO A STUDY. SO.

1656
01:52:55,820 --> 01:52:58,620
>> Mayor Salwan: JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WHAT I SAID WAS I

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01:52:58,620 --> 01:53:02,420
SUPPORT A COMMUNITY CENTER BUT I WANT TO ELEVATE THE DISCUSSION

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TO JUST NOT JUST LOOKING AT ONE COMMUNITY CENTER BUT THE ENTIRE

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01:53:06,753 --> 01:53:09,954
CITY. AND WITH A FACILITIES PLAN.

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01:53:09,954 --> 01:53:13,487
AND MY HOPE IS THAT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN IT

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01:53:13,487 --> 01:53:15,720
BECOMES MORE CONCRETE, MORE REAL.

1662
01:53:15,720 --> 01:53:19,420
AND THEN NOTE ONLY CAN WE GET A COMMUNITY CENTER IN DISTRICT 1

1663
01:53:19,420 --> 01:53:23,200
BUT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.

1664
01:53:23,200 --> 01:53:25,288
AND BEING MAYOR I REPRESENT ALL OF FREMONT.

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01:53:25,288 --> 01:53:32,987
IT IS ALWAYS FUNNY WHEN I GO TO WARM SPRINGS OR, YOU GUYS ONLY

1666
01:53:32,987 --> 01:53:36,620
CARE ABOUT CENTRAL FREMONT AND WHEN YOU GO TO CENTRAL FREMONT

1667
01:53:36,620 --> 01:53:42,200
YOU SAY YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT MEMBMISSION SAN JOSE.

1668
01:53:44,200 --> 01:53:46,953
I DOUGH WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO

1669
01:53:46,953 --> 01:53:52,487
JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT ALL THE NEEDS IN OUR CITY.

1670
01:53:52,487 --> 01:53:54,953
SO WITH THAT I THINK WE HAVE A GENERAL DIRECTION.

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01:53:54,953 --> 01:53:58,200
IF THERE'S ANY MORE SOMETHING FURTHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE

1672
01:53:58,200 --> 01:54:01,620
OR CLARIFY? >> Councilmember Keng: SO IS

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01:54:02,200 --> 01:54:06,620
THE SCROANL DIRECTION FOR THE STAFF TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING

1674
01:54:06,620 --> 01:54:09,820
OPTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS?

1675
01:54:09,820 --> 01:54:14,220
>> Mayor Salwan: LET ME TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.

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01:54:14,220 --> 01:54:17,154
>> Karena Shackelford: YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M

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01:54:17,154 --> 01:54:22,287
HERRING IN YOUR DISCOURSE IS THAT -- WELL, SORRY.

1678
01:54:22,287 --> 01:54:27,420
IS THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ON A LOANING TERM BASIS.

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01:54:27,420 --> 01:54:28,754
>> Councilmember Keng: RIGHT. >> Karena Shackelford: OKAY,

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AND I THINK THAT'S FINE AND I THINK WE HAVE THOSE TOOLS

1681
01:54:31,620 --> 01:54:35,754
ALREADY AVAILABLE TO US. AND AS I MENTIONED, EARLIER IN

1682
01:54:35,754 --> 01:54:41,154
THIS CONVERSATION, THROUGH OUR PARK LAND REQUI ACQUISITION EFF,

1683
01:54:47,486 --> 01:54:50,870
OUR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT IS LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES OWNERSHIP

1684
01:54:50,870 --> 01:54:52,320
IN FREMONT INCLUDING NORTH FREMONT.

1685
01:54:52,320 --> 01:54:56,420
AND AS KIM MENTIONED EARLIER, PARTICULARLY PROPERTIES THAT

1686
01:54:56,420 --> 01:55:00,987
ALREADY HAVE STRUCTURES ON THEM THAT COULD BE USED FOR A

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01:55:00,987 --> 01:55:06,220
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY CENTER. SO WHAT I'M READING IN THE

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01:55:06,220 --> 01:55:12,220
REFERRAL IS, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR IF NOT EXACTLY WHAT'S ALREADY

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01:55:12,954 --> 01:55:13,955
OCCURRING. >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY,

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01:55:13,955 --> 01:55:16,488
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

1691
01:55:16,488 --> 01:55:21,920
BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE LAND -- YOU KNOW, THE

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01:55:21,920 --> 01:55:24,720
ACQUISITION FUNDING THE PARK DEVELOPMENT, ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT

1693
01:55:24,720 --> 01:55:29,200
OF A PARK IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF A POCKETS OF MONEY.

1694
01:55:29,200 --> 01:55:35,200
SO WE CAN'T REALLY USE THAT REQUISITION FUNDING TO REALLY

1695
01:55:36,720 --> 01:55:40,920
BUILD A CENTER. >> Karena Shackelford: ONE OF

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01:55:41,870 --> 01:55:48,453
THE POINTS I MADE IS MANY OF THE PROPERTIES WE LOOK AT, ARE

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01:55:48,453 --> 01:55:50,487
PARTICULARLY ATTRACTED TO PROCESS THAT HAVE STRUCTURES

1698
01:55:50,487 --> 01:55:54,353
ALREADY ON SITE. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL

1699
01:55:54,353 --> 01:55:58,154
OF PARTICULAR PROPERTY WASN'T IN NORTH FREMONT BUT JUST TO GIVE

1700
01:55:58,154 --> 01:56:02,620
YOU AS AN EXAMPLE WE WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY

1701
01:56:02,620 --> 01:56:04,620
THAT HAD SEVERAL STRUCTURES ON IT ALREADY.

1702
01:56:04,620 --> 01:56:08,420
AND ONE OF THE STRUCTURES ALREADY INCLUDED A BASKETBALL

1703
01:56:08,420 --> 01:56:12,687
COURT. SO THAT -- SITES LIKE THAT ARE

1704
01:56:12,687 --> 01:56:15,920
PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE TO US AND PARK LAND FUNDS WOULD BE

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01:56:15,920 --> 01:56:18,986
AVAILABLE FOR THAT. NOT TO BUILD A STRUCTURE BUT TO

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01:56:18,986 --> 01:56:23,786
PURCHASE A SITE LIKE THAT. >> Councilmember Keng: OKAY,

1707
01:56:24,488 --> 01:56:29,886
THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHATEVER WOULD TAKE IT FASTER TO

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01:56:29,886 --> 01:56:35,886
OUR GOAL WOULD BE FEASIBLE. >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, SO WE

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01:56:36,200 --> 01:56:42,154
HAVE GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO SO STAFF COULD LOOK AT THE LONG

1710
01:56:42,154 --> 01:56:43,820
TERM PERSPECTIVE. >> Councilmember Keng: DO WE

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01:56:43,820 --> 01:56:46,287
NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? >> Mayor Salwan: NO I THINK

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01:56:46,287 --> 01:56:49,486
STAFF HAS DIRECTION. >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

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01:56:49,486 --> 01:56:51,520
YOU. >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU

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01:56:51,520 --> 01:56:53,354
STAFF. I KNOW THERE IS MORE -- THOUGHT

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01:56:53,354 --> 01:56:57,354
YOU WOULD GET INVOLVED BUT APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW.

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01:56:57,354 --> 01:56:59,687
NEXT WE HAVE REPORT ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

1717
01:56:59,687 --> 01:57:03,688
DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT ON COMMUNITY SITES?

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01:57:03,688 --> 01:57:07,420
DID YOU WANT TO HIT THE BUTTON? ALL RIGHT, WELL SEEING NO

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01:57:07,420 --> 01:57:10,887
REPORTS, MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT

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01:57:10,887 --> 01:57:14,487
EVENING, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.